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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-02-12
NEW p" "OvERCHhRGE' BILL
TO CONVERT THE PENITEN-
TIARY INTO A HOS
PITAL.
To Vaccinate All Public School
Children-Mr. ErWin's Substi-
tute Bill to Prevent Over
charges in Freight Rates
Resolution About
the Peabody
Fund.
Raleigh News & Observer Feb. 9.

Raleigh News & Observer Feb. 9.
The House yesterday passed a
joint resolution introduced by Judge
Graham to investigate the cost OF
converting the penitentiary building
| irto hospital for criminal insane
, Or other useful purposes.
Tt is claimed that, as SO few pris-
oners are kept at the prison here in
Raleight, the room thus apparently
wasted should be utilized.
Another resolution by Judge Gra-
ham was adopted. 1t concerns the
distribution of the Peabody Fund,
! and requests the trustees of that fund
to set aside for educational purposes
in North Carolina the sum to which
the State may seem to be entitled
under the deeds of trust of 1857 and
1859.
This resolution is on the strength
| of the statement in the press that the
, trustees contemplated closing the
trust and concentrating the fund in
i the several States.
a bill requiring all public school
| children to be vaccinated was intro
! duced 6y Judge Graham. It pro-
vides that no child or person not
vaccinated shall be admitted into
any of the public schools of the
) State. The school committee may
! adopt a resolution excluding children
: not vaccinated until they are vacci-
; mated, and post copies of the notice
| at least ten days beforehand. Within
+; two weeks after such announcement
/ it shall DE the duty of the county
i superintendent OF health to visit tha
j school and vaccinate all children not
| previously Vaccinated. The teacher
| of the school shall furnish to the
! vaccinatOr list of the children en-
/, rolled, and within ten days he shall
/: report on the yaccinal status OF the
| school to tho county superintendent
! Of instruction, the county sanitary
committee and the secretary of the
State Board of Health.
Mr.. Offman introduced a substitute
for his bill to protect the trayelinp
public by having capable and effic-
| lent agents and operators at railroad
stations. The maximum for davis
work is now set at twelve hours in
stead Of ten hours. Otherwise the
substitute is practically the same as
the original bill, requiring agents
and operators TO furnish evidence OF
proficiency before they can be en-
| ployed by railroad or telegraph
company.
4 r.
Erwin for his bill to prevent over
charges in freight rates makes a
number of changes in that important
measure, but in no way weakens it.
In the first place the roads are
given fifteen days instead of ten in
which to refund any excess due to an
overcharge.
Then the fine for violation of the
law is put at $50 90 for the first dav
and $25.00 for every day thereafter
that the excess is not refunded.
A new provision compels the roads
to move freight within forty-eight
hours after the bill of lading is issued.
and to keep it moving. 1t is made q
misdemeanor to hold freight at any
intermediate station for more than
lours.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-02-12
YOUNG LADY DROWNED.
Miss Ethel Royster Swept From a
Buggy Into a Creek.

Oxford, N. c., Feb. 4.-Miss Ethel
Royster, daughter of Mr.. L. A. Roys-
ter of this place, and a teacher in one
of the county schools, was drowned
this morning in Hatchett's run while
on her way to school. In the buggy
with her were a young man named
Tilottson and his sister, who escaped
similar fate by clinging to bushes
overhanging the creek. The horse
was drowned. The body of the
young lady has been recovered.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-02-12
Eno,isb Spawn Llnement removes

English SPAWN Llnement removes
VI RlaG.i~be4 9 T. ' froro horses, Ploao. spav-
ins ms Curbs, splints, Sweeney: Rirng
@ Rone Stiflea, sprains. all swoolen
Throats. Coughs, etc Save 500 by use
If ons hottie WarranteS VIC NEST
wonderful Blemisb Cure ever known
Sold by N. e. Robinson q 'aro q *
rists. Goldsboro, 7; 9.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-02-12

More than $50 books on the war in
South Africa have been published.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-02-12
FINE FINANCIAL SHOWING
The Bank of Wayne Declares a Five
Per Cent Semi-Annual
Dividend,


Per Cent Semi-Annual
Dividend.
Elsewhere in this issue we publish
the statement of the Bank of Wayne,
the directors of which have just de-
clared a semi-annuaI dividend of 5
per cent, and in mailing the dividend
checks to the stock holders, the
cashier, Mr.. Walter Z. Borden, has
sent them the following letter, which
we have been permitted, by one Of
them, to publish, and which breathes
of the patriotism, appreciation and
conservatism that have ever charac-
terized the administration of this
splendid financial institution, that
through all the years of its history
has been the unfailing bulwark of
Goldsboro's progress and is the pride
of our town:
%. ;,.o 1,,oso 3f - fG,5o..I yo..r, On
January 31st, we find that yorr
Bank has earned during the past six
months something more than twelve
thousand five hundred dollars, or an
equivalent of more than twenty per
cent per annum upon its capital
stock. The deposits of your bank
have more than doubled during the
past five years, and it's total assets
to-day stand at three quarters of
million dollars.
''These conditions have been
brought about by an earnest effort on
our part to build up this community,
and to meet every reasonable de-
mand of the public. We endeavor
to make a friend of every depositor,
and to make his account on our books
of value to him as well as to our
selves. With the showing made as
above stated, your Directors have
thought it not unWise to pay to you
a semi-annual dividend of five per
cent.
II take much pleasure in handing
to you herewith our check to cover
same.
ours very truly,
w. E. BORDEN,
Cashier.
There is nothing we can add to
this letter, except that, coming, as it
does, as an official statement of the
bank, it sustains what the ARGUS
has, from time to time, of its own
knowledge, had TO say in reference
to the Bank of Wayne.
A reference to the published state
ment of this bank On February /,
1898, five years ago, adverted to in
the above letter, and comparing it
with the statement in this issue, we
find in that statement Q890) the sur
plus was $40, 900, the undivided
profits $S, ,O91. .97, and the deposits
$242, $3.50, and the round totals
$430, ,449.35.
Our readers can make their own
comparisons between the two state
ment5 and measure the progress
achieved within the intervening five
years, and from this realize the
steady growth Of Goidsboro as a city.
In fact, we doubt if any other bank
in the country can show such a rec
ord. All Of which goes to yet further
sustain the claim Of the ARGUS that
we've got the best town in the State.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-02-12

$1OO-Dr. e. DetchOn's Anti
Diuretic may be worth TO you more
than 800 if you. have child who
soils bedding from incontinence of
water during sleep Cures cid and
young alike 1t arrests the trouble
at once ST.. Sold by NJ. E ROBIN
con & Bro druggists, Goldsboro-
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-02-12
LO! HERE IS UTLEY.
Walks Into Sherif''s Office and Sur
renders-Says He Escaped
Unaided, That the Locks
Were Opened By
s,Device of His
Own.

Fayetteville, n. c., Feb. ED.
l.. Utley's voluntary surrender to
the authorities this morning caused
sensation equal to his escape. His
insanity is now generally conceded.
Utley says no outsider assisted him.
that the locks were opened by a de-
vice of his own invention. He ex-
oneaates the jailer fully, saying that
he simply let himself out and walk
ed away. Near Wakulla, in Robe
son county, he bought horse to be
called for later. He returned at
night, and having read newspaper
account of his escape, realized that
the jailer, who had befriended him
in prison w2s diso'raced. On this ac-
count he made himself known to his
host, farmor named McGirt, gave
him his pistol and large sum of
money and agreed to pay the ex-
penses of both back to Fayetteville.
Utley says he walked out of the
Jail at 10 O'Clock Monday night and
travelled on foot all that night. The
next day and night he spent in
swamp. He is silent as to his where
abouts on Wednesday night. Thurs
day he spent in a swamp, and that
night he stayed with McGirt, from
whom he bought the horse.
At eleven O'Clock to-day, while
the sheriff and posse were out on
supposed clue, he entered the sher-
ifs Office and entertained Colonel
Cook and others for an hour before
the officers returned. Utley is now
in his old cell, which has been furn-
ished with new locks. McGirt, who
accompanied him, does not claim
any reward, although total of ST.
900 was offered for Utley's arrest.
FRUITS OF FULLER BILL.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-02-12
FRUITS OF FULLER BILL.
Southern Gives Winston New Sta
ton, by Order of Corpora
ton Commission.

Ii.
Raleigh News & Observer.
The Fuller Union Depot bill has
done some good even before it is
passed.
Winston has just gotten a new pas
senger and freight depot from the
Southern Railway.
Some time ago the Winston Board
Of Trade sent q petition to the Corpo-
ration Commission, asking for new
freight depot and passenger station,
and additional side-track facilities for
handling freight. The petition was
grauted and yesterday the Southern
Railway answered through Col. A.
B. Andrews, first vice-pre 5ident, that
the matter was now in the hands of
architects, and that the station would
be built as soon as the plans were
completed and bids secured, and that
additional tracks for sidings would
be laid as soon as the rails were re-
ceiVed.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-02-12

Washington, Feb. 4.-The Senate
to-day confirmed the appointment of
Daniel w. Patrick, Collector of Gus
toms, district of Pamlico, N. G.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26
NEGROES GRATEFUL
l'Oiorsd Delegation Calls on Arch
bishop Ireland at Washington.
response MADE BY The pRELlTE.


XVnshinrton. March GA delega-
<,6n 81 m Y II the negro press
"A Ana country and Of the Negro Pen
ma Pencil club called ON Archbishop
5reland Yesterday and expressed to
SIm their gratitude and appreciation
~ l,is stand II behalf Of the negro.
;e,narks EXPRESSIVE 81 the gratitude
IA NM race were made by Henry p.
6,a,,ohter nresident ~ Tie Pen and
psnejI. clnb. N M Hersbaw. Hon.
lam Il Green and hudson W. LYONS.
-ss;s}a,. "a ~ treasury Arcbbishon
Tss,and Il resnonding said that 10
<t,S ths stars INA strines had mo
..,eaning ,vhatsoeyer unless thew
" .',rs,, a. hrotbarbood 70 nan The
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26
||chIng, ScaIy and Crustsd
with Loss Of Hair
Speedily Cured by CutIeura
Soap and Ointment
When Every Other Remedy and
Physicians FALL

.,,.,. N,,.,.,,.. coo,
warm shampoos WIN CuticurA ooap
and Light dressings OF Cuticura, the
xreat akin cure, ct once stop falling
6air. remoye crusts. scales and dandruff,
$500 ,..h,.o, s,r,ooo. 49,
oo'ne ,rf''a'ea, i'o',ns ,ult 10
roy hair parasites, stlmulate tne nair
follicIes, loosen the scalp skin, supply
fhe roots with energy and nourisb-
..,.,,s .nd male tbe hair oro,v upon n
W., ~ ,-y - ~. 80" :
sweet, wholesome, heaitny soap Wnen
Ill else falls. 4iH re
zfiljIons ~ the world,s hest peopIe
E .a :, ' M, 4 - ~" s..s.s sc.'.,s...,,
W. Su1lcura oosp' aSsis'cu ny ou'icura
Q|ptment, the great skin cure, TOR pre-
erefuc. purifying and beautlfylng the
.,.,.. IN, ao,s,rc tta scoln ~ cr,,sts
k'' io' .'oan'ns III '''o ~. .sa ~ - ..s..s,..
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26
Nv ast ware Appointed - 5udrs.

Ioptl,n, Kan, March 24.-A rumor
[|tsme current in political circles
|.fs % the effect that the Kansas
..||Icians will try TO induce the
.1.|dent TO appoint Eugene F. Ware
4. .ucceed Judge Caldwell on the
lasted States circuit court bench.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26

Chniianooga, Tenn. March A.
.a Thomas J. Stewart commander
.I|ef Of the @. A. r.. was rendered
public reception last night which
Il. attended BY representative eth
o. Chattanooga. including many
.|cIo1nfe tetefans,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26


Price e26 per acre on time.
No. 1ls--A good 10 acre town property, well
improved. good water, some fruit, some alfalfa
Price 81, 800.
| No. l14--A dandy acre town property, extra
well improved, best Of water, Price only sl,SOO-
No. Il6-One lot 70x30O, extra well improved,
good water, some fruit. Price $4,000 ON time.
No. 1850 acres, near Talmage, farm well
improved, near school. Thirty-eight acres OF
wheat goes with farm. Price $1,000 on easy
terms. ft
No. 1880 acres, the best Of bottom land,
two fine sets Of buildings, near town. This farm
Is good for the old man and his son. Price sou
per acre on easy terms.
No. 1920 acres fine Chapman Creek bot
tom, no buildings. Price 800 per acre on easy
terms.
No. 1880 acres, near Talmage, fine piece Of
land bnt no buildings. Price $1,100 on easy
terms. 4&1
No. 12O--Town property Good Groom house,
well improved, good water. Two lots SOx160. ,
Price, 81 200 on time.
No. l21-200 acres, near Solomon farm well
improved, all bottom land. Price $40 per acre
on time.
No. 122--240 acres, near railroad town, $50
acres in good grass, some alfalfa, balance under
,,l.,y sary, ,,oIl ;vcnrovod c,ood xuator lots ~
fruit. Price $50 per acre on time.
No. 1880 acres, near Industry, small inn
provements, good water, near school. Thirty
40 non ~, aoarr tar,,.s - r. - N
No. 124-16O acres, near Talmage, farm has
small improvements Price $15 per acre on easy
terms.
No. 1850 acres, near Wakefield. This is a
nne Iarm' gooo puliuinss' moss S1 aAn1'
~ acres IN pasture, SOME anoe1' soou "A'oi.
f,Ue so,oOO ~ sas ~, ,n.,v.a ooo .ores
NO. lew aoles' W. W ~ ~ LIZ
~ paSS're pa, ad 1919 ~ ~ y NJ = chrrch
- sSn .toS ny rnoh On Price 4so rar acre
soyN .' ''ooA 49, ~ i. yss
~. iz'1v'v ~ snn ,,ndoT
70 sov Sn ..sass s,.5 ss';s. 1.,,S hslanoo
Plow, ~ ~. I. ..aaR raaob pr;ce
~ Po tI..s = =, t;,,,a
~ y. ~ 49, =, -.
~, ;,.r -, a. hottom fsrm Prce
e Zoo ~ time ~ ~ Y''
P99,o'vs' V, - ''-1-o r"
no izs-io1 aIres' noaL sau, WI, l ;
SCHOOL, near, w NJ = su.;. i" ~ !" A. nno
Plo $500 s $50 P'P1 800 80. ~ 800
on Easy 'oino.
NO: lSV.-lov ~ acres ae "a Gay county 'us' SOU
tn1s larm ior so'1VO on 'inne
No. lSl-oof acres IN Lincoln coa o ng IarI
extra wen improved WIN al lease So,VOy Mor.n
Of buildings nne stock arm neaE railloau 'own
rice 900 Per aoio' 7'n"ii 0''H' D"1"N'0 y" '"''
TERMS
NO. lo5lsvoV SsuIn u soe ts 0an 'lauo i'OA
iarm iand' HORSES nuieS u 0a''e'
No. lS3-z4o acres c9ree mics 70 1aiiroau
town. larry wen inProseu, Soou IVY noios
in pasture, balance unuel PloM, onena mlle 20
srh;. 4, aOU sarm Onlv "A 6o IN easy terms
I,S = -. r g. .s s. aott.,o hon,a
NO - ioa ~ nno oo"n PioP0iy' oo''"s0 ~ :
i,To 49, ~ 90 r.,. ,.,, ,o,,
NO. iopL h,,;,S aSo ; n nor aaed mater Sna
,lnPloseu, aahaaf "a ohnroh Pr;co S4o nor
a a%.' On ne easv terms terms.
= ,oe ., l, o.,h.d;so r;1l H.
w. ioo 40 600 ~ all n ~ trodo T. on
sol1e ANU Po, 49, ~ =, fna ro;iroad town n
1 n;aI.;r.nn no oo,, Syys'
- so- 90. - ;.;,;n sna r.;,ro.a
No' lo. n,,n aol1', ny na, fno hnttoro
.own' pyiiulns soou Su , yae ~ "ifaIto pr;oa
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-22

sirable places to be offered at cheap
rates
The small farmer. gentlemen. has
made the west of today He has made
great states cut Of desert territories.
ana ne is restlessly moving on, seek
ing Tor more worlds. 1t is the innate
restiessness Of a conquering race. turn
cd aside from war upon mankind TO
war with wild nature. You get that
hood directed toward Hawaii in earnest.
and the islands viii double in popula ton
ana increase in wealth ten-foid within
ten years. And the new race of Ha-
"allans viii be Americans, not Asiatics
toliing selfshly to return to Asia and
spend their savings. They will have a
STAKE moral and physical, in the
country
II seems to me that the real estate
men here, the owners of large tracts
OF realty now scarcely more than nav
ing taxes, should see this and Join in the
enort. IL is better for a man to own
ten acres of land worth $500 an acre
than a thousand acres worth 81"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-22
A COLLEGE
FOR FARMERS
Jared Smiths Views
On LahainaIuna
Scheme.

Jared Smith, director of the Hawaii
Agricultural Experiment Station, is
strongly opposed to the idea of having
an Agricultural College established at
HLahainaluna. He says:
"First-That the Agricultural College
should be for advanced students.
Second-That the Experiment Station
and the Agricultural College. under the
intention of the Federal law, belong
with each other.
Third-That if the Agricultural College
exists elsewhere than in Honolulu, ul-
timately, when the control of the Ex-
pertinent Station goes to the Territory,
as it will, the station will necessarily
have to move to the college.
Fourth-That considerable money has
been spent on the station located here,
and for that reason, among others, the
college should be near it or connected
with it.
Fifth-when the Agricultural Col
lege is established it should be started
on as high level as possible, and if
it was thought advisable to start it
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-22

with any existing institution it should
go to one of much higher grade than
Lahainaluna, as, for instance, Oahu
College.
Sixth-The Territory must do it's
share to establish the college before it
can take advantage of the Federal law,
which gives $4,000 the first year, $4,000
the second, and so on UP to $4,000 at
the end of ten years. and the same sum
each year thereafter. The Territory is
expected to put up buildings. No part
Of the Federal endowment can be used
for buildings or any form of permanent
improvements. These must be supplied
by the Territory.
Seventh--The Agricultural College,
when started, should be equal to any in
the United States. and it should be a
school where young men and women
can be taught, not simply to work, but
given a knowledge of the fundamental
principles of agriculture, so as to fill
high positions. There ought to be
sugar school, where sugar chemists can
be trained. Now we have to send stu
dents to Baton Rouge and elsewhere.
There should also be a good dairying
school and one to teach all branches of
animal husbandry, and not on high
school or normal school basis. If the
attempt is made to start on a secondary
school basis, it will take more than an
ordinary effort to get Federal appropri-
atoms.
Mr.. Smith is of the opinion that an
appropriation by the Territory of $4,000
would start a college on good basis,
and erect a good sized building, equip
ped with some laboratories. Such an
appropriation for a college building
hara oT in connection with the axDeri-
ment station, would obyiate the neces-
sity Of having more new station build
ings
Mr. Smith says that if the college
went to Lahainaluna and the Expert
ment Station followed it there, as it
would necessarily have to do. the latter
would have to have new buildings then,
in addition to those already erected
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-22

drophooia as one of the most fatal dis
eases known. 1t is communicated from
person to person in some unknown
way, beginning with slight listIessness,
which passes into coma and then into
death, its duration being from one to
six months. Thus far it has been
known only among negroes. 1t has de-
populated large districts, however, and
its spread is feared through the open
ing of the African trade.
The electric light bulb at the end of
long wire has heen found by Dr. For
rest Willard to be better thar. the water
bag for applying heat to head. chest or
abdomen.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-22
SERVICES TODAY
IN THE CHURCHES

AT 11:30 this morning Rev. w. M.
Kincaid of the Central Union Church
VIII preach on Men Who Have Made
America" This evening at 7:3O there
Will be patriotic exercises. in which
Judge Estee will make an address, and
kamehameha girls and the GIee Club
will sing At $50 c. H. Tracy will
Lead Christian Endeayor meeting.
There will be the usual morning and
evening services in the Episcopal and
Roman Catholic Cathedrals, and in the
Chapels and church branches of the
same. Rev Canon Macintosh of st.
Andrews will have charge of the serv-
ices at st. Elizabeth's House, Robello
Lane, in the evening at 7:30. At st.
Clements Rev. Mr.. osborne will
preach at IL.
AT the Christian Church, on Alakea
street near King, the pastor, Rev. Mr..
Muckley. will preach in the morning at
IL ON The Value of Medical Missions"
and in the evening on 1.-The Law of
Self Control
At the Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. G. L. Pearson, the pastor, will
speak in the morning on "The Atone
ment," and in the evening on Personal
Work.
Services in the Reorganized Church
of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints,
Militant Hall, will be preaching
in the Hawaiian at II by Rev. G. J.
Waller, and in the evening in English
by Elder d. A. Anderson.
AT the Y. NJ. G. A. G.. J. Day will
speak at A o'clock.
Other religious bodies holding serv-
ices at the usual hours are the Chinese
Church, Fort above Beretania; German
Lutheran, Beretania street; Japanese
Congregational, Kukui street; Japanese
NJ. e. Church, near st. Louis College;
Church, King and Achi
Lane; Kawaiahao Church, King and
Punchbowl; Makiki Chapel, Japanese,
Kinau street; Mormon Church, Punch
bowl street; Portuguese Protestant
Punchbowl and Miller; Sew
enth Day Adventist, Printers Lane;
Bishop Memorial Chapel, Kamehameha
Buddhist Temple, Fort Lane;
Christian Science Association, Alakea
street; Pencil Mission, Irwin block;
Salvation Army, King and Nuuanu
streets; Sloan Mission, Kawaiahao1
street and Ward avenue.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-22
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

! The electric resistance furnace made
I by Heraeus of Hanau, Germany, de-
ponds upon the incandescenCe OF a
| spiral of fine platinum wire. In an iIn-
! proved and cheapened form of the
| furnace, the wire has a thickness OF
only 1-35, 600 of an inch and the glass
| tube around which the spiral is wound
can be heated to 1,7O0 degrees Cent?
grade, this being as great a tempera-
ture as any tubes now produced can
stand Such furnaces are found useful
for determining melting points, organic
chemical analysis, and other purposes.
In organic analysis the spiral of wire
encircling the glass combustion tube is
cut up into several sections, each with
its own current connections, SO that
successive portions of the tube can be
heated as desired. Heat loss is less
ened. with corresponding increase in
the chemists comfort.
Plaster of Paris is given the hard
ness and durability of stone, according
to a German writer, by a solution OF
boric acid in hot water. with the addi-
ton of sufficient ammonia water to re-
dissolve the borate at first separated
The liquid is used with the plaster for
casting in the usual way, or is applied
as a wash to articles already cast.
Leaves of a plant alleged to drive
away mosquitoes have reached Eng
Iish botanists from Africa. The pres
ence of a single plant is stated TO clear
a room of the pest, and an infusion of
the leaves has been found an effective
substitute for quinine in the treatment
of mosquito-conveyed malarial fever.
The plant proves to be a kind of basil,
Ocinum viride, Wild.
The mysterious sleeping sickness
of West Africa, which has been the sub
iect of late scientific investigation,
proves to be a form of meningitis, diff
fering eron cerebro-spinal meningitis
in its chronic and almost invariably
fatal character. It is cIassed with by