The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-01
GOSSIP AND NEWS 6RAB-BOx,

| dE use or hypnotiSm as means OF
| legal investigation has just been
sanctioned by the Client Court Of
Appeals In regard to a case known as the
Foreman trial." which it was found i'm
possible to elucidate by means of ordinary
| evidence.
| tam celebrations held at Alost IN June,
1879. M. w. Borreman, a merchant Of that
| town, was seriously injured, and as q
result upward Of twenty arrests were made.
| Four of the defendants were fined and one
! condemned to two months imprisonment
while damages were awarded to the plain
| tin An appeal was subsequently made
on behalf of defendants. and a new trial
has been In progress for some time past.
One Of the principal points put forward
by M. Foreman was that. as a result
OF the attack made upon him, hs suffered
from DEAFNESS. Medical examinatio hav-
| ing failed to give satisfactory evidence
| as to the degree of deafness fl I'm which
| he suffered, its cause. or the probability
of curing it, three experts who had charge
| Of the case and among whom is a pro-
lessor OF Client university. submitted that
| in order to elucidate these points they
should hypnotize M. foreman. The at
ter having given his consent. the court
| has just sanctioned the carrying out of the
proposal.
This is the first time in Belgium THAT
the use OF hypnotism has been sanctioned
for judicial purposes. The result is await
ed with considerable interest.
The British soldier receives a shilling
day; the United States soldiers the equiv
alent of Is Cd. he American soldier has
better rations. but Tommy Atkins has a
more liberal allowance for clothing. In
other respects the conditions are about
the same except that the British govern
ment pays pensions only to those who are
| entirely disabled by wounds or sickness.
With all her wars the pension list of
Britain q
as that of the United States. The an
nual appropriation of our congress for
pensions would support the Whole British
army.
One sees retired soldiers employed in
various capacities. They are given pref
erence. in business houses They are used
I by the district messenger companies and
receive certain privileges and considera-
! lions from the police and municipal au-
t.orites that are not granted to ordinary
| people. 1t is common for bank messengers,
/ janitors of buildings, private watchmen,
i and other men engaged in light employ
ment to wear military medals of honor.
| which are always accepted good rec
ommeniation. You see newsstands and
! fruitstands at the street corners in the
parks attended by men with similar dec
oratioEs. or with empty coatsleeves, and
such privileges are esteemed of great
value.
! Holland proposes to close the Zuyder Zee
! by a dixie running from the north Holland
coast to tie island of Wiering and thence
| to the Tristan coast. and to drain parts
/ of closed sea. The initial plan involves
| the recovery in eighteen years of 1l4.9Vl 1-2
acres CT fertile land. The railway dis
/ lance between the provinces of North
I Holland and Friesiand will be shortened by
thirty-one miles. The indemnity to be
/ timateu at SIS 5000. The total cost is est-
mated at $3S. $4,000. The entire plan will
.}take from thirty to thirty-lve years TO
complete, and some $4,000 acres will be
reclaimed valued at 100000 900.
What must be considered as a wonder
! full curiosity of the floral kingdom is the
so-terned occasional flower a specimen
j of which has recently been brought to
| this country.
| No mention is made in botanical science
:; of the existence of this marvellous flower.
/ 1t is mystery at present that Is well
I worth cleaning up. When in a closed con-
~ lon the occasional flower Is in color
| and in form something like a mature
and dried poppy-head cut with it's stem to
/ it,
Submerged in bowl of water for few
minutes, and then taken out and placed by
! it's stem in an empty bottle, the outer petals
/ begin, after several minutes to open out.
| This process is SLOW but distinctly notice.
able. The petals continue to rise and to
expand until they gradually recede back
| ware. w men TINS actlOn IS complete II
resembles in appearance the starry sun
! flower. but regards the shape only.
! Ine occasional hover remains thus open
| for about two hours, during which time,
| the state of humidity lessening by degrees,
| the fibers begin to shrink and the petals
! close up gradually in the same way as
they opened. until the flower resumes its
.sformer position: but by the same simple
process it be made to unfold and to
l3close up again and again ad lib. 1t is also
asserted that, properly nursed with re-
gard to temperature and air, and carefully
handled, the occasional flower never de-
Gays nor degenerates in it's effect of radi-
ance and splendor.
~
+ The Chilean government has deciued to
t.send to the United States. to complete their
studies in the principal factories and in
ldustrial establishments ..ere. Four pupils
of the School of Arts and Crafts. who have
finished their studies and passed with
J. merit. Three of the youths are mechanics
and the fourth is an electrician.