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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21

ated surfaces which were healing by
granulation. This mode of treatment
was continued from time to time I'M
til October l, when he was permitted %
leave his room. At this date the
wounds were al healed, except a small
portion of the one III the thigh and the
one in the thumb.
About November / the patient began
to increase rapidly in weight and COM
planned of severe neuralgia pains.
especially in the right side and in the
thumb. AS the granuIations of the
thumb failed to cicatrize and caused
him great annoyance, the offending
member was amputated. Nothing I'M
usual from this time on presented
itself. The pain and nervous phenom-
ena gradually passed away, and with
it the surplus of flesh, so that am
now able to introduce 10 yov Mr.. John
Krall, the only man in the world to re-
ceiye so strong a current of electricity
and who lives to narrate the facts.
The literature of thissubjectis, asyet
very meager, and statistics give little
data upon which to base conclusions
1t seems to be understood, however
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21
TEMPERANCE EVOLUTION.
A Constitutional Change Going on
In Nations That Use AlcO-
hOIic Beverages.

Has anybody ever discovered, so as
to be able to state accurately, the
strangely obscure cases which in the
matter of wine differentiate one consti-
tuition from another? We have written
as if the main distinction were between
sedentary lives and lives in the open
air, and it is the main one; but there
must be many others; it is quite certain
that there are men upon whom wine,
even in very large doses, makes no per
ceptible impression, and men who are
not themselves" when they have taken
one glass, beside the men, known to
every one who has visited the tropics,
who, having taken one glass, cannot
stop, but crave suddenly and irresist-
IDLY for the happiness of unconscious
ness. 1t was, we are firmly persuaded,
a conviction derived from experience
that this was the usual or universal
proclivity of Asiatics which induced
the early Hindu lawgivers, and after
them the Mussulman lawgiver, to pro-
hibit the drinking of wine absolutely
and finally as morally a crime.
hClI DCIlCi 10 uOi u uC Vi uIODCs
where the most violent differences,
alike of taste and of capacity for drink
ing, have always existed. The writer,
though he fears not to be believed, had
personal knowledge of a man who was
sobered by bottle of port after drink
ing IS wineglasses of whisky; and
every doctor knows of cases where one
oe w.
head. 1t is by no means certain, how
ever, that these inequalities will always
last. 1t is greatly to be feared that
the increase of temperance in this coun-
try, which is most decided, is not wholly
the outcome of an increased self-con-
troll, but is the result of an instructive
recoil, produced by a sense that the
man cannot carry" liquor. All old
men admit this, and most of the young,
who almost disbelieve the facts which
they find in literature not yet 60 years
old. The powers of men in regard to
drinking have changed as we'll as their
habits, and we see no proof that the
change is due in any large degree to the
bibulous ways of our immediate ances-
tors. We should rather believe that a
constitutional change was going on
like that which has affected teeth, and
which may last, at all events, for many
generations. If that is the case-and
the change has been observed in
France and America as well as England
the desire to prohibit the use of alco-
hol altogether may one day become as
strong in Europe as it has become in
Hindustan and Arabia, and may lead to
experiments in lawmaking of which we
at present never dream.-London Spec
tator.
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TREATMENT OF GROUP.
Some Things That Are Good for
Young Mothers to Know In
the Absence of IL Doctor.

There are two species of Group. Mem
branous or true Group is one of the most
dreaded of diseases, but one that is OF
comparatively rare occurrence. 1t is
seldom that a child survives the first at
tack. False Group is very common
and mild disease, and one that very
seldom proves fatal, though the symp-
toms are always alarming at the time.
When a child awakens in the night
with a flushed face and that peculiar
growing noise in the breathing which
once heard it is impossible ever to for
get it is best to send for the doctor.
There is no home remedy for mem
branous Group, and the doctor only can
tell that it is not the more dangerous
disease. Until the doctor comes, keep
the child warm and give it, if it is a
year old, half teaspoOnful of sirup of
ipecac; if year older, one teaspoonful.
This should produce vomiting in Is
minutes. If vomiting is not produced
the dose must be repeated, for the dis
ease may be more serious than or
binary false Group. In false Group the
worst symptoms vanish as soon as
vomiting is produced. A croupy child
should be carefully protected and kept
within doors for several days after an
attack.
When the cold of a child is accus-
toned to develop into false Group" he
should be carefully guarded against
changes of weather by putting fannels
on him. Rub his chest as soon as he
has croupy cough with hot camphor-
ated oil, keeping the heat in with lay
ers of warm flannel or cotton batting at
the back and front of the chest. Give
him also mild doses of ipecac to loosen
his cold. A teaspoonful of mixture of
Il teaspoonful of ipecac dissolved in a
tumbler of water and administered
every hour will not produce vomiting
but will serve as mild means to loosen
the phlegm and thus prevent an attack
of Group at night. Some doctors adj
wise hardening a child who is accus-
toned to having false Group by bathing
the little one daily in cold water and
rubbing him vigorously afterward with
the hand until the flesh is warm from
the friction. Such child should Ger
tainly go out in the open air as much
as possible. 1t is not safe to weaken
their vitality by combining them within
doors any more than is necessary.-N
I. Ledger.
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that 600 volts is deemed by scientists
sufficient to produce instant death. and
that the extreme voltage of the death
chair, which is rarely used, is 1000. The
case of Mr.. William Mcnamara, line
man of Albany, n. Y, who received a
shock of 1000 volts while repairing a
circuit in the city of Troy, this fearful
current passing through him for a
period of 10 minutes, is the nearest par
allel case with which I am acquainted.
Mr.. Mcnamara, like Mr.. Krall, de-
scribes the symptoms of numbness,
sickness of the stomach, buzzing of the
ears and an apprehension of being
shocked again.
In case mentioned in the New York
Medical Record, March, 1898, in which
the X ray was used in making a dag
nosis of disease of the knee, this pro-
cedure being followed by gangrene and
subsequent amputation of the thigh, it
was the opinion of several surgeons
that the Y ray had some pc
culiar effect on the tissues and
caused death of the parts from
within. Night not this element of that
unknown fluid have something to do
with the production of gangrene in
the arm of our patient? Be that as it
may, we are now to have, as frequent
occurrence, a class of accidents from
these high powers of electricity. They
are accompanied by unconsciousness,
sickness at the stomach, buzzing in the
ears, and the apprehension of being
shocked again, followed by a peculiar
neurasthenia of a more or less dura-
tion. These symptoms, together with
the terrific burns, tissues charred and
carbonized, terminate in gangrene,
sloughing wounds, deformities and
oftentimes death.
How best to conduct such cases will
require our best efforts and soundest
judgment. To accomplish this need
say that I believe the treatment out
lined is on general principles to be re-
lied upon, conservative while there il
hope, but radical when necessity de-
mandS.
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Strength of n Lightning Flash

To measure the current of strength
Of a lightning fash seems almost i'm
possible. yet it has been determined by
noting the amount of permanent mag
netism in certain rocks on the surface OF
the earth. The amount of magnetism
in these rocks seemed out of proportion
with the ordinary magnetism of the
earth, so the proposition was advanced
that it was caused by an electric cur
rent either passing through them or in
the immediate neighborhood. Herr L.
Pockets has recently made an investi-
cation of sections of the basaltic rock
of the Winterberg In Saxony, which
show very irregular magnetism, that
must have been caused by current of
at least 1900 amperes passing over the
surface of the rock, or else in the imme-
diate neighborhood. Some basalt cut
near tree struck by lightning afford
ed him better opportunity for estimat-
ing the distance to the current, which
he has computed to be nearly $500 am
peres.-St. Louis Republic.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Lord Rosebery is about to give up his
youth formally by bringing out his
two daughters into society. Lady Sibyl
Myra Primrose is IS years of age and
Lady Margaret IL.
England proposes to grant medal
for gallantry TO THE survivors of the
force stationed ih Canada during the
Fenian raid of 1896. This will give an
other decoration to Viscount Wolseley,
the commander iii chief.
Great Britain's Nolicy of protecting
political refugees IS been given up.
A Russian journal named Bourtzetf
has been sent to IS months for
publishing in Lo pamphlet in
which assassinatio rs was justi-
: fed.
| DR.. John Murrai, OF the Challenger
| expedition, has had the order Pour le
merite conferred on him by the kaiser
Lord Kelvin, Lord Lister and Sir G. q.
Stokes are the only other living Eng
| lishmen of science who belonl to the
order.
Prof. Bryce has made bad slip in
his book on South Africa. He accuses
the Beers of abusing the English by
speaking of them usually as l'rotten
eggs whereas the Transyaaal phrase
is root&nek, red necb,' and applies to
the British complexion.
Nineteen children in 20 years of mar
ried life is the record of one British
mother reported in the Lancet. She
never had twins and was able for 10
years to nurse her babies without in
| PERMISSION. The Lancet describes her
as "a thin but not WORKOUT looking
woman"
An Erlangen professor was called
upon lately to perform dangerous
surgical operation on an S0-year-old
merchant of Nuremberg. The opera
ton was brilliantly successful; the pro
fessor returned to Erlangen, and, as
usual in such cases, sent in his bill to
the merchants heirs. The old gentle
man, however, had recovered and took
mischievous pleasure in travelling tC
Erlangen himself and paying the pro
fessor in person.
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SHE WANTED TO KNOW.
If Johns Insurance Policy Would BE
Good If He Were to Go
to War.

John" she said to him in an APP
pealing tone, just when he was getting
Decline on the bed preparatory to
turning out the light the other night,
you wouldn't go off 10 any cruel war
and leave me all alone, would you?"
"'Course I would, Elvira," he replied,
fervently, if bit brutally. "What kind
of thing with big T do you think
your husband is, anyhow? Fellows
this world. Would go? Well, I guess
yes!"
And get yellow feveF and the black
plague and beri-beri, and all the rest
of those horrid things? And, maybe,
get cut all up by one of those awful
machetes, too?"
well, I'll tell you what, 'Vira," said
he, in a confidential tone, II don't be-
ieve I'd be able to stand more than two
dozen doses of the yellow jack and the
black plague and what you call beri-
beri if l had 'em all at once and at the
same time, and if didn't happen to get
'em all in a bunch that way 1 don't
s'pose it would take more'n a hundred
machetes to wind me up"
"Why, John, how you talk. Amt
you afraid to think of it all?"
Afraid, nothing!" replied John, val
iantly.
He was just about to trapse across
the borderland of sleep when she gave
him a little jab and said:
john"
"Huh?"
81 only want to know out of curiosity
Of course, but would your life insurance
policy be any good if you went to the
ware"
This explains why Elvira hears Sc
much talk about "blamed mercenary
women" AROUND the hou2e Nowadays
| Washington Star.
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About pains internally. Then a topper,
Full of strange oaths and loaded to the
guard.
Jealous in potting. sodden. and quick to
imbibe,
Seeking the bubbling repetition
Even al the bottles mouth. And then the
drunkard,
In grumblng belly with poor liquor lined,
With eyes bleary and beard for days uncut,
Full of rash words and prone to quarreling
And so he plays his part. The sixth stage
shifts
Iato the grim and ragged roustabout,
With carbuncies on nose and patch on
head,
His shrunken face unshaved, while bar to
bar
He beats his way; and his once manly
voice,
Unhinged by sloth and thirst colossal,
pleads
And whimpers for drink. Last scene of
all,
That ends this sad and shameful history,
Is beastly sottishness and foul oblivion
Sans rum, sans beer sans pipe, sans every
thing.
John W. Postgate, in Chicago Times
Herald.
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A REMARKABLE CASE.
Dubuque, Ia, Lineman Sustains a
Shock of 2,4oo Volts.
John NralTs Vitality Made the Sub
ject of Discussion by IcdicnI
Men-New Light on Effects
of Electric shocks.
Ispecia! Dubuque Qa1 letter.

Especial Dubuque Nld.) letter.
|E1HE Tri-State Medical society,
which met in this city recently,
n brought together large number
of prominent physicians not only
of Iowa, Illinois and Missouri, but of
other states as well. Fifty-five papers
profession were read by as many ply
sicians. Among these papers was one
by DR.. j. j. Brownson, of this city, on
injuries from Live Electric and Troll
ley Wires" The paper was devoted to
the consideration of the case of man
who had sustained the highest known
voltage and survived the terrible shock.
The case will attract much attention in
the scientific world, especially in view
of the fact that only one other man in
rthe world is known to have survived an
extraordinarily high voltage. He was
William Mcnamara, of New Albany,
y. Y, who sustained 1000 volts, while
the Dubuque man received something
more than 2,40O. DR.. Brownson, in his
address, said in part:
John Krall, aged 80 years, a lineman
in the employ of the Star Electric Light
company, of Dubuque, Ia, assembled a
pole to adjust the wires connected with
the transformer
He proceeded to cut the Give" cleo
trio light wire, using an uninsulated
wire cutter held in. the right hand. He
commenced at the secondary points
C D (see diagranI), then the main or
primary line at y. As he reached up
and severed the remaining primary
wire at B his right thigh came in con-
tact with the secondary wire d, that
happened to be crossed with a tele-
phone wire, Z +, which was grounded
in the block below. He thus completed
the circuit through the pliers. and al
lowed the full current of 2,400 volts to
pass through his body. He Immediately
became unconscious and fell across the
wire suspended from the cross-beam.
His assistant telephoned to the engi-
neer at the power house, who threw the
switch and stopped the current. The
injured man lay upon the wires for
about seven minutes, until removed by
members of the fire department. When
taken down he was found to be uncon-
scious and was promptly removed to
the Office of the nearest physician,
where, under the influence of restora-
tives, he gradually revived. After his
injuries were dressed he was removed
to the Mercy hospital at Dubuque,
where l saw him about two hours after
the accident.
The patient was very much exhausted
| and suffered from considerable shock !;
his pulse was rapid and weak; his
right hand and arm were very badly
injured, exhibiting a burn of the third
/ degree. The integument on the an
terror portion of the hand and fingers
which held the pliers was completely
charred, exposing the tendons. The
thumb of the left hand was completely
carbonized and the index finger badly
hurt. There was a large burned area
below the left nipple, which was I'M
doubtedly caused by the transmission
of the current through a lead pencil
in pocket of his vest, and Immediately
over his left breast. There was also
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large burn, about seven inches long
by three and one-half inches wide, on
the anterior portion of the right thigh.
These injuries were very painful and
required continuous injections of NOR
phine to alleviate. The right arm was
placed, at intervals, in a carboliZed
bath and every attention to antiseptic
details fully observed. AS the case pro-
gressed he seemed to develop consid-
cradle nervous phenomena. The pulse
and temperature increased, and he be-
came delrious at times. He continued
in this condition until the second week.
when it was plainly seen that gan
CREME of the right arm to the upper
third of the arm had set in and was
fast approaching the body. Upon con-
sultation it was decided necessary to
remove the arm close to the shoulder,
as the only hope of saving his life. Ac-
cordingly on the 10Th day of June the
patient was removed to the operating
room and she amputation performed.
The operation. which required about
IA minutes, left him in collapsed state.
He was given hypodermics of Strychnia,
ana external heat applied. He slowly
reacted, and by the morning of the
10Th was feeling much better; pulse,
90; temperature, normal. The case
continued to do well until the I'd of
July. when the dressings were changed
for the first time. The amputation
4 t,I ft.,e h
gauze was applied and bandages re-
adjusted. In the other wounds the
eschars were separating, leaving ulcer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21
"PIense Quit smoking"

AS fool dieth, so died young man
under 90 years of age. Crazed by Gig
arctic smoking, he left this warning
note and then killed himself in SYRIA
cuse, y. y: Brother Dan-Pjease
quit smoking for my sake: you don't
know what | suffer. Cigarette smok-
ing is the cause of this. have been
crazy about week. Good-by."
As the fools are not all dead yet,
and the cigarettes are manufactured
by the millions, boys will continue to
smoke and die.-Christian Unity Herald.
The British revenue from spirits is
little in excess Of 500 0O0. OGO yearly
Of which S2O,ooo,coO is from imported
goods.
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"a HE Tri-State Medical society,
which met in this city recently,
4 brought together a large number
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21
King Who IL "A Hotelkeeper.

According to lie journal DIES Debats
of Paris the most prosperous hotelkeep-
er in the world is the king of Wurtem-
berg. He runs two large hostelries in
Stuttgart. These hotels are visited by
the best of the merchant class in Ger
many, and enrich the kings private
purse to the tune of $G2,50 year.
bookkeeping has been followed foi
nearly 200 yearNcoy the rulers OF Wur.
temberg. 1t is recorded that at the be-
ginning Of the eighteenth century
Peter the Great paid a visit to the
reigning duke at Stuttgart, and, to
avoid the pomp and ceremony of the
court, he sent word to the duke that
he would put up at an inn. The duke
wishing to crafty the Russians whim
and, at the same time. do him royal
| honors. promptly turned his palace into
n hotel and sent a secret message to
Peters positions to bring the emperor
there without betraying the identity
of the house. To make the deception
| complete he stuck up a sign board oveI
| the grand entrance and received Peter
with many bows in the cap and apron
of maitre d'hotel of the period. The
Wurtembergers were so pleased with
| the experiment that they have con-
tinued in the business ever since M
Y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21

McMoriarty-So yezwint shkatin' wild
Kilmartin?
Linnehan-Yis; an he laughed at me
whin 0i got me shkates an an tuck a
fall.
"Phwat did yez do thin?"
"Oi immagetly got me shkates aft an
tucE fall-out av Kilmartin, begobl"
Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21
TEMPERANCE.
SEVEN STAGES OF RUM

All the worlds a tavern,
And all the men and women merely drink
ere;
They have their cocktails and their whis-
ky straight,
And one man in his time drinks many
quarts.
His course being seven stages. At first a
clear head
Sober and steadfast in all good resolves;
And then the morning bitters, with cherry
red
And slice of mellow pine, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to work. And then the tipper,
Sneaking back again, with woeful story
The evening times., 1898-10-17
The pilot at the Helm.
WRANGLING OF THE FACTIONS.
Black and His Friends Find 1t Hard
to Forgive,

Albany. y. Y. Oct lit will be some
time, apparently, before the blunder of the
Republican State committee in sending
Col. Roosevelt into this section without
notifying Gov. Black will be either for
gotten or forgiven. and as a matter of
fact, il looks very much as if the cir
cumstance would enter into the factional
politics of the party.
The machine leaders are inclined to an
swer sharply the criticisms that have been
freely made on the incident. and say that
even if he was not notified ii was the du-
ty Of Gov. Black, as a fighting Republi-
can. to put on his coat, swallow his
pride and so to Troy with the candidate
so that whatever enthusiasm his pres
ence might awaken would not be lack
ing. They also say that if the governor
is such weighty man in Rensselaer,
County, he ought to be able, with the aid
of the ng-distance telephone, to turn
out Troy crowd with a whole hour at
his disposal. Altogether, they are in
clined to lay considerable part of the
Troy frost" to the prevalence of con-
siderable frigidity in Albany.
10 SuNI SplIilcu anu OlNSFS
that would not look quite as we'll in print
the friends of Gov. Black retort that if
the Roosevelt campaign does not pan out
as the people expected. the whole fault
Will rest with little clique. that just
now is directing the Republican State
committee.
1t is charged openly by the friends of
Gov. Black in this vicinity that while the
Democratic managers were hustling in ali
the counties to get their men ready for
effective work the Republican State
committee was chiefly interested in pledg-
ing delegates TO carry out its orders TO
! defeat the governor, and in circulating
rumors that would influence the people
| against him. For this reason, it is ar
gued that the Republican party at the
| beginning of this very important cam
paign finds itself in this State in a con-
| dition that gives the enemy a good chance
TO win the fight for control of the gov
| eminent. The comparison of campaign
| methods is a favorite form of argument
| here, and invariably leads to trouble be-
! tween the adherents of the two RepubIi-
can factions
The evening times., 1898-10-17
DIR. Henry's Headache Powders
are a prompt and efficient cure for
all headaches. Ioc.
se27-3t
DIED.

LEE-On Saturday, October IS, Is9s, DUNNING-
TON LEE. Co. X, First d. c. Vols
Funeral on Tuesday, October 18th at D. m
from his late residence, 4S9 IL st. sw. Inter
ment at Arlington. Item
HORAN-At her late residence No. $50 9th st.
sw. Monday, October IL, 1898, at 2:30 a. m.
MARGARET A., widow of the late Henry Horan
and neither of Annie NJ. and Joseph V. Mezhan.
aged forty-three years and eight months
Notice of funeral hereafter. oc17-2t ,em
GRoSS-Sunday, October Is. 1898, at IL D. m,
at the residence of her daughter, 464 st. sw.,
CAROLINE GROSS, aged eighty-one
Funeral services from her daughters residence
Mrs Ferd Breslau, 46i st. sw-, Tuesday, Oc-
tober Is, at , p m Please omit flowers. Item
CoGSWELL-On Saturday. October 10, Is9s, Of
typhoid fever, at No. 1922 Street northwest
FLORENCE RACHEL, youngest daughter of F. A.
and Marie V. Cogswell.
Funeral from Oak Hill Chapel at p m today.
No service at house. 1t
LATCHFoRD-Departed this life Saturday. Oc-
tober 10, at 5:15 a. m. GEORGE W. LATCH
FORD, in his thirty sixth year.
Funeral from late residence. No. 361S Prospect
Avenue Tuesday, October is, at $3.50 a. m,
thence to Holy Trinity Church. where requiem
high mass will be said for the repose of his
soul Relatives and friends respectfully invited
1t