Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1880, Page 6

4 STRIKING SURGICAL FEAT. Rebuilding a Patient's Nose. ON. Y¥. Times.! A very extraordinary operation, and one that has only one precedent, and no complete par- allel in surgical history, is now in pi 33 at Bellevue hospital. The patient, a young mao 21 years of age. had previously been treated fora egeneration of the tissues of the nose, which is described upon the hospital records under the Somewhat anomolous term of a lupoid ulcer. He was also aflicted with the congenital mal- formation, familiarly styled the cleft palate, and had a deformity of the lip, which ca considerable aversion, and prevented him from holding a cigar or cigarette between his lips. As he was very fond of smoking, this state of facts was one that he lament! exceedingly. ‘To these troubles. which impaired the fanction of articulation and materially interfered with the probability of his obtaining remunerative employment, he added a settled’ conjuncevitis, Which impaired his vision, prevented hin from Feading more than a few minutes at a time, and in consequence he was obliged to sleep with his eyes bandaged in order to avoid the annoyance given by files to ulcerated er inflamed and sem!- purulent surfaces. The immediate cause of the so-called lupoid ulceration of the nose wasa blow with a club, received some years ago across the nose a little below the bridge. Inflammation and resolution were followed by a malignant and progressive ulcer, which gradually consumed the mucous, Muscular. and cartilagimous Ussues of the nose, and finally attacked the osseous structures, which, when he was first admitted to the hos- pital, were extensively necrosed. No history of scrofula or other malignant disease coula be ob- tained, and the ulceration ultimately ylelded to treatment, leaving an unsightly opening which Jed directly to the posterior cavities. “The pa- tlenv’s physical constitution was not only good, but rather unusually strong, and previous to the nasal injury for which he was treated, he had been noted among his acquaintances ‘for robust health and extraordinary endurance. Some six weeks ago, moved by the entreaties of the patient, who offered to submit to any operation which would remedy the unsig) ness of his physical appearance and suificieatly restore his articulation to enable him to get employment, a distinguished surgeon in this city, Whose hame 1s suppressed by particular request, consented to perform the unparaileled Operation which has been attracting so many medical visitors to the hospital during the past few days. This was nothing less than the con- struction of a new nose to take the place of the organ, by transplanting the second and third phalanges of the middle finger of the left and There ex! in surgical history, experts ‘BAY, ONiy ous Precedent for this operation, and that an English one, performed by @ surgeon in Birmingham. The patient was a young wo:nan, ‘who had lost the tip of the nose by malignant ulceration, and the restoration consisted in transplanting the third phalanx of the left hand to supply the place of the lost section of the ‘Wasa tissues, and amputating the finger at the third joint when union had been established, In this case the artery of the transplanted finger was ligated on the s¢venty-second day after the rimary operation, and the amputation soon followed, while In the Bell vue case ligation was performed after about thirty days. But as {t amounted to little more than a t sive as well as less compit American operation in every respect, the Eng- . lish case can sear be quoted as a precedent, and certainly not as a parallel, The distin- ed surgeon by whom the American opera- lon Was perforined, very frankly admits that it was suggested by the Birmingham case, while his surgical admirers aver that the latter was in no manner extraordinary, and claim complete originality for Americau skill and science in every essential detail. Having decided to operate, the mode of pro- cedure was very simple. The nail was dissected trom the finger to be transplanted, as_prelimt- mary to the work which was to’ follow. By Means of two deep incisions, one at the base of each aspect of the nose, two considerable Naps were brought down in such a manner as to form & triangular mass over and about the opening left by the destruction of the nasal bones ani cartilages. The next step was by means or the usual incisions to forma pocket at the upper extremity of the nose, into which the end of the transplanted oe was to be Inserted, and where it was to be secured tn place by Wood's compressor. These and a few other preparatory movements, trifling in themselves, but essential %& the conception of the operation, were com- pleted The next and most important step was lay open the inner aspect of the finger from the second jotnt to the tip with a single clean and perfect incision, whose walls, composed of minute vessels,“ should suffer so little —. and bruising that union with anothtr similarly free surface would take place with least possible inflammation and risk of sloughing. It was five weeks — on Saturday that this major part of u he operation was performeed, and the flager P in position and secured by silver sutures and Wood's compressor, the head and trunk of the patient having been previously enveloped im a plaster of paris jacket, with the left arm in the proper position to prevent involuntary dis- Placement. It is needless to say that the work ‘was carried on in an atmosphere permeated and pervaded with antiseptic spray, and that no precaution, however slight, essential to insure perfect union of the surfaces, was spared by the Operating surgeon. ‘The secret was very care- fully kept for some also, for had the operation fall possibility that Wmight, whole columns of sctentitie explaia- tion could not have saved the operator from be- i n the medical worid a: ebrated. The venture was ys, though undertaken at the solicitation of a patteat, who declared that he would rathe left hand in repeated contemplate ht which he then v nature of the ulc Sues Were Gestroyed was by no means as-er- tained, and its possible malignaney, when re- awakened inflammatory ’ action of incised surfaces placed in apposition, was factor to be dreaded; in the second, some poss ble taint of disease in the blood. dormant so Jong as it was not provoked, might spring into sudden and terrible activity under the str: the operation. The trial has shown ti Of these fears, for the apposited surfaces united kindly, and there has been no fatlure, anywhere, except in the loss, by necrosis, of the artificial pocket prepared t the transferred tinger. ed that this would stand, a ble to secure it by su compressor was complicate mat stage in the operation the patiext’s r became so embarrassed that the jac be split and a silver breathtag tube inserted tn an incision of the windpipe. “He has deen kept all thé flagers of his experiments thin to ® con tition in r fuiure in t Ss, Inthe first under the influence of morpha coastaut- ly during the progress of the expected union, which had mad gress on Wednesd jast that it was One of the arteries of the Was done by means of a silver remaining large vessel will b: two, and then the preparations will be near complete for the amputation of the tinge: Second joint. It was at first intended tate about the middie of the first phalan this purpose has been abandoned as unaece ry. Ofcourse,the bones of the two transplanted phalanges serve adinirably to supply the place Of the Tost nasal bones and cartiloges, but their ultimate metamorphosis in their néw position fs one that will be observed with keen scientific the an pu- bat est. After amputation, it will remain to bring down a triangular flap from the surface of the fore- head in such a manner as to furnish a uniform ‘surface for the nose thus strangely created, and it ts probablé that at least six weeks must elapse before the patient leaves the hospital, and re- turns to the outer world, the hero of one of the most extraordinary operations of modern sur- gery. Since the operation the conjunctivitis has Materially abated. But it must be rather un- comfortable to lie imbedded ina plaster Jacket for weeks while one’s nose 1s rebuilt at the ex- pense of one’s fingers. THE WEDDING CvsToMS oF THE TowKas.—In Central America {s a country called Towka, and Without doubt the Towkans, whatever else they be, are the jolliest people in the world at a Wedding. They appear to be such an ignorant race as to be unable to keep record of the age of their children, except in a manner somewhat similar to that adopted by Robinson Crusoe with his notched post for an aimanac. The Towkans, however, do not notch their children. They hang round their necks at birth a string with one bead on, and at the expiration of a year thay another and $0 on, the main object being seemingly that there may be no mistake when the young ple arrive at a mai ble When a numbers 15 beads she is mar- » but the young man must possess a Of 20 before he is reckoned capable of lity. Fran the wcceanatis £0 serious a reeponsib! A But the wedding feast is the thing. me invited guests assemole on what answers to our village green, and set in their midst is a canoe, the | Fee ee i ee Le a i B H : : Relief for Many Household Griev- CLS. BY MRS. HENE’ Ww. (rage Bazar.) ‘The most skillful housekeepers are not always exempt from annoyances, which at times reach over to almost every department that comes under their supervision and control Keepipg before their minds a ie standard, by which they desire to be guided, they are natural- ly more perplexed and Fi isturbed a defects, mis- takes, oF willful neglect than less conscientious women are. Among the many “lions in the way” that meet young housekeepers in unex- pected corners, there are but few before which they are 80 inclined to retreat as the injuries and defacements of their household ions by accidental or careless stains or injuries. Rich glass or choice china discolored, stains on marble, rust on silver, or steel-mildew, fruit stains, or tron-mould on bedding, table-linen, or any cherished article, disgust and dishearten them, when after many trials and exact adherence to directions they find they have made no pri s in renovating the articles. Hoping to be of some assistance, we have en- deavor to collect and bring int. as small a compass as possible some remedies for these grievand@s, but only offer those which we have Successfully tried in similar cases. Before any spot or stain ean be erased, it is important that one should learn the nature of whatever produced the blemish, and also that of the material injured. Anything which, if applied, might erase a stain from wood’ or metal, might be injurious if applied to cloth. ‘That which would remove the defect trom linen palate increase the trouble if used on woollens, or have no effect at all. = Olls, grease, wax, tar, vegetable or animal juices, resinous matter Such as pitch or tar, iron and ink spots, are difficult to remove com: pletely, but ink and tron-mould the most so of all. Whenever much writing Is done in a house, and children have free access to the writing- desk, books, papers, and the carpet are most likely to bear the marks of misrule, but the in- jury fs not irreparable. A weak solution af oxalic acid applied with a brush with great care will remove the iak from books or papers, and in no wise injure them, orif ink is spilled on linen, cotton, or any white goods, oxalic acid will remove {t, unless dried in, and of long standing. In that case, equal quantities of muriatic acid and tin-salt will remove it. but both these preparations are isonous, and should be carefully labelled and kept out of thereach of children or careless servants. Delicate colors would be destroyed by these preparations. Ask the druggist for a weak solution of pyrophosphate of soda, dip a brush in it, and carefully wet the ink spot, and after several trials it will remove ink from deli- cate colors without injuring the goods, Wash Or sponge with clear water, But note of these things can be used safely on carpets or woollen goods. If ink is spilled on a carpet or woollen article it should be at- tended to at once, while still wet if possible, and then is very easily removed. Take clean blotting-paper or cotton batting and gently sop up all the ink that has not soaked in. Then pour a little sweet milk on the spot and soak it up from the carpet with fresh cotton batting, It will need tobe renewed two or three times, fresh milk and cotton being used time, and the spot will Crs 's with clean soap-suds and rub dry w cloth. Ifthe ink has been allowed to dry in the milk must remain longer and be repeated many times. Bronzes require no cleaning, if kept uninjured, except careful dusting, so that no dirt’ shall settle to mar the beauty of the design. But if they unfortunately are greased or spotted, wash with warm soap-suds made quite strong with soap; then gently rub, and thoroughly dry. It by accident or carelessness the bronze Is ru: and defaced beyond the power of soap and water to remove, the only safe way is to have it poured which, near a city, is‘ not a difficult thing. If marble is smoked or soiled, either by bitu- minous coal or too free use of ‘kindling wood, Spanish whiting, with a piece of washing soda, rubbed together, and wet with only enough water to moisten’and make it Into a paste, will remove the grease and smoke. Dip a plece of flannel in this preparation, and rub the spots while the paste is quite moist. Leave the paste on for hours, and, if need be, remove it ana re- new with fresh paste. When the spots disap- pear, wash the place with clean hot soap-suds, w ap dry, and polish with chamots-skin. ft oil or Pie has been spilled on marble or stone, get fuller's-earth, or pipe-clay, well dried and finely pulverized, make it into a thin paste with strong lye, put it quite thick over the spot, and place a raimn—not too hot—fiat-iron on the paste until quite dry, tnen wash tt off,and if the stain has not entirely disappeared, apply the paste and the warm iron once or twice more. One application, washed off with strong soap- suds quite hot, is usually sufficient, unless the stain is of long standing and has soaked in. In that case it may require to be applied two or three times. Oil marks on wall paper, or the marks where inconsiderate people rest their heads, are a sore grief to good housekeepers, but they can be re- moved without much trouble, Take pipe-clay or fuller’s earth, and make into a paste, about as thick as rich cream,with cold water; lay it on the stain gently, Without rubbing it in; leave it on all night. It will be dry by morning, when it can be brushed off, and unless an old stain. the greese spot will have disappeared. If old, renew the application. Grease on a carpet, ft not of long standing, can be readily disposed of by washing the spot With hot soap-suds and borax—half an ounce of borax to a gallon of water. Use a clean cloth to wash It with, rinse in warm water, and wipe dry. If spermaceti is dropped on any garment or furziture, lirst carefully scrape off all that can be removed without injury to Ue material; then lay brown paper over the spot, or a plece of blot- ting-paper, and put a warm fron on the paper unui the oil shows through. Continue to re- new the pap d appiy the warm iron uatil the pap ows no more ofl. Spots on furniture, trom anything hot, or from aiconhol, can be removed by rubbing hard with sweet-oll and turpentine. When the spots disappear, wash in milk-warm soap-suds, dry quickly, and polish by rubbing briskly with chamoi-skin. When re?vel has been wet and becomes spot- ted, hold the wrong side over steam, and while damp draw the wrong side quickly over a warm iron. It takes two to do this well—one to hold the bottom of the irom upward, and the second to draw the velvet across. Faint, pitch, or tar can be removed from cloth or wood by rubbing it with turpentine. If the paint has become dry, puta few drops of tur- pentine on the spot, and let it stand a short Ume; then rub the spot, and if all the paint ts not removed, repeat the work. When eatt gone, rub off with aleyhol. Paint and putty can be taken off glass by wet- ting the glass several times with a stroag solu- lion of soda. Wet the glass often with tt till the ften and can be washed off, and then ‘ith alcohol. y that has been spotted, or has grown yel- low, can be made as clear and fresh as new by rubbing with fine sand-paper, and then polish- ing with tinely powdered pumice stone. Mav bic can be nicely cleaned in the following manner: pulverize a little bluestone, aad mix with four ounces of whiting; add to these four ounces Of soft soap and one ounce of soda dis- solved in a very little water. Boil this prepara- ton ove ow fire fifteen minutes, stirring all Ube the. Lay it on the marble while hot, with aclean brush. Let it remain half an hour: then wash of a suds, Wipe dry, and polish by in quick rubbing. Grease can be removed from stone steps or passages by pouring on it strong soda water ling hot; then make fuller’s-earth into a thin paste with botiing water; spread it over the stain or spot, and Jet it remain all night. It the grease has soaked and dried in, it may be nec: Sary to repeat this for two ‘or three uigats, serubbing it off each morning with strong Soap- suds and lye. When houses are under repair and being painted, it is important that one should keep watch for such of! spots, as pain- ters are not overcareful in handling their oils, and such spots are very annoying. If ink has been spilled over rosewood or ma- ogany furniture, half a tea-spoonful of oil of vitriol in a table-spoonful of water, applied with a feather, will quickly remove it. Mk pes ee on Courier. One would imagine that the Water Depart- ment would be a good place to secure variety, but such is far from being the case. “Outside of — who pay rates when due and have no words about it, there is only one class. The man who has waited until notified that the wa- ter will be shut off, if he doesn’t come to time, walks into the office with a look of awful digni- ty on his brow, and says: “Going to shut my water off, eh?” 7 Stlence on the part of the clerk. “T'd like to see you try it on,I would! If this water department i ines that it runs the whole city, it will find itself grandly mis- en!” More silence from the clerk. “If the water had been shut off I’d have given es board such a tilt as it Ente’ had ep ! It brow-beat some mat it ma t Cwsarism on me!” ee aa eA es bios clerk — of ong window. “I now refuse to pay the rat and shut the water off if he dare! Tima Test case one to trample on me, and it's too late to in now.” The clerk wi and the aant citizen starts for Who door, Halts returns why, and says: “No, “<We have no Czar in this country, and—take change. THE OLD AND NEW. Lendon, Paris and St. Petersburg as Com) with New York—Amer- ica’s Metropolis a: msive City. euer, writes George Augustas, Sata fo the Worth * e American Review, when he sur' it luxury fee has bee! oth and refin between the one city of the United States and the capital of the Russian empire. Between New York and St. Petersburg there are, indeed, many remarkable points of similarity. Both cities are the of foreign singers and musicians, cooks, confectioners, florists caterers and -masters. The cost of elt t life in Petropolis is on a parity with that in Man- hattan. In both cities the monetary unity rep- resents a T value than it does in the older centres of civilization. In England, that unity is substantially not the pound but the shilling Sterling. In Paris itis the franc, Thus London is on the whole, a dearer city than Paris by twenty-five Centimes over and above the franc. We send a pound to a London charity or a pound aday for our parlor at a London hotel. ‘othe same purposes in Paris we devote 20 francs. It might be argued that in New York thesame theory of ae, would be repre- sented by a$ piece: but the American mone- tary unity is not five dollars, but one aollar; and, to a thousands intents and ee ae parchastng, power of the dollar in New York loes not exceed that of the Parisian franc or the London shilling. .In St. Petersburg THE UNITY IS THE RUBLE, which should be worth 75 cents, but which may be assessed at about 50. I never make bets,but, did I ever hazard any, I would confidently wager that living in quiet and undemonstrative com- fort in New York, indulging injno excess, either in the direction of stately apartments, rare wines or choice cigars, and hiring a carrii only when I absolutely needed one, I should nd every day nearly twice as much as I should Le gee in London or Paris, and only about one-third more than I should spend in St. Peter:burg. Thi; question of the relative cosili- ness of life in great capitals is assuredly a very important one, although it 1s often contemptu- ously neglected as unworthy the attention of serious essayists on political economy. But, as Mr. Carlyle pointed out long ago, mankind is very prone to dismiss as trivial and unimportant: subjects which are really of immediate and lasting concern to usall. Take the passion of sleep, for example. Once, at least,in the course of every 24 hours,on an average, humanity is bound to “assume the horizontal sition,” and to re- tain that ee for many hours, quite uncon- scious of business, pleasure, peace or war, and “4ts head full of the fooltshest of thoughts.” General and continuous insomnia for a fort- night would make an end of humanity alto geuiér; yet we trouble ourselves very little about the psychology of sleep; and the meta- physician has a great deal more to say about the soul, of which he can know absolutely noching, than about sleep, and especially about dreams, concerning which he must have, every night In his life, practical and curious experience. So is it In & measure as respects the cost of our eat- ing and drinking; and I know no more intricate problem than that of the e: ‘ive EXPENSIVENESS OF Ww YORK, as compared with that of other great cities. We know why food, with the single exception of bread, is dearin London. The trade in meat, fish, poultry and game, fruit and vegetables is mainiy in the hands oi wealthy and powerful monopolists; we are ill supplied with markets; almost every article of food which we consi? passes through the hands of and yields a profit to three or four middlemen before its reaches our mouths. Is this the case to a greater or to a lesser extent in New York? should under correction, that it is not the ease; t! if I am to place any faith in the published price. lists of the markets from day to day. Thos lists tell me that meat, fish, poult game, fruit, vegetables and dairy produce are’ at least 30 per cent. cheaper in New York than in Lon- don; yet the retail prices of such articles which the guest at a first-class hotel or restaurant in New York fs called upon to pay are at least 49 per cent. above the charges which would be made for similar articles in analogous establisn- ments in London, At our mo=t fashtonable watering-places, for example, Brighton and Scarborough, first-class board can be obtained at from 8s. to 10s.—$2 to $2.50—a day; but, if my American guide-books and my “Dictionat it New York” are trust worthy authorities, here represent only board of a decidedly class character. May Jurors Eat and Drink. pegs of the jury drinking wine during the trial of the seven bishops, it is stated in 1 Inst. 227, that “when the evidence is given the jury are to be kept together till they bring in their verdict, without speech with any, and without meat or drink, fire or candle, otherwise than with leave of the court, by consent of the par- ties; and the court may give them leave to eat or drink at the bar, but not out of court.” If jurymen, after being sworn, either before or after they are agreed of the verdict, eat and drink,the verdict may be zood but they are fina- ble; but if it be at the charge of either parties the verdict is void. Old Dyer mentions a case where the judge was informed that the jury had eaten food after they had retired, and he found that they had had some ““pippins,” ot which some confessed that they had eaten, but others said they had not. His lordship severely reprimanded them all, and fined those who had eaten twelve shillings each, and the not, six shillings each, “for that th i, €., the apples) in their pockets. ‘Term, 6 Henry VIII., it appeared by a motion in the court of queen’s bench that fx a case tried befcre Lord Chief Justice Reed, the jury, after being locked up and before giving their verdict, had eaten and drank. The chief justice fined them heavily, but took their verdict. An ap- plication was made in term to set aside the ver- dict for irregularity, the jury having eaten when they ought to have fasted, and another motion was made to have the fines inflicted upon the jurors remitted. The “twelve men and true” said that they had all made up their minds before they ate, and returning into court to deliver their verdict found that thé lord chief justice had run out to see thereupon, not knowing when the judge wi return, they had eaten refreshments. ay, uid The court held the tines to have been properly in- fileted but did not disturb the verdict. In Iowa, lately, it ieee eae that the drink- ing of two glasses of by a juror, p: trial, aiter the adjournment of the cou eleven hours before another s vitlate the verdict; nor does the by a juror, during the trial, of a small quantity’ of intoxicating Hquor, for medicinal 3, ab ni ford grounds for a ne And in other states the taking Of spirituous refresh- ments is not of itself sufficient ground for set- ting aside a verdict; nor even though the dri: ing was in a saloon'with the sheriff. Atthough if juror takes the Hquor at the invitation and at the expense of the party who afterward gets the verdict, or at his own exrense dr much that he does not know wh a new trial will be granted.—C the Albany Law Jovrial, nks So t he ts about, pow lees ‘She Astor Fool. New York Letter to Rochester Democrat.] It isan old saying “that the idiot in every generation Jol Son was in tits condilton, private asylum. He 1 survived lus father death the body was pla: and the private asyluin was transferred to other purposes. Willlam A Astor, is not Inch better than the first idiot, and as Willtam learned the unfortunate condition of the bo placed him on the farm at Rhinebeck, wher seemed safe from all temptation. mistake was in not muring him up ina private asylum, as had been done with the first idiot. Henry imagined himselt a preacher, and would occasionally entertuin the kit circle with a sermon, clad for the occasion in a nightshirt. If any one smiled durlag the service he might expect a blow trom the indignant preacher.. Henry became the com ion of the farm hands, through whose meaium he got acquainted with an inferior family, where a matrimonial trap was soon suc- cessfully sprung. William was thunderstruek by the news that his imbecile son was not only married, but was living at his wife’s home. Henry Astor, while: preaching fn the kitchen, awoke the merriment of a young girl, whereupon he picked up a wash basin and dealt her a severe blow. ‘This was followed by other violence, and the result was that the one parents sued him laying the damages at $20,000. ‘The Astors were seriously perplexed by this difficulty, but concluded to defend the case, A heavy verdict, however, was rendered against the would-be preacher, whose relatives then Placed him under sufficient restraint to prevent any recurrence of the trouble. The which captured him is said to be satisfactoi pen- sioned, and Henry is now the object of his brother's care. They are his and the precent sale of the Astor house is merely to set- a the estate and place his share in aseparate ape. A REMARKABLE Case.—The Rev. Marcus Or- mend, when at Washington, Pa., abeut a year ago, was awakened trom a nd was kept 1: to be an old man, oO! Es 458 EVEE good | CURING BY COMPRESSED AIR. Aeropathic Treatment and an Im- reved Wa Administering : Ammsthetios. [Paris Correspondence Edinburgh Scoteman.} It was my Rea, fortune to meet the other dav &t breakfast M. Paul Bert, a name perfectly well known to men of science and of: and icine. ;: Among the many M, Paul Bert has given his attention bos eee of the protoxide azote as an anzsthet I, in an incautious moment, expressed my curiosity to see it applied. A day or two afterwards I received a letter appointin; let i this morning for an ——— ged arerry of Dr. eae e operat ) can, & mn. OF European celebrity. At 10:30" x was ae, the rendezvous. A handsomely-furnished salon pre- cedes the room in which the “A thy,” which constitutes the motive of the eS is Sh = on effect # is Spiane! for curing people by the air-pump. Youentera room which there is a row of circular vessel or cells, about 8 feet and 6 feet in diameter, made of powerful boiler tron, with air- tight doors, and with four Junettes or circular lights of thick glass. Lookihg into one of-these it appears like a little parlor-cell, carpeted and containing a handsome velvet-covered easy- chairandatable. Into this you are invited to Walk. You are locked in. You take with you a book. You do not change your clothes, you simply sit down and wat events. As soon as the chamber is air-tight a cock is turned and the pressure is increased inside to as many atmos- heres as may have been deemed desirable. ‘he air thus forced in is filtrated through cot- ton and compressed in water. Thus the whole body is subjected to an atmosphere of com- ressed air. The ears begin to feel the pressure, ut itis instantly relieved by swallowing the epi or by simply blowing the nos*. The pa- ‘ents remain in this agreeable bath for two hours, and fiom the number of well-thumbed novels I saw on the table I should say’that, on the whole, there are few remedies so attractive. Remarkable results have been achieved, espe- cially with asthmatic patients, by this process. From ten to thirty ces ‘are necessary to effect a cure. I was now shown that one of these cells had been prepared for the operation I had come to witness. A mattress had been laid on tressels, with pillows, &c., leaving ample room under it for a reservoir of considerable size, M. Paul Bert was already on the scene, and after a short time a stout bonne arrived, who in a few min- utes had unpacked a neat box containing sur- gicsi instruments in painful variety, cotton ¥col, sponges and a pair of Indla-rubber arm- \ 1s for the surgeon. ‘The latter's assistant ar- yanged the instruments, wrapped his arms in linen, hung a dozen carefully selected threads over his button, and then examined all the ar- rapgements as coolly as if he were going to cut ‘up a cabbage or a fish. Meantime the great surgeon arrived, a tall, fipe-looking man of about fifty, in black dress clothes, pertectly at his ease, and we learned that he had selected for my delectation the oreration of cutting a tumor out of the breast ofa woman. There was a little delay in bring- ing the gas. The reservoir of caoutchouec had been filled, but it leaked,and it, was, after dis- cussion, decided that india-rubber was not the roper material for bottling up the proxtde. ‘his gas 1s frequently used In its ordinary form by simple inhalation by dentists and othe! ministered brut, the patient becomes b! the fac® as if asphyxiated. Dr. Péan dec! that though he had tried to operate on patient: to whom it had been administered in this w their aspect so unnerved him that he could notoperate. The process of M. Paul Bert en- trely removes this difficulty. When the pro- toxide is administered in an atmosphere of 25 degrees pressure, these appearances and spasms do not occur. M. Paul Bert explained that this for all surgical operations preferable to chloroform. The ratio between the zsthetic effectiveness of chloroform and deadliness—i. e., absolute killing power—is 5to 7 between the protoxide efficiency as an anssthetic and death, 1to5. Twomen carried a large india-rubber bag formed like a bellows and placed it under the operator’s table in the cell. The great sur- Zeon enters, orders the lamp to be lit inside and raws on “his india-rubber sleeves. M. Paul Bert holds in his hand the inhaler. It ts like the or- dinary inhalers, made to fit over the nose and mouth, but instead of wool or cotton round its edge it has an air cushion of india-rubber. ‘This is town up by a little tube attached to the re- servoir. A little old woman, not much over four feet two, appears, With thin, wrinkled, but fine-cut features, inclosed In a white [rilled cap. She walks in steadily, her thin lips, however, tightly compressed. Gets up and les down quietly. In £0 e surgeon and his assistant and a man to hold the lamp. I was pontey, invited to enter, but happily declined. _1 selected one of the win- dows, through which I could perfectly see under a fine light the whole operation. The five people are shut into the cloche; it is screwed up; a cock is turned, the air rushes in. It wanted exactly eighteen minutes to 12. In three minutes the gauge outside showed that the pressure inside was twenty-five degrees. ‘The woman shut her eyes and put herhand a moment over her face. I could see she was praying. At 11:46 M. Paul Bert passed the inhaler over her face. The at- mospheric pressure facilitates the breathing, and this is the point of M. Bert’s improvements. In about sixty seconds she gives a long breath. Her hands are drawn down and held by the as- sistant. In exactly eighty seconds he lets them go, they lie flaceid. At il:45 the strong fingers holding the knife made the first incision. At this tine she was breathing with perfect regu- larity, 30 to21 a minute. There was no discol- oration of the skin, no sign of asphyxia. She moaned a little, but she lay there apparently ubfceling while that skilful deep and then probing and t up and skilfully binding. and five minutes later the came out. The woman lay care was given during the woman's respiration or her pt this anesthetic, applied under these conditions, that the surgeon 1s not obliged to trowble him- Self about Uthat. The inconveniences are the pneumatic apparatus, which is of sucha size that it can scarcely be carried about, and the slight inconvenience to the operator of inhali ag the compressed air, but I could see that it dit es py way affect the steadiness or the skill of Dr. Pean. How Puris Combats Cold. [Correspondence New York Tribune. } A severe T tells while it lasts with keen- er force in Pi than in New York. Here we are noi, as a rule, prepared for inclemsnt weather. The houses are neither made to give shade from flerce heat in summer nor to pro- tect against the bitter cold which north winds invariably bring with them, no matter fa what Season they may blow. I suppose that one of the reasons why architects have, in this city, taken no thought to provide forthe rapid y rations of temperature is that, whenever tht come to the worst in France, they usually mend. This law applies equally to polities, ma andthipgs Climatic. We are obliged to se: when the strain on our philosophy or po: endurance is severe, make-shift remodies generally ude us over the many: pleasantly enough. ‘The poor generaily rolied up in flann iron which she warms oa petroleum cooking ‘agus & {cotstool during the I he is engaged with her needle and thread. the same stove her bouillon gras simmers th whole day long, to provide In the evening a suc- culent and seasonable meal. She protects, in going out, ber feet from the snow and frost by woolen stockings,coarse flannel boots and wood- en shoes, into which before putting them onsae has slipped a pair of cork soles. The pelites bourgeois fortify themselves in their domiciles agalnst cold, as the garrison of a beleaguered fort would take precautions against an inside- ous, cruel aud ever-watehtul enemy. Every door and window are calked up with bourrelet, i. e. a tube of calico stuffed with tow and naile along orifices above, below, down straight, and, in short, wherever the wind is in the habit of pence Hot ashes are piled up at the \cks of fire-places, Closed stoves are never used in Paris unless in omnibus offices, the ante- rooms of private houses and in the lodginzs of r people, who do all their cookin ing in the single sitting-room. A closed stove is a confession of poverty. Thecalorifere, which heats the whole house, 1s very rare. Ia new and very expensive houses, let in flatg, there is apparatus for warming entrance hall and com- mon ; and, in such weather as that which now prevails and suspends the general life of the city, they area boon. But, I should ‘say that there are fully 99 per cent, of the Par- isian houses which are without heating stoves of this kind in the basement. The occupant of each flat has to resist as well as he can the Stream of freezing alr that forces its way from the common stairs into the different flats. AsI said, hot ashes are sedulously econoimized and piled up at the backs of the fire-places. American families here are fond of having in mich coke can E i hours when AMERICAN Honses rv EXGLAND.—Mr. Lorlillard’s Un of nr Cherokee and Friar were struck out of all their English engage- men’ this year; but there are more Ameri- ft in to contest the coming ito, Geraldine, Pap- poose, iw, Mistake, Siy Dance, Wallen- stein, Wyandotte, I iy on Boreas, San- heavily into ‘Indian ‘narne, it will bs obsscved, Yet not exclusively, All, or all But one, of these are the races of 1830, In aJ- for this year’: Paw Pay “EMPEROR NORTON” BEAD. GONE TO JOIN THE COUNT JOHANNES—MOURNING IN SAN FRANCISCO—THE LAST OF A WIDELY FAMOUS CHARACTER. {San Francisco Call, Jan. 9.] Last night ata quarter-past 8 o’clock Joshua Norton, univ known and known almost only as Emperor Norton, died suddenly in this city. He had started Scape with the the east line of Dupont halted then staggered forward, iaited for a moment, then halted and then fell prone on the side- walk. ‘illiam groll, doing business at No. 537 California street, Who was ing up California street immediately behind the Emperor, saw him fall and hastened to aid him. With the assistance of others who quickly arrived the Emperor was placed in a sitting posture on the wet pavement, with his back supported agatnst the wall of the corner house. His hiessness and his head falling forward on his breast indi- cated to the rapidly gathering crowd, every one of whom knew him, and knew him to be idl temperate, that something serious had befallen him, and the police officer of the beat hastered for a carriage to convey him to the City Receiv- ing Hospital. Speedily as the hack had ‘been procurred, when it arrived at the place Norton was dead. On the reeking pavement, in the darkness of a moonless night, under the drip- ping rain and surrounded by a hastily gathered crowd of wondering’ bpere a orton I., by the ce of Gt che United States and tector of Mexico, departed this life. Other sovereigns have died with no more of kindly care; other sovereigns have died as they have lived, in allthe pomp of earthly majesty; bat geath naving touched them Norton 1. rises up the exact peer of the haughtiest king or kaiser that ever wore a crown. Perhaps he will rise more than the peer of most of them. IMPERIAL DOCUMENTS. Upon his person were found $2.50 in gold. $3 in silver and a five franc silver plece of the tssue of 1825, and also fictitious telegrams from con- temporaneous poteutates, all written on genu- ine telegraphic blanks, and delivered to him probably by persons who meant Norton no lan and did him none by catering in good humor to his harmless delusion. Th? following are some of the messages taken from his pock- ets at the Morgue: x; Léxpon, Sept. 13, 1879. H.R. H. to Nontox I., Emperor of the U. 8. Entertain U, 8. Grant on his arrival at the ex- nse of this government, apd draw funds through ritish Consul, BEACONSFIELD, P. Minister. Br. PeTEesscna, Sept 26. Norrox L., Epona of U. 8. and Pro. Mex. ‘We are advised that Queen Victoria will join with you in wedlock to bind closer the ties of the Uited tates and Hnglacd. ‘We approve most heartily you. and congratulat i i ALEXANDER, @zar Rass ia. FROM FRANCE. ‘Panis, Sept. 26. Nonton I., Emperor U. S. and Protector of Mex- So Through diplomatic circles we understand that Queen Victoria will pro} pose marriage to you as o means of uniting England and the United States. Consider well and do not accept. No good would ‘Wait for letters. GBEvy, Pres. French Republic. The following proclamation is printed on parchment:— PROCLAMATION. ‘The taxpayer is now feeling the effects of univer- eal sufirage and the American vote; and, whereas, the fraudulent system which the politicians have en- gendered cannot give the taxpayer his pro rata of fhe spoils. Now, therefore, I, Norton I., Deo Gratias, do hereby prohibit ‘thé Water Commissioners from stening the Spring Valley Water bill under penalty of decapitaticn, until a rounder system shall have been adopted. "Given under our hand and seal. The seal to the foregoing is a specially gaudy one. ‘There was what was evidently a dispatch from Hong Kong, China, but as the dispatch Was all In Chinese’ characters tts grave portent could not be ascertained. There was a letter from a young lady of Sacramento requesting his autograph, as she was collecting the signa- tures of all famous people. BIOGRAPHY OF THE DECEASED. Joshua A. Norton was born in London, Eng- land, on the 4th day of February, 1517. He came to San Francisco in November, 1848, from Val- paraiso, Chile, where he arrived but a short Ume before from Cape Town, South Africa. He is remembered by the early ploneers as having been a shrewd, safe and prosperous man, pos- sessing more than ordinary intellizence, fertile of resource and enterprising. His business pu: suits were varied, but it appears that his busi- ness career culminated in a grand effort to get a “corner” on rice, which staple was, some four- teen or sixteen years ago, a favorite article for speculation, He purchased all that was in the city, and, as rumor has it, all that he could as- certain was in transit, paying large prices, with a view of controling a future market. Of Mac- ondray & Co. he bought a large cargo, to arrive, agreeing to pay fifteen cents per pound or thereabouts, Other shipments, however, that he knew not of were reported ‘in the mean- time, and upon the arrival of Macon- dray & Co.'s cargo the market was so “flav” that he could not meet his contract, and a protracted lawsuit followed, during which the mania that he was “Emperor” first became manifest. He sald that he pro} to compro- mise the matter with Messrs. Macondray & Co. by marrying Macondray’s daughter and In- vesting her with tbe royal title of Empress. His hallucination was that he w Emperor of Cali- fornia and Protector of Mexico. In accordance with this belief his sole purpose in life was to properly administer to nis subjects, and do everything possibie for the promotion of pros- nd the advancement of his domintons. is diplomatic relations with other countries were not lost sight of, and he proiited by closely observ ing the progress or downfall of othe tions, usfug theit experience in his poner By proclamations. which sometimes to humor his whim were published ta the city press, he communicated to his subjects his ide2s of pro- gress and justice. He never failed to attact his signature, with the imperial seal, “Norton J., Emperor of California ard Protector of Mexico, Del gracia.” Tas from day to day he busted himself with the affairs of his Empire. 1is belief that he ruled most royally was strengthened by the homage that all showed him. HIS APPEARANCE, He could be readily recogaized by his dress, as he paid no attention whatever to the varying fashion. Its coat was navy blue, cut in a mill- tary style and lavishly trimm=4d with brass but- tons. come of it. In his hat there always waved a p) ers. He always wore a button-hole fiower. He usually carried a cane which represented a ake wound around a limb, of which he was proud, a3 he had frequently created a sensation in the houses of legislature by setting the rattle in motion. & good conversationalist, and having a free access to all the Ibraries'and readlag rooms kept well posted oneurrent topics. Me attended such of the theatersas he pleased, and journeyed by rail and other public conveyances without expense. He was on famillar terms with all officials, high and low, feeling thit they were merely his favored subjects, “When he wished money he would sign one of the i perial drafts, and presenting ft to an acquamnt- ance who humored his delusion got tt cashed. He kept a large quantity of these drafis on hand. The following 15 a copy of what. has long = Known tn San Francisco as the Emperor’s scrip: No. 3043.—United States.—The Imperial Govera- ment of Norton I. promises to pay the holder here- of the sum of Fifty Cents in the year 1890, with terest at 4 per cent.per annum, from date, the prin- cipal and interest to be convertible, at the option of the holder, at maturity, into 20 years 4 per cant. Bonds, or payable in Gold Coin. Given under our Royal hand snd seal, this 8th day of January, 1880. NORTON I., Emperor. A FIVE-BY-NINE PALACE. The Emperor had occupied a room tn the Eu- reka Lodging House, on Commercial street, for the past seventeen years. He paid nis room tent (fifty cents) every night before retiring. When & Call reporter fast night visited the apartment occupied by the deceased Emperor for so many years the room was in the same conditioa 1a which it had been left by him a few hours be- fore. It is about nine by five feet in size, and has one small window 1ronting on Commercial eon ana photren voy a fone ee graphs and photographic representations of some of his royal equals, including Queen Emma, of the Sandwich Tianas, and one of the Em- the were a quantity iS and ne\ clippings to im- perial ion and giving his tions, is- sued and in various places, some date in Oakland, ot Ta- mento, luma and wns. De- cayed and venerable I unt coats and blue the room. ‘The land: ‘that allowed aay- thing to be mot and a few months ago, wien she took of some very dilapidated its, he deep dis- Bl le was in the It every rae ‘orton wi belonging Occidental F. and A. M. As he was in up #5 the time of the a) ‘his ‘brethren have siuce contributed a regular stipend to. his sup He is dead, and no citizen of San Francisco could have been taken: who would be than J a ‘more generally missed Norton, alias X Ercan uae rs Mn. OLtvER D. great Minneso Wheat this year. He will have twenty steam threchems ft ehp-s, Last. year he + FASHIONABLE STATIONERY. Thick heavy paper in English styles is fash- a gy = ‘The choice lies betws Pn een smooth-woven paper with a satin-like finish, not laid with << and the rough-finished known to di as “cold pressed,” w! shows a rough surface not pleasant for ladies who do not bear heavily on their pens. Pure white paper is most gen- erally liked, but there is a fancy at present for colored papers in quaint shades, such as light violet, or Marshal Neil yellow, or else a nonde- script tint known as asfre (starlight), and also gris clair, which is a fine French gray, and es- pecan, popular. The note or letter sheet folds it once, doubling the by maki top and bottom aes envelope. This envelope and the sheet within are of modest dimensions, rather than the formidable size used by English ladies, who write a la and more angular hand than that adopted by their closest imitators in this country. The monogram or crest marks both paper and envelopes, and may be plain white em! or in blended colors. For mono- grams the preference is for pure white raised letters; the single initial of the family name, ‘once so much used to mark stationery, is now seldom seen. Gentlemen use rough paper of thick, heavy quality, with what fs tecnnically called “laid finish,” that ts, with ribs or reps. This ts of the good old-fashioned commercial ote size, which ts to be folded in three layers, to fit easily in envelopes that are also calle commercial note size. Square envelopes are not used by men of fashion. Wkat has been said about mon ladies holds ms and heraldic devices for for gentlemen. Correspondence cards of syuare Bristol- board occupy an important part in the sta- tionery of ladies, as they are used for short notes, for regrets, acceptances, etc. These may be plain-edged, or gilded. or perhaps be- yelled slightly to display the gilded or silvered edge. Sometimes they are prettily orna- mented with Japanese letters in blended colors, spelling the days of the week; still others have e address of the writer and her monogram in white embossed letters, or else in gay cdlors contrasted in a way that is very decorative. ‘These cards, or else small note sheets, are used to accept or decline formal invitations, and these should be in a lady’s own handwriting. It is considered very bad style to send an en- graved regret or acceptance card, also to use stereoptyped phrases In expressinz one’s regret or pleasure. It 1s also necessary that when the invitations request the favor of an answer, the reply be sent as soon as possible. By-the-wa the use of the letters R. S. V. P. (repondez s'il vous plait) is being abandoned in exclusive clr- cles, it being argued that the obligation to re- turn an answer to an invitation should be un- derstood by all well bred people without a special request to that effect. Visiting-cards areoft unglazed Bristol-board, with the name engraved in solid English script, The cards used by ladies are muci larger than the small English cards adopted by gentlemen. The title, whether Mr., Mrs., or Miss, must not be omitted. and the address, if added, is now laced ‘in the lower right-hand corner. If a lady has a special day in the week for receiving. that day is also announcrd on her card, in the corner opposite to that used for the address. Invitations to entertainments are as plain and simple as itis possibleto make them. They are worded in the simplest formula, and are en- graved on small note sheets, or else on the Square cards described above as correspon- dence cards. Ali showy decorations in the way of gilded initials and monograms are avoided; if a monogran or crests used, it is merely embossed, not colored, and 18 only on me note sheet. nof on the envelope. Ly A old-time wording ts also liked, such as “Re. quests the honor of your presence,” Instead of the “At home” announcement. The Eng custom is adopted here of leaving a blank sp: in engraved invitations, and in this space the hostess writes the guest’s name. This ts con- sidered especially elegant for tavitations to dinners and luncheons. For such parties the keeps the: ete, " “Requests the pleasure of your company is the phrase used on these and general invi- tations, while “At ee re ue TOF large receptions, especially for those giv after a wi ding.” For the afternoon teas that are now so fashionable the square card ts used with the name of the hostess, and perhaps that of her daughters, below it. 1t#s also a special compliment if the host’s name appears with his wife’s on Invitations to teas. The date, as “Thursday, February 21,” with the words “Tea at four o'clock.” are then engraved on the left- hand side of the card, and the address is oppo- site. Such a card is also used for a party in which a young lady is introduced into society. The simple invitation for a debutante’s party lately held in the most exclusive society is merely the name of the parents, with the young lady’s name beneath. Then the hour and date of recenuon are engraved on the left side, and the address is on the lower right-hand corner. The name of the debutante is during the first winter engraved also on her mother’s cards that announce her weekly receptions. For large soirees and Germans a small note sheet is used. and the word ‘‘German,” or Soiree Musicale, or some other word describing the proposed entertainment, follows the for- mula of invitation. There 1s no change in the style of wedding invitations since they were last noted in the Bazar. The formula remains as simple and condensed as possible, and the whole invitation appears on a small note sheet that 1s to be folded double and fitted into a small square envelope; no abbreviations and no figures musi appear on this page, and here the stately old English wording 1s especially appropriate, thus the honor of the guest’: ence is , at home v the invitations are toa reception given by the parents “in honor of the marriage of their daughter,” etc. The cards sent out by a newly married pair announce their days of receptions as “Thursdays in January,” bear both names with merely “At Home,” and their new address. When there has been no wedding, and this is the first announcement of the marriage, the a card, bearing her maiden name, is in- Name cards for each {plate and menus are now most beautifully decorated. The latest fancy is to ornament dinner cards with a reat flower or leaf, attached to the card so that it can not be rubbed off. The fringed gentian, the wild pink. a spray of eglantine, or a maiden- hair fern leaf is seen on each card; one corner of the card is then turned down. These cards are not usually square, but are cut diagonal atthe ends. Any decoration in color on such cards is done by hand when in the best style, instead of being lithographed. Greek Indifference to Color. ‘The fundamental cause of the Greek indiffer- ence to color was the anthropomorphic ten- dency of the Hellenic mind. Impersonal nature had not yet in the heart of Homer and his suc- cessors secured that sacred place which shg has found in the heart of modern poets; and ff re venge she concealed her greatest charms, he beautiful hues and tints from the eyes of the all-personitying bard. The human element in natural scenery alone had an interest for the Greek. He transformed not merely the grand and aw inspiring powers of nature into mani- festations of a personal will, but he invested every river, brool ' aa fountain, wary tree and evel mnowygin, with a geni«s ioci, a demon, & nymph, or Bome other male or female deity. This preference for the human element is shown in their literature and art as well as in their mythology. Epic and dramatic poetry, which have man for their eertheett reached with them a degree of fection that has never been surpassed; while of the poetry of cal ‘and descriptive verse. is decidedly modern, lke the love of color. Descriptive poetry, indeed, a8 late even as Virgil, is extremely rare, vague. and imperfect. And the same may be said of Greek painting. It spite of the extraordinary stories told of some painters, art critics are that the pictorial art among the ancient Greeks was far inferior to the other plastic arts. They were ignorant of the more refined artistic uses of perspective; =~ had no oll-colors; and even as late as Alexander’s time, black, white, red and yellow were the only colors used in their bape ‘The absence of green and blue cht be attributed to the want of proper pig- fous ments, but it is evident that the they had really Greeks, if felt the need of such Pigments, would have soon discovered them somewhere. and Hence the ee fae blue is more probably due to the that they are pi the colors of nat and were therefore not wanted, since in Gree! nature occupied as subordinate a position as does in their literature. at the whole matter in a ical spirit, we ought per- haps to be that ws of mental piano the ssthetic a it of -sense among the Greeks. con- their ference to color, the DSgRRE TE RPA rs wax ee 4 CANDY, Cures. ‘and ts, and Price Su cents and fg gent te ere and retail from following depots: Peaevece: 2i Bec file Gia, Depot 1216 2.w., over REED'S: ES Se 5 Loay Oeric: endo 3007 Teh et. aw. by mal or telephone will be delivered frse ie ‘operation with 135 ma-| 7m. 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