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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-04

the venom ofserpents, ING FEVER
which has convinced me of that fact The
only disease OF which bacteria are proven
to be the primary cause is anthrax or ma
hgnant pustule.
Every year new bacteria are found and
new diseases are attributed to them. The
greatest craze now is hydrophobia- Pas
teur s claims are not consistent with sci
ence. Hydrophobia Is not a blood disease,
and can not be cured by incubation. 1t is
probably produced by an injury to the
nerve 1t is difficult to tell it from tetanus
or lock-iaw-
With all due respect to Pasteur, think
this time ne will slip up He may cure those
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-04

artificial culture of
them. II / want to
raise a certain kind of
bacterium ! have to
give it potato, be
cause il likes potato
Another sort lives on
bread. Still another
prefers gelatine. This
sort (indicating1 /
,-a5Sn nv, s.t,IeEan SOM
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-04
ABOUT BACTERIA.
DR.. Fornads Lecture on Germs at
the Franklin Institute.
Bacteria as Means of Determining Inn
Purities in Water-A Display of
kaciai Eating Chicken Stew
and Gelatine.

Prof Henry F. Formal, OF the Univer-
sity OF Pennsylvania, in his lecture last
evening at the Franklin Institute on
terms and Their Influence on Health. :"
developed an entirely new system of water
analysis by which the precise nature of
organic impurities can be determined. The
plan 10 the capture of bacili in water
After they have been secured their nature
rs ascertained by color. form and other
characteristics Then the analyst deter
mines what species of organic impurity
those particular bacilh live on and the
presence OF the organic impurity that the
bacilh affect is thus deduced
On this plan Prof Formal has lately
been analyZing the water OF the SchuylkiI
River, and he SAYS that his results are per-
fectly satisfactory The lecturer last even
ing had before him a dozen finger glasses
On which there were exposed potat oes sliced
IN half On the fat sides OF the hall Do
tatoes were patches ofbaciIh and bacteria
They look ike daubs OF paint. The oolors
were fine browns, reds, handsome vellows
and pure whites There were, too, a few
Jars containing the bacteria OF lung and
other diseases Pots of gelatine Gro wtied
with invisible microbes and test tubes full
OF the spores OF germs that appear in chol-
era and other complaints were also shown.
The lecturer said
This is a very large subject, and one On
lew of whose branches l can barely touch
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-04

forinstance. produces
only smallpox, but
the poison is a chem
ical one The bacteria
get saturated with the
poison and carry 1T.
They are not in them
selves the poison /
completed only last
year for DR.. s. Wier
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-04

Bacteria are very
small organisms OF d
ve-eta BILE nature, so
small that the naked
leye has very little
knowledge of their ex-
'istence- They are ubi-
quitous, and play DO
small part in disease.
Hundreds OF thou
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-04

sRndth OF an inch Then there Wefe IatlcIU-
d peel scraped from DR. Formad's own
tbngue, and fermentation bacteria, such,
explained the lecturer, as are produced Ia
&luerkraut microcoeci from the blood OF "A
! phtheritic child and also from a case OF
kysipelas.
EFhe lecturer continued:
II While these are seen in diseases, there is
: proof whatever that they are themselves
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1886-08-28

Die untersei9neten Banfen une Bnnfiers
tuerben ole Geninne in bet 2ouiiiana Gtaats.
aotterie, Die ibnea prafentirt ioerSen, anstabIen
s. $. Ogfesbs, Brdi. So. Wat. Bonf
s. IS. Rilbreth, Yrdf. State Mat. Banf.
u. Balbmin, Yrdf. %. 8. Nat. Banf.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1886-08-28
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Ser Gtaat8lesisIatur fur ben 8eitraum bon
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fe ieitter einea &eferbefonb bon $500 i'm.
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todrtisen Characterization, anseaOu'rteu am
2. December 1879.
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Nmmmern inben nipnatli@ fat.
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bung
In Der Gcubenis Of Mufe, 0ep Orleans,
Dienftas ben IA. September 1886.
100000 aidets 3u $40 iebes.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-03-01
GX83H
Scrofula Of Lungs Re-
lieved.

am now 40 years old, and have suffered for the
last fifteen years with lung trouble. Several mem
bers Of the family on my mothers side of the house
had died with consumption, and the doctors were all
agreed in their opinion that had consumption also
had all the distressing symptoms Of that terrible
disease have spent Thousands of dollars to arrest
the march of this disease have employed all of the
usual methods, not only in my own case, but in the
treatment OF other members Of my family, but tenn
porary relief was all that obtained. was unfit fol
any natural labor for several years. BY chance j
came into possession Of q pamphlet on "Blood and
Skin Disease" from the office of Swift Specific Co.,
Atlanta, Ga A friend recommended the use OF
Swift's Specific, claiming that he himself had been
greatly benefited by Its IN some lung troubles
resolved to try It, About four years ago commenced
to take s. s. s. according to directions. found II
invgorating tonic, and have used about fifty bot
les. The results most remarkable. Ny cough
has left me, my strength has returned, and weigh
sixty pounds more than ever did in my Life 1t has
been three years since l stopped the use of the
medicine, but have mad no return Of the disease,
and there are no pains weakness felt In my lungs
I do the hardest kind Of mechanical work, and feel
as well as / ever felt since hoy. These,
know, are wonderful statements TO make, but am
honest when j say that | owe my existence ana
health to-day TO Swift's Specific. IL Is the only
medicine that brought me permanent r. lief
do say that Swits chic will do this In every
case but most 'sitivey affirm that 1t has done this
much for me- and would be recreant to the duty |
owe to suffering humanity If failed to bear this
cheerful testimony 10 the merits OF this wonderful
medicine. ! am well known 10 the city of Nontgom-
cry and refer to of the best citizens in the
CITY, t. HOLT.
Montgomery, Ala June Is, 1875.
Swit's specific Is entirely vegetable. Treatise on
Blood and skin Diseases. mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta
Ga, or 1877 w. 23d St., N. Y. MISUNDERSTANDING
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He looks much like Congressman Wellborn,
of Texas, and his head is shaped somewhat
like that of Stephen A. Douglas He is re-
lated to neither, however, and is oted for
nothing but being good penman. We!lborn
was very angry tie other day at being
taken for him, but, in the final round up.
the card writer may come off as well as
Wellborn.
None but congressman are permi ted to
enter the house during e>sion. but mam-
bers can lie called out by means of cards.
and this scene at the door OF the house is one
worth watching. Office seekers are but on
holing enters and / see one Ii tie .ellow
worrying Governor Curtin Curtin listens
10 him sympathetically, and, the offics
ecker turns to so, hear the Old man say:
''These office seekers will not lei me rest.
My life is made a torture by them.' Beyond
Curtin, little page PUSHES through with
message, and back of him Charley Sheriff.,
a lobbyist, who, it is said. has a salary of
$40. 900 year, stands beside a poor cotton
claimant who says he lost $500 600 in cotton
by the Union army, and whose appearance
shows that he has not now enough to buy a
decent overcoat. In another part of the
crowd see Congressman Scott with a cigar
In his hand, talking to a constituent, and on
10 the right is a wild-eyed stranger with .
cane. who is trying to attract some ones at.
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about half the size Of bread box looked
at some of the packages to day. and coveted
a little one of 100 500 bills, worth $40, OoO
and not thicker than your finger.
Congressman can check upon the bank of
the Capitol TO the extent of their deposit or
their salary, but they cannot check out the
money before it is earned. Some of them
do not draw any money till the end of the
year, and take their whole S., 900 at once
Others check out their pay every month. and
others live from hani to mouth and come in
regularly and draw their SIS every day. Some of the
weather. members keep thousands of dollars here
on deposit, and there was q member not long ago
who kept as much as $4,000 in the bank here A
close account is kept with every congressman, and
regular set of banking books ba anced every
day. In addition to their salaries members are here
paid their mileage, and as example Of the inc
quality OF the present system Del gat. an of
Arizona receives ST. CO.. every for mileage while
Representative Barbour, OF Virginia. can draw only
SGD When was in the sergeant Office to-
day Tom Reed was standing with his hat on and his
hands in his pockets talking to Charley Felton, the
richest congressman, to whom the teller was paving
some money. On the other side of FELTON, stood Ser.
geantat-Arms Leedom. the banker OF the house. and
beside him, in plug hat, Speaker Carlisle. The
house had just adjourne = and these men were chat
ting together over the debate Of the day as though
they were the closest OF friends and did not know
the meaning of the terms Democrat and Republican
FRANK GEORGE.
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PATENTS.
Il. H Il DDY,

No. 20 state ST., opposUe kiihy. Boston
Secures Patentsi the United states; aise in Great
Britain, France anu other foreign countries. Copies
Of the claims of any Patent furnished by renting
one dollar. Assignments recorded at Washington
No agency the United Statespossesses superior ia
ciiities for obtaining Patents ascertGtnia9 the
pdfentG6iltt Of Inventions.
R.H. EDDY, Solicitor Of Paien,s
TESTIMONIALS.
"Iregard Mr.. Eddy as one Of the NEST capable ana
SUCCESSFUL practitioners with whom have had o..
cialintercourse."
CHAS. MASON, Commissioner of Patents.
"Inventors cannot employ person more trustN r
thy or more capable of securing for them an ear ,
and favorable consideration at the Patent Office.
EDMUND BURKE, late Commissioner Of Patents.
BOSTON, October 10, 1870
r. II. EDDY, Eso.,-Dear Sir: you procured fos
me, In 1870, my first patent. Since then you have
Ted for and advised me In hundreds of cases, and
procured many patents, reissues and extensions.
have occasionally employed the best agencies in New
York Philadelphia and Washington, but l eth give
you almost the whole of my business, in your line,
and advise Others to employ you.
Yours truly, GEORGE DRAPER,
Boston. January I. 1856 IL
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referred.
This Science Of l. fe should be read by the young
for ins,ruc ion, and by the afflicted for relief. 1t
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There is no member of society to whom the Sci
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Address the Peabody Medical Institute, or DR.. W
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Such treated successfully without an instance OF
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THE OLD-FAsHIONED HOME.

OF all tender and comfortable things
That now and then sweet memory brings,
There's nothing dearer that love recalls
walls.
Not mansion to, day, though a marvel of art,
Can ever usurp its place in my h, art,
For there my earliest prayers were said,
And slept at night in a trundle bed.
Meath coverlids reaching from feet to chin,
By mothers hand tucked gently in,
And good. night kiss on my tired brow
OH earth holds no such blessing now.
garden fragrant 10 flower beds
Where marigolds lifted their velvet heads,
And warmed by sunshine, refreshed by dew,
The bachelor button and touch me-nOt grew.
In river that curved like a shepherds crook,
We fished for minnows with bent pin hook,
Or with little bare feet oft waded through,
And bravely "padded our own canoe"
Twas a home of welcome could doubt,
Whose latch string hung invitingly out,
And many stranger supped at its board
While blazing logs in the chimney reared
Oh, this is an age of reform and changed
And things aesthetic, modern and strange
Improvements that SAVIOR of silver and gold
Are superseding the cherished and old.
But turn from palaces built fer show
With mansard roof and stories below
Of frescoed kalsomined, dadoed halls,
To the old.fashioned house with its whitewashed
walls.
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WRINKLES.

She had not one when she a bride
Stood young and fair at fathers side.
For see that photo, faded tho
1t is and marked-long ago
The baby fingers held it, wooing
The pictured face with baby cOOing
How smooth the outlines must have been
Where dmples lurked in cheek and chin!
Now we who love her well may trace
The household history on her face.
These creases on the forehead might
Be eloquent of many night
And dreary day Of heart tears,
SO slowly passed those four dread years.
When martial notes thro' all the land
Rang out, and father, with the rest,
Fought for the cause he thought the best,
Came home alive, with glory. Nay
Not gloriOus-he wore the gray.
A stray line here and there of toll
May speak of how a stubborn soil
At first its fruits refused to yield,
Then generous gave on every field.
Then sister Bessie went tout West"
The first young bird to stranger nest;
And mother, smiling, made her sweet
AS for her happy trOth was meet.
Yet sad lines came, for parting will,
Tho ne'er SO sweet, be sorrow still.
And those that have trick of showing
When she is serious, and going
OF in smiles, right well know
Though she would never have 1t So
Were thoughtless plowea by Maynard child;
She says: "Why. Win was only wild
Awhile, as any man will be;
Where is better son than hep"
make her say it now anon,
For Wil-that Will and are one.
But this about the mouth. All, this
Will emily melt when angels kiss
For love the piteOus seam away;
when one among them-little May
With shining eyes and aureole hair,
A lovely thing where all are fair.
Will clasp her close and make forgot
The graveyard gate, the grass-green plot,
The little mound, with sculptured dove
Its wings outspIead the mound above.
And so we read our household book
Upon her face where still outlook
Undimmed and brown the eyes that shine
As on that bridal morn divine.
Chicago Herald.
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WITHIN THE CAPITOL.
SOME OF THE INTERESTING CHAR
ACTERS THERE

The Little Old French Woman - The
Card writer-The Ladies' Reception
Room-The Bank Of the House Of ReP-
resentatives-Sergean Leedom'
Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, Feb 22-Some of the most
interesting scenes about congress 90 NOT ge1
into the newspapers The Capitol is a little
CITY in itself, and its four floors cover nearly
twelve acres of space, every inch of which
lust now Looms with the life of hot con-
eressional session. In this city the streets
cross and recross each other. They wind in
and out through dark passages, until, with
out a gu de, the stranger becomes tewil-
dered and lost The population of this city
is made up of the busiest, wittiest and
brainiest men from all parts Of the United
States 1t has its aristocrats and its
pebeians, its millionaires and its paupers,
its masters and servants. 1t contains cltl-
Gems of both sexes 1t abounds in queer
characters and its population is as cosmo-
politan as that of Paris. In it constant
buying and selling is going on, and the arti-
Giles of merchandise range as high as the
price of the vote of a congressman or sena-
tor. and fall as low as that of a big red
apple.
All that the public knows of this mighty
beehive city is that which goes on in the
chambers of the house and senate and In the
parlors of the supreme court. 1t enters only
the places where the leading men OF the
Capitol City Jose for the outside world and
and where the god of buncombe is all su-
preme In these letters | propose t. give
you a wider view of congressional life, to
take you into the untrodden paths of this
great town. and point out to you the many
things that are unwritten and unknown
The main boulevard of the Capitol City Is
the lower passage which runs from the sem
ate at one end of the building to the front
door of the house at tine other. 1t is a grand,
vaulted, arcaded street twenty feet wide,
paved with gayly colored tiles, and during
the session filled with a jostlng, hurry
ing throng of sightseers. statesmen, mes
sengers. lobbyists and peor lie of all classes
conditions. ages and sexes. Booths OF diff
ferent kinds are kept in the recesses which
jut off from its side, and as it nears the
house door it is walled with telegraph Of
fices, cable offices and cigar stands.
Leaving the senate it goes past the su-
preme court ami its gray-headed co'ored
doorkeeper on through the rotunda under
the great dome, by the little French woman
into Statuary hall, and on between the new
statues of Robert Fulton and James A. Gar
field into the corridor leading straight to
the house door.
The little old French woman, just beyond
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the members are paid and here many of
them do all their banking business 1t is a
long hall-lke room, with high vaulted
ceiling, and walls kalsomined in light pink.
As you enter you step into carpeted space
like that in front of narrow bank office,
and all your surroundings are those of an
ordinary NIX On the left are de-k shelves.
and deposit blanks, and on the other side,
back of the railing and walled off by net
work or wire as high as your head, the teller
and cashier look out of two little holes
through which they pay out or receive
money. Standing beside them is a big safe,
eight feet high and about six feet wide,
with walls Of iron two feet thick, in
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which the money
is kept, and which
cont aims very
year abouf $780,
600. Congressman
are paid in green
backs, and these are
brought here every
day by a messenger
to the amount of
tens of thou ,ands of
dollars, IN pacBa-
ges OF 100 bills
each. These bills
range from IS to
500, and they are
kept inside the safe,
in a little tin hoy
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congress is in session. The ladies' reception
room of the house is opposite the north door.
1t is long room, with great white marble
corinthian columns running tn ough its
center. and with a number of red cushioned
leather chairs and sofas around its walls. As
passed through it to-day II contained forty
ladies, some sitting and waiting and others
engaged in talking to congressme' Repre-
sentative Springer was engaged with
two ladies by one pillar, and l no.
ticed a very pretty woman talking to
Silver Dollar Warner in another part of the
room. The ladies come to this room and
give their cards to a man at the desk with
in it. He sends the cards in to their re-
spective members by a page, and the men,
bers are expected to come out and see their
callers. Sometimes they come and some
times thew don't, and some members in
struct the boys to go out and tell the ladies
that they are not in. A moment later the
lady in question goes to the gallery and sees
her member in his seat She then comes
down with fire in her eye and charges the
boy with lying. The majority of the women
callers are office seekers Some of them are
gay society women, some are the wives of
members, and not few are widows in
black who come to talk about their PEN
sions. Several hundred lady callers send in
cards every day, and it is not an uncommon
thing to see kind hearted congressman
give money here to needy women whom he
cannot furnish with offices.
just opposite this reception room, away
around at the other side of the Capitol is
the sergeant-at-arms office, or the bank of
the house of representatives 1t is here that
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T1RIENDS' OAK GROVE SEMINARY AND
Il COMMEkCIALCOLLEG Term opens
on Tuesday. Feb. %, and continues ~ weeks. Fits
for College, for Teaching, and for Business. Expe.
rienced and accomplished teachers at the head of
each Department Special attention is called to the
CONNIE. cial Course just added, which offers
thorou oh and practical instruction in Book keeping,
Commercial Law, Commercial Arithmetic, Banking,
Penmanship, &c. Expenses low. Apply early for
aSmission. Is our numbers are limited Send for 4
cstsioeue. CHAs. H. JONES, Principal, Va .
s.sS,nre. He jan23dkwim
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anton in the crowd further down the cor

tsntion in the crowd further down the cor
ridor.
You see few ladies at this door OF the
house. but congressman will tell you that
the ladies of the lobby are the greatest bore
of their lives. By this do not mean lady
LOBBYISTS. There are few purely business
lobbyists among the ladies of the Caption,
and the character abounds more in fiction
than in reality. But there are scores OF
women with claims, women Office seekers
and adven dresses of different kinds tnas
come to the Capitol; and the rooms reserved
for their reception are always full while
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l have not had a return of my rheumatism
since used AthIophoros, which cured me
about year ago. would gladly recommend
it as a remedy to any one and every one suf-
ferng from rheumatism. Jarvis A. Pond,
Brantord, CT.