The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-29
HE TOOK PRECAUTIONS.
How n Supposed Case OF scnriatina Wa
Guarded by q Parent.

"Ah, feared something of the sort!'
But ho could not be certain until to-
morrow. I have just given the child
hot bath ana put him to bed"
Now, listen, my dear We must take
timo by tho forolocll and prevent the fever
spreading. 1t Is very serious thing in
tho case Of adults, and rs you know, l
havo mover had it, Perfect isolation is tho
great thing and unlimited disinfcctants.
Take up tho carpet in Tor;my's bedroom
ut once, take down tho curtains and pic
lures and rclnovo everything that you can
to tho back yard; also take up tho stair
carpets. AS no has been sitting In tho
breakfast room oil tho morning. We will
Jock tho door until can fumigato it,"
But, james, dcar'-
Don't stop arguing, Lucy. We shall
Ibo losing valuable tilno. Ill run round
to tho chemists for few things. In tho
meantime just sec that there is plenty of
hot water for disnfcctinS baths and fas-
ten sheets over all the doors. And what
ever you do, Lacy, keep COOL Don't be
frightened OF nervous. shant bo long
BY JOvo, Two got nasty soro thnrit my
self hupe It's nothing"
"Disinfectants SIRE"
"Ycs. There's a serious outbreak of To-
vcr ut our house What havo you eotp''
"HoslIngs patent puriflr"-
Send dozen bottles to go OH with
"Dabb's 1uid"-
"Shmo quantity
'WObSterS ozone diSSCIninndTlr''-
''Six will DO enough"
''Jaspcrs disinfcctnnt, an csccll apt tsrtf-
Gle"
IN have dozen of that
"Carbolic ncid, sir?'
well, yes. Say gallon, and pound
of per1manganatc of potash crystals
Anything else, sir?"
"A quarter of a hundrcdwcight Of chic
ride of lime, three or four pounds of rock
sulphur, and put in anything else you can
think Of that have forgotten. How soon
can you send thosc?"
Immediately, sir. I sec my boy has
just como back with tho cart
Nov, my dear, the disinfoctants are
here. Is everything ready?'
Il think so, James.
The master Of the house then took off
his coat, turned up his shirt sleeves and
set about his task. First of all he sent his
wife to Tommy's room and pcrcmptorily
ordered her to remain there for six weeks
He then cmpticd bottle of Jaspcr's dis
infectant into II buckctful of water, and
with garden syringe proceeded to play
upon the sheets fastened over the doors
until tho landing was converted into q
running brook and the stairs into II small
cascade. The drawing room underneath
rcscmhlcd the dropping we'll mt Ennrcsbor-
ough, and the ceiling of the hall was COW
cred with liquid brown beads.
He next powdered every room with
Wobstcr's ozone dissemination until 1t look
cd like the interior of u flourmill 1t was
almost impossible to move without put
ting your foot In n bowl of Dabb's fluid or
knocking over q dish OF Hosking's patent
purifier.
Then he transferred the contents of the
Kitchen fire to u largo metal dish, which
he deposited on an iron support In the lit
Ito breakfast room and covered with four
pounds Of crushed rock sulphur, carefully
scaling windows and doors and closing
the register of tho fireplace
After that he poured half gallon of
oarhOlio acid down tho sink and covered
tho scullery floor ON inch deep with ohio
ride of lime
By this time tho atmosphere Of the place
had become little oppressive, and 1t lie
perhaps not surprising that both he and
tho servant felt sick. This he interpreted
90 another bad symptom, but he was sat
ikfled that he had done all he could.
Hc then proceeded to take hot bath,
In which no had dissolved half On ounce
OF the potash crystals, and went to bed,
having thoroughly drilled the servant In
the precautions she should tako and Or
dcrcd her to take q similar bath herself
He hardly slept at all that night First
be had very sore throat, then pains in
tho bnck He was fcvcrish, too-decidcd-
! ly fcvcrish; felt sick and had q quick
pulse When he crept down stairs in the
early morning, his legs shook beneath
him, and he lookcd-no, he did not look
pale. He would have dono so, though,
had not tho strong solution Of potash crys-
tals dyed him rich brown When the
maid, perfect nut brown maid" saw
that her master was the Same color as her
self, she grinned from ear to eur.
What are you laughing at, you boo
by?" he exclaimed in anger. isn't it
better to be copper colorcd than fever
strickcnf There's tho doctor at the door.
Let him go up stairs
When tho medical man came down and
met tho anxious father Mt the foot Of the
stairs, no could hardly keep serious coun-
tenancc.
"Wcll, doctor how is the patientf"
quito well, I'm glad to say"
"Quito WE'LL"
Eyes. 1t was only q bilious attack, aft
OF ADJUST u 1ittlo overeating or somo-
thing OF thnt sort>''
Tommy's father WAS for tho moment
ispecchlcss. Ho could not mako up his
mind whether he ought to thrash his Off
spring or the doctor. 1t wasn't exactly
that he was sorry 1t WIS not scarlatina,
after all, but ho wanted TO kick somebody.
He didn't care particularly who 1t was
and would havo kicked himself II he had
been able
Doctor" he ut length gaspcd out, "I've
been fooled don't say you've dono it,
but feel Two been fooled. Five hundred