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ROCK ISLAND ARGUS.
VOL. H1I. NO. 183.
ROCK ISLAND, 1.LJL.. SATL'tiDAl, MaY 81. liH4
PAGES 9 TO 12.
PORT ARTHUR SIEGE
Eastern Gibraltar
Its Commander.
. ort Artlinr is a fortress of extraor
dinary strength, and it is commanded
uy an oineer or exceptional courage
uud determination. Lieutenant General
Stpessol. But tbe strength of the for
tress and the nerve of the commandant
will he put to a severe test during the
lope by the Japanese. It is said the
Russians would have evacuated Port
Arthur -some time ago had it not been
for the loss of prestige they would
have suffered in bo doing. However
that may be, the Japanese now have
it surrounded, and it is too late for
such a move, so the fortress must
stand a siege, and the temper of its
commandant is such that it is not like
Jy to surrender at the first politely
preferred request of the enemy. Gen
eral Stoessel in a proclamation to his
garrison not long ago declared that
they must fight to the finish, as lie
would never give an order to surren
der, ami he point nl out that there was
no means of escape except by fight
ing. "On three sides there is the sea,"
said the proclamation df the general,
"and on the other will be the enemy."
Thus the case will become desperate
if the Russians are unable to send re
enforcements to Port Arthur's relief
before the store of provisions and am
munition is exhausted.
The Russian general staff claims that
Ihere are supplies enough at Port Ar
thur to last a year. After the Japanese
had sent expeditions to attack the rail
road running to I'ort Arthur and de
stroy it at several points the Russians
repaired the damage and at great risk
sent one train load of ammunition
over the line, so as to have as large a
quantity of war material as possible
on hand before the siege began in
earnest.
Re-otiforcements for General Kuro
patkin, consisting of 100,000 men, are
I.IKITKNANT GKNEBAI. STOESSEL..
being hurried, but it is impossible to
rush soldiers over the Transsi!erian
railroad at any great rate of speed be
cause the troops carrying capacity of
the single track railroad cannot be
much in excess of 1.0H men a week
after necessary supplies for the troops
already in the field have been deliver
ed. If DO more than 1.000 men a week
CMld be carried over the road, it would
take about two years to get all these
KHI.OOO men to the relief of Kuropat
kiu and of L'ort Arthur.
Vleksburg was invested by General
Grant on May IS. 1S.'. and it surren
dered on July 4 of the same year. The
Confederates had about 2.Y0U0 effective
men ft the beginning of the siege and
rations for sixty days. The Ottoman
army under Osiniin Pasha was be
sieged by the Russians at Plevna from
July IN to Dee. lO. 1ST", the final sur
render of the 43.000 Turks who were
taken prisoners being the critical event
Of the Busso-Turkish war.
General Stoessel distinguished him
self in this war with Turkey, which he
entered as a volunteer engineer in the
engineer corps, rising rapidly in the
service. He was with the Russians in
the campaign against the Boxers in
China in 1960 and accompanied the ex
pedition for the relief of the beleaguer
ed foreign legations in Peking. He
planned an important movement, the
success of which resulted in the cap
ture of Tientsin. His command cram
ed the Lutai canal on I pontoon bridge
under fire and captured a number of
batteries after losing 150 men. He
was conspicuous in the remainder of
the campaign, and his men fomrht side
by side with the Japanese.
Port Arthur, which is also known as
Lushk'ow, was simply a ffTnt riUage
until selected as a naval station by Li
Hung Chaug, acting under the at ;. v
of German engineers. The harlor is
formed by an oval inlet of the eea and
is about two miles lone by a mile wide.
The high bluffs on each side areJfortl
fled s.o strongly as to make it seeming
ly impregnable. The fortifications,
which surmount ever?' hill on the land
side, are sent I -inclosed works of great
Strength. It is said lhat very few of
tne forts which were in existence dur
ing the Chinese occupation and when
it was captured by the Japanese dur
ing the Cbino-Jaiau-war. new remain.
9.
as th 'Russhins ImYe supplanted' them
by strouger works and have also ex
tended the defenses in various direc
tions. Upon Hwangchin hill, at the
east of the entrance and rising some
20o feet above the sea level, there is a
battery of four sixty-three and a half
ton guns.
THE USE OF POWDER.
it
Will TSot Harm the Skin
if Ton
Also I e Cold Crrttiu.
A. word about using powder. It's al
right if you clean the face thoroughly
every night with hot water and olive
oil soap and every afternoon with cold
cream and if always the powder is the
very purest. With these precautious
you can use any amount of it without
injury and possibly, as the French
beauty doctors insist, with benefit
Actresses, who use not only powder,
but rouge, grease paint and many oth
er materials in their various "make
ups," are yet famous for retaining the
bloom of. youth into middle life and
beyond it. May Irwin, who is the
mother of grown children and yet has
a smooth, pink skin which a girl of
sixteen might envy, nttrihutes her ex
ceptional complexion to the continual
use of cold cream. It is the founda
tion of every "makeup." and it is used
with unfailing regularity night after
night. Tor three or four hours the ac
tress Is sure to have-a dressing of cold
cream nourishing her complexion and
keeping it fresh and elastic.
The average woman, on the contrary,
is apt to dab on her cream one night
and forget it for two, with the result
that her half starved complexion fades
by forty and is parchment at fifty.
Probably she attributes the loss of her
freshness to the powder puff. But the
real trouble was neglect of the cold
cream. Use it plentifully and regular
ly. and powder will do no harm. New
York News.
HOLLOW CHEEKS.
What
to Do to Make Them
Become
Kail and I'lump.
Hollow cheeks are something no wo
man wants, and it is not hard to rem
edy them. To impart firmness facial
gymnastics and massage, accompanied
by a good prepared skin food or cocoa
butter, will prove beneficial. The skin
food is to be applied just before retir
ing and the exercise to be indulged in
loth night and morning for about ten
minutes. To exercise the muscles first
compress the lips, till the cheeks with
air and work the jaws in a chewing
movement, putting the cheeks outward
as much as possible and keeping the
mouth closed.
Before applying the skin food pre
pare the face to receive it by a thr
omrh washing in warm soapy water,
followed by a cold rinse. Dry and with
the tips of the lingers stroke the mus
cles cf the cheeks upward and back
ward with gentle prssure after plac
ing the thumbs at the base of the ears.
Anoint the hollows with the cocoa but
ter and execute a rotary movement,
beginning by placing the finger tips at
the corner of the mouth and following
the jawbone to the temple.
Start again at the corner of the
mouth and work upward through the
middle of the cheek to the outer corner
of the eye. Repeat each movement ten
times, keeping the pressure firm but
gentle.
Asato Vrr,
To clean agate ware put the ware on
the stove filled.with water, and into the
water put a. tablespoonful of salsoda
(washing sodai, and then after awhile
use a scouring soap, and you will be
pleased with the result; also put your
bean pot on the stove and a good gen
erous tablespoonful of soda, and it will
wash as easily as a cup. A little soda
put In your greasy baking pans and
keeping them warm while washing
your other dishes will help along that
most disagreeable task.
Nr I nou nil i t l.uni Filament.
A new tyie of incandescent lamp
filament has recently been perfected in
Vienna, the essential feature of which
b the use of bomitrate as material for
the filament. The lamp gives a light
similar to that of the ordinary fila
ment, and tests have shown an average
life of between 30O and 4O0 hours. It is
Stated that the cost of manufacture Is
not greater than that of the ordinary
lamp. Up to the present only lamps
of fifty and 100 volts and thirty-five
Candle power have been produced. The
most important feature of the lainp
is Us high efficiency.
A Mill Ron by Mire.
David Huttou after some experiments
In 1812 calculated that by equipping a
thread factory with 10.000 mice and an
equal number of miniature treadmills
for them to operate he could secure a
yearly profit of 13.000. In order to do
this each mouse would have to run ten
and a half miles every day. or over
3.S00 miles a year. He found that they
could perform this task with ease. In
deed one of his test mice ran eighteen
miles a day. Mr. Button's untimely
death is said to have prevented a prac
tical test of the mice mill.
and Gen. Stoessel,
OPERATED ON THE KAISER.
Dr. Schmidt. Who Took Growth
From Emperor's Throat.
Professor Dr. William Schmidt of
Frankfurt - am - Main, who performed
the operation on the throat of Em
peror William of Germany, is the mos
eminent laryngologist in the German
empire.
Wnen the emperor begnn to be
troubled with hoarseness last fall, his
physicians, after examining his throat
at once urged the necessity of calling
in a throat specialist, and Professor
Schmidt was sent for. He informed
his majesty that there was a growth on
the left vocal cord which must at once
be removed.
Preparations were immediately made
under the seal of secrecy, to perform
the operation, and Professor Schmidt
was in the new palace at Potsdam for
several days without even the serv
ants being aware of his presence.
During the operation only the kaiser's
physicians were present, the empress
DB. MORITZ SCHMIDT.
remaining in an adjoining room. The
kaiser, it has since been learned, pre
served the utmost coolness throughout
the proceedings, and during the actual
operation sat, as Professor Schmidt
said afterward. like si wax model. No
anaesthetics were adminiswrcd, and
after a local application of cocaine the
operator excised the growth with a
special spoon shaped scissors made to
catch what they cut off. The growth
was pronounced by Professor Grth to
be an absolutely tienlgnant polypus.
ind not cancer, which the emperor
feared. The other physicians connected
with the case were Dr. von I.euthold
and Dr. Ilberg.
Professor Orth. who made the mi
croscopical examination of the excised
polypus, is the successor of Professor
Virehow in the chair of anatomy at
the Berlin university and is acknowl
edged to be one of the greatest au
thorities in the world on anatomical
pathology.
CULINARY CONCEITS.
Boiled cabbage Is much sweeter when
the water is changed in boiling.
Don't throw away pieces of bread.
Put them aside and dry or roll and
save for scalloping or crumbling.
Add one-quarter of a cup of boiling
water to any rule for sponge cake to
make it roll easily for jelly cake.
To stir the yolks of eggs into soup or
hot custard so that they will be smooth
first beat them and then add a tea-
spoonful of cold water.
In making gingerbread, if the mo
lasses uud butter are heated together
before the other ingredients are added
the cake will be nicer.
Milk toast is improved by the addi
tion of a little grated cheese Just be
fore serving. Grated cheese is also a
pleasant addition to a dish of mashed
potatoes.
rooking a Fowl.
The only way in which a fowl is
usually made tender enough to eat is
to cut it up and cook as fricassee, roast
chicken being considered possible only
when one wishes to pay the extra price
for young birds. It must, however, be
the toughest of hens or roosters which
does not succumb to the "iot roasting"
process if carefully done. Prepare as
for roasting and place in a pot deep
enough to hold the fowl without crowd
ing one-half pound of suet for three
pounds of chicken. Cut up an onion
and let it cook till brown, when add
the chicken, covering tightly. It should
simmer for six hours. Roast quickly
for half an hour.
Thimble..
A soreness in what is called the thim
ble finger and even serious inflamma
tion are sometimes caused by the use
of cheap thimbles. These thimbles,
which are onmpenod of lead or some
thing equally injurious, may be tempt
ing by reason of their low price, but
they are not safe. Silver thimbles are
the best, but for those to whom they
prove too expensive notlfthg is better
than thimbles of highly burnished
steel. By a person who gains her liv
ing with her needle a steel thimble is
always liked, for it will outlast two or
three of the more expensive silver
ones.
The Plea. are. of Mnirlnion.
"Yon know very well." she said,
"that honly married you because I felt
sorry for you."
"Heavens T' the brute answered. T
have always supposed yon understood
that I took yon U -cause I wanted a
cook." Chicago Recoid-Uerald,
People
Talked
About
B
OFRKE COCKRAN, the Now
York lawyer, orator and con
gressman who recently had a
sensational colloquy in the
house with Representative John Dal-
zeii concerning rne allegation that
Cockran was paid to make Republican
speeenes in ij;. ubis tue uiggest neau I
and the greatest voice in congress. He
was born in Ireland, and seems to have
inherited the elo
quence of old time
Irish orators. He is
also a master of rep
artee and a hard
man to beat in de
bate. In the Chi
cago convention
years ago, when
Cockran made bis
celebrated speech in
opposition to the
BOmKE COCKRAN.
nomination of Grover Cleveland, he
fairly excelled himself in the use of
biting satire and sarcasm. One of the
delegates. William U. Ilensel. attorney
general of Pennsylvania, seemed an
noyed by Cochran's speech against
Cleveland and resented the threaten
ing attitude of Tammany Hall. So he
said to Cockran:
"Pennsylvania comes here for Gro
ver Cleveland, but Pennsylvania does
not come herex to make any threats
against the Democratic party."
Pennsylvania threaten the Demo
cratic party;" roared Cockran in reply.
"Why. at the last election Pennsyl
vania gave a Republican majority of
200.000. In God's name, what threat
can Pennsylvania make to the Demo
cratic party .'
Ilensel Joined as heartily as any one
else in .the peal of laughter that fol
lowed this outburst.
Representative John Daizell of Penn
sylvania, trusted counselor of three
speakers. Reed. Henderson and Can
non, and opponent
of Bourke Cockran,
Is a veteran con
gressman of nearly
a score of years
experience in Wash
ington. Despite his
long term of service
he always has stage
fright for hours be-
fore lie makes a
speech. "That re
minds nie." he said
JOHN DALZEIX.
the other day. "of
nn incident that oc
President McKinley
curred years ago.
and I were waiting at a hotel to bo
driven to a hall where we were both
announced to speak. Mr. McKinley sat
calmly smoking his cigar, while I was
pacing up and down just as I am now.
" 'Major.' I said, 'don't you ever get
nervous before speaking? You are as
cool as a encumber, and I'm lis nervous
as the valedictorian of a young ladies'
seminary.'
My dear Daizell.' he rqplied, 'the
difference between us is this You have
got your speech in your bead, and I've
got mine in my pocket." " j
Representative Jacob Ruppert of
New York tells this anecdote about
Daizell. One day Ruppert was talking
with a bright faced page about ten
years of age.
Who had you appointed?" Mr. Rup
pert asked.
'Mr. Daizell of Pennsylvania," the
youngster answered.
'I suppose when you grow up you
are coming to congress to succeed Mr.
Daizell?"
Well. I'd hate to crowd Mr. Daizell
out," answered the page hesitatingly.
Robert B. Roosevelt, Uncle of the
president, who recently declined to al
low his name to be placed on the Dem
ocratic electoral ticket of New York.
has all his life been a Democrat and a
figure of national prominence in the
party.
In declining the honor of presidential
elector Mr. Roosevelt stated that, while
he was opposed to the policies of the
Republican party, he had every confi
dence In the ability and integrity of
his nephew, to whom be was warmly
attached. He also said that his duty
to his family prevented him from ar
raying himself against its most dis-
urnisbed wicnit'i r.
Always interested In public affairs.
Mr. Roosevelt has frequently been
chosen by his party
to places of trust.
and during the last
campaign of Grover
Cleveland he was
treasurer of the
Democratic nation
al committee.
He comes from a
distinguished and
wealthy family
which has lived in
New York since
B. 11. ROOSEVELT.
10S9, ror many
years he practiced law, but fish culture
and politics have been his-chief pleas
ures. In 1871 Mr. Roosevelt was elect
ed to congress, and during part of Mr.
Cleveland's first administration he
represented this country as minister to
tbe Netherlands.
Mr. Roosevelt bears the distinction of
being the only man living who was a
member of the reception committee
which welcomed the Prince of Wales,
now King Bdward YII.. to New York
in 1SG0. He wjs a Isjl a member of the
reception comaaittee ddring the visit of
the Russian Grand Duke Alexis in
3S71.
The president's uncle is a gentleman
of the old school, rich, contented and
a philosopher. He is a noted angler.
good story teller and numbers a host
cf friends on both sides of the Atlan
tic. He is the author of various valu
able works upon fish culture.
Russell B. Harrison who is fighting
the will left by his distinguished fa
ther, Benjamin Harrison, president of
the United States, was not pleased
; when his father married a second time,
I and he and his stenmother. formerly
Mrs. Mary Scott Lord Dimmock. who
is also his cousin, are not on the best
of terms. Major Harrison has had a
Varied experience as
mining engineer,
newspaper man. cat
tleman, electric light
and trolley magnate,
soldier and lawyer.
He held several
minor government
positions prior to
May 12. 1SI. when
he was appointed by
President McKinlcy
a major in the in
spector general's de
RUSSEIX HARRI
SON. partment, lie was
soon after assigned to the staff of Gen
eral Pits-Hugh Lee. with whom he
went to Cuba after the surrender. He
was provost marshal of the Seventh
con' s in which position he is said to
have made a fine record. Ho was later
sent to Porto Rico, where he was sum
marily but honorably dismissed from
the army.
When be was provost marshal of the
military camp at Jacksonville in 1818,
Major Harrison rigged up a shower
bath for the benefit of soldiers who lie
came intoxicated. One night a big
Texan who was brought in saw the
major standing near by clothed in spot
less white duck. In a second the Tex
an seized the hose and turned it on the
major, who was drenched to the skin.
On another occasion the major was
about to arrest a Soldier in citizen's
clothes. The soldier claimed to be
plain man of peace and said lie had
never been in the army. Suddenly
Harrison shouted "Attention:" The
"civilian" braced himself up and pu
his heels together with his hands at his
side. "I think you are a good enough
soldier to be with your regiment." sai,
the major with a laugh, "and you'll be
there tomorrow."
Frinee Tu Lun Tsee. who might have
been emperor of China and may be yet.
Is one of the distinguished visitors to
America just now. The prince is pres
ident of the Chinese commission to the
Louisiana Purchase exposition and
was recently received by the president
In Washington and entertained at
breakfast by Secretary of State John
Hay. He travels in great style, with
a suit of sixteen attendants: wears,
among other things, a yellow jacket
and a three eyed peacock feather, ami
has been kotowed to all his lift. He is
only thirty years of age. is both neph
ew and cousin or
the present emperor
of China and would
now be emperor
himself but for the
plotting of the dow
nger empress. He
is the first member
of the royal family
of China to leave
the empire and par
ticipate in an in
structive demonstra
tion of the world's
progress as typilieii
rniNCE rr trx. pv the St. Louis ex
position. Prior to his present trip the
prince had never seen an ocean steam
er, never gazed upon the ocean itself.
He Is a Mantchoo Tartar and does not
speak Chinese as it is spoken by the
Celestials in America and in southern
China. Even Chan Man Shang, the
San Francisco millionaire, could not
speak five words the prince could un
derstand, it is said. Wong Kai Kali,
a Yah- graduate, is his secretary and
Interpreter.
Justice Henry Billings Brown of the
supreme court of the United States,
who has happily recovered the sight of
his right eye, which
for a time it was
feared would fol
low the left into to
tal blindness, has
for many years
been a familiar fig
ure on the streets
of Washington. Be
fore his sight be
came impaired Jus
tice Brown vied
with Justice White
JISTICE BROWN.
as the walker of the court. He was
born of a good family in Massachu
setts, graduated from Yah", attended
law lectures at both Yale and Harvard
and In 100 went to Detroit. He is
fond of telling that he had but one let
ter of introduction when he went to
New York. "Only one," he says in tell
ing the story. "Think of that!"
"But to whom?" the listener always
ska.
"It was from Rufus Choate to Jo
seph Choate." Mr. Brown replies with
out a smile. Finally it dawns on the
listener that the dignified jurist is
chatting him. What more could a
young lawyer have asked than a letter
from Rufus Choate to Joseph Choate';
Justice Brown will be eligible for re
tirement on account of age within two
years. It is now believed that owing
to the continued difficulty with his
eyes he will make use of the retire-
i
Q
ABOUT "UNCLE JOE"
Speaker Cannon, Who May be JVamcd
For Vice President.
8
b
8
Speaker Joseph G.
suddenly loomed up
possibility for the
Cannon, wno has
;;s a very strong
vice presidential
nomination, is the most popular man.
both among tbe leaders and the rank
and file of the Republican party, yet
mentioned for the honor of a place on
the ticket with President Roosevelt
The sentiment for Mr. Cannon seems
to be both spontaneous and wide
spread, and the impression is gaining
ground that his selection as the candi
date for vice president would Ik4 far
from displeasing to the administration.
On the other hand. Speaker Cannon
is deeply concerned over the growth of
opinion in his favor. The position of
speaker, with its great power. BCCond
only to that of the president, is vastly
more to his liking than that of presid
ing otiicer of the senate. The house of
representatives, with its dose contact
with the people and incessant activity,
offers peculiar attractions to a man of
Mr. Cannon's temperament.
Notwithstanding Mr. Cannon's ob
jection, if his party names him he will
undoubtedly accept, for no man can de
cline the nomination for vice president,
once it has boon made, and hope to
remain in public life.
Speaker Cannon is above all else a
plain man. He doesn't like fuss and
pretension, and when on the tloor of
the house he used to roll up his sleeves
in the heat of debate and pound his
desk with his fist. Many are the tales
told of Speaker Cannon, some true and
some not. but Uncle Joe never denies
any ot them.
"William." said Speaker Cannon to
William Alden Smith of Michigan, the
day after Smith nominated Cannon for
president in a speech in the bouse,
"that was very kind of you to nominate
me for president."
"I'm glad you liked it." smiled Smith.
"Yes. William, and when I get to lie
president you can have John Hay's Job.
SPEAKER JOSEm O. CANNON.
..ccfiii't i.iiiig uiiT testimonials
or use any Influence. Just go right up
to the state department and take your
seat."
When the Philippine bill was put on
passage a short time before the close
of congress, the speaker said:
"All in favor will please say 'Aye.'
There was a gentle piping of "Aye
on the Republican side.
"All opposed say 'No,' " continued the
Speaker. There was a thunderous
burst of "No!" from the Democratic
Kide.
"The 'noes' seem to make the most
noise," said the speaker calmly, "but
the "ayec. have it and the bill is
passed."
Personally Mr. Cannon is the most
genial and companionable of mgn, and
his company at dinners is eagerly
sought. He can tell good stories with
any man in congress, and if absolutely
necessary can si:ig a song, after a fash
Ion. Nothing pleases him more than
to got around a table with congenial
friends. He smokes big black cigars
almost constantly, and when not smok
ing has an unlimited cigar in his mouth.
Ot late years Speaker Cannon has
spruced up a bit, but even DOW he is
no fashion plate. Hi Is a small man.
bout five feet and a half and slightly
built. His shoulders stoop, and his
arms hang loosely, lie might lie dap
per If he tried, but externals do not
bother Uncle Joe.
With a continuous service of nearly
merit provision, unless other causes
intervene this 'will produce the next
vacancy In the court, and Governor
Penny packer of Pennsylvania is men
tioned as one of tbe conspicuous can
didates for his seat.
Ilia l:- ;.i-; v.
"What can I do for my little boy."
asked mamma, "so that he won't have
to eat between meals r"
"Have tho meals ticker together." re
plied the greedy young man. Glasgow
Evening Times.
; thirty years in the ESrase of represent
atives. Speaker Cannon, the most orig
inal type in American polities, is all
powerful in the councils of his party.
During the past quarter of a century
be has been an active and a vital fac
tor in the enactment of all the impor
tant legislation that has found a place
on the statute books.
Mr. Cannon is rich, he and his broth
er owning several banks in Illinois and
some street railways. He also has
large land holdings in Nebraska and
elsewhere in the west. Money is no
object to him. He meets everybody on
the same footing, and every man is a
man to him until tile reVVrse lias been
proved. He Is as plain spoken and
democratic at a banquet whose the
president and the cabinet are guests
as he is in the company of his cronies
In the cloakrooms. Speaker Cannon is
a native of North Carolina and is sixty-seven
years old.
SHORT STORIES,
The cost of taking the first census
was a little over a cent per head, that
of the last census 17 cents.
Tourists returning from abroad ecu
now bring through the custom bouo
free of duty all articles to the value of
$100 except cigars, cigarettes and liq
uors. Rear Admiral Walker estimates that
it will take the steady work of 40.000
men who can stand the climate eight
years to finish the digging of the Pan
ama canal.
A funeral in Bfittineagne, Mass., was
postponed a day because the gravedlg
ger from sympathetic motives refused
to dig a grave for the body of a de
ceased friend.
James Henther of Green Ridge, in
Aroostook. Mo., followed a track thirty-nine
miles on snowshoes in a snow
storm the other day only to find tho
fox to be a pretty badly fagged dog.
There are three houses in Manomet,
Mass., that were standing When George
Washington was president. The. oldest
Is owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
C. D. Bartlett, The next Is the old
Clark house, owned by H. B. Taylor,
and the third is owned and occupied
by Mrs. Sarah M. Briggs.
HORSES AND HORSEMEN.
Champion Lou Dillon tit Memphis
has wintered splendidly. Look out for
a new trotting record.
E. K. Smathers, owner of Lord Der
by and Major Del mar, lias given up
his proposed auto tour of the world.
C. W. Roberts of Crab Orchard, Neb.,
has sold the two-year-old filly May
Call, by Brocade, 2:28, to a Colorado
bnyer.
Gilbert Harrison, of Guy Caton
(2:104) fame, thinks of opening a pul
lic stable at Woodland park, Sioux
City, la.
C. EL Green of EI Dorado, Kan., has
sold the stallion Vaccaro. 7'JOO. by At
lantic, 2:21, dam Maud, by Hull, 1230,
to John Dunton of Anthony. Kan.
Racing events of the past season of
190; have served to place the; name
of Cascarilla, 2:2T1,., high among those
of the brood mares that rank highest
as producers of extreme trotWng speed.
George M. Studehaker of South Bend,
Ind., has bought the trotting mare
Dora M., trial 2:28& from Abe 8om
merfield of Laporto, Ind., and the pa
cer Tonlntor, 2:iyi, from Willis E.
Bcal of Laporte.
Training Deaf Mate to Hear.
To train deaf mutes to hear and to
measure their sense of hearing have
been subjects of experiment In Europe
by Dr. Ma rage. A siren giving vowel
sounds was used, and the intensity of
the sound as it became audible became
progressively less, many caes of com
plete deafness being thus made to give
place in six weeks to the power of
hearing ordinary sounds. The treat
ment proved to be pleasing instead of
fatiguing or painful. The hearing was
measured at different stages of the
treatment by the air pressure neces
sary to make the siren audible, and
the results were claimed to Indicato
that few persons are deaf and dumb
beyond all cure.
I'hotoffraplm Xerve Action.
Dr. Charpentier in a communication
before the Paris Academy of Sciences
described an interesting discovery as to
the possibility of photographing muscu
lar and nervous activity on a plate cov
ered with a layer of platin cyanure of
barium.
Nervous sensations and impression
and muscular efforts are flashed on the
plate and produce a special fluorescence,
showing, for Instance, the action of the
heart and muscles of the Interior of the
body.
Batted Apple for Dynprpllrn.
Mrs. Harriet S. McMurphy of Omaha,
Neb., widely known as a lecturer on do
mestic science, is to have a restaurant
for dyspeptics at the world's fair.
Fruit, cooked and fresh, and fruit and
vegetable salads will lx prominent on
her bill of fare, but the piece de resist
ance will be baked apples, which Mr.
McMurphy regards as medicine of tho
greatest value to dyspeptics of all sorts,