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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-10-15

magnificent sum which is now avail
able will make this germ house one of
the wonders of the world
WORLDS GERM HEADQUARTERS.
The purpose of the institute is three
fold: 1t is a college where a physician
who is to act as a health officer can
come and learn how to classify the
baeilli he meets in a business way, and
also how to fight them. and to which
the ordinary physician can drop a post
card to find out how to cope with a
new variety of disease germs. Besides
this it is kind of medical war Office,
which makes a business of hunting up
the strongholds of troublesome bacilli
and planning campaigns against them;
and, finally-though this is not in
cIuded in the institutions prospectus-it
IS a home-like boarding house for I'M
counted billions of deadly germs.
asked to see the room where these
germs lived, and was introduced to it
by DR.. Hewlett. who is the chief
bacteriologist This remarkable room
was flooded with sunlight from row
Of great windows that look out on the
Thames and Battersea Park. and there
were also electric lights on every band.
On all sides were chemical apparatus,
highly FURNISHED microscopes tall
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snieared inside with gelatine. are LEFT
there. After time they are removed.
brought here and placed in the in
cubator, which is then kept at tenn
perature Of 300 degrees. And the re
suit is-that" He had opened the
door and drawn out one of the plates
which he held up TO the light. 1t
looked as if a charge of small shot had
been fired against it. Evidently the
bacilli had 'sbeen there"
When a London physician is unable
to diagnose case which he fears may
be infectious, he is at liberty to for
ward to the institute a bit Of cotton
batting which has been rubbed on the
throat of his patient This is Enclosed
in glass and sent by registered mail in
on especially prepared envelope. AT
the institute the cotton is removed and
rubbed carefully on the inside of a
culture tube already containing the
prepared gelatine. The tube is then
stopped with cotton batting. the top Of
which is burned to kill off any germs
which may have rambled off the hands
Of the operator, and which, if not de-
stroyed, would work their way down
and make friends with the disease
germs. This culture tube is placed in
the incubator and kept for twelve hours
in an atmosphere maintained at blood
heat. BY this time the bacilli will
have multiplied to such an extent that
the fluid thrown off by hem may be de-
tected above the jelly.
PECULIAR BOOKKEEPING.
Every specimen" sent in by a ply
sician is entered. with the physicians
name and address and those of his
patient, in a ledger, and examined as
soon as possible If the specimen con-
tains bacilli, printed red slip is sent
to the physician, saying that the bacilli
have been ISOLATED. If the specimen
contains no germs, white slip is sent,
stating that the bacilli have not been
isolated, which means that the physi-
clan need not build trocha around his
patient.
Mr.. Burgess says that there is little
or no danger in handling the bacilli.
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pL AGuES ON TIP IN
THIS gerry NURSERY.
Vast Institution Which Has just Received More
Than 81 ,OOO, 900 From GUM
ness, the Brewerer.

From a STAFF Correspondent of Register.
LONDON, October 1.-If the people
in large clean-looking brick building
which stands on the Thames embank-
ment, only a step from Chelsea Bridge,
ever should happen TO get srudge
against the world, the world will have
good cause TO rue that day Given
half chance, it wouldn't take these
folk much more than week or so to
kill off two thirds of the earths inhabi-
tants and get well along toward wiping
out the other third They would prob
ably attend to the depopulation of Eng
land before breakfast.
The plague did uncommonly well in
London in Charles lis time, and it
might contriye to make considerable
trouble now. The people in this build
ing keep plague on tap.
The place thus furnished with every
modern convenience for conducting a
particularly destructive campaign
against humanity was, however, built
by charitable millionaires for a directly
opposite purpose. 1t is called the
British Institute of Preventive Medi-
cine. 1t was established little over
a year ago, at a cost of $20O0000.
Moreover, Lord Iyeagh, whose family
name is Guinness. and whose Dublin
stout brought to him baronetcy, has
just given to the institution a million
and quarter more. He imposed few
conditions on the gift which brought
the matter into court for technical
adjudication. Last week the judges
Strengthened out the tangle, and the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-10-15

rabbits, dogs and one cat, which the
doctors have gathered despite all the
efforts Of Chinese" Gordon's sister
in-law, who is trying to save London
Tables from contributing to science.
Many Of the animals have been innoc-
ulated and cured again, and all seemed
none the worse for having harbored
bacillL
The institute is not a Government
establishment. II was built by private
subscription entirely, and is designed
to be to England what the Pasteur In
stitute is to France. The largest in
diyiduaI gift was made by the late
Richard Berridge, and amounted to
1925. 600: the Grocers' Company gave
$50, 900, and the Duke Of Westminster,
from whom the site was bought. also
was a contributor Others were the
Royal Society, Sir John Lubbock. and
medical graduates all over England,
Scotland and Ireland. In addition TO
the present capital. Lord Iveagh has
promised a subscription OF $500, 900,
which, it is thought, viii be in hand
before the end Of this year This in
sttute IS governed by council, which
numbers some OF the foremost medical
men and intercollegiate OF the United
Kingdom. CURTIS BROWN.
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remarkable sums have been paid for
germs. The only thing which makes
one germ of greater value than another
is the time occupied in IT'S growth.
Thus. the propagation of the consump-
ton bacilli goes on much more slowly
than that of the typhoid bacilli. We
always are glad TO oblige any person
with whom we are acquainted. or who
has an established reputation. with
specimens OF bacilli, and, in case any of
our bacilh die, we lay in a fresh stock.
The idea that there is an active and
lucrative traffic in disease germs. how
ever, is an utterly mistaken one"
Besides the room which serves as
germ menagerie. the institute contains
splendidly equipped laboratories with
out end. hall where lectures are
given, a museum. photographing
room upon which thousands of dollars
have been lavished. the chamber where
the blood-serum jelly is prepared, and
still another. which has been leased to
the Local Government Board. and in
which the new glycerinated lymph is
made.
In the rear is the crematory, great
furnace in which everything that is OF
no further use is burned to prevent
possible infection. To make assurance
doubly sure, this is fitted with sep
arate chimney.
THEY HAVE BACILLI FOR DIN
NER.
The animal house Is almost as re-
markable as the bacillus apartment.
Dr. Hewlett and stepped in, and
found ourselves in the presence of
guinea pigs enough to keep any num-
Der Of bacilli reasonably busy. There
must have been $50 of them swarming
in a big pen. "They are our favorite
subjects for innoculation," DR.. Hewlett
remarked. "They are cheap, conyen-
lent to handle, and, unfortunately for
them, they take almost any disease
readily"
Behind the guinea pig room is a
larger one, its walls almost hidden be-
hind piles of cages filled with pigeons,
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iety OF this bacilli throws oil. Germs
are not in the atmosphere In great
quantities. They thrive in the surface
of the earth and in pools Of still water,
or in water into which decaying sub
stances have been thrown. Wherever
there is decay, there you find the
bacillus in all his glory
us there sex in bacilli?" was asked.
NO. The propagation of bacilli Is
not carried on through birth, but is the
result of remarkable geometrical
separation in the animal itself, which
occurs every half hour. That is to say,
every half hour each bacillus divides
into two parts, and at the end Of an
other half hour each of those parts has
again divided into two. So it is easy
to see how wonderfully rapid is the
increase in numbers Of the inhabitants
of these cultures. When comparatively
a few bacilli have been placed, with
the nutritious jelly in one of these
CuiluitS II Is Universally dt Lie C1O "a
two weeks, or even less time, to re-
move half of them. II this is neg
lected, by the end of the third week
all the baeill will have died from sheer
overcrowding. For this reason we are
constantly transplanting bacilli from
the old to fresh cultures. and this is
done with a long, sterlized platinum
needle, Topped at the end"
THE GERM NURSES.
Two persons were at work in the
room both dressed in white. One was
a small boy Wearing immense spec
tacles, his hair brushed severely back
behind his ears, and having the facial
expression of one who puts down sew
eral small epidemics every day merely
by way of exercise. He was washing,
with proper dignity, several round
glass dishes in a basin of sterilized
water and acid. The other was Mr.
Burgess, Dr. Hewlett's assistant. who
act in the capacity of caterer to the
germs.
Sometimes" said Mr.. Burgess, 81
have J--rd time to keep the bacilli
alive at all, for some Of them multiply
so fast that they crowd each other to
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glass Jars labeled distilled water"
square iron heating ovens with glass
doors, filled with round plates, also OF
glass, which seemed to have something
cooking in them. On one side of the
wall were series of innumerable
pockets, and each one of these was
filed to overlooking with round glass
test tubes, their ends stuffed with or
binary cotton batting, the top of which
had been scorched. Above each Of
these pockets was pasted a slip Of
paper bearing the bulky scientific name
of its contents.
IN THE NURSERY OF PLAQUES.
"All these innocent looking glass
tubes that you see there" said Dr..
Hewlett. contain deadly disease
germs He began lifting various ones
out. holding them up to the light as
carelessly as if each were full of bread
pills instead Of enterprising animaIeula.
This" he said, picking up a tube con-
tanning sort of yellow fluid, sis the
bacillus which causes plague-the
'bubonic plague now troubling
oporto; here are the bacilli of typhoid
fever and OF cholera. This furry
looking specimen is the loekjaw baci
lus; his neighbor produces diphtheria,
and the bacillus which puts off this
brownish fluid also does a bit in the
CHAMBERS way. They are invisible to
the naked eye. of course, but can be
distinguished by the quality of the
matter which emanates from them.
We have hosts of others the names Of
which you wouldn't rec. gnize so easily.
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THE REASON WHY.

There's a sadtone In his voice,
There are tear drops In his eyes,
And the expression of his countenanco
Is wonderfully wise.
No longer does he skip and play
With merry, happy looks.
But In the darkness OF the closet
He is looking for his books.
why Is this change in Willie7
The flower of the flock,
Who Was one 80 gay and noisy
And the monkey seemed TO mock.
Has he a friend departed2
To cause him dire woe,
Or a splinter or a stone bruisa
On the surface Of his tue2
No, he has cause for blueness.
And has ceased his little fun:
For he realizes sadly
That school days have begun.
Tommy Hawk.
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Yes, they are all alive. II you notice,
the side of each OF these tubes is
covered with a yellowisn substance.
The bacilli live on that. We make it
down stairs. and a variety of things
enter into it, chief among them being
solidifed blood serum. obtained from
the blood of horses and mixed with
gelatine. We also use agar jelly, which
is drawn from a japanese weed. In
some of the tubes are strips of potato.
The bacilli thrive on potato or on milk
or meat broth. Every tube contains
millions of hacih. each of them about
one ve-thousandeth of an inch
long"
HE THRIVES ON DECAY.
On the experimenting table stood
wooden holder containing whole
row of the cultures" which seemed to
be about half filed with pigments of
various brilliant colors. Those tubes
also contain germs said DR.. Hewlett.
"and the bright colored matter is a
liquid thrown of by them. This par
! ticular bacillus is known as the 'bacilli-
! prodigiosus, and is harmless. We be-
! lieve that the legends of so-called
! bleeding hosts in different Roman
Catholic churches have their founda-
!, ton in the red pigment which one var
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are you kIsslng that glrl or

are you kissing that girl for?
who are your asked he
- I'm her aunt, said /.
don't believe It,. said he, and then
kissed her again.
I" I tell you. stop said I. III you don't
believe I'm her aunt. IN call my husband
1t isn't any OF your business II you
are. said he She isn't Kicking -
1T appears TO me she enjoyed the kissing
as much as he" remarked the judge This
enraged the aunt.
The judge cooled her anger of little by
filming Jimmy 81 for technical assault
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African shown in the accompanying
British naval department so
continent
and splendid forts IN process o.
completion station OF the Cape and
splendid h5or has been anciay
Of those mpregzape
= miles from Cape Town.
whatever the outcome q ne
naval base IN inc
The times., 1899-10-19
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA. Oct. Is.-Christ Episcopal
Church tonight was the scene of beautiful we'd
ding, the contracting parties being Clarence r
Howard. a prominent Young business man, and
Miss Mary Eliza French, daughter OF George 5.
French The ceremony was performed by Rev
Bergman Green, assisted by Rev Robert Pat
ton. OF Roanoke. Va. The bride was attired in
white satin with point lace and chiffon and
tuIle veil, and carried bride roses She was AZ
tended 10y her sister, Miss Eleanor French and
the bridesmaids were Misses Bessie Lee and
Roberta Auslev. of this city; sue and Minnie
Spilltr. oi Wvtheviile. Sallie ard Margaret Pat
ton, Of Blaoksburg; Ellen RuffH, o. Dauvi!le. and
Kit Pauldiug of Washington. C.. Powell Mime
Eer0de acted best man, aud the ushers were
Edgar Young oi fredericksburg; Major Randolph
Dickens United States Marine Co-p=, oi Washing
ton; DIR. Hugh McGuire Richard Gibson, Dr.
Thomas Cochran. George NJ. Carter, Charles
stuart and j. y. Washington, ot this city After
the ceremony reception was rendered Mr. and
Mrs Howard az the brides residence ia Alfred
Street. Later, The bridal party leiI for N0rt1-
eru JIp-
The executive committee Of the late sCsqui-
centennial has adopted resolutions % thanks 10
the press u Alexandria. Washington, and EIlti-
more. for the eoufte~Ies extended during the
celebration.
William Reed. colored, who last night oc-
clSioued some excitement bE story thar
eolor,d man uImtd Jackson had murdered James
Thomas, also coortd. was this morning hHtd $40
for beating his wife.
The times., 1899-10-19
LAST YEARS IMMIGRATION
4 Large Increase VIII BE shown In
PoyvderIy'S Report.

The total number OF immigrants who
came to this country last year exceeds the
number the year before by something more
than $4,000 In 1898, 1876 1O7 of the inmi-
grants were men and 50, 725 We're women.
OF last years arrivals, 1875. .277 were men
and lie, ,43S were women.
In our newly acquired population the
statistics show that there were a score of
bankers. IN nationality there We're Two
West Indians. nine Englishmen two
Welchmen. four Italians. one japanese. one
Portuguese, and one Spaniard Seven Of
the bankers gave California as their des-
tinati0n, one Florida. two Illinois, seven
New York two Pennsylvania, and one the
State OF Washington.
An attempt has been made this year TO
gather statistics as TO the proposed occu-
patton Of ali arrivals, but in collecting the
data the sexes and ages have not been
separated. It is, therefore, impossible to
tell how many women have come TO the
United States 10 enter domestic employ
ment-a matter which is interesting to in
vestgat0rs who are trying 70 throw light
on the scarcity Of house servants in GER
tain parts OF the country. The total Of
men and women giving domestic service as
their occupation is 34120. There were
I09 .005 who informed the inspectors that
they had no occupation.
Commissioner Powderly VIII recommend
in his annual report that the immigration
laws be made more stringent He says
that even now q large number of the per-
sons who come here are paupers or Dhysi-
cally incapacitated, and are certain to be-
come burdens upon the rest of the popu
lation Every month he has been com
PEELED 70 turn back large numbers.
The times., 1899-10-19

TO Washington He called on Secretary
Root yesterday morning TO enter q pro-
test against the removal OF the troops.
The prisoners now in Wardner were arrest
ed while martial law prevailed, and for
this reason. the Governor thinks, they
should be guarded by United States troops
The conference between the Secretary and
the Governor lasted for an hour, and at
its conclusion it was stated that no def
mite agreement had been reached. Secre-
tary Root is said 10 have told Governor
Steunenberg that the regular troops Will
still be used to guard life and property in
the district. but that the State officials IN
Idaho must take care of the prisoners and
act as tailers. and that such arrangements
must be completed by the State officials
by the last Of this month.
In reply the Governor is said TO have
stated that he feared the miners would
not have the same respect for the State
militia as they have shown for regular
troops He is also apprehensive CT an
other outbreak in case the regulars are
relieved by the militia as guards for the
prisoners.
The Secretary of War. it is said be-
Iieves that, with enough regular troops
to guard the mines. and prevent the
miners from destroying property the State
can care for the prisoners and that the
militia can perform the routine duties
around the prison now under the care or
the regular troops. He viii consent TO the
use of the United States troops for the
protection Of life and property.
The times., 1899-10-19
CLUB WOMEN IN SESSION.
4 Proposition to Start "a Postal Say

4 Proposition to start Postal Saw
inEs System Discussed.
The fourth annual convention of the Dis
trict Of Columbia Federation Of Womans
Clubs, was successfully concluded last
night in the session held in the Church OF
Our Father, at the corner of Thirteenth and
! Streets northwest Papers were Iead
ON industrial subjects, pointing out neces-
sary reforms and suggesting the manner
IN which The evils might be remedied
Three sessions of the federation were held
during the day. The evening meeting was
/ convened al o'clock. Rev. Alexander
Kent, pastor of the Peoples Church, pro-
nounced the invocation. The federation
was then addressed by two Of its former
presidents Mrs Ella :. Marble and Mrs.
NJ s. Lockwood. after which Miss Annie
Watmough Of Philadelphia read an inter-
! esting paper on the National Consumers
League Miss Watmougn spoke of the
sweat shop" system and the conditions
which have grown out of its use and abuse,
The members of the league" she said
are pledged not to buy the manufac-
tured products of the sweat shops. but have
banded themselves together 10 patronize
the legitimate manufacturer The pur-
pose of the league as outlined by the
.
upon having. sanitary conditions in the fac
tories in which are made the thousands
of articles Of food and wearing apparel in
use.
Miss Watmough also advocated the estab-
lishmeut Of Government factories. for the
manufacture OF army supplies She spoke
of the fact that England paid this attention
70 the health and comfort Of her troops,
and criticised the United States for let
ting its contracts for supplies TO the low
est bidder In her opinion. the Govern
ment by owning its own factories, would
not only save money for the taxpayers, but
would be in q position to take better care
of its soldiers Miss Wstmoughs address
was followed by a vocal solo by Miss Eta
Austin. Miss Kate Smoot, Chairman of the
industrial committee. made an earnest ap-
peal for the introduction into the United
States Of the postal savings bank system.
similar 10 that which has been adopted in
other countries. Miss Smoot said that an
attempt would be made TO have bill pro-
vidng for the savings system introduced
ana passed in the next Congress Such q
system OF saving she thought was the great
est help to the labOTing man, who would
otherwise in all probability, not save any
part Of his wages. and who would, as
consequence, be obliged when times We're
Lot 50 prosperous 70 Cal upon cuaIIly
for his support. The system which the
federation advocated, she said, was already
in operation in England, Ireland, the
Netherlands, Canada. Cape Colony, Africa,
the Hawaiian Islands, and Japan, where it
had proven 10 be OF great value to the
wOrHngman. The colored fraternal sOci-
ties, the Woman's League and the In
ternational Association OF Colored Women.
were heard from by their representatives.
Miss Helen A. Cook and Mrs. Mary Church
Terrell A short address on the work OF
the Washington Association Tor the Blind
was made by Mrs. Alice V. Hunt. The
meeting and convention were brought to a
close by the benedicuon by Or. Kent.
The times., 1899-10-19
JIM JEFFRIES' ARM.
The Steaming Treatment Applied to
the Swollen Muscles

the SMOlkth muscles.
NEW YORK, Oct. lS.-Champion Jim
Jefries came to town again this morning
to see DR.. ssyer, his physician. He had his
injured member steamed" and will under
20 this treatment until ten days before the
battle. This Will leave him with but a
little over week to do hard work, for
without the use of his arm he cannot in
dulge in the exercise which VIII do him the
most good. As the trip from Asbury Park
10 New York every day is arduous the big
pugilist will be attended to at his quarters
by one of the doctors assistants. The
steaming process, so DR.. Sayers says, viii
certainly bring Jeffries left arm to its
normal state. The spot where the amedicine
| ball struck it is badly swollen and each ef-
fort 70 raise the elbow is accompanied by a
shooting pain.
Owing tc Jeffries' accident his labors win
be confined TO road work Jeffres. accord,
ing to good authority, weighs about 21S
pounds now. This is rather a handicap TO
him, for he is at his best at about 20S
pounds. Jeffries, it is known, would rather
/ forfeit $1,000 and have the battle put off
at least four weeks. Such a course would
give him better show to get in condition
Despite the report of Jeffries affiiction the
bettors are still backing him and the figures
are TO 3. Some small bets were. however.
made at 100 to so. Sharkey has gained a.
number OF admirers who like his chances.
The times., 1899-10-19
SMALL INTEREST PAYMENTS.
BondhoIders Slow in Accepting the
Treasury Offer.

BOndhOIders Slow in Accepting the
Treasury Offer.
The Treasury Department up to the close
of business yesterday has paid out in ad-
vance interest on the Government bonds
$12251S, under it's plan to relieve the mon
etary stringency by discounting interest
payments due during the remainder of the
fiscal year. The plan has now been in op-
Grafton for three days or since Sunday
morning, and the payments therefore have
averaged $4,000 day.
The entire amount of interest due on the
Government bonds up TO and including
July next is $3O,00O,0 600 and it was esti-
mated a week ago by Treasury officials
that holders of about three -fOurths of the
bonds would avail themselves of the Gov
eminent offer. This would put into circu-
lation more than $4,000, 600 of the Treas
urys idle surplus. New York financial
people were much less hopeful regarding
the acceptance of the proposition by the
bondholders. They said that probably not
more than quarter of the interest
would be desired in advance at the Gov
ernment discount rate of 2-10 OF per cent
1t is now said that even this prediction
was above the mark.