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The San Francisco call., 1898-05-22

hung as each wished, and after a time he remained away hoping that the dis pute would reach an early and a natu- ra] end. But days went by into weeks, and weeks wore into months, and still no decision was reached. At Sast the carpenter thought it best to intercede with suggestion, and so try and settle the quarrel.
 Let me make it a sliding door," he proposed.
 by the idea and each waited for the other to speak. Henry looked at Mar tha. She remained silent.
 All right; go ahead,' he said to the carpenter. That suits me-
 But it doesn't suit me-" objected the wife. T don't want any sliding doors. Dirt gets behind them; they get out of order; lots of things happen to sliding doors. If you make that a sliding door, Henry Williams, you can live in that house all by yourself, and that settles that point"
 And so the quarrel became a feud.
 There was enough pride in the old couple to desire to keep the fact of their quarrel a secret. And they succeeded for time. The carpenter was paid for his work and allowed to leave the sec tion. For a time the neighbors won dered why the new house was not occu- pied. Questioning the old couple bA AOuSll uHSdllSLdclOFy answers.
 Will move into 1t when we are ready" said Henry
 Gradually, however, by close watch ing and dint of cross questioning the story of the kitchen door came out. Then the whole country side marveled and watched for the outcome of the stubborn contest.
 AS the years wore on and the neg lected house was going to ruin hus- band and wife scarcely spoke to one another. If one or the other ever at- tempted to speak the kitchen-door sub- Ject was sure to crop out and cause a lively quarrel
 Ten years, twenty years, twenty-nine years passed and the stubborn point re- mained steadfastly unsettled
 Then one day a few weeks ago Henry was taken very sick. Inquisitive neigh bors asked questions and the doctor shook his head
 You must get MT. Williams out of this old house." he told Martha, Cor I will give up the case. Your husband IS no longer young man and he will die here in two or three days if you persist in keeping him in this old cabin. Why don't you move him into the big house?"
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of scarcity of funds, was obliged to give as many as from six to twelve ex- hibitions daily in saloons and else where, but he did not swallow much at time, only bit or two of glass, four or five nails, screws and a few fence staples. He always carried a supply of objects. so as to be able to give an exhibition of swallowing at any time In his repertoire were pearl top lamp chimneys, two, four, six and eight pen ny nails, wire fence nails, barbed wire fence staples and thirty-two and thirty eight caliber cartridges. He never swallowed tacks.
 The patient stated that, up to 1897. he never had any trouble; but on March 15 he gave a number of exhibi- tions, and on March Is he began to feel ill Dr. Meisenbach examined the patient and found he weighed 153 pounds; his color was pale, his gums spongy, and his breath very foul; his pulse 76. temperature 9S degrees and respiration 23.
 The stomach was inflated with air, so as to more clearly outline it's lower
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the house was to look, and everything went along smoothly. The new house was to be built near the old log cabin.
 Slowly the house came into exist ence, and Henry and Martha watched it like two children. For hours they discusse6 the happy days they would spend after they had moved in"
 And they would have moved in all right if it had not been for the car penter asking a simple question. He had gone right ahead and done what seemed best to him until the house always pleased with his ideas of the way the house should be built. If he had only gone straight ahead when he came to the kitchen door he might have saved two people thirty years of misery.
 Shall I make this kitchen door swing in or out?'' he asked one day as Henry and Martha stood watching him.
 Which is the easiest?" asked Henry.
 "One way is as easy as another" an- swered the carpenter.
 Then make it swing in," said Henry. ''It will be easier for me to carry in the wood.
 But that will give me less room in the kitchen" objected Martha.
 Nonsense" Henry said, smiling. You have more room now than you need and it makes a big difference to me"
 'IndeedI" Martha retorted, you are looking out for yourself and don't care what I have to put up with"
 Then the domestic storm began.
 The carpenter sat down to wait until the two people had settled their diff culties, but as the argument kept up until dark he went home, thinking surely all would be we'll on the mor- row. The hanging of the door was all there was to do on the house. But days went on and the stubborn question re- mained undetermined.
 The carpenter got tired of the inter minable dispute after a while. He could not keep track of the reasons that were brought up for having the door
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Woman of This City Has Her Stomach Successfully Removed and Now Eats Three Hearty Meals Day and Goes About Her Tasks as Usual and They Say She Doesn't Even
 Know Yet That She Has No Stomach.

certainly takes rank as an operation ot the first magnitude pr. Brigham s operation differs from that performed by Schlatter, in that he was able to unite
 the lower end of the esophagus directly with the cut end of the duodenum. The good Judgment of Dr. Brigham was amply vindicated by the result. A brief consideration will justify the deduction that cases suited to this operation are rare. It is certainly uncommon eX- perience for surgeon to meet with a case of cancer of the stomach in as good physical condition as was Dr. Brigham's case. The pale, thin, worn,
 cachetic victims of this disease are sell
 dom in condition to withstand so for
 midable an operative procedure. Drs. Schlatter and Brigham have shown that there exists a certain (probably smalD proportion of cases in which resort to the most radical surgical procedure
 may for a time at least rescue the pa- i tient. The prolongation of life may be by no means inconsiderable.
 The portions of the report most in-
 teresting to the lay reader are as fol-
 lows:
 Lora Maginni, widow and housewife, 66 years of age, had complained of pain
 in her stomach for the last year She
 was able, however, to digest her food until Christmas time, when she vomited any solid food that she took Not car Ing TOT bread ana meat, she cOnrneQ
 herself to liquids and to thickened
 gruels, and so was able to keep her usual weight of 135 pounds. She did not worry about her forced abstinence from solid food, because she was un- able to chew properly, having but six teeth in the lower with no correspond ing ones in the upper jaw.
 She is a remarkably healthy woman in other respects, having a strong heart and lungs and a clear complexion and a good deal of color in her cheeks, a woman of simple tastes, born in the country, in the north of Italy; active and a woman of good common sense It is a difficult thing to keep her in bed, in any ordinary illness, and she does not complain of pain, unless it Is severe.
 I saw her first in February 1898. She came to me for advice, on account of the pain she felt in her stomach. There was a hardness in the pyloric region which was painful on pressure. All solid food was vomited soon after it was taken. My diagnosis was cancer of the pylorus. At a subsequent visit a few weeks later an operation for the of the growth was suggested and agreed upon and the patient en- tered St. Lul1e'S Hospital.
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WONDERFUL THINGS DONE WITH AND WITHOUT A STOMAC

two hours. In addition to her regula nourishment the patient enjoyed squab.
 March 20 to 23-In addition to othe nourishment seven ounces of mulled win l were gwen at bed time.
 1 March 23-Pulse 1O2 Patient walked rom her room to the piazza, where sh sat for two hours in the sun. Then walk ed back to her room.
 March "A to 28-Patient gained fyt pounds. From 116 increased to 121 pounds
 March 2S-Patient in a reclining position l out on piazza most of the day: For tht first time since the operation said she fell amply proved it.
 It is still question with her how, .tc nal, trional, promo caffeine and bromide | of potash all excite rather than soothe the restlessness Morphine alone is sufh- clent II gwen in quarter-gra1n ooSes- March 90 to April 7--Patient gained one pound; is on tlie piazza all day; walks alone; reads the paper and is very active
 April 10 The following shows the amount of food taken by the patient 3 day from now on: At 6:9O a. m, a cup ! dozen oysters and a Bowl of broth; at l o'clock, half broiled chicken, with toast ana ana stewed "7d |, strawberries; at o'clock, and a cup of tea. Pulse S4.
 April 14-Weight 122 pounds.
 The symptom which gave the most anxiety after the operation was the rest
  This was without doubt the result of the surgical shock which was caused by the removal of so important an organ as the stomach and the interfering with its Ves- sels and nerves.
 The season of the year in California, with mild, sunny days, and the careful and constant nursing are among the rac- tors which made the operation a success.
 Many old people can stand in the sur gical point of view much more than is generally supposed.
 The patient was not worried about her self. All she wished for was to be re- stored to health; how this was to be ac- compllshed she never asked, AND TO THIS DAY SHE DOES NOT KNOW THAT HER STOMACH HAS BEEN RE- MOVED.
 She has a fine color. Complains of noth- ing as far as the functions Of her body goes; eats whatever she wishes; has no position. She is out of doors most of the day from 10 to o'clock; her tenn perature and pulse is normal anu she sleeps well without an opiate.
 Although she has food every three hours she feels quite hungry at times and says she could eat twice as much as is given her. She is regaining her normal weight.
 In conclusion. wish to acknowledge my great indebtedness to pr. Carl Schlatter of Zurich for his description of which has been invaluable to me in mak- ing this case successful.
 The patient has been gaining five pounds a week since the above report was written. At present she weighs just nine pounds less than she did on the day dresses herself and performs all ordinary duties about the house without any as- Dr: Brigham only visits her oc- Maginni that her stomach is removed. When asked how she feels, she says cheerfully that the doctor has cured her
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A The case is that of ''Signor bits of chain, knife blades and almost anything he could get into his mouth. He did this publicly for several years; then he was taken ill. His stomach was cut open by pr. A. H. Meisenbach and miscellaneous junk shop was re- moved from his interior. Signor Ra- mana termed himself The Human Os- trich,' and had followed the profes- sion of swallowing glass, metal etc, for a period of nine years. He presented himself to the clinic of Dr. Mesenbach and stated that his father and mother were living and of very nervous tenn perament. He was 2 years old and had received very fair education, at tending public high school and college. While still at school he witnessed in March, 1888, an exhibition by a profes- sional glass eater He paid $10 to learn the feat and after few days he found he could perform the operation nicely. First he gave private exhibitions and took great interest in swallowing other objects, as nails and sword swallow ing, In 1894 he joined a speciality com pany and since that time he has been continually giving private and public exhibitions, at least one or two a week He does not remember the quantity of things swallowed
 In the early part of March, 1S97 he started out on trip, and. on account
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 " HE story of the successful re-
 moval of a woman's stomach
 three months ago by Dr. Brig ham of this city has just been
 published in all its details by the
 Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. Outside of the removal of the stomach the most wonderful part of the story to the mind of the ordin- ary layman will be the fact that the woman does not yet know that her stomach is removed. She eats several meals daily, goes about the house as usual. has almost recovered her full weight and says the doctor has com pletely cured her. Before the operation she could not retain solid food on her ters, etc, and consequently feels that she is all right.
 pr. Brigham followed the main lines laid down by Dr. Carl Schlatter in performing a like operation on a woman in Zurich. In many particu- lars. however, Dr. Brigham was con- fronted with new problems, and the re- suit of the operation shows with what skill he met them.
 In speaking of the matter the editor of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal says:
 The operation in San Francisco of the removal of the entire stomach has been for the first time successfully perform ed by Dr. Charles Brooks Brigham. As a surgical achievement this operation
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H VERY curious case of "glass fx swallowing" has just been made "A public by the American Medical \ Association Journal of Chicago.
 rThn oaca ic of
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-13

THE St. Louis Railway Journal
makes a good suggestion in the
following that should be taken up
by every newspaper in the coun-
try: There seems to be a grow
ing sentiment throughout the
country against the present charges
for berths in sleeping cars. II
TIE voice of the press is basis to
reckon from, it is evident that the
sentiment is strong. The recent
annual report of the Pullman COM
pany, which indicated a dividend
OF $18, 100000 for the stockhold-
ers, has rekindled the feeling
against excessive charges for Sleep
ing privileges on trains. This re-
port has confirmed the idea more
seriously in the minds of the trav-
cling public that sleeping car SER
vice can be maintained at a profit
with much less cost to those who
patronize it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-13

The merchants of Davis are Civ
ing $500 in prizes to luckily farm
ers who market cotton there, says
the News. This is an evidence of
enterprise that is commendable.
The merchants of all the towns
should offer prizes to farmers Iaar-
keting the first, second, third and
fourth bales. This would induce
farmers to plant cotton earlier.
The early crop, as a rule, gives the
best results and secures the best
price. These prizes should be Of
fered early in the winter, so farm
ers could lake advantage of them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-13
riiousl,y

INDIAN COMMISSIONER JONES.
who went from Washington to
Minnesota to negotiate with the
reyolted Chippewas, made a care
full examination and found that the
recent outbreak was not without
provocation. He has made a verb
al report of the facts to the Secre-
tary of the Interior. In an inter-
view he says: The origin of the
whole trouble was dissatisfaction
with the handling of the Indians
timber, but the immediate cause
was irritation at the frequent ar
rests OF Indians on trivial causes
often on no causes 1T all, taking
them down to Duluth and Minnie
apolis for trial, 100 miles away
from their agency, and then turn
ing them Girift without means of
returning home. / have informa-
ton that there is a definite ar
rangement between the United
States marshal and some boarding
houses where the courts are Iocat-
ed, by which the deputies are to
Drlng down delegations of Indians
as witnesses in whisky and other
eases. This secures fees for the
deputies and money for the board
ing places.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-13
VERY few are the business me

VERY few are the business men
who fully appreciate the power and
influence of their local papers.
Three papers in a good-sized town
could cripple or destroy the strong
est business concern in it in a very
short while, if they were so dis
posed, and could do it without ever
making direct charge. Remem-
Der that the local papers every
week talk to hundreds. They con-
stantly watch and plead for the in
terests of their town and county,
and the reader will always find the
best business men of the town us
ing the columns of the local papers
to make his business announce
ments.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-13

/.
Suppose Ehe negro imb6rnrB im
an alabama mine should si for
higher wages and the mine SWhsrs
should import car load or
those same Illinois miners whom
Gov. Tanner proposes to protect"
with Gatling gums. Does the ARD
MOREITE think the governor of Al
ALBANIA would be performing the
most praises7orthy and commenda-
BILE act of his and or any other gov
ernor's life" if he met them with
Calling guns at the state line.
Bulletin.
No, sir. Those miners are not
thieves and ex-convicts, who learn
ed their trade while doing time in
the penitentiary. They are good,
law-abiding citizens, who quit work
for the local company of virden,
ILL.,, because their wages were re-
duced below living figures. The
negroes that were attempted to be
imported from Alabama were of
the most disreputable character
ex-convicts, thieves and murderers.
The United States has law pro-
hibiting such foreign characters
from coming to this country, and
also law prohibiting the importa-
ton Of contract labor" into this
country, and Gov. Tanner exer-
cised the right of state to pro-
hibit the importation of such labor
into Illinois to take the places of
honest laborers who had been
forced to strike for living wages.
If the national government has the
right and power to prohibit such
labor coming to this country, each
state, in its sovereign capacity, has
the right to prohibit such labor
from being imported into it from
another state. Gov. Tanner has
acted nobly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-13

We want to suggest to our peo-
pie the Importance of taking stock
at once with the State National
Loan and Trust company of Fort
Worth. THE company is organized
here now, and by identifying our
selves with it at once we can get
the help we are going to need lit
tie later, viz: money at 6 per cent
to help pay for our lots and to build
on same.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-13

w. B. BLYTHE, a reporter for
the Galveston Tribune, was shot
and killed by E. S. Easley, a law
yer and defeated candidate for
county judge of Galveston county,
last Friday. An article appeared
in the Tribune that Easley took as
an insult. The article did not
mention Easley's name, and was
not intended for him at all, so
Blythe said before dying. The
men were not acquainted. The
whole affair is very unfortunate
and is the outgrowth Of intemper-
ate politics.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-13

In to-day's paper will be found
an interview with T. B. Needles,
member of the Dawes Commission
What he says is of interest to ev-
cry one in the Territory, for he
should know what he is talking
about and, doubtless, does. Any
way, he is in a position to largely
enforce his views.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-13


Notice Il hereby given that the usder.1 Z
ed. ~ agents for the petitionere, 1ste
with the clerk Of the United 9eates s%e
for the Southern District OF the ka1eA -
rifory, = petition praying that the fo.l9s -
described territory be tncorpozH4.1 II
doMignated a. The Incorporates =.
berWyn, Indian Territory" !" to- wlts lrn.a
Beginning &C q point three hnndfs<s -.
feet north OF the southeast corner = -.
ton -. township three south. r1n1e -
east. thence running west digtancs = 49,
thousand ak hundred and forty 49, ....1
thence south q distance Of one tne ~
three hundred and twenty 49, -.
thenco east . distance Of one thon1-1e -
hundred and twenty lI11ol feet sneasS- -
. distance 0f two thousand six hun4L -. 7.
forty f2saol feet thence east eiissss.s, i.a
two thousand ak hundred ana -
thence north q dfstaAps Of three 49,.
nine hundred end alxty tNfl9l Le.A 49,
west q distance Of one thouaA-1 49,.
hundred and tWenfy tiaaol feet % 2.
OF beginning. -. 80
Th1f said petition - ntg on ale -. ~ b.
clerk Of said courl anG the 49, - -
hard ln fhn Uuifad 1lHf4z eo1k[ .|'.
oou1herm District Of fn1 1n1lA4 S.s
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-13

LOTS of farmers would SOW
wheat if they could break their
ground. Rain is badly needed.
Not enough to thoroughly soak
the ground has fallen in two
months, and what wheat and 9TH
er small grain that has been plant
ed and is up is not doing well. 1t
has tired, hungry look.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-13

There is no pain or discomfort
when Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment
is used. 1t relieves that itching in
creased by scratching. 1t is prepar-
ed with scientific accuracy and prof.
essiOnal knowledge, and is the kind
that cures blind, bleeding, itching
and protruding piles with no pain or
loss of time.
sold by T. N. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-13

For broken surfaces, sores, insect
bites, burns, skin diseases and co.
pecially piles there is one reliable
remedy, DeWitt's Witch Hazel salve.
When you call for DeWitt's don't ac-
cept counterfeits or frauds. You
VIII not be disappointed with De-
Wits Witch Hazel salve. City Drug
Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-13
PauIs Valley Court.

No case has excited so much in
terest as that of the United States
VS.. Dennis Nolen. a negro, charg-
ed with the murder Of his wife
Lydia Nolen, near johnson, /. T., +,
on February 1st. 1898. Every inch
of ground was bitterly contested.
The arguments In the case were
finished Thursday night and shortly
after nine O'Clock Friday morning
the jury returned a verdict of
guilty. ressT
The Valley News says the Nolen
murder case was the last criminal
case for this term, and the civil
docket was taken mp. The first
case being that OF Sumpter vs..
johnson, a suit for rent, the
amount in dispute being about $3.50.
Other proceedings for the day were
as followe: 81
F. T. Mcclure enrolled at the
Pauls Valley bar and appointed
notary public.
j. F. Flemming enrolled as an
attorney at this bar.
j. B. Thompson appoined notary
public.
Deering Harvester Co. VS.. E. H.
Scrivner. report Of master in chan
cery filed.
j. E. Bailey VS.. R. M. Bailey,
report of master in chancery fled.
Lawson VS.. Lawson, decree Of
divorce.
John Clemens appointed guar
dian for Denpis NoIen, Jr.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-13

SPAIN is exhibiting all of her old
dilatory tactics. She is now ap-
pealing to Germany to intervene in
her behalf against the United
States, with the hope of forcing
our peace commissioners to pay
the Cuban debt and to pay q large
sum for the Philippine Islands. A
dissolution of the peace commission
and the breaking off of all nego-
tiattons is liable to occur at any
moment.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-13

The latest dispatches indicate a
safe Democratic majority in the
House Of Congress.