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bad kind of brandy-and despair; the
wings. no doubt, are symbolical of the
runners marvellous capacity for sprint
ing rather than direct connection with
the celestial family Such trifies as ear
rings. a score or two of brass bangles.
and pair of fantastic leglets testify
to the fact of this sor of Ham being
made of common clay and. therefore,
prone to vanity. His short braided
breeks are gaily decorated with rib
bonds, and round his neck is hung a
triple row of beads strung on a strip
of raw hide. His legs are stockiuged,
but his feet are bare.
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Last year there were 3.S46 fires in Lon
don, and 19l lives We're lost from that
cause.
The Government Of New Zealand pro-
vides work for all applicants at the rate
Of So a day.
Roumania is to have three new railway
lines constructed at cost Of S16,146,Oo0,
exclusive Of rolling stock.
In New South Wales the Government
has fixed the minimum wages of railway
laborers at seven shiiliugs, or about Sis
day.
A German newspaper states that in
Europe there are seventy-one marriage
able princeSses and only forty marriage
able princes.
Berlin has seventy public monuments,
larger number in proportion to the size
of the city than that of any other Euro
pean capitai
The Imperial Bauk of Russia, the Bank
Of Belgium, the Bank of the Netherlands
and the Bank Of Italy bold less gold than
they held Il year age
The hsl,es, rrussian couFt has decided
that The American title of doctor cannot
be used in Prussia without special per
mt from the Government.
\ sandal society has been started in
Berlin. and oG Sunday not long ago
forty men an3 women wearing sandals
marched through the muddy streets
The British Government is making
strenuous efforts to prevent an increase
in civilian occupation of Gibraltar. II IS
noNg difficult for civilians to End houses,
and owners Of property are not allowed
% add to their tcneuehts-
The New Zealand Government has
lodged with the British colonial office
strong objections TO concessions asked by
che Eastern Telegraph Company on The
ground that Jhey would initiate against
the success Of the Pacific cable which the
New ZsalanderS are anxious TO see .aid.
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ills. To those acquainted with the
Oriental no further explanation is nee
essary. once the plag he gets foot
hold among East Indians or Chinese
coolies il is almost lmpo ssibe to check
#, except with the ex' ermnation Of
the population affected. Russia has
adopted heroic methods in dealing with
the plague in its Chinese colonies. All
those affected are taken out and shot.
ut saves trouble aud other peoples
lives the Russian grimly remarks.
The conditions of environment favor
ing the plague are similar to those that
encourage typhus fever, namely, denS-
ity of population. had ventilation and
drainage, impure water imperfect
uourishment. and lnattention To sani-
tary requirements.
Ii is said of this disease. a. of vel
low fever thar human hahjtati0nS and
the soil may become SO thoroughly in
fected as TO establish eudcmicity. or
regular recurrence Of the disease The
bacillus win infect food aud water.
though bow long jt viii retain its viril-
ny IN WAFER is as yet undetermined.
Heat and moisture, darkness, and the
presence of organic matter vegetable
or animal especially Il in state of de-
composition. furnish 1.e ideal condi-
lions for the propagation Of the plague
baclllj Light, dryuess and heat are
fatal to the germs. The bacilli are killed
by direct sunlight in three or four
hours. and in a dry room Mt ordinary
temperature IN three or four days. A
temperature Of 176 degrees Fahrenheit
kills the germs in five minutes, and so
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Will cur RAIL ROAD RATEs.
Comptroller Dawes Ruies on Line
Having Land Grants.

Comptroller Dawes Ruies on Lines
Having Land Grants.
Comptroller Dawes has made ruling
which will cost the railroads of the coun-
try a loss Of several million dollars on
military traffic done since the opening of
the Spanish American war, and which
will materially decrease the revenue Of
Government business to be done by the
roads in the future.
Mr.. Dawes holds, in effect, that in max
ing settlements for the handling of troops
aud military supplies the land grant re-
ductions due the Government will be de-
Quoted from prevailing party rates in
stead of from frst-class tariff rates, as
heretofore. In other words, the Gov
eminent now demands the benefit of the
material reductions gwen by party rates,
aud in addition the land grant reduction.
This applies 10 nearly all the business
done by the roads for the Government
during the Philippine and Spanish wars,
and to all business that may be done in
the future. L applies to freight as well
as to passer r traffic and will affect
nearly ever me of railway in the coun-
try Ner title Of the Government bust
ness do nee the opening of the Span
ish war 1 been settled for, A small
proportion OF it was let under bids, but
the great mass was transacted under the
land grant law.
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died. A more crucial test could not have
been devised.
The bubonie plague, Dr. Wyman as
serts, Is the same old plague that for
centuries past has made its appeara ace
at intervals In various countries to
claim its tribute of thousands upon
thousands % human lives, and which
has been known In turn as the Leyan
tine, Oriental and black plague. and
black death. The mere index to the lit
erature on the subject--a simple emu
meration of titles with authors-covers
forty pages in the iadex catalogue of
the library Of the surgeon generals
office of the United States army.
OF late years, with the advance of
civilization and the adoption of intelli-
gent systems of hygiene. sanitation.
quarantine. and medical treatment. the
field of the plague has been narrowed
year by year, until now it is almost ex-
ciuslvely confined to countries like
India and China. with occasional out.
breaks in such ports as Santos, Brazil
where the conditions are fully as invit,
ing for an epidc41ic as they are in the
Orient.
In view of the ahrm caused by the
appearance. of the plague at various
places in Europe last Jlne, July and Au-
gust, an International congress of pub
He health bodies were called to meet
at Brussels on Sept. 4, when the prog
ress of the pestilence Throughout. tie
world and measures for it's suppressio
were discussed. Many valuable expert
ences in quarantine measures, disinfec-
ton and treatment of the disease were
related. At this conference the history
of the pestllence, under the various
names by which it has ben known at
intervals during many centuries-as
Levantipe, Oriental. bubonic and BLACK
death gone into at length. The
present species of plague was declared
from comparisons to be similar to ard
to have the same derivation as the cpl
denies which periodically have depop-
ulated vast regions of the world, be-
ginning as early as 800 years b. G.
i ghtiut the plague with fire and
death-qulck obllteration of hu,lan Ge-
ings at the gun muzZle and the utter
extinction of dead bodies in the ashes
OF funeral pyres--is an excess of horror
in connection with the progress of the
dread black bGbonic scourge. The Gus
tom of the disposal of bodies of plague
victims by the Russian army officials
in Manchuria is invariably that of in
cineration. Between July and 10 last
over 800 coolies employed on the rail-
road work near Newchwang, who be-
came infected by contact with coolle
laborers shipped from Hong Kong, and
who disclosed unmistakable evidences
of having the plague in its first stages,
were rounded up and shot by the Cos
sack soldiers employed in guarding the
camps Their bodies were piled on logs,
saturated with petroleum and burned.
In efforts TO stamp ont the disease in
Honolulu the officials burned every
building in the infected district. The
total expense of the plague In Homo
lulu up to March l, Including the value
of the property destroyed, was esti-
mated to reach $1.00000o.
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A Wonderful Lake.

In Colorado is a ten-acre field, which
is no more nor less than a subterranean
lake, covered with soil about eight
inches deep On the soil is cultivated
a field of corn, which produces thirty
or forty bushels TO the acre. If any
one will take the trouble to dig a hole
the depth of a spade-handle, he will
find it to fill with water, and by using
Il hook and line, fish four or i've inches
long can be caught. The fish have
neither scales nor eyes, and are perch
like in shape. The ground is a black
mari In nature. and in all probability
was at one time an open body of water,
on which accumulated vegetable mat
ter which has been increased from
time to time, until now it has a crust
sufficiently strong and rich to produce
fine corn, though it has to be Guilt
waited by hand, as it is not strong
enough to bear the weight of horse.
While harvesting, the hands catch
great strings of fish by making hole
through the earth. A person rising on
his heel and coming down suddenly
can see the growing corn shake all
around him. ANY one having the
strength to drive a rail through the
crust will find. on releasing it, that it
will disappear altogether.
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CARNEGIE SUIT is OFF.
Head of steel Company Makes Terms
with Frack.

The great contest between Andrew
Carnegie and his partner, III. G. Friek,
has closed. The lawsuits are ordered
stopped aud an amicable arrangement
has been made between the two great
iron magnates by which not only are the
warning elements set at rest once and for
all, but also a great steel and iron cor
poration has been formed that Is far
reaching in its influence and has cap
ital OF over S20O,0O0,Q00. The agreement
covers not only all the points at issue be
tween the two leaders. but also he TAX
ing into the combination Of all the allied
companies in which they were individual
Is Interested
How far-reachine these agreements are
may be inferred from the fact that they
cover not only the Carnegie Steel Com
pany, with its $3U000,000 Of paid-in cap
ItaI, but also the coal mines, the fleet Of
boats on the great lakes, the irol ines,
the railroads, the transportation ines,
the immense coal fields and the coke in
terests, and IN addition to these hum
dreds of other interests IN subsidiary
companies. All these are merged into
one colossal corporation.
nj 4 Ltth MIS- oL4s1AAttg Il NltAh IA lii
employ of Mr. Carnegie. BY reason Of
his executive ability he advanced stead
lily in his employers favor, acquired stock
and won fortune. With The filing of a
suit on Feb. IL last knowledge of the
details of a dispute between the wealthy
iron master and his lieutenant became
public. Mr.. Frick, suing the Carnegie
company, insisted that he had made the
enormous profits for the organization;
that Mr.. Carnegie paid no attention to
the business, and that if he did a great
financial loss would result; that Mr..
Frick was the victim Of Mr.. Carneeie's
malice; that Mr.. Frick considered his
stock worth S1G,23S, 000 and not S6,0VJ,-
900, by the payment of which Mr. Car
negie was attempting 10 force him out of
the company. Mr.. Prick also accused Mr..
Carnegie of trying to make operative a
so-called ironclad agreement made in
1889, whereby any member of the com
pany might be forced out.
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lutions of corrosive sublimate. sui
phuric acid. or hydrochloric acid have
the same effect s.
Treatment of Plague Patients.
The consulting committee of public
health Gf the French Government has
framed the following rules for the
treatment of patients:
A patient stricken with plague should
be isolated and Kept in state of the
utmost cleanliness, the persons charged
with his care alone to have access to
him. The attendants should observe
the following precautions: To take
neither food nor drink in the sick room
never to take food without washing
the hands with soap and 3tsinfecting
solution: to rinse the riouth from time
to time. and always before eating with
a dlsinfe eting solution; carpets cur
tains. rugs and other furniture to be re-
moved from sickroom; cloths, cover
lrIgs and mattresses 20 be disinfected
by steam or boiling at the conclusion
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of the case, or as often as they accumu-
late; the floor of the room to be washed
daily with a disinfectlng solution.
To French physician. DR.. Yersen,
belongs the honor Of having discovered
a remedy for the plague. DR. Yersen
was u student OF the Fasteur institute
and believer in the serum treatment.
At Annoy, China, in 1896. he first put
his theories into practice by using the
serum from an immunized horse upon
cases of a severe type. He treated
twenty three eases in this manner. all
Of whom recovered excepting two.
whose cases were desperate from the
outset. Since that time the Yersen
method has ben tested until its efficacy
is now incontestahle. A French COM
mission which has been investigating
the plague ut Oporto. Portugal, reports
that in cases treated with the serum
the mortality was only IA per cent
while in those not treated 1t was at
least ~ per cent In a case in Bonn
bay a European family resided. with a
numerous retinue of native servants
In an infected portion of the city. The
little daughter of the family was
stricken with the past in a viruient
form: was treated with the serum, and
made rapid recovery. As a precau-
tionary measure the whole family were
subjected 10 incubation. and the same
measure OF treatment was offered to
the native dOmeSticS. Some accepted
and escaped infection. while six who
declined On the ground of religious
scruples werG all stricken aud five
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1,54l; Formoss. cases 2,4Gs. deaths
1856. Strangely enough this death
rate varies greatly according to nation
slities. From statistics obtained during
the prevalence Of the plague in Hong
Kong the following official showing is
made, the percentage being based on
the total number Of cases reported.
Chinese, 93 dcath ont OF every 100 per-
sons attacked with the disease; East
Indians, - out Of every 100; Japanese,
30; EurastauS, 100; Europeans Is. This
small relative percentage of mortality
among Europeans Is attributed to bet
ter blood aud stamina. and to the sue
cess of treatment in the early stages
Of the disease, the Intelligence of the
European leading him to call in physi-
clan at the first Sign Of trouble. while
the ignorance and prejudice Of tho Orr
entails prompt them to conceal them
selves and reject medical aid,
An interesting suggestion as 40 the
cause Tor tie great prevalence aUd NOR
tslity OF the plague IN India and China
is offered by Or Charles ". Dabney.
il, VINO attributes III 10 tit laCN tudl
the people, when fed at ali. live almost
entirely upon rice and other grains
which contain very little protein. meat
or fish being rare Articles Of diet. while
wheat. oats Indian corn aud rye, all
of which are richer ia protein than rice,
are unknown. In other words, the
bodies Of these natives lack proper
nourishment
- Methods of Contracting Plague.
Medical scientists have determined
that bubonic plague may be contracted
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AS two iackals and fox were trav-
cling in company they came npon a
dead chicken lying on the ground. and
ut once there was a quarrel between
the iackals as to which should have the
prize. They finally settled it by diyid-
.ing the chicken between them, leaving
the fox entirely out of the affair. An
owl who had observed the proceedings
asked the fox:
but where do you come into this
thing, Mr.. Reyna.d?"
"Oh, / take my share in natural phil
osophy," replied the fox. Firstly. that
chicken was Killed and placed here for
an object. Secondly, the body was
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In three ways-by incubation through
an external wound or abras.,A, by res
piration breathing air laden with the
piagne germs, and By introduction
into the stomach OF food or water that
has become Infected, Contrary to the
general belief, the disease Is not infec-
tIous or contagious in the ordinary
manner. 4 person might even sleep in
a bed occupied by plague victim. or
wear clcthing taken from his body. and
yes escape infection. provided there
were no wounds or abrasions on the
skin In which the disease germs could
get Judgment. Even the breath of a
patient Is not necessarily poisonous,
the greatest source OF danger being In
the discharges from the swellings. All
this being granted, the question viii
naturally arise. y ny. then, should the
disease rage s,s among the Orientals?
The assertion s)."t the plague is not
usually Infectious or contagious in the
ordinary way applies only 20 peopH
who are ordinarily eleanly in their ABB
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The Plague in History.

The plague prevailed IN Athens IN
432 800 Il. G. and reappoared eight
cen months after II was thought 10
have been stamped out.
In the third century b. G. pestilences
sweep away countless numbers n
Egypt.
Livy records a great plague that de-
stroyed millions In various parts OF
Africa in the third century Il. Z
In 542 A. D. The plague spread over
Egypt ami reached Constauilnople,
where 10000 died In day. In the
same century II raFaged Italy and
Northern Africa.
In the seventh century the plague in
vadhd England and claimed scores
OF victims.
III 1910 1t appeared 10 Cairo and Con
stantlnople, spread, and became epi
demic.
In the fourteenth century the pcsti.
fence came from Arabia aud swept
Egypt Armenia. Asia Minor. North
ern Africa and hearty all Europe.
Hecker. the historian. estimates that
1t claimed 81. 900. 000 victims in EG
rope during the centccy.
In 1896, 40.U,,c ,iieu from plague in
Western Europe.
In 1872 pestilence swept away $4,000
people III and near Lyons, and ia
1876 more than 70.00o died In aud
around Venice.
In 1646 the plague depopulaied Ma
pies, claiming 300,te1 victims In five
months
In 1886 London suffered ravages
by the pestller e and 100, 100 died
In 1920 cne-thifd Of the people OF
Marseilies died and the folio wing
year $1,000 died IN ToulOn an6 the
whole Of Provence.
In 1743 nearly $4,000 died In Messina.
In 1771 the plague destroyed so. 900
lives In Moscow.
In 1885 Cairo again vas visited by
the plague and one. afth Of the peo-
pie died