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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-02

Internationale de rElectricite The
secondary of the transformer moves
along slides, and rod passing to the
lated from maximum to minimum
strength. The primary circuit is pro-
vided with an interrupter. The wires
of the secondary proceed directly to
the electrodes, which are simple plates
Of metal that can be placed anywhere
in the bath by means of suspending
hooks. There may also be added an
amperemeter for continuous and alter
mating currents, by means of which
the strength of the currents can be es-
timated with strict accuracy. III .....
The conditions under which the cleo
tricity is employed have been fully de-
termined by experiment. The first
measurement of interest is that of the
resistance of the bath when filled with
ordinary water, and also the intensity
of the current and the difference of po-
tential at the electrodes. The deter
mination of the resistance of the body
when immersed in the bath is found by
first testing the quantity of current re-
quired when the subject is in the bath,
next finding the resistance of the same
quantity of water without the subject,
and then adding the requisite amount
of water necessary to bring the bath
to the exact level when the subject
was immersed and determining the
current required to overcome the re-
sistance. .r"'.. ...l .-.T -.
The conclusions reached by these ex-
periments were that, with water of
comparatively good conductivity, the
human body when submerged offers a
resistance somewhat above that of an
equal volume of water, and that the
current passing through the middle
section of the body is equal to about
one-tenth of the total current passing
into the bath. su .03 H.# .n..-- aEi ~
The employment of electricity by the
utilization of the industrial currents,
which are within the reach OF, all ply
sicians, connected as they are with the
lighting system of towns, would seem
to open up a wider field of application
for this method of medical treatment.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-02
Do You Want to Stop Tobacco!
you GAN BE CURED WHILE USING IT.

The habit of using tobacco grows on q man
until grave diseased conditions are produced:
Tobacco causes cancer Of the mouth and
stomach dyspepsia; loss of memory; nervous
affections; congestion OF the retina, ana
wasting of the optic nerve, resulting
in impairment of vision, even to the extent OF
blindness; dizziness, or vertigo; tobacco asth-
ma; nightly suffocation dull pain in region
of heart, followed later by sharp pains, paipl-
tation and eaEened pulse. resulting in fatal
iisaIG disease. 1t also causes loss OF vitality.
QUIT, BEFORE IT is TOO LAT H.. G
To quit suddenly is too severe shock TO the
system, as tobacco--to an inYeterate user, be
comes stimulant that his system continually
Graves. "BACCo-CURO' is scientific and re-
liable vegetable remedy, guaranteed to be per
fectly harmless, and which has been In use tor
\ the last 20 years, having enred thousands OF
babitusi tobacco users-smokers, chewers ana
snuffrdippers. ytjlt ,igE-
Won can use all the tobacco you want, while
taking .BACco euro, !" 1t will notify you when
TO stop We GIVE WRITTEN GUARANTEES tc
permanently cure any case with three boxes,
or refund the money with ten per cent interest.
"BACco-cURo" Is not substitute. but a reii-
able and scien tifc cure-which absolutely del
st,oys the craving for tobacco without the aid
of will ROVER, and with no Inconvenience. 1t
leaves he system as pure and free from nico-
tine as the day you took your brst chew or
smoke. q ti2l eIiii
Sold by all druggists, at 81, co per box. three
boxes Thirty days treatment, and GUARAH-
rRED CURE, 50. So or cent direct upon receipg OF
price. SEND SIX TwotcENT STAMPS FoR SAMPLE
0ox BOOKLET AND PROOFS FREE kureka Chem
fcai Manufacturing Company, Manufactur-
Ing Chemists, La Crosse, Wisconsin,.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-02
: REAR ADMIRAL ALMY.
He Had Moro Active Sea Service ThA
Any Other Naval Oficer.

l
He Had Moro Active Sea Service Than
Any Other Naval Oficer.
The family and friends of Rear Ad.
miral Almy, Washington, are very
much alarmed about his illness. Owing
to his advanced age few hopes are en-
tertained that he will survive the pres.
ent attack, as he is very i'll. '-sJ. -
A native of Rhode Island, where he
was born April 25, 1915, John j. Almy
was early Injured to life on the water.
He was but IA when he became mid
shipman and cruised in the Mediter-
ranean and on the coast of Brazil At
twenty he was past midshipman, and
occupied several minor positions in the
service during the next few years. He
gained his commission as lieutenant in
1871, and was attached to the Ohio in
the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific
during the Mexican war. In the
troublous times off the coast of Mica
ragua in the sos Lieut.. Almy had an
important work to do. He commanded
the Fulton, ana in that position did his
duty SO credibly as to call for high
commentator from the admiral COM
handing, Rear Admiral Paulding.
That officer characterized Lieut.. Almy's
performances thus: HE performed his
part of the work exceedingly well, and
is an officer to be relied upon at all
times" He commanded the Fulton in
the Paraguay expedition, and on the
outbreak of the civil war was made
commander and did valuable service
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-02

great-grandson of Eleuthere Irenee Du
pont de Nemours, the founder Of the
great Dupont powder works near
Wilmington. Col. Dupont was APP
pointed to cadetship at West
Point, and graduated from the
military academy in May, 1861. He
immediately entered the army of the
north, choosing the artillery branch OF
the service. He served with bravery
and distinction, coming out of the war
with the rank of colonel. The late
President Hayes in some of his writings
paid the young artillery officer high
and deserved compliment for the cour-
age and dash with which he made an
advance on the enemy while in an en-
gagement under the Ohio general.
After the war Col. Dupont was asso-
ciated with the various business enter
prises of the family until 1878, when he
entered the railroad service, in which
he has continued to the present time.
He is the partner in the firm of E. /.
Dupont de Nemours & Co., generally
known as the Dupont Powder company,
but takes little part in its active man
agement, that duty falling to his cousin,
Eugene Dupont, who is a practical
powder-maker. Since 1878 Col. Duponts
time and attention have been chiefly
absorbed by his railroad service. He
began his career IN that line as director
Of the Wilmington & Northern rail
road. 'i'' tA
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-02
HYDRO-ELECTRIC BATHS.
The Current Gan Now BE Obtained
from Lighting Circuits.
A Curative Agent Which Ia Very Popular
In Europe = The simple Apparatus
Used for single Baths In
Residences.

Electricity taken from lighting
circuits is now employed in Europe
as curative agent The current Is
controlled by suitable instruments, so
that the tension is below the Loint
where harm could be inflicted to
delicate persons. Electricity in medi-
cine has probably not made as great an
advance as it's importance merits, but
this may be largely attributable to the
state of empiricism of electro
therapeutics or to the great difficulties
in the way of the employment of the
electrical apparatus themselves.
The idea of employing water in a
bath for conveying the current to a
patient is almost as old as the
therapeutic application of dynamic
electricity, the electricity being used
IN two forms--the continuous current
md the faradic bath. The former is
largely employed in Germany, while
recently interesting researches upon
the faradic current have been made by
French, English and Italian physicians
These experimentalists followed up the
peculiar effects shown by Dr.
UArsonval to be produced on the
human body by alternating currents
Of definite form-the sinusoidal form
lin which for given maximum in
tensity the instantaneous variations
ore slightest. gMa
In France the employment of this
form of current has been very success
full, the method followed considerably
simplifying the apparatus required for
the installation. The currents used
are extremely weak. In order to lower
the tension of the current of the light
ing circuit and graduate its strength,
transformer is employed, which lowers
the tension to fifteen volts. This is
the maximum required, and in large
installation each bath is arranged witt.
. transformer with sliding armature,
enabling the tension to be varied grad
ually from fifteen volts to one or two
volts. , U#gt To I3"t NlLEDE
Where only a single bath is to be fit
ted up, as in a private residence, there
IS employed q combination in series of
a shocking coil and small transformer.
The whole is placed in little marble
receptacle above the bath and at one
side, as shown in the accompanying IL
lustration, reproduced from the Revue
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-02
I;.it on the CoptrIbut,on plate.

A well-known bishop tells story of a
vestryman at a village church who de-
liberately took half crown out of the
plate as he brought it up to the COM
munion table and slipped it into his
pocket, II saw him take it," said the
bishop, land intended to charge him
with it at the end of the service, but
carried away by the suhlimity of the
service forgot all about it. Next day
/ remembered and spoke about it."
''Oh, SIR" said the old man, never you
worry about that; that half dollar has
done good service for many years. /
keep it to put down first, and then the
gentry, seeing poor man like me put
a half dollar in the plate, can't for
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-02

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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-02
WIT he BE stArEp2


Just before adjourning the repub-
hcan members of the Delaware legisla-
ture elected Col. Henry A. Dupont to
the United States senate. The governor
of the state, however, pronounces the
election irregular, and an appeal will
have to be taken to the senate.
Col. Henry A. Dupont, who may sue
coed Senator Higgins, was born July
80, 1888, in New Castle county, Del,
and besides being millionaire railroad
president, is a member of one of the
historic families of that state. He is a
SON of Gen. Henry Dupont, who is cred
tied with having held the, Delaware
troops in line for the union at the
breaking out of the rebellion, and is a
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-02
7 HE SEMI-WEEKLY Am Err CAN
Nashville, Tennessee.
Don't Tobacco Sit or Smoke Your
Life way"

is the truthful, startling title of book about
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-02
high Prices Paid for Furs.

Very high prices have been paid for
furs this year in London. A sea otter
skin, stripped off glove fashion, with
out being cut down the stomach,
brought SLIPS, the highest price on
record for single skin. and one black
fox skin sold for $3.50. They went to
Russia. -. IL.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17
TUESDAY, SEPT. IL, 1895.
RESIGN.

We have already in former
issue suggested the resignation of
the present Board of Health. We
see no reason to change our attitude
in this matter, The responsibility
Of the medical members of the
Board is paramount. The action of
the lay-members plays no figure.
Nobody, however, will obey or en-
dorse the actions of the three doc
tors.
Emerson is accused of destroying
the medicine of Brodie and Murray,
the phycisians in whom the people
have confidence. DR.. Wood has
made himself politically obnoxious
and never medically acceptable.
DR.. Day belongs to a school in
which few intelligent men have con-
idence, be it right or wrong, how
ever we'll he may mean 1t is to
such men that the people have to
look, for whose sake false impress
sions have to be combatted aud
whose medicine has to be used.
II they really meant we'll and
loved this little country, they would
resign and devote themselves to
helping things along, and not as at
present, obstructing them.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17
WhyP

If quarantine is to be effectual
why should newspaper reporters
and ministers OF raligion be admitted
to freely inspect the quarantine
hospital2 Also, why should people
who are driven out OF condemned
houses be allowed to remove else
where3 If we are rightly informed
the outbreak at the foot of Liliba
street took place after the removal
here OF effects and people from the
first quarantined place at Kapuu-
kolo,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17

Before squandering the supply OF
lime in hand would it not be we'll to
reserve enough to whitewash the
Board OF Health2 1t will be sadly
needed when the citizens call for
reckoning. Has not the venerable
Mr.. Knudsen cause OF action for
damages against Senator Rice7 Has
not the Attorney General duty
forced upon him to arrest Senator
Rice and try him for treason against
"the best Government this country
ever had9"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17

through the west side OF the town7
Certainly the Chinese will appre-
ciate the wisdom of such perform
auce, and Mr.. Thurston being busy
will be happy in driving away his
partner.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17


Lihue aud W ,pea reopk-, and opens
her landing to freight and passen-
gers. Civil war aud strife, cholera
and w. O. Smith, Cocoanut Island
and Hitchcock. Truly the Republic
oi Hawaii is blessed.
In his circular letter to the other
islands, President w. o. Smith says
in one places "Clothing or effects
may contain the germs, especially il
damp, for long time. Eighteen
days will not render them safe any
more than twenty-eight or thirty
eight days unless they are disin-
fected." In another he says: "If
clothing or personal effects coming
from an infected place are not dis
infected (by fumigation or some
other way) they are no more safe in
eighteen days than they are in
eighty days. II they are thoroughly
disinfected they are as safe in eigh-
teen hours as they are in eighteen
days" Who can tell, in he absence
OF sufficient plant for disinfection,
Gas announced in the Board OF
Health msetings) whether clothes,
freight, etc, are thoroughly disin-
fected2 Can he blame people on
the other islands for rejecting quar-
antined passengers Yet he does so.
With tears 10 his letter if not in
his voice, w o. Smith says to the
peopls on the other islands: sour
action in appointing a committee
upon each island was to have their
cooperation, but not to have them
act in defiance of the Board of
Health and Government here" In
other words they were appointed to
register their approval of whatever
was done by our Board of Health
without regard to their. own judg-
ment. However, strange as it may
seem, the members, although so
carefully selected from amongst gov
ernment officials and planter sup
porters OF the government, have al
lowed themselves to act indepen-
IDENTIFY, and in consonance with the
views of their respective island fell
low citizens, and Smith metaphor
cally speaking, dissolves himself in
tears while exclaiming on their in
gratit ude aud distrust in tie imma-
culate Honolulu Board of Health
and its discussions on lumber and
lime.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17

King Smith is the self-elected
censor OF the press. When anyone
speaks against the Board of Health,
or the Government, his majesty tips
wink to the reporters and pencils
are given a rest. Talk from the
shoulder is not to be published for
fear that it may create feeling
against Mr.. Stevens government.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17

Cac@thes Serb ndi, or its germ,
has fastened upon the President of
the Board of Health. This must be
apparent to any person who read
this mornings Advertiser. Givs him
a dose OF DR.. Emerson's sure cure
for diarrbes.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17
Additional Contributions.

S, Kimura, $40; Friend. IS; G. E.
Richardson, $50; Mrs. j. L Richard
son, $50; Mrs. H. Nolte, 10; Miss
Nolte, SlO.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17

l.. b. Kerr calls attention to the
large invoice of Bleached Sheetings
and Pillow Castings importe d by him
by the Australia" Housekeepers
will find full line of these arti-
cles. 4
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17
Timely Topics.
Honolulu, Sept. II, 1895.

extolling the sanitary conditions
of Hawaii's capital and advertis-
ing it as the healthiest and most
beautiful place in the world; we
have done this so often and for
such a length of time that we
finally came to believe what we
said and wrote.
The beauty is here but the
recent epidemic has clearly de-
monstrated that the beauty was
not even "soil' deep. We have
been roughly awakened to find
that the drinking water is i'm
pure and unfit for domestic pur-
poses; that the atmosphere is
polluted; and that the town gen.
orally is in as filthy condition as
any Oriental overcrowded city.
Officials and private citizens
have been aroused and the epi-
demic will cause a thorough
cleansing of Honolulu, the con-
struction of proper sewerage,
and also a general sense of the
necessity to adopt for each house
and each individual proper sani-
tary precautions.
We have placed in the market
filter for water taps. 1t is not
everybody who can afford to
purchase water filters but no
house should be without the Tap
Filter. The filter will fit all
8in. taps, and the water running
through it will be thoroughly
filtered. All water should be
boiled before using but it is ne
cessary to filter it before boiling,
and for that purpose the Tap
Filter is the most practical and
simplest apparatus. We sell
them for $1.00 each.
Roberts Ozonator which has
recently won a great reputation
in the United States is the
surest and cheapest disinfector
known. From the Ozonator is
diffused "Sanitas Vaporizer Mix
ture' which is unequalled as
germ destroyer, and the smell
of which is pleasant and not
nauseating like other disinfec-
tants. The Ozonator ought to
be. placed in all water closets,
bathrooms and other places ex-
posed to an unhealthy air. The
effects of the Ozonator are anti
septic, disinfecting and deodo-
rizing. In sick rooms, where
the patients suffer from diseases
breeding foul odors, the disin-
fecting apparatus has proven
boon and promptly destroyed
the foulness of the air. The
Ozonator costs only $500, and
nobody purchasing one will ever
regret the investment.
Besides discussing the above
sanitary goods we will call at
tention to the new Electric Vib-
rating Bell which we sell for the
low price of $3.50. For that
amount the purchaser gets fifty
feet of wire, a dry battery, the
vibrating bell and the necessary
staples, etc. The bell is easily
put up and it will prove a great
convenience to people whose
servants live in detached cot
tages, or who wish facilities to
call up their stables, etc. Mer-
chants and owners of warehouses
or stores will also find the bell
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17

Riot is running high in our beauti-
full Paradise. Hawaii, Maui, Kauai
and Pearl City run things to suit
Themselves and defy the Board of
Health. The Government is simply
helpless, aud unable to secure resi-
dents Of tho districts mentioned
visiting in Honolulu, safe return to
their homes, business and families.
But the war not alone RACES between
the country districts aud the central
government, The smaller districts
on Hawaii and on Kauai are calling
each other names. Kohala calls the
Hilo "Committee of Safety" high
handed, spiteful, deceitful and false,
and Hilo answers, "you are another
K'lauea, while joining the rest of
Kauai in damning the central gov
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17

Let the prisoners go, to comfort
their homes and families in this
time Of terror and despair. Grant
a general amnesty.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17

President Smith, of the Board OF
Health, has prepared another circu-
lar letter to people on the other
islands. Doubtless this method is
preferable to the gatling guns which
The Time pictured. But whether
the result will be as deadly may be
questioned. In this elegant produc-
tion culled from the most fashion
able varieties OF Polite Letter
Writers is to be found the following
comparative view of our respective
island people: "The Hawaii people
seem the most reasonable, Maui next
and Kauai worst" We have long
ago had that awful suspicion, and
now it is confrmed-aad President
w. O. Smith comes from Kauai.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17

The Ladies Relief Committee are
still doing good work, aud the outer
relief stations are thronged. Over
5000 people are fed per day.