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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
CLIMATE KILLS
STURDY WARRIORS.
A Medical Journal Sets Forth
Philippine Conditions.
MANY SOLDIERS ARE WRECKS.
And They Have Seen Very Little Service
Nor Have They Been Wounded
Marshes and General Environ
ment the Cause.
Special to News-Democrat.


Special to News-Democrat.
Washington, d. c., April 21.-Much
attention has been aroused here by the
article in a recent issue of the Phila-
delphia Medical Journal entitled
Notes on the Philippines" and writ
ten by United States army surgeon.
officers who have returned from there,
or who have had access to such frag-
mentary medical records as General
Otis has deigned to submit, admit that
the statements are not in any way over
drawn.
MANY older officers" says the article,
have undergone a process of rapid
aging here without any definite ailment
to account for their condition. They
simply grow thinner day by day, run
ming down generally in physical
strength as emaciation goes on, until
finally the general takes pity and sends
them home. 1t is not a country for
American ladies, particularly those
who are married. 1t iS all very nice as
long as one is well, but those who get
sick don't easily recover here"
Speaking of the effects of campaign
ing, the writer, after mentioning the
unsanitary situation on the swampy
character Of the country, exposure to
the sun and rain, while marching and
fighting, and the constant strain on the
nervous system from being under the
nightly fire of the Filipino sharpshoot-
ers, says that in his brigade of 800
men after the first San Fernando cam
paign there were 1908 sick or wounded.
AS to the 2,307 on the firing line, "the
brigade commander estimated that not
100 could march five miles under exist
ing conditions. In one of the regiments
upon a careful medical examination,
of the $40 not reported sick only SO were
found in normal condition, 179 had a
pulse rate Of s5 to 100 and 191 ranged
from 100 to 150." The complaint of the
men was that "after moderate exer-
tion they breathed very rapidly and
that any sudden noise upset their ner-
vous balance.
1t is made clear that the nerves suf-
LET, Whlic NlSOI, oO liidl We
are not surprised at the large portion
of our soldiers who become insane.
The diseases that prevail are dysen-
tary, obstinate diarrhoea, typhoid fever,
rheumatism, malaria. "Washerman's
ITCH" it is added, "exists in an aggra-
waited form, making marching impos-
sible, while boils and ulcers affect the
limbs from the irritation caused by
soaking in mud and water Boils and
other suppurative diseases are preva-
lent and obstinate. tuberculosis pro-
ceeds rapidly to fatal issue. Heat
exhaustion is daily seen and recovery is
long delayed. The climate Is not perni-
cious for those who can avoid expo
sure, but for those who are broken
down by hardship or incidental disease
complete recovery is doubtful"
In view Of these undisputable facts,
army officers desire Secretary Roots
percentage report to congress in
which he claimed that the army was a
little subject to insanity and suicide in
the Philippines as 1t was at home.
Figures do not lie, perhaps. but they
are awfully handy to lie with"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
Killed by Headache Powder.

Kenova, w. Va. April 2O.--IThe thir-
teen -month-old child of William Powell
of this place, was fatally poisoned by
taking headache powder. The child
got hold Of the powder unawares and
died in eight hours. The powder was
analysed and was found to contain
enough opium to Kill q grown person.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
Suit for Divorce.

Attorney J. B. Snyder on Friday filed
a suit for divorce in common pleas court
In which Emma Eagan is plaintiff
against James Eagan. The wife says
that they were married In 1888, but
that in 1895 her husband left her and
that besides he had been guilty OF ha-
bitual drunkenness.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24

Mrs. Harvey w. Seaman. OF Cleve-
land, 10 the guest Of her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. w. 8. Palmer. on West Third
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24

"Doc." Waddell. the we'll known ad-
vance mar and newspaper writer. il In
the city. He goes ahead Of Gaskilps
amusement enterprise thIs season.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24

The case will be investigated. Powell
Is wreckmaster of the Norfolk & West
ern Railroad.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24

Death Of Miss Lucinda Lautxenheiser.
Miss Lucinda Lautzenheiser died at
her home in Minerva after an illness Of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
HOrseilesfl as q Food.

The misunderstanding use of horse
flesh as food in Germany has led Prof.
Pfuger, a leading Psychologist, to pub
lish an article Oh the subject in recent
number Of his Archiv fuer physiologie.
He tried a number of experiments Oh
dogs, and found that diet of horse
flesh invariably produced digestive dis
turbances, Oftentimes very severe in char
acter. He then made inquiries at. the
Cologne Geological gardens and found
that the use of horsefesh as Il food for
the animals had been discontinued for
the same reason. The trouble with the
meat seems to be it's poverty in fat, and
not any specific toxic agent, and Prof.
Pfluger found that by mixing either OK
or mutton fat with the horseflesh all di-
gestive disturbance was avoided. He
concludes his article with some sugges-
tons for cooks in beleaguered cities who
are reduced to horsefiesh as a food. In
enc mode of dressing the horsefesh is
converted into pulp, and for every two
pounds about three-quarters Of an ounce
Of OK fat or mutton fat, taken from the
region of the kidneys, is served Up, with
Il sauce Of meal, as a hash. Another is
to add to the pulp a tenth of its weight
Of rice and fortieth of its weight of fat,
and cook by Steamng.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
TO INDIA BY RAIL.
Less than Six Hundred Miles of Road
Are Now Lacking.

All that is wanted is an agreement be-
tween Britain and Russia as to Afghan
istan. Already the enterprising Musco-
wife has extended the scope Of the Trans
caspian railway to such Il degree that
Russian cars are actually running we'll
inside Afghan territory. Kushk, an At
CHAN frontier town, is practically in Rus
sian hands, and a light railway is already
under construction to famous Herat.
This is the situation on Afghanistan' S
northern frontier. On the south British
INDIA IS apparently not less active. The
Beloochistan railway system, terminal ting
at Gulistan Karez, on the Afghan border,
Is to be extended, and already work is
being pushed forward in order to connect
kandahar with the Indian railroad sys-
tenn.
In Central Asia Russia is actively en-
gagged in surveying and constructing.
When this is completed all that will re-
main in order to make it possible TO go
by train from Calais to Bombay will be
to link up the chain between Herat and
kandahar-an insignificant distance of
$50 English miles.
That link being made, and the Central
Asian railway finished. London to Bonn
bay will mean that the only chance for
seaslckneSS will be on the twenty one
mile strip of channel between Dover and
Calais.
by the Straits of Gibraltar and the
Suez canal the distance is $500 miles,
and the time occupied by the fastest pc
ninsu!ar and Oriental steamer is twenty
one days.
BY the land route, allowing the average
approximate speed to be twenty-five miles
an hour by the express trains the jour
ney would occupy only eleven days, four
hours over distance approximately esti
mated at 670O English miles. This speed
is CT the average considerably exceeded
even ON Asatic railways. and, of course,
doubled on European lines.
Two changes Of cars would be neces-
sary on the journey from Calais-at the
frontier on entering Russia and at the
Indian frontier. This would be occa
stoned by the fact that the Russian lines
have gauge nearly a foot wider than
the rest of European railways
Mai1
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
"ROBS" AND THE LIONS.
Dublin Proposes to Houor Him Will
Geological Building.

Dublin Proposes to Houor Him with
Geological Building.
The Royal Geological society of Ire
land proposes to build new lion house
in Dublin and to call it the Lord Rob
erts house. They want $4,000 to carry
out the scheme. The Queen has gra-
ciously contributed f2o and the council
of the society has voted $1,000. The
public is asked to find the rest. Lord
Roberts is the president of the society.
His two years OF office have been the
most progressive i'll the history of the
gardens. Through his instrumentality
many valuable additions have been
made. A pair Of splendid Bengal tigers
were presented by the Nizam of Hydera-
bad, and a very fine leopard from Tri-
vandrum.
The new lion house, the council points
out, would be a permanent memorial of
''Bobs' presidency. 1t is intended to
present Lord Roberts with an album
containing the signatures of those whose
money will pay for the cost of the new
house. During the last fifty years over
200 lien cubs have been born in the gar
dens, and their sale has realized $1,000
London Daily Mail
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
QUEER VOCATIONS.
What was Unearthed by the New
York Census Enumerators.

York Census Enumerators.
There can be no better illustra ton Of
the truth of the moss-grown expression
that "one-half the world does not know
how the other half lives" than is found in
the discoveries made by number of CEN
sus agents of this city. OCCUPATIONS that
were never known to exist have been I'M
earthed by these questioners, and have
gwen the students of odd jobs and unique
lvellhoOds food for much thought
FOR instance, a mans sole business IS
the making of monstrosities. He turns
out sea serpents and mermaids as readily
as the tailor cuts pair of trousers.
One of the census takers in East Forty
NTH street found a professional spanker
DIS ADVERTISEMENT in German paper
said: "Unruly and hayward boys dis
clpllned at parents residences"
There was discovered close to Fort
Greene park, in Brooklyn, a man named
Brenner, with sign reading: Cock
roach killer to the United States navy"
The cockroach killer made his "reputa-
ton" when he removed twenty-one bar
rels of cockroaches from the old, wall
sided Pensa cola. He does it with sort
of paste and IS an expert
another queer occupation discovered is
conducted by a man who "calls people,
Ills cnlef customers are those who have
TO get UP at unusually early hours, such
as bartenders, policemen, motormen and
the like.
The woman whose business it is to col
lect corks, and who is said to make SO
a day, IS another queer one on the long
list Of oddities. She gathers all the whis
Ky, champagne and mineral water corks,
through a number of employees. and sells
them to the firms that originally cut
them.
Close to Bellevue hospital is a woman
who sells bottles. The poor who go to the
dispcnsary for medicines usually fail to
take bottles along. The "bottle woman"
sells for l or 2 cents each glass bottles
of all sizes. ranging from the half-ounce
vial to the one big enough for the horse
liniment.
Still another odd business is that of an
east side firm which is down in the books
as an ''ejectment company" The firm
does nothing except get rid of tenants.
Up on Broadway, near Fifty-seventh
street, is man whose business it is to
bite off dogs tails. He says the animals
must be of an age at which their tails
are tender. He doesn't believe in knife,
because every dogs tail has a worm in it,
and the only way to remove it is to bite
the tail off.
A man named Kelly charges $3.50 for
destroying bad trees, a woman in Harlem
trains college men for plays, three firms
furnish clean Jackets for bartenders and
charge them from 80 cents to ST per
week. Even the women on the east side,
who make a business of lighting fires on
holidays. are remembered in the list
New York Cor ST Louis Post-DiSDatch
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
THE CITY OF BAGDAD.
It's Characteristics Still Suggest the
Days of the Caliphs.


Bagdad is one of the last of the I'M
spoiled great cities of the East The
bazaar of Constantinople has been defied
by Western innovations, and European
fashions are stealing into the shops of
Tabriz Bagdad is changing, too, but its
colors and ways are rich still with sug-
gestions of the days of the caliphs and
of the customshOuse is the palace of the
caliphate, hoary with the marks of more
than eight centuries, and mosque and
minaret recall great names of great days
which will never come again.
In the palace court now are iron from
birmingham and cotton from Manches
ter. matches from Sweden and cheaper
and more sulphurous ones from Japan,
chinaware from China and Russia, spir-
its and sugar from Marseilles, with
wheat for shipment to London and wool
and hides for America. Where the
spectors now take their petty brides. 1t
is a curious bedlam. Caravans come in
from Persia, Arabia and Mesopotamia
The laden camels, horses and donkeys
surge out east, north, west and south. A
hamal, or porter, pushes by carrying on
his back 3oO-pound bale of cotton. And
the Bagdad natives are distinguished
from the rest by the Bagdad button,
scar about the size of date often on
the end of the nose, always on the face,
the mark of an ugly scab, which sooner
or later comes to disfgure almost every
resident of Bagdad.
Hebrews, of whom there are 10000.
one-third of the population of the city;
Armenians, many of whom have been
married to Europeans; Arabs from the
desert, Turks, soldiers and fat civilians.
some dark, some blonde as the janiza-
ries; chavadars with their caravans. Per
sian traders of all kinds, pass to and fro
under the covered streets between the ba-
zaar shops displaying all the produce of
the East.-Frank Leslies Popular
Monthly
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
Queen Elizabeth's AutograDh.

An autograph signature of Queen Eliz-
abcth of England was recently submitted
to Librarian Allen of the department of
state for his opinion as to its authentic
ity. 1t has been in the possession of a
prominent Washington family and was
about to be sold. Mr.. Allen is a recog-
nized expert in such matters. and after
comparison with copies of the Queens
handwriting to which he has access pro-
nounccd it genuine 1t is very rare
specimen. 1t is on small square of
parchment framed in an old-fashioned
daguerreotype frame, and was presum-
ably clipped-perhaps stolen-from some
old patent of nobility.-Chicago Chroni-
clio
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
BEST FOR THE BOWELS.

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get we'll until your
bowels are put right. CASCARETS help
nature, cure you without grippe or pain,
produce easy natural movements, cost
you just 10 cents to start getting your
health back. CASCARETS Candy Ca
thartic, the genuine, put up in metal
boxes, every tablet has c.. G.. G. stamped
on it. Beware of limitations.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
School Discipline in Munich

A judicial decision which has just been
rendered at the court of Munich shows
that corporal punishment is still regarded
in Germany as an Indispensable factor
of education "a school teacher" says
the judge, has the right to infict cor
poral punishment as we'll on the pupils of
his own class as on those of other classes.
AS pupils are amenable to scholastic
jurisdiction even after the school hours
are over, they may be punished by the
teacher even outside of the school, =
New York Herald
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
Oil Engines for Palestine Wells.

According to an English consular re-
port oil engines are rapidly advancing in
favor. in Palestine for the purpose of
drawing water from the deep wells to ir-
rigate the orange gardens. Hitherto the
water was pumped by animal power
There was a large water wheel, and from
four to eight mules were required to re-
volye it, according to the size of the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
Unmoyed by Human Suffering.

No Chinaman cares if famine breaks
out near him, or is shocked if ano her
Chinaman is tortured, or will exert him.
self against his own interest to prevent
suffering TO any other human being. And
no Chlnaman ever forgets or questions
that he is member of the supreme civ
ilization of the world-ndeed, of the only
one to which, in his judgment. that great
term in its original meaning can be fit
tingly applied hiladelphia Telegraph
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
An Effect of Cannonadino.

A German scientist has been making
some observations in South Africa on the
subject of the influence of repeated deto-
nations on the ear. He examined the
ears of ninety-six soldiers before and
after a battle, and found marked changes
in no fewer than forty-four, or nearly
oO per cent. In seven cases he found
case large bleeding while the firing
caused the edge of the ear drum to be-
come red in thirty-seven cases.-New
York Post
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
Best of Excuses.

A teacher in a certain school recently
received the following note from the
mother of boy who had been absent for
a day or two ''Dere Mam-plese eggs
cuse Willy. He didn't hav but one pare
of trowsers, an | KEEP him home to wash
and mend them, and Mrs. O'toole's cow
come and ct them up off the line, and
that awt to be eggscuse enuff, goodness
nose. Yours with respeck-Mrs. B.
Tit Riffs
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
The Utility of Pain.

Although looked upon as an evil. pain
is kind. 1t tells that the laws of Nature
have been violated and warns us to cor
rect the cause. If it were not for pain
we should go ON doing things that would
destroy us. Pain is a warning that some
thing is wrong, and, instead of trying to
hush the pain with some drug we should
seek to remove the cause.-New York
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn?

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes
tight or new shoes feel easy Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweat
stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Adj
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
On Reading Aloud.

A good deal of time, now devoted to
commentaries and text study, might prof
;tably be given to reading the text aloud.
without note or comment. A work of
art slowly discloses its full meaning, and
familiarity with it is the first condition
of comprehension Bazaar.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
Try Grain-O. Try Grain-O.

ASK your grocer today to show you a
package. Of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee
The children may drink it without injury
as well as the adult. All who try it like
it: GRA1N-O has that rich seal brown
Of Mocha or Java, but it is made from
pure grains, and the most delicate stom.
ach receives it without distress. One
fourth the price of coffee. 15c and 25c
Der package. Sold hY all grocers
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
Soldiers Versus Preachers.

Under favorable conditions of peace
the mortality among soldiers is practic-
ally the least known, with a death rate
of only FIVE in every 1000. Compared
with a soldiers life the placid days even
of a clergyman are full of danger, for
his death rate is eleven in 1000, or more
than twice as great as that of his mill
tant brother
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
No Dark Stables for Horses.

To keep horse in a dark stable is
cruel to the animal and dangerous to its
owner The retina becomes deadened
and more or less useless. and after Il
time the sight is seriously impaired. The
imperfectly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
Cuba's Negro Foundation.

who speak the Spanish tongue, and who
are as benighted as when they or their
ancestors arrived from Africa besides
another 100000 or 100000 who are more
advanced
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11

Mexico in the past nine years has
doubled its revenues, doubled its exports,
doubled the number OF its factories. and
multiplied by three its banking capital.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
IaDC'S Family Medicine

Moves the bowels each day. In order tn
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently
on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick
headache. Price % and soc.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
Washington's Automobile Craze.

If the craze for automobiles continues
they will, before long, entirely supersede
the use of the horse at the nations CAPT
tai, for not only have they become fad
with society people, but the shops, the
express companies and the transit com
panes are rapidly adopting them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11

Teachers with physical ailments are
to be barred from the Chicago schools
in future. Only those of robust physique
will be employed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we
ever used for all affections of the throat
and lungs.-Wm. O. Endsley, Vanburen.
Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11

The latest statistics show that the
United States has over 100000 miles of
railroad, and less than 10000 miles Of
good wagon roads.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11

Edwin Conger, American minister to
China, knows the Oriental character as
thoroughly as any diplomat in the East,
and, unlike most, he speaks several Chi
nese dialects.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11

Among the clocks to be seen at the
Paris exposition is one of the year 1880,
which belonged to Henry III.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11

'This man. said the keeper softly.
'imagines he has millions" Isn't that
nice" answered the visitor 'When-
ever he needs money all he has to do is
to draw on his imagination kansas
City Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11

A New York man has turned out his
one hundred and twenty seventh patented
invention, consisting of a finger ring that
cuts Irvine and grasses marks on a pack
age.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11

Carriers Ink is Used by the
greatest railway systems of the United
States. They would not use it il it wasn't
thp hest
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11

"How many boarders does Mrs. Proons
take in this summer" asked Skidds.
''All of them, replied Spudds.-De-
troit Free Press
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11

Mrs. WinslOw's SOOTHING SYRUP for children
teething, sOftens the gums, reduces Inflammation
allays pain, cures wind collie 25c bottle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11

-Nearlv 60 per cent of all Russians
are unable to read or write.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11

He-"My idea of good story-teller is
one that can hold you from start to fin
ish." She-"Tell me a good one, and
don't let me fall. Town Topics.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price IS cents.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11

A man, being about to die, summoned
his four sons to his side and said:
MY sons, | will leave to John one
third of my estate, to Alex one-fifth, to
James one-half, and to Thomas one
fourth, and thus you will all share equal
ly."
John and James and Thomas took pa
per and pencil and began figuring, but
Alex took his hat and started out.
Where are you going the other three
asked. DO you not intend figuring out
the problem?''
Not much,'' said Alex, II am going
for lawyer to break the will
:, Moral Sometimes the lawyer can re-
neye the heirs of much of the figuring
Baltimore American.