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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-07
"Fiteoamp."

"Firedamp" and "afterdamp,"
words brought into terrible promin-
ence in many disasters In mines, pre-
serve the older English sense of
"damp"-vapor, and especially nox-
ious vapor Precisely where the word
came from philology does not know,
but the earliest existence of its use
quoted by DR.. Murrays dictionary is
Cations (1480)-"after the dragon
shall come goot and Their shall come
out of his nostrel domp that shall
betoken honger and CRETE deth of
peple." Bacon is one of the writer's
OF his time who speak of the "damps"
OF mines. Damp gradually came to
be applied to visible vapors, such as
evening mists, and the transition to
the sense of moisture is obvious.
But in "damping down" furnace one
finds a relic of the verb damp" in
the sense of "suffocate."
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-07
Do Not Wave the Handkerchief.

AT meeting of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union In Cincinnati,
one OF the speakers was welcomed
with the usual Chautauquan flutter of
handkerchiefs throughout the auditor
ium, and the compliment was accepted
with proper satisfaction. Soon after
wards, says Good Housekeeping, an
inconveniently practical and learned
delegate created quite a sensation by
declaring that this handkerchief salute
was most unhygienic performance,
which was quite competent to account
for the colds and coughs that 1t was
apparent had a wide distribution
among the delegates. 1t was moved
that the delegates, like sensible PEG.
pie, keep their handkerchiefs in their
pockss, where they belonged. except
when in necessary use. and that the
saluting be done With little silk flags
provided for the purpose"
The proposition met with lively op.
position and it was argued against
with no little acerbity, but in the end
common sense and faith in the mi
crobe theory triumphed, and the mo-
ton was carried by vote of one hun
dred and thirty-four to ninety-one.
That this reform has already "taken
hold is atiested by the fact that when
party of woman suffrage Delegates
departed for Europe they were waved
away by a Tutoring cloud of little
flags In commenting on this the
Medical Record says. 1T is a grave
sanitary question whether the hand
kerchief does not do more harm than
good as it is ordinarily used Most
nasal catauhs are of an infectious
character, notably those of grip orr.
gin. Worse than the nasal discharges
are the expectations that find their
way into the pocket. The good women
IN the convention certainly deserve
great credit for calling attention to the
dangers of the handkerchief
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-07
FIlee as carrIers Of disease.

In an address before the California
Health. Association, Or. Cobb called
the attention of the medical profession
TO the necessity of an active crusade
against the common house fly.
This pestiferous insect has many
chances to communicate disease from
one person to another. In cholera cpl.
denies II has been shown that flies
are the means of spreading the dis
ease by injecting the food.
Whenever large bodies of men go
into camp, typhoid fever is almost GER
tain to break out, even though the
water supply is carefully protected
from contamination. Such outbreaks
are due to ny-lnfection OF The rood
supply Scattered cases of typhoid
fever In country settlements are more
often the result 'of fly infection than
of water injection.
DR.. Cobb believes that tuberculosis
IS communicated not only through the
lungs by means of contaminated dust
but that the greater source of infec-
ton is by means of the fly planting
SDuiull bll iuC lOOu lIOnl lNS Itti,
wings, and excretions This infection
by flies has been proved very clearly.
When the habits of the fly are con-
sidered, 1t Is not unreasonable to be-
lieve that this insect Is an important
factor In the spread of disease. They
swarm upon decaying vegetable mat
ter, manure piles, the filth of the
streets, privy vaults, and every pos.
sible source of infection. Follow them
then to the street vendors of fruit
and candy, the bakery, butchershop
and restaurant, and even to the family
table, especially of the poor, and 1t is
not difficult to understand the ease
with which germs of all kinds are con.
veyed to the food,
IL may be affirmed, however that in
the process of cooking, the bacteria
will be killed This is granted, but it is
not here that the danger lies. 1t is
from food which is eaten raw, or
which has been cooked and upon
which the fly afterward alights that
the greatest danger of infection oc-
ours The longer this food remains I'M
eaten after this contamination, the
greater the probability that a colony
has grown, thereby increasing the dos
age of infection.
1t is in the homes of the poor that
the greatest danger arises, The poor
nearly universally leave their tables
set with cold food left from the pre-
vlous meal Upon this food flies as
semble in great numbers, and from
time to time the children help them
selves, the remainder of the food being
served at the next meal. 1t is there.
fore necessary to combine for the ex-
termination of this pest. Housewives
especially should be careful to pre-
vent this source of dangerous infec-
ton.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-07
A Window Tent.

medical journal describes a win.
dow tent DEVISED for the open air
treatment of tuberculosis. 1t consists
of frame to fit the lower half of the
window, to which is attached inside
the window an awning of waterproof
duck, stretched in a quarter-circle. The
bed is placed parallel with the win
dow, so that the inyalid's head and
shoulders are within the awning. en-
trance being made through a flap in
the side of the tent. The lower edges
of the duck at the head and side of
the bed are long enough to tuck under
the mattress, and thus air from the
room is thoroughly excluded. The
frame of the tent does not quite fill
the lower half of the window; for the
escape of warm air from the room
there is left space of three inches,
which can be reduced at will. For
protection from storms the roof of the
tent projects Slightly beyond the win
dow. and roller blind is placed inside
the window.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-07
SECRET POLICE OF PARIS.
Four Branches of Organization, With
Varying Duties.

Four Branches of Organization, With
Varying Duties.
"You cannot go anywhere in Paris
without meeting the secret police, al
though you would never recognize
them" observed a Briton familiar
with The French capital. There are
fopr divisions of these uniformed
crime detectors. The first division Is
known as the Surety, the business OF
which is to track down known crimi-
nails and capture them. They are dar-
inc. willy and resourceful fellows, ana
Il is clever malefactor indeed who
can eyade them. Another body of this
.plain clothes police looks after the
tenants of lodging houses and hotels.
They take note of all the arrivals and
departures, and gather statistics re-
garding the workmen in the factories
the sick in hospitals and private
houses. and so forth. A third division
occupies itself with political plotters,
agitators and gamblers. At meetings
of a seditious character they mingle
with the crowd. and Ito disarm sus-
ricion) applaud as loudly as anybody,
and Join in denunciations of the gov
eminent. They appear in gambling
dens as gamblers themselves, and
they also keep a quiet watch on the
regular police The remaining divis-
ion consists of elegantly dressed per-
sons who watch over the president
and protect him not only from assas'
sins, but also from bores and cranks."
-Cassell's Saturday Journal.
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The Need for Recreation.

kest restores again the energy
which has ben consumed in work So
long as one is able to restore his lost
energy by sleep and rest, he cannot
become neurasthenic. But when a
man comes to the point where he can
no longer restore by rest or sleep the
loss OF energy which has occurred, he
necessarily becomes neurasthenic be-
cause his nerve cells remain chron.
ically in that exhausted condition.
This is the reason a vacation some.
times does so much for one, complete.
ly repleuishing the exhausted store of
energy and saving one from a com.
plete breakdown.
A good many men look forward for
months to their annual vacation OF
three weeks in the summer. as their
salvation For FIVE or six months az
terward they enjoy very good health.
Then their store of energy is exhaust.
ed, and the next six months are sim.
ply misery waiting for the breathing
spell to come again When the bust.
ness man finds at the end of his three
weeks vacation that he has not yet re.
covered his natural energy, and he has
TO go back to his work in almost the
same condition in which he left II. he
has chronic neurasthenia. and is going
TO have tremendous. perhaps an ir.
reparable, breakdown, If he keeps on
in that way. When a man discovers
that he has reached that point he
ought 10 stop at once.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-07
The Good Mixer.

Hes a good mixer" or HE isn't
a good mixer" are expressions you
often hear. good mixer" is sup.
posed to be a man who can associate
with people and make business A
poor mixer is one who makes friends
slowly, who minds his own business
and is not much of rounder A man
who gives his business close attention
is the best mixer" When people are
in need of certain article they buy
where they can get the best and cheap.
est - where conditions suit them.
When people are buying articles they
need they do not care whether the
dealer is good fellow" or not. We
have never thought much OF the
"goodmixer" idea.-Atchison Globe.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-07
SIMPLE RULES OF HEALTH
Prevention of Disease, r ather Than Cure. Should
Be the Aim
Han.Makina for Fun AZ Elnhtv.

nay -NlaFlllH W FIV dI Ef.UINs
a press dispatch from Bridgeport,
Conn, gives an interesting account OF
the oldest twins In the country, julius
and Junius Benham, who recently cele.
brated their eightieth birthday hay.
making on their farm in Seymour.
"Uaymaking is great fun" said Ju.
MUS, and | feel as IL | could NOW
away hay up in the peak of the peak
of the barn as | used to in days long
ago, and mowin' away hay is abou,
the hottest work there Is to be found
in summer
The Benham twins are remarkable
men. They are far from being in
valids though they have arrived at the
age when most persons are usually
feeble Beginning life as apprentices
TO mason, they worked up and later
became builders and contractors.
Some years ago the Benhams gave
up building and settled down to the
care of the real estate they had ac-
CURED in their long residence in
Bridgeport Every morning at eight
o'clock the twins will be found al their
office opening their mail and preparing
to- drive about the city to collect rents
and look after their property.
I'VE always got up early In the
morning said Junius, when spoken to
about the hour of rising, land we can't
get out of the habit"
The twins are in excellent health.
People ought to be cheerful IL they
want to live to be old" said julius.
look at brother Junius and me. No
boys of the present day ever had as
hard time to get along as we did
when we started, but we had what a
good many boys of to-day do not have.
Our mother gave to us iron constitu.
tons the greatest present a mother
can give 10 her boys, and we had been
taught to live according to the simple
and clean rules of the country. We
lived clean lives always. We never
drank liquor nor used tobacco Money
spent for such things is worse than
money thrown away. but many of the
boys to-day seem to think they can't be
men unless they drink liquor and use
tobacco. Why, we would never have
lived to celebrate our eightieth birth
Gay If it had not been that we lived
right lives. You can enjoy yourself
without going contrary to Natures
laws. There is plenty of harmless
fun in the world, but it seems to me
that people are looking for the fun
nowadays that hurts rather than
helps"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-07
GIRL FAScINATES A LION.
Fair Dancer Patted Affectionately, but
Her Face Is Scratched.

Fair Dancer Patted Affectonately, but
Her Face Is Scratched.
So great was the impression which
a fascinating dancer made on a lion
while she was paying visit to mu-
sic hall where it was performing that
the animal, after contemplating her
for some time, got on it's legs, moved
off in her direction, and, putting its
paws through the bars of its cage,
took hold of her head and patted her
face affectionately.
Unfortunately, Samson had reckon
ed without his claws, which tore the
tender skin of the pretty dancer, in
in all probability, never disappear.
This result of what would otherwise
have been regarded as a good joke,
not being likely to enhance the pro-
fessional attractiveness of the grace
full Spaniard, she has taken legal ac-
ton against the proprietor of the
place of entertainment, putting in a
claim for damages to the amount of
$4,000.
The case has just been brought be-
fore one of the Paris courts, but, as
the defendant is abroad on business,
the hearing has been adjourned until
November, when the judges may have
a better opportunity for forming an
exact opinion of the injury which the
charms of the fair plaintiff have sus-
tanned at the paws of the susceptible
Samson
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Hours Of Sleen.

Our ancestors had an adage that six
hours sleep was the proper quantity
for man, seven for woman, and
eight for fool, says the Lancet.
Whether 1t is that the strenuous life
CT the present day is akin to foolish
ness, or whether 1t is simple phe.
nomenon OF evolution, It is certain
that many OF our busiest men find
the aforementioned allowance none too
long for them The quality of a
mans work soon deteriorates IL he
takes insufficient rest.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-07

Five elephants created an extraordh
nary scene at the goods station OF
Batignoiles the other day. They are
being kept at the station while quar-.
ters are being got ready for them, but
managed to break loose from their
stables. At this tipe of year the sta.
ton dispatches enormous consign.
ments of fruit, which the elephants
seeming at once began to devour
Cherries, peaches, aprlcots and straw.
berries disappeared by the hamperful
at a prodigious rate. Some porters
sought to stop the dessert, but the
elephants, using their trunks like cud.
gels, simply logged them away and
went on eating until they we're lit.
orally gorged with fruit. Then they
went back to their stables of their
own accord. London Globe.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-07

We are not a tea-drinking
people; we should be
steadier, if we were.
Measuring Rain Drops.

The largest raindrops are about one.
fifth of an inch in diameter To deter
mine the size rain is allowed to fall
INTO thick layer of flour. each drop
forming pellet of dough, aud these
pellets are compared with dough pei.
lets obtained from drops Of known
size delivered on the flour by artificial
means.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-07

AS there seems to be so much anx.
lety about the turtles. why don't some
one fence off some salt water and
start turtle farm? There are terra.
pin farms; then why not logger head
farms; the eggs are easy to hatch
and the turtles would not be subjected
to jiggers and sorehead like chickens.
and as the wild turtles are about to
be exterminated, the tame ones would
bring good prices Sarasota (Fla.)
Times.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-07

A person suffering from any catarrh,
whether of the head or chest, should
sleep alone and il possible without
another room occupant. Towels. soap,
etc, used by the patient should not be
touched by any other person. No one
should take" his breath and kissing
must be forbidden by the domestic
parliament. However. many good
folks have lost faith in all precautions.
When any member of the family has
cold they say resignedly that 1t is
bound to go through the house and. to
tell the truth, 1t usually does.
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Do Il Now.

IL you are about to make trip any.
where, let me know. Pleased to give
you full information as TO low rates
plenty OF 'em this summer--train ser
rice. etc. THE Santa Fe" trade mark
is the sign Of safety, speed and ease.
g. #. WARREN,
Genl. Agt., A. T. a. s. F. Ry.. Salt Lake
City. Utah.
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Here Is Relief for Women,

Mother Gray nurse in New York, dis
covered pleasant herb remedy for womens
ills, called AUSTRALIAN-LEAF 1t is the
only certain monthly regulator. Cures
female weaknesses, Backache, Kidney and
Urinary troubles. At all Druggists or by
mail 80 cts. Sample mailed FREE. Address,
The Mother Gray Co., Leroy, N. Y.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-07

The inspector OF the disinfectlon Of
hce of Turin, Italy has instituted an
innovation in destroying germs in
dwellings. He uses a per cent so.
luton OF sal soda for cleansing the
floors, whereby the bacilll Of diph.
theritis and typhus are killed in one
minute.
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Nothlna TO Talk About.

i don't see how they find much to
talk about" said a woman. speaking
enviously OF the friendship of two
other women. Neither one has ever
had surgical operation"
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Where He sto,..,

Choily-"some fellows, y, ,u.
En mo'ly w., can't say that , eyer
that uC| you to get any further tbaf
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intelligence and the uoie.

Just as people are trained to use
their intelligence so they ought to be
trained to use their Bishop of
Bristol
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-07
TEA

When we say I'VE, we
mean your grocer. He's we
and we're he. Moneyback
does it.
schilling's Best.
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PRESERVE Norwav,s Forests.

In Norway there is law which pre-
hibits any person from cutting dowf
tree unless he plants three saplingi
In its place
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-07

The indulgence in tea is
SO very slight, that the
pleasure escapes attention,
unless one waits a bit.
Write for our knowledge Book, A. schillinT a
Company, San rrp"eiva
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restoring those organs to a condition
Of health. My experience with YOU
valuable remedy was equally as graft
flying as that of several of my friends
Yours truly,
(Signed) TIMOTHY d. SULLIVAN
Foster-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y
For sale by all druggists. Price, 81
cents per box
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A BUSINESS EDUCATION

In the greatest Western Cominei0 oud
school (the combined Salt LAKE TX
L. d s. Business colleges ins sunn.
ready employment and lays me p ,O
dation for "A prosperous career s Dv
Keeping, Higher Accounting o NV
hand, Typewriting, Telegraphy. 10 n
English. Mathematics, etc Enl etor.
any time. Fall term opens oep''
Der 18th. Write for catalos 10
j. ri. PAUL, President
$4,000 N. MAIN STREET.. SALT lAks -
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Piso's Cure is tho best medicine we ever used
for all affections OF the throat and lungs-wM
o. EsDsLEy. Vanburen, Ind. Feb. 10. 1900.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-07
Tin From Malsv.

The Malay states produce :,
seven-tenths of the worlds sunni as' \
tin. Ppv N
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AmethNst for Topers.

Amethyst for Topers.
Amethyst is from Greek word sig
nifying remedy against drunken
ness. 1t being supposed that wine
drunk from a cup made Of amethyst
would not intoXicate.
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TEA
We stand or fall by our
tea-Schilling's Best-and
were not going-down.


Your grover returns money If you don't like it
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EA

You can have good tea if
you want it, wherever you
are.
Your grocer returns your money If you don't like
Schilllngis Best.
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USE TIE rAMnrs
Catarrh and Colda.

Red Cross Ball Blue Large 2.oz. package :
sents, The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind.
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Senator Sullt
van writes
at is a pleas
ure TO endorse q
re m g d y like
Doan's Kidney
Pills. b a v / n Q
found them OF
greatest value
in eliminating
the dis t r e s.
caused by slcl
kidneys, and IL
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-07
sENAToR SULLIVAN
Says He Has Found Doan's Kidney
Pills Invaluable In Treating SICK
Kidneys.

Hon. Timothy D. Sullivan Of New
York, Member of Congress- from the
Eighth New York District, and one ei
the Democratic leaders of New York
State, strongly recommends Doan'
Kidney pills
Gilpin observer., 1905-02-16

eral Assembly this one is by far
the most important. 1t is law
that should have been in vogue in
this state years ago, and had it
been, Colorado today would be in
a more prosperous condition. The
bill provides for commission of
three men from different counties,
to be elected by the people, the
duties of which will be to prevent
unjust discrimination between the
the railroad companies and the
small shippers and to prepare
maximum rate schedules which no
rate is to exceed. 1t is impera-
tive to the welfare of this COM
munity that the railway commits
sion bill passes, as no section is
Disseminated against worse than
Central City and Gilpin county.
Besides paying a heavy freight
rate from eastern points, mer-
chants are compelled to pay an adj
ditional forty cents per hundred
from Denver here, which is SEEM
ingly exorbitant. The minimum
rate on coal is S1.30 per ton in car
load lots. This seems almost out
rageous when one considers that
all the freight cars coming into
this county are returned loaded
with ore, something that cannot
be done from all points.
Gilpin observer., 1905-02-16

The publication of the delinquent
tax list of the city of Central was
left to the discretion of the clerk
by council and it is more than
likely that same will not be pub
lished. The clerk gives it at his
reason for not advertising the de-
linquent taxes, that the taxpayers
have a hard time rustling enough
money to pay their regular taxes
without any additional amount for
the payment of the publication.
This conclusion seems satisfactory
to the city council as the property
usually published as delinquent is
bid in by the city. No strenuous
objection to the action of the clerk
in deciding as he has in the mat
ter, has been offered by the tax
payers who are in arrears, so it is
presumed that they are we'll salts
fed, too.
Gilpin observer., 1905-02-16

Lincoln's birthday was observed
in Colorado as legal holiday this
year for the first time since the
law, which was passed making it
such by the last general assembly
of Colorado, went into effect. Sun
day was the birthday of the great
man but being holiday the ami
versary of his birth was celebrated
on Monday. All the banks closed
here, but aside from that business
was conducted the same as on any
other day by most of the mercan-
tile establishments. The school
children assembled at the school
houses as usual and after short
session were dismissed for the day.
The 18th of February as yet has
not generally become recognized
as legal holiday and it will prob
require few years before the peo.
pie of Colorado will suspend bust.
ness altogether and observe the
day In fitting manner.