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that other countries will soon be compelled t
assume part OF the burden.

assume part OF the burden.
The critical time in the cholera danger. ac-
cording to last years experience. has now
been reached. and tho outlook is hopeful. The
disease is much more widespread now than
Just a year ago but almost everywhere 1t is
thoroughly under control Hamburg Is ex-
ompt and nowhere has the epidemic mani
tested the extreme virulence OF 1t last season.
This seems strange to tho average mind in
view OF recent experiments. Analysts have
been examining tho dust OF the streets OF
Paris and Naples. In the former city n gramme
OF dust from one OF the principal streets
showed 10000 bacteria. including baclli OF
cholera typhus. diphtheria. and erysipelas.
In Naples n gramme OF dust yielded as high as
u billion microbes. some Of which. cultivated.
produced tetanus. tuberculosis. and other dis
eases in animals. These facts seem to prove
that something moro than the presence Of
bacilli is necessary to produce an epidemic.
The result Of tho exhaustive investigation OF
influenza epidemics in 1SSD-02 is II Govern
ment report setting forth that the disease is
communicated from person to person. not by
the general atmosphere. The figures show
much more fatal results in tho rural districts
than In large towns. but no conditions have
yet been discovered Of site. soil. climate, or
sanitation to explain tho ravages Of the dis
case.
Temperance organizations in England and
such few as there are on tho Continent are
much agitated by the about face taken by the
medical authorities at the recent anti ale oh oil
congress at the Hague. They arrayed them
selves in favor OF the moderate use Of alcohol
The temperance people ask what's m moderation.
Sir Dyce Duckworth has defined it, and the
leading French. German. and Dutch medical
men support him. as being an ounce to an
ounce and q half daily. according TO the con-
stitution OF the drinker. This would mean two
ordinary glasses OF whiskey. two large glasses
Of beer or stout a half pint Of claret or a gill
OF sherry or port Temperance authorities
are highly indignant and at the same time are
puzzled to account for the recent growth Of
temperance sentiment coincident with large
increase in the consumption OF liquor. The
Commissioners in Lunacy were disturbing
element in tho discussion this week. They re-
ported the bad effect Of cutting off the allow
ance OF beer last year from the patients Of
the great lunatic asylum at Colney Hatch 1t
made patients disconnected and less easily
managed.
The newspaper which started tho missing
word craze q year ago has begun what it calls
weather forecast competition on tho same
plan. 1t asks its readers to estimate the num-
Der OF hours Of sunshine in a given week. and
the winners divide tho entrance fees. 1t Is ar
gued that this is a game Of skill and not Of
chance. but the Government has begun prose-
cution all the same.
Col. A. l. Snowden. the returning United
States Minister to Spain. after a brief holiday
in England. sailed on the Paris to-day for his
homo In Philadelphia He has been much
congratulated in diplomatic circles on his sue
cess in closing the Caroline Islands incident.
which has been pending for seven years be-
tween the United States and Spain.
Mr. William Waldorf Aston. the new landlord
OF Cliveden. has made himself heartily unpop-
ular among the frequenters Of the Thames by
cutting off the privileges which the Duke Of
Westminster always allowed to visitors. 1t has
been the custom Of river excursionlsts to take
tea on the terrace opposite Cookham Lock.
one Of the most picturesque spots on the river,
and some distance from Cliveden mansion.
Mr.. Astor has forbidden this. and. it is said.
he will also stop the privilege Of visiting Give
den woods.
The English charges against Charles Young.
charged with shooting man In Rochester. n.
Y. will DO withdrawn. and extraditon will be
granted