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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-29
HAX TWINS STRANGE CASE.
One Dies. the Other Suffers Pains OF Dsath
uIh

In perfect health. fell III, why she SUI
fered yieariousy when her sister lay
unconscious under the knife, or why
she ceased to suffer when her sister
died They know only that these
strange things happened. The operation
on Mrs. Smith was PERFORMED In the
Ellsworth hospital, amid surroundings
that no house, however luxurious, could
afford. Where every surgical precau-
ton looking TO success could be taken.
The surgeons in the hospital know the
facts as here related.
81 had never known OF such case
before" said Or. u. A. Martin, one OF
the surgeons. II think Mrs. Foreman's
suffering can be accounted for only on
the theory that It was caused by the
strong sympathy that existed between
these two sisters, Properly speaking,
Mrs Foreman was not III at all; she
suffered no real pain But her sympa-
thetic mind was wrought up to me
highest pitch and she felt on Thought
she felt, the pain her sister would have
suffered had she been operated upon
without the use of chloroform. IL Is an
absolute certainty that Mrs, smith did
not suffer pain. while on the operating
table or afterward, She was utterly
unconscious TO all feeling her death
resulted from shock. Mrs. Foremans
suffering. therefore was caused by an
overwrought mind"
As has been said the sisters strong
love for each other remarkable In their
childhood, was still more remarkable IN
their womanhood. Mrs, Foreman mar
red and went with her husband 20
Denver but so strong was her attach
ment for her sister that they managed
TO see each other frequently. Although
hundreds Of miles apart, they often be-
lleved they knew each others thoughts,
and felt that in their mutual sympathy
they were very close together. After
her marriage Mrs. Foreman Travelled
much abroad and was absent for
months, but communication between
the twin sisters was never broken. They
cabled to each other al frequent inter-
walls and flashed their thoughts to each
other under the sea.
Often after their reunion they found
that, while they were separated, they
had been doing the same things, or
thinking of the same subjects, al the
same time. Learning this their friends
will think they had been In telepathic
communication. But Mrs. Smith and
Mrs. Foreman positively disclaimed the
possession Of telepathic powers. They
said:
I'VE are exactly alike in everything;
we love each other therefore we can
almost read each others minds"
Their physicians say they cannot yet
tell whether Mrs. Smiths death will
have a permanent effort on Mrs. Fore
man, who naturally Is a strong, vigor-
Gus and healthy young woman. Her
profound grief, they say, may result in
nothing serious, but on the other hand
1t may affect her deeply and perma-
nently. She Ia the mother Of a hand
some boy, to whom she has devoted her
life since It's birth. but Notwithstanding
her affection for her own child. she
loved Mrs Smith with stronger love.
perhaps than generally exists even be-
tween twin sisters. The doctors hope
that Mrs Foreman's mother viii prove
her solace. New York World.
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or 1880 per cent Of the families In Scot.
land accommodate themselves In houses
of three rooms or fewer, as compared
with 716S per cent at 1891, and gen
eral condition Of better mcnt, Is, AS a
rule, apparent, on contrasting the pro-
portions living In large houses at the
two censuses,
Further tables indicate that ace rs
the average proportion of persons to
each family throughout the country
when compared with the corresponding
ratios at 1891 census the Improvement
ihen occurring is found to be continued
inasmuch as while there are now more
persons to each family there are fewer
families TO a house, fewer persons u
each house, but more rooms Ia each
house more rooms 20 each family AMI
fewer persons 10 each room,
The counties which show best IN the
way of housing Of the inhabitants are
NaiIn, Butte and Kirkcudbright
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HAS STIRRED ALL EUROPE.


Carmen Sylvia, the poet queen of Rou-
mania, Is always doing eccentric things
which involve her long-sufrering hus-
band and his ministers In trouble. She
neans well, but, like so many women
lifted In the lyrical way, is lamentably
uefcient in tact and does not seem TO
bc able TO realize that the occupants
p thrones are subjected to certain re-
ksrlclions OF utterance and behavior
from which people Of less exalted rank
Pr exempt. Her latest faux pas" has
seen In connection with Count Tostoi.
an King Charles and his ministers
nave been obliged not only 10 ask the
cars pardon for the affront to which
nh had subjected his government, but
likewise to make public the apology.
I. Two years ago the queen gave Of
tense at the court Of st. Petersburg by
writing to Count Tolstoi a letter which
tound It's way into the newspapers, de-
clarlng that his works were her favorite
pooks and that she always had them
Uslde her. The Russian government
Voc No official notice Of the matter.
~ when. a short time back, she wrote
M urging him to leave Russia and
Hllle In Roumania. where he would be
ree from every kind OF persecution"
end offered to place at his disposal not
only royal residence at Slnaia, her
@gniicent country plapce in the most
picturesque portion Of Carpathlans--
tM Roumanian Bamoral, in fact-and
MeWise a furnished house nj Bucarest.
W Muscoyite government offered a
xWlnal protest, and the car directed
~ envoy at the court Of Roumanla to
eSk for explanations.
accordingly, King Charles has can
caed his wfe's invitation to Tolstoi and
INFORMED the czar Of the fact. while the
bueharest government has published an
0mclal oommunique to the effect that
"he counts soiourn IN Roumanla was
never Intended to be anything more
tmn a brief visit, such as other cele.
braied men Of letters have often paid
tothe queen in spite Of the fact that
the latter's duly published Invitation
explicitly begged Tolstol TO make his
hone In her husbands dominlons
IT order 20 appreciate the situation,
u nust be explained. withou, detract.
Ing In any way from Tolstois renown
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SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY,

A new map shows that the peatbogs
NJ Ireland cover 1861 square miles.
mostly In counties Donegal. Mayo and
Galway. Their average depth Is %
feet
A Omitted States Food Pharmacop-
celia" 10 aid the grocer and the food
inspector ms the Pharmacopoeia serves
the druggist, Is the suggestion Of Mr.
Edward " Eaton. Of the Illinois food
commission. The work 20 be prepared
by experts. should contain a classifca-
,ion and description Of the various anil
NAL. vegetable and mineral substances
used for food or In preparing food, with
standards Of quality. methods OF manu-
facture and preparing for the market.
and chemical data 60 prove purity or
character or amount Of adulteration.
Every effort should be exerted 20 make
the book authoritative with the trade
and as influential In court rs possible.
The United States Pharmacopoeia. Sc
lected as an excellent model, Is revised
every ten years, and Is controlled by
an Incorporated body. with a hoard OF
FIVE trustees 10 transact all business
and a carefully chosen revision COM
mittee Of % medical men and pharma-
cists
Tattooing the cornea with sterilized
India ink Is recommended by Or. ]. s.
Rorsch for iessening the unslghiliness
Of onanuc snots on the eve. When the
opacity IL slight the treatment may
even give a considerable restoration Of
sight.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-29

Surely a stronger bond Of loving SYM
pathy or one more delicate, never ex-
listed than that between the twin sis
tiers. Mrs. Emma Hax Smith and Mrs.
Bertha Hax Foreman OF st. Joseph Mo.
They looked alike, they had Identical
dispositions, tastes, incllnations. Truly
can II be said that as children, they
"shared each others joys and sorrows.'
Indeed, when one suffered physical
pain, the others sympathetic nature
seemed to share II. As young girls they
were inseparable as married women
they lived near each other, nor did new
ties, new duties, new affections. dimin-
ish their intense ssterly love- twin
slstery' love, If that expression con-
yeys a better idea of the strength Of
their mutual devotion,
Mrs. Smith fell i'll not long ago-her
physicians We're intensely puzzled to
find that Mrs. Foreman exhibited the
same symptoms as her sister, but was
entirely free from their cause.
Ii became necessary to operate on
Mrs Smith In the attempt TO save her
from quick and agonizlng death. She
was anaesthetized and the operation
was performed. without the slightest
pain to her, Of course.
IL was Mrs. Foreman who suffered.
She knew her twin sister was under the
knife, and no merciful anaesthetic
bmnted her senses or emotions or
dued her acute sympathy with her
sister
Il was Mrs. Foreman who felt, or
thought she felt, the sharp steel sever
+ ing her nerves, who endured every ter
& ror every agony from which her sister
J was preserved by unconsciouness. And,
mark you. there ~ no difference be-
tween believing that you suffer and ac-
tual suffering.
The operation was unsuccessful In
saving Mrs. Smiths life; she soon died.
Remarkable TO say, while her twin
sister was passing away, Mrs Foreman
continued to be desperately Ill.
And yet more remarkable--when Mrs.
Smith died Mrs Foreman's sufieirngs
ceased. But her body had been so
racked, her mind had been so tortured.
her sympathy had been under tension
SO exquisltely painful that she. too, was
q very near death.
~ Such are the plain facts that now In
tensey interest physicians and all else
who know them. The father of these
81 twin sisters was the late Louis Hax of
81. Joseph, who made a fortune in the
manufacture of furniture. Mrs. Smith
was the wife Of Harry A. Smith, presi-
dent and general manager of the
Smith-HaX Furniture company.
The sisters were educated with every
refinement, which, perhaps, rendered
! them more susceptible to nervous i'm
presslons. Both have been surrounded
* with everything that money can buy
spnd occupied fine social position. Mr..
1Rmlth's home Is a handsome brown
5stone house on larson street, In the
Questionable part Of the city. Almost
tacross the street Is Mrs Foreman's res 3.
31dence
Mrs Foreman and her friends do not
try to explain why she, who had been
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CCOTLANDiS CENSUS.
Revised Returns Show Rapid Increase OF Population
In the Land o. Cakes.
THE AFFLICTED.

addition 2O2. 200, or Asa per cent spok
both Gaelic and English
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There are in an 1888 blind persons
males 1866. females l,5S7-of whom
i92 were so from childhood OF the to-
val number 1888 are IN various lnstltu-
tons, leaving 800 living at home A.
The last census the total blind num-
bered 2i91
The total number OF deaf and dumb
9t the census was 2G3S-malcs lao.
female 1.22S.-and of those l.O1i were
SO from childhood. Deducting the 40
who were In institutions, there are 2.2l2
living at home At the last census the
total number was 2,l25
OF those afflicted with mnacy imbe-
cillty or feeble mlndednegs there are
q. POI
The total number OF foreigners in
Scotland at the census was 22,62f or
whom HAAS are males and S.lI9 le
irales. Russian nationality stands pre-
rmnently to the fore there being 10 =
378 such. Italians follow with a total
Of d05l, and Germans with q total or
9232. The numbers Of foreigners have
much increased since 1891.
WHERE WOMEN ARE SCARCE
The proportions OF the sexes vary
from 1861, the highest proportion OF
females, TO every 100 males in shetland
10 LnlthgoW. In which the lowest oc-
ours. where for every 100 males there
are but S6.55 females.
In three counties the female popula-
ton Is below that of the male, viz
t.anark, with 9S.17 females to every 100
males; Stirling, with 1888 females to
every 100 males; and Linlithgow, win
$685. In like proportion. At last census
these counties were in the same posi-
ton as to this and on the present oc-
casion the proportion Of females to
males Is in each below what Il was n
1891. Linlithgow hR shown this dis
parity In the proportion Of the sex IS
since 1861 census, when there were sii
females to every 100males at 1871 there
we're 96.i females to every 100 males, a
1891 there were 9l29 females TO every
100 miles nj 1892 there were $3.50 fe-
males TO every 100 maltese, and az the
present census there are $3.50 females
/ to every 100 males.
Five counties had between 10000 aud
$500 females TO every 100 males, VIZ,
Dumbarton with 10l.1S females 10 every
| 100 males; AYR with 1914 In like pro
| portion; Argyll with 1886 Kincardine
| with 1881, and orkney with lOi.60
Eight counties had between 10000 and
1000 females TO every 100 males, VIZ,
Haddlngton, 1924; Sutherland. 1881:
Inverness, l0j.90; Renfrew, l06.26; Fife,
l0Sl1 Knross. l0SS9; Berwick, 1898;
and Bann, l09i3.
Fourteen counties had between 1000
cnd 10000 females TO every 100 males,
VIZ, Kirkcudbnght, 1l0Ol Aberdeen,
1920 Marin, fi0A; Caithness. 1lO.7l;
Clackmannan, 1879 Ross and Gro
marty, li0Ss Dumfrles, 1ll20; PEBBLES
| lliSS Edinburgh ll2l0. Elgin, 1881;
| Perth. 1924; Wigtown. ll40l; RoX-
| burgh 1881; and Selkirk 1873
Three counties had over 10000 females
| 20 every 100 males, viz, Forfar 1924,
| Butte l2342; and Shetland, 1861,
THE HOUSING PROBLEM.
II should be noticed that on the pres
ent occasion there are but 40 one-room-
! ed houses i'm Scotland having no win
dow in which persons live, as COM
pared with 39S at 1891, i92 at 1881, and
5i5 at 1871. The population living IN
| two rooms does not differ greatly from
what II was ut 1891. being $3.50 pei
cent nj the DrpgCnt census and "a II nor
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-29

The first volume of the census Of
Scotland, taken last year. was pub
iiehed recently The difference between
the preliminary report and the revised
census is only 1913, the former having
given the population at 4472,O0O, and
the latter at 4,i72, lO3
There are 239S,34S females TO 2,i7S,755
males--a proportion Of 1851 to 100, a
lower proportion than in any previous
report. At the date Of the previous
taking Of the census. the population
was i,O256i7, the males 1,9i2,7l7, the fe,
males 2,OS29SO, thus giving total in
crease Of 4A6, 456 persons. The rate of
increase is, for the sexes combined, llC9
per cent The rate Is higher than any
since 1881, when II was 1904 per ctnt.
MORE BIRTHS THAN DEATHS.
During the intercensal period, 1891
1901, there We're registered 1870. 49S
births and 1S0, 1O3 deaths, which leaves
an excess OF births over deaths OF iSg.
tg5 persons. The real increase of the
population as enumerated, however
was 1876 persons, and the difference
# 1889 persons may be looked upo
as loss by emigrants over immigrants.
Should the rate of increase during the
past deconnlum uniformly con
tinue, the population OF Scotland will
double itself In the course OF nearly 50
years,
Fifteen counties show n decrease Of
population-namely, Inverness, 0.02 per
cent; Banff, 1902; Argyll, OGo Kirk
cudbrght, 151, Shetland 19O: Suther-
land, 20S; Dumfries, 225; Ross and
Cromarty $780, Clackmannan, 1885,
BERWICK 454; Orkney, SIC; Roxburgh
SIS: Caithness, $50; Wigtown, $780, and
Sclklrk, 1878,
The IS counties showing an increase
of population are Perth, with rate Of
ESQ per cent; Marin, 149: Butte, EOS
PEBBLES, PA; Forfar 229: Elgln, 306;
lladdington, 345; Kinross. 4.G2. Aber-
deem, us; Ayr l24O; Edinburgh, 1855;
Fife 1A9i; Kincardine. 1880; Dunn
barton. 1911 Renfrew, 1854: Stirling,
20J6 Lanark, 2l.l1; and Llnlithgow,
2i43.
The mainland population number A.
1851 the Insular population 155,552
persons,
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THE HOUSING PROBLEM.

II should be noticed that on the pres
ent occasion there are but 40 one-room-
ed houses in Scotland having no win
dow in which persons live, as COM
pared with 39S at 1891, 492 at 1881, and
! 5i5 at 1871 The population living in
two rooms does not differ greatly from
what II was ut 1891, being $3.50 per
cent at the present census and 1911 per
cent at the former. over three. fourths
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-29

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Remember this is not patent med-
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SAVE YOUR MONEY

and when you get dollar. deposit II
with lions Savings Bank and Trust
Co.. No. Main St., the largest and old
est Savings Bank IN Utah. Four per
cent interest paid on any amount from
81 TO 5000 Cali or write for any In
formation desired.
JOSEPH f. SMITH, President
GEORGE Nj. CANNON, Cashier
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TOWN AND COUNTY.

The total town population at the
present census Is 3,l2O2 al, which is an
increase Of iSS,943, or 1855 per cent
over what II was at 1891 in the vii
lagos i66,053 souls were enumerated, an
increase Of but 2l7, or COS per cent IN
excess Of the corresponding population
n 1891. the inhabitants OF the rural
districts amounting TO SS5, 500. which is
425O4, or 4.60 per cent below what II
was at 1891. At the 1891 census 653T
per cent of the inhabitants resided IN
he towns; at the present census the
corresponding ratio Is 69.77 per cent,
In the villages at 1891 there was 1857
per cent Of the total population; at
1901 there was 1912 per cent, and while
93.O6 per cent were located in the rural
districts at the former census, but
1881 per cent is the proportion at the
present one.
AT the census there were $50 persons
to each square mile in the country, and
the number of acres TO each person was
i.3, The county most sparsely populat-
ID Is Sutherland where there are but
II persons to each square mile, the
most densely so being Lanark, where
In a corresponding area there would he
t,523 Individuals Throughout the
country 2S,l06 or 063 per cent Of the
Inhabitants spoke Gaelic only, while in
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18
A BIG GAIN.

Last year the revenues derived
school land amounted to $74o. 40.
This year the lease of 1900 acres
will bring over S21oo. 1t is be-
lieved that the remainder Of the land
will be leased and that the revenues
will exceed $4,000. This shows a
large increase in the school funds
accruing from this source. The
Gazette congratulates Superintend-
ent Alleman and the Board on this
splendid showing.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18
The Knights of Pythias.

A banquet was given at Domen-
geaux's restaurant last Tuesday
evening by the Knights of Pythias.
The installation of officers took
place a few days ago and the ban
quet was given to commemorate
that event. The installation cere-
mony was nduc.ed by District
Deputy John Vigneaux and the fol-
lowing officers we're installed: T.. 7.
Breaux, G. G. H.. w. H Alexander,
V. c H.; w. V. Nicholson, p. ;
Felix M"uton, NJ. E Levi Emes,
NJ. F.; G.. E. Carey, K. r. S.; G.
Lusted. NJ. w.; L. Lacoste. l. G.;
w. E. Johnson, O. G..
The banquet was splendidly got
ten up. everything being calcula ted
to make the occasion most pleas
urable one The vlctuals and wines
were of a high degree of excellence
and the service was faultless. The
lofty ideals Of Pythianism and the
unselfish spirit of brotherhood
which Characterizes the order
the world afforded fruit
full themes to the toast makers. The
Lafayette lodge of Knights of Py-
thias is in most prosperous cond,-
ton. It's membership is large and
increasing.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18

WE DO ~-ALL KINDS OF JOB =
PRINTING NEATLY AND PROMPT 3
........ =
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18

THE NEED or TIER
SCHOOL HOUSES

During the past few days Super
intendent Alleman visited mum
Der Of the ward schools. With one
or two exceptions the enrolImen,
was found to be small, due in some
cases to the fact that parents are
still keeping their children at home
to pick cotton. 1t Is rather late in
the season for cotton picking, but
1t appears that portion of the
crop is yei unharvested The cot
ton picking season interferes very
much with the schno OILS, because
such large number Of pupils are
kept away from their studies that it
Is in many Instances impossible TO
secure the required attendance 1t
would seem to be wise policy to
have the vacation during the cotton
picking months instead Of having it
in the summer, but owing to the
badly ventilated school houses the
heat during tire warm season IS in
tolerable. There is a crying need
for better sch rol houses in this par
ish, In most cases the buildings
are entirely too small, and with few
exceptions they have been con
structed without any regard for the
health and comfort of the teachers
and pupils. 1t is really incredible |
hat a country SO rich in natural |
advantages and settled by people /
noted for their generosity and hos
oi'ality should be SO poorly equipped
n school houses. The School
Board is unable to build better
'ouses because of lack of means,
Ill the funds available being used to
Jay current expenses. 1t is sad
on the intelligence and
Of the people of
his parish that they have not yet
called the importance of provid-
ng ample facilities for the educa-
ion of their children. And it will
'ot do TO say that the government
condition The people are respon-
IDLE and they have none but them
elves to blame. 1t is the result of ,
nPardonablc apathy on their part
of inexcusable indifference, and
hey might as well recognize the
act now that the question is up to ,
hem for solution. In plain terms, s
hey have to 90 down into their I
cans and provide the only remedy. {
hey must learn the doctrine of self
clip. 1t is their own welfare which
at stake--the future worth and $
sefulnes Of their chIldren-and y
nless they open their eyes to the
impending dangers of illiteracy and Il
,norance they perhaps may not,
ut their offsprings will 1--we to rue N
Ieir mistake.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18

The Mutual Life Of New York
writes :he cheapest, and guarantees
larger results on life insurance than
any other company represented in
Lafayette. l back this statement
with facts and figures.
J. K. DoMENGEAUx,
Agent.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18

Gus Burden, the ell.known New
Orleans drummer, was in town this
week.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18

There are many hats equal to our
So Star hats. but they cost you
IS. Plonsky Bros.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18

Cold cream---the sweetest and
purest made--at Clegg's drugstore
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18

White Pine Expectorant for
coughs and colds-guaranteed and
sold only at the Moss Pharmacy.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18

John H. Commit, general manager
to the Crescent News and Hotel
Company, was in town Sunday.