Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-07-25


two cities in the way of society matters.
The old residents of Georgetown do not as
sociate with the newcomers of Washington,
and if the former really succeed, as is
promised now, in building up into new
and eligible city there will be two distinct
circles i'm both business and society. One
thing that has served to make
Georgetown more popular Mt this
time Ethan anything else has been
the fact that the country residences OF the
President and Secretary Whitney are loca-
ted couple of miles beyond, and the peo-
Die are compelled in driving from Wash
ington to those places to pass through the
Quaint old city where Washington hrst
lived. and where the national government
was located when it was removed from the
Centennial city of the East.
~
There is tremOr prevailing in the de
partmentS Just Mt this time on account OF
| the report that the Civil Service COmmls-
sion will take charge OF examination OF en-
ployes who aspire to promotions. The
promotions have been made heretofore by
examinations upon practical basis; that
| is, the qualifications of an applicant Tor
promotion were considered rs applicable
| only To the work to he done, and the ques-
tions propOunded did not 90 beyond what
was necessary in performing that work.
The examinations made by the Civil Ser
vice Commission are very thorough ana
cover the education Of an applicant neces-
Sary to do almost any work under the
! Government. II man Is examined
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| in regard to engineering, history, geOgra-
ply, statistics, &c., so that II he Is trans
! ferred at any time from the Treasury De
partment. Tor instance, to the Interior De
partment or the POstOifice Department he
| can take hold of any work assigned to him.
| The examinations have been conducted by
the Chiefs of Divisions, Auditors, &c., and
have related more to what that Chief anu
Auditor knew of the ability of the appli-
cant to do the work expected than for the
purpose of ascertaiDinY the general
ability OF the applicant Oh
course, fayOritism has to some
extent crept into these examinations, and
it is for that purpose that they are TO be
conducted by the Civil Service Commits
sionors. The matter is very serious one
to the government employees.
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There are about dozen propositions be-
fore Congress in the way Of bills, res0lI-
tons, memorials, etc, for the eNtingulsh-
ment of epidemic diseases. Two or three
year commissions to investigate the origin
and prevention Of yellow fever, cholera,
etc, are proposed and schemes
are afoot ON the subject Of
smallpox, and in fact every
form of epidemic disease. Among
the bills introduced was one from Mrs
Emma G.. e. Abbott. 1t was referred to
the Committee on Epidemic Diseases. Mrs
Abbott acquired considerable knowledge
of diseases by work among yellow fever
sufferers, and has been in the city trying
to push through the bill during all the SEES
sion of this month. She has flooded the
| Committee with statements, and has ere
ated a good deal Of merriment by her per
sistent efforts to get hold upon the Gov
eminent. Some OF Mrs AbbOtt's arguments
! in support Of her theories concerning cpl
demic diseases are interesting. GOur cor
respondent has just perused j statement
prepared by her for the use Of the Commit
tee on Epidemic Diseases, and in 1t are
found statements as follows
Not less than 500, 900, 600 should be
reckoned by Congress for the relief of the
suffering and deStitutiOn of the people III
the South during epidemic diseases under
q supervising executive epidemic commit
tee. Portuguese nurses OF cOnsumptiye
nurses are the best for epidemics, if you
can get them, aS they are proof against
contagious diseases. Their blood OF lungs
will not receive or inhale malaria. POrtu
gese have crossed blood. 4 cOnsumptive
person is the decomposition of the whole
/ physical constitution, and the system will
| not inhale decomposition of other diseases
because it is not susceptible OF any impuri-
| ties rs it has disease OF its own. Hence it
| is with inexpressible satisfaction that the
northern climate and cities are exempt
| from the germs because they do not exist.
| Decomposition of matter in the atmosphere
contaminated with the impurities of mi
crobeS or animalculG drawn up in the air
by the inexpreSsible heat of the sun
sometimes fishes, turtles and other animals
are drawn up in the air-causeS
malaria. Electricity and snow are great
| purifiers of the air and disperse malaria
quickly. The Oyer-grOund cistern such rs
/ they have in louisiana and coast States
contains living mass of microbes that will
cause immediate death when they are out
of water They are called microbes, and
are rs poisonous externally rs internally.
/ They will kill rs quickly rs yellow fever.
| They are the germ inwardly and Outwardly,
| The water becomes poisonous with them.
/ Rain water in Southern climates contains
| the germ. Sometimes there Is
not sufficient quantity to pro-
/ duce yellow fever. 1t will cause ScaTli-
tanO or jaundiee or typhoid, but an
overdose of microbes will cause black
yOmit in a malarial atmosphere. Fishes
feed on these poisonous insects, drained
! from the marshes. Poisonous slime is con-
/ tanned in these waters, which causes the
\ germ, and death results. Every pulse of
| the human body must be bound with indie
mustard plasterS and each ankle and each
wrist until the poison in the system is
killed, and the perSpiratiOn throws it out
K on the surface Of the patient. Hot steam
baths are excellent when the chill is on"
The committee which has been consider
ing the question of yellow fever does not
seem inclined, after hearing such argu-
mentS as the above, TO entruSt Mrs. Alb
bott with the extinguiShment of the evil
dence of yellow fever, and it is not likely
that she will gain that reputation which
she thinks would be worldwide if she had
an opportunity to do so.
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In debate few days ago Representative
Hiscock, of New York, reprimanded the
House for having so many roll calls and
filhbustering upon so many unimportant
subjects He stated that it cost $50, 900 a
day to keep the House of Representatives
agOing. An old employee of the House, who
has figured on every species of expense
about Congress, states to your correspond
ent that il costs little over 81, 900 to call
the roll of the House. He says Mr.. His
cocks figures fall far short Of the expenses
of maintaining that side Of the Capitol. He
thinks it costs over $50,000 day to pay
the expenses of the House. With the facts
and arguments these figures convey fully