EUGENE CITY GUARD.
CANTON'S UNIVERS.TY.
I. L. CAMrilKLL,
EUGENE CITY, OREGON,
BRILLIANTS.
Where the Mterntl or C'hlnit fi t'on.
1'roprletor. trea-atit t'andlilate on i:ximiUR.
tlun War.
Cor. London Tele-rra'ih.
Thy Ilin touched mine, tliore flashed a sud
uuu lire
From brain to brain:
Oh. was it Joy, or did that wild duslrs
i'urn it to puiiil
The
tllrt of foul Love'i rapture could not
mime
While we were twain:
Of our two beings one we could not make,
And tliat wot rain.
-W. W. Story.
The dead divine
I written in characters of gold,
That never shall grow old,
Uut through nil axes
Hum and shine,
With toft efful.eucel
Longfellow
Spring still mokes Hprlng in the mind,
When sixty year are told:
Love wukm anew the throbbing heart
Aud we ore never ol 1.
Emerson.
POINT8 IN SHOEOLOGY.
A Phlloaophleal Cobbler on Character
la Old Mhoita.
(Troy Standard.
"les, Bir; they boat palmistry all
hollow. Take yourself, for instance ; in
your shoe 1 tee vacillation, irresolution,
. fickleness, a tondoncy toward negligence
or evunion of unplcasunt duties,
occaHioual spells of moroseness,
Show me any person' foot
covering alter two months wear,
or ofton loss than that, and I
will toll you that person's character.
If both hoel and toe are evenly worn
level, the ownor is cloar-lioadod, do
cisive, and resolute, a Rood business
man, a valuable and trustworthy cm-
inoyo, or an excellent wifo and mother
If the outside solo is cut through tho
owner, if a mnn, is inclined to bo ad
venturous, unreliable and spasmodic in
ail Ms acts; if a woman, she isprodis
paseu to bournes and wayward tend
encies. If tlin insido of tho sole is cut
through it indicates weaknoss and vao
cillation in a man and modesty iu a
woman.
"A few months ago there camo into
my shop a stranger having a pair of
shoos wiui tno outside of the sole worn
through and the tou somewhat out
. M 1 1 l a
away, wnue tno neei was nearly as
good as new. I said to my wife after
he wont away, That man s-a sneak,'
ana so hn was. I lie very next day a boy
came up from the polico station to get
tue shoos, and sunl the wearer hud been
arrested on a clear caso of sneak
thieving.
"A certain young mnn who has pa
ironizeu nio lor years wns keeping
company itu two gun, also customers
of miiio. I noticed that ono of thorn
wore out her shoes on the outHido of
the shoe first, while tho other (stepped
si uaroir ami wore down both shoes
alike. I've always had a liking for tho
young follow, nml knowing that he was
wavering between tho two girls, I took
him aside ono day and showed him tho
shoes of his Humes and told him what I
have told you. The result was that ho
married the siiuure stepper and was
happy, while the other girl disgraced
uorsoir.
"I cmi also tell something of a Her
son's tendencies by the size of his shoo,
mo uroudtli of lus sole, tho condition
of the buttons or strings, tho amount of
wear on the toe, the condition of the
lining, i t '. I would not adviho a friend
to mnrry agirl who smioozos a No. 4 foot
into a No. 'i shoe, for such a one is apt
to prove vain, aiiooteu and frivolous.
"l)o I believe that character can bo
molded by keeping tho shoos properly
soled and heeled r Well, it has its in'
lliioneo. 1 ho guit of a person is as
eiosoiy connected Willi lus disposition
as the expression of his countenanco,
tiiougii not so easily read by moH per
sons, lo continue the wearing of a
shoo which runs over badly ouly tends
to coutirm the habit iu tho person's
waiK,
lour job is done, sir; sorry I
oouldu't give you a bettor character,
uiit trutu is truth, and I noror llutter."
It is a curious fact that of all the
Chinese, cities Ca:itoti, though it is
within eight hour of Hong Kong, and
has, of all the places in tho empire, tho
longest known Luropeans, lms under
gone less change than any other treat
center of population iu China. It re
mains precisely as it was hundreds of
years ago, and when once the wall is
passod the traveler might, for all ho can
see, bo at loast 1,000 miles from any
western influence. The mandarin's pro
cession, proceeded with tremendous
gongs beating, passes through the streets
just as it did centuries past, the criminals
are led down to the place of execution,
or are beaten with bamboos and
canguod, just as they always have been.
There are similar shops, pagodas. neo-
plo, to those that have always been seen
there.
Canton and its inhabitants undoro
no change. And there is tin's to be re
marked in passing, that though since
the eighth century they have been ac
quainted with foreigners, they like
them no better than thev did then, mul
are as ready to be hostile and aggres
sive toward them as they ever were.
The reasons for thn may be various,
but one of them undoubtedly is that
Canton is a groat seat of loarning, and
the literati of China have always been
the most determined opponents of for
eigners. It is at Canton, indeed, where
the greatost examining university of
China is to be found. A Chinese lad
in the south of tho empire, determining
to be distinguished, has only to go to
Canton to gain a reward, if ho deserves
It. Entering a great hall callod the
lloktoi, where tublos are providod for
more than 8,000 candidates, ho can sit
down and take his chance for tho first
degree, and, supposing that ho passes,
is then qualified for a greater examina
tion. This tukes place in a lingo build
ing, or rathor series of buildings, capa
ble of accommodating upward of 10.000
students.
On the day appointed tho vonths
who desire to pass enter a great gate
and find themselves in a vast yard
wherein aro 13,000 small cells. These
run in rows and are numbered : thov
aro each about nino foet high, five and
a half feet long, and three feot eight
inches wide. Each candidate takes a
coll, and at daylight recoives a tumor
with which he must deal withont leav
ing the nluce. Three thousand police
men and servonts aro near at hand to
see that ho does not plav any tricks.
and his head would probably be the
penalty if he attemptod to do so. Next
morning he hands in his paper and de
parts for a day's rest, returning twenty-
four hours afterward for more work,
and so on for three successive trials.
At the close of the examination the
papors, which aro all numbered,
are carefully gone through, and the
best l.')0 are selected, the w riters being
at once nominated for distinmu'shod
civil service. Thoy must, however, go
up to I'ekin later on for further exam
ination, with a view to very hih promotion.
Now, it is a fact, fiat with this nlun
of separate colls no favoritism is possible.
Tho poorest may win and 1 know of
a caso in which the sou of a Chinese
clerk in a European's oilice at Canton
oumo out second in tho trial, and was
at once forwarded to the capital, there
to beoouio a mandarin of distinction.
It should be fair, for tho candidates
enter at "Tho (late of Perfect Equity,"
hand in their ossuys at "The Hull l of
Perfect lloetitndo," see them sealed up
in "The Hull of ltestruint." and know
that they are examined in "The Hall of
Auspicious Stars." If that airnn 'o-
moiit does not give contidenco 1 don't
know what will.
Hew It Feel to Hill a Ma.
Senator Munderson of Nebraska.
One gots used to that sort of bus!
nes, just as a surgeon becomes hur
dened and calloused iu his profession
1 In first man whom I killed was be
fore Hichmond.when McClollun was in
command. 1 was doing picket dutv
lute one night near the bank of a creek,
and had been cautioned to be especially
watchful, as an attack was expected. 1
carried my musket half-cocked, and
was startled by every rustle the wind
made among tho trees and dead loaves.
It was some timo after midnight that I
caw a Confederate cavalryman dashing
uown the opposite side of the creok in
my direction. As ho was opposite,
fired upon the horse, and it fell. The
cavalryman regained his feet in a mo
ment, and had drawn his pistols.
. " I called to him to surrender, but his
only reply was a discharge from each
revolver, one bullet inflicting a llesh
wound in my arm. Then 1 let him
havo it full iu the breast. Hn leaped
three foet in tho air and fell with his
face down. I knew that I hail finished
him. I ran and jumped across tho
creok, picked him up and luid him on
his back. The blood was running out
ol bis nose and mouth, and poured in a
torrent from the ragged hole in his
breast. In less time than it tukes to tell
it he was dead, without having said a
word. Then my head began to swim,
and I wag sick at my stomach. I was
overcome by an indescribablo horror of
the deed I had done. I trembled all
over, aud felt as faint and weak as a
kitten. It was with the greatest difll
culty that I managed to get into camp.
There they Jaughod at me, but it was
weeks before my nervous system recov
ered from the shock. Even in my
dreams I saw the pale face of the dying
cavalryman, and the spocter haunted
me like a Nemesis long after I had got
over tho first shock of the affair. It
was simply horrible, but in time I re
covered, and at the close of the w ar I
was quito bs indifferent to the sacrifice
of human life as you could imagine."
lllce t'n.tarr.
Inter Ocean.
The best rico is that raised in South
Carolina, whore the rice is sown in
tronches, which are eighteen inches
apart, aud flooded to a depth of several
inches. The water is then drawn off
and later, the fields are flooded again,
to kill the weeds. Tho water is ol
lowod to stand nearly two woeks this
time, and not aguin turned into the
field until tho grain is almost ripo.
Marshy places aro not so good as
well -irrigated land. Most of t io rice
used in Europe is imported from hid u.
Ihere, and aiso in China, the hills are
chosen rathor than tho plains, and aro
so well irrigated that often it is only
wun mo greutest iiuiicuity that tn
fields can be wee led on account of the
water. In some d'stricts canals are
carried along the hillsides. Upland
rice is a species cultivated in Ceylon,
rura and Hungary, wiucli repines dry
lunu, rotting it p.uced under water.
1 ho only stutes of North America
wh.'o'n cultivate rico for lnuiket are
South Carolina and Uoorgiu. Rice
will not grow as far north as Minne
sota. VVhut the Indians uso there is
Canadian or wild rice, which growj
abundantly in tho northwest, in m ry
places, mul often on the margin of the
lakes. It reuchos the height of sovou
or eight feet, and the long and narrow
seed makes a nourishing meal of which
the Indians are very fond.
A LUXURIOUS MISSIONARY.
Htory ror Critic.
(New York Tribune.
A story for critics is tho ono told by
xtoi. Ausieu aoout loloruigo, who Imu
self related it to the lirnfeHxnr Wlmn
Coleridgo first thought of literature as
a moans of support ho formed some
connection with one of the reviews.
lle was at that time living somewhere
in the lake country, together with
Wordsworth. A parcel of books were
sent down to be reviewed, among tho
rest a volumo of jiooms. He
wrote a smart review of tho work; every
sentence of his article was, ho said, an
epigram. When ho had concluded he
read his review aloud to the ladies of
tho family. One of thorn, Wordsworth's
sister, burst into tear and asked him
how ho could write it. 'I was thinking,
said she, 'how 1 must feel if 1 were to
read such a review of a poem of yours
or William's. And hus not this poor
man somo sister or wife to feel for
him t Coleridge descrilwd himself as
so affected that he never afterward
wrote a review, and ho appeared to me
to nave even morbid fin ling on that
sunject.
Tho Paa Portland Vaae.
(Inter Ocean.)
The Portland vase is ono of tho most
valuoU roues of antiquity in the Uritiah
museum, not only because of itsboautv,
but because it is cue of the oldest speci
mens of Koman art in glass. It is an
urn, ten luehes high. Tho ground work
is of blue glass, enameled with white
glass cut in cameo, to represent the
wedding of Thetis and Pelous. It was
mado for the ashes of the Emperor
Alexander Severus, or a relative of his,
and was discovered during the sixteenth
century in rich sarcophagus on Monte
del Grano, where it had been for some
1,300 years. A man named Llovd,
eeking popularity or for love of mis
chief, broke it into bits in 1815 with a
atone; but the pieces were carofullr
collected and cemented togother, and
though the vase still remains in the
museum, it is not shown to the public.
I'arU' IMrlnrrxiux Water- Carrier.
(J. H. llsviilev 1'sris Letter. 1
Tho water-carrier is cenera'lv any
where along between 21 and -10 years of
age; lie is never very tall, but is often
short and niuscul ir. He wours a wide
brimmed hut and does not follow the
seasons iu tho matter of clothing. Sum
mer and winter his wearing apparel
consists of a loose cloth jacket, nanta-
loons of cordurov, held in pluco br a
wide red sash wound sovtral times
around the loins. A pair of rawhide
shoes, with the sjIcs thickly studded
with largo-hialed nails, completes his
costume. Whether the sun shoots
down its fleroest rays from a cloudless
August sky ; wnother it rains, snows or
hails, the water carrier makes his daily
round with the regularity of the hands
of a clock on your parlor mantel-niece
with oven more regularity, for your
Parisian clock often stops before it has
run dowu. Hut your water-carrier
never misses filling your tank.
home years ago, before the present
system of water works made it possible
for tho firemen to obtain water for
their hand s piirts within half an hour
after the arrival of pumps on tho scene
of action, the carriers wero required to
keep their barrels full over niirht and
to bo ready to start on tho first alarm
to aid the firemen iu keeping their
pumps tilled. The dutv was one which
always excited the enthusiasm of tho
carriers, who raced to fires with all the
enjoyment of au old-time American vol
unteer department. Hut this willing
noss to perform a public duty was not
exclusively the result of publio spirit,
for there was a haudsome bonus paid
by the city to the one who arrived first.
Aa ho goes on his daily round the
water-carrier keeps a sharp.iook-out for
chance customers; ho is always doing
his best to extend his trade. This he
does by singing out "Marehand do
The Tnrk'K "Nvratiiix-Ktnp."
(Cor. San Fnuieiso Chronicle. 1
Another popular cure is the "sweat
ing stone," so called, in the moique of
St. riopliin. It is a large pillar near
tho left-hand entrance, of a sort of
greenish-white stone. In this, about
the height of a man's head, is a small
hole hardly largo enough to contain the
entire lingers. Through some peculiar
uuturul property of the stone, the inside
of this hole is always covered with a
salty moisture. No' matter how oftou
this is wiped away, it instantly returns,
and this "sweat" of the stone tho Turks
credit with miraculous curative quali
ties. Hundreds come here, it is said,
to rub their diseased members with
tho healing moisture. The graves of
ninny of tho dea l dervishes, too, who
iu lifo had extra luck as "tramplors,"
have boon converted into shrines, to
which sick porsous make pilgrimages in
hoiio of euro. They tie on the gratings
before those tombs long strips of flan
nel and wool black, yellow and red
torn from their clothes", aud do not for
get to leave a piastor or so in the
money basin Iwfore departing. This is
the cure for fevers and colds and also a
protective agaiust the "evil eye."
"Ieeeltlul" Teeth. '
New York World.
A few days ago a teacher in one of
our up-towu publio schools wis exer
cising her class iu definition of words
and the writing of sentences. "Deceit
ful, said sho, "means false;" and she
told one of the scholars, a tow-headed
boy, to write on his slate a sentence
with "deceitful iu it. Ho scratched
his cranium, looked at tho ceiling, and
men rail ins pencil over tlie slate.
"Iteud what you havo written," aid the
teueher. "Mymahus deceitful teeth,"
was what ho read. The teacher
laughed and the boys laughed, and they
laughed so long that it was timo to co
i i . .
uoiuo ociore tuey recovered.
Haw an American I'roteMtant Im
DRlred II U Influence Willi Jlexl-
eaiiH.
Sonora (Mex.) Letter in Chicago Tribune.
I heard a good story about one of the
missionaries in a Mexican town. The
reverend gentloman rented as good au
adobe house as there was in the place-
two rooms about twelve by sixteen feot,
lie put a glae I sash in tho aperture
left to admit the light, and w iucli had
hitherto only been protected by a
wooden prating. It was the only glazed
window in the place. He laid down a
cheap carpet on the brick floor. His
callers had never seen a carpet in their
lives. . He covorod the unsightly adobe
walls with a few engravings, and his
wifo made tho rooms pretty with fancy
work, Christinas cards, and those
airy nothings with which a well
bred Amor.cnn la ly would beautify her
home wero it in the heart of a desert.
It was not a particularly luxurious
home, and the missionary with a tinge
of homesickness perhaps, wi oto an ao
count of his Riirroundings to ono of the
foreign missionary journals. He de
scribed tho bare walls of adobe, the
dirt floor covered with 80-cent carpet,
through which the dampness would
coino, the adobe roof which leaked occa
sionally, and the "jucel" kitchen, built
of upright stakes an I ch'inked with
mud, in which his wifo prepared the
food of the family, and he did not for
get the Dutch oven, where the bread
was baked. It mado mightv in teres tin'
reudin' to the church people at home
and the missionary's hardships were
no doubt discussed by sympathizing
friends.
Now, thore is a Eoman Catholic re
ligious paper published in the City of
Mexico, and this missionary s letter was
translated into Spanish and appeared
in its columns. In due time the padre
at our missionary's town received his
copy of tho paper, and, as he hud al
ready been compelled to warn his flock
against tho strange teachings of the
American Protestant preacher, he made
his letter a text to point out a fact or
two. The simple natives were mostly
of mixed Indian and Spanish blood, and
had been gazing with wonder at the
luxuries of the American's home,
Cnrpots, glazed windows, pictures
chairs to sit on, and tables
to enjoy one's food at, wero to
their eyes tho most extravagant
and sybaritic of luxuries. I huv
nivself seen men and women pause at
the door of my otlice and open their
eyes at tho poor carpet which overs
my floor, mid it has sometimes been
uiihcnlt to persuade them to set foot
upon so beautiful a thing. And so
when tho padre read to the people the
missionary s account of his hardships and
his mean surroundings, and then called
their attention to the fact that the
Catholic church had sent it mission
aries to touch thom while thev were
yet savages missionaries who had
literally sacrificed their livos by hard
ship, hunger, and toil while this
Protestant preacher reveled in luxury
"lieyond the wildest dreams of anv of
the pooplo of the town, and thon wrote
back to h:s church that he was sutler-
ing unheard of hardships," it had a
pronounced etlect.
It is safe to sav that th i usefulness of
that missionary has been impaired.
tltnt lina vjtf luinn .It i . .
l ,i ""uvereu, a there In
nothing uninercantlle or unprofessional In
advertising the article. This ouKht "
commend it to the confident -f?
t oll
citizens."
The t raae of Amateur Theatricals.
liNew Yerk C r. Inter OceanJ
The "fad" of the hour is amateur
theatricals. People havo gone .half
crazy over them, and a surer passport
to fashion ible circles cannot be found
now than the ability to act, or, at least,
ue uicuuauuu. " M , public with such general apnrobat ion
be an amateur actor. The first duty of jti Jacobs oil." "pproouuou as
a father unquestionably is to strangle a
Sydney, X. S. W.," Australian Nem."
" Never In tho hlstorv of A
a medical discovery been accepted bv th
nillilln with mwh .i:.i...,"' 1,18
l'eaur "Via marehand de lVan!" iu
tones that aro au libleto the very attics
of the surrounding houses. Tho' cry
is not unmusical and is divid.nl into two
parts, the first being Ditched on a hieh
sharp key and sinking away in the lat
ter part to a deep basso note.
C. C. Tost: Don't attempt to ran
everything by brute force, but try lit-
ne jHTsnasion occasionally. A warm
board hold against a chickens foot on a
frosty night will induce him to balance
himself on the end of it every time.
Kichter: Unhappy is the man for
wuom ins own mother has not made all
other mothers venerable.
Why They Are llrewned.
(Cor. Chicago Times.
An old steamboat captain once told
me that most men who fall off the
steamboats are drowned by endeavor
ing to get back to the boat. " He said if
a man would let himself float dowu the
stream, using every exertion to reach
tho bank, he would be saved in nine
' a a . a
coses out oi ion, out no cue was ever
saved who endeavored to get back to
the boat he had fallen from. I believe
the captain told the truth, and making
it publio in this way may do some
good.
Yale Literary Magazine: There are
now few traces of the old-timo opinion
that much learning unfits one for the
rudimental duties of a salesman, clerk
or agent in whatever department.
A patent for a "new and attractive
design of shoo" was recently grautod to
au inventor of Farming ton, X. li
A Trick In Hiving- Clianze.
N.'W York Tribune.
On a crowded liroadway car yester
day possongor gavo the conductor a
quarter and received back in chunge
two silver pieces. He was about to put
tnoni m ins pocket, wlion second
thought prompted him to look closely
at ono of them, lno conductor saw
the scrutiny and immediately suid :
"Did I give you wrong change? Eh?
A 3-cent piece ? That's so. I'll fix it."
Suiting action to word he had nieau
wnue e.u'iiungca mo puce, nut on
the platform, a Tribune reporter, fin
ishing a'cicar, said quietly:
Couldn t work it that timo?"
"Nixey," said the conductor. "I'm
out 7 cents there. If he had pnt it in
nis pocket now, l a have been sjlid.
"Do you get thorn in ofton ?
"Oh, so, so; if it's a crowded day, I
can work o;l ten to twenty. Seel'
And he pulh d as many astwouty pieces
irom a siau pocket. Tho reporter
pulled out a note book and scribblod a
memorandum. Said the man excitedly;
"For heaven's take you're not going to
give me away ? He was still begging
no io navo ine men exposed, when the
reportor stepped off.
The fcw PpiikIoii Ufllen.
("Uath" in New York Tribune.
The uew pension office, on Judiciary
square, almost upon the site of the
prison where Gen. Sickles was con
fined, has risen nearly to tho second
story, and is a remarkablo monument
of the civil war. lietweon the two
istories runs a bolt of frieze, probably
throe or four feet iu height, represent
ing the army of the Union on the march.
This frieze runs all around the build
ing, which is an exeeodintrlv larce one.
possibly 200 by 300 feot, and therefore
every department of the trrny is dis
tinctly portrayed in terra-cotta low re
lief; the cavalry, tho artillery, the
marching infantry by whole regiments,
tho navy, the bargemen, tho engineers
and so on, in costume as they were; they
iu uiurcu iorever iu me sight ol visit
ors from tho rest of the world, while
within that edifice are to remain the
rolls of tho maimed aud tho dependent
of those who lost their lives in tho great
conflict, (ien. Meigs is putting up the
pension oiueo.
child who shows the slightest disposi
tion to go upon the amateur stage.
There is no doubt that amateur acting,
in nine cases out of ten, is
an evidence of. incipient insan
ity. If a man thinks 'ho can
ride a horse, and he gets on the horse,
is thrown to the ground, aud half
killed, he at once arrives at the con
elusion, without any ulterior argument,
that ho can t rule that horse. A man
who attempts to walk on the water
sinks. He is usually aware of the fuct.
Put if a man, womau, or child starts in
ou a soulless career as an amateur
actor, no power in heaven or on earth
can convince him or her that he or she
cannot act. The rage for the sport
goes on with unabated fury. It has
reached so high a development here
that recently the Kenible society gave
a pen'orman 'o of "Othello" at the
Academy of Music on which they ex
pended if (5,000 for scenery, properties
and professional teachers, lliey
started a subscription for the expenses
of the performance, expecting that
$1,000 would put them through,
but $6,000 was subscribed almost
before the society was aware of
it. So they had new sets of
scenery painted throughout and cos
tumes made which excited the envy of
professional managers. After the
show was over I met a stock-broker
whom I know very well, and who
played the part of Dorenzo, I asked
him how the thing went off.
"Gloriously, gloriously," ho said
rubbing his hands, briskly and Biniling
with great satisfaction.
"It was a success, was it?"
"Success was no name for it. Joe
Clare, the assistant scene painter of the
Fifth Avenue theatre, told me on the
dead quiet that with tho exception of
the characters of Uthello, lago, Desdo
mona and Cussio he had never seen any
thing bo fine iu his lifo. except a per
lormance iu iZbz in Dublin
found a Clew.
Philadelphia Call.
First Connecticut Detective Hist 1 1
have a clew. Second C. D. Hush!
Cincinnati, 0., "Commercial-Gazette.
"St. Jacobs Oil has Intrinsic wnetK
It is mainly to this fact that the
the article and fume and fortune of iu
proprietors is due."
Lowell, Mass., "Citizen.''
"Some of the most distl
of the country testify to its etlicocyi and
the citizens of Lowell know Its great
virtues."
Gouverneur, N. Y., "Herald.''
" It lslunusual that we depart from one
regular course, by noticinir editoriallv th
virtues or defects of any proprietary medi.
cine. But as we profess to be friends to
our subscribers, it is with pleasure that
we recommend, as a radical cure for all
rheumatic affections, St. Jacobs Oil. It
has been extensively used by a large num
ber of people in our section, who duly
testify to its truly marvelous effects."
Philadelphia, Pa., "Times."
"A valuable remedy."
Salt Lake, Utah, "Tribune."
" The remarkable popularity and tho ab
solute faith in St. Jacobs Oil have been
acquired in a very short time, by the abso
lute truth of the claims advanced in favor
of the remedy."
Brooklyn, N. Y "Eagle."
" The cure, by St. Jacobs Oil. of casea
of rheumatism have come to our notice
through our reporter."
Milwaukee, Wis., "Sentinel."
" St. Jacobs Oil. the wonderful remedv
for rheumatism, has been used bv a Inrvn
number of people in this city, and with
effect truly marvelous."
Nebraska City, Neb., "Press."
" St. Jacobs Oil strikes heavv blows for
good all around, by its power over rheu
matism.
Kingston, Tenn,, "East Tennesseean."
"St. Jacobs Oil beats chain liehtnlntr
on rheumatism, (.tiff joints, sprains, etc.
New York City "Morning Journal."
"Mrs. F. . Kcllocsr. 50 E. Elehtv-slxth
St., of this city, lay for seven days In con
vulsions, and In a tiaralvzed condition.
Seven different doctors tried to cure or
help her, and failed: also all remedies en-
dorsed by the leading pharmacists were
tried. Her case was given up as hopeless.
At lust. St. Jacobs Oil was applied, and it
cured her. Mr. F. B. Kobiuson, a stock
broker and member of the New York
Don't speak so loud. What is it?-Stock Exchange, says he was thoroughly
r irsi j. i. Are wo ouserveit ? Second
C. D. Nay, we are alone; but speak
low ; eveu tho walls have ears. Where
did vou find your clew? lirst C. D.
In tins paper. Here it is right in the
beginning of this piece of pootrv. List!
Ihere is blood upon the moon."
A Fatal Illusion.
(Buffalo Express.
"This Introduction gives me great pleasure,
believe me," frankly explained Brown, when
introduced to a popular society actress.
"Really, you flatter nie, Mr. Brown." "Not
at all. I have worshiped ycu from a distance
for over twenty years and ." Brown is
still engaged racking his brain trying to find
out why the actress cut him short, and has
since declined to recognize him when they
accidentally met.
Mubsrrlblnx Toward Her Owa Monu
ment.
The Current.
Subscriptions failing, Uistorl was asked to
contribute toward the election of her own
monument, which the council in the town of
her birth decided some time ago to build to
her honor. She is suU to have given the aid
skea
Leigh Hunt : It is books that teach
us to refine our pleasures when youne.
and which, having so taught us, enable
us to recall thom with satisfaction when
old.
cured of rheumatism by the use of St. Ja
cobs Oil."
Portland, Or., "Telegram."
"Over one hundred neonle of Clacknntaa
Co. were cured of painful ailments hv St..
Jacobs Oil."
Stamjord, Conn., "Herald."
" From extensive use of St. Jaenhs Oil In
the Editor's family, we are able to snenk
confidently of its great worth, and re
commend it as au article most desirable to
have ou hand: in the medicinal client, nf
every household
liichmond"Sotithem Planter and Home."
It is one of the trreatpat renierltea rot.
discovered. It has genuine merit."
Cincinnati, O., "Times-Star."
" It takes the lead as a cure for Rheuma.
tlsm and bodily pain."
Providence, It. I., "Transcript."
"Its efficacy and merit are estahlMiprl
beyond all Question. It is a simnln. sufn
but sure cure. St. Jacobs Oil has reached
the acme of excellence."
Peoria, III., "Daily Peorian."
We know from experience that St. Ja
cobs Oil will cure Rheumatism, and we
feel that we are simply doing an act of
mercy and justice when we assert Buch
publicly."
Milwaukee, Wis., "Peck's Sun."
'We reeard St. Jacobs Oil as th
'Boss.'"
La Fontaine:
ice to tho trutli,
liood.
iuen are as cold as
hot as fire to false-
THE CONQUERING HERO.
UHITED HEWSPAPEEDOM'S
TIC TKIBDTE.
What t Io.
Roeton Transcript
"Yes, John is a little wild, and Tni
somewhat afraid of him ; but he's got a
good run of trade, and we can't dis
charge him very well. Tell von
let's do. Take him into the firm, and
I guess he'll be glad to cet out in las
than six months."
JTOI0R VICE COmtASDES.
Mr. A. G. Alford, Junior. Vice Depart
ment Commander of Maryland, G. A. It.,
Ilaltimere. Md.. writes: "f have kent St.
Jacobs Oil by mo and always found it a
ready remedy for pains, aches and bruises.
When suffering terribly a few weekssinca
with an ulcerated tooth. I could not evt
any rest, and I applied iu I w as instantly
relieved, and my sufferings ceased from
that time."
Eejoicing Upon Land and Sea Over a Banner
Upon whose Folds are Inuribed
Triumph and Victory.
A 1th ouch the Dismal Rwamn DnSUi
iTrrivK minus ine name ot in tmnnrah
Timothy Mnlcahy for President of the
United States, and proclaims him a
"bigger man than General Grant," the
honorable Tim becomes no more of a hero
in 1110 eves Of the world at. Inrira than
floes Miss Arabella Stuyvesant, whose
voice tlie tnchester Wteklv Wind Mill
compares to the sounds of an Kolian Harn.
I 1 .1... 1 .1. - '
luui-ucu uv uie ureniu oi aiivem.
ine editor ol Kalamazoo Semi-Monthly
Step-Ladder mav nominate thn "S
Miiger or Micliuran for I) rpctr.npnrl
of the North American Musical Menage
rie, and while Buch nomination meets
with the hearty endorsement nf .Inhn
Smith of the Oskosh Oracle, and l'eter
dones or me riKesville Jt'op Uun, afore
Bam oweei Dinger' will continue to
waroie incnurnung onscurity.
Heroes are not made in that way.
World-wide reputations and popular sue.
cesses are not acquired in this w ise. The
simple endorsement nf a
w v vimiuiC
local sources, often prompted byprovin
cial pride or other seltish motives, are not
uuiiit u-iii io acnieve tins,
St. Louis, Mo., "Itepublican."
It is very rare that the lirmdrtiran con.
sents to editoriallv forward the
of advertisers of what are known as pro
prietary medicines, as it does not fre
fluently full out that we can have positive
knowledge of their merits. However, we
take pleasure in anvimr of St. .Tarnlm nil
ENTHUBIAS- from individual experiment, that it is a
most excellent remedial agent, and as such
we can heartily recommend it."
Elgin, Illinois, "News."
" It Is generally acknowledged to h a.
proprietary medicine worthy a nlm-n in
every household."
San Francisco, Cal., "Evening Bulletin."
"St. Jacobs Oil commands the confi
dence of the rich and poor alike all over
the Pacific Coast, and is recognized as the
most wonderful discovery in medical sci
ence of modern times."
Brunsu-ick, Maine, "Telegraph."
"We do not advorata thn
L ProJ'riotal7 medicines as a general
thing, but sometimes a consnlciinna pi.
ception comes along, and proves its right
to attention and confidence. Such a pre
paration is St. Jacobs Oil."
Chicago, III., "Times."
"The interview, as herein nnnrit
should be enough to satisfy ihe most skep
tical of the wonderful properties contained
in these little bottles of St. Jacobs Oil."
Baltimore, Md., "Daily American."
'The conviction is irreslstibln tn tho
minds of all that noon the intrinsic merit a
Common annuo of St. Jacobs Oil its unfiiilinir otllo,.c . .
suggests that such enconiums are by no cure for the pains and achsof suffering
means evidences of character, fitness or humanity is based its magnificent success.
v,im. aiio prunuiieni triumphs ot a
party movement, the success of a political
candidate, or a vast mercantile enterprise,
depend upon nttvrsaf endorsement and
united support. Such universal endorse
ment and permanent success must rest
upon the solid foundation of irreproacha
ble character and true lasting merit,
I pon this principle the following press
comments are presented to the public.
These united and enthusiastic testimo
nials, coming as they do from representa-
uc juuriuus ui au sections, ana agreeing
w ith the publicly expressed sentiments of
eminent men in every w alk of life all over
the whole world, tell their own tale. They
uij w iviiuuriiunuy accepiea as me true
voice of the neonle remrdimr St. .W.,lw
Oil, the conquering hero, the wonderful
banisher of pain, the marvelous messenger
The editorial exnrension hero nrrv ii
are but specimens of the thousands of
similar character which have been ac
corded to the Great German Hemedy. and
it remains a stubborn fact that no pro
prietary medicine on earth hn r
ceivetl so unanimous and emphatic a
verdict in favor of iu efficacy.
Chicago, III., "Tribune."
"The inference is resfetaSle that St,
Jacoba Oil is the most remarkable remedy
for such disease as ha been meationed.
This unequuled pain-banisher must endure
and succeed as a blessing to mankind."
Chattanooga, Tenn., "Daily Times,"
"St. Jacobs Oil has now attntnoH nnn.
ularity which no other proprietary medi.
cine ever did, and we believe that its great
reputation is well deserved."
Albany, N. Y "Press a nd Knickerbocker."
"In many classes of disease It haa nmrj
Itself to be what physicians have hereto
fore denied to any remedial agent within
the whole realm of materia moHicn
an absolute specific. We ndght give the
names of many of our leading citizens who
have been cured by iu wonderful proper
ties. St. Jacobs Oil possesses healing pow
ers of the most subtle character, and we
give our cheerful endorsement to iu vir
tues. Our best stables also keep it in con
stant use, and livery men universally re
gard it as the greatest pain cure."
JarntrorfA, Kans., "Times."
"Of all proprietary medicines St Jacobs
pd seems to take the lead. W. have never
heard of a person dissatisfied with it."
Boston, Mass., "Daily Globe."
" It has been fully demonstrated In this
section i that St. Jacob, 011 con()uers
It is a first-clM. thing, and iu proprietors
deserve their unprecedented success."