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PRICE FIVE CENTS.

Verdlct OF physicians that another years
lie would never fall 10 the sufferers lot.
He was then pale and wan and much dis
pIrlted. 1t Is hard to believe that Mr..
Magee could have benefited him, but OF
this fact there can be no doubt.
The person who confrOn ted the reporter
IN Mr.. Magee's room was scarcely the
same person that he lad seen two years
previously. The marks of disease were
still there, its infallible grip upon the
"life-strings" still manifest muscular
medicine could never break that. But [
am BETTER said the patient; 81 am al
most we'll"
There was one case especially worthy of
attention. 1t was interchangeable
affi iction of st. Vitus dance. The patient
had been under Mr.. Magee's care for two
years.
"When he came to me-" said Mr.. Magee,
The could not raise his feet from the ground
In walking. He had to shuttle along, drag
ging his toes across the ground, wearing
out mis- shoe leather, and coming up with
distressing jerk at the conclusion of every
step. His head bobbled about in all drec-
tons. his hands were utterly beyond con-
troll. and even his speech was almost an I'M
! Ineligible mutter. Now you see how
changed he has become. His articulation
is quite fair. he can lift his feet at least
objects IN his hand steadily enough to
allow him to read book, for instance
He is not nervous in the presence of
strangers and where formerly he avoided
now he seeks the cOmpanionship Of fellow
students"
Has he had any medical treatment9
You surely would not have one believe that
the Improvement Is due entirely to train
ing in the gymnasium"
Possibly not. Only know he has had
no doctors medicine since he same to me
nothing but systematic muscular drill
ga Ion LOT tod tn hni Il e
Yes, muscular medicine is a great pam
acea, said Mr.. Magee in conclus ION. you
have only seen half OF what it can do. In
deed the world has only half tried it."
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work for which his training has especially
qualified him-the treatment of the invall d
and the crippled.
All persons when entering the univer-
sity are subjected to rigid physical ex-
animation. Those who are found to be
sound of body are assigned at once to
regular class courses iu the gymnasium.
Those who are in some manner weak or
manned OF deformed hare their failings
closely examined under a physicians in
spection. and are forthwith assigned to
exercises adapted to their strength.
Almost a sixth of the students en- tering
each year are subject 20 some ailment. In
he class OF '97. the present freshmen.
there were over fifty. The majority were
suffering from weak heart, or what is
popularity known as heart disease" others
from rupture, paralysis. ST. Vitus dance,
varcose veins, spinal curvature and an
chylosIs. With those from the preceding
classes they make up a group of nearly
eighty, requiring special exercises apart
from those given to the regular classes.
This entails an immense amount of work
for Mr.. Magee, but the gentleman is an
enthusiast, and would work his arms off if
thereby ne could see the way clear TO
beneftjug a man whose body is not so
good as his own. A reporter had the
privilege of visiting Mr. Magee a short
time since and witnessed the extent and
enthusiasm OF the gentleman'S efforts. In
the course Of the forenoon all shapes and
sizes and deformities of mankind appeared
before the Instructor. Hump-shOuldered
bookworms, not many of them; men with
crooked legs, with distorted arms, with
one side paralyZed; men wearing trusses
for rupture; men with withered hands,
with crooked backs, with ''rickets," with
knocked knees, with club feet, with ST.
Vitus dance. Mr.. Maeee patiently went
through the course of exercise with each
one, and sent him away in better spirits
than he had entered with. The reporter
was not surprised that the book worm lost
his dOleful appearance, or that here and
there pale and sallow boy got color in to
his cheeks and little sprightliness into
his step. But when the men who really
were crippled entered he could not help
eXclaimiBg aside to Mr.. Magee:
"What, do those poor fellows take your
courses, too? What can they do; that
fellow with the steel support on his leg.
for instauce?"
''He has another leg. has he notP" re-
turned the instructor.
Certainly"
well. we exercise that one. Put the
the blood flow on the side that is not par
has may be fOstered and increased. Be-
cause man is partial cripple he need
not he utterly helpless"
"Will you ever be able to give him the
use of both sides ?" the repoI ter asked.
Hardly" replied Mr.. Magee. but if
there is the least possibility of his ever
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ters, that splinter MEETINGS were np and
the carDentePs department i'll an efficient
STATE for the repair oil damages. Engineer
Speights stood by the bell communicating
with the eDRine-rOOm. Below Chief En-
glDeeT Kim bell and his assistants stood al
their posts. while Fleet Surgeon Foliz and
his assistants made preparations for the
care of the wounded.
The admiral stood on the poopdeck sur
rounded by his staff. Suddenly a rocket
followed by second, darted into the air
from the right bank of the river; and soon
hrst one battery and then another opened
out uuOn the ship, the Hartford's men TAX
ing aim by the fash of the enemy's guns.
Inc ship QulveUed at each discharge Of her
Dahlgrens, and seemed mass of fire. AS
the action became general. the pyro-
technic display was magnificent. The
passed across the heavens like meteors.
Inc enemy's boDfires, built along the
shore in order to facilitate their aim, en-
hanced the grandeur of the scene"
A speaking-tube had been fixed from the
mlZzentop to the wheel, and in the top the
pilot had his station that lie might have an
unrestricted view. But soon log and
smoke so enYelOped the ship that he could
no longer see ahead and the Hartford 5
firing ceased. Not a moment too soon,
| however, for the dispersion Of the smoke
revealed the ship running ashore directly
under the enemy's guns. Indeed, for an
/ instant she grounded, but her consort, the
! AlbatrosS, dashed to her port side aud
! backed her off into the middle of the
stream.
Farragut now deemiDg it prudent to
discontinue firing. the Hartford forged
ahead under full steam and anchored be-
yond range, having been under fire an
hour and ten minutes. with loss of only
one killed and two slightly wounded,
! though the ship had suffered cODs 1erabl lie
! damage AS the other ships taking part
| in this action met with injuries and OBJ
Stacles that rendered progress impossible
! they dropped down the stream again, and
the Hartford. with her cOnsOrt, remained
/ and effeetualIy blockaded the mouth of
the Red River.
| While here the Hartford met with some
| stirring adventures. AS with the Alba
.ross she one day approached Grand Gulf
several negroes were seen on the levee
/ pointing with frantic geSticulations to the
cliffs above. One old woman in particular
attracted attention by the dramatic way in
which she waved her bandanna. The ex
planatlOn was soon apparent in long line
! OF fresh earth on the CiiIf side, whence
battery of rit1ed field pieces opened fire OIL
the ships. The Hartford's return fire be
! ing Ineffective on account Of the extreme
! elevation OF the battery, she passed aheaC
with her cOnSOTt under full steam, but no
before two were killed and six wounded.
Again, in passing the apparently de
serted village of Warrenton, a casemateC
battery opened on the ship, but here The
gunners were driven off by a well-directeC
brosdside. Admiral Farragut passed sew
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given pose to illustrate the course of exer-
else Of which he was about to speak, "pav
particular attention TO the muscles along
side of the curvature and apply frequent
hand pressure.
Another interesting weakness that fire.
Quentlv requires our treatment is that Of
the back. One student we have had been
injured by being thrown from a horse
early in boyhood. A weak back resulted
and he was so foolish as to favor
the injured part so much that his
stomach became cramped and dis
eaSed from his STOPPING. OF course the
whole body followed in The degeneration
He has been with US now a year and a
half, and has become almost as straight
and sound as anybody. His stomach is
strengthened, his chest expanded, and his
expression become bright and clear with
good health. The only medicine he has
received in all the time is muscular
Next to srnal curvature, the most
common aft ctiOn among men is perhaps
the weak heart. In the last entering
class at the university as many as thirty
students we're excluded from the regular
exercises because Of weak heart Many
of them had been forbidden by their
home physicians to participate in the class
work We, of course, had to recognize
this ban: bur. you know, the university
is very much like an army; it has It's own
laws and thew ere inexorable; and it has
! its own physicians as a court of reference
as it were. for the afflicted. We examine
every student, and in seven cases out of
| every ten find that ali the weak heart need s
TO make il strong is q little exercise Judi
cioualy directed.
I'VE begin upon the patient with simple
breathing exercises to purify the lungs
and blood and rid the heart of ANYTHING
apt 10 hinder growth. Then we apply our-
selves to the building up of the muscular
system, to the Teplenishirg of the tissues
and the STRENGTHENING of the process of
circulation. taking care to avoid anything
tnat will call heavily upon the activity
OF the heart. The heart being in itself n
muscle therefore participates IN the general
growth and gradually assume strength
There have been numerous cases in the
university OF men thoroughly cured by
these methods. and we have now with
US several who ara well on the
way to recovery. OF one IN particular
! wish TO speak. He is a victim of cigar
cite smoking, and his respiratI0n had been
so far impaired that the least active exer-
else would almost PROSTATE him. In one
month we have reduced the action of his
heart from 100 TO los, although he still
continues smoking the vile cigarette
Mr.. Magee had by this time made quite
convincing demonstration to THE CALL
reporter of the efficacy OF his muscular
medicine" There remains but one more
case 10 emphasize and drive the proof
home. 1t was case Of consumption.
The person in question bad been under
Mr.. Magee's tuition-if such is the proper
name for muscular treatment OF disease
for eighteen months. The reporter hap
uened TO have seen the person two years
previously, when it had been the general
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VOLUME LXXV-NO. 50.

from time to time fred upon from the
river banks and menaced by hre-rafts-
fiatbOats piled high with dry wood satu-
rated with tar and turpentine. which
were fired and set adrift by the enemy.
Several expeditions sent out from her
did good service. One, to Biloxi, captured
two guns and obtained much valuable
information. At Baton Rouge, the officers
and men sent ashore having been attacked
and wounded, she opened her battery on
the city, doing much damage. She shelled
and silenced The Chalmette batteries and
the earthworks at WarrentOn, Grand Gulf
and other points.
She destroyed 1O. 900 bushels Of corn and
meal. numerous rebel fiatboats used for
! the transportation Of supplies, manufacto-
ries of sugar and molasSes, and quantities
of barreled sugar. besides receiving nu-
meTOus deserteTs from the rebel forces and
taking many priS pnefs.
At last she sailed the waters of the
great river unmnIested and was cheered
as she passed the feet, the church bells of
New Orleans saluting her as she went hv.
Finally she steamed into New York har-
Dor and came 10 anchor off the Battery,
August 10. 1868, having been in active
service exactly one year and seven months.
But these are merely the incidental hap
penlngs OF her adventurous cruise The
glory of the Hartford is the story of her
grand achievements at the battles of New
Orleans and Mobile Bay-achieyements
lndissOlubly linked with the fame of our
great naval hero. Farragut.
The Mississippi River was the stronghold
OF the COnfederacy. In the then pOpu ar
phrase, i was 1.-The backbone of the rebel
llon. No victory or series of victories
could be decisive which left the enemy in
possession of that huge internal waterway
with its Gordon of land batteries and its
tiotllas and submarine destroyers intact
All the armies of the world, had they been
at our disposal, would have been made
quate to the task Of effectually investing
those thousand miles of river banks. while
the enemy had the river itself 70 fall back
npon, for nothing could successfully cur.
tail their supplies or impede their move
m1Dts so long as they held command of the
great water highway. Who would take
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Secondary electric currents were discoy-
ered by Joseph Henry.
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st. Vitus dance can be almost, II not
entirely, cured by physical culture. Heart
disease can be overcome, spinal curvature
rectified and many nervous diseases made
better by the same treatment. At least.
so says Instructor Walter Magee of the
State University, who is an expert in the
matter.
Mr.. Magee halls from the Great Provi-
dence Sanitarium in Rhode Island. which
is famous the country over for its sue
cessful treatment of the invalid and the
crippled. For several years he has had
exclusive direction of the department of
physical culture at Berkeley, and under
the compulsory system in vogue there has
plished wonders in the develop
ment of the students physique, which are
patent TO all observers. But there is one
phase of his work which seldom or never
reaches the public eye; and that is the
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CENTERED,

To each mans life there comes a time supreme
One day. one night, one morning or one noon
One freighted hour, one moment opportune
One rift through which sublime fuliiIments
CLEAN;
One space when fate goes tiding with the stream
One once, in balance 'tNixt Too Late Too
Soon,
And ready for the instants boon
To tip in favor the uncertain beam
An, happy he who. knowing how TO wait
Knows also how 10 watch, aud work and
stand
On Life's broad deck alert, and at the prov
To seize the passing moment, big with fate
From Opportunity's extended hand,
When the great clock of destiny strikes Now
MARY ASHLEY TOWNSEND
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AN INOUIRING MIND.
The Misunderstanding Man Asked a
Very Touching Question.

chicago
And now" said the learned lecturer on
geology, who had addressed a small but
deeply attentive audience at the village
hall, 81 have tried TO make these prob
lens, abstruse as they may appear, and in
volving in their solution the best thoughts,
the closest analysis and the most pro-
found Investigations of our ablest seien-
titic men for many years. have tried, L
say, TO make them seem comparatively
simple and easily understood in the light
of m odern knowledge. Before ] close this
lecture / shall be glad to answer any cues
tons that may occur In you as to points
that appear to need clearing up or that
may have been overlooked"
There was a silence of few moments.
and then an notwithstanding man in the
rear of the hall rose up.
81 would take ii as a favor" he said. "jf
you could tell me whether science has pro-
duced as yet any reliable and certain cure
for warts?"
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A French authority estimates the wealth
CO the United Kingdom at $4,000 ,000, 600
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She Stood on Ceremony.
London Tit Bits.

Miss Gladys severely Bridget, your
manners are not good. You should moi
came into the room so. suddenly when Mr..
Callalot Is passing the evening with me.
Bridget. disguised. And il
1t student you call II. an me wild me ear
to the blessed key1ole full thrse-quarter:
of an hour.
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requiring the use of the paralyzed side

Those chances consist Of?"
"Good circulation of the blood, fuller
respiration. and better ability to build up
the tissues"
1.-THE same principle applies to the
whole system Of muscular treat
meut for disease" explained Mr.. Magee
Take a man with a hunchback. for in
stance. His chances against i'll health are
pretty slim. His head is jammed down on
his sb 0ulders; his lungs and stomach are
crowded together: none of his inner parts
have free play; and he has little POSSIBLE
ity OF either building up or maintaining
freedom from disease. Ican't Go much for
him. but L can exercise his arms and legs
and give him light breathing exercises to
I'LL his lungs to their best capacity. so that
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oTNERS Far.
r. l. sWEANY. M. o.

experience, and . mind devoted to his profession.
DR.. Sweeney snould have achieved enviabIa
reputation for curing distressing and obstinate
cases which had been given up as incurable?
AS yet no OF failure can be discovered
against him. and sueh ability and skill to combat
and conquer all diseases of men and women have
never before been demonstrated.
Although the doctor charges in some cases more
than ordinary physicians and specialists serv.
ices are certainly of different value and if any
one thing be worth more than anything else it is
certainly the services of a competent aud success
full physician and specialist who never loses
sight of q single case until a perfect and perma-
nent is effected. Those who are afflicted
should not waste time, money and health dosing
with cheap treatments. cheap medicines and nos
trums,
The doctor gives his services free of charge to
the poor and worthy who call at his office every
Friday afternoon, and many expressions OF gratl-
tude and praise go out daily from the poor
well Is from those who have paid MIN
well for valuable and successful services
rendered. AS DR.. Sweany is truly
upright, conscientious and charitable, and as a
physician he is thor oughIy competent, earnest and
successful, and any and all persons who may be
suffering from any human ailments whatever will
do themselves great injustice if they do not cali
upon him, even if their troubles have resisted all
other efforts TO cure. He treats nervous debility
OF every kind, name and nature far in advance OF
any other institution IN this country.
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THE STORY OF HIS SUCCESS.
The Great Specialist Has Made Life Anew
to Thousands and Tens Of Thou
sands Who Had Been Given Up BY
Other Physicians - His Speeialties
and Mode of Treatment.

By his skill as 4 specialist Dr. Sweany has
completely reyolutionized the practice OF medi-
cine and surgery in San francisco.
Standing TO- day, IS he does far in advance of
any specialist or medical institution In the coun-
try his wonderful success and skill are the out
growth OF several conditions by which alone
what he has done in San Francisco could be
accomplished.
First-The qualifications with which nature has
endowed him, as evidenced by his keen percep-
ton into the mysteries of ali diseases with which
those who apply to him AFFLICTED. He IL thus
enabled to clearly distinguish the exact character
of the complaint and to conceive the proper and
most effective kind of treatment for its entire
cure.
Second-He is wholly devoted to his profession.
having no other desire for achievement than TO
make stin grander the complete success which he
has thus rar attained His great stability of char.
acrer, his unceasing study and untiring energy 10
accomplish that which he sets out TO 10. together
with many more great and noble qualities which
one soon recognizes in him. all serve to advance
him in his most worthy ambition.
Thrd-His great advantages Of study and expe.
rience In the leading and best colleges and hos
pitfalls in the land, where he served In all Depart
ments and where his great natural ability was
acknowledged in all branches as being superior TO
his quite worthy but less successful associates.
have all helped to assist him IN his work.
Is 1t any wonder that with all of these adj
vantages in his favor, natural ability. study,
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CAMERON ON SILVER.
Above Everything Else the Senator
Is q Republican.

WASHINGTON, Nov Ex-senator Cam
eron denies that feature of a Denver
story sent out last night which states that
he has corresponded with the projectors
of a new "silver party" about to be
launched and is in hearty sympathy with
the movement.
Il have had no such correspondence as
to silver party or anything in that line."
said be. Like Mr.. Hill, who says L am
a Democrat 1 can say, I am a Repub-
lican,' although l am Republican who
believes thoroughly in silver"
General Warner, president of the BIZ
metallic League, is expected here next
week with some information on the West
ern movement for a silver party. Gordon
Clark, acting secretary of the league. says
that the statement from Denver is prob
ably correct. A meeting will be held at
an early day. Mr.. Clark says, but the time
and place have not yet been determined.
AS to the details of the movement Mr..
Clark is not informed. He says, however,
that silver party will undoubtedly be
formed by the force of circumstances.
Thus far the POpulists have given the
greatest encouragement to silver, and not
withstanding recent reports to the con-
trary, MIR. Clark says the Populisrs are
stronger than ever TO assist silver. Their
total vote reached 100000. and they will
hold the balance Of power in the Senate
after Marcn next. A balance of power
in the Senate means balance of power ia
Congress and in all national legislation.
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UNION MAN KILLED.
Ii Was in a Row Growing Out of
the Chicago Plumbers Strike.

CHICAGO. Nov. 1O.-James Doyle, treas
urer of the Junior Plumbers Association,
was shot and killed tonight by Harry K.
Burgess, an ironworker. For some time
a strike has been in progress at the Mar
quette building, corner OF Dearborn and
Adams streets. Assaults by union men,
of whom Doyle was one, have been numer-
Gus. Tonight when Burgess and a COM
panion were leaving their work they were
assaulted by crowd OF union men with
Doyle at their head. A fierce fight fol-
lowed, and Doyle was carried away with
a bullet in his skull. he died in the hos
pital an hour later. Burgess gave him.
self mn.
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ALEXANDRIA, FUNERAL TRAIN.
Russia Pays Respect TO the Mem
0rX of the Late Car

KHARKov. Nov. 1O.-The funeral train
bearing the remains of the late Gar ar
rived from Sebastopol, after stopping at
Simtorpol, Paylograb and Spassoff. and a
church near Borkt where requiem masses
were celebrated for the repose of the soul
of Alexander Ill
The arrival of the imperial train at
Spassof Monastery was a striking scene.
The railroad station was draped With black,
lighted torches were to be seen on all sides.
the bells tolled and the military band
played funeral music. The requiem mass
at Spassoff was celebrated in the presence
of the Car. the imperial family and all the
mourners belonging TO the royal family
taking part in the funeral. All the local
military and civic officials were also pres