Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-10
SCIENTISTS FIND
That Typhoid Germs Are Bred in 0yss
 ters by Sewage.

That Typhoid Germs Are Bred in 0ys-
 ters by Sewage.
 A. scare was caused in England some years ago by the statement that oys- ters were active disseminators O. ty> phold fever. The consumption in ,on~ don of what are invariably referred to in the country papers as luscious hl- valves thereupon fell off 50 per ceuts The cockney, alive to his opportuni- ties, refused to buy oysters for hls sweetheart, on the ground that they were dangerous. As oysters are very expensive In Great Britain anyhow people were easily convinced cf their consumption caused rapid fall m prices. 1t also injured the American exportation of Blue Points 10 England, PTofs. Herdman and B0yce went to i've among oysters of Lancashire te find out if they are really so dangerous, They looked into the cause of the a0l0r of green oysters "'rhe green hue, they picturesquely say in their report, sis equally familiar to the man Wao raises them for the market, to the one who raises them from their bed with a pair of rakes, and also to him Who raises them out Of their own 5a eeS from the half shell by means of sll. yer trident. This coloring has beer attributed variousiy to metals, Xeges table coloring matter, bile pigment and the pigment of diatoms. The lnVeS- tigations Of the learned oyster shafps, however, yield the fact that the green color is not always due to the same oausa One -ario,p is caused by COD per. This appears Sruo 0? the AH7erl- can green oyster. In other varieties iron is found, while dlatom, or moss, is suspected as q cduSe to still others. The American green oysters are ire" uuently thin and have shrunken livers. The contamination of oyster beds by eewage and the results of experimental feeding of oysters with matter laden with typhoid fever germs are taken up Oysters from the vicinity or sew CTS contain bacteria. Those that haVo imbbed typhoid hacilli have in them germs which can be cultivated from them fourteen days after infection.--' New York Jo,'rDal,
 conf .trc:ient,
 One of the most peculiar accidents ever heard os happened to a colored man near Red Deer Va, few days ago. Ed Jones took his gun and set out for a day of sport He was not n i,-l L1 J been in the woods long before be saw Tn immense Geer coming at tfe. mendoUs rate of speed immediately to- ward him. He at once fell upon his knees, preparatory 10 q shot, and when the deer was within twenty feet of him fired and missed his aim. The deer had acquired such tremendous mo- mentum that it could not check itself aid with the nex; leap landed upon the hunter It knot ked him down ana bruised kim hac,y upon the breast with one hind foot, the other going into the negro,s mouth, knocking out number of his teeth, tearing I part Of his gums away and passing a9WE his throat. The whole thing was over in an instant but when the dafka2 can to tie deer wae gone
 Where Smoking k a Criaae.
 It Is curious to nae that ther8 Is 6 country in the world in which it iS considered Q crime "a emokc. Abys- sinia is the region, and the law forbid- ding tobacco dates from the year 1G42. It was at first merely intended to pre- vent priests from smoking in .ia churches. but it was taken too literally and nowadays even foreigners have tc smoke sub rosa as !: they we1c saA achoolboys.