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Show HN ' We Miracles of Surgery. some of ha tl Mt CALIFORNIA parka la tba world turret reserves coo. rolled lif tbo government, protected by It and thrown open to tbo people. A abort time am, figuratively speaking, the bln (tree of tha Yusamll region warn tieliiS cat dewa and the region devastated : bf all tap, maa and boaat; but moat of Ibla region la anir under terenimeat control, and troops bapt In the park te drive out all depredator of all kinds, It In a fast that there are theueanda of Intelligent buaiaa hrlnsa arba eaa aea no reason wbf tbef abonld sot rat dowa and aw np a lot d.000 feara old auj It In fortunate that three aro id tiara aa many who bellere (hat men boldlaf enrh view tibould .not ho allowed to go at larja: sod It la llila sentiment that baa broosht nhont tha forest reaareca and (ha national parks. The Sierra Kerada and the Souther Kkirrae the Sierra lladrp have, la a few yeara, hewune exceedingly popular aa 'ampins droned. Formerly nlp tnorlete went lute them, but hew thooeendn of I'sUTornlana entrr the earlooe ptrees, and ua meet people In the derpeet eolltudne or In turalltlra like King Blrrr Caunn that waa comparatively unkaowa a few yrnra ego. The approach to tho Slrrra Nevada la through the Sea Joaquin Valley, which In atinuner-l- s eitremvly hot, lying tbo Sierra Kerada Rang! and tba Feast klonutalna; but tha boat and dnat of tba trailer aro aooa forgotten whan ' lbs canoua are entered and tba moanlaloa eloae la behind one. No nuch wonder la known la (ha world an tlie blarlpoea Bid Tree Grora, and to epead a track or mors amid thee soli- tndrs. nlseplnf aomna trass of mrh site, rataplan out or eleoplnd so tho ground braids and benmih theta, le to nnira uaea one of tbo great privileges (e be had la California. The nig True Cntve la right mllra from Wawnna, and the hi real, which eerare aa area of alioot two miles square, atanda oa a gentle elope of (bo moootelna, forming what le known (bo tipper and Ibo hnrer grove. It le rol (be but la the rasltwi reflek d, and largest. roatahie tree that mnko the Jiunresslon a of lifetime opoa (be average prmoo. For feara the Yeeemlla and Hi adjacent hlg trere wen a aren't bldih-away la the heart of tba ferret; and known only tu (be few native! wbo happened to rrone tbo range at thlg polat from (he derert hryood; end wo ran Imagine the eurprite and terror of tho man who drat came upon this Tgat gaah la tba earth from the Cakt, eland, and looked down Into It There are SO trace In the tower grove eed K3 Is (be upper, tplendld apl'en -neepplng ntooee (hat conned today wtft the time when (he Chrlalian era liegan. Tb effect of the big trace on dllTerrat people varies A I write I hare one la bw I ace It every day In rsaidcna, CeL- -n young "n. not ever SO ret In bright, yet few peoi'lo paaa It .y wllhoul tnrnlng to look at It again. There I no other tree like It; Its trank grown dlred-l- y upward largi, Bren. impnalrg for the a mount of foUagw, but the meeaage (hat It carries to me le or enmethlag hull! to witbalaed the Area nod storms rf It le nl (Lough Wa.bTgtPii'a ' Monnment er Bunker din cho-ilthrow ont foliage and become treeu The trace cf the kfnrlpoea Foreirt Pro go dlaanpearing to wvmp-'h- ry seen o targe at drat, day by day they grow on tie uroller, and at the end of tw or three weeks tbo Idea has entered Me mind diet bere In eomethlug something Ivrt behind la the rare of time and eterwHy. The lofty pll aro grow into tho mind, (hero Is or Ihom to majesty that take beauty entire poraewlon of one, end yen retnra "gala and again and bunt for new and T Iterant points ef view. They itaud among other trace In liarlt, (i.e beauty of which eaonot folly I described. Tbo ground In oft to ewv- red with mountain Bow era, and oao to I niireawd with their Inch of vsrdurs sod 'eaten for no largo tree; verdure and foliage whlfh often appear more like a or baae mist of polo apple a green green. Why three trees ora found hrra and nowhww olio to duo dooMiean to tbo eqnablh ellmato vf Jaliforula. Tholr eeods ora extrcuc.v email and light a 1 sis-aul- j 4 i 4 - metol-eoale- - n i i H at t l ' V Yrnwed frnonta .Jbrjrem Cttvsie '2&sj?rj?o3A. Ingular feet whaa their vast alga to takes Into rauldaratloa. few yea re ago they wero un Only known, swept to lbs trapper and Iho few Indians; but now tha pork to rlslted by thousands wbo lire oud camp hero tor Into the toll, There to a great difference In tho ago and appearance of tho trees nne ef the o largest Birannrea 100 feet In and like a king U seem to eland atone emit! Biting surroundings. II rlara In a little valley at the heed water of the Kawra Rlrrr, and to niirrosndrd by seeoety (bat for beauty and majesty baa no eonuterpart doubtlera In (he world, or at least In America. tf nature bad aeleeled (fall allc aa a krone for this king ef trees It could not have succeeded better; on almost every aide drop abyainal precipices aipnd, to entrap any lari'ter, deep ranune which wind about, ard beyond Dim peaka uud niountalnn thi.t reach BLOW to l.0u0 feet Into the empyrean. Around alwrot tbtie atatrly trre stretches a wlhlrrurva (tint In wildness and beauty bnrdly has Its equal on the gohe. One might Imagine that nature Lad U'.'lrctrd thin laef resort or the Great Brqnoto and built np Ita ramparts, thrown about Its eaatrilaled form dileheo of lufiull depth, walls of coloo-abright, bailed It dern la tba hraiq of titanic metinlalua, sale from tbo marauding bund of man. Its general position la tba elate ellll further emphasises tide precaution. On one aide lie the grant plain af tho baa Joaquin nn-- tho ocean, an tho other tho moat desolate place on tbe fere of the earth, (be Death Valley country, tha I'antamlut Mountains that environ It. owl beyond n derre and bopul.wi deaert suggestive la aauiniet of death nud One can wander oa through thin forest, ramping near one group, a pending dayn to tbe vicinity ef certain trees, and hare tha cmudoaaueaa of living la tho moot reuiirkabto forest. lu tho world a foraat that seems to belong to tho ago of Tltono, something tbit has been left behind la tho race of tlm& Figures and aiNiuromonto ronvsy but little Idea of the aetnal alaa of these glauta, yet they are taterestlqg. la all probillllly one of the moat linking la tba Grtxxljr Giant ifll. Thin tree has branrhe orer 100 or more feet from tha ground, that are themnelvea larger than any trees found In many parts of elrctmi-fenw- the . A I&C.JUBZX ttGL'TASZ Every tree In tfala nplendlj forest baa literally In the heart of tho trre. One of the most striking of tbe Mirlprea Giants stands by the raMn ill;. 2i, uud le g eplentild riauiple el the growth end sue ef throe tree. 1 he tin 'b appeira to lie In long rlilc-- rml baa a soft, rteh, brown color retf-- i t tv,, rye, floge bnttmiea awn to eut , from Its boa dn'i'ii-.IInIm the maae tho prvavn'lng n u:oit ata-bllt- y, s h literally tolla. through Its very tirurt tba moat potahle tnaud not cvccpiing tie Blmplon and Mount Centn, In Ills world. Tl:-.- re.-ir- "vo-i-h- ' this of the most Interesting tram bare the Telescope trae (flg. C). a lofty and anrlrct pile that atlll llvca, though lit very heart ccemn to have bora eaten out, and Its top blasted perhaps by lightning. It might have been dead a tbourar-- years Judging from Ita alxe, but the lop ban thrown out a tew branches; dir.ilnntlva In remparicen to tbe nixe if tho tree. hi.j-.vl- qiecL'.ele. The Vest ell nf r.ci!y B:.J ,P;r extraordinary shupe U lllnitraicd in Agora A whlih kl'OH v cue of the.., imui. aiehn PprootcL How uiuny tuoauaml year ago this frt-- sprung Irro life It would be dievnlt to tell; tut I'a vavt root that wraiiiceil the ! I The i h.--tr lnii-ri'inc- fct nl t 'm, ; Inc I of -- dry-dor- CZ wlutore and summers of ten ernlnrirg still aiuiul rrarbing up like eountteua araig an eitraonliiiary spectacle, go Mg la this prone that aa entire company of cavalry can rlda upon It and then not cover It. Tba writer ones waiehed n ban going on a platform formed nf a single the giant redwood of Iho coast. Tbe tree lied been rut down by Some vawlul bark In the Bflteg, but the clump bad throe u eut shoota nil arvuuil, which had grown to tbe ntxo of largo trees, forming a perfect room with tho sky aa a roof. Such aa II Inal ration (Ag. at gives a dcBiiite Mca of the sire of n trei and c the groat Unions, which hag au ab-cut through Its heart, cenvcys a graphic klrs nf alro and age. This splendid trunk bue afiaitifd enornmue dlracnalons; Its root nr the loner rlut of the bark aeem to form great rol Is of chocolate colored bark, and as they enter tha ground rou-ic-y a striking iuipreeiloa ef ago and a peculiar Intereel; several are used aa camps or huta; til. 1) tbo benw being lt , TIS JSXZ2L3ZX3 T germ-infecte- !ood-po- ; I sps'--- ' ilr.uL'-:- Mi"b an Is utliiri-,- wnicr nnl also for lowstila tbe iuroaiia must So M n crj!-..- ; pii.l f lb" bin r? . I vl'.li a lb- - I" I"'if"r ' 1' . i . - I .i i":l r- i - "-- J i f:i..to i upon crrcsponillng t. lb Hct'.t-o- f called 'lil'.-mil-r- a. of trill n? t,rcphoncs of fbrnngh- ci-;i-r In n,.'ii t' i ti rompariug It to the forest cf smaller trees growing about It. which are of extraordinary aiae; yet they could be bunched Into tena and twenliea and then not eqnal the bulk of this one tree which ban old when Columbus discov- !.. White ered America. In wandering through Ibla grove one le coaataudy corning upon some tree thne to la fignra challenge comparison. thonn one In which the aide near tha ground baa doubtless been burned away ogee mg n so that It forma a bnge room, and a groat flying buttress reaches up as high aa an ordinary house, forming a remarkable arch or anchor for tho giant. While rue to occupied In admiring tha trees, noting their slxn and dimensions, It to a lo interesting te observe tha Injuries the; have received. Doubtless they hare been abuaed and III treated by man from time I'cuaemurlaL This entire conn-tr- y hue hr by Area time and j swept Mexican herders fur yean boro agnln; drlrcn tlicir bento into the grurea wheu tha fodder of iho lowlands gava out, and hava mined on, leaving their ccupBvra to fart up at tbe Brut strong wind, tho flume rwcpi.irg through the grove, rating up tiie young treeu and doing grant demure to the old ones. Oa onmo of tho trunks ciidcucu of flro and other dau-ag- o a thousand yearn ago can bo seen. Again, r.imiy baro been set aflre by tha ni in hnraao form, and them aro men so lut tu oil reuse of tba prop-l- a ties that ilifjr hare cot inch trees dowa oud ponic:-t- d them Into lumber. is of Hollows I'aki own to ' tlio World. Tha Idea (hat to remote parti of the amidst tha raero, there exist myitcrioua Isolated white tribes bearing a itrong , ewmblaneo to Enroprana has tong possessed a eurtoua fa set nation for tba Old World. Tba early adventurers In Central and Houthcn America brought bams many tales of extraordinary elttro beyond tbo mountain, and vagus stories afloat In Booth Africa 30 or 40 yean ago furnished Mr. Rldsr n Haggard with a tbema tor on of bin novels. Yet no strong n hold hai tha Idea gained, that even at tha beginning tha possibility of of tb twentieth cent tha exlateaea of n genuine whits raos to hot altogether ncoffod at It la tena than four yearn ago that an American officer engaged In opera t Iona a gala at tha Jloiwa In tbn Philippines collected apparently evidence relating to myaterto-white tribe In tha Island of Mlndanoi Tho officer waa aa Impressed that bo determined to eopduet aa exploring party aeroro tha center of the Island. But apparently lie mysterious white folk bad vanished, tor tbe world up to tb present time baa heard nothing of hb search being crowned with an even. dark-skinn- tropica; '7 , Floating Hotels e lent protce-tlo- u. for ihp eiuruca ci wbune aiagnliudu can be appreciated by waa hardly thought of lu ourgciy, Tsfey eleanlkicaa is surgery's Brat law, Mesa not STcn to godliness. Asepsis Is alia Into cleanliness, th thorough ttlniiaUw of germs making possible opera Use vtth ont tb subsequent formation af pm Is prcaaeptlc days euigeoni held that isp puratfon was a sign of surreal, xnf u encouraged It. Now vrhea pus tors b a wound tbe aurgeoa considers that ki has failed. Tho succros ef a modern snrgtrtl sp erstlon depend! upon fbn aseptic pwpai rlon for Ita performunr. Th opmthr room 1s disinfected, the Inatrumcats m bolted before each operation, the ins Ing and spoogra, and even th taMtse which they nwt, are eterlllsed. variously prepared eceetdhiP tho eh raner of the operation, talk cases there to a general hath, ho all shaving, scrubbing and the applicable t antiseptic solutions. Tha surgwa, Ik assistant!, the anrsthetiser and theimo thoroughly disinfect their bauds Hi arm aud wear merllixrd India rsbbn Thsp-tlcp- 1 glove. Tb surgeon snd .bin assistants wci' sterillxed operating nulla, nud orer then sterilised pro ns, and seme inrgems have brarHi go so far ax to awatha tk entire head la sterillxed gxnic, tearlif only an opening tor tha cyrs. One wxteb a friend ao ntUred peifsnn n loc; operation and hev never a ssspletei who ha Is. Tha virtue ef this gam eliminarliig preparation to carefully fan ad. A visitor at aa operettas Is sot lowed to touch the ham of nn mristante apron, and natCTen to touch tha adga st aa Instrument table. Aa great as ow sepal, oven greater In tha nehlmwsii It mad possible was tha dlaeortty a' hk t sea thrall. On writhe and clrocbss troth la sympathetic agony whs te think of n rancor of th breast bu( wi or n leg being amputated, tba patest tte perhaps, screaming at every stnA rf knife. There I no goeaslng of haw nig sand a of live ware loat baton tks 4gr of the opera tioa nacrosary to mva B to great t b borne; Jiahd te predates asrpaia by SO years, and iouga to another period In tho tkrf surgery, but It to ao fundsmcelsl P tba woudno that aurgeiy to saw wto tbit Its dlaeovery to aa Inert tsblsysrt any account of pargiyn waste1" achieve men 1. Modern ourgciy k only painless and garmlMA H liluodJasa. A patient ran bt ops4 hto ntomnch taken ont and yat M Ins more blood than 1 ks hs4 dentally cat n Anger. ' : . a-- r . r Englands Heir on Indian o4-ma- l c world. This splendid masterpiece, donblteaa 4,000 or 5,000 yean old, aland In a foraat of other tract that form a rich, green aleOTO about It, and which brings Ita ragged form out Into high ra--, lief, and one can glanca down long areadra of green through other foresee, and tho Impression grows upon eon that these other tree harp gathered about tho mailer to protect It and shut It la; n bnt nothing could hide thin gigantic that seems to prannnro Its sine as It liras aud to hava throwa ont a foraat of gigantic traeo high In air aa branches, any one nf whlrh would make a glaat standing la tha forest by Itself. CHAS. F. HOLDEB. d l aa aha gltdra ; II. tue ho.dcr of that Mar ribbon of of the harbor townnla i tt.o ,i. tue tr.iusat'sbtlc record as au cajesttcnlly tha ate or la sighted from lb sbor l 'b1rrt Min. we find, starting from Hi plow tig her way down channel It is S"d iipuarda, 1iul she bat brat of nil to realise the g guntic propc-t- h r i l si''":ii!ly double bottom. of a modern liner. To thorough iv epprv illridvd off Into cooiiuirtmcut. This con- data the vest hnlk of e lTlb.l:l on trlvaur greatly Increase tbo safety of should stand doe beneeth her In e Ibe vcrac-- In the event of no Jaw alcbta bring mqrr ili ily to aw'h os striking a snbuicrgnl or 'na n mind such a acnao of pcrsuuai a wreck. A blow that would cutruus upon au orilmn-- y vs-c- l cenra her acy luiui t 7 ; ',1 taking tue North Gsrnu'i I.lnyd Msg-"pilglil i ci press stssni KiVr Wilhelm fr"ni rl disioi-c- Tba reaurrscted auigaon of tb Tba, shown bow bis twentieth century broth era aro balking disease and death would bo obi to think of nothing bnt miracles. Modem anrgery ventures, with tha aaroty of curing, into region of tb body that to have catered la bio day wonld have been mordetr. It baa rad seed tho danger of many operations from ah moat eertoia mortality to almost certain It eradicates diseases that recovery. could then bar been cured only hr death. Modem surgery to doing what 40 yaara don by God alouc. ago could hare-beeBuppoat, for Inaiauca, that oaa of tbesa old practitioners, accustomed to slash ont external eancer and- rarely loving a malignantly affected case and accustomed to regard a patlan t with abdominal cancer aa already In the graveyard ouppoee b wero shown that aa external cancer d ran be cured by merely thrusting pencil lute It and that his enemy, abdominal cancer, esa be eradicated by tba patient's drinking a liquid preparation and area ring a bit of metal near tha affected area. He would certainly cry "miracles." Aud yet tho surgery of 1305 la accomplishing Juit these cures. To apiHwelate tba achievements of tlio auigery of today out must glv a glanca at that of the early TOa. Tha aperaring dress of tho soigeoa sums up tho state of uigery at that lima. Instead of tho Uerlllxed washable gown cf today It wat a black coat, la which the surgeon operated ou all case gory with tha a ecu mule led blood ef oil bis patients a veritable fabric of dlsraaa genua which our Imagination picture dropping off Into open wounds. Tha Inatru meats, aa Ilk aa not were drawn ont of their mis and Introduced Into tho patient perhaps In a spirit of fair barter giving them a new disease to asebanga for tba ana cored. Hospitals were unclean and tilled with A a roarilt of dead al r throe math ads and conditions hospital ! gangrene, erysipelas and toning ware common in surgery wards; simple operations oftew took offeef on tbo must serious character from complications; wer fractures compound frequently months In henllug, and often meant an amputated Hmb er tba tern of life. Compared to tba oargoty of today, tb forgery of that time waa Itself a dlecaaa, Tb mlracolous acbloroaicnte of modem onrgery and Ita wonderful program la tba lest 8U years' are due, flrst of all, to A generation ago. before Lord sepals. Lister had begua bis experiments that ted to antisepsis then to a sepal a, cleanliness if Trip- - material by estiva labor, are te prist s' te w .length, breadth, height and wstflht to qdranca of anything previously India or oc British railways. Tb entire train when mad state of nine saloon carriages, n which nr T1 feet long and well . each, while tb other two form and roar bwk van nod ara B aad weigh S3 tons Tba total tenf tb complete train to B3B " weight to SSS tena Each . connect cd by collopilbt gssgwsyx " oa Ing Jt poralbte to walk fn th train te th other and fwntof premcnad for their Enral Hlg white trorotlng. Th Mae rarrtogen of ttatrx'vjj " 1st of two royal rateanA for tho staff, a dining rar. a kttch" two brake vans Th frootbiakeT, wed for railway official, white Oi at th mar of th train ratriro doctor, th staffs of riert and provide Optra ter rarrted If monnt of boggago bring rnttl th spring of noxt year tha Princ and Prlnrasn st'ffilri will ho nbsent from England as a tour of India. They left England on October IB and arrived In India an November A and, nntil they tear In March of next yrar, tholr time vrill ho sprat In vt siting the chief town throughout tho Indian Empire. At Bombay, where th royal party tondod, they remained antU November H and than went oa to Indore. Cdalpnr, Jaipur, Blkanlr, Lahore, Peshawar, Jumna, Amritsar and Delhi, arriving at tb toot named plica oa December 12. Prom Delhi th Prince and Princess will travel to Agra aad tbea oa to Gwalior, whore will remain antll Christ mss Day. tby Lack low Is to b tb next town visited, followed by Calcutta, where Naw Year's Day will be spent. After leaving Calcutta, Darjeeling, Bangoon, Mends ley, Madras, Bangalore; Hyderabad, Ellora, Bonsree, Nepal, Simla, Qnrtta and Barrack will all bo visited In tom. The party Ira ring th last named plan an March IP of next year. After departing from India It to anwill Visit nounced their Boytl Highness Athens and stay with tho Bing and Queen ef Greece tor n abort time, afterfor Venice, and takwards ing th short land Journey across to th English Channel, ant ring In England at tho and ef April or tbo beginning of May next; Tb royal train, which ban been especially constructed for tbe occasion at the works of tha East Indian Railway at LIHoah, near Calcutta, la said to he osa ef th moat perfect that baa ever bran bnllt Tb vehicles com prising this into, which were constructed from raw " royal osteons have Tw hcrarjjj ter tb rrtnc and b!Lriht Princes, and coosUts of day comportment apartments, . eonal eerrsnt and a lugif-j,"j- j w no Tb most msgnlflccntcsrof ThJ dtnlng-osloo- l J?wileei .r wolrca wtd end ponded to and oak. It iratn SI tabloA and oontalna far dining to etort. After tb Prince and was built to th order of win b nred General Viceroy and Gorernor w r' )(t ftroo & In- d- the Atlantic. the fair g to I'gbf n tin tli" same, ami theciar; Imlispi-u-iblh:;ir are named ihc same Ihc Iron gl in;, me nrivr ld!o -on i!-.iml ibo amorint cf fuel i", tbi-.is ;i.:H oisy l.c cu'ixvd from tbs r 5 Ksl-.ts.f t'i:i ;(.Wi'.hcim II. bus n ran a- cr.psci;.r four times M grrat r. ti.it i'i-- r I1, (sigi'-- t l'i.r;bM1p afloat. t 1.0:1 lull cf crew I'-1' - ,r ! uiwrl the cantuln hs end unlit PC less tksilL Alksi .0(1 III, Nome Ills " i mo ri- jo'isii.lilrr. inilonl. ' si 'i i ii!nl!.ins arovlnm fii:;li'--:n'- ! for the psnergers cxn b gstbered from the fn"t that tho dining oalacn no ares of B.5iki sqnsro teeL Th culinary (Ippartmro: Is on aa equally gb gsntic aixlo with the rest of th are rungemeuts; separate' kitchen bring act part for the crew and rneh class of pore uengsro. reapvctlvaly. Th tosh ef th steward I no sinecure. L niter hi chsrv are tbs greet refrigerating chambers fum which ho must Judhdonriy draw bin iis'iv jj'plifs and maintain s constsrt hi use of rirfln. Crockery to another first-cla- ss l'. j that at times ranaen him anxiety, for anch things nr apt to bo broken In liner most had weather. Conseqsmtly, carry a wars bouse foil of thoto table sdjoneiA ftem indla-ptnslbl- e World's Moot Costly Coascrm Althongh It Is atrirtly arsfnvt the V or make hsmmvdsn lew to p holograph any ptctnra nf s hamso being th prohibition doc not extead to landscape and Ilia flnltan at Turkey is tb owner of Ibe imi exiierslr pbotograpMc rntn ; I , II 1 - ijjrtxnaori1 erec msnnfsrtnred. metal I solid grid the W' wood aotl" tv mod of morsrem The rsm (1 whit of lows are tn. outfit coots Bvo friN a whan a plcturo wriy m Although he le scrompag-j- .. fsisslansl plwtcrisjjj' hr not rroflt h iu4 willf to his vest colternonJ f wy-3ff"i- 5 SB. f & oddlttJJ fMtir WB !J .iactkj V |