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A SURGICAL FEAT.
REMARKABLE OPERATION PERFORM
ED ON J. HARDING OF CINCINNATI.
Hl* Cheat IVu Oprneil and Ilia Lutlg*
Were Exposed-- Bony RllkHtanra of Kiln
Removed —The Her Covering the Lujiga
Wan Cleared of l*ua Patient Still I.lvea.
If a decade ago the most eminent- sur
geons should have been told that a
man’s chest could be opened, tho bony
substance of the ribs removed, an in
cision made into the pleura or sac cov
ering the lungs and theso exposed to
view like the works of a watch, they
would have ridi.-t ••• il the statement as
too preposterous to bo entertained for a
minute. And yet this was successfully
accomplished at the City hospital in
Cincinnati recently. Tho patient still
lives and bids fair to make a splendid
recovery.
On Dec. 13 Joseph F. Harding, a pa
lter carrier, whose homo is at tho south
east corner of Bay miller and Everett
streets, in Cincinnati, was admitted to
the institution sulfering from acute
pleurisy. After several days in the ward
the conclusion was reached by the at
tending physician that the fluid in the
sac had turned to pus, distending the
sac until the prostinmn was being forced
against the ribs. To save tho man’s life
and check the inroads of supervening
empyema—a termination of pleuritis
generally fatal—only one remedy re
mained, the knife.
Cognizuntof this ultimatum, Harding
consented to the ordeal, and a few after
noons ago he was placed on the operat
ing table, and, after being properly an
msthotized, an incision was made on
the, right side of the chest in the region
covering tho sixth and seventh ribs.
The knife plied a downward course of
four inches and then across to the same
extent at tho beginning and end of the
vertical out, displacing an area of Hi
inches. When this space was laid open,
the knife dug deeper until the ribs were
reached, and these were then treated to
a process which denuded them of their
bony substance and deprived them of
the power of resistance.
With great eantion (he sac, tilled
with an accumulation of pus, was then
entered and drained. When this was
accomplished, tho right lung was found
lying to one side of the sac, while the
pleura, cleared of its pus, was like a
collapsed balloon, it was during this
part of the operation that tho lungs
could be plainly sfcen rising and con
tracting in tho living subject. But little
time was allowed for the observance of
this rare sight, and the operation pro
gressed. Drainage and irrigation were
continued, ami when tho physicians
were satisfied that every particle of pus
was removed the wound was stitched
up, and then tho chest wall began to
sink, that effect being anticipated apil
in fact necessary to tho results looked
for. The resistance of tho ribs being
gone, the wall falls into and covers the
cavity created by the distended pleura.
In this way new bone is found in the
ribs, and, healthy conditions having re
turned, nature does tho rest. A drainage
tube inserted in a small opening left in
the wound concluded the final step in
tne operation, and, being restored to
consciousness, Harding showed no signs
of suffering from shock. The result of
the operation will be watched with
great interest by tho medical profession.
—Cincinnati Enquirer,
HYPNOTISM ON A BABOON.
John T. E'acf Hlly Torn In At
tempting to Spellbind l*ongo.
John T. Sullivan, tho leading conic
diun in “A Bachelor’s Honeymoon,"
wenra several scars on lii.s face ns flic
result of a recent attempt to subjugate
a vicious baboon.
Sullivan is very fond of all animals,
especially monkeys, owns two or three
specimens of tho simian tribe and claims
to possess tho power of hypnotism over
tho monkey family generally. He learn
ed that at tho Chicago zoo, whore there
was a baboon, I’ongo by name, that hail
u record for ferocity, and Sullivan
straightway asked permission to try his
hypnotic powers on it.
A few mornings ago Sullivan present
ed himself before Bongo's cage and be
gan to crook his fingers and make eyes
at the brute. Bongo stood the test with
out winking an eye. Tho actor turned a
moment, when Bongo made a vicious
slap at his face, tearing a large piece of
skin off Sullivan’s forehead and a hand
ful of hair. The comedian stepped hack,
but was caught twice again before lie
was out of reach, and several large
pieces of court plaster were necessary to
put Mr. Sullivan's face in shape for
acting.—New York Journal.
Cocalm* Victiiud Organize.
A cocaine club lias been formed by
negroes in Paducah, Ky., who meet at
"coke parties” to enjoy the drug. Tho
negroes meet in a room tenanted by one
of the members and sniff cocaine di
luted with water up their nostrils. A
few nights ago a large “coke party”
was held by the club, which has officers
and laws. The following invitation
was sent, to a number of prospective
members: "You are cordially invited to
attend a coke party given by the Colored
Cocaine club at its hall on Dec. 28 at 8
p. in.” There was a large attendance.
Annie Ramsey, a negress who is known
us the "Qneen of the Cocaine Fiends,”
sniffed the drug up her nostrils until
her nose has swollen and split open.
Bhe is the ruling spirit of these gather
ings. She is going blind from the use of
tile stuff, but still takes enough of it
into her system daily to kill six no it
unused to the drug.—Chicago Inter
Ocean.
A *••• r*
Patriotic women can now come to the
defense of tin ir country m an < lucrgt n
cy by declining firmly to wear sealskin
coats and capes at all. It remains to In
seen if feminine patriotism is equal to
an terrible and prolonged a strain.—
Baltimore American
DURATION OF HUMAN LIFT.,
A Man 1 Mv* to Ro O i
liuudred and Tv. <t. iy-fjvr Year* Old.
In the average statistics of hum'm 1 IT-_
■it lias been found that wnim it live lon
ger than men. The r< nson for that ap
pears to be simple.
Up to the age of 20 to 25 the man is
undoubtedly younger and less develop
ed Ilian the wmiiun, hut in the next 20
or 30 years of his life the mini ages
nincli more rapidly, because apart from
the strain and hardship of a profession,
the exposure to unhealthful climates,
the disappointments of fortune, lie of
ten leads a life of dissipation and ex
cess which early puts its stamp upon
liis forehead and turns his hair gray be
fore its time. The woman, on the other
hand, who has often more.than her
share of anxieties, ims, apart from the
many accidents of life, but one serious
and inevitable danger, that of tho per
petuation ef her race, which, sub ly
passed, renovates rulher Ilian ages and
increases a woman’s chance of longev
ity.
From the few facts that 1 have Ven
tured to put together we may deduce, f
think, the following conclusions, which,
I trust, may he found of some interest
by those who desire to have a general
view of the expectation of life, its real
duration and the possible causes of its
length and brevity.
First.—That, according to the best
authorities of the last century, the ex
treme limit of life might he 125 years
under extraordinary and almost abnor
mal cirouin: tain os.
Second.—That tho anticipation of life
is roughly live tin. s the time that the
organs of the body—.not counting the
bruin, which develops later—require to
attain their full and absolute maturity.
This, of course, varies not only in races,
but in individuals, some developing
early and some much later, even in tho
same climate and in tho same family.
Third.—That rarely, if over, is that
full duration nohievt and, owing to dis
ease, food, heredity, had habits, wear
and tear and many other causes which
shorten lifo.
Fourth.—Tho slower the development
the longer may be the duration of life.
Fifth.—That all human beings are
not born with tho capacity for long lifo
even under the most l'avorablo circum
stances. As tlio organism of tho human
being is more complex than that of the
lower animals, so his anticipation of
life is far more variable.
Sixth. That those circumstances
which conduce to longevity are un
doubtedly late development, frugal hab
its, moderation, exemption from vicissi
tudes of climate and extremo of in at or
cold, from mental worry and agitation,
temperature in eating and drinking,
with a fair amount of brain work when
the brain iH ready to undertake it.
We lmvo all heard the well worn ax
iom attributed to the Fsalmist that tho
“days of mail are threescore and ten,’’
but in Genesis vi, 8, will be found the
following passage, “Vet his days shall
be an hundred ami twenty years.”
This passage seems to have Gen over
looked, as 1 have rarely seen it, quoted,
although curiously enough it, exaol'y
corresponds to the theory that man
should attain livo times tho period of
reaching ins maturity.—Fim'tenth
Century.
Tile llisftgili'iuK “Make t jt,"
So long as wo indulge in tho barbar
ism of footlights some strengthening of
the points of tlio face may bo needful.
It is indeed an excellent thing when
deftly done and the material causes of
thoetfect entirely, hidden, as they should
be. Tho clarity of a whiter tint to the
general tone of the skin, the illumina
tion of eye and teeth by emphasizing
the brow and lashes and lips, the height
ening of the color—all these things can
be so done as to disguise the means by
which they are done. What is the
method actually pursued? White is laid
all over face and shoulders in thick
washes, like a I’icrrot's mask, masses
of black pomade load the eyebrows and
eyelashes, great gobs el' red are put upon
the car lobes and mi and around tho
lips like a snupdi n, n, deep pink in and
below the nostrils and ou the eyelids
and masses of black or purple beneath
the eyes, projecting to the temples in
arrowheads.
All these things are perfectly visible
to a large part of the audience and are
disfiguring even at a distance. With an
opera glass they are shocking. The ob
jects which are obtained are the gog
gling of the eyes, which can be thrown
about with the intensity of a darky's,
and the display of tlio ivories, which
produce a similar effect to his. For pas
sion to shew itself in sneli plastered
faces, for waves of emotion to spread
over them and for any refinement of
feeling to communicate itself to the au
dience are as impossible 11s it would be
to expect these things from the painted
canvas. They cannot cry, of course, nor
touch, nor be touched, without disaster.
Ellen Terry played a disfiguring scene
here one night, with tho water stream
ing from all eye into which her loaded
eyelashes lmd discharged themselves.—
Time and the Hour.
A IVrtimnt Ouehtion.
Old Aunt Dinah was a colored wom
an with n remarkably strong voice who
would sing and cry "glory” with such
vigor as to be heard above all the rest
of the congregate U, but she was of an
unpleasantly "saving” disposition. Ir
was the custom at the missionary meet
ings which sbe attended to take up the
collection during the singing of the
hymn “Fly abroad, thou mighty gos
pel," in the midst of which Aunt Di
nah always threw back lu-r heed, dosed
her eyes and sang away at the top of
In r lungs until the pluiehad been paus
ed. The collector, who was an old man
of plain spi cell, ebsct'X ed this habit, and
one exciting wbin b came to ln r*i.it
lie ut '- yeii her rupt eotuitenuiice anil
theji said bluntly, "|as k n-heull, Aunt
Dinah, wbat's ■!< g> loh vo’ a-sitigui
an autigni ' Fly ..i n. 1, thou mighty
go-qs l. "f y>' liottii* gib iiutlm to uuo.
Im-i tly?”—Exchange.
fHE TIMES: BRUNSWICK, GA„ SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 16. 1898.
MdNKEYSTO dig gold
CAPTAIIs MOSS WILL WORK THEM IN
KLONDIKE MINES.
Train*-*! to Work In African Alined, They
Will lirave the AlkhUru Cold ItreftHCfl In
Buit.H of Furs Some of the Advantage*
In Fsing Them.
The strangest sight in tho Klondike
this spring will be two dozen monkeys,
1 equipped with all tho paraphernalia of
gold miners, which are now on their way
to the frozen treasure fields on the Yu
kon under the care of one of the wealth
iest mine owners in the British em
pire. Tho name of this millionaire who
is going to startle tho Klondikers is Cap
tain Edward Moss, a well known club
man in Jjondon, who is one of the most
important operators of goldfields in
South Africa. He has secured a large
interest in one of tho Canadian mining
companies.
This corps of 24 monkeys is intend
ed by Captain Moss to be hut the van
guard of an army of those animals. As
| soon as the first installment is put to
j work successfully on the claims hi3
syndicate controls ho promises to have
1 more monkeys ready to do manual la
j bor, the duties of foreman and ovor
! seers being performed as at present by
trustworthy men.
While the idea of having monkeys
act the part of miners is startling in
America, Captain Moss says that he lias
bad them working right along on his
claims in the Transvaal for the past
four years. In an interview Captain
i Moss said: “Tho advantages to a mine
: owner of having his claims worked by
| monkeys rather than by human laborers
i are many. Monkeys do not know enough
i to be, dishonest. They will not hide any
I of the precious metal that they find, for
| even if they were to steal it they would
not have any possible use for if. This
i is by far tho greatest advantage tho em
ployment of monkeys possesses over (he
use of men.
“Tho monkeys never attempt to hide
the metal they find, or to store it away.
Tho hunt for gold seems to have a per
fect fascination for them, and they
show a greedy rivalry in the rapidity
at which they can get up a pile.
“Iu tho second place, tiiey work like
Trojans all the time they are allowed
to look for gold, and they need no urg
ing from owner or from overseer. The
latter has no other matter to trouble his
mind than to pick out the spot where
ho wishes tho monkeys to conduct oper
ations.
“A third great advantage iu tho em
ployment of monkeys is the" immense
difference in cost. A human laborer de
mands fabulously high wages, whether
lie succeeds iu liuding good ore or not.
Besides these high wages he insists up
on ttio best of food, no matter what the
market conditions aro and what prices
his employer is forced to pay for them.
All this is different when monkeys are
employed. They can bo purchased out
right tor next to nothing, and besides
requiring no wages they need much
less expensive food and seem thankful
for whatever is given them.
“Again, tho employment of monkeys
is more advantageous, because they aro
steady workers and not liable to go off
on long sprees at critical moments when
help is needed badly and no labor mar
ket is at bund from which to re-enforce
the shift.
“ With my experience of several years
with these animals 1 have yet to learn
a single thing not in their favor, except
the fact that it usually requires nearly
four monkeys to do work equivalent to
that done by one limn. I anticipate that
tho 24 monkeys I am sending to the
Klondike will do tho work of seven
ablebodicd men. They do a class of
work that men cannot do as well as
they. They often render valuable aid
when man is useless. They aro very
diligent in gathering up tho small pieces
of quartz that would bo passed unuo
ticod by tho workmen and piling them
up in little heaps that can ho easily
taken up with the shovel and thrown
into the mill. Their keen eyes are sharp
to see the small particles that the human
eye would pass over.” '■
Tho only monkey that is fitted for
mining iu the Klondike, Captain Moss
claims, is tho fc-’outh African monkey
called the black oraug, which bears a
strong resemblance to man both in gen
eral stature and length of limbs, as well
as the shape of its head. Its arms aro a
great deal longer than a man’s, and its
hands have much more grasp, and these
facts, together with the advantage the
black oraug has of being perfectly at
home when lying on its stomach, make
it better equipped as a successful miner.
Its eyes can be kept closely to the
ground, its reach is longer, and it can
in many cases dispense with a pick and
shovel ou account of its unusual hands.
Captain Moss is giving his monkeys
a pecular diet to inure them to the ex
treme cold of the Klondike. Besides
lifting them tip with fur clothing, they
will be kept fat on plenty of oily food
such as the Eskimos live upon chiefly
and which is abundant and cheap iu
the arctic circle.
The way in which Captain Moss came
to have monkeys working ou his South
African claims is interesting. He had
two monkeys that were great pets.
Whenever lie went to dig gold in the
mines, they were constantly following
him about the mines. One day lie saw
them busily engaged in gathering up
small pieces of quartz and putting them
in piles. This gave him the idea of put
ting them to work as miners on trial,
and their value us laborers was soon
manifest. "They enjoy the labor very
finch," says Captain Moss, “and would
work all day, so their number was in
ITI used till there are 24 of them win-k
--ing daily in or about the mines. It was
deeply interesting to see the two pit
moiiktvs teach the others how to work.
They live uud work tcgcllur without
quarrelii.g. They ure quite iiicthodii.il
in tln ir habits. They go to work and
retire iu tile same iiuuilier us human he
tug*. Ktw York World.
RICH LKIWER’S OFFER.
Why Colonel M->; ,-j. i.' ( naan Friend
Wanted Hi*, to 1 ..e' 'or 'T: - Brewery,
Colonel William R. Morrison, who
recently retired from the presidency of
the interstate comm nxe c< mmission to
resume the practice of law at his old
homo in Illinois, has had a long and.va
ried experience in politics, and many
stories nre told ef k:s ups at and downs in
that field. It is related that some years
t go after one of his congressional oam
paigrs, which was waged with much
earnestness on both sides, but in which
he lost, cna of hi. most ardent support
ers, a rich old German brewer, who had
taken the di feat vety much to heart,
said to Colonel Morrison:
“Colonel, vy you don’t quit dot pol
itickin';? It strikes me as poor business
for so good a man as yon. After servin
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BmyJ jy v 4r
COLONEL WILLIAM B. MORBISON.
der people so veil in pier congress yon
comes home and asks dem to send you
back, and dey sends anoder fellow. I
vould not stand such treatment. Vy
you don’t stay out of dot business now?”
“Well, Jake,” replied the colonel,
“to be frank with you, I can’t afford to
give up politics. 1 entered public life
when I was young. I have remained
now a good many years, I like the life,
I am thought to have some capacity for
the work, and so I am thoroughly bro
ken to that harness. I must be occu
pied, yon know. I have no fortune.
Mine is tho old story, old fellow. I
have sometimes thought it might have
been better had I never gone into pol
itics, but now that I am in and have
become something of a veteran I see no
way out. Wo cannot hope for uninter
rupted success, no matter what we may
engage in. I’ll hope for better luck the
next time. You’ll help me then, won’t
you, as you did this time?”
“Oh, certainly, certainly,” replied
the brewer. “If you vill stick to pol
itician, vy, I’ll stick to you. But I
t’ink you could do much better. How
much dat politician pay anyhow?”
“A congressman,” replied Colonel
Morrison, “gets §5,000 a year and mile
age. ’ ’
“Vy, my good friend,” exclaimed
the brewer, holding out his hand as if
to clinch a bargain, “you give up dot
politician and eqine to me, and I pay
you $5,000 a year and all expenses to
travel for der brewery.”
The colonel told his old friend he
would prefer to have his support in an
other race for congress. And he receiv
ed it.—New York Tribune.
ALUMINIUM HOUSES.
They Weigh About a Hun tired Pounds and
Are Sent to the Klondike.
The Bittsburg Reduction company
has devised another use for its alumini
um product. Small portable houses
made of the metal have been invented,
and the company is shipping them to
Seattle, Wash., as fast as they can be
turned out. The house is a compaQt,
light and easily handled affair, com
prising not only a roof and four sides
for shelter, but carries with it a stove
and cooking utensils, all of special
make and designed for Klondike pros
pectors.
The hut proper is guaranteed to be
rain, snow, frost and fire proof. The
roof and walls are made of aluminium
sheets one thirty-second of an inch in
thickness. Tho frame is of the finest
cold drawn steel bicycle tubing. The
house weighs but 110 pounds. Its inte
rior dimensions comprise over 180 cubic
feet of space.—New York Telegram.
ICtHson't* Latest Scheme.
Wizard Edison has buzzing in his
busy brain a scheme of greater magni
tude, perhaps, than any he has yet un
dertaken. It is no less than the applica
tion of a modified form of his ore sepa
rator, now used in the development of
iron ores of a poor quality, to the treat
ment of gold ores of the same grade. He
says that in a couple of years he will be
able to begin work on his new scheme.
He is Convinced that there is not a sin
gle abandoned, gold claim in America,
where gold was ever discovered, from
which the precious ore cannot be ex
tracted in quantities to pay a big margin
of profit over the cost of operation, and
he proposes to prove the truth of this
statement. The reason ho does not take
the matter up now is that he is deeply
involved in the production of iron ores
by bis recently invented separator, and
he never cares to go into one big scheme
while he has another on hand. The
process in the development of gold ores,
lie said, will not differ substantially
from the method of iron working. Tho
mining is all done by machinery, not a
hand being required to do any part of it
other than to direct the mechanism.—
tit. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Talked 1,800 Mile*.
It is believed the long distance tele
phone record was broken rceeutly at
Nashville when John H. Connor, repre
sentative of the Bell ci in puny at Galla
tin, Turn., talked with tiie operator at
Norfolk. The circuit used pursed
through Nashville, Evansville, Terre
Haute, liidiapapolls, Httsbnrg, Phila
delphia, Washington and I'iehim.nti to
Norfolk, making I.oOU miles.
TAKEN BY INDIANS.
MRS. HENDERSON FINDS HER CHILD
AFTER FORTY YEARS.
She Is Now Mrs. Bradt of Georgetown.
Happy Keunion at Her Home—Sequel
of an Indiau Raid In Nebraska—Daugh
ter Instituted Inquiries For Her Mother.
An illustration of the adage, “Truth
is stranger than fiction,” was exempli
fied recently through the files of the
pension office.
Mrs. Orlando Eradt of Georgetown
was reunited a few days ago to her
mother, whom she had not seen since
her infancy. It was in the year 1857
that the troops stationed at Fort Ran
dall, Neb., were attacked hy Indians,
and among the captives taken was a
baby girl of tender months, whose fa
ther, George Henderson, was a musician
in the Second United States infantry,
under command of the afterward dis
tinguished General Suliey of Indian
war fame. Shortly afterward the reg
iment wa scattered by orders from
headquarters, and two companies went
to Fort Ridgley, two to Fort Riley, and
the remaining troops were retained at
the post until further orders. As it hap
pened, the company in which Hender
son enlisted was one of the two sent to
Fort Riley, and with only a few hours’
notice the soldiers broke camp and were
on foot for the far west. In an ambu
lance laden with accouterments of war
and provisions Henderson’s wife lay too
ill to be aware of what was passing
around her, and not until after days of
hurried marching did she arouse to the
consciousness that her child, who had
been temporarily placed in charge of an
old Indian squaw, had been taken pris
oner and carried off by the raiders.
Time passed, and in the hurry of un
certainties of the period all communica
tion was destroyed between distant
posts, so the unhappy mother was forced
to resign all hope of ever again behold
ing her daughtor. About a year later
the remaining infantry companies at
Fort Randall determined upon a raid
among the neighboring Indians with
the view of recapturing the prisoners
taken in 1857. The onslaught was suc
cessful, and among the captives was
found the little child whose fate had
cast snch-fi!>gloom over the fort since the
unlucky day when the unhappy parents
were first acquainted with the tidings.
Within a brief period the regiment
was ordered to move to Fort Laramie,
and a foster mother was secured for the
baby in the person of the wife of Pri
vate Murphy of the Second regiment,
who adopted it os her own and hence
forth sought to secure information as to
the whereabouts of the real mother.
Owing to the fortunes of war and the
early breaking out of the rebellion in
1801 no direct information as to the lo
cality of the various companies could be
obtained until the child grew to girl
hood. In the course of time she blossom -
ed into womanhood, was loved and
wedded by Mr. Bradt and settled down
in the District of Columbia. Before
leaving the shelter of her adopted par
ents’ home, however, she was made
fully acquainted with the facts in her
history.
Determined, if possible, to probe the
secret and discover if any trace of her
parents existed, Mrs. Bradt, with her
husband’s assistance, put on foot in
quiries by application to the commis
sionerof pensions. This was in the year
1893, but nothing definite could he ob
tained about the case, owing to a eon
tiict in numbers, between the original
record of pension secured by the soldier
and that drawn by his widow.
Failing in the first attempt, Mrs.
Bradt persisted in her inquiries, and
early in 1897 made a second application
through tho adjutant general’s office.
Strange to relate in this remarkable
story of lost and found, the matter
officially came to the knowledge of a
Mr. Rudolph Ulmer, a clerk in the di
vision. Mr. Ulmer, himself a member
of the Second infantry and one of the
defending party upon the occasion of
the unlucky raid, was perfectly familiar
with all the circumstances in the case,
remembering the sorrow that hung over
the camp at Fort Randall when the
story of the capture was circulated, hav
ing been present also at the retaking of
the child. He determined to do all in
his power to discover the existence of
the parents. To his joy he finally se
cured the information desired upon ref
erence to the files of the death list,
where the name of George Henderson,
musician in the Second United States
infantry, was found, coupled with the
name of his widow, Hannah Henderson,
a resident of Brooklyn, in receipt of a
pension from the government. This fact
settled satisfactorily as far as the pen
sion was concerned, it* was necessary to
discover whether the Mrs. Hannah Hen
derson drawing pension was the mother
of the child or mayhap a second wife.
The department deputed Mr. Ulmer to
write direct to the lady in question,
and in this way facts were compared
that proved undeniably the identity of
the pensioner with # the mother of the
stolen babe.
A letter received by Mrs. Bradt from
her mother announced her determina
tion to come immediately to Washing
ton and see for herself the little one
stolen from her arms, like one restored
from the grave. Great was the rejoic
ing in the family when the mother and
daughter met, and the parent wus wel
comed to their pleasant home.
From Mrs. Henderson it is learned
that though unfortunate before his
death Mr. Henderson left a tidy for
tune, sufficient to place his family in
good circumstances, and that he never
doubted that his baby daughter had
mot the sad fate of so many little oues
ou the wild western pi tins and perished
t>y the hands of the Indian foes.—Wash
ington Post.
Will Have tie For Uolli,
After training tho hand to write 189 R
instead of 1897 it might lie well to prac
tice a little ou "Hawaii, U. ti. A."—
tit. Louis Globe Democrat.
MEMORIES.
Once more, once more, my Mary, dear,
I sit by that lone stream
Where first within thy timid ear
I breathed love's burning; dream.
Tile birds we loved still tell their tale
Of music on each spray,
And still the wild rose decks the vale, -
But thou art far away.
In vain thy vanished form I seek
By wood and stream and dell,
And tears of anguish bathe my cheek
Where tears of rapture fell,
And yet beneath these Wildwood bowers
Dear thoughts my soul employ,
For in the memories of past hours
There is a mournful joy.
Dpon the air thy gentle words
Around me seem to thrill,
Lika sounds upon the wind harp’s chords
When all the winds are still,
Or like tho low and soullike swell
Of that wild spirit tone
Which haunts the hollow of the bell
When its sad chime is done.
I seem to hear thee speak my name
In sweet, low murmurs now.
I seem to feel thy breath of ilame
Upon my check and brow.
On lay cold lips I feel thy kiss,
Thy heart to mine is laid—
Alas that such a dream of bliss
Like other dreams must fadel
—Gk D. Prentice in New York Ledger.
THE COTTON GIN.
How a Woman llcl pud 'Whitney to Per
fect His Great Invention.
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“Recollections of Washington and
His Friends” is contributed to The Cen
tury by Martha Littlefield Phillips.
They were taken down from the lips of
the author’s grandmother, who was the
youngest daughter of General Nathan
ael Greene. The following is one of tho
stories:
“During my life at Dungeness a cir
cumstance occurred there of some his
toric and scientific interest and in re
gard to which much erroneous state
ment has been made. 1 refer to the in
vention of the cotton gin by Eli Whit
ney and my mother’s connection with
it. The facts, briefly stated, were about
as follows: While spending the previ
ous summer at Newport, R. I, my
mother became acquainted with Mr.
Whitney and grew much interested in
the outcome of the experiments he was
then making in the interest of his pro
jected gin. To assist in his enterprise,
my mother invited him to spend the
following winter at Dungefless, where
an abundance of cotton and quiet could
be assured. Mr. Whitney accordingly
came to Dungeness, and diligently pur
sued his experiments, a room in the
fifth story having been specially fitted
for his use as an inventor. One morn
ing he descended headlong into the
drawing room, where a number of
guests were assembled and excitedly
exclaimed, ‘The victory is mine!’ In
deep sympathy with him the guests
and hostess went with him to his work
shop. Whitney set his model in motion.
For a few moments the miniature saws
revolved without hindrance and the
separation of the seed from the cotton
wool was successfully accomplish, but
after a little the saws clogged with lint,
tho wheel stopped, and poor Whitney
was in despair.
“ ‘Here’s what you need,’ exclaimed
my mother in her clear, decisive way,
and she instantly seized a clothesbrush
lying ou the mantel and held it firmly
to the teeth of the saws. Again the
drum revolved, and instantly the saws
were cleaned of the lint, and tho last
requirement of the great invention was
satisfied.
“‘Madam,’ said Whitney, overcome
with emotion and speaking with the
exaggeration of gratitude, ‘you have
perfected my invention!’ ”
Morals and Sex.
Whatever the Turveydrops of the
moral world may have'to say about the
necessity for elevating moral deport
ment on tho part of “wooman,‘bewitch
ing woonian,” 1 have never been able to
see any indubitable intent in nature her
self toward binding them over to any
higher moral standards than she does
men. Both men and women seem to me
to be compounded of the same average
morality, though with certain unlike
manifestations, largely the result of cir
cumstances and opportunities.
I see no special cause for believing
that the average woman under like
temptation would do very differently
from the average man—a belief which
is not lessened by Bishop Botter’s re
cent accusation before the women’s
auxiliary of the Civil Service Reform
association that they put their relatives
into office whenever they get the chance,
"without any evidence that they are fit
ted to fill the places they applied for. ”
Possibly women were intended by their
Creator to stand for the reformatory in
terests of life, but I think there is not
as yet sufficient evidence thereto, either
in the nature of things or of women, to
warrant any special abrogation of other
distinct and more familiar duties in fa
vor of interests mainly moral.—Helen
Wattersou Moody in Scribner’s.
Culture of Vines.
An all important matter in growing
vines is to see that they are constantly
supplied with sufficient water. Planted
as they usually are, in a situation where
they are exposed to the sun a major
portion of the day, the soil dries out
very rapidly, and plenty of water
should be given when necessary. In the
event of red spiders attacking the foli
age of the tender sorts of annuals, a
daily syringing will quickly eradicate
the pests. To induce a low, bushy
growth in annuals, out the tips of the
ruuners. Hardy viues, such as wistari
as, honeysuckles, etc., when not grow
ing too rapidly, can be trimmed with
little or no injury.—Woman’s Home
Companion.
The Man For the Place.
Mr. Beaumonde—How do you like
the now coachman, my dear?
Mrs. Bcaumoude—Oil, he’s splendid !
His hair just .mutches our pair of chest
nut carriage horses. " —London Fun.
It i not unusual for the Duke ot
Westminster’s charity hull to amount
(o $20,000 a your.