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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-09
THE HOLY GROUND.


1--WE aren't very far from the Holy
Ground, are we?" said young John
Fletcher, one of the Mississippi volun-
teers, to George Gatlin, his companion
in arms.
About ten miles," replied his friend.
General Claiborne has had his scouts
out and I have just been talking with
one of them. He says this Holy
| Ground is on a bluff of the Alabama,
and that there isn't a path or trail
leading to it. The Indians call it The
Grave of White Men, and their proph-
cts declare that if a pale face steps
his foot over the wizard circles they
have drawn about the place he will
fall dead. They have a big square in
the center of the town where they
burn their Victims
"Horrible!' said John, with a shud
der.
1.-THE prophets also declare that our
bullets will fiatten right over and do
their warriors no HARM continued
George; but they've taken pains to
drive a lot of stakes all round the
place, and have carried their women
and children across the river, so
reckon they mean to be on the safe
side''
what do they call the placer"
"Econschaca, replied George. There
are about a thousand warriors there
now. But never you mind" he added,
as he saw how downcast his young
companion was. wen be enough for
them"
THE GREAT HALF-BREED.
"Is Weatherford there?" asked John
yes, Billy Weatherford is the lead
er, but one man doesn't make an
army, though l will say he's the best
man in all the Creek nation. But
then, he's half white, you know His
father was white man, and somehow
he's different from most of the half
breeds, for he seems to have inherited
the best, not the worst, from each
side. Tecumseh had to work with him
a. long time before he could get him to
go at all. I reckon he knows how this
affair is likely to turn out. He's
magnificent looking man. He stands
six feet four in his stock feet and is as
brave as a lion
But the conversation was inter-
rupted by the call to fall in" and the
little army was soon in motion. The
marshes increased in number, and the
report that there were deep ravines
about the Holy Ground added to the
fears; but the soldiers kept steadily
ON, and when they halted, Econschaca
was only two miles away.
THE plan is to surround the town.
so that none of the Greeks can
escape" said George, a little later.
'aThree divisions have been made, and
Colonel Carson is going to lead ours
to the upper part of the town." In
few moments the colonel had given the
word, and the Mississippi volunteers
had bag1n their a6yauoe The air was
chilly, and the men soon were wading
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below. But what was it he had in
mind to do? They knew his courage
and were fearful of some new move
ment by this chief, who now was
almost within their grasp.
But Weatherford, apparently I'M
mindful of the thoughts and presence
of his foes, was near the brink now,
and without hesitating moment.
with one loud call, shot over the bank
toward the river, more than twenty
feet below.
Under the water sank the horse and
his rider, to his neck. but holding aloft
his rifle, he never for moment lost
his seat, and as they rose to the sur
face, started for the opposite shore
The soldiers had recovered from
their establishment now, and the bull
let's fell about the haf-braed like hail
stones; but some unseen shield must
have been about him, for when the
brave Arrow and his rider climbed the
farther bank, a single lock cut from
his horses name was all the damage
Weatherford could find, and with~one
defiant wave of the hand he disaD-
peared in the forests.
m glad he escaped said John,
drawing a long breath; but Gatlin only
shook his head. He could find no hero
ism in the leap of Weatherford on Gle
back of his gray horse, Arrow, and
was thinking more of the hundred
homes they had burned, and of the
podles of the thirty warriors who Law
DEAD at Econschaca
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ENGLIsHMEN WHO rR., go, :, =

Where one Englishman travelled in
the redgns of the first two Georges ten
now go on grand tour Indeed. .
says a contemporary writer, ''to sucIl a
patch Is Che spirit of travelling come in
the kingdom that there is scarcely. a. Cit
lien of large fortune but takes a. fiving
view OF France, Italy and Germany in
a summers excursion" Gibbon wrote
1rom Lausanne describing the crowd
OF English who were already tlhn,ongfng
the beautiful shores. of Lake Le1nan- An
interesting series of hints to persons
travelling from Britain to France" APP
peafeu IN the GentSeman's Magazine
Tor the year 1856. From them we gatll-
er THAT no such thing was to be had in
france as ready furnished lodgings and
that it was impossible to board in a.
'genteel family and extremely diff
cult to get into "genteel company
The author adds the remark that 'fSlnis
keeping of good company is attended
with some EXPENSE man must be
game, he must keep a carriage, and he
must dress according to fashion,
Cornhill Magazine.
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through the water that covered the
!eVel ground to the depth of several
lnches, but at last, when they reached
the higher ground, they could hear the
roll OF the Indian war drums, and the
shrill cries of the prophets mingled
with the yells of the warriors. John,s
face was pale, but the calmness of his
companion aided him, and he kept
resoiutely on with the soldiers. Sud
denly a volley was fired by some of the
Creeks, who had formed an ambush.
A MEDICINE MAN.
THE fights begun" growled Gatlin.
Keep close to me, john" and the SOL
diers advanced steadily, returning the
fire. They lodged behind trees and
stumps, and nearer and nearer forced
their way; but Weatherford's warriors
also were fighting stubbornly, and try
ing to hold their places.
Suddenly from behind the warriors
who had guns there arose a cloud of ar
rows.
"They haven't any guns, I reckon"
said Gatlin, "and those arrows all go
over our heads. Well have 'em pretty
soon. John, look at that prophet over
there among the redskins with the
bows"
John peered from behind his tree and
could see an Indian, evidently a medi-
cine man or prophet, rushing about
amongst the men, shouting and waving
in each hand cows tail, which had
been colored bright red.
Keep your eye on him Bit" said
Gatlin, and John saw his companion
lean his gun against the tree and take
careful aim at the fanatic prophet. At
the report of the gun they could see his
arm drop and the cows tail fall to the
ground One more. wild cry burst from
the prophets lips and then he fell for
ward upon his face and was still
A VICTORY FOR THE WHITES.
Still the fight went on. The white
men had driven the Indians from this
ambush, but they retired slowly and
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Gently perfected a means for produc-
ing anaesthesia of the gums that is
already in use by some of the more
alert-minded dentists in. New York and
will doubtless soon be known all over
the country and be hailed as a bles-
sing by thousands who now shrink
from the suffering incident TO having
teeth filled and put in order Instead
of using cocaine alone, as Doctor
Peterson did, Doctor Morton uses a.
mixture of g-uaiacol and cocaine, the
resulting insensibilfty being more pro-
found than that of cocaine alone and
being produced in two-tflirds less time
and with two-t9lirds less current Not
only may teeth be filed by this method
with absolute painlessness, but the
most difficult operations in dentistry,
involving deep cutting into the gums
as for tooth iTnplantafion, may be per-
formed without causing the patient
any inconvenience.
These most welcome results are OBJ
tanned by applying a cataphoric cleo
trode, somewhat resembling a pair of
curling irons, which holds the gum ON
anaesthesia when the current passes
into it from an ebonite cup in the
handle, wherein is contained the CO.
caine and guaiacol.
In all that has been mentioned so far
the drugs to be introduced into the
body have been placed at the point of
application. but there are physicians
more daring or far-seeing than their
fellows, who desire that similar results
may be obtained from a distance.
Professor ]. R. Buchanan declares
that the electric current has the power
of carrying the virtues Of a drug
through a long length of wire and i'm
Producing these unimpaired into the
body Of the patient, who holds the
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1t would seem impossible at first
thought that the virtue of a. drug or
a liquid could be carried through a
wire. as telegraphic messages are car
ried, and made to penetrate the hui
man body along with the electric cur
rent And yet it is quite certain, as
experts in electro therapeutics know,
that something very like this is now
not only possible but easy Of accom-
Z plishment This phenomenon which
has been explained i'm various ways, is
dlgndfied by the important name of
cataDhoresis.
Take for instance solution of the
drug cocaine, soak q, sponge with it
ana hasten the sponge about one cleo
trode of a gaivanic battery, the ag-
gressive one or anode should be chos-
en-, from which the current goes in
strong flow to the cathode, famous in
these days from the Roentgen discov-
erv.
Now place the electrode thus cover
ed with cocaine at any desired part
of the body, the other electrode being
applied as convenient, and let a cur
rent be turned ON from the battery.
Immediately the cocaine win begin to
penetrate the body, literally to pene-
trate, as is shown by the fact that
the tissues surrounding the anode will
become. completely insensible owing to
the well known anaesthetic properties
OF cocaine.
There is no doubt that this condition
of local anaes+hesia results from the
cocaine being really carried into the
body by the electric current, since
when the cocaine and the current are
applied separately, no insensihility en-
sues
This very convincing experiment was
performed several years ago by DR..
Frederick Peterson. the eminent spe-
cialist at the New York college of ply
sicians and surgeons, who was able by
this means to relieve the most intract-
able cases of neuralgia among his pa
uenfs. and to operate upon animals as
he pleased without drawing from them
any sign of suffering. DR. Peterson
accounted for This phenomenon by as
Stunning that in a galvanic circuit thus
arranged a current streams from the
positive pole to the negative with suf-
ficient force TO carry with it through
the skin into the body. particles of
any substance in solution through
which it is to pass.
While important as furnishing a
convenient means for producing local
anaesthesia, this experiment of DR..
Peterson's was but a precursor of MANY
others to follow, such rapid advances
having been made in this new field
within recent years that it is now pos
sible TO diffuse throughout the body.
by the pleasant agency OF a galvanic
current, most Of the drugs that have
hitherto been administered through the
youth. Millions of children all over
cne> country VIII rise up and bless the
benefactors who shall save them from
the nightmare of that occasional dose
of castor oil. without mentioning the
qninine and other bad tasting COM
pounds that their good mothers for
generations past have beer thrusting
down their Threats. The promise is
that electricity will attend to all this /
ere long, getting the drug where it is !
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needed. almost without the patients
knowledge, and accomplishing the de-
sired result with ali the efficiency of
lhe old time bottle and spoon.
1t is true this much to be, desired com
summation is not yet fully attained.
although it is coming fast, but already
up-to-date physicians are administer
ing electrically in their regular prac-
tice such drugs as strychnine, corro-
sive sublimate, carbolic acid, aconite
and various compounds of lithium and
mercury, all with excellent results.
And an arrangement has been per-
fected which permits the physician to
know exactly how great quantities of
any particular drug are being carried
by the current into the patients body.
Discs of filter paper CT tissue paper are
Spiaced upon the electrode. and upon
these the proper amount Of the solu-
ton is dropped. Where great precision
IS not required, as III administering
such drugs as iodide of potash, the or
binary sponge electrode is sufficient.
and where it is desired to introduce a
drug throughout the whole body an
ordinary bath tub is made to serve as
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BULLETS THAT WEAR OUT GUNS,

There is one thing which users of the
new high velocity rifle of 80 calibre
have to consider, and that is the effect
of the copper or nickel jacket ON the
grooves of the rifle A bullet that leaves
the muzzle of a. rifle ait velocity of
1000 feet a second is SO wearing on the
rifling, especially near the muzzle, that
the accuracy of even the hardest bored
rifle is seriously impaired inside of r.
900 shots at the most. The lead bullets,
or those but slightly hardened with a
mixture Of tin, do not wear the barrels
to the same extent, and the barrels last
far longer.-New York Sun.
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process of electric diffusion. he will,
De quickly convinced on seeing how
soon green circle spreads through
the tissues around copper needle
electrode thrust into the skin Al
most in an instant the sulphasa of
copper forms and the flesh abou+ tho
point where the current enters takes
on the color of apple green to DIS
lance of half an inch or more in All dj-
rections. This rapid action and
thorough diffusion possess evident a6-
vantages over any mere laying or IN
lection that could be prac1iced in such
troubles as tonsilitis, urethrifis
cafarrh and various forms of tumors
In ali such cases the electrode under
the action of the current deposits in
the tissues metallic salt efficacious
for cure of the particular madady.
and then this salt, also under the
agency of the current, is driven into
the tissues, just as Doctor Peterson's
cocaine was driven in on the familiar
principle of cataphoresis
Pursuing his experiments in this
same direction, Doctor Morton has re-
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electrodes. More than once he has
ranged in a semi-circle several of his
students or assistants and passed
Through their Joined hands a current
bearing the essence of some familiar
drug. And invariably after receiving
the current for a certain length of
time, the young men have recognized
its character just as they would have
done had they swallowed it and been
able to say: ''ThRt is quinine," that
is Soda that is sulphur that is
hyoscyamus,' etc, and so the doctor
claims these young men would show in
their bodies and subsequent symptoms
the real presence and effect of the
drugs thus introduced.
Just how far the electric current can
carry the power of drugs has not yet
been determined, but there are en-
tlusiasts in electro contemporaries who
see nothing improbable in sending
doses of medicine throughout a. hos
pital by means of wires running from
the central Office to- the various wards
and cots. IF that ever comes to pass,
the house physician may sit quietly in
his arm chair and treat a thousand
patients with most of the drugs I'M the
pdlhrmacopeia, by merely playing a. key
board Of electric buttons. And the pa
tients themselves may be in utter lg-
norance that these drugs are being in
troduced into their bodies by impercep-
tfble currents. And what possibilities
for crime are not opened up by such a
conception, for if these theories prove
true, the scientific murderer of the
twentieth century will be able to kill
his victims as he pleases by merely
sending poison laden currents through
their beds and bodies while they sleep.
"a few days ago. writes Dr. Blu
chanan, 81 sent medicated currents
from Los Angeles to Pasadena, eight
miles. Three different medicines were
used, and the currents were received in
Pasadena by five intelligent persons,
each of whom recognized the distinct
characteristic effects of each. medicine
as they would be felt from a small
dose, but the force of the ga1vanic
battery was not sufficient to make the
result as effective as 1 desired. The
same writer adds: "I think it proba-
BILE that with a continuous wire and a
sufficient electric motive force an cleo
trio dose might be sent from San Fran
cisco to New York.
And lest one think that we are now
in the realm of vain speculation, let
me say that so great an authority as
DR.. Luys of Paris believes and has in
a measure demonstrated that electric
currents may be arranged so as to
have a we'll understood effect upon a,
patients mental condition, one current
producing melancholy, another glad
ness: one causing nervousness and ir-
ritability, another perfect calm and a
desire for sleep; one stimulating every
organ of the body, another producing
just the contrary effect, so that if all
this comes to pass, we may expect to
see every Sunday school provided with
Of al of1-in o1o rod
with highly moral currents, while the !
criminals of the future will be reform
ed by discriminating physicians who |
will drive all the virtues into them with |
the help of galvanic batteries.
CLEVELAND MOFFAT /
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HERE AND THERE.

There are forty-one lawyers in Con-
necticut over 20 years of age.
Thackeray would produce, under
pressure, a novel in six or eight
months. He did not like to work and,
as he often stated, did so only under
compulsion.
Brent House at Brentform, where
Nell Gwynne lived, caught fire recent
ly. The billiard room was burned, but
the broad staircase up which Charles
II is said to have ridden his charger,
was untouched. The house is used
now by Conservative club.
General Francois Denis Legitime,
president of Bayti in 1SS8-S9, left
Kingston, Jamaisa, on June 4, to return
to his native country, the doors Of
which have been thrown open to all
political eXileS by the amnesty decree
of the new president, Teresias Simon
Sam.
Marchioness Ii, wife of Lii Hung
Chang, is said to b every beautiful, and
looks not more than 3d. although she
is 50. One thousand attendants and
servants answer her beck and call. Her
feet have been compressed until she
is unable to walk more than a few
yards at a time.
Queen Victoria is in possession of a
curious needle 1t was made at the
noted needle mandatory at Redditch,
and represents the Trajan column in
miniature. Scenes from the queens
life are depicted on the needle, so fine
" cut that they are discerible only
through a microscope.
John Bunyan fought on the Roud-
head side during the civil war in En-
tied by the discovery of his name in
several places on the muster rolls of
the parliamentary garrison of Newport
Paqueell. Some people, it seems,
thought John fought for King Charles.
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MEMORY.

What we miscall our life is memory;
We walk upon narrow path between
Two gulfs-What is to be, and what has
been,
Led by a guide whose name is destiny;
Beyond is sightless gloom and mystery,
From whose unfathomable depths we
CLEAN
Chaotic hopes and terrors, dimly seen
Reflections of a, past reality.
Behind, pursuing through the twilight
haze,
The phantom people of the past appear;
Hope, happiness and sorrow, fruitlesS
strife,
And all the loved and lost of other days:
They crowd upon US closer year by year.
Till we as phantoms haunt some other
life. Charles Lotin Hildreth
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THE SURF MAID.

The maiden in the winter time
Will often tear her hair
And ever and anon eXclaim:
II know not what to weari"
In summer time she changes view,
This girl of beauty rare,
And when she ventures near the surf
She knows what not to wear.
Puck.
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sufficient food they would prove no
match for the willy foes; but Claiborne
was determined, and his army had fol-
lowed willingly, but with many mis-
giyings
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DRUGS ADMINISTERED
BY ELECTRICITY.

is EVEN POSSIBLE MEDICINE OVER
MANY nnL1s-PossIBmITY NEXT CEN
UNsusp4erED CURRENTS.
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Bridal wells of white illusion come in
three and four squares. This is eminently
apropos, as there is always a good deal
OF illusion about matrimony.
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stubbornly. Colonel Carson had no
planned to dislodge the warriors, bu
only to hold them till they could bt
surrounded. 1t was time now for th'
other two divisions of the army t
have gained the places assigned them
but perceiving the ardor of his mer
the colonel decided not to wait for the
others, and turning to his followers he
shouted: Boys, you seem keeni &C
ahead and drive themr'
No other divisions could now be
seen, but without waiting for them the
Mississippi volunteers with shout
started after the Creeks, who now were
trying to make their way back into
! the town. The onset was more than
| the frightened warriors could with
stand, and even Weatherford voice
could not check them. The chief was
moving rapidly among the warriors,
calling and cheering, but no one needed
him now. The bullets of the white
men seemed harmless, and the bold
warrior was still unframed.
| The Creeks now threw away their
guns and the soldiers drove them right
on through the village; but in spite of
the fear and confusion the red men
stopped long enough to aid their
wounded comrades to escape with
them, and then made a dash for the
river or fed for theicane brakes, where
many soon were hidden from the sight
Of their pursuers.
Not all had yet gone, however. Alone
in the Inflated Holy Ground stood
Weatherford, the leader. Satisfied at
last that his warriors had escaped, he
leaped upon the back of his great gray
horse, which had become almost as
well known as his rider, and fled at
full speed from the town.
THE LEAP.
A wild shout arose from the army
when they saw the famous chief ap-
pear, and the bullets began to whistle
about him.
Take after himl Shoot him! Get
himp' shouted the excited colonel, and
all his men started in pursuit. We'll
get him! He is ours nowl'' shouted the
soldiers in reply, as they saw the
rider stop far up above the bluff. 1--WE
have got him in a trap now! He can't
get away this timer
For moment the half-breed turned
and looked at his shouting pursuers.
Far below him lay the quiet Alabama.
On the other side was the deep ravine,
which no one could cross. The steep
cliff rose before him, and from behind
his enemy pressed on, certain of their
prize now, and shouting az they came.
And yet Weatherford did not move.
He was as motionless as the treSs
which could be seen in the forests on
every side. If he could only once gain
their shelter all the efforts of Carson's
men would be fruitless.
He's coming! He's going to give
himself upp' cried the soldiers, as they
saw him slowly walk his horse as if
advancing to meet them. But when he
had taken a few steps, suddenly he
wheeled about and, shouting "Ho yai
Ho va! Ho var to his faithful horse
he touched him with his spurs and
started at full speed toward the brink
of the bluff
The soldiers all stopped and, almost
GREATNESS, gazed spellboundI at the
fleeing chief. Surely he would not leap
from that height to the river so far
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-16

Caeser Zanona, who shot at Joe
Mccullough, or rather let his pistol
go off in the air to frighten him,
was examined yesterday before
Mayor Turner and placed under a
5000 bond. The difliulty grew out
of Zanona charging Mccullough 90
cents for supper, the latter com
planning that he only paid 80 cents
heretofore. Zanona told him if the
proprietor said 35 cents he would
give him the change, which he did
afterwards on being told to do so by
the proprietor When change was
returned, Mccullough began to
abuse Zanona and the fight was the
sequence.