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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-07-10

DAB Der 2ebrertag bic ,2ehrerboit".
bas offiSieQe Organ bes 8unbes, Elm.
aeben lieB, mag feline suten @riinbe
baben, aber re6t bat bic lebtgenannte
3eitung, tuenn fie iagt:
oSie bier in Contention befinblid,en
beutl6 =ameritanif6en 2ebrer baben Der
beuti9en eo6e ben @inseborenen ge.
geEhber fetnen f6limmeren Dienft ers
tpelien t6nnen, oIs baB He glei9 Bel
grOhaung in oem Offi3iellen 8eri9t bas
gingeben beg Offi3ieaen Organs bes
gunoes, Der r2ebrerpoit", pertinbeten.
DaB iie banit einen 99niber gemad1t,
tperben he felbit erfabren baben, aIs he
beute frtb bic englif6e pref1e eutfaItes
ten uuo bic ueberi1riften su benz Sc.
rt9t Der Contention laien. gBas ben
liblen ginbrud obeubrein erb6bt, III bic
Sbatfa9e, baB bas Organ eingebt, neil
bic Sebrer ibre MbDnnementsgelber nid1t
be3ablt baben. llnb mas bic aau3e
Mngelegenbeit ''last but not best" au
elmer h66ft geiitis tlaurisen ma6t, III bic
fernere Sbatiabe, baB man Der Rebae.
tiOn bss Organs eineu offi3ielen Danf
abaqttete.
Wenn es wabr 1T, ipas man uns i'm
Wertrauen mittbeilt, baB bic ,2ebrers
polt" herart un5eitgemdB rebisirt pors
ben lei, baB man ibm feline Ssr1ne
na93umeinen brauGe unb eSeber es ba.
Der erfldrli9 fiuben ioue, oaB man inn
ote Saf9en augebalten, 10 III bas Dans
tssnotum eine 6eudelei, bic ugraies
bern" ber Sussnb menis id6n su Sc.
lt9te febt, um 10 tpeniger. als bic
Sebrer fi6 auf ibrer @onbention tuie
ouf einem Prdientirteller befinben, Der
2ritif Der Deutidenbafer bon allen
Seiten gleid ousgeiebt. 6ier pdre Of.
fen darbe befennen benz Deuti9tbum
oes 2onbes gu 2iebe cine @hrenpfli6t
gemefen uus bic 2ebrtr, tpelGe auf ber
Contention iinb unb nit ibren Mbonnez
mentsgeloern 3uriidgebalten baben,
bdtten glei9 ofen ertldren ioaen, was
rum he fi@ gu aablen weigerten."
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-07-10
ylSDertanf pDm 9anteltz ut6 Gin0er @tn6tn
5u re6ucrten 9sreiem
81 rebucirteit Yreiie,t !!

ggtra=feine 9amen. .@lacesittefel I'M Opera
and Common Sense" Stble nit elafttlhen
Soblen bon $2.75 auf 50 berabselebt.
g9te Samen 8ansaroos2ad s8nbpfitiefel,
$4.0o. fO''' ''"7V'
DOnsoIa Common Gene" RnDpfitiefel fir
San1en, alle banbsema9t, bon SO auf $3.50
rebrSirt.
Seine Spnsola banbsendbte &n5pf>etiefel,
ote trilber gu $5 perfauft ipurben, offeriren
ipir bieie 8ode gu 1915.
@ant feline slacirte kangaroo nit ,,Sonbpn
Zoe & Opera 9eel" aIles banbsenabt, friiber
$6, Steie 8ode gu $4.75.
be 9erabieenmsen unb nmr fir bieien
e intrb anf ieparaten Sii@en ausaeifellt,
litdt, 9lustpabl unb greis, mas iemals in
San 9ntonio ee3eist tuurbe.
=. Sn sfnobfitiefel, uOsforbs" utb Clippers"
tilr 1lnge Samen iinb &inber, fiibren tpir nur
bas Seite unb gu bennt6sIi9ft biaisen greiien.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-07-10
9entiblanoilde 9Seisbeit.

Wer f6 iiber ameritanii1e 9erbdlt,
nilie orbentli6 belebren tpiq, muB bic
beuti9ldnbii6en 8ldtter ltubiren,
Weldb baaritrduber Bl6biinn In ibnen
oft Oerdbt mirb, III tagm glaubli9.
Das .8erliner Sageblatt", betanntlidb
eines Der beoeuteuofien beutf9en Bl6t=
ter. bas aud i'm GusIanb biel gelefen
tpirb, beri6tet iiber ben pro3eB bes
friiberen Bbilabelpbiaer @tabts sGdaks
meiffers 8arbslep unb erndbnt, baB
aud 8eneralpoitmeifter gDanamater,
tDel6en bas @eriiGt nit Der Ingelegen.
belt in gerbinbung bra9te. tiber feline
geaiebungen au Der 2epnone 8ant, eis
ner Der fallirteu xS9abamisbanfen"
tpie oas vSageblatt" w6rtli1 iagt pers
nommen tporben iei. Wabrlheinlid1
bate Der Correspondent ober ber He.
bafteur bes 8lattes einmaI ettuas bas
bon geb6rt, baB Nat;onalbanfen aIs
Depoftorien fur bas S1abamt bienen
unb madt nun bic Repftone National.
bant sur S9aBamtsbant.
Nber Dos bette Commit nod: Das
glatt fagt 'ueiter .ber NusiduR bemiibt
ft9 3u ermiiteln, tuelfe mG9tigen
Sriebfeoern in Waibiuston oufseboten
purben, um ben S6luB Der 8ant au
perbiten. trobbem beren unregeImdBig.
teiten bereits mebrere Woden befannt
maren. Die 8erantwortli6teit bierfir
fdut Dem Wdhrunssfontroleur uno benz
in GepFcne bic Nustidt tiber Die Ban,
fen ousiibenben 0srrn Srelp anbeim."
Welde @onfulion muB in benz Ropfe
bes Sd)'eibers iener 3eilen berrl6enl
Die 9pnf In 2epfone" unb ber bort
bic aufliAt iiber bic 8anfen fibrenbe
6ert 0rem" finb tpirtIi9 f6fli6e
8Ittben.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-07-10

IS bdu9t llns ais pb bic ,,8anbeau srims
ming" III aiir5e allgentein popular tperben
fpiirbe.
Gs beitebt aus Ginen,. nnter Der &reiape
beS Suites ansebra6tem 8anbe, bas am 8opfe
anI9lieBt, Mnb 1T tpieoerum nit eirtem
Samnetbanbe, Spite ober &rans fleiner 8lus
men ilberso8en.
Samnet.8lunen iperben alleenein beIiebt
unb folglid billi9. Stolen baben mir BON ie.
Der GrDbe ,lnb S9attirung. SLID. Blumen
Sor3n8lid iold9e, bic ms &btblidbe ihimmern
ilno auf idipar5em 9iten gang pra4tuoa
Die Sdlfte ber ietisen Saaons baben g(ebr,
liHfeit nit elmer 8rone; piele baben borne
cine ihmale &ren,pe, Die 10 sebogem per6en
fann. bab tie elmer 1lntertaiie, elmer Mlui@eI
Ooer ionit gtipas abnlid, iehen
@rane nno Ieoernfarbene SiI3bite, fhtpar5e,
selbe, blaue nnb beinabe gang neibe Gtrpbs
soiite iitb in GROCER Guantitdt borbanbei.
n Sie hiffinffetf NrpiSe.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-07-10
X&7oI-FT@or1 <S=m6umbudG6 Nhatimm=
NttrQftiouelt=
9eidte l1nterfleioer fit @erreu

llniere leibten reinipollenen l1nterfleiper
(aemsb al',b geinfleib) fiir Mdnner gu nur 81
iinb fart in Na9frase.
9erartise lnterfleiber in 8albrisgan unb
Gcrue gu nur 81. 9auerbafter Stoff nnb
quite 9(rbeit.
@ai4d9te ldtparse llnterfleiber, bic lid BET
slllen, Die auf elesante &leibuns ieben, grpber
8eliebtbeit erfreuert gu $3.50 unb $500 per
In5us.,
Sarbise 8aIbriss ssansslnsiise auf 81 bis So
tebucirt.
gpecialitGt: stls befonperS bequeme unb
elesante 1lnterfleibuns empfeblen mir bic Be-
riibntten @laitenberrb mitteQetbten bon 3a=
t,r 8olle, tpelde bon ben aer3ten fir nod
beiler erflart iuerbeit, als bic Sdser'l9 @olls
aleibuns 3u baben fir NUT $3.50 per 9tn3ug.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-07-10
Bualems MruteaseaIbe

Die bette SaIbe ber BeIt fir e9nitte,
lueti9unseu, @ef6nire, 8ieber. unb Sauts
sA,.g saasglSlas, 49, Sts9te. setsraageas sdnOe, Sref'
s@sisssta ntssss;a 0ssr ias BE- sssaslans saiss
luriiderfattet. Is Gents bic S@adteI. 8um
Berfauf In allen apotbesen. Drei5, 3tomp.
lon & Co.. BboIefale.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-07-10
8eiumbers ntebrige @reife 1T bieier
gSpdbe!
greis 8ebuftipnen int 8etrase BON 80
bis so Pro;ent.

9amen. bic irsenb Gttpas in bieier 8ran9e
n5tbis baben, biirfen @pIhon's special-
Muspertauf sa rebueirten 9reiien ni6t bers
feblen.
s(ae @aaren auf Be immten 9ae
bentifHen ftnb gu beicnberer, tart e.
bueirten 9retien marfirt, bic iebob
nllr fir biele @ode aeIten.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-07-10

81. 5. 9ofbeina am Mili,
tdr plasa bat Dollltdnotse Sins, preis
len uno fouftise lanbmirtbfdaftIi9e
Mai6inen unb gerdtbe itets borrdtbio.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-07-10
Gin tultnoerbare5 @eorGmae TIM
Gd1nb=Separtemettt.

Sb mir BIER beidaftist iinb, frast sbr
Stun, bas iollten mir UpbI metnen. G5ute
@aaricbten tuanbern i9nener ais l6lecbte.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-07-10

Glesante sominer Seibe, seftreift, carrirt
ilnb f4li9t, in allen 6arben, ion5t gu 45, so
unb 60 geilts bic 9arb, in bieier @o6 e
unur 35 Gents bic 0arb.
llnier 2ager an Bai4ftoffen lit 10 sroB nnb
bic Mannigfaltisfeit berielben tit eine 70
grobe, bab eine seuaue 8ei9reibuas berieIben
Diel gu treit fiibrett ipiirbe.
gSir fiibretl auf 9aser ale Die eeiutteiten
Mrten bon Mul, Orsanbie, 3epbbr &c. &c. im
greiie bon 10 Bis so Gents per DarS.
gpectal Preife fit bieie @nbe!
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-07-10
slnsma6l eleganter &leiberitoffe:
mnb bon Mpben Goffiimen.

Aberntaliger grober Musperfanf
BON 11uterseus fir 9anen unb Mab6en in
Mustiu unb Gafnbric
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-07-10
Oben an8efiibrfe Rseiie finb iuirflt
Werfauf beftimntt. 0te genanute QSaa

llniere Iusipabl in arssei9nittenen leids
ten S9uben unb Damen=Slippers, tpprunter
lia CUTE nnS isbr feline u0gfprb unb Sbeo
Stes" nSoltb Gomfprt & Opera Slippers"
beftnbert, iibertrifft 9lIes in 8e3us auf lsua>
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-07-10
AuBerorbentlide Nobttdteu oteie
ISOLDE !

Sie neueiten Moben in ieibenen unb sppaenei1
aleiDeritoffen, iotpie in 8afditoffen
nno ettpa 70 bD@eleaamte tfnpprtirte
bpdmpoerne Msp6eu= =0tpbem,
bon benen ttibt stpei einanber gIeih iinb, i'm
Hreiie bon nur $13 Bis 500.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-07-10
3tegler's allgemein befammte 9n1pf=
id)nbe sm folgenben bebentenb rebm=
5irfen Nreiier:

@rite Sampicp Samen.&n6pfitiefel Opera
Heel and toe) nit elaitil9en Spblen, friiber
$3.50, iebt So.
9amen (u8alfeupbait") 9onspla aads
1ttefel, frii6er SO, iett $275.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-07-10

Oie
@04entli4e Treie preiie fit Suas
erideint
ieoen Oonnerfag
unb foitet
$3.50 fiir oas Sabr Doer $1.26 far
G @cmate tn 0urausbesablmma.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-09
aRATE THE SMOKE NUISANCE.

A very interesting communication ap
ears elsewhere on the subsection of smoke
con sumption. 1t is pointed out there that
one large concern in this city is demonstrat
ing by actual use under its boilers, that the
smoke from coal can be thoroughly con-
sumed and the smoke nuisance practically
abated. The actual test shows that in addi-
tion to a very decided saving by obtaining
increased heating power from a given
am cunt of coal, these appliances effect saw
ing on the labor in handling coal of 25 per
cent on the cost of the applicances.
With this demonstration bv actual ex-
perience the continuance of the smoke nui-
sance in Pittsburg can only be attributed to
a degree of unprogressiye stupidity which
amounts to criminal wastefulness. We
have prese nted to us the fact that the smoke
by damaging costly buildings, injuring
valuable goods kept in stock. soiling the
clothes of the people, and dark
ening the atmosphere inficts a
loss upon the community to be
reckoned by millions of dollars annually.
In addition to that indefinite loss there is a
definite and direct one in the waste of heat
ing power that might be utilized. All this
waste can be avoided, and the proof that it
can be avoided is to be seen daily within the
community. With these points established
the production OF smoke from the old-fash
ioned and ignorant methods OF burning
takes the character of wanton aggression on
the welfare and rights of the public.
No owner of a plant in which coal is used
to any extent can afford to ignore these facts.
The principles or economy should induce
general reform. But in view of the fact that
there always will be some people behind the
age, public authority should intervene to
compel the use of appliances to abate the
smoke nuisance wherever it appears.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-09
Old Age in the Forest.

Take the linden trees. for instance, says the
New York Ledger, speaking of long-lived
trees. One of these is still standing at the vii
lage of Villars-en-Moing. near the town of
Morat. This was noted tree at the time OF
the battle between the Swiss and Charles the
Bold, in 1476, and the measurements made by
experts show that 1t was even then 500 years
old. Another linden tree at Neustadt. in Wur-
temberg, can be proved by extant documents
20 have been considered noteworthy in A. d.
1926 but botanists are able to prove that its age
exceeds eight centuries. There is a chestnut
tree at Tamworth. in England which was
known as landmark when King Stephen
ascenced the throne, in .l135. 1t is 90
feet in circumference, five feet from the
ground, and it must, SO it Is computed,
long since have celebrated it's thousandth ami
verSary. There is a still older oak near Saintes,
in France. for this has girth near the ground
OF nearly "a feet. From the center of this tree
to the circumference have been counted some
2OUU concentric annual rings, WHICH makes it
about 1900 years old. This Is, perhaps the pa
tr1arch of the forest of all Europe. There is,
however, cypress at Soniina, in Lombardy, as
to which botanists of high authority are in
clned to credit the local tradition that it was
in existence in the time of Julius Caesar.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-09
ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE.

Won MOLTKE attributes his old age to
Gods grace and moderate habits.
ANN ELIZA, the 10Th wife of Brigham
Young, is now the wife of Representative
Denning, of Manistee, Mich.
MISS EAsTLAKE leaves for the United
States in September, for tour of 25 weeks,
opening in Philadelphia, October 5.
Mrs FRANCIS HoDGSoN BURNETT, it
is announced. Will shortly leave England for
her home In Washington, and will resume work
on two new stories and play which have been
long postponed, owing to the illness and death
of her son.
The first great name in electrical science
In America is one of the first and greatest in
electrical science everywhere. BENZ jamin
Franklin began to devote himself to electrical
studies at a time when scarcely more than half
a dozen investigators had contributed anything
OF permanent value to the science.
SoCKLEss JERRY SIMPSON mas shed his
rusty suit he first appeared in, and is clad in a
new dark colored store-made suit that fits his
slender well-knit figure well. About the only
thing left of his grub state is the soft felt hat
he carries. At the rate he is going he will soon
discard that for Derby" or perhaps even
silk hat, and gloves, patent feathers and q cane
will come next.
SENATOR WoLCoTT's brother Henry is,
in the Senator's opinion, the prince of men.
Senator Wolcott is, in Brother Henry's opinion.
the smartest and most eloquent in this or any
other legislative body. When Brother Henry
wants to have a real good time he comes down
to Washington and takes seat IN the gallery
where he can see Brother Ed as Senator.
When Brother Ed wants friend, favor or a
check for $4,000 he applies to Brother Henry.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-09
NOT SLEEP BUT HYPNOTISN,

4 The indisposition of the Legislature to
reform bill provokes very sharp comment
from the Philadelphia Press. That journal
notes the fact that the bill, having been in
troduced on January q, was reported favor
ably on January %, printed and recon-
mitted, when arguments were heard in its
favor and the measure carefully scrutinized,
and reported, with amendments, on Feb
ruary o. Finally, the bill being on the
calendar, the second reading was postponed
the other day until March II, on the plea
that members of the House had not had
time to familiarize themselves with its pro-
visions!
Considering that this plea is advanced
with regard to a measure that was intro
duced in the Legislature of two years ago;
that it was discussed during the State cam
paign, and that it has occupied prominent
position while going through the stages re-
counted above during the past seven weeks,
this plea that the members have not had
time to familiarize themselves with it, is
not complimentary to the members. The
Press makes it the basis OF the inquiry:
"Is the Legislature asleep?" The inquiry
might be pertinent if modern scientific
development had not furnished more per-
tinent hypothesis and given US reason to
believe that the Legislature is not asleep
but hypnotized.
The apathy of ordinary slumber could
hardly have resisted the awakening infu-
ences of party pledges on both sides, and
the loud calls of the press, to wake up and
act. But scientific inquiry has shown that
an external will can hold a subject in forced
slumber. Thus the condition of the Legis-
lature is fully explained. The practical
politicians whose interests would be injured
by the adoption of ballot reform, have ex-
erted their hypnotic power, and that body is
now powerless to act. Mere siumber
might explain the failure of a body
to enact anti-discrimination laws, in &C.
cordance with the Constitution, or to pass
ballot reform act, under ordinary circum-
stances. But when the parties have been
pledged themselves to these measures, and
the remarkable failure to fulfill the pledges
is accompanied by activity in killing off
measures that the Standard Oil Company
does not like. more positive influence
must be found to account for its active in
activity.
No, esteemed Press, the Legislature is not
asleep. But if you wish to locate the pos
SCISSORS of extraordinary hypnotic power
where the Legislature is concerned, search
out the interests opposed to the public meas
ures which the Legislature is smothering
and strangling with such fidelity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-09
HE HELD THE BABY
While His Wife Testified Against Him in a
Suit for Support.

While His Wife Testified Against Him in a
Suit for Support.
New YORK Recorder. L
One sees odd sights in a police court but few
more curious than that of the woman who testi-
ties to her husbands cruelty or urges that he
be made to support her, and who before begin
ming to make her points against him, turns to
him and bids him hold the baby. The couple
have not lived together perhaps for months
their domestic relations are worse than strained
but when the wife must have her arms free to
impress the Judge by the eloquence of her ges-
lures, she falls back at once upon the accus-
toned and natural baby-holder
Take her," she says; and he takes her and
sits tending her while her mother describes his
iniQuties.
"Give her to me-" she says when she has
finished, and he stolidly surrenders the infant,
for these little scenes do not often enQ as they
would in a novel in reconciliation, Three dol
lars a week for the mother is the more usual
conclusion.
And how is the sum of So arrived at? 1t seems
to be half the surplus from the mans wages
after his own expenses have been provided for,
Suppose he earns Sl2 per week.
What does it cost you to live?" the Judge
may ask him.
We'll s5 for my board and say 81 for Incl
dentals."
Halve the s6 remaining and there you have
the So. But-one must beg the judges pardon.
This woman had baby. Very likely. then, he
would have given her S4. Little enough to
maintain her and her infant; but there's n
about these things often that does not always
appear from the outside. The woman is far
more likely to get her S3 OF her 81 regularly and
to be able to count on some definite assistance
from them in the battle of life than would be
the case if the judge had awarded her any
larger sum.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-09
NOT A STATE INSTITUTION.

A striking instance of the indefinite lines
between local and State expenditure is fur
nished by the introduction of bill in the
Legislature to appropriate $50, 900 for the
improvement of the Geological Garden in
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, and its en-
thusiastic Endorsement by the Philadelphia
newspapers. Every one will agree that the
Geological Garden at Philadelphia should
be maintained by the proper authority; but
it is no less indisputabie that it is entirely a
local institution, and peculiarly of local
benefit. The city of Philadelphia would do
well to appropriate the proposed $4,000,
and as it is tolerably wealthy city it can
well afford to do so. But for Philadelphia
to propose that the farmers of Washington
county and the taxpayers of Erie shall be
taxed to improve its Geological Garden is
remarkable proposition. Cities must fur
nish their own geological gardens or go
without-as numerous cities are doing at
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-09
PITTsBURG. MONDAY, MAR. 9, 1891.
A MISTAKEN sruBBoRNNEss.

From our Cleveland special correspond
ence, it will be seen that the iron ore inter
es;s have very generally accepted a reduc-
ton OF dollar per ton on Lake Superior
for the opening season. This is arecogni-
tion of the necessity for reduction in the cost
of producing iron, which shows that the ore
men have a more just conception Of the sit
uatior than the railways.
THE DISPATCH has already pointed out
the necessity of concessions on ore, coke and
railway freights, in order to keep Western
PENNSYLVANIA in the front rank of pig iron
production. The ore and coke interests
show their knowledge of this necessity; but
SO far the railroads are tied 10 the idea that
they can continue to overload the industries
which furnish them their richest traffic and
yet maintain the traffic. There has been an
attempt to represent the reduction in rates
made bv the Central Traffic Association
lst week Us a concession to the iron men;
but SO far as can be learned at present, it is
nothing more than regular spring reduction
in rates on account Of the opening OF lake
navigation.
The indisposition Of the railroad officials
10 make the concessions which the ore and
coke interests recognize as necessary in
order TO keep the iron industry on a basis of
assured activity, is not hattering to their in
telligence or liberality. Their corporations
are deeply interested in keeping up a vol
ume of iron traffic that at the reduced rates
would yield them large profits; but at pres
eut they are stubbornly clinging to the
policy o. killing the goose that lays the
golden eggs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-09
A Strange Instance of Second Memory.


Three extraordinary instances of what doc
tors call periodic amnesia'' were related to me
last night by a prominent physician attached
to the New York Hospital, says writer in the
New Y York Telegram. The first was that of q
young American woman who on awaking from
protracted sleep lost memory of all she had
before learned. Her memory had been capa-
cious and well stored with a copious stock of
ideas. Unexpectedly she fell into profound
sleep, which continued several hours beyond
the ordinary term. On waking she
was discovered to have lost every
trace of acquired knowledge. All
vestiges both of words and things, were
obliterated BY new efforts she again ac-
quired the art of spelling reading, writing
and calculating. and gradually became ac-
Quainted with persons and objects like being
tor the first time brought into the world. In
these exercises she made considerable pro-
fciercy. Afte- few months another fit of
somnolency possessed her. On rousing from it
she found herself restored to the state she was
in before the first paroxysm, bu twas wholly ig-
nOrant of every event that had befallen her
afterward. The former condition of her
istence she used to call the old state and the
latter the new state. In the old state she pos
sessed fine powers of penmanship. In the new
she wrote poor, awkward hand having had
neither the time nor the means to become an
expert.