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THE HARTFORD DAILY COURANT, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1907. 9 More Here For Your Money" Overcoat EXTRAORDINARY OCCASION Overcoats are decidedly captivating We simply bought too many wanted to keep the assortment right there's quite a number left. We until next Fall-so we will give as many others as wishes sale. will end the reductions--after charged on the few remaining over. here for one--before the closing What You'll Save by Buying Now.

OVERCOATS. OVERCOATS. 20.00 16.00 14.50 24.00 18.00 SPRING SUIT much difference between a Suit as there is between the work the botch of a dauber. make our clothes are artists in know what is right in that elusive "style." And you'll get it in every us. to show you how they will look $15 to $30.

FURNISHINGS. that we carry a full line of best line we know of. If there's get it for you. $1.50 to for 25 Silk Neckwear. to latest spring $1.65 to Linen Mesh Underwear.

Shirts and Collars. Belts and Suspenders. Clothing ASYLUM currency system. The concessionaires cxchanged their American cottons for coffee, and, as might have been expected, forced down the price of coffee to such a point that an outcry arose, wiser counsels prevailed in Addis-Aba-15 ba, and the monopoly system was destroyed. At present anybody can engage in Ethiopian commerce.

Perhaps some of the American cotton exporters still fancy that they control the Abyssinian cotton monopoly, but I can assure them that I have seen Indian and Italian sheetings in the market, and that our competitors have no Intention of letting this trade go by default. As to bleached goods, we have never made any effort to supply them. Our manufacturers do not attempt to deal with the great native firms, and seem indifferent to the multiplicity of commissions and charges which, if cut out, would increase the native's purchasing power, and consequently the demand a for goods. Our cotton manufacturers have asked the government to appropriate money in order that new markets may be explored; they are vociferous in their demands for more foreign trade, but I have never heard from a single manufacturer of cottons who desired to sell his goods except to some agent in New York, who in turn is willing times only to sell to foreign buyers, provided the latter will come to New York and pay cash for the purchase. The policy produces excellent results when times are good and there is a market for all we can manufacture.

it does not provide for the rainy day. Aden has been the commercial center through which Abyssinian trade found an outlet, but the creation of the excellent French port of Jibuti, on the African shore, and the building of the railroad have changed that. Most of the great Abyssinian concerns have houses at Jibuti. The real distributing centers of Abyssinia are the curious old cities of Harrar and Ankober and the modern capital of Addis-Abata. Harrar is surrounded by the famous coffee plantations, and will always remain.

probably, a great commercial city. Four or five of the chief houses have large warehouses and carry large stocks of goods, consisting of a little of almost everything. The "negudis," or intinerant traders, bring thither produce from the interior and exchange it for sheetings, firearms, and trinkets of all sorts. Harrar can be reached in one day from the railroad terminus, but it requires. about twenty days of ordinary mule-back traveling to get in the capital, The Abyssinian bank.

now firmly established. has branches at Addis-Ababa and Harrar. The natural resources of the country, other than agricultural, have scarcely been touched. Some places gold mines Lave been producing for a long time, and I fancy that serious prospecting vould result verv satisfactorily. So many soldiers of fortune have gone to Addis- Ababa to get concessions that few are now l'kely to ho granted pon demand.

It in really a pity that hon(st and experienced capitalists can not he the first to a foothold empire where commerce and mining. as asylum would be difficult to they made a demonstration joy that Thirty-five automobiles have ser.be. club members to date Leen promised expected by that there will be and ten or planned fifteen to more. start the parade from It is Asylum at 1:30 the Hartford Orphan: afternoon and return by o'clock in the lunch is to be served 3:30 o'clock. The the return trip from in a grove on Middletown.

decided to push 8. sign post The club to law the towns campaign. post signs at cross According are required to of the towns are negliroads. Some respect. The club intends gent have in this signs put up on prominent 10 various towns and also roads through where there are bad warning signs curves, crossings and hills.

Hartford AutoA Club membership carries with it a memberin the mobile American Automobile Assoship ciation in the as the Hartford organization belongs the national in body. all clubs The the A. A. the members have privileges belonging to members. When same us secured it is not inthe non-resident headquarters an elaborate place with are tended to facilities just a meeting have place garage for the members.

the new president of W. club, F. is Fuller, a practical automobilist the has a fine new this season. and he taken "The Courant" shows President Fuller photographer at the wheel. WESLEYAN TRIMS PRINCETON.

Shutout at Baseball-Victory CeleA brated. April 1 Princetonprinceton here today through inability of the home team to hit the Cunningham. R.H.E. Wesleyan Princeton ....3 ....0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0-3 0-0 1 2 Batteries--Cunningham and Day; Walk- WEST POINT 5, YALE 4. West Point, N.

April hitting and excellent pitching the good defeated Yale here today 5 to 4. army Yale got only four men to second after the first two innings. A squeeze play the by the cadets in the ninth brought in winning run. Point ..0 0 0 2 0 1 0 04 2-5 12 Yale 6 Batteries--Beavers and Mountford. Jones, Rotan and Cushing.

Wesleyan Gland They Used the Brush. (Special to The Courant.) Middletown, April 24. The Wesleyan baseball victory over Princeton at Princeton today was celebrated tonight with a big bonfire on the campus, around which the entire student body danced and sang. When the news was received great excitement and enthusiasm and the chapel bell was rung continuously for about a half an hour. Wesleyan's first victory over Princeton in any branch of athlet- ics.

Holy Cross 11, Williams 8. Ford, Pierce and Waters. Other Games. Worcester, April Cross defeated Williams today 11 to 8, in a game marked by loose playing and heavy hitting on the part of both teams. All of Holy Cross's runs were made in the first and second innings, clean hitting netting three in the first.

The wildness of Ford in the second gave Holy Cross eight. Captain Ford retired after the third inning and Pierce, who succeeded him, the Holy Cross hits well scattered. Errors on the part of Holy Cross fielders gave the Williams men most of their runs. Holy Williams ...0 8 8 8 8 8 0 1 00000 2.0 0 1 0 2- 8 11 12 0100 Batteries--Mansfield and Sweeney; At Holyoke-Holyoke 14, Worcester 1. At Ithaca- Cornell 10, 3.

At South Bethlehem, Pa--University of Pennsylvania 5, Lehigh 3. At Carlisle, -Villa Nova College 2, Carlisle Indians 3. At Fall River--Cuban Stars 4, Fall River 2. (Twelve innings.) At Annapolis- -Naval Academy 4, University of Georgia 1. At Amherst, -Amherst 3, Massachusetts Agricultural College 0.

GYMNASTIC CARNIVAL. To be Given by the Boys of the Y. M. C. A.

Many novel features will be introduced in the boys' gymnastic carnival in the Y. M. C. A. gym on Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 o'clock.

A numthe boys will be made up as of ciowns and farmers and they will add a good deal of fun to the evening's program. About 100 boys will take part in the exercises, which will begin with a selection, by the Association Orchestra of sixteen pieces, Miss Daisy E. Miner, accompanist. The proceeds of the entertainment will be used for new lockers in the gym, which are greatly needed. Albert L.

Goldsmith, the boys' department director, is in charge of the entertainment. The boys' department committee of the association consists of James Allen Wiley, Richard J. Goodman and Walter L. Goodwin. The carnival committee is as follows: Ralph L.

Hadaway, business manager; Robert D. Hadlock, advertising: Raymond H. Dexter, property man; Lawrence E. Stevens, stage manager; C. Allyn Brown, costumer: Evan F.

Kullgren, financier. The class leaders will be as Intermediates--George Hadaway, Robert Victor Beebe, D. Hadlock. Employed Boys- -Edward C. Bacon, E.

G. William Bolles, C. Allyn Brown, Philip Eaton, Clarence Gibson, Herbert A. Mercer, Herbert A. Juniors -John Gorman, Harold Thompson.

L. Grant, Harry McGregor-norman. Allen H. Messler, Harry Phillips, Edward Redfield, William C. Voss, Guy B.

Welles. YALE TO ROW AT ANNAPOLIS. New Haven, April backwardness in developing crew material at Yale has resulted in a definite decision to send the present varsity boat to Annapolis on May 4 to row the Naval Academy in order to give the men racing experience. This explains the No. 2 two days ago of Griswold from change to stroke and Boulton as to No.

2, Griswold, while far from being a finished oarsman, is able stroke to put the boat. Boulton enough is to good get speed to the high at this a oarsman, but better at stage a medium development stroke for has been of distance than a fast stroke. for the a long distance at which the a Saturday week from men in will be rowed. Most of the the varsity boat are they stand are rugged and beefy enough to green, but tance the strain of a fast, short disrace. HAS ANOTHER MATCH.

Lundin to Wrestle Pardello in Lowell. Parr, Lundin, who is to wrestle Hjalmar Jim the English champion, torium in the Audion Monday night, matched has been ell, to wrestle Leo Pardello on in LowNew York May 3. Mr. Lundin writes from Brown's that he is working out at He expected and to is in return fine to congymnasium put a tonight. forfeit for Bonenfant has not this Hanson and Edward a J.

match O'Connell with of Fritz may be substituted in his place. New PEDLAR PALMER ARRESTED. Pugilist Accused of Killing Man in Railway Carriage. London, April Palmer, the English pugilist. and another man were arrested at the Parley, railway station today on suspicion having caused the death of an unknown man, whose body was found in the carriage of a train coming from Epsom after the races, in which Palmer and his companion had ridden.

The man apparently was killed by heavy blows. Otner passengers heard the sounds of a violent quarrel coming from the carcarriage occupied by the party. MANCHESTER BASEBALL. CRACKS SIGNED. Stafford Springs Manager Gets "Bob" Edgar, Monson, Carl Bolen.

(Special to The Courant.) South Manchester, April 24. Robert Edgar of this place has accepted an offer to play with Stafford Springs in the B1-State League. Edgar is a fast flelder and hits well. He led the factory league in hitting last year and played the field without an error. It will be his first season in organized ball but his friends here expect to see him make good.

Carl Bolen has had an offer to pitch fcr Monson and just now is getting into condition and will be in fine shape when he reports. The factory league will not be organized this year, according to the present outlook. John Robb, who managed the Weavers, the team was won the pennant, will not have a chance to unwind the flag. James Roach has had several offers for the team that represents the old mill, but he said tonight that it was not for sale. John Eagan, who managed the new mill team, has lately become a benedict and is out of the game, while P.

F. McVeight is still undecided what to do about a team to represent the velvet mill. He and John Henderson are considering the matter. GAME GIVEN TO BROWN. Dartmouth Declined to Accept Decision of Umpire, Providence, R.

April ball game today between Brown and Dartmouth, came to an abrupt conclusion. in the last of the third inning, when Dartmouth declined to accept a decision by Umpire Lannigan in letting a Brown man score, and left the field, the game being awarded to Brown, 9 to 0. Both sides had scored one in the first inning. In the last half of the third inning, Brown had three men on bases and none when Tift sharply toward second. Paine, who running between first and second, was hit by the ball, but the umpire decided that it touched the second basemen first and called Paine out for interfering with then play.

had In scored the meantime umpire two allowed Brown only one run, stating that man had crossed the plate before the incident at second. The Dartmouth captain at once protested, claiming that Paine should have been called out through being hit by a batted ball, and that all the men should have been sent back. MISS SUTTON IN DOUBLES. She Wins Her Game with Mrs. Pruyn Partner.

New York, April 24-Miss May Sutton, the California girl who two years ago won the English championship and is preparing for another visit to the British courts, today made her first appearance in tournament play on the St. Nicholas rink indoor courts. In the women's doubles Miss Sutton played with Mrs. J. V.

L. Pruyn, and they defeated Miss Emily Scott and Miss Margaret Behr in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3. Miss Sutton did not display her usual vigor, as it was unnecessary. Only occasionally did she get into the rallies with characteristic vim and then she brought off the points with ease. In the other match of the day, Miss Juliet Adee and Miss Martha Coster defeated Miss Pauline Robinson and Miss Daisy Hollins in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4.

Chicago Wins Aquatic Meet. Chicago, April Chicago Athletic Club tonight won the aquatic meet from the New York Athletic Club, 5 to 3, New York forfeiting the last two events following a dispute over the water polo game. Of the five events decided. Chicago won three, while C. M.

Daniels of New York the 100-yard swim and the plunge for distance. John L. Arrested for Debt. Worcester, April L. Sullivan, who has been in Worcester on a theatrical trip, three nights, was arrested tonight on a mesne process at the instance of Henry N.

Farren of Boston, who alleged that Sullivan owed him $119. Sullivan was under arrest a few minutes when the claim was paid and he was set free. Boxing Match in Meriden. (Special to The Courant.) Meriden, April 24. Jim Cornley of this city and Gus Dougherty boxed eight rounds this evening.

The rounds were in Dougherty's favor. "Buck" Freeman Released. Boston, April release of John Freeman by the Boston American League baseball team to the Washington team was announced tonight. COPS GUARD TILLMAN. But Audience Agrees that Negro is Inferior.

Pittsburg, April a precautionary measure twenty-two detectives and a squad of uniformed policemen were stationed in the Carnegie Music Hall tonight during the address of Senator Benjamin Tillman of South Carolina, who discussed the race problem before the Park Avenue (Alleghany) Athletic Club. Several exciting incidents occured during the address, but no trouble resulted. There were only ten negroes in the audience which filled the music hall to overflowing. At the close of his address in which he declared the races in the South were gradually becoming more opposed to one another, Senator Tillman called for a vote of the audience as to whether the negro was the equal of the white man. The entire audience except the the negroes voted in the negative by rising.

One man took exceptions to Tillman's remarks and made several interruptions: Tillman had him admit he came from Europe and then bitterly denounced Europeans in America who undertake to judge questions concerning this country. If all the people told the truth, As through this world they walk. We would be better, but. in sooth, We'd miss some sprightly talk. -Washington Star.

NEW BRITAIN DRUM MAJOR WINS MEDAL. Seven Contestants at Foot Guard Hall Last Night. The feature of the twenty-second an. nua! dance given at Foot Guard Hall last evening by the Father Matthew Fife and Drum Corps, was a contest for a gold medal in which seven drum maJors various parts of the state took part. Clarence Walker of New Britain won the medal.

The Judges were H. A. Clough of Glastonbury and D. J. Grimming and G.

H. Backus of majors, in the order in which they competed, were as follows: Frank Riley of New Britain, W. J. Burnell of Meriden, John Finn of Springfield, Bernard Wrinn of Southington, Henry Graness of New Haven, Clarence Walker of New Britain and William Zeigler of New Britain. The majors were accompanied by their respective fife and drum corps, and men, both on the stage and on the floor, during dancing, made a very favorable impression and added much gaiety to the evening.

Beeman Hatch's Orchestra furnished the dance music and J. J. Smith was prompter. E. V.

COMPANY MEN HURT. Fred Wright and Mike Donlan laJared, but Not Seriously. Fred Wright of East Hartford and Mike Donlan, drivers of test cars for the Electric Vehicle Company, were injured on Tuesday between this city and New Britain in an accident in which two machines were upset and the men rendered unconscious. Their injuries did not prove serious. Wright's car was following Donlan's and the collision came when a wheel of the forward car broke.

New Factory for Envelope Trust. The United States Envelope Company, popularly known as the envelope trust, of which the Plimpton Manufachas turing bought Company of this city is a branch, in the city of Springfield tract of land 300 by 300 feet, on which it proposes to erect a rive-story factory building. The tract lies between the tracks of the Boston Albany railroad and Cypress street, just west of Main street. The factory to be erected is to be brick, and to have a floor space of between 350,000 and 400.000 feet. Part of the old Boston Albany shops will have to be removed to make room for it.

CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Rev. W. W. Ranney will give an address on "Hinduism versus Christianity in India," in the chapel of the Asylum Hill Congregational Church at 7:45 o'clock tonight.

Lewllyn Gladwin, whose death in Westfield, was recorded in "The Courant" yesterday, was a brother of Major Sidney M. Gladwin of this city and of Casper Gladwin of East Haddam. Rev. Philip C. Walcott, assistant pastor at the Asylum Hill Congregational Church, will speak this evening at the Park Congregational Church.

The John H. Wolthausen Company Norwalk has filed a certificate of organization in the office of the secretary of state. A forty-gallon oil tank half filled with kerosene, took fire shortly before noon yesterday at John Dewey's grocery store on Front street and for a few minutes the danger of an explosion caused a scare. Engine Company 3 quickly put the fire out with the chemi- The annual registration of dogs has begun at the office of the town clerk and about twenty have thus far been registered. Although the Jamestown exposition stamps are supposed to go on sale tomorrow, no supply has yet been received at the local post office.

PERSONAL MENTION. Rev. C. Telford Erickson, who recently resigned as pastor of the Wethersfield Avenue Congregational Church, left Hartford with his family on the 2:25 train yesterday for his new home in West Seattle, Wash. Many of his former parishioners, most of them women, were at Union Station to say good-by.

The engagement is announced of Miss Jeannette Hanson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hanson, to Bert C. Warner of this city, formerly of Northampton, Mass. Miss Erma G.

Conway, daughter of John M. Conway of No. 17 Seyms street, was married to Maxwell F. Schwatlow at her home Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Duane N.

Griffin. Hartford People in New York. The following Hartford people registered yesterday at hotels in Hartford. Manhattan-M. Wellington-Miss A.

Goodman, Mrs. A. I. B. Bunce.

C. Goodman, -E. F. Bushneil. W.

E. Bulkeley. Belmont B. Squires. Murray Hill-Mrs.

F. H. Hastings, Mrs. G. Trumbull.

Grand Union--E. Penfield. Hermitage--A. N. Williams.

Imperial-M. H. Whaples. Park Avenue G. J.

Capewell. New Amsterdam--D. Smith. Waldorf--J. C.

Broadhead, G. E. Keeney, A R. J. Allyn.

Fifth W. Farnham. Bristol High Defeated. (Special to The Courant.) Bristol, April 24. The Bristol High School baseball team played its first game on the street street grounds this afternoon with the Naugatuck High School and was defeated.

4 to 3. Hart of the Bris-1 tois put a first class game the first part of the contest and then he was succeded by Snyder who held the Naugatuek boys in proper shape, but not well as Learey of the visitors. as Queen Drives Out. Madrid, April doctors today reported that the condition of Queen Victoria, who is expected this week to King Alfonse with an heir to present the throne, was satisfactory. Her majesty out this morning, accompanlied by Princess Beatrice.

This aftershe attended a concert at the restnoon dence of the Infanta Isabella, after which she paid a number of calls. Packers Burned Out in Allegheny. Pittsburg, April Zoeller Packing Company, occupying two acres of ground on Spring Garden avenue. was burned tonight causing estimated loss of about $300.000. ConAllegheny, an siderable live stock narrowly escaped cremation and thousands of dollars' worth of cattle killed yesterday was destroyed.

is smart enough to be able Nobody it to his own boy in colto prove York Press. I lege. -New "A Little Spring Sale THIS IS A MOST These Spring in style and fabrics. this season--we to-the-minute. But want to store them cusomers the benefittake advantage of Saturday night full price will be Let us see you Saturday.

Here's $15.00 SPRING $25.00 SPRING $20.00 SPRING $18.00 SPRING $30.00 SPRING $22.50 SPRING A STYLISH There is as made by an expert of an artist and The men who their line--they feature called suit you buy of We'll be pleased on you. MEN'S Don't forget Furnishings--the better, tell us; we'll The "Star" Shirts. "Sterling" Collars. Auerbach's Solid Perrin Gloves, the Kneipp Knothe The GEELEY 27 A RAINY DAY. The soft, gray rain comes slowly down, Settling the mists on marshes brown, Narrowing the world on wood and hill, Drifting the fog down vale and rill.

The weed-stalks bend with pearly drops, The grasses hang their misty tops, The clean leaves drip with tiny spheres, And fence rails run with pleasant tears. Away with care! I walk today In meadows wet and forests gray; Neath heavy trees and branches low; 'Cross splashy fields, where wild things grow: Past shining reeds, and in black, knee-deep wet barns; tarns; By soaking crops On mossy stones, in dripping nooks; Up rainy pools and brimming brooks, Fed by the new-born grassy rills; With waterfalls and cascadills And then return across the lots Through all the soft and watery spots. Away with care! I walk today In meadows wet and forest gray, -L. H. Bailey in The Century.

ETHIOPIA. A Lot of Money Will Be Made There Some Day, (Consul-General R. P. Skinner.) At present there is a native population in Ethiopia of probably 8,000,000, whose total foreign trade is scarcely worth $3,000,000. Until improved means of transportation open up the great natural wealth of the country, until the purchasing power of the people becomes greater, and their wants accordingly more numerous, nothing very extraordinary may be expected in a commercial way.

That eventually this wonderful corner of. Africa, watered, wooded, underlain with mineral wealth, will contribute heavily to the world's stream of trade nobody who has visited it can doubt. Americans, however, desire immediate results. They are willing to buy the coffee, hides, wax, civet, ivory, and feathers which are sold to them by Aden or European exporters, they are willing to sell cotton sheetings for cash in New York, but they regard with something like pity the struggle of the Old World commercial travelers to sell small consignments of cheap staples and bazaar goods now, in anticipation of obtaining a connectien which may prove really valuable ten or twenty years hence. In trade we are nothing if not opportunists.

We sell to-day, In Ethiopia, cotton sheetings to the value of. roundly, a million dollars a year. We appear to be the chief consumers of Ethiopian hides and large consumers of all other articles of export. Some years ago the Emperor Menelik conceded monopolies to certain firms for the importation of different goods. The cotton monopoly was especially valuable, and the effect of its existence was to make the yard of A standard of value.

just as cartridges and salt bars were the coin of the realm for smaller transactions. There is now a silver -Always. for updon't our to that hour Men's any $3.00 cents $1.50 $2.50 Inc. Inc. HARTFORD.

we understand them, do not exist. Those who are really prepared to exploit concessions of various kinds can obtain them, the usual conditions being payment to the government of from to 25 per cent of the profits. It is difficult to say anything satisfactory about the gold -mining enterprises, as they are a long way from the capital. Indian traders pick up the dust at the placer mines, where it reaches them in quills. -They work it up into rings, and in this form sell it in the market.

I purchased several such rings myself as curiosities. The agricultural value of Ethiopia is great, probably greater than any other section of Africa. While there are occasional visitations of locusts, rinderpest, and the crops and herds ordinarily do very well. Abyaginia is the original home of the coffee plant, which was transplanted in Arabia. and first reached the world, commercially, from Mocha.

The province Kaffa, from which the name is derived, and the environs of Harrar furnish the most of the Abyssinian crop, 3 good deal of which finds the consumIng market as Mocha, Wild cotton flourishes, and has been worked up into soft native fabries for centuries. Latterly several Europeans, notably Gabriel Guigniony, at Harrar, and A. Savoure, near Addis-Ababa. have undertaken to grow cotton on A large scale. Mr.

Guigniony told me in December of last year that he was succeeding beyond his expectations. Yankee Manners and Southern Manners. (Charleston News and Courier.) We have seen great numbers of people in Charleston this winter and their deportment has been excellent. So far as we could observe, they have been quiet, unobtrusive and considerative of the rights of others. The more Yankees who come to Charleston, the better will Charleston be pleased.

We invite migration and that from Yankeeland Is preferred to any other. The sojourners for a few days or weeks pay well for their entertainment and to have them "in our for reasons of business as well as of sentiment. However, we remark to Mr. J. C.

Samonds that we have more time and space in the South than is to be had in the North. No one has an excuse tor elbowing his neighbor or stepping ou his next friend's corns in Charleston. One need not always hurry and crush and scramble. We have no Brooklyn Bridge, no rush hour and no problem of rapid transit. If the manPers of Southern people are not more gentle.

if their voices are not softer. if their motions are not more gracious than those of their cousins of the North, it is their fault. Seeing Southern people in Northern cities, we have imagined that they are not at all like themselves; they have seemed to us to partake of the fiercevess of the crowd. If you have rooms to rent, try a small adv. on The Courant want adv page.

THE DOCTOR'S BILL. It's Bigger Here Than in England. (Medical Record.) The fact has been evident for some time that the earnings of the medical profession decrease. This diminution of income has not unnaturally aroused certain members of the medical profession, who both in medical and in lay journals have somewhat clamorously advertised this unfortunate state affairs. Some two months ago one of the leading newspapers of London devoted a considerable amount of space in its correspondence columns to a disof the situation, and medical practitioners from all parts of the counentered with apparent zest into the task of bewailing their lot and of considering the reasons for the evil complained of.

It was agreed on all bands that hospital abuse was an important factor. the lessening of the doctor's guins, anal that there nwas no prospect of matters becoming better in this respects. All large hospitals in Great Britain are free and many sick rersons avail themselves of the benefits of such institutions who can well afford Jo pay a medical man. Another fruitful cause of diminished income is the multiplication of melical clubs in Great Britain; the competition among physicians is 80 acute that clubs are now taken at an absurdly low rate, four shillings (one dollar) per capita for men, women, and children per year being an ordinary fee. Prescribing by druggists is another means whereby, it is stated.

physicians in England are frequent mulcted of their just dues. In America hospital and dispensary abuse is as flagrant and as prevalent, perhaps, 39 in Great Britain although, owing to the different conditions existing, it is not as yet obtained the hold in America that it has gained in Great Bricain, but signs are plentiful that the methods are taking root and becoming more and more popular. of course prescribing by druggists has always been largely in vogue in this country and a source of very considcrable toss to the medical practitioner. By some physicians in England it is proposed to put down this custom by the strong hand of the law, but exactly how this is to be brought about it 1s difficult ti understand, Competition is more severe among American physicians than among ish practitioners, but on the other hang medical fees here are on the whole far higher. While allowing that members of the medical profession are as a rule underpaid.

it may be pointed out that two potent reasons for the diminution of income are usually overlooked. These are the decrease in morbidity and the greatly improved methods of treatment of the present day. Hygiene and sanitation have abolished many of the great epidemics of disease which in times past were wont to bring much grist to the doctor's mill, while the introduction of new and scientific modes of treatment have to a great extent curtailed the duration of the disease and have in a corresponding degree reduced the doctor's income..