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NEEDLES IN HER BODY. TORTURES WHICH SURGEONS CAN'T EXPLAIN. Needle BNflB to Grow In Hoily of Melvina Morford For Three Years They Have Ilecn Cut Out of Her, nnd More Air Vet to Come. i BATTLING WITH A RATFISH. ROM THE BODY nf Melvina Morford. iciiiT a nineteen-year-old IVjJI, girl living at Shar on, Pa., physicians have extracted within the past three years over eight hundred need les and fragments of needles. How many are still im heded in her flesh they do not pretend to say, but operations to remove the sharp pieces of steel are still going on. This story is true in every detail. The surgeons say it is without precedent for the extraordinary numher of needles her hody has contained. There are sev eral well-known cases of a woman car rying a needle in her hody for years, and the needle has kept constantly mov-M ing from one limb to the other. When, not long ago, the surgeons cut out from twenty to forty more needles they thought their task was finished. But it seems not. If, as some surgeons contend, the case is one of voluntary self-torture, then the patient, a fragile young girl, pos sesses wonderful endurance and a stoical Indifference to pain which far surpasses that of the New Mexican In dian priests, who, once a year, in the performance of a religious penance, flagellate themselves with sharp cacti branches, filling their backs with thorns, which are afterwards drawn out. The giii, however, strenuously denies that she fills her skin with needles. She says that she has no idea where they come from. Her parents corroborate her. They have even kept close watch over her movements to detect, if pos sible, whether the physicians' theories are correct, but they say they have learned nothing. The operations for the removal of the steel pieces are exceedingly painful and cause the girl to writhe under the cut of the surgeon's knife. She is, in fact, unusually sensitive to pain. Highest of all in Leavening Power.- AM ERICAN DIAMONDS. A Few Choice Specimens of Them Arc Found Here, Diamonds have been found occasion ally at different places in the United States, but never in sufficient quanti ties to render systematic mining profit able, says the New York World. The largest authenticated diamond ever found in this country was picked up by a laborer engaged in grading the streets af Manchester, Va. Its original weight was about twenty-four carats and after cutting a twelve-carat stone resulted. On this stone, called by Capt. Dewey, its owner, the Oninoor, John Morrissey once loaned ?G,000, but Mr. Kunz, the diamond expert, appraised its value at less than 51,000, as it is poorly colored and imperfect. Next to this stone comes a sixteen Carat diamond found in 1SS4 at Wauke sha, Wis. A stone over four carats came from Dysartvllle, N. C, in 1886, and one weighing just a little less was found in Dane County, Wisconsin, in 1893. In Georgia and North Carolina, itacolnmite or llexible sandstone is found. This stone, so elastic that a slab of it can readily be bent into a curve by the fingers, is found associated with diamonds in Brazil, and this fact led to a search for the gems in these southern states. Quito a number of small stones were consequently found there, mostly in the gold washings of Hall county, Georgia. In California's gold diggings, dia monds have also been found in some numbers. About seventy stones have been obtained from one locality at Cherokee flat, the largest weighing about two and one-half carats, and the colors varying from rose through vari ous shades of yellow to pure white. The largest price ever paid for a California diamond in the rough was some ?G0t). There are twenty diamond-cutting es tablishments now in this country, handling during each year about 250,000 worth of stones. A Queer Marine Monster Killed Off the California Coast. The Italian settlement at the foot of Franklin street was agitated this morn ing by the capture of a monster of the deep, says an Oakland correspondent of the San Francisco Examiner. An Italian fisherman gave battle to the queer fish, and he says he will long remember the encounter. The capture was made near Goat Island. It took several hours to land the fish and during the contest two boats were nearly wrecked. The Ital ians call the monster a "ratflsh," be cause it has somewhat the appearance of a rat. The fish weighs 24f pounds and measures eleven feet from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail. The tail itself, which was used by the fish as a means of defense, measured six feet in length. The story of the battle was told by a man named Lagoria, who employs the fishermen to go out every morning and fish for him. "There is one old man in my employ," said Lagoria to-day, "who seems to have particularly bad luck in catching freaks. Several days ago he got a man eater while fishing near Goat Island and had an exciting encounter. This morn ing the same old fisherman had his lines out near Goat Island when he captured the ratflsh. He was alone at the time and was somewhat excited when the monster came to the surface of the water and made straight for his little boat, lashing his tail in all directions. The fisherman had to devote his efforHi in getting away from his catch. He shouted for assistance, and three com panions, who were fishing in the vi cinity, came to his rescue. After a long struggle they succeeded in drowning the monster and towed him to shore. A fish that weighs 245 pounds and is eleven feet long, and a tail almost like a rod of iron, can do some fighting when it gets mad. That is what my fisher men found out when they tried to land the monster. The man who made the capture has given up the sea for a few days. He is a little superstitious about his captures and does not want to do any more fishing for awhile. The Italians call it a 'ratflsh,' but that is not the proper name. We have been in the. fish business for a great many years, but we have never had anything like this before. It is not a shark. The tail is very peculiar and has great strength. That is its weapon of de fense. The men who captured the fish tell me that the monster can work ter rible havoc with its tail." Royal Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PORE Professor Pilcher! Flying Machine, Professor Percy I. Pilrher, assistant lectur w in the norauU architecture and marine en InccrhiK class at (ilusgow University, lias lohleved considerable success with his soar us machine. Ilis machine consists vt live larts, a body piece, B triangle, winus and rudder, the whole giving an appearance quite similar to an enormous butterfly: the area if the (rings being 1B0 square feet. The 00 !Upant nf the machine rests within the Imilv if the structure, his les free to touch the sarth. tin the day of Mr. Pitcher's most successful experiment the wind was blowing it the rate of fifteen miles an hour; It Is re ported that having adjusted the machine the Inventor ran down a Ions declivity, Ink- iik without any forced effort, leaps of up to sixty feet in length, being, during the leaps, froiii two to four feet from the around. Dur ing one of these leaps, however, the wind itcttiiiL' under one of the huge wings, tilled tnd disabled the machine. The efforts of Professor Pilcher In tills line are considered as ainoiiL' the most successful In the A I! "s if aerial navigation. A new machine Of. sllchtlv heavier nattern. hut with corrc-pond lugly larger sail area, has been constructed to replace the other, and with this machine better results are expected. False Witnesses. There are knaves now and then who represent certain local poisonous stimuli as Identical SBSSlng properties akin to tho tor's Stomach Bitters. These met with hitters and with or pos le of llostct- SCnmps only succeed in Outing tneir trasny compounua upon people unacquainted with the genuine article, which Is as much their onposlti day Is to night. Ask and take DO substitute for the grand remedy for malaria, dyspepsia, constipation, rheumatism and kidney trouble. There Is no premium on fashionable scan lal this summer. It tho llnhy is Cuttinc; Teeth. Be sure and US that Old and well tried remedy, Mia. vVissl ow's BOOtanra SYrT for Children Tccthlne- Denver Directory. MACHINIST Repairs of M1MXU, FKISriSU jtorlitnerj, to. Plp ihr."llu aud cu'tint. ftasjht itoiatou Raox A QanMe, iu-i iti t. AMERICAN HOUSE WSS ' 'ltonvrr's nld HVIuWh Hotel. ' G1 AV! Kiu:il I'rnlt PUN nOfUlTSlv ret re all irregularities, from whatovr o M I! on I tU t'llUor A.l tr mu vvi MK.U ! Al. t: ., li mtti st,, Denver, Colo. Lady Attjndiut. SOUTHWICK HAY PRESS. , . t ln-t -st and tlin strongSSfl tiftv pr as in the world. A 4J-lncti tee 1 opening No fMltVg ofl wheels to set it. 1'J to IS tons a day and full wljlil In St. Ad dress ltniu li llou Sanlwi h Mti, Co., Council Bluffs, In., or C.W. Kolth, 1 stribg Agcu Denver. can be a gentleman : a steam yacht. without really One owning "Hanson's Magrlo Corn Salve." Warranted to ears or money refunded. Ask your ilrutftfl.tt lor It. Price 15 cent. What Is done cannot be undone, especially If It Is a Lard boiled egg. FITS -AUFitsstOPPodfreebv Ilr.Kllne'sO'rent Nerve Restorer. .No Pit! after the Brat day 's, use. karvelouacurea. Treat tee and CS trial bott le (re. t 111 cuts, belld toLr.Klllie.Wl ArtLSl.,Pl.lU.,l . to do with E. E. BURLINGAME'S ASSAY OFFICE AuU Chemical Laboratory. L'jMMIiAiI 111. JEWRl-EKS AND PHOTOGB APITERS, send your sweeps and waste containing 'gOM and silver for treatment. Prompt returns aud highest cash price paid for g 1 and nil -ter bullion. Address 1738 aud 1733 Law rence Street. Denver. Colorado The size of a man has nothing the size of a lie he can tell. Ma 'y Influences Combl e to Redo.es health lotue da nuer limit, t he reviving proportion of Parker' Singer Tonlo best overcome those ills. Many people enjoy a musical refrain bet ter than its execution. Kyeryone Knows Uow It I to suffer with corns, nnd they are not conducive to gnu ofm walking. Remove them with mnderoorni. A dress does not make a Woman, but often breaks a man. I believe Disc's Cure for Consumption saved mv boy's life last summer.--Mrs. Al ibi Douglass, LeRoy, Mich., Oct. ai. 1804. The "Shocking Indiscretion" of a Zulu. The editor of the African Critic tells a good story of his barrister days, lie was retained mi one occasion to defend a Zulu, charged with Stealing a gold watch from Ins master. "Tho evidence against the accused was," writes the editor, "only circumstantial, and 1 made the most of It. wilh the result Unit he was discharged without the proverbial 'staiu on his character.' "tin the same evening I was sitting on the sloop of the Criterion hotel conversing with Mr. Hugo, the magistrate who had heard the case, when my client of the morning ap proached and asked if lie could speak lo me. Without rising I asked him what he wanted. "Not noticing who my companion was he blurted out In English: 'Master, can 1 wear the watch now';' producing at the same time the Identical article for the theft of which lie had been tried and acquitted. Mr. Hugo roared with laughter. 1 Hit somewhat em barrassed, and in the meantime the boy, recognizing the magistrate's voice, had boil ed." New York Journal. Youth paints the circus hills for old age to tear down. THE BANGLE AGAIN. It Cnme Into Fashion with Elbovr- Sleeve nnd Is Very Cosily. One of the features of this year's fashion in jewelry is that the bangle is very different from the old. It came into fashion along with the elbow sleeve now so much in vogue, and is a llexible affair, comfortable to the arm and entirely unlike the stiff bangle of a few years ago. At one leading jewel er's there are a variety of these new bangles. They consist of a narrow flexible gold band, set with jewels, alternating with one another. Six to eight gems are used, anil the effect Is very beautiful. Diamonds alternating with emeralds are the most in VOgue, though exquisite bangles show dia monds and rubies and diamonds and sapphires. Another bangle novelty has the same flexible band, but with the. jewels arranged in a cluster Instead of the separate gems alternating with one another. A turquoifl surrounded with diamonds makes valuable one of these new bangles. Strings of pearls are the fashion to wear with low-necked evening gowns. Tho latest show four pearl strands caught together in three places by flat diamond clasps. Nothing could be more beautiful for a debu tante's "coming out present" than one of these new pearl necklaces. The fashionable hat pin of the moment has for it3 top one large gem framed in dia monds or tiny pearls. An amethyst set in pearls is, perhaps, the most correct. A Child Enjoys The nleasant flavor, gentlu action and soothing effects of Syrup of Figs, when in need of a laxative, and if the father or mother bo costivo or bilious, tho most gratifying results follow its use; so that it is the best family remedy known, and every family should have a bottle on hand. No one has ever had a correct Idea of tic estimation In which he is held by his fellow Ctreal S until ne attempts to ikhtow a uur dollar bill. There are no cats In Greenland, hut they have a native dog that can howl a hole int.' the side of an Iceberg, so the natives dotlt miss the cats. 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V7a solicit the most ohstl Date cases and chnUenge t lie world for a case we cannot cure, xhlsdl ease bassiwan ii nl Set! the ski II of tlio most eminent plivsi Olans, $.o,00O cnpiial behind our unoondt. tlonal pntranty. Absolute proofs sent sealed on Bppllcats n. Address COOK REMKDV CO SUJ Alasonlc Teuiplu, C1I1CACU, ILL. Cut out and send this advertisement. W. X. V. Denver. Vol. Ml. No 681-48 When writing to advertisers, please say thai you saw the advertisement In this paper. A Misunderstanding. Suitor Tieg pardon for interrupt ing, but I er have just come er that is, I have just been speaking to your (laughter, and she referred me to you. Old Gentleman Gee crickets! I wonder if that girl thinks I am made of money. You are about the fortieth bill collector she has sent in to-day. If she doesn't marry pretty soon, I'll be bankrupt. Kthlcs of Journalism. New York Recorder: "His mind wanders," gravely remarked tbe med ical man, gazing down at the uncon scious editor of the Weekly Blast. "That's all right, doctor," hopefully commented the editor of the Bugle, who had been called In to watch by the bed side of his sick and rival contemporary; "ifte alwavs had that, kind nf a mind True Realism. Dramatic Author 1 understand that you are looking for a new play. Manager Yes, but I am very hard to suit. I want a play which shall com bine all the elements of tragedy, com edy, farce, pantomime and spectacle. "That's it. That's what I've got. Chock-full of tragedy and human suf fering, tears and smi'es, joy and woe, startling surprises, unheard of mishap;?, wreck and ruin, lamentations and laughter." "What's the title?" "A May Day Moving." "What's the plot?" "Hasn't any plot. Just an ordinary May day moving." Ileal Devotion. "Are you sure you love him?" "Am I sure! Do you see this dress?" "Of course I do. What of It?" 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