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Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-06

City at 1926. Kelly was riding with his
head out Of the window watching for
obstructions on the numerous curves
where the railroad runs close to the
Missouri River a few miles above
Leayenworth.
The train was making between thirty
and thirty-five miles an hour following
close to the river when Norris started
to shake the CRATES. The bar broke
and he fell backward and OF the en-.
gine. 1t happened that just at that mo-
ment the train was running on Q part
Of the tracks that rests on an embank-
ment Of stone and earth that slopes
down to the river. Norris rolled down
the bank and into the water. The
stream was not deep. but the water
was cold, and, though he was bruised
in a dozen places and bleeding. Norris
lost no time In climbing up the bank
But the train went on at full speed.
Kelly did not miss his fireman until he
was q mile from where Norris was
Spilled" He ran the train into Leav-
enworth, turned his engine over to an
other man and ran a switch engine
back down the track to look for his nre-
man. He took some railroadmen with
him, expecting to find Norris dead. The
trainmen say when Kelly saw his fire.
man walking down the track with
water dripping down his face the re-
union was as joyous as that Of long
parted brothers. Norris went to the
hosDital. but Ia back on his engine now.
Kansas City Star.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-06

At Annoy, China. in 1896. he first put
his theories into practice by using the
serum from an immunized horse upon
cases of severe type. He treated
twenty-three cases 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 it's efficacy
is now incontestable. A French COM
mission which has been investigating
the plague at Oporto. Portugal, reports
that in cases treated with the serum
the mortality was only IA per cent.
while in those not treated it was at
least 20 per cent. In a case in Bonn
bay 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 pest in a virulent
form; was treated with the serum. and
made a rapid recovery. AS a precau-
tionary measure the whole family were
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-06

denies which periodically have depop-
ulated vast regions Of the world, be-
ginning as early as 500 years B. G.
Fighting the plague with fire and
death-quick obliteration OF human be-
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 bubonic 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 Is last
over 300 coolies employed on the rail-
road work near Newchwang, who be-
came infected by contact with coolie
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 out 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 1. including the value
of the property destroyed. was esti-
mated to reach $1,OO0.OOO.
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subjected to 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 were all stricken and five
died. A more crucial test could not have
been devised.
The bub0nic plague, DIR. Wyman as
serts, is the same old plague that for
centuries past has made its appearance
at intervals in various countries to
claim its tribute of thousands upon
thousands Of human lives, and which
has been known In turn as the Levan-
tine, Oriental and black plague, and
black death. The mere index to the lit
erature on the subjects simple emu
meration of titles with authors-covers
forty pages In the index catalogue of
the library of the surgeon generals
office of the United States army.
OF late years, with the advance Of
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-06
SLOT MACHINE FOR LuncHERs

New-Yorkers will Soon Order Their
Meals by the Popular Process.
The latest fad Of the big cities Of Eu-
rope is the Buffet AutomatiQue,
which means In good American a quick
feeder and drinker for man, woman
and child. 1t Is really gigantic nickel
in-the-slot machine, and 1t has become
popular In Paris, Berlin and Vienna.
The buffet automatiQues are hand
some salons, fitted with tables and
chairs, and with one side Of the room
devoted to q big buffet, which will up
ply the visitor with anything to eat tor
drink at fixed prices and by simply
dropping the necessary coin In the slot.
The visitor enters and sees lot OF
tempting dainties under glass cases.
He selects what he desires, drops In his
dime or half-dime, and the plate moves
on a slide toward him, with a napkin.
knife and fork. Then he wants drink.
He sees his favorite beyerage-beer.
ale, wine, coffee or tea-plainly marked
over different silver spouts. He drops
In his coin, holds his glass or cup under
the spout, and out pours the liquid.
stopping automatically when the glass
or cup Is full. Then he goes to table
and eats his lunch in q contented frame
of mind.
This automatic service Is quick, sure
and unfailing. The quantities are lib
eral and the quality guaranteed. The
busy man can save fifteen minutes In
getting his lunch.
In Paris these buffets are now on all
the boulevards. In Berlin there is a
handsome one ON Friedrich strasse.
and the largest 10 at Vienna, on the
Ringstrasse. In some OF these feeding
establishments there are over 400 diff
ferent kinds Of food and drink, and the
prices are only two coins, correspond
ing to our dimes and nickels. Only one
man Is visible In the restaurant He
is the manager, and pretty girl Is at
a desk In the corner to give change to
customers. In the mornings and after
Moons these places are the favorite
rendezvous for women and children.
The men flock to them at lunch time.
A company has been formed by Ru-
dolph Aronson, and three prominent
uptown corners have already been
leased IN order to Introduce these. slot
machines to New Yorkers.-New York
Journal
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-06

tality Of the plague in India and China
Is offered by DIR. Charles w. Dabney,
Jr., who attributes 1t to the fact that
the people, when fed at all, 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 and rye, q
of which are richer in protein than rice.
are unknown. In other words. the
bodies of these natives lack proper
nourishment.
Methods of Contracting Plague.
Medical scieutists have detei NJ ned
that bubonic plague may be contracted
In three ways-by lnoculation through
an external wound or abrasion, by res
piration breathing air laden with the
plague 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. A person might even sleep in
a bed occupied by plague victim. or
wear clothing taken from his body. and
yet escape Infection, provided there
were no wounds or abrasions on the
skin In which the disease germs could
get lodgment. Even the breath of
patient is not necessarily poisonous.
the slsatAsi source Of danger being in
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-06

the discharges from the swellings. All
this being granted, the question will
naturally arise, Why, then. snould the
disease rage SO among the Orientals?
The assertion that the plague is not
usually infectious or contagious In the
ordinary way applies only to people
who are ordinarily cleanly in; their hab-
its. To those acquainted with the
Oriental no further explanation Is nee
essary. Once the plague gets foot
hold among East Indians or Chinese
coolies it is almost impossible to check
1t, except with the determination 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 and 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, bad ventilation and
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-06
phuric acid. or hydrochloric acid hav'
the same effect


Treatment OF Plague Patients.
The consulting committee of public
health of 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 disinfecting
solution; to rinse the mouth from time
to time, and always before eating, with
disinfectfng solution; carpets, cur
tains, rugs and other furniture to be re-
moved from sick-room; cloths, cover
ings and mattresses to be disinfected
by steam or boiling at the conclusion
of the case. or as often as they eccumu-
late; the floor Of the room to be ashed
daily with a disinfecting solution.
To French physician, DR.. Yersen,
belongs the honor of having discovered
a remedy for the plague. DR.. Yersen
was a student Of the Pasreur inEtitute
and believer In the serum trez nent.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-06
Plague in Last Decade.

1890 and 1S91-Sporadic cases In Ton
quin and Hong-Kong.
1s92-carried to Lang-Tchu and Yum
Nan.
1898 and: 1s94-Epidemic at Tonquin,
Hong-Kong, Canton. Lang-Tchu
and Yun-Nan.
1895 to 1s97-SporadIc cases at Yum
Nan and Lang-Tchu and along the
Manchurian frontier; also In vari-
GUS parts of India.
1S9S-Plague becomes epidemic In
Bombay and Calcutta. and famine
pa.S payss the. the way for M its = renewed in
tier.
June, 1s99-pestiIence spreads rap
idly In Hong-Kong. Bombay and
Calcutta, and many cases appear at
Rangoon and Singapore.
July. 1S99-Epidemic at Port Arthur,
Newchwang, Crefo0 and Tien-Tsin.
and plague spreads to Australia
and Shantung
August, 1s99-Disease appears at To-
kio and Kobe. In Japan. and at Che
mulpo, In Corea; also spreads to
Vladivostock and through Siberia,
and becomes practically epidemic In
Russian Province of Astrakhan.
November, 1S99-Plague reaches Ma
nila. and two cases are brought into
: port at New York.
December, 1Se9-Appears In valpara-
is0 and other Pacific South Amerl-
can ports, and breaks out In Hon.
oluln and Noumed. New Caledonia.
January, 19O0-Pestilenee appears In
Sydney, New South Wales and
Nagasaki, Japan; also passes Cape
Horn and reaches Rio Janeiro and
Santos, Brazil: Rosario, Argentine,
and the Island OF COZumel, of the
coast Of Yucatan.
February, 1900-Epidemic breaks out
afresh In Honolulu after being once
almost stamped out; also spreads to
other Hawaiian Islands.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-06
continually arriving from Santos, but
no new cases of the plague have devel-

continually arriving from Santos, but
no new cases of the plague have devel-
oped.
$50 far as the United States Is con-
cerned," says Surgeon General Wyman,
"there is absolutely no danger of a, bu-
bonic plague invasion. The plague is
essentially a dirt disease; 1t cannot
thrive where the people are cleanly,
and well-nourished: or where modern
methods of sanitation prevail. 1t is
found In its worst stages in lands like
India and China, where the natives are
dirty in their personal habits; where
the very soil is saturated with filth;
where there Is an utter lack of anything
like sanitation even of the crudest kind,
and where the peoples bodies, weaken
ed and emaciated by lack of proper
food. invite disease"
Most Deadly of Diseases.
Under the conditions obtaining in the
Orient. the bubonic plague is the most
yirulent and deadly Of diseases. The
symptoms manifest themselves in from
twelve hours to twelve days after the
system absorbs the disease; the usual
period being about four days. At first
the patient complains Of high fever, a
swelling Of the glands Of the thigh and
groin. and sometimes of the neck, and
finally becomes delirious. The crisis is
reached In from two to eight days, gen.
orally in forty-eight hours. If life can
be prolonged for FIVE or six days the
chances Of successful treatment are
greatly increased. AS rule, however,
little can be done to save the natives
Of the countries where the plague is epi-
demic. A few of the well-nourished
ones escape; Of the rest death claims
an average Of from 80 to 100 per cent.
of the total number of cases. This fear
full mortality is best shown In the fol-
lowing figures, furnished by DIR. Wy
man: Bombay, cases 22O,9O7, deaths
164. .0S3; Hong Kong, cases 1 ZOO, deaths
1,541; Formosa, cases 2,46S. deaths
1856. Strangely enough this death
rate varies greatly according to nation
alities. 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 deaths out Of every 100 per-
sons attacked with the disease; East
Indians. n out of every 100; japanese,
60; Eurasians, 100; Europeans, 18. This
small relative percentage OF mortality
among. Europeans is attributed to bet
ter blood and 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-
cfan at the first sign OF trouble. while
the Ignorance and prejudice of the Ori-
entails prompt them to conceal them
selves and reject medical aid.
An interesting suggestion as to the
cause for the great prevalence and NOR
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-06
The Plague in History.

The plague prevailed In Athens in
432-429 B. c. and reappeared eight
cen months after 1t was thought to
have been stamped out.
In the third century B. C. pestilences
swept away countless numbers in
Egypt.
Liyy records q great plague that de.
stroyed millions In various parts OF
Africa In the third century b. e.
In $40 A. d. the plague spread over
Egypt and reached Constantinople.
where 10000 died In day. In the
same century 1t ravaged Italy and
Northern Africa.
In the seventh century the plague in
vaded England and claimed scores
of victims.
In 1910 1t appeared In Cairo and Con-
stantlnople, spread, and became cpl
demic.
In the fourteenth century the pesti-
lence came from Arabia and swept
Egypt, Armenia, Asia Minor, North
ern Africa and nearly all Europe.
1t claimed q, 600, 600 victims in Eu-
rope during the century.
In 1856, 10000 died from plague In
Western Europe.
In 1872 pestilence swept away $4,000
people In and near Lyons, and In
1876 more than 10000 died In and
around Venice.
In 1646, the plague depopulafed Ma
pies, claiming 300. 900 victims In Eve
months.
In -1654-55 London suffered ravages
by the pestilence and loo. 600 died.
In 1720 one-thlrd of the people of
Marseilles died and the following
year Sc, 200 died In Toulon and the
whole of Provence. ~
In 1743 nearly $4,000 died In Messina.
In It'll the plague destroyed $4,000
lives In Moscow.
In 1886 Cairo again was visited BY
the plague and one-ffth Of the peo-
pie died.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-06
WHEN WOMEN VOTED.
Privilege Extended to Unmarried Own
ers of Property.

Privilege Extended to Unmarried Own .
ers of Property.
Kentucky, which in 1s45 made voters
Of widows and spinsters who were
holders Of real estate. only followed
the footsteps of Maryland, which had
done the same thing thirty years be-
fore. I have not the authorities at
hand which would enable me to give
exact dates, but about the year 1920
unmarried women who were holders of
real estate to q given amount were en-
titled to vote, and did very generally
exercise the right Of franchise.
In colonial days the States Of the
South generally made the ownership
Of property requisite to the exercise
OF the right of franchise, while the
New England colonies generally made
church membership necessary quail
fcation of the voter. Following the
Idea that only property holders should
vote, 1t was a natural step to conclude
that all property holders should vote.
Maryland, therefore, decided that
where the ownership Of property was
vested In a woman who had not a hus-
band to represent her she should be a
voter.
l have many times heard my grand
mother tell Of voting during the days
OF her wfdowhoOd and describe the
manner of exercising the franchise In
those days. There was but one voting
place In the county, and all electors
were required to go to the county town
to cast their votes. She lived In the
county Of Talbot. and the voting place
for the entire county was Easton. the
county seat. There was no casting of
Q ballot, nor was the system like the
viva voce vote which prevailed in Ken
tucky until a few years ago. But the
candidates for office sat In the election
room, and each voter was expected to
look them over and select one for
whom he or she desired to vote, and
the clerks made a record of the decis-
ion. Candidates for State Offices were
expected to have representatives in
each county. These were leading peo.
pie Of the party to which the candidate
belonged, and each one was expected
to be well qualified to discuss the mer-
Its Of the candidate he represented. In
those days the elections lasted four
days in order to give ample time for
every one to get to the voting place.
Some time late in the '40s the spirit Of
progress required sweeping away Of
the barriers which the property quail
fcation had set up. and a constitutional
convention decided In favor Of giving
the ballot to eyery white male voter
who had reached the age Of 21 years.
AS the right of woman to vote was
based on the idea Of property quaIif1ca-
ton, when that was swept away she
lost the ballot.
l merely recall this fact to show that
Maryland, which was the first colony to
guarantee religious liberty to all her
people, and which took the first steps
toward securing the present Constituo
ton Of the United States, was also the
first to give the ballot to woman.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-06
ARCHBISHOP HENNEssY.
The Deceased Eminent Catholic Church
man of Iowa.

The Deceased Eminent Catholic Church
man of Iowa. {:
The third Catholic bishop and the
6rst archbishop Of Dubuque is dead
John Hennessy. He was 75 years old.
The archbishop was born in LINER
lex, Ireland, in 1925. Twenty-Five years
later he came to America and began
his studies for the priesthood In Caron-
delet Seminary near st. Louis and holy
orders was conferred upon him three
years later. His first mission was at
New Madrid and Gravois. Mo. His field
covered 5000 miles of territory without
1 railroad and he endured countless
privations in trying to cover it to min
lster to the scattered Catholics of his
parish. In 1854 he became professor of
dogmatic history at Carondelet and in
1857 its president In 1880 he was
made pastor Of st. Joseph's Church at
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-06
PARIS OF THE FAuBouRes.

Workingman's Pride In the Beautiful
Streets of the French Capital.
An article in the Century, paris of
the Faubourgs," by Richard Whiteing.
author, and Andre Castaigne, illustra-
tor, throws bright light on the differ
ence between the lives Of the laboring
classes in the French capital and in
London. The Partisan lives in the
streets, and prides himself on their
beauty and cleanliness; the Londoner
has less to boast of, in this respect, and
takes less interest in the external as
pect Of his city.
The people Of the faubourgs, the hum
BILE folk generally-sma1 traders and
small annuitants, as well az workmen
like all the rest of us, are the product
Of their surroundings. They are shaped
by the private life and by the public
life, by the street, and the home These
people in Paris owe great deal to the
public life. 1t condescends to their
needs for color, variety, movement, in
a way universal among the Latin ma
tions. Out of doors is merely their
larger home, and they expect to find
adequate provision there for every kind
of enjoyment. Our own race tends to
regard that domain as a mere thor
oughfare between the workshop and
the fireside, where all our interests are
centered. If it serves that purpose that
Is about all we ask of it. 1t may be as
ugly as 1t likes, and, within certain
limits of indulgence, almost as dirty.
To the Frenchman it is more than a
place Of transit; it is almost place of
sojourn.
So the Partisan common man has his
share of the Champs Elysees and of
the boulevards In his freedom of access
to their fountains and promenades, and
their bordering alleys of tender green.
He comes downstairs to them, SO to
speak, as soon as the scavengers have
done their timely work. He descends
to his thoroughfare as the millionaire
expects to descend to his breakfast
room or his study, with all its appoint
ments fresh from the broom, and shin
ing in their brightness of metal and
glass. So, whatever the gloom of the
domestic prospect, his street helps him
to feel good. The beauty of the stat
uary, of the public buildings, is a
means to the same end. For nothing
the poorest of poor devils may see the
glorious bronzes in the terrace gardens
of the Tuileries, the outdoor figures Of
the Luxembourg, the great horses Of
the Place de la Concorde, the magnif-
cent compositions of the Arch. The
very lamppost that will light his way
at nightfall serves the purpose of
thing of beauty all through the day.
Compare 1t with the English bar Of
cast iron, hideous to the eye in form
and color, foul with the mudstains Of
years of traffic. The Frenchmen must
have it suave and shapely in it's lines,
a model of a good Renaissance orna-
ment in its decorations. bronze in its
materials, and washed and polished
every week or SO to keep it smart
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SUBSTITUTES Tor Perfume,

The various devices adopted to serve
as a substitute for liquid perfume has
never been entirely satisfactory when
1t comes to the necessity Of imparting
an enduring scent to a gown. The lit
tie silver hearts. perforated and con-
tanning the solid pellets Of perfume.
were rather ornamental than useful,
even when there were no substitutes
for them. They are still In use and
dropped into the deepest recesses Of the
corsage, exude faint and not very en-
during perfume. Most Of the Paris
dressmakers put Into convenient places
In q gown the small bags of sachet
powder of the scent affected by the
wearer. Nearly every woman. who
makes an effort to keep up with these
In daintiness, has her set Of
little sachet bags to be worn In the
corsage, even II she does not have them
Sewed in every dress.