:xi.‘ THE YEAR '0 ‘ NI .p—l. Dd H 2 :2 vs THE i111 FOR Winn mun ‘ . AND :Y. WEEKLY TRIBUNE. Born PAPERS Sent to anv Address ’rn. FOR STARVING,,SrhniiNTs. PRESIDENT HARPER SAYS FOOD IE SCARCE AT, CHICAGO UNIVERSITY. Toning Men‘aml W’omen Struggling to 0b- t-ain Enough to Eat' While Pursuing Their Studies—They Manage to Gradu also but are .Physical Wrecks. Of the five deaths that have occurred at Chicago University in five years. three may be‘ attributed directly to starvation. This statement was made by President Harper at the twenty- first convocation of the university, or- the third of January. By investiga- tion, it has been proved that hundreds of students, men and women, are liv- ing very close to the line where starva- tion begins. Two sisters from Iowa live together in one room, and their combined weekly expenses do not ex ceed two dollars. There are many sim- ilar cases. Sometimes three or four young men share one room, living or bread, with meat once a week. PRESIDENT HARPER. They cannot afford to join a club; they have not money enough to go to a boarding house, or to take their meals- at a. restaurant; and the fraternity halls are far beyond their purses. Al the various clubs that have been estab- lished at the university, it costs from two and a quarter to'three dollars per week for meals, and at the fraternity houses, considerably more. “The university,” says Presidenl Harper, “is turning out men of strong intelligence but weak bodies. Some oi them are moral and intellectual dyspep- ti-cs. It cannot be expected that they will be of much use in the world. 11 the body is not properly nourished the mind will refuse to act as it should, anc I therefore hold that it is as necessary to take care of and cultivate the one a: the other.” “This is a subject upon which I have thought deeply, and nothing but the lack of funds. has prevented me from carrying out some of my ideas. Whal is needed is a place where the students can get good food cheaply. By goon food, I mean wholesome food that is .well and properly cooked. Some 0: them board at restaurants; which is not so bad; others live at the fraternity houses, ”where the food is excellent, bui others ‘bach it,’ and live on the small- est su-‘m they possibly can.” “The ambitious student will deny himself food to get books; but, if the idea I have in mind ‘is carried out, they can get wholesome food as cheaply as the insufficient food they are now buy- ing. It would not take much money tc meet the need I have spoken of, and ] hope soon to be able to see the estab- lishment of university dining rooms for male students such as now exist for women.” Hundreds of poor girls and boys an in attendance at the University of Chi- cago, and scores of them are struggling to obtain the necessities of life. Very few have wealthy parents. Every year graduates have practically paid their way by doing outside work. The university, being in the World’l I Fair district, has been able to hire a! a low rate, a number of houses which were built at the time of the Exposi- tion. Many students manage to pay the small rent charged for rooms in these buildings, and their great strug- gle is for food. A Nebraska Bank President. This is a true story, but for severa reasons names and localities art changed: A few years ago some financiers con- cluded to organize a national bank ill a city not more than 11,000 miles from ’Omaha. In order to secure the confi, dence of the people of the community a number of well-to~do farmers Wen interested, and one, whose name will be given as Fi-tzmaurice, was elected president. In due time the bank was ready for business, and one day it received fron the government a lot of natiOnal bani notes, printed four on a sheet,‘an€ ready for the signatures of the presi dent and cashier. The :cashier signer .up the notes and laid them upon thc .. president’s desk for the latter's signa ture. , President Fitzmaurice stirred up till fire in the grate which warmcd his lit tle office, and set to work placing hix signature on the notes. In due time hi completed his task, and laid the note: back upon the cashier’s desk. ' T’hl cashier cut the notes and counted them finding the pile several hundred dol- lars short. He supposed that the pres ident-had taken the money and would' in due course of business leave a mem orand-um. But after several days had gone by without the president speakinl. of the missing bills the cashier aske: about them. ', , ' “Oh, them bills," said the honest Oli farmer-president. “Why, I made 2 bad fist signing alot of them, and as . ‘ didn’t want folk to see ’61:: I' jus= chu'ékedv“ ’em- into- .Wdt grate.”—'—Qmahi : 3Wprld-Herald. '. 3 . , , 0 language in the’presence “reignite. ‘ ‘ That is the Way Norwalk Speaks, and that is the. Way Norwalk People Act. At first there was doubt. That was but natural, for people had been disa p- pomted many times. But first a. man in ,Norwalk spoke, then a. woman ' in South Norwclk, and soon from all over both places arose the chorus of praises for C. C. 0., California Catarrh Cure, and now people buy and use it in per- fect confidence that it will do .what it, claims: that it will cure every form, every trace of catarrh. Read what Mrs. I. F. Williamson, 24 Spring street, South N orwalk, says: ‘I got a bottle of California Catarrh Cure at Plaisted’s Drug store, for my daughter Kitty, who has been troubled quite badly with cat-arrh, and she finds that it has helped her very much. My sister has also used the medicme with most satisfactory results and joins me in saying that it is a fine medicine.” ' Catarrh in its fully developed forms is a hideous disease, involving decay, filth and actual rottenness, with most offensive odors in the very seat of the organs of taste and smell; firmly fixed there, it begins to attack the membrane lining of the passages leading to the lungs or the stomach, resulting either in consumption, or what is often called dyspepsia. It is really catarrh of the stomach, intestines, liver, kidneys and various internal passages. California Catarrh Cure will cure all forms of ca- tarrh, and will check even incipient consumption. A11 dealers, 50 cents, three times as much, one dollar. How pleasant. it is to discover a large and disfiguring smudge on our face just aft-er we have been having an important interview with someone on whom we wished to makes. good impression. SAVE YOUR LIFE. By using “THE NEW GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE.” This new remedy is a. great surprise on ac- ‘count of its exceeding promptness in relievmg pain in the Kidneys,- Bladder and Back in male ,or female. It re- lieves retention of water, and pain in passing it almost immediately. Save yourself by using this marvelous cure. Its use will prevent fatal consequences in almost all cases by its great altera- tive and healing powers. Sold by E. P. Weed, Druggist, Norwalk. Conn. Lin coln's Bravery and Integrity. . nAbraham Lincoln, when a yOung man, showed that, if he was unwilling to indulge in “wooling and pulling” for amusement, he did not object to :it in a case of honor. A man came into his store one day who used profane of ladies. Lincoln asked him to stop; but the man persisted, declaring that nobody should prevent his saying what he wanted. The women gone, the man began to abuse Lincoln so hotly that the latter finally said coolly, “Well, if you must be whipped, I suppose I might as well whip you .as any other man;” and, go- ing out of doors with the fellow, he threw him on the ground and rubbed smartweed in his eyes until he bellow- ed for mercy. Now, Salem’s sense of chivalry was touched, and enthusiasm over Lincoln increased. His honesty excited no less admiration. Two inci- dents seem to have particularly im- pressed the community. Having dis- covered, on one occasion, that he had taken six-and-one-quarter cents too much from a' customer, he walked three miles that even-ing, after his store was closed, to return the money. Again, he weighed out a half-pounds! tea, as he supposed. It was night, and this was the last thing he did before clos- ing up. On entering his shop next morning, he discovered a four-ounce weight on the scales. He saw his misf take, and, closing the shop, hurried off' to deliver the remainder of the tea. The First? Man. Teacher—Who was the first man? Little Boy (at rear of class). George Washington, ma’am. “Why do you think George Washing ton was the first man?” “Because he was first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” Another boy raised his hand. Teacher. Well, Johnny, who do you think was the first man? , ‘ Johnny. Don’t know what his name,- was, but I know George Washington wasn’t the first. “What makes you so positive?” “Well, my history says he married a widow; .so there must have been a man ahead of him.” “Nope,” said Mr; Rockwell, as' he wiped his glasses, “I’m.afraid John’s college education ain’t goin’ to do him much good, after all." “Why, Silas,” his anxious wife cried; “what makes you say that?" ,, "He admitted in the store yesterday;- that there was still a few things I knew -.more 'about .:tl1an'-,him.’’--ClevelandI Leader. _ _ , ______~_ _ Q“ The First 03th of Office. on Wall street, at the corner of Nae sau, in New York, stands the sub- treasury, in whose vaults are stored great quantities of gold and - silver, which are constantly being drawn out and added to as the business of the city requires. 0n the steps of this plain building stands a. statue of Wash- ington, at least twice as'large as life marking the spot where our first Pres- ident took the oath of office, and just inside the entrance is the large block of red sandstone on which he stood on that important occasion. The stone is framed and protected by glass, an fastened to the wall now. . - “No ,. man 'ebber loses ’is ambitio ' completely,” said Uncle Eben. “Elf he ’gits when he can't be nufiin’ but a nul- sance, he takes pride in seein' how big a. specimen he . kin make hissed"— W‘ashlnzton 3m. - ~ ”:7 9; _ BALTIMORE'S‘BENEFXCTQR. The Founder of the' Johns Eopkins Uni: , ' ' vol-city. More than' eighty-five years ago .a young man from Anne Arundel Coun— ty, Maryland, came to Baltimore to “seek his fortune. When he arrived in the city, which sixty years later he was to endow so: munificently, he had only seventy-five cents in his pocket. He was eighteen years _ old when he left his father’s farm, on which he had worked since his twelfth year; but, hard as he had worked in the country, a still harder experience was his during the first years in the city. ‘ Soon after his arrival in Baltimore he obtained employment in his uncle’s \wholesale grocery store; The work was laborious, and the salary small; early and late he was at the store. Thé six years that he passed in his'uncle’s store, while toilsome, were serviceable. They taught him methodical business habits, and thus prepared him for his future career as one of the merchant princes of Baltimore—one of that re- markable trio of benefactors (Peabody, Pratt, and Hopkins,) whose enlighten- ed liberality has provided their adopted city with magnificent monuments in the shape of libraries, a university, and a hospital. efactors of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins was the wealthiest, and founded two ol the most splendidly endowed institu- tions that the world has ever seen—the Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Hospital—Self Culture STRANGE AMPUTATING DISEASE. l‘lie Little Toe Contracts at the Base Un- til It Hangs by a Thread. Dr. Bernard Wolff, an'Atlanta, Ga., physician, some time ago treated a ne- grow woman for a peculiar disease known as “ainhum.” Only three simi- lar cases ever have been recorded in the United States. The disease had its origin in Brazil. It afiiicts none but negroes. It has the curious effect of causing self~amputation of the little toes on one or both feet. The first manifestation of the disease consists in a slight contraction of the flesh at the base of the little toe. This hardening continues until a ring is formed, which gradually contracts un- til the bone is absorbed and the toe hangs by a slender thread of flesh. There is little pain, though the toe often doubles under the foot, which causes annoyance. The cure consists in clipping off the toe, a simple and painless process that causes little loss of blood. Dr. Wolfi attributes the disease to the fact that the negro has a flat foot, so that every step taken results in a severe shock to the nerve leading to the little toe. This gradually diseases the outer member and causes the pe— culiar contraction of the skim-New York World. Of these three public ben-. . . ‘ i ' . .l . ,‘ lf'l'hlsI-lad Happened": san- Francisco Ineieffaclfof‘lioré pl walk More Than 9pc - ' Reader Would Dis? ' ' pute'ltgi ’ ' The average'man is adoubter. It is due to this fact, coupled with necessity that such? rapid strides have beenmade " in mechanics and soience. curiosity and investigation are necessary in . every business. Without it failure is the inevitable result. Norwalk people are asked to investigate the following; it is a simple thing to do. The party interested is a South Norwalk citizen. He doesn’t live in Detroit or New York. Ask Chas. E. ,Warren, son of the well. known" Oyster planter, Ge‘or e N. War- ren, of 2 Chestnut street, outh Nor- walk, if the following [is not literally true. . “I had backache and weak kidneys from early childhood. I tried all kinds of remedies but never received any permanent benefit until I commenced using Dean's Kidney Pills. My father had been using them, and was so pleased with the result that I was in- duced to try them. 'Iam satisfied that. they are all that is claimed for them. They cured my backache. I am glad to recommend them to anyone who suf» fered at times as I did.” Glendening & Co. , the druggjsts have , scores of customers who testify just as emphatically about the results received from Doan’s Kidney Pills as Mr. War- ren’s son. ‘Drop in and see them. A SOUTH SEA STORY. - A Modern Robinson Crusoe Found on Christmas Island. An English naturalist has lately ex- plored an island, in the South Pacific only recently discovered, and named Christmas Island. ,It was not thought to be inhabited by man or beast. The naturalist was, “however, astounded to run across a. huge bamboo house in the center of the island, and saw every sign of luxury through its open porti— cos, while the surrounding Country 'was laid out in beautiful gardens. As he appeared in the open glade an aged white man left a stockade close to the house, and, followed'by his native _. wife and children, with twenty black servants and concubines bringing up the rear, came toward him. 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