Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-12
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Il was called In once to attend a horse
which was suffering from the tooth ache"
said DR.. r. L. Humphrey. the Philadelphia
dentist, at Wormley's last night. THE
animal was in great agony. and when
proceeded to examine his mouth he appear
| ed to realize that 1t was my purpose to re-
| lieve him, and he submitted to my admin
| istrations with calmness that was almost
| human. l discovered a cavity in one Of
| the back teeth, which was also badly ul-
cerated at the root. L temporarily relieved
| the pain and next morning went TO see
him again. He gave every evidence OF
| pleasure at my approach, and l concluded
! that / would attempt to fill the tooth in
| stead of removing 1t. 1 proceeded to carry
| out my plan, and when / was cutting away
the diseased portions of the tooth the horse
| finched no more than a man would have
| done under the same circumstances. / filled
| the tooth with a cement composition, and
! the animal mad no more trouble with its
mouth. A French dentist, Prof. Valadon
| has recently accomplished still more re-
markable feat in treating animals. His pa
! tient was an elephant named Liga, which
! had been suffering the tortures of the
| damned for a long time. Prof. Valadon dis
covered that by some means Liga had
| scraped away the ivory and dental pulp
| from a portion of one Of his molar teeth
| and decay had set in on a spot the size of
| a silver quarter The professor made use of
| his largest excavating instruments and cut
| a hole three inches into the diseased tooth.
| The cavity was filled with a wad of cotton
| saturated with iodoform, and each morning
| 1t was removed and fresh wad put in its
place This treatment was continued for
| two months, until the nerve of the tooth
| was killed, and then the cavity was filled
| with composition and covered with tin
| cylinder. 1t was first intended to fill Liga's
| teeth with gold, but as ii would have cost
| $500 the cheaper form of plugging was
adopted, Liga gave himself as willingly to
the treatment as the horse did in my own
| case, and / believe ii will be generally
| found that where any animal Is suffering
| from intense pain of any sort that 1t will
| readily and willingly give its confidence to
| any one whom it believes intends to re-
| lieve its anguish"
ct suppose you would like to know how to
| keep cool these hot days" said a we'll
known newspaper man at the Ebbitt last
night well, ] have an unfailing recipe
which can be guaranteed to effect the de-
sired result. i use it myself, and know the
system is a specific for the woes which man.
kind suffers in such dog-days weather as
we now experiencing. 1t is simple and
eaSy-don't eat any meat until the sun goes
down. L have made this an inviolabe rule
during hot weather, and as a consequence l
am never bothered about or by the condi-
ton OF the atmosphere, no matter how high
the thermometer may soar This morning
for my breakfast ate a piece Of strawberry
shorteake and drank cup of coffee. For
tomato salad and a cup OF tea. l will go in
to dinner In few momenrs and very prob
ably VIII order a thick, rare steak and pay
pretty generous attention to it. Then l will
come out, and fo- an hour or two will be
probably 'uncomfortably warm for the first
time during the day. l was led to adopt this
system from observing the immunity from
suffering on account of the heat which the
workmen in hot countries enjoy This was
particularly the case in Spain and Italy,
ana when inquired the reason, / was told
that Spanish or Italian workman would
rather eat kerosene with a wick in ii than
meat OF any kind during the hot weather
/ am not a vegetarian in any sense of the
word, but / have proven to my own salts
faction that diet such as have suggest
ed during the summer will preserve any one
who follows II from suffering in hot wealth
err
The question of superiority between
anthracite and bituminous coal for use on
/ shipboard has received fresh interest by
reason OF the wonderful trial trip of the
/ new var vessel Minneapolis, on which the
latest cruiser from the Cramps yard won
thft right To carry the broom at her mast
head, said Henry A. Kerr of Pittsburg at
| the. Arlington this morning. Anthracite
| coal was used, as you know, on the Mime
I apolis, and while it gave heat enough to
make her break the warship record OF speed,
| there are some experts who believe that she
| Will be able to increase her speed two knots
| an hour when bituminous coal is used i
| hardly think that such expectations wiz he
realized. however. Indeed. 1 believe that
where the tunnels are given full sweep and
| steady air blast is kept playing upon the
IRE boxes anthracite coal will give results
as efhcacious as those attained by the use
| OF bituminous coal, when everything is TAX
| en- into consideration. ANYHOW the disar
ence In favor of soft coal in making speed
under ordinary circumstances will be so
/ slight that the increased cleanliness and
comfort on board ship resulting from the
use of hard coal would counterbalance IL
| entirely
The statement published in the north
that the people of Florida were contemplat
ing the election of Hamilton Disstsn of
Philadelphia as United States Senator. I'm
order to substantially show the apprecia-
ton of what he has done for the state. has
| been the inspiration of much amusement
down in Florida ITSELF" said Oliver Merrill
OF Orlando at the Riggs House this MORN
| ing. Florida has not yet reached that
| ltopian stage of existence as a common
| wealth when the sentimental burst of a
/ Few gushing and overweight people can
/ effect the regular working OF the cogs Of its
| pnhtieai machinery. The fact is that no.
! body i'm FLORIDA ever had an idea of making
ArjDlssnon d United States Senator or any
j thing else but, of course, his enterprise is
| as thoroughly recognized by the people of
my State as IL is substantially rewarded by
| the results he has attained The land COM
| panies operating under Mr.. Disston's super
! vision have reclaimed thousands upon thou-
1 sands of acres of alluvial bottom lands, and
| their share of such reclaimed territory has
| amply repaid them for the capital expended.
! Within the past few weeks all the Disston
interests III Florida have been combined I'M
der one general company, known as the
| D1sston Land Company. The reorganized
| concern recently mortgaged 100000 acres
| to the Columbia Avenue Saving Fund Safe
| Deposit and Trust Company of Philadelphia
| for $20OOOOO, and this new capital will be
| Used for developing sugar, rice and fruit
| lands You know Mr. Disston gets one-half
| of the land that he reclaims, the state get
| ting the remainder and he has some very
| big projects in view, the most important
J of which IS the reclamation of thousands Of
| along Fish Eating creek, which will be ac-
comptished by building huge bikes to pre-
vent the regular overflow of the territory
| in question. Oh, yes. Disston has done a
great deal for Florida, but not more so
/ than Mr.. Flasler the standard oil magnate
| and l believe that IL Florida politicians
! would so far forget their own ambition as
| to give away United States senatorship
| in burst of gratitude. Flagler would stand
| a better chance of getting it than MIR. Diss-
| ton.
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