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The Delta independent., 1905-10-27
ENDURANCE OF PAIN
PEOPLE TODAY MORE SENSITIVE
THAN THEIR ANCESTORS.
Surgical Operations Performed In the
olden Days Without the Use Of An
esthetics Bring Shudder to the
Members of the Present Generation.

The incident of physician with
dislocated shoulder going from one
doctor to another to get it set without
an anesthetic and finally securing the
heroic treatment is to-day SO much out
of the ordinary that 1t secures liberal
space in the newspapers. The fact.
that a painful operation was per-
formed without chlorOform or ether is
itself thought worthy of notice. The
refusal of several physicians to per-
form it is eloquent of the state of sur
gical practice.
Now and then in some doctors Of
flee of medical museum we see case
of instruments which seem better fit
ted for the carpenters bench or the
butchers block than for the surgeons
table. There are knives as large as
carvers for cutting through quivering
and sensitive flesh with free sweep
and swift stroke, as If 1t were dead
meat and great saws for severing hui
man bones like tirewood. The sight
of them is enough to make one glad
not to have lived in the old days. II
is much more comfortable to be
carved up now.
II anybody doubts that anesthesia
was the greatest blessing of the nine
teenth century to humanity the threat
of an amputation with these old in
struments is likely to change his opin-
ion. Out OF the football field men now
and then get joints dislocated and
stoically have them set without ether
and rush back into the scramble. Bat
tie and accident and disease still in
flict untold suffering under circum-
But in ordinary life for the most
part we have become so accustomed
to relief from physical pain in surgl-
cal practice that the deliberate prefer
ence for endurance rather than obliv-
ion excites interest and remark. Yet
only few years ago such endurance
was matter Of course. To-day many
people. even to save their lives. would
not face the pain of the old-time prac-
tice so much have habit and the
knowledge of surgical luxury affected
us. Just as 1t is impossible for him
who has grown into the life of ease
and self-indulgcnce to take up the
regimen Of the early days, when he
worked with his hands and lived on
hard fare. so 1t is impossible for most
OF us to face pain as our fathers and
mothers did.
Some students of the Chinese tell
us that their remarkable endurance of
pain is not SO much stoicism as lack
OF sensitiveness. They do not feel
pain as the Caucasian does. II that be
true. 1t is easy to believe in grear'h-
riations not merely in self-control. but
in sensory responsiveness. Perhaps
our people. being less habituated to
the endurance of pain as matter Of
course. are also more sensitive to 1t.
not only mentally but physically. The
modern nervous tension and quick re-
spcnsiveness ray lay upon the hero of
to-day vastly greater burden than
was borne under the same suffering by
the man OF an earlier time. who was
not brave or more self-contained OF
more the master of his own soul. but
whose physical being did not vibrate
with anything like the same intensity
under external impulse.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27
eroth.r,. HIoh Sense Of Duty.

Alfred Towns, of Silverton, Ore.
returned the other day from trip in
to the hills and told his brother Rob-
ert that he had shot two deer. Rob-
ert is a game warden and at once ar
rested Alfred for shooting without a
license, and Alfred served five days In
iail
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27
ss-t Eo-s in France.

In F-aace the best breed Of hogs is
c sueidecet to the Craonnais. which
ceten I5t ms the weight Of $50 pounds
II fiftern TO e.ghteen months; prize
rig wef~aad 763 pounds at the age oil
.su rca.hs ard twenty-five days.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27
EnoIish. Mayors Robe.

The robe worn by the mayor OF
Icngs;on tEng.) is said to be the
r,ost beautiful of IT'S kind. 1t is made
os watered silk. lavishly enriched with
!, ,orrmoats Cf gold. 1t was given to
t..e tnwa i:y the duke of Sutherland
4ia.r.gg s,s Mayoralty.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27
The eio Wind In Oregon.

Port Oxford evidently is very
windy place. A gentleman just from
there reports that last week the wind
blew a sheep up against barn. about
twenty feet from the ground, and held
1t there four days. until 1t starved to
death.-Drain (Ore.) Nonpareil.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27
Nine on Fire Many Years.

A mine in warwickshire, Eng. has
been alight for years. and man is pow
erless to check 1t. The blaze started
in seam of highly combustible coal.
and the workings, which stretch under
parts of Birmingham itself. are grad
ually being burnt out.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27
L,sea 10000 Towels.

Dur.re re prosecution OF a man
srao had ...olsn I towel belonging to
AZ Fncfiii railway company 1t was
stated iii. in the last two years the
roEpcsy lad lost 10000 towels.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27
Fic,er.Prlnt Identifies alton.

Identification by finger.print is gen
s-1ily sur:csed 90 be quite 2 modern
s.srorean { detective device; but It ap-
rcars tra> n wcs employed In Ko-ca
1. go ye3rs ago.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27
wou,dn,. play second Fiddle.

Here is story Kansas Irishman
tells on hash. An Irishman who ar
rived in this country only few days
before, was offered some hash. He
refused It, LET them that chewed 1t,
eat it," he said.-Kansas City journal.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27
Lfs.Is cos.Itution in Japan.

Rea, Gest:tuifcn is rarely seen In
Iran. Though, some of its inhabt
.-nts are yar5- Eoor. yet all seem to be
|. ir!y GcI fed. clothed and housed
aud are Of c.e1nly ha.its and rarely
EetfGy.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27
ro pisinfect Dishes.

Soda. in 2 per cent solution, Is
recommended Ivy Prof. Esmarch Of
Gottlingen as the best means Of disin-
fecting eating utensils.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27
E.u,Ie Monkey Did Housework.

A female chimpanzee once went out
TO service at Loango. Italy. and made
the beds. swept the house and assist
ed in the kitchen by peeling the pota-
toes and turning the spit.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27
1.e rb.rnc Of Comedy.

Earr;ea lie is the most frequent
t.ane OF comedy simply because It Is
She mcat -azardcTs enterprise in ma
<gre. tug SAITH writer in the
41.CCu Cs!;y Chronicle.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27

Dead Mouse caueed Fatal Shock.
An English woman who found a
dead mouse in bottle from which she
had drunk glass Of ale was so shock
ed that she died within week.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27
One Room for Family.

The working classes in Mexico are
for the most part content with one
room for family. room In which
the door does duty for both window
and chimney.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27
porest,e Note.

Next to a good cook the most I'm.
portant thing In your house is TO get
along with your wife-PhIladelphia
Inquirer. f
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27
Electric Furnace. EXPENSIVE.

According to the Scientific Ameri-
can, the cost of running an electric
furnace capable Of producing the eS-
traordinary heat of 5000 degrees is
so cents a minute. $4S an hour, or
about $500 a day.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27
Nice and Nasty.

Clarence. aged 4, had Just taken
bite of a very large but unusually sour
annie. "Gracious," he exclaimed.
what an awful nice bad apple that
is.'
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27

When Weeping 10 Dangerous.
A pretty woman in tears may be
more or less attractive to some, but 1t
never pays homely woman to cry
before man.-Somervll!e Journal.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27

English Post once Savings Banks.
There are in England $1,000 post
elce savings banks,
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27
old Specimens Of eriII.-work.

In Winchester cathedral (Engo
there is door composed Of four
rieces of iron grille-work which have
the distinction of being the Oldest
specimens OF their kind in Britain.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27
where Pretense AvaIIs Not.

Heaven and hell the two placcs
where everybody has to drop pre-.
teuses.-JOhn Oliver Hobbies.
The Delta independent., 1905-10-27

Forty million bottles of August Flower
sold in the United States alone since its
introduction !! And the demand for y Is
of success3 Don't 1t prove that August
Flower has had unfailing success In the
cure Of indigestion and dyspepsia
worst enemies Of health and haPpinessf
Does It not afford the best evidence that
August Flower 10 a sure specific for all
stomach and intestinal disorders 7-that II
10 the best Of ali liver regulators1
August Flower has q natchless record
Of over IS years in curing the ailing mil.
Hons Of these distressing complaints.
Two sizes. sSc and 7Sc. All druggists
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-09
DID YOU EVER WONDER

Why baby carriage isn't known MS
crycycle?
Why it is SO much easier to be wrong
than 1t Is to be president?
Why some people manage to talk Il
great deal without saying anything?
Why SO many Of our coming men
seem to be handicapped from the start ?
Why the company that issues the
map has the only curveless rnilroad
thereon?
Why the average man invariably
makes fool of himself every time he
tries to act up?
Why men are nearly always embar-
raised when they propose-either finan-
cially or otherwise?
Why so mnny men who are anxious
to work when sick are just as anxious
to avoid it when we'll?
Why some men are not as black rs
they are painted and some are not us
white as they nre wllitewashed? --Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-09
The Young Doctors critics.

1.-THE young doctor has hard row
to hoe" remarked a physician ut a re-
cent dinner. If he does not own a
horse and carriage the people say lie
cannot have lnrge practice. If he
does own horse which happens to be
fat the people insist that he cannot
have much work to do If, OH the
other hand, the horse happens to be
hony they circulate the news that the
doctor keeps his horse only for show
and is so hard up that he can't afford
to feed the animal properly
York Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-09
Butler Got the Whisky.


senior Don Manuel dc AzpiroZ the
recently deceased ambassador from
MEXICO, was one of the most genial and
kindly OF men. When he iirst came 10
washington young newspaper man
ilall the good fortune 10 serve him and
save nm some embarrassment, and
inc diplomat was tOuchingly grateful.
year or two later the news gathcrer
fell upon evil days and left his noble
calling for one in which money comes
more easily and in larger quantities.
re obtained testimonials from high Of
ficials, and the article on which he
first tried his hand was a brand of
whisky.
Every official was sent n gallon or
Two free, and then the agent secured
testimonials about the excellent uuali,
~ OF the liquor Remembering his
friend, the Mexican ambassador, lie
was sent gallon, and then the young
man called and explained his new vo.
cation. The ambassador wanted to
help him, and promised an autograph
letter on the merits of the whisky Just
as soon as he got time to think it
over. In the course of several weeks
The manufacturers wrote their local
agent about an extraordinary epistle
from the Mexican embassy. and asked
him to get the document changed If he
wanted TO collect on 1t as an ADVERTISE
ment.
The letter from Senior Aspiroz thank.
cd the manufacturers for gallon of
whisky, and stated that lie never used
whisky In any form or shape. There
fore he could not conscienliously say
that ne thought 1t good whisky, but,
the letter continues: "In my employ
Is a colored butler, who is a connois-
scnr. He served once with the famous
Chamberlain, and this butler says that
the whisky is fine. And. indeed" end
ed the ambassador. 81 believe he tells
The truth, because unfortunately left
tho jug In the pantry, and the butler
kept sampling II to make sure IL was
good until he drank the entire contents
In less than week Baltimore Sun.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-09
Plain Clothes Mon.

In n small South American state
which lad recently undergone change
Of administration the new potentate
summoned an artist and ordered new
designs for MI the official uniforms.
Il wish snowy costumcs-very
SNOWY" lie said, "for the people are i'm
pressed by them. have here some
sketches that myself have made.
Look them over and be guided by these
IDEAS MS far as possible"
The artist examined the sketches
carefully.
This" he said, turning the pages. az,
evidently for the navy and this for the
army hut. If you PLEASE. what is this
long plume OH q three cornered hat,
yellow dress coat trimmed with purple,
and"-
THAT" replied the chief of state
gravey, sis for the secret police"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-09
Entered at the Newport News. Va,
Postofllce Az second-clRss matter.
TUESDAY, MAY .. 1905.
TIE APPEAL OF CALEB POWERS

The effort of Caleb Powers. now nm
der sentence Of death for complicit!
in the plot to murder Governor Goebcl.
Of Kentucky, is Interesting. not only
because of its connection with one of
The most dcSpicable crimes of recent
years. but because CT some of the
points broush. forward as reason
fnr the transfer of the case from the
State to the federal courts.
or course, il Is unfortunate that
there should he any doubt concerning
the fairness Of the trials by which he
three times has been found guilty. but
to the laynan, IMMERSED in the intricu-
cies and the hnir-splitting technicnli-
ties of the law. Il seems that MIR. Pow
CTS himself has very materially assist
cd in his own conviction For Instance
most persons have an idea that the
pine reason for the existence of laws
and tie courts of justice and the prose.
cuLicn Sf criminals is that crimes may
he punished and human life and prop.
city rendered safe.
II Mr.. Powers had hand In the plot
which ended In the assassination Of
Goehel. Il must he confessed that JUS.
tica will not so far astray If It place
him Mt the end Of Il hansman's rope
Nov let us forget the tcchnical.licS Of
the law AMI consider the matter from
The standpoint Of Powers himself. Not
n.,1,.
noAy 20 lhc effect that the Republican
secretary OF State was implicated In
the plCt, b,li when Powers was arrest
ed he produced and showed to the Of.
ficers pardon for the crime. the pun.
Ghment Cor which lie Is now trying to
escape. II Powers is innocent Of muir,
der, WY diJ he consider il necessary
"a have q hsurping governor sign Il
pardon Tor crime he did not COM
NIT? II will be difficult for the aver
age citizen to work himself up into n
frenzy Of sympathy for n man who car.
RES uron his person such tamning
docGEcEt. The technicalitieS of the
lev may enable him to escape The pun
lshment which: the law prcscrihcs A
high position. influence. money ana
clever lawyers can some times ac-
complish much. The combination, can.
MT, however, convince Intelligent
American citizens. judging the case
'lpnn his own presentation OF Il. that
Galet Powe:s was not guilty of con.
Spring ID assassinate Gonbel.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-09
Re Kind Todny

Less spent OH the dead and more
spent OH the living would bring about
many happy results. Hearts are break
Ing, loved ones wait and tears flow nll
because of the Withholding OF kind
words unspoken and letters never sent.
The aged father and mother far off In
the country would often be chccrcd did
the son or daughter more frequently
send them letter. Behold the sad
mistakes of others, their rcmorsc, and
profit by the same before it Is too lite.
Today, now, speak the loving word,
send the tender message, write the let
ter you put off day by day. and don't
whit until You forget it or until bitter
memories haunt you.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-09
BRAVE DECATUR.
Fhs St.ry es Hfs Fierce Attack on Z,
TrfpoIftun Vessel.


Gardner W. Allen III his book, Our
Navy and the Burbary Corsnirs," re-
tells the old story OF how Commodore
Stephen Decatur, then lieutenant IA
the United States navy. attacked q
TripOlitnn vessel. The incident occuy-
rcd I'm 1904, when Preble was lying of
Tripol. Young Decatur had been told
that the cnptain Of this vessel had
treacherously murdered his brother,
John Decatur, after he had surrendered
TO him. Mr.. Allen writes: "He rau
alongside and at once boarded with
Marlborough and the remnant Of Ills
crew. Decatur singled out the captai:..
n man of great size and strength, and
attacked him furiously. The Tripoli-
tan made thrust with his boarding
pike. and In attempting to parry the
blow Dccatur's cutlnss was broken or
Mt the hilt, leaving him for the mo-
mcnt unlrmcd. Another thrust OF the
pike wounded him in the arm. Decatur
seized the weapon, wrcnched 1t away
and grapplcd with his antagonist Aft
or short struggle they fell to the deck,
with Decatur OH top.
Meanwhile the two crews were fight.
ing furorsly about their leaders. and
Tripnitan aimed Il blow mt Decatlirs
head with his scinlitcr, when Il seaman
named Daniel Frazier, having both
arms disabled by wounds. interposed
his head and received the blow. which
laid open the scalp. The Tripolitan
captain, being more powerful than De
ant VI.
holding him down with his left hand,
drew knife and was about to plunge
1t into Ills breast
decatur seized the uplifted arm
with his left hand. while he managed
to get his right into his pocket, where
he had pistol. Giving it the proper
direction, he fired through the pocket.
The giant relaxed his hold and fell
dead. Having lost seventeen killed, in
GLIDING theil feader. the seven surviv-
Ing Tripolitans, four of whom were
wounded, soon gave up the fight"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-09
CORPORATION STAND ON DRUNK
ENNESS.

The fact that many great corpora.
lions have set their faces like fin.
against the employment of men al.
hictcd to the habit of getting drunk.
nrrv2kcs Tins comment from the es.
;eemcd florida Times. Union: "The
S:ca. corporations are making dis
tinct step. forward by demonstrating
That drunkenness is waste of valuable
nh eria. ID has been found difficult.
]. not impossible to eradicate drunk
enness by legislation OH moral groun Is.
but when whisky becomes generally
recognized as an obstruction To bust
ness ana har to employment. VIC
snail begin to see practical results.
Perhaps The time is coming that was
pcphcsinh Of old Sickness should he
punished as fhfnl injury to the pro.
duc!ng power Of The community"
IL is more Than likely that when
IN" corporations become thoroughly
cG3ElZhnt of the fact that cigarette
Gmcking is Injurious in its effect upon
re business capacity of young men
they will take similar stand AGAINST
the little coffin tack. If they do II Is
dollars 10 doughnuts that their crusade
VIII be moro successful than that of
the Indiana Legislators.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-09
A BRAZILIAN mousehold Pct.

Brazilians train n snake called the
giboia as n rat catcher. 1t is fifteen
feet long, is harmless to the human
being. becomes quite household per,
IS lazy in the daytime, but at night
roams about the house in quest of its
prey-rats. These animals it promptly
kills by twisting their necks. When
Brazilians have to pass from room to
room in the dark they first put on their
slippers. 1t would not be pleasant to
plant ones bare feet on cold Shiny
snake of that size.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-09
1.llE FALL OF MAN.
East African Natives Iinvc Legend
That Tells the Story.

d
Among the Nasal. native tribe IN
German East Africa, Is found the fol-
lowing story of the creation, which, no.
cordiny TO DR.. Emil Reich, they could
not have got from missionaries. DIR.
Reich thinks that the Christian, AInsai
and Bnbylonian accounts had COM
mon origin IN Arabia: I'm the begin
ming the earth was waste and bar
rem wilderness IN which there dwelt Il
dragon alone. Then God came down
from heaven. fought with the dragon
nnd vnnquislled il. From the dragons
blood, which was water, the barren
rock wilderness was made fertile. and
the spot where the struggle between
God and the dragon took place became
paradise. Thereafter God created all
thinsS-sun, moon, stars, plants and
beasts and finally two human beings.
The man was sent down from heaven
and was called Matumbe, and the wo-
man. Naitcrsorob, sprung from the
bosom Of the earth.
God led them into paradise, where
they lived an untroublcd existence. or
NIL the fruits therein they might eat by
pOu IcIillSSiOllI VI OllC tree uIOllS
they might not taste. Often God came
down To see them, when lie climbed
down q ladder from heaven. But one
day he was unable FOR long time to
find them. but finally discovered them
crouchlns among the bushes. On being
asked the meaning OF his conduct Mali
Tumble replied that they were ashamed
because they Ind eaten of the forbid
den fruit. battle-ground gave me of the
fruit he said. and persuaded ne to
eat 1t after she had eaten OF 1t herself
"Naitcrgorob sought to excuse herself
by saying, The three headed serpent
came to me and said that by tasting
The fruit we should become like unto
thee and almighty Then was 'Ngn.
(GoD wroth and banisllcd the two first
human beings from paradise. He sent
ltilegcn. the morning star, to drive man
out of paradise and to keep watch
thereovcr."
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-09
o,nAMLoN AND HIS pELlers.


One of the latest developments of
tho Nan Patterson case Is DR.. O'Han-
Ions latest view Of the case. 1t will
Re remembered that that versatile
gentleman WIS ac.ing ms corcncr's ply.
Si"ian ut the time Caesar Youn" lost
his life ana made an examination of
the body. When the Gaze first came
'.' for trial he .wure that in his opin.
ion tho tnrfn'an shot himself. In the
last trial he swore that he had changed
his mud and believed that Young did
not take his own life.
Saturday he was quoted as saying:
Nov that the trial lis over feel free
10 say :hnt all along | believed tina.
Tic revolver which fired The bullet
was In The hands of Young My rca.
son is from the powder marks found
on one Of Nnungs fingers OH the LAY
he WAS killed"
OF course. ic is difficult to decide
when O'ilanlon was guilty of perjury.
but he ccrtaily must have been swear
'nE &c n fa'scEcod at some stage Of
tho proceedings. 1t is unfortunate
that the wide latitude given In Tex.
pert" testimony makes It practically
impossible 10 prosecute The mcndacitv
IT men who are brought forward for
the cypress purpose CT bulstcring ND n
ease.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-09
: A QUEER PosToFFICE.
How Mnn Wns Delivered In the Old
Dnys of LCnINillc.

Speaking OF bad towns" said one of
the Knnsus City Kan.) officials who
had crossed the plains In the early days
of the west. reminds me of OLD Lead
vile, Colo, when everybody had the
gold fever bad and law and justice
hinged OH the mighty Colt.
'"The town was full of holdup men,
and 1t was hardly safe for one to go
on the streets after dark; but, rs many
crooks. murdcrers and bad men as
there were In tile town. there was hard
~ ever case of petty thicvery. Every
store was wide open and unguarded,
and the merchandise was perfectly
safe too.
"a lnrge postotiice business was done
In I.endvllle at that time. The post
master waiipn old German. The great
number offinconing gold seekers IN
creased the amount OF mail until the
postmaster became unable TO handle IL.
He then dumped the mail In the middle
of the floor, and everybody came In and
went through 1t, taking ones own let
tiers and papers. The stuck OF mail was
sometimes four and five feet high, and
fifteen or twenty men were always
gathered around 1t. Perfect order pre-
vailed, and no one took any mail ex-
cept his own.
"A government detective happened
around one day and told the postmaster
that he would have to discontinue this
free for all method Of handling lie
mail. The old man got mad, md, sum-
noning the patrons of the office, they
tarred and feathered the detective anu
rode MIN ont of town on n rail. 1t was
long time before the Office was run
according to the rules Of the depart
ment. but there wns never a complaint
against the cid German postmnster"-
Kansas City Star.