Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1897, Page 19

“THE EVENING STAR, ‘SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1897-24 PAGES, 19 MY REVOLUTION BY W. L. ALDEN. —- (Copsright, 1896, by W. L. Alden.) = Written for The Evening Star. Mr. James Smith, ex-ambassador of the United States to the court of Lichtenstein. sighed as he put down his glass of whisky and soda. He in excellent spirits, and as I that the whisky cular! I wondered at his usually w 20d, iv. said he, “of the days ) minister to the Cen- es. Our government the fi republics ninister to the nz tn days, e to- lot and ‘entral America was a mighty ace I enjoyed it a beap more than a of these European courts. thing to be amb: have a -ver enjoyed it as I enjoyed to Central Ame so much that I years, Ww h was what Il breaking the record. w. I suppose, that our g ra new administratic all th and y n to that from Wash- i I took good care that no noti- uld reach me. When my four pretty near up I got permission f the fiv sublics, and to ” heir general c Central Ame t4 were office ar- nd I calculated ad of any “THEN IF YOU WON'T RESIGN AND y hear every nation in| ‘|and I can ght to have been turned out in office four years, but I} I couldn't be recalled except all Zarguela, and I haven't one single friend that I can trust to rebel against me.” ““Then if you won resign, and won't order an election, why can’t you bolt some dark night with the treasury under your arm? “The president's eyes flashed angrily as I said this, and I could see that he was pretty mad. However, he controlled him- and said, in a dignified way: ‘Don Smith! You do not seem to under- stand that for a president to run away | with the treasury, without the excuse of a revolution, would be both dishonorable and unconstitutional. I trust that I am in- capable of such conduct. I have always ruled this country in a strictly constitu- tional manner, and when I leave the prest- dency it will be In the way that the consti- tution provides; that 1s to say, by being turned out by a revolution. In’ that case I shail have the right to take the treasury with me, and no one will dare to say that I have acted dishonorably.’ “‘Al right," said I. ‘I don’t pretend to es, for I am a prac- 1 American peliticlan, and J don’t know nything about the sort of honor that you Spenish-Americans are forever talking about. But that is neither here nor there. I think. But I know what you want. You want some one to head a revolution against you, and drive you out of the coun- | try in the usual Central American way.’ “Just so! said Don Villar y Villar. ‘I that a man of your intelligence zldn't fail to understand and appreciate my situation. IT have been simply longing fer a revolution ever since the sum in the | treasury reached $100,000, but this infernal | nation is so well well contented with my | rule that nothing can induce it to rebel. | For all I can see I have got to stop here and be president for the rest of my life, tell you that it is a hty When I think of the gleomy prospect. | good times all the exiled presidents in Paris are at this identical mmute it makes me wild to have to stay here, even taough I do have the pleasure of playing poker with the American minister.’ “Well! I felt downright sorry for Don r y Villsr, for he was by long odds st public man that I had met in any | part of Central America. So I just said to him, on the spur of the moment, that | if he would trust me I would undertake WON'T ORDER AN ELEC DARK NIGHT WITH THE TREASTR CANT YOU ROLT SOME YOUR ARM? recalling me that the Washing- might send. For four y 1 ving from one place to another, once in that whole time did a patch or letter from the teh u with me. pars were ended, my ‘ame into power again, -sident happened to be an kept me in office and about the end of resigned of my own accord. ng-up time exploring the country ing ahead of the mail and for I had no work to so cheap that I didn't “When t free to return to my post four years of back salary ough it only made $12,000 me one of the richest men America, barring, of course, the of the different republics. t of Zarguela was as good yu need to meet, provided, of t he didn’t feel any call to shoot e as thick as thieves. pretty swell They used to jressed up in gorgeous las first they looked down on I used to wear a blue flannel and nothing else except tie. You see, our govern- furnish any uniform for its officers, so I just adopted the hirts and trousers for comfort, and cave out that they were the regula— ti form for a United States minister. ini d to put on a do on this side I could see that it ident, who was a rough sol- risen from the ranks. He and easy style, and before I office a month I had more in- ith him than the whole diplomat! together. I taught him to pl: care that the balance of win- id always be on his side, and I the greater part of my even- wate room, with nobody pre: © two and a bottle of genu! y that I imported for tw years when I made his That was something very ntral America, where a pres rally turned out or assassina: e goes into off however, had onents the day s inauguration t there was no- no was in a p to raise a revo- against him. ‘hen, again, he had ed ountry so remarkably well everlas' ly popular. ad got to living a quiet semi-monthly insurrection revolution. They found it deal better than fhe old way & things, and if there had been time while I was in lar y Villar would have 1 by a unanimous vote. Of wasn’t any h any such foolishness, but thing to show how ent seemed to be in and after a bit I got matter. ‘Til id he, ‘for I with me. I ng on for five pretty near $300,000 it has always been t to be turned soon as the to make it wor Now “When I country I years, ut In two > to go to Paris like ve years ‘ al in the f heading a revo- yourself ut? ‘I've had con- sider rier al politics in the counting matter if there t you." * said the president, been an election in want to disturb ng any such us ceremony.’ you resign? said I. sident, haven't you? come into office, and be glad to have you go.’ know what you're saying,” dent. ‘Nobody ever heard who resigned. If I were to ng I should be disgraced for- e would say that I am either a or a . Besides, the vice hough he ts a middling good fel- always been friendly to me, the sort of man to undertake a trou- some job unless he can see his way to make money out of it. He would rather live quietly on his small salary than take ace with an empty treasury. No, Don I haven't an enterprising enemy in election, for he | > you defeated by an | to get up a revolution against him in less | than a fortnight. “It wasn’t till after he had jumped at my offer and called me his preserver and | his dearest friend that {t occurred to me that what I had really undertaken to do was to help him steal all the money in | the treasury. However, I remembered | that he was a Central Ame . and that | his morals, being of the Central American | Kind, weren't like those of you and me. | “Of course, if I had been president of Zarguela I should have considered it steal- ing to run off with the treasury, espe- cially as I could have collared the money honestly by issuing a regular shipshape decree that my salary should always be equal to the entire amount in the treas- ury. However, I had promised Don Villar y Villar to raise a revolution for him, and I calculated to keep my word, no matter what it might cost my conscience. “Now, I was acquainted with Captain Intimidad, who commanded the president's | gvard of honor, and was responsible for the safety of the palace. 1 knew him a great deal better than the president knew him, although the president saw him near- ly every day. You see that there couldn't be any intimate social intercourse between a president and a mere ca: in; whereas | I, being an independent American citizen, | could associate with any man who suited me, no matter what his rank mignt be. ‘This Capt. Intimidad was a_ romanti> scrt of young chap, who believed that the president was the greatest and best man that ever lived. He often said to me that he loved Don Villar y Villar so devotedly | that he would die for him at any moment. I felt pretty sure that if I went to work in the right way I could persuade Intimidad to head a revolution, and, as the result proved, I was right. “I called on Capt. Intimidad the next rorning, and after a little preliminary c versation about the weather, and bull fight- ing, and constitutional law, and such like things, I came to the point. I told him thta Queen Victoria had asked the presi- Gent to come to England to consult with her on an affair of tremendous importance, but that it was absolutely necessary that no one should know anything about the matter except that Don Villar y Villar had left Zarguela for parts unknown. y continued I, ‘according to your ecnstitution the president cannot leave the ccuntry for a single day unless he ts regu- larly and constitutionally turned out by a revolution. In these circumstances the president wants you to rebel and drive him out of the country next Monday night. He expects you to hold on to the pres dency for, say, six months, when he will return and head a revolution that will put him back in office again. It stands to rea- scn that he can’t speak of this matter to you directly, so he has asked me to arrange it with you. He said to me as I left the palace last night: ““Captain Intimidad fs the only man in arguela wno loves me enough to do me this little favor. Tell him that there must be no unnecessary bloodshed, and that if he will send his hill for the expenses of the revolution to me I will pay it at once.’ The young captain was at first knocked all in a heap by what I said to him, but little by little he got to unders president was really anxious for a revolu- tion, and equently Intimidad agreed to do whatever his beloved president might desire. | “I told him that lent had left | all the degails of the revolution to me, and | that I should rely on the devotion of the | brave Captain Intimidad to carry out my instructions. You see, I had al dy agreed to help the president to steal the treasur: » line at stealing, but I didn't nybody should be killed in of which I had the man- i | 1 t ] } I spent the rest of the day thinking out a plan of action and in making the neces- ry preparations for war. I had fifty | rifles brought secretly to the palace, and lanted them at the second-story windows, as if they were so many cannon, though I took good care that they should not be vis- ible from the outside of the palace. Vhen these were loaded and in their places I connected them with an electric battery that had been given to the presi- dent by a Yankee who wanted the job of ‘ity, but didn’t My Idea was that when Capt. Intimidad ould attack the palace, the fifty rifles could be fi by electricity, and the con- noise would co: all the in- ef the town that a tremendous 2s in progress. xtimidad agreed to attack the front door of the palace with thirty men at pre- cisely 1 ock in the morning. His men were to be provided with nothing but blank | cartridges, and they were to fire away until | the front door could be broken down, after which they w to rush into the palace and find that the president had fled. “Intimidad said that he could rely per- fectly on his thirty men to obey his orders, and that they were ignorant Indians, who would never suspect that the storming of the palace was a put-up Job. “I had arranged that the president was to leave the palace soon after dusk on the | night of the revolution, accompanied by a z trusty servant to carry the treasury, and I calculated that he would be well on his way to the coast before the revolution could break out. “The thing that gave me the most trouble was to provide for the proper firing of the rifles in the second-story windows of the palace. I could not fire them myself, for it would @ave been a breach of diplomatic etiquette for a foreign minister te take part openly in a revolution. 3 i “I puzsled.over this problem till my head ached, and finally I went to Capt. Intimi- dad and told him the difficulty I was in. He solved it at once by telling me that he would send his particular friend, Lieut. , to do the firing from the palace windows, and assured me that Partagas ‘was a man who could be implicitly trusted. “I did not particularly like the plan, but as I could not suggest anything better I agreed to it, hoping that Partagas would have sense enotgh not to shoot any of the attacking force in real earnest. ‘There was one more thing to be settled. Intimidad insisted that two men must be kulled in the attack, and that their corp: ses must be left lying on the front steps of the palace, where every one could sce them the morning after the revolution. “He said that two men were always killed in a Central American revolution, and that he doubted if a revolution in which nobody should be kiiled would be strictly constitutional. He was as anxious that everythi should be con¥titutionally managed as was Don Villar y Villar him- self. “I saw that there was farce in what he said, but I wasn’t willing that any human lives should be sacrificed, and unfortunate- ly there were no Chinamen in the country who could be passed off as soldiers slain in a glorious revolution. I suggested that two dummies be dressed in the uniform of the Guard of Honor and shown to the public as the two regulation victims of the revolution, but Intimidad said that dummies would not be of the slightest use. At last I had to leave the matter in his hands, the agree- ment being that none of his soldiers should be killed. “Monday evening I said good-by to Don Villar _y Villar, and had a final interview with Intimidad. He told me that he had two corpses all ready, and that he would put them on the steps of the palace before beginning the assault. “When I insisted upon knowing how he had obtained his corpses, he exclaimed that there were two men in gaol awaiting exe- cution for murder, and that the governor of the gaol, being an intimate friend of his, had kindly shot the men, and placed the ccrpses at his disposal. Naturally, I didn’t like this, but inasmuch as the men would have been garroted in another week if they had lived, their premature death wasn't a matter of any great consequence. “I sat up that night till 1 o'clock, when the revolution punctually began. There was a tremendous lot of firing, and I could hear people all over the town slamming their shutters, as was their habit when a revolution broke out. “Early the next morning I put on my uniform and started for the palace to con- gratulate the new president. When I en- tered the palace gates I was astonished and horrified to discover about a dozen corpses lying cn the grass and on the steps, and saw at once that Partagas must have made a terrible mistake. “The sentinel at the door admitted me as scen as I had convinced him that I was a member of the dipomatic corps, and I sent up my card to the president, begging the favor of an immediate interview. “I wes shown into the reception room, and presently a man wearing a general’s unifcrm came in, and expressed his thanks that I had been so prompt in calling to corgratulate him. As I didn’t know the wan I didn’t at first understand what he meant, and I replied that I had called to see President Intimidad. here ig no such person,’ replied the gereral. ‘I am President Partagas, and I trust that your government will make no difficulty in recognizing me as the only le- gitimate president of Zargucia.’ “‘But where is Intimidad? I asked. ‘I thought he was to he the new president.’ “ ‘Capt. Intimidad, recently in command of the guard of honor, was killed last night in at attack upon the palace, in which I had just installed myself as president. I am at a loss to understand why you should have supposed that he was president, or why you should have suspected that your friend, the late President Villar y Nar, had been overthrown. Let me suggest to your excellency that a foreign minister is not suppcsed to interest himself in the domestic concerns of the government to which he is accredited, and I am sure that Don Smith would never under any circum- stances be guilty of such an imprudence.’ “I said good morning to the president, and I went back to my lodgings and wrote a dispatch to Washington, asking to be re- cailed at once. You see, Partagas had come to the conclusion that he might as well have the presidency for himself. So he had fired on the attacking force so rapidly and skillfully that he had killed at least a third of the men, including Intimi- dad, and had driven the remainder away. There was no one to dispute his claim to the presidency, and when he issued a proclamation setting forth how he had overthrown the tyrant Villar y Villar and had liberated the people from a crushing yoke of despotism, he settled down to the work of filling the empty treasury and making ready for a trip to Paris when his term of office should come to an end. “T have always felt sorry for poor Intimi- dad, for he was an honest man who tried to do his duty. I suppose that I was a “Let me suxgest to your excellency that a foreign minister is not sup- posed to interest himself in the do- mestic concerns of the government to which he is accredited. little to blame in the matter, but I. acted for the best. It was a rough country, that Zarguela, in some respects; but, after all, there was some excitement in being foreign minister {un a republic where a revolution is considered a part of the machinery of government. “I saw ex-President Villar y Villar in Paris about three years ago, and he told me that Paris wasn't what he had sup- posed it to be, and that he had half a mind to go back to Central America and enjoy one more revelution before he died.” (The end.) > --—- YOUNG MEN'S POPULARITY. Amiability, Kindliness, Manliness, In- tegrity Are Its Foundation. To the query, “Are young men who can- not, from religious convictions, play cards, dance or attend the theater, apt to be pop- ular with young women of refinement and education who do indulge in such amuse- ments?” Edward W. Bok, in “Problems for Young Men,” in the January Ladies’ Home Journal, responds: “Why certainly; why not? The amuse- ments In which a man indulges have noth- ing to do with his outward attractiveness or pepularity. It is the way in which a young man carries himself in his deportment that makes or mars his popularity with girls or men. One of the most popular and delight- ful fellows I know in New York has never been inside cf a theater, although he is thirty-five years of age. Nor has he ever danced or played cards. He was a personal friend for ten years before I knew that his religious principles precluded his indul- gence in these amusements. His secret Is that he does not carry his convictions on his sleeve for everybody to rub against. And of his popularity with women, young and mature, I can assure you absolutely, He reads about the new plays, and can, therefore, talk about them if they come up in conversation. If asked if he has seen a certain actor or play he merely replies in sea maeee. terme faeecnesersa ee ee vic ularity with either sex rests upon ‘some. thi more than his forms of amusement; amiability of manner, kindliness, a pleasant address, a manly outlook on life, honorable principles—all these go far toward insuring Popularity.” ART AN ARTISTS Mr. Jules A. Dieuconne’s mural decora- ‘tions for the Columbia Theater are well advanced, and he entirely finished the figures of Euterpe and Terpsichore. He is now at work on theiMuses of Tragedy and Comedy, and these will also be completed before very long. Mr: Dieudonne will then commence the decoradjon of the proscenium, for which he is nowmaking experimental sketches In color. He always spends con- siderable time in studying his color effects before beginning work, and his experience as a mural painter*énables him to calcu- late with nicety the.appearance of his dec- orations under the~uriusual lighting of a theater. In the design for one side of the proscenium is a medailion containing an ideal portrait of Sophocles, and in the de- sign for the other side a portrait of Sap- pho. Around these medallions are groups of cherubs, and the severity of the Grecian style of the portraits is still further re- Heved by paim branches. Mr. C. G. Conn haa recently purchased of Mr. Dieudonne three pictures,.a figure representing Vul- can, a farm house in Brabant and a wood- land scene. s * x Mrs. J. Mindeleff has recently painted for Miss Edwards a pleasing water color pertrait of an old lady. She painted a por- trait of Dr. Fry some months ago, and is new at work upon a likeness of his wife. Mrs. Mindeleff has a number of orders on hard, and is pianning before long to make several portraits in water color for Mr. Addison of Richmond. * x * Miss Deering has just received from Brus- sels a portrait of herself by Jacques de Lalaing. It possesses the first requisite of # portrait in that it is a striking likeness, but its qualities of color, composition and technique lift it at once into a higher plane than that of the average portrait. The artist has shown Miss Deering seated in an easy, natural position, with a bunch of roses lying loosely in her lap, as though they had just slipped from her hand. The head is brought into delicate relief by a background of soft pearly gray, and there are fainter echoes of this same color throughout the entire picture. It is exe- cuted in pastel, but is: handled in such a way as to have the appearance of oil. * x * Mr. Keeling has received his collection of miniatures which has been on exhibition in Baltimore. Previous to his exhibition, which closed last Saturday in that city, the collection was on view in Philadelphia. Mr. Keeling is now bustliy preparing for his exhibition to be held here at Fischer’s in the middle of January. It promises to be very interesting, and will contain many of the miniatures exhibited elsewhere and a large number of new ones. * * Since his return to the city in much bet- ter health, Mr. Robert Hinckley has been busy with work in portraiture. He has re- cently finished an excellent portrait of Dr. Thomas Chatard, and has also completed a likeness of the grandmother of Chief Justice Fuller. * * * At the new Corcoran Gallery the walls of nearly all the rooms are now hung with the fabric which is to serve as a background for the pictures. In several of the rooms it is olive green in color,’ but in most of the rooms the fabric is‘a,’deep rich maroon, which will set off ‘the’gold frames of the pictures to perfection. ‘The latter color is also being employed for the walls of the galleries or corridors. surrounding the atriums, and the effect of the lighter col- umns standing out’ against it is very fine. A number of the pteces of sculpture, in- cluding the “Last Days of Napoleon,” have already been brought from the old building, and are being put in-place. The Parthenon frieze, the bas-reliefs of nymphs of the Fountain of Innocénts, by Jean Goujon, and some smaller pieces have also been re- cently put in their new places. oe Ke A new plan has been tried in the life classes of the Corcoran School and it has been found to work very well. On theilast day of the pose the’ model takes different positions for fifteen minutes at a time, and the members of the class make quick figure sketches. This plan of work is now to be changed to the first day of the pose, as it is thought that the students will thus be- come famillar with the model for the week in different aspects, and will therefore do better work on their more carefully studied drawings. * * OK Miss Allce Archer Sewall returned from New Yerk about a fortnight ago, and has commenced work upon the designs which she is going to send to the exhibition of the Architectural League, which Is to be held in the metropolis in Febuary. She will show at that exhibition the studies which she made for her decorations for the resi- dence of Mr. Edmund Coffin in New York. This was the work which occupied her en- tire attention while she was there. The general tone of the room of which her decorations are a part 1s ivory and gold, and her designs are painted in ofl upon rough plaster, in a manner which gives them the effect of pastel. Her lunettes, three in number, are filled with groups of cherubs, and represent Music, Poetry and the Drama. Her work shows a remarkable individuality, and was greatly admired in New York. Miss Sewall plans to open a Studio here in a very short time. * * Or The scaffolding has now been entirely re- moved from the corridor in the new Con- gressional Library containing the frescoes of Edward Simmons, and the full beauty of his series representing the nine Muses is revealed. As it appears now, the corridor which he has decorated is in many ways the most complete and perfect in the build- ing. In Mr. Simmons’ work there is fine drawing color and composition, together with a strong sense of the decorative, and there is a great deal of dignity in his con- ceptions. ‘Before he left the city, about two weeks ago, he painted a number of small attendant figures in the triangular panels in the celling. Considering the fact that he executed these without any pre- liminary sketches, they show a great amount of facility in invention and treat- ment, the figures on either side of the Muse, Euterpe, being especially worthy of notice. * * * Mr. F. J. Fisher ts now at work on a pic- ture entitled Spring, in which he shows a beautiful young girl seated in the woods. The trees are just beginning to take on the delicate greens of early spring, and the en- tire canvas is quite light and clear in color. In a figure of Christ, which he is painting, Mr. Fisher has taken the verse, “I am the light of the world,” as the key ‘note to his picture, and has represented the Savior in a blaze of light. He plams to send this can- vas to the centennial exhibition In Nash- ville. * KE Mrs. Williams of North Carolina, one of Mr. Fisher’s pupils, has recently painted a piece of tapestry called “Love and Music,” which has been much admired by all who have seen it. * * The regular meetfng of the Water Color Club is to be held af'4:@ o'clock this after- noon at the home bf Professor Andrews, who has generouslyétendered the use of his house for the club meetings. The members will discuss the res#it of the recent exhibi- tion and lay plans for the one next year. * * * Visitors to the new Congressional Library building have frequently expressed satis- faction over the: fact that so much of the fine decoration which adorns that palatial structure is the work of Americans. It has often been charged that America could not furnish the talent to ornament the hand- ome public buildings that have been reared in this city, but it is a fact that every year brings an additional number of Ameri- ean artists to compete for decorative work in_ Washington. One of the notable examples of painting in the new library building, and one which has heen greatly admired by artists, is that representing the “Arts of War and the Arts of Pence,” the work of Mr. Gari Melchers of Detroit. Mr. Melchers ccmes from an artistic family, his father having been a wood carver of fine ability. He was born in Detroit, at- tended the public schools in that city, and at an early age showed a talent for draw- SOOQODS HOO SDO DO SOSSG GO OOP OTS BGO SSIOOSSOS SO ing, which was developed by a course of in- struction begun at his home and completed abroad. Mr. Melchers was one of the decorative artists at the world’s fair, where his work was widely admired. Since com- pleting his work at the new Ifbrary build- ing Mr. Melchers has been in Fiance. * * * Mr. R. Le Grand Johnston is preparing for his forthcoming exhibition at Fischer's. Mr. Johnston has always enjoyed an en- viable reputation for the fidelity and con- scientiousness which direct his brush, and it is said that the steady improvement noticeable in his work will be more ac- cented than ever at his coming display. He spent last summer in New Hampshire, and several of his pictures and studies arc of pure pastoral beauty that inspired him during his outing. > ROENTGEN RAYS. Effect of the Electric Light Upon the Skin. From the Medical Record. The effects of electric light upon the skin have been studied and present some feat- ures of interest in this connection. In a paper read before the recent meeting of the American Electro-Therapeutic Society, Dr. Watson stated that in a large per- centage of persons whose naked bodies were expcsed to the rays of a number of incandescent lights In a room free per- splration would be induced before the tem- perature of the room reached that of the normal body. This he attributed to the chemic effect of the Nght. That certain eruptions are called forth by the action of bright electric rays has been known for some time. Passing now to the Roentgen rays and leaving aside the questions which have been raised as to their probable value in the cure of disease, we find that they exert a most pronounced effect upon healthy human integument long exposed to their action. In an instance related by Dr. Fuchs so much pain was experienced in the finger- joints of a hand examined for a lengthy period by the X rays that the test had to be given up. The skin directly opposite the cathode was colored brown; the hand be- came swollen and gave the appearance of a frozen member. After the lapse of a quarter-hour bullae formed, some being of large size. The contents were similar to those in blisters from burning. This frozen appearance of exposed parts has been noted in the ear of a man ex- amined for several hours at the University of Minnesota in order to locate a bullet in the head. This patient, while experienc- Ing no pain or disagreeable sensatjon at the time, lost all the hair from the one side of the scalp. Numerous other in- stances of temporary hair loss have been related. Dr. Parker of New Orleans has called attention to inflammation of the skin after long exposures, subsiding, however, after a few hours. In the British Medical Journal of No- “X-ray sarsaparilla.” It is a known quantity. Its hold on public confidence is summed up in the common remark: ‘You know what you are getting when you get Ayers.” The Fair received Ayer’s alone, as above the average, and marked its merit with a medal--the only one for sarsaparilla. More about medals and medicine in “‘Ayer’s Curebook. Free on request. Address J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. @ SSSSSOCSSEOS SS vember 7 Dr. Drury reports that after an exposure lasting an hour and a half the patient noticed a sunburn-like condition of the skin over the abdomen, more intense in the part which had been directly op- posite the platinum plate in the tube. Upon the fourth day small vesicles ap- peared, increasing in size and number, bullae forming and rapturing, until upon the eighteenth day after exposure a patch seven and a half by eight and a fourth inches occupied the region. While not painful, the discharging surface show- ed no tendency to heal for ten days, when it began to cover over slowly margins, as in a burn. there was still an open wound three by three and a half inches, despite attempts at skin grafting. Cautery with silver ni- trate produced no attempts at granulation, and a mcnth later the base of the ulcer, which was covered with a thick false mem- brane, was curetted under ether and the actual cautery applied. Sixteen weeks after the exposure there still existed an indo- lent ulcer, whose base was covered with an insensitive false membrane and which showed no tendency to heal under any plan of treatment. The patient was con- fined to his bed during the greater portion of the time. The serious nature of such an unfortunate outcome of a skiagraphic seance makes the matter one of interest and importance, and we would direct at- tention to a very similar report of a case observed by Dr. Barrister of the United States army. Such results should render those wh» employ this most valuable aid to diagnosis cautious in the matter of pro- longed exposure. The patient who, while not securing the satisfaction of seeing a skiagraph of his disordered interior, has to undergo several months of contempla- tion of a disturbed exterior will not think well of the method nor kindly of the opera- tor. The suggestion of hair removal in an intentional way, for cosmetic effect, seems not likely of successful application, since, so far as we are aware, the hair grow again after a time in the instances so far observed. oe ASSERTING ONE’S RIGHTS. The Baleful Effect of Being Brought Up Alone, From the New York Ledger. “Whenever a man comes to me with a grievance ani wants me to take a case for him,” said an eminent lawyer, “I wait awhile before I agree to act as his counsel, and let him-talk. If he has a great deal to say about asserting his rights, and that he is bound to teach somebody a lesson, I am very cautious how I proceed. “I learned very many years ago that the people who have the most to say about their rights and wrongs, and who fancy themselves the most deeply injured, are quite likely to be those who are the least regardful of the rights of others. I really think there is a form of mental obliquity that makes otherwise sensible persons blind to their shortcomings. Surely they cannot realize their failings, or see that they are the aggressors, in that they de- mand very much more than their due, and “tl il ail {ft ‘il from the | Two months later | X-Ray Sarsaparilla. It’s a good name for the average sarsaparilla--- Because X stands for the UNKNOWN QUANTITY; and it is just the un- known quantity of the average sarsaparillas that shut them out of the World’s Fair of 1893. To be named ‘“sarsaparilla” was not enough. are you made of?” wasthequestion. Why was it ‘ that these average sarsaparillas refused to submit to the X ray of analysis? Why did they choose to be barred out of the Fair as “nostrums” rather than risk the radiance of that ray on the riddle of their reputed “remedies?” Even the X ray throws no light on that subject. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is not an X-ray sarsaparilla. It cures blood diseases. “What that the most of their trouble comes from the fact that those with whom the in contact have endured until enduran: no longer possible, and are forced to pro- iest and rise in revolt a inst further en- croachment. And the strangest part of it all is that the trespassers will furnish what they consider the very best reasons for their conduct, and are so deeply grieved at criticism that one can scarcely find it po: sible to get an adverse word in edgeways. In discussing this subject of person rights in a gathering of lawyers, one of the company declared that during his thirty years of practice he had observed that the most persistent an tena as sticklers for their rights were persons who had been brought up by themsely or were only children, who had, from injudi- cious training, come to believe that their turn must be served first, and all others must wait their pleasure and suit their convenience. This is a world of give and take. N man, woman or child has a right to an: thing but justice, and if justice were fully meted out many of us might fare rather badly. The best that can be made of life is got when we are willing and able to deal fairly and honorably with all creatures. There is a proper regard for scif that must not be lost sight of in all our doings. In- justice to our own interests is as culpab as injustice to others, and the golden rule never was meant to shield those who do nothing and want everything. Asserting one's rights is all. very well when there are clearly defined rights to assert, but when there is an evident disposition to take vantage of the good nature and kind-h edness of others it is time to call a halt. eee His Eye for Bail, From the Pittsburg Telegraph. A well-known alderman of this city has the reputation of being rather close-fiste A story is told about him illustrating hi cupidity, the truthfulness of which, how- ever, cannot be vouched for. A one-eyed German had been arrested and brought b fore him for some misdemeanor, and was found guilty. The man wore a glass eye in lieu of the optic which had once given him sight, but it did not correspond well in color or size with his natural eye, and the difference between the two eyes was quite noticeable. The alderman fined him $5 and costs for his offense. Can't pay it, jedge,” sald the convicted German. ‘What's the matter with your eye?" asked the alderman, noticing for the first time the man’s peculiar appearance. U's giass,” replied the German, won- ing what that had to do with the case. “I'll remit the fine,” said the alderman, “and let you off on payment of the costs.” “Can't do it, jedge; I hain't got no mone “Then you can leave your artificial eye here until you can get the money,” replied the alderman. The man took out his queer-looking optic, and, handing it to the alderman, winked the other eye and walked out of the office. ‘The atderman has, the glass eye yet, and uses it as a paper weight.