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The Springfield herald., 1899-12-29
Winter Excursions.

The Southern Pacific Company and
its connections operate the best first
and second-class service to California,
Arizona, Texas and Mexico. Through
Pullman Palace Sleepers and Tourist
Sleepers from all principal eastern
points. Personally conducted Tourist
Excursions from Cincinnati, Louisville,
st. Louis, Chicago, St Paul, Mime
apolis. Des Moines, Omaha. Kansas
City. etc. For particulars and descrip-
tive literature write w. G.. Neimyer,
Genl Western Agent, 23S Clark St,
Chicago; w. II. Connor, Com'l Agent,
Chamber Commerce Bldg, Cincinnati,
Ohio, or w. j. Berg, Trav Pass Agt.,
220 Ellicott So. Buffalo. n. Y.
The Springfield herald., 1899-12-29

1t is all right that the English Ian
guage should be employed in legisla-
tive proceedings, in courts OF Law, and
as a basis of school instruction. But
American civilization cannot afford to
postpone direct efforts for the moral
and spiritual culture of that first gen.
Grafton of immigrants who Will never
learn the language of this country
The multitudes of Scandinavians,
Slays, Italians and Germans whose
children pass into our schools should
hear in their own tongue the lessons
which the republic has ID teach and
the higher lessons of religion This
is the growing conviction of some OF
the churches and of that tireless and
devoted band OF workers who make up
the Woman's Christian Temperance
union. They are looking among the
immigrants themselves for persons
competent to instruct, inspire and
guide these millions toward the higher
levels OF life
The Springfield herald., 1899-12-29
DWIGHT MOODY DEAD.
The Noted Evangelist succumbed as II Re
suit OF Overwork.

East Northfield. Mass, Dec. 23.-
Dwight l.. Moody, the evangelist
whose fame was worldwide, died III
his home here at noon yesterday. HIS
family were gathered ut his bedside
and the dying mans last moments
We're spent in comforting them.
Early in the day Mr.. Moody realized
the end was not far on and talked
with his family at intervals, being
conscious 10 the last except for few
fainting spells. Once he revived, and,
with wonderful display of strength
in his voice, said in a happy strain;
whats the matter: What's going
on here
one of the children replied: Father.
you have not been quite so well, and
so we came in to see YOU"
y little later Mr.. Moody talked quite
freely to his sons, saying:
Il have always been an ambitious
man. not ambitious to lay up wealth.
but to leave You work TO do. and you
are going to continue the work of the
schools in East Northiield and Mount
Herman and of the Chicago Bible In
stitute."
As the monday hour drew near the
watchers at the bedside noted the ap-
proach of death Several times his
lips moved as Ii in a prayer. but the
articulation was so faint that the
words could not be heard.
Just as death came Mr.. Moody
awoke as if from slumber and said
with much ioyousness:
Il see earth receding: heaven is open
ing; God is calling me- and Il moment
later he expired.
The death OF Mr.. Moody was moi
unexpected. although his temporary re
covery from Illness was hoped for by
his relatives and friends. The cause
of death was a general breakdown of
his health. due to oyerwork. His con
stitution was that of an exceedingly
strong man. but his untiring laborS
had gradually undermined his vitality
until that most delicate of organs. the
heart, showed signs of weakness.
The Springfield herald., 1899-12-29

Chicago policemen are complaining
bitterly over the frequent assess
ments" levied upon their scanty pay,
and assert that Inspector Heidelmeier
threatens condign displeasure toward
any officer who fails to hand in his pro
rata share of the taxation. The civil
service commissioners might take an
hour off and give the inspector a full!
explanation of the laws which are sup
posed to govern the police as well as
other departments of the public serv-
ice.
The Springfield herald., 1899-12-29
EnrtY Chndr.n nrnmned.

Brussels. Dec. 23.-Upward of forty
school children We're drowned to-day in
an ice accident at Frclinghem. near the
French frontier. The children Of the
district had been given holiday with
permission TO play on the frozen river
LyS When the mcrriment was at full
height the ice broke suddenly and thu
children disappeared. y few We're res
cued half dead. but the majority We're
drowned. Thirty-siN bodies have been
recovered, but others are still missing
The catastrophe spread CONSERVATION
throughout the town where nearly ev-
cry family suffered loss.
The Springfield herald., 1899-12-29

1t is related, on the authority of DR..
Edward Everett Hale, that wealthy
gentleman. known to him, has for sew
eral years past teen paying the college
expenses of various young women who
had no claims upon his bounty other
than those his generosity prompted.
They were selected-presumably at his
desire-from those pupils Of the pub
lie schools. who, in the opinion of their
instructors were most worthy and best
fitted to pursue college career. This
year several of them graduated at
various women's colleges, and but one
of their number wrote to their bene-
factor to express thanks and gratitude.
This seems ungracious and almost in
credible. Pay that thou owest," as an
injunction, has wider application
than to mere monetary Indebtedness,
Hd benefits forgot and unpaid in
gratitude, proclaim niggardliness Of
soul. as well as lack of high principle.
The Springfield herald., 1899-12-29

Newspaper correspondents writing
from Berlin state that two more re-
markable cures OF blindness by means
of electricity as applied by Professor
Stein are reported. A man who for
fourteen years has been totally blind
is now able to read coarse print. A
girl of is who has been blind for five
years is now able to walk about and
recognize friends. Several other cases
have been reported where persons
partly blind have been enabled to see
perfectly. Professor Stein has been
working on the idea for thirteen years,
and eight years ago invented an cleo
trical appliance by which the blind can
be made to see lights. Since then he
has been experimenting with more
practical results. The appliance which
the professor claims to have invented
at once makes the blind see. He then
adjusts a glass of proper focus, as one
does an opera or field glass. Though
Professor Stein has spent fortune in
developing and perfecting his inven-
tion. he declares he will cure the poor
free and look to the rich for his fees,
The Springfield herald., 1899-12-29

A Chicago doctor has been diasnos-
ing the "wheelman's hunch.' As an
all-rouud curiosity wheelman OF the
scorcher variety is probably without
an equal. None but himself can be
his parallel
The Springfield herald., 1899-12-29

The B. & o. R. r. will have GO new
compound consolidated freight loco
motives by the last of January. Fifty
We're ordered in September from the
Baldwin Locomotive Works and the
order has just been augmented by u
more. These locomotives. when COM
pleted. Will represent the highest type
Of heavy freight power.
The Springfield herald., 1899-12-29

The unexpected happens occasion
ally. but not so often as the expected
fails to happen.
The Springfield herald., 1899-12-29
II rnn,r nr I,cntrn

Try the Union Pacific route TO Chicago
via Kansas Stty- Tyuiu lrnVCs peuVeEA
'.il p. NJ. and arrives ChicnEo S.l5 second
morning. Dining c1vs aud Sold yestl-.
buled. palRtiaI new equipment Ticket
Dflice. 81 1Ith street.
The Springfield herald., 1899-12-29

The self-made man always venerates
his creator.
The Springfield herald., 1899-12-29

Success is a crown that transforms
a murderer into a hero, especially If
the shield of patriotism protects him
from the law.
The Springfield herald., 1899-12-29

Courage is the thing that enables us
to forget our fears.
The Springfield herald., 1899-12-29

The movement against feminine
wells certainly possesses unblushing
effrontery.
The Springfield herald., 1899-12-29

Nine. Sembrich made her first ac-
ouaintance with the college yell OF
lusty football players recently at the
Auditorium in Chicago. She athrms
she "nevai-r-e hear noise like zis
time" This. coming from vocalist Of
such fame, is a spray of laurel for the
chrysanthemum songsters.
The Springfield herald., 1899-12-29

The most successful misstatements
are half truth and half falsehood.
The Springfield herald., 1899-12-29

Time and patience will enable per
son to conquer almost any obstacle.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
HYSTERIA IN ANIMALS.
4, -....SsSSSSSSSSSSSSSc&O <

That animals are subject to attacks of
hysteria is a discovery only lately made
by physicians. Yet the two cases re-
corded in the Neurologisches Centralblatt
by DR.. H. Higher seem to leave no doubt
about the matter.
The animals that were affected were a
cat and canary respectively. The cat,
which was nine months old, healthy and
active, was one day deeply bitten in the
back by a dog and Immediately fell down
paralyZed. When DR.. Higher first saw 1t
five or six weeks after the injury, it
walked only with its fore paws, dragging
its body and hind limbs. There was COM
plete loss of sensation in the hind paws
and in the hinder third of the body, both
sides of the abdomen and pack of the
animal being Indifferent to deep punctureS
with a needle and to hot applications, but
it always responded to gentle touching OF
the front half of the body. The tail was
paralyzed, but none of the limbs afro
phied as is usual in such cases.
DIR. Higher considered that the cat was
suffering from an Inflammation OF the
spinal cord but what occasioned him sur
prise was the fact that the animal gave
no positive signs other than the paralysis
One day the servant girl being curious
to see whether the cat would fall on all
fours. as cats usually do. threw 1t from
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09

this view of the question and declare that
the bug stings and stings purposely and
simply because he wants to, and that he
maliciously injects poison of his own con-
coction into every puncture which he
makes. Be this as it may, the fact re-
mains that 1T is just as painful to be
poisoned accidentally as to be stung pur-
posely, and also just as dangerous. A
boy in New York has died from the effects
of one of those insects seemingly insig
nifcant wounds, and even the California
Menalolestes has awakened from his past
lethargy and put himself on record along
with his Eastern brother by killing a
poor little playful San Jose kitten
Under these circumstances one can but
ask again, Are we to have an epidemic
of bug-stings?
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
0SSS:SSSSGSSfSScs.::- O

the first floor of the house on TO the pave
ment AS matter of fact it alighted on
all fours Immediately ran away and was.
contrary to expectation. completely cured
of its sensory and motor paralysis, which
had lasted for more than two months.
The cat, therefore, really had no lesion
of the spinal cord at all and all its symp-
toms were due to the fright experienced
by the bite of the dog. In other words
the cat was manifestly suffering from an
attack of hysteria.
DR.. Higier's second case showed itself
In a canary whose cage, with the bird in
it, was pulled down from the wall by a
cat, but Dr.. Higher, interposed before. the
cat seized it. The bird lay on the bottom
of the cage. stiff as if dead, but was re-
yived by sprinkling, with cold water, after
which it was lively. took it's food well
and shower no abno-mality except that
from having been fine singer it became
silent.
For six weeks the bird never uttered a
note, then this condition passed off quite
unexpectedly and the canary once more
sang very well. DIR. Higher also refers
to three cases mentioned by DR.. Tou-
rette in which dogs showed hysterical
symptoms.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09

painful flesh, fate thrust that uncomfort-
able distinction upon him.
While sitting in his study one day last
week al twilight beetle-like insect about
the size of a large bee stung him on MS
cheek. Applying remedies at once he was
saved the pain and inconvenience when
are invariably the portion of those who
are attacked in sleep and do not awake
until the poison has had time to spread
through adjacent tissues, and then, being
of an fnvestigative turn Of mind, he be-
gan to search for his. small enemy. He
found him and companion bobbing
about the room in laundering fashion
against the walls and draperies, and in
revenge for its unwarranted attack upon
him Immediately called it by its rightful
name. 1t was the Menalolestes picipes
that had done all the mischief and was to
blame for all the unlovely faces and pain
fu1 swellings that the doctors had been
cudgeling their brains over for the past
fortnight but detection and exposure did
not phase him in the least Instead of
that it seemed rather to increase his am
bition, and signing for new worlds to con-
uuer and more kinds of people to sting he
and his spread over into Mary
land on the north and Virginia
on the south, and then they began
10 make their unwelcome presence known
in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York
and Delaware.
Eastern summer hotel keepers both at
the seaside and in the mountains, are on
the verge of despair, as it is feared that
the creature, which 1Ourishes equally we'll
in either environment, may invade their
domains and frighten away timid guests.
The Government entomologists encour-
agingIy assure us that the Menalolestes
really means no harm; that he is by no
means vicious, but that his habit of prob
ing everything with which he comes in
contact with his sharp-pOinted beak leads
him into unintentional mischief, the bacte-
rial poison which he accumulates on his
proboscis in his various Investigations
being introduced inadvertently into the
system of the human being about whom
he feels a practically expressed curiosity.
Other scientists, however, disagree with
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09

pulled the legs about in all directions,
gave firm tugs to the feelers and pushed
the head here and there until Mr.. MenaIo-
lesteS looked as natural life and as if
just ready TO start off to find somebody
to poke his stinger into.
THAT is the position he takes when he
crawls,' said the professor, as he contem-
plated his work. Now, this insect is
true bug. He has large number of rela-
tives. In fact his family is one of the
largest in the insect kingdom.
This goes under the general name of
Reduvioidea. The mem .ers of this family
are both herbaceous and carnivorous They
feed on the juices of plants and fruit and
on other insects. They will even become
cannibals should necessity drive them TO
it.
Their particular feed, however, is the
caterpillar. They drive their beaks into
one of the crawling insects and simply
suck it to death by removing every drop
of it's blood.
mo part of this country is exempt
from the ravages of these insects. There
are two distinct species found in Califor-
na-the Menalolestes picipes and the
Menalolestes abdominalis. The latter,
however, does not appear to have ever
been caught in the act Of singing al
though there is little doubt but that 1t
could be as poisonous as the other. There
is very little difference between them, ex-
cept in the color of the wings. In this re-
gard the insect belongs to the species
known as Heteropterous Hemipetra.
"As far as 1 have been able to discover
the Menaloestes picipes makes its home
under stones, fallen logs and the bark of
rotten trees. A rubbish heap is a good
place to look for them.
The habits Of the insect place it among
the swift runners. 1t is very hard to
catch them in the day time and at night
they fly, but of this there is good deal
yet to be studied, as there is about all
nocturnal insects. This one Is a terror in
more ways than one and I count 1T as
one of the most dangerous insects on the
whole Pacific Slope.
1.-THE calling of the Menalolestes picipes
the kissing bug is surely not right. The
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
HEAT OF THE EARTH.

Professor Agassiz has been for several
wears past, with the assistance of Mr..
Preston and c. F. West, making rock
temperature observations while the min
ing operations of the Calumet and Hecla
Company were going on.
They speak as follows we have now
attained vertical depth of 4712 feet and
have taken temperatures of the rock los
feet: at the depth of the level of Lake
Superior, Cos feet; at that of the level of
the sea, 1857 feet; at that of the deepest
part Of Lake Superior, 1868 feet, and al
four additional stations, each respectively,
$50, $50, 561 and 1856 feet below the pre-
ceding one, the deepest points at which
temperatures have been taken being 1880
feet.
1--WE propose when we have reached
our final depth. 1900 feet, to take an addi
tional rock temperature and to publish
the details of our observations. The high
est rock temperature obtained at the
depth of 1880 feet was 79 degrees Fair.
The rock temperature at depth OF 100
feet was SO degrees Fair. Taking that
as the depth unaffected by local changes
we have a column of 4475 feet of rock,
with a difference of one degree for every
224 feet. The crust of the earth would be
over eighty miles in thickness, except in
places where it has been reduced by sub
terranean convulsions.
IF there is a rise of one degree for
every 224 feet there is a four-degree rise
every 900 feet or about a twenty-ive-de-
gree rise every mile. According to this,
by penetrating the earth fifty miles the
temDerat ture reached would be 1850 degrees
Fahr A hole $50 miles deep will bring the
temperature up to about 5000 degrees
Fahr."
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
Costume Rosa Bonheur Really Wore.


There is a widespread impression that
the late Rosa Bonheur was in the habit
of wearing mems attire. This is only par
TALLY true. She dressed as man while
at work in her studio, because this dress
gave her greater freedom of action while
working on her canvases, which were
often of large size.
In pursuit of her studies of horses her
favorite subjects. she also found this cos
tune convenient. With her strong mas
culine face and short hair she passed very
well as man. and found that she attract
ed less attention among the horse markets
in this dress than in the usual garb of
woman. Hence it became her usual at
tire on these excursions.
At home on the street and in the usual
walks of life she wore a plain black dress
without display of any sort. When going
out she donned plain black bonnet, and
became simply a rather large woman, no
ticeable only for the strength OF her Iea-
lures and the keen penetration of her
dark eyes She was fond of wearing the
ribbon of the Legion of Honor
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09

With a population of 5,500,000 London
harbors every day 10000 strangers. Some
may remain a week. some a month, but
all the year around there is an average of
120 900 visitors who are within the Metro
politan boundaries.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
A MOST DANGEROUS INSECT.
Says Fuchs Curator Of Entomology Of the Cali
o

Meloe estes S hd dg ms It s
I tumnto to all workers in orchard nd Otter wounds Every hunded
o f o Of
their h hesamef forenoon The species tina sh the trouble S omny found
beneath stones and ar n and u
Any person bitter dappy a dan will e reduced tum
Peopewh se bloc S n n he o d most t. fear
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09

nita has long been known as a favorite
resort of the insect in question, although
there have been remarkably few casual
ties. This, however, may be due to the
fact that this part of the country is not
so thickly settled as the eastern portion.
Professor Fuchs, entomologist of the
California Academy Of Sciences. has just
made a search through his collection and
found but one specimen of the species that
does all the damage.
This bug is known as the Menalolestes
picipes," said Professor Fuchs, as he
pinned the -eghths-inch long speci-
men up in front Of the microscopic cam
era to be photographed for The Call.
Then, by delicate touch by a
pair of tiny tweezers, he twisted and
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09

The fir tree is the commonest of all
trees, being found in every part OF the
world.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
THE BUG AS
VIEWED BY
SCIENCE.

~ INCE the reports from the East
- about the fatal. ravages of the so
y called kissing bug" California
~ scientists have turned their atten-
4 ton to a renewed study of the in
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
THIS FATALLY
POISONOUS
INSECT is AL.
READY IN
CALIFORNIA,
so SAY OUR
LOCAL MEN
OF SCIENCE.

RE we to have an epidemic OF bug
stings? Telegraphic advices from
the East do more than foreshadow
such an appalling calamity-they
q ant11allN rnr.edinf Ii AID the f1r+11rn
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ity is the ideal to be aimed at. What
were sorrow and trial and treachery to
n who was led by God and guarded
by apgels9
Il say, therefore, never brood over
the ills of life, because you thereby
multiply them. Live through to day,
and let the morrow lake charge of it..
self. Imagine no evils, ard thereby
diminish evil. IL there ia sweetness
anywhere, fad it as the honey bee does.
Be a friend to the world, do a kindness
whenever opportunity offers, be quiet.
calm, self possessed and self controlled,
and then you will discover the very,
essence Of Christianity.
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