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Show ONE REASON FOR STATUES Not Altogether Devoid of Common Santa Waa Answer Olven to i Inquisitive Child. A Washington dclitlHt praised 'n' thusiioiiii'ully tha rrHNrt paid to llni memory of Horace Wells hy Ihn r're m h government. It hna erected recently u statue of hliu In thn I'lucu ilea Lints I'nlH, lu Titrla, and the nit-veiling nit-veiling tcromnny In Mnn h was at Ichilcd hy dlatlngulahcd arlciillsts rrimi nil over thn world. Tr.ifesaor Welle." aald thn di'iillal, 'huh Imrii In Hartford In IHIfi. Mow ita a pioneer In tha uno of nllrona oxide ana In dental operatloiia to prevent pnln, mil for hla dlacoverloa In eimoa-Ihri'n eimoa-Ihri'n h may be rcgiiidod aa a bene-tarto bene-tarto to xuauslnd. . ..... . 'Wells liaa "n wan tbt T"m. and I-Yiiim'i' U tha flrat a. tardy Ural lo ikiiiiHhdKO tha liniMirtiiin of hla .tlni'iivi'ry, and raJ a trlhnta to hla llinimt forRottan memory. Thla taa reiinnila mo of a ronvorHullon between a Utile boy and hla luiher. "Why aro aim uea eroetod to fi mnitx men. fill her T" aald thn child. "Ho Hint they imiy heromo known. io.ir," na tha nnawer " |