Omaha daily bee., 1888-11-04
lence of which I have never seen en-

fence OF WHICH L nave never seer cN-
ceeded. b." 49,
""The patient finally recovered. and |
looked out of the window into the dark.
The curtains were down in front, so
that the driver could not see what took
place in the ambulance.
" When i looked again | saw that the
man had got possession OF n 'stretcher
IRON He attacked me. | evaded the
blow and grappled with him. Then be-
gan a desperate struggle. Together
we fell TO the bottom of the wagon, each
grasplng the others throat and twisting
and turning in a fight for life. All I'M
conscious of the scene behind him, the
driver dashed on up the street.
"a fireman stood at the door of an en-
CINE house as we ratified by and caught
n glimpse OF the occupants. Comprc-
hending the situation at II glance. he
sprang, with the agility characteristic
OF his calling. upon the footboard and
gave me his assistance. 1t required
our united strength to subdue the pa
tent. Help came just in time: for the
maniac had almost ovcrpowered me,
aud before We could have reached the
hospital | would have been killed.
THE service rendered by young ply
sicians in the ambulance practice of
New York is seldom fully appreciated.
Appointments to positions in the hos
pltals and dispensaries are made only
after a thorough examination, and the
physician who rides in an ambulance,
although he may be young in years, is
often better read in the theory of his
profession than many n practitioner
who.has been twenty years out OF col
lege. Every earnest student Of medi-
cine appreciates the value Of hospital
service and is glad to avail himself OF
it, for he realizes that the great Number
of cases coming under his observation
in the hospital wards and the opportu-
nifty thus afforded for the study of any
speciality he may choose gives him a
great advantage over the physician
who has only the experience afforded
by his private practice"
The Washington Monument Moves.
Washington Star. Great care is
AXE to note the movements OF the
Washington monument. for 1T does
move. The law of contraction n eX-
pansion of material by heat and cold
operates here as we'll as elsewhere.
When the sun shines full on the east
ern face in the morning the stone on
that side expand and throw the shaft
slightly to the west. Then the sun
goes round to the south and the apex of
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swing to the north. AS the orb creeps
about the sky to it's final setting in the
evening the glittering point on top of
the monument makes a contra-move-
ment around half a circle, gradually
settling back to its normal position
after the rays of the sun have lost their
power. This movement has never been
calculated, but is undoubtedly very
slight. The wind, too, has an effect
| upon the structure. From the center
of gravity of the shaft, located ia feet
| and 10 inches from the floor, is a cross
beam. from which is suspended a fine
steel wire, protected by a galvanized
iron tube about four inches in diameter.
| This hangs to the loon at the northwest
corner of the elevator we'll. At the
bottom is a plumb bob weighing twenty
five pounds, suspended by means of the
wire, and hanging in water. An iron
cylinder protects the instrument from
injury, and II little iron house, about
four feet high, keeps off the draught.
Through the cylinder is Il telescope
eyepiece, in one end of which are two
vertical wires about one-quarter of an
inch apart. When candle is held at
an opening in the side of the box and
the eye is applied to the outside end of
the tube, the plumb line can be seem
a fine line between the vertical marks.
Any movement in the shaft is recorded
by a corresponding movement in the
line. When the structure is at rest,
and in it's normal position, the line
hangs still, midway between the others,
but when the shaft is disturbed by the
action of the wind it sways back and
forth like the pendulum of a clock, al
ways coming to rest in the center. This
is observed every day, and if the custo-
dian should ever notice the line hang
ing still at any point outside of the two
cross-lines he will then know that the
monument has been permanently moved
from it's level position. Until then
however, no one need be alarmed by the
oscillations of the shaft from the action
of the wind or the influence of the sun.