Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1895, Page 17

IN CASE OF SHOCK A Life-Saving Crew to Be Formed by Local Electricians. MEN MAY BE CAUGHT IN CURRENTS Cases Where Victims Have Been Brought Back to Life. RULES FOR EMERGENCIES RRANGE MENTS are being made by Local Union, No. 26, of Electrical Work- ers of this city, to organize ai “‘life- saving crew” for the resuscitation of members of the craft who may be so un- AN WANN WANS line of duty. Organ- izations of a similar character are in existence in New York, Chicago and many other large cities, and they have proven to be very useful, the instances being rare, indeed, that they have iot been able to restore to life and health a man who has received a shock from a live electric wire. That a set of rules could be devised by the observance of which the unfortunate victim of electricity could be restored to consciousness, was, until, a few months go, resarded as an impossibility, and the discovery that such could be accomplish- ed was the merest accident. About the time mentioned a lineman in the city of Chicago while at work was caught in a circuit of between 1,800 and 2,000 volts. He was, of course, at once rendered uncon- cious, and it was believed he was dead, ut his fellow workmen, with whom he Was unusually popular, determined to bring him back to hfe if pessihble. One of the men had read a little about what to do un- der other emergencies, and he took charge of the case, his associates working under his direction. Note of every step made in the progress of the treatment was taken and the result of the course adopted prov- ing successful, the man being compara- tively restored in less than ten minutes, They reported their experience to the lo- cal union. At the suggestion of the union an ac- count of the course of treatment was sent to all the unions of electrical workers in the United States, in order to benefit their fellow-craftsmen as much as possible in case any of them should be called upen to pass through an experience similar to that of the Chicago brother. So life-saving ctews were at once organized in many Pleces, the members of which keep them- ad AN fortunate as to re- Yijijj;:\ AWN ceive an electric Mt) \ WY shock while In the | To Expand the Lungs. gelves fully: posted on the rules, and they are instantly ready when notified that an ¢lectrician has been shocked to do all in their power to relieve him. It is claimed that if these rules are strictly followed and Promptly carried into effect there is no case where the victim of the current cannot bo brought back to conscicusness in from six to ten minutes, and eventually to health, unless the brain be roasted or the lungs rarbonized. An Electrician's Opinion. A prominent electrician of this city, in talking on this matter to a Star reporter, said: “There is no man that can say posi- tively that a man ts killed outright by an electric shock, as has been proven during the last month in the case of President Sherman of the National Brotherhood of Blectrical Workers, and Mr. Grover, both of Rochester, N. ¥., each of whom received ® voltage of between 1,800 and 2,000, which 4s much greater than is used at electrocu- tions of murderers at Sing Sing and Au- burn. Both men recovered. There are men living today who, by being caught in both arc light and alternating currents, have fens greater shocks than have ever en used for officially putting a man to leath. There is in this city today a man Who a few years ago was caught in a 60- Ught circuit, each lamp having a voltage f 45, or an aggregate of 2,700 volts, and is experience, as related by himself, was as follows: ““& second after I was caught I became — California orset Parlors, 627 11THST.. 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I saw fire of a greenish hue flying from my nose and mouth for some time, and could taste copper for weeks thereafter.’ ” A second case was that of a man in Bal- timore who was caught in a 3,000 volts al- ternating current while working on the top of a ladder about a mile from the power station. By the carelessness of a man in Back With the Elbows. the lighting station, ne was thrown into the middle of the street. An alarm was sounded by the police, and as quickly as pessible the man was removed to a hos- pital. He was restored to consciousness in a few moments after his arrival at the rospital, but it was found that the pliers which he held in his right hand, and tha wire in his left, had burned each hand to a crisp as deep as the bone. The unfortu- nate man was made a cripple for life, anq@ bis hands have been utterly useless to him since the accident, but the company by which he was employed has pensioned iim for life. They Dread n Repetition. This man sald that when he was shocked it seemec to him as though some one had struck him in the head with a bar of iron, and he knew no more until he regained consciousness at the hospital, where he was amazed to find the doctors standing over him. Both these men have declared that not for a million dollars would they be willing to repeat their experience, even if they had a guarantee that they would ccme out of ‘he ordeal as fortunately aa they did before. The rules which are generally posted in where electricity is handled as a 1 agent are as follows: of apparert death from an Pelling the Tongue. , electric shock no time should be lost to induce artificial respiration. The body must be placed upon the back. A roll, made of a coat, or anything else convenient (rolled, not folded), is placed under the shoulders, and must be sufficiently large to so prop up the spine as to drop the head backward. The operator should hind the head of the subject, fa grasp the elbows and draw them w the head, so as to bring them almost to- gether above it, and hold them there for two or three seconds, as can be seen in figure 1. To Induce Respiration. _ “The operator should then carry the elbows down to :he sides and front of the chest, firmly compressing it by throwing his weight upon the elbows, as in figure 2. “After two or three seconds the arms should be again carried above the head, and the same maneuver should be repeated at the rate of fifteen or sixteen times a minute. This manipulation stimulates respiration in the following manner: When the arms are extended over the head the chest walls are expanded, just as in in- spiration, and if the throat is clear the air will rush into the lungs. When the arms are brought down’ to the sides of the chest, compressing it, the air is expelled just as in expiration. “The operator must appreciate the fact that the manipulation must be executed with methodical deliberation, just as de- scribed, and never hurriedly nor half- heartedly. To grasp the arms and move them rapidly up and down like a pump- handle is both absurd and absolutely use- less. “In addition to this the tongue must be drawn out to free the throat. An assistant sheuld take the tongue, held by a cloth or handkerchief to prevent slipping, and draw it forcibly out during the act of in- spiration, or when the arms are extended above the head, and when the chest is compressed it may be allowed to recede. An illustration of how this can be done can be seen in figure 3. “This rhythmical traction upon the tonzue Is In itself an excellent stimulant of “espiration. It acts not only by freeing the throat of the tongue, which may fall baca and obstruct breathing, but also by reflex irritation, through the fraenum or bridle under the tongue being drawn forci- bly against the lower teeth.” - — 7s Ml NNESS. A Southerner Who Was Lacking in the Traditionary Traits of That Sec- tion. “J have been all over the country,” re marked a gray-haired Mississippian, “and have had more or less to do with men of all sections, but the meanest man I ever knew lived in T’ anessee.” “Recently?” ir quired a Star reporter. “No, years ago; in slavery times. I had heard about the kind of a chap he was, in- cluding the fect that he was worth a hun- dred thousand dollars, but I thought most of it was the usual gossip one can always hear about rich folks when they are a lit- tle ‘near.’ When I took my turn at a deal with him, however, I found that the half had not been told me. My experience was this: I was living at that time in his neigh- borhood, and, among the blacks we had as house servants, was a girl that had become so obstreperous that my wife insisted on selling her. She was worth $1,200, and a buyer had offered me that for her, but.my wife wouidn’t listen to her being sold to a buyer and the trade was off. But old man Muggins, let us call him, had heard of my wanting to sell her, and he came to see about it. My wife told him she wanted the girl to get into good hands and was willing to get less for her if she knew she was to have a good home. The old man said he had just the place for her on a farm he had up the country and he needed a woman there to cook for his hands, and that he would guarantee good treatment and a steady home. He was so nice about it and showed such an interest in the girl's wel- fare that my wife let the old man have her for $800, and he took her away with him the next day. Two days later my wife met him and told him that she felt so bad about sending the girl away and was so afraid that she would not be comfortable in her new place that she had fixed up a lot of bedclothes and a bedstead, with some other little odds and ends, for her use and would send them over to the old gentleman's house to be sent to the girl. He was just as nice about this as he was about the other, agree- ing to send the stuff to her at once, and again assuring my wife that the girl would be well cared for. By this time my wife was glad she hed sold the girl, and she couldn't be too loud in her praises of Mr. Muggins. Three or four weeks later I made a discovery, and then our feelings un- derwent a change with reference to our neighbor.”” “Had he treated the gtrl badly?” asked The Star man. “Well,” hesitated the talker, “I don’t know what you would call it exactly, but it was this way: As soon as he got.the girl from us for $800 he had hurried her off to the buyer and sold her to him at $1,200, making a elean four hundred, and then when he got hold of the stuff my wife had sent to him to send the girl, I’m a goat. if he didn’t sell that, too, to a second-hand furniture dealer for $4 and soak it away with his other savings. Now, what do you and the old gentleman's “Yes, and he died ten years sooner than he might have, !f he hadn’t worried him- self to death because he couldn't take his money with him to the grave.” SS A Suspictous Death. James 8. Cool, an undertaker of Bay City, Mich., died suddenly Thursday even- ing, under circumstances that have Induced Coroner Cone to make an investigation. Cool was over seventy years of age, and a widower. He had fallen in love with a pretty girl of twenty-two years, and they Were soon to be married. Cool’s family bitterly opposed the match. GRANITE CUTTERS Their Local Union Nearly Half a Century Old. STEADILY SUCCESSFUL FROM THE START Higher Wages and Less Hours of Work Obiained. OBJECTS OF THE ORDER The Washington Branch of the Granite Cutters’ National Unton has the unusual honor of carrying on its rolls the name of every member of the cr#it within its juris- dicticn. It was organized almost half a i century ago, but was not affilieted with the rational bedy until 1878, acd after it had been in existence for thirty-one years. From the latter. date its officers have labored assiduously for the upbuiiding of the order, and to secure the maximum rate of wages that it was possible to obtain, and in 1880 it secured the rate of $2.50 for ten hours per day. Many of the members were, however, not satisfied either with this scale of wages or the hours, and they continued to agitate the subject of more pay and less hours. In 1882 their demand for $3 pay for a day of nine hours was granted. The pay and hours continued at these figures for the en- suing four years, but in 1886, after a lock- out for six weeks, they succeeded in getting from their employers a concession of $3.20 per day of eight’hours, and this scale has prevailed ever since, the men not seeing their way clear to ask for any increase of pay. It is a well-known fact that the granite workers of the eastern states, especially those of New England, work ior ieeh less wages than are obtained In this section of the country, end this state of affairs operates to the disadvantage of the Washington workmen. Cordial Understanding With Employ- ers. There is, however, the best of feeling be- tween the employers and the members of the union, and on two or three occasions when differences of cpinion relative to minor matters have arisen, everything has been adjusted to the satisfaction of all conzerned, without the least difficulty. At this time the men feel that they would like to have more pay, if such a thing were possible, but they also feel that, taking all things Into consideration, it would be en- tirely out of place to ask their employers. The officers of the Washington branch are Peter ©. Kelly, president; James E. Bit- tenbender, vice president; Willlam Silver, d recording secretary; John Bennett, fal secretary, and Charles Bastable, tre rer. Sketches of the Officers. President Kelly is a native of Washing- ton, D. C., where he was born about forty- two years ago. He learned his trade here and at Richmond, Va., in the latter city having been engaged in cutting the granite used in the construction of the State, War and Navy building. Vice President Bittenbender was born in Pennsylvania and has been a resident of the District for about five years. Secretary Silver is a native of Scotland. He came to Washington in 1880 and for the last eleven years has, at intervals, oc- cupled his present position in the branch. Financial Secretary Rennett is a native of Washington, learned his trade here and for the last twenty-five years has been employed in various local yards. ‘Treasurer Bastable is a native of Wash- ington, having been born here about sixty- five years ago. He has been engaged in some of the most important work ever con- structed In the city, having been employed on the Senate and House extensions to the Capitol, the Treasury building, previous to the war, Washington monument, etc. He is not engaged in active work at present, but Is regarded as a reliable and trusty official of the union. ‘The Washington branch is affiliated with a great organization whose ramifications extend throughout the entire country and which fs known as the Granite Cutters’ National Union. The Objects of the Order. The Granite Cutters’ National Union was organized because it was believed that “in union there is strength” and that in the formation of such a body—embracing every granite cutter In the country—lay their only hope of receiving an equivalent for their labor sufficient to maintain them in comparative independence and respectabil- ity, to procure the means with which to educate their children and qualify them to play their part in the world’s drama. It was found that single handed they could do nothing, but they were confident that united there could be no power of wrong they could not openly defy. The members believe that there is not and that there cannot be any good reason why their em- ployers should not pay them a fair price for their labor, and they are firmly con- vinced that if the profits of the business of the latter are not sufficient to remunerate them for the trouble of doing business the consumer should make up the balance. In speaking of this matter to a Star re- porter a prominent granite cutter of this city said: “The stereotyped argument of the employers in every attempt to reduce wages is that their large expenses and small profits will nct warrant the present prices for iabor; therefore those just able to live now must be content with less hereafter. The Reply to the Argument. “In answer, we maintain that the ex- penses are not unreasonabl>, and the profits are large, aud in the aggregate great; there 1s no good reason why we should not re- ceive a fair equivalent for our labor. A small reduction seriously diminishes the scanty means of the cperative, and puts a large sum in the employer's pocket. And yet some of the manufacturers would ap- pear charitable before the world. “We ask,” he continued, “is it charitable, is it humane, is it honest, to take from the laborer, who is fed, clothed and lodged too poorly already, a portion of his fcod and raiment, and deprive his family of the necessaries of life by the common resort—a reduction of his wages? It must not be so. To rescue our trade from the condition to which it has fallen, and raise ourselves to that condition in society to which we as mechanics are justly entitled, and to place ourselves on a foundation suf- ficiently strong to secure us from further encroachment, and to elevate the moral, social and intellectual condition of every stone worker in the country, is the object of the erganization.” Striking as a Last Alternative. One of the most important features of the organization in its relation to the public is the following: Should the members of any local branch (which are scattered all over the country from Maine to California) seck to alter or Letter thelr condition as between employers and er:ployed they must first use their utmost endeavors by cor- respendence, Interviews or a conference, consisting of an equal number of employers and «mployed, who shall, if possible, come to an amicable arrangement, but, in case no amicable adjustment can be arrived at, and should the branch decide by a two- third vote of the members in good stand- ing present at the meeting that a strike is necessary, .then the secretary of the branch shall lay the whole case before the Na- tional Union ecmmittee, showing the num- ber of members in good and bad standing belonging to the union, the number of non- members in the locality, the state of trade, and all other matters appertaining to the case, also the numbers voting for and against the question, and the National Union committee shall then have power to authorize a deputation of not more than two members in good standing from the nearest point or points available outside the jurisdiction of the branch interested, who, {n conjunction with one of the mem- bers of the brench in qvestion, shall visit the locality and examine the state of trade ard obtain all evidence possible, and re- pert te the Nations! Union committee, which shall immediately lay the whole case before the union, giving the various branches, the branch’s arplicaticn, and the delegates’ report, and the various branches shall record their votes for or against granting the branch permission to suspend work not later than their first regular meeting thereafter.; When Wnages Are Reduced. In case of an employer attempting to re- duce the established rate of wages, in- crease the numberof hours or infringe on any of the established rights of a branch said branch is to tyke a vote on the ques- tion, and if a twosthird vote of the mem- bers in good standing present determine to resist the infringement the corresponding secretary shall lay. the matter before the National Union committee, showing the number of members:in good and bad stand- ing, and the votes for and against the qvestion. The National Union committee must then euthoritt theeappointment of not more than two members in good standing from the nearest point or points available outside the jurisdiction of the branch in- terested to investigate the matter and for- ward their statement to the Naticnal Union committee, and if, in the opinion of the Na- tional Union committee,after due considera- tion of the branch statement and delegates’ report that thg members are justified in resisting the reducticn, the National Union committee has power to grant the members of the striking branch assistance from the general fund. Members who shall have suspended work by consent of the National Union are re- quired to report daily at an appointed place of meeting, at such hour as may be agreed upon, and any member neglecting to at- tend, or attending in an intoxicated condi- tion, is fined a day’s pay, but a satisfactory written apology may be received for non- attendance. Uther Rules and Regulations. All committees of strikes are paid fifty cents per day in addition to the strike pay guaranteed by the National Union. Mem- bers on a dispute refusing to accept em- ployment without showing sufficient reason for doing so are compelled to forfeit such sum from their pay as the branch may de- cide. And should the National Union com- mittee, after a reasonable time has expired, deem it not advisable to continue the strug- gle, they must lay the case before the union, for it to take such action as it may deem Just to all parties interested, and if at any thine a reasonable compromise is of- fered by the opposite side, and should the branch refuse to accept the compromise, then the National Union committee must immediately notify the various branches of the fact, and if, in the judgment of the unicn, such compromise should be accepted by the branch, the National Union commit- tee must inform the branch at the earliest moment, and {f the branch refuses to be governed by the decision of the union, then the National Union committee must not extend any further aid to the branch from the funds of the union, but if the branch desires to protract the struggle it must be done on its own responsibility. Pecuniary Support of Members, The National Union guarantces its moral and pecuniary support to all its members in difficulties which may arise between them and their employers sanctioned by the union, but cannot guarantee any stated sum per week; but in case of a dispute legally sanctioned by the union, it shall de- cide as to the mode of providing for the support of its members thrown out of em- ployment. No member of the union is considered in gcod standing on proof being submitted that he has revealed the transactions of the branch or attempted to injure the in- terests of his brother member or members by undermining him ur them, or by any other willful act by which the situation of any member is placed in jeopardy, under a penalty of not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars, One of the most ‘important rules for the government of thé otganization is that no decisive vote on ay ‘question of vital im- portance shall be, taken under excitement, but as after coof dnd.calm deliberation of the pros and cons of the question, a more just decision can be arrived at, officers of branches are reqiired to consult together, and, if necessary, to, adjourn any meeting ef importance, Wher, in their judgment, the members are Jaboring under too much excitement to vote understandingly. Should, at any fime, a branch consider it fudicious to reduce itg hours of labor, or to establish a standatd of wages and bill of prices for its goyernment, it must submit the same to the National Union committee fer their approyal, and the branch must also give employers due notice of its In- tentions, while the inion must sustain the branch in its demands in this particular. Settlement of Disputes. Should any dispute take place necessitat- ing an expenditure of money for strikes, ete., the members thrown out of employ- ment are entitled to recelve such amount of strike pay as shall be advised by the National Union committee, and approved by the majority of the union, but if the fund of the union Is likely to be reduced to $4,000, the National Union committee has power to levy a tax upon all employed members, and on the conclusion of such strikes no money can bé paid out of the funds of the union except for funeral claims and the necessary expenses of man- agement until the sum of $10,000 has ac- cumulated in the treasury again. How- ever, In cases of extreme distress to mera- bers of the union caused by strikes or loc k- outs, the National Union committee are au- thorized to appropriate money to relieve their immediate wants, but the sums so appropriated must not exceed $100. When a member shall have arrived at the age of fifty-five years, and been for five years in good standing in the union, he is exempt from the payment of all dues ex- cept funeral levies, and any member who has been In good standing for six months, who, not being able to obtain employment, but wishing to leave the jurisdiction of the branch to which, he belangs, but is unable to do so fer lack of funds, is entitled to an advance of $10, in order to aid him to get to a place where he may think he can get work, provided he can get the indorsement of two other members in good standing, but the loan must be paid back at the rate of 25 per cent per week of the borrower's salary. The affairs of the National Union are in the hands of thg National Union commit- feo, one of whose members acts as presi- jent. en Success of the Pingree Plan. From the St. Louls Globe-Democrat. Last May considerable vacant property in Orange, N. J., was obtained through the efforts of a number of benevojent people for farming purposes for the unemployed. Those who took advantage of it are be- ginning to reap the benefit of their labor. Many families who might have had a hard time of it next winter will have something in store for a rainy day. The principal erep raised has been potatoes. An unusually interesting case is that of a woman whose husband has been ill for a long time. The wife had become the prin- cipal support of a large family. When the Pingree plan was broached her young son made application for one of the plots, and began to plant it with potatoes. Before he had finished that part of the work the boy secured a place, and the mother took up and carried on the farming herself. Hers is one of the best crops on the tract, and she has declared her intention of giving a barrel of potatoes to the bureau as a tes- timonial. : nd Unexpected Reciprocity. From Filegende Blatter. » THE “KRANKEN HAUS” eee A Visit to the Greatest Hospital in the World. VIENNA'S COSMOPOLITAN PATIENTS The Mon Who Performed Seventy Thousand Autopsies. A SAD SECRET REVEALED Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. W tee I RECALL the three thousand five hundred beds and the outlines of the huge portal of the white building facing upon the Al- ser Strasse, I realize the herculean task confronting me in at- tempting to describe even meagerly the world’s greatest hos- pital. That massive pile of bricks and mortar covers an area of more than forty 2cres, and contains so many beds that were they placed side by side in a straight line, with the proper intervals between each, they would extend over a distance of nearly eight miles. It is entered by a great archway, beneath which myriads of suf- fering souls have passed, and is the most colossal institution of its kind in existence. Nowhere Is there anything to be compared to the Royal and Imperial Hospital of Vien- na, which for over a century has maintained its supremacy, and which by a recent ap- propriation of eighteen millions of florins is to be enlarged to such an extent that there is no fear of a dangerous rival for years to come. The ground plan of the hospital may be compared to a large meadow which is sur- rounded on all sides and divided by a se- ries of continuous fences into fields, of varying size, every one of which can be made to communicate with the other by lowering a set of bars. Substitute for the fences long rows of white buildings, three and four stories high, and for the bars archways reaching to the windows of the first story, and one obtains a fair idea of the grouping of the structures in the great Institution, bearing in mind, however, that with the exception of the ground ’ floor he Hospital. tlere is no interruption of any kind, and that all the wards communicate with their neighbors, like the confusing passageways of an inextricable labyrinth. The red gable roofs, covered with patches of moss, through which project chimneys of every form and size, contribute to form a pleas- ing picture. The nine courts are studded with shrubs and flower beds, and are trav- ersed by graveled walks,lined by shady trees; with an erbor here, @ statue there, a fountain in still another place, and com- fortable benches on every side. A National Institation. The poorer people of Vienna and the in- habitants of not only Austria, but the Bal- tle and Balkan provinces as well, have been taught to look upon the general hospital of Vienna in case of sickness as the most preferable retreat in Europe. This teach- ing has come to them from their fathers and forefathers, who have patronized the institution for years and who continually impress upon their children its greatness and importance. With them it is as natural to repair to the “‘Kranken Haus” when af- flictea with disease as it is for one to eat When hungry. It is not to be wondered at, then, that the present hospital, spacious though it be, is inadequate to meet the de- mands made upon it by these many classes, who are continually reminded of its gran- deur, nor is it strange that one beholds so many different races of people congre- gated about the entrance when gazing from the street through the main portal at the time when the large clock in the belfry of the administration building has struck the four quarters and is striking in a deeper key upon a louder and more sonorous bell the hour of 2. On these occasions, when the gates are thrown open to the visitors and the patients who are not confined to their Leds flock around their friends as they enter, the daily life reigning within the hospital is to be studied to the best advantage. If the weather is fair, host and guest (for such In reality are the pa- tients and the visitors) seek seats either in some isolated spot in the extensive grounds or places upon the long row of benches flanking the main walk leading from the first to the second court. A Cosmopolitan Crowd. I believe that I speak the truth when I say that the strangest and most diversified set of people upon the globe will be found upon those benches, and promenading be- fore them. The dress of the patients, who are clad in white suits of towel-like ma- terial, relleved by narrow red longitudinous stripes, is odd to say the least. Every stitch of clothing of both the men and women is ma@e of this one cloth; likewise the badly-fitting stockings which are worn by the male patients either beneath or on the outside of the trousers. The sheets upon the beds in the wards, the pillow cases, the towels, the napkins and the hand- kerchiefs are also made of this coarse tex- ture. With few exceptions, the feet of all are covered with rough leather sandals, which flop about the patients, giving them a shuffling gait. There are no buttons on any of the garments, everything being fastened by means of strings. Uusually the women go bareheaded; some, however, have their hair done up in bandannas match- ing their clothes. The men wear blue and white striped caps, and, if the weather be cold, long coats of the same material as their hats, or paletots with hoods, made from -rough blanketing similar to that which is used in the wards upon their beds. Jew and Gentile, Turk and Greek, Russian and Italian, American and Englishman, Ger- man and Austrian, clergyman and priest, student and soldier, patient and nurse, phy- sician and visitor, merchant and farmer, in short a most cosmopolitan congregation, frequent these long rows of benches. Good fellowship relgns on every side, and no one is offended at the humble peasant who, taking his seat close to one’s side, plies his neighbor with questions pertaining to the sickness of his wife or child. Here the students while away the time intervening between the different clinics in jest and laughter, while the patients enjoy the pa- pers and refreshments brought to them from the outside by their friends. The nurses wear long checkered blouses, and may also be seen upon these seats, knitting or reading, and taking their well-earned rest. The Convalescent Patients. Such a sight as it Is to behold these de- formed and maimed individuals who filt about lke phantoms, entirely oblivious of those who watch their movements. Every department of the great hospital is repre- sented during this daily promenade. The patients from the surgical clinic are there in great numbers, hobbling about upon crutches, with arms in splints and hands in slings, with bandages upon their heads and steel braces and mechanical devices which are worn to overcome acquired and congenital deformifies; likewise a contin- gent from the skin clinic with faces ren- dered hideous and repulsive by masks of cloth and powdering of starch, as weil as men, women and children with green shields and goggles; and those who breathe AMOUS COLLEGE PRESIDENT Rev, Erastus Rowley Made Well by Paine’s Celery —=—S As the school year opens attention is directed to the oft-repeated advice of leading educators, warn- ing teachers, parents and scholars against the fears ful results of exhaustive brain work among young People. To thousands of girls and boys, unnerved by the strain of school life, Paine's celery compound (which was first prescribed by America’s greatest teacher, Prof. Edward B. Phelps, M.D., LLD., of Dartmouth College) has been a blessing, making them well and strong, feeding the brain and nerves, and enriching and purifying the bloo@. ‘The recent recommendation of Paine’s celery com- pound by Principal Camp of New Haven and the equally outspoken praisc of this greatest of reme- dies by ex-President Cook of the National Teachers’ Association are two of the thousands of such testi- monials from parents and teachers throughout the country. Compound, Nothing in the world so strengthens the weak, #0 readily restores lost nerve force, so surely makes the ailing and peevish young woman or growing boy well and cheerful. And for the aged and infirm the whole world knows its wenderfal curative powers. Rev. Erastus Rowley, president of the famous Kentucky Female College, writing to the proprietors of Paine’s celery compound, says: “I was for several years a sick man. My sickness Was sttended with constipation, with nervousness and insomnia, and the least excitement would cause palpitation of the heart.~ I have in the last three or four years used several widely advertised prepa- rations. Finally I took Paine’s celery compound, aud I regard it as superior to all others, esprcially if used strictly as you direct. By using this I do not suffer from constipation, inability to sleep or from palpitation of the heart as formerly. I am still using Paine’s celery compound at times, and shall take pleasure in recommending it to others,” through tubes projecting from their necks instead of nature's natural channels; also two lepers who for years have been in- mates of the great hospital, and whom no one has deemed necessary to isolate, min- gle in the crowd. The Albino with squint- ing eye is present, and he whose oscillating head knows no rest while unsupported; he, teo, who laboriously moves along watching each step as it is placed upon the path, and he with clinched hand whose arm is pressed against his side while dis useless limb is dragged and swept over the ground. Likewise he who weeps and laughs, but knows not why, and he who takes delight in showing his friends that needles and pins osuse no pain when thrust beneath the sur- face of the skin. The man with massive jaw whuse body continues to grow, al- though long past the age of maturity, also finds his place !n this throng, and the child with wasted limbs and the woman with waxen face and the sage with tottering gait, and hundreds of others who enjoy the buoyancy of the warm sun and stimulation of the wholesome air. In the Wards. This is what one beholds in the different ccurts. The scene in the long wards with bed after bed filled with patients is some- thing entiely different. There are the pa- tients whese sickness is such that it con-~ fines them to the bed, concealing, more or less, their peculiarities. The wards are extremely plain, but, as a rule, quite roomy end always neat. Many have matting upon the floor. A few are tiled, while in othera the floors are polished. Between the beds are small tables, each with a still smaller drawer. At the head of each bed, fastened to a rack, is a large blackboard, upon which is painted the number of the bed, the name of the patient, the diet and treat- ment. Clasps attached to these boards hold in place the fever charts, notes of special observation and written instructions of the staff. When I first visited the various wards I neticed tags bearing the capital letter “K” tied to the racks. They were only at those beds in which the patients appeared quite sick. I was informed that the letter stood for the Geiman word “kommunion,” and that it was intended as a notice to the priests when they made their daily rounds that the patient desired the administration of the last rites. Later, strange to say, in one of the larger wards I saw the letter uron every bed. It was oue of those many coincidences which occur in @ hospital but once in a lifetime. A Splendid Diet. Between the diet of the Vienna Hospital and that of the other institutions of Eu- rcpe there {s no comparison. For the most part, it is in every respect better in quality and quantity. Patients are given their wine and milk almost ‘“‘ad libitum,” and it is the only place upon the continent where there is an extravagance in dealing out meat. After a connection of several years in one department, I can say without hesi- tation that if I have as good food as was served in this one ward for the balance of my life I will never complain. There are a few exceptions, nevertheless, which are to be attributed to the methods in vogue. There are three divisions, in which the beds vary from 100 to 170, where the pa- ‘ents do not obtain enough to eat, for the reason that these departments are in the hands of men who have absolute control over them, and whose actions are not to be questioned. Economy Is practiced by these individuals for the purpose of making a gocd showing at the end of the fiscal year, but the abuse is remedying itseif, for these wards are acquiring an unen- viable reputation, and are being shunned. The Percentage of Cures. As regards the cures wrought, they are about the same as in America. In the sur- gical department the record is a little bet- ter than ours and in the maternity divis- jong considerably worse. The hospital re- ceives a gulden a day for the care of every patient who is admitted to Its wards. If the patient himself is too poor his employer is compelled to pay the fee, and if it cannot be collected from him the community from which he comes fs called upon, and if the community does not pay the city of Vienna assumes the debt. Those patients who are ff by reason of their to wards where their diseases can be studied to the best ad- vantage and where the facilities are good for using them as subjects for the diag- nostic studies of the students. When a patient is discharged he is allowed to leave the hospital by himself, if he desires it, and if he is weakened greatly in strength he 1s taken home either in an ambulance or a large omnibus, whic& makes its rounds several times during the day. Few Modern Features. ‘Vast as the hospital is, there is nothing modern about the whole structure except- ing the wards of the late Prof. Billroth, which are modern in every respect. The cocking is done in the kitchen beneath the administration building, and the food is transported from one court to the other in wagons, from whence it is distributed among the different wards. Between the wards there are ante-chambers, in each of which is an old-fashioned stove, upon which enough water can be heated by the nurses to make coffee for the patients, which, by a special privilege. they are al- lowed to sell to eke out their small pay. They receive but 40 kreutzer a day—less than 17 cents—for their services. Whenever a bath is desired the hot water must be carried by carriers from the ground floor to the third and fourth stories. For the Benefit of Science. As death is the last event in life, so is the pathological laboratory of the general hospital in Vienna the last place of con- veyance for him or her who has died with- in its wards. An unviolated rule governing the hospital has been in force for years which allows the remains of no one who dies in the hospital to be transferred until an autopsy is held. The measure has been the greatest possible stimulant for the rendition of correct diagnoses, and there is no man upon that great staff who does not entertain the greatest respect for the pathologist—the final arbiter of every- thing-pertaining to disease. Through these autopsies the truth is revealed. Charlatans are robbed of those laurels which they never have a right to enjoy and title to recognition is conferred upon talent an genius, Medical research is also thereby Placed upon a broader and higher plane. A Tremendous Record. Within this enormous structure, devoted to the special study of disease In the dead, one man, Kundrat by name, is said to have performed 70,000 post-mortems. Incredi- ble as the statement may seem, I balleve it to be strictly accurate, for it came to me from a rrost reliable source. Prof. Kolisko succeeds Kundrat, who died a year or so ago, and it was within his laboratory dur- ing the absence of the coroner that I be- held the final chapter of a tragedy. The subject had killed himself, but the reason was not known. They found him dead in his room in a pool of blood, with an cld- fashioned flint-lock derringer clinched in his hand. He was a handsome fellow, even in death, with thick, black, wavy hair and eastern features, which stamped him as a well-bred Hungarian. His friends spoke of him as a whole-souled fellow, with the sun- niest of dispositions, a student who appear- ed to enjoy life as it came along from Gay to day, free from care and anxiety. The Secret Revenled by the Scalpel. A motive for the rash act could not be found, and it was believed that the secret would be carried with the body to the grave. The scalpel in the hands of this skilled professor, which cut into the flesh of the suicide, revealed not only the secret, but a pathetic story of unrequited love a8 well. The whole mystery snrouding the life of that unfortunate student was re- vealed by the knife. ° The bullet had apparently entered his chest, plowing through his“lungs, to be- ~ come lost in the underlying tissue. It was afterward found in a place where it wi not looked for—immediately beneath the integument covering the fourth rib. Somes thing far more important than the lodged missile was unearthed, which was } close to the spinal column—a plece oj paper, folded and refolded into a was which, upon being removed and unfold by the great pathologist, was found to Hares the sentence: “Ivan, it cannct be. arie.”” The Note Literally Killed Him. Is it necessary that I take you back to the room of the suicide; that I point against the wall to the place where the derringer hung suspended; that I tell you of the postman who brought the note; of the lover’s despair upon reading the mis- sive; that I remind you that the derringer was loaded from the muzzle by first plac- ing in the powder, then the ball and lastly a wad of paper, which in this case waa the note received from the woman whom this student loved above all others, above his books ané above his worldly existence? The ball did not kill this man, for it wes deflected upon striking the rib, and lodged beneath the skin, but the note pierced his heart and lungs. JOHN H. METZEROTT. oo Marringe Stories. From the New York Leder. A Scotch minister has been telling some of his experiences in marrying people, which are rather funay. Sometimes when ho has asked a couple to join hands the four join hands all round, ring to sing Auld Lang Syne ‘al occasions, when the question ¥ d of the bride- groom whether he took this woman for his wife, no reply was re . He then re- peated the question more pointedly, which always brought out the tardy, but cool, re- sponse: “Oh, ay!” A common practice after the knot is tied is for the minister to is with the young couple and say: sh you much joy.” A bridegroom once briskly replied: “The same to you, sir.” The minister on one occasior re- marked to a middle-aged bride that this was the last time she should sign her maids en name. She coolly replied: “I've signs it lang eneuch, I think: “Did you have any trouble with your French when you were in Paris?” “No; I understood my French well enough, but those measly Parisians 4.dn’t. They had all the trouble.”—Harper’s Bazar.