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    THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , AUGUST 18 , 1905.
RECLAIMING OLD TOPERS.
Curing Drunkenness Without the Po-
tient's Knowledge Has Been
Proven a Success.
Can Inebriety be cured by sug
gestion ? uske Public Opinion.
This is si question which has been
asked many times and satisfac
torily answered in the affirmative.
But the question of. practicing
suggestion while the patient
sleeps is a different proposition ,
and , therefore , a recent article in
the Journal des Debats of Paris
is of interest. The experiments
in question were conducted by the
well-known psychologist , Dr. Paul
Farez. "The man under observa
tion refused all offers of treat
ment , but notwithstanding his re
fusal , against his will and un
known to him , the man was cured
and has remained so for four
years. The patient was 2fi years
of age , married , of sound consti
tution and average health. H <
commenced drinking when he was
17 years of age , and his wife had
married him in order to reform
him. After his marriage , how
ever , he drank as before. His daily
ration was two quarts of wine
with his meals , and during the day
several glasses of brandy , rum ,
vermouth , absinthe , etc. Ordi
narily the man was quiet , but
when he had taken more absinthe
than usual he became violent ,
abused his wife , broke everything
within reach , tand surrendered
completely to his frenzy. The day
following this delirium the man
remembered nothing , but when
told of what he had done he wept ,
promised to become sober , etc.
The scenes , however , were soon re-
l > eatcd.
"Dr. Farez decided to try , with
the approval of the family of the
patient , suggestion during nat
ural sleep. The treatment took
place four or five times per week ,
and , although the patient did not
know what was going on , there
was slow and steady improve
ment. The treatment commenced
in January. Up to April the man
had been intoxicated only three
times. In April and May there
were no acts of violence ; in June *
and July slight intoxications on
two occasions ; in August and Sep
tember a trip to the country , but
no wine during this time , only
beer. Returning to Paris , the man
did not go to a cafe , but drank a
little absinthe and less than : i
quart of absinthe for all of his
meals. After a year the only
V. thing taken was a little absinthe
on Sunday and Saturday , and
*
from this time the patient has not
touched wine and has only taken
a little absinthe once or twice o
month and at home. He is no
longer irritable , but happy and a
regular worker. The treatment
had to be continued for 18 months ,
but the1 result is complete and the
patent entirely transformed. He
has gained control of his will and
is gentle and affectionate. "
ST. PETERSBURG IS GAY.
With or Without War Enjoyment
Goes on in the Russian Cap
ital's Society.
War or no war , the aristocratic
Russian pursues his pleasures
with an abandonment that speaks
of unlimited resources or unlimit
ed recklessness. The pleasures ol
the table are protracted to an in
ordinate degree. A lunch , in
which the courses are plentifully
watered with champagne , wil
Kjireatl itself through the after
noon. You may barely escape al
five o'clock , though you began tc
cat at one. The host never sitf
down , plying his guest with a sue
cession of good things , liquid am
solid. Even the afternoon tea ii
middlc-clasc circles is a very for
midablc undertaking. It include !
dishes of various sorts , in whicl
meat will certainly figure , am
Russian tea , served in a glass witl
lemon , is but the pale comparisoi
to sparkling champagne. The ap
pearance of the streets tells o
wealth , too. No liner equipage :
exist anywhere- than those whicli
horsed with coal-black steeds
dash at full speed , in lofty disre
gard for the mere foot passengei
down the central strip of wooi
pavement in the principal "pro *
pects , " as the wider streets artde
nominated. Holding the reins i
bis'two hands , with arms oui
saretched , the driver , medieval i
dress , has the summary method
of a Roman charioteer. Indeei
there is something of imperil !
Rome in the second capital of th
czar.
ODD RECORDS TO THE FORE
When One Cannot Be Famous Through
Natural Sources , There Are
Many Other Channels.
Those who fail to gain distinc
tion through other means seem to
seek oddity of performance , and
every little while there apiHMirs a
challenge from some "champion
egg eater" or other freak.
The 40-quail-in-40-dayH perform
ance has been outdone by a man
who recently ate a whole goose
each day for 80 days , the fowls
weighing from six to eleven
pounds. Other records in this line
are ( ! 0 soft boiled eggs daily for six
days , six quarts of beans in 40
minutes , smoking GO cigars in 11
hours without once taking a drink.
A Paris couple recently waltzed
without cessation for six and
three-quarter hour8v/while an
English hctor danced all the way
from London to Norwich.
The best club swinging record
has been standing for 17 years ,
when 3S ( ! different combinations
were shown in sixteen minutes and
a quarter , 2,311 revolutions being
required. ' ,
A score of (5,434 ( points was the
result of a 24-hour endurance
billiard match in Paris , the con
testants covering 30 miles in walk
ing around the table , and a violin
ist has played a combination of
4.800 notes in four and a quarter
minutes , averaging 10 notes a
1
second.
Reciting Dante's "Divine Com
edy" from memory in 20 hours is
another queer record , while oth
ers have gained fame through
making 2,000 ham sandwiched in
111 hours and 40 minutes , dressing
ten sheep in 83 minutes , 200 chick
ens in 44 minutes and killing and
drj- picking 103 geese in ten hours.
DURING AN OCEAN CALM.
Ship Rolls and Tosses , But Sails Can
not Get Enough Wind to
Carry the Vessel.
All the afternoon the brig rolled
on the long swells , which hourly
grew heavier , says Century. They
leaped against the horizon , swung
onward beneath the keel , and
swept past with the unrelenting
persistency that seemed the em
bodiment of persistent hate. A
gale can be combated , but , in the
grasp of a calm , man is helpless.
Every part pf the vessel cried our
in protest. The canvas slatted
and flapped like the wings of a
huge bird vainly trying to rise
from the waves ; every block rat
tled and croaked ; the main boom ,
!
hauled chock aft , snatched at its
sheets with a viciousness that
threatened to 'part them at every ,
roll and made their huge blocks .
crash ; from the pantry below
came the constant rattle of crock
cry ; and the blue sea , dipped up
through the scuppers , swashed I
back and forth against the main
deck. By eight bells everj
stitch of canvas had been furlet
or clued up to save it , and the brij
lay rolling in the dark hollows like
a drunken sailor reeling home.
SLAV'S RULER A BUSY MAN
Even in Time of Peace Czar Has Mori
to Do Than Any Other Man
in the World.
ll
There is nowadays not a greai
deal of gayety at the Russiai
court , says Century. The emper
or is a very busy man ; he probabl ;
has more to do , even in time o
peace , than any other man in thi
world. Combine the rcfiponsibil
ity of the president , the cabinet :
congress , the governors of states ;
state legislatures , and mayors o
the principal cities in this country
and you will begin to form an idei
of the load on the shoulders o
Nicholas II. There is no finalit ,
below him , except us he permit
it ; and the mass of details tha
actually reaches him is astonisl
ing. If President Roosevelt ha *
to grant permits to operate mill
in Texas , erect buildings in Ne\
York , or form mining companie
in California , before any such oj .
erations could be begun , even hi
giant energy would be taxed. Ye
incredible as it may seem , the en
peror of Russia examines int
myriads of similar minutiae , hi [
sides attending to the great a
fairs of state.
Simply Crazy.
"Happy , though married tw
days , " was one of the many label
attached by practical jokers t
the luggage of a newly marrie
couple who left an English rai
way station the other day on the
way to Canada.
HE SOWED THE HOLY SEED
Bible Used BE Wrapping Paper Proves
Interesting and Many Calls
Are Made for Itt
In Armenia the distribution of
the Bible by missionaries is espe
cially dinicult. Yet the book is
eagerly read by the natives when
it. falls into their hands , as may
gathered from this story , told
by one of the Bible men , says
Everybody's Magazine. A copy
of the Bible was given to a patient
in the American hospital , and by
him carried to his home in a vil
lage. Here an Armenian priest
took it from the man , and , having
torn it to pieces , threw it into the
street. A grocer picked it up anil
took it to his shop , wheie he began
to use it as wrapping paper. So
for a time olives , cheese , candles
and other things sent for.th from
that store were wrapped in pagei >
upon which were printed the
"Words of Life. "
In this way the Bible was scat
tered about through the village ,
and was read by many whose in
terest was HO far aroused that
they began asking for more of the
same book. The result was that
when the colporteur came round
over 100 Bibles or portions of the
Bible were sold in that village.
North and south , east and west ,
the Bible society HOWS ; and that
no ground is too barren for its
need surely the following incident
proves :
A Cree Indian and lire son ,
fishing in the northwest some
years ago during , the winter sea
son , traveled on snow tdiocH across
the plains , thinking that they
carried what they called the
"Book of Heaven" in their pack
When they reached a hunting
ground. 140 miles distant from tin
fishery , they found that the book
had been left behind. One of them
went back on his tracks and
walked 280 miles through the
wild country to regain the Bible
HELD TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
Thomas , Famous Leader , Began at
the Top in Hie Education and
Always Stayed There.
The accepted way of teaching
people to understand music is to
begin at the bottom , says Charles
E. Russell , in Reader Magazine.
Play simple airs to-day , and per
haps to-morrow , or next year , or
some other time , you can play
something a little better.ou
must lead the people by slow de
grees and as if by the hand from
fathomless depths of ignorance.
The first thing Mr. Thomas did
was to trample upon this senile'
sophistication. He would have
none of it. He was a musical democrat -
. ocrat ; I think he had a feeling
. that the theory of beginning at
, the bottom was the rotten fruit
age of the idea that some men are
, specially gifted to feel and to un
. derstand , and the rest , pooi
I things , are inferior , and the gifted
, truly must be very patient with
[ them and show them the way to
the simplest apprehension. Few
men have had a better under-
I standing of their fellows , and he
probably knew well enough that
the difference between mind and
I mind is usually infinitesimal. He
tolerated none of this "beginninp
t at the bottom. " He began at the
i top. With the highest and mosl
complicated forms of music he
f started upon his career , and
f through years on years of good
? and evil fortune , through trial
and failure , bound IOKB trouble and
, incessant toil , through intelligent
, praise and fierce storms of denun
f ciation , he never for an instan
, lowered his standard nor aban
it doned his faith.
Industrial Accidents in France.
There were killed or injured ii
industrial accident H in France ii
the four and one-half years , fron
' '
July 1 , 1890 , to December 81 , 1908
Males under 1(5 ( years of age , 1,282
st males over 1C years of age , 41,094
A' females under ' 1C years of age , 288
s females ove'r 1(5 ( years of age
'
's 1.BIO ; total , 44,1(58. The death
l .fc included in the foregoing nun
> bered (5,002. (
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o Colombian Gold.
According to a Spanish ej
f- change the republic of Colomhu
in South America , since the time
of the conquerors has produce
$1 80,000,000 worth of gold.
Is Good Fellow , Poor Fellow.
o There is no way of estimatin
id how much of life's trouble come
il- through the desire to be thougli
ir generous. Philadelphia Bulli
tin.
BLACK DEATH , RATS , FLEAS
It Is Believed That Germs on Rodcnta
Are Accountable for Ter
rible Plague.
The origin and nature of the
black death , which devastated Eu
rope during the middle ages , has
never been clear , na\s Collier's.
It seems certain that the infection
was brought by the ships of cer
tain tradersescaping from the Cri
mea , where they had been at
tacked by the Tartars at a town
on the River Don. During the at
tack the Tartars were stricken
with violent plague , which caused
great IOHH of life among them. In
the hope of giving tile curse to the
people of the besieged town , they
thivw bodies of their dead into
the town. Their hopes were ful
filled , and the defenders were
also attacked by the plague.
These traders took to their ships
and oailed to various European
ports , Constantinople , Venice and
Genoa , leaving the black death
everywhere behind them. Thin
black death had certain striking
features in common with the Horn-
bay plague of India. A careful
search of the records of Indian
history has shown that there had
been an outbreak of plague in In
dia just previous to the time of
the Tartar siege and the introduc
tion of the black death into Eu
rope. These Tartars might very
easily have taken the disease from
the people of India. If that IK the
true Htory of ( he train of events ,
then the black death of the middle
ages was the modern plague , u dis
ease which we know to be caused
by a certain specific bacillus.
Efforts have been made to
learn the means by which this dis
ease is carried , and what causes
lead to an outbreak. Certain
facts bearing on these points have
lately come to light and may lead
to a correct knowledge of the
means of plague tnuiNiiiinHion.
Rats have the disease and rat tleas
have been examined and fouiid to
contain quantities of the plague
bacilli. Ordinarily the rat fieas
are not found on man. During ep
idemics of plague , however ,
these rat fieas are found in notable
quantities on human beings , and
there is no evident reason why
they may not inoculate man by
thcHr bites. Doubtless these
things have something to do with
the spread of the plague , although
enough is not yet known to allow
the whole chain of events to be
made out.
HISTORY IS A NEW STUDY.
Recognition by Universities of Im
portance of America's Story
of Recent Date.
It seems incredible to stu
dents of the present day that
within the last three decades only
has American history been con
sidered of enough importance to
be given a place in the study
courses of our large universities.
Henhy Cabot Lodge , in the
Reader Magazine , Hays : "A
little more than 30 years ago u
boy could enter Harvard college
and after four years graduate
with the highest honors without
knowing af the existence of the
Declaration of Independence or
when the conntitution of the Unit
ed States was framed. What was
true of Harvard was true of other
universities and colleges. Amer
ican history was not included in
the scheme of the higher educa
tion. B.O.VH entering college were
required to know something of
the history of Greece and Rome ,
but not of their own country. Dur
ing the four years of the college
course they had an opportunity tti
study the history of England and
Europe , but never to learn aughj
of the United States. Thin con
dition of education was merely an
indication of an attitude of mini !
then passing away , but which had
once been predominant. The usu
al opinion seems to have been dur
ing the first httlf of the nineteenth
century that there wamioAnicri
can history worth telling , aparl
from the adventures of the earli
est settlements and the events ol
the revolution , which were botl
connected so closely with the his
tory of Europe that they mighi
be deemed of importance. "
The Bicycle in Germany.
The bicycle still holds its owi
abroad , as is shown by the fac
that the exports of bicycles a IK
parts of bicycles from German ;
during the years 1902 , 1908 ani
1901 were valued at ? 8,427,20 ( ]
§ 4,410,000 , and § 4,795,700 respec
lively.
QUEER WAYS OF AN ESKIMO
Northerner Lacks Imagination , Hut
Ills Powers of Observation Are
Exceedingly Acute.
Prof. Myllus ICriknen , writ Ing of
the heathen Eskimo In northern
Greenland , says : "He lacks im
agination , but hiH powers of ob'
nervation are very acute. In spite
of the fact that hit * life is an unin
terrupted struggle for existence ,
the Grecnlunder IH always In a
good humor , and IIH ! boisterous
laugh can be heard Hounding far
over ice and snow fields. His way
of telling stories in short and ab
rupt , but comical features are
strongly emphasized. His storicn
consist generally of his own ad
ventureH , old legends about fights
with neighbors and wild animals ,
about severe winters and great
famine * * , about the creation of the
world and about Hiiitcrnatural be
ings. It IH considered highly cred
itable to be able to tell stories HO
long that' ' the audience IB lulled to
sleep. An orator who achieves
this feat ! H solemnly welcomed
on the next morning , and every
one thanks him profusely for the
pleasure which lie accorded the
night before.
"Ideas of beauty are peculiarly
developed in the heathen Es
kiino. He regards beauty sole
ly from the standpoint of utility.
For instance , a rock projecting
out of water only appears beau
tiful to him when it is visited in
summer by water birds which
breed there. A foaming torrent
is only beautiful if it contain ?
many mihiion. Clothes are not
put together with any idea of reg
ularity of color , only their prat1
tical utility being considered
Hutu are made of snow and
stones , with domed tops , but with
out any architectural design.
"Only the spirit conjurers ( an
gakoks ) occupy an exalted poni
tion , being regarded as priest *
and doctors. Their tank is to e
tablish a connection between tin
visible world and the hidden spir
its , and in this way they obtain n
certain influence over their neigh
borH. The angakok asks his spirit
for advice , and then informs the
invalid that his illness has been
sent by the spirits an punishment
for certain deeds. "
HUMAN POWER VITAL.
Physique Za a Matter of Great Impor
tance in the Russo-Japan-
ese Conflict.
The physical endurance of tlu
Japanese soldier in the present
wonderful campaign InManchurin
impresses "American Medicine'
as the one great revelation that
has come out of the orient. There
have been no authentic reports
upon which we can base CH ( !
mates as to his immunity froir
disease or the protection from in
feet ion , HO that it is entirely toe
noon to form any opinion as to th <
organization and work of t honied
icnl department of the army. Wr
do not know definitely , indeed
whether it is true that the .Tap
unese have escaped iliseawcK it
markedly greater proportion
than the Russians or than othei
soldiers in similar campaigns
and if they have HO cscajM'd
whether it is due to racial im
inanity or watchful care of then
officers. Of thiH much we are cer
tain the man carrying the gui
on his Hhoulder has accomplishce
feats of physical endurance whicl
were not thought possible hi
physiologists.
The RiiBHiaiiH could not efifi
mate where the Japanese woul <
be , and were , therefore , conmant
ly surprised by tremendou
forces at places 20 to fiO milen be
yond the point where good strut
egy should have placed them
When Napoleon began to defea
the well tried generalH of Europ
they complained that he was a !
wayH far in advance of where h
should have been by the rules , liu
it wan all due to bin better knowl
edge of how to get work from hi
soldiers. In the orient there is i
new art of war depending upon :
new style of physique of a rat :
which has never before been pu
to this work. Repeatedly the Riu
Hiaiis have reported the Japanes
to be so exhausted that the ,
could not pursue , yet the pursui
kept up with no change of vigor.
Very Clever.
' Ye can't tell
O'Grady me th
toime whin the O'Gradys was nc
gintleiiien.
O'Flynn Sure , me bhoy , Oi ki
do thot ; some o' thini was ludiei
Tit-Hits.
TIPS BEING RECOGNIZED. \
The Government Allows Certain
Amounts for the Purpose in
Itn Schedule.
The government pf the United
States IIUH jtwt recognized offi
cially the hopeleHHiiesH of the
struggle agalitHl the tip. The secretary - (
rotary of the navy has promulgated -
gated recently ! IH ! order for reg
ulating the expenses of naval of-
ficei-H , for the purpose of curbing
extravagance. The order placcn
certain limits on the cost of
traiiHportation , Pullman earn und
the like , and continues !
"Hotel bills of cominiHsioned of
ficers not to exceed f 5 a day.
"Single mealH , fl each ; tip , 10
ccntH.
"TipH tin trainC 0 cents a day.
"Tips will not be allowed on
parlor cars except on journey of
five hours or longer.
"TipH ait hoteln KO cents a day ,
but not to exceed ? 2 a week at one
hotel. "
An elaborate and particular
ized Hcale of tips IB framed for
ocean travel and travel in foreign
lands. Recognizing the greater
rapacity of the ftn'cign ' hotel para
site and the perfection to which
the Hystem ban been reduced , the
commissioned naval officer is per
mitted to expend $3.50 a week on
tipH in foreign hotcln , $1.50 a day
on an ocean nteamer during six
days or less , and $1 a day for a 15-
day trip or longer.
We fear that the tip has come
to stay. In old and thickly settled
countries the tip abounds if there
are rich people in the land. Where
chickens inhabit the open fields in
numbers , look for the chicken
hawk ; where the deer abound ,
there do the wolves congregate ;
where the people have money to
upend on luxuricn and want to be
waited on before other people and
to gel better service , some money
will stick to the waiter's palm.
DECISIVE VICTORY FOR JAY
Farmer Beats Lord Who Considered
Himself the Boat Wrestler in
the Community. i
There was a certain lord who
considered himself the best"
wrestler in England. He wrestled
everyone of any reputation , and
in these boutH he always won , for
he was , truly , nn admirable
wrestler.
Well , one day , after he hail con
sidered himself miprerne for three
years , he heard of a fanner at
Hacklebrow who could best him.
Everyone said that this farmer
could best him that he would
stand no chance at all with th"
huge muscular fellow that it
would be wise for him to leave
the farmer alone.
But the young lord , jealous of
bin wrcHtling reputation , threw
himself on IUH horse , and in an
hour was knocking and hallooing
at the farmer's gate.
The farmer waH plowing in a
field. The lord rode up to him , dis
mounted and Heized him in a good
grip.
"I'll show you how to wrestle , "
he Haiti ,
But the farmer , with the great
est ease , took the young man up
in his arniH and threw him over the
high fence. T'lieifYh'iH wonderful
agriculturist rOHiuned his work.
After plowing in silence a little
while , he called mildly to the
young man , who Hat , not yet quite
himself , on the gratm by the road-
vide.
"Well , sir , in there anything I
can do for you ? "
"Nothing , " Haiti the young man.
"unless you'll be good enough to
throw me my hoi-He. "
Largest Newspaper Office.
"Which iH the largest newspa
per office in the world ? " asks the
Printer's Engineer. America
naturally claims that the New
York Times building , with its 31
stories and an area of 116,349
square feet , holds the record.
This , however , J8 no longer the
case. The magnificent edifice re
cently built for the production of
the Scotsman ( Edinburgh ) puts
the former building completely in
the shade , for although it can
only boast 13 stories , yet it pos
sesses an area of 201,787 square
feet. This building is more than
twice the HI'ZC of that of the New
York Times.
Counterfeits of Truth.
Truth is precious ; too precious
for rash distribution. There are
a number of things that look just
8 | like it and are much less expen
sive. N. Y. Times.