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DIpHTHEKIA.
It's Prevalence at Present Mostly Due to
Direct Personal Contaeion.

Its Prevalence at Present Mostly Due to
Direct Personal Contaeion.
Youths Companion.l
Within the last few months the medical
profession in Boston have been giving
earnest and extended consideration TO this
modern disease, which has SO rapidly come
to be one of New England's three great
scourges-the other two being consumption
and pneumonia. We present, in brief,
some of the more important facts ELECTED BY
the discussion.
First-Contrary to previous belief there
seems to be no special relation between its
prevalence and bad drainage or other un-
sanitary conditions. The best districts in
Boston have suffered as much as the worst;
in some cases even more so. It is the
same elsewhere, as careful investigations
attest
Second-Its prevalence must at present
be regarded as due to direct personal conta-
gion. It is greatest IN the school months,
with marked falling off in July and Au-
gust Patients are often allowed to go about
freely during convalescence, while not yet
fully free from the disease.
DR.. Folsom says: sit is not uncommon
for me to see patients in the eout-department,
who come with diphtheria, sitting side by
side with patients affected with other dis
eases, thus exposing many persons to the
danger of infection during the time they
remain in the waiting-room Of the hospi-
tai"
Some of these persons have ridden to the
hospital in crowded cars
But mild cases are the chief source of
the trouble. DR.. Prince says: '1t is my
constant experience to meet with case after
case Of undoubted diphtheria, where there
are patches of membrane in the throat, and
yet the symptoms are 50 mild that the child
is allowed to mingle with the rest of the
family and go about the streets. think
there is no question that such cases are
the most prolific source of the contagion."
Further, among the cases that often fail
TO be recognized are those of nasal diphthe-
ria, The membrane is out of sight, and for
a time, at least, the disease is easily mis-
taken for cold. It should be remembered
that this, and all the lighter forms of
diphtheTia, may give rise to the most NAL
ignant.
Third-A case of malignant diphtheria
is, not seldom, mistaken Tor one of MEM
braRous Group, commonly regarded as nom
contagious. It is, therefore, neither re-
ported nor duly guarded against
Fourth-It is necessary that diphtheria
should be taken charge of as a contagious
disease by the Board of Health, with full
powers and all adequate provisions, and,
further, that measures should be taken for
the better understanding of the disease by
the people.
Fiffh-Diphtheria is a most debilitating
disease. One of its chief dangers IS death
by heart-failure, and that, too, when the
patient seems to be in state of GONZALES
cenee. From the first everything should
be done to keep up the strength by food and
stimulants.
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troughs Of solid gold. There is a garden of
pleasure in the island where they are wont
to recreate themselves, in which are also
figures of gold and silver Of an invention
and magnifcence the like of which was
never seen. And the king of this couutrv,
yea, and all his court wear apparel of the
most famous texture, so that it doth appear
like garments sprinkled with gold and sill
yer dust from his sandals to his crown"
FOLLOWERS OF A PHANTOM.
The story this man told was read and be-
lieved in all the courts of Europe, and the
golden lie cost millions of lives of the
brayest men of two centuries, who followed
the phantom into the green gulfs of the
Orlnoco and the Amazon never to emerge
again. They thought Pizarro and
Cortez would be beggars compared with
him who found the EldoradO, and they
staked their lives and their wealth on the
chance. 1t was no myth to those who had
seen the treasures Cortez brought from
Mexico and Pizarro from Peru; and the
absence of exaggerations in the descriptions
of what were found in these countries justi-
fed belief in many a romance that was
told. The man Casada brought Jumps of
virgin gold picked up in Guiana to prove
his words, and even the fable of the Anna
IONS was not considered extravagant by ex-
plorers who had seen Indian women fighting
by their husbands sides.
The free Morse rovers, with their golden
curls, of all the seaward folk were the first
TO cross the bosom of the Atlantic. and
there are legends in the North country that
Eric the Red and his men saw America
before Columbus did. But they made no
note of their explorations, and it was LETT
for the latter to make the official announce
ment OF the birth Of new world, and his
successors to carry into 1t a carnival Of
blood as cruel as that of Caligula. Colum-
bus picked the lock of the Western treasure
house and all Spain rushed there to plum
der. Then when Spain was secure in her
authority over the heather, Sir Francis
Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Humphrey
Gilbert, John Hawkins and other old sea
dogs robbed the Spaniards Of their ill-gottcn
booty, and conquered them whenever the
two nations met. BEVERLY CRuMP.
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SIMPLICITY IN STYLE.
The Test BY which Colemporary Literature
- ~, no T,,sFr,,t

The Test BY Which Contemporary Literature
is TO be Judged.
Charles Dudley Warner in the AtIantic.l
We may test cotemporary literature by its
conformity to the canon of simplicity; that
is, if it has not that, we may conclude that
it lacks one essential lasting quality. II
may please; it may be ingenious, brilliant,
even; it may be the fashion of the day, and
fashion that will hold its powers of pleas
ing for half a.century, but it viii be fash
ion.
Mannerisnas. Of course, win not deeefVe
Us, nor extravagances, eceentricities, affecta-
tions, nor the straiiIing after effect BY the
use OF coined or far-fetched words and prod
igality in adjeetiYes. But style? Yes.
there is such thing as style, good and bad;
and the style should be the writer's own
and characteristic of him as his speech is.
But the moment admire a style for its
own sake, a style that attracts my attention
constantly that l say, How good that is! I
begin to be suspicious If it is too good
too pronouncedly good, fear shall not
like 1t so well on second reading. Ifit
comes to stand between me and the thought.
or the personality behind the thought. I
grow more and more suspicious. Is
the book window, through which
1 am to see life? Then I cannot
have the glass too clear. Is it to affect
me like strain of music? Then am still
more disturbed by any afectations, Isit to
produce the effect Of picture? Then
know want the simplest harmony Of color.
And have learned that the most effective
word-painting, as it is called, is the sim
plest. This is true if it is question only
of present enjoyment. But we may be
sure that any piece of literature which at
tracts only Sby a trick of style, however it
may blaze up for day and startle the
the world with fash, lacks the element of
endurance.
We do not need much experience to tell
us the difference between a lamp and a
Roman candle. Even in our dav we have
seen many regulations flare up, illuminate
the sky and then 60 out in utter darkness.
When we take proper historical peFspec-
tive we see that it is the universal, the sim,
pie that lasts
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NE AMORPHOSIS;
Being an Account of Strange Experiment i
Psychology Recently Conducted
by a Physician.
Written for THE DISPATCH by
SIDNEY LUsKA tTIenry Harland.)

+ At this mark Of tenderness the woman's
lips parted and quiyered. Then her eyes
filed. All at once she buried her face in
the pillow and wept passionately, while her
frame was shaken by strong, eonvulsive
sobs.
This was too much for me. I quietly stole
out Of the room, leaving Josephine to COM
fort her if she could; and descending to my
study procured my instruments and the
requisite anasthetics-
4
watched her carefully as she recovered
from the effects Of the ether. An unusually
small quantity Of that drug had sufieed to
deprive her of her senses; and now her re-
coveTy was extraordinarily rapid
Having taken her respiration, her tenn
perature, and her pulse, and having found
each to be nearly normal, / looked her
straight in the face, and demanded, making
every syllable clear and emphatic, Louise
Massarte, do you know me?"
Had addressed nv inquiry to 7ear-old
infant, the result would have been the same.
She gave no token Of having compre-
hended.
repeated the same question in French:
Louise Massarte, me reconnaissez Vous2"
with precisely the same negative result
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ling awkardIy to their feet at the points Of
the service which required a change OF
posture, and then tumbling helter-skeltel
down again, may net look very funny when
written, but don't believe any one could
witness the spectacle and suppress smile.
The performance which followed was
equally ludicrous. Scarcely had the SER
vice drawn to close when long line OF
worshipers began creeping from the statue
OF st. Luke to that Of St. John, and from
St John to st. Joseph and st. Peter, and
so on through the whole category of saints
and martyrs. 81 am ashamed of my reli-
glon since came to this country, said
Catholic gentleman of New York to me
quite unexpectedIy one day. "I am
ashamed Of it for you," I replied, which
was the truth.
The Cuban shepherd is medium-sized,
Short, stout, thick-set, Ted-faced man, who
wears wide-brimmed hat, rolled up on the
sides like scroll, and a seedy, black robe,
bound round the waist by girdle. With
an assurance that his situation is perma-
nent, he Indulges in the utmost ease. No
lasts or vigils for him. On the contrary, he
provides himself with plenty to eat and
drink, and arranges things that he shall
nave as little as possible to do. He lives IN
a tumble-down lodge near his church, but
MS church does not concern him very much.
What does concern him at this juncture is
the pleasure which awaits him once ne Is
Tree to join his companions.
THE SEVENTH DAY A HOLIDAY.
The church in Cuba imposes no Sunday.
After service the faithful flock to the bull
Fight, cock fight, or bal masque. They filf
the cafes, gaming rooms, circuses, theater,
plaza. Good Friday is the only day in the
year which is really observed. From the
day before until the day following not car
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CHAPTER vi.

He was tall and athletic-looking man,
perhaps 30 years old, with ruddy, good
humored face, an honest pair Of blue eyes,
and a curling yellow beard. He wore
sealslrin cap which came down over his
ears, sealskin gloves which reached up
above his coat sleeves nearly to the elbows,
pea jacket and rubber boots. His beard,
his eyebrows and so much Of his hair as
was exposed, were thick with frozen snow;
and from his mustaehe depended series Of
icicles, where his breath had condensed and
CONCEALED.
II believe I have to thank you for saving
my life, began in such voice as could
muster, and noticed that my uttsrance was
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4 PECULIAR SUICIDE.
She Was Sc Fond of Hcr I.apdoe Thnt She
.r1r..Ia NJ. fhass v,r.sr- =.

She Was So Fond Of Her Lapdoe Thnt She
would Not Die without Ii.
Another Of those strange cases Of suicide
which are peculiar to Paris has taken place.
A dressmaker who had been disappointed
in love resolved to make away with herself;
but she on several occasions told her friends
that she did not like to die. as she was too
fond Of her lapdog--a little black spsn;el
called Mimi. at last she fully made mn
her mind to die With her dog. which She
flung from her window; three stories high.
and then jumped out after it. The iIl-fafed
dressmaker was picked up in dying con-
dition and conveyed to a hospital. where
sho expired. The dog had 10 be shot to end
its sufiefings.
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NO TINE FOR PIETY.
Religion in Cuba a Mere Matter Of
Worldly Necessity and
WORSHIP A PLEASANT PASTIMB,
The Seventh Day Of the Week Generally
Utilized by Pleasure Seekers.
A TOUCHING PICTURE OF 4 PEKITENT
tconnEsrONDEScr OF rHr DIsrxrcH.l
HAVANA, May 8.
WI - -;zita q

HAVANA, May 8.
When one visits q
church one should
at least assume q
gravity Of demeanor,
whether one feels
disposed to do SO or
not.
On most occasions
it comes very easy
for me to be serious,
1 can sit through q
burlesque or farce.
which has beeu pla-
carded "uproarously
funny" and never so
mueh ax incline to-
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Aconsrnnt snitnr

There is certain young man in Americus
who can give the average lover points on
the business of courting. He visits his
inamorata every night, remaining from Just
after supper to late bedtime, and on sun
days and holidays visits her before break
fasi. and remains all day, nor does he tear
himself away until about midnight. The
young iady's friends think his Staying
powers are simply wonderful, and that he
win win her Ii il is within Che rargr ~
human possibilities.
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separated by the erosion of the water from
the Orinoco river, whose delta reaches for a
distance of 600 miles. The island was chris
tened by Columbus, who reached its shores
in 1898. after being bufeted by winds and
waves and detained by calms for several
months, and being reduced to the utmost
extremity. There was only one small cask
Of fresh water on the ship, and the sailors
had been on half rations for some time. The
heat of the "doldrums," as belt of wind
less area along the equator is called, where
the vessel had been lying becalmed, had
opened the seams and it was leaking so
badly that two-thirds of the men were kept
continually at the pumps. 1t was the morn
ing of Trinity Sunday when the land was
first seen, and the piOus old discoverer knelt
upon the sand and consecrated it with
prayer to the Trinity, to whom he attributed
his salvation. Here Columbus and his ship
mates found much needed rest, and were
able to repair their craft, using the natural
pitch of the island to calk the seams.
rRNIDAD'S HARBoR.
As Trinidad is approached the clear,
bright blue of the water of the sea is OBJ
scured by the sediment from the Orinoco,
and it becomes the color of chocolate. Pass
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ligion. Established by law, indorsed by
the Government, il Is supreme, al1-powcrs
/ ffl, infaiiible, corrupt TVS the remnant
Of the old church Of Rome in its darkest
days, and more to be feared than the ma
tons ruler himself And why not? Ii
His Majesty holds the reigns which govern
this world, does not t'the church, !" on her
part, hold the hey which opens the gates Of
the world to comet
A RED-HoT SHEoL.
70 be King or Governor General may be
q very fine thing as far as it goes, but woe to
King or potentate, however mighty, who
fails to accord the all powerful supremacy
to the church. He cannot marry without
her sanction, cannot prove his legitimacy,
dare not-diel To do so means enternai
damnation, and unending torture, in cavern
Gus regions not noted for salubrity of eli
mate. The hades of the church of Cuba is
a strictly business bake.oven country, with
a crematory at every street crossing. I
know this from the horrible pictures which
line the walls of the sactuaries. IF red-f1ot
heat was ever put on canvas with STARTLING
fidelity it is, done so here. That it doesn't
Green out over the frames and scorch them
is miracle. That there is a grain of red
paint left in all the world would surprise
anyone who examined the quantity piled
on each and every famesof each and every
picture Of enc and all the temples of wor-
ship Of the island.
My own opinion Is that the l,irid heat of
the "hades" was originally suggested by
the lurid heat Of the climate. But this is
eHtre-nous and not at all authentic. I in
quired Of the priest who escorted me through
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THE SPANISH MAIN.
Beverly Crump Writes About the
Site of the Fabled EldOrado
AMONG THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.
Lake of Pitch Which Supplies the World
With Asphsltum.
rHE ORIGIN OF THE ELDORADO NTH
rooHHrsroxDExcE OF THE D1srArcH.l

P o r 7 o F
SPAIN, TRIM
DAD, March 3d.
Trinidad is the
largest of the
WindRard Islands
-as large as all the
rest of them to-
gether-andis real
ly a fragment OF
the contin en- {,
broken off by some
terrestrial convul-
- - -oJ-o11-
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fans, leis, necklaces, shell work, seed
work, grass work, idols, stone nipple
ments. etc. The collection of Ha-
wailan woods and ferns is very
choice one. Two working models OF
sugar machinery are sent by the
Foundry.
OF books. pamphlets and news
papers in Hawaiian and English, the
collection is large, numbering over
two hundred, and fills nine pages.
Then come paintings, photographs
and drawings, which fill nine pages.
OF fbrous plants, there are five or
more samples. The geological and
Genealogical collection is very
rich one, and includes almost every
variety of volcanic specimens, some
of them rare and unique This will
attract much attention. The last
three pages of the catalogue enum
crate a special exhibit of curios
loaned by the Hale Naua Society,
which comprise the most valuable and
rare ancient Hawaiian implements
to be found here. As a whole, it
will reflect credit to the Hawaiian
Government, and also to Captain
Hassinger, through whose special
efforts it has been made so large and
attractive.
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simple cross stitch on canvas. The
canvas was coarse, and the filling
in proportion, but the work was
beautifully true and even.' All the
work in this room was done by Mary
Hottie, spinster, and the earliest
piece marked was finished in 1744, at
the age of fifteen. The piece on one
side of the room has Aston Hall for
its center decoration. 1t was three
by four feet and was worked on the
single thread, while all the rest was
filled in on the double. The colors
were so faded that it would not be
fair to criticize the shading, but the
designs were stiff and not always in
proportion. The amount of time
and patience required to cross stitch
decorations for three sides of a good
sized room was amazing, and will be
appreciated by those who know by
experience how long it takes to work
a pair of slippers or fill in sofa pill
low. The picture gallery had pic.
lures of several generations of
Hotties, one of Cleopatra (as fair as a
lily, some quaint and rich old furni-
ture and two chairs on dais, which
were used by the queen and prince
consort, when in 1858 they opened
this hall as public place of enter
tainment for the city of Birming-
ham. One side of this room between
the windows is entirely of carved
oak, and the ceiling is of beautiful
stucco work. One room contained a
large glass case that was filled with
rare things from India. A palan-
quin and chair, superb carvings in
ebony, bone, pearl, ivory and wood;
cabinets, fans, idols, etc. A fine col
lection of stuffed birds filled several
rooms, while natural history gener
ally was well represented in all
things great and small. The view
from the upper windows was superb.
1t only wanted the sunshine to add
high lights to the most artistic land
scape gardening we have yet seen.
A short distance from the hall we
met pouring rain which escorted
us home and lasted well into the
night
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CATALOGUE OF HAWAIIAN EXHIBITS.

We are indebted to Captain Has
singer for copy of the catalogue of
Hawaiian Exhibits at the Paris Ex-
position, which has been prepared
and issued by him. 1t is a neatly
printed pamphlet of forty-eight
pages, in which all the exhibits are
tabulated, with the locality where
they came from, and the names of
the exhibitors. In looking over the
list we find there are thirty-six
samples of sugar, ten of sugar cane,
six of rice, ten of coffee, fourteen of
taro -four, one of tobacco, forty of
ancient native cloth or tapa, with
the implements used in making it,
and large number of native hats,
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In the Revolutionary war, which
ended LOG years ago, 395,O64 soldiers
fought for liberty. The last survivor
died IN Cattaraugus county, N. Y,
April 8, 1869. Yet thirty-seven wild
ows of that patriot host are still
drawing pensions from the Govern
ment. In the war Of 1872 471,622
men We're engaged. There are 500
survivors and 10,787 widows drawing
pensions. Of the 101, 2S2 men who
fought in the Mexican war the pen
sion roll shows $1,000 survivors and
5,1O4 widows. In the rebellion
2,659,132 troops were engaged. OF
this number 326,835 soldiers and
sailors and the widows Of 92,92S
others are on the pension rolls.
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Japanese Immigration.

The following comments are from a
japanese news summary in foreign
paper:
The transportation of labor from Japan
to the Hawaiian islands has been bene-
fetal in more than one respect. Not
only have the emigrants benehted them
selves, but by their removal they have
improved the position OF those who re-
main in Japan. In some villages there
are not sufficient number OF tillers OF
the earth, and to encourage agricultural
labor landlords have reduced ground
rents. There are now about 5000 Jap
anese emigrants in the Hawaiian islands,
and the deposits which are deducted
from their wages already amount to the
total OF 100000. Another batch Of
emigrants-93O-have been transported
to the Hawaiian islands, They were
picked up at Ushima, Hiroshima-ken.
This is the contingent brought by the
S. S. Omi Maru.)
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All the parties to the Electric
Sugar Refining Company frauds
were arrested at Milan, Mich, the
Sheriff returning to Ann Arbor with
Mrs. Olive Z. Friend, William E.
Howard, Emily Howard, Gus Hal
stead and George Halstead and plac-
ing them in the county jail, where
they are now confined They were
arrested for obtaining money under
false pretenses, three indictments
having been found against them by
the Grand Jury of New York last
January. One is issued for fraud
against the sugar company and two
on complaint of Lawson n. Fuller Of
New York. On these indictments
acquisitions were made on the Gov
ernor Of Michigan, who issued war
rants for their arrest on February
LIST. The trouble has been to get all
the parties within the State at the
same time. Mrs. Friend was in con
cealment and Howard was at Wind
sor, Canada, and they returned to
Milan, feeling sure that no criminal
action was to be brought, but were
arrested.
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lenueFS Tor SChOOl houses.
Tenders will be received at the Office OF
the Board OF Education for the consuuc-
ton and completion OF houses at the fol-
lowing places:
At Kauluwela, Honolulu, house 20x3O
x12 feet, one room, until WEDNESDAY,
the 9th OF March next.
At Kalihiuka, Honolulu, a house 20x30x
y feet, one room, until WEDNESDAY,
the 9Th of March.
At Waialua, Oahu a house, 2Ox2Ox1O,
also until WEDNESDAY, the 9th OF
March next.
At Kaunakakai, Molokai, house 2Ox3O
xl2 feet, one room, until WEDNESDAY,
the 18th of March next.
Plans and specifications of the houses
for Waialua, Oahu, and Kaunakakai, Mo-
lokai, may be seen at ]. F. Anderson's
and r. w. Meyers, respectively; and for
all of the above houses, at the Office of the
Board of Education.
BY order OF the Board of Education.
w. JAS. SMITH,
Secretary.
Education Office, Feb. %, 1889.
49-3t 126O,2t