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BACK IN ATHENS.
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A JOURNEY OF CENTURIES MADE
BY AMERICAN TOURISTS.
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The Wonderful Liquid Found In the Ruins
of the Temple of Minerva I to Effect on
the Entire Party Which Partook of It-
How the Old Athenians Lived and Acted
I was exceedingly gratified when I was in
vited to make one of a party of six to picnic
in Europe for the . summer. The party
consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Clark, Miss Clark,
the sister, Mr. and Mrs. Stephens and myself
Von Glahn. Our objective point was
Athens primarily, and later a general stroll
through Greece, absorbine the classic air
and i incidentally the classic knowledge.
The most! felicitous winds and weather
favored our ocean passage; what with the
ordinary pastimes of sea travelers, we.
passed the days with wonderful celerity,
At
here
last we reached Athens. ; it was
we proposed to do our picnick
ing, here we would cast our tablecloth upon
the works of Phidias, and eat our canned
salmon in the sxove of the Academy. The
sacred cellar of the Parthenon would re
sound with our laughter and the seats of the
archons in the theatre of Dionysius would
serve as tables for our modern indigestibles
and we carried out our programme
to the letter. We hardly realized the vengeance
of those antiques ; we were inflamed with the
knowledge of this century, with the astute
ness of New York civilization ; we knew not
the deep shrewdness of the early Greek
One day, the last it can be readily under
stood of our desecrations, we had seated our
selves upon the very spot where stoodi Mi
nerva centuries before, and there in the face
of the goddess, as it were, we munched our
sandwiches, opened up our boxes of sardines
and drank our ordinaire with the gusto of
American bon vivanU. Clark always was a
meddler, and upon this occasion, : meal in
hand.! he walked about amid the mass of
fallen columns and the remains of Elgin
ruins seeking some memento of . the
place. Suddenly a cry of joy ."escaped him,
and hurrying toward lis we saw him with
two Dotues in ms nana, oee nere, ne ex
claimed as soon as he was sufficiently neaT for
us to hear him, ."I've a treasure here ; you see
I found one of those old safe deposit vaults
where! the antique bloods kept their clerical
paraphernalia and so forth. You can bet I
oWned it pretty quick, and I caught these
two bottles, some kind of classical Bass' ale,
I suppose. We'll unwrap these rags and find
nnt. what we've-sot." and he did so without
further ceremony
Clark spoke pure United States, it will be
remarked ; there was not a word of Greek
nhivnf.Viim-
When the wrappings were removed he
held In each hand a bombylios, or small
earthern jar, with a handle and a bottom
like that of a ginger-ale bottle, each bearing
a label with an inscription upon it and each
contained a fluid as we could tell by shaking.
"Here, Stephens, read this, jargon to us,"
said Clark, handing the jars over to the
scholar of the party.
Stephens figured over the wording some
moments, and finally, with a laugh as hearty
as ever resounded through those ruins, he
said:
"Well, this is a grand find, I can tell you ;
just listen to what it says : 'Whoever par
takes jof this liquid five drops will be in
stantly transported back to the days of Peri
cles and the grandeur of Athens,' signed
Niccippe.', And the other label says, 'Of
this fluid take five drops and one will be re
stored to his natural self.' A great scheme ;
a trip to old Athens free of expense. Who'll
go the five drops with me?"
"I'll go you," said Clark and 1 in a breath.
"I want to see Pericles."
"Don't touch it: perhaps it may be poison,"
said Mrs. Stephens, womanlike.
"Try it on that dog first and if he lives
through it we'll all take it," Miss Clark sug
gested.; I thought I could detect an unwill
ingness on her part to let me make the trip
alone, j
We Caught the lonesome dog that was smel
ling about us as unconscious of his ancient
destiny as he was of his supper. We opened
his mouth and carefully located five drops
on his "tongue. When we released him he
made ho effort to run away he stood and
looked at us ; his eyes grew larger and
larger,1 his tail became shaggy, his body big
ger, and very soon we recognized the pure
old Molassion dog of the days of Aspasia,
and he gamboled about and harked in his
fifth-century B. C. manner to his intense de
light and our own as well.
We, merely glanced at each other, nodded
our heads, grasped a sandwich in our right
hands,! while with the left we held our wine
glass into which had been dropped the pre
cious fluid. As one person' we raised the
goblets to our lips, drank the contents and
ih another instant "
ii.
It was Athens in her palmiest day ; the
streets j were crowded with the fashionables
of the capital, slaves carried gorgeous sun
shades to shield their mistresses from the
heat and the beaux twisUd their waxen
mustaches and allowed their curled locks to
tangle Jn the winds nnconflned by ribbon
or covered by hat. Some had their chi
ton tucked up an extra height through
their girdle because, forsooth, it show
ered in Corinth, and Corinth set the
fashion to certain club members of the
democratic city. It was some hours after
the time of the filling of the market, and the
barbers' and perfumers' shops were well
filled with the aristrocratic idlers who had
spent the previous evening and far into the
night Tat the house of Phorion where a
glorious feast had been spread in honor of
Cimon and undiluted wine had been spared
by neither host in its provision nor by guest
in its disposal. There was a chatter and
an, exchange of gossip as though there
lmd Hapti Tin ninHnc for Hnva nnrl tyiotiw
a scandal found birth and. strength
while its progenitor was in the hands of
the shaver and the curler. The air was
balmly and delightful, there was a fragrance
in it that spoke of flowers and myrrh, the
noble dames walked abroad clad in raw silk
from? Asia,
and wrapped
in the hima
tion, sumptu
ously em
broidered in
palmettos
and mytholo
gical scenes,
fastened over
the shoulder
with a golden
clasp and
completely concealing lie figure of the
wearer. The men were dressed in purple
vests, a chUon, a short tunic without
sleeves; the hair of some tied on the
top of the " head and . fastened with a
gilt grasshopper. Chariots rolled over
the roadway skillfully guided by adroit
drivers; monuments beautified the walks,
tall columns bore tripods won by fortunate
contestants at the Olympics or other games,
the houses were open, the sounds of the
lute, the cymbal and the Castanet were heard,
and the life of the day seemed nothing but
pleasure and excitement. And we were
there, sitting on the marble steps of the un
finished Parthenon, each with sandwich in
hand.
"This isn't bad," said L,
"Not much," Mr. Stephens rejoined, "and
before we start out to see the sights Til finish
up" this sandwich. There's no telling what
they have to eat in this country now."
Whereupon he took a hungry bite from
the sandwich, and with many grimaces and
imprecations instantly cast it from him.
"It's dough," was all he said.
,lOf course it's dough," explained Clark ;
"we're in 400 B. C, and that's 1800 A. D.
bread that won't be cooked for 2,200 years
yet"
We looked at one another in silence for a
moment, and then, as the truth appealed
to us, we severally dropped our sandwiches.
Mr. Clark was studying himself he was a
study, as were all of us.
"What's this Mother Hubbard I've got
on ?" he asked, "and where are my shoes ?
How did I get here barefooted and bare
headed? What's become of that suit of
clothes I had ? But you all needn't laugh at
me; you are just as big guys
as I am. Look at yoursel ves."
And we did. It is no wonder
we laughed there we stood in
a circle, wrapped in what
seemed to be a sheet, no. hat,
no shoes, arms bare ; we were
the very realization of a
houseful of boarders escaping from a mid
night fire. We had expected a change, but we
were not ready for such a ridiculous change
as this. We had not thought for a moment
that we were to be cast into the centre of a
civilized city, with practicdlly no clothes on
and no home where we might seek refuge.
No one appeared to notice us, however;
slaves and workmen passed us without turn
ing their heads, and we soon gathered cour
age to climb on to the covered walk of the
Parthenon. Phidias was there looking to
the construction of the building. Callicratus
and Ictinus, the superintending builders,
were explaining certain matters to him, and
as we drew near we saw Callicratus, who was
standing at the foot of one of the majestic
columns, point to its capital and heard him
proudly ask, "How's that for high?" as in
deed it was. This proved to us' that our
modern jokes are not modern after all.
Phidias complained of work that had been
neglected and slighted.
"Look at these metopes," he said. "See
the way they are put up ; you would not ex
pect a private party to pay for such work ;
how then can you look to the state for it?
And notice that wall in the cellar. Why, those
men of yours have deliberately plastered up
cover what sort -of
work we did? It's
dishonorable and un
patriotic." Clark whispered to
me:
"You notice, old
boy, they had their
Uuddensieks in those
days, too. But don't
you think Phi
dias would nail
things uptight
er if he knew
as much as we
do about that
fellow Elgin?"
I was about
to reply when
Phidias ad
vanced toward us, and with a courteous rec
ognition of the ladies, said to Clark :
"Friend Clarinps, your pardon for my
vehemence just now, but I am exceedingly
annoyed by the indifference of my work
men. You may know something of such
trials, friend Stephanion, or . you, friend
Glancos,' indicating me.
We all bowed profoundly in recogni
tion of our new names, nor did it once
occur to us to ask how he thus became famil
iar with them. He left us with a few words and
returned to his famlt-finding. We discussed
the situation, in which we found, as the most
remarkable feature, our perfect command of
the language. We had no difficulty in un
derstanding the words just addressed to, us,
nor the conversations we had overheard
between the workmen.
"Don't you think we'd better go down into
the village (he was comparing it with New
York), and try to get something to eat ; I'm
almost starved, and the worst of it is I don't
know how to figure on my last meal. When
I was a modern I know I must have eaten.
I ate in 1886, but that is twenty-two hundred
years in the future, and so, chronologically,
I have never eaten anything," said Clark.
"What I wat to know," Mrs. Stephens
remarked, "is whether we have returned to
a previous eTistence, and whether, if we stay
here, we will live until 1886." . ,
"I don't know about that," Mr. Stephens
replied, "but I do know that I'm going into
the oracle business. I can stupefy these
Greeks. I'll go back to 1886, load up with
Greek histories and then return to you, and
I'll fill dates fpr these people way up to the
death of Byron or the American civil war."
But I ended this little enterprise by re
minding him that we had no more of the
liquid in bottle number one ; he could return
to modern life, but there would be no way of
his getting back to us. So that was aban-
doned and he had to rely upon his memory
for his prophecies.
Discoursing in this way, enlivened by a
frequent witticism from my adored Melissa,
for Miss Clark insisted that we now call her
by that local name, which she declared was
from Plutarch, of whom she had been a
faithful student, we passed through the
Propylaja and 'into the Agora, the busiest
section of the city. We readily found a bake
shop, with what to our modern eyes seemed
to be a dairy attached. We entered and
found there many diners who were being
waited npon by young women. As in New
York restaurants, where young lady wait
ers preside, it was necessary to sit for some
time until the favorite young men visitors
were provided for and furnished with the
gossip ofj the night before. Finally we pro
cured some ass' milk and bread and from it
made our lunch, as the other dishes which
they hai were not to our liking skates, eels,
wild peas, locusts and salt fish, all of them
highly flavored with onions.
"Look at the dude with rings," said Clark,
attracting our attention to a newcomer who
was resplendent with jewels, and cast about
him. a self-conscious look that quickly
brought responsive glances from every
waitress in the house.
"I don't like this sort of thing at all,'
Mrs. Stephens observed; "the men all seem
effeminate creatures, and appear to have a
hard time to keep their clothes on. As for
me, I think such dressing is scandalous."
"Why, I'm mortified beyond expression,"
replied Mrs. Clark; "to think of being here
with all these people, and I with no shoes
on and not much else as for that, except
this sheet. I've tried to keep my feet out of
sight, and they're covered with dust and
dirt ; itrs positively shameful."
At this we laughed heartily that she should
feel herself distinguished from the city full
in this particular respect.
"And we've no hats, no bustles, no dresses
in fact, we've nothing that decent society
requires," said Melissa.
Before we had an opportunity of going into
a consideration of this remark, our waitress
came toward us and asked if we would have
some wine. I replied that it was the one
thing we had been waiting for to com
plete our meal.
''Will you have it weakened with sea
water and flavored with resin or bitter
almond ?" she continued.
"I think we prefer it straight," I
replied.
"Straight?" she exclaimed, with an
impressive interrogation point in her
voice. -
"Oh, pardon me," I said ; "I mean we
will take it plain without weakening or
flavor."
"Plain 1" she exclaimed again, and this
time: it was an enormous exclamation point
in her voice. However, she brought us the
wine, but I noticed while we drank it that
we were the target for all eyes in the room
and for many joking remarks said under the
breach. We learned afterward that to drink
un weakened wine "was the mark of a de
bauchee of the very worst stamp.
"Look at the way these women are
painted," said Melissa, attracting our atten
tion to the lady diners present. "Notice the
artificial color on their cheeks and eyebrows ;
it's disgraceful." s
Paying the few oboli that our meal
amounted to, we left the restaurant and
sought the street again. We there saw
crowds gathered about columns or pedestals
at various points on the roadway. Working
our way as carefully as we could through
the ! mixture of humanity and animals, we
paused to read what might be written on the
public stone, and discovered there a review
of he charges made the day before by
Thucydides against Pericles for the appro
priation of public moneys to uses not saac
tioned by the people, and a summons to Per
icles that he appear before the Areopagus
and Make answer to the accusation.
"Another boodle job," Clark observed.
"Yes," answered Melissa, '.'the modern
Greeks of our aldermanic congregation find
a prestige for their eccentricities in these
ancestors."
"And Pericles, too; that's worse. Whyit's
just as if Cleveland or Arthur were to be ac
cused of stealing," said Mrs. Stephens. ;
"True, but don't you understand V Me
lissa explained. "Pericles is the Henry
George of this country. He was 'Boomed' by
the; middle classes. Thucydides and Cimon
are leaders of the money element, and natur
ally when Henry George Pericles defeated
the others they felt very resentful."
Melissa was a graduate of Vassar and she
knew all about everything. She had once
written an essay on women in politics, and
began her list with Aspasia. The few
around us who neard our remarks
looked at us with . wondering expres
ainna fnr t.ViA names we used were
new ito them, and they evidently
regarded us as strangers. Desiring to learn
something from a native about the matter,
I addressed a citizen who stood beside me
' "Sir," I said, "will you inform me of the
meaning of this terrible charge against your
ruler?"
."Verily, I know not," he replied, "unless
it be a continuance of the efforts of an aris
tocracy to put him from office. Phidias has
been already indicted for embezzlement,
Anaxagoras and Aspasia have been indicted
for impiety, and Pericles before this has been
accused of sacrilege and heresy."
At this moment a boy pushed his way
through the crowd and attached to the pillar
abulletin setting forth thefact that Ephialtes,
a prominent man in the popular party, had
been assassinated by a member of the aris
tocratic party, whereupon mingled shouts
and howls went up in commendation or de
nunciation of the act.
"Let us get out of this," I said, and push
ing as best we might we soon reached the
outer edge of the circle.
"Why, this is just as bad as New York,''
Mrs. Clark exclaimed; dishonest politi
cians and political murders, and I heard
one of those men beside me say that Pericles
had to put guards at the voting places to
see that those entitled to vote could do so.
Why, it is horrible.
"I don't think one's life is safe herery
added Mrs. Stephens. v
At the moment, as if to verify her words, a
chariot rolling by, driven by a reckless
youth, struck a child and knocked it to the
ground. Clark- sprang forward, and. as the
frightened mother shrieked he dragged the
young one from before the wheels and set it in
safety against the wall at the side of the walk.
The mother was most profuse in her protests
of thankfulness, and after she had given a full
measure of affection to her child she turned
again to us and would hear of no excuse,
but that we must accompany her to her
home, and amid her lares and penates partake
of the festivities her gratitude would provide.
We were nothing loth to the acceptance of
such an invitation, for we had no knowledge
of where to lay our heads that night, and so
we cheerfully followed the lady to her house.
It was near the time of dinner when we
reached our destination, and ere many mo
ments, Sotades, the master, appeared, who,
upon hearing the recital of the adventure
from his wife, embraced us each in turn and
wept happy tears over his offspring.
Clark of course was the hero of the occa
sion, and upon him much eulogy was lav
ished, the ladies finally conducting him to
the bath, where hue mistress insisted upon
pouring water over his shoulders and laving
his tired limbs. At this, however, Clark re
belled. "Surely it is not proper," he said,
"that you should act thus the part of a ser
vant or that your modesty should permitsuch
an apt."
"My modesty?" she made answer. "What
has that to do with it? Did not Circe bathe
Ulysses? Have we ever permitted a respected
guest to leave dur home without that atten
tion?" And without more ado she poured
an urn of tepid water over his shoulders while
her maids gave him the attention they would
a child. Stephen and I, controlling our
laughter with much difficulty, stood without
listening to the splashing and catching an
occasional groan from Clark, who was very
evidently suffering in mind from the unu
sual attention of which he was the victim.
At the meal which shortly followed we
found a beautiful display of appetizing
dishes.and after the tiresome day we were glad
to lie upon the couchvjs 3that were prepared
for us, and, resting upon our left elbows, make
use of our right arms to reach the articles on
the table. The ladies sat at the foot of the
ranches and their observations were bright
and witty, adding very appreciably to our
enjoyment. Just before we began to eat
servants entered carrying small silver basins
filled with oil wjiich they poured in their
hands and greased our feet with it. I glanced
curiously at my companions and they, like
myself, submitted quietly to it, though won
dering the while what the purpose might be.
After this attention had been shown us a
servant stood behind each diner and from
decorated jars poured water frequently upon
our hands to wash from them the syrups
and gravies that we were compelled to
handle, for knives and forks being then
unknown, everyone was forced to convey the
delicacies to the mouth with no other medium
than the bare fingers. The absence of nap
kins was an inconvenience, and we admired
the adroitness with which our hosts managed
the difficulty of eating and'keeping clean.
The conversation was continuous, although
on the part of the hostess it was devoted
almost entirely to the latest fashions in rouge
and dyes, or the importations from Corinth.
She knew every article on the jeweler's
counter and could enumerate the shrubs at
the flower market. She incidentally deplored
the status of woman and regarded the sever
ity with which married women were treated
by the law as unjust and .infamous. Her
husband dissented .from these views, but on
his part denounced the party of Pericles
roundly and complained that the liberties of
the people were being curtailed and abridged.
Wealth was no longer protected in fact, it
was safer far to be a poor man than a rich
one.
"Why," he said indignantly, "they have a
society here to pry into other people's affairs.
looking to their morality they claim, and
mere are lniormers in. the service of the so
ciety who make it their life business to live
on what they discover. It is an outrage."
Clark and I exchanged winks. Had we
never lived in New York we would have
marveled at such things. : .
After dinner we sat in the court watching
- . nii the air, or
studying hence the stars appeare to
no illumination in hooks to
reason for it, because there were "obog-to
read All the information the
cdved was from ffa e public There
voice o7 the cicada or catch the strain of a
JSe or the shrill notes of a Pans-pipe. A
servant came with a torch, which he lighted
by bringing a spark from two pieces of wood
rubbed together, and then stuck in a: socket
in the wall. .
At this moment some household ; affairs
called both host and hostess from us and we
were left alone. For a moment we said
nothing, then Stephens said:
"Well!" 1 '
And we all answered by shifting our posi
tions a little, and one or two of us coughed.
Tm tired of this thing," I said, j .
"Tired 1 I'm dying," exclaimed Melissa ;
"talk to me about the good old times ; I want
none of it. The men are just as stupid as
moderns."
"And the women just as frivolous,' j added
Clark.
"And politics just as bad," said Mrs.
Stephens.
"And not a convenience," claimed Mrs.
Clark; "no gas, no running water, no ele
vator, no horse-car, no elevated roads, no
books; nothing to make life tolerable. "
"Not even a clock to tell what time to go
home," wailed Clark. "Why, a cargo of $3
Waterbury watches would set. these Athen
ians crazy with wonder." j
"No ball clubs, no roller skating, no West
Point drills, not a stick of chewing gum,"
and Melissa laughed at the recollections
these things brought up.
'Supposewe skip to New Yorkr'-l sug
gested. "Done I" It came in one voice. j
Carefully Stephens drew from its con
cealment the precious bottle and silently
and solemnly passed it to eacn oi us. un
t.hfi instant we had drained its contents, and
in another we were sitting within the ruined
Parthenon in the evening of a nineteenth
century day, clothed in New York suits and
with the crumbs of our earlier meal
about us.
"What will Mr. and Mrs. Sotades say at
our unceremonious departure?" Miss Clark
asked. ;
"Oh, bother Mr. and Mrs. Sotades ! they've
been dead 2,200 years and forgotten all about
it," Clark replied. A. Cubtis Bond.
. GENERAL LEE'S BIBLE.:
Carried to Maine by a Union Soldier and
Recovered by Advertising.
Twenty-five years ago a regiment of Maine
soldiers was encamped on Arlington Heights',
and the b6ys, understanding that anything
belonging to the rebels was common prop
erty and, therefore subject to confiscation,
ransacker the old .Lee mansion pretty thor
oughly. They captured old pipes and cigars
and wines and pictures and everything that
was portable. Of course, they did not heed
many of these things. Such articles as had
belonged to General Lee had a peculiar inter
est and were very desirable. One soldier, who
arrived late, after the desirable articles had
been taken, found the old family Bible, and
sent it down East to his home in Maine.
There were Bibles in Maine, but none like
this. After the war was over this soldier re
turned home, and found to his surprise that
the Bible contained all the usual ingredients,
including the ten commandments and apoc
rypha, but in addition to these, between the
Old and the New Testaments, was a complete
family record, giving the history of the Lee
family for the last 200 years. .
The soldier was sorry that he had taken
the book, but was too proud to acknowledge
the fault, and so he held his peace. In the
meanwhile biographers were at work on the
life of General Lee, and certain dates regard
ing the birth and marriage of his ancestors
were wanting. If the old family Bible could
be found it would afford the necessary in
formation. Advertisements were inserted in
all the papers, and by and by came a letter
from Maine saying the Bible was in the pos
session of a soldier's widow, who would glad
ly restore it to the owner. Before the property
could be recovered the widow died, and then
came another long wait until the estate was
settled. But at last the book was fully iden
tified and turned over to a messenger, who
passed through Boston yesterday, carrying it
.back to its old place at Arlington Heights.
The foolish act of a boy soldier has hindered
the completion of an important historical
work for years, but the Bible is at last re
stored to its owner; and the biographer can
now complete his task. Boston Globe.
An Awkward Printing-office Mistake.
An Iowa newspaper foreman is now in
danger of his life for putting together the
following : The first is a portion of an ac
count of the concert, and last a partial re
port Of a cattle show. The sentences ap
peared as follows : "The concert given last
night by sixteen of Storm Lake's most beau
tiful atid fascinating young ladies was highly
appreciated. They were elegantly dressed,
and sang in a most charming manner, win
ning the plaudits of the entire audience, who
pronounced them the finest breeds of short
horns in the country. A few of them are of
a rich brown color, but the majority are
spotted, brown and white. Several of the
heifers are fine-bodied, tight-limbed, well
developed animals, and promise to prove
good property." Louisville Courier-Journal.
German Patriotism Defined.
The Cologne Gazette complains in a recent
article of the unpatriotic conduct of certain
German ladies of fashion who are, it seems,
in the habit of ordering their toilets in
which they appear at court from Brussels.
The journal proceeds to inform them that
henceforward there will be no excuse for their
dealing with foreign modistes, a company
having been formedin Berlin to found a mil
linery establishment there which will quite
eclipse the "Magasins des Modes" of Brussels,
and even of Paris. If money and an impos
ing name suffice to insure the requisite fit
and finish, the new German house need fear
no competition. It is to be started with a
capital of half a million sterling, and it is to
be called the "Reichsnormaldamenbekleid-ungsanstalt."-
The Negro in Politics.
"Well, Mr. Jackson, I am going to run for
office this fall and I want you to support me
vote for me, you know," said a Georgia
politician to a dark-skin.
"Vote fer ver an' r'tW
sah ; I se libed too long fer dat. Last year I
voieaier jviassa David Dennis an' he srpoted
me fer three weeks. TTo
hams and a whole lot of meal all ground
anil ready fer use. I'se no fooL sonny, that-
I d S'nort ft Tftnn on' 'Wf f. ,
reck' i Sun.
- The Western Booms.
At. Wwll a nr? r'ol 1.J .
- a. lauj- rwenuy iouna
a twenty-dollar piece in the street, invested
m it a lot, and in two weeks realized $1,250.
Th th.e story they tell and it may be true.
o! bMe.,that frequently happen in
; iNot lonS SS a W tbrew a chunk
of dirt at a man. The man held on to the
chunk and is now worth half a million dol
lars. Me was worth about that before the
, -. : . : icu estate at mm.
but outside papers will please not mention
that part of the story. OmaAa World.
A GRIP-SACK SECRET.
ACHES
AND PAINS COMPLETELY
CHARMED AWAY.
' i
Heed Paid to the Warnlnjr Given by the
President-Cleveland's Late Rheumatic
Attack-HJs Friends Make Some Good
Snejrestlons on the Care of Health.
i;v fhruao onMfnt receptions triven to
irs. George Washington has been the tour of
the President and his wile, ui tne ioruier
it was said : "She was met on the outskirts by
a committee of citizens; there were fireworks
before and after supper, and she was sere
naded by an excellent band of music, con
ducted by gentlemen of the town."
The harvests of a mighty nation are gar
nered and the fruits thereof are now the "fair-
day" sights of millions. Thousands come
and go and crowd each mart "where plenty
sits," and into these genial multitudes the
distinguished visitors were ushered.
Grover Cleveland is of the people, by the
people, their President, and in the adminis
tration of their affairs his-health and happi
ness are objects of solicitude.
The most changeful season in many years
is upcn us, and he has been whirled from
freezing point to Indian Bummer and thence
again to chilling frosts. 1.
He stood in over-heated rooms, and from
the stifling air where crowds commingle, he
was suddenly transferred to the cold with
out. Does any One suppose he was unprepared
forsuch emergencies? If so, let him possess
himself with patience. Just ask the charm
ing Mrs. C. what was that little incident it
is said took place in their delightful bou
doir at the White House, at which even the
sleepy poodle looked askant. Will the grip
sack reveal a secret ?
From undergoing just such trials as those
foreshadowed and harassed by state aflairs
the President fell sick. Crowds had no com
passion, Congress was impatient for his
message and in the late hours he sat by an
open window and prepared the document.
The President was down and crippled with
rheumatism and the long faces of the phy
sicians in attendance betokened a protracted
illness. .
One doctor made public mention that this
illness of the President was critical, and .per
haps fatal, and that he might not live to see
another year. Why such a scare' was gotten
up, that doctor only knows. j '
Now this would never do, thought she. A
thousand eyes were on him, and a thousand
ears had caught this ominous warning. What
to do was a quick resolve, and how to out
wit this evil portent was a woman's chance
to hold her husband on his pinnacle and sur
prise the country. She did it.
And hence we find them at the boudoir
fire-place, while the poodle slumbered quietly.
Just then she whispered something in his
ear.
What was his answer? Did he say, "I'd
like to do it just to spike the doctor, but
they'd have my name in a thousand prints?"
But what of that ? She had determined that
a thousand papers should proclaim "the
President is well, and walks about without
his cane.".
She hastened off, and after a while the
attendant rubbed his swollen limbs and
anon the pains subsided ; he slept the sleep
of the just, and arose recuperated. And so
it happened that the press rebuked the doc
tor's fussiness, and proclaimed the sudden
restoration of the President's health.
What it was that cured him is the good
wife's secret, and no one would be mean
enough to tell that secret if she gave him
leave, but true it is what other most dis
tinguished men have done so often has
brought them like results.
For instance, a firm friend and counselor
or the President, Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees,
Senator from Indiana, makes this mention
without reluctance or shotv of secrecy : "St.
Jacobs Oil gave instantaneous relief; a re
markable remedy."
The distinguished Roman: Catholic prelate,
the - Rt. Rev. Bishop Gilrnour, Cleveland,
Ohio, in like manner states j"St. Jacobs Oil is.
excellent for rheumatism and kindred dis
eases." The Hon. Thomas L. Young, ex-Governor
of Ohio, has been free to say: "Suffered for
years with rheumatism and was cured by
St. Jacobs Oil."
Hon. Martin A. Foran, Member of Con
gress from Cleveland, Ohio, has said : "St.
Jacobs Oil is an invaluable family medicine.
Great relief. Safe and reliable."
' Hon. Norman J. Colman, ex-Lientenaht-Governor,
St. Louis, Mo., Commissioner
of Agriculture: "Found great benefit. by
use of St. Jacobs Oil."
Capt. Henry M. Holzworth, late Chief
Detective Force, Cleveland, Ohio: "St,
Jacobs Oil is a surprising relief. A world of
good. It conquers pain."
, lion. Stacey Hill, Mt. Auburn Inclined
Pane Railroad, Cincinnati, Ohio: "Un
doubtedly St. Jacobs Oil is a remarkable
medicine."
Capt. Ben Bull winkle, Chicago Fire Pa-
uui, vmuago, in.: - oi. jacous un is cer
tainly a good thing."
Professor C. O. Duplessis, Manager Chicago
uymnasium : " We use St. Jacobs Oil in
preference to anything we ever tried."
Hon. Hart B. Holton, ex-M. C. Maryland :
"I have used St. Jacobs Oil with astonishing
enects. it is a nrst-class thing."
General Rufus Ingalls, Quartermaster Gen
eral U. S. Army : "St. Jacobs Oil is the best
pain cure ever used."
Not alone in this country, but in all parts
of the world, men of distinction are free to
admit all its virtues, to sympathize with
those who suffer, and to give them the ben
efit of their indorsements as encouragement
to do likewise. Hence we find sn dist.in.
guished a scholar as : ;
Dr. Richard Oberlaender, Leipzig, Ger
many, Secretary Ethnological Museum, F.
S. U. G. A. M. G. S. : "St. Jacobs Oil cured
me entirely of neuralgia. I will not be with
out it."
Hon. Billa Flint, Life Senator of the Dor
minion Parliament, Canada : "I found St.
Jacobs Oil to act like a charm."
Hon. Godfrey Sichel, Member of Parlia
ment, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa:
"St. Jacobs Oil will cure neuralgic pains."
oenor A. de la E. Delgado, LL. D., andl
ooiujoeior xriDunai of Justice of the Re
public, Lima, Peru: "A sirigle application of
ct. jacoDs un, cured me of rheumatism of
four years' standing."
Dr. Manuel Izaguirre, Guadalajara, Jalisco,
exico: "I obtained: cmrmW Je
Mexico
Chronic and
Jacobs Oil."
Acute Rheumatism rith St.
i Hon. Wong Doon Hing, Chinese Consul
General, San Francisco, California: "The
Chinese regard St. Jacobs Oil as the best pain
cure in the world."
Hon. George Colton, late Police Com
missioner, Baltimore, Md.: "Wherever I
have traveled St. Jacobs Oil is recognized as
a blessing to humanity."
Hon. Thomas L. James, ' late Postmaster
General U. S. : "I concur in indorsing St.
Jacobs Oil." ;
Hon. Henry Piper.late Alderman, Toronto,
Canada : "I cured aggravated rheumatism by
use of St. Jacobs Oil." .
I5-David Scott, the champion Cricketei',
eljnel.AaliaV. "I suffered agony
8t. Jacobs Oil cured me." . V
Dr. , D. Antonio Jose Romay. Physician,
Faculty, Post Garrison, Havana, Cuba: "I
have cured rheumatism and neuralgia in a
short time with St. Jacobs OiL"
Hon. H. H. Me?, .
true Ku I. "" .""e'ireaJD.H
7 wonders, h k OPl
indorsement." has tot 3
Hon. Oden Bo ;0
land, Prest. iLho.cZ .7.0vernrrfw
Co.. niivl o-T i. Jassdnc-
Jacobs Oil actfmost ayCl
ator, Maryland: "St j?f ' w
Hon. Curiam TT tt . 1
Chicago: "I W ri'H,
excellent.' na rund SujJJ,
Jcot,
Hon. Jno.sC. New. late a.
tary of the Treasury L8'"
s
"I cordially mm Tli
Mr.AlfredjHay.tlJ r I Oa?
-ri o-v SUPor. - .
lioomanoomana. Mnl..i. ?
Australia : "St. Jacnhi n u
ful neuralgia?' " 0l1 Cur
Hon. S. Crosby, Hawaiim r
Peru:- "St. 3nll n:, ian &a
Oil wusl, Iiv
rheumatism J' w m of
Drs. D. Jose Felix Ryia
Allende, bamtary Con S
Army of Occupation, Peru
coos uu was a complete
menta upon 500 invalid Sll
A.xuua nuea ana pains "
ut are ine. virtues of m.s.
The gripsack of the President
- "-"J "4 L B.v.
ent
States might reveal a secreted d'
men oi me world have used t J J3
.v ij ouu wnm nig Tint "
told ; has been tola in a thom,!?
by thousands it has been us I
witn Jenersonian simi.iiHt. .' u s
cure with the stubbornness of AniTj
It is not merely a rubefa.
outer surface, nor is it merer.,,
embrocation to soften orL raoi,f
muscle, but in its spwjiii&acBnBvr'"' '
the specific propertieJ'ofThe j
with a superior curative virtue wiJIf?
It penetrates deeply but gentlTl
ingly and surely ; it is kind but bLtJ
ing on and seeking the V
dues easily;' it soothes instantly- jT
permanently. ' ' 081
The most remarkable proof r.f this per
nencyof cure has been-furnished C
prietors in an unexpected form, JJ
same time most gratifying.
In duty bound to look after the inter.,
their patrons and patients, they
circular letter to such as had used it,
inquiry as to the state of their healJbS
a view of advising further.
What was their surprise to learn froa
of them, thousands in number, except
as had removed their residence. thatin
case where used according to directifii
cures made by the great remedy hd
mainea permanent.
Cheerful renewals of their jtateaJ
were made which disclosed the remirttl
showing' which no other similar remedjJ
ever snown mat the cures werethi
chronic cases of long standing-!
wnere crutches and canes had been uai
What ia vmawa 1 ... 1 1 . .."11 . 1
ii uov jo uiuic j tiiiiii nauie sun, la(i
. -.1 ...
rence or pain or discomfort in ali
years as long as its own existence andife
the disease had ravaged as long astlil
years.
as a specimen oi cneeriul renvoi
wherein these points are fully set forth,!
give the following :
Mr. D. M. Rearick, of Constantine,li
writes Feb. 16, 1887, as follows:
"It gives me much pleasure to substacial
what I said five years ago in, regard to jncl
great remedy.
"I had been troubled with rheumitiau
rather pain in my back,for about thirty yean,
so much so that I was confined to my bed
! two or three weeks at a time.
"Tried most every remedy, most every
plaster that I could get in a drug store, but
no relief from them; but about rive years
ago I bought one and a half bottbs of St.
Jacobs Oil and made fourteen a; .plications,
but I would say here that I gave it tWotLak
rubbings according to directions.
"lean say without hesitation tlu&ltl
done for me all that you claim for the oil
"I am happy to inform you that Haul
been a well and healthy man the pastfrn I
years ; have done all kinds of work, aodq
nit as mucn as l ever coma. ii
"Haven't beeri lame with my back njffij 1
in the space of five years, and would mt
all that have like trouble, give St. JacoUOE
Jfair trial and I know you will li i id relief fti
same.
Something more remarkable is the foil
ing: Just imagine any one of the I
cripples seen on the street taken npui
magically cured, so that he throws away b
i crutch and goes to work, and the1 cue
! be appreciated. But to the facts :
1 L I
Jany.17, 1883, Messrs. George C. 0sp"
Co.. druggists. Lowell. Mass., write:
Lawis Tannin Vn. 13fi Moodv SU
to recommend St. Jacobs Oil to anyiffi
with rheumatism, as he has obtained to
by vine it. but he desires especially !
"Orin Robinson, of Grantville, M
boy of 12 years, came to his bouse111
tummer of 1881, walking u-wn crutcfia.
bet.
Id not I
"His left lee having been bent
knee for over two months, and could i
Kont Knplr ITo vmlri net walk UP0D I
"Mr. Dennis had some St. Jacobs W'
the house and gave it to him to' rub
knee. In-six days he bad no useWJ
crutches, and went home well witl101!
and has been well since St. Jacobs
' The case from January 17, lfis3'.te';il
. . . f!.,i mmm
y, lasi, stooa tnus : a commu
An.f.K. Uu Ksint i useless.
by St. Jacobs Oil.
nent? Inquiry was
... it., jtnn It'
as iuc ""- .
made on I
tv.m mini -
. . int
Osgood & Co.. June 18, 18S7. ,w,
val of four years, it will be seen
rnndit.irvn nf fb nnnr criPPW.
v v- - i
TheV remv as follows. Jul ft IW' ' ' 'hl
Lewis Dennis has just caiieu u,-
" ' ..in rat v
informs me :
. ... . ,-. r l.lnOlfl
who w
j cureu;
poor cripple on crutches ana
St. Jacobs Oil in 1881 ; the cure has rem
permanent. . n0f
"The young man has been and n
work every day at manual labor, a
tainly which proves the efficacy ot
" "hut t.hA hnv IITII1 iloiiuw' in
Oil. dhadrtK8"
. "Mr. Dennis tells me also that tie n
matismin his knee; trial many re.u
of no use, and it cured w - p
permanently, as it has not troubiea
years." up.
rSienedl Dr.GEO.U.u ; .
It has won its reputation on ro
, : mnetition, " .-
its superior merit, in
competi
paratioo
b
for it what no otter similar w
achieved; gold medal aan
national and State ex,H;it.;;n; . . p
(home, viz: New Zealanu . W
Ihibition, 1882, gold nieda U ; CaJ
national .Exhibition, llvT"' Zitfat
Cincinnati Industrial f
1SS3-84. g'
medal; California
. n. f :i 1 1 .
State " rjj
Ky.,' Southern
; medal: Louisville,
sition, 1884, gold medal. k
j Whether the secret of the w p
irevealed'or not, it is to be m
President anawue
health to the White House. , M
Having returned, it is 0 etiptopf
visited Honeymoon Heights, oP
of West Virginia, which h d
the teeming valleys they left ben J
where, when the sua is u Pj ij
light falls on the pann-
nnvenir in the diary dPD
counts the boudoir scene t j,
well, for it is said by au aw
"there's luck in autumn leate
I""" .. she u-