LIFE'S DAY.
When the day la voting and fair,
Birds tine In tbc dewy nlr,
GlUiUntj unnllght everywhere
Heirts'are lmovnnt, free from care,
Semis are strong to do and daro;
Wlitn the day la young and fair.
Sonny hours have climbed to noon,
Cblmlnp one by one their tune,
AH the way of life are strewn
WRb Ita hopes; alas, mj soon,
They have withered, could not bloom
In the sultry heat of noon.
Bat the evening comes apace,
With its soft Illumined face,
Brinplnp o-acc to hearts of erace,
Hearts that through the dlzz race,
Kciiton with a steady pace
Hearts of truth, God's hearts or grace.
Sidney Jlclsan, In The Current.
A Grandfather For Sale,
"ItV all rcry woll for you, Cabot, to
quote Hint trito remark about rank be
ing only the guinea's stamp. You
know na well its I do that the social
gHlaca iicro in Boston, of all places
iBBst bo stamped beforo it w 11 go Into
circulation. Society strongly resembles
retail trade in this one particular. Lot
zao offer a lump of the purest gold to
any small dealer as pawnont for tlio
goods I liavo bought of him. and ho
TFould at onco say ho'd ratluT havo tlio
dirtiest Imnk-noto in town than my un
stamped metal; wouldn't ho?"
"Well, I suppose ho would. If wo
were in a moro prlmitivo stato of exis
tence tlio yellow metal, as it camo from
mother cartli, would satisfy our greed.
Wow it lias to bo voucliud for as gold
beforo it can tako its proper position
among tlio other circulat ng mediums."
"Exactly so! And as wo aro not in
a primitive stato, but a very 'highly
cultured' one, J, for example, need to
have a statu) before I can puss muster.
All the wealth my Midas of a father
left to me Will not take mo moro than
just bo far; yet I dress according to tlio
laws of to-day, I don't oat witli my
knife, I know how to ralsu my hat to a
lady; in short, I Hatter myself that I
mako a fairly good appearance, lint I
havo no grand father worth speaking
of." Aud though there was a mock
pathos in his tone, Maxwell Jennings
meant moro of what he said than he
would have been willing his companion
should suspect.
Edgar Cabot glanced at him a little
contemptuously; thou ho allowed his
eyes to wander enviously around tlio
luxurious appointments of Maxwell's
rooms. Everything bospoko an abund
ance of both nionoy and tasto on the
part of tlio one who resided there. A
casual observer would never havo sup
posed that a man who could appreciate
tho engravings and books which crowd
ed tlio walls and tables was a mush
room of an hour, the son of a man who
Lad amassed a largo fortune by the
manufacture of rum, and judicious spec
ulations in stocks and m nes. The mo
ment that Tom JenniiigV business and
all other possessions fell into ids son's
bands, thai young man sold tlio obnox
ious distilleries and wont abroad for
throo years to liuish tlio studies his fath
er hail sent him there to begin. Old
Tom Jennings had the sense to know
that ho coulilnevor aspire to any higher
position in life than the one ho was Corn
into; but ho was determined to "mako
Max n gcntlomau," and so far as oulti
Tation and study could do it, ho suc
ceed ed.
"liy Jupiter, Jennings, if I lnul a tithe
cf jour money I wouldn't earo a plca
jhbo if I hadn't a grandfather!" sighed
Cabot, whose bank account was as short
as ha pedigree was long.
And I Cabot, would give a hundred
thousand dollars this minute if 1 had
eao of your dignified ancestors," Jen
nings answered oarnosth. "Yes, I'd
giro it gladly if I in any way could
claim a groat-unclo or grandfather of
note!"
A follow has a porfect right to sell
what is indubitably hw own, luun't
he?" askod Cabot, thoughtfully.
"Or course ho has."
'I, as ovoryono knows, am tho Inst
of my line of tlio Cabots. Tlio births
in ray family this last hundred years
havo been in" inverse proportion to Lite
deaths. Tlio re has boon a frightful
mortality among us. If 1 die childless,
as now seems probable my dlvorewl
wife being in d sgustingly robust health
there will be no one to pride himself
on the dead-and-gone Cnbots, so, Jenn
ings I've a mind to sell them out to
yea. 1 am badly in want of mono) ;
youth uk yourself -or, to bo more ex
act. Dr. and Mrs. Randall think you--hadly
in want of ancestors. What
will you give mo for, sav old Colonel
Cabot? The one, you know, who was
killed in King Philip's war."
What an absurd .deal" exclalmod
Jennings, with a laugh.
Not at all absurd. Tho old codger
Sa bow my groat-unclo; if I sell him to
you. why, of course, lio'll bo yours.
Oc if yon don t like him, there's mv
jjraBdiuthor. Judge Cabot how will
ho fill your bill? Now, Jennings, don't
kjok o Hiuusud. i assure you J am In
dead earnest. 1 am so hard up I'd sell
my soul - much more such a tr tie as a
grandfather for a hundred thousand
dollars.
Jean ugs knew that Cabot spoko tho
truth about his financial condition, ami,
being a good-natured fellow, who was
grateful to Cabot for several introduc
tions which ho valued very highly,
ciooclsll the one to the nforomouiiou
ed K.nudalU. determined to help Cabot
out of his pecuniary quagmire by hu
nuriuj him in his r.dioulous proposi
tion. "I dcclnro, Cabot, If thu thing wore
feasible I'd accept vour oiler with im
mense gratitude. Hut Mippnso I should
tell any one that Judge Cabot, belonged
to me, who would hoi eve inoP"
if you wero to buy him of mo you'd
eivo wo a receipt for him, 1 suppine?
Just as I would givo ou a i t'ee pt for
lie nonet von mi d to mo for lilni."
Ceitalnlv 1 should." an-worod Jon-
nlBg. laughing at tlio idea of giving
a noe Dt for an nuountor.
"Thenymi could iruthfullv say that
rea had documentary evidence that
Judce Cabot was an ancestor oi yom
" ... A - ..I I ..I . t. ... I
auu tuni wwuiu miumi ii. i
would bo careiul to -ay so, too, foi
people raroly insist upon one's proving
that So-and-so is his 'kin'; and if any
bodv was still dubious vou could bt
justly Indignant becauso your word wai
doubted."
"1 think If I buy ono of them 1
would like to havo tho othor to Kccj
him comnanv: ho might feel lonesome
so entirely out of his clement. What
will ,ou tako for tho twor" asKeu Jen
nlngs, ser ously.
Cabot looked fixedly at him for ar
instant; then, seeing'that ho was ir
earnest, answered:
"Oh, I'll not jew you In this trade
I'll bo grateful ir you will givo mo i
hundred thousand for tho two of 'cm
tho old Colonel and tho Judge."
"Aro you suro that will satisfy you!
Supposo 1 say a hundred and twouty
livo for tlio two?"
"That will suit mo stdl better, ol
course," said Cabot, aloud. To him
self he added: "Tho fellow Is a biggot
mufl'than I thought. However, ho is t
good fellow, and L will help him swear
that thoy arc his kinsmen, just to sec
how many gullible fools there are in the
world."
"How will you havo tho money? Ir
bonds or real estate?'' asked Jennings,
"or a happy combination of both?"
"If you aro really in earnest, I would
profer a littlo of both."
"Meet mo at tlio Suffolk Hank to
morrow, at ton, and I will turn the 'tin'
over to you. It is an hour that will
suit you, I suppose, as you aro a man
of loisurcP"
The hour and tho wholo tenor of the
proposition suited Cabot to a nicety; sc
the next dav tho transfer was made,
Jennings rcculving, in lieu of a given
sum of money, a receipt for "all rigiit
and title to tho possession of tlio late
Colonel Henry Cabot and tlio late
Judge Frederic Cabot formerly the
possession of Edgar Cabot, and to all
honors, rank, glory, otc. which may
accrue from tho ownership- of the
same."
A few days later Cabot proposed th(
name of Maxwell as amemborof Uk
very exclusive West End club to which
he belonged. At this proposition there
was some demur, and Cabot quietly said
to ono of tho objectors:
"I know what you follows aro think
ing of. You fancy that Max has noth
ing but his money to back him for ad
mittance hero, but you aro inistakon. 1
happen to know know, mind you
that ho can claim lawful ownership ir
his excellency, tho late Judge Cabot.
He has papers in his possession which
prove it."
"Aro you sure?" was tho amassed in
quiry, "I am. I havo soon tho document to
which I refer."
"It must havo bcon on his mother's
side if tlioro was such relationship."
"Did you over hear of my aunt,
Lotitia, who disapperod so mysterious
lyP" "I thought she committed suloido?"
"Somo of us Cabots aro such lunaticf
that wo think suiedo preferable ton
mesalliance," replied Cabot, signif
icantly. So the story wont around that Max
Jennings had just discovered that he
was a descendant of tho old Cabot fam
ily, and when his name was proposed
for election tlioro was not a single black
ball against him. Ho was accordingly
notilied that ho was duly elected u
member of tho Miles Standish Club.
As soon as Jennings received this no-1
Ulioation ho hastened to tho Reception
Committee of said club, and explained
tho wholo matter to them. Whereat,
pleased with his frankness, aud highly
amused at tlio absurdity of tlio transac
tion, tlio club, at its last meeting, unan
imously elected him a member "on his
own merits, and not those of his sup-
pos titlous ancestors;" and also, equally
unanimouslv. dropped from its roll the
name of Fdgar Cabot, "A man whe
could sell his grandfather not being
worthy of tho noblo nanio of a Milos
Standish Brothor," was tlio verdict. I
Dr. Randall, in common with most
of the sons of the first settlors, was ni
inomber of this same club, so ho natur
ally told his wife about tho transaction
botweeu Cabot and Jointings. She
unswered:
"1 am suro it evinces a very proper
feeling on Mr. Jennings' part to want
a grandfather; but surely ho must havo
known such a salo was impossible
What bettor off is lie for thu nominal
ownorsh p of Judge CabotP" Does it
givo him any of tlio Cabot virtuos?"
"Has the actual ownership of suoh a
grandfather given Edgar Cabot anv of
tliosu virtuosi' no you iiuuk ino .Hinge
has in ttuh to bo proud of in suoh an
hoir?" asked her husband.
"Von know, my dear, I never had
any lovo for Edgar Cabot, aud I havo
still less for lilm now. Do you supposo
Umt Mr. Jennings hail any idea that
this purchase would enhance his value
n our evesP Ho has certainly been
very attentive to Olive lately, and I
have feared that sho liked him too
well."
That will never do!" exolaimod tho
dootor, omphaUailly. "1 cannot havo
ono of mv g rls marry tlio son of that
old Tom Jennings, a most disreputable
old creature who posossod but ono Vir
tue, that of gonorosily. so far 1 as can
hear. No, no; that must not bo! I
havo nothing against Max Jennings
himself, but, "blood 'will toll,' you
know."
'As it has dono in the caso of Ed
gar Cabot " saul Mrs. Randall, dry
ly. She I ked Mux. aud sho more than
suspected that Olivo returned tho lovo
wh ch Max so evidently felt for her,
and sho d d w sli that there could be
Homo way dovhod bv wh eli ho could bii
transformed into a suitable hubaud for
her. And Hum his wealth, tool Pom
Olivo had not all the pretty things which
girls of her ago ought to have, the
motliur felt.
"Tnuro aro exceptions to all rules,"
said tho doctor. eoneidy, and Edgar
Calxil is thu except on to this one."
"May not Max Jennings ba also an
oxcoplionP" sngg'stel Mrs. Randall,
but nor husband madu no reply, only
became suddenly very much interested
in thit evening papir.
A little later, m all about two months
after the purcham of Ii ancestor, Jen
nings called on Dr. Iliuidul.'s familv
one evening, and Olive s younger sister,
an rresislble g rl of thirteen, named
Paul ne, sa d to hlui, Miniowhat ab
ruptly Oh, Mr. Jonn nk's. Is It truo that
yon havo bougut Mr. Cabot's grand
father?" "It is true that Judge Cabot now bo
longs to mo that ho is my grand
father," was Max's answer.
"Since Paulino has broached the sub
ject, Mr. Jennings," said Mrs. Randall,
"I niust own that I am a littlo curious
to know what gave rise to this remark
able story which is going around about
you and Edgar Cabot."
"Oil, it is very simple. Cabot was
hard up, and I traded off a fow dollars
for an ancestor or two," replied Max,
lightly.
"Do you really mean to claim thoso
dead Cabots for your own?" askod Dr.
Randall, a littlu testily.
"I do. Why not?" was Max's qucrv.
"Is not what you pay for your own?"
Dr. Randall could neither say yes nor
no. While ho was hesitating for a
suitable answer which should cover the
wholo ground and yet not hurt Max's
feelings. Max continued:
"You know, sir, that you value de
scent above money. Let us suppose a
case: If a man had a daughter, aud
two men were to present themselves as
suitors, tlio ono with a good name but
a poor purse, the other in exactly tiie
reverse condition, to which would you
advise her to givo an aflirmativo ans
wer?" Dr. Randall appreciated tho full
meaning of this question, which was
even harder than tlio previous one to
bo answered. Ho could not collect his
thoughts as quickly as his older daugh
ter did, however. Before her father
could framo a reply, Olivo said, de
terminedly: "1 think it would be well to let tho
girl havo somo voice in such a matter.
1 thiuK that tho characters of tho two
men ought to bo taken into considera
tion. ,1 don't believe any girl would
want a man who could sell his grand
father. She'll bo moro apt to see
worthy qualities in tho ono who didn't
consider mouoy tho only tiling worth
having."
There was no mistaking tho signifi
cance of Olive's tones, or of her Hush
ed face. Dr. Randall loved his child
ren, so, saying to himself: "Max is at
heart a gentleman, in spito of his ex
traction; perhaps there was good on his
mothor'3 side," ho pretended to mako
a jest of tho whole matter, aud ans
wered :
"Ah, Max, you seo what a minority
I am in! My wife always agrees with
Olive, and even Paulino echoes her. so
I daro not dispute a word sho says."
Max looked pleased, and Mrs. Ran
dall positively beamed on her husband.
Rut fancy the fcolings of all whon Max
said:
"Tlio most singular part of tho wholo
affair is this: Ono of my of old Tom
Jennings' friends heard of this bargain
between Cabot and me, and put me m
tlio way of proving that Tom Jennings
adopted mo in my 'earliest infancy out
of an orphan assyluni, whero I had boon
placed by mother just boforo her death.
She was in consumption, ami as her
last hours drew near sho made a conli
dant of Tom Jennings' wife, and told
her that sho had been deceived by a
false marriago between herself and tlio
fatiior of this Edgar Cabot. As tho
years passed, and Tom found that tho
Cabots wore not, as a rule, dissolute
men, ho thought iio would investigate
the so-called false marriago, Ho did
so, and found that it was a genuine one;
that my father, Edward Cabot, had had
no intention of deceiving my motliur,
but having died suddenly beforo my
birth, had kept the marriago secret on
ly for fear of his father's wrath, for my
mother was a plain farmer's daughter,
poor but honest, as tlio phrase is. Old
Tom had become fond of me, and know
ing that tho Cabots had nothing to be
queath mo except tho name, ho legally
adopted mo as his son. So, you see, I
purchased my ancestors of my oldor half
brother. Edgar Cabot. I came hero to
night. Dr. Randall, to toll you this sto
ry: to-morrow "
"Max, was your mothei's nanio Ra
chel?" Dr. Randall asked, abruptly.
"Yos; Rachel Denuison, of Weston
Mills."
"I was prcsont at your birth, boy,
and your motlior told mo this story.
I investigated it for her Baku, and found
it true, your father having been a wid
ower before lie mot your motlior.
Whon I next saw her sho was dead and
tho bab had vanished, so tho whiMo
tiling wont out of mind until this mo
ment." Hero tho doctor had to pause
to rub Ii s spectacles, and Paulino took
advantage of tlio brief silence to say:
"Now that you've got a grandfather
of vour own, I supposo you and Olivo
will be getting married, and then you'll
bo my brothor Max, will you not?"
Francis E. Wadlcigh, in the Current,
An Ingenious Urate.
No reasonable boing can doubt that
if cruelty to animals is to bo effectually
'hooked, some stronger corrective must
bo employed than anything which tlio
law at present provides. Tako, for in
itanco tho case of Robert Gallon, who
was prosecuted at Croditon last week.
Gallon was trying to get a maro with a
heavy load of coals up a stoop hill ren
dered slippery by frost, l'ho maro
camo to a standstill, and finding that a
jovoro thrashing did not supply tho
accessary stimulus. Callou hit upon tlio
Ingenious idea of collecting a quantity
of furze anil lighting a liro under tlio
poor boast, whose stomach was shown
to havo boon burned severely. For tlrs
Halloa was lined 10 shillings. I do not
so muoh blamo tho magistrates for this
coutomptablo sentonco. seeing that the
costs camo to four times tho ponalty,
which makes a pretty heavy lino for a
poor carter. Rut I contend most stren
uously, that in order to ajipeal to tho
feel lira of a bruto liko Gallon, some
thing more efficacious than a pecuniary
penalty is needed. London 'J ruth.
Effects of a Long Reign.
A French linn has received an ordor
from London for 2.800.OOJ handker
chiefs with Queen Victoria's picture on
them, in anticipation of lior majesty's
"golden jubilee.' This seems to in
dicate that Victoria's loug reign has
given all her subjects colds In the head.
i'hiladelphia Inquirer.
Cutting down appropriation--Putting a
a-atch oa the bar-keeper. Air Oia t Jtc i-run.
TRANSPLANTING AN EYE.
An Optle Removed mid Tlint of n
Itnbblt .Substituted.
Among tho feats illustrating tho won
derful progress of modern surgery is
tho transplantation of eyes, says The
Sew York World. Upon rabbits trans
plantation has proven eminently suc
cessful, but upon man it lias never been
given a fair trial until tlio beginning of
tliis month. The experiment was then
tried in this city and, so far as trans
plantation is concerned, was a perfect
success. The eye of a live rabbit was
placed in the empty conjunctival sac of
man, tho muscles, nerves and tissues
united, and tlio eye actually became a
part of the human organism. How
ever, as a whole, the experiment was a
fa lure, arising from tlio difficulty en
countered during the healing period.
Tills difficulty is attributed to tho in
sufficient vitality of the rabbit's eye. As
tho muscular power of man is greater
than that of tho rabbit, so tho muscular
action of tlio eye is greater, and this
action tlio transplanted eye was unable
to withstand.
Ono naturr.lly inquires why the rab
bit's eye was used. Because tlio rabbit's
eye, although somewhat smaller, comes
nearer in resemblance to the human
eye than that of any oilier animal. Tlio
arrangement of muscles and blood-vessels
in tiio rabbit is identical with that
of the human eye. This is tlio rirst
time the experiment was ever tried un
der favorable conditions, and tlio fact
that it will probably never be attempted
again makes the case a rcmarkablo one.
Of course, if tho eyes of man could bo
transplanted it would be within bounds
to anticipate successful results, but as
there might be objections to this, the
feasibility of transplantation in man
may bo regarded sis practically and
finally settled.
The experimental operation was per
formed upon Mr. Charles Alfred Wil
liams, City Editor of tlio Minneapolis
'Tribune, by Dr. Charles II. May, in
structor in ophthalmology at the New
York Polyclinic and clinical assistant
in tho pamo department at the New
York College of Physicians and Sur
geons. Ho was assisted by Dr. E.
Gruening. also a prominent oculist of
this city, and Dr. Wilmcr, of Mt. Sinai
Hospital, in tlio presence of a half-dozen
students of the institutions named,
at No. 119 East Fifty-ninth street.
Tlio operation was originated and
first attempted by tlio eminent French
oculist. Dr. Chibret, of Paris, on May
4, 1885, and lirst recorded in the Paris
ian General Jlr.vieio of Ophthalmology
on tlio 31st of tlio samo month. In re
viewing tho operation, Chibret strong
ly argued against further attempts up
on human beings, until the success of
tho operation had been proven by re
peated tr'als upon tlio rabbit. How
ever, his advice was not closely follow
ed, and no less than four failures were
recorded within livo months following
tlio report of the lirst case. Success in
any ot theso cases would havo been
considered a m'racle, for in no instance
had any previous experiments been at
tempted. , In ono ease a dog's eye was
used.
Quito naturally theso 8 experi
ments and the subsequent re
views in tlio medical journals at
tracted much attention. If tlio eye
of a rabbit could bo used to replace a
defective eye in man, it would estab
lish a now era in ophthalmology. Tlio
French artificial, or glass, eyes would
bo laid aside. Instead of boing both
ered by them the unfortunate could bo
supplied with a living eye, operatod by
tho same muscles and moving in unison
with his uninjured eye, and so nearly
alike in sizo and color that only tho
most experienced oculist could distin
guish tlio difference. Sight alone could
not bo transferred. Tlio importance
of tlio operation if successful, is thus
made manifest, without oven consider
ing tho uxpenso attached to replacing
glass eyes.
It remained for a Now York oculist
to carry out tlio suggestions of Dr. Chi
bret. Dr. Clias. II. May determined to
thoroughly test transplantation upon
rabbits, lie began his experiments
Jan. 80, 188G, and during the next two
or three months operated upon no less
than twenty-four rabbits. Notwith
standing tho troublo encountered in
keeping tho bandages upon the animals,
tlio results obtained under favorable
circumstances wero carefully noted, tho
favorable condition wero taken advant
age of, and his skill in tlio manipula
tion of tho instruments increasing as
tlio experiments progressed, success
was at last attained. Having now ac
quired thu knowldgo of what was nec
essary and almost absolute accuracy in
technique, the transplantation of tlio
eye of ono rabbit to tlio head of another
was successful in four other cases. Tho
rabbits lived, and, although blind in
ono eye, this defect could ouly bo dis
covered by shakidg something beforo
the transplanted orb and observing
that it did not move.
Tho New York Medical Itecord of
May 29, 1880, contained tho review of
these experiments. In this Dr. May
said: The rosults of tho operations cer
tainly justified trials upon the eyes of
niau at least tho transplantation of
the rabbit's globe into tho human con
junctival sac," and added in conclu
sion, that "in no caso was there any
rise of temperat ire or any apparent
interference with the general health,
or the slightest implication of tho
sound eye," and that In caso of fail
ure a glass oyo could bo eas ly substitu
ted. The experiments had now beon
carried so far that tho day was eargorly
looked forward to when tho feasibility
of the operation could bo tested upon
man, aud tho success or failure estab
lished under such conditions as would
forever settle the question.
The opportunities for making tho
decisive trial wore not great. There
were any number of one-eye mon will
ing to try it if assured of positive suo
cess, but to submit to an experiment,
nuil a delicate aud difficult one at that,
was an entirely different thing. In
consequence tlio brightness of the pros
pect for making the test bagan to grow
decidedly dim. About tins time a re
view of the articlo in the Med'Cat lie
cord chanced to fall under tho oyo of
Mr. Williams. Ho had lost tho sight
of his right oyo wliou a lad of thirteen
lu a patriotic outburst of youthful en
thusiasm attendant upon tho celebra
lion of the Fourth of July. Mr. Wil
liams is a young man tinder th rly
witli the excellent physique, gooi
habits and abnormal nerve that usualh
distinguish newspaper men among tin
ordinary mortals thoy aro compellei
to mingle with. He at once conclude!
to givo tlio rabbit a chance. He not!
lied tlio New York phys.cians of hi.
desire to assist tiie cause of sconce
and arriv - this city on the 27th o
January I His eye was carefulh
examined . t was found that tin
conditions v.v favorable for making i
test case.
The two v -v .s prior to the arrival o
tho patient had been occupied in at
tempting to secure a rabbit with haze,
eyes and of the largest size. A lim
specimen of the variety known as tin
Belgian hare was finally selected. Tin
eyes were just a shade darker and onh
two-tweiity-llflhs of an inch Miiallei
than the uninjured one of tho patient.
Tlio time of the operation was lixed foi
2 o'clock on the afternoon of Feb. 1
Every precaution had been taken to in
sure success if it was possible. Tin
physicians had even tested their knowl
edge and skill upon as many fresl
cadavers as could bo procured at tin
college dissecting-room. Tho opera
t on was performed without a slip, witb
the result already made known.
The rabbit was placed upon a smal
tab'e and tiie patient upon a lounge i
few feet distant. Tho former was thet
subjected to the influence of ether, five
ounces of tho drug and ten minutes
time being required to effect tlio result
The ether was then administered to Mr.
Williams. While this was taking offec
the right cyo of tho rabbit was beinj
operated upon. The globo of the cy
was rapidly and carefully separatee
from tho conjunct va. or sac holding it,
tho muscles severed and tho eyo lelt in
the conjunctival sac only attached tc
the optic nerve. Tins was done to keej.
tho eye alive until tlio instant of trans
plantation. The surgeons next turned
their attention to the patient. A spring
speculum was introduced under tho lids
of the right eye to givo perfect freedom
for tlio operation. The globe was sep
arated from the conjunctiva and blacl;
silk stitches or sutures voro carefulh
passed through either side. As the
muscles were severed thu four principal
or superior ones wero also held by the
silk sutures. The opt.c norveVas now
tlio only connecting link. The crisis
was now at hand. Owing to tlio fact
that tiie optic nerve extends directly
from tiie rear of tlio eyeball it is
impossible to see or get hold oi
this nerve while the globe of tho cyo
remains in tho conjunctival envelope.
To overcome this difficulty Dr. May had
invented a combination forceps and
needle especially for tho occasion, with
an internal concave circumference cor
responding to tlio s ze of tho optic
nerve, litted with lino teeth, with an
opening one-eighth of an inch above
the termination to admit tho passage
of a threaded needle, this latter being
delicately rounded, curved almost at
right anglos, tho point flattened from
side to side and provided with a fine
opening. Witli the special forceps the
opt c nervo was grasped close to the
eyeball and held while it was transfixed
by the needle passing through it with a
catgut suture. Tlio edges of tlio con
junctival, tho tour principal muscles
and the optic nerve wero now held in
place by tlio ends of these sutures oi
threads, while tho eyeball was quickly
removed.
Tho optic nerve of tho rabbit's oye
was now severed, a catgut stUure visa
ed through the portion attached to tiie
eyeball and tho oye transferred to its
new homo in tiio vacant conjunctival
sac of the patient. Ono minui ' time
was occupied in tho transfer. Tho two
optic nerves were drawn closely togeth
er by moans of the catgut sutures, then
firmly tied. Tlio silk sutures holding
the muscles were treated in a similar
manner, then the conjunctiva was
drawn around tho rabb t's eyo and
stitched to tho margin of tho conjunc
tiva left surrounding tlio transplanted
globe. Ten stitches wero used in tiie
operation, all of black silk thread ex
cepting tlioo pass ng through tho op
tic nerve, and theso being of catgut be
cause thoy were to be absorbed by the
nerve, while tlio silk would havo to be
removed.
After tlio operation both eyes were
closed, tho lids of each covered with
white vaseline, compresses of cotton
placed upon them and thon tightly
bandaged. The patient was then placed
in bed, and applications of hot watet
placed upon the transplanted etc every
low minutes, for the purpose of a ding
by heat and moisture tlio adhesion of
the soveral parts. It was nearly dark
when tho patient recovered from the
inllueucc of the ether, having remained
unconscious over two hours. Beyond
a dull acho and soreness about the
right side of tlio head ho had no per
sonal knowledge of what had taKon
place. Everything worked liko a
charm. There had not been a displace
ment or a slip. Tlio operation occupied
ono hour and a quarter. On tho second
day tho cornea or surfaco of tho trans
planted eyo showed a slight haziness,
much less than had been anticipated,
and this continued throughout the ex
periment. On the fourth day, on the
removal of the bandages which, by
tho way, wero changed threo times a
day it was discovered, by moving the
uninjured oc, that tho severed parts
had grown together, and that the
rabbltt's e o was actually a part of the
human being. The silk sutures wore
theroupon removed. Tlio tin on was
complete, the transplantation an ac
complished fact.
Tho eyelids wero considerably
swollen, and tho eyo stll sore. To
allay the swelling." remove tlio sore
ness and restore the eye to its normal
condition was now the object. The
improvement was steady and encourag
ing. On tlio sixtli day the uninjured
oyo was rel eved of tho bandage and
the room darkened. On tho morning
of the eighth day tho prospeots of suc
cess wero st 11 br glit, but on tho evon
ing of tlio same day there was a change.
A blight abrasion at the lower edge ol
tho cornea was observed.
Tho following morning tho pat ent
remarked that tho eyo "felt as though
it had got loose from tho dock and was
floating around In midstream." Tho ro
moval of tlio b.indago revealed that
during tho night tho greater part ol
tho ins, or coloring matter of tho eye,
had escaped through tho opening In
the cornea. The experiment, so far as
tiie retention of the perfect rabbit's
eve was concerned, was a failure. The
eve. however, remained, but in a col
orless condition. Tho question of
healing the abrasion or removing the
eyo was now considered. It was
found that to do the lirst would further
d sligure tho eye by leaving an irregu
lar scar across the surfaco of tho eyo,
so it was decided to rcmovo the rab
bit's eye and prepare for tho insortion
of a glass eye.
The second operation was submitted
to on the afternoon of the ninth day
without the use of ether, cocaine being
used as a local aniesthetic This lasted
twenty minutes. All the muscles
were found perfectly united, and the
optic nerve had grown together and
completely abiorbod the catgut sutures.
The conjunctival sac was next drawn
over the optic r.ervc, sutured thereto,
the bandage again put in place after
the use of more vaseline, and tlio pa
tient permitted to leave his bed and
room during tlio process of healing,
which must take place beforo the inser
tion of tlio artificial oye. The rabbit,
not having to undergo tho transplan
tation, quickly recovered from the
operation, and is now m perfect con
dition for the reception of his glass eye.
Thus ended the lirst and only test
case of this kind. The operation has
been considered of less consequece
than its importanco merited through
having been confounded with tho
transplantation of tlio cornea of a
rabbit's oie to the globe of the human
being. This later operation has been
known for thirty years, holds a place
in the text books, "and has beon suc
cessfully performed quite a number of
t mc, notably in Berlin and Vienna.
But it is a very simple operat on when
compared with the ono described in tho
foregoing article.
A BLOW AT ORGANIZED LABOR.
The Introduction or Scnb Monkeys
Into Tliln Country from Afrlen.
Loyal Knights of Labor should view
with alarm and resist with clubs tho
movement to introduce imported mon
key labor in this republic. Tlio move
ment, to be sure, is as yet in its begin
n ng. Only ono American citizen is
thus far reported as an employer of
monkeys. Tho man who lias aimed
this dastardly blow at organized labor
is J. B. Parkes, of Kingstone, Ky.. who
"lias successfully trained seven largo
monkeys to work in his hemp field and
to prepare the hemp for market. "
The animals not only do the work to
tho perfect satisfaction of their shame
less employer, but at about one-fourth
the co.it of negro labor. This is a small
beginning, but it is fraught with all
the peri's of a crevasse in a Mississippi
levee. Tlio cruel laws of political
', economy will favor the extension of tlio
plan, for tho cheapness of monkey
labor as compared with human labor
must weigli powerfully in favor of tlio
former. Already tins Parkes lias sent
to his brother in south Africa for ten
more largo monkevs. If this thing i,
not stopped we shall soon have millions
of pauper monkeys in this country,
working merely for their board and
lodgings and excluding au equal or
greater number of Italians and Ir'sh
niun from gainful occupations. This
must not be; the Simian must go.
All tho objections that the swift
reasoning powers and instincts of the
in odium have discovered and urged
against cheap Chinese labor apply with
tenfold force to the caso of tho monkey.
And there are other grounds of objec
t on which- aro peculiar to and so to
speak, inherent in monkeys. Tho
monkey is and must be a scab, hopeless
and irreclaimable. Ho can not bo
"organized." Ho can not bo "called
out." He can not bo made to boycott
Ehrct's beer. Ho is incapable of culti
vating a dislike for non-union cocoa
nuts. He is too profoundly selfish to
recognize the principle that "tho in
jury of one is the concern of all. Ho
wears nothing but his hair, and is only
in the slightest degree a consumer of
tlio products of the toil of wage earners.
Ho can not be mn lototalk or to voto
against tlio capitalistic skinflints. And,
liually. ho is a quadruinanous beast
capablo in some occupations of working
at the samo timo with all four of his
hands to take tlio bread from the
mouths of honest laborers.
It is needless to point outfio usoless
ness of monkeys to the polit clans and
damagogtios, though it .s conceivable
that in a close precinct tho electorate
might be enlarged to tlio ties rod ox
tent by S mian personators at tho pells,
the fac:al appearances of a good-sized
south African monkey being sufficiently
like that of the human beings usually
imported and used for this purpose to
deceive evon a lynx-eyed inspector. But
the monkey in politics would bo infre
quent and sporadic. In labor he will bo
multitudinous and crushingly conipoti
tivo. He must go.
A delegation of Knights of Labor
should proceed at once to Kingston,
where thoy should hang these sovon
' scab monkeys w in their own homp,
out tho miserable Parkes under the ban
of a perpetual boycott, and send such a
letter of warning to his collusive:
brother in south Africa as wouui causo
him to abandon forthwith his abhorrent
industry as a monkey purveyor. hew
York Times.
Bangs That Caught On.
It isn't every girl who will toll on
herself, but ono did. Sho camo to the
3tore and returned a fine pair of bangs
she had bought the day previously.
! "Can you not sell me somo that will,
not com off?"
I "Come off! Why these will stay with
verv little care."
Oh, thov are horrid. They catoh on.
collar buttons and pull off."
i The proprietress fa nted, tho assist.
ant fell on the chair and seroamedi
"What!" while the young lady dopart
1 ed bangless and without her change.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
At a Korrlttovrn execution the other day the
condemned roan was allowed to talk for halt
an hour oa the gallowa. He probably would'
have talked longer If he had not been chokedj
off. Ktv York Graokle,