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Wednesday, Janv. 13rd, 1889
WONDERS IN SURGERY.
• A WOMAN WITHOUT A STOMACH.
The extirpation of the stomach,
an organ hitherto regarded as vital,
has been accomplished in the case
. of a patient named Marietta Holly,
of Washington, who came to New
York some time ago for hospital
treatment. She was an jn veterate
Chewer of gum, but whether that.
had atiything to do with her malady
has not been determined. Her
first sympto was loss of appetite,
and food that she ate against her
will was frequently ejected. She
lost flesh and strength rapidly, and
when she WAS admitted to the
hospital she weighed only 70
pounds, and ‘vas entirely helpless.
The disease had affected her mind,
and she labored under the tlelusiou
that she was wealthy, and talked
incessantly while awake about her
money and what she intended to do
with it.
The nature of her malady was
hard to determine to a certainty.
It was known to be located in the
stomach. and was thought to be a
tumor, but whether a cancerous
form or not could not be foretold.
The stomach was slightly swollen
and there was another protuberance
above it, for which no explanation
could be given. The woman was
starving to death, and it WAS only
her splendid physical organization
that had kept her alive at aU. The
patient's consent, in her mental
condition, could not bo obtained for
an operation, and Dr. Jacobus took
the responsibility upon hinteelf,
and did for her what in his opinion
w s best. Fur this he has been
condemned by certain surgeons,
who are built ou the narrow•gauge
plan.
The f.ationt was put under the
influence of ether after careful
preparation had been made for an
emergency. An incision was made
above the navel, about six inches in
length. The abdominal wall was
HARDLY THICKER. Trt.tx PAPER,
and so tender that it tore under
the slightest pressure. This faulty
tissue did not promise well for the
success of the operation, and in
order to remove the strain the in-
cision was extended several incites.
A portion of the intestines was
taken out and wrapped in hot
flitunel. They were very small
and very transparent, and the net-
work of arteries was beautifully
shown when held in the light, a
very rare sight indeed. The sur -
goon finally found the stomach and
drew it .forward through the open-
ing in the abdomen. It was very
dark in color and had the appear-
ance of parchment. It was dry and
hard and cancerous, and without a
single element of. a healthy atom -telt.
Instead of there being trouble only
in the pyloric region, as had boon
supposed, here was presented a case
in which the whole organ was in-
volved. it was an unpleasant
position for a surgeon to be in. To
go all ti wasthinger•on'
a and to
stop, Ayr the stomach hadbeen 50
11111(11 itritatod, was fully as liable
to prove disaetrous, Dr. Jacobus
has plenty of nerve; and he only
hesitated a moment before deciding
to'go on.
In icy:tiring up hie mind he was
iutluenced by an experiment which
he had about a month ago tried
upon a dog. At that time he
REMOVED TEE ENTIRE STOMACH,
and the dog still lives without
manifesting any inconvenience from
the operation which Gest him the
loss of this useful organ. The dog
was healthy, and the question that
presented itaelf was whether such
an operation could be performed
upon a weak human being with a
diseased organ. Dr. Jacobus thought
that it would make no difference and
thatthere was as good a chance for
the one as for the other. In
either case tho chance was hardly
one iu a hundred. After a ligature
had been tied around the duodenum
and cesophagus, they were cut with
blunt scissors as near to the stomach
as possible, care being taken to go
beyond the diseased tissue, and the
stomach was removed. The hem-
orrhage was not troublesome. The
arteries were all enlarged and the
stomach would have bled fright
fully if it had been cut. Aftor the
abdominal space had been thorough-
ly cleaned a union was made by
drawing the pyloris together.
It required great ingenuity to
unite them, as the canals were of
different thicltness and did -11t1t-fit
well together. Tho other swelling
was found to be a fluid pouch in
the cesophagus, and as it was not of
a malignant character it was Ion
untouched.
The abdominal wound had just
been closed when Dr. Jacobus was
called a murderer, as before related.
Dr. Jacobus did not prove a mur-
derer. In fact ho saved a life.
The patient remained nnconscicus
for several days, and then rallied.
Her body was rubbed with oil and
food was given her, per rectum,
and she gained strength rapidly.
At the end of two weeks she was
given food through the mouth with-
out any bad effect. Digestion went
on in a perfectly natural manner,
and fron this it would seen) that
the stomach has been thought to
play a more important part in
digestion than it really does.
The patient will be kept at the
hospital for several months, so
that the history of the ease can be
carefully noted.
HOW MR. McGINTY WON
. THE WIDDY.
'Su ye're after bein' married., 'Ma-
ther towld."
"Yis, I am, Misther Murphy."
"An' phat the jooce iver put mar-
ryin' into the hid of an old dried
up divil like yersilf, McGinty
Sure fwliin McManus towld nie av
it I fought the life ud lave me.
Siz he, 'Hey ye heard the nooz,
Pitt 7"Pliat Hooz 7' siz I. 'About
McGinty,' siz he. 'Phat about
him V 'Siz I. 'The owld divil is
joost afther bein' shpliced to the
owld Widdy Malone that lives all
alone by. herself wid her six childer
an' her pig an' her goat in the shan-
ty beyant,' siz he. `No,' siz L
'Yiz,' siz he. 'An' thin it was that
I come nare burshting the ribs av
me. But Lavin' jukiu' aside, Mike,
phat put it jute the hid av ye, any-
way ?'
'The divil a bit av me knows,
Misb-tor Murphy. Ye see, the day
befoore yeshterday I wint to .see the
widdy and ashk her if she wud lind
me the loan av her bye Dinny to
take care of mo harse for a little
file, an' of course the owld lady was
glazed to essislit me. 'By all manes
take Dinny,' siz she. 'Anythin' I
have is yours,' siz, she. Now this
was all moighty nate au' plisant, an'
the fursht I knowed it was coorsin'
through the bed ay me that my way
av was lonesome an' drairy
like, an' as lo )cit wud have it right
thin a lot av byes an' girls wint
pasht the dure—a picnic ar a wod-
din' somethin'—I joomps up an'
siz 1, grabbin' her be the flsht,
`Widdy phat's the matter wid ush
two throwin' our duds together an'
goinloike thati"Phat do yo mane
Misther 141cGinty 7' siz she, some-
what Ilushtored like. 'Don't that
gang out there remoiud ye av
widdin' siz I. 'Xis,' siz she. 'Now
do yez toomble 1' siz 1, gettin' a
howld av her waisht. 'Oh, yis, but
that'ud niver do,' siz she wid a little
laugh, 'an' phat 'ud the neighbore
say?' siz she: 'Divil a wan ay me
cares phat they say, an' as for bein'
too owld, thaCa all hoombug,' siz I,
'an' if yo'll le, 'dazed to name the
day I'll attind to it right aff. Phat
do yez thihk av this afthoruoon 7'
siz I. 'That's too soon. Phat day's
to -morrow ?' sbo siz. siz
I. 'That'll do,' siz she, And be the
long bridge of Belfasht the business
WAS finished Iasht avenin', and so
were turteen bottles av fwhisky an'
lashin's av soft shtuff, All' be hivins
I've had a hid on me AS big as a
waehtoob iver since I got up this
mornin' an' don't be makiu' 'fanny
mishtake in phat I'm tollin' ye."
'Jelin, you are not listening to a
word I am saying I"Why, my dear,
I am all ears.' I know you are,
end that makes it all the more pro.,
vok ing.'
AMERICAN.
IlLOODED STOCX.
We have, the horse census of this
country' for 1870 End ,1880. Twen-
ty years ago it was made out to be,
7,10,370 horses. We might cal-
eulate, then, that ten years ago there
was something pretty nearly like
one horse for every five people in
the United States. Counting
women and children with those
having no want for horses, it would
be almost supposable that some of
our beggars might ply their calling
on horseback. As we increase in
population and wants augment,
there aro not, however, more horses
than enough to go round. It would
be beyond the power of guessing to
premise what is to be the the horse
census of 1890. Some figures have
been presented. One computer
makes it over 15,000,000; but the
data ou which the total rests seems
uncertain, although the augmenta-
tion in the West and on the Pacific
side has been enormous.
In horse-rroducing power Illi-
nois ranks first. New York does
not breed as many horses as it wants
and her extra demand is supplied
from other States. The great cities
use up most of the horses. Horse
destruction in New York was much
greater ten years ago than it is to-
day. This does not arise as much
as would bo supposed from elevated
railroads doing most of the carrying,
;Rif *still lb u u =table street railroads
are at work, but because there has
been a somewhat improved stock
put at the work, and animals Are
more carefully tended. Formerly
city railroade bought most of their
stock iu quantity from the -whole-
sale horse -dealers, and occasionally
einergenciee beppeu to day when
horses have •tobe produced in this
way at a short notice, but generally
hurses for street -cars are bought up
one by one by agents outside of the
cities. From $80 to $150 is about
the lowest and highest figure for a
car horse, the average being from
$100 to $110. The great difference'
ofplimate in New York affect the
durability of the car horse. It is
rather exceptional when his service
exceeds six years, though cases aro
recorded of some animals who have
done good work for fourteen years.
Taking the New York car horse
as to appearance and condition, and
remembering the hard work he is
put to, no fault can be found with
the companies' management. The
horse ought to last lone°vr, bearing
in mind the care taken of him, but
the stock is originally poor, for
little heed has been taken as to the
breeding orf the right animal. The
demand for truck horses in every
city in the 'United States is large.
A fair truck horse may 'be worth
from $110 to $200 and more.
There is always a special demand
for express horses, which must be
strong and active. Particular atten-
tion seeins to have been devoted to
the breeding of this kind Of horse,
and many of the animals seen in
express wagons might find a pl-ace.
in private carriages; $700 a pair is
not uncommon, and if the horses
aro young and well -matched, $900
is paid. A good•tem pored, well -put
up, and fairly speeded pair of ex-
presshorses make the safest of
animals for carriage horses. No horses
are as well kept or in finer coudition
than animals fortunate enough to
belong to a great express company,
and yet the horses get plenty of
work, and are exposedto all kinds
of weather. Express horses are
rarely found on sale in the cities.
Important companies alwaye have
their agents in the country picking
up animals.
A special horse,
which might be
designated as the fancy horse—that
is, as far as price goes—is about the
last animal the non-hippic person
would think about, and he is that
very line animal the brewer covets.
There is a rivalry which extends
from Milwaukee to New York as to
tho possession of the perfect four -
horse brewer's team. Besides the
real work those big horses 'do, no
better advertisement can be had by
the brewer, the soap manufacturer,
or the sugar refiner. Some of these
horses are worth $1000 apiece, and
for one superb four -horse team
owned in New York, all of the sante
color and alike in built, $6500 has
been offered and declined, Not a
fancy price for a „pair of these horses
would be $1600. Those horses are
bred generally in Ohio and Penn-
sylvania. Occasionally fair speci-
mens come from Illinois. Too much
Pecheron blood does not seem to
benefit them. To trace back their
origin, they go back to that 'Shire
stock Queen PHILIPPA brought to
England from Flanders. We ought
to take some pride in this particular
breed, as'' the animals have shown
many useful qualities. The English
brewer's horse is a superb elephant,
bet not adapted to our wants.
When we come to carriage horses
the description of the beat of thein
cnn be but vague; we have a poor
standard, A good many fine sires
English and French, have been
irnpbrted for the improvement of
this special breed, but results havo
not been 80 far satisfactory.
'rho good saddle hots() COIDes to
marketin very limited quantity
from Kentucky, from Virginia, oc• etu
caeionally from Tennessee, lle pI
generally i clean bred, but with a m
'stain," one or the other of his ea
parents not bang on LbeSh4-bo
A good saddle ham i thtfrariot
acquietions. To be perfect ite'lutt
have all the hippio perfection
physical and mental. He ie har
to get; for at home, where his qua
ities are beet known, his owner do
not part with him. During th
war there was a demand for mope°
al cavalry horse, and he was no mor
procurable then than he is now
.At present, when our mounted Hie
are in the far Wed a partioula
horse seemed to be desirable. Take
a Northern, Eastern, or even mid -
Western horse, and put him on the
plains, subject him to hard work
there, and certainly three out of
five leave their bones there for the
wolves. With our vast extent of
country and peculiarity of service
we would want for cavalry a certain
amount of good blood mixed with
that of the acclimated animal.
Occasionally foreign powers have
made purchases of horses for their
cavalry, taking our animals. Such
horsea coining from the Middle
States were found to be, with rare
exceptions, valueless. 11 18 possible
that—any kind of horse being better
than none at all—American horsea
tnay be bought for slaughter on
future French and German battle-
fields, but for the present Hungary
supplies the trooper's demand for
those foriogn states which keep
stripped for the fight.
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Invincible ought to be Lord Mayor.
r Delaney identified letters signed by
Egan. When questioned in regard
to Egan's letter, id which reference
is made to a fund, Delaney said be
knew nothing about a fund.
On cross-examination by Sir Chas.
Russel,the witness admited thatwhen
17 years old he was sentenced to penal
servitude for five years for highway
robbery. He enrolled himself with
the Fenians the same night he left
prison. When be was accused of
the Plicenix Park murders he gave
the authorities all the information in
his possession. It was his wife who,
while visiting in prison, warned him
that he was suspected in connection
with
THE PIICENIX PARK MURDERS.
He thereupon supplied a written
statement to the prison officials.
When asked how he came to give
to the Times evidence he stated that
Crown Solicitor Shannon came to
the jail a fortnight ago and took his
sworn statement. -Recurring to the
Fenian organization he declared
that it was never can assassination
society, except in cases where some-
body informed against them. The
Fenians sought to fight openly, and
were very different, Trym the Invin-
cibles. He knew Egan, Brennan
and Byrne to bo Fenians in 1876,
having met them at a secret
meeting, He admitted that he
never met them among the
Invincibles, but knew they wore
leaders of the Invinciblethrough
Carey and others. He never saw
any one of them giving- money to
anybody,l;but had seen money on
a table at which Byrne was sitting.
The witness stated that he was sen-
tenced to death for complicity in the
Phcenix Park murders, and Lord.
Spencer commuted his sentence to
life imprisonment, which he is now
undergoing.
fuer •ITolce of an at.
terOpt tOire houtie on Castle hill,
from whihh •
OFFICI41.8 OF THE 0.0.8TLE COULD DE
01101'
with rifles. Carey failed to get the
house. In 1881, when Carey was a
candidate for the Municipal Council,
Egan promised that all his expenses
would be paid. Egan held that an
All our horses on the race -course
are English, and came from—the
three sires Herod, .Matchete, and
Eclipse. There is or them was an
idea entertained some years ago
that there had been diminution
in the speed of the horse, and that
of old there were horses which
were longer stayers. The answer
to this last is that in old days a
horse rau two or throe times a sea-
son;now a horse will run once a
week for many months, and that
without harm to himself. As to
time, taking the famous record of
Eclipse, it may be remarked that
neither were measures of distance or
time as accurate then as now. The
stop -watch is a more perfect in-
strument today. The stamina of
the horse is no worse now than in
the past, for certainly the prepara-
tion he goes through to -day is more
constant. Maybe he wears out,
however, the faster; but for the
natural reason that the race -horse
of 1889 begins sooner at work and
is kept louger at lit than were his
forefathers.
In the breeding of trotting horses
California has gone to the front.
The one breeding farm at Palo Alto
valued with its stock at $3,000,009
has produced already young horses
which show a trotting speed thonght
•ouce impossible for animals of a
mature]. age. The soundest com-
mon-sense has been used in breed-
ing, and Nunn' to old principles,
which is that there must be the
hest blood in the horse to give him
nut speed alone or a particular gait,
hut . courage and endurance.—
llczeper'e Weekly; •
PARNELLISM AND CRIME.
Upon resuming the session -of the
Parnell Commision last week Patrick
Delaney, a convict in the Mary -
borough prison, testified that he be-
longed to the Fenians until Septem-
ber, 1882. The principal leaders of
the organization were Messrs. Egan,
Brennan, Dr, McAllister, John Levey
and John Doran., About 1879 a
number of delegates, including John
O'Cannor, John Devoy and Gen.
Millen, came from America. Wit-
ness attended a meeting in the
Foresters' Hall, Dublin, at which
John Devoy represented the Ameri-
can council. General Millen in•
spected the military organization.
It Was arranged that A11118 be provid-
ed and the expenses paid. At an..
other meeting held in the Rotunda
Messrs. Devitt, Parnell, Egan, Big-
gar, Dillon, Brennan and Harris at-
tended. Curley, at this meeting,
attacked air. Devitt for not adhering
to the principles of the organization.
After the meeting witness was told
that the circles were not opposed to
the league, which would organize
the Funians in the country, and sup-
ply them with urcns. Witness said
he had forgotteu a portion of the In-
vincibles' oath, but the principal
was 10
ASSASSINATE THE VICEROY
and the whole executive of Ireland.
The Invincibles received money
from the 1, ague. Messrs. Egan,
Byrne and Tynan paid some to Dan-
iel Delaney, Mullett and Brady.
Witness was deputed to watch the
movements of Mr. Forster, et that
time Chief Secretary for Ireland.
Joseph Brady and Timothy Kelly
were to shoot Mr. Forster, while wit-
ness was to intercept persous cross-
ing Queen street bridge, while Kelly
and Brady endeavored to carry out
their purpose. Witness took no
part in the Phrenix Park murices.
Mrs. Byrne brought over the two
kniveallrat were used in committing
thorm murders. At a meeting nf
committee of the Invincibles held
after the Phoenix Park murders a
entity of go1,1 and bank notes were
aced upon a table. Afterwards
ore revolvers, daggers and money
mo.
A CANADIAN ABROAD.
While Rev. Dr. Grant' was
abroad lie kept his eyes open. In
replying to au address by the Trus-
tees of Queen's University„' King-
ston, of which he is Principal, the
Rev. Dr. said :—
"In yiii-addresses you refer to
the countries I have visited, and no
doubt you wish to hear from me
something about them. On other
occasions I shall try to gratify that
wish. Of course, you are prepared
to hear that they know very little
about us. The Africanders and
Australians are as ignorant of Can-
ada as the average American Sena-
tor is, or as you are of them. They
had not hoard of Sir John A. Mac-
donald, or of Oliver newel.; not
even the la tines of Mr'. Metcalfe or
"Canada's Own Orator" were as
familiar 10 their ears as they ought
to be. The men of science knew
Stern Hunt and Sir.William Daw-
son; some literary men had read
Sam Stick; thinkers and even one
or two politicians appreciated Prof.
Watson, They had hoard of Niag-
ara Falls, of the Thousand Islands
and of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way. That was about all: Do not
condemn them. How znauy in this
hall could give me the names of the
statesmen of the Cape, of New Zen
land or of the Australias 7 How
many of you could quote a verse
from their poets or even tell the
names of the capital cities of the
different Colonies I visited 1 And
you must not measure their affec-
tion by their knowledge.
FEDERATION OT THE EMPIRE.
They were British as we are.
Their wisest men were 8 unit in de-
siring that the twice) should be pre-
served forever, and in settling how
best to bring about a condition of
stable political equilibrium so far as
the Mother Country and the great.
self-governing Colonies are con-
cerned. Disintegration they sum
up in ono word as "all loss and no
gain." They are anxious to culti-
vate inter -colonial trade and to form
es many links as possible between
thereselvss and us. Tho welcome
they gave tne WAS eo warm that 1
arn ashamed to give particulars lest
you would think me romancing or
accuse me of vanity. Cold in death
will bo this heart of mine when I
forget the hospitality, absolutely in-
genious in its variety, pressed upon
one who lauded on their shores a
stranger, and ono who had no
claims but those that every fellow -
citizen pad brother colonist has.
I have come back with greater
enthusiasm for atm stonderful corn-
thonwealth to which we belong, and
with a deeper conviction of the sin
that would be involved in breaking
it without sufficient cause; but at
tho sarno Limo convinced that we
must rise to full citizenship, and
otherUnt ad
t hnleaiviIttungsfo
stolteernI
oiinzeiainsleid(
n,l
.
the commonwealth that are nut
give.to thew; wito.ate #ntejde. We
pwe duties to tbe„ zo'epalliere, Of or
own flimiliw.that' we cip,,not owe t-
our neighbor's families,4nd yet we -
love our neighbors. In the seine
way loon of the earno nation or
commonwealth should have special
advantages, call them discrimina.
tions or what you like, that foreign-
ers are not entitled to. The flag it*
sacred. We did not weave it, an
we dare not tor it into tatters. But
we must make it represent realities.
WHERE THE COAL WAS.
"Now don't forget, dear, to order
that load of coal to -day, for we are'
almost out," said Mrs. Poots as she
kissed her husband good-bye, and
he assured her that he would not
fail to attend to it. But, of course,
ho forgot all about it in five min-
utes. Men always do.
At the store be was visited by
some country customers, whom he
thought it advisable to entertain.
So he took them in a hack to Cen-
tral Park and various places of in-
terest to the stranger within our
gates. In the evening, having accu-
mulated a supply of fresh repaint,
they proceeded to incarnadine the -
town, laying it on very thick iu
spots.
It was about, 3 o'clock a. m. when
Mr. Poots arrived at his domicile
and discharged his hack.
- His wife was sitting- up- waiting -
for him, and the first' words she
uttered were, "You didn't order
that coal." .
"Oh, yeah did," hiccoughed Mr.
Poots, "yeah did. Got it about ape,
best) yer life." Then he began feel -
kg in his pockets for the coal in a
weak, bewildered way.rDon't ghee
wha's (hic) become of it."
"But where is the coal?" asked
Mrs. Poots.
"Oh, I 'member," exclaimed
Poets, brightening up ; lef' it in
er hack ?"
A DEEP -LAID SCHEME..
"Say, young feller," said Johnny
Swisher to the gentleman who was
calling on his sister, "did you notice
me rush into the parlor to -night
where you and Lizzie was sittiu' aud.
say 'Pea very much obliged to you,
Sister Lizzie, for sewing that sus-
pender button ou so nicely,' just.
like that; and then Sig got red and.
looked confused, and said I oughtn't;
to speak of such things before' com-
pany—did you take notice of
itV'
"Oh, yes, I remember the little
incident very well."
"Well, I just thought I would
step around and tell you that there
wasn't no suspender button sowed
on nor unthin' of the kind."
"What do you mean ?"
"Why, I was to get a quarter for
coining in and sayin' that, and when
I asked for the money she said she
didn't have any change. As I
rather looked on it as a cash transac•
-flop, and you always treated me
petart.y good, I thought I'd put yoa
on to the scheme and maybe it.
would save you trouble in the
future.
And the young man thoughtfully
put his hand in his pocket and gave
Johnny half a dollar.
O.
EATING CROW.
Tho fortunes of the Reform party
in Canada have not prospered of
late years .Policy after policy has
ben tried ; changes in the leader-,
ship have been made ; but the dawn
of a brighter day for office -Bookers
is net yot. Last year, with a great
flourish of trumpets, a new policy
was devised. Unrestricted reci-
procity between Canada and the
United States was to bo the plank in
the Grit platform, or probably the
whole platform, which was to carry
tho Reform hosts to victory. Mas
for the uncertainty of mundane
affairs. The Empire of today is
the first newspaper in the Dominion
to announce the decision of the
Reforin loaders to abandon the
policy which was adopted but ten
menthe ago. I learn to -night from
the most positive sources of informa-
tion that Hon. Mr. Lawler has
sent a confidential circular to each
of his supporters in the House of
Commons notifying them that in
view of the annexation movement
which has sprung up recently in
the United States, and for fear that
it may be connected with the tie -
restricted reciprocity' movement in
Canada to the detriement of the
Reform party, it has been deemed
advisable to drop the reciprocity
agitation in Canada and revert
during the corning, session to the
stand the Reform party took in
1879 adverse to the National Policy.
What poor Canada will do now
that the Grits have thrown over-
board the policy which, according
to their statements, was to save her
from the the evil days in store for
her consequent on the ton years'
rule of those wicked Conservatives
and that naughty man Sir John
Macdonald, is hard to conjectvre.—
Empire.
-1011 lady, o lo ham .just given
a penny to a small boy : " Now,
my dear, what do you say I" "Give
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