Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-02-07
Substantial HIandshakings.

~ WIS 1tato oihCV1 III thO O0aih To-
gion, where ! was riding circuit, that
! saw minister enjoy most substan-
tial handshaking, says writer in the
st. Louis Giob,- Democrat. Shaking
hands was his popularity. He believed
in the potency of cordial grasp to win
men TO the church, and though success
full in winning souls he was very uufor-
tunate in the matter of getting dollars.
In fact poverty continually stared him
in the face. lie owned a little farm
and mortgaged it as long az it would
yield dollar. The mortgages were
falling due, but there was no prospect
of pay ing them. But it did not bother
him bit. He shook hands more
heartily than ever.
II have unboundel faith in hand
shaking TO bring everything out right"
he often said, until his penchant came
to be the talk Of the town. At last
came the day when the mortgag, IS must
be foreclosed that would deprive him
of the little home that sheltered his fam
lily.
On the eve of that day a knock at
the door Of his house, which was lit
tie way from town, called him. When
be opened the door a whole crowd
rushed in, and, without saying word,
commenced shaking hands. He felt
something cold in the palm of the first
man, aud when the hand was withdrawn
it stuck to his own. ''That Is the most
substantial shake ever experienced,
he said, as he held up S. gold piece.
But the next man stepped up and sill
yer dollar was left in the preachers
palm. No one would say a word in
explanation, but pressed in on him as
fast as he cou'd stick the metal and
bills into his pocket. The house was
not large enough for the visitors, each
one of whom deposited from 81 to SO
in the outstretched hand. Each left
the moment his little errand was accom-
plished, and not word could be had
In explanation, except the last one,
who, as he turned to go, remarked:
"We wanted TO play little joke on
you, and we have" The several
''jokes" netted just $s71. His home
was saved and neat balance was left
besides. The minister maintained that
he had contracted habit that night
that for year afterward, when he
shook hand, prompted him to look
into his own palm, half expecting to
Ii crtbssaP fIshy atsafaaEs u sno sur,r
which have taken place. Its duration
is from three or four days TO two
weeks, and more"
"To what is the grip due, in your
opinion, doctor2p
10 miasmatic condition of the
atmosphere. The abnormal tempera-
ture of the present winter has no more
to do with it than would prolonged
fogs."
sls it eontagious2'
eyes, although there are those who
think that it is not, on account of its
sudden appearance over largo tracts o |
land"
DO you think there is a special mi
crobe in the case2'
eyes, and am positive that the
great physicians of 1850 and 1851 were
right when they attributed the grip to
the presence of special micrococchi,
which deyslsp ss,s yssg ss2dg j. sss at
n0s1p'ffiiaiic principle called ozone.
That principle is an Hypothetical body.
generally admitted as beng the cause
Of the peculiar smell which accompan-
les electric discharges in the air, aud of
The one which belongs to oxygen pro-
duced under the influence of galvanic
current in water II. led with sulphuric
acid.
'lf had time would certainly con-
tinue the researches made by the cele-
brated Letzerig, who, in 1880, declared
hat the grip is mysotic affection of
he blood, caused by special microbes
which do not develop in the form of
little chains, but in very irregular
Here the doctor took from his library
i've or six medical works in which the
grip microbes were carefully re,~o-
iuced in enlar ged drawings.
''Have you any particular treatment
'ou might mentionl"
"Well, in the case of grip not COM
with other diseases, attend to
he symptoms at once, prescribing rest
md confinement to the house. Anti
'yrine and salicilate of ouinine are of
EXCELLENT use. Bleeding must be prac-
ised in case pneumonia sets in. 1t is
n old remedy to which most doctors
eturn nowadays with success"
Swiss Peasants.
will tel some stories which prove
hat the Swiss peasants, though they
ook so stolid, have in them the stuff of
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