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A WONDERFUL INSTRUMENT.
Skin Grating Is Performed by It In Boston
Hospital

Skin Grating Is Performed by It In Boston
Hospital
Boston Herald.1
On Saturday morning, at the Massachu-
sets General Hospital, little instrument,
invented by DR.. Mixter, wonderful in its
simplicity, constructed SO as to separate
quite large portions of epidermis from the
subcutaneous tissue, was used for the first
time. The patient had been etherized and
had undergone operation for the removal
of cancerous growth from the left breast,
and the wound thus made was quite an ex-
tensive one. The instrument was applied
to the anterior portion of the right thigh,
and three strips about an inch wide
by six inches long were taken off
and transplanted to the exposed surface of
the breast. The operation of removing the
skin and transplanting it to its new quarters
did not occupy more than about six minutes
A very few days will suffice to restore the
denuded surface of the thigh to its normal
condition. leaving few traces of the repara-
tive process to which it has contrit ,ted,
and, other things being equal, the su lace
from which the cancerous tumor has been
e1cised will heal over by first intention.
thus saving the patient from a prolonged
and painful period Of convalescence.
Of course every precaution is taken, by the
use of sterilizing processes and antiseptic
solutions, to render the operation thoroughly
aseptic, SO that the chances of inhammatory
disturbances from bacterial sources are re-
duced to the lowest minimum. The thick
ness Of these delicate human plasters prob
ably does not exceed one-sixtieth of an inch,
and the resulting hemorrhage is not more
than what one sees on slight abrasion of
the skin, or It may be compared to the san
guinous oozing one gets from too earnest ton
sorial attention. The advantages of the new
over the old method of epidermic detach-
ment are obvious. 1t is expeditions, the sec
tions of shaved cuticle are much larger and
of more uniform thickness than can be OBJ
tanned by the most dexterous manipulator,
and the chances of successful grating are
enhanced by the fact that the skin is trans
planted while the cellular elements are in
their full vital activity.
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Whether or not the woman whose remains
lie buried here was the author of the famous
"Mother Goose's Melodies" is q contro-
verted point, and its pros and cons have
been long discussed by learned and eminent
antiquarisns. Mr.. William 81. Whitmore,
who is certainly as learned an authority al
we have upon such matters, in his preface
to ''The Original Mother Goose's Melody, f"
which was reprinted from the early editions
in 1889, says:
I desire to dismiss entirely the idea that
Mother Goose was q name which originated in
Boston, Mass In 1870 the late William A..
Wheeler edited for Hurd q Houghton a beau.
tiful edition Of these melodies, and then claimed
to identify Mother Goose with Elizabeth Goose.
widow of one Isaac Vergoose, and mother-in-
law OF Thomas Fleet, well-known Boston
printer who came here in l7l2 and died in l758.
He married in l715 and is said to have printed
in 1719 the first collection. of Mother Goose's
the vergoose family and that the name was
often contracted to Goose. The rest of the
theory depends entirely upon tho unsurpassed
statement of the late John Fleet Eliot "a de-
scendant of the printer), that in 1855 the late
Edward A. Crowninshield, of, Boston, said that
he had seen broadside Of Fleets edition In
the library Of the American Antiquarian
Society.
Mr.. Whitmore then goes on to say that
the equivalent of "Mother Goose's Melo-
dies" "Contes de ma Mere 1'Oye," is of
considerable antiquity in French; and from
this that we must accept Mother Goose as a
French character. whose tales were first
published in 1896 or 1897 by Perrault, and
were introduced to English readers by
Robert Samber, in 1929. DR.. Samuel A.
Green, ex-Mayor of Boston, and an au-
thority Of equal eminence on matters of an
tiquarian research, comedies fully with the
view taken by Mr.. Whitmore. and this may
be considered conclusive evidence against
the theory that the Mary Goose who lies
buried In the Granary Burial Ground was
the author of the "Mother Goose Melo-
dies" j. L, D.
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TOMB OF s..MUEL ADAMS.

sandstone sarcophagus, in the form much
affected by the richer class of the Revolu-
tionary period. On the end toward fremont
street is the Faneuil coat-of-arms, cut in
English slate, which is as perfect to-day as
when it was cut, and which in style and
workmanship closely resembles piece OF
copperplate engraving.
The Cradle of American Liberty.
Peter Faneuif built Faneuil Hall in 1742.
In 1761 it was DESTROYED by fire, and in 1763
1t was rebuilt by the town. During the
occupation of Boston by the British it was
used as theater, and all through the Revo-
luton IL was the meeting place of the
patriots, and became famous as "The Cradle
of American Liberty"
The tomb Of Robert Treat Paine, one of
the signers of the Declaration of Independ-
ense, 10 on the northerly side of the ground,
the bronze tablet being inserted in the brick
wall which runs along By the fremont
House. In the absence Of the Attorney
General 10 i7ho Paine prosecuted Captain
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which has been nicked by sacrilegious relic
hunters until its top is ragged and uneven.
Last summer when the ground was opened
for brief period this vandalism was carried
on to such an extent that it was found neces-
sary TO place man on guard at this place
in order to prevent the entire destruction OF
the stone.
Tomb Of Samuel Adams.
Near the rear wall of the Athen@um
where it Is shaded by the old Paddock elm,
is the simple tomb of Samuel Adams, 'the
Father of the Revolution" as he
has sometimes been called. 1t is a
plain brick cenotaph, covered with
sand cement, surmounted by a sand
stone slab, and has neither emblem nor
inscription of any description, unless we
are to take into account the words. Tomb
of Hugh Hall, ESQ.," which are cut in q
slate slab on the northeasterly side, and
which indicates that the tomb or vault be-
low has been used by other families than
that of the revolutionary patriot whose
hearts of all of his countrymen.
Unsuccessful as a merchant, Sam Adams
plunged into the Revolution, to which he
devoted all Of the energies of his young man
hood.
He opposed the administration of Shir-
ley, and as member of apolitical club
originated many important measures. 1t
was there that he fomented that hostility to
the stamp act, the tea tax, and the other op-
pressive measures of the crown, which sub
sequently broke forth in war. Elected a
representative in 1865, he served as clerk ID
years. He was the orator of the Revolution,
and on the day following the Boston mas
sacre made an address, that for logic and
impressive eloquence has never ben equaled.
As chairman of the committee, he de-
manded the immediate removal of the
troops of Governor Hutchinson. The last
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A CATBIRD wIDowER.
The Cries Of His Young Induced Him to
Hunt Up Another Mate.

The Cries Of His Young Induced Him to
Hunt Up Another Mate.
There was nest of catbirds in tree in
my yard last summer. says NJ. F. Grierson,
of st. Louis county, No., in the St Louis
Globe Democrat, and while the young were
still unfedged the female bird was killed
by cat. For time the male sat on q
branch near the nest, apparently quite dis
consulate and unable to decide what to do.
The calls of the young olamoring for their
supper reused him to sense of his response
biIity, but in place of hunting for food he
spread his wings and few away. He was
gone all that day and the day following,
and the cries of the nestlings became quite
pitiful.
At last he reappeared with female cat
bird, who at once assumed all the cares of
the establishment, fed the young and con-
Quoted herself generally as though she
understood perfectly what was expected of
her. Where the widower found his new
wife, whether she was an old maid catbird
or u spouse induced to leave her liege lord
by the urgent representations Of the widow
err and how the bereaved husband commu.
nicated to her the state of his affairs at
home, are questions for philosophers to de-
termine. but the moral seemed to be that a
widower is able to look out for himself
whether he wears feathers or Prince AL
bert.
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schoolgirl in the land, is nearly in the rear
center of the ground. and stands nearly be-
hind the Franklin monument. Paul
Revere was born in Boston in l735, and died
in 1878. In 1T56 he was lieutenant OF
artillery ut Fort Edward, and upon his re-
turn to Boston acquired the art of copper
plate engraving, and when the Revolution
opened was one of the four copper plate en-
gravers in the country. His engravings,
.'The Repeal Of the Stamp Act" 1.-THE II
Rescinders," "The Boston Massacre" and
Landing of the British Troops" were
potent factors to crystalize public feeling,
and to bring about the sentiment of hostiI-
ity to the crown which led up to the war.
The remains OF Peter Faneuil, the Boston
merchant, to whose liberality was due the
erection of the market house and town hall,
which still bears his name, is at the rear of
the ground, and in the corner nearest the
State House. 1t is plain, substantial
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controversy in the City Council, and in
the columns of the Boston papers some
years ago, and made the one which is given
in the illustration the sole and last survivor
of the many beautiful shade tfees which
were brought over from England as sap
iugs
The saplings were placed in a nursery at
Milton, and, when sufficiently advanced,
were planted by the eminent citizen of Bos-
ton, whose love for trees was far stronger
than his love for country, for Paddock,
although an American BY birth, and de-
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since il contains the remains of some Of the
men who were foremost in the movements
that Immediately preceded the revolution
and brought on that great struggle which
resulted in the independence of the Ameri-
can colonies.
Some so years ago large number of young
trees were brought in from the old Winthrop
nursery at Brighton and set out in the
ground, and these have so completely
shaded it that it has beentound necessary to
remove a portion of them. Some % OF the
older of these trees haye been felled and
repoyed, and the work has been done SO
1cSrciullv that not tomb or a monum ent has
been oishgured or scratched. In removing
the roots OF some Of the trees some % slabs
have been unearthed aud brought ont into
the sunlight for the first time in 60 years at
least. These will be preserved and placed,
II their proper location can be learned.
Tombstone Of the FrankIins.
a very important discovery has been
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THE LONG PRAYERS ARE OVER.
Good Presbyterians Rarely Hear the Half
Hour Petition Now.

Good Presbyterians Rarely Hear the Half
Hour Petition Now.
Many men still comparatively young will
remember the terrors of the "long prayer
In the Presbyterian Churches of % or 80
years ago. It seemed to be matter of per-
sonal pride with the old-style Presbyterian
clergyman to pray as long as he could, and
frequently the prayer was longer than the
sermon.
A prayer of 80 minutes was extremely
common, and not infreauently the supplica-
tion extended to 40 or As minutes, and when
it was ended no one in the audience could
think Of single item in the list of human
needs that had not been mentioned and
asked for. The long prayer is thing of the
past, however, for the tendency among
Presbyterian clergymen is to shorten this
part OF the service; and now. if a preacher
prays for more than ten minutes, his congre-
cation show unmistakable signs Of weari-
ness.
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NEW NUNS YELLING.

Some Of the London Designs That Attract
the Feminine Eye.
Some Of the new nuns veilings are really
lovely, says London correspondent. One
especially admired had very coarse
mesh, almost like q canvas; In color 1t was q
rich chocolate brown, with large crescent
shaped pattern in bright grayish blue scat
tered over il at wide intervals. This mate
rial made up with blue silk, to match the
halfmoons, would make most delightful
visiting or driving gown.
Worn with little brown bonnet trimmed
with cornhowers and q brown parssol veiled
With blue chiffon, can you fancy anything
prettier or better style?
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4 Sure Cure for RheumatI.m.

have personal knowledge Of cases Of
rheumatism in this vicinity that have been
immediately relieved aud permanently
cured by Chamberlain's Pain Balm after
other remedies were used without any bene-
nc. have been handling the Pain Balm
TOR the past i've years. and have never had
any customer express anything but words Of
praise for the medicine. It has been my
experiences that any customer who once uses
Chamberlain's Pain Balm will have moth
ing else when again In need Of such. .
medicine. Z. w. Potter, Postmaster ana
druExizt. Elm Greek. NsbEaskA VISA
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unker Hill Monument quarry, and is %

Bunker Hill Monument quarry, and is 20
feet in height.
Inscriptions on the Franklin Monument.
The name Franklin" appears on the
easterly side of the obelisk, while below is
bronze tablet bearing the following in.
scription:
JOSIAH FRANKLIN AND ABIAH HIS WIFE
LIE HERE INFERRED
They Lived Lovingly Together in Wed.
Lock Fifty Five Years and Without an
Estate or ANY Gainful Employment by
Constant Labor and Honest Industry
Maintained Large Family Comfortably
And Brought Up Thirteen Children and
neve1 Grandchildren Respectaby. From
Tnis Instance. Reader, Be Encouraged to
Dn DDiligence in Thy Calling and Distrust
He Was Pious and Prudent Man;
she Discreet and virtuous Woman.
Their Youngest Son
In Filial Regard to Their Memory
Races This Stone y
Born l655-Died 1744-Ae S9A
.les7-.... I752-Ae IS
The Original Inscription
HaVlng Been Nearly Obliterated
ANumber Of Citizens
Erected
This Monument as a Mark of Respect
for tho
nlnstrious Author
MDCCCXXVu
NO. iar from this spot is the grave OF
franklins uncle. Benjamin, silk dyer by
trade, and poet in his moments OF leisure.
The slab bears this inscription:
Here Lyes Ys Body
of Mr.. Benjamin
Franklin Aged 70
Years Decd March
Ye IL, l727
At the extremely southerly side Of the
ground is little plain white marble slab
which alone marks the grave Of the wealthy |
and influential Boston merchant whose bold |
and peculiar autograph, familiar TO every |
boy and girl in the land, was the first 10 |
adorn the Declaration Of Independence
There is not sien of an Enclosure about Ii q 1
LITTLE sisb. which Is NOT I foot in height, and |
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THE DOCTORS GET COMMISSIONS
A Druggist Declares the One Profession I
Mulcted by the Other.


Mulcted by the Other.
The practitioner who does not demand and
secure from the druggist commission on all
prescriptions he sends is curiosity. is the
remarkable statement given in the St Louis
Globe Democrat as coming from retired
druggist. do not say this is blackmaiI,
but simply an inseparable business incident.
But don't you worry about the pill COM
FOUNDER. He doesn't lose any of his profits.
He simply adds the doctors com mission to
the patients bill.
The druggist cannot refuse to pay the
commission demanded. Did he do SO he
would find himself without customers in o
very short time. Fully nine-tenths of the
prescriptions come from physicians, and
when they 6nd q druggist who will not pay
commissions the business they can command
goes elsewhere. The druggists, therefore.
are not "kicking."
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Preston, and his men for the Boston Mas
sacre. He was great jurist, fine scholar,
one Of the first lawyers Of his day, and was
famous as wit.
Just to the right of the walk leading from
the fremont street gate to the rear OF the
ground, and at the foot Of small sapling,
is low slatestone slab bearing the simple
inscription "Patrick Roach" History does
not tell us who Patrick Roach was, but the
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death with which our
ancestors were wont to
ornament, or disfgure
their tom bstones, and
there are few skulls
and crossbones de-
picted upon the slabs,
that of Benjamin Par
ker being one of the
very few stones of
his kind in the entire
ground.
The re m aims o f
Samuel Gray, Crispus
Attucks, James Cald-
well, Sam uelMaverick
and Patrick Carr, the
five victims of the
Boston massacre. lie in
this sacred and hal
lowed ground under
the tall arch tree about
GO feet from the north
wall, and 20 feet from
the front fence, the
location being nearly
opposite Bosworth h
street. In 1S40. during
the Mayoral ty o f
JonathanC Chapman, an
excavation was made
on this spot, and
human bones and 4
with a bullet hole
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late John Reardou, who was the faithful
custodian of the Granary Burial Ground
for many years. when asked, as he fire:
quently was, to point out the graves OF
Hancock, Adams. Revere, and the other
Revolutionary heroes, had way Of loftily
swinging his arm in the direction of the
rear Of the ground. and replying, 20, they
are buried in back there somewhere, but
here lies buried the first 1rishman who died
in Boston"
Skull and Crossbones on q Tomb.
The old Grsnary Burial Ground is not
very rich in those suggestive reminders OF
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official act of the British Government in
Massachusetts, was the prescription of Ham
cock and Adams on the 18th of June, 1775.
Paul Revere's Resting Place.
The tomb of Paul Revere, whose mid
night ride on the night OF April 1S, 1775,
forms the theme of one OF the most stirring
poems of the revolutionary period, poem
that is familiar to everv schoolboy and
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been the last one The First Irfshman.
planted by the hand of Mr.. Paddock, is
very near the rear wall of the Boston
Athenaum, and overshadows the rear of the
old Granary Burial Ground, one of the most
historic spots in historic Boston, and one
that must be doubly dear to every American,
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finally compelled them to relinquish the
attempt.
The Oldest Grave in the List.

=
The Oldest Grave in the List.
Without question the Oldest grave and the
oldest slab In the old Granary Burial
ground is that of John Wakefield. 1t is
known that the ground was laid out seven
years before the date given upon this slab,
but If interments were made before that
time the graves were either unmarked, or
the slabs have long since fallen and been
lost. The Wakefield memorial is simple
slatestone slab, and these, by the way, seem
to be the best preserved OF all the stones in
the ground. Some of them. especially some
OF the heraldic devices, are in as good state
OF preservation to-day as when they left the
hand of the stonecutter, over 200 years ago.
The Mother Goose Controversy.
Near the center OF the ground, and to the
right, and somewhat to the rear of the
Franklin monument, stands slatestone
slab bearing the name 81 Mary Gooss.
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Men Of Revolutionary Fame Whose
Bones Lie in the Granary Bur-
ial Ground at Boston.
A PLACE OF HISTORIC INTEREST.
Tablets to the Memory Of John Hancock,
Samuel Adams, Paul Revere and
Many Other Old Heroes.
THE FRANKLIN FAMILY MONUMENT.
Identity Of Mother Goose and Slab to ths First Irish.
man Who Died 1, America
CORRESPONDENCE or THE Dsrlrcz.l
BOSTON, MAY /.

IMMEDIATELY i n
the rear of the Whit
more estate, which
fronts on Beacon street,
near its junction. with
Park, and which is now
occupied by the Law
Department of the city
ofBoston, stands the last
of the famous English
elm trees which were
planted by M q o I
Adino Paddock, the
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in it was unearthed. Christopher Snider. a
German lad II or IL years old, who was
killed on the 22d of February, ITO, by
Ebenezsr Richardson, Boston merchant,
who was resisting mob, was also buried
here. Richardson was Tory. and persisted
in selling English merchandise when his
compatriots had decided to stop their sale.
This action led to the affair in which
young Snider lost his life, and thus he
really became the first victim of the hostii-
ties that preceded the Revolutionary War.
A bronze tablet will be placed on the fence
directly in front of the vault where the
victims of the massacre lie.
The white marble memorial which stands
over the remains of Governor Sullivan and
Governor Bellingham, is near the tomb of
Samuel Adams. Upon the upper slab is
the following inscription:
JAMES SULLIVAN ESQ
The family tomb of
Late Governor and Commander in Chief Of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
On the 10th day of Dec A D 1908 Aged 81 years
his remains are here deposited.
During alife of,remarkable industry, activity
and usefulness, amidst public and private
contemporaneous avocations uncommonly
He was distinguished for zeal, intelligence and
fidelity,
Public spirited. benevolent and social,
He was erninently beloved as a man eminently
esteemed as citizen eminently respected as
magistrate.
Heric versatile ingenium sic. pariter ad omnia
fuit, ad in unum diceres quod cum que
ageret
One of the interesting features of the old
burial ground is the slate slab that stands
over the remains of Elisha Brown, man
who lived in what was then known as the
southerly part of the town, and vino became
famous on account of his trouble with the
British troops when they held possession of
the town, in 1869. He owned large and
commodious house, and the British officers
wanted it for use as barracks, and he was
ordered to vacate the premises forthwith.
He would not vacate, and when the troops
surrounded and laid siege to the house be
stood out against them for II days, and
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How to Plant Young rree an.

When the tree ID planted piece OF wood,
not less than three inches wide and high
enough to reach the lowest branches. should
be driven into the ground just south Of the
tree. This keeps the sun off it during two
thirds Of the day, and prevents the sap and
bark being burned up before new roots have
been formed. Anyone adopting this plan
will be certain to have success With his
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lived and thrived all
through the troublous
revolutionary times, is
still strong and vigor-
Gus, and bids fair to
survive for many years
to come. The old tree,
which is said to have
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a MIGHTY sIonouth.

The largest block of stone ever quarried
now lies on the ground at the vinaIhaven
granite quarfies Of Maine. 1t 10 solid
shat without crack or flaw, 115 feet long
And 10 feet SQUARE II the base. Il Ii de-
6ignod fof & mon6ment.
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scendant from the old Plymouth stock,
which should have been most intensely
American, was loyal to his King, and when
Boston was evacuated In 1776, went with his
effects to Halifax and thence to England,
where he died in 1904.
He Lived More Than a Century.
This old tree, which started as a sapling
"when George the Third was King" which
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7he Graveyard Boston coach maker,
who planted the Paddock elms on fremont
street about the year 1762. The removal of
these old elms was the cause Of q heated