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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-11-15

reason Lena VOLTS brain was dull
and inactive was because the blood
was not feeding it as 1t should.
One of the principal duties of the
Ipancreas, situated just behind the
stomach, is to superintend the regular
feeding of the brain with good blood,
according to the theory of the Ger
man surgeon. In the case of Lena
Wolff he believed the pancreas was
minus one very important digestive
essential, without which it could not
do its work properly. That very i'm
portant essential had to be supplied
by grating a portion of a ductless
gland from another living person.
The child's mother readily offered
herself as sacrifice. She was per-
pectly willing to undergo the neces-
sarily painful and tedious operation of
having part of her throat grated on
the body of her little daughter II only
1t would give Lena hor reason,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-11-15
Novel Way of Mendlnu.

A good way to mend a round hole in
silk or wooden dress, and where
otherwise only patch could remedy
matters, is the following: The frayed
portions around the tear should be
carefully smoothed, and piece of the
material moistened with very thin
mucilage, placed under the hole. a
heavy weight should then be put upon
1t until dry, when it is only possible
to discover the mended place by care.
full observation.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-11-15
NEW ACHIEVEMENTS
OF GREAT SURGEONS
Operations That Almost Seem Incredible NowS Sue
cessfully Performed as Matter of Course.
Most Recent the Work Of Dr. Karl Care of Berlin in Which
Devoted Mother Gave Part of Her Own Throat to Convert
Her Idiot Daughter Into Bright Little Girl

New York.-Medical men here and
abroad are awaiting with considera-
BILE interest report from Berlin Civ
ing complete details of a most daring
and unusual surgical operation per-
formed there a few weeks ago.
An idiot child, the six-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Louis Wolff, a resi-
dent of Berlin, has been converted
into an intelligent being by the proc
ess of grating part of the mothers
thyroid gland upon the child's pan
creas. Reduced to palmer language,
this means that part of the mothers
throat has been transferred by the
grating process to a gland, or tissue,
lying directly at the back of the stom-
ach. By this operation the dull, in
active brain Of little Lena Wolff has
been awakened so that 1t is now per-
forming the duties for which it was
intended.
This, in the history of medical
science, is without parallel, not only
because such an operation was never
attempted before, but also because
of its seeming vagueness. The idea
of grating part of the throat of a
mother to the pancreas gland of her
child with the expectation of convert
ing the child from idiocy to normal,
mental condition would seem at first
glance unworthy of serious consider
alton. But DR.. Karl Care, professor
of surgery in the medical faculty of
Breslau university, to whom the oper-
alton is credited, did exactly what has
been described above, and recent de-
spatches from Berlin declare that the
operation has been pronounced a COM
plete success.
Professor Care is an eminent Ger
man surgeon whose success in the
transplanting of organs from one ami
NAL to another and even from the
lower animals to human beings, has
attracted the attention and admira-
ton of surgical men all over the
world. When his report of how he
changed Lena Wolff from an idiot into
a bright and intelligent little girl is
completed it will form a valuable ad-
dition to the list of modern miracles
of surgery.
An Idiot From Birth.
From the details of the case al
ready received from Germany 1t ap-
pears that Lena Wolff was born an
idiot six years ago, says the New
York World. Reason never dawned
for her as in other babies. She had
come into the world without one ap-
parent spark of intelligence and
seemed doomed to pass her whole life
without knowing the joys and sorrows
of living.
Her case was called to the attention
of Professor Care, who was inter
ested from the very beginning, be-
cause in it he saw possibility of be-
ing able to prove the correctness of
theory on which he had been at work.
This involved the probable action or
influence that certain substances or
secretions found in the ductless
glands of the human body have. upon
the blood.
1t is the blood, as everybody knows,
that feeds the brain, keeping it active
and clear and in good working order
If the blood is thin or sluggish the
brain is first to record that fact. The
great German surgeon knew that the
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-11-15
To Keep Alive coronado's March.

Several thousand dollars have been
raised by public subscription for a
monument to commemorate the march
of Coronado into New Mexico. 1t will
consist of huge granite bowlder
from the Glorieta mountains, to be
polished on four sides and suitably In.
scribed, 4 will be erected at Las
Vegas.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-11-15
To Clean HorsehaIr furniture.

Horsehair furniture can be quickly
cleaned by first beating it and brush.
ing all the dust from 1t, then wipe off
with a cloth wrung out of hot water,
to which has been added a tablespo( !.
full of ammonia to each quart. Be sure
20 wine with the grain of the cloth.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-11-15
The Common Evil.

The sin which Is termed dishonesty
Is the same evil as that which Is
called disease in living bodies or
blight in the seasons. and In cities
and governments has another name.
which is Injustice
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-11-15

an incision in the corneu made at the
top Pushing the points down through
the pupil with the sharp blade he
punctured The Opaque membrane Of
the lens capsule and cut it squarely
in two. The task of the surgeon was
to cut so delicately and precisely as
to divide the obstruction and let the
light into the eye SGain.
The operation was entirely success
full The dead lens matter remains in
the eye and on either side of the pupil
speck of the Opaque substance can
yet be seen. This In time may be alb
sorbed.
Some Surgical Marvels.
Philadelphia and Toledo, Ohio. have
recently contributed to the list of
marvels of surgery through operations
on the brains of incorrigible and men.
tally defective boys. A still more re-
cent case is that of Carl Fredericks,
aged nine years, of No. 200 Clinton
street, Hoboken. He is under observa-
ton at the Railway Reformatory prep
aratory to the practical reconstruction
of his brain.
The doctors say the boys brain is
so peculiarly constructed that it pre-
vents him from being good for more
than an hour at a time. The head is
of abnormal shape, the skull coming
to point. The ears are small and
protruding, and the eyes are as sharp
as a ferret's.
Tests made few days ago showed
that the boy had no sense of right or
wrong This is attributed to an alb
normal brain growth. AS a result of
the operation, which includes the cut
! ting out of certain parts of the brain,
it is expected to relieve the boy of his
wicked tendencies and transform him
into a model youth.
Scientific surgery is gradually solv-
ing the problem of making us over
piecemeal. Raymond Moore, aged 90,
of Baltimore, lost the sixth and sew
enth ribs on the right side. DR.. Ham
ilton Brown replaced them with ar
tificial ribs of hard rubber tubing.
BY an operation at Fordham Hos.
pital, Joseph Reicher was supplied
with silver windpipe to replace the
original, which had been damaged be-
yond repair by hard fall.
DR.. Kaintsky, the famous Russian
surgeon, recently astonished the medi-
cal world by furnishing a man with
artificial arteries. The operation took
place in DR.. Kaintsky's private lab
oratory at st. Petersburg. The pa
tent very rich farmer and cattle
raiser, Ivan Poitinkask by name, had
collided violently with a stump while
driving in a sleigh. He was hurled
out and impaled upon a broken branch.
The jagged piece of wood struck him
below the hip joint and ranged down
for about four inches. The wound
was an exceedingly ugly one. 1t was
directly over and In line with the fe-
moral artery, which supplies the en-
tire leg with blood. DR.. Kaintsky
saved Poitinkask's life by removing
the injured part of the femoral artery
and replacing it with an artificial one.
The Berlin surgeon, DR.. Seyfried,
has succeeded in giving a man new
top for his skull, made from the skull
of an OK.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-11-15

Many married man goes to near.
by saloon for a smile" because he
gets nothing but frowns at home.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-11-15
important News chronIcIed.

An English paper gravely announ-
ces that "Sir Kerr Singh, the maharao
of Srohi, lost his last jaw tooth on
July and had q diamond one put In
its place"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-11-15

At the Harper Hospital, Detroit, DR..
H. o. Walker has succeeded in giving
12-year-old boy a new shin bone
taken from the leg of dog.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-11-15

For flexibility, smooth finish, stiff
ness and durability, Defiance Starch
has no euual-10c for 16 OF.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-11-15
Important to Mothers.

Examine carefully every bottle Of CASTOR1A,
safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that 1t
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-11-15
Restored to Nationality.

At Stamford, Conn, unique opera
ton on the skull of the two-year-old
son of Michael Gunther has given the
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-11-28

Mr.. ]. P. Morgan, the new York
banker, has imported from England two
manuscripts of unusual value and his
tor1c interest. The two were appraised
by the customs officers, at $4,000. One
is the original warrant issued in Eng
land for the arrest of John Bunyan,
author of ''The Pilgrims Progress" on
the charge of hersey. The other is an
Illuminated manuscript Bible, made by
the monks of Cluny, in France, in the
thirteenth century. 1t is one of the
most beautiful hand-work productions
in existence. Its dimensions are TWEEN
ty-four by twenty by three and half
inches. Its Examinations are finely con-
ceived, skillfully wrought, and we'll pre-
served.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-11-28
NOVEMBER 20, 1906,

to human soul the dawn comes!
Light begins to break through the
shades of all unbelief and enmity. 1t is
the light Of truth and love, mingling
and winning the battle with the night
OF sin and alienation from God. 1t
heralds the rising of the Son of Right
eousness with all healing in his wings.
1t opens the pearly gates of an eternal
day.
20 Light that followest all my way,
l yield my Pickering torch to thee:
MY heart restores its borrowed ray,
That In thy sunshine's blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be-"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-11-28

On Sunday afternoon, a meeting was
held in the Second Presbyterian church,
Richmond in the interest of peace ana
arbitration among the nations. After
services conducted by DR.. Cecil, former
Governor Montague in a brief address
told of the effective work Of Dr. VIM.
A. Campbell, of this city, resulting in
petitions in thirty languages to the gov
ernments of the world and the formation
of Peace Societies in many lands He
introduced the Rev. DR.. w. r. Hubbard,
of Columbus, Ohio, one of the secreta-
ries of the American Peace Society Dr.
Hubbard was heard with great interest
and profit, as he spoke of war as un-
christian, unreasonable, Improbable
and unnecessary. These four PROPOSE
tions were sustained most clearly and
forcefully It was the work Of the
Peace Societies now at work in all civil
lied nations so to uplift and inform the
sentiment of the people, that war would
be an impossible resort. He spoke Of
the American Peace Union, and of the
established Hague Council of ArDitra-
ton and its coming meeting in May,
1907. The peace movement has secured
treaties of arbitration between nations.
All the republics of the two Americas
will be represented at the Hague Coun-
ell. Everywhere are the indications that
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-11-28

To see the day dawn once more,
and the sun come to it's morning
again was worth a night of travel
and unrest. 1t is both the most beauti-
full and the most sublime scene ever
given to mortal eyes. The dawn is so
faint in it's beginning, so slow and so
silent in its progress, so exquisite in
its changes, so delicate in its minglings
of light and colour, that no human art
can picture it, nor poet tell its beauty
in any verse. Does the Waterman
think 1t common, or the man on the en-
CINE, or the sailor on the lookout or
the sick woman on her couch, or the
sad heart that cannot sleep? To us
1t is miracle of majesty and beauty.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-11-28

Inc hope comes at once that so
'ne light from above may dawn over
VI 'ne earth. Long has darkness had
30 reign with sin and ignorance, with
TUT and false religion. The night has
-, us unhappy sway over the nation.
are so many, our brothers, for
"onl Christ died. There are such vast
Ihultitudes who love their darkness
=, they know no light. When shall
Oh. come In our own land more IN
n rOeu day? When shall the day break
40 e"e lands Of superstition and idolatry.
- human depravity and vice. with all its
'''o" and hopelessness?
WI % an, tell us Of the night,
us signs of promise are?"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-11-28
THIS WEEK.

THE SALARY OF THE PASTOR.
THE RETIREMENT OF YOUTH.
THE VIRGINIA ORPHANS HOME.
THE UNION MOVEMENT IN KOREA
DIR. WILBUR CHAPMAN IN KOREA.
ISOLATION AND FEDERATION.
Do WE WORSHIP THE TRUE COP?
THE MIRACLE OF THE DAWN.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-11-28

We admire the dawn because it
is triumph over night. The night
that is darkest and longest cannot re-
nst the coming of the new day. Even
the stars that have stood sentinels so
patiently are sent back into obscurity.
IL ushers In a new morning and pre-
pares the world for the rising of the
sun Ito rule the day" 1t is the vic
tory Of light over darkness, over and
over again, and the very thought fills
the heart with gladness. Our own
night on the railroad was long and
weary, with it's darkness and discomfort,
ana we rejoiced once more to see in
the East "the golden spires of day."
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-11-28
point to the time when nations shall
learn war no more"


brief and excellent paper on Hamp-
den-Sidney College is published in the
New York Observer of November 18th.
1t closes as follows
I'm view of the fact that no one OF
the present departments is endowed, the
suggestion has been made that some
admirer of DR.. Archibald Alexander
could, by gift of $35, 1000, endow the
Archibald Alexander Chair of Philoso-
ply and Bible Studies" An unusual op-
portunity is offered to link with an his
toric and growing college, in helpfulness
and forever, the name of some dead or
living friend. The location of Hampden-
Sidney as the only college in a section
of Virginia in which there are 1900
young men of college age gives proof
that the need and the opportunity alike
are great and that money given for the
better equipment of the college Will
yield gratifying returns
After some delay we have received
'"The Life and Letters of BENJAMIN
Morgan Palmer" by Thomas Cary John
son, professor of Church History in
Union Theological Seminary, and author
OF Life and Letters of Robt. l.. Dab
ney, D. d." John Calvin and the Ger
man Reformation" etc. 1t is a hand
some volume of 688 pages. with three
portraits of DR.. Palmer, pictures of the
Prytania Street manse and of the tomb
in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, and
full index, prepared by the Rev. d. K.
Walthall, Pm. D. 1t is a great book.
great in the noble man whose life story
and work it tells, great in the history
Of Church and of State which it pre-
serves, great in the literature in SER
mons, addresses, papers and letters
which 1t contains, and great in the mas
terly and faithful manner in which the
author has accomplished his task. DR..
Palmer was not only a preacher of great
power and prince of pulpit orators.
but he was a pillar Of civic righteous
ness, and an ecclesiastic of ability. in
tegrity, candor and great influence. In
his service and his papers are the very
life and character of the Southern
Presbyterian Church. The book comes
into the hands of our ministers and peo-
pie at critical time, when 1t may save
the Church, at whose birth he was pres
ent, and to whose witness and defence
he gave his ablest efforts to the end OF
his days. We will hope to give a full
review at a later date. About 600
copies are sent out at once to sub
scribers; and it is now for sale at $3.50
postpaid, by the Presbyterian Commit
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-11-28

great miracle it is. of
power and beauty, when at last
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-12
His FIancee is STisssEoaler, Daughter of
 An Artist


 Birmingham. Nov. l1.-(SpeciaL )--- The engagement of Otto Marx of this city at the head of the firm of Otto Marx & Co, bankers, and one of the owners of the Brown Marx fffteen-story building. to Miss Agnes Sara Mosier of New York. daughter of the eminent artist, Henry Mosler, was one of the social announcements of the past week
 The wedding will take place in Janu- ary, and Mr. and Mrs Marx will i'm mediately start on an extensive trip covering several months, in the orient visiting China, Japan. India and other countries, returning to Birmingham where they will reside.
 Miss Mosler was born in Paris and lived in the French capital until sine was 12 years of age. She has since travelled extensively and as. the daugh. ter of distinguished man, she has had every social and educational ad vantage. Her father formerly lived ir Cincinnati, and during the war was art correspondent of Harper's Weekly. and later was appointed to the stan of Gen R. w. Johnston and served with dis tinction.
 Mir. Marx is lwell-known throughout the South, especially in New Orleans Montgomery. Atlanta and Birmingham He is young financier of much ability He was recently elected 8 director in the Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis Railroad and Is on other important boards
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-12
IN SOUTH AMERICA
Argentine as Market for, the United States
 Goods.

as in others I visited, is one of respect and admiration Wherever went found United States manufactured goods much in demand. Tn fact, they are often given the decided preference even when the prices are higher than those of the British or German
 Our trade with South America, how ,sver. lnbors under the serious disad- vantage of having to be carried on through the medium of foreign houses, and often by men only personally uD acauainted with the operation of Amer lean machines, but also naturally in clined to favor the manufacturs of their own country. That United States man ufactures are doing the trade they are in South America notwithstandlng this handicap, sugg gests what might be done in these countries if the merit of American goods were enthusiastic cally impressed upon buyers by Ameri- can saIesmen.
 Preference for American GOOds
 In the Argentine. as in other coun- tries visited, called upon the prin- cipal importers and dealers and also upon some of the largest consumers, as we'll as upon officials, editors bank CTS and other men of affairs.
 The manager of one of the leading German houses in Buenos Ayres--a branch of well-known firm--told me that the business had been eotablishcl in Buenor Ayres to sell exclusively goods made in the Fatherland, princi- pally agricultural implements and hardware. Customers. however, wanted American goods as better adapted to the conditions existing in Argentina. Most Of the wares now sold by the firm are from the United States. Recently, by the way, this particular house remltted an American corporation manufactur~ ing agricultural implements a million dollars in single payment.
 was shown through the warehouses of another, firm in Buenos Ayres, ah English house, which also now handles principally American goods. This con- cern carries a stock aggregating in value $4,0O0,000 American gold. Ther7 are in Buenos Ayres many other large houses-British, German, French and Spanish---eVery one of which makes q speciality of American goods. I regret having to add, though. that there are practically no American merchants or dealers in Argentina, Uruguay or Bra gil
 Waiting an Argentine "Estancia."
 It was my privilege to travel on the special train which the Argentine Gov crnment provided to enable Mr, Root to visit and see for himself how a typi. cal "estancia"-what we in the United States would call a ranch or stock
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-12
WANTS PAY FOR TURKEYS.
They Were Killed by Train and Owner EenAa

They Were Killed by Train and Owner
 Sues.
 Florence. Nov. 11.-(Special) )--Thc Louisville and Nashville Railroad was made defendant today in an interesting suit in which the plaintiff seeks to re- cover damages for the loss of seven turkeys killed by the railroad
 The damages were placed at a high figure by the owner of the turkeys in the expectation that, the trial coming about Thanksgiving time, the mind ot the judge would be biased in his favor. It is understood that the defense O. the railroad will be contributoiy negli- dence on the part of the turkeys.
 The Board of Election Supervisors yesterday canvassed the returns from Tuesdays election at the Lauderdale County Court House. The official count gave Conner S5s,, stratton s7 and Ab- bolt, 1.
 The aggregate vote was SS7, which Is considered a large vote considering that there was no opposition to the Democratic county ticket. Judge Will liam Richardson, for Congress, had no opponent anG received almost the en- tire vote.
 Only two straight Republican tick cts were voted. probably owing to the disrupted state of the party in this county,