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The evening times., 1899-11-13
NEEDLES IN HER BODY.
4 Delaware Domestic Has Eighty
Nine of Them Removed.

WILMINGTON, Del, Nov. 13.-A young
woman as human needle cushion is the
remarkable case that is exciting much in
terest among the physicians of this city.
About two months ago Hannah Reardon
came to Wilmington from Ireland and Sc
cured a position with the family of ]. NJ.
Mather. on Madison Street. Several weeks
ago she complained of a sore finger. and
DR.. Swithin Chandler was summoned. To
the surprise of the doctor and the girl her
self. he found four whole needless but
the pain continued, and subsequently the
doctor removed five more needles. The pain
was not yet allayed.
In all thirty-nine needles were removed
from this finger. and then the needles be-
gan to come cut all over the girls body.
The physician continued operations until
eighty nine needles were removed from
Hannah Reardon's body. The x-rays will
be used this week to see if any more can
be found. Twenty of the needles were
whole, but the others were broken up. Dr.
Chandler says he does not know of SIM
liar case.
The girl is nineteen years old. weighs
but eighty pounds, ard is four feet three
inches tall. 1t is believed that so many
needles in her body has stunted her
growth. She said, in explanation, that
when a child her parents died. and she
was placed in a Roman Catholic convent.
There the younger girls were accustomed
to steal needles from the older ones, and
to keep from being discovered they would
put the needles in their mouths. They often
swallowed them. The needles are sup
posed to have been in the girls body since
her school days.
DIR. Chandler says that before the girl
came to this country. because Of her deli
cate health, she did burt little work, but
that her household duties and her STOPPING
and bending posture in sweeping caused
the needles to work slowly toward the sur
face of her body. The operations have
made her ill.
The evening times., 1899-11-13
TELEPHoN1Na UNDER THE SEA.
Young Mr.. Edison Thinks He Hal
Perfected q Syaaem.

STAcCtcu Sybdem.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-It is now claim
ed that the three thousand miles of water
will no longer be an impossible barrier to
instant communication between friends or
business men in New York and London,
and the voices will be as easily distin-
guishabIe as If they were talking in the
same room
The inventor Of this new deep sea cable
telephone Is Thomas A. Edison, jr..
who. although still an extremely young
man, has already, given many useful in
ventions to the world. He has been work
ing at the problem of real long distance
and cable telephoning. and yesterday he
admitted thar he had solved it. He even
went further and said that by his new
method there was scarcely any limit to
the distance which it will now be possible
to talk over, and the oceans offers no more
difficulties to him.
In explaining his system Mr.. Edison said
it was simple, and therefore easily ap
piled. The cables now in use can be used
for long distance talking il desired. and
that. as a matter of fact. an attempt will
be made at once to obtain control Of one
so that an immediate demonstration can
be made.
Haitien Cable Company for the use CT a
cable for stated hour on an early date.
At that time one end Of the cable will be
opened to the young inventors Office in
the Edison Building on Broad Street. and
the other win be in an offlce hired by his
representative in the far-off island. The
new instrument will be attached and the
first conversation through the ocean will
be begun.
Mr.. Edison is not willing to give cut
many particulars as yet, but says that the
chief changes in his system is the use OF
extraordinarily strong magnets. powerful
induction coils. and Il transmitter incom-
parably more sensitive than any yet in
vented He has established by experiment
that the voice will be much more easily
distinguished across the ocean than 1t now
is in talking by telephone between two sta
tions in the same city. He expects 1t to
become a much cheaper and handler meth
cd Of communicating with foreign coun-
tries than the cable. as well as more ex-
Ded;tiOus
The evening times., 1899-11-13
The HerO's Story of 1t.
(From the Youths Companion.l

The really brave mans story about his
own deeds is always modest. Not infre-
quently he is unable to give any account
of them which is satisfactory to his hear
ers. The reporters who interviewed
soldiers wounded ON San Juan Hill had a
hard time in getting ''stories" from them.
One such soldier said:
There isn't thing to tell. only went
up there with a lot Of other chumps and
got shot. didn't even have sense enough
to know it when was shot"
Not long ago a French chroRiQueur-
Montmirail of the paris Gaulois''-en-
countered in a little village of the South
Of France gardener, who wore. pinned on
his clean Sunday blouse, the ribbon of the
Legion of Honor. Naturally the newspa-
per man desired to know how he got it,
The gardener, who. like many of his trade,
seemed to be silent man, was averse to
meeting an old and wearisome demand,
but finally he began:
oh! l don't know how did get it. I
was at Bazeilies with the rest of the bat
terry. All the officers were killed; then
down went all the non-commissioned OH
GERS. Bangt Bangl Bang! BY and by
all the soldiers were down but me. 1 had
fired the last shot, and naturally was do
ing what could to stand OF the Bava-
rians.
We'll. a general came, and says he,
Where's your officers?
AL down.. says l.
Where's your gunnersr says he.
IAN down but me, says I.
And you've been fighting here all
alone?' says he.
- couldn't let 'em come and get the
guns. could IT L says: and then he up a1i
put this ribbon on me, probably because
= ere was nobody else there to put it on.''
The evening times., 1899-11-13
DIR. ROCKERS SERMON.
The Secretary of the Apostolic Dele
cation breaches In baltimore.


cation breaches In baltimore.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 13.-Rev. DIR. F. z.
Rocker. Secretary of the Apostolic Delega-
ton at Washington. preached at high mass
yesterday morning on the gospel of the
day. which described the actions of the
servants of a man upon finding cookie
growing in his wheat field. Phe servant
urged the master to allow them TO uproot
the cookie. that the field Of wheat might be
saved. but the latter. after declaring that
the cookie had been sown by an enemy.
told them to suffer both the cookie and
wheat TO grow together until the time Of
the harvest. Then, said he, bind the cookie
into bundles to be burned and gather the
wheat into the barn. Rev. DIR. Rocker
drew from the gospel the lesson that per-
son accomphshes most both in a worldly
and in spiritual sense by minding his or
her own business.
How often" said DR.. Rocker, do we
find the gospel exemplifled in our own lives
or in the lives of those around US. We
should always remember the Masters re-
buke. which. summed up briefly, is Mind
your own business l have often been told
of a man who became rich by simply mind
ing his own business. The soul may be
likened to a wheat field. A mans soul is
not little wheat field. but to all iutents
and purposes is infinitely large. Think of
the possibilities Of cookie being sown in
our wheat fields. Think OF the eternal Wig
ilance needed to keep the enemy away.
Think Of the enormous expanse of the field,
in which greater quantities of wheat may
be planted. Plow it up that it may ever
be ready to receive the seeds of Gods min
istrations. Think Of our own responsible
ity over the field and tell me if everyone
will not have enough to do to mind his or
her business"
The evening times., 1899-11-13
TO PRESERVE THEIR LANGUAGE
IF1shmen Favor Education In the
Celtic Tongue.

NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-Eightecn New
York Irishmen and two priests recently ar
rived here from Counties Mayo and Sligo
to raise money to restore the cathedral at
Ballaghaderin, attended a meeting at Led
with Hall, Forty-fifth Street and Third
Avenue yesterday afternoon and evening.
called by the Mayo Mems Association to
form class for the study Of the Irish Ian
guage. The class was not formed. but
many speeches were made. which were in
teresting, in which was shown what some
Of the speakers thought the real end and
aim Of the study OF Irish and Irishmen here
or anywhere else should be.
Thomas ]. Groark called the meeting to
order. p. J. Logan, who speaks Irish, said
that any movement, whose object was to
promote the study of Irish was worthy of
all praise. because the restoration of the
Irish tongue meant the rebirth OF the Irish
nation which meant the throwing OF Of the
dominion of Great Britain. Major Edward
T. McCrystal spoke of the beauties Of the
Irish language and contrasted the Irishmen
in this country with the people Of other na-
tions who had come here. He said that
nearly all the foreignb born except the Irish.
preserved their language and used it in the
country Of their adoption. Father Henry.
the priest from Mayo, said that Irish was
now spoken generally in that county. and
what was more. it was taught in the
schools.
Father Cawley. the priest from Sligo
said: "a people without tongue is a peo-
pie without nationality. The language Of
the oppressor in the mouth Of the oppressed
is the language Of the slave. All Irishmen
in the States and especially in this great
city. where. thank God. they hold so many
of the important Offices. should make every
effort to preserve the old language"
The evening times., 1899-11-13
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 1s. 1889.
MeaGre News From Natal.

1ne British military authorities in Ioa-
don declare that they do not suppress news
from South Africa, but publish everything
as fast as it comes and without blue pen
oilling. Very likely this is true. bat, ii So
1t goes to show that Sir Redyers Butler is
net indUlging in many condolences by cable
He is said to have made it a condition of
his taking command in South Africa that
he WIS TO have an absolutely free hand
and no interference whatever from head
quarters. 1t is very certain that details
of the general situation in Natal are not
reaching the public in any very compre-
hensible way, and this is to be expected
On military grounds. Much is left to
izuesswcrk. which is quite out of the quss-
tion as basis for criticism.
The few crumbs we are able 10 pick I'D
from Ladysmith today, seem to be rather
encouraging than Otherwise Reports OF
the hombardment on Thursday, if reliable,
justify the belief that Sir George White
has still lydiite ammunition for his naval
gurs. as they were heard in rapid action Oh
the day mentioned. Another significant
fact. namely, that General Joubert has al
lowed all non-coIabatants to withdraw TO
a point beyond the lines and out OF the
range CT his fire, strongly suggests that
on Thursday he was expecting very shortly
10 lombard more ferceiy and make a gen
eral assault with the purpose CT carrying
the position.
~ Dispatches from Durham convey the
statement that the naval brigade, previ-
otsly reported as landed from the squad
ron. is intended to re-enforce Brisadier
General Wolfe-Murray at Estcourt. the
idea beng to strengthen and hold that
place if possible until the arrival of Me-
thuen's division. Nothing is said about The
threatened Boer movement against Pieter-
maritzburg from the north: but as the in
nabitants of the colonial capital are rep
resented as moving their families and val
uahles TO places OF safety, it is probable
that the danger has not disappeared
If We could feel assured that it had. the
prospects for Whites relief would look a
vast deal better. Wolfe Murray probably
has four thousand men. The naval brigade
will give him guns of superior range and
power to anything in front OF him from
in force beyond Colenso. Within 4 week
there should be five thousand men-the
war office thinks six thousand-ashcre at
Durham from the transports. How quickly
can they be put in condition aad rushed to
Estcourt? Very soon after landing no
doubt, if Boer diversion against Pieterma-
ritzburg is not attempted in the meantime.
\ force Of ten thousand British troops well
supplied with artillery could afford to
strike the enemy on the Tugela. if the
movement were free from dangers to its !
rear. Reports from South Africa are con- |
sistenly vague as to matters of this
kind. Events of a critical or decisive char
acter probably will not have much fore
shadowing. and for news We shall have to |
depend largely upon fats aecompIis.
The evening times., 1899-11-13

The understanding is that Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie, OF Skibo Castle. in Scotland. has
business in the United States other than
that of scolding the American people for
their unkindnsss to his friend Aguinaldo,
and their want of sympathy for his other
friend Paul Kruger. In fact il is stated
that he is here to consider what is to be
cone in connection with the great steel
war which the all-absorbing but pious
Roekefe,lers are threatening against the
Carnegie Steel Company (Limited). They
have great producing mines. and they own
railways. They are building ships to carry
their ore from the one to the other; but as
yet they are without plants. Carnegie and
his party have plenty: but he wants to real
ize on his share and spend the declining
days of his life as a simple Scotch laird On
five million dollars year. The Rockefeller
movements and designs may perchance in
terfere with this golden and five per cent
bonded dream. Should the Rockefellers
consummate their purposes the Carnegie
fortune might shrink. Here is matter
exclusive thought. 1t ought 10 interest
him sufficiently to prevent further conf
dences with that eminent music hall hero
AID city reporter, the Duke of Manchester,
on the subject of American shortcomings in
the Philippines. ,..., ..
The evening times., 1899-11-13
A New Theory.

serious shock will be given TO the
Voice" and other prohibition Newspapers
by the recent statement of an English ex-
pert in nervous diseases, DR.. Harry Canp-
bell, before the Society for the Study CT
lnebriety. As might be expected. DR..
Campbell treats the subject scientifically
casting aside all its moral aspects and con-
sidering it merely from physiological
point of view. And he says that alcohol
in moderation is good for the human or
ganism.
This is rather radical ground to take.
The most that the prohibitionist has
dared to claim with any frmness is that
stimulants are desired by large propor-
tion of the human race, that in certain
cases they are necessary, and that to pro-
hibit their use encourages their abuse.
But DIR. Campbell states frankly his be-
lief that stimulants render a stored-up en-
ergy available and are thus a benefit TO
mankind, like good news, inspiring recre-
ation, music, or any other pleasantly ex-
citing influence
This is subject on which at .one time
and another considerable nonsense ha.
been talked. Wad-eyed fanatics have de-
clared that they would not allow a physi-
clan to use spoonful of brandy to save
The life Of dying child: other extremists
have asserted their belief that the total
abstinence people are all hypocrites, who
secretly indulge in drinks where nobody
can see them, and that alcoholic stimulant
in some form is an absolute necessity to
a normal human being. The proper ground
TO take is. doubtless. somewhere about the
middle OF the space between these ex-
tremes. 1t is not necessary to assume that
because q man AYERS his conviction that
The evening times., 1899-11-13
Il public-spirited Washingtonians will

All publicspirited Washingtonians Will
sincerely regret the sad fate of what once
was one of the best organizations of citi-
zen soldiery in the United States. The IA
nous Fencibles. after being harried to
death, have been sold out under the ham
mer. Their place in the National Guard
will be taken by the lndefencibles, COM
manded by the continuous star performer.
and armed with the gun in the National
Museum alleged 10 have been captured
from the Spaniards by that grim warrior
himself
The evening times., 1899-11-13
A FRENcH-orR1c1AL,s VIEW.
NJ. Etienne Aeplies to Lord sali..
bury's Recent Speech.

M. Efienne Replies to Lord Salis-
bury's Recent Speech.
PARIS, Nov. 13.-The "Herald's" Euro
pean edition publishes the following.
Quite a pretty quarrel as 1T stands. has
been brought about by .Saiisbury's Guild
hall speech. The English premier said vir-
tually that fcrmer French minister had
accused the Enaais4 cabinet of making war
in order to conhselte the Transvaal gold
mines.
The minister referred to is NJ. Eugene
Etienne. former under secretary for the
colonies. and actually president of the
French colonial section iD the Chamber of
Deputies. NJ. Etienne wrote q letter to the
Figaro" Tuesday. AS you may imagine,
he was not very complimentary to the
British Government. Still, he claims that
he did not go as far as he is accused OF
doing. This morning he writes an open
letter to Lord Salisbury in the Figaro" :"
which puts dots on the rs. He says:
THE Transvaal war is a direct conse-
duence Of the grandiose conception of con-
stifuting an immense empire from the
Mediterranean TO the Indian Ocean.
showed" he says. that the successive
conauests-Egyptian. Soudan. and Uban-
6Hc' thdt tue uuhltdiy cAPeuittoiiS VI Soi-
onels Martyr and Macdonald upon the
banks OF the Nile; that the immense raids
made by Cecil Rhodes. which have ex-
tended the power of his chartered COM
pany from Bechuanaland to Zambesi, have
only been the successive stages of this
grandiose conception"
M. Etienne indicates that the only two
obstacles to this project are the lack of
communication between Lake Tanganyika
and Lake Albert; and, secondly, the pres
ence upon the right Of Cape Colony of two
republics. the Orange Free State and the
Transvaal
He then points out that by an agreement
with Germany England has obtained free
massage upon German territory between
the two lakes. This disposes of the first
difficulty. The war with the Beers IS un-
dertaken to get rid of the second.
M- Etienne apparently fails to see that
he makes out a strong case for England.
He proves that Germany appreciates Eng
lands project OF opening up Africa to civ
ilization and commerce by showing that
the Kaiser's government has removed the
difficulty TO its realization SO far as it
could.
He also shows that the Beers are trying
to oppose that civilization which they ap-
Dear to dread as much as the Chinese do.
In fact. he puts the matter into a nutshell
The Beers object to Rhodes grandiose con-
ception of railway connecting Cairo with
the Cape.
NJ. Etienne may applaud the Beers. but
all civilized peoples will hold them to be in
the wrong. in spite of the sympathy which
their misplaced physical bravery may
awaken.
The evening times., 1899-11-13

reason. But in simpler civilizations these
customs are apt to mean something, to be
| connected with beautiful. pathetic, or po-
etic incidents. Such are the folk games
and dances Of European nations. But So
ciety's gambols rarely have any such his
tory as that. We have lost the stateliness
OF the old-fashioned society without as yet
attaining the simplicity and freedom Of the
new.
good example Of the way in which
some Of the old-time social customs have
been elaborated in a Philistine fashion till
they have lost all their beauty is found in
one Of the recent fashion papers. 1t is
suggested that the bridal bouquet for the
coming season will have. in addition to
the ribbon decorations of recent years, q
deep fiounce of lace. Possibly the next
thing will be the decree that the flowers
themselves shall be artificial. Who wants
to see bridal bouquets petticoated with
lace and trimmed with loops of ribbon?
The custom of scattering flowers in the
way of the bride, and decorating the
church with garlands, and presenting the
bride herself with flowers to carry in her
hand, is an old, natural. and beautiful one.
The association of flowers with a beauti-
full woman is one of the most natural and
inevitable in life. Even a plain girl at
the supreme moment of her life, is some
how akin to the flowers which she carries.
Then. too. the wedding festivity is itself a
spontaneous outgrowth Of human nature.
The instinct Of natural, happy people is
to call in friends and neighbors to give
their good wishes ON such happy occa-
sion, and in after years many a woman
looks back with thrill Of happiness at
the day when all her friends gathered
about her to witness her entrance into her
Few life and wish her joy. But all the
poetry and beauty Of the old custom Is
spoiled if it loses its simplicity and spon-
taneity. The brides gown may be rich, and
the church may be a large one. crowded
with guests: but the happiness of the oc
casion may still be as freely evident as in
the quietiest home wedding" of the sea-
sen. But what bride, who has any genu-
inc sentiment in her soul at a time which
should be overflowing with sentiment,
wants to carry to the altar a bunch Of
range-blossoms, done up by florist, tied
with ten yards of ribbon, and curtained
with lace frill?
The evening times., 1899-11-13
American Trade in Africa.
(From the Kansas City Star.)

Africa is still an unexplored continent, not 50
much geographically as commercially, but the
next decade will witness a remarkable change in
next relations Of the Dark Continent to the rest
of the world. Africa is the only great piece Of
territory which has yet to be conquered by the
energetic American manufacturer Millions of
dollars in American goods now go to Africa every
year, but the total is small considering the
territory covered and the probabilities Of the
made up TO the present time in pushing Aneri-
can trade in Africa, except where foreign capital
has located and created demand for imported
merchandise. Consumers Of American goods will
continue to use these products, if they can be
obtained, no matter where they may be, and
when the american goods come into competition
with those Of other civilized countries the Ameri-
can manufacturer generally comes out ahead in
matters si price and quick delivery.
The evening times., 1899-11-13

Don Emilio Aguinaldo seems to furnish
the vanishing point in Otis Luzon prob
lem His most recent capital of record.
Tariac. has been captured without much
bloodshed. but by a good deal of wading.
As might be expected, neither the Malay
chieftain nor his army was present TO
share in the festivities Of the occasion
What puzzles one is the confession in the
Manila messages that Aguinaldo's present
location is involved in mystery. We had
been under the impression that Otis. after
learning that he was not at Bayambang.
was sure he must be in Bayombong. Now.
probably the old lady of the palace has de-
cided that he is at Byimbing.
The evening times., 1899-11-13
Ancient and Modern War.

If TOM the hlCnnOnu D1spllCh-D
Man has instructive love of valor and deeds
of proves. This Characteristic asserts itself in
his fondress for athletic SPORTS and, perhaps, is
the plausible excuse for the attention at
tracted by pugiIists. ''When knighthood was in
flower his heroes singled out their opponents
the field of battle, but nowadays an Ivanhoe
would prove 4 farce he to cross lance
with a dynamite cartridge or seek to charge
battery of rapid firing guns. And. by the way,
when we come to reflect, Don Quxote is hardly
incapable of enforcing his ideas than the
average peace conference is
The evening times., 1899-11-13
MAY USE AUTOMOBILES.
Postmaster Wilson, of Brooklyn.
SugEcsts Their Adoption.

SugEcsts Their Adoption.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-Postmaster Will
son. of Brooklyn, was in Washington last
week. and while there became convinced
of the ability of automobiles for carrying
the mails, He is Of the opinion that au-
tomobiles would deliver the mails quicker
than the present trolley system at a great
ly reduced cost. Small automobiles. he
says. could also be used for collecting
mails from the boxes. thus doing away
with the wagons now in use and saving
the maintenance of horses. The matter Is
only being discussed at present. but Post
master Wilson firmly believes that the
system will shortly be established in
Brooklyn.
II would like" he said, "to have Brook
lyn the first place to introduce this scheme.
The department Is now considering the
project, and see no reason why 1t should
not be carried out. The first cost might
be con paratively great, but it would soon
be more than made up. and then the saw
ing would be considerable; enough. in
fact, to permit improvements in other
lines"