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New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
A BOLD BIT or SURGERY.
RESUscITATION EFFECTED by sQUEEzING \
MANS HEART.

RESUSCITATION EFFECTED BY sQCEEZING \
MANS HEART
\ remarkable story is told in a Danish medical
periodical relative To the treatment of patient
who had become asphyxiatcd from the admins
tration Of Chloroform. The operating surgeon
was certain Dr Maag. but the method which
he employed had previously been suggested by
Dr Prus, of Iemberg.
4 labOrer. twenty seven years old. who had
suffered from Sciatica to be operated upon
to relieve that trouble. Chloroform was given
and the operation begun. The patient struggled.
however and when the process of annStheSia
carried further he stopped breathing. Scv
cr;tl expedients were resortcd to in order to
restore respiration. but in vain. And there was
no longer any pulse.
In this emergency DIR. Maag opened the chest
detached portions of the third and fourth ribs
two and a half inches long. and turned them
back with the flap Of flesh. Through the open
ing thus made. he thrust his hand The heart
firmly grasped and compressed rhythmical-
ly. After few squccZeS that organ began to
beat naturally. 1t was necessary to employ
compression again at times. and also to initiate
the lungs artcially. But by these means the
patient was kept alive for eleven hours and
half and DR.. Maag is inclined to believe that
the man would have recovered were il not that
one Of the pleura was accidentally punctured
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17

and even storage burrows down In neigh
boring cellars. The difference between them
and the regularly established florists who
pay rent is chiefly that the latter buy their
stock from gardeners or have their own gar
dens while the sidewalk men buy at second
hand from them. Last week one sidewalk mer-
chant was selling violets-double, too-at 10
cents a bunch The violets did not even look
fresh except at the long range at which all volets
look alike. and were only good to make dis
tant table or bracket look if it had bunch
of violets in a bowl on it-a decorative featur"
not by any to be shifted at. But the
Ter ftowers-jonquils and such-looked fresh
T the time: the trouble about them was that
Y would he fresh when you got them
40 ne Now, if you asked the enterprislnS rner-
chant how he managed to keep those flowers
looking so fresh, he would scOrnfully answer
that they could not help looking fresh. because
they actually were fresh This may be veracious
enough for business purposes, but the more sci
entiGcallv exact statement is that these flowers
are TO use the phrase Of the horse shows
"dopad" for exhibition. This doping is a com
paratively simple affair. There is an elaborate
and wonderful chemical process by which
withered flower can be temporarily brought To
ufa or dead uprooted plant made to
look as if it were growing, but this is not within
the reach either pecunary or intellectual, or
many sidewalk hover Vehders' me le5u''i
trade process is simply the use of salt and
water The flowers are bought regularly from
the wholesale florists along West TWenty-eighth-
St. and it must not be supposed that they are
dead flowers when bought.
..They are what call seconds and thirds, "
said one of these wholesale dealers: flowers
which are not as finely grown as we want to sell
TO our first class customers, or that have some
blemish or have been crushed in transit
These defects not always discovered by
the wholesale until he has offered the
flowers for sale. consequently there is some
delay in passing them on to the sidewalk man
Then too, crushed flowers wither more quickly
than those that are intact. In this way large
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
THE JUMEL MANSION.
ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING HOUSES
IN NEW YORK USED BY WASHING
TON ACQUIRED BY THE CITY

The patriotic societies. the Society for the
Preservation of Historic and Scenic Places and
Objects and many private citizens were greatly
pleased with the action taken last week by the
Board of Public improvements. by which the
historic Jumel mansion became the property Of
the city The movement to purchase the prop
erty was begun in 1899. and received the sup
port of many citizens who feared that unless
the city acquired right and title to the place it
might fall into the hands of vandals who for
mercenary reasons might destroy one of the
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
VIEW SHOES.
THE GROWING DEMAND FOR PATENT
LEATHER AND ITS SUBSTITUTES THAT
Do NOT NEED BLACKING

1t is said that the Lynn manufacturers are at
their wits end to fill the orders for patent
leather footwear which are now coming in from
all parts of the country" Lynn of course. is a
principal. if not the principal. seat of the shoe
industry. 1t is safe to say that all parts Of
the country in this connection does not include
all parts of New-YOrk City. The use of patent
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
PHOTOGR1PHING the STOHICH
From The London Globe.

From The London Globe.
Drs. Lange and MelZng have succeeded in
taking photographs of the mucous membrane
of the stomach in the living subject Stom-
ach tube siXty-six CentimetrcS long. with Il
diameter of elev miIlimetreS. is introduced,
having AT the lower end ele ctric lamp and at
the upper end "A camera. The stomach is first
emptied and washed and then distended with
air. Then fifty pictures can be taken in rapid
succession in from ten to IItfceI. minutes BY
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17

few remaining houses
which had sheltered
Washington.
When the subject
was brought before
the city authorities.
Governor Roosevelt
wrote: Il am in cor
dial sympathy with
the effort to preserve
the JumeI mansion.
and earnestly hOpe.it
can succeed. New
York ought to pre-
serve all the interest
ing landmarks of her
former history"
Robert II. Roosevelt.
on behalf of the Sons
of the American Re'V0,
lutiOn Senat tor
ChaIncey NJ. DepeW
Walter :. Logan. Ed
ward HaSaman Hall.
secretary of several
patr iOtic organi-
cations, and a number
Of other prominent
citizens took active
part in the affair. and
through their efforts
the resolution 10 pur-
chase the property for
SlJO.o 900 was passed.
The action was dOubly
pleasing To the friends
of the scheme from
the fact that a similar
resolution had been
voted down a year
ago. and the authori-
I lie : n a q decided
against acquiring the
property.
The grounds cover
"a. .39l square feet. and
il is intended To con-
vert h . property
surrounding the old
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
SUNDAY. MARCH II. 1901.

turning the apparatus its axis all parts of
the mucous membrane can he pictured. The
photographs about the size of a cherry stone
but. of course. they be enlarged to any
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17

number of flowers. especially roses. are thrown
upon the sidewalk market in a mOrbund con-
ditiOn. disguised by salt and water. Below this
class is the occasional job lot of stale flowers
sold for the sidewalk trade by attendants at
theatres at the more expensive restaurants;
and above it is the class of flowers. often in
Guiding many fine roses. sold on open air stands
by venderS whose situation is particularly IA
vorable for quick sales The latter are mostly
seconds"
The reason why the regular florists cam It
afford to palm off their stale flowers on their
regular customers is significant of the conditions
of the New-York flower business. Many man
who pays a big sum for bunch of roses will
never remember the shop where he bought them.
or let it influence him in his next purchase if
the flowers poor; but the women to whom
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17

the flowers go will know and remember. They
live in New-York most of their time. at least
and are not keen bargain hunters in flowers
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17

ave. TWenty-thi st,
about the same longi-
tude. and One-hun-
dred-and-twenty-fif fifth
St; and. in Brooklyn.
along Fulton-st. from
about two blocks
above the City Hall
to the junction of
Flatbush-ave. These
are the $ h oppin 6
grounds Of the bar
gainivorous NeW-York
female; $ h q ranges
thereabout with her
dominant instinct fully
aroused, and will buy
a bunch of Violcts at
a price at which
violets cannot fail to
be worse than boiled
cabbage, not because
she yearnS for flowers,
but because the Vio-
cts in the stores are
cling at not less than
we times that price.
'ith the intuition
laJ makes successful
erchants. a certain
.lented number of
reeks and other men.
,iefiy of Mediterran-
an origin, perceive
lese things and profit
hereby.
There are grades in
n sidewalk flower
business. some ven
ders carrying their
wares up and down
the Curbstones. and
thrusting the lunches
at foot passengers
with clamorous en-
treaties. as newsboys
do; others wing
more or less elab-
orately fitted stands.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
SECOND HAND FLOWERS.
THE TRADE OF THE SIDEWALK VENDERS
AND HOW IT CAME INTO BEING.

AND HOW IT CAME INTO BEING.
The features of city life that appear with
revolving seasons only changing phases.
GEMS, of the same old habits of men-and
nen. Take. for example. the outburst of
al trade on the sidewalks which has mani
sted itself in the main thOroughfares since
beginning of this month. simultaneously
18th the top spinning activity in the less fire.
iuented side streets: the cause and origin of it
is the feminine bargain hunger. The sidewalk
flower merchants cOngregate chiefly in three
spots or patches Of Manhattan and one
of Brooklyn - Fourteenth-st.. Sixth
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-04-02
Key to the Puzzler.

No. ga Chain of Words: l. Army.
2 Myth. 3. Thea, 4. Ease. 8. Seal. T.
Alge. I. Gage. y. Gear. 9. Arab. 10.
Abba. II. Bale. II. Leer. Ii. Erst.
a. Stir. Is. Iron. IL. Once. II. Cede.
Is. Dear. 10. Army.
No. 3O.-Cattle Ranch Riddle: They
called the camp Focus because the suns
rays meet there (the sons raise meat
there).
No. 31.-Missing Rhyme: Show, row,
NOW, glow, foe, woe, blow, row.
No. ga Hollow Square: l. Mar
mion. 2. Nerissa. 3. Albania. 4. Ana
gram.
No. 33.-Illusrrated Rebus: Whooping
cough. hiccoughs, teething, sore eyes (hoop
in coffee cups, tea things, DER eyes,.
No. 34.-Anagram: Inlets, tinsel, finest,
enlist, listen, silent.
No. 35.-The Bathtub Puzzle: II the
faucet can fill the tub in 10 minutes. i'll
one minute the faucet can discharge as
much water as will fill one-hfteenth of
the tub. II the outlet can empty the tub
in 80 minutes, it can empty but one-thir-
tieth OF the entire contents of the tub in
one minute: hence, il the faucet can fill
one-fifteenth part Of the tub in one min
ute and the outlet can empty only one
thrtieth of the contents of the tub in one
minute, then under those conditions the
tub only retains as much water as the
difference between what is put into 1t
and what it discharges in one minute,
and which is one-thirtieth. Therefore If
In one minute only one-thirtieth Of the tub
can be filled. to fill thirty-thirtieths. or the
whole tub. would take 30 minutes.
No. 36.-Sobriquets: 1. Godfrey Chau-
Ger. .. Abraham Lincoln. 3. Ralph Wal
do Emerson. 4. Oliver Cromwell. 3.
Washington Irving. q. Hamlet, prince
OF Denmark. Z. John G. Fremont. :.
Elizabeth OF England. 8. Henry Nj.
Stanley. 10 Andrew Jackson.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-04-02
Origin q, III. Yosemite Valley.

1t Is perfectly obvious to those famil-
lar with glacial phenomena that Yo-
semitic Is quite an ordinary and neces-
sary product Of glacial erosion under
the conditions prevailing in that local
ity. The main glacier came down Te-
maya canyon, cutting it to steep but
fairly uniform grade. Yosemite valley
Is but continuation Of that gorge.
The end Of the glacier ut the time that
1t was cutting Yosemite extended not
far beyond Fort Monroe. 1t remained
there for a long time and therefore
plowed out the bottom Of the valley to
a considerable depth. Branch glaciers
Joined the Tenaya glacier when 1t filled
Yosemite, coming down the valleys of
Yosemite. Little Yosemite, Illilouette
and Bridal Veil and other creeks and
forming hanging valleys ut the juno
ton points. The formation Of the YER
teal cliffs Of the valley may have been
due to undermining and may have been
aided by the cleavage Of the rocks. On
the recession Of the glacier doubtless
the bottom Of the valley was occupied
by a lake which has since been partial
ly filled by detritus and drained by the
erosion of MERGED river cutting through
the rock wall at the foot Of the valley.
National Geographic Magazine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-04-02
Where Girl. Must Marry.

In Russia If girl desires to study
at either of the universities etiquette
requires that she should be married.
Accordingly she goes through the civil
form of marriage with one Of the men
students, whom she may never have
seen before and perhaps may never
speak to again.
These marriages are perfectly legal,
and If the contracting parties like each
other they are united for life, but other
wise the marriage Is dissolved when
their university course is finished and
both are free to marry again. Sonya
Kovalevski, the celebrated mathema-
tician. went through the civil marriage
ceremony with student whom she
then saw for the first time, but who
eventually became her husband
Home Notes.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-04-02
NICE QUICK TO LEARN.
On Saws a Maine Man Who Finds
U-x--Astfn1

20 Says a Maine Man Who Finds
Them Interesting Pets.
Out on Forest avenue Is n mouse
fancier whose residence, lest he lose
caste with his neighbors, is withheld.
In a pen he has half dozen or SO or
binary field mice. :,
"They are the most sociable pets
ever had" he remarked. land any one
of them will rise to attention as he
hears my step approach the pen. !
have had these young ones about Six
months. They don't live long when
cooped up, and they will come freely
to my hand to eat or drink. Some OF
them are so tame that they will climb
to my shoulder and display not the
slightest alarm at being touched. They
haven't acquired 80 much faith In all
humanity, however, and have refused
to trust any one else so far.
"While mice eat great deal for an
animal so small when food Is album
dant, they can exist for surprising
long time with next to nothing. Any
one whose house has been invested
with mice and who had passed weary
weeks when everything that possibly
could serve as food was carefully un-
der lock and key, finally calling to
service an active ferret, will appreciate
this fact. He is mighty aggressive
and tireless forager after food. not
hesitating ut walls or similar obstruc-
lions, through which he patiently
gnaws a path. AS test of persistence
in this line hung basket OF food
from the ceiling by a rope and after
a weeks fast placed mouse at hole
in the ceiling above the basket. he
descended some eight feet or more on
a slender cord and safely reached his
haven, later climbing up again.
"AIl Of my mice I have taken from
nests about the premises and notice
that they invariably seek shelter be-
low or behind something, never IN 80
exposed locality as almost any other
animal would select. For a nest pa
per, cloth or any soft material seems
to satisfy, and the exceeding fneness
with which it is chopped suggests some
mighty artistic work with their teeth
Portland Express.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-04-02
NO MAKESHIFT.
In This Case tho Work was
Properly Done.

Any reader who has had backache and
found relief by rubbing the back with
liniments and lotions, understands that
the relief obtained was but makeshift.
for the ache returns. There's way to
do it so the ache will not come back.
Read how it's done.
Mr.. Fred A. Wood, of 1903 Thurbers
avenue, Providence, R. l., messenger for
the Earle and Prews Express Co., says:
"In the winter of 1897 I became so en-
thusiastic an admirer Of Doan's Kidney
Pills, after they cured me OF kidney
trouble, I wrote to the agents unsolicited,
telling them about my cure and stating
that if my recommendation would help
the preparation along would be only
too pleased to furnish it. 1t has appeared
in our Providence newspapers since, and
now in the month of May, 1899, I en-
phatically state there is not one word
wish to retract. On the other hand, I
am only too pleased to re-eudorse prep
aration which acts 80 faithfully to the
representations made for it as Doan's
Kidney Pills"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers, price so cents. Mailed by Foster
Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents
for the U. S. Remember the name,
Doar's, and take 10 substitute.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-04-02
A Fin. Old Government Clock.

It Is q fine old clock which stands In
the senate lobby fronting the main en-
trance to the senate chamber. For al
most a century 1t has been ticking
away, night and day, and now 1t Is as
good as ever.
The old clock Is about eight feet high,
and Its frame is solid mahogany. Its
face Is about a foot and a half In diam
eter, and the name Of Thomas Weight,
Philadelphia. shows by whom and
where it was made. 1t Used to stand In
the old senate chamber, now the su-
preme court room, where Webster and
Clay and Benton and all the famous
men of the past debated great ques-
tons. If the clock could only talk, 1t
could tell many tales Of dramatic inter
est.
Upon the mahogany case Is carved a
large shield, with stars to represent the
states. When the clock was built, there
were only II states In the Union
Washington Post.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-04-02
A SMALL WAIST.


TO decrease the size OF. the waist by
tight-lacing is simply to ruin the figure
irretrievably. So much has been said
and written on this subject, and the
physiological reasons of this fact are
now so generally known, that it is un-
necessary for me to 60 into the matter
here. The fact remains, tight lacing, so
far from adding to womsn's beauty,
merely detracts from the symmetry of
her shape, and ultimately results in what
is popularity described as ''lost figure"
in early middle age. Most girls, hap
PLY, are now beginning to realize this
truth, and instead of squeezing their
waists into the smallest possible COM
pass, have taken to reducing its actual
size by series of gymnastic exercises.
The following simple movements, if per-
severed in regularly and consistently,
will work wonders in this direction:
First, stand perfectly upright, with
shoulders back, chin pressed well back,
and arms at the sides, with palms Of the
hands to the front. Raise the arms up
over the top of the head till the thumbs
touch, and then drop them slowly down
again.
Second, hold the arms straight out in
front of yoI, palms down, and then
move each arm around gradually to the
side and back again, keeping them on
the level of the shoulders.
Third, stand with the arms as far
apart as possible level with the shoulders,
and making perfect cross with the
body, and describe small circles with
each arm, using the shoulder as centre.
Repeat each exercise half-a-dozen
times cOnsecutively.
There is absolutely nothing as bene-
fetal to the figure and the whole general
health, as regular gymnastic exercise
McCall's Magazine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-04-02
A PuNcIuAI MAN.

A certain Mr.. Scott of Exeter, whose
business required him to travel con-
stantly, was one of the most famous
characters for punctuality in the king
dom. By his methodical habits, com.
bined with unwearied industry, he &C
cumulated large fortune. For a great
many years the landlord of every inn ia
Cornwall or Devon that he visited knew
the exact day and hour he would arrive.
A short time before he died, at the ad-
vancsd age of eighty, gentleman who
was making a journey through Cornwall
put up at small inn at Port Isaac for
his dinner. He looked over the bill OF
fare, and found nothing to his liking.
He had, however, seen fine duck roast
ing on the fire. "I'll have that" said
he. "YOu cannot, sir" replied the
landlord; sit is for Mr. Scott of Exeter
81 know Mr.. Scott very WE'LL" replied
the traveller. "He is not in your house."
Every sorry" said the landlord, shut
six months ago, when he was last here,
he ordered the duck to be ready for him
this day, exactly at two O'clock" And,
to the amaz .ment of the traveller, who
CHANGED to look from the window, the
old gentleman was at that moment en-
tering the inn yard, about five minutes
before the appointed time.-Harper'
Round Table.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-04-02
MARRIED HAMMER HIMSELF,
The Wedding Came About Through
deal Over q Mortgage.

The Wedding Came About Through
Deal Over a Mortgage.
"Never heed how l got the best OF
ole Simmons, did your" queried the
farmer from the upper part Of the
state, who is visiting his son. You
knowed what sklnfint he was!
Worst l ever see or read about.
"Well, you been foppin round a good
bit bout ole widderers gittin married
ag'in, so I'll tell you how 1t was. Sim
mons held a mortgage on that south
forty. He beat me Outen the money
on a sharp dicker, and l been ready
ter put the scalpin knife enter him
ever sence, but l ealkerlated tibet Ia
have ter settle or give him the land.
While l was savin up ter clear off the
mortgage | got intermashing rum
81 Duke that ole Simmons was payin
'tention ter Hammer Wasting. 81 gfme
the hint and same time tole me he was
lettin on ter be Hammers stiddy Jest SO
as ter devil Simmons.
when l went ter see the ole SKIN
flint bout givin me leetle more time
on the mortgage, he kinder giggles
round and looks like he'd been stealth
sheep and asst me what the talk was
bout 81 and Hammer. Now, amt no
college perfesser, but l see right on
what way the wind was BLOWN, and l
spun a yarn bout 1t bein common re-
port as how Hammer and 81 was goin
ter hitch.
81 thought ole Simmons would have
q spell, but l braced him up, all the
time a-tellin him tibet 81 and Hammer
would be good match. Well, the up
shoot was tibet he said eff I'd git 81 ter
move to Indianey and stay there l
could have the mortgage cleared with
out payin cent. 81 was blamed GLAD
ter 20 for $50, and it cleared me bout
$1,000. But ole Simmons was so tar
mel mean in talkin bout 1t tibet he got
my mad up, and l sailed In and mar
ried Hammer myself. Thet's the way
you got yer new mother.in-law, and
eff YOU ever hear of me bein knocked
over you lnvestergate ole Simmons
Detroit Free Press.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-04-02
FASHION NOTES

There are two direct influences in
Paris just now in the new styles; one
for long, straight skirts, without many
rutfles and furbelows, the other against
these. In the end imagine both will
prevail.
The newest thing in the way of a belt
fastener is buckle in the form of a
brooch which pins the ribbon or velvet
belt in place in front.
Wide collars and deep cuffs to match
are seen on linen and canvas gowns and
gowns of SIMILAR materials.
Boleros now often accompany long
bell sleeves and are slipped on and off,
as occasion requires, for warmth, the
shirt showing beneath generally made
with bishop sleeves. Such jackets are
bordered with fur az we'll as the hand
some passementerie and can be made to
do duty with many skirts, which are
trimmed with cordings and killings and
flounces cut on the round, invisibly
joined to the skirt with these frillings.
Scallops border many flounces and
many side trimmings on skirts.
lCorselet belts prove so becoming that
they are almost universally worn with
any sort Of bolero. They are almost as
much trouble to make as a bodice, for
they require to be boned and fitted with
great exactitude.