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may give rise to these symptoms should
be dealt with at one sitting. This may
| call for several different operations, and
1t Is a daily observation IN many clinics
to see many separate operations at one
time on the same patient It has been
proved that It is well worth while to do
all the necessary work at one time, and
with present-day methods. gentle manip-
uiation. clean, neat, complete surgery,
under a good anesthetic, especially nj
trous oxide and oxygen, there has been
great lessening OF shock. both in the
number Of cases and the severity of the
trouble.
Surgeon Is PainstakinE.
Other systemic diseases, save causes of
which are preventable by early and COM
plete surgery. are the systemic effects Of
goitre, typhoid by curing carriers, rheu-
matism, kidney, and pelvic diseases, gall
tract disease, and many others, which
have been mentioned above. Much more
in detail could be written about these dis
eases and their prevention, but we believe
We have already succeeded in emphasiz-
ing the Importance OF preventive surgery.
The modern, real surgeon is more
patnstaktng and less dramatic than his
brothers of few years ago. Many peo-
pie admire the quick operator. but the
trend of modern surgery Is away from
rapid, dramatic, spectacular perform
ances upon human victims. The time
required for a surgical operation should
be estimated, not only by the surgeon.
but also by the patient. Even though
the surgeon takes fifteen to thirty min
utes longer than some other surgeon,
IL his work Is painstaking and complete,
he has really saved the patients time
by insuring a much quicker and more
satisfactory convalescence. and the final
result Is the patient Is completely cured.
How many men. women. husbands,
wives, fathers, mothers, children, rela-
tives. and friends are invalidized. made
miserable and robbed Of self-respect by
morphine. cocaine, alcohol. and other
drugs, and made victims OF nervous up
sets by pain and disorders due to some
troubles. SO easily durable, or prevent
able, by trivial operative and nonopera-
tive surgical methods? Their name IN
legion. These things ought not to be.
And now, in conclusion. let US remem-
Der that at the present day, patients very
often die for the lack of surgical treat
ment. sometimes in spite of IL. almost
never as a result OF modern and COM
plete surgery; that the great majority
OF the so-called major operations, the
operations of magnitude, may be pre-
vented by the timely performance OF the
so-called minor operations for the cor
rection or removal OF local disease. and
that complete cure of early disease will
result in correspondingiy complete res
toration to health and the abolition of
many real causes of death. the extension
of disease with its immediate and re-
mote sequel, and, finally will prevent
the necessity for tedious and difhcult op-
erations on patients the victim of So
called. major diseases. diseases Of magni-
tude, and "broken-down constitutions
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The Bezoar and
Its Imaginary Virtues

prepared BY tie editors Of the Scientific American
for tins paper. Copyright. 1915, By Mum q Col
In accordance with the ancient idea of
ascribing to everything of mysterious or
obscure origin, occult. often marvellous
properties, the bezoar. not infrequently
found in the stomachs of herbivorous and
riminant quadrupeds. goats and ante
lopes particularly, has been credited with
qualities that impaired to II a great
value among credulous and semi-civilized
peoples, especially in ancient times.
Having as a rule, for its nucleus. some
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The Use Of Calcium
Carbide IN Surgery

prepared by the editors of the Scientific American
for this paper. COPYRIGHT, 1913. By Mum Coz
Among the varisd uses which calcium
carbide has found must now be numbered
that OF surgical cautery and dressing for
wet sores. DR.. Desguins, as reported In
Cosmos, recommends calcium carbide on
the following grounds: L It does not at
tack the sound. dry skin, its effect re-
:naining localized and being. moreover.
naturally graded in propc crtion with the
degree Of moisture OF the affected por-
tions. 2. Il does not cause much pain. and
has henlostatic and antiseptic action.
whils being free from toxic effects. Gocd
results are said TO have been obtained in
the treatment Of malignant tumors.
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A Moving Land.

prepared By the editors Of the Scientific American
for this paper. Copyright. 1918. By Mum & Col
One of the broad slopes Of Mont Grin
guez. France, is reported to have be-
come detached from its foundations. and
to have moved over q distance Of nearly
quarter CT a mile. carrying with II
the soil. meadows, and woods. and COW
ering up IN its passage roads and bridges
that stood in its way. A chestnut grove
has travelled 500 feet without suffering
any apparent damage, but many small
lakes have been formed by the dam
ming of the waters.
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Exploration of the Benue

Prrparcd by the editors Of the Scientific American
for this paper. CUTgTiEIt lsIJ. by Mum 4 Col
It has taken sixty years to completely
explore the great Benue River, the prin.
cipal tributary of the Niger. According
to the bulletin OF the American Geo.
graphical Society. the last unknown
stretch OF the river has been surveyed
by Capt. Strumpel. in charge OF Ger
man interests at Adamaua. Kamerun-
Fiegel discovered the headwaters of
the Benue north OF Ngaundcre In IsSs,
and in 1893 Passarge extended the survey
up the river from Garua to Bubandjika.
Strumpel has surveyed the stream be-
tween its headwaters and Passarge's
farthest.
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a per cent Of all accidents fall to mod
ern machine operations. Tho majority.
nearly IS per cent, are the results of
gravitation Cfalling, lifting. carrying.
while transportation causes about IA per
cent OF these accidents. The figures
also show that neither the increase in
the number OF persons insured, is the
cause of the growing number OF acci-
dents. nor are these caused by the ex-
tended application OF elementary forces
(at the expense of hand operatons) as
Is generally supposed.-Zeitschr. T. Gew-
erbe Hygiene.
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bulk being at the same time greatly in
creased. SO that these Accommodations
often reached a diameeer of several
inches In the stomachs OF slaughtered
beeves such masses are quite common.
These, however, were not the bezoars
that were esteemed for their remedial or
protective properties. The latter were
compact concretions Of mineral matter
sometimes radial in structure, sometimes
composed of concentric layers and Of
stone-iike hardness. They are ciassed as
Occidental, Oriental. and German. 1t
was In the Orient-the land of mystery
that the bezoar enjoyed the widest es-
TEEN for its supposed medical virtues.
The possession of such a concretion was
believed to insure the protection OF the
owner against various diseases. They
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| inally belonging to q discarded pair oi
pantaloons), and poured out the con-
| tents, which consisted OF small silver
coins amounting to exactly the hum due,
The coins were the same he had taken
IN while acting as postmaster. and he
had kept them ever since to meet the
| obligation.
Mr.. Lincoln never could have been Just
ly called an ambitious man. But his
hopefulness Of high career and success
in life is illustrated by q remark OF his,
made TO an old friend whom he met In
New York City.
How have you been doing since you
left IIlinois?" he asked.
"Oh, so-sd," replied the friend. Il
made s1OO, 900, and then lost 1t all. How
is it with your
Pretty fair" replied Mr.. Lincoln. I've
got the cottage at Springfield and about
1000 In money. II they make me Vice
President with Seward, as some think
likely, I ought to be able to increase my
satisfy any man.
Abraham Lincoln was never in the
least ashamed of his lowly origin. In
deed, many remarks of his go to show
that he was proud of the fact that he
came from the plain people. Frazar
kirkland, in his Anecdotes of the Re-
bellion." quotes the following:
Seward" said the President to his
Secretary of State, 'T never told you,
did !. how / earned my first dollar."-
NO" replied Mr.. Seward.
Well said Mr.. Lincoln, 'I was about
eighteen years of age. i belonged, you
know, to what they call down South the
'scrubs-peoplr who do not own land and
slaves are nobody there. But had some
produce to sell. and, obtaining the con-
sent of my mother to so down the river
to New Orleans, built a little fiat-boat
for the purpose.
"a steamer was coming down the river.
While / was proudly contemplating my
new flatboat, two men came to the shore
in carriages, with trunks, and, pointing
to my boat, asked, who owns this?
answered, modestly, 4 do
"'Will you take us and our trunks out
to the steamer said one of the men.
Certainly replied, glad enough to
have a chance to earn something.
THE trunks were put on my fiatboat.
the two men seated themselves on the
trunks, and I sculled them out to the
steamer. They got aboard, and l put
the trunks on deck. The steamer was on
the point of starting when 1 called out
that they had forgotten to pay me.
Whereupon each of them took from his
pocket silver half-dollar and threw
IL into the boat. l could scarcely be-
lieve my eyes as picked up the money.
Seward, you may think 1t a very
little thing, but it was a most important
incident in my life. could scarcely be-
lieve that /, poor boy, had earned
whole dollar by few minutes work.
The world seemed wider and fairer be-
fore me. was a more hopeful and con-
fident being from that time"
There is extant a fy-leaf Of Pixies
Arithmetic, on which Lincoln wrote, at
the age of eight years
Abraham Lincoln.
His hand and pen.
He will be good.
But God knows when.
His story of Himself.
In 1858. the compiler of the Congress
sional Directory tat that time called the
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port a patent arc sometimes very anus
ing. A patent was once granted for
cube shaped device, intended for use by
card players. as a tally block. and In the
original specification the inventor either
| from a sense Of humor or from a misun-
derstandipg Of what was required in ap-
plications for patent. described some re-
lnarkabie utilities for the device. Thus
he writes:
7 Besides the above mentioned conven-
iences to card player, / claim II be
become a constant companion to present
humanity and countless millions to come.
The man of business will carry IL in his
coat pocket, and rejoice to be in a posi-
tion to meet any emergency. A hole in
his pocket does not bother him. as he
can carry his loose change in the tally
block. The sponge can be changed at
will, containing the perfume that shall
permeate his clothes, walking about on
the street his nose is apt to offer a good
landing place for SCOT. the little mirror
on tally block keeps him from rubbing
at II Keyed and splitting on his hand
kerchief, the sponge will perform that
duty. No fear of foot pads, as a cor
ner of the tally block on the top of his
head with a gentle pressure Will make
quite an impression Coming home. baby
cutting teeth, and is cross, will change
into a smiling miracle when papa pulls
out the tally block and juggles with the
dice box. its attention being riveted, the
pain il all gone. Coming late from a
lodge meeting. and the key being about
one inch out of his reach on the transom,
the tally block is as good as a STEP
ladder. In case wifey thinks she has
heard a noise in the cellar or wants him
to look at the gas meter. the tally block
answers the purpose of a candle holder.
To poet with inspirations or those who
wish to keep record Of q dream and
write In the dark, nothing takes the
place Of the tally block"
And so on for many paragraphs of the
same kind of matter. which. needless to
say. were eliminated before the actual
issue Of the patent.
How Accidents Originate.
The Imperial Insurance Department OF
Germany recently published data con-
corning causes of accidents, which are
interesting as well as instructive The
figures, as given below, do not, however,
cover all accidents reported, but only
those for which damages had been re-
recovered:
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How to Clamp a
Mitered Door Frame

Prepared By thu edttns Of tho Scientific American
fur this papG. COPYRIGHT isi3 By Mum 4 Col
Tho task Of clamping q door trans
while the glue Is setting Is not as Diff
fcult as may appear at first sight. The
accompanying illustration shows how
the clamping may be done IL = very
simple way. About the frame OF the
door three pieces OF wood may be fitted.
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Especially


Henry Willard, the famous fnancier and
railroad magnate, was a newspaper re-
porter in days before the war. He told
the following story:
Il drove with Mr.. Lincoln in a buggy
from a political meeting to a flag sta
tion twenty miles west of Springfield
there to await train. It was late
and violent thunder storm came up
We got into an emtpy freight car and
squatIed on the floor. In the course OF
conversation he told me that when he
was clerking in a country store, his
highest ambition had been TO be a men,
her of the Legislature. He said: AS
Tor getting TO be a Senator of the United
States, ! am saying to myself every day
that il is too big a thing for me; I'll
never get it. But my wife insists that
am going TO be President of the United
States, too And in making this re-
mark he roared with laughter, shaking
all over. Just think of such a sucker
as me as President he said.
When Lincoln was chosen by the Wings
a second time for the Legislature. friends
gave him 500 for expenses. Later OF
nc handed back to them $685., saying,
i didn't need the money. l made the
canvass on my own horse; my board
at the homes of friends, cost nothing,
and my only outlay was seventy-fve
cents for a barrel of cider which some
farm laborers insisted l should treat
them too
Two log cabins are Interestingly asso'
ciated with Lincoln. In one Of them, IN
Hardin County, KY, he was born. There
is not even an authentic picture OF It.
inasmuch as it fell down, or was blown
down, twenty-five years before the
breaking out Of the civil war. Some OF
the logs of which il was built were
utilized as material for neighbor
corn-crib.
The other cabin was built in 1891, near
Pennington, Ill, by Abraham's father,
Thomas Lincoln. He died twenty years
later. but his second wife continued to
live in the cabin until some time after
the martyred President was shot.
After his election TO the Presidency. In
1861, and before going to Washington,
Mr.. Lincoln went to See his stepmother.
She told him then that she had a pre-
sentiment that something was going TO
happen TO him, and that she would never
see him again alive. He laughed at her,
but her foreboding was fulfilled.
Strong as a Youth.
Lincoln as a youth was quite famous
for his strength. 1t is said that he could
carry 900 pounds on his back. On one
occasion he walked away with two logs
which three sturdy men were unable to
handle. A neighbor, who knew him well,
has written: He could strike with a
maui a heavier blow, could sink an axe
deeper into wood, than any other man
/ ever sa-T."
Lincoln's contemplated duel with
James Shields, political adversary, is
historic incident. Shields, an Irish
man, was greatly enraged by Lincoln's
Wit, numerically used at his expense,
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corner. adapted TO receive the jaws Of
pair of cabinetmaker's camps. The
side pieces are also cut to provide a
shoulder, on which the lower ends Of
the door frame are supported. When
the clamps are frightened, the door frame
is drawn tightly together and the parts
are thus held until the glue sets.
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women'. PrenchinE.
DF. Samuel johnson

A weman's preaching Is like a dog
walking on his hind legs. II Is not
done well; but you are surprised - nnd
It done at AL
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For the use Of divers 4 sledsc has been invented
that can be toxed by q motor boat. while its eis-
vation can be regulated by air tanks controlled
BY an cccupant
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What He Thought About Becoming Presi.
dent-His Duel with Shields He
Earned His First Dollar

I and demanded satisfaction on the field of
honor. He was a famous swordsman,
| while the future emancipator knew al
most nothing about fencing.
They met on Bloody Island, in the
Mississippi River, and Lincoln was the
first to arrive on the scene. When
Shields and his seconds came, they saw
| Lincoln-who, four inches over six feet
| in height, had arms as long and strong
as gorilla's-reaching up higher than
| any other man in the State could have
done, asd looping off saplings as thick
| as mans forearm with single slashes
Of his weapon.
A very formidable weapon 1t was, for
| Lincoln, as the challenged party, had
| chosen the longest and largest cavalry
] sabers available. with which to settle
I the contention. It is evident that his
| performance with the saplings had the
effect he intended, for Shields friends
after gazing awestruck at the spectacle
for few moments, hastened to patch
up peace.
The lady Mr.. Lincoln married had a
| rather vigorous temper, and occasionally
| was driven to evaporation by some of
| her husbands little ways. He owned n
cheap little desk, which he took to the
White House with him because il was
cherished possession, having been long
in use, and being provided with con-
venient pigeon-holes. One day he split
! some ink on it. by accident, and his
wife. who entertained a special dislike
| for the desk, had IL thrown out as rub
| bish.
! 1t was whd1y against the policy of
! MIR. Lincoln to oppose his wife in any
! way. If possible to avoid doing SO. SO
he gave the desk to a lady who was an
| old friend. telling her that he had used
| 1t when he first began to do business
for himself. At the present time it is
ron exhibition among the relics of Lin
coin, which form the famous oldroyd
collection, in the house on Tenth Street,
| where the President died, after being
carried thither from Ford's Theater; op-
! posite.
Among other articles in this collection
| (the house containing it being now a sort
OF Lincoln museum) is the furniture
\ from the old Lincoln homestead at
Springfield, including the cookstove, the
aforementioned desk, Mr.. Linc6In's IA
| rorite horsehair rocker, and the walnut
cradle in which the emancipator him.
self often rocked his children to sleep.
Rival for wife.
MIR. Lincoln's wife, it will be remem-
bered, was Mary Todd He had for a
rival no less a man that Stephen A.
Douglas. who, already rising in the
world, was destined to become SO ia
nous. 1t was choice between the little
man and the big man, and the girl, who
was plump, pretty, vivacious. and very
attractive, picked out the latter
1t is said, whether truly or not, that
Abraham Che sometimes wrote his name
Abram in those days, by the way) had
presentiment that the marriage was
not destined to turn out happily. At all
events, on the day first set for the cere-
niony he was taken suddenly sick. so
that the wedding had to be postponed
at the last moment, when the bride and
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His story of Himself.

In 1855 the compiler of the Congress
sional Directory (at that time called. the
Dictionary of Congress) applied to every
living ex-member OF the National Legis-
lature for some account OF his career.
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All kinds Ut hauiiss aoas pros s.s
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CHANGE or coioRs.

Paris. as the fashion arbiter Of the
world. is not satisfied with having al.
tered the shapes Of women. Now Il un-
Gertskcs to change their hue The par
lid complexion has gone out OF style in
the French capital. nor are the English
roses In women's checks the accepted
thing. To be chic say late advices
from the throne OF fashion. zone must
have a brown tint. like gypsy" The
new rule no doubt, is a result OF the
rage for touring the country in auto
mobiles. II is sign that the people
who lead the ton arc living in the
open. and getting the benefit OF the
sun and air. Undoubtedly there will
be counterfeiters a. work under the
now regime as there were under the
old. Walnut juice or some equivalent
therefor will be sold in the beauty par.
Tors in place of lilly white But those
who acquire the new tint in natures
way will evince the best Judgment,
for in the act of acquiring it by spend
ing hours out of doors they will build
up their general health
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-30

Admiral George Dewey, hero OF Ma
Mia bay. when congratulated upon the
attainment of three-quarters OF cen.
utry OF good health. gave some good
advice to public men. He said he at.
tributed his long life and good condi-
ton to much riding and abstaining
from midnight banquets, and he added.
SO should any man who wants to feel
as young as | do when he seventy
Ave" Quite true. The temptations
are great with the, man. in the lime
light to indulge in excesses, largely
TO please his friends and admirers.
The American banquet, an ornate
feeding ceremony lasting several
hours, robbing the man of increasing
years OF the sleep which is required
to neutralize the ravages of time, and
playing hob with his digestive appa.
ratus, has undoubtedly cost many
lives takes strong and vigorous
constitution to withstand the demands
of the banquet table.
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wAR CHANCES FAa.ioAs.

Nasthers ever q war that d'ls not
exert an inference on fashisnss 20.
heE:an fezmakcrs. Il IS kaid ore de-
plcfing the prospective waning Of
their once profitable branch OF MANN
faciure. AS result OF the decline Of
lslamic religion and the rise OF Chris
tian prestige in southeastern Europe
the use OF the fez in Tbfaee ana Mac.
edona already has declined recent
writer says that apart from the in.
huence of declaration of the Mahome'
tan population By The war, the Turks
who remain in Europe as subjects OF
the Christian states will soon. as for
mcr examples have shown, exchange
the fe1 for the iambskin cap worn by
The Christian peasantry. The fey. it is
remarked, is merely an adaptation OF
The ancient turban. and ;hc only thing
that matters 10 the Mahometan is that
NJ hcadgear shopld have no brim. or
even sh5dc. so that he may sit on tho
iccr Of the mos que MS prescribed by
tae Koran with a covered head, and
yet. when saving his prapers touch
The around With his hare forehead. For
this ceremonial the lambskin cap
would do irsi as we'll
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HUSBANDS MORE VALUABLE.

john Bsnsler of st Louis fell into q
vat OF boiling water and VAS terribly
burned The emplo. ng company set
tied his suit for damages for 81, 500.
ilsn his wife sued the company for
damages and the company claimed it
had settled with the husband and
that cuded it. says the St. Louis Dis,
patch. The court has lust ruled that
the woman can go ahead and sue on
her own account for any loss she may
have suffered by reason of The acct
dent. She sets forth that the accident
made her husband useless in many
ways. that he is now SOCIALLY dead"
cannot take h,r to theaters and par
tics, and that whereas before the acct
dent he was b,ithe, genial and de
lightful companion. he is now morose
and helpless and a burden TO her:
also that he look twenty years older
thnn he Is. The court says she can
recover for loss Of her husbands So
ciety and attention, The decision is
interesting as establishing in a GER
tain sense a wife's property" in her
hnsband-a thing heretofore no; con.
coded The idea OF the wife as prop
erty has long been accepted New, IL
this case fnally tritmphs We shall
see established in another WY tho
equality Of The sexes