Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 2 August 1906 — Page 7

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Typhoid fever. Sevrcea of Thin Dangvrout and Protrncted Disease. Although there i.» always more or less typhoid fever ia most of the larger cities of this country, the late summer and 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. x < Unless, one knows how the disease is usually spread one cannot hope to avoid it, and so ft may be useful to consider’Jnwhat 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 shown in Philadelphia, where some parts of the-city are supplied with filtered water and others with unfiltered or. 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 wasi one in five thousand, while in the others, in* which the unfiltered water was drunk, it was one in sixteen hundred. But a city with an ideal water supply fljay be scourged with typhoid feyer, although less severely, through the medium of impure ice, and it is almost as. important to know where the led is cut, or with what water it is made, if artificial, as where the city ♦ whter domes from. Not long since a numtier.oLofficers on one of the United States ships In the*-- Mediterranean squadron , were taken down with typhoid fever.. When the source of the infection was traced it was found to be some ice bo’ught at Athens* the ice machine on shipboard having broken down. . • Another source of infection is found •-» in. oysters that have been fattened in streams contaminated with sewage. 1 Not only has typhoid followed the eating of these fish, but the typhoid bacilli have been found in the stomachs of the <* oysters. 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 .by putting vessels containing it on the

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Ice, not by putting ice in the water itself. Finally, great care should be taken to screen all food from files, for if there is a case 9f 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 th# postofflce in Paris bearing the following Inscription: “To the Greatest 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’s NestOne 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 hava a child about the house,” said the of domestic tastes. “Yes,” answered the unfeeling wretch? “when company comes that 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 hot base gains; -base gains the same as losses.—Hesiod. Spencer and Colors. Herbert Spencer’s notion? of art were very crude. His favorite color was what he v called “impure purple.” He wore “impute -purple” gloves and, finding that the furniture was a little somber, 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 had 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 arljificial flowers in a room any more than to an artificial landscape.—“How*Life With Herbert Spencer.” .

BANKS IN A FIRE CITI THE PRESSING NEED OF MONEY IN A STRICKEN COMMUNITY. Experience es a Chicago Financial House In 1871—Greed of Depositors and How It Showed Itself—An Unexpected Proposition. Whenever a great fire devastates a large city the first effort of those concerned with the work of restoration is to get the backs open so that the press? ing needs of a homeless population may be cared for. At such times business is done on a strictly cash basis, ; and everything sells at a premium. The consequence is an extraordinary demand for hand to hand money, since the merchant can use the poor man’s j dollar to better advantage than the rich man's credit in buying supplies to i replenish his flame emptied warehouse, j The struggle that ensues to obtain ail the cash in sight is full of human interest It has its picturesque features. On Monday, Oct. 10, 1871, when all Chicago trudged downtown to see j what was left of the city, great crowds | besieged the banks. Some men were crying, others talked Incoherently, and everybody seemed half dazed. An officer of one of Chicago’s greatest banks, who fought his way through the smoldering embers to the white marble hall j which surrounded his vault, gave the following description of what occurred: "Although the iron door of the vault had beeu somewhat expanded by heat 11 found that the combination worked i j perfectly, That reassured me, and aft- 1 er hunting about the debris I fished j out one or two Iron crowbars tthd by ( wedging them in finally opened the vault door. The inclosure smelled smoky, but I soon found that the cash was all right, and so were our books That made me feel good, and I got down to work in short order. The first thing I did was to look at the balance sheet and see what our exact resources were. A glance showed me that by collecting what was due from out of town creditors the bank could pay everything It owed and declare a 10 per cent dividend besides, even if it lost every dollar due from its Chicago clients That was all I wanted to know. • ~ "On leaving the vault I saw four men waiting for me in what had been the cashier’s office. They were among our largest depositors, and I knew well enough what they wanted. They were of very different types—#ne a shrewd money lender who had $30,000 to his credit on our books, another was a school treasurer In ad outlying district who would have been ruined had ws not been able to pay him $25,000, a third was an out of town banker with $150,000 to the credit of his institution in our bank, and the fourth was a man who has since become one of Chicago’s greatest capitalists and who had always professed his sincere friendship for ma It wasra trying ordeal and one ealculat ed to make each of my visitors show the real stuff that was in him. As events proved, this did not take long. “The little money lender grabbed me first. With a strange little wink he forced me one side and said in a half whisper, ‘Do you know how much 1 hate ih your bank?’ “I said, ‘Yes, about $30,000.’ “ ‘Well, I will give you $6,000 if you Will give me the ’cash right away.’ “‘I won’t do ./that,’ said I. ‘Yqnr money is all right, but you will have to wait a week for it. until we get In shape again.’ ? “ ‘What,’ he fairly gasped, ‘do you deeline $6,000? That is a good deal of money in a city that has gone'to'destruction.* “I answered no, that I would not, and told him in plain English what 1 thought of him.. I said: ‘I am not knave enough to take your bribe and give you an unfair advantage over the other depositors, and I am not fool enough to do it, because I know as soon as you discover the bank paid its claims within a: Week you would sue me for the $6,000. Get out of here right away.’ ” "That was the last of him. He took his money when the week was out and kept dear of the bank after that Then the school treasurer came to me with a straightforward story of how his bondsmen were anxious to know how he stood. When I told him that his money was safe and that he would not lose a cent he burst Into tears, suyhyr the news 'was too good to be true, 'j -e out of town banker was also very nice, saying that he did not care to withdraw his money so long as be knew it was safe. Then the man who has since grown enormously wealthy accosted me with the remark that.he had come down to see how things stood. That gave me a chance to test him, so I said brusquely: • “ ‘You know how things are as well as I do. Can’t you see the position we are in?’ ‘Oh, yes, yes,’ he answered hastily. ‘I don’t care about the fire. We are all in the same fix. But I want to know how you stand personally. Have you plenty-of ready cash? You cannot get credit these days, so if you need anything from the grocer’s you want hard cash. I brought you a little’— "With that the man threw open his coat, dived down into his pocket and dragged out a roll of bills as big as his hands could grasp. Then be straightened them out and divided them into equal piles, retaining one himself and handing me the other. He was dreadfully in earnest, but. I told him I could not accept the money and that J tbdn~ht I could ipanage without t£ He assured me that whatever he had would always be at my disposal That man has always been one of my best friends.”— New. York Post yHia Compliment. “What a lovely morning.” he said. “It.la a perfect morning,” she replied. “True,” he said. aepn anyfcing this morning that isn't perfect.** And he looked her straight th the face. Then she blushed.

SMUGGLING FOR FUN. , gnat 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 of the government say there are those who do it. Persistent efforts to detect those who would defraud the government have been rewarded by the almost total extinction of professional smuggler, but all 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 th« thoughtless smuggler; the second, the occasional traveler who tries to smuggle; the third, the professional smugI gler, and the fourth, those who smuggle for fun. The professional smuggler has long since ceased to trouble the federal of--1 fleers seriously. The odds against him j are po great that he has turned his in- | genuity to some safer method of dishonesty. The last, the smuggler for fun, is a bother. Usually the duty he is attempting to save is hardjy enough to pay for the trouble of detection. What I 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 smugI gler for fun is as apt to try to get in a pair of gloves, a bit of lace, drugs or ' expensive cosmetics. Lace, silk and bits of bric-a-brac Qpd 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 city know of every purchase of gems 1 or costly cloth destined tot this conn- | 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 failure to mention an article of the I slightest value immediately brings him I to the attention of the inspectors, and ' he is fortunate to escape with no more 1 severe punishment than the confiscation of the dutiable property. To detect the amateur smugglers requires keen detective work on the part of the local customs officers. Ah especially quiet looking man who arrived a few months ago had concealed a beautiful diamond In the heart of a ' lump of tobacco. The customs officer, who had put this passenger down as one of the honest travelers, had hii 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 the tobacco the officer had planted his foot upon it and bf course discovered the stone. I A smartly dressed woman who had, been abroad for the summer limped so painfully as she came down the gang-1 way from the steamer that the custom# officer wbo had been detailed to inspect, her luggage was moved to ask if she bad suffered an accident op the Way | over. She replied tiisft''she had. Bafore he completed the examination of her score of truuks he had excused himself, sent ajibtfieL officer on board j and leatß< tjcom qjirsej. the j woman had -not limped at breakfast j that morning. She was asked to ae-} company bf- the- -vrt>iAoa. itwfkiitorg < to a priialp exainlnatiOTi room*: .where a magnificent ring was found in the, toe of her boot. | Intuition more than anything els# aids the federal detectives in theli work.—New York World. ■ _u_ Little, but Immenae, Although General Joseph Wheeler was a chieftain of tremendous force when in battle, he was, as everybody knows, small in stature, slight in build and of unassuming appearance 1 as a civilian. Shortly after the United States had declared...war pgainst Spain and while the preparations for sending the army to Cuba were Jn active progress a stranger in Washington observed a number of distinguished senators gathering around A little gray bearded man whom tli n y find encountered at the steps of the capitol and shaking hi# hand with enthusiasm. . "Who’s that little old chap they’r# making so much fuss over?” 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*# Fighting Joe Wheeler. If ever you’d been in 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!” - , ■Fishing For Rattlera. 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 gently with the .rod. Like any other sleeper suddenly interrupted, the snak# wakes up angry, makes a dart at the nearest Irritating objeqL which is the flstj h&ik dangling near his head from the end. of ’ the rod, and very accommodatingly allows the sharp hook to penetrate ita jaws. The man with the rod holds the entrapped reptile at a safe distance while his comrade moves up and severs the snake’s head from the body. The latter is then deposited In a bag, and the hunters go In search •f fresh game.

DA. ' ' HEfING UNDERFt TO WEAKEN . ION, Usually Appetite la a Measure of Health, and the First Sign of Illness In a Man or an Animal Is Loss of the Desire For Food. Professor Alexander Haig, an English dietary expert, has written from London to the medical fraternity of New York warning Americans against the popular belief that the average man eats too much. He says that the increasing number of deaths from heart failure is largely due to underfeeding. The notion that science is a more unerring guide than is nature is constantly gaining ground. In the good old days men drank when they were thirsty and ate of whatever they wished until their hunger was satisfied. Now science condemns such foolishness as primitive. It prescribes one glass of water one hour before meals and one glass one hour after meals—no more, no less. If you happen not to be thirsty at those times, no matter, drink that amount anyway. If perchance you are thirsty and would like two glasses you must not yield; -it is only nature that prompts you, and nature is an unsafe guide. Or, you may be “abnormally” thirsty at meals; nevertheless do not .driflk then,,. As to our amount of food, we are directed to consume so many grams of the protelds, so many grams of the carbohydrates and so many grams of fat, while we hear learned discourses upon' large calories and the supreme i importance of exactly maintaining our nitrogen balance—whatever that may mean. I have purposely not mentioned the precise numbers of grams of the different food elements, for the simple reason tffiit our eminent authorities have not yet agreed upon this important point. All give different figures. Scientists, however, following the lead of Russell H. Chittenden, Ph. D., LL. D., Sc. D., have pretty well agreed that the average man eats twice more than he needs. If half his customary amount of food does not satisfy him it ought to, they say, and it will eventually, provided he keeps on suppressing fils natural and therefore unscientific instincts. But just here lies a danger. It is true that one can accustom himself to a much smaller quantity of food than that to which he has been habituated and that eventually he will desire that smaller quantity and no more, but when he attains to this condition his digestive power will have been reduced by one-half. As a result he will lose from ten to thirty pounds in weight; that is to say, his muscles and organs will decrease by so much in bulk and strength. Now, if the heart decreases considerably in strength there will always be danger of its colapse, particularly if it be subjected to any extA strain, as when one runs for a car or rapidly up a flight of steps. Excitement alone may be fatal to a weak heart Rigorous dieting to reduce weight is always dangerous. A better plan is to work off the superfluous flesh by exercise.' ' .<„■ Lack of sleep has a. depressing effect on the heart, for during sleep cerebral circulation diminishes, whep the blood can devote itself to the rest of the body. Eating before going to bed, particularly if one is up late, is a good practice, it being most favorable to thorough body repair that the blood at night be rich in nourishment. Accustoming the digestive organs to a small amount of food results in a decline of appetite, whereas our object should be to increase appetite' and thereby strengthen our digestive powers by 1 judicious exercise in the open air or in a well ventilated room. If the doctrine that a small appetite Is preferable to a large appetite be true—and this is what “economy in nutrition” teaches—then open air exercise, which manifestly Increases appetite, must be injurious to health.’ Or why should we exercise to Increase appetite If we may eat only so much? The notion is wholly absurd. The first sign of illness in a man or an animal is loss of appetite. And usually appetite is a measure of health. I To build up the heart and muscular system generally' we must vigorously exercise the muscles. 1 - • ■ ’ It is not enough that one should stuff himself; It is all Important that he should desire every morsel he eats, and this he will do only if he under- . goes general physical and mental exercise. Food that Is Ingested, and even digested, will be absorbed only by those organs that need It—that have been exercised. This • fact explains why many persons that are good “feeders” are yet Inadequately nourished. If they are brain workers and take no physical exercise their brains absorb what notirishment they need; the rest is excreted. Magnificent as are the results of brain work we must bear in mind that there could be no result without the ■ co-operation of the body, and that the body in its turn depends primarily on the integrity of its heart, lungs and stoma'ch.—G. 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POINTED PARAGRAPHS. It is easy to expect others to set good examples. When opportunity knocks it doesn’t use a hammer. Despair is the undertaker that carts off our dead hopes. , - Occasionally a man rises from nothing to something worse. Prodigals have always exceeded the supply of fatted calves. It doesn’t require much practice to acquire the art of being lazy. Many a man who takes himself seriously is looked upon as a joke by others. Imagination is responsible for half of < our troubles, and our fool actions are responsible for the other half. When a wise man bestows a favor he immediately forgets it. When a fool receives a favor he does likewise.—Chicago News. Don’t Cross Your Legs. “The prevalence of appendicitis is an admitted fact,’* said a surgeon. “I have myself operated on 719 persons for the disease. Crossing the legs is responsible for a good deal of this trouble. That sounds strange, doesn’t it? Nevertheless it is a theory advocated by more than one great surgeon. Indeed I know sdme men who say that If people never crossed their legs appendicitis would quite disappear. You see, crossing the leg squeezes and cramps the delicate vermiform appendix. Squeezed and cramped, the appendix becomes irritated. Inflammation sets in. Intense pain comes. Then —presto—you are on your back, the sweet and heavy fumes of chloroform are choking you, and the appendicitis specialist bends over you with a sharp knife.”—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. What They Meant. A Scotch clergyman named Fraser claimed the title and estates of Lord Lovat. He tried on the trial of the case to establish his pedigree by producing an ancestral watch on which were engraved the letters S. F. The claimant alleged that these letters were the initials of his ■ ancestor, the notorious Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, beheaded in'l747 for supporting the yOung pretender. The letters, engraved uhder the regulator, were shown to stand for “Slo wp Fast,” and the case •was laughed out of court Cinderella of the Canary isiantu. Hierros can hardly be called, although Nominally entitled, one of the “fortunate isles.” It is the Cinderella of the Canary group, and in its southwesterly isolation may be said to live on fog. But for the mists that drench Its shores the little island would die of thirst, and no vegetables could be sent to market. Its western promontory, Debas, once enjoyed celebrity as the spot through which was drawn the first universal meridian. Blessings of Work. Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day which must be done, whether you like it or not.’ Being forced to work and forced to: do, ypuf best will breed in you temperance, .sett control, diligence, strength of will* content and a hundred virtues which the .idle will never know.—Charles Kingsley. Business Edheation. Nothing will stand you/ in better stand, in the hard, cold, practical, everydayworld than a flfound business education. You will find that your success in trade, occupation or profession Wfil flepend as mfieh <jfa yobr"general knowledge of • men and affairs as on your 'technical training.—Success Magazine.