The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-01-21

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has 20 other means of support
though they own small farm il
the northern part of Marion county
The mother said she felt hopefu
of her daughters recovery, and sh,
was at a loss to understand wha
was the matter, as the girl, who il
now II years old, had always beer
in good health, except for a ter
days sleep she had yea. ago last
fall. The trouble then, as now,
was over falling out with her low
er.
Atthat time she was missed, anG
later found in the nearby woods ly.
ing behind a log fast asleep and
nearly frozen to death. She was
revived with great difficulty, ba,
after about ten days of unconscious
ness she revived and appeared in az
good health as ever.
Miss Meeks was working in q
restaurant last fall and keeping
company with a young man. On
Sunday afternoon, September %,
they quarraled and the girl be-
came hysterical and fell over
asleep. She was carried to her room
and medical aid called, but it was
impossible to rouse her and she lay
practically lifeless for three days
until che was suddenly reused by
one of the doctors. She Jumped
quickly. looked up, but almost inn
mediately lapsed into unconscious
ness again. Several physicians
were called and her parents, who
were atthatT time living on their
farm, came here, and with the as
sistance of charity began house.
keeping.
Everything has been tried, Oste.
opaths, hypnotists, and Spiritual
lists, with the regular medi al fra
ternity, have. had their trial, but
most of them have failed even to
gain he1 attention.
Her pulse has been "a lately and
her temperature normal. Sunday,
December %, she had another sink
ing spell, and her temperature ran
up to 100, but it is now normal;
and as the girl is taking nourish-
mentth hope is entertained that
she WILL round into complete con-
sciouaness again. The only time
she is said to have smiled was when
her lover was with her and held
her hand. She seemed then to re-
alize his presence, but it was only
for a moment.
There have been many parallel
cases, but there has also been some
thing organically wrong that caus~
ed the unconscious state. Only a
few weeks ago a woman in st. Lou
is by the name of Mrs. Alternately
fell asleep and could not be reused,
but it was found there was a small
clot of blood on her brain, and when
that was removed she was all right
again. With Miss Meeks nothing
unusual has been found to give a.
clue to the cause of the trouble, and
the physicians here, nearly all of
wnom have been called in, seem to
be completely baffled. The. girl is
not in atrance, but is just quietly
sleeping her life away.
New York, Jan. 16.-Not a pound
of railroad coal could be had in the
city yesterday. Thirty thousands
Of tons arrived but it was all high
priced Independent coal, which sold
for 5000 cents t. o. b., which means
SO cents additional cost for each
ton before it conld be brought to
this side Of the river.
There was great indignation be-
cause none of the dealers could OBJ
tain the SIS road coal. The sales
agents of the railroad companies
were asked where the SIS coal was,
who got it, or if sny of it could be
obtained. They gave evasive an
=swers. The dealers were therefore
compelled to bug the Independent
coal at 1870, or go without it.
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