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Evening journal., 1906-10-03
Held a Living, Human
Heart in His Hands.

To live for 30 days. to SIT up and have
ones photo taken 10 the interests OF
higher medical science. after having had
ones heart literally taken out OF your
body and laid 10 the two open palms OF
q surgical nurse. This Is the latest world
wonder IN modern surgery. and Andrew
Mccartney. OF Los Angeles. Is the man
with the marvellous vitality and DR.. VIM.
p. Thompson. a celebrated surgeon OF the
Pacific Slope. was the wonder worker
whose keen knife and marvellous tech
nique have SO far won the battle against
death.
For nearly half an hour Mccartney lay
and breathed and the blood In bis body
was pumped through his arteries and
veins by a human heart that lay where
all eyes could see It and several inches
clear from the mans gaping bosom. The
nerve Of the surgeon was only surpassed
by bis skill. Dr. Thompson has for years
studied the heart and made a speciality
Of surgical and medical treatment OF the
most Important organ 10 the human body
Mccartney was run into by a great buck
rake.
prong OF steel entered the body.
pushed the heart four Inches out OF place,
cut three ribs In two and left the man IN
such condition that any ordinary doctor
would merely have stood by 10 walt for
death. But Or. Thompson az once had
him taken 20 his private operating hos
pital. cut wide open the torn and painting
uoAoln or the rlctim-Quicklt took out
,ne beating heart aud laid II slowly but
surely pn'sating IN the two open hands
OF nls best assistant The heart beat
quietly aud the blood poured slowly
through the arteries. which were pulled
out 81 the breast several inches. Finailv
"nen an bad been sewed up and the torn
the heart With a secret solution and -
placed Il Ia The man's chest. lie finally
ued the loosened arteries and closed me-
great hole IN McCartney's bosom This
was weeks ago. The man not only SUI
iiFez. bnt shows marked improvement
Evening journal., 1906-10-03
What the Russians
viii Do.

Is the Russian revolution actually be.
gunl Are the waves OF rebellion which
for four years have been rising. only 10 be
beaten back by torrents OF human blood
actually the rising waters Of the lneyi.
table storm or merely fugitive svelllnas
Of the terrible eruption that Is bound 10
conner
This Is what the Crar would Ike 10
know and what the leading conservatives.
.rapacious grand dukes and courtly "a.
vorites fondly hope. What other revolu.
ton OF a modern race bears klnshlp to the
frightful struggle OF the present-day Rus
siansf The famous Jacquerie rebellion OF
the French. which was a peasant affair.
failed absolutely. and when the real
French revolution came. 800 years after
wards. Il was not a peasant rebellion.
IL was rebellion OF the cities. The
English peasant rebellion failed absolutely
and Wat Tyler died 10 vain. when the
real rebellion under Cromwell came IN
England as IN France. Il was a city re-
bellion. with the peasants 10 both cases
on the side Of royal power.
II Is then 10 her cities 10 her working
men. 70 her students. and. above all. 10
her soldiers. that Russia must look for
eneetuai warfare against the Car. Aud
there Is every sign that the army will no
longer STAY the worklngman. and this
means successful rebellion. The navy
counts for little on either side. There
are dissatisfied sections Of territory seat.
tered over an Of European Russia. Asia
VIII not Join the rebellion. md may ex-
pect 20 break up INTO many little sepn.
rate priuclpailtics once The Car is over.
powered England aud Japan viii eventu.
ally swallow up much 81 The territory OF
Russia 30 Asia. European Russia IS
doomed 10 reronf.on massacre aud prot.
ably % Years OF civil strife before ans
united nation caD succeed the tottering
fabric OF the ancient dominion OF the
Romano6k.
Evening journal., 1906-10-03

America, ana q was carried by the Gulf
stream along its usual course II the Is.
land keeps together "a should eventually
90 ashore near the Scottish coast. Prob
ahly the big storms 10 mid-occah VIII not
leave much OF the island. Il Is described
as 20 feet through along the edges ana
much heavier at one side. probably where
q was torn on from the maiu.and.
This real story OF noatirf island does
not compare IN marvclousncss with those
s,orlcs of hygone ages IN which islands
half as big as England or The State OF
Delaware were asserted by sailors to have
been met 10 the South Sea- These Is.
lands are said 10 have been peopied with
strsnge Inhabitants and curious animals.
Evening journal., 1906-10-03
FlOating Islands at Sea-.

The stories occasionally brought ashore
by seamen Of floating Islands are usually
set down as myths, yet the report from
the steamer Arahopoe or meeting a float.
In island n the Gulf Stream OF the
coast o. North Carolina cannot be dis
missed 50 easily. AS a matter Of fact,
This vessel not only saw a doatlng island
covering over TWO acres OF ground, hut
the Second Lieutenant and boat crew Of
sailors actually went on the island and
spent several hours on this piece Of noat-
ing land.
The story "a that this doating island
originally was broken OF the shore OF
New Guinea. Just ~ the TOD OF South
The Washington times., 1906-07-22

filled W his house with his sisters
and his cousins and his aunts. rents
out what rooms he has vacant.
Al one Of the hotels the proprietor
had rented all the rooms and had "a
chance 10 rent them all over again. but
IL was too early in the show to take
any chances of that kind. even IL he
had wanted to. a prepossessing young
man foated into the office, however.
and persuaded the proprietor 10 put 4
cot in the hail al the top of the stairs
In order to make it perfectly proper
a screen was placed in front of the
cot. II happened that the man had
ridden In 10 town from a long dis
tance and he was dead tired. Conse-
quently he turned in at an early hour
As usual when a horse show Is on in
Virginia. Il was hot. The man could
not go 70 sleep. no matter which way
he twisted and turned.
The front room at the top Of tho
stairs was occupied by two young
women. And to get to this room they
iad 10 pass close by the screen in
front OF the bed Of the stranger. While
the man vas tossing about on his cot
he heard light footsteps on the stairs
They came nearly half way TO the top
and then stopped.
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Men Who Ride Anything

The owner never has any difficulty
In finding a mount 20 take his horses
over the jumps no matter how green
the horses may be. At ali the shows
there is a number OF daredevil riders
VINO viii accept all offers. And the
strang~ part OF IL is that very sell
dom are any OF these men hurt It's
all one to them whether their mounts
be schOoled horses or the widest
green hunters from the Free State"
that section OF Virginia where there
doesn't appear TO be any law IN par
ticuiar and the horses are as wild as
tie peopie Occasionally when a par
ticIIarlv InruIy green hunter bolts
the jumps ln the ring there is consid-
cradle excitement. Then, again, the
gt cen hunters have an awkward way
Of haIting suddenly in front of the
jump. Sometimes the rider. however,
forgets what IS expected of him. takes
the Jump. and finds himself on one
side OF the rails while the horse is ON
the other. both looking foolish. Then
the whole stand rocks with applause
and laughter. But t'Ia riding Of green
hunters Is not confns entirely to men.
There are a number OF women who
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tries than any other class, for the rea-
son that men who own many horses
select those that have alrea iy made
good performances to take with them
on the circuit. leaving the untried
horses till the show ring is opened
nearer home
Take il all in all, the green hunters
create more excitement, interest, and
amusement than any OF the rest OF the
horses at these shows. The young
horses. averaging abeut four years old.
many OF which have never seen
whi;ewashed rail, and have never seen
a crowd 81 more than three persons
NJ one time. when they are brought
iGto the show ring go way up In the
air. The applause from the stand, the
bands. the strange jumps. an combine
to rattle the young jumper, and il
takes a good horseman with cool
head to get the best performances out
of them Luckily for many an owner
uf good horse. conformation IN the
green hunter class counts 80 per cent
and performance corresponding
smount.
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as our neighbor. II begins early and
il lasts long. The Leesburg show was
one OF the earliest this year. The
Fredericksburg exhibit Of horse flesh
was in the first part Of July and the
Manassas show was over Last Thurs
day. Other shows that come along In
fairly regular order are: Orange. July
- and 25; Charlottesville. July 81 and
August 1: Stamton. August IA to 16.
Harrisonburg. August "A to Is; Berry
VILE, August p to q; Warrenton. Aug
ust % and 80: Fort Royal. September >
and 3; Norfolk, October l 70 c, and
Richmond. October 10 IS.
And at all of these shows the green
hunter PLAYS his part, and it's a largo
one. To the horsemen themselves the
green hunter classes are BY far the
most interesting. for II the young
sters do well it means that they can
be carried to the shows in the North
and sold for big money. OF they can
be kept and used as prize winners
until they attain such a reputation
that they are worth any price which
the owner may choose 10 put on
them. There's many a green hunter
that was that has gone out of Vir-
ginia and IS now among the prize
horses in some OF the Northern
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Beds at a Premium

It's perfectly obvious that when an
army Of horse enthusiasts marches on
4 compare lively small town. some OF
that ermy IL going 10 have trouble
getting beds. Virginians come close
20 being the most hospi'able people
b. the world. but nevertheless 10 IS
lot considered good form 20 put more
Than two men in the same bed even
there. Consequently there is a large
number 0f gentlemen who bring tents
with them. pitch them on the most
available ground. and house their fam
ilies sometimes. and sometimes their
friends. beneath the canvas. II goes
without saying that every real bed in
town : IN use There is always at
least one httCl and while the show is
on Il does a bargain counter business
Then everyone in town who has not
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WRECKS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PREVENTED

The red board system looks well on
paper or as an advertisement for
railroad. but Is no better than the old
system IN reality. Suppose the system
had been i'm effect at SwallOgs the night
of the Adobe wreck. Lively was work
ing-just came from Kentucky. That
$3.50 looked as big as a barrel Of money
as compared with the $45 salary per
month paid in Kentucky. He went 10
sleep after taking the order An opera
tor who viii do that is about all I'm for
sleep. No. would have come along
and Whistled for the board. OF course,
he would have woke up, but would only
have about ten seconds 10 think, and he
would have about q dozen things ID
think of in that time NOuidn ne be
- apt To think of clearing them first
when 10 stop them without cause would
be SufIcient cause Tor dismissal Ut
wouldn't he be very apt 10 make mis-
take iu III ecuDns oH a sudden AWAKEN
ing from q sound Siumber and think ne
was clearing an eastbound tralnE It's
a good thing 10 have the operator awake
when the trains pass his station, but
know Sf several cases where IL would
have been better 10 nave let him sleep
and stopped and got their orders than
10 have woke him upon the last rev
seconds when his only thoughts we're,
Don stop the fast mail. lt the block
system had been I'm use the Eden wreck
wouldn't have happened, as the electric
current would have been broken across
the bridge. The Adobe wreck would not
have been. and the only thing or II
would he a few railroad men discussing
among themselves what might have been
under any other system, This system
would alsO protect trains from running
into open switches or into cars that
don't clear the main line enough for
safety
Ope atoTs are as a class the most
faithful of any Of the railroad employees,
but that eighty-fOuT hours work per
week is too much for any man 10 stand
without sleeping on duty II working
nightS-DenVer News.
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stands and the ring sides at these
shows who do not know a good horse
when they see one.
II Is de regle at the shows 10 wear
as much white as possible. OF course
every one that owns a pair Of riding
boots or CATERS climbs into them to go
TO the show whether ne has any in
tention Of riding or not. Everyone
understands that everyone docs ride
and does know a horse from COW. SO
there is no false modesty when il
comes to dylling ont in horsey clothes.
But the white gowns Of the women
and the white trousers OF the men
suffer largely from the Titan colored
Virginia clay which is Ike the poor.
always with us ard sticks like
brother. Also IL usually rains during
the show. which helps matters when
il comes 10 besmudging The crowd.
The show rings AT nearly all the Nir-
ginia exhibits are covered with turf
which is a big help. for II the clay
ring is not muddy it is sure TO be Gov
cred with dust inches thick. A skin
ring that still survives Is the show
ring at Manassas. The Standard oil
Company advertised one year that it
would see 10 il there was no dust in
the Manassas ring while the show was
on. II must have forgotten 10 lay its
pIpe line. for the spectators looked as
though they were animated dirt pies
bafore the first day was half over.
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The Horse ShOW German.

There was probably never a horse
show In Virginia without a horse show
german. usually given in the town hal
or the country club. If the place boas
one To the natives these germans ap-
pear quiet homeIike affairs. but 70 a
stranger. particularly If he has not had
experience at horse show german be-
fore. they may appear TO he rather ex-
citing 4 lot depends on the stranger.
II Is sometimes a question which the
committee in charge has to decide
whether IL is better to have the ger
man the first night Of the show. be-
fore the men have acquired speed. or
the second night. when they may hav,
acquired so much speed that there is
no possible chance of putting in an ap-
pearance at the dance 2
does not apply 10 all the men.
1t is related that on one occasion a
weiI-known rider had taken 10 himself
more than his share of the drinks
early in the day. Along about noon
several of his friends carried him TO
barn near the show grounds. removed
nearly all Of his clothes. and left him
there sleeping peacefully on a COM
Portable bed Later in the afternoon
a strange figure was seen coming
over the brow of A hill toward the
show ring II stood up and walked
fairly we'll but the cut of its clothes
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Horse TQih None

If YOU can't talk horse YOU might "a
well stay away from a Virginia horse
show. Everyone talks IL. br-athes 81,
while the show is on. The chances of
such and such hunter. the riding Of
Mr.. Blank, drunk or sober, the con
formation OF that horse. pedigree Of
this, they are all eagerly discussed.
And II YOU don't know the difference
between A qualified hunter and a horse
laugh. at least throw a biun that you
were born and brought up on horses
or hold T6Hr peace. It's a fact. how
ever. that there are few persons In
the crovs3s which throng the grand
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jumping horses. get a string OF young
sters and try your luck al picking up
blue ribbons in the Old Dominion,
You'll get the experience, anyway, and
If you are able 10 pick yourself up on
all occasions. why you might as well
make up your mind that there's moth
ing in accident insurance for you. It
amt too late to begin now. you know.
ne added encOura ginEly, and he
frightened somewhat. Tell you what
I'll do. I'll let you have my string.
You won't need a whole train to move
the uags from one place 10 another,
but I'll guarantee you'll have plenty
TO think about before you get through
And YOU won't have 10 sit up nights
trying TO hnd something to worry
obout."
II was a kindly suggestion. Al least
II Was meant TO be kindly, for the tall
man in the riding logs finds most OF
ms zeal pleasure in life in the show
ing Of horses. For the time being he
was down and out Of the game him
self. one Of his young horses had
taken or aw1zwardly at jump ana
they had landed in heap on the far
side Of the rails. When they were ua-
tangled the man was found TO have a
fractured leg.
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ride as well and as daringly as the
men over the jumps in the show ring
az these Virginia shows.
While the Virginia shows present
nearly every knov-n class of eN'tuit.
whether IN harness OF ulder s1ddle,
one that creates much enthusias'~ anG
is perhaps the most picturesque 80 al
is that OF the hunt club teams. The
teams consist of three hunters and are
ridden bv members Of the hunt clubs
wearing the hunt colors. Nh"r they
ride three abreast over ~. :umps. It
resembles miniature steeDlccIas 2.
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I HAVE been an operator fOr the past
ten years on nearly all the roads
West OF Chicago. and am familiar
with all their systems, and for abso-
lutte safety there is only one that never
fails-that IS the automatic block o. Hall
system, as used by the Union Pacific and
tte Chicago and Northwestern vest or
Chicago. and most Of the other roads
inside the city limits Of Chicaso. In
this system the signals are usually
placed one mile apart. or on roads Ike
We have in Colorado they would prob
ably be placed on every curve they are
worked automatically uy an electric cur
rent the trains entering the nlocK
break this current and the signal turns
red. II a ran is broken or any of the
track torn up or washed out this also
breaks the current and the signals uu
each side of the breaks 90 red, or If
the signals get ont Of order they 60 tn
red. Trains coming 10 a red signal must
come u a stop before entering the block
and flag (send a man ahead or the
train1 until they can see the next clear
signal
see several articles in your paper
Of how the positive block or the red
board system is an absolutely safe sys-
TEN Of railroadng ] have been through
the mill and worked them all. I have
pulled in my signals on the positive hloCl,
ard slept for FIVE OF SIX hours AT a time
and u hen / would wake up 7 would call
up the block stations on each side or
me. find out when III" trains had passed
their stations, and ngure out by their
running time when they should have
passed me and report 10 the dispatcher
Tht time they passed and the next night
stay awake and let the ones on each
sLla nf ne 20 In The haN
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flooring. II was desperate work. but
they had almost reached the top when
the man unable 10 lie still any longer
turned cautiously. the bed groaned.
and there was another stampede.
Eight times the enemy stormed the
staircase and sight times retreated-
But on the ninth attempt they made
Will Dash for II and gained their room.
They were no sooner inside than they
slammed the door. locked it. and be
gan DHi3g chars against &C.. The man
kicked over the screen and getting a
little more fresh air went To sleep.
A great many II the men who fol
low the Virginia circuit. taking with
them strings of horses some times num-
boring eight or dozen. regard the at
TENDANCE at the shows a matter of
business as well as pleasure. They
are raisers and traders of horses.
some of them make their living from
the sale of ttelr horses They. there
fore. keep n touch with all the horses
entered IN the shows. Here and there
they pick mp COCO animals for a few
hundred dollars They school them
over the jumps If they are likely look
ing hunters. get them into good train
ing. and show them. III they win
blue ribbon or two the owners can
make a big profit upon them. II not
infrequently happens that man Will
buy a good looking green hunter for
three OF four kdndred dollars and
later sell him IN the North for thou
sand, or even two thousand. This
seems like big profit. but the horse
tF,lder probably has 20 buy several
nags before he is able TO get one that
will bring In such a sum.
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Nervous as Green Hunters

"S-h-h-h-h-did you hear a noise?"
whispered one girl to the other.
'Oh. go ahead. don't be a goose.
he other came back.
The man moved suddenly and the
cot. after the manner of cots. creaked
violently. There was skurry of feet
on the stair and then all was silence
again except for the naturally blurred
sound OF talking that emanated from
the hotel bar. The man realized what
had happened and he lay still for
long time. A second time the pair
climbed the stairs. step by step. hes
itating at every creak Of the wooden
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There Are Other Games, Too.

For the greater part Of the specta-
tors at these shows the horse IS the
thing. but there are those who have
other games 10 play. And not infre-
quently a fair lady with her attendant
swain wanders away from the grand
stand late in the afternoon. when
even the most enthusiastic followers
OF the show are uOdding with the heat
and the judges are weary of the world
and all IT'S works except perhaps "A
mint julep. It's just possible that
they may ind a convenient spot far
enough away from the ring 20 be un-
disturbed And if the man is half a
man he explains 10 the girl why she
has all the rest in her class beaten a
mile both IN conformation and be-
havior.
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most of them short dashes. hurdls
races. and steeplechases. of course
there is lots OF excitement over these
races and there are numerous favor
ties according as % how the crowd
fancles the horses or the riders. and
they are sometimes heavily backed.
And so the Virginia shows go. Pie
:uresque all OF them, providing fun
and business for the whole country
side. As a whole. it is a fine lot Of
horse flesh that is exhibited during the
circuit. Green hunter and qualified
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stables. And they were developed in
this same swing around the Virginia
circuit
It's hardly probable that anywhere
in the world there Is more interest
taken by the entire population OF a
city or a town in a mere horse-show
I beg its pardon-than there is cen
tered in the open-air horse-shows Of
Virginia If YOU doubt this statement
wander down TO Berryville or Warren
ton or any Of the other horse-show
towns when the show Is on.
When q show Is slated for a certain
town the populnce for miles around
descends upon II bag ana haggagc.
horse. foot. and dr5goons They com"
in wagons horseback. aboard the
trains. IA every conceivable manner of
travel. And they all seem To have
cultivated thirst that would reacn
from here 10 New York. Take Up-
perville. for example. AT the time "f
the show-It is one OF the rrst in the
circuit. During the hoTse-show the
grounds near the show ring look To-
all the world like the camping ground
Of an army. though the tents with
which they are covered are not ar
ranged with that military disciplin~
that is found I'm a real camp. ana
nearly all the wagons which are
drawn up near the tents are provided
with refrig-rators, and It's not Pack
ingtown beef which is kept chilled.
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Ajwags the largest Class.

The green hunter class IS always the
largest i'm the show as far as numbers
are concerned In the first place. every
farmcr for miles around who has a
likely looking youngster that has fairly
good conformation and the power 70
take himself and a rider over ordinary
fences makes an entry This Is one OF
.he reasons why this class is So large.
Also the green hunter class usually
holds a la ger percentage of local en-
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was something seen for the first time
at a horse show. 1t didn't take his
friends long to surround him and hus-
lie him OF TO the paddock, though
they had considerable dinculty Ter
suading him not to mount and ride in
rha ring
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4 WeH-Arranqed Circuit

There's no other State IN the Union
which has today such an extensive
and well arranged horse show circuit