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The Washington times., 1905-04-23
Physicians Statement.

In 1899, prior 10 the first trial of
the damage suit. Miss Hanson, accord
ing to evidence OF physicians, was
deaf, dumb and blind for "a period OF
forty days, and went that length of
lime without Gourishment of any kind
or even as much as a teaspoonful of
water. 1t was during this period that
DR.. Henry A Lyman and DIR. Harold
N Meyer, the latter representing the
city railway company, examined the
girl and gave a sworn statement as TO
her condition.
In June. 1898, the girl noticed first
that her legs would occasionally give
way, causing her to almost fall to the
ground. A pain in her back was in
evidence. Once she was in a sitting
posture, tried to rise and was unable
to do so. This symptom lasted day.
Her left arm became paralyzed and
her tongue showed the same symp-
tom Partial blindness came over the
left eye, but she could distinguish be-
tween light and darkness These
symptoms were set out in the sworn
statement of the two physicians just
mentioned.
The joint conclusion of the doctors
upon examination was that the condi-
tons were of a hySterical nature and
might have been caused by the al
legged accident, and probably were caus-
ee. by it. IN such cases. they said,
fright enters in more largely than ply
steal violence. The patient must have
been predisposed to the recognized dis
ease through weakness Of the nervous
system In acquired forms the disease
is durable and there might be a recov.
cry IN this case. This was the verdict
| OF the two well-!lnown Chicago physi
| clans.
| Under medical treatment the girl be
! came better. and in June, 1900. was abb,
| TO make a trip to Norway and return
| alone, though she had constantly t,
The Washington times., 1905-04-23
"Aninal Motor. Still Most Wonderful.

This query, and a. thousand others,
have arisen; for we forget Arnolds line
to the Master, .'Others abide our ques-
tion not so Thou" Mans moving Is
found more express and admirable"
than that of the most perfect machine
or adaptation of natural forces yet de-
vised. Lord Kelvin says the animal mo-
tor more closely resembles an electro
magnetic engine than a heat engine,
but very probably the chemical forces
In animals produce the external me-
chanicai effects through electricity and
do not act as a thermo- dynamic en-
CINE. When Watt gave to the steam
engine five times It's efficiency by utiliz-
ing the latent heat, he only touched
the fringe of the mysterious realm
which envelopes man.
Burbank of the spineless cactus and
new fruits, who has been delylng into
/ the myste,ies. tells us: The facts OF
plant life demand a kinetic theory OF
evolution, g. slight change from Hux-
| ley's statement that matter Is mag
azine of force to that of matter be-
| ing force alone. The time will cone
when the theory Of ions will be thrown
aside, and no line left between force
and matter"
The Washington times., 1905-04-23
present Century Seems on Threshold of
Discoveries Even More Wonderful
Than Those Of Electricity
and Steam.

saving as the sulphur dioxide cylinder;
and adds that the turbine is a forIni-
dabie competitor to the piston engine is
mainly due to the fact that it more com
pletely realizes the expansive principle
enunciated in the infancy of steam
history as the fundamental factor of
economy by it's sagacious founder, the
immortal Watt"
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

such a revolution as steam has brought
must come from superior force capable
CT displacing steam, this would neces-
aarily be a much longer task than steam
had in occupying an entirely new field
without a rivals
Nothing man has discovered or fmag-
ined is to be named with the steam en-
CINE 1t has no fellow. Franklin cap
turing the lightning, Morse annihilating
space with the telegraph. Bell trans
hitting speech through the air by the
telephone, are not less mysterious-be-
ing more ethereal, perhaps in one sense
they are even more soTstill, the labor
of the world performed bySheating
cold water places Watt and his steam
engine in a class apart by itself. Many
are the inventions for applying power
/, his creates the power it applies.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

higher efficiencies than any thermo-
dynamic machine has today or probably
ever can have. Little knew Snakes
peare of mans perfect power OF motion
which utilizes all energy. How came
he then to exclainl, What a piece or
work Is man; how infinite in faculty;
in form and moving how express and
admirable?"
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

~ OR centuries a conspicuous object
- on the beautiful hill of Arceti,
above Florence, the famous Star
Of CALLER mhere
The Press., 1905-07-05
A HOT CHALLENGE.
Colonel Frank WO1fOrd and His First
Kentucky Cavalry.

Colonel Frank WOlfOrd and His First
Kentucky Cavalry.
In the essays by Eugene Newman on
public men and events a good story Is
told of Frank Wolford, who command
ed the First Kentucky cavalry Of the
Union army and who later was a rep
resentative in congress from that state.
1t was said that the colonel Of the
First Kentucky had some novel COM
mands that he fired" at the boys, such
as "Huddle up, tharw Scatter out,
thar" and Form line Of fghtv' 1t is
related that when some West Point
officers were sent: out to Investigate
and report on the efficiency of certain
volunteer regiments Wolford's cavalry
fell under their scrutiny, and they crit
icized 1t very severely. Wolford heard
them patiently and then said:
"See them two regiments over thar?
One is Michigander and the other an
Ohier, squad You have just passed
them as all right. Now, / know nothing
about your drills, your evolutions and
your maneuvers. My boys know how
to ride, how to shoot, how to fight and
how to stand fire, and you take them
two regiments over thar showed you
Station them whar you please-on any
ground, in town or country; in field; or
In forest-and will take my regiment,
and what we don't kill or cripple Of
them me and my boys will chase out Of
the state of Tennessee before the sun
is in the heavens tomorrow morning."
The Press., 1905-07-05
WOMEN MUST kNEELTo MEN
Ii the Law Among Many Tribes of
ARrann

IL the Law Among Many Tribes of
East Central Africa.
Men in Africa, and especially In east
central Africa, believe that their Wom-
en- are their interiors, and many CEN
turtles ago, says the Chicago Trib-
une, they made a law that has worn it.
self into a custom that women must
acknowledge this by always kneeling
when they meet man.
Duff Macdonald, who spent many
years as a missionary In that country,
says that African women hold a most
degraded position and are looked upon
pretty generally as beasts Of burden
capable of doing all the hard work.
When a woman meets any man, be 1t
her husband or stranger, at home or
on the road she is expected to 'taidi-
wala"-that is, to kneel and clap her
hands to the lord of creation as he
passes. Although q woman may have
slaves of her own, she observes this
custom whenever she meets them ON
the highway.
Macdonald adds: whenever we saw
a woman go out Of her way with the
she carried a hundredweight on her
head, knowing that she would have to
get up with 1t, we shouted, You are
losing your way; this Is the path and
she took 1t, glad that she might dis
pense with this CUSTOM"
Certain it is that IL the African wO-
man kneels before stranger or slave
she Drostrates herself most humbly be-
fore her husband, her lord and master.
He is her father, and she is his child;
he commands, and she obeys; he may
infict punishment, and she accepts it.
The title Of father" is given to all
old people, A man Of thirty will say,
81 am only child: ask the old man."
The woman must submit, Of course.
She Is her husbands chattel; he has
bought her for two skins Of bucks,
and this is fair price for one wife.
He often gets them in payment for
debts
If girl is not first wife she counts
for little, as these Africans usually
have one chief wife and three or four
minor wives. A man who Is married a
few years Is expected to have Junior
wives The chief wife has the super
intendence of the others and looks
after the household. The punishment
she inf1icts for laziness is to Danish the
junior wife from her meals until hun
ger brings her to her senses. If
junior wife is obstreperous she Is put
in a slave stock.
The authority of chief wife is not
a matter to jest with. If Junior wife
gets unruly the whipping post is made
use of. This does not annoy her lord,
for African men have little sentiment
for their wives and feel none for their
Junior wives. They are his chattels,
having the same value as his cattle,
perhaps less. When a man Is pressed
for money he usually sells his wife and
not his cattle. He expects them to cul
tivate the soil and cut down the trees,
and when he finds time or has the in
clination he helps them.
The Press., 1905-07-05
POETS AND THUNDER.
A Description by Byron and q Con
ment ON 1t by Scott.

Description by Byron and q Conn
ment ON 1t by Scott.
Byron In the third canto Of "Childe
Harold" describes a thunderstorm In
Switzerland which occurred at mid
night on June Is, 1916. He notices the
awful stiffness which precedes it:
All heaven and earth are still. though not
In sleep,
But breathless.
until
From peak to peak. the rafting crags
among,
Leaps the live thunder! Not from one
lone cloud,
But every mountain now hath found a
tongue,
And Jura answers. through her misty
Back to the joyous Alps. who call to her
aloudl
The description Is too long to quote,
and, indeed, too we'll known, but Sir
Walter SCOTS criticism on it may not
be SO well known. He says:
''This is one Of the most beautiful
passages of the poem. The fierce and
far delight Of thunderstorm is here
described in verse almost as vivid as
its lightnings. The live thunder leap
Ing among the rafting crags,' the voice
Of mountains, as If shouting to each
other, the FLASHING of the big rain, the
cleaning of the wide lake, lighted like
a phospheric sea, present picture Of
sublime terror, yet Of enjoyment, often
attempted, but never so well, certainly
never better, brought out in poetry
Notes and Queries.
The Press., 1905-07-05
The Timidity of the Shark.

The shark, like the elephant, Is Of
timid disposition and is cautious and
wary in his approaches. All observers
are agreed that he is always attended
by two pilot fishes, who act the same
part as that wrongly assigned to the
jackal in reference to the lion-going
on ahead to examine any likely object
and returning to inform the shark
whether it is Of an eatable nature. The
splashing of oars or even the arms and
legs of q swimmer will often deter the
shark from making an attack, and
there Is every reason to believe that If
swimmers in tropical waters would al
ways carry with them three or four
hand grenades they would have little
occasion to fear Interference by these
creatures. 1t is strange that so obvious
a precaution should be generally neg
lected.-LOndOn Standard.
The Press., 1905-07-05
Antiquity OF sugar.

The first mention Of sugar seems to
have been made by Pliny more than
1900 years ago, who traces 1t to Ara
bia and gives the preference to Indian
sugar, which he speaks Of as "honey
found in canes" Status In his de-
scription of the Saturnalia says that
among the food which the Emperor
Domitian made the people at those
noisy festivals scramble for was a
sweet substance obtained from Ara
bian canes. Other classical writer's Of
about the same period describe 1t also
as a kind OF honey found in canes and
not made by bees. Strabo adds that In
solid state it resembles salt. The
sugar cane was introduced into Sicily
in 1148 and soon afterward into Spain.
Thence sixty years later it was taken
to the West Indies, and at the end OF
the eighteenth century Jamaica alone
produced quite $4,000 tons a year.
The Press., 1905-07-05
Nothing raises the price Of a blessing
like it's removal.-MOore.
The ExCheWWeP.

In past times it was the custom for
the kings justiciar and his subordi-
mates to make up the royal accounts
twice year, at Easter and Michael
mas, on table which was the most
striking object In the chamber in
which they assembled. This table was
covered with dark russell cloth divided
into squares. which gave tia checker
ed, chessboard- like appearance, and in
the, columns and spaces the accounts
rendered by the sher1ffs and great
landowners who . attended for that
purpose. We're entered and reckoned
up! It was the checkered cloth, so
conspicuous throughout the proceed
ings,t that gave rise to the. name ex-
chequer. just as, the stars painted on
the ceiling of. another historic room
originated the, name ''star chamber"
The Press., 1905-07-05
Popular Names Abroad.

Numerous as are the members of ths
Smith family, they do not occupy az
prominent a place in European direc-
tories as they do in those Of England
or at home, though they take up much
room in the Berlin directory, 5000
Schmidts being registered. They have
to give room, however, to the schultzes
and Mullers. In Brussels the Jansen
family is the most numerously repre-
scented, while the greater space in the
Paris directory is given over to the
Martinets.
Morelli and vitelN are the names
most numerous in Naples, and here the
Smiths sink into significance; but, like
the word "hello," the name Of Smith
is heard around the world and is repre-
scented in practically every directory
published, more than may be said OF
any other surname, whatever its ma
tiOnality.
The Press., 1905-07-05
False Dice.

The following passage explains the
various methods Of cheating at dice In
the Elizabethan era SO we'll that /
transcribe it in full for the benefit of
commentators on old plays, ETC.. says
q correspondent Of London Notes and
Queries. what false disc use they?
as disc stopped up with quicksilver
and heares, disc Of vantage, hattes.
gourdes to chop and chaunge whan they
lyste, to lette the trew disc fall under
the table. and so take up the false, and
II they be true disc, what shyfte will
they make to set ye one Of them with
slyding, with cogging, with foyst1ng
with coytinge, as they call it."-As-
CHAINS "Toxophilus," 1915.
The Press., 1905-07-05

Frwxr.-That almost every operation
In our hospitals performed upon women
becomes necessary through neglect OF
nuch symptoms as backaehe, irregular
and painful menstruation, lencorrhoea,
dfspiacements of the uterus, pain In
the side. burning sensation in the stom-
ach, bearing-down pains, nervousness,
dizziness and sleeplessness.
SEcoND.-The medicine that holds
the record for the largest number of
ABSOLUTE cures of female ills is Lydia
Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Ik regulates, strengthens and cures
diseases of the female organism as
nothing else can
For thirty years it has been helping
women to be strong, curing backache,
nervousness, kidney troubles, all utter
inc and ovarian Inflammation, weak
meas and displacements, regulating
msnstruation perfectly and overcom.
ing it's pains. 1t has also proved itself
invaluable in preparing for childbirth
and the change of life.
THRD.-The great volume of unso-
hcited and grateful testimonials on file
at the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn,
Mass. many of which are from time to
time published by permission, give alb
solute evidence of the value of Lydia
E. Pinlham's Vegetable Compound and
Mrs. Pinlham's advice.
FouRrH.-Every ailing woman in the
United States is asked to accept the
following invitation. 1t is free, will
bring you health and may save your
life.
Mrs. Pinkhmm's Standing Invitation
to Women.--Women suffering from any
form of female weakness are invited to
promptly communicate with Mrs. Pink
ham. at Lynn, Mass. All letters are
received, opened. read and answered
by women only. From symptoms given,
your trouble may be located and the
Quickest and surest way of recovery
advised. Out of the vast volume of ex-
perienee in treating female ills Mrs.
Pinkham probably has the very knowl-
edge that will help your case. Surely
any woman, rich or poor, is very foolish
IL she does not take advantage OF this
generous offer of assistance.
The Press., 1905-07-05
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
(ltems OF local interest taken from the columns
OF The Press, thirty years agol
July 3, 1876.

The firm of Arnold & Sanford, jew
elers, has dissolved. and Mr. Arnold
continues the business alone.
Wakefield & Bidwell will open a
meat market i'll the upper room va
Gated by Adams & Gallivan in Fos-
ter's block
Joseph Burley has sold the lot at
the junction of the Springs and Or
cuttville roads, south of the Hollow,
to John Shaw. Price, $3.50.
The plank walk ordered along the
west side of the Methodist church
grounds, and north to the northerly
line of Daniel Sullvian's premises is
all built excepting such portions as
front the premises of Capt. Solva
Converse and of Mr.. Sullivan. The
walk is four feet wide, and we'll
built
M. B. Fisk has sold to John Stew
ems building lot on High street, OPP
posite Mr.. Rowland residence.
Price, 5000. Mr. Stevens intends to
build this season. Thomas Lathrop
also proposes building upon the lot
next to that of Mr.. Stevens, and AL
bert Parkess has his house upon an
adjoining lot we'll toward completion,
making with Mr.. Taft's house, corner
of Prospect street and Fisk avenue,
four houses that will be built the
present year upon lots sold off from
that of Mr. Fisk.
In the second school district in
West Stafford, Hattie L. Washburn
teacher, the scholars who have been
neither absent nor tardy during the
term of twelve weeks, ending July
I'd, are: Katie L. Patten, Arminda
M. Shepard, Eta A. Truesdell. Those
who have not been tardy are: Ever
EFT L. Fletcher, Wilbert L. Lull,
Charlie T. Smith, Lucius Dimmick,
Harry d. Smith, Cora L. Johnson.
Rebecca May Washburn, Flora E.
Wilton, Luna S. Johnson, Hattie A.
Gilmore and Mary E. Cummings.
The Eagles of Stafford Springs and
the Clippers of Rockville played
games in Stafford Springs on Satur-
day and at Rockville on Monday.
The Eagles won Saturday, 16 to IL,
but were badly beaten on Monday, %
to f. The lineup of the Eagles was
as follows: Cannon, G.; w. Hassett,
p; J. Warren, lib; D. Mullins, CT +;
r. Hampston, 3b; d. Bissett, IS T.
Mullins, If; D. Collins, 2b; A. w.
Tuthill, IF. The battery for the Clip
pers Saturday was Cornell and Con-
way, and OH Monday Forrest and Far
rel
Born. In Willimantic, June both,
a son to Charles B. and Mary E. Pom
eroy, formerly of Stafford Springs.
In Wilmington Hollow, July Sd, a
daughter to L. W. and A. @. Holt.
In Stafford Springs, July 18th, a
daughter Edith Gertrude) to Lyman
and Maria A. Cushman; 9th, daugh-
ter to Allen Greene.
The Press., 1905-07-05

This is said to be how William Wal
dorf Astor gave the order for the fine
offices built for the Pail Mall Gazette:
Mr.. Aston was signing checks one
morning and was informed that one Of
them was for Office rent. He laid
down his pen and remarked: "Well, I
must pay taxes and other expenses,
but need not pay rent. If it pays an
other man to erect building and rent
it to me, then 1t will pay me. Now"
turning to his right hand man, make
arrangements for new offices. don't
want to hear anything more about It
for O year." And so the offices were
hp1f1%
The Press., 1905-07-05
Single and Double.

"This," said the man who was show
ing the stranger around the city, as he
pointed to a broad stretch of beach,
belongs to old Bigspud. It's all made
land. That's his house back there on
the left"
'Is that on made land, toor asked
the stranger.
mo. That's on married land. He
got it with his wife.""-Chicago Trib-
un@
The Press., 1905-07-05
Bent Her Double.

81 knew no one, for four weeks, when
l was sick with typhoid and kidney trou
ble," writes Mrs. Annie Hunter, Of Pitts
burg, Pa land when I got better al
though had one of the best doctors /
could get, was bent double and had to
rest my hands on my kne AZ when |
walke1. From this terrible affllctiou l
was rescued by Electric Bttters, which
restored my health and strength, and
now can walk as straight as evrr They
are simply wonderful" Guarante I'd 10
cure stomach, liver and kidney disor-
de"s; at A. @. Eaton's drug store; price
so cents.
The Press., 1905-07-05

Owe DOLLAR SAVED REPREs "NTs TEN
DOLLARS EARNEn.-The average man
does not save TO exceed ten per cent. of
his earnings. He must spend nine d u
lars In living expenses for every dol a"
saved. That being the case he cal n Vt
be too careful about unnecessary ex
penses. Verv often few cents properly
invested, ike buying seeds for his garden,
will save several dollars outlay la'e" on.
II Il the same In buying Chamh-rlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
1t costs but a few cents, and a bottle of
1t in the honse often saves doctors hill
of several dollars. For sale bv E. K
Taft, H. F. Cady, Stafford g. Hall, Jr ,
& Co., So. Wilmington.
The Press., 1905-07-05
The Diamnnd Cure

The latest news from Paris is, that
they have discovered diamond cure for
consumption II you fear consumption
or pneumonia, II will, however, be best
for you % take that great remedy men
toned by W T. McGee of Vanleer
Tenn Il had a cough for fourteen
years. Nothing helped me, until took
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs and Colds, which gave In
slant relief, and effected a permaner
cure" Unequalle1 quick ture for Throa
and Lung Troubles. AT A. G Eaton's
drug store; price SOC az d $1:O0, guaran-
teed. Trial bottle free.
The Press., 1905-07-05

Parrots are such close observers and
keen mimics that 1t would be surpris-
ing If birds in the households of clergy
men and ministers did not repeat spe-
cial phrases at proper times. Indeed,
it would be as well not to hold family
worship with speaking parrot in the
room. There was no harm In the bird
that sang in good time and tune
'There Is a Happy Land" But other
feats of imitativeness might easily Of
fend. Parrots uttering responses or
bits Of the creed or scraps OF prayer,
as several have been known to do, es-
pecially at unreasonable moments, are
apt to vex rather than amuse, though,
Of course, the birds do not mean to be
irreverent. A bishops parrot used to
calculate Let us pray" sometimes in
devout tones, at other times mockingly.
The Press., 1905-07-05

THE ONLY SURVIVOR of tie Hav g,
Aicic Eye ittop, Mr. 8. j. McCoim ok
now U. S Deputy Mineral Surveyor,
Bliss station, Idato says: For years
have suffer ed from severe pain the h1i1
joint and hack bone, deprivlrg ma OF all
power. The cause was Stone In tie
Bladder and Gravel In the Kitn .ys
Aftel usirg DR.. David Kennedy's Favorlte
Remedy, OF Rondout, N. Y, was com.
pletely cured. 4
The Press., 1905-07-05
ParlOr Pride Stove Polish.

LIQUiD-READY FIR INSTANT USE A
few drops of Parlor Pride Stove Polish
gives the stove a brilliant lustre shine,
making the stove fit for the parlor. No
soil6d hands - easy to apply : always
ready. Requires no water or mixing
(water fused In paste polish rusts the
stove). No dried-up paete remains after
using awhile. Parlor Pride good to the
last drop. Sold by all dealers. l4arges
sample bottle free Ono express or postage
to pay). Give name Of your dealer and
address .PARLOR PRIDE MFG. co,
Boston, Mass. - 4ian62
The Press., 1905-07-05
A Surprise Party.

A pleasant surprise party may ba gym
to your stomach and liver, by takir n
medicine which will relieve their ain
and discomfort, viz: Dr. Kings New
Life Pills They are a most wonderful
remed' affording sure RELIEF and cure for
headache, zzlness and constipation
25c at A. &. Eaton's drug store.
The Press., 1905-07-05

THE BEST PHYoIo When you want
phvsic that Is mild AMI gentle, easy to
take and certain to act. always use Cham.
beIlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
Sold by E. K. Taft, H. F Cady, Stat
ford; G. Hall, Jr., & Co., So. Wilmington.
The Press., 1905-07-05
His Course.

Farmer Cornrack-Mandy, got
letter from our boy sayin' he was get
tin ready to take preparatory ses-
sion. Mandy-A three months course,
/ presume? Farmer Cornrack-No, I
think not. He said somethin' about a
York Times.
The Press., 1905-07-05

More Than Engaged ),
"I'd like to see your mistress. II ah0
engagedr
why, sir. she's masEssdS bean uaga
ssed for twenty ye6as
The Press., 1905-07-05

Many man goes away from home
for a week and imagines that he Is
missed by the whole community, and
when he comes home he finds that there
isn't a person In town that knew he
had been awav.
The Press., 1905-07-05
His Idea of n.

Aunte-You should ask to be excuS.l
ed when you leave the table.y Little
Nephew-should II / thought from the
way you acted about that. third piece
or pie that you'd be glad, to see me 60.