The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 27, 1901, Page 2

THE SUNDAY CALL. SSIDING & little truck farm near Omaha s & man who sheds his , #kin every vear. new epidermis ev, year For the last five years the tra He has put cn a came ef or August. About a month is c sumed in the process of disc ©ld cuticle and the appes e the finger y the new. uring this time and toe nalls become loose and are carded Tew nalls coming in, but more time is re- quired in growing the nalls to The man who annually undergoes ‘this nge process of desquamation is S. O. kirk, who was born in Clark Couaty. Mo., May 30, 1850. He the father of three daughters and a Son NOW ETOWN Were it n hat his hair is slightly with grey Mr. Buskirk would be regarded as & of 40, for he ngly built, ust and agile. His complexion is gocd d his eye s brigh was nevet sick in ken but ve acks—only a sald he, med tie something ompanies The doctors have ever SUCKED THE POISON In the recent fighting around Limu, in in West Africa, a detachment of British were ambushed by 2 force of na- tives, who pou ed in a shower of poisoned errows upon them. Colonel Lowry-Coie end Captains Abadie and Bryan, three officers out of the r commanding the Getac nt, were hit by arrows. The poison which the natives use for their arrows has been known to prove fatal in & few minutes Dr. Thompson, the surgeon of the expe- @ition, as soon as the officers were hit sucked e blood from with ettended unds and s he had logked after fifteen hed bee trentiment to ¢ w hit. He gave the same tried, and I won’t lét any more of them experiment on me. Atter the®skin has been shed I am as good as new and feel like a y of 18. Yet I dread the process of peeling, for it irritates and debiljtates. have eaten little or nothing for three s and am weak. Many vears have I d that some scientist would find a s of preventing the recurrence suble. I have never heard of but one similar case—a man in Montana—but that was some years ago and I have forgotten his name. This foot of mine is itching ter- to-day,” continued Mr. Buskirk, as he removed shoe and sock. No further evidence was needful to al- my t ribly fl HUNDRED times a day on an av. fierun the question is asked by vis- itors at the building of the United States Fish Commission, How the world is it possible to tell with any degree of accuracy how many eggs are placed in any given shipment or are con- tained in the jars where they are usually kept? And the questioner is generally much surprised when he is Informed that by means of a scale devised by one of the attaches of the commission it is possible to tell to a nicety just what is desired to be known on the subject, waether it be concerning the eggs of the Spanish mack- erei, which are s0 small that a standard United States quart measure of 57.75 cubic inches will coptain 1,267,728, or of land- locked salmon, 2300 eggs of which will :il a similar measure. n The measuring scale is a light square made of wood, not so liable to break the jar as metal. The long leg of the squ. is fifteen inches long, half an Inc¢h wide and a'quarter an inch thick. The short leg is of the same breadth and thickness and half the length. The long leg is grad- All recovered. tor experienced n ill effects from his actio BHH+ 444444444 4 444444404040 A BOUT #wo years ago 1 made an exanunation of Willie Weiss and found that he had a disease knowm as purpura haemorrhagica. During the examination I noticed something more, I saw that the apex beat was on the opposite of mnormal side. His heart is on the right side. Upon further cramina- tion, testing by percussion, I found the liver to be on. the left side. J. H. HEALY, 2M.D. . BH444440444444 4 §0+M““. ¢==HERE !5 2n $-year-old boy in San {| Francisco whose hea: not in the 4 rignt place. This is true, alas, of a good peopie oider than he— people whose hearts started out in life es they should start. Gradually they were pushed away from the right place by the craze for luring money, perhaps, or by much bitter sorrow, or by contaet with others whose hearts had moved out of the right place. We are not surprised when we find this deformity in grown people, for it disagreeably frequent. But 1o find 1t In an S-year-old boy! Little Willie Weiss’ heart is not in the right plece because it is on the right gide. Paradoxical? Pardon. Seriously, then, it is just this way. Bbout two years ago Mra, Forian Welss R e e e e R R s AR R R R s o e 2R N A man is Erancis Method for C lay doubt as to the truth of this man's statements. The scarfskin was peeling off. Part of it hung down below the flesh of the foot, resembling a white thin moe- casin partf ¢ slipped from the heel. It was not pleasant to look upon. The skin of the body exfoliates In flakes. 1 could pull this all off now,” explained Mr. Buskirk, “but if I did so the newn skin which is forming would be so tender 1 could not walk. So I must let it take its own time in coming off, which may be a week or ten days.” The hands undergo the same re-creation. The discarded cuticle of the hands which Mr. Buskirk has preseryed 1o0ks like thin Wwhite rubbgs gloves, a little tattered and RN The first grade is at a height correspond- ing to the level attained in the jar by a meesured half pint of water; the succeed- ing grades are determined by the intro- duction of additional half pints of water All measurements are made with a feed tube in place, the water shut off and the eggs allowed to thoroughly settle. The short leg of the square is placed over the top of the jar, the long leg hang- ing down, and the scale read from the point where the top layer of eggs shows I the jar. It is possible to obtain by measurement an almost correct estimate of the number of fish produced by a far of semi-bloyant eggs. Just before the time of hatching all dead eggs are care- fully drawn off. It is an ascertained fact that scarcely any semi-buoyant eges die under proper condftions after hatching out has commenced. In' connection ‘with''the scale thére 1s used & jar which presents an easy, quick and safe means of ascértaining the knowl- edge sought. The measuréements in all cases are made while the eggs are in the jar, and with the cap screwed down. How ertain the number of eggs lost or R ounting o torn. At the newspaper man's request Buskirk stepped to his.reom and got his erstwhile hands snd permitted photo- graphs to be made of them. He wah not a bit anxious to parade his infirmity, yet he is willing to do all he may, to the end that some sclentist may correctly diag= nose his case. He is a man of good na- ture and intelligence and disposed to re- spond to every reasonable request. You see, my finger nalls are beginning to loosen,” sald he, exhibiting the tips of his fingers, “and thé skin on my hands is beginning to bother me again. Within ten days it will all ‘have been'replaced by new skin. This always starts at tie roots of thesfinpers, gradually spreadiug in all di- rections. Then this hardened skin begins to puff up and break away from the new skifi that is forming underneath, and it I tap it with a lead. pencil at such times it gives off a sharp sound, like striking a piece of celluloid or stiff leather. Finally, by opening and closing my hands often, the skin parts along the edge, and then, by helping along the Process with a pock- etknife, the piece comes off whole.” Buskirk has several interesting souve- nirs {n the form of patches of skin which he has shed from his hands and feet at various times during his career, and in every instance these present perfect out- of the members from which they For example, the “bark’ from the Ines came. iAo g/ 7 B = palm of tid nand mignt easfly be mis- taken at first glance for one-half of a glove. Moreover, the thick, skin retains the mysterlous hand of which the palm much. In this connection there & Buskirk case a fact which tends to di Pprove ‘the entire theory of palmistry, ing ePidence that the lines of the hands change with time and are not unalterably preserved, as has been supposed. Among his grewsome keepsakes a piece of skin taken from his right hand when he callous-like ines of the kes was 10 years old. It is observed that whilé the general conformation of the lines corresponds with that of his right hand as it is to-day, still the dual lines are longer now than then. even after making allowance for the growth of the member as a whole. Fully a third has been added to the length of the famous “life’” line. It is as if destiny had Intend- ith Accu hatched or are on hand is a question con- stantly arising. It would.be cumbersome and tedlous were it compulsory to open a jar and measure the eggs in a graduate every time such information was needed. The question of measuring the eggs is a most important one to the fish culturist, and yet, to judge from the various ways of measuring eggs, it i8 one that has re- celved little attentlon. Every branch of trade has a standard measure, but fish culture has remained without standard or rational unit, each workman estabiishing for himse!f a system of determination and varying that system from year to veag, as the exigencles of the season demanded. There has not only been a want of har- mony in the various -so-called measures used, but the measures themselves have lacked the élements of reliability, being in'many cases the most arbitrary and ir- rational. The retords of results of work in. the earlier days of fish culture were but wild guessing, and, sad to say. many rec- ords are yet made in tne same manner, The practice of arriving at the number of any given lot of eggs by estimating each parent fish to contain an unvarying ceuracy Millions of quantity of eggs and multiplying this quantity by the number of females spawned has justly gone out of existence. How various and how far wide of the mark such estimates were are shown by the following: One fish culturist estimateg a shad to contain from 20,000 to 28,000 eggs: another puts the number at 50,000. Ur. H. C. Yarrow estimates a shad to contaiff from. 100,000 to 150,000 eggs, and an embry- ologist of the United States Fish Commis- slon says a female of the same specie may have In her roes at one time 250,000 ova in process of maturation. These statements are made to show the absurdity of the old method of detéermina- tion. There is no desire to attach odium to any one, but the wish is earnest to call the attention of all interested to the n cessity of some recognized standard measurement, to be known and used all fish culturists. Not infrequently it happened that a consignment of eggs when' estimated by the recipient, has fali- en short of ihe invoiced number, and sometimes these occurrences have led to accusations of fraud. Whitefish and shad eggs, and possibly others, after several of by shrinkage amounting to nearly 12 per cent of their bulk. After being several hours | in the jars the eggs reabsorb the water | But the | [ ments at the recéiving and ship- | ping points is to be found In'the want of | and resume their normal size. main r measur on for the discrepancy in the harmony in the methods of measuring. In many hatcheries, especially those hatching heavy eggs, the system of deter- mination is based on the dia egg. It will be found very tablish by caiculation ba eter a standard for measur trays, and the difficulty amounts to almoss impossibility when it is attempted in like | mannen to determine the number of eggs in a given bulk. A system which W measuring fish egg: eter of the fcult t m- eggs on ! F. Page devised of | and fry »mi-buoyan esgs. believes, b tional principles. The basis of is the number of eggs in of the United States ( determined by the actual.co —Washington Star. to all ¢ ar 1 is ed upon ra- this system a standard quart bic inches) the egg. Fish Eggs hours In the packing crates undergo- a | ged her mind the wit said Mr. He lives at Portland, Or. at 110. My brothers and strong and hearty men and women. I am the only member of the fam called a freak g MR Although the pres. n of chris- tening children with family surnames is much to be commended for many reasons, it carries with it some awful possi itles nd and unknown in the days of Mary John Henrys. A glance at llowing list, each name of which is ge will {llustrate sufficlently well the possibilities of nomenclature resting with parents in their choice of names for the men and women morrow: Edna Broker Mothershead. Marian English Earle. Sawyer Turmer Somerset. Will W. Upp. Nealon Pray Daily. Benton Killin Savaga Owen Taylor Money. Ima Little Lamb. Broker Husbands Hart. Wil Waltz Withe Anns ne, Waring Green Cotes. Iva Wineh: r Rifle. Etta Lotta Hammond-Cregges. Barber Cutting Mann. Weir Sick O"Br: Makin Loud Ne Hurd Copp Cumming. Rodenor Pullman Karr. Knott We Life. — — —p METALS NEEDREST to hear persons It may sound strangel talk about a tigued iron rail,” 1 bue- t heard along railways and in machine shops, and is considered correct. “The idea of inanimate me ecoming weary!"™ t experts famil- hinery say that that it needs may be your thoughh, h the ways of m akes it tired, and as you do. far w work rest “What e xle to break?” asks the rallway dent “Fat answers the in- el can tire as well as mus- and metal that will cease to do ! may cause great damage. At least so engineers say: and assert that with- t rest the affinity of the molecules metal for each other becomes weak- the | ened, until the breaking point is reached. e of 928 Natoma street took one of her flock to the College of Physicians and Surgeons to have the wise people there tell what was the matter with him. Ever since he was @ tiny fellow those queer ralnbbw- "WILLIE WEISS THE Boy colored spots had been appearing on his icé and body whenever a wall or a pfece of furniture or a door casing had tapped him the least little tap. Sometimes the spota would appear on his body when S Al Whe H —— a thera had been no bruise whatever. The wise men of the college put their heads. together and came to the conclu- slor that concerned abnormally thin walls 0f the blood vessels and a disease called #PTHE OUTLINES. SHow HEARTano LIVER IN NORMAL POSITION - ' s His Heart o purpura haemorrhagica. But that was not all. Tn the course of the examina- tion Dr. Healy made a startling discov- ery. It came about in somewhat this fashion. i TR e THE SHADED PARTS OF THE BODY SHO\ ABNORMAL CASE - - THE POSITION OF THESE ORGANS IN THIS WITH H He' had been noticing only the spots. When all at once his eye was attracted by a movement—the steady, hammering movement of the heart beat. And the Queer thing was that it was on the right 1S HEART AND LIVER ONTHE WRONG SIDE = . ~that is, the wrong side. Tests proved conclusively the existence of this abnormality. Further tests dis- covered the liver to be on the left side, correspondingly reversed. Percussion told this tale—percussion, which finds the liver where the sou is dull. The mis- placement of the heart is probably ac- countable for his disease. » Willfe Weiss doesn’t care where his heart is nor his liver, either. He is sturdy of body and rosy of face now, for vh“ long-named dlsease does not trouble him as myeh as it You will find him the blessedest, sunniest of second graders Ing the week, a young man who can spell and write and read with the best of them, and if you saw him busily doing all these things you wouid never in the world guess that sec It doesn’t seem to mat when he grows up? et about his heart r at all now. Bus Suppose he should grow old enough to have a “very best” and to take her driv- ing and buy her s And suppose she ehould see him putting awdy her billet doux or her photograph in his right vest pocket Instead of the left. Wouldn't she have a right to be very angfy, Indeed? For who couid expect her to Believe that he was stowing it away next his heart, after all? Who could expect her to ac- cept explanation so absurd as that Willie's heart is on the wrong, or, rather, the right side? Wouldn't It be the most natural thing in the world for her to sa 1, i, Mr. Weiss: such tales sre all very easy to tell, but as for my swallawing them—that's another matter!" But, bless bis heart, he runs and plays and is hungry and happy and loving juse @s hearty little boys are everywhers. He knows a great deal more than some of AS. you bigger people who try to cross m./ bridges before you come to them.