Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1891 — Page 6

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1891.

AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS. Passenger Rate Reduce J. Cuicago. Dec. SI. Chainnau Finley, of the Western Passenger Association, to-day authorized tbe Chicago &, Alton, tho Wabash and the Illinois Central roads to make a rate of $3.75 from St. Louis to Chicago to meet tho scalpers' rates over tho Jacksonville Southeastern and the Atchison. This is a redaction of .$1.75 from the regular rate. The reduction applies in ono direction only, as there is no evidence that the rate from Chicago to St, Louis has been manipulated. This releases the Atchison from anv responsibility for the irregularity, and places the whole blame on tho Jacksonville Southeastern, which cannot be reached because it is not a member of the association. . . In accordance with the recent agreement of the roads in the Western Freight Association advanced freight rates will go into effect to-day all along the line. The rate on packing-house products from the Missouri river to Chicago, will go up from IS to 22 cents per one huudred pounds and the rate on hogs wiil be established on the same

basis. From St. Paal and Minneapolis to Chicago will advance from 712 to cents, and commodity rates in all directions will be advanced The new merchandise tariff between Chicago and the Northwest will also become effective, and tho 75-cent pcale between Chicago and the Missouri river is already in force. ( Allied Against Gould. Chicago, Dec, CI. President Miller, of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; President Cable, of the Kock Island; President Manvel and Judge Springer, of the Atchison, and Assistant General Traffic Manager Markbain, of tho Illinois Central, bad a conference in President Millers office this niternoon, lasting several hours. The object was to agree upon a course of action at the meeting of presidents in Nw York, Jan. 3, and, by a united stand, to carry certain points advocated by these roads in the formation of the presidents' agreement. It is suspected that the St. Paul and the Kock Island have enlisted the support of the Atchison and Illinois Central in the fight tboy propose to make on Jay Oonld because of the tatter's arbitrary refusal to carry out the Union Pacific bridgo contract at Omaha. Personal, Local and General Notes. The National Association of General Bageagc Agents will hold it annual meeting in New Orleans, Jan. 21. - The Lackawanna fast-freightlino is again reported to be. disturbing east-bound freight rates at Western points. Norman Berkley, general manager of the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan road, was in the city yesterday on otlicial business. WV J. McCounly. traveling freight agent of the Big Four, will probably succeed J. II. Sessions as general agent of the company at Peoria. The ticket and freight offices in this city will be closed after 10 a. m. to-day. and tho freight depots and shops will be shut down lor the day. P. A. Lynn, commercial agent of the Wabash at Pittsburg, is in the city, coming hero to attend the funeral of his father-in-law, J. II. Itoss. . E. OV Bradley, superintendent of telegraph. of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg, will spend New Year's with friends in this city. x Tho English bond-holders have voted unanimously in favor of the Wabash building its independent line into Chicago, leaving the main line at Montpelier, O. O. M. Scott has been appointed agent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton fc .Dayton at Findlay, 6ucceding E. F, Ilolbrook, who today takes the agency of the road at Hamilton, O. P. II. Baer his been appointed chief commercial agent of the Nickel-plate line, with headquarters at Cleveland, vice William E. Thnrber. resigned, to go with the Mexican . National road. As soon as arrangements can be made the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan and the Big Four will nse the same depot at Anderson, thus enabling a curtailment in expenses at that point. Cant E. O. Thomas istho oldest passenger conductor in service running into Cincinnati. He runs on the C, II. fc D. between Cincinnati and Toledo, and is known all over Ohio as "Pap Thomas." D. F. Whitcomb, superintendent of theBelt road and Union tracks, will to-day pat on eight additional train crews preparatory to adopting tho new plan of doing the switching on the Belt road. The actual earnings of the Chesapeake & Ohio road for November are made public, showing an increaso over November of last year in cross earnings of 153.030.47. The increase in net earnings was 41,831.90. The year 1890 has been a very, prosperous one with the Ohio Falls car-works. Jeffersonville. 2nd. The works have turned out over tive thousand cars of different descriptions. The value of tho products reached J. 0. Loomis, who for a few months was superintendent of tho second division of the Louisville, New Albany fc Chicago road, to-day takes the position of general superintendent of the Louisville, St. Louis & Texas road. , Last evening Edgar Hill, general freight agent of the Big Four lines, celebrated his forty-sixth birthday by giving a banquet to a number of his' friends. Parties from St. Louis, Indianapolis, Columbus and Cleveland were present. On Jan. 11 theEvansville & Terre Haute road will reduce its train mileage for the winter months by taking off one train each waythe train which went south from Terre Haute at 10:20 a. m., and returned, reaching Terre Haute at 8:40 p. m. The mail service on the west end of the Peoria division of the Big Four has reached such a volume that now a regular postal car is run between Indianapolis and Peoria, a second car being rim to carry tho baggage and express company matter. The Western Passenger Agents' Association has ruled that hereafter annual permits at half fare for clergy will apply only to tho State in which said clergyman resides. If ho goes beyond the State limits a special permit must bo obtained. Moit of the railroad men from other inta who came to tho city on Tuesday to e present at tho Kail way Ollicials' and Conductors' Accident Association banquet xemained in the city yesterday and enjoyed the hospitalities of tho fraternity. William Hill, who a few weeks ago . retired from the general passenger agency of tho Chicago iV. Eastern Illinois road, has been very fortunate recently in certain deals in real estate, which have placed him well upon his feet in a financial way. The Fitchburg road (Hoosao Tunnel line) is meeting the rates which the Boston & Maine and Canada roads aro making from New England points to the West. Tho former proposes to follow the B. & M. if it drops to ZO cents per passenger carried. The eight roads running into East St. Louis have organized a transfer association and appointed J. Carnahan general agent. AH transfer freights moving east and west through East St. Louis are to bo rebilled and handled by this transfer company. D. Burleicb, trainmaster of the Kansas City division of tne Chicago & Kock Island, has been promoted to assistant superintendent of the same division, and Frauk ConIan, a veteran passenger conductor on the C. & 11. 1., succeeds Mr. Burleigh as trainmaster. C. E. McPherson to-day takes the position of assistant general passenger a Kent of the Canadian Paciiic road, in charge of all the company's Eastern territory. H. J. Colvin become tho New Knglaud passenger agent of the line, with headquarters at Boston. Tho Chicago, Burlington fc Quincy has abolished its competitive freight offices at Buffalo and Cincinnati, and will take similar action at other points. This has caused the traveling passenger agents to look ibout to see if their positions aro as secure is they have been supposed to be. With the falling off in business the Lake Erie V Western, the Cincinnati, Hamilton V. Dayton and tn Indianapolis, Decatur & Western roads each dropped one of their switching crews at this point. All were given employment j'esterday by Superintendent Whitcomb, of the Belt road, Albert S. White, assistant general freight agent of the Big Four lines, was in the city yesterday. He states that the reorganization of the ficight department has been temporarily postponed, (Jeneral Traffic Manager Murray in th last few days having been too busy to perfect his plans with this department. Arrangements aro about to be made by which all thd through business to St. Louis or Kansas City over the Atchi&on. Topeka & Santa F j will bo handled over the- iudi-

ana, Illinois & Iowa road from Streator, 111., making this ono of the links cf a system which will extend from the Atlantio to the Paciiic coast. Chairman Donald, of the passenger department of the Central Traffic Association, has called a meeting in Toledo, Jan. 14. to organize a local subsidiary committee at that point to act in harmony with the Central association. All over the Central Traffic territory such organizations are to be7 formed to. strengthen the parent association. Division Superintendents Stedwell. Rose, Sutton, Reynolds, Simmons, Van Winkle, Bender and Wells, of the Big Four, yesterday spent the day in arranging the new time schedule which it is proposed to put in effect Jan. 11. The schedules are arranged so that the trains of each division will make closor connection than under the present schedule. Freight TrafSo Manager Washburn, of the Big Fonr lines, spent yesterday in the city. Mr. Washburn says that the ollicials of the road are moro than pleased -with what has-been accomplished in the way of

earnings of both tho passenger and freight departments in the year just closed. He looks for a good business" as soon as the holidays are over with all the roads crossing Indiana. : . , A temporary injunction has been granted, Oil petition of Ernest StuhLof Omaha, to prevent S 150,000 in bank, voted -by the city to aid tho Union Pacific railroad m tho construction of a union depot there, from being turned over to that company. The mjunc :ion is based on tho grounds that the Union Paciiic should allow all roads access to the depot on reasonable terms and that it now shows a plain disposition to violate this contract. Inquirer: The first trains were run into the old Union Depot at Indianopolis Sept I. 1853.-tho trains of the Madison &. Indianapolis, the Beo-liue, tho Indianapolis & Peru and Terro Haute fc Indianapolis corning in on that date. Jan. 1. 1S53, just thirty-seven jean Ago to-day. tho Lafayette Sc. Indianapolis commenced to ran its trains into the Union Depot, abandoning the North-street depot, March 1. 1854. the Indianapolis & Cincinnati Lawrenceburg road, as it was then callod and the Indiana Central, now the Indianapolis divisiou of the Pennsylvania line, commenced using the depot. A general reorganization of the oflicial roster of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois and Chicago fc Indiana Coal roads will go into etlect to-day, when Presiaent and General Manaeer Saul will issue the following notices; "D. K. Patterson has been appointed assistant to the president Ho will perform such duties as mav be assigned to him from time to time. Tho otrice of general superintendent is abolished. Charles L. Stone is appointed general passenger and ticket agent, to take effect Jan. 1. The of lice of assistant general passenger and ticket agent is abolished. F. V. Davis having resigned to accept service with another company, the position of freight-traffic manager has been abolished. The duties heretofore devolvingupon thefreight-tratlio manager will be performed by L. Rush Brockcnbrough. general freight agent. Geo. II. Prescott is appointed traveling freight agent, vice J. W. Barrinton. transferred." Mr. Saul has appointed W. M. Corbett superintendent of the Evansville ifc Terro laute, the Evansville & Indianapolis, the 2vansvilie& Richmond and the Evansville . Jolt railway. The othce of superintendent of transportation on these divisions has been abolished. "Ring Out the Old, King In the New' Ring out wild bells, to the wild sky, Tho 11 jln g clouds, the frosty light; The year is dying in the nicht: Ring out. wild bells, and let him die! Riijg out tho old, ring in the new; - Ring, happy bells, acro?s the snow; The year in sroiujj let him o; . Ring out the false, ring In the true! Ring out the grief that saps tho mind, For those that here we see no more; . Ring out the feud of rich and poor, RlnK in redress to all mankind! Ring out the slowly dying cause. And ancient forms of party strife. Ring in the nobler modes of life. With sweeter manners, purer laws! Ring out tho want, the care, the sin, The faithless coldness of the times; Ring out ring out, my mournful rhymes, Rut rintr the fuller minstrel in! Ring out false pride in place and blood, Tho civic slander and the spite: Ring iu the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of good! Ring out the old shapes of foul disease, ' HIuk out the narrow lust of gold; Ring out tho thousand wars of old, Ring in tho thousand years of peace! Ring iu the valiant man and free, Tho larirer heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out tho darkness of the landRing in the Christ that is to be! Alfred Tennyson. TfJEY IIAVI2 ENOUGH. Gen. Luclns Falrclilld Says the Veterans Are Satisfied A Prediction for 1892. Chicago Tost (Dem.) The veterans aro satisfiedl This sensational piece of news is not the idle breath from rumor's capacious mouth. It comes bearing credentials from no l?ss an authority than Gen. Lucius Fairchild. ex-com-mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. As the General gave utterance to the declaration in the rotunda of the Auditorium Hotel, this morning, he a noble veteran himself put unconscious emphasis to tho statement by passing his hand over that part of his body where lay a hearty breakfast leaning back in tho cushioned chair and pulling gently at a fragrant Havana after the manner of a man at peace with all the world. He is the picture nf excellent health is the General. And when moving about, his erect frame and his iinely-molded face, framed in snow white hair, attract no little attention. 'Yes, the veterans aro satisfied," he repeated, after a moment's rellection. "I have heard to the contrary, and also that with the treatment they have received at the hands of tho present administration they aro very much disgruntled. But that is not so. It is true there may be individual cases, but, doubtless, the failnre to secure some public otlice for which diligent ell'ort had been made and no little expectation of success aroused, is the cause." "And will no further legislation in their behalf'be asked!" 'No. What moru could be desired than the disability bill! By it everybody who served three months during the war and received an honorable discharge, under that bill, providing he is unable to work, is entitled to, and will receive upon application, a pension of from $3 to 12 a mouth. And whero injuries have resulted from tho war larger pensions are granted." - 'The amount paid out in pensions now is somewhere about 135,000,000, is it not!"' 'I am uot certain. But it doesn't matter how much is paid out so long as the demands of justice are satisfied." Then the General touched on politics. His fellow-citizens in Wisconsin are enjoying a respite after the heat and hustloof tho battle. "Vilas will be elected Senator." he said. "And who will, in your mind, bo elected Presiaent in 1S02?" 'Harrison!" The General is tho first prominent arrival in Chicago during the past nine months to hazard such a prediction. When asked why he made it, he replied: "Because when a President has given satisfaction, and his administration is favorably regarded by tho business community, ho usually gets a renomination, and as I believe that we shall have the support of all the States we had in 1SSS, I believe that Harrison will be re-elected. At the same time, of course, it is not certain. Present conditions may change before two years." "Cieneral Alger is said to entertain fond hopes of tho nomination!" "General Alger is a very amiablo gentleman and 1 like him," the veteran replied. "But I don't know about his getting the nomination." "It is understood he expects the support of the G. A. i;.r "Indeed! Well I doubt his making such a claim. He or any one else would be foolish to count on the G. A..R. as a or r tain. asset. There is no one so jealous of his independence as an old soldier. And were one to suspect for a moment he was looked nponasa chattel he would resent tho insinuation in no uncertain terras. It would be fatal to any man to try to uso the G. A. It for political purposes. TheG.A. It can not bo used." Consumers Do 'nt Ray the Tariff. 21 ur t Halstead s New York Letter. Something has happened in Boston that disturbs the missionaries of the Cleveland fad. ' The duty u Canada turkeys bent to that town for Christmas consumption was 15,000, and yet the price of turkeys did not go up. 1 ho Canadians paid 15,000 for the market

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GEOGRAPHIC NAMES.

The GoYrnment Endeavoring to Secure Uni formity In Spelling and Pronunciation. Washington Special to St. Louis Globe-Democrat. , The various departments of the govern ment interested in tho dissemination of geographical information, and in tne pro- , auction of charts and mans relating to tho United Mates, have long been bothered by the differences existing in geographical nomenclature. For example, in one chart or publication the 'name of a little island on the Alaska coast might bo epelied a-k-u-n. in another a-k-h-u-n, another a-k-o-u-u, and still another a-k-a-n. This, of course, causes confusion, and in some cases might lead to serious results. lo remedy this matter the . United States board on geographical names, composed of men con nected with the various departments of the government, was established by tho President last September, to which should be referred all unsettled questions concerning geographic names, and the decisions of which bhould. be accepted by tho govern ment as tho standard authority in such matters, lhe hrst report of this board, ot which Prof. Thomas C. Mendenhall, of tho Coast and Geodetic Survey, is chairman, will be issued to-morrow, and will be found quite interesting especially so in view of the fact that its decisions will in all probability be accepted as authority by the publishers of text-books and other works in which geographio names appear throughout the country. The board, to begin with, adopted a series of rules relative to the spelling and pronunciation of names for their guidance. For instance, they decided that spelling and pronunciation sanctioned by local usage should be adopted; that the possessive form should be avoided whenever it can be done without destroying euphony or changing the descrip tive application or tne name. and that foreign names requiring transliteration into Koman characters should represent the principal sounds of the word as pronounced in tho native tonctue. Ihey decided that the vowels in all names should be pronounced as in Italian and on the continent of Europe generally, and the consonants as in English. A, for example, should have the sound of ah. as in rather: e rhould always be sounded as in men, 1 as in ravine, o as in mote, u like double o in boot, ai like the English l iu ice, au like ow in how; o and ch always soft, k being substituted when the hard sound is desired; g always hard, j being ;nsed for the soft sound; kb and gh, Orienal gutturals, and v alwavs as a consonant. The letter o is never employed, kw being substituted for ' qn. In short, each letter and diphthong, according to the rules of the government board, has one distinct and unvarying sound, which, of course, greatly simplifies the matter of pronunciation. The following are among the first decisions of the board, as published in the report to be issued to-morrow: Askra (Atrica) instead of Accra; Akun island (Alaska) instead of Akhun. Akcun or Akan; Beluchistan (India) instead of Beloochistan. Belouchistan or Belutchistan; Barbados (West Indies) instead of Barbadoes; Bering sea (Alaska) instead of Behring, Behrings, Kamchatka, etc.; Republic of Chile instead of Chili; Coose bay (Oregon) instead of Koos or Coose; Haiti instead of Havti; Hudson bay instead of Hudson's bay; Port Townsend instead of Port Townsheud; Puerto Rico (West Indiesf instead of Porf;o Rico; Santa Croix (West Indies) instead of Sauta Cruz; Onolaska Island (Alaska) instead of Ounalashka. Oonalaska and other forms. Altogether, 220 geographcal names, most of them in Alaska, have been passed upon. In explanation of the decision relative to the Behring sea the board presents tne following interesting facts relative to the orthography of Bering: ;a "The great arm of the north Pacific ocean lying between Alaska and Siberia is called on a very old map the Mer d'Ormante and on another the Sleepy sea, but otherwise has borne in general two names, viz.: Sea of Kamshatka and Behring sea. The spoiling of each of these names has been various. The older name, sea of Kamshatka. dates from the latter partofjthe seventeenth century and lis denvid from the peninsula of the same name. This peninsula, first made known to the Rnssians through cossack reports, received from the Russians the name Kaumamka, a supposed Russian rendering of tho native name of the country. The meaning of this word is not known. - The fourth letter in this Russian word, m,'$s usually rendered in English by the combination tsch. In transliterating it the pract tice has not been uniform. In consequench the name will be found spelled Kamchatka, Kamshatka, Kamschatka, Kamtschatka, Kamshatska, etc. This old name, sea. of Kamshatka, under some one of its varions forms is nearly or quite obsolete, having been supplanted by tho term Behring sea. This In its turn has been variously writton Behring soa, Bhering sea, Beering sea, Bering sea, as well as Behring s sea, Beering's sea, etc. This name was given. to the sea in honor of its first explorer. Similarly the strait which connects it with the Arctic ocean, an island in the sea and a bay on the northwest coast of America have received tho name Bering. "When tbs Czar, Peter the Great, deter mined to send out an exploring expedition to ascertain whether Asia and America were uuited by land he selected to lead this expedition Captain Commander Ivan Ivanovich Bering. Bering was the sonsiof Jonas Svensden by his second .wife, Anne Pedersdatter Bering, and was born rat Horsens. in Jutland, in the summer of 1081 On his mother's side ho was descended from the distinguished Bering family which, during the seventeenth and eighth eeuth centuries, flourished in various paf t of Denmark, and including a number of ministers and judicial oflicers. Baptised on the 12th of August, 1631, he received the baptismal name Vitus Jonassen Bering; On entering the Russian navy, however,? he took, as was the custom of the Danisht and Norwegian oflicers serving in Russia a new or Russianized form of name. This form is Ivan Ivanovich Bering. The name; Ivanovich is an exact translation of Jonas4 sen: in English. Johnson or John's son. All the Russian and Danish records agree as to the spefling of the family name; both inr Danish and Russian it is Bering. His antograph is always written Bering. The in -J sertion of an h in the name, giving the. form Behring, appears to have been made in Germany. t NAVAJO SNAKE DAJfCE. 1 1 Weird Ceremony Among Southern Indians Painted Uucks and Venomous Serpents. Chicago TrlDiine. "Benjamin Brink, Moqui, A." T., was written on the register at the Palmer-House, yesterday, by a robust-looking man of sixty, somewhat stoop-shouldered. Mr. Brink is an Indian trader, and as Moqui is ninety miles away from tbe Pacific railroad, he says he did not hear about the trouble among the Indians in tho Northwest until four days ago. "From what I have heard of the 'ghost dance,'" said Mr. Brink, "I cannot see why it should stir up such a row. Tho 'snako dance,' I believe, is ten times more exciting, and the Zuui, Navajo and . Moqni Indians on tho reservations near my home work themselves into a perfect frenzy during its progress, but never think of molesting the whites. "It is Dart of their religion, though, and if any attempt were made to stop it I believe there would be bloodshed. Tho dance takes place once in two years. The last one was celebrated in July. Preparations were made weeks before it came olf, and I was as anxious to bo a spectator as they were. A stranger or wilder ceremony I never saw. I hope I shall never see it agaiu. The dance took place just before sundown, and I got up on a high ledge where I could get a good view. The space allowed for the dancers was not large, and was inclosed. Fifteen line-looking 'ndians began to walk rather slowly at tifHt around a huge stone in the inclosure. They were almost naked, and every part of their bodies, even to their feet, was smeared with a red and green paint. Kach man bad a fox's scalp dangling from his waist, and in each hand carried a rattle made of a gourd. Hoofs of deer were tied around their ankles and wrists, and at each step and movement of the arm noise enough was made to wake the dead. "Tbe snakes to be used in the dance had been caught several days before the fete, and, just before the dance, had been placed in a cluster of trees beneath where I stood. After the men had yelled till they were hoarsoand had made themselvestircd with stamping on the ground, fifty more painted red-skins came rushing down a hill, tiled into the inclosure, and then began such a tumult as I never waut to hear again. At a given signal the sixty-rive now thoroughlyfrantic men mado a rush for the grove where the snakes were hidden. Kach man came rushing back with a wriggling and squirming snake, its neck between his teeth so it could not bite bin, re-entered tho ring and began a slow walk around the center-stone. The reptiles hissed and dashed their tails and bodies around the necks of the apparently mad red men. Sev

eral of them were bitten by the snakes, which were the most venomous in tbe country. It is a wonder all of the performers were not bitten. Two of them died a day or two after the dunce, the herbs applied being sufficient to draw out the poison. After the ceremony each man suatched

nis suake from his mouth, ran down into the valley below, and there the reptiles were set free. The Indians were thoroughly exhausted after their violent exercise, and could scarcely crawl back up the hill. From what I could learn 6uch ceremonies as tho 'snake dance' have been held for centuries." . ... m TUE KOCII X.TMFII. What a Distinguished Bacteriologist Thinks of the New Itemed j and Its Possibilities. Pailadelplila Press. Dr. Samuel C. Dixon, the distinguished bacteriologist, returned to Philadelphia yesterday after an absence of rivo weeks, three of which were spent in lierlm in tne investigation of Professor Koch's discovery. Dr. Dixon is a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, but went to Berlin in behalf of the Jefl'erson Medical College, the authorities of the latter institution intending to introduce tho Koch treatment in the hospital as soon as tbe merits or demerits of the method have been passed on by a competent authority. Whilo Dr. Dixon does not care to make at present a scientific statement of the value of the lymph as a healing agent and its limitations, he spoke freely as to the general results obtained in Berlin, and also gave an idea as to tho general impression that prevails on the continent regarding the new. treatment. In the first place, the composition of the lymph and its method of manulacture is still a profound secret. In spite of all the analyses made in Paris and Vienna no one has resolved it into its component parts, or discovered the wonderful factor that makes it a healin? agent. The reason of this is that the mother lymph itself is a dilution, the original poison being diluted a thousand times to reduce its power, for it is a poison the most powerful perhaps that was ever discovered. This dilution forms the lymph used in the experiments, whero it is again diluted. So minute is the quantity of poison that the chemists have not as yet isolated it. There aro several theories as to what it maybe. It might be one of three things: The remains of the bacilli that have been grown on gelatine and died there, the poisonous excretion of the germs, or the albuminous matter in tho gelatine, which has been acted on by the germs and had its properties chauged. Whatever the lymph is has not yet been ascertained by outsiders, and the silence of Koch himself is partially explained in Berlin by the sup?0sition that he himself is not quite posiiyo as to in which of the many factors in the lymph lies the active healing principle. He is still experimenting in his laboratory, and does not by any means ttunk he has reached the end of his discoveries. j Many bacteriologists believe that the essential poison of tho lymph is a toxuloumenoid, sub-produced by the action of thd bacilli on gelatin. The danger of putting this powerful poison into the hands of tbO general practitioner is apparent to all, and hence it is believed by many in Europe, in. view of tbe deaths under tho treatment, that tho poison was introduced into the human economy too soon, before its properties were clearly understood. This does not reflect at all on Koch, who is the most conservative of all those interested in the treatment, but was, no doubt, due to political intriirues. Herr Von Gossler being too ; anxious to lift Germany on a world-famed ! pinnacle. : ' Dr. Dixon confirms all that has already !eu said as to the dangerous and fatal nature of the remedy. It is most virulent poison, and in certain diseases, such as tuberculosis of the brain tissues, an injection moans sure death, whilo in the case of tuberculosis of the throat the violent reactin caused bv an iniectiou is liable to stimulate swelling that will choke the pa tient to death unless relieved by tracheotomy. In cases of tubercular skin diseases 6uch as lupus, it bids well to successfully combat tho progress of the disease and etfect cures, and all the successful experiments in Berlin have been mainly in such cases. It is of doubtful value, however, in treating consumption, even in its early stage's. T he patients under treatment who were afflicted with this dread disease in its first ktages shortly after treatment seemed much improved. Night sweats disappeared, the spittle was in better- condition, there was a tendency to increase in weight, and altogether the treatment seemed to bo most beneficial. But in studying these cases it was necessary to eliminate other factors that contributed to this general imppvement. The patients were mostly poor, wretched people from noisome, illventilated houses, who had been poorly fed. The change to the well-ventilated hospitals, with the excellent and nutritious diet, it is believed, accounted for much of the improvement. a diagnostic agent it is held to be a most radical and dangerous one, as the reaction set in by the injection in many cases may prove fatal. It has been known to stir latent tuberculosis into activity, and when ono patient was inoculated for consumption, lupus of tho nose, which had been latent, was developed. 'In tho ca6e cf tuberculosis of the brain tissues, the development of it during a diagnosis by means of the lymph would result fatally, and altgether Dr. Dixon gave tho impression that the lymph was not a remedy to be handled with impunity. In the cases of skin and joint diseases, surgery 1 comes into play to aid the medical treatment, but in all cases of interior atFection the virulent nature of the lymph is a menace to life unless used with the greatest icare. Its use, in the case of consumption, has been known to develop a violent pneumonia and serious inflammation of the i air passages, And, it is held, that until its remedial powers are more accurately defined its uso may stir up worse affections than can be cured by the treatment. In Berlin, however, the doctors, it is said, have rushed pell-mell after one another in using it as & sinelo remedy, and : pushing the treatment to the extreme. The French are generally skeptical of the treatment, as are th) Austrian and oven Bavarian doctors; for whilo Professor Koch himself is unassuming and modest, the government has boomed the lymph, so the impression in Europe runs" as a great advertisement for Berlin as a center of science and education. A strenuous effort is being made to rob Munich of its prestige and make Berlin the great center of Europe. This, of course, has little to do with the painstaking investigations of Koch, who takes no part in the popular boom. - A Negro on Social Equality. J. C. Price, in tho January Forma. I desire to emphasize the fact that tbe negro, in demanding the.full exercise of his constitutional claims to citizenship, does not thereby seek social equality with white men or with colored men. The negro has common sense enough not to speak of intelligence and education to know that legislation in neither church nor stale can give him arbitrary admission into the best society white or colored and that no congressional enactments can regulato tho affections. In all this struggleagainst the rights of the negro, he is not found to be an enemy to society. This is evident in the more violent as well as in tho milder forms of opposition to him. Then who are the real disturbers of society! So far as tho new pretext against giving the negro his rights, under the Constitution, is concerned, the truth of tho whole matter is this: White men seek social contact with tho colored people far more than colored people seek it with whites; and often this is done to the degradation of both races. It is sought in a manner that violates the principles of morality and religion, and is a burning stigma on our Christian civilization. The Koch Lymph and Typhoid Fever. Dr. Auetiu Flint, lo the January Forum. A comparison of tho natural course of typhoid fever with tbe process of cure of lupus, as described by Koch, shows mauy striking points of resemblance. The lupus extends because the tissue in which the tubercle bacilli are developed is not sharply limited, as in the case of the intestinal glands. The poison generated by the tubercle bacilli in lupus is not taken in quantity into the blood, and thero is no elevation in . body heat, or reaction, such as occurs in pulmonary tuberculosis. Heretofore the diseaso has frequently beeu cured by removing tho diseased tissues or by destroying the bacilli by external applications. I have already described the processes observed in the cure of lupus by Koch's lymph. Following the injection there is a strong constitutional reaction and the affected parts apparently become inilauied as do the affected parts in the' early stages of typhoid fever. The diseased tissue then becomes "brownish aud narcotic." This also occurs in typhoid fever.

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The necrotic tissue is then thrown otf,leaviug a healthy nicer which promptly heals. The same process takes place in typhoid fever. AFFAIKS IX OKLAHOMA. Governor Steele DIicdhci the Coudltlon and Needs of the Territory Its Codo of Laws. Chicago PoaL The talk broad-shouldered gentleman with a frank, open countenance, ornamented with a luxuriant blonde mustache, who was entertaining a group of acquaintances in the Grand Pacific Hotel, this morning, was George W. Steele, formerly of Indiana, but now of Oklahoma, in which latest addition to the civilized Territories of the United States he is hailed as Governor. He also has the rare distinction of being- one of tbe truly unseeking beneficiaries of the Harrison government, his appointment having come to him unsought and entirely unexpected. Moreover, he accepted the position, after first, because of tne pressure of private business, refusing it, at the earnest solicitation of tho President, who assured him that after paying a short visit to the new territory he would bo able to return to settle his private affairs. "That was last May," said tho Governor this morning, "and here, the last of December, is the first time I have been able to get away. You see, when I went out there Oklahoma had no laws of its own making and an entire set of machinery for organizing and exercising territorial government had to be made. Tne country had to bo divided mto counties, the population in each county ascertained, officers appointed, elections ordered and held for members of the Legislature. When this had been done two members died and another election in their districts had to bo held. And wrhen the Legislature convened the fight over the location of the capital began, and after continuing through the session it camo to no final result, so that Guthrie will remain the capital until the next Legislature, which will not meet till 189 "One of the last things the Legislature did was to pass acode ot laws. A few days before the adjournment we had no laws of our own, and the prisoners in the jails were held there under the Nebraska law, which was ordered by Congress to be the law of Oklahoma until tho first meeting of the Legislature, when others would be enacted. It looked very dark for us at one time, and had tho Legislature failed to adopt the code the principal part of which is a duplication of tho Indiana code every prisoner would upon the adjournment of the Legislature have been permitted to walk out free and no further arrests could have been legally made save by United States marshals for offenses against the national government. But now we aro all rignt, the machinery is in good working order andrunning smoothly, and when the disputes as to the rightful ownership of claims, upon many of which livo at present eight contestants, shall have been settled, we will be in firstclass shape. "We are awaiting the action of Congress nnon the treaties that have been made with tho various tribes surrounding Oklahoma, and when that action is taken, and there is practically no doubt that it will be favorable, the lands will be thrown open and the people who, disappointed in their efforts to secure homesteads in Oklahoma, are no .7 living, unlawfully, it is true, but with tho negative sanction of the government, upon the school sections, will go there. The harvest of the past season has not been of the best, but that is the case in many States, owing to the drought, but, taking all things into cousideration, we have done very well, and next year when the settlers who became financially exhausted while waiting for several years in the borderland for the Territory to be open have recovered their breath, things will be much better. We are indebted to the Santa Fe and Rock Island railroad compauies for bringing 25,000 bushels of seed wheat into the Territory and loaning it to tho farmers, without interest, to be paid tho next year in kind or money. Wo can raise anything in Oklahoma, and the Second crop this year, planted in August and harvested in October, gave evidence of what bountiful results may be sanguinely expected when the land shall have been thoroughly broken and things got into working order. No, I should not advise emigration there, except of people who have money to buy their farms. For such there are inducements, but not toothers.'1 An Indiana Woman. Philadelphia Press. One of the delegates to the national convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, recently held in Atlanta, Ga., tells this little incident as illustrative of the persuasive powers and eloquence of Mrs. Zerelda Wallace, mother of Gen. Lew Wallace. As you know, the women of Mobile are notably conservative, and among ub on this occasion were two of the very ultra set. For some reason, known only to themselves, they are working in tho cause of temperance, but moving even in their approved line very quietly. Meeting them one day I was greeted in the most startling way with: ' "Have you heard Mrs. Wallacet I was almost afraid of mv own response: "Yes." "And what do you think of her!" I replied, so sure was I of an adverse criticism. To my surprise, amusement and gratification they both exclaimed enthusiastically: "Why, there is but one way of thinking after hearing her." Mrs. Wallace is a strong advocate of woman suffrage and an indefatigable worker in that direction. She possesses great personal magnetism, as well as gifts of logic. To these abilities the many friends of this talented woman like to attribute tbe recent suffrage agitation among tbe law-makers of Mississippi, for not long ago she delivered about twenty lecturer in that State. Mrs. Wallace is now past the meridian of life. With a slow, sweet voice, most gentle and refined in personal appearance and manners, she is one of those nappy beings to whom is given all tbe grace of age; or, rather, who has cultivated all that goes to makeup a perfect woman in each stage of life as it came to her. Just as she figures in public as the friend of her own sex so has she idealized the double function of wife and mother. Her husband was at one timo the chief executive of the State of Indiana. ARE YOU TROUBLED With an old sore, ulcer,or gun shot wound that refuses to heal up. If so take S. S. 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