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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-11-18
BABY INCUBATORS.
A PHYSICIAN TELLS OF THE CON-
STRuCTioN AND OPERATION.
Tho Apparatus 10 Very Simple and mex
penstve, bnt Attendance IL Cost1y--In
Addition to Saving Q Life, Each Inouba-
tion Contributes Useful knowledge.


tion Contributes Useful knowledge.
In sharp contrast to the lavish reck.
lessness with which noble, splendid
lives are often sacrificed to Some futile,
ignoble cause, is the infinite vigilance
aud care, the ingenuity and skill that
are sometimes expended upon preserving
and tanning into fame q little spark
that has hardly attained the dignity Of
being called a life.
Doubtless most are familiar with the
metal receptacle A by Q, standing on
four legs about waist high, with small
water pipe and heating apparatus ON
one side and cold air pipe and addi.
tional apparatus on the other known as
the infant incubator. But perhaps few
realize the patient skilled Watching and
the consequent expense necessary to the
bringing forward Of the little inmate,
until it shall DO able to take Its place in
the world as o real ''ive and kicking"
baby.
At the first appearance upon life's
stage Of this speck of humanity .'scarce
half made up" it is swathsd in bun.
die Of absorbent cotton and laid In its
little nest with nothing to distract its
attention but q perfectly accurate Their
mometer, to which it, however, seems
wholly Indifferent The glass lid is then
almost closed Experience has Taught
the physicians that 1t Is better to leave
1t open little Space A trained nurse
at once takes her place by the side Of
this unique object and keeps constant
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thicker in proportion, being more like
that of a rabbit in it's texture. Boys,
both white and colored. in South At
RIGA, consider them very good eating,
and enjoy them roasted in embers
whenever they can catch them. Many
of the voles live in each colony, and
the colonies are so numerous that you
cannot travel a mile in any direction
without crossing one. But the vole has
a worse enemy than the boys. If you
approach a colony and carefully survey
all the runways. particularly IL there
be a bush there, you will perhaps see
the enemy alluded to-a living rat-trap
lying in the path; and the very sight
of his broad fiat head and sinister cat
like eyes will make your blood run
cold.
He is a terrible puff-adder, short,
thick bodied, broad-headed, long
fanged, death-dealing alike to vole and
to man-and even to the prowling lion,
should he in his wanderings set paw
upon the deadly reptile. He is beauti-
fully colored, having a groundwork of
velvet black, with half moons of yellow
and small specks of the same marked
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along his back from head to tail. More
than once / have found puff-adders
lying thus in vole-paths, and there is
no doubt that they devour great num-
bers of them. Nor will a puff-adder be
satisfied with one. AS soon as he has
swallowed his first catch he looks
around little. and then lies in wait
for another which he catches Just as
he did the first. His method of secur-
ing them is this: He wanders about
till he comes to the colony. His tongue
tells him by the touch of its delicate
points that his prey is In the vicinity.
For a while he searches busily about.
II he catches sight of a vole he lies
quiet in or close by the path. He
knows by instinct that his remaining
motionless for a long time will arouse
the little animals curiosity. The vole,
seeing the snake moving, is probably
frightened, and runs to his hole; but
finding that he Is not pursued he soon
energies and looks around for the
snake. He discovers the reptile mo-
tionless. Dead" thinks the vole, "or
asleep maybe" and he cautiously ap-
proaches to investigate. Inch by inch
he ventures. shifting, into closer prox-
unity to danger: he even runs around
the snake, who never moves in the
slightest. At last the unfortunate lit
tie quadruped allows its curiosity TO
master its prudence; IL ventures too
close. The living spring of the snake $
neck flies out, and the vole is held
struggling in the jaws of the reptile.
whose venom-distilling fangs are bur
led in its tender body. He never re-
lakes his jaws for single instant.
Soon the deadly secretion does its
work; and the vole passes stomach
ward out of sight. The puff-adder
then repeats his tactics with like sue
cess till he is satisfied or becomes thirs-
ty, when he goes off to seek water in
the kloops, or hides under a bush TO
avoid danger and sleep till his necessi-
ties arouse him to another change of
lodging.
With large. fierce rats the tactics of
the pun adder are somewhat different.
Six. which / kept in my collection at
Grahamstoon in the Cape Colony, gave
me many opportunities OF observing
their methods with rats too large and
powerful TO be caught and held in the
avs while dying. one instance Will
.zplain their methods with such ami
mails.
Leaving one Of the pufi-adders loose
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The rattle snake, the copperhead and
other deadly snakes of the viper class
all catch rats and mice In this manner;
and none of them will ever hold an ami
NAL which they fear on account of it's
strength or fierceness. Nevertheless.
they will all strike IL to death. as the
puff-adder. and after an interval set
out TO find its corpse and swallow IL
at their leisure, II IL prove to be in
every way desirable.
Twice during last summer / found on
the Palisades in New Jersey. copper
heads lying in the ruins of the short
tailed field mouse an animal very SINH
lar to the South African vole. On an
other occasion i found one in the vi
entity OF a nest of wood mice. Having
brought him home, found during the
ensuing week that he previously dined
on one of them. He was probably wait
ing for a second when l encountered
him. Indeed. he would probably have
eaten up all the elders of the family
as fast as they came out TO take air.
and then would have gone into the
hole 10 polish off the nest of young
ones.
Among my copperheads in captivity
/ saw a nice instance of this last au-
tumn. Now, while the copperhead
dimes chiefly on frogs during spring
anu lpiAES III AUTUMN
for mice. and will put himself to con-
siderable trouble and into no small
danger to get them.
Having a full-grown copperhead In
large cage with dead leaves and
rocks for him to wander amongst. l de-
termined on the first opportunity 10
give him a feast Of mice. 4 mother
mouse with six young ones had made
her home in a covered cigar box. The
young were helpless infants. but the
mother was strong and enterprising
for besides cutting a large hole In the
box. she had collected within IL a con-
siderable nest. The copperhead was
lying cooled among the leaves. when
gently withdrew the glass and
placed the box in one corner Of his
cage. closing the glass slide OF the
front again. so that neither the mouse
nor the reptile could get out into my
room.
The copperhead at first took no notice
I Of the box; perhaps ne was asleep and
/ didn't see me put IL In the cage. After
/ a few minutes the mouse came out q
/ explore. and in its peregrinations ran
over the coils OF the motionless snake
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as high as the Eiffel tower and its con-
struction presents vastly greater diff
culties.
The structure will occupy one large
city block. 1t will, of course, be built
of steel, just as the buildings that are
now considered tall are built of steel.
The framework of these buildings Is
like that of a bridge The bridge is
placed on end and surrounded by an
outer wall of stone or granite
In the 200-story building the bridge
will be longer. that's all.
1t will have 10000 square feet OF
space on each floor; 24,000,000 square
feet of space on the 200 floors.
1t will contain 100000 separate offices
and suites.
1t will accommodate 100000 people
under one roof.
Necessarily, the first question to be
answered in planning for this sky
piercing structure was:
How will people reach the upper
stories?''
The answer is: by electric eleva-
tors"
1t is the purpose of the projectors OF
the building to gather on its commo-
dious floors 200 distinct communities
of business men. On one floor will be
the jewelers., on another the hardware
dealers, on another the harness max
ers. and so on. So the conduct of great
interests will be simplified and more
work can be done in that building In
four hours than can be accomplished
elsewhere in an ordinary work day OF
eight or 10 hours.
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DR.. StOddart
At Grand Central Hotel, Helena, April
20, q and %.
At 8 East Broadway, Butte, April %

DR.. A. c. Stoddart, Visiting Physician
for the Liebg World Dispensary, will be
in Helena and Butte above dates.
This will be a rare opportunity to meet
in FREE consultation one of the most
skilIful specialists of the 18th century.
namely. Or. A. c. Stoddart. who has been
examining and consulting physician for
the DIR. Liebig World Dispensary of San
Francisco and Helena during the past a
years.
II is well known that the doctor has
cured the greatest number OF patients
treated by any one physician on the Pa
cihc Coast during that time. His expe-
rience in the treatment of chronic. pri-
vate and delicate diseases of men and wo-
men has given him such knowledge that
few diseases have ever been known to
battle his great skill.
Every one desiring expert treatment for
Chronic Diseases of the Eye. Ear, Nose,
Throat or Reproductive and Nervous Sys-
TENS should not fail to call upon the doc
tor; especially men suffering from results
of abuse of natures laws. excuses and
badly treated or neglected cases of a
chronic private or complicated nature.
All men are invited to DIR. Stoddarts
free lecture illustrated by life-size oil
paintings, at Caplice hall, Butte, Satur-
day night, April q. and special lecture to
Young men Monday evening, April "a
FntertaIning, amusing, instructive. San
Francisco daily papers say DR.. Stoddart's
lecture. Science and Secrets OF Life" Is
fun of Gems OF Thought. giving knowl-
edge all men should possess"
Home treatment can be given persons
writing. Balance OF remedies to cure suf-
ferers will be expressed from Dr. Stod'
b darts offices, Atlas Block. Helena. Mont
I Dr. Stoddart has SO far recovered from
/ elevator accident as to attend person
I ally.
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LIVING RAT TRAPS
How Big Snakes Make War With the
Great Army Of Rodents.
A STROKE OF PUFF ADDER
Prof. O'Reilly Tells How ] hey Catch
Mice and Rats, and Relates a
Few Exciting Stories From
His own Experience.

Copyright 1896 by Bachelor. johnson &
Bacheller.)
On grass covered plains and hillsides,
in South Africa, you frequently come
across spots apparently thickly inhab-
tied by some small running animal.
Little paths wind about and cross each
other in every direction, and may well
be compared to the streets of city on
account of their proximity to each 9TH
er and their numerous crossings. Each
path is clearly marked by being almost
destitute of heritage. If you trace them
up you will find that they all end In
holes just large enough to admit a
half-grown rat; and ii you beat the
thicker punches of grass, you VIII
probably see a small rat-like animal
running at a quick little trot along a
pathway to the burrow. He is vole,
very like a rat or mouse in appearance.
but much less nimble and much more
delicate than either; he is larger than
a mouse, and considerably smaller than
a rat His fur, too, is much longer and
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at first view of the rat had coveted II
for a dinner, he certainly was much
alarmed i'm striking IL. for his loud
bloWings filled the room for probably
not less than a minute afterwards.
Finally he ceased these manifesto
tions and yawned widely. stretching
his fangs and Jaws To their utmost eX-
tent. The rat was by this time lying
dead behind the books. so that nothing
remained to excite the snake further;
and he soon set out on a little journey
of exploration. over the rats path he
went for a while; then he left 1t, going
back TO his corner. Again and again
he went backwards and forwards then
extended his search round by the wall
until he came to the motionless body
of his victim, which he tried on every
side by his tongue, to make sure that
life was thoroughly extinct. At last,
satisfied on this point, he took its head
in his mouth and swallowed IT down
with considerable difficulty; for he was
occupied in the process for the fun
space of 40 mirfutes-the rat being as
has been mentioned before, more than
usually large.
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Glass for hearings.

Should not something more be done
than is being done, experimentally If
not practically, in the use of glaas for
bearings? Some experts speak highly
of it for woodworking machinery. Ii
is said to require less care than any
other material, running with little oil
and keeping cool. In methods of shap-
ing and cuttinng glass such advances
have been made that 1t should be now a
comparatively simple matter to adapt
it to general use. Glass sleeves could
of course, be easily furnished. perfectly
true, both inside and out; and there
are numerous places where such
sleeves bushes, thimbles, or whatever
they might be called. could probably
be employed with great satisfaction
Glass would probably be better adapted
to high speeds than to heavy loads
American Machinist.
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land commission for Bozeman disct
was Butte visitor Thursday.
+. j. sOiBrien, a Billings cattle IN
mas been in the valley this week. TX,
Ing his home while here with II
Kiefer.
E. H. Sherman, the Butte BIC
man, was a Bozeman visitorpis
week
There was a concert given bycal
talent, the programme being qut an
elaborate one, at the Methodist frch
on Friday evening.
Charles Goddard of Butte waivith
his many old-time friends Of thPiace
ON Friday.
Judge w. NJ. Bickford of Aeoula
was in the city a part of the ek In
the interest OF the old worf 1air
commission.
Alex Norris, VINO founded thcity Of
MOTIFS, Mont, and Is fatheriut into
a prosperous burg of ever ireasine
business possibilities, was iuhe city
this week. He has lately yarted
general store at Norris.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Wormsereturned
from four months trip tough the
East on Tuesday morniu and are
again at home in their ne Menden-
hall street cottage.
Berry Martin left Mon$ for Liv-
ingston, Shields River an the Sweet
Grass country in easterrpart OF the
state. He went on law btiness, which
will keep him away or about
week.
A. d. Greasy returned aturday from
a trip to his old home inthe East.
c. ]. Mess. formerly a the saloor
business here, was over rom Philips
burg this week.
Mrs. Emil Felenzer is in rhicago, hel
old home. where she wilremain fou
some weeks.
Rev. George d. King Meadow
Creek came up the first of be week Il
attend the Elliott and Bits reviva
services here, remaining it'll Thurs
day morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Thopson wen
to Billings the last of the eek, WHERE
Mr.. Thompson will phobaty open I
barber shop.
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in my room, / locked the door and pre-
pared to give him a rat of unusual size.
When the puff-adder had coiled him
self In a shadowy corner behind table
leg, l cautiously opened the wire trap
and let the rat run out, seating myself
In a chair to watch the methods Of the
puff-adder. If he saw the rat coming
out of the trap. he gave no sign OF IL
whatever but lay as still as IL he were
dead. The rat. too, didn't see the snake
until he approached the fatal corner
which he did with that business-hke
gait peculiar to rats seeking holes. As
1 sat perfectly still, the rat was In no
great hurry, so that he did not run
blindly on the snake. He got within a
foot of his enemy before he seemed 10
notice him; then, with rat-like inqulsi-
tiveness. he sat up on his haunches,
shifting tremblingly TO be sure IL II
were really a snake. AS he did so the
puff-adder became alarmed at his size
and gave vent to a loud, blowing hiss,
at the same time drawing back his
head with the nose inclined downward,
ready TO strike. The hiss alarmed the
rat, which jumped past the snake ut
tering a squeak of alarm. But the rep
tile was quicker than the quadruped
and struck him nicely whiie sun on
the Jump. The action OF the snake
was so quick that he must be said to
have struck the rat rather than TO have
bitten il. He did not hold 1t at all, so
that il continued its slightly inter-
rupted Journey; but alas. II had the
venom injected into its lungs; and be-
fore It reached the place where sat
it tottered over to the other side OF the
room and lay down dying. resting on
its side behind a pile of books on tue
floor close by the wall, in such a posi-
ton that IL was completely out OF the
snakes line of vision II the puff-adder
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He. is engaged in mining near the
Fs1dges.
AL Riedel Of Morris drug store pass
ed a successful examination before the
state board OF pharmacy last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Powell mourn the
loss OF their infant son Fred. who died
last Tuesday morning. The cause was
pneumonia, developed from measles.
The bereaved parents have the heart
felt sympathy of their friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Bezanson of NAL
ia are visiting Mrs. Bezanson's sisters,
Mrs. /. A. Leighton and Mrs. z.
Thompson Mrs. Bezanson formerly
resided here and has many friends In
Boulder.
9. l.. Thompson, who rece ntly sold
his ranch east of town to Mr.
O'Rourke, has now purchased the
house and land known as the Evans
place. just south of town.
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A 2oo-sToRY STRUCTURE.

Gigantic sky-Scrapin Building sug-
gested to Firm of Architects.
From the New York World.
A capitalist of this city submitted the
idea of a building 200 stories high to a
firm of architects.
At first they regarded the idea as
visionary. Examine IL carefully"
said their client, "and make your re-
port"
The architects did So They conclud-
ed that their part of the work was
practical and practicable; that ZOO
story building could be erected. pro-
vided the vast sum of money necessary
to construct it was forthcoming.
Its plan, as drawn, somewhat resem-
bles that of the Eiffel tower, that won
der of the last Paris exposition. But
this building will be nearly three times
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THE SLVR BOW NATIONAL BANK

Capital..... ........... 800. 900
Corner Main and Granite streets.
Transacts a General banking Busi-
ness Exchange drawn on the principal
cities of the United States and Europe
Collections promptly attended TO. In
terest paid on time deposits. Cores
pondents: Importers and Traders Ma
tional bank. New York; Union Ma
tional bank. Chicago; Crocker-wool
worth National of San Francisco: Bank
of Montreal. Montreal
O. X. Lewis ...... ................fresl
Charles c. Rueger. .......Vice President
Fayette Harrington........ ........Cashier
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An American ltustIer

Senator Brdce is great society man
and lion hunter, isn't hep"
IT should say so. If we were to go to
war he would have all the enemy's
generals to DINNER the first day that
hostilities broke out."-Truth.
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Hotel
...May-
Boulder Hot Springs.
Boulder, rlont.

This popular resort has long
enjoyed the pa.ronags OF Mon
tana's best people. Inc Hotel Il
large. commodious and Pleas
antly situated, ami the Springs
are acknowledged to be this best
in the West
The undersigned has secured a
lease on the properly for a term
of years, AMI from mis- LONG ex-
perience in this business can as
sure the pubic that thsy will al
ways find Hotel May" a COM
iortabls and pleasant resort
Rates reason abls.
Free Bus TO AMI from all trains
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Papa, what is meant by having
horse sense?"
'It means knowing enough to make
hay while the sun shinesr Run away
now and talk to your grandmother."-
Truth.
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The contact evidently aroused both; for
the mouse scampered of into the hole
in the cigar box, while the copperhead.
in his turn, set out on a voyage or dis
covery. The sight Of the mouse, and
probably the smell Of IL where It had
passed. evidently excited his appetite;
for he examined where IT, had run with
his tongue, stopping in his examina-
ton TO yawn and stretch his fangs as
II getting them into readiness for ac-
ton. All through the leaves he
searched and was almost lost amongst
them. so much his reddish coat and
brownish blotches harmonic with
their sober autumn tints. No wonder.
then, when the mouse came out a sec
ond time expecting to- find its enemy
where 1t had left him, II approached
carelessly within sticking distance Of
his snout But the vigilant eye of the
snake saw the little nibler as IL APP
preached; and. drawing his long body
unseen into a coil beneath the leaves,
launched out as soon as the poor
mouse came within distance, and held
II firmly with fangs buried in its quiv-
ering body. He soon swallowed II. and
then continued to explore and investi-
gate. Would he now get the young
ones too? At last he approached the
cigar box. The hole which the mouse
mother had made for a doorway he
felt round and round with his tongue
and finally decided to enter. Inch by
inch he passed through the hole until
fully eight inches by his neck was
within the box.
For more than 20 minutes he re-
NAMED thus engaged in the mouse
nest. At last he came out. yawned as
If TO get his jaws and fangs into place
and then went off amongst the leaves.
Taking the opportunity of his being
at the other end of the cage, / with
drew the glass and took out the cigar
box. Alas! the poor infants had fol-
lowed their mother into his capacious
stomach. / turned out the nest. and
shook IL up to see IL he had left or
missed even one. But no; he had made
a clean sweep and exterminated the
whole family.
II such things often happen in ma
ture-and we must reasonably assume
that they dove can see what a use
full role is played by these dreaded SER
penis in keeping in check the swarm
ing hordes of rodent marauders.
G. r. O'Reilly.
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II the moon shone over the waters
And you were one of Ewes daughters.
II a man were loyal and true
And, riding along on a tandem,
He kissed you little at random,
Pray, what In the world could you do!
Judge.
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-26

those who so desire can have the entire
hat made to their own notion.
In conversation with several ladies
whom the reporter met at the opening.
they said it was one of the prettiest dis
plays they had ever seen and their only
regret was that they could not buy every
pretty thing they saw.
The opening was only for one day, but
Mr.. Scarborough said most of the things
would be on display for the rest of this
week, so that those who did not get out
yesterday could have an opportunity of
seeing the pretty things.
Liquid bread for sale at the Tobin
Drug Store.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-26
IOCEHART LOCALS.

Lockhart. Tex, March 19.-(Special.)-
A cold norther is still blowing here and
is likely to continue for some time. 1t
is believed here that the fruit is not dam
aged much.
The commissioners court met yesterday
in special session, examined and approved
reports of various officers, etc.
People are busy now and are not talk
ing politics much. 1t is believed by the
conservative Democrats. that Democracy
will be harmonious in this county this
year. There have been no announcements
by the Populists or Democrats for Office
yet.
The Democratic club will meet Satur-
day night in the district court room.
Judge Il. H. Rogan will address the club.
Several young ladies will recite and fur
nish music for the occasion.