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G~ERM CELLS OF LIFE.
THEY RETAIN VITALITY EVEN AFTER
APPARENT DEATH.
A Startling Theory Showing That
Instant Death In an Impossibilit7
, and That We May Be Oonselous Fog
Some Time After DIssolution.
"You often meet with the phrase
"death was instantaneous." and you
believe it, but instant death is impossi
ble.
A professor has been studying the
subject, a man of renown in his own
world, and he has discovered certain
'important data proving conclusively
that no one can meet with instant
death. He works out his theory on the
data afforded by the physiology of cells.
He states that no one yet has proved
the difference between a dead and a live
brain cell. When this has been done.
then we can more easily ascertain how
long a time elapses before the death of a
cell takes place.
But, first. what is a cell? To be brief,
both plants and animals-including, of
course. man-are built up of units, ele
mentary units, which you can only de
tect under the microscope . Now, each
tiny cell is a vital elementary unit. We
are nothing but highly developed results
of the individual vitality of huge quan
tities of these fundamental cells.
As this is nudeniably so, how is it
possible. by simple decapitation, say.
to cause instant death in the millions of
cells which compose the brain? It is
known that brain cells have their own
cell life and are liable to live a certain
time after they are cut off from outside
nutrition without the supply of any
blood whatever from the body. The
nourishment is supplied inside the cell
walls, and it can go on living after be
ing cut off from other resources
From this argument it is clear to the
professor that these millions of cells in
the brain must continue to live after
death has apparently intervened--that
is, when death appears, but only on the
outside. to have been instantaneous.
After a man's leg is .cut off. or an
animal's, you can stimulate the nerves
for a long time. but you cannot do it
after the cells are dead. You cannot get
any response at all.
Electricity has been thought to be the
germ of life. but this is a fanciful the
ory when confronted with the new laws
as by research established.
The countless millions of cells of
which our bodies are entirely composed
contain the germ of life. and it is im
possible for these to be visited with an
instantaneous unconsciousness.
You can take living cells from a pig's
glands. and this same professor will
demonstrate to you that after these
glands have gone through their prepara
tion the cells are still living.
But the curious fact remains that at
present there are no data showing the
supposed length of time it takes for the
cells of. the brain to empty themselves
of the germ of consciousness or life, but
it is certain that consciousness does not
cease immediately after, say. a head
has been cut off a body. The belief.
however, is that at least four or five
minutes must elapse ere death finally
steps in to arrest life.
It has been noticed in the case of a
decapitated head that the cheeks remain
red for some minutes after the sever
ance, a conclusive proof that the cells
are living.
The heads of decapitated animals
have continued to bite and snap at the
air for three or four minutes after sev
erance. This phenomenon is well mark
ed in the head of a tortoise separated
from the body. The life of the brain.
therefore, must be retained for some
time after the head is severed, from the
very fact that, though being separated
from the trunk, its nutritious blood and
gases, taken from the fund stored up in
the cells, are in sufficient quantity to
carry on life, but for what exact period
is unknown.
Do the brain cells die simultaneously Y
No. because they have their own indi
vidual cell life. Our scientific friend
also makes the very startling statement
that in mnany diseases the brain cells.
although the person to all appearances
is dead, may live for three or four hours
after supposed death has taken place.
In the case of a healthy person being
hanged. seeming death is not instanta
neous at all. Organic motion is arrest
ed. but real death is certainly not in
stantaneous. The brain cells are the last
to die. and life is not really extinct un
til rigor mortis sets in, which, in the
case of a healthy person dying sudden
ly, is protracted.
Now. when it is known that an ordi
nary cell lives after being removed from
a living body. why. then, cannot the
brain cells retain their life when the
conditions immediately surrounding
them are much the same as during their
previous existence ?
The head of a chicken was cut off.
and after certain stimuli had been
made it opened its mouth and gasped
five minutes after its head had been
jecapitated from the body.
The head of a certain animal was cut
ot and found susceptible to light for
many minutes after it was apparent
ly dead. A strong electric light was
held in front of the eyes and moved
alternately near to and far away from
them. The pupils of the eyes followed
the light in its movements, expanding
and contracting. that is to say, focuse
ing themselves upon the light as it
moved backward and forward. It was
proved that the animal was capable of
smelling by the use of certain pungent
odors placed near the nasal organs
and all this because the brain cells were
yet living..
Rasifng Ducks Without Water.
Ducks don't need water to thrive.
There are many duck raising plants in
this country where thousands of the
fowls are bred each year for market and
where there is not even a puddle for
them to flounder in. One of these farms
is credited with an output of 90.000
ducks a year
Humliatina Rtval.
It is not a mooted question in Persia
whether women dress for the eyes of
men or those of women, as there only
women see women, at parties. In her
book, "Through Persia on a Sidesad
dle, " Miss Sykes. writing of the women
of Teheran, the capital of Persia, con
fesses that even Mohammedan isclation
doces not prevent women from being
envious of other women, if they are
dressed better than themselves. She
writes:
I was told that many of the fine ladies
would give large sums in the European
shops of Teheran for any brocade of silk
which struck their fancy and would
wear it at the next party to which they
invited their friends, flaunting the new
toilet ostentatiously before them to fire
their jealousy.
Usually. however, one of the guests
would pay her hostess out by buying
some more of the same material and
having it made up for one of her stave
women. She-then would invite a large
company to tea, and the cups would be
handed round by a negress adorned in
the rich silks with which the former
hostess is arrayed.
Later on the slave would dance before
the guests. The great lady, who had
been invited to be mortified, would be
both disappointed and humiliated. The
lady who had given the party would be
pleased at vexing the rival.
Pood In Siberia.
So hard is food frozen in Siberia dur
ing the winter that carcasses of sheep
can only be divided by ax and saw.
Fish caught through holes in the ice
freeze while they jump. Eggs are as
hard as flints. I have carried them in a
sack over my horse's back.
The rivers of Siberia abound with ex
cellent fish, among these a beautiful
kind of grayling and the incomparable
sterlet. quite the most delicious fish I
know. While descending the Yenisei
we caught a gigantic sturgeon, yield
ing many poods of coarse black caviare.
a dainty highly esteemed. Sturgeon
cutlets, with wild chervil for flavoring.
are delicious. Quails and dabchicks are
a favorite broil for second breakfast.
The bread I found dark, hard and sour,
but sustaining. A great deal of vodki
is drunk, but it is both perilous and
nauseous on account of the fusel oil it
contains. Kwass in summer time is re
freshingly acid, and, drunk from a small
oaken bowl, it is better than cider.
Tea is taken at every meal, but is
very weak. Brick tea is detestable. The
stamped bricks are used as money till
they are worn and dirty. They are then
made into a kind of broth. All sorts of
abominations are flung into it. The
Khirgis have an insatiable appetite for
brew "thick and slab." impossible to
western palates.
Helen Irving's Tragic Death.
The tragic story of the beautiful and
talented Scottish woman, Helen Irving.
is not, perhaps, well know. although
it has been celebrated in song. She had
been for some time courted by two gen
tlemen whose names were Bell and
Fleeming. Bell told the girl that if he
ever found her in Fleeming's company
he would kill him. She. however, had a
strong regard for Fleeming, and one
day, while walking along the romantic
banks of the Kirtle, she observed his
rival on the other side of the river
among the bushes.
Conscious of the danger her lover
was in, she passed between him and his
enemy, who. firing, shot her dead.
Fleeming crossed the river and killed
the coward. A heap of stones was raised
on the place where the brave woman
fell, and she was buried in the near
churchyard. Fleeming, overwhelmed
with love and grief, went abroad, but
soon returned and, stretching himself
on her grave, expired. He was buried
by her side.
A Lucky Halrdresser.
The old saying that a man may be a
hero to every one but his valet is called
to mind by an article in The Illustrated
London News on "Famous Masters of
the Tonsorial Art." in which stories are
told of Duplan, the hairdresser to Napo
leon. This astute man made himself so
indispensable to the unfortunate Jose
phine and became so intimately ac
quainted with the emperor's affairs that
he was retained in the service of the
imperial family when Josephine was
superseded by Marie Louise. He cared
for the hair of both the emperor and
empress, being paid 4,000 francs a year
for service to the former and 6.000 for
arranging the' coiffures of the latter.
Ultimately he was the recipient of
about 40.000 francs a year, his demands
being constantly increased because of
Napoleon's restriction in refusing to al
low the tonsorial artist to treat the hair
of any other customer.
Gazelle Hunting.
Gazelles in Nubia are hunted by a
powerful breed of hounds, in build
somewhat heavier than a greyhound.
In spite of being far swifter than the
hound. the gazelle falls a victim from
the nervous habit of constantly stop
ping to look back to see if it is pursued.
It also expends its strength by taking
great bounds in an almost vertical di
rection. thereby not only losing time.,
but exhausting itself, so that it is over
taken without difficulty.-Harper's
Weekly.
Torpedo Boats.
The average distance of discovery of
a torpedo boat by the searchlight from
a battleship has been calculated to be
781 yards .and the greatest distance
9,000 yards. Thus, taking the distance
at which the torpedo can be fired with
effect at 500 yards it will be generally
found that a torpedo boat will have to
cross about 300 yards under fire from
the ship she is attacking, and it will
take the little craft about half a minute
to do thisa
Gallant.
"A man is as old as he feels," said
the gentleman of the old school, "and a
woman as old as she says she ia "-In
dianapolis .turnu:l.
PUNISHING AN EDITOR.
The Curious Method Adopted In a
South American Country.
Curious methods of punishing indis
creet editors are in vogue in some coun
tries. In "South Americln Sketches"
Mr. Crawford describes the interesting
experience of an editor who had been
unfortunate enough to give offense to
the ruling powers by the freedom of his
criticisms.
The editor was arrested and confined
in a narrow passage between the cages
of two jaguars. notorious for their bad
tempers and their intense dislike for hu
man society.
The intervening space was so regulat
ed that neither of the ferocious animals
could get its paws quite to the middle
line between the cages. so that a spare.
active person, if very careful to follow
the classical advice about the advan
tages of steering a middle course, might
manage to pass without special injury.
though the achievement would be both
exciting and .dangerous.
Our editorial friend happened to be
stout, and therefore was the more easily
reached by the occupants of the cages.
As if to add insult to injury, he was
given a chair on which to sit and at
the same time was furnished with a
copy of his own paper, the issue which
had brought him into trouble, in order
that he might meditate upon its con
tents.
He tried to sit motionless and bolt
upright, feeling those sleepy. cruel eyes
fixed upon him. At the slightest move
ment or the rustle of the paper uneasy
mutterings arose from the cages, and a
paw would stretch stealthily toward
him. Leaning quickly to the other side.
be was sure to be met by the ugly claws
of the second jaguar. It was a case of
Scylla and Charybdis.
Every few minutes the jaguars be
came wildly excited and clawed fiercely
at the shrinking editor, who, do his
best. could not escape those rending
toe nails. His clothing was torn to
shreds, but except for a few scratches
he was not really injured.
AN ENCHANTED PITCHER.
The Relic of a Fatallty. It Is Pre
nerved by Superstition.
About five miles from Aiken. S. C..
on the Charleston dirt road and. in
sight of the railway, is a little place
that was first christened Polecat, but
afterward changed to Montmorenci, the
French for that odorous little animal.
Many years ago a young woman came
with her pitcher to draw a bucket of
water from a well at Montmorenci and
set the vessel in the hollowed top of a
stone post that some of the railroad
men had moved there. While drawing
the water a flash of lightning came that
struck the chain to which the well
bucket was attached, and the woman
was killed in her tracks. Her remains
were removed. but the pitcher was left
just where the dead girl had set it. To
this day the pitcher remains in the
same place, and, so far from being re
moved, it is said that no living hand
has ever touched it save its's owner's,
although near the side of the public
road
But the most wonderful thing is the
superstition attached to the pitcher.
There is an indescribable influence sur
rounding it that prevents its touch.
Hundreds of people have gone with the
firm determination of lifting the pitch
er. but when they approach it a strange
repugnance comes over them, and they
hurriedly depart without carrying out
the object of their visit.
One night a bully in the neighbor
hood, while under the influence of
whisky, made a bet with some friends
that he would go and bring back the
pitcher. He left to do so, but soon re
turned as pale as a sheet and empty
handed. "Boys," he remarked, "no
person alive can lay hands on that
pitcher, and I wouldn't attempt it
again for the whole of Aiken county."
He refused to tell his experience and
said he would not talk about it. Other
parties have gone to see it, but met
with the same repulsive feelings.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
lean Coal Mines.
The Chilean coal mines, opened in
1855. seem to be nice places to work in.
The seam of coal runs from the shore
under the waters of the Pacific ocean.
and the tunnels are sc clean that you
could walk through them in a dress
suit withoutmaking yourself dirty.
They are lighted by electricity, and you
can have a ride for a mile under the
ocean on an electric car at a speed of 20
miles an hour. The mines form quite
a catacomb of well lighted passages
under the water. The output of coal is
now 1,000 tons a day. and 750 miners
are employed in them.
Cycling and Alcohol.
*'Remember." says an experienced
New York physician. "that alcohol
stimulates the heart and circulation in
much the samie way as exercise, does
and that if you use it in any form
while wheeling the reaction is speedy
and farreaching. "
In the same way a long ride should
never be undertaken immediately after
a plentiful meal, this also tending to
interfere with the heart's action. and
respiration.
A Foreign Writer's Burden.
"'I find your political terms very puz
zling,' remarked the foreigner who
was trying to gather material for a
book on American institutions. "''For
example, to rotate .means to move in a
circle. A ring also means i circle. Now
I am told that when a ring contrcls
your offices they don't rotate any
more. --Chicago Tribune.
A European statistician has discover
ed that only 55 per cent of the blonde
marry. while 79 per cent of their bru
nette sisters engage, in matrimony:
Forty tons .of rust have been taken
out of the Menai iron tu.bular bridge at
one cleaning.
LOVE'LL SHOW THE WAY.
When the ole world seems so gloomy en the
skies ain't lookin bright,
When it seems es dark in daytime en ezs lone
some ez at night,
It seems ez if a ray o' light's a kinder strug
glin through
When you think o' some ole friend you know'll
shake the hand o' you.
When you think about the dark spots o' the
times that uster be,
En gazin at the future allis lonesome that you
see,
There's one time when your mind gits on to
happy thoughts awhile,
En that's when mem'ry shows you that ole
sweetheart's happy smile.
So I jist don't keer how lonely past er future
looks to you,
_ou'll allus find somehow the skies'll turn
from gray to blue,
You'll allus find them lightin up, don't keer
how dark the day,
En when they light you'll allus find it's love
that shows the way.
-Edward Singer in Cleveland Plain Dealer.
HE KEPT THE SEAT.
But It Was Worth What the Other
Man Paid For It.
A man who had not been to church
for a very long time, says a London ex
change, finally harkened to the pelena
sions of his wife and decided to go. He
got the family all together, and they
started early. Arriving at the church,
there were very few people in it and
no pew openers at hand, so the man led
his family well up the aisle and tQok
possession of a nice pew.
Just as the service was about to be
gin a pompous looking old man came
in, walked up to the door of the pew
and stood there, exhibiting evident sur
prise that it was occupied. The occu
pants moved over and offered him room
to sit down, but he declined to be seat
ed. Finally the old man produced a
card and wrote upon it with a pencil:
"I pay for this pew. "
"He gave the card to the strange oc
cupant. who, had he been like most
people, would have at once got up and
left. But the intruder adjusted his
glasses and with a smile read the card.
Then he calmly wrote beneath it:
"How much do you pay a year?"
To this inquiry the pompous old gen
tleman, still standing, wrote abruptly:
""Ten pounds."
The stranger smiled as though he
were pleased, looked around to compare
the pew with others, adm:rt i its nice
cushions and furnishings and wrote
back:
"I don't blame you. It is well worth
it."
The pompous old gentleman at that
stage collapsed into his seat.
No Deadheads There.
I heard a good story that comes from
a little town in the northern part of
the state: Among the members of the
Methodist church at that place is an
old railroad conductor who has been
retired from the business for ten years
or more. During the morning service
at his church not many Sundays'ago
the old railroader was called upon by
the minister to assist in taking up the
collection-one of the stewards who
usually helped in that work being ab
sent.
The retired railroader started down
the aisle with the contribution, basket
and passed it around like an old hand
at the business. Everything passed off
smoothly until he came to a good old
brother who had nodded himself fast
asleep. and just as he was about to pass
by him he was suddenly overcome by
the force of habit acquired in his rail
road days. Giving the sleeping brother
a dig on the shoulder with the basket.
he blurted out'
"Ticket. please!"-Ohio State Jour
nal.
Two Dear Seats.
Sarah Bernhardt while in London
dropped- into a bookseller's shop one
morning. "I sold her quite a pile of
books," said the proprietor. "and she
seemed pleased. As she was going out
she took hold of my pencil and asked
me something in French which I did
not understand. Seeing that I failed to
catch her meaning, she looked about on
the counters, then, quick as a 'flash, she
took up a volume of one of the very
best sets of Scott, bound in tree calf,
opened it at the very center, wrote
something quickly, calmly tore out the
leaf, handed it to me. smiled, and went
out. "
The astonished bookseller 'looked at
the leaf and discovered that Sarah had
written a pass for two to her perform
ance that evening! Magnificent, but it
was not a cheap entertainment for the
bookseller.
The One He Missed.
"I was elected by the votes of eight
different nationalities," declared an
east side alderman as he tucked his
thumbs in the armholes of his vest and
struck an attitude.
"That so? What were they?"
"Irish, German, Polish, English,
Italian, French and Greek."
"That's only seven."
"What the deuce was the other now?
There were eight sure. "
"Americans," suggested a reporter.
"That's it. Couldn't thinkof them to
save me. "-Detroit Free Press.
Poor Business.
An old gravedigger who lived in a
village at the foot of the Grampians
was one day complaining about the
dullness of times.
"Man. John. is trade that bad wi'
ye?" said a sympathizing neighbor.
"Badl" returned John, bringing his
staff down with an impatient gesture.
"I havena buried a leevin sowl this sax
weeks. '
During the middle ages, when the
aristocracy of Florence and Venice was
so tyrannous to its dependents. mur
der was considered as a small crime
and poisoning was so skillfully effected
that many people lived almost entirely
on boiled eggs.
In the river Llano. in Texas, islands
of floating sand are sometimes seen. '
Sick Headaches,
The curse of overworked womankind,
are quickly and surely cured by Karl's
Clover Root Tea, the great blood purifier
and tissue builder. Money refunded it
not satisfactory. Price 25 ete. and 50
ets. Sold'by Chapple Drug Co.
The Way to Go to California
Is in a tourist sleeping car-personally
conducted-via the Burlington route.
You make fast time. You see the
finest scenery on the globe.
Your car is not so expensively fin
ished nor so fine to look at as a palace
sleeper, but it is just as clean, just as
comfortable, just as good to ride in,
and nearly $20 cheaper.
The Burlington excursions leave
every Thursday, reaching San Francisco
Sunday and Los Angeles Monday.
Porter with each car. Excursion man
ager with each party. For folder giv
ing full information call at nearest B.
& M. railroad depot or write to J.
Francis, general passenger agent, Oma
ha, Neb. 6-26-99
What Is Shiloh?
A grand old remedy for Cough, Colds
and Consumption; used through the
world for half a century, has cured in
numerable cases of incipient consump
tion and relieved many in advanced
stages. If you are not satisfied with the
results we will refund your money.
Price 25 cts., 50 cts. and 81.00. Sold by
Chapple Drug Co.
South or East, Which?
When a trip is contemplated it is al
ways well to prepare in advance in order
to avoid little inconveniences which are
often annoying. The two fast trains
leaving `Minneapolis and St. Paul daily
via Wisconsin Central lines for Milwau
kee and Chicago make close connections
with trains east and south. Being ele
gantly equipped with sleeping cars, par
lor cars and day coaches,they are fully ap
preciated by the traveling public. Your
nearest ticket agent will give you com
plete information and furnish you folder
of the Wisconsin Central lines.
* Jas. C. Pond, General Passenger
Agent, Milwaukee. Wis
You Try It.
If Shiloh's Cough and Consumption
Cure, which is sold for the small price of
25 cts., 50 cts. and $1.00. does not cure
take the bottle back and we will refund
your money. Sold for over fifty years
on this guarantee. Price 25 cts. and 50
ets. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
Prizes given with Diamond "C" Soap.
Ask your grocer, or send your name on
postal card to :Cudahy Packing Co.,
South Omaha, Neb., and they will mail
you free a catalogue, of several hundred
useful and ornamental articles. Prizes
include books, music, toys, games, etc.,
and are adapted for old and young.
TANSY p
A SURE RELIEF TO WOMAN ior
all troubles peculiar to her sex. -. Send by
mail or from our Agent. $1.00 per box.
WILLIAMS IF8G. CO., Props., CLEVELAND, OHIO.
For Sale by Chapple Drug Co.
BILLINGS
-TO
CHICAGO
TIME CARD
EAST- W n
BOUND. STATIONS. BOc.'.
DAILY. 80 VAlil.
8:30 A M 0 Lv... RILLINGS...Ar 7:08 p
10:01 A I 61 Lv....Fort nester....Ar 5:18 .
12:82 P M 144 Ar..... Bheridnu..... Lv 20:5 1,
7:80 P l 867 Ar.... Edgemont ....Lv 810 A
9:23 AM 898 Ar... HotSprings ...Lv 600 P
12:80 P M 474 Ar.... Deadwood ....Lv 2:20
9:27 P M 420 Ar.....Crawford.....Lv 6 09
11:18 P M 477 Ar..... Alliance..... Lv 4:20 A
8:10 A f 715 Ar... . Ravenna.....Lv 4.40 v
9:45 A M 758 Ar...Grand Island...Lv R:.6
1:00 P M 838 Ar .... Lincoln......Lv 8:1b r
4-05 P i 893Ar...... Omaha...... Lv 4:81, S
8:05 P M 1038 Ar... Kansau City ...Lv 10:40 +
7:19 A M 1812 Ar.. ST. LOUIS ...Lv 8:45
8:20 A M 1881 Ar... CHICAGO ...Lv id0:3
You Buy the Ticket and
We'll do the Rest.
Tickets sold and baggage checked to all poiri
in the United States.
Vestibuled Pullman Palace Sleeping Car 4::
Free Reclining Chair Cars.
No change of car Ibetween Billings and .i
ase City.
One change of cars between Billings and 1:.
cago, and Billings and St. Louis.
ForTimeTable. Hates. Maps, etc.. call on
addrest
J. L. HARRINGTON, Agent,
or H. B. SEGUR General Agent,
•BillinaPs, Montana.
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seeds lwober1 es1 iods t
origeisnal cot of the fbeet sed
and lw or et
U worth. Five eant pars .!u.
lb.. whmr. Iwy.s
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IERVITA MADIA CO
Iures Impotency, Night Emission and
iasting diseases, all effects of self
abuse, or excess and Indis
cretion. Anervetonicand
blood bdilder. Brings thC
pink glow to pale cheeks and
restores the fire of youth.
By mail5Oc per hox: fi llo . F .
for $2.50 with a written g,.r';,,"
tee to cure or refund the iriow,
NERVITA MEDICAL CO.
For Sale by
LLieberg, Holmes & Aalhoun,. Druggistl..,
1-10-ly Billings, Montana.
T. J. FARRELL.
Range from Clarke's Fork to the reservati.
line on the ceded strip.
J. M. Conway is in charge of the stock an
authorized to sell. His headquarters are a
Blue creek, Billings.
Parties furnishing information of stook o
their range or stock stolen will be suitably n
warded.
JOHN R IMSEY.
Range
Yellowstone
P. O.
Billings.
MURPHY CATTLE COMPANY.
L. H. PARKER, Superintendent.
Billings. Montana.
Range
Crow Indian
Reservation.
MURPHY KENNELS.
Addres--L. H. PARKER, Supt.
Murphy Cattle Company,
Billings, wontana
CUSTER CATTLE COMPANY.
EMMETT McCORMICK, Foreman.
Brand as in out on
either side.
Range - Yellow
stone. Crow Reser
vation, East Pryor
creek.
Horses 7-7 on
left shoulder.
Vent- Brand re
versed.
P. O.-Junction,
Montana.
RYAN BROS.
2 on left ribs.
S on left side or hip. .
oL"sftb. LLoslq