The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-11
The Pestered Man OF Earth,

AS if the actual suffering of mankind
from the various diseases common to
the lot OF all, was not sufficient, the
Hdhnen1d1tntG71 dfonthlV, of Philadel-
phia, enumerates the following possible
cause for many mysterious complaints
which battle the skill of tho most ex-
perlenced physicians to cure, and
enough in number to frighten q we'll
person into nervous fever: Commence
ing at the mouth, tho virulence of hu-
man saliva seems to have been proved.
1t is supposed to be due to micrococci.
The human mouth is culture chamber.
which is maintained at constant tenn
perature, and is furnished with con-
stant supply of pabulum, namely, saliva.
Those circumstances are highly fayora-
bic to the sustenance and multiplication
OF tho micrococcus. If, now, it is asked
why every man does not suffer from
auto-inoculation, it may be answered
that micrococci may kill an herbivorous
animal, rabbit, for instance; but can
not destroy carnivorous or omnivorous
animal, as man. (See Philadelphia
MedtcM Times, September 8, 1922
Most earnestly do we urge vegetarlans.
to take timely warming! But what is to
become of the genus homo, anvhowP
the Bacillus typhosus gnaws at the
bowels, the micrococcns diphtheri;e
swells up his throat or clogs his larynx
with fatal Group, sarcin@ invade his
stomach, and micrococci envenom his
saliva. If he eats bunch of grapes ho
must needs crunch the parasitic saccha-
romyces adhering to the skins; and if
he inadvertently exposes the contents
OF his pantry TO the open air, blue
green mold from the Pendulum gla-
cum spreads itself over the best pre-
serves bubbles line the glass jars, and
Wr1gglng organisms and mOtionless
forms looking like beads on string,
sour his milk. The greed Of the yeast
plant for oxygin Is the cause of the rails
ing OF his bread, and the same craving
on the part of the Mycoderma vini, sup
plies him with wine. But If he does no6
carefully watch these results of ferplen-
tation, mold gathers on one, and the
other falls victim to the spores of the
Viscous ferment and becomes thick,
ropy and unpalatable.
If he indulges in pork, trichinne nes-
tie costly in his tissues, or the Cysticer-
Gus cellulosus into twenty feet of tfenia
to the discomfort of his alimenlary canal,
In infancy and childhood, thread worms
and lumbrieoides disturb his sleep and
torture him with colicky pains. Disease
germs expose him to whooping cough
and mumps, land threaten him with long
line OF exanthemata; and when, the
gauntlet run, he comes into youth, that
fell destroyer. consumption, fed, if Koch
IS to De believed, by bacilli, leaves him
but six out of seven chances Of ever
reaching the period of maturity.
If, by good fortune, he escapes this
Danger, others meet him at every step.
Through the parsimony and dishonesty
N city officers, streets are filthy and
sewers are imperfect. Il he flies to the
country, perchance dry summer and |
an open winter permit the generation of |
niasmata. And even if he seeks the |
3alabrlous atmosphere of sea resort,
detective sanitation poisons his bed |
room or permits the discharges from
drain to empty . few yards from his
bathing place.
And finally, when he falls g. victim to !
disease fungi or, happily escaping them, |
dies of good old age,,his mortal remains
are no sooner consigned to the grave |
than host of maggots and kindred |
scaYengers complete the work of devas- |
tatfon, and thus does the man of earth |
become converted into tho numerous |
bodies of his numerous destroyers.-
Scientific american.
Tho coal product for the Schuylkill
region for tho week ended November
20 was l75,73O tons, as against 178, 481
tons for the week previous, and 154. 1853
tons for the corresponding week of last
year. The total product for the week
was 681, I'll tons, against 606, 1875 tons
for the same week Of last year---an in.
crease of 70, SIG tons. The product for
the year so far is 26, 2S2, 637 tons,
against z5, 295, LA tons for tho cores
ponding period of lastyear--an increase
OF 997, 493 tons.
The nna,, who snissora on oonnona