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The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01
Life Given Dead Nerves

Nerve splicing. or restoring dead
nerves to life. is one of the latest
achievements of surgery. And though
the process is still in its infancy. it is
believed in medical circles that the
operation will one day become as COM
mon as trepanning. Three cases have
already resulted in perfect success.
The cure of paralysis and palsy is
brought about by means of this pro-
cess. In the case of young children
palsy is brought about by some acci-
dent of birth which congresses the
nerves which radiate from the spinal
cord, and if in the upper part of the
body produces paralysis in the arms.
The technical name for this disease is
birth palsy"
Paralysis in old people or those ad-
vancing in years is sometimes due to
this accident though it more usually
cones from the decay of the principal
nerve.
Two children victims of birth palsy
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01
Game ExeeedlnaIy Plentiful.

Trappers who have hunted on the
north fork of the Saskatchewan anc
at the head of the Sumwapta (Cana-
da) report bighorn sheep to be more
plentiful than ever before in their re-
membrance. They brought many be-
skins with their winter furs last
spring. Mountain goats are numerou
on the mountains south of Leanchoil
in the Ice river district, and sheep
have appeared on the lower SUBMITS.
Good reports about the game also
come from Wilcox Pass, where large.
numbers than usual of bighorn have
wintered. Goats are reported to ne
plentiful about Glacier lake.-Forest
and Stream.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01
Her Size a Handicap


81 want to be one u the little kind"
said the tall girl. THE things I've
81 tfered on account of being a head
taller than anybody else are too har-
rowing to be put into words. l never
got any credit for intelligence in
school when l was a child, because
was always the biggest girl in the
class. even when l was the youngest.
''My dancing school days were en-
bittered by having to dance with boys
half my size. md since I've stopped
growing hats have been my pet griev-
ance. I've always had to choose some
thing low and fiaring when my soul
yenrned for military effects and tall
cockades.
Last week l bought a dream of
a bat. 1t was almost perfectly fiat.
an6 made of rows of plated lace On
the top was a trim little garden plot
OF tiny forget-me-nots. pink button
roses, and the loveliest arrangement
Of ribbon. l put the hat on and went
to a luncheon. Everybody spoke of
my hat
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01
Moves Plano Without Jar.

are necessary. A Canadian has de-
vised the very useful apparatus shown
in the illustration. 1t is designed Tor
the purpose of hoisting and putting
through windows in the upper stories
OF buildings large. heavy and bulky
articles. The apparatus is so con
structed that it can be set to COM
municate with the first, second and
third stories of buildings and whea
the work is done it can be quickly
taken down and compactly put to-
gether for transportation. One of the
chief advantages is that large articles
can be put through the windows, as
tho parts take up little space. Planes
could be hoisted with little or no
strain to the instrument, with no dam
ger of scratches. 1t would also do
away with the trouble of getting up
narrow stairways and passing around
sharp corners. The article to be
hoisted is placed on the carrier, which
is raised by the usual rope run over
pNlleys and attached to a roller turn
ell by crank. Riggers could use this
apparatus to advantage. as could
also piano movers or movers of safes.
Lorenzo d. Frazer of Toronto, Ont,
is the patentee.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01

IT'S grand. said wee little wom-
an. but l thought all this springs
hats were trimmed. Yours hasn't a
thing on it
"'Oh, yes, it has, said, and bent
down so she could see the 500 wort.
of trimming on top.
"'Well, nobody will ever see 1t up
there said she. 1t looks like a per-
fectly plain hat
And everybody agreed with her
that 1t did. l was heartbroken.
took the hat back to the milliner next
day and had all that lovely trimming
taken off al put under the brim. The
hat is spoiled, but I was bound the
trimming should show somehow
Nobody ever sees the top of my
hat. and L might as well have none
at all. I wish to goodness | had lived
where there were giants in the lana.
There is nothing in town can sympa-
thize understandingly with me Out the
monumeL&, and the monument doesn't
wear hats"
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01
A Complicated Case.

Mrs. Mortimer seated herself with
the air of an offended goddess. and
removed her gloves with the express
sion of one who has suffered untold
indignities.
We'll. what's been going on at your
club to-day?" asked Mr.. Mortimer,
Who saw clearly what was expected of
him.
The committee meeting" said Mrs.
Mortimer. bitterly. ''and l must say
think it is time there was a change
made in our presiding officer. When
was in her position l should have
made-I always did-a point of hav-
ing things plainly expressed, so no
body would be left in doubt"
Nov, this afternoon" said his wife.
her indignation rising as she talked,
this afternoon there was a discussion
as to whether we couldn't change the
lay from Wednesday to Thursday. be-
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01

stepped in. He saluted in most
humble manner and then told why he
had come. Have you it in writing?"
inquired Adam. severely. No." STAN
mered the visitor. and. frightened. he
returned to his heavenly abode
Then the Lord sent Michael. the
German angel. Adam and Eve at
once set to work preparing even a
richer meal than had been served Ca
briel. thinking they might induce Mi
chael to be lenient So the very best
things were served. and there was no
scarcity of beer and good sausages.
Michael ate until he could hardly even
wheeze. Then he arose and, draw
ing his sword. said. Now you get out
of this!" Adam and Eve tried all
their little tricks to stay; they ap-
pealed to his mercy and implored him
to consider how nicely they had treat
ed him; but all in vain. Michael re.
NAMED firm, merely saying. ct must
be-" And he drove them out
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01
Harvest Custom in EnaIand.

Formerly in Devonshire the reapers.
wen they had finished, would weave
ring of wheat. Holding to this, the
harvesters would form a circle cnd
shout together: Wee een!" 1--WE end
after which one bore the ring to the
house. and had the privilege of kissing
the first maid he met. That curious
practice has passed and others as gen
tie with it. Nevertheless. there is still
The harvest dinner. where the squire.
be he gentleman or noble, sits down
with his hands" and drinks from the
same ale Jug Everybody's Magazine
for October.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01
New Process in Alloys.

A Philadelphia man claims to have
overcome the difficulties besetting
those who have attempted to make
alloys of copper and iron. and to have
discovered a process of alloying these
metals perfectly homogeneously. The
process consists of melting copper
with mixture of oxide iron and
calcium carbide. Any oxide of iron,
either hematite or the black oxide,
can be used. A mixture of three
parts of oxide of iron and one part
calcium carbide is made, and, If it is
desired to obtain a so per cent alloy
OF copper and iron, eighteen parts of
this mixture should be used to eight
parts copper. The copper is melted
in a crucible and the mixture added,
little at time. the bath being
stirred and the temperature raised
gradually. When the operation is
completed the alloy is found in ingots
of any other desired form. If an al
10y containing as much as So per cent
of iron is required the process is re-
yersed. a bath of iron being substi-
tuted for the bath of copper and a
mixture of oxide of copper and cal
cium carbide being AIDED. The invent
or claims that. on account of the fact
ane of the metals is presented to the
other In a nascent condition. n perfect
union Is formed.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01
WORK DONE BY INvALIps.
Many Literary Successes Made ty
Men in III Health

Lots of success has been pulled off
by invalids. Parkman, the historian.
was a bankrupt in health before he be-
gan his life's work. Heine lived n
mattress grave for years. Was it not
Pope who spoke of that long disease
my life? r. l.. Stevenson pushed
away death with one hand while he
wrote and ignited cigarettes with the
other. There are hundreds of like in
stances, but the case most to the point
here is that of MIR. Tilden, who alwa.s
was valetudinarian, and never had
any physical energy to spare. But he
had mental energy. That is the maia
thing. sound body makes for sani-
ty of mind. but physical energy and
mental energy don't always go toGeth-
er.-Harper's Weekly.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01

~ iNNsNT1SQGN { J
Statistics on Coal supplx.

According to Statistician Edward
W. Parker of the United States geo
logical survey it will be from $50 to
$50 years before anthracite coal will
be exhausted in this country, although
were the present rate of exhaustion
and waste to continue the end would
come in eighty years. But while he
anticipates some increase in this di-
rection in the next decade. after that
he looks for a marked tendency to
economize the supply. He notes the
interesting fact that, although the
production of anthracite has not kept
pace with that of bituminous coal, it
has increased faster than the popula-
ton in the region where most OF it is
consumed. In 1880, he says, 1872 tons
of anthracite were produced for each
inhabitant of the anthracite using por-
tion of the country. This was in
creased to PAT tons per capita by 1890,
and In 1900 to 2.53 tons. Using the
entire population of the United States
as the basis the per capita production
OF bituminous coal was .S5 ton in 1880,
1.76 tons in 1890 and 2.76 tons in 1900.
In 1860 two-thirds of the coal produced
In the United States was Pennsyl-
vania anthracite. while in 1870 an
thracite constituted one-half the total,
and for the last five years it has
amounted to about one-fifth.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01

member
Jest how the thing KEN round:
Some say twas wadding. some sat
tered ember
From the fires on the ground.
Bat in one minute all tho hill below
Was Just one sheet of fame:
Guardin' the crest, Sam Clark and 1
called to him.
And-well, the dog was gamei
He made no sign; the fires of he'll were
The pit of hell below.
We sat and waited. but we never found
And then We turned to 60
And then-you see that rock that's
grown so bristly
With chapparal and tan?
Suthin' crep' out: 1t might hev been
1t might hev been a man:
"suthin' that howled. and guashed its
teeth, and shouted
In smoke and dust and flame;
suthin' that sprang into the depths
Grizzly or man-but camel
That's all! Well. yes. 1t does look
rather risky,
And kinder makes one queer
And dizzy looking down. A drop o.
AIn't a bad thing right herer,
Bret Harte.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01
All Mutually pependent.

The race of mankind would perish
did they cease to aid each other.
From the time that the mother binds
the child's head till the moment that
some kind assistant wipes the damp
from the brow of the dying. we can not
exist without mutual aid: all, there
fore. that need aid have right to ask
it from their fellow-mortals; none who
hold the power of granting aid can re-
fuse 1t without aid.-Sir Walter Scott.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01
The Mother.

She was so tired of toll. of everything.
Save loving those who needed all her
love!
Her heart was like the golden heart of
spring
When white clouds sail above.
Autumn of life and tears were hers. and
yet
She sang and loved and gladdened US
the while;
Nor stoi ms nor snow could make heI
once forget
Young April's radiant smile.
She was so weary; but we never guessed
How weary till she smiled at set of
sun,
And whispered as she drifted Into rest
My loving now is done"
Tired of all save loving" Let this be
The epitaph Inscribed where now she
lies.
Time shall not hide the words. nor mem
The love-look of her eyes.
Philadelphia Inqulrer.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01
Shall | Sing a Simple sons2

Shall sing simple song lady fair7
Just an air r-.-.--...a-s- ..-4-
From the Land of Thousand Lakes dear
and rare?
VIII you dare
Show slender need of pity
For the subject OF my ditty,
Listning there?
1t was free and happy living. lady fair.
Far up there;
Toll and hardship. want and famine. oft
our share.
But despair
Had no sway in farm or city,
For our hands We're hard and gritty
Made to dare.
We. the people, were our kings, lady fair
Had no care
When from out his Eastern haunts. from
his lair
Crept the Bear,
Stealthy. false. sans ialth or pity
Ends our freedom and my ditty:
Empty airi
Herman Montague Donner. from Eng
lish Lyrics of a Finnish Harp"
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01
COMBINED BARN AND STABLE.
Roomy and Comfortable and compar-
atively inexpensive.

G. NJ. H.-Please publish a plan for
a small barn and stable to contain the
following: Box stall. single horse stall.
cow stall. room for two carriages
and sleigh, room for four tons of hay,
coal bin. wood house and water closet.
l wish to join it by a hall to the house.
What quantity of shingles. lumber,
etc, would be required to build 1t?
The accompanying plan provides
one horse stall, one COW stall, and box
stall, besides coal bin. wood house.
harness room, water closet and car
riage room. The loft above is large
enough to hold the hay required. The
door in the drive house can be made
to drive in at the end as shown or In
the side If desired.
The amount of material required.
roughly estimated, would be as fol-
lows: Fourteen squares of shingles.
% pieces 2x6 or 3x5 for rafters, 1900
feet of sheeting. 1900 feet of inch
weather boarding. 1000 feet of 2x1o
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01
DEALER IN GOLD BRICKS.
Instead of Being a Suitor Visitor Is
Usually a SwindIer.

Usually a swindler.
When I'm a-standin' at my gate
and loolSin' up the road" said the old
farmer. as he drew long Whit of his
pipe, "and a feller heaves into view
with a bay hoss and a buggy with
rubber-tire wheels it don't take me
over five minits to make up my mind
that he's comm to ask for the hand
of one of my seven gals"
"And does it turn out that way?"
was asked.
Never. He drives up and gifts
down and comes in and jest about the
time git my smile on and ready to
ask him whether he wants Mary or
Hannah he heads me off with:
Say. Uncle Rube. I've got a gold
brick here in my coat-tail pocket and
as I'm leetle hard up to-day I'll sell
the blamed thing for about half it's
wuthi'"
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01
Moves Pianos Without Jar.

Hosting Srge and bulky articles
to the upper floors of a building takes
skill and experience. and is seldom
attempted except by those acquainted
with the business. The method or
d:narily used is to put up a block
and tackle. which is always very cum
bersome ana in which heavy timbers
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01

A. passage way; Is. horse stall; C, COW
stall; d. box stall: Il. coal bin; f. car
riage room: G. wood house; II, water
closet; /, harness room.
inch joists, 900 feet of inch flooring
for upper floor. 500 feet of 2x4 scant-
ling for balloon frame. The lower
floor is not estimated, but should be
laid with concrete or made of earth.
especially in the wood house and drive
house.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01

1t is difficult to give an estimate OF
the cost of the addition to the house.
as sufficient details are not given re-
garding the construction-whet the
roof is a gable or just lean-to. Esti-
mating on a building ten by fourteen,
eight feet high, with a lean-to roof.
with walls sheeted on outside with
inch lumber. then paper. and weather
boarded, the addition should cost
about fifty-seven dollars, including ma.
son work.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01
Building a Bedroom.

NJ. NJ wish to build a bedroom
about fourteen feet by ten. to the end
OF a sitting room. 1t will be warmly
built of frame. and well. but not ex-
pensively finished. 1t will cos>tain one
window and there will be no upstairs
over it. l would be very much pleased
to obtain from you an estimate of
what it would cost to build it in this
county.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01

cause some of us have maids that pre-
fer to go out Wednesday. because it's
so common Thursday. So many OF
them so then, and they feel it. they'd
rather go the day before. It's a COM
mon feeling among them.
"But they said it couldn't be done
because they liked Thursday. and
when they have two of course it
doesn't matter. for one stays at home,
so either would do for them. you see.
But it seems some of them have
reading circle that day. so they don't
like to give them that afternoon.
ut seems as if it would be very
selfish if they don't. when so many
want it. but they talked back and
forth, and my head got to aching so
could not tell whether they really
think they will or WON'T"
II don't wonder" said Mr.. Morti-
mer, solemnly passing his hand ACROSS
his forehead.-Youtk's Companio
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01

have been experimental upon with
such success that the patients are as
well as the most anxious mother could
wish DIR. Clark, one of the operating
physicians, has recently explained be-
fore an audience of medical men ex-
actly how the operation is performed
The nerves which supply motion to
the affected limbs are severed from
as close to the spinal cord as possible
and then grated to the nearest trunk
line. If the delicate threads unite and
the paralyzed parts take on fresh life.
Naturally the operation is exceedingly
difficult, because the nerves which ra-
diate from the upper part of the
spinal cord are so great in number
and cross and recross each other in
so complex manner Another diff
Guilty lies in the fact that anaesthetics
must be used sparingly. for the longer
the patient is under their influence the
harder it is to follow the nerve
threads. New York Herald.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01

Very fiat roofs can be made of
gravel. tar and felt paper. The sheath
ing for the roof should be matched
lumber. then tar paper should be put
on and laid the same as shingles. the
lower part of tar paper should be laid
IN coal tar for about ten inches up
and nailed down to the roof. The pa
per should lap over each layer. so
that when the roof is covered it Will
be three ply. After the paper is laid
cover the roof with hot coal tar and
sift on gravel while tar is soft, SO 1t
becomes imbedded in it. The coal tar
can be procured at any hardware
store. Cement plastering on wood
for roofs would not be a success. as
it would be sure to crack and not be
waterproof.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01
Cement CURLING for Wen.

S. d. MI am sinking a well and
have come to a running sand bottom
so that l cannot stone it up. Could
l make pipes of cement concrete and
put them down in sections? How
thick would they require to be and
how much cement would be needed,
provided the inside diameter were
three feet?
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01

You can case your we'll with con-
crete tile as you describe, but there
would be danger of the tile sinking in
the quicksand. if the sand is very bad
Tile four inches thick would be sum-
cient 1t would require about one-half
barrel of Portland cement for tile
three feet long. Very fine screened
gravel will make a better tile with
less cement than if sand were used.
Sand may be used. but it will require
more cement in doing so.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01
Tar and Gravel Roof.

P. A. L.-Could cheap and durable
roof covering be made with gravel and
some adhesive material? Would it
answer for a fiat roof? Where could
the material be procured? Would a
roof of cement plates be practicable?
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-01

Good health and good sense are two
os lifes greatest blessings.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-24

at steady rates. There was good demand for
sweet Grapes. but there was very little slcn
stock 70 be had the bulk OF offerings being
small and sour and hard % sell at any price
minimum quotation. while everything else ~
the berry line firm and prices were gen
sTaAy higher Red NeetaTtnes we're se.--Is ss
81 per crate. while white were being pressed
for sale at 35c 70 soc A fair amount OF o1sl-
ness was reported IN Citrus and IroplcaL
fruits and previous prices ruled for al de-
TRAWBERRIE@ @s4a6 per chest for Long
worth and Alviso Berries and s5G4 90 FOR the
larger varieties
BLACKBERRI ES-S2al3 80 yer chest.
RASPBERRIES-SJaI per chest
HCCKLEBERRIE IES-12lac per ID.
APRICOTS-STnaU boxes and crates. 50rsSc
in bulk $500 per ton TO Gamers and -e-15e
APPLEs-sigI % per box for fancy and
5oQS5c for common 20 choice Crab Apples.
5o96oc per small box
PEARS - Bartlett. T5cGS1 for wrapped; in
open boxes. I5q6Cc for No. l and SJGJOc per
box for No :. Dearborn sesdlings ZoGoOc
per small box or basket and T5Gsoc for open
boxes
PEACHE+snau boxes 4oGe5c: large open
boxes, T5cg$f. baskets 35950c
PI.tTSfS AND PRJTNES-5O6T5c PER crate
and 25d4oc per box; in bulk. $50 Der ton Tor
canning varieties.
ETGS-S2G2 so per box.
MELOS-Cantaloupes. crates rom the
river, $202 so: from other sections. 81 ZSG2s
Nutmeg Melons from the river. S1G1 % Per
box: Water1neIous. s1q3 per dozen
Foutainsbleau. 50GI5c per crate; other varie-
ties. I5coSI IS per crate
CITRUS FRCITS-Oranges S. 5OG2 50 per
box for valencIas and 81 25Gl 50 f1r Msiiter
rsnean sweets; Lemons. 81 2592 70 fn- rancy
81 5Gg1 rs for choice and SlGl 3 for stand
ard; Grape Fruit. S161 So Mezdcsn Lines.
bunch for Central An1sricG-4 and S1dc2 for Hz-
waiiAn; Plnsapples, 81 50652 50 Per doEen-
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-24
Dried Fruit, Nuts, ,RaiSrnS, Honey.

The Raiain industry is again in an unsettled
and unsatisfactory condition After waiting
some time whether the growers were
generally going into the association the pack
ers have become tired and cutting loose from
the association, are securing ali the acreas 2
they can. each acting Independently Iner
bids are low. ranging frcm sc TO sc under
association prices C1 standard loose Musctl1ls,
Packers quoting tw0-croVn LAYERS AZ 81 {.
thrze-cro7r1. 81 1Q- fo1r-crGUn. 81 5o. WElLe
others arc low sTI2c and % FOR Two
and three crown respectively Fwo-croWn looss
are quoted az 25Sc and Sc and three-crO7yn 5'sc
10 3lac. TIE price named on fancy sixteen
ounce seeded IS sac.
There Is nothing new IN Fruits worthy of
note -
Peaches. 5St a nc per lb; Figs. 2-crOwl bricks.
521Lc; 3-croWu, 55c. 4-croWa. 65cs 6-crogu.
T5c bulk white. Sls G3t nc. black. 4c- Old crop
-Evaporated Apples. 6l2G7 l&c per ID.
PRUSES-1soS crop. 2G2Ae for the four
sizes
RAIsINs-F G. ,. prices Fresno for 1903
crop tsubfsct 20 change without notice. are
follows. 5o-ib boxeS-Loose M1scarels, 4-croWn.
&C per ID. S-crown- 4l3es 2-croWn. 4; Aalass.
loose. 3-crovn. &c. 2-Crown. "a Thcr1 psc1
se-cless 4c. ssedlsss Sultanas, 31.cs seedless
Muscatsls, 314c; do foated SIacs Seeded Rais-
ins, 16-oz cartons. fancy. 5i7c: choice, 5Ac;
12-oz- cartons. fancy 4l.c: choice. 4sc; IN
bulk fancy SIC; choice Sc: imperial clus-
Layers. 3-cro~n. 81 35. 2-crown. 81 25-
NUTS-W alnuts. No softShel. 13-a 9l4cs
No 2 u1-Gl2cs No har1shell. 13e7 l3 &c
No ?. 11Gl1 13ct Almonds. II 11c fo- Nonpa-
reils. 11l2c for I x L, lie for Ne Plus Ultra
and 9Ac for Langusdcc; Peanuts. 6QIc for
Eastern; Pecans. 1IG13c: COcoanuts, "a 5O635.
HONET-COmb. 111Gl2lzc for white and
1OTl1c for amber; water white extracted, 50
BEEswAx-27g2sc Per b.