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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-04
NUMBER 81
DRAINS AND DlPHTHERIA..
Indications That Some Relation Ex'
lists Between Them.

lists Between Them.
An English tailor recently sued his
landlord for damages because of neglect
to provide sanitary plumbing. The
plaintiffs child had been stricken with
diphtheria and had died in consequence.
The man believed that bad drainage
was the cause of his child's illness, end
the jury, taking the same view, award
ed him damages to the amount Of ST.
$50.
The opinion of jury, presumably
made up of men that were not especial
ly versed in sanitary science, can hard
ly be regarded as throwing much light
on the relations that exist between
drains and diphtheria, but the case has
given rise to discussion in the medical
press which is entitled to consideration.
During the trial one of the doctors sug-
gested that the child caught the diph-
liberia in school, and evidence was pre-
scented to show that schoolmate Of the
girl was attacked at about the same
time. Another physician, however, was
confident that the drains were RESPONSE
BILE for the trouble.
In reviewing the matter, the London
Hospital points out that there are al
ways two factors in a case of diphtheria,
predisposition and infection. Even If
the disease germs are not brought into
a household by way Of the drain. the
occupants of the place may become en-
feebled by the poor sanitary conditions
that environ them. For many years it
has been the belief of the profession that
sewer gases, accumulations of refuse
and dampness in house are predispos-
ing causes of diphtheria
The suspicion has received more or
less confederation from statistics. For
instance, the condition of the drains
in all houses where certain kinds OF
diseases had prevailed for a year waa
carefully investigated in Hackney
part CT London, in 1897. OF all the
cases of enteric fever. which is admitted
to be intimately related to drainage.
90. s per cent occurred in dwellings hav-
ing defective sewers Of the diphtheria
cases 27.S per cent had similar assocla-
lions. The percentage. of scarlatina,
however. was only 1877
Sir Richard Thorne has suggested
that the relation between bad sanitary
conditions and diphtheria is this: Foul
emanations from sewers promote NOR
bid state of things in the throat. and
such state affords soil favorable to
the Judgment and development of diph-
iberia microbes. Where the germs come
from may be another question. but that
they are able. when ones tt 'oat Is al
ready sore, to work greater harm in
consequence of imperfect drainage is
certainly credible.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-04
That Twenty Million PURGE.

The Rev. DR. Frank P. Parkin of
Germantown. Pa, has been elected cor
responding secretary of the Methodist
twentieth century thank offering COM
mission The commission is composed
of a large number of bishops, clergy
and laity. and the object is to raise
$40, 900, 900 during the years 1899, 1900
and 1901. 1t is proposed to use slO,.
100000 for universities. theological
seminaries colleges and other schools
and $40, 900, 600 for hospitals. homes
for the aged. orphanages. deaconesses
homes and the like and the payment OF
debts on churches Bishop Andrews is
president and Chancellor Mcdowell OF
Denver is secretary of the commission.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-04
LIQUID AIR.
1t Is Said to BE Cure For Throat
and Lung Diseases.

1t Is Said to BE Cure For Throat
and Lung Diseases.
What the future of liquid air is no
man can tell It is from 20 to 100 times
more powerful than steam, according
to the amount of heat applied Even
with the heat Of the surrounding at
mosphere its expansive force is ~
times greater than steam. It is almost
colorless, and looks as harmless as
cup of spring water, but its tempera-
ture is 400 degrees below zero. and the
man who held his finger in it for ten
seconds would have exactly the same
agonizing sensations as if the flesh and
the bone were being consumed by the
fierce heat of furnace, and exactly
the same result And yet when the
hand is dashed into it and instantly
withdrawn the moisture between the
skin and the hundreds Of degrees OF
frost protect the skin. which comes out
uninjured.
The spray of this liquid frost is
thousand times more effective for eau
terizing than nitrate of silver. which
destroys the flesh, or lunar caustic.
which cannot always be controlled.
With liquid air cauterization can be
stopped instantly. It Is said to cure. as
if by magic, cases of hay fever, asthma.
diphtheria. the grip and the terrible
throat and pulmonary diseases that car
ny off 60 per cent of all who die. A
flmlike jet of the liquid air is thrown
on the infamed surface, and the de-
structive microbes within the tissue
perish in an instant.
One pint of liquid air represents
1000 pints of ordinary air. and it is
proposed to carry it down to the depths
of the ocean. where it can be used not
only for breathing purposes, but. if
necessary, for providing heat or cold.
light or motive power. With an expert
mental plant, four or five gallons are
manufactured in an hour, at cost OF
or cents gallon. Ten years ago
the price of liquid air was at the rate
of between So, 600 and $4,000 gallon.
Steam power used to cost $S6 to $40
per horsepower Electric power can now
be obtained from the water wheel at
from S15 to $50 per horsepower per an
mum. 1t has been estimated that oy
the use of liquid air one horsepower
should not cost more than $40 year
st. Louis Globe Democrat )!
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-04
Tic 0Id-u1- EUsNI::n Ac,-spaper.

The Oidcar Russian newspaper.
Russia il no; usually associated with
newspaper progress. but it is singular
fact that the Vieiomosti Of ST Peters
burg is one of the Oldest newspapers IN
Europe, for it can boast continuous
existence of 172 years. Printing was
unknown in Russia until short time
before it's first appearance. Just two
centuries ago Peter the Great licensed
enc Ivan Andreivich Tossing print at
Amsterdam and export into Russia GER
tain books, for the most part of an edu-
cational character In 1904 he himself
had types cut and sent them with a
font cast by Tossing to Moscow,
where, under priestly directions, a
specimen number of the Yiedomosti
was got up. 1t was not, however, until
1925 that the Viedomosti started on
its career in st. Petersburg.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-04
TIC Autocrnt.s brother.

1.-The late John Holmes. says the
Boston Transcript. resented any i'm
puted superiority Of his brother to him
self. On one occasion a man who was
introduced to him exclaimed What!
John Holmes The brother of Oliver
Wendell Holmes? No. sir, retorted
John Holmes. with characteristic hui
NOR; he is the brother Of me. His
verses and short sketches have been
handed round in manuscript. and it IS
possible that IL collection may be made
of them Like his brother, John Holmes
was of something less than average
height He was. however. of heavier
build and had remarkably thick head
of snow white bushy hair Years ago
John Holmes belonged to famous
whist club the other members of which
were James Russell Lowell, his brother
in-law; Dr. Estes Howe. and John Bart
lett Of Familiar Quotations fame.
John Holmes was the last link connect
ing the Cambridge Of today with the
Cambridge of the past.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-04
Small Vegetables Best.

Epicures are developing taste for
miniature specimens Of the earth's
products. To supply the demand in the
larger cities for young vegetables, such
as the French consider the most delicate
and appetizing. the truck farmers bring
to market tiny potatoes. turnips, car
rots. caulihower and even heads of cab
bage the size of baseball Such vege-
tables are, it is said, more easily digest
ed, their fiber being tender and succu-
lent instead of tough and often of a
woody nature as the growth arrives at
maturity:
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-04
Tho one Day Cold Cure.

For cold in the head and sore throat use ker-
motifs Chocolates Laxative Quinine, the "one
Day Cold Cure"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-04
Tho enc pay Cold cure.

NOTE chocolates Laxative Quinine. AS easy
TO take as candy Children cry for them"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-04
The Reason For the Specialist.

In the more progressive countries at
least the breaking of the shackles in
which the investigating mind had been
imprisoned for so long has led not only
to a greater number of scientific work
ers but also to an increase in the fields
of observation The methods of investi-
CATION have likewise undergone trans
formation. In place of deductive rea-
soning, even as late as a few decades
in the past, conclusions and generaliza-
lions are now founded on lines of
thought more largely inductive.
Men Of middle age are able to recall
the time when even our leading insti-
buttons of learning required instruction
in several branches of science to be
given by one teacher. 1t was possible
% years ago for man of great ability
to master the essentials of the leading
sciences and to teach Them but under
the present stimulus for investigation
no one can hope to excel in more than
one subject 1t has thus come about
that in place of the many sided teacher
of science we now have in our larger
universities specialists in every subject
&C. L. Whittle in Popular Science
Monthly
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-20
CUBA'S WAR LOSS.
In the Sugar Industry Estimated at
$3.50, 100000.

New York, Nov. 2O.-Joseph L. Hance,
who for four years preceding the war
between this country and Spain was
United States consul at Cardenas, Cuba.
has just returned from Cuba. He went
there last June TO attend to some legal
business and 70 make himself familiar
with conditions throughout the island
He journey on horseback in almost
every part OF Cuba. visiting especially
many of the large sugar plantations
Public opinion in America" ne said,
sis formed by reports from Havana.
There you get only one side of the
story. and the least important side as
regards the question of administration
To comprehend the Industrial pursuits
il is necessary to visit the large agri-
cultural and mining interests of the
country and especially the great sugar
plaHIa IonS- sugar IS rarely seen on
any Of the plantations now In the
provinces Of Havana and Santa Clara
a thousand mills and all the cane has
been destroyed The machinery des-
urOyed viii average 500. 600 per mill.
making the total destruction 500. O0Q.-
600 The cane lost averages S200 600,
making q total loss OF 100000. 600; stock
and implements $50 000 q total of $50
100000. The total loss on these plauta-
Jions producing sugar therefore reaches
S6S1. .0UU. coo.
Adventures have promulgated the
idea that planters VIII not have ade-
Quate protection in Cuba. and therefore
nothing is being done toward replaur-
ing the burned fields, or replacing the
Inacnlnery- rms TOO IN spite OF the
fact that some OF the best land IN Cuba
can now be had cheap. Outside Of Ha-
vana, the political agitation that is
kept up is greatly depI0Ted. Every one
on the island who has any property at
stake desires a continuance OF Ameri-
can occupation or any form of govern
ment under our protection that Will af-
ford stability.
There is one thing that strikes me
as a lawyer, as being of more import
auCe than Iaymen seem TO be aware Of
I think a matter of prime Importance
is the Immediate appointments of a com
mission to thoroughly revise the Span
ish code now prevailing in Cuba"
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-20
POLITICS IN SCHOOLS.
Effort Being Made to Apply
Machine Politics In School
Board.

The politicians are already making
arrangements to gain control of the
school board at the election next spring
when the terms OF six members of the
board expire.
The terms Of the following expire in
the spring: Dr. J. F. Buck. First ward;
W S. Wilson, Second ward; William
NIacferran. Third ward. John T. Chaney.
Fourth ward: P. w. Griggs, Fifth ward,
and George Tincher, Sixth ward Afr.
Tincher and Mr.. Clancy viii not be
candidates for reelection and AIr. Mac
1erran has not Yet made up his mind
whether 10 be candidate or not.
Already fight has been started in
the Second ward against Mr. wilson
The reason cited by the opposition IS
that he was not just in the distribution
OF school board favors- The residents
OF NealaS addition objected 10 the
building They wished two smaller
school buildings erected. one nearer
them While this is the reason given
IL IS understood that politics IS behind
the movement
The politicians see many places to fill
with political aspiraDts If they gain
control While the teachers would have
TO be chosen upon merit some OF the
principals and ones in the higher posi-
JiODs might not be reelected. About
p JanitOrs are appointed every year
and these places would be dispensed to
the party workers
At present the board is made up.
with the exception OF two members, Of
Republicans. but the members are not
politicians and politics has never enter
ed into any OF the dealings of the board.
When the election of a clerk TO I'll
the vacancy caused by the death OF
Major FarnswOrth came up there were
two leading candidates, DR.. Linus
BIakasley and J. Z. Stewart At that
meeting of the board II members were
present Several OF the members talked
the matter over Informally and it was
generally understood that Dr. Blakes-
ley would have no opposition on the
first ballot Stewart received six votes
and DR. Blakesley i've. The politicians
engineered the election and their man
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-20
Personal.

Richard z. Brooks, the sculptor has
completed for the Boston City Hall
series of medallion portraits of the Hv-
ing ex-mayOrs of Boston They will be
hung in the mayors Office, and take the
place of the portraits hitherto custom
ary- They represent DR.. Samuel Green,
General A P Martin. Thomas y. Hart
Nathan Matthews, jr-. Edwin L Curtis
and the approaching ex-mayor" Josiah
Quincy
Martin P. Burks, of Bedford Cfty.va.,
has been elected TO the chair Of com
mon and statute law in Washington
and Lee university. He is a son OF
Judge Z c. Burks, who was for many
syears a member Of the court of appeals
of Virginia and one Of Nirginia's : most
distinguished juriStS- He is forty
eight years old. and has been for bout
five years reporter Of the court of ap-
peals. BY the bar of the state he is re-
garded as one OF its best equipped and
most learned lawyers He was gradu-
ated a Bachelor OF Arts at Washington
and Lee university in 1870, when the
university was under the guiding hand
of General Robert E. Lee,and later took
the law course at the University of
The author OF "Our Destiny the
verses quoted by President Mckinley
in Chicago and the south, is Casper S.
YOst, assistant managing editor Of
the St. Louis GIobe-Democrat. The
verses were written in hurry and were
thought to have gone the way of most
newspaper verse until quoted by Presi-
The board Of trustees of the Mime
apOIis Home for Children and Aged
Women has received from Ex-Governor
and Mrs John s PflIsbury 500 600 to
be invested in a permanent fund. the
interest of which is to be spent toward
the maintenance of the institution
Mr.. Paderewski has shown his sym
pathy with England by deciding to give
a DianofOrte recital in London on No
vember IS in aid of the Mansion House
widows and orphans fund. He had not
intended TO play IN public in London at
all this year. but viii make this brief
stay when passing through on his way
to the United States
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-20

these are in the state Of Kansas Let
those women who have come TO the
kingdom Of thought and OF finance
think OF this Here are thousands upon
thousands of your sisters They have
not yet come 10 the kingdom of light
and of truth and Of grace Their cOnCi-
tiOn is more dreadful than was the con-
dition OF the Jews in the time OF Queen
Esther. That was a terrible condition.
We admit III, but after all had the uu-
cody enemies of the Jews succeeded
in carrying out their Internal plot they,
in the language of Christ, could have
only destroyed the body. Not so is II
with the enemies Of these your unsaved
sisters Their darts are aimed at eJer-
nal interests It is their souls that are
specially exposed Perhaps you have
in the providence of God been called 10
the kingdom just to save these, as
queen Esther was called TO the king
dom TO save her race I believe it In
deed have no doubts about It You
have the opportunity, and what
splendid opportunity il is. You have
also everything else that is necessary.
You have position. wealth. influence,
talent grace, and access to the very
presence OF the King OF kings. " hat
more can you aSk2 What more do you
need2 Nothing
II am not a prophet, nor the son of
prophet, nevertheless in this rapid ad-
vance OF woman. see the dawning OF
q better and brighter day. Woman IS
no more perfect than man. She has
and undoubtedly she Will continue to
make mistakes, but somehow she seems
TO get a little nearer TO the Christ TO
possess q little more OF the Spirit and
thus 10 be better qualified than nAr
brother even at his best. to lead souls
into the kingdom. Not only am I thus
looking Tor larger triumphs of the cross
but I believe that this rapid advance
of woman prophesies the speedy in
PRODUCTION Of more honor. justice and
purity into all of our business trans
actions. This must come, and come
largely through the Intellectual and
spiritual elevation of woman. 1t is to
her and her enlightened sisters that
we look for better things Enighten,
elevate and save the woman OF Amer
Lea and Won VIII save IL ElrId.n p
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-20
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

H f. Barker and wife to J. Z. James.
$3.50, lots So and 569, Fillmore street,
Ekhart's addition.
J. b Larimer and wife to Annie NJ.
Martin. $1,000. lots 2-4-6-14-16-18 blk 10,
Bell View add.
r s. Cross to N. I. Stringham. 81,
lots 1912 to 1924 inclusive (even) on
Fourth street and 414 to 426, inclusive
(even), Winter street. Cross addition
The Financial association to Samuel
Frodshan, $3.50, lots 494-6-S Monroe st.
Isaphine Gragg 10 Chas. F. Bridge,
$500 tract on Kansas avenue, North To-
peka.
E. P. Skinner and wife to Geo. S.
Clark, $500. lots $50 and 5 Z IS Polk
street
Jas. w Wallwork and wife to Arthur
f Sweet, $500. lot 233 and =. = 81
Lincoln street, HOrue'S addition.
Hale Rirchie and wife to Samuel
F'Ordsham ct TX, $50. lots 404-6-S Monroe
street. Ritchie's addition.
G. W. Smith and wife to NJ A. and
F r. Funchess. s.. 500. lots ass 49O and
1872 Taylor street, GOuId's addition.
The Financial association to NJ L.
Stringham. 81. lots 420 422. 424 and 426,
Winter street. Cross addition.
AIOlue ROseby TO Sedgwick A Scott,
800. lots 337-39 Tenth avenue, west,
Brooks addition.
The Yer. Sav. Inv. co. to SedgwicI1
A Scott, $45. lots 46-7 Center st. Maple
ton.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-20
WHAT THEY MAKE.
Western Union and Attorneys Quar-
reling about Income of Company

Western Union and Attorneys Quar-
reling About Income of Company.
An important motion in the telegraph
rate cases was argued in the district
court TO-DAY 1t was the motion made
by the defendants in the injunction
suits to compel the Western Union
company to allow an examina-
LiOn of books and contracts with rail-
road companies. and also TO allow cop
les TO be made The court room was
crowded with attorneys to hear the ar
guments-
The motion was argued by T. D. Nc
Keever and Judge Allen for the defense,
and by Colonel RossIngtOn for the teIe-
The DEFENDANTS claim that the com
pany is producing figures to show the
receipts and expenditures Of the COM
pauy in Kansas, Out InaI they reuse
10 show the books on which the figures
are based. It is also claimed that the
company has duplicated and Implicated
items of expense in order TO make the
showing heavier along that line, when
in reality nearly all the expense OF Op-
Grating the telegraph lines IS borne by
the railroad companies with whom the
company has contracts
Mr. McKeeVer said that he had made
a demand for an opportunity to go
through the books and contracts when
he was in New York taking depositions
but the demand had been refused as
was shown by tthe depOsitiOns Colo
mel ROssingtOn said the documents were
rendered to Mr.. AckeeVer himself. and
that If the company was compelled TO
bring them TO Topeka It would take an
entire freight car to transport them.
The contracts and books were shown
me the first time 1 was back 10 New
York" said Mr.. NIcKeever, when
was busy taking the depOsitiOns, but
when [ went back with a stenographer
to make some copies I was refused ac-
cess to them. I expected to stay there
till Christmas if necessary It IS a fact
that II would take a whole car to bring
these books and papers to Topeka. but
we do not ask them We simply ask
to be allowed to examine them and
make copies Besides, it would cost the
telegraph company nothing TO ship the
car load here, because by their contracts
the railroads are compelled 10 haul eV-
erything for the company free, besides
furnishing transportation for the Off
GERS and employees
That is not true" said Colonel Ros-
singtOn There IS 10 such thing in
the railroad contracts"
The company alleges that its net pro-
fits in Kansas for 1898 We're about S46.-
600. The defense claims to have discOv-
cred that the net profits on the Topeka
Office alone amounts TO $4,000 a year.
while the single branch Office at the
stOckyardS in Kansas City, Kansas.
pays a net profit of $500 a month, or
$4,000 a year.
There was considerable dispute be-
tween Colonel ROssingtOn Oh one side
the other as to just what was contained
in the dispositions. and what the depO-
sitiOns would show Judge Hazen said
he would 60 through the dispositions
himself and ind out what was in them
before he decided the motion.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-20
DIVISION OF SANOA.
Is Likely to Be Accomplished This
Week

New York. Nov 20.-A special to the
Herald from Washington. d c. says.
It is the expectation Of Secretary Hay
that the treaty for the partition of
Samoa viii be finally disposed of this
week Ambassador ChOaCe is under
stood TO have mailed the text OF the
agreement reached by Germany and
Great Britain. When this is received
final arrangements for signing the
treaty VIII be made
Ambassador Won HOl1eban. the Ger
man representative here was at fhe
tary Hay does not desire 70 act in the
Samoan matter until he has before him
the text Of the agreement between the
Berlin and London government. and II
is understood. has delayed agreeing to
sign the treaty for some days There
is no doubt that this government is
agreeable TO the action taken by the
other powers in relation 10 Savif and
UpOlu. 50 that nothing remains to be
done except TO fOrmaIIy sign the con
veutiOn.
As soon as the Samoan partition ne
gOtiatiOns are at al end the three gov
erDments VIII determine the disposition
of the arms handed over TO the high
joint Samoan commission by the Ma
taafa and MalietOa factions and brought
To Mare Island by the auxiliary cruiser
Badger It is understood here that the
commission has agreed TO pay for the
arms
The report as to the prospect Of fur
ther trouble in Upolu is not causing the
authorities any uneasinesS. The Amer
lean island OF Tutuila is quiet and ac-
cOrdfng to the latest reports. the natives
are very friendly toward the naval off,
GERS and men Of the auxiliary cruiser
Abarenda, stationed at HPaEo-Pago.
where coaling station is under con
StrucriOu-