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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-27
Dirt and Disease.

Toe virtual triumph OF the sn tisep-
tic Pystem OF surgery, based SIS that
system is on the reoogni ton OF liciRS
cont0gid as the agents OF putrefaction,
is of good sugury 81 it regards the
reoeptivity of the public mind to new
views respecting the nature Of conta-
gia generally.
To the credit of English surgeons
it stands recorded that, guided by
their practical ssgacity. they had
adopted In their hospitals measures
of ameliorstion which reduced, almost
to a minimum, the rate Of mortality
arising from the modification" of
wounds. They bad discovered the
evils incident to dirt" and. by keep
ing dirt far away from them, they
had saved innumersble lives, which
would undoubtedly have succumbed
under conditions prevalent in many
OF the hospitals of Continental Eu'
rope.
In thus acting, English surgeons
we're, for the most part. wiser than
they knew" Their knowledge, how
ever momentous in its practical
applications, was etill empirical
knowledge. That dirt was fatal they
had discovered; but why it was fatal
few of them knew. at this point
Lister came forward with q scientific
principle which rendered all plain.
Dirt was fatal, not as dirt, but because
it contained living germs which, as
Schwann was the 6rst to prove, are
the cause of putrefaction. Lister OK.
tended the generalization OF schWann
from dead matter to living matter,
and By this apparently simple step
revo.utionized the art OF surgery. He
changed il. in fact, from art into q
science.
''Listerism" is sometimes spoken
OF as if il merely consisted in the sp.
plication Of carbolic-acid spray; bat
no man of any breadth of vision will
regard the subject thus. The anti
septic system bad been enunciated,
expounded, and illustrated. prior 60
the introduction of the spray. The
spray ia Q mere ofshoot of the system
elegant and effective il is true, bat
still q matter of detail. In company
With my excellent friend Mr.. John
Simon, l once visited st. Bartholo-
mey's Hospital, and became &C.
qusinted, in its wards, with the prac-
tice Of the late Mr.. Calender.
The sntiseptic system wss there as
stringenIly applied as at Kings Col
lege. Immediately before his de.
parture for America l spoke to Mr..
Calender on this subject; and be
then told me expressly that his aim
and hope had been, not to introduce
@ new principle, bat to simplify the
methods of Lister. And yet Mr.,
Callender's. practice is spoken OF a,
Ii it were, in principle, different from
that of his eminent contemporary.
It ia interesting, and indeed
pathetic, to observe low long q dis
covery Of priceless value to humanity
may be hidden away, or rather liz
openly revealed, before the final anC
apparently obvious step is taken TO
ward its practical application. II
1887 SchWann clearly established ths
connection between putre.action anI
microscopic life; but thirty years bar
to elapse before Lister extended Il
wounds the researches of Schwann o,
dead flesh and animal infnsiong.-
P0DulCT Science Nonthly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-27
EccentricitieS Of the Parnells.

The New York correspondent of
the Philadelphia Record tells the
following as facts concerning the
noted Miss Parnell. lately deceased,
and her sisters: Miss Fannie Par
nell, whose sudden death at Borden
town, N. j., has attracted such wide
attention, was remarkably ecCen-
trio for so young a woman. She
was always doing queer things,
among them dropping off into a
trance and talking spiritual nom
sense. She was a great walker, and
every evening walked two miles
out the CrOsswieS turnpike
and back, accompanied by two
wolf-hounds. She always carried a
revolver in her pocket, and would
have used it too, if necessary. Only
the night before she died she took
her accustomed walk. Pistol prac-
tice was a favorite amusement of
the Parnell girls. When they lived
in the lake house, in the BOnaparte
Park, they would wander out at
night in their white gowns, and the
woods near the house would re-
sound with the report Of their pis-
tolls. The only wonder is that they
did not shoot each other. They
were all spiritualists, and held fire.
quent seances in their boarding
house. l believe the shooting had
something to do with spiritualism,
but just what, nobody knows. TheO-
dOsia Parnell, who married Lieu
tenant Paget, is the only one OF the
sisters who did not seem to have a
screw loose. She did very little be-
fore the public gaze, and after bel
marriage retired completely int
private life"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

Kidnapping and the Lottery In Italy.
The most immoral amusement tif
amusement it can be calIed), the lottery,
is great source of revenue TO the gov
ernment. aud I know it is great source
OF misery and crime to the people, in
| illustration of which l will tell an anec.
dote, which. strange as IL may seem, Is
absolutely true
A lady took her little boy to n neigh,
boring fair. He was n lovely child,
with 1axen hair, blue eyes aud daz.
zling fair complexion. To this pair a
well-dfessed woman Of the middle class
fascinated apparently by the e1traordi-
nary beauty of the child approached.
"I have carriage here" said she to
the mother; may take your boy for
a little drive? will bring him back
almost Immediately" The lady was
young and unsuspecting; the child
eager to go. he was carried of, and
in vain the mother waited and watched.
The stranger woman never brought
back her child. The kidnaper was
not n native OF those parts. No one
there knew who she was, whence she
came. or whittier she had gone.
There seemed no clew to the mystery.
The poor mother went more than half
distracted (; but the father, a man of
energy and shrewd sense, succeeded in
tracking his child to village far south.
Accompanied By carabinieri," he dis
covered his son in a loft. and rescued
him only just in timo from an awful
fate. He was about to be murdered,
and an altar had been erected on which
the victims blood was to Bpurt. The
motive OF the intended crime was 10 in
sure his murderess prize in the lottery;
for 9 soothsayer had recommended for
this purpose the sacrifice Of fair and
rosy child. The woman was put in
prison where she shortly died. She
had not borne bad character, and the
dreadful guilt she meditated appears
10 have been the result of n sort of
madness which the fascination OF the
lottery Is said to bring upon its victims.
Perhaps it is fair to add that this hap
pened many years ago. - London Cors-
hill
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
Blood. Atonement In Utah.

A letter from Salt Lake City TO the
Chicago Tribune says: With regard
to blood-atonement / am assured that it
Is practiced to day as frequently as 1t
was twenty-five years ago, though not
no openly. There arc no coroners in
Utah and when body Is IL death Il Is
simply buried. Poison does the work
and there are no inquiries When ;
man gets tired OF his wife he poisons
her. One crime. which was committed
here only short time ago, must de-
scribe. Mrs. Maxwell camo to Salt
Lake City with her husband in 1869.
Two years afterward her husband took
another wife and one year subsequently
he was sealtd to third. Mrs. Max
we'll had two sons, aged respectively
fourteen and sixteen years. Their
father urged them 10 go through the
Endowment house and become Nor
mons, bound By all the oaths of tho
church. Mrs. Maxwell, having led >
life like that OF Mr& Hunt, objected,
and in order TO prevail over her sons
she told thcm the secrets OF the Endow-
ment house.
The penalty for revealing these
secrets il dismsmberment OF the body,
tho throat cut and tongue torn out.
Mr.. Maxwell overheard his wife. being
In an adjoining room, and forthwith he
informed the elders, who sent for the
unfortunate woman and her two sons.
The we're taken into what il called the
"daFk pitt" blood.a.oning room under
Brigham Young's house. Sir members
Of the priesthood then performed their
terrible crime they frst cut OF their
victims tongue, they then cut her
throat. The sons we're compelled to
stsad By aud witness this dreadful
slaughter Of their mother. The sons
went directly TO the house OF friend.
to whom they related the butchery Of
their mother, and obtaining . package
OF provisions they started but on the
following morning ihoy were both dead
--they had met The DAnites.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
Mr.. Sianford,s Diamonds.

A Ps-is correspondent says: II have
recently been shown one OF the most
magnificent sets of iewelry ever gotten
up in Paris for an American lady. II
was manufactured to order for the wife
Of Ex-Governor STANFORD, of California,
and consists of necklace Of large coll
ored diamonds, rubies, sapphires and
emeralds. all of the purest water. A
band Of large yellow diamonds en-
circles the throat. each set in smaller
stones
Below this band is placed a foriated
design in small white diamonds and
colored stones, extending in deep
points. Between each of tbese points
is suspended an immense yellow
diamond set IN white diamonds
and attached 10 the upper part Of the
necklace by ruby, emerald or sapphire.
There are FIVE of these pendants. the
central one being the largest, and hav.
ing once figured in the collection Of
the DIXIE OF Brunswick. This naznifi-
cent ornament accompanied by a
comb. brooch and pair of earrings
to match, and the necklace itself takes
to pieces and can be converted into
pins, hair ornaments, etc, while the
upper row Of diamonds can be worn Is
a necklace without the pendants and
the pointed foriated band. The cost
Of the set has been estimated a. $50
600. Besides this truly royal parure,
Mrs. Stanford has recently become the
possessor OF three brown diamonds, one
set as q ring and The other two as ear
ings, which a. haid to be perfectly
unique in the world Of jewels.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
The ClIeerfal Japs.

OF all their surface qualities--I use
the word "surfaca" not IS excluding
substance" but rather implying it,
none is more noteworthy among the
Japanese than their cheerfulness at
work. II is q quality shared by all
classes and common 10 all employments.
The Japanese statesman dictates = dis
patch or discusses a cabinet question
with smile on his face: the anancier,
more astonishing yet, smiles over the
intricacies of = deficient budget; the
preacher smiles during every pause in
his sermon; the writer at his desk: the
shopkeeper smiles while chaffering with
his customer. the servant on receiving
bis masters orders, the smith while
forging the metal, the potter manipulat-
ing the clay. the husbandman ss he
wades knee-deep in mud across the rice
fields, tho bargeman propelling bis
clumsy boat against wind and tide, the
coolie straining to lift the heaviest load,
nay, even the convict at his forced
labor by the roadside. and what is
more. . very slight occasion viii broad
en- the smile into hearty laugh. All
this is true and genuine good humor,
based firstly, no doubt, on . good di-
gession, but also on remarkably elastic
temperament great courage, and the
sound, good sense that everywhere and
everyhow makes the best OF things. Had
Mark Tapley been somewhat moro Of
gentleman in manners he might have
PASSED for an average japanese. --Fbrs-
nightly Revicsp.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
PersOnating q Nightingale.

In one Of the pieces recently per-
formed at Munich for the private
delecta.ion of the eccentric king of
Bavaria. scene occurs in which night :
ingale Is to appear in the branch of
tree warbling its sweet notes. Un-
fortunately there exists thus far no in
strument closely initiating the song of
this queen of birds: surely no bird
could have been found loyal enough to
sing even to king in winter, mild ss
the season has proved mp 70 this time.
The despair of the stage manager may
therefore be readily imagined. Still.
the truth Of the old proverb, ''fhe
greater the need, the nearer the help"
was once more vindicased in this trying
dilemma A bootmsker, Bechthaler by
name. Who has frequently amused and
delighted his friends by his wonderful
initiative talent, was applied 10 by the
distressed official aud persuaded to
place himself behind the scenes, and at
. given signal TO s'personate" the charm
ing songster, which he did to the entire
satisfaction Of his royal listener. Atthe
next performance there will doubtless
be read On the ''single" play-bin
printed for the king: "a nightingale,
Mr.. Bechthaler."--Amcrsoaa Regisssr.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
Changing Places.

A citizen who had an Office IN the
top Story Of block on Griswold slreot
had half ton OF coal dumped on tbs
walk the other day, and the cart hadn't
yet disappeared when boy came pnf-
fing upstairs and called out:
Bay, want that coal lugged up?'
That's no way 20 address a person."
replied the man "Why don't you adj
Dire IS me IN civil, polite manner9g
Dunno how" answered She boy.
Well, III show you. Sit down
here and suppose you are tue ozner o.
the Office aud / an boy who wants to
biing mp your coal"
He stepped into the hall and knocked
on the door, and as the boy cried
"come in" the man entered the room
with his hat in his hand and began:
Beg pardon, sir, but you have some
coal on the walk below"
Yes"
"shall / bring it up Tor your
Oh, cert2inlyP'
How much will you pay?'
Well" ," replied the boy, as be looked
around at the scsnsy furniture. ST
generally promise a boy fifteen cents
aud shove bogus quarter on him, but
seeing it's you, and you are the only
support Of large family, IL you'll
bring up that coal and put it in that
box, I'll give you my whole income for
a year aad half and pair OF old boots
in the bargain"
Boy, wha: do you mean ?" de-
manded the man. as he flushed M.
But the boy dodgod him and reached
the stairs. and as he paused a. one of
the landings TO look mp he called out
Il expected every minute that you'd
advise me TO get that coal upstairs
before some creditor gobbled it, You
can't play boy for shuclEs. Detroft
Free Press.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

thought she was prettier than her
daughter.
81 came over on purpose to ask you," :"
said the squire, telling most out
rageous fb. "f hope you haven't any
objections"
When Lucy came in half an hour
later to say that tea was ready, the
squire rose up, blushiug like girl, and
jerked his thumb toward the widow.
and said, in voice that shook little !:
That's your mother, Lucy. / mean,
she's Mrs. Kimball, or going to be.
It's all settled"
81 s'pose may kiss my father then, ="
said Lucy, and pumped kiss on the
squire's lips, who said she might give
him another for her father-'n-law, while
she was about 1t, II she'd no objections.
"One'll answer for both," laughed
Lucy.
Then the squire gave his arm 10 the
woman he Lad meant to marry twenty
years ago, and led her out to tea. He
has never regretted that matters turned
out as they did.
"Lucy can't be beat for daughter, "
he tells himself "but he don't want
any better than her mother makes
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
DR.. HAYES. the Arctic Enplorer.

The late DIR. Iaaac /. Hayes was born
in Chester county, Penn, March 8,
1882. His parents designed him for
the medical profession, and he was sent
TO the University Of Pennsylvania, from
which no was graduated with the ad-
dition Of NJ ID. to his name, in May,
1853. at the age Of twenty-one. Before
his graduation he applied to Df. Kane
for permission to join his second expe-
dition to the Arctic, and on May 30 he
secured the coveted appointment az
surgeon Of the expedition. Daring the
second summer the Advance was frozen
in the leo and there was no possibility
Of freeing her. Provisions wore run
ming short, aud it was finally decided
to divide the crew, one part TO remain
with DIR. Kane in tho Advance snd the
other to attempt the passage south to
Upernayik in boats. DIR. Hayes was of
the latter party, which left the brig
August 20, 1854. dragging the little
boat Faith over tho ice in search Of
open water to the south. The record
OF that perilous journey, with its suffer
ings, is given in DIR. Hayes book, en-.
titled IAN Arctic Boat journey" pub.
lished in Boston in 1850. After three
months OF terrible suffering the party
was obliged to give up the project and
return to the brig, for which they
started November %. reaching IL De-
cember &c.
Upon tho return OF DIR. Kaae's expe-
dition, Dr. Hayes announced his con-
viction that. Notwithstanding the tail-
ure 10 reach it, an open polar sea did
not exist, and he set about raising the
money TO orgAnize an expedition to dis
cover it. In December, 1857, he pre-
scented his views to the American Geo.
graphical and Statistical society, and
during tho succeeiing winter he lee
turcd throughout the country aud at
the Smithsonian Institution in Wash
ington. Subscriptions for n new polar
expedition were collected by scientific
societies in Europe and America, the
principal subscriber being Henry Grin
nell, of this city, and in 1850 the
schooner United States, OF l33 tons
was fitted out, and DR.. Hayes placed in
command. He sailed from Boston with
a'party Of fourteen men, July 10, is60,
and arrived in the same port October
% 1861, having reached higher point
than any other explorer, except Sir Ed
ward Perry. He joined the army as
surgeon, and aiterward published vol
umes entitled "Open Polar Sea-" Cast
Away in the Cold" and "The Land Of
Desolasion."
He was q member of the New York
Legislature from 1875 to 1880. He was
q member Of the New York Geographi-
cal society, and his last public appear
ance was to deliver lecture before that
body on Commerce" about two
months ago. lie was also member Of
the New York Press club.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

A German was selling furniture
polish in Sonerville . few days ago
which emitted pungent and extremely
disagreesble cdor. While showing the
preparation 10 lady abe said to the
peddler:
"But how Il smellsl"
"Dol Is dc smell Of de csmposition,
madam" said he.
"I thought 90. sho replied. as she
closed The gate.
And the peddlerdid not know whether
the odor or his remark had sent her on
20 suddeniy. SomerriiIe Joarzsai.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
How indians kin Ps.h.

The Indians Of Mendocino county,
California poison large quantities of
fah. They use = weed that grows ike
clover, in bunches. and IL abundant..in
that county. They bruise the weed.
and then faston quantity Of II in The
current. 1t the head Of hole in deep
water. The fish become craEy from It
effects aad die. Z kills everything IN
tho hole whore L "a placed. from the
largest ilsh down = Ia smallest min
nov. The Indians Ia thia way gather
flsh By The basketEal
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
A simple Language.

Our language Is = simple ono.
You hardly need be told;
A forest and trooless down
Are both alike a void.
The man whose nerves are strong and well
A nervous mEn We call:
We also call him nervous, too,
Who has no nerves ai all.
We say horse l. rcstive when
He will not bulge orgo;
When no refuses to stand still
He rostive is also.
Our language is simplo ono,
Which any one may see;
4 word may now mean tweodlcdum,
And then mean tweedledee.
boston Transcript.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

from wood, in addition TO 5000. coo per.
sons partly employed on wood or using
that material yearly to the value of
sG,000.000 No country can be or ever
has been despoiled Of her timber and
flourish.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

The advice given By the Marquis of
Lorne to spinsters in England who are
pining for husbands was to go to Mani
toba, British America. Any woman who
goes out there, according TO the marquis,
"will have an offer OF marriage at least
once day, and the farther west she
goes the more offers she will get
There could hardly be anything more
encouraging than this TO the mind OF
the sympathetic spinstcr yearning for aer
opportunity, and We shall expect ere
long 10 see the wilds of Manitoba
crowded with blooming English maid
ems. It is a shrewd move on the part
OF the marquis, for it will keep The
young Canucks at home and bring
others there.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

Captain Ericcson's new torpedo boat.
the Destroyer, was tried ns the Brook
lyn navy yard recently, the result being
very satisfactory. The Destroyer is 130
feet long, twelve feet wide and eleven
feet deep. 1t is claimed that against
this craft, with torpedo which it will
use in action, carrying $40 pounds Of
dynamite the most powerful ironclads
will be helpless, while tho facility with
which it can be maneuvcred win enable
IL 10 ply its destructive work among q
feet OF big ships almost at will and
with entire safety.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
TOPICS or THE DAY.

There are less cranks in the literary
profession than in any other, according
10 an English scientific writer, who
says: II find on looking over the tabu-
lated rzknrns that Of all recognized pro.
fessiona The one least liable to insanity
is that OF literature. According TO the
returns thero are this year 139, l43 men
and women engaged as authors, editors,
journalists, reporters, translators, or in
other literary work. Ont Of these
twelve only are returned as lunatics"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

The United States Economist sounds
this note ofalarm concerning the timber
supply: The now we'll known fact is
that We are rapidly exhausting. largely
by reckless and improvident waste, our
supplies Of timber In the Northern
States. The demand for IL increases II
he rate OF thirty per cent. yo.r, and
even those who are interested in high
prices and immediate sales OF what Is
left OF II admit that in twenty years or
sooner building timber will be extreme
ly scarce, and thnt in many parts OF the
country, yet supplied In part from their
own soil, IL will have entirely disap.
peared. II Is stated on good authority
that more than 65,0OO establishments,
employing 1000 persons, ind using
material 10 the value Of over 1850, ,000.-
GOO ; year, are engaged in the United
States N manufacturing articles entirely
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

As an advertisement OF the whale
which he was exhibiting, St. Louis
Snowman sent q man up in . balloon
with quantity of handbills which be
was to distribute in his fight from the
trApeEe npon which he sat. Everything
went right until the aeronaut was many
hundred feet above the earth, when
sudde-ly everything went wrong. The
balloon began TO fall with great
rapidity, tJ the horror OF the spectators
and to the terror OF the aeronaut, who
was seen TO be desperately jumping
about among the ropes. His judgment
did not quite desert him, however, and
when the balloon was within few feet
of the housetOps he sprang from the
trapezc upon the roof of high build
ing and threw his arms around :
chimney beside which he alighted. he
was not injured, and the whale was un-
doubtedly we'll advertised.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

II is stated tha. the common grades
Of glass made at the factories in Pitts.
burg have a crushing strength nearly
four times as great rs the strongest
quality OF granite, aud the leading
manufacturers in that city say that
blocks Of glass can be made Of suitable
lengths and sizes aud so annealed as to
be available in the construction OF
buildings insts al Of stone, the blocks
being made TO adhere together by the
use OF cement. With the progress OF
invention the cost of glass has been
lessening, while the quality of the fabric
is becoming better. In parts of Ger.
many and on one line in England glass
ties are being used on railroads with
entire success They are - useful as
wood, and last seventy-flve per cent.
longer. II will readily be seen that
very picturesque buildings might be
made Of colored glass.