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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-03
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How Blind Baby Was Made THROUGH the Eve of

would soon have as good before acciden,
In which he blinded.
The clamps we're removed the eyelds pressed chose.
ly down and bandaged.
The bandages were removed the sixth day and
the tested TO find Il the operation had been
successful Admitting little light the doctors
at the coslde held dot before the youngster AS
his mother bent anxously him. he blinked uncer.
tainiy moment or two. then reached up both hands
after the doll
Dr. Kane placed his hand the right eye in which
there was known to be sight, but still the little
Fellow kept reaching after the toy Then
darkened and candle was moved Slowly before the
bsoy's face. His left eye followed It integently
1t was proved that sight had been restored the blind
eye II will be than a month before the operation
can be considered permanent success
This Is only one Of many remarkable grating opera.
tons and experiments that have been performed in
recent years.
DR.. Alexis Carrel. the original surgical expert
OF the Rockefeller Institute New York. has grated the
leg Of dog upon another and the surgeons have
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The real explanation being understood is dnter.
estng to see what the eXperimeners thought they
found.
Interest in the of Mrs. Blake on the part of
Or. Hyslop and the Psychical Society was stimulated
by written reports sent by Dr. L. " Guthrie superin.
tendent of the West Virginia Asylum ut Huntington in
that State where the medium lives humble circum.
stances and Is very Independent caprcious about
receiving "sitters" DR.. Guthrie writes
"Iier day sttings conducted as folows She
has tin horn trumpet diminishing in size from the
centre toward the end the trumpet Is about two feet
long and two inches In diameter at the centre, grad
uay taperng down to about half inch ut each end
You sit along beside her and she places end of
the trumpet in her hand and end IN yours and has
II rest upon her lap until conditions. are good when
there seems to be pulling at the trumpet and fire.
quently have heard indstinguishable sounds appar
emily coming from the trumpet while it was lying on
our laps Now that conditions have become good tho
trumpet Is placed end to and one end to
hers and the voices and conversations of the spirits
come through this trumpet into your car You ASH
such questions you wish and frequently Mrs Blake
will ask few QUESTION: During these spirit CONVEX
sations Mrs Blakes mouth Is closed and there is no
apparent movement OF the muscles about neck and
throat Sometimes she holds her end of the trumpet
away from her ear and In front of her foot and
half and places her hand the opening the run
pet next to her and you still get the voices" :.
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quite
Clearly enough to recognize It, When II seemed like
the word Ada after trying Affe and suspectng Annie
but not indicating 1t. purposely recognized Ada and
asked the relationship TO The was: -
Don't you recognize me. fatherr
~ took up the and pretended to recognize the
and played the part of father for time with
out either lying or beraylng that not such. I
asked questions about her happiness and such things
without suggesting any else. Soon the trumpet
handed to Mr.. Abbott Mr. Clawson and the
matter dropped. Now have not daughter or
relative by the Of Ada and not one sound came
through the trumpet to indicate any person might
recognize pertinent
"On the whole my Impression at present is that we
are dealing with woman who is consciously honest
this in spite Of the very dubious character OF her
dark They have most danlning suggestive
they precisely like the fraudulent performs
OF the type 1t Is in fact hard reconcile
them with any Judgment OF honesty whatever. But we
must remember that we can no prove dishonesty
in the dark than genuineness. or can equally
prove ono as the other have positive proof that
tricks performed and have evidence that they
not"
DR.. Hyslop's Investigations did end here Alone
and in with persons chosen by himself he was
apresent many "sittings" with Mrs. Blake. Long
Esprit" conversations through the medium OF the
I. trumpet are quoted in the record. s
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was extirpated. Six months later the animal was I'M
perfect condition. showing It ds living by
kidney that was out of It's body
This observation" says DR.. CarreI. demonstrates
definitely that animal live in normal condition
after both kidneys have been extirpated one re-.
placed"
Dr. Carrel has transpanted arteries from one animal
to another and has tansplanted in place
of arteries This operation likely to be very uss
ful to man. since many veins be dispensed WITH
while the large arteries essential to life Pieces
OF peritoneum may also be used repair gaps that
nave been cut IN arteries Cancers and tumors fire.
quentiy form round artery. They could not be re.
noved formerly. because do 80 would destroy the
artery and cause death. but in the artery can
be replaced. operation becomes possible.
Perhaps the most astonishing discovery made nv DR.
Carrel during these experiments that section OF
artery may be preserved in refrigerator for as long
period as tlirty-hve days and then made to grow in
healthy man or animal This indicates that when e.
man dies he does not die completely. but merely that
one or more vital organs die
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Before reading the Interesting accounts
OF the investigators may be well to know how
biologists explain the case OF Mrs Blake Every
has had. doubt, the experience Of thinking that he
has heard his called when there was no one
around to do the calling And every one has held a
shell to his to listen to the roaring. The voices in
Mrs Blakes trumpet. say the psychologists.
bination OF these two phenomena. When think
hear called undergo what is called
auditory hallucnation A little sound within the
itself is taken by subconscious self and IS
lated into a The same thing is done in dream
Ing If I'VE asleep and sudden noise awakens
the mind tries explain what the noise is in the brief
time between sleeping and waking 1t explains it by
dream. For instance If shutter blows open prob.
ably dream Of being in explosion. for thus the mind
tries to account for the noise.
The noises in the sheN caused by the acoustic
properties Of the which gather and intensity
sound vibration.
Those who hear voices in Mrs Blakes trumpet say
the psychologists, simply hear the natural sounds in
the she'll But being in condition of expectancy. the
imagination goes work and the mind OF the listener
forms the sounds into words and sentences. 1t is
really form OF sefhypnosis. II Is curious fact In
relation Mrs Blake that the art OF dvination by
listening to shells is extremely ancient one. The
Egyptian priests claimed to receive messages their
gods in this way and certain Indians
still use the Gonch she'll for this purpose
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watched the living animal skipping about his dead
friends leg He has transferred the kidneys one cat
to another and has repeated the operation on many
pairs OF cats He has grated vein in place worn.
out artery He has preserved cold storage
and days later has successfully planted them In
living animal.
organs of sick man can be replaced b, the arteries
and organs Of other animals.
He has perfected the method OF grating and
arteries in cooperation with Or. C. c. Guthrie
Dr.. Carrel performed another series of kidney plan
laton experiments. He took kidney from a dog
and put it back again. other dogs he took
two kidneys and replanted them.
In experiment he removed left kidney OF
dog and put it into jar OF Locke's solution at the
temperature of the laboratory Afterward the kidney
replaced in the abdominal cavity The circulation
reestablished after of the vessels and the
ends of the ureter united. The animal made an I'm.
eventful recovery Fifteen days afterward RICH,
kidney which had not yet been experimental upon,
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Or Hyslop's voluminous record contains
vast amount OF similar testimony. by a
score or more OF apparently disinterested
persons OF both sexes. in several instances
presented in the form OF sworn afridavlts.
In each instance tho spirit" voices appear.
ed to be within the trumpet. and could
often be distinctly heard when the instru.
ment was. lying In the mediums lap.
Following are paragraphs from his re-.
port.
THE object OF the evenings visit was to
Try trumpet experiments. but Mrs Blake
and Mr. Blake are evidently more impress
ed with the movement OF psychcal objects
and were bent on seance OF that kind.
But we managed. by some tact. to try the
trumpet. ] shall not describe In detail It's
positions at present; but IL was sometimes
held to her ear and the ear OF the sitter
and sometimes only TO the ear of the sitter
and one end in Mrs. Blake's hand. Some
times the palm OF her hand was held over
one end Of the trumpet. At no time was
the end Of the trumpet held at her mouth
Whatever view of the phenomena be taken
we cannot suppose that they we're pro.
ducd by having her mouth at the end OF
the trumpet
Near the beginning OF the seance
held one end Of the trumpet, and II was
clear that articuate sounds were occurring
IN It. In some cases could detect distinct
words and the claim that particular per.
son was trying to communicate with me.
l asked for the name. and Il was some
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] so exactly to their relative positions
estpred. In this position they are held
= side to side. and into tine hole so made
Inch to B.inch thick. according to the
bolt carries one plate and another plate
hid secured tightly by q nut when the
SHOULD be made OF soft iron 30 az TO
. Then the other ends OF the plate. are
&r an accurate reduction OF this part OF
on e:sixteenth inch thick and being of
b contour Of the bone. The application
through the holes ready made for IL IN
/ of a special drill guide.
1sono ew'hat difficult because OF the close
!s.ailo-spiral nerves. and because there
i end OF the humerus can be transfixed
3Gralnon fosSae (depressions in the bone
Rds OF the femur and tibla which form
fca,use there are very large surfaces for
Uncovered by any important structures.
: to the ankle Joint this method Is OF the
3seratial that the processes OF the tibia
lid not only be accurately replaced, but
Hiatt they will not yield when the press.
IA. ] show the ankle OF laboring man
' Sc lupNto-date methods Of non.operative
&ss;age with early movements.
&hes end OF the fibula (small leg bone)
! the callus has yielded before the body
boiint become permanently deformed, so
patient has an extreme talipes valgus
hfim from ordinary work for the rest
MAT this method is OF the most value,
aim at union which Is not only firm
strain. but one which is strong enough
10 ithe occurrence OF full bony union.
&.pllated, which vary in length from two
eklness from one thirty-second to one.
ktesenths to one-half inch. Sometimes,
mel fiat plate is more convenient, but
nnore snugly. but gives much greater
mtsrus (elbow bone) at the lower end
lower end Of the shin bone 1t is most
)bnte at each side of the limb, but else.
2Ahlrough a single incision which must
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Mrs. Blakes Tia Horn "Speakn@ Tube to the esprit Word'

YKY HE American Society for Psychical Re,
search has just completed an dnves.
- tigatdon Of what has recently been
commented upon extensively on both sides
OF the ocean as Mrs. Blake's tin horn
speaking tube from the spirit world" The
manifestations" OF this extraordinary in.
strument have been so widely circulated and
have received go much attention from the
credulous that the observations OF the In.
vestigators are interesting-even n their
conclusions do seem to be far away from
what careful and interpretations psycholo-
gists assert to be the real explanation.
Briefly. Mrs. Bakes method OF com
municating with the departed" Is to use a
double-ended trumpet-somewhat like two
ordinary horns united at the bell ends.
Mrs. Blake holds one OF these trumpets to
her ear and the person communicating
with the spirits" holds the other end to
his ear. Voices are then supposed to be
heard within the trumpet and these voices
communicate messages from the dead.
The investigators reject the possibility
OF the voices being ventrloquial noises
made by Mrs. Blake. on the ground that
they are heard equally we'll when the
medium holds the tube In her hand.
DR.. James H. Hyslop. editor and chief
expert for the society. concludes his re-
port with the statement that there is
neither proof for the voices being indie
pendent nor for Mrs. Blake producing
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remarkable Photograph Of Surgeons
Operating Upon the Eyes of Pig
Preparatory to Removing the Cor.
nta In Experiments Upon Sight.
less Human Beings.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-05-29
Horace's Essay.

Horace sat ana gnawed his PEN
says Answers, concentrating look
of hatred on the blank sheet of paper
before him. From his seat he could
see every member of the class dash
Ing off fluent essays on Henry VIII
His pen alone was idle.
1.-TWO minutes more!" came from
the teacher. Then Horace, in des'
peration, seized his pen and made a
bid for fame, as follows:
Henry VIII was a king of Eng.
land, and the greatest widower as
never was. He was born at place
called Ammo Domino, and he had sixty
wives The first he ordered to be
executed, but she was beheaded. He
revoked the second, and the third
died. and then he married Annie
Bowling, the daughter of Tom Bowl
ing. When he died he was succeeded
on the throne by his Aunt Mary. Her
full name was Mary Queen of Scots,
or the Lay of the Last Minstrel"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-05-29
Gave Hecklers a Chance.

At one time the Republicans of Chi
cago were out and were fighting De
mocracy on industrial conditions and
the putative helplessness of a situa
ton which did not let the Republic
ans in. A parade had started off and
was well on it's way-nearly to the
file closers-when a ward boss saw
that two lighted transparencies lacked
carriers. He looked around hurriedly
and noticed that one of his retainers
was idle. Here" he yelled, "shoul
der this and get In line" The shang
haied recruit was gambler who
busted himself in ward politics on &C
casions, but for the most stuck to his
trade when trade was possible. AS he
hoisted the lighted legend, open uI
the mills and factories" there was a
chorus of derisive yells from the side
walk: Never mind the mills. Open
up the poker games"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-05-29
For Study of Tropical Diseases.

Recently the foundation-stone of the
new School of Tropical Medicine at
Calcutta was laid by the governor of
Bengal. The government of India pro-
vided $4,000 for the site and labora-
tory and is to contribute for the up
keep of the school. The institution
is unique in the tropics. The spe-
cial work Of the laboratory will be
to investigate on practical lines the
causes OF tropical diseases in the Cal
cutta hospitals, with view to find
ing more accurate methods of diagno-
sis and improved treatment. Tropi-
cal diseases cause over one-third OF
the deaths In Calcutta, and at least a
large proportion In India as whole,
and the possibilities of carrying out
practically important Investigations
of such diseases will be limited only
by the amount OF financial support af-
forded the new institution. The insti-
tute will accept students from all
over the world.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-05-29
DEMAND IS FOR ABLE MAN
High Positions Waiting for Those
Who Are Competent Properly
to Fill Them.

We know big firm in one of the
Oldest and most important industries
In this country which has been hunt
ing for over a yeyar for man tc
whom to pay $4,000, and they cannot
find him, writes the editor of the
American Machinist.
We know an executive who wants
two or three men as assistants; If he
could find them in his plant he would
gladly pay them $40 a week. He has
tried considerable number in these
positions during the past year, but
without success assyet. He feels thai
he is positively hampered by the laci
Of them.
We know that there is an active de
mand for $4,000 men, and we car
readily believe that there is keer
demand for $4,000 men.
1t Is remarkable that in plant EN-
ploying, say thousand men, there are
so few who raise themselves above
their fellows far enough to be con
spicuous to the management. Ant
even, of those few, not all have The
initiative, the ginger, and faculty O
being thorough that would make then
of value as assistants to the execu
tive. What god-send to the engines
is the draughtsman who can do hi
own thinking, and dig out the solution
of a problem somehow without con
slant prodding and pointing from thu
boss!
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NOT LACKING TN SHREWDNESS
Ignorant Moro Fuller Quick-Wittec
Enough TO Devise Clever Scheme
to "Save His Face"

The Moro lords of the Island OF
Mindanao in the Philippines-they
are called datos-although nearer saw.
ages than barbarians, do not want ma
tive wit and shrewdness. A young
lieutenant who has seen service there
tells the following incident, which
shows how clever one of them was
in concealing his Ignorance:
Some of the retainers Of old Dato
Mundi, who lorded it over few hun.
dred fuzzy-headed, bolo-chopping ma.
tives in the Mindanao hills back OF
one of the army stations, sneaked
down one dark night and stole half a
dozen cavalry horses from the corral.
The commanding coaonel. much in.
censed at the theft, had some native
crackers trail the horses to the very
village where the old dato held his
primitive court. Forthwith he sent
the young lieutenant, with formid.
able escort of khaki-clad troopers, to
bear letter to the dato that demand
ed instant restitution of the horses
under penalty of immediate war. A
half-breed interpreter went along with
the party.
The lieutenant found the dato, who
had word of his coming, seated in sol
emn state. He wore gown of angry
turkey-red calico, while scores OF
cockatoo feathers bristled in his wool.
Heavy rings cleaned on his fingers
and toes. Around him were ranked a
score of his warriors.
The interpreter translated the let.
ter. The dato, who could not read or
write a word in any language, took
the sheet from his hand and gazed
long and frowningly upon it.
WELL" said the lieutenant, growing
restless, for he was fully aware of
the Moro's complete lack of educa-
ton, TASK him what his answer is"
The interpreter translated this {;
whereupon the dato seized piece of
charcoal from the open fire and, max
ing number of marks upon the back
of the letter, returned it to the lieu.
tenant in solemn silence, while his
warriors looked on, struck with ad.
miration at their leaders learning.
The lieutenant gazed at the mean.
ingless "hen tracks" that the dato had
scrawled across the page, and frowned
in disgust. TELL him." he cried, inn
patiently, to the Interpreter, "that
want to know just what this means;
whether we get the horses, or whether
it's war;"
AS the hot words were translated to
him, the old dato snatched the letter
from the lieutenant's hand and, seiz.
ing a twig that was burned at one
end to @ live coal, he swiftly punched
three holes through the sheet. Then
he handed it back to the officer, drew
himself to his full height, and haugh
tily detained something in his native
tongue, while his warriors bowed to
the ground in awe.
"He says" translated the interpre
ter with smile, that he thought
every warrior knew that when one
ruler answers another rulers letter
by writing on the back of it, 1t means
war; and when he burns three holes
through 1t, it means war twice.,
Youths Companion.
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energy. There was always d fear and
dread in my mind, had cold, nervous,
weak spells, hot flashes over my body.
i had place in my right side that was
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and never expected to get out again.
] got Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
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Ifyou want special advice write
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2, and paste it upon piece of card
board. Then trim the cardboard even
with the outside of the disk, leaving a
piece on one side for a handle. To
operate the toy, hold the handle tn
one hand give the disk rotary mo-
ton and look steadily at the center
of the disk. In an instant you will
discover the black and white rings of
the disk to be revolving in the direc-
ton opposite to that in which you are
rotating the disk. They do not actual
ly revolve of course. The effect is
merely an optical Illusion.
Fig. 8 shows another application
of this same optical illusion. Give the
picture rotary motion, and upon TO
cusing your eyes upon the center the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-05-29

wheels will appear to turn. Hunt up
larger picture of an automobile and
you can make better whirler. Per
haps you can find one of the right
size so the disk in Fig. 2 will fit one
wheel; then you need but make a
duplicate disk for the other wheel. Use
a compass with which to describe the
circles, and fill in every other ring with
black ink. Mount the picture of the
automobile upon a piece Of cardboard
to preserve 1t.
The buzZ-saw whirligig shown in
Fig. may be made with cardboard
disk of the size of that in Fig. 2,
with saw teeth cut around it's edge
Gig. 81, or disk cut from the end
of a tin can, or a large button Gig.
g.. Two holes must be pierced
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-05-29
Shakespeare and Bacon.

1t has not been proven that Bacon
wrote the plays known as Shake
speare's. The various attempts at
such task have all turned out to be
melancholy failures. 1t has been shown
that there are many difficulties in the
way of believing that the historical
Shakespeare wrote the immortal dra-
mas, but it has not been shown that
anybody else wrote them. The STRAIT
ford man is still in possession of the
glory of their authorship, and If he
is not entitled to the honor it is inn
possible to say who is.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-05-29
A DOLL HOUSE MADE FROM A
CARDBOARD BOX.
BY DOROTHY PERKINS.

A hat box furnishes the material
for building the little two room doll
house illustrated below, and one of
these boxes is usually not hard to find
in any home where there are dollies
wanting a house of their very own.
Fig. / shows the first step neces-
sary in converting the hat box into
a doll house, that of detaching one
side (A) at the corner, and separat-
ing both it and the side adjoining OBJ
from the box bottom. Fold back the
two detached sides in the manner
shown in Fig. 2, with side B in line
with side C, and side A opposite side
d. That will make the space between