Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-06-16

to be considered as representing a common
state Of things, but | was assured by MIR.
Henderson, a leading merchant of Tampa,
an extensive stockraiser and shipper, and
gentleman who has been familiar with this
part of the country for forty years, that
every Seminole family of any degree OF
consequence has one or more negro slaves,
who are kept in profound ignorance of the
English language, and who consequently,
know nothing of their claims to freedom.
A NEW ANESTHETIC.
A week ago little baldheaded dentist,
who lives in Brooklyn, sent invitations to
the eminent doctors Of this city and Phila-
delphia, asking them to be present at a
series of fexperiments that he proposed max
ing with new an;esthetic he had discover
ed. He explained that his compound was
something entirely unknown hitherto, and
the result of five years work. He pleaded
that he was poor, and could not afford to
give his formula to the world, and, although
he was willing to demonstrate the uses of
his discovery, he preferred to keep the in
gradients to himself.
Here the little dentist went into a dis
cussion of functions of nerves and the effect
of the old anasthetic on the system and
their tendency to produce nausea, head
ache, prostration and perhaps death. lie
wound up by saying that his discovery pro-
duced natural sleep almost instantaneously,
and the patients recovered of their own
accord invigorated and refreshed. He hob
bled into a side room and soon appeared
with decrepit old woman. He promised
to remove all the decayed stumps from her
mouth if she allowed him to use his an&s-
thetic in the operation. He saturated
napkin with substance that looked like
water and emitted pleasant odor. For
an instant he held it over the old lady's
nose, telling her to breathe freely, and in
thirty seconds she was unconscious. He
allowed the napkin to remain, and for over
two minutes he worked, extracting sixteen
teeth. The patient never moved, and to all
appearances she did not feel the pain attend
ing the operation. On removing the nap
kin almost Immediately she revived and
stepped out of the chair as fresh and hearty
as she got into it.
She said she had vague idea of what
was going on while under the influence of
the anasthetic, but could not move hand
or foot. She said she knew the dentist was
pulling her teeth out, but felt no pain.
Eight persons were made and kept un-
conscious from half to two and half
minutes. In one case the napkin was al
lowed to remain for six minutes. The
patients all told stories similar to the old
lady's and went away in good spirits. The
Star man was the last subject, and these, in
brief, were the sensations he experienced:
From the moment the napkin was placed
over his face feeling of unconsciousness
came over him, and at the end of the third
free inspiration everything became blank.
His arms hung at his side, and he could
feel that they were there, but they were
beyond the voluntary control OF the Will;
sense of dreamy langour followed, and, as
if on the wings of a fleet bird, he was borne
through the air high above the earth. The
sensation was altogether pleasant. Then
the scene changed, and his skull tingled,
a million minute hammers no bigger than
a fine needle began pounding all at once
They shattered into fragments in an instant,
the napkin was removed and all was over.
Recovery was instantaneous, and all effect
was gone. The time taken by one OF the
physicians was one and three-quarter min
utes-New York Star.
REDEMPTION OF THE "AMERlCAN DESERT
Mr.. Nimmo said last year in his official
report of the cattle industry: 1t appears to
be a we'll established fact that in the States OF
Kansas and Nebraska the limits of the area
sufficiently watered by the natural rainfall
for agricultural purposes has during the last
twenty years moved westward from 100 to
POO miles," Wichita is near the ninety
eighth meridian, and Dodge City, for many
wears a centre of the cattle trade, is almost
exactly upon the Tooth meridian. A settler
in Nebraska, living near the 9Sth meridian,
declares that land in the central part OF
that State which now yields heavy crops,
was regarded as a desert twelve years ago.
It was then difficult to raise hay even on
small patches of ground in the valleys;
but now, in the same region, the farmers
easily cut two tons from one acre. Hills
that were then almost covered with barren
sands, showing scarcely blade OF grass,
now support thousands of cattle. AS late
as 1878, he said, no water above ground
could be found between Beaver and CEDAR
Creeks, lust west Of the 9Sth meridian.
Now,it is reported, that region, anda stretch
of country for 100 miles to the northwest
are dotted with shallow ponds, varying
from one acre to five acres in extent,
around which excellent grazing is found.
A few years ago settlers on the 9Sth merld-
ian in Nebraska supposed that they had
reached the western limit of corn culture,
but since those days corn has been shlpped
from a region 100 miles westward. Ihese
changes have been caused by an increase OF
rainfall, and this increase appears TO nave
been caused by the cultivation of the soil.
The concurrent testimony Of settlers, not
only in Kansas and Nebraska, but also in
more elevated reg ions in the far North
west, seems to prove this.-N. Y. Times.
THE CURATIVE POWER OF NATURE
The old writers recognized, in blind sort
of way, that there was force in the organ
ism which tended toward recovery from dis
ease. This they called ''the curative power
of nature" One of the glorious triumphs
of modern medicine is a more perfect appre-
citation of this great fact. ITO let we'll
enough alone," and not to weaken or pre-
vent the action Of any organ or structure
unless it is clear that something is to be
gained by 50 doing, are the results of this
fact being duly appreciated. The "kill-or-
cure" doctrine is utterly abandoned by all
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