\WARYELSOFMODERNSURGERY
of at the Medical Congress
in Washington.
SEWING UP A WOUNDED HEART
tlic I.lvlntr llriilii lJi-
lilorliix tinIntirliir of lliu lluily
tilth Klrotrlc Iilwlit TratiH-
llnni'M.
The wonders talked about In the medical
congrero , which has been In session here for
the last wtek , would furnish material for anew
now volume of "Arabian Nights , " published
as a scientific appendix 1'rom what they
nald , relates a correspondent ot the Globe-
Democrat , ono might get a notion as to why
the average duration of human llfo In civ
ilized countries has been lengthened since the
middle of this century by more than ten
years All sort * of fcat of surgery which
\vcro deemed Impossible only a generation
ago arc now performed without great danger
to the patient , and the physician Is able to
explore with an cle-ctrlc light the Inmost re
cesses of the body , looking for whatever maybe
bo wrong Ho docs not hesitate even to In
vade the temple of the mind , prying ainli !
the gray thought substance for causes ol
mischief This , Indeed , Is one of the grcatcsl
of new surgical marvels The exact sltuatloi
of a tumor on the brain Is located by ob
ecrvatlon of bodily ymptoms , and thui tin
skull Is opened and the morbid growth Is re
moved It may be that the sufferer lose- *
the hearing ot one oar , and the physlclat
looks for the cause In the auditory area o
the c .re > bral cortex , Or an Inllamtnation o
Ilio car will bring about an utvtceva on tin
brain , through the Introduction of dlscasi
Krrms bred In the puss , and the simple
thing to do Id to open the skull and erupt )
the abscess Of late the surgeons have beer
trying to curp epilepsy by trephining opera
lions , to remove the pressure on the brail
which , according to accepted theory nowa
days la the cause of that dreaded disease
From tlmo Immemorial It ha.s , boon con
sldcrcd that a wound of the heart In :
physical and not sentimental sense was ncc
nssarlly and Immediately fatal Neverthe
less , only the other day , Ur. Relim of l-'rank
fort-on-tlie-Maln , suwed tip a man's hoar
which had been stabbed through with :
knife , and the patient. Is alive and well now
Ot course , this could not have been accom
pllabed without the aid of these antlscplli
methods which have fairly revolutionist
stirgory within the last twenty years Hollci
Instruments , gcrrn-klllhiK solutions , and ab
sululo cleanliness form tlm whole sum am
Bubstnnco of this now departuio in tncdlca
treatment. All germw being killed , no blond
poisoning or Inllamation follows the opera
tlou , and the wound made by the surgeon'
knlfo heals Immediately. In old times i
would havi ) been out ot the question to scv
up a man's liver whicli had been cut altnos
to pieces , na was done recently In Washlngtoi
by Dr. James Kerr. Thdt n an Is lu flrst
late health at present , by the way ,
ILLUMINATING TUG INTDRIOR.
The Illumination of thu human body fo
the purpose of studying us inside works 1
ono of the most Interesting ot latter-da
athlovemuitB for therapeutic purposes Som
tlmo ago a French scientist named Trouv
inadei experiments with a vlpw to tftntuin
plating the Internal anatomy ot living llslirt-
Ho would cause a llsh In an aquarium t
swallow a small clcclilu light light bull
which was mistaken for a dainty , on th
end of a who. Thus , by Illumination fret
'within , cveiy bono in the flbh could bo see
< llt/UiiLtly. / This Idea was taken up by a
Ingenious phys.li.lun , vvho persuaded djspep
tla patients to swallow a similar apparatus
The iLsult , In a dark room , was that th
stomach was lighted up with suillcient cleai
ness to cnablo tlie observer to ecu If any
thing serious was wrong with It It ther
wau nn opacity , It slgnllled disease. In thl
way the cancer was founu in the stomac
of Iho Comto do Paris 'Iho doctors though
of removing the organ and substituting th
stomach ot a lamb , but the operation wa
deemed too hazardous
Iho tlnme.s of the body bccomo tronslucen
to a considerable- extent when placed betweo
the uye and a brilliant light. Thin , by th
aid of the built aforesaid , It was practlcabl
not to see Into thu htoniach exactly , but t
find out If anything was wrong This pi a
has been adopted In cases vvhuo person
have swallow oil false teeth or other object
hopulera of digestion. In such an event th
foreign body would make Its presence palpa
bio by a distinct opacity as observed froi
the front outside 'llierp Is a contilvanci
consisting of a sort of box , In whicli a ma
stands , with a very bright light behind hlir
thu result being that his entire body is ror
dercd tianslucent. Under such conditions th
state of his 'Inward parte , can be asccrtalnc
with u good deal of accmacy , something at
normal being Indicated by on opaquu ept
\\lioro thcio Is no bone.
Noihing ' thought nowadays of cxamlnln
thu Inter ; tr of the bladder with an electri
light , actually looking Into It to find ou
If anything U amiss with that important 01
gan In lll.o fashion the throat is Inspected
the operator throw Ing a searchlight into th
windpipe and 'monkeying" with the voct
cords us ho pleased , seeing meanwhile jus
what ho Is doing Thus he H enabled t
romova from thu cords any abnormal grovvtl
such as might occasion the greatest dlstresi
ami oven death If It weio permitted to rt
main The Instruments usi-.l for this ? sort c
jiurposu are necessarily ot the utmost del
racy , ono ot them , foi cult lug , be'lng Hko
llttlo guillotine nn the pud of u long arn
lint , to the lay man , tlm mast striking use t
olcctrlclty In tha lllumhiatlon ot Iho bed
Ui for discovering If aught Is wrong with tli
piiaiynx or other cavities behind the faei
An electric bulb Is Intioduoed In such
manner as to Illuminate the wliolo mask i
the face , so to speak , the effect being mor
ghastly than that ot any dmth's head
PllOGRKSS IN DGX'IISIUY.
Dental science has progressed more tin
any ether branch of surgery within the l.n
quaiter of n century If that which pertalr
to the eye bo cxccpted raise teeth ai
now made to such perfection that , whl
deceiving the eye to admiration , they ai
ulmont as good as teal ones for chevvlni
Hut the most wonderful thing uecoinpllsht
by the duital surgeon Is the tiansplnutatle
of troth lie can actually taku a good fro-1
draw n tooth from the mouth ot one perse
and phut It In Iho Jaw of another , so th
it will grow and bet to all Intents and pu
poses as good as If It had sprouted original
in Its new situation. \ satisfactory conne
tlon with the old ncrvo lb established , tl
toitunate fact being that nothing In tl
body unites more readily than nerve tl
KU03.
KU03.Tho transplantation of bones la anoth
triumph of Iho new surgery. Where
human bono has become diseased or othc
wise damaged beyond repair , it can bo r
\ placed under reasonably favorable eondltloi
by a bono taken from an animal Only tl
ether day the Ire-bone of a child In Nt
York City was made good In this way by
bono from the leg of a dog Rough on tl
ilog , ono may eay , b'lt that iwint Is n
considered seriously In questions of huiiu
life and health The noic' is an oigan ilab
to damage , ami various dlaeusra attack It ni
Impair Its beauty Wluire the bridge of th
organ has fallen In , or has been destroyed ,
has boon found practicable to put In i
artificial bridge of chicken bono. Somullm
gold or platinum U preferred as the mat
rial , The proper antiseptic mcthoilb bell
follonul , the flesh hc.als over tha new brlili
without Irritation , and thus life Is ma <
worth living once more.
The eye being ono of the met Importa
organs of the body. It li lucky that medic
tcleuce knows so much about It In fac
XnowlulRo of the eye Cornea extremely ne
to being an exact science. The condltlo :
of civilized life do not seem to suit the ey
and the consequence la that comparative
few people go through llfowithout son
trouble with their eight. N't up slghtpdnr
becomes moro prevalent with every gener
tlon ; It La a disease piaducliiK change
structure and un abnormal sliapo of the ey
Nobody knows Jitot what the nature of tl
disease Id , but optical compeiibatlau for tl
rrvult Is made by na-ana of concave Icnsi
Astigmatism to mext people so myatvrloua
term-la merely an Irregular shape ot tl
cornea , which Id ret on the front of tl
eye like a watch glass. Moat people ha
moro or Irs * of It. Thti likewise Id correct' '
b ) proper glasses A generation ago peep
with tore cyra were very common. No' '
adays , thanks to the fact that most people
who need them wear the proper glasses , such
omplalnto are rarely observed.
SOME auuaicAL t'AKna.
Rvery now and then ono reads In the
ewppapers about the transplantation ot an
! > 'o from a rabbit or some other animal to
he empty eye-docket ot a human being. In-
arlably the result Is stated to have been n
; rcat surgical triumph As a matter ot fact ,
lotvcvcr , the person thus treated gets no
iKht ; It U all a fake and nonsense The
hlng has been tried over and over again ,
ml always without success , because no ani
mal's eye Is Juat like linn's In size , shape
and structure If a human being could be
> ersuadod to give up a healthy eye for the
> enent of another Individual , there might
ioa success and a renewal of vision through
a uniting of the old optic nerve with the new
one. Hut It would be extremely problcmat-
cal at the best There Is no future ahead
n that direction The development of mod
ern knowledge respecting the eye Is due pri
marily to the ophthalmoscope a simple disk-
shaped mirror with a hole through the ccn-
cr , by means ofwhich the physician In
enabled to look Into the organ and examine
ts Interior He can even get a gllrnpsp of
ho gray matter ot the brain by gazing
hrough the little canal through which the
optic nerve enters the brain from the eye
Deformities nowadays arc almost unnec
essary , so many of them arc curable with
ho aid of modern surgery. There Is no rea
son why anybody should bo cross-eyed ; a
ilrnplo operation cures that When a per
son Is very cross-eyed , It tneans that ho lids
ho sight of only ono eye ; hut the vision of
ho blind eye can be restored perfectly un
ion ordinary circumstances , by the operation
aforesaid No excuse exists wherqfore anyone
ono should have a club-foot In these times ,
or a hand similarly disabled. It Is ncarl ;
ilways practicable to remedy such a defect
n childhood by surgical treatment , and the-e
on > plenty of charitable Institutions to which
vcn the poorest may apply for assistance
of the kind Doctors arc apt to be glad
enough to have the opportunity of practice.
The humpback today Is almost on anachro
nism , Inasmuch as this dreadful allltctlon , due
: Inherited disease , is removable by suitable
tneans. Ilio sufferer from this trouble , or
from lateral ouivaturo of 4ho spine , Is
wrapped in folds ot crinoline saturated with
molatf plaster of parts , hanging by the hands
fioin a bir , meanwhile , and the Jacket thus
'ormed and renewed at Intervals makes the
backbone straight.
THE IMPKNDTRAHLE EAR.
It ts unfortunate that the car Is not open
to Inspection Ilko the eye , Its Internal ar
rangements being unapproachable visually.
U Is Impossible ever to Investigate the or
gan satisfactorily after death , for the rea
son that the parts collapse at once when
thu vital spark leaves the body. The drum
In a living person bars the way to observa
tion , an 1 , uvtn though It be pierced , the
wlndlnfi passages beyond cannot be seen
through On the further side of the drum
are three little bones , the "mallet , " "anvil"
and "stirrup , " which act on each other at
lovers. The vibrations ot air which strike
the drum are conveyed by these bones to o
spiral shell-shaped chamber Jtst behind and
above the external opening of the oar. Tin
shell Is composed of filaments of the auditory
nerve , and they convoy the sound Imprcs.
slons directly to the brain. Beautiful ar
tificial ears , flc\lble and costing $100 each
are made of vulcanized rubber , painted by
hand. Missing ears are mostly lost in rail
way disasters and by accidents with ma
chlnery.
It has been ascertained recently thai
superfluous hair on the human body can bt
disposed of most effectut.lly by exposing ( hi
part to the X rays. The pioccss should onlj
Lo attempted by an expert , Inasmuch as tare-
less usa of the rays has done much Injury
Hitherto the only successful method waste
to extirpate the Individual hairs with an elec
trie needle Another recent discovery wll
do away with that awful allllctlon , goitre
This disease Is enlargement of thu thyrok
gland In the neck Injections of an oxtrac
obtained from the thyroid glands of sheei
quickly reduce the gland to Its normal pro
portions. Yet another discovery , only a fov
months old , H a moans of diagnosing typholi
fever. It Is learned that tht > germs of typholi
will collect In llttlo balls when Introduce )
Into seine drops of the blood of a patlpn
allllcted with this dl = oasp , If the disease- I :
not present , they will not gather In thl
way. Ono of the moat curious ot the ver :
new surgical appliances Is a little metal box
to which a couple of hearing tubes are at
tachcd. It Is a species of telephone , and , bj
noticing the difference. ? In the sounds tha
como through It , one may draw a map 01
the surface ot the body of all the Intcrna
organa. This Is Important as ( Iptorminlm
any enlargement , ehrlnkago or displacement
A 'I'll n I c.
TTornforil'H Aclil PhoNjilintc.
Dr. A. R. Carothers. San Antonio , Texas
says ; "It Is the best tonic I know of In do
blllty and nervous prostiatlon , with sleep
le ncfcs. caused by mental overwork or pro
longed lactation "
mi : oiiivco cofsiiiY.
n\l > c rlonfi-N \inrrli-mi i\iilorerx li
tlie .Itiuivli'N.
S. A. Thompson , who went to Venczueli
last year in company with L. O Dent am
others to Investigate the Orinoco country fo
the Farlbnult syndicate was In the city
uays the St. Paul Globe To Messrs
Thompson and Dart belongs the honor o
discovering probably the hlgho't cast-ado li
vho world The most exhaustive hearcli li
all lecords has failed to disclose any iccon
ot the cascadi heretofore.
Da exploring pnity consisted of Mt
Thompson , Mr. Dart and six or eight natlv
oarrli > rs Iho party struck out at rlgh
angles from the Orinoco through the dens
JungKs. Mr. Thompson said It was Impossibl
to make mom than tlnee or four miles pe
day through thcs-o forcata , as the vlnps
tioes and i.ndeibnibh were so closely Inter
twined The party were tompe-lleJ to us
machetes to rut their way through. A
night each man elung his hammock betvvcoi
the tieeb , covered himself with a ptout mos
qulto netting ami slept soundly During th
trip pal rots and gayly plumed birds wcr
scun by the millions. Only seven snaUci
were seen , wlile.li rathei disproves the theor ;
that the Jungles ot Vune/uela are Inhabits
by reptiles
Thepaity continued through the Jungle ;
foi 100 mllit ) , and ono day the sound of i
mighty cjtaiact came to their cars. The PX
plorlng paity was then In the Imataci
mountains. The sound of the falling wate
was pursued , and In an hour or two the part ;
I came in full vlow of ono of the most woiuiei
ful sights ever aeen by man. Coming fion
u height , which thun could only bo guessed
was a mighty torrent. It was followln
thn precipitous sides of Urn mountain , whirl
rose at an unglo of about eighty-live degrees
The water followed a multitude of channel *
mid Its rush ihmnec ) it into white foain
Thompson says the cascade * looked like i
gieat sheet of animated whlto lace with In
trlcaloly woven mtshea After stniidln
tpcllbound the paity advanced to explore th
cascade , They climbed up the sldo to
height of t > 00 feet , but tun I the waterfal
towi > iod an equal distance above them Mi
Thompson believes the water falls a dtfctanc
of 1,100 or 1,200 feet.
Thu cascade was named the waterfall c
Manoa , after the mythical city of igold , fc
which Raleigh and other explorers so vain I
searched ,
Mr Ihomiwon tells of many vvonderfi
freaks of nature. The party several time
came In contact with the , caitb llsh , whlc
are the moat ferocious Inhabitants ot th
water known. Tim llsh aio not over four tee
Inches long , but they travel In school !
Tholr tettli are thieei-corncred Any ll\lu
object which attracts their atcntlon Is ai
tacked with fury Mr Thompson tells e
an Indian woman who entcied the water I
till a bucket She was attacked by the flsl
and rcaehcd shore , only to die In llftecn rnlr
utea The fli nh was llteially torn from he
body Mr Dart , vvho was with Mr Thomi
ton caught one of the llsh. and pulN'd !
upon tlu > bank. He held the earth under hi
foot while ho pointed at the peculiar toot
with his nnger. With a quick movement tti
rarlb Hopped out from under Mr. Dart's fo <
and seized him by the finger , cutting th :
member to the bone. TUP flf > h frequent !
have been known to bite ordinary fish liooh
In two Another fish , which the * party oft ?
lame across , was the morocoto , the flave
of which U like Lake Superior whUellsli , enl
more delicate- . The morocoto Is provide
with molar teeth , and subsists nn vegetabl
matter , which It thoroughly masticates bi
fore swallowing. Another peculiar crcatui
found was the ruorocoy , a tpecleo of Ian
turtle , which nt night utters a cry of wet
dcrful iwoetnrei.plaintive and clear.
The bugs and black ants , Mr Thomrwa
said , are the baneof the country. The blac
ant reaches the leujtu of au Inch and & lial
GENERAL GRANT'S ' HOME LIFE
Recollections of His Eldest Son , Colonel
Frederick D. Grant ,
DOING CALIFORNIA IN THE FIFTIES
lloiiu-Ntlr Slilc of ( lie ( Jrcnt MIlKnr }
Chicftnln Hull-it ( In- Home ! > >
! . < > % < mill Ct'iitlcticiN Inol-
ilcntN mill AiitM'iloto * .
The earliest , though not \cry distinct ,
recollection 1 hn\o of my father , writes
Colonel 1'red 1) Grant In the New York In
dependent , was when he was compelled to
lea\c Ills family. In 1852 , to go to California
At that time howas quartermaster ot the
Fourth Infantry , which was ordered to the
1'aclflc coast. During his absence my mother
went to her father's Shortly before this
my brother , Uljases , was born at Ucthcl , O
The negroes on , the Dent farm nlwn > s called
him "Buckeye , " sometimes "Huck , " because
ho "nas born In the Huckejo state
The rourlh Infantry came from different
points on the northern lakes and concentrated
at Governor's Island , Now York bay Eight
companies , under the command of Lieutenant
Colonel Ilonnevlllo. embarked for California
on the steamship Ohio , on July 5 , 1852
My first perfect recollection of my father
was on his return from California In the fall
of 1S54 Ho came to our home near St. Louis
T'JO picture that Is framed In my mind Is
that of a gentleman driving up to the gate
way of the old homestead , " \Vhltelia\en , "
a tow mllca from the city. He was In a
buggy , and the vehicle waa drawn by nn old
white horse. My nursea - < taking charge
of me. for I' was a small child , and suddenly
ho exclaimed , "ha , me ! there-'s Mr. Grant "
Prom that time on I was with my father
nearly all the time until his death , except
during t'lo periods when , as a youth , I was
attending school , and the period during the
war , when ho nas absent from home In active
service.
I am asked what kind ot a illBpllnarlan my
father wai In his family. Ills method was
quite simple. Iln drat created In the small
child a feeling of absolute respect for him
and belief In him. lie ruled by klndnibs.
I can recall but two or three occasions when
tie was compelled to be severe In his punish
ments. Generally speaking , ho simply ex
pressed his dlsappro\al of an action , and thai
disapproval , expressed as It. ahvajs vas In u
kindly way , was the severest punishment
ho could Inflict upon his children. On the
other hand , his praise for any service we
lemlered , or for the performance of anv p r-
tlcular duty , waa the best reward wo could
receive
A military man Is often supposed to be ,
and sometimes Is , a martinet not only In
his olllclal , but In his home life There was
nothing of this character about my father ,
Ho ruled by love and gentleness , and sc
gained the love of his children that we were
exceedingly careful to avoid doing things that
would meet with his disapproval His meu
expression ) of disapproval was a more severe
punishment than chastisement.
My father was a very domestic man. He
was rarely away from home , except on busi
ness , and found hla pleasure In his house
hold In my jounger days ho was a grial
leader , and reid much aloud for the benefit
of his children. I remember that in this
way , he read to us all of Dickens' \\oiUs
many of Scott's novels and othei standard
\vorks of notion. I recall the evenings
when wo all sat around In the family circle
and enjoyed listening to these stories whicli
pleased my father quite as much as they did
the children. This reading ahvajs tooli
place In the early part oE the evening , because
wo were sent to bed at a reasonable ho ir
My fathei would then read \voiks of a more
solid character. I remember that no was
very fond of the works of Washlngtjn liV'
lug , who was Hurl one of the most promiiipn !
writers ot the daj He read hl'tory , tics
raphy , tiavela , es'ajs , etc , until the urakln [
out of the war , when he did not have tlmi
to lead much of anything , except the dallj
newspapers
He was always a gicat newspaper reader
It wis his habit to take several newspapers
to gKinco over them all , and to read one
pretty dosely. The paper to which he de >
voted the most attention varied according
to the character of the news he desired tc
paruso , and the manner In which the reporl
or the special article In. which IIP wab Ir
( crested was presented During the * time IK
was president , for Instance , he paid partlcu
lar attention to the Washington papers. Il <
had a clerk , also , cut from the leading papers
of the country the editorials and other artl
clcs on leading topics of the day. In this vvaj
Keeping hln self Informed as to public sent !
ment.
Aside from reading books , he was not mucl
given to any special form ot amusement. Hi
was fond of playing cards at homo with t
few friends , and frequently Indulged In i
game of whist , euchre , Boston : and I hav (
often played crlbbago with him. He als (
played checkers and backgammon.
So far as outdoor amusement Is concerned
all his life ho was very fond ot horses. Rid'
Ing was his favorite mode of exercise Ai
a young1 man he was noted for his horse
manslilp. At the West Point Military acad
emy ho could ride any horse , could , perforn
more feats In tint line thin any other mem
ber of his claes , and was admittedly on. .
of the best riders "West Point had cvci
known. There was a well known horse li
that neighborhood called "Yoilc. " My fathei
and a classmate , named Couts , were thi
only cadets who were able to ride the anl
uial. My father was in the habit of jumpln ;
"York" over a bar flve feet from the ground
The hcbt leap ever made at West Point-
certainly up to within a few years ago-
1s marked there as "Grant's upon York. '
It was the habit of the liorso to approacl
the bar at a gentle gallop , then , crouchlnt
down HKo a cat , lly gracefully over It. I
required a rider of strong nerve who couK
sit , firmly In his seat while this fl > ing stem
made his famous leap. A classmate , it I
said , ono day remarked to my father , aftci
ho had successfully gone through the pei
formance : "Sam that horse will kill yoi
seine day. " "Well , " ho replied , "I can dli
but once"
In the Mexican war he also Increased hi !
reputation as a daring hoiseman. Ho roll
up the sldo of Chapultepec and then dowi
n Illght of steep stone steps to the port
When the colonel In command of the- per
saw the horae nearby ho naked my father
how ho expected to get the nnlmM out. The
answer was that ho Intended to ride him
up the steps , anil he did. Later on In life ,
atarloii9 times , ho had horeea of hit own.
When ho was stationed for a short time at
Detroit , his favorite recreation was driving.
Ho purchased for $200 a small Jet black
marc , on the previous understanding that
she would pace a mlle In 2 55 , drawing twii
men In a buggy. The spirited animal fin
ished the mile Inslrto of the prc crlbed time.
ThLi horse , later on , won n race for $1 000
and was afterward sold for JI.400. My father
never cared for hunting or shooting and
took , no Interest In horse racing , though , at
rare Intervals , he attended a race meeting ,
not more than three or four limes
One form of amusement pf jjhlch ho wan
fond was the theater Ho always preferred
funny plays , Joe JtrfersoH s'.Hob Acres In
"She Stoops to Conquer-belng ono ot his
favorites Ho had no spcrlal ( fondness for
the theater except as a form of amusement
and relaxation from the eSfW of life Ho
enjoyed Shakrspearean representations when
they wcro well played , anjlrvvas a great ad
mirer of the elder BootM The younger
Ilooth came on the stage nfhtsn my father's
time wan so occupied that ho rarely had an
opportunity to attend the' Micntcr.
Though ho always oulpy d a cigar he
never until during the war , became an In-
vetcrato en oker H may' bijf said that ho
had the habit thrust upon film , and that ,
too , In a rather curious wny * At the tlmo
of the rapture of Kort Donclson ho went
down to see Admiral Foojf , vvho had boon
wounded The admiral parsed 'htm a cigar.
Ho III It , and they were tat pig about what
the flet would do when he , received a signal
to go ashore A mcsscnger-Ka staff officer
Informed him about a movi/hient / of the en
emy which demanded his Immediate atten
tion. Mounting his horse ho rode- rapidly
to the front having thU cigar In his mouth ,
Issued his orders on the field , and the re
sult was the fall of the fort Somn one , In
writing about this battle , said that "General
Grant appeared on the Mil with a cigar In
Ills mouth" The news of thn capture of
Kort Donelton was received with the great-
ml enthusiasm In the north , and whea people
ple learned fiom this Incident about the cigar
that "Grant was a smoker" admiring friends
from all parts of the north sent him boxes
ot clgnrs , so that , In ten days , he must have
had 10,000 cigars on hand. In this way ho
began to smoke much ottcncr than he had
over done before , and he kept up the habit
to the close of his life.
> Irit. I.PHNO'N Inli-ri'MtliiR : ConviTHiitlon
llli n Commrrrlnl Trn-x-lor.
Mrs. Mary R. Lease1 boarded the Santa To
train at Topeka for Atchlson , wheio ho had
a lecture datu. She found the par crowded ,
the onlv vacant seat being by the side of a
Chlcngo traveling man. Of course the trav
eling man moved his big grips' and made
room for her , relates the Topeka Journal.
This brought from the "uncrowned queen
of Kanbas prairies" a "thank you" and a
pleasant sn.lle
Ttio Ice thus broken , the traveling man
proceeded to make himself agreeable One
word brought on another and the traveling
man soon got far enough along In the con
versation to ask Mrs. Lcaao where she
lived.
"At Wichita. " the replied.
"Ah1 Wichita , " said the traveling man.
"I suppose you know the famous Mary El-
Ion ? "
"I know her quite v '
"Shot , a great old j.rl ; I'd Ilko to meet
her. "
There was a merry twinkle In Mrs. Lease's
eye. She siw some fun ahead
The tiavellng man continued : "I learned
a good deal about Mrs. Lease through n
Topuka filend of mine who was her attor
ney Hagan , Eiigrnn Ilagan. that's my
friends name defended her the time LPW-
filing ; tried to icmove her from the board
of charities Hagan said she was a grcal
tighter , but notwithstanding her leputatloi ;
as a crank was a very easy client to gel
along with Hagan said she- paid his fci
of $300 without a question , and he though !
shu would have paid $1,000 Just na wllllnglv ,
She Is the first woman 1 ever heard of whe
wouldn't quarrel about a bill , that Is If she
had to pay.lt hciaelf. "
Mrs Lease beamed upon the traveling mar
and said she had heard ( he subject of the
chat was that kind of a woman.
"U hat soi t of a family has she ? " asked the
traveling man.
"Sho has a number oti very blight chll-
dren , " Mrs Lease replied , "tivo boys and :
girl. The elder boy is grown. "
'Is her husband living ? "
'Yes he Is ' *
; a druggist.
'He must be a queer kind of a man. "
Why ? " '
'Well , Mrs. Lease Is bright and famous
and all that , but she is such a curiosity thai
I should think a man would bate to live will :
her. " _
Mrs Lease bit her lip. "He has managct
to stand It a good while nearly a quartei
of a century , " she said. '
"There's no accounting for1 tastes In thh
world , " the traveling man retnarkeJ.
W. r. Guthrle , the Atch'lson'attorney ' , whr
was sitting across the alslo ami had hean
the conversation , could cqntain himself m
longer , -30 he i oared. Then Mrs Leas (
laughed and handed thb traveling man hoi
card ,
"Nortonvlllo ! " the brakeman called out
"I must get oft here , " said the travellnf
man , and , grabbing his grips , made a datl :
for the door. Ho left the train at Noitoii'
vlllo. but "Dad" Griffith , the conductor , sale
his ticket read St. Joseph.
"False In one , false in all , " la an anclerr
legal maxim. Remember It to the dlsaJ
vantage of any tradesman who tries to bub
stltuto one article for another.
Dt'iircniliuit of HolliTt Morrlx.
Mrs. Christiana D. Sempie , vvho baa Juei
died in Chicago , was tald to be a direct
descendant of Robert Morris , and her grand
father was at Valley Poige with Washing
ton. Her mother , Mrs William Moore ol
Philadelphia. VVJB the originator of the
famous supply station and hospital where sc
many thousanda of men In the lute war were
fed and nur.'ed. In this woik Mrs. Sempli
ablated her mother. Among other deeds she
went to President Lincoln to plead for the
llfo of a soldier boy sentenced to bo shot
and took with her a petition Digued by
hundreds ot prominent Philadelphia , and
aUo a picture of the supply station Aftci n
personal Investigation the jiiesldent par
doned the boy.
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"I remember , " said an old Jersey settler
: o the New York Sun man , "when , away
hick In the ' 60s , a wedding was postponed
on acco'int of a Jack pot In which the pros
pective * bridegroom was deeply Interested. "
"In those daya poker was more commonly
played at the state capital than U Is today ,
and there were smno pretty stiff games
pulled off In the hotels and star chambers
around town when the legislature was In
session. Ono of the hardest players with
which th regulars had to deal was young
Jim Rawsou of Ggg Harbor. He ran a gen
eral merchandise store down there , and was
mixed up In the oyster trade1 , so that ho
always had 'money to burn , ' as the boys say
nowadays
"In the winter of ' 54 Ravvson rame > to
Trenton to help push a bill , In which he was
Interested , through the legislature , and one
evening ho got mixed up In a game of poker
In the United States hotel with Sol Travers ,
Jerry Holcomb and Dick Collins , three of
the gamtst players that ever drew cards
The game was Innocent enough when It
elartc 1 , but along about 3 o'clock the next
morning It had a sumed proportions calcu
lated to make an ordinary player gnsp when
the bats vveromade. Rawnon was the young
est man at the table and had probably
lilaycd poker less than any ot the others ,
but he had money and nerve , and the way
he used both of them made the other tlneo
keep their eyes open. There wasn't much
difference In the men's winnings up to break
fast time , but all ot a sudden the- cards got
freakish , as they will sometimes , and began
to run against Rawson.
"Tho players wouldn't give up the game
and had bic.akfast brought to them. They
laid down the cards long enough to eat , and
then went nt It again Raw son's hard luck
kept up. He turned his hat around , crossed
his legs , got up , and walked around his olialr ,
rung in new packs of cards , and did every
thing that the superstitious poker player
does to change his luck , but It wouldn't
change Ills money kept drifting away until
10 o'clock In the forenoon , when ho counted
up hit ) assets and found that he had $200 left
Ho had fed about Jl.SOO to the tlgei , and
naturally felt a little sore. At last n Jack
pot was started about halt past 10 o'clock ,
and the cards were dealt around a dozen
times and nobody got opcncis.
OPENING TIIU JACK POT.
" 'Huriy up , boys , and open It , ' said Raw-
son 'I've got to catch that 11.13 train I'm
going to bo mairled tonight , and I must be
lu by l > o'clock , diessed for tlio occasion '
"But the boys didn't seem to be able to
hurry. They dealt and dealt , but , somehow ,
the light kind ot opeueu' wouldn't fall , nnd
finally there was a snug llttlo pot of about
$ bOO on the table At 11 30 1 ravers opened
the pot for $100 Holcomb and Collins stayed.
" 'I feel Just as If I was going to win tint
pot , ' said Rawbon , writing some figures on a
piece of paper and throwing It on the center
of the table with what money he had left.
'I'm shy ? r > 0 , boys , but I guess I'm good for
" 'Your check la as good as your money , '
said Tiavera.
" 'Uveiy bit. ' said Holcomb and Collins.
" 'But you'll never catch that train , ' re-
maikcd Travels.
" 'By thuudci ! ' exclaimed Rawson , 'I for
got all about that ' lie looked at His watch
and found that he had three minutes In
which to get to the station. 'There's no use
trying to make it now , ' he said , 'they'll have
to postpone the wedding. I'll telegraph that
I'vo missed the train. ' At 11:45 : a messenger
was sent to the telecraph otllce with a dib-
patch , and the game went on
"Tho pot was $1,000 strong when the men
drew cards , , and I want to tell you now ol
the most remaiknblo &et oT poker hands thai
I ever saw dealt. 'Iravora 22 doallnir. Hol
comb called for one cam , Collins cook one ,
Rawson drew four , and Travers took one
There was business ahead , eveiybody saw
that. Traver made a bid for a raise by bet
ting $25 , which was 'lifted' $200 by Holcomb ,
and Coljlns raised that $ .200 , so that when It
came around to Rawson It cost $12' > to come
In. Everybody thought he would throw down
his cards , but ne didn't , ho slowly drew a
check book out of his pocket and wrote a
cheek for ? 1,000 and shoved It up , thus rais
ing Collins $57C.
"You could see right away that the other
playets thought ho was , blutllng. Travers met
the raise at once and added $500 to It. Hol
comb saw that , and lalsed it another $500
Collins blmply saw the raise and Rawson
lifted It another thousand.
"Travers settled back in his chair and eyed
Rawion for a minute 'You've got pretty
good nerve , old man , " ho said , 'but you can't
make mo lay down , not on a four-card draw ,
anyway ' Then ho saw Rawson's $1,000 raise ,
and Increased It $500
" 'I call you , ' said Holcomb , shoving In
$1,500.
" 'I might as well take a clianco for my
money,1 said Collins , laying $1,500 on the
pile. Rawson put down another check for
$500.
" 'Well , boye , ' said Travers. 'I'm sorry foi
you. I'vo got four queens. HP threw them
on the table.
" "That beats mv four Jacki , ' saM Holcomb ,
' ' M Collins 'but it
'and my four teni , ;
doesn't beat my four kings , ' Mid Raw son ,
spreading out Ills cards. Ho held four kings
and nn ace.
" 'Thundcratlon , what a draw ! ' exclaimed
Travers.
" "Twas pretty good , " said Rawson , raking
In the money ; 'and I got them all In a bunch
t held up an aco. '
"Rawson pulled In $13.000 , nnd $1,750 of It
came out ot the pockets ot the other three
men. It was1 the biggest Jack pot I over
saw. "
TOO MUCH SENSR TO KICK.
"How about the wedding' " nsked n listener
"Oh , yes , I meant to tell you about that , "
said the old settler "You see. the girl that
Rawson was going to marry had n mind ot
her own and when tlie telegram came saying
that he had ml ed tbo train , what did she debut
but Jump aboard the car * nnd como up to
Trenton , reaching here about 6 o'clock In
the evening Rawson was mighty glad to RPO
her , too They went out ami hunted U | > n
minister nnd got married Then they came
back to the hotel , and we all had a mighty
nlco lay out I don't know whether the
woman ever found out why Raw eon missed
the train or not , but I reckon It ohe * did she
would have moro sense than to kick much ,
because she seemed to bo a , pretty level
headed girl. "
"Speaking about that being n remarkable
set of poker hands , " ( .aid an oUl-ttinor , who
had been a listener to the old settler's nc-
count of the game , "I saw n funny set of
hands myself once It was along about 'C2 ,
I guess U was while the legislature was in
session One night I dropped Into Charley
Donnelly's place , that was , In those days , n
favorite resort for poker players There was
n big game on between four South Jersey-
men They had been playing nil the after
noon without ono getting much the best of
the other I thought I'd watch the game
nwhtlo and I sat down behind Jim We < eks , a
big stock dealer , who lived In Burlington
county. He's dead now. The cards were
dealt around n half do cii tlme\s and nobody
got n hand that was worth bolting much on
"Finally Weeks called for a new pack of
cards. They were brought nnd carefully
shutllcd The cards were dealt and every
body bet n dollar. A fellow named Halnes
was dealing , and when ho nsked how many
cards were wanted every one of the plnyers
stood 'pat , ' and wo nil noticed that he laid
the pack down without taking cards him
self Weeks bet $10 and tbo follow next to
him raised him $10 Hverybody stayed , nnd
when the hot got back to Weeks he raised It
$20 ; but HiilncH wasn't fea/ed by that and ho
promptly raised Weeks $ . " 0 After some hcs
Italian tfre other two pliycn. dropped out
and the fight was between Weeks and
Hnincs who raised back and forth until
there was about $1,200 In the pot. Plnnlly
Halnes got skittish nnd called Weeks
" 'I'vegot a club flush deuce , tray , four ,
five and six , ' ho said , spreading out his
cards
" 'I've got n heart flush with the same
cauls , ' said Halnes
" 'Well , I'll be whaled , " said ono of the
fellows who had drawn out , 'It I didn't have
the same kind of a diamond flush '
" 'Yes. and I laid down n spide flush to
match It , " bnld the other fellow.
"Halnen and Weeks divided the pot , while
the other two chaps went Into the bairoom
and ordered cocktails Four pat hands were
dealt and one was as good as the other. I
never knew of Its happening before 01
since "
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