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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-11-09

The story is told in the Chicago
Chronicle of union trooper who had
observed the distant approach along
the highway of single rider in
gray. Having seen him first, he de-
termined to make him a prisoner, and
with that purpose hid his horse in
a nearby thicket and took post be-
crate approached the union man
stepped quickly out, and, covering
him with his carbine, ordered him
to halt and dismount, a prisoner But
the gray trooper was not to be so
easily taken. He was jeff Lewis, of
and most expert pistol shots in that
redoubtable body of fighters. Instead
of surrendering, he drew both his
revolvers, and fired from the hip, in
the fashion of snap shooters" The
union soldier fell dead, not having
even discharged his weapon. 1t was
found that he was German belong
ing to an Illinois regiment.
This incident was only such as
very often occurred during the war
and seemed to possess no especial fea
lures to mark it as different from
hundreds that happened and were
soon forgotten in the place of theii
occurrence. But in this instance
there developed the unusual. From
time to time people asserted thai
they had seen a blue-clad soldier
standing beneath the tree. These
statements came not from ignorant
negroes and "po' white trash" bu
from the best educated members o.
the community. Both by day and by
night horses SHE'D from the neighbor
hood of the spot, and displayed the
utmost signs of fear.
These phenomena aroused mucl
discussion among the intelligent.
is a well-known fact that the odor o
human blood will frighten hors,
badly and that in clay soil such a
that at the spot in question it will
remain for long time. This nigh
account for the queer performance
of animals about "the oak" for
number OF months, or even year
but that this should become perma
nent is absurd. The happenings ar
recurrent, and as frequent now a
they were in the late COS and '70's
Only about three miles south froI
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-11-09
Eyealaht and Marksmanshlp.

Some curious researches have re-
Gently been made by French army
surgeons on the relationship between
good eyesight and good target prac-
tice. At first glance one would say
that the two things must invariably
depend the one upon the other But
the facts lead to a different conclu-
sion. AT least, they show that one
may have very defective eyesight and
yet be very accurate marksman.
Astigmatism, myopia and other de-
fects of vision may exist in marked
degree without destroying the ability
to aim and shoot straight. In the
French and German armies soldiers
are permitted to shoot from the right
or the left shoulder, according to
their own preference, which is often
guided by the superiority of one eye
over the other Accuracy of judgment
counts for as much as acuteness OF vi
sion with the good marksman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-11-09

chance u grow. Immediately on re-
covering froN the anaesthesia, look
of normal intelligence showed in the
child's eyes, proving the theory of the
doctors that the skull had been press
ing unduly on the brain. With the
pressure relieved, the brain was free
to exert ITSELF The doctors believe
the boy will soon be able to talk and
act as nationally as the brightest of
his little playmates.
DR.. Guthrie and DR.. Carrell, of the
University of Chicago, nave been max
ing a series of remarkable expert
ments in surgery. Hearts of dogs
have been successfully moved up into
the animals necks and there per-
formed their functions. The circula-
tion of blood in CANNES has been re-
versed without causing the animals
any apparent inconvenience.
"What we have learned" said DR..
Carroll short time ago, gives us
hope that some day we may replace
wounded and worn-out hearts in hui
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-11-09
GHOSTS oF THE WAR.
Spectral Forms Which are said to
Haunt Certain Localities.

1t was in August, 1862, that Long
the Bull Run range through Thor
oughfare gap to fall suddenly on the
flank Of Pope's army at Manassas
and make that ill-fated Virginia town
ship for second time the scene OF
bloody carnage. Since then more
than 40 lazy southern summers have
passed over the graves of the thou
sands who marched down from the
hills never to return, and yet IL you
ask the people who live by the gap
they will tell you that each year
there comes a night when the gray
legions are once more astir; when II
chance took you there, you could
stand in the road between the sounds
of marching troops about you, the
clank of even the baby's clothes for
bandages. The war is still present,
vivid reality and yet memory
And it is not strange that from its
| bloody happenings have grown some
superstitions, some curious fireside
tales that i'll assort with our work
aday disbelief in ghosts and the un
usual.
On the road from Thoroughfare gar
along the east side Of the ridge about
three miles toward New Baltimore
there stands great oak just at the
entrance to an old estate. This is 6
haunted spot, and no negro for many
miles about would pass by it at night
If by any hook or crook he could
avoid it. Here in 1863 occurred one
of those minor tragedies that charac
terize the especial dangers of the
scouts and vendettes of the cavalry
arm in arms, the rattle of hoofs ant
the shuttle of thousands of feet
There are not lacking aged darkie'
who add touch of realism by assert
ing that you may even feel the breatl
of the marching men upon your face
But you will see naught; no footprint
will mark the trail, and the sun will
rise again on an unscarred land still
sleeping under the reaction from th
efirce strain of war.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-11-09

reason Lena VOLTS brain was dull
land inactive was because the blood
was not feeding 1t as it should.
One of the principal duties of the
ypancreas, 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 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
AT would girs Lena her reason.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-11-09

boy nationality. The child was born
with normal mental and physical en-
dowments and began to show, when
year old, signs Of general deficiency
in all his senses. 1t was finally deter
mined by the surgeons interested in
the case to explore the childs skull
DR.. ]. T. Higgins, of New York, as
sisted by Drs. Whitehorn and Hogan.
of New York, and Howell and Loeb,
of Stamford, performed the operation
at Stamford Hospital few months
ago. They removed a strip of bone
from the skull three inches long and
pne-half inch wide. to give the brain =
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-11-09
Sight Restored to Child.

Equally remarkable and interesting
is the operation by which sight has
been restored to the blind eyes of lit
tie Margaret Huber, aged ten years,
of No. 524 East Eighty-fourth street,
New York city. She has become the
subject of widespread interest among
opthalmologists by reason of her pin
hole camera" eyes. Eye surgeons
who have followed the case at the
German Poliklinik declare it to be, so
far as their observations have gone,
without an exact parallel.
Nobody knows exactly how Mar
garet became blind. The liquid mat.
ter constituting the lens of the eyes
became atrophied and was entirely
absorbed, leaving the lens a thick
apaque, fibrous cap, which shut out
every glimmer of light. This was
three years ago, when the little girl
was only seven.
| Several operations were tried, but
with no good results. The membranes
of the eyes were punctured, but they
| Immediately closed again over the
openings like sheet rubber when q
hole Is made in it,
DR.. John A. Price, chief surgeon Of
the ophthalmic department of the
German Pol,klinik, took charge of the
case, performing three operations II
February, March and April, 1894. The
third one restored the sight to the lef
eye, The right eye remained stone
blind until two weeks ago, when he
performed a most unusual and sue
cessful operation upon 1t.
He first made peculiarly shaped
pair of scissors. the under blad,
pointed and the, upper blade blunt
This instrument he inserted through
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-11-09

an incision in the cornea 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 1t 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 again.
The operation was entirely success
full. The dead lens matter remains in
the eye and on either side of the pupil
a 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 1t pre-
vents him from being good for more
than an hour at a time. The head is
Of abnormal shape, the skull coming
to a point The ears are small and
protruding, and the eyes are as sharp
as 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,
1t is expected to relieve the boy of his
wicked tendencies and transform him
into model youth.
Scientific surgery is gradually solv-
ing the problem of making us over
piecemeal. Raymond Moore, aged 20,
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 a 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.
tient, a very, rich farmer and cattle
raiser, Ivan Poitinkask by name, had
collided violently with stump while
driving in a sleigh. Hs was hurled
out and impaled upon 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, DIR. Seyfried
has succeeded in giving man new
top for his skull, made from the skull
of an OK.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-11-09
To Keen Alive coronado's March.

Several thousand dollars have been
raised by public subscription for
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. It will be erected ut Las
Vegas.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-11-09

At the Harper Hospital, Detroit, DR..
II. o. Walker has succeeded in giving
a 12-year-old boy new shin bone
taken from the leg of dog.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-11-09


the large hospitals in Berlin, and by
the grating process one end of the
mothers thyroid gland was released
and stretched over to the exposed pan
crease of her idiot daughter.
For days neither motherr nor child
was permitted to move. To insure
successful grating operation they
had been tightly bound together, the
child's body against her mothers neck,
and there they remained until the
severed end Of the thyroid gland had
knit firmly to the pancreas, forming
living, pulsating link between mother
and daughter. Then the link was cut,
leaving portion of the thyroid gland
grated successfully to the child's
pancreas. 1t is believed now that
both mother and child will recover.
The complete success of the opera
tion, cannot, however, be announced
yet, as too short time has elapsed
since the operation was performed
First Dawn of Reason.
But it is known that the dawn Of
reason came to little Lena Wolf al
most Immediately after the thyroid
gland began. to knit. For the very
first time the idiotic stare gave place
to a look of intelligence. She may
grow up to be very bright young
woman.
Dr. Swale Vincent, professor of
physiology in the University of Mani
toba, at Winnipeg, Canada, has pre-
pared an extremely interesting article
on the duties of the thyroid gland, the
pancreas and other ductless glands,
which appeared in recent issue of
the London Lancet.
st is believed" he says, that these
ductless glands manufacture and pour
directly or indirectly int the blood
stream some substance or substances
which are of service to the economy,
either by supplying a need or by de-
stroying other substances which are
needless or positively harmful. This
| last function is usually prescribed to
the thyroid and parathyroid glands.
1T is obvious that, in the broadest
sense of the expression, all tissues
and organs of the body may be said
to have an internal secretion-i. e.,
the blood which leaves by their veins
contains different chemical substances
from that which enters by their ar
teries.
"The most usually quoted example,
however, of a gland which has both
an external and an internal secretion
is the pancreas. A relation between
diseases of the pancreas and diabetes
has long been suspected, but Minkow-
ski and Mehring first definitely
showed that complete removal of the
pancreas in the dog, cat and pig is
followed by diabetes, having the usual
symptoms of that disease in man.
That this is caused by the absence of
an internal secretion is proved by the
fact that it does not occur If the gland
be left in stu and the duct tied, nor
does it occur if a portion of the pan
creas be grated in some situation re-
mote from its normal position. How
the internal secretion of the pancreas
normally prevents glycosuria is not
clear. We can only say that it exerts
some influence upon the carbohydrate
metabolism, either by favoring the
formation of glycogen in the liver
from the deXtrose taken to it by the
portal vein or by furthering the oxida
ton of dextrose in the tissues gener
1 ally"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-11-09
Restored to Nationality.

At Stamford, Conn, a unique opera
tion on the skull of the two-year-old
son of Michael Gunther has given the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-14
GOOD HUSKY MEN.
Fifteen Recruits Accepted by Asst.
Serg. Hill for Co. A, I'd Inf.

CAPT. J. F. Hill. assistant surgeon. Cd
Reg. Inf. N. G. s. NJ. came here from
Waterville last evening and examined
CLASS OF l. recruits who had applied for
enlistment IN Co. A. These recruits. be-
ing all husky men. passed the exan,ina-
tion most satisfactorily.
capt. Hill commended Capt McKeuna
lor the general good appearance OF the
arniory and officers quarters, and ex-
pressed satisfaction at hearing continued
favorable reports regarding the work of
Co. A.
with the men added to the ranks last
evening the company now numbers A.
The limit is 20.
Aitfough the ranks are likely 70 be d.
mlnished somewhat in the next few weeks
IL seems likely that there will BE- enough
additional recruits to give Capt McKcn-
ma nearly a full company when muster
time comes
work on the range will begin at once
ana II Will not be long before it is in
condition for rifle practice to be held.
Ihen the men will endeavor to make up
LOT lost time. BY the war department
o"'clais great stress is laid on efficiency
IN shooting. and the men are eager 10
stand as well In this respect as they do
In other ways.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-14
Big Blaze Visits Ba|tl-
more Water Front.
Three Men Burned to Death
and Two More Are Missing.
100000 STEAMSHIP and Half a Dozen
seows and sargss Are Destroyed.

Baltimore, Md, June 13-The great
est fire since the conf1agration Of 1904,
involving a property loss Of about
$1,000, 900 and the probable sacrifice Of
two lives, occurred at an early hour
Wednesday morning on the water front.
For a time the entire harbor front
was threatened on the north side. the
flames being with difficulty kept within
the confines of the wharf of the Mer-
chants and Miners Transportation Co..
and on the south side a stubborn battle
was fought to prevent a wholesale de-
struction Of property by fire spreading
from the steamship Essex and SIX
barges which were burned.
The fire started at 100 O'Clock, but at
o'clock was out. At that hour the
flames on the Essex had been extln-
guished and the sh ell of the vessel was
badly listed in the water.
Two members Of the crew of the Es-
sex are believed to have been burned
to death or jumped overheard and were
drowned. Their names are: Edward
Atkinson, cabin assistant; John Costel-
10, second steward. Five other men
were forced to make flying leaps to cs-
cape from the deck Of the Essex.
On the south side of the harbor the
hacking house Of Moore & Brady Co,
was damaged, the steamer minnie
Wheeler, of the Baltimore, Chesapeake
& Atlantic Steamboat Co., and cot
ton shed of the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Co. were partially de-
stroyed. They caught fire from the
barges and the Essex when they float
ed across the harbor after being cut
loose from their moorings. Six scows
and barges lying alongside the wharf
were completely destroyed. A number
of them were lowed into midstream
so as to prevent them from setting fire
to adjoining property. The barges and
scoWs were loaded with cotton and
rosin, which blazed fiercely.
Residents living in the neighborhood
became panic stricken and the police
assisted many women and children to
places of safety. Two old women liv
ing on Block street locked themselves
in the room of a small house that was
on fire and the police had to break in
the door and remove them by force. An
other woman very i'll and supposed to
be dying. was removed to the City hos
pital.
The fire originated in district sur
rounded except on the water side by
extensive lumber yards. but the direc-
ton of the wind saved these from de-
struction.
At later hour the dead bodies of
Atkinson and Costello were recovered
from the wreck of the steamer Essex
as was also the body of Manuel Odello.
fireman whose head was completely
burned off his body. The three bodies
were recovered with great difficulty
from a position amidship the vessel.
Two other men who have not yet
been accounted for. are supposed to
have lost their lives by being burned
to death. or by being drowned when
they leaped from the burning vessel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-14
THE PANAMA CANAL
May Prove Stumbling Block to Early
Adjournment Move.

Washington. June 13.-An unex-
pected snag was struck today in the
movement for an early adjournment
and 1t Is possible that the type Of the
Panama canal must be settled before
Congress closes its business Secre-
tary Taft was in conference with
Speaker Cannon and Chairman Hep
burn of the committee on interstate
and foreign commerce. which handles
the canal legislation and there is a
disposition to settle the type of canal
before the adjournment Of Congress.
Secretary Taft is earnest in his ef-
forts to have this matter settled be-
fore work proceeds much further. 1t
is possible that when the appropriation
OF s25.0O0.0O0 for continuing the work
on the canal is reached that an amend
ment for an S5-foot lock canal may
be made which would mean a deter
mination of the type before this great
supply measure could become a law.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-14
ADJOURNMENT-WHEN?
The Present Plans May Bring the
Closing Day on June q or %.

Washington. June 13-The Repub-
lican steering committee of the Sen
ate met today and considered the
question of an adjournment Of Con-
gress as soon as possible after next
week. The committee was convinced
that nothing stands in the way of such
program. 1t was stated that every
important matter before either branch
practically is ready for conference eX-
cept the sundry civil and general de-
ficency appropriation bills and the
isthmian canal type bill. If rapid
progress is made by the House with
the appropriation bills, Senator Hale.
who will have charge of both these
measures in. the Senate. believes they
can be disposed of by Monday, June
%. or Wednesday the 9th at the lat
est. That would permit of an ad-
journment on the eth or 2Sth.
The program thus arranged contem-
plates a vote on the canal type bill in
the Senate but no further action until
the next session. Senator Spooner
with seeming authority made the
statement at the meeting today that
the appropria ton for he canal, carried
by the sundry civil bill, can be eX-
pended with equal advantage during
the coming year for lock canal or a
sea level. il is agreed that Congress
canno: disnose of this question 1T the
present session in view Of the con-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-14
Capital Jottinqs.

Government receipts Wednesday:
From internal revenue s723.379; GUS
toms, s1,243,1S0; miscellaneous. $103.-
1868. Expenditures. $1,14O,OO0
The House Wednesday adopted the
conference report on the national
quarantine bill. The conference report
also was adopted by the Senate, and
will now go to the President
Representative Lafean Of PennSyl-
vania presented resolution Wednes-
day which was referred to the COM
mittee on rules, calling for an investi-
CATION of the navy department regard :
ing the award by it of 4 contract or
10000 pairs of calf shoes at $3.50 per
pair when the lowest bid was s2.52. A
Philadelphia firm made the lowest bid
and a Boston firm was awarded the
contract.
Secretary Hitchcock has called the
attention of the attorney general to
the case of Henry G. Weare who was
sentenced by the judge lof the Wyom-
ing United States district court to one
day in Jail and to pay a fine of $500.
after pleading guilty to an indictment
charging him with the illegal fencing
of 100000 acres of government land.
United States Attorney Burke who is
said to have recommended the light
sentence, has been called on to explain
his action.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-14
OUR CUSTOMS RECEIPTS
For the Year Will Exceed Last by at
Least $40,0O0,00O.

Washington, June 13.-The records
of the treasury department show that
the receipts from customs during the
present fiscal year will far exceed
those of any previous year in the his
tory of the government. Up to today
with Is days of the fiscal year yet re-
naming, the receipts aggregate $685..
351, 1928 which is nearly $1,000,O00 III
excess of any other full fiscal year
and the prospect is that by June 80
the excess over any previous year will
approximate $25,0O0,000 and exceed
those of last year by at least 100000.
900. The second heaviest year in the
history of the country was in 1905
when the customs receipts amounted
to S2S4,497,3S1.
The receipts from internal revenue
also show a remarkable increase and
the indications are that on June 90
the receipts from this source will he
nearly $250,OOO.OO0 or SIS 900 900 in ex-
cess Of last year.