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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
STITCHED A HEART WOUND.
ST. Louis Physicians Made a Remark.
able Operation.

A novel surgical operation was per-
formed at the City hospital, st. Louis,
Mo, on Edward Spilker, aged 10, who
had shot himself in the left breast
An aperture was made, and between
pnlsations the wound In the heart was
closed with three stitches. The bul.
let had also perforated the apex Of
the left lung. A portion an inch and
a half square was cut away, a heavy
silk ligature tied about the lung, drain.
ing tubes heing established and the
chest cavity closed. The patient
speedily rallied. and 1t is believed he
will recover. iH.I
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
Fatal to Another Jackie.

Rear Admiral Higginson cahled
from San Juan Porto Rico that w. A.
Schert. sailor apprentice, of Chicago,
who was injured In the explosion ON
the battleship Massachusetts Friday,
died Sunday. making seven dead of
the gun crew of nine men, James
Garfield Patterson; of Pittsburg, one
of the wounded, win probably recov-
er, but II is doubtful If A. N. Dossett
will live. .rrt .U. ..n,. ..,.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
LOOKING FOR st4,ooo.ooo.
Gov. odell Wants Early Decision on
the Franchise Tag.

Gov. Odell and Attorney General
Cuneen of New York. decided to press
for an early decision by the Court of
Appeals on the franchise tax law.
which was declared unconstitutional
by the Supreme Court. There are
back taxes of s14,000,000 due from
corporations.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
Americans Resist.

The Americans residing in the Isle
of Pines are determined to resist be-
ing governed and taxed by the Cuban
officials pending settlement of owner
ship. The Alcaide of the island was
notified OF their intention to resist.
by force II necessary The taxes are
now due and all Americans have
pledged themselves not to pay.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
Iron Bar Mill Combine.

Negotiations are in progress among
the owners of seven or eight Of the
independent iron bar mills for conf
pinatlon of their properties into one
company. The proposed combination
Will include practically all the West
ern iron mills outside Of the Repub-
lie Iron and Steel company.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
Bio Contract Let.

Z F. "A. Corbitt, the engineer for tho
Americans, who own the electric
light and power companies at San
Luis Potosl,. Mexico, has given con
tracts through the Westinghouse
Church Company, New York, for tlle
westinghouse Machine Company 70
f,irpish'for the plant al San Luis Potosi
three 10e-ldIowatts generators. with
three horizontal tandem gas engines
eacA of 17O-horse power capacity.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
FOREIGN SHIPMENTS PREVENTED
Reading and Jersey Central Refuse
to Carry Independent Product.

to Garry independent Product.
An order has been issued by the
Reading railway at Philadelphia tenn
porarily. suspending the shipment Of
coal from individual operators from
Port Richmond to New England
ports. President Baer purposes to
prevent the independents forcing up
the price OF fuel in the present
stress. The order is practically an
embargo. With this order in effect
in Philadelphia, the Jersey Central, a
constituent company Of the Reading,
placed virtual embargo on inde-
pendent coal at Elizabethport. where
the individual operators have in stor-
age on cars very large quantity of
coal, held for higher prices.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
TiIlman Out Of ottloe

. duncan Clinch Hayward, was In.
augurated as Governor of South Car.
olina Jan. 21, and James It. Sloan was
sworn IL as Lieutenant Governor To
succeed James H., Tillman, the mur-
derer of Bonzales. Tillman refuses
to talk of the crime. IN
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
L1endrioks Out on Bail.

Dr. Charles G. Hendricks, convicted
with Samuel Stanton of conspiracy TO
secure for Laura Bggar the whole
estate of Henry M. Bennett, and sen.
fenced to two years and six months in
Jail, at Freehold, N. ", was released
on bail pending an appeal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
District OF Columbia.

While the District of Columbia ap-
preparation bill was up in the House
Tuesday. Mr. Sheppard, Texas, at
tempted to ridicule President Roose-
velt's antitrust campaign. Mr.. Cocb-
ran. Missouri, denounced what he
called the cowardly surrender of the
State department and Mr.. Hepburn,
Iowa, countered with the charge that
the administration of Polk surren.
dered the territory between ATTITUDES
40 and 5440 north. The District of
Columbia bill was passed
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
LviI. CONGRESS-.
Augmentation Bills.

The Senate Tuesday passed the
legislative. executive and judicial
appropriation bills. Mr.. Quay, Penn
sylvania, and Mr. Beveridge, Indiana,
had wordy argument over the state
hood bill After failing to have a
day set to take vote on it. Mr..
Quay threatened to ask the Senate
to remain in session until some agree
ment Is reached. Mr.. Hanna. Ohio,
spoke in opposition to the statehood
hill
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
Carnegie Gives to Physicians College

Andrew Carnegie has expressed his
willingness to give $4,000 to the Col.
lege of Physicians, of Philadelphia,
on condition that the same amount Is
subscribed by others, for the ad.
vancement Of medical science.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
Adams Company Absorbs Others.

The announcement is made that the
Adams Express Company has absorb,
ed the Morris European and Ameri.
can express company and will hence.
forth engage in European express
business.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
-Four seamen Drowned.

Four seamon were drowned by the
wreck of the American bark Abiel
Abbott on the beach mile above Ship
Bottom life saving station. New Isr-
sey. 81
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
Private Pension Bill,

The House Friday passed 235 pri.
vate pension gills. They included
pensions to the widow of Gen. Franz
Sigel at 500 month; the widow of
Gen. James S. Negley at $50 and the
widow of Rear Admiral Henry 2.
Picking at $40. The bill providing
for a delegate for Alaska in Congress
was passed. TN
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
soOo. .OOo Fire At soranton

The large department stores of the
Ambrose Mulley estate and William
Chappelle were destroyed by fire at
Scranton. Pa. ,entailing loss OF
over 100000. NJ ,.4S ,sio
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
Eebate Continued,

In the Senate Thursday Mr.. Burn
ham, New Hampshire consumed the
day in argument against the State
hood dill and had not finished his
speech at the hour of adiournment
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
REVIEW or Trade.
euying Most Liberal Despite H.sh
Prices. Poor Transportation stiII
One Bad Feature.

II. G. Dun G. Co.'S "w-eldy Review
of Trade. Gays heavy transactions in
merchandise arc reported, but there is
much complaint regarding the slow
movement Of freight Notwithstand.
ing the extensive increase in trans.
portation facilities during tho past
year some roads have been COM
PEELED to- decline assignments, and in
many cases where large number Of
ears were desired only one was pro-
vided. Earnings thus far available
For January surpass last years by 5
per cent, In every section of the
country, despite high prices, buying is
liberal and of the better quality of
goods, while dealings are on more of a
cash basis. Although fortunate sec
tions are receiving better supply of
fuel, the situation is still serious, and
many pig iron furnaces have been
added to the idle list. As producers
have sold their capacity for some
time, there is little new business and no
effort on the part of sellers 70 secure
contracts. Hence the prices OF pig
iron are steady and new transactions
light. Requirements are pressing in
railway equipment, both structural and
rolling stock. and It is stated that
orders have been placed for as many
tons of steel rails as were produced
in the full year of 1902. Steel for
buildings, bridges and ships finds II
ready market and implement makers
are becoming more active. New or
ders for merchant steel are light. but
old contracts are still numerous. Fail
lres for the week numbered 235 in
the United States against 3O1 last
year. and q in Canada, compared
with 2S year ago.
Bradstreets saya: Wheat inolud.
ing -four, exports for the week ending
January %, aggregate 3.53S,757 bush
els. against 4.S7S,G24 bushels last
week, 1896 bushels in this week
a year ago and 4,S3S,67s bushels in
1901. Whoat exports since July /.
aggregate 144,179,557 bushels, againsr
1868, SIS bushels last season and
112,049,646 bushels in 1900. Corn ex-
ports aggregate 2, 376.6S3 bushels,
against 2.394.6l2 bushels last week,
179,520 bushels year ago and
3972.152 bushels in 1901. For the
.ocal year exports are 1s,354.7O1 bush
els, against 21,434,969 bushels last
season and 112,907 ,647 bushels in 1901.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
Both Sides Firm.

In the Senate Friday business was
blocked by friends of the Statehood
bill, refusing to permit considera.
tion of any orher measure, and the op.
ponents of the DILL declining to agree
to Cay for taking vote.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
Test Vote.

In the Senate Wednesday, Senator
Quay, Pennsylvania, pressed for a
vote on the Statehood bill. Mr.. Nc
Cullom. Illinois. in filibustering for
time. moved to go into executive ses-
sion. Mr.. Quay said he hoped the
motion would be defeated. The mo-
ton was lost by vote of 81 to 81.
This is taken as test and is claimed,
shows a majority of 10 in favor of
the Statehood bill when il comes up
for final vote.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
Philippine Coinage.

The House spent the day, Wednes-
day in debate on the Philippine coin
age bill. Mr.. HILL Connecticut, de-
clared that the substitute. which pro-
poses to introduce the United States
currency system into the islands, is
indorsed by Secretary of the Treas
ury Shaw.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04
Plants That Shoot Arrows.

The arrows are crystal needles of
oxalate of lime, of microscopic dimen-
sions, and are shot from minute cap
sule-shaped bodies, found in the It's
sues of such plants as the Indian tur-
nip and the Polynesian taro. DR.. H.
w. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chem
istry, describes the extraordinary spec
tacle he beheld in the field of his mi
croscope when the bombs contained
in drop of taro pulp began to dis
charge their arrows. Sometimes only
one or two needles, and sometimes
groups of four to ten, were discharged
at once, the bomb recoiling as the pro-
jectiles left it. Doctor Wiley suggests
that the intense burning and pricking
experienced in chewing such plants as
those described are due to the release
and discharge of these crystal arrows
when the plant tissues are crushed in
the mouth.-Nature.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04

treatment to which the pig was sub
jected was thorough, if no more. First
the animal was shaved and washed with
warm water and green soap. Then it
was rewashed in the same way, and a
thick coat of green soap was allowed to
remain upon it for four hours. Next
it was given another thorough scrub
bling with green soap and alcohol. After
this it's body was inclosed with strong
bichloride of mercury poultice, which
was left on for ten hours.
On the day the grating began the
pig was chloroformed and thin shaw
ings of skin were taken from it and
gently pressed upon the patients wound
by a nurse. The whole operation re-
quired several days, but the result was
perfect Within few months the
young man had whole skin, had passed
a rigid examination for life insurance,
and had resumed his work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04

week he had thrashed all the farm
dogs within two miles of the house,
and one morning, bright and early, he
was back at his city home, where he
was found occupying his customary po-
sition on the street corner. The atti-
tude that he takes is shown in the pic
ture. In this pose he has been known
to sit on the pavement for hours look
ing for trouble, which comes along in
anything that looks like dog, no mat
ter how large or ferocious.
81 despises circus, and when one Of
these aggregations strikes town he runs
along ahead of the elephant, barking
and snarling as if he would like to drive
the big fellow off the earth.
The dog still refuses to live in the
new home of his mistress, puts up at
her old boarding house, contenting him.
self with daily visit. More than this
Miss Dunn is unable to coax from her
fighting pet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04

passing under the yoke of matrimony,
an age which in Italy is dangerously
near that of an old maid.
In this country Magno Castrucci had
labored for IL years, alone and friend
less, and at last felt the need of COM
panion to share his joys and sorrows
He looked around him, but the Italian
girls of his acquaintance were all pro-
vided with husbands or lovers, or were
unwilling to mate with him. In this
country there are not near enough Ital-
ian maidens to go around, and girl
can afford to be fastidious.
He wrote his troubles home to his
parents in the old country, and they at
once thought of Vittoria. They sang the
praises of their son to her, and of the
girl to the son, and in a short time the
matter was arranged. Details were, OF
course, meager. None of the parties
concerned were fluent with the pen, and
1t never occurred to them to exchange
photographs. But as they both declare
themselves satisfied with their bargain
the story may be said to have happy
ending.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04

twice, like a hammer-thrower swing
then he launched the bull into the air.
And the bull went sailing over the pas
ture fence, and over the road, and over
the fence beyond. and-disappeared!
But it didn't take long to find him.
On that property across the road there
was an abandoned quarry, that had been
quarried out to the depth of about 60
feet, and had about ten feet of water in
the hole at the bottom, and the bull
had dropped into that quarry; and here
he was when we got over and looked
down the sides, swimming around in
the water down below.
well, we got out some of our tent
tackle that had been stored for the win
ter and got the bull out and put him
back in the pasture lot, where he frisked
around as gayly as ever, what you call
defeated, but not dismayed; and he'd
have charged on the giant again in
minute if the giant had set out to cross
the lot again"
"But that was something the giant
never tried to do. He was a man of
sense, the giant, and he knew that it
was doubtful the next time he threw
him, whether the bull would come down
in as soft spot as the pool of water,
and he didn't want to hurt the bull, and
so the giant and the bull never met
again.
But that one meeting between them,
as you can easily imagine. gave me
new interest in the time-honored little
story that we see in the papers every
now and then under the heading of
Chased by an Infatuated Bull and
every time read it think of what hap
pened when the bull chased not Farmer
tones. but the greatest of all giants"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04
Soil That Breeds Fine Horace.

In describing experiments made for
the department of agriculture on the
effects of lime and magnesia upon ami
NAL production, d. w. May, of the
Kentucky experiment station, remarks
that it is a well known fact that the
greatest development in live stock has
been attained in limestone regions. He
adds that in the bluegrass region of
Kentucky, long noted for the beauty
and quality of its live stock, and es-
pecially of its thoroughbred horses, the
soil has been formed largely by the dis
indignation of limestone very rich in
phosphates. But even in that favored
region experiments are under way to
determine whether the quality of the
animals may not be improved by the
addition of certain mineral elements to
the food.-Youth's Companion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04
MONKEY SCRUB LADY.
comes Proficient In Handling
Soap and Brush.

Monkeys, like men, should learn to
work." says Keeper McCrossin. of the
Philadelphia geological gardens. He
has taught one of his charges to over
come her distaste for soap and water
and to WELD scrub brush with skill.
Every day the monkey goes carefully
over the inside of it's cage. scrubbing
floor and ceiling, back wall and iron
bars, as carefully as it could be done
with human hands.
McCrossin saw the monkey initiating
him in his scrubbing operations. Tight
ly clutching paper bag, she rubbed it
over one railing after another, evincing
great enjoyment. Then McCrossin gave
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04
Badness Among Bachelors.

1t has been found on study of 300
cases of loss of hair that badness pre-
walls most with unmarried men, which
is contrary to the general belief. The
worries of the bachelor may be fewer,
but they are more trying to the scalp
than are the multitudinous cares of
the man of family Most bald people
are found to live indoor lives, and al
most all of them belong to the intel
lectual class. Usually the loss of hair
begins before the thirtieth year. In
women it usually constitutes general
thinning; in men it affects the top of
the head. Diseases that affect the gen.
eral nutrition of the body are likely to
thin the hair
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04
CONQUERED BY wASPS.
Mud-Daubers Force a Confirmed Old
Bachelor to Seek Safety In
Matrimony.

A curious tale is told of a young man
from Grants Pass, Ore, who was cured
of the bachelor habit by "mud-dauber"
wasps. The hero tells the story on him
self of how he was working in mine
near his native town, and at the end
of a hard days work always tumbled
into his bunk in an old cabin without
taking the trouble to arrange his
blankets. The cabin was infested with
"mud-daubers, and one day several
of these located themselves in the
miners bed The young man retired
without ceremony that evening, but he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04
MAGNO WAS SURPRISED.
Now Is Shocked at BriIliancy
of Her Couture.

When he went to the Dominion line
dock, at Boston, to claim the maiden
who bad come out from sunny Italy on
the Cambroman to be his bride, the
other day, Magno Castrucci had never
seen her, nor had the girl ever set eyes
on the man she expected to love, honor
and obey. When they met the man ex-
perienced shock from which it took
him some minutes TO recover. The girl
was red-headed. 1t was not a dark, un-
oDtrusive kind of red, which might be
charitably styled auburn, but bright
hre color, which took the mans breath
away as he looked at her, and made him
repent for moment his rashness in
letting anybody else select a wife for
him. In southern Italy red-headed
girl is as scarce as negro in Siberia,
and is looked on with little more favor.
However, the prospective husband rail-
lied nobly and decided to take her. He
departed in search of marriage license,
and the girl awaited patiently in the de-
tention room the temperance of the
bridegroom
Vittoria Lostracco resided in a little
village in a southern province in Italy
and had attained the age of "a without
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04
FAMOUS FIGHTING DOG.
His Name Is ST and He Would Rather
Lick Another Canine Than
Gnaw q Bone.

Miss Anna Dunn, of Plymouth, Ind,
owns the grittiest fighting dog in the
Hoosier state. She has spent no time
in teaching the animal to pitch on to
other dogs. In fact, she has been try
ing for seven years to have her pet
give up his quarrelsome tricks, but
without avail.
The dog is Scotch terrier and is
known all over town as ST. The dog
began fighting when he was pup and
has kept it up ever since. He refused
to go with his mistress when she
changed her boarding place, because
the new place was not so well adapted
to canine mixups. She sent the animal
out on farm, hoping to cure 81 of his
troublesome disposition, but in single
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04
Goxernor shoxeled Dirt.

81 shoveled dirt for the first railroad
built within the limits of the Louisiana
purchase" said Former Gov. A. ].
Seay, of Oklahoma "The line helped
build was from st. Louis to Jefferson
City, and the people l lived among
were of that sturdy pioneer stock that
transformed the wilderness into smiling
farms and planted the seeds of civ
ilization in the west. Many time as
a boy 1 got up at midnight to take a
bag of corn to the mill in order to be
on hand when the miller reused at
dawn of day to begin his daily task.
Every fellow wanted his meal ground
first, and so there was tremendous RI
valry among the country lads to see
who would be first on the ground"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04
MAN HAS PIGS SKIN.
Virginia Surgeon Crafts Over Two
Hundred Inches of POrker's
CuticIe on Patient.

Dr. Hamilton Browning, teacher of
clinical surgery in the University of
Virginia hospital, has succeeded in
grating the skin of two-months-old
pig upon a large surface of one of the
patients under his charge.
AS general rule, grating is made
by taking the skin from the body of the
person upon whom the graft is to be
made, or from the bodies of the gener-
Gus persons who are not afraid of a
little pain. Dr. Borwning, however,
could use neither of these methods, as
the surface to be grated covered 225
square inches of area on the thigh of
the young man patient, who had been
injured in a railway accident
Two weeks elapsed before the wound
was ready for the operation. The
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04

her a big wash cloth and instructed her
how to wet it in a pail of water.
1t was long before she understood
what soap was for, and even yet she
occasionally takes bite out of cake,
to make sure it is not something to eat.
81 intend to teach the other animals
to scrub their cages, if possible" said
McCrossin.
"All the monkeys in the cage take
great interest in the scrubbing opera
tions, but the trained animal will not
allow them to touch the brush, soap or
pail of water. At first she attempted
to scrub one or two of her brothers, but
it precipitated such a fight that she
dared not repeat it."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04

staying they served such delicious
honey at every meal"
THAT will be delightful" said Mrs.
Johnson.
The couple arrived at the hotel in due
course, and they were just in time for
tea. johnson escorted his bride to a
table in the dining-room, and then, after
an admiring glance at her, looked quiz
zically round the board.
There was no honey on the table, and
none in the room. Johnson was sur
prised, and called a waiter.
'See here" said he, where's my
honey?"
The waiter seemed at loss what to
say, but finally leaned forward, and, in
a stage whisper, said: "She don't work
here no more!"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04
Curious Ewes of Antmal.

Many animals possess more than two
eyes, which do not act together. A
leech, for example, has ten eyes on the
top of it's head which do not work in
concert, and kind of marine worm has
two eyes on the head and row down
each side of the body. Some lizards
have an extra eye on the top of the
head which does not act with the other
two. A bee or wasp has two large COM
pound eyes which possibly help each
other, and are used for near vision, and
also three little simple eyes on the top
of the head which are employed for see
ing things a long way off.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04
Lightning Burned BIG Hole

Lightning burned chimney hole in
a hayrick on Mrs. Allison's farm, on
West Grand river, near Grant City, Mo.
The rick was not far from the house,
and couple of boys, seeing it smoking,
went to it at once. They found in the
top of the rick small hole, from which
the smoke was issuing, and, throwing a
wisp of hay into the hole, smothered
the fire. When the end of the rick was
cut off it was found that the lightning
had burned hole from the top to the
bottom of the stack about two inches in
diameter.