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iMan Lost Memory by Accident;
Stroke Restores It.
tPlttsburgher, Conscious of Identity
Gone Seven Years, Recovers It
Through Attack of Paralysis
Remembers Old Friends.
, Pittsburg, Pa. Changed by an ao
oldent so greatly that ho could not
recognize family or friends or recall
leventa of the GO years of his llfo,
Samuel Edleman has now, after seven
lyears of the now mental existence,
'been switched back to the first by a
paralytic stroke, and tho seven year
period is as greatly a blank as had
been his first CO years.
He has resumed at flfty-soven tho
trend of events as ho know them at
fifty, and kcops his family busy telling
him what manner of man he was dur
ing tno intervening years. Kdleman
was n blacksmith's helper, when a
piece of steel flow from under a ham-
mor and penetrated hl3 brain, destroy
ing his memory. As many fovor pa
tients are obliged to learn to walk
lanow after leaving hospitals, Kdle
man was compelled to learn to use
Ills brain a second tlmo.
Edleman after the accident did not
recognlzo his wife, his half grown
children or his friends. Ho know
nothing of tho blacksmith trado and
nothing of tho city In which he was
born. Hut his mind was ensily
trained a second time, and his physi
cal efllcionc aided. He was set up
in ft shoo repairing business, earned
fair sums, became a motorman, and
during the last census was one of tho
enumerators. Ho made new friends,
among them those who had known
him before his injury, but ho could
not place their identities except as
part of his now existence. It was ab
solutely impossible for him to realize
that tho woman and children who
served him so devotedly wore his
wifo nnd children.
Then came n slight stroko of
paralysis. He was in bed only a few
days. It was warm weather. Kdle
man, who had been hurt seven years
before in tho winter time, sat up sud
denly nnd demanded to know what
had caused the change from such cx
tremo cold to tho benutltul spring
day.
"And, Mary, how fat you are," ho
exclaimed. Mrs. Edlemnn hnd grown
very stout during tho seven years.
Then Edlemnn's oldest daughter camo
in. She was a young woman nnd hu
did not recognize hor at first.
Soon friends of his blacksmith days
camo in, summoned by Mrs. Edlemnn.
and ho recognized them instantly, but
SEEKS GRAVE DEED
Oeath Near to Aged New Yorker
He Requests Lot.
Tells Court 8oa Was Victim of Maine
Disaster and Gave Document to
Fiancee Now He Wants
It Back.
New York. John Kelly, bent over a
cane by tho snows of eigbty-sixo win
ters, pleaded in the Gates Avenue Po
lice court, Brooklyn, for a summons
that ho might force his son's sweet
heart to give him the deed to his
grave, so that when death' arrives he
will not be burled in the potters field.
lie lives near Tlllary and Johnson
streets. Numbers ho cannot remem
ber. Ho had eleven sons, ho said, ten
of whom "went to tho bod."
! In 1S69 he purchased a deed to a
gravo in Holy Cross cemetery, and
jroany years after gave It to John, Jr.,
EGG'S SKIN AS LEG PATCH
Hole In Broken Bone Filled With AI
numinous Tissue by Physicians
May Heal.
New York. The skin of an egg has
been used by tho surgeons In the Baby
lon (L. I.) hospital to' All up a hole
eft in the broken leg of a man. By
he use of the egg it is belloved that
the injured limb will heal and, after
a short time, bo as serviceable as
over.
A few dayB ago Babylon residents
Were surprised by nn advertisement
appearing In a local paper, stating that
the Babylon hospital was in need or
an egg roady for hatching. Inquiry
as to the uso to which tho egg wns to
too put rovealed a curtouB operation in
reconstructive surgery porformod
upon Patrick Padlan, a patient In the
hospital.
A tolephono polo fell on Padlan's
leg. fracturing It. In healing, a small
hole was left In tho bono. Tho skin oT
tho egg was placed In the hole, and
the development of tho cells formed
lew bone tlssuo, which has complete;
y filled the opening.
Falling Window Hangs Boy.
rimrinttestown. P. E. 1. Harry
Arblng. an ll-ycnr-old boy. was killed
hero bv a strango accident.
Ho went to his school to light tho
fire, and, not having a key, stood a
Jjoard against tno siao 01 um uuim.,.
and climbed to the winuow. u.o uuu.u
'slipped and tho window camo down on
his neck, leaving him suspended there.
A neighbor noticed the noy (tang
ing from the window and hastened to
his rescue, but found he was dead.
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1TH tho accession of King Christian
andria becomes tho new niieen of
Mecklenburg-Schwerln and hns been
her man Inge to the crown prince In
when a man with whom ho had
worked for two years for the street
railroad entered Edlomun did not
know him.
Edlemnn Inquired for his brother,
nnd although he had attended tho
brother's funeral threo years ngo ho
refused to bcllevo thnt brothor wbb
dead. Finally he began to wonder
how ho had conducted himself dur-
the eleventh and only good son, to
keep for him. They lived together
until 1897, he said, when the Spanish
American war broke out and his son
Joined the navy.
He was assigned to tho battleship
Maine and was on board when that
vessel was blown up. John never
came back. His name was among
the missing. Perhaps his bones were
among those brought homo for burial
recently.
Before John left home he gave tho
deed and other family papers to his
sweetheart, Miss Lizzie McShean,
who, tho old man said, lives at
Franklin and Myrtle avenues. Feel
ing that he is getting too old to stand
many winters such as tho one he has
Just gone through, Kelly said he went
to the girl and asked her to give him
tho deed.
"She told mo that if I did not keep
away from bothering her about deeds
and such things sho would throw
Ship's Cat Refuses to Sail
Reuben, a Monster Yellow Tom, De
serts Vessel and Crew Is
Superstitious.
Bangor. Something new in sea su
perstition la Just now engaging the
attention of the Grand Banks fish
ermen who sail from Bucksport and
Bangor. The facts are plain as day,
but whether they mean good luck or
bad no one has as yet been able to
decide. I
The sum and substance of it all is
that Reuben, the monster wblte-and-yellow
tomcat of tho Bangor Grand
Banker 'Lizzie Griffin has deserted
mutinied, in fact. Ho was born of a
seafaring mother on board tho schoon
er four years ago, and has sailed on
her every season slnco, Including her
ring trips to Newfoundland. But this
spring, after a visit at tho warehouse
of tho vessel's ownors in Bangor, ho
manifested n strong aversion to Jhe
sea nnd declined to go to Bucksport
to Join tho vessel. Captain Anderson
had no idea of losing his pot and
mascot, and so Reuben was put Into
a covered market basket and taken
to Bucksport a prisoner.
Onco on board tho vossel, however,
ho glared snvngoly about, nlow and
aloft, and then mndo a flying leap to
tho pier. Again and again waS Rou
ben brought back on board, fifteen
times In all, but every tlmo he man
aged to escape nnd got back to the
pier. Finally they put him in a box
and fastened the cover securely, as
thoy thought. Then tho schooner's
stern lines were cast off and she
swung out Into the stream, but the
X. to tho throne of Denmark Alex
thnt country. She wns a prlnccsB of
very popular with tho Danes over Blnce
1SDS.
Ing the seven years. His wlfo as
sured him he had been upright and
honest, and hnd made moro money
than over before In his llfo. That
phuso of tho second existence ap
pealed to Edleman, and he conceived
tho idea of undergoing nn operntlon
in an endeavor to restoro himself to
that condition, but physicians con
vlnced him of its impossibility.
scalding water on me," lamented the
innn to tho clerk.
He was given a summons and tot
tered out of court to regain his grave.
CHOPS OFF HER FINGERS
8tep-Father Malms Girl Who Supports
Him Because She Intended
to Wed.
New York. Sslvator Sptno was con
tent to let his step-daughter sit up
nights over shirtwaists brought home
from the B.rcatshop, so long as the
money she earned with her nimble fin
gers went to him.
Recently she brought a young man
homo with hor, and told him they
were going to wed. The girl's fiance,
who had picked a home for Antoin
ette, told Splno that he had better get
a Job, as in the future he would not
live from a woman's earnings.
"You'll never sew for a worthless
husband," cried the enraged man, and
he struck her hand with a hatchet,
chopping off all her Angers. He is
held without bail for felonious assault
bow hawser was still out, and before
it could be cast off Reuben managed
in some mysterious way to get out
of his prison box and In an instant
was over the bows, treading the
hawser like a tight rope performer
and reaching the pier safely. So they
had to let him go, and now he is back
In Bangor, at the Jones fish house,
where he spends the nights in chas
ing wharf rats and gossiping with
the dissipated Toms and Tabs of
Broad street.
Now, when rats desert a vessol, tho
crew all want to quit, for that is a
sign of bad luck. To bring a black
cat on board is also bad luck. Tho
question is, "What sort of luck fol
lows desertion and mutiny by a whlto
and yellow cat a regular sailor cat
that can go aloft as quickly ns any
mnn?"
Fish Interests Sclentlsto.
Berkeley, Cnl. Tho garplke, a pred
atory flBh of the Mississippi valley,
one of tho most remarkable creatures
known to science for various reasons,
has been discovered to possess anotV
or element of tho unusual in a stranjo
gland In tho head, which exists in iio
other organism of tho animal king
dom and which has no known uso.
It Is something lIKo the vermiform
nppendix In human beings. Not so
much In structure Is this so, but In
that it is apparently a vestige of evo
lution. The garplke is one of the fow rem
nants of a class of Ashes which were
abundant in prehlstorlo ages.
SCIENCE
INVENTION
MEASURE FEET CORRECTLY
Device, Invented by Massachusetts
Man, Equipped with Tape, Fits
Closely Around Foot
Custom-mado shoes nrop likely to bo
moro comfortable through tho Inven
tion of a Massachusetts man. Whoro
forinorly tho cordwnlnor was obliged
to rely largely on his own Judgment
To Measure Feet.
land on Ruch mrasurcmonts as ho
'could obtain with n rlght-anglo rulo
land a tnpo measure, ho now has a
device by which tho correct moasuro-
'nicnts of all
Important parts of tho
foot can bo ptocurcd In n
fow nun-
jutes. There is a hcol-plcco nnd solo
of Hoft leather, tho former running
!up woll above tho nnklc. Smnll tape
(measures run through slots In both
pieces of leather and wnen tne rooi
1b ndjustcd In tho device tho tapes
nro drawn over nnd around It nnd tho
neasuromonts noted. Tho advantage
of this contrlvnnco is thnt instead of
each measurement being taken sepa
rately, nil are taken in proper rela
tion to each other and when tho foot
ds in the natural position It should
occupy In tho bIioo. Tho result should
lio that tho shoo Is moro comfortable.
IS A PUZZLE TO SCIENTISTS
Theory of Atomic Disintegration of
Radium Suggests Large Number
of Unanswered Problems.
"Tho greatest of our scientists know
llttlo about radium," remarked Prof.
JH. D. Blacklo. of tho University of
California. "Tno tneory or us atomic
disintegration has suggested a largo
number of problems, some of which re
main unanswered. For Instance, there
Js a mystery concerning the nature of
the ultimate product or products of
the atoms of tho two primary elements
of radium uranium and thorium.
There is some ground, but no positive
proof that lead is the ultimate product
jof one, but as to thorium there Is no
solution.
I "Even the origin of radium Is un
known. We know that it is an ele
ment of intense activity and of great
rapidity of disintegration, resembling
;lts short-lived and active constituents.
jThe period of the average life of
radium is not accurately known, but
It can not be more than a few thou
sand years, some say 2,600 years. Thus
la a few centuries all the radium In
existence today will be gone. What
there was of It in the world, say at the
time of tho building of the Pyramids,
must have largely vanished by this
time through disintegration."
Human Skull Elastic
Fortunately the human skull, al
though composed of bones, is elastic
jmuch more so than one would think.
The average male adult skull, In fact,
Js so elastic that it may be com
pressed lateraly In diameter by a blow
or pressure applied at the center of
area at right angles to tho surface at
ithat point by li centimeters, or about
six-tenths of an Inch, recovering Its
original diameter and form without
breaking.
Diseases Cured by Cold Air.
Diseases cured or improved by cold
air are specified In American Medicine
'as malaria, tuberculosis, digestive dis
turbances, yellow fever, tetanuB and
iorgnnlc troubles affecting the blood
'pressure.
Face Immersed In Water.
To enable a person to koep his face
immersed In wator for several mln
jutes, as for facial massage, a Wash
ington man has Invented a clip to
close the nostrils and a rubber tube to
'admit air through tho mouth.
Test for 8mokeless Powder.
Ultra-violet rays from a qunrtz mor
cury vapor lamp have been found to
accolorato tho spontaneous decomposi
tion of smokeless powders, and aro
purposed as a test of tho stability of
such powders.
Many Languages Taught.
French, German nnd English are
taught in the schools of Holland, and
pupils are required to pass an exam
ination in those languages beforo grad
uation. Highest Scientific Station.
Tho highest scientific station In the
world is on the summit of Mount
Mlstl, an oxtlnct volcano in soutborn
Peru. It is 19,000 feet above sea
level.
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MAKE STUDY OF ATMOSPHERE
Kites and Balloons Used to Lift Self
Recording Instruments to Obtain
Air Conditions.
M. A. I.awronco llourh, at tho Ditto
Hill observatory, nonr Uonton, In 1S94,
wns tho first to employ kites, attached
to ntool wires, to lift self-recording in
struments and so obtain records of tho
various conditions In tho ntmosphore.
Slnco that year tlioy havo boon used
extensively In this country, in Europe,
nnd from the decks of steamships, fre
quently ascending three and four mllod
Into tho air, writes Paul Fostor in the
American Itovlow of Rovlows. About
the samo time the small bullous-sondes,
or sounding balloons, woro porfectod
In France, and began to be employed to
carry Instruments far higher, some
reaching tho extraordinary height of
15 miles.
Thcso discoveries and Improved
methods of rescaroh led to the organ
lzatton of an international commission
for scientific noronautisn, under the
ai spices of which measurements are
mndo simultaneously nt an Increasing
number of stations throughout the
world. Started 'as a privato enter
prise the work Is now nn International
undertaking, nnd balloons and! kites
hnvo been employed monthly for some
) ears nt many stations In Europe, and
within very recent years at one or two
Btntlona In tho United States.
ADVANTAGES OF NEW CLOCK
Twenty-Four Hours on Dial Prevents
Serious Mistake In Arranging
Appointments by Wire.
Beginning June 1 tho hours of the
day will bo numborod from 1 to 24,
from midnight to midnight, on all
Present Clock.
French railways and In tho postal and
telegraph service
Tho new arrangement is intended to
roplnce tho awkward "a. m." and "p.
m." designations. A partial teat; in
tho telegraph sorvioo has given satis
factory results.
New tlmo tables for all the lines
will bo printed and instead of 4 p. m.,
for instance, the simple number IS
The New Idea.
will be used, and Instead of 11 p. m
the hour will be designated as 23, and
so on. Postmarks will be similarly
registered.
NOTES OF ..
SCIENCE
AND
NVENTI
ir'
London is the banking center of the
world.
Radium emits three streams of mi
nute particles.
Palmistry was practiced by the an
cient Greeks.
Cinnamon is a species of laurel that
thrives in Ceylon.
In point of instinct ants rank above
all animals except man.
The sand dunes of the Sahara dosert
move about 60 feet each year.
A chair in aeronautics has been es
tablished at a Vienna college.
Men of sclenco have not yet decided
whether microbes are plants or .ani
mals. English mortality figures indicate
that farmers are the healthlost class
of men except clergymen.
For drying stockings a Now Yorker
has patented a wire frame to stretch
them, adjustable to any size.
Asbestos recently was discovered in
Sardinia in quantities that are ex
pected to make mining profitable.
Tho ntnount of starlight reaching
tho earth is equal to that of three
thousand stars of the first magnitude.
More thau 1,100 women students are
enrolled at Berlin university this yonr,
of whom CO are from tho United
States,
Because it has more phosphoric
acid in easily dlgostcd shapo than any
other fruit, the apple is ono or the
best brain foods.
Tho queen of Bulgaria has a medical
degree, and the young queen of Del
glum is said to bo tho only oculist of
royal blood in tho world.
An attachment for a gas Jet that
will cook almost anything as well as
a gas rango would do it has been in
vented by an Englishman,
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FUMES
She Says That Burglars, on Fail
ing to Intimidate Her,
Started the Fire.
QUENCHES THE BLAZE
Victim of Outrage Had Been III and
Was Lying In Bed Whflo Husband
Wns Absent Intruders 8earched
the Premises.
Chicago. Bound hand nnd foot,
gagged nnd loft to meet hor death on
n blazing bed by robbers who had en
tered her homo, Mrs. W. II. Starr of
fiOOl Prnlrio nvcnuo saved her llfo by
hor presence of mind.
As the Itnmcs, which hnd been start
ed by tho burglars, mounted higher
she rolled over upon tho burning bed
ding. Tho pressure of her body
quenched tho (lames, but not until her
hands had been sovorcly burned nnd
her nightgown ignited. Sho was
found, hysterical from fright and suf
fering, by her husband, Dr. W. H,
Sturr, upon his return from n call up
on u patient half an hour after her
harrowing oxpcrlcnco.
Police of tho Fiftieth strcot police
station sturtcd a search for two men
who were described to them by Mrs.
Starr. One of tho men resembled a
mnn who had boon employed by a
manufacturer of window ecrecnH to
mensuro the window In tho Starr
lint. He was short and stocky, while
tho olhcr robber wbb 0 foot tall.
Mrs. Starr had been ill and was ly
ing in bed while her husband was ab
sent. At 7:30 o'clock tho burglars en
tered tho flat. First camo tho tall
man, who got in through a window,
seized Mrs. Starr, bound hor and
gagged hor, nnd then admitted tho
shorter robber.
After tho second mnn had entered
the two removed tho gag and do-
Set Fire tenths led.
tnanded that Mrs. Starr tell them
whore she kept her money. They ac
complished the demand with threats
of torturing her, but in vain. She in
sisted that she did not have any
money of her own and that she did
not know whore her husband's was
kept.
The Intruders then made a search,
on their own account, replacing tho
gag and leaving her helpless on the
bed. They succeeded in finding a
pocketbook which contained between
$5 and $6 and jewelry valued at $100.'
Then the men returned to the room
in which Mrs. Starr was lying and re
nowed their threats, but without suc
cess in intimidating her. They finally
abandoned their effort and left, one
of them Betting fire to tho bed upon
which Mrs. Starr lay as he went out.
Mrs. Starr's successful struggle to
quench tho flames and tho return of
hor husband followed.
Wants to Dress as Woman.
Atlanta, Qa. From a prominent
South Georgian, who lives in Waro
county, Controller General William A.
Wright has Just received a letter ex
pressing a desire to wear woman's at
tire, nnd asking permission to do so.
"I havo vory much tho appoaranco
of a woman, and when dressed as
Bucb nnd wearing long hair I look a
perfect figure of a female and would
not be noticed as being a man. I wish
to adopt this attire becauso it is moro
suitable for mo than mayo nttlrc."
"It's tho queerest letter I ever ro
eelved," snld General Wright. Ho with
holds the namo out of deference to
tho man's family.
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Tiny Fish Tie Up Steel Mills.
Gary, Ind. Thousands of tiny fish
drlvon by tho heavy sea on Lake '
Michigan choked the intnko pipes sup
plying the steel mills with wnter the
other day nnd forced the shut-down
of three blast furnaces until tho water
pipes could be cleared. When the .
mains were opened they were packed .
like sardines in a box with a wrig
gling mass of fresh water herring. ,
Men with shovels were required to re
move the fish before the blast fur
ace could bn started again.
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