THE SORANTON TRIBUNE SATCJIt DAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25. 189T.
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MILLIONS AWAIT
THE RIGHT IDEAS
Conceive Tlicm and You Will l)e Mode
Independent for Life.
ONB HAPPY TIIOUQIIT WILL DO IT
Tick Ono of Tliom Up nnd You Will
Ho on Kngy Strcot--Strny Thoughts
' Thnt Hnvo Put rortuncs Into the
Pockets oi Poor .11cn--Kvcn n Toy
or Puzzle Will Petcli a Competence.'
Anybody enn become rich If he will
follow the ndvlco given by the Wash
ington correspondent of the Philadel
phia Times, who asks: Would you llko
to give up work and pursue a life of
leisure on a steady Income? Well, then,
nil you have to do Is to Invent a bottle
that cannot be refilled, or a pipe that
will not foul, or a cheap envelope that
cannot bo opened without detection,
or a practical car fender, or nn auto
matic music leaf turner, or a contri
vance to aid cyclers In learning, to ride,
or n small machine for openlng'oysters.
or a typewriter for $25 that does good
work or a. magnetic key, or a cure for
seasickness. People with money are
ready at any time to pay large sums
for any of these Inventlons.onco proved
satisfactory. They are looking out
with equal anxiety for a knife sharp
ener that anybody can use, a flsh hook
that will catch nlbblers, a self-locking
hat pin, a cheap and convenient letter
file nnd a. powdered sugar shaker
that will flow freely.
There Is a big fortune waiting for
anybody who will Invent a cheap sub
stitute for carpet. Millions will reward
the lucky man who finds nn available
equivalent for leather. The best sub
stitute for leather thus for thought of
ls made of paper pulp and leather
scraps. Who will contrive the bicycle
that may be operated by both hands
and feet? It Is sure to come and big
money Is offered for It. No good ma
chine exists for putting a mourning
border on stationery, and a means is
demanded for securing window panes
without putty. Tho postofllce depart
ment Is anxious to obtain a coin oper
ated device that will register letters
and deliver numbered receipts auto
matically. A longed-for improvement
In typewriters Is ft modification that
will deaden the noise they make. Add
to these "wants" an envelope for mail
ing small articles or samples, a spe
cific for mosquitoes, a flying machine
that really files and an Intoxicant that
lias no Nemsls. Thus It will be heen
that all the Ideas have not yet been
thoubht of, and that there Is plenty
of room yet for the expansion of Yan
kee Inventive talent.
LITTLE THINGS PAY.
It Is noticeable that most of the big
fortunes earned through patents have
been gained by small things, such as
would not be considered Important by
the casual observer. A country lass
was made Independent for life by the
simple Idea which Is represented by the
pasteboard compartment tray for pack
ing eggs. She had to put up a great
many eggs for market, and the los3 by
breakage was a serious matter. Fo
she hit upon the notion of providing a
separate compnitment for each egg,
and, inasmuch as pasteboard was
cheap and the trays could easily be
ret'B-ned "with tho boxes that contained
them, the problem was solved. It Is
a fact that people In rural parts Invent
few things. It was a Maine farmer,
however, who patented copper tips for
shoes and It Is reckoned that they were
vorth about half a million dollar. to
him. He had sovcrnl boys, who kicked
out the toes of their shoes, and he
found that copper tips made them last
three times as long. Hence th Idea.
One of the most successful Inventors!
of small things was Crandall. He pat
ented several puzzles that made money,
but "Pigs In Clover" was his great hit
In this line. At ono time he was en
gaged In the business of making cro
quet sets, the lawn game being then at
tho height of Its popularity. He de
vised a method of constructing the
boxes, so that the parts were held to
gether by groove and tongue fasten
ings instead of nails. One night ho
took home some of tho waste pieces to
'Ills little girl, who was sick. She found
such delight In playing with them and
putting them together that her father
conceived tho Idea of making similar
blocks for the amusement of children.
Such was the evolution of the well
known Crandall building blocks.
Another very profitable toy was tho
Invention of a l drldden boy. This
was the "Dancing Jim Crow," which
for a long time was tho rose. It Is
said to have yielded $75,000 In tho first
year It camo out. I5y a simple bit of
mechanism a dnrkey was made to
dance on a box. The celebrated
"Fifteen Puzzle" was never patented;
several Inventors claimed to have ori
ginated it, nnd fortunes were gained
by the sale of It. Most famous of all
patented toys was tlw "return ball."
It was sold for a cent, with rubber
string nnd forays finger-ring: yet the
profit ran up to an enormous sum.
Tho chameleon top and walking al
ligator brought fortunes to tho paten
tees. The roller skate was another
very prolltablo invention, though It
did not begin to malM money until tho
patent had nearly run out, when tho
craze came.
SO SIMPLE!
Hundreds of thousands of dollnrs
have been made by Dennison out of his'
shipping tags, TIm Idea consists simp
ly In a Httlo ring of card board that
reinforces the tying hole and prevents
the string from tenrlnir out. A lot of
money has been earned by the Httlo
brass cllp-fastentng, patented n few
years ago, by which sheets of paper
are hld together. Yet it Is an exact
copy of a contrivance in bronze thut
was used by the Romans moru than
twenty centuries ago. In fact, there
ore not a few modern inventions which
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If the Doctor
Did Yotsr Cooking,
There would never be an ounce of
lard used in your kitchen. Cotto-
i leuo would take its place. As a re
sult yonr joou unu yuur uciiiiu-,
would both bo improved. WhyjS
not become your own doctor,
and use
GOTTOLEU
The genuine Cottolene Is gold everywhere In one to ten
pound tln, with our trade-marks "vuttotene- una tietrt
head in cotton-plant wreath on every tin. Not guaranteed
if told in any other way. Made only by
rur y miBMNir MMDiNr Chlcaco.
ftpnnnffl?
are In renllty merely reproductions of
nntlquo contrivances. Ono of these Is
th snfty pin, which was commonly cm
ployed by tho women of ancient llomo
to fasten their dresses. Among tho
mo.t profitable patents lihve been var
ious little devices havlnar 'relation to
women's costume, such as tho tiers-plratlon-proof
shield of rubber, tho
Idea of substituting tho quills of chick
en and turkey feathers for whalebono
l'i corsets, and the suspended garter.
The last was sold outright for $53,000.
Tho ball und socket glove fastener Is
a Frenchman's Idea and has made him
rich. Another successful Invention Is
tho double ball clasp for pocketbooks
nnd handbags. It Is said that no sort
of clasp can bo popular unless it makes
n. noise when it catches. Only n few
years ago n lucky man thought of put
ting a couple of little strips of cork on
tho nose pieces of eyeglnssec, to make
them more comfortnble. Nearly all
eyeglasses nowadays have this Im
provement, and every pair pays n roy
alty to the Inventor. The latest of tho
very profitable Bmall Inventions Is the
tin cap for beer bottles, which Is tak
ing the place of corks. It Is cheaper
than the cork, more convenient, and
keeps the beer better. Metal lemon
squeezers nro undesirable because tho
Juice of the fruit nets upon tho metal
and makes It ft poison. Not long ago
somebody thought of making lemon
squeezers of glass, and tho Idea was
worth just $50,000 to him.
Tin cans are now made so that they
can ho opened by simply striking the
top a smart blow. As soon ns he
learned of tho Invention Armour, the
Chicago packer, ordered 500,000 of tho
cans, nnd the Inventor Is already inde
pendently wcnlthy. Tho automatic
Inkstand, which keeps nn equnl supply
of Ink always ready for the pen, Is said
to have earned $200,000. The "shading
pen" has earned a sum even larger.
Shoo buttons nro no longer sown on,
but nro applied with ft metal fastener.
This idea has been worth ft big for
tune. A new contrivance that prom
ises to bo very prolltablo Is a whistle
for bicyclers, mndc on tho principle of
the siren fog horn whistle. There was
$500,000 In the wooden shoe peg, but
the inventor went Insane just ns wealth
was pouring In upon him. Another
gold producing patent was the Inverted
glass bell placed over gas jets to pro
tect ceilings. Great sums have been
earned by the rubber pencil tip, barbed
wire for fences and a contrlvanco for
shaving Ice. A "hump" on a hook to
keep It from slipping out of the eye
has made the proprietors of the con
trlvanco millionaires.
CONCEIVED IN A DREAM.
One of tho most valuable patents
was tho result of a dream. An engin
eer named Springer had been trying
to devise nn automatic lock which
would breako a carriage going down
hill, so that the driver would not have
to got out, but might lock the brake
by pulling his horse In. He dreamed
that he was driving down a steep hill
nnd had Just such a lock on the wag
on. Ho noticed exactly how It was
constructed and, on waking he got up
nnd sketched the details of the me
chanism. Then he went to bed again.
Three days later he applied for a pa
tent, which was granted. It yielded
$75,000 the first year. Scores of patents
are Issued every wesk by the United.
States patent office. Only a very small
procentago of them have any practical
usefulness. IJut It Is not always pos
sible to judge before n thing has been
tried. A few years ago a. man thought
of enclosing trees In canvas and filing
tho canvas with deadly gases for tho
purpose of destroying insects. He was
considered a lunatic, but this method
Is now practiced on ft great scale and
with much success In California.
One man has patented a scheme for
utilizing seaweeds as food, shredding
them very fine drying them, mixing
them with sugar and cornstarch, and
putting them up In tins. They are
guaranteed to last indefinitely. An
other Inventor proposes to distill
whiskey from seaweeds. Yet another
has a process for making flour from
bananas, which are to be sliced, dried
In hot air and pulverized. This flour
is nutritious and very cheap.
Banana flour, by the way, H already
manufactured on quite a large Fcale
In Central America. A process has
been patented for making a. kind of
wine out of overripe bananas, pressed
nnd fermented. Sweet potato flour and
dessleated mince pie are numbered
among the original Ideas on the files.
An automatic tack driver Is a ham
mer that contains a re?ervolr of tacks,
so that thero Is no danger of bang
ing one's thumb. Devices for cosmetic
purposes are a finger taperer, a contri
vance to hold back the cars, a spring
to alter tho lines of tho mouth, a
tongue-cleaner and an antl-snorer. A
special novelty Is false noises, attached
to a spectacle frame, and Imitation
gold fillings nro added to false teeth
by burnishing gold foil upon them In
spots, so ns to make them look more
natural.
Artificial hens' eggs are to be made
In the laboratory, tho whites being
n. mixture of sulphur, catbon and beef
fat and the yolks of beef blood, mng
nesla, colored with chrome yellow. The
shells are to be shaped with a blow
pipe from a moist composition of lime
and gypsum. Lockets of asbestos are
Intended .to contain the addresses of
peoplo who travel on railways, for In
dentlficatlon in case of collision and
fire. Ono inventor proposes to stretch
a cable the entire length of the Atlan
tic coast, some distance from shore
and anchored at Intervale. Vessels
dragging their anchors and In danger
of being wrecked are expected to catch
this cablo and so savo themselves. An
other genius proposes that the govern
ment shall locate largo rifled guns on
dangerous parts of the coast, to be
loaded with anchors and chains, On
being discharged tho nncnor unfolds
and drops in the sea beyond the vessel,
with tho chain across her bows, so
that tho crew will only have to make
the chain fast and ride out tho storm
In safety.
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Sunday Sclflol Lesson for September 26,
THIRD QUARTERLY REVIEWS
BY J. E. GILBERT, D. D., IX. D
Secretary of American Society of Religious Education.
INTIIODUCTION.-Tho lessons of tho
past quarter hnvo been taken from llvo
books Acts, I Thcssalonlans, I Corinth
ians, II Corinthians and ltomnns seven
being historical nnd llvo doctrinal. Tho
tlmo covered 13 about eight years, from
62 to CO A. D. Paul was tho great cen
tral chnracler. Around him were gath
cicd, us helpers, friends or enemies, sev
enteen persons, whoeo nnmea will call up
Interesting and Instructive events Alex
ander, Arlstarchus, Aqullo, Claudius,
Crispu.1, Damarls, Diana, Demetrius, W
onyslus, Erostus, Qalus, Jason, Justus,
Ldla, I'rlscllla, Silas and Timothy. In
fullllllng his mission as tho npostlu to tho
Gentiles Paul traveled, fonded churches
and wrote letters. Ho visited Asia, Ap
ollonln, Acliala, Qalntla, I'ontus, l'hrygla
nnd Macedonia. This review will bo a
review of tho facts of tho lessons about
tho chief cities 0 those countries.
TilOAS. Situated on the eastern shoro
of tho Aegean sea, Troas was tho chief
port of Mysln, tho placo of entry and de
parturo of vessels trading between Eu
ropo and Asia, Ono would have sup
posed that It was a favorable point for
tho establishment of a Christian church.
Uut Paul camo to It, after his labors In
Galatln, forbidden to seak, one of tho
most surprising Incidents of his life.
Howover, this circumstance proved to bo
of the utmost Importance In his after ca
reer. It determined for a tlmo at least
his labors In Asia Jllnor and opened up
tho now and Inviting field across tho wa
ter to which ho had been designated trom
beginning. For an angel. In tho lorm of a
rran, was sent to him with nn Invitation
tu Macedonia. Troas stands for a new de
parture. rillLIPPI. Paul's first halting placo
In Kurnpe was tho chief city of Mace
donia, bearing the name of Its king, wno
captutnl It from tho Thracians. Our first
lesson gave nn account of his teaching
boforo a company of women at a prayer
meeting by tho river side, resulting In
the conversion of ono of them. Our sec
ond lesson referred to a riot in tho ssfflo
city, which caused Paul's arrest and led
to tho conversion of tho Jailer. Hero nro
two modes of propagating the Cospcl
ono in tho?o quiet assemblies where peo
plo nro seeking after truth and where tho
Spirit oens tho heart to recelvo the truth,
the other nn extraordinary nnd seemingly
nflllctlvo circumstance. In which enemies
aro aroused, but which Is turned after
ward to tho advancement of tho cause.
Ily any means and by all means, some
times In hive and gentleness, at other
times through hatred and strife, but nl
wnys and everywhere by tho power of
God, the good work goes on and men may
bo saved.
TirnSSALONICA.-From Phlllppl Paul
proceeded to Thessa'.onlca, another Im
portant city of Macedonia. There ho en
tered tho synagogue and preached Christ,
oysters In n batter of plaster of parls.
A special sort of cannon is designed
to shoot water. It Is a fact, by the
way, that taxidermists use water cart
ridges for shooting humming birds in
ordSr not to injure the plumage. One
Inventor proposes to construct a sys
tem of skeleton towers, on the tops of
which bombs loaded with liquefied car
bonic acid gas are to bo exploded, the
result being rapid evaporation and a
chilling of the atmosphere. This Is to
bo done when the weather is unendur
nbly hot In summer. For tho benefit
of country folks visiting cities Is a de
vice to prevent blowing out tho gas.
The breath tilts a delicately balanced
electrode and gives nn alarm in the
ofllco of the hotel. There Is a pneu
matic sole for shoes to lessen tho Jar
of walking, nnd a proces has been pat
ented for weaving textile fabrics from
thread spun from peat. A talking
watch contains a miniature phono
graph and cries out the hour when the
stem Is pressed. The idea of punch
ing pinholes in eggs to keep them fresh
by supplying tho contents with fresh
air has actually been patented, and
when the hens go to roost their weight
on tho perch may bo utilized for ac
tuating 0, mechanism which shuts the
doors of the bee hives on the farm,
thus keeping out the night Hying moths
whoso larvae attack tho honey and
young bees. A washable paper, from
which writing In Ink may be removed
after tho lapse of any time, Is made
of rag pulp, glue and asbestos. The
manufacture of It has been forbidden
In Germany, because it might help
fraud. Another patent is for making
gold leaf so thin that 4,000,000 sheets
aro required for an Inch of thickness.
This sort of gold leaf Is deposited by
electricity on sheets of copper nnd Is
quite transparent. Not least interest
ing is a process for extracting spider
sill: by machinery from living spiders.
The common field spiders of the sea
islands of South Carolina are preferred,
a single one yielding 150 v ds of the
finest Elk. Spider silk : perlor In
quality to that spun by tho silk worm,
but the difficulty hitherto has been to
obtain It in sufficient -quantities for
commercial use.
THE MUSIC CURE.
How It Is Used Abroad to Ilcllcvo
I'nin nnd Discnse.
Krom tho Boston Transcript.
Tho discovery of a new treatment,
called the "music cure," for certain
diseases, comes to us from tho city of
Munich. It Is suggested also that be
fore tho present year of 1897 gives place
to Its successor this "muslo cure" dis
covery may result In something greater
and better than a "boom;" in fact, In
a permanent revolution, so to speak,
respecting the successful treatment of
certain aliments to which human flesh
Is heir.
The discovery of this new nnd novel
method of treatment Is duo to Dr. Paul
Riverra, a learned physician of Mu
nich, who for years has devoted much
of his tlmo to scientific research.
I have referred to this discovery as
new and novel, nnd yet it Is not nn en
tirely new discovery, slnco for quite a
number of years tho "music-cure" sub
ject has been one of earnest discussion
among the physicians of navarla's
capital, while plans for a hospital de
voted wholly to tho treatment of phys
ical ailments by tho "music-euro"
method wero prepared narly five years
ago by Gustavo Haab, an eminent Ger
man architect. Owing to the fact that
tho Empress of Austria was treated
somo time ago for her neuralgia ail
ments, of long Etandlng, and cured by
certain strains of sound repeated at
frequent Intervals, tho "music-cure"
boom has grown in such strength that
it has at last been deemed advisable to
establish ft "music-cure" hospital In
Munich, and already this institution Is
under way.
THE DISCOVERER.
Tho discoverer of the "music-cure,"
Dr. Paul niverra, has recently ar
ranged in his laboratory in Munich .a
curious device, which Is none other
than a. door-harp provided with nine
strings tuned In tho key of E flat. In
other words, tho harp In question Is
very much after hli custom In all places
of Asia Minor, Converts wcro mndo of
tho proselyte's nnd Greeks (sco lesson
three), so that In a short time a largo
congregation of believers was formed.
Hut his success aroused tho envy of tho
Jews, who gathered ft crowd of wortnlcss
fellows and made such nn uproar that
Paul left tho city by night and entered
Ucrca, whero ho was received moro kind
ly. It Is evident that the churoh at Thcs
Halnnlca failed to understand tho apostle.
They fell Into faiso doctrine nnd sup
posed that Christ's second coming was
nt hnnd. To correct their mistakes ho
wrote two letters, nn extract from tho
first of which, forming our sixth lesson,
enjoined several Important virtues and
duties.
ATIinNS Lesson four Is particularly
Interesting because It presents tho first
open encounter of Christianity with Gre
cian learning. Invited to speak on Mar's
Hill in Athens Paul took for his text tho
Inscription "To the unknown Godi" which
ho had found upon ono of tho altars. To
tho philosophers assembled he set forth
tho nature of tho Godhead, tho creator of
nil things and of nil men. He showed
that ldolotrous worship was foolish and
that It ought to bo abandoned, nnd de
clared a general resurrection and Judg
ment, through Jesus Christ. His worls
wcro variously received. A few mocked;
others promised another hearing, but
somo believed, Dlonyslus, an eminent
scholar, adhered to Paul, and nfterwnrd
became bishop or pastor nt Athens, and
wrote valuable- works still extant. Da
marls, also nn honorable woman, entered
tho church and proved a valuable worker.
COniNTII. Lesson five gives nn ac
count of the planting of tho church In
Corinth. Paid began nlone, having lodg
ings temporarily In tho homo of Aqtilla,
a Jew from Italy. For n tlmo ho taught
In tho synagogue In a quiet way, prob
ably treating those subjects upon which
Jews nnd Christians agreed. Later, be.
Ing Joined by Silas and Timothy, ho tes
tified moro distinctly of Jesus ns tho
Messiah. This aroused some opposition
nmong those who had heard him, nnd ho
forsook tho synagoguo and preached to
Gentiles In the house of Justus. Thero
ho continued eighteen months during
which time the church greatly Increased
In numbers. Tho believers at Corinth
wero troublesome to Paul for years nftcr
his labors nmong them. Their Imperfect
knowledgo nnd loose practlco caused him
much solicitude. Lessons seven, eight
and ten, taken from two of his letters
written to them, cover three topics on
which they greatly needed instruction
nbstlnenco from meat offered to Idols,
tho excellence of love as a crowning
Christian vlrtuo nnd a dominating force,
nnd tho duty and pleasure of contribut
ing to tho necessity of saints. Our four
lessons on Corinth show Christianity
meeting tho evil Influences of a wicked
world.
fastened upon a door in such a manner
that when tho door Is opened tho in
strument gives out n. harmonious
sound. This harp can nlso be attached
to the back of a rocking chair, in which
a patient sits, and the movement of the
rocker serves to bring the harp Into
pleasant action, thus producing on tho
Invalid a most soothing effect.
Helng Interrogated on tho subject a
short time ago, Dr. Riverra after somo
hesitation remarked:
"I cannot just at present exploit It,
for I am fearful the moment Is hardly
ripe and I may be exposed to fccvcro
ridicule."
He stepped to his library and took
down a book from the shelf.
"However," he continued, "I am
greatly encouraged In my work by cer
tain statements recorded In his diary
by the celebrated M. Fourcarde, of Par
is, wherein he narrates how he Is ad
vocating tho use of a few drops of a
certain medicine ns a substitute for
bleeding In cases of low fovr. Because
of this departure In the code of treat
ment, great ridicule was being heaped
upon him by the medical profession of
the time, and In his diary he refers at
much length to this ridicule on tho part
of his brethren, among other expres
sions making use of the following one:
"I cannot walk tho streets without
hearing the distasteful term3 "lunatic"
and "quack" applied to me.' "
Continuing, Dr. Riverra ndds: "Fifty
years ago 'cranks' were unknown, else
wla? II. Fourcarde would have been
called a 'crank' as I fear I am consid
ered by some at least. Dut, as I have
observed, I am greatly encouraged In
my discovery for the water euro and
hypnotic methods of treating diseases
have prepared tho way for every kind
of painless cure; and this Is, Indeed,
the ago of painless cures. Anaesthesia
was tho first step In tho early part of
the present century, and from that day
to the present hour tho palnles3 treat
ment has gone steadily forward.
"Laughing gas was a great step in
advance, but cocoalno was a greatfr
step, and now I bellevo music Is to
prove not simply the latest but tho 'best
exponent of nil. This last belongs re
ally to the vapor medicines, such ns
chloroform, for the reason it acts on tho
senses.
FIRST MUSICAL DOCTOR.
"Indeed, tho 'muslo cure' may be said
to have to with antiquity Itself, slnco
It began In days whian David played
to soothe tli Terturbed spirit of Saul.
The next recoid wo have of a musical
effort to relieve great distress was
whi'n tho singer Bellari, in tho bIx-to-.-nth
century, put to sleep the Italian
patron of sculpture, Prince Bellargra
via. Tho Prince awakened after twelve
hours' slumber wholly mlleved of the
terrible rheumatic pains which had pre
vented his obtaining bleep for over a
fortnlght.
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Try Grain0!
It takes the place of Coffee at $
about 1-4 the cost.
Thero has recently been placed
in all grocery stores tho whole,
somo tablo bovcrago called
GKAIN.O, which completely
takes tho placo of coffee. IT
IS A FOOD DltlNK, full of
health, and can bo given to the
childrou as well ns tho adult
with great benefit.
It is mado of pure grains nnd
looks and tastes liko tho finest
grades of Mocha or Java coffee.
It satisfies everyone
A cup of G1UIN-0 is better
for the system than n tonic, bo
causo lis bonefit is pormanont.
What coffee breaks down Gralu-0
builds up.
Avoid cheap bran imitations
claiming to bo tho only original.
Weigh package of Oraln-O and
you will seo that it is 6olid grain.
Ask your grocer for Grnin.O.
15c. and 25c. j'er package. N
Trv Cirain0 !
EPHESUS.-From Corinth Paul cross
ed tho sen, to labor In Uphcsus, which
lay In a fertile- alluvial plain forty miles
from Smyrna. Thero ho encountered,
not Jewish bigotry, or philosophic skep
ticism, but heathen religion. (See lesson
nine,) Demetrius, tho silver-smith, bo
cause his business was endangered, stir,
led up tho populace. For hours' n vast
concourso of peoplo In tho theater shout
ed tho praises of Dlnna, and was np
peased at last only through tho Interfer
ence of tho town clerk. This occurred
on Paul's second missionary Journey.
When ho camo Into those parts on his
third trip he had a delightful Interview
with tho elders of the Ephcslan church,
(see lesson twelvo), showing that, not.
withstanding all tho opposition, tho good
seed had germinated and that a harvest
of souls hud been gathered. Ephesus af
terward became nn Important center, tho
homo of John, tho apostle, in his clos
ing years.
ROME. No ono knows who founded
tho church at Home. Catholics assign
that honor to tho npostlo Peter, but
Protestants nro reluctant to admit tho
claim, As the cnpltnl of the empire the
city had an Importance beyond that of
nny other to the cause of Christ. Soon
after his labors In Corinth Paul deter
mined to go to Rome. Ho may have been
Influenced by Aqulla, who had been In
Italy, (Acts, xvlll, 2) nlthough It Is prob
ablo that tho Spirit of God had desig
nated this as one of his fields of labor.
To prepare tho way for him ho wrote
n letter to tho Roman Christians nnd
sent It by tho hand of Phebo. Our elev
enth lesson, taken from the twelfth chap
ter of thnt letter, Is a kind of sum
mary or deduction from the earlier por
tion of tho epistle. Ho endeavors to
show thnt ono Justified by fnlth Is called
to tho highest stylo of life, prompted by
love, and marked with mnrty excellent
dispositions.
REFLECTIONS. For threo months wo
have considered tho words nnd deeds of
a great man. Richly endowed by na
ture well trained In tho best school of
his people, thoroughly consecrated to
Christ nnd filled with His spirit, Paul
was tho master spirit of tho decado
which has passed in review. Tho apos
tles who hnd known Jesus wero nt work
In other places, but this man was mc.ro
conspicuous than nny of them. To him
was assigned the task of carrying the
gospel Into Western Asia and Into tho
classic land of the Greeks. Ho wns free
from ambition and served his Lord with
out pecuniary reward. His threo mis
sionary Journeys covered tho fairest sec
tion of Hellenic civilization. Next quar
ter we shall follow his footsteps into
other fields even to the Imperial city,
occasionally learning from Peter and
John. Paul mado a lasting Impression
for good upon tho church, and his namo
will llvo In grateful hearts ns long ns
Christianity endures.
"And now, regarding our present
plans for a musical hospital cure: It
Is not our purpose as In the case of
the Knelpplsts to advertise a 'cure for
every 111 of mind or body,' any more
than we would declare that electricity
will euro everything under the sun, or
that Iron Itself is a universal medicine.
We only propose to cure diseases of a
certain nature, while letting others en
tirely alone. "We lay all stress on cur
ing pain. Now, everybody knows who
has clven the subject careful atten
tion that tho Influence of music upon
pain Is wonderful. The mother's lull
aby is founded upon it, nnd the sing
ing to Invalids Is also based on tho
soothing effects of harmonious sounds.
Then, too, reading to the sick and
there nre societies banded together for
this sick-room diversion Is only a
branch of this same cure.
"The real philosophy of tho euro lies
in this: Pain will depart If you only
give It sufficient time to do so. "Why,
If you could only get a patient to sleep
for a period of two weeks while ;.'
pain is raging there is no questioi.
about his awaking cured. But, of
course, tho difficulty In tho matter Is
to get him to sleep. Tho 'music cure,'
however, serves Its purpose by putting
the patient to rest.
"The inlluenco of music has this ef
fect: The patient hears the pleasant
sounds nnd does not experience the
pain while ho is listening. This is a
fact well known In every hospital. Pa
tients who are suffering acutely with
pain nre quieted for hours while Sun
day hymn singing Is taking place.
WAGNER FOR THE NERVOUS.
"Wo shall have a ward In our music
hospital erpressly for pain patients,
where they can hear the most Interest
ing character of music. There will be
another) waril for nervous patients.
Fo this character of disease there is
no muslo equal to Wagner's partly be
cause his music Is largely descriptive.
For example, you seo a milkmaid
leave the house nnd go to the bnrn
with her pall In her hand. You hear
the first tinkle of the whl'to drops In
the pall. Ono by one the cows nre
mooln, for their turn, and at last,
when nil the cows are milked, you rec
the n'ald carrying her dainty burden
to tho dairy. Now, the story will first
be told the patients In mere words,
after which they will hear It expressed
In music, tho effect of which will bo to
relievo thftn from pain, and so make
them well, nil being accomplished, as
you sec, through tho spell of music.
"We do not propose to abandon the
usa of Bunas, slnco they will servo a
beneficial purpose at times; but pati
ents, you know, dlo while taking medi
cine, because they are so 'blue.' In
mind that they fall to nrouse ambition
sufficient to rally from their disorders.
But music will keep up their Interest
In and love for life.
"A peculiar feature In this method
of treatment Is In tho character of
sounds to serve a given purpose. For
Instance, certain ailments nro best
treated In the employment of soft, low
sounds, whllo others require loud, com
pelling strains, and these several con
ditions will be arranged for In our hos
pital. "This 'music-euro' hospital Idea Is
not ft German delusion, very far from
It. Only ft few years since the reality
of hypnotism was regarded In the
United States as an Imposition, a
fraud, but today Hellevuo Hospital,
New York, Is considering with great
favor tho idea of introducing a ohair
of hypnotism; our hospital, hero In
Munich, already has such ft chair, and
In constant use. The next thing, In
my opinion, with this same Bellovue
Hospital will provldo for will be a
chair of music, though I hardly think
New York will have, at least for somo
tlmo to come, a hospital devoted en
tirely to tho 'muslo cure."
"Tho 'music-euro' Idea Is making
progress, not only In Europe espscially
In Germany and France hut In the
United States. At tho present time I
am In correspondence with one of tho
most leminent physicians In tho United
States, who says that he has advocated
for some time employing nurses In hos
pitals who can sing to patients suffer
ing from neuralgia and certain fevera.
BEWARE OF MORPHINE.
Mro. Plnkham Asks Womon to Book Pormanont
Outob and Not Moro Toruporary Rollof
From Pain.
Special forms of suffering lead many
woman to acquiro tho morphlno
Ono of these forms of suffering is n
persistent pnln In tho sido, accompanied
heat and throbbing. There is disinclina
tion to work, becauso work only increases I
the pain.
This is only ono symptom of a chain of
troubles ; she has others sho cannot bear
to confldo to her physician, for fear of.
an examination, the terror of nil sensitive,1
modest women.
The physician, meantime knows her
cannot combat her shrinking terror,
her supplication for something to relievo tho pain.
He gives her a few morphlno tablets, with very
grave caution as to their use. Foolish woman I Sho
thinks morphine will help her right along ; sho bo '
comes its slave 1
A wise nnd a generous physician had such a enso 5
he told his patient ho could do nothing for her, as
sho was too nervous to undergo an examination. In despair, sho went to visit
a friend. She said to her, " Don't glvo yourself up ; just go to the nearest
druggist's and buy a bottle of Mrs. Lydla E. Plnkham's Vegetablo Compound,
It will build you up. You will begin to feel better with tho first bottle." Sho
did so, and after tho fifth bottle her health was re-established. Hero is her own
table Compound J I
the best medicine I
bottlo will provo what it can do." Mas.
"In our music treatment we have of
ten forms that patients can not only
relieve, but euro themselves where they
suffer from severe headache, earachs
and even sciatica. At ono time we had
n young lady who was greatly afflicted
during certain hours with pains In her
back. We advised tlw 'music-cure,'
and so when she felt her pain coming
on she would sit down to the piano nnd,
wlfilo nearly fainting from pain, would
touch ft few notes hero and thero, the
leffect of which was to afford her almost
Instant relief.
"It is a. fact beyond dispute that In
digestion has been cured by listening
to music while eating. Music relieves
worriment of every kind, and precludes
the possibility of nervous indigestion.
Ralpierre made himself famous In 1817
with his hosrltal for the Insane. He
had a band of music stationed in tho
main hallway of his hospital, and had
It play at frequent Intervals. In this
way tho brain of the insane man was
kept from drawing on Its exhausted
supply of gray matter, the result being
many of tho patients recovered. I
thoroughly b-Ilove in the 'muelc-cure,'
nnd am confident in time it will com
pletely revolutionize tho treatment of
disease."
THE SPERM-WHALE.
Somo Interesting I'ncts About This
Monster of tho Sen.
The common sperm-whale, or cacha
lot, has a very wide geographical
range; It Is said that It Inhabits all
seas except those near the poles. It
Is much sought after because It. fur
nishes us with spermaceti, ambergris
and much fine oil.
As a rule, It Is from seventy to eighty
feet In length; Its head Is Immense,
being equal to one-half of tho entire
bulk of the animal, and more than one
third of Its length. The right side of
the head and nose Is occupied by a
cartilaginous triangular-shaped cavity,
"died by whalers the "case," which Is
tie main receptacle for spermaceti.
Tho "case" Is divided Into compart
ments communicating with each other,
and It often contains as much as ten
large barrels of spermaceti.
Though the head is large and clumsy
looking, it does not Impede .the
whale's movements in the least, for it
raises Its head above the surface of
tho water when swimming and keeps
It above when at rest.
It Is not very well known of what
use the spermaceti Is to the whale,
except that It gives buoyancy to the
foro part of Its body. Ambergris Is
a. fragrant, waxy secretion; It Is a gray
substance, and when heated or dis
solved In alcohol It gives out a. peculiar
agreeable odor exceedingly diffusive.
It also has the power of Increasing
the odor of other prefumes. Often It
Is found floating on tho sea or lying on
tho sea coast, and Is valued at about
flvo dollars on ounce.
Sperm-whales traverse the seas In
herds called "schools" or "pods" by
whalers. Five hundred or more have
been seen in a single "school," follow
ing a leader, whose duty seems to be to
keep a close lookout for danger; In
case of threatened harm he sounds an
alarm by n. peculiar roar.
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