Morning journal and courier., 1892-04-28
Prophet Shurfs on Deck.


 The prophecy of Ernest George shurig was in part as follows:
 tory. Smoke and bad odors fill the air. As my eyes grow accustomed to the gloom see Harry
 N Foster bending over a huge cauldron and stirring vigorously. He is brewing the elixir of life. Suddenly there is a terrible explosion and our chemist is blown through the roof and goes up with a frightful velocity until he passes out of the range of earths attraction and finally is "severai days after George w. Mixter, the great electrician of the time, succeeds in making
 word that he is alive but has lost that which was dearer to him than life itself, his much prized "Mixter's partner, Harry N Foster, is great photographer, and has invented a camera so poweIfu that a man can actually be seen on the moons surface. MiXter Is now working on a machine with which to get Foster back to home and friends.
 sThe scene changes once more and am in an editors sanctum a poor and comfortlsss place. ent, that the editor is to be found in. He has
 left his Sssk and is grinding out the weekly is press. There is a rap at the door, and as he
 mate s 6 aBert @ Barker As the door pe opens sS an other of that famous class enters in the person
 of Francis H. Todd. He is now scientific farm or and has come to bully the editor beause it rained and spoiled his hay when the Budget pre- dicted fair weather. This is too much
 for for Bark Barker; e, All All the morning men have been in l club and there is a terrible struggle between | our ex athletes. They grapple with each other l down the stairs and out into the gutter, upset tIng peanut stand which stands on the side walk. The irate peanut vender begins to scold came running from all directions. Looking at him see my classmate John N. Farren. Two policemen quickly appear and march the offend CTS off to jail to be tried the next day. Barker has secured for his counsel the eminent lawyer, H. G. Wagner, and am positive he will win his case, for Brownie will talk and argue until
 all agree with him to avoid being talked to death. .I next find myself in a city street, watching with crowds of eager people circus parade go by. clown, seated on donkey and smiling and making faces at the crowd, attracts my at and has on great deal of paint and a wonder
 recognizs William ". Little. Soon a wagon fat man, under which is printed William Barnes, the great hash eater; the fattest man on earth, photographed by himself
 l "Just then someone hits me on the shoulder. turn and see Gideon Wells. In the course of conversation ask him if he is still as fond of hunting in school days. He says that at present he is hunting for office and hopes to become secretary of the navy like his distin- guished relative.
 "Once nor the scene changes. I see before me a small schoolhouse Entering one of the rooms find there charles H. Osborn teaching a Kindergarten class the rudiments of arithmetic. The sight fills me with sadness and pass to an- other room and find the light of '9s, Alexander Cahn giving class of young vocalists a lesson.
 Just at present he is singing solo. AS he strikes an extremely high note it is too much for me and lose consciousness. When recover find myself under the same tree where had lain down to rest; but night has come on and it is damp and cold. All the way home ponder on what have seen, wondering whether it re-
 eide will leave 1t to the future to prove and my classmates may be the judges"
 A song by the class, "Eidorado," closed the ex- ercises.