The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-28


HcAGo. IN. Nay N.-IhsI
III gull Fever ragep IN Chicago and vietn-
IL lty with . vixuIence that threatens
business and al other forms
OF Amusement. For several
seasons past 1t has been played by the
fashtoEAbles who had money enough to
enable them 70 i've at Ia Grange. Whsa-
Ton. River Forest. Lake Forest or any o. The
many fashionable suburbs weSe and north
Of the city laid out and controlled By swell
golf clubs. But this year Of grace 49,
the summer shi1ny 90 popular that the
vacant stretches Of prairie within the city
hnin. that used - b given over TO the
Bullet etoppens ~Dog RobberS' and
ether teams Of amateur hasehallistS. have
Invariably Asen converted into miniature
golf ilnkA where Thousands Of ambitious
'ktdS' indulge In "teeing" and driving"
and other practices OF the most hardened
deyots0 Of tho imported sport The South
park commissioners. hearkentu1 to cry
ing demand" have. At public expense. fitted
up an elaborate nine hole links In jackson.
park upon the ats Of the worlds fair and
here hundreds II not Thousands Of Chjca-
gnans Of Ill ag0 may b sesn any fair day
engaged In ths newport In the opinion
OF experts - est forth IN the gcif columns
OF the daily papers the Jackson park links
are among the anest In the country or at
leaa In The West judged from the dexter
lty acquired Tor successful play. SPEAKING
Of newspapers In this connection calls to
mind that the Epidemic Of golf has revolu-
tionixed the Sporting departments Of the
Chicago papsrA Almost - much space -
devoted to that game a. to baseball. There
was . deposition at nrst to ignore It, but
Il wouldn't b ignored. Then came the queo-
ton OF finding writer's competent to report
the game intelligently. The upshot OF the
matter has been that several specialists
who had never dreamed Of going into news
paper work axe now drawing tat salaries
because OF their knowledge Of the terms
used In the latest fad.
mr. WALTER B. NETCAI4r. Chicago
Nv physician. demonstrated before . num-
Der Of eminent medical men WednD-
day night that the X-ray can be maze
Of - much II not moro value to the
physician a. to the surgeon. Since the
discovery OF the mysterious ray Dr. Met
calf has been experimenting with view
toward determining means whereby shad-
owgraphs OF the lungs. heart and other
vital organs of man might be secured.
With q foreknowledge Of the fact that
metallic suhstances offered greater resisr
ance TO the nuorescent light than did bone
or animal Tissues a. basis he attempted to
Ind . means for introducing into the all
mentary tract solution of some metal
which would be harmless and at the same
time line the stomach and intestines and
cause them to cast a shadow. After many
experiments he hit upon bismuth and
thinks he has solved the problem. The
patient suffering from any disease OF the
alimentary tract Ia made to consume nat
urally or by artificial means q quantity
OF bkmuth emulsion which on its passage
through the aeeophagus. stomach and in
testines literally lines them with a metal
coating impervious TO the x-ray. He IL
then put under a efatic current and a
Photograph taken which causes his whole
internal economy to stand out In relief and
enable q physician to determine whethe.
he u suffering from eastrttisia. distortions
displacements, atrophy, structure, append
cttis or any OF the many malignant and nom
malignant diseases resulting from abnorm-
al conditions. Physicians who witnessed
the tests warmly praise DR.. Metcalf and
predict his discovery viii make medicine
almost as exact q science as is surgery.
o q O
rHE only banking and loan association
In the country, IL not In the world.
operated exclusively by women Is lo-
Gated on the West side Of this city, and
has been In operation year. The object
OF the association Is to loan money In
small sums at a moderate rate OF interest
TO deservediy poor to relieve them OF the
necessity OF having recourse TO the pawn
brokers and cent per cent. sharks who
thrive where poverty prevails.
q 9 =
THE recent statement by Andrew Car
negis that men possessing the powers
OF acquisition to marked degree,
enabling them to amass great fortunes,
should give those fortunes in some form
TO tho people before death. and the ant
mated discussion the statement called
forth. brings TO mind a Chicago man who
for many years has practiced what Mr..
Carnegie Is now preaching. II IL D. X.
Pearson. His latest Gift TO the people
was in the form OF check for 600 to
Berea college In Eastern Kentucky In
nine years he has given 20 various edu.
catfonai institutions throughout the coun-
try $3.oee0n or this vast sum Beloit COL
lege at Beioii. Wis. undoubtedly got the
lions share. Before July l. 1900 DR. Pear
son Is under pledge to turn over $500 900
more 10 ether institutions. provided cen.
tain conditions have been fulfilled by the
henehcsaries. This will DO divided as fol-
lows; To Whitman college at Waiia
Walia. Wash, Io.1o. TO be expended In
building which shall he monument to
Marcus Whitman; Fargo college at Fargo
y. D.. x0.0so. Paramount college, Wichita.
Kan. 5000: olivet college Oigyet, Mich,
5000. Marietta college. Marietta, o. 32s,-
90: Mount Holyoke college Noun, Holy.
oke. Mass, G0.cos: Sheridan college, Sher.
iGan, Wye. s-s.ooo DIR. Pearson has been
particularly friendly to Whitman conegs
=
ia HiCACo ia to have another college II
Ns already has Prof Harper's Hooschy
kootchy College on the Midway" "a
MT poo!ey" irreverently dubbed the TINT
N~rSify Of Chicago. and II has Samuel
Eheriy Gross Academy for the Education
Of Real Estate Agents" bat now IL Is 10
hare college whore young men and
women. too. perhaps. are to be taught
how to write attractive advertisements
TWO enierprisius young men who found
themselves hard pushed for funds several
weeks ago pooled their wftS-they had
ncihiDg else 10 poland the ad smiths
academy - the rwsgit. they have tr,tsr-
es1ed number az newspaper managers
IN sae scheme. and these managers are al.
veftfs"a 10 give lectures GA the ar. 81 ad
writing. Other things included in the cur
rsea5Grn are. Composition use az words
various SIZES and klnsis Of type ana their
artistic relation 10 each other. art In ss..
Play. illustrations, their uses and abuses
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