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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03
GROWING YtALk
Of Peff1ahloF

OF her dread Of being put out Of the
world before her time through the I'M
kindly offices Of the "black bottle" The
latter is supposed by the lower classes
to be kept in stock at all charity hos
pitfalls for the sole purpose of fastening
the end of lncurables, and no amount of
reasoning can convince them that it is
a myth.
Biddy, in spite Of her intense agony,
never lost her desire to live She
watched with unceasing vigilance every
drop Of medicine that was poured out
for her, always suspicious that it came
from the dreaded black bottle She even
suspected her food and finally grew so
weary that malt tonic was ordered. The
dose was measured into a wine glass
at time behind the screen that sur
rounded her cot, but unfortunately she
happened to spy the nurse carrying the
tonic back to the medicine chest. 1t was
In dark colored bottle Instantly the
ward resounded with profanity, and
Biddy was an expert in this line.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03

r. S0OSC STORIES invariably ell
anate from the fertile i'm
aginations of patients, GER
G--a tain traditions and CHASTITY
tales are handed down year after year
by departing to incoming house doctors
and by senior nurses to 'probs."
A notorius haunted ward is now used
as a supply-room In a Boston hospital
where hundreds of municipal patients are
cared for annually. In its earlier history
it opened from a corridor leading to the
operating-room, and was frequently used
as a single or private ward for patients
Just taken from the operating table.
Suddenly it seemed to fall under some
evil influence and the story went forth
in the hospital that the room was hoo
dooed. No matter how simple the opera
ton the patient removed to this room
would die before rallying from the an
aesthetic. So regularly was this result
recorded that for a time the ward was
closed, but in due season the accommoda-
lions of the institution proved inadequate
for it's needs and the haunted room was
reopened.
The initial operation was followed by
the customary catastrophe. The head
nurse and her vigilant assistants were
panic stricken and the house surgeon
was baffled, but determined to probe the
mystery. And probe 1t he did. When
the next patient was carried from the
operating table to this ward the house
surgeon personally superintendent the re-
removal Later in the afternoon he ap-
peared before the head nurse with an air
OF suppressed excitement and issued or
ders that between the hours of and 10
o. m. neither she nor her assistants
should enter the now dreaded room.
By s o'clock the patient, not fully re-
covered from the anaeSthetic, lay in q
doze. The nurses were ostensibly busy
in the large wards at either end of the
corridor, and the house surgeon, vigil
liant and calm, lay under the cot of the
patient-waiting. The moments passed
like hours, but he did not move, and at
last it came-a stealthy step that could
be felt rather than heard-from the d.
rection of a door leading to a swinging
balcony. A few leaden seconds, and
something paused beside the cot. Then
two long muscular arms shot out from
under the cot, there rose a wild mixture
Of English and Italian explosives, and
two forms writhed on the floor locked in
deadly embrace.
When the startled nurses and helpers
came to the rescue they found the sur
geon bleeding from several flesh wounds
I6CSlNGQ AlOli a Az AlOSuASiAhC SlilCILdt
but still holding his grip on ''Tony," one
of the night watchmen and helpers.
When Tony had been removed to the
insane ward and the excited patient
soothed, the surgeon explained the situa-
ton. While experimenting the SSrnoval
Of the patient he had suddenly caught
the eye of Tony" who was watching
the proceeding, and was struck with the
expression Of triumph, hellish and gloat.
ing in Its intensity. In this he saw a
possible solution Of the horrible mystery.
Tony" had been regarded as q harm
less and useful helper In the various
wards, but from the moment Of his cap
ture in the haunted ward he became
violently insane. There was no means
Of knowing how many patients had died
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03

from an chronological standpoint. The
hobbies of Queen Wilhelmina are skat-
ing and riding, but from childhood she
mas devoted herself to raising poultry.
Her collection Of chickens embraces al
most every known variety. and her sue
cess In raising chickens Is remarkable.
The queen of Norway ard Sweden, out
side Of her family and public life, is de-
voted to religion. The queen of Greece Is
a yachtswoman. The queen of the Bel
CLANS is faddist on horses. The queen
of Italy has chosen shooting and auto
MODELLING as her principal fads. Queen
Charlotte Of Wurtemberg has taken up
with the wSman's movement, and is
WORKING hard to secure better treatment
and wages for female workers. Portu-
gals queen, who is said to be the busiest
woman In Europe. is an expert physician,
and has raised her fad to the dignity Of
a profession.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03


theless, that the moral standard of a
home is ever given to 1t by the woman,
says Edward Box in the Ladies' Home
Journal.
I would always have a wife remain the
least bit above her husband In every
thing that goes TO make up the moral
and the social plane Of the household. A
woman, by her very nature, is more re-
fined than man, and never, for mo-
ment, should she lower that standard of
refinement instructive to her.
The young married woman is the wisest
who In all her domestic arrangements
makes haste slowly and surely, and who
feels her way step by step, actually learn
ing and remembering as she goes, and
who undertakes no more at the start
than her experience has made 1t possible
for her to thoroughly understand and In
diligently carry out.
The desire to be of actual help to hus
band In his daily life is generally one of
the keenest and earliest desires of the
young wife and she vaguely wonders
how she can help ''the dear boy" BY love
and sympathy, purely and mainly. The
greatest power to a man in the outer
world is the love that he gets from his
wife in his home The greatest help he
receives in his work is her honest SYM
pathy in his interests
A man was made to work, and he can
stand goodly share of it when his
home Is made happy for him and when
he knows that loving sympathy awaits
him at the close of the day.
A young wife serves her husband best
In her perfection as the mistress of his
home.
There Is no sight quite so sad and so
certain Of future estrangement as to see
husband advance in the world, with his
WIFE standing still or tagging behind.
Intelligent companionship is a great
source Of strength in happy married life.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03
HEY

bansel; children are put into them and
hung up next to the ceiling out OF
harms way.
There were no cradles in England be-
fore the seventh century, for an old his
tory says that the archbishop Of Canter-
bury severely punished a woman for leav-
ing her baby lying loosely around on
the hearth, so that it was scalded to
death by the boiling over of caIdron.
The infant Mercury is represented as
sitting in a shoe-shaped cradle, like the
old woman who lived in a shoe without
the children; it is an absurd picture with
the face Of man and the body of an
infant Nt'-t on
Kingsley's water babies are not the
only little ones who have been rocked in
shells One Of the most celebrated kings
Of France was Graded in a large tortoise
shell, and the great abalone shells of the
Pacific with their lovely iridescent Innings
are often used for that. purpose.
The simplest cradles are hewn out of
a log Of wood or the trunk Of a tree IS
followed out; these are so clumsy and
heavy they must needs be stationary.
Julian Ralph declares that in some parts
Of Virginia these are in use at the pres
ent time and that they are so large one
end is used for the baby and the other for
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03

min1stered by dog owners in
allopathic doses. will help
decrease the mad dog scares.
Unless disease turks in q dogs system.
plenty of fresh water, quiet, judicious
feeding and an absence of exciting con-
ditions will bring the animal safely
through hot season.
The dog owner who allows his dog to
follow a bicycle or a horse for endless
miles when he seeks the sylvan retreats
Of the country is laying an excellent
foundation for dog fits. An overheated
dog suffers as does a man from sunstroke
and is far more Of a menace to mankind
in general.
The poor, homeless ours that roam the
streets, bounded from place to place by
thoughtless boys, kicked, pounded,
scalded, starved by the people to whom
ones most liable to Ego mad" and the DO
liceman's bullet mercifully ends a life of
misery.
When asked how to treat a dog SUD-
posed to be mad, one who knows declares
the best way to treat any strange dog,
sick or well, is to keep out of his way.
This proves that the wild scramble at the
cry of mad dog" is fully justified, even
though there be those in the fleeing crowd
who know the animal is not mad
Hydrophobia is a word that chills the
blood. Its horrors often and wildly have
been depicted. Some eminent medical
men say 1t exists others that 1t is only
imaginary.
when doctors disagree" 1t is not al
ways easy to prove ones case outside Of
ones own opinion. Enough physicians
have agreed that hydrophobia is a dread
reality to make every one, young or old,
avoid its cause. Yet, should one be bit
ten by a suspected dog, it is well that
some preventives should be known. 1t Is
in the Pasteur treatment that most faith
Is placed. STILL the Pasteur treatment
has its enemies. BY many great men 1t is
said that the number of deaths from
hydrophobia have Increased rather than,
decreased since the Pasteur discovery.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03

etiquette, they are barred from many joys
that are the birthrights of their more
fortunate or unfortunate sisters. But
certain things they can do, and in their
various hobbies they display great indi-
viduality and taste.
Queen Alexandra Is bitten by the pho
tographic mania. She has taken snap
shots of everything from crowned heads
to pet dogs. She has any number OF pic
tHres Of various members of her family
and Of pretty scenes associated with
EAasant memories
The empress of Russias main hobby is
EG husband, for she Is devoted wife
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03
Odd Pashmes Engaging EuYobe's Queens

DIV do queens amuse them
selves? For, after all, they
are women, and must be
amused some way. Bound
as they are by the many
court rules of custom and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03
ZNNAL CANAL
YENEfRAHQ ~
1NGfON'z HOLLOW
>kfEgLE 1ROU6A Which
COCAINE y 'NJfG1f0

"a ing in its conception and
AN brilliant in it's results, was
performed at st. Vincent's
hospital in Indianapolis last
week. The operation consists of injecting
into the spinal canal Ga cavity heretofore
held sacred from the surgeons invasions)
2 per cent. solution Of cocaine or SINH
lar drug. with the result that within a
Few minutes the sense of pain from the
level OF the diaphragm down is entirely
obliterated.
The operation consists of injecting into
the spinal canal "a cavity heretofore held
sacred from the surgeons invasionsD 2
per cent. solution of cocaine. or similar
drug, with the result that within a few
minutes the sense of pain from the level
or the diaphragm down is entirely obliter-
ated
Legs may then be cut off, appendices
removed and other formidable operations
done while the patient remains wide
awake and perfectly conscious, but feel
ing not the slightest twinge of pain.
The marvellous advances made in sur
gerry may be generally attributed to two
discoveries: % anaesthesia, whereby the
patient Is relieved of pain by a blessed
temporary Inconsistencies, and (2.
asepsis, whereby the healing Of wounds
by first intention" and the prevention
OF suppuration and so-called "blood-
poisoning" have made 1t possible for the
surgeon to invade even the head, the
chest and the abdomen with impunty.
Anaesthesia. as produced by chloroform
and ether, has been before the public so
long that every one is more or less
familiar with 1t, but within the past two
years this method of multiplying pain has
been introduced to the medical profession
and is spreading rapidly in favor
An indianapolis surgeon, who has had
considerable experience in surgical cases
with this new method of anaesthesia,
made the following statements to a Sun
day Sentinel reporter:
1.-THE credit for first proposing the in
lection Of cocaine into the spinal canal
belongs to DR.. Corning Of New York, who
reported some experimental work on ami
mails back in 1856. Or. Corning, by the
way, is the son Of the Rev. Mr. Corning,
for many years pastor of the First Con-
gregational church of Terre Haute and
who has on several occasions appeared
before Indianapolis audiences).
Not until 1900, however, was the at
tention of the medical profession strongly
called to it, when Tuffler, Partisan sur
geon, reported 100 cases to the interna-
tional congress.
"Since that thine it has been consider
ably used In the larger cities Of this
country, and to a very limited extent in
indianapolis.
"a short time ago a citizen of Indian
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03
4nte- Bridal Reflections

HOME is no better than the
woman in 1t. This may seem
to place much upon the
shoulders Of the woman and
little upon those Of the man.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03
Cradles Of Curious DESIGNS

He word cradle is Anglo
Saxon; in Anglo-Norman 1t
was bers or bersel, from
which is derived the modern
French berceau. In Brittany
cradles todav ora o,IIod
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03

apoliS sustained a crushing INJURY OF the
leg, necessitating amputatton at the
knee joint. He was In such a weakened
condition that it was feared that putting
him under the influence of chloroform
or ether would mean putting him through
the portals of the tomb. Consequently,
this newer method of abolishing the pain
was tried Twelve drops Of a per cent.
solution Of hydrochlorate were injected
through a specially prepared needle into
the spinal canal below the level of the
spinal cord. In five minutes the patient
was insensible to any pain whatsoever,
below the level Of the diaphrogen.
All the time his leg was being cut off
and the stump sewed up, he was per-
fectly free from the slightest pain, talk
ed unconcernedly with the assistants and
had he not been blindfolded, would have
witnessed the operation himself. Nor
over, although the sensory nerves were
deadened, yet the power Of motion re-
manned unimpaired, and the patient
shifted the position of his leg from time
to time, whenever the surgeon found 1t
would facilitate the operation. He was
carried back to bed at the conclusion of
the operation and stated he had felt no
pain, although he had been conscious
the entire time.
'There have been reported two cases
Of Caesarean section done under spinal
anaeStheS1a and with much better re-
suits than are obtained when chloroform
or ether are employed.
"The region of the spine on a level
with the upper edge Of the pelvic bones,
IS sterilized with as nEch care as would
be employed In an abdominal operation.
The instruments, consisting merely of a
hypodermic syringe with short-bevelled
needle three inches long, are also made
thoroughly aseptfc.
1.-The patient sits up and throws the
body forward between the knees lower
Ing the back as much as possible, and
thus making the greatest space possible
between the spfnes of the vertebrae. The
needle, minus the syringe, Is then intro
duced in an upward and inward direction
at point between the fourth and fifth
lumbar vertebrae, or just on level with
the tops of the large wing bones Of the
pelvis.
After pushing the needle into their
skins, muscles and ngaments for about
two inches a sudden cessation of resist
ance shows that the point is within the
spinal canal, and upon removal of the
hnger from the outer end Of the needle
the escape of few drops of the cerebro-
spinal fluid which battles the cord con-
firms the fact. taf
THE syringe is now attached to the
needle and between twelve and eighteen
drops of a per cent. solution of ster
ilized eucaine, cocaine or tropa cocaine
was slowly injected, taking a full min
ute for the process. The needle is then
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03

quickly withdrawn and the puncture
sealed up.
In average cases numbuess begins In
the toes IN three minutes and in fifteen
minutes sensation of pain is lost entire
ly, while sensation of touch and the pow
er OF motion are not affected, and all
the while the patient is fully conscious.
The surgeon may then remove a toe or
a leg, amputate an appendix, stitch up
the fntestines or remove a tumor with
out the patients feeling any pain what
Soever.
THE effects of this injection last from
one to four hours, with an average of
about three. If necessary to complete
very long and tedious operation the
infection may be repeated when the eff
fects Of the first begin to wear off.
The patient may eat hearty meal.
and generally wants to, Immediately
upon being put to bed after the opera ton
IL completed; thing which no one feels
like doing for a day or two after taking
chloroform or ether as those who have
taken them will readily testify
Spinal anasthemia will never sup
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03
Tie Days Of Dog Madness

NE-HALF common sense
mixed with the same guam
tity Of humanity, and adj
ministered by dog owners in
allopathic doses, will help
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03

ESPITE the protestations of
hospital attaches tn a t
ghost stories invariably en-
anate from the fertile i'm
aginations of patients, GER
tain traditions and CHASTITY
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03

tients would prefer the blessed oblivion
which the general anesthetic gives. But
II will find for itself well-defned sphere
In operations on the lower limbs and many
abdominal cases, particularly in such pa
dents to whom on account of bad heart,
lungs, kidneys or arteries, chloroform
and ether would be too dangerous.
Many cases which the surgeon de-
clines to operate upon because the heart
is too weak to stand general anesthetiG
can be safely handled by this method OF
spinal narcosis.
'"OI course like everything else, It has
It's disadvantages, among which might
be mentioned the headache and nausea
which accompany a certain percentage of
cases.
"And some object on tho ground that
cocaine is a dangerous drug. even in such
weak solutions as per cent. But later
experirRSlters state, and this has beer
my own experience, that by the use Of
II opa cocaine even these bad features
are eliminated.
my own experiece covers confinement
cases. amputations. abcesses and plastic
operations, and so satisfactory has it
been that I have adopted II wherever
It's use is in any way feasible"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-04-03
The Robinson House.

Rnoung aud Lodging House, where rooms be had
o., ne day, the night, the week, month. Open
hours, day night. Prices reasonable. Guests viii
be made comfortable.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-04-03
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The wondeful ACTIVITY OF the new
century is shown by an enormous
iemand for the world best wor-
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For Constipation, Sick Headache.
Biiiiousness, or ny iroubie Of stu
mach, Liver or Kidneys they're
anriValed. Only 25c at Brown &
Co. drug store.
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L. cARrEHTEns AND JOIEERs
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All members, new and old Will
please meet at s o'clock. Tuesday
evening at office OF r. F. Seof
fern. under citizens Back for or
A NJ Works. Local Deputy.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-11-22
MESSENGER SHOT BANDIT.
Attempt to Dynamite Train in Colo
RADIO Came to Sudden End.

Trinidad, Col, Nov. 20.-Four mask.
ed robbers held up passenger train
No. Z on the Colorado e. Southern road,
IL miles south of here. One of the
robbers was shot by Express Messen-
ger H. w. Sherwick of Fort Worth.
Tex. The robbers tagged the train
and as 1t slowed up they ran alongside
of the engine and covered the crew
with revolvers. They then compelled
the engineer, John Guilfril, to alight
and after placing a sack with dyne
mite under the baggage car and at.
taching a fuse to the explosive, they
ordered Guilfril to ignite the fuse
This he attempted to do several times
but for some reason the fuse would
not burn. During this proceeding the
robbers kept up a fusillade of shots
in the direction of the train for the
purpose of intimidating the passen.
gers.
While they were preparing to re-
arrange the dynamite and fuse. Mes
senger Sherwick, after extingushing
the lights in his car, quietly opened a
side door in the car far enough tc
admit a gun barrel and fired at the
nearest robber. The latter fell in his
tracks. His startled companions
picked him up and quickly disappeared
in the woods nearby. None of the pas
sengers were molested. The sheriff
Of Las Animas county Immediately or
garized a posse and is now in pursuit
of the holdups.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-11-22
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Mrs. Laura J. Drawer, wife of J. T.
Drawer of North Yakima, Wash, re-
Gently took an overdose of morphine
and died
James Harvey, Northern Pacific
telegraph lineman, was run dokn by
passenger train east OF Pasco recently
and killed. His body was ground to
pieces.
A fire lasting three days has de-
stroyed the town of Resht, in Persia.
Fifteen hundred houses and many
warehouses were wiped out and 200
people persisted.
Queen Helen has been accouched of
daughter. The mother and child are
announced to be doing well. The new
princess will be named "Mafaloa"
4CandhB 1th1in3)3 81 b 3)3 93)93)
Dave Lee, Andrew Hoard and Bur-
den Bates, negroes of Prattville, Ala,
charged with setting fire to and burn
ing the dwelling of Samuel p. Steele
last July, were tried, convicted and
sentenced to be hanged.
Martin Sargsson who claimed to be
a nephew of President Kruger of the
former Transvaal republic, and his Is
year old wife had a short dream of
bliss at Glendiye, Mont. Mrs. Sarg-
sson, after single days welded life,
returned to her home in Miles City.
In the American Federation of La
Dor resolution condemning the re-
cent reported utterances of President
Eliot of Harvard college in favor of
"scab" workingmen was reported upon
favorably by the committee, and it's
action was indorsed by the conven-
ton.
The Idaho pardon board has granted
a pardon to John Walker, sentenced
in 1901 in Washington county to four
years for horse stealing, and John H.
Long of Owyhee county, June, 1891, Is
years for murder in second degree.
parole granted on recommendation of
Warden Ballard and ex-Warden Ar
ney.
The body of girl baby evidently
about days old and very small, was
found in the Chehalis river about a
mile above Aberdeen, Wash, by John
Kane, logger, recently. That it had
been Intentionally drowned was evil
dent from the fact that it had large
stone tied by buckskin thong around
it sneck.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-11-22
A Branch to Coast.

President Mellen states that it is
the intention of the Northern Pacific
to build, in the near future, an extern.
sion along the north bank of the Co
lumbia river to the coast. Another
branch contemplated for the ensuing
year, and which is now being survey
ed will extend from the Columbia
river to Yakima, crossing the Cas-
cades by way of the Cispus pass,
which has an elevation of $500 feet.
This line will open up large area
of land that has been hitherto I'M
settled because Of lack of transpor-
tation.