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PAGH FOUR THE SPRINGFIELD NEWB THURSDAY, FEB. 1, 1917. SAVING-OF LIMBS American Surgeon's Fluid Avoids - Hundreds of Amputations. CALL BENEFITS WONDERFUL. by attornoys that both cases wero to bo dismissed, but that tho browln company, without tho knowlodgo ot tho plalntltT.socurod Judgmont against Endlcott for $191.04 on April 23, 1911, and that on January 7, 1917, a tran script of tho justlco court Judgment was filed In the Lnno county circuit court Plaintiff in tho present suit alleges that attachment of his proper ty has followed filing of tho suit "Is missal of which is asked. Many Mor Could -Hav Been Saved Had Value Been Felt EarlierYoung , South American Surgeon Firat to At ) tract Attention of French Govern ment to Carrel Treatment. ' Paris. The official lethargy which for so long has Impeded the develop incnfcof the disinfectant fluid invented by 11. D. Dakln and perfected by Dr. Alexia Carrel, both of the Rockefeller Institute of. New York, Is rapidly giving way ro a realization of the trcmeudous benefits accruing from its use. j It remained for n youug South Amer ican surgeon, Dr. Sbutro, to attract tho fftten'tlon ot the French government to HaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaH Haaaaaaaaaaafc V? wet i SB. ALEXIS CARREL. the Carrel treatment. As a result of an appeal by American admirers of Dr. Carrel to M. Franklin-Bouillon, tho latter persuaded the government, In the person of M. Palulevc, to study at first hand the use of the Dakfn fluid. The correspondent was present when tho minister of public Instruction, who was the first member of the cabinet to take such a step, visited the Buffon hospital, close by the Pasteur lustltute, to see for himself the miracles worked by Dr. Sbutro with the treatment de Teloped by Dr. Carrel. Dr. Sbutro ia perhaps the ablest of Dr. Carrel's few dl-Ip!es In France. M. Palnleve was astonished at the simplicity of the system, which Is mere ly the washing of the wounds with bleaching lime diluted lu water, with a percentage of soda added to neutralize tha caustic effect of the lime. At the foot of each bedstead In the Buffon hospital Is strapped a wooden post, to which a bottle containing the fluid, pink In color. Is attached. From the bottle a thin rubier tube carries the solution to four small glass tubes, from which the wound Is flushed every two hours. Thus the dressings are kept moist and the wound is freed from infection. WRITING FOR THE STAGE. Sir W. 8. Gilbert Waa Not Overproud of Hie Own Work, MNo man," writes Mrs, Alec-Twccdlo in her reminiscences, "My Tablecloths," "had stranger nduilrers or keener haters than S. Gilbert. Successful peoplo always have, but then, added to his success, he had n pompous manner aud a sarcastic tongue. "He was in excellent form one May night lu 1SUS when he dined wltli mo. Wo were talking about Lyslanuc,' Sarah Bernhardt's new play, which 1 bad Just seen In Purls, and 1 said It was a poor play splendidly acted.' " 'Ii it's a poor play it's sure- to suc ceed, he retorted. 'No good play Is ever a success. Fluo writing and high morals are hopeless ou tho stngo. " That is severe.' "'Not any too severe. I have been scribbling twaddle for thirty-five years to suit tho public taste and ought to know. Aud, after nil, look at tho the ater. It contains some 1,000 persons. Now, If you serve up tripe nnd onions for tho gallery it offends tho stalls; If you dish up sweetbreads and rrutlles for tho stalls It disgusts the pit. There fore plain leg of mutton nnd boiled po tato Is the most sultnblo faro for all. Light fllppcry and amusing nonsense are what I have endeavored to write. But I can tell you that after thlrty-flve years of that sort of thing, which I am glad to say has brought grist to the mill, I am about sick of ft. aud I shouldn't mind If I never wroto anoth er word.' " FADS OF LITERARY MEN. A Letter From Hie Wife Alwaya Made Hawthorno Waeh His Hands. Keats liked red pepper on his toast Dickens was fond of wearing Jewelry. Joaquin Miller nailed all his chairs to the wall. Edgar Allan Poe slept with his cat and was inordinately proud of his feet Daudet wore his eyeglasses when asleep. Thackeray used to lift bis hat when ever he passed the bouse in which be wrote "Vanity Fair." Alexandre Dumas the younger bought a new painting every time he had a new book published. Robert Louis Stevenson's favorite necreatlon was playing the flute, in or der, as be said, to tunc his Ideas. Robert Browning could not sit stilt With the constant shuffling of his feet holes were worn In the carpet Longfellow enjoyed walking only nt suurlse or sunset, as he said his sub limed moods came upon bltn at these times. Hawthorne always washed his hands 1 before reading a letter from his wife. I He delighted in poring over old ndver- tlscmcuts In the newspaper files. J Oliver Wendell Holmes used to carry I a horse chestnut In one pocket and a j potato in another to ward off rhcuma I tLsm. Philadelphia Inquirer. ALMOST MILLION DOLLARS Tax Rolls for 1916 Will Soon Be Ready j for Collection, A little over $900,000 is collectable on the 1016 tax rolls this year. J. D. Hamlin, who has been writing the roll.i for the assessor, yesterday footed up the totals and found the following (sums due: State and county $530,741.50 School districts 157,224.73 Union high schools 6,719.38 Road districts ..... 29,721.72 Cities 167,661.27 Port of Sluslaw 16,692.61 Total of all sources $908,761.26 Tho sheriff is now getting ready to collect tho taxes and announcement will be made within a few days as to the time of the opening of the rolls. Wants Restraining Order, Application was made Monday morn ing by M. V. Endlcott for a restraining order rejoining the Mt. Hood Brewing company, and the Welnhard Brew las company,, its successor, from con tlnalne a ault. which has been filed against Endlcott .by the brewing com pany, The plaintiff alleges that the brewing company brought Buit against him in the Eugene Justice court Octo ber 19,1909, and that he brought p. counter suit in tho circuit court Janu ary 18, 1910. That prior to any Judge, went in the cases stipulated was mada Horrors of Thlrat There is no horror like the horror of thirst no physical suffering compara ble to It A traveler over tho desert lu Egypt describes a man who had lost his way, wandering about for daya without water, and finally came stag gering Into bis camp. The man's eyes were bloodshot, his Ups swollen to twice their natural size. His tongue, blue, parched and swollen, hung ont of bis mouth. To allow such a man to drink WHter at will would be like pumping cold water Into a redbot Hteatn boiler. It would kill him. This man required to be held forcibly by four men in his eagerness to get at drinking water, while a fifth man al lowed a few drops to trickle down the throat of the sufferer at long lutervals He had to be cooled off little by little, like an overheated boiler. An Unanswerable Argument Tim nonr relation had not been invlt- 'ed to the formal function at the great house, but he went to the door in, spite of that oversight "Where's your card?" Inquired the first geutlcmun In waltlug. "Haven't got nny," responded the poor relation meekly. "Nobody can get In without a card." "Well, I'm nobody," murmured the poor relation, but the first gentleman In waiting could not grasp the delicate humor of it, and tho poor relation was turned away from the lubospitable door. Exchange. Where Men Wear Combe. The traveler lu India Is surprised tc see that men wear combs In their hall much more than women do. A ClflKa leae gentleman wears what we know as tbo circular comb and a very orna mental back comb of tortolso shell to gather bis curly locks together. He wears a full beard also, but his servant must trim bis own beard and is al lowed to wear the circular comb only. Exchange. Bad Color Scheme. "The man I am engaged to baa ben terribly wild, but la going to turn over a new leaf." v'Doa'ti put your trust, In such a bad color scheme. Rosy foturcs seldom grow on n purple past" BilUmoro American. GETS STRANQE MONEYS. C. L, Scott Hat Wampum Used By Soelety liland Native. C, L. Scott, prosldont ot tho Firat National bank ot Springfield has Just received n number ot curious coins from tho Numismatic bank, Fort Worth, Texas. In tho collection waa sovornl plooos ot curious, wampum, money used years ago among tho na tives of tho Socloty Islands. This wnmpum money Is mndo from tin vertebral socttons of tho innn-oatlnR shark. Thoy aro about as big as ordinary United States quarters nnd nro about a fourth inch thick. Theso specimens nro in -splendid condition. Mr. Scott also received a few "Gen eral Villa copper coins" which voro mado from copper conllslcatod from copper taken from the Pnrral rail way. Theso coins have a peculiar appearance nnd nro qulto rare. Many People -In Town Yesterday. Yesterday's sunshlno brought qulto a numbor ot out-of-town folks Into Springfield on shopping and other busi ness trips .Among thoso doing busi ness hero wore: Mrs. Mary J. Carter, W. D. Cartor, and Mrs. O. E. Carfor, from Carter's Siding above Lowell; J. R. Onrtln, Doxter; Mllford Hopper, from his farm nlno miles up tho Mc Kcnzte; Mrs. C. J. Bedell, Trout; Mrs. N. Whlto, tho Vitus Addition; E. S. Harding, Douglas Gardens W. E. Knott, Vitus Addition; M. J. Wearin, Walter vlllo (Mr. Wearin was doing trading for several Whttfirvlllo residents! ; Martin J. Johnson, Seavey's Ferry; Mrs. Mary Dowdy, Donna; Qlonn Staf ford, Hayden Bridge; Mrs. Conrad, Douglas Gardens; nnd George Pinks ton, Georgo Hart, Henry Hart Joe O'Dell, Mark Vaughn, and Ernest Con loy, all from Cedar Flats. her homo In this city aud Donna for h llttlo ovor four years, returning to hor homo in tho East n year nnd nlno months ago. Besides her daughter Mrs Greene, Mrs, Lowo Is BUrvlvod by n daughter in Sonttlo, u daughter tit Wisconsin, and a son In Michigan. Straightening Streams With Dynamite 'GRANDMA" LOWE PASSES Mother of Mrs. John B. Green Dies of Pneumonia, Aged 78 Years. Mrs. Lizzie Lowe, "Grandma Lowo" as her friends know her, died at 6:30 o'clock last Thursday evening, in Sechlerville, Wisconsin, and was burled yesterday. Mrs. Lowo, who was 78 years old. was 111 only a short tluif. but was unablo to rally from tho at tack of pneumonia from which she was suffering. Mrs. Lowe, who waa tho mother of Mrs. J. B. Green, of near Donna, mado Tho ancient Egyptians were noted for their crop because, n history states, thoy "sowed their seeds lu tho Nile." This docs not mean that they actually cast the seed In tho river. At certain seasons of the year the Nile overflown ltn banks, depositing on cither shore n rich silt or earth that is highly conducive to bumper crops, aud the wlso ancient Egyptians, rcnllitng thta, profited thereby. Water Is a necessity. Tho tiniest brooks up to tho largest .rivers play an important part in tho scheme of things inasmuch as they aro nature's way of 1 m win ? , d mil . r THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH Chris. H. Jenion, Paator. Our Sundny school moots as usual nt DM0 a. in. Tho pastor In Winching u splendid clans of young married folka, Conto and Join tho Loyal Workers. Suhjocla for regular Horvlcea on next Lord's Day nro as follows; 11 a. in "Climbing n Truo;" 7:30 p. in., "Tho Voyngo ot Lifo." Harold Humbert of Eugeno, well-known to Sprlngflold folks, will conduct tho hour mirvico In tho evening, nnd wilt also favor tin with n solo. Tho pastor will nlso lo.td tho Endeavor mooting nt 0:30 p. m. Subject, "VIslotiH and Tasks." CAREFUL. CONSCIENTIOUS 'Dentistry I DR. J. E. RICHMOND PHONES Office, 3; Resldencs, 119-J Over Commercial Bank, Springfield. Oregon. Dr. ADALINE KEENEY FERRIS Homeopathlo Physician and Surgaan Ortlco, Baptist Parmmago Comer Second and (.' Btreota HOURS: 9 TO I. PHONE 49 Diagram of Stream Troublee That May Be Corrected by Dialling. both irrigation and drainage. But be ing formed according to nature's dic tates their courses do uot always Jibe with man's desires or needs. Rock ledges lmpcdo their progress. Overhanging stumps aud trees retard In The Circuit Court of The State of Oregon For Lane County, Ruth Sexton, Plaintiff vs Arch W. Soxtou. Defendant 3UMMONS To Arch W. Sexton, tho above nam ed dotondmit; ! IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF j OREGON, you nro hereby required to appear and nuawor tho complaint fllod against you In thu above entitled suit within nix weeks from tho dato of tho first publication of this summons, und if you fall to answer, for want thereof, plaintiff will tnko a decree against you as prnyod for la tho complaint, to-wlt: That thu marriage contract now ex isting botweun you and tho plaintiff bo dissolved and for an order giving to the plaintiff tho oxcluslva enru and custody ot tho two minor children ot said inarrlngo, to-wlt: Ermn Sex ton and Fern Sexton, nnd for such othur nnd further relief as to the court may seam equitable lu tho premises, and for hor costs nod disbursement In this suit This summons Is published by order of tho Hon. G, F. Sklpworth, Judgu of tho nbovo ontltlcd court, which said order was dated at Eugene, Ore gon, on tho 26th day of Documber, 1916, commanding this Bummoua to bo published for six wooks In tho Sprlng flold Nows, n nowspoper of general circulation, published at Sprluglluld, Lnno county. Oregon. Tho date of tho llrHt publication ot this summons Is tho 2Sth dny ot December, 1916. L. M. TRAVIS, Attorney for plaintiff, Doc, 28; Jan. 4.11,18,25; Fob. 1.8. THINK THIS OVER Yon owu ti lpt to truthful ad vortlHliiK. Somo InialnoBH drum uro.hont'Bt In tholr advertis ing bocmiHO tho law compolls them to toll thO'truth. Other linns aro truthful as a inattor of conelonco. Wo behove In jiving everyone a square deal and you can do pond absolutely upon our rep resentations. Our goods aro pure and frcHh and our prices aro as low uh Ih coiiBlBtnut with fair dealing. Glvo ub a call today. Nice&tVliller Wo deliver all orders. 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