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DIPHTHERIA

teur's treatment Is recognized as ef-
fective all over the world, though
only practced since July @, 1885.
In view of the cholera danger, a
few words about the progress Of vac
cination against this most dangerous
and terrible of epidemic diseases seem
timely. The first man to try vaccl-
nation against cholera was Span
lard, DR.. Feran, He went to work
most unscientltcally, He made use
of his knowledge more for making
money than to do good, hept his treat
ment a secret and placed himself on a
bad footing with the scientific world
in general. The consequence was
that great opposition arose against
him and his methods, so that ulti-
mately he was forbidden to practice.
DR.. Haffkine at the Pasteur Institute
last year made some more expert
ments, and a few months ago pub
lished few notices relating to his
work. He found a means Of weak
ening the microbe Of cholera, and
discovered that after vaccinating
himself with this weakened virus he
had obtained perfect immunity
against the disease. He tried many
means OF taking the disease, inject
ing strong and active virus, but with
out any results whatever, After OBJ
serving q number Of other cases he
Expresses his opinion that the prob
lem is solved. A German named
Kieinperer also vaccinated himself,
and found that his immunity was so
great that an injection Of trace OF
his blood to an animal conferred i'm
munity on it in turn. DR.. Haffklne
has expressed his intention OF prac-
ticing his vaccination In Siam on
large numbers of patients. Vacclna'
ton itself is perfectly harmless and
without danger. The slight discom'
fCrt felt during few hours Is insig-
nitlcant, and the immunity acquired
against cholera apparently absolute.
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All experiments on man made in this
direction have so far proved success
full. Science happily has no martyr
in this cause.
Certain animals cannot contract
certain diseases. They possess
natural immunity. For instance, it
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-09-28
New Danger.

A curious fate has overtaken the
little town OF Schneidemuhl, In the
duchy of Posen. The people Of
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science has shown that the world Of
heterogeneous is composed Of spe-
cles like the rest Of living nature.
Thus the microbe OF cholera and the
microbe of pneumonia have proper
ties essentially different. 1t is in.
teresting to know how the microbe
acts after II enters the system. Its
objects are to multiply and feed, and
its methods OF propagation are sim
pie and rapid. After it has grown to
a certain length it divides In the
middle. The two thus created soon
form four, and so on. Suppose mi
crobe divides into, two during the
course of an hour. These divide into
four after two hours, into eight after
three hours, etc. When twenty-four
hours have passed the number of
microbes attains the formidable sum
Of 81, 500, 900. In two days there are
287, 500, 900, 900. After a week their
number could only be expressed by a
figure Of tlfty-one periods.
Microbes feed on tissues and blood,
but their power does not lie in this.
They poison. Each microbe has the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-09-28
He Hoard from Jimmie.


cot to my right
had been wound
ed by a fragment
of shell, and for
the first three or
four days the
surgeons said he
had a living
chance. Then
there was q
change for the
worse, and one
afternoon the
nurse told him
his hours were
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ally in animal dis
eases, where extern
sive experimenting
is possible. Thou
sands Of sheep and
horses and cows
are vaccinated
yearly against a
great number Of
disnnsna Pas
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-09-28

1t is almost a "fad" nowadays to
speak OF microbes and bacteria. The
most uneducated layman knows that
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-09-28

Ing attack, II mi
crobes that have
been in contact
with the air for
some months are
injected. After
the C h / C k @ n on
which Pasteur eX-
perllnented had re-
gained its natural
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-09-28

WOMEN are longer lived than men.
Insurance tables are now being based
on this fact.
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the normal temper
allure Of our body.
Why not, therefore,
when the first symp.
toms Of a disease
brought about by
such microbes ap-
pear artiacially,
raise the patients
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self. He will vac
cinate himself
against a certain
disease and then
TRY by all possible
! means to contract
it. II he fails to
get it it proves, Of
course, that his
vaccine is good.
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system. A long and patient course
of experimenting will undoubted-
ly bring to light a number Of
substances, each capable Of de-
stroying a certain species Of microbe,
without, at the same time, harming
the system. At present only few
such substances are known, and these
were found by chance. For instance,
everybody knows that corrosive SUBJ
Innate and jovoforme are capable Of
destroying the germs Of suppuration
and of wound fever. These are, in
consequence, extensively used in sur
gerry as aseptics, and antiseptics. A
simple suggestion for killing microbes
in the system could be based on the fact
that certain micro-organisms perish at
a temperature only a few degrees above
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-09-28

faculty Of secret
ing a certain poi
son in the system
at the place where
itvegetates. These
parasites by their
process of life
bring about a de-
composition Of the
cuh q 4 nnaa tbaV
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~ . a &c OuOJ
have fastened upon and these decom-
positions have specific poisoning
effects on our system. The symptoms
of this poisoning are identical with
the symptoms of the disease of which
the microbe is the generator. 1t can
easily be proved that it is by the
action of these poisons exclusively
that the disease is caused If, for
instance, one cultivates the isolated
microbe of cholera, under conditions
favorable to its growth in some nu-
tritive liquid at the right temper
allure for a certain length OF time, it
will decompose the nutritive liquid,
which thus takes the place OF tissues
and thus form certain quantity Of
its specific poison.
How can this mysterious and invis-
ible foe be successfully grappled with?
The most simple suggestion, saws a
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=
writer in the Chi
cago Tribune,
seems to look for
som thing that
wllldestroy the mi.
crobe, the DIRECT
CAUSE OF the dis
ease, even after it
had taken strong
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-03-25

Director Thorne of the Ohio Expert
ment Station tells in the Olio Farmer
that bones may be softened 50 as to be
easily crumblad by packing them in bar
rels between layers OF uu!eachet wood
ashes and moistening occasionally with
water, or better, with urine. The pro-
cess will require several months, but
freezing will probably do no other harm
than to delay it. At sixty ceats per bar
rel for the bones cheap fertilizer may
be made in this manner. Bones may
also be softened quickly by boiling them
10 I've from wood ashes and using the
product with loan, or better, with dried
muck, both to make it easier to handle
and to absorb the ammonia which is
liable to be liberated If the mass is al
lowed to ferment. Another plan Is to
pack the bones between layers Of fresh
horse manure and let the pile lie fol-
some months, stirring occasionally and
moistenng with stable liquor; but mere
again the ammonia will be lost un.ess
some absorbent, such as muck or gypsum,
be used to retain it. Spr,nkliDy the
heated mass with gypsum frequently viii
do much towards arfesting the ammonia
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-03-25

Some forms of farm fences harbor a
great many insects, and the old worm
fence, made o, rails, with its wide mar
Gin Of neglcc ed ground, takes the lead
in this respect, although followed Closely
by the stone wall and the hedge. E7en
the post an / Doard fence, athouga its
unerazed margins are narrower, offer
much protection to various kinds Of in
sects, as is made plain by the number OF
cocoons and eggs that can ali ways be seen
where the boards aai posts come in con-
tact, says F. II. Webs,er in the Indiana
Farmer. Among the principal species
which are fos;ereci in this way are the
chinch tug, winch winters under cIg-
ering OF leaves or matted grass, the army
worm, the lare9 OF the stock borer aud
grasshopper. The fall we5worm delights
to pass the adolescent stage in the crew
ices about rail fences and stone walls,
and where in field coiuers or in the
angles OF worm fence raspberry and
black berry busacs are allowed to grow,
the rot borer, the saw hy, aud worst oil
all, the author of the a.u:y gall OF the
raspberry tagrillas ruicJllsj will find
harbor. Where muileigs grow among
the briars, the furnished plant bug will
pass its winters in com ort, and alto
gether the fence rcrnsr IS Il veritaole
nursery, where injurious insects are
propagated to the III try of nci 5hbOriu.
gardens, orchards and feds.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-03-25

Land values increase so rapidly in
New York that it is easy 10 mortgage
such property pretty well up TO the
selling value, and this fact has opened
the way to an ingenious method of
something very like swindling. A,
representing himself as the agent OF
B, purchases desirable vacant land
for say $4,000, and before papers
pass, sells the same to A at 1925,
600. B then, upon the strength OF
this transaction, obtains mortgage
of 100000 upon the property. OF
course A and B are in collision, and
the original purchaser really repre-
sented both, while the second trans
action was solely for the purpose OF
establishing price upon which the
mortgage could be obtained.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-03-25

ANY tree may be trausplautedit proper
precautions are observed. When it be-
comes desirable to transplant large
Tree trench should be dug rouad it late
in the autumn, but before the ground IS
frozen, and the leading roots should he
severed at a distance of SIX to ten feet
from the trunk, according to the size OF
the tree. When the ground is iroz N
the tree with its roots can be raised IN
one solid mass, placed III a wagon such
as is commonly used fer transporting
large blocks of s.o4e, and moved to its
destination. Very early IN the spring,
before the sap begins to run, the tree
should be topped, and ii the roots have
not been cut too closely the tree will
grow just as if nothing had happened to
it.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-03-25

Rutherford B. Hayes was the only
man who ever held the position Of
President to die of heart disease.
Washington expired of pneumonia
John Adams of natural decl ne.
Thomas jefferson of chronic diarihea,
James Madison and James Monroe of
natural decline, John Quincy Adams
of paralysis, Andrew jackson of con-
sumption, Martin Van Buren, OF asth-
matte cataTrh, William II. Harrison
of pleurisy, John Tyler OF a bilious
attack, James K. Polk of chronic
diarrhea, Zachary Taylor OF bilious
fever, Millard Fillmore OF natural
decline, Franklin Pierce of inflam-
nation of stomach, James Buchanan
of rheumatic govt, Abraham Lincoln
assassinated, Andrew Johnson par
alysis {. $. Grant cancer, James A.
Garfield aSsassinated, Chester A. Ar
thur Bright's disease. He was one
OF three Methodists to become Presi-
dent, johnson and Grant being the
other two.-Columbu Journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-03-25
An rrv,,u.b,. Ala.

The Worlds Fair buildings at Chicago
form an almost inexhaustible subject
for writer's, and the magazines and
newspapers are top-heavy with articles
descriptive OF them. The buildings are
mainly OF iron, but besides another
cubs anco had TO be used which would
be more easily handled and more sus-
ceptible of artistic treatment. This
material was found in com bination OF
plaster and ju Q fiber. called staff, which
combines adaptability to all forms OF
plastic haudlins with stiffness and
toughness almost like wood. This stuff
has made possible effects OF construc-
ton which coud never have been at
tempted under the same conditions with
any other material. 1t is prepared as
quickly as water and plaster and fiber
can be mixed together; it may be made
course or fine, rough or smooth. as may
be desired, II may be cast or nodded; it
mty be colored; and when 1t is dry md
ready for use 1t is handled almost ex-
actly like wooi-bored. sawed, and
nailed. 1t takes every form that is
necessary to clothe and ornament the
iron skeletons; 1t suggests rather than
Stimulates stone. and, onsidered for it.
self as a building material. it has GER
agreeable qualities of brightness and
eoftness.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-03-25

Numerous experiments hava shown
that to make a pound of increase in fat
tcning cattle per 1909 pounds, the food
must contain one pound Of dlgestib!e
proteine, or flesh forming matter; six
pounds of carbohydrates, or heat form
ing matter, and one pound of fat, all
digestibe. But as one third of the food
is not digested urdcr ordinary circum
stances, it is necessary TO n:4ko the ration
correspondlngly nutritious and add pro-
portionately to the quantity. Thus the
following rations may be used for this
purpose. Rations Tor fattening COWS.
Per 1000 pounds, live weight; Twenty
pounds OF good hay and twelve pounds
of cornmeal; or, seventeen pounds of
clover hay, ten pounds of cornmeal,
three pounds Of bran; or, twenty pounds
of corn fodder, two pounds OF bran, ten
pounds Of cornmeal. If straw is Us: d,
bran may be added to the ration IN the
proportion of ten per cent. % cquaIize it
with hay.
L is impossible to say how mGch meal
alone will make an animal fa., because
this concentrated food will not be di.
gested without :. su1icienu quantity Of
coarse fodder 20 I'LL the iatestines and
produce the proper action for complete
digestion, so that it is indispensable that
hay or straw should form the bI.;k OF tho
food, and richer food be added n the
right proportion. l; q best TO feed the
meal dry, SIS it mus he mixed With GER
tam quantity of saliva for its digestion,
and this will not be the case il the Incal
is given wet and is titus easily sxallowed
without msstica i1n.--Nes York Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-03-25
StRI0US FACTS ABOUT BREAD
With Housokeepers Shouii Earnestly
ansider.

With Housokeepers Shauil Enrucsti,
tansider.
4 serious danger menaces the health
OF the people of this country in the uu-
mcro,ls alum baking powders that are
now being urged upon the public.
There 10 no question as to the dciri-
mental effect of these powders upon the
systcn. Every Posrd of Health, every
physician, vii! tell you OF the unshole-
some qualities they add to the f.od.
soTe ccuntr.es have absolutely pro-
hibited tie sale OF bread containing
alum.
Even small doses ef alum. givea 10
children, have produced fatal results,
while cases OF heartburn, indiges tioD,
gripping, constipation, dyspepsia, and
yarons kindred gastric troubles from
irritation of the mucous membrane,
caused by the continuous use of food
prepared with the alum or alum phos.
phatc powders. are familiar il the prac
tice Of every physician.
1t is rot possible that any prudent
housewife. any loving mother. will
knowingly use an article Of food that
viii injurc the health OF her household,
or perhaps cause the death Of her chill
Grcn
low snail the dangerous alum powders
re dist nguishedl And how snail the
dan-e r to health from their Use be
avodcd2
Generally, alum powders may be known
from the prce at which they are sold,
or from the fact that they are accom-
panied by gift, are disposed of under
some SCENE. The alum powder costs
but lew cents pound TO make, and Is
often sold at 20 or 25 cents pound.
II some present is gwen with it, the
price may DC 80, so OF 50 cents a pound.
1t is impossible to name all the alum
powders in the market, but any baking
powder sold at low price, or adver.
TIED as costing only half as much as
cream OF tartar powders, accompanied by
a present, or disposed of under any
scheme, is of this class, detrimental to
health, and TO be avoided.
But the easy, SAFE, and certain protec-
ton of our bread, biscuit and cake from
all danger OF unwholesomeaess is in the
use CT the Royal Baking Powder only.
This powder is mentioned because of the
innumerabIc reports in its favor by high
medical authorities, by the U. s. Gov
ernment, and by the official chemists and
Boards OF Health, which leave no doubt
as to its entire freedom from alum, lime
and ammonia, its absolute purity aud
wholesomepess. While its use 10 thus
safeguard against the poisonous alum
powders it is satisfactory at the same
time to know that it makes the whitest,
lightest, sweetest and most delicious
food, which will keep moist and fresh
longer, and that can be eaten with im-
munity hot or cold, stale or fresh, and
also that owing to its greater strength it
ia more economical than others.
These facts should incline consumers to
.urn deaf ear to all opportunities to
buy the inferior powder. II grocer
urges the sale of the cheap, impure, alum
brands, it should be borne in mind that it
is because he can make more profit on
them. The wise housekeeper will decline
In all cases to take them.
Take no chances through using doubt
faL article ghere so Important matter as
the heatti ar life If dear ones is at STAKE.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-03-25
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
In Iceland there are 70, 900 people.

In Iceland there are 70 900 people.
THE Kansas wheat outlook Is poor.
THERE are q, 3sl, l2S mules In this oouu-
try.
TIRE annual appropriations for pensions IL
now $I5d 53i ,t50.
WALL STREET "bears" say that 1868 will
be bear year.
TIE Southern strawberry crop Is going to
bovery large this year.
MELTING snow and heavy rains are caus-
Ing great deal of damage.
NEARLY 1000 Russian convit Is hayo besn
sent TO Siberia since April. 1899.
IT Is estimate that there are 90, 900 miles
OF irrigation bitches in Colorado.
TIRE Salvation Army will build a $50. OOd
barracks on 5000, 900 lotss New York city.
SIXTY ONE naval officers will go on tbs
retired list during President Clevelauds
term.
RUSSIA has given notice of purpose to
establish protective zone AROUND her Der.
Ing Sea territory.
ADMIRAL. GaEEARDI has decided to use the
cruiser Phuadelphia as his flagship during
che naval review.
NEW ZEALAND ha. twenty-o ns meat
treezing works, capable Of yearly dealing
with 4,OOo, 0OJ sheep.
THE first consignment o: frozsn Aus
traiian meat has just been soil in the Berlin
marketror about ten cents per pound.
The latest development in the agrarian
question In Germany is the Governments
proposal to establish a cnamber OF agricul-
ture.
VENEZUELA has char tered a banking
scheue with features 81 nilar TO the sub
treasury idea agitatei in this country last
year.
The forestry exhibit to b. sent to the Co.
lumuIau Exposition from Massachusetts, ha,
been completed. 1t comprises forty .seyea
varieties of trees
STATEMENT Of imports aud exports for
Toe first seven months OF the current fiscal
year shows large balance of trade against
the United states.
AT meeting in London Jerry 81, 900 wo-
men Of all classes, fro n ali PARIS o. North
west Ireland protested against home rule.
Y ster unionists are in earnest IN tneir
threats OF civil waS becsuse OF the homo
rule agitation. A firm in Ulster recently
ordered 100000 Martini rifles from English
manufacturers.
MRS. }. w. III oAAs and Miss e ith Train.
candidates on a wo nan's tic xet were elected
school directors at Fort Dodge, Iowa, The
men ran Two tickets and both were
badly heaten. Mrs Thomas and Miss Train.
accommodated by some frien is, made a tour
Of the polling booths and did considerable
elscttoneertu2.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-03-25
Gu i)uS Feals Explain ID.

The tendency OF the credulous to ac.
count tor wonderful feats of jugglery by
the supposition that supernatural power
is used by the juggler, or, as in the case
of Professor Kellar's suggestion concern
ing the feats of Hindu faSirs, that the
iusgler has discovered natural laws still
unknown in civilized lands, has recently
been shown with respect to Colonel de
| Rochas's very curious experiments with
hypnotic subjects in Paris. The Colonel
believed that he could transfer tine sen
sitiveness of human being to g.sss OF
water and store it up in the fluid, O,
could draw it out OF the body aud plass
1t in layers around the subject. His ex
periments seemed to prove that this
deterioration of sensitiveness" &C.
rually took place, and they we're as won
dcrful, to all appearance, as the feats OF
the Hindu fakirs.
The exponcnts of what il called
Thcosophy and certain disciples of mod.
ern SpiritualIsn az once found in the
scats performed by Colonel de Rochas
an his subjects ample confirmation OF
the souudness of sheir doctrines aad
theories, and the descriptions OF the pro-
cess of ''exterioriz ltion" began 10 be
heard OF the platform, where they wero
MIXED up with distorted views OF the
electrical experiments Of Tesla and spec
ulations ABOUT the activity of the Mahat-
mas.
Now comes a hard headed and iu-
credalous Eagiishman who says that he
has made experiments OF his own with
TIE susceptible subjects who permitted
Colonel dL Rochls to rob them of theif
srpsttiveacss and secrete 1t in glasses OF
wate., and asserts, and apparently
proves, that they are trlcksters VINO I'M
pose: upon the good Coloael. Aai SO
Ger ain rhcosophists 'ao professors OF
Spirituaiism arc suddenly deprived OF a
considerable stock in trade. aud some
interesting but highly fanciful theories
must be laid on the shelf.-NeE York.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-03-25
TUREgcCLosIs.

The number OF COWS that al suffering
from tuberculosis is Isssc, al If a few
arc allowed in the herd wi.h tne disease
it is very apt to give it to others. II the
disease caa be detected carly il its
stages, aad the animal suffering from it
Isolated from the otheft, vL.la5le herds
mas often be saved from coutGgion. 1t
is quite essential that every dairymar
should be able to detect this disease
when i is first manifested. All yet lis
symptoms arc SO slight an imperfect
that the work IS very diiii, lit. In Bul.
lelIn 81 of the Pennsylvania Station the
results OF the tests with he Koch ;a5er
culin arc given, snd it i supposed that
bs using tneee injections any ownc ean
tell whether ct any tiEa his CONS have
tuberculosis T.e tos; IS very simple,
sad as The tubeic.ilin GAG be ,btaned
T,adiIy nos al dfu o,is,s' il is not t;if-
fcut matter isr aat dai'yman to guard
us own locks FROM tbs disease.
Al the station tTsnry five CUBIC cent?
metres of the taeeFcaia acre injected
IN the cows. Tae tesHf~rature of ii c
coAs was taken before Ale irJecEi0n. AID
thea again every three nnais terwsrd.
All the animals that sho--t tbs chV.c-
teristic rise of temperature prov ID | at-s-
eutous alter they ~ere slaughtered aid
exam.ued, and those that lid q have
any ii>e in temperature were free from
the -erms. Some OF the cattl that bad
no Use In tempeatuFe were SD erlng
from lung treuole, and they had been
pronounced tubercaious By experts. The
test, however, reyea., d the iacl that they
VI no. Tne result OF TIE experiments
81 the managers at the station
tina tuhercuiu IS OF great value. II
iae esas have luDstcu.0sis, even in Its