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LESSON SURROUNDINGS.

INTERVENING EvEyTs.-Two further
miracles are recorded in 2 Kings 4
3S-44,-one, a purifying OF poisonous
pottage; the other, an increase Of a sup
ply of food. Both these took place
during a famine. 1t is probable that
this famine is that of seven years,
spoken of in 2 Kings 8 : 1-6. As
Gehazi is introduced in that passage,
it is inferred that he was not yet q
leper, hence that the healing OF Naa-
man should be placed after this famine.
At all events, it seems it seems likely
that the wars spoken of in 2 Kings 6
1923 (including Lesson 12) occurred
before the events related in Lessons
10 and 11).
PIAoEs.-Probably first in Damas-
Gus, the capital of Syria, one of the
most ancient cities, 1873 miles north
east of Jerusalem, on an elevated plain,
more than two thousand feet above the
sea-level; still a large and fourishing
place. Elisha was living in San aria.
The Jordan was about twenty-five miles
east of Samaria, but where Naaman
| bathed is unknown; probably at the
nearest ford accessible by chariot from
Samaria.
TME.-Either in the fifth or eleventh
year of the reign of Joram. The later
date is to be accepted if the famine z
Kings 81 preceded. B. G. 891 or 8S5,
according to the chronology of Joram's
reign, usually accepted. Davis seems
to fix it in b. c. S50-849; that is, before
the famine. (The figures in the margin
of our reference Bibles, B. @. 1874, are
based upon the view that the order of
the narrative in these chapters is chron-
ologlcal.)
PERsoNs.-Naaman, a Syrian gen.
eral; his wife and a little Hebrew maid;
Ben.hadad H., king of Syria; Jehoram,
or Joram, son of Ahab, king of Israel
mot to be confounded with his con-
temporary and brother-in-law, Je-
horam, or Joram, son of Jehoshaphat,
king of Judah; Elisha and q messen-
ger; the servants of Naaman.
INCIDENTS. "A captive 1sraehtish
maid in the family of Naaman, a lep-
rous Syrian general, tells her mistress
that the prophet in Samaria can cure
her master Of his leprosy. When this
saying is known, the king Of Syria
writes a letter to the king Of Israel.
Naaman, taking great treasure with
him, brings the letter to the king OF
Israel. The latter rends his clothes,
thinking the letter a pretext for q quar-
rel. Elisha, hearing of this, sends
word to the king, bidding Naaman
come to him. He comes to the house,
and Elisha sends q messenger bidding
him wash in Jordan seven times. Naa-
man is angry, having looked for an
immediate cure by the hand of the
prophet; he speaks OF the rivers of
Damascus, and turns away in q rage.
His servants demonstrate with him, and
he obeys the prophet, and is cleansed
of his leprosy.
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Common sense is q hard thing to have
too much of.
Where rumor is aGoat gossip 1nds
smooth sailing.
A room hung with pie lures is arcom
hung with thoughts.
A imam, like a watch. is to be valued
for his manner In going.
The greatest puzzle to a man is how
. woman can love him.
How good a man Is to his wife the
first day after she had caught him doing
something wrong.
A woman's face Away reflects the
hidden tragedy Of her life. If there isone.
1 had rather posterity should ask why
l had not a statue than why l had.
1t is more blessed to give than to re-
ceive simply because the giver CAM
squeeze no end OF contentment out of
the contem lation Of his OWE generosity.
Yielding tempers pacify resentments
Variety is the spice of life, but steady
plodding is Its beef and bread.
An ~unsocial man is as devoid of inlu-
ence as an ice-peak is of verdure.
Don't argue with a fool. or the listen
ers will say there Is a PAIR of you.
Doctor Koch's lymph is described as
of a rich amber color, covered with
foam.
Don't shrink from contact " it'll any
thing but bad morals.
Admit the right though you are
| obliged to say ~ was mistaken"
Keep your heart open for everybody,
and be sure that you shall have your re-
ward.
1t is said that there are 1900 for
eigners In Lima Peru, and no fewer
than coo priests. The latter persons
are met at every step, in black robe:
and white, gray cowls and shovel hats,
monks Of all orders and varieties Of
habit. and clsrgymen of every degree.
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EIGHTEEN SAILURS DROWNED
The Ship Elizabeth Wrecked on the
California Coast.
CT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BOARD ONLY ELEVEN ARE
KNOWN TO BE ALIVE.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. %.
Tie ship Elizabeth, of New YORK,
went Ashore last night or the rocks of
North Head and the captain and
seventeen sailors were drowned. The
details OF the wreck are hard to obtain,
as the point where the ship went on
the rocks Is Inaccessible ty sea and
10 reach it by land a climb OF several
miles over I'll mountains is necessary.
The place Is called Tennessee Cove and
IL four miles north OF the entrance to
the hail Dor on the Marine county
shore.
The story Of the wreck is told by one
of the survivors as follows: "The
vessel was sighted at port early yester-
day afternoon, and Captain Colcord
decided to sail in. The wind was
blowing a furious gale from the south
west and finally the tug Monarch came
TO the EllZabeth's assistance. The men
say assistance was refused because OF
exorbitant charges asked by the tug.
The tug Alert then made fast to the
Elizabeth, but her hawser soon broke
and the ship drifted before the wind
toward the shore. Just as the second
bawser was made fast she struck the
rocks.
THE CAPTAINS FAMILY SAVED.
Captain Colcord lowered the boat to
take his wife and children off. AS the
boat struck the water 1t capsized,
throwing three sailors, James L.aken,
George Hanna ard Grant johnson, into
the water. They clung to the
haitian A TIM hant md nnra
picked up by the tug. The
captains family were then lowered
in another boat and taken to the tug
by the mate and two seamen. The
boat returned to the ship and its occu-
pants persisted with the rest of the
ships crew. The tugs were unable to
get ear the ship and late at night re-
turned to port, leaving the vessel to Its
fate.
Early this morning the tug went to
the scene Of the wreck and found
nothing was left of the boat. The
Fort Point ~life-saving crew. COM
manded by Captain Henry, started in
a lifeboat for the wreck. They were
being lowed by the tug when Captain
Henry was washed overheard by a big
"uNO anu ioWueus 1hC aliictoaS
could rot 60 nearer the wreck and re-
turned to the station. About midnight
last night the life crew was taken
across the bay on a tug and started
over the mountains to Tennessee Cove
with wickets, ropes and other apparatus.
No report has been received from them
and 1t is not known If any Of the men
were rescued.
Thy Elizabeth was a wooden ship,
built at New Castle, Me-, In 1882. and
was OF ITS tons. She was owned BY
a. Hall, OF New York, and command
ed by James Colcord and q crew Of
i%wenty-six men. She was from New
York and carried a cargo of assorted
merchandise consigned to William Dr.
mond & Co.
For thirty-six hours the wind has
been blowing a furious gale and Is in
creasing IN violence. Much damage
has been done the shipping In the bar
Dor. At the same time that the Eliza
beth struck yesterday the British ship
Jessamine also hit her bottom, but got
off and stood out to sea.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The steamer Sherlock struck the
pier of a bridge at Cincinnati on the
18th and sank. She had nearly 100
persons on board. Some escaped, but
how many is not known.
Tho Australian papers. Just re.
ceived in San Francisco, state that by
the burning of the steamer Ramed, at
Wuhu, two hundred Chinese persisted.
Tile trial of Frederick W. Sawyer
and wife for cruelty to a ~13.year-old
daughter of Sawyer, has begun in
Bangor, Maine. The girl testified that
her step-mother several times placed
her on a hot stove, had struck her on
the head with pieces of fire wood. had
broken her arms. and had otherwise
maltreated her. The defence claims
hereditary insanity on the part of the
woman.
George Colver, a well-to-do farm
er, disappeared from his home near
Altoona, Penna., ! n December last.
On the 18th, a decompOsed body partly
devoured by wild animals was found
on top OF the Brush Mountain and
identified as that OF the missing man.
1t IS supposed he wandered there In a
Ht of insanity and died.
William Harsh, a wealthy stock
raiser Of Bureau county, Illinois, has
been missing since the 14th, when he
disappeared In Chicago. AS he had a
large amount OF money on his per-
son, 1t is feared that he has been muir
dered.
A fire occurred In a building In
Brooklyn, New York, on the 18th,
caused by the boiling over of a pot OF
fat. Mrs. John Henry and her four
children were s~nffocated, and Jacob
Enrich was probably fatally burned.
An explosion occurred at the
| Spring Hill Coal Mines, Nova Scotia,
on the 2lst. from some unknown cause,
| and III men and boys lost their lives.
A number Of others escaped with In
juries.
while entering the harbor at Sar
Francisco, on the 22d. the American
ship Elizabeth, from New York, wal
wrecked on the rocks at North Head,
The captain and seventeen sailor
were drowned. The l~ife-savlng crew,
commanded by Captain denry, started
for the wreck, but could not react
Int. The Captain was washed overheard
by a big wave and drowned.
Robert E. Clark. secretary and
agent in Washington of the Southern
Land Co. OF Baltimore, Is reported Il
have disappeared, owing large sums o.
money.
| Frederick Clements,a salesman fol
| f. 3. Chase & Co., Of New Bedford,
Mass, has disappeared, and 1t is said
that there are many evidences that the
firm has been swlndled out Of consider
able money.
w. F. Kershaw, cashier OF the Nc
Donald Shoe Factory, In st Louis, Nc.
was sandbageed on the 2lst,and robbed
of $1,000 he had drawn from bank u
pay OF the men.
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1t is the ~street-car conductor who re.
member Lots wife. lie ave looks
back,
Women are more susceptible to pain
than 10 p easure.
The buster a man is the hess the devil
a trouble him.
In the laughter of folly wisdom hears
half its applause.
The roses Of pleasure seldom last long
enough adorn the brOws of those who
pluck them.
The highest price ever paid for a book
s said, was $4,000.
What Heaven wills can never with
stood.
We learn to love those whom we have
espised by rubbing against them.
A PECULIAR feature Of the new
about the blizzard is that no reference
Is made to the peach crop as being ru-
ined.
Castles in the air do not bring any
rent.
A Chinese pheasant is worth IS in
Oregon.
Matcheshave been in common use since
1929.
Put a lazy ma on a hot griddle and
he would want time to turn himself.
We become charitable by kn ow
ruen.
The fact that you do not understand
a man is quite as likely to he fault as
his.
The love OF glory can only create a
hero; the contempt OF it creates a great
man.
Love can see beauty where the world
sees only deformity.
Know something of everything and
everything of something.
For every industrious man there Is an
idle one wanting to borrow money of
him.
The population of Vienna. Austria,
Is about eight hundred Thousand, an
Increase OF one hundred thousand Ia
ten years.
The cotton crop of the United States
for 1890 is now placed at 100000
bales; last year it was 100000.
The person who a least spare it is
often most willing TO give others piece
Of his mind.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those
things living which are to be desired
when dying.
As ''the Joy of the Lord is our
strength SO the sorrow or our spirits
is weakness.
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Her daughter was healed from that
hour CMatt. 10: 2S).
He . came seeing John 9: y.
/. $50 and wash in Jordan seven
times" a. Naaman's great ex-
pectations; ~ Elisha's humiliating
directions.
2. $50 he turned and went away in
rage" ~ Disappointed; ~ HUI
inflated; (3) Lnraged.
3. GLOW much rather them" ~
The less preferable to the greater;
(2) Obedience preferable to rebel
lion; 49, Health preferable to dis
ease.
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LESSON BIBLE READING.

MIRACLES AT THE JORDAN.
Crossed by the people Josh. 8 14-17
4 1924.
Elijah fed before Jordan Il Kings II
1.6).
Crossed by Elijah q Kings 2 81.
Crossed by Elisha q Kings 2 Ia.
Naaman healed 2 Kings 5 9-14).
Iron caused to swim q Kings 6 10.
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FlFTY-FiRST CONGRESS-.
HOUSE

In the House, on the 18Th, Mr.. Pay
son, of Illinois, was elected Speaker
pro tempore IN the absence of Mr..
Reed, and took the chair. Conferences
were ordered on the District at NJ Ii
tary Academy Appropriation bills.
The Indian Appropriation bill was
passed, and the Post-ofice ApprOpria-
ton bill was taken up. Pending geu-
eral debate on the measure the House
adjourned,
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DAILY HOME READINGS:
M Kings 8 : LA. Naaman
healed.
T.-Lev. Is !: lit. Detection Of
leprosy.
W.-Lev. IA LIS. Cleansing the
leper.
To Kings 7:1.2O. The lepers
of Samsria.
F.-Mark / :40-45. Jesus heals a
leper.
S.-Luke II 11-19. Jesus heals
ten lepers.
ST. John l : lilo. Cleansing
blood.
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Owing to objections raised by the
Clifton management, James Rowe has
declined to accept the position of starter
at Dundee.
There are 314 entries for the
Horse Revtev $1,000 guaranteed
purse.
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GOLDEN TEXT: Who forgiUeh all
thine iniquities; WhO healeM all thy
diseases.-Psa. 103 IS.
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PLAN.

nKings5 LA. Memory verses: ia-l4J
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LESSON PLAN.
TOPIC OF THE QUARTER: Shining
and SerVing.
GOLDEN TEXT FOR THE QUARTER:
Goodness is profitable unto all things.
= l linn. 4 8.
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LESSON Topic: Code Serpant Heal
ing the Sick.
]. AFFLICTED with Leprosy,
LESSON OUTLINE. 2 ssss kin a Cure vs.. 5.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1891.
LESSON TEXT.

Naaman Healed.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-10-29
Human Sharks.

Nothing is more distressing than the dis
covery that one you have trusted as
friend, and one in whom you have repOsed
confidence. is no more or less than a human
shark; that friendship has been professed
solely in order to get near enough to you to
rob you. The world has altogether too
many of these friends" of both sexes.
When they are women they are oily. soft
voiced, but cold calculating, unseXed pir-
ates engaged before the public in good
works, but with as little real heart as East
India thugs or Sicilian bandits. They &C
cept all your kindness and aid with protes-
tations of unselfish regard and. when they
20 from you. you discover your heavy
worldly loss. though there is a compen-
sating gain in being rid of such Shiny
associates. Selected.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-10-29
Tor The Mirror.
Good Cheer Corner.
In VQur natiancA Va are strong

For The Mirror.
Good Cheer Corner.
In your patience We are strong.
Man is immortal till his work is done.
We can do more good by being good than
in any other way.
The greatest man, in Gods estimate, is
the one who does the most for others.
He who does the best his circumstance
allows, does well. Angels could do no
more.
The only way to get rid of your past is to
get future out of it. God will waste
nothing.
Not in the achievement. but in the en-
durance of the human soul, does it show its
divine grandeur.
Were you His only creature alive. He
could not think of you more constantly and
tenderly than He does now.
Make the best of yourself. Watch. and
plant and SOW. Falter not. faint not! Per-
haps you cannot bear such rare. rich flowers
as others; but what of that? Bear the best
you can. TITS all God asks.
Be noble And the nobility that lies
In other men, sleeping, but never dead,
Will rise in majesty to meet thine own.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-10-29
None Are Righteous.

THE MIRROR does not believe in total
depravity or that the civilization of the
nineteenth century is sham. but prints
this from the Winona Herald because of the
interesting question it raises:
We spoke the other day OF the increase of
perjury in the trial of cases. The DOnnelly
libel suit against the Pioneer Press is a
splendid Illustration. Here in this trial the
scum of humanity is not concerned. The
three main witnesses are Mr.. DOnnelly, a
man of world wide reputation. Mr.. VIM.
King. one of the most prominent and infiu-
entail citizens of Minneapolis. man who
has held high positions of honor in both
state and nation. and Gen. LIE Duo, another
prominent citizen of the state. What do
these prominent citizens do? One or more
OF them is the blacklist of perjurerS. Either
Mr.. DOnnelly, or Mr.. King. or Gen. LIE Due
should be occupying felOn cells. An honest
man can be mistaken. Even prejudice
will blind mems eyes. and cause them to
give strange evidence. but in this case there
is no loOphOle. Ignatius DOnnelly is a cool,
premeditated. Acknowledgements, or Will
lam King and Gen. LIE Due are the black
est and most damnable liars who ever tried
to destroy mans character. 1t is not for
the Herald to say which side lied. All can
read the evidence and decide for themselves.
But it is a shame and disgrace to the state.
to modern civilization that the most dis
tinguished citizens in the state have the
shadow of the rankest and blacklist OF per-
jury resting upon them. 1t shows the de-
pravity of human nature, and that the So
called civilization of the nineteenth century
is sham and delusiOn. and leads us to
ask the question: If strict justice was done,
is there any one who would be outside OF
prison walls?
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-10-29
Within the Walls SOnnets.

Mr.. Editor: In venturing to write the
following specimens of the literature of a.
race, who constantly attracts the attention
of the whole civilized world. deem it nee.
essary to offer word of explanation, lest
the reader should conclude that the colo.
qualisms are too suspiciously like the slang
of our own metropolis" Their poetry,
as you know. is rude and simple. full of
cOllOQual phrases, and celebrates only 1.-The
primitive passions" and most familiar sur
roundings of their daily life. 1t will be OBJ
served that this remark is eminently true,
if the following SOnnetS are faithfully
typical of enscOnced literature. In trans.
lating, have been at some pains to pre-.
serve natural atmosphere by substituting
for the idioms of that language such of our
own cOllOquialisms as most nearly CORE.
spond. In no other way could 1 preserve,
the viva voce tone of the originals.
Very Respectfully. RAMEOUs.1
NO. Ito THE BOSS CON. KICKER"
A Weird phenomenon. o Kicker art thou!
One pensive ear inclined iowa
The other sous least by a litti
The acme explicate of a sad unrest.
But who can tell at what untoward hour
Thy slumbering energy will assert its func-.on,
With fervid eloquence and awakening power,
Thy mouth and thy heels in wild contraction?
War. Havoc and Destruction envy
. Go! Kick the stuting out of Tine ana {
Assert myself thou Child Of Destiny.
Till nature stands aghast with frightened face!
greater marvel art thou than the wonder
OF Zeus from high Olympus launching thunder!
NO. 2.-TO A FEROCIOUS GUARD.
Thou hast a serious aspect. but methinks
Beneath the surface, Kiel, discern
A thoughtful tendency to play high jerks,
solemn. waiting wickedness supern.
Within the feline circle of thine eye
There lurketh mischief of exsuccous kind
humor GRIM mechanical, and dry;
Evasve, subdolous. and underlined
would understood thee better, KEEL
Beseech thee of the courtesy explain:
Now, doth the flavor of a con. fill
Thy utmost need? OF old timers art thou fain1
prythee, Guard vouchsafe some information;
Oh, say! Come off! Get Quit Oh, thun deratiOnt
NO. 3.-TO HASH.
Hail. Hash, thou sweet goddess! Thou came
Into the world emollient and serene.
With liberal hands dispensing your sweet fame,
A potato-meated brown-visaged queen!
What art thou giving us, gracious one2
Thou dOst assuage our daily cares and tolls
IT'S thine to mOllify the rasping con-,
Thine to alleviate domestic broils;
The lover seeks thy strength to win his Joy.
The statesman looketh toward thee. and the
preacher,
The interviewer, and the drummer-bOy,
Who drummeth wisely owning thee for teach er.
The landlady toots thy tuneful praise,
The hoary boarder knoweth all thy ways.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-10-29
LOCAL PICKINGS.

Guard Crandall is off on a weeks vacation.
He will hunt.
The voice of the radiator is heard in the land
and it is sweet.
Steward Benner says he has in his supply Of
winter vegetables.
We notice that most of the boys have con-
tracted their winter colds.
-Supt. Dixon and Foreman Sutton were to start
for North Dakota last night
The Irvine factory is spinning out about 1900
pounds of binding Irvine per day.
We are receiving wagon after wagon load of
potatoes. but we are not getting them subscrip.
tions.
-Ex.Deputy Warden westby was in the prison
business one day last week. He is looking
prosperous.
SHOW our paper to your neighbor and tell him
that dollar of his would be greatly appreciated
at this Office.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Stewart. of Minneapolis, were
in the prison Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs. C. H.
Brown. of Saltwater.
-"Scrutator" sent in good article this week,
but he was too late for this issue. Procrastina-
ton! thou thief of time.
.
There is case of typhoid fever in the hospital
which is the only serious case.
Statement of population Oct. %: Working for
Thresher Co., las; working for state. 1877: sick and
infrm, 15 Total population 800.
Mr.. ]. S. Whelan. of Cleveland, Ohio and Mr..
A. w. Hursey, of saltwater, were shown the
elephant by Engineer Jones Friday.
Now doth the convict groan and sigh, his
hands clnch. his brow knit. to think of home and
pumpkin pie, and he, alas. not in 1t.
The officers barber shop was given a
coat of whitewash last week. and it sets off the
colored artists complexion to perfections
-Supt Sheppard. of the Minneapolis Gas
Works. and wife were shown through the prison
one day last week by Asst Deputy Glennon.
MIR. w. H. Seward. Jr., of Auburn. N. Y.
grandson Of the great secretary of state. Wis.,
itor yesterday in company with Editor v. c.
Seward.
The editor of the saltwater Gazette jumped
up last week and declared 1--WE the people,.
but we can jump him one better for We the
peoples people.
Mr. and Mrs. o. Barring, of st. Paul. were Wis
itors last Thursday. Mr.. Barring is the publisher
of the Der wanderer. the leading German news.
paper of the northwest.
Hereafter visitors will be shown through the
prison at the following times Of the day: In the
forenoon at 8, 9. 10 and IL O'Clock; in the after.
noon at 49, 2:30 and $780,
Captain F. G. Drew. H. A. Kohlstedt, Edmund
Sherwood, ]. B. Meggison and H. B. Miner all
Sons of Veterans of George N. Morgan camp No.
4, Minneapolis, were visitors in the prison Tues.
day afternoon. The three first named gentlemen
printers. therefore took considerable interest
in our establishment. They came to saltwater to
organize a camp, which they did in the evening.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-10-29
Sleep is killing Him.

John Davis. a convict in the Ohio penitentiary.
is giving the physicians much to think about. He
sleeps constantly and can be aroused to take food
only by the most liberal application of water and
strong paddle. The first symptoms of Davis's
peculiar disorder were noticed about two months
ago. The severe discipline of the penitentiary
had no effect The convict went to sleep just the
same whenever and wherever he could find some.
thing to lean lie on. He became useless and
was removed to the idle house, where his case at
tracted the attention of the surgeons who had
him removed to the hospital. For four weeks
Davis has lain in the hospital peacefully sleeping.
When it is necessary to arouse him a large fiat
paddle is used the bottom of his feet. He
drowsily arouses himself, answers incoherently
any questions asked, swallows a perfunctory
way the food forced upon him and returns to his
slumber. When he entered the hospital he
weighed 200 pounds. but during the last month he
has lost 40 pounds. The doctors say his case is
hopeless and that he will sleep his way out of the
Enclosure. They explain his case on the ground
that there is imperfect circulation of blood in his
brain.-Minneapolis Tribune.