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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-10
BRlDGEPORT.

The constant showing followed by
continual freezing has made the roads
through the country in excellent con-
dition for sleighing Every evening
merry sIeighing parties can be seen
along the pike. Last evening several
SIeighs came over from Wheeling and
drove out TO ManltOwn where they
stopped at the Wayside Inn and partook
OF the hospitality of "mine host" To-
night sleighing party under the aus
pices of ChaS. Branniu, Lou C0tliand,
Chas. Howell, Frank Howell, Roy Fogle
and Paul Cook, in company with their
friends, will enjoy a few hours in the
crisp winter air.
An unassuming little wedding oc-
Cured az the Catholic church at 1880
p. m. on Saturday, the contracting
PARTIES being Mr. Julius Young and
Miss Susie Heinen. John Peltz and
wife acted in the capacity Of attend
ants. After the ceremony a delightful
reception was rendered the young cOu-
pile by Mr.. and Mrs. Peltz at their hotel
iu Etnaville. Rev. Father Weigand
performed the ceremony.
The Azalea Mission Band of the Pres
byterian church in Kirkwood will hold
their reception on Saturday afternoon
between the hours OF two and five
o'clock in the lecture room OF the
church.
DR.. John Cook is suffering from
carbuncle on his arm, although not Of
s. serious nature, II is quite painful.
Drs. Fisher and Black are attending
him.
1t is rumored that Charley Mcdonald,
the weu-kuown roller at the Ktna, will
soon become a benedict. The young
Indy in fine case comes from PttSburg.
NJ. w. Dover, a well-known Zanes-
vile gentleman, has returned home
after a pleasant visit at the residence
of Mrs. NJ. A. Cox, on Crawford street.
Charlie Branum leaves tomorrow for
Gambler, where he will again resume
his studies, after spending a two weeks
holiday vacation with his parents.
A lamp exploded at the residence Of
John Herbert, in -Etnaville, on Sunday
evening. The fire il caused was put out
before serious damage was done.
Jacob Fette, who was so badly in
iured about ten days ago by falling into
the hy wheel pit at Etna, is able TO be
OUT again.
EInaville has a candidate for 6stic
h0norS who Intends TO challenge the
wiuner OF tn Riley-Smith match.
Fred Simpson left yesterday for his
home in East Liverpool aster short
visit 90 friends in town.
Mrs. Lille LeOuard, Of Etnavllle,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-10

$500 bushels. Shimpents--Wheat, 4,5OO
bushels; corn, $500 bushels; oats, l4,OOO
bushels.
CINCINNATI. o., January Cotton,
steady; middling 10c. Flour, firm; fancy
So 10a3 30; family 81 25a2 80. Wheat,
steady; No. red 70%c; receipts, l,5OO
bushels; shipments, 200 bushels. Corn,
steady; No. mixed 4l1sc. Oats, firm
No. . mixed 3415c. Rye, strong; No. COO.
Pork, firm at 80 co. Lard, firm az Gil 90.
Bulk meats, stronger; short ribs, 81 90.
Bacon, firm at $ll %. Whisky, steady at
81 30. Butter, firm. Sugar, firm; hard re-
fined 415a5l5. Linseed oil, firm at 49c
Eggs, strong and higher at 3Oc. Cheese,
steady; prime to choice Ohio fiat &c.
ToLRDO, O.. January 9.-Wheat, dull
and easier; No. 2 cash and January 75c;
May 7S35c. Corn, dull and steady; cash
No. 2 Ale. Oats, quiet; cash 35c. Rye.
firm: cash SIC bid. Cloverseed, dull and
steado; prime cash and January IS 10;
February IS 20; March S IS. Receipts
Flour, 12S barrels; wheat, l0,SO5 bush
els; corn, 125, 704 bushels; oats, 200 bush
els; cloverseed. IS bags. Shipments
Flour. 4O2 barrels; wheat, 1905 bushels;
corn, 1000 bushels; rye, LOCO bushels;
cloverseed, l13 bags.
BALTIMORE, Mp, January 9.-Wheat
dull; No. red spot IKE; January 775sc'
February 7Sc: May size. Corn strong
mixed spot sic: January 49Hc; May 5O1fc
Oats, firm: No. 2 white western 42c
Rye dull; No. , 59c Hay quiet, anc
steady. Provisions steady. Butter firmer
quiet: rolls SOC. Eggs steady at $3.50
Coffee steady, Rio 1870.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-10

who is visitind friends in GAINESVILLE, is
expected home soon. !,
Power Allen of Canton, and an old
Bridgeport boy was here calling on
friends yesterday
CLYDE Richie is improving much from
the effects of bad fall be received a
few days ago.
Prof. Duncan is quite sick at his res
idence In KirkwoOd.
The Standard mill will be on in full
again tomorrow.
Hon. Ross J. Alexander is in Column
bus on business.
Mrs. A. C. Branum has been sick the
past week.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-10
LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, January 9-Cattle, receipts
$4,000 head; shipments 1000 mead; market
lOal5c higher; best natives 81 75a5 30;
others 80 0Oa5 IS; stockers e. 25a3 40; COWS
81 SOa3 90.
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000 head; shipments,
II 900 head: market strong; rough and
common s. 9Oa7 80; packers and mixed
81 S5aT 55; heavy s. 55a7 So; light s. 5Oa
760.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000 head; shipments
1000 head; mixed 6 75a4 20; wethers "a 10
a ) 90; westerns e S5a5 05.
East LIBERTY. PA. January Cattle
Receipts, ], $50 head; shipments, 80 head {;
market, strong at about last weeks prices.
Hogs-Receipts, $500 head: shipments,
$500 ahead: market, active; fair light
TO best heavy g. 60aT 30.
Sheep Receipts, $500 head; shipments,
2.4OO head; markes, slow al last weeks
prices.
CIScISxATI, O., January o. Hogs,
strong at S. 75a7 IS; receipts, 5000 head {;
shipments, 1000 head.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-10
A dividend Of 10 per cent. OF the earn
ings kas also declared.

"A QllHltNu OA ~ pei loAbs "a e-~ $500
ings Fas also declared.
Weleome Lodge No. 100, A. 0. U. W.,
will meet in regular session this evening,
at which time some important business
is exyected 10 engage the attention OF
its members. Every member is ear
nestly requested to be present.
The Eastern Ohio Medical Associa-
ton, recently formed at Steubenyllle
and composed OF the physicians OF Bel
mont. Harrison, Jefferson and Columbi-
ana counties, will hold its first meeting
at Bellaire to-day.
The President OF Council has called a
meeting Of that body for this evening,
and has instructed the Mayor to serve
written notice upon each OF the mem
bers, urging them to be present at the
meeting.
r. r. Wilson and wife, one OF the pro-
prietors Of the MARITIME Ferry Steam
Laundry, were called to Dubois, Pa,
yesterday, by a telegram announcing
the death Of Mr. Lewis, Mrs. Wilson'S
father.
Monday morning Police Court was
complete whltewash, not single case
appearing upon the Docket. This
speaks exceedingly well for the good
behavior OF our town.
The work OF excavstinR is sill being
pushed forward at the G. 81 p depot,
despite the bad weather, for the new
park. A handsome fountain Is TO De
placed in the centre Of the park.
The party who found the letter ad-
dressed TO Arthur Cain, care Of Box
TO-, Martins Ferry, last night, will con-
fer a great favor by addressing it care
OF Box 10, Martins Ferry.
George Cook has returned from a
visit TO his parents at New Athens, ..
He will continue to read law in the OF
fee with George Duncan.
The Melville Sisters Company ar
rived here yesterday morning and are
CHARTERED at the ST. Clair hotel. They
will be here all this week.
Miss Marcia Schofeld was able tore
sumo her duties at the Central Tele-
phone Office last evening, after several
days sickness
Miss Kate DEFAULT, the accommo-
dating assistant at the Central Tele-
phone Office, is threatened with ty-
phoid fever.
q. n. Durr has returned TO his home
at Muncie, Ind, after a very pleasant
visit among friends here.
Frank K. Sedgwick has returned
from Chicago, where he has been on
r,r,Fass{0uqI buSiDpSs
Chas. PAUL, formerly Of this city, but
now located at Brilliant, was here yes
terday for a short time.
MIR. John Finley, one Of Smithfeld's
prominent citizens, was in town yester-
day on business.
Herb Leseur is home from Cambridge,
where be has been On business for sew
eral weeks past.
Ed. Arbaugh returned to st. Vincent
College, yesterday morning. to resume
his studies.
Harry Robinson, shipping clerk at the
Buckeye, returned yesterday from st.
Ciairsvi.le.
Baker Boyd and wife, Of Fostoria, O.,
are in town visiting friends and rela-
tives.
w. b. Francis was 10 st. Clairsyille'
yesterday on legal business.
Yesterday was pay day on the C. & P.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-10
MARTINS FERRY.

Mr. William Jones, Of Newland's ad-
ditiOn, after leaving the postotdce with
his mail last evening about seven
o'clock, discovered he had dropped q
letter which had been mailed in his care
from a friend IN Scotland. Upon re-
turning TO look for IL ha discovered the
envelope lying on Fourth street near
the Opera House entrance, some mali
ciouH person having found 10 aud in
steA OF returning it 20 the Office had
to THE envelope open and robbed IL Of
itSCOnteuts, which consisted simply Of
a friendly letter fcJm a relative abroad.
ii the finder knows when he is well of
he had better hustle the letter back to
its proper owner or te may ind an Of
ficer Of the law upon his track.
The famous Melville Sisters Compa-
ny opened % weeks engagement at the
Opera House last evening in the melo-
dramatic success, "Tle Black Flag, TO
crowded house, despite the bad wealth
er, and turned them away well pleased.
This evening the gres, society drama,
"MiSmated, will De presented, and an
other Dig crowd can be- looked for The
company is an unusually strong one,
every part bCi.g well taken.
meeting OF Waue,r Tribe No.
rs IendeUendeDt Order %. Red Men last
Saturday night, az their Vigwam in
commercial Block, the following Chiefs
lwere raised upon their Stuuus: Prophet,
". c. Neal; Sachem, $. Meeser; Senior
Sycamore, T. Bl.kes NTH; Junior Saga
more, II. Sommers;C. OF r., B 0'Bierue;
tx. Of W. John Fisher. After
(which the Brothers port00a OF c0sn and
kenisOn and other reireshU Gts and a
MeaSant evening was spent .c general
kThOs. Selby, whose serious illness
wss mentioned ia this paper Sunday,
Ief AZ ms home ia Pauirs addition
- Nurday night OF q complication of dis
ASKS. he was about so wears of age
2ndk leaves o wife and family of six chill
dieh, most of whom are grown The
fuaArai will take place this afternoon
'na..t O'Clock, from his Iase residence.
Tment 40 Biverview cemetery.
revival now going on at the F.-st
Church seems 90 be very Interest
dging from tho large crowd that
d each evening dUriRg a3tweek
humber of names were banded
ay for membership, andl there
be q number OF SeekefS yet
knocking for admission.
meeting Of the Board Of (irec-
Standard Building and L9an
bn held Saturday evening J..
was elected President, HOS.
Vice p dent. r. z. Allen der
and j. L. Hanes TreasJ' per.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-10
Nhesling Bridge and Terminal RaiIEY
Time Table No. :. TO take effect l2:0l q. m,
sunday. November ~ 1877

Time Table No. s, TO take eject l2;Ol a. m,
sunday November ~. 1922.
Leave WhsehnE-;5:tO, f6:40 t7:i5 $500
+0:45 - 20, tl0:23 fll:do a. m, Si2:l5, ti.l5
$500 70. ~ 'i:S5, '5:fb to:O p. N.
Leave PsLinsulA-tb:4o, t6:i6 tf.s2, ts;0l,
1871, S9:bl. tle:95 tll:57 \. m, il2:2l ti:o3
1906, t3:27. "i:sl, '5AS. 1880 p. m.
Arrive martins Ferry-t5.hs, to:5l Iss
1878, 1861, 1851 sl0:S, ti2:O8, Sl2'JO, 100.
t3.I2 1873. u a., '6:0l ga
Leave Terminal JUnotioB-io:N, OK
'l003. 'i0:49. til:l5 a M, ti;ib. faH, ~
'5:I5, tb:N, IS 50. 1925, fl0:fs p. m.
Leave LiughlnI Miil-t7:sa fills A. m.
tl:is. t2;i3. '5:iS p. m.
Leave De BAss CrosSing--t7:2S. tiI:io a m,
tl:lo, f2:44, '5:lo p. m. -,
arrive Martins Ferry-Ss:33, t6;S, ND,
$1,000 el0:4s, tll:22, tl:22, t2:xl, RAJ OK
1888 1901, 1852. tl0.iS
only
All trains will run on Eastern Time Clock
in telegraph Office At wheeling Is the STANDARD
Time.
nolgeAd TAUssIG. supsrintsBdent
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A High Compliment to Ex-senator j. n

Camden.
From an Edif0riGl Of no Weston DsmOcr1t,
QctObsr ~, 1872
Cor. BEN WILSON AT WESTON.
largest political meeting, by all odds,
that has assembled in Lewis county, TO
greet any speaker was that of last Mon
day, when Col. Ben Wilson addressed
the multitude. For two hours the men
stood patiently In the crowded aisleS Of
the Court House and listened 70 the elO-
Quent utterances Of the distinguished
speaker whose great popularity as a
public debater Of economic questions
has not diminished in Ae least since his
last appearance upon the political rOs-
trum 10 Weston. Col. Wilson is an en-
pertaining talker and his speech was as
full Of wit and humOr as it was replete
with sound, logical Democratic doctrine.
During his remarks, Col. Wilson paid q
high compliment 20 Ex-senator j. ".
Camden for his great ability and success
In developing the State-building rail-
roads, penetrating and opening up the
forests, giving outlets 90 million Of
dollars worth Of resources, lumber,
coal, iron, etc.-sayiug that Senator
Camden had done more for the develop
ment and enrichment of the State than
any other man in it and more than all
the Republican party put together.
Everybody WAS glad of The opportunity
10 hear once more the familiar voice Of
the genial Colonel
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-10
PErkOLEUM

New YoRK, January 9.-Petroleum, neg
lected. Bids were remarkably few and in
dictated no tendency in either direction.
News from the field was uninteresting and
had no effect
on CRY, PA, January 9.-Petroleum
opened at SIC; highest i414c; lowest 5S5sc;
closed at 54l(c. Sales, 3p.0O0 barrels; clear-
ances, 5000 barrels: shipments, llO,lI9
barrels; runs, 81, 40 barrels.
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Making total o, ............-. Eusu7 10

From the United States Treasury
there was received $4,000 for the insti-
tutions of learning which was aportiou-
ed as follows: University Of West Nir-
GINA, MorgantOwn, S54, 600; COlored In
sUitute, Kanawha county, Sl2,OO or
these amounts MOrgantOwn haSreceived
SIS, 900, leaving d credit OF $4,000 and
Kanawha $4,000, leaving a balance Of
$1,000.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-10

vous Debility, Weakness q
Body and Mind SpermGtorthea, and Impct ,ncy,
aud all diseases that arse from over lndul-
sence and seli-abuse, as Loss Of Memory and
Power. Dimness Of Vision, Premature Old Age,
aud many other diseases that lead 70 insanity
or Consumption and an early grave, write for
our pamphlet
address GRAY MEDICINE CO.. Buffalo, n.
Y. The Specific Mepicine Is sold BY al drug
gists at 500 per package, or six packages for
800. or sent by mail on receipt OF money, and
4 cure or meneY re- ------------
funded.
W-On account Of counterfeits we have
adopted the Yellow Wrapper, the only genuine
Sold IN Wheeling, W. Va, AID guarantees H.
sued by LOGAN DRUG CO. " hoiesale aud
Retail Druggists, Bridge corner. ia30eodgc
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~ Psnnsylvsnis Stations
[VlBUnnSyIVdnid LINES.
:" Trains Run By Central Time.

rfrxrr OFFICES At YESssTLvlgTA tztTror ~
UarKE ST. FosJ or EiETKHTH bTs HHAELlFei
Az NcIrEE EOUEE. WHEELTso, AID - THI
PENEarLTaEIA brATfoE. BHfDcrryst-
sor-rEE ksr srsTrH-" PAD HApDLE Ror-F
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-10
REMOVAL NOTICE.


Wadbes Chea Book Cases Writing
Carpets variety, Mattresses Springs Pillows
everything usually first class furniture
cTo w. BEAWCALuE
Markets dec4daeod
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fUhIIF tArFpI ouUUhN.
Sunday Church Trains will leave Elm Grove
at 9:lS A. N. and Wheeling At 1917 p. M.
IL. T. WElSGERBER,
Gen. Manager
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-10

WHEELING AND ELM GROW
w RAILROAD On and after Wednc
day, Jane lisp trains will run IS follows
city time
Leave Wheeling. Leave Elm Grove.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-10

The report Of the State Board Of Agri-
culture deals chiefly with Farmers Ia
stltutes held under its direction, the
State crop report and a detailed list Of
the expenditures Of the members of the
Board and the officers under IL. The
report promises Improvement in the
crop aud weather service for next year,
with better facilities and finds that
much good has been done by the meet
ings Of farmers and the discussion of
live topics at the Farmers Institutes.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-10
". ABB DIVISION

For Pittiburg, e:iO and 10 a N acc 300 =
m daily. and i.B2 NJ. daily eIos ~ SUNDAY
Hor Bittshurf and the East. GOD p. m. dtuy.
Washingtoa Accommodates so .. u. sS
csDt sunday.
From Pittsburg, 1906 8. n. daily, is.o p a.
except sunday, OBJ aBd ~. ID y 20, aaiy -
Wsskington Accommodates, 1850 4 m. daily
except Sunday cu y sontL
General Passenger Agent, Balnnofs.
is LANE. Wheeling oslt
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-10

The biennial report OF the Deaf and
Blind Asylum shows the expenses Of
maintaining the institution for the tive
years to be 500, 1900 For the same
period the receipts were S72,2l3.43.
The attendance for the two years en-
braced: As deaf males; So deaf females;
q blind males. 90 blind females. OF
these some were totally deficient while
Others were only partially lacking IN
the senses. The principal reports that
thare are many others Ina the State who
should avail themselves Of the oppOr-
tnnities OF the Institution.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-10

The report Of the Board Of Regents
Of the West Virginia CoiOred Institute
shows the school 90 be hourishing, con-
sidering the time Zone term 10 has
been in operation. An experimental
term was begun May 8, aud continued
till July Is, during which time twenty
students were enrolled. The fall term
began with a limited attendance, which
reached 30. 10 is expected that 40 pu-
pills will be in attendance during the
winter term, now on.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-10
DALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL

TRAESoBIo DIVISION.
For Chicago 1888 asd 1000 A. m. loiS , n
daily. and $3.50 D. m. daily eTcept sunday.
Cincinnati Express, 7:D and lO;Os a. NJ Aha
Co CoI1nbaS Accom- modGsiSn, s:S p. N, srs'p' 3
So n ,irsviIIs Accommodsiion, 1000 n j
1nds.D p. N, except sunday
AnETVE.
Chicago Express. l:ib and $50 q. m. thiy'
and iZ.0s ?. m. sIespi Sunday, ana e'd9 p ~
Cincinnati Express $50 A. m. saas ,. q.
daily. ,oos a.tl.
a, ClsirsTiiis Aocomodsslon, l2;oj p. Q. and
6;S5 .. NJ sIespt sunday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-10

Money, 3a5 1-2 Per Cent-Governments,
Dull and Essier-stocks, Aotive-Flour,
StrOng-Wheat, Dali.
NEW YORK, January 9.-Money on call
easy at 3a515 per cent; last loan at per
closed offered at per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper 515a7 per cent Sterling ex-
chonre and easie- sales 4S51Ia4S71@
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-10
RAILWAY TIME CARE

ArrilAl ana departure OF trains on aud after
December IS. 1921 EXPLANATION OF REFERENCE
MARKS: 'Daily; t5undAy excepted; .Aon.
day excepted; saturday excepted SUNDAY
only: saturday only. Eastern standard Tine,
which IS one hour earlier than Central Tine.
The morning call., 1893-03-19
MAKING DYNAMITE.
A Dangerous Trade in Which Women
Are Engaged.

Making dynamite is strange occupation
for women, yet they are largely employed
in II IN many European communities. The
manufacture of dynamite for beneficial use
In mining aud engineering work, as we'll as
Tor military purposes, is carried on largely
IN almost every part of Europe.
France has three notable factories: At
Albion, near Hona-ur, on the Seine estuary,
at Paulilless, near Port Vendres, In the
south of France, and at Cugny, not far
from Moret, in the department of the Seine
et-Marne. These establishments produce
yearly over $4,000, coo dynamite cartridges.
One of the earliest that were set in opera
ton is that founded in Switzerland twenty
years ago by Xavier Bender at The instance
Of the late Louis Favre, the chief engineer
of the St. GothaTd Railway tunnel, to pro-
vide the powerful instrument which mod
ern science has invented for penetrating
mountains OF granite and other hard rocks
with facility ana economy of labor that
could not have been Imagined IL former
ages
visit 10 this factory, at Isleton. at the
lower end Of the 1senthal. in the vicinity eff
FIueen, the port on the Lake OF Uri, so
well known to many English tourists, is
seldom granted without a special recommen-
datiOn. The mechanical operations do not
appear 10 be complicated and are mostly
performed by Swiss women and girls with
aid of simple machines worked By hand on
tables.
Dynamite. as most people are aware, is a
powder which can be made into cakes. or
may be converted into a sticky paste called
explosive gum" or be enyeIGped in cases
Of paper OF pasteboard or metal to form
cartridges. which are commonly used In
blasting rocks or mineral ores by inserting
them in the holes bored with a drill As
the compressed powder, which, being of an
oily cOnsistence, now assumes comparative
solidity, issues from a tube or cylinder,
in the shape of 4 sausage or mac aruni, it is
cut by woman into equal lengths Of about
three Inches.
Each piece is then carefully taken up
by another woman, who wraps it in
oiled cartridge-paDer, which She fastenS,
closing both ends and covering It TO
exclude wet; the tremendous little instru-
mrnt is now complete. There is also
hand mill for making the paste or explosive
gum" cartridges. This machine emits two
solid lengths of the material simultane-
ously. which are cut up, wrapped and
fastened in the cartridge-cases and taken
away to be packed in boxes for commercial
distribution.
The fabrca tiOn of tile dynamite stuff it.
self. also performed at the lseton factory,
is terribly dangerous, but custom and strict
rule give the operators a sense of ordinary
safety.
The morning call., 1893-03-19
TO DANISH INSOMNIA.
Dr.Blackman Thinks Hand Music Box
Will Induce Slumber.


Music as a curative agent has been known
and valued from ths earliest ages, and the
recently established Guild of ST. Cecilia,
whose profeSsed object is to apply the sooth-
Ing influence of melody in hospitals and
elsewhere. is only carrying out the pre-
scripIions of physicians who lourshed 1000
years ago.
The Athenian doctors "banished fever by
a song" Thales found music most effica-
cious in the plague, and Aulus Gellus even
went so far as to maintain that it produced
a beneficial effect in cases of bites and
stings. In their work on Psychological
Medicine" Drs Bucknili and luke remark
that music is the first recorded remedy
employed for the relief of madness. A
novel aud possibly useful suggestion in
the same direction is mentioned by Dr.. j.
g. Blackman In the latest number of the
Medical MagaZ ne.
1t is that musical box, worked by an
electric motor, might be advAntageously
employed In cases Of Insomnia. Some care,
no doubt, would have to be exercised to see
that the mechanism worked properly before
IL was started, as nothing would be
more likely to drive sleep permanently
away than musical box out of tune
or liable to unaccountable and abnormal
sDurts Of euergy. 1t would also be try-
ing 10 nervous patient If, in the Silly
night, the electric current were turned off
altogether and the box became suddenly
silent 1t is possible that burglar in ones
bedroom might be soothed and induced to
surrender his booty by the unexpected
strains of Home, Sweet Home" but 1t Is
also possible that he might not. One or two
interesting instances are recorded in the
article OF thu benefit which has resulted in
hospitals from The musical treatment, and
the sleeDless soul might do worse than try
the prescription contained in 10.