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"McFadden’s Row of Flats,” a farce
comedy of which the name Is suggest
ive. played to fairly good audiences
yesterday. The programme says the
play was written for “laughing pur
poses and to drive away dull care,” and
It does it. A varied sort of amusement
Is furnished by a large company, and
some of the specialties are particularly
good.
There will be but one attraction at
the theater this week. “The Idol's
Eye,” a comic opera in which Jolly
Frank Daniels was immensely success
ful, will come for two performances
on Saturday. For the balance of the
Week the house will be dark.
The weather Is a little too warm Just
yet, and the season a little too early,
and perhaps It Is well that too many
shows are not booked for this month.
“The Idol’s Eye,” is undoubtedly the*
cleverest thing written by Harry B.
Smith and Victor Herbert. Jack Hen
derson, who had to be engaged before
Col. Thompson could obtain the right3
to the opera, will play the role of
Abel Conn, so long identified with Mr.
Daniels’ success. “The Idol's Eye”
deals with the adventures of a num-
< DAISY HOWARD,
As Margnerlta in “Idol’s Eye.”
br of tourist* In India. Abel Conn,
an American conjurer and aeronaut,
takes a trip to India to study the mys
teries of the East. He falls in with
James MacSnuffy, a Scotchman with
a pronounced and Incurable attack of
kleptomania, who steals one of the
ruby eyes of Juggernaut. There are
two eyes in the idols' head, and the
one pilfered by MacSnuffy bestows
upon Its possessor the power of at
tracting women and causing them to
fall madly in love with him. From
this much of the comedy of the opera
evolves itself. The music is said to
be the prettiest ever turned out by
Herbert. A chorus of pretty girls is
one of the attractive features of the
opera.
Miss Elsie Leslie's hit as Glory
Quayle In "The Christian" has over
turned and obliterated one of the
soundest and most revered axioms of
the drama—that "a child prodigy rare
ly or never develops into a high-class
performer.”
Miss Leslie’s success as a child ac
tress In "Little Lord Fauntleroy," and
In "The Prince and the Pauper'” would
then appear to have been an Inauspi
cious rather than a propitious occur
rence. That she was able to "live
down,” as It were, her early triumphs,
and establish anew one, speaks well
for her abilities and artistic attain
ments. Almost every one of the great
actresses of the past was "caught
early," like Miss Leslie, and In youth
displayed unusual and surprising pow-
ers.
Ellen Terry, the foremost English
actress, walked from the nursery Into
the glare of the footlights, and her
earliest efforts were marked with ap
preciation and applause. It would
then appear that there was literal
worth in the assertion of Miss Terry's
biographer, that "she was great in
every line she ever spoke on the
stage." Of the actresses of to-day
every one, hardly without an exception,
woo success when In their teens. Mrs.
Flske was on the stage at nine. In the
Havelln Dramatic Company, and later
In her father, Thomas Davies' com
pany. Even as a child, Mrs. Flske
was looked upon as being “a genius.”
Miss Viola Allen when but fourteen
years old, and Just out of school, ap
peared In the title role of "Esmeralda,”
and won Instant success. Miss Allen
was the leading lady for the elder Sal
vlnl before entering upon her twentieth
year. Miss Maud Adams, like Miss
Terry and others, spent her childhood
upon the stage, and her very earliest
efforts were marked with distinction.
Miss Eleanor Robson, who may be said
to be one of the most promising ac
tresses on the stage to-day, at 15, fair
ly stepped from a convent on to the
stage. Miss Robson, with little or no
experience, won instant recognition.
Her rise during the past three years
has been one of the theatrical sensa
tions of the time. Julia Marlowe, as
Fannie Brough, was a member of the
Miles Juvenile Pinafore Company, and
later with the Josephine Riley Comedy
Company, of which Frederick Pauld
ing, who plays an Important role with
Sirs. LeMoyne In "The First Duchess
of Marlborough," the coming season,
was leading man. A Juvenile success
almost parallel to that of Miss Les
lie's was achieved by Miss Fay Tem
pleton. On Aug. 25, 1*72, when In her
ninth year, Miss Templeton appeared
In "King Carot” at the Grand Opera
House, New York. Her singing of the
song. “Love, Love! What Is Love?”
was an instant hit. A few weeks later,
Rnd under the direction of Augustin
Daly, Miss Templeton appeared as Ro
meo to Bijou Heron’s (now Mrs. Henry
Miller) Juliet. This performance was
one of the sensations of tbs time. Miss
Templeton was subsequently the star
of her father. John Templeton’s comic
opera company.
The modern history of the kingdom
of Ruritania, as conceived in the art
ful brain of Anthony Hope, is as fas
cinating a story as one could sit up
all night to read. The daring adven
tures of its pretended king and the
skillful plots of his enemies all move
so rapidly that one may become
breathless in keeping up with the
rapid pace of the narrative. The same
is true of this history when lived upon
the stage; "The Prisoner of Zenda”
was brisk and exciting, and “Rupert
of Hentzau” follows so closely after
the first story that the action is still
more rapid and even, though the first
play ends three years prior to the be
ginning of the second, there seems to
be absolutely no break in the story.
The same characters pursue ex
citing fate and at the end there are
so many dead that neither story or
play could possibly proceed further.
Hope is a master of dialogue and in
cident and both are of the rapid-fire
variety; they are also picturesque and
so cleverly consecutive that an evening
under their spell passes in double
time. The coming engagement of a
combination company playing the two
plays is an event of more than pass
ing interest. As the privilege of wit
nessing the story one evening and the
sequel the evening following, Is a dra
matic novelty presented this season for
the first time.
Miss Viola Allen wjll begin the
fourth season of her great success as
a star at, Hartford, Conn., Sept. 16,
presenting "In the Palace of the
King,” Lorimer Stoddard’s dramatisa
tion of F. Marion Crawford's popular
novel. In “The Christian” for two sea
sons, and last year with "In the Pal
ace of the King,” Miss Allen’s receipts
have overtopped all previous records In
almost every playhouse where she has
appeared. Miss Allen and her strong
supporting company will present “In
the Palace of the King” In Savannah,
Jan. 8. i
It may be truly said that no play of
recent years has won as firm a place
In the affections of the English-speak
ing world as "Florodora.” Rapidly
nearing its third year of success at the
Lyric Theater in London and now
nearing its second year at the New
York Casino, it has been enjoyed by
thousands, and Is playing to business
which is only limited by the capacity
of the theaters. "Florodora” has been
aptly named "the evergreen musical
comedy,” for if ever a play seems des
tined to live it is “Florodora.”
Mme. Modjeska, who has been at Old
Orchard, Me., since her return from
Europe, has Joined Mr. Louis James
at Wagenhals & Kemper's studio, at
( Tange, N. J., where rehearsals for
their production of "Henry VIII,” will
be Inaugurated to-morrow. The tour
will begin early in October at Mon
treal.
Pauline Phelps and Marion Short
are the authors of "Sweet Clover,” the
new play in which Adelaide Thurston,
that dainty little actress of “The Lit
tle Minister” fame, will be seen here
this season. Both are New England
girls. Miss Phelps has won distinction
as a writer of short sketches and of
monologues for the use of dramatic
readers. Miss Short Is a dramatic
reader of some distinction. She ad
mired Miss Phelps for her talent in
writing and Miss Phelps admired Miss
Short for the cleverness with which she
recited her pieces. So they formed a
literary partnership. “Sweet Clover”
Is the most promising work they have
done. In Philadelphia, where it was
played for two weeks last season ■** a
trial of Its merits, the dramatic editor
of "The Telegraph” said: "Few plays
have come out of the atelier of the
feminine dramatist which show a finer
Instinct for invention, for effect, for
ssutalned Interest, and for that admix
ture of comedy and pathos, which are
the props which hold up a theatrical
structure In the glare of the foot
lights.”
THE WEATHER.
Morning News Thermometer at
11 P- 7 ‘
Morning News Barometer at U
p m 29.55
Forecast for Sunday and Monday:
Georgia: Fair In western, showers in
eastern portion Sunday. Monday fair;
light variable winds.
Eastern Florida: Occasional showers
Sunday and Monday; light to fresh
northerly winds.
Western Florida: Partly cloudy Sun
day, probably showers. Monday fair.
Variable winds.
South Carolina: Showers Sunday.
Monday fair; light to fresh northerly
winds.
Yesterday's Weather at Savannah-
Maximum temperature 12:45
p. 86 degrees
Minimum temperature 6
a . 68 degrees
Mean temperature 76 degrees
Normal temperature 78 degrees
Deficiency of temperature .. 2 degrees
Accumulated excess since
Sept. .1 7 degrees
Accumulated deficiency
since Jan. 1 341 degrees
Rainfall 00 inch
Normal 22 Inch
Deficiency since Sept. I ....1.36 Inches
Deficiency since Jan. 1 6.34 Inches
River Report—The bight of the Sa
vannah river at Augusta, at 8 a. m.
(76th meridian time) yesterday, was
10.6 feet, a fall of 0.5 foot during the
preceding twenty-four hours.
Cotton region bulletin, Savannah,
Ga., for the twenty-four hours ending
at 8 a. m., 76th meridian time, Sept. 7,
1901:
Stations of |Max.| Min.| Rain
Savannah District. 4 Tem.|Tem.| fall
Alapaha, Ga.. clear... 88 1 64 .00
Albany, clear 88 j 67 .00
Americus, clear 86 j 65 .00
Balnbrldge, clear .... 86 66 .00
Eastman, clear 88 65 .00
Fort Gaines, clear.... 87 65 .00
Gainesville, Fla., clr. 88 70 .00
Mlllen, Ga., clear .... 89 59 .00
Quitman, clear ....... 87 j 68 .00
Savannah, clear 85 [ 68 T
Thomasville, clear ... 90 68 .00
Waycrosß, clear 86 | <8 .00
Special Texas Rainfall Reports—
Blanco, .04; Beevllle, .34; Brenham, .14;
Cuero, 1.10; Kerrville, .34; Lampasas,
.62: Luling. 1.02; San Marcos, .64; Abi
lene, .12; Galveston, .20; Corpus Christ!,
.18.
IDlst. Averages.
No. 1 1
Sta- Max.] Min.| Rain
Stations. |tlonsiTern.|Tem.] fall.
Atlanta fIOV 84 ~ 64 I .00
Augusta 10 {B4 62 .00
Charleston 5 84 64 .00
Galveston 28 90 72 .18
• Little Rock .... I'.! ! 94 66 [ .02
Memphis 13 188 64 1 .00
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBERS, 1901.
CAVANNAH *J*HEATER.
(Sepl. 14th.
Frank Daniel’s Greatest Comic Opera Success,
“The Idol’s Eye,”
By Harry B. Smith and Victor Herbert, Presented by
The Boston Lyric Opera Company.
A Big Company.
Beautiful Calcium
and Electric Effects.
Box Office Opens THURSDAY.
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f.})' J .1 Jm ’ N ’ ~4f i***^^^***
V&H&jijgZ
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Mobile 9 88 68 ] .00
Montgomery ... 8 86 68 .00
New Orleans .. 14 92 68 [ .00
Savannah 12 87 66 T
Vicksburg 11 92 66 j T
Wilmington ... 9 84 64 ] T
Oklahoma 7 94 66 | .01
Remarks—Temperatures have re
mained stationary over the belt, rather
high values continuing over the west
ern districts, where showers have oc
curred.
Observations taken at the same mo
ment of time, 8 p. m., 75th meridian
time.
~Name~of~Statlon. TTwTrR.
Norfolk, clear 76 IN I .00
Hatteras, cloudy 76 ]NW| .00
Wilmington, cloudy 72 |NW .00
Charlotte, clear 76 NE j .00
Raleigh, partly cloudy ... 76 NW .00
Charleston, partly cloudy 78 N .00
Atlanta, clear 80 NW .00
Augusta, clear 76 NE .00
Savannah, partly cloudy 78 E .00
Jacksonville, clear 78 NE .00
Jupiter, clear 80 NE .04
Key West, partly cloudy . 80 NE .48
Tampa, cloudy 80 NE .00
Mobile, clear 82 S .00
Montgomery, clear 84 jSE .00
New Orleans, clear 80 |SE .00
Galveston, partly cloudy 82 E .00
Corpus ChrlslL cloudy .... 80 IE 1.76
Palestine, clotrdy 84 lE .00
Port Eads, partly cloudy 80 ]E .00
H. B. Boyer,
Local Forecast Official.
—Senator Depew has been Invited to
deliver the address at the opening of
the Charleston Exposition on December
1*
AN AUTUMN CHAPEAU.
AN ELEGANT FULL HAT
Has Lived In n Box for Thirty Eight
Years.
From the Raleigh News and Observer.
Rutherfordtou, N. C., Aug. 28.—'Thir
ty-eight years ago the Ndrthern sol
diers In a chase after John Starnes
frlghtenei him so badly that he turn
ed over n huge box on himself and
lay ther hidden until they had gone.
When night fame he remove! the box
to the woods and since that time he
has made that box his home.
Starnes lives five miles northwest of
Blacksburg, S C. His box is surround
ed by poles to protect his hiding
place. He will • even run from a
horse, cow or sheep. The only v.-yj
by which you can see the wild man is
by slipping upon him when at his box
house. Then he will stop and look you
straight In the face. If you will agree
with him then he will talk, but un
less you do he will either get his gun
lor go into his box. Starnes is now 55
j years old. Before the war he assisted
) his father In making hats. The hat
i he now wears was made before the
war by his father.
He offers no excuse for his way of
living. He will accept money from no
I one. He will “cuss" If you offer him
j money. He Is In excellent health. He
fishes, catches and kills rabbits, eats
acorns, etc. He bakes his bread on a
flat rock. It has been said that Starnes
has plenty of money.
—The Pope pays a dally visit to the
little menagerie In the Vatican gardens,
where he rewards the parrot's royal
cry of "Vive 11 Popa!" with a double
gatlon of sugar.
IN THE FIELD OF SPORTS.
Whitney's Bine Girl Lost Great Filly
' Stake* by a Short Head.
New York, 6ept. 7.—Two fixtures
were decided at the Sheepshead Bay
races to-day. One was the Great Filly
stakes, worth *28,075; the other the
Century stakes of SIO,OOO at one mile
and a half. Blue Girl, William C.
Whitney’s filly, was beaten a short
head for the first named in a sensa
tional finish with Leonora Lorlng.
Summary:
First Race—Selling, five furlongs.
Prophetic, 30 to 1, -tfron, with Honolulu,
3 to 1, second, and The Referee, 20 to
1, third. Time 1:00 2-5.
Second Race —Six furlongs. Lady
Uncas, 20 to 1, won, with Unmasked, 6
to 1, second, and Cervera, 60 to 1,
third. Time 1:13 2-5.
Third Race—Great Filly stakes, six
furlongs. Leonora Lorlng, 6 to 1, won,
with Blue Girl, 3 to 5, second, and Sun
Shower, 60 to 1, third. Time 1:14 4-5.
Fourth Race—Century stakes, SIO,OOO,
one and one-half miles. Water Color,
2 to 1, won, with Rockton, 8 to 1,
second, and Terminus, 6 to 1, third.
Time 2:32.
Fifth Race—Steeplechase, about two
and a half mllea. Bulllngton, 3 to 1,
won, with Zanztber, 6 to 1, second, and
Sir Hubert, 2 to 1, third. Time 6:17.
Sixth Race—Selling, one and one-six
teenth miles on turf. Intrusive, 6 to
6, won, with Bowen, 5 to 2, second,
and Annie Thompson, S to 1, third.
Time 1:47 3-5.
NATIONAL LE4GUE.
New York Defeats St. Lasts.
New York, Sept. 7.—New York won
to-day's game from St. Louis by time
ly batting. Attendance 1,500. Score:
R.H.E.
New York ....1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 o—s 13 3
St. Louis ....01000100 o—2 6 0
Batteries—Taylor and Bowerman;
Powell, Nichols and Ryan.
Brooklyn Defeats Chicago.
Brooklyn, Sept. 7.—The Brooklyn
team took both games from Chicago
to-day by superior playing. Score:
First Game — R.H.E.
Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—o 2 1
Brooklyn 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 o—3 9 0
Batteries —Hughes and Kahoe; Gar
van and McGuire.
Second Game — R.H.E.
Chicago 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 o—2 14 4
Brooklyn 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 2 o—B 16 1
Batteries—Taylor and KUng; New
ton and Farrell.
Beaneaters Took Both.
Boston, Sept. 7.—Boston won two
gamer to-day. In the first game the
Cincinnati team could do nothing with
Dlneen’s pitching. Stlmmel pitched
wonderful ball for seven innings of
the second game. Attendance 6,000.
Score:
First Game — R.H.E.
Boston 1101 01 0 0 x—4 7 2
Cincinnati 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—l 2 2
Batteries Dineen and Kittredge;
Hahn and Pietz.
Second game— > R.H.E.
Boston 00000001 I—2 4 0
Cincinnati .. ..0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I—l 6 0
Batteries—Pittinger and Moran;
Stimmel and Peitz.
Phillies Won From Pittsburg;.
Philadelphia, Sept. 7.—Philadelphia
pounded Phillippe for five hits In the
first inning and made enough runs to
win to-day’s game from Pittsburg. At-
CONTAGIOUS ==-£
of a cure, lead
BLOOD POISON HH]
The blood poison sufferer who bases his hopes of a cure upon despair and
mercury and potash is doomed to disappointment. These dotlbt# J& Jp
minerals may dry up the sores and eruptions, and perhaps for
months no external signs of the disease are seen, hut just as sure as you live, you will experience
again the horrible effects of the original poison and the added torture of Mercurial Rheuma
tism, ruined digestion and most offensive ulcers and sores. The use of these minerals diverts
the poison from the natural channels and forces it back into the blood and system, where it
p*eys upon the more vital parts, and heart disease, quick consumption or some other equally
fatal disease ends the patient’s sufferings. Mercury and potash are given to combat and de
stroy the deadly virus of Contagious Blood Poison, but they never have nor never will accom
plish any such result. Theadvan- __
tage gained by a long course of a
these is only temporary and h u jj
and abandons hope when, after tak- All] t V. V . ji
ing mercury and potash long and MmWmm
regularly, and having followed to ft ft
the letter his physician’s instruc- Ili'\
tions, he sees the old disease return
ingfringing many new and strange
symptoms, and, in spite of medical
skill and in defiance of all human
efforts, the body is soon covered
copper-colored spots. The mem
branes of the mouth, tongue and -—r* ry'
throat thicken and ulcerate, glands 1
inflame and throb with pain, hair and eyebrows fall out, sight fails, and it seems not an organ,
tissue or fibre of the body escapes the ravages of this terrible poison. Mineral remedies hav
mg failed to arrest the disease, the pitiable sufferer feels that his choice lies between a life of
the most intense mental and physical suffering or self-destruction
o c B o Ut y T ° U CUre ? J qUlckly a , n . d Permanently of Contagious Blood Poison by the use of
S. S. S. It antidotes and destroys this peculiar virus, and no other known medicine does,
and we confidently assert and believe that S. S. S. is the only true cure for this vile disease
this monster plague. It is strictly and wholly a vegetable remedy, and we offer sr,ooo.o(i
for proof to the contrary. No bad effects follow its use. It cleanses the blood of this poison
*nd restores it to its original purity and strength, and not only removes all traces of the
disease, but destroys the effects of the mercury and potash
f J f * s well - Profit by the experience of thousands who have
restored to health and happiness through the timely
use of S. S. S., and do not be duped and doped by so-called
"j 1 1 specialists and others who have nothing to offer you but
L. V L. V mercury and potash, put up in a different and perhaps more
attractive form than that prescribed home physician.
Don’t despair of a cure because other methods have failed. S. S. & will not disappoint
you and the balance of your days may be the best and happiest you have ever known or
and ared hope for. Write our physicians all about your case, describing as accurately as possible
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well without any cost to you whatever. v J 6
Our Home Treatment Back on Contagious Blood Poison gives much information about the
disease that we are sure will interest you. We will be glad to mail you a copy if you desire it
JHE •SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlaot*.
tendance, 13,800. Score: R.H.E.
Pittsburg •••.* .0 0 -ft 000 0 0 L—l 4 0
Philadelphia ...3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—4 10 2
Batteries: Phillippe and O’Connor;
Orth and McFarland.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Wild Pitcher Lost Game.
Cleveland, Sept. 7.—Crlstall’s wild
ness lost the game for Cleveland to
day. Attendance, 3,900. Score: R.H.E.
Cleveland 0 0 20 1 1 0 0 o—4 9 2
Philadelphia ...2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3—7 10 2
Batteries: Cristall and Wood; Plank
and Powers.
Won by Hard Hitting.
Chicago, Sept. 7. —The locals to
day's game by hard hitting. Callahan
kept the visitors guessing all the time.
Attendance, 9,500. Score: R.H.E.
Chicago 0 1030000 o—4 12 1
Boston 0 0100000 o—l 6 1
Batteries: Callahan and Sullivan;
Lewis and Criger.
Knocked Oat of the Box.
Detroit, Sept. 7.—Detroit knocked Mc-
Glnnity out of the box in the sixth
inning, when Dillon hit a long double
with the bases full. Attendance, 3.100.
Score: R.H.E.
Detroit 1 0 0 1 0 60 1 o—9 9 1
Baltimore 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 o—2 10 2
Batteries: Slever and McAllister;
McGlnnlty and Bresnahan.
Washington Won Easily.
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 7.—Washing
ton won easily to-day, hitting Sparks
and Husting at will. The game was
called at the end of the seventh Inning
on account of darkness. Attendance.
500. Score: R.H.E.
Milwaukee 2 010122—8 10 7
Washington 201790 I—2o 15 2
Batteries—Hasting, Sparks and Ma
loney; Lee ahd Clarke.
Southern League.
At Birmingham: First Game—Bir
mingham, 3; Little Rock, 0.
Second Game—Birmingham, 5; Little
R ock 14. *
At Memphis: Memphis, 4; Selma, 9.
At Nashville: First Game—Nash
ville, 17; New Orleans, 5.
Second Game —Nashville, 12; New Or
leans, 8.
At Chattanooga: Shreveport, 8;
Chattanooga, 4.
Freak Accident*.
From the Boston Advertiser.
The fates who perisde over human
destinies play strange pranks at times
with helpless mortals. They will take
them to the very edge of the cliff, hold
them trembling, and take them back
again safe and unharmed. On the oth
er hand, as though to show their ab
solute power, they will seize their vlc
time at some moment when he feels
the safest, and in a second launch him
to eternity.
A tour of the leading hospitals was
made in search for odd and peculiar
accidents. They are numberless. Said
one doctor:
“Not only do we hear dally of these
strange cases, but they run in series.
I have seen days here when we have
treated fifty cases, all of them Injuries
of the left hand. Other days we will
get nothing but children, not a case
over 5 years old. Still other days a half
dozen freak cases will be brought In,
such as dislocated hips, etc.”
“Is there anything peculiar In a dis
located hip?”
"If a practicing physician sees one
In a lifetime he calls himself lucky.
They are very rare.”
"What Is the most peculiar accident
you ever attended?”
“Lord, I couldn’t pick It out! Too
many of them.”
The doctor eat back in his chair and
thought a moment.
“Bullets are always playing strange
tricks, but the queerest freak bullet
case I remember happened to a little
boy. He and his brother were prac
ticing with a 22-callber rifle. Denny
the lad brought in here, stood between
the target and the man with the gun
but several yards to one side. With
mouth wide open he watched his
brother slowly take aim. A sudden
shout caused the brother to turn sud
denly, just as he was about to fire
The gun went off, and the bullet
pierced Denny’s cheeks, passing clean
through the mouth without further
damage.
“Yes, I know It sounds like a pipe
dream,” he added, as he saw an in
credulous expression on the reporter's
face. "They all do.”
"But you should see some lightning
cases. I have seen a man’s face
shaved as clean by lightning as though
he never had a beard. Another fellow
came In here one day with a deep scar
on his flesh wherever there had been
a steel button on his clothes."
The record of the hospitals seldom
mention the circumstances attending
the accidents brought in, and so for
this reason the peculatr cases are
talked of for a little while by those
who saw them and then forgotten.
People are forever swallowing their
false teeth In their sleep. And the pe
culiar thing about It Is that they will
In some way get down, without wak
ing. plates so large that they could not
ordinarily be forced down with a
crowbar.
Children, too, are forever swallowing
coins, and tin whistles.
A child was brought into the Mas
sachusetts General not long ago, with
a whistle lodged In the throat In such
a position that whenever he breathed
a distinct whistle could be heard. The
mother thought he had the croup.
Cases of people dying of hiccoughs
are rare, but occasionally turn up
Last winter a young lady came Into
the Massachusetts General hospital
with a violent attack of hiccoughs.
They had been brought on by exces
sive weeping following her mother’s
death. The lass was put through
every form of treatment known to the
medical world. Asa last resort she
was hypnotized, but even this did not
bring relief. Month after month
parsed, the girl constantly growing
weaker and weaker, until in the spring
she died.
A case which at the time excited a
good deal of talk at the city hospital
was that of a young mother who was
going down the cellar stairs with a
baby in her arms. She slipped and the
child clutched her neck.
When she was picked up It was
found that her neck was broken. The
child was uninjured.
Firemen and engineers are forever
meeting with queer accidents. A man
who used to come Into the Massachu
setts General, and who had at one
time or another broken about every
bone In his body, told a reporter of a
hairbreadth escape he had a few years
ago.
It was In the fall. There was about
two inches of snow on the ground.
While crossing from one moving car
to another he fell between the wheels.
On bare ground he would have been
crushed instantly, but the snow en
abled him to slide along with the
train,When the train waa stopped at
the end ef 100 yards or so, he was ex
tricated minus clothes and skin, but
otherwise uninjured.