Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-05-13
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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THERE is no doubt, " SAYS physician
in the New York Tribune. THAT cholera
can be kept out of this country even if it
reaches our shores in the coming summer,
! provided there is an adequate and
/ thorough quarantine administration.
/ What is needed is uniform system at
every port of entry, and that can only be
had by placing quarantine on a National
/ basis. As a matter of fact, cholera is a
I disease that can be most easily handled,
and in my opinion, people who live in .
Clearly way and take care what they eat
and drink need have no alarm on account
of it. The disease can only be taken BY
the introduction of the cholera bacillus
into the stomach through the mouth.
Now, this bacillus can be very easily
killed temperature of 100 degrees will
probably kill it; 40 degrees will certain
ly kill it. So if people boil the water
they drink, take their food hot and have
their plates and other dishes scalded just
before being used, they will be entirely
safe. AS for typhus, think there is
much greater reason to dread that than
cholera, though | believe it will be
stamped out in New York before long.
This is terribly contagious disease. If
one of my patients had typhus, would
not refuse, OF course to attend him, but
should not like such a case in the least.
Yet nobody seems to be alarmed by the
typhus outbreak, whereas thousands of
people were almost panic-stricken when
cholera arrived in the harbor last fall.
People should bear in mind that the
cholera germ does not float in the air,
and remember that it can be destroyed
with the utmost ease"
SOME persons profess to be able to
guess approximately from what part of
Italy woman comes by the length of
her earrings. Italian earrings lengthen
as one goes southwark, and in the ex-
IRENE south of Italy the earrings of these
women reach nearly to the shoulders. 1t
often happens that the jewels of the
Italian peasants are of solid gold and
shaped in pleasing fashion, and this is
true of jewels brought to this country
by many European immigrants. One
seldom or never sees here, however, the
beautiful gold ornaments worn by the
peasant woman of Brittany Another
kind of peasant ornament seldom seen
here, except when brought by travellers,
is the silver jewelry, rings, bracelets and
the like, worn by Coolie women in the
West Indies. These ornaments usually
represent the savings of the Coolie
husband, and are sold by the woman
only with his permission. A mans
wealth is measured by the splendor of
his wife's adornment
DR.. WAYLAND tells a good story of
young clergyman who preached a strong
temperance sermon. When he had fin
ished deacon said to him. 81 am afraid
you have made mistake Mr.. Jones,
who pays the highest pew rent, is dis
tiller he will be angry" The minister
said: ooh, am sorry; will go and cx-
plain it to Mr.. Jones, and remove any
u.favorable impression, and tell him
that did not mean him." Accordingly,
he waited upon Mr. Jones, who, in adj
DIXON to the profession of distilling,
ALSO carried on a good many other
Ranches of trade and a good many
amusements, and was not distinguished
above other men as being an ascetic
The pastor expressed his regret to Mr.
Jones for anything in the sermon which
hurt his feelings. He was somewhat re-
lieved when, with a jovial air, Mr.. Jones
said: ooh, bless you, don't mind that at
all. 1t must be a mighty poor sermon
that don't bit mo hora
VIsIroRs to the Worlds Fair who are
infrm, crippled or simply weary, can do
their sight seeing in the various build
ings by making use of rolling chairs. A
company was granted the right, some
time ago, of operating such vehicles, and
by May 1 will have 1000 young men,
chiefly college students, in its employ to
push them. The charges to visitors for
making use of these chairs will be as
follows: For chair carrying one person,
Is cents per hour, 40 cents per half
hour; two persons, 81 per hour, 80 cents
per half-hour; one person, when chair is
taken for a period of not less than ten
hours, SO for the first ten hours and 40
cents an hour for the time over ten hours;
carrying two persons, IS for the first ten
hours and Is cents an hour after that.
ICELAND sagas, bearing on the early
discoveries of the Norsemen and the
stories of their trips to Vinland and
possibly North America, will be lent by
the Danish government to the United
States for exhibition at the Worlds
Fair. These sagas are entitled CodeX
Fluteyensis 1t has required great
deal of red tape to secure these valuable
manuscripts Before permitting them to
leave Copenhagen the Danish govern
ment has stipulated that in case of the
total loss $50, 900 must be paid for them
and all expenses incident to their ex-
hibition. They are to be returned by
United States man-of- war.
SOME of the most capable men who
spend spring and summer on the Alaskan
islands looking after various commercial
interests earn very large salaries and live