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New-York tribune., 1897-01-31
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an absolute impossibility.. He said:
risks attendant on this work better than anybody
else; and We are ourselves more exposed to any
ali suitable prseautions @ - MoreoveS you must re-
ful as the bubonic bacillus. even II less rapid In
simple fact Is. so long as the culture retains Its
moisture. bacillus cannot get away. He has
Of culture from tube either for examination a On
the material on the point OF long very slender
Tod we actually doscs II %e ys
in order to protect the operator. or course. this
viii XIII, any bacteria adherIns thereto. and is thus
effectually sterllized
so far as knew. Dr. Wilson Is the only Amer
lean bacterIologist to import the bubonic bacillus.
The tube containing this culture came to us
naval officer was not only plugged with cotton but
sealed with paraffinc, so TO be absolutely air.
right size IS in ."t block Of wood You could have
flung 1t on the floor without danger Of breakage. A
received from Kitasaso, OF Tokio. for comparison
with our own teanus germs was put up In the same
way. And when do occasionally, we send
tubes containing other pathogenic bacteria TO In
vestiga,ors in other cities we follow this plan.
companies take good care Of them and no harm
ever comes to them.
DISEASE GERMS IN THE MAILS
At one time the transmission OF such disease
germs through the mails Of this country was pro-
hibited by law; but the Postoiice Department
modified its rule in regard to this matter last year
so as to permit their transportation under certain
conditions. % The parcel should be distinctly
marked Specimen for Meteorological Examlna-
ton: % the tube must be packed In a speciic
ma nner C0 only National. State and municipal In
stitutions engaged in this work are allowed 10 re-
ceive such parcel; and "a no postmaster Is per. per-
mitted deliver the same until the representative
of the laboratory whom 1t is addressed snail ex,
hibit a certificate from the Postmaster-Ge
showing that the transaction Is regular IL Is re-
quired that the specimen shall be incosed In
strong glass tube containing not over four drams.
ard rendered watertight by screw-cap cover ana a
rubber washer eighth OK an inch thick. rms
must be inserted in cylindrical tin box 2s Ia incnes
In diameter and 3i2 inches long and similarly cosed
The intervening space be filled with absorpent
cotton Finally the first tin box must be incosed in
a second one. measuring 3ia by iss inches ana neo
with corrugated paper felt. The wrapper must %
affixed with hot pitch other equally adherent ma
teral So far the proper authorities In the New
York Postof.ce able to say, there are no spec-
mems whatever imported from foreign countries s
under this law: but few. very few, go through
the domestic mails 1t is impossible to hnd the
slightest reason for believing, however; that any
bubonic bacili have been sent through the mails IN
this country, even with all these precautions
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DICK TURPIN'S HOUNSLOW.
TRACES OF ITS ANCIENT GLORIEs STILL TO
BE SEEN.
From London.


In days gone by-those good old times ere tne
iron road had superseded the turnpike, ana electrical
~ propelled motor cars were undreamed oi-tne an
cient town OF Hounslow could mold up Its mead WIN
the hes OF EN- Several hundred stage coaches, and
at least l5GG horses employed in daily transit
through the Highest of what was, for most coacnes
the Grs4- stage on the important road 10 w lndsor
Staines Bath Bristol. ard the West OF England gem
orally Ii was here that timid travellers hrst ex-
pericnced uncomfortable apprehenslons in regard 90
those whom they might meet on the ROAD, lor only
a short way OF the then hourshng Middlesex
town began the dreaded Hounslow Heath
And truly twas enough 10 give one pause. for
more desolate and awesome waste than was present.
cd by the noted rendezvous OF bighWaymen a.,
that time could scarcely De imagined. To begin with
1t was entirely uniDclo9ed. and It's area had oeen
varioiIsy reco, ied at .92 and 66S Many and
terrible were the stories in circulation as 10 the bold
ness and ferociy of the footpads and mounted rob-
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,ro,rv BICYCLES AND CoNSohr'i"'
rro-r The Sanitarium.

From meeting the sn.yaiaFy of he
Ssss ssTs Of 5 in Of
sGgs il The ff1sfi lase n ISL as.
N sS ma 6eTeen ssS males to @ %1s
and in 1885. only 9t ,sorv of the State in which
The the anmbsf sa Of Gcas dn in lnn
han ina, IN. r mslts rase of female deaths began
fSrm some Se the sHS Dr.
we're beginning to ride tne o'SySdeh Syyd he is inclined
nIb,te the decrease in the deatn-ra,e n ~ bv the
n,c, ncrease in open-ar exercise among "o''" - ~
tsa of the bicycle.
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books become a record Of each boys life and ca
pacties.
Stealing is practically unknown. for. If after a
theft boy runs away. the "veteranos poiicel are
brought back to justice, which usually means some
days Imprisonment and more or less of thrashng,
according to his inquity or the Importance OF his
master. Naturally honesty is their best policy
Thus false characters are unknown. and inca
pacty or lazness cannot be hidden. Were a sys-
tenn such as this adopted In England 1t would
solve ali the difficulties Of the servant question:,
which to grow from year to year more COM
plicated and troublesome.
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HOME IN THE PHILIPPINES
A PARADISE FOR HousEKEEPERs.
WHERE SERVANTS ARE CHEAP. NUMEROUS AND
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF MALAY
DoMEsTIcs.
From st. Paul's.

From St. Paul's
II there be paradise the face Of the globe for
mans better half. where all the cares Of house,
hold lifted from the shoulders of the usual
bearer of those burdens. where. X so inclined the
days may pass in Incidence and the nights In fes-
tivity-where servants are your humble slaves. with
whom TO hear is TO obey-wheTe you have but TO
clap your hands and cry, "Oh uno" con, one of
your that any may to servel. and
your slightest wish is gratifcd-that Paradise Is
in the luxurious capital of the Philippine Islands.
Housekeeping in that part of the world Is en-
trey different from what II is In England There
We literally board with our cook. The said COOK
IS generally Chnaman 1t Is the custom to pay
him many dollars n day. according to the num-
ber OF the family, and he provides what seems
good to him Should he be evil-minded. that heather
Chnee OF the kitchen. he will bring poor rare, and
put every short commons In order that ne
may save up "neap doals 60 back Hong-Kong:
Ny first servant of that description. and We
should all have been reduced 10 skeletons had he
been allowed his own way Having received notice
TO quit. he brought friend an applicant for the
situation introducing him as New Blude''; unfor-
unately his recommendation had no value, SO MS
choice Of q successor was declined
Johnnie No 2 was about as ugly little wretch
you could look upon: but he was an excellent
cook. and he only nched from us In modera-
ton. he remained In our service all the time We
Manila
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John Miller Of Lexington, KY. has, without
doubt, shipped a larger number of horses Tor
racing men than anybody else In this country
Mr. Miller "vanned" the Duke of Marlborough's S
asses. as he termed the mules he bought in Ken
lucky and has also shipped great racers, stall
Ions and broodmares for upward OF dozen
years The percentage Of accidents and SICK
nesses incurred by shipping has been greatly re-
duced owing to his keen observation OF horses In
transit Years Of experience have developed the
fact that gedngs are the most susceptible 10 Ill
ness Mares come next and stations are almost
entirely exempt from serious attacks over
heated cars and improper ventilation cause
many horses to have fits while in transit. Such
horses attempt to lie down. but are unable to do
so in the cramped stalls in which they are placed.
The intelligent shipper at once removes the horse
so attacked from the stall and places him In the
open spaces reserved between the rows or stails.
Unless especially constructed for the purpose,
the average express will hold twelve horses
comfortably. although ten would ship better ana
safer. When fourteen sixteen horses are
crowded into car. the chances OF loss by acci-
oent or sickness are materially increased.
ocean voyages OF horses are not so dangerous
Is many persons believe In railroad travel the
norses are closely confined in substantially con-
structed stalls so as TO prevent their being
knocked about In speeding around curves ana
W the rocking motion Of the cars In shipping
snorses TO Europe the freight charges are maze
ser the amount Of space occupied Stalls may
ee constructed with sliding partitions that can
easily removed SO that horses can be closely
,nh'ned In rough weather. and the removal OK
we partition permits them TO lie down when the
"a, "a is smooth. In these days OF bilge keels the
nliing Of the average freight steamer that car
Ms horses and cattle Is greatly diminished.
.lae sea manger Is so constructed and padded
II can be secured inside the stall. so that
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THE COOK COMES IN A CAB.

Breakfast Is quite beneath cooks notice. so
whether it be cup Of coffee or chocolate Ia
major-domo must attend TO It, The cook only con-
descends to look after tifiin and dinner arriving
about Il o'clock in "carromata." the cheapest
conveyance. which is simply box on wheels, much
patronized by the lower classes for In that land OF
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amazing rate as this II it We're not for
the water which it has to work with
this, in fact, is the secret Of the whole
performance. In front Of this machine
are six intake pipes, turned downward,
and surrounding each OF these Is a cy-
Under fitted with knives and kept in
revolution all the time, so that the
knives cut and chew up the sand and
mix 1t with the water. In this way the
process goes all around the intake pipes
and in the latter the suction of great
steam-driven centrifugal pumps is pull
ing away at the loosened mass of sand
and water, immense solid streams of
debris flowing in the pipes at rapid
rate. 1t Is assumed that this method
Of maintaining low water navigation is
practicable in all alluvial streams-ap-
plieable, in fact, to the Missouri, to the
Illinois, to the Sacramento, the Volga,
the Danube, the Hoogly etc, engineer
ing skill being able to calculate to the
fraction of a foot what speed the cur
rent requires through the pipes to car
ry the sand in solution.
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PASSION PLAY IN MEXICO.

Christ Represented by an Image, Jointv
ed to Do It's Part-The Procession of
Roman Soldiers and Jewish Priests
The Text of the Death Sentence
The Play Interrupted by Shower
Carrying the Body of Christ to the
Tomb. J"
The version of the Passion Play as
witnessed yesterday at Coyoacan was
somewhat married by the rain that
came on in the afternoon, which neces-
STATED the crucifixion being held inside
the church instead of on the artificial
Calvary in the churchyard, but the pre-
liminary procession took place as usual
in the open air.
The character of this procession is
well known to all old-time residents of
Mexico. An image of the Saviour,
dressed in purple velvet robe, crowned
with thorns, and bearing His cross, is
carried on platform round the church
yard, surrounded by Roman soldiers,
Jewish priests and crowds of the faith
full bearing lights. On the same plat
form with the Saviour are the Cyren-
ian, a part taken yesterday by young
boy, Sruz Rivas, dressed in crimson and
white, and three little girls representing
angels, dressed In white muslin with
silver gossamer wings. They held
handkerchiefs to one eye, as If grieving
over the sorrows Of the Redeemer,
while with the other they calmly sur
veyed the crowd. In front of the pro-
cession walked two bands, the first per-
forming the monotonous music of the
indigenous race, consisting only of the
eating of the drum and the piping Of
the chirimia the second rendering mod
ern selections in excellent style. Only
these selections We're somewhat incon-
gruous, such as waltzes, pollas, etc
|. During the procession the three falls
of the Saviour are represented. 1t is a
tradition among Catholics that Jesus
fell three times under the heavy weight
of His cross on His way to Calvary.
The image is constructed with hinges
so as to fall forward when desired. All
this time a sermon was being preached
yester Jay by Father Avila. At the
times when the images halted near the
pulpit, which was placed under an UNI
brageous ash tree, he addressed the Sa-
vlour or His mother, who was dressed
In purple, with the sword of grief trans
fixing her breast, in the most earnest
and pathetic terms.
The churchyard of Coyoacan is well
shaded with trees, and the procession,
as it wound under them, made, with the
entire setting, the venerable and wealth
er-stained old church building and the
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An UNSUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT.
Those who argue that it would be bet
ter for the cities Of this country to own
and operate gas-works, water-works,
street railroads, etc, have been in the
habit of pointing to Philadelphia as an
Illustration of the benefits Of such mu-
nicipal ownership and operation. A
committee of Pennsylvania senators
has been investigating Philadelphia
matters, and it finds, among other
things, that the city gas-works are
grossly mismanaged and that a saving
of 100000 per annum could be effected
in this bureau alone. The investigating
senators say: In his last annual mes
sage Mayor Warwick estimates the val
ue Of the gas works at $30000,0 900, and
as high as $25,o0O,OOO is said to have
been offered for them, while the evil
dence is that the plant could be dupli-
cated-that is to say, a new plant ade-
quate for the supply of the city could
be built for half that sum, so that
very large part of whatever price can
be obtained for them will be for the
value Of the franchise to carry on the
business. It would seem, therefore,
proper that the city of Philadelphia
should realize upon this franchise while
it yet exists, and before private gas
companies, gasoline lamp companies
and electric lighting companies occupy
so much of the field as to render the
franchise Of but little value, or else in
vest the money necessary to render it's
works efficient and profitable; that it is
better to lease or sell the works while
they are yet valuable than to wait until
their main value is destroyed by COM
petition, fostered and maintained by
inadequate management.
Public works operated by political
parties are not apt to be operated eth
err efficiently or economically. New Ha-
ven seems to be fortunate that she
hasn't any more public works than she
has.
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SOME KANSAS moRrGAGEs.

Many people in New Haven and other
places in Connecticut are walling and
crashing their teeth because they ever
invested their hard-earned savings in
western Kansas. Those who haven't
dropped out or been frozen out don't
know what to do about their invest
ments. They have been hoping that
"the times and other things would i'm
prove so chat they could get out, but
they see no signs of Improvement yet.
Those whose investments are in the
wrong places will probably not live to
see improvement enough to make them
whole. Some of the eastern investors
in the desert lands of Kansas and
builders of school and court houses and
water-works have been looking over
their properties. An agent who has
been riding through several counties in
western Kansas describes what he saw
in the United States Investor. He
found in the towns of Woodsdale, Mos
COW, Springfield and Fargo eighteen
people, the entire population. In 1890
these towns had a population of LOO.
The departed inhabitants left villages
with costly school buildings. The cor
respondent says of the situation in an
other town: "Hugoton has three fami-
lies out of the four hundred that used
to live there. Nine children go to the
$4,000 school-house, and there is stand
ing, like monument of folly, water
works system that cost some eastern
plutocrat $4,000. The town never paid
cent Of principal or interest on all this
and never will" Some of the investors
have foreclosed mortgages, taken the
property and decided to wait Mrs
Amanda Way, of Boston, secured in
this way the court house Of Ellsworth
county. The building Is valueless, but
there is a remote chance that sheep or
cattle herders who are entering upon
the deserted lands may use it.
And so forth and so on. Part of the
Kansas land mortgaged to eastern in
vestors was once set down on the maps
as in the great American desert. It
could appropriately go back to its orig
inal place.
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BRIGHT.

Teacher-"Who was Joan of Arc?"
Bright Boy-"Noah's wife. Life
"Barrin me landlady and me wash
woman" said Mr.. Horrighan, with
honest pride, "Oi owe no man a chit
indianapolis Journal.
Your wife appears to be very
much attached to her bicycle" c.
"Oh, then you never saw her fall OFF,"
Workers Statesman.
Bertha-"Did you know that Charley
had received the degree of bachelor of
arts from his college?" Miss Antique
mo: but l think it is a shame. AS if
there were not enough bachelors with
out making them at college. Puck.
There is no occasion for you to envy
me- said the prosperous person. Il
have as many troubles as you" Il al
low you do. mister" admitted Dismal
Dawson. but the difficulty with me is
that I amt got nothin' else. Indian
apolis journal.
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MIA DIR. Abbott while in FL Ca
jon valley, which Is noted for its Crap
cries, gave special attention to the eff
feet Of grape seeds on those who eat
them freely and daily during their sea-
son, In this valley of two thousand
people and one hundred and fifty school
children he found that all children and
all adults for three months Of the year
eat grapes and guavas by the pound
and they eat them many times day,
They constitute a staple article of food
at the table and they are taken for
lunch. DR., Abbott selected an average
sized bunch of the Muscat grapes and
found by actual count that the average
number of seeds in each grape was
three or four, and ninety-tive grapes in
a bunch. In an examination Of sau-
Ger Of guavas he found 43S seeds, vary
ing from the size of pin head to the
size of a grape seed and all as hard as
a stone. Nobody In Ell Cajon valley
was ever found silly enough to stop and
extract the seeds Of the grape or guava
before swallowing the pulp. He talk
ed with school boys and school girls,
and they acknowledged with a twinkle
in their eyes that they ate grapes until
they could not get another one down."
and they never heard of extracting the
seeds. It is the doctors conviction that
every school child in the valley he visit
ed swallows from one hundred to three
hundred grape seeds daily for at least
three months In the year. In a CONVEX
sation with DR.. c. M. Johnson, formerly
New York State physician, who has
been practicing his profession in Ell
Cajon valley for many years, he learn
ed that there had never been a case of
appendicitis in that valley.
So fades one impressive theory. And
some doctors are even arguing that it Is
not necessary to Immediately cut ev-
erybody open who has a bellyache.
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False Prophets.--"They told me-" said
he to himself, that whenI married her
I would be spoken of as Mrs. Bingle's
husband, But they lied
$50 they did," said she, who had
overheard. You are not spoken of at
all. "--Indianapolis Journal
II don't mind Jacks slang. He is so
clever in the use of it."
How SOP"
Why he sent me three dozen photos
of famous Beauties with a card on
which the only words were, You're an
other! "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
You might put there" said the rural
citizen to the editor who was writing an
obituary on the death of the citizens
wife, that we'll never hear her voice no
more" "All right Anything else?"
"Nothin, 'ceptin' that we thanks the
Lord for His blessings. Atlanta Con-
stitution.
And you will never forget me?" he
asked.
She raised her eyes TREMENDOUSLY to
his.
How" she asked, "can I ever forget
him who called the night wore a new
organdie the first time? No, Edwin, I
can never forget you."-Detroit Jour
nal
The Altrurian Traveller was writing
his impressions of the United States,
and especially of its cities.
On each side OF the streets in the
cities" he said, there are wide plat
ferns, usually of stone, which are used
for the display Of goods in front Of the
shops and for the storage Of building
material where repairs or new con-
structions are under way."-Chicago
Journal
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Is a characteristic of new bicycle suits,
but it can be easily overdone, and lit
tie of it stamps the costume as new just
as plainly as wide bands would.
Some women who wear boomers I'M
der a short skirt have the two of con-
tracted colors. An example of this was
dark green skirt to little below the
knee, very scant in front and hanging
in several perfectly draped folds at
either side Of the saddle. 1t was lined
with scarlet silk and worn over scarlet
silk boomers. These were scant with
only fulness enough for knee action al
lowed. The bodice was perfectly fit
ting, belted-in coat, worn over faultless
linen. This was a good example of the
sort, but the sort includes many rigs
that are simply vulgar.
An innovation Is the skirt worn over
tights There are very short bloomers,
hardly more than trunks" over the
tights and reaching little less than
half way between hips and knees. When
tights and skirts are exactly of a color
and that color Is dark-brown, lbue or
best of all, black-and the wearer is
slender, the effect is not bad, but for
any one not slender nothing could be
more unpleasant. The cloth leggings
are seldom seen,and trinity fitting leath-
er boots or perfectly cut leather leg
gings are worn, no baggy finish being
now permitted. One occasionally sees
riding boots-that is. boots bagged at
the ankle and large at the knee but
they reduce the height and seem in
danger of catching at the top.
FLORETTE.
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FASHION NOTES.
Wheel Fashions Settled.

The inventors who last year were
busted at devising costumes that should
be suitable for wheeling and for other
purposes as we'll are discouraged lot.
Women have agreed that the wheel
rig must be suitable for the exercise,
and have learned that 1t isn't reason
able to expect other use from 1t, A
majority of wheelwomen, certainly,
wear skirt that is divided in back
and plain in front, and seek to be in
conspicuous. The skirt shown here was
of this sort, its fulness disposed in in
verted box pleats. At the hem was a
band of yellow leather and the belt was
to match. Scotch plaid taffeta gave
vest and cravat. This leather trimming
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4 Faded YHFORY

When appendicitis first became pop
ular there was theory that fruit seeds
had much to do with it and grape-seeds
were especially picked out as danger
Gus. There was quite a scare and peo-
pie didn't seem to remember that they
had been thought'essly swallowing
seeds all their lives and were still alive.
Lately there has been some doubt about
the correctness of the seed theory, and
it has just been dealt a severe
blow in the Medical Record by
DR.. George E. Abbott Of Califor-