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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-05
APPENDICITIS

And the Useless vermlform Appendix
from Which 1t Comes.
A great deal is heard NOWADAYS
about appendicitis. There is no doubt
that very many persons are badly
scared about it, and the number of
persons who will not eat fruit contain
ing seeds is very large-this notwith-
standing the fact that medical opin-
ion has agreed that not more than 6
per cent of the cases Of appendicitis are
due to the swallowing of seeds. The
contents of the appendix usually con-
sfst Of mucus. The appendix has abun-
dant muscular ability to empty itself,
and it has at its point of connection
with the intestine a good fixed point
for muscular action. But a very little
swelling will SO contract the tube as
to prevent the escape Of the concre-
lions. It is the bacteria that do the
business. They attack the affected ap-
pendix, the Inflammation extends
thence to the adjacent organs. Al
though now apparently useless, it is
believed that the appendix once
formed IN important part Of the ALI
mentary tract. This was in the days
when we needed a wisdom tooth for
crushing palms and ferns and a large
absorbing surface with which to ex-
tract their scanty nutriment. The
wisdom tooth, with its insufficient cal
cification, perishes easily when at
tackled by bacteria, and the appendix
shows the same want Of resisting
power. The vermiform appendix was
recognized in the sixteenth century. AS
compared with the size Of the intestine,
it is largest at birth and smallest after
20 years of age. It is of variable d.
mansions for the eason that It is one
Of the structures which, in the descent
Of man, '.futters before going out" Its
average length in a young adult is not
far from three and a quarter inches.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-05

less the subject was registered as long
headed, when between rs and 80 he
was medium and between 80 and IS
he was broad-headed.
Another interesting deduction is that
the child with a large head is apt to
be more intelligent than the one
whose Uranium is small. Diagrams
made from the statistics show that as
the circumference of tie skull in
a so does mental ability. Chill
dren of laborers were found to have
smaller heads than those whose pa
rents work with their brains rather
than with their bodies. OF all his
measurements the anthropologist says
he attaches most Importance to those
Of the head. Defects Of the Uranium,
says he, are probably more significant
than those Of other parts. and in gem
eral the nearer a bodily defect is to
the brain the more important It is.
Can any relationship exist between
q child's height or weight and his men-
tai ability? was another question. The
bright boys were found to excel the
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-05

Asa, viewing that wonder. exclaims.
CANT she slick?" And what Of the
long and narrow etchings by the in
defatigable Field? We cross ourselves
before them with pious alteration. Yes.
and the Photographic marvels SO lately
put upon the bourgeois market
groups of white-draped figures holding
Tyres or trumpets OF other pseudo-Hel-
lenic symbols-these, to elicit u adj
miration. But chiefest Is that shoddy
Madonna. M. Charles Blanc says that
the test Of artistic appreciation is to
behold Raphael's Stance; II you weep,
there is hope for you; IL you don't,
why, eat, drink and be merry-tomor-
row you die. Clearly, then, M.
Charles Blanc had never seen the
Bodenhausen Madonna reproduced on
glass. with a prop to stand UP by. That.
thinks Sweet Auburn, is the ultimate
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-05
THE KYMO

by a pointer. Quite as sensitive are a
o of instruments for measuring
movements of muscles. One can be
clasped above any muscle OF the body
for this purpose.
Another records the breathing, and
with it it has been learned that con-
centration of mind causes respiration
to grow less and a consequent impov-
erishment of the blood. Still another
records the exact movements OF the
fingers and toes. Another measures
and counts nervous tremblings and
still. another the sensitiveness to ia
tigue. Others gauge the pressure and
movements Of the tongue in speech or
nervousness. A still nor delicate
device registers the exact motions of
the lips in talking.
The actions of the 1arynx-Adam's
apple-are similarly studied. To study
the wigglings of the soft palate in
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der of their birth. whether first born.
second born, etc., but the reverse seem
ed to be the case with girls. Boys
with light hair and eyes were found to
be less sensitive than boys with dark
hair and eyes, the same being true of
girls. Bright boys and girls at the
same time appear to be more sensitive
than dull boys and girls. DR.. MacDon-
aid is Of the opinion that luxuries and
refinement increase this sensitiveness
in people in general.
Children Of the non-laboring class
es were found to be twice as sickly as
those Of the laboring classes. The
highest percentage Of laziness and Of
unruliness was found among boys de-
signated as dull. Boys showed q high
er laziness average than girls. The
sons Of laborers were found less un-
ruly than those Of mountaineering class
ca. The reverse was the rule with
girls. Commissions were frequent in
dull boys and thoses Of non-laboring
classes, but very rare in girls gener-
ally. That nervousness increases With
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How Various Human Emotions May Be Re-
corded by Delicate Mechanical Devices.

Parents, teachers and lovers Of chill
iren generally will be greatly inter-
ssted in the results Of an experimental
study Of no less than twenty-five
thousand school boys and school girls,
white and colored, just completed by
the United States Bureau of Educa-
ton. 1t has been a monster under
taking, requiring several years, as is
shown by the first detailed account OF
the work.
All of the youthful subjects II
grouped together would equal in num-
Der the men in the ranks Of u stand
Ing army at the outbreak of the last
war. The object Of the investigation
was to discover the relationship be-
tween parentage, surroundings, nation
atty, stature, weight, size and shape
of head and other conditions and the
conduct, intellect and health of chill
dren at different ages. Almost all of
the subjects were selected from the
public schools of Washington, the
transient population of which includes
nearly all American and foreign types
Of childhood.
For the case of each child was issued
a blank calling for as many as 107 de-
tails, covering all facts and character
tstics to be considered. All these data
were collected by teachers in the va
rious schools, under the direction of
Dr. Arthur Macdonald, we'll known as
an anthropologist, who personally ex-
amined cases demanding the use of
instruments Of precision.
OF such instruments, devised entire
1y for measurements of man, the Blu
cal has n Of the most elaborate COL
lections in existence. They automati-
cally measure the relative a%cuteness
of the senses, sensitiveness to pain
and other stimuli, and the dimensions
and motions of external parts of the
body, besides keeping strict account Of
the changes in breathing and the dis
tribution of the blood circulation un-
der different conditions.
The extravagant theories Of pseudo
scientists Of the spectacular schools of
chronology must be abandoned for
conclusions reached by such thorough
work as this. No attempt was made
to study the bumps of the youthful
heads, yet the general dimensions of
the Uranium were carefully considered.
One of the most interesting deductions
is that br%oad-headed children appear
to be brighter than long-headed chill
dren, the length, of the head being
measured from front to back of the
Uranium.
In estimating whether each head was
broad, medium or long a simple for
mula was applied. The maximum
width was always multiplied by 100
and divided by the maximum length.
When the resulting numeral was Is or
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-05
REMARKABLE EXPERIMENTS.

the refinements of life is indicated by
the highest average for this defect in
the white children of n~on-laboring
classes and the lowest average in col
ored children.
When blood is reduced by thought,
exercise or other stimulus to flow from
one part of the body to the brain or to
another part DR.. Macdonald measures
the extent of flow by submerging the
part in question-as an arm, for in
stance-through an alright rubber
dam into a glass vessel of water. AS
the blood decreases the amount, Of afr
between the water and the rubber in
creases and the increase is measured
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-05
NEW ENGLAND ART.

Bad Moral Eject Of had Art In tho
VILLAGES.
There is not one good picture in j
whole village-no. not one. says Roll
lin Lynde HART In the May Atlantic.
II is not so much that I abhor the taw-
dry crayon portraits, the cheap litho-
graphs Of Attorney heifers and the
hamboyant. calendars. It 10 the pretenn--
tious substitution Tor real.art that stirs
my indignation. Our people become
rapturouSly enervescent over the Boz
d%enhausen Madonna reproduced o.
glass With . rococo sdging Of aimsy
kilt. and ) prop to stand m ~. Jim
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-05
aEaton : Mountain,

A good example Of the caustic hu-
NOR OF q Scotch examiner floats this
way from We know not where. Il
seems that Scotch parish schoolmas-
ters are, on their appointment, exam.
ined as to their literary qualifications.
One Of the fraternity being called by
his examiner to translate Horace,s ode
beginning "Exegi monumentuun oere
perennius.' began 6 follows: .@Exegi
monnmentum." q have eaten ! noun
tain.) "Ah," said one Of the exam
liners. 'ye medina proceed any fur.
ther;; for after eaten dc dinner, this
parish wud b q puir mosthfu, -.
Ye mann tn some Wider sphsre.''-
rost Lors.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-05
d@odJ,SdgabadM
she'd Rather Walk.
&l2z4zQ5l9lIID

An old. Irish lady thought she would
like to know what the probable ex-
pense of her funeral would be, as she
desired to arrange for it and save all
trouble to her heirs.
The old lady, who suffered, sent for
Mr.. Blank the undertakerl and said
to him:
"Mr. Blank, what would you charge
for a funeral. I don't w-want plumes
and all s-s-s-sorts Of grand things, but
a nice, plain shearse, without any
n-n-n-nOnsense."
'Ten pounds" replied the funeral
furnisher.
Ten pounds!" exclaimed the old
lady. "Th-thank you; I'd rather walk"
London Spare Moments. Is
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-05
Too Much Liquid Luck.

"Blinkey, did you read bout dat st.
Louis bloke what disguised himself
like u tramp an won the ham Of q
kentucky heiress?"
FAIRY tale?"
"Naw, straight goods. Hadn't we
better go into de biz?"
II dunno. There was a pard O. mine
once who worked de same racket, an
he didn't live de year out"
".How was dat?"
sWhy, her father wuz a distiller. an
Bill lasted just six months ."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
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Their Appreciation.

Tketx VxeCl3tI
The transforming crew had not eaten
for two days and two nights. Sudden.
" the eldest soubrette appears with q
quantity Of eggs.
"Where did you get them?' breath.
lessly INQUIRED the heavy man.
II got them for a mere song" she re-
piled. And it was even SO. She fur
nlshed the song and the audience fur.
nished the eggs.-Chicago News.
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one place He Would Accept.
81 think you are the LATEST man !
ever saw. Is there any job on earth
you would take for . salary?
eyes. I think I'd be willing to hold,
down the position Of Spanish minister
Of war."-Chicago Tribune.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-05
Perils of Commercial LII

perils Of Commercial Life.
"Henry came home furious last
night"
what was the matter, daughterT
"Why, mamma, I had put two egss
in his luncheon and forgot to Ooos
tkem."-Detroit Free Press.
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speech, a button glued to that organ
is attached to lever connecting with
a recorder. All such motions are cor
rectly reproduced in white lines upon
black paper by a kymographion, acting
as IN automatic reporter for each piece
of apparatus.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-05

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot-Ease.
A powder to shake in your shoes. It
rests the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions,
Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching,
Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails.
At all druggists and shoe stores, IS cts.
Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen
s. Olmsted. LIE Row. n. Y.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-05

It Makes q Di6erenoo.
Benevolent Old Gent-My child, be-
ware Of picking a toadstool instead Of
a mushroom. They are 60 easy to con.
fuse.
Child-That be all roight, sur, that
be. They're goin' to the market to be.
sOld.-AnsWers.
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n.,h-vD+ at.rvinr.

Rich-Yet Starving.
Doctors frequently have very wealthy.
patients who are starving. They have
money to buy food, but their stomach
has not the strength to digest 1t. II
lies there a heavy, fermented mass. the
sole cause Of dyspepsia, nervousness
and biliousness. The surest remedy to
cure a weak stomach is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-05

Bull Dog Was Pretty Badly Maulsd.
and An tho Money In india Couldn't
Buy It Nova Continuous Perform
ance ON Outskirts Of Jalna. v
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-05
An AfterthouEht.

An A1teFfhOUght.
Mrs. Goudley-It would be a good
thing for you If you thought twice Dc
fore speaking n
Mr.. Goudley-It's too late now. I
should have pursued that plan before
I proposed to you.-San Francisco Elk.
aminer.
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"Adions Of the Just
Smell Szveet.' =

The fragrance Of life Is Oigor ad
strength, neither of euhch a Sc fomd
n person zvhose blood Is impure, and
suhose 'epe.y breath speaks Of Internal
troubles. Hoods SarsapanMa ptrfies
tie Blood and males the ueak strong.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-19
Will LAY THE CORNER stone
OF NEW MASONIC HALL TO BE
BUILT BY SUMMIT
LODGE
Grand Lodge VIII BE Opened In the
Present Rooms of Summit Lodge
Line of March Will Be Formed
at 400 p. NJ. Sharp.

With appropriate ceremonies the cor
ner stone of the new Masonic hall being
built by Summit Lodge No 1853 will be
laid by Grand Master A. T. Stebbins, as
sisted by other officers of the grand lodge
at O'Clock this afternoon All of the
other Masonic bodies in the city will at
tend and take part in the r.tes Ancient
Landmark lodge voted last Tuesday to
attend as a lodge and it's members will
march from the lodge hall at p. m.
sharp.
In the unavoidable abse@ce of the mas
ter Of ST. Paul ledge No g. Bro. VIM.
Pitt Murray, the oldest past master as
we'll as the oldest living member of the
lodge, will lead the members of St Paul
No. in their participation in the cere-
monies. 1t is particularly desired that
every member who can possibly attend
shall be present at Masonic Tempe
Fifth street, promptly at 3:9O this after
neon, to proceed thence in q bid t0ge-
Their with the other lodges mee;iag there
at the same hour to the hall OF Summit
lodge and from there In formal process
sion, with the officers of the gard 10 7ge,
to the site of the new temple which Sum-
nit lodge is erecting.
Owing to a mistake which was made in
a former announcement special attention
IS now directed to the hour of meeting
at Masonic Temple, $3.50 p. m.
The arrangements for laying the cor
ner stone are as follows:
The several lodges In the city Will meet
al their lodge rooms and proceed to Day
ton and Western avenues. The Grant
Lodge will be opened in the persent Iod &c
room of Summit lodge.
The line of march will be formed at 4:3O
sharp and will be via Virginia and Laurel
avenues to the building on Laurel near
ST Il.iTp a Il
cry No. l, K. T., will act as escort to the
grand lodge.
The ceremonies will be Conducted by
M. w. Grand Master A. T ST bbins. At
the close of the ceremonies the lodges
vii return to their seXral lodge rooms.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-19
Painters Union.

Room No. 2, Assembly halls, last even
ing was crowded with the boys who paint
the town several shades of color, but who
charge for the painting. Sixteen appfica-
tioLs for membership were received and
referred to the Investigating committee,
with instructions to report at the next
meeting. John Carlson, Herman Messing,
NJ. Rosness and Gust Larson We're
obligated. Charles Coke, financial secre-
tary, reported that he had obtained the
working cards issued by the building
trades council and that the same would
be distributed to the members al the next
meeting. John McNameree and Henry f
kirschner, of Omaha, and James w. Tull,
of Racine, Wis, were present and made
remarks of an encouraging nature, and
also stated that trade in their own cities
was never better, nearly every painter in
their own cities being members of the
union. The presiding officer appoint
Louis Johnson as standard bearer in the
parade, and p. c. Johnson and A Borsted
as aids to the marshal. Although nothing
definite was decided upon it is probable
that the union will have a float In the
parade and viii compete for one of the
prizes offered by the Plymouth clothing
house. Receipts, $22.5G; d bursem nts, 20.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-19
CONDUCTORS EXCURSION.
VIII Give Their Annual Outing on
Saturday, Aug. 26.

On Saturday, Aug. 26, st. Paul Dfvi-
sion No. 4O7, Order of Railway Conduc-
tors will give their annual excursion.
The destination this season will be Hast
lngs and the St Croix river The trans
pcrtation facilities will include the steam
er Henrietta and barge.
The eNcusionfsts will be accompanied
ny the Minnesota State band, under the
direction of c. M. Selling, and there viii
be dancing and an informal programme
on board. The entire day and evening
will be spent on board the boat, but there
viii be no lack of refreshments, as the
Lanes auxiliary will furnish these at
reasonable prices. No Intoxicating Ii
Guors will, however, be sold on board the
boGt.
The men constituting the committee in
charge are II. w. Field, J. D. Ccndit. M.
n. Goss, Charles Sewell, Dexter H orn.
j. II. Griniger, W. H. Monty Fred Pease'
George Wormwood, John Sprague, Hugh
Malloy and Harry D. Powers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-19
PLANS ARE MATURED
FOR BRINGING HOME THE SOL
DIERS OF THE THIRTEENTH
REGIMENT
MEETING HELD YESTERDAY

In the Mayors ONCE of the Special
Committee Having in Charge the
Arrangements-Reso ADOPT
ed Pledging Cooperation of ST.
Paul, Red Wing, st. Cloud and
St1IIwater-Meet Again Today.
The members Of the special committee
having in charge the arrangements for
bringing home the soldiers of the Thir-
teenth regiment held an executive meet
ing IN the office of Mayor Fiefer yester-
DAY, and while the proceedings of the
conference were not given out in full
| su1hc1ent is known to authorize the state
ment that satisfactory plans will be at
once put under way to insure the return
OF the troops from the coast without tax
Ing the resources of the members of the
regiment
Mayor Kiefer acted as chairman, and
there were present Secretary Slime, of the
Commercial club, Condo Hamlin, J. A.
Gregg, L. L. May, George R. Finch, Henry
Hasenwinkle, Thomas Cochran, Mayor
Armson, of Saltwater; c. F. Macdonald
and Judge Searle, Of ST. Cloud and E. H
Blodgett, of Red Wing, the last three rep
resenting their respective cities in the
movement to raise funds to bring home
| the troops.
After protracted conference the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the cities of St. Paul.
saltwater St. Cloud and Red Wing pro
ceed without delay to collect monies to be
used IN bringing the companies of the re-
| SpecuVe cities home and for the further
benefit of the Thirteenth regiment
Acting under this resolution, in accord
ance with the wishes of the mayor and
| citizens committee, the Commercial club
Will Immediately ask the cooperation of
the police and fire department. the labor
organizations, the G. A r., the national
guards, the civic league, the Thirteenth
Auxiliary association, the Red Cross So
clety, and other public organizations. The
committees will be formed at once and
the city will be thoroughly canvassed
me plans will be perfected at meeting
10 be held today, and the public will be
1ully advised as to the complete arrange
ments through the columns of the GIobe
tomorrow morning
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In "a BGDR7S
sa...uu nEA-ED

The state labor department has compil-
ed a number of statistics relating to the
Industries of the first inspection district
of the state, which comprises the south
ern tier of counties, and besides the data
already given, the report contains some
interesting information bearing on the
wage question. In all there were $50 in
spections made, showing the total num-
bers of employees in all the industries to
be 6,741, of whom 6,3SS are males and 40S
females.
The district compries the following
counties: Dakota, Goodhue, Wabasha,
Winona, Olmstead, Houston, Fillmore,
Washington, Mower, Freedom, Faribault,
Martin, jackson, Pipestohe, Rock, NUbles,
Cottonwood, Wantonwan, Blue Earth,
Waseca, Steele and Rice.
1t will be seen by the subjoined table
that the percentage of those receiving
from IS to Sc per week is 3.72, the percent
age of females being 1885 while the per-
certage Of males receiving the fair wages
of from 50 to $40 per week is 27.S7, the
percentage being 1868 The table follows:
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$3.50 Excursion to Leech Lake, Sun
day Morning. AuR. 90.

Here is an opportunity for MANY 70
visit Leech Lake, the second largest Ike
In Minnesota, a magnificent sheet of wa
ter and the scene of the late Indian trou-
Of Indian fame; barbecue war dances
and Indian games will be among the at
fractions offered to the excursionists.
Train Leaves st. Paul at 7:20 tomorrow
leaves Walker p. M, Monday, Aug. 2lst,
on the return.
Rate IS $3.50 for the round trip. Come
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DREYFUs NOT STRONG.
Still Lives Upon a Light Diet, but
Is Cheerful.

RENNES, Aug. 1S.-Capt Dreyfus still
lives almost exclusively on milk and
eggs. On rising at o'clock he takes a
glass of milk He is then escorted to the
court room, under a strong guard. On
returning to prison he takes second
glass Of milk, and at l o'clock a soft
boiled egg and another glass Of milk At
o'clock his wife calls upon him. spend
ing q couple of hours with him daily,
without restrictions of any kind. After
their interview another member of the
family sees him for half an hour.
M. Demange arrives daily at 4:30 in the
afternoon, and remains until o'clock,
discussing the progress of the case Dur
ing the remainder of the time the ac-
cused generally reads or studies mathe-
mates He retires to bed about half
past g.
Dreyfus retains his good spirits, and
expresses conf dence that he will be ac-
quilted, especially now that he believes
M. Labori will be able to return to the
active work of the Defense