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Obserued Last Birthdaq

On March Il. st. Patrick's Day. shs
celebrated the last anniversary OF her
birth. rounding out that day her 1osth
year. To her family and friends,
gathered around her for the celeora-
tion. Mrs. McKittrlck expressed her
ambition about the elevator. and most
OF those who heard her declared she
should crafty it at the earliest pos
sible opportunity Unhappily. the op-
portunity never came
She had a theory. too. about the
proper way 20 live and the rules Of
health 10 observe in order to prolong
life. Moderation would sum up her
doctrine.
Il think people would be much
healthier" she was fond OF saying.
~. they would only be more careful
about what they eat. Milk. butter. and
potatoes have been my chief diet for
many years. I drink tea, but I never
tasted coffee never eat cake or
pie"
She was a living proof OF the value
OF her advice. so far. at any rate, ss
q concerned herself. She required the
services Of physician Just once IN her
long life. and that was on an occasion
when she stumbled and fell down q
fight Of Etairs-
Sympathy with the grtef Of her son
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It Of Color on the Public Health as Well

DR.. Finsen reared his memorable light
cure for lupus and similar diseases.
Finsen himself was led to his ronclu-
sions by the practice or medical men
who employed various colors in the cure
of disease long before the modern germ
theory had been evolved.
More than thirty years ago DR.. Pan
coast published very curious book. en-
titled Blue and Red Light" In this
volume are detailed many cases of cures
effected by the employment of different
colors. Tinted illustrations are given Of
the doctors blue and red rooms. In
which the patients. dressed in garments
of either color, recline on couches di-
rectiy under the sunlight filtered through
blue or red glass
Later another PhiladelI hian, Gen. A.
J. Pleasonton, published a book entitled
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Blue and Sunlight: Their influence
Upon Life and Disease" and for short
time there swept over America a craze
for the use Of the color blue. The gen
eral and his system were overwhelmed
with abouse and ridicule. but DR.. Finsen,
on being asked his opinion OF the book,
remarked emphatically. The general
was absolutely on the right track"
Pleasonton gave many instances Of
disease said 10 have been ameliorated
blythe use of blue light, and claimed to
have effected a complete cure of case
of confusion by three exposures of half
an hour each in these contentious the
American has received recent support
by the statement of a ST. Petersburg
physician who by the use of the same
agent, has beer completely successful in
the treatment OF the following cases:
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library OF Copenhagen published in 1892
by Doctor Picton OF New Orleans In
this pamphlet was the accidental men
ton Of the fact that during a certain
epidemic OF smallpox some soldiers con-
fined IN dark dungeons had suffered the
disease and recovered without the hide
Gus soaring that was the common fea-
ture of the complaint. This led the doc
tor 10 investigate the effect OF light
upon the progress OF this particular
malady. with the result that he was
soon brought to the conclusion that
the apparently fantastic treatment OF
some Of the earlier physicians had a
solid basis IN fact.
John OF Gallesden. who wrote the ia
nous medical treatise-the earliest in
the English languag age-"Rosa Medicinae," "
and who died in 1851, treated the son
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Begged PiteousIy for Water.

When CraiEh finally emerged from
the mountains and started TO cross the
aikaH plains lie was crazed by the
hardships he had endured. and lost all
sense Of direction. He clung 10 the
idea that help could be found 70 the
eastward. and pressed on in that d.
rection How long he walked he does
not know. but as he lay upon his bed
IN the hospital he talked continually OF
the terrible sun and begged piteously
for water.
Finally he staggered into the camp
Of a company OF Mexican soldiers. and
although they cared for him and gave
him food and water It was many days
before he could tell OF his Journ =.
Overjoyed at the sight OF the soldiers
he told them Of his gold mine and Of
its wonderful richness.
The story OF the mine excited -
cupidity of the soldiers. and the lieu
tenant in command OF the party as
manded that Craigh guide them back
TO the spot. This Craigh refused 20 90
and by the orders Of the officer he was
beaten with a whip and told that h1
would be beaten 70 death unless he led
the soldiers 10 the mine.
That night Craigh managed TO steal
away and escape from the soldiers
Still weak from the effects Of his
journey through the desert he again
Craigh's memory OF what took place
after his escape from the soldiers
camp is vague. Most Of the time he
mist have been demented. He says
that he remembers finding streams OF
water and lying down to wallow, full
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To 1--we a hundred and eight years IN
peace and plenty and with more than
the ordinary share OF happiness; to
witness the administration Of every
President of the United States, with
the exception OF Washington; TO follow
the growth of this country from OBJ
scurfty to greatness; and then, firing
at last of the struggle. to destroy the
life that had endured so long, is the
biography, IN brief. OF Mrs. Mary Nc
Kittrick, who on Monday last COM
rnitted suicide by cutting her throat
with q knife.
She was one Of the oldest women In
the world and retained until near the
last remarkable mental and physical
vigor. II has been only a year or two
since she gave up her practice OF walk
ing a mile, to attend church. There
was nothing funereal about her, either.
Those who knew the old woman well
say she was as bright as lark and
as merry as a cricket.
Mrs. McKittrick lived with her son,
Luke McKlttrick. near Allentown Pa
She went to bed Sunday night In seem
ing good health and spirits. Her
daughter-in-law tucked the old woman
carefully among the blankets and
wished her the sweetest OF sweet
dreams.
May God give you a soft bed In
Lao,-or, nv, dear" was the mother-in-
laws response
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The next morning the younger Mrs.
AIcKittrick went 10 call Mrs Mary
NcKIttrick to breakfast This was at
10 o'clock. for the latter had requested
sh., be not disturbed. She would call
for her breakfast when she wanted H.
she said. No dream OF the impending
tragedy had entered the mind Of any
members OF the family. The moro
startling and dreadful. therefore, was
the sight presented to young Mrs. Nc
Kittrick's eyes
The dead BODY OF her mother-in-law
lay on the floor. near the bed. There
was a deep cash IN the neck. and near
the nerveIess hand q bloody pocket
knife The knife had been given the
old woman by her husband forty years
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Swollen hand from bee sting. enlarged
gland. earache. bruises. bronchitis and
X-ray blisters.
1t has also been pointed out that blue
light has a soothing, soporific effect up
on the nerves. and of this reason more
than one hospital uses blue glass Chin
neys upon the lamps in its sick wards
With a like object In view, blue eye
glasses have been recommended with
very beneficial effects for the insane
In this connection It is curious TO note
that the common expression. fit Of the
blues" used to describe a condition of
mental depression. is said to owe its
origin 10 the observed fact that indigo
dyers invariably become melancholy.
During ;tis researches into the action
of light upon 1he skin Doctor Finser
chanced upon a pamphlet in the medical
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perately when the machine rounded
sharp corners at top speed. but shs
never whimpered, and declared she
had enjoyed the Iide amazingly.
One other OF her ambitions she did
not live 10 realize. The pictures Of
the skyscrapers in the big cities hed
appealed wonderfully to her fancy.
and she had acquired a fervent desire
10 ride in the elevator of one OF them
from the bottom floor TO the top Of
the building. Then she wanted to de-
scend. and see now quickly the trip
would be made.
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Butler. as she was then, married No
Kittrick and came early across the
seas. She had been through wars and
pestilences and political campaigns and
managed to extract a reasonable
amount OF amusement from them all.
She had seen the Molly Maguires rise
TO power and influence In Pennsylvania
and then fall 20 their destruction. She
had contributed or her own blood TO
the cause Of her adopted country. for
two Of her grandsons were drowned
when the Maine went down in the
harbor of Havana.
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WHEN Paw GOES FoR TROUT.


I've been Up sence before twas light
A-diggil' worms. b'tingsi
An paws been foOlin' half the night
With fshin' lines an things
He's fixed his rod an reel an hies,
An jest got started out;
Nav says at he'll bring home some lea.
sence paw has gone fer trout
Paws been s-braggin' what he'd DO
As sOcn's the season come;
An when you talk O. hshin'-wheTi
Paw he can make things humi
He's Jest a reg'ler cracker-jack-
You ought 10 hear him spout,
Oh, you jest wait till he gits back
'CUz paw has gone fer trout,
Why. down there to the store one night.
I heared OF Beaney Brown.
Say at they want no man twas quite
So good as paw IN town,
That IS. on ketchin' fish. I mean
An So they hain't no doubt
That ev'rythiuE is all serene
When paw goes out fer trout
They's lots OF other men, I know.
Arts smarter than my paw.
An lots o. more is mighty slow
'Longside o him. sez nav:
But when II comes 10 fshin'-saY,
Paw knows what he's about!
The other fellers stays away
When paw goes out fer troutI
When paws home with the Hsh he's
caught.
He'll have lot TO say
About th~ big ones that he brought
An them what got away.
When I'm growed uD an hshin' 60.
I'll come back home an spout.
lust as paw aIius does you know
When ne goes out Ter trout
= A. BrininstooI. n Los Angeles E1-
press
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T Ow far the use OF color may
RI affect the public health. or even
4 4 act as a cure for particular dis
eases. is once more receiving the
attention OF certain sections of the med
ical profession.
In medical journal it was recently
contended that certain colors have L
favorable effect upon sufferers from
phthisis. and 1t was recommended that
consumptives should carefully select
their clothing with the view of employ
ing only those colors that are inimical
to the disease. The theory Is that GER
tain rays of light have a bactericidaI
effect. and therefore the clothing should
be of such colors as will allow free ar
cess to the beneficial rays.
obviously this theory is no new one.
for it is the basis on which the late
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Fed by Poems and Ranchmea.

Later he reached the more thickly
settled portion Of the country and the
poems and ranchmen fed him. The
Mexcans looked upon his strange look
ing figure and staring eyes and said
that he was a '1Oco'-and in Mexico
a crazy man need never want for food
or shelter, as the natives look upon him
with superstitious awe
The strangest part Of CraiEh's story
is the way he followed the true course.
ike hOming pigeon. straight TO hts
old home, for his father. who formerly
lived in Chicago, has a farm near
Boerne, Tex. twenty miles east OF
San Antonio. and il is supposed that
he was making for his fathers farm
when ne was arrested.
With his mind made a wreck by the
terrible hardships he had endured and
with only his voice of instinct calling
him home. William Craigh finished his
journey.
Craigh's father and brother are now
at San Antonio. They corroborate his
story up to the time he left Hermosillo.
Mexico. for the Yaqui country and
show a letter received from him from
that town. There is little doubt that
the wonderful mine really exists and
there is some talk Of organizing an ex-
petition to search for It.
The doctors say that II Will be many
weeks before Craigh will be able TO
leave the hOsDftaI
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S Well as a Cure for Disease

As result OF these observations the
Swedish doctor placed patients suneTins
with the disease IN apartments into
which the suns rays could only pene-
trate through sheets OF red glass, with
the result that the symptoms immediate
" assumed a much milder character,
the fever disappearing and the tempera-
tlire becoming normal On the other
hand. il a patient but partially recover
ed ventured into the naked rays of The
sun he was liable TO a recrudescence OF
the malady.
The net results OF all these investig1-
tions served TO show the immense i'm
pOrtance Of light as a therapeutic agent
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= \ the Santa Rosa Hospital at San
Antonio. Tex. is a man who. II
his story is true. has recently
passed through an ordeal more
Il terrible than Kipling's Man
Who Was"
Crazed by his suffering the man.
whose name is William Craigh. talks
constantly Of a gold mine in Sonora,
Mexico. and in his delirium lives over
again the hardships OF his escape from
the Yaqui Indians. who killed his part
ner and drove him from the Sonora
hills
When Craigh was discovered several
weeks ago wandering about the streets
Of san Antonio in a demented condi-
ton n small bucksllin sack. containing
five large nuggets of pure gold. was
found suspended about his neck. When
an effort was made 10 remove the
sack Craigh fought the officers like
a wild man: and now, as he lies upon
his bed in the hospital. his hand reaches
up and grasps the sack every few min
utes as II TO assure himself that the
gold IS stin there.
City Detective George shOaf met
Crsigh on the street about two weeks
ago. His clothes were I'm tatters. his
hair and beard long and matted. and
his bleeding feet protrUded from the
holes in his high top boots. The de-
tective questioned Craigh, and as he
could not understand what was said
TO him the officer arrested him for
being a yaRrant
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Exhaustion and Dementia.

Craigh was taken to the city Jail and
locked up. but his actions were 50
strange that the desk sergeant sum
moned A physician. After an examina-
tion the doctor declared the man de-
mented. and that his condition was
caused by exhaustion and starvation.
Craigh was at once removed TO the hos
pital and given careful attention and
nursing.
After several days in the hospital the
man recovered sufficiently 10 talk, and
he conhded to the doctor the story Of
$pis wonderful gold mine. He did not
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WINTERS TALE IN PASSING.

I am getting near my finish.
And the ends about in sight,
Every day my means diminish.
On my work there seems a blight
Nor can I explain the reason
Why I'm suffering such Ills,
But 1 must say It's a season
OF dire failure Of my chills.
indianapolis News.
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that human being ever undertook
a Journey that led through the noun
and ended in the JAN az San Antonio,
Tex. Without a horse Craigh's progress
through the mountains was slow and
a. he dared not shoot at game TO- fear
q attracting the attention OF Indians
he was forced to eat roots and berries
gathered along the waterways.
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YOUR TIME WILL COMET

When Satan
Takin' holiday.
Don't fool yo'se'f
An shout Hoorayr-
Yo' time will come
Some other day."
Atlanta Constitution
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and his family and a sense Of personal
loss were the unanimous expressions
OF the community at her death Il 10
believed her suicide IS quite unique.
history recording no parallel case.
When a person has lived beyond the
century mark life loses Its acerbities.
The DAYS pass smoothly. quietly, and
happily. and the old man OF woman
appears quite content TO drift into the
endless sleep without Fastening its ap-
proach-
Not 50 Mrs McKittrick. She tired.
and sought her rest
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length. IN the life giving fluid. then
leaving the stream to turn his foot
steps 10 the east
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DID YOU EvER7

I saw a horse-fiy up the creek.
A cat-nip at her food:
saw a chestnut-burr. and heard
A shell-bark In the woods.
Maverick
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MAY 8. 1906
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Siqht of the Tragedy

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-26
STOCK BROKERS HELD.
Clients Say Firm Failed to Pay
Money Due Them.

Two men. who said they were Frederick Ro-
seTe Of No 127 East 40th-st. and George
Grundy. Of Richmond Hill. Long Island, were
arrested yesterday and held in $1,000 bail by
Magistrate Wahle for examination tomorrow
on charges Of grand larceny The prisoners,
the police allege. were doing a stock brokerage
business at No 1193 Broadway under the firm
name Of O. z Wulbern & Co A majority Of
their clients were women.
\ few days ago the police Of the West 3oth-
81. station received a complaint from Winitred
Coen, Of No. pa East 4Sth-st., who said she
placed large sum Of money with o E. Wul-
bern & Co. TO invest in certain stocks, which
went UP several points. When she went to col
lect her profits, according 10 her story. she was
told that the firm had lost heavily as a result
Of the failure last week of Bernstein & Co, the
brokerage firm, and that there was no money
for her Al about the same time William
Richie complained that he had made $1,000
in stock transaction through the firm, but
put of with the same excuse
Detectives Hawkins and Owens were assigned
to the case. and yesterday they arrested Roselle
and Grundy in the Offices Of the concern which
were handsomely furnished. The detectives met
there young man who said he T. r. Har-
bought the furniture They also found several
we'll dressed women there. Their names and
occupations We're taken, and in almost every
case the women said they either nurses
maids or servants. The police. however. refused
to make public the names.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-26
PRAISES Mr.. ROOSEVELT.
President of Great Western Ap-
prOres Rate Legislation.

Chicago, ian 25-President a. B. stickney. Of the
Chicago Great Western and F. a. Delano Of the
Wabash Railroad. were guests OF honor ar the ban
quet of the Chicago Real Estate Board tonight.
President Stickney spoke on The Railways and
the People" He said in part:
The country Is indebted 10 Theodore Roosevelt.
as President, for the courageous course which he
has taken in regard legislative control Of rates.
He has recommended that whenever the reasona BILE
Of any rate IS challenged the legislative com
mission. after full investigation. shall have the
power 70 determine and put in force a rate which
the commission shall deem just and reasonable
And II this principle is incorporated in the bill
the part Of Congress OF its rights FIX all rail-
way rates. For this purpose the enactment of such
a law viii be Immensely valuable. because il will
be precedent in future legislation when the whole
problem shall come lntelhgently before Congress
in the hnal contest which will sooner later
come. AS a precedent il is worth enactinR
Otherwise than as q precedent. do not regard il
Of any value whatever II cannot in the slightest
degree affect the rebate And when we reflect that
II requires more than two billions Of separate rates
10 make 4 schedule upon one commodity between
all the railroad stations Of the United States, re-
curing. say, twenty-fOur billion rates make
complete tariff, II is easy "a that il viii take
commission a great many years
The only possible way Of accomplishing such a
reasonable rates and, based such principles,
the actual rates can he ground out by thousands
~ operations by mathematical machinery. making.
50 ~ speak, thousands Of revolutions minute
! submit that the time has come when Congress
should provide a commission TO investigate actual
iacfs and. by systanat tic arrangement and COnsd-
GRAFTON discover the principles 4 reasonable rail-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-26
JOIN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
New-York Metal Trades Take Decisive Step
Other Cities to Follow.

4 special meeting Of the New-York Metal
Trades Association was held last evening at the
Astor House, at which resolutions were unani-
mously adopted providing for amalgamation
with the National Metal Trades Association.
Similar action has or will he taken by the
metal trades associations in Boston, Worcester,
Springfield. Philadelphia, Baltimore. Syracuse.
Buffalo, Pittsburg Cleveland Cincinnati De
troit. Chicago and s.. Louis.
The officers elected for the New-York Metal
Trades Association as a local branch Of the
national association are as follows:
President, NJ. K. Bowman, James Reilly Re
pair and Supply Company. vice president W.
H Harrison. Consolidated Iron Works, treas
urer. Christopher Cunningham Novelty Boiler
Works; secretary, H Q. Hunter; executive COM
rnittee. II. y Coveu LidgerwOOd Manufacturing
Company. Andrew Fletcher, jr., W & 4. Fletcher
Company. Robert s. Wyatt, Greenlie, Wyatt &
Co. George Q Palmer, Quintard Iron Works
Charles H Smith, Theodore Smith & Sons Com
pany. VI. ?. Davidson. Burlee Dry Dock Com
panv. and Gilbert NJ. Edgett.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-26
NEW BOAT FOR CUBAN TRADE.
Granddaughter Of James E. Ward Names the
Merida at PhiladeIphia.

Philadelphia. Jan. 25.-Miss Florence Alker.
IF New-Y York a granddaughter Of the late James
E Ward. founder Of the old Ward Steamship
Line, named the merchantmen Merida, which
was launched to-day at Cramps shipyard- The
vessel is being built for the New-York and
Cuban Mail Steamship Line. successort TO the
Ward Line
The Merida is built of steel, and will meet the
requirements Of the United States Subsidy act
Of March 3. 1891, having the necessary pro-
visions for auxiliary cruiser. The dimensions
are: Length 400 feet; beam. so feet; depth, 80
feet; draught p feet; displacement about $50
tons. speed. Is knots.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-26
VIEWS OF A CANAL CONTRACTOR.
Westerner Says absurd Regulations" Ham
pered Canal Management

Milwaukee, Jan. 23.-In an address before the
Milwaukee Metal Trades and Founders Asso-
citation this afternoon 5. L. G. Knox. manager Of
the Backrus Steam Shovel and Dredge Com
pany, which has supplied all of the dredges
bought by the Panama Canal Commission. said.
During the first year the organization was
grossly inefficient If six members OF the com
mission were ready 10 go ahead, a seventh
would be afraid Mr. Wallace delayed
months in the transportation Of material /
say this partly in defence Of Mr.. Wallace who
has been uniustly attacked Washington au-
thoritcs advertised thirty days for repairs on
unloading machines when there was but one
firm in the country that made the things
wanted Steam shovels on the canal were act
ualy shut down for lack of oil, when there was
oil the ground, but the red tape Of getting a
requisition 10 use il prevented pouring II from
cans upon the machines.
Al first army and navy officers were put in
charge of the supply department. but they sat
down and did nothing These are now sup
planted by practical railroad men and gain
or three or four months in the time Of trans
portation has been made. The present man
agement is as strong as il we'll can he, so long
as II is tied down by the absurd regulations Of
the War Department.