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[lobofcrm anb EtheB.
Led* Are Ro« tGn«y to Do With
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liBmformatitftt ©* ti® ••Ijfcct
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Hons case of rebbery under
bni which was decided In LoU-
ag ago was followed with
Crest by writer* on medical
Ijhttce. Hitherto many such
have expressed great doubt
icse cases, for the process U by
ns so easy of use as people
extravagant Ideas prevail
the public as to the power of
tetics, owing |)erUnps to the 11-
(mploycd by novelists when they
•fancy” cases in their books,
[reads, for Instance, of a man
llwa.v carriage waving a band-
If before the face of a fellow
|r and producing Instnutaneotia
it-iousuess. This Ig abBolmely
[i' la. Aqo^cr Imaginative writ
IntTy described a murder carried
pushing a lowel saturated with
tl auresthetlc under the bed-
of his sleeping victim. This
nonsense. i '
i ither tale the more feasible plan
[ied out of entering the sleeping
chamber, pouring the anaesthetic
bed, the murderer standing by
[ttchiug his victim die. But even
stretching the truth rather se
[true facts about chloroform and
tupanion anaesthetic, ether, are
lows:
with regard to administering
big during sleep, doctors hov,
very exhaustive experiments, foi
Id be of great a_dvactnge to a pa
im whom an operation has to be
med to chloroform him while
and save him the horror whirl'
ny people have of the Inhalation
bey sura up the results, showing
cry rarely can chloroform be ad
Tied to a sleeping person without
>ning him. Grown people are
he rarest'except Ion, awakened by
ritating fumes. If a mnn were
snd if bis nose were naturally in
re to unpleasant odors, and es-
r if he were under the influence
it might be possible to make-
conscious while asleep But not
>very doctor could do It. The op
would require the highest skill,
die most skillful udmlulstrntoi
succeed only once In a buudret
lake the ease of spilling tie
form In a room and thus Impreg
nil tlie air of the room, the thing
of the question Yet not only do
sts assert that this cud be done
ny people have been actually
iu real life with doing it—foi
urpose of blackmailing tbem. for
them or perhaps to throw of
from the pretended victim
committed the robbery him
if the room measures, say. 12 fee'
and is 0 feet high, it woult:
take a gallon of chloroform
) the floor to make a ninu tin
i. All the chinks ami crannies
have to be stopped up firs',
and the operator himself
e to be poison proof or h<
i'ould succumb.
matter of fact, the only way to
a person unconscious by-tbe use
i.roforut Is in the way practiced
Potts in the operating room Amt
by tto means an easy task. There
vernl ways of doing It. The clilo
f 1 may be dropped on a liandker
I which is then held over the,face
tie little distance, or It may he
!'d on a sponge or It may be used
of ilte innumerable machines in
for the purpose. But the vapot
he mixed with air before it is
led. That is tbe reason the hand
ef or tiie sponge - is held some
from .the face. As a rule It
from five to eight minutes to
the person unconscious, and dur
ds time he generally struggles
violently.
iS probable that many of the
?s of chloroforming which have
nia le are false." Sometimes the
ided victim asserts that he has
,e unconscious immediately. But
1 1 eu shown in evidence that tbe
iPessary to bring about tills re
st least four or live minutes,
hues he says be could not cry
et he describes all tbe eircuro-
°f the administration mlnute-
°' v , tiie first effect of the chloro
us to produce confusion of the
" hile. ou the other band, the
t can cr y out a | IU08 { U p ( 0 (be
Ue becomes mentally confused
lie loses the power of speech.
u, w facts are sufficient perhaps
honstrute that some ebergea of
p chloroforming are necessarily
--Loudon JlaiL
Kr
w 'i>< , D n«- wa» nvii i»ar.
'"'I t m a toe lied with Ills
• I utti- winter's ti ght, being
middle of tt when his
he-itliiie came. s|,p suggested
m °ve (in lit* aid,.. He li|llik»
■ re 1 ,..;! i !i>!v "No i t'mU
It - • it every v. re I
~~~ ftts Mips
TTb®ar 'were newly married and ware
calling hpoh one of tbe frtehda of. the
bHtie Who hfui been particularly pleas
ant bpon the occasion of their wedding.
The bridegroom, apropos of nothing,
began to talk about phrenology and
told how his wife had discovered two
very promlbebt bnmps on the back of
hts head. He was proud of them. Bo
waa she, and she passed him around
that the host and hostess might feel
the bumps and know of their exist
ence. Then she explained;
"My book on phrenology •ays that
they mean good memory and generos
ity."
It waa evident that she was proud of
the facts, and so was he. But the host,
being pf an Inquiring turn of mind,
wished to satisfy himself, so he got
down a phrenological work from one
of his library shelves and after much
labor found the bumps on tbe chart.
Turning to the notes, he read, seriously
at first, then unsteadily. TJ}e bride be
came spspicious, put phe was game and
said:
"ffphd It out loud. Please do!” And
the host rend;
“These bumps are most frequently
found on cats and monkeys."
Other topics consumed the remainder
of the visit, wbicli was brief.—New
York Bun.
Swell* With Swell Chest*.
“I bad occasion to examine two
brothers who bad applied for policies
In our company the other day,” said
the medical examiner of a life Insur
ance company. “One was 33 years
old and the other was 33. They are
both unmarried and are knowu about
town ns pretty gny boys. Usually
there Is considerable attached to writ
ing policies for men who are knowu
as ‘rounders,’ but these two proved to
be perfect specimens of physical man
hood.
“I was particularly Impressed by
their chest developments. They both
had the same measurement and also
the same expr usion—f rom 30 to 43.
When I found that they hud smoked
cigarettes from boyhood, I wonJered
all the more, at fgur Inch expan
sion. Then they told me \hnt when
they were youugsters they used to
delight In seeing bow loug they yould
hold their breath under'water. Every
time "they look a Lath in the tub one
would take a deep breath, duck under,
and the other would time him with n
watch. A minute and a half, 1 be
lieve, was tbe limit of their endurance.
They said it was all their mother could
do to get them out of the bath and
drive them to bed.”—Philadelphia Rec
ord- „T'v ! -***
Doth Expert In Logic.
“Tom," said a father to his son
whose school report showed him to
have been an Idle young scamp, “what
have you been studying this term?”
“Logic, father." replied Tom. "I can
prove you arc not here now.”
“Indeed! How so?”
“Well, you must be either at Rome
or elsewhere?”
"Certainly.”
“You are not at Rome?”
“No.”
“Then you must be elsewhere.”
"Just so."
“Aud If you are elsewhere you clear
ly can't be here.”
For answer the father took up a cane
that lay near aud laid it smartly across
Ids son's back.
“Don’t!” cried Tom. 'Won are hurt
ing me.”
“Not at all. You have Just proved
conclusively that I am uo't here, so 1
can’t be hurting you.”
Before his stern parent bad quite
doue with him Tom felt that there
must be after all a flaw somewhere la
his logic.—Loudon Tlt-Blts.
BUI fu ter«f tor*w* h rirt
Whatever Other fate might befall It
nnturnllsts agree that the common
house fly cannot be drowned and many
experiments have been made In rela
tion thereto.
Included In such tests was the tin
tnerslou of a fly In a tumbler of clear
cold water, with a piece of cardboard
to fit the glass and floated so ns to
keep the Insect beneath the surface.
So little did the fly trouble about
such an obstacle that It kept near the
bottom of the glass, and there for a
quarter of an hour ran about ns freely
as In the fresh air, while It at times
crawled across the underside of the
pasteboard as ou tbe celling of a room.
After being immersed fo.^IO minutes
tbe fly’s movements were less active,
and at 23 mluutcs It turned over on Its
side, apparently dead. It bung sus
pended In the water Just under the
pasteboard, which kept It fpotn rising
to the flupface, nu<J there It remained
for nnoUjcr to mmutefl.' "
It was then taken out and placed ou
a sheet orpuperi looking lo all appear
ance dead. Its next fate was to be
burled by being covered with about
half a teospoonful of fine salt.
At tbe end of . 13 minutes the saline
was shaken off, the fly having thus
been completely covered either by
water or by salt for G5 minutes.
Immediately upon its release tbe In
sect trimmed Its wings and legs active
ly for awhile and then flew away.—
rearaou’s Weekly.
Why Monarch* Were Inaane.
Pathologists have often pointed out
tbe fact that physical and mental en
ervntlon are apt to go hand In band,
and the Intellectual degeneracy of etl
quette monarchs may have a good deni
to do with the Sybaritism of tbelr pal
ace life.
The plebeian functions which medlce
val sovereigns were obliged to perfbrn.'
by proxy Included the adjustment of
their gnlu gloves. They bad flunklc:
to remove their cravats and warm their
nightshirts, unplait their pigtails am.
tuck up Ihelf bedclothes around the!,
shoulders. In the morning courtier:
cSfuipeted for tie Honor of TioldTuy
their washbasin. Peers of the renin,
waited on bended kucea Jo buckle theli
shoe's! InSe inheritor of a Tegltlmiite
throne llf:ed a spoon to break an egg
lynx eyed lackeys anticipated his need -
with tbe agility of trained conjurers
Like his food, bis information on cur
rent topics was served ready dressed
and cooked, till be turned Into a roast!
eating machine and repeater of con
ventlonal twaddle.—Llpplncott’s.
Saved E*cli Other.
A short time ago a guard on one o
tbe Northern expresses while at a big
station In the midlands had been talk
Ing to the engine driver. Presently hi
stepped aside and gave his “Right
away!” when a gentleman who wc..
late sprang on to the footboard while
tbe train was In motion and tried to
obtain admission to one of the compart
ments.
As tbe carriage came along tbe gunr<:
seized him by tbe coat aud pulled him
off. remarking that be must think him
self lucky, for he bad prnetlcally saved
his life.
As this conversation was going on
the guard's van came by, aud the
guard, with that gracefulness acquired
by constant practice, sailed unjestlcal
ly ou to his van.
The gentleman, who had taken In the
situation, thereupon seized him by the
coat and pulled him off, saying as tbe
train sped uway:
“One good turn deserves another.
You saved my life; I bnve saved yours.
Now we are quits.”—London Telegraph.
He Got Off.
The wife of a German farmhand In
Ohio was taken sick and finally died.
An Early Riser. the husband, of course, leaving his.
“Pat,” said.a manager to one of hi* work for several days In consequence.
workmen, “you must be an early riser.
1 always find you at work the first
thing In the morning.”
“Indade and 01 am, ear. It’s a fam
ily trait, Ol’rn thlnkln.”
“Then your father was an early riser
too?”
“Me father, Is It? He rolses that ear
ly that If he went to bed a little later
Two weeks later be appeared at the
bouse of hts employer and asked to be
relieved from work for a couple of
days, when ;he following conversation
took place:
“I vould like to get off for apout two
tays.” -
“I can't spare you unless It Is abso
lutely necessary. You know you lost
he’d meet himself gettlfl up in the several days two weeks ago. and we
inorniu.” are behind in the work. What is the
necessity for your getting off?” inqnlr-
A Rnbelol* Hoax. * ed the farmer.
Rabelais, being out of money, once “Veil, 1 vas to be married.”
tricked the police Into taking him from “Why. Fritz, your wife died only two
Marseilles to Paris on a charge of trea- weeks ago, and now you are about to
son. He made up some packages of get married again? I do not under-
brick dust and labeled tbem “Poison stand that.”
for the royal family.” The officers "Veil,” replied tbe German, “I don’t
took Rabelais TOO miles, only to bs bold spite long.”
told at tbe end of their Journey that it The farmei dismissed the case witb-
was April 1 and the affair was ft hoax, out prejudice.
Of course, ns Rabelais was tbe priv
ileged wit of the royal family, he was
forgiven. t
Teem Pat to nut lac*.
All Eskimos have good teeth, but
they are subjected to severe usage,
being used for pinchers, vises and
fluting machines.
The teeth are employed in drawing
bolts, nutylug knots, bolding tbe
,, , ,. . mouthpiece of n drill, shaping poof
mils: said be d pay for soles., stretching and tan;i;ie: skins.
old
Mslctnar Htin Sweat.
Hardware Dealer—What waa
Krar.key kicking about?
Clerk—He wanted ten pound* of|
chom home himself. Wouldn’t trust us
to deliver tbem. he said.
Hardware Dealer—Surly old codger!
I hope he’U sweat for It I
Clerk Ob. 1 took care of that. I
t; re-v -«a extra ten ;v;un’•'• ■ '•! ‘
nev,: ,'ti it. 1 i.iia.li’-P—a - -ess.
When they become uqeven ‘ri m hard
usage they art leveled off with a I}!?
or whetstone.
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