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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-04-03
MENTAL AFFECTIONS.
A Case Of a Man Who Could
Write Words and Was Unable
to Read Them,

DR.. James Hinshelwood, a very dis.
land, describes some remarkable cases
of mental affliction in the London
Lancet" One would think it almost
impossible for man to get into state
of mind where he can write words and
recognize letters, but is absolutely I'M
able to read either what he has writ
ten himself or any printed language
that may be put before him.
DR.. Hinshelwood says: "A man, aged
fifty-three years, on September Z, 1897,
came home from his business about
two o'clock in the afternoon saying
that he did not feel well and had to
give up work in the morning, as he
could not see to read or write. Shortly
thereafter, whilst sitting on a chair, he
became giddy, fell to the ground, and
was unconscious, but only for mo-
ment. He soon felt all right again and
in the afternoon went out for a walk.
In the evening about seven o'clock,
without warning, he had a severe fit
with general. conclusive movements
and complete Inconsistencies for about
an hour thereafter. He remained in
daZed condition for about two days.
but gradually recovered and since then
had been able to go about. On the adj
vice of his medical adviser he had
kept away from business. On test
ing him with the distance types, COM
posed of separate letters, he could read
the letters quite fluently, although his
vic, nit 10 ~ fIo
normal, being 6-S. On testing him with
the reading test types composed of
words and sentences I found he could
not read them when made to rely upon
vision alone. If allowed to spell out
aloud each word letter by letter he
could read the words slowly and labori-
ously, just as child spells them out
when learning to read. When pre-
vented from doing this he could not
read words at ALL The only exceptions
were in the case of a few short IA
miliar words such as the, "of'', to-,
etc. These he sometimes picked out
with a certain amount of pride. On
asking him not to attempt any longer
reading the words but to read the let
ters only he read them off fluently line
after line. His difficulties in reading
words were precisely the same with
the largest as with the smallest test
types. On the other hand, he read the
letters of the smallest test types, Jaeger
No. 1, without difficulty with suitable
glasses. He had precisely the same
difficulty in reading written as in read
ing printed words. On testing him with
Figures he could read them rapidly and
fuently, not only the individual figures,
but when combined into complicated
groups of thousands, hundreds of thou
sands and millions. and evS- in the
form of very complex fractions. He
could write to dictation and copy cor
rectly, although he could not read
what he had written. The patient
was strongly urged to abstain entirely
from business SO as to secure absolute
cerebral rest, and iodide of potS ssium
was recommended on the groun that
there might be some specific affection
of the cerebral vessels, although there
was no history or traces of past spec
ific disease"
Copyright. 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-04-03

Smith lifting the form of Alma, who
had tainted, above the surface of the
surging water. while Sidney Phillips
stood by his side and aided him in sup
porting the unconscious girl.
I'VE stayed little too long" was
the only sound heard from Mr.. Edi-
son.
The huge bulk of the power house
partially protected us against the force
of the current, and the water spun
around us in great eddies These swept
us this way and that, but yet we man
aged to cling together determined not
to be separated in death if we could
avoid it.
Suddenly cry rang out directly
above our heads:
Jump for your lives, and be quick"
At the same instant the ends of sew
eral ropes splashed into the water.
we glanced upward, and there,
within three or four yards of our heads,
hung the electrical ship, which we had
left moored at the top Of the tree.
Tom, the expert electrician from Mr..
Edison's shop, who had remained in
charge of the ship, had never once
dreamed Of such thing as deserving
us. The moment he saw the water
bursting over the dam, and evidently
flooding the building which we had
entered, he cast off his mornings, as
we subsequently learned, and lowered
over the entrance to the power house,
getting as low down as possible and
keeping sharp watch for us.
But most of the electric light in the
vicinity had been carried down by the
first rush of the wafer and i'm the
darkness he ala not see US when we
emerged from the entrance. 1t was
only after the sweeping away of the
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-18
The Economy of Art.

Charles Keene's lines are as few
as can be. He is most economical in
this respect and loves to leave as
much white paper as, he can, but one
feels in his best work that one line
more or one line less would impair
the perfection Of the whole; that of
all the many directions, curves and
thicknesses they might have taken
he has inevitably hit upon just the
right one. He has beaten all pre-
vious records in this respect-in. this
country at least. heard cele-
brated French painter say, He is a
great man, your Charles Keene; he
take pen and ink and bit of pa.
per, and wiz a half dozen strokes he
know ow to frame gust of wind 70
/ think myself that Leech could
frame gust of wind as effectually
as Keene, by the sheer force of his
untaught natural instinct, of his
genius, but not with the dizziness,
this economy of material, this GER
tainty of execution, this consum-
mate knowledge of effect. George
Du Maurier in Harper's Magazine.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-18
"BuInner."

When people are trying to be very
polite in their language, they avoid
the use Of the word hummer, :"
yet it is most respectable word
and is not slang by any means. It
is not even an "Americanism,' but
has come to us from our English rel
atives and is found in the English
market bylaws of two centuries ago.
In the form "bummaree' it APP
pears in advertisements in The Pub
lick Intelligencer of 1860.
Originally it meant a fish peddler.
You are likely to get your head bro
ken, however, if you mention it to
nm honest American citizen of that
occupation now.
The United States did not acquire
the word until the early fifties, when
it appeared in California. New
York World.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-18
Four Footed,

A family that had not been board
ing for SO very long in a certain
Madison avenue house left rather
suddenly the other day. 1t was all
on account of bull pup that just
previous to the departure was pur-
chased by the son and heir, but
without consulting the elders of the
family. He bore it home in tri-
umph. Whom should he meet upon
the threshold but the landlady. lis
that your pups'.' she asked men
acingly. The son and heir said that
it was. "You expect to keep it
here?" The son and heir said that
he did. The landlady planted her
self before the door "No four foot
ed beast enters this house, said
she. Madam, you're a four footed
beast yourself" cried the son and
heir. The departure took place that
same evening.-New York Sun.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-18
OAkFIELD & BRA YTON

Miss Pearl Hardman is attending
normal at Audubon.
Mrs. |. P. Hallock has been suffer-
ing Of rheumatic troubles the past
few days.
Theo. Ordway, Iona Beers and
Frank Gearheart were taking an
outing at Lewis last week.
Mr.. A. Koob, from near Anita
came over Wednesday to visit with
his sons, John and the Doctor.
John T. Jenkins left Wednesday
for Council Bluffs to be in attend
ance at the big congressional conven-
| ton.
Mrs. A. G.. Guernsey, the manager
of the newsy JOURNAL, was calling on
Oaktield and Brayton friends We'd
nesday.
Iona Beers on Monday sold to
Hensley Bros, of Extra 20 head of
two-year- old steers. They We're
nice smooth cattle and brought Iona
nice bunch of silver.
Mrs. Neo Bruner departed Monday
morning for Rico, Colorado, to at
tend TO her new schooling duties.
Mrs. Brinkerhoff and Goldie will
not leave for Oregon until about
September lst.
Sid Mcclure came very near losing
his black horse, Student, Tuesday
night. He was recovering from a
lame spell and the boy that was to
exercise him gave him too much
with the result that Mr.. Student
came near being dead horse.
Mr.. Tucahusha japanese student
at Simpson college, gave an address
to the people of Highland Monday
night. The young man is very bright
and pleasing. He will go to his
mother country and be missionary
when he finishes his school course
here.
Tom Kelly left last Monday morn
ing for Butte, Montana, to look after
his stock interests and the following
gentlemen accompanied him to look
over the country: Chas. Neff and
Geo. Hastings, Of Atlantic, Ed.
Stoner Of Lorah, Bob Harter and
Frank Jenkins, of Brayton. Mr.
Kelly expects to return in about
/. four weeks.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-18
Unjust.

II am very much afraid, said the
offhand commentator, "that the
gentleman who was in here does not
make the most of his abilities. I'm
questionably he has talent, but he
lacks application.
"You wrong him., said Senator
Sorghum, "you wrong him deeply.
l don't think he ever hears of va
cancy in Office without filing an APP
plication immediately Washing.
ton Star
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-18
PIGEONS AS MESSENGERS.

Advantages of Their Use For the Rapid
Concentration of Naval Forces.
The twenty third volume of pro-
ceedings of the United States Naval
institute has among it's contents sew
eral ably written papers on subjects
interesting to the navy. Lieutenant
e. w. Eberle contributes a paper on
"Homing Pigeons as Messengers of
the Fleet, in which he refers to the
advantages and practical workings
of messenger pigeon service and
points out conditions under which it
may be used with advantage to the
fleet. In his paper Lieutenant Eberle
says:
From its geographical surround
ings Key West will become our most
important pigeon station on the At
lantic, and Port Townshend, which
controls the strait of Fuca and en-
trance to Puget sound, will be the
most important on the Pacific. Port
Townshend station can control
the entire entrance to the west
ern possessions of Great Britain,
and this would prove of great value
in the event of hostilities with that
country.
1.-The rapid concentration of naval
forces at the point Of attack Or the
movement of forces to intercept the
enemy is only made possible when
we have system by which we can
communicate rapidly with the shore
station from long distances at sea,
and the messenger pigeon service is
the only system by which we can
obtain such communication. This
service might be called, very appro-
priately, sea telegraph system,
and although its messages cannot be
dispatched with the speed and abso-
Lutte certainty of the telegraph yet
the system has the advantage of
forwarding its messages from any
position within definite limits, and
therefore it is not necessary to seek
the telegraph station in order to
send message.
In the event of hostilities many
more messages than those given in
the above illustrations would be
sent in order to insure the receipt of
important information, and if only
one of the many little messengers
should arrive in time to enable our
feet to maneuver so as to engage
the enemy before he could inflict
appalling destruction of life and
| property upon some one of our sea-
ports, then this service would prove
itself most valuable to the govern
ment and well worth the small an
nual sum required to maintain it's
efficiency.
ct requires but one practical il
lustration to strike home and to
open our eyes to the merits of this
service. Let a single human life be
saved from shipwreck in a time of
peace or let one maneuver of the en-
emy's feet be frustrated in the
midst of war by the timely arrival
of one of these swift winged, trusty
little carriers with its urgent mes
sage, and all the country will ap-
plaud the result and will realize the
value Of a messenger pigeon service
upon the seas. Baltimore Sun.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-18
Bucklen's Arnlca Salve.

The BEST SALvE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. Price 25c per box. For
sale by G. w. Houston, Extra; or G.
L. Bison, at Brayton.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-18
"A Suggestive Admission.

Here you've been telling me all
along" said the bright faced young
wife, what wonderful cook your
mother was. And now your Aunt
Jane has just told me that your IA
ther was chronic dyspeptio. -
"Well, you see" the young hus-
band murmured, with deep sigh,
mother learned by practicing on
father. ''-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-18

l have used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy in my family for years and al
was with good results" says Mr.. w.
b. Cooper of Ell Rio, Cal. For small
children we find it especially effective.
For sale by Chas. w. Houston, Extra;
A H. Roberts, of Audubon.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-18
THAT'S Why
ANY PERSON

Wishing to know the truth in regard to their
health should not fail to send for q valuable
and new 64-page Booklet which will be sent
FREE for short tune to those who mention
this paper This book is published blythe cell
ebrated physician and specials t-Dr. Hatha
way Il Co., Corner Fourth and Nebraska
Streets. Sioux City, Iowa
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-18

Thousands of persons have been
cured ofpiles by using DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. 1t heals promptly and
cures eczema and all skin diseases. 1t
gives immediate relief. Houston.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-18
DID You Take
SCOTS
Emulsion.

through the winter? If so, we
are sure it quieted your cough,
healed the rawness in your
throat, increased your weight,
gave you more color, and made
you feel better in every way.
But perhaps your cough has
come back again, or you are get
ting little thin and pale.
Then, why not continue the
same helpful remedy right
through the summer? 1t will do
you as much good as when the
Weatheris cold.
Its persistent use will certainly
give you a better appetite and
stronger digestion. a
1t will cure your AaSSS
weak throat and heal AA ~
your inflamed lungs. qIGG
1t will cure every case nm
of consumption, when MI
a cure is possible. M-A
Don't be persuaded ~
TO take something they say is just
as good.
All Druggists, soc. and ST..
SCOTT d BOVINE, Chemists, NJ
The times., 1898-02-13
lafayette" "Ju hns ga esar."

The audience present Sesterday af-
ternoon at the Lafayette during Thom-
as w. keene's presentation of Julius
Caesar" could hardly have been called
large by the most optimistic. but il
lacked nothing in enthusiasm, and was
truly generous in its disregard of just
where to express it.
Mr.. keene's Cassius. small as it is
can hardIy~be called great creation.
Not that it lacked anything in earnest
ness. but its correctness is seriously in
doubt. John Milton's portrayal of the
title role was mellow in the extreme.
Richard Buhler, a Washington boy, ap-
peared as a promising candidate for fu-
ture hiStrionic honors in the role OK
Octavius; Lawrence Lowell was q dra-
matte and stilted Mare Antony and
Mary Timbermann, as Portia. carried
her affectation as far as usual. The
one redeeming feature of the very me-
diocre cast was the Brutus of Charles
Il. Hanford This sterling actor
brought out the salient points of a
powerful character in way nothing
short of remarkable. Under his hands
Brutus became what he must have
been-a man of powerful intellect. ia
natic. perhaps. but still hardly VIII
lain. Nothing but praise can be given
his work
The times., 1898-02-13
BIAckLIsrING Is ILLEGAL.
Killilea, of Milwaukee, Says In
Effect 1t VIII Be q Boycott.

President Killilea. of the Milwaukee
Club. says John T. Brush's proposed
blacklistinG rule would be in effect a
boycott, and, therefore. illegal
No man has a right to deprive an
other person of the means by which
that person makes his livelihood" says
killilea. The law would never support
a manager in putting man out of a
game for the balance of his life merely
because he used indecent language ON
the diamond on one or TWO occasions.
Take the case of the railroad strike
in Chicago, for instance, when the rail
roads attempted to blacklist an en-
gineer In that instance the court de-
cided that the blacklist was boycott
and was. therefore, Illegal. The black
listing of a ball player is exactly par
allei, fer should a man be blacklisted
he would never be able to play the
game again. i am not countenancing
rowdyism or the use of vile language.
1t must be checked But the reform
must be legitimate one, one that will
be upheld by the law"
The times., 1898-02-13
BASEBALL SMALL TALK.

The Chicago team viii practice at
Waycross, Ga, a temperance town.
Tommy Dowd will probably captain
the Browns.
The Boston team viii rendezvous on
March u at Greensboro, y. c
From Chicago comes the report that
Spalding has offered Uncle the agency
for the Spalding goods in large East
ern city al a fat salary.
The Chicago Tribune says: "All round
town people are saying. or rather re-
iterating. their old cheer of Good boy.
AnsOn.' The Old Mans refusal TO ac-
cept the rendered testimonial won over
10 him hundreds of friends who had
grown lukewarm. His plucky deter
mination and his statement in refus-
ing the testimonial brought him another
round of applause 1t is seldom 5hat a
man turns down a proposition to give
him $4,000.
The Louisville Club is about through
trading and dealing in players. although
it is still believed in Louisville that
Dusty Miller will become Colonel The
happening is not expected until the
season is somewhat advanced. Another
battery has been secured, but it will
not be announced until later. At'pres-
ent. aside from the batteries. the club
has the following players TO pick the
team from: Carey, Smith. Stafford,
Dexter. Ritchie, Clingman. Hoy. billiard.
Wagner Clarke, and Dolan.
Delehanty. the Phillies' heavy hitter,
says: IF patrons of the game would
never forget that in every game the one
club must win and one must lose the
sport would receive a big boom. 1t
often happens that a club will play
wretchedly and win. The average pa
tron Will look on the game that his team
wins as a good one, no matter how badly
IFS members played. / wish people would
learn 10 love baseball for the skill and
science and the 'fght' there are in every
contest. rather than from the victory and
defeat standpoint"
Patsey Tebeau will send four Of his
pitchers-Cuppy, Young, Kelf, prom
ising southpaw, and Jones, a West
ern League left hander-to Hot
Springs at once, to boil OUT
and get the benefit of the mas
sage treatment before the regular
team arrives. Talking about SockaleXis,
Tebeau says: Despite his frivality the
Indian is fair and square. When he says
he has given up fire-water and soubret-
tes you can gamble he is telling the
truth. No more natural ball player
lives than Sox. and l as much expect
him to do good this year as L do any
other player on the team.
Shortstop McKean's future is now set
tied. Mac has had a satisfactory under
standing with Tebeau, and has signed
with the Cleveland Club.
Algie Mcbride. the Western Lacquer.
who will play with Buck" Ewing's
Cincinnati aggregation next season, says
Jack Mccarthy, formerly OF the Western
League, will surprise League patrons by
his great playing for Pittsburg next
season.
The times., 1898-02-13
CRESCENT CITY RACES.
May Hemstead Wins by IA Nose From
Nav Beach

New Orleans, Feb. 12.-Charles Pat
terson, the owner Of Ornament and for
mer trainer of Hamburg. started his
s.. 600 Patron-Lily Hampstead filly. May
Hampstead, in the Bayonet Stakes of
81 600 today and won by nose from
May Beach. May Hampstead was an
udGs-On faVOrite and carried thousands
on, a delegation from Memphis coming
down especially to back her. Tom
Burns rode the fly and it was through
his expert hOrsemanship that Patter-
son cashed.
The Crescent City Jockey Club have
made elaborate preparations to enter
tain the International. League of Press
Clubs during their sOjourn in the city.
Summaries Of today's races are:
First race, seven fuTiongS-Pat Nor
rissey, 3 TO ), won: Colonel Gay. second;
EIkins. third. Time 1:30l&
Second race, six and half furlongs-
Little Music. 20 to l. won: Mr. Eastin.
second; Bertha Nell, third Time,
124i2.
Third race, six furlongs-Tabouret. .
to ). won; Dorah Wood, second; Queen
Nab, third. Time, 1:16lz.
Fourth race. four furlongs, Bayonet
Stakes-May Hemstead. Z to 10. won:
May Beach, second; Dolly Regent,
third. Time. 50l2.
Fifth race, mile and sixteenth
Robert Bonner, > to 1, won; Royal
Choice, second; Van Essa, third. Time.
1:511a.
Sixth race. six furlongs-Harry Lee,
90 to l. won; Stanza. second; AL. Kyris,
third. Time, 1:161.
The times., 1898-02-13
EDWARDS'S GREAT RIDING
He Completes His Forty second Cen
tury.
The Wonderful Cyc1ist Now Driving
His Chainiess Steed in Washing
Something About Him.

Teddy Edyva rds. he $50 days consecutive
century rider, yesterday Completed llis
foty-second century this year, the first
OF which was made on New Years Day.
lie came here on Wednesday and at once
began work upon the task he set himself;
d task which requires great nerve and
wonderful endurance. He has little trouble
In doing his 90 miles each day and has
adopted the ConduiG Road as his fayorite
riding path He came here from New York
on account OF the milder weather and the
better roads here at this season of the
year. He is a guest of the Columbia
Athletic Club, and has already made
many friends His daily Route is from the
Pope Manufacturing Company building,
down Fourteenth select and then through
Georgetown to the Conduit Road This
morning he viii be accompanied by a num-
Der OF the Century Wheelmen, who VIII
give him pace until he rounds his forty
third century. He will START at 9 O'Clock.
He will remain here as long as the
weather continues Favorable, and nat
urally is attracting considerable atten-
tion among local wheelmen. His under
taking is the wonder OF the wheeling
world. lie is fast approaching Knowles's
record of sixty consecutive centuries, and
Judging from his present excellent condi-
tion he win have little trouble in making
a new worlds record. He attributes much
or his success to the excellent training
received at the hands of mis- very com
peteut hanGier, John Freeman. He Heighs
l3O pounds and there is not a sore spot
on his body, except that he complains of
d soreness in his hands, due to having
to grip the handlehars tightly. This
he found necessary in riding over the
slippery snow and ice before coming here.
Ia speaking OF his past weeks experience
Edwards said:
II have ridden every day, and have not
suffered from it in the least. My chainless
is running beautifully, and from January
IS ii has not been touched, and when il
was inspected, it required only oIling.
The riding that | have done l believe
could not have been done on a chain wheel.
Other riders who have attempted to pace
me or accompany me have had to desist
when mounted on that type of machine"
EdwarCis'S mileage on his consecutive
centuries now amounts to over 1900
miles. and. together with the 5000 miles
he rode before starting on his present
effort. his total mileage is brought up to
over : 900 miles on the one machine.
Last weak the results OF the mileage COM
petition for 1897 in the Century Wheel
men OF New York Were announced, and
Edwards leads all the rest. II was found
that he had covered ll749 during the
year which includes the above Figures.
7. + Hsusehildt was second, with Io.55S
miles. and W. II. Anderson third, with
1o.267 miles. This hide by Edwards
is, without exception, the greatest tl.at
any cyclist has ever performed in a civil
iized country. and equals the famous tour
around the world by Thomas Stevens.