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The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-06-19

prostrating unrest were
numerous anC J could
get no rest day ,1night.
l consulted leading ply
slcians and tried adver-
tlsod remedies. They
gave me no relief. Ono OF
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-06-19
A Railroad Ofilclal's Experience.

NMR, EDWARD EDMoNDS, long con-
IHN nected with railroad construction in
Nebraska, ,wrltesi MY heart troubled
and panied me for 10, years Shortness Of
breath was tho constant and most common
symptom, Intense, oxcruciating pain, gener-
ally followed any severe oxortion, Faintnoss,
hunger withoutany appotItoi futtoring that
mado me clutch my breast and palpltation
that often staggered mo as II would fall,
we're frequent attacks, Again, everything
would turn black II arose from u STOPPING
posture quickly. Slecpless nights with their
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
ONE REASON FOR CREMATION
1t Held That Flames Free the Ethereal Form and Hasten the
Progress Of the Real Man Into the Dreamy Realms
Of Subjective Consciousness

When cremation first seriously uggested Christian
countries desirable method of dpos the
raised against it. There shudder the
thought Had barbarian proposed desecrate the
of the dead it could hardly called
indignant protest from the living.
So potent is custom For our dead in
the earth unquesonngy We mounds above them
to look like grassy BEDS and planted them with flowers
glossy iveforever symbols of immortal fe aec-
ton could invent and accomplish to make the
city OF the dead place of beauty wherein ghastness
dissolution was veled by forms OF beaueous life WELL
nigh forgotten About many sentiments
loved rested there and interviewer with all the
memories OF the past were the religious hopes that linked their
home with heaven.
1t strange them suggestion to do avav
with all these things should raise To
they exernas comfort the living rather
han TO benefit those who had passed beyond
of earthly beauty but living comfort and it hard
to reason against sentiment The plea for Christian burial was
SO strong that for few seemed unlikely any
other mode OF dposng of the dead could substituted
But sentiment that lacks any and depends
upon custom merely is often easily undermined awaken
ing of views Perhaps we NAV attribute IN
that mental Incidence which easier to
readymade opinions than think for ourselves
the failure of world to realize the fov of it's
customs needed formidable array facts all tending to
prove that gaveyads disease before neon
would consider whether or not thew shond h
ished And then doubtful cremation would at this
time have become Tor
independent thinkers solved the problem of
ing change in custom by boldly breaking from It. The
nrt cremation greater blow convenonay than all
the facts OF science the nnoyators who
OF It's superior advantages sought by possible
means to make clear the position II ia an
mu ch TO have survived the shock of change
Sanitary for this change are now oui,e ora-ol
UNDERSTOOD The infection OF drinking by its
through SOIL In which decomposng bodies lying the nolI
ton OF air by escaping gases from gaveyads dissemna
ton OF disease by of the itself are causes ~
sickness which have been sufficiently upon Rt
would DC an error to that than
Tor hygiene recauton had operated bring cremation into
favor though that doubtless has had the determining e
IL is moi merely an overriding of sentiment nv
strange as 1t may appear it nevertheless that the
same sentiments of for and consideration Co.
the surviving friends enlisted on the Side
novation. - S ="
The fact is that when do resolutelv close onr
Ou' are #ing 10 look upon conditions they
ally exist the grave is shorn every tender asnect Al 49,
beauty which surrounds it above with the living. below
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
PRODUCING HNINHL LIFE
BY MEANS OF ELECTRICITY

them. After months L noticed similar
excrescences as those above noted at the
edge of the fluid in every one of the cylin-
ders excepting the two which contained
the carbonate of potassa and metallic
arsenic, and in due time host of insects
made their appearance.
1.-THE third battery consisted of twenty
pairs of cylinders, each equal to three
inch plate. Between the poles of this
interposed likewise series of six glass
cylinders, filed with various solutions, in
only one of which l obtained the insects.
This contained solution of silicate of
potassa.
81 have also obtained the insects on a
bare platina wire, plunged into fuo- sil1cic
acid, one inch below the surface of the
fluid, at the negative pole of a small bat
terry of two-inch plates, in cells filed with
water. This is a somewhat singular fluid
for these insects to breed IN, who seem to
have finty taste, although they are by
no means confined TO sllicious fluids"
Professor Crosse supplements his state
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06

hundred insects, not above five or six of
them were born on the south side of the
stone. L examined some of them with the
microscope and observed that the smaller
ones appeared to have only six legs but
the larger ones eight. They seem to be of
the genus Acorus, but of species not
hitherto observed.
~ have never ventured an opinion as to
the cause of their birth, and for a very
good reason: l was unable to form one.
The most simple solution of the problem
that occurred to me was that they arose
from ova deposited by insects floating in
the air, and that they might possibly be
Matched by electric action. Still, l could
not imagine that an ovum could shoot out
tilaments, and that those flaments would
become bristles. Moreover, / could not
detect, on the closest examination, any re-
mains of a shell. I next imagined that
they might have originated from the
water, and consequently made a closer
examination of several hundred vessels
| filled. with the same water In none of
these could fino trace of an insect OF
that description. ] likewise closely exam.
ined the creyices and dusty parts of the
room, with no better success.
''ln the course of my experiments upon
other matters l filled a glass basin with
concentrated solution of silicate of DO
tassa, without acid, in the middle of which
placed piece of brick, consisting mostly
OF silica. Two wires of platina connected
either end of the brick with voltaic bat
terry, of sixty-three pairs of plates, each
about two inches square. After many
months action, one day perez ived the
well-known whitish excrescence, with its
projecting filamenUs. In the course of
time they increased in number and as
they successfully burst into life the whole
table on which the apparatus stood became
covered with similar insects. Some OF
them we're of different 81 yes, there being a
| considerable difference in this respect be-
tween the largest and smallest, plainly
discernible TO the naked eye, as they MIN
bly, crawled from one spot to another.
! "At the same time similar formations
| We're making their appearance in another
room. Here had three voltaic batteries,
unconnected with each other. The first
consisted OF twenty pairs OF two-inch
plates, between the poles of which placed
glass cylinder filed with a concentrated
solution of silicate of potassa, in which
was suspended piece of clay slate by two
platlna wires connected with either pole
OF the battery. In course OF time observed
simil insects.
The second battery consisted of many
pairs Of cylinders, each equal to a four
inch plate. Between the poles of this /
lnterposed series of seven glass cylinders
hiled with the following concentrated
solutions: ~ nitrate of copper; (2) sub
carbonate OF potassa: (3l sulphate of cop
per; (4) green sulpnate of iron; (5) sui
phate OF lime; (6) water acdified with a
minute portion of hydrochloric acid; (7)
water poured on powdered metallic arsenic.
resting on a copper cup connected with
the positive pole of the battery. All these
cylinders were electrified and united by
arcs of sheet copper SO that the same
! electric current passed through all of
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06

the foul and his sickenng feast use to plant
flowers or dream at all that the beloved lying
moldering garments that they Why not
recognize the fact that what is but the clothing
which sentiment well suggests disposed
OF in as cieany manner possible? Can suppose that
the soul reoces in preservation of its bodily FORM
is honored by the giving Ofits flesh corruption2
Such thoughts these inevitably when we
the facts of burial with the purifying of fame The fire
element purifier beyond comparison. Nothing that
through 1t really destroyed for life matter are alive
their essence Only the impurities they
have gathered dissolved returning afresh and
lifted Tor wholesome use into natures general
then more consistent with dignity and with
freedom the eayP Are NOT our
ments of love and beauty better satisfied thereby?
There is another argument cremation which ha
recently received emphasis from the publication
titled Buried Alve 1t is from pen of Dr. Franz Hart.
experienced physician widely known udent
the occult He claims premature burial is not
Citing after which doctors had
persons afterward revived he
nothing but advanced state of positive
dence of death. AS the
permit difficult in private homes no tells ne
chambers for keeping the dead time prescribed for
burial have been the large cities of civilized
Europe OF is better such precautions than
to risk cremation no Question about
the desraby of this of
men In the death would instantaneous: in the
other would follow the horror of awakening tomb
But there IS still another why now
often preferred to burial study heosophy has given
thousands quite different conceptions human conu-
tom from those formerly held In explanation mans
fold it describes body which linked with
the physical during fe and only separated from
gradually after death. This not the spirit
truly material is the body though of quite
grade of matter. Intenked every molecule of the
itself from this
the body dissoves As dissolution merely
separation OF intelligent soul from the body of
gradual letting so by the spiritual nature Of all the factors
which make the fourfod slower man. follows that the
OF dropping its beaths by
destruction OF the physical the ethereal
FORM This in turn quilted spiritual when in
the dropping these various coverings the SOUL
passionate element forsaken Though visible fire
avail for this minor publication prepares by everng
wholly the still conscious minor body corpse Thus
changed conception OF human nature led to belief that
hasten the progress ego pure
subjectvity by helping dissolve coverings and in
this belief has furnished another weghy argument
favor of cremation. MERc1E NJ THIRDS.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
SAN FRHNCISCO'S BARRIERS
AGAINST ORIENTAL PLAQUES

Over on the northern shore of Angel
Island there is Government institution
known as the Quarantine Station, but 1t
is terra incognita to the rest of the
world. Nevertheless, it is about the most
important quarantine station in the world
to-day. 1t is the best equipped for the
checking of infectious diseases, and dur
ing the last FIVE months has done more
work of the kind than any other similar
institution in existence, and in the inter-
val several important discoveries in dis
ease germs have been made.
Thousands of people pass near the sta
ton in boats of different kinds and admire
the location of the pretty buildings nest
ling in the verdure of the hilisides, the
placid water of the little bay and the old
warshlp Omaha at anchor, but none have
any idea of what busy place 1T really is,
it is so suggestive of peace and quiet.
But it is the institution that looks after
the health of San Francisco. Every ship
that comes in from distant port is ex-
amined by the quarantine officers and if
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06

| laboratory for the culture of disease germs
and testing of suspected patients.
| At present the laboratory is filled with
tubes containing the germs of the most
deadly diseases known, and the habits Of
the bacilli have been studied as they
never were before. DR.. Rosenau has
found out at just what temperature the
germs thrive and what amount of heat or
cold will kill them. He has found that
some need air and to some it is fatal.
Some are Indifferent to an excess or de-
ticiency of it.
The most important thing that has been
| discovered is that the germs of disease
can be found in the blood serum of per-
son long after they have recovered from it.
These germs are fully capable of injection,
and should a person be discharged from
the hospital with them in his system he
could communicate the disease. But un-
der DR.. Rosenau's system such thing is
not possible.
The culture of disease germs is really
breeding. The process is a simple one.
Into glass tube about eight inches long
and half an inch in diameter there is placed
small amount of peptonized meat gela-
tine. On top of this drop of infected serum
is allowed to fall. The tube is then put into
an incubator and its progress watched.
The disease germs can be seen to multiply
and descend through the gelatine in a thin
stream within a few days. If the tube is
put into cool place the growth will stop,
to commence again as soon as the tube is
put back into the incubator. The method
varies little with different disease germs.
When it is desired to find out what kind Of
germs may be in a certain tube, micro
SCOPE examinations are resorted to. By
having living culture all known bacilli
comparison can be made, so that there can
be no doubt of the ailment of patient.
Last March, as soon as it was known
that the black plague was raging in China.
orders came from Washington for all YES.
sells coming from the Orient to be thor
oughly inspected. and for all Chinese pas
sengers and baggage to be disinfecte
whether there was sickness on board the
vessel or not.
This might not appear to be much work.
but it really proved to be a stupendous
task, and the results show the wisdom OF
1t, and are almost enough to warrant it be-
ing kept up all the time. In this work the
health authorities of British Columbia
have co-operated with the United
States and both have worked on the same
principles, although the amount of work
there is nothing like what was done on
Angel Island.
AS soon as DR.. Rosenau knew ne had to
do the work he completed arrangements
for his monstrous task inside of thirty
days. His long experience had taught
MIN that steam was the best disinfectant
and he made preparations TO use it.
In separate building he had three
cylinders with double walls built, each
ABOUT so feet long and feet in diameter.
One end was tight and the other was fitted
with gasket made to swing on hinge.
connections were made with a steam
boiler so that the pressure could be turned
directly into the cylinders or into the
space between their walls. Numerous
other thingsIhad to be done, but all was
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ment by saying that the insects were pos
sibly hatcned by electric action, but as
serts that we have no right to assume
that electric action is necessary to vitality
until such fact shall be most distinctly
proved. On this point, however, it has
Tor ages been the teaching of occultism
that life is vital electricity, that the spark
In the pebble and the blood in the body
are but notifications of the great electric
lie force which permeates the whole OF
nature; and the varied experiments above
noted themselves afford ample evidence of
the relation of electricity and life, and
point the way to the solution of the prob
lem OF the first beginnings OF sentient life.
RAM SINGH.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
The Wonderful Achievement of an
English Scientist

water, together with portion of alumina
from the crucible. To a portion of the
silicate of potassa thus fused added some
boiling water to dilute it and then slowly
added hydrochloric acid to supersatura-
ton.
"My object in subiecting this fluid to a
long-continued electric action through the
intervention of porous stone was to form,
if possible, crystals of silica at one of the
poles of the battery. On the fourteenth
day from the commencement of the ex-
pertinent l observed, through lens, few
small whitish excrescences, or nipples,
projecting from about the middle of the
electrified stone. On the eighteenth day
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
A Safe Place

A Yankee in Ceylon, desiring to take a
bath, asked a native to show him place
that was free from crocodiles. The native
took him close to the mouth of the river,
where our Yankee enjoyed nice refresh
ing bath. On coming out of the water he
inquired of his guide how this locality
happened to be free from crocodiles.
"Crocodiles 'fraid of shark, replied the
Cinghalese; too many sharks hereP'-
Ueber Land and Nicer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
The Best Equipped Quarantine
Station in the World

everything is not all right she is ordered
to the pretty place on Angel Island for
examination and disinfection. All of
which is a long, tedious and difficult
process.
The diseases with which the Angel
Island quarantine has to deal are those OF
the Orient, principally China and Japan,
and they are the deadiiest known. ChoI-
era, black plague, smallpox, leprosy and
half dozen others almost as bad are con-
stantly making efforts to get into San
Francisco. That they have not done SO
has been due to the quarantine restric-
lions and the thoroughness of the way in
which the work has been done.
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LuSSS pIOlSCtiOliS Sh
larged, and seven or
eight hlaments, each
of them longer than
the excrescences from
which it grew, made
their appearance on
each of the nipples.
On the twentv-second
day these appear
ances were more ele-
waited ana distinct,
ana on the twenty
sixth day each figure
assumed the form of a
perfect insect, stand
ing erect on a few
bristles which formed
its tail.
It'll this period l
had no notion that
t n e s e appearances
were any other than
an incipient mineral
formation; but it was
not until the twenty
eighth day, when 1
plainly perc eived
these little creatures
move their legs, that
l felt any surprise.
And 1 n ust own that
when this took place
l was not a little as
tonished. l endeav-
ored to detach some
from their position
on the stone, but they
Immediately died and
l was obliged to wait
patiently for a few
days, when they sep
ara e d themselves
from the stone and
moved about at pleas
ure, although they
had been for some
time after their birth
apparently averse to
motion. In the course
Of a few weeks about
a hundred made their
appearance on the
stone.
81 observed that at
first each of them
fixed itself for a con-
siderable time in one
spot, appearing, so
faras 1 could Judge,
to feed by suction,
but when a ray of
light from the sun
was directed upon 1t
it seemed disturbed
and removed itself to
the shaded part of
the stone. Ont of q
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The Dowager Empress of Germany, the
Empress Frederick, draws from the
British treasury as a British princess the
sum of CSC, 900 every year.
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The quarantine sta
ton is conducted on
scientific principles.
The idea has not been
to simply go through
a certain formula
with suspected per-
sons, but to study
them and find out
what diseases of the
Orient are most COM
mon and the best
means of checking
them. The discoveries
that have been made
on Angel Island are
of the greatest impor-
lance and will prove
of incalculable bene-
fit in the future.
DR.. NJ. j. Rosenau
is the physician in
charge of the Angel
IsIa n d quarantine
station. He has held
the post about a year,
during which time he
has made efforts to
make the institution
the best of its kind.
Although a young
man DR.. Rosenau has
been through a great
many plaques. He
was on duty in Ham
burg, Germany, dur
ing the great epidem-
ic a few years ago, as
well as in other parts
of Europe. He also
mad charge of the
nited States quar-
antine IN Texas when
500 negroes and Mex
leans were down with
the smallpox, and
kept the disease from
spreading to other
parts of the State.
He likes the work,
and aims to do all he
can toward checking
disease in the human
race.
When DR.. Rosenau
took charge of the
Angel Island quaran-
tine he was deter
mined to make it a
mod Ell institution.
Congress had realized
the importance Of the
station and made lib
eral appropriations,
which he was at lib
erty to utilize as be
saw fit. His first
work was To fit ma
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-10-28
EAST HAVEN REPUBLICANS

Nominate Assessor F. Foote Andrews
for Representative to the Legisla-
ture.
The East Haven republicans held
their caucus last evening in the town
hall and nominated as their candidate
for representative Mr.. F. Foote An
drews. Mr.. Andrews is an old and
much esteemed resident of the town.
He has always voted the republican
ticket from the formation Of the re-
publican party. He is at present one
of the town assessors and years ago
was one of the towns selectmen. He is
prosperous farmer, and man of
sound Judgment and earnest convic-
tions. He is a brother of Lawyer An
drews, the well known postmaster of
the town. East Haven republicans are
confident not only Of Mr.. Foote's trium-
plant election, but also believe that
the town will Guido itself and give
sixty majority for Mckinley.
The caucus last night was large
one, about 100 voters being present.
William P. Robinson and Mr.. Andrews
were the candidates voted for. Mr..
Andrews received the largest vote on
the second ballot. The last informal
ballot stood 40 to 80. Mr.. Andrews was
then unanimously nominated.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-10-28
"THE FATAL CARD
Polls WONDERLAND Theater.

That Lumiere's cinematographe still
draws immense audiences at Polls
Wonderland theater, Notwithstanding
this is the seventh consecutive week of
it's exhibition there, is attested by the
continued phenomenal attendance for
so long a run. The grand double feat
ure, O'Brien and Havel and Miss Liz
zie B. Raymond, is also meeting with
great favor. Mr.. O'Brien certainly is
a most nimble tumbler and quaint
comedian, his somersault walk in imi-
tation Of a drunken man being extreme
ly amusing. Miss Raymond is showing
herself to be what has been claimed
for her, one of the leading character
condolences of America. Others on
the bill are: Healy and Marba, Har-
rigan, Bertha and Johnny Gleeson,
Tony Ryan, and Mitchell and Love.
The cinematographe is shown after
moons at and 5, evenings at $3.50 and
1920.