"“ Ii ‘ ”LISTING llllliEUS.fAlIllElll[E .‘lLl cinnamon: M l I. n a: 1- 8-H m RAFINE 4 . a W 'T'TIIITTSI u.l ' ~ m I m: Amman mama cnnmv. sucnzssnk NEW YORK u.S.A. Do not be deceived by infringe- ;_ ments of name, package or cigar- 4 .Ie‘tte'TI-is ONLY cesium: 3. will .8993?! llglltlltl (ff/Wei on the package and on each cigarette. TAKE NONE WITHOUT. MAGIC RAYS. b (o .. Wonderful Possibilities of the Roentgen Invention. It May Become of Inestimable Value in the Medical Profession for the Restoration of Sight and Hearing. Medical and scientific m-en generally rave been studying more or less on the workings of the X rays, as presented to the world by Roentgen. so far, the discovery has only been utilized in the art of photography, but there are many who believe that it can be made of great value in the commercial and med— ical world. One of the most ardent believers in this idea is Dr. P. J. Gib- bons, who has devoted so much of his time to the study of electrical ques- tions. The other morning when a re- porter called at his office he was en- gaged in preparing to make some ex- periments. In an interview with a reporter, Dr. Gibbons said: “I think that if there was more work and less talking done in connection with this discovery it vould be well for the scientific world. To Roentgen belongs all the credit of bringing this before the public, but I believe that before many weeks have elapsed Nicola Tesla will startle the world with some of his discoveries along the same line. “I believe the cathode rays are pure electricity, which has been abstracted from the air or space and driven through wires into a vacuum, and that they are making efforts to gain back from the vacuum into nature’s space. The cathode rays travel in a. straight line, instead of waves, as other light, and makes acute changes in its course similar to those pursued by lightning. It has a gravity which is heavier than oxygen and a tendency to fall the same as lightning. It goes to prove what I advanced more than a year ago, that electricity has gravity, and I believe that if we make the vacuum of Crookes tubes out of _ lead instead of glass that we can retain electricity or X rays in the vacuum and then we have a tube of pure elec- tricity or X rays. I think that if this vacuum is of a large size that it will increase its weight to a slight degree, showing that it has specific gravity. “I have been experimenting not so much on photography through the hu— man body as to make the discovery useful for optical vision. I have for many years in my practice thrown light-s into different parts of the head for the purpose of discovering foreign substances. In this I have used large- 1 y a small incandescent light. If you hold your hand close to an ordinary in- candescent light and hold between the light and your hand an opaque body, as a. spoon, or a knife, you will see the shadow . of the metal object. through your fingers. ~ “One of the most useful places that I believe the X rayscan be used is in the medical profession in the restoring of sight and hearing. As you are aware, persons often lose their sight either because the eyeball is destroyed or when the eyeball is perfect, because the optic nerves become diseased and are destroyed. , It is the same way with the car. \Ve lose hearing because of the destroying of the ear proper, or, where the ear is perfect, by the loss of the nerve of hearing. If the Optic nerve or the nerve of hearing is not. de- stroyed, but the eyeball or the ear proper should be destroyed, I believe that we will be able in the near future to make an artificial eye or an instru- ment to take the place of the ear, by which we can utilize the X rays in such a manner that it will convey to the nerves of sight or hearing the same im- pression that the normal organ does at present. “The eye is a camera, and it is through the action of the X rays in the air that we are able to have impressions car- ried to-the retina. When the sight is destroyed we must be able to discover something to take its place. The blind, because of the X rays in the air, can distinguiSh light from darkness, and if a powerful light is placed in front of them they can easily tell it, because the X rays penetrate the optic nerve or center of sight in the brain. I believe that if we can make an artificial eye which will be composed mostly of chem- ical substances which have the same effect on the optic nerves with the aid of the X rays that sight in such cases will be restored. “I am convinced that in the com- mercial world in a very short time we . will be able to speak on the telephone and see the person at the other end that we are talking to, because of the re-' production of the forms through Crockes tubes by means of X rays."—-— Syracuse (N. Y.) Herald. ‘D I I I’oe‘s Manuscripts. It is the irony of fate again that the man who lives in poverty should have written lines which ~to-day bring large sums. An offer of $500 for the original manuscript of “The Raven,” has been refused by the owner. The manuscript of “The Bells” sold at auction not long ago for $275, and five-line notes have brought from $35 to $50. The first edi- tion of Poe’s poems, printed in 1. 827,is now very rare, only three copies being extant, so far as is known. For 60 years only one copy was known to exist, and this was kept in the locked room of the British museum. In 1892 another copy was found, and, although its intrinsic value was not more than ten cents, it sold at auction for $1,875, and the purchaser sent it to Paris to be bound in mosaic at an additional cost of $300. The third copy was discovered recently and no doubt will be sold for a large sum.—N. Y. Journal. His Pleasure Was Modified. “I shan’t wear bloomers any longer,” said Mrs. BiclEers, decidedly. “I’m glad of tha ,” replied Mr. Bick- ers, who detested the garment. “No; the next pair I get will be three inches sho r.”—-N. Y. Herald. - HUNTING DOGS. The Irish water spaniel is the king of retrievers. The Esquimau uses the wolf-dog for both drawing sledgos and hunting game. The English foxhound is the most care- fully bred of all dogs. The common hound in this country is a combination of different strains. In Labrador and Newfoundland is found a partially webfootcd Newfound- land dog, valuable for hunting birds in a country of morasses. ' The modern English greyhound is not strong, but is very swift. He is used only for hunting game in sight, as his “nose," or smelling power, is very defective. ' The kangaroo dog is used in Aus- tralia for chasing the kangaroo. He is a cross of the bloodhound and the grey- hound, and a pair of these valuable ani- mals recently sold for $75). The Scottish deerhound, a descendant of the extinct Irish greyhound, is used in Scotland for chasing the stag. He was a. favorite subject for Scott’s poesy and Landseer’s brush. MULTUM IN PARVO. All politeness is owing to liberty.— Shaftesbury. That man is not poor who has the use of things necessary.—Horace. Perfection is attained by slow de= grecs; she requires the hand of time.— Voltaire. . The man of pleasure should more properly be termed the man of pain.— Colton. A picture is an intermediate some- thing between a thought and a thing.— Coleridge. There is. no opposing brutal force to the stratagems of human reason.— L’Estrange. Who ever saw old age, that did nor. applaud the past and condemn the present time ?—Montaigne. When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone—Sir Walter Scott. They could neither of them speak for rage and so fell a-sputtening' at one an- other like two roasting apples—Con- greve. FAMOUS 'EYES. Elizabeth of England had large, clear blue eyes, with a habit of looking side- ways at people with whom she was conversing. . Nero had bulging, near-sighted eyes. He used a small gem in the shape of a len‘s to observe the. gladiators in the amphitheater. Frederick the Great had eyes of a' clear blue. One of his biographers compared the luster of his eye to that of polished steel. In ancient Greek art Venus was al- ways represented with the upper eye- lid arched, imparting a languishing expression to the countenance. The money in the savings banks of the United States shows an average of $29 for each member of the population; in England the average is about $16.10; in France it is only $3.20. A lady 70 years old, of Deer Isie, Me, recently walked two miles to a pond to go skating. She took part in the spprt with great zest and agility for an hour or more and then walked home. A strike-shop is to be established by the cigarmakers of San Francisco. When the workmen are on strike, they will be put to work in the strike-shop, instead of being permitted to remain idle, and receive pecuniary benefits from the union. Too much bicycle was urged as a cause for divorce from his wife by a New Zealander recently. She spent nearly all her time away from home riding on her machine in bloomers and neglecting her domestic duties. The husband said this amounted to de- sertion, but the judge did not see it in the same light. Quickens The Appetite" Makes the Weak Strong. ‘ YER’S THE ONLY GOLD MIIIDAI. Sarsaparllla Has Cured ' Others And Will CureYou. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for Coughs. T '_ .5 ' ‘W F\ smocapoan I!" v“: um Ill} 75 M. Read ‘STANDARD’ FASHIONS FOR APRIL. A trifle late perhaps, but twice as good for being so. Fashion Sheets and Delinea- tor. More new styles in Fancy Dress Goods. Checks and checks, that seem to be one of THE features for skirts; numbers of“ different kinds, some large and some small, some very pronounced and others more quiet seeming— black and white, navy and white, brown and white, green and white. Then there’s a line of Scotch effects, something like five or six different colorings. Two or three of these are prominent in very’ pretty shades of green—a popular shade this season. ' There’s also three lines of beautiful goods, figured effects, in self and self colors ; one, of three cords running lengthwise with every third cord shot with silk ; another, the groundwork being covered with what you’d call spider- web effects; the third line conmoscd principally of geo- metrical figures. The differ- ent colors are myrtle, emer- ald, olive, navy, marine, tan, golden brown, brown, old blue and reseda. Little trifles for Easter; not costly but kindly remem— brances. Prayerbook marks, toilet sets, manicure sets and trays, files, scissors, letter seals, paper cutter, pen Wiper, shoe horns, bag tags, key rings, match safes, stamp boxes, picture flames, calen- dars. Hundreds of things. The Keystone Beater is not a wrist-tiring process—it pre- vents. You get better results in a quicker and easier way. We are giving a daily exhibi- tion of it in the Crockery depzu‘tment. Will our window, corner of F airfield Avenue and Middle Street, give you any idea how to have yours dressed—what to have ? ' I CONCERNING CONSUMPTION. 3 Some Startling Figures Given by a. Noted English Specialist. Lamentable Ignorance of the People Re- garding the Dangerous Features of the Disease—Some Means of Prevention. A book by Dr. William Murrell, a celebrated English specialist, entitled “Clinical Lectures on the Prevention of Consumption,” has just been published in London and is attracting much at- tention there on account of its being an eminently practical work, and because the preventive measures which he pro- poses have been thoroughly considered and are readily applicable by every one. In this country, according to the late est statistics, more people die from con- sumption than any other disease. In the census year of 1880—’90 there Were over 102,000 deaths from this disease. In England and Wales, Dr. Murrell says, from 50,000 to 60,000 people die annual- ly from consumption, and another 50,- 000 from other tuberculous diseases. In the 33 years from 1848 to 1880, the number of deaths registered as due to phthisis, or consumption of the lungs, was 1,702,027, the majority of patients being comparatively young adults. Dr. Murrell states that perhaps the first greatneed is that. the pubilfc should realize that consumption is an infec- tions disease. The infectious nature of the malady is recognized by all doctors, but even the educated public are on the whole lamentably ignorant on the subject. If it were once realized that all forms of tuberculous disease are due to the presence of a germ. the tubercle bacil- lus, and that the germ or its spores may pass from the tuberculous patient to the healthy and there set up similar mischief; and that it is possible to pre- vent the passage of the living germ from the diseased to the healthy, a great advance would have been made on the attempt to prevent the spread of the disease. Speaking of the dangers of infection Dr. Murrell says on the authority of Dr. Hermann W’eber: “The following is the history of 68 persons, male or female, who, with a more or Less pronounced consumptive taint, married healthy partners. The wives of 39 became infected, and the husbands in more than one instance in- fected more than one wife. Thus, nine husbands lost between them 18 wives in this way, one having lost four wives, one losing three, four others two each, and three only one each. The hus— bands who married consumptive wives suffered less, for of the husbands of 29 wives only one was infected. “Bergeret also records a remarkable instance of the communicability of con- sumption. He relates the case of a sol- dier, healthy and without hereditary taint, who. suffering from a trivial ail— ment, was sent to a. hospital. By chance he was placed in a ward between two consumptive patients. He speed- ily developed symptoms of the disease, and‘ was sent home to his native place. Shortly after his mother, two brothers and a neighbor and his wife became consumptive.” ’ As to the methods recommended for preventing the disease, they may be gathered from a perusal of the condi- tions which are favorable to its spread, and from the observance of a few sim- ple rules. Overcrowding, deficient ventilation, bad drainage, a. damp cli- mate, dusty occupations and insuffi— cient sunlight all help to induce a con- dition of ill-health which renders the subjects of it easy victims to the in- fection. This has been strikingly illustrated in England many times with soldiers in barracks and with the inmates of prisons. Tuberculosis also occurs. in epidemic form among animals kept in confinement. One mode of spreading the disease, which is often the cause of the infection of children, is the practice of kissing on the mouth. “This repre- hensible procedure should be most ear- nestly discouraged,” says Dr. Murrell. Other means of prevention which the author says he cannot too strongly recommend are the thorough disinfec- tion of the rooms and clothing of con- sumptive patients, the isolation of pa- tients in an advanced stage of the dis- ease, the inspection of cattle, the pre- vention of overcrowding, the condem- nation of all back-to-back houses, the rejection as an article of food, of the milk from tuberculous cows, and the regulation of dusty occupations so as them.——Chicago Tribune. Stick Carried Word Across Atlantic. In the records of the hydrographic office is preserved a very remarkable story, illustrating the eccentricity of the ocean currents .which the bottle pa- pers are designed to trace. On the 2d day of September, 1892, the young daughter of the blacksmith of Gamma an- island of the Hebrides group, was wandering along the seashore for the purpose of gathering driftwood for fuel. She chanced to pick up a small piece of wood which bore an inscription that had been cut with a knife.‘ It read: “Lachlan- Campbell, Bilbao, March 23, 1892.” The child took it to her mother, who nearly fainted on examining it. The name was that of her own son, who was a boiler-maker in Spain. A super- notion that the stick was a message from her boy and a harbinger of evil tidings regarding him. him at once, telling him what had hap- pened, and was greatly relieved in mind to learn by return mail that he was alive and well. He told her that he well remembered how, on a certain holiday, he had carved such Words on a piece of wood and thrown it idly into the sea from a rock near Bilbao—Boston Tran- script. A Crisis. J inks—I saw Minks’ wife consulting a lawyer to-day. , Winks—My goodness! What's up? “Her spunk, I guess.”——l\'. Y. Weekly. 5": 3‘.“ -, ; \,, » :.;‘.;’- 1 w » RIGHT THERE. 7 Covers the Same Territory In Nor- waiK as Elsewhere. ‘ You don’t have to find it. 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