Marshall County Independent, Volume 4, Number 37, Plymouth, Marshall County, 26 August 1898 — Page 7

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HIS SCORCHING HIGHNESS HAS A BLACK RECORD. Scientist or Mia Weather Bureau Inveritlgat1 ,j Htm Sunstrokes and Their Matti eH;.M :m and DawgCVg Much to "v-r For. Ha, The wea.hei bureau at Washington s just non "is iged in an Investigation !to result ia the future saving of many touman liv?s each year from Old Sol's fatal summer harvest. It may be surprising, but it is nevertheless true that no one yet kno vs the exact meteorological and physiological and psychological eon. Is ions which eaUM heatstroke and sunstroke. When the weather bureau's important investiga

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tion h 1 5 been possibl- to forecast sunstroke epidem ica. Interesting lata is being collected from hospitali and individual physicians la p!o rtically every locality of the United Stavs. Dates and locations of cuso.-. aie i.eing reported and the weatliei maris and usual data collected jy tire wreau are being Studied in connection therewith, writes J. E. Watkin ftom Washington, It is all very we'l to say that "hot weathe '" i- the primary cause of sun and heat stroke. This means nothing to the Weather .-harps who are prying into the problem. There are many other conditions which go to make hot wreathe.- then -imply a high temperature a- aho n by til thermometer.

There a:v atmospheric moisture ami occurred board the transport vessels pressui I n I velocity, electrostatic, where they ha e been crowded together potentu! sunshine, etc. The old no- j pending delays. Such cases have oction was :hat sunstroke was not like- enrred at night, when there has been ly to occur on hoi and dry days, bot no sun. as well as in daytime. A milithnt hot and moist days were most dan- tary surgeon, who has studied neatgerous. statistics so far collected stroke in the army for twenty years, at the weather bureau do not accord says he has seen most victims fall with th:.- theory. Moisture of the at- ; when the sun has been obscured by a mosphere appears to have little to do cloud or mist. The weather bureau has with the ease. Moreover, sunstrokes been embarrassed hy sensational re-

are very rare upon the sea. where the breezes are heavily .-barged with evaporated water toother interesting fact being broughl mi s hat every locality has it.- local - astroke temperature. People In Boston, for instance, cannot endure nearly so high an average daily temperate e those of New Orleans. A man, native of Boston and ; acclimated there, however, would probably be beasitive to heat in New ! Orleans as be mid in Boston. As is well known, physicians have believed that som- relationship exists between sunstroke and the use of alcoho: Data on this point is being collected. Sighty per cent of the cases and 90 per cn' of the deaths whose history as to the USe of alcohol is known, are fit persona Who drank moderately or in excess. Dr. W. P. R. Phillip: , in charge of the sunstroke investier.-.ri -;j -.- ; that we feel hat or cold :iioi' icutely Alien the Btmospherei. relatively damp, it is a onestion w.i-'t'te;- his is not due alone to the fact that i moist skin is more sensitive o touch than a dry one. Sunstrokes are :ir due to sadden rises of ; temperature lasting a short while only. ; but to eoatiauo la bot weather. Dr. Phillips say- the aumaa body can stand very hot atmospheres for a short time, An experiment: in Europe has placed men in an oven and -ubjected them to j tempern i res ot air j.- high as 2io degrees Fahrenheit In such an enormous temperature as this, however, they were allowed to remain but a very few minutes. In order to produce a sunstroke Epidemie the nights as well as the lays must !e hot. Hot days followed by i smparatively cool nights are not dangerous, nor are brief spells of intensely ho; a-hr with intervening days of cool. Further, sunstroke seems to become epidemic 7,hen the mean temperat;..- ol the day or of several ; UMwuiuiiTe uays rises as high or nearly as high as the normal maximum temperature for 'he same period. New data being collected la constantly adding to or reducing the weight of these conclusions. There is a raft of new geJegdüe literature on the subject or sunstroke. Muc'.i attention is just now being paid to the effect of hot weather Upon the brain. For experimental purposes hear has been onceatrated upon men s skulls, and i ich uncomfortable experiments luve shown that In a hot temperature he blood vessels of the mderlving brain expand, causing the head to til! wirb blood. Jost j,P. fore a sunstroke the blood leaves the vessels at th surface of the body and flows to the interior organs, including the rain and -pinui cord. The brain has x greater capacity for blood than anv of the nrher, Tli oral'mvi J " . . . .-' . TT .T 11' I i 1 1 T or loss of consciousness results. The blood must be immediately exje!Ied from he nerve centers. The latest device for accomplishing this is a long. narrow rubber bag. 22x4 inches, tilled With powdered lee applied to the back ! along the spinal column from the ahooldor blades to the waist. At the I same time hot-wafer bags are applied to the hands, feet and general sur- ! face of the skin The heart la mean while stimulated by hypodermic injections. Application of cold to the spine is now recommended by g- W authorities for those who suffer generally from hot weather or who have previously h; d sunstroke. A doublecolumned hot-water bag is sometimes applied to the back of the neck to stimulate the ganglia and cause the arteries of the brain to contract. ce is also applied to the head and antipyrine internally. AH of t h i- is the very latest treatment. Elaborate experiments lately made in Francp indicate that one is much more liable to become sunstruck when tired than when rested. This theory seems to have been established pretty well by two experimenters named I.avarau and Regnard. They placed two dogs in a tightly inclosed metal box. The atmosphere inside could be heate,j to any degree One dog was kept at rest while the other was made to work a wheel

tremtaalH similar to that used In squlr rel cage3; When the dog 8hirked the wheel was revolved by hand. The dog

at rest endured a temperature of 113 degrees F. without apparent discomfort, but the working dog fell prostrate in a half hour. At 140 degrees both animals died, but that which rested tell OUl many hours longer than that which worked. Su. h experiments of courso apply to sunstroke as well as to heartstroke, since the former is due in almost every instance to the surrounding atmosphere not to the direct burning of the sun's rays upon the top of the head, as commonly supposed. Like scarlet fever, sunstroke is found to leave its victim if he has the good lock to recover generally with some permanent malady. Some of these after disease! are insanity, dizziness, j sensitiveness to heat, headaches, color-blindness, gastritis. irritability. deaj the spine. One theory is that the char acter always becomes changed by a sunstroke, because of alteration of the structure of the nerve centers. Sunstroke, on the other hand, has been known to act like the gold cure upon men previously known to have imbibed. Sunstroke victims are seldom able to tolerate high degrees of heat. One convalescent, whose case is on record, fled to the cellar every time the thermometer reached 75 degrees and finally took refuge in Alaska. Insanity following sunstroke is very frequent and is pronounced incurable by some authorities. Many of our soldiers in the tropica have been victims of sunstroke since the war began. Many cases have ports that it is preparing to forecast waves of crime, due to weather conditions. It has no such purpose in view. Nevertheless some valuable statistics lately collected by various investigators tend to show that public morals really are at lower ebb in summer than in winter. The Chicago police records compared with statistics or that city's weather bureau for a period of eight years show a marked increase In crime as hot weather sets in. that crime increases m rainfall decreases, and that people of Chicago are most immoral when winds are southwest. and le;it so when northwest. Italian statistics show that more duels are fought in warm than in cold weather. In France the highest percentage or divorces are brought to court i warm months. American statistics show thaC our greatest riots have broken out in late spring or summer, notably the four great New York riots in May, June and duly of '49, r7, 'C3 and 71, and the great Pittsburg riots of '77, Homestead riots of HI and Chicago riots of (M. all in July. Women are said to complain less of hot weather than men. It was Sydney Smith who said: ' It is impossible to feel affection above 7 degrees or below 20 degrees F. Human nature is too solid or too liquid beyond these limits." and Seneca, who opined: "The empire of the world has always remained in the hands of those natures who enjoy a mild Climate. Those who dwell naar the frozen north have uncivilised tempers." JOHN ELFRETH W ATKINS, JR. A New Tabl Berry. ' There is a new table berry on the maket this year' said a market dealer to a Star reporter "wh ch proves th3t thorn is artmpl h i n v noa under the im after all at least in the berry business, Tb newcomer is called the wine berry. In shape and color it is not unlike the raspberry though it is a trifle smaller in size. In taste and color it is a combination of the raspberry and the oldfashioned red currant. It is superior to .other of the berries from which it sprung, and has an advantage over either in uat it ships better and lasts longer, It is a graft from the raspberry, and is the insult of considerable study and experiment. It grows in every respect like the red raspberry, and la as protittc. Those that have been sent to market so far this season do not show up as well as they should for the reason that there has been but very little rain In this section of the country j for the past two months, when the fruit w;is making. The retail price is about the same as that of the raspberry." Washington Star. Not I :.f till'. le . Harriet Martineau, the English author, was shrewd and practical, and had what men are pleased to call a masculine intellect." Hut she was not always correct jn her deductions, a fact illustrated by the following anecdote, told in her "Memoirs" by Sir Charles Murray, who was then the English consul-general in Egypt: One afternoon re mt at the villa of my old friend. S. W. Larking, on the banks of the Mahamoudleh anal. In the course or our stroll through the garden we came to a small nate, the pattern of which was new to Miss Martineau, who was walking in front. She stopped, and looking at the sate in an attitude of intens- admiration, exclaimed: "How truly Oriental What wonderful taste these easterners have in design!" She went on. and as Larking and I followed through the sate he whispered to me, I sot it out las' week from Mirmingham." I pi und fowitft. The Idler "Qood many upa and downs in your profession. I presume'"' The Actor I should twitter. Look at me. Dotal' the Wild Man in the basement all day. and a cake-walk on the roof at niffht. Talk about upa and downs!" Indianapolis Journal.

FOB WOMAN AND HOME

ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS AND MATRONS. Fancy Petticoats They Are Now Made ! of Wblte Muslin ia Preference to Sitk A Hint from Paris Kevi ral of Shawlj The LMnnr Table. Caroline. I'll bid my hyacinth to blow. I ll teach my grotto glSCU to be. Ami sin? my true love, all below 1he holly bower and myrtk-tree. Tbere, all his wild-wood scents to bring. The sweet south wind shall wander by And with the music of his wing Delight my rustling canopy. Come to my close and clustering bower, Thou spirit ot a milder clime! Fresh with the dews of fruit and flower, C'. mountain-heath and moory thyme. With all thy rural - chocs CO&M, Bweet comrade of the rosy day. Wafting the wild bee's gentle hum. Or cuckoo's plaintive roundelay. Where'er thy morning breath has play'd. Whatever isles of ocean faim d. Come to my bioeaom-woven shade. Thou wandering wind of fairy land! For sure, from some enchanted ile. Where heaven and love their sabbath hold. Where pure and happy spirits smile. O beauty's fairest, brightest mould; From some green Fden of the deep. Where pleasure's sigh alone is heaved, Where tears of rapture lovers weep Kndear'd, undoubting, undeceived; From some sweet paradise afar. Thy music wamlers, distant, lost; Where Nature lights her leading star. And love is never, never cross'd. Oh. gentle gale of Eden howers. If back thy rosy feet should roam, fo revel with the cloudless hours In Nature's more propitious home. Name to thy Elysian groves. That o'er enchanted spirits twine, A fairer form than cherub loves. And let the name be Caroline. Thomas Campbell. AN AUTUMN Fancy PettlroatM. The affection of the summer girl is divided between the rustling taffeta silk skirt and the soft, sheer, lacetrimmed petticoat that is such a dainty foundation for her thin dreeseo. Fondneis for white m.tslin or cambric lingerie increases as the summer advances and when there are such dain ty bits of flouncing as that on the petticoat here pictured it is not surprising that they should find favor. This one has If o very full flounces with zigzag 1 1 Immings of lace insertion. Che very latest fancy in white skirts Is to tie the ribbon that runs through the inserted heading of the flounce in bows at the right or left side, leaving long ends to flutter in the breeze. A Kevlval In Shawl. There is to be a revival in the fashion of using lace. It is appearing everywhere. Old-fashioned lace shawls.

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in both white and black, are being Msrd over colored linings for wraps. The shawls are not cut. but fall in natural folds from the shoulder back. Lace gowns a-e gaining rapidly in popular favor. Irish lace of every description is much worn, both in making up entile gowns and in trimming. A pretty lace gown has a skirt of black Chantilly over black satin that falls in a graceful demi-train. The bottom of the skirt is edged with a niching of black and white chiffon. The bodice is of black accordion plaited chiffon, bloused over white chiffon. There is a tail stock of black velvet and a narrow black velvet ceinture. Hint from Paris. The hat of Italian straw represented in the illustration is trimmed with a wreath of white roses, which ends at the sides, and foliage, which continues behind and falls over the hair. The crown, which is rather high, is trimmed with black velvet ribbons, one of which goes round the low part and FANCY. ends in a bow. An upright bunch of white roses with foliage is placed in the middle. This hat is by the Maison Nouvelle. New York Herald. The Dinner Table. The properly decked dinner table Is a source of pride aud satisfaction, and whatever may be said of the feast, the culinary art is one which is most grateful for the daintiness and beaiyy Of its serving. Every one is reasonably attached to good silver, but latter-day spreads nhow less of it than formerly, unless an effort at magnificence is the object, and after all it is not difficult to name the families who boast an entire service of solid silver, and the real beauty of an ideal table is made up of an exquisite total of glistening linen, fragile china, cut iilass and the rest in silver. In each of these table accessories there are eer and anon departures, additions and innovations whhh tend to simplify the means of serving or add to the barm of the picture. Even in the patterns in which the table linen is woven there are now some handsome and pronounced novelties, wbieh will be readily observed as entirely different from the designs of last season. Large Howery patterns prevail, and in this line a beautiful pattern, the marguerite, Is worthy of notice. It in made entirely without border design. The large life-size flowers are strung along in broad stries. and showing the stalks and foliage true to the nature of the plant. An exquisite new pattern is the jonquil, having a centre mat of the flowers and an oddly disposed border, where the flowers form a close, short wreath at the edge, and rising from them a deeper bonier of tall atalks with leaves interspersing and the flowers set along. Round tablecloths for round tables are all made to be hemmed, is fringes are out of date. Some of fine texture

and graceful pattern are 3hown In auch

bold designs as handsome blooms. Conventional patterns are rarely shown, and perfectly plain damask is not seen even with hemstitched borders. Iioui XVI patterns are hemstitched and have one or two bands of drawn work to enhance their beauty. This open work is about eighteen inches from the hem. and usually follows the edge of the path or falls an inch or so below it. A Modern Traced v. Wi:h a Shakespeare or Ibsen t do it justice, the following incident might easily rise to the heights of sartorial tragedy. Even between the very crude outlines all women can perceive the pathos of the situation. The heroine i a woman whose new frocks are not so many but that she generally has several o'.d ones on hand. One year ago she had a dress skirt made, and a very pretty one it was. too, but in spite of its prettiness it was a victim to the prevailing contamination of the time; it had no pocket. The woman, as was hr habit, even though she knew how futile it wa.-. searched carefully all over for a possible pocket, but ia vain. As was also her habit, she didn't have a pocket put in: for whatever reason, there seems to be a reluctance upon the part of mos wotnea to have this done. Once unpocketed always nnpocketod seems to b the rule where dress skirts are concerned. The woman accordingly put the skirt on, and wore it just as it was. which also means that she entered upon an era of pocket handkerchief losing. For one whole year now hat the woman worn the skirt, not incessantly, of course, but more or less continuously, while the pocket handkerchiefs she has lost, thanku to it, during that period are unnumbered. The other dav the woman thought that she would have the skirt "made over." This time a dressmaker in the house was deemed sufficiently skillful to attend to it. The first thing she did was. of course; to rip the skirt apart. And one of the first things she said, aa .-he brought to light an article as capacious as it was unmistakable, was: "Why. dear me. Mrs. Blank, I thought you said this dress had no pocket!" For Tired Feet. "I wouldn't mind the work if my feet did not ache so annoyingly." Is j the common complaint of the housewife, who must spend the greater part of each day standing over her work and passing back and forth between kitchen, pantry and dining room. Saleswomen, too. öfter complain o" tired feet, and it is aid that trained nurses suffer from swollen feet, especially when they first no into hospitals. Some simple remedy for this trouble is sure to be appreciated by those who are often fatigued with standing. A powder which Is much used by the German army for sifting into the shies and stockings of the infantry soldiers might he of service. It consists of three parts of calicylic acid, ten parts of .starch and eighty-seven parts of pulverized Boapstone. This keeps the feet dry, prevents chafing, and heals any sore spots. The soanstone by itself has also been found useful. Soap alone will also give relief, well rubbed over the sole of the stockings. But. even if the powder proves beneficial or the soanstone seems to give relief for a time, there is nothing like a regular nightly bathing in hot water, with quick and thorough rubbing just before going to bed, to take away and keep away that distressing feeling of fatigue from long standing. 1 tgnlMM (.i uli m I" rocks. It is interesting to note the ingenuity dressmakers employ in the making of gingham frocks. Many of the handsomer ginghams boast no end of dainty handiwork, and there is as much time and elaborate trimmings spent on them as is spent on gowns designed for great functions. As there Is no expectation that these gowns will ever be subjected to the laundresses' hands they are trimmed with ribbon velvet and frequently with nifties of silk or mousseline de soie. Many of them are made up over silk slips and are suitahle for informal afternoon calling gowns and even for wear at small society affairs. In one the skirt Is Bade with a close-fitting shaped skirt and ends in Vandykes cut out to show a plaiting of rose silk. The Vandykes are embroidered in deep rose shades and black, which blend exquisitely with the rosy tint of the gown itself. The blouse is of accordion plaited silk with a yoke of embroidered gingham. The stock and sash are of ribbon in a rose several shades darker than the tint prevailing in the gown. The rough straw hat is also of the rose and is trimmed with a wreath of roses and a long, soft paradise plume In white. The white chiffon parasol io lined with rose silk. ( lieerftil. Me Ah. how heavenly! I always love Wagner j nnch. Where is the iani located? He Madam, that la not a lanl. Th machine shop and planted nisi: around the corner are merely running night turns, owing to the revival of business. Munt Have Itprn. ' i see that an Iowa preacher has got into trouble for engaging himself to fifteen different girls.' What was the matter, were the stones in some of the rings larger than In others?" A Sure Sign. Smith "Brown ia evidently financially embarrassed." Jones Why do you think so?" Smith ' He li beginning to" live extravagantly and dresses better than formerly."

SOCIETY DICH.

MASONIC. PLYMOUTH K I L VV INIXG LODGE, No, 149, F. and A.M.; meets first and third Friday evenings of each month. Daniel McDonald, W. M. John Corberly, Sec. PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No 49, R. A. M.; meets second Friday evening of each month. L. Southworth H. P. J. C ilson, Sec. PLYMOUTH COMMAND' Y, N026K. T.; meets secondhand fourth Thursday of each month D McDonald E. CV, L.Tannei Ree. PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No' 6, O. E. S.; meets first and third Tuesdays of each month. Mrs. Mary L. Thayer W. M. Mrs. G. Aspinall. Sec ODD FELLOWS. AMERICCS LODGE, No. 91; meet every Thursday evening at their lodge rooms on Michigan st. Ed" Campbell N. G. Chas. Shearer Sec KNIGHTS OF PYTrllAS. HYPERION LODGE, No. 117 meets every Monday night in Castle Hall. Lou Allman C. C. Chas. S, Price K. of R. and S. FORESTERS. PLYMOUTH COURT, No. 499; meets the second and fourth Fridiv evenings f each month, in K. of P. hall. Elmer Wer Ota C. R. Daniel Cramer Sec. HYPERION TEMPLE RATHRONE SISTERS, meets first and third Friday of each month Mrs J. G. Davis, Mrs. Rena Armstrong r3 K. O. T. JUL PLYMOUTH TENT, No. 27; meets everv Tuesdav evening at K. O. T. M. hall. 'Dan. Tacoby, Com. James Hoffman, Record Keeper. L. O. T. M. WIDE AWAKE HIVE, No. 67; meets everv Monday night at K. O. T. M. hall on Michigan street. Mrs. Flora J. Ellis, Commander. Bessie Wilkinson, Record Keeper. HIVE NO. 2S; meets every Wednesday evening in K. O. T . M. hall. Mrs. Maggie Fogle, Com., Alma E. Lawrence, Record Keener. ROYAL ARCANl.M. Meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month in Simon's hall. Moses M. Lauer, Regent. Francis McCrory, Sec. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD Meets first and third Wednesday evanings of each month in K. of P. hall. C. M. Kasper, C. C. Joe Etch, Cleric O. A. R. MILES H. TIBBETS POST, G. A. R; meets every first and third Monday evenings in Simons hill Dwight L, Dickerson Com,. Charlie Wilcox, Adjt. SONS OF VETERANS. Meets every second and fourth Fri day evenings in G. A. R. hall J. A. Shunk, Captain. Cora B. North, ist Lieut. CHURCHES. PB ES.'J Y TER1 A N CHURCH Preaching at 10:."iu a. m. snd 7 p. m. Sabbath school at noon. Junior Endeavor at 4 p. m. Senior Kndeavor at ß p. m. 1'rayer ineetinp; every Thursday evening. Teacher's meeting immediately following. Hev. Thornberry, Pastor. METHODIST, Class meeting every Sunday morning at l:ii0 o'clock. Preaching at 10:30 a. m.. and p. m. Sunday school at 12 m. Kpworth league at ):'" p. m. Trayer meeting every Thursday evening at 7:00p, m. L. S. mit., pastor. J. W. Wiltfong, class leader. 1). Frank Uedd, abbath school superintendent. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL. St Thomas' church, llev. Wm. Wirt liay mood, rector. Sunday services, 10;HO a. m., 7 0 p. m. Minday service, at noon. Services Wednesday evenings at 7:30. Communion on holy days at 10 a. ni CHURCH OF GOD (iarro and Water sts. ltegular services 10:30 a. ni., each unday. Third Sunday in each month preaching ty J. L, Wince; fourth Sunday by H. V. Keed. 1 :?0 Sunday morning and 7:30 Sooday evening. Sunday 8chooi at 12 o'clock ; Fva liiilsbaek Snpt. Prayer meeting , at 7:30 each Thursday exening. UNI TK 1) BRlfiTHERN. Sunday 9:30 a. m., class meeting. 10 JO a. m., and 7 M p. m., preaching by the pastor. 11:30 a. m., Sunday School büß p. m. Junior V . P.C. U. meeting. r:00 p. m., Senior Y. P. C. U. meeting. A cordial invitation is extended to the public. CATHOLIC CHURCH Church it held on Sundays as follows: First mass fit " 30 a. m . second mass at It) a. m. Vespers at 3 p. m. Week day mass at 7:45. Father Moench pastor. ARE YOU ALIVE To the fact that all successful buftitieas men credit their iuw to the liberal use of print-- ' W rM nrofit hy their npri'il