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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-07-28
MUTILATED MANKIND.
People Who Live with Only One
Organ or One Member.

:" You would be surprised" said physi-
CHM, " to know how many men enjoy the
functions of but one organ and have the
service of but one member where nature
gave them two. The man with one leg, one
arm, one eye, or one ear is familiar enough !;
at least 800, 900 such unfortunates came out
| of the civil war, while the trenchant loco
motive wheel, the incisive buzz saw and the
premature blast go on from day to day, lop.
ping off limbs and blowing away fragments
of the human frame at the rate of many
thousand year. These acknowledgements
| are borne by the victims and are visible to
the world because of the failure of efforts to
disguise them, although the cork leg and
wooden hand afford some slight coneealment.
But there are thousands of men whose in
ternal organisms have been robbed of their
parts without leaving the least exterior evi.
ience. BY that l mean so far as general
observation goes, for, with the great I'D
vance of diagnostics, all faults Of nature are
revealed to the practiced eye.
"A large number of the organs of the
body perform their duties in pair, harmoni.
ously rendering tribute to the economy Of
the system. 1t would seem that the loss of
one would entail the destruction of the
other and result in that impeachment of the
vital functions called death. Such q sup
position is erroneous. / know of many
cases where men are enjoying comparative
health with only one lung The other has
disintegrated with disease and been borne
away in the circulation or elected in cough
ing. The cavity has been filled in by col.
apse Of the membranes and the accretior
IF adipose tissues, and the subject lives
Hundreds Of men live through declining
years with but one kidney. Dissipation OF
exposure has induced the fatal Bright's dis
ease or diabetes, and in its progress one Of
the assailed organs has passed away. Under
such conditions health, or evon comfort,
cannot be enjoyed. 1t frequently occurs
men survive the paralysis or extraction of
the upper lobe of the brain, which governs
thought Although the subject be utterly
unconscious, the centres of the sensor and
motor nerves, which hold the key to the
mysterious essence called life, still remains
and he exists. He must, however, shortly
die of inanition. The gastric functions foi
many people are performed by one lobe OF
the liver. have known of few instances
where, in desperate cases of hernia, pat
ent has outlived for many weeks the re.
moval of half the intestines. Countless
persons are deaf in one ear. Any number
have but one tonsil, while many have lost
their sense of touch in members where the
companion power of motion is preserved.
The scriptural sage was certainly right when
he said that we are fearfully and wonder.
fully made, and for all that the man with
the solitary lung, the unique eye or the
singular legs is as much part of Coda
kingdom as we are.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-07-28

Mr.. O. P. Austin, one Of the most indus
trious and capable of Washington CORE
spondents, thus writes of fashion which
he intoduced of using the cycle in news
gathering at the capital 1.-THE wheel is
becoming quite popular as factor in the
race for news in Washington. With the
smooth payements, travelling by bicycle OF
tricycle. is both convenience and luxury
Just three years ago your correspondent in
augurated the fashion of using the bicycle
for news gathering purposes. He was a
pioneer in this line, and, like other re-
formers, found new principles unpopular
1t first. For the first year he rode alone.
Then Carp of the Cleveland Leader, after
much hesitation and practice on the back
streets, followed the example. Pretty soon
one of the Associated Press staff, noted
Siberian traveller, fell victim to the bicycle
habit. Pretty soon j. A. Trusdell, of the
Pioneer Press, joined the band of mounted
newsmen and paralyzed his Northwestern
readers with descriptions of Arlington and
other surroundings of Washington as seen
from the saddle of bicycle. Chen one of
the local papers mounted one or two of its
men. Then the telegraph companies, see
ing the advantage of the system, from a
business standpoint, put bearers of dis
patches ON bicycles. Soon after converts
to the system appeared in the newspaper
field, and now you may count those who
use the bicycle for news gathering or news
dispensing by the dozen, and walk down
newspaper row discovers wheels waiting
patiently before good many doors.
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srEDroAL SCIENCE.
rhe Progress 1t Has Made in Recent
Years.

There is still, no doubt, vast amount of
suffering and disease among us, but it would
be folly to deny that the difference between
the past and the present is immense. The
stethoscope has made it as easy to detect
damaged heart or an inefficient lung as
broken leg. The opthalmoscope enables us
to explore the innermost recesses of the eye,
while with the laryngoscope we can have
ocular proof of the condition of the wind
pipe The microscope enlightens us as to
the true nature of growths, and such timely
information often makes it possible to check
their development. An@sthetics have rob
bed surgery of all its cruelty and half its
danger; they have, moreover, extended its
sphere of action, for operations are now fire..
luently performed which formerly could
not have been attempted. The introduction
OF the antiseptic method has largely increas-
cd the proportion of recoveries after severe
wounds and mutilations, and has also done
chamber. The necessity of cutting for stone
is now obyiated by measures which involve
neither pain nor serious risk, and there can
be little doubt that the operation will in the
course of the next fifty years become obso-
lete in civilized countries. Smallpox is no
longer the standing menace to beauty that
it once was, while it is scarcely taken into
account as a possible danger to life by ordi-
nary people. Typhoid fever still claims
many victims, though 1t is being gradually
driven off the field by an enlightened
hygiene; typhus is almost unknown except
in the lowest and most squalid haunts OF
poverty. Madness is now treated rs q bodily
disease, not as a curse of God or spite of the
devil, the result being large proportion OF
recoveries, and infinitely less suffering
among the incurable. A like improvement
is seen in other branches of the medical art.
The loathsoms mpounds-invented, one
might suppose, by a council Of ghouls and
scavengers-w which used to be ordered, no
longer vex the palntes or upheave the
stomachs of unfortunate patients the active
principle of the most important remedies
has been separated, so that the agent can be
administered in purer and more efficient
form, while the physiological action of the
drug is determined by experiment and is
taken as the index of its therapeutic value.
Less physic is given, but it is prescribed
with clearer purpose. Better still, more
attention is paid to diet and the hygienic
surroundings of the patient, and, above all,
nature is less encountered with the officious
help of blind ally who insists on aiding
her with zeal that is not according to
knowledge The truth has at last been
borne in on the medical mind that many
diseases run certain definite course oil
which no medicine has any effect for good,
though it may for evil, and that accordingly
policy of mastery inactivity is the wisea
la such cases.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-07-28

He had been to the city and went home
brimful Of news.
" You member the Smiths?" he asked
his wife, eth Silver erik Smiths, them as
got rich on Their gran'feyther's money"
Yes, she remembered them.
II seen 'em. They're way up; live in o
gran house on street they call thavenoo.
They ride in double heritage and heve no
end of money"
She said she s'posed as much.
But, dumb sakes Mandy, you
wouldn't want to change places with her.
see her minnit an / didn't hev the heart
to speak T. her."
She said she'd like 10 know why; stuck
np thing
No, she amt Mandy. not now. She's
bin humbled rite down to the dust She's as
blind as bat"
Blind She guessed not.
But she is Fust, she didn't kno me-
me that's rid down hill and played tag with
her when she warnt knee-high to turky.
Then, Mandy tho her eyes was wide open,
she went rite along the streets all dressed
up in her fine close, and leetle mite of
dog was leadin' her along. He was tied to
streeng, and she had hold Of the other end
Of the str erg. Now, Mandy, how'd you lik"
10 be her."
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ONE OF LIFE'S PLAQUES.
Corns and Their Cnuse--A simple
Cure.

COrns and Their Cnuse--A simple
Cure.
Nobody likes to acknowledge the posses
sion of corns, being afraid of the accusation
If wearing shoes to tight. These pests are
growth of the epidermis. At first it is
only thickening, just as the little hard
places in the hand are, but as the accumu-
lation goes on the layers pile up and sink
down into the true skin where the nerves
are and in some instances go through the
skin. The shoe pressing on top and the
under side cause the intermediate tissue to
be pressed upon, hence the pain.
1t is the formation of these little hard
plates and their sinking into the skin which
mako what Is known as the root of the corn,
md when the top is pared away this root is
is no longer pressing upon the underlying
nerves and temporary relief results
Corn are not made by wearing tight
shoes, that is certain. In order to have o
corn form on the foot there must be some
movement at the point where the pressure
is-that is, the skin mus be rubbed us well
IS pressed upon. The whole secret of hay
10 corns lies Just here. The shoes which
produce corns are those which are too
,hort. If men and women who have corns
will get their shoes little narrower and q
little longer the corns will disappear and
the foot look just as neat.
Those already on the feet must re.
moved, however, and very good way &c
do it is to tie half or quarter of lemon
on the corn at bed time. In the morning
great deal of it will be easy of removal.
This continued for number of nights will
often give entire relief. Then the narrow,
long shoes may be worn.
Many of the alleged corn cures are
worthless. They are made all of the same
ingredients, and for the benefit of any who
may want to try them the following receipt
will seldom fail and is the same as all the
cures, only combined in different way -
Ext. cannabis ind, grains Is. Salicylic
acid, drachm !. Colodion ounce l.
Apply this with cancels hair brush
every night for three nights, and on the
fourth night soak the feet in warm water,
when it will be found that the corns can be
entirely removed with the finger nails or
blunt knife. Care must be observed TO
have the toe perfectly dry when the solu.
ton is applied, otherwise it will get gummy
and do little good.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-07-28
A Water RfcycIe.

a Hartford man hns invented a water
bicycle which is thus described. Its base
is very light catamaran with side boats
about six inches broad. Near the center is
frame, and in the center of the frame are
two seats. The rear seat is like that of
bicycle, and has at proper distance regu-
lar bicycle cranks. Between the cranls are
two beveled gears, and to the second is
attached long shaft, terminating in o
bright brass propeller wheel about twenty
inches in diameter. This wheel can be
raised or lowered to suit the depth of water.
In front of the bicycle seat is an iron stand
ard with handle bar like that of bicycle,
and attached to the rudder. The front seat
is not attached to the machinery, and is
simply for passenger. The little craft
runs very easily, and with no great exertion
can be made to go fully twice as fast as an
ordinary light rowboat 1t is very different
from the heavy gondola paddle-wheel craft
used on the pond in the Public Gardens of
Boston Common, and on the lake at Gen.
trail Park, New York. The novel craft is
the property of George Bull.
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NIasnuifn Netting.

Judging from the increased sale Of
netting it would seem as if the pests were
growing in numbers each year, said dealer.
Since the first of April the sales have in
creased every day. and there is a growing
demand this year over last. We sell between
80, 600 and 40, 600 bales now in season, and
it is made in nearly every color Pink net
ting is the favorite, while next comes white,
blus and green, and there is limited sale
for yellow, black, drab and brown. This
season there is n new color which is quite
popular. 1t is cardinal, and many people
prefer it to pink. Mosquito netting has
been an imported article until very lately,
but now it is made in this country The
better grades come under the head of tar
letan, which is imported. New Jersey and
Long Island still continue to use as much
in proportion to the population MS any part
of the country, and great deal is sent to the
West. II is made Of cotton yarn not thread
and most of it is made in this city and Pat
erson. Other uses than rs protection
against mosquitoes are now found for the
goods. A large lot Of 1t is used for bar dec
orations, and great quantities are brought by
peach growers, who use it to put over the
baskets. This is a new use for II, and 1t is
bought by Western peach growers by the
100 bales at a time. A new thing in this
line is known as screen-cloth. It is an inn
ltation of green wire netting. It has become
quite popular, and is crowding the regular
mosquito netting somewhat"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-07-28

But Percy Dean was dead, and his das,gh-
ter, singing her way into the hears of her
listeners, was the only one who thought Of
him.
From the lower box Ernest Travers watch
ed the young singer.
The costume Of pale brocade and lace,
the jeweled coi6ure, the pearl bands on
throat and arms, worked strange transfer.
ton.
Mrs. Dean, sitting in distant seat won-
iered if this brilliant beauty could possibly
be the young girl she had kept in the back
ground.
1t was grand triumph for Elaine, and
from that night her life was changed.
An hour after her last appearance she sat
in Madame La Blancs room, flushed and
smiling
" To you owe it all, she said grateful
ly. Yet with shade of sadness
almost regret--"
Tut, tut, child no regrets ~ cried the
artist. "You have the future before YOU"
&C You think then, can ever be great ~
&C Not great, perhaps; few reach TINT
height, but you will be popular. Your voice
is one that pleascs- your beauty"
"Oh!" said Elaine, shrinking with
coral flush ON her face.
At that moment Ernest Travers came in.
Just for a moment, he told madame, to
congratulate her protegee and thank her for
her interest," and when he went away ma
dame saw him turn his head for last look
at the pretty figure in brocade and lace, and
she smiled in satisfied way.
One year later.
1t is time Elaine accepted engagements,
said Madame La Blanc. She will be q
favorite with the public that treated me SO
well. Yet may say have cause for re-
greet. She has not the ambition that spurred
me on; she seems almost unfit for public
life, much rs she admires its gloriesn
"Shall tell you why ?" asked Ernest
Travers. She is better fitted for another
position. l offered her permanent en-
gagement and"
Ernest ?'
Yes, dear friend. The world has lost a
singer, but have found wife"
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Hints TO Ladies who would be Fail

Hints 10 Ladies' who Would be Fair.
For the benefit of young ladies who de-
sire beautiful complexion the following
rules are given by an old lady of sixty, who
is still considered a beauty, and who retains
a complexion noted for its delicacy of color
ing;
Wear large white sun hat when out doors
in the day time, even if sitting in the shade.
The neck shoa,d never be permitted to be
sun-burned, and to avoid this wear thin
flannel underwear, with lawn or muslin
dress, and tie a silk handkerchief about the
throat when out boating.
A cheap toilet-water is made out of half
pint of water, small cup of cider-vinegar
and the same amount of milk. Put into
jar or bottle and apply to the face with o
soft sponge. Let it remain over night or
until perfectly dry, and then wash it off
with warm water. i will remove tan.
A shining face may be avoided by ladies
who do not use powder if it is bathed over
night with warm water, and the eyes only
sponged in the morning.
A pomade for the face, to remove tan and
whiten the skin, is made out of an ounce of
almond paste, the juice of two lemons, and
little eau de cologne 1t is to be applied
at bedtime and left on the face until morn
ing.
Gloves should be worn constantly to pre-
vent the hands from tanning. The most
seryiceable are large ones of dog-slIin of
dull tan shade, and these are suitable for
most country pleasures.
Rain water is best for toilet purposes and
keeps the skin soft and smooth. Boiled
rain water is considered as effective as a
Turkish bath in removing tan.
Masks of white cloth dampened with
warm water are worn at night by ladies who
have the courage to stand their unpleasant
ness, and are considered most effective foi
identifying the complexion.
Dark-colored wells of heavy cause arc q
protection against the sun when driving or
yiding.
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Mrs. oleyeland,s Apartments.

If You should take the Presidents house
and runa line through it from north to
south, ut the end OF the library, you would
cut off Mrs. Cleveland's part Of the Mansion
from that of the Presidents. She has five
bedrooms, and they are all large and airy.
The Presidents bridal chamber is the state
bedroom, and it looks different now to what
1t did when Mrs. Cleveland first came into
it. There are more home touches, and the
dressing table always has its flowers. When
President Arthur was here he had his wife's
picture, which hung ON one of these walls
wreathed with roses every morning. Now
the roses are everywhere about the room,
and the gardener has done his best to make
II look beautiful There is wide lounge,
Or divan, at one side of the room, and the
bed is of rosewood, with great canopy OF
silk brocade in gold and silver above it. A
rich Turkish carpet covers the floor, and
there are number of easy chairs scattered
about the room. Great chunks of wood lie
upon the highly polished brass andirons,
and the mantel is covered with heavy vel
vet cloth of n soft, dark red. There is
tidy on one of the armchairs bearing the
inscription, in red, white, and blue silk:
"God bless our country and our Presi.
dent -
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Some FaIiacics In Regard 10 Diet.

1. That there is any nutriment in beef
tea made from extracts. There is none
whatever. 2. That gelatne is nutritious
1t will not keep cat alive. Beef-tea and
gelatine, however. possess certain repara-
live power, we know not what. 3. That
an egg is equal to pound of meat, and
that every sick person can eat them Many
especially those of nervous or bilious tenn
permanent, cannot eat them, and to such
eggs are injurious. 4. That because milk
is an important article Of food it must be
forced upon patient. Food that person
cannot endure will not cure. s. That
arrow-root is nutritious. 1t is simply starch
and water, useful as restorative, quickly
prepared. 6. That cheese is injurious in
all cases. 1t is, as rule, contra-indicated,
being usually indiges tible but it is con.
centrated nutriment, waste-repairer, and
often craved. T. That the cravings of
patient IRE whims and should be denied.
The stomach often needs, Graves for, and
digests articles not laid down in any dietary.
Such are, for example, fruit, pickles, jams,
cake, ham or bacon, with fat cheese, but
ter and milk. s. That an inhexible diet
may be marked out which shall apply to
every case. Choice of given list of arti-
cles allowable in given case must be de-
cided by the opinion of the stomach. The
stomach is right and theory wrong, and the
judgement admits no appeal. A diet which
would keep a healthy man healthy might
kill sick man and diet sufficient to
sustain sick man would not keep well
man alive. Increased quantity of food,
especially of liquids, does not mean in.
creased nutriment; rather decrease since
the digestion is over taxed and weakened
Strive to give the food in as concentrated q
form as possible - edhnies.
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90 - 80
LOCKJAW.
What Produces the AffiictiOn and
How TO Treat il.

w mat PRODUCES the anu
How to Treat il.
Moisture, in the form of n vapor bath, is
an excellent remedy for tetanus, or lockjaw.
The immobility of the jaw is only the cul-
ninative symptom of q complaint which
might be defined as rigor of the upper
motor muscles. The affection begins with
a peculiar stiffness in the back part of the
neck, rendering every sideward motion of
the head painful or even impossible. Be-
fore long the cramp-like sensation extends
to the spine the patient feels impelled to
bend forward to relieve the strain ON the
shoulder muscles; headache and feeling
of general numbness beget disposition to
sleep, and on awakening from fitful nap
the teeth feel set as firmly as those of
powerful steel trap. The patient leans his
the neck muscles often beget sensation AZ
if the hinges of the jawbones were mechani
cally riveted, and could be moved only by
breaking force, if not by miracle. Yet a
steam bath, or even wetpack in sheets
lrenched with worm water, is generally
sufficient to accomplish that miracle. The
combined influence of warmth and mois-
ture seems to relax the rigor Of the muscles
first the spine, and by and by the neck ant
jaws, feel the relief, and by continual fric
ton the danger of o relapse can be obyiated
for quarter of an hour, after which the
abnormal symptoms will be reduced to
lingering numbness, as after stunning
fall. Tetanus is frequent after effect of
painful wounds, running splinter under
nail, treading on tack, and in persons of
nervous constitution often mere scratch,
may lead to all the symptoms described,
but by an indirect influence on the nervous
system rather than by the actual local effect
of the injury, which the old school practi
TONERS attempted to neutralize by the most
barbarous counter irritants. DR.. j. G.
Reese, of drastic cure memory, for instance,
recommends the use of " caustic potash,
applied to the spine from the neck to the
sacrum, to the extent of destroying the skin
for On inch in breadth along tie whole dis
lance ~ As an alternative he prescribes
tncture of cantharides Spanish fiss) and
potent emetics. E1change
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POETRY.
Calling The Angels In.


d. mean to do It. Some day, some day,
We mean to slacken this fevered rush
That is wearing our very souls away;
And grant to our loaded hearts hush
That is only enough to let them hear
The footsteps of angels drawing near
We mean TO do It, Oh, never doubt,
When the burden of daytime broil is Ger,
Well sit and muse while the stars come out,
As the patriarchs sat at the open door
OF their tents, with heayenward-g gazing eye.
70 watch for the angels passing by.
We've seen them afar at high noontlde,
When fercely the worlds hot flashing beat:
Yet never have hidden them turn aside,
And tarry awhile in converse sweet;
Nor prayed them TO hallow the cheer we spread.
10 drink OF our wine and break our bread.
We promise our hearts that when the stress
or the life-work reaches the longed-for close,
When the weight that we groan with, binders
less,
Wen loosen our thoughts to such repose
As banishes Cares disturbing din,
And then-well call the angels In.
The day that we dreamed OF comes at length,
When, tired of every hooking quest,
And broken in spirit and shorn In strength,
We drop, indeed, at the door OF rest,
And walt and watch as the day wanea on
But the angels we meant &c call are gehel
-United Presbyterian.