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The Lamar register., 1893-11-11
CHINESE SURGERY.
Fortitude Under the Knifc-AIcoho
IN China.

thotr inc hnttc-AIcOhOI
IN China.
The forutude and endurance of a
Chinaman under the surgeons knife
have long been known. The traits are,
Of course, less noticeable now than in
the days anterior TO the age OF chloro-
form, but even now they are frequently
put to the test OF circumstances where
the surgeons In isolated situations are
compelled to undertake operations un-
aided, or where otherwise the exhibit
ton of chloroform Is contra-indicated
and In the minor operations OF surgery.
When so tested, the Chinaman will
endure without finching a degree Of
pain thnt TO the mere highly developed
nervous system OF the Westerner would
be well-nlgh impossible. THE fact Is
to be discounted that, In the case OF the
poorer Chinese. a prolonged course Of
low living and practical starvation has
frequently added its results to the orig
inal trouble fwhiie the native practi-
tioners are doing their best or worst)
before the case Is submitted to the
Western surgeon. and this materially
affects the progress Of many of our
patients DIR. John g. Thompson OF
Hong Kong, writes in the China Medi-
cal Missionary Journal: but other
things being equal. recovery and con-
valssccnoe are very much more rapid
and complete in the average ChinGman
than In the average Englishmn. Rea-
sons for this difference are not entirely
obvious, but tho opinion mny be hazard
ed that the simpler feeding habits of
the Chinese and their cquable mental
constitution form, at least, some Of tho
causes Of the higher vitality Of their
tissues The popularity accepted no
ton that the Chinaman lives on rice is,
indeed, very far from the truth, since
even the poorest manage to add n few
green vegetables and little fish or
pork to the rice. which Is the staple na-
tional diet; but. taken all round the
Chinaruan's food Is certainly more sim
pie and probably more nutritious than
the food Of an Englishmnn under anal
ngors circumstances. His use of alco-
hoi is also much less injurious to his
tissues than Is Its use by a large pro
portion of Europeans The native
spirit, samshoo. is very extensively con.
sumed, but IL Is invariably In minute
quantities and never excepting with
nesls, intoxication being a thing prac
ticarly unknown in China. The tran.
guilty OF the Chinese mind is prov,
crblal. A Chinaman is never in a hur
~. Provided he be given hope OF
ultimate relief, 1t rarely matters to hin
whether his stay in hospital is to ex
tend over n week or q month, and this
absence OF all worry probably goes far
along with other facts l have stated. tC
account for the kindly reaction OF his
tissues under the surgeons knife"
The Lamar register., 1893-11-11

symmetry and grace until they seemed
II stinct with life. Tten follows a steady
advance in the direction until 1876.
me time Of the Centennial exposition.
one or the engines which was displayed
at that exposition is also here. 1t
SHOWS that the steady tendency has
peen toward heavier rolling stock in
this country. Since that time has been
developed the compound locomotive,
with high and low pressure cylinders,
to utilize all the power In steam. Tho
latest tendency is to improve upon this
class OF engines and 1t is among the
probabilities that in u few years no
other class of engine will be built for
use upon American railroads. The rea-
son Of this tendency on the part of rail-
ways is economy in power and cost of
running.
In looking over the display in land
transportation lines Of ali nations
brought together here, the rnilroad man
cannot but feel that the American rail-
road shows far the greatest enterprise
In developing in the matter of con-
struction and of adopting means to
ends and that American Inventions
should get the credit for the chief epoch
making invention In the progress of
the railway locomotive.
Ralph Mckenzie.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-11
The Arcs of senators.

Senator Morgan of Alabama is SO, Senator
Teller Of Colorado Is 63, Senator Hawley OF
Connecticut is 67, and his colleague, Orville
Platt, is Is. The two Georgia senator's are
both old-timers. Colquitt, Brigadier In the
Southern army is 60. Gordon, Major-Gen-
eral in the same service, is 81. Voorhees, OF
Indiana is 66. Allison of Iowa is GA; his col
league, Wilson, Is 65. PETER of Kansas is 62,
but his long whiskers exaggerate his years
Cullom of illinois is Is; Frye of Maine is 62
Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts is "a. He went to
Congress for the first time in 1862 stock
bridge OF Michigan Is 81, Washburn of Min
nesofa Is &c, George OF Mississippi Is 81, and
Senator Walthall, his colleague Is g. Vest
of Missouri is g. Jones of Nevada Is 63, and
Stewart his colleague, is &C. Mcpherson OF
New Jersey is 81, Vance of North Carolina is
63, and Ransom, his colleague, 81. Bate OF
Tennessee is e., Roger Quarles Mills oil Iexas
IA 81. his colleague, Richard Coke, is a.
Proctor of Vermont is 62, and Camden OF
West Virginia is 65.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-11
STRANGE ANTiPATHIES.
Peculiar DisiIkes Tint Send People
Into Fits of Painting.

Amatus Lesitanus relates the case of
n monk who would faint on seeing n
rose, and who never quilted his cell
at the monastery while that flower
was blooming. Orfila, n less question
able authority. tells us OF how Nipcent.
the great painter, would swoon upon
going suddenly into room in which
roses were blooming. even though he
did not see them. Valtaid tells of an
army officer who WAS frequently thrown
into violent commissions by coming in
contact with the little flower known
rs the pink. Orfila, our authority on
the case Of Vincent, the painter, above
related. also tells of the case of a
lady. 40 years of age hale and hearty,
who. IL present when linseed was being
boiled for any purpose would be seized
with violent fits OF coughing, swelling
of the face and partial loss OF reason
for the next twenty-four hours. writ
ing of these peculiar antipathies ana
ayersions Montague remarks that he has
known men of undoubtcd courage VINO
would much rather face shower OF
cannon balls than to look at an applet
In Zimmermans writings there IS an
account of a lady who could not bear
TO touch either silk or satin, and who
would almost faint If. by accident sho
should happen to touch the velvety
skin of n peach. Boyle records the case
of a man who would faint upon hear
ing the swish of broom across the
floor, and of another with natural
adherence for honey. Hippocrates of
old tells of one Nicanor, who would
always swoon ut hearing the sound OF
n flute. Bacon. the great EnSlishlnan,
could not bear to see lunar eclipse,
and always collapsed upon such occa-
sions. and Vnughelm, the great Ger
man sportsman, who had killed hun
dreds of wild boars, would faint II he
but got glimpse Of roasted pig
philad a. nhia PraaA- -.. - ----
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WOMEN IN THE TREASURY.
How the Face OF Bill is Determined
with Pieces of Glass,

By means Of piece of glass the size Of
bank note, marked into tweuty-four squares,
the face of the bill is determined. II sixteen
of these squares can be covered by the multi
ated bill the whole value is paid; II less than
sixteen and more than twelve, half the value;
If less than twelve it Is rejected entirely
Twenty-Five dollars found In the nest of q
mouse was recently sent TO the treasury
in condition that defed recognition by the
naked eye. Mrs Brown went to work with a
microscope and carefully sorted out the whole
amount One hundred and eighty dollars,
which went through the Vanderbilt fire at
Newport, came to Mrs. Brown as charred
mass Of paper, which She however, identi-
fed
When an express car Is burned the safe is
sent, unopened, to the treasury department.
There it is opened by woman experts, who
empty the contents, often only mass OF
ashes and sift them through sieve. The
charred bits Of money are then picked out
and submitted to microscopic examination.
Not long ago twenty-five tiny diamonds were
recovered by sitting the ashes a third time
before burning them. The vaults are often
filled with the stencil of money recovered
from dead bodies in pestilent districts, as
during the prevalence of yellow fever in the
South. Such money is fumigated and no
diseases have ever been commune ated to en-
ployes.
Gold and silver are also counted by women,
and women manipulate the machine which
mas taken the place Oh shears ior trimming
notes. The machine which stamps the bank
notes is also in charge of women.
In the treasurers Office is the last of the
original seven women employed-Miss Eliza
beth Stoner. She keeps the pay rolls of the
navy. Her work necessitates the reducing
OF every variety of foreign money to our
values. For thirty years Miss Stoner has oc-
eupied almost the same desk room. and many
n time has she heard .'heelers'' ousted with
small ceremony when they came TO urge the
treasurer TO discharge her to make room for q
yoter.-Neo York Sun.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-11
To Purify Mecca.

The worlds greatest pest hole Is at last to
be cleansed The Sultan of Turkey has re-
solved to put Mecca into something like
healthy condition. The decision is the effect
Of an intimation from the British government
that unless the Holy City Is cleansed II VIII
take means to prevent the annual pilgrlmages
from India The Sultan has decided not only
10 cleanse the town but to erect ut his person
al expense great lodging house, capable OF
containing 1000 persons.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-11

BEEcHAM's PILLS are a painless and effec
tual remedy for all bilious and nervous disor
ders. For sale by all druggists.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-11

II the uaby Is Cutting Teeth,
Be sure and use that old and weltried remedy, MA
YIssIovs soorurSc SrKur for Children Testhing.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-11

It Is a great day for the small boy when he
can whistle for himself and wear his brother;
pantaloons.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-11

A four-year-old child aptly described imag
ination as looking at things you cannot see.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-11
'rIION OF ~
THE RAILROAD
,rrp pY THE EXHIBIT AT
80 WORLDS FAIR

,,s Repeoducsio.. of All the
rnxinrs which Have a
,,, History OF Rnfirond-
,nserfui Display.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-11

II the devil were TO take OF his hat every time
he met hypocrite, he would long since have
died from exposure.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-11

1 Told You So,
rates are now about cent per mile to Chica-
go via the Union Pacific. Ticket office li05
larimer st.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-11

There Ia one love that never dies, and 1t I.
the 1--we for money.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-11

Cleveland has very good voice, but 1T has
not got silvery ring.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-11

The star-eyed goddess Of reform seems to
have beard under mufiier.
The Lamar register., 1893-11-11

I Cure DyspepsIn and Constipation.
DR.. Shoop's Restorative Nerve Pills sent free
with Medical Book to prove merit, for &c stamp.
Druggists, ,2hc- DIR. SHooP. Box W.,Racine WIS
The Lamar register., 1893-11-11
Tho Last Chance

The Last Chance.
Only a few days more Of the Worlds Fair
Rates about 1 cent per mile via the Union
Pacific
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-21
Permanent Trouble In the Sun.

The great group of sun spots now in
the suns western quadrant is.identical
with the disturbed area of midi bru-
ary The disturbance began to appear
by rotation about the 18th of Febru-
airy. and was of vast extent. It was
followed the 18th, 10Th and Goth by Sc
we're storms The snowfall in this state
was heavy, and in the eastern counties
railways We're blocked. The group re-
appeared at regular intervals. After
appearance by rotation in the latter
part of May great and rapid changes
occurred and the disturbed area was
enlarged. During portion of the time
these changes were going on the
weather here was cloudy and no obser
vations were made. The great out
burst of energy undoubtedly raised the
temperature and caused electrical
storms. The regulars apparftions of
this disturbance since February show
that there is permanent seat OF erup-
ton in the body of the sun.
Democrat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-21
The Original Scriptures.

The Scriptures were first written on
skins. linen cloth or papyrus. AID
rolled up as we Go engravings- The Old
Testament was written in the old He
brew character-an offshoot of the
ph9nician. II was q symbol language
as written, having no vowels The
consoaants only were written and the
vowel sounds supplied by the voice.
The WORDS ran together n Z continuous
line. After the Hebrew became =
dead language vowcls were supplied 70
preserve usage. which was passing
away. After tie Babyloaish captivity
the written Hebrew was modified or
the Aramaic. and schools of reading
taught the accent and emphasis Then
came the separation of words from
each other. then division into rerseA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-21
UNLIMITED GUESTS.
A True Bit of History from the Zoolog
ical Collection at New York.

| A True Bit of History from the ZoOlOg-
ical Collection at New York.
All the birds and beasts in the ZOO
| logical collection at Central park in
New York have every day at their
| meals a number of unlnvited guests.
! Whether they like it or not, the ami
mails on exhibition have to share their
| food with host of greedy, noisy saucy
little visitors that can not be driven
away even by the eagles and vultures.
These little visitors show their con-
tempt for royalty itself by boarding the
lion in his den, sharing his rations, and
sometimes disturbing his maps when
they alight upon his paw or his back.
Of course the visitors referred to are
English sparrows; what other living
creatures would be so bold? The ami
mails most subject to their prosecutions,
and most submissive to them, are the
prairie-dogs. These little animals are
accustomed to entertain unlimited
guests on the plains of Colorado and
New Mexico, where they live when at
home: guests such as rattlesnakes and
the owls that not only live with them,
but, not content with free lodgings,
sometimes ungratefully eat up their
hosts little ones.
AS substitutes for owls and snakes.
the sparrows in Central park are in
deed welcome to the prairie-dogs,
though they always get more than a
fair share of the daily lunch. Some
times they peck their timid hosts when
the latter attempt to sit at the FIRST
table" The prairie-dogs, however.
never seem to take offense, but chatter
away to the sparrows and to each other
in the best Of spirits, glad to accept
whatever the sparrows are pleased to
leave them. Each dog or family of dogs
has it's own burrow, but they are con-
stantly visiting one another, and hold
ing town-meetings in the center of the
space allotted them for their village.
A happier, more peaceable or more in
teresting community it would indeed
De hard to find-St Nicholas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-21
TO AMATEUR MUSICIANS.
Some Hints Which, II Followed, VIII b
Found Quite Advantageous.

Some Hints Which, If Followed. WIN Be
Found Quite Advantageous.
| The following is a series OF hints to
young singers and would-be singers,
which have been received from one of
Boston's well-kaown musicians:
| 1. Do start under the right instruc-
ton. 1t is far better to begin right in
middle life than wrong in youth.
| 2. Do study everything carefully, for
whats worth doing at all is worth do
ing we'll
3. Do cultivate refinement in all
things The tastes, inclinations and
tendencies of the singer, whether re-
fined or course, are unavoidably made
manifest in the Interpretation of the
music she sings.
q. Do keepup with the events of the
world in general way. but while
studying music live in an atmosphere
| of music. Concentration is the secret
of many singers success
5. Do sing everything as the author
wrote it, for one should be as truthful
! in music as in history.
6. Do plan your mode of living and
hours for eating, sleeping and exer-
cising according to the manner in
which they affect your singing.
Z. Do throw your whole soul into
your singing. Live in the song while
you sing it. The sympathy and inter
est of an audience is most frequently
| gained by the sin cere, soulful and
truthful rendering of selection.
| s. Do cultivate animation, warmth
of spirit and coloring in rendering
your songs.
9. Do train yourself to be cool
headed and collected when singing.
TO- Do sing without notes when pos
sible. You can produce better dra-
matte effects and hold your audience
better by SO doing.
l. Don't try to study music, art and
science all at the same time. Select
one and do that well.
2. Don't think of making music your
profession, unless you have more
than ordinary talent for it. The mu-
steal profession is always crowded with
performers, excepting at the very top,
w iCiC oitSIC ID AWAY pIShNy "a AOOii4'
8. Don't think of making music your
profession unless you have plenty OF
money to give yourself the best. posi-.
BILE musical education.
4. Don't think that training in,execu.
ton and technique of the voice only is
sufficient. The professional singer
should be a perfect reader and well
schooled in counterpart and harmony.
5. Don't think the life of a successful
singer is easy. The more successful the
singer the more she becomes slave to
her profession.
6. Don't make practice Of humming.
It tires the voice.
Z. Don't practice long at time, espe-
cially if you are just beginning 1t is
much better to practice little and often.
s. Don't eat just before singing. a
hearty meal several hours before and a
light, stimulating refreshment just be-
fore you sing is much better.
O. Don't drink wine for stimulant.
It is not only drying to the throat, but
is too strong a stimulant. A person
needs to be especially self-coinposed
when singing.
10. Don't indulge in manneris ms and
catchy originalities in rendering your
selections. A natural mannerand sin
cere singing are much more pleasing
and desira ble.-Boston journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-21
WILL AND HEREO;TY.
strengthening and Reinforcing the Goot
Qualities of Children.

strengthening and Reinforcing the Good
Qualities of Children.
In the ordinary case. the qualities
transmitted from parents to children
must necessarily make whole inferior
to the mental and moral equipment of
the better one of the parents. unless
there is a remarka bic after-develop-
ment OF them. This is true, because
the Inheritance from the inferior par
ent lowers that from the superior. Con-
sequently, it is evident that men would
retrograde, instead of advancing, in
civilization unless forces stronger than
heredity We're in operation. Such forces
are environment and will. In an indi-
vidual case either one may be as strong
or stronger than hereditary, but, with
the average of those who improve upon
the mental or moral condition Of their
parents. the case is that only the COM
bined influence of environment and will
is more active than heredity.
Heredity is the first Of the three
factors to operate. 1t is, SO to say, in
full blast before the child is RESPONSE
BILE. Except in extraordinary intances,
most of the hereditary qualities of
children may be anticipated, certainly
discovered, by observing parents who
wish to do the best possible in the long
run for their children rather than to
gain immediate pride. Parents should
realize that children merit neither
praise nor blame for hereditary quail
ties. inasmuch as both good and bad
qualities come without effort on the
part of the children. They should
particularly realize that only effort, in
its various forms of obedience, indus
try, regularity, cheerfulness, ETC., is
the true test of child's merit.
A parent, next to maintain
ing child's health. should culti-
vate his viii to cheerful obedi-
ence and industry. These are the
qualities which it is first possible for
child to acquire; and acquired qualities
are those which bring the most train
ing and are the most praisewOrthy.
That parent loves well, but not wise
ly, and is doing wrong, who gives I'M
boy or the fretting girl. If the boy
fails to prove half-spoiled on becoming
man, it is in spite OF his early train
ing The chances are that he will be
willful. besides idle and selfish. But
an early environment of industry,
obedience, thought and faithful re-
Hgious training can train the will in
such a way as to modify natural bad
qualities and reinforce natural good
qualities and lead to the acquiring OF
new good ones.-N. y. Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-21
THE YOUTHS CORNER.
THE NESSES.

Shall tell you story my grandmother told
OF all her good stories the very best one?
How the Good Nesses live in a castle of gold,
A tall yellow lily that grows in the sun;
While the Bad Nesses all are compelled to stay
down
In the shade OF toad stool so clammy and
That they We grown to like nothing so well as a
frown,
And enjoy themselves most when they hear
people scold.
Now, the Good and Bad Nesses can never
agree.
But arc always at war when they happen to
meet:
For the Good Nesses want everybody to be
Contentcd. and happy. and gentle. and sweet.
When Busy Ness-Queen OF the Good Nesses-
goes
About through the world, if she chances to
King Lazy Ness, they will at once come to
blows,
And one or the other is certain to ay.
Or if Kross Ness is trying to make some small
boy
Pinch his still smaller sister, and bring her
to tears,
Or to kick her new dolly and ruin the toy,
He is sure to depart when Prince Sweet Ness
appears
For Sweet Ness is charming-He carries pot
OF magical honey. and if he can lay
One 1rop on your lips they'll grow smiling, and
not
single unkind bitter word will they say.
And then there is Great Ness. who, armed with
Il broom
And a dust pan goes valiantly forth to the
fray
Against Dirty Ness. and It is safe to assume
That in any fair fight she will sweep him
away.
But alas the Bad Nesses are sometimes so
strong
They attack the Good Nesses, and put them
TO fight,
And then everything is quite sure to go wrong
Till the Good Nesses rally and win back the
fight.
-Brightie NJ. Bailey, in Chicago Interior.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-21
How Bobby Spelled Elephant,

Mamma and Bobby one day went on
a visit to Aunt Eva One of the inter
esting things Bobby saw there was a
little stuffed elephant made out of
cloth. A little white blanket was over
the elephants back, and Aunt Eva had
embroidered the word Baby on it.
Shortly after Bobby returned home
his older brother Harry said: 80,
know how to spell horse and mouse,
and shame, and lots of new words"
20, pooh" said Bobby, scornfully.
''Bet you can't spell elephant. Ican"
Harry opened his eyes pretty wide at
that He can't either, can ne, man.
mao" he said.
Can, too.'' shouted Bobby. tri-
umphantly. BABY, elephant =
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