THE OMAHA.DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , JANUAHY 8 , 1890.
TURNING POINTS IN A CAREER
How a Distinguished American Surgeon
Achieved Success ,
' SOME EARLY AND LATER OPERATIONS
An O-nrr ( Knife Operntlnn IlooM * 11
Younif Doctor StnrllInK line of
\ * "Tlie I''lnu r nf Kxpc-
rlonoe. "
K there arc Incidents In the career ot
any man who hits devoted a lifetime to nn
arduous profession that max stimulate
others to persevere In the face of dlfllcul-
tlcs. Uio career of a conscientious physician
must afford them , trifling as tht e Incident *
may appear In themselves. After the lapse
of nearly thrce-uartera of a uontury , I must
confess that my first two patients died lm >
mediately after an operation I performed on
them. Wandering Into the poultry yard of
my father's old-faihloncd farm at Dottle
Hill , N. J. , saw two little yellow chickens
that had Just been born united by a cord
like that which fastened the Siamese twins
togcUicr. When one stood up the other fell
down and Immediately Its struggles upset
the first. New Jersey was a slave state
then and there were thirty or more negroes
on the place. Close by me , as usual , was
I'ete , eon of black "Mammy Peg , " and my
chosen companion and body servant.
Prince , another negro , was pruning fruit
trees In the garden near by.
"Run and get Prince's shears , " said I to
Pete , and with that I had cut the living
Bush , Dr. Drake , who wrote "Tha
Medical History ot the Mississippi Val
ley , " and Dr. Dudley , who had oper
ated for fltono In the bladder a hundred
times without losing a case. The medical
school was the pride ot Lexington and young
men came from all over the southwest to
attend Us lectures. I hadn't studied any
medicine ns yet , but the Presbyterians were
EO strict that It seemed to me they didn't
know the difference between amusement nnd
vice It wasn't right to laugh on Sunday
BO I decided I didn't want to bo a preacher.
To my mind thcro was nothing left but
medicine. Hut I became so 111 of congestive
fever , which confused my head eo that t
could not flttuly , that I was brought back
all the way from Kentucky and stopped over
night In Now York at the Astor house on ths
way home to Dottle Hill. Dr. Dlshop , our
home doctor , had by this tlmo been nuc-
ceeded by Dr. Henry P. Green and at his
suggestion when I got to New York I Bent
for bis brother , Dr. David Green. He ap
plied blisters all the way down my spins
and drew out a pint of scrum , which Im
mediately relieved my head. The next
morning I felt well. I sat down and wrote
to my uncle In Lexington that Dr. Green
had cured mo In one night , although Dr.
Dudley , who had been treating me , hadn't
done mo any good In elx months. It seemed
to mo that Dr. Dudley must have made some
vital mistake In my case and I proposed now
to go to work and study medicine to llnd out ,
If I could , what the mistake was. It I ever
did find it out I v > aa going out there to tell
Dr. Dudley all about It and It I didn't learn
It I'd go out and apologize and In the mean
time he could read that letter to Dr. Dudley
with my compliments.
After this saucy epistle I went to Dr.
Green's office and told him ot my resolu
tion. His offlco was In his residence , nt the
corner of Lalght and Hudson etreeta. When
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rope that held the little creatures together
nnd In a moment or two they bled to death
nt my feet. I put them In my apron I was
only 4 years of age and carried them In to
my mother. I am 78 years old , but I re
member as If It were yesterday how she
nearly broke my heart with her reproof lot
what she. considered cruelty to animals.
Now it happened that It was just about
the tlmo in the morning for Dr. Bishop to
drive up. The doctor was In my estimation
the second citizen in the community , the
clergyman being first. Dr. Bishop always
drove in style and this particular morning
ho came up behind a high-stepper , with new
harness and a sleek negro driver. It was
11 when ho arrived , generally , and it WSH
Just at 11 that my father was In the habit
of going to the sideboard and refreshing
himself , with much moderation , but great
regularity , I may say , from the abundant
stores therein. And Dr. Bishop naturally
Joined him. When my mother took the two
little chickens In a preserving Jar full of
alcohol into Dr. Bishop that day I felt Im
pressed as I never had before by his great
ness. And when she cams out of the room
where hn nnd my father were and found mo
admiring the bright brass buttons on the
driver's coat , and asked mo If I would like
to bp a doctor , I unhesitatingly answered
"Yes. " I had begun to think for myself ,
even then.
Wnvvrlnir n to a 1'rofoimlon.
But I was not clearly determined whether
I wanted to be a preacher or a doctor until
after I was 12 years old. It was then that
I went out to Lexington , Ky. , to spend some
tlmo with my undo , David A. Suyro , the
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my unole finally wrote It took a long time
for a letter to como here from Kentucky In
1839 that he wanted mo to go to Europe
and see scmethlng of it ho world before I
settled down I had already arranged to
study under Dr. Green , and in return for
his medical Instruction , to help his son
John along In mathematics and the classics ,
In which I had been well groundod.
That decision , not to go to Europe in
luxurious Idleness , but to get down to hard
work in the profession that of all others
seemed to mo the most honorable and use-
fnl as well as the hardest , was , I believe ,
the turning point In my life. And soon
afterward there happened an Incident which
gave me my first professional dtart , which
was the entree to the New York hospital ,
which 'was then the only hospital In the
city of New York. Of so little Importance ,
In comparison to the hospital , waa the
medical school , > the College of Physicians
and Surgeons , that when Dr. Green sent
mo to Barclay street to register my name
as a student , and I came back and told htm
that the college had been moved frcm Bar
clay street to Crosby atrecit , neither he nor
any of the prominent doctors who hap
pened to be there assembled knew of the
change. Among them were Dr. Wllkes , the
eminent oculist , Dr. Anderson and Dr.
Cameron. They had como to Dr. Green's
fine residence on St. John's park as that
part of Hudson street was namej , to eee
him raise the epiglottis , by pulling out the
tongue , and sponge out mucous buck of it.
They didn't bellovo it could be douc.
It struck me as very strange that nobody
knew or cared where the medical college
was In New York. In Lexington It was the
prldo of the town. But I soon found out that
It was the thing to get into the New York
hospital. That was the goal of every medi
cal student's hopes. Appointments to It
wcro made by the attending surgeons , Dr.
Ourdon Buck , Dr. Richard K. Hoffman , Dr.
Alfred C. Post , Dr. John C. Cheesemau , Dr.
J. Kearney Rodgers and Dr. John Watsou.
Each of these staff physicians had made bis
own appointment of some young friend or
pupil as nn Interne in the hospital receiv
ing. Incidentally , $500 for it , and there was
no room for anybody else. But wo outsiders
used to go down from Crosby street to the
hospital In Broadway , at Prince street , to
see the surgeons operate. The incident
which gained mo an entree into the hospital
was this.
i First Oiierntlon.
| A hurry call came one day for Dr. Green
'
to go down to the docks. Ho was too busy
to go and sent me. I found a cabin boy
lying senseless on the deck of a vessel Just
about to sail. The lad had been helping to
hoist sail and bad fallen from the mast ,
breaking his thigh and staving in bis left
frontal bone. His face was covered with
blood and ho presented a terrible sight. I
knew Instant action was necessary ; I seized
an oyster knlfo and pried up the- depressed
edges ot the fracture and declared the boy
must be removed to tbo hospital without
loss of time. I went along myself and ex
plained the facts and had no difficulty In
getting the lad admitted. Then I was In
vited to como back and see bis elcull
trepanned. When I left the sufferer he was
swearing In Swedish , entirely unconscious
of his surroundings. But no sooner had
Dr. Gurdon Buck picked up the broken bone
and relieved the pressure on the brain than
the lad began to speak English , asking :
"What are you doing there ? " We oil know
now that the third convolution of the left
side of the brain Is the seat of the faculty
ot speech , but the functions of tbo brain
were not localized In 1S39. The next devel
opment of Interest In the operation was her
nia cerebrl , the swelling out of the brain
through the wound. 60 to overcome thli
. Duck cut from a sheet of thin lead a
circular piece large enough < o cover the
wound * nd bandaged It over the aperture.
At pui formed In all wound * in those times ,
long before antisepsis was known , Dr. Buck
provided for the draining of the wound by
cutting a narrow slit In the middle of the
piece of lead , largo enough for the edge of
a C-pence to get Into.
I was greatly Interested In this opera
tion , which proved entirely euccessfut , and
by the time the lad had recovered Dr.
Duck and the other surgeons knew me
and saw how willing I was , and by ( tie by ,
when the regular Internes went away on
their vacations I was allowed to substitute
for them and was about the hospital prac
tically all the time.
There was another Incident which exer
cised a powerful Influence on my career.
Ono day Dr. Green took mo with him on a
call to an old house in Watts street , near
Canal. There wo found the foreman of a
fire company whoso knee had been biJly In
jured by his being thrown from his engine.
Dr. Green concluded that the leg had been
neglected so long that amputation was tliu
only remedy. So. he asked me , as I had thu
run of the hospital by that time , to tuko
the poor fellow up nnd see that lie was
treated properly. I got him In all right and
before operating Dr. Post gave a very full
and explicit explanation , the subject lylug on
the operating table all the while and drinkIng -
Ing It all In , ot the tourniquet , tde stoppage
of hemorrhage by hot Irons , the flat llgaturo
and the round llgaturo and the various
kinds ot amputations. This was all specially
gratifying to me , as I had complained to
my preceptor in anatomy at the college , Dr.
Watts , that the operators at the hospital
didn't make clear enougfa to the students
Just what they were doing.
A Snlijcct Who ttnn Aivny.
Unfortunately , Dr. Post had made himself
only too well understood by the subject. As
ho advanced , catlln In hand , the big flre-
n an , to my consternation , bounded from the
operating table and yelling , "Get mo
breeches , begoB , I'll dlo with mo leg on ! "
disappeared through the door. When I told
Dr. Green what had occurred ho was eo nn-
gry at the fireman's behavior that ho said
he'd have nothing moro to with the case.
I'd have to attend to it myself.
Before going to find my man I heard a
lecture at the college by Dr. Willard
Parker , the lecturer on surgery. He told
the class all about the tactus orudltua , the
touch of experience and how to apply U In
detecting pus. The operation at tbo hospital
that same day was by Dr. Gurdon Buok , and
he promptly applied the taotus cruel It us wo
had Just heard about , showed how he de
tected the pus In the subject's groin , opera
ted for the .bubo by opening the swelling
and then put in a drainage tube.
With my Head full of the moralng's lec
ture and the noonday demonstration , I went
to Tlernan'a and bought a new case ot sur
gical Instruments my own having been
stolen and went eagerly around to see my
fireman. I found the pus by the tactus
erudltus , opened the swelling as I had seen
Dr. Buck do , bound up the wound with lint
and went home and told Dr. Green what I
had done. "Heavens , Kcatuok , " ho said to
me , "go butt your brains out against a stone
wall and fill your head with shavings. You
are the flret surgeon in the world who over
opened a Joint ! "
Tow from an Old Sofa.
Next morning Dr. Parker lectured on
chronic abscesses and laid down the law
that no surgeon must ver cut into a
swollen Joint. That afternoon I hurried
back to my poor patient , feeling little short
of a murderer. I had spent all my money
for the instruments , and bad none left to
buy lint with. I was at my wits' end to
know what to do , and seeing tow sticking
out of a rent In the old sofa on which the
fireman lay , I seized someof that , drew out
and smoothed It and laid It with many mis
givings In the longitudinal gash I had made
In the swollen knee. The next day , when I
went to drees the wound , It was clean and
healthy looking. Whatever pus had formed
had been siphoned out by the tow , by capil
lary attraction , and the man was feeling a
great deal better.
This success with an operation forbidden
by the canons of surgery , without lint , set
mo to thinking. I learned to rely on myself.
I discovered that In surijory personal ex
perience was worth all the lectures In the
world , and < that every practitioner must
learn all ho can from books and then work
out its correctness by his own hands. And
what IB 'more , this accidental use of tow In
dressing the fireman's broken knee led mete
to tbo discovery that tow dipped in Peru
vian balsam , and what I found to be better
yet , tarred hemp , or oakum , not only
drained but dlotntectedwounds. .
My fireman got well , and for twenty years
sold apples from a stand at the corner of
Broadway and Prlnco stnjets. I had prac
ticed antiseptic ; surgery on him without
knowing it for antiseptic was not discov
ered until the ' 70s , but that very discovery
of oakum as a dressing for wounds saved
thousands ot lives In our own civil war ,
when antisepsis was as yet unknown.
Self-reliance , study , work those , It seems
to me , are the lessons ifur the young sur
geon to learn day In and day out. Always
keeping the star of honor bright before his
eyes. To be a good doctor bo must be a
good man. While It is true I am convinced
that a conscientious physician granted
ability and opportunity docs moro good In
the world "than " a member of any other pro
fession , yet It is equally true that his temp
tations are so strong and so constant that
without conscience he will shipwreck.
LEWIS A. SAYUE , M. D.
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" ' RELIGIOUS.
The Mormons are said already to have
5.000 followers la the Hawaiian Islands.
Plymouth church has decided to accept the
resignation of Rev. Dr. Abbot , to take effect
May 1.
About one-third of the leading magazines
nnd newspapers of New Japan arc cither
edited by Christians or favorable to Chrls-
'tlan ' ideas.
The bishop of tbo , Husftian church In
America recently arrived In New York. Ho
hns a larger diocese. It Is said , than any
other bishop in the world.
The New York Evangelist says a good
choir is a great blessing and U a source of
comfort , Inspiration and real help to every
true preacher. Qeechcr said that music Is
the minister's prime minister.
The nev. Dr. John Snyder has resigned the
pastorate of the Church of the Messiah , St.
Louis , after having held It for twenty-six
years. Ho is ranked as one of the most
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west.
Plymouth church , Seattle , the largest In
the state of Washington , with a resident
membership of over 600 , according to the last
Year Book , is reported as leading oft with
a missionary society which Includes every
member of the church.
When the Chicago City Missionary society
began Its work , sixteen years ago , there
wore thirteen Congregational churches In the
city ; now there are seventy-four and of these
churches fifty-seven were founded with the
assistance of < the society.
"The church In America , " says the Boston
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first time they were the Illustrious brothers ,
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of Baltimore , and Peter Richard Kenrick ,
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THE PALE GREEN BOX ,
Aunt Abigttll Simpson Explains Its Mysterious Power.
By HARRIET CARYL COX.
"I wouldn't never open It for anything In
all this world , not oven If you shouM give
mo a thousand dollars right down , the handsomest -
somest house In all Clinton nnd a dozen
servants to manage It.
"I wouldn't , no , 1 wouldn't oven lift the
cover If the minister told mo I'd got to , to
save my soul , "
In her earnestness Abigail Simpson
stopped rocking , and looked askance at the
subject under discussion.
U was an ordinary old-fashioned , round
cheese box , painted a pafo green , with a very
shiny surface. On the cover , rudely carved ,
evidently with a dull knife , were the letters
S. S.
S."That belonged to my great grandfather , "
Abigail went on , hitching her chair a little
farther away , "and it ain't never brought
good luck to nobody , and don't nobody have
the least Idea what's In it , and they ain't
never likely to , whllo I'm a-llvlng. "
Her nle < ce viewed the box with fresh Inter
est. "What do you suppose Is In It ? " she
queried , with Just a thrill of awe In her
voice. Maybe It's empty. "
"No Uncle Gershom shook it once and
there was things Inside that rattled. He
thought It might 'bo ' money , and ho 'most
opened it , but ho didn't quite , you see. No
body ever has. "
"Butwhy not ? " persisted the young girl.
"Thcro can't bo anything dreadful in It.
There might 'bo ' some rare old coins , or deeds
or something valuable. It's only a box. X
should think you'd have Uncle Jason pry the
cover open -with a knife. The paint has
stuck It fast. " She gave the box a shako and
tugged at the cover.
"Don't you ever try ! " her aunt screamed ,
Jumping from her chair with a vehemence
that sent It over backward.
Then , as if ashamed of her emotion , she
added more calmly , "Put It away Abby , do.
It can't do you no good , and I'll tclt you
"
why wo don't never open it , nny of us.
The girl arose obediently and taking the
box returned it to the dark corner in the
attic . -where she had found It. Her aunt
listened In a tremor , ns the young feet
echoed over the thin boards of the attic
floor end came down the stairs.
She breathed a sigh ot relief ns the girl
entered the room. "It gave mo the shivers
to hear you up there and know you was
a-thlnklng of the box , " she confessed. "You
sounded so much like Tryphena , when she
got took with the notion to see the insldo
of that BOX.
"Poor Tryphena ! " she sighed dismally.
"Sho was the aunt whoso lover waa
' " the girl asked
drowned , wasn't she ?
gently.
Her aunt nodded assent. "I might as
well begin at the beginning , " she said ,
"and then you'll see -why. "
"Great-grandfather had that box for
something , but -what , ho and the grave only
know. When he died , 'twas left up in the
attic , way under the eaves , with a hair
trunk nnd lots of old rubbish , and nobody
didn't think of disturbing it till one day
grandmother had a clearing up fit. She was
awful energetic , and she was bound to get
that attlo cleared out * or once. It had a
terrible lot of old stuff In it , so she began
real systematic and was going through
everything.
"She'd Justvgot around to the hair trunk ,
and had been reading some of the letters In
It , and Just took up the box to open It , when
she heard an awful scream , and went rushIng -
Ing down stairs and found that grandfather
had got hurt bad and they was bringing
him home.
"He was dreadful sick and didn't never
rally , and grandmother never flnlihcd clean
ing. But after ho died she tried It once ,
and when she came to the green box It all
come back to her so plain she Just couldn't
do any more.
"Then , one day. Aunt Tamar was rum
maging 'round and she come across the box
and thought she'd like It to keep a hat in ,
and so she was Just going to open It , and
there came a dreadful big clap of thunder
and a bolt ot lightning came right down
the chimney and numbed her so she didn't
get over It for hours. And If you'll believe
me that lightning went across the attic and
when It got to where the box was It turned
right off straight and never touched It.
Wo could tell , 'cause It left a burnt track ,
with a sharp angle In it where the box was.
"How do you account for that ? "
The girl shook her head.
"It Just meant folks nor powers nor noth
ing was to touch that box. That's what it
meant. "
"Well , your Undo Gershom tried It once ,
and he was taking it over to the light , and
he run into an old lantern that was hanging
up , and it cut his forehead dreadful and
ho dropped it and ran off for the doctor , anil
the next time ho went up In the attic the box
was back in its place again. "
She paused to give emphasis to the
phenomenon- .
"And then Tryphena took a notion to
open It. 'N' Just then Silas came running
over to tell us how Tryphena's beau had
got drowned. Mother went up nnd told her
nnd she Just put her head down on the box
and didn't say anything for a long time.
And when finally she did come down we waft
all here and we could hear her feet come
'cross the floor , Just as quiet and steady ,
and when she came in she smiled at us.
And and the next morning the next morn.
Ing , Tryphena's hair was snow white. "
Abigail rocked in silence for a moment.
"No one has tried to * open it since then , "
she said , "and I don't think nobody will ,
whllo I can help It. "
She arose suddenly nnd went out into
the kitchen. Abby looked after her and
there wcro tears In her young eyes.
"Say , was Greatgrandfather Simpson an
awfully methodical man ? " queried Walter
at supper , pausing aetween muffins.
"Very , " replied his aunt. "Why ? "
"And his name wasn't Solomon or Samuel ,
or anything that begins with S ? "
"No ! It was Zattu. You don't often
hear that now. "
"Well , then it must be ! " he said con
clusively ,
"What ? " queried Abby.
"Why , the box , " he replied.
His aunt pushed back her chair.
"I found one up 'In the attic , " he ex
plained , "and it had S. S. on top of It , and
I thought it might mean a sign for dollars ,
EO I opened It. "
There was a sharp exclamation from
Abigail. She was very pale.
"The cover stuck like fury , " Walter con
tinued , "and I broke three blades ot my
Jack-knife and cut my finger trying to get
It open , but I was bound to do It , and I
did. "
"What ? " his aunt attempted to say ,
whllo she looked beseechingly at Abby.
"Oh , Just an old almanac and some dried
squash seeds. " Walter replied carelessly.
"That's why he marked 'It ' S. S. , you see
squash seeds , 'i took the box and dumped
the eoeds on the floor. "
There was a sudden crash outside , and
an Irish howl , as Bridget tripped and sent
the boiling teapot flying.
"I never knew It to fall , " Abigail said ,
folding her thin hands resignedly.
NAVY nun.ny A HOY.
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The youngest naval constructor in the
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George B. Moody of Bangor , Me. , a recent
graduate of the High school In that city ,
and now a student of naval architecture
la th Massachusetts Institute of
Technology Young Moody's ship yard
occupies the cntlro top story of his father' *
residence In Broadway. When a mere strip
ling Master Moody carved tiny boats from
blocks of wcod and sailed them on the
streams nnd ponds near his homo. Moody
first turned his attention to the building
of war ships eight years ago , nnd since
then his efforts as n , builder have all been
bent In that direction. He has built vessels
of every typo used In the United States
navy. The equipment of young Moody's
plant Is up to date In every particular , even
If It bo In the attic. It contains a dry
dock large enough to accommodate the first
class battleship Clarcmont , a monster craft of
fifty-seven pounds displacement , four feet
nlno Inches In length , having ten compart
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armament of twenty-nine modern guns , the
majority being rapld-flrers.
There Is a marine railway , benches , tables
and lathea Upon the walls arc models
covornl with snowy spray and his checks
flushed with the glow of exorcise.
We reached thi > top , having bagged two
very fine birds on the way snd there wo
stopped to rest for a while , to take In the
magnificent , far-reaching view , which It Is
possible to get only in the extremely clear
atmosphere of Siberia. Before starting on
the descent I tightened the straps on our
snoushoes and cautioned my little com
panion about going slowly nnd carefully.
Wo had not gene many yards , however , before -
fore the exhilaration of the exercise made
him forget himself , and ho shot down like
the wind. I feared every moment that ho
would met with some accident so much so ,
In fnot , that I hastened along nt his own
pace , to keep near him. In doing this my
lack ot experience in snow shooing proves !
disastrous. In making a sudden turn my
shoes got twisted and over I went headlong ,
to bury myself , head first In the snow. My
gun landed soma six feet away , with stock
In the air. Any ono who has been In a
snow drift seven feet deep knows how dim-
cult dt is to extricate one's self from it , es
pecially when standing on one's head. Ths
moro I struggled the doe per I sank ; and had
It not been for the timely assistance ot my
little companion , who fortunately had seen
mo fall , It Is possible that I should have
been there yet. To be outdone and oven
rescued by a little fellow scarcely 10 years
of age , whom I had considered too frail
"DON'T YOU EVEN TRY. "
of battleships , monitors , cruisers and
torpedo boats. Scattered about are anchors ,
propellers , smokestacks , searchlights and
military masts. Within reach are pictures
and plans of the principal ships of the leadIng -
Ing navies of the world , and over the main
workbench arc suspended finished drawings
of all the craft built In his own yard. These
are the handiwork of the youthful builder.
Every ship In his fleet has been built on
scientific principles. Their lines were de
signed by him as carefully as If the ships
wore expected < to do real naval work upon
the high seas , and every ship was ribbed
and planked -precisely as Is done on the
Clydo or the Delaware. Two of the finest
war ships now in the Moody yard are the
Claremont , a battleship of 'the Oregon typo
and class , and the Mel rose , a first class
armored cruiser , relatively as well protected
and as heavily armed as 'tho ' Brooklyn , but
ot sonoat different , build. The Melrose
had its irlal trip on the Pcnobscot river a
few months ago , Its performance proving
In all respects satisfactory. During the
last summer the Melrose cruised In Penob-
scot bay and with several of Its sister ships
engaged a hostile fleet In battle.
The Claremont has an armor belt of extra
heavy block 'tin and first and secondary
batteries. These are made ot brass and In
accordance with the newest wrinkles In gun.
making. The Melrose carries thirty guns ,
eighteen of which are rapid flrers. All of
her broadside guns have been fired simul
taneously on several occasions and this is
also true of the Claremont. At Ilsesford , on
Penobscot bay , the Moodys have a summer
villa and there the young naval constructor
has been spending the summer months. His
ships have cruised about in the vicinity ,
under his guiding hand , of course , and much
ot-the time have been anchored In the offing.
Between picked ships of the eet some
exciting sea lights have taken place. Nor
were these mere make-believe engagements.
The ships were real and so were the guns ,
and there was much maneuvering and some
crack-a-Jack gunnery. In one of these rights
a well directed shot from the second-clasa
battleship Farragut pierced thu afterdeck ot
the second-class cruiser Augusta , the cruiser
Milwaukee peppered the Clareaiont's funnel
with small shot and the battleship Clarc
mont was damaged by the fire of the monitor
Kenduskeag. Young Moody's ftect Is as sea
worthy as nny afloat. Of the two dor.cn or
moro war ships built by him only OLC has
been sunk. That was the first one con
structed and the disaster wai due lo the
lack of water-tight compartments. She was
a protected cruiser and foundered In a
Bangor mill pond. The battleship Claremont
hns outridden a storm on the Pcnobscot , In
which her bridge was swept away , all of her
wardroom furniture smashed to flinders aud
ono of her lifeboats wrecked.
A SNOWSHOH EXPERIENCE.
An American Hunter In Siberia Ite -
cueil by u Ilttle Hoy.
Thomas G. Allen , Jr. , writes for Decem
ber St. Nicholas an article on "The Boys of
Siberia. " Mr. Allen says :
The pride of knowledge and sclf-con-
fidenco in the Siberian lad was brought
homo to mo rather forcibly last winter. I
was spending some time In a certain gold-
mining camp not far from the Siberian-
Chines borderline. It had been an ex
ceptionally sever winter and a fall of seven
feet of snow had covered the valley and
surrounding mountains. Wearied , ono day ,
with the itedlousness of camp life , I started
out with gun and snow shoes to hunt for
rlabcblck , a bird very similar to our grouse ,
but covered with a mass ot feathers , oven
down to Its very toes. The 10-year-old son
of my host , to whom I bad < takcn quite a
fancy , begged for the privilege of ac
companying me. I could not refuse him ,
notwithstanding my apprehensions on ac
count of his extreme youth , for ho as
sured mo that ho could stand any bard-
ship , and , ns I had seen for myself , was an
adept at inowshoelng.
The Siberian snow shoe , I will say In passIng -
Ing , Is a strip ot thin wood covered with
skin , and resembles the Norwegian ski
rather than the Canadian snowsboe. Unless
you have bad long practice it is a very
difficult thing to manage in the snow.
Wo started out to ascend the- Elope of a
neighboring mountain , uhero some birds
had been seen the day before. After a very
ehort time it became evident that my lit
tle companion had the better of me , for his
lightness of body in addition to his snowshoeing -
shoeing skill enabled him to glide up over
the deep snow with almost no effort what
ever. I can see him now as ho brushed
alone with rapid stride , his little fur coat
ovwn to accompany me , was a humiliation
Indeed.
GAMES OF CHINESE CHILDREN.
Many of Them the Same nil TIiouc
Played In America.
There are two theories In regard to those
children's games that are found to bo Iden
tical In different lands. Onp is that th i
games nro borrowed by the younger pcopto
from the older ! th other , that the games
are of Independent Invention. Some light
Is shed on thU quratlon by passages from
"A Corner of Cathay : "
"A game called 'tho water demon seoklntf
ft den' Is played by flvp > persons , precisely
llko 'puss In the corner , ' This Is a native
gatiu , not an Imported ono , nnd no one
knows whether Chinese nnd European chil
dren invented It independently or whothei
the knowledge of it was Inherited by both
from ancient , common ancestors.
"Ttio sanio may bo said of 'tho cat's cra
dle , ' which Is made with a string and passed
from ono pair of hands to another , precisely
as among children In America and Europe ;
but the Chlnoso call it 'flawing wood , ' in
reference ) to the final act in the perform
ance.
"A game Involving much muscular exer
cise Is called 'tho lame chicken. ' It is
played by Jumping on ono foot between
shoes that have been placet ! across n road
at Intervals of about ten Inches. When tlio
end of the line ot slices Is reached the last
shoo in the line la kicked away by the
Mamo' foot , nnd then It Is picked up aud
carried back over the route to the other end
of the line , when n. second shoo may bo
likewise kicked away and picked up before
returning.
"Only ono foot may touch the ground , and
It must touch it only once In each Inter
space. 'No shoo may bo touched except the
ones which end the line , and the shoos
kicked away must bo picked up without
putting the 'lame * foot upon the ground.
When the chicken violates any of these
rules , ho must at once give place to another
performer.
"The fliortcr the line the moro difficult It
Is to collect shoes , because each shoo taken
Involves turning around without using the
'lamo' leg. The winner In the game Is ho
who has at the end of it the greatest num
ber of shoos. "
PRATTLE OK TUB
Mamma ( Impatiently ) Charlie , how many
times have I told you to keep away from
the sideboard ?
Charlie I don't know , I can only count
to 'levcn.
Rich Little Girl I got a diamond ring ,
and a big doll , and a gold necklace today.
Poor Little Girl That ain't nothing' , I
had meat for dlnnerl
Little girl visitor has been annoying
elderly spinster until the latter lost her
patience. "I wish you would go home , "
she said , sharply ; "I'm tired of you. "
Small Visitor I wish you'd get married.
I'm tired of you ! Kamlly tableau !
"Mamma , " pleaded the llttlo boy. "glva
mo 10 cents to bo good ! "
"I cannot afford to , " replied the mother ,
sadly. 'Tor tomorrow la duo another In
stallment upon my fall hat ! "
"Then , " exclaimed the child , tremulously ,
' ' "I suppose I shall have to bo good for
nothing ! "
Llttlo 3-year-old Mamie was taking her
Christmas dinner with her grandparents and
she had no sooner climbed Into the high
chair provided than she asked for a pleco
of cake.
"What kind do you want , dear ? " asked
her grandma.
Pointing to a largo frosted cake at ono
end of the table , she replied : "Zat tlnd
wlz ze whltcwashln' on. "
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