Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-23

them nests) A record will be kept OF the
eggs laid by each pullet and the length OF
her life will depend somewhat upon her
output and their Matching quality.
William Williams, commissioner OF i'm
migration, is puzzled over the case Of Jo-
seph Cassim, II years old, who came to
New York September 9 from his home in
Mount Lebanon, Palestine, to go to his
brother Hessin, in Pineville, KY. The
brother is in business in Pineville with a
cousin, Henry Cassim, and is said to be
prosperous.
The board Of special inquiry in Ellis Is
land decided that the boys mother in
Mount Lebanon was a better guardian
and ordered him deported.
The cousin came on from Pineville. He
offered to put up a bond of 5000 that the
boy would not be a public charge, and ex-
planned that IL deported the lad would be
sent first to Rio J~aniero. as he had come
that way. The commissioners attention
mad been called to the boy because the
youngster wanted to beat a man who Of
fered him a cigarette on the island. The
boy explained that the Drus religion, in
which he was brought up, prohibited the
use of tobacco in any form, a fact that
made all Ellis Island wonder.
An operation which the attending physi-
clan declared opened up a new field to
science was performed at the
FRENCH hospital, in West Thirty-fourth
street, on a woman patient who had swai-
lowed two tacks. The tacks, after an I'm
usual course, had settled, one in each lung.
The tacks were three -fourths of an inch
long.
DR.. Jackson of the Pittsburg Eve and
Ear hospital, who has made a specialtvl
OF bronchoscopy, was summoned by tele-
graph and came, attended by his assistant.
Or d.. 10. Sable. DIR. Jackson at once ar
ranged for the operation, and was aided
by Dr. Schaeffer, house surgeon Of the
hospital. and also by DR.. Sable.
DR.. jackson used a bronchoscope, a deli
cate instrument fitted with a series Of tlnyI
mirrors. With this instrument the bron-
chial tube Of the patient was penetrated
The instrument is a tube and through this
fine forceps were operated. Guided by the
A-ray pictures, which showed the exact
Of each tack and the bronchoscope.
the tiny forceps were brought into contact
with one Of the tacks, and after delicate
manipulation the piece of metal was
gripped by one end and drawn safely up
same success attended the removal Of
the second tack.
The operation itself was completely sue
cessful. The woman recovered satisfac-A
torily from the effects of the ether. and
1t was said there was every probability OF
her complete restoration to health.
TO see a group of push-cart peddlars
scurry down the street, spurred on by a
swltt-footed policeman, is common enough
In the streets of New York But the same
sight, with the pursuing bluecoat nowhere
around, has puzzled more than one passer-
by on Nassau street recently. II was as IT.
the push-cart vendors had acquired the in
stinct OF the deer who took to their heels
long before the huntsman came within gun
shot. After viewing the performance at
regular intervals from Park Row TO Wall
street, a pedestrian finally solved the mys-
terry. Apparently the peddlars had got the
services of a street urchin whose sole duty
was to look around the corner and give
the alarm as soon as the patrolman hove
In sight. Whenever the urchin appeared on
the run, the push-cart fleet set sail.
Ways of earning a livelihood are various
in the big city. He was a very tall ,aan
and thin. His figure was extremely erect
and his shoulders. such as there were.
were square, probably the result Of army
or navy experience. His hand was tat
tooed in radiant blues and pinks. They
had him rigged out in a gorgeous uniform
of blue, with gold lace literally added.
His job is to walk up and down In front
of the theater. He walks fifty feet, as II
following a crack, and comes out, that is
to say, about faces, just as If the com
had been shouted by the mi
ing officer. Then he walks the same fifty
feet the other way in such a manner that
you are sure his feet find the precise plac-
ing of his outward journey.
II a carriage rolls W, he does the oblique
or the right about or the left about. as
the situation may require. Never does
he foresake his dignified pose. He opens
the vehicles door with the precision OF the
other well-rehearsed features of his "act."
He stands attention as the occupants get
out and enter the theater. Then he closes
the door with a bang, waves the driver on
and resumes sentinel duty. He is we'll
paid for all of this. The theaters of the
town bid for his services.
Nearly all of the hello girls in Gotham
are dreaming OF future days Of greatness
as footlight queens. The origin Of the
craze lies in the streak Of fortune that has
Miss Florence Victoria Grant,
formerly good fairy OF Henry r.. Harris
telephone switchboard, but now with Miss
Rose Stahl in The Chorus Lady"
One day Harris picked up his telephone
receiver, and while waiting for a number.
was struck by the sweetness of Miss
Grant's voice and unruffled manner In
which she corrected centraI's reading Of
the line "Melrose 22S6' for the sixth time.