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The herald., 1897-09-26
The Contagious Summer Grip

If summer grip is not an aff1iction Of
this seasons invention, 1t is at least SO
prevalent that most persons hear of 1t
now for the first time. What Is winning
it most attention Is the fact that It
seems to be remarkably contagious In
some cases 1t has attacked one member
of a family after another and has then
communicated itself to visitors and
spread in their families. Physicians who
have attended such cases tell their pa
tients that 1t is a result of the peculiar
summer we have had, with its many
variations of temperature, and espe-
cially to the continued cool weather. Ito
symptoms are much the same as those OF
the familiar winter grip, including head
ache, sore throat, fever and pains in the
bones. 1t makes some people sneeze so
much that they think they have fallen
victims to hay fever till doctors assure
them of the contrary. One peculiarly un-
pleasant feature Of 1t seems to be the
extreme depression of spirits which ac-
companies it sometimes. Otherwise its
attacks involve only temporary discom-
fort, and they seem to be generally light
in character. But as a new feature OF
summer life 1t is not pleasant to contem-
plate.-New York Sun.
The herald., 1897-09-26
Indians as Orators

Representative Indians of the Seneca
nation are to deliver addresses at the
exercises to be held in Geneseo in COM
memoration Of the centennial annivers-
ary OF the treaty Of Big Tree. BY this
treaty the Seneca Indians conveyed to
Robert Morris all the Indian lands ir.
the state of New York west of the Gen.
esee river, except ten tracts Of land re-
served by the Indians for their own use.
The several historic societies in western
New York are deeply interested in the
celebration, which is under the imme-
diate direction of the Livingston County
Historical society. The site of the coun-
Gil house in which the treaty was nego-
tiated and the Wadsworth house In
which the dignitaries who attended the
negotiations were entertained, will be
special points of interezt John s. Min
ard Of Fillmore, president Of the Allie
ghany County Historical society, will
deliver the historical address, and there
will also be an address by Wallace Bruce
of Brooklyn.-New York Evening Post
The herald., 1897-09-26

lieved them, and did not think
she would survive that night.
Still RENE mbered the doctors clear
instructions, and his reiterated state
ment that consumption is durable in
all its stages if only the patient lives
long enough I doubted her being able
to swallow the first dose of hot water
I ordered for a. m. the following morn
ing. I felt my responsibility in conf1s-
eating all her drugs was small. She did
drink the hot water and all the min
utiae prescribed by the New York doc
tor were faithfully carried out. On the
second day even there was a decided
change for the better, and in four days
and nights the pathological changes
were SO marked that I found myself
astounded, like the patient and her fam
lily. In a fortnight the night sweats and
fever had so diminished as to become
unimportant.
Now the patient is safe, if she will
but continue the cure until there is per-
fectly new tissue formed, a three
years process probably. She is, how
ever, an hysteric, strongly emotional
and with returning strength is clamor-
ing already for bread (Which she liked
new), and for vegetable soups. 1t may
prove impossible, unless removed from
her house and temptation, TO keep her
strictly TO the cure for so long. Heart
diseases (most of them), cancer, loco
motor ataxia, rheumatism, gout, most
forms of asthma paralysis, many forms
of lunacy and brain diseases, are de-
clared to spring from this same cause of
baleful nourishment, bread"
Said a well known English doctor
who for private reasons declined the use
of his name, when conversing with me
the other day on this same subject:
1.-THE fundamental idea of this doc
trine of diet is that starchy food is main
ly digested, not in the first stomach
use Technical language-but in the
intestines, and that such food is for tha
reason more difficult of digestion, and
therefore less healthy. There are ex-
ceptions-for example, rice, though pre-
dominately starchy, is not SO difficult
of digestion; but the general rule is as
have put it. Apply this principle as
to the deleteriousness Of starchy food
to our daily habits. The chief food
which is used daily by all Of US 1t bread
Bread contains 35 to 40 per cent Of starch
If it be true that predominantly starchy
food is unhealthy then bread must be
eminently 30.
"The case against bread Is stated
with great lucidity and from various
points of view by DR.. Densmore, ar
American writer on hygiene Bread
Dr. Densmore maintains. increases indi.
gestion, is potent factor in the creator
of obesity and hastens old age. Mr.. Row
botham, who practiced medicine II
Stockport in the '40's. published q
pamphlet in 1S45, which is quoted by DR.
Densmore, and which puts the case
against bread more emphatlcally thar
anything else have read.
"Mr. Rowbotham used In his pamph-
let the phrase, earthly matter The
solid earthly matter wrote Mr.. Row.
pothatn. witch. W gradual accumu-
The herald., 1897-09-26

peaches. pears and pomegranates are all
grown very successfully. The surplus
products Of these different species Of de-
ciduous trees, as also the fruit from
many other districts are bought by the
Cotton Fruit Packing company, which IL
Colton's chief industry. The president
Is Colonel A. D. Cutler Of San Francisco,
and the resident manager is Walter A.
Choate, a much esteemed resident OF
Cotton. The cannery puts up about
so, 900 cases of canned goods annually.
1t also ships from fifty to one hundred
carloads of dried fruit, about the Same
of walnuts and seventy-five carloads Of
honey. The cannery employs from 800
to 500 persons and the weekly pay roll
is from s2500 to $4,000. 1t opens the last
of June and closes in the fall.
The marble works have turned out ex-
cellent limestone and marble Of all
shades and colors and Of the finest
quality. The variegated marble from
the works gained the first grand medal
for ornamental work at San Francisco.
The cement works employ force OF
fifteen or twenty men. The lime and
cement product are pronounced excel
lent by the best Judges.
The climate, healthfulness and pro-
ductiveness of the soil, the profuse fora
and the spontaneity, variety and uni
versatility of an almost tropical vegeta-
tion make Cotton a most enviable To-
cality.-Colton Chronicle.
The herald., 1897-09-26

enameled ground, five franc piece
with the effigy of Napoleon III, and bear
ing the date Of 1864, and last, and by no
means least important, handkerchief
marked III. Arkwright," were found
1t was this which led to the identifica-
ton of the remains. At the request of
the mayor of Chanounix, DR.. Maurice
Springer, professor of the faculty of
medicine, who was at the Blossoms gla-
cier at the time Of this discovery, has
drawn up report, showing that a SUBJ
sequent inquiry has confirmed the con-
viction that these must be the remains
of Captain Henry Arkwright. of the
Eighty-fourth regiment, who, as has
been stated, perished on the spot nearly
thirty-one years ago. - London Tele-
graph.
The herald., 1897-09-26
n. ARKwR1aHTs BODY
The officer Who Was Lost on Mt.
Blanc Years Ago

From the Department of the Haute
Savoie comes the very interesting ac-
count of the discovery of the remains Of
the officer who perished among the
glaciers Of Mount Blanc, with his three
guides, on October 13, 1S66-nearly thirty
one years ago. 1t appears that M.
Payot, who is living at the Chalet des
Blossoms, in the neighborhood Of Chamou-
nix, was returning from an excursion,
when he preceived fragments Of a hu-
man form, still partially clothed, in a
hollow about twenty-five feet in depth.
He went on to Chamouinx and related
what he had seen, and M. Emile Fon-
taine, a merchant dwelling in the Aiene,
who is there on visit, at once announc-
ed his determination to proceed to the
spot. He started in company with a
guide, for the purpose of exploring the
place, and not far from the scene of the
original discovery he found another part
of the corpse, also covered with gar
ments. Descending into the ravine in
which it was lying at considerable per-
sonal risk, M Emile Fontaine removed
from the waistcoat the watch chain
which was still affixed to it. but as water
was failing in veritable cascade at that
moment he did not attempt to carry
away the remains. On his return how
ever, to Chamounix, he lost no time in
reporting the result of his investigation
to the mayor, who Immediately proceed
ed with several guides and gendarmes to
the spot. After dilligent search they
discovered, besides the remains already
mentioned, portion of the neck and
two arms, both In a remarkable state Of
preservation, for the flesh, although
dried up and withered, was still adhering
to them, several bones were also
strewn about, and. in addition to the
watch chain to which reference has
been made, . gold shirt stud, adorned
with diamond, scarf pin In gold, also
Ambelhshsd with diamond on Z Blue
The herald., 1897-09-26
LESS BREAD THE LONGER LIFE

LONDON, Sept. 1o-(Special Corre-
epondence to The Herald.) Medical
science has just made the startling an
nouncement that bread is the most
prolific cause of disease and death to be
found in the catalogue Of foods. The
staff OF life becomes the staff Of death,
and some Of the most eminent Of savants
are declared to have endorsed the state
ment that to live long we must avoid
bread, the king evil of the starchy foods
No less parsonage than T. p. O'Con-
nor has headed the lay movement in
favor of no bread, and in the future, if
his leadership be followed. banners in
scribed Bread or Blood" which have
so often appeared in English labor pro-
cessions, will be entirely out Of date.
This is not advanced as a mere theory,
but as statement of simple fact, and
the reasons deduced from the bristling
array of indisputable assertions bear
the merit of possessing entire logic,
garnished with that best of all mental
attributes common sense.
Among the advocates quoted are DR..
Densmore, the hygienic expert Of the
United States; the late Sir Isaac Holden,
Doctor Salisbury of New York, Major
Pond, the famous manager Of America,
and number of Others DR.. C. D. Evans,
q member of the Royal College of Sur
geons, says, in speaking Of this new
theory:
1.-The gradual accumulation Of earthly
matter Qime, etc., in the system
causes the characteristics Of "old age"
and from this it follows that the less
II, 1os y
live. Roughly speaking, the analysis
of foods, in regard to longevity. have
the following order: First (and besD
fruit. second fish, third, animal food,
fourth vegeta bles, fifth (and worst)
cereals Gncluding bread). Bread as an
article of diet, after the age CT twenty,
most certainly decreases the age Of
man. His so-called staff of life" is
often the indirect cause Of his premature
declension."
The remedy for this is stated to be, by
those who claim to know, a subsistence
upon hot water and chopped beef. This
treatment, it Is declared, was conceived
by New York doctor. Here is a case
In point that was called to my attention,
the friend who related it to me saying:
In May last I was struck by the ever
Increasing pain and weakness of poor
girl, a dressmaker, no longer able to
pursue her Calling in spite of good and
prolonged medical aid. With her con-
sent, took her into my house and SUBJ
5ected her to thorough trial Of this
New York doctors plan. A month ago
she returned to her home, bonny,
buxom soul. with eight kilos added to her
weight: rosy happy, as strong and
hearty as any one could wish to be. The
fact was commented upon by her neigh
bors, and presently was asked to come
ana see young woman given up by
three well known doctors here-one
Trench, the other two Italian-teu
months ago a. Z hopeless consumptive,
ana declared by them a fortnight earlier
HAN nv visit. ~ having but ten days or
~ p tixd Wlhen sAw her ! be-
The herald., 1897-09-26
ABIRDsEYE VIEW OF COTTON, 1887

lation in the body, brings on ossification,
rigidity, decrepitude, and death is prin-
cipally phosphate of lime or bone mat
ter, carbonate of lime or common chalk,
and sulphate of lime or plaster of Paris.
with, occasionally, magnesia and other
earthly substances
"'The only difference writes Mr..
Rowbotham later on, in the body be-
tween old age and youth is the greater
density, toughness and rigidity, and
the greater proportion of calcareous
earthly matter which enters into its COM
position. The definition of earthly mat
ter being thus understood, the full scope
of the following denunciation of bread
by Mr. Rowbotham will be appreciate
Bread fpum wheaton flour), when con-
sidered in reference to the amount of nu-
tritious matter it contains may with JUS
tice be called the staff of life; but, in re-
gard to the amount of earthly matter. we
may, with equal justice, pronounce it
the staff of DEATH"
Bread, the staff of death'-here, in
deed, is a statement, startling, if not
APPALLING, if true. But isit true? A good
many people certainly think so now.
Some such idea Of the harmfulness of
bread lies at the root of many Of the sys-
TENS now so popular for reducing obes-
ity and removing Indigestion
In view of these statements, which
have been selected with the idea of
giving the consensus of opinion, as we'll
as presenting known facts, it really
seems to the unprejudiced mind that
there must at least be something in the
theory that bread is not all that has
been claimed for it. Therefore, this is
the problem which must be decided: Is
bread really the staff Of life, or is it
rather the promoter of death?
The herald., 1897-09-26

Contrary to the general belief that the
spring and summer months are the only
ones in which to attempt to reach the
Klondike country from the coast Cap
tain Peter H. Peterson, an old time Cali
fornia miner insists that the best and
easiest time is midwinter Captain
Peterson has had nine years experience
in Alaska, two Of which were devoted to
Carrying freight over Chilkoot pase. He
has caught the fever afresh and pro-
poses to start from San Francisco dn the
dead OF winter and guide party over
the Chilkoot in record breaking time.
His plan is novel one based largely on
his own successful experience two and
three years ago. November" says Cap
Chilkoot trip. Then there 10 no rain to
wet your supplies. All you have to do
is to guard against the cold
For two years had tram way over
the Chilkoot, but left there two years
ago. Since then others have tried to
operate tramway. but they were not
so successful as was With my tram
way I took over a steamer twenty -six
feet long and eight feet beam, built in
Portland. I took over a good many of
the earlier outfits in use on the Yukon.
II am going to put up another tram
way, but only to get over the outfits Of
my party, every man Of which will take
with him ton of supplies. And am
not going to have any man along who is
not able to manage that big an outfit.
1.-THE tralmway will be from Stone
House, about two miles on this side of
the summit, to Crater lake, nearly mile
on the other side. It will be- just like my
old tramway, crossing the summit about
100 yards to the left of the route travel
ed by men afoot, and by sleeper and
shorter ascent.
II will drive stakes in the soft snow
and pack the enow around them to get
an anchorage for the pulleys that the
cable will pass through. One or two men
on a sleigh at the summit can coast
down the other side and drag up load
from this side. That load sent down the
other side will drag up another load from
this side.
''There is no danger with tramway
from sudden binding snowstorms. We
saved several men that way. A man on
the summit simply stays by the tram
rope and follows it until he gets into
camp.
IT am thinking Of taking some cattle
along with me to do the hauling on the
level stretches. When we get them to
Lake Linderman we can kill them and
the beef will freeze and keep WELL and 1t
Will come in mighty handy Ihave used
horses on the route but they would be
a loss don't go anything on dogs;
they eat too much.
ssrrho n, rSt nj ~ tI1in na1f-
At for the winters trip Is enowshoes,
for the snow ID very soft. Barrel slaves
do pretty well II man can't get regular
snowshoes. -Four or five men making
one trip over the route on snowshoes
can easily pack the snow down 30 that
the cattle can easily go over it with
freight on sledCes.
s'1rom Dysa, On this ode Of Chilkoot.
The herald., 1897-09-26

IN 1877 the Cotton Land and Water
company decided to the Western Devel-
opment company about 800 acres Of
land for town-site. This land, which
lies near the southwest portion Of the
county, was to be held intjoint and equal
ownership by the two corporations. On
this land the city of Cotton now standA
The face Of the earth, without shade or
shelter, was scorched by the direct and
Intense rays Of semi-tropical sun. The
tract which was then arid, uncultivated
and almost uninha bfted, - today abun-
dantly supplied with water Of the finest
Qualiy, is enriched by Industry, and has
Of late years been embellished by the
hand Of taste.
Cotton 10 situated on gently sloping
ground and Is surrounded by extensive
tracts Of highly fertile land
which produce cereal and root
crops as well as a great va
riety Of citrus and deciduous fruits. The
soil 10 wonderfully rich. 1t is surmised
that Its lower stratum is the bed of an
ancient lake. and year by year the soil
- deepeneh by the action of the sun and
rain, which, like powerful solvents re-
duce the rocks to powder and send 1t
down to fertilize the valley below The
soil is Of great depth and richness, and
probably no locality is capable Of pro-
ducing greater variety Of semi-tropical
fruits, grapes, vegetables and grain
than Cotton and the country around it.
Land which will produce grain bundant-
ly II. however, too valuable for such
purposes. Hence the mesa land known
- the terrace, IL devoted almost exclu-
dvely to citrus fruits. Such abounds in
the finest and most productive orange
groves that are found anywhere to de-
light the eye and regale every sense.
Among the principal growers in this
section are Mrs. W. r. Fox, A. Lantz,
n. Archibald. Milo Gilbert, e. e. Gil
bert, Hubbard & Johnston, Mrs. j. w.
Davis Mrs. Hutchinson, F. M. Hubbard,
DR.. Sprecher, e. F. Van Luven, w. W.
WILCOX, J. B. Hanna. John Terry, Mrs
Adkin. George Wilson and A. s. Fox.
AL OF these groves are beautifully sit
uated, commanding lovely view to the
east as far as Grafton. and taking in
also the superb mountain masses which
stand like giant guardians around the
valley.
The Cotton orange, in size, beauty and
flavor. Is not surpassed anywhere on
earth. and has taken premiums where
ever the fruit has been exhibited and
always commands the top notch in the
eastern markets.
The grape also thrives admirably
around Cotton. There is in the district
. large vineyard Of raisin grapes and
several hundred acres Of wine grapes
The fruit is Of fine color firm texture
and delicious flavor. Large quantities
Of claret, zinfandel, port and angelica
are manufactured in the vicinity.
The soil is well adapted to the olive
and the flg, and yields an excellent re-
turn to the horticulturists. Apricots,
The herald., 1897-09-26
A Famous Old Grape vine

The famous vine at Hampton court
palace, which Is 12S years old. is now
bearing 1900 punches Of grapes most Of
which are ripe. Over hundred bunches
have been cut and sent to Windsor castle
during the week. k.-Lchdon Telegraph.
The herald., 1897-09-26

"That man says there are carloads of
gold at the Klordike."
"Is he practical miner?"
II guess he must be. He says he's
not going to give up his position as
watchman to 60 up and dig for it,
Washington Evening Star.
The herald., 1897-09-26

Robinsoh-I think law should be
passed to stop cigarette smoking.
Perkins-Oh, no! There is too much Of
It done now.-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-23
poRFueuFsE 1N hawaii

LFrono the Chicago Tribune.1
If Hawaii is annexed to the United
States this country will acquire as citi-
zens number of Portuguese who have
found a home on the islands far from their
native land. HoE it happened that the
Portuguese settled at such a distance
from their country was explained yes
terday by Francis o. Lyman, a Chica-
goan who was born and raised in Ha-
wall.
The Portuguese have been going to
Hawaii ever since the whaling vessels
began stopping there years ago., Mr.
Lyman said But it is since 1 left the
island that the bulk of them have gone
there They were brought by employees
of the immigration commissioners as
la bOTerS. At a time when the natives
and the government needed labor en-
ployes were sent everywhere to find
frst-clasS tOilers who would be willing
after serving a term at work to become
ed; neither were the japanese. So these
men finally settled on the Portuguese.
The pick of men We're selected. Mar
ried men were taken with their wives in
most cases. Unmarried men were en-
cOUraged by the government authorities
to get married and take wives with
them Once there they would serve
their term and then, as I understand,
would take piece of land, become citi-
zens, and take to farming.
The great advantage was offered to
the Portuguese of becoming citizens, and
that brought many who otherwise
would not have listened to the PROPOSE
ton Of the commissioners. The Chinese
and Japanese, you understand, were
never allowed to become citizens.
There was little mixture of the races.
The early Portuguese sailors who set
tied on the island, compelled sometimes
to do so by being discharged from their
ships, would marry Hawaiian women
and start farming. These early Portu-
guese settlers were all cOlorS and shades
of complexion from white to black
Their stand on the question of de-
posing the queen was of great import
ance. Almost exclusively they sided
with the provisional government and
have been among its loyal supporters.
They, with a great majority of the other
residents of the island are. 1 believe, in
favor of annexation to this country"