aON WARDS IN HOSPITALS.
dier Are Very Iinrnulr Innlriiinrnlnl
' 1' '.CnrliiK .Mnny I'ritlent
of Dlnrnfil'.
The theory Hint miiilighl exerts a
powerfully healing influence upon (lis
ciiho processes has now become ro well
eid.ttb.llid.ied Hint the Kitnroom i re
garded as n necessity In a well-np-rIuM
hospital. In Hip plans of new
Jioiipitals that nuplrc to be up to date
tho wjlarlum flntls a prominent place,
oud to hedp up with the. advances of
medical defence mnuy of Hie old hos
pitals ar6 attaching solaria to their
liulldingH, nays the Trained Nurse.
The sun ward Is easily btilil. It
thiud. bo, of course, on the south side
of the building, having H eastern,
Miuthern and wcsleni walls largely
conniruotcd of glass. A good plan Is
o bufjil a. large bay window, with
mdal frame work, and, if the hos
.jl,:it building la to bo three or four
AN OBSERVATION CAR.
Tle Oprn-Tup CkllllUII The IVcireat Thins: In Itnlltrny Car Architec
ture 1 Origin.
Tho very nowost thlmr In railway car nrcliltucluro Is a imKscmrer car for steam
roiul. built very inueh on the lines of the sunitnor trolley car, except that this
cur can open op tho ton as well as tho sides. Tho car, an Illustration of winch Is
herewith shown, was built by tho Pullman Company for Tho American Tourist
Association of Chicago, ami was Intended as an observation car In tho preat can
tvtnci of mountainous Mexico. Tho car was Invented by Hcuu Campbell, tho Mexican
traveler, anil caiuo about as follows:
Somo years airo, whon Mr. Campholl was travellnjc through tho prcat Tamosopo
Canyon, ho hail a scat on tho sldo of tho car next to tho mountain, tho rocks of
tho cliff wore wUhln two foot of tho window, and of course ho could net not even
u idlmpso of tho canyon, as all tho windows on tho other stdc of thu enr were taken
up by the occupants of tho adjoining scats. Determined to vlow tho maRnlllccnco
of tho canyon, Mr. Campbell returned to Las Canons, and throuuh tho courtesy
of rillwny olllctals iniulo tho world famous rldo on board what tho superintendent
nailed his "trolley", an open car with scats for eight persons, and with this rldo
riuno tho Idea that tho only wnv tho mncnlllcenco of Mexico's mountains could bo
enjoyed to tho fullest extent would bo from a car without shies or top.
Tho following season a coal, or gondola car, with board seats, was attached to
Tito American Tourist Association train, and ovory traveler on that train climbed
into. It; 'Afturwards thu Mexican Government prohibited tho carrying of paason
KOfMi,In freight ears, and tho coal car lmd to go. Then the building of a passenger
car without a top was doeldcd on, and tho Chllllltlt eamo In evolution from a work
curMif tho coal ear, and to tho consummation of Itself.
The Chllllttll becamo fninoUH, and from an observation car went on duty nu a
pavilion by tho sea, and a roof garden, for It Is electric lighted, and has an outfit
of Cnlhcso lantorns, Hut tho favorite Is also remembered as a dining car of tho
tropics, attached to a special train, that, during meal hours, could stand still or
run Just fast enough to (Secure a breeze, and not ratso a dust.
Tllo'CllllllItU Is tho largest observation or dining car ever built. Thero are
no.aiM (reversible as In a coach) for U people and when the tnbles uro In place EC
Dcrqbus may sit down to dinner.
Htorics high, this bay window mny ex
tend to the full height of tho main
ntruoturc. With this arrangement
moh floor will have tho advantages
of a Bun ward.
The means of ventilation should bo
perfect and the heating arrangements
ttdequnte, for the sun hath is just as
practicable and useful on bright, win
try days as on sunny days of summer.
Jf. the outlook from thu windows of
tlioj&offljriuln Is pleasant, if tho land
scape' fu .diversified with hills, trees,
fiecn lawns or fields or a lake or a
lilt of tho ocean, so much the better.
Unfortunately for somo institutions,
the RffltMi. view from tho .hospital is
limited by walls of brick and stone.
"JS'qCrilllg, however, can deteriorate
the direct rays of the sun, bo thnt,
wherever possible, this exceedingly
uncjul and very cheap commodity
idiould be utilized for therapeutic ef
fects, ,
'Wheat fruiii Ktryptlnn To in It .
The", statement has frequently been
Hindu .that it is possible to cause grains
of w!,ljent found in ancient Kgyptlan
wpulehors to germinate and grow.
This statement lias been disputed, and
the question was discussed at a re
e.tiit 'meeting of, the French Academy
of Sclenue, It was shown that while
the. albumen of wheat found in a
tomb (l,lK0 years old had undergone
no alteration, the embryo was changed
u ml could not be caused to germi
nate. Hut a fresh embryo placed in
the undent albumen would grow, and
this fact, 'it was said, probably ac
counted for the statement that the
old Kgyptinn wheat rescued from its
long entombment would sprout and
.grovY. ., . . .
Coloring; of tlio I'kKIiiik Unity,
Aii Kskimo baby is born fnir, ex
cept, for a dark round spnt on the
kiimiU of the back, varying in size
from it three-penny bit to a shilling.
From this center head of color tho
dark tint gradually spreads till tho
toddling Kskimo is as beautifully and
h completely and as highly colored
hh a well-Binoked meerschaum pipe.
The same tiling happens among the
Japuuctie. Albany Argus.
Vlwitlugr Km.
Visiting l;ln are divided into two
classes; those who sit in tho parlor
iind are waited upon, and those who
are expected to go out ,to the kitchen
ud help. Atchlbou Ulobe.
THEY HAVE HARD SERVICE.
Solillt-r In (he I'rrncli rorclKTii J.c-
urloii Ilnvc Anylliliit; Hut nn
12iiny Tlmr,
The French foreign legion, which Is
again the subject of Parisian political
gossip, offers about the hardest mil
itary service in the world, and no oho
who knows enters it until he has ex
hausted all other means of support or
wishes to bury himself, says n London
paper. Men of nil nations are in its
ranks, many of them hard characters,
criminals and jailbirds, and it is al
ways sent by Franco to do the dirty
work which thnt country unturally
docs not choose to Impose upon Its own
children.
Thus it has held the frontiers of the
African colonies, where every now and
then a post is cut to bits bj a wild Arab
tribe. The fever-infested portions of
Cambodia and Indo-Chlna, which Lodi
has described, huve also been the sceno
of its exploits. The discipline, too, ia
most severe. Flogging Is a dally occur
rence and capital punishment is the
result of the most trivial offenses.
Thus the cases of insanity In the legion
are of a much larger number than in
any other branch of tho French service.
A physician who has been studying tho
insanity of the legionaries says that a
majority of tho cases are well devel
oped when the men enlist, since few
sane men would ever accept the condi
tions know to exist in this corps. Ho
odds that in his opinion many men shot
for breaches of discipline were not
mentally responsible, and he says that
tho same trouble may cause the insub
ordination among the French troops
with the allies in China.
INVENTED BY A WOMAN.
The Spindle nail I. mini Witi Orlgl-
tuilly DexlKiicil by a Chinese
Worker.
All women are not degraded in China.
Witness the dowager empress, who
rose, by the force of her own will, from
the. position of a slave to that of ruler
over the most populous nation on the
globe. Notwithstanding the prejudice
against the sex niuong tho .Mongols
women occasionally break through the
barriers and nehieve distinction.
In Shanghai, the metropolis of tho
most coveted section of that vast em
pire, is a temple erected in honor of
Huang, a woman deified for her grcnt
service to her people, and Chinese men
do not disdain to worship before her
image.
Centuries ago an elderly lady of good
family and condition, who hnd hitherto
lived in tho region of Kwan-Tung, re
moved to Wu-Ni-Ching, near Shang
hai, where she spout the remainder of
her life, Since the lady happened to
bo Huang, this simple event revolution
ized tho province in which she made
her home, ft was a great revolution,
yet the most conservative will not ac
cuse her of having left "woman's
sphere," since her instruments were
those associated with countless wom
en, from Fenelope, the terrible Fates,
and the "virtuous woman" of Solomon's
praise, down to our own grandmothers
the spindle mid the loom.
Cotton fabrics iave been used to
some extent in China for 4,000 years,
but tho cotton interest, now so im
portant, received its first real impetus
about SOO years ago.
THE RICHARDSON CASE.
Tlio IXiitdlftlimoiib of tbn Iiiunci'iier of m
IliiftliifftH J'arfnor Tim Head Mllllonulro
i:ii!k!iiotirHl of n Young Wotiiiin.
St, Joseph, Mo., Dec. 29. Two sensa
tions resulted yesterday from the evi
dence adduced at the inquest over the
murder of Frank Itlchardsnn, the mil
lionaire merchant, who was shot down
In his home ut Savannah Christ
mas evrt. Tiic first sensation was testi
mony establishing tlio probable inno
cence of the business partner of tho
murdered man, who hns been under
suspicion us the murderer, it having
been alleged thnt the partner, just
previous to the murder, was licensed
by llichnrdKon of undue intimacy with
Mrs. Itichnrdson. Trie second sensa
tion wiih the fact that the testi
mony tended to fix the re
sponsibility for the crime on n
woman and her adviser, a traveling
man, who are alleged to have black
mailed the deceased out of various
sums of money, covering a period of
almost a year.
Charles Stanton, superintendent of
the electric light station, testified
thnt Itlchardson was very much af
fected of Ooldie Whitehead, a young
woman who resided at Stanberry,
Mo., with whom Mr. Itlchardson had
been on intimate terms and who ap
peared to be hounding him for money.
Sensational evidence is expected to
day. YEAR'S RAILROAD STATISTICS
I'owor 3111cm of New Traclc I.11I1I In 1000
Than In lUOD-Tc.xtiH I.emN with .'118
.Mlk'H- KaiiHHH Had None.
Chicago, Dec. !2'j. Fewer miles of
new railroad were built in 1000 than
in 1809. The total in all the states
and territories aggregates 4, 'Ml mies.
Texas comes ilrst with II IS miles.
Missouri built 62 miles and Kansas
none. Oklahoma is credited with 1.'17
miles of new road and Indian terri
tory with 158 miles. The longest
nt ret eh of new track, 112 miles, has
been built by the St. Louis & San
Francisco on Its extension from Su
pulpu, I. T., to Denison, Tex.
TRAGEDY AT A DANCE.
MIhhouH rc-Cnnvlet Named (UiarleH May
Killed Tun Men Near DoKull) and
Made IIln ICneape.
DcKnlb, Mo., Dec. 29. Charles May,
an ex-convict, shot Jtobert Martin and
John Modoc ut a dance near DcKalb
at midnight. Martin is dead and Me
Clce cannot live. May was recently
released from the Missouri peniten
tiary, where he served n term with
Ins uncle for the murder of a farmer
named Uurdette, in the same neigh
borhood. 3Ie has not been appre
hended. THE CUDAHY ABDUCTION.
Tlio 1'nny Identified iih One Sold to
Man Anwerlng 1'at Crowe's
Description.
Omaha, Neb., Dee. 20. Daniel Bur
ris yesterday positively identified at
Vaeiilo Junction, Tn., the pony left
there mysteriously in the barn of n
Mrs. Mack the day following the
Cudahy abduction as one he sold to
a man answering the description of
Put Crowe, a few days before the oc
currence of that event.
J'lnn Horses for l'reHlilout McKlnley.
Akron, 0., Dec. 20. A team of flna
coach horses, purchased for President
McKinley by an agent, were shipped
from Fiiirlawn, Summit county, yes
terday. They are perfectly matched
bays, with black points, 10 hands high
and weigh 1,2.10 each. Tho horses
were sired by a Morgan stallion, Hay
Highland, first dam by the imported
coach horse,, Fnsation, and second by
Uric Abdullah.
To Atlaek thu ltrltlh Volley.
London, Dee. 29. A journnlistic
change of much significance will soon
be announced. The Dally News, the
oldest liberal paper here, will cease
supporting the government's South
African policy, and will virtually de
mand the cessation of war and the
giving of liberal terms to the Doers.
The paper bus been strongly impe
rialistic since the beginning of hos
tilities. The Tor Capita Wealth if the. Country.
Washington, Dee. 20. After ,1 mili
ary 1, in making the calculation of
the per capita wealth of the United
States, the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska
and tho Indian territory will be in
eluded. Tho probable elleet will be
to slightly reduce the per capita
wealth, which now is about $27.
Ohio Jinn Ktieceodx .Motrin.
Washington, Dec. 20. The president
lias tendered to Fred Dlttman, of
Cleveland, the position of fourth nn
dlt or of the treasury, made vacant by
thu tragic death of Auditor Morris.
Mr. Jtittninn has for some 15 or 20
years been engaged in the bunking
business in Cleveland.
Suvcmsor to Senator I'ettlgrew.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Deo. 20. As n re
sult of u compromise between repub
lican factions in South Dakota, Con
gressman Kobert J. Gamble will suc
ceed It. T. Vottigrew In the United
Stutcs senate.
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