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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16

DIR Roux. of Berlin, but he was
unable to reduce it to a method of
practical vaccination. 1t is this
which has occupied DIR. Roux for the
last two years. Out of many hun.
dreds of sick children. he had lost
only one-fifth, while the old methods
scarcely cured one halt of the cases.
and often wo-thirds and more died.
Considering how many children are
brought to the hospital only when
the disease is far advanced, he feels
warranted in saying that not more
than two out of one hundred need
die under ordinary circumstances il
properly treated.
All last winter his daily visits to
the children's hospital were enough
to exhaust the strength of one man.
But he was often seen in the remote
quarters of Paris at the bedside of
little ones down with the terrible dis
ease. Sometimes he has passed the
whole night watching them. When
the poor parents in the morning asked
what they could give him, the IA
nous physician dartcd out of the
uoor anu disappeared, as III AFRAID
even of their thanks. This disinter-
estedness, which he carries to an ex-
t%raordinary degree, is known to all
his associates Of the institute.
He is now at the head of the SER
vice, but as the institute is always in
want of funds, he does not even draw
the small salary which is allotted
him. His friends say that he belongs
to another age, that he knows moth.
ing of money and cares less, and that
he has given up his whole existence
% serve science and humanity.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16

pital) the remedy is given In vain.
Neither must 1t be supposed that the
serum has any power to cure other
diseases which the sufferer may have
concurrently with diphtheria."
sAnd how do you obtain the Sc
rum?:"
SWELL, we will now return to our
friend the horse. The great number
of experiments made in our 1abora.
tory showed that of all animals capa-
BILE of furnishing anti-diphtheritic Sc.
rum in large quantities the horse
was the easiest to vaccinate. lie
supports the 'toxine' much better
than the dog or than Illuminating an
imals. Nothing is easier than to
draw from the jugular vein of a horse,
as often as one wishes. great quantf-
ties of pure blood from which a per-
fectly limpid serum separates"
"And is the horse sacriflced?"
"Not at all. The operators of the
Pasteur Institute have horses from
the jugulars of which they have
drawn blood more than twenty
times, and the vein remains as sup
Pile as at the first drawing The
animals used for this purpose are
nearly all young horses, sound and
with excellent appetites. They are
bled nee a month, and at each oper-
alton a little more than four quarts
of blood, capable of furnishing half
that quantity of serum, is taken
from them"
lis there any cruelty in the opera
tion?'
mo. The bleeding causes no pain,
and the animal is not much enfeebled
if the specified quantities are not ex-
ceeded.
DIR. Roux is a young man not yet
40 years, but he has long been known
for his valuable work in the Pastcur
Institute. He has been the assist
ant of Pasteur for fifteen years. Pas
teur himself is onlya chemist. When
he came to study human diseases
with his peculiar methods it was nee
essary that he should have some
trained physician with him. He APP
piled to Nelpeau, who was then at
the height OF his fame and at the
head of the faculty of medicine in
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16
Elephant TerroriEed by q Rat.

Tho reason Tor the strange actions Of
Jess, the circus elephant, which went
on 3 rampage early the other morning,
and after breaking the fas,enings aud
nearly wrecking the circus roamed
through the streets Of San Francisco.
has been discovered. Jess has ALWAYS
been perfectly doci,e and could bo
handled by any Of tho circus ,eople.
While she was being pursued through
the streets by. her keepers they no
ticed that the animal acted as If 'fren.
zied by fright. Finally, when she
allowed them to come near, one of the
Keepers noticed something %protruding
from the emf of her trunk. He pulled
It out and found that it was a live rat.
The elephant had been lying on the
ground asleep with her trunk stretched
In front of her, and it Is supposed the
rat ran up her trunk. The elephant
contracted the muscles of her trunk
AMI held the rodent fast. When the
rat had been removed the elephant
gave signs of great satisfaction. and
made no further resistance to being
led back to the circus tent.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16
800 Reward. 800.

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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16
Cog and NJ .aog's Rivals.

Quaint buildings are the temples Of
Siam, OF which the largest and most
curious is tho great temple of Wat
Phra in Bangkok, the capital. Al
each side of the gateway stands o
gigantic figure, nearly as ugly, and
quite as useless, as the two harmless
monsters in London's Guildhall. The
Siamese giants are supposed to keep
watch and ward over the temples
safety. and it Is possible that the su-
perstitious people are grateful for the
guardian are of these images.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16

speaks we'll for his theories and dis
coveries that the $500 physicians as
sembled in Budapest from all parts
of the world seem to put faith in
him.
His dark, serious face lighted up
with a winning smile as the CORE
s2ondent of the New York World
saluted hin as "the man who is saw
ing 10000 lives a year in France
alone" Pardon" he said. quickly,
"you exaggcrate. 1t is true that
diphthcria and Group claim more
than 3 10000 victims every year in
this country. 1t is also true that out
of l1S children whom l have recent
ly treated for II or the other of
these terrible maladies l have saved
ZIG. That is, We think, a very pretty
reduction of the mortality from the
old rates. Yet we are only on the
threshold of success. AT the Tros-
a Hospital, where the mortality
among the children used to he 63 per
cent, it has been reduced since The
introduction of II treatment of
diphtheria and Group to "a per cent.
At the Hospital OF the Enfants NAL
AIDES" continued the Doctor, "whers
i have been experimenting with my
discovery for three years, the aver.
aye mortality has been lowered from
III to ] per cent. This is a good con-
tfrmation ofthe value of our remedy.
"My co-workers, MI. Martin and
Chaillou, and l maintain, after a
series of careful experiments extend
ing through three years. that by the
use of the rum separated from the
blood of horses which have been
previously v%accinated against diph-
liberia we have succeeded in lower
ing in such large proportion the NOR
tality of children attacked by diph-
liberia or Group, that the malady may
be considered as conquered. We are
beyond %peradventure now. But what
we wish specially to do is to impress
upon the minds of mothers every
where the need of flying at once to
the remedy the moment the diph-
liberia declares itself. Otherwise we
shall continue to have such discour-
aging results as at the Trousseau
Hospital.
This is what should be DONE" he
went ON. "When a child complains
of a sore throat an examination
should be instantly made. II the
mucous surface shows little white
spots scattered over it u physician
should be called without delay. The
white spots may he indications of a
simple Quinzy, or they may be the
first symptoms of Group.
aIn either case the physician should
at once give the child a sub.cutane-
Gus injection of the anti-diphtheritic
serum. II the attack is one of quinzy
simply, the remedy will do no harm.
If it is diphtheria, the serum will in
fallibly effect a cure"
The correspondent remarked that
diphtheria is a disease about which
every mother has a different theory.
"There are many vulgar errors con-
corning it," said the Doctor. mime
times out of ten diphtheria does not
kill, as is generally supposed, by suf-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16
Pupil of Pasteur.

The eyes of all the world are upon
DIR. Roux, the physician who has met
with such success with his new meth.
cd for curing diphtheria, and Paris.
the city of his labors, is accordingly
proud of him. 1t was not until the
recent Congress of Hygiene, held at
Budapest, that DIR. Roux gave to the
world the results of his experiments
in treating shat dread disease, and it
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16
As One Looks at 1t.

Mrs. Arthur comes Of j good old
family, and is proud of her descent.
On one occasion she displayed a very
ancient piece of house-lincn to her
servant, saying, as she held it up for
inspection, "Look, Bridget, at this
tablecloth; 1T has been in our family
for over two hundred years" Bridget
eyed the article in question carefully,
and then, stepping close up to her
mistress, remarked, in a most conf
Dental tone, "Sure, never mind, Mrs.
Arthur. dear. If you just kape quiet
about it. and don't let on to anybody,
mho would know but what it was
bought BRAN new out of the shop?:"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16
Here Us a Good Work.

Mrs. S. F. Grubb, superintendent o,
work among foreigners, keeps q mis-.
sionary at the port of New York ard
distributes monthly to the incoming
immigrants 20, GOO pages of tracts or
topics relating to good citizenship
She has published these tracts il
seventeen different languages.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16

hours a day, week
after week, and he is
as curious to know as
he is keen in under
standing the results
of his observations.
The discovery of the
special poison of the
microbe of d%iphtheria
and O was made
by n German professor
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16
A Child Eninys

Tho pleasant flavor, gentle action and sooth-
ing effects of Syrup OF Figs, when in need
of Il laxative. and II the father or mother
lie coStive or bilious, the most gratifying
results follow its use; so that it is the best
family remedy known. and every family
hould nave Il bottle on hand.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16

BEAUTIFUL birds and fragrant flowers arc
NATURES charm. but a divinely lovely COM
plexion comes from the use of Gienfs sul-
phur Soap
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16
A siberian Milltonafrc's Bcnefaction

"A siberian NltlltOnatre's B~cnefactiOn
The Siberian millionaire, Pono-
marjeff, whose death was announced
at st. Petersburg some months ago.
left 1000, 600 rubles with the direc-
tion that they should be placed in
banks at compound interest for
nfnety-nine years, after which they
are to be devoted to the construction
and support of a Siberian university
at Irkutsk, at which all instruction
is to be gratis.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16

THE ancient Egyptians considered it
unhealthy to wash a child until it was
at least a year old.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16

In q great many cascs OF asthma. Plso's
Cure for Consumption will give lelief thai.
Is almost equal to u cure. 20 cents.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16

A FREDERICK, Md, man has an old
boiler which he claims belonged to the
first boat propelled by steam.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16
"A Gloomy Outlook

is that of the dyspeptic. but his face will
brighten when he knows that Ripans Tab.
ules cure that terrible disorder and will
make him u cheerful and happy man
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16

RECENT experiments indicate that
the normal eye can discriminate 1865
separate tints in the spectrum.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16

Mrs. Uinslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for children
teetEing: soitels the gums, reauces
RlllvS pain. cures wind cole. ii cents o bottle.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16

Paris. That eminent physician chose
for him young DIR. Roux, who was but
an unknown student.
Fortunately the student was of the
stamp of Pasteur himself. He is
capable Of working twelve or thirteen
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16

THE ancients entertained the idea
that the dew was distilled upon the
earth by the moon and stars.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16

Send your full name and address to Dob.
bins Soup Mfg. Co., Philadelphia. Pa, by
return inail. and get free of all cost. q
coupon worth several dollars. II used by
you to its fall advantage. Don't delay.
This IL worthy attention. 80.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16
CURES %DIPHTHERIA.
Or. Roux, THE FRENCH sAvAnr,
TELLS HOW IT'S DONE.

ssrum of the Blood of Horse. Has Saved
Thousands In France-An Infallible REM
edy for the Dread Disease IL Taken In
Time.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16

The education of the deaf and dumb
is a comparatively modern enterprise
on the part of philanthropists.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16

The oppressive embsrsoss levied upou The
tanef man By his inveterats enemy.d dyspepsia.
after meals. are lifted and the yoke cast Oh BY
Nat sovereign medicinal liberator from bodily
ailments, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Heart.
barn. datulence. oppression at the oft Of the
stomach, the presence Of bile where II does not
belong. are alike remedied BY this potent re-
former Of . disordered condition Of the gastric
organ n the liver. It 10 the prime OF tonics
and stomachfcs. invigoratins 1t the same time
that II remedies. Both appetite sleep arc
improved by II. A wineslass before OF after
meals. and before retiring, will be found an
sficient restorative Of the ability to digest
and assimilate and to rest TRANQUILITY. Use it
for malartal, kindney and rheumatic trouble
md for constipatton: For the aged and intirm
II 10 highly beneficial
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16

The crows of Ceylon are protected
by the people because they purify the
atmosphere by acting as scavengers.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-16

speaks we'll for his theories and dis
coveries that the $500 physicians as
sembled in Budapest from all parts
of the world seem to put faith in
The herald., 1894-12-28
SCIENTIFIC PH.4NTOHS.

The last number of the proceedings OF
the Psychical Research society contains,
in it's report of the committee on the
Census of Hallucination, the solideat
and heaviePt piece OF work which it has
yet published; and if dryness and dull
ness can make thing solenti tic, then
these 400 pages are as scientific as the
most iaetidious intellect can desire.
Stories of eppsritions, however flesh
curdling they may be when told singly
in the twilight, arc terribly monotonous
when cast into the form OF printed
depositions snd taken in bulk.
The Cenaus of Hallucnations was an
idea OF the late Edmund Gurney, who
thought that the proportion OF frequency
of apparitiona-c ding~with.deaths to
other apparitions might decide whether
the former were or were not something
more than accidental condolences. The
present committee has had 1000 per-
cons interrogeted "a TO whether they
have had, when awake, etc, an hallu-
cination or not. OF these, 1854 answered
ves, and tho details of The experiences
form a body OF data which the commit
tee 60 over and digcuas in every possi-
BILE way.
Their calculation OF probability is
based, for obvious reasons, on ona sort
OF "veridical" phsntasm, that. namely.
in which on the day of person's death
distinct visual haliucinaton of his
presence appears to como ono at dis-
tance. Their statistical argument
aganst chance ia as follows: According
to the rsoistrargenersl's report, one
person in 10, 600 dies daily in England. /.
II there be no eausal connection between
apparitions and deaths. and if appari-
lions of persons atrike persons at ran
dom, go to speak. being no more likely
in advance to strike dying ons than q
The herald., 1894-12-28

living one, we should expect them to
strike the living 10000 times more ire.
qusntIy than tbs dying. bsrsuso living
men are $4,000 times mors frequent
facts than dying men. In oshs- words, !,
the antecedent probability that per-
son will die on the day on which his ap.
partition is eeen is only one in 10000
Now the figures OF tho returns give q
much smaller fraction than this. even
whom corrected 80 as to be on the safe
side OF every objection that can be urged
against their accuracy. They give. even
With these corrections. 80 apparitions on
the day ofthe death amid an aggregate
of 1900 apparitions OF recognized living
persons. being at the rate of in 43, or
440 times the most probable chance
number OF in $4,000.
In fact. since many of the appsri-
tions seem to have occurred not merely
on the day, but at the very hour, of
the death, the i'm probability Of the ex-
planation by chance il really much
greater than this figure. Disbelievers
in occult causes caunot well attack the
reasonings of the committee. which. by
the way, is headed by Professor and
Mrs. Henry Sidgwick. They will have
to attack the premises. and say either
that the narratives are so essentially
inaccurate that no results can be
pinned upon them, or else that the FIX.
ures are still too email to reach
"law" By, and that the Census muss
be continued elsewhere. The American
continuation of the ceners is not yet
published. Meanwhile. it lie fair to
cay that this ponderous contribution
to the subject has once for all re-
deemed the tnsory OF an occult con
nection between apparitions and deaths
from the status OF ''suporstiticn,
and has captured for the ''telspSthic"
which the committee pro-
fesses, the right TO patient and re-
spectiul hearing before the ''scienti6c"
bar.
The herald., 1894-12-28
s.dat,v~ Nnvs,s.


What is the kind OF a novel best suited for
sedative purposes? is a difficult question. and
one which cam OF be fully answered on the
present occasion. 1t is as much question oi
men as OF books. One man finds rest in
''ten dencies novel;" another in the tale of sd-
venture, athird in the study OF manners. AS
rule. we should say that the form of fiction
best suited for the purpose os keeping the
mind occupied, but yet not actively at work,
is the novel which is neither too clever nor toe
stupid-.the book which is in fiction what the
man OF moderate views and moderate tslents
is III pubic life. ii the story is too clever il
may prove stlmulant instead of sedative.
Mr.. Meredith's works for example, are far
more likely TO tire than to rest the
BRAIN The man who wants to tackle Lord Or
mont and His Aminta must sit up TO table
and put himself mentally at attention. Even
Mr. Stevenson and Mr.. kipling, though so al
Turing, are apt to stimulate too highly. on
the other hand, the sedative novel must not
be actively stupid. Foolishness, irrelevance,
lack OF Conference bad grammar, are irritants.
which should have no place in the novel which
is meant TO give rest to the mind The man
who is made to grind his teeth and mutter:
'what Internal bosh!' is not getting his seda.
tive. nor is the woman soothed who is perpet-
ually being forced TO declare that. she never
read such English.
The herald., 1894-12-28
MUSIC.

The main body OF Uaisy church was
fairly we'll filed yesterday afternoon for
biird Toms matinee concert. and the
programme was made up as usual to
show the characteristics OF the wonder.
ful blind man. Operatic selections, res
markable limitations. the somewhat un-
necessary and verbose explanations
In which be re!ers to himself invariably
in the third person, the true mosaic Of
Yankee Doodle, the Fishers Horn
pipe, and Tramp. Tramp. Tramp. the
Boya are Matching; spslliue by sound
and compositions by Blind Tom, and
others of more or less note, were given
With tho same degree OF excellence that
alway characterizes his performance.
His limitations are nothing more nor
less than extraordinary in his simula-
ton OF thundef storm, q music boz.
organ, banjo. and harp; he produces
tones from the piano that are astound.
ing. In his rendition of legitimate COM
positions bis delicacy OF touch. purity Of
tone, and apparently, intelligent phras-
ing he is superior to many pianists who
are in fnil possession of all their facul-
ties. He will give performance this
evening in Illinois hall, which will be
his farewell to Los Angeles. K. NJ. C.
The herald., 1894-12-28

BUSINESS ceMied on Christmas eve IN
Los Angeles for considerable interval,
owing to the eKtinguiahing of the elect
ric lights. In consequence much in
convenience andtloss was occaeioned to
the merchants and their customers.
This incident ia, another argument in
favor Of municipal ownership. The Los
Angeles Lighting company has evidently
overhsxed its capacity. Its effort to
supply small ligh1s for the outskirts of
the city has rendered it inefficient for
proper service in the business section.
There is probably no redress for those
injured by these accidents" 1t has
been suggested. however, that if the
city owned a lighting plant the service
would be better, surer and much less
coatly. 1t is asserted that the amount
paid by the city of Los Angelica to the
lighting company would pay the inter-
est on $3.50, 900 plant, and the amount
that would be saved to consumers ia in.
caculable. And while the city council
is considering the feasibility OF municipal
ownership of the water supply they
might also bestow some thought on a
similar proposition as regards the light.
ing of the city. The people are cer-
tainly ready to receive with appreciation
any practicable scheme by which the
presen. inadequate service may bs re-
placed by an efficient aud reliable one.