Evening star., 1901-02-04
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Mr.. Charles B. Levering Of New York
an ex-officer in her majesty's Indian army,
said at the Shoreham:
THE epidemic of grip here reminds me
Of a strange disease 1 once saw while in
the British army In India. My command
was stationed at small post in the far
interior and up to the time the malady
appeared its health had been excellent.
The wet or winter season had just set III
when natives of the surrounding country
began to come to the post complaining OF
pain in the region of the heart. which IN
creased so rapidly that within few hours
many of these applicants for rel1ef died
After some days one of our own men was
attacked and died shortly. Another ana
another was stricken until we had lost
seven men. The surgeon of the post made
every effort to diagnose the cases and ap-
pIy remedies, but met with no success.
During the short illness of the eighth man.
who was a minor officer the doctor sue
ceeded in compounding prescription Whlch
gave the patient relief but could not save
his life. When the ninth was stricken
doses of this medicine We're doubled ana
given with twice the frequency. Inc tl man
life was saved. We could not tell Whether
the drugs were responsible for his recovery
or whether his constitution simply trl-
umphed over the disease, but wpen the next
ease appeared the success OF the hleIs hleulclLiS
was assured. 1t was nothing IN the "oIlu
hut very large doses of qulnlne ana cdlo-
mel What the disease was We were never
able to discover but every man IN the com
nand literally gorged himself with the com
pound as a preventive measure, ana the
n,aladv disappeared. OF course We gave
the natives the same thing. and with the
same success. But with all the quinlne ana
calomel I took then I can't say L ever ac-
ouired taste for either, and TO this day
hate both worse than any olner drug.
Mr.. James d. Lowndes of Jackson. Miss.
said In the lobby Of the Arlington the other
night:
Next to the steel industry the manufac-
tura Of cottonsaed oil has had more than
ANYTHING else TO do with the development Of
the new south The amount of business In
this commodity is simply enormous, ana II
is hard for one who knows its present mag
nitude to realize that but few years since
tn seed Of the cotton plant was used for
only two purposes The ginners used it for
fuel TO feed their mill fires and the planters
used it for fertilizer. Then came the dis
covery that the oil expressed from the seed
was a healthful and nutritious food product.
as well as an important article of COM
merce Today the entire south is dotted
with oil mills. which annually produce hum
Greds Of thousands of barrels OF the crude
oil, The refining has mainly been done in
the north. but refineries are being rapidly
built in the south. There is an enormous
sum invested in these plants, and last year
something axe 5GG0,DJ0 paid to the
planters for seed alone Thousands of bar
rets of oil are shipped to foreign countries,
most of it going to France and Holland. In
the former country the crude is used IN
the manufacture of high-grade toilet soaps,
and in Hollanrf the refined is used in the
manufacture Of oleomargarine and butter
inc. As a salad oil c0ttonseed is almost
equal to the finest olive oil, and. indeed. II
ii were not for the peculiar green color Of
the latter il would sometimes require a
connoisseur to distinguish between them.
THE cottonSeed oil business IS the great
est boon possible to the small planters
mostly negroes. These people derive their
only spending money from the sale of the
seed. Their cotton and other crops sold
for provisions and clothing, while their seed
money is surplus, which most of them ex-
pend for little luxuries they could not other
wise have.
Mr.. John l.. Deveney of Cheyenne. Wyo.,
said in the lobby of the Ebbitt last week
II see there is some talk about enlargine
the Yellowstone National Park and 1 sin
cerely hope this will be done. / think
however, / can suggest much better idea
and that Is to take more effective measure.
toward stocking The park with game eri
mails and providing penalty for theil
slaughter, say for ten years. / should lk,