Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-22

clsion be sustained it will have important
bearings upon several American patents
for similar devices.
ANOTHER CONSUMPTION CURE.
Another cure for consumption rlvallng
Dr. Koch's lymph is announced from
Detroit, discovery of DR.. <. l.. Shurley
who has been aided in developing 1T by
Or Fl. Gibbs of Michigan university.
DR.. Shurley's theory is that the disease IS
caused by the powerful ptomaines which
the human body is capable of producing,
and that bacillus tuberculosis is simply
result, a by-product of these polsons; so
while DIR. Koch has sought remedy by
attacking a result of the disease DR.. Shur-
lev has aimed to strike at what he con-
siders the cause itself. The experiments
have extended over several years. The
disease has been communicated to animals
by injecting into their food the spittle of
consumptives. For a cure the doctors
found that hypodermic injections Of a
solution of chloride of sodium and chloride
of gold with inhalations of chlorine gas
produced the required result of neutraliz-
ing the poison of the ptomaineS In re-
markable way With this treatment
animals to which the disease has been
communicated have been cured, while
others similarly diseased have died. If
there is any truth to these reports, here
then we have at least that home industry
which the heavy tariff levied on DR.. Koch
lymph seems designed to protect.
CASTLE GARDEN.
The famous old Castle Garden which
has so long been the gateway to the new
world for thousands upon thousands of
immigrants, has passed with the coming of
the new year from the United States au
thorities to those of the city of New York,
and the question is now, What will be-
come of it? No longer will it be field
from which household servants and New
York Herald editors can be recruited at a
moments notice, but it ought still to
serve some good purpose and certainly
ought not, on account of its historic as
sociations, to be demolished. Castle
Garden was built eighty-four years
ago in response made to a demand of some
Tilden of that generation for better coast
defenses. 1t was intended as the twin to
Castle William on Governor S Island but
was never equipped and was consequently
never devoted to the uses of Mars. 1t was
originally built sixty feet from shore, and
was reached by a drawbridge, which could
be instantly drawn up, as In the castles of
old. For many years it served no special
end and was then used for the fairs of the
American institute, which fifty years ago
were as much of an event to the metropolis
as the New York and New England fair
now is to Albany-more so, in fact, for
the interest was deeper-and the result, it
is supposed, more profitable. In 1852 1t
was make famous the country over by the
Jenny Lind concerts, which were given in
the presence of enthusiastic thousands.
Other interesting operate and theatrical
events took place there, and Sept. 6, 1852,
what was supposed to be the centennial of
the introduction of the drama in America
was there celebrated by the repetition of
the bill played by the Halam company IN
Williamsburg. Va, Sept. 5, 1858, namely,
''The Merchant of Venice, and ''Lethe, y
a farce by Garrick Since then, however,
it has been demonstrated that there were
theatrical performances given by regular
companies some years before that date.
Castle Garden became an immigrant 0u-
reau in 1855, and since that 9,720,6
persons have passed through its portals to
home in the new world, nearly one-third
of them being from Ireland and as many
more from Germany. 1t will now be
placed under control of the department of
parks and the World is making an earn
est effort to save the old building as an his
toricai museum, or something of the sort,
There are many reasons why this should
be done. The Battery will always be a
beautiful place of resort. The meeting OF
the rivers makes it the hveliest marine
picture in this country, and TO persons not
accustomed to the sights of water naviga,
ton, it is one OF the most interesting
places IN New York. 1t will always be