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EUGENE CITY. OREGON.
ABOLISH THE WHINE.
One of Human Nature's Jffost
agreeable Feature,
Die.
Petpl Who ICnJoy rnhntlnr
filMery-.-Aii AM rf aa "A a
American Wire."
and
Joe Howard in Philadelphia Prw.
The worst fcuture hi human cxiHTiiiiKw ha
whine.
Mr. liiirrott, nn unusually intelligent Jus
lira of our supreme court, Inn written n play
ailed "An American Wife," which was pre
sited nt Wulluck's theatre Twwlay night
taut, and received with favor by a critical,
tliotiRh friendly, midieifoe. Royond clironir
ling the succe of tlio play, 1 have nothing
to suy of it at present, with thin eic.-jd ion:
11 in Rose Coghlnn in the tlUit role whine
through four long act Hhe is a well-bom,
well-bred rich Amuricaii woman, married to
a titled foreigner.from whose 111-treatment she
flies, and is discovered by the audience in a
circle of protecting and loving friends. The
American Wife I a w bluer front WhiuevUle,
Hor vaults of memory are filled with recol
lection of brutality, ber soul in made sad by
reflection. Prior to hir husband' arrival
upon tlie irene foreboding dance before her
yea and aha sob and sighs in anticipation.
When the brutal huslsuid appears and u
Ma that bis wife and child shall acrouiny
him to la belle France he In grieved at tlie
thought of leaving ber friends, and suffer a
be forecast a further life of misery in Pari.
Under tlie klllful guidance of a legal friend
and possible lover, alia concludes not to go
back with ber husband, hut tlien, Max con
fronted with the low of ber sou, the black
pall of trouble euvulo hor, and her milled
aighi and groan And suggiwtive way through
Mm sombre fold.
She doesn't smile from the beginning to the
end; there in not a gleam of joy, a suggestion
af relief, a hint of osdllo happiness. Khe
tome on like a funeral, she kmim like a
graveyard, and the whole odor and atmos
phere of tlie stage, no far as the Amerii-nn
Wife is concerned, is sepulchral ami gloomy.
IJow apt a tyjte that is of iiuiuy American
women. For heaven's sake, wlmt are they
here fori They sigh Isx-uins their plane of
life is lowor than that on which they wish to
stand. If circumstances aid thorn, instead of
being happy and hopeful for tlie future, tlwy
look with disgust at their past and whine
auout tiiuir present, piling In front of them
"SCHOOL-KEEPING."
shadowy obstruction to further progress in
WW desired direction.
Of course you understand that Ml Cogh
latt, as an American wife, whined heeaui
that was part of the play. Personally, this
attractive actress lias none of the whine or
snivel about her, and I thought, aa 1 saw hor
downcast countenance, and watched the
various shadings of melancholy she displayed,
whether, after all, much of tl'n whine and
melancholy of private lire Is not the acting of
part Do you know I believe that people
reJU.h unhnppiunss and enjoy misery! I have
la my mind a woman whom I have known
atnoe I was a little Uiy, alsnit whom
circle all tlie natural joys of earth,
whose cup contains the rich juices of the
choioost fruit, whose elevated plane affords a
wale boiieon for usefulness, and whose
sturdy physiipie would warrant her under
taking anything in the way of travel or fa
tigue, and I cannot recall a solitary smile, a
single iustanre of aparout glee in all this
lifetime. (She grows fut on It She In a
strikingly handsome woman up to r.ie point
where her head Joins her neck, and them, in
' apitaofa shaHly protllo and a handsomely
atlined head, gloom ban set its seal. The
row frowns, the eyes Hush, the cornel of
ane mouth are drawn down, and a general
atmosphere of martyrdom exlutlus from her
person.
Well now, you kuow, I get very slek of
that sort of thing. I.Ike other people who
write for or read The J'ivss, 1 huvo Unubles
and worries, ami bother and eiiibarraNs
meuta, many of tliem serious, but none of
. them so lniKM-lou)y domtimiit as to hmmhs
say soul, and drive the lion of ditiuay into
ly quivering heart My soul bus cheerier
aspirations, my heart prefers more ten lor
pulsations. U I cannot have rake I am toler
ably certain of broad and butter, and theie is
ao man so handsome, so rich or gifted, so
potential In any realm of life that I, Innoii
vacuous and limited as I unqiiestionublv am,
aan afford to envy him. 1 occasionally visit
OMrt-irou nieruliant in New York, who,
I the bead of au enormous etahilnhmeut,
suauages property valued at IJO,(MJO,(XK), the
lacome and outgo of which are many mill
lane of dollar annually. Upon bis middle
aged brow care rust at times very heavily,
and the last time I called upon him he said,
wltiiasighi "I am always glad to have you
owe, even whou 1 am busiest," for my bind
ess has nothing whatever to do with his and
y calls are purely soda. ftiu" atenys
glad," be said, "to have you come in. be
es, eaoae you seem so happy; it cheers lue up."
ay 'ell, now there Is a voluute In that 1 was
f anoonsi-lons until theii,. of any siecial isdia-
fcmjnv oo lu my appearand 0r conversation.
. Among the Hduim In my oftVe is
one wo-
pjy1 wbu 'trouble, aiid who does have
X3USIA fu" 'hare of shadowy existence; but Inull
lie years I have known and belied her, I
nave never round her cheerful, I nillit al
Most say even pleasantly uratoful. I daivnay
tberaysfornie;lu fact, I kuow she dot
"Old Pedagogue" in Detroit Free Press.
Shortly after 1 took charge of a large town
school an Incident occurred that showed me
how little dependence there is to be placed in
the honor or truthfulness of an average big
boy. During recess the pupils were in the
baUt of writing with chalk on the black
board that completely surrounded the school
room. This so filled the room with chalk
dust that breuthingwa difficult, so I forbade
tlie writing. One (Jay, when' I bad been1 out
with tlie pupils lu the yard, I came to the
school-room door and saw MasUir Tommy
AUins alone lu the room industriously writ
ing the sentence "Do not write on tlie black
boards." I quietly withdrew without the
boy's notice, and when I next entered the
room was empty When school was called
the eyes of all were turned to the audacious
handwriting on the wall Wiiou quiet was
restored I suid:
"Who wrote that sentencef"
There was no answer.
"Now," said I, "the chances are that those
words were written by some one now in this
room. I intend to find out who is the cul
prit The crime is not a grout one, but if to
it is added iwrsisU-ut falsehood it will become
serious, In my eyes at lea;t. It the pupil
who disobeyed have the manliness to stand
up and acknowledge his fault before the
school."
Mo one stood up. The boys looked at each
other, but no one moved.
"Well, all that did not write that sentence
stand,"
Like one boy the whole school arose to its
feet, Atkins among the rest
I next liad each boy stand up separately,
and asked him on bis honor if be bad written
the line. I shall never forget the look of hon
est Indignation with which Thomas Atkiiu
denied all knowledge of the writing. When
this examination was over there was mo
ment of painful silence.
"Well, boys," I said, "it Just amounts to
this: If things remain as at present the im
putation rests on the whole school. If any of
you can suggest a remedy, 1 shall be pleased
to hear it"
There was an Indliruant murmur all over
the room, and one boy rose to bis feet
"1 think, Mr. Jones," he said, "that you are
wrong in blaming us all for what one has
done. If I bod writtcu on the board I would
have stood up and said so."
"I believe you," I answered.
"Then why not believe us all," said several
Voices at once.
"1 will be glad to do so the moment you
convince me tliat the handwriting came tliere
in a similar manner to that at IWWinzuir'i
feast None of you believe that, so, as 1 said
before, do any of you see a way out of the
woousr
Another boy rose to his foot, gigi'led a mo
ment and sat down again.
The whole school luughed boy nature ex
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y jugutarter night. In tlie calm seclusiou of
her widowed chamber, she rests tlie bare
twice of petltiou on the carpet of un-wllUh In
terest and semis, as fur as her power permits
her, petitions for my good. Far be it from
me to sooff at any serious ceremony, whether
m my juiigiueni it means aught or no, but
I would mniiitoly prefer that this good woman
wouia go rrom my 0u wm, , Mujs UIH)
her Up and the infant of good cheer dancing
decorously in the innermost reoessea of her
"art, leaving the fragrant aroma of relief
behind her, than to kuow that slut w milled
wim Um angels for hours, and made my
future weal her lifelong care, I am free to
say 1 bate a whiiwr.
Due reason why Saiah Jewett doesn't make
success hi the "Ulass of Fashion" l that her
baractrr is an Incessant grumbler, coin-
piamcr ana rauil-nuder. This world is dull
and sombre enough at best, and In these rloe.
tog houis of the year there may seem to be a
mw m mavm in gloom, but 1 dont like It It
makes no one happier, no one Uiur, no one
' It us abolish the whine.
Why ooU
hleac) Jtilliaaalrea.
The Current
More than sixty millionaires may be found
In the city of Chicago. Are there in the cltv
f Chicago sixty splendid paintings, or sixty
noble ssximens of sculpture! The. qiieriiw
are suhnutted will! particularity and eoru
Ktucs to the sixty millionaire of the citv of
Chicago. '
actly the one moment serious, the next one
giggle.
"Come, John, what suggestion have you to
orrerr Won t ue baMliriil."
John rose again, looked half comically
around, and said, withsuppresMed mirth:
"When I went to school down east some
one broke a pane, and the master couldn't
find out who It was, so be began at one end
of the room and whiped every scholar in the
building."
"Well, John," I said, "I attended a similar
matiuee myself once when I was young. The
plan has the merit of Including the culprit,
yet I fancy the rest of the pupils might con
sider it uufuir."
The Urst boy now stood up again. "Mas
ter," he ventured hesitatingly, 1 think it is
no more uufuir than saying thut the linputa
tion rested on us all merely because some boy
wnom you cannot find out has told a lie."
"You are right," I said, "and I was wrong
in saying so. Only one hoy is guilty, and 1
will never believe until biscondiict convinces
me that there is another in this room w ho is
so cowardly and untruthful."
1 rose and went quickly down the room,
mixed Atkins by the collar and jerked him
Into the centre of the aisle and with a vig
orous shove sent him headlong forward to
ward the platform with a S)eeil that taxiil
bis agility to keep bis feet 1 whirled him
aiiiuiid facing the pupils and cried:
"Atkins, who wrote thut sentence on tlie
walll"
"I-I-Idid, sir."
"Of couiw you did. Now I'm going to re
verse Jnlm s plun. I um Kolnir to coucen
Irate on your shoulders tho punishment that
we down eiut schoolmaster distributed over
the wnole school, (jo to my room, sir."
"Oh, Mr. Jones, I'll never, never do
again."
"I know you won't do to my room."
I believe that Hogging, like evervthiug
else, it done at all should be done' well. I
don't believe In a diess liarade. I scarcely
ever had to whip a boy twice, on the same
principle that the lad suid lightning didn'i
strike twice in the same spot because it
u iu u t need to. ben it became necessary
tor a uiy to nave au Interview with me iu
my own room, be rarely forgot the circum
stance. 1 always taught school In a some
what five and easy manntr. I allowed
ample ojipoitunity for free sjieech vand
Ctlcoii raged -Jt and 1 never. -laid any
ciaims to mac . , infallibility which
many teachers surround themselves with
Hoys are quick to detect humbug, and a
teaclier uever loses prestige with thorn by ad
mitting mat be doesn t know everything,
Although the Incident I have alluded to cou-
sumed the greater art of a valuable fore
noon, 1 never thrashed another boy tlieie.
and when I asked the pupils afterward who
did any particular thing, some one iustautly
sprang to m lest and said:
"1 did, sir."
Although boys have aiauy noble Qualities if
they are rightly brought out yet I regret to
ay that my exierieme of them convinces me
that most boys are cruel and tyrannical.
JSothing delight a scholar a big boy so
mucn as to bully teacher. It is the height
of a boy's ambition. Haven't I done it hun
dred of time myself 1 Next to that, the
domineering over small boys is a source of
deep and lasting delight
One January I took my place In new
school, end 1 was pained to notice that the
mailer boys were niervilmsly snow balled by
the big lubbers who lorded it over both
chool-rooiu and yard. 8o well established
was tills tyrannical rule that I found
the poor little beeirai-s were afraid
to answer my questions about tlie
matter, even when privately put C0'
sequenuj, aunougn I like to en courage
manly sports, I was forced to forbid
now-hal! ing entirely. As it wasWIy In the
aesslou, and as tbe big boys had been in the
habit of assisting In the government of the
acbool, and as their ideas on the subject of
anow-balliug were not lu accord with mine,
and a it hod not yet been settled wbo was to
run the school that year, I need hardlv state
that the order was not obeyed. Next noon I
went into the yard as soon aa school was dis
mhoed and found large pile of snow-ball
heajwd np like caunon-tsUlx at a fort Tbey
were niot cruel uiiauloe, having- been diined
In water at the forenoon Intormiion and
allowed to harden in the interim. I picked
one Bp Intending to bring it in with me
and show tbe uuer barbarity of flinging such
ball.
'Who made these snow balls!" I asked a
small boy.
Casting a frightened look around bim be
answered under bis breath
"Jim Uigglns, sir."
Jim was the blggost an I wont boy In
school, and I thought that if it came to
tussle between us, as I folt it inevitably would,
there was every chance that Jim would get
the best of me, I make no bones of the fact
that I was afraid of him and I hail endeav
ored quite unsuccessfully to propitiate blin
during the week th.it school bail been going
on. At this moment Jim entered the yard,
squeezing a snow-ball with his hands between
bis knees after tin manner of boys who want
to inake'a hard one. Ho was making for his
pile when he noticed me .landing by it, when
he stopped, straightened up and looked at me
a moment as il he hmitatod whether to drop
the snow-ball or brawn it out The silemu
and the eyes of the whole school ou him
braced him up and he cried:
"Master, gimme leaver
"Certainly."
With a movompnt like lightning he flun?
the snow-ball directly at my head. I ducked
like a flash, but the b ill took thu rim off my
hat and plastered It against the neigliboriii
fence. 1 had been no slouch of a siiow-huller
myself in my youthful days, but I nover
flung a ball with such vengeance ax that
sprang erect and said :
"Jow it s your turn," and sent my Ire Mt
at him as if it bad come from a cannon. Hu
ducked, of course, hut I had calculated on
thut, and the ball hit him square on the ear
with a thud that made my heart stand still.
He flung bis arms over his head and fell hack
against the gate by which he bad just en
tered His face was iwle, and be gasped for
breath. Although with set teeth and tears
in his eyes, he smiled a ghast ly smile.
"Oh, master I" he half sobbed, "your arm's
a neavy one.
"You see, Jim," I said with a lightness
did not feel, "snow-balls, like chickens, come
noma to roost"
"Tbey do that," gasped Jim, as he poked
the crushed Ice out of his ear with bis fore
finger, "aud they roost mighty solid, you
bet"
He was grit clear through and never
whimpered.
When school was assembled I said:
"Boys, the trustees hired me to teach the
young idea bow to shoot I have given Jim,
there, a lesson on shooting that, if it didu'tus
is too often the case, go iu at one ear and
out at the other, came very near doing so.
In some years at the teaching business I have
got into the bad habit of having my own
wny. You seem to have got iuto the same
pernicious habit I am getting old and it's
bard for me to acquire new habits. You
are young and it's easv. Now if I don't
FLORIDA ORANGES.
Glimpse of Graen Orange Grova
.-In a Pine-Apple Orchard.
have my own way tliere will be trouble.
I do, these will be peace. The decision rests
with you. What do you say. Jimt"
Jim was still pole aud a little shaky on bis
pins, and I noticed with sorrow thut bis ear
was cut
"Well," be drawled out, "I'm for peace, for
tbe rest or tbe day, at least I'm in favor of
giving the master a fair show for the winter
I guess if we don't he'll take it, anyhow,
don t want to be bit with the side of the
school-house again."
"Jim," said I, a he sat down, "I'm afraid
you've been snow-balling again. 1 won't say
anything about it this time, but it had better
stop. Koine one will get huit."
1 expected that Old Higgins would be
down next day with a shot-gun, hut I never
heard of tlie matter agaiu. I don t think Jim
ever told bim. He was plucky, aud we hod
peace.
A Wonderful Bell In a Japaneae Tern
pie.
Japan Cor. Philadelphia Tress.
To Osaka, we traveled near the shore of the
inland seas, with a range of mouutuius not
far distant on the left The railroad is sub
sequently bu.lt and eqilipisxl in lirst-clnss
style. Leaving the bay at Osaka the rood
pursued a northerly course to Kioto, most of
the way ou high embankments built up
tnrougu rice plantations, but wvasioually
passing turougli dense bamboo thickets.
The temple here are few of them painted,
and though, in some cases, furnished with
gorgeous paraphernalia, are not to be com
pured with those of Nikko and Khiba. Their
distinguishing feature is the greut bell, which
swings in a monster wooden belfry, hulf way
up uie niusicie, back or tbe buildings proper.
i uis ben is a Huge bronze cup, with nearly
ierH'iidicular sides and a Hut crown, which.
like all other Jupanese bells, is sounded by
means of a huge beam, kept in place by
ropes, but when occasion requires brought
against tlie run or the bell with grcut
force. It requires twelve coolies to
manipulate this beam. Formerly it was
only rung once a year, but now it
limy be heard two or three times every
mouth. This bell is one of the greatest wuu
ders in Japan. It is eighteen feet high, nine
and one-half inches thick, nine feet in di
ameter, and weighs l'!5,(axt catties, or nearly
seventy-four tons. It whs cast in a monster
mold in the year HUM, so that it is just 1250
years old now, I forget how much gold
entered into its composition, but I have a
strong conviction that it was 1,500 pounds
avoirdupois. As the bell was cast with iue
rim up, this gold to all in the crown, hut
time bus entirely dimmed any luster which it
may nave lent to tho alloy. Only a miracle
of casting could have ended iu such a mag
ninoent tone. I struck the rim of the 111
softly with an om palm, and 1 suppose the
reverberation could have been beard 100
yards. I was altnost Impelled for the mo
ment to believe that the affair was hollow
after all
Florida Timoe-Uiilon.)
In pasduit along the line of the S eit'i
Florida railroad oua gets but occa-iouul
glimpses of tlie many orange groves to be
seen, a the groves aiw older than tlie railroad
and the views from the train are for the
most port very psir. But when you arrivj
at Muitlaud, here tho whole face of nature
has undergone a cliaue. Iust.id of thu
succession of pine trees and other varieties of
natural growth, you am at once struck with
tlie suddeu transformation. What bus
been in former years a rolling hum
mock with its varied growth and high pine
laud, now c mfrouts you with one suw s.siou
of orange grove's. Tlie rusty and dingy look
worn by the moss-covered ouk has b ton re
placed by the dark green, luxurious growth
of the citrus family. I passed through and
stopped at Orlando, but I wus longing to re
turn to I-ako Maitluml, the gem of south
Florida, and t drink iu tlie beauties of its
landscape Col, Richard 1'attm, of Lake
Muitlaud, s"iit me word that if I would re
turn ou a certain day hu would show me
through that section. This invitation was
at once accepted, and at the time appointed
I found him at the depot with bis spanking
team of Macks, and in a few minutes we
were whirling away, viewing the orange and
lemon groves, drinking in tbe sweet new of
tbe tine views of Lake Maitland and othur
mailer lakes.
W e passed through a dozen groves, the
largest of which had lu it 3,7U0 orange trees,
a largo part in full bearing. This is on the
BIgelow place, which fronts beautifully upon
the south side of Lake Maitland with a large
frontage. Kigbt in the midst of this Harden
of Uesperide stands tbe Bigelow house, one
or the best hotels of its kiud in south Florid l
Here we halted for a few moments to rest aud
to take a bird's-eye view of the lake and
orange groves beyoud.' From the outlook at
tho top of this building, so fur as tlie eve
couia see, tuere was a continuous succession
of gi-ove after grove, and the fresh verdant,
look of tbe groeu orange leaf, so grateful to
tlie eye upon a bright day. was Illuminated
by millions of the goldeu fruit iUelf in all its
gloiy.
Attor feasting the eye for a while unon
this ravishing scene we went below to lusoect
a lour-oere tract or pineapples lying between
the hotel and thu lake. To one who never
saw this delicious fruit growing those four
acre of piuu-upple ale delightful thing to
look upon.
One does not fully appreciate the remark
that the many lakes in this immediate vicin
ity are pretty until he looks at thcia Luke
JUuiUund Is probably tlie largest and pretti
est lake along the route of the South Flor
ida railroad from Sauford to Kissimuice
City. Near it are other smaller lakes, each
with a name as pretty as the lake Itself.
One feels almost as if this was the work of
the enelianter's wand, and therefore lucking
in reality, but when be is confronted with
such realistic characters as (Jen. E. T. 8turte
vaut, Rev. C. W. Ward, Bishop Whipple,
Junius M. Wilcox, of Philadelphia; H. 8.
Keuey, (Jen. Iverson, of Georgia, and a host
oi owers who have invested their thousauils
rifjnt here, and have beautiful resideuces and
remunerative orange groves to show for it,
be feels that be is dealing with au uctuul
reality.
Maitland seems to be an acnrren-Atinn nt
a . . . n
ooauiiiui country seats, for there is little pre-
wwii. true, were are two nr
uiree stores, a postollice, live churches, in
cluding the Kpiscopal, Methodist, Catholic,
Presbyterian and a colored church, and nut.
of the best schools in the county, but each
has plenty of what the sailors call sea-room,
for there dx, not niiiiear to be much "shoo"
about the neighborhood, as everything bus a
holiday look aud everybody is comfortable.
uile all this is true, the neitrhlwirlirwi l.
boing built up by the work of the curoentiir
and his fellow-craft, also bv tl luh.M
air. iweuuey s i,.-uo bearing orange trees did
not grow there by themselves, and these
nanilsome villus didn't snrimr nn in iVi,f.
i nero uus neeu uaril work and plenty of it
Din lor mnuy or theso people tho wni-L-in
day has about passed, aud they now bike life
easy.
tneen Elisabeth In Effigy mt Tt'ee
nilnoter Abbey.
Aunt Judy's Magazine.
Aftor this royal couple we come to theonly
one of these old waxworks which anybody, I
think, could call ghastly. It represents
Queen Glizalwth, and was made proliably i:i
17U0toeuiersedetbe former one, which by
the time was quite worn out; but though thus
couimruttvoly lU'xiern.lt of course was copied
from iu predecessor, and is so like the fuca
on the queen's tomb that one cannot help be
lieving it to be a good portrait But It is a
very repulsive one. ,
The light falls through a pane of glass in
the top of the press ou a drawn, giwnisli face,
with little gray eyes turned bluukly upwards
in a glossy stare, arched eyebrowsanda jiigli,
booked nose. The pursed-up mouth au I
wrinkled checks are those of aa old woman;
it is as if the sotdl, which by her strong will
and ber mingled coiniuou sensa and vanity.
tlie virgin queen cast ull ber life over
those around her, had passed away;
wheu she was dead men were iu
longer afraid to represent bur as she really
looked iu her last years. There is sometluug
very uncanny ubouc Her altogether; in fact,
the waxen face is pimfully like that of a
corpse and this unpleasant elfcct is heightened
by her gorgeous dress, with tho ta 1, ruif
standing up around ber dingy neck, which is
covered with mora festoons of huge tube
pearls thau one fancies human or even, her
waxen neck could carry. However, her
majesty holds her chin so disdainfully high
in the air anil 'bos drawn up ber neck o
royally thut there is room on it for moie
adornments than tliere would be on most
people's. A small crowu is parched jauntily
over her forehead. Her dress is very elabo
rate; a crimson satin petticoat, set out by
such an enormous farthingale that it gives
ber fury much the effect which panniers do to
a doukey; a pointed bodl , covered with
rather coarse silver embroidery, aud over it
a velvet train, of which, whatever color it
may once have been sky blue, very likely
we can only say that it is gray now. In her
slender bauds are tbe sceptre and orb sym
bols, with blizabetb, of a very real sover
eignty.
tlemnn s heme, In Weet Philadelphia, Tn
him the Judgo communicated the hiUt
of his illness aud recovery, ulUutialli
as follows: "iiy
"J had. hereditary victim to catarrh
suflcred for years. I won subject to vin!
lent paroxysms of couching. Straining for
relief had produced abrasion of the nVem
bane and dallv effusion of blood frem
throat. For four vears I passed a rwrtl, ,,
of each Congressional vacation In n '
Rocky Mountains or on the Pacific Coast!
While there Ifound relief, buton my return
to tide-water, the disease appeared with
apparently renewed vigor. My breathing
power diminished, so that in the earlv
summer of 1K73 it was littlo more than a
pantiiif? for breuth. About two years I.
fore tins my attention had been called to
Compound Oxygen (las at then adminis
tered by Dr. Sturkey. A friend who bad
great faith In Its ellicacy advised me to try
it. On reading Dr. Starkey'a advertise,
incut I threw the little book aside, and de
dined to reKort to tlie treatment, on the
ground that it was a quack medicine
which proposed to euro everything, and
was consequently without adaptation to
any particular disease. I grew worse and
in Uie summer my breathing was so short
that a cough, a sneeze or a sigh produced
Much acute pnln at tho base of the loft
lung, that I felt It necessary to close up
my affairs, as I did not believe I could last
for sixty days. Nor do 1 now believe I
would have lusted for that time had I not
found a potent curative agent.
"I had lost none of my prejudice against
the gun, as a medicine, but in vcrv desper
ation, seeing that It could not make me
any worse than I wan, and as medical
treatuient had utterly failed to meet my
case, I concluded to try it. After a thor
ough examination, Dr. Starkey, to whom
I was then a stranger, said: 'Sir, I have
no medicine for either form of your dis
ease (alluding to the catarrh and bleeding
of the throat), but, If you will give me
time, I will cure vou.' Mv resnonsn wm
a natural one. 'You are frank in saying
you have no medicine for either form of
my disease, and yet you propose to cure
uie. By what atrencv will vou work It hi.
miracle!' 'The Osvcren C. HB ' Hlll,l llU lu
What Make Pop-Corn Pop.
Phrenological Journal
Cbemists who have examined Indian
corn rind that it contains all the wav
from six to eleven parts in a hundred
(by weight) of fat. By proper means
this fat can be separated from the gruin,
and it is then a thick, pale oil. When
oils are heatod sutliciently in closed ves
sels, so that tlie air cannot get to them,
they are turned iuto gas, which occupies
many times the bulk that the oil did.
V lien pop-corn is gradually heated and
made so hot that the oil inside the ker
nels turns to gas, this gas cannot escape
through tlie hull of the kernels, but
when the interior pressure gets strong
enough it bursts the grain, and the ex
plosion is so violent that it shatters it
in the most curious manner. The starch
iu the gi ain becomes cooked, and takes
up a greut deul more spauo than it did
before.
The Rise of a Kasslan lletertlve,
Stepniak, author of "Underground Russia
writes to The London Daily News that tlve
years ago Noudt'iklu, an obscure plebeian in
fantry captain, was unknown. He rose with
the assassination of the czar. Having
shortly before entered the police from the
army, be attracted tlie attention of
Public I'rosecutor Ktrelmikoff, a niouarch-
leal fanatic, who recommended him.
though but US to the caar for import
ant work, aud be soon won golden opinion
rrom ms majesty, lie was a born detective,
nd bad a marvelous art of insinuating him
self iuto the confidence of prisoners. He
openly avowed that terrorism was. In his
opinion, Uie only remedy applicable. To ac
complish bi aim he was absolutely indiffer
ent to what expedient be resorted, but be
wa not cruel He often said that sooner or
later, be was bound to be killed, but would
do hi best to make it later. He bad no fixed
liabitation, and but very few knew where to
find him. riiepniak describee bim as tbs
most powerful subject of the empire, and
thinks that it would I difficult to exaggerate
the consteruatiou occasioned by hi murder
among the court party.
Whea Xa Laager Worth While.
Exchange.
Rev. Thomas K. Beechrr, of Elmira, was
understood, from a communication to The
kiietu to be a champion of the justifiability
of suicide under certain cirrunistancea. lie
write now, in suhiitanee, thai when it i de
termined by an individual, with the approval
of bis friends, that it is "no longer worth
while to drift about on this sinful planet," he
is justified "in (ailing into the beraaflvr
by his own act'
Evolution or the Turtle.
Huston Telegraph.
Moreover, the turtle which, iu the
forms, is unuhle to see the world except by
iciuM-opiug uis ueau out horizontally, and
running the risk of scrapine his forehead
against bis shell every time be does so. ai-
quires from more elevating conditions of life
tho alsuuce of enemies and tbe possession
ot strong carnivorous set of teeth of h sown
a long neck, which is not retractile. Put
ting out his head one day, it occurred to an
euterprising turtle that he might as well keep
ii uuu .ruining came near mm to li.te t nir-
no danger threatened. So he front about
with his neck out By aud bv. it ocenr,l i.
ini to bully a little lizard that nass.! hi.,.
and the lizard ran away. So, after that, in-
swwi oi running away rrom lizards himself,
he always ran of tar them, aud, when he
caught them, ate them.
By this date he had got np so proud and
stiff-necked that he never thought of pulling
his head inside his shell at all, and as a fact
could not have done it if he had wanted ta
For it had become permanently stiffened from
disuse. Kvon when he weut to sleep he
curled bis head round on his shoulder, instead
oi putting it under his shell .But all thisl
wuiie were was a little plute of shell protrud
ing over the back of his neck, which ...
vented bim holding his head up straight, and
Uiis was so inconvenient, especially when
things that he wanted to catuh ran tin out. nf
bis reach, that he dotermiued to do without
it-aud ne did. Or at any rate his nostarit v
uiu, ana so we nud turtles that can hold
meir neaos up like anukes and can not tele
seojie theui, while some Uime are Uie ol.l
conservative, stick in-the-mud turtles-still
go ou tucking their heads under their shells
every time a bin! flies over them or they hear
auuueu uua in ue water, and this is all
because their ancestors wore not enterprising
and carnivorous. In all of which there is a
moral as obvious as the pump in Pump
court
The Pupil llodze."
Chicago Tribune.
The Hon. Capt. Moreton. a brotlie
of the earl of Ducie, gives a glowing
account in England of tumirs out west
He has a lurge place out in Iowa, ami
goes in for what is known there as "the
pupil dodge." Young men are sent out
to nun from bnglund, and for a liberal
fee tlie captain instructs them in farm
ing and things generally. Ouhisar
rival he astonished the Iowans by start
ing a miner and (tilling nt p. in. lint
they have got over theso eccentricities,
and the captain has become a favorite,
A Wlae ITe for Pablle Money.
The Current
There is perhups uo wiser use of public
money inaii me appropriation or sums for
monuments of men whose deeds have made
themselves aud their country great Xo citv
should be without its statue of Washington
iu a' place where the eyes of the busy mulli
tilde could often full upon it As long us the
memories of the great und noble of the lund
are kept greeu in the minds of the people,
they will not forget those thiiigs which are
ess'iitial to the preservation of the republic
Tliere can be no higher or better eniplovnient
ot art than this.
It la generally supposed thut tho sewera
of Paris is the best in the world. Hiiiidrcls
af Americans have floated iu a boat along
the sewers of this city, und, on reiruiuiinr the
ground, have uever droHint thut there
are lOUUUO cesspools in Paris wl,i,.li
emptied only once or twice a vear.
JUDGE KELLEY'S VIEWS,
not a medicine. It has none of the char
acteristics of medicine compounded of
drugs. These create a requirement for
continual increase of quantity to be taken;
and, if long persisted in, produce some'
form of disease. But the gas produces no
appetite for itself. It passes, by Inhala
tion, into the blood, and purifies and in
vigorates It. The system is thus enabled to
throw off effete matter. You will find by
experience, if you try the treatment, that
ii win not increase me rapidity of the ac
tion of your pulse, though the beating
thereof will be stronger under IU influ
ence.' "This explanation removed my objec
tions, and I could see how such an agent
could operate benellciully in cases of
widely different symptoms aud character.
"Dr. Starkey said Hint the cells of mv
left lung were congested with catarrhal
mucus, and that he believed the gus would
at once address itself to the removal of de
posits, and the restoration of mv full
breathing power?
"I entered on the use of the treatment,
and at the end of three weeks, with an
Improved appetite, with the abilitv to
sleep several consecutive hours, wi'th a
measureable relief of the nain in the I
and with Dr. Starkey's consent I made the
tour or tlie lakes from Krie to Dulnth. in
company with my venerable friend, Henry
C. Curey. Returning, we visited friends
in St. Paul, Chicago and Pittsburgh.
''Notwithstanding the intense heat. I re
mained iu Philadelphia during the sum
mer, and inhaled tlie gas duily w ith the
happiest effect. Before Congress assem
bled in December, my lung had been re
lieved of much of its nauseous deposit,
and I was uble to breathe without pain.
"Without detaining you with detail, 1
may say that in the progress of my recoverv
I had occasional hemorrhages, which al
ways preceded a palpable step in the pro
gress of recovery; so that I came to regard
these unwelcome visitors as a part of the
remedial action of nature, assisted by
Compound Oxygen Gas.
"1 am now more than ten years older
than I was w hen 1 first tested the treat
ment. I have had no uercentibln prTuKdm
of blood for more than six vears. I breathe
as deeply an I did at any period of my
jouiig umnnnoa, nnu my natural carriage
s so erect us to elicit frequent comment.
"I hnve regarded mv case ns a verv
trnordinarv one. and vet I have hnd nnW
otmervation one which I regard as more
remiirkuble than my own. That of a young
lady, who had been imralvzcd bv friizht nr
contusion when her horses ran awav and
ncr carriage was destroyed; and to whose
father Dr. Starkcv. after examining il.
case, said she was In-yond the reach of
human agency. I know her now as a
happy wife and mother, restnrcl in mmt
excellent health.
"You may judge of my restoration to
health bv the contrast between the i-i.uultu
of some of my rcceut Congressional de
bates, compared with what they were iu
1H74. In that year w hen I spoke in the
F.llqaette af the Ladttag. lionise.
Exchange.
Instruction of a Parisian lodglng-house-ker
to his son : "When yon meet too flint
floor, bow and take off your bat; for the see
ond, uncover; for the third, cany your hand
to your head; for the fourth, nod; (or the at
tic floor, let tha lodiror nod first"
BXVEJI WISE MEW BAFFLED.
The New York Mornina Journal savs
Mini, wis, & . vi. xyuiiokx, oo xvAHt r.igniy
sixth street was partially paralyzed, and
lay for seven days in convulsions. Phvsi-
ciana were engagea ana discharged until
even nau tailed to belp or cure ber. She
waa unable to leave her bed, and was as
helpless as a child. After lisinir a II aorta
of salves, ointments, lotions and plasters,
her case was given up aa hoplew. She was
induced to try St Jacobs Oil as a last
chance. She began to improve from the
time the first application was made, and
by iu continued use, she has completely
roaovared.
The Hon. William TV Ki.lW nr pi.iu
delpuia, has long been known for hiN fear
icsa advocacy of tlie right and his uncom
propiising opposition to the wrong. Since
1HII0 he has been a member of the linn
oi iiepreseniatives of the United States.
ne nas always been known as a man of
positive counsels; a powerful sneaker: am
curiiesi ueoator; an aoie unnker, and an
unwearying worker.
J udge Kelley has Wen so long and so
prominently in' i ore me American people,
that his sentiments on anv Imnnrtnnt mik.
ject are valued, even by those who do not
n-nn-v poiiucuiiy wun mm. lie is empliat-
icoiiv a man oi me people, l.levated to
the Judgeship maiiv vears nun. ! nmn,i
iv in a mtiu ui bucii unswerving integrity,
such earnestness of purpose, and such
depth of conscientious conviction, that he
was ior a long term or years retained on
the judicial bench; and on his desiring to
""j wHupurauve seclusion of an
extensive luw practice, wus told bv the
people that ho must serve them In Con
gress. For twenty-three consecutive years
his Congressionul service has been ren
dered with Bingular fidelity and purity.
Ills utterances arc well known to come
from his inmost heart, and his opinions
to be the result of the most mature delib
eration. The judgment of such a man
carries with It Immense weight aud his
views, whether on public affairs or private
"""""i c cuuiieu lo me respect and
esteem of all thoughtful persons.
Judge Kelley's jiower of resistance to
obstacles jwhich would have put an ordi
nary man in his irrave. hjui lnnr i., ,i,.
subject of comment not only among his
...v. ,,w iUO puouc generally, such
w-aa bis physical condition ten years ago
iv nu icnreu. ine nel I l!lin-ouuft..nl
session would be his last.
For many years the Judge has been af
flicted with the moat ebstinate catarrh
which defied all th r,l,l.fu,i..i '
dies, and which would hv rntii. i.u
on the shelf a less Indomnitable man than
lilin as a lr I!a I;r 1. . . . .1
,,,, , uecAiiie almost a burden
w Bim u was neany at death s door.
To-day although at an age when most
men begin to show signs of wearing out
he is hearty and vigorous and as ready
Ann mm mhia a 9 v. : i ,. -
Hi-jiuiiu uis atuuous ton-
grewiional duUea as he was tweuty years
An account of Judge Kelley's remark
able ease, as given by himself, will be of
interest to all who am anfWin.. i.v.
catarrh and who are wondering what
they shall do tn mt ri.l nf tt,i. C ,
disease. One of eur editors recently spent
a morning with Jud Kellev .t ti.l. t.
House in favor of the grant bv the C.nv.
eminent to the Centennial Exhibition, 1
was so prostrated by the exertion thut mv
dear friend, the late Col. John W. Fornev,
left the gallery in which he had been sit
ting, in order to come to th ri.vn- nf n...
hall to assist iu relieving me wheu I
should fall. I found, on quitting the floor,
that tliere had been a general fear that iu
my zeal I was passing beyond the bounds
of prudence.
"But on the 5th of May, 1H82, when sul
mitting an argument in favor of Tariff
Commission I held the floor for nearly
three hours; though part of the debate
might be characterized as a wrangle be
tween myself and others; and as I did not
obtain the lloor until the afternoon, I sur
rendered it, lHK-au.se the close of the dav
had come, w hen members' appetites told
them that dinner was on th tni.i.i tl
evening was passed in my rooms, with a
high degree of sociability, In which a
number of young ladies and gentlemen
from my district who hapwnud to have
been in the House during mv sneoi-h nP.
ticipated. ,r
"On a recent occasion I address,., 1 soon
people in the Philadelphia Academy of
Music, without feeling any exhaustion. I
have a hearty appetite, and am able to
take abundant exercise. I uln -..n .,.,.i
have a far better color in my cheeks thau I
had ten years ago.
"You ask if I still continue the treat
ment. Whenever Iain In Pliil,)ii,,'
and feel a fresh cold, or suffer from the
nervous exhaustion which follows excess
ive labor. I go tO tho nlHe nf Tlr. Q.l ..
& - vat, s.' L11 IX l" V
l alen, and resort to the treatment and
am never without the 'home treatment'
in W ashington. I have Uie highest confi
dence not only in the treatment itself, but
in Drs. Starkev A- l'nlen mm n.ninn,...
skill, integrity and good judgment"
To learn ail nliout Compound Oxtgk.v
write to Drs. Starkey & Palen, 1109 Girard
street Philadelphia, for pamphlet setting
forth full nBHioul.H B
- t, mku n.
All orders for the Compound Oxygen
Home Treatment directed to II. E. Ma
thews, flOtt Montgomerv Street, San Fran
cisco, will be filled on Uie same terms as if
sent au-ectly to ns in Philadelphia,
A real sweet thing in bonneta-a honev
bee.
Beware of the inripient stages of Con
sumption. Take Piso s Cure in time.
'Tm right in with you,"
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