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s THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY1 NOVEHBER 24 , 1905. RECLAIMING OLD TOPERS. Coring Drunkenness Without the PA- tient's Knowledge HUB Been Proven n. Success. Can inebriety be cured by sug- gcntion ? nnks Public Opinion. This is n quest ion which has been naked many times and satiafac- toril.v answered in tlienfllrniative. But 'the question of practicing suggestion while the patient sleeps is a ditTerenl proposition , and. therefore , a recent article in the Journal des Debuts of Paris is of interest. The experiments in question were conducted by the well-known psychologist , Dr. 1'nul Fare"The man under observa lion 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 -5 yearn of age , married , of pound consti tution and average health. He commenced drinking when ho 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. Tlis daily ration was two quarts of wino with his meals , and during the day move-nil 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 , and 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 scencp , however , were noon re peated. "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 live times per week , and , although the patient did not know what was going on , there wae 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 , lleturning to Paris , the man did not go to a cafe , but drank si little absinthe and less than quart of absinthe for all of his meals. After a year the only thing taken was a little absinthe on Sunday and Saturday , and from this time the patient has not touched wine and lias only taken u little absinthe once or twice a month and at home , lie is no longer irritable , but happy and a regular worker. The treatment had to be continued for 18 months , but the result is complete and the patient entirely transformed. He has gained control of his will and in gentle and affectionate. " ST. PETERSBURG IS GAY , With ov Without War Eujoyment Qof K on in the- Russian Cap ital's Society. War or no war , the aristocratic Russian pursues his pleasures with un abandonment that speaks qf unlimited resources or unlimit cd recklessness. The pleasures of the table are protracted to an in ordinate degree : A luiich , in which the courses are plentifully watered with champagne , wil spread itself through the after uoon. You may barely escape al five o'clock , though you began t to eat at one. The host never siti down , plying his guest with a sue cession of good things , liquid am' solid. Even the afternoon tea in middle-class circles is a very for midable undertaking. It include.1 dishes of various sorts , in whiel meat will certainly tigure , am ; Russian tea , served in a glass will lemon , is but the pale comparisoi to sparkling champagne. The n\\ penrnnce of the streets tells ilof wealth , too. No finer equipage ; exist anywhere than those whicl horsed with coal-black steedf dash at full speed , in lofty disr ( gard for the mere foot passcngei down thcTcentrtil strip of woo pavement in the principal "proi pecte , " as the wider streets are It- nominated. Holding the reins i his two hands , with arms ut- uaretched , the driver , medieval i dress , has the summary method of a Roman charioteer. Indee < there is something of imperil Rome in the second capital of tli ctar. WIVES WHO NEVER SPEAK. Talcs of Severn ! Spouses Who , During Their Natural Existence , Hc- inaincd Mute. I A Korean woman is not permit' ted to speak or nod on her wed ding day , says the New York Her ald. Should she transgress slit * at once becomes an object of ridi cule and loses caste. She musf re main obdurate to her husband' * entreaties ; neither threat nor prayer must move her , for all the household is on the qtii vive lo catch a single muttered syllable. Sometimes fora week or more she does not .speak , and even then , when complete silence is broken , only puts her tongue to the most necessary uses. Although no such universal cus tom is prevalent in the western world , extraordinary cases are not wanting. In the early forties n Mrs. Jones , living in Pennsyl vania , undertook , for a wager of ? li)0 , to remain mule for the first month of her marriage. Her hus band , who naturally was not in the secret , was so much incensed at his bride's behavior that he left her before the period of her ordeal had expired , onry to return later when apprised of the real reason for this unusual silence. On the anniversary of their wed ding day a Brussels couple named Dupont quarreled so bitterly that the wife , in a burst of passion. | | swore that her husband should \ , never again hear the sound df her , voice. She would there and then 1 have quitted the house , but her now penitent husband implored her not to leave him. To that ex tent only did his entreaties pre vail , for she kept the letter of her oath and never in her spousc'n presence did she unloose her tongue. In other respects she continued a model wife , and may be her strange resolution contrib uted not a little to the harmony oU the household. A Brunu woman whose husband was in hiding from the authorities inadvertently betrayed his where abouts to a neighbor who was se cretly in the pay of the police. As result he was taken and received a term of imprisonment. So much did his wife take to heart this mis ter tune brought about by her gos sip , that she resolved for the remainder - mainder of her life to remain mute ; nor did she even make an exception in her husband's favor , for , although she received him on his release with the utmost af fection , she maintained an ob- duratesilcnce , which remained un broken till her death , which took place three years later. MINDS HIS OWN BUSINESS. Youthful "Dude" Tourist Silences Stage Driver Who Hated to Be Interrogated. Wallace Cummings used to drive the old stage which ran be tween Bridgton and Portland , says the Boston Herald. One day Wallace had as a passenger out of Portland a young city chap , or dude , as Wallace called him. The scenery along the route was both beautiful and diversified ; the young man was much interested , and as he sat on the box' , or post of honor , beside Wallace , literally plied him \\ith questions as to what mountain that was , and what river this was , etc. The old driver , who detested this sort of interrogation , stood it as long as ho could. Finally Iu blurted out : "Say , stranger , if you'll mind your business I'll ( mind mine. " Thus snubbed , the young man - relapsed into silence. ' They had driven about ten miles farther when they came to a long hill , where the driver was obliged . to ply the brake. As he shoved his foot toward it he immediately - ly noticed that the mail bag which had always been there was gone. Evidently it had been dropped oil > \ along the rood. of Wallace stopped his horses es then , breaking the long silence , he said : ' 'Say , stranger , did you see , that mail bag slide off ? " re- "Yes , I did ; some ten miles , back , " calmly remarked theyoun od man. - "Well , why in thunder didn'i - you tell me ? ' ' gasped the aston ill ished stage driver. - The "dude" looked him square in ly in the eye for a moment , am ids then he drawled : "Say , driver , you mind your business and Ml ial mind mine. " ' the The rest of the journey wai driven in cold silence. GREAT IN BOYHOOD ALSO. A. Mirthful View of n Distinguished Statesman's Youth Cbnuncey Depew , His N me. One line du.in . I he summerof _ 1.84-1 two ten-.t ear-old boys who had been fishing in a stream near a little town in southern New York became hungry and went tea a farmer's house to get something to eat , says the Chicago Tribune. The farmer's wife gine them , i bountiful supply of bread and milk , and refused to accept an } pay for it. One of the boys merely said : "Thank you , ma'am. " I5ut the other wiped his mouth on his coat sleeve , bowed and ex pressed his gratitude nt greater length. "To say that you have conferred a great favor upon us. nindum. " he said , "and that we arc corre spondingly grateful , conveys the idea feebly. Here we are , miles from home , and suffering from hunger , having caught nothing in the little jureum in which we were fishing. You have supplied our \\ants most generously. Out of the abundance of your larder you have ministered to the wants of two hungry strangersand Avith a hospitality rare indeed in these days of sordid greed you have re fused to accept any remuneration for the same. It is scarcely nee- essary to assure you , madam , that we shall always hold you in grateful - ful remembrance and should it ever be in our power to requite tbe , favor you may depend upon our doing HO with-the liveliest satis- ( faction. Madam , we thank you. " "Good land , little boy ! " exclaimed - claimed the fanner's wife , "what 1 done for you wasn't worth all that , but I like to hear you talk. You'll be a big man some day. " Her foresight was unerring. The boy grew up to be Chaunccy Mitchell Depew , the greatest after-dinner orator of his dav. LINCOLN SECURED PARDON MTad , " Son of the Illustrious , Brings About Desired Results for a i Poor Woman. i A poor woman came to the white house one day to see Presi dent Lincoln about her husband , who was in trouble , says Success. The president was absent , but "Tad" was at home. The woman called the boy to her and said * I "My husband is in prison. We I have boys and girls at home who are cold and hungry. Your pap.'i can unlock the door of the prison and let our children's papa come home and cure for us. Won't you > sk your father to let him corai home ? " "Tad" could talk not or think of anything else but that poor , distressed family , and of his pledge to try and bring relief. When the president returned "Tad" was at him at once about the case of dis tress. Mr. Lincoln had other things on his mind , and did not pay much attention to the child till he clung to his father's legs and j begged of him to sit down and let him tell the sad story. The father told him that the woman would be back the next day , and he would then know what he would do. That did not satisfy his son , who climbed on his father's lap , threw his arms about his neck and said : "Papa-day ( meaning 'pupa , dear , ) won't you promise mo now to let the man out ? " It was too much for the great man , who said : "TaddSe. my j > et , 1 will let him out because vou ask me to. " Strange Animal Rediscovered. In 1878 n great rat-like rodent U named Dinomys , was discovered Ua in the Peruvian Andes. But a single specimen was found , and this is now preserved in the Berlin museum. Last spring Dr. Goeldi i , of Para , rediscovered the Dine mys in the lowlands of Brazil. Its natural habitat is now supposed ; to IK ) the almost unexplored re gions lying among the foothills Bf the Andes , .between Brazil , Bo livia and Peru. The animal is de scribed as reminding one of an im mense rat , well advanced in devel opment toward a bear. It is about two feet long , with a bushy tail nine inches long , thickset and has a waddling gait. Its character \ e- "a combination of leisurely move merits and supreme good nature. eg. , Itseemswell provided fordigging but "knows absolutely notbiny ) of haste. " Dr. Goeldi keeps , i mother and her young one in ; Mgev Youth'i Companion. OUR PRODUCTION OF GOLD XaormouB Increase in This Line Ha * Caused Comment All Over the World. . The enormous increase in tun ' production of gold with the consequent - , quent accumulation of the stocks of coin and bullion has attracted rather less attention in recent years than its importance would appear to demand , says the Louis ville Courier-Journal. Neverthe less ( he subject is not wholly neg lected , and the estimates of pro- i duction and accumulation that are put out from time to time are more and more the subject of com ment. There is a great discrep ancy between the statement of gold production and of the stocks ef gold coin iu the principal coun tries of the world. Much of the gold produced is used in the arts , and of that coined much is lost or t educed ( o attrition ; so the amount of production during cen turies greatly exceeds the stocks of coin existing in the world. The amount of gold in Europe iu 1402 , the date of the discovery of America , is believed not to have exceeded $225,000,000 in value. From that ( imc to the close of 1896. according to a report of the direc- torof the mint , the world's produc tion amounted to $8,983,320,600. But the same authority estimates the stocks of gold money in the world at that time was $4,359- 600,000. For the first 25 years after the discovery of America the. annual m'otjuo.tion of..gold wasjejss than $4,000,000. In the next quarter of a century it was in round number ! $4,750,000. By the middle of the eighteenth century it had risen to over $16,000,000 a year. From 1801 to 1810 the average annual production was nearly $12,000,000. For the two decades next succeed ing there was a great falling off. From 1831 to 1840 , the last com plete decade before the discovery ol gold in California , the annual production averaged $13,484,000. In ( he next decade it was $36,393- 000 , but it was late in the decade before the discovery of the Cali fornin mines. From 1851 to 1855 the annual production showed an average of $132,513,000 and for the next period of live years of $134- 083,000. From 1861 to 1891 there was a falling off from these fig ures , but since'the last named year there has beenji steady in crease. In 1896 the annual produc tion for the first term exceeded $200,000,000 , being estimated at a trifle less than $203,000,000. In 1903 it was $325,000,000 in round numbers and last year the esti mate is approximately $350,000- 000. The expectation that it will reach $400,000,000 in 1905 docs not seem unreasonable. In the pres ent century the production for four years has been approximate ly $1,200,000,000 , and the present year is expected to raise it to $1,600,000,000. The world's stock of gold coin , including bullion in national treasuries which performs the functions of coin , was estimated in 1873 to be $1,209,800,000 , in 1897 , $4,359,600,000. By the end of the present year the total is esti mated at little short of $6,000,000 , an increase of nearly 50 percent. ' in nine years , In Thibet. Here is a description of a coun try scene in Thibet , taken from Col. L. A. Wuddell's note book , "Lhassa and Its Mysteries : " "From every hamlet the cottagers had swarmed out into their fields , and were busily plowing and sow ing in the glorious sunshine , form ing pleasing bits of bright color The men were plowing with oxen gaudily bedecked with plumes 01 f wool dyed glowing scarlet and blue , with long throat tassels of dyed yak's tails and harness ol I jingling bells , while close behind the plowers came the gaylj dressed women as the sowera scattering broadcast the seeds from their baskets. " Answered by Suggestion. "Do-you really think I begin to how my years , Ella ? " "Do you want me to answer frankly ? " "Why , yes , of course. " "Then let us change the sub ject. " Cleveland Plain Dealer. - Not There Yet. . , Claude Don't you think mj mustache is becoming ? Maude Well , it may be cominj i but it hasn't got there yet. N. Y Times. HOW JAPAN WAS COLONIZED Traditional Account of Origin of Far Eastern Empire Proves Interesting. One of the traditional accounts of i the origin of the Japanese em pire ] is interesting. The legend , which attributes the rise of these sprightly easterners to a Chinese source , runs as follows : Sinosikwo ascended the throne of China in the year 246 B. C. and * at once entered on a career of cru elfy < and tyranny. He was. never theless , most anxious to enjoy tht- privileges of his position for a * long a period as possible. For the purpose of obtaining some specific agent by Avhicli thu dura I ion of human life could be prolonged , he dispatched trusted messengers and explorersinto all the ronntries with which he held any communication or of the whereabouts of which he could possibly obtain any knowledge. Tal-ing advantage of the circum stances , one of his medical attend ants , who was living in hourly dread of a sudden sentence of death , told the emperor that he. had learned that such an agent ex isted in the juice of a plant which grew only in the islands which , now form the Japanese empire. The plant in question was also re ported to be one of so delicate structure and sensitive a nature that , if not plucked with pure hands and with special precau tion , it would lose all its mysteri ous virtue before arriving within ( he limits of the celestial king dom. i It was suggested that 300young men and the same number of girls all of spotless physical health and morality should be selected to proceed to Japan for the pur- > ese of securing n sufficient supply f the precious plant. The medal - al adviser also patriotically vol- uleered to conduct the expedi- ion himself , and the offer was ; ladly accepted by the emperor. The expedition embarked as peedily as possible for the Japan- M * i > liinds. but not one of its neinbers was ever seen within the ounds of the Chinese empire gain. The previously unoccupied arts of Japan were rapidly pop- lated wilh a race more fresh and igorous in body and mind than he average inhabitants of the and of the "celestials4'itself. The medical chief of the expedi ion , of course , created himself dug of the country , and soon had magnificent palace erected for lis residence , which he called vunioku , i. e. , grand house. It is urther said that the Japanese ueiitiou the historic fact in their innals ; that they point out to vis- tors the spot on which the ined- cal founder of their empire laud nl and also show the ruins of a eiupk which was erected in his lionor. Artificial Gold. A new metal "harder than steel , is brilliant as gold , from which t cannot be distinguished , and ns { oed a conductor as copper,1' has jcen invented IM an Italian , says /Echo des Mines et de la Metal urgie. It is composed of copper , iron , silver , phosphorus , and , of course , radium. It is lighter than copper , and its beautiful color is not changed by any chemical re igenl. This is wonderfully inter esting if true. Indeed , "we will go further ; it is interesting if only lialf true. " Engineering and Min ing Journal. Hard Times. First Tramp Not much doin' pnrd. Second Ditto Nothin' doiu' at all. Things is orful. I ain't had f job fer six months. "That's rocky. What's yer \ . \ Me ? 1 peddles Chris'mu trees. What's youru ? ' ' " 1 sells sowveneers atpresiden tiul inaugurations. " Washing ton Life. Considerable Cats. Marshal Van Worley has gen into a new business , viz. , the ship ping of cats out of Titusville. H has shipped about 20 to the farm of Eli Walker , at Quay. Ther were all sorts of cats , large am small , and all shades of color some with ears and tails and som without. Titusville ( Fla. ) Eas Coast Advocate. Italy's Working Women. While Germany has 6,500,00 women who earn their own living Italy , with only one-half the pop ulttt'iou , has 5,250,000. MANY ENGLISH IN MEXICO. Increasing Use of Lnngunge in South ern Republic Hakes Conversation - \ sation Easier. The increasing use and know ! edge of the English language iu Mexico must not be considered by foreigners who propose to do biwi ness in Mexico as relieving them from a necessity of knowing Span ish. For those who come in direct contact with the masses in any way the native language is still very essential , and will always be. The amount of English that can be heard by the visitor in the main street of this capital city l apt ( o be misleading. It is not necessary to journey to the inle rior of the country to reach a si1"1 " / tion where English is neither J heard n'or understood. IJy walk ng a few squuios either to the ighl or left , away from the beat 'ii ' ( rack of the tourist and the oreigner. one readily encounters lie Mexico that must be spoken o in Spanish. As has been aid many times , it is more mportant that the man who oines ( o Mexico should know horoughly his own business hau that he should have a fluent cnowledge of Spanish. Ignorance f his business is quickly detected : y t hose with whom he ha's to deal , and at once discredits him , yet he may employ the services of an iu- erpreter without offense. Many people who are not inti mately acquainted with condi- ions in the Spanish islands thu.r lave recently come under the con trol of the United States imatj- ; ne that they will be readil.y A mericanized. They do not know what a long process is required to change the language and.the customs of a race. It will not be done in a generation , nor in many of them. Children born of Ameri can parents iu Mexico invariably earn to speak Spanish before they do English , and it must naturally 'olow that local customs are to hem more familiar than those of their parents. The new dependen cies , and the constantly growing trade relation between the United States and Spanish-speaking countries , make it most desirable that the education of the young lien nf the United States should ii Iu lea thorough course in Span is-li. Many young men in coming yeat > will find a knowledge of Spanish a valuable asset ofthoir stock in trade. HIS SOLDIERS MUST SING. Edict from Kaiser Commands That Defender Must Lift Up Voice in Tuneful Notes. It is now commanded by Eui peror William II. that the German soldier , in addition to hw many other duties , shall , while i marching , lift up his voice and vv sing. With surprise and sorrow his majesty has found in going over ( he old time-honored marches that these had , for the most part , "not suitable texts , " and in hoi haste two poets of Berlin and Mti nich respectively have put their bends together and produced a lit tie "hand-book of easily remem be red marching songs , " with tiio caroling of which Hans , Hermann and Fritz will in the future IK ; , guile their steady tramp , tramp , tram ] ) . By the way , has not the foreign- ei sometimes been puzzled as to why a German marching regiment will on occasion suddenly and wilh one uc'-ord start stamping ? The "stamp" of all the rank and file follows on a sharply given order to "salute" some passing officer , and the ' 'salute" when on tlu march is given with the feet ! Controlling the Elements. According to the Peking ( China ) Times , the viceroy of Kwangtung province "has taken in hand the control of the elements. . " There having been a long spell of cloudy weather , the viceroy started in to Bet the matter right. "For sev eral days by his order the various forts have been firing salutes in order to break up the darkness of the heavens and cause the sun to ehine. Day and night there ban been u long cannonading. This morning ( March 25) ) when the clouds grew thin and the sun almost shone the Chinese began to say that the viceroy's attemptti were accomplishing something. " Time to Speak Tip. When n girl tells a young man that the best is none too good fet her it in up to him to offer him elf. Chicago Sun. J-