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THE OMAHA DAILY UK IS ; FRIDAY , MAY a , 1895. Copyright , 1 S. / ' U. Throughout the city there was a feeling of helplessness , not unmixed with exaspera tion. To sec that balloon up there , placidly iwaylng to and fro , to know that within a few hours It might release Its frightful bur- Con , to feel the uncertainty of where the In evitable explosion would occur ; beyond all , lo realize tiiat every Instant brought the catastrophe nearer , was maddening. Where were nil the electricians and the engineers nnd the chemists and the inventors gener ally. Was It possible that the much-boasted national Ingenuity had recoiled , conquered nnd humiliated before such a problem as this ? So talked the angry people In the streets. Meanwhile the nowa of the peril of the metropolis had spread ever the country , and , singular to say , Its principal effect upon the suburban population was a burning desire to Witness tlio big explosion , as It could do them no harm. Consequently , the Phlladclphlans , nnd the New Havenltcs , and the Albanians , besides the dwellers In other nearby towns , flocked In nicat cohoits Into New York. They came In on the morning trains with their children nnd their lunch baskets , and bivouacked In hordes In the uptown streets , Just outside the police cordon which now In closed the circle swept by the balloon. They pre-empted the stoops of private residences , nte their meals thereon , and rang the door bells at Intervals to demand Ice water or the loan of a cup of milk. One man from Now Jersey brought some carpenters nnd tried to erect a "grand stand" In the neigh ? i borhood of Central park , but he was mobbed by the neighborhood before he had sold enough scats to make the enterprise re munerative. Another person drove a thrlv-1 Ing business In selling pieces of smoked glass wherewith to look at the balloon ; which p the farmers bought Instinctively. The peri patetic telescope men fairly coined money. This had not gone on long , when heavy rain clouds began to gather In the west , nnd then a new fear arose. Would the storm hasten the falling of the dynamite ? Suppose the balloon should be struck by lightning ! Meanwhile the urgent appeals which had been sent out by the mayor to nil the scien tific people had resulted In an Imposing gath ering of professors In the Forty-fourth street boarding house. Each having answered the call under the Implicit conviction that nil the others had been summoned for the ex press purpose of hearing his particular views on the matter In hand , an air of reserved dignity nnd gratified condescension pervaded the company ns It followed his honor up the creaky stairs , and into the attic room where the safe was located , "I need not say to you , gentlemen , " said the mayor , tersely , "why you are here. You perceive the danger. Can It bo averted ? Suggestions are In order prompt nnd sharp , please. " No answer was returned , although several scientists looked disconcerted and were seen to replace In their pocketbooks sundry bulky manuscripts. 'I ah I wouU suggest , " said one pro- Tcssor , rising ponderously and looking over ' THE MAYOR AND THE SCIENTISTS. his spectacles , "that wo cause the safe dooi to bo of cned and the voltage of tlio generate ! therein determined , and " " 'Tho slightest attempt to open the safi door will blow up a torpedo within , ' " rcac the mayor from the notice over the safe. The professor sat down abruptly. "Mr. Mayor ! Mr. Mayor ! " suddenly re marked a tmall and somewhat Jerky Indl vldual. "Let us construct another balloon let It tlldo up on the cable and carry som ono who will remove the dynamite. " " 'If the pitcher fattening Is in any wlsi tampered with the pitcher will certain ! ' fall , ' " again read the mayor. In a wear to.-t of way. "At the same time , professor If you will agree to ga up and try " "No , sir ; no , sir ; quite Impossible ; life to valuable to the cause of science. No , sir , " The chorus cf coughs and noons whlcl greeted this last remark ceased when a thlr person rose and proposed to cut the cable the advantages of which plan he was abou lo nrguo when It was pointed ! out that noth Ing would more certainly break the cur rent and thus cause the dropping of th torpedo. Then the electricians got at It In earnesl Ono wanted to hitch on a second batter nd reverse the current , a proceeding cet tain to disorganize the electromagnet ! mechanism In the balloon and release th pitcher. Another wanted to splice on great length of cable and let the balloo Boat over some other place to do Its mis Chief ; but this , leaving out the ethical qucs tlon Involved , would , of course , put In mor resistance In the path of the current and pei naps rentier It too weak to hold up the Icai Another wanted to fire bullets at the pltchu nd cause the explosion In mld-alr , but I was pointed out that they would be muc more likely to hit the balloon and let th gas out. "I did not ask your attendance , gentle men. said the mayor somewhat earcastlcallj to devise means for dropping that torpedi The balloon will do that of Itself ( h itartcd as he glanced at his watch ) In aboi five hours. Wo cannot risk failure. Can none ono suggest any certain means of relief ? " The scientists breathed heavily , but sal nothing. They could see the balloon no' ' ruddy with the-reflected rays of the scttln tun poised over the great cathedral. Th threatened storm had passed over , leavlni however , the bre ze steady. The chance wera then that the torpedo would do II fearful work In the fairest portion of the mi tropolis. From this locality , the police , no reinforced by the militia , had driven th people toward the rivers. The danger line had been drawn from Fifty-ninth street an it Madison square. It was a strange slgt to see Fifth avenue , above Twenty-thlr itreet , deserted as far as the eye coul reach ; the gentle swaying globa being th only moving object In the long perspective Outside the danger lines the people clui tered on the houuetops like bees. The scientists , still silent , looked at th mayor \vlth dismayed faces. The rnayc grimly looked back at the scientists. "And this Is all ? " said the mayor. Several of the younger scientists presei moved uneasily In their seats. Ono of the : went to the safe , passed his hands helpless ! over the exterior , sighed and sat dowi Another gazed fixedly at the ballco ; Another became deeply interested In the su face of the twin cable. Meanwhile there had come Into the rooi two other men who had seated thenuelvi besides the mayor. The official turned i them and whispered something. They ncdde promptly. "I will not detain you further , gentlemen , said the mayor to the scientists. "I than you for your asslitance , I can only regr' ' tint the circumstances make It unavailing , The philosophers solemnly walked out > the room , and maintained stillness until tl Itreet was reached. There they would fcai at once embarked In a heated discussion had not the police on guard ( misted on their Im mediate repair beyond the danger lines. Ono * f the two men beside the mayor ap pended hU name to a check for $100,000. His signature would have been honored for COO times that sum. The torpedo would fall dlrectiy on his roof. The other Impressed a stnmp on the face of the check and dashed a quick scrawl over It. The Chemical bank of New York had now guaranteed Its pay ment. The mayor put It In his pockclbook with a sigh of disappointment , and his vis itors withdrew. The man called Julius sat In the captain's room In the Thirtieth street police station calmly smoking and reading th ? latest extra evening newspaper. If the populace had known where ho was , he would probably hive also listened though with equal Imperturba bility to the howls of a raging mob In the Btrca outside. But that Information had been carefully withheld even from the reporters , and consequently the street , being within the danger district , so far from being the scene THE PERIPATETIC TELESCOPE MAN FAIRLY COINED MONEY. of an Incipient riot , was entirely deserted save by the policemen on guard. Since his Interview with the superintendent , the police had burned with a mediaeval dealre to ex tract from Julius the knowledge which he claimed to possess , by the prompt Infliction of any reasonable variety of torture. Carried away by the enthusiasm of the moment , the police captain In whose care ho was placed conceived the brilliant notion of sending him , In charge of two stalwart patrolmen , to be kept directly under the balloon as It moved around. Hut the designated guardians promptly rcbeled when Julius pointed out to them that they would be Just as liable to de- structton as himself ; and as he declined of his own volition to repair to th ? threatened locali ties alone , the captain reconsidered the project and locked him up until some less objection able plan could bo matured. Julius was deep In a lurid biography of lilmstlf ( where he learned , for the first time , that he was a Russian exileof anarchistic antecedents , and that his personal appearance was truly represented by a worn-out wood cut of Mr. Chauncey Depew , duly decorated with bushy hair nnd a straggling beard ) , when the captain entered the room , snapped the nippers around his wrist , gave him his hat and told him to "come along ! " The captain was not communicative , and Julius asked no questions , so the pair proceeded In silence through the deserted streets to the Forty- fourth street boarding house , and up to the attic room. room.To ( To be Concluded Tomorrow. ) LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURAL. Nonh llrooka OcHcribca the Scenes unit In- clilcnta nt tlio Capitol. Noah Brooks , who Is publishing a series of personal reminiscences of Lincoln In the Century , describes the second Inauguration In the April number of that magazine : The day of Lincoln's second Inauguration , March 4 , 1865 , was as dark and drizzly as the November day of his second election. When the hour of noon arrived great crowds cf men and women streamed around ths capltol building In most wretched plight. The mud In the city of Washington on that day certainly excelled all the other varieties 1 have ever seen , before or since , and the greatest ttst of feminine heroism the spoil- ng of their clothes was amply to the credll the women who wers sa bedragg'ed and drenched on that memorable day. The onlj entrance to the senate wing , where the pre liminary ceremonies were held , was by the main or eastern portico , the other entrances being used only by privileged persons. Colonel Korney. the secretary of the senate read the proclamation of the president con voking an extra session , and called the names of the members elect. Thereupon the newlj chosen senators were sworn In , nnd the pro cession for the inauguration platform , whlcl : had been built on the east front of the capl- tel , was formed. There was a sea of heads it the great plaza In front of the capltol as far as the eye cculd reach , and breaking Ir waves along Its outer edges among the bud' ding foliage of the grounds beyond. Whet the president and the procession of notables appeared , a tramendous shout , prolonged am loud , arose from the surging ocean of human Ity around the capltol building. Then th < sergeant-at-arms of the senate , the historic Drown , aroeo and bowed , with his shlnlnc black hat In hand , In dumb show before the crowd , which thereupon became still , one Abraham Lincoln , rising tall and gaunt amont the grcups about him , stepped forward am read his Iniugural address , which was print e < l In two broad columns upon a single pagi of largo paper. As ho advanced from hli seat , a roar of applause shook the air , and again and ngaln repeated , finally died fai away on the out r fringe of the throng , llki a sweeping wave upon the shore. Just at tha moment the sun , which had been obscurei all day , burst forth In Its unclouded merldlai splendor , and flooded the spectacle with glor ; and with light. Every heart beat quicker a" the unexpected omen , and doubtless not a fev mentally prayed that so might the darkneji which had obscured the past four years bi now dissipated by the sun of prosperity , Till ilnnger's troubled night depart Anil the star of peace return. The Inaugural address was received wit ! almost profound silence. Every word wa : ckar and audible as the somewhat shrill am ringing tones of Lincoln's voice sounded eve ; the vaht concourse. There was applause however , at the words , "both parties depre cated war , but one of them would make wa ; rather than let the nation survive , and th ether would accept war rather than let I perish ; " and the cheer that followed thesi wordj lasted long enough to make a con slderable pause before he added sententlously "and the war came. " There were occasion ally epurtu cf applause , too , at other point along this wonderful address. Looking down Into the faces of the people Illuminated by the- bright rays of the sun one could tee moist eyes , and even twrfu cheeks , as the good president pronounce * these nobls words : "With malice towan none , with charity for all , with firmness I ; the right as Qed gives us to see the right let us strive on to finish the work wo at In ; to bind up the nation's wounds ; to car for him who shall have borne the battle , an for bis widow and his orphans ; to do al which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with al nations. " Among the memories of a life time , doubtless there are none more fomll ; cherished by those who were so fortunat as to stand near Lincoln at that hlstorl moment , than the recollection of the beau tlfui solemnity , the tender sympathy , c these Inspired utterances , and the rapt at Untlou of the thronging multitude. FI1E FUTURE OF MEDICINE Famous Physicians Predict the Discovery of Marvelous Now Ouras. ANTITOXIN OPENS UP A NEW FIELD The Knife \VIII t'Hy n Im.ttrtint l' . rt I the Science of Citro nml 1'rovoiitlon Learning lltnr to 1 urce DUCIIKO to 1)\6 \ Out. ' ( Copyright , ISM. ) NCW YOIIK , March 27. The new woman Is not likely to bo alone In. her novelty wher the end of the century comes. It teems probable we are to havea new mnn as well- In fact , ' a new race. This will come , nol through the commonplace channel of the ballot , but through progress In the sclenct of medicine. In medicine U IncluJctl nol only the.science of healing , but the science of preventing. All over the world , nowadays , busy mer arc at work In busy laboratories studying out new Inventions and perfecting old ones Never before In tha history of the world has there been such a concerted movement nlont progressive lines In any profession. Never be fore have such results been accomplished Not even In electricity has the advance beer so striking as It has bctn In medicine. In Now York city two men may bo Enid to be at the head of this advance. The senior of these Is Dr. George P , Shrady. It Is through Dr. Shrady that the medical men of America speak to and heai from the medical men of the world , for lie Is the editor of the Medical Record , a pub lication which ranks with the London Lined as one of the highest mediums of medical In formation In cxlstenc ? . Dr. Shrady has Innu been a man of much Importance to the public , It waa he who cared for General Grant during his last Illness. He was the only American with whom the late Dr. Morell Mackenzie consulted during the final Illness of the Ger man emperor. Despite his labors as the eel- Itor-ln-chlef of one of the leading medical Journals of the world , despite his private prac tice nnd despite his dally and philanthropic work In the New York hospitals , he still finds time not only to comment on , but tc make practical tests of nearly every lmprtani new appliance or method In the Held of sur gery , to which ho gives his special attention The Junior of the two Is Dr. Cyrus Edson who represents medicine proper as Dr. Shrad ; represents surgery proper. Dr. Edson Is bet tcr known as a sanltatlonlst than otherwise because of his position as commissioner o health In New York City , and president o the New York State Board of Health , but hi study of the whole field of medicine has beei mlnuto and accurate. In his busy days h finds time for much beside his official duties His offlce practice Is large , his contrl buttons to medical and other Jour nals ore numerous , his experiments and In vestlgatlons are unceasing. It was hevh first took up seriously the development o the new diphtheria cure In America ; his re cent discovery of the means of definitely dls criminating between the blood of humai beings and the blood of animals bids fair t be ono of humanity's greatest safeguard against murder , and these , together will many other things , have made Dr. Edson' position not only eminent In New York , bu almost unique In all the world of medicine No two men are better qualified to prc diet the future of medicine as a whole thai these. A MEDICAL WONDER. According to Dr. Edson's Idea the ne\ diphtheria cure Is perhaps the most impor tant Invention of the age. He considers tha It * Is the wedge which will open a vast stor house of now scientific truths , and he think that , these truths will perhaps prove to b more Important than any others of those w have to learn. "It Is my opinion , " said he , "that th greatest of the new discoveries will com along the line of antl-toxlnes. Toxlno mean poison , nnJ antl-toxlne , therefore , means slm ply an antidote to poison. Two Europeai scientists discovered that the human systen Instead of submitting metkly to the Inroad of diphtheria until a doctor comes along t brace It up and help It fight , combats th disease long and powerfully of Itself. A soon as the dlphthcretlo poison gains a foot hold In the human body the system develop a property which nets as the direct foe of th deadly germ. In many cases this propert ; would be of Itself enough to vanquish th illsease , even should not the doctor assls it with his medicine. These are the mil cases. But so virulent Is this partlcula poison and so strong must be this resistan force that the human system can not develo a large enough quantity of It to overcom the severer attacks , and to this Is due th largo proportion of deaths from the partlc ular disease under discussion. It Is true however , that no artificial remedy ever prc pared Is so well fitted to resist diphtheria a is this nature's own. This was the gist of the first Importan point which the French scientists laid ban They found that the disease of dlphtherl was In reality the presence of a partlcula poleon In the system and that nature * ha a method of resisting It. They found tha the only flaw In the whole affair was nature * ' Inabilty to develop enough of the reslstai : power to overcome the presence of the polso In large quantities. The poison was the toxlm nature's resistant power was the antt-toxlm They saw at once that If they could find way to develop the antl-toxtne artificially an then to Introduce It Into the system lu larg quantities , diphtheria would be conquerei They knew that the anthtoxlne could only t developed by nature Itself , and that natui would only bring It forth whe-n the presenc of the toxlno demanded It. They then ret scned that If they should Introduce the toxlr Into a man's system nature nould create tl : antl-toxlne to offset It , and that If she did In man she would probably do It In oth < animals. This they found to be true. The reasoning was simple and direct , and It hs proved to have been absolutely accurate , n Infecting animals with diphtheria In a .mil form the Frenchmen found that an ant toxlne was produced , which could be draw from the animal and Introduced Into the hi man system suffering from diphtheria , thi re-enforcing the email supply of anti-toxin already there with sufficient new reslstat power to overcome the disease entirely. The have found that the horse Is the most aval able animal for this purpose , and It Is pro ) able that there are In the world today mo : than 2,000 horses which are kept In a constai state of dlphtheretlc Infection for the purpi of developing the fluid which kills the dlseas they suffer Irom. NATURE'S REMEDIES. "It Is along this line of the developmei of nature's remedies that I believe the grea eat advance In medicine will come. We sha slowly cast aside our poor artificial druj and take God's own cures. Then wo sha have vanquished disease. " "What particular disease , Dr. Edson , i you believe will soonest be done away wll through antl-toxlne- llko treatments ? " asked. "All communicable diseases will eventual bo cured In this way , " he answered. ' in.in by communicable diseases all dlseasi which can bo transmitted from one perse to another person or from Inanimate thlni to human beings. That classification cove ; a largo proportion of mankind's worst on mles. Some disorders , such as paralys and rheumatism , heart disease , neuralgl etc. , will not yield to this kind of treatmen but I am confident that science will fir other ways to baffle them. The dlseasi which will most readily yield to antl-toxli treatment and for which I am certain means of developing the antl-toxlne may I discovered are typhoid , yellow , scarlet ai typhus fevers , cholera and perhaps evi pneumonia. "U will , I am sure , amaze you whfn tell you that something after the fashion an antl-toxlne for consumption already exist and Is being effectively used throughout E- - rope. Koch's lymph Is , In a sense , an ant toxlne. "I should explain that It Is a toxlne also- that Is , that while It combats thepoleon tuberculosis. It Is Itself a poison of dead power. Its introduction Into any tyste therein the pretenceof tuberculosis did n offset U would be fatal. In this It dlffe frcm the diphtheria cure , which , should not cure , still could not kill. I wlih to sta here that the stories ct 111 effects' xeaultli from the us * of propTly prepared diphtheria antl-UxIne are without fiumlatt n. KOCH S LYMl'H. "It seems to be the general Impression In the public mind that Koch's lymph for the cure of consumption was only a nine days' wonder ; that It wag Investigated by physl- clans and found wanting , nnd that It has now been dropped. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Koch's lymph Is n genuine remedy. It will not do all that Keen thought It would , but It will do much. In simple cases of tuberculosis that Is , In cases where the lunps are Infect'd by the tubercle bac illus alone Koch' lymph cures. Most con sumption casec , however , are compound , and In such the lymph Is not effective. In Eu rope It has been found , however , that many compound cases can be reducsd to simple cases through climatic treatment that Is , through change of aliv-and that then they become amenable to the lymph. No-t scores , but hundreds , of cures have been brought about by this method In Europe. 'Antl-toxlnes already exist for hydropho bia and for tetanus , or lockjaw. Hydro phobia , ns of coursa everyone knows , Is the result of Infection through the bite of n rabid animal. Pasteur's great discovery was nothing more or less than that of an antl- toxlne for this Infection. He cures his pa tients by Inoculating them with the serum developed In the blood of animals by hydro phobia Itsslf. Tetanus or lockjaw Is one of the most extraordinary diseases to which flesh Is heir. As many people do not know , lockjaw can only come through Infection with a fcrm which can be bred nowhere except In the earth. It Is peculiar to cer tain localities. There are parts of the world in which It Is not known at all , nnd there are other parts In which It Is a very com mon thing. There are probably more cases of lockjaw on the extreme eastern end of Long Island than there are In any other equal area on earth , and there Is n portion of the New Jersey coast where the disease is amazingly frequent. This Is probably due to the use of a peculiar kind of fish fer tilizer. The tetanus antl-toxlne works abso lute cures. " "Can you tell me , Dr. Edson , what ex periments are now being made looking to ward the development of new antl-toxlne ? " I risked. "Not with any degree of accuracy , " he re plied. "Experimenters arc so afraid that some rival will steal their Ideas and rewards that they are very chary about giving hints of what they are nt work on. Investigations are , however , going on In hundreds of labora tories in Europe and America. I expect the announcement of four or flvo Important dis coveries within the year , and I believe this ratio will be kept up for many years to come. So much faith have I In the future develop ment of antl-toxlne that I do not hesitate testate state that In my opinion the hypodermic syr inge .will be the most Important Instrument ot medicine In the years to come. IMPORTANT REMEDIES IN PROSPECT. "I do not wish to slur the Importance of other lines of medical Investigation and dis covery , however. Ranking not far behind the antl-toxlnes In importance come the new syn thetic remedies. Of these antl-pyrlne , fenaca- tine , and a dozen others , might be mentioned. Science has discovered that organic substances can bo decomposed and their different ele ments entirely separated from each other. These synthetic remedies consist of new combinations of these separated ele ments. For instance , quinine. The first of the Important remedies was orig inally drawn wholly from the bark of the chlncona tree. The supply thus obtained was email and expensive. Quinine , when an alyzed , was found , to contain twenty parts of carbonic acid gas , twenty-four parts of hy drogen , twenty parts of nitrogen , twenty parts of oxygen and three parts of water. These various elements had been found In many organic bodies , but of course they were without medicinal value until they had been separated from all other elements nnd re- comblned with themselves. Some brilliant mind saw that this could be done by using coal tar as the derivative , and since then quinine has become cheap , but not less effective , The use of the bark of the chln cona has been abandoned. Had we been forced to depand entirely upon the natural source for our supply of quinine we should have been unable to have met the demand. The same Is true of many other remedies. Salacylllc acid , oncj derived wholly from the willow tree , can now be manufactured In un. limited quantities and very Inexpensively from coal tar. Wintergreen , the active principle of \\Intergrcen plant , Is now made artificially from methol alcohol. It h probable that In the course of time all the alkaloids will bo obtained by similar arti ficial means. This will greatly reduce their cost without reducing their usefulness , and will be another great advance for medicine. " "What other recent discoveries would you class among those which are likely to be of great Importance In the future ? " I asked. POWER OF ANIMAL EXTRACTS. "No discovery has been made which Is not of Importance and which Is not likely to grow In Importance. Brown-Sequard so- called elixir has coma to bo a byword with the comic papers and Is regarded as a scien tific Joke by most laymen. This Is a great mistake. Although Urown-Sequard expected and claimed more than he could carry out. he still had found a new and wonderful thing. He had discovered that animal extracts haJ a vitalizing effect on human beings. Thus the extracts of nn animal's brains or the ex tracts of an animal's spine was found to have a stimulating effect upon the cerobro-splnal system of a human being. Following his discovery revcral animal extracts have been developed with which I am not familiar , but which I am told have aepompllsheJ beneficial rtsulte. "Another great possibility lies In the blood Itself. The blood Is made up of two kinds of corpuscles , white and red. A Russlar named Metschlkoff several years ago dis covered that the white corpuscles were the scavengers of the human system. When a disease enters the blood It Is the white cor puscles that resist It. They act In the arter- leu In a way wonderfully similar to thai . In which an army acts on the field of battle , They array themrelves against the disease germs , kill them nnd carry them off. The only reason why any disease can possibly b ; fatal Is that there are not enough whlto cor puscles to kill and carry away Us germs We have not as yet discovered any way ol developing them at will , but I think this knowledge will come. When It does anothei vast advance will have been made. If as soon as the germs of a disease begin to at tack the red corpuscles , we can summer enough of the whlto corpuscles to divert the attack and overcome It wo shall have con quered the disease. STIMULANT THAT ONE MAY ENJOY. "One Immensely Important bit of knowledgi has recently been derived from the plani world , The Kola nut has long been used b ) the natives of the countries In which It growi as a mild stimulant. They have eaten mud as certain Asiatics eat the betel nut. Sclen tide Investigation has proved lately that thi Kola Is oneof the most important remedla agencies In the reach of medicine. Its ex tract stimulates In a way that no other dru { can , and it Is free from the dangerous prop ertlcs of other drugs. It does not enslave oni who uses It , as chloral or cocaine or mor phme. It ( Imply stimulates , and creates m craving. Its effect Is no less than marvelous Recently during certain experiments , an o'.i man , weak , powerless and sick , who was a first wholly unable to ralso from thegroum a weight of 160 pounds , not only raised I with ease , but carried It without dlscomfor , - for a trlle and a half after the Kola extrac I had been administered to him. " As I have intimated , Dr. Shrady gives mor attcntlcn to surgery proper than ho does t < medlclnce proper. Ho believes that In It th greatest future possibilities lie. "Tho developments which may be expects from the surgery of the brain alone , " h said , "will be so great as to practically worl a revolution In the science of cure. I expect pe-ct , for Instance , that within ten years i large proportion of the cases of paralysis no\ considered Incurable will be brought dlstlnc 1 ; within the realm of curable diseases. It ha already been discovered that each muscle c the body Is controlled by certal : ncrvo centers In the brain. The lo cation of many of these nerve center ' has been definitely determined. It ls known f for Instance , that pressure on a certain par of the brain will develop paralysis of th right leg , that pressure on a certain othe part of the brain will develop paralysis o the left leg , and so on , throughout the body Many cases of paralysis are known to b duo to such pressure , and this pressure 1 oftenest caused by the presence of clots o i blcod. Thus by brain surgery by the re t moval of these blood clots that partlcula s kind of paralysis may be cured , t A CURE FOR CANCER. "Almost as much progress has been mad IQ Ibe lurgery el tfco Intestines , Organl disorders of the kidneys ml liver are being cured now with Increasing frequency by the use of the knife , and wo know thnt we are only nt the threshold of this work. I nm convinced that cancer will bo overcome by surgery as soon us people ple learn the neiifjslty at treating It hi the early stages of Us development. Another Important advance In the study of cancers and like growths Is thnt which tins taught us thnt the sterilized poison of erysipelas will do wonderful things toward checking the progress of the disease. A case recently nine to my attention In a Nenv , York hospl- al. The patient suffered from n tumor of he hip which could not have been removed > y the knife without practically cutting him n two. Sterilized erysipelas poison was In- ected Into the affected part of his body nnd ils life was saved In spite of what were iip- > arontly overwhelming odds. "The possibilities of the surgeon' ! ) knife arc almost beyond belief , In fact. Wo can now operate upon ilmast every part of n nan's body except his heart and lungs nnd 1 am not at all certain that operations on the tings will always be Impossible. In fact , 1 am Inclined to think that the knife wll ! eventually play an Important part In the rcatment of consumption. "I do not mean to Intimate , however , thai he only advance may be locked for nlonp surgical lines. Wonderful things have ( level- opd In the bacteriological field the micro scope Is adding every day to the sum of oui tnowledge. "But greatest of all , perhaps. In Its future usefulness , Is our icreaslng knowledge of the aws of heredity. It Is coming to bi tru ? thai : ho prrpetuutlon of certain diseases , such ai nsanlty and consumption , by the Intermar ring ? of families affected by them , Is frownei ipon. When imhealthful marriages c asi hen 111 health will largely be done away with 3rganlc disease , did we not perpetuate It bj llsregard of the laws of here'lly , would ev nt ually die out of Itself , and I balleve that UK si unhealthful marriages nre becoming less fre qucnt. EDWARD MARSHALL. " LEGAL LORE. t.nw I'olntR Interpreted by the Lcndliif Courts of I ho Country. A contract to advance funds nnd manage t justness Is held In the Massachusetts case o Marvel against Phillips , 20 L. R. A. 41G. t < so largely personal that death of thi promisor discharges It. A street railway company crossing rallroai tracks Is held In the Indl na case of Chlcngi & C. T. Co. against Whiting , II. & E. C. S . Co. , 26 L. R. A. 337 , to be merely exercls Ing the public casement , for which no com > e-nsation to the railroad company Is required This seems to be the first decision on the sub Ject. Ject.A A husband's gift of his own note to his wlfi without consideration Is held In the llllnol : case of Richardson against Richardson , 21 b. R. A. 305 , to be Invalid ; and wlicro thi wife transferred the note to a bona fldo holdei she was held liable for the nmount thereof ti her husband's estate after his death. A wife's right of action for alienation of hei husband's affections , which has been denlei in some cases , Is declared In the late Mis sourl case of Clew against Chapman , 26 L R. A. 412 , adding to the majority of dccl slons on this subject. The court says : "I seems to be very generally held In this unlot that the common law gives her no such right. ' The liability of a contractor for negllgenci in his work , whereby third persons are In lured , Is held In the Penniylvanla. case o First Presbyterian congregation agalns Smith , 26 L. R. A. D04. to end when tin work Is completed and ncccplcd The anne Latlon to the case colUc'a the authorities 01 the liability of a contractor after acceptanci of his work. A Judgment ngalnst a city , even when nt tacked on constitutional grounds , such a : that It creates a prohibited Indebtedness , I : lield conclusive In proceedings by mandamui to compel payment thereof , by the Soutl Dakota decision In Howard against Huron 26 L. R. A. 493. Failure to make any effort to verify thi accuracy of a llbelous dispatch before print Ing It Is held In the federal case of Presi Publishing company against McDonald , 26 L R. A. C31 , to Justify a finding of such reck less and wanton disregard of others as t ( sustain a verdict for punltory damages. Tin court also holds that plaintiff's condition li life and station In society may bo shown te enhance damages. A railroad company by allowing other com panics to use Its tracks on a street Is he-Id li the Minnesota case of Miller against Greei Bay , W. & St. P. Railroad company , 26 L R. A. , 443 , not to Impose any additional bur den on the land. This seems to bo nearly , I not entirely , new as a decision , notwithstand Ing the multitude of Instances In which tin question might have been raised. An ordinance providing for the dc-stntctloi of milk found below the standard by an In specter's tests Is held In the Maryland casi cf Deems against Baltimore , 26 L. R. A. , 541 to be within the police power ; and such test ! are held constitutional , although not accord ing to the ordinary process of Judicial Inveb tlgatlon and not made by chemical anal ysls.A . A statute requiring screens of glass o other material to protect the moterman , o : grlpman , or driver on the front of a stree car , Is held In the Ohio case of State agulnsl Nelson , 26 L. R. A. , 317 , to be constltu tlonal , thus re-enforcing the Minnesota casi of State against Hoskins , 25 L. R. A , , 7G'J and authorities cited In the note thereto. A special tax or assessment levied annuall ; to pay for Incidental repairs to boulevards 01 pleasure ways Is held In the Illinois case o Crane against West Chicago Park Commls sioners , 26 L. R. A. 311 , to be unconstltutlona on the ground that me-ro temporary repairs o this : kind do not constitute such a local I in provement as will sustain assessments. Residence of children In a public charltabli Institution Is held In the Pennsylvania case o Commonwealth , ex rel Fry , against Scliou Directors , 26 L.R. A. 5S1 , to be Insufficient t < give the children the privileges of commoi schools In that place. What constitutes res > i dence entitling children to the privileges o public schools U the subject of annotation ti that case- . Vacancy of an Insured building Is held Im material , notwithstanding a contrary provl slon In the policy. In the Ohio caseof Mood ; against Amazon Insurance company , 26 L R. A. , 313 , unless the risk Is thereby In created , where the statute has provided tha the Insurer must pay the whole loss and th whcle amount Insured In case of total loss , 1 the absence of any Increase of the risk o of fraud. The court holds that the policy I qualified by the statute. That an accident Insurance company ha the burden of proving that an accidents death was from one of the exceptcd cause Is held In the Massachusetts case of Anthon against Mercantile Mutual Accident assocla tlon , 26 L. R. A. , 406 , In which It was liel to be a question for the Jury whether a per son found between a train and the statlo platform , with his legs crushed , Just whe the train had started , was Injured while o the platform of the car , or entering or Icav Ing It when In motion. The constitutional protection of a wltnes against self-crimination Is held In the Call fornla case of ex parte Cohen , 26 L. R. A 423 , to be satisfied by a statute preventln hla prosecution for any crime with refer cnce to which his testimony was given , en therefore under such statute a person wa compelled to answer. Hut directly to th contrary Is the decision of the federal cour In United States against James , 26 L. R. A 418 , construing a similar provision In th federal constitution. The other cases on Oi subject are found or referred to In tha unnc tatlon to the- latter case. A statute authorizing a system ct quaran tine to be established by a state board c health la held not to bo an uncoustltutlons delegation of power , In the Michigan case c Hurst against Warner , 26 L. U. A. 4S4 ; bu the. case holds that a rule to disinfect bag gage of all Immigrants from other co'inlrle Is Invalid , where the statute autliorlr.es I only In case of Immigrants from a part c locality where a dangerous commun'tabl ' disease exists. The authorities on the EUl Ject of regulations by health authorities nr reviewed In the annotation to the case. The much disputed question of the powc of an appellate court to Interfere with th amount of damages la decided against elron dissent In the Mliiojrl case r.f . Purdlc against Missouri Pacific Railroad companj 26 L. R. A. 3S4 , which holds that sucl. coui should designate mere excess not due to pat slon or prejudice , and nll > w the option t remit and take an affirmance for the rea'ilui or submit to a new trial. A great nu < nbe of decisions are analyi d In the ar.Motutio to the case , In which this ques'lcn has bee either expressly decided or In which th power has been tierclaed without elon. . . Silk Pongees 49c. Teimorow wi olVor you the biggest Imrgnlns lu .Infl'my's nil silk nntimil I'OIIBOPS , Tut1 viiluo for Hie. Tnffctn Silks 49c. I'tvtty colorings In cluH-Ucd TnuVtn Silks tli\t ! .InlTrny wholesaled at COc , our price -lOt. ' . Taffetn Silks 69c. t'liee-ki'il and striped Taffeta Silks , an I'xeellent quality , one that Jitftniy Jobbed - ltm& bed at $1.00 , our price Olio. Colored Sntins 25c. Surely Just half the prlee anybody else pays at wholesale Is low enough for Colored Satlus-for .Inffray's prleu was 50o ; ours but Hoc. Dress Goods Remnants. Tomorow and Saturday we've arranged - ranged a big Mil prise for you In the way of all wool Dress Goods remnants. All sheirt patents of this season's goods on a table ut n quarter value. Check Cheviots 35c. All the newest and most desirable shades In ID-Inch checked Cheviots that Jaffray nilsht have wholesaled at 7r > c ! our price Hoc. Diagonal Suitings 58c. Those line -11-Inch Diagonal Suitings that .1 affray got $1.125 wholesale go to morrow at OSo. Maiioii Suitings 69c. Mmum Novelty Suitings12 inches wide , goods that .laffray JoblKMl at $1.125 a yard , go tomorrow at title. Camel's Hair 49c , .Taffray always wholesaled this qual ity of colored Camel's I lair nt $1.00 a yard ; It's 5U Inches wide and our price Is1'Je. . 40-iiich Serges 35c. Gray mixed Serges , the quality that .Taffray jobbed at IJoc. a yard , go tomor row at a5c. Colored Crepoiis 75c. 11-inch Colored Grepon , In silk and wool , .laffrny got $1.125 easy ; we ask but 7oc. 44-iuch Plaids 49c. Silk nnd wool Plaids attle ) that .Taf fray never dreamed of selling at less than $1.00 a yard. All Wool Suitings 25c. We've filled a table full of .Taffray's r > ( ) c all wool Suitings and put them all in at 25c. Black Mohairs 35c. Those fine 412-Inch Black Mohairs tJiat have been such a great card with us go tomorrow at 33c. Black Serges 60c. Fine English Serges , fi2 Inches wide , Jaffray's wholesale price was $1.25 a yard , ours COc. Black Crepons $1.50. 411-Inch silk and wool Crepons , goods actually worth $2.125 to $ : i.OO a yard , your choice at $ l.f > 0. Black Henriettas 58c. 10-Inch extra fine Henrietta , Jaf- fray's regular $1.00 quality , sacrlllccd tomorow at 5Sc. English Pongees 25c. Also a ful line of White Dimities , Cross liars and line figured French Mulls , In elegant styles. French Sateens 8ic. A great variety of patterns to cheese from ; also a liner quality at ISc. Serpentine Crepe lOc. Figured Serpentine Crepe that .Taf fray jobbed at 25c a yard , go tomorrow at lOe. 36-inch Percales 5c. An abundance of Percales , worth 121/f.e. and Outing Flannels of the lOc grade , are fie tomorow. Damask 35c. An excellent quality of Damask , one that you pay much more for ordinarily , tomorow U5c. Turkish Towels 15c. Great big Turkish Towels , that should sell for 2.ric at least , are only inc. Towels of every description at proportionate tionate prices. Bargains in the Basement. 1/1 galen Water Pitchers , 9e each. 4-inch Fruit Dishes , 2c each. 8-Inch Orange Howls , Ifie. 4-pIece ( Mass Set , 2."ic. Celery Stands , 15c. 8-Inch Candy Trays , Tic. 8-inch Hi'iTj" Dishes , Tie. - \ 4-bottle Ciistor , 45e. Plain Table Tumblers , l c. Handed Tumblers , 'lc. Handsome Kngravcd Tumblers , Jfc. . Ilest Flint Goblets , ! ! c each. Nickel Plated Tea Kettle , worth $1.50 , at r.oc. No. 8 Wash Holler. f.9c. Silk Gloves 25c , Ladles' black all silk Gloves that always lit perfectly , .laffray's whole sale price fiOe , ours 25c. Kid Gloves 69c. Ladles' fine French made Kid Gloves , In tan , brown and black , warranted , .Taffray got $1.25 a pair , we ask but ( We. Men's WALKING Gloves 98c. Men's English Kid Walking Gloves , .Taffray's wholesale price was $1.50 , our price USc. Men's nniNDEEit Gloves $1BO New color of gray , the very latest fad In Men's Heindeer Uloves , at $ l.r)0 a pair. Ladies' Hose 7j c , Fine Nubian Hlaek Hose , guaranteed fast ; .Taffray Jobbed them at 20c not more than four pairs to a customer at 7'X.-c. Children's Hose lie. Fine Hlbbed Hose , double knee and spliced heel and toes , Hermsdorff dye , Jnffray'H 125e hose , at lie. Misses' Hose 15c. All shades of Tan Hose' , spliced heel and toes , .luffray Jobbed them at25c , wo ask but 1fic. IS MORSE ] IP.l I5r GOODS el Handkerchiefs Be. .laffruy'H hemstitched and colored border Handkerchiefs , worth lOc , go at 5c.