Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1903 — BRINGS DEAD TO LIFE. [ARTICLE]

BRINGS DEAD TO LIFE.

COMMON TABLE SALT SAID TO HAVE OVERCOME DEATH. Child Declared to Have Been Dead la Now Well on the Way te Recovery— Bathe re •“Overcome in Salt Lake— Newa in Brief. In New York common table salt has accomplished the undisputed resurrection of a child declared by reputable physicians to be dead. The child no longer breathed. Her heart had ceased to perform its functions. Her limbs were cold and the fixity of was in her frame and features. In an inspired moment the operating physician, Dr. John Hubbel Schall of Brooklyn, applied a saline solution consisting of a teaspoonful of salt to a quart of water to the intestines of the patient, upon whom an Operation had been performed at the Brooklyn Memorial hospital for appendicitis. This was followed by an injection of the solution into the veins of the child. It was a forlorn hope. For twenty-four hours the patient remained in a comatose condition. Keen-eyed physicians and vigilant nurses watched her every minute, and slowly but surely the spark of life was fanned into a flame, and to-day in a cot in the Memorial hospital, surrounded by her playthings, she is well on the way to recovery. Another instance showing the value of salt i§ reported, from Indiana. With one ounce of common salt, six ounces of pure water, six ounces of alcohol, mixed in an ordinary glass dish, and two ounces of aqua ammonia, distributed in five small plates, all covered by a glass tube and air tight, Dr. Charles \V. Littlefield of Alexandria, Ind., demonstrated the. other afternoon that he had created life in the form of thousands of atoms of animated substances similar to well-developed germs of life and trilobites.

BALT LAKE BATHERS OVERCOME. One Drowned, Another Braised from Head to Foot. Bruised from head to foot and delirious from nil-night buffeting with the waves of Great Salt lake, Roslyn Wells was found lying on the rocks about 100 feet from the shore of Antelope island. The body of bis companion, Roy Larkin, aged 15 years, has not been found. Wells and Larkin, with Miss Pomeroy, went In bathing Thursday afternoon at Saltair. They waded far out until deep water was reached. Here they floated for some time in the buoyant brine. A strong breeze sprang up and when they attempted to return Larkin, who was unable to swim, could make no headway. Mias Pomeroy reached the pavilion, but ‘rescuing parties were unable to find nny .. trace of Wells and Larkin, and Wells said he had lost Larkin about 3 o'clock Friday morning, after havfng supported him all night. This is the first drowning that has occurred in the lake for several years.

BASK BALL SCORES. Stand ins of the Clubs in Big Lengus Games. The clubs in the National League are standing thus: W. L. W. L. Pittsburg .. .55 27 Brooklyn ... .39 39 Chicago 52 35 Boston 33 45 New York.. .47 32 St. Louis 32 52 Cincinnati ...43 41 Philadelphia. .26 56 Following is the standing of the clubs In the American League: W. L. W. L. Boston 52 29 New York.... 37 38 Philadelphia..4B 34 Chicago 30 43 Cleveland ...43 37 St. Ixuiis 33 43 Detroit 39 38 Washington.. .27 50 PASTOR SHOOTS, BAYS GRACEKills One Man, Wounds Another, Then Offers Thanks at Table. After killing one man and fatally wounding, another, Robert l>ee, a minister at Linnie, Casey County, Ivy., said grace at the jail table in Liberty. Lee became involved in a quarrel with Ellis Woods and the latter's sou and the shooting followed, in which the preacher proved himself more than a match for both of his opponents, for he succeeded In killing Woods and fatally wounded his •on. The “fighting parson” was then arrested and taken to the jail at Liberty, where be peacefully returned thanks at the table with the other prisoners. DIES IN DENTIST’S CHAIR. Woman Takes Chloroform, WjUcea Up, Then Expires. While fitting in a dentist’s chair nnd having teeth extracted, Mrs. Nora Blue of Juuiatn, Neb., died in Hastings from the effects of chloroform. Before the drug was administered to alleviate the pain Mrs. Blue was examined and pronounced nble to take the necessary quantity. After fourteen teeth had been taken out she revived, sat up in the chair, spoke to the dentist and then sank back and died. Option on Islands Expires. The treaty providing for the acquisition by the United States of the Danish West Indies officially died Friday. If Denmark should conclude to selil the Islands to the United States it will be possible to revive ,tlie provisions of the treaty which just failed. Meantime the poaition of the State Department is comfortable, having done its part toward Completing the bargain. Bor Btajers Hunted. Claude O'Brien aud Earl Whitney, boya in years, were banged at I-exington, Ky., for the murder of A. B. Chinn. Accident on -Chicago Great Western. Four were killed and twenty-five or thirty injured in a collision between the Twin City limited on the Chicago Great Western and a fast freight irain. - . Colorado Assembly Adjourns. The Colorado General Assembly adjourned at 1 o’clock Sunday morning after having passed a general appropriation bill, for 'which the session was called. The House defeated the Senate joint resolution calling upon the farorid'a fair board to disband.