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The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.
Grating an Entire New Skin on a Wom-
an Who Was Skinned Alive.

Grating an Entire New Skin on a Wom-
an Who Was Skinned Alive.
The physicians at the Charity hospi-
tai in Cleveland have in their care one
of the most extraordinary cases on rec
ord. Mrs Angelina Davidson of Collin
wood was severely burned about ten
days ago. The burning was SO extensive
that nearly the entire skin of her body
peeled away. 1t was not expected at
first that she would live, but her vitality
was strong, and with excellent nursing
she pulled through. The problem
which then confronted the doctors was
to avoid any undue contraction of the
outicles in healing. This could only be
prevented by skin grating.
The first operation of replacing the
epidermis was begun recently. Skin
was taken from the amputated hand of
man who had met with an accident.
About six inches were obtained from
the back of the hand and from the palm
and successfully grated upon the woin-
ans body. Mrs. Davidson was burned
to the average depth of half an inch
over half OF her body. The remainder
of her body was burned on the surface,
SO that every particle of the woman's
skin came off. She was literally skinned
alive.
1t will be necessary to supply an en-
tire new coat of skin for Mrs. David
sons body. This will require perhaps a
year of time. 1t can only be done by
placing small patches on at time and
waiting until they knit to the flesh.
The result Of the operation will be
watched with interest by the physicians
during the next few days. About six
square feet Of skin are necessary to en-
tirely restore the outer covering Of the
woman body. Tt is probable that Mrs.
Davidson S husband will consent to part
with some of his skin from the back OF
the arms, and additional quantities will
be obtained from mputations.- Cincin.
natl Enquirer.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09
Human Timepiece.

The death of. Andrew Henderson at
GAINESVILLE, o., recently removed one Of
the most exceptional characters in Ohio.
Henderson was colored man and had
been slave before the war. He was a
human timepiece. Henderson from birth
was possessed of the peculiar faculty Of
being able to tell the exact time of day
without consulting a timepiece or the
position of the sun. When accosted to
tell the time, he would place his hand
to his ear and in a moment give the
time. He said that by the exertion Of
his own will when he placed his hand
to his ear whirling sound would come
in his head, and, like an electric fash,
the correct time would flash through
his mind.
Henderson said that his mother before
his birth had premonition that he
would possess some wonderful gift of
nature. st. Louis Republic. g..
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09
TRAVELLING LETTER.
Xale's Famous Document on Its Fifty
third Annual Round.

A remarkable letter recently reached
John A. Dana at Worcester, Mass. 1t
is not the first time Mr.. Dana has re-
ceived this letter. Once year for So
years it has come to him.
This letter the postmaster calls the
"Flying Dutchman of the Mails" For
So years it has travelled and has never
been lost, although i'll those fifty odd
years it has travelled fully 500, 900 miles.
This letter has crossed the continent
100 times. 1t is estimated that 81, 500
in postage has been paid ON this mis-
sive, and if the cost of stationery on
which it has been written were added
fully So, 900 has been expended on it.
This letter, like the "Flying Dutch
man," never grows old. Indeed, it re-
news its youth each year, but every year
its stopping places are fewer and fewer,
and the time must come when there
will be none to send it on it's further
journeying.
For this is the class letter of the class
Of IA Yale. When the class of IA was
graduated from Yale, it's members agreed
that each year a certain one of them
should write letter. He should tell in
it all about himself, what he was do
ing, what were his hopes, his prospects,
his ambitions. He should tell, too, all
he knew of those who had been his
classmates. Then he should send the
letter to the son of Yale IA who lived
nearest to him.
This man should add to this strange
circular letter the news about himself
and fa1d it ON. And SO the letter should
oe sly pass along, and SO it has
passeu along.
Men of Yale IA have grown old and
died, the resting places of the class let
| ter have become fewer and farther be.
tween, but the letter duly arrived here.
AS he had done for years, John A.
Dana tore off the letter he wrote last
year, read with pleasure, now with
pain, the information that had beer
gathered in twelvemonth, wrote new
| letter, tackled it to the others and mail
ed the letter to Abner Rice at Lee, il
Massachusetts.
And 81 30 letter goes
One ldred and four men were
gradui from Yale in the class Of IA
Of til 10 are alive.-St Louis Post
Dispa
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09
SILENT FOR TWELVE YEARS.
The Strange Relation Between an OHIO
Farmer and His Son.

The Strange Relation Between an Ohio
Farmer and His Son.
The curiosity of the residents Of Nc
Kean township, near Newark, O., hal
been aroused by the relations Of a father
and son. 1t has been 70 years since the
eldest son, Evan Brevard, Jr., and his
father, Evan Brevard, ST., have ex-
changed a single word, Notwithstanding
the fact that both live under the same
roof, eat at the same table, work to-
gether side by side in the fields and
have considerable business in common.
The cause Of this estrangement is
shrouded in mystery. 1t is frequently
commented upon, but no one can &C.
count for the strange relation between
the two men who are i'll each other
company almost all Of the time. If the
son, who is 80 years of age, wants any
thing of his father, the request is COM
municated in a roundabout way. the
mother usually serving as a go between.
If the father has an order to give or a
favor to ask, it is invariably directed to
his son through his wife.
NATURALLY UOuu HILL dE6 VI d S6uldl
disposition and light hearted tempera
ment, but the long standing feud has
made both gloomy and morose in each
others company, and each has appar-
emily hardened his heart against all at
tempts at reconciliation.
The aged wife and mother has repeat
eddy tried to "break the barriers" away
in vain. Each attempt is met with dis
appointment, and the strained relation
ship between her husband and her first
born is causing her great sorrow in her
old age. The trouble is said to be nc
nearer settlement than it was dozen
years ago, when it started from a cause
known only to the immediate members
Of the family. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09
TO HARNESS THE SUN.
NIKoLA TESLA PROPOSES TO REvo-
LuTIoNlZE INDUSTRY.

He Announces the Perfection of q Praoti-
cal Solar Engine-Says Electric Power
Can BE Created Direct From the SUMS
Rays Cheaper Than From Steam Power.
Nikola Tesla believes he has made a
great step toward Harvesting the power
of the suns rays, if, indeed, he has not
already hit upon the solution of the prob
lem. He says that the sun can be made
to work anywhere, at everything. He
says that it can be made to drive every
wheel that revolves, make the night as
brilliant as day and give warmth as
we'll. The invention is still in the ex-
perimental stage, but he declares that
there is not possibility of its failure.
He has discovered a means of producing
steam from the rays of the sun. The
steam runs steam engine which gen.
crates electricity.
The first apparatus, which was made
more than two years ago, had no more
driving force than Newfoundland dog.
1t was huge, unwieldy thing, entirely
impossible for practical purposes, but it
demonstrated the truth of the principle.
He set about perfecting his invention.
He has nearly completed new engine
with "a horsepower capacity. Its cost is
SO small and its dimensions make it SO
easily handled that nothing now stands
in the way of building the apparatus on
a large scale.
+ Already Tesla is planning to build an
immense plant on Long Island, to be
commenced as soon as he receives his
patent. He will elaborate and perfect
his model in his laboratory. In the CEN
ter Of large room with glass roof
Tesla will place huge cylinder of thick
glass. This will repose on bed Of as
bestus and be supported by firm stone
pedestal placed in the center Of the
room. The circle will be laid length
wise and will be surrounded by circle
of complicated mirrors that may be
covered with asbestus coats. These mir
rors will refraot the rays Of the sun into
the glass cylinder. The cylinder will
always be kept full of water which has
been chemically treated by secret proc
ess which Tesla has devised, and which
he says, is the only complicated part OF
the discovery.
Tesla, in speaking of his invention,
said:
Tam certain the new apparatus will
come into speedy and general use. Its
cost is SO Insignificant that it cannot be
ignored. After the apparatus has been
placed in any station there is absolutely
no expense in running it for years ex-
oept the salaries of engineers and the
small cost of wear and tear of the ap-
paratus, which will eventually be any
thing but expensive.
Gas to the cost to the individual oiti-
zen of heat, light and power when gen
Grated by means of the rays of the sun,
think in few years it will be merely
nominal. should not be surprised if
every large city in the world would
have number of electrical stations OF
this kind completed in two years. and
after the first cost Of construction had
been betrayed by public tax the mere
cost Of maintenance would place the
individual heat and light tax at less pei
month than the price Of few bushels
of coal. "-Chicago Tribune.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09
SHEARlNG SHEEP.
Electricity Used the Power to Run the
Clipping Machines.

Electricity Used as the Power to Run the
Clipping Machines.
At Great Falls, Mon, which has be-
come the largest wool shipping point of
the northwest, great difficulty has been
experienced in disposing within given
time of the shearing of large shipments
of sheep. This difficulty has now been
amply met by the use of electricity. The
shearing sheds are adjacent to the ter
minus of the street railway company's
line, and the trolley current has been
utilized to drive the shearing machines.
The installation is of the simplest pos
sible description. A street railway mo-
tor was taken from one of the cars and
the armature pinion was replaced by q
small pulley, which was belted to the
main overhead shaft. So little power
was needed that two rheostats had to be
put in the circuit to keep the speed
down.
The foreman of the shearers, after
only five minutes instruction, took full
charge Of the motor, giving 1t all the
necessary attention in oiling, starting
and stopping. After the machines were
started the maintaining Of uniform
speed was easy, and within half an hour
the 70 machines were ripping off the
feeoes at rate which broke the record.
The power was transmitted to the
shears, which resemble horse clippers
in their operation, through universal
joints. In three weeks 16, 1874 sheep
were sheared by the one motor, averag-
ing nearly 100 sheep per day for each
machine. Boston Post
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09
INDIANS AS LOGGERS.
An Experiment Which the Government
VIII Try In Wisconsin.


The government is about to make the
experiment of making loggers out Of its
Indian wards on reservations in north
ern Minnesota.
The plan is that contracts for cutting
dead and fallen timber ON the White
Earth and Winnibigoshish reservations
will be let to the Indians themselves
and no others. The Indian must contract
for the sale of the lumber at a certain
price per thousand, delivered on the
bank Of lake or stream. Fifteen per
cent of the sale price will be deducted
for the tribe in payment for stumpage,
and the remainder will go to the con-
tractor. In case the Indian has not suffi-
Gent money with which to purchase a
camp outfit, provision is made for ad-
vancing the necessary amount, either by
the government or the purchaser Of the
logs.
It is expected that between IL, 000, 900
and 20, 900, 900 feet will be cut in the
Winnibigoshish reservation during the
coming winter and total of about 3d.
900, 900 feet on that and the neighbor-
ing reservations. Boston Herald.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09
NOVEL GOAT HUNTING.
How the wild Animal In Alaska Ii
Brought Into Rifle Range.

HOW the WIO amman ln ALASKA rs
Brought Into Rifle Range.
"They have queer way Of hunting
mountain goats up in the mountains
back of Skagguay, said D. J. flcKin-
ney, the "mayor of Skagguay, " recently.
1.-THE boys at one Of my camps told
me one day that they had seen some
goats up in the hills and they asked
me if wanted to go along to hunt
them. OF course I did, and we were soon
climbing high up on the mountains
away above the altitude that [ thought
any living creature could live in. Still
up and up we went. The boys were
trying to get above place where they
had seen the goats few days before.
When they had located the proper point,
they selected huge bowlder and got
me to help them tip it over. It took the
combined strength of three of us to get
the rock started. When it did get to
going, the havoc it caused on it's way
down to the valley was something fear
full.
"Then the boys told me to get ready
for surprise. We all got our rifles
ready and waited. 1t was only short
time until we saw emerging from the
scrubby growth below us three fine
goats. They came toward us, bounding
from crag to orag and apparently heed
less of the danger they were running
into. They came to within go yards of
us, and we brought down all three.
81 learned then that the goats always
try to get above rolling rocks and that
that is favorite way of hunting Them"
Seattle Post Intelligence.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09
CAR FOR OYSTERS.
The BivaIves VIII Be Carried to the In
terror In Sea Water.

The BivaIves VIII Be Carried to the In
terror In Sea Water.
A. E. Stilwell is not only president
of a railroad and great many other
things, but IT seens that he is an in
ventor as we'll. The Pittsputg and Gulf
passenger train which left for Port Ar
thur a few nights ago carried one car
which not only did not resemble any
other car on the train, but which, in its
interior arrangements, was different
from any car ever built. On it's side
were large silver letters, making the
words, "Stilwell Oyster Car"
Mr.. Stilwell had long noticed, as have
many other people, that sea fish and
oysters, after being brought from the
ocean to interior points, lose a large
share of that especial flavor which dis
tinguishes sea food. 1t was generally
believed that this loss Of flavor was due
to the fact that the fish and oysters
were out Of the salt water SO long, and
SO Mr.. Stilwell set to work to remedy
the difficulty. He proposes odo this by
bringing salt water fish and oysters to
Kansas City in their native element.
The car which left recently will return
in few days and will bring the first
consignment Of oysters and sea water.
AS this is the first car of it's kind ever
built and is making it's first trip the
experiment will be watched with con-
siderable interest.
The inside of the car is feet wide,
feet high and 81 feet long. This space
is divided into four compartments, each
of which has two ventilators in the top,
through which the oysters are to be
loaded, and two unloading spaces in
the side. The floor and sides of the car
are constructed Of three inch white
pine. They are oalked and pitched in
the manner of ships, the compartments
being water tight The capacity of the
car is 80, 200 gallons of water, enough
to accommodate a great many bushels
of oysters.
The car was built by the Pullman
Car company, after designs by R. L.
Langtin, chief craftsman Of the Pitts
burg and Gulf road. 1t is painted dark
blue, all the lettering being silver. 1t
presents a handsome appearance and
will be run in the passenger trains Of
the road. -Kansas City Times.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09
The MEXICAN Drainage Canal Finished.

Comparatively few people have kept
any track of the work on the big drain
age canal which is to drain the valley
Of Mexico. 1t was stupendous under
taking and, including the tunnel, has
cost up to date over $21, 900, 00O-hard
adobe dollars.
The work, however, is finished. Pear
son & Sons recently discharged 3, 600
men, and only few men remain doing
up the odds and ends. 1t is possible that
the government will soon receive the
canal from the contractors, and it is also
possible that the first water will be
turned into the canal at San Lazaro in
q few days. Two Republics.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09
Novel Dress Suit,

"A novelty to be exhibited at the Ma
tional Tailors' Exchange convention,
that will be held in Richmond on Feb.
s, will be a suit of mems evening
clothes for summer wear designed par
ticularly for seaside balls. The coat
will be Of black alpaca, with MORE
silk facing. The waistcoat will be
white cashmere and the trousers of
light weight lavender colored French
cashmere. Patent leather pumps and
plain black silk stockings will complete
the attire. A sample of the suit will be
worn by former president of the Ma
tional Exchange. New York Tribune.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09
Novelty In the Quebec Parliament.

The notion prevails that the English
language is being used increasingly all
over the world. To an extent it is
founded on facts, but a conspicuous ex-
ception appears in Quebec province.
The other day debate occurred in Eng
fish in the provincial legislature, and
it was such novelty that the Canadian
papers are commenting upon it. The
laws permit by lingual discussion, and
20 years ago the members of this body
often spoke in the queens tongue. But
for long time the practice of using
French has been steadily growing, and
today it is exceedingly rare for speak
er to employ one English word i'll the
course of his utterances. Providence
Journal.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09
Where Science HaIts.

Condensed milk is now put up in
cakes, -four is pressed in the shape OF
bricks, we have frozen meat and Goldfish
in the shape Of balls, there is whisky
in the solid form and air comes as a
liquid--all of which seems to indicate
that living is being made simpler in
many respects. But where is the scien-
fist who can reduce his rent to size
that will not be troublesome to carry?
Baltimore American.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09

Patrick Kelley of Louisville, hard
wood fnisher who for over a year has
been dumb, suddenly recovered the use
Of speech recently during a. fit of anger
He was greatly surprised to find himself
talking and changed his words from
curses to a fervent THANK Godr' He
was formerly employed by. Mapleson e.
Co., at Wilmington, Del, and it was
when about to curse one. Of the bosses
there that his voice was palsied. Chi
cago Post.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09
A Winter Jubilee.

Winter, with its snow an sleet
Makes the hearthside warm an sweet.
(Fact is, winters hard to beat.
Thank the Lord fer winterD
Wagons rumblin on the road,
Horses neighin with the load.
FINEST time ever knowed.
Thank the Lord fer winterl
Sweetheart at the dance you'll meet.
An the old time tale repeat.
Never saw her look so sweet.
Thank the Lord fer Winter!)
Brethren, country beats the town
When the winter nights come roun.
Iii, there, take that fiddle down.
Thank the Lord fer winterD
IF. L. stanton IN Atlanta Constitution.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09
SEAWEED FOR FOOD.
California Chinese Do Not Have to Im-
port Any From China.

port Any From China
DR.. William A. Setchell, professor Of
botany in the University of California,
has been making Investigations among
the California algB and declares that
the ocean plants have uses little sus-
pected by most people. He says:
SIN the early days of California the
Chinese imported great quantities Of
seaweed from China for food. Now they
gather all they want right in Berkeley,
Cal, and think they are even export
ing some to China. This edible seaweed
is the layer, small weed that grows on
the rocks and looks like tightly stretch.
ed rubber. Eaten raw, it has gelati-
nous slightly bitter favor. 1t is dried
and cooked by the Chinese. Several va
rieties of California kelp are also OF
value as food. "-Chicago Post.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09
When the Shaved Cat Gave HERSELF Away

A man in Paris has recently been
making good deal of money exhibiting
a curious animal in the cafes chantant
and such places. 1t was very queer lit
tie an NAL, and the alert Parisians were
willing enough to drop the petit sou for
sight of it. Still, look as they would,
no one could determine the creatures
species. 1t was interesting, but it was
battling, and the exhibitor coined mon
ey. One day, however, dog CHANGED to
follow curious beholder into the cafe
ohantant. Immediately tho wondrous
animal bumped its back like diminu-
tive camel and began to hiss and spit.
The mystery was solved. 1t was shaved
Cat.-Chicago Times Herald.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09
Society Event In Kansas,

Mrs Horwortles party recently at
Wichita, Kan, was great success. The
large pearl handled knives which were
used at the luncheon belonged to Mrs.
Hardin, Mrs. Horwortle's neighbor.
The silver spoons Mrs. Horwortle bor-
rowed from Mrs. Grandther. Wichita
Eagle.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09
Time For a Change,

Mrs. Lease, after looking over Jerry
Simpson s career, sees no reason why the
spring bonnet should not supplant the
golf stocking as a national institution.
Washington Star.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-09
.Betwsen the Devil and the Deep Sea-

"IetWoeh inc DoVlI and inc Deep Sea-"
When England and Japan set out to
protect China from Germany and Rus
STA, the Celestial empire will pray to be
delivered from it's friends. Kansas City
Times
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-04-15
Sugar and Muscular Exertion.

Ii is a fact well-known to Alpine
tourists that on difficult climbing
excursions an increased desire ia felt
for the consumption OF sweets and
sw' etened food, aud many who never
touch such things at home devour
large quantities OF them on these
tours. 1t is also frequently remark.
ed how eagerly the guides appropri-
ate any sugar that may be left over
and consume it en- route. Al the in
stigation OF the Prussian war Office
Investigations have recently been
made, by means of a special appara-
tus, into the question whether the
consumption of small quantities of
sugar rendered the tired muscles
capable OF renewed exertion. In or
der to obtain a practical result, the
person who was made the subject
OF the experiment was kept totally
ignorant OF the object OF the expert
menters. One day sweet liquid
was administered containing 80
grams of sugar, and ON the next day
a similar liquid containing suffi-
Gent amount OF ssccharln to render
it indistinguishsble from the other
as regarded taste. When a very
large amount OF work had been per-
formed, it was found that a greater
quantity Of work could be got
through on the days when sugar
WAS Z ven than on the days when
accharin was given. The system
had become very poor in sugar, in
consequences Of the severe muscular
effort which had previously been gone
through, aud hence the admlnistra-
tion OF comparatively small guam
tity OF sugar had the effect OF pro-
duciag an increased capsbility for
work.-En9liSh Mechanic, London.