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lEK13KZ&M!Mk iCtMuAsSul-' i;7-: "Cu 1u JWUMtfJ . j Wrtf. i RAILWAY INVADES THE CENTER OF MAHDISM STARS MADE BY COLLISIONS Professor Blckerton, British Scientist, Believes Luminous Bodies Caused by Solar Agitation. Prof. A. W. Blckorton, a British scientist, believes now stats nro enuaod by solar collisions. The col ujCvtry tHcturt T$lla a Story" and pyt 1 (( I7L OI1EID was onco ono of the mystery places of Africa and n danger center way communication with civilization, for recently Lord Kitchener. In company with tho governor-general, offl- ctally opened tho railway from Sennar GIVEN A NEW BRAIN Delicate Organ Is Grafted Into Man's Skull. Dr. Harry Cushlng, Noted Specialist, Performs Marvelous Operation Suc cessfully at Baltimore Hospital Patient Is Recovering. Baltlmoro, Md. An operation that In tho history of sclcnco has never had a parallel, cither In delicacy or In skill, was performed tho other day for tho second tlmo in the Johim Hop kins hospital by Dr. Harvey Cushlng, tho world-renowned brain specialist, and tho patient, as a result, Is on tho road to recovery. It is believed tho operation, which until n month ago was thought Impossible by tho best authorities on brain disorders, will prove a success. Tho patient, William Bucknor of Cincinnati, camo to Baltlmoro Novem ber 23, suffering with n peculiar af fection of the brain. For weeks be- foro his arrival he had been In a state of semi-coma, except at intervals. . He was placed under the caro of Dr. Cushlng. His case was a puzzling one, and after a number of X-ray examina tions, during which photographs of the brain were taken, Dr. Cushlng discov ered that a portion of the brain had decayed and frayed tissues wore caus ing the healthy section gradually to be come affected. Dr. Cushlng's conception was this: ' To procure the brain of another pa tient as soon after death as possible and to transplant a portion of it into tho skull of Buckner. The brain had to be healthy and from as young a person as possible. Tho transplanta tion of the dead brain and tho procur ing of it were two widely different things, however, and this was the dif ficulty confronting the physician, when one of his colleagues casually mentioned that a child had been born dead in one of tho 'wards. Here was tho opportunity. Dr. Cush lng hurried to tho ward and extract ed tho brain from tho dead child be fore tho body was cold. Meanwhile Buckner had been prepared for tho or deal. I Then in view of about a score of professors and students, Dr. Cushlng performed his greatest operation. ! Ho chiseled away tho back of Buck ner's skull and with great care re moved tho entire brain, which was laid on a piece of linen beside tho head, and could clearly be soen to quiver as each pulsation of tho patient's heart was noted.' The diseased portion was then severed from tho minor brain and while Dr. Cushlng was severing tho HAS HARD FIGHT WITH EAGLE Bird Attacks Lumberman Who Killed Its Companion Near North Creek Camp, N. Y. Glens FallB, N. Y. Milton Stolves of this city was nearly killed In a fight with a bald eagle near North Croek lumber camp. He was rescued badly wounded by a fellow lumber man and is undor the caro of physi cians. Stelves came upon two eagles devouring tho carcass of a calf and shot ono of the birds. Beforo ho could reload his gun the other eagle attacked him. He shuck at tho bird repoatedly with his rifle butt, but tho eagle, al though one of Its wings was broken, was getting tho better of the battle when a hunter killed the feathered fighter with a club. The bird weighed seventy-five pounds and measured nine feet from tip to tip. Stricken Dumb by News of Fortune. Portageburg, Out. When John jDancy heard that he bad inherited 12,500,000 from an uncle who died re cently In Chicago, and from whom he bad not heard for 15 years, he waB so (overcome that ho lost his power of speech for an hour. Ho had been en gaged as a riveter on a dry dock, and quit his lob immediately on bearing the glad news. Professors Are Honored. Philadelphia, The American Asso ciation of Pathologists and Bacteriolo gists elected Prof. Herbert U. Will lams of the University of Buffalo as president and Prof. E. R. LeCount of the University of Chicago bb a councilor. and Khartoum to El Obcld. diseased section another surgeon was transplanting tho infant's brain. Tho major brain was loft untouched. After tho transplantation tho member was restored to its former position nnd tho section of the skull which had been cut out also was replaced. Buckner stood tho operation ex ceedingly well, nnd It was lator thought that he was well enough to loavo tho lnstttutlon. With his wife at his side he was removed to tho homo of relatives in Charlottesville, Va., but a few days ago his condition bocamo gravo and he was sent back to tho hos pital. Dr. Cushlng again performed nn operation on tho brain and replanted tho tissues of the newly Inserted mem ber. Buckner wns said to have been considerably Improved. SUN ECLIPSE WIRELESS TEST One to Be Tried In Paris to Find Out Something About Violet Rays. New York. A... 'er, of notable ex- porimentB in wireless telegraphy Is to be tried in Paris April 23 during an eclipse of the sun, which will obscure four-fifths of Its rays. It has been noticed by scientists that the distance over which wireless messages can be dispatched varies greatly, according to tho time of dayxand the direction. A message sent by rapid vibrations which will not carry more than 700 miles during the day, can be sent two or three times that distance at sun set, especially toward tho south. When slower vibrations wero used It can be transmitted further during the day. It Is believed that theso curious facts are due to the activity of the so called ultraviolet rays of tho sun, tho theory being that, these rays are a powerful factor in tho energy of the hertzlan waves. Tho eclipse, when a great part of theso rayo will be sud denly cut off, will be an ideal occa sion for decisive tests, and the wire less station on the' Eiffel tower will send messages continuously from a little beforo tho eclipse until a little after it in several directions. Cigarettes, 50 a Day, Kill. Braddock, Pa. Ernest Fcrrin. a har bor, died at Donora from the effects, physicians say, of smoking tc many cigarettes. Ten years ago Fei i in be gan and smoked GO a day, or 182,600 cigarettes in tho ten years. Just be foro be breathed his last today he asked for a cigarette. One was given to him, and as ho threw away tho "butt" he sank back on his pillow and died. SPEAKS, BUT Journey From Russia to "Promised Land" Proves Too Much for. Mrs. Llpsltz. Chicago. Mrs. Schule Llpsltz never heard her daughter call her "mamma." MonthB ago the mother and her children, one of whom was a mute, left Russia for the promised land America. There wns some trouble at the dock. Marlese couldn't speak and therefore wns barred from tho states. Marlese regained her Bpeech, veri fying tho wonderful stories thnt are told in Russia about the golden land of promise, and thb Llpsltz family came to Chicago. Mrs. Llpsltz lived to enjoy the prom ised land only a week. Mortally ill, she called to her daughter Marlese, "Speak to me," she said. Her hearing had becomo affected. Marlese spoke, Mrs. Llpsltz leaned forward to listen, but the power that had restored speech to the dumb girl took away the mother, and the aged immigrant fell back dead. MrB. Llpsltz died at the home of her son-in-law, Philip Singer, 726 Ashland boulevard. The Singer family said her death was due to the excitement at tendant on her passage through Ellis Island. The doctor declared her death was due to weakness from age she was 76. But Marlese believed differ ently. Her opinion was colored by the poetry and superstition of her race. "God gave me my speech God took from me my mother," she said. "Now I am able to mourn aloud her whom I loved silently. But it is bet ter to loyo in dumbness than to Now It la In rail , t IgtAlillMl SLAYERS' CURSE STILL WORKS Many Who Had Anything to Do With Arrest of Phlladelphlan Have Met Violent Death. Philadelphia. Tho prediction made nenrly seventeen years ago by II. H. Holmes, tho arch murderer, that any body having anything to do with his arrest, conviction or execution would mcot an untimely death, elthor by their own hands or otherwise, Is once ngntn recalled. This tlmo the victim is Ittchard Johnson, forty-eight yenrs old, who committed suicide by inhaling gas. Johnson wns a member of tho Jury which found Holmes guilty of murder In tho first degree Slnco tho execution of Holmes, on May 7, 189G, many persons who had connoctlon with tho famous enso have cither taken their lives or met deaths of violence, their fates recalling tho curse of Holmes, bettor known ns tho "Murderer with tho evil eye." Tho fatal seizure of Judge Michael A mold, who presided over tho trial, tho deaths by violence of jurymen, wit nesses and others, tho loss of llfo or position by officials, the proporty loss of those who were in business, have from tlmo .to tlmo appeared as evi denco that tho malediction x of the criminal of tho century was not Idly spoken. Holmes' victims wero never counted. He confessed to slaying 47 persons. Johnson, tho latest victim to fall under the so-called "spell" of Holmes, suicided because of despondency. Ono of tho first to meet death fol lowing Holmes' prediction, was Lin ford L. Biles, tho foreman of the Jury, who was killed by coming In contact with nn electric wire. Lator, Howard Perkins, superintendent of Moysan ning prison, shot and killed himself. Robert Motherwell, a former superin tendent of the prison, also at the coun ty Jail when Holmes was there, droppod dead. William Shoemaker, Holmes' counsel, was bnrrod from practice for two years. AUTO DEVELOPS THE CHEST So Says New York Tailor After Five Years of Observation Deep Breathing Causes Change. Now York. A Fifth avenue tnllor, after observing for live yearB those of bis customers who ride dally In automobiles, has come to the conclu sion that automobile riding develops the chest. The chest measurements of tho average man, he declared, In creases at the rate of an inch in two years after bo begins to rldo in motor cars regularly. The tailor thinks the increased development is due to the inhalations taken whllo automobillng. of Malidlsra. LOSES MOTHER - mourn even in the languago of heav en." Mrs. Llpsltz, before her death, said she was happy that she was to dlo In America. Persecution in Russia had embittered her life there. When she left home, it was in the hope she would, find freedom. Tho complica tions that arose at Ellis island grieved her, but when Marlese regained her volco she felt compensated. When she died the daughter, who had beon dumb slnco a llttlo girl, was at her bedside and called to her continually. Mrs. Llpsltz could not hear, but sho appeared to understand and smiled. CLOCK DOUBLES HENS' WORK Two Eggs Twice a Day Under Sched ule Regulated by Alarm Cobbler Tries Innovation. Glonoldcn, Pa. Tho problem of get ting hens to lay twice a day has been solved by Michael Seibert, the vil lage cobbler, and the secret lies In the application of an alarm clock to the dally life of his feathered charges. One day, for Instance, a hen that had laid an egg at nine o'clock the day before laid a second at eight o'clock. Selbort's scheme succeeds In dis sipating the Impression of the hens that a day consists of twenty-four hours for them, Just as It does for humankind. By setting the alarm to certain hours be has established twelve-hour habits in his flock and the unique idea works like a charm and wltb exceed ing profit. PICTURES ARE EASILY TAKEN After Much Experimenting Apparatus Is Perfected That Does Away With Lantern Slide. Much experimenting to find a way to produce n picture upon n screen from just n photograph, postcard or book, without making tho ummI lan tern slide, has been done and to n JstFh FI i!ik ASRsvljaJjfm " . I Direct Reflection Projector. certain extent theso efforts havo suc ceeded. Tho accompanying illustra tion of a now lantern for thlB purpose serves to Ulustrato tho method used. To tho rcgulnr stercoptlcon, mlmiB the slldo holder, Is counoctcd a metal attachment containing a book or pic ture holder nnd proper lenocs. Tho light from tho arc Is focused upon tho picture in tho holder and tho plcturo itself, acting ns a reflector, pas3CB tho light on through lenses to a mirror suspended at tho proper nnglo to re flect tho rays upon tho screen, Bays tho Popular Mechanics. Tho apparatus produces clear pic tures when located about twenty foet from tho screen and displays nny colors present on tho postcard or pic ture in tho lantern. USE RADIUM TO TREAT GOUT Special Apparatus Used From Which Chemical Product la Transported In Current of Air. Radium-laden breezes are the lat est thing In the treatment of gout One of the papers read at the Her man medical congress, which bas Just been held nt Wiesbaden, was on the application of radium in the aerial state. Radium "cmanatorla" have been established In Berlin nnd at Bad Homburg, nnd now Ems 1b to have ono. A special apparatus from which radium is transported in a current of fresh, cool air is fixed in a room, and tho patlonts havo merely to sit In tho room and talk or read tho nowB papers or play draughts; tho radium in solution In tho air docs the rest, and affects tho blood through the lungs. This treatment Is especially recommended for all gouty ailments. In tho recent torrid conditions of the atmosphere it has afforded to gouty subjects something moro than an amelioration amounting almost to a pleasing compensation for their aches and pains. LIFTER FOR THE LABORATORY Convenient Little Device for Handling Dishes and the Like Is Quickly Made and Cheap. (By anonGR A. JAMES. In the SCIEN TIFIC AMERICAN.) A very convenient little device for the homo laboratory is illustrated herewith. It consists of a detachable handle for lifting receptacles such as evaporating dishes and tho like. The lifter Is made of a heavy piece of wire bent to tho shapo Indicated In tho drawing. One end is curved to fit against the outsldo of the dish, Lifter for an Evaporating Dish. while the other end fits over the rim inside, The parts that come in con tact with the dish are rubber covered, two short pieces of rubber being slipped over the wire. The device is so useful, and can be made so quick ly and cheaply, that it should find a place in every amateur's laboratory. Artificial Eyelashes. A French physician bas discovered the means of planting artificial eye lashes and eyebrows. The former op eration la very painful, but the latter lesa so. Improving Publlo Sanitation. A London medical Journal advo cates the better airing of banks, of fices and business premises over Sun day as a means of Improving publlo (Sanitation. lision of two suns, ho said, resulted In tho formation of a third body. If two dead suns canto luto collision they would burst Into flnmo. The col lision would tnko nbotit three-quarters of an hour. In each enso tho collision would tnko tho sntno time, as tho col liding bodies would get up n velocity proportionate to their slzo. Then tlioro would flash out n brilliant ntar, which would becomo a permanent body. Tho effect of n complete col lision of two gnseomi nuns would ho to mnkn n now mm. Such collisions wore not accidental. They did not occur at random. Included among a number of agencies tending to devel op such collisions was gravitation, lleforo suns collided they foil toward each other and got tip speed for hun dreds of years. Tho tremendous speed thus developed was stopped suddenly In tho colliding parts nnd converted Into heat Thus In about an hour a new star was born, explo sive forco expanded It, and It swelled out its diameter nt n speed of mil lions of miles nn hour. Tho ouddun flnretip of a light thottsnndR of times tho brilliancy of tho sun had Induced astronomers to Imaglno that a col lision of suns had caused tho phe nomena. Tho Biwctrn obsorved, how over, wero absolutely Inexpllcnblo to them becauso they had overlooked tho third body, tho now Btnr. Professor Blckerton contends thnt tho appear- anco of Nova Persel, a now Btnr so brilliant that nothing canal to It had appeared for 300 years, was ex plained by bis theory. Nova Porsol wns 10,000 times ns brilliant ns tho sun. MEGAPHONE THAT ROLLS UP Made of Broad Strip of Non-Absorbent, Flexible Fiber and Occupies Very Little Room. A slmplo variation of tho ordinary megnphono hns been devised by a Massachusetts man. It is ono that rolls up. It Is mndo of a broad strip of nonnbsorbont, flcxlblo fiber with snap fasteners to hold it in any posi tion wnntcd. Tho flcxlblo handle also unsnnps at ono end so that when the apparatus Is rolled up it can bo wrapped around it and bold It togoth- Megaphone Rolls Up. cr In what appearB to be a music roll. As will readily be understood, there aro numerous advantages to this roll ing megaphone or rather, it is a convenience to many people notably tho owners of small launches, where room counts and a megaphone can be stowed away in a corner. NOTES OF SCIENCE 4A1D S NVENTIO Zurich has a midnight curfow for automobiles. The average human heart pumps 192 gallons of blood an hour. Pneumonia and phthisis cause the greatest number of deaths in Lon don. A Cincinnati packer has invented n way to euro hams in 30 days Instead of 90. Tho French army will purchase no fewer than 350 aeroplanes during 1912. Patent medicines yield over 300, 000 to tho British exchequer per an num. Of the 24.302 world's postage stamps, the British empire has Issued over 7,000. Paper 175 inches wide, for news paper use, is made at the rate of C50 feet a minute. Esperanto has been officially recog nized as a language by the United States patent office. The metropolitan water board of London supplies more than 250,000, 000 gallons of water. In China stags aro raised for tbctr horns, which are cut when soft and used in the manufacture of medicine. Because it has more phosphoric acid In easily digested shape than any oth er fruit, the apple is one of the best brain foods. German postal authorities are ex perimenting wltb a small three wheeled automobile for the use of let ter carriers. In some parts of Mexico the natives hang the nests 6t large spiders in their homes to trap files and other small Insects. I rirn m I H H Kfv I BAD BACKS DO MAKE WORK HARD Hnckneho make tho daily toll, for thtiiiH.tntls, nn agony lutnl to rmiuro. Many of theso poor Millcrem havo kidney trouble mm tlon't know it. Hwullen, aching kidneys usually go Imiul in hand. With irregular kidney action, headache, dizzluotu, nervous newt and despondency. JtiHt try n box of Donn'n Kidney Pills, tho iH'Ht-rtTOtnmenilttl special kidney remedy. ThU good medicine him cured thousands. HERE'S A TYPICAL CASE ,1. I,, ltiehnrdhon, Iteil Key, Ind.. nas: "-My nncK nenmiw h u wimu break. I could not inovo without in tense pain. Tho kidney wero in such hhtiiK) it was necessary to draw tho Mrctloiw. Doan's Kidney PiUscurwl m. riniiti1iiilv uftcr doctors imvo up Iiojmi and 1 luivo not hud tho slightest trouble since." Get Doan's at any Drug Store, 60c. a loi DOAN'S ttff,y THOMPSON S wnlk. InllAmclryr, ewe ill iTtfti'imnainitw Hit VffUKn ll.iklt fr JOHN U'lUUMl'NON SONS CO.. Troy, If. Y Tho more birthdays a woman haa tho less alio luui to say about them. flood livntth ennnot lw innititnlnrd where tliciu in a cnnMlpiilvd ImblU liuilluld Tea oturcomc.s voiiHtlmtioii. It's difficult, for man to practice economy and bo popular at tho samo tlmo. Colo's CnrlioltHal utrl:ly relievo and curoH burning, ttclilnn und torturing akin dlncnsoH. It Instantly Htops tho pnln of tiuriiB. Cures without scars. 25o inul COu by ilriiKRlHtH. Kor frco Mamptn write to J. W. Colo & Co., Uluck IUcr Falls, Wis. A Correction. "Wo aro drifting toward a paternal form of government," said the econo mist "Purdon mo If cqrroct you," re Bpondod tho suffragette, gently: "to bo accurate, you should Bay a mater. nal form of government" He Hoped 8o, Too. Nelllo McCoy tells the story of an advance agent of a barn-Btormlng show thnt nearly closed every Satur day night, but rested over Sunday nnd started in bright and fresh Mon day morntng. His mother was a Quaker, and when ho wroto that he was tho business manager In advance of the show, she wroto him: "My Dear Son I am very sorry that thou art in tho show business, but I nm glad that thou art ahead of the show! I trust that thou wilt always stay ahead of It." Bad Teeth Go With Good Brains, An English scientist has polntod out that thcra aro signs of a steady do genoracy in two sets of organs vital to tho wcllbclng of the human race, nnd tho fall is most marked among tho western nations. Tho evidence Is that, coincident with tho mental ad vanco of man, there has been a dimi nution in tho provision of teeth. In the apo, the negro, and tho white mnn, brain and teeth are Inversely proportional to efficiency. Increase of cunning has reduced tho work of the teeth, and tho demand ofuhe brain for blood hns starved the former; dis orders of digestion show that tho bal ance Is unsatisfactory. Every Crisp. Little Flake Of V Posti Toasties has a flavour all its own. "Toasties are made of selected white Indian corn; first cooked, then rolled into wafer-like bits and toasted to an appetizing golden brown. A favorite food for breakfast, lunch or supper in thousands upon thousands of homes where people are particular. 4 "The Memory Linger Sold by rscsre -et Poetnm Cereal Compnj,UaalM4 Uattle Creek, Mica. 4 f I ' i i1' 1 (I i w UHl 'I i.VI M fJSfi r. n 4 , i ?v m M 1.7 Vffl im h Bi-2 m ij ' $ f i'l ;mi Tf rfi 3. . kn I IH1 !,11 jvia . S j 'SI ,.sf