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Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-08
CONSUMPTION IN GERMS.
Experiments That Are Regarded As
Having Thrown Much Light on the
Question.

Having Thrown Much Light on the
Question.
from the Philadelphia Recsrd1
DR.. Samuel q. Dixon, professor of hygiene
In the University of Pennsylvania, who has
been conducting series of experiments
bearing upon consumption and it's preven-
tion, has reached some interesting results
which do much to explain many mysterious
phases of that insidious disease. Tuber-
culosis, as it is known, is not confined to
man, but is common among the lower ami
mails, the COW, horse, sheep, pig, rabbit and
chicken among others, and as these are
largely used for food by man, the doc.or's
experiments havo been directed to ascertain
ing whether or not human beings can con-
tract consumption by partaking of meat
from animals suffering from tuberculosis or
of milk from COWS with tuberculosis of the
mammary glands.
The result Of several hundred experiments
conducted at the laboratory of the University
of Pennsylvania leaves no room or doubt
that consumption can be, and beyond quss-
tion very often is, contracted by eating
tuberculous meats. It was found that calves
and pigs fed on milk infected with tubercu-
lous material from human source contracted
eonsumption, and the converse would seem
probable.
An especially interesting experiment of
DIR. Dixon was upon dog. That animal
has an acid gastric secretion even stronger
than that of man, and for this reason many
bacteriologists have selected him for crucial
tests of the theory that tuberculosis is inter-
communicable between man and animals.
Many attempts to communicate consumption
to dogs by feeding them on tuberoulous
food have failed, but not satisfied with these,
and believing that with dogs a. with men
some are disposed to consumption while others
escape il, the doctor pushed his experiments
iu the hope that he would 6nd some of the
animals in physical condition especially
| susceptible to tuberculosis. Selecting Q
| healthy dog about Eve months old DIR. Dixor
permitted his stomach to become quite emp
| ty and then gave him as his first meal some
| infected cows meat.
l For several days the dogs diet was partl,
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-08
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
II PUHLISHRD
EVERY TAURSDAY NcRHIUo.
Gle Oepies 5 cents S1.00 year
Tuesday, April s,1s0O.
WHAT THEY READ,

WHAT THEY READ.
Everybody who ksows anything about the
matter knows that the people who live in the
country towns of New England are great
readers. An inquiry made by the Spring.
field Homestead indicates what is most read
in these towns. It requested it's readers to
send in list of what they considered the
ton 'sbest" books, and large number of res
plies were received. The different books
voted for amounted to over q thousand.
There were 146 different books receiving
one vote apiece. The ten books which were
on the greatest number Of lists were a. fol-
lows: Ben Hur, by General Wallace;
Ramona, by Helen Hunt jackson; David
Copperfeld, by Charles Dickens; Ivanhoe,
by Walter Scott; Uncle Toms Cabin, by
Harriet Beecher Stowe; Little Women, by
Louisa n. Alcott; John Halifax, by Dinah
Nulock 4oraik; Looking Backward. by Ed
ward Bellamy; Jane Eyre, by Charlotte
Bronte, and Adam Bede, by George Eliot.
The second ten are: Little Lord Fauntlsroy,
Bible, Longfellow's Poems, Barriers Burned
Away, Pilgrims Pregrsss, Shakespeare, Inno-
cents Abroad, Vanity Fair, Robert Elsmere,
The Wide, Wide World. Closely following
these are: Stepping Heavenwsrd, Old
Fashioned Girl, Tennyson's Poems, Scarlet
Letter, Whittier's Poems, Hitherto, Scottish
Chiefs, Tho Gates Ajar, Lucille, and Last
Days Of Pompeii.
It will be noticed that there are more books
of iotion-in these lists than anything else.
This is not surprising, even IT 1t is not alto
gsther encouraging. People who live In the
country towns of New England need some
thing to warm their minds and they find It in
fiction
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-08
TIE TROURLEs In RUSSIA,


OF all the people who are in the king busi-
ness the lot of the Gear of all the Russias is
the most unenviable. For years he has not
dared to trust anybody, and has been obliged
to live in constant and we'll founded fear of
sudden and violent death. During the last
week he has been again foroibly reminded
that he IL not popular. It Is reported that
he was sick from poisoning 1t is now said
that he has . nervous fever, relapse of in.
auenza, etc., etc. Explosives have been dis
covered on the grounds of the imperial
palace, and his disafected subjects
have been unusually lively and trouble
some. The students have bothered him so
that he has signifed his intention of closing
all the higher public educational establish-
ments for year. Thousands have been
arrested, the prisons are overfowing, and
every body is carefully watched.
OF course this condition of things cannot
last forever, even In Russia. The situation
is terrible one. Tho Car is attempting to
maintain absolute government, and many
of the most intelligent Of his subjects
are trying to make the government more
liberal. The nihilists have decided that
nothing can be done without An entire coll
lapse of the present order of things, and they
are willing to bring this about with
dynamite. They will probably kill the
Gear yet unless he escapes them by
dying. It il said that he is already
insane. He has had enough to make
him 80. 1t is the fashion, even in this
country, to hold the Gear responsible for the
disturbances in Russia, but perhaps he Is as
much to be pitied as blamed. He is bound to
maintain himself and his government as long
as he can. How much longer the struggle will
last cannot be told, but the issue of 1t is not
doubtful. Russian despotism must give way
to Liberty.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-08
Vegetable Electricity.


There has been discovered In India q
strange plant which possesses astonishing
magnetic power. The hand which breaks .
leaf from it receives Immediately o shock
equal to that produced by an induction coil.
at distance Of six meters a magnetic needle
is affected by it and quite derangsd if brought
near. The energy of this singular influence
varies with the hour of the day. Powerful
about o'clock in the afternoon 1t is abso-
lutely aunulled during the night. At times
Of storm its intensity augments. During
rain the plant seems to succumb, and bends
its head during thunder shower; it remains
thus without force Or virtue, even if one
ahould shelter it with an umbrella. No
shock ia felt at that time In breaking the
leaves and the needle is unaffected by 1t.
One never by any chance sees a bird or in
sect alight on the electric plant; an Instinct
seems to warn them that they would find
there sudden death. 1t is also important to
remark that where it grows none of the mag
nstic metals are found neither iron, nor CO.
bait, nor MCCLELLAN undeniable proof that
the electric force belongs exclusively to the
p1ant
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-08
LO w.

Sweet and low-Common molasses. s.-Chi-
cago Light.
A foreign count-Ein, Swei, Tn.-Phila-
delphia Press.
A vain regret-That you cannot dress as
well as your neighbor.-Puck.
It is strange that the patrons of fairs are
generally matrons.-Lawrence American.
A newspaper is something like a family:
It is mighty easy to start.-Terre Haute Ex-
press.
Some people are like matches-You never
realize how much fire there is in them until
they lose their heads.-Terre Raute Ex-
press.
When man is going down hill he finds
the attraction of gravitation and the encour-
agement of the public great help to him.
Binghamton Leader.
Lady (calling on frienD - Oh, isn't it
splendida I have made six calls, aud you are
the only one I've found at home.-BangoI
Commercial.
We have always observed that the man
who is loudest in the assertion that che can
take drink or let it alone," never allow /.
to get very lonesome.-Beaver Falls Trib-
uns.
Mr.. Kidd-How does that shoe feela Misl
Bunker Hill really cannot say, but If il
feels half as uncomfortable "a my foo
feels can sympathize with it.-Yonkerl
Statesman.
A SiouxIndian, studying In the Yale Law
school, intends to practice among his peopls
when he has graduated. There probably
won't be blanket left In the tribe.-Bur-
llngton Free Press.
Aunt Coupou-And now, George, how dc
you like the fine gold watch I sent you on
your birthdays
Georgie-I liked 1t pretty well, suntie
After me an Billy Smith got tired hearin' II
tick we busted It open and took out del
works. Bills got der spring tied onto hif
dog. It's bully dog, tool-Jewelsrs' Re
view.
"What is that figure on the domei" In.
quired female visitor of q capitol guide
yesterday. "Liberty, ma'am," he replied
with tremulous. ffty-cent-an-hour polite.
ness. ''Libersys" she repeated with Ques.
tionin9 scoru. "And it's woman" Yes'm,
he responded humbly; "but she ain't mar
ried, ma am. Lesstwsys her husband amt
never around. d."-Washington Star.
Husband-Mary, I saw very handsome
bonnet as came down the street this morn
ing.
you didi
Husband-I thought 1t would become you
we'll.
Wife-Becone met don't want any more
bonnets than have now.
Husband-You don't want another and
newer fashioned bonneti
Wife-Certainly not.
Husband falls to the floor and dies anc
wife wonders what killed him-Boston Cour'
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-08

country could not take an extra drink now
ana tnen. and begged the Court not to be
hard upon poor man who was dead. He
had to submit to q sentence Of eieht dav.,
imprisonment, nevertheless.
The summary of business done at Castle
Garden since the opening Of the estabhsh-
ment In 1847 contains some statistics that
run counter to the general impression about
comparative immigration from various
foreign countries. Our newcomers fren
Germany have numbered nearly $4,000
exceeding by 100000 those from Ireland.
That England should be next en- the list with
nearly 100000 immigrants will cause
general surprise. Next follow Sweden with
325, 900, Italy with $4,000, Norway with
73.O00 and Switzsrland with 172, 900.
Hungary with 134, 900 exceeds Denmark, and
Austria proper is ahead of Bshemia, and SO
on down to s08 for Australia, making up a
grand total of s,e00, 900 foreigners who have
come through this port to seek homes and
fortunes in America.
The Vienna correspondent of the London
Times says that NJ. TisAa, the Hungarian
statesman, looks like very aged and feeble
old gentleman, his white beard his stoop and
his large tinted spectacles giving him an air
of seuility. whereas Ia fact he ID but fifty
nine years old, the same age as the Emperor
Francis Joseph, who stands upright as
an ash. When n. Tisza speaks in
parliament his voice is 60 low and
quavering that the whole house must be
hsshed to hear him. In his opinions, char
acter and manner Of living N. Tieza has
hardly trait in common with the masz of
Hungarians. A Calvinist, Liberal, man
of bourgeois simplicity, modest in his sur
and petty in his expenditure, he
Is the exact opposite of those dashing, spend
thrift cavalier magnates whom he has gov
erned with 10 light but firm a touch. The.
budget allows the prime minister 0,e00
forms year for table money, but N. Tiaza
gives one official banquet year, and no sort
Of other entertainment all the year round.
NJ. Tisza hiss never kept a private carriage,
but hires cab by the year, and, according
to common report, he was for long time
driven by one Of the most ill-conditioned
jarvies in Buda-Pesth.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-08
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Guess the Democrats must be in charge of
postal affairs in Central America just now.
Having changed the name of Aspinwall to
Colon they now propose to enforce popular
recognition of the change by returning as
''misdireoted" all letters addressed to Aspin-
wall.
Methodist ministers have never been over
paid, even in theory, but. according to the
Investigations of the Rev. J. B. Hamilton in
thirty.6vs conferences, during the forty
years from 1888 to 1879 there were defcien-
cies in salaries amounting to the enormous
sum Of $5,450,OO0.
India is snaky country. While the COM
positors of the Bombay Gazette were at work
in the composing room one evening recently
. full-grown cobra dropped in upon them
through windows in the roof. 1t was as
badly scared as they wore and tried to
escape through window, but was killed
with an iron bar.
They take some pills in England. It Is
estimated that in that country over five and
q half million pills are swallowed daily, or
one pill a week for every soul in the kingdom.
The pills consumed in q year would weigh
17S tons, making a train load which would
require two powerful engines to haul it. If
these pills were placed side by side they
would make line nearly $500 miles long.
Some English officers have made the inter-
esting experiment of jumping torpedo boat
over boom, thus proving that . single line
Of spErs is insufficient to defend harbol
from torpedo attacks. The boom was twenty
feet long by six feet wide, and was sur
mounted by spikes calculated to hold the
boat fast. The boat dashed at the obstacle
at the rate OF about twenty knots. Her stem
was lifted out of the water almost as high Al
the boom itself, which was forced to sink
while the boat passed completely over 1t
Neither outwater, propeller nor plates Of tn
boat were injured.
9ustave Cesar Mary being arraigned in
Paris court for the forty-eighth time on
charge Of drunkenness, and asked what OK
cuse he had to offer, explained that he hat
taken to drink to console himself for bis owl
death. When warned not to trife with tn
Court he pulled from his pocket . pape
showing that he was recorded as having beel
killed In August, 1870, at battle near For
bach. He said that he thought It q pity II
! man who had been killed q Hghting for hi
4
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-08
Why She Called q Halt.
[Frem the Washinton Pest.
s'GeorgeI"

6eOI8el
It wasn't what she said go much as the wsy
In which she said It, She took the word and
drew 1t out until it was a long, ,tremulous fla
ment Of sweetness. Yet there was q tinge of
repfoof in her tone.
''asorgsl" She only said it once in reality,
bat 1t is customary with story writer's to say
George twice under the circumstances.
"What is iti''
"You have been squeezing my hand with
regularity and emphasis for some time"
II know It," he replied, with the frankness
that was characteristic of his manly nature.
"Please don't do It any more" and her
voice dropped almost to a whisper.
s'No more." This sounded like heart-throbs
of anguish (whatever they sre), and his form
sheok with emotion. "Why not2"
"Because," she faltered.
"Go on"
ssBscauss, I'm getting corn on my little
finger"
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-08
SOLE AGENTS

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Ladies, Misses and Children.
Also reliable, thoroughly test
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such as French G. P, Thomson's
Glove Fitting, French woven,
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Spring and G. B. Corsets,
Loomer's short hip Corsets, DR..
Warmers Coraline and Health,
Madame Foy's, etc.
Also Little Beauty and Dou-
BILE V Waists for children.
We show special value in Cor
sets at 4S, 50 and 75c per pair.
Bargain Day, Friday, April II.
HOWE & STETSON,
Insurance Building,
886-888 Chapel Street.
New Haven. Conn.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-08

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Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-08


Medical science has long sought for q sov-
srsign remedy for the scourge Of childhood,
diphthsris, yet the oolored people Of Louisi-
ana, and perhaps of other localities In the
south, have for years known and used cure
which is remarkable for Its simplicity. It Is
nothing more or less than the juice of the
pineapple.
''The remedy is not mine, /" said a gentle.
man when interviewed; "it has been used by
negroes Ia the swamps down. south for years.
One of my children was down with diph-
iberia, snd was ina critical condition. An
old co1orsd man who heard of the case asked
If we had tried pineapple juice. We tried Il
and the child got well. I have known 1t
tried in hQndreds of cases. have told my
friends about it whenever heard of a case,
and never knew It to fail. You get q ripe
pineapple, squeeze out the juice, and let the
patient swallow il. The juice is of 80 cor
resive nature that 1t will cut out diphther-
tito mucus, and IL you will take the fruit
before 1t is ripe and give the juice to per-
son whose throat is well it makes the mucous
membranes of his throat sore. Among
those who have tried the cure on my recon-
mendation I may mention Francis ]. Ken
nett, the board of trade man, whose children
were all down with diphtheria and were
CURED by this remedy.
Mr. Kenuett confirmed this statement,
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-08

country could not take an extr. drink nov
and then. and begged the Court NOT to be
naro upon poor man who was dead. He
had to submit to sentence Of eight days
Imprisonment, nevertheless.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-08
grw 6nnds.
HOVe & yteisOD
BLACK GOODS
WITH
White Prices.

We offer 200 dozen of the
Royal Stainless, Fast Black,
Ladies Hose at 25c per pair, as
a special two thread stocking
that cannot be excelled at the
price.
Boys Heavy Ribbed Fast
Black School Hose at 22c, for
all sizes from 7 to "a.
Misses Fast Black Plain
Hose, with double heels and
toes, in extra quality, at 25c for
all sizes.
Misses Fast Black Hose,
both plain and ribbed, with
spliced knees and high spliced
heels, at prices ranging from 25c
to 45c pair, according to size.
Ladies Hermsdorf Fast
Black Silk Plated Hose at 75c
per pair.
:. Gents Positively Fast Black
Hose, in double heels, at CSC, or
8 pairs for $I.oo; as good a
stocking as many soc lines.
Special offering in Ladies 40
guage Hose, in colored hair
lines and pencil stripes, at 25c
per pair, actually worth 38c.
Ladies White all Silk Vests
at soc each.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-08
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
pair of Northern-bred Seal-Brewn Geldings;
well broken, single and double; one good under
saddle; young, sound. 1874 hands high; weight
$500 lbs; easy travellers; good team for family
carriage and generally useful.
Twenty other fine, well broken, useful horses.
Also for sale, Canopy Top Surrey; good Phaeton,
Beach Wagon in good order, two Top Buggies.
several new and secondhand Single and Double
harness.
W. R. FooTE,
a2tf 474 State Street.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-08
No. "a

made up of tubsrculous meat, and in a short
time he began to grow thin and to present
every physical appearance of a consumptive,
dying In few weeks. The post-mortem ex-
animation gave every indication of tubercu-
losis, and the Biological tests clearly demon
stratsd the presence of tubercle bacilli in the
msssntsric glands.
By many experiments Of this kind having
satisfied himself that man can contract con-
sumption from sating tuberculous meat and
taking milk from COWS whose mammary
glands are affected, DIR. Dixon suggeste that,
in order to prevent this contagion, vefersn-
ary inspectors should be empowered to con-
denim all tuberoulous meat, reasonable
compensation being paid to the owners of
animals found in that condition; and they
should visit all milk dairies and condemn
every cow found suffering from tuberculosis,
particularly those with mammitis. As Q
strong predisposition to tuberculosis ia trans
misaible to offspring, the breeding of tuber-
calous animals should be prohibited by law.
The morning call., 1890-05-21

LIkSI-CLASS CARPET BEATERS; City
Steam Carpet Beating and RenOvating WORKS.
"a and rs Eighth ST.: largest works in The city
work guaranteed. Address A. w. MANNING pro-
prietOr: teiephOne 1850.
The morning call., 1890-05-21
SEA AND SHOkE.
Arrival of the Mister of the Wrecked
Bark Corea.

Arrival of the Mister OF the Wrecked
Bark Corea.
The bark Bertha, which arrived in this
port on Monday evening, brought down
Captain Wheeler, also the first and second
mates and two seamen, of the bark C0rea,
which was lost up in Cooks Inlet recently
On April 23i, at o'clock in the morning, a
heavy fUod-tide took the COrea ashore on
sand-spit of kulgen Island, six miles
from the mainland. All hands, including a
number Of Chinese in transport to an
Alaskan cannery. were put at the pumps,
and succeeded In keeping the Corea afinat
and Bleaching her on the east shore of the
island. She proved, however, total loss,
and her cargo was almost entirely damaged.
Yesterday was, according to what the old
waterfront habitues said, the most dis
agreeable day so far OF the year. The dust
swept in thick clouds all over the front and
at times 1t was impossible to see foot
ahead.
The steamer Acapulco arrived yesterday
from Panama and way ports, twenty days
out. Her passenger list, which was not
very heavy, included twenty-nine Chinese
in transit to Hong Kong.
The Oregon, with passengers and mer-
chandise, forty-fOur and a half hours from
Astoria, and the willamette. seventy
eight hours from Seattle, with 200 tons of
coal, arrived yesterday.
yesterday IOlnt LOOnS weather reports
were A. H., northwest 20 miles; 8 A. NJ,
northwest "a; same at noon; 3. p. NJ, north
west % miles.
The United States steamer Marion came
down from Mare Island and is anchored in
the stream. She will sail tomorrow for
Samoa, via Honolulu.
Yesterday the steamers State of Califor-
MIA left for Astoria and Portland, and the
Umatilla for Victoria, b. c.
The British ship Scottish Hills left this
port for Liverpool with wheat cargo yes
tnrdaY
The morning call., 1890-05-21
POLICE ALARMS.
now the Northern District VIII Be Sum
piled With Rnxes

How the Northern District VIII Be Sum
piled With Boxes.
The Northern Police District will be pro-
vided with police patrol, signal and call
boxes, which are similar to the fire-alarm
boxes. at the following points:
Powell and Francisco streets. Bay and Ke,rnv
Bay ana Taylor Mason and Lombard, Powell
aud Union, Dupont and Union. Valleio aud
montgomery avenue, Pacific ana Powell Mason
and washington, Union and Battery, Dnnont
and Washington, Front and Broadway. Front
ana Market, Dupont and Pine, Kearny and
Geaiy, Mason and Geary, Montgomery and
Bush, Stockton and Ellis Stockton and posi-
Mason and Turk, Suffer aud Polk, Suffer and
Li1eayen"0rth, Hayes aud Laguna, Cough and
Market, webster and Golden Gate ayenIie POLL
ana Union, Steiner and Union, Fillmore aud Pa.
enc. Fillmore and California, Central ayenue
and California, Haght and Stanyan, tieafv and
cemetery avenue, Suffer aud Octavia Jones and
Racine, Geary and Van Ness avenue, Max,
and Van Ness avenue Hyde aud O'Farreli FsIi
ana Baker, Haight aud Scott, SACRAMENTO and
webster Battery and Clay, jackson aud Davis.
Market ana East, California and Sansome. Gsary
ana Buchanan, MeAllIster aud Cough, Ellis and
Steiner, "S anu