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COBVALLIS GAZETTE GAZETTE Pl'BLIHHIMH HOUSE. CORVALLIS, OREGON. LIFE IN THE ARMY. The Menial (Service Required in the Resalar Army, and the Arbi trary Punishment lnflictea. New York Herald. Our little army, the greater part of which is always "in the field" in the vast -west, is called upon, besides much hard marching and often hard fighting, to do much hard work or manual labor, and also much menial service. These last two features destroy all soldierly feeling and esprit de corps, rendering the men sullen and discontented. Take the following for an example, habitually witnessed in the army. After a long day's march, with musket on his shoulder, fortv rounds of am munition in his cartridge-box, and a day's ration of hard tack and pork in his haversack, the soldier reaches camp and longs to rest his weary limbs after putting up, with his mates, the little tent and bringing up his share of wood for the camp-fire. This is done cheerfully. But there is no rest for him. The sergeant calls for details of half a dozen men each to put up the tents for the officers., another detail to onload the officers' wagons and another to bring an ample supply of wood for each officer's tent fire, and also wood and water for the officer s cook. In the meantime the officer for whom the soldier performs these gratuitous services, and who bore -no musket, am munition or ration through the broil ing sun, and who materially reduced the fatigues of the march by alter nately riding or walking and thereby remaining comparatively fresh, sits on his stool or reclines on a soft buffalo Tobe, sipping his toddy in sight of the tired soldier to whom, with his weary limbs and stomach full of tepid creek or swamp water, a like refreshment would be a blessing. To refuse to ren der these menial "duties," for which the service and the officers receive curses not loud but deep, the soldier would incur the risk of being tied up to a wagon wheel, to be bucked and gagged or, in the mildest case, get an extra guard and be subject to all sorts of unpleasant treatment. Again, a soldier is called upon to do too much hard manual labor. He must be, or is made to be, also a carpenter, machinist, wagon-maker, axman, etc. Hundreds of so-called "forts," consist ing of officers' and soldiers' quarters, quartermaster and commissary store houses, stables and guard-houses have been built by soldiers, some of whom received a few cents "extra pay" daily, while the majority were detailed as "fatigue parties," without more than their scant soldier pay. Then there jiave been built thousands of miles of roads through the wilderness, and bridges as well, by our our pioneer soldiery, who are often sadly overtaxed. Fitted Him Ont with" a Cigar. KnoxvulaTeton.) News. -mJL verv. hizh-tonedlookino- vonnc man. in exquisite mustache, loud plaid clothes, red necktie, low-crowned hat, crushed strawberry kids, and knitting needle cane, walked into Uncle Peter Bicardi's store, next to our office, a few day's since, and throwing a half dollar (with a hole in it) down on the counter, said: "Well, this the worst town I ever saw. A gentleman can find nothing in it fit to eat. drink, or .smoke, and for the life of me I can not see how a gentleman of Oscar "Wilde's tastes can live in it. I say, Mr. Storekeeper, can you sell a fellow a de cent cigar?" "Yes, sir," said Uncle Peter. "What kind of a cigar do vou want?" "What kind?" "Yes, sir." "Why, look at me, sir, a moment, and see for yourself what kind of a cigar would suit me ;" and he drew him self up gradually and gazed down on poor Uncle Peter. Uncle Peter thought a moment and sized the lad up for all he was worth. Then he took the half dollar from the counter and handed his highness a cigar and 49 cents in change, and said : "1 owe you a half cent, sir, but I can't make the change unless you take an other cigar." His highness glanced at Uncle Peter, then at the cigar, and, without a word, walked out. A Cbiearo Oath. Philadelphia Call. "Why is my darling so sad to night?" "I cannot help thinking, my own, that when you are my husband you m y be less devoted than now." " How could I be, my peerless queen ? I swear by yonder moon " " Oh, swear not by the moon, the in constant moon,;"-. . ... . .. "I swear by yon bright star looking uown on "No, no ! That star is a planet and changes with each passing season." "Then, precious one, what shall I swear by t "Swear by the pork crop. That never fails." A . reat Relief. Chicago Tribune. The superstitious inmates of the im perial palace at Berlin were greatly relieved when they ascertained that the recent apparition of the "White Lady," foretelling death, was in fact nothing more awful than a white-anroned kitchen boy, who, having been kept up late by the preparations for a coming festivity, amused himself with a mid night stroll through the corridors. The youngster would have been dismissed from the roval service except for a friendly intercessor whose wish is a command. Maiarionn Wine. rChieajro Herald.l A crafty New York Frenchman who deals in French wines tells a reporter that American wines are dangerous, as the grapes grow on a new soil which is full of malaria, which goes tl rough the vine into the grape, from the grape into the wire, and from the wine to the man, -where it completes its fatal work. IOE RESERVOIRS. Caves in Different Countries Wheps Ice May Bs Got the Year Round. New York News. In many countries ice is obtained from natural ice-houses, wherein, while the ordi nary temperature outside is 80 degrees, ice is continually forming. Such a ravine or cavern has been found in New Jersey, and near Lincoln, Vermont, there is a glen in which snow and ice lie all the year round. One of the most remarkable of these ice caverns is that of Dobschan, in Hungary. It is quite near the town, and is approached though a narrow, winding limestone valley, called "Straeenaer Thai." It is in the interior of a mountain, having a general direction east and west. The entrance is near the top and extremely narrow, and was only discov ered by accident. Once, inside, a remark able scene is beheld, the ice, which seems formed in many layers, having assumed all the peculiar shapes that characterize the limestone caves of our own country. The total rock and ice surface in the cave alone occupy about 21,000 square feet. The cave is divided into two parts, upper and lower. In the upper part the roof is of limestone, and the floor of solid ice, and it is divided into two great halls of wondrous beauty. The roof of the largest hall is sup ported by three enormous pillars of clear ice, one of which is hollow, and through which flows a stream from above, producing strange echoes and reverberations. AU about are fantastu forms of ice resembling human be ings, pulpits, monuments and so on, giving to the cave a most grotesque appearance. In one end the ice forms an exact representation of a large cascade as if a rushing stream with its spray had suddenly been frozen solid. De scending to the lower room , the passage is 600 feet in length, and by following down through the ice you come to the nat ural outlet of the water. In all countries such caves have been found. So extensive is the ice cavern on tht peak of Teneriffe that it affords a permanent source of supply, and even vessels are loader with its ice. This ice is columnar in shape, and does not melt easily, and so can be trans ported without great loss. Near the village of Stelitze, in the Carpathian mountains, there is one of the largest ice caverns in th& world, and, curiously enough, it freezes in the summer and melts in the winter. For in stance, in midsummer the roof is entirely cov ered with icicles, but in winter they disap pear, and by Christmas time the cavern is dry and, warm ompared to the outside world. Ice begins to form as soon as the spring opens. In some deep mines ice forms at certain pe riods. This is the case in some of the salt mines of the Ural mountains. Great cavities are formed in the gypsum, and in the winter they are filled with clear water, but in the summer they are frozen solid. We have similar cases nearer home. In this state there are several ice wells, and an ice cave has been fouud at Dacorah, Iowa. The "Many Old Friends" San Francisco CalL It was so long since I had met Gen. Han cock that I was prepared to receive new im pressions of him during the couis." of a pleas ant chat the other day. I iiid not, however. He is now, as he always has been to men, a constant surprise; he talks so very much better than I expected him to. He looks like a man meant for very big work, and cer tainly he has lived up to his looks, but such men seldom talk much or well. How ever. I am not going to discuss his powers as a conversationalist. I was only wondering if many people would have sus pected, as I did, that the general was indulg in some mild irony when he said to me: "I have not been here in over a score of years, and am consequently surprised at the num ber of old friends who remember me." What made me skeptical of his sincerity was a sud den recollection of a conversation I had with Modjeska during her first appearance here in California. "I am made so pleased," said the madame, who had not then mastered our idom, "by the many old friends I haf here." "Old friends here?" I asked. "Yes. Only this day a card is sent to my apartment; the name is a Polish one; I say the gentleman may present himself. Well, he did, and he say to me, 'Madame, I am de lighted to salute you, for I claim the honor of an old acquaintance.' 'With me V I say, 'but one is so stupid, for I cannot recall where I haf meet you.' 'No, madame,' he say, 'not so great an honor as that; but my father, forty years ago, he make the brick of which your father build his house in War saw.'" After a pause Modjeska added to me, with her charming naivete : "It is pleasant, is it not? But forty years is so long for one to remember who is not yet 40." Knott s Strategy. Arkansaw Traveler. Proctor Knott, governor of Kentucky, is a great story teller. Several days ago an old fellow, whose son was sentenced to be hanged, called on Gov. Knott, and begged for the commutation of the sentence. "Sit down," said the governor; "want a commu tation, eh? That reminds me of something that occurred in Missouri when I was a young man. An old man's son, you see, had stolen a watermelon from a marketer's wagon, and his father decided to whip him. Well, the boy figured around awhile and finally gave his father half the fruit as a compromise. You have heard of old Maj. Wittleson, haven't you? I was out to his house one day not long ago " "Governor, I am in a hurry. My son is to be hanged to-morrow, and un less I can do something to-day he will be lost." "Sit-down and let me tell you." And the governor told a story that made the old fellow laugh so that he got up, slapped Proc tor on the shoulder, and weut away, having forgotten the mission which had taken him to the executive chamber. Train Delayed by Antelopes. Elko (Nev.) Independent. The west-bound train between Green river and Granger, on the Union Pacific, recently encountered a flock of 1,300 or 1,500 ante lopes. The snow was quite deep and drifted in places, and the antelopes were running on the road bed, finding that the easiest road to travel in. When they were first encountered many of them were killed, and the engineer, seeing that the train might be derailed un less it was slowed up, decreased the speed. The antelopes kept a short distance ahead of the engine, and were strung along the road for a quarter ot a. mile. They would oc casionally get some distance from the engine and then they would stop, turn around and watch the headlight until the engine was fairly upon them. They delayed the train half or three-quarters of an hour. "A Phenomenal Window Pane." New York Bulletin. It is seldom that so many annoying errors creep into a brief paragraph as spoiled a Bulletin item under this bead a day or two ago. The fact is (1), the glass was imported, not by "Mr. Peter de Conic," of this city, but by the steamer "Pieter de Coninek;" (2) that it was three-eighths of an inch, not yt inches; (3) it is on storage at the warehouse of the firm importing it, Messrs Boyd & Sons, 6 and 63 Woostar (4) not "Worster," street, PETROLEUM IN EARLY DAYS. Scientific American. Forty years ago the word petroleum had no existence in current language. It is a compound term meaning simply rock oil ; it was in the dictionaries, but it was not known to people in general. And yet the article at that time was on sale, in the large cities, and occasionally in smaller places. But it was in" very small quantities, and was disposed of by the ounce. ' Very probably the en tire stock on hand in the city of New York could have been held in a few five gallon cans. Those who are old enough to remember as far back as 1840 can possibly recall a very bad-smelling medicine to which they were perhaps subjected. It was called Seneca oil, and was "dreadful good for the rheumatiz," being fortun ately, inmost instances, used externally, though not always. It was understood to be brought from the "Seneca nation," in the southwestern part of the state of New York; hence its name. Seneca oil was simply crude petroleum, and it is on the instant recognized that it came from the immediate vicinity, the very border of the region which has within these later years revolutionized the world with its oil wells. But in going back to Seneca oil do we touch the early days of petroleum ? Not at all; and we shall never touch them. No glimmering light shines back so far. When the fires fell on the cities of the plain, in the circuit of Jordatt, at. the north end of the Dead sea, the com bustible material which insured the destruction of 8odom and Gomorrah was crude petroleum, the "slime pits" of the vale of Siddim. Later still petroleum, in its viscid form, served to make watertight the cradle of the baby Moses. But both these instances are relatively of modern date ; for perfectly untold ages before that time petroleum had served to aid in preserving the Egyptian dead from decomposition, for the very oldest of all the mummies yet brought to light reveal its presence. And how early in the experience of the human race its remarkable properties were brought into play we can only conjecture, for nothing remains to tell us. AN ECCENTRIC HUNTER. Cor. Detroit Free Press. The Northern Pacific first touches the Yellowstone river at Glendive, in Montana Territory, and follows it for a distance of 340 miles to Livingsion. It is a broad, clear stream ef rapid cur rent, of no great depth, but of ever va rying characteristics, forming a cheer ful feature of the landscape. Glendive was named by Sir George Gore, an eccentric Irish nobleman, who established a.sort of fort at that point nearly thirty years ago. He devoted himseii to the slaughter of buffalo, an telope and deer, purely for the sake of slaughter. He had a con siderable following, and as game was numerous, and the hunt ing continued lor many years, the wan ton sacrifice of animal life was, per haps, unprecedented. Sir George Gore made friends with the Indians, giving them presents, being as reckless in his expenditures in this direction as he was in the destruction of the game. He finally became disgusted with thecu pidity, which manifested itself among the Indians, as well as among his own men, and gathering up everything por table, set fire with his own hand to the fort and houses, and destroyed the premises. When the property had been burned to ashes he mounted his pony, marshaled his men, set out for civilization, and the country has never heard from him since. . WANT TO BE NOTICED. Long Branch Letter. The reason startled pedestrians stop and turn to look after the young women they meet is probably because these young persons intended to produce this effect on crowds when they left home. They have a queer foreign look, which excites comment, if not admiration. Girls don't particularly care for admi ration only; they do want to be no ticed. Whatever your motive, by turn ing to look a second time at the girl of to-day you gratify the most profound desire of her heart; you satisfy her that she is outre, strange, grotesque or something or other in front, and that you want to know how the rear view of her will compare in picturesqueness. What strikes the beholder is that the returned summer resort girl is still wearing the flabby, clinging, open meshed garments yon saw her in at the springs, but she has thrown away her big summer hat with its shattered roses and yards of drabbled tulle for a stiff-brimmed, high-crowned straw, dis playing a monstrous pigeon, life size, with outstretched wings as if longing to fly, but prevented by that cruel millin er's needle, on the soft breast of a grebe duck. THE AGE OF MONUMENTS. London Times. This quarter of the century has been nrolific in monuments, and mav he called the golden age, not of sculpture) perhaps, but of sculptors. As fast as spirited sediles improve old cities by clearing away narrow streets, there is a demand for groups in marble or bronze to adorn open spaces ; and philanthrop ists are ever at work discovering emi nent persons who deserve to have their likenesses set upon pedestals. When somebody inquired of Cato the Elder why no statue had been raised to him, he said that he would rather have to answer this question than hear it asked wherefore he had been honored with a statue ; but in these days nobody thinks of questioning a man's claim to a monu ment if subscribers can be found to buy him one. PROFITS OF A "POLICE" NEWSPAPER "Gath" in New York Tribune. Capt. Thomas Sampson, the chief poliee officer of the sub-treasury, told me that to the best of his information a publisher of sporting books and news papers of the police order was making a regular income of 5,000 a week, or $250,000 a year. Said he :" This man was a poor newsboy, born in Ireland, but of driving nature, and he found his way into the proprietorship of a police journal which was founded by an old chief of police, and you can depend upon it he is making in that business as much as the large newspapers of the most successful character." ONE WOMAN'S FATE. "Duran'lal" in Cincinnati Enquirer. I shall never forget one woman who at tracted the attention of at least 50,000 people a day for several months in a carpet factory near the Elevated road. The factory in ques tion is situated directly opposite and within twenty feet of the Third avenue Elevated sta tion at Chatham square. From the station could be seen several hundred women sewing carpets on clanging or clattering machines all day long. Business men who came down in the morning and were obliged to get off at Chatham square, so as to connect with the branch road to the city hall, watched the women curiously as they waited for their trains. At night when they waited in the same place they watched them again until their traiu came along. More than 50,000 men did this every day in the year. One morning in the early part of May last year the eyes of every man were attracted to ward the southern window of the building the one nearest the station. A new-comer had taken charge of the machine which faced the window. She was a remarkably hand some woman, and she charmed the eyes of the multitude from the mo ment she made her appearance. She had a superb figure, shapely arms, mag nificent black eyes, lots of color and regular features. Occasionally she glanced down at the multitude who watched her eagerly, but she never smiled at the dudes, nor gave the slightest glance of recognition to the bankers, brokers and respectable" merchants who glared at her so amorously. She was a sub feet of conversation every morning for a long time after she made her appearance. The men looked for her as regularly as they looked at the city hall clock When she first appeared her back hair was drawn neatly down over her forehead and gathered in a tight roll at the back of her head. She wore a bit of something white about her neck, and looked refreshing and pretty. This was just before the hot weather began. Gradually the woman began to fade; the heavy carpet which she .was compelled to stitch became dusty, and the glare from the street and the heat of the air made the work more and more trying every day. She be gan to show traces of fatigue ; she grew heavy-eyed; her hair, which had formerly been neatly arranged, was allowed to strag gle over her brow, and the neatness which had characterized her whole appearance dis appeared before the oppression of the heat and the awful amount of work which she was obliged to do every day. Her ft. -e grew thinner and thinner, the color departed from her cheeks and black circles came under her eyes. The 50,000 men stared at her every day, observed the change and commented npon it. By the time the scorching heat of July had come she had wasted away to a mere skele ton. The pale and wan cheek was heightened by a hectic flush, and her eyes were un naturally bright. The 50,000 men looked at her and bet ten to five among themselves that she wouldn't last until August 1. Those who had put up money on the endurance of the poor creature were more interested in her than ever. One passenger, a prominent broker whom I knew, said to me one morn ing: i "I look for that face at the window and for the roof of the produce exehange every morning with the utmost anxiety. If that face goes away before August 1, I shall lose $'25. If I find a flag on the roof of the produce exchange I will know that some of the members are dead, and that will cost me $10 more. I can never draw a long breath until I have seen both lotteries and am safely boused in my office." The broker lost his money. Shortly be fore August 1 the 50,000 men were shocked -or gladdened, as the case might be, by see lhg in the place of the beautiful girl, who had so long sat framed in by the window a raw-boned, scrawny and freckled woman with a face so positively ugly that it would stop a Chinese funeral. Speculation was rife as to what bad become of the girl One day three of us were going up town about 3 o'clock in the afternoon in August, talking as usual about the carpet girl, when some body proposed that we should go up into the carpet house and ask about her. For a mo ment it seemed a rash and dreadful thing to do. But after a little thought we descended the steps and climbed to the second story of the building. When we got there we were stared at by several hundred employes, and guyed unmercifully until we found the superintendent. He was a little man, with a quick, nervous manner, and a bald head. We stated our errand to him as quickly as possible. He said: "It is astonishing how much interest that girl created. You are only three of 3,000 men who have come up to ask about her. Her history was not remarkable in any re spect, and she is now doing quite well." "What became of her?" "You seem very anxious to know," said the little man with a very hard twinkle of his right eye as he stared at us. "Yes, wo have come all the way up here to see if we couldn't find out what had become of her. We have no base and sinister mo tives. We are moved simply by curiosity." "No doubt," said the little man with the some hard glitter in his eye. There was a painful pause. We stood and stared at each other while the operatives kept on with their guying, and the little man kept on with his staring. Finally, after a long wait, some one of our party said : "Well, what the deuce did become of her?" "She married," said the little man lacon ically. There was another dreary pause. Finally, I mustered up courage enough to say: "Who?" "Me," said the little man. Then we left. Carried Away by the Play. Exchange. J3uring the performance of a thrilling play in Norwalk, Conn., last week, a well-known physician of the town, who seldom enters a theatre, was in the audience. When the part came where the heroine swallowed the poi son, is dying, and her lover and friends are wringing their hands and crying help lessly, "What can be done?" the doctor was seen to be laboring under considerable ex citement. At last the terrible scene was too much for him, and, forgetting where he was, he jumped to his feet and shouted : "Give her coffee, you fools; give her coffee!" Then a friendly hand pulled him back into his seat, and the surprised actors went on with the play. Helen Wilmans : In the end nothing exists but by the consent of intelli gence. Intelligence is always umpfre at the last. Chicago Times : It is the man who doesn't want the presidency who is the most dangerous. A GEEAT HOUSEMAN. Mr. J. H. Goldsmith, owner of the Wal nut Grove stock farm, N. Y., says of the wonderful curative qualities of St. Jacobs Oil, that having long used it for rheuma tism and on his breeding farm for ailments of horses and cattle, he cheerfully accords this great pain-cure his preference, as the best he ever used, in an experience of twenty years. HOW ALPH0NSE DATJDET W0BKS. The JKo-veliBt a Tireless Worher . How He Utilizes Material- Per sonal Appearance. Paris Cor. Philadelphia Press. The famous novelist is a tireless worker. He believes that genius, however great, can accomplish nothing durable without labor. He is a rapid composer, but his first composi tion is always revised and re-revised, often entirely changed, even reconstructed. Usu ally he does not begin a new chapter until he has finished to his satisfaction the one he ii engaged upon. But when his whole manu script is complete, he goes over it word for word, in the most critical spirit. If he finds anything that he believes he can make better he tries to mend it, regardless of the time and toil it may cost him. He is unquestiona bly tormented, as so many great artists have been, with the passion for perfection. It is his habit to write between the two breakfasts that Frenchmen take the coffee and rolls on rising, and the meal, about 1 or 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when meat, eggs, and wine are served. His hours of composi tion average from four to six daily, though they are prolonged when he is anx ious to complete a chapter or a situation that presses on his mind, and might lose vividness and force if it were deferred until the mor row. No author here or elsewhere is more absorbed in his calling, which is rarely for gotten. He never sees or hears anything re markable that it does not present itself to his alert and ever-vigilant mind as material to be used for his art. It may be said that he is eternally composing; for, be where he may, he is regarding his . environ ment as a possible fragment of a future story. His memory is singularly retentive, yet he seldom fails to record any thought or incident or speech that may be rendered serviceable. He has any number of note-books for the purpose, and does not go anywhere without one of these on his per son. In society, which he seems fond of, he is rarely so much interested as not to be thinking of his trade. Once when be had a sentimental scene with his wife, something quite dramatic oc curred, as the gossip goes, and he remarked: "This seems, my dear, like a chapter that had slipped out of a novel. " "It is more likely, Alphonse," was the reply, "to form a chapter that will slip into a novel." Surely enough, within a year the scene was reproduced in one of Daudet's stories. She evidently un derstands her husband's method of composi tion. Daudet is decidely handsome. He has an olive complexion, well-proportioned features, dark, expressive eyes, and dark, thick hair, falling about his brow and ears, with full flowing whiskers and untrimmed mustaches, something after the manner of the art students so prevalent in the Latin quarter. He looks like a son of the south, and his vivacity of manner, copious gestures and changing emotions, when he is moved and among his intimates, denote the region of his nativit3". In general company, however, he is often reserved as if he hsld a check upon himself, conscious of his ferver and tendency to over-demonstrativeness. His writings have been very profitable, particularly his later ones. Authors who have 150,000 francs (less than $20,000( are ac counted rich here, and he is reputed to own a property valued at 2,000,000 francs, or about $400,000, all directly or indirectly the pro duct of his pen. "fheNabob," . the most popular of his novels, is said to.havs-yielded him 100,000 francs, and it is still selling. The gods have been kind to him. Tobacco Paper. Chicago Herald. One of the latest cheats is tobacco paper. Tbe stuff is such-an exact-imitation of the natural tobacco leif and is so well flavored that it takes a magnifying glass to detect the decep tion. Cigars made of this tobacco paper have a good flavor, burn well and hold their white ash firmly. Southwestern Christian Advocate : We look with distrust upon the state that makes the marriage of white and colored a crime, and yet has no statute defining and punishing adultery. JUDGE FLANDERS OF NEW YORK. The Hon. Joseph R. Flanders enjoys the eminent distinction of being one of the most prominent lawyers m New xorK. Born and brought up in Malone, Franklin eountv. on the edze of the Adirondack re gion, tie early devoted himself to the practice of law, and took an active part in the politics of the State. He was for years Judge in Franklin county; and he served with distinguished ability several terms in the Leeisiature of JNew xorn He was for a long time in partnership, in the practice of law, with the Hon. W. A. Wheeler, who was Vice-President of the United States, during the Presidency of Mr. Hayes. Judge Flanders was a mem ber of the famous committee appointed about thirty years ago to revise the Con stitution of the State of New York. He always has been a staunch and fearless ad vocate of temperance reform, and of purity in political affairs. During the controversy which led to the war, he was conspicuous for his consistent and forcible advocacy of State rights, always taking the ground of the statesman and jurist, and not affil iating with the demagogues or noisy polit ical charlatans on either side. In his present appearance Judge Flan- aers countenance gives no niuiaiuuii of the remarkable physical experience throuorh which he has passed. No one wouldsuppose, from seeing him busily at work in his law office, a cheerful, hearty and well preserved, elderly gentleman, that he was for nianv years a ereat suf ferer, and that his emancipation from slavery to severe disease was a matter of only recent (tate. due even so it is. Visiting him a few days ago in his well appointed law offices in 'Temple Court," which is one of the new twelve-story of fice buildings of the metropolis, we found him disposed to engage in conversation regarding his illness and his complete re storation to health. The information which he communicated in regard to this extraordinary case was substantially as follows- , .' "For many years I suffered from weak digestion and the dyspepsia consequent upon it. My heal i n was not at any time since I was twenty-one years of age, vig orous: although bv persistence and close application I nave been able in most of the years to perform a large amount of worK in my proiession. uraauauy i de clined into a state of physical and nervous prostration, in whach work became almost an impossibility. In 1879 I was all run down in strength and spirits. Energy and ambition had entirely departed. That summer I went tj Saratoga, and took a variety of the waters, under the direction of one of the resident physicians. But instead of receiving any benefit I grew weaker and more miserable all the time I was there. "In September I returned to New York in a very reduced state. I was incapable of work and hardly able te leave the house. Soon after my return I suffered a violent chill, which prostrated me to the last degree. But under medical treatment I gradually rallied, so that in the course of the winter and spring I managed to do a little work at mv office in mv profession. During this time, however, I was subject to frequent fits of prostration, wkich kept me for days and weeks at a time-in tine house. "So I kept on until the summer of 1882. I tried a variety of medicaments which kind friends recomended, and was under the care of several physicians from time to time. In the latter part of the summer I went to Thousand Islands, where I staid several weeks with friends. But I found the atmosphere did not agree with me. Soon I bad a chill; not a severe one, yet in my state it added to my weakness and general discomfort. Several days after this I had another chill, which totally prostrated me. "Ah soon after this as I was able to travel, i went to Malone, my old Franklin county home, intending to stay for awhile among relations and friends, and to con sult ray old family physician. But I found that be watt away in the White Mountains with Vice-President Wheeler, my old friend and former law partner. They did not return to Malone until three days be fore 1 left there. Of course I consulted the physician. He neither said nor did much for me. I came away, feeling that the bat tle of life was nearly ended. The next time I saw Mr. Wheeler in New York, he told me that the doctor had said to him that he never expected again to see me alive. When I arrived at home in Septem ber, it was in a state of such exhaustion that I was unable to leave home except on bright and sunshiny days; and then only to walk slowly a block or two. "Meanwhile my son, who had been in Massachusetts, made the acquaintance of a country postmaster in that State, an elderly gentleman, whose prostration seemed to have been as great as my own, or nearly so. This gentleman had been taking the Compound Oxygen Treatment, and had received from it the most sur prising advantage. My son wrote fre quently, and urged that I should try this treatment. But I had lost all faith in remedies. I had tried many things, and had no energy to try any more. But in September my sen came to New York, and persuaded me to visit Dr. Turner, who is in charge of Dr. Starkey & Palen's office in New Y ork for the Compound Oxy gen Treatment. My going there was not because I had any faith in this treatment, but to gratify my son's kind importunity. When Dr. Turner examined my case, he thought I was so far gone that he hardly dared to express the faintest hope. "On the seventh of October I commenced taking the treatment. To my great sur- !rise I began to feel better within a week, n a month, I improved so greatly that I was able to come to my office and do some legal work. I then came to the office reg ularly except in bad weather. On the nineteenth of December a law matter came into my hands. It was a compli cated case, promising to give much trou ble, and to require very close attention. I had no ambition to take it, for I had no confidence in my ability to attend to it. I consented, however, to advise concerning it, and to do a little work. One complica tion after another arose. I kept working at it all winter and into the spring. For three months this case required as contin uous thought and labor as I had ever be stowed on any case in all my legal experi ence. Yet under the constant pressure and anxiety I grew stronger, taking Compound Oxygen all the time. In the spring, to mv astonishment, and that of my friends, 1 was as fit as ever for hard work and close aplication. "My present health is such that I can without hardship or undue exertion at tend to the business of my profession as of old. I am regularly at my office in all kinds of weather, except the exceedingly stormy, and even then it is seldom that I am housed. My digestion is good, my sleep is as natural and easy as it ever was, and my appetite is as hearty as I could de sire. "A remarkable feature of my case is the lyelessness with which Ih Starkey viewed it at the. outset. It was not brought to his personal attention until after, in Dr. Turner's care, I had begun the treatment. Then my son wrote to him, setting forth my condition, and ask ing him to interest himself individually m endeavors for my benefit. Dr. Starkey replied that he had carefully examined the case, as set before him, and that there was evidently nothing that could be done. He saw no possible chance of my being made better, and doubted if I could even be made more comfortable. ' I am very sorry,' he wrote, ' to give such a hopeless prognosis, but conscientiously I can give no other.' What would Dr. Starkey have said, had he then been assured that in less than a year from the time of his writing I should be thoroughly restored to as good health as ever I had, and that I should be able to attend regularly to the arduous du ties of my profession? "Do I still continue to take the Treat ment? No; not regularly, for my system is in such a condition that I do not need it. Once in awhile, if I happen to take cold, I resort to the Treatment for a few days, and always with certain and benefi cial effect. "My confidence in the restorative power of Compound Oxygen is complete; as also it is in the ability and integrity of Drs. Starkey & Palen, and of Dr. Turner, who is in charge of their New York Depository; otherwise I should not allow my name to be used in this connection. I nave thus freely made mention of the history of my ease as a duty I owe of rendering possible service to some who may be as greatly in need of physical recuperation as I was." From the above it would seem that even the most despondent invalids and those whose condition has been supposed to be beyond remedy, may take courage and be of good cheer. For the most ample de tails in regard to Compound Oxygen, ref erence should be made to the pamphlet is sued by Drs. Starkey & Palen, 1109 and 1111 Girard Street, Philadelphia. On ap plication by mail, this pamphlet will be sent to any address. All orders for the Compound Oxygen Home Treatment directed to H. E. Ma-, thews, 606 Montgomery street, San Fran cisco, will be filled on the same terms as if. sent directly to us in Philadelphia. "Dr. Pierce's Magnetic Elastic Truss" is advertised in another column of this pa per. This establishment is well known on the Pacific Coast as reliable and square in all its dealings. Their goods have gained an enviable reputation. A CARD. 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