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AN AID TO LONGEVITY-By DR.. W. E. Evans

blow under the fabby freight of pie
thora. Her life is quietly lived She
knows nothing of the excitements and
| excesses of fashionable life. Everything
is done by rules, which by long prac-
tiee have become part of her nature
and are now spontaneously observed
She was visited a few days ago and
in answer to questions she said her meth
cd of life was controlled by these simple
princiISes-be strictly honest, be Just in
all yous dealings, keep quiet, live plain
ly, and eat onionsl This last item was
surprise to her hearer, seeing which
she dwelt at some length upon the life
sustaining qualities of the bulbous plant
that We all call the onion, but which
in any worthy work on the science of
materia medica is called allium cepa, al
though the high-sounding name does not
change the pungency of the odor
Mrs. Greene expatiated upon the dietic
and medicinal properties of the onion
and said that she ate them every day of
her life.~ She prefers them baked, not
because they are more wholesome thus
prepared, but she considers them trifle
more toothsome. 1t is matter of Won
der to Mrs. Greene that so many people
disregard the onion as an article of diet
since it is so nourishing and is possessed,
of so many prophylactic virtues.
l was quite interested in Mrs. Greene's
estimate of the onion, for only a few
days before l had received letter that
contained a short treatise on the value OF
the onion, together with an emphatic
statement of its therapeutic value In near
ly all the disorders that flesh is heir
to-" l remembered that in the country
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n EW women attain the age of three
score-years-and-ten and yet MAIN
L tain the ability of mind and body
properly to care for great business IN
terests in which are involved many mil
lions of dollars. Indeed, this same re-
mark may be applied to men as we'll as
TO women. I think that women usually
reach their zenith at about 40, and men
at 80, from which time body and mind
begin to lose their snap vigor and alert
ness The much talked of dead line
has been drawn at 50. But there are
many exceptions to these propositions
among men, apd some exceptions of a
notable character among women.
Mrs. Hetty Greene of New York city
reached her 72d birthday about two weeks
ago. She is an extraordinary woman in
many respects. She is the owner of many
millions of dollars and looks after the
investments herself There is not a man
of business in the great city where she
lives who could invest money to greater
advantage than she does Her penetra-
tion OF financial problems is an unerring
instinct. On all subjects her mental fac
ulties possess a marvellous acumen. She
boasts, without touching wood, that she
is never sick. She makes out no checks
payable to doctors or druggists and If
these gentlemen depended upon her for
their living they would die in short Or
Ger. She expects to live to be a cente-
marian and so far as appearances go one
is. apt to think that she will not be
disappointed. She is muscular and wiry
The annoying fat of old age has no ter
rors for her, however much others may
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cataplasms, or poltices of onions were an
piled in cases of Group. congestion of the
lungs, Inflammation of the bronehia. and
the like, and also in instances of swollen
joints and other abnormal enargements
Il was considered of superior value in
rheumatism. and in cases of stone bruise
it was without an equal in affording re-
lief.
In those days in the country mothers
and grandmothers were the doctors. They
did not know the relieving and healing
virtues of their experiential remedies by
their scientific names. but they knew the
beneficial results that usually followed
theif application in needed cases. They
knew the onion to be the best stimuant
under given conditions and the most sue
cessful antispasmodic in hydrophobia and
bronchitis. And this was better than the
ability to write out the puzzling formula
"Allyl sulphide, an essential oil of garlic
found in onions, &C, H10, s."
The dietetical value of the onion largely
grows out of natures proportional ad-
mixture of oil and water in the bulb,
and in the quality of the OIL A large
number of vegetables are valuable as ar
ticles of diet chiefly on account of their
oil, and this is eminently true of the
onion. Without close analysis of the
onion to discover wherein lies it's nour-
ishii properties Sir John Sinclair gave
statement to the effect that onions pos
sessed more nutrition than any other Vege-
table, and added: TT is a we'll known
fact that Highlander with few raw
onions in his pocket and crust of bread
or cake, can work or travel to an almost
incredible extent for two or three days
together without any other food"
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human anatomy. This is the practice
often employed in certain diseases of
the colon. Medicine Will not dislodge
a colony of germs therein. Despite all
medicaments the germs live and thrive
at the expense of the human body
and the integument of the colon. The
common practice is to give the patient
buttermilk. either that naturally or
scientifically compounded; because the
germs of buttermilk will at once set
upon and destroy the first germs and
yet do the colon no HARM
l suppose in some such way the oil
OF onion acts in the human organism,
only its sphere does not seem to be
confined to the colon.
1t does act upon the intestinal sys-
tenn, it is true but not merely in the
region of the colon. Then. its effect upon
the kidneys is most pronounced 1t seems
also to delay the hardening of the ar
teries, and tends to preserve their flexi-
bility and the normality of their aperture
This latter advancing age decreases, and
whatever preserves the tenuosity Of the
arteries makes the work OF the heart
easier and wards Off the invasions OF
age, encouraging longevity thereby. Thai
onion oil distinctly affects the blood there
can be no doubt. Precisely what the
effect is / do not think medical science
is ready to say. 1t may be that it tends
to preserve the proper proportions be-
tween the red and the white corpuscles
by destroying certain germs which CON
tinually assail them.
That the oil of onion is a powerful diff
fusive everybody knows. The odor OF
onion on ones breath is thought by some
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marked silence, and physical infirmity
This particular slave rarely smiled, and
when the pastor would call on him 10
pray. which he sometimes did. Jesse
Goldthwaite, the crippled slave, would re-
spond with fervency rarely heard.
When the emancipation of the slaves
came as a result of the close of the war,
there was much jubilation, but it seemed
note to affect Jesse Goldthwaite. Y Con-
scious that his end was near, freedom
could be of but slight benefit to him. The
distinguished white pastor noticed that
the old man-was not the least cheerful.
in the midst of the wild demonstrations
of racial joy, and the shadow of the
sorrow under Which the aged slave lived
never disappeared. After the slaves had
been free for some time, Jesse came one
day during the week into the study of
DR.. Tichenor. and addressing him as
master as he was in the habit of do
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1t is a fact with which We are all
acquainted that the most successful
laborers with pick and shovel are the
Italians. now so largely employed
throughout our country in building
railroad beds. and in the cities en-
gagged in paving streets. digging for
foundations and exeavating generally
They are usually small of body but
they surpass all others. in qualities of
muscular endurance. Yet there is not
a man of them who does not largely
live on onions. raw or cooked. Not
only is this true, but 1t is also the case
that they can and do withstand the
approaches of malarial poison more sue
ocssfully than any other class of la
horers in swampy sections. Where the
negro would have to stop and pack
himself with quinine to ward off chills
and fevers, the onion-eating laborer
from Italy continues to swing his pick
and fling his shovel,
1 suppose that incidentally we are
warranted in pronouncing the onion as
a prophylactic in near about the same
way that some other articles are so
regarded. 1t is well known that most
of our ailments proceed from a super
abundance of micro organisms. called
germs, in certain parts of the body
To dislodge these germs and rid the
system of them is a task that some
times battles all medicines In the phar-
macopoeia. In such case our doctors
employ some agency that possesses
more powerful germs than those that
cause the disorder and which, in their
voraciousness. will destroy the first
germs without being harmful to the
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ing, wished 10 know if he would be good
enough to write some letters for him.
DIR. Tichenor assured him that it would
be a pleasure to serve him. With diff
ficulty the old ex-slave took a seat that
was offered him, and leaning on his big
stick began by saying that when he was
stolen from his home in Maryland, his
father, mother, three brothers. and a
sister were then living in a thrifty village
in that state, the nane of which village
was given. But this was Just s. years
before. Jesse indulged the hope that some
of them still lived though he had NOT
heard from them since he was kidnaped
at the age of IS.
Never having heard his story. DR.. Tich-
enor encouraged him to give it. Jesse $
father and his family were free. The fam
lily lived on the outskirts of Maryland
village where the father owned a good
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Love Finds the Way
nm the Indianapolis star.

FROM the indianapolis star.
oh Bismarck" she whispered. fear
fully rs soon as he had hung up his
hat and coat. 81 fear all is over be-
tween us"
"Whatp he exclaimed, "can you mean
that all between us is over?"
81 canf' she sobbed 81 told papa last
night that you are an actor and ne
marry into his family. lie said he
would come down into the parlor to-
night and find out for himself"
Let him. cried the lover. "I will
recite Arftony's after-d dinner speech
over the body of Caesar to him, and
then he'll be glad enough to have me in
his old family. l trow.'
At that moment the portieres part
ed and Mr.. Snippledress stood in the
doorway, his brows drawn in a frown
and one foot ready for instant use.
"Ah-hah. and sou he cried. You are
the young"
"Just one moment, SIR" Interrupted
Bismarck Gun<o. In so confident, yet
respectful. a voice that Mr.. Snipple-
dross paused in surprise.
Without pausing for more parley
Bismarck launched Immediately into
AntoDy's grafton, which took him. what
with gesture and all, fully 15 minutes
lie paused, out of breath. but triumph
ant.
Take her with my blessings" said
Mr.. Snippledross, preparing to leave
the room again. rather apologetically.
MY mistake, young man--you're no ac-
tori"
Almost noiselessly the young people
fell into each others arms
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resolved on a course OF perpetual rebel
lion. His mistress sympathized with him
in his condition. after she learned his
story and sought to show him every pos
sible kindness. but his refractory dispo-
sition brought him under the stern dis
eipline of his master, who sought to
subdue him at any cost. While he was
forced TO succumh. he was not recon-
ciled TO his fate and resisted IN every
way possible. lie was notorious as
thief. liar and rfefane swearer, and in
his desperation he resolved to drown
his troubles in drunkenness. Exposure on
cold nights. while drunk, induced tho
rheumatism aud impaired his sight al
most to blindness.
The years wore wearily on, and when he
was brought under tho influence of the
preaching of DR.. riehcnor. Jesse became a
Christian, and thenceforth he sought to
lead q subdued and submissive life, but
his frame was now wreck. Advancing
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on the market come from this county.
About 30 carloads of this variety have
been stored in frost-proof warehouses.
all of which will be sold in New York city.
Tho finest favored as well as the
largest onion in the market is the Span
ish onion grown about Valencia. 1 recom-
mend this onion as a most wholesome
article of diet to those who want to try
the onion regime on the score of health
and yet pass the whole onion family by
on account of the cdor. When slightly
boiled the Valencia onion has no odor.
but Is q delicate and nutritious dish.
In view OF the increasingly high cost
of living, and in consideration Of the
nntritive qualities OF the onion. think
attention should be called to this valn-
able article of diet. The man who eats
onions IN large quantities will not need
meat. lie viii find in the onion nearly
all the qualities of tissue making food
that are needed for his physical sus-
tenance. Besides he will learn one of tho
secrets of longevity known so well to
tho ancients In those far off days when
they ate little or no flesh, but lived al
most altogether on the simplest vegetables,
the leek. a member of the onion family
being among them, and attained to great
age which now seems To us phenomenal.
There can be no doubt OF the fact that We
all eat too much meat. nor Is there any
question that we shorten our days there
by Let my reader. as mere matter of
experiment, leave Off his meat for awhile
and resort to onions, and note the inn
provement In his general health. the un-
usual vigor that has come to him, and
the youthful spring and elasticity that
marks his footstep.
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There is another saying of Ford that is
worth noting:
"When you have given a man some
thing, you know then you can talk to
him. You have basis to go on
Whenever any great organization OF
business is begun the first step is always
arrangement distribution of means Sc
that the end may be attained with the
smallest possible expenditure of energy
and time and material. That is known
as getting things in order"
The same thing applies to the conduct
of a life.
Before anything can be accomplished a
life must be put into working order
Above all, the proper expenditure of time,
''the stuff of which life is made" must
be made the subject of close. searching
Investigation and arrangement.
otherwise nothing worth while can be
done.
1t is trite to say that life passes like
then, against its waste!
In his book How to Live on Twer
ty-four Hours a Day" Arnold Bennett
speaks Of
THAT innumerable band of souls who
are haunted, more or less painfully, by
the feeling that the years slip by and
slip by and that they have not yet been
able to get their lives into proper work
ing order."
This does not mean devoting all of ones
waking hours to work. In a proper or
dering of ones life the hours to be de-
voted to recreation rank with those dedi-
Gated to work. But there should not be
so many of the former.
Bennett says in his book that one ot
the gravest faults to be found with mod
ern man is his waste OF time. He lets
the hours and the days and the weeks
slip by without even attempting the task
which he knows must be begun and fin
ished II he is to win the success which
he Graves Soon Ii Is too late even tc
begin.
If you desire to do something for your.
self or for others you must begin it. You
cannot get it done by merely thinking
of 1t, for after the necessary period OF
consideration--of incubation. as it were
start must be made.
If the hen were satisfied with think
ing about sitting on the egg instead OF
Pumping her soft, warm body on the
rounded surface, there would be nc
chickens to carry on the supply.
Get your life into working order. II
Is necessary preliminary to accomplish
ment. Have a schedule of hours and live
up to It.
There is q literary man who IL capabi,
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LITERATURE AND CORRUPTION-By Dr. George Eaves D. D.

traying what, long afterwards, Frederick
Denison Maurice described as "the con-
flict of good and evil in our day"
So that even in Elizabeth's time liter
ature was used for evil purposes, or pur-
poses which so true poet as Spenser be-
lieved to be evil. 1t would take me too
far afield to attempt to identify these
What is more to the purpose. is to at
tempt rather the identification of these
loathly frogs, and toads which, eyes do
Lack in our own time.
But first of all it must be admitted with
great joy that the forces of righteousness
are mighty in all modern literature Us
ing the word in it's most comprehensive
sense, including journalism and the pop
ular novels and novelettes, literature like
modern life itself, is laden with blessing
for mankind. Quickly and sympathetic
caly 1t mirrors the vast democratic, or
communal movement of our time. Each
attempt to bind it and blind it and make
it a slave to selfish Philistinism, meets
with the defeat 1T deserves In the pres
ent day the Philstine is not the uncul-
tured but the representative of selfish
traditions, who seeks to use the resources
of art and science for his further enrich
ment. Modern culture can only be de-
scribed as the force which is uniting
knowledge to the welfare of all the, peo-
pie. Like mankind itself, its roots run
down into the foul morass, a flower
blooming upon vast mountain of cor
ruption. What wonder if beside it other
flowers, poisonous and dreadful also
flourish?
With regard to Sponsors fierce outcry
1t is enough to remember that he was
supremely a moralist and Puritan, though
not bigot and not estranged from ma
ture. nor an alien to beauty. That which
he denounces is the use of literature for
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armies of teachers Is of the nature OF
a social disease. But that 1t is be-
ing cured is evident. The gentle knight
actually has his puissant sword at the
dragons throat. Because she Is hard
pressed she be-slimes the public high
way, as in Sponsors romance.
p I have been both amused and
amazed to find indisputable evidence Of
the illiteraey of many accepted authors
of magazine stories Seeing how far so
many "successfur' authors are from a
sure knowledge of their mother tongue,
their use of it for evil and ill-eonsid-
cred ends is the less remarkable Ger
! tainly next to the daily papers and
thCir weekly Sunday supplements, the
noble army OF the magazines must step
forward to the judgment seat of Spen-
ser Here too the sin is open. naked,
and unashamed. AS 10 this also the
whole world knows that certain cheap
magazines contain nothing but rub
hish mingled with tawdrily bedizened
uueleanness. Plays ana storyettes, mod
ern and ultra-modern. are devoted To
the unholy task of befouling the minds
of innocent virgins and stealing the oil
from their lamps. II will not be easily
that this monster shall be drained Of
the books and papers which period
icalIy she vomits against the 'silver
shield of pure intelligence. once more
the church must awaken her sons and
daughters to hate even the garment
spotted by the flesh" IL is a war be-
tween eroticism and love, between
the spirit of paganism and the
spirit of the Hebrew and the Chris
tian. Can we have both? Yes, when
Whiteness is as filth and love as hate.
1t seems at first long way from
all this pagan egotism and unsavory
sty to the debate on tago dances. Still
| further seems the border of that So
called psychological revival which is
said to perYade Washington society as
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need decency, truth, sincerity. faith.
And the fact that these words of mine
are written for and published by a
Sunday paper, well known for self-re-
spect and dignity, proves how needless
the opposite policy is, though tested by
merely financial standards. The other
sort is hardly less than a remittant in
suit to the people for whose pleasure
it is prepared. How many a sensitive
youth and maid is being insidously
perverted or poisoned by this recurring
attack upon their instincts of modesty
and reserve? Eternity holds the answer
to that question. Meantime the sweet
and gracious, but indignant, Eliza
bethan poet Judges syndicates and
papers throughout this land of the
Purilans, condemns readers as we'll as
publishers. and points to the deathless
anita gonism of all that is rightly and
noble towards all that is base and foul
and loathsome.
Indeed the Sunday paper. as well as
the Sunday picture show, might be
made and already largely is, a mighty
power, as ii is certainly a wonderful
opportunity of popular service and spir-
itual enfranchisemen The omnipresent
peril is the supervading commercial in
terest. More and more. as the level of
popular intellig igence rises through the
vast educational work of the day and
through the more aggressive ambition
of the churches. the profits Will flow
toward the higher levels of culture and
refinement and America Will look back
" ith amazement and dumb horror on
the proofs that in this twentieth cen
tury tons upon tons of ineffable and
Intellectual slush were converted into
reading matter and paid for by ad-
vertisers and the eager public. That the
curse itself perpetuates itself and neg
atiyes much sound educational work by
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Goldthwaite. The aged ex-siavs would
leave the presence of the pastor with a
heavy groan each time. and express the
hope that when he should come the next
time he might be able to learn OF his
loved ones OF the long ago. Finally the
old man ceased to come. It was thought
hat continued dlscouragement had check
ed his visits, but when Or. Tichenor
sought 10 learn OF the strange absence
of Jesse. lie aseertalned that he had
been dead for weeks. In a negro cabin
he had died in Montgomery, and had been
quietly buried by his own people in the
naupcr graveyard.
In the annals OF the horrors of slavery
no story can perhaps excel that of the
doom of Jesse Goldthwaite. Born free
man, and stolen in tho prime of his
robust youthhood manacled and sold into
slavery, he lived more than a half cen
tury In this condition, and when he died.
he was buried in a grave of poverty. :
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Jumps of flesh and gohbets raw Very
raw, indeed! And verify most homeo-
pathic cure for the orgy craze on the
established principle that like cures
like Too easily would these ply
sieians heal the wound of the daugh-
ter of my people.
A. The flood of poison" is not always
recognizable Ia the bright sunlight. Eye
less frogs and toads may seem eharmingly
mottled ON the under side So there are
those who frankly admire the nudities
and indecencies and daring pot pourri''
which is modern unconventional propriety.
Language is becoming an inverted pyra-
mid, spinning on its apex, and the Sphinx
herself is performing Herewith a bunny
hug in the DESERT But this is only a
dream. aud we shall awaken to find the
muses. recovered from their Bacchanalan
debauch. and society sitting at the feet
of Love, clothed and in her right mind
Medieval iagellants and their counter
part in New Mexico are the plous pre-
eursors of this epidemic of euryphantic
hedonism which now adorns mans perss-
tent worship Of the obvious and which
he mistakenly imaglses and names for
mysticism. Thus speaks the historian
concerning that fourteenth century ex-
citement: THE popular mania for flagela-
ton was soon checked; indeed ii waned Of
itself as all such contagious do. as soon
as the suggestive idea loses its fascination
and it's hypnotic SPELL and an emotional
rebound sets in" Let rs. with all joy
employ these calm words of the literary
counterpart OF sex emotion In these
strange days. Alas, on individual souls
they viii leave the stain uucleansed by
''all the waters OF the rough, rude seal
For modern sex hysteria is less dignined
than that of the naked ilagelants of go
years ago. though now, as then, few
church dignitaries are smiling on it, or
possibly suffering from IT,