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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-11-20

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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-11-20
Drs, STARKEY g. PALEN'S
Treatment by
Inhalation
1929. Arch st., Phtdelphia, Pa.

1922 Arch st., Philadelphia, Pa.
Fer Consumption, Asthma, Drenchitis, Dyspep.
sia, Catarrh. Hay Fever, Headache. Debility.
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, and al Chronic and
Nervous Diseases
Treatment that of Drs Starkey Palen is scientif
ic adjustment Of the elements Of Oxygen and Nitrogen
magnefizsd, and the compound is so condensed and
made portable that it is sent all over the world
1t has been in for than twenty years; thou
sands Of patients have been treated and over one thou
sand physicians have used it, and recommend it.-a
very significant fact.
1t does not act as drugs do by creating another
ament and benettng one organ at the expense OF an
other often requiring second course to eradicate the
evil effects Of the first. but Compound Oxygen is re-
vtalizer, renwng, Strengthening, invigorating the
whole body.
These statements are confirmed by numerous testmo-
malls published in our book Of 200 pages, only with the
express permission Of the paents their names and ad
dresses gven and you can refer to them Tor further
information,
The great ofour Treatment has given rise to
host of mitaors, INSCRIPTIONS persons some calling
their preparation Compound Oxygen often appropriate
ing testimonials and the Of our patients, to
recommend worthless connections. But any substance
made elsewhere by others, and called Compound Oxy
gen, is spurious.
"Combonnd Oryeen-Its made Of action and Re
Snls" is the title Of new book Of pages, publish
ed by Drs Starkey & Palen, which gives to all nquir
fu II information this remarkabln curative agent
and record Of surprising cures in wide range OF
chronic cases-any of them after being abandoned to
die by other physicians, Will be maedto any address
on application.
DrS. STARKEY g. PALEN,
1899 Arch st. Philadelphia, Pa.
I2o Suffer ST, San Francisco, Cal.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-24
DIR. KEELEY,s COLD MINE.

Dr. Keeley, the proprietor of the gold
 cure, is making money fast and intends to
 make more. He delivered lecture the
 other evening in which he said he had seen
 pretended analyses of his remedy in the
 newspapers. They were frauds and lies,
 one and all. It had cost him years of ex-
 perimental work to discover his formula
 for the cure of inebriety and the opium
 habit. That formula never had been made
 public and never would be made public for
 general use. 'I rest easy upon the mat
 ter of analysis" continued the doctor,
 "otherwise I would not send my remedy
 broadcast over the world to whosoever calls
 for it. It would take river of it to make
 quantitative or qualitative analysis,
 or, in other words, an analysis in fact"
 And then he made an elaborate though
 not very impressive statement of the
 reasons why he does not reveal the secret of his treatment. He declared that to give to the general public the formula from which his remedy is compounded would be to simply destroy it's efficacy as @ cure. The remedy is not proprietary one, similar to the many others known as patent remedies upon the market in drug stores. It is complete system which must be closely watched from beginning to finish, and from which no detail can be omitted without endangsring it's success. And he added: If you could listen to the appeals from the poor totter- ing victims who come to me for a cure, lost to themselves and ! the world, and then read the expressions | of gratitude when the once poor wreck of | manhood returns to his home, strong in l mind and body at the end of three weeks, fully able to take up the burden of life where he had laid it down so long ago, and
 carry it to the end in sobriety, am satis- | fled you would consider it the greatest mis- | fortune that could befall the people of America should the remedy known as the | gold-cure for drunkenness be lost to them by placing it in the hands of unprincipled | men, who would soon drive it from the
 market by spurious limitations.
 | All of which is rather thin. Perhaps
 the shrewd doctor is afraid that he will dc
 too much good if he doesn't keep his se
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-24
AMUSING SLIPS OF THE TONGUE.
Things That Would Have Been All
 Right if Said Differently.

HlgHt IT said Diucrently.
 From CaSselrs Society JournalI
 Many persons have said in mistake pre- cisely the reverse of what WAS in their thought. A working man called on a country clergyman closely related to 8 du- cal house. The applicant wanted a letter of recommendation to Q neighboring mo- blenan, from whom he hoped to obtain employment. "Why not go personally and see my lordn the friend asked. "Well, you see," was the nervous answer, 'I do not like speaking to Lord N; he may be proud and not care to listen to the likes of me; it would be quite different thing if it were yourself, for there's nothing of the gentleman in you"
 Mr. Bancroft has related that during 6 holiday jaunt in Switzerland Sir Paul Hun ter was lost. But news flies apacs and gathers as it goes. It was soon said that guides were away up the mountain to find a missing man. Somebody had seen or heard signals of distress. Lady Hunter, safe in the hotel, began to tremble for her husband. But his predicament was not so desperate after all. He was discovered and given the necessary help and guidance III uls uehCtut. At uutk ne Tc-cutercU tuo Alpine hamlet all alone as if nothing had happened. Wishing to avoid notice and curious qusstionings he had sent his guides to their own haunts. But as he passed up through little waiting English crowd Lady Hunter darted to meet him. ''Oh, PaulI" she cried, 'I am 20 glad to see you back Where have you beenl Some silly man has lost himself on one of the noun tains, and I feared it might be youl" Con siderate, kindly, but not quite-in its lite ral constructions compliment.
 Some comical slips of the tongue are due to doubtful or insufficient information. There may be lack of important knowl- edge about the person addressed. Victor Hugo once met garrulous notary, who talked with him on literary subjects. The lawyer belonged to the provinces, and he asked if his companion had heard any | thing before he left Paris about "Herns- ni," one of Hugo's own plays. Hugo sd | mitted that he had heard it mentioned. 'It is a miserably stupid piece" "Very likely" said the poet. ''The author must be an abominsble person. One of my ] friends saw him in the street not long ago, and in such a state. The wretched crea- ture is nearly always drunk" The two passed into the same hotel, and what was the consternation of the msn of the libel ous tongue when Hugo wrote his name in the arrival register beneath his traducer's | eve.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-24
YOUNG.

What numbers of facts are still unrecord ed in any book.
 The good die young. The bad live to lie about the weather, and are spoken of as the oldest nhabitants.-Texas Siftings.
 This is the season when the annual re port makes itself heard from one end of the land to the other-Baltimore Ameri- can.
 .eThere's a great art," says Mickey Do- Ian, ''in knowin' what not to know whin yez don't want to know it."-Washington Star.
 Charley, wonder what would be 8 nice present to give papa for Christmasi asked Clara. "Give him a pair of padded slippers" suggested Charley.-TeIas Sift- ings.
 A Serious Matter.-Tybalt-S old man, when do you expect to be marriedi Romeo-I haven't the least idea. l am waiting for my dress shirts.-Brooklyn Life.
 Jumpuppe- -Confound these Theosoph- ists. Jasper-Why7 Jumpuppe-They convinced my wife that she has seven bodies and she went off and bought 8 dress for each one.-Tid-Bi
 Things One Would Wish to Have E1- pressed Differently. good-by, Miss Smith. Tell the others I was very sorry not to find anyone at home-a-s-a-eI- cept you-sl"-Punch.
 Great actor Gmpersonating Iago)-But he who fiIches from me my good name tim pressive pause)-
 Hated rival (making a scene)-"-Will let it drop like 8 hot potato. Epoch. MT. Moveoft-Well, my dear, how do you find the nsighbors here-sociablei
 Mrs. Moveoft-Very. Three or four of them have sent in to ask if I would allow their children to use our piano to practice on.-New York Weekly. A teacher was hearing her class in nat ural history recite, and asked a bright looking little girl: "What is a ruminating animslp' "One that chews her cubs," was the in- nocent reply.-Youth's Companion. He-what made you think that picture ! in the Academy was minei You must be | judge of style because it was unsigned. She (nodestiy)-You- fatter me. ] really didn't know it was yours until saw everybody laughing at it.-Funny Folks.
 Etiouette has settled it that @ proposal | of marriage should not be sent by letter. | This is right and lawful for different rea- | sons, and particularly so that marriage Ii \ lottery, and nothing pertaining to lot \ tery can go through the mails.-Philadel phia Times
 Wise Papa.-Pspa-What would yor \ like for Christmasi Ethel-I saw a hand some sealskin sack, but its price is eight, l dollars, and as don't want to be hard or you, Til be satisfied with complete SCOTT of all the Wagner Papa dnteIuphng)- Ethel, I'll buy you the sack.-Life. Sea Captain-why do you nail thos'
 things on your trunk, Pati Pat-Sure, sor
 hurd that Noo York was full of thaves | and as have many valusbles in me thrunk
 | thought had better guard agin' bein
 robbed by tackin' on these chist protec
 tors, which bought for tn purpose il
 Liverpool.-The Comic.
 With oysters, fowl and celery
 The waiting table groaus for me, And groan, too, and have no giec-
 My goose is cooked by dyspepseel -Puck.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-24
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,, Thursday,

Will be Genuine Bargain Days, and you can buy Games, Blocks, Typewri- ters, Dolls, Celluloid Nov cities, Bronzes, Mirrors, Baskets, Hampers, Pic lures, Bisque Novelties, Brass Goods, etc., etc., at greatly reduced prices.
 We also offer Special Bargains in L a d i e $ , A p r n S, Dress Goods. Cloaks, Capes, Jewelry, Leather Goods, Gloves, Handkerchiets, G. e n t s Neckwear, Blankets and Lunch Sets.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-24
Temper and Bodily Health.

lCOrfetpOhocnce or tne SEncAeo EOet-l
 To lose one's temper, or, to speak more correctly, to let loose one's temper, Is not generally supposed to be matter of hy- gienic consideration. The air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat and various other things are all considered, but the matter of temper, never. That is regegated to the realm of ethics where it is supposed that reward and punish ment is SO completely a future consider ation that we accept the prospect of ei- ther one or the other with the indiffer- ence with which the far removed is gen. orally regarded.
 whe ever heard of & physician saying to his ever ailing patient: Madame, if you will control you irritable temper, if you will cease to fret about that which you cannot alter, and, having used your best endesvor to bring things to your mind, accept what you cannot change with cheerful confidence that all will end we'll, with the little I can do for you, in a few months at most you will have grown quite sound and healthyE" Yet this advice nine times out of ten would reach the cause of all ailments which the baffied man or woman of medicine calls nervous prostration or something else squslly vague, with the cause carefully ob.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-24
CHICAGO AGAIN HEARD FROM

CHICAGO AGAIN HEARD FROM.
 Again does Chicago compel notice. This time an account of the beginning of an es- tablishment of a system of pneumatic tubes there. A company has acquired the exclusive right for twenty-five years to manipulate pneumatic tubes within the Illinois Central Railroad company's road bed in Cook county. The terminal of the first main line will be at Sixty-third street. Thence special switch line will carry into the administration building within the fair grounds. The main tube will be one foot wide, the widest in the world. It is claimed that electric power will send parcels through it at the rate of 150 feet second. This transmitting tube will be brass, inclosed in an iron conduit fifteen inches in diameter. The trench in which the conduit will be placed will be four and one-half feet below the surface and will be two feet in width. Each conduit will con-
 tain an iron pipe three inches in diameter, containing the wires that will operate the system. Nanholes for repairs will be at distances of four hundred feet. The car rier that will fly through the brass trans
 mitters will be of leather or of aluminium, thirty inches long and wide enough to fit snugly in the twelve-inch brass tube. Each carrier will carry up to fifteen pounds.
 The great difficulty that has hitherto vexed practical men connected with pneu- matic tube service has lain in the devising of switch boards and power to intercept parcels and automatically divert their course at given points. It is asserted that this difficulty has been thoroughly over
 come and that parcels can now be sent where they are wanted. Chicago thus leads the way in what is destined to make great saving of time and trouble in cities.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-24
St. Nicholas is Coming.

interviewed St. Nicholas, And this is what he said: ''Go tell the boys and girls at once To hurry off to bed; To shut their eyes and go to sleep, For aIn coming round. And not present will leave Where one awake is found. q have a stock of dolls and toys Left over from last year, Which must dust and varnish up, To have them new appear. love to cheat the little folks; It often makes me smile To think how easily can Their gentle hearts beguile. ''That pile of cast-of garments To the widows mites must go, They are no use to anyone, And it were better SO; These cards are sweet reflection food, On which heather thrives, And all those new silk dresses Are for missionaries wives. 'eThose love-lorn, misit slippers Are for eligible young men, From whom these diamond ornaments Are expected back again. This nondescript variety Of presents which you view I scatter round to everyone, Save, possibly, to you" of, as you say, Saint Nicholas, You all these things procure, How is it that at Christmastide We feel so wretched poorg Why is it that the Christmas stores Are open night and day, Where human lives have double waste For only single pays" ''Prsy don't speak so distressinglyl I'd have you understand If you can aid Saint Nicholas It is a duty grand; To give, sir, is far pleasanter Than to Christmas gifts receive; This is high-wrought sentiment You must struggle to believe"
 Boston Globe.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-24
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Even the cranberry crop is larger than usual in this year of big crops. The Cape Cod cranberry growers will receive a mil lion and quarter for their work.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-24
The Annual Meeting

nF the First Ecclesiastical Society in New Ha- O ven will be held at its chapel on Monday evening. December 2S, at half past o'clock. JUsTUs S. HoTCHKIss, W. R. H. TRowBRIDaE HENRY O. WHITE, E. HAYES TRowBRIDGE, JR. ELI WHITNEY, JR., ARTHUR D. OSBORNE, NATHAN H. SANFORD, LUzoN B. MORRIS, CHARkEs s. MKRsIcK, OLIVER s. WHITE,
 d2a St SocIEyY's COMMITTEE,
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-24
Itch and Salt Rheum.

ITO all afflicted with the itch, salt rheum or
 l any skin disease that scales and drops oft and then scales again, etc., make salve which Is as harmless as butter, that will heal the dis eased parts in frem to 10 weeks, no matter how long standing or what remedies you have tried, and build a new skin as healthy as new born babe's, the disease never to return again. Not gold to druggists. To be had only from yF. PETRE, East Haven, Conn.,, n. % and 1Gc stam- cfoe Matp for . { os. aas. U16 5ys
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-24

In order to close out Holiday Goods we have decided to offer the bal ance of our stock at Mark down Prices. So don't forget that the remaining four days,
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-24

ush." The jockey promptly settled the

oShs AAS JSSASJ PhSARey oSseAS4 &AS case.
 Japan appears to be turning out her university graduates at faster rate than employment can be found for them. A Japanese contemporary states that many of this years Imperial university grsdu- ates have been unable to find employ ment, and says this state of things is gradually assuming 8 serious aspect. It would appear that the advancement made by the country in learning has not been accompanied by corresponding strides in commerce or the remunerative profes- sions, and until this is remedied Japan must expect to find the present discour- aging state of affairs assailing her young graduates in starting out in their struggle for existence.
 Lord Chief Justice Coleridge of England and Mir. Justice Wright have just given 6 decision of almost equal interest to the sellers and consumers of milk. A certain which did not contain its legal proportion of cream. He said that it was no fault of his. The milk complained of happened to be taken from the bottom of can, and was, of course, inferior to that which was taken from the top, because the natural tendency of cream was to rise. To ask him to interfere with the natural action of milk was preposterous. The magistrate took this view of the case and discharged the prisoner. An appeal was taken and Justice Coleridge holds that the magistrate was wrong. It did not matter, he said, whether the defendant had doctored his milk or not. The important point WAS that he had taken money for something which was not what it pretended to be, or what the law required that it should be. If the milk deteriorated from natural or other causes, he had no right to sell is as the perfect article.
 A friend of the Prince of Wales gives this description of Christmas at Sand ringham: Everybody is wskened at an early hour, and at 7:30 mother and daugh- ters meet in the breakfast room by big open fire and examine the presents from all over Europe, heaped on a large table. In few minutes the Prince of Wales and his two sons come in in rough tweed suits and knickerbockers, from their morning "appetizer," 8 brisk walk around the farms. The guests then come in and all sit down to breakfast robust enough to make lackadaisical imitators stand aghast, and then disperse ss suits their fancy. Services are attended at II, the Rev. F. Hervey officiating, and at luncheon is served. After lunch the Prince and his sons go out for another constitutional and the Princesses for drive. Dinner is served at 8, and after the principal meal of the day-all hearty ones-the entire household assemblies in the drawing room, where the evening is passed with old fashioned games.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-24

scured by c wordy explanation. It is true that all physicians theoretically admit that the state of mind has 6 most decided in- huence on so-called bodily health, which is, by the way, more often thsn is general ly supposed but 8 material expression of a mental condition
 Now pray do not let any one infer from the latter part of this statement that | have accepted the conclusion that there is no matter, and that what the senses de- clare to be objective facts are but phan- tasns, fer such is by no means the case. I have no notion either now or at any time in the future of accepting part for the whole, at least not when know that am doing So. What I do wish to say is that bad temper, whether it has its manifesto tion in violence, nagging fretfulness, sur ly moroseness or in forever expecting the disagrseable, very soon brings about q condition of body which invites the mil crobe of disease
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-24

Bishop Potter's sermon last Sunday in which he stated that beauty in women leads to wickedness has made not little stir. No woman will heartily accept that and many of them would rather be sinful than homely.
 Race prejudice is 8 queer thing. The Choctaws dislike the black skinned negroes, and have adopted law for their exclusion from the Choctaw coun- try. The Choctaws dislike the whites not less than the blacks, and hold that they themselves are the cream of creation.
 Here is an advertisement published in a New York periodical: eve will send five pounds of reading matter prepaid for one dollar. Nothing sent but that will be found of general interest, and always a va risty. In this way good reading matter can be put in circulation Early orders will get the best selection. Prices are net, no discount to agents, and not less than five pounds sent" Twenty cents pound for good reading matter cannot be called dear.
 The other day horse jockey in Aroos- took county, Maine, repented of his sharp practices, joined the church and announced that if he had taken unfair advantage of anyone in horse trade he would be glad to square things by paying the difference in cash. It was scarcely daylight the next morning when neighbor, who considered that he had been 'sroasted" in swap witf the newly converted jockey, made his ap pearance at the latter's door, re,narkine that he had "coWe early to advpid tho