Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1895 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1895.

disdained an overcoat. He was wont to say that the young men of the rising: generation had no stamina; that they had to be screened from wintry blasts In enormous - wraps. A few years aso-when one of thecoldest spells that ever visit hereabouts had covered the Capitol porticoes and steps with snow and ice, when the wind was blowing at the rate calculated to cut a man's nose off, Mr. Hamlin was seen standing upon the granite stairway on the rail of the Senate wing. His nose wati red and his lips purple, but to brother Senators who rallied him about it Mr. Hamlin laughingly replied that he enjoyed that 'sort of cold. His blue coat with brass buttons was fastened up to the collar. Mr. Hamlin died full of years and honors in the full conviction that overcoats were needless and harmful. When Hon. George Tillman, brother of the noted Senator-elect from South Carolina, was in Congjess he eschewed overcoats and underclothes. No matter how severe the weather might be Congressman Tillman would bustle about with a broadcloth coat buttoned to his chin and without un Jerclothlng. He was then over sixty years of age. Mr. Tillman ascribed his . god health and physical stamina to apples. He was a great eater of apples. He would carry them about with him at the Capitol, and instead of luncheon would eat three or four apples. Congressman Tillman, in extoiling his apple diet to your correspondent, once said: "I. never, take any medicine, never need it. I eat apples winter and summer. Whenever I feel that the acid properties of apples are not sufficient 1 squeeze the juice out of two or three lemons and drink that. I tell you It will keep any man in good health, because it keeps the stomach, all. right." Mr. Tillman was defeated for Congress several years ago because he would not indorse and support his brother, the Governor. He Is a hale and hearty man, conducting a plantation in South Carolina, and still believing in apples.

"VASHIGTO.VS III RTHr LACE. The Historic Spot to lie Soon Marked by it Monument. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The work of erecting a monument to mark the birthplace of Washington at Wakefield, seventy miles down the Potomac, will be begun by Messrs. Crawford & Co., the contractors, whose design was accepted by the" State Department, as soon as the river opens sufficiently to allow supplies to be carried to the site. This monument Is a tardy recognition by . the government of the shameful neglect of , the historic spot on the Potomac where Btood the house in which Wasington was born and reared. For many years past patriotic representatives In Congress have been trying to secure appropriations to erect a memorial of some sort at Wakefield, but such efforts met the usual fate of bills not having some material interest for a majority of the members. Finally, however, a bill carrying an appropriation of $50,000 for the purpose of building a wharf and erecting a monument at Wakefield got through the House and Senate. The greater part of tpia appropriation was expended In building a wharf at Wakefield so that It could be made accessible to tha river steamers, passing It, as there is no railroad in the vicinity. A sum slightly exceeding $11,000 remained, however, and with this the State , and War .Department decided to erect a j monument to mark the site of. the house t In which Washington was born. Of the Bite there only remains a small section of the huge old chimney, built of bricks Imported from England by tha original builder. The spot Is overgrown with underbrush and there 13 absolutely nothing to indicate tho historic interest that centers about the place. The site of tha house is some little distance back from the river, but the monument that is to be erected will be of a sufficient height to be easily sean from the decks of passing steamers. As there is an excellent wharf at the place running out Into the river to a distance that will allow the landing of passengers from the largest eteamers, It Is hoped that a number of the lines running to and from Norfolk will stop their boats at the landing to allow passengers to visit the birthplace of Washington. The place Is too tar down the river to become a Mecca for excursionists to Washington as Is the case with Mount Vernon. The work of building the monument at Wakefield will be begun shortly and will be finished before spring. The design was selected by Secretary of State Gresham from some twenty-two drawings submitted, and is of the simplest and most unostentatious character. It is of the same general design as the monument to Mary Wash- . lngton at Fredericksburg, differing only In the ornamentation -of the base. The shaft Is the same as that of the Mary Washington monument and of the same general proportions as the Washington monument that towers toward the sky in this city. The entire monument will stand fifty-one feet above the cement foundation, the , monolith shaft rising forty feet four inches aftove the base. The monument will be of Barre granite. The shaft will spring from a foundation fourteen feet square and eight feet high. Above this will rise the stone of the first base, twelve feet square and one foot eight inches high. On this will rest the second base, ' nine feet three inches square and three feet high. Above this will be the die upon which the inscription will be cut and this will be six feet five Inches square and four feet ten Inches high. The ' plinth just above it will be four feet five Inches square and one foot two inches high. The shaft that will spring from this will be three feet eight inches square and will rise forty feet four inches above the plinth. On the die of the monument will be cut the inscription: ' BIRTHPLACE. OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. On the lowest foundation stone will be the following inscription: "Erected by the United States, A. D., 1893." ONE DAY'S RRCQRD. Thirteen Ilunlnem Firma In Teinn Involved In Trouble of Some Kind. )t DALLAS, Tex., Jan. 5. The following business failures and changes have taken place In Texas In the last twenty-four hours: T. J. Thammel, of Bowie, sold out; W. N. Harris & Co., of Brandon, sold out; Louis White, of Bryan, deed of trust; A. H. Spawn, of Ciarksville, sold out; W. H. Bibby, of Ciarksville, sold out; P. J. Barnes, of Granger, assigned; Gillespie & Hopson, of Harrison, burglarized and burned out; the McGregor Furniture and Hardware Company, of McGregor, assigned; B. M. Hancock, of Rosalie, burned out; Vlckrey & Lange, of Taylor, assigned; R. W. McCorkle, of Terrell, deed of trust; M. L. Dlsmuke, of Waco, closed. Achille Destefano, a well-known commission merchant, of Dallas, executed a deed of trust for the benefit of creditors. , Receiver for nu Iron Work. STEUBEN V1LLE, O., Jan. 6.-W. R. E. Elliott, of tills city, has been appointed receiver for the Jefferson iron works of this city. The application wai made by S. N. McClinton, who . represents JJ60.000 worth of the $700,000 worth of the capital etock of tha company. The appoinlmt-nt was made quietly by Judge Mansfi-;ld and was not to have made public until Monday morning, but it leak3d out and is the talk of the town to-day. The liabilities set forth to be $180,000. Elliott is a prac- . tlcal mill man and has b?en a director in the company for years. The stcik of tha company came into notoriety in ISvo by eaeon of the hypothecation of forged certificates of stock by Baron Laberfelt with Pittsburg banks. Conlufce AVorkn In Trouble. ST. PAUli. Minn., Jan. 5. Samuel Max Allison, until a few days ago manager of the Northwestern Cordage works, in this city, to-day filed a petition for the appointment of a receiver for the company, Jleglng that it was insolvent. He says the works are mortgaged for $125,000 and that the assets are held at &10t.00t. but are not worth over $70,w0. The officers of the company tell a different story and the trouble seems to be a difference of opinion among the stockholders. Xeisro t '01 pie ltealen to Death. EDWARDS, Miss., Jan. 6. Louis Galloway, colored, a prosperous farmer, living on Mr. It. C. Wither's plantation, one mile from this place, together with his wife, was found dead this morning about one hundred yards from their c.ibln. Indications are that Unit were beaten to death with clubs. Galloway was in town yeterduy and carelessly exhibited about which is supposed to have led to the murder. One arrest has been made and doubtlets others will follow. A rnrklmml cedcd In Omuhn. OMAHA, Neb.. Jan. 6. The Bee to-day printed a pa are expose of the gamblers of f-outh Omahi. how they secured immunity from P'llice interference by the jaymont of large sums to officials, newspaper reporters and others. Bee reporters were engaged in securing the evidence for several weeks, and a number of people were Involved who were not known to be interested in proterrting Omaha gamblers To-night the bu8 ar dosed.

AT WAR WITH LABOR

EDITOR SUA KMX I. TROUBLE WITH HIS PRINTERS. Implored by Democratic Politicians -ot to "Rat" His Office Host Cholera Cause Suits (or Dumujtes. gpecial to the Indianapolis Journal .visv iLL.&t ma., Jan. e. iaDor circles here are agitated to-night. It is claimed the Evansville Courier Company is to "rat" the office to-morrow night. This Is the culmination of a recent attempt to reduce the scale of printers' fwages. President Prescott,of the Internationa! Union, is here, and will take personal charge of the union's side of the fight. John Gilbert Shanklin, one of the proprietors and editors, who is talked of as a candidate for United States Senator two years hence, and who stood for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination two years ago, Is being beseiged by Democratic politicians not to toe drawn Into a fight with organized labor. , FIGHT WITH DAXUITS. Second Installment of Boone County lirlg-aml Story. Associated Press Dispatch. LEBANON, Ind., Jan. 6. The excitement occasioned by the kidnaping of the six-year-bid son of Charles G. Wickham, of Thorntown, and hi& rescue from his. captors yesterday, who proved to be an organized band of bandits, eight In number, who have been a terror to this community for many months, is still intense. About 5 o'clock last evening the posse of officers who were in pursuit of the fleeing outlaws came upon them In a dense thicket, two miles south of their rendezvous. The bandits at once "took to their heels, and a running fight ensued, during which a number of shots were exchanged, and though the officers are certain all of them eould not have escaped unscathed, no one was killed and the villains were soon lost In the brush. All night long the officers, who had been reinforced by at least fifty men and bdys from the city, kept up their search, but the outlaws were evidently more familiar with the ground than their pursuers and escaped. This morning, the chase was resumed, but in 'vain, for no trace ofc the fugitives could be found. Hundreds of people visited the cave on Sugar creek, which has sheltered the gang for the past few months. To-day a large amount of stolen property was found, as well as evidence of gravest crimes. About three weeks ago, Jackson Bales, a wealthy farmer, living two miles east of here, disappeared. It Is almost certain now that he was murdered for his money. FARMERS SIB FOR DAMAGES. They Claim Cholera-Infected Hogi AVerc Sold to Them. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DELPHI, Ind., Jan. 6. A number of interesting suits have been filed In this county, growing out of tha hog cholera epidemic that has swept through this faction of the State. A month or so ago Thomas J. Chissom and Harry McCain, two well-known stock dealers, brought several carloads of hogs from Western States and sold them to farmers here. Subsequently cholera broke out among them and those who bought the hogs allege that they not only lost the hogs they purchased but that the disease spread and carried off other swine. Suit has been brought for the purchasa money of the imported hogs and, the value of the others that died of the disease, the allegation being that the hegs were diseased when sold. Scores of carloads of hc-gs were shipped into Indiana from Western States where there was ,a failure of the corn crop, and it is alleged that cholera followed many shipments. i ELWOOD PICKINGS. Scheme for Protecting the Supply of. (ian-A Woman's Full. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind., Jan. 6. There is a project to extend the corporate limits of Elwood by taking in all of Pipe Creek township, the town of Alexandria and all of Monroe township, as these two townships join each other and form a belt across the county. 1 The scheme is to place this belt under municipal control in order to prevent outside gas companies from operating in its limits, and thus further prevent the draining of the natural-gas supply. . A. C. Carver, of Alexandria, is at the head of the scheme, and feels confident of success. The plant of the National buggy and bicycle works has b?en located at Frankton. The plant will emoloy 230 men and be located just north of the city, near the Quick City glass works. Mrs. McEride, of Elwood, fell on an Icy pavement and suffered a compound fracture of her right arm above the elbow, the broken bones protruding through the flesh. ' Elwood is to soon have free mail deliv.ery, as the postoffice receipts for the quarter just ended lack only $1.33 of being the required average necessary to secure it. Indications are that the prize fighters' reign in this city is about at an end and that a more healthy condition of moral sentiment is to take Us place. A movement Is on foot to place all those who participated in the recent prize fight between Jake DeWltt and "Kid" O'Donnell under arrest and break up the gang that has so . long put the law under foot. ' i Nancy Trimble's Damage Suit. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind., Jan. 6. The filing of the $6,000 damage suit of Nancy Trimble, of Greensburg, against Edward and George Trimble, in the Howard Circuit Court, a week ago, Is regarded with peculiar interest here. In the complaint filed by Dean & Dean, of Windfall, the defendants are accused of procuring $6,000 from plaintiff through false pretenses, claiming that owing to the advanced age and physical and mental weakness of plaintiff, aged seventysix, and her husband, James Trimble, aged eighty-four, defendants, through superior mental strength, obtained this money they had In bank and gave nothing in return. The defendants, who reside In Tipton county, strenuously deny every allegation and declare that a trial will clearly show them Innocent. They have not made known their defense, but those who have been supposing the allegations true, are liable to be surprised. There are those who believe that the aged plaintiffs are not responsible for the complaint in all Its details and that trial will refute tne charges and completely vindicate the defendants, who have many friends in this vlcinty. Death of Jnriice D. S. Gooding's "Wife. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENFIELD. Ind., Jan. 6. Mrs. Frances Maria Gooding, aged seventy-four years, wife of Judge David S. Gooding, died at the family residence here this morning. Death resulted from a paralytic stroke received Dec. 14 last. Mrs. -Gooding had been a continuous resident of Greenfield for the past fifty-nine years, respected and honored by all. She was the daughter of the late William Sebastian, formerly county clerk. Her funeral will occur at the residence next Tuesday at 1 o'clock, conducted bv Rev. Thomas Stabler, D. D., of the M. E. Church, and Rev. B. F. Dailey, of the Christian Church. Judge Gooding and wife celebrated their golden wedding March 12 last. Judge Gooding was marshal of the District of Columbia under President Johnson, and is one of Indiana's most noted Democratic stump speakers. $10,000 Demanded for n Life. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. . LAFAYETTE. Ind., Jan. 6. Wood & Thompson have brought suit in the Superior Court of this county against the Lafayette Bridge Company and the Taylor Lumber Company, demanding $10,000 for the death of George W. Laughton, who was killed on the 15th of September. .Laughton was at work at the Monou shops, the defendants having the contract for that jab, and was engaged in operating a derrick. In some manner the derrick toppled over, and Laushton was hit on the head with such force as to fracture his skull, causing death about four hours later. The compla.nt alleges that the derrick was defective and unsafe, and in a second paragraph states that the dead man was the sole support of a widowed mother. IIhh Lane's Suicide. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Jan. 6. Miss Alice Line, daughter o S. G. Lane, one of the best known Insurance and ral-estate agents in northern Indiana. corfTmitted suicide last night by shooting herself through the heart during the temporary absence ot the fam-

Ily. Her father, on returning home, attempted to shoot himself with tha same revolver, four men being required to hold him., Alice was his favorite daughter and housekeeper, twenty-two years 'or. age and a tireless church worker. No motive Is known. -J Fnneral of Redden ft. Snyder. - Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 6. The funeral of Redden B. Snyder was held this morning and was probably the largest ever held in the county. The services were at bis late residence, northwest of the city, and the interment at Wesley. The directors of the Montgomery County Fair Association attended in a body, and special representatives were In attendance in the name of the county and the City , Council. The exercises were in charga of E.'der Nye, of the United Brethren Church. Fell Down an Elevator Shaft. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERU, Ind., Jan. 6. Fred Gayson. a wellknown young man, fell from the third floor through the elevator shaft of the furniture building. No bones were broken, but he was injured Internally, probably fatally. Skater Drowned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALBION, Ind., Jan. 6.-Tohn Miner, aged twenty-one, while skating on Little Lake, near this place, fell into a hole where the ice had been taken out and was drowned. His body was found in thirty feet of water two hours after the accident.

Drowned Himself In a Cistern. ' Special to the Indianapolis Journal. i EVANSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 6. Joe '.' B. Ehret, an old citizen and a railroad man for thirty years, drowned himself to-night by jumping into a cistern of water. i SERMON BY GIBBONS THE CARDINAL INDIRECTLY, ATTACKS COLONEL INGERSOLL. He Sugg-eats Answers for Those Who Ridicule Christianity aid the Holy Scriptures. BALTIMORE, Jan. 6. The Cathedral was crowded ' In every part to-day. .It was known that Cardinal Gibbons would preach at solemn high mass, and many who heard the sermon agreed In speaking of It that his Eminence must have had in his mind the eloquent and attractive, but unnamed. Col. Robert G. Ingersoll. The text was the gospel of the day, Isaiah lx: "Ariss; shine, for the light is come, and the glory of the Lord Is risen upon thee," etc. ' "It is fashionable as well as profitable," the Cardinal said, "to. cast odium as' well as ridicule on Christianity and on th6 sacred scriptures, which are the basis of thp Christian religion. A man of limited capacity, but of fluency of speech and shafts1 of wit, can propose objections and difficulties in a half hour which may,, take learned man a month to ' answer. I would ask, my brethren, to haVe three answers), ready in your mind when you are confronted by any difficulties against Christianity. First, ten tnousana aimcujtles do not destroy a single fact of revelation; ten thousand layers of fog and cloud" do not blot out the sun In the heavens nor diminish his splendor; second, the Christian religion had been in possession for two thousand years and has been cherished by the wisest and best men in every age and country, and it is stronger to-day than it was ever before; third, that all the civilizations of the past and all existing' civilizations to-day worthy of the name, have been based on the doctrinal and moral principles of the Bible. It Is time enough to' surrender our Christianity when some bet-j ter system is brought forward to supplant; it. j "When we contrast the weakness :pf the; apostles with the formidable work marked out for them, truly may we exclaim with the apostle- of the gentiles: 'The foolish things of the world hath God. cboseh that, he might confound the wise; and theweak' things of the world hath God chosen that he might confound the strong; and filings that are contemptible and the things that are not, that He might bring to naught? the things that are, that no flesh should , glory, in His sight.' "It may be interesting and instructive tos us to consider some of the principal causes : which (under the irresistible Influence of' God's grace) operated so powerfully; in the rapid diffusion of the' Christian religion. "First The Christian religion gave .the pagan world a rational idea of God. It proclaimed a God esentially one and self-ex-f lsting; of a God existing from eternity unto; eternity. This Idea of a supreme being. soi consonant to our intellectual conception, was In striking contrast with the ldw and sensual notions which the pagan world! as-; crlbed to their divinities. " j "Second The Christian religion nbt"bnlyj gave man a sublime idea of his Creator,14 but ; gave him also a rational idea about Hintself. ; Hitherto man was a mvsterv and a riddle' to himself. He knew not whence he came' nr tn-hlrher he was soinz. It rescued him S from 'the frightful labyrinth of error in which paganism had invjK'ed hint nThe1 Christian relleion gave not only light to his 1 understanding, but peace as well- tor. his j heart. It brought him that peace. lor .Goa which passeth all understanding, tand winch springs from the conscious possession of the truth. The Christian .religion ; has now, as it ever had, a message .for the capitalist and worklngman. It admonishes; the employer to compensate thelaborer by fair ana just wages, ana wnat is more, 10 bestow uoon him kind and considerate treatment, and to keep In view the golden j maxim of Christianity: 'Whatsoever you would that man should do to you, do yt to them,' all the works of God have one strik- ! Ing characteristic, they all bear the dfivine; stamp of individuality. There are Tio'twof stars alike in magnitude and splendor. ( Each of you was created alone; you, had a! separate growth, a separate sanctincatlon, j and will have a separate death. You are) judged alone; you are rewarded alone; you i are punished alone. Each one standwon- hls j own foundation. 'What man soweth that ; shall he reap also.' But. above all, "God loves each one of you persona"y. He does' not contemplate the human family rln the I mass as we regard a heap of sand. He has I loved each of you with an eternal love. Let j us hsk nun lu luiiie anu i?:km uvujl yui souls, intellect, will, memory." - INTENDED AS A REBUKE. Edwin Einstein Resigns from. New York's Union LenK'ne C'luh. 1 NEW YORK, Jan. 6. The black balling, of Theodore Seligman, eon of the well-known banker, Jestee Sejigmann, by the Union League Club, has as Its sequelj the resignation of Ddwln Einstein, who! has been a member since J 1868. Mr. Einstein, who has served in : the House of Representatives and who was. the Republican candidate for Mayor in "1SS2, sent his resignation to Secretary Bethune Adams, on-Wednesday last. The latter as yet has not been made public, nor will Secretary Adams comment on It until after the regular meeting of the club on Wednesday' next, when action will probably be taken In regard to It The fact, however, that the resignation was tendered because of the black balling of Mr. Seligman is undisputed. Speaking of the matter tonight Mr. Einstein said that he had been contemplating resigning for some time past, but that he had delayed action on the advice of a number of leading and influential Republican members of the club. "1 wanted to resign the night Theo. Seligman was black-balled," continued Mr. Einstein, "and was restrained by personal friends. I have given the matter due consideration and have thought over every point before taking this step. It is not a pleasant thing to sever relations with an organisation. of which you have been a member for oer a quarter of a century. But I Celt that I should resign under the circumstances." Several Union-leaguers said to-day in regard to the resignation that they , extremely regretted Mr. Einstein's action, but they did not care to venture an opinion as to the cause for the action. Colorado's Three Women Reformers. Boston Herald. - The three Women who have been elected to the Colorado Legislature had a caucus and have decided not to wear their bonnets or hats in the Legislative chamber. This greatly improves the outlook of the men who may happen to draw seats immediately behind them.

A HYPNOTIC WONDER

DR. ENOCH CURRIER HAS ALREADY HADE THE DEAF TO HEAR Remarkable Discovery and Successful Experiment on a Man Born Without Hearing. 1 George R. Phoebus, in Boston Herald. There is probably no man In America, if in the world, better able from experience and research to speak concerning the work of the Improvement of the condition of the deaf and dumb than is Prof. Enoch Henry Currier, M. A., the principal of the great New York Instituion for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb. This institution, -which is in a large sense a State affair, is rich, its buildings are commodious andt splendidly , planned, and, better than all, a spirit of liberality pervades its instructors and board of directors, and this liberal spirit has resulted in making it a pioneer in the development of methods for the bettering of the condition of the deaf and dumb. From this institution it was that the world first learned how an individual born ' deaf 3 and consequently dumb, could be taught to hear and speak, and now conies another discovery promising to be the greatest of all. Professor Currier openly asserts over his own signature that he is willing that hypnotism shall be given a full opportunity to demonstrate what can be done through its agency toward the relief of the mute. He declares it to be his belief that wonders of which the most enthusiastic investigator has hardly dared to dream may be accomplished through the use of hypnotism, and, bold and progressive student .as he is. Is willing to afford every facility for a skilled operator, to experiment on the line suggested. ' - Professor Currier almost took my breath, away, when, as I sat in his study at the institute a few days ago looking out upon the Hudson, he announced it to be his belief that througn the agencies of hypnotism a man who has been deaf from the day of his birth may be made to hear distinctly. "The prophet of the Israelites' spoke truly," said Professor Currier, "when he nredlcted thousands of years ago the com ing of the day when the eyes of the blind shall be opened, the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped, the tongue or the dumb shall be unloosed and the lame made to run and leap as a hart. My friend, this day is at band. It is already here. Gradually a force of nature a force first mocked and ridiculed, next wondered at, "now studied and made useful has been accepted by science. And how is heralded the news that through hypnotism the latent senses are to be made healthy an vigorous and the nerves which from birth our ignorance has hitherto allowed to slumber in him Who througn ;some defect in nature's processes has been 'unable to operate them, are to be made to convey messages of the mind as th6 electric "wires convey messages." "What! Professor Currier!" I exclaimed. l "Do you mean to assert that you belleva that it is possible for the hypnotic operator to accomplish In a few short weeks the complete awakening of the sense of sound when it has laid prone and useless eince birth?" - "I believe this to be absolutely possible," answered Professor Currier, speaking slowly and With emphasis on each word. "Furthermore, I believe we are about to see it done. Let me show you what has already been accomplished directly in the same line." SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT. Prof. Currier rang a 'bell upon the desk and sent a messenger for Mr. Jones. A few minutes later Mr. Jones stood -before us. "You sent for me, sir?" he said. The question was asked in articulated language. "Yes," answered Prof. Currier, In the sign language, "I wish to show this gentleman that it Is not impossible to give to one born a deaf mute the power of hearing and articulation." There were several musical instruments hanging upon the walls of Prof. Currier's study. Taking down a flute, he put it to his lips and sounded several notes upon it. "Do you hear?" he asked. "Yes," answered Mr. Jones, "ill is fthe music of the flute." - "Now, for your satisfaction," said Prof. Currier, addressing, me. "l will blindfold this man so that he can receive no intelligence as to the kind of instrument through the observation of the eye.'' A bandage was placed tightly about Mr. Jones's eyes. I picked up a guitar and touched Its strings. "What music do you hear?" asked Prof. Currier. There was a smile on the features of Mr. Jones as he answered, "It Is the music of the guitar." "Well," said I, after Mr. Jones had retired, "this is all very Interesting, but what is it all about? You don't mean to tell me that this man is under hypnotic Influences, do you?" "Walt and hear." "This man, Mr. Charles Jones is now forty years old. He was born deaf as a stone. For twentv-eight years no sound ever reached his brain thraugh the vibra tions or the tympanum of- the ear conducted by the delicate auditory nerves to the mind. Deafness was accompanied, as ,1s always the case in such Instances, with dumbness as well. Being unable to hear land comprehend spoken language, the vocal cords, which, as you well know, are but the 'parots of the ear. were never able to form sounds into speech. Twelve years ago we .began operating upon this man through ins instrumentality or tne auaipnone ana the conical hearing tube. The idea that through the agency of some such instru"ments as these we could develop the latent .sensibilities of ths auditory nerve until it became a useful and valuable part of the system was an idea of my own, and the instruments y wnicn -we nave wrougni the results which I have demonstrated to you here w;ere of my invention. WAS BORN DEAF. "The deafness of Mr. Jones was what is known to us as abolition of function, a iprenatal paralysis, I shall call it, in order that I may be readily understood, of the ,auditory nerve. While the organs of the i unborn child were yet undergoing the processes of formation the impinging of some foreign substance upon the forming blood corpuscles deprived this nerve of its full development and vitality. We now estimate that fully 16 per cent, of the cases of total deafness and consequent dumbness are due . to prenatal paralysis of this kind. Some claim that the per centage Is even greater I here fearlessly say that in almost, If not every case of this kind, there are latent senses of hearing which have slumbered only because the brain of the afflicted person has not will power enough to'call this nerve into service as a means of communication between the tympanum and the mind. What does this nerve require In order that it may be brought into service as a useful member of the system? Plainly, all that it needs is more strength. With this it will perform the function for which it was called Into existence. Give it strength which it should have possessed, but never did, it becomes an assistant to the will, and that function is now .able to command it and make it useful In conveying its orders to the organs of hearing. "In the case of Mr. Jones we have developed the latent senslbllties of this nerve exercise. The nerve has been exercised, however, from without, through the aid of the audiphone and the conical hearing tubes. It has taken us twelve years to produce the results which I have demonstrated to you. Now, suppose we exercise this nerve from without, as well as from within. Suppose we increase the power of the will to flash its messages over this rusty wire at the same time that we increase the senslbllties of the wire to receive the commands, the nerve now becomes a messenger. "Twelve years ago when I advanced the theory of the possibility of developing the latent sensibilities of the prenatalv paralyzed auditory nerve I was met with the same character or exclamations with which you greeted me a little while ago. "Absurd! theories! nonsense! air castles! speculation! try it? No. There is nothing in It. Why waste valuable time with impracticable speculations and the theories of dreamers?" The French savants ridiculed me. They would have none of it. The German investigators God bless them! they are ready to give a willing ear whenever honest thought and effort asserts itself listened, experimented and to-day are producing the same results which I have shown to you in the case bf Mr. Jones. Success converted the skeptical Frenchman, and now the Fame work is being successfully done in the institutions of Paris. All this has happened, mind you, within twelve years. Today the deaf mutes are reaping the benefits of this discovery in which the civilization of the age has planted its foot. No, my friend, we have reached a period in the progress of events when we cannot afford to be too skeptical. Do not cry absurd. It Is absurd to say absurd. If one tells you that the moon Is made of green cheese and that the twlnlding stars are

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heaven's fireflies do not answer 'absurd., Rather exclaim "Prove it.' WAKING UP THE NERVE. "Pardon the parenthesis," continued Professor Currier, "we will now return. We have shown that there are latent sensibilities of the paralyzed auditory nerve3 which are susceptible f to development through exercise. What we want, then, is knowledge as to how these latent sensibilities can be developed the most rapidly and the most successfully. Now let us see what hypnotism will do. I am not a master of hypnotism, and make no claim to the abllity to produce these results myself. I speak, tnerefore, as one who accepts the known results of recognized hypnotic experiments and seeks only to learn how similar experiments may be utilized successfully in the work of assisting in the development of the latent sensibilities of this slumbering nerve. Now, mark you, you and every one else will acknowledge that infinitely greater results follow w-here the method of exercising any stunted muscle or nerve of the system is natural Father than artificial. If you can exercise the muscle or nerve yourself much more is to be hoped for than if the exercise was forced to be conveyed in an exterior and artificial way. If I can send a communication over a sleeping nerve from the source from which the communication should, by nature's laws, emanate, I thereby give the nerve a bit of exercise which will tingle It ; into activity and usefulness with much more raDidity, and with much better permanent results, than would be the case hy forcing it into exercise by the use of artificial means from without. "Now, will hypnotism do this? Let us see. All those who are familiar with the subject, and who can speak with authority, tell us that the hypnotic operator has, while the subject is in the hypnotic sleep, absolute control of the mind of the subject. Now, do you see what I am driving at? W e are forced to operate now in exercising the paralyzed nerve of the deaf mute, while the brain is busy with all the other senses. The nerves of vision are busy ticking off their message as to what the eye sees, and the brain Is replying what to do about It, and what to look at next; the sense of touch is engaged in the same way ; the smeu, the taste, are sending their little paragraphs of news, and that wondrously busy brain up there near the cranium must record all the messages it receives and go on Bending its replies. Only the nerves of hearing cease. This hypnotic operator as soon as he places the patient In the hypnotic sleep doe3 what? "Why, he proceeds at once to give orders to the nerves of taste and touch and sight and smell to go on a vacation, 'Take a rest. I shall need you again,' he says to these nerves. When I do I will call you. And then why, you see it all, of course. The entire energy of the brain let off from Its occupation with the other senses,. Is put to workf to bring this nerve of audience a command that shall wake it from its lethargy. 'Wake up, you lazy rascal,' says the concentrated brain power, acting under the command of the operator; What do you mean by sleeping when all your comrades are at work. ee, I have given .hemt a rest in order that I may give you the flogging your worthlessness deserves. Wake up and busy yourself with the work for which you were brought into existence. You were born a cripple, you plead,- eh? Oh, you only need to have your legs limbered up. Come, hop, skip, jump; there, don't you like It? Why, already I hear your shouts of joy.' "Yes, my friend, I think that through hypnotism all this nay be accomplished, and you what do you have to say about it now?" said Prof. Currier, once more addressing me directly. What can any one say except that there Is evidently too much in this to allow it to le ruthlessly thrust aside? MONEY FOR NEWFOUNDLAND. 1 The Bankrupt Government Relieved Hnna-ry People Fed. ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, Jan. 6. A number of citizens who lead In the affairs of the colony have combined to bring about the holding of a patriotic c&nventlon composed of the clergy, magistrates and traders of the principal towns, to be held at St. Johns at an early date, to devise waysand means for extricating the colony from the present position and for relieving the poverty which is so general. The government intends appointing a local commission of inquiry, claiming that It Is as competent to deal wth the troubles here as a Toyal commission and that it could accomplish the work more speedily, The crew of the war ship Tourmaline fed three hundred hungry people to-day. The crew are very generous In their benefactions and they have received much praise In consequence. The necessity for generosity of this character is becoming aaily more apparent. The establshment of a food depot is contemplated. Now that the government is provided with money to purchase supplies it may be started next week. The Bank of-Montreal, which Is now the financial agent of the colony, has established a branch here and the outfit for the offices arrived by the Silvia to-day. The Silvia also brought $100,000 in specie for the use of the government and an equal sum for the general business of the bank. The representative of one of the banks of Quebec has also arrived and will establish an agency if prospects will warrant this course. Bills of exchange to a large amount were returned by the Silvia, the banks on which they were drawn having refused to pay them, owing to the suspension of the local banks. Government debentures are being sold by the holders, who are in financial difficulties, for 60 per cent, of their par value, the persons selling demanding gold payments. A few specuiatiors are making large profits off these transactions. A Socialist's Victory. PARIS, Jan. 6. Geralt Richard, Socialist, editor of the Chambard, who was recently imprisoned for insulting President Casimlr Perier. has been elected a member of the Chamber - of Deputies for the First dlstrictof Paris by 2,742 votes, against t)88 cast for M. Felix, Republican. In November last M. Richard was sentenced to one year's imprisonment and to pay a fine of 4,000 francs for publishing an article which the court held to be Insulting to the President of the Republic. A parliamentary bye-electlon was held on Dec. 2a last in the district above mentioned, at which election M. Richard was a candidate. ' He headed the poll with 1,802 votes, and the two candidates received enough more to prevent M. Richard from getting a majority over all. This necessitated another election, and the result is the return of M. Richard. Cold Weather In Europe. LONDON, Jan. 6. A dispatch to the Standard from Berlin says that there have been further heavy snowfalls in the southwest, especially in the Odenwald and Schwarzwald. Several places are Isolated. Navigation is stopped on the Werthe and other rivers of East Prussia. Much wreckage and a number of corpses have been washed ashore on the North sea coasts. The ship Industrie stranded on the Island of Borkum, and it is feared that all of her crew were drowned. A Paris dispatch to the Standard says that the heavy snowfalls have done immense damage in the Department of Pyrenees Orientales, southern France. In Algeria the cold is Intense. Five natives have been frozen to death in the streets. Bridges have been destroyed and railroad traffic is delayed. Dreyfus Didn't Say It. PARIS, Jan. 6. Certain papers of this city in their' report yesterday afternon of the public degradation of Alfred Dreyfus stated that he had1 said: "I am Innocent. If I did give documents to a foreigner, it was done as a bait in order, to obtain far more important ones in return. In three years the truth will be known and - the -Minister of War will open a fresh Inquiry into this affair." To-day it is officially denied that Dreyfus made any such statement. American Yachts at the Itivlern. LONDON, Jan. 7. The Times prints a list of about sixty British yachts that will assemble to . witness the Riviera regattas. The paper states that the following American yachts will also be present: Mr. Slater's Eleanor, Mr. Drexel's Marguerite, Commodore Morgan's May. Mr. James G. Bennett's Namouna, Mr. Vanderullt's Valiant and Messrs. Gould's Vigilant. Duties Increased. STOCKHOLM, Jan. 6. The government has decided to raise the duties on corn to

S13 oere per 100 kilos and on flour to 650 oere. The new tariff will take effect tomorrow. Cable Xotes. Herr Von Levetzow, President of the German Reichstag, denies that he intends to resign his office. The Pope has. sent his encyclical to th& North American espicopate. It will be pubblished in the United States before it appears in Rome. The Gazette de Charleroi states that France has informed Belgium that she will not oppose the annexation by Belgium of the Congo State. " Signor Ressman, Italian embassador to) France, has been recalled. Count .Gallina, first secretary of the embassy, will act as charge d'affaires. FOUR SAILORS DROWNED.

rilot Boat Cut In Tvo by Schooner Near Boston. 1 BOSTON, Jan. 6. Pilot boat No. 3, the D. J. Lawler, of this city, was sunk by the schooner Horace B. Parker, - of Gloucester, off Minot's ; Ledge, yesterday morning, and four of the crew of the pilotboat perished. Rudolph Harrison, the steward of the Lawler, was the only one who escaped. The Parker came up the harbor this morning in a badly damaged condition. She was returning from the banks with & full cargo of fish and was beating up the outer harbor when the accident occurred, about 3:40 yesterday morning. The Parker, which carried a crew of about twenty men. was making about seven knots an hour on the starboard tack, beating in and had reached a point near Mlnot's Ledge lighthouse. A heavy mist hung about tne vessel and the man at the wheel could see but a" short distance. Suddenly a loud cry of warning came out of the darkness and a moment later a vessel loomed up on the. port side and before the' schooner's course could be altered, she crashed into the side of the approaching craft near her cabin and cut her almost in two. She went down immediately. As she sank, a half-dressed sailor, .who proved to be the steward, Rudolph Harrison, succeeded in grasping the bowsprit of the Parker and scrambled aboard. A boatman, Laurlne, also reached the bowsprit, but It immediately gave way, falling into the water, and he was drowned. The crew of the Parker made every effort to save the men on the pilot boat, but the schooner was covered with ice and, before her boats could be cleared, all of the sailors in the water were drowned. It is probable that they went down at once, as all but Laurine were asleep In the cabin at the time. Movements of St earners. NEW YORK, Jan. 6. Arrived: Manhanseti, from Swansea; Panama, from Bordeaux. - HARVE, Jan. 6. Arrived: La Bretagna, from New York. . The Total Wreck Pensioner. Springfield Republican (Ind.) Gen. J. C. Black, of Illinois, is (another totally disabled pensioner whose ability to earn a good . livelihood seems to be pretty well demonstrated just at present. Black' term in Congress as member from Illinois does not expire until March 4, and he seems to be holding on to his seat in spite of lhe fact that he has been appointed and confirmed as United States district attorney far the hioaea district. It is said that he , continues to draw his salary as Congress man, while arawmg anotner as aisirici attorney, and a pension of $100 a month, for total disability. If Black, who was once Pension Commissioner himself, is so disabled as to be entitled to $100 a month pension, he Is unfit to perform the duties of United States attorney; vtfitle if he is able to properly fill this office It Is a violation of the spirit of the law to pay him a pension. His case is as bad if not worse than that of Judge Long, of Michigan, whose pension Commissioner Lochren reduced. Coming Convention of Manufacturers. CINCINNATI, Jan. 6. Tho responses indicate that the national convention of manufacturers, to be held here Jan. 22, 23 and 24, will be well attended. After selecting! officers, some city will be selected for headquarters. In addition to developing foreign trade, it is proposed to have expositions in South American capitals and urge control of the Nicaragua canal by the United States. Elaborate programmes have been arranged for each day, with entertainments in the evenings. While national legislation will be considered, the association Is nonpolltlcal, nonpartisan and nonsectlonal. Among the speakers will be Governor McKlnley, Senator Sherman, Mayor Caldwell, Warner Miller, ex-Governor J. D. Cox, M. E. Ingalls, Speaker Crisp and Secretary Herbert. , It Talks. , Washington Star. 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