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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1838T7ELVE PAGES.
j VN1 PHYSICIANS' BANQUET
: TL: Doctors of Indiana in Both Seri
ous r.nd Flajful Hood
Tin Hundred Slediesl Haa Sit Down to an
Elitsrats 121st cf Wit and Wisdom
lull Eport of tha Hrent,
Tts ihittj cintlx annsal Beetle j cf tha In-Cl--a
EtV.a iledieal Society will j-3 down la the
r :-i!s of tie society as the most memorable in
1 v t:-.try. Orer fire hundred of the fourteen
Lrlrti member were pre1 at, and the scien
tiiM j:;:rs pre-ented were of the highest order
cf c:-- The discussions were extended and
and were participated ia by the
c iztzX Tl-itcra from sister States, and havo
fully nported in the Journal.
tzi tin crtat feature of the meeting waa the
t-;-t cireu to the State eociety by the Marion
Czzzlj Jlidical Society, which was indeed
a f szii ot reason and a flow of soul
Crrcrzc? Porter aad othen prononnctd it the
CT--ii banquet in all that makes a banquet
rr-.cc--fal and enjoyable that they bad erer had
plczr cf attending There waa no end of
jr&iz accorded by the ruesta to the Marlon
czzz'.j tzzliij tad to the committee cn arraogo-
ccat who bad worked night and day for a
vz-i in naiisz the seeesiary preparations.
There was not a hitch in the crogrammo nor an
ca cf di2ppointnect,and it U conceded that the
tiq-xt baa done more to develop the eoelal
ntrre end element in the profession than any
Cl:? tizIa incident ia the history cf the State
t:l!;ty. A full report of the toasts and responses
U below, Dr. J. L. Thompson acting as
Ctz lirch:
Ur. Jamsa Whitcomb Riley paid tribute to the
czzzz' by writing tho original and fitting
Xtzz vhich accompanies each, toast '
Tla r:t Uts U "Our Gaestan
'CIt me to claim the aerrice meet,
, Tbat makes eaeh seat
A plasa of honor, acl each "."&
Loved as the rest," '
Trrpoadcd to by the Slayer of the city, Caleb
C Vzzzj.
Z t. "Denny Ur. 8vmpos!areli and members of the
X.lr-a &tate Jadieal Association: If It is consid
er 1 tic I represent the reople of Indianapolis in
try treiisr ormcre appropriate sense than do thea
nklLtl f-eatletnea who ruaida h;r, aad for that
rcrra tve ben selected to respond to this toast, I
rtC iaTitatlon ehearfully, for every guest who
r lis tl tits board to-night deserres a hearty welcome
i.-- tL peopl of Indianapolis.
lzt.lz-r.tvcL has, daring the eourMof erery year, a
i ember of State and national conventions of
ru .or j kinds Dot I believe I may aaj safely that
-rrs is no organized society of gentlemen who meet
i -cn Jtzr to rear who are more welcome to this city
11 3 jvnet society. Applatue.) Jt is a pleasure to
TZ;zt rpoa the purposes and objects of your meeting
? "m frc-3 year to year and upon the sentiments of
1 IzrriL'p which bring you gentlemen of the profes
t' a t itae on rqeh c-jaaions a thia. The science
c" r e is one ia which the world Is deeply in
tcr: Yen, cntlemsn, who practice that science
era tlircfore looked upon with as mnch or more in
tirti tlan any othr class of professional men. Yonr
vc: - b f cr the good humanity in general. Therefore
rra til cts you m debt of gratitude, and we welcome
ro-a Liruiy. AppUaie.l I
r7pc:i.rch-Tha nixt tcast U Theln-'
c iz-kLlitalledioal Society." -v--A
1 --jrnad b ody, d -raiied
To no top-ftiarlness. I
It hath a ride '
Tria lilanced as a scale.
Hirizzi: by President annel IL Chari
f il Co.j, born in the faUneas of time, noarisbed
1 7 -lie sires in its it fancy, in early manhood
c--T-' , : 1 uaeipeeted strecgtU and exhibited char
C "' v r:l-rj honor upon the race of men from
:-i 1 t-rzz now, like the riainr sua in the east,
J. clLlsralss the radiance ef all smaller orbs, so
C J U.'.s eociety in relation to other sister societies
t : ;-- i rjj tie bzihtest lnminary of all. Applause.
lo Crmrcxlirb The next toast is ,,TLe
::::mDcttor.
J ct as he Is the wide world through
' You're killing him while he's earing you.
Cawsor-'i able t5 be bare, and this
:i xrWJ '-ponded to by Dr. William IL
. illt- Mlle,Ky.
."7 'i t rnnTarSo r . I wasrerr mnch
r:-. -i tie remarks of the worthy Mayor of the
t
r
7 c ! Lillznrpolis in weleo-ning the American doo
till rr-Jec! bnS he left one thing nnsaid that I
' i tzzIX hare been Yery jb-ant for us after the
m.-zict of this banquet. There ia nothing that
- rciA doctor appreciates mors upon occasions
c. I i LLx. ttm to fca pro tec tel. Hefner ally needs
rildlr-u I think the worthy Mayor should
1 .r toll rl that he had instruoted the police of this
f .-7 t tils re of the American doctor when he
J -.m till bisqutt ball. Laugcter and applause.!
1 r. Voex-masier, the Aznerieaa doctor Is abreast of
t tin) wV.h the doctor of any nation under the son.
. m f of our German brethren may spend more
C -a is the laboratory makLcf" discOTeries of great
- , "rxl i the American doctor, in a Very short while
I f-T.-.'.'jLrixina himself with the labors cf his German '
rrctler, immediately makes practical what he haa
', i L-aTered. The idea that it is necessary to go to
Ilurr-s is cttaia knowledge in the theory or in the
, rar'ca cf medicine is no longer conceded by any one
la-nilirr with the relative status cf medical learning
tlrcT.lc-:t the world. The time may bare been.whea
it was bcrsasary to go to Europe in order to perfect
entires ia certain departments of science, but that
cin no loc exists, and when a member of a med
iiprcfciilongoestoEaropehe goes for pleasure,
zz as a"T one else roes. It is no longer necessary
C- to linrope for didactic or clinical teaching. We
lf u Cod schools as they hare in Europe. "We
1 re as aseces-f ul operators as ther hare in Europe
la ere?y department of eurcfry. We hare as good
txt-tocks written by American ' authors as are writ
tu by any authors ot the world. Perhaps we are not
all aware ef the fact that nr&ny cf the createst dis
rTcrs hi cedicine were by American physicians. I
1 ire bo time to more than call your attention to a
li cf these di scoreries. To-day the operation that
ti i-ttrictiaj more attention than any other in the
r-c'ii is laparotomy, the opening of the abdomen for
tie p-irpose ef reraoyinff eertain pathological struct
rrta from the earitr. The most eonspicaoua prob
clly et all these operation is erariotomyi and we all
r:ntr-.bf that only in 1809 a backwoods Kentnckian
ta the adJoinins oounty to where I waa living, in the
coiity of Boyta, performed the first operation of this
I'M. 11;? same was Abraham McDowell. Ap
' The Doctor here cited many brilliant opera
tl-rs darlssd by American surgeons. .
I.'ow, these are a f-w cfthe many diseoreries that
h-'Ji besa made by the American physician. They
rouli be enumerated for hours; baV gentlemen, 2
Lars cot the time to speak of more. I only .regret
tlrt I hare not been able to say something about the
iidiaa physicians assembled here to-day, .whose
czzzt I bare the honor to be; but you will pardon me
whea I tell yon that I had written a very beautiful
ceaeh about Indiana doctors, who are the most hoe
j .tails and who are the best looking aad brarest
ccters I know anywhere I had written a beautiful
t tst-h, bat my friend. Dr. Owen, begge'l me almost
r;-a L!s knees cot to dearer that speech because he
I ": -r-',.Va almost the same speech to deliver later
' C evening. (Laughter. I thank 70a now for
; . : ctttition. (Applause.
f.: t Cynpc-iiarch "iledicat Education ia the
I 1 zz 'J end eocl-nerrtl, ct even brain,
1 laeeptive cf r ' ! r - ui--'s q lick imprint
1 ' rm ef tls cl pans. re sea and plain
1 .XIaj tla r :.'.- snisnee welcomed.
r-r-i-i t5 t j Itrin 11. Lewis, formerly cf
.Cijr-rtX Tcrl . zovr cf CrawfordsTille, ind.
Dr. Lewi As I rise to respond to this toast, I eon
f -j tlat I ara somewhat pussled about its meaning.
Ve all ksow something about the a;ms and methods
cf education." and as for '-medical education," we
lave most of us given it some attention, many of you
bare rendered it pood service, but, "medical educa
tion in the West. What is meant by "the West"
who will locate it and tell us wbre it is? This diS
- ' ealty r-nicds me of the eperence of a pastor in a
f row f.eld. lie w;hel to injrratiate himself in the af
1' ections of an inSaential fstcdy aaJ he betraa with
'.' the stall by of the f-.rr.ily by patting him cn his
head and asking his are. The little fellow loke 1 up
with aji injured t and auiJ, "'That's what
bothers me; aaid tiiat I was
fur, then tt 1 was four and
and a half, and tar that I was five; now how is a fel
low to know Iww old he is when thev keep chancing
Lis ; al the. ti aef "The st" bj not remained
in c (t ptC4 mueh loncer than that little fellow's
-e- They, have -kept ctanjring it all the time."
Oaee it w-t.a .n'jw Vork. then on the Ohio river,
then crowiVl out into tLe rra?ies, theuputhedon t.
and be-4r d the iwekies aud I know not where its re-r-a'.cs
TVe American cr Western type of man was brought
fotCrrCj tho who sut!lsi on tbe Atlantic coast, and
v - ilevrii.ped by th-e who exretdei the first front
l UrtU another ocesn was reaehed. Those were
7 nl teen who tirms cs3ce to the Western world seek
iaz 1 relm to worship tiod, and who here "brought
fortli a cation coueeive J in Lbtrty and dedicated to
the 'oropoftitUn tLat ail meu are created equal."
TLetr indeptniltrut s- "; was equaled and their cour
t eous deis wers most worthily supplemented by
t'lOM who r'.J mit Ia the western world snd
Clrn pashd iu borders further and farther toward
the sou ciitil t:ipr - to 'ct-the whol continent
-ras a wts'ero wcr'.J, bat of ). Ivins of such ances
t:rs wri diTel;p-4 a new race, acd the eircumstan
c J fcf tlit dvel"pmot b-s-Gt a eew elucation. The
t -liil ra of ih.siisw race wit cot derelooed in the
c-'.re:a li-t v v?re the seed ws f rst planted, nor
tit ct s ' .? wLich w-Mtlastest settled, but m
T -Jf-rt vrhich- tve to the Nation, ia the
. . j r ":i rrJ, a Iiccoln and a Grant,
. -;y U ihtj ki.ew, knew what to do
li ri. i - 1 Jje edu-sfU'tv of the West has de
5 ri .i ai'.'U thfct is erniuent'y practical,
a nsa, C- crzJil frvra such an
') r-i rr dr s-'ch eireumtanes
' "".' ' -rired by wonderful
rd.nery fertility of
1 1 vt U a medical
man. Medicine is not only ascienee but an art, also.
If any man needs to kuow what to da and how to do
it in a critical time it is toe medical man. The as
pect of medicine too often nresentcd, especially at
educational centers, is of a science, but the Western
education demands that a medical man shall be able
to use his knowledge and use it with courage and
akill at a critical moment.
The medical education of the West wQ be founded
n science to be sere science learned not alone out
Of books, but ia laboratories. The student will be
trained in the hospital to recognize disease in its
various forms, and to know the action of
drugs. Practically, the medical man will to
trained in that school to have a clear bead, a keen
ere. a steady band, a brave heart and a high moral
purpose. Applause. -
The Sympoaiareh The next tout if, "The
Law."
An ilka quibble, quip, an a
Ye-'s ever heard in lepal ha'
Draned over frae the red-e'ed law.
lie cracks aaa grim.
Responded to by Got. Albert 0. Porter.
Governor rorter Gentlemen, If I werra candidate
for any office I should bare too much sense to speak
to this audience at 2 o'clock in the morning. I
don't know why I am chosen to respond to the toast
"The law." I have not practiced law for ten years,
and I can only judge that I have been chosen to re
spond to this toast out of the fear that I might talk to
you about medicine. You who have heard my speeches
about medicine when I was compelled to make them
in the exercise of ocial duty, when I was Governor,
know that I eannot know any less about law than I
do about medicine. I see that my toast is "The Law"
I don't know why you did not add "lawyers." In
the court hoate I have seen a good many scuffles be
tween the doctors aad the lawyers, and tny observa
tion has been, and my lamentablo experience has
been, that in these sou .Ties the lawyers generally lay
on their backs. Leaghter. X see while yoa have
riven'The law," and not the lawyers, you have given
'The Clergy" end not theology. I don tknow why that
is unless, having chosen a man to respond to "The
Law" la fire minutes who has not
practiced la for ten years, you want
as little law as possible and no theolosry.
Laughter and applause.) I see. also, that "the
press" is given, end. cot "the editors." I am glad of
that. Laughter. Doctors have not much trooble
with them, but to ns politicians they are dreadful f el
lows. "The press" is a pretty comprehensive sub
ject, and I would hardly know bow to comprehend
that myself. I recollect that when I was a boy I had
a room-mate at college who was a very bright young
fellow, and he took for the subject of an essay to be
read at eolleze "The Press." and he talked about the
hay-press, and the cheese-press, and the cider-press1,
and the press of business, and the compress; but he
saiu coining at au aonut vas pnnung press. 011,
that was a great relief. I Laughter.) iNow, to-night
we will hear our friend Mr. lialford on the printing
press, and not the repress, or suppress, or oppress: he"pAnd take Doe, now, in ager, say, w biles, er rheuxna
will talk to ns about nothing else. Laughter Well,
I am oppressed with the conviction that I am travel
ing from my subject. aJy subject was 'the law."
Leaghter. l have looked over at my friend there.
and he recollects that it is 2 o'clock in the morning. 4
"Well, what chance have I got, or what rights have t
beret" It reminds me of what Attorney-general
Black used to say during the war. Being at WahA blame eowkinele on her neck, and clean out of her
insrton. he (rot beyond the Union lines and over into
the confederate lines, and when he was there he con
eluded that he would ask a confederate soldier what
the war was about, and the soldier said: " 'Squire,
they tell me I have some rights that I have'et got,
and if I haven't got 'em I want 'em." Leaghter.
Now the doctor is thinking that I am depriving him
of his rights. Well, I made some notes here, aad I
thought I would say to you something about " the
law,' and that reminds me again of "the clergy.'
Laughter. A long while ago we had an excellent
preacher in Indianapolis 'I don't mean to say that
we had au excellent preaeher then and have not any
now but he was an excellent preaeher, and he took
for his text on one occasion. The Parable of. the
mustard seed, and then he subdivided the subject,
and then he said, looking benignly over the congre
gation. " Brethern. what is a aeedl And then look
ing again over them he said, A seed is a seed ; " and
o I hare to say to you at this time in the morning,
" the law Mi." the law." Laughter.
Tbe Symrjlarch. The next toast U "The
It is the Dominie, I wis.
Whose sagest saw forever is.
"Walk thou aright.
. Both day and night,
Responded to by Rer. James McLeod.
Mr. McLeod I thank my friend Governor Porter
for relieving me considerably in responding to the
toast "The Clergy," for he has done it so admirably
that one would think, is he were not a lawyer, that
he was a clergyman. I want to aay to the gentlemen of
the medical fraternity who are here to-nght that if it
be embarrassing to my menu, uovernor 1 oner, to
speak of "the law" at o'clock in the morning, what
'must it be for a clergyman to speak to doctors upon
the subject of the gospel at 2 o'clock in the morning!
Laughter. Bat "the law" always comes before
the gosDel; and I must say that in my experience as
a clergyman I have not been able to get very many
doctors to come and hear me at 10 o'clock or half
Sast ten in the morning not because I think they
o not like good preaching, however, but because
they are so busy with their patients. But the
wonder is that the Governor did not include that
toast thr Doctors Patients"-with "The Press," and
"The Clergy." so that my friend Haines might have
been relieved somewhat, also. ISow. it does strike
me as a little bit peculiar, and I think I have observed
it before, that doctors will come all the war from all
the towns of Indiana to Indianapolis, and not seem
very anxious about their patients, and that they are so
very anxious about them at half-past 10 o'clock San
der mornings. Leaghter. I think after this that we
will have them out to hear us. Well, Mr. Symposi
arch, I believe in orthodox medicine, and
I believe in orthodox theology. Applause.
I think what one does for the body the other does for
the soul; and I think If the patient grows weaker or
dies it ia not the ifsult of orthodox medicine, and if
the sinner will notfrepent it is not the fault of ortho
dox theology. I was told by a distinguished geotle
man of your orofession to-night that there is a grow
ing feeling of tenderness on your pert toward those
who don't quite agree with you, and that probably in
a few years you will all be in one grand medical
society, excepting those who believe in Christian
science. (Laughter. I beliere in Christian science
of the medieal tyne with but two exceptions, which I
will take the liberty of stating. The first is I don't
believe it is science, and in the second place I don't
believe it is Christian. Laughter and applause. Gov
ernor Porter, as you hare heard, said so mueh about
"the clergy," I will leave tbe rest to the Symposiarch
and those who are to make speeehes hereafter.
The Sympoeiareb "The Doctor in Litera-
ture
In lonely sessions of the night, when he
Kept watch and ward o'ec the clenched eyes of me,
The fever in my brain hath seemed to see
ilim sitting thus, conspiring poetry.
Responded to by James Newton Matthews,
M. D., in the following "Ballade of a Busy
Doctor."
When winter pipes in the poplar-tree.
And soles are shod with the snow and sleet
When sick-room doors close noiselessly,
And doctors hurry along the street;
When the bleak north winds at the gables beat,
And the flaky noon of the night is xfigh.
And the reveler's laugh grows obsolete.
Then Death, white Death, is a-driving by.
When the cowering sinner crooks bis knee
At the cradle-side, in -.appliance sweet.
And friends converse iri a minor key.
And doctors hurry a! ing the street;
When Croesus flies to his country-seat,
And eastaways in the garrets ery.
And in each house is a "shape and a sheet,
Then Death, white Death, is a-driving by.
When the blast of the autumn blinds the bee.
And the long rains fall on the ruined wheat,
When a glimmer of green on the pools we see,
And doctors hurry along the street;
When every fellow we chance to meet
Has a fulvous glitter in either eye,
And a weary wobble In both his feet.
Then Death, white Death, is a-driving by.
When farmers ride at a furious heat.
And doctors hurry along the street.
With brave hearts, under a scowling sky,
. Then Death, white Death, ia a-driving by.
Dr. Matthews also entertained the guests with
the reading of one of hie dialectic poems, "My
Good Right Hand," which was received with en
thusiasm. Tbe Sympoeiareb Some-letters hare been re
ceived, one of which is from Doctor Cornett. the
first president of this society, who now resides
at Madison, who practiced medicine for nearly
fifty years at Versailles, Ind. He regrets eery
much that be eannot be with us; bat infirmity
prevents it, but he sends bis love. Another is
from Doctor Fields, of Jeffsrsonrille, who writes
simply a letter to say that he regrets very mnch
that he cannot be present. Doctor Dawson, be
ing president of the American Medical Associa
tion, up to the last moment intended to be here,
but siexneis prevents him also. We will now
bare tbe response to the toast "The Doctor a
Humanitarian," by Lehman II. Dunnlog, M, D.,
of South Bend, lad.
Kindly end warm and tender,
lie nestled each childish palm
So close in his own that hia touch was a prayer,
And his voiee a blessed psalm.
Dr. Dunning said:
The average doctor is before me. A kind hearted.
honest mu, possessing a keen perception of the needs
of his fellow-man. ilia contact affects the destinies
of many of his race. Even men obey him, and think
themselves fortunate in being able to secure so wise a
counselor whose avery word is as law. The world
does well to trust him, for running through his whole
being as the red strands through the trusted rope of
the Alpine climber Is his love for his fsllow-man. This
strand of love is liod'spledi-ecf his strength and de
votion to the cause of hunemtr.
This sympathetic roan enters the chamber of the
dying one. He admioisterv the soothing potion. He
moistens the parched tongas and gently speaks a few
wo-i of comfort and eheer. II is coming has brought
consolation a ray of hope, and silently departing he
has left'behind a sweet memory ef iH; kindly done,
of words fitly spoken. When fatal enide-aies have
threatened communities with dire results he has, with
an unselfishness born of love for his race, rased up a
barrier against its invasion or has devised the means
to mitigate the evil or assuage the suffering of its
victim. Sometimes it has cost him his lift; at others
be has fslien a prey to the disease and only recovered
with a shattered constitution or a J eafeeblod frame.
1I sought not sordid gain, but rather to srxeor his
feUow-cnan. lie gained tbe approval of hit. own eon
scien4 end the-plaudits of heaven.
Yoa, my hearers, know this big-hearted doctor, this
benefse.or of the race. He haa many is time smiled
back to rou from the class. You have felt his sr-M-
ing heart er-d wipe! the moisture from lis eye..N
h.-e been moved by his mighty impulses to do deen
of elf -denisL
i- v.a r a. 3 ..j v.i
.owu( nuKi x innw vo-uay, ana tcv istr waas a 1
feel in my heart to-n'iht, I dose by aaji blus seek '
coble men and women; the world has never seen bet
ter types of the humanitarian than the doctor.
The Sjmposiarch "Doc Sifen.'
For lueky rhymes to him were scrip and share
Is'or could he understand how money breeds
Yet Jit mself could make
The thing that is not as the thing that is.
Tennyson.
Responded to by James Whitcomb Riley.
Mr. Riley Gentlemen. I have very little to interest
yon, simply a sketch of the country physician, or of
eon u try doctor, as viewed by a denizen of tbe in
terior country, who is speaking ia perhaps a rather
bissed way of my fr.nd, "Doe &fers," and the
virtues of the cour. try physician.
Of all the Doctors I could cite you to in this-ere town
Doe Sifers is my favorite; jes' take him up and down:
Count in the Bethel neighborhood, and Rollins, and
Big Bear,
And Sifera' standin s jes as good-as ary doctor's
there!
There's old D03 Wick, and Glenn, and HaQ, and
W nrgler, and McVeigh,
Bat 111 baek Sifers 'ginst 'em all, said down 'em any
day;
Most eld Wick ever knowed, I s'pose, was whiskey;
Wurgler well,
lie et morphine ef actions shows, and facta reliable!
But Sifers though he ain't no sot, he's got bis faults;
and yit
When you git Sifers net, you've got a rxxrroa, don't
fergit!
Tie ain't mueh at bis office, er bis bouse, er any where
You'd natchurly think certain fer to ketch the feller
there;
But don't blame DOC, he's set all sorts 0 eur'ous
notions, as
The feller says his. "odd-eome shorts, like smart
men mostly has:
Hell mor'n like be potter'n round the blacksmith
shop, er iu
Some back lot spadia' up the ground, er gradin' it
.
Er at the workbench, planin' things; er buildin' little
traps
To ketch birds; galvenlxia rings; er graftia plnms,
perhss.
Make anything, good as the best, a gunstoek, er a
flute;
He whittled out a set o ehessmea enet o' laurel root,
Durin' the army got his irade o surgeon there I
own
To-day a finger-ring Doc made out of a Seeesh bone.
"An' glued a fiddle onet for me jes all so busted yon
D a-throwed the thing away, but be jes nxed her good
as new.
tiz.
And all affiictlons thataway. and lvt's the best they is.
Erjanders milkslck Idon't keer Ja-yore any thing he
tries
a abscess, jcetherln' ia yer yeer, er granfleted eyes.
There was the Widder Deubenspeck, they all give up
far dead:
bead!
First had this doctor, what's bii name, from "Pud-
dlesburg," and then
This little red-head, "Baruin shame," they call him.
Dr. Glenn;
e
And they "consulted" on the case, and e'elmed she'd
haf to die:
I jes was joggin' by the, place, and beerd her dorter
cry, S
And stops and calls her to the fence, and I-says-I,
"Let mo
Send cifers bet you fifteen cents- bell k-yore her!'
-."Well," says she,
'Light out!" she sayi . And, lirp-tee-eut! I loped in
town, and rid
1s"Bout two hours more to find him, but I kusscd him
when I did
He was down at the gunsmith-shop a stuffin birds.
Save he,
My sulky's broke." Says X, "You hop right on and
. ride with me!"
I got bira there, 'Well, Aunty, ten days k-yoree you,"
Kifers said
But wbefe yer idy livin when yer jea as good as
dead!"
And there's Dave Banks jes' baek from war, without
a scratch, one day
Got ketched up in a sickle-bar a reaper runaway:
His shoulders, arms, and bands, and legs, Jes' sawed
a f J
J ,n ,l u , . ivn.. .v v -.
Tnn starts fer Bifers-Feiler begs to shoot him fer
God-sake!
Doe, 'course, was gone, but be bad penned tbe notice,
"At Big Bear,
Be baek to-mo try; gone to tend the Bee ConTention
. there."
But Jake, be trscked him; rid and rode the whole en
durin night.
And 'bout the time the roosters crowed they both
hove into sight.
Doc had to ampitate, but 'greed to save Dave's arms,
. an' swore
Ljla could a-saved bis legs ef he'd ben there the day
before.
Like when his wife's own Mother died, 'fore Sifers
could be found,
And all the neighbors, fer and wide, a all jes ehasln
round;
Tell, finally I bad to laugh it'e jea' like Doe, you
know
Was learniu' fer to telegraph, down at the old dee-po!
.But all they're faultln' Sifers far, they's none of 'em
kin say
lie's biggety. er keerleas, er not posted, anyway;
He ain't built on the common plan of doctors nowa
days; He's jes a great, big, brainy man that's where the
trouble lays!
The Symposiarch The next tout, "Our Pre- -eeptors."
They taught us every gentler use
Of instrument and medicine,
"And thus they bore, without abuse,
The grand old name of gentlemen."
Responded to bylsaae N. Love, M. D.:'
Dr. Love Mr. Toast-master, gentlemen of the Indi
ana State Medieal Society, I pledge you my word that
1 have been charmed, enthused and inspired by what
I have heard to-night. I feel gladder than I ever felt
in my life, to-night, that I am a doctor. As I look
over this sea of faces ani see the pictures therein of
benevolence, of warmth, of kindness, I feel. thankful
that I am one of you. Gentlemen, I cannot imagine
what I have done, having wandered away from the
gates of St. Louis at a time when I onght not to have
left it, at a time when every loyal citizen of St. Louis
has his armor on, ready to receive the stranger within
ber walla; and air, when I tell you that part of my
particular duty was to receive the Kentucky . delega
tion you nay imagine what a sacrifice it was for me
to come here. Applause. But, gentlemen. I am
more than repaid. X am perfectly willing to leave tbe
interests of my party applause and of the country
more laughter to the gentletr.en now assembled in
St. Louis but I will say it to you now that I received
the straight ticket before I left there, and that it will
be Orover Cleveland and a red bandanna handker
chief. I sympathise with the sentiment which Ir.
McLeod gave out that he believed I think I under,
stood him aright that in medicine and theology in
order to dissipate ills, mental, moral and physical, a
little bades is important. Laughter 1 Theology and
medicine, in the form of infinitessimal doses. Is not
best. I agree with him.
Every man who has made a pronounced came and
secured a pronounced position in the profession in
America has been one of "Our Preceptors"; end, gen
tlemen, this accounts for the fact that the pupils to
day are each thoroughly royal men. The gentlemen
from various seetions of this eountry, the preceptors,
the first men who have the direction of the medical
students of America, are the ones who hold the key
to the situation in the future.
Gentlemen, I am here from St. Louis all alone, and
I know that you have a sentinel which eomes np from
every corner and every avenue at every hour in tbe
day and cigBt, watching tbe stranger within your
gates. I propose to walk very straight. You bare just
received messages of love from Dr. Dawson and other
abseut members-1 am not one of them; I am from St.
Louis, gentlemen; and I thank you for your kindness,
and if some one will kindly help me down off this
chair I will succumb. Great applause.
The Symposiarch The Doctor's Patients." '
O dear doctor! eme and see
What on earth is the matter with me!
He felt my pulse, and he saya. aajs he:
'Quiet rest and ginger tea!"
Responded toby Rer. M. Lv Haines.
Mr. Haines Mr. Symposiareh, I will begin by mak
ing a very new and startling statement that has not
been made here this eveningit is now 2 o'eioek in
the morning. The text that has been given me I sup
pose is given for the purpose of my preaching a 'aer
mon upon. I will proceed to do so after the example
of the colored brother who said he would divide his
text into two parts, "Fust, all tings in de text; and
second all tings not in de text; and brudders, we will
proceed to rastle with the second part fust. 'Laugh
ter. When I heard ex-Governor Porter in his mas
terly and inimitable way give those keen thrusts at
"the clergv" my heart sank within me. but when my
friend Dr. McLeod got up and went on in his no less
masterly wav, I said in my heart "What's the matter
with Dr. McLeod!'' Laughter. I saw yesterdsy a
statement in one of the papers, which of eourse is to
be accepted as law and gospel combined, that this
was to be a full- dress banquet. Judging
by my own feelings, 1 am sure that
my dress is quite full. Laughter. In fact, I can say,
In the words which the eountry editor waa ac
customed to print ou the outside of his paper, "For
interesting matter see our inside." Applause. In
fact, I might as well make a full diagnosis of ray ease
as I stand here before this audience, because you
physicians are men who don't look at a
man merely; yoa look into him. . I hare
that feeling, a I stand here, that yoa see
my condition internally as well as externally. I
feel as Mr. Jones, I imagine, must have felt Squibs
met Gibbs on the street, and says: "Hare you beard
the news?"
tNo."
"Why. Jones was shot,"
"Jones was shot'"
"Yea sir- down ia the hall."
"He wear
' "Yes; shot right in the rotunds,
"Great heavens! What a place to hit a man!"
Laughter and applause.
The New Dcnison Hotsl seems to have bit us all
there rery square. That is the diagnosis of one part
of my physical frame, and strange to say, there is
something entirely different ta another art. In fact,
my condition in another part ef my body, if 1 may
continue the diagnosis, mast be an Interesting sab-
i'ect to you gentlemen, because this is a peculiar ease,
t Is something like Flipkins's ease. Flipkina went
down to the club thie is aa old story.
it'e like kissing a pretty girl,
will beer repeating. Flipkina went
to the club and there were several -hTsi-
who were members of the Literary Unb
v ?Ot
end Flipkins thought he had a poser, and he gathered
the physicians together and began: "Now, gentlemen,
when I stand ou my head the blood ail rushes into my
head, don't itP Yes, the doctors ssr. "Well, when
I stand on my feet why don't the blood all rush into
my feet!" Well, the doctors disgnosed Flipkins's
rase for a minute, and then one of them esli: "Well.
Flipkins, the reason is yonr feet are not empty."
Laughter.
Iam very proud to say that I am a Hoosior by
birth. Applause. Iam prond also that my father
was aphyticieu; that rnv grandfather was ashytieian;
that my great-grandfather was a physician; that my
uneie was a physician; that they were all physicians
practicing in the State of Indiana daring their lives,
and they were all members of this Indiana State Medi
eal Society. Applause. And I can say, from what
their lires taught me, tha if I am lis
and could live as noble, unselfish.
hke the protession
benevolent and
benincent life as they lived, I shall count myself su
premely fortunate at the last. Gentlemen, the medi
cal profession stands alongside of the ministry in the
nobility of its alma, in the unselfishness with whien it
devotes itself to the cause of humanity, and in the
war it tests men ia the supreme qualities of their
nature; and when its duties are efficiently met,
as we know that they are in the great majority of
cases in our Mate, at least so far as my observation
gees, they deserve a reward that eannot be computed
in dollars and cents. When persons talk, as some do,
that the day is coming when we shall need less of the
physician I stand up to say that the day is coming
and hastening when we will need more of the pbysi
eian. Then, inttead of calling him in at the last mo
men! we will take him in to be the family guide, and
consultant, aad adviser all through, to teach ns how
to lire in these bodies tbat God has given us.
That is the first part of the text. Now as to the
second: Dr. Wethen aaid tbat the American doctor
ought to be protected. I think he ought to be from
bis patients. I believe that is the main part of my
text. I think they ought to be protected from a cer
tain class of patients who unite medical quackery and
theological, abominable hallucinations: an hermaphro
dite that is formed of such a combination would seem
to me most detestable, and one that we need to pray
against. As the apostle said: "Finally, brethren,
pray fit us that we may be delivered from all un
reasonable men. Ministers and doctors need to be
5 rayed for to be delivered from that class of men.
he faith cure is one illustration. A deluded sort of
people who mean wll, many of them, who base a
great doctrine on one text like a pyramid on its
point, who say that when St. James
says we are to ptay for the sick and anoint with oil be
means we shall- only pray for the sick. That is ab
surd, for St. James evidently refers to oil as it was
used in those dsys as the principal medicine, and
when be says that we are to use oil, he means that
with prayer we are also to use medicine; ao when a
man asks me. Do you believe in the faith earel I say
yes, I believe in whst has been called the faith and oil
sure. Pills and prayer; that is good doctrine, Dr.
McLeod. I believe ia prayer and medicine, for medi
icine without prayer is atheism, and prsyer without
medicine is superstition. So we need to prey to be
delivered, for protretion as the good doctor says, from
that class of people; and when we pray for protection
we hare to be careful WTuen we are around among a
certain elass of people, or it would seem to introduce
a political snbjeet. My good ministerial brother wnen
in Washington went into a family where be was in
vited, and in the evening he conducted family prayer.
The next morning tbe young son, Johnny, said:
"Lookee here, mister, what did yoa pray 'for Isst
night!" The minister studied a moment, and the
mother said, "Hush up Johnny, don't be impudent."
But the minister said, "Let him speak out madame; I
like to see a br interested in such matters," and then
turning to tbe boy he aaid, "What was your question!"
The boy said, "I asked what you prayed fori" "I
prayed for guidance and support and protection
'That'e it, that's it," said the boy. "That's it.
Now do yon know my dad is free trade, and tbe mo
ment he gets onto yonr racket rou will have to get
out of this house mighty quick." Applause and laugh
tar. A letter was bere read by Dr. Wathen, written
forty years ago, following an almost similar ban
quet at Columbus, O., in which the following
prophetic sentencee oecured:
Cincinnati, O., May 22, 1817.
I returned yesterday from the annual meeting of
the medieal eenvention of ' Ohio at Columbus. Of the
great utility of such conventions to those who com
pose them, if for no others, there can be no doubt;
and that when the time shall come that they are num
erously attended by the physicians of every State in
the Union, the profession in the United States will
be found advancing in aspiration and in intelligence
mueh beyond anything we hare yet seen. One hun
dred and twenty physicians of thirty eountiea of this
State were present. The fifth pair of nerves were ex
ercised not less than the seventh, and the discussion
of the latter did not send forth a single angry or re
sentful expression. There was emulation without
rivalry and wit without wine. Dan Drake.
"Dan Drake," as he was known to the profes
sion, was the pioneer not oolr of medicine, but
of civilization in the West. The letter was re- .
ceived with much feeling, especially by the older
members.
Tbe Symposiarch The following telegram has
just been received from the humorist and states
man, Bill Nye, who was inrited to be present on
this occasion. He says:
Jrjrs 5.
Br. Franklin Hays, Denison Hotel:
Sorry I eannot be there. May. you and associates
continue to take life easily, as heretofore.
Bl Lli Nte.
Great applause, which commenced as a mur
mur and increased to a roar.
The Symposiarch The next toast if The
Doctor's Wife," to be responded to by Dr. J. Mo
Lean Moulder, of Kokomo.
Dr. Moulder There is no man upon the face of the
earth that deserves a better woman for bis wife than
the doctor, and, as far as my observation extends,
there is no class of men who are better judges of a
woman's true loveliness, beauty and personal attrac
tion than the doctor.
The doctor's wife is truly his helpmeet, while they
guide and regulate the love, and affections of onr
horres, and t-tar without a murmur our late hours
and cold feet.
In an air radiating with kindness they will grow in
our admiration and will eeome like beautiful flowers
to adorn our homes and encourage ns in our work.
Tr-r are our protection amid peril, our pilot amid
the 1 :m of adversities. When we have returned
from a difficult case, or an important surgica'. opera
tion, that has taxed our very best skill, tact and inge
nuity, and a crushing and almost unbearable failure
seemed inevitable, our noble and tender-hearted wife
stands erect amid the tempest and cheers us as no
other being upon the face of the ear.', can do. 'And
we g-a to our work with renewed hope ai d inspired
with eourage that leads us to ultimate bjtcj. Why,
then, should our hems not be turned in our wives
With feelings allied to reverence!
The Symposiarch "In Medicine no North,
No South.
No factionist is he, indeed,
Who ministers onr pain
Forever in such offiie we'd
Elect him to remain.
Responded to by Joseph M. Matthews, M. D.
Dr. Matthews There is a little town In the
State of Kentucky that, during the memorable
days of the war, waa on that midland
ground that marked the North and South. In
that town I had the happiness to live, though many
misfortunes overshadowed it. To-day it was in the
possession of the federal troops. Another day it was
in the possession of the confederate troops; and the
occasion to which I refer was a day that was dark to
ns, sir, indeed. Not a day that we lore to look back
to, but a day that is memorable for an incident that
is very applicable to my toast. Living there was a
man endeared to the medieal profession of Kentucky,
doubly dear to me becau-e related to me
by blot, and, more .than that, which is
the tie that binds one doctor to another;
that was my brother. Upon a dark and miserable
night, when the confederate troops had taken posses
sion of the town, u;on the self -same night the federal
troois had surrounded them, and were lying around
the town expecting In the morning to go to bsttle. In
that midnight this brother of mine kntw it to be his
duty to go to the eountry to see an afflicted person,
lie did not consider the troops, sir; he only thought
of bis duty, and he mounted his horse and directly
took his eourse and passed near the pickets. While
be was going throagh them a man lifted Ms gun and
pointed it at him to shoot; but another soldier
recognized him even in the darkness, and placing his
hand upon the first soldier's arm eeid, "Don't shoot
thst man; be is a doctor." So "the doctor" passed
the federal picket line to do his mission of mercy.
Applause. .
But a few short years since the nestor of American
surgery was called across the darkened billows. Is
there a man within the bearing of my voice, within
the hearing of the words that I titter, belonging to the
same profession that he did, looking to him aa the
father of medicine, that did not heave a aigh at the
death of that reverend, grand, excellent aod noble
man, Ir. Gross. Applause. All those who attended
the session of the American Medieal Associstion had
the pleasure of -rities-ing at this session at least that
all hues, so far its sectional feeling was concerned,
were abolished. Once it was our pleasure at least to
sit down with doctors from the extreme North," from
the extreme South, from the extreme West and the
extreme East; but we never ask the question. We
went, sir. to learn that from the South and the West
could be read as able and interesting papers, contain
ing as much science and intelligence as was ever ut
tered by our learned brethren from the 1'ast. Is
there any place in tins wide world that - will
draw men together and will make
them forget the outside world, that will
causa them to lay as:de all feeling of sectional strife,
if tbey have any such, as the sick-room! Do not we
consider that when we enter the portals of the sick
room we forget whether the person be a lord or a
peasant, whether he be rieb, or whether he be a hewer
of wood or drawer of water; it Is for ns only to con
sider thatthis person is afUicted with disease aod ap
proaching unto death, and no other consideration, my
d;ir gentlemen, erer enters the honest physician s
ndnd; and I am one of those men who believe that
the world sometimes contains such, and that such
doctors are in tbe majority in our profession doctors
who are bone-tin whitt they sav aod what they do.
Therefore, it is that there is a tie existing between us
which eovers more than I can possibly express to yoa,
that ss long as we live as physicians and surgeons on
this land you can afford to trust us; because we make
every other feeling and duty subservient to the trust
that you impose upon us; and thus. Mr. Toast-master,
is it that in medicine there is no North, there is no
South. Applause.
Dr. J. C Sexton, of Ruebviile, responded to
the toast, The yourjg physician"
Ay though he be a callow.
He's a worthy fellow
Trust him for he
Mast needs trust thee,
Ia an appropriate and classical manner, bat un
fortunately no report was secured.
The Symposiarch To 'The Tress:
While human hearts shall pulse, no less
The echoing engine of the press.
Responded to by Mr. E. . Halford, of the
Indianapolis JournaL
Mr. Halford I think it would startle the medical
mind were a bulletin to announce that heart-pulsea
'were at the rate of 20,000 an hour, yet literally, the
sentiment to which I am tailes t reeoad salhfe
justify seme such hyperbole. I have lived to see
wonderful advances in the press, may I not also say, in
the medical art or science. Thirty years ago. when I
first entered a printing-ofFee, 250 impressiona an
hour on one side was fairly rapid work. . Many a
timebsve my young arms been tired out, and almost
wreoehed out, in the effort to compass that -token"
of labor. Now the steam-press throws oS
20,000 perfecteJ sheets every sixty minutes,
printed, folded, pasted, ent, everything done exeept
editing and reading, and the editors and readers,
perhaps, are looking f rward to the day when the
weary brain, and the still wearier heart, may be rested
by the magic of machinery.
But I venture to think thst these colossal strides of
the press, more than may be easily named, marking
the adrance between the Then and the Now, equally
mark the advance of the world along all paths
ecienee, art, literature, medicine. At least, the press
has been the handmaid of all these beneficent factors
of civilisation, and of none more gadly and
more surely than of the healing art. The old doctor,
honored, revered, with hia mysterious saddle-bags
and his wise words of learned length
and thunderous sonnd. more feared than loved by his
Etiente, is not going; he has gone, aad in his place
s come the old and the new doctor alike, with even
more healing in the wings with which bet
ter educational facilities and newer methods
have fitted them, albeit their secrets may now
be measurably shared by those whom they
treat and they have lost a degree of that awfulness
with which thev used to be enveloped. This famil
iarity, for which, doubtless, the press is largely re
sponsible, has not bred contempt. On the contrary,
it is a familiarity that, by widening acquaintance and
stimulating sympathy, has deepened respect and given
added honor to him who honorably wears the title
"doctor.'
What - is not the doctor, and what has jiot
the doctor done, in this sge of growth and expansion)
How much do we owe the doctor and the pressl Be
cause of the latter the boundaries of the sickroom ere
now tbe confines of civilization. Because of the press
the doctor's diagnosis and pathology of a ease are
known and studied by millions, his remedies and
treatment are subjected to general scrutiny and criti
cism. Throagh the press we have that touch of na
ture which makes the whole world kin. How mueh
we are indebted to the doctor and his skillful science
mar not easily be told. Hand in hand the doctor
and the newspaper atood by tbe bedside of a
stricken President, and for eighty daya. a
longer and more essential prolongation of life than
was given to the King of Israel, a nation learned
charity and peace, and all sections and factions united
with contrite hearts and chastened spirits around the
beath-bed at Elberon. The doctor and newspaper
were together during that long sieg, ending in the
defest of him who neverstruck his flag to any other
than tbe last enemy. What lessons of patience,
heroism, patriotism, magnanimity, of the highest
Christianity were not incorporated into the national
life and character from the bed-side of McGregor's
noble martyr dying for his country no less then
had he fallen at the head of his victorious armies be-'
fore Appomattox crowned hia career w.th imperish
able glory. The doctor and the newspaper are to
gether again, by the bedside of another of our national
heroes- and as local staff bend over the suffering
Sheridan, aided by an honored name in yoar profes
sion, who threads the darkness from Philadelphia to
the capital with even more arrowy-swiftness than did
the steed, black as the steeds of night, bear its rider
down to save the day, all hearts are praying that
death may be twenty years away from the hero of
Winchester. "
The doctor and the newspaper are together beside
another stricken ehieftaln.and tbe nations of the earth
sympathise with the great empire, knitted and solidi
fied into magnificence by the genius of Bismarck and
the kindly autocracy of Wilhelm. hoping for even
greater glory yet to come to the land of Charlemagne
under the liberal rule of Frederick IiL
I congratulate yoc, gentlemen, no leas . and no
more than I congratulate myself, that we
live in an age of such marvelous advancement
and achievement, and especially in this West
ern world, whither the march of civilization, ae wed
as the course of empire, has taken its wsy. But we
are just oat of the clouds and darkness; we have but
emerged from the midnight into the gray dawn ot a
day whose noontide splendor prophet's vision and
poet's fancy may but dimly outline:
"Through the shadow of the globe we are -sweeping
into the younger dsy,
"Better fifty years of oar life than a cycle o2 Cathay."
Dr. Wm. O. Belfleld, of Chicago, a medical
author of note in the new department of the germ
theory of diseases, responded to the toast, "Tbe
Microbe in Medicine.1 in a very happy manner,
concluding by reciting an original ode to tbe
microbe after the etyle of Belabazzars feast,
which was not received in time for publication.
The Symposiarch "The Hoosier Doctor."
'Doe hain't to blame! He's got all sorts
O' eur'ous notions, as
Tbe feller saya, his odd-come-shorts,
Like smart men mostly has!"
Responded to by Dr. AbrahamM. Owen, M. D.
Dr. Owen said, "What has been said of the Amer
ican doctor, and what has been said of the Kentucky,
or the Corn -cracker doctor, or of the Buckeye doctor,
applies, of course, to the Indiana doctor. . The first
and I will aimply refer to the fact is that Dr. Bobbs,
of this city, and Dr. Sloan, of New Albany, were the
first physicians to perform two of the greatest opera
tiona of modern times in surgery.' I will
say that the Hoosier State is not alone
in possessing "The husher-up." All other States
possess and have "hushers-op. But I will say that
''Hoosier" not only implies a "husher-up," but it im
plies an investigation or inquiry, ''Who a there" and
when we come to look around among the group of
distinguished meu who have made inquiry and Inves
tigation on scientific subjects we wonder that we are
not surprised at all because of the improvement that
haa been made by "The Iloosier Doctor.'
SUMMER FASHIONS.
"Let your faee always be younger than your
bonnet,", is advice from high authority.
B!ak ribbon orer a color aligbtly broader, is
tbe preferred sash for wear with black lace
gowns.
Linen blue, a very soft shade, is a favorite for
fancy wool stuffs, while bnff is equally liked in
the aheer cot tone and linen. t
The frilled "bed gown" of the olden time has
been revived, end now gets much choice orna
mentation from makers of women's underwear.
A wide velvet belt, with "bell puir ends, will
be de rigner with summer muslio gowns, as. al
most without exception, tbey bare tbe short
empire waists.
It is said tbat fashion's present undeniable
tendency to favor tbe points of painfully thin
women is a tribute and no slight one to the
world-conquering Bernhardt
To smarten the sleeves of last summer's after
noon gowns fasten a breadth of narrow piece
lace under a bow at the shoulder, and catch it
on with two more at elbow and wrist.
Large round hats ef fine black Milan are
fseed with black velvet and gracefolly trimmed
with long scarfs of Brussels or Spanish net,
the ends of which fall straight to the waist in
the back.
Tbe Dochess of Devonshire hat is copied lit
erally from Gainsborough's picture, 'and has a
wide double brim of tbe finest straw, bent and
dented into all manner of pietureeane curves,
which droops at one side under a pompon of
pink roses, and is caught high at the other with
ribbon and fluffy black ostrich plumes.
Handsome lace coats are made of flouncing
lace, the scalloped edges meeting down the front
and very often down tbe back. Pretty laee
pelerines are made to wear to ehurch orer pom
padour silk dresses, these short all around, not
reaching to tbe waist, and finished in front with
long scarf ends that simply cross eaeh otbdr and
fall neatly to tbe foot ef the dress skirt.
The straight skirts for the eoming season have
by no means abolished draped skirts They are
etill looped erraeefnlly in claaaie fashion, bat tbe
voluminous puffs protruding above an immense
stiff toumnre, are decidedly bad form, and are
never seen. It is possible, however, for every
woman to clothe herself according to her indi
vidual preference, and in conformity with
fashion, without wearing a uniform.
Straight skirts are worn by women of all
ages and sizes, although they are prettiest on
petite figures. Tbe etyle mostly eleeted for in
the straight dress has a cuirass bodice in a long
point, front and back, tbe front often fastening
diagonally from the right shoulder to the left
hip. It ia arched high over the eides. and has a
military collar and close sleeves. Tbe skirt is
pleated or smocked, and fastened to the lower
edge of the corsage, whatever its shape, whether
pointed or roond.
The trimmed Prineesse dress hss been, and no
doubt will continue to remain in fashion for a
long time. It is alike appropriste to stout aod
to slender figures. As for tbe first, it does away
with the triple thickness ot basque, overdress,
and underskirt, to say nothing of the linings,
which add greatly to the size. After a fit has
been made of the perhaps too slender form,
there are countless way a of draping theseveie
outlines of tbe prineesse with lace, sashes, and
scar fa. There is a choice, however, and many
prefer the round waist to this style. '
rroflt-Sharing In Railroads.
Springfield Republican.
The profit-sharing system adopted on the To
ledo, Aon Arbor Ss North Michigan railroad is
said to have been quite effective already in pre
venting strikes and ill-feeling among the employ
es. Beside getting their regular salries in f nil
the men are made stockholders and profit
sharers. Eaeh employe is entitled at the end of
twenty years' ssrvfee to a certain portion of the
stock, whieh be may sell, if be choose, immedi
ately on receiving it. The disability or death of
an employe brings to him er his heirs an amount
of stock equal to the wages paid him the year
before his disability or death. The dividends
are expected to come from the increased earn
ings of the road and no assessment on wages
will be made. Tbe company will reserve 50,-
000 in stock for tbe benefit of tbe employes and
will not make the men liable for damages, like
ordinary stock-holders. The ecbeme looke fair,
ana the gratifying report is tbat the men are
working conscientiously and contentedly, be
cause they see something ahead for them.
Toa'll Get Left There.
1 pringfle'.d Bepnbllcan.
Will it be the bandanna against . the bloody
shirt! We'll back the first-cins J article cf the
toilet every time,
AMUSEMENTS-
MUSEUM
LAST WEEK
AT THE- 1
RE-ENGAGEMENT
George .A.. Baker's
BOB
mm
ui
Comic Opera Company,
In the
ATTRACTIVE
Monday, Afternoon .
and Evening, the New
"MASCOT."
Tuesday,
"BOHEMIAN GIRL."
Wednesday,
"MIKADO."
1
A Great Company of Comedians and Singers
in Their Greatest Successes.
e
SPECIAL NOTICE: On account of the enormous hit made by
this company last week, they have been re-engaged for this, the last
week of the season, at great expense.
NIGHT PRICES: 10. 8k
AMUSEMENTS.
GRAND OPERA-HOUSE
Two Grand Concert, Saturday Matinee and Eren
ing, Jane 16, by
The Famous
MEXICAN BAND
. 50 Talented Performers 50
Prieei, 25, 50. 75 centt and $1.00. Seats on
Sale Wedneedey 2Io?&inf.
TOO LARGE FOR THE LARGEST TENT.
STATE FAIR GROUNDS
Three Daya, commencing TUESDAY, Jane 12.
FLAVjSTEE BILL'S
HISTORICAL.
WILD WEST
, A Realiitio Exposition of Life on the Jrlaini,
Introducing Whole Tribes of
REAL BLANKETED' INDIANS!
Half 100! HALF HUNDRED! Hall 100!
Cowboy a. Cowgirls. Mexicans, Buffalo.
Wild Texas Steer.
Immense Herd Wild Ponies.
Attack on the Orerland Stage Coach.
Attack on an Emigrant Train.
Attack on Trspper Tom's Cabin.
Indian Dancea. Indian Races, Indian Sports. Cow
boy Races, Cowboy Sports.
The Wonderful Pony Express.
Ridinf BacVinf end Kicking Bronchos.
Las-ooing, Tying and Riding Wild Texas Steer.
Ludicrous Barro Races.
Picking up coins and handkerchief from the ground
while riding at full speed.
Capture and Hanging of Horsethief.
jtxavELors j-xhibxtioxs or
Rifis Soooling I PAWNEE Bill and M IILUE
A host of other sesnes illustrating life on the fron
tier. GRAND STREET PARADE at 10 a. m.
Gates open at 1 p. m. Performance at 3 p. m.
Admission, COc Children, 25c
PLYMOUTH CHURCH
Tuesday Erening, June 12, the
MENDELSSOHN SOCIETY
IN
GRAND CONCERT.
A Magnificent Programme. (The Great "MES
SIAH, and miscellaneous cumbers cf great excel
lence. The Soloista are all Favorites.
PROP. CAIIL BARUS, Director.
ADMISSION - - BO CENTS.,
Seat can be referred at D. H. Baldwin & Co.'s
without extra charge.
Vvff rl y lrOfrvV ,f m-- 1 :
I Jf -ci -v -
OVER 22,QOO IN USE!
The only Writing Machine in the
of years.
, "We defy competition in
We defy competition in
We defv competition in
We defy competition in beauty of work.
"We defy competition in variety of work.
We defy competition in ease of touch.
We defy competition in perfect Jaliignment of typo
The Caligraph is the only Writing Machine that fully economizes
labor, which is the best reason kaown for soliciting trade. Ono sinlo
touch of the linger should produce any character used by tho operator of
a writing machine. Any instrument that fails to accomplish this is de
ficient, and does not fully meet the necessity that brought it forth. This
is self-evident.' Granting that tho Caligraph is ahead in this respect, wo
can show and prove that our latest improved machinesi excel in mechan
ical merit, durability and beauty of work. For circulars, prices and
samples of work address i
H. T. CONDE IMPLEMENT CO., General Agents,
76 and 7S West 'Washington St. Branch Office. 72 E. Market St.
. LAST WEEK
AT THE
OF THE FAVORITES
Following
KEPEETOIEE
Thursday,
"PINAFORE."
Friday,
"PANTINE."
Saturday,
"CHIMES of NORMANDY."
30. MATINEE: 1ft
EVERY
Piano Buyer
Should examine our largo i
stock of Fino Pianos and j
get our Low Prices and .
Easy Terms before pur
' chasing. . Wo aro offering
Special Bargains this week.
PEARSON'S MUSIC HOUSE .
19 North Pennsylvania St
MELTON PMOS ; PACKARD GRGffi
BORN & CO
Furniture,
Carpets,
Weekly and Monthly Payments
BROWNING & SON
TOeale ad; Retail Dn'sjst
And dealers in Pure Drur. Chemicals, SanriciA
Instruments, Trusses; (Hat ware. Brushes,
Combs. Fine Perfumery. Toilet Articles, pioes,
Vj9 Stuffa, etc., at the eld stanJ,
APOTHECARIES' HALL,
7 and 9 East Washington Street.
Please call or write for prices.
NATURAL GAS
Pleasant fires' male hajp homes. Good, safe, re
labia work done by
MURRAY & MOSIER,
: SO Massachetetts Arsane
Jleuj toproted
Writing cMaee
World that is warranted for a term
warranty.
durability.
sneed.
Stdves
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