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and the muscles; hence through 1t must
come all the nerve impulses which pass
to OF: from the brain. In other words,
every impulse that is felt and every mo-
ton that IS willed. perception and, voli-
ton being attributes Of the brain-must
be conducted through the spinal cord to
the brain and vice versa. l ht& 1@@.t
Issuing from the cord along its COURSE
are thirty-one pairs of nerves comnluni-
eating with the various parts Of the body
Z The spinal cord is surrounded and sup.
piled by a great many veins, but the
circulation in them is very sluggish. This
is believed to be the reason why the &C.
ton of the cocaine Is only exhibited in a
downward direction.
yhree membranes envelop the spinal
cord and between two of them Is a space
filled with a liquid which doctors call
"cerebro-spinal fluid" It Is into the sac
containing thissflllid that the solution OF
cocaine is injected with hypodermic
needle. II Ess. 81. .g.5
ItEcan therefore be seen from the fore
going that in injecting powerful anaes-
thetic into the space surrounding the
spinal column the operator practically
10 continue the telephone simile-spoils
the conductivity Of the wire between the
subscribers and the main Office. however
anxious the nerves OF the skin may be
to tell the brain that some one is jabbine
them with knives and things, they cannot
get a message to that effect over the
wire. The brain, not being acquainted
with what is going on, Is utterly un-
troubled therrat, and, as the brain is the
seat ofssensation, the possessor OF IT feels
no pain while the surgeons are operating.
This is why, in the German hospital,
patient was able to read the morning par
per while his leg was being taken of:
Surgeons say that the new method of
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The operating. table and placid!y read the
morning paper, while surgeons cut of his
leg at the thigh. He had been rendered
incapable of .c feeling pain by new
method which, while leaving the pa.
tents mind. perfectly clear, entirely abol.
shes the sensation Of pain. This was &C.
,omplished by injecting very small
amount Of solution Of cocaine into the
sac surrounding the spinal cord. DR..
Leonard j. Corning; Of New York, the
authority on nervous disease, is the in:
Iventor of this daring method Of producing
nsels1b1ity to pain. This fact is known
10 the leading surgeons Of this country
Ind IS proved by DR.. Corning's book on
The subject. American surgeons, there
fore, says the New York Journal are
somewhat incensed to find that the Ger
man. medical papers are attributtng the
discovery to DR. Quincke Of Vienna and
Its application to DR.. Bier Of KEEL They
say that nearly every discovery made by
american surgeons lately has been Inn
ipudently laid claim to by some foreign
1octor.
Hitherto the only way of painlessiy per-
forming such a serious operation as the
removal of a leg has been to produce
total insensibility Of The patient by the
use OF chlOroforIn or ether. This proceed
IRE Is sometimes very dangero Is, for
it is unsafe to give chloroform toll a per-
9OAi Will q weak FledIty Wull6 eln6T Is
equally risky insaffections Of the kidneys.
Ever since the discovery of chloroform
doctors and surgeons haye sought foe
some method Of producing insensfbility
to pain while leaving the patient In pos
session of his other faculties. HyImotism
has been tried, out this has the objection
that the patient does not know what is
going on. = az
Dr.. Corning's discovery was made dur
Ing the course Of his researches into the
lanaesthettc qualities Of cocaine. He OBJ
served that the injections of a solution of
cocaine along the track of nerve dead
ened the sensation, and was Of great
value az method Of treatment ii some
painful nervous diseases. The spfntl cord
Is practically very large nerve from
which other nerves branch, and he. argued
that IL the anaesthetic could be brought
into contact with the spinal cord thought
to produce insensibility to pain.
After most exhaustive experimen ton.
Mr.. Corning decided that this safe treat
ment could be successfully and safely ap.
piled to man. It had, up TO that time,
been considered as almost surgical AK.
ION that interference with the spinal cord
was In the highest degree Dangerous, so
that 1t can be seen that II REQUIRED con-
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pire." Was it new organization? II! IS
aA.-Not exactly; it was the old disease
breaking out in a new spot. To. resume
my account of the khan. Its first opera
lions were of a somewhat hideous nature.
In various parts Of the country where the
negroes had been most unruly a huge,
terrific monster, giant, giraffe, hobgob-
lin, hypogriff or even old Nick himself
stalked into the village on a moonlight
night and performed several supernatural
feats, such as drinking two or three buck
cts Of water or blowing an immense vol
une Of flame from the nose, and after ex-
horting certain evil-doers to beware of a
second visit, suddenly departed amid such
an Internal uproar that many old
''aunties" will never. believe that humars
agency had anything to do with it, Alb
surd and childish as it may seem, yet
such q warning usually had stronger eff
feet than all the penalties of the law in
restraining the insolence and rowdyish
propensities of the negroes. OF course
the more intelligent suspected the trick,
but as it implied a mystery or mysterious
organization the were none the less
aWed.
In North Carolina, however, the sue
cess of the league seemed to demand a
more serious check. Having come into
power through the colored vote the lead
ing scalawags and carpetbaggers began
to rob and Cypress the state in whole
sale manner, while each celOred brother
had liberty to enrich himself by private
populations. One enterprising individual
carried on the wholesale and retail bust
ness at the same time by stealing chick.
ems at home and helping to steal millions
in the legislature, of which he was q
member. M ].
But the chief ground Of alarm was the
prostitution of the courts and the abuse
Of the pardoning power. Murder, barn
burning, riots and all sorts of crimes had
daily occurrences. No wonder, for the
league was all powerful, and II the Grim
inal could show good league record X
was tolerably certain that he would es-
cape, either through some legal quibble
or by an alibi sworn by vagabonds that
would swear anything for q pint Of. rum.
or the governor would pardon him: or,
+ finally. when all else had failed, the
jaileE who, of course, was good broth
er, would let him out Of jail. Punishment
/ was not in the practice of the courts UNI
less the prisoner was Democrat. The
consequence Of such a state Of affairs
began to be seen In paragraphs like the
following: Five men charged with the
murder Of the Foscue family were taken
from the county jail and drowned In the
Neuse by parties unknown. - s#ss55
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SAILS FOR THE BEsT.v

Il every day. was Sunday; and all OF life was
AMI neither s in the earth below in the sky
cloud was, ever gathered to eclipse the light
And the lilies of the valley and the roses Of
Were ever blooming sweetly, and the LAND was
With the tend'rest notes of Nature that the
sonEster ever trilled; *
laughing eye; esS.S6gs z:zsES js45
I Then pleasures WOULD grow palling to t!.e
senses, by and by. 4E5sf S5 ~
Ii the sun could shine forever, and the day was
in her hair; "A
II Ire was naught butt pleasure unknown ti
gloom and pain &sas ~ Stfa
Ana there We're no storms of trial and no sor-
row floods of ran;4 ~ - ~
II there We're no fruits forbidden, no joys to be
denied @E2#Ga.44 #slst ~ X y
II the heart was never tempted and the soul
never tried: St.
IT there were no thorny pathways, like tina
The heart would grow Indifferent and wander
off from God.
II requires ann a night Of darkness, 1uEt to make
And behind each wall Of trouble spaits hena.
diction sweet: ~ =
Ihen remember, as you struggle ~ the hiil
though steep 1t be- $'2s = 5l7S.7'
That beyond its Alpine rl1gea dness ,,.s fatrast
49,; Italy, ~ ...54 I'D - s. - :
t1ach scar received in fighting for the cause of
.t.l truth and right - ,t7:, q - II =
Shall be a badge of honor on the br<st Of
Honor's knight; = s3.s WE3
The world may have it's burdens and r.. -r;,,f,
- and tears untold "A t2 So Z ~ ,'''Sc5-s,2
But if there was no cross Of sorrow therr .o,,d
,,: be no crown of gold. 5:+tjl .-.s'fl71T
-RuFGs McClain Fields in Memphis Scn1ir.r
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Siderable courage to undertake such 6

StHeraDl0 courage TO undertake SOcn g..
, operation. II 5tj h i2 as
| The patient who was selected for the
first test Of this form Of anaesthesia was
aware that he was a pioneer, but ne had
/ faith in DR.. Corning. After the usual sur
gical preparation a. fine needle was passed
through the skin in the small Of his back,
thence between the two spinal bones,
and SO on into the sac surrounding the
spinal cord. The patient was perfectly
aware Of what was going on, but he told
DR.. Corning that he felt nothing after
the first prick of the needle. A weak So
luton of cocaine was then injected
through the needle. :s ISL
In a few minutes the patient said that
his legs felt dead. Test with an electric
battery showed a decrease in sensibiiity
to pain, which steadily progressed until
at the end f+ten minutes the man could
feel no pain whatever. Curiously enough
however, he was still able to know when
anything touched him, and could tell
whether. a substance applied to his leg
was hot or cold, but he could feel no
pain, When a needle was placed against
his leg he could feel the touch, but when
1t was thrust into his flesh he was only
conscious OF; the sense of pressure usec.
In pushing 1T in. Similarly he knew thai
q red hot wire was hot, but was uncon
scious OF the pain Of a burn. et5 en-,
Other experiments were made, and it
low the place at which the injection had
been made The; patients mental. facul-
ties We're unimpaired and, aside from a
slight temporary numbness in the feet,
he experienced no discomfort or i'll effects
from the operation. 5.,. -'@
The reason for the success of this extra
ordinary method Of producing insensibility
to pain is interesting. The spinal cord il
enclosed in the spine. It begins, in man.
at the base of the skull and ends in the
small OF the back It is usually ghteer
inches long and weighs about an ounce
and a half 1t does not nearly fill the ana,
in which it is contained. Anatomically de-
scribed, it extends from the upper border
Of the atlas-the bone en- which the cad
turns-to the base cfpthe first lumbar
vertebra. There it. ends in slender
thread of gray substance which is extend.
ed almost to the end of the spine.
The use of the spinal cord is to transmit
messages from the brain to the muscles
and vice versa. 1t might be compared to a
trunk line i'll a telephone system, the
brain being the main office and tho
muscles the subscribers. Then by the
>pinal cord there is practically no other
.e'O""s communication between the brain
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society Of its corrupt and incendiary ele-
ments.2 &t1 s"Es i5s ~
@Q.-You say that the oath embodies the
object Of the order. We have heard that
there were verbal instructions of a more
serious nature.
sA.-The radical schemers tried to make
that appear, but it Is false. The only
verbal instructions were in effect as fol-
lows: To observe due diligence in the
cause, to obey all orders properly com
municated, to report all cases OF crime.
outrage or insolence to women in their
neighborhood and to rally in defense of
any brother when invoked with the sign
Of distress. ~ y
Q-You. deny that the khan was !, con-
spiracy? 7. ,ezta
A.-Most emphatically. OF all the abom-
Unable ia brications of the radical prose-
cutors that is the most absurd. Every
man of US was solemnly sworn to sup
port the Constitution. The very pass
word of recognition was Our country"
And in my command there were Union
lists who had lived in the woods and
caves all through the war.
b Q.-There was no conspiracy to deprive
-the-uagro- of his civil right 2@-----~--
Al was asked that question by the
Hon. Gerrit Smith a few days ago, to
whom replied that no intelligent South
erner desired to curtail any civil rights
necessary to the full enjoyment by the
freedmen of life liberty and property, or
for their elevation and prosperity. There
were certain social privileges which we
viii not grant to an inferior race, be 1T
African Oriental Chinese or Eskimo.
But, outside of these, we earnestly desire
that the negro should have every aid to
become an Intelligent, honorable citizen.
Nor would he ask more than we are will
ing to grant, if he were not instigated by
unprincipled, meddlesome White fanatics
Q.-Were' many prominent public men
connected with the khan? y %faf& G@f:
Ain North Carolina-no. A number
Of gentlemen Of ability and Of some local
prominence became, connected with the
White, Brotherhood upon. its first in
PRODUCTION, but most of them came in at
one door and passed Immediately out o.
he other, being satisfied that the organ
ization was not sufficiently well regu-
lated and compact to insure its stability
or carry out the objects for which, it
was designed. Many of these gentlemen
have been indicted, I have heard. under
the absurd construction that once mem
bers always members. All done for pc.
utical effect, of course. ',ta.sl# 9l!Sa
Q.-You mention the Invisible EN-
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THE "HOT NUMBER, YOUR UNCLE
SAMUEL HAS ACQUIRED.

Timely Information Regarding Man
ma LOa. the Volcano Which Is Now
In EruptiOn-Di1hculti Of the
Ascent to Its Crnter-The Lake
Of Melted Lava Beneath the Snow.
banks-Peculfariti of It's Erllp-
tions-successive, Perils of the
City of HiIo.
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Railway I.iteraturs.

Exchanes; soms tip,e 30. 10 .Mvssppool. 14.m
way co1pAw posted tie following notice "a ~
cars: 40 rpQnepted % pay IS
more pennies than. the condnct6 IN tlseir pees-
enee punches hplesf in their tieketss In. This
narkAble sentence excited public notice. not
TO ny derision. Accordingly, The directors tiled
again, with this result: Passengers are n
quested to pay no mQre pennies than: for which
the conductor in their presence punches holes In
their tcketss'' Again the company was chafed
and the second notification was Withdrawn.
After q third attempt, literary assistance having
70 doubt been obtained, criticism was dened
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NEW ANA EpIHE'ElC

= y Said to Preserve C0nsciousne~s
While killing Pain.
IN the. Royal Hospital Of Kiel, Ger.
many. the othcr day. 70 patient 10y .,Iao,
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..-WnaI was 1net sfrenpfn Ct the

ganization in North Carolina at that
: time? Ef+t rs -
A.-Cannot say with accuracy. BIZ.
! 10000 would covers It, I rasurne. Thu,
khan had neYen shown Its hand in more
than al dozen counties where the league
had been most rampant, S
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WEATHER NOTES.
sAbnormally Warm Weather-The
River Nearly Twenty Feet.


The local Weather Bureau Office re-
ports show the highest and lowest tenn
peratures yesterday to have been 6S
and 53 degrees, with fresh southeriy
winds and cloudy weather prevailing.
The temperatures at a. m. and 8 p. m
were 81 and 90 degrees.
The barometrical readings at 5 a. M
and D. m. were 29.91 and 1854 inches
Average temperature 90, normal tenn
been 6 degrees warmer than usual for
the 18th day of November.
Highest and lowest temperatures one
year ago yesterday 50 and IS, and one
year ago to-day II and 40 degrees.
River, 10 feet 4 inches, being rise OF
foot 4 inches in twenty-four hours,
and 9 feet since noon Of the 9Th. This
rapid rise is caused by the warm rains
in the mountain regions, where, at this
time of the year, precipitation usually
occurs in the form of snow.
The rainfall during the twenty-fou1
hours ending at 5 p. m. yesterday was
% of an inch, making for this month
1.34 inches, and for the season 5.S-
inches, AS against l inch to an equal
date last year.
The barometer was still low, with
winds from the south, while the clouds
are moving from the southwest.
If this cloudy weather continues a
day or so longer the great display OF
shooting stars (rneteors) cannot be OBJ
served in this vicinity.
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ton works and the settlements along
the mountains to give an outlet, in an
other direction, to the waters of the
lake when they rose to a hight to
threaten inundation.
At the coming of the Spaniard the
land everywhere teemed with evidence
of agricultural wealth." said Senior Es-
tacia, reflectively. To-day the great
err part of this paradise has reverted
to it's original arid condition. Here and
there where some old dirt-flled and
long-forgOtten tunnel leaks little
moisture the rank vegetation Of our
tropics in contrast with the surround
ing arid wastes, shows the power of ir-
rigation."
This gives rise to the reflection that
the Spaniards, wherever their star of
ch1yalry or rapacity for wealth led
them, have destroyed and never Gre
ated. Their coming has always been a
curse to the people they conquered.
Chivalric and recklessly brave, they YET
considered the civilization and popula-
| ton of the New World as but barbaric
and pagan and fit only for destruction
rnments-benighted and heathen-had
battled with nature, learned the secret
of success and conquered under the
most adverse circumstances. They
made use of mountain lakes and nat
ural reservoirs, wherein were stored
the waters of the rainy season and the
melting SHOWS, to be used during the
dry season.
We have to-day in California, Colo
| RADIO, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and
the Northwestern States, millions Of
acres of land, the productive capacity
of which is beyond compute, which can
and will be reclaimed eventually. Great
mountain gorges forming natural res
ervoirs, can be used for storage pur-
poses, and the land, useless to-day, will
become an empire of agricultural
wealth, worth far more fabulous sums
than the rich mines adjacent to them.
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SOCIAL EVENTS.

The wedding of S. I. Hopkins and
Miss Matte Beaumont took place on
Saturday evening at the residence OF
the brides parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dun
can Beaumont, 1914 G street, in the
presence of relatives and a number OF
intimate friends. Rev. Mr.. Johnston of
Westminster Presbyterian Church Off
ciated. The bride was attended by Miss
Minnie Schaw of this city, Miss Alice
Vars Of Connecticut, Miss Frances
Jones of Grass Valley, Miss Nance
Dreamer of Stockton, cousin of the
bride, and the Misses Beauvais of Oak
land. Miss Salye Beaumont, sister of
the bride, was maid of honor, little
Leita Carley fower-girl, and Lucie
Catlin ring bearer. The groomsman
was Will Hopkins, brother of the
groom. Many valuable and beautiful
presents were received, among them a
gift to the groom from his mother Mrs.
A. S. Hopkins, of 81 600 worth of stock
in the A S. Hopkins Company, of which
he is the President A wedding supper
followed the ceremony The happy
couple have gone to Del Monte to re-
main a week, and on their return will
occupy pretty residence on Fifteenth
street. opposite Capitol Park.
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Wonderful System Of Water Stor-
age There.
Especial Correspondence.

Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-Senor Ra-
mon Estacia. who is a visitor to this
country from Peru, can talk very in
terestingly about his home under the
equator, the land of the Incas and as
sociated with Pizarro and his Spanish
Conquistadores. Il am in the United
States" said Senior Estacia, ito study
the results of your plunging civiliza-
ton and to note those American IN
ventions which would help us in my
country. The discovery of America de-
stroyed Peru as it did Mexico. The
Peru of to-day is small part of the
ancient empire. At the time OF the
CONQUEST, the Spaniards found the land
in a high state of cultivation. While
naturally in large part a desert, owing
to very scant or no rainfall between the
mountains and the coast, the natives
by the superior wisdom and foresight
of their Incas had brought water i'm
mense distances and rendered arabic
vast stretches of country. The ancient
irriga ton of Peru was very wonderful.
Water was conducted by means Of
canals and subterraneous aqueducts ex-
ecuted on a grand scale. They were
built of large slabs of freestone nicely
fitted together without cement. The
water supply came from some elevated
lake or natural reservoir in the heart
of the mountains and was fed at in
tervals by other basins which lay on
the route along the slopes of the ST.
ezra. Passages were cut through rock
(and the Peruvians had no iron tools);
almost impossible mountains were
turned: rivers and morasses We're
crossed and apparently impossible feats
of engineering were accomplished sim
ply to secure water for the irrigation
of fields and gardens. Some of these
canals We're very long. That of Con-
desuyu was between 400 and 500 miles
in length.
by latent ducts or sluices the life
giving fluid was led to the tillable lands
along the line Of the canals. In some
instances the land was flooded, while
in others the water was made to run
in burrows between the rows of grow
ing maize, tobacco and other crops.
Each occupant of land was allowed a
certain quantity of water by the law
of the empire Overseers for the Gov
eminent nad charge OF eacn OlStrlcl ana
saw that every man received his proper
amount, and that the canals were kept
in repair.
THE the Government understood the
danger of floods and took steps to pre-
vent them is shown by some of the
works still extant. Notable is the still
visible tunnel near Casamasca. While
the waters of this lake were used for
irrigation. the heavy rains and melting
SHOWS of the mountains would cause
an overflow. To protect the irriga-
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AT THE RANGE.
Yesterdays Target Practice-Troop
BIS Good Scores.

4cSCerOay 4ATScC 1IdctACC- ! IoOP
BIS Good Scores.
Troop B had a great day at the target
range yesterday, and some fine scores
were made with the pistol at fifty
yards. One of the incidents of the
day was the presentation to Lieutenant
Lindenfeld of medal as big as
greatly overgrown mushroom. 1t was
built by a member of the troop, the
material being tin of 1S-karat fineness-
The inscription was in keeping with the
rest of the work. The presentation
speech was made by Lieutenant Lee.
Following are the scores made:
Captain Kay A, Lieutenant Boden At,
Lieutenant Lindenfeld As, Lieutenant
Lee 40, Sergeant Hunt 49, Sergeant
Bauquier 40, Sergeant Lee A, Sergeant
Kelly 40, Corporal Hayes 30, Bugler
Evans AZ, Bugler Schadt AZ, Privates
Everett 43, Fish 40, Manning 40, Ewers
SO, Castorf<39, Jennings 81, Hamlin 10,
G. Calvert 30, Landgraff 81, Tennyson
80, Schumacher 80, j. Calvert 81, w Il.
Miner %, Huber ~, Lee 81 Hunt 49,
A. Miner %, Ross %, Waggoner II.
Kuchman 26, Hogan rs.
Pool acknowledgement Kay At, Lieu
tenant Boden 46. Lieutenant Linden
field A, Colonel Baugham 30, Colonel
Peeler SO, Major Wallace "a, Major
Maxwell 81.
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Mandolin Recital.

Valentine Abt, the celebrated mando-
lin player. will give a recital at the
Congregational Church on Wednesday
evening, the 18th, in which he will be
assisted by c. G. Stevens Ideal Mando-
lin Orchestra, and Richard T. Cohn, the
popular local tenor. Seats can be pro-
cured at Kohler & Chase's music store,
III K street. Admission so cents.
Who Has Lost an Irish Setter?
A. T. Ames of Gait yesterday mott
fed the police of this city that he had
taken from gang of hobos who pass
ed through that village a female Irish
setter, wearing a tag marked "P. p,
January, 1900. No. 161.''
Mr.. Ames was asked to retain the ami
NAL, as it was belieFed to have been
stolen from some party in this city