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The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
THE CAUSE OF SMALLPOX.
Boston Physician Claims to Have
Made important Discovery.

DR.. William r. Councilman, prOfes-
sor of pathology in the Harvard Medi-
cal School, made formal statement
last week to the Boston Society Of
Medical Science announcing the dis
covery OF the cause of smallpox.
The cause has been determined to
be the prCto2oa, the lowest form of
animal life.
The honor of making this discovery
Is divided. DR.. Councilman, who made
the formal announcement gave out
the following statement:
This announcement is the outcome
of an investigation conducted by Drs.
Councilman, George Burgess Magrath,
and Walter Rcmsen Brinckerhoff, with
the cooperation Of the Boston board
Of health, during the recent epidemic
of the disease in this city. 1t has been
, determined that smallpox is caused by
a micro-OrSanism representative of the
lowest form of animal life. This fact
serves to relate the disease with ma
laria. and to distinguish it from many
other infectious diseases. caused by
minute forms of vegetable life known
as bacteria"
DR.. Councilman did not give many
details. but said the work had been
going on since 1901. DR.. Brinckerhoff
of the city hospital staff lived among
smallpox patients in Boston harbof
for several weeks in a habitation hard
l. worthy Of being called shelter in
order to gather the material with
which Dr. Councilman pursued his in.
Vestigations.
He told how rabbits and monkeys
were experimental upon. Upon iEoc.
ulation or exposure to smallpox rab-
bits have disease similar to smallpox,
but it is not smallpox. The monkey,
however, representing a higher form
OF life, was affected much the same as
II human being and had smallpox
practically in the same stages that
man suffers.
DR.. Councilman told how research
in the field of bacteriology was first
exhausted without finding the cause
Of the disease. Then, falling back on
anatomy, the research was continued,
and it was finally decided, after re-
peated experiments, that an organism,
the protOzoa, was the cause of the dis
ease. A protozoa belongs to the ami
nal kingdom, and so the field for
further investigation is pathological
rather than meteorological.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
Cash Of the Iona Ano.

Lineal descendants of the bronze
axe of remote Celestial ancestors are
the little brass cash, the Chinese
coins. Here is how this curious pedi,
gree first worked itself out: In the
early times, before coin was invented,
barter was usually conducted between
producer and consumer with metal
implements, as it still is in Central
Africa at the present day. At first
the Chinese in that unsophisticated
age were content to use real hatchets
for this commercial purpose, but after
a time with the profound mercantile
instinct of their race, it occurred to
some Of them that when man
wanted half hathet's worth of goods
he might as well pay for them with
half a hatchet. AS it would be pity
to spoil good working implement by
cutting it in two, the worthy All Sin
ingeniously compromised the matter
by making thin hatchets of the usual
size and shape, but far too slender for
practical usage. By SO doing he in
vented coin, and, what is more, he in
vented it far earlier than the claim
ants to that proud distinction, the
Lydians, whose electrum staters were
first struck in the seventeenth cen.
tury 3. c..
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
Placing the Pennies.

in the accompanying illustration.
That is to say you place nine Of
the pennies in straight line, one be-
low the other and two on each side of
the third penny from the top.
Now, with the cross thus made you
may count nine in three different
ways: First, the stem counts nine:
from top to bottom; second, count
six from the bottom up to the cross
piece, and then three from the middle
penny of the crosspiece to the right;
third, count six from the bottom up
to the crosspiece, and then three off
to the left
The puzzle is to take away two of
the pennies and leave the cross SO
that it will count nine in three differ
ent ways.
Lay the paper down and try 1T.
Perhaps you may succeed, but if you
do not, take away one penny from
each side and remove the top penny
to the bottom. Simple enough, isn't
it-when you find it out?
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
To Teach Domestic Science.

Miss Caroline Phelps Stoke, several
times a millionaire in her own right,
has endowed a $1,000 scholarship in
domestic science at the Teachers col
lege in New York. A special competi-
tive course will be established and
graduates of other colleges may enter
for the prize Domestic science as
now taugh at Teachers college is an
affair of engrossing interest. It com
prehends much OF the lore maidens
formerly acquired under a less scien-
tiiic if more mothcrly influence, sepa-
rates the wheat from the chalf, adds
the why's and wherefores mothers sell
dom bothered about and incuIcates
the theory of food combinations.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
Simple but Effective Trick.

Into a glass dish pour water until
1t is about an inch in depth. Now,
II you stand glass tumbler in the
dish upside down, he water will rise
In 1t almost as high as it is in the
dish. 1t will not rise quite SO high,
because there is air in the tambler,
and that will prevent it.
But there is simple way to make
it rise higher in the tumbler than it is
in the dish. Get fiat cork and put
= in the water; it will float. of course.
Now, light a wad Of paper, lay It on
the cork and place the tumbler over
it. AS the paper burns, the water will
rise in the glass, and will not fall
again. If you leave the glass as it is.
The reason is that the burning OF
the paper exhausts some Of the air in
the glass, making partial vacuum,
or empty space, and as the air pres
sure on the surface of the water in
the dish is greater than the pressure
on the inside of the glass, the water
is forced up.
1t IS on that principle that what the
doctors call "cupping" is done. Into a
glass cup made for the purpose they
put piece of burning paper, and at
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
Conundrums,

What animal has death no effect
on? A pig; when killed he can be
cured
When are you not yourself? When
you are a little pale (paiD.
Why is baker like beggar? Be,
cause he kneads bread.
What is the difference between the
north and south pole? All the differ,
ence in the world
Why should soldiers be tired on
April /? Because they have just had
March of 81 days
Why should no man starve on the
deserts of Arabia? Because of the
sandwich is there.
Why is kiss like a scandal? II
goes from mouth to mouth.
What did the spider do when he
came out of the ark. Took fly and
went home.
What contains more feet in winter
than summer? A skating rink
What is the difference between a
good and bad governess! One teaches
miss and the other teaches amiss.
Why is twice 10 like twice II:
Twice 10 is 20 and twice II Is 90
What is most like a hen stealing
A cock robin (robbing) to be sure.
Why is a pair of skates like an ap
pie? Because they both are likely to
be the fall of a man.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08

stem. In the case of a plant that dies
down to the ground in autumn 1t Is
not the roots that send up a new stem
in the spring. for a part of the true
stem remains under ground on the root
crown, and from it grow up the bud
bearing stems in the spring. When
seed terminates it sends the light.
loving stem upward and the dark-lov
ing root downward.
Saw off part of the tree trunk and
you will find series of rings from
the center to the bark, each ring
marking year of growth. But these
rings indicate also which of the sea
sons through which the tree has lived
were dry and which had plenty OF
rain. The rings are always OF un-
equal width: the narrow ones repre-
sent dry seasons and the wide ones
seasons when the conditions of growth
were better by reason of plentiful
rain.
Every rose has its thorn, and the
same may be said of such fruits as
blackberries, raspberries, etc. only
they are not real thorns, but prickles.
which strip off with the outer bark.
while thorns will not strip off, being
hardened, undeveloped branches.
But why do bushes and vines have
prickles? Many people wonder at it,
for they see no good reason for such
a growth. But there is a reason. as
there is in everything in nature. The
prickles are given to them as a pro-
lection against plant-eating animals.
The stems have a pleasant, aromatic
taste. and COWS and sheep would be
| sure to eat them in winter, when they
crave something fresh. il it were not
for the prickles.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
Bread Pill Trick.

Make two bread pills, and say to
the spectators that you are going to
throw one of them away, and put the
other in your left hand while the lat.
ter is closed. Then the thrown-away
pill will come into the left hand while
the latter is closed.
Here is the way to do the trick:
Hold one Of the pills between the
thumb and first finger of your right
hand for everyone to see. Then make
motion as if throwing it away but
by deft. unseen motion of your
thumb you must slip it between the
firsOand second fingers, where you
can keep it concealed
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
Do Not Forget.

Do not forget as you go on your way
Through this busy world, with its toll
and strife,
Often a kindly word to say
To those you meet in the paths of life.
Do not forget that smile of cheer
May comfort n heart that is sad and
drear
And brighten a day that Is hard and
long.
The burning words that for ever live
1t may not be yours to speak or give
But there's heart and hope in a bit of a
song.
Do not forget that wherever you so
Kindly deeds may be found to do.
No one so poor but can hestow
The help that will courage and faith re-
new,
No one weak who cannot give
The hand that may help a soul to live
And rise again from the trodden clay!
Splendid achievements may never be
yours,
But the deed that for loves sake is done
endures.
And will blossom for from day to
day.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
PEANUTS WORRIED THE DOCTOR
How Professor Patton Administered
Rebuke to Students.

DR.. Patton was delivering a lecture
recently in his course on ethics at the
Princeton Theological seminary and
experienced much annoyance because
some OF the students ate peanuts i'll
stead OF attending to him. Finally he
Administered this rebuke: Gentle
men, | have delayed starting the most
important part of to-day's lecture hop
ing that the stock of peanuts would be
consumca and a restful quiet be re-
stored. AS the quantity seems ample
to meet the demands and the supply
appears lneXhaustiblc, | feel CON
strained TO request that your appe-
titeS be restrained until the COnclu-
sion of the lecture. | would be great
ly pleased if in the future anyone
wishing 20 conduct a 5 O'Clock tea in
the class room would contine the re-
frcshments to sponge cake"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
Controversy Over Clara Rarto,

controversy has been started as to
whether Clara Bartons age is 70 or
~. Her defenders, in reply to the
charges that she is too old to conduct
the affairs of the Red Cross. have said
that she was only 73. Indeed, books
containing biographical sketches Of
Miss Barton confirm this, as they say
she was born in Oxford. Mass, in
1880. The suspended Washington
members of the Red Cross. known as
the minority" are reported to have
said they have an affidavit from the
town clerk of East oxford. Mass.
stating that Miss Barton was born
there in 1921, and is thus nine years
older than her friends assert
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
The Mesmerized Rinu,

Attach massive gold ring TO a
silk thread about twelve inches long
and fasten the other end around the
joint nearest the nail of your right
foref1nger. Allow the ring to hang
about half an inch above the surface
OF the table. on which you rest your
elbow to steady your hand. Hold your
finger horizontally, with the thumb
thrown back as far as possible from
the rest of the hand. If there be moth
ing on the table, the ring will soon
become stationary. Place some sill
yer coin, three half dollars will do,
Immediately below the ring and 1t will
begin to oscillate to and from you.
\Bring your thumb in contact with your
'farrfinger and the oscillations will be-
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08

Now take up the second pill and
place 1t in your left hand. skilfully
placing the other pill there at the
same time by letting it slip from be
tween your fingers. Close your left
hand quickly, and then. after few
words, open your hand and show both
pills in it.
1t will require only little practice
to make your performance of this trick
so deceptive that no one can catch"
you.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08

tue and faithful likeness. He has
caught something of the magnificent
hre or the great statesman. Mr.. Clad.
stone stands in a characteristic atti.
tude; his right hand clutches his robe.
in his left he srasps sheaf of papers,
while his head is turned round sharp
ly to the right. The face is character
!stic of one mood of the dead warrior.
1t is the face of the political fighter,
battling for what he believes the cause
OF justice
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08

seph KYLE Hickey, committed suicide
at New York last week. Hickey was
notice. staggering along the street
and was taken to his boarding house
by policeman. An ambulance was
called Dut before it arrived the colo-
mel wa dead A small bottle half
full OF rarbolic acid was found in his
coat picket. An examination of the
stomaGI revealed a quantity OF the
poison.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
Mesmerizinq the Ring.

come transverse to their former swing.
This may also be effected by letting a
girl take hold of your disengaged hand.
When the transverse motion is fairly
established let boy take hold Of the
girls disengaged hand and the ring
will change back to its former course.
Instead of silver you can suspend the
ring over your left forefinger with
similar results.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08

TVUI, anu CHt tUST
OF the whole work is $4,000. The
good example of San Francisco in
erecting this fine monument will no
doubt BE- followed. in time, by others
of the larger cities.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08

lines of white mar
bic against the
gray columns near
the pulpit. 1t is a
statue of Mr.. Glad
stone. There was
no public cere~
mony of unveiling,
no public praise Of
the great states
IN a n W h en- t h 9
monument to his
memory was set
up. There is not
even an insCrip-
tion on the blue
veincd marble Of
the pedestal, and
the statue shows
the man robed in
ms gown as a D..
c. l.. of oxford
university. Mr..
Brock, K. A., has
I1llvbt n fpn ct,
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08

representing I h c
cruiser Olympia.
Dewey's flagship
on May /. 1898,
and the hattleShip
Oregon, both Of
which We're built
at the UniCl Iron
works, San Fran
cisco.
On small pedes-
{ a ! S gro u p g d
around the main
one there will be
sculptured figures
of California bears.
The ground for the
m o n u III ent was
broken by the late
President Mckin-
ley on the occasion
of his visit to San
Francisco. The to-
tai height of the
monument is 1OJ
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
Lookinq Glass Puzzle.

Put this diagram up where you can
see it well. Then at the top of a
sheet of blank paper lying on your
desk put looking glass, standing it
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
What 1horns Are For.

Most persons think that the stem of
a plant grows from the roots; on the
contrary, the roots grow from the
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08

The Water in the Glass.
once press the cup down on the flesh
of the patient, which rises in little
mound inside the cup, because the out
side pressure of the air is greater than
that inside.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
GLADSTONE STATUE SET UP.
Famous Statesman Given a Place in
Westminster Abbey

AS one enters the north transept of
Westminster abbey, London, writes a
correspondent the eye is captured by
a new statue, standing out in flowing
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
AS THE WORLD
REVOLVES |
MoNUM ENT TO ADMIRAL DEWEY

5plenci S1aft in San Francisco to Ee
Unse cd by President Roosevelt.
Whe' resident Roosevelt visit.
San fra. .sru he will formally Unveil
in UNI Square monument com
memoir H- the achievement Of Ad-
miral Dewey and the American navy
in Man a Bay. 1ne monument con
sists OF ID -ranite shaft with a Cor,
inthian capital, on the top of which
stands bronze figure of Victory
poised On one foot on a globe. On the
sides ol the pedestal supporting the
column there will be bronze tablets
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08

Paris now has ;
the form of a hol-
low lamp post that
contain a stretch
er and other ap-
pliancos for the
quick rrlief of the
injured
The post con
sists Of a bronze
pillar fifteen feet
high, with a round
overhan ing t p,
which rontains n
clock barometer
and pictorial ad-
V @ TT 5 ementS,
worked ~ mechan-
ism. In the shaft
of the ? st are the
stretchCr and sur
gical articles. To
get them one has
to breab a small
glass window and
unlock the door.
The French call
"phare - occurs,
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
RiCkEY WEARY OF LIVING
Originator of Famous Drink Kills
Himself in New York.

The originator Of the famous drink
know as the gin rickey," Col. 10.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08

up so that when you put your pencil
on the paper you can get good view
OF it in the glass. Now look In the
glass at the paper and pencil and draw
a diagram like the one you have put
up for copy. 1t sound awfully easy
to do this; but try it.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
A Puzzle Cross.

Get thirteen pennies and arrange
them in the form of a cross, as shown
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
FOR AID TO THE INJURED
Appliances for Relief Now Placed on
Paris Streets.

Paris now has public novelty in
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08

The fFalch call this innovation
"phare - sseours," or aid to the in
ired"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
ABUSE GERMAN SOLDIERS.

Privates Are Treated with the Great.
est Endfgnity by Their Officers.
There have recently been a good
many convictions of German army
officers for abuse of military authority
in the treatment of subordinates and
have recently been exciting painful at
tention. Since January /. 1903, there
have been $50 convictions of officers
and non-commissioned officers for
cruelty to their men, and the sentences
Of imprisonment or Incarceration In
a fortress which have been imposed
amount, when added together, to over
fifty years. Between the end of June
and the end of September there have
been no fewer than eighty convictions
Of this kind, involving sentences of
Imprisonment the total terms of which
amounted to over twenty-four years,
to say nothing of condemnations in
volving Incarceration in a fortress,
degradation and other penalties.
Eleven Of these eighty convictions
were against officers and as their pun
ishments varied between four months
incarceration In a fortress and seven
days ordinary arrest 1t is assumed
that their offenses were not Of such
hefnous character as those Of the
non-commissioned officers. In one case,
however, an officer was sentenced to
two months Imprisonment and was
dismissed from the service. The heavi-
est sentence was that which was i'm
posed upon the non commissioned off,
Ger Breidenbach, of the Fourth Guards
regiment, who was condemned to eight
years Imprisonment for a very large
number Of aggravated cruelties infict-
ed upon the men of his company.
The cases have been most numerous
among the infantry and artillery; there
has been only one case in the cavalry.
By far the largest number of cases
were in the Prussian contingent, where
the penalties inflicted amounted to a
total of over twenty-three years i'm
prisonment In Bavaria and about five
months in Saxony. 1t must be remem-
bered, however, that the Prussian con-
tingent represents more than three
fourths of the whole strength of the
German army.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
Knew the Voice.

Like many other blind people, the
late Mr.. Milburn, chaplain of Con-
gress, could identify people by their
voices even when he did not know
them well, or had not seen them for
years. This is not strange when we
remember that Helen Keller, who is
deaf and blind, can meet ten people at
once whom she has never "seen" be-
fore, and when they shake hands with
by their right names, identifying them
by the feeling of their hands. The
Boston Transcript tells story which
illustrates the power, among the blind
to recognize voices.
Once, when Mr. Milburn was out
driving, a man stopped the carriage
and beckoned Mr.. Milburn's friend to
the stranger said:
when 1 was 1S or 20 years old
Doctor Milburn was in the habit Of
dining with my father. I want to see
if he will know me by my voice"
The two men went back to Mr. Mil
burns carriage. The stranger said:
''Dr. Milburn, do you know meY'
Eyes, sir, you are the son Of my old
friend, the publisher, Mr.. Harper"
Mr.. Milburn had not heard the voice
for more than thirty years.
Not long before Mr.. Milburn died
Bishop Cranston visited him and en-
tered the room without having his
name announced. When he spoke, Mr.
Milburn called him by his name. They
had not met for twenty-nine years.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
DESTINY OF HUMAN SOULS.

Theory That the Spirits Of Depraved
Men Pass Inte the Beasts,
Are the bodies Of animals inhabited
by the souls Of human villains dead
and gone? Don't sneer too hastily at
the question, for If it should be an
-swered finally in the negative science
LIS at q loss to account for the utter
depravity of the animals. 1t IL ap-
parent to the dullest observer that
dumb beasts exercise q malign infiu-
ence over man. Think Of the tempers
ruined by cows that have kicked over
half-flled pals of milk. Think of the
regulations for truth that have been
destroyed by trout. Think Of the hon
esty that has been turned into deceit
by the horse, so that they who trade in
that animal are bywords among their
less sorely tempted brethren. Think
of the indefinite prolongation of this
list that might be made and then con-
slider If animals are or are not anil
mated by the souls Of human wretches
that have passed away.
Some such theory must be accepted
and it Is not open to doubt that rea-
sonable people will accept this: The
souls of the wicked are condemned to
pass into animals and to stay there
until they have discovered prospective
tenants worse than themselves.
This theory explains everything. The
liars inhabit fish, the tricksters horses
and those given to butting in become
goats. In the attempt to end their
tenancy by finding suitable successors
the evil spirits resort to temptation.
with, alas! unfa ling success. The half
pound trout dropping off the hook flaps
his tail in ecstatic certainty that the
angler will proclaim him five-pound-
er at least And the look of human
anticipation on the face Of goat
about to knock some unsuspecting per-
son into a barbed wire fence can only
proceed from the knowledge that the
resultant explosion will lower another
soul into the mire as a stepping stone
for himself
The theory is irrefutable and it's
general acceptance would help the
world to higher plane.-Portland
Orernnjan
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
Satisfactory Division,

The old farmer and his wife had
agreed to separate. They had only
one child.
Everything friendly?" inquired a
neighbour.
'Oh, yes,'' replied the old man care
lessly.
'tNo trouble about making fair di-
vision of the property"
"Oh, no. She gets the kid and the
canned fruit, an get the pig and the
apples. That's even enough, amt
it?"-Chicago Post.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
Wyndham and DuvaI.

During recent debate in the house
of commons on the Irish land bill an
opponent of that measure referred to
Mr.. Wyndham, chief secretary for Ire
land, who is very handsome, as a
charming highwayman who was rob-
bing the British taxpayer. His critic
applied to the chief secretary the cpl
taph on Claud Duval in Covent Garden
church: "Here lies Duval. Reader.
if male thou art, look on thy purse; if
female, to thy heart"