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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
AN ACCOMMODATING SNAKE.
The Law Bird Gets In His Work at
at a Critical Moment.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.)

They were smoking in the lobby.
zone of the most curious circum-
stances | ever ran across" said the
major, as he.carefully hitched his chair
on to it's hind legs, happened in Zim-
goolaland, in eastern Africa. / was out
there with my friend Bloobson of the
Maharimpshi overland telegraph serv-
ice. You ought to know BloobSon- There
never was a bigger hearted fellow. Yes,
he's still out there They made him
general manager, and he gets a deuced
big rake-off in elephants tuSks. Where
was /? oh, yes. The section Bloobson
looked after was between Pecatoria and
Mbulu. about 179 miles as the crow flies
though they don't have crows in
Africa. Well. Bloobson had had lots of
trouble with the lines that spring;
rhinoceroses rubbing down the poles.
and Hoorihoori native boys flying their
Zabiri kites all over the syires. Besides
that. the MwbargiS over near the Singu
section showed signs of an uprising. and
Bloobson hadn't been on Easy street In
his mind for six weeks or more One
day in April he received a message from
Tochtermann, his foreman, who was at
a station some twelve miles from
Roola coomboola, where Bloobson and
happened to be on a tour of inspection.
'Mwbargis is on a rampage, the mes
sage ran. They are understood to be
off TO make a sudden attack on Sinapin.
Notify latter at once Sinapin was a
little town of friendly natives and
Dutch traders some twenty miles the
other side of us. If they were notified
before the Mwbargis got in their sur
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02

famous cases which stand out promi-
nently from the rest. These cases nat
urally are the constant subject of talk
by the newcomers who go to take the
baths. There was the broken-down
Englishman, 30 years old, who was
carried into Nauheim. helpless from
heart disease. govt, dyspepsia, and en-
larged liver. He could not walk a step.
They cut down his food supply at once,
allowing him about half of what he
really wanted to eat. Ihey bathed
him in diluted water at first, gradually
increasing the strength of the solution.
At the end of week he could walk
little, and he began to take constitu-
tional of five yards a day. Then they
exercised him lightly, increasing the
resistance and the work as the days
went on. His daily routine was about
as follows: He arose at s: breakfasted
on soft boiled eggs, weak coffee. and
Zwiback at $50; bathed at $50: slept
at 10 for an hour; exercised at IL; rest
ed from u until l, when he dined;
rested an hour; went to walk at 8; re-
turned and rested until 6, when he
dined; retired at p. m. He was al
lowed but one cigar a day in Difference
to his demands (although no tobacco
should be allowed in any form, and
only the sour wines. AT the end of four
months he could walk five miles a day,
and he was discharged apparently
without an ailment.
But it is not necessary TO go to
Germany to see wonderful results of
the treatment. There was DR.. Guern-
sey, editor of the Medical Times, who
some months ago could not walk half
a block. He weighed 376 pounds, and
was 76 years old. He had been a cor
pulent man many years, and had also
suffered from sub-acute rheumatism.
His pulse was feeble, intermittent and
usually absent in the left wrist. He
was taking, along with other drugs,
tincture of digitalis, which is usually
the last stage in the drug line for cases
like his. His face was pallid and the
apex of his heart was situated outside
of the left nipple, whereas, in the nor
NAL heart, it is decidedly inside. He
was put on the modified Nauheim re-
sistance exercise treatment with baths.
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exercise. Professor Schott. at Nauheim,
knew that walking smartly across
room would often diminish the rapidity
and increase the force, for the time be-
ing, Of a weakly acting heart. He de-
cided to treat the heart for its develop
ment as he would any other muscular
organ of the body. He proceeded to
treat it from the standpoint of the re-
lation of exercise to growth All bod
lily organs which are exercised grow;
any organ which is not exercised ceases
its development. Professor SchOtt de-
termined to exercise the heart.
The treatment involved first a Sc
ries of preparatory baths in the waters
of the natural springs which exist IN
Nauheim. The stimulating effect of
these waters prepares the sufferer for
the exercise which follows. The exer-
else involves every muscle in the body.
No apparatus is used. The patient is
told TO make certain motions which
bring certain muscles into play. but
when he tries to do ii an attendant
catches him by the arm, or the leg.
whichever part is to be moved, and
tries to stop the movement. The pa
tient must do it in spite of the attend
ant, the resistance causing him more
eXertion than if he were left unob-
structed. In consequence, the houses
of Nauheim seem at times to be full
of men and women wrestling with one
another. One man will be seen swing
ing his hands over his head like a hu-
man windmill, while an attendant
stands beside him on d chair, holding
his wrists and trying to stop him. An
other man will be found standing on
one leg and moving the other violently,
while an attendant holds on grimly to
his ankle, and will not be shaken off.
Still another, standing with his back to
the wall, seems bent on falling fiat on
his face in spite of the attendant, who
persistently props him up as he comes
forward. Others around about seem
to be indulging in sparring matches,
the attendants in every case resisting
the movements of their charges. All
of these people are under treatment for
heart disease.
In other parts of the place men,
women and children are being bathed.
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some of them in brine. others in water
which is hardly brackish- The new
conner is given a simple bath in the
water of the springs, which has been
freed from carbonic acid and diluted
with fresh warm water. After few
days the fresh warm water is left out.
and he gets the spring water at nor
NAL temperature. but with most of the
carbonic acid extracted. Next he is
put into bathtub which is charged
with the salts and carbonic just as it
energies from the earth. The fourth
and final stage of the bathing seances
calls for a bath like the one just men,
toned except that the water is allowed
TO run in and out of the tub constantly.
None but a quite vigorous person can
take this form of bath without lief
feet. These baths are really the first
stage of the exercise treatment, and
they are given to diminish the fire.
quency and to increase the force of the
pulse beat.
when the patient comes for treat
ment it is usually found that his heart
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02

Bloobson howled. It's a wire snake, \
blessed wire snaker And so it was.
That snake had crawled up there and
patched the gap just in time and Bloob-
sons warning message had been sent
partly through wire and partly through
snake. And now, gentlemen" concluded
the major, what l want to ask is. how
did that wire snake know that he was
needed just at that particular moment
to save that doomed town?"
Nobody replied.
Boys" said Jim Hasl<inS in husky
tones. I'VE ought to drink to that wire
snake
And they did.
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BILE of the same changes as would be
any other physical organ if surrounded
by a like condition. Schott and his
brother were led to these conclusions
by an accident. 1t appears that these
men, while treating Inconsistencies some
years ago, found that in forcing the
blood to the nerve centers the volume
of the pulse was increased. while at the
same time its rate was diminished. AS
this result was desirable when treating
loss of compensation in heart disease,
they applied the method in chronic
cases with such satisfactory results
that 1t has been recognized and en-
ployed by many of the best practition-
ers in Europe.
Professor George Oliver of England
had shown that a healthy arm, after
being exercised, displaced more water
in a vessel than it did before it was
exercised. This was attributed to the
fact that the blood thickened during
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02

The case of Madame Talleyrand. In
her early youth she was married to an
official of the Dutch East Indies. He
divorced her on account of love af-
fair with Sir Philip Francis. who is
supposed to have written the so IA
nous letters of Junius. The lady came
back to her native France and married
Talleyrand, the astutest and most bril-
liant man of siugularly brilliant
epoch. AS his wife she one day enter
tanned at dinner her eX-husband, her
eX-lover, the lawyer who defended her,
the lawyer who prosecuted her. and the
judge who pronounced the decree of
divorce
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02

At first the baths were warm and salt,
and lasted but five minutes, with
lengthy intermissions. AT the end OF
the second week they were carbonated
and the digitalis was stopped. To
make a long story short, he grew bet
ter steadily. After some months treat
ment his weight had fallen forty
pounds: he attended daily to his pro-
fessional routine of business while In
the city, and made long trips out OF
town in consultation cases, where he
was obliged, from the necessity OF the
case, to walk long distances in going to
and from the train. / could cite a
number of such cases.
This treatment is not, as many
might think, allied to the swedish
movement cure. The latter is violent.
while the Nauheim treatment is slow
process, both in practice and in de-
velopment. In fooling with such
dangerous malady as heart disease one
has to be careful or there might be
collapse. For this reason, 1 should not
advise any one to undertake III" treat
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
HEART DISEASE CURED BY GYMNASTICS.
Which Cure-NOthng But Baths
and Exercise Prescribed How Treatment May be Given Home

A cure has been found for heart dis
ease. No drugs are used in this treat
ment. All that is required of the pa
tient is that he shall take frequent
baths, followed by certain exercises, as
in a gymnasium. Persons who were
unable to walk have been cured by this
simple treatment. 1t is known as the
resisted movement" cure and it has
made a town famous. Bad Nauheim,
which is situated about twenty miles
from Frankfort, Germany, is full of
heart disease patients, and it is the
Mecca toward which thousands of suf-
ferers are getting ready to travel.
This, however, is merely because these
people can afford to go to headquar-
tiers, but it is a fact that any one can
learn the treatment and have it admin
iStered at home.
These facts are reasonably impor-
tant, for it is calculated that the ma
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
Fortunate Bicycle Riders

.ra those that know what Billiards.
Snoyv- Imminent will do. No soreness
sroJn stretched sinews or strained mus
oies Quick recovery when mishap be-
falls. No liniment penetrates like this
,aa,ts and peculiar merits OF it's own.
Gnres where others only relieve. Ban
;.hes rheumatism, Neuralgia; relieves
Strains Cuts, Burns and Frost Bites.
pain and Inflammation simply can't
stav where it is applied. Your money
awaits you if it fails to satisfy. Price.
so cents
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is clogged and dilated with blood. The
first thing to do then, naturally. is
to draw this blood as far away from the
central organ as possible. The heated
bath is the beginning of the process of
withdrawal. The capillaries of the skin
are relieved of their natural store of
blood and some of the over-supply in
the heart rushes out to supply the loss.
In the second stage of the bathing the
carbonic gas numbs the skin, prac
tically it paralyzes the capillaries and
increases the rush of blood from the
heart. In the third form of bath the
chloride of calcium sets up an irrita-
ton, which makes the body appear as
if covered with nettle rash. 1t is the
advanced stage Of the process by which
the heart is relieved of overwork. 1t
prepares the patient for the exercise
that follows:
Hundreds have been benefited by
the Nauheim treatment. but there are
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
The Retort Courteous.
OOndon Mail.)

The vicar of South London church
school, having finished his Scripture les
son the other day. congratulated the TOP
class on n coming holiday. finishing with
the expression of hope that each bow
would return with clearer and better
brains" He was somewhat taken abacil
with the universal response of Same to
YOU, sir
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
Give the Devil His Due.
Boston Transcript.)

Fogg says that when he can say a good
word for the sensational press he isn't the
man to withhold il. Therefore, he is will
ing to admit that when Cain killed his
brother he did not do 1t in the hope of
being immortaliZed in the newspapers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
No Disgrace to Die Rich.

sick poor is. in my opinion. our most
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
A Great Bankers Opinion.

J. Pierpont Morgan has given money
TO build hospitals, to buy works of art
for public museums. and to help build
great cathedral. Apparently he thinks
the millions given to the first of these
objects the best employed, for he says:
when one looks about and sees the
misery and suffering caused by sick
ness among those who have not them
selves the means to relieve it, he can
not help feeling that to alleviate a little
of it is the duty of those who have been
fortunate or successful. The care of the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-25
Otis Wins ANOTHER VICTORY OVER THE REBELS
Crushing Defeats to the Forces of Aguinaldo
Near Malolos---One Hundred Americans
Reported Killed and Wounded.

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-25
SECOND OREGON AND OTHER
TROOPS MOVE To THE FRONT.

The Oregon volunteers aTsi the Twenty
second snfantry marched 20 she frun; to-
aae. The Third and Seven;eeGia regiments
have disc II, ,tarks3 from the Sherman. Gen.
Harrison Gray OTIS brigade struck their
tents THIS morning and an early move sz
probable.
TIC Fsiipsaos Shc are extremely acsive
PREPARING 6es.nssz IN iae vicinity OF Nal
slsou. evi4Snty In anltctpa sl0u Of attack.
are keeping ~eli ansser cover.
According - Filipino accounts. = 'h5sa-
sand Arneriesas have been Killed fSs
fatalities hefnG especially hesvy ss Calo-
esn whore the United States troops "rsssa-
~ ike :nAdmea against storm q hui-
lets
ssx-eea k.nsttss refugees arrives here
YESTERDAY from Dagaaan. tie railroad
terminus sn t,oAT4 sse steamer sstarTs IA
They rspo-t that tse natives are generally
srlsns.ly ans. the s1sSers Invariably cossF~
saasss Mr.. Hisgsms. manager ~ the rail-
roas assf about 6sxen unmarried ss1sn
ia Charge ss various hS2slrses Interests.
ascssaes5 - take advantage ef shs e.snSr-
ssss1sfx ~ issve.
Nethimx KS hesn hearl tram me tSa
American planters 81 Cafusnpss ssaes sss-
tlsstgeS 5sgsa
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-25

WASHINGTON March A-The new
Mexican ambassador Senor Den Manuel
Aspirez. WHO succeeds the late Senor Ro-
nero. arrived In Washington today. Senor
Aspsrex will be the FIRST representative OF
Mexico 10 present credentials OF the high
rank OF ambassador. for while Senor Ro-
nero was commissioned 10 that rank. he
died on the day set for the presentation
OF his credentials.
The new ambassador was seen AT the
Mexican emoassy shortly after his arrival
today. He is man OF quiet and dignified
bearing beyond the middle age, with gray
hair brushed back from his forehead. He
speaks English fairly well.
II notice. said the ambassaa that
your papers reproduce Mexican press COM
ments on Che recent utterances OF Cecil
Rhodes prophesying the absorption by the
United States OF Central and South Amer
lean countries This press comment is
purely unofficial. and in no way reflects
the views Of the government. Mr.. Rhodes
is an interesting character. and the pa
pers were quick TO seize upon his utter
ancs and give Il much significance. But
/, Is nothing more than the opinion of
private individual. and receives no serl-
GUS attention beyond that. Throughout
Mexico the press and public are sincerely
friendly TO the great republic 10 our
north"
The ambassadors attention was called
10 the statements OF Correo Espanol, pub
lished at Mexico city, In reference to
American deprav.ty In Cuba.
THAT is a Spanish paper" said he. "and
the views expressed are merely those OF
the Spanish element Under our liberal
laws giving freedom Of speech and free
dom Of the press, considerable latitude fs
allowed in editorial discussion. Just as 1t
Is under the enlightened laws Of the
United States. But no significance should
be attached to the utterances simply be-
cause they are made in Mexico City. Only
a small element OF cur people are pro-
Spanish by reason of ancestry or reia-
tionship The great bulk of the people
treat such matters with indifference and
regard the United States as their nearest
and best friend
The ambassador speaks In high terms
OF the Americans In Mexico. and says the
country invites them as citizens and In
vessers The American colony at Mex
leo CITY numbers about 80. and Americans
are scattered all through the country de-
yeioping the railways and mines.
Senior Aspirez Is accompanied by his
wife and two daughters and by Capt.
Barron, newly appointed third secre-
fary Of the embassy.
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WASHINGTON. March .4~cis!xens os
the United states residing in chefoo. Chi
ia. have made an earnest appeal. through
Consul Fowler. at chefeo. 10 the chartt-
aule in America and elsewhere on behalf
OF the sufferers from the appalling Yellow
river floods OF this year. These foods
have been described by the natives ~
''china's Sorrow and the petitioners
state ts,at never before was the distress
so great ana hcar,rending as now. Tho
most conservative estimates place the
number OF starving AT a.no.ooo and time
and the increasing cold weather will uu-
sioubtes.ly augment the distress. The pe-
,itioners say that they are daily almost
hourly. In receipt OF reports from their
enuntrynen In the interior. depicting the
condition Of the famine refugees; han-
sireds OF villages are submerged. ettiea
surrounded hy water. homes. furniture.
eiothing-in fact. everything Is under wa
ter or destroyed, the natives themselves
are living In straw huss. many have abeo-
iu;eiy no shelter from the winters cold
and snow. subsisfing ON bark, willow
twles roots. etc. The summers crops
have been a failure, the seed for next
springs sowing is gone. and there Is moth
ing for the starving millions to hope for
In the future.
with our knowledge Of the terrible
want prevailing" says the American CONF
miitee. I'VE venture 10 call uren tho char.
liable in our home land To assist us Ia
trying To alleviate at least a portion of
this misery.
Therefore. we shali be glad 20 receive
contributions OF moEey and corn. Wa
earnestly heg the n nsrchants aed otners
on the Pacific coast 10 contribute "A steam
cr-lcad tf corn; the natives OF Shantung.
unlike those down south. sutslst upon
corn and we believe tha: IL the grain men
Of fha West will skip to the United States
consul at chefoo. direct fren the Pacific
slope. a steamer loaded with corn, II Will
he the means os'not only saving thousands
of Iises. but of opening market Of from
g. o.. 90 TO 20 no0U consumers later on.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-25
SATURDAY REVIEW ACRIMONIOUS.
Advises Against aas Close RelattDaa
With This Counavy.

I.1SEoS. March gi--The Saturday Re
view. punished this evening asrinsnf-
oiixly .itneusser the future relationship te-
tween fhe United States ard Great Britain
In a long article entitled 'Trhe Rivais.''
After pointing esst that nothing mater
iai has get bsen the outcome Of the pass
ing wase 81 sentimental hypnuflsm. IL
proceeds 10 blame the American trusts
for the failure az fhe British American
Canadian commission. sayfnx:
These trusts Fcag re expected to men
are british trade supremacy with ths same
s4nscrurasous rivalry in the fay East ~
3s ruw shown IN Ganaan. And ultimately
every where IN sae world And ~ ths
trusts ecnssol American politics. sueh I'm
mediate advantages as England might
gain from an alliance w0usa be sarKeiy
sversaaae~est by toe dangers into which
the trusts are Hkefy 70 fnxre America by
insisting upon an indefinite policy Of ex-
panssoss''
The article egssclBstss by adsislnx Eng
land sa pursue her ewr Way. treating
AmeYtea with ire same courtesy which
sns extends 10 sh@ continental nations. 10
less ana Nc snnrws
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-25

TROUBLE May he SETTLED.
Jamaica II Likely To Compromise
On Its obnoxious Measures.

KINGSTON, Jamaica. March a.After
two days of anxiety. during which blsl-
ness has suffered. the people being engag-
ea I'm attending indignation meetings, it
Ia said taat the government has realized
that ifs cholce lay between the exercise
ef force and compromise. Therefore ne
gssiati0ns were being held looking 10 a
notification Of the obnoxious tariff hill.
.axlns Industrial implements aud ii;era-
;ggve which t1e government is credited
NTH intending ID pass through the coun-
eli wtth the help or four new official mem
bers who are said "a have been appointed
in order ~ oufvote tie representatives
II IS said shat the negotiations have been
unsuccessful up 20 the present beyond
securing an adjournment az sae matter
unttl AgFsl
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ENGLAND AND RUSSIA AGREE.


LONDON. March a.-It is semi-official-
~ announced that the Anglo Russian ne
gotiations in regard to China have as-
surnos practical shape. and an early and
satisfactory agreement may be said TO be
assured.
The Daily Graphic Will make the follow
ing announcement tomorrow: THE An
io-Russian negotiations have resulted In
a partial agreement The question of tho
Nieucawaug railway extension loan con-
tract has been settled on a permanent
basis. completely satisfactory to England.
Baron de StaaIe representing that the
Russian concession IN this matter is due
20 The anxiety 81 Emperor Nicholas. on the
eve Of the conference for the limitation Of
arrsamemss. 10 give Great Britain tangible
proofs Of his peaceful and amieable dispo-
sssson"
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TANGlER. march sa~The German
cruiser Tsassard arrived here today ,o sup
port fhe German school ships Charlotte
anal stoeh iu enforcing the demands made
hy the tfersusn government for the pay
uneuf ee an Indemnity to the German Vic
tins 81 tas Moroccan oukrages The anl-
tan Stsll delaying - act Ha - the agree
r.sent arrived at in tire matter. II the
claims ars uot speedily settled compliea-
siSns aYe threatened
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CARACAS ycrcssgss. MsreA - The fFs-
xagSss; forces s1ss~r Gsss. RanaoH S;nerrz
Formerly xenaEaeisn minister ~ ssr sna
s.sarlre. abs last ssassa started Fexesss-
ttey against fs-es fcnt isnAess aaavasss. in
tAss new stase OF sssArses. have e-sen se-
vere4y defeated ~ she government troops
srasax tsess. FHevnanss~x. meaT MaesasTes