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The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-29

M Cambon, the French ambassador.
Is now on the high seas en- route TO
this country. He leaves his wife he
hind, and so the legation will lack a
mistress. The German embassy, too. is
deprived of the gracious services OF
Countess Won Quadt, wife of the FIRST
secretary OF the. ambassadors stan, who
acted as hostess at all DR.. Won Holle-
ben's Entertainments last winter. An
heir has been given to the house Of
Quadt, and, therefore. his mother win
remain with her family for some time
70 come. The charming little lady OF
the unpronounceable name, Frau Won
Hebeur- Paschwitz. wife of the military
attachs, VIII assume the duties OF
chatelaine OF the big brick embassy
whenever occasion demands.
The White House family Is complete
Tor the, holidsys-for the first time dur
ing this administration. and the Man
sion IL crowded with merry guests in
siaaing Mrs. Roosevelt's sister. Miss
o - lately returned from Europe.
~ eosfHe, the usual public reception
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-29

gocytes. These phagocytes are minute
organisms in the blood which act as
sCavengers. 1t is their business, when
any malevolent germ enters the system
to hasten to the spot and eat him up.
Were 1t not for their ceaseless activity
we should all die of consumption, as
tuberculosis bacilli are present every
where. The consumption cure ray, so
the theory is, increases the phagocytic
appetite to such an extent that no
germs can stand before it.
In this age of swiftly-spread pro-
gress, the X-ray is already an old
story. Many eXperimenters have tried
it in many diseases with varying effect.
Perhaps it's most successful field is in
conjunction with the F'insen ray, in
cases of cancer where the center Of the
trouble is internal. The patient is put
under the X-ray for fifteen minutes,
and then subjected to the Finsen ray
for an hour. The X-ray tends to dsin-
tegrate the tissue, and thus the Finsen
ray is enabled to penetrate and extend
the healing influences to the center of
Inflammation. But physicians are COM
ing to fear this mysterious agency to
which the discoverer gave the APP
propriate name of X, symbolizing the
unknown. 1t passes through the skin
and outer flesh only to destroy inner
TISSUES, anu OllSi " SldIl BdISTeHe II
the interior SO it is not now much
used as a healing agency, but rather
as an auxiliary.
What the future of light-therapy is
to be, he would be bold man who
should prophesy. 1t may fairly be re-
garded as having mastered cancer and
consumption in many cases. 1t has been
tried with success in smallpox and
scarlet fever. 1t is being tried in lep-
rosy cases. A celebrated Russian sur
geon announces that he has used Il
with success as an anaesthetic for sur
face operation, and to assist healing
of wounds, burns and sores. But il is
as a germicide that IL holds out the
greatest hope to the race. Many emf
nent physicians believe that in time.
when its principles of action are un-
derstood. il will be directed success
fully to the destruction of all germs,
and that not only tuberculosis, but
pneumonia, cholera, typhoid fever te4
tanus; indeed most of the deadly ills
that flesh is heir to. will disappear be-
fore IL and be wiped off the list of the
agents OF death. Elias Iisle.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-29

il as II does. At present, they must
be content with the knowledge that a
simple ray of light has given results
more wonderful than all the medicines;
more radical than the knife.
1t is by another form of the ray tnat
tuberculosis is treated. To say that
consumption is now being cured by a
contrivance that looks like brass
mortar with glass end may sound
frivolous but it is none the less true.
This piece of artillery, Is inches In
diameter and 20 inches long, is con-
densing lamp, from the concave re-
fiecting lens in the back of which is
reflected an electric light of 1000 can
die power. This light is thrown upon
q blue glass screen, which cuts out
most of the heat rays. Behind this
screen sits the consumptive, his breast
barred to the rays. A 14-inch circle of
his chest is covered by the light, and
he is kept there for about an hour at
a time. Like the Finsen ray, the light
produces absolutely no sensation, but
ii has this popularity, lacking in the
other ray, that the patient usually sue
cumbs to drowsiness after a few mo-
ments, and falls asleep. Its effects
are almost immediate; the consump-
tive's temperature falls; his cough
improves; >his nightsweats pass off; he
gains weight, appetite and strength,
and in the course of time the tubercu-
losis bacilli which have been present
in great numbers in his lungs, disap-
pear. Some very striking cases have
been recorded in the medical journals.
One man came for the treatment when
apparently almost gone; he was ut
terly exhausted after walking block.
He had a temperature of 104 degrees
and a racking cough, and was little
more than a skeleton. Furthermore
he had not the slightest faith in the
treatment After he had taken four
maps behind the blue glass screen his
temperature went down to 100. In the
first week he gained four pounds. In
the second week he gained four more,
and his cough had almost left him. A
week later he was able to walk four
miles without discomfort, and at the
end of two months when he was dis
charged as cured examinations of his
SPECIFICATIONS failed to discover scriy
bacilli.
The theory of this light cure is more
definite than in the case of the Finsen
ray; consumption is known to be a
germ disease, whereas cancer is still
a mystery. Sunlight kills tuberculosis
bacilli; and it is supposed that the rays
that penetrate the blue glass screen act
in the same way More than this it is
believed that they strengthen the pha-
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-29
DoCTORIN0 FREE.

A stan OF eminent physicians and
surgeons from the British Medical In
stitute have, at the urgent solicitation
OF large number of patients under
their care in this country. established
permanent branch of the institute
in this city, at 1S York street, west
Henderson building.
These eminent gentlemen have decid :
ed to give their services entirely free
for three months medicines excepted1
to all invalids who call upon them
for treatment between now and pee
81.
The object in pursuing this course "a
10 become rapidly and personally &c
quainted with the sick and afflicted
and under no conditions will anv
charge whatever be made for any ser
vices rendered for three months 10 All
who call before Dec. 81.
Male and female weakness, catarrh
and catarrhal deafness, also rupture.
goitre. cancer, all skin diseases and All
diseases OF the rectum are positively
cured By their mem treatment
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-29
DROWNING IN GOLDEN SAND.
Is Not to BE Preferred to other
Forms of Death.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
C. r. de Jersey-Grut and l.. Simpson,
both OF Sydney, Australia, are travel
ing on pleasure through the United
States. Mr.. Simpson has had an ex>
perience that does not often fall to the
lot of man-of being nearly drowned
in gold. And it happened in this wise,
he said to writer for the Denver Re-
publican.
II was in New Zealand about a year
ago and was down in the southern part
of the place. There is a river there
named the Zaldas, and very peculiar
river it is in a good many ways. 1t
is remarkable for the strength and
swiftness of it's current in the noun
tains, and it goes underground for a
space of about a mile in its middle
course But the chief of its peculiar
tiles is the gold-bearing quicksand to
be found near its mouth. There is
about a mile of the river there, where
il spreads out, that is full of quicksand,
and for a good distance this sand is
full of gold 1t assays as high as ST.
200 a ton and is. of course, very valu-
able thing. Until recently there was
no known way of utilizing this gold,
but about year aog a new method
was found whereby the gold could be
extracted.
"Well, I was near there. with a, party
of friends, camping and shooting and
fishing. The first night 1 rode out on
my horse down the river to see some
people that lived on farm near the
mouth of the river. There was a light
wind blowing at the time and it blew
my hat all of a sudden from any head
and out into the stream. 1t fioated
down slowly, and l rode on the bank
and followed and watched it. / thought
that 1t would soon come near the bank,
and thenI would be able to go out and
get it by making my horse wade in
the stream. 1 had not heard of the
quicksand.
pretty soon, as it did not come near
the bank. / urged the animal out into
the river. The horse would not go,
however, and neighed loudly when
brought near the water. After / had
made repeated efforts to get the horse
out into the stream 1 gave II up, and
then thought that I would wade out
and get the hat myself. 1t was close
to the bank, and the river did not look
deep.
80 I jumped off the horse and into
the stream and then in an instant 1
knew what was the matter with the
animal for had struck the quick
sand. It was the place where the gold
is most to be found, and that sand
there is worth lots of money; but it
did not seem TO make any difference
to me whether 1t was gold I was sink
ing in or just plain sand. 1t rose higher
and higher on me. and 1 felt that it
was surely the end. But the luck was
with me. and 1 was pulled out by a
chance passer on horse. who threw
a lariat over my shoulders. thought
that was surely being cut In two by
the 1ariat: but / was not, and l was
pulled out after a while and got over
my scare. That sand where l was is
now worth millions of dollars, and
literally was drowning in gold. but IL
wasn't any fun, can tell you"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-29

a bridge While the effect is most
natural, it is also perfectly natural that
the new tooth should not derive so
firm a support from the bridge as 1t
would derive from a sound root imbed-
ded in the jaw. Therefore, 1 always
warn such persons to beware OF bit
ing on bones or hard biscuit, or crack
ers, or stale crusts. or apples, or nuts
with the false tooth for fear of break
ing the bridge.
Now, a. man who has broken his
bridge will generally come back and
say: Well, doctor, I'm in hole or IN
up tree or something like that.
" What's the natter I'll ask.
Forgot your orders and bit on an
apple or perhaps he'll say, was
eating hash and struck a bone unex-
pectedly. The bridge is broken
But will a woman be as frank about
it? Not once in a hundred cases She
generally begins in tone of the great
est surprise as if she had never heard
of such a thing: Why doctor, that
bridge l paid you so much to put in
is broken already
" You must have forgotten my in
structions.' l will say.
What instructions?' is the amazed
reply
" Not to bite on anything nara WIN
it,
" Why doctor, l was eating oat-
meal at the time, and the bridge just
broke right off and the tooth came out
in my hand. Look how thin the bridge
was anyway (showing the pieces). Why
didn't you make it thicker? l should
think it ought to stand oatmeal
ut is always oatmeal, or soup, or
sponge cake, or blanc mango. or ice
cream-never by any chance anything
hard. They rack their brains to think
OF soft eatables. One of the funniest
of these cases 1 ever met happened only
the other day. A gaudily dressed, but
vulgar woman, for whom l had done
some bridge work. sailed into my Of
flee with the usual pretence at sur
prised indignation
What were you eating?' 1 asked.
was at the Waldorf Astoria she
began-no place, but the Waldorf
v4etiid do her, Though the accident Pfee-
ably happened in her own kitchen
and 1 was eatin goslin'.'
Goslin'? l repeated, at loss for
the moment to recognize the dish.
Yes she snapped. You know how
soft goslin' is, don't you?'
Then / caught on. A green goslin
is undeniably a tender bit to bite on.
She must have read about it in the
cheap newspaper recipes for birthday
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-29

will occur on New Years Day; but the
cabinet reception that follow in in the
official programme will be fewer this
new year than ever before. Only Mrs.
Root, Mrs. Hitchcock, Mrs. Knox and
Miss Wilson have arranged for enter
tanning. Mr.. Hugh Knox, son of the
Attorney General, has arrived from
Andover College to spend the holidays
with his parents. Admiral Schley and
his wife have gone to New York to
enjoy the festive season with their
daughter Admiral and Mrs. Dewey
are departing for Palm Beach. Fla, to
remain most of the winter. First AS.
sistant Postmaster General and Mrs.
Johnson have gone TO their New
Jersey home to remain till Jan. l. Am
basador and Mrs. Choate, who have
been SO lavishly entertained in Wash
ington all the early winter, have gone
to Biltmore, North Carolina, to JOIN
the house party of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Vanderbilt. Representative and Mrs.
Showalter are entertaining party OF
young people over the holidays, lncluu-
ing the beautiful young daughter OF
Senator Tillman. Among the diversions
was a dance on Christm Eve. MRS.
Jones, wife of the Senator from Ne
vada, who has been at deaths door in
a New York hospital, has been success
fully operated on for appendicitis and
is now in a fair way to recover.
The other day a select company of
American politicians heard some
wholesome truths about themselves
and their Wanted 'institutions." 1t
was at a swell dinner-party in the
house of a member of the cabinet. one
of the oldest. best-known and most in
-telligent diplomats in Washington nap
pened to be seated next 10 western
senator of the pronounced spread
eagle, brass-band type; and during the
two hours repast was treated to con-
siderable boastful discourse concerning
the infallible institutions" Finally
the foreigner-who, by the way, is the
loyal subject of a king-could ftand 1t
no longer. In quiet even tones, heard
by every one at the table, his ex-
pressed himself to the Westerner in
this wise:
yes. you are a big nation, so far as
space and nlIrnherg- go. but you have
disappointed the wcrld in many ways.
All other countries freed their slaves
without serious strife; Russia manu-
mitted twenty million serfs by an impe-
rial decree, and then took steps to see
that they all were secured in posses
sion of their land. Yet the United
States nearly destroyed itself with
civil war over the slavery question.
You have sneered at other governments
for their heavy military burdens,
though the standing armies abroad
have been immense national schools to
change bent-backed peasans into up
standing, intelligent freemen. At the
same time you have saddled yourselves
with a much greater burden in huge
pension list which has not begun to
shrink though the. war on which 1t is
based was over nearly forty years ago.
You have the only government which
has lost three rulers in Jess than forty
wears by assassination. You are the
only nation whose highest court has
for twenty years been undermining
the fundamental charter of the gov
eminent by vacillating, conflicting and
divergent opinions. Commercially, in
dustrially and intellectually you are
magnificent; governmentally you retro
grade"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-29
Sunday in Big Cities.

From the New York Tribune.
There is a great deal of talk nova
days about New York's Sunday laws
and the manner in which they are OBJ
served or disregarded, and the subject
Will probably receive considerable at
tention during the legislative session
which opens in Albany next month. 1t
is big question, a serious question
and an important question, and there
cannot be too much light on it, From
that point of view the Tribune sets
forth some facts about how Sunday
is spent here and elsewhere-not with
the view of influencing anybody's opin-
ion, but merely to provide useful infor-
nation without color or bias. In this
city the ancient blue laws have been
extensively relaxed, and the most fla
grant violations of the present Sunday
regulations occur in connection with
the sale OF liquor.
The citizens of Boston probably OBJ
serve Sunday more strictly than those
of any other city of its size in this
country. In Chicago the laws against
liquor selling on Sunday are dead let
ters. In st. Louis Sunday is utilized as
a holiday. The theaters, saloons. bill
lard parlors and dance halls are wide
open and all kinds of athletic games
are freely INDUCED in. San Francisco
does not attempt to enforce the OBJ
servance of Sunday at all, but the at
ten3ance at churches is nearly as
large as in eastern cities of the same
size. Sunday-schools, however, do not
flourish so well. London is a city Of
churcheoers on Sunday, but the strict
ness with which the day was formerly
observed is considerably relaxed. Home
rule prevails in Scotland regarding
Sunday observance to a large extent,
each municipality making its own reg
ulations, except as to liquor selling.
Parisians and the people of Berlin re-
gard the first day of the week primar-
lily as one Of recreation. In Canada
the day is observed so religiously that
only in recent years have the street
cars been allowed to run in Toronto.
the principle city of Ontario.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-29

dinners at 81 per family. Her ingenu-
ity tickled me so much that | repaired
her bridge for nothing"
what do you suppose asked the
reporter, sis the real reason why your
men customers are more truthful In
this respect than the women. Is it
Constitutional"
II Think said the dentist, after re-
Election, that it is not because men
love truth more than women do, but
because the men know that l would
know they We're lying, whereas the
women have not sense enough to ap-
preciate that fact"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-29
WOMEN AND THE TRUTH.
A Dentist Says They show Less Re-
gard for IL Than Men Do.

From the New York Tribune.
II heartily agreed with Police Mag
istrate Crane when he declared the 9TH
er day that women. as a general rule.
are far more given to lying than men. "
said New York dentist. to a Tribune
reporter for I see new evidence Of IL
in my practice almost daily"
Tell me some Instances" said the
reporter
We'll. the most fragrant prevaricat-
ors / meet. perhaps, are women for
whom I have done bridge work-that
Is. inserted a false tooth or two for
them and fastened the new false ones
10 the cid real ones by what ne call
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-29

James N. Lam, OF Middletown, N.
Y, a preacher, doctor and author, is
80 years of age and has been married
thirteen times. His FIRST marriage &C.
Cured at Milford, Pa, in 1880.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-29

be beaten back by the destroying and
healing ray. The end of the battle e
always the same. The lupus disap-
pears and in it's place is sound scar
tissue Not infrequently skin grating
is restored to to restore that part of
the face, provided no organs have
been destroyed, to its oroginal appear
ance.
In the malignant cancers-sarcoma
of the breast and others, the roots of
which lie deep-the Finsen ray has
done work quite as wonderful. 1t works
slower in these cases than in lupus,
where the disease is on the surface, for
the rays have little penetrating power:
nevertheless there are complete cures
to its credit in cases beyond hope of
eradication by the knife Before there is
any apparent change in the condition,
the offensive odor from the sore ceases,
and the disappearance of pain soon fol-
lows. Then, slowly, the healing pro
crosses. One recent case of malignant
sarcoma of the breast was discharged
from the laboratory in Brooklyn as
cured, several months ago, where the
disease was arrested after It had al
most completely eaten away one breast
There has since been no sign of its re-
turn. In another case sarcoma of the
tongue-''smoker's cancer"-was cured.
There are so many instances where lu-
pus. the surface facial cancer, has been
totally wiped out that they are hardly
regarded as being worthy of a place on
the records.
BY what process does the ray achieve
such results2 Nobody knows. II ply
sicians knew this they would be near
TO the greatest medical discovery in his
tory. All they can tell is that the alb
normal cellular processes which pro-
duce cancer are in some mysterious
manner corrected by the action Of the
light; the process IL checked and the
sore healed. When they have found out
what cancer Is they may be able 10 de
termine why the FiAaen ray acts unon
The Washington times., 1901-12-22
VAN SITTART RESENTS HUM0R.
british Consul Mt New Orleans Sues
Official State Organ.

NEW ORLEANS. Dec 21.-Arthur G.
Van sittart. British Consul at New or
leans. brought suit today in the United
States district court for libel and con
tempt of court against the New Orleans
States" the official organ of the city Of
New Orleans and State OF louisiana. The
suit is the outgrowth OF the British mule
trade. and especially the blowing UP Of
the British mule transport Acchanioian
by alleged Boer sympathizers.
Consul Van Sittart suggested that the
explosion was due TO General Pearson the
Boer agent. and wanted him arrested for
completely in it. Pearson resented the
charges. and sued the British Consul for
s25, coo damages for libeling him. Van
sittart tried to escape on the ground tha;
a British Consul could not be sued II this
country. in a case of the kind. but the
United States court has ordered him to
answer the case.
The States" commented humorously on
the suit, and the British Consul declares
that the comment is injurious to him.
and breach of respect to the court and
in contempt of It,
He demands therefore that the editor
be summoned to explain to the court
where he got the Information upon which
the comments were based. aud in default
OF giving his information be stnt TO jail
for contempt of court. as well as COM
PEELED to pay damages TO him.
The Washington times., 1901-12-22
TO BREAK MONTE CARLO BANK
Earl of Roslyn Forms Syndicate to
supply His Funds.

LONDON. Dec. 2l.-The Earl Of Roslyn.
as was announced some time ago. has
claimed that he has invented a system by
which he can break the bank at Monte
Carlo or anywhere else. His lordship has
invited mis- friends to subscribe the neoes-
sary funds 10 enable them all to get rich.
The friends, it appears, are displaying
considerable caution. and his lordship's
philanthropy is now extended 10 anybody
with money. Il is open to anybody. in
fact, to enter the syndicate for period Of
three months or more His iordship has
already acquired capital Of about
$4,000, and with this he has gone 20
0stend. where he has been rewarded with
a fair amount of success.
He actually broke the bank at the kuT-
saal once. and has just hft Ostend with
about S1.0oo TO the good after paying all
expenses. This has had some effect. and
money is coming in now fairly freely.
The earl Is in London and is about TO pro-
coed to Monte Carlo.
BY the terms OF the syndicate's articles
of association he VIII receive 50 per cent
of the profits after his personal expenses
are paid. His lordship thus stands to en-
Joy himself, anyhow. so long as the money
lasts