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The record-union., 1898-06-28
SUIT OVER A MACHINE
The Case Of Thomason Against
TOuhev ON Trial.

Judge Hart's court was engaged all
of yesterday in hearing testimony i'll
the case of E. r. Thonlason of San
Francisco against James Touhey,
brought to recover payment for btu
men reducing machine which Thocnason
alleges Touhey bought of him for 50, :
OOO at the time the latter paved the
streets around Capitol Park.
Touhey alleges that he only rented
the machine, and that he offered to pay
for the use of it, though it did not do
the work it was guaranteed to do, and
| that he was damaged thereby to the
extent of $500.
The plaintiff is represented by San
Francisco attorney, and Hiram w.
johnson and White & Seymour appear
for Touhey. The case will be resumed
at 8 o'clock this morning.
The record-union., 1898-06-28

When you are out Of sorts, feel tired,
languid and dull you need Hoods Sar-
saparilla. 1t will brace you up and
give you strength and energy, vigor
and vitality.
Hoods Pills are the best family ca
thartic and liver tonic Gentle, reliable,
sure.
The record-union., 1898-06-28
Petition in Insolvency.

Allen r. Finch a stationary engineer,
has filed a petition in insolvency. He
owes $500. and has no assets.
The record-union., 1898-06-28

Save money by buying your tea and
coffee Of ]. McMorry, 631 n.
The record-union., 1898-06-28

Electrical lamps at Scott's. 3O3 J.
The record-union., 1898-06-28

e1, Kearny Street, between Sacramento
and Commercial Streets,
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL, u. 8. A
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:. p. HERKEY.
Yuba City, Cal

San Francisco, Cal, June G. 1898.
For several years I was troubled with
Jaundice l tried many remedies none
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12
with a Wall of Water.

The idea of protecting buildings
against fire from without by means Of
a water curtain, to be made to fall
all around the structure, appears to be
gaining favor, having the Endorsement
Of some Of the most experienced pro-
fessional experts in this line. and tbs
plan is exciting special attention In
Chicago, where it is being applied to
the great public library building. The
arrangement is extremely simple. A
seven-inch steel water main Is laid
around the top of the structure, upon
the broad stone table formed by tho
top Of the coping, this pipe having con-
nection with force pumps situated In
the basement, and, through perfora-
tions properly arranged, insures the In
PRODUCTION Of substantial sheet OF
water from cornice to pavement
around the whole or any imperiled por-
tbon Of the building. The arrangement
Of the system of piping is such as to
enable operating in prescribed Sec
tons; additional relays OF smaller
pipes are also placed in position above
windows and doors, in order to COM
plete the eurtaining of those points in
the most serviceable manner, should
the curtain in the main be broken by
wind infringement against the build
ing
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12

seven feet; the width Of the face from
ear to ear nineteen feet, and it's length,
from the tip of the chin to the edge
Of the curling hair, nine feet nine
inches. The eye is four feet long, the
ear six feet six inches, the nose three
feet nine inches, and the mouth there
feet two inches. There are $50 curls
on the head. The circumference of the
thumb is three feet. The eyes are Of
pure gold, and weigh thirty pounds
each. The idol was erected in 1195,
and within the image is temple over
forty feet in height, with an altar and
other accessories of worship. The
Kamakura image is worshiped an
nually by millions of Buddhists from
India, Burma, China and Corea, as we'll
as by those in Japan.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12
WOUNDED IN-ACTl0N..
N4 ta0sdnociC
Fatalities of the Battlefield Reduced One
Half. Fewer Amputations
Required.
Required.

Kings College Hospital. London, about
twenty years ago, introduced there
what has been called the "aseptic"
method Of surgical treatment. In this
method the whole vicinity Of the part
to be operated on, called, in the Ian
guage Of the clinic, "the surgical field"
is impregnated with spray OF car
bolic acid by means of an atomizer.
AS soon as the operation is finished,
not only is the air excluded from the
wound by bandages, but these band
ages are stepped in solutions of germi-
eide carbolic acid, to exterminate the
foe that besets the wound from with
out. The instruments and the hands
that operate are also washed in solu-
ton of carbolic acid.
AS a result of this practice it was
found that wounds healed at the first
intention" There was seldom need of
treating suppuration, for suppuration
never appeared, except when the oper-
ator or some of his assistants had been
guilty of gross carelessness. Bandages
were left on until the flesh had grown
together again. There was no more
washing of wounds TO be done, nor
any expectation of febrile symptoms as
a matter of course. The patient was
expected to leave his bed, not wasted
with slow fever, but hale and hearty.
Between the new treatment and the
old there was all the difference be-
tween prevention and cure.
It was evident, of course, to Lister
and his followers that they were pro-
tecting their patients against some
thing tangible and destructible that
could be made to feel the sting of a
powerful acid. 1t remained for the
microscope and the brains Of such men
as Pasteur, Koch, Pruden and Surgeon
General John M. Sternberg OF the Unit
ed States army to successfully investi-
gate the nature and general ways of
that something. The power of the
microscope happened to the prodigious-
ly increased just about that time by
discoveries in practical optics, and one
of the first results was the detection
and Identification of "streptococcus py-
ogenes."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12

The name sounds like that of the
Byzantine emperor, but 1t only means
little necklace animal that makes
pus," and it Is a well-deserved name,
for Pyogenes is the busy maker, first,
Of that '1audable pus" which is now
known to be an accumulation of the
victims precious white blood corpus
cles, and, later, of the still more dead
ly symptoms of the dark, glairous pus
The way to guard against this deadly
gangrene and fever was, fortunately
for humanity, pointed out even while
its cause was only vaguely known. The
general principles Of Listers methods
have been thoroughly and systematic
ally applied in our service. Not only
are there complete facilities for aseptic
surgery in the field hospitals which will
accompany the United States soldiers
to Cuba or to the Philippines, as well
as in the sick bays of every man-of-
war, but in every regiment there are
a certain number Of men in the ranks,
each provided with antiseptic dressing
packed Theoretically. These are the
trained bearers of first aid to the
wounded. The regulations allow OF
their leaving their fighting positions
from time to time to bind up the
wounds of fallen comrades in such a
way as to effectually guard against
"sepsis," or the infection of suppura-
ton.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12
In Time.

The Waiting-r00m or the Boston anu
Dakota Railroad station was hot.
Everything about it, from the dingy
letters on the door to the shabby
red plush of the seats, was dirty. An
odor of bananas and peppermint came
from the refreshment stand. Near the
door two schoolgirls in snowy hats
were eating caramels and rolling their
eyes at the ticket agent. A shriveled
old lady sat in a retired corner, sur
reptitiously adding to the dusty pile
of peanut shells which lay under the
seat. Halfway down the room, a
sticky child in dirty white cap, be-
ing forbidden to roll on the foor,
kicked its mother frantically and gave
vent to 2 series of angry shrleks.
Between the windows sat girl who,
from her small velvet turban to the
tip of her polished boot, seemed the
very embodiment of luxury. Her
mouth had determined expression,
but her blue eyes were unsophistica-
ted and there was an admiring, trust
full look in them as she gazed at the
man by her side.
He appeared less obviously out OF
place in the forlorn surroundings. His
clothes were new-too new; and he
seemed i'll at ease. His somewhat ex-
pressionIess eyes rolled nervously and
he alternately fingered his glove but
ton and fondled scrubby little mus
tache.
Suddenly there was rattle and jar
at the Gingy door and an elderly man
hastily entered He cast glance
about the room, and then walked d.
reetIy toward the pair by the window.
The young man started up at his ap-
proach and began to speak with evil
dent embarrassment.
I'VE are-that is-you see
Come, Marguerite" interrupted the
gentleman. I'VE have Just time to catch
the three-forty-fivc train for home"
He held out his hand for the travel
ing bag. The young girl drew herself
up resentfully-
Father she said, alfred and are
together now at last-and forever"
She smiled and looked proudly up
to the young man by her side for con-
firmation. He had picked up her bag
from the seat and was about to hand
it over her to her father. Her cheek
paIed slightly and then flushed. Silent
ly she took the bag from his hand as
from that of a servant; then lifting the
breadths of her skirts, she turned to
her father with smile; lust time"
she repeated mechanically-"just time
to catch the three-forty- five
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12

causes had not yet been discovered. 1t
was supposed that the atmosphere OF
a hospital was impregnated with SUD-
tie, impalpable infection, which could
only be combated after 1t had begun to
show its effect in suppuration. One
fiuid result of this infection was even
called, quantity enough, "laudable pus,
because, on the theory that a certain
degree of suppuration was unavoidable,
it was regarded as troublesome hu-
NOR, which, IL kept in, would produce
fever. 1t was not then known, perhaps
hardly even suspected. that the sur
gson himself was ac<Ially inoculating
pathent after patient with a terrible
specific disease.
The surgeons of the civil war would
doubtless have been very much sur
prised to hear that their hands, hastily
rinsed in cold hydrant or spring water,
were busy carrying from wound to
wound hundreds of organisms, the
proper name Of which was or was to be
"streptococcus pyogenes." Two med
teal discoveries-one, in the honest
sense of the word, empirical, the other
resulting from purely scientific investi-
aation-led to the detection and appre-
hension Of this wholesale assassin.
Many a surgeon, before the year 1878,
would have been glad to know how 1t
might be possible to amputate legs and
arms without suppuration. Many tried
for a solution of the problem, although
most we're, no doubt, content to take
things as they found them, welcome the
appearance of their 'laudable pus,
and fight the, to them. inevitable "hos-
pltal fever"
It was Joseph Lister, whose name is
now known in every surgical ward in
the world, who first, as a veteran sur
Seon lately expressed it, started the
hounds on the right scent when they
wete all at fault" This shrewd Scotch
surgeon, coming from Edinburgh to
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12
CURIOUS WELL IN HAWAII.
Flow of Artesian water oddly Regulated

Flow of Artesisn Water oddly Regulated
by tho Clock. D
A most curious phenomenon has been
observed in the flow of an artesian well
on Kealia plantation, Kauai. The
water has regular variations in its
flow, being lowest at o'clock in the
morning, gradually rising until 1t at
tains its greatest flow at o'clock In
the afternoon, and then as gradually
falling until 8 O'Clock in the morning.
Manager George II. Fairchild, OF the
plantation, thus describes the peculiar
phenomenon: THE top OF the pipe Is
thirteen feet above sea level. At eight
o'clock there is a flow Of about 1,OO0,OOo
gallons in twenty-four hours. by
adding five feet more of pipe the How
stops. We have had this extra five feet
of pipe on top of the well for month
or more, waiting for extra pipe to con-
duct the water to the mill where 1t Is
to be used. We have noticed peculiar
action of this column Of water, and l
have been unable to find any explana-
ton of it. If the publication OF the
facts by the Star will lead to an expla-
nation, l will be very much gratified'
The column of water in this five feet
additional pipe placed to prevent the
flow at o'clock in the morning Is at
its lowest point, one and half inches
below the top of the pipe. Then II
rises until at noon it begins to flow
over the pipe. The flow increases until
2 o'clock, when there is quite flow.
From that time it gradually falls, until
at II o'clock at night there is very
slight flow and this ceases at l O'Clock
in the morning, the water gradually
falling until it reaches the lowest point
at 8 o'clock, when it begins to rise
again. 1t has been suggested that this
change in flow is due to the tides, or
to the rotation of the earth, or to the
influence Of the sun. 1t is interesting,
and 1 should like a satisfactory expla-
nation" Representative McCandless
says regarding this phenomenon that
in his experience where an artesian
we'll is influenced by the tides the
water never rises above the sea level
Hawaiian Star.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12
How to Prnnounos Alrer.

How do you pronounce the nams
OF the Secretary of WARP" is a ques-
ton asked many times every day, and
as in most cases people do not know,
a different pronunciation is given BY
each. "Allger," hard G, "Awejar," and
"Aljer" have been the most frequent
pronunciations. AS Camp Alger has
caused the name to be on the tongues
Of 50 many, the private secretary WA
asked to give the correct pronuncia-
ton, so all may now rest assured thai
they have 1t right II they say "Ahljer."
pronouncing the first two letters as IN
the exclamation "ah." bringing in tbs
in the only way it can be enunciated
and the last three letters as In jerk
The first syllable is not as u spelled
"awl," although this error Is made flo,
Qusntly.-Richmond TimeA
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12

In the civil war the proportion of
Union soldiers who died of wounds to
those who were killed outright in bat
tie was AZ to CT, or not far from to
IL. These figures are taken from the
report of the adjutant generals office.
The statistics on the confederate side
are less exact, but it may be assumed
that the proportion there was about the
same.
1t is a comfort to know that in the
present war the number of deaths from
wounds is not likely to be as much as
so per cent as large. in proportion to
the number Of wounds received, as it
was either in the civil war or in any
other prior to the present generation
And this in spite of the more than
tenfold Increased destructiyeness Of
latter-day weapons
The reason and ground for this hope
are not in the nature of the Krag-Jor-
gensen and Mauser rifles, used respect
lively by our own and the Spanish ar
niles, but in the astounding progress
VI thV last IWOAIJ JSoAo Al IhO oAs Va
surgery 1t is not because a man who
is hit by an up-to-date rifle bullet more
often dies on the spot, for that this is
the case is very far from certain. Dur
Nng the first, third and fourth quarters
OF the modern nickel-coateds lug's flight
its rending effect is terribly fatal, 1t is
true; but in the second quarter, or "hu-
name area" Of its range 1t has ten
dency to cut a clean hole.
But all experience Of recent years In
dictates that where nine wounded men
out of ten would have been buried from
a field hospital in the years between
1851 and 1865, only four would die in
the year 1898, the other six being even
tually discharged safe, whole, and
probably in better health than they en-
joyed before they were wounded.
In fact, died of wounds" so far as
it applies to the wars of past genera
lions, including our own civil war,
really means in most cases that death
resulted from hospital gangrene,"
hospital fever" or erysipelas. The
surgeons of those days were quite
aware OF those symptoms, but their
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12
The Colossal Image of Buddh a.

A most extraordinary piece of work
is the colossal image of Buddha at
Kamakura, one of the ancient capitals
of Japan. The image is constructed OF
copper, tin and gold, and where it has
been FURNISHED by contact, the metal
Is a ruddy brown, but the general sur
face is weather stained with incrusta-
lions of green mould where the mas
sive parts were welded together The
height is forty-nine feet seven inches;
the circumference Of the head ninety
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.

A Message.
Tonight, dear lad the sun unrolled
A glowing bridge of beaten gold,
Across the uncertain blue;
And, in the glory of its track,
1 sent homesick wanderer back
A longing thought to you.
Sweetheart, be on the watch tonight
Between the sunset and starlight;
Perchance my thought will come
On silent sandals from the west,
To lay it's face against thy breast,
Albeit it's lips are dumb.
-Theodosia Pickering.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12

What in the world has induced
Brown to join the ranks of the bicycle
scorchers? He used to be such an
easy. quiet sort of rider"
why, you see, he feels that If there
is another call for troops it will be his
duty to volunteer"
"Well?"
well, he has read that the examin-
ing surgeons reject 95 per cent Of the
scorchers. Thus he will be able to
make a reputation for patriotism with
out going to war"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12
His Only Purpose.

The mountaineers who form the two
cavalry companies at Camp Bradley
are. the source of a great deal of fun
for the Legion boys. When one OF
them was being examined a physician
iokingly asked if he could read. mo,
gol durn it.. can't" he replied, but
I didn't come up yere to teach skule.
T come ter fight" 1t is needless to say
that he passed-Louisville Courier
Journal
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12
War Into Africa.

"Your wife is somewhat strong
minded, isn't she, Littlejohn?"
"Strong-minded. A furniture polish
peddler came here yesterday and in
FIVE minutes talk she sold him sonie
polish she had made herself" Detroit
Free Press.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12
Talent.

The Gallant Colonel-Madam you
grow younger every day The Flatter-
ed Lady Ito her Outstanding husband)
DO you hear that? And still you say
I have no qualifications for the stage %
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12
Careless.

81 wonder how that item ever got
past the press censor!" said the Span
ish official. (which one?" THE soci-
ETY. note to the effect that the queen
regent expects to travel for her health. I"
-Washington Star,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12

Can you tell me-" asked his wife
scornfully, after looking over the prop
erty he had just purchased, whatever
induced you to buy this placer"
81 can" he answered promptly.
WHAT" she demanded.
"One Of the smartest real estate
agents in this part of the country"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12
ScientInc.

Governor of the Prison-'What is
the cause of this unseeFsly delay?"
Goaler-"That expert headsmen you
engaged from the medical school is
sterilizing the ak" Brooklyn Life.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12
Tho Pine of Pan.

my pipe" cried Pan, "I've laid aside
Foreverl" In his vague regret
The modern poet wonders should
He offer Pan a cigarette.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12
Sure Cure

HE says he was not a bit seasick
on his trip from Europe"
"ae was not. He never took the
trip"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12

He that calls man ungrateful, sums
up all the evils that a man can be
guilty of.-Swift.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-12

He called upon the sea-shore,
To hear the water spout;
He rang the bell, the bell-buoy said.
1.-The tide has Just gone out"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-08-30

that u. sore. were healed would .l him Having tried
fomuUy remedies Iuiu naturally discouraged aud bad
lue hop ID. ever being We again. friend advised tHat
3. a s.. .a -pe.I uo tried and 10 happy .ugrcs
tun for Doe .lu l improve nt Che poison forced
out. and H 900 healed up perfectly Tie is now twenty
three years ud auI ha, Dad sign u the trouble since.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-08-30
THE COMMITTEE
APPEALS TO M'KlNLEY
They Want tho Triar. sent Out Of the
Philippines, aud Especially Name
Three Of Them.

London, Aug o. Tho Philippine b..
lands committee ia Europe has address
ed a letter TO President Mckinley De-.
garing tine appeals made him by the
high Roman Catholic ccclcsiastics in
America 20 protect the religious order,
in the islands Expulsion OF the Iriars.
the committee contends, Is necessary
antccodant moral sanitation Tho let.
tor names particularly the archbishop OF
Manila and Bishops Nueu slgovia and
Nu0ya Casorcs "whose acts Of hostility
against both natives Americans, agniu.t
the jesuit and other respected religion.
institutions s condemned by every one. "
The committee urges President McKin.
ley, 80 AID the Filippinos 10 suppress
immortality and the diabolical instItu.
tons fostcred By these monks, and the
letter concludesas follows; your name
can never b. associated with that Of the
friars, and tho noble nation at whose
head You have been placed viii never
permit the ever victorious and human.
tartan starr and stripes to protect them. e"