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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-08-25
THE MARBLE MAN"
A Patient Suffering From n Peculiar Dis
ease In st. Louis II ospItai

A Patient Suffering Prom Peculiar Dis
ease In 81. Louis Hospital.
There Is marble man" ut the City
hospital. He is winter than the alabas-
ter statue Dixey makes in 'Adonis," and
the driven snow would soil his cheeks
Not only is his skin absolutely colorless,
but his tongue. gums and finger nails
/ are devoid Of all hint OF blood dyeing.
He is believed to be the first patient suf-
fering from the peculiar ailment he Is
afflicted with that ever stepped inside
st. Louis. As Is proper with such n
very distinguished disease, IL has very
aristocratic name-anchylostomu do
denale.
A very. very rare little worm is en-
gagged In merrily sucking the red cor
puscles, or life giving element. from this
poor fellows blood, and If the unwel-
come tenant is not gotten rid OF pretty
soon the patient will fade away to a
shadow and die from sheer lack Of nour-
ishment. though his stomach be full OF
food Albert Abbink young man who
came from Germany. is the patient. and
he isn't ut all proud OF II either. He
looks like n marble statue, and very
skeletonish one at that. and has great
difficulty in moving around owing to his
weakness.
Though this peculiar disease, or affec-
ton. is very rare in this part of the
country, II Is common enough in Italy
and Germany. The worms are supposed
TO be in certain kinds OF muddy water,
and 1t has been noticed that brickmakers
and pottery operatives in the old country
are peculiarly apt to get them. When
the great st. Gothard tunnel WINS be-
ing dug II was discovered that nearly
every workman engaged upon the job
suffered from this plague. 1t was first
noted In Egypt. and from this fact the
weakness was named Egyptian chlorosis
Scientists are pretty certain that the
Pharaohs had it, and some are inclined
tobelieve that the plague Of toads men
toned in holy writ was none other than
the plague of nAcaylostomum dode
male.
Dr. Marks believes he can assist Alb
blink in getting rid of his high toned
parasites. several OF which now occupy
glass slide under his microscope. They
are about an eighth OF an inch in length.
and under tho magnifying glass look like
white alligators They have tremendous
jaws and wear their eggs scattered along
their back st. Louis GlObe-Dem-
oernf
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Women as Penmen.

About the beginning of the eighteenth
century ladies wrote large, round, open
hand, not much unlike the Italian. As
the century grew older the light, angular
style OF our grandmothers and great
grandmothers came into vogue. Feminine
handwriting was then painfully uniform
individuality was almost unknown
l.atterly, however, our girls have asserted
their Independence in this direction rs in
SO many others, and the civil service style
is now much affected.
Among ladies distinguished for the
beauty OF their penmanship-or penwom-
snship-was Charlotte Bronte, who wrote
y very small, very delicate and carefully
finished hand. Mrs. Hemans wrote in a
Tree, flowing style Elizabeth Barrett
browning's manuscript was very neat and
carefully punctuated, the writing being
distinct and legible, though the letters
were not well joined. Chambers Jour
nal
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They drive home the cows from the pasture.
Up through the long. shady lane,
Where the quail whistles loud Ia the wheal
field.
All yellow with ripenlng grain.
They find In the thick waving grasses.
Where the scarlet dipped straw berry grows
They gather the earliest snowdrops
And the first crimson buds Of the rose.
They toss the hay In the meadow
They gather the elder blooms white.
They find where the dusky grapes purple
In the soft tinted autumn light.
They know where the apples hang ripest,
And are sweeter than Italy's wines;
They know where the fruit Is the thickest
On the long. thorny blackberry vines.
They gather The delicate seaweeds.
And build tiny castles OF sand:
They pick mp the beautiful seashclls-
Fairy barks that have drifted TO land.
They wave from the tall rocking tree tops.
Where he ORIOLES hammock nest swings.
And ut nighttime are folded In slumber
BY a song that n fond mother sings.
Those who toll braveiy are strongest;
The humble and poor become great,
And from those brown handed children
Shall grow mighty rulers of state.
The pen Of the author and statesman.
The noble and wise OF our land
The sword and the chisel and palette
Shall be held in the little brown hand.
philadelphia Times
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"Eow did you get your waist so small,
Mabel 1t used to be nearly as large as
mine"
"Ah, that's secret" was the answer,
with IA smile.
"Do tell me. Can't you see what a
sight ann I've tried all kinds of flesh
reducing medicines, but none of them
seems to do any good"
"Well, | will tell you. It's trick l
learned from Harry while he was at West
Point. You know how small WASTED he
is?''
The other nodded.
81 asked him once how he did it, and he
told me that he stood squarely on his feet,
so. But come up stairs, and I'll show
you
The young lady donned pretty gymna-
SUM suit-she was high school girl
and standing erect, with hands uplifted
and the thumbs locked, she gracefully
swooped down until the tips of her fingers
touched her toes.
"The point is, she said, "not to bend
your knees at all. 1t looks easy, but try
it once. 1t will take lots of practice to
touch the floor, but after awhile it will be
easy"
"How many times do you go through
that notion"
81 began with so times every morning,
just after / got up, and gradually in
creased until now do it zoo. It's a sure
cure for too stout waists. philadelphia
Press
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A LONG ISLAND MYSTERY.

A Skeleton Declared TO Bc That Of AN In
dian. but There Arc Sumo who Doubt II.
Justice Cooper and jury, in tn, alb
sence OF Coroner Moore. held an inquest
at Babylon. N. Y, the other day over
the skeleton which was uneartned on
the properly of John s. Foster yester-
day by some men engaged in digging
post holes. a number OF old residents
Of tho village were sworn. but were un-
able to throw any light on the subject
or identify the remains. They all stated
that they could not recollect the sud
den disappearance of any man. The
Oldest witness. however, said that the
ground where the skeleton was found
had never been used as n graveyard.
Charles |. Bedell, q resident of that
portion of the town and farmer. owner
Of the property, stated that he had plowed
the ground in question about eight years
ago. From this it would seem that had
the body been there then it would have
been unearthed. as il was only IA inches
under ground. The jury returned a YER
dict stating that in its opinion the slxel-
oion was that of an Indian who had
been buried about 40 years and had come
TO mis- death from natural causes.
The village people generally believe
that it was the skeleton of u murdered
man whose body was brought ashore
and buried.
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Suspend frord the ceiling a thread that
has been previously soaked in very salty
water and then dried. To this fasten a
light finger ring and then announce that
you are about to burn the thread, giving
the company assembled to understand that
you can perform this seemingly marvellous
feat without the ring falling. This is
easily done. the explanation being this:
The thread burns. it Is true. but the ashes
it leaves ARE composed Of minute crystals
OF salt, and their cohesion is strong enough
to sustain their weight and that OF the
ring attached, provided OF course that the
ring is not too heavy. Louis Republic.
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Professor a. II. Thompson. chief Of
the United States Geological survey. re-
turned FROM the Black Hills few even
ings ago. The government has two par
ties ia the hills. one at Rapid City and
tho other NJ Deadwood The professor
found the Rapid City party entirely
snowbonnd and tells n tale of how he
got communication with them. He
worked his WY toward the men until
he came within speaking distance. BY
that time further passage seemed to be
imprncticable. but by accident they had
occasion to resort to "A peculiar expedi-
ent. They talked through the snow.
The snow acted as n conductor Of sound.
and with some difficulty they made one
another understand. Denver Repubh-
can.
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Some Timber strength Tests.

1t would be difficult to convince the
average man, especially the Missouri
pioneer, that fir is n stronger wood than
oak, but such has been proved by ac-
tual tests that were made by fair and
impartial committee appointed for the
purpose. The timbers used were each
, by inches and feet long. both ends
solidly braced and the weight applied
in the middle of the span. Yellow fir
stood a strain of 0, 062 pounds. common
Oregon oak ,, 092 pounds. Fine grained
yellow fir from near the butt stood a
strain of 1885 pounds, and best Michi-
gan oak snapped with strain of only
2, 42S pounds. These tests We're made
by the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany at Tacoma. st. Louis Republic.
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rRAINISe eo1A' HANDS ALIKE.


No Good Reason Yet Advanced why IL
should Not he Done.
In one OF his essays in book en-
titled " Brushwood. the late James 4.
Fields wrote; IF were boy again. |
think would learn to use my left hand
just Ms freely rs my right one. 30 that
II anything happened TO lame either Of
them the other would be all ready to
write and handle things just as freely
rs II nothing had occurred. And nm
uoubtedly great many Of Ms would
learn 10 use both bands nike u we had
cur lives TO live over ngnin. OF all the
!uung women who came under my in
i,ruction while in charge OF the School
Of Domestic Economy OF the Iowa Ag-
ricultnral college. not more thnn one in
twenty-five could sweep properly. The
ratio IN this respect OF those who came
under my instruction al Purdue uniyer-
sity w;is about the same Aud as far
a. my observation extends this ratio
will hold In regard to women generally.
Az n rule, women. old and young. do
not know how to handlea broom. Their
right hands only have been trained
Their left hands have been neglected.
'WhCn n women takes hold of broom
II IL with the right hand near the top
Of the handle and the left hand toward
the corn. and instead OF changing and
reversing them ns occasi IN demands
she always keeps them IN the same pO-
siiion. Whether she sweeps to the right
or To- The lett. the position of her hands
remains unchanged And her body In
cuntoricd md ker muscles strained In
the performance of an operation that
you'd exercise these organs harmonious.
ly " the hands were ~ trained that
they could he used nj will and were
changed MS demanded by the changes in
the position OF the sweeper.
! refer 10 women sweeping merely 10
illustrate my point The same can he
said concerning the training ~ tho
hands In numerous other Lrnnches nf
women "a work that II IN unnecessary Ia
mention. and ro fnr m the use OF the
lett hand ~ concerned men are In no
better condition than women. Men and
women ARE IN this respect manned and
handicapped Mi sc. Why should such
" "'"'' ~ '"'"HH 'Ni"'' why III lhlH
age OF iDlnnaI training. should we over.
ioux and neglect the education Of the
left hand and continne to train the
right hand at the expense OF the lcftr
No physician OF ..physiologist has ever
given sensible reason for NO doing,
and we seem 90 adhere to the custom
merely because II has been carried down
To- ms by our ancestors. --Jenness Miller
Monthly
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THE HUMAN SPLEEN.
A Curious Bodiiy Organ That Il an f,nir.
ma Even to Physicinns.


The human spleen Is n physiological
mystery -one Of the enigmas OF the hui
man makeup. Il Is spongy, pulpy or
gan, Weighing about two pounds on an
average, varying in shape In different in
dividuals, the color much resembling that
noted in the kidneys and liver. Two or
three hundred years ago the NJ. DIS were
almost unanimous In the opinion that it
secreted a "venom," and that the fire.
quent and persistent use Of cathartics was
very necessary in order to eliminate the
"spleenic poisons" from the system
Shakespeare and other writers OF the rath-
er indefinite period mentioned above fire.
quently allude to the "venOm OF the
Spleen and one eminent fellow Of the
Royal society advocated the curious idea
of removing the organ and extracting its
poisons in alcohol TO be used in neutraliz-
ing the virus OF blood poisoning.
Practically speaking, the spleen is an
unknown organ even to the enlightened
physicians of today. One OF them will tell
you that perhaps it has its uses; that 1t
may serve the purpose of withdrawing
surplus blood from the circulation when
the heart IL unduly or unnaturally excit-
ed, and that in all probability it acts "a a
kind of safety valve to hold the action Of
other organs in check, and then IL you
press him still further he will tell you
providing he keeps his temper-that he
doesn't know anything about i'll That
has been my experience at least.
But / haven't. told you anything yet
about the spleen in particular, and from
the admission already made IA to the ''un-
knowableness of the organ 1t is not at all
likely that this "noten will prove store
house OF splenic information. One writer
on oddities in physiology believes its func-
tons to be the formation Of red blood cor
granular organ with no outlet for secretion
it is safe to say that it was not put in its
present position for the purpose mentioned.
believe that the idea arose from the fact
that more red blood corpuscles are found
in the spleen than in the organs adjoin-
ing 1t.
Although the normal weight of the Or
gan under discussion is two pounds, there
are cases on record of its being found in a
diseased condition. weighing upward of
20 pounds
Removal of the spleen does not seem to
interfere with the general health and spr-
its, which seems to argue in favor OF the
idea of its being "useless bodily organ. 4"
Iacarelli was the first to make an opera
ton of the kind in l549. ellison collected
statistics of rs removals, the patient fully
recovering in each instance.-St. Louis
Republic
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Passing through Hudson street with
friend. | CHANGED to pass the establish
mont OF firm Of folders and repack-
ors" of dry goods. Before the door were
a hundred Jr'more little bales of goods,
hcaring odd markings. but showing that
they were destined tor firm in Texas,
doing business In town near tho Mex
lean line.
DO you know. asked my compan-
ION. WHY those goods nro put up in
.such.small packagesY"
'. Upon replying in the negative he con
TIMED; They.are to be smuggled across
tlss Mexican dine. The goods are pur-
chased in their original packages and
delivered here. The wooden boxes are
discarded. and the goods subjected to
hydraulic pressure and baled. Each
bule contains about so pieces. or half the
number OF an. ordinary dry goods case.
The goods are then shipped to Tex
rs. and all marks removed. When all
is arranged. some night the little bales
are slnng across the backs of mules,
two tales 10 each animal. and with an
armed escort the train proceeds over the
border To some distributing point In
Mexico. where the. goods are sold to Mex.
icnn traders at n good profit.
Smuggling in this manner is quite
extensively carried ON between this
country and Mexico. the United States
getting IN return for it's dry goods.
which are the most easily handled. cheap
nexicsn coffee and cigars. New York
Herald
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What iSsuppnsed 10 tie the only frost.
less licit IN the United States hes he.
tween the city ~ LuS Angeles aud the
Pacific ocean. II ,raverses the foothills
vt tho Crhnenga range and has an Gle
vaii-rh of letween goo aud 400 feet. In
breadth II Is perhaps three miles. The
waters of the Pacific are visible from
IL nld the proximity of the ocean has
OF cuursc something 10 do with haIiish-
ing liuSts During The winter season
this tract piuduccs tomatoes. peas.
brans and other tender vegetables. and
here the lemon iionrishcs. tree that X
peculiarly susceptible to cold. Tropical
; trees may he alsn cultivated with sue
c,ss. and IN connection with this fact IL
IL inierostiu; Ia know thai part of the
favored territory has been acquired by
las Angeles Tor pirk purposes. and II
~ oaly AZ i'siinn uf time when the city
vii have the unique distinction Of pos
scssiag the only tropical park IN the
United States. Strange To- say. only
the midway region a the Cahuenga
range.is free from i~ost. the lower part
Of the valley being occasionally visited.
New York: Evening Post
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Fanny's mother had company to tea-a
gentleman with whom the child was q
great favorite, and Mt whose request the
little girl was allowed, contrary TO the gen.
ernl rule. to have II seat ut the table Dur
isg the progress OF the meal the little
woman was unfortunate enough to tip
over her bowl Of bread and milk. The
disaster was so appalling that she settled
back In her high chair and gazed at what
seemed TO her utter ruin. At last. ~ II
the full extent OF the catastrophe had just
dawned upon her. she drew u long breath
and said, Aud the best tablecloth tooi"-
New York Tribune.
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Mrs. Granl,. Hunt For n uome,

Mrs. Grant has determined to mako
her future home in Washington. and
during her recat sojourn here spent
most of her time in house hunting. Al
most every. available residence in the
West End now vacant was offered for
her consideration through the various
real. estate agents. and it is safe to
assert that she made an exhaustive ex-
animation OF no less than 80 before
ravins for New York with her daugh-
ter, without coming to any definite con
clusion in regard to a selection. Those
that suited her fancy did not suit her
purse. aud when houses desirable in both
these respects were offered for her APP
prevail. the locality. as rule. proved
unsatisfactory. Mrs. Grant has not Civ
EN- MP hope OF ultimate success. and can
didly AYERS her preference for Washing
ton ms place OF residence. - Washington
Post
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the side Of the glass or into a spoon TO
break its fall. The pure water will then
float upon the brine, aud in appearance the
two liquids will seem ms but one.
Now take another glass and fill IL with
water II an egg be put into this IL will
instantly sink to the bottom as in Fig
but II, on the contrary, the egg is put into
the glass containing the brine it will sink
through the plain water only. and float
upon that portion which is saturated with
salt, appearing to be suspended in very
remarkable manner. ns In Fig. 2.
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You intend this novel for the Bos-
ton public, do your said the publish
ct. leaning back in his chair.
YES, sir, said the novelist.
well, Mr.. Pensling, said the pub
Usher. the work has its merit. 1t "a
pointed, interesting, and the style can
be readily read and understood, and /
think, he continued as the novelist s
face broke into n smile of hope, IL
think therefore that You should give ny
all effort to get Boston people interest
ed IN it. Chicago Record.
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The way 81 the wit is hard. Oscar
Wilde. moved by the really appreciation
ct the English people. has been led to
make some remarks which even his ad-
mirers are not applauding. He has
been making some. observations on the
subject Of Puiitans and the theater.
After devoutly hoping that he would
not be offered bishopric. Mr.. Wilde
added. ." quite expect to see any day
In the evening papers, Great Discovery
In Egypt. Ten more commandments
by Oscar Wilde. "-E1change.
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Sir James Crichton Browne. the Eng
fish expert on brain diseases. asserted in
a popular lecture last week that insom-
mia is not attended with such DISASTROUS
consequences as is commonly supposed.
II ia not as dangerous as the solicitude OF
the sufferer. He suggested that the
brains Of literary men. who are the most
frequent victims, acquire the trick Of
the heart, which takes doze a fraction
Of second after each beat and so man
ages II get six hours rest in "a. Some
brains in cases of insomnia sleep in sec
tons, different brain centers going of
duty in turn.
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she GOT A BARGAIN.
better Than That. She Knew How to Use II
After Getting IL.

After Getting IL.
A lady surrounded the bargain coun-
ter Of one of the big retail stores on
sixth avenue the other day and cap
tured a fragment OF china silk with
which she wanted to make screen.
To accomplish this required a degree of
strategy and physical exertion sufficient
TO equip college eleven for active serv-
Ice on the gridiron. But she got thel c.
~ spent the whole afternoon, said
she TO friend, land when | got home
] figured the whole thing up. | could
have bought the same stuff up stairs ut
the regular counter for 30 cents yard,
and | wanted only 81 yards. Well,
that mean little clerk sold me four yards
for 3j cents-it was remnant, you
know-so | found 1 had been trodden
upon for about two hours and squeezed
black and blue and had lost Just 3 cents
by the operation.
But, law. that's nothingl What do
you s'pose? Why, when examined
that silk the next day. found a hole in
every fold.
Mad? Well. think / was madl NY
husband laughed mt me. He says wom-
en- were born to be fooled, don't you
know-that most of us haven't sense
enough to spread an umbrella when it
rains.
What would you do?' asked him.
Do, says he, ia throw that away
and never go back to that store again.
-" Not much, says 1. I'm going to
make them take that back If | die for
it. Now there And If You should miss
me when night comes. you II find my.re-
mains at the foot of the china silk coun-
teri
81 went back. After another two
hours of shutting and crowding | got u
chance to confront the young man who
sold me that silk. was prepared to
make him ashamed of himself. now
tell you. But he merely looked at it and
said in bored sort of way. oh, yes,
that is the same piece of silk Mrs. Blank
returned last week.
Yes, | was stricken dumb. If there
had been room enough, I'd have drop
ped. But that's nothing. Let me tell
you. While he was making out my re-
bate check another lady glanced at the
silk had just laid down.
That's real pretty, said she. How
many yards?'
- Four, ma'am, says he.
How muchi'
Forty cents, says he, with the
most unblushing face. It's the last piece
of that shade in the house, says he.
"'I'll take it, says she, pulling out
her purse just as he gave me my ticket
for the return of that identical piece.
Well, then | knew that young man de-
liberately cheated me and was going to
cheat that lady right before my face. But
got my breath quick enough to tell her.
And l did. | said: Madam, I've Just
this minute brought that back. It's
damaged. Look at these holesl He
knows it's damaged. Here's my ticket
for the rebate for its return
well, if you could have seen the
look she gave hint Then she turned ON
her heel and went out. Yes, | should
say I'm about even with that house
one of the finest stores in town too. -
New York Herald.
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A Yorkshire Apology.

The Yorkshire Post. having announced
the death OF Mr.. John Sedgwick, had 10
correct the announcement, the gentleman
being still alive. BY way of putting the
matter right, the correction concluded
thus:
The paragraph reached us from usu-
any trustworthy correspondent, and we
regret that he appears to have been misin-
formed. London Figaro.