Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 26 July 1906 — Page 7

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———l ■— TYPHOID, FEVER. Sources of Thin Dangerous and Protracted Disease. Although there i-> always more or less typhoid fever in most of the larger cities of this country, tLv late summer ahd autumn are the seasons when it is most to be feared. The disease is not so formidable, as regards the mortality, as some others, but its great length and the evil consequences which sometimes follow it in the form of weak heart, weak spine or nervous disorders make it quite as serious as some which are more fatal, but far less protracted. Unless one knows how the disease is usually spread one cannot-hope to avoid it, and so it may be useful to consider in what ways the germs of the malady find their way into the system. Water is the usual vehicle for typhoid germs, as is well known, and probably all great outbreaks of the disease in cities are due to an Infected water supply. This has been strikingly shpwn in Philadelphia, where some parts of the city are supplied with filtered water and others with unfiltered dr mixed water. Comparing two parts of the city in which the conditions, except as to water supply, are almost the same, it was found that in the one supplied with filtered water the occurrence rate of typhoid fever was one In Ave .thousand, while in the others, in which ‘ * the unfiltered water was drunk, it was cue in sixteen hundred. But a city with an ideal water supply may be scourged with typhoid fever, although less severely, through the medium of impure ice, and it is alrnost as important to know where the • or with whjit water it is made, if artificial, as where the city water comes from. Not long since a number of officers on one of the United States ships in the Mediterranean • squadron were taken down with typboid ffever. When the source of the infection was traced it was found to be some ide bought at Athens, the ice machine on shipboard having broken -down- •- 1 Another source of infection is found in oysters that have been fattened in Streams contaminated with sewage. Not only has typhoid followed the eating of these fish, but the typhoid bacilli have been found in the stomachs of the ousters. Raw vegetables used for salads may have been grown in soil contaminated with slops used as fertilizers or may have been washed in infected water. Unless a water supply is above suspicion all that used for drinking, tooth cleaning and in the kitchen should be boiled and the drinking water cooled bv nutting vessels containing it on the

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’ ice, not ny putting ice In the water itself. Finally, great care should be taken to screen air food from files, for ; if there is a case of typhoid fever in the neighborhood flies may become most active distributers of the poison.— Youth's Companion. Modest Greatness. One day a letter was received at ths postoffice in Paris bearing the following inscription: “To the Greatert French Poet." The letter carrier was instructed to deliver it to Victor Hugo, who refused to receive it and sent it to Lamartine. This genius also declined to accept the letter and passed it on to Alfred De Musset. The latter, equally modest, re-sent it to Victor Hugo, who finally accepted it. The letter had reached its destination.— Lippincott’s Magazine. A Wasp', Nest. One kind of wasp found in Brazil and Guiana makes its nest of a brilliant white pasteboard, suspending it from the highest branches of the trees so as to escape the attention of the monkeys, which in those regions have a troublesome habit of investigating everything, even a hornet’s nest. Shortening the Visit. "It is a great comfort to have a child about the house,” said the my.u of domestic tastes. i "Yes,” answered the unfeeling wretch, “when company comes that x you don’t care for you can make the child recite.” , Her Possessions. “I have two lovely little puppies," said Mrs. Tawkley. “I have met your husband,” replied the man. "Who is the other one?”— Judge. Gain not base gains; base gains ace Hie same as losses—Hesiod. i Spencer and Colors. Herbert Spencer’s notions' of art were very crude. His favorite color was what he called “impure purple.” /He wore “impure purple” gloves and, finding that the furniture was a little sotaj-1 ber. had a binding of "impure purple\ pasted round it by a seamstress. He cut the first strip himself and showed her how to stick it on with paste. He h...l his vases filled with artificial flowers. He wished to have everything" bright about him and consequently enjoyed color. When it was suggested he could get that in real flowers he replied: “Booh! They would want constant replenishing!” He wanted to know why the people should object to ‘artificial flowers in a room any more i than to an artificial landscape.—“Homt I Life With Herbert Spencer.”

SMUGGLING FOR FUN. fast __ For the Sake of “Getting Ahead” of the Government. Smuggling for fun sounds ridiculous, but customs inspectors who have spent the greater part of their life in the service o‘s the government say there are those who do it Persistent efforts to detect those who would defraud the government have been re warded by the almost total extinction of th-» professional smuggler, but al) efforts have availed little against the traveler abroad who purposely conceals some article of value simply for the fun of “getting ahead” of the government The government detectives put smugglers in four classes. The first is the thoughtless smuggler; the second, the occasional traveler who tries to smuggle; the third, the professional smuggler, and the fourth, those vfho smuggle for fun. . The professional smuggler has long since ceased to trouble the federal officers seriously. The odds against him are so great that he has turned his ingenuity ro some safer method of dishonesty. The last, the smuggler for fun, is a bother. Usually the duty he is attempting to save is hardly enough to pay for the trouble of detection. What people smuggle covers everything that can be hidden. Costly gems and jewels form the greater part of the dutiable property seized by the customs officers. The few professional smugglers confine themselves to diamonds. The smuggler for fun is as apt to try to get in a pair of. gloves, a bit of lace, drugs dr expensive cosmetics. Lace, silk and bits of bric-a-brac find their way into out of the way places in the trunks or grips of the occasional travelers who think it perfectly justifiable to avoid paying the duty. Trained agents in every European J city know of every purchase of gems or costly cloth destined for this conn-1 try. Weeks before the purchaser. reaches this side of the Atlantic his | name, address and the exact quantity ; of goods he has. purchased are in the hands of the officers on this side. His L failure to mention an article of ths j slightest value immediately brings him to the attention of the Inspectors, and , he Is fortunate to escape with no more severe punishment than the conflgca- ’ tion of the dutiable property. To detect the amateur smugglers re-1 quires keen detective work on the part of the local customs officers. An especially quiet looking man who ar- ( rived a few months ago had concealed a beautiful diamond in the heart of » lump of tobacco. The customs officer, who had put this passenger down as one of the honest travelers, had his suspicion aroused when he saw him make a frantic grab for a half plug of tobacco that he had accidentally dropped. Before the passenger could reach 1 the tobacco the officer had planted his foot upon it and of course discovered the stone. , I. A smartly dressed woman who had ' been abroad for the summer limped so painfully as she came down tfie gangway from the steamer that the customs officer who had been detailed to inspect her luggage was moved to ask if Bhs had suffered an accident on the way ( over. She replied that she had. Before he completed the examination of ' her score of trunks he had excused himself, sent another officer on board I and learned from the purser that the I woman had not limped at breakfast ’ that morning. She ’to'as asked to accompany one of the women inspectors to a private examination room, where a magnificent ring was found in the toe of her boot. ! Intuition more than anything else . aids the federal detectives in their work.—New York World Little, but Immense. Although General Joseph Wheeler was a chieftain of tremendous force 1 when in battle, he was, as everybody knows, small in stature, slight in build and of unassuming appearance as a civilian. Shortly after the United States had declared war against Spain and while the preparations for sending I the army to Cuba were in active prog i ress a stranger in Washington observed a number of distinguished senators I gathering around a little rr.i" henrflo i man whom they had eaco •.ate 1 ; i the steps of the capitol and shaking bia hand with enthusiasm. I "Who’s that little old chap they’rs making so much fuss ovar?” he said addressing an elderly, stoop shouldered man who was standing near him and looking at the group with kindling eyes. “Little!” exclaimed the other. “That’s Fighting Joe Wheeler. If ever you’d been tn a big battle and seen him coming toward you at the head of a galloping army of wild men, as I have, you’d know better than to call him little! He’s as big as the side of a house!” Flshina For Rattlers. I Hunters have an ingenious method of capturing rattlesnakes, whose oil is believed to be a cure for deafness, and as such commands a big price. They go about on warm days, carrying a long fishing rod and a line, with a sharp scythe, and when the reptile is discovered, usually asleep near a loose edge of rock, it is prodded more or less gent.'y with the rod. Like any other sleeper suddenly interrupted, the snake ■ waltes up angry, makes a dart at'the nearest irritating object, which is the ' fish hook dangling near his head from the end of the rod, and very accommodatingly allows the sharp hook to penefrlte its jaws. The man with the rod the entrapped reptile at a safe 1 distance while his comrade moves up •00 severs the snake’s head from the body. The latter is then deposited in • bag, and the hunters go in search w freeh game.

CURIOUS LAND LAW. Owners In Belgium Do Not Control Beyond a Certain Depth. One of the curious phases of the land law in Belgium is that the earth of a landowner beyond a certain depth does not belong to him. Should the owner of the surface discover a coal or gold deposit underlying his property he must first obtain a government concession before he can begin mining operations. The land beyond the prescribed depth in wnich wealth in the raw has been discovered may be conceded to a person other than the surface owner, who may operate under certain government regulations, one of which is that the owner of the surface is entitled to 3 per cent of the value extracted. The mine pays to the government an amount determined by the value and importance of the concession, after which it must pay to the government a sum proportioned to the value of the total extraction. The government names the conditions under which the mines as well as other industrial establishments shall be operated and protects and safeguards the health and lives of the workmen as' 1 well as provides for the public safety. The minister of industry and labor appoints a state board of mining engineers, authorized to regulate the working of all mines and all establisiimov’s considered dangerous or insanitary, whether shaft or open mines, quarries, factories, coke oven plants or briquette works.—Boston Globe. A ZULU LEGEND. Odd Story of the Origin of This Savage People. The Zulus account for their origin, says a correspondent of the Country Gentleman (English), by a story of a talking elephant who fed upon children. He met a woman laden with an ax and bundle of fagots, accompanied by her child. Seeing the elephant, she j guessed his intention and pleaded, i “Spare my child, oh, elephant!” The elephant refused. “Then,” said the ■ mother, “if this evil must happen swallow me, too, oh, elephant!” So the ! elephant swallowed mother and child, j and they found themselves with all the other children who were eaten pre- . viously. By and by the child grew hungry, and the mother lit a fire with her 1 fagots. She then with her ax cut away I the elephant’s flesh, cooked it, and they I all ate. As the fire burned, its great heat filled the elephant with pain, and he ran and ran and ran till they felt ■ the thunder of his hoofs racing over hill and valley. At length, exhausted, ' he dropped down dead. Using her ax, the mother chopped and chopped until she made an opening in the elephant’s side. After this they crept out and became a new nation in a new country. Bees as Ventilators. It is not generally known, but most beekeepers will inform you that such Is the case, that each beehive has a [. dorps of what could properly; be termbed “ventilating bees.” -" During the hot seasons these ventilators station themselves at the entrance of the hive and fan the interior with the incessant motion of their wings.. These ventilating corps are usually in relays of from four to a half dozen, and they are relieved at short by fresh Workefb who keep up' thfe fanning process. They are kept Hit Works by a sort of patrol df bees, which insures incessant activity Oh the partof the fanners' flurln£ the Work. This story may sound ttrange to those who know, but little concerning the wonderful'intelligence of bees, but it is a scientific fact that has often been authenticated. ’ ' ' /; ■ - T Diet and" Sickness. It is a broad rule* that boiled milk, and puddings made With milk agree more frequently than anything to restore a sick person. When beginning, to restore a sick person to more ordb nafy diet begin with whit®'fish, boiled.' Plaice or sole boiled in milk is excellent. Never give potatoes when the di-' gestlon is bad. In place of bread give! toast. Often there is a craving so acids. In such cases give lemon juice diluted with water and sweetened with sugar when allowable or with sacclia-' tin in diabetes. A craving for green staffs should always be satisfied. Na.are heru».f s eying out. Give water, cress, but withhold radishes, as they are difficult to digest. The Fishin* Fleets. In many localities off the Scotch eoasts and the coasts of Norway the fishing grounds lie at some distance from the shore and the start must be made with the ebb tide, sometimes in the middle of the night. All the boats of a single locality generally start together, and to one unaccustomed to the sight the spectacle of 200 to 300 fishing boats putting off from a harbor like Tarmouth is a sight never to be forgotten.—London Graphic. — II I ' Bonus. “Bonus” ought to be “bonum,” since, it is evidently Intended to mean "a good thing” and therefore should be neuter, nbt masculine. The word is found as early as 1773, but no one knows wljo was the ignorant or willful sinner against Latin that introduced it, though conjecture assigns It to the London Stock Exchange. Made Him Tired. Affectionate Wife—George, dear, sit down and rest in your elegant new Chair. Worried Husband—How can I rest in that chair, Emily, when I know that the'man is likely to cpme in at any moment to collect as installment <MI it?—Chicago Tribune. “Young married people,” says a Chinese proverb, “should have their house bniit round so discontent can find no corner in it”

1 ~~ ’ W : ~ THE BEST INDIA ftlfC —— It la Redolent of Mnak, Bright With <Soid sad Vetor Costly. “This India ink,” saiththe clever Chinese art student, “has nd more right to be called Indian than yoilr American redskins have to that name, for India ink all comes from China, and India never produced a stick of it “Anhui, my own province, is the one where India ink is made. The best of the ink is kept at home for the use of the royal scribes and the official littergti. It is only the lower grade that Isexported. This lower grade sells at wholesale in Anhui for $1,500 a ton. “The very best grade of India ink, the kind rich with gold, Is worth $75,000 a ton. “The constituents of India ink are colza oil, pork fat lampblack, glue, musk, gold leaf and the oil of a poisonous tree, the heng, which grows only in the Yangtse valley. “After the admixture of the oils the lampblack, the fat and the glue, the resultant paste is beaten for many hours with steel hammers upon wooden anvils, and during that long beating certain quantities of musk and of gold leaf are added, the musk to give the ink perfume, the gold to give it luster. “Afterward the ink is dried for three weeks in molds. The stocks are then decorated, the most artistic scribes gilding them with very beautiful Chinese characters. “There is no ink worthy to be mentioned in the same breath with ours, an ink redolent of musk and bright with gold.”—Exchange.' THE RESTLESS MORO. He la Never Happy Unless on a Marauding Expedition. The Moro is brave to fearlessness, a born pirate and essentially a first class fighting man. He is never happy unless on a marauding expedition and stealing from his neighbors, friends and foes alike. The chief who is the most successful thief is the most respected and the most powerful among chiefs. The Moro trades with bls neighbors on market days in the various coins of the realm and foreign moneys. At other times he is a free ocean rover, extending his trading voyages as far north as the islands of Negros and Panay, south to the Celebes and Borneo and westerly to the Palawan. He is the most successful of smugglers, and a little act of piracy when chance offers goes without mention. The Moro is the most perfect of aquatic beings, the most skillful small boat sailor or large “prau” navigator extant. He can no more drown than can a fish. There is no record of a drowned Moro. He can dive to the bottom of the sea at depths of from twenty-five to a hundred feet for the valuable mother-of-pearl shell, and his life is largely lived at sea from infancy. Along the coast many of the Moro villages are built over the water.—Colonel Owen J. Sweet,-U. S. A., in Harper's Weekly. Importance of Hobbiea. For the well being and stable balance of every mind it is normally necessary that every man should have some pursuit which shall be unconnected- w|th, which he must pursue with absolute seriousness. jThe hobby ffiay be a game, It may be a collection of some sort (even stamps) or It may be somSe jtfrtistlc achievement, and whether a. man scarcely attains mediocrity even in it matters not at All, provided he pursues it with the fixed idea that nothing else in the world matters.—London Queen. Tree Snakes of Borneo. The flying frogs of the Malays ap- , pear to be mythical, but the tree snakes , of Borneo are credited with taking flying leaps from the boughs of trees Io the ground. It is found that scales on [ the lower part of the body may be drawn inward so that the whole lower i surface becomes concave. The reslstI ance to the air is thus greatly in- ■ creased and experiments indicate that ' the snakes do not fall in writhing coils, but are let down gently in a direct Un® by the parachute-like action of their | peculiar bodies. The Cravat. i The cravat was once the name Os a great military nation, the Croats, or Cravates, of the Balkans. It was their fashion to wrap large shawls or pieces of cloth around their necks and shoulders. About the middle of the reign of Louis XIV. he uniformed several regiments in the Croat fashion, with huge shawls about their necks. The fashion took, and the shawl diminished in size , to the slight strip of cloth we still have with us. Hearsay Evidence. “See here, Jokely, I’m surprised to find you writing such bitter, cynical things about married life.” “Well—er—Benedict, you see, the fact Is— er”— — —-—-———— I “Oh, don’t apologize. It isn’t that. What surprises me is how, not being married, you know all these things.”— Boston Transcript. Friends. “If a man is friendless it is his own fault.” “That’s right. Why, there are fine fellows standing on every corner who Would gladly borrow money from him.” —Pittsburg Post. Social Dictionary. “Society” is now a combination of men and women who overdress themselves at the expense of their tradesmen that thfey may overeat themselves at the expense of their friends.—Life. ' It is wise to save the first dollar that one makes in business, but wiser to save the last.

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PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleanses and beautifies the hair. Promotes a luxuriant growth. Never Fails to Restore Gray / Hair to its Youthful Color. Cures scalp diseases & hair falling. 50c, and SLOO at Druggists ABYSSINIAN APES. ' They Have Chiefs, Guard, and Sentries When on the Mnrch. Very similar reports are made from different parts of north Africa in regard to the monkey tribes that occupy that continent from Morocco to Abyssinia. Just how far tribal relations may have tended to vary the species is a question quite as important as that of language. Some points of interest are found in an English book, “A Visit to Abyssinia.” Says our author: “1 have mentioned that large numbers of monkeys frequent these hills. They move about in organized bands, and their proceedings are arranged in the most orderly and tactical manner. They are difficult to approach unless it Is gradually and cautiously done, but mounted- on-a camel I have succeeded In getting within a few yards of them when they were crossing the path ahead of me, about fifty in single file following their leader and looking with their manes like small Hons. “Their movements are full of Interest and well repay observation. They have chiefs, sentries and advanced and rear guards on the march. The mothers carry their children on their backs exactly like the larger human creatures In these countries. They talk and chatter, the females being especially loquacious, quarrelsome and Combative. These are clearly under the command of the elder males, whose gesture alone is sufficient to reduce them to obedience. They live in small caverns among the hills, but will most certainly avoid a direct return to their haunts if followed. “They are less timid of men when these are mounted' on camels than when on foot, experience having doubtless taught them that the former is usually traveling to a destination and that his steady, jogging pace is rarely interrupted by his curiosity. On one occasion, seeing a whole family tribe on the road home after a foraging excursion, I successfully tempted some of the younger ones to leave their ranks by quietly rolling pieces of bread and sugar at them, but the older members were above such weakness and went on in a stately way up the hill, disappearing over the ledge and reproving the youngsters as they retired.” Comets’ Tails. Clearness of the atmosphere has much to do with the apparent length of comets’ tails. In clear tropical skies or in the rarefied atmosphere of mountainous countries the tails of such bodies can be traced much farther than they can by European observers or those of temperate America. The Apparent length of such appendages by no means Indicates anything of their real length, and it often happens that those which appear the longest are really the shortest. .This is due to the different distances which comets hold with respect to the earth. While the great comet of 1861 had a tail which stretched away more than 15,000,000 miles, its apparent length was five times that distance. The great Donati comet, with a tall which appeared only half as long as that of 1861, was really 50,000,000 miles in length. The comet of 1861 was only about 13,000,000 miles from us, while Donati’s was at least four times as remote, a circumstance that would account for its apparent lack of tall. The great comet of the year 1080 and that of 1843 each had a tail of enormous length. The length of the tail of that of the last mentioned date has been estimated at 180,000,000 miles—the longest of any comet that has yet been observed. The comet of 1080 had a tall 90,000,000 mi<es in length.