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Tied Up by Storm.

An unusually severe storm struck New York, December 11, and played havoc with the street railway and elevated lines, tying up traffic for hours on several lines. Preceded, as it was, by a cold wave, intense and unexpected, the suffering among the poor was almost unprecedented for the time of the year. The high price of coal and the extreme difficulty of obtaining it at any price added to the discomfort, and even those in moderate circumstances were obliged to suffer.

The worst cold of the year came on December 9, the coldest night of December known for years. The lowest for the day was 8 degrees above zero, and the highest was 19 above. A sharp wind from the northeast added to the intensity of the cold and made those who were, obliged to be on the street feel its bite through the thickest of ulsters.

Three deaths from freezing were reported, and two men were saved from death by the police and hospital people. A widow and her two-year-old son were found dead in a shabby room at Greenpoint. There was no fuel in the room and the two people, the mother and her child, were lying clasped together on a thin mattress, laid upon the floor. Their positions showed that to the end the mother had shielded the On the little child, at the cost of her own life, for the covering, insufficient for one, had been given him.

fellow's face the tears had frozen.

John Stellenweerf, a blacksmith, was overcome with the cold while on his way home from work and was found dead along the roadside near West Brighton, Staten Island. Charles Mathews, an old actor, known as "King Lear." was found freezing on the steps of St. Chrysostom's Church, at the corner of Seventh avenue and Thirty-ninth street, and was taken to the hospital just in time to save his life. known man was overcome on East Eightieth street and was revived with difficulty.

The temperature records as furnished by the Weather Bureau, for December 9, are as follows:

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The ice storm which followed the cold wave caused the greatest discomfort to a great number of people. The newly installed electric system on the Sixth Avenue Elevated proved unable to meet the conditions imposed by the freezing rain, and on December 10 thousands of people were late at their work. The trains were run but seldom during the entire day and not at all until steam was substituted for electricity as the motive power.

The third rail, from which the power is obtained, became coated with ice as soon as the rain had fallen for half an hour and the stiff brushes with which the cars are equipped proved inadequate to keep the metal clear. The same difficulty was experienced on the Third and Second Avenue lines, though not to so great an extent. In Brooklyn, where the third rail system has been used on the elevated roads for a longer time, the officials knew better how to prevent a tie-up of their trains and Brooklyn people reached their places of business in New York City sooner than those from Harlem, who had to ride on overcrowded surface cars. On the 13th and 14th a sleet and snow storm of unusual violence affected traffic to some extent, but did not cause so much trouble as the rain that fell and froze two days before. This storm interfered with the surface cars more than with the elevated, and made the streets almost impassable for horses, for the sleet that fell did not melt or become packed, but covered the roadways with a treacherous, shifting, sand-like substance that offered no footing at all.

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And with the cold and sleet and snow the price of coal began to creep upward again and the dealers declared it impossible to obtain a supply half sufficient for the demands upon them. On the ninth of December hard coal was quoted at from $7.50 to $14 a ton and was practically unobtainable at any price. coal was offered for sale at $5.75. The American Ice Company made an effort to help the poor who purchase coal by the pailful. They offered to sell coal at 5 cents the pallful at the Harlem branch of the company, and as long as the supply lasted there was a line of men, women and children waiting for their little share of fuel. At the yards of Alfred Barber's Sons and Curtis & Blaisdell coal was also sold by the pailful at low prices, as was done by some other dealers.

Some interesting figures, furnished by the Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department, show how the strike of the Summer affected the movement of coal, and give a better idea than words how small the supply is at present. These figures are for the port of Boston and show the coastwise receipts from domestic and foreign ports and by rail. In 1901, for the ten months ending October 31, the total receipts of hard coal at Boston were 1.873,975 tons, and for the same period in 1902 the total receipts were only 765 365 tons, a difference of more than a million tons. For October, 1902, the receipts of hard coal amounted to 166,117 tons less than in 1901.

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The storms of December, 1902, do not compare in their effect upon traffic with the blizzard of 1888. '88 all traffic was tied up for almost twenty-four hours, and it was nearly impossible to move along the streets on foot. The drifting snow was worse than freezing rain or sleet, and all bad Winter weather is marked by reference to the "blizzard of '88."

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THE THOMAS A.

Edison, Jr., Magno-Electric Vitalizer

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HE MAGNO-ELECTRIC VITALIZER, invented by Mr. Thomas A. Edison, Jr., is the result of many years' close scientific study of the actual cause of disease. In his laboratory investigations into the effects of various electric currents upon human nerve, Mr. Edison became impressed with the belief that the living nerves themselves generated electricity, and that the health of the entire human organism was dependant upon the existence of a full, regular and unimpaired supply of this natural electricity to the nerves. He discovered that when disease was present the nerves showed a distinct loss of electricity, which became more marked as the disease progressed.

With the practical foresight which is the chief characteristic of all really great inventors, Mr. Edison saw that in discovering the fact that loss of natural electricity from the nerves was the cause of disease, he had also uncovered the secret of curing such diseased conditions by restoring to the body its lost electrical force, or vital power.

Realizing that it was necessary to invent an instrument which would revitalize worn out nerves, Mr. Edison created the powerful curative device now universally known as the MAGNO-ELECTRIC VITALIZER.

The MAGNO-ELECTRIC VITALIZER is a small appliance, worn upon the spine, which sends its healing, health-giving current THROUGH THE BODY, stirring every muscle, tendon and nerve. Its influence is exerted upon the entire system, and it enters and works upon it. The MAGNO-ELECTRIC VITALIZER strikes boldly at the very fountain and spring of unhappiness, worry, care, weakness and disease. It will recharge the run down system. It will build up the debilitated body. It will bring strength where weakness was. It will kill the germs of disease. It will invigorate, brace and vitalize you. It will give you the vital force necessary to a

useful life and a strong manhood.

No discovery in modern times has ever aroused one-half the interest that is now being evinced in the younger Edison's invention. It is pointed out by scientists that the MAGNO-ELECTRIC VITALIZER is the most powerful and remarkable curative force in existence to-day. There seems to be no limit either to its powers or its possibilities.

It is equally adapted to the relief of the most complex disorders of the nerves, such as nervous prostration or paralysis; to the cure of diseases of the blood, such as Rheumatism, Catarrh and Malaria; to lung and respiratory complaints like consumption and asthma; to digestive troubles, such as dyspepsia and malnutrition; to the various organic and intestinal conditions which result in Bright's Disease and appendicitis, as well as to the many circulatory defects that are evidenced by heart disease and failing strength. In fact, the Vitalizer fully merits the name Mr. Edison has bestowed upon it, for it stores up and communicates Vitality.

The MAGNO-ELECTRIC VITALIZER is being placed upon the market by Mr. Edison's own company, the THOMAS A. EDISON, JR. CHEMICAL CO., 14 Stone Street, New York. A booklet containing complete information is sent free on application to those who suffer from Consumption, Bronchitis, Malaria. Rheumatism, Debility. Sleeplessness, Nervous Exhaustion, and to all who may be interested in the cure of disease by electricity.

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High Grade Outfits for Home Use

In hardwood highly polished Cabinets,
shaped like a dress suit case, but larger.
Can be easily carried about or hung on
wall.

Absolutely, standard best quality tools,
the kind we have sold carpenters for
54 years past.

SET No. 51 at $5.00
SET No. 52 at $10.00

Illustration of Outfit No. 52 at $10.00

SPECIAL

SET No. 53 at $15.00
SET No. 54 at $20.00

COLOR-CATALOGUE No. 1357 DESCRIBES ALL FOUR OUTFITS
Our lines are Piano, Cabinet and Builders' Hardware; Bolts, Screws, Nuts; Tools for all Trades,
including Machinists and Metal Workers, Carpenters and General Woodworkers, Wood Carvers,
Clay Modellers and Plaster Carvers, Piano Tuners and Regulators; a complete Line of MANUAL
TRAINING SCHOOL Tools and Benches.

We issue Special Catalogues for most of these lines-
which we distribute upon agreeable terms to consumers.

CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. ALWAYS MENTION THIS ALMANAC WHEN FIRST WRITING

HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO., New York, Since 1848

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