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WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
Not Used to Being Commanded.
Owing to the royal dinner party at
Ilurlingham on Saturday, the Prince of
Wales was unable to be present at the
debuts of Airs. Mackintosh and Miss
Steer. Apropos of the dinner, an amus
ing incident took place in the afternoon,
which proves that our transatlantic
cousins have much still to learn with re
gnrd to court etiquette. The Princess
<f Wales, having previously met and ad
mired the recitation of the late-t prettv
American export, graciously requested
herpr senceat dinner that evening, upon
which the fair reciter expressed her re
gret at not being able to accept the
honor offered her, urging as an excuse
that she had prorais: and to chaperone some
young ladies to Mrs. Mackintosh’s debut.
liler Koval Highness replied, with a quiet
Lnile of amusement: “Then I am afraid
you must get your friends to kindly ex
cuse you, for I shall expect you,” and
left the free-born American to discover
that royal wishes in this country arc
commands. —London World.
Wedding Dresses.
Although bridal robes are now made
r.ot only in tinted fabrics, but in posi
tve colors as well, still white is most
favored and anew tone of so-called
painters’ white has been brought out
for brides. The odd satin has almost a
gray tone at the back, but the face is
mst the rich dense white Meissonier
loves.
Pure white satin has been so much
used f or bridal gowns that one must wel
come this new idea, illustrated in a
dainty dress, which is made with a white
satin back, full and plain, but the front
is of soft C hinese silk, which appears to
fall in natural drapery, only caught up
on one side with long bows of ribbon.
At a recent wedding the bride wore a
pink silk dress, with open bodice of
gathered pink gauze, a faille sknt with
draped gauze tunic and bouquets of natu
ml roses in hair and on bodice. A dress,
yet to be worn, is of white satin, with
very long train. The skirt is trimmed
with three deep flounces of Brussels lace,
a shoit veil of the same lace to be gath
ered at the top of the head over a small
wreath of orange blossoms; and a gar
land to match is arranged as a jabot on
the bodice. A third toilette is of silk,
vc led with light white gauze, embroid
ered white silk, the bodice ala Yiergeto
match, roses in hair and on bodice, also
large bouquet of roses to be held in the
hand while receiving guests.— Philadel
yhia Times .
Mrs. Cleveland in Church.
“W hen Mrs. Cleveland goes to church, ’’
sa\s a \\ asliington letter to the Memphis
Ac,'!-incite, “as soon as she enters the
pew and takes a seat, she drops her
pretty head upon her daintily gloved
b m,l and devotes a moment to silent
prayer. 1 lien she settles herself for a
quiet attention upon the service. She
knows, of course, that she is the target
°i '’very eye in the church, and, though
she trie, to conceal her embarrassment,
she is not, able to do so entirely. AY hen
tlie pastor gives out the hymn she is glad
to turn her attention to the hymn-book
and forget the uncomfortable feeling
wl icli is the natural result of being
stared at \\ hen the minister leads in prayer
her head is boaved, and it drops a little
leaver when he prays for ‘the chief magis
irate of the nation’ and adds a petition
fn - ‘those that are dear to him.’ She
‘ oes not fidget about, and lean up in the
corner and rest her head upon her hand
as Grover does, but sits straight and quiet,
listening to the sermon from beginning
to end. Of course she fans herself con
stantly, for she w T ould not be a avoman if
she did not. When the basket goes
around, she drops her contribution mod
estly into it, and avhen the closing hymn
is given out, finds not only the hymn but
hue doxology corresponding in metre
AVl *h it- and follows them closely to the
end. AA lieu the services end, every neck
is craned to get a look at her face and
figure. She tries to appear unconcerned,
boavs to the church people near her
"’ho n she knows, talks a little to those
nearest her. and is evidently relieved
" hen the carnage door bangs and she is
hidden from view of the croavd that avas
gathered on the sidewalk to see her pass
'roni the church door to the carriage,
t hroughout, her conduct is full of dig
uity ami gentle grace.”
V Romantic Wedding.
Herman Krause and Anna Feschen-
I'ach, each of whom was born in the 1 it
tie German town of Friederichsaw on the
Rhine about thirty-eight years ago, and
whose peculiar outfit and small acquaint
ance with the English language indicated
that they were strangers to these shores,
"ere married yesterday by Mayor Whit
ney in h s ofiice in the City Hall, Brook
lyn Ihe Mayor and Secretary Phillips
each kissed the bride and wished the
couple all kinds of prosperity. It was
not until after they had gone that the
Vayor learned that the marriage was the
climax of a long and romantic attach
jj|£nt. Ihe story is that Herman and
l €®na. when a boy and a girl together in
jVe little town on the Rhine, had falleu
in love. A\ hen the Franco-German war
broke out Herman became a soldier
and Anna, with equal patriotism,
accompanied his corps as a nur-e
in one of the Red Cross Hospital
"agous. Early in the campaign Her
man, w ith a score of his comrades, were
mown down by a French shell, and being
s upposed to be dead, he was buried with
others in a trench. During the night
• nna went to the trench and dug up the
b ° d ' •° f lier su PP°*ed lover. To her
•i prise he showed signs of life. He
was sent to the hospital and he recov
ered. Anna's grief, however, was in
cuse when she was informed that an in
i° * I!S , s^u h was of such a nature
that he could never recover his reason.
c a rs rolled on, Krause remaining in a
m.u.iry ho pual and Anna in her native
lllage. Her father had meanwhile come
in T COUn ; r -'- :uia nearly two y< ars ago.
*P‘ llt ° ev er seeing Krause restored
LastTabVr jolned h ™. in Brooklyn,
in nor'™ • ’ er ‘’ un physician succeeded
wv'T 8n °P erat i° n on Krause's
skull, which brought it back to its nor-
Sn Tle'Jh 11 ' T thb his roa
)..i *i rl wh °,
sz,r eA ” m h °
" * matter of
>nrse Mayor A\ hrtnev, who believes
!htn nth' TV 1S not raore improbable
h m other tales of love and war whk'h
he has heard. —Ae* York Sun.
Women Who Speculate.
“Yes. there are several ladies in this
city who speculate in oil. I have o-e
lady customer who has been quite ic
cessful, said a broker this morning
Ladies as a rule nave considerable nerve
as speculators, and incase they loose be
come determined to recover.' operating
usually with skill that world hkrtVv h~
expects of them. They xr a - tj Uuil
HE. MONROE ADVERTISER; FORSYTH. GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1886.—EIGHT PAGES.
the market on the slightest provocation
litter ; r T°' ed “ ,Klc “ c J'- 1 receded™
“"L: ; 1 * - voun £ daughter of a!
l"V\ llhy man > a f cw davs wlm
wanted me to explain to her'how the oil
wantlT T aS - transactf ' d - She said she
me?elv f or °th nVeSt a l i ttle money ’ not
merely for the money she mrnht make
but for excitement: Of course Tam
doing my best to enlighten her Th^
Fast“%’ Sgr ° Win S ” f ‘™ with the
gallery ~ *■" ,w ° < >*
The reporter glanced at the gallerv
* he ladies Waning over the rail
intereH^h^ I'® 1 '® , manifest ing a, much
ini k the market as any of the howl
° brokers on the floorr It was after
ward ascertained that they were each
carrying 10,000 barrels.
“Some of the gentler sex drop in al
“and eV th y dUy ’” continuc d the broker,
weift l t:i?cL ßs fc r' ra!lj r ° prCßont the
“Speaking about ladies dealing in oil ”
remarked another broker, “it reminds
me of an incident at Foxburg. It was
wi. i.l t leoil excitement there was at its
Aeigiit. Everybody was dealing more or
less in oil and expecting to make for
tunes. Oil was the theme of conversa
tion in the family circle. The women
caught the fever and they expected to see
oil go up to .$5 a barrel. It didn’t, how
ever. The boom was at its height. The
market broke and oil went down with a
rusn. One widow lady and her daughter
were carrying several thousand barrels.
I heir margins were swept away. They
became frantic. I advised them to keep
out of the market. They would not. I
advised them to sell short,but they would
uot listen to me. The old lady sold her
cow, gave a mortgage on her property,
and her daughter even sold her jewelry
and induced the school directors to ad
vance SIOO on her salary. It was all
gone in less than a week and the widow
and her daughter dropped out of the
market only after their last cent was
gone. A number of other families in the
town came to grief in the same way. All
were determined on purchasing oil for a
profit, confident that the price would ad
vance. The town was bankrupt for a
long time after. No one had any money.
1 left after the collapse and came to this
city. Last wee v 1 was standing in front
of the exchange in this city, when the
widow’s daughter, the schoolmarm,
walked down Fourth avenue. She recog
ni: ed mo at once. I asked her if she
was still dealing in oil. She replied,
with a laugh, that she had not clone any
thing in the oil business since her mother
lost her cow and she her watch and
clothes. ” —PUtsburg Pres*.
Fashion Notes.
Brocaded silks are reported passs for
general wear.
Cotton plush i> to be used for costumes
the coming season.
Pale shades of pink are fashionable for
millinery purposes.
Grenadines have designs embroidered
by hand in floss silk.
Ginghams are made up with accessories
of heavy cotton lace.
Rock crystal is in high favor for pins,
pendants and lockets.
Parasols now correspond to the bonnet
in color and trimming.
Bu’garian embroidery is used for trim
ming summer costumes.
White silk stockings are quite the thing
as a novelty in foot wear.
Corduroy is the most desirable material
for boys’ knockabout .suits.
Black jersey silk gloyes are embroid
ered on the back in fine jets.
The skirts of pongee dresses have a
broad band of colored velvet at the bot
tom.
Plaid surah is used for paniers and
scarf on costumes of plain silk or Sicili
enne.
Black lace skirts are worn with bodices
of colored crepe de chine, silk, satin or
moire antique.
Wide white Hercules braid friuged and
knotted at the ends is used as sash belts
for little girls.
Turkish crepes are among the prettiest
inexpensive cotton dress goods. Laces
trim them admirably.
Normandy “Val” and marquise laces
are the correct trimmings for young girls’
clotted muslin frocics.
Transparent bonnets of tulle and jet arc
trimmed with bright flowers, poppies be
ing the favored garniture.
Dresses of woolen material are now
nuid > so light that they are not a burden
even in the warmest weather.
Hangings of thin bamboo reeds and
beads, place of curtains indoors, are
favored by the fashionable few.
The lovers of lace arc rejoiced at the
low prices to which all “points,” imita
tion and real, have been reduced.
A f\, rnoon <lres es o? faille veiled with
lace have overdresses of figured silk,
having the same colored ground as the
plain faille.
Waterproofs of light weight woolen
material in dark and medium tints are
preferable to those of rubber. The ma
terial sheds water and has none of the
unple isant odor of India rubber.
Deep collars of lace reaching to the
shoulders are worn with afternoon
dresses. They are finished about the
throat with a band and bow of the vel
vet or ribbon with which the dress is
trimmed.
Wide sleeves simulating those of an
outer garment, are worn over the ordi
nary dress sleeve giving the wearer a
medi eval appearance. It will, of course,
be understood that this style of sleeve is
only adapte i to rich fabiics.
The Bee's Sting.
The hive and its inmates atford, per
haps a m >re interesting held for micro
scopic research than anything else in the
whole insect kingdom. Take the bee
stira-- why, that alone might occupy all
the rest of this pap. r. The sheath makes
the first wound, and. inside it, so man
•io--d that they inclo e a tube-like space
down which the poison runs, are two
darts all built in such a strictly mechan
ical way that—Mr. Cheshire says—they
remind him of the guide roci' of a steam
engine The poisou is gummy, but it is
prevented from clogging the machine
bv a gland which secretes a lubricating
oil Th ■ queen's sting is bigger than
the workers —drones have noue-but it
1S pract callv barbless, and can therefore
be easily brought away inste and of being
b-ft in the wound and thereby causing
the death of its precious owner. It is a
formidable weapon, the sheath so hard
that it turns the finest razor-edge: but a
queen never stints except in contest with
another queen; she may be handled with
impunity. Of the worker it is a mis
take to say that it always leave? its sting
in the wound, and dies from the loss.
If it generally and es so. the fault often
lies in your impatience; bear it like a
hero, and the bee will work its sting
round find round till it is able to with
draw i< without impediment. Of course
you get pierced and, per and deeper, but
then consider, the ereatu e - life is saved
ibs your suifvriiig.— Mi the Year found.
AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Making Butter.
An English expert on butter-making
Says: any person examine the grain
of a high-class sample for himself by de
liberately breaking a roll in half," and
then repeat the operation upon an infe
rior sample. Country salt butter—why
■will people continue to favor the con- ;
.Mimer with the flavor of salt instead of
the flavor of butter?—is, in nine cases
out o! ten, either bad in grain or streaky.
Streakiness, which is most obnoxious to
the judge, is more common where salt is
largely used, because the salt has much
to do with the fault. Makers, too, who
salt on the table instead of with brine
make more streaky butter than others.
streaky butter is not drily disagreeable
to the eye, but it is evidence of inferior
workmanship; it tells that the butter is
not of high flavor; that it will not keep,
and that it contains an abnormal quan
tity of salt, of water, or both. Indeed,
it is the presence of water, for which
salt has a common affinity, that caused
the undesirable appearance. After a cer
tain point, mere bulk of salt is of no
value as a preservative of butter; hence
the objection of those who prefer to salt
on the table instead of in the churn is ,
uulounded. Salting with brine when
the butter is granular gives the maker
perfect command over the strength of the
salt, and is not only the most sensible
but the most practicable method.
Poultry Notes.
If you starve your hens you will not
fatten your egg basket.
Guinea fowls are excellent sentinels
against hawks, cats or other “var
mints.”
Do not hatch Bantams before Septem
ber, if you would have them beautiiul
and diminutive.
The Game fowl makes an excellent
mother for young chicks, and are the
best sentinels against hawks.
Among the new breeds the white Ply
mouth Hocks and white Wyandottes
seem largely in the ascendancy.
The Plymouth Hock and Wyandottes
are both most admirably adapted to the
farm. Good layers, excellent table
fowls,and with all the necessary and im
portant qualities for the farm.
Tu keys are great foragers, and will
gather their entire food from the fields
during the summer; at the same time de
stroying myriads of bugs, grasshoppers,
worms, etc., that prey upon the crops.
If you wish your young chicks to grow
rapidly and thrive at this season of the
year,give them frequently scraps of fresh
meat from the refuse you will find at
every butcher shop; they are exceeding
ly fond of it.
Above all things else, if you would be
a successful poultry raiser, keep things
clean about the hen-houses and runs; it
will pay handsomely to give them pro
portionately as much attention as you do
other live stock.
Should fowls be troubled avith “scaly
leg," make a mixture of three ounces of
saveet oil, one ounce of sulphur, and
twenty drops of carbolic acid,and anoint
tlie legs tw r o or three times a week until
cured; first, however, avash with soap
and water.
It is very seldom that much can be ac
complished by helping chickens out of
the shell, but if it must be done, open
the shell at the large end, removing it
and the membrane covering the chick
about one-third of the way down. It
requires a steady hand, however, to do
much good in such instances.— Western
Plowman.
Bee Notes Worth Reading.
If there are no creeks, ponds or springs
near your bees, water should be given to
them.
Bees are interesting and instructive,
and induce a habit of ob ervation and
reflection.
Brush off the bottom boards of your
hives and see that they are kept per
fectly clean.
Bees ought to be happy as they are the
only merchants not taxed—they gather
and cell their own honey.
Don’t w r ait until your bees swarm be
fore procuring hives; get them now and
keep them in a cool place until wanted.
Look out for the robber bees during
the dry days, for this is the greatest dan
ger yon have in protecting your weak
stock from the strong colonies.
It is a good thing to stop up all crevi
ces in new hives with putty, and the
moth worms can not hide so well, and
this gives the bee-keeper a better chance
to smash ’em.
Now is the time to kill moth worms.
Bee-keepers, up and at them! Slaughter
every last one of them, and there wall be
no moth millers to cause weak colonies
and trouble.
Bees do not like a bad human breath
—especially a whisky breath. Those
having whisky on the breath, but do not
believe this, should go near a hive and
see how it is for themselves.
Do not allow' any old comb to be ex- |
posed, or the moth will not only destroy
it, but will also raise thousands of mil
lers to make mischief. Keep your old
comb in a clean place, in a cellar.
Bees consume large quantities of water
when building comb and raising brood.
AA'ant of water is one of the causes of
dysentery among bees. Knowing the
great importance of water for bees, we
again call attention to it. A bucket, or
wooden trough, with water, with a few
pieces of old comb or sticks for fioats
for the bees to alight on and drink with
safety, should be kept near the hives, un
less some stream of water is near.
It is much easier to divide your bees
and have the job done with than to be
constantly on the look out for them to
send forth swarms. Natural swarming
is very unreliable. Those who have never
practised artificial swarming had better
roll up their sleeves and go at it. and
our word for it, they will discover that j
it is not half as much trouble as they
imagined. It is much easier to make a
ewarm than to have a natural one. Give
it a trial and see.— J. M. Hicks.
Farm and Garden Notes.
A piece of sheet Russia iron, or a few
filings of good ironpilaced between pieces
of iron to be welded, says the American
Machinist , will general! - cause the most
obstinate pieces to “stick,"
Separated early and raised up by them
selves. pullets are worth at 1 ast a quar
ter more fi r u-e than if allowe 1 to run
with a lot of cockerels. In the large,
late-maturing breeds the evil is less,
though even with tlr m the practice of
keeping them separate is most profitable.
The roof is the inoc important part o{
the pig stye, as in ieed it is for all build
ings shelter ngsto k. The rt- orof a rig
pc-:i may he earth, with a little straw
iu fact m ?>y '. in - obi'cl to board oi j
plank lioQ.s, "u-ou UatUore for rati
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Two hen swallows taken from broods
at Pav’a were released in Milan.
They returned to their nests in thirteen
minutes, showing their rate of flight to
have been eighty-seven and a half miles
an hour.
Late investigation has shown that poi
soning from ice cream and from cheese
is due to the presence of tyrotoxicoji,
but it seems to be yet undermined
whether this is a living germ or a cheiv •
Gvt 1 poison.
Hecent investigations by Dr. K. yon
Helmholtz, with regard to the formation
of cloud in saturated air, are said to con
firm the explanation given by Prof.
Tyndall that the sky is indebted for its
blue color to the particle- of dust float
ing in the air.
The quantity of coloring which
must be mixed with a perfectly white
powder—such as carbonate of magnesia
—b'fore the human eye can detect it,
has lately b?en the subject of some inter
esting experiments, from which it appears
that red and yellow are most easily de
tected, sixteen and seventeen parts re
spectively being sufficient to perceptibly
tinge 100,000,000 parts of white.
A gentleman who died recently in
Paris left a legacy of .$ 5,000 to h s niece in
Dubuque, lowa, who died about the same
hour of the same day. The question
which died first turns upon the relation
of solar to true time, and must be de
termined by the difference of longitude.
If the niece died before tlie uncle the
legacy will revert to his estate, but if
the contrary, her heirs will receive it.
The soundness of timber may be ascer
tained by placing the ear close to one
end of the log, while another person
delivers a succession of smart blows with
a hammer or mallet upon the opposite
end, w T hen a continuance of the vibrations
will indicate to an experienced ear even
the degree of soundness. If only a dull
thud meets the ear, the listener may be
certain that unsoundness exists.
Dr. A. Tucker Wise, an English .au
thority on pulmonary diseases, says that,
the effects on the Anglo-Saxon race ol
living in a cold climate may be seen in
Canada and some of the Northern States
of the American Union, where the race
is physically superior and more vigorous
than that of the parent stock. This is
contrary to the belief of most English
tourists, who insist that the race dete
riorates physically in the colder parts of
America.
Sugar can be made from any descrip
tion of vegetable fibre, such as sawdust,
rags or tow. The process is to digest
for several hours in sulphuric acid, then
to dilute the mixture with water and to
boil for some time, when the rags or
what not will be found to have under
gone a magical change and to have been
converted into sugar. A curious fact is
that 100 parts of rags will yield 115
parts of sugar, the increase in weight
being due to the elements of waiter
absorbed during the change.
Human Interest in Animals.
The interest which yearly increases in
horses and other domesticated animals
will be as much manifested as ever at the
summer resorts. Although attended with
much difficulty and annoyance, people
with lio:ses of th lr own, used either for
the saddle or driving, try in many in
stances to have them removed to the sea
side or suburban places where th y make
their longest suburban stay, in order that
th y may have the enjoyment of them.
To a greater extent this is the ea=e
with pet dogs, though many of the best
summer hotels and boarding-houses ob
ject to receiving them, and there is
hardly a hotel man who has not had to
meet and settle the difficult dog prob
lem; for while guests, as a rule, object
to having miserable little whipper
snappers trotting and snarling around
the passages and seeing them,' fas
sometimes happens, brought into the
dining-room, there are many persons who
think so much of their pet bow-wows
that they will not go th m-elves where
their canine darlings are refused. It is
mainly in order to gratify the growing
human interest in the animal world that
at so many places of summer resort
special accommodations for horses and
other animals are being provided and fa
cilities increased for having them con
tribute to the amusement of the great
crowds that congregate at these places.
—Philadelphia Timex.
Terrific Encounter With a Snake.
The reptile, when he saw he was dis
covered, lifted his scaly head above the
grass an instant to lay his course, and with
tire sparkling from his wicked eyes came
straight toward us. When he was within
a few yards, however, a well directed
shot from a revolver and a shower of
stones turned him aside, a little. As he
paused, with the evident intention of re
newing his charge, I fired another shot,
my last cartridge, and grasping the club
with both hands, determined to sell my
life dearly. As he came on again. I
struck at the monster twice, missing him
both times, but turning him back. As
he tied crashing through the underbrush
his hideous figure gleaming in terrible
undulations, I was after him. He shot
out of the woods, however, and swept
into the road far in advance of me. Less
than ten feet away from him a little girl
was picking berries at the road side, un
conscious of her danger. I shouted to
her with all my strength, calling upon
her to fly, and screamed: “Th • snake!
The snake!” The child saw the scaly
monster, and heading him otf as he
crossed the road, put her bare foot upon
him and kil’ed him with a switch -he
broke from a bush near bv. She then
w nt on picking raspberries while I
measured the sr.ake. He was nearly -even
inches long, but you ne*d not say any
thing about that —B rUite, i t Brook'ui
Eajle.
A Oueer Tavern.
George AYiekhnm. the brother of ex-
Mayor \v'ickham, who has just returned
from Europe and dazzled the other dia
mond meichiuts with the splendor of
his importations, describes an e centric
establishment in Shoreditch, London,
known as “forty Dick'-." The originr,l
proprietor would not have the sliders
disturb'd nor the floor swept, and was
iniiiated by a chop house in Thames
street. New York. But he bad other pe
culiarities which are net o' ser\ed by his
su ce-sors. Xo per-on could be served
twice at lis bar on tiie same day. ATags
who tried to deceive the landlord fly
walking out and then coming back
through another door, with their coat
collar* turned up and their hat- lipp and
over their eyes, disc vered that the bar
keeper wa- keen enough to di-fe t them,
and that the ru’s was infiexibb-. All
drinks were the same price. For three
pence you might take a g a s of ale of
gm, of brandy or of champagne. The
queer tavern in a street of Fond in. which
corresponds to our Bowery, was the first
place in which champagne was o’d bv
the glass. As parent corks were not ye‘
invented, the cranky proprietor preferred
to -poi! a whole ; int of the wine rather
than ’.io'at- his owu regulation abu t
prices.— jew lor ~ Star.
DOWN THE STREAM.
A maiden stood upon a shore,
And heard a lightly-dipping oar.
The morning light was flushing clear,
A thrush was loudly warbling near.
A boat came gliding down the stream,
With ripple soft and splash and gleam.
She ne’er had seen the youth before,
He ne’er had touched upon that shore;
But when she saw him np the stream,
Fresh from the mountain’s early gleam,
The old, old wonder-working spell
Around them both like magic fell,
And ere his boat had drifted by
A"Change came over wood and sky;
The old, familiar stream and shore
Took on a hue unknown before.
He lightly drew bis boat to land,
He lightly reached to her his hand.
And, leaving all that they had known,
The two went down the stream alone.
The boatman’s arm was good and strong,
The boatman’s oar was tough and long.
The maiden’s face was sweet and fair;
She felt no faintest fear or care.
She smiled upon her boatman true,
And said, “I trust my life to you.”
The thrush sang on the bank alone;
The maiden down the stream had gone.
— Ellen IF. Carey'
FIREMAN STICKNEY’S NEW ARM.
Patiently Built up by Sliiii-ClrnfHng Purina
Many Months.
Springfield, Mass. —The night of
October 17, 1884, was a remarkably dis
astrous one to several local railroad men.
That night the Boston and Albany train
due here at 12.30, struck a pile of rails
and ties placed on the track near Kin
derhook, N. Y., and the forward part
of the train became a total wreck. The
engine turned on its side and plunged
into the bank, the light express ear
leaped over the tender on to it, and the
tender w'as rolled over and smashed into
it by the express car. The whole formed
a cage in which were penned Engineer
Isaac L. Davee of this city, and Fireman
Henry F. Stickney of West Springfield,
with broken steam pipes hissing their
scalding contents over them.
The steam and hot water scoured away
the sand at one edge of the 4 cab, and
through this opening Stickney made his
way out, and blinded, scalded, but
heedless of his own suffering, hastened
for help for Davee. When they took
hold of Davee’s hand to help him out
the flesh and skin came off in the grasp.
The poor fellow w r as taken out only to
die in a few minutes. Then Stickney
fell, exhausted, and it was found how
serious were his wounds. His right
hand and arm were burned down to the
muscles, except a little diamond-shaped
piece of skin in the flexture of the elbow,
and the finger nails and skin of the
hand came off when the yarn jacket was
removed. The lelt hand and wrist, the
face, neck and head, except the hair
covered by bis cap, and his right side
and back down to the waist were almost
as badly scalded. Surgeons who saw
him that night thought the arm would
have to be amputated to save his life,
but it was feared that the second shock
might be fatal, and his case was looked
upon as rather hopeless. The drain on
the system from healing up so large a
burned surface was dangerous, and the
cicatrices would naturally make the arm
a deformed and useless member should
he recover.
Stickney rallied and wished to save
lis arm if possible. Knowing that his
family physician, Dr. U. 11. Flagg, ot
West Springfield, had had experience in
skin grafting, he sent for him. The
Doctor decided to begin as soon as pos
sible, and believed he could save the
arm. Some valuable time was lost
while Stickney remained at Kinderhook,
but when he was removed to his home
in West Springfield the grafting was
carried on regularly, and replacing the
lost cuticle was the patient and faithful
work of six months. In that time 248
little wedge-shaped pieces of skin were
taken from his thigh, a few each morn
ing, and transferred to his arm and hand,
being held in place by plaster untiithey
took root. The grafting was begun at
the hand and continued up the arm.
The back was similarly treated, and
only one graft out of the whole number
failed to grow. During this time about
three pints of sweet oil were used daily
to keep the skin and flesh in proper
condition. The arm iav during the pro
cess in a padded box without ends. The
patient, of course, suffered a good deal,
and part of the time he was blind from
the scalding. He lost ail his hair, and
the sand driven into his face and
.neck by the steam had to be slowly dug
out. Had he not protected his face and
mouth with his arm he must have
breathed the hot steam and died, as did
Davee.
In ten months new veins and tissues
were formed and anew thin skin had
grown over all the wounds. The arm
was much wasted, but as the new skin
grew the i atient gained strength. Just
a year and a day from the date of the
accident Stickney was able to take up a
light task where he did not have to use
his arm much. He could write and
hold things firmly with that hand. The
arm has since gained in size and strength,
and rotation of the hand and forearm
is Dearly perfect, while the fingers
clench naturally. The sk n h nearly
normal, and only has to be oiled and
kept warm.
Stickney now feels able to resume a
place in the cab, and will do so within
a week, not, however, as fireman, but as
engineer. It is the policy of the Boston
and Albany Company to promote its
firemen and Stickney’s recent experience
as travelling engine inspector, which he
has been for several months past, gives
him special fitness for the post.
His case has excited considerable in
terest and he has been asked by promi
nent surgeons to appear before their
classes as a lecture subject. Stickney
is 37 years old.
"While a circus wa3 parading in
Kingston, Canada, recently, a wagon
containing a den of lions was overturned
and the top of the den kno ked off. A
fire was built around the cage to keep
the lions in until repairs were made,
and then the wagon was raised by the
aid of two elephants
When we Demoralize the Stomach
By excesses or imprudence in eating, we can
not nope to escape the consequences for any
great length of time. The most robust diges
tion must succumb to abases of that important
function. Eat supposing that we have been
looush enough to enfeeble the stomach, is the
damage irreparable? By no means. The dys
peptic has only to do two things to insure his
Ultimate recovery. First, he should adopt an
easuy digested diet. Second, he should use
with regularity and persistence Hostetter’s
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iLi Ticts wiJI neglect to take advantage of a
remedy which, if the most positive evidence of
lue medical profession and the public is to be
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“Those who use our goods are very
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An Illinois man recently sneezed so
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He was evidently not quite up to suuff.
Canada would be wiser to establish a
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A story entitled “The Penniless
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We see a lengthy article going the
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A young man has a scrap book con
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women t hat he has loved, and he sits out
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Salicylic suet is used in the German
army as a remedy for footsores, etc., in
stead of the salicylic powder formerly
empl eye. It is composed of two parts
of pure salicylic acid and ninety-eight
parts of the best mutton suet.
A newly-harried man complains of
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wife recently paid for three of them —a
duck of a bonnet, a duck of a dress, and
a duck of a parasol. He says such “deal
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Sound moves 743 miles per hour.
Envelopes were first used in 1839.
Telescopes were invented in 1590.
A square mile contains 640 acres.
Light moves, 172,000 miles per hour,
A barrel of rice weighs 600 pounds.
A barrel of flour weighs 196 pounds
A barrel of pork weighs 200 pounds.
A firkin of butter weighs 56 pounds
The first steel pen was made in 1839
Slow rivers flow four miles per hour.
A span is ten and seven-eights inches.
A hand (horse measure) is four inches
A rifle ball moves 1,000 miles per hour
Watches were first constructed in 1476.
Rapid rivers flow seven miles per hour
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Mr.. CL P_ MUler, had a-severs attack of rhau
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