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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-27
Iv.-THE NEW DISPENSATlON IN
TREATMENT.

The century has witnessed a revolution
in the treatment of disease, and the
growth of a new school of medicine. The
old schools-regular and homeopathic
put their trust in drugs. to give which
was the alpha and the omega of their
practice. For every symptom there were
score or more of medicines-vile, nau-
seous compounds in one case; bland
harmless dlutions in the other The new
school has firm faith In few good, we'll
tried drugs. little or none in the great
mass of medicines still in general use
Imperative drugging-the ordering of
medicine In any and every malady-is no
longer regarded as the chief function of
the doctor. Naturally. when the entire
conception of the disease was changed.
there came corresponding change in our
therapeutics. In no respect Is this more
strlklngly shown than in our present treat
ment of fever: say of the common typhoid
fever. During the first quarter of the
century the patients were bled. blistered,
purged, and vomited. and dosed with mer-
curry, anthony, and other compounds to
meet special symptoms. During the sec
ond quarter the same with variations In
different countries. After 1850 bleeding be-
came less frequent. and the experiments
of the Paris and Vienna schools began to
shake the belief In the control of fever
by drugs. During the last quarter sen
sible doctors have reached the conclusion
that typhoid fever is not a disease to be
treated with medicines. but that in a large
proportion OF all cases diet nursing and
bathing meet the indications. There is
active, systematic, careful, watchful
treatment. but not with drugs. The pub
lie has not yet been fully educated to this
point and medicines have sometimes to
be ordered for the sake of the friends,
and 1t must be confessed that there are
still in the ranks antiques who would
insist on dose of some kind every
few hours.
The battle against polypharmacy; or the
use of a large number of drugs iof the
action of which we know little. yet we put
them into bodies of the action of which we
know less) has not yet been fought TO a
finish. There have been two contributing
factors on the side of progress-the re-
markable growth of the skeptical spirit
fostered by Paris. Vienna. and Boston
physicians. and above all the valuable les
son of homeopathy. the infnitesimals of
which certainly could not do harm, and
quite as certainly could not do good; yet
nobody has ever claimed that the NOR
tally among homeopathic practitioners
was greater than among those of the
regular school. A new school of practi-
TONERS has arisen which cares nothing for
homeopathy and less for so-called allo-
patty. 1t seeks to study nationally and
the action of drugs. old and
new 1t is more concerned that a physi-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-27

quitoes which had bitten malarial patients
in Italy were sent to London and there
allowed to bite Mr.. Manson. son of DR..
| Manson. who really suggested the mos
! quito theory of malaria. This gentleman
| had not lived out of England and there
| is no acute malaria in London. He had
| been a perfectly healthy. strong man. In
a few days following the bites of the in
; fected mosquitoes he had typical attack
of malarial fever.
The other experiment though of a diff
ferent character. is quite as convincing
In certain regions about Rome. in the
Campania. malaria is so prevalent that
in the autumn almost everyone in the dis
trict is attacked. particularly If he is
newcomer. DR.. Sambron and a friend
lived in this district from the 1st of June
to the 1st of september. 1900. The test
was whether they could live in this
ceedingly dangerous climate for the three
months without catching malaria. IL they
used stringent precautions against the
bites of mosquitoes. Fer this purpose the
hut in which they lived thoroughly
wired. and they slept with the greatest
care under netting. Both of these gentle
men at the end of the period had escaped
the disease.
The Importance of these studies cannot
be oyerestimated. They explain the rela-
ton of malaria to marshy districts, the
seasonal incidence of the disease, the noe
turnal infection, and many other hitherto
obscure problems More important still
they point out clearly the way by which
malaria may be prevented: First, the
recognition that any individual with mala-
ria is source of danger in a community.
so that he must be thoroughly treated
with quinine; secondly. the Importance of
the draining of marshy districts and ponds
in which mosquitoes breed, and thirdly,
that even in the most infected regions per
sons may escape the disease by living in
thoroughly protected houses, in this way
escaping the bites of mosquitoes
VENEREAL DISEASES.-These con-
tinue to embarrass the social economist
and 70 perplex and distress the pro-
fession. The misery and i'll health
which they cause are incalculabIe,
and the pity of 1t Is that the cross
Is not always borne by the Of
fender, but innocent women and children
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-27

mating with small clusters OF pearls. Dur
ing the reigns of Edward vi. Mary and
Elizabeth. the crown experienced no
change; but in her great seal Elizabeth
is represented wearing a small diadem
having eight semi-arches.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-20

isteuce "Iook to IT that no one knows what
becomes of this man" ran the Kings command,
and by the time Mattioli was hurried into an
unmarked grave his name had been pretty
nearly erased from mems minds. But the mask
was TO undo all the Kings precautions. 1t was
talked about. 1t erept into print. 1t was MADE
the basis of romantic legend in which the
whole world took an interest 1t was stripped
at last from the face Of the man who wore IT,
and not only do know him fer Mattioli
the servant Of the Duke Of Mantua. but Louis
XIV, who could bear that any man should
smile at him, stands stained by the commission
of an act OF vengeance which must excite for
ever the scorn Of mankind.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-20

commonplace verse and a few plays make up
the sum of the years Bohemian literature
Denmark's reviewer claims that there is
scarcely a country Of its size in Europe-or in
the word-which publishes and reads so many
books especially books of fiction. Few OF these
stand out from the mass as OF Importance ou'
most Of them bear the stamp. Of culture. sew
eral writer's are credited with more or less at
tractive historical romances; Professor EWalo'
now over eighty years old, is still writing thein-
The younger novelfsts are doing realistic things
The most valuable literary products OF the year
In Denmark are said to have been its books OF
verse Two new TRANSACTIONS of Shakespeare are
in course of publication The most notable work
of literary history is DR.. Wilhelm Andersens
book on Adam Oehlenschager
A long list Of books in all departments Of lit
erature marks the year in Belgium. A number
of diplomats and consuls have published Valu-
able studies of foreign countrtes internatlonai
law and comparative legislation have been taVor-
tie subjects with other writer's; ancient history
and national history have furnished forth some
unusually effective volumes. Maurice Maeter-
Iinck's Bee" has been the book most talked of
recently. Flemish books are largely poetry ana
novels-rnany of them very clever-but much his
torical and critical writing should also be men
toned NJ Emile Deneefs History of the Liter
ature of the Netherlands has been crowned
by the ROYAL Academy of Belgium. metr1cal
translation of Longfellow's "Evangene" and
book Shakespeare are other FleHish pro-
ductions. The principal novels OF the year are
'Summertide' and 'Summerland, by Steyn Streu-
vels which is the pen name of NJ. Frank Lateur.
The author is pastry cook in a small village OF
Eastern Flanders"
The appea rance of this Steyn Streuvels Is men
toned as one striking event in recent Dutch lit
erature-for he is claimed by both Holland and
Flanders His stories Of peasant life remind one,
we are told not of the old Arcadian school nor
the pessimistic one of Zola-he shows us "a
sound warm-hearted, though cool-brained poet
icaI conception of reality" Fiction of no spe-
cially remarkable sort has occupied apparently
the whole attention of the Dutch publishers
during the year.
OF Norway's recent books there is little to say.
Ihsen though recovering his health. has pub
lished nothing; Bj0rnson has brought out his
"I.aboremus," and the Norwegian reviewer con-
cedes that it was disappointing. Romances.
poems. and some minor historical ana scehthc
works complete Norway's list.
Some notable historical works have been is
sued In Greece-also some pathological and arch
biological publications of interest. Professor
Politis's collection of Greek Proverbs, in two
thick volumes contain only the proverbs ar
ranged under stock phrases in the letter A
Some attempts in fiction and poetry are also
pleasantly mentioned. And with Greece, sadly
poyerty stricken now in letters, we close and
with due Acknowledgements, this running quota
ton and summary from THE Athen@ums
useful review.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-20
ROCKS IN THE FO'CS'LE.
MIR. BULLEN ON THE SAILORS LITERARY
TASTES AND NEEDS.

To any one who has sailed the sea in a mer-
chant vessel there is world Of sardonic mean
ing In the term ships library" as applied to
the small box of printed matter supplied for
Jack Tar's scant hours of leisure. We have seen
,ucb a box 1t was filled with nambypamby
rubbish which might have been designed TO
make a mariner ignorant OF literature hate the
sight of a book ell his life long. No one could
sneak with more authority on this subject than
M Frank T. Bullen, the author of THE Cruise
y, tbe Cachalot" 1t is interesting to find a
rounication in THE Spectator" in which he
seaIs with the problem Of supplying the
ro,c's'le with the right kind of literature
The men of the royal navy. he points out
are richly provided for; but with the mer-
chant seaman. he principally of the long voy-
age wind jammer' that to-day often takes
neriod of six months between port and port"
- ia a sndly different story. The rarest sight to
he seen in a ships fo'cs'le he declares. is man
ith q good stock of books. This fact he ascribes
nartlv to the sailors greatest weakness, lack
op forethought" Yet occasionally he adds ''he
does get hold of a good book or two. and
then IL is quite pathetic to how he will treas
ure them"
have In my minds eye an old Danish ship
mate who had copy of a novel called Agnes
WIIloughby" which he would occasionally lend
with a great deal of pomp and circumstance.
but having lent it he could hardly tear himself
awav from the vicinity of the borrower until he
had regained possession of it. His typi-
cal case But he need not have been afraid for
there are few people in their own stratum Of
society who treat book so humanely do
sailors And there are none who more fully ap-
precate the reading TO them OF good book
who remember better what they have heard. or
comment more shrewdly upon IL.
The one thing characteristic of the merchant
ssamans reading Is Its variety, within certain
limits When ! was at twenty years ago
the library boxes supplied by seamen's missions
to deep water ships, whose masters took the
trouble to apply for them might each. far as
my experience goes, have furnished forth a fit
ting subject for article on "Curiosities of
Iitera ture." Eight or ten primly bound Sunday
school books. such as now would be considered
below the average intelligence Of child of
eight; two three bundles OF miscellaneous
several odd numbers of religious magazines,
few volumes of sermons but also-pure gems
amid so much dross-a few books on natura!
New-York tribune., 1901-07-20

"The Whlrligig." forthcoming from the press
of IIongmans Green & Co.. is said TO be mod
ern romance OF the "Zenda" type. with an
abundance of quick movement. IL is by Mayne
Lindsay.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-20
GiIanons.
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York by the grace % God free and indspsrs1ssns. ss.
Abbott also known chsrles Abbott ASl. .
Abbott also Rufus Abbott Aieni . yIIA
Anna Norcross George Albert GE9he Csaries Alien. Alan
George Z. AIen Frank Foster Allen. George A-e-
Flavius f. Allen and all other persons. heirs az aw . -
Flaviur J. Allen. deceased whose ns-nes
residences and cannot after due
be ascertSined the heirs and next OF kin es tSSIss
Allen. deceased send greeting; Whereas tn.aoeH
Allen. of of New York. has lately applied - 20
SnFrcsas's Court OF County OF New Iors 70 hefe
certain instrument writing relating 10 eoth ~
personal property. proved last Win and 1ss
rnent OF Flavius j. Allen late OF the County OF -"
deceased Therefore and each Of YOU are Ste 49,
pear before the Surrogate of cur County OK a ~
his office in the County 81 New York. or the -
July one thousand nine hundred and one az na s 10 at
O'clock IN the forenoon Of that day, then and tuete a.,
tend tEe Probate Of the ERfd last VIII and Iesie
such OF hereby cited. rEoef te as5
twentyone required by your ,,
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iestiony Whereof, We have caused the Sea OF
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unto affixed.
Witness. Hon. ABNER c. THOMAS. Sgrrosats of sSs 1s
=, SAID County OF New York, at saii SoI.5, -, ons
H. 81 2sth day OF May. IN TIE year o1 cur l~''1 w.
thousand nine hundred and one .-,,rrS
j. FAIRFAX NcLAtStti.S,s
Clerk OF Surrogases Soui-
New-York tribune., 1901-07-20

J1URoPEAN SCHOOLS AND HoMEs-Boys Girs.
II Mrs HOOPER. IL Regent-st. London. England
sends reliable information Of personally Inspected esta
llshments and accepts responsibility as Loco parens
BANKERS and solicitors references ESTABLISHED ISL
cbapSrones tutors and governssses introduced
New-York tribune., 1901-07-20

Putnams have in preparation a BOOK OF AM
mails" by Margaret Benson daughter ol '"e 'a'e
Archbishop OF Canterbury ana sister oI tue @N-
thor OF "Dodo." 1t viii be illustrated by Nine
Henriette Ronner and it is said to be for chill
ar.n and grown uu people who are fond OF ami
NAL stories.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-20
Max O'ReII's
New Book.

"A loving woman will keep her warm as por. =
she lives. and her hair black long she ye -
May be ordered through any bookseller or win ha 49,
postpaid. for the price by THE ABBEY PRESS p,Its
fishers. OF One Hundred and Fourteen Avenne ~
York. with agencies in London, MntreaI ana hss~
who always issue interesting works. sses
New-York tribune., 1901-07-20

DR w G. NOVEL;. private tutor. at pupils homes %
IL III SD St Two Duniis received in taillis-
New-York tribune., 1901-07-20

Sir Walter Besant's STORY of King Alfred
will probably be published within the next Tor
night by D. Appleton q Co
New-York tribune., 1901-07-20

on THE Regular Army" copiously Illustrated
and during the autumn there will be two articles
by e-President Roosevelt mountain lion
and lynx hunting IN the West and articles by
Walter A Wyckoff on THE Workers"
The Worthington advance., 1901-03-15
rriAaas with q. impulse.

Mark TWAIN declares that when .
man makes an appeal for charity it is
q, great mistake to get everybody ready
TO give moneJ and then not pass the.
hat. Some years ago in Hartford"
he said the otAer day, I'VE all went to
church on q h2t, sweltering night, to
hear the annuh report Of Mr.. Hawley,
.a2 city missionary, who went. around
finding the peop:e who needed helpand
didn't want to ask for it. He told Of the
life in the cellayS, where poverty re-
sided; he, gave Instances Of the hero
ism and devotion Of the poor. The poor.
are always good to each other. When
Ea man with millions gives we make :
great deal OF noise. It's noise In the
wrong place. For it's the widows mite
that counts. Wen, Hawley worked me.
up to 9 great state. I couldn' t wait for
him to get through. I had $500 in my
pocket. / wanted to give that and
borrow more to give. You could see
greenbacks in every eye. But he didn't
pass the plate, ard 1t grew hot ter and
We sleeper. Ny enthusia sr, went
down. down. down $500 at q time, till
finally, when the plate came around, I
stole ten cents o:lt oft. So you see
neglect IKE this nay lead to cyias q
Ar2onau4, Il #
The Worthington advance., 1901-03-15
66e ELECTRICAL
s. ROBBERY s.
by PHILIP MIGHELS.

GAY, you fellers can talk about
- your highwaymen and your road
agents and your train robberies and
your hold ups generally, but they
amt any of them in it with the one
I was fortunate enough to see.
Did I say fortunately? ?-well, it's all
the same-it was unfortunate some
ways, but boys, say, the novelty and
ingenuity of that thing was worth
$50 and gold watch any day. That's
what.
Right out there in California. Oh,
I tell you California is a great coun-
try-biggest oranges, biggest apples,
biggest watermelons-say, I've seen
a watermelon as big as yearling
calf-and .girls-um-the prettiest
girls you ever saw; the most flowers,
biggeat roses, and the most enter
prising, bold, inventive and all-round
champion road agents on earth.
was out there little less than q
year ago, travelin' for the same house
been with 'em now for five years
and they're stuck on me yet. Why I
can sell their goods in a graveyard;
soy, I can just sell those lines in
Philadelphia; oh! it's a great house!
I sold things all over the state of
California. Nothin' like KNOWN how.
But, as I was sayin', I was covering
California; had just been in Arizona,
Nevada. Utah and New Mexico. Say,
that Arizona is a great country. Boys
The Worthington advance., 1901-03-15
HENS NEED VARIETY.
ment and IL q Serious Check on
Egg Production.

A writer says that hens do not lay
we'll on one kind of fool, no matter
what their other conditions are. This
is without doubt true. Most animals
like variety of food, and it is econo-
my to give it to them. The food of
fowls is naturally varied. In their wild
state they have an almost endless va
riety of animal and vegetable food.
Take insects, for instance. There is
doubtless as much difference in the
taste Of different insects as there is to
US in the taste of pork, beef, mutton
and fish. The insects themselves thus
give fowls a great variety. Then there
is great difference in the taste of diff
ferent weed seeds, just as there is a
difference to us in the taste of rice.
wheat and oats. The fowls, having all
kinds of weed seeds upon which to
feed, are supplied with variety in
that line. Then come the grasses and
other green foods in endless variety,
all of which are eaten by birds. Thus
we see that the fowl is very omnivor-
GUS. We can only expect the best re-
suits when we follow the hint that ma
ture has given. It is therefore reason
able to suppose that the hen will do
her best only when given wide variety
of foods.-Farmers' Review:
The Worthington advance., 1901-03-15

he just limbered up and gave me more
pointers about hold ups than any-
body could. He's been on q dozen
stage lines an had half OF his left ear
shot of an . bullet in his shoulder;
game. though. game as they make
'em. He could tell the best stories
about road agents you ever heard;
why, he told me stories for about two
hours. One was corker, yes, sir,
. corker; lone man held up two
stages ut once where they met an
but Ill tell you that some other time.
Well. we went along up q stretch Of
hill an everybody got out of the
coach exceptin' two women to walk
an ease up their legs an get the air.
Four men besides me an the driver.
The men were mostly strangers in
California; been to Yellow Dog Gulch
on business an glad: to get away
again, same's me.
When we got on top of the hill the
The Worthington advance., 1901-03-15
] NOTES ABOUT BEES.


" Among honey plants that may hs
set in orchards where bees are kept
are alsike and sweet clover, but these
crops would not do the trees any
good. The raspberry is good honey
plant, and it can be cultivated among
the trees without damaging them.
Cucumbers, squashes and pumpkins
are good honey plants that can be
gown in orchards, says j. L. Van Arg
dale, in the New York Farmer.
Smoke causes bees to fill themselves
with honey. Disturbance has the
same effect. They probably do this
because the smoke and the disturb
ance cause them to think they are
to be driven from their. hives. and it
is their instinct of providing for the
future that prompts them to take
along with them as much of their
stored food as they can. After the
smoke passes away, or the disturb
ance subsidies, the bees return to the
cells the honey with which they have
loaded themselves.
Sometimes small after-swarm Of
bees will leave the hive and gather on
near bush or tree. Those will go
about from bush to bush, but will
not return to the parent colony.
Such after-swarms often have much
trouble with their virgin queens.
Not all small clusters that leave q
hive are to be classed as after-swarm.
Frequently number of bees will ac-
company a superseding queen which
is about to take her nuptial flight.
These always return to the hive.
Bees should not be transferred too
early in the spring, when the wealth
er is yet cold and there is no honey
to gather. Transfer them when fruits
are in bloom.
Disarrangement of the. brood-comb
can be more easily overcome when
the bees are storing honey than at
any other time.
If it be necessary to move an api-
ary, do it just before the bees take
their cleansing flight in the spring.
Old comb can be used without
placing it exactly as it was placed in
the hive in which it was made. The
bees will straighten up everything to
their own taste.
The Worthington advance., 1901-03-15
MAKING POULTRY PAY.
Learn the Business, BE willing to
Work Hard, and Experience II
Sure to Bring Success.

Success and failure with poultry de-
pend upon the poultryman himself.
There are good opportunities with
poultry and many ways of making a
certain amount of money by judicious
arrangements and close attention in
the keeping of fowls; but for, a begin
ner to suppose that because he is pro-
vided with a certain amount of money
and can secure a ely-looking place
for business success is certain is mis-
take that may result in disappoint-
ment. Although Just at first matters
may seem easy, the undertaking may
sooner or later end in a very sad awak-
ening to the reality of dead loss. But,
provided the business could be made an
adjunct to something else which does
not pay, then, with acquired knowledge
gotten only by experience-andu un-
remitting attention to even the small
est details, it may be made to add very
materially to the annual receipts, and
later on may be made an exclusive busi-
ness. Very great mistakes. are often
made in attempting too much at fl rst,
BY keepingtoo many kinds; it is there
fore best to- absolutely decide which of
the breeds in the market will be best
In the situation selected and keep and
breed nothing else. Learn at first, be
willing to do any kind of work, and ex-
perience will bring: success. The poul-
try business will pay If one viii begin
with few and increase every year
Farm and Fireside. ~
The Worthington advance., 1901-03-15
PROFIT PR 81 m cHIcoRY.
a New Industry That Has Obtained q
Fair start In Several Western
IL .l States.

Chicory is grown quite extensively
as substitute or adulteration of
coffee. The root, which resembles
somewhat beet, is the part used,
although the leaves have value Tor
cattle food. It is essentially cool
climate crop, but is cultivated in
nearly every country in Europe. The
industry in this country has obtained
a good start and is confined very
largely to sections of Michigan, 1lli-
nois, Wisconsin and Nebraska. Maur-
ice G.: Kains, in a bulletin Of the
United States department of agricul-
ture, gives the average yield per
acre at six to ten tons, the average