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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30

These wings. as has been shown by the
impression left by them in the hne-grained
lithographic stone Of the period in which
the owner lived. few. and had his being.
were not feathered like the wings Of Q
bird.
His wings were great stretches Of MEM
brane. something like the wings of a bat.
The body. being that Of a lizard, was
without hair or feathers. possibly was
covered with small scales.
The bones. again, were proportionately
smaller and lighter than a birds. the
strength of the framework being obtained
by bracing the shoulder blades against the
back bone.
The th~irty-pound body Of the pterodactyl
was literally slung on a pivot between ss
two far-reaching pinions.
This lightness as compared With size
must AVE given its appearance, seen at a
distance. much of the cheerful gayety OF
the ordinary summer butterfly.
This brother to dragons was no butter
ny. however, on close acquaintance.
Its face was its main feature. for Its head,
chiefly a dagger-like beak about four feet
long. was SO disproportionateiy large that
the body was only just big enough to bal
ance It.
This formidable beak was probably COW
cred with a thin hard skin like the epider-
mis- of a crocodile.
This supposition is based on the fact that
none of the lizard family. to which this
great flying fisherman 80 evidently pc
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30

BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Centraiia, H., Nov. 29.-Dora Meek, 9
pretty girl who Is the victim OF a peculiar
nervous depression. following a Quarrel
with her sweetheart, still is unconscious in
slumber.
Her parents are poor.
Therefore. the attention Of specialists ha,
not been obtained for her.
Little is being done to relieve her.
She sleeps day in and day out, kncwina
nothing of what trenspires around her. or,
II she knows. betraying no indication Of it,
Until next Tuesday, August CaBtoefer,
q laborer protesting to be a E%pirttualist and
healer. has charge Of the case.
BY Tuesday this healer promises to nut
to night the evil spirit which he says DOM
mates the girl
Meantime, the father and mother await
In " the outcome Of this conflict between
spirit and S~pirituaiist.
They pin their faith to the latter. think
ing that their child has improved ninco he
took charge Of the case.
Carstoefer IL an unique a p-ersons9e n
sne case OF Miss Meek is rare In medical
history.
He 10 tall and wears a full red beard.
bis wife, be claims, fs a medium 10 ths
twelfth degree OF mediums,1ip."
found him at the Centrilia gas works.
where he is employed.
In mis- iaborers jeans trousers, with his
--I usls uiNch AroM tae hlfh OF the
engine which he had been cleaning. he
was. on the whole. affahia.
= - q case OF ohsessior," said ha.
ne EVIDENTLY considered this q SUFFICIENT
but when asked for an expIana-
ton. he continued:
mere are good spirits and evil spirits.
Sometimes they will work for The Sooa
OF the narm OF men in the flesh.
Now. this Is q bad spirit thar. .ft.- a..
Meek girl. Tue
When a spirit works on a livinr ma,
ana draws the life out of him, we cali r.
obsession. AA ~
I've seen this obsessing spirit standing
near the girl. but I've nevsr been able 70
stn,s OUT Just who it wal, when it was
T think it was some enemy At old mar
Meek. " wv MAN
This girl is a medium undevelo..d. I
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30

An even more interesting question . IT,
OF the possibility OF ever supDortine -
greater weight h the Pterodactyfe r
means OF wings under any conditions.
Broadly speaking, natural scdence - =
ready deduced from . study az -
Coaurres the paradox tina the IarrG
animal h less relative surface 8
Is needed for its support.
b wing surface Of the Pterods~&
the power Necessary to support e
proportionaay than that needed
humming bird. a.
The screech owl. weighing ! thfva
pound. has a supporting area In ~
OF 20 square feet Of wing su~rfseSE
pound. -
The condor. weighing 1s.ss pounds
only SO square feet Of area for each
OF weight.
These facts In nature have vet
squared with a Law In msthematiesz
BY this law it would appear thsf
ing creature could have an AREA
i ,asssa nan the larger iying creatunr2
isss enoued with a strength az vf1
ooes not exist In the aIbetross.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30

an inherent predisposition to unstable ac-
ton Of the neurones that make up the
nerve centers Of the mental area of the
brain.
There always exists in cases Of the kind
an hereditary instability Of nerve element
which predisposes the Individual SO unstably
endowed to pass into states of nervous de-
preston under the sudden impress Of q
heart shock or other violent and sudden
emotion OF the mind.
A disappointment In love, or sudden re-
verse OF fortune, or an overmastering sor-
row or bereavement, following a nerve-cen-
ter strain, such as anxious watching, have
caused states of the brain such as that OF
Dora Meek and Mollie Fancher.
1t is one Of the phychic phases Of the
hysterical constitution.
These cases are comparatively rare.
They often show exaggerated as wen as
depressed sensibility.
In all of them. however. there Is nerve
cell perversion of function either In the
brain or lower down in the spinal cord. or
in both.
The trance states, the anaesthetic and
hyperaesthetic states Of hysteria, are inter-
esting studies to the student OF the human
nervous system.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30
NssA%EEx zSsgHzsy9w
AFPERs. M HzR Gz3z4n~ESomx

her carr. causes a slight frown as II she
were provoked.
The only suggestion that she does respond
to sound il that in q weak and languid
manner she evinces . disposition to do the
| opposite Of what Is suggested to her:
Her father, Joshua Meek, was a farmer.
! He saws that until this peculiar sickness
visited his daughter she was always
healthy.
GIRL SAID TO HAVE INHERITED
NERVOUS TEMPERAMENT.
Her mother IL of q peculiarly excitable
and nervous Temperament. which, It Is said.
the daughter also possessed.
One Of the mothers sisters. when 70 years
old, became insane. She wa sent to an
asylum.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30

She lay beside a tree about 100 yards from
the house.
What are you doing here. Dorar' her
father asked.
II don't know. papa" the girl nswered
as II dazed.
She could not be induced to speak again
for thirty-six hours.
Then she partially Weakened. but lapsed
again into slumber.
1t was a month before she fully recov-
cred.
The second and most severe stroke came
at an emotional climax. Two young men
were very devoted to her. and sought to
marry her.
One was Charles Kuntz Of Centralia and
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30
LARGEST FLYING CREATURE
WAS THE PTERODACTYL

This Enormous Lizard Used to Wing Its Way Over Waters of In
land Sea That Stretched From Kansas to Gulf of Mexico
How It Compares With Modern Birds and
Flying Machines.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30

Physicians Are Unable to Awaken Pretty Dora Meek, Who Is Suffer
ing From a Nervous Depression Believed to Have Been
Caused by a Quarrel With Her Sweetheart.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
Chapter VIII.
EVACUATION.

Confusion iudescribable, consternation in
the extreme, paralyZed for while the minds
pf the tories. All illusions were swept away,
and in their place was a reality never con-
aemplated: horrible black future with the
Immediate need to save the most precious
possessions, and in haste; whether well or
sick, young or old, to pack and go. Each
according to his character fought against de-
spair, and, summoning his energies as he
might, fell to his work.
On. the, promontory of Dorchester hill
elose overhung the town. 1t stretched to such
O point that it fanked the British embank-
ment on the Neck and from a short half
mile could rake the gunners at their work,
or in the other direction could pitch a ball
Tar within the town. 1t bore another Of those
rugged New England names which proved so
full OF meaning to the British. Noddle's
Island, Breeds Hill, Bunker's Hill, Cobble
Hill, Lechmere Point, Lambs Dam, were
now to add Nooks Hill to their number
Howe had had his eye upon 1t; on the night
OF the ninth a fire was seen there, and his
batteries opened.
All night the cannon reared, from the
Americans and British alike. 1t was the Sc
verest fire that yet had come Balls fell
crashing in the town, and one struck the
Ellery house, where Thomas Ellery, crouch
ing by the library hearth: Tudor, anxious
for his sisters safety. and Brush, making
ahe conditions Of a bargain, all started at the
fhud, of the impact.
But two who were there-Alice sitting by
the f1re, and sotheran leaning at the mantel-
did not move. Sotheran had come, accord
ing to his policy, to keep himself in Alce's
mind, and to- hold up before her. by sinister
glances from his steely eyes, the threat by
which he meant to win her. 1t was at 6
moment when their eyes had met that the
clash came, but neither of them stirred. Sothe
eran shot his threat; Alice met it fearlessly
and erect unmovable, unyielding, they
scarcely heard noise which had no terrors
for either. ....'-
But the others heard above them the splin-
terirg of wood-the ball entered by a win.
dow. The ceiling was Jared some plaster
fell, and as Thomas started frightened from
his seat before his eyes part of the wall
swung slowly open. A bookcase moved bodily
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
Real Estate Transfers.

|
Millers' and Manufacturers Insurance
company to Lavinia Hooper; north half
OF lot 20, block II, B. S. Wright's
addition ......... notwithstanding.
Irving A. Dunsmoor and wife to. An
drew S. Keyes; lot and part of lots
2 and 8, block u, first division of
Ellen Retcham alH to Anna II: H.. Larson;
lot 6. block 2, rearrangement Of blocks
E. F, G. H, T and u, Falls City
addition .................. -. ..... ........"
Ellen Ketcham to Anna H: Larson;.
lot 1, block 9, Phillips addition go.
! N. La .Croix; lot IL, block 2. Hob
Miiiers' and .Manufacturers' Insurance
company to Fred Leonard; south half
| Of lot 21, block II, B. s. Wright's ad- -
Addie A. Anderson to Eta A. Mills;
| lot g.. block 6, Crim's Second addition
Emma E. Grimes to Eta A. Mills; p
lots ls,, 49,, II and IS. block l. etc.
W.. J. Reed and wife to Alexander 4.
McKechnie; part Of lot 7, Auditors
k subdivision No. 81 ..:....::.
Henry A. Barnes and. wife to Ellen M.
McPharlin ct al; lot 1, Homer's re-
arrangement .....................
John Elmer and wife to James H.
Peters: lot 6, Hunts subdivision: :.....
Julia Clark to Nicholas Pierro; part
/ of lots 1, 2 and 8, block 3, Woodland
LaYts park K Hui and wife to Samuel
Scott; west half of lot 3, block 1,
Barnes addition ...........
Millers' and Manufacturers Insurance
company to Margaret Smith: south
half of lot 20, block II, B. s.: Wright's
addition OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
1della M. Huntress and husband to Ed
| win o. Sullivan; in block g., Twenty
! sixth street addition ........:..1:.
Alvin W. Krech and wife to George
NJ sxan'a Wilson; o1i,t,Gn lot g. block l. Clinton
5ohn Anenae a. siieRfeld snelfeR and wife to David
Gagne; lot 1, block IA, Saga Hill re-
Eta Mills and husband to Emma, g..
Grimes; lot 9, block s. Crim's Sec
Rome tome 1A'o G. Brown and wife to L: S. !:
| Gillette; lots /, 2. 3, g., 10 and H.
| block Is, ETC., Wayzata revised ....:.
George G. wing and wife to L. S.
Gillette; lots 2 to 10, block 49, etc.,
Asa T. Abbott and wife to Fred F.
Eaton; lot 1, block 4, Fairmount Park
Maude T. burroughs to Edward J.
| Davis; lots 8 and 10, block 8, Twenty
sixth street addition .;:..;:,;::;, ;:. :: s:..S
j. Cooper; in section 30, township
| H. range % ....................
Henry NJ. Bracken and wife to Will
| liam H. Condit; part Of lots and 3.
block 2S. St. Anthony Falls ......:..
| w. Yale, Dennis and wife to Lucius,
H. Caswell and wife; lot Q, block 2,
| Morse & Small's addition .......:.....
Edward j. Davis and wife to Maude T:
Burroughs; south half OF lot 4, Dlock
6. Lake OF the Isles addition .........
Amelia Woodward ct al. to Alphonse
D. Barrie; in section 6, township II,
range "a .............i....:'
Eight minor deeds Neutrality-suspicious..
Total 36 deeds ............. :. ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18

longer have anything to say In the matter
OF taxation. Because OF the civil authority
exercised prejudice may exist against the
friars in many districts. But believe this is
largely of personal nature, and that 1t could
be overcome by reassignnent.
A friar in his new field would attend solely
to his ecclesiastical duties and win the hearts
OF the people he served. Any other arrange
ment than something like this would mean
chaos. ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
The Lending Malt Extract.

Malt Murine Is the. only really: great
Extract of Malt offered on the market,
other so-called extracts being nothing
better than strong black beer. with a
large percentage Of Alcohol and a very
small one of extractive' matter Such
extracts should not be given or recon-
seeking people, since their merits are all
on the label and not in the bottle: Malt
Murine Is prepared by the Anheuser-
Busch Brewing Assn, which guarantees
its purity, excellence and merit,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
DOESN'T MEAN FRICTION
Rev. j. j. Kenne's View OF Taft's
Transfer Of Negotiations.

Immaculate Conception believes that the
transferring of the negotiations between
Governor Taft and the vatican to Manila
satisfactory arrangement. He finds
nothing to Indicate friction. He thinks
the reports of foreign papers have been
colored as the Roman press is not friend
ly. He says further: .s
Personally, would not like to SEQ the
present friars deposed I believe there is a
better solution of the problem. There is con-
siderable dissatisfaction with, the friars, but
this is because Of the civil authority they
have exercised. ~ .=@ m.
But the purchase OF the friar lands would
divest them Of this, and they would ne
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
TWAS A GOOD OMEN
Timely Recovery of a wedding Rim,
Saves n Life.

1l"cAy 'ScuNSFS~OA wedding hing
Saves n Life.
Surgeons who operated upon Mrs. Jacob
Adrion of st. Paul at the Lake Elmo san
atorium early this week, say she will owe
her prompt recovery to belief in omens.
Last year, while she was in bathing at
White Bear lake, she lost her wedding
ring: The, loss bothered her greatly, as
she had a superst1tious idea that the loss
meant bad luck. Dilligent search was
made but the trinket could not be found
A short time ago physicians informed
her that she must undergo a dangerous
operation. She put the matter off az
long as possible, but finally consented to
undergo the ordeal. On the day she left
for the sanatorium she received word
from her brother-in-law Carl Brenner, OF
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18

saltwater, that he had found the ring at
the very place where 1t had been lost the
year before. r.. 4,
'sThat is good luck" exclaimed Mrs.
Adrion, II shall recover
She went to the hospital with a light
heart, submitted to the operation and is
now on the high way to recovery, a con-
dition, her attendants say, that has been
brought about, in great part at least, by
the confidence she herself felt in the for
tunate omen of her recovered wedding
ring. - Vs. -'&
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
HERE Is YOUR CHANCE

DR.. Reeds celebrated cushion shoes in
tan colors at half price. We have never
had a, sale en- tan goods, but now propose
to close out every: pair Of colored shoes
in stock Get them blackened If you want
to, but get them now, while you can. 104
pairs womens choice vici kid lace, $3.50;
as pairs mems choice vici and calf lace,
small sizes, $3.50: $50 pairs mems. choice
vici and calf lace, 7 to II, SO. 1t is your
opportunity to get the best. Exclusive
agency, Kasota block. g.. -. - =.
5000 New York and Return-The
Burlington Route -
Will sell July 16 and 80, also on Aug. s
and 1s, to New York City and return.
For further particulars, call at Burling-
ton Route Ticket Office. Ala Nico1let Av.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
,5on-Mr and Mrs Afford lila KenWoOd

Boden-Mr. and Mrs Afford, lila Kenwood
parkway ......:. ...............:.... .::.:. girl
Mycne-Mr. and Mrs. Lester, 1882 Etgh-
teenth avenue gifl
avenue N ..,................... boy
Weiderer.-Mr. and Mrs. Albert, 29lS
Fourth avenue S .............:........b boy
First street 5 ...................... boy
Hogen-Mr. and Mrs. John, 2s4o Humboldt
Avenue Nr.................... boy
Vitoff-Mr. and Mrs. Herman. 76l wash
inton avenue e....:....:............. boy
Airsmith-Mr. and Mrs. Second street
.....................:.. .:......: girl
Anderson-Mr., and Mrs. 1921 Third street
................. gir
PROFESSIONALLY. and Mrs Oscar, 913 Eighth
avenue ...:.............g girl
Meske-Mr. and Mrs Rudolf, 20S Fourth \.
avenue ...,............ girl
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18

Masonic Temple Association. Sixth
street and Hennepin avenue. interior
alterations ...-......... :..,...........
Timothy Fitzgerald, 1929 Harriet ave-
nue, dwelling ...........:,. ...:;:.::.;,.. -.
City of Minneapolis, south side Lake
street. between Second and: Third ave-
Robert W.. Turnbull, 1so1-11. Vine place
and Nos. ID. and 81 w Nineteenth
street, tenement row =: ~. ....:..
DR.. CT. Lund, 2202-12 Twenty-sav-
enth avenue S, dwelling ....: .:...:.....
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
Deaths.

Chapman-Charles Thomas, z74S Dupont ave-
| nue. S, 20 days.
| Millren-Willam corner Fourth avenue .
| and Fifth street -. >
| ouam-Sexert, 357 Monroe street, 81 years.
| Daniel-Robert Augusta 2427 w Twenty Sec
| ond street, months. t .
Fitts-Ida A., st. Barnabas hospital, Al years.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18

where we have come? We are bombarded
in our homes. and we must nee the town
4 see, said Tudor gloomily; I am
amazed; I do not understand it,.
1t Is punishment" :" said Alice. Her brother
made no answer. In a moment she added:
ut Is a Just punishment"
She thought he might start or exolaiun.
Instead, he turned to her sober face. do
YOU think so?'' he asked with interest GER
tainly, but without establishment. ~. =.
I'VE are in the wrong she answered.
She understood his answer 81 am SOL
der he said. ~ must go now. will keep
you informed. DO you be ready packed. .
He kissed her goodnight. = W. >s~a-..E2e
(To be continued tolmorrow.) T.1s !
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
Minnesota's Famous summer Resort.

NIHHesotH HHUus = HH " n~Her ~ tesorts
Teachers can visit nearly all OF Mime
sota's attractive summer resorts at small
expense, by making use Of the Great
Northern's excursion rate Of one fare for
the round trip. Further information at
City Ticket Office, v. D.. Jones, @. P, &
T. A., 800 Nicollet Ave. Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
MARRIAGE Licenses.
Births.

Thirvald johnson and Emile Lndoerg.
Pedar Boe and Agnes Bother.
Harold o. Ersin and Esther l.. Nelson.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
summer Excursions via Great North
ern Railway.

Call at Great Northern City Ticket
ONCE for information, about excursion
rates to Minnesota Lakes, Isle Royale,
Montana and Washington points. Illus
trated booklets and full information at
CITY Ticket Office, v. d. Jones, @. P. d
T. A., 300 Nicollet Ave-, Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18

Millers and Manufacturers Insurance
company to Lavinia Hooper; north half
of lot 20, block II, B. s.. Wright's
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18

SEE yous doctor firsi yoo want 70. and see y he
tGoesnt ten you that you can't put into your stomach any
thing bettes than proper continuation OF whole wheat
Isud mae. -~7.7
SEE yous grocer aexs and ouy a package ol
""foRcE" which composed Of the whole OF the wheat
and bailey malt.
4 SEE how easy q is 70 eat proper food when 4
comes 70 xqp 10 . swest. iafispy. delicate take
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
Building Permits.

Total, 36 deeds ...........:.. .:::'.:'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-01
EHE aREAg ERADINe NAE1OEs.

Two nations, as shown by the latest
official figures, have exports exceed
ing a hundred million dollars a month
each. The United States is first, lead
ing Great Britain by but A per cent.
Two nations have monthly imports
exceeding one hundred millions. Great
Britain and Germany The former Il
far in he1ead. Her imports Of $212.
100000 a month alone exceed the total
foreign trade Of either the United
States or Germany for the same pc
Rod. 81 &c ea1~ss ans
Five nations have combined imports
and exports Of one hundred millions
per month. France is the fourth. The
fifth is not India, with its teeming
peoples, not Russia, whose benevolent
assimilation" of alien races has been
of late most rabid, but industrious,
highly educated little Holland.-Pres-
byterian Standard.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-01
KING EpwARt,s ILLNESS.

The following editorial from the
Charlotte Observer Gems to say about
all that-it is now necessary to say with
regard to King Edward:
The cables this morning hold out
a good hope of the recovery of King
Edward from the untimely operation
which he has just been forced to un-
dergQ. Untimely, yes. In coronation
week, when London was in gala at
tire; when representatives of every
nation on earth were assembled; when
bonfres were built on hundreds of
hills throughout Great Britain; when
battleships representing all the navies
of the world we're assembled, the King
is stricken, the festivities cease, the
gay decorations are, removed and the
multitudes dispense. Apart from the
danger and suffering of the King
there is something pathetic in the dis
appointment of the people-the Brit
ish and the visitors-and especially in
the sudden transition of feeling of the
Kings subjects from JOY to grief; for
while he may not be the most admira-
bic of men the English are the most
loyal of people and the life of their
sovereign, no matter whom that SOW
ereign may be, is very precious in their
| cIOh4 t p,14 o. 4l1,--l H. Goo4Ssls-S
had a sad and sudden termination, and
will not be renewed, when Edwards
coronation occurs, if it does occur, on
the same scale of m~agnifence on
which they we're Originally planned,
it seems quite probable, contrary to
the reports of yesterday, that the life
of their King will be spared to his peo-
pie and this they viii take, after their
period of anxiety, as full compensa-
ton for the disappointment they have
had in the termination of their cele-
b~ration ere it had fairly begun.
Supplying certain information upon
points about which questions are ask
ed, it may be said that King Edward
is in his sixty-second year. His wife,
Queen Alexandra, is a daughter of the
King of Denmark, and they have one
son and three daughters living. The
son is George Frederick Ernest Al
bert, Prince of Wales, who will sue
coed to the throne upon Edwards
death. He is 81 years old this month,
married the eldest daughter of Fran
els, Duke of Tech, and they have three
children-two sons and one daughter.