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These few words are an excerpt from an article prepared by Dr. George W. Daywalt for publication in the Pacific Medical Journal and for reading be- fore the County Medical Society. This eminent physician now claims that he has discovered the boon for which the medical world has sought so long, a specific that will vanquish the bacilli of the dread disease, consumption, and carry joy to the hearts of afflicted thou sands. Nor is his discovery, whether 1t be meritorious or not, patent nos- trum to be purchased at several dollars a bottle, but simple preparation Of boracic, or boric, acid-borax, its basis, lying on the borax fields of California so abundantly that little child could scoop enough of it in few minutes to keep a chemist busy compounding 1t for the market for week.
 Dr. Daywalt does not attack pr. Hirschfelder in thus announcing what he claims is the boon for which human ity has seemingly hoped in vain, but at the same time is obliged to assert that from his standpoint the Cooper College professor is either ignorant of what is the real active principle in his oxytu- berculin or else has gone through "the unnecessary incantations over the preparation of a remedy as in medic val times''-the object, of course, be- ing to hide the active agent In the cur ative process.
 After reviewing the efforts of the medico-scientific world to find a pro- cess by which the bacilli tuberculi could be destroyed In the human body and the fact that within ten years from the discovery of the bacillus all known antiseptics were found wanting. the ar idea; the bacillus produced it's own poison. As no organism can live within Its own excrement, this famous scien- tist obtained the ptomains from pure cultures of bacili to introduce into the patient, hoping they would act as tox- ines to the bacilli or as antitoxine to the patient. This was found to modify the course of the disease, but would not cure After classifying the bacilli of diseases into two genera, those of consumption, which are always at work, and those of the rest, which either kill the patient In few days or weeks or throw up the sponge" Dr.. Daywalt comes to the consideration of tuberculin and finally to oxytuberculin as a remedy This is where his words are fraught with keen interest to the medical profession. He says:
 It undoubtedly has some merit, and 1t
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ter They were close friends, and the death of the President at the hands Of an assassin comes as personal be- reavement to the Minister. Senor Ar riga said Senor BarrioS was man of wide attachments and marked execu- tive ability. He was Az years of age. The six-year term of service for which he was elected terminates on March 15 next, but the National Congressional Assembly had already extended this term for further four years. The new President, MT. Cabrera, Is man of. prominence in Guatemala, and IS one of two chosen by the Congress to fill the Presidency in case of vacancy. The system of the country is different from that in the United States, there being no President elected with the President. The duty of filling the ex- ecutive chair devolves on the congress sional branches. Accordingly First and Second Presidents were selected some time ago. When the excitement of the tragedy has passed Pres1den- tial election may be held.
 The assassination of Barrios probably means the restoration to power in Guatemala of Prospero Morales and his followers In the meantime Vice-Presl- dent Manuel Estrada Cabrera becomes President of the republic. but his term will. 1t is certain, be of short duration, as a general election must be held in the republic on the 18th of next month. This is Morales chance to ride into power.
 News of the assassination of Barrios was telegraphed to Morales in Mexico as soon as it occurred and without any loss of time he signified his intention of returning to his native land and aid in bringing about his success in be- oo,,,incr CI1atemala'S ruler.
 When the revolution broke out in Guatemala a few months ago Morales was it's leader, and upon the defeat of the revolutionary army before Quezal tenango. fled with his lieutenants across the Mexican border.
 Barrios, the murdered President, was born in Guatemala December 24, 1856, and was the nephew of the great Bar rios. slain on the frontier of Salvador while trying to make himself master of the destinies of Central America. The younger Barrios was elected President six wears ago, and at that time was E the most popular man in the nation. Recently he proclaimed himself dicta- tor, and then followed the revolution which he promptly suppressed, and his death. whether the assassination was political or not will require further de- tails to determine. -
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leave at once for Guatemala, tonight gave the following to the Two Re publics newspaper: T have this day received telegraphic news from Guate- mala relative to the death of General Jose Maria Reyna Barrios, President of Guatemala. AS a citizen of Guate- mala and a member of the Republican party of that country, I sincerely re- gret his tragic end. As loyal oppo- nent of General Reyna Barrios, IwouId prefer to have met him in a fair fight and defeated him on the field of battle; nevertheless, as this is an in evitable fact, much to my regret. the responsible parties only are those who with their anti-patriotic sentiments contributed to blind the man who has now passed away, and by his death ob- scured the true situation of that coun- try. As yet have not received the de- tailed facts of how General Barrios met his death but whatever they may be. both deplore and condemn the crime. as it reflects upon civilization and dis honors my native country. I was a personal friend of General Reyna Bar rios, and although if afterward I was pOiltlCdl OppcuClit, WOulu nave pre- ferred many times to have seen him die on the field of battle, fighting for the liberty of Guatemala"
 WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.-Senor Lazo Arriaga, the Guatemalan Minister to the United States, this afternoon re- ceived an official cablegram from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guate- mala announcing the assassination of President Barrios and the succession to the Presidency of Vice President Manuel Estrada Cabrera.
 The dispatch came from Guatemala City, the capital, where President Bar rios has lived and the Government de- partments are carried on. It added that entire calm prevailed This last assurance, coupled with the immediate succession of the First Vice. President. in accordance with the methods of the country, is a special source of gratifi cation to the Guatemalan officials here. and to some extent alleviates the shock with which they received the news of the tragedy.
 The relations between the late Presi- dent and the Guatemalan Minister at Washington, Senor Lazo Arriga, were much more than of an official charac-
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in the United States. as in other cap- itals, as sufficient ground for the ter imitation of the official status of the letter-writer.
 press the State Department officials began an effort to settle it's authentic ity, and when it had learned all that could be developed on this point. and had been told that the Minister himself refused to deny writing it, the consid- eration of the next step began. Assist ant Secretary Day was in consultation
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DICTATOR
 BARRIOS
 MURDERED
Killed at the Door of His Palace, and Morales
 to Succeed Him.
Copyrighted, 1898. by James Gordon Bennett

Copyrighted, 1898. by James Gordon Bennett.
 PANAMA, Feb. 9.-I have just re- ceived a cable dispatch from the Herald correspondent in Guatemala confirming the report of the assassi- nation of President Jose Maria Reyna Barrios, President of the Guatemalan republic.
 The dispatch says the assassination took place at o'clock last night with in 15O yards of the Presidents palace. The assassin is a German named Os- car Solinger.
 First Vice-P President Manuel Estrada Cabrera has assumed the Presidency. All is quiet in the city, the dispatch says.
 MEXICO CITY, Feb. 9.-News has reached here that General Morales, formerly Secretary of War under Bar rios, and later head of the unsuccess- ful rebellion against the dictator, had been declared President of Guatemala, vacant by the assassination of Barrios.
 General Morales, who is preparing to
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Dr.. G. w. Daywalt's Claim Will Electrify the Medi=
 cal World.
Hs-H-n-z-aEH-H-n=H.-H n BORG ACID VERSUS BACILLI TUBERCULOSIS.

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With the President on the subject at least Tour times during the official dav ana then spent much time in franine his message to United States Minister Woodford at Madrid. The official statement of the sending of this mes sage was accompanied by a. declination to indicate it's contents at this time the department merely giving to the press the following statement
 Late this afternoon the following statement as to it's action in the case
 Cnnfinued Secoxad
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SPANISH TEXT.
Legacion de Espana.
 Washington, D. c.

, Exmo senor Don Jose Candle ! jas-M distinguido y querldo , amigo: No tiene que pedirme , excusa DOT no haberme escrito . Yo debi tambten haberlo hecho y l, To he dejado DOT estar abrumado ' de trabajo y nous sommes quittes. Aqui continua la situacion 10 mismo. Todo depende del exito politico militar en Cuba. Fl pro- , logo esta guerra. terminara el dia en que Sc nombre el gabinete |; colonial nos quiten ante esto , pueblo parte de la responsibilidad , de To que ahi succede y tengan que , ganarIo sobre los cubanos, que } asi inmaculados creen.
 Hasta entonces no podra verse claro considero una perdida de , tiempo adelantar DOT un nal , camino el envio de emisarios al , campo rebelde, negociaciones con , los autonomistas aun no declar- ados legales y averiguacion de los , intenciones y propositos de este gobierno. Los emigrados iran vol
 viendo uno DOT uno y .en cuanto
 vuelvan iran entrando DOT el redil los cabecillas volveran
 poco a poco.
 No tuvieron nj unos nj otros el valor de irse en masa y no 10 tendran para regresar asi. Fl mensaje ha desenganado a los insurrectos, que esperaban otra cosa y ha paralizado la ac- cion del Congress si pero yo 10 considero malo.
 Ademas de la natural inevi- table groseria con que SC repite cuanto ha dicho de Weyler la prensa y le opinion en Espana, demuestra una veg mas 10 que es ademas un politicastro que quiere dejarse una puerta alberta quedar bien con los jingoes de SUI partido.
 Sin embargo en la pratica solo } de nosotros defendera que re- suelte malo y conIrario. Estoy en acuerdo en absolute con vd sin un exito militar no SC , lograra ahbi nada y sin un exito , militar y politico hay aqui siem- , pre- peligro de que SC aliente a , los insurectos, va que no DOT el , gobierno DOT una parte de la , opinion.
 No creo si figura bastante en el papel de Inglaterra. Casi toda esq canalla periodistica que purbila en csc hotel son ingleses y al propio tfempo que coresponsales del Jour nal 10 son de los mas serios period icos y revistas de Londres. Asi ha sido desde el principle. , Pari mi ell unico fin de Inglaterra es que los Americanos SC entreten- gan con nosotros y les dejen en , paz y si hay una guerra mejor si , eso alejaria la que les amenaza, aunque no llegara nunoa- Seria muy importante que SC ocupara, aunque no fuera mas que ] para efecto, de las relaciones com erciales que SC enviase aqui un hombre de importancia para que yo le usara aqui para hacer pro- , paganda entre los senadores otros en oposicion la Junta y para enganar emigrados. Ahi va amblard. Creo viene demasiado empapado en politica necesita que haga cosa grande
 perdomos.
 Adele decuelve su saluda y todos le deseamos que en el proximo ano sea mensajero de la paZ y lleve csc guirnaldo a la pobre Espana. Siempre su atento amigo y Ser vidor, Q. B. S. M.,
 ENRIQUE DUPUY DE LONE.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

FIFTH PAGE. Rich Strike on American Soil. Klondikers Sue for Saving Life. Clubbed to Death Over Land Row. Annexation Treaty Is Beaten. lone School Boys Break for Liberty.
 SIXTH PAGE. Editorial. The Japanese Race. Any Excuse Will Do. The Weather of the Winter. Gold Loaned Abroad. The Queens Speech. Music and Musicians.
 SEVENTH PAGE. Spring Valley Water Rates. Dodson Was Disappointed. Knox Says He Is Innocent. EIGHTH PAGE. The Commercial World.
 NINTH PAGE. A Boy Brutally Beaten. Return of the Scientists. News From Across the Bay.
 TENTH PAGE. Racing at Oakland.
 ELEVENTH PAGE. Births. Marriages and Deaths. ,
 TWELFTH PAGE. School Scandal Developments. Bibb Tells His Story.
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is my object to show wherein that merit, lies. It is a combination of substances. Is it all or only one of it's several in- gradients that establishes it's therapeutic value-craefully growing the bacilli on good veal, cooking them for 120 hours with hydrogen peroxide (which generally contains phosphoric acid), washing with caustic soda, finally introducing boric acid-is all this necessary, or is it simply the unnecessary incantations over the preparation of a remedy as in medieval times? Its own originator affirms that there is no reaction when injected into the system as in the case of tuberculin. Why? Simply because it contains no tuberculin. The process of making de- stroys it.
 Heat and oxygen are deadly enemies to 0 00o000cO000o0000c0 @ After oxytub erculin is treat. @ @ ed with soda the preparation, 9 2 judging from all the known v S facts concerning heat, oxy- a a gen, veal and baciIli, is entire- a @ ly neutral. It is of no value @ @ save for the oxygen that may @ Q be present and the food S v value of the veal. Fortu. S a natelv for Dr. Hirschfelder a @ his veal bouillon would not @ @ keep, and to preserve it he o Q added five per cent of boric 2 v acid. This one fact may per- v
 
 a haps hand his name down to a @ posterity as one of the work @ @ CTS trying to destroy the @ . greatest enemy of mankind. S = = For if oxytuberculin cures a @ consumption boric acid cures @ @ consumption. @ 0000000000o0000o00 organic substances. Oxy-tuberculin is subjected to both of these for 120 hours We are taught to boil tuberculous milk to render it harmless. The excuse given for tuberculin oxidation is that the oxy- gen of the air coming in contact with the bacilli in cases of operation for tuber- cular peritonitis causes a cure; at best, this is only a theory. It might be the argon of the air that effects the cure. Admitting the cure is the effect of the oxygen, the bacilli are not boiled in 1t as are those in the preparation of oxytuber- culin.
 After oxytuberculin is treated with soda the preparation, judging from all the known facts concerning heat, oxy-
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FLOWERS ON SUNSBaDES.
Special from Paris.

Special from Paris.
 F7 CS ANY sunshades are made of taf- M f5as q. with Fasses headed ss vss
 comet ribbons, or trimmed with bouiIlonnes of gathered mousseline de soie. Another novelty, even more recent ly introduced. is that of covering sum- shades with tufts of artificial flowers, or with branches of fruit trees. They are ornamented with long strawberry run ners or branches of cherry with fruit and flowers. I doubt whether this fashion will take very well for 1t makes the sum- shade very inconvenient to carry when closed.
 The sunshade mentioned above Is Of cream colored tanetas. Each panel is trimmed along the seams with a ruche of white mousseline de soie, which ap- pears to meet in the center round an other ruche which encircles the stlcK The center of each panel Is decorated with a similar ruche. which meets two gathers of white tafetas. The sunshade is edged with a larger ruche of mousse line de soie. The ribs are covered with white silk. The stick is of white wood. with q ducks head in gold, with rubies for eyes, for handle.
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fade, and drop, and in the morning early. No flowers perfume is most perfect after the sun has shone on it long. Snip off the long stems, leaving the spikes covered with the tiny purple blossoms, and sew into thin bags while fresh
 Make a double-lining of lowered or gande to fit your bureau drawer and tack 1t around the edges with silk floss. Slip the heads of lavender in between the lay CTS of organdie and hold it in place with knots of silk the same as the cotton Is kept in place in comforter.
 This is the time of year for gathering lavender and 1t can be bought on the street corners if you are not so happy as to have it growing in your garden. Fifty cents worth will make a large pad, which will keep it's fragrance till the next sea- sons lavender is ready.
 Besides the perfume value of the lav- ender there Is another value which very few people know. Moths or fees will have nothing to do with 1t. If you scatter the flowers through the trunks of winter clothing which you put away to keep from the moths it will be quite as efficacious as tobacco or patent moth balls, and de- cidedly more pleasant when you take the garments out in the autumn. Furs, to be quite secure, should be wrapped with lav- ender and sealed up alright by pasting the paper instead of tying it.
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grouped upon the shoulders at each side l of the neck.
 Another new fabric is the latest gren-
 adine. Grenadihe is peculiar-it Is ever ] old and ever new. The ladies who danced with Lafayette wore grenadine, so also ! do those who are now dancing with the i Prince of Wales. Grenadines are as nu- merouS as summer days. and they are also as varied in price. You can get gren- adine, after a fashion, for 40 cents, and l had almost said that you could go up as high as $40 for it. This new grenadine Of which l speak is compromise be-
 tween 40 cents and $40. To be exact, it comes at $4 50 per yard. The S4 90 per yard grenadine Is bewil- derlngly beautiful It is very fine-more than that, every thread in it Is the purest silk The threads are woven very loosely, so that the lining shows through. The latest importatons of this lovely material come only In two patterns-plaids and fig ures.
 In the plaid grenadines all of the new cOlonS are found. They are blended in the
 moSt# perfect harmony, and are grouped in squares of about two inches. some pat
 terms being larger. Each square Is raised
 upon the surface of the goods and run
 ming lengthWise between each panel of these box-like figures is a stripe of what appears to be very narrow silk ribbon. This ribbon, is really the body of the too delicate and weblike to handle.
 The figured grenadine has woven in it all the most delicate flowers of garden or wood. l saw one pattern of deep e sprinked over 1t, and another of the honeysuckIe blossoms. \ pattern that would do for any one who does not care for anything quite as showy as the two Just mentioned was of very shiny black covered with punches of wisteria blooms
 Of course these expensive grenadines are lined with taffcta silk generally the color of the background of the goods, and this makes the price of a costume run up to an enormous amount: but when you consider the beauty of the gown. the length of time that 1t will last if carefully worn. the satisfaction you derive from admiring gIances. after all you feel doubly repaid for the outlay upon 1t.
 A word must be said about jewels with summer toilettes. Do not expend too much money upon them to wear upon the hands and arms or around the throat. Trim your costumes with as many as you can possibly afford. If you possess two or three brooches of real stones or even the semi-precious orna- ments, pin them with studied negli- gence over the yoke of your gown; or, if 1t Is docollette. put> them where they will be seen to an advantage without seeming as if you wanted to exhibit them and you will be much more fash ionable than if your arms are burdened with two or three bracelets and your throat entwined in string of pearls or other ornaments
 This Is the latest fad of the fashion ables. HELEN WARD. |
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SUMMER
 DRESSES

~ CONSIDERING girls summer dress f es q writer in Harper's Bazar says: N 2 .sFor church and party wear there
 Is of course, great latitude allowed bnt for play and general everyday wear very simple little frocks are coh- sidered good style, and there seems to be q great wish to have everything as prac tical as possible. Guimpe dresses are not worn now by children older than 12, but many of the dresses are trimmed to look as though they were worn with a guimpe. having a square ar round yoke and q vide ruffie. just as a guimpe dress is finished around the neck and shoulders. Unless a girl is very tall for her age. plain skirts look the best; but if she is tall. the skirt could have ruffies on 1t. Shirt waists are now part of every little girls wardrobe, and certainly they look much better on children than they do on
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FRUITFUL teeth add greatly to a woman's attractiveness. A mouth full of irregular, unsightly teeth will detract from the most
 perfect loYeliness in other re-
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

ROSE RI would advise you to get an ounce of alcohol, and in it dissolve five grains of quinine. Apply this to the eye brows every other night, and on the nights in between times massage very gently with the fingers dipped in pure olive oil.
 article that you saw was not one of mine, but was from an Eastern correspondent to the paper. and the salesman referred to is in one of the shoe stores in the East
 KITTY MI am so sorry your cream was not success. Your druggist did not use the proper proportions or else did not take the trouble to mix the ingredients properly. IL .ahes great care ana at least The cream should be as firm and white as the petal of a lily. \ -se always is. Send me your address and six cents in stamps and | will send you a lItLie of mine to compare with yours. { d then if you like it, why not try making it your
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SWEET
 LAVENDER

@FHE very name sweet lavender"
 calls up to the minds eye the heavy,
 tronbound, carved oaken bridal chests
 whose piles of dainty linen grew un- der the girlish twinkling fingers of our dear great-grandmotherS- visible castles of Spain. She always gathered fresh lavender as her piles of linen in creased, and packed it away in the white folds, which were not complete without the clean, homely perfume.
 It's odor is just as unobtrusively sweet and fresh and dainty for us as for our grandmothers.
 Like many another fad from the times of the minuet, lavender has come back into fashion, though in the old English homes it has never been out.
 It should be gathered when the purple flowers are just out before they begin to
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NEW FABRICS
 FOR EVE EN|NG * DRESSES *
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older women, who have the shirt waist habit to an alarming extent. It is mis- take to have too elaborate shirt waists for children The prettiest are really very simple, and look best worn with |. ribbon around the throat instead of q. collar A collar is stiff and old The prettiest model has a little fullness or, the shoulders drawn down into the belt, a yoke at the back, and medium sized sleeves finished with narrow cuff to be fastened with link buttons. not studs. These shirts are worn with linen, pique or serge skirts. and the best belt to buy for child is d ribbon of some dark color to go twice around the waist and tie in front with ., bnrx
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N N RS. LYMAN ABBOTT. In the NWW July Ladies' Home Journal, lays 4 A N down eight rules that are essen
 tial to a minister's successful church and pastoral work. These she has the minister himself proclaim:
 l. I must be always ready to call when invited.
 2 Must catch at every straw of an er- rand to take me to one of my people. B. Draw out from others their interests rather than intrude my own, but always assume a common interest in the im- provement of the town.