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-- f x , , ! . , V' ' - X " - - ' ' V ' ' 1 ' ---- Ml ' THE TOMBS DOCTOB. HIS OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDYING CRIMINAL NATURE , Most of II is Patients Stiller From the Ef - facts o f dissipation Victims of Morphine ard of a -Placebo For Those Who FeJgrn JJlut'SS. ' " , ....' ... ' - . .... ' . ViTliile his duties are limited officially to the euro ard medical treatment of the him les'of ; the Tombs, or , city prison. Dr. 0. J. Ward undoubtedly has one of the most interesting fields of professional practice ard study. It -extends among a class of patients which, taken all in all, are hardly to bo. duplicated any yh;re obo. "; ,t ' ,' -y ' ;''I,'--' V -V It vas hg'c to dilate on the valuable opp-Drtiiiiifcics to science presented to the city prison physician for the making of a study or specialty of criminology in his calling, however, that I visited Dr. Waru r C3t r)y, but to . ascertain -from him: iojio of ' he more interesting details cf bis vrork and experience. I found him e vidently about 55 years old, with pleasant u ul kindly. features.- When he spoke, j .e expressed himself meditatively and to the point. His words were well weighed," aad there could be no miscon struing his 'meaning. "Oh,, there is no doubt of the Tombs being a ii . j c place to make a study in the lii'3 of ovim:DOlogy," said Dr. Ward when I iroacbed the subject of my visit .inl'uiiiided to the field open in thi "The material is here,,and the opr- rt'unii:v.-f for observation are unlim- ited. v p ansvrr to my question as to the physical co V'-:ition ' cf the prisoners at the Tombs ; r:d their ailments the phy sicij.ni replied: "Abovi: 7-" percent of all that come in h"ie su:!Vr from some "gastric and nervnxiH iioa-Mos, the results of . dissipa tion. Thirty-five per cent of these are or hrwo" been addicted to the opium or morp?ihlo bnbit. After these opiate vic--.?s- h: ve been here a short while and their at ocas to their f avorite drug cut off their safferings beoomo pitiable to a dx. :;ree. x nave nau uiLiunis utixj ut win class," he continued, "to whom I had to administer as high ( as 30 grains of moiphine in one day to save their lives Ibis dose would be sufficient to kill about five ordinary persons not accus tomed to the drug. " That victims to the opium and mor phine habits should furnish as many as 85 out of every 100 criminals landing in the city prison, when the police and other authorities cf the city are pro claiming that; the rmen sale or rise of these drugs has been entirely suppressed or stamped out, somewhatr surprised me, and I asked Dr. Ward whence this particular class of prisoners came from. "The alcoholic patients are prin cipally from the upper section of the city, but the morphine or opium vic tims, as a rule, all come from the lower part of the city," he replied. ' 'One of the most pitiable subjects of the opium habit that came here was George Appo, the gTeen goods operator, who is the son of Quimbo Appo, the Chinese murderer. Appo testified before the Lexow com mittee against McNally, the king of the green goods men. 'Appo had not been in the Tombs without his opium for over a few days when the want of the drug began to assert itself on his entire system. His moans and groans at night fairly kept awake and annoyed all the prisoners in the other cells on the same corridor. " ' One curious feature, from a medical standpoint, about the .Tombs prisoners is that they almost immediately become seized with the impression that, they are suffering from all sorts of ailments and want treatment. They ruminate over their old complaints and shout for the doctor, whereas if they were at homevthey would never. think of need ing medical attendance. , - v , - With the habitual criminal or "re peaters" and "revolvers," a3 they are called, this is not the case. ' These know the regulations of the prison and under stand that the least troublesome way to v get along is to cause as little annoyance as possible. It is remarkable also to no tice how newcomers to the city prison -quite readily become reconciled to the surroundings. " The first day they appar ently ieej ineir degradation, but' in a - few days "it is wonderful ' to oehold them,; laughing and joking about their .predicaments. " '-Equally- remarkable is the wav the newcomers, or at least those committed .for petty offenses, will take to lionizing and looking, up to those committed for the higher ' grades of crime, such as murder and banish robbery "A" class of people who are great at feigning illness are v those who come down here : from the workhouse on : Blackwell's island, ' said Dr. Ward fur ,- thef "Aa, -soon as I . hear, of 1 these complaining and find them in a normal condition, I tell, them they require no medicine, and if they take "any it will do them more harm than good. If they are persistent after my examination or advice, why, I give them a prescription calling for placebo, which ; is really i .something in the name of a . medicine 'only; but in reality composed of pills of common bread or & colored water. This placebo acts like a charm In these cases. for when I go my rounds .and ask tha placebo patients how they.feel after tak ing this medicine they declare tne rem -dv iUCfll lcn t . arl want " ti fcoOW whv I ' . I ' . ... uiu uu uvuv..Mvr. T ' . . ... .k i , .a knwn 4 a . "One thing tnai suxpxiHtw uk roW nrimf nnlq charcred with mon- strous crimes secure the sympathy oi those women who are of a benevolent or charitable turn of mind. These crimi allfifffid stories of their ' fall from grace and innocence Into the ears of these confiding people, but in nine cases out: of , ten where the prisoner is helped and gets out he or she -makes sport of the credulity oi me Deneiav.w, concluded Dr. Ward as he stepped out of his ofl&ce to' make his rounds. -New York News. . : Hmfl if the new "moon frfila hfitween 6 and 8 p, m. fair woatb cr will probably ensue; in the winter timp the weather will beiair ana irosty, provided the wind is from the north or liOrtheast , - ,' " T!a first Amcrirnn theater was open ed in 1750 in the city of 'New York. ; . "AFRICAN ET1QU ETTE. Tho Wisest riw to FolloT7 In VIsHIes tlie lliff Native C!iic"3. In African truvi-1 it is always wise to" visir the bisfec chief iuauy part of tho noautrv. Uu3 cfiU :uways learn iiuia; other chiefs at a distance who thoy are' and something of their character.; In - - - " ' 6 irmroaching them always send wora oi rour coming' and -get, if possible, in- lormation m aavauce oi iuu jiccAixig ho chief toward whites. Upon nearing ho village send on ahead to announce von rii-rival and wait until your ines- ?o"aer returns with some of the villa-fvas-to escort you to their chief. Greet the chief civill and ask him to send one of his people . to show you a good place for vour tent, if you decide, to camp in the village, which I have done iuvariablv in this country, though it la not always aavisaoie in every pare ox. central Africa.- When you. have rested, the chief will come to see you. Then state to him your, business, talk frankly with him and explain plainly. your - v - ! a. is needs, whether you want guides or to buy foodt ' . , , I seldom staid in a place inore than one day, and generally the first night I called the chief priyately into my tent, had a long talk with him and gavo him a present consisting generally of a good cloth, four yards of American!, four of wide blue, four of narrow calico and about an egg cup full of treads and sometimes an empty bottle or two. In variably I received next day the co-operation of the chief in every way, audalso a big goat or sheep or bullock and 50 or GO pounds of flour. Sometimes I gave a small additional present before leav ing. If the chief took a fancy to any particular thing and I could spare it, I did so. Sometimes one wanted a sheath knife and another a hat. Old Kambuidi was determined ; to have a shirt. He wanted a candle matches and needles, which I gave, him, and as I had previ ously given him cloth I suggested, as a feeble sort of joke,' that, s he now had cloth and sewing materials and light, he might sit up at night and make a shirt. Immediately the old fellow re plied: "It is the candle that is interfer ing with my success. Here, -take back the candle and give me the shirt.' I finally yielded and gave him a much patched garment, which satisfied him. "Glave's Journey to, the-' Livingstone Tree, V by the Late K J. Glave, in Cen tury. ' An Episcopal Bull. '. A number of "bulls" by members, of parliament and othera have been printed lately, but bishops seem to perpetrate them sometimes. His lordship of Ripon, in a sermon the other day at Calverley, near Leeds, betrayed his Hibernian origin, not for the first time, in the same wav. He said, , ' 'My brethren, I beg of you to take hold of your own hearf and look it. straight". in the face." -Westminster Gazette; One "million - standard sil ver dollars weigh 412,500.000 gr.ir.is, or 859,375 ounces trov. or 71.G14, 58 pquim-? lrcv. Qr j.),yys:o7 p'v.mus avoirdT:ptus.--i-02 29.404 "short ' tons 01 2,000 - pound iV'Oiidapors - e.wb, or yo.oOi, "ioi-g tonii oi 2,24.0 avoiraupJi;-? cacn. , . ' "... !'.," .- , r. Bras-? inns 'were : fir-;fc' ; made-, in New. York by lingli-ih -machinery, h the year 1813. : . - ' t j ''Dif lv-jruais, Chaldeans, "Persians, Syrians, Phoenicians and Carthaginians began the year in the stumn.. '.'.1- To Be J&xpeted There, was recently a public sale cf tho -effects of a deceased artist who, though he never had any money and was always at the end Gf his resources, haa managed to accumulate a conside able amount of bria-brac,-chiefly, for use in his trade., -v All these things wero sold :for the benefit of his needy widow. : .-. . : . - Among ; the itema'on -the published catalogue wa3 ; the - following , eloquent oner , , T ' One money ; box; decorated, quite unused. " Youth's Companion. The Reason. -,' At a recent wedding - in an Ensrlish town the ofiQciating'miiiister asked how the name, of one ot the. witnesses .was spelled-to which -he received the reulv. 'McHugh." 'The. minister' then in quired how;; it : was that the- witness spelled his name in that way when his sister spelled hers "McOue, " to which the . witness responded, "Please, sir. my sister and me didn't go to the same school. " STOWING AWAY. Foolhartly and Dangerous Meth h ?f . Gettlnff an .Ocean Voyage, y In" spite of the fact, that the punish- allv t meted out to those wno try to steal a free passage on a ship is T v Wotvl IrtKrn-' with the OO several wm tv - inn of a fine, stowaways are even more common today than they were 50 or 60 years aga : 1 - Big passenger steamers, wwi hundreds of passengers and their scores of stewards, sailors and stokers, afford nniimerable opportunities for stowing away. , . Three years ago a, stowaway waa.uls- ooverea aooaru uuo w mo running between Liverpool and Mont- reaLs He was shabbily dressed, dub pe- ng a big, sturdy looking fellow he was Ait to work about . the ship. When the ship anchored ; below Mohtreal,v waiting or daylight betore entering tne naroor, he; it is presumed, slipped quietly over-. board and swam ashoare. In any case, when the boat touched at Montreal and was overrun by detectives looking for a notorious , jewel iuuuci, . in vi ca ; mediately suspected that the stowaway was the robber and that he had escaped, aking tho jewels' with him. He was cautured sonjie months afterward and confessed that when he swam ashore Be had more than $10,000 worth of jewels on his person. - v - - The favorite biding 'places of stow aways are the coal bunkers and the nar row "passages left -'when the vessels are oaded with bncks, tiles, iron pipes or other 'similar cargo. These places are extremely dangerous, and many: cases are' recorded where the shifting of the cargo has resulted in the death of some unfortunate wretch in hiding. During the passage of a cargo boaMo this country , f rem : Jbngland tho sailors were startled the third day Out by a curious ; scratching, which was., imme diately attributed to supernatural causes. The scratching continued for. . three davs and then ' grew quiet and ceased. When the hatches were lifted at the end ci the voyage, the emaciated body of a man was found ' lying; on some bags qf cement. The poor starving fellow had struggled frantically to - get out of tho hold. - .'.. "As for our American liners, it is fol ly to try stowing away in any cf them. The United States will not receive pau- pdr immigrants, and captains are for bidden to land stowaways in this coun try under ii penalty of $2, 500. - A free passenger" on one of ' these ships is promptly ' clapped in : irons and kept thero until the ship returns to Liver- pool, twben ho is brought before the authorities. -Cincinnati Enquirer. TORTURED BY.TfHE TONGUE. Somo Men Who Read This Will Sym- ' pathize With Poor Junius. 'H'ml" innrmured, Mr.: Junius froru his paper. "A man falls dead-while smckiug his pipe, and" ' There 1" cried Mrs. Junius, raising her needle andf voice with the same ges tura ' Isn't that what I've always said? And 'yet you will go on, day after day, with those norrid old cigars and mo slaving my life away doing up lace cur tains that mother gave us out of the very money she saved up with her own hands keeping .hens, and hard enough, too, I V can toll you, with eggs only a cent each the very moment hens began laying as they ought to, and I d like to know where you think you'll land, Julius Junius, if you. keep on smoking your life away?; Oh, but it ' is only a step and for pity's sake I wish you'd fix that one : to the front dpor before some caller trips over it and breaks the knob with her .bonnet and you know rve begged you on my bended knees to leave off before it's too late and not die suddenly;4 like this man you're reading about, with your life insurance run out, ana onngiLg everlasting disgrace on your wife's family. ' Butvhat a provok ing creature you are, Julius Junius, to sit there grinning and refusing. to say a word, .and you know I want to hear the rest of the particulars ' just ;as well as you do. V ' - As his wife stopped to coal up Mr. Junius lai u down the paper. " ','The man wa3 9G years old," he said sof tly Vomelcdy : put a cartridge in his pipe for a joke, and it went off and shot him.V t 0 . ; And whoa Mr. Junius came in from the evening club his wife was still flow ing on unbrokeuly. Tacks ; v-,;- . " ?i,--?-.:V-:':-0'$fy.-' -1 " "' . - -,;. ..:. i: , ' r ' That Sinking Feelins ' A good story is being told .on one of Louisville's most prominent , homeo- patnic pnysicians. ' , fceveral days -ago a young woman failed ; at his v ofiice, and alter discoursing on all the topics of in terest'of the day settled down 1 to tel him her ailments. Among Other things bnu Baia tnat sne was greatly annoyed with a sinking feeling; fThe' physician prepared a little bottle of pills and gave them to her, with 'minute directions ns to hoy they should be taken. 'The wom r an again began to talk, and af tet- many vain efforts to get her -out she started for the door," She had - just opened it when she turned and said, "Oh, doctor, what shall I do if these pi Us do not cure me?"; "Take the cork." "he retnrtprf They tell me that's good for a sinking feeling. .uu uouauea tne next patient into his private office. Louisville Post' .. , . In 4889 occurred the, "great-fire" at beattle, in Washington, in- whio.h erty to the value of $20,000,000 wai destroved, - ' , : . . s .-''"T a'ppeairk.to be Vp.-'id, place, '.it .vv a flame, a vl!--tli jfruufe' tifL' ' a quarter 'ol- a -minute,, thea. dip it into water, and ir, will be. again fit lotucO., A now-pen which is found too hard to write with will ,bccomb sojtervby being thus heated.,. r.;. '': i That' Settled It. 1 y -,- Peterson Do you suppose that young Pipps has serious intentions? . ' - j Mrs. jf etersou -uxiuuuuvoujj . hW ask Laura last might whether you Were t-'a partner in the firm, or,, if you merely worked on' a salary. Cleveland Leader.';-;;.:',, v . - v V ' When bad ' weather' - iss imminent, swallows fly low, because at such times the insects' wBch constitute" their- food; keep- near the ground, and the swallows are forced to follow . them xn to lower regions thab at other seasons. . s, 1 There 'is. no disease of .the blood which so completely puzzles the doc tori as Erysipelas. They t admit that it is a blood trouble, but like other such diseases, they are unable to; effect, a cure. It is not surprising that those' who re afflicted with this distressing, dis ease should suffer such untold agonies, Like a consuming flame, it cpvers - the skirt with a' fiery, burning : redness which is almost: unbearable,; a.nd only those who have been so afflicted can describe its tortured. '-.. . , Aside from the suffering which Ery eipelas causes, there, is alvays 'great langer attending- the disease,: unless promptly checked. ' The inflammation spreads "through the tissues of the skin ind, when a vital part is attacked. thc;i result is disastrous. - Often the .boncj are affected, aYid become so diseased that they crumble away .. leaving the patient nu invalid for life. m . e, r 'Here is such a case, where the doer tors were trtiable to afford, relief, and strongly urgc.4 an operation. , . .' ; Miss Ada Vaiuwright-is a.most esti mable young 4ady,! residing at Alamo. Tenn. After being under the doctor's care constantly for three years audde r clared inciirable, she saw befoi:e "her only the gloomy life - of " an. Invalid Under d ate of Way 8th , 1 S96 she writes v ;4I feel it my, duty to inform you of the .great good , I have received from ; our remedy, S. ST. 87,. for I am, sure.; rat it saved my life. - For three years MIS3 ADA WAlNWRIGHT. s r. have suffered agonies witft bone ery sipelas, and though under treatnien to! the best physicians, I found no. relief. Dne of my limbs was so swollen and inflamed that the doctors found it nec issary to keep it lancedr and the bone became so diseased that several pieces cic ui&iucLi.gGu. imuuii me opening. It is impossible to describe the suffer ing I had to endure ; sometimes ; able to hop around on crutches, land again anable to turn myself in bed. I was so reduced in, health' that "I Weighed Duly eighty pouhxis. ' ."After, lingering for three vears caving been treated by four doctors,' ! was nnaay toia tnat 1 was incurable, and that I would.have to submit to the painful ;6pration of having the1 bone scraped, or it would be - necessary to amputate the limb. . This I posit iveW refused to submit to. ' ' ," A ' friend recommended' S.' S, S.,' knowing of' its wonderful' Reputation as a blood ;remedy, and vwhen I: had finished one .bottle J felt an' improve ment." I grew, better as I continued the medicine; and after taking siy bot tles r was entirely well., my skin -wag dear and pure, and I have no 'sign of the terrible disease. I erained in health and strength until I now" weie-h 13& pounds,- and1 all mv relative J friends, are astonished at the wonder-- iucure maae Dy s. 5S. s" . . ,The above is but one of the man wonderful cures being made daily by S.S.S. -Experience has shown that the doctors are absolutely unable, to cure diseases of the blood,and of the many blood remedies Offered to the public to-day, S S. S. ithe only one which cures obstinate and.deep-seated cases. For real blood troubles, S. S. S. has V It wipes out completely the most obstinate cases of blood diseases, which other remedies do not seeS touch. S..S. S.getsat theot oTthe disease, and forces itout permanently, v:, v' fb ucli ctnxeea Purely Vegetable, is a.- Toftitiii- and liffiESplas "WANTED! A-BRIGHT- BOY Ort GjRr In this and every town in thevieinity where there is not already an agents to sell th e Ne w York Ledger. Amr j. (ja'n Greatest Stoiry, Paper, by the wefk, ' and act as agent, making 3 cents on every copy sold. ; No charge being made" for unsold' copies. N0 Possible Risk. For full particulars call at the office of this paper; - LL.'THE BILL... Finish Perfect. Material Durable. Patterns Tasty. Price is Right. Inside and Out You Can't Find A Flaw In KflD" Bras' FOR SALE BV Undertaking, v Branches. 'I' '. V i ' ' '''' 1 '' -r -; - ii t V..'1' . At idt plncf V)f business yon will always And a line of . .COFFINS' casscets-'-,'; .t,hatBrt eyt snited'to ourtrade, . -I ftll tUem like othec-merchan- Vi iy 'ihlat ah honest proQt, ' : not chnrgihg 100 per-centr. profit '".rs was. the enstom in days gone .-"-:-; . 'r hearse . i ,' supplied wherever wanted.' ANCHOR BUGGIES uiu uuu l3 x , . fun ..uvii v-: n-oo money than' some dealers ask 1 . for the cheap grades. I am sole ' f agennthis section. Call and see v" before buying. ' ' REP A J R-I NC. ; ' r: 'Brinir in your ''wagons when they baggies and need repair ing and I will have it done iPt':-otoril v ; both in -cost sat and '"work . : ; V Yourd to serve. . ; ; e. d. c: DID YOU "SAll ME" New Quarters E . , Hasimoved and can now be found lti.the . . Webb -Build ins.:.' . s' V -v .... -; ;next dqpr to :Hambrick's drug store, . wherew he is . just as anxious as of old to save you monev on -t -1 , - 1 ' Groceries and Shoes- V .V No big promises tarn ake, biit the people aU . know that when they want the , best, of everything, for just , the' RIPHT PRICE, Hunter is tlie man to sup ply them'' :Don't fail-to drop in and see me when vou are m town. - V . C: H. HUNTER, buildina. next door to Webb ; Hambrick's drugstore; Guarantee Position, r Accept notes for tuition, or can de posit money in bank till position is secured. Carfare paid DRAURHnM'R , PRACTICAL . ' NASHVatB. TEJiN., and TEXARKANA. TEXAS. Indorsed by Bankers, Merchants, arid others. Bookfeeep- ' ing, Penmanship, Shorthand, Typewriting 'Telegraphy, etc. ozz eeks in Bookkeeping with' us equals 12 ajf; ' r 1 ' - X I. - . ' ' 1 ' A 'ill ' '' K uv-jiiuon. .i!,nter any time. Board 810. mo our to3 for homesturiyis next best thins toentering o scnools. Write us at KaahviUe. Mention, this caper.'
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