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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1886)
ELECTRICITY. Spirit of the morning rav. Peering over Eastern hills , Where the lurk's blithe roundelay Thrills tin ! roses' f-ccnted spray ; Spirit of the morning ray ; Light , thiue essence fills. Demon of the whirling cloud , When red lightnings fly , When the sturdy oak is bowed , And the wild night mourns aloud , In thy whirling chariot-cloud Death and Blight drive , by. And thy presence lightly springs Where blue ice-peaks"loom , Where the weird Aurora flings 'Gainst the 8ky her flaming wings , Through long twilight's gloom. In the languid southern moon's Silver beam , thou still dost hide , Where the love-lorn night bird croons To the lotus , on the tide Of slow tropical lagoons. With the gnomes thou liest sleeping In Earth's sparry caverns old , ( Veined thick with virgin gold ) . And thy fingers swift unfold Violet buds , when over the mold April's clouded sky is weeping. Through the blue , bright mass of afr Pitying oreads watch thee flying To assuage some heart's despair " With Love's message from"the dying. Or , through shell-strown colonnades i Far beneath old Ocean's tides , Where the startled , shy mermaids Wreathe with pearls their shining braids , Swift thy subtle presence glides. There bath Nature shown all moods : Thou dost know her star-strown places , Sun-'w orlds , and bleak solitudes Where eternal darkness broods O'er illimitable spaces. Thou has seen life up.ward climb , From the first faint spark eternal To the prophet's chant sublime ; Chaos knew thy force supernal Aeons ere the birth of Time. Eva Katharine Glapp , in the Current. THE COMING HOME. "There's the cottage at Harlem , " Nell said , in a timid tone , as if she half expected to be annihilated for the suggestion. "Good gracious , Nell ! " Fannie cried. "There's the coal cellar , " said Aunt Sue , imitating Nell's voice to perfec tion. * But the touch of sarcasm i roused the exceedingly small pugilis I/ tic spirit Nell possessed "I don't consider the suggestions parallel at all , " she said , blushing a little. "I know the cottage is very small , but it is habitable. " "Habitable ! " cried Fannie. "You couldn't swing a cat in the whole house ! " "We will let the cats exist without swinging , then , " said Nell , stoutly. "See here ! We can't live here any longer ? " "No , " Aunt Sue answered rue fully , "not for the present , at any rate. " "Our ab worthy guardian having sconded with all the property he held in' trust from our father , including your $20,000 , Aunt Sue , we must look for some means of existence more humble than this big house and § 2,000 a year income. " "Oh , Neil ! " and here Fannie's blue eyes overflowed , "how could he ? " "I can't tell , my dear sister ; but he did. That's the important question. Now , as we can't pay the rent of this house anjr longer , I propose we take possession of the little cottage at Har lem that we own , furnish it out of this house , sell the tables and chairs re maining over , and look out for some work. I suppose we can do some thing , " she added , doubtfully. Something of Nell's courage inspired Aunt Sue , for she suddenly straightened up and said : "Before Brother James , your father , my dears , made money and took me to his home , God bless him ! I had to work for my bread. I made caps , and I could teach you girls now. " "Millinery ? " said Fannie. \No ; caps for the army and navy , nnd boys wore them then , too ; more than they do now. " "We'll decide about that later , " said Nell , seeing Fannie's face fall again , but now we must go over and see about the house. How much money have you got. Aunt Sue ? " "Ninety-seven dollars. " "And you , Fannie ? " "Two dollars and sixty-five cents , " said Fannie , after deliberately counting the contents of her portemonnaie. "And I have over $20. Quite enough to move , you see , independent of the sale of the furniture. "We don't owe a cent ; that's a blessing. I will take Jane over this morning and set her to cleaning , if you will see about the car pets nnd furniture ; decide what is best to take , I mean. " "You and Aunt Sue arrange it , " Fannie said , wearily , leaving the room. "Poor.Fan ! " Nell sa'd , her whole tone of voice changing , as she looked after her sister. "It is harder for her than anybody. " "I don't see why , " said Aunt Sue , rather sharply ; "she has gone about looking like a ghost ever since that old scamp Norris ran off , but I am sure he took your money and mine as well as hers. " "Oh , Aunt Sue , are you blind ? Don't you see that Mr. Norris is Fred's father , and Fred , has also mysteriously vanished ; and , oh , didn't you sec long ago that Fred was in love with poor Fan , and her great blue eyes brighten ed for him as they did for no one else ? " "I never thought of that. Fan never said a word. " "How could she ? Fred , never ac tually proposed to her. but he surely , surely wanted to , and so intended. " "I'd like to hang his father. " And after this energetic declaration Aunt Sue joined Nell in a ramble over the house , deciding upon the best dis position of the handsome appointments. Many a heart-wrench went with the decisions to sell objects endeared by years of associations but too large or handsome for the tiny home they pro posed to occupy. Fannie helped" fits and starts , but , as Nell surmised , the girl had a heartache to carry that far surpassed the pain of pecuniary loss or change of fortune. She was a tall , slender blonde , ver\ pretty , aud of a gentle , lov.ng d spo- sition , ucv.5f possessing the energy of brown-eyed Nellwhose beauty was not nearly so great , but who made up for a snub nose and a big month in tiu- sunny disposition and a quick vivuelU that was very attractive. Fred. Norris , the son of the guardi an who had so foully betrayed the trust of the girls' dead father , bad brought his handsome face and winning man ners often to the house over which M ? s Susan Dorrimer presided , and had left no power of persuasion untried in bis endeavor to win pretty Faunic'.s heart. He was partner in his father's law of fice , winn'ng his own way to fortune , and no thought of the blonde's patri mony tempted him. It was pure , true love that softened his voice for Fan nie's ear. shone in his eyes when they rested upon her and brought him often to her side. And the love he coveted was given him , though no words had yet been spoken , when Herbert Norris suddenly fled , and * twenty-four hours later h s son was also missing. It was a blessing , Nell said , that they chose the spring weather for their jour ney , as the cottage in Harlem was cer tainly not temptug , as it stood , for a winter residence. It made a large hole in the money realized from the sales of the furniture to put the old house in repair , it haviug been empty for a long time. And even when it was newly painted and papered and brightened by the prettiest of furniture it looked very narrow and poor , contrasted with the home where'the girls had lived from childhood. The piano had to stand all askew to fit it at all in the little parlor , and the easy chairs and lounges looked all out of proportion. But Nell work ed busily , and gradually the "flitting" became a frolic ; and even Fannie was interested in wedging bureaus into im possible recesses and finding accommo dation for the contents of the great vans at the door. "Just imagine , we have a spare room , " cried Nell gleefully ; "here is Aunt Sue's , here ours , here one for a servant , if we ever again indulge in such a luxury , and here a magnificent apartment , handsomely furnished , to let ! All the rubbish and trunks can go to the attic or loft , or whatever you choose to call the sky parlor , dining room , pantry and kitchen ! Fan , seri ously , 1 like it. It is ours , that is one good thing , and we can have lots of fun cooking and cleaning. " "Fun ! " said Fan , dolefully. "Yes. fun ! Come , I'm going to give Jane her wages , now we are all fixed nicely , and we will get dinner. Ain't you glad now we learned to cook at Uncle Kodney's ? How we haled it ? " Fan sighed over the memory of two years spent with their mother's brother on a cozy New England farm , while their father was in Europe trying to bring health back to his wife , who died under Italian skies. But Nell would not let her mope , and the summer days were coming to make the cottage gar den anew interest , and a long walk to the boat or cars only a pleasant country stroll. There was a little money" to put in the bank for a rainy daywhen Aunt Sue obtained employment at her old trade and the girls undertook embroidery for a large dry goods establishment. June had come , when one morning Aunt Sue received a letter asking her to take a boarder. "A boarder ! " cried Fannie , aghast ; "the man is crazy ! " For the letter was signed "John Harris. " So it was a man. "He is an invalid , and wants per fect quiet in a private family. He of fers $10 a week , Fan. " "And he'll be § 20 worth of bother. Just imagine a sick man to fuss over. " "Ten dollars a week , " said practical Nell. "It would nearly keep the table for all of us. " Discussed in all its bearing , the pro- posal was finally admitted to have its advantages. The old family physician was given by the writer for reference , and there was the spare room "fairly yawning with emptiness , " Nell said. So John Harris was graciously per mitted to take up his summer residence in the little cottage. He was a white- haired old gentleman , who stooped badly , and had large , soft eyes , as blue as Fannie's own. From the day of his arrival his devotion to Aunt Sue was so marked as to excite the mischievous raillery of the girls , in spite of the lit tle old maid's blushes and protesta tions. tions.Was Was Aunt Sue in the summer house , stitching upon her caps , John Harris was sure to be found , reading aloud the interesting portions of the daily news paper. Was siie in the kitchen stirring cake or rolling pie-crust , John Harris was certainly leaning against the win dow-sill , making sage remarks upon the beans or tomatoes in the wee vege table garden. Did Aunt Sue remark her love for a flower , behold the next day a wagon from town with a whole garden ready to be transferred to the soil of Harlem , under John Harris' directions. He was very kind to the girls , but their youthful charms evi dently faded before Aunt Sue's mature ones. It was a pleasant summer , in spite of Fan's heart-sickness and the - many pri vations that were now a duty. Poverty Bad not bitten deeply into the nest-egg at the bank , thanks to the supply of work and the board of John Harris. Upon the plea of poor appetite this in valid was constantly sending orders to the city for supplies of dainties for the table that aided materially in lessening the culinary expenses , and he set the girls .to embroidering such a pile of handkerchiefs with initial letters that Nell declared he could never wantan other if he spent the remainder of his existence blowing his nose. He liked carriage exercise and hated to be alone , so he kept an open barouche at the livery stable , and the whole four rode every pleasant day along the country roads. He insisted that a servant was needed for his multitudinous wants , and Jane was reinstated , to her own profound satis faction. But the crowning act of kindness came when the October winds were sweeping round the little cottage and a fire in the sitting room grate looked cheery and homelike. The Dorri- mers were expecting every day to hear Mr. Harris announce his intcu- tion of returning to the city ; but he lingered day after day , as if loth to leave the cottage. One blustering day , when he had been in the city since early morning , he came home after dusk Nell thought there were two pairs of feet on the stairway , but concluded she must have been mis taken when Mr. Harris entered the sitting room alone. Fannie'was sit ing near the window , and the old man took a seat very near as he said : "I heard some news in town to day. " Everybody looked interested. "Herbert Norris died in England two months ago. Dr. Garner was tell ing me about it. He has a son , a no ble fellow , who left the city after he did to try to find'him and persuade him to restore the money he had taken. But when he did find him he ascertain ed that he had taken nothing ! Thft money , his own , trust funds , every thing , was invested in unfortunato speculations , and it was to avoid ruin and disgrace the man fled. His son stayed by him , working for him , striv ing to make him return and face the consequences of his imprudence , but his heart was broken , and he died. Died in poverty and grief ! But his son came home to face the m'sery and disgrace from which his father fled. He brought his clear brain and legal knowledge to bear upon the complica tions , and he has succeeded in getting affairs into training. It may be months before there is any result , but Fred. Morris faces the world to-day as an bonest man. free from any complicity in his father's disgrace. But he is very sad , very lonely. I think if he had"a few loving words to cheer him on , the thought that he had not alto gether forfeited a love he strove hard to win , the hope that success in the fu ture might mean a wife's love , a happy home , he why Fan ! " For Fan had risen from her seat , her cheeks glowing , her eyes radiant. "Where is he ? " she said softly. "In my room. I will call him down. " But Fred , lingered in the hall till Fan. went out , softly closing the door. They came in presently together , and Aunt Sue and Nell gave the young man a cordial welcome. When they were all seated again John Harris said suddenly : "Miss Dorrimer , had you ever a brother John , who went to California many years ago a scapegrace boy , who deserted home and friends in a spell of gold fever , and never came home again ? " "I had a brother John , " Susan an swered softh % "who was very dear to me. He went to California , but he wrote now and then. " "You know nothing of him now ? " "I wrote to him last spring , but I think he never got tLe letter. " "Why ? " "Because I ( the girls did not know ) I told him of our trouble ( it was so hard for the girls to loose every thing , you see ) , and i am sure he would have answered if he had received the letter. " "Is he rich ? " "I don't know. " But I do , and I will tell you. For years and years ill-luck crossed him everywhere. He made money by dig ging and was robbed. He grew rich in business and was burned out. When ever prosperity came misfortune follow ed close at its heels. So he was asham ed to write home and record his fail ures , hoping at some time to have a different tale to tell. He was right. The tide turned and he made a fortune , a good round sum , safely invested. Then he heard of trouble at home and he thought how pleasant it would be to have a home. Bachelor as he was , he craved home-love and life. He thought tenderly of the blue-eyed sister he had left a slip of a girl , of the nieces he had never seen. So he ar ranged his business and came to New York. He took one man into his con fidence his brother's old physician he came out to the humble cottage Here the speaker was interrupted , Sue was in his arms , sobbing : "To think 1 never knew you ! " Nell was executing a species of war dance around the arm chair in which John Dorrimer sat , and Fan was bend ing over the white head , her hand soft ly caressing the snowy locks. Before the winter came they were all in the old home again , the cottage being by unanimous vote retained for a summer residence. Fan was married when the new year dawned. Chicago News. Had to Nominate Himself. "If a man is in politics in Chicago , " said a veteran worker on Friday , "and wants a thing done he had better do it himself. When we were down at Springfield at the State convention , i had an agreement with a man on the West Side that I would nominate him of the State for a member-at-large committee and he was to nominate me. After I had nominated him according to the programme and my ward was called in its order he went back on me , and I had to nominate .myself. It's rather awkward for a fellow to nom inate himself for an oflice , or to vote for himself , but there are times when the best of us haA'e to do it. " Chi cago Inter-Ocean. She Was Eeliable. A female of an uncertain age was asked by a census taker "How old arc you , madam ? " "Thirty years , " she replied. "That's what yon told me hist census , ten years ago. " "Well , I'm not one of those kind of women who tell one story one time and another story another. " Texas Sift- ings. A Puzzled Widower. Young Man : "I want to ask you a question. " "Widower : "All right , ask away. " Y. M. : "You have been married three times , tell me which wife did you love most ? " W. : "You bite three sour apples , one after another , and then tell mo which is the sweetest. " Texas Sift- ings. THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM. A poem that inspires other poets is mrely genuine. In the way of imita tion or paraphrasing alone , the Twen ty-third Psalm has been an inspiration ; o many of the great poets and hymn- nrritcrs or the English language. Per- laps not everyone is aware how often ihis Psalm has been paraphrased , and ; he various shapes and styles it has aken. With a very incomplete search , he writer is enabled to present no less han ten versions by some seven writ ers , and doubts not ? that thorough in vestigation would double the number. Among the oldest versions is one by Rouse , printed in the old editions of the Metrical Psalms , begining : The Lord's my shepherd ; I'll not want ; lie makes me down to lie In pastures green ; He leadeth me The quiet waters by. This is still printed in many hymn- > ooks , but the language is too distorted .o represent well the original , while the nmctualion in the middle of lines uakcs it jar with our modern forms of nusic. In marked contrast are the : arefully balanced lines of Addison : The Lord my pasture shall prepare , And feed me with a ihepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply , And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks He shall attend , And all my"midnight hours defend. The trouble with this is , the feet are oo perfect and the division of the theme 00 exact to compare with tho simple liction of David ; and besides , there are hirty-seven words used to express what he original writer put m nine. More latural and buoyant is the meter oi Jatfield : My Shepherd's name is Love , Jehovah , God above ; Where tender herhiase grows , And peacelul water flows. He gently leads , He kindly feeds , And lulls me then to sweet repose. And yet there is an abruptness and [ ingle that call the mind away from the icntiment to note the construction. Mrs. Stella has written : While my Redeemer's near. My shepherd and my guide , I bid farewell to every fear My wants are all supplied. To ever-fragrant meads Wheie rich abundance grows , His giacious hand indulgent leads , And guards my sweet repose. It will be noticed that the line , I bid farewell to every fear , is almost identical with one of Watts' in the hymn , "When I can read my title clear ; " but the writer will not ittempt to show which Awritten drst , merely giving this as : crumb for he curious. Speaking of t.'atts , that rigorous and prolific hymii-v , riter must lave great ! } ' admired the Tuenty-third "salm , for he has written r < j loss than hree imitations of it. Of these three ve present the first stanza of each , as ollows : My shepherd is the living Lord ; Now shall my wants be -upplicd ; His providence and hoh * woi.l Become my safety and lay guide. My shepherd will supply my need , Jehovah is His name ; In pastures fresh he makes i.ie feed , Beside the liviuir stream. The Lord my shepherd is , I shall he well supplied ; Since He is mine ami I am His , What can I want beside * Another resemblance : The line , Since He is mine and I am His , " is aried in ' * How I can keep from sing- ng ? ' ' to "Since I am His and He is nine. " Both these , however , are imi- ations from Cancles. M r ck writes : To Thy pastures fair and large , Heave'uly Shepherd ! lead tliy charge ; And 1113couch , with tenderest care , Midst the springing grass j-roparc. When I faint w ith summer heat , Thou shall guide my weai.v feet To the streams that , still and lav , Through the verdant meadi.s llovr. Doddridge , after an original introduc- aon , imitates the Psalm , as follows : Through every winding maze of life His hand hath been ni guide ; And , iu His long-experienced care , My heart shall still coiiude. And so on through the Psalm. All licse have been sung in tnc churches ; ome are sung to-day. Besides them s Montgomer's beautifiJy paraphrase : "he Lord is my Shepherd , no want shall I kuprr ; 1 feed in green pastures , so. folded I rest ; le leadeth my soul where . .i still waters flow. Restores me when wand'rii ! . . redeems when oppressed. "hrough the valley and F ! . > w of death though I stray , Since thou art my gnardia : . > evil I fear ; Tiy rod shall defend me , th\ ' - i be my stay ; No harm shall befall , w'ii. y comforter near. n the midst of afliiction my ts.V. > is spread ; With blessings unmeasured i : cup runneth o'er ; Vith periume and oil thou Minointest my head , Oh ! what shall I ask of tl-y providence more ? , et goodlier nnd mercy , my beatifnl God ! Still follow my steps till 1 meet thee above ; seek by the path that my fon fathers trod Through the land of tlleir sojourn thy kingdom of Ioe. . The writer once took the liberty of evising this last hymn , to make it nore couformidable to tinoriginal , rhich is presented in this connection or what it is worth : 'he Lord is my shepherd ; no want shall I know ; He makes me to lie on the creen slopine hill ; fc leadeth my soul where the cool waters flow , The path of the upright restoreth me still. "hough I walk tbiough the shadowy vale of "the dead , I will not fear evil , for thou art my light , fy rod aud my staff ; thou auointcst my head ; Thou nuikest me feast in the enemv's Fight. urely goodness and mercy shall spring in my : iy , And blossom and yield in my journey below , jid then in His "palace with Him I shall stay The Lord is my shepherd , no want shall I know. How far short such real poets as Montgomery , Addison. Watts , and " Joddridge. "fall of the charm and power rf the original ! How can we lesser inos hope to npprox mate them ? I presume a volume might be filled nth references to this P.-alm. as taken rom the writers of England and Amer- sa. With considerable accuracy I can ay almost every p > et of note hints at omejrpression of the Psalm , and such as rise not high by the blazing forth o * their distinctive genius reflect almos1 to a man the light of this Psalm. And what s this wonderful poetry- inspiring poem ? O e hundred and eighteen words , the s ze of only a small paragraph in a newspaper. Of these words , ninety-three arc monosyllables , anil the remainder such as belong to a child's vocabulary. More wonderful than this , it is the most personal writ ing in the language. A pronoun of personality , either I , me , or my , occurs no less than seventeen times. It seems there need be no argument to prove that the Bible "s inspired of God , after one has read th s Psalm. C. L. 1'hifer in The L'urrc.t' . The Hi jtory of Steel Pens. In a pamphlet entitled "The Story ot the Invention of Steel Pens" Mr. Henry Bore has collected from various and generally original sources all the known facts concerning metallic pens. Some of these references , says The Birmingham Post , runs back so far as the fourteenth and even the thirteenth century , and curiously enough in the case of MSS. of Robert d'Artois the forger scr.be is said to have used a bronze pen in order to disguise his writing and make his deception more safe. A lloman metal pen is said to have been found at Aostu , not a mere stylus , but a bronze pen slit , and there is some evidence of a pen or reed of bronze nearly as earlv as the invention of printing in the fifteenth century. A hundred years ago some steel pens were made in Birmingham , by Mr. Harrison for Dr. Priestly , and some of these passed into the hands of Sir Josiah Mason in his early days with Mr. Harrison ; but all seem to be lost. The first pen of metal of a definite date , beyond all question , is one in a Dutch patent-book , of 1717. At about the same tune a polite oile of Pope re fers to a "steel and gold pen , " but these were evidently luxuries only , and it was not until about lifly or sixty years ago that mctall c pens became more generally in use. In the "Local Notes nnd Queries , " in 'Jhe Uinning- ham Weekly 1'osl , definite evidence has been given as early as 180G , and more common ! } ' in 1817 ; but it was about ISfW or 182-1 that the great revolution came by which pens were made by a cheaper process the hand screw-press , which pierced the pens from sheet steel. Previously , pens had been made from steel rolled into tube fashion , and the joint formed tho slit ; but those re- qu'red considerable labor toliape them into . The of the pen-form. use screw- press belongs to the period of John Mitchell , Joseph G llott , and Josiah Mason ; but on a careful review of the facts , it seems to be clear that John Mitchell has the best cla m to be con sidered as the original introducer of press-made pens. Skinner , of Shef field , was apparently one of the first to cheapen steel pens , but his production- were soon surpassed when the screws press was introduced. A Chapter on Girls. It is a little difficult to describe the "charming girl. " She has not as yet penetrated the remote country places , except in the faint reflections to be found in the columns of the illustrated story panels. She has succeeded the "type" girl , however , in the current , literature of a somewhat better order , and is a decided relief from the over- ingenuous , too-qui'-kly loving , extra- spontaneous maiden who preceded her. The charming girl u-ually knows a good deal. A man feels in talking to her that she has ideas , that she is quite out of the trans.tional stage between an affectionate creature of impulses aud a rational human being. She is a companionable girl. She is less impressionable than the type girl was. As Mrs. Howe says girls don't fall in love any more. It would be im- po'-sible for the truly charming girl to fall in love in the old-fashioned way , the way which led the amiable prede cessor of the Angelina type to = et her affections on a villian or an idiot aud cling to him through thick and thin with a fidelity and a rapture that looks very sillj' to the charming girl. She knows herself better than ever a girl knew herself before. She is taught wisely and well bj her careful mother , and no man can surprise her heart into surrender unless lie has at lea-t a few of the elements of genuine manliness and nobility , attractions of mind and spirit as well as of faee and in : < nncr. Of course there is a sham charming girl who doesn't fall in love because she hasn't no heart to lose , having wasted it all in admiration of herself and her pretty gowns. This inconse quent and effective little sham knows enough , however , to imitate the ways of the girl who is genuinely charming , and she gets up a very i-Iever and in teresting counterfeit oftentimes and one which is extremely good to look at on a pleasant summer's day. By and by. when the ideal girl comes to bless the world , there will , without doubt , be a sweet and pretty sham of ' her also to be found at the'shore and mountain resorts , whom the sham men then upon the earth will il'rt with to their heart's content , while the ideal men will bow at the shrine of the ideal jirl. Boston Record. Ilis Campaign Fund. "Here is your pocket book hubby ; yon left it in your coat to-day , and I was reil glad. 1 had forgotten to : isk you for some money. It come in just beautiful ; for I wanted a new parlor set , a piano , lamberquins. laces and a Brussels carpet and 1 " "How much did you use ? " "You won't be angry , will yon. dear ? I bought a smoking-jacket for 3-011. I spent all the money , and there wasn't enough to buy hangings for the bick- parlor to match the front ; but the draper said he would wait until next week , so I * ' "Great Heavens ! I've got the nom ination for the Legislature , nnd that was the campaign fund I borrowed of your father ! " i'reizeCs Weekly. In the race of life it doesn't take very long 'or poverty to overtake laziness. N/IOJ and Leat/ie Jle orter. THE COCAINE HABIT. Known-Now The AVomt Slavery Kovclatloiis ofPoWer. Cincinnati Times-Star. , . the medi- When Cocaine was discovered ical world exclaimed "thank heavenl" But useful as it is , it is also dangerous , especially when its use is perverted from the deadening ot pain for Burgical oper ations , to tho stimulation and destruction of the human body. Its first effects are soothing and captivating , but the thral horrible slavery known to dom is tho most humanity. J. L. Stephens , M.D. , ol Lebanon , O. , was interviewed by our reporter yesterday at the Grand Hotel , and during the con versation the doctor said : "The cocaine habit is a thousand times worse than the morphine and opium habits , and you would be astonished , " he said , "if you know how frightfully the habit is increasing. " "What arc its effects ? " "It is the worst constitution wrecker ever known. It ruins the liver and kidneys in half a year , and when this work is done , the strongest constitution soon succumbs. " "Do you know of Dr. Underbill's case here in Cincinnati ? " "That leading physician who became a victim of the cocaine habit ? Yes. His case was a very sad one , but the haoifc can be cured. I have rescued many a man from a worse condition. " "What , worse than Dr. Underbill's ? " "Indeed , sir , far so. Justin M. Hall , A. M. , M. D. , president of the State Board ol Health of Iowa , and a famed practitioner , and Alexander Neil , M. D. , professor of surgery in the Columbus Medical College and president ot the Academy of Medicine ? a man widely known , Rev. W. P. Clancey , of Indianapolis , Ind. , from personal ex perience in opium eating , etc. , can tell you of the kind of success our form of treat ment wins , and so can H. C. Wilson , for merly of Cincinnati , who is now associated with me. " "Would you mind letting or readers into the secret of your methods ? " "Well , young man , you surely hayo a good bit of assurance to ask a man to give his business away to the public ; but I won't wholly disappoint you. I have treated over 20,000 patients. In common with many eminent physicians , I , for years made a close study ol the effects of the habits on the system and the organs which they most severely attack. Dr. Hall , Dr. Neil and Mr. Wilson , whom I have men tioned , and hundreds of others , equally as expert , made many similar experiment * } on their own behalf. We each found that these drugs worked most destructively in tho kidneys and liver ; in fact , finally de stroyed them. It was then apparent that no cure could be effected until those organs could be restored to health. We recently exhausted the entire range of medical sci ence , experimenting with all known reme dies for these organs , and as tho result of these close investigations we all substan tially agreed , though following different lines of inquiry , that the most reliable , sci entific preparation , was Warner's safe cure. This was the second point in the discovery. The third was our own private form of treatment , which , of course , we do not di vulge to the public. Every case that we have treated first with Warner's safe cure , then with our own private treatment , and followed up again with Warner's safe cure \ \ for a few weeks , has been successful. These habits can't be cured without using it , be cause the habit is nourished and sustained in the liver and kidneys. The habit can be kept up in moderation , however , if free use be also made at the same time , of that great remedy. " "Yes , it is a world famed and justly cele brated specific ! Like many other physi cians , I used to deride the claims made for it , but I know now for a fact that it is the world's greatest blessing , having sovereign power over hitherto incurable diseases of the kidneys and liver , and when I have said that , young man , I have said nearly everything , for most diseases originate in or are aggravated by , a depraved condition of the kidneys. " "People do not realize this , because , singular as it may seem , the kidneys may be in a very advanced stage of decomposi tion , and yet owing to the fact that there are but few nerves of sensation iis them the subject will not experience much pain there in. On this account thousands of people die every year of kidney disease unknow ingly. They have so called disorders of the head , of the heart and lungs nnd stomach , and treat them in vain , for the real cause of their misery is deranged kidneys , and it they were restored to health the other dis orders would soon disappear. " Dr. Stephen's experience , that can be confirmed by many thousands whom he has treated , adds only more emphasis to the experience of many hundreds of thou sands all over the world , that tho remedy he refers to is without any doubt the most 'beneficient ' discovery ever civen to hu manity. The Drn-r Cleric. The most satirical shot at illegible pres criptions that we have yet seen is the fol lowing from the Medical Age : A gentleman received a note from his lawyer which ho was unable to decipher.1 On his way to his office he met a friend at the door of a drug store. The friend , after .attempting to read the note , suggested ' .that they step inside and hand it to the druggist without comment. The druggist , after studying it in silence for a few min utes , stepped behind his prescription case and in a short time returned with a bottle f > l medicine , duly labeled and bearing directions. When the gentleman saw his lawyer he informed that was tho note was a notice for him to call at his office be tween 3 and 4 p. m. of the following day. It is a pretty difficult matter to "stick" the regulation druggist. The forest fires in the Turtle mountains in Dakota continues. - _ i Jfoy Ah Kee , a Ijundryman in Chicago , pre sented to the Cook county court a certificate of declaration to become a citizen , made in * ew York live years ago , and requested naturaliza tion papers , lor some years he was the offi cial interpreter of the circuit court at San Francisco , and speaks English like a native. Judge I'renderpast instructed the Chinaman to employ an attornev to argue the his eligibility to citizenship under 1S75. A deputation ot French protectionists called upon President Grevy to demand speedy ac tion on the bill hefore the chambers raisino- the import dutv oa wheat from 3 to 5 franco °