The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-03
Woman WhOSaW the Great
Battle of Waterloo.
Experiment of Government In
Civilizing Indians.
Chinese Method of Preventing Bad
Effects OF Mad Dog Bites.

Mrs Julia Zaszinski who Is now
lOi years old Is one of the romantic char
ncfers of the West She is remar kably
strong and we'll preserved for one so ad-
vanced In years, and is cared for by the
Sisters of st. Josephs Hospital In Tacoma.
She went To the hospital one cold day
several years ago out OF the street, and
has made her home with them ever since.
She was born in the land of hosoiusko,
and when child removed with her par
ents to Prussia-on the Rhine, on account
Of "a desire on her fathers part co keen his
head on his shoulders after the triumph
OF the political party he had been oppos-
ing. She lived there until young woman
hood and saw the country devastated nv
war more than once When a girl about
seventeen years of age she heard the
cannon's opening roar at Waterloo ana
from n treetop where she had climbed To
keep out of the way Of the soldiers, wit
messed the last charge of the Old Guard,
and saw the closing act In the great drama
of which Napoleon had been for years the
star Wellington and his staff srnpped
at her fathers house on their way TO
the battlefield.
Tho Indian outbreak at the Lame Deer
Agency In Montana leads n man who
was In the West in 1867 TO tell how the
efforts OF the government 10 civilize the
Indians OF the prairies were received He
says: 1.-The authorities sent the Indians
thousands of sacks OF -four pantaloons
in abundance and big lot of stiff
brimmed hats, bound around the edge
with tin or German silver to hold the rim
In shape. They also sent them few
light-running ambulances The savages,
to show their appreciation OF these mag
unanimous gifts from the Great Father ,
threw the flour on the prairie in order TO
get the sacks for breech clouts. They cut
out the seats of the pantaloons, and they
cut the crowns of the hats and used them
as playthings shying them In the air like
white boy does fiat stone to see them
sail away.
1.-THE ambulances the Indians were very
p roud of. The government neglected TO
send any harness with them, SO the
In dians manufactured their own. They
did not understand anything about lines,
and instead they drove with quirt, or
short whip; when the near horse would
go too much gee, they whipped up the
of horse, and when he would go too much
'haw' they pounded away at the near
horse again. and so vice versa all the time.
This unique manner of driving kept the
POOR animals on dead run most of the
time. rememb Der taking ride with Lit
tie Raven, chief of the Arapahoes. AT first
we started off gently. but his ponies did
now the OF horse, then the near, until
finally he got them on RAPID gallop, and
thought at one time my head would
surely pop up through the roof of tho
ambulance. The country was very level,
fortunately, or l don't know what would
have been the outcome"
A French missionary In China says
that two of his carriers were bitten by
Roh ~ nvaA nAx trh ,i..l
over the matter. Several Chinese who hap
pened TO be there told him that his worry
was absolutely uncalled for, since they
had nm undoubtedly safe preventative
against the poison OF rabid dog taking
effect, and to prove the assertion five
Cinnamon who had been bitten In March
of last year by a mad dog were presented
to the missionary. He found that tho
Cinnamon eat of the raw liver of mad
dog after being bitten, and IL they partake
of this within given time after the acci-
dent 1t Is said they will not be subject 10
hydrophobia. 1t is curious that Phinius
In his Natural History recommends eating
the liver of a mad dod, II bitten, as raw
rs possible. and they who could not swal-
low the liver raw should have IL cooked
and drink the broth therefrom. 1t is not
positively known whether this remedy Is
efficacious, but according TO medical
journal 1t appears to be worthy Of invos-
tigation, particularly since this seems to
be the actual beginning of the isopathic
treatment since perfected by Pasteur and
Koch.
The police OF Denmark have curl
GUS way Of dealing with those found
drunk in the streets. they summon
cab and place the patient inside IT,
then they drive to the police station
where he gets sober; then home, where
he arrives both SOBER and sad. The po-
lice never leave him till they have seen
him safe In the family bosom. Then the
cabman makes his charge and the police
surgeon makes his, and the policemen
make their own claim for special duty
and this bill Is presented to the host nf
the establishment where the culprit took
his last overpowering glass. The publ
cans however, have IN several towns pro-
tested against this system. They say
the proofs are often too insufficient and
the police surgeons too summary in their
examination; further, that many notori-
Gus evil-doers sham drunkenness. They
therefore. claim that they should have
their own doctor Co examine the cases so
rs TO defend the interest of the saloon
keeper.
Mr.. John Munroe has devoted good
deal OF time TO the study of what Lon
doners drink and as a result he says that
at the present day about 117, 0C0, 900 gal
Ions of beer arc drunk in London yearly
and 4S5, 900 gallons daily. and he gives
us the interesting information that TAX
ing 4s5 600 gallons rs -, 600 cubic feet,
barrel scventy-six feet long and thirty
six feet in mean diameter will hold this
quantity. The Londoner consumes daily
about $500 gallons of wine, and of spir-
It's, home and foreign, about III 600 gal.
Ions. About $500 pounds OF tea are con-
sumed In London daily, while of aerated
waters II is estimated that not less than
lS7, 600 gallons are consumed The reports
of the Metropolitan police give the mum.
bers of the licensed public houses includ-
ing hotels taverns and bars OF all shapes
and sizes as about IA, 600.