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The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15
PAIN is A MYSTERY.
View of Phenomenon of the Use of

AnBsthetic.
Pain is a great mystery" remarked
physician of this city, says the New
Orleans Times-Democrat, who has
fondness for the recondite side of his
profession. 1T is claimed by GER
tain theorists that people who are
placed under the influence of an anaes-
thetic for surgical operations really
suffer everything they would other
wise, but forget about it when they re-
turn to consciousness and good many
ingenious arguments are advanced to
support the proposition. 1t is rather a
CHASTITY idea, and l am glad to say that
the real evidence is all the other way,
but it is a pretty well-established fact
that certain anaesthetics-ether for in
stance, and nitrous oxide gas-will
sometimes prevent suffering without
destroying consciousness of pain. That
sounds like paradox and is somewhat
difficult to explain without becoming
more paradoxical still The effect or
the anaesthetic, in the strange cases to
which I refer, is to render pain pleas
ant. While apparently insensible, the
patient Is fully conscious of every
thing that is going on and the nerves
respond as readily as ever, but in
stead Of producing physical discomfort
the effect is exactly the reverse.
have encountered several anomalies of
that kind and one quite recently. The
subject was middle-aged man whose
foot had been injured in an accident.
had to amputate the two last toes,
and the operation, which was under
ether, lasted about twenty minutes.
When the man recovered from the in
f1uence of the drug, he tried to tell me
about his sensations but although he
struggled hard, he could find no words
in which to express them L felt all
the palm he said, but somehow it
didn't hurt me- Then it wasn't PAIN
said l, endeavoring to draw him out.
oh! yes 1t was,' he replied, earnestly,
but l liked it; l didn't want you to
STOP He repeated number of things
that had been said during the opera
tion and it was evident that he had
been conscious all the while-at least
conscious of his surroundings. The
other patients seemed to have had prac-
tically the same experience and en-
countered the same difficulties in max
Ing themselves understood. They
were trying to express the inexpress-
ible. Such instances are, Of course,
rare, but they are familiar to almost
every surgeon in general practice. Ex-
plain them? I don't attempt to-"
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15

s Macaroni seed from Russia is now on
the way to the United States, and is
expected by the agricultural depart
ment to prove the beginning Of new
industry. Experiments already made
go to show that in some parts Of the
country these wneats may be grown
to better advantage than anywhere
else in the world. The first thing,
however, must be the erection of maca-
roni factories to handle the crop; and
1t Is expected that several will be built
In st. Paul and Minneapolis.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15
SCRUBS AND DRIES u,x

oShono AMI DRIES WTNno~|
The picture shows an im.]
cleaner, which has just been uat|
Hitherto a brush mounted on \
with a rubber mop on a separat.j
die, were in common use for tbt
pose, and water has also been 4,
to the brush through a hose aH]
to the faucet. But the imnl,
shown below is complete in itsel
ing the scrubber, mop and fou,t,l
water all combined in one co,ul
utensil. The apparatus copsIs,
tube to contain the water viN|
elongated slot in one face. M
which a wick or piece of heayy
Is forced. The strips of rubber
ing the mop are inserted betva|
metal strips secured to the outs}
the reservoir and the latter is pu
at one end with a screw can M
which the water is poured into d
terror. To use the cleaner It N
filled with water and tilted dow
until the wick is saturated. whs
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15
THE AEROSCOPE,

Among the scientific toys at the Par
is exposition was an instrument named
the Horoscope" 1t consisted of a
wooden paddle about six feet and a
half long and three inches wide, whit
ened with chalk, and turning about
Its middle at the rate of $500 turns a
minute. When in motion the paddle
resembled a thin, circular screen
through which objects could be seen.
At distance Of nearly four feet behind
the whirling paddle and parallel to its
plane of rotation was fixed a black
screen. The apparatus being placed In
a dark chamber, a brilliant photo
graphic image Of some object was
projected upon the moving paddle, and
Immediately the image seemed to stand
forth with all the solidity of . real
object. The perspective was supplied
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15

II every woman could (as she
should) under ordinary circumstances
undertake the care of the sick in her
own home this would but accentuats
the value and raise the status Of the
born nurses" who, never happy, save
in the special exercise Of their gift,
would then quite suffice for hospital
cases and the grand occasions Of pa-
jor operations. The sight Of the cap
and veil of the hired trained nurse
when imported into household with
women members scarcely raises ones
admiration for the family government
especially when, as too often happens,
the case is of the most ordinary des-
cription.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15

PIT went down into the broad court,
lacquer-work, which four huge Lybian
saves bore whenever she went abroad.
On her way home, the princess
stopped at cobbler's shop, near the
Sacred Way. With deferential hands
the tradesman handed to his high
born patron pair after pair of his
costly stock. Sandals woven of river
grass and of palm leaves, sandals of
leather and sandals of glass, sandals
ornamented with the god Osiris were
given her for inspection, but none
suited her.
Have you no others?" she asked
THESE are all too large"
Il have pair. oh. Princess of Egypt,
that were made for the Lady Termu-
this, but they did not fit her She said
they were much too small for the feet
of any woman in the Land of the
Seven Rivers ta
Pti, the princess, smiled.
"-'hey may fit me-" she said. my
feet are very small"
The sandals were produced. They
were indeed dainty things, but they
we're perfect fit for the princess
foot.
Il will take them" she said. "Y6ur
Seventy silver rings"
The money ras countsd out By Pts
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15

attendants, and the .inres went home
with the slippers. There was not an
other Just such a pair in all Egypt.
Pti, as ycu may imagine, was very
proud II them, and very choice OF
them, tao, and wore them only on
state occasions. Seventy silver rings
could not be spent every day for
pair of shoes, even by daughter OF
the Pharaohs.
The river Nile swept up close to
the garden of the villa where Pti
lived, and one afternoon the princess
and her maids walked down the pains
to the marble pier. Pit was dressed
in her best array, and one of her maids
held an umbrella over her head, lest
the hot sun might too rudely kiss the
fair cheeks of the royal lady. VI
course, she had on her jeweled Slip
pers, and as she walked she daintily
held her robe so that they might be
seen. There was not speck OF dirt
on strap or sandal.
The waters of the great river
sparkled in the sunshine, but wbere
a grove of palm trees tossed their
branches over the waves great shao-
ows lay. 1t seemed such cool, Sc
cluded spot that the maidens were
tempted to take bath. With much
noise and merry laughter they went
down among the callas and lotus BIOS
SONS.
Pti and her maids were very merry
and were in the water great while
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15

English shoe manufacturers who are
beginning to suffer from American
competition allege that. although the
British workman's daily wages are
only about half as large as those OF
the American operative, the Tabor
cost" OF pair of shoes is fully rs per
cent more in England than in the
United States. Most of the response
1ility for this fact is laid upon the
British union of boot and shoe opera
tives, which, It is said. forbids its mem
bers to turn out more than certain
amount of work. Possibly this union
has found, the solution to the labor
problem; but the manufacturers doubt
1t, and base their doubt upon the ex-
perience Of the race-that men who
are afraid Of doing too much eventual
iy ind 1t hard to get anything to do.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15

INSECT AND WEED DESTROYER.
is made for adjusting the size Of the
mouth through which the fiery
draught is emitted and also for revolv-
ing the fan by hand when the machine
is standing still. as when burning a
stump. When utilized for destroying
weeds or burning stubble the hood is
adjusted close to the ground and the
machine propelled at rapid rate,
when the gearing puts the fan in mo-
tion and drives fierce heat through
the opening in front, which cuts a
swath of ashes through the field. BY
providing for the substitution of fer
tilizer-spreading apparatus or seeder
in place of the firebox, the machines
utility can be greatly increased, and
1t will be found valuable addition to
the stock of farm machinery.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15

Seventeen fishing boats, one of which
is said to have been built between 174c
and 1850, form the odd little fishing
village OF Carracross, on the west coast
of Ireland. The only building in the
place which is not constructed Of an
old boat is the priests house. and this
is built almost entirely Of the drift
wood which the gulf stream piles upon
the rock coast. There is not tree
Of sufficient size to give building tim
Der within eight miles Of Carracross;
and. though there is plenty OF build
ing stone, 1t is never used for any
thing except building fences around
potato patches.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15
Experiments with New Gases.

In London a beautiful collection is
being exhibited, made up of vacuum
tubes charged respectively with sam
Piles of the various new gases which
scientists have succeeded in obtaining
from our atmosphere. When the elec-
tric spark is passed through the tubes
some very beautiful color effects, re-
markably rich and pure, are obtained.
Especially noticeable in effect is that
obtained in passing the spark through
the gas neon. when magnificent
crimson glow is yielded.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15
CAVES WAR sUPPLlH

1t has been averred that but
saltpeter furnished by the Ma
Cave of Kentucky and by some
limestone caverns, the United
would have been unable successa
wage the war of 1872. Even dun
civil war these cave supplies Z
peter were largely utilized for
gunpowder. Recently the quesu
the origin of cave saltpeter hN
discussed anew in the jour
Geology, and w. H. Hess, dS
from the view that the saltpe
posits are due to the formau
guano by bats, holds that hq
originated from the evaporau
water which, as it percolated
the roof of the cavern, abson
trates from the soil.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15
TELEGRAPH AND TELErSl

The Russian inventor, Popo9
successfully applied a telepno
ceiver in transmitting telegraph
sages without wires. BY me
radio-conductors, variations Of
ance Of short duration are p
and these can be directly obsef
a telephone. Last winter .
cruiser, ashore on an island In
of Finland, was able to conn
Geographically, without wires
island twenty-nine miles
where the ice-breaking stea
max was stationed, and by =
means the lives of twenty-se'
sian fishermen, carried on p
foe In sight of the strandeo
were saved.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15
THE SMALLEST WILD CAT

DR.. X. Lydekker says tna'
has the distinction of being Y
of the smallest representatiw
wild cattle, not only of this ~
period in the worlds history
called the "anoa," and is no'
any, larger that a well grow
down sheep. Its height at %.
is three feet and three incn'
many of the characteristic
large Indian buffalo, and tns'
sons for thinking that IL
primitive type of buffalo.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15

Recently the huge fresh-water reser-
voirs at the Mare island navy yard
have undergone their bienn cleaning
out With the usual .acee9p4 46imsnt, OF
-considerable malaria in theSyard as a
direct consequence Of BRINGING to light
= large amount Of mud which has slow
b dsiftsd into these tanks from the
FooG aud other sources In the yard
1x1s aftsmpt 70 nnd water by artesian
Jrg - teen given up a. failure,
- s4eF happiS A. made up from
= rvc(v system and considerable
- ~ Vallejo water syst4m.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15
NEW FARMING IMPLEMENT.

Ia citizen of Wellington, Ark, has
picture for use in destroying insects
and noxious weeds and also for burn
ing stumps Of trees. 1t contains fire.
mouth through which thel fiery
box, which burns either coal or wood,
with rotary fan to create intense heat
by forcing the draught. The furnace
Is mounted on two-wheeled carriage,
which makes it easy to transport 1t
from place to place. and arrangement
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15
CO NVE r TING
T HI e HE ATH E N

Yes, the white man is a mighty man;
He spreads both far and near,
An he beats them dirty heather
With their leather shield and spear.
know he is the greatest thing
The Lord has ever made,
An l know his faiths the only one
That ever came and stayed.
We convert 'em by the million
(After KILN quite a few,
But there's one thing that l notice,
An l wonder at it too
That converts" amt so numerous,
Nor maxim 'em such fun,
When the poor, benighted heather
Gets a tirst-class gun.
Life.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15

WI Ting Fang, the Chinese envoy
to this country, uses expressive Eng
lish. ''Level-headed," that adjective
which lives life of unceasing activity,
falls from his lips as naturally as If
he had been born within a mile of the
Boston Frog Pond or of the Mississippi
river. Possibly the phrase seems the
easier to him because he illustrates the
quality which it represents.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15

The reichstag bill providing for a
third supplementary credit on account
of the China expedition fixes the sal
airy OF Field Marshal Count Won Wal
.dersee at 100000 marks ($37, ,500) an
nually, with large extras. The division
commanders will receive $1,000 marks
($16,250) and extras, and lower officers
will be paid proportionately. These
are five times the rates of the salaries
paid at home.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15

The Women's University club OF New
York is the latest organization among
college graduates. The alumnae OF the
various colleges have planned an or
ganization with the object of building
clubhouse such as those enjoyed by
men. Seven hundred women graduates
were present at a meeting held, and the
success of the scheme seems assured.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15

Experiments are being carried out
in the Austrian army with new port
able oven for field and transport pur-
poses. The oven at present in use is
very unwieldy and heavy article and
has to be transported in sections. The
new oven, however, may be carried in
tact upon a cart, and, if necessary, can
be utilized for baking purposes while
on the march.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15
Pits Slippers.
BY FRED MYRoN COLBY

BY FRED MYRON COLBY.
| Copyright, 1901: by Daily Story Pub. Cop
You have all read of Jacks Seven
League Boots and of Cinderella's Lit
tie Glass Slippers, but l dare say you
have never heard of the Princess Pits
shoes. Yet they were quite as wonder
ful in their way as those others that
you read of in your story books. They
went all the way through the air from
hundred-gated Thebes, on the Nile, to
Memphis, almost six hundred miles,
and they carried their mistress ever
SO many leagues over the lotus BIOS
SONS and the porphyry courts of her
Egyptian home, and yet they are not
worn out. Made of the most fragile
material-the soles formed of strips
of palm-leaf, neatly fitteu together and
furnished with bands of the stem of
the papyrus, prettily lined with red
colored linen with a queer looking pic
ture painted on it and little gilt Or
nament at the enus of the curved
points-these slippers have outlasted
the stone temples and palaces that
glowed SO gorgeously in the old Egypt
ian land, when PIT walked among their
newborn majesty. They are more
than three thousand years old; is it
not wonderful? And more wond erful
than anything else about the story is
that it is "a truly story
One bright morning PIT, who was
a princess, was dressing to go out
dozen maids were running hither and
thither for her jewels, her best robes
and her sandals, while dark-eyed girl
stood plating her long black hair.
Ever and anon Pit would look at
little hand glass of silver to see the eff
feet.
There, Luxora, that will do" she
said to her tire-woman, as the tress
at her left side, plated with gold
thread, dropped from the slaves hands.
Now bring me that saffron -colored
robe, with the golden belt and straps.
Osiria, that collar of pearls and those
armlets and brao elets in aid with lapis-
lazuli and turquoise. Nay, Nefertsu,
not those, but the sandals ornamented
with the head of Mother Isis"
The girl addressed as Nefertsu
blushed, hesitated, and at last STAN
mered: my mistress, | can find but
one of the Isis-headed shoes; its mate
is gone"
Thou hast mislaid it-but no mat
ter; though barefoot do l go today,
for l will wear no other" declared the
princess.
Nay, my lady, it were not seemly.'
cried her maidens.
Did not my great-grandmothe
Nitaker, go barefoot whole year and
a day because there were no shoes
small enough to fit her? And am
not a princess, too? 1 say barefoot
will 1 go until get pair fancy
and Pti stretched out her beautiful
pearly feet and glanced at them with
the least bit of vanity.
No more could be said. So arrayed
in her soft-colored linen robe, her man
tie of embroidered Babylonian cloth,
her necklace Of gold, and head-dress
of fine feathered work, lace and jewels,
but with her small feet slipperless, Pti
went down into the broad court, and
mounted her palanQuin of wicker and
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15

At an experiment in st. Joseph, MO-,
. cat was apparently killed by a shock
of electricity carefully administered.
Two hours after the heart had ceased
to beat the current was reversed and
the second shock restored the heart
beats, family at first. but growing
stronger until the cat was finally re-
leased as playful and frisky as ever.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15
Smallest of Ironclads.

The French torpedo-boat Audacieux,
which has gone to LOrient for her
trials, is the smallest ironclad In the
world. She carries an armor belt over
her machinery an inch or 10 In thick
mess. proof probably against anything
snsa1sr than six-pound projectile.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15
THE MARBLE TIMES
AND
CRYSTAL SILVER LANCE
MARBLE. COLORADO.

Flags of all Indiana regiments that
fought under Gen. Grant in the war OF
the rebellion are to be sent to the tomb
o. the great commander in Riverside
park. The commission that has the
mausoleum in charge is collecting the
fags OF all the regiments that served
ct one time or another under Gen.
Grant.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15
KITES AND TELEpuovr,

LIES AMI IELEPHONEa ~,
In the Monthly Weather D.
October is given an accom-.
experiments at Chicago nv,
demonstrate the usefulness =, 4S' ~
effecting telephone commun,s..
tween a besieged town and ~ Y.
beyond the enemy's lines. Ts'
gested plan is to send up ,,s. n,
town a very large box kite ca,
telephone fastened at the end y.
running through a pulley. W.
kite has attained the desired ~.
the besieged are supposed to \.
the wire and drop the telephoD.
ground, while the kite rema,ns
air. There are manifestly man,
tical details not provided fr
scheme as thus outlined, but !,
least an interesting suggestion
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15
RESERVES OF RUBBER''

1t is reported that the osp
agriculture will set aside =
serves the island of Romplc
Panay, and the island OF
the Jolo group. United
officers report that these =
the richest islands in the
rubber trees. In Zanzibar
Of gutta-percha is said %
found. It u produced py
ing . peach-shaped fruit
the size of q small melon
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15
e<ysSCzENGE " AN1
kElEsZPR PRoGREss|

W tne reflection of the imou
black screen behind as wal,
the semitransparent screen ~
the rotating paddle.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-03-15

latter is placed against the
pane and scrubbed up and dow
the dirt is removed. Then th
side is applied to drain the wi
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-10-10

tenn. The officials were travelling on
special train.
General Manager Johnson was told that
Winston Salem was deeply interested in
the proposed Winston and Wadesboro
Railroad, and asked if he could give any
information in regard to it's construction
and also if it was true that the Norfolk
and Western company had subscribed one
million dollars towards building the Win
ston and Wadesboro road.
Mr.. Johnson replied: $50 far we know
very little as to the plans and purposes
of the parties who are said to be be-
hind the proposed new road There is no
truth in the report that the Norfolk and
Western has subscribed one million dol
lars towards the construction of the VIM
ston and Wadesboro road. While we have
not been directly approached on this mat
ter, of course we would be glad to con-
meet with the new road at this place and
will, no doubt do so, if the road is built. y
William Bailey, white boy, aged IL
years, was given four months in jail to-
day for killing Fred Carver, another white
boy. a few months ago. On account OF
Baileys tender age and the fact that he
is in bad health Judge Starbuck accepted
a submission of assault with G deadly
weapon
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-10-10
North Carolina Books in Press.

'Regimental Histories 1917 of
which Volume / was issued in June, 1901
must be completed by January l. under
a penalty of $500 on the printers for
each days delay thereafter. This pro-
vision in the law has been fire on the
terrapin's back" and printers are rush
ing work. Volume is printed and Vol
ume is nearly so and both will soon be
bound and issued Photographs for the
must be sent in by the goth
OF October or they will be too late.
The work is the property of the State
and can be had of the State Librarian,
Capt NJ. O. Sheriff., Raleigh, at $1.00
per volume. 1t is the cheapest work
ever published in the South. 1t is
handsomely printed on best paper, hand
somely bound and each volume contains
500 pages, 200 engravings and six maps.
Judge Clark, who is now reading the
proof of Volume 4, Will conclude the
work by written dedication of it to
those who inspired the brave deeds mar
rated in these volumes and whose pa
triotic hands have preserved the fame
and the ashes of the fallen-"The Heroic
Women of North Carolina in 1865 and
their fair daughters
Volume XIX of state Records" under
the same editorship has been printed and
is now ready for the binder. Indeed a
large part of the proof for Volume Xxx
has been read and printed. Volume
XXI will conclude the work except the
index of the whole, which is being pre-
pared under Judge Clarks supervision
by DR.. stephen b. Weeks. This index
will also include Col Saunders ten
volumes Of Colonial Records, and will
be Volume XXI.