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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-03-31
A HYPNOTIC IMPOSTER.
An Englishman Who Could DO Many Things
For Teachers of Hypnotism.

All Ehsushiiiah VINO Could DO Many Things
For Teachers of HypnOtism.
The subject who came to me had
been shining light in the profession,
and have reason to know that he was
exceptionally gifted. He had performed
to crowded houses under several artists
at the Aquarium, and elsew here in
London and the provinces. He had
figured at select seances OF scientific
hypnotists. He had been privately
operated upon by medical men anx-
iously seeking after truth. And, BY
his own statement he had hum mbugged
them all. What proof had 1, then, that
he was not humbugging mep Ample
proof. He offered, in the first place, to
do under my direction everything
which be had done in public and pri-
vate seances when under supposed by.
pnotic control. l contemplated. in the
first instance, accepting tnis offer and
giving demonstration to select cir
cle' and it was solely owing to myself
that this was not done.
AS preliminary, asked him to ex-
hi6it few of his powers for my pri.
vate edification. He complied without
hesitation. He first of all passed him
self into the "cataleptic" state and lay
|
on the floor rigid. Two members of my
staff took him in this condition and
laid him across the backs OF two chairs
the back of his head resting on one
and his heels on the other. He remain.
ed 80 for several minutes. On a pass
being made over him with the hand,
his body became arched upward or
downward. Two fairly robust indi.
viduals xtsat on his body. and the
"cateleptic" " supported them without
signs OF Inconvenience. He then him
self thrust needle into his arm and
through the lobe of his ear, to prove
that he was insensible to pain while in
the cataleptic state.
Next he showed how one side of his
face could be drawn down by tooth.
ache ("suggested' by the operator, !
while the other side was distended in
broad grin. Again, at the suggestion
OF the operator, the grin and the tooth.
ache changed sides, and so on. He of
Tered to swollow an ounce of cayenne
pepper in glass of water, but unfor
tunstely l had no cayenne pepper at
hand. | asked him whether he could
drink a wineglassful of ipecacuanha,
and he professed readiness to do it at
once. The cayenne pepper l could
partly understand. 1t would be mere
question of standing a certain amount
of pain. But asked him how he man
aged to control the effect of the ipeca.
cuanha. "We only do it for time"
he said. You can learn to do it with
practice, like the rest of the tricks. But
we always bring the stuff up after the
performance.
He also expressed his readiness to
drink oil. Among novel tricks which
he offered to perform was that of slow.
ing the pulse while under hypnotic in
fiuence Of this he claimed to be the
original inventor asked him whether
all the subjects were equal imposters.
"All, " he said He knew them all per
sonally, and would answer for them.
He ridiculed the mere suggestion that
there could be anything genuine in
hypnotism, whether in Paris, London
or anywhere else, but here he may have
spoken beyond his knowledge, London
Truth.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-03-31
What 1t Cost Him.

What did you lose on the big prize
fghtp" inquired a friend.
u lost about nine tenths OF my re-
spect for the human race" answered
Uncle Allen Sparks, trying to make
his way through the eager crowd that
filled the street from curb to curb
Chicago Tribune.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-03-31
Defective Sight in School Children.

Defective Sight in School Children.
The results of the newly instituted
eye examination that is in operation
in the schools at present bring out
some startling facts, which strongly
suggest that the eyes of the present
century are not nearly as good as eyes
of other days.
In an examination of the eyes in the
German school there was found to be
70 per cent. of the scholars who wore
or absolutely needed to wear glasses.
The Minneapolis schools are nearly as
bad.
Prof. Webster, of the East Side High,
has devoted his whole time for three
days to the eye examination. The eye-
sight of about so per cent. of those ex.
amined is seriously defective, and
when asked if they suffered with head
ache when studying about one third of
the scholars answered in the affirma.
i've, the headache being due to defect.
i've eyes. The Principal said that he
found that the scholars of the better
families had the poorer eyes, and that
the same was true of those who took
the Latin course.
At the South Side High School the
eyes were found to be even worse.
Prof. Sawyer said that between 40 and
90 per cent. of his scholars needed to
wear glasses, and that 80 per cent.
more were in need of medical treat.
ment. That is to say, there are 80 per
cent defective eyes in the South Side
High.-Minneapolis Tribune.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-03-31

There is nothing so good for the
coughs and colds of the children and
babies as DR.. Bells Pine Tar Rone,.
1t cures Group, whooping cough, cold
IN the head and gives sweet, refreshing
sleep. Children love told people like
1t, Good druggists sell it. For sale by
Mathes & Patton.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-03-31

page OF dainty luncheons; Mrs. Rorer's
cooking lessons, and many other de.
partments that comprehend the round
of woman's needs Each number of
the Journal is valuable book of help.
full hints and practical suggestions on
the every day problems of home life.
BY the Curtis Publishing Company,
Philadelphia. Ten cents per copy; one
dollar per year.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-03-31

1t is impossible to be happy or cheer
full or useful when one is suffering
from discomforting cold or a nasty
little cough. 1t is wonderful that some
people will go on from day to day suf.
fering from these distressing disorders
when % cent bottle of DR.. Bells Pine
Tar Honey will relieve the most stub.
born cases. For sale by Mathes &
Patton.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-03-31

DR.. Bell Pine Tar Honey acts as a
balm to the lungs, cutting the mucus,
allaying the inflammation, healing and
strengthening. 1t is sure to do you
good-can not do you harm. Thous.
ands have been benefited by its use.
For sale by Mathes & Patton.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-03-31

A bottle of DR.. Bell 3 p inc Tar Honey
should be on the medicine shelf of ev-
cry home. In sudden attack of Group
it is invaluable; allaying the irritation
and ending the danger in less time
than it would take to 90 for doctor.
1t stands pre-eminent as remedy for
coughs, colds and all kindred diseases.
For sale by Mathes & Patton.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-03-31

The school book trust is a great,
ruthless and most insiduous monopoly
in Tennessee. To get rid of this mo.
nopoly or to take the school system out
of its clutches is difficult task because
the trust is ever alert and watchful and
finds means for opposing every meas.
ure of reform.-Nashville Banner.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-03-31

Never go away from home without
bottle of DR.. Bells Pine Tar Honey.
Change of climate, change of apart.
ments or exposure may bring on a cold
which nothing but this famous remedy
will cure. For sale by Mathes & Pat
ton.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-03-31

government. Attorney General Nc.
kenna has also been visitor to the
Senate this week.
Inc Senate has adopted resolution
offered by Senator Frye, asking for in
fomation as to the extension of the
civil service rules over river and harbor
work. Senator Frye said his informa.
ton was that engineers in charge of
work, no matter how pressing the need
or how remote from Washington, are
under those rules compelled to apply
to the Civil Service Commission for
every laborcr they wish to put to work,
and that 1t was interfering with all
manner of public work aud was ab.
solutely stupid and absurd. That is
the way it will strike most people, too.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-03-31

An efficacious remedy for lung affec.
tions. throat disorders and all bron-
chiall troubles is found In DR.. Bell 8
Pine Tar Honey. This medicine has
made many marvellous ,cures and is
justly ranked among the most impor-
tant remedies of the age. For sale by
Mathes & Patton.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-03-31

Good Old Granny Metcalf now SO
years old, living at 1905 s. Fourth street
Paducah, KY, still says that DIR. Bells
Pine Tar Honey is the best grip cure,
cough, lung and bronchial remedy that
has been sold during her life. For sale
by Mathes & Patton.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-03-31
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Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-17

yield was estimated to be double that py
the old method on all crops
-, ,,,y AtrroNr nE SMALL GRAIN.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-17

testified that they had long known the Dutch
Justice giving his name; that they knew his
reputation for truth and yeracity in the COM
munity where he resided; that 1t was bad,
and that under that reputation they would
not believe him under oath At this point
rested. and informed his honor that | had
nothing further to present. Throughout tho
testimony impeaching him of untruth he had
preserved an air of mild indifference. One
would never have known by looking at him
that he was the party under discussion at
all. When / told him that my evidence was
all in he braced up to decide the case.
- The blaintiGf, nit his first four witnesses.
witch includes himself said his honor.
makes nodings out of his side of der case.
Vas dat all his testimony dis COURT must
gife judgment for the defendant, but dere
vas one odder witness who makes of him
saluf a volunteer, and who GIts his desti-
mony witch completely covers der contro-
versy in all its barts. Upon his Testimony
and he has named himself this witness
if ii were uncontradcted and unimpeached,
l could gife judgment for the blaintin. But
such is not the case. While the Testimony
OF this Understanding himself-is not con-
tradcted, yet now comes six reputable Wit
nesses already, who climbs after de
oddor to the witness chair und says dat dey
know this maintaining hmself-dot he is
a liar where he lives. dot mis- Testimony is
lies, und dot his word is not good. Dis Is
what dey call in die law impeaching a Wit
to do but in dis case must say dot | re-
gard die witness as very successfully i'm
beached. Derefore. as 1t isn't What / dink
of him myseluf, but what die evidence in
die case makes OF him dat | must 70 by,
/ throw out dis witness Testimony alto
gether. So de court Is left again nit moth
ing but blaintin and dose udder people who
svore WITCH as | hafe already said, know
holdings of dis business. Under such cir
cumstances de court can make no findings
for plaintiff Derefore the court finds for die
defendant. nit judgment against de blaintif
for costs
1T was the best thing" concluded Thur
man, that the old Dutchman ever did. 1t
established his reputation as an honest man
far and near, and from that time until his
death, II anybody had made an effort to im-
peach his evidence given in case, he would
have failed. The whole neighborhood looked
ON him as second Daniel from that time
forward"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-17
THE CHAPEROS.
BY the late Hem

BY tho late Henry g. Bunner.
/ take my chaperon to the play
She thinks she's taking me
And the gided youth who owns the boy
A proud young man Is he.
But how would his young heart be hurt
If he could only know
That not for his sweet sake | co.
Nor yet to see the triiling show,
But to see my chaperon fiirt
Her eyes beneath her snowy hair,
They sparkle young a. mine;
There's scarce wrinkle in her hand,
So delicate and fine.
And when my chaperon ~ seen,
They come from everywhere
The dear old boys vita silYery hair,
With old-time grace and old-time air,
To greet their old-time queen.
They bow as my young Midas here
VIII never learn to bow
C1he dancing hasiers do not teach
That gracious reverence now),
With voices quaveTlng just BIT
They nlay their o.d parts through,
They talk OF folk who used TO WOO,
OF hearts that broke In 'nfty-two-
Now none tle worse for 1t.
And as these aged crlckets chrp
/ watch my chaperon's face,
And see the dear old features take
new and tender grace
And In her happy eyes see
Her youth awakening bright
With all its hope desires. delight
An, mel | wish that were quite
AS young-as young as shell
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-17

as soon as the spade went below the effects Of
a recent shower the soil was dry as dust In
1894 ard 1895 Mr.. Campbell had plats in
South Dakota. Both were extremely dry sea-
sons. The ground was, in other fields,
parched and dry to an unknown depth. But
in the autumn of 1894 his fields, after ma
turing the crops, showed six feet, and the
next autumn, ten feet of the moist earth.
That elusive 900 tons or so of water per
acre had been trapped and held by the new
tillage. In 1894 test tubes of dirt were taken
from a Campbell field at Hastings, Neb., and
from adjoining fields. and sent to the De
partment of Agriculture at Washington for
analysis. In that July one-sixteenth of an
inch of rainfall occurred on these fields. The
average percentage of moisture in the upper
twelve inches of soil during this month was,
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-17

every resident of the territory. Others said:
when the country gets older we shall get
more rain" or 1T is always so in a new
country; just look at the history of the states
farther cast" But though possessed of his
full share of western optimism, Mr. Campbell
mixed with 1t a good share of saving COM
mon sense. He studied climatic conditions
and became convinced that the country he
had settled in always has been, is now, and
ever Will be region of scanty precipitation
and that climatic conditions in the main do
not change. In short, he acknowledged the
fact that the conditions were such as to
make ordinary farming a failure.
But he went further. He calculated that,
with an annual precipitation of not far from
twenty inches of water, crops ought to be
successfully grown every year unless the wa
ter is used up in some way aside from the
growth of plants. An inch of water weighs
in excess of 100 tons an acre, and twenty
inches more than 1000 tons. growing
plant does not need, during its period of
growth. more than 300 times its dry weight.
1t is a very good crop indeed, which, dried,
weighs more than thirty tons an acre. There
fore 800 tons ought to be enough for the ac-
tual use OF any crop. The reader sees, as
Mr. Campbell saw, that even after growing
a good crop |, 100 tons of water ought to be
left over, unless somehow the water had
slipped away and played truart.
1t took him a very short time indeed to
discover the paramour with which the odd
LOO tons OF water eloped, impelled by the
ardors of the Dakota summer. 1t Is that
prairie breeze 80 fresh, so free" which
poets have so highly praised In the spring
the ''semi-arid belt blossoms as the rose,
under the influence of the vernal rains. But
June, July and August bring hot winds which
lick up the moisture, sap the vitals of the
growing plant and cause the evil effects OF
drouth. How to carry crops over this period
was the problem to which he addressed him
self.
For ten years he observed, studied and
experimental At last after enduring all the
trials which usually fall to the lot of the re-
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-17

10 stir the surface between these rows with
the utmost facility. As only ABOUT one-quar-
ter of the usual quantity or seed Is requlrea'
this saving goes far to make up Ior the eN,
pense OF cultivation. Tlne Stalks stooi
OUT under the iniueneeiof the moisture in
the soil incident to theI system of tillage,
20 that at harvest time the ground Is so
covered by the grain as to completely obllt-
crate all traces of the rpws, so FAR as can
be observed from a little distance. The
heads are SO fun as to make the yield larger
Than can be expected in broadcast seeding
under any conditions There seems to be
good reason to think, that farmers ir all
climates could prohtably adopt th.s part oil
the Campbell method.
Some astounding figures are given as TO
the results of this method. II has never
failed to bring crop when fairly tried. No
field TILED according to its rules has ever
suffered from drouth In 1898. near Aber-
deem. S. d.. this method Of tlllage brought a
yield OF 1i6 bushels of potatoes per acre,
while other fields were total failure; In
1896. in Harlan county, Nebraska, yield
of 200 bushels of potatoes per acre In the
fields OF Batty & Son, while In others aDoul
twenty bushels was the rule, and at Glen
Ulen, n. D.. in 1896, G.. Lidstrom got l3I
bushels per acre on sabsurface- packed ground
and only eighty-fve bushels per acre on un'
packed soil, although all were given the
same surface cultivation. Mr., g. ii. Pratt, a
banker OF Hastings, Yeb.. makes the state,
meht lhat partial haopton OF TINS 'he'nou
has increased the average yield of corn hYe
bushels per acre In his county.
A VISIT TO THE FIELDS,
In none of these fields is there ever any
difficulty In deteetlng greater degree OF
moisture than in the helds operated by or
dinary methods. Last July the writer Wis
tied the North Dakota fields. and found by
digging that in the Campbell fields, from
the surface down as far az the spade would
reach the ground was wet enough for the
making Of mud balls, while In other fields,
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-17

from beneath and to prevent the escape of
moisture by evaporation from the surface.
The prairie soils have lain for centuries
In the same position, and are filled with
channels washed out by the downward flow
ing rains which prevent the lateral move
ment of moisture by capillarity. This old
structure is broken up by deep plowing-
not subsoiling, but ordinary plowing from
seven to nine inches deep. But any sort OF
plowing leaves cavities in the ground The
furrow-slice is loosened up as 1t turns, and
some treatment is necessary to give the
soil that homogeneous firmness necessary to
tho retention of a large quantity of mois-
ture. Mr.. Campbell tried the roller. 1t
would not do 1t packed the surface, but
unless enormously heavy. it left the bot
tom cavities unaffected So he invented a
subsurface packing the one new thing he
has given to agriculture. He invented a
tool which firmly packs the subsurfaces
and leaves the upper four inches loose. He
gives his audiences directions Tor doing this
work with the ordinary tools of the farm
but, no doubt, special tools will always be
used where large fields are to be economically
packed. This packing is done only once
year and costs only 20 cents per acre for
labor.
The ground is subjected to frequent shall
low cultivation to prevent the evaporation of
moisture Every farmer knows that a layer
of straw over a garden bed will keep the
ground beneath moist Mulching aroun 1
the roots of trees does the same thing. This
is done by checking evaporation. Almost
every farmer knows that his corn is enabled
to stand the dry weather longer if frequently
cultivated or hoed The blanket of dust, or
loose dry earth keeps the moisture from
coming to the surface where the winds can
suck it up. The Campbell method requires
the cultivation to be done with some fms
toothed cultivator, or harrow set to run net
more than two inches deep, and to be re-
l1to cd N frnn In %
throughout the growing season. Should the
season be hot or dry. the stirring of this
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-17

dust mulch must be pushed more vigorously.
This cultivation Is not a very expensive
operation, as one man with a team is able
TO cultivate from twenty to thirty acres of
wheat oats, corn or any other crop per
day Two-row and three-row cultiyators
are used IN corn, and cultiyators twelve
feet wide In small grain. The entire cost
per acre for labor in excess OF the eost Of
the old method, including the subsurface
packing, amounted, on the Soldiers Home
farm at Lisbon, n. D.. in 1896 to 81 cents
per acre. a large part OF which was Offset
by saving OF seed In the fields Of small
grain. All the work was, In this case. paid
for In cash and exact accounts kept. The
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-17

former he evolved the Campbell method =
and is now teaching II TO the west, assisted
by many men OF prominence. all confident
that by 1t that range OF subhumid states
stretching from North Dakota TO Texas VIII
be made rs reliable. agrleulturally speaking,
as Iowa and Illinois,
FREQUENT SHALLOW CULTIVATION.
The Campbell method Is a reform IN til
lage 1t rests on three foundation stones
deep plowing, subsurtaee packing. frequent
shallow surface cultivation. The objects OF
these operations are to form an ample reser-
voir In the root-bed for moisture, to promote
capillary attraction, TO draw up moisture
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-17

in the Campbell fields, about Is per cent. in
the other fields about per cent. The OBJ
servations were taken at 6 o'clock every
evening and furnished a most striking proof
of the efficacy of this method Of conserving
moisture Eighteen per cent of moisture is
enough to insure rapid and fourishing
growth; s per cent is, to all appearances, abb
solutely dry
In 1896 about a dozen model farms were
operated by the Northern Pacific and the
500 Line railway in North Dakota The re-
suits were such as to impel these roads TO
prepare for more farms next year and the
Northern Pacific has made an oher OF pre-
miums for the best fields titled by this
method by farmers of sixteen counties In
North Dakota. Some of the great grain
companies of Minneapolis and some land
companies are actively cooperating In the
work of education. The b. M. railway
will next year operate its model
farms In Nebraska and Kansas. The Chi
cago. Milwaukee & ST. Paul Is doing great
deal TO bring the new tlllage to the atten-
tion of the farmers along it's lines In South
Dakota. The Great Northern Is doing the
same in North Dakota. Other railways are
eyincing much interest. In localities In
which these model farms are located the
/ farmers are adopting the method as rapidly
as they can, so that II can be said that the
efforts of these far-seeing men are already
bearing tangible fruit.
l. HERBERT QUICK.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-17

CULTIVATION OF SMALL HhAlN'
said that surface packing Is the one
new thing which M. Caihpoell mas t,i,r, sLion
In agriculture. There : is another thng
inherent in his system which Is, perhaps,
new to American agriculture, although old
to the agriculturists qi Europe. | reier TO
the interculture of wheat, oats bar.ey ana a
The dust mulch IL Just as essential to these
crops as to corn or potatoes. Therefore the
Campbell method requires. all such crops TO
be sown in drills far enough apart to permit
of constant cultivation. The best results
have been obtained by placing the drills ron
eighteen to twenty-five inches apart. Guilt
vators are used which enable husbandmen
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-17
II Made "A difference.

Chicago POST He had made something Of
a study of women.
"Wll you marry me-" he began, to"
No" she interrupted promptly and with
emphasis.
to cradle me to win bet" he went
on, without noticing her interruption.
"Um. we'll" she said hesitatingly, "I-er-
how much Is the bet p
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-17

A number of hack drivers struck recently
In the middle Of funeral at Pitteburg, Ia.