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CONFEDERATE RECORDS.
HISTOHY OF THE Ml SEI M FOR
THEIR i'KESERY ITION.
The House In N\ bl*-h the Museum In
Located The Facta Connected
AVI 111 Its Purcliaai—The Name* of
the llegentß nud Vice Regentt.
Other Facts of leter*st.
It will be a matter of pride as well os
Of gratification to every true southerner
to know that a museum for the preserva
tion of relics and records of the Southern
Confedera y is an established fact.
At their recent annual meeting, held in
iilchmond, the members of the Southern
Associated Frees, on Invitation, visited
the Memorial Museum, which is located
In the house formerly occupied by Jeffer
son Davis, and known as the "White
House of the Confederacy." and so struck
were they with the great work that had
l>een accomplished, and of which so little
Is known even in the south, that a reso
lution was adopted appointing a commit
tee to prepare an article upon the museum,
which should be published in all the news
papers represented by the Southern Asso
ciated Press.
Tills great and noble work was Inspired
by Mrs. Joseph Bryan in 1830, when she
was elected president of the Hollywood
Memorial Association, and has been car
ried successfully on with untiring zeal by
the women of Richmond and the south.
The plan was to secure from the city of
Richmond the house which had been oc
cupied by President Davis and his family
during the war, and to establish therein
a museum for the whole south. The
bouse, which was erected in the early
days of Richmond In what was then the
most fashionable part of the city, was
one of the handsomest of that time. It
was built by Dr. John Brockenbrough
(1817-T8). He sold it to Mr. James M.
Morson. who added the third story, stuc
coed the house, and adorned it with the
beautiful Carrara marble mantelpieces.
It was next sold to his cousin and law
partner, James A. Seddon, who was mem
ber of congress from Virginia, a member
of the peace congress held Jan. 19, 1831, in
"Washington, and Secretary of War of the
Confederate States, of America. Just be
fore the war it was sold again; this time
to Mr. Lewis D. Crenshaw, of the Haxall-
Crenshaw Mills. When the confederate
government was moved to Richmond, the
city bought it for 835,000 and tendered it
to President Davis. lie declined to re
ceive it, but consented to occupy tt on the
condition that full rent should be paid, the
Confederate government making the first
payment June 10, ISBI.
At the evacuation Gen. Godfrey Weltzel
end staff rode Immediately to the house
and took possession of It as headquarters
for Federal troops. It was used as such
under Gens. Canby. Ord, and others dur
ing the time Virginia was known as Dis
trict No. 1. While in command of District
No 1, Gen. Canby, but for the efforts of
the citizens and some friends In Rich
mond, would have turned the building over
to the Freedman's bureau to be used as a
negro normal school. On Sept. 5, 1870, **
was restored to the city, and in 1871 was
given for the use of a public school.
To secure this house for a museum, a
Mew society was formed and chartered.
May 31, 1890, under the name of the con
federate Memorial Literary Society A
memorial asking for the house, signed by
the ladles, was presented to the city coun
cil by Maj. Capers.
In order to meet certain legal require
ments, the literary character was given to
the society, and the word "literary" was
incorporated in the name. There was
embraced in the plan proposed by the
ladies a clause to secure records, histori
cal matter, and literature of the south,
and the Southern Historical Society was
afforded a habitation in the building.
On Dec. Bth, Col. John B. Cary offered a
resolution for an appropriation for anew
school building, and the delivery of the
White House of the Confederacy to the so
ciety for the museum and library as soon
as the new school house was ready.
On Jan. 5, 1891, this ordinance passed the
Council of the city of Richmond.
In the spring of 1891 it was proposed to
make an effort to raise money in the fol
lowing fall. The association which had
In charge the erection of the private sol
diers’ and sailors' monument had not suc
ceeded In collecting a sufficient sum to
complete that work, and applied to the
memorial society to hold a Joint bazaar.
The museum was only the sequel to the
Btory of the dead soldier and his monu
ment. As the life-work of the Hollywood
Memorial Association was to perpetuate
the memory of the soldier who fell in bat-
tie, they could not refuse to aid In erect
ing this monument to all the private sol
diers—living and dead. Their circulars
calling upon the other states to aid In the
work of making this a museum for the
whole confederacy had been prepared.
These were destroyed and other gotten
out. Including an appeal for both the mon
ument and the museum. These circulars
were sent to every paper in the southern
states, including Maryland and Kentucky.
In October, 1892. the preparations for the
memorial bazaar began, and Mrs. E. D.
Hotchkiss was elected president of the or
ganization. Instead of tables, each state
of the confederacy was to have a tent,
tinder the charge of a chairman and com
mittee, who should enter into communi
cation with people in the respective states
they represented, asking for contributions
of all kinds, money, articles, etc., stating
the whole plan of the museum, and that it
was to be for the whole south. That this
movement received the hearty indorse
ment and co-operation of all states was
shown by the magnificent sum of $30,000,
which was realized.
Fiften thousand dollars was at once put
In the soldiers’ and sailors’ monument,
which was unveiled on the 30th day of May
IKB, the memorial day of the Hollywood
Memorial Association. The remaining
$15,000 was put Into the treasury of the
Confederate Memorial Literary Society, to
•wait the turning over to It of the build
ing.
On June 3, 1891, this was done hy Col.
John B. Cary, chairman of the school com
mittee, In presence Of the school board,
the mayor, the ladies of the society, and
Its advisory board of gentlemen, and was
accepted by Mr. Joseph Bryan, of the ad
visory board, on behalf of the society.
The building has been restored to the ap
pearance and condition in which It was
when used by President Davis, except that
, is now fire-proof and steam-heated.
tip to 1890 no other proposition had
been made to carry out this Idea, so far
as Is known by these ladies. They knew
of the Memorial Hall In New Orleans, but
had heard of no effort to make it the
Confederate museum; and they thought
they were but carrying out the heartfelt
wish of every old veteran and every daugh
ter of the confederacy In establishing this
museum In the enpital of the confederacy,
and the White House of the Confederacy,
and in the one place alone belonging to
every state, the one spot whteh could
represent the who.e, and where slept a
larger number of the soldiers of that land
where we were dreaming.” As it was the
wish of the southern people, and their
decree that Richmond should be their cap
ital, It seemed to them still to be their
wish and decree that these relics should
be gathered there; and now this sacred
building has been given to this cause.
Every confederate state has there Its
room, its regent residing at home, while
its vice regent or alternate is located in
Richmond.
The names of the regents and viee
regt nts and members of the advisory
board who comtitute the governing power
are as follows:
MARY LAND. Reg. nt. Mrs. Charles
Marshall, Baltimore; vice regents Mrs.
C. O'B. Cowardin, Richmond (Miss Anna
M. Moale, Baltimore. Md.).
VIRGINIA —Regent, Miss Mildred Lee,
Lexington, Va.; vice regent, Mrs. J. Tay
lor Ellyson, Richmond, Va.
NORTH CAROL! N A.—• Regent, Mrs.
Christopher Woolbridge Mac Lean, New
Berne, N. C.; vice regent, Mrs. E. T.
Broadnax, Richmond (Miss Alice Jones,
Salisbury, N. (’.).
SOUTH CAROLINA.—Regent, Miss
Miry Singleton Hampton (Miss Daisy
Hampton); vice regent, Mrs. W. P. De
sausure, Richmond (Miss Georgie Logan,
Charleston, S. C.).
GEORGIA.—Regent, Mrs. Robert Emory
Park, Macon, Ga.; vice regent. Mrs. J.
Prosser Harrison, Richmond, Va.
FLORIDA.—Regent, Mrs. Frances P.
Fleming, Jacksonville, Fla; vice regent,
Mrs. R. A. Patterson, Richmond (Miss
Bettie Duval, Monticelio, Fla.).
ALABAMA.—Regent. Miss Mary Clay
ton, Eufaula, Ala.; vice regents, Mrs. J.
H. Drake, Richmond (Miss Lizzie Otis,
Eufaula, Ala.).
MISSISSIPPI. Regent, Miss Winnie
Davis; vice regent, Mrs. E. C. Pendleton,
Richmond (Miss Margaret Adell Hum
phreys, Columbus, Miss.).
LOUISIANA. Regent, Mrs. D. A. S.
Vaught, New Orleans; vice regent, Mrs.
G. Wayne Anderson. Richmond (Miss
Margaret Estelle Buerthe, New Orleans.).
TEXAS.—Regent, Mrs. A. V. Winkler.
Corsicana, Tex.: vice regent, Mrs. Caz
neau McLeod, Richmond (husband and
husband's father, well-known Texans).
ARKANSAS.—Regent, 31. ss Frances
Scott, Van Buren, Ark.; vice regent. Mrs.
Decatur Axtell, Richmond (Miss May
Cautsel!, Little Rock, Ark.).
TENNESSEE.—Regent, Mrs. Kellar An
derson, Nashville Tenn.; vice regent. Mr9.
Norman Randolph, Richmond.
KENTUCKY.—Regent, Mrs. Norbourne
Galt Grey, Louisville, Ky.; vice regent,
Miss Mattie P. Harris, Richmond, Va.
MISSOURI.—Regent, Mrs. L D. Val
liant, St. Louis, Mo.; vice regent, Mrs. G.
P. Stacy, Richmond.
Advisory Board—Col. John B. Cary
(chairman), Mr. Joseph Bryan, Judge
George L. Christian, Judge E C. Minor,
Col W. E. Crenshaw, Mr. J. Taylor Elly
son, Mr. Robert S. Bosher, Mr. E. D.
Hotchkiss, Mr. B. B. Munford, and Col.
John B. Purcell.
The following have been elected honor
ary members of the advisory board:
Gen. John B. Gordon, comniander-tn
chief, Atlanta, Ga.
Lieut.-Gen. Wade Hampton, of Wash
ington, D. C.
MaJ.-Gen. Thomas A. Brander, Vir
ginia division, Richmond, Va.
Major-Gen. George H. Stewart, Mary
land division, Baltimore, Md.
MaJ.-Gen. William L. Deßosset, North
Carolina division. Wilmington, N. C.
MaJ.-Gen. C. Irvine Walker, South Car
olina division, Charleston, S. C.
Maj.—Gen. John A. Boyd, Kentucky di
vision, Lexington. Ky.
Lleut.-Gen. Stephen D. Lee, of Stark
ville, Miss.
MaJ.-Gen. Clement A. Evans, Georgia,
division, Atlanta, Ga.
MaJ.-Gen. Fred. S. Ferguson, Alabama
division, Birmingham. Ala.
MaJ.-Gen. W. H. Jackson. Tennessee
division, Nashville. Tenn.
MaJ.-Gen. W. D. Holder, Mississippi di
vision, Jackson, Miss.
MaJ.-Gen. W. G. Vincent, Louisiana di
vision, New Orleans, La.
MaJ.-Gen. J. J. Dlektson, Florida divis
ion, Ocala, Fla
Lieut.-Gen. William L. Cabell, Dallas,
Tex.
MaJ.-Gen. J. O. Shelby, Missouri divis
ion, Kansas City, Mo.
MaJ.-Gen. W. H. Boone, Texas division,
Navasota. Tex.
Brevet MaJ.-Gen. W. N. Bush, North
eastern Texas sub-division, McKinney,
Tex.
Brevet MaJ.-Gen. Robert Cobb, North
western Texas sub-division, Wichita
Falls, Tex.
Brevet Maj.-Gen. W. G. Blain, South
eastern Texas division, Fairfield, Tex.
Brevet MaJ.-Gen. D. M. Poor, South
western Texas sub-division, San Antonio,
Tex.
Brevet Maj.-Gen, E. M. Bean, Western
Texas sub-division, Cameron, Tex.
MaJ.-Gen. John G. Fletcher, Arkansas
division. IJttle Rock, Ark.
MaJ.-Gen. R. B. Coleman. Indian Terri
tory division, AlcAlester, I. T.
Maj.-Gen. Edward L. Thomas, Okla
homa division. Sac and Fox Agency, Okla.
Maj.-Gen. John C. Underwood. Depart
ment of the Northwest. Chicago. 111.
Col. A. G. Dickenson, New York.
The property represents not less than
*03.000. It has two acres of ground at
tached. The Southern Historical Society.
In which are the fullest and most relia
ble records and data of the war (except
In the War Record Office In Washington,
and many of those are taken from papers
belonging to this society), is established in
this bu.lulng.
The collection of relics is of untold value.
The Mary de Renne collection, of Georgia,
was recently presented by Dr. Edward P.
de Renne. of Savannah, in memory of his
mother, who made this collection from the
beginning of the war until her death. It
is one of tne finest in existence.
The South Carolina room Is filled with
relics of all descriptions.
The Virginia room holds relics of Lee,
Jackson, A. P. Hill. Stuart. Fitz Lee,
and other officers iuul of privates and
friends of tho confederacy. This room
seems already filled, and yet there are
boxes and boxes still unopened. The col
lection from Lee Camp, No. 1, has been
placed here.
The Higgins ville (Mo.) Confederate
Home has given Its collection to the Mis
souri room, the same to be delivered when
that home ceases to be used as such, and
articles of interest and value are constant
ly coming Into the home
The museum was formally opened on
Feb. 22, 1898, that day having been se
lected since it was the anniversary of Hie
inauguration of President Davis in Rich
mond. Since the opening there have been
7.500 visitors, outside of special occasions,
1.500 of whom were northerners and for
eigners. On Saturdays, when the en
trance is free, there have been as many
ns 100 visitors between the hours of 9 and
5 o’clock, the average being not less than
sixty-live on free entrance days.
Northern people seem Interested and
willing to learn the view taken by south
erners and to he enlightened on their ex
periences as set forth in the object les
sons of the museum.
The cost of carrying on the museum Is
about SI,OOO per annum. It takes SOOO a
year to care for the soldiers’ section in
Hollywood, to say nothing of the graves
In Oakwood and the two smaller ceme
teries. This money comes mostly out of
Richmond, and when it is known that at
the reunion last summer $30,000 was ex
pended In receiving and providing for tile
veterans, independent of private entertain
ment, It can be seen what Richmond has
done to preserve the memory of our sol
diers.
The annual membership fco is $1 and
life membership is sln, all of which goes
to an endowment fund. Relics may either
be given or deposited upon certificates or
loan. The cases arc dust-proof and as
near moth-proof as It is possible for such
things to be made The umount of labor
that has been performed by the vice
regents is inconceivable, and all done for
the love of the ‘ Lost Cause” and Its he
roes.
The house and grounds are In perfect
order. The grounds are sufficiently spa
cious for any future additions that may
THE MORNING NEWS, SUNDAY, JANUAAY 10. 1*97.
be needed, though they could be greatly
enlarged and beautified at small cost-
The situation is a commanding and pic
turesque one. From the tall granite shaft
of the private soldiers' and sailors' mon
ument, the lone sentinel looks down alike
upon the White House of the Confederacy,
the last resting place of him who made, it
famous, and the graves of 30,00) confede
rate dead.
THE El lb MIMHIT.
Cuts Callers Vear Brussels—Makes
t hairs .Jump and Dlslies Hun.
From the New York Press.
London.—lt would be Impossible to con
vince the people of the village of Ath, near
Brussels, that the devil is not after Pol
lain ami his wife. Pollain Is a meek and
most eminently respectable Belgian shop
keeper. a stooped little man, who never
m.sses mass and has no bad debts. His
wife is equally virtuous and upright, and
together they look like the last couple in
the world that the devil would go out of
his way to injure.
"Ah! yes, yes," say the people of Ath,
"all this is very well, but what about them
before they came to Ath In last October?
Why should they have come to Ath at all?
Why so quietly? Why had they the money
to set themselves up in their little shop
—why, if they were not trying to elude
the devil? The devil, you may be sure,
knows a great deal more than he will even
deign to tell common people. Pollain and
his wife may have flaunted him. The dev
il grew angry and determined to make an
exampie of them to warn all Infidels of
what was in store for them."
The police officers who have been down
from Brussels declare that the whole thing
is nonsense. The people say that Pollain
anil his wife must leave the town. The po
lice say he needn't, unless he wants to. As
there is no market for a shop that is sup
posed to be a branch office of the infernal
place, and all the money Pollain has in
the world Is in his little shop, he proposes
to remain, and to grin and bear it.
The trouble began almost as soon as the
Pollains moved into the shop. The first
thing that was noticed was the disappear
ance of money from the till. Pollain left
some five francs in smad change in the
till, was out of his shop for a minute, and
when he returned the money was gone.
He attributed it to a thief, as also the dis
appearance of money and goods on the
next day. But when he nad a bell put on
the front door and the money and the
goods disappeared without the jingling of
the bell, he became suspicious. Finally he
locked the door when he went out of the
shop, but returned to find, as usual, both
money and goods gone. Then they began
to find money in the mattress of the bed
and hidden away In the cupboards. Certain
marked coins convinced them that it was
the same money that was taken from the
till.
The devil, having announced himself
formally, now began to work In the most
impudent manner imaginable. Perhaps
Mme. Pollain laid the knives for dinner on
the table; but when she came back they
were found in the four corners of the room.
While she was in the pantry the p.ats
went up into the garret. The soup tureen
was emptied of Its contents the moment
her back was turned.
Such demonstrations were usually ac
companied by heavy footsteps on the roof,
but nobody was ever to be found on the
roof. But the devil does his worst for the
Pollains at night. One morning the bed
room was found down in the kitchen, the
dining room table was bottom side up, and
the chairs were thrown about helter skel
ter, as if a free fight had taken place, to
say nothing of other misplacements of
household furniture and utensils, which it
would seem could have been done only by
human hands.
The strangest thing in the devil’s soirees,
however. Is the nightly incidents respect
ing Pollain’s old silver watch, his high hat
anil his sliver salt cellar, the three earthly
possessions of which he is most proud.
The silver watch is an heirloom from his
father. It Is of Swiss make, and every
night since he first wore it it has ticked
away peacefully under his pillow. The salt
cellar is a wedding gift from the girl that
Pollain was engaged to before he was en
gaged to Mme. Pollain. It is kept in the
cupboard. There has been some rivalry
between the watch and the hat as to
which is the older. Poilain wears it only
on the grandest occasions. It is kept in a
box under his bed.
For years Pollaln has made it a point
just before retiring to look under the bed
to see that the hatbox was ail right. Yet,
since. the devil came, he has awakened
morning after morning to find it gone.
When he has looked under his pillow for
his watch he has found instead the salt
cellar. The hatbox Is usually found down
stairs on the kitchen table, tied up in tne
same decorous, careful manner as it was
after the hat was last worn. Inside of the
box, in the hat, is found the watch.
This sort of thing naturally has made
Pollaln nervous. He lies awake every
night, trembling as he hears the heavy
footsteps on the roof, and the chairs waltz
ing with one another in the kitchen. At
last he drops Into a troubled sleep, and it
is then that the salt cellar Is exchanged
for the watch under his pillow.
The whole thing would be quite enough
to drive the poor man mad, if it were not
that people were coming down from Brus
sels to see the shop and buy things as an
excuse for coming in. The police officers
have stayed in the living rooms back of
the shop on six different nights. They
have heard some rats scampering, and
that is all. Everything has been as deco
rous as in any well-regulated house. The
dignity of the chairs has been unassaila
ble, and the watch and the hat and the
salt ce'lar have remained where they were
put. The last police officer, who left
there at 8 o’clock in the morning, had not
been out of the house five minutes, when
Pollaln, hearing a noise in the rear hur
ried to the door to see two chairs stand
ing on the table. He swears to the truth
of those things, and to the movements of
the hat. the watch, and everything else,
and so docs his wife. The village priest
believes him.and has tried Ineffectually by
prayer to drive out the evil one. Pollaln
says that he has seen the spirit, but when
he tried to grasp it it disappeared. He de
scribed it as something white, which
moved rapidly.
PET BOA- EATS A BLANKET.
Digestive Apparatus Proves tu
equal tu Its \ssfmllntlou.
From the Kansas City Star.
Last Sunday Mrs. Rade Harden's pet
African boa constrictor Babe absent-mind
edly swallowed the blanket on which it
had been sleeping. Since that time Babe
has lain in her box thinking the matter
over and putting forth all her gastric pow
ers to digest the blanket. Rut the blanket,
being of good stout Canton flannel, re
fused to yield to digestion, and It became
a serious question whether or not It could
stand the strain much longer. It was de
termined, therefore, to perform a,surgical
operation on Babe and remove the impedi
ment.
Babe was taken to the University Medi
cal Coliege and placed on an operating
table in a lecture room. It was extremely
lively as to the lirst four feet of body and
heavy as to sho other four feet. The am
phitheater was filled with medical stu
dents, doctors mi visitors, Mrs. Harden
stood by Babe and encouraged It to en
dure the coming ordeal. Dr. L. Rosenwald
took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves and
announced that he was ready to relieve
Babe of Its burden. Babe ran its forked
tongue in und out, caressing Mrs. Har
den's cheeks and hands. Even the medi
cal students shuddered.
While Dr. Moore administered chloro
form to Babe, Dr. Rosenwald drew rough
plans and specifications of Babe on the
blackboards, ini. addressing the students
In technical language, explained that a
similar operation had never been perform
ed on a snake before, and that he would
make an “exploratory incision" through
the abdominal vail, the peritoneum and
the stomach of the reptile, provided i;
had them, and ncover the blanket if It
was there. The students craned their
necks and regarded the preparations with
much Interest.
iiabe bad in the meantime responded
gracefully to the chloroform, and was in
sensible. An incision live inches long was
made In the belly of the snake and hardly
a drop of blood escaped. Hut the blanket
was there and was drawn forth without
trouble. It had been rolled Into a cigar
shaped cylinder about two feet long and
was as hard as a brick. It was covered
with gastric juice, which was futilely en
deavoring to do Its work. The blanket
looked as though It had been compressed
by machinery.
It had to be soaked in water before it
could be unfolded. The stomach of the
snake was as clean as a whistle, and after
the blanket had been removed was’ as
empty as a drum. Nine stitches were
made Inclosing the wound, and the snake
was taken out Into the alley for fresh air.
It was soon surrounded by students, small
boys and colored women. In about hve
minutes Its lungs filled with air and its
forked tongue ran In and out, and Mrs.
Harden, who was anxiously watching It,
gave a sigh of relief.
“I’m so glad my liabe didn’t die," she
exclaimed. “I couldn’t spare my baby.
I'd sooner have that snake around the
house than lots of men."
Dr. Rosenwald said that the snake
would surely recover, and prescribed a
diet of raw eggs for it for two weeks, af
ter which it may eat anything except
Canton llannel blankets.
MUSIC IN HER HEAD.
Strange Sound Issues From the
Skull of an American Girl.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The strangest case which medical science
has been called upon to consider for a
long time Is that of Retta Thomas, an 8-
year-old American girl, now In Europe.
When the ear Is applied to her skull each
beat of pulse and heart Is heard like a
musical note. The little girl was recently
before the Academle de Medicin In Paris,
her case having been submitted to that
body by Dr. Leopold Klein of London.
Four years ago, when residing with her
parents in New York, the little one was
dropped on the stairs by a careless nurse
and sustained a concussion of the brain.
The physician who was called succeeded
in bringing the tiny patient about tn
eight days, with no apparent evil results.
For several years nothing peculiar was
noticed about the child, and then her par
ents took iier with them to London. While
there quite accidentally they discovered
the strange fact stated above, and In
great alarm ealied in Dr. Klein, one of the
foremost physicians of the English me
tropolis.
The doctor had never heard of such a
case before, and he could by no means ac
count for the phenomenon. The heart has
a way of doing many curious things, but
this was unprecedented, and how it has
come about Is what some of the most
skilled physicians of Europe, whose atten
tion has been called to the case, cannot
fathom.
Certainly it is a combination of unusual
conditions, say the doctors. The difficulty
lies in saying exactly what combination
it is. It is quite possible for the heart to
become so affected by disease that the
movement of the organ against the inner
surface of the peritoneum can be dis
tinctly heard by a person a dozen feet
away from the owner of the afflicted or
gan. It soqnds, in such a case, something
like a cow eating grass. There is noth
ing musical, how'ever, in the noise, and
there is no apparent reason why the sound
should be transmitted in the child’s skull.
It was at first thought that there must
be some mistake about this; that the
sound really emanated from some other
portion of the body, and that the sense
of hearing was at fault in locating its
source. The most careful examination,
however, by men of exceedingly acute
hearing, demonstrated positively that the
sound came from the skull. It was pe
culiarly bell-like, and very like the musi
cal note which is obtained by striking a
vessel of thin glass; and what is especially
surprising, the note so struck did not end
abruptly, but had a lingering cadence. Nor
was that all. Each note was in distinct
harmony with the last, and the notes var
ied so as to form a species of melody. It
was a "continuous performance," too.
There was not that fitfulness noticeable in
the ordinary pulsation, which even the
unskilled have learned to know through
the familiar quivering diagrams which
show rise and falj, and variation.
It is unquestionably the heart beat and
the following pulsation which is heard,
and yet there is a regularity about the
• musical note which is inexplicable. It
is not believed that the nervous system
has anything to do with producing the
sound. It seems. Dr. Klein says, as if the
coursing of the blood through the brain
must be the cause of the sound and yet
what action Is possible which would ac
count for a result so strange? Dr. Klein
further said:
"iti all my experience in the London
hospitals and in brain surgery, I have
never encountered a case which throws
any light on this phenomenon. I cannot
conceive of any malformation of the brain
which would result in the production of
such a sound by the pulsation of the blood
as it is pumped front the heart through
the veins which carry the food for tho
brain. It is always the case when the
brain is at all affected as the result of
such an accident as happened to this little
girl, that the effect Is discernible in some
lessening of the mental power of the pa
tient; but in this instance the child is as
bright and clever as there is any reason
to expect in a person of her years. In
fact, 1 am Inclined to believe that she
is possessed of unusual mental strength.
"This proves to me that the brain itself
is not abnormal in any respect. Yet I am
free to say that 1 cannot see any other
explanation of this peculiar sound than
that it is caused by something unusual
about the brain. So far as 1 know, there
is no possible way In which the sound of
the heart beat, or of the action of tho
biood impelled throughout the system by
the heart, can be transmitted in this man
ner. I cannot believe that the nerves
have anything to do with It. Indeed, It is
simply Impossible for any nervous action
to be heard when the body is in a normal
state.
“Of course, It Is possible to hear your
heart beat; and there Is a little instru
ment, devised not long ago, which en
ables a person to listen to the action
of his heart. Just as the doctor has done
for years. But how nature, with all her
curious processes, can transmit a sound
of the action of a relatively remote or
gan through the skull Is something which
lam free to admit puzzles me.
"It all goes to show that the human
mechanism is something which medical
science, with all Its skill, has not yet
fully fathomed."
Inquiry among Now York specialists
and at tho hospitals fails to show any
thing like the case of the little American
girl. It is certainly one of tne most curi
ous cases medical science has encoun
tered.
—The coachman who drives the queen
ut Windsor, Balmoral ami Osborne, and
who likewise accompanies her lo the con
tinent, Is Thomas .Sands. Thomas has
been long in the service and Isa great fav
orite. The queen greets him always with
a friendly "good-day.”
AJi EYE THAT SEES.
Science Constructs an Orb That la
Fur Superior to Human V'lnlon.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Science has constructed an eye which
sees wonderful sights that are Invisible
to man. It is the strangest production
of scientific genius of the country. The
ingenuity exhibited in its construction
is remarkable, and the trouble entailed
in the elaboration of this additional or
gan of sense very great indeed.
The strangest part of it Is that
this eye looks into a mystery which a
slight defect in the human vision has pre
vented mankind gaining the privilege of
seeing. Experiments showed, years ago,
that the world floated in what was
known as ether. It has now been dis
covered that in this ether there are in
visible lights and waves
These lights are produced by the elec
tric waves in the ether, and they are
possessed of wonderful power. No sub
stance is to them opaque. Not only can
they penetrate the atmosphere and all
other transparent creations, but granite,
iron doors and mounds of earth, not
to mention human bones, are to it as
glass. An odd fact, too, is that in pass
ing through these substances, the mys
terious waves lose none of their active
properties.
All these things are voucned for by a
scientist who is becoming a power In
European circles—Prof. Jagadis Chunder
Bose, professor of physical science at
the Presidency College at Calcutta. Prof.
Bose is a Hindoo, and a native of Ben
gal, but he is easily at the head of In
dian scientists, and that in a land
where scientific lore dates back far be
yond the inspiration of the Koran, Is a.
fact which carries exceeding weight.
Prof. Bose has just laid his discov
eries before the British Association of
Science, a body of men who are ,so prac
tical that theory is always at a discount
among them. The announcement by the
Indian scientist of his discoveries and
his consequent belief, created the great
est sensation which that dogmatic body
of savants has known in many a long
day. Prof. Boses' paper was on electric
waves, and the story it told of strange
and almost thrilling revelations gained
in the domain of modern science, under
almost insuperable difficulties, seems more
like the tale of a sensational novel than
a prosaic story of fact.
The scientist who has suddenly emerged
from comparative obscurity into the broad
light of fame, is the son of an Indian
scholar, Bhagaban Chunder Bose, who
was famed in his own land for his knowl
edge of Indian sclentlc facts. This knowl
edge the son has acquired through his
father, and upon such a basis has erected
the structure of thought which now con
tains a number of the secrets that have
heretofore been invisible to humanity.
One of the greatest difficulties which
Prof. Bose found in his Investigation was
the defection of the invisible light. After
a series of experiments, it was found to
be absolutely necessary to contrive some
sort of artificial vision, and the work was
begun. The result of It all is the electric
eye, by means of which the invisible can
be seen.
In the construction of this artificial eye,
these essential parts are necessary. A
sensitive surface known as the retina on
which the image of the external object is
focused by the eye lens; a conductive
strand, known as the optical nerve, which
carries the visual impulse to the brain.
The twitching produced in the brain by
this impulse gives rise to the sensation of
light.
Despite the fact that it is artificial in
every way, and savors not at all of the
human, yet It really works on principles
similar to the eyes through which we
look. In the first place, there is the sensi
tive layer, and the invisible light falling
on this results In an electric impulse. This
impulse carried by a conducting wire, pro
duces a twitching motion In that part of
the mechanism just back of the eye that
corresponds to the human brain, and the
fact of sight is made apparent by the mag
nified motion of the spot of light which is
reflected from the moving part.
A strange fact in connection with this Is
that this so-called electric eye becomes
tired, Just as our eyes do, and, as when
that fatigue produces an itching sensa
tion in the human eye, we rub it, so it is
necessary to rub the electric eye. The ef
fect in both cases is similar. It seems to
produce rest. There is this advantage
which the electrical eye has over the hu
man. When one specimen becomes tired
out and temporarily useless, another can
be substituted. Thus given a full oppor
tunity to recover its wonted vigor, it only
takes the electric eye a comparatively
short time to become as fresh and keen
as ever.
Now while this strange orb of science
is very wonderful in its way, what it re
veals to us is far more strange than the
eye or the principle upon which it is con
structed. Think of a machine that could
be set up on the Vice President’s desk
in the Senate chamber at Washington,
by a simple movement of which a wave
of ether or electrical wave could be
started that would penetrate through all
sons of substances and people to the li
brarian’s desk in the congressional li
brary and signal, by means of a bell or
otherwise, to Mr. Spofford that the head
of the august body of lawmakers is re
quired in his presence. This, too, without
the aid of an electric wire or any other
means of communication than the elec
tric wave afforded in Itself.
Sound is produced by the vibration of
matter. Light is due to the vibration of
ether. These are sounds that are inau
dible, queer as that may seem. Just so,
there are lights that are invisible. Tho
idea of the penetration of ether waves
may be gained by casting a stone into
a pond or any body of water whose sur
face is reasonably smooth. When the
stone strikes the water a circle is in
stantly formed, or rather a series of cir
cles, and these circles constantly widen
until they are apparently lost in the rip
ples of the main surface.
Again, if the string of a violin be
struck, the quivering wire gives up its
motion to the air. which carries it to our
ear, and the motion thus communicated
to the brain produces the sensation of
sound.
The machine which Prof. Bose has In
vented is a perfect Instrument by which
the electric waves in the ether are readily
produced and their properties detected and
examined. These waves, falling on a suit
able receiver, produce the marvelous sig
nal referred to, and make it possible to
signal from one room to another, or from
one place to another, without the slightest
apparent means of communication. With
the possibly exception of metallic plates
of ordinary thickness, there is no known
substance which offers material opposition
to the passage of these rays. To them
pitch, coal tar, and even the human body
itself, flesh or blood, are as transparent
as glass Itself to this wondrous light.
It is the general supposition that the
essence of our consciousness is continuity
of thought. Prof. Bose, however, takes an
entirely opposite view. In discussing the
matter he said:
"The most curious thing which science
has demonstrated Is the ract that there
are great gaps in our consciousness. We
first begin to be aware of a sound note
when the air is quivering at about the
rate of sixteen vibrations in a second.
When the vibrating string, which gives
rise to sound, is shortened, higher and
higher notes are given out. In this way
we pass from lower to higher octaves, and
when the vibration roaches the rate of
3J.i)00 beats In a second, the limit of audi
bility is reached.
"As we near this limit, the notes be
come more shrill and continuous, and fin
ally, when the note is raised still higher,
or. In other words, the rate of vibration
THE GRIP. IS IN TOWN
And Pneumonia, Eraiciiitis and Consump!ion Will Be the
Results Unless Prompt and Skillful Attention
Is Given the Pa.iant.
How and Where to Obtain a Treatment that
Will Avert Such Dangerous liesults.
Reports from every section of the coun
try state that la grippe is prevalent and
the city of any size in which its victims
cannot be counted by the thousands is
lucky indeed. While this complaint is an
noying in the extreme and very painful,
the danger lies In its after effects as it
many times leaves its victim with bron
chitis, pneumonia, or some other lung or
bronchial affection.
The grippe, therefore, should be given
prompt and skillful medical attention, and
especially so when the victims lungs are
probably already affected by disease.
The lack of the necessary attention is,
thereiore. the cause of a large percentage
of the fatal cases and many a life has
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tack of the disease. The treatment given
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tute is such that these organs are made
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exceeds 32,000 beats to a second, the ear
fails to respond. Very low pitched or
very high pitched notes are beyond our
power of hearing. To detect these inau
dible sounds scientists construct an ar
tificial ear, which consists of a slender
jet of burning gas. known as the sensi
tive flame, which responds to sound by
fluttering.
“Just as vibration Is produced in air
by mechanical disturbance, so may the
impalpable ether be thrown into vibra
tion by an electric disturbance. There
may thus be produced ethereal notes, a
few of which are detected by our sensa
tion of touch as warmth, and a few others
by the eye as light. Slower or quicker
vibrations than these we cannot per
ceive.”
It must not be understood that this ap
paratus produces in the human being the
power to see at any and all times these
electric light waves that are invisible un
der ordinary circumstances. The accom
panying illustration shows the instrument
which produces the wonderful results. By
means of this instrument the human eye,
placed at the rear of the electric eye,
is able to detect flashes of light, the
electrical waves that can by means of
this same instrument be transmitted an
indefinite distance and produce signals
at a given point which is altogether in
visible to the manipulator of the inven
tion.
A STRANGE STORV.
How a Dream Came True.
From the Pall Mall Gazette.
The following narrative was sent to the
Pall Mall Gazette, two or three years
back by a correspondent who, unfortu
nately, chose to remain anonymous. This
shyness, of course, lays the authenticity
of the alleged “experience” under suspi
cion. And I have never heard' of any at
tempt to verify or discredit the story,
which—true or false—struck me as one of
the most artistic of its class. It was
headed. "Dreams, Idle Dreams,” and ran
as follows:
"Sir: I have been much Interested In
reading the article with the above heading
which appears in your issue of Aug. 2.
May I be permitted to give you an exam
ple of a most curious dream 1 had some
years ago, and which came almost liter
ally true? I was living in London at the
time, and I had a correspondent in Dub
lin. This gentleman was a valued and
lifelong friend. One New Year's eve I
dreamt that I stood in a spacious, bare
looking entrance hall. Presently 1 saw a
letter put into the letter-box on the hall
door. I went over, took out the letter,
which I saw was addressed to myself, and
in the handwriting of my friend. I open
ed it, and found it to contain an oblong
piece of bluish paper, partly printed and
partly written in red ink. I read it, and
it ran as follows:
“ 'Order for the burial of (here came my
own name) in (here came the name of a
well-known cemetery in the vicinity of
Dublin), on the 9th day of June, 18—, in
grave (a number).’
“I should say I never could recollect any
more of the figures. I stood looking at tho
paper, and as I did so 1 heard the voice
of my friend calling to me. I went over
to him and gave him the paper. He read
It, and then said, rather testily, ’Yes, it’s
all right: come this way.' I followed him
upstairs, and into a barely furnished
room, in the very midst of Which was a
kind of stretcher bedstead, with what
seemed to be some sheets upon it. He told
me to lie down. I did so; he covered me
with a sheet; I closed my eyes, and 1
thought I was dead. Presently someone
else came into the room, and they began
talking about arrangements for my fu
neral. I opened my eyes, and saw with
him a strange man, with a short, dark
beard. I then seemed to lose conscious
ness from terror, and awoke crying bit
terly. I wrote and told my friend the
dream, and he replied, chaffing me unmer
cifully about it. However, again and'
again 1 dreamt the same dream, and so
terrified did 1 become as the 9th of June
drew near that my friend actually took
the trouble to come over to London
and took me down to spend
the day at Hampton court. The next New
Year's Eve I dreamt the same
dream. My friend who was a
medical man— this time Insisted
upon my coming over to Dublin for
a holiday, and to try to forget all about
it. The months passed on, and I did rot
dream it again. We had a foolish dis
agreement about something or other, and
l. standing upon my dignity. Hid not re
ply to several of his—l must admit—good,
kind and temperate letters. One night in
June I was so restless that I lay awake
the whole night, and determined to write
a contrite letter to him the next day, for
It was I who really was in the wrong,
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but I was too obstinate to admit it. i
went down to the British museum after
breakfast, and returned about 2 o’clock
in the afternoon to write my penitent let
ter. As 1 entered the hall I saw five
telegrams for me upon the hall table, they
all told the same tale—my dear friend hiJ
died early that morning. It was June s.
I was stunned. A doctor was sent for]
who at once ordered me to be taken over
to Dublin, in order, if possible, to roina
me from my apparent apathy, for 1 did
not shed a tear. I should mention hers
that some weeks previous to his death ny
friend had taken anew house in which I
had never been, and which was the chief
cause of our disagreement. When I ar
rived in Dublin 1 was taken at once to the
house, and the m.nute I entered the hall I
recognized it as the one I saw so often
in my dreams. Moreover, a gentleman
came forward to meet me; it was the very
man to whom my friend had spoken re
specting the arrangements for my fun
eral. For many years afterward I kepi
my friends’ letters respecting my dreams.
They were seen by many, and’ I reyr t
to say they were accidentally destroyed
but a short time ago. The man with the
short dark beard succeeded to my friend'!
practice, and took the house. A year af
terward he died in the very room in which
my friend died. What I have here told
you is well known among my friends.”
SOMA AMU FBI STIC OOGS.
Hunters That Go In Search of Gann
While in Their Dreams.
From the New York Sun.
The story in the Sun of the Denver wo
man who has been sleepwalking in a way
to astonish folks reminded a group o!
sportmen, who were sitting in a Broadway
gun store last Monday, of several instances
when dogs or cats had done things almosl
as iemarkable. One of the stories was toll
by a man who has used a pointer in hunt
ing quails in the south.
"He was a fine dog, Seth was,” th<
sportsman said. “He could wind a quai
further or road one faster than any otbe
dog I ever used, and he was so steady lha
one couldn't see him breathe. He was i
great dreamer and used to do all sorts o
things. One night he iay down before thi
fireplace on a bear skin I got down ii
Missouri. I was sitting over by a tab!
in a comfortable chair reading some, bu
stopping to think about my hunting trip
more. The wind outside made a felloi
thankful he was in a house, it whistle!
so cold like. The wind quieted down a
little and then Setji began to get uneasy
He began to kick and whistle with ht
Jiaif open lips. Pretty quick he got “l
and began to creep across the floor foo
by foot, going slower and slower. The:
he stopped dead still, in as pretty a p°m
as ever 1 saw. I spoke to him and he wot
up. He looked about him; then with hang
ing head came over to where 1 was slum:
and put his head into my lap after H
petted him a little.”
A man who has hunted deer with do?
In Minnesota told about a big white an:
black spotted hound that he had used
ills sport:
"One night,” he said, "we were si
or lounging before a big log lire in ’a l
up on a ,ake, I won’t say where, be ca
there’s a lot of game there yet. Old K
was .ying a little ways from the n
snoring as all hounds do, when he s
denly Jumped to his feet ami began
snuff around. We could see he was a?
by his eyes. He ran here and there
tiien struck the trail Sam. my partner, •
while dragging a doe In that a
noon, and away he went In full cry. ■
he was out of sight in the brush bey
tho fire light Bil. gave a yell for the aw
io come back—he was afraid the dog ' •
get lost. But the dog kept on and was
of hearing beyond a spur of a
In a few minutes. Three days .ate'
dog had not yet returned to camp
and I went still hunting to another
ten miles away. Intending to stay a.l
but we didn't. We found Seth !ymg
side a brook seven miles from camp
starved, with ribs showing like ones
gers. We fed him all the stuff we B
eat and then led him to camp. ” e
him up nights after then.” t(
All the sportsmen had seen dogs ri
their feet in their sleep or wh ! ne - 0 \
squeal. A few had seen dogs
their side barking as If In full cry
a fox or rabbit, and one had a had
dog that used to have a fight abo '
night in six, doubling up and rollini
by itself, or with a rug In its Jaws
—Silas A. Hudson, first cousin of Geo.®
S. Grant, died last w<ek In Burlington.^ *
nged 81 years. He was a co-work*r
Horace Greeley on the New York 1 r ~
and witli George D. Prentice on th l 'y
vllle Journal, and was appointed by .
ident Grant, In 1369, minister to <~ cn
America.