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Entombed Alive.

The details given in the papers of
the collapse Of the mouth Of the Biwa
tunnel are rather interesting. It was
only the first forty yards Of the tunnel
that had not had the roof bricked, and
it was this forty yards which fell in.
The sixty-fve men in the tunnel, who
had little food and "a little oil for two
lamps, set to work to dig themselves
out, while large force outside set to
work to dig a way in. But though
the voices of the men inside were
heard, it became so difficult to make
way in the sandy soil that the men
outside began to consider the advisa-
bility Of abandoning the work and
sinking shaft from the top. How
ever, hole about two inches wide
was made right through, and to the
surprise of those outside suddenly a
man crawled through it, and was fol-
lowed by the rest of the sixty-fve.
Those inside had heard the men out
side discussing the question Of aban-
dQning the work, and this had made
them desperate, and they succeeded in
enlarging the hole enough to crawl
through. None of them suffered seri-
ously from the imprisonment, and
they were doubtless quite co1npen-
stated by the distribution among them
Of a hundred yen.-China Mail.
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A Successful Life.

NJ. Antoine de Choudens, the music
publisher, who made the fortune of
his firm by Gounod's Faust" died in
his sixty-third year. Although he was
the grandson Of Pacini- Rossini's pub
lisher-M. de Choudens began life in
q very humble capacity. He was a
night clerk in the postotice, and was
but little known in the musical world
until 1859, when M. Carvalho induced
him to buy the score of Faust, !"
which had already been produced at
the Opera. M. Gounod himself was
at that time struggling with adversely,
but the remarkable success of his opera
soon brought fame to its composer and
fortune to its publisher. After this
N. de Choudens was enabled to found
his celebrated house on the Boulevards
at the corner of the Rue Caumartin,
which now passes to his sons. Boston
Herald.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-12-28

The remarkable GOODNESS of Pitts
burg burglar assisted him to escape.
He broke into a laundry, and while
sorting the garments into a large
clothes basket was surprised by two
officers, who appeared at the window
opening into the yard. The fellow
worked so Systematically and quietly
that the officials thought that perhaps
he was an employee Of the establish
ment, and they, therefore, asked him
why he worked at so late an hour. He
replied: Il am getting the things
ready for the girls, who will be up
soon to do the ironing. / get $40 a
month, and have to work awful hard
to keep my place." He then went to
the window, and putting his arms on
the sill said: MY, but this is dis
agreeable night to be out in. would
not like to be in the places of you
gentlemen. Won't you come inside
and take drink2 l will open the wine
cellar for you" The officers started
for the kitchen door in the rear part of
the yard, and the thief thereupon made
for the front door and escaped, carry
ing with him many of the garments.
San Francisco Argonaut.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-12-28

The city of Trenton can claim the
brightest and youngest city officer in
the state. Miss Hattie Owens, very
cute and clever for a girl of 8, has
been made second assistant city clerk,
and can now be seen on duty at GER
tain hours filing away in their proper
order the official documents in the city
clerks office. When Col. Owens, the
city clerk, took possession of his new
quarters the public documents ap-
peared to be considerably disarranged,
and, on complaining, he found a cheer
full volunteerin the person of his young
daughter, Miss Hattie, who is very
small, but sharp and methodical. She
was assigned the work of reassorting,
and is doing it well. She is rather
annoyed on account of being girl,
and announces that, as second assist
ant clerk, she desires to be called
Harry" and as such she is saluted
by all the city officials. Miss Harry
Owens is a pretty girl of pleasant adj
dress. and with the manner of one
twice her age. Trenton IN. J.j Times
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A Coincidence.

Twas in The Albany Express count
ing room addressing an envelope to
Alfred Rockwell, of Marcellus, N. Y,
when Mr.. Lindsay, the advertising
manager, asked me how large place
Marcellus is. I replied: There are
about ] ZOO inhabitants in the village,
and Marcellus Falls, about mile from
there, has $780," While speaking, a
stranger to us both entered with a
gripsack and spoke concerning his
subscription to The Weekly Express,
which he said was being sent to Mar
cellus Falls. asked him if he knew
Alfred Rockwell, of Marcellus, and he
replied that he did by name, but
"Marcellus Falls is about mile from
there"-just my language a moment
before Now, how few the chances
were that he should happen in just as
I had mentioned the name of his viii
lage 100 miles away, and addressed an
envelope to a man who was known to
both of us at Marcellus, 'about mile
from there. st. Louis Globe Demo-
Crat,
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Water Before Meals-When to Take Il
Hot and When to TsIke It Gold.
Water taken freely before meals, it Is be-
lieved by many physicians, operates favor
ably by washing away tho mucous secreted
during the intervals Of repose, and favors
peristalsis of the whole alimentary tract. The
membrane thus ceansed is in much better
condition to receive food and convert it into
soluble compounds.
The accumulation Of mucus is specially
well marked in themorning, when the gas
trio walls are covered with thick, tenacious
layer. Food entering the stomach at this
time will become covered with this tenacious
coating, which for a time protects it from
the action of the gastric ferments, and so re-
tards digestion. The tubular contracted
stomach, with its puckered mucus lining
and viscid contents, a normal condition in
the morning before breakfast, Is not suitable
to receive food. A glass of water washes
out the mucus partly distends the stomach,
wakes up peristalsis and prepares the ali
mentary canal for the morning meal. Ex-
ercise before partaking Of a meal stimulates
the circulation of the blood and facilitates
the flow of blood through the vessels
According to DR.. Leuf, who has made this
subject special study, cold water should be
given to persons who have sufficient vitality
to react, and hot water to the others. In
chronic gastric catarrh it is extremely bene-
fetal to drink warm or hot water before
meals, and salt is said in most cases to add
to the good effect produced.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-12-28
Brain Growth.

What is called 'head product" says La
Nature, may be fairly regarded as represent
ing the average brain volumes. It is OBJ
tanned by multiplying the maximum length
Of the head by its maximum breadth and its
maximum height above certain plane. This
result represents the contents of a rectangu-
lar box that would just fit over the head
This is only rudely proportional to the brain
mass in individuals, but would be closely
proportional to it in the average Of many
cases. Mr.. Francis Salton makes an interest
ing report on measurements of the heads Of
Cambridge England students, from which
the following conclusions have been deducted:
~ that while, in the population at large,
brain growth ceases after the age of nine
teen, this is not true of university students;
e. that men who obtain high honors have
considerably larger brains at nineteen years
than those who do not; 81 that this predomi-
nance is reduced to about half its extent at
the age of twenty-five, the brain of the "high
honor" man increases by about three per
cent, that of the poll" man by about six
per cent in this peroid; AZ that of the high
honor" men are presumably class both more
precocious and more gifted than the others.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-12-28
PROFESSIONS ron WOMEN,
Opinions OF Several Eminent Frenchmen
ON Women's Training.

OVuQuUUo " 0Vv0k0s &1sssssSsss @s~ss~s~s>s~ss
ON Women's Training.
The editor OF the Partisan monthly
review. LEnseignement Secondaire
des Jeunes Files, has lately elected
some interesting expressions Of opin-
ion from his compatriots on the move
ment which is now leading to the edu-
cation of women for the professions
M. Garnet, the father of the presi-
dent of the French Republic, writes:
II regret to find the words, without
any profession, attached to nearly all
names Of women in civil records
This seems to me not merely an nd
mission of incapability, but a renun.
citation of personal independence. II
| were woman, I should feel proud
of doing away with such stigma
independence shown in q useful pro-
fession ought to inspire its owner with
O Just feeling of its worth. Happy he
whom fortune allows to choose voca-
ton according to his likingl Nobody
can rely on his fortune. have
known ladies who were happy and
proud to find the means of existence
in a talent, cultivated to form a pleas
ant occupation. Every one should
practice some work, intellectual or
manual, only to learn how to employ
his time usefully. address myself
to both sexes; women have triumphed
already in certain examinations.
When their education is completed,
they will have done much to glorify
work"
M. Leon Say, senator, member OF
the academy, ex-minister, speaker of
the senate, when the law about the in
struction of young girls was under
discussion, said: "Women show them
selv-s superior to men in all kinds Of
Offices; men can only keep up with
them when cultivating themselves
more, when lifting and educating
themselves to a higher standard. You
will say, this is the thought of an
economist. You may be right, but it
is not the less true. Will not the con-
sequences be good9"
NJ. Emil Deschanel, senator, ex-
deputy, professor at the College of
France, where his lectures are always
crowded with ladies, wrote to the
editor: my dear Camille Sect will
always remain an honor for you to
have brought in and sustained this
bill on the higher education Of girls.
Every man ought to applaud it, if
only from a selfish point Of view.
The more woman's mind is culti-
waited, the happier the men will be.
But a great number of the latter,
without confessing the truth, secretly
want to keep women in intellectual
inferiority, hoping to rule over them.
It is selfisLness that understands its
own advantage badly, for insufficient
instruction only creates silly COM
panions. Men who think themselves
so wonderfully strong certainly show
an excessive, though unconscious,
modesty. For in wishing uneducated
meaning disarmed-women, they
simply admit that, with equal weap-
ons, they would know themselves
conquered, even before the strife. y
New York Home Journal.
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sOne breaks the glass and cuts his fin

But they whom Truth and Wisdom lead,
Can gather honey from a weed"
Those who are wise, and who love the
truth, will believe what we say when we
tell them that DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription has done more to relieve the suf-
ferings of women, than all other medicines
now known to science. 1t cures all irregu-
larities. internal Inflammation and ulcera-
ton, displacements and kindred troubles.
1t is the only medicine for women, sold by
under a positive guarantee from
the manufacturers, that it will give satisfac-
tiOu in every case, or money will be refund
ed. This guarantee has been printed on the
bottle-wrapper, and faithfully carried out
for many years.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-12-28
The Halidays.

There is nothing more conducive to the
enjoyment of the Holiday Season than
Good Health, to secure and permanently
remain free from Paralysis, Heart Disease,
Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, Kidney and Blad-
der Troubles. Use Anti-ApOplectine,
Dott Of Augusta, Me-, says:-Anti-A poplec-
tine has done me the most good Of any
9hing have ever taken for paralysis of the
eQS
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Found Dead.

Last evening person giving the name of
G. r. Thompson registered at Hunts Ho-
take the IL p. m. train for Chicago Being
unable to awaken him, the room was en-
tered by means of the ventilator over the
door, when the gentleman was found to be
dead. He was advertising agent for Sui
phur Bitters, which has an extensive sale.
The coroner returned verdict of death
from heart disease. His body will be sent
east Immediately. Gin. Commercial.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-12-28
Surroundings of a Rheumatic Patient.

Surroundings of q Rheumatic Patient.
The surroundings Of a patient suffering
from rheumatism are a matter of no little
Importance The Boston Journal of Health
says:
''Free ventilation should be secured, but
without draughts, and the temperature kept
between 6S and 70 degs. Fab. The pa
tient should be clothed in flannel and lie be-
tween wooden blankets. His covering should
be light. An excess of bedclothing will add
to the pain in the infamed joints and un-
necessarily increase the sweating. 1t should
be studied effort to spare him any painful
movements possible and every Immigration
should be gentleness itself Milk, with self
ger water or lime water, prominently meets
the requirements as the principal article Of
diet during the active period Of the disease
If this proves insufficient, or is not well
borne, then other light and concentrated food
can be administered Some authorities in
sist that animal food and alcohol are contra.
indicated during the height of the fever. The
latter should certainly be prohibited. as
rule, but the patients diet need not be so
much restricted as in other highly febrile
disorders. Those who are habituated to the
use of stimulants should not be entirely de-
prived of them"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-12-28
CONTAGIOUS Diseases.

Scarlet fever, contagious disease pro-
ducing large annual mortality, is, says DR..
G.. A. Collamore, produced by a specific
poison which emanates from the person Of
the patient, and can be caused by no other
means, and this poison is remarkable for the
tenacity with which it affixes itself to objects,
which, if portable, may convey it long dis
tances, and for its tenacity of life, which
renders it difficult to destroy. Diphtheria,
also contagious disease, and largely fatal,
may also arise from other causes than con-
tagion, notably from fermenting filth,
and requires, not only isolation, but
cleanliness for its extinction. Typhoid
fever and Asiatic cholera, while
not directly communicable from person to
person, are spread by the dejecta of their
victims, which contaminate the water sup
ply, and thus an efficient disinfection of these
dejecta is very desirable thing to accom-
plish Small pox may be exterminated by
vaccination, and this, | am happy to con-
cede, is a fact on which the public requires
less information than most others, albeit
these are skeptics here. 1t is evident if the
public knew how diseases arise and are dis
seminated, it would be prepared to more
heartily and effectually second the endeavor
of sanitarians to limit and subGue them. In
proportion to its knowledge Of sanitation
would its zeal increase.
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v
power of prayer, until they ran to the
altar crying out for mercy2 Did not
the blacksmith in Lyons, N. Y, pray
to God until there came great ava
kening that shook the community
A STORY OF HOW PRAYERS WERE AN
sWERED.
In my parish, in Philadelphia, one
night, at meeting, ! asked young
man to go into room at the side OF
the church, and talk upon the theme
of religion. Heg grew violently angry,
and shook his fists at me- We resolved
to pray for that young man, and we
prayed that he might yield his soul to
God. And when, next night, at the
meeting, the side door was flung open,
he was the frat to step in. Prayer
had captured him. had classmate
in college, whose uncle, DR.. John
Scudder, of India, wrote to him, say
ing: II will pray for you every day
until such day, and then / will give
nv attention to some other subject"
The last day of these prayers, when
they had all gathered up before the
throne of God, my classmate surrend-
cred his soul to Jesus. This is no
second hand story. saw the letter
and / knew the young man.
But why should go 30 fara / have
had in my own experience, and
] have had in the history of my own
family, the evidence that God answers
prayer. Ny mother, with three Chris
tan women, assembled week after
week and prayed for their children;
they kept rp that prayer meeting OF
four persons year after year. The
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-07-27
STATE BOARD OF TRADE.
BOYS Tor Fruit Picking-Inquiries Fro
the East From Intending Settlers

BOYS Tor Fruit Picking-Inquiries From
the East From Intending Settlers.
The visitors to the rooms of the State
Board OF Trade yesterday and to-day were
numerous, but they tailed to leave their
names IN the book generally used for Wis
1tors. On the contrary, a separate book
mas been set apart for their use, and one of
the employees has been kept busy register
ing their names and addresses. These WIS.,
ltors are boys who are anxious to pass the
summer months in the country picking
fruit, and, so far, $50 of them have ex-
pressed desire to leave the CITY on a short
vacation. The call originally was fol- 200
OF them, and it will be very easy to obtain
this number. The boys are to receive ST. a
day and their board and lodging, while the
railroad company agrees TO transport them
o the places where their services are de-
sired Tor One-quarter the usual rates.
Last week the rooms were besieged by a
crowd of Eastern school teachers and the
registrations each day ran up into the hun
dreds Monday and Tuesday of this week
the same state of affairs prevailed-on the
first mentioned day 125 af1ixing their names
to the register, while perhaps twenty-five
more neglected to leave any rec ord oft heir
visit. These teachers seemed particularly
pleased with the display, and while many
Sp'itCblSu tuSiIStlfcS Will ulcTely Nl6WluR
the varied products of the State there ex-
hloited, many Others had leading questions
to ask which showed that they were inter-
ested IN more ways than one in the display.
The Secretary OF the Board is still over
run with letters from parties in the East
who are DESTROYS of leaving their present
places of abode and taking up their resi-
dence in this State. To such an extent has
this correspondence grown, that now enc
OF the largest items of expense is for post
age, and the Assistant Secretary is kept al
most constantly at work answering letters
of inquiry and sending out descriptive cir
cuiars and pamphlets. The majority of
these inquiries are from small farmers and
others who have from $1,000 to $4,000 to
invest in land, and the good work OF the
Board is to be seen from the questions
asked regarding the capabilities and price
of land in the upper portion of the State.
Should one half of those who say they in
tend settling there come out that section Of
the State north of San Francisco will be-
fore long be one of the most denselv pop
ulated parts of the coast.-S + Bulletin,
.Jltiu 18th
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-07-27
Clunie Opera House.

This evening the successful and pretty
soubrette, Lizzie Evans-known as The
Little Electric Battery"-who appeared
here first as support, in comedy COM
pany, will present the romantic comedy in
four acts, Our Angel with her own COM
pany, she assuming the leading role, Bios
SOM In it she is announced to introduce
new songs and dances, medleys etc. The
story of the play is that of an orphan girl
adopted by a miner friend of her father
and brought up in a rough mining camp,
but with all tenderness and loyalty to vir-
tue The action of the play hinges
upon the love of the developing
woman for her self appointed guard
ian and he for her, and the mis-
conceptions Of duty that kept each in
ignorance of the fact, upon which condi
ton a villain speculates in order to secure
q fortune that falls to the "aDgel of the
camp" The press of San Francisco and
Los Angeles, where Miss Evans has played
successful engagements, commend her and
her company, and the cleanliness, wit and
sympathetic character of the drama she
has adopted as best suited to give her
special talents full play, which are con-
coded by the critics of those cities to be on
level with some of the most successful of
soubrettes, such as Lolita, Minnie Palmer
and others, and that in some respects she
is more entertaining, and truer to dramatic
demands.
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITlES.

President and Mrs. Cleveland have gone
on four days yachting cruise.
German named Clotten has been ar
rested for threatening to murder Glad
stone.
Congressman Hopkins, of New York. has
been taken TO an insane asylum by his
brother.
1t is stated in Berlin and Rome that EN-
peror William will visit the Pope as well
as King Humbert.
Several Los Angeles capitalists are talk
ing of starting new paper there 10 be is
sued morning and evening.
In a type-writing contest at Cincinnati
on Thursday one of the contestants wro'
sos words in one hour and half.
George Dewey, one of the two burglars
committing depredations III Suu Denito
county, has pleaded guilty and been SEN
fenced to six years.
Mrs Emma Kline and Oscar A. Brad
ford have been arrested in Chicago at the
instance of the pretty young woman's aged
husband from GAINESVILLE, o.
A special from Melrose, NJ. T., SAYS that
Road Supervisor K. H. Dunn Was fatally
shot on Wednesday by his wife, whom be
had been abusing for some time past.
The Boards of 4lrede of Chico and Oro-
vile have decided not to make exhibits IT
the State Fair, but will send their products
to the Mechanics Fair in San Francisco.
George F. Howell, clerk in the Patchogue
Bank. New York. is short SO 900 in bis &C.
counts. He acknowledges his guilt, and is
under the surveillance OF Deputy Sheriff.
a party of Crawford county Indiana
White Caps the other night iloeged a couple
of girls, but were ambu>hed by citizens
afterwards and several of their number
shot.
1t is feared the troops that left Victoria,
3. c., for the scene of the Indian outbreak
on Skeene river have been ambushed, as
they took route that lay through hos
tile country.
Jenkins & Crewelrs slaughter house, in
the outskirts of Marysville, was burned
yesterday. The origin of the fire is not
known. The loss will reach several thou
sand dollars.
John Quinn has been arrested in Brook
Ign, n. Y, for imprisoning an eight year
old boy in cellar, naked for three days
without food. He says the child stole some
money from him.
The body Of the little three-year old
child named Obst, who was lost near Red
ding on July Sd. has been found naked aud
half-eaten by buzzards in a gulch, two
miles from the main road.
The will of the late Hiram Sibev of Ro-
chester, was probated on Wednesday. The
value of the estate is not specified but on
good authority it is said to amount to
Sl0,0O0,0O0. Cornell University gets $50
600.
Lieutenant H. w. Schaeffer, of tue
United States steamer Swatara, went ashore
week ago on Wednesday, intending to
visit his wife and family at Rockville, Nd
He has not since been heard OF, and foul
play is feared.
Robert Henderson, of Silver City, idaho,
said to be millionaire, was found yester-
day in room at little hotel called the
Ogden House, in Chicago, unconscious and
barely alive. The gas in the room bad
been blown out irstead Of turned off