Lincoln County leader., November 23, 1900, Image 3

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TJRING a hunting season, if all the accidents by shooting could be gath
ered, it would bo found that the casualty list would be, greater than was
that of th Spanish-American war. Most of the accidents from firearms
re due to the carelessness of the men handling them, and if the aggregate of
accidents of late years is smaller it is due entirely to the modern improvements
made upon guns, rendering them less dangerous to the careless or inexperienced
hunter. The hammerlesa gun with a safety lock has prevented innumerable
accidents, as they can be handled witho it much danger, but the average amateur
sportsman is not usually equipped with these up-to-date firearms. They use the
old-fashioned shotgun or rifle, and in the custody of a careless or ignorant man
they are as dangerous as' dynamite. The experienced hunter, even with the
latest pattern of the hammerless kind, always takes the precaution of drawing
the charge if the piece is laid around in tile camp for a few hours.
Fence climbing is often necessary, and in getting over or through these ob
structions the majority of accidents occur, because of careless, awkward or
ignorant handling of the fowling piece. Numerous cases have been recorded when
the fatality or serious wounding of the victim has been caused by the idiotic habit
of pulling the gun after him after tLe innn has passed the fence. There is always
danger of the hammer or trigger of the weapon getting mixed up with a' splin
ter or twig, and when it does the usual result follows, the hunter or some one
standing around gets the full discharge. , The practice of holding the gun down
on a level with the knee is just as reprehensible as the gun-pulling habit, and
about as deadly. Should the man slip and pitch forward the coulents of the gun,
should it be discharged, will be lodged, in his body. The only correct nnd entire
ly saie method ot carrying a loaded gun in climbing a fence is to place it over
the shoulder stock foremost, with the hammer turned downward. If this method
la rigidly followed there is very little danger of au accidental discharge.
In getting in or out of a bout or a wagon with a loaded gun the utmost cau
tion should be observed. In either case never draw the gun out with you
holding the barrel, as there is always a chance for the hammer to catch ou an
obstruction, with the usual result. For several reasons a gun should never be
carelessly thrown down into the bottom of a wagon or across the thwarts of
a skiff or boat. In handing a gun to another person it should be held well out
from the body with the muzzle pointing upward and above the heads of both;
In that case if the gun is accidentally discharged the coutents wilk disappear in
the air. The best way, however, is to always draw the load when the gnu is
being transported in boat or wagon, and when it is laid aside for the day or
night it should invariably be unloaded.
Wben a party of hunters are hunting in a wooded country, and separated
for the time, ignorance of the actual whereabouts of the other members ot the
party is a fruitful cause of distressing accidents. In cases of this kind each man
should be careful to see that noue of the other hunters are within a reasonable
distance from where he discharges his piece in any direct iou. In walking through
a wooded trail the guu should be carried on the shoulder, muzzle in the air and
to the rear, with the lock close to the shoulder; in this position there is no possi
bility of the hammer catching on a twig or branch and causing a premature'
explosion. Another rule that should never be violated under anv circumstances
in. never point the muzzle ot a gun, loaded or unloaded, intentionally or uninten
tionally, at any person. :
In hunting partridge or deer, if the whirr of the bird is heard close to'tlie
feet, or the animal breaks cover close by, even cool-headed and experienced hunt
ers may blnze away at the game regardless or what may be in his range of tire
In regions where moose or deer fm,, fata! accident. ufl,u occur wi.eu
hunters are killed by accident by some other hunter, for at a distance a mnn may
be mistaken for game in the uncertain light of the woods and underbrush.
These simple rules seem so very simple and. self-evident , that they appenr
almost useless, yet a great many men who ought to know better violate them
almost daily during a season.
The Hour of Death.
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A study of statistics by Charles W. Pilgrim, M. D., superintendent of the
Hudson River State Hospital at Poughkeepsie, which has been published in the
American Journal of Insanity, has been reprinted in pamphlet form au-J attracts
some attention, particularly by reason or Dr." Pilgrim's' citations and deductions
concerning the hour of death. Dr. Pilgim's paper is entitled 'The Study of a
Year's Statistics." At its conclusion lnsays:
"An examination of the hour of deat i showed that 2tf per cent died between
mlduigbt and a. m., 1!) per cent between 0 a. m. and noon, 31 per cent between
noon and 0 p. m. and 24 per cent between (5 p. m. and midnight. Bv adding
these percentages together we find the curious fact that the deaths were evenly
distributed between the hours of darkness and light, 115 patients having died
between B p. in. and 0 a. in., and 11U between 0 a. m. and 0 p. m. Dcsiiiug to
pursue this question still further. I examined the deaths for the ten preceding
-.years, nearly 1,500 in all. and found this statement sUikingly confirmed, as a
change of one-half of 1 per cent would have made the deaths exactly even during
the hours of day and night.
"A chart which I made of the death for the year and I might also add that
the statements which I am about to make were corroborated bv a chart made
of all the deaths during the preceding decade showed when divided into sections
of three hours each, tuat the highest point of the curve was reached, both for
men and women, between the hours of 3 and B p. m., nearly 20 per cent of all
the deaths having occurred between those hours. The next highest point was
between the hours of 3 and 6 a. m., although there was a decided fall for both
sexes for the single hour from 4 to 5, when the line went down to the lowest
point reached in any hour of the twenty-four. There was also a decided fall
specially for women, between 11 and 12 in the morning. '
"These figures, therefore, show that there Is some reason for the popular belief
that many deaths occur during the early morning hours, but they show still
more plaiuly that the majority of those who suffer from . long continued mental
disease give up their lives toward the chse of day. As a general rule 'death
softly follows life' and .suffering at the end. either physical or mental, is of rare
occurrence. In fact, it is not an uncommon thing to notice a clearing up of the
clouded brain a few hours before the final change. This fact was noticed by
Rush a hundred years ago, and. in my opinion, too little has been written of
it since. From my own observations, and from the reports of reliable nurses,
many patients, especially those dying of phthisis, or after surgical operations
or from acute intercurrent diseases, or injuries which produce a profound shock
upon the general system, become calm and cobereut shortly before death."
. A UNIQUE COMMUNITY.
Calhoun Conntv, 111., Has No Debt,
Crime, Nor I'uupers.
Calhoun County, situated on a penin
sula which for fifty miles divides the
waters of the Mississippi from those of
the Illinois, Is proud of many distinc
tions that make it the most unique
county in all the great State of Illinois.
It has no debt, no crime, no paupers
"pand no prisoners. It has set its face
against many modern improvements,,
and attributes its Utopiuu conditions
largely "to this fact. There are no the
aters, no telegraphs, ho water works,
no street cars, no pavements, no fac
tories, and no railroads. No automobile
has ever penetrated to Its fastnesses,
and no golfer has ever made his little
ball spin over its green sod.' There Is
not a photographer within the limits of
the eounty. Foreigners are barred out
as If by a stone wall. There is not a
Chinaman or an Italian on the census
list. The shiny collar and the band
organ are unknown.
Petty crime Is almost unknown. Now
and then the tramps or gypsies passing
through the county will steal a pump
kin or a fat chicken, and If the trans
gressor Is caught the owner of the
Scents That Make One Well.
The effort of music and of colors on
the emotions is known, nud they have
lieen often used for the suke of their
emotional effect by many sensitive peo
ple notably, for ins tu uce, by Wagner,
who. In accordance with the require
ments of the music he was composing,
clothed himself In garments of divers
colors. It Is not. therefore, astonishing
to learn Hint perfumes act lu just the
same way as either light or sound, thus
proving the close relationship which ex
ists between the senses; for, while light
makes Its direct appeal to the eyes and
sound to the ears, perfumes appeal only
to the nostrils.
Working out this perfume theory, It
lias been found that the heavy scent
f attnr of roses, which Is such a fa
orlte with many people, has rather the
fleet of producing tears, while on the
nher hand ambergris, which nearly as
any people find very disagreeable,
hs the power of driving away the
blues" nnd of clearing the brain, mak-
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ivener. .murk in very smaii quantities
a tonic, while citron and aloe arc
soothing to the nerves, and civet pro
duces a feeling of drowsluess, which
sandal wood dissipates. Hverybody
knows that light and sound both owe
their Intrinsic properties to the rays
which form them, and It Is by no moans
Improbable that things that smell also
owe their power to exactly similar con
ditions.
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manage the most spirited teams. There
are no better dancers anywhere. The
Calhoun girl kuows the vnJue of
clothes, and she dresses well. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
MARTINEZ CAMPOS.
He Watt One of Ppuln's Foremost Sol
dicr and Statesmen.
Spain lost one of her greatest military
heroes In the death recently of Marshal
Arsenio Martinet; Campos. For the past
thirty years he has
figured largely tit the
affairs of his coun
try. He was nearly
(iO years of age. He
Joined the military
at an early age, and
his conspicuous abil
ity won him rapid
promotion. He went
through the Morocco
campaign in 1850,
and first served in
Cuba from 18(14 to
1870, the rank of
brigadier general be- maktixez camim
log conferred upon him for his services
on the island. He was In several en
gagements with the Carlists, and aided
greatly lu placing Alphonso XII. on the
throne of Spain.' He was afterward
made captain geueral of the army mid
in 1ST" wns appointed, eoiiininiider-ln-chief
of the army In Cuba,
where he brought the ten-years'
war to a close In 1878. He ngnlu went
to Cuba in 1SD5. but his liberal policy
of treating with the Cubans resulted In
his withdrawal and the substitution ol
the uotorious Weyler.. He was twice
premier of Spain, had held the pol l folio
of war. and at the time of his death
was president of the Senate.
MODKKN UTOPIA.
A Coincidence.
It Is a curious coincidence that while
the old Confederate cruiser Alabama
was for a long time known as "No.
200," the new battleship Alabama was
numbered "200" at the builder's yard
before her name was decided upon, and
without any thought of the original.
How They Get Kven with Him.
It a man In China doesn't pay his
debts at the usual time, the New Year,
his creditors carry away the door of his
shop, thus permitting all the demons
and evil spirits to enter.
After a boy reaches 18, the family
album has to be hidden to prevent him
from tearing up the pictures taken
when he was a baby.
stolen property is quite able to deal
with him without the expense of a
trial. A mild reproof, or, In severe
cases, a few well-dlretfed kicks prove
salutary penalties. At the last term of
the Circuit Court there were only three
cases ou the docket.' and all of these
were civil suits. In twelve years the
State's Attorney has had but one
crime of Importance to prosecute, and
that so shocked the county that It has
not yet recovered. This was the trial
of a 13-year-old boy for the killing of
his father.
Calhoun County boasts of Its red
checked apples and Is proud of Its
pretty girls. Nowhere In" the State are
there to be found finer-looking women.
The girls are of the old-time type In so
far as they are good housekeepers.
They. know how to make currant Jelly
and apple butter; they can bake bread,
and they are adepts at pies. While the
golf, stick has not yet displaced the
churn-dasher and the broom, the gills
hare plenty of amusements. They can
ride like Dianas, and they are able to
A Hummer lee Hole. ' "
Near Coudersport. Potter County,
Pennsylvania, Is a hole In the mountain
from which flows fre'er.lug air. A man
was sinking a well for inlueral wealth.
At the depth of twenty feet he wan
compelled to quit or freeze. About May i cooling purgatives taken
Ice begins to form' in It, and contiuiu
to freeze until October. There Is no
Ice In the hole In winter. The warmet
the day, the more Ice there Is lu the
mine. The air becomes more frigid the
closer one goes to the cavern. There
Is no water In the bottom of the shaft.
Muscular Rheumatism. Although
this affection Is designated rheumatism,
there is every reason for believing that
Its cause Is quite different from that
disease. It seems to be of the same
nature as neuralgia, and might prop
erly be so described, though It is con
venient to follow the usual designation
as already given. '
Symptoms. The disease Is usually
developed gradually. A dull pain Is
felt in certain muscles, gradually In
creasing until It becomes quite severe.
The pain is usually Increased upon
movement, sometimes becoming con
vulsive and cramp-like, causing the pa
tient to groan, or even cry aloud. These
movements, and the consequent palu,
may occur during sleep and awaken the
patient. The muscles thus affected are
somewhat "tender upon pressure, but
present no other signs of disease, such
as swelling or redness. The constitu
tional condition Is otherwise good, and
no interference occurs In the bodily
functions except such as. are consa,
quent upou the painful movements.
The duration of this disease may vary
from a day to a week or may last, In
less severe form, Indefinitely. The mus
cles tnost.apt.to be affected are those of
the forehead and of the temples. An
other familiar example Is In the neck,
resulting In what is popularly termed
"wry-neck." The pain may also be lo
cated In the muscles of the back and
loins, constituting the affection known
as lumbago. It occurs not Infrequently
In the muscles of the chest, where It
may for days render deep breathing Im
possible without pain.
Wherever It may occur, the charac
teristic feature of muscular rheuma
tism Is the occurrence of cramp-like
pain, aggravated by the movement of
the part. In this particular it Is dis
tinguished from neuralgia, which Is a
canstant pain, affecting perhaps the
same localities. This form of rheuma
tism Is undoubtedly promoted by ex
posure to cold, and seems often to re
sult from getting the feet wet. The
treatment should consist In Improving
general condition by such measures as
will Invigorate the health. In the acute
cases benefit can also be derived from
the use of liniments and of gentle fric
tion. Sciatica. This is a painful rheumatic
affection, confined to the hip-Joint and
lower extremities, nnd affecting the
large nerve (called the sciatic nerve) of
the leg. . .
Treatment. Apply a small blister on
the spine at the bottom of the loins,
and when it Is removed sprinkle the
surface with one-third of a grain of
acetate of morphia, mixed in a little
starch-powder Or. apply to the part
affected a bran poultice, to be followed
twice or three times a day by an em
brocation composed of one part of tur
pentine, and two parts of soap and
opium liniment. A couple of drachms
of this should Ik rubbed in for ten mln- .
ntes at a time. Meanwhile, cleanse the
bowels by a purgative, and If there Is
no tendency to fever, take drnchm doses
of carlionate of Iron, three times In
twenty-four hours. When the pain Is
very severe, accompnnled with general
fever, leeches should be applied, and
It will also
be advisable to employ the hot bath at
ft temperature of 105 degrees, nnd to
reman in It from fifteen to twenty-five
minutes. This should be repented two
or three times a week. It Is often a
fery lingering affection, resisting all
methods of treatment and discouraging
but the water dripping down from inpatient nnd physician alike.. In such
sides freezes. The ice begins to form cases keep the sick person (usually a
less than a foot from the top and coat restless man) absolutely quiet In bed
the sides of the shaft several indie by putting a splint on the sore leg and
thick. What causes the Intense cold j keen it there until well. At the same
and where the air comes from are ques
tions that have not been satisfactorily
answered. Philadelphia Press.
time It Is necessary to be careful of the
general health, which Is apt to be below
par.
Diamonds Nuld to Il Alive. luUer t,mn ''.
A diamond Is as much alive as a man j A" iM ft W-tn Massac hu
Thus declares Professor von Hchroeu I "',t ,"wu- ,ttlklnK 0Vpr w,t" -"other
of the Naples mivemity. According nl' ! nw Hlleged heretical opinion
to him the so-called Inorganic bod.cf wf ,1,"lr mlnUtcr. Is reported to have
said:
"Well. If he don't believe In everlast
mg punishment, what does he believe
possess quite as much life as organic
ones. He also claims to have photo-!
graphs of the chief events In the life of
a crystal, from Its birth Inward. On
of the most curious of thesels thus de
scribed: "The crystal meets anolhct
one from a different mother. The two
strike at each other; they fight, strive
and clasp with each other.' It Is wai
to the death. It Is a case of the survi
val of the fittest. One must die. Hut
no two crystals from the same mother
ever fight, no matter when they meet."
In which particular crystals seem to be
superior to human beings.
l'very man should be ou the best ol
terms with his daughters for the rea
son that when they reach ID they wu
ruu the bouse.
In?"
"Oh. he believes In some punish
ment." "Well, how much?"
"Oh, perhaps a thousand years or so."
"Well, that'b better thau nothing,"
said the other lady.
We read a good deal about the bad
Influence of this church, that church
and the other, but we are strongly In
clined to believe that the poorest church
lu the world is "a good deal better thai)
nothing."
Just as soon as a man gets his best
clothes oh, his wife Is reminded tha
he wants his help In the kitchen. ,