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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-06-04
WONDERS OF THE EAR.
A Department of Human Anatomy That
Defies the Surgeon.

A Department of Human Anatomy That
Defies the Surgeon.
THE human ear" said a scientist to
a reporter, lis an organ the true in
wardness of which the physicians have
never been able to get at. They can
examine the interior of the eve with
ease by throwing into its dark chamber
raw of light reflected from a little
mirror, and of late they have found it
possible even to see the gray matter of
the brain by looking through the little
canal by which the optic nerve enters.
The cavity behind the nose they inspect
with the aid of light placed far back
in the mouth. They have no difficulty
| in seeing into the stomach by an
electric apparatus; the intestines like
wise are readily enough investigated,
and the bladder also. But the ear, as
to its internal arrangements, is unap-
proacha BILE. tits even impossible to dis
sect it satisfactorily after death, for the
parts collapse at oSce when the vital
spark leaves the body. The drum in a
living person bars the way to observa-
ton. and even though it be pierced
the winding passages beyond can not
be seen through. On the other side of
the drum are the three little bones-the
mallet, the anvil and the stirrup-which
act upon each other as levers. The drum
acts as a sort of buffer, and the
mallet, Immediately in contact with
il, conveys the sound waves through
the anvil and the stirrup to the
'choclea, a spiral shell-shaped chamber
Just behind and above the external
opening of the ear. This shell is com
posed of filaments of the auditory nerve,
coiled spirally and each one erect and
waving TREMENDOUSLY in response to The
slightest waves of sound. They carry
the sound impressions directly to the
brain, and so delicate is their sensitive
ness that the nearer perceives not only
the degree of loudness, but even the
finest quality of sound, the harmony
of tones, and tho distance from which it
comes. The moment that life becomes
extinct, however, the spiral shell of
nerves collapses and the marvellous
organ is a dead thing, unsatisfactory
to the investigating anatomist
If only it had been found
possible to examine the internal
StTuctuIt VI lnC liNibS Cdi dui a. sur gerry
might, perhaps, amount to something
to-day. The science of treating the eye
was born when Helmholtz invented the
simple Instrument called the ophthal-
moscope for inspecting the interior.
There are plenty of ear doctors, and
people pay big prices for being treated
by them for deafness, but did you ever
know of a case where the patient was
really much benefited by anything he
could do? | have known dozens of deaf
persons who have persistently sought
relief at the hands of aural specialists,
but not one of them has been cured or
materially helped. simply because
science has achieved hardly anything in
that branch of knowledge. washing
ton Star
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The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND NAIL.
EROM WASHINGTON.

The supreme court of the United
States uphoids the constitutionality of
the original package law passed by con-
gress. and also holds that il was not
nece ssary for the states of Kansas and
Iowa To rcenact their prohibitory laws,
after the passage of the congressional
act, in order TO shut out liquors in orig
inal packages.
A CARGO of 100, 900 pounds of opium,
brought from China on the yacht Hal
cyon. was said TO have been smuggled
into this country.
DURING the week ended May % the
issue of standard silver dollars from
the minis was 3I4. ABS. The issue dur
ing the corresponding period of last
year was s39s, 094
IL the United States the visible sup
ply of grain on the 25th was: Wheat
is,29l, 7S5 bushels; corn. 1894. SIS bush
els; oats. 3,O71, 765 bushels.
THE United States supreme court
during its term just closed disposed of
617 cases This breaks the record. The
largest number of cases ever disposed
of by the court heretofore in one ses-
sion is 47O.
IN dispatch to the state department
Minister Ryan reports that over one
half of the Mexican imports now
come from the United States
SECRETARY FOSTER holds that polyg-
amists under the debarred class of
immigrants hereafter should not be al
lowed to enter the United States.
REPRESENTATIVES, of the Presbyteri-
an, Protestant Episcopal, Baptist and
Methodist Episcopal churches organ
lied the American university at Wash
ingtOn. Mark Hoyt was elected presi
dent and Bishop Hurst chancellor.
Five million dollars will be asked for.
THE exchanges during the week end
ed on the SOth ult-, at the leading clear
ng-houses in the United States aggre-
gated $50 O54. 4jS. against 81. I05, ga
4l6. the previous week. As compared
with the corresponding week of 1890 the
decrease amOuntedtO 2l.5-
The business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the SOth numbered Pa. against 254 the
preceding week and BIS for the cores
ponding week last year.
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a MAGIC JEWEL.
Strange Belief Regarding n Certain Snake
I'm India.

Strange Belief Regarding a Certain Snake
I'm India.
There is a belief current in all parts
of India that a certain variety of snake
called Shesh Nag, when it attains the
age of one thousand years, has a precious
Jewel formed in his head. This jewel,
it is affirmed. possesses the quality of
sucking up the poison of the deadliest
snake, if applied to the wounded part.
Strange enough, a Paris gentleman is
reputed to possess this invaluable jewel,
according to correspondent of Gu
jarati weekly, published at Wadhwan,
in Gujarati. The correspondent says
that when the present owner-who, by
the way, is now sixty-three - was
twenty-three years old, he lighted upon
a snake of the aforementioned variety,
which he killed. Then he found the
jewel in his head. 1t has already .aved
several lives.
Last year, when Mr.. Vidal, the col
lector of the district, was there, ii was
shown to him too. The jewel is said tn
contain a thin, crescent-like fiber, which
INCREASINGLY oscillates in the center.
The gaihwar of Baroda. the maharajah
of Kolhapur, and several other native
princes are said to have offered several
hundred thousand rupees for this unique
Jewel The name of the owner is Mr.
Framji Dadabbai Govekar, Tarspur,
Bombay presidency. There is another
belief prevalent in India that if a man
be sleeping, no matter where, and
Shesh Nag come and sit beside him,
~. Il Al. II.
face, the latter is sure to be son of for
tune. Popular tradition assigns the
same reason to the rise of Haida Ali, of
Mysore, from a common soldier
American Notes and Queries.
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The EAST.

POTTER, WHITE * BAILEY, shoe man.
ufacturers at Boston, have failed for
Il. OOO. 900.
NEAR Latrobe. Pa, a train dashed
into a carriage killing Miss Molly Me
Nally and Richard Fox and fatally in
iuring Miss Bertha McCreary.
The death of John Il. Hollenbeck.
probably the oldest mason in the
country, occurred at Burlington, VT,
aged 90 years. He became a mason in
May. 1918.
AT Lynn, Mass, James Burns. who
was knocked out in an eight-round con-
test by Harry Tracy, died of injuries re
ceived.
IL the Connellsvllle pa coke regions
$50 families were said to be homeless
and without penny and compelled TO
live il coal sheds. barns and stables.
JONI MONTPELIER. John f. Plum
mer. Sidney Dillon, Charles 5. Colby
and Gov. Merriman, of Minnesota, are
members of a syndicate to found a new
city on Puget sound.
THE kinetograph is Thomas A. Edi-
sons latest machine and is designed to
reproduce at distance a lecture, opera
or any other occurrence, both in sound
and motion.
AT the siXty-secOnd anniversary of
the Sunday-school union of Brooklyn,
\. Y. the special feature was the par
AIDE of the children and teachers, 20, 900
in number.
1T was said that the first attempt to
care for and Americanize immigrant
Hebrews in bulk would be made at
Harrison, y. J., where the American
committee of the Baron de Hirsch fund
will build 200 or 800 cottages.
THE president of the ruined Spring
Garden national bank at Philadelphia,
f. W. kennedy, was arrested on the
charge of embezzling over 100000 of
the banks funds.
AT the session of the general synod
of the Reformed Presbyterian church
at Pittsburgh, Pa. resolutions were
adopted declaring the actions of the
ministers who voted at an election as a
''heinouS sin and scandal"
THE legislature of Pennsylvania has
adjourned sine die.
IL Brooklyn. y. Y, thirty-six lumber
firms have closed their yards in sup
port of the New York Lumber Dealers
association in its fight against the boy
colt of the labor unions.
THE firm of w. Il j. NJ. Bent, boot
and shoe manufacturers at Cochituate,
Mass. failed for S150.OO0.
AN attempt was made TO steal the
body of 2. I. Barnum from its grave
near bridgeport. Conn. II has been
decided To exhume the remains and
cremate them
GOLD exports during the week ended
on the 3Oth ult. amounted to 81, 7O3,-
o. The imports amounted to $751;
COG.
DIR. F. BARKER. one of the most en-
inent physicians in the country. died at
his home in New York of apoplexy,
aged IS years. He was one of Gen.
Grants doctors.
Ma. +. B. HAMILTON, U. S. A, died
AT Fort Adams. Il. |.
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"As Joy unutterable lit the countenances OF
the throng-as the heavens were shaken with
laundering salvos mingled with mighty cheer.
ing the vision passed away. Iawoke, an old
man or tho spot where / had been young;
alone, on q highway which had been thronged
yet filled with the JOY Of that vision and the
task OF its Interpretation. May IL finger with
the old soldiers OF the north and south till
they realize its true significance. May its
contemplation NIL their hearts with hope,
faith aud charity; and the greatest OF these Is
charity"
CHICAGO, June 1.-Dispatches re-
ceived here state that Decoration day
was observed in nearly every city and
town in the country. The feature in
this city was a magnificent military
and civic parade in which the regular
army troops quartered at Fort Sheri-
dan and various 4 giments of state
militia participated
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WHERE GOLD GOES TO.
Immense Quantities stored as Treasure in
India.

Immense Quantities stored as Treasure in
India.
A condiderable part of all the gold
which goes to India never returns.
Having been obtained in the west by
the sale of exported productions, it is
retained in the east as realized profits,
wealth stored up. and to a moderate ex-
tent for use in the arts. for the rest as
a representative of value on the credit
of which traders buy and sell with the
bills of exchange they issue and the
book credits they open, and settle up
the differences with the silver money
of the country.
But the vast stock of gold accumu-
lated there undergoes no diminution;
there is no ebb and flow under the re-
ciprocal action which commerce en-
forces in the case of countries trading
together ON a common metallic basis.
The three millions sterling Tor there
about OF gold bullion which India an
nually adds to her store are, under the
monetary law of that country. just as
much lost to the nations of the west, by
being withdrawn from the general COM
merce of the world, as Il the money had
been lent to South american republic
Between the years 1885 and 1889 (Apri)
this depletion amo united in value to
sf3O. 292. 75S: between that date and the
month of September of ibis year, a
further accumulation. TO the yalne of
E.. O69, 272. has taken place, bringing
this portion of the gold treasure of In
dia up to a value exceeding e135, ESQ.,
600 -Blackwood's Magazine.
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Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs ia taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial In its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale In SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO. ca.
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ANGRY SEAlERS.
Opposition to England's Proposed Beh-
ring Sea Measure-Fishermen In British
Columbia Threaten to Evade Any Law.

Opposition to England's Proposed Beh-
ring Sea Observation-Disclosures In British
Columbia Threaten to EVade ANY Law.
LONDON, May 3O.-The bill prohibit
ing the capture of seals in Behring sea
by British subjects, which has just
been introduced by the government,
has aroused decided opposition and
the government may have diff
ficulty in enforcing its provisions,
even if it succeeds in passing the bill
A dispatch from Victoria, ID. c., says
that the proposed action of the govern
ment has caused great excitement there,
and that sealers openly propose
to evade any law thas may be
passed on the subject. The feeling
in London and Liverpool among
fisheries, outside of the American COM
pany, is very strong against the pro-
posed measure, and the government is
freely denounced for cowardly sur
render to the United States.
WASHINGTON, May 30.-The only in
terest that the action of Lord Salisbury
in introducing his seal bill in parlia-
ment excites here is that it seems to be
"A step in the direction of a final ending
of tiresome controversy. 1t
seems to indicate that pend
ing arbitration of the whole
question Great Britain is willing to
stop the seal taking altogether, pro-
viding the United States will cooperate
to that end. The authority which
Lord Salisbury seeks from parliament
will come too late to be effective
this year, but by next year the
scaling industry will wholly cease
until America and Great Britain have
settled every question between them.
The new arrangement involves the
United States in heavy losses and liza
bilities, but the administration con-
siders the country well repaid by the
assurance that the seals will be per-
manently saved and a dangerous con-
troversy about rights in the high seas
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TUE old method of the art preserva-
tive has been discovered by German in
genuity. The means by which the head
bands of Egyptian mummies was pre-
served Is To be adapted To fabrics. and
they are expected To Possess the prop
erty Of never wearing out The dress
makers need not be alarmed: the fash
ions viii change twice a year just the
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WOULD-BE ROBBERS.
They Wreck Passenger Train Near Cen
tralIa, Ill, Causing the Death of an En-
gineer.

They Wreck Passenger Train Near Cen
tralIa, III, Causing the Death of an En-
gineer.
CENTRALIA, ILL.,, May 30-The Illi-
nois Central was the victim of a most
daring attempt at train robbery miles
north of this city Thursday night
Tools were taken from section house
neaI by and the spikes drawn and
the rails disconnected. 1t is
thought that the plan was to derail
the Chicago & New Orleans limited,
but the rail was slipped the wrong way
to throw the train and it went over all
right The wreckers, not knowing that
the north hound No. was two
hours late, thought no more trains
would pass before daylight and
left the place. No. 4 came along
half hour later and went over the
bank, the engine rolling over on it's
side, crushing and scalding Engineer
Pat Quirk to death and badly injuring
Fireman Todd. An express, mail and
baggage car left the track and were
smashed up Two men have been ar
rested on suspicion, but as yet nothing
definite has been learned as to the real
rarpatfatnrS
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LATER.
A Ii x Fire.

New YORK. June "A million dollar
fire started this morning in the four
story brick building of the Brooklyn
company, occupyinga block.
The fire extended to the baggage fac
tory, also covering a block, and also
extended to tenements in the rear of
the baggage factory.
There was large amount of ma
chiIfery in the baggage factory which
was destroyed by the fire and water.
Loss will amount to one million dollars.
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Some of the peculiar customs Of the
East Indian coolies, called Lascars. are
very amusing to Americans. For in
stance, they always eat their food in
the open air, with their faces toward
the west; and the greatest insult a
white man or ''Giaour' can offer them
Is to walk between them and the sun
while they are eating, causing his
shadow to fall on their food, which i'm
mediately becomes unclean. Their APP
pearance is rendered peculiar by their
habit of shaving their heads, leaving
but one tuft at the side for the
prophet" to drag them into paradise by
When married, they wear a ring on
their big toe. They stand the cold re
markell bly, well. and make good sailors,
being as active as monkeys. In run
mir z aloft they ignore the ratlins, and
use the backstays, a perpendicular
wire rope. which they literally walk
up.-Golden Days.
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by recent Colorado law man who
Is caught carrying concealed weapons
anywhere in the state Is liable to be
be fined $50 or iU ed" for thirty days.
and what Is NOR if an officer. when
notified. fails to search person carry
ing such forbidden arms, the officer is
liable 10 be- fined $3.50. one-half Of
which shall 90 10 the informant. and
one-half 10 the school fund of the dis
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Wants n Divorce.

In November, 1889, Edwin j. Cooper,
then town treasurer of Greenfield, had
a quarrel with his brother in the
kitchen of the farmhouse and shot him
dead. Cooper pleaded to a charge of
murder in the second degree, and was
sentenced to state prison for twenty
years. Now his wife has brought suit
for divorce on the ground that her hus-
band has been in prison for more than
three years. The couple have two
daughters, II and Z years old.
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Settled His Accounts.

Charles f. Cook, the Chicago banker,
wanted in Wisconsin on charge of il
legal banking, has settled with those
who lost money by the closing of his
banks at Hartford and Janeau last
summer. He has agreed to turn over
certain real estate to his creditors, who
expect to realize about rs per cent. by
the transaction. The result of this will
be the discontinuance of the criminal
proceedings against him in Chicag 20
cOurtS
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THERE was a confusing scene in a
Justice court in Chicago caused through
the arrest Of two John Smiths for the
same Offense- liv some mistake the
wrong one was fined. but the court
fortunately rectified the mistake be-
fore mass meeting could be convened
for protest 10y the innocent owners Of
that name
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HIRAv HUNT, who recently died at
RobbinSton. Me. is said To have been
the original clockmal1er of sam
Slick" lie was selling clocks in Nova
Scotia when he came under the notice
of the author He never felt proud of
the notoriety which the book gave him.
and resented illusions to It. His age
at the time of his death was nearly
ninety years 4 number of his wooden
clocks are still in existence
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A Woman's Crime.

Gov. Peck has issued a requistion
on the governor of Minnesota for the
arrest of May Templeton, who was
charged with abducting girl from Eau
Claire and taking her to Minneapolis
for immoral purposes. The woman was
under arrest and would be returned to
this state for trial. The charge against
her if proved will send her to states
prison for term of years.
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ONE Of William X Vauderbilt's great
est hobbies is the raising of choice
strains of poultry. Tie has just given a
contract for the erection on his beauti-
full estate at Oakdale a poultry house
to cost $4,000. 1t viii be SS5 feet long.
and it will contain. in conjunction with
original ideas Of Mr. Vanderbilt's. every
improvement known 20 professional
breeders
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THERE IS no danger Of the Japs over
sleeping themselves The reports show
that they have been shaken up by six
ty-four earthquakes during twenty-four
days in March That i a little less
than three earthquakes a day, or one in
about every ten hours.
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Wisconsin Gets a Big Check.

Gov. Peck has received draft
from the secretary of fine treasury for
the amount due the state on the direct
war tax. The total amount is SAL
3@3.67, and is distributed among the
various funds as follows: School fund,
Sal, 673.04; normal school fund, S7O,-
$780, OF; drainage fund, $40, 939 OF; school
fund income, $685. So; the normal
school fund income, S44,74s.9l; gen
eral fund.- $50, 466. 10; total, SAL, 1888. g.
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Rr,rapds Demand Ransom.

CONSTANTINoPLE, June IA party of
brigands near Tchereskei yesterday
placed distractions across the railroad
track and succeeded in derailing the
Eastern express.
When the brigands had thus brought
the train to a standstill they found that
that there several German and English
tourists among the passengers. One of
them was a banker of Berlin. The
brigands have demanded $40, 900 as
ransom for the captives, and Chancellor
Won Caprivi has telegraphed to Ferr
Won Radowitz, the German Ambas 'a-
dor here, authorizing him to advance
this amount. The remaining passen-
gers were despoiled of their belongings
and were then left alone.
Two lovers, Ada Townsend and FL
mer Foster, living near Galena, ILL.,,
suicided together on the list, by taking
Istrychnine. The girls parents would
not allow her to marry.
DURING the ceremony of laying the
corner stone of a church in ST. Louis,
Mo-, on the LIST, Joseph Stoddard shot
MORALLY wounded Aloise Steiner.
Prompt action on the part of the police
only prevented the lynching of the muir
derer.
CHICAGO laborers viii fight tho
worlds fair on the question of miui-
mum wages.
A DAUGHTER of Mr.. Pinney, justice of
the supreme court of Wisconsin was
killed on the LIST. She was returning
from, a hall rama and the horses ran
away. She jumped to the pavement in
such a way as to break her neck.
C. K. BOYD. local editor of the Times,
Mt. Pleasant, Texas. was found dead
on the morning of the LIST, with his
throat cut from ear To ear.
THE bill closing the Behring Sea, TO
English sealers was read a second time
in the British parliament on the LIST.
IT has been decided to cremate tho.
remains of p. I. Barnum.
THE national debt increased so22, 915
during May.
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THE yard was originally the length
of a king arm. the foot. the length of
his pedal extremities. The word inch
is derived from the Latin uncia. a
twelfth part, hut why the foot was di-
vided into twelfths. instead Of tenths
or elevenths no one claims To be wise
enough 10 tell Probably the inch was
originally the length of the second
joint of the forefinger. Mile" Is de-
rived from the first word Of the Latin
phrase militia paSSuum. "a thousand