The National tribune., 1895-01-17
TDITOIvS CHAT.
ESSAYS, Orations and Debates, and a Fe"
Thoughts on Timely Topics.

Thoughts Timely Topics.
ANYIE's REQUEST
wouId he glad if our President would give
o talk on Essays, Orations, aud Debates, IN tue
Editors Chat.
Annie NJ. Defbaugh, Shannon, ". Va.
First, then, the Essay. Select your subject
and stick TO it. Write simply. avoid long SEN
fences. aud be brief. BE careful not TO repeat
yourself DO not use too many adjeetives; and
do not resort TO the comparative and super
lative except in describing something far be-
You'd the ordinary.
Avoid ouotstions whenever possIblei reject
rour own thoughts, and not those of another.
Use periods frequently, and EXPLANATIONS spar
ingly.
When you are all through. read over care
fully what You have written, and cross out all
the superTluous words and sentences you can
find. The essay should be smooth, flowing,
and running in strong currents like the mighty
river. or flashing into ripples like the mountain
stream.
Second. the Grafton. This, in form, should
be more impassoned than the essay, since
oratory and poetry are next OF kin
Suppose your subject is Abraham Lincoln.
1t would he proper for you TO begin in some
such way MS this; . The great man whose VIZ
tues j would depict towers above common men
MS the sun-kissed pinnacle or Mont Blanc
towers above the surrounding Alps. Mont
Blanc is the king Of mountains crowned ny
the ages untold; Abraham Lincoln is the
crowned king Of uncrowned men, his crown
the crown Of Immortality"
The greatest orations have never been writ
ten: they were the passionate onibursts OF
human feeling. The shout of victory, the
wall for The dead, the exultation OF success,
the anathema of despair.
Marc Antonys Grafton over the dead Cesar
is a perfect example OF its kind. "LochiePs
Warning" is a better Grafton than IL is
poem.
The language OF the Grafton is extravagant,
because il deals with higher emotion; it
sbuDds in metaphors, in strong contrasts, in
persuasion. ia eulogy, in pronunciation.
Third. Debates in the debate, the subject
is taken up in its lights and shades. Tho
affirmative presents the favorable side; tie
negative, The nnfsvorable.
Suppose the subject be-
Resoiucd, That representative government Is
better thar monarchy ia securing popular rights
The afi rmative would bring forward artu-
ments to prove that Democracy, or Republic,
formed by Tie people and under their control
could be made TO sIbserve the best interests of
all classes. citing the United States ex-
ample and showing up the expressions and
weakness OF a monarchy.
The negative would.Aold 10 the divine right
of Kings cite the advantages Of fraternal su-
thority and show how Kings and Kingdoms are
ordained of God aud tell how much safer il is
10 have ann0iuied heads do your thinking and
planning and governing than il is to do il
yourself, allow the dangerous elements"
20 have a voice in y0nr affairs.
In debates the affirmative opens and the
negative follows, after which the affirmative
closes in a brief summing up. II there is more
81 ni, IA has
In debate be careful not TO lose your temper
and always give your opponent fair play and
courteous treatment.
AVOID EXTREMES.
Too much food is as hard on the system rs
too little food. and too much clothing as hard
nc too little clothing. Avoid overlooking the
stomach. and avoid overwrapping the body.
The stomach. liver and kindeys go on strike
IL too long ovcrtaxed. and the whole body comes
90 standstih.
The pores Of the skin need air and are thrown
into fever heat If you shut of all ventilation
from the body Put on an extra garment when
IL 10 very cold, bet substitute it tor lighter
one when IL noderates
DIPHTHERrA A LOCAL MALADY
Notwithstanding the claims OF the anti-toxine
practitioners that diphtheria is a constitutional
affection, yielding only TO constitutional rene
dies there is large class OF practitioners who
u
good eerm-kiler is chiefly necessary In hand
ling this terrible nalady.
Amos J.. Seaman, who believes that anti
to1ine is merely a medical craze. "a fad like
tubereuliDe," sends copy OF the Medical Brief,
with which he i associated. cont aiming an
article by w. 7. Waugh. NJ. d.. Professor Of
Practice and Clinics in Cincinnati and Chicago
Med ical Institutes, who is an advocate OF the
local germ theory.
DR. Waugh says that peroxide Of hydrogen,
some other good germ killer, applied locally
with hygiene precautions, are all that is needed
in the cure of diphtheria. He lays much
stress on hygiene, aud SAYS thai Of 1000 cases
coming under his supervision while serving on
the Board OF Health Of Philadelphia every
severe malignant case developed where
there violation OF the health laws on
the premises "Such," he says, AS a wagon
load of oecaying vegetables in the cellar a
cess pool OVERLOOKING or leak ing into the cellar
foul heaps OF filth in the alley. backyard, or
gutter"
When these were present the case did badly;
when the nuisance was abateG. the medicines
being given suddenly took hold and began
10 cure the casc.
As result Of good hygiene and antiseptic
treatment DIR Waugh reports that he has not
lost case OF diphthera in 10 years. He feeds
bis patient on highly nutritious food as beef
eggs. milk. oysters, clam broth. given with
quinine. wine aud tineture Of iron.
In conclusion. he says: In nearly every
case where / have been summoned TO the coun-
try, in consultation over dipbtberia, / have
found that impure dripking-1ater was the
source Of infection
Cyrus Exon says there is not a well in the
United States whose water is ft to drink and
the deeper one goes into the matter the nearer
he will come 10 agreeing with the statement"
To all this we may remark that all theories
aside as 70 the proper medical treatment OF
ciphtheria, there be but one view as TO
the importance Of cleaning up house and
premis es as a precaution against diseases Of
ell kinds, and of boiling the water before using
81 in the season OF epidemics and contagious
HAPPY HOUSEHOLD.