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the walls ‘hey themselves have built,; and plead that they can do no more “under the conditions." It is these ,

COSTLY DRUGS.

Published every evening except under tu* conditions, it is tuese g 0IT(e R are an( j Peculiar Substances Sunday by the St^ir and OenKicrat conditions against which we protest Used In Medicine.

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must have a sane tariff. We demand protection for the people. None of these things the Republicans can give us, for the “conditions" their rule has fostered has placed In seats of power the heads of the corporations and trusts they seek to control. Should the Republican party destroy the trusts it would also destroy itself, for it is led and financed by trust men, from

A writer in Wisseu i ter Alle throws some interesting light on rare and peculiar drugs. Saffron he points out, would strike an ordinary observer us decidedly expensive at $1:1 a pound (to change marks Into our coinage) until ■id that it Is composed of the central II portions only of the flowers of crocus, 70,000 of which It takes to ke a pound. Attar of roses sells at ollg odd per pound, and It takes 10,000 pounds, or nearly flee tons of roses, to obtain one pound of the oil. Aconitine, extracted from the root of j monkshood, is said to be the very strongest poison extant, the dose being

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down the line to I oraker and 1 latt one six-hundredth of a grain. Itissold !‘ is a weak cry, this cry of con- | at the rate „ f Iier ounce.

—— 1 ditlons, when we remember that the Turning from the vegetable to the Entered ns second class mail mat- [ Republicans have made them. animal world in search of rare drugs, ter at the Greencastle, Indiana, Post- — the writer refers to the musk of the o«We. . wr ... nunnn M lin Aalatic deer, which at f24 to |30 an !j\ NEW UnORAL GLUd ounce " ' ^ » prlae to the Wily

SOME STATEMENTS.

It has been stated, and with authority, supposedly, that the Republicans were all for temperance,

A new thing among the students is the lately organized Choral Club, composed of the members of the Uni-

and that Dr. Hoagland. in speaking vers Ry Qi ee club with selected sing-

well of Mr. Hostetler, the Democratic nominee for representative had unwisely overlooked the claims and the qualities of the as yet unknown man to be nominated. Leaving out of the question that it is remarkable that a single man should know who will be nominated before the nominations take place, a rather striking admission of machine rule, there is yet to be considered the Republican attitude toward the matter in general. Let us look locally. We have a man on the police force who has been charged with many sins, not the least being Intoxication while on duty. The Republican members of the council who appointed him, sanction his conduct, and refuse to investigate—all but one member. Officer Crimes, charged with intoxicstion at the very time he is supposed to be enforcing the laws against such conduct, continues, without investigation, to hold his place. Tiie one Republican member, so the story goes, who voted against freeing him from investigation, has since had trouble with several Republicans who, seemingly, believe in such actions. We do not say that Mr. Grimes is guilty, but we do say that such a charge is grave, that a failure to investigate It shows lack of conviction on the temperance question, and marks the position of

some local Republicans.

ers from among the ladies of the Music School. At a meeting held Friday afternoon in West College, the following officers were elected: President, Mr. Xewbanks; SecretaryTreasurer. Mr. Frank Lucas; Director, Professor vonKleinsmid. The purpose of the organization is the study and preparation of good material for use at Church and College affairs.

hunter. In some of the tropical seas a floating, sweet smelling mass of ambergris fs met with worth at present $30 per ounce, or $4S0 per pound in the market. The ambergris Is said to be the diseased biliary product of the

whale.

Another peculiar product in use as a drug Is a solution of the pure venom of the rattlesnake, given occasionally In malignant scarlet fever.

THE “COUP DE JARNAC.”

GUM ARABIC.

The Two Classes, Amberlike ano Bleached, and Their Uses. Gum arable, which forms one of the more important minor exports of Egypt, is really the sap from a special kind of tree which grows from three to five yards In height, whole forests of which are found in the Kordofan province and also near Gedid, in the White Nile province. The natives are free to collect the gum. The season during

A French Adage and the Incident Upon

Which It Rests.

The “coup do Jaruac" has become a French proverb, and it serves to distinguish a stroke ns decisive ns unforeseen which Intervenes for the settlement of any affair. The adage rests upon an incident in the life of Gul Chabot, Seigneur do Jarnac, a noble of the court of Frauds I. The He passed between him and I.e Chatelgnerale, the dauphin’s favorite. King Francis, however, forbade the duel. At the succession of Henry II. the old quarrel was revived, and the overdue duel was fought on the plain of St. Germain with all the formality of the ancient Judicial combats and In the presence of the whole court. Jarnac was weaker and less agile than ids adversary

which the trees yield their sap runs ! w i 10 w(ls of Hie noted swordsmen

from December t > Mai I rior to gutli erlng the crop the natives prepare the trees by slightly cutting the bark in numerous places. The sap then exudes, solidifies In the shape of large and sma". lumps and is afterward gath-

of the time, but he had taken lessons from an Italian bravo. In the duel Jarnac waited for an opening and then dealt I.a Chatelgneraie a heavy and unexpected stroke which hamstrung him. This was In 1447. Ten

erod by hand, such gathering Iteing years later Jarnac was a captain In done before the rainy season com j he defense of St. Quentin. Eventualmcuces. ; |y he met his fate in a duel. But the There are two main classes of gum "coup de Jarnac” Is historic In the an amberlike and bleached. In the latter I nnls of 8W ord play.—Argonaut.

REl*l RLK’AX (XINDITIONS. The Honorable T. T. Moore, in discussing public questions before the Republican convention on Tuesday, declared that the Republican party had done the best possible for the people ‘under the conditions.” That Is exactly the point tb which attention ought to be called. The Republican party is responsible for tire conditions. It was the Republican party and a Republican tariff that made possible the trusts of the present day, against which a Republican president, his hands tied by a Republican senate, tights in vain. It has been Republican friendship for Wall street, from the time of Grant till the time of Cortelyou that has made much of its iniquity possible. It was the malfeasance of Republican officials that made possible the land-fraud scandals, and made necessary the prosecutions which now', owing to “conditions” are so futile. These conditions are the fruit of Republican theories. Now they struggle vainly against

the gum is merely exposed to the I strong action of the sun generally in j j Omdurmau—while in the former in- | stance it is allowed to retain its nat- I urai amber color. The confectionery i trade is perhaps the principal pnrehas- I er of gum arable, though a very large | number of other indu-tries-chemical | works, printing and dyeing mills, let- j ter press printers and so on are interested in this prodhet of Sudan.—Chica-

go Nows.

Monkeys and Parrots.

Our Sympathy

is always extended to those in distress, but we have no sympathy to waste on the man who borrows his neighbor’s paper when he can have one of his own at a mere nominal expense. Your home paper stands for your interests and the interests of your home town. It deserves your moral and financial support. If you are not a member of our family of readers you should begin now by sending in your subscription.

A lung specialist was talking about a famous scientist who had contracted"

PAYING THE PENALTY.

consumption from a lot of consumptive monkeys that he had beefi experiment-

ing upon.

"This should be a lesson and a warn ! ing to us all,” lie said, "for nothing is | more dangerous to the lungs’ health than to have a monkey about the house. Practically all monkeys have | consumption In this climate, and It Is | just as casf to take consumption from ^ a monkey ns from a man or woman It Is the same with parrots. They, too. have consunfption, and they, too, are i most apt to give the disease to those

The Way Beckmann Begged Frankel's

Pardon Before Witnesses.

One day Beckmann, the comic actor,

w. Induced to take off a well known ' whj> pet them. As for me. rattier than ne spaper editor, Frankel by name, In ^ live in the same house with a pet mononc >f the characters he was repre key of a pet parrot I woujd take a cot

seating in Berlin, lie performed bis task so cleverly that at the close the audience broke out Into loud calls for Frankel. The journalist brought an action, and Beckmann was condemned to go to the house of the insulted party and there beg his pardon in the presence of witnesses. At the hour apl*lnted Frankel sat In the circle of his family, together with a number of relations and friends who had been convened for the occasion, waiting the arrival of the delinquent. He tarried long, ami half an hour had passed In weary suspense when at last the door opened, and Beckmann put his head 4n and asked: "Does Mr Meier live here?” "Oh, no," answered Frankel. "He lives next door.” “Ah. then. I lieg your pardon,” said the actor and hastily witlidyew, hav Ing thus acquitted himself of'ftie Imposed penance, to the great annoyance of Frankel and the Intense amusement of the assembled witnesses.—London

Tit-Bits.

in the hopeless ward of some consumptives' hospital.” — New Orleans Times-Democrat.

A Long Swim.

A tramp has beaten all known records by swimming twenty-seven miles In thirty minutes. He did not mean to do it. He merely tried to steal a ride ' from St. Louis to Chicago on the rear 1 of n locomotive tender. When the i train started lie fell over backward j through the ojien manhole into the water tank. The noise of the train drowned his cries for help, and he was obliged to swim uuti! the first stop was reached at Alton. When talffifi out ho was nearly dead, but the engi uecr was so unfeeling its to call his at I tcution to the fact that the water was; only four feet deep, and he might have stood up. The conductor, also unfeel-

A Wedding Day Reminder. William James, the famous psychologist of Harvard, said at a dinner In Boston: “An odor often brings back memories that we had thought burled fot ever. As we regard some strange landscape It often seems to us that we have been just here before. The oddest, the most momentous assocla Hons oftentimes attach themselves to the most trifling things. “Thus at a Thanksgiving dinner that I once attended the hostess said to n sour faced man on ray left: “ ‘May I help you to some of the boiled rice, Mr. Smith?’ “‘Rice? No, thank you—no rice for me,' Smith answered vehemently. ‘It Is associated with the worst mistake of my life.’ ”

Costs of Office. On the day after his election the chief magistrate of a certain town in the Midlands who enjoys the reputation of being rather "near” In money matters was asked for a subscription to the local football club. “I really can’t do It.” he replied. “Just look at the outlay I’ve already been put to through accepting office!" And he produced a small ledger Inscrll>cd on the cover "Mayoralty Expenses.” On the toj> line of the first Inside page was the entry, "Dress suit, £2.”—Reynolds’ Newspaper.

An Exception.

The Philosopher—Tell me what a person reads and I can tell you what

Ing, asked him for his ticket, hut thej ^,' * s ; * 111 Nut alu.ijs. ., .... ..... , There s my wife, for Instance. She s

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IVhen Like Cures Like.

By TROY ALLISON Copyright, 1SW7, by P. C. Kastmeut.

tramp said he had not come by rati, but by water.—Youth’s Companion.

Strange Bequests. In his will Stephen Swain of the parish of St. Olave, Southwark, gave to John Abbott and Mary, bis wife, sixpence each “to buy for each of them a halter for fear the sheriffs should not be provided,” and John Aylett Stow left the sum of 5 guineas for the purchase of the picture of a vljjer biting the hand of his rescuer to be presented to an eminent K. C. as a reminder of "his ingratitude and Insolence.’’- Grand Magazine.

always reading a cookery book. Philosopher (confidently) Well? Dyspeptic—But she’s no cook!

The The

A Humane Woman. The Cabman—Gimme your bag, laj^ and I’ll put it on top of the cab. Mrs. Oatcake (as she gets in) NO: tbaf poor horse of yours has got enough to pull. I’ll carry it on my lap.—l.onttTi TitBits.

Do not measure your enjoyment by the amount of money si>ent In producing it. ^

Mimra Reed almost ran down the steps from the house bearing the sign "Mme. Voirsi. Clairvoyant.” The lady’s communications had upset all her preconceived plans and Ideas. Her mother had always opposed her trying anything of the kind, but when she saw the si; u an overwhelming desire to inquire into things unknown had beset her. The rest of the party had gone down to the beach, and after staying in her room at the summer hotel for an hour with a headache she had slipped out to buy a fascinating kimono she had seen in a Japanese store the day before. The clairvoyant's sign had caught her eye. aud for a whole hour she had sat in the darkened, stuffy little room with her nerves all at strained attention. She went back to her room and, walking straight to the dresser, looked regretfully at the picture of a frank boyish face surrounded by a little plain gold frame. "I never would have thought it." she whispered. “I thought you were the truest, noblest tiling on earth. Aud she said the man with black eyes, now one of my circle of acquaintances, was deceitful to the core and that if I did not separate his path from mine he would prove the blighting sorrow of my life. Jimmy, dear. It seems impossible to lielieve you could bring sorrow into any one’s life, but it must have been you she meant, for you are the only man of my acquaintance who has b-black eyes.” And, being only nineteen and believing she had come face to face with the big sorrow of her life, she threw herself across the bed and sobbed because she felt that she must Immediately take steps to separate Jimmy Kent’s path from hers—Jimmy, who had lent her Ids red ball to play with the very first day she went to kindergarten. James Kent, unconscious of the heavy cloud of suspicion hovering over him, came from his ocean swim and lay Idly on the sand, hoping Minna would get over her headache and walk down to the beach. Finally, sunburn ed and glowing, he went back to the hotel and found her on the veranda, gazing listlessly at the sea. “Is it as bad as all that, little girl? You are the most forlorn looking specimen 1 ever saw,” he said as he sat on the porch rail and eyed her commis-

eratingly.

Minna, seeing the sympathy In Ids eyes, wished fervently that they were any other color than black. "What on earth made you have black eyes, Jimmy? I dislike them so!” she said petulantly. Jimmy opened the offending orbs very wide In Ids surprise. “By Jove, you are a queer one, Minna! You told me yesterday down on the beach Hint I had the most l>eautiful.oyes you ever saw. Positively made me* blush to know I was so beautiful. 'Frnld to sleep in them last night lest I should spoil ’em. And now—Minna you haven’t met any fellow with gray eyes, have you?” he asked suspiciously. “No, 1 haven’t,” indignantly, "but black eyes arc treacherous—and—I never could trust them." Whether they were treacherous or not was left an open question, hut they certainly proved persuasive, and finally Jimmy was in possession of the whole story. — “Minna Reed, you ougid to lie ashamed of yourself! Do I look like a blighting sorrow?" mimicking lilff forlorn tone. “I might be mistaken for a prize fighter,” exhibiting his muscular arm with pride, “but I’m blamed if Pd know how to start out in the blighting sorrow business.” Minna, anxious to believe, still look-

ed dubious.

“K-gomr eyes only weren't black!”

she sighed.

“Now, look here, my child. I’d get a special act of congress to change them to suit you If I could. You know I've done everything to please you all my life. Whj^will you believe that utter rot? Did she tell you anything tangible Hint you absolutely know was true?” Jimmy was In training for a lawyer and wanted to contest all evidence in the ca&o. , “Bho told me my name and age,” tri-

umphantly.

“Didn't you have to write It on a piece of pn[*r first?” suspiciously. "Y-yes, but she didn’t see'it—honestly she didn’t. I folded It tightly and put It on the table, and she sat and toyed with It while she talked.” “The mischief she didn’t sec It!” growled Jimmy. "Anything else?” "She said I had on Aunt Mary in the spirit land that was trying to guide mo,” hesitatingly. “See there! You never had an Aunt Mary in your life! It's all plain humbug.” Jimmy spoke with Hie satisfaction of one willing to leave his case in the bands of an Intelligent jury. “No, 1 never had, but mamma had, and the clairvoyant said aunts and great-aunts were all the same in the spirit world.” Jimmy positively groaned with dis

gus':.

“She might safely lilt on an Aunt Mary. Nearly everyliody living lias nu aunt or great-aunt or great-great-great-er-aunt Mary. But she had no bus! ness fooling with my eyes." He sat mlklly silent, then grirffied with a thought that made him wonder If he* would not some day liear to the realms of the metaphysical the same relation that Edison liears to things physical. "Young wou^an, 1 would not take a

; hopeless verdict upon my eyes from ! my one oculist. Neither will I have them condemned by any one clairvoyant 1 demand a consultation. If 1 get the party together, will you go to another clairvoyant this evening?" he demanded. “1 would be so glad to find that the first one was mistaken,” she said fer-

vently.

It was a very busy evening for Mr. Kent. Finally he found a seeress sufficiently 'good nutured aud pliable to fill his requirements. "Remember, you are to entirely free her mind from the idea. I’ll send her In third. You couldn’t fail to know her anyway. She’s the prettiest one in the bunch. IPs cheap at $10, and If she gets over tier fear of black eyes, by Jove, I'll send you another tenner tomorrow.” And Mme. Ardettn, enthusiastic under the powerful stimulus, promised to do her best. That night when the moon cast a long path of light over the waves a couple sat far down the beach in a spot removed from the crowd. "She told'me my name without my writing it!” Minna said In awed tones. “She is simply wonderful! Said for me never to have any confidence in fakes that made me write questions and fold them on a table; that they bad blank papers folded just like them, and when they were toying with the ones 1 wrote that they would substitute the blank one and leave It on the table and take mine In their hand under the edge of the table and read It. That's exactly what that first woman must have done. I’ve lost faith lu her entirely, and, Jimmy, boy, she said that the only person 1 need avoid and be suspicious of was a bloud man wtth a Vandyke beard.” Young Mr. Kent stroked his beardless chin. “Thank heaven I haven't n blond Vandyke.” he said piously. “Did she tell you anything about—er—me?” he asked cautiously. “Not exactly, but she said that my real affinity was—was a man I bad known since childhood.” "Now, that,” said Mr. Kent, with great gratification, "suits me exactly. I’d rather be called an affinity any day than a blighting sorrow.” He joyfully possessed himself of the girl's hands, and she had evidently lost all fear of treachery. s Afterward, with her head resting comfortably against his tweed shoulder, she spoke musingly, “She said thi’t Hie greatest trial of her life was that there were so many fakes that brought discredit upon her glorious profe'xdon.” "Never you mind, little girl; I’m not so easily Imposed upon, aud you’ll have me with you all through life to help pick out the real article,” and Hie treacherous Mr. Kent lifted her face until lie could look adoringly into it. The moon, as If by special contract, came from under a cloud at just the right moment, and she saw his expres-

sion.

“Jimmy, 1 don't believe any one else ever had such wonderfully honest eyes,” she said happily.

THE NIGHTINGALE.

Coleridge's Defense of the Songster as Not a Melancholy Bird. The traditional view of the nightingale's song is supremely given in the familiar lyric by Richard Rarnefield. Here the poet finds the forlorn bird, with “her breast up-till a thorn,” earnestly pouring forth her melodious sorrow. Milton in his juvenile sonnet apostrophizes the ineffable singer as giving forth notes that portend success tu love, and when he comes to describe sober pleasures in “II Peuscroso" he appropriately finds the same strains "most musical, most melancholy." Against -This Coleridge enters a vigorous protest in "The Nightingale; a Conversation Poem,” characteristically advancing in the following passage a general truth and a specific criticism:

A melancholy bird? Oh. Idle thought! In nature there Is nothing melancholy. But some night wandering man whose heart was pierced With the remembrance of a grievous wrong Or slow distemper or neglected love (And so. poor wretch, filled all things with himself And made all gentle sounds tell back the tale Of his own sorrow), he. and such as he. First named these notes a melancholy strain.

Annotating this, the poet further illustrates his philosophic acuteness and takes the opportunity of expressing his loyalty to Ids eminent poetical predecessor. "This passage in Milton,” the note runs, “possesses an excellence far superior to that of mere description. It Is spoken in the character of the melancholy man aud has therefore a dramatic propriety. The author makes this remark to rescue himself from the charge of having alluded with levity to a line In Milton, a charge than which none could be more painful to him except perhaps that of having ridiculed his Bible.” In a letter to Christopher North, Wordsworth refers to the "false notions" regarding the nightingale's song and expresses his belief that Coleridge’s poem, with Its theory that "in nature there is nothing melancholy,” will In all likelihood “contribute greatly to rectify these,” In his own |»oem “Enterprise” he touches on the same point aud alludes to the nightingale as “the sweet bird, misnamed the melancholy.” It is hardly necessary to add that Keats in his great ode "To a Nightingale” rises to exquisite rapture over Hie happiness manifested in the singing of the ’Night winged dryad of the trees.”—London Notes and Queries.

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