The Press., 1889-05-09
N. ". Evening Post: There is one pro-

N. Y. Evening Post: There is one pro- fession which ought to have had more prominent share in the present celebration than has been accorded to it, for none has made such advances since Washington's death, which it had large share in hasten ing we mean the medical profession. It is not now generally remembered, but it is literally true, that Washington was bl::d to death by his doctors. The first who was sent for found him, an old man of nearly 70. suffering from cold and bronchitis, and therefore, presumably weakened, or much spulled down" as we now say. The doc- tors at once went to work and weakened him still further by taking from him eleven or twelve ounces of blood. Finding that the patient did not improve under this treatment, two others were called in, in consultation, and they at once proceeded to take from him between thirty and forty ounces more As the loss of blood is the most exhausting process to which q mans frame can be exposed, the illustrious pa. tient, naturally, sank under it rapidly, and il twenty -four hours from the beginning of his attack he was dead.
 Mrs. John Davis, of Cumru, Pa., recent ly went into her flower garden to arrange
 for the protection of her young plants I which had been turned upside down, from
 the ground, she was mortified to find curl.
 ed up underneath it nest of at least g
 dozen reptiles of different varieties. In
 her fright she dropped the pot on the
 wriggling mass, when large black snake,
 measuring feet inches in length, sprang
 out, and rapidly coiling itself around hel right arm actually broke it, at the same time forcing the blood from the ends o
 her fingers. She cried for help, and {
 son coming to her assistance cut the snake in two with his pocket-knife. Five of the other snakes were killed, but number o them escaped. The woman was pros
 trated as much from the shock her ner vous system sustained as from the injurie
 to her arm.
 , THEIR BUSINESS BOOMING. n
 one thing has caused such general reviva of trade at E. K. Taft's drug store as thei giving away to their customers of SO man free trial bottles of Dr. Kings New Discover
 for Consumption. Their trade is simply enol |, nous in this very valuable article from tn fact that it always cures and never disappoints Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Group - and all throat and lung diseases quickly cured
 You can test it before buying by getting l trial bottle free, large size $l. Every bottl 8 warranted.
 8 Matron Webb's hotel for lost childre , during the centennial at the New Tor @ police headquarters was favored as well 6 @ any of the hostelries throughout the cer
 tennial excitement, and even then thel g was good deal of doubling up. It ws D the largest record for three successive day e in the history of the children's lost depar j. ment, and the kind hearted matron ws a kept continually busy. Out of the 106 lol d little ones picked up in the street, not or
 remains as memento of the procession
 All the prattling youngsters were elaine
 by their parents or guardians, who wei o away delighted over the find. There wei l. thirty lost children on Monday, thirty-fo d on Tuesday, and forty-two on Wednesda. ]. making total for the three days of 1O6. B. Mamma (to her little boy): "Now, Bel e nie, if you'll be good and go to sleep, mann
 I'll give you one of Dr. Ayers nice sugar -coa IS ed Cathartic Pills, next time you need med It clne." Bennie, smiling sweetly, dropped o It to sleep at once.
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