EUGENE CITY GUARD.
I. L. CAM P IIK lL, - Froprlcter.
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EUGENE CITY. OREGON.
P. T. BARNUM'S WILL.
Tlieferlveof Phylclan(i--.ohlii
f lef tarlaa IaKtltntioa..-Ionatloo
t Bridgeport.
New York Sun.
"Why, when you made your will re
cently, did you tako the troublo to call
conclave of physician to certify to
your condition
"Because of what I had soon of con
tests over wills, in the case of Frank
Leslie and a dozon others. Why, we
have had one right hero, that over the
will of Capt. John Brooks, who diod in
full possoHsion of all his faculties, but
pretty old, and loft most of his uionoy
to the church, and now relations ho
scarcely over hoard of are contesting
his will. Thev hud me on the wit
ness stand, and" asked me what, in my
opinion, was Capt. Brook's mental con
dition. I replied that I thought his
mind was as sound as that of any rich
man who has poor relations. They
droppod me pretty quickly. I don't
suppose there is anything in my will
that anybody will contest, but I don't
propose to leavo any ground for legal
troublo over it. I provido that any
legatoo who makes a contest shall, as a
penalty for so doing, forfeit what
ever is bwiuoatheil to him in
tho will, and 1 have loft a fnnd of
$100,000 in reserve in tho hands of the
executors until the will is pro
bated, expressly to fight any contestant
who may arise. And if that is not
enough, they can thou go on and apply
the estate to make the light. As a
measure of precaution, I called in my
personal physician, who is an allopath,
a prominent hoimi-oputhio physician,
and the treasurer of the Bridgeport
hospital, who is a leading doctor, and
had them not only witness my will, but
make oath that they beliovod mo to be
of sound mind."
Havoyou made any bequests to puroly
sectarian institutions?"
"No, sir. Not a dollar. I have hith
erto givon many thousands of dollars to
tho building of evangelical churches,
but have made no bequests for any
thing of that Bort. But I havo givon to
what I believe the most practical Chris
tian institution in America and I don't
know a man belonging to it that mag
nificent Children's Aid society. I havo
not only given thoin a certain consider
able sum of nionoy, in my will, but left
to thorn an interest in my shuro of tho
large profits of tho Barnum-London
show as long us it shall bo in oxwtonc'e.
I havo done that for several other in
stitutions, but not for any on sectarian
grounds."
"How much moro havo you made and
cither given away or retained until
now?"
"Oh, I don't know. Millions upon
millions. I am amazed myself when I
think over what I havo expended and
given away. 1 havo mado a good deal
outside of my show businesses, in real
estate, much of it here iu Bridgeport.
I built up East Bridgeport, which, not
many years ago, was all farms, in or
der to induce tho erection of largo
manufactories there, I gave away many
thousands of dollars' worth of valu
able land, with tho oxeelleut result of
causing tho building up of hundreds of
homes all about them, uud tho perma
nent establishment of n flourishing and
contented population."
"Independent of the donations yon
havo made in that way, to advance your
own lu:ided interest.), you have given
largely solely for the public good, have
you uot?"
i'or tho first time in tho courso of tho
interview, Mr. Barnum spoke with
manifest rohiotanco. "I think," ho said,
"that it is not a becoming thing in mo
to recapitulate what my good fortune
has enabled mo to do for my friends and
noighbors, for so I deem all Bridgeport.
There uro doubtless many among them
who, had they been equally successful
in having the means to disnoso of,
would have been at least as liberal us I
have been. I had been lucky, and
naturally wished those about mo to
have some snare m my men. it win ail
be told when I am gone. Iu this mat
ter I should prefer for onco to drop tho
showman uud not seem to be 'blowing
my own horn."'
"Let me speak for him," interpolated
a friend who was present, "as I believe
I .can correctly, so far, at least, as tho
main things deserving of mention.
Many voars ago ho and his then asso
ciate, ften. Noble, donated to the city
of Bridgeport, Washington park, a beau
tiful grove surrounded by churches and
tlno residences, which the city would
not sell now for hundreds of thousands
of dollars. Then he, individually, gave
the city $70,000 worth more of land for
park purposes, on the condition that
the city is bound to forever maintain it
as a park, and always to have a free
bathing ground on its front. In tho
citv cemetery ho gavo Boveral thousand
dollars' worth of lots for a burial plot
for the (5 rand Army of thollepublicjaa
much more for tho lire department of
Bridgeport; 3,000 single graves for
poor people, on condition that they
should be scattered all ovor the ceme
tery, not located iu any ono place to
gether, where tho spot might come to
b known I y the opprobrious uatiio of
l'otter's I'ield, and the further condi
tion that the very poor shall Is? buried
for nothing, and iu no case shall more
than $ lie charged, instead of tho
ordinary rato of $7. In addition to all
that he gave tome $,"0,000 worth of
land for tho cemetery. In his native
town of Bethel, a few miles from here,
no erected a fountain that cost him
$10,000 in Berlin, and with the littiu,!
up and ground about it, represented
$20,000 at lea.st. Ho pao "
"There! tin re! stop!'' interposed Mr.
Barnum. "No more of that. To sit
hero and listen to you going en in that
way mal.es mo feel as if you were read
ing my obituary aloud."
Arkanaw Traveler: When a owar.l
takes up do notion 0 tighten', he Ken
whnp a brave man. I'o snappin' do
whar backs inter de fence co'u.-r i
uw:::l.
Home ol Lincoln' Joke.
Iteli: IVrley Poore.
President Lincoln has beon mado re
sponsible for so many jokes that he re
minds one of a noted Irish wit, who,
having beon ruined by indorsing the
notes of his frionds, used to curse the
day whon ho learned to write his namo,
as he had obtained such a reputation
for willingness to oblige that he could
not refuse. Mr. Lincoln might well
have regrotted ever having made a joke,
for he was expected to say something
funny on all occasions, and has been
mado answerable for all manner of
jests, stories and repartees, as if he had
combined all tho elements of humor,
common-place heartlessness, and coarse
ness, mingled with a pasnion for re
viving the jokes of Joe Miller and tho
circus clowns. Yet he did say many
excellent things. On one occasion when
Senator Wade came to him and said :
"I tell yon. Mr. President, that un
less a proposition for emancipation is
adopted by the governmont, we will all
go to tho dovil; at this very moment we
are not over one mile from hell."
"Perhaps not," said Mr. Lincoln, "as
I bcliove that is just about tho distance
from hero to the capitol, whore you
gentlemen are in session."
On ono occasion, at a recoption, whon
the crowd of citizens and soldiers were
surging through the salons of the
White House, ovidently controlled by
tho somewhat brusque western element,
a gentleman said to him :
"Mr. President, you must diminish
tho number of your friends, or congress
must enlarge this edifice."
"Well," promptly repliod Mr. Lin
coln, "I have no idea of diminishing tho
number of my friends; but tho onlv
question with mo now is whether it will
behest to have the building stretched or
split."
At one of these receptions when a
paymaster in full major's uniform was
introduced, he said :
"Being hero, Mr. Lincoln. I thought
I would call and pay my respects."
"Prom tho complaints made by tho
soldiers," responded the president, "I
guess that is all any of you do pay."
Ward Lamon,-when Lincoln had ap
pointed him marshal of tho District of
Columbia, accidentally found himself
in a street fight, and, in restoring peace,
ho struck one of tho belligerents with
his fist, a weapon with which ho was
notoriously familiar. Tho blow was a
harder one than Lnraon iutouded, for
the follow was knockod senseless, taken
up unconscious, and lay for some hours
on tho bordor of life mid death. I. union
was alarmed, and the noxt morning re
ported tho all'air to tho president.
"1 am nstonishod at you, Ward," said
Mr. Lincoln, "you ought to havo known
better. Hereafter, when you havo to
hit a man, use a club and not your fist."
' Chafing i'rnnre. '
T. Colimi in Fortnightly Review.
France is henceforth a vast intronehed
camp, which cau bo defended in aweok
by 1,000,000 and in a mouth by 3,000,
000 men. I know that all is not vet
perfect in t!i.:s organization, but 1 also
know that each day a grout stop in ad
vance is mudo. " Voll, then," it will bo
a.skod, "what is thoro to be anxious
ubout? So much the better if you are
armed; no ono will think of attacking
you." Yes, no doubt; but you must un
derstand that Pranco (and heroin lies
tho gravity of tho present stato of
th.ngBj desiros, with ardor proportiouod
to the growth of her strength, to bo
formally set free from tho night-uiaro
dread or a possible invasion. Her tlo
fens.vo power is only partially reassur
ing, and her immense armament is a
liouvy burden; there is a flagrant con
tradiction between the institution of
universal Imrrncks and thorn) republican
aspirations w hich are becoming more
and moro democratic day by d.iv. ihe
simplest solution would be t ) lliug our
selves ut all hazards up m Germany, to
take bark from her our torinor Iron
tiers, and to disarm her. That being
done, we, too, might lay down our
arms.
Many people erroneously imagine
that tho Prench cherish tho i lea oi it,
but nothing of tho sort is true. There
is not within my knowledge a single
politician w ho dreams of such a thing,
and among the people it w ould be most
unpopular. 'i his terrible game, iu
which our fate as a nation would be the
stake, would depend upon the hazard of
a battlo lost or won, and wo will not
play it, except iu tho last extremity.
JSut it remains none the less certain
that we continually confront Germany
us an irreconcilable enemy, moro on a -count
of tho harm she could still
do us than ou account of
the harm she lias done; and
that enemy is certainly not ono to be
despised. If Germany is our bugbear,
wo assuredly give her illustrious chief,
the chancellor of the empire, many
sleepless nights. He knows right well
that the moment an enemy of his up
rises anywhere ho may count two us
and that other. Unless he should re
duce us to absolute impotence, we, al
though conquered, shall present an
eternally insuperable barrier to his
ambition.
A Hrttrr Carbon Point.
New Orleans Times-IVtiim'r&t.
Zirconia, an extract from a mineral
found in considerable quantities iu tho
south, is quite likely to succeed petro
leum coke for the manufacture of
electric light carbons. Becent experi
ments have been highly successful, nJ
tho diseoerer ela ins to bo able to pio
uuce a carbon point two inches in
length that will last for a year.
The Mrple Fl.tvnr.
It is said that tho flavor of maple
Fvrrp may bo communicated to cane or
glucose syrup by tinett'.ie of guai.icum
deprived of its resin by procipitaLon
by water. A great deal of the maple
sugar and syrup now sold is said to
l neaily pure glucose prepared iu
this way.
UN JINtaUr.
Ilvtrott Krw 1'iv-w.l
"Here's tout rosst beef, sab," said Hie
water; "f served it some timo ago."
"Oh, indeed? roast beef? Whv, so von
did. 1 thoiig'it all the timo it was a
crack in the i i..te.
Ar'.a:i.-av Travthr: le lvs' work
whut a ii i diis is alius slow. J'e
eon sprout dja:l lU-b, its way through
de clod
LINCOLN TO HOOKER
A. Ilemarkablfi Letter from the War
Irpartmpiit Archive,
C'hiengo Triliuti".
President Lincoln hnd trouble with
the fiery Gen. Jo Hooker, who was
angry nt the appointment of Lurnside
as commander of tiie Potomac army.
(Subsequently Hooker was app intod to
command it, and then Lincoln wroto
him a remarkable letter.
This letter, says the Washington
correspondent of The Boston Herald,
was givon to Col. Robert N. Scott, of
the war department, by Hooker him
self, and the original is now in the
arclmes. It is one of the most notablo
iiroductions ever writen by President
jincoln. Some parts of it are fairly
Shakespearean in diction and thought
It is as lollows:
"Executive Mansion, Washington,
I). C, Jan. 2S, 1KC3. To Maj. Gen.
HoogEn Genkhal: I have placed you
at tho head of the Army of the Potomac,
Of course I have done this upon what
appears to me to bo sullicient rea
sons, and yet 1 think it best for you to
know that there are some things in re
gard to which I am not quite satisfied
with you. I believe you to bo a brave
and skillful soldier, which, of courso, I
like. I also believe you do not mix
politics with your profession, in which
you are right. You havo confidence in
yourself, which is a valuable, if not au
indispensablo, quality. You are am
bitious, which, within reasonable
bounds, does good rather than harm.
But I think that, during. Gen. Burn
side's command of the army, you have
taken counsel of your ambition and
thwarted him as much as you could,
in which you do a great wrong, both
to the country and a most meritori
ous and houornblo brothor otlicer. I
have heard, in such a way as to bo
lievo it, of your recently saying that
both the army and the govcrnne ut
noeded a dictator. Of course it wns not
for this.but in spite of it.thot I have given
you a command. Only those goiierals
who gain successes can set up as dic
tators. What I ask of you is military
suet o-s, and I will risk the dictatorship.
The government will support you to
tho utmost of its ability, which is
neither more nor less than it bus doue
and will do for all commanders. I much
fear the spirit you have aided to infuse
into the army of criticising their com
mander and withholding confidence
from him will turn upon you. I shall
assist you as far as I can to put it
down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if
ho were alive again, could get any good
out of any army while such a spirit pre
vails in it. And now, beware of rash
ness! Bo wure of rashness! But with
energy and sleepless vigilance go for
ward and give us victories.
"Yours very truly,
"A. Lincoln."
Monotonou Cracker.
New York Times.
A dozen men gathered around a
crackor barrel iu a west side grocery
store last evening and watched a cooper
eat crackers. Tho cooper hud bet a
now hat with a carpenter that ho could
eat ten butter crackers about ono and
one-half inches in diameter in ten min
utes without drinking any water or
other liquid. Tho cooper began his
fourth cracker at tho end of two min
utes, and seemed to enjoy it. It was a
minute later when ho started on the
fifth. "Well, thoy are pretty dry," ho
remarked huskily. It took him two
minutes to get the cracker down, and
when he began on tho sixth lie looked
as if he didn't care very much for crack
ers anyway. His eyes wero red and
there was an uncomfortublo working of
the muscles of tho throat. Exactly
eight minutes from the start he put ihe
seventh cracker in his mouth and
chewed slowly upon it. By hard work
ho managed to swallow it and began on
tho eighth. "Time's up," said tho timo
keeper leforo tho cooper had begun to
swallow again. "Well, I'll bo lianged,"
said the cooper, "that's a tough job."
"1 never yet saw a man do it," observed
tho carpenter, "in J ngland we used
to pit a man eating ten of those bis
cuitsyou call 'em crackers against a
man drinking a glass of water by the
teaspoonful, and the water-drinker al
ways camo out ahead. Seven and a
quarter is my sizo."
Mulvial'N reat Power.
(Now York Trituiti'.
"In 'La Morto Civile,'" pays Salvini,
I always weep, and greatly. Now,
thoro is in liio Janeiro a newspaper
editor, Seuhor de Castro, a big, bearded
man, who is famous for his lack of feel
ing. They say ho buried his wife with
out a teur--I do not know, but they say
so. He saw 'La Morto Civile,' ami after
the curtain fell he came upon the stugo.
Behold, on each side of his nose there
was a great wet furrow, and as he laid
his hand upon my shoulder I could feel
it twitching and trembling. And next
day every one in Bio Janeiro went about
saving: Tie has made Castro woep!
What a triumph!"
(oriion aa to Future 1.1 rV.
Chicago Huralil
Gen. Gordon, tho commander of the
English forces in Egypt, thusexpressei
his views as to a future life: " I think
that this life is only one of a series of
lives, which our incarnated part has
lived. I have little doubt of our having
pre-existed ; and that also iu the time
of our pre-existence we were actively
employed. So. therefore, I believe iu
our active employment in a future life,
and like tho thought. Wo shall, I
think, be far more perfect in a future
life, and indeed go on toward perfec
tion, but never attain it."
A (iant CuMor.
Chicago HeraUj
The l'niie.1 Mates treasury has t'ao
biggest spit' oou on record. It is a
cre;t oblon;? woaden box as bi as a
bed, filled with Miwdn-t. It li s in the
basement at tho foot of tho four flights
ol stairs which lead to the various
stories, and accomodates the govern
ment employes and others.
Houston (ToO Tost: WL.n the
timo comes to vindicate the honor of t'.io
Ameri-an name, the veriest dnd in
wt l'dom will cut his ban j, take o:V LU
rye tr'ass, and shoulder a inus'-et as
bravely as did Lis grandfather.
How Confectioner Ornament Thflr
- Prod or tm
New York Sun.
In tho window of a "delicatessen"
storo on Third avenuo, yesterday, there
appeared tho head of a large porker or
namented with flowers and vines in an
extraordinary manner. A wreath of
red and whito roses rested between his
ears. There were lilies and pinks in
jaws until his teeth were buried out of
sight, and a miniature sunflower covered
his snout. The proprietor of the store
smiled when asked about it, and picked
it out of tho window without saying a
word. The quostioner then saw that
the head was simply a cake ornamented
with various kinds of frosting.
"There is art in frosting cakes as well
as in painting," said Mr. Charles Schif
ferdocker, a confectioner at 187 Orch
ard street. "It takes an artist to imi
tate nature so closely as to deceive the
eye. The progress of ornamenting a
cake is very simple. Sugars of various
colors are mixed with the whites of
eggs to a thick paste. The mixtures
are put in cone-shaped bags six inches
dee. In the apex of each bag is
placed a tin cono-shaped spout, the
small end of which is round or star
shaped or serrated or flat accordimg to
the purpose for which we use it.
Holding tho bag in one hand and
stea lying it with the other we
squeeze tho mixtures through the tubes.
The shape of the tube helps us in
forming tho design. Thus flat tubes,
serrated on one side are used for loaves.
Little round-mouthed tubes serve to
make vinos and tendrils. To build a
rose wo use a thicker moisture, and
form the rose from it exactly as a
sculptor would model one in clay. I
sometimos mako a rose with nothing but
a little bit of wood not much larger than
a tooth-pick. In fact, the tools used in
elaborating pieces of confectionory are
nothing more than what I have told
you, but wo have to serve long as ap
prentices before we can do tho work."
"Very I.Ike a Whale,"
Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise.
Over thirty years ago the Chapman
family, weli known on the Pacific
coast, had a floating theatre on the
Mississippi river. Undo George Chap
man and wifo were fond of relating
stories of their experience iu the float
ing playhouse Mrs. Chapman often
asserted that tho happiest days of her
life wero spent in the floating theatre.
Among other things she related that
on one occasion, while the play of
"Hamlet" was in progress, an actor
playing tho part of Polouius, who was
waiting his cue to go upon the stage,
nindo uso of his spare moments in
angling.
He had just got a famous bito when
he was called to tho stage, upon which
he ran, holding his line behind him in
his hand. Presently that part was
reached in which Hamlot says: "Me
thinks it is like a weasel." "It is backed
like a weasel," replies Polonius. "Or
like a whale?" questions Hamlet.
"Very much like a whalo," returns Po
lonius. As ho pronounced these words
the actor felt that he hud hooked his
game, and, suddenly giving his wholo
attention to his line, he hauled upon the
stage, before the eyes of the astonished
audience, a famous catfish, nil alive and
kicking. The fish brought down the
house, and also Hamlet, to whom the
landing of tho semblance of a whale was
an incident most unexpected.
llollouay. the Pill nan.
Chicago Tribune.
The late Mr. Hollowav, of London,
tho renowned manufacturer of pills
and ointment, began his business in a
small way on the Strand, he and his
wife living over the shop and doing all
their own work. His first advertise
ment appeared in a n -wspuper October
15, 1837. In 1842 ho spent 55,000 for
advertisements; in 1M.1, $50,000; in
1851, $100,000; in 1855, $50,000; and
for tho last twenty years an average of
$i00,000 per rear. 1 he size of the
fortune left bv him can only bo guessed
at, but for many years his net profits
from his business have averaged l,
000,000 a year. It is rnoit pleasant to
add that ho was a man ol great benevo
lence, nnd that his medicines really
wero good.
Iron iu Mweden.
Chicago Herald.
It is stated that the mountains of Gel
livara, iu the northern part of Sweden,
consist of pure niagnotio iron in im
mense layers of several hundred feet.
Ono of these peaks alone is supposed to
contain 280,000,000 tons. Large forests
are contigious, and they are less than
100 miles from the Atlautic. A railroad
is to be built, and it is estimated that the
iron cau bo delivered on the seacoast at
a cost of 50 cents per ton. .
The Widow's Hope.
Chicago Tribune.
A ladv who had recently lost her hus
band and her friend were eating dinner
together at the residence of the latter.
"1 sympathize with you from the bot
torn of my heart in your great sorrow,"
said the friend. "It must be terrible to
lose such a man." "Ah, mo, yes,
sighed the widow. "It is only the hope
of soon meeting him in a better land
that gives mo courage and a desire to
live."
Over Penitent.
French Fun.
The Vieomtesse de Saint-Frusquin is
at confession.
Her sius are grave ones withont doubt,
for the priest orders the penitent oue
to fast every day until noon for a
month.
"Yes. holv father," savs tho Vieom
tesse, "I will observe the fast, and in
order that God's uierev nnv be greater
I promiso you to make all my domes
tics fast with me!
Gerim n Nimrods impose a small' fine
upon every erson wiio hits an animal
w.tiiout kilii'.iL it. This is lecanse a
number of wounded animals drag then
s. Ivcs ( !i omy to d:e a miserable death.
A LUCKY KANGAROO KUSTEE.
One of the most dnrintr Kangaroo hnnt
ersof Australia, uml hisstajr lnuimK were
terribly lacerated by a wounded KanK.iroo,
on the great sheep ranch of Mr. Alfred
llav, Boomanoomana, N. S. W., and were
entirely cured by the ue of Su Jacots Oil.
Mr. Hay writes that it i the greatest
pain-cure ever introduced for man or
beast.
Men of the Hour.
roSTMASTER-GENERAL.
Alio ucaiu I'L u uui? i uic, inw wvvtv-
tary of the Treasury, has led to the ap
pointment of Postmaster-General Gres
nam to the vacant position, and Frank
llatton, First Assistant Postmaster-General,
has been promoted to the chief office
in the department. Under the law he was
acting Postmaster-General for ten days
Tk. AiU l I,,J Vnlna. lota ra.
Irom the data ot Air. uresnam s resigna
tion. Frank Hatton, of Iowa, has been First
Assistant I'ostmaster-Oeneral since Uto-
v .1.1.1 iw.ii u., ... u.n r.j:. nln
ucr .u, i.Toi, lie nan uuiu tiv vuuia, uiiiu,
in the year 1S15. After receiving a good
education, lie was placed in his father s of
fice, where he learned the business of
printing. He fought on the Union side
during the war. Upon his return from
camnaiLtuincr. he became a local editor on
the stall' of the newspaper owned by his
father, at Cadiz, and afterwards at Mount
Pleasant, Iowa. When his father died he
became the proprietor and editor-in-chief
of the journal long conducted by that gen
tleman. In 1871 he bought a half interest
in the Burlington llan keye. It was not
long before ne ewnea tno wnoie property,
and by judicious business management,
......u , A.l:,..i..l oKllitv
I'uiuuiuvu nun nuprriur cuiiunui auniLj,
had given it distinction both in State and
National politics. Mr. llatton is a loyal
Dartv man. and his servises as a Heuubli-
can manager have been greatly valued. He
is an able public officer, whose promotion
is regarded with general satisfaction. The
1 ostmaster-Gcneralship is an onice worm
$,uuu a year, and one w liicn gives its in
cumbent a place in the Cabinet.
. The Lott i'odllNlu
Xew York Tribune.
Tho following story is told of an
Eighth avenuo grocer, celebrated for
the size of his hands and feet, tie was
waiting upon a fat German woman tho
other day, and among the purchases
mado by the customer was a dried cod
fish. After making numerous pur
chases, the woman prepared to leavo
the store, but got no further than the
door, when she found that her codtish
wns missing. Search was mado for it
everywhere, but without success. The
fat and good-nature-1 grocer was telling
his anxious customer that possibly
some ono had stolen her proporty,
when ho lifted his hand from the conn
ter. Tho woman stepped forward and
cried out : "lias isli mcino lish," at the
same time nointini; to the placa on th
counter whero the grocer's hand had
reposed. Sure enough, there lay her
purchase.
A French writer, who estimates that
the world contains l'J;t,000 doctors,
coniidaiiis that two of o ir most exasper
ating affections, asthma and catarrh,
defy their utmost skill.
A VEBY SINGULAR AND EXCEPTIONAL
CASE.
The following details of a case is one of
the exceptional cases which we meet .vith
in our dispensation of Compound Oxygen,
and one that illustrates in a very striking
manner the subtle and deeply-searching
and active power of this new nM'iit:
"Sr. Ci.ori), Wis., January ltith, 1882.
"Dhs. Starkey & Pai.ek: Dear Sirs
I believe it to lie a duty I owe to sufferers
from blood and skin diseases to make a
brief statement of my case. About ten
years ago I had several inflamed dark
spots come on both of my ankles. These
spots, when they first appeared, wore of a
dark conper,color, and much in (Lamed and
rigid. They gradually gTew larger and
more troublesome, with always a sensa
tion of numbness, and sometimes parox
ysms of most intolerable itching. I had
for several years previous to the appear
ance of thee spots on my ankles been
troubled with intlammatory rheumatism.
5Iy joints would lie sometimes badly
swollen and intlamed. I had much trou
ble and pain with mr left ankle for the
three or four months before commencing
to use Compound Oxygen. The whole of
the outside of my left foot andinkle r
sembled in apixarance and color a large
piece of liver. It tens much suvlten and
as rigid as an iceberg, with nine or ten
very painful dry sores. The central one
was about one inch in diameter, miff most
excruciutingly painful. I showed it to sev
eral knowing ones, who pronounced it a
cancer. The effects of the Compound Ox
vzen were truly wonderful, it worked
like a charm. In a few days after com
mencing it use, my feet began to bleach
out; the lumps all dissolved; the skin and
flesh of mu feet soon became soft and white;
the sores became less painful and soon be
gan to heal. The sores are now all well,
and my feet and ankles areas good as
new. In fact, I have got a new pair of
legs; for all of which I am indebted to
Compound Oxygen,
"Respectfully yours, H. Sparks."
The effect of Compound Oxygen in this
case fives a striking proof of the law gov
erning its action. It had no specific rela
tion to the disease from which the patient
was suffering, and did not act directly up
on the affected parts, but, instead, infused
new vigor into all the nervous centers,
quickened all the life-forces, and restored
to healthier activity every organic form in
the body, and the result came as a natural
and orderly sequence. The case is excep
tional only in the character of the disease,
not in its cure by Compound Oxygen.
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