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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-03
Gov. Page went to Washington

Gov. Page went to Washington
Monday to get Vermont's share in
the direct tax money and to see that
proper inspectors are appointed for
our maple sugar industry. His
presence there made everybody be-
lieve that he was going to succeed
Proctor in the war department, but
Secretary Proctor says that the
president has not said a word to
him yet about his successor. There
are a number of capable men who
would, if urged, succeed Secretary
likely to lack for excellent material
from which to make a selection.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-03
THE LESSON 1T TEACHES.

The drowning of Herbert Mapes
at Fire Island makes the fourth
drowning among college athletes
the present season, Shaw of Harvard,
Lamar and Brokaw Of Princeton and
Mapes of Columbia. All of these
young men were expert swimmers
and had made records in athletic
circles. Commenting on Mapes' I'M
timely death Caspar w. Whitney, the
athletic editor of Harper's Weekly,
says:
This would not have happened if he
had taken the lesson of the Atlantic
coast to heart. and remained within
reach of aid 1t is hard thing to say,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-03
AN UNPROTECTED PRESIDENT.

An instance of the way in which
the president is left unprotected was
shown at St. Johnsbury. There he
rode about through the town at the
tail end of quite a long procession.
The streets everywhere were crowd
ed with people, and there wasn't
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-03
To the Newly Welded in 1897

The Californian is offered free to newly
welded couples for one year from date of
marriage. The conditions are that the
applicants shall be residents of either Cal
edonia or Essex counties, that notice of
the marriage be sent the CALIFORNIAN for pub
LEGATION, together with request for the pa
per under this offer. and 10 cents to cover
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-03
For New Subscribers Only.

On another page will be found a magnif-
cent offer whereby subscribers to the
CALIFORNIAN can secure $1,000 worth of
reading matter for $3.50. For the latter
any subscriber to this paper can
have the CALIFORNIAN one year, the Cosmo-
politan Magazine one year and Gen. Grants
Memories. The latter is the original 81 90
edition. See particulars elsewhere.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-03

but the lesson the death of this last
victim teaches will not be wasted if it
shows others that their lives are not
their own, and that it is criminal to
risk them for the sake of half-hour's
Measure
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-03

the whole edition were received be-
fore it was issued.
A week or so ago Bennington was
flooded with visitors, but last week
was the scene of another sort of
flood that threatened for a while
to be even more disastrous than the
centennial visitation. The Wal
loomsac river, which runs through
the town, became an angry torrent,
and there were lively times during
one night.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-03

That wasn't a bad joke by the
man who was showing President
Harrison over Secretary Proctor's
extensive marble quarries at Proctor.
Mr.. President" said he, If you
seek a monument, look around
YOU"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-03
NOTE AND COMMENT.

Burlington furnishes the last bit
of proof that it is the unloaded
revolver that always does the dam
age A clerk in a drug store there
was the party principally concerned
in this object lesson.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-03

Gen William Wells of Burlington
is mentioned" as a possible sue
cessor to Secretary Proctor; and
the Free Press takes so much stock
in this possibility" that it publishes
a little sketch of the gentleman
named, who, by the way, has an ex-
cellent record.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-03

In surveying for the laying Of a
cable across the Pacific great depth
has been discovered east of Japan
which presents serious difficulties to
laying the cable because Of the enor-
nous atmospheric pressure. Thirty
miles east of Japan the depth of the
ocean was five miles and a quarter,
the deepest water yet found on the
globe.
The Bennington Banner winds up
its part in the big centennial celebra-
ton by publishing a sixteen-page
weekly edition, containing a full IL
Illustrated report of the proceedings
of that important week. That the
extra size Banner was appreciated
is proven by the fact that orders for
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-03
New Advertisements.
BOARD WANTED,
JUSTICE TROVE

Permanent Board wanted by single gentle
man. Private family preferred. Address
@. Ca1edOniau Office
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-03

New Justice Trover Writs just printed ct
the Caledonian Office. Also all other kinds
of deeds and writS.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
CENSUS MISCELLANY.

POLICE statistics are said to show that
there are 10000 paupcrs III Naples.
ACCORDING to expert figures, the per-
manent tramp population of the United
States numbers G0,0OO.
PRELIMINARY census returns ut Hong
Kong show population OF over 2aO, 0oJ,
an increase OF thirty per cent. in ten
years.
THE first directory for New York city
was published in 1856 and contained $40
names. The directory for 1891 contains
3I0,07l Names.
TIE census men found in tic United
States 14,055,7j0 horses; 2,306, $50 mules;
1G,0l9,50i cows; S6.ST5.0 Gas oxen and cat
tic; 4S,43l, 13J snccp; 50,625, loU SWINE.
TIE census reports the number OF
communicates Of the Roman Catholic
church in this country at G,250,045, but
states that the seating capacity of the
churches of this denomination is but g.
1876
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
FOREIGNERS OF NOTE.

Mr.. RouS;mE, the present JFrcach
minister of finance, b.'yan life as IL
drummer fora bookseller.
So FAR from being slotlfful, the sui
tan is one OF the busiest nonarcas in
Europe. He possesses II wide l,nowl-
edge vi geography, If International law
and of European politics.
Tnc luke oL'E,liuhurg is good G1-
der. He is aSo considered the hand
soonest rnan,ttn london, being over six
feet in hcifht, muscular in build, ruddy
complcXioh. and regular features.
BARON jOsrEN SAcirEN, u descendant
of Napofcon's ticld' marshal. rich and
unmarried, committed suicide recently
in Dubpcln, Il seaside resort in 1.-Two
MIA, because life was too monotonous"
PORK LEo wisely utiiixcs the big,
lofty and airy room known as his
stulFT as II summer bedroom and has
his flinncr served there us well. lie
do'f not believe in stuffy state apart
m}nts.
~ M,fE. PARTS now thcatcr mt her
Welsh castle Is said to have cost $50,
600. Nicolini has been very much I'M
noycd because Patti would BALD this
place of amusement. which can never
he mace IL placc to demand admission,
instead OF investing i'll securities TINT
would bring her steady income.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
TIE FINE ARTS.

ROBIN will make the statue Of I,alzac
to be put i'll the place of the Palais
Royal.
THE death of Marie Gordon. the once
beautiful wife of John L. Raymond.
rccallT the fact that she was David
Meals model Tor his celebrated picture
of MARY, Queen OF Scots"
FREDERICK II. BHIDaMAN, perhaps
best known rs u painter Of Oriental
subjects, was among the American art
lists presented with gold lnc,l;.ls ut the
international art exhibition in Berlin.
n BEAUTIFUL piece Of sculpture from
ancient Ephcsus has reached tho Brit
ish museum. The relic forms part of n
marble bull, the head being cxuuisitcly
carved. while the figure of goddess
appears on'thc body. It is supposed to
be 1000 years old
a PORTRAIT of George WASHINGTON by
Gilbert Stuart has been found in the
Isle of Man, says Il cable to the New
York Herald. Its purchase for the ma
tional gallery is under consideration,
but Americans arc trying to buy it. 1t
Is Il small full-length portrait.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
THE CELESTIAL EMPIRE.

THE emperor OF China is afflicted with
insomnia.
SEVERAL thiclsnesses OF paper pasted
together have from time immcmorial
been found extremely scrviceable in
China as solos for shoes.
A CnlSEsE bnnll note of the Ming dy-
nasty, about 1858, has been presented
TO the British museum. 1t is 800 years
older than the Grst bank note issued in
Europe.
II is said by writer FOR the North
China Herald that fiction among the
celcstials is, and always has been, an
influence for evil, much condemned by
moralists OF the Confucian school.
THERE is an immense garden in China
that embraces IN area OF 10000 square
miles. 1t is all meadow land and i;
filed with lakes, ponds and canals. Al
together it is as large as the states of
New York and Pennsylvania combined.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
TOLD OF ANIMALS.

IT is said that tho ape and the camel
nre the only quadrupcds which cannot
swim.
AN Ohio man has colt that is Jet
black save its name, tail and feet,
which are milk white.
A RED fox guards the barnyard of q
farmer in Butler county, Pa, and the
chickens and geese arc perfectly safe
from thieves when he is around.
WHEN the owner of pet donkey in
jackson, Tenn, purchased q rival and
installed it on his farm the jealous
original pet resented the intrusion by
braying SO loud that it burst d blood
vcascland died.
AN innocent colt out in Fresno saw q
wooden horse in front OF harness
shop, and at once became possessed
with the idea that it was its mother. 1t
was n long time before this delusion
could be overcome. *
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
DIRECT FOREIGN TRADE.

The SouTH's GrsERAL ADVANCEMENT.
The Manufacturers Record, Of
Baltimore, of November 81, in re-.
viewing the industrial progress of the
South. says
"The broadening out of Southern
advancement is illustrated this week
in the official announcement OF the.
Inauguration of four regular Euro
penn steamship lines from Newport
News-tho first regular lines to Flu
rope from any port south Of Balti
nore-wl,ic.i must mark the begin
ming of au ever increasing direct for
eign trade. IT is not simply intended
that these steamers shall take oIt-
ward cargoes, but that the import
business shall be worked up with i.
view to bringing in foreign goods fol
Western distribution. Arrangement.
have already been made for loading
aoout twct " steamers on these foui
lines before the nd Of tho year, an,
heavy CONTRACTS havo been mudo fot
the shipment OF Western products
grain, flour, provisions. etc. The
practical inauguration of these lines.
through the efforts of the Chesapeake,
e. Ohio r;illroad, will necessarily
force other railroud systems reaching
The Atlantic and Gulf ports to tax,
steps to secure the establishment OF
foreign steamship liues. Thus, while,
the low price of cotton affects for the
time being the business interests OF
the South, there is II steady advance
ment i'll general development that
Will add greatly to the volume oil
trade and traffic and to tho prosperi-
ty of this whole section. Tue pas,
week has been only moderately act.
i've one in the inauguration of new
enterprises, but the outlook is very
promising for solid, steady growth.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27

All peraons indebted to David King
Perdre By note or account are here
by notified to make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned, who has
been appointed committee for said
Perdue, or such notes and accounts
viii be placed in the hands of an of
fcer for collection. Same notice is
given to those indebted to me per-
aopally.
=. NJ. EsTILI, M. d.,
Cosaoiittee for Perdue.
=. 20, 1891.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
a JEW D,ESPTsIT.
he maiden was a pretty blonde,

The maiden was pretty blonde,
With eyes of Anglo Saxon blue,
And golden hair.just touched withred rs
Oh. it was such u glorious hue,
What if said a Jewish maid
I were2' she laughing said to me.
How can that be !" said. She sighed.
And said, Because Pm Sad-ucee.
THE Jewish maids, - said, ARE oft
The very fairest of their sex. -
BethinkiDg me that thus might
Her sweet good nature slightly vex.
THAT you re Jewish maid, quite
With you, OIL second thought. agree. y
Why so?" because your charms are
such
l but repeat, you re Phar-I-see.'' ~
] had dream the other night
When everything WAS still,
dreamed that each subscriber
Game up and paid his bill.
Cape Charles Pioneer.
But when he woke at early dawn,
Sill everything WAS still,
And host of his subscribers
Still owed their little bill.
Envoi: And they'll still keep on ow :
ing it.-Norfolk Chat.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
kaa1l the Desired Effect IL

VIRGINIA In the Clerks Office of the
Circuit Court of Tazewell County, No
yember l3, 1891.
Oatharine v. Heninger, Complainant
vs,
Samuel L. Heninger and Thomas Henino
or, Defendants.
In CBAScEIY.
The object of this suit is to obtain n di
vorce for the complainant from her hus
band, the defendant, Samuel T. Henipper.
from bed and board, and for niaintenanc e
No.. aud for the purpose of obtaining
maintenance and support for the com
plninnnt and her five children by Samuel
L. Heningcr, the complainant asks that it
be secured upon and made ont of the
lands Of the sail Samuel It. Henineer
mentioned and set out in the bill. to-Wit.
two tracts lying in the County of Taze.
well, State of Virginia in Burk's Garden.
one containing about 1900 acres and the
other abont $50, which said tracts of land.
complainant asks in her billto be sub
Jected to her claim for alimony and sup
port for herself and children.
And it appearing from sufficient evil
dence on file in said Office, that the de-
PENDANT, Thomas Heninger, is net resi-
dent of the State of Virginia, il is ordered
that he appear here within fifteen dnys af-
ter due publication of this order md do
what may be necessary to protect his in.
terest in this suit, and that copies hereof
law. -
A copy-Ttste:
II. BANE HARTMAN. d, O..
u a. f.4aa ~ - |.NH r
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27

Robert Shaw, Of Shows Falls. Mo-.
went to sleep in field the other day
ard, when lie awoke he was minus !,
good pair of trousers. Field nice.
which SWORN in Oxford county, had
gnnwed the garment into shrods and
carried it away.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
WITHOUT KNIFE OR FIRE

Dir. S. e. Carmichael, prominent
citizen of Henrietta, Texas, writes
II wish to tell you what Swifts Spe.
cific has done for my wife. Several
years ago there appeared splotch
onsthe corner Of her nose which grad
ually increased in size, and became
quite painful; on washing her face it
would frequently bleed. The doc.
tors called it cancer, and advised that
1T be removed by the knife or burn
lug, stating that it would never do to
neglect it. My wife refused to have
it cut or burned, but ct the same
time it continued to grow worse. AZ.
ter time she commenced taking S.
SIS, which effected an entire cure:
She used half dozen small sized
bottles. We both think there is no
medicine in the world that will equal
Swilt's Specific, and we would like
Tor oil sufferers to know the benefit
she has received from it,
$. s. S. cures blood diseases OF
this character by forcing out the poi.
sonous germs and the poison also
a valuable book On blood and skin
diseases will be mailed to all appli
cants free. Address,
SwrrT SpEorxIc Co., Atlanta, Ga
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27

MIRGINIA.--In the Clerks Office of
1891.
y. d. Alexander, Complainant,
ti. VS..
Rush f. Crockett, Samuel Crockett, John
5. Crockett, Il, G.. Crockett. Joseph u.
Baker and Mollie E. Baker his wife,
Samuel L. Noel, James S. Noel, James
Bandy, Sheriff of Tazewell Comfy. md
as such administrator of Fanny Crock
EFT, deceased, Dictionaries
In CHANcEBY.
The object of this suit is to enforce q
decree in favor of said j. d. Alexander
against Rush f. Crockett, and against said
Fanny Crockett and ais, rendered by the
Circuit Court of Tazewell County. ut its
May, 1885 term, md to subject the tract Of
land in snid suit mentioned to the nav.
ment of the money 30 decreed the plaintiff. 4
And it appearing from sufficient owl
dence on file in said office that the defe.,5 e
ants, Rush +. Crockett, Joseph L.. Baker
end Mollie e. Baker his wife, SamneIT, N
Noel ond James ). Noel, are not residenta
of this State. it is ordered that they annaa,.
here within fifteen days after due pnbiiras
ton of this order and do what may sba (
necessary TO protect their Interests in. tbise
suit, and TINT copies hereof be pubiishaA
and posted as prescribed by law.
A copy-Teste p
II, BANE HARTMAN, n. G.
= : 80 = MAY Pr sep25slt.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
FINE YOUNG HORSES FOR SALE
PUBLIC AUCTION
70 Months Time.

The Stuart Land and Cattle Com.
pany will offer for sale to the high
est bidder on twelve months time
TWENTY HEAD OF FINE 8 and
4 YEAR OLD HORSES and Fill
LIES, at Lebanon, on the Sth OF
DECEMBER, Court Day. Bar.
gains can be had
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27

THE SOMA In the Aryan relig
PLANT. : ion the chief Offering
to the gods was the fomented juice
OF tile Sor,a or Moon plant, which,
being strong drink, gave new ex
element to those who partook OF it.
and was believed to import power to
the gods. 1t was believed moreover.
that it wrought miracles, and for
this reason, perhaps, it afterwards
became the chief god of the Hindus.
In verde hymn the worshiper says:
We've quaffed the Soma bright,
And are immortal grown;
We've entered into light,
And all the gods have known,
What mortal now can harm,
Or foeman vex us more?
Through thee beyond alarm,
Immortal God We soar."
No such power as this is nttribut.
cd to any plaut ut tho present time.
and yet many of tho cures performed
by S S. s., o purely vegetable reno.
sdy, seem almost to border OH thu,
6mirpculous. In contagious blood
poison, scrofula, skin diseases. som,
forms of cancer, ETC., it is tho ene
dy par excellence.
Treatise on Blood aud Skin Dis
cases mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC Co, Atlanta, Gu
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
BUCKLEN's ARNIC.A sALYE.1

The BEsr SALvE in the world for
Outs, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblnins, Corns and all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required. 1t is guar.
Ranteed tn give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price % cents
per box. For sale by A. f. Har
grave.
The PULPIT AND THE STAGE.
Rev. L. NJ. Shrout., Pastor United
Brethren Church, Blue Mound, Kan,
says: ::'I feel it my duty to tell what
wonders DIR. Kings New Discovery
has done for me. My lungs were
badly diseased, and my pnrishioners
thought could live only few weeks
| took five bottles of DR.. Kings New
Discovery and am sound and well,
gaining 2G lbs. in weight.
Arthur Love. Manager Loves Fun
ny Folks Combination, writes: AT
ter n thorough trial and convincing
evidence, am confident DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
beats 'em NIL and cures when every
thing else fails. The greatest kind
ness | can do my many thousand
friends is to urge them to try it
Free trial bottles at A. L Hargrrvc's
Drug Store. Regular sizes soc. and
$1.00.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
does GOV. HILL DENY {?

The Albany, New York, journal. a
large and influential daily, hns.'hs
serted that Governor Hill refused to
deliver the Grady oratiop.i6 Atlantis,
unless HE Confederate flags used in
decorating the stand wero removed.
We have looked in vain thus far fo,
some denial by Gov. Hill of this as
sertion. If he felt insulted by those
old, diemastod colors, if he saw in
them treason, in short, if he did
make the request that they be re
moved it would be we'll for him to
speak out right now. If he did this
thing, we cannot think such super.
constituencies on the part of Gov.
Hill will please the South. Indeed
we do not think it will please even
Rev York, and, therefore, if Gov
Hill found the presence OF the dead
Hays of dead nation SO shocking to
his feelings, he made political mis-.
Lake, to say nothing of sighting n
sentiment as holy to the people as is
the memory of the dead to those who
have loved them in life If such a
gentleman as Robert e. Lee could bs
near that flag and surrender it we
rather incline to the opinion that
Governor Hills honor would not
have been assailed by his personal
proximity to the harmless insignia.
Gov. Hill would do we'll to either de.
ny or affirm the statement of the AL
bany Journal, because in the South
some questions will be asked about
the inatter.-State.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27

O'KEEFrE CHAPTER U. D. ROYAL ARCH
MAsoNs meets q p. IN. on LIST and Sd Mon
day in each month.
James o'Keefre, H. P.
w. G.. Young, Sect
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
I lincil Valley News,
FRIDAY, NOV. q, 1891,

A father can giveShis young son
no better, present than a years
ireeding of the Scientific American.
Its contents will lead the young
mind in the path of thought, and il
hetreads there awhile, he'll forget
;irivolities and be of some account,
andlf he has an inventive or me
;chanical turn of mind, this paper
will afford him more entertainment,
MS we'll as useful information, than
he can obtain elsewhere. Copies Of
this paper may he seen at this Of
flee. Price, SO year, weekly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
Bank Counters, Tyler system, Port.
able, uneoualed In Styles,
Cost md EirlQh
Masonic.

TAzEwELI LODGE, No. GO, A. f. & A. NJ
meets at u p. m, second and fourth Mon
days in each month.
T. R.Pcery, W. NJ.
Ralph lizard, Sect.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
Ciinch Valley Division.

No. l6 connects at B'uefield with traiR
East East bound on New River Branch, lenyingA
Btnefield $50 pm. for RadfDrtl. makes close
connection ut kadford with East boundi
trains on Main Line, for Roanoke, Hagers-
town, Philadelphia and New York; also for
Lynchbrrg. Richmond and Norfolk.
PnlIn m Sleepers Radiord to New York
vim furnishing; also to Washington via
Shenandoah Junction; also Louisville to
Norfolk, via Norton and Biuefeld and
from Iynchhurg to Richmond.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27

No IL connects at Norton with l.. I'm.
railroad for Big Stone Gap, Middlcsboro,
Louisville, Cincinnati. and MI points west.
Pullman Sicepers from Norfolk to Louis
Vile via Radford and Norton.
Trains for Pocahomt,s, Goodwill and
Eikhorn leave Blueflell daily ut 7:55 a. M;
and l:45 p IN.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-06
TERRIBLY ROASTED.
In Testing the Wires Superintendent Cushing
Gets 400 Vols of Electricity.
a CHINESE INVASION OF TEXAS DENIED.


SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Oct. Sl.-Assist-
ant Superintendent Cushing OF the
Electric Light aud Power company
has just passed through a terrible ex-
perience He was testing the voltage
and intensity OF the current at the
power house on Prcsa street when he
got between two wires. and by coming
in contact with both simultaneously u
citcuit was formed that sent the cleo
trical current through Mr. Cushing.
When the siI0ck came the motor regis
tered 400 volts. all OF which Cushing
got the full beueht Of. and was
knocked senseless ana terribly but uot
fatally burned. The current entered
ut the wrist and passed out at his foot;
both the wrist and the foot were badly
burned, the flesh being completely
roasted. He wriihed in agony on the
floor after he fell, and the fall fortu-
nately broke the circuit. He was
taken home, physician summoned.
restoratives applied, which ultimately
terminated and resuscitated him.