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The morning times., 1897-02-07

Suppose, in spite of the repeated de-
malls by the authorities of any such proba-
IiIity, that the awful but onic plague
should reach Americas s sh ores, how
would its attack be met? What means are
at hand TO repel the invasion?
New York, being the largest port of
entry in America, it is there that the
most elaborate and expensive defense
would have to be made, and undoubtedly
that Ort possesses the most efficient and
thoroughly organized quarantine service
ia the world. 1t was that quarantine
service which beat back the onslaught
of the cholera germs in 1892, when HAM
burg and the European cities suffered
so severely, and although the precautions
then taken to prevent the admittance
OF the disease during that visitation were
the organization was still Intact, and notice
OF a day or two would he sufficient tc SET
il all in order again
The New York Quarantine is State in
stitution Its headquarters are at Fort
wadsworth, ON Staten island. There the
State owns a tract upon which stands
houses for employees and an administrative
building, and there is dock for landing.
Besides the Staten Island establishment,
there are two small islands in the lower
bay, Hoffman's, where persons suspected
of bringing infection are detained till all
danger is thought TO be over, and Swim
burne, where those actually i'll are cared
for.
The morning times., 1897-02-07
UnsuspeCted Uses of
the Humble Cat-tail

Copyright, 1897. by the Bacheller Syn
dicate)
Very few, probably, are aware that
the fur, or vegetable down, of the cat
tail is marketable article, superior TO
feathers or cotton for many purposes.
1t is not quite so valuable or useful as
elder down, but it approaches it very
closely, and is cheaper than any of the
three As matter of fact, a great many
people are today using articles covered
with cattail products, who have no idea
where the material comes from.
1t is vast extent of country, compara-
lively speaking, from which the cat-tail is
gathered. 1t comes from the swamps along
the numerous creeks that put In from he
Delaware Bay from Morris River to Cape
May The average amount gathered 1.-THE
season is a ton day. The work of gath
ering and transportingit, and then weaving
! it into the many forms whichit must take
before becoming salable, constitutes
considerable industry.
one of the most elaborate uses to which
this material is put is that of covering
| SOEtS- NtEs many VI NhN SHPPSSoN P'"~A'
covered divans are really covered with a
| fabric OF cat-tail. 1t wears better than the
plush. and is infinitely cheaper.
Sofa pillows, also, are made OF cat-talL
| The same argument that applies to the
sofa is applicable to the pillow. very
often however, such pillows go by an
other name, because pillow avowedly
covered with cat-tail would probably be
regarded with contempt. Call 1t Alaskan
plush. however, or Shetland wool that
The morning times., 1897-02-07
To Keep Out the Plague
fcopyright 1897 Bachelor syndcate)

Copyright, 1897. by the Bachelor syndicate.)

there is reason to fear the work is not prop
another quarantine at that port. The law
also gives the surgeon general power to send
inspectors To foreign ports from which i'll
fection could come and TO inspect cargo and
passengers in the interest OF the health of
this country. This provision Of the law has
not yet been put in operation, and prob
ably will not be until some definite cause
for real alarm shall arise.
DIR. Doty, the present health officer
of tue port of New York, does not ex-
press any fear that danger Will arise
from the bubonic plague now raging in
India but he is taking many precautions
all the same. Much of his time recently
has been taken up experimenting with new
plans for disinfection. Former Port Health
officer jenkins agrees with IIr. Doty that
there is, as yet, 10 real cause for alarm.
He believes the bubonic plague to be in
fectious and not contagious.
Il am Of the opinion" he said when
questioned, THAT the vitality of the
plague germs would die cut before they
reached this country, even if they were
to get started on voyage hither. DR..
Koch told me, two years ago, that he was
sure Germany was forever safe from black
death.
with regard to quarantining the ports
of this country" he went on, Il must say
| that / am prejudiced in favor of the State
I and not the national system. The New
York city board of health trains from
The morning times., 1897-02-07

tain climbers, who have the hardihood
10 ascend TO heights where the rarified
atmosphere a makes breathing difficult
IL is made OF plain rubber, and fits
closely over the face, including the ears,
and comes Well up ON the head
There is an oblong opening for the
eyes, but instead OF the customary breath
ing holes ii has double pipe projecting
from point opposite the weaTer's mouth,
and herein lies the chief distinction OF
the affair
The inner tube is made of eollapsible rub
Der, within which there is valve which
allows the exhausted air TO pass out Of
the lungs, but prevents the insress Of air.
The outer tube has valve just the reverse
OF that of the inner one, that is, it allows
the ingress of air into the lungs, but pre-
vents exhalation-
Flannel filters are fitted to the inner
side of this tube, and the air passing
through these pieces of cloth is taken into
the lungs in a much purer state. The pas
sage or the air through the tube also
warns it TO a certain extent, and in con-
sequence it is not so irritating 10 lungs
affected with bronchial or pulmonary
troubles.
The mask is worn by many ladies who
would hesitate TO use complexion pow
| ders, for there seems to be no possible
I chance of injury, and after it has been
| worn each night for a few months, the
| complexion is said TO assume that pale
! pink so much desired by those whe seek
| to appear at their best in the subdued
| light Of the parlOr or the trying glare OF
| the ballroom.
| For reasons of health, as well as those OF
| personal improvement, such masks are
| worn much more extensively than the
uninitiatedrealize. Though they canhardly
| be said TO be an adornment 10 the wearer
| while in use, the results are so satisfac-
| tory that my lady in the privacy OF her
boudOir is willing TO hide her good looks
temporarily, in order that she may appear
| to better advantage in public.
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has been treated by new process. and it
will sell readily enough, and give good
satisfaction, too.
The family album which graces the center
table in the parlor of SO many farm houses,
is also in many instances adorned with cat
tail covers, although the housewife can
not be convinced they are not plush. She
has doubtless paid almost as much as il
it were what she supposes, and naturally
she scoffs at any person who hints that
she has been victimized.
1t is becoming a prevalent custom to
use cat-tail fur on the back of hand mir
rors and brushes, which have heretofore
been backed with plush. Some say that
the substitute is really proving better than
the original. The head-rest, too, seen
on the easy chair, is often of cat-tail-
and is none the less comfortable for that.
Another article for which the cat-tail
is used is the bed-quilt. The eider-down
quilt is an old-time article of luxury.
The cat-tail quilt is every whit as COM
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HERE'S THE IDEAL NEWSPAPER.
The Antagpnism Of Certain Clergy.
men Cause 1t to- Be Defined.

men Cause 1t To Be Defined.
(From the New fork Tribune)
The discussion which clergymen of various
evangelical denominations have been car
rying on in the hope of helping to intro
Guce the era of the ideal newspaper has
not been without interest, and We hope
II may prove to have been not without
profit. But there is one obstacle in their
way to which, perhaps, they have not
paid sufficient attention, namely, that they
are not at all agreed among themselves
as to what constitutes an deal newspaper
That this is the case may fairly be ill.,
ferred from what they have said on the
subject, and is otherwise demonStrabIe. Diff
fering widely even in their definitions OF
the ideal church, how can they unite in
defining the ideal newspaper? Many OF
them have high personal respect for one
another, as doubtless they have also for
most of the newspaper men whom they
know; but the simple fact that each Chngs
tenaciOusly TO his own ecclesiastical forms
and polity precludes the possibility OF
his regarding another's as ideal
More than that, the clergy are generally
wont 90 use much freedom of speech IN
OOsLlittHlliE upon IEe " = ana OlilliOIS Ol
their brethren. We have 10 doubt that il
they should ever get SO far as to establish
a news spaper for the purpose Ofcarryins out
certain ideas which they supFOse they hold
in oommon, and should appoint one of their
number its editor, he would resOlutely ex-
cIude from its columns under a strong sense
of responsibility many articles contributed
by members OF the ministerial sy Indicate,
made a serious mistake in choosing him for
so important and delicate an office. Indeed,
we 81 ould pretty confidently expect that
the first point as to which all the Others
would find themselves in perfect agreement
would be that their appOintee, being very
far fIom an ideal editor, could not possibly
produce an ideal newspaper, and conse-
quently that IL was their painful duty TO
depOse him.
OF course, these clergymen, ike other
intelligent and moral citizens, have no
difficulty in agreeing that there are So
| called newspapers which are just about
as bad as they can be, as there are So
called religious organizations of similar
quality. A church which, instead of be-
ing filled with the spirit of the Gospel,
breeds bitterness and strife and scandal.
| is at least as deserving of condemnation
! and avoidance as the Journal which does
| the same thing in a different way. Con-
| currencc in that proposition is easy OF
| attainment, but long experience has
| shown that it is much harder to agree
| upon an ideal standard either for churches
| or newspapers. Nevertheless we hope that
| the discussions OF the ministerial Confer
| encc will not be wholly Intellectual In
| raising tie actual average OF both
The morning times., 1897-02-07

twenty-five to fifty young men every year
to handle infectious diseases, and has at
least 200Imen under immediate control
at all times. This is a much larger number
than the Marine Hospital service will have
at its command, as things go now, in ten
years.
In 1892 the government sent man 20
oversee Dr. jenkins, but nothing was done
TO Change his methods. 1t was DR.. jenkins
who discovered the cholera at Hamburg.
He was working at pretty long range, but,
by tracing the course of the disease through
Germany, he was able to say with Ger
tainty that the disease must exist in Ham
burg, and SO notified the authorities there.
They declared that it did not, but at last
by intervention of the state authorities at
Washington, were induced to make close
Investigations, which proved the suspi-
cions of Dr. jenkins to be correct. The
doctor sent a man TO Hamburg to study the
situation, but because OF some trouble with
the United States consul, the German gov
ernment failed to allow the man to do
much. DR.. Jenkins criticises the pro-
vision of the national quarantine law, for
sending men to foreign ports, and believes
that each United States consul should have
power TO appoint local medic al examiner,
who Shall make regular reports as to the
health of the town. From these reports
the State Department n Washington could
he kept constantly posted.
Tie course the plagu would travel over
in case it should visit the United States
may be fairly predicated from the route:
taken by the cholera in times past Like
the plague at this time, the cholera has
always started from India, its course being
around the coast, as well as across the
peninsula, to Bombay; thence to and along
the Persian Gulf and over the inland lines
OF travel to the cities of Persia, and across
the Caspian. The plague would also an
doubtedly travel the Red Sea and Mediter-
ranean, following the main lines of trave
to the chief European cities. on reachngthe
Atlantic coast it would take ship with the
passengers and be brought to the chief
ports of the United States. If not stamped
out upon the sea coast here, would then
work its way along the lines of rail and
water communication. So far AsiatiC
scourges have always Travelled from eas
and regular steam communication across
the Pacific, it might. also travel from west
TO east. In these days, too, q plague
might travel much faster than in the olden
times; but the chances for stopping it are
almost infinitely greater.
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she was safe for another year anyway.
And the typewriter caught him in the act.
Then, with a resolution to the credit Of
each one, they said Good night and in
an hour the lights were out and the house
was STILL
1t was 1 O'Clock, the dead hour of night.
At came terrific banging on Mr..
Rooterby's door, accompanied by scream,
and Mr.. Rooterby, before he was wide
awake, was out in the hall in his dressing
gown.
1t was the type writer, in a cloud Of white
and the hall full Of smoke and people be-
low banging doors and shouting aud fire
bell changing around the corner.
Mamma she sgasped. and down she
went in a faint just as the cashier dashed
in from his house in the next block, and
Mr. Rooterby, dropping her in the most
unromantic fashion, flew up to the fourth
floor where tile widow ana her daughter
occupied the front rooms.
There he found her just coming out Of a
The morning times., 1897-02-07
Just HOW the Gar Acts,

The Gar of Russia does not care much
for the bicycle, but his sisters are de-
voted to it, He likes lawn tennis better
and devotes much time to it in summer
at Peterlof He is fond of art, and emil
nent Russian painters are frequently in
vited to bring their new pictures to his
palace, where he gives much time to
their inspection. He is not talkative, and
usually expresses his thanks with a Smile
or gesture.
The morning times., 1897-02-07
THE ART OF CHOOSING MEAT.
A Well-Known Chef Tells How to
Distinguish the Sound.

(From the Philadelphia Press.)
sit is a miracle remarked chef,
''that the average woman, with her hus-
band and family, is not poisoned more fire.
uuently than is the case.
what an alarming idea!' exclaimed
woman standing near
True nevertheless he replied. DO
you know, that eight women out OF 4
dozen cannot detect disease in meat anu
poultry? l don't mean disease germs. lt
takes doctors with. Instruments to dis
cover that But really advanced stage
of disease" :"
Being requested for further hints upon
this most important subject, the wise man
gave a few of the simple rules by which
flesh. sound and unsound, may be distin-
guished from each other.
First OF all the oyster. This should be
used as soon as opened-the sooner The
better. When an oyster is not firm.
When il has a cloudy or milky appear
ance. avoid it, This usually occurs during
warm weather.
To buy a good fish make sure that the
flesh is firm, not flabby. The skin VIII
be clear and the scales bright. The eyes
full and the fins stiff.
In purchasing your chicken select one
The morning times., 1897-02-07
Around the World in Thirty Days.

There is soon to be new country to visit
and new way Of going around the world.
1t seems only the other day that Jules
yerne's man went around in eighty days,
and thought Ii considerable feat. The
record for circumnavigation is now sixty
six days or thereabouts Baron Hilkoff, the
combination OF fAmerican mechanic and Rus
sian prince, who was in this country re-
Gently, said that when the railroad across
The morning times., 1897-02-07

Siberia is finished, which, he thinks will
be in four or five years, the time of getting
around will be cut in two, and from thirty
to tlIirty-three days will suffice it. He al
lows ten days to cross Siberia from st.
Petersburg, ten days from Vladivostock 10
San Francisco, and thirteen days from there
to st. Petersburg again. Early in the next
century, then, the tired American may
turn his face eastward when he starts on
his months vacation, and keep it turn ed
that way until he gets home, just about in
time to resume his work. Harper s Weekly
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Xxx
AN UGLY MASK FOR
A LOVELY LADY

(Copyright. 1897, by the Bacheller Syn
dicate.)
A baseball catcher in fun panopIy is
scarcely more ,grotesque object than
a fashionable lady adorned with the new
inhaler and complexion mask which has
been invented by Miss ouri genius.
This mask, however, is intended to
be worn only at night, which relieves the
situation somewhat. For persons with
weak lungs, as well as 10 beauty-seekers,
it has been found of inestimable benefit
it has also proved very helpful TO noun
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Portable, and costs about one-quarter as
much. In New Jersey, at least, the house,
wife fully appreciates the value of the
cat-taii quilt, however much her less well
informed sisters may scott at the idea.
The morning times., 1897-02-07
THE TURKISH GIRLS LIFE.
She Doesn't Have Such Hard
Time, After All.

Time, After All.
The life of the Turkish girl differs en-
tireiy from that of her other European sis
ters. From the day she is born she is taught
awe and Difference for the lordly sex, of
which she is destined to see so little, and
evenin the sultan's harem, the young prin
cesses during their childhood are entirely
given over to tile care of servants. The
Turkish girl-child is as calm and self-pos-
sessed as her father and mother. Her
The morning times., 1897-02-07
IrrecnIar Regularity

The Rev. Mr. Wilgus-My good man, do
you attend religious services every Sab
bath?
Dismal Dawson-I alluz do when I'm in
Jail. Indianapolis Journal.
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A seat for the I.adv,s Dog.

A woman had the nerve 20 ask for aseat
for her dog in the Empire Thcater in New
York the other night. The manager
promptly furnished seat for X o.
The morning times., 1897-02-07

A Hillsboro. N. H., young lady has COM
pleted q piece of fancy work in which, by
actual count, there were 316,935 stitches.
The age-herald., 1897-08-17
A HUMAN M0NSTROSfTY.
Babe Born at York the Perfect Image of the
 Tabled Mermaids Preserved in Alcohol.

York Station, Ala, Aug. 16.-(Special) j --Dr. R. H. Hale. of this place, is in pos session of human monstrosity that al- most partakes of the fabled mermaid.
 An infant was born to negress near York Saturday morning which possessed neither genitals nor arms. It died within five hours after birth. It's breathing and pulsation were normal. Outside of the arms the child was perfectly formed from head to hips, and below this is a wonderful departure from the normal anatomy of the lower extremities
 The bones were flat and each leg seem ed normal, but were inclosed together in one entegument, and the muscles were entwined down-to the knee where all seem to unite into mass and permitted but little movement of the Incomplete joints. The leg bones were flat and there were no heels, the feet being a continuation of the leg. The toes are arranged with the. big toes at the outer sides and the ends of the toes taper inward to the lit- tie toes and then outward. forming a perfect imitation of a fish tail.
 tTaken as a whole the curiosity is won derfuIly like the pictures of the mermaids seen in the story books. Dr. Hale pre- served the body in alcohol and prizes it very highly. +5
The age-herald., 1897-08-17
The Dead Honored

Philadelphia Aug. 16.-The funeral ser- vices over the body of James Crawford Embry, bishop of the South Carolina diocese of the Africsn Methodist Ep.se-- pal church, were held this afternoon at the Franklin African Methodist Episca- pal church. Bishop Turner, of Atlanta, offieiated, and In addition to his remarks addressss were made by Bishops Salter, of Nashville; Handy. of Baltimore, and Lee and Arnatt of Wlbarforce, o. The services, it was announced. was attended by greater number of colored Me.hod- 1sts than at any other funeral of church dlgnitary. In addition to the bish DDS thera were 167 ministers and ten presid- ing elders present from all parts of the country. Over 2,000 persons crowded the church and hundreds were unable to gain admittancs. During the crush attendir g the ceremonies several policamen and a woman were slightly injured, and a num- Der of women fainted. The interment was made at Olive cemetery.
The age-herald., 1897-08-17

threw her out of the house. she says he held sick over her head and threat ened to kill her. Two children, aged and 9. were also thrown from tn house. James Crotto. her husband, also sues Dearmitt for robbery. He claims that after evicting his wife and children and throwing his household goods out into the road, Dearmitt took away a gallon of wine and six revolvers of crotto's and has refused to return them. writs and warrants will be served on him in tine morning.
 The convention of labor leaders an nounced for tonight has been postponed until tomorrow
The age-herald., 1897-08-17
TO HIDE HIS CRIME.
A Guilty Lovef Used Medicines on His Dupe,
 Which Resulted in Her Death.

Bristol, Vt, Aug. 16.-The autopsy on the body of Dora Cushman, the 15-year- old girl whose body was found in pas ture at Lincoln yesterday, disclosed evil dence which the physicians say prove that death resulted from poisoning. It was also disclosed that the girl was In a delicate condition. William Brittel, an intimate friend of Smith Davis, who disappeared from Lincoln yesterday, has been arrested. Brittel has admitted that Davis told him of the Cushman girls condition and said that he procured some medicine that would bring her out of the trouble. It was learned further that Brittel acted as messenger between Da- wis and the girl. telling the latter that Davis had the medicine and that he would meet her in the woods and give 1t to her. It is thought the girl went to the appointed place and took the doee which proved fatal and Davis fled when he saw the effects of It. The authori- ties have traced the fugitive as far as Rutland, where he bought a ticket for Manchester. N. H. M
The age-herald., 1897-08-17

viee-president and members of executive tive council. The presentation outlined in the proposed amendments provides that the roll of states and territories be called in alphabetical order for nomina- tlons, after which an informal ballot shall be taken the two candidates re- ceiving the highest number of votes to be the choice of the convention for th= of fees of president and vice-presidert. Resolutions, approving the amendments were recently adopted by the New York Bank srs' association.
The age-herald., 1897-08-17
THREE ] | B E. II FATALLY INJURED And And as Many Others By No
 Means We'll. VERY PECULIAR ACCIDENT Sand Laden Car Takes a lump on An Incline With the Above Result-New Engineer
 in Charge Caused It.

Savannah. Ga., Aug. 16.--An accident at the work on the new government for tifications at Tybee this morning resulted in the injury of six men, three of them perhaps fatally. The railway used in carrying material for the work termin- ates in an incline with an elevation of about twenty ,f@et from the top of which the material is dumped into the bins be- low.
 A new engineer was in charge this morning. On the first trip with a car load of sand the engineer was unable to reverse the throttle and the car struck the butting block at the end of the in- cline, rearing up oyer 1t and throwing sand and men into the air.
 The white foreman and five negro hands were riding on the car.
 News of the accident was telephoned to the city and a special train sent down with Drs. Graham, Dudley and Fitch. and trained nurses from the Savannah hospital. The injured men were brought to the city and placed in the hosiptal here. ..,,s,,s.stss
 LIST OF INJURED.
 The list of injured is as follows:
 F. E. STEVENS, foreman. slightly bruised and right knee sprained at the joint; will recover.
 ABE SMALL, general bruises about the body. rib on the right side fractured and spine injured; not likely to survive.
 NATHAN NORTH. skull fractured, in formally injured and has not regained consciousness, doctors think his injuries fatal.
 JAMES SCURDY, not likely to recover. His abdomen was ruptured and his right ankle. sprained.
 WILLIAM KIRKLIN, bruised about the hip. 1eft shoulder and on the head; ]; will recover.
 JAMES x. CULLEN, right hip bruised, not seriously injured