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The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-21
AN ENTIRELY NEW PROBLEM.

AN ENTIRELY NEW PROBLEM.
 A new problem has appeared In tho form of the Merry Widow" hat, and the Easter festival has served to ac- centuate It. The widow part of the whole contrivance is all right as ever; demure, smiling. charming, or other wise, but the rest of 1t is creating a condition of things far from merry II is said that many church trustees have found that 1t may be necessary to enlarge the seating capacity of their houses of worship. Of course this would moan larger collections for some time to come, in order to get the means to pay for the needed addi- tions. Then too, the doors must he enlarged and in those churches having inclined floors, the rear portion must be elevated considerably beyond It's present level In churches in Bur lincton, N. d. ushers had difficulty on Sunday in seating the congregation. "Pews which have comfortably ac- commodated six persons would safely hold no more than four, when all wore hats two feet or three in diameter, lt Is seriously decided by the more prominent churches that these hats will have to be checked at a cloak room to be provided. This Is all we'll enough as A partial solution of the problem. But what of tho cost of maintaining an official to do the checking? This person can he no mere boy, mercy nol An official of ad- vanced intelligence and an apprecia- tive soul who can handle these hata with that tender care that such q task requires. will he needed. He will | command salary In some fair pro- portion to the price of the hats, He must be an official of tact and intui- l tion. Knowing how to do the right thing at the right time, for suppose the hats should become m xed One can imagine the scene in the cloak room after passing out at the close of ' ,.ntt tftA Il pFTN us that it may possibly he hest to pass them in at the pews after the manner of the collection plates.
 A more serious side of this problem | Is moral Reports confirm the impress 1 sion that more than one man who went to church on Sunday with che best of intentions, his heart filled with the joy of springtime. his whole soul responding to the budding flowers and singing birds, Saw his finish when he sat behind front TOW of merry widow" hats. He dates his downward course from Easter day. 1908 The very purpose of churches to give a moral and spiritual education may he ruthlcssly thwartcd by the latest word from Paris"
 After all these hats proved on Sun day to be exceedingly useful in an unexpected way, In St. Louis they prevented panic in q crowded church. some paper decorations caught fire from candles, but the bow ed heads, wearing the merry widow
 hats, were so massed at the front ol the church as to shut off effectually the view of the blaze and prevent 2 panic while the clergy put out tht fire. Thus there is a compensation oi
 importance which complicates tho whole problem. II may he that they will under some circumstances provC to be more useful than troublesome materially or morally If they car save life they are worth vastly nor, than they cost,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-21
The Fisherman Explains.

A fisherman ain't hurtin anybody A-watchin of the cork a goin down An nebbe ef he's takin of his toddy, It's fur away from prohibition town He joys to see the troutin' line a-swish
 in'-- To see the noddn' rod the water
 touch Ef al! the Congress tellers were a-hsh.
 in They wouldn't hurt the country hall
 as much, The world Is still inclined to treat hin
 cruel But stiIl he realizes every wish, An amt a i've pound trout vert
 jewel When's he's fried, an in the middle O
 the disAl
 Atlanta Constitution
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-21

In tho course of the trip ot the Att lantic fleet to the Pacific coast, it was decided to dispense with some of the mechanism In the eight-lmch turrets. with the ldel of increasing the rapidity of firing, The cight-inch mechanism was similar in operation 10 that of the le-inch guns, and it was believed that better time could be made if some of the work was done hy hand Tho changes were moi completed in time 10 demonstrate the advantage of tho new system ai the record target practice A. Maglalcna Bay, It K expected. how ever. that tho rapidlty of hits for me- dium calihres may be doubled Thers will also be a gain of some of the space occupied by apparatus in tho turrct which can be used for shell
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-21

Those who need reminding that this is a world of change have but to look at the great array of strictly fresh eggs and the low prices thereof Hang hopefully on until the other things are also fresh and cheap,
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ttimidlyD-But, dear would that be tactful?-Baltimore American.
 The shade became SO intoersble that Satan had to rebuke him.
 You swell round here as if you own ed the place. quoth the father of lies, severely.
 not? My wife gave it to mo before we had been married six months"-Puck.
 The Literary Sweat shop-Fair Visit or-"Why. l had no idea that novels were written in this way" Foreman of Six Best Seller Factory-"Oh, vest at these machines they punch in the plots: across the room they stitch In the de- scription; the dialogue fig put in by hand and the whole then goes 10 the finishing room, where it Is sawed into chapters. Puck.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-21

A Kansas City man who had been jeered by his wife into moving the lawn died just as he got through but perhaps this shouldn't still further dis courage men whose duty 1t Is to mow the lawn,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-21

II Is now reported that fish are 70 thick in Minnesota lakes that they are crowding out tho water If that Is tho case some of the fish stories they are telling in Minnesota may be true.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-21

Mir. Carnegie has given away only eight millions during the last three weeks, but he may work harder at his favoritc occupation during the next three.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-21

In Texas it Is unlawful to sell pistols, but dealers lease them for fifty years, and the death rate in Texas doesn't decrease
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-21
SAVINGS AND nOINEs.

An observing Cuban is quoted as saving that tho Platt amendment pro tects everything In Cuba except tha Cuban treasury
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-21

The clubwomon of Boston are pro- claiming the fact that women are no more mpulslvo than men, AS proof of this assertion they call attention to the recent meeting of the Republican Slnte convention of Tennessoe, when members engaged in fist fight, pistols being drawn and one member welding Common Council, when the members h. duigod In n wild urroar, bitter vituper. alton, hlsses and catcalls, and the Italian Parliament, when two of the members not only scratched each oth- CTS faces but pulled out handfuls of hair,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-21

Anything can and does happen Ben
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-21
THE BAL D WIN
 HETEROGENEOUS
wSyzr8pMEzEENNyvwyw
THIS IS tho time when
 tha nand of a nam

refrigerator becomes apparent. The old one seems to shrink every year until it's too small to hold all the food required. And as n new refrigerator usually means a larger one as well.
 In addition to the zinc and opal glass lined refrigorators we have this year a number of sizes with white porcelain enamel lining which meet the demand for 0 medium-priced white-lined refrig- orator. Prices:
 Sofi'wood cases, Zinc lined. SIS IS up Brown Ash |" 2l.Ol up
 Oak Cases, EnrmeI lined, J6.sS up
 Oak Cases, Opal glass lined, 57.9O up &sJa|lqE;Bas,stt&% y54GAApEl Sr.- s2o SrArg. SE
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-21

The darky cook of . party of aur- veyors in Eastern Texas was greatly annoyed by the razorback hogs that roamed around tho camp, One evening, while he was at the spring, . particu- larly raycnous band of these "pinv woods rootcrs" raIded the cook tent and ate everything that was edible and some other things that weren't For several moments after his return from the spring Nose could find no worda to express his feelings. "Wcll," he 1u- ally exclaimed, "dc good Lawd suh- tainly knowed Ills business when he named hawgs hawgs" Dey sho Is hawgs,'
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-21

coolbrth Of North saco, Maine, has two sons and two daughters, an mar
 Tied and an living In Massachusetts, In one mail last week he received four letters, ono from each of his four chll- dren and In each of the four was tho of tho arrival of a daughter In the family on Monday
The Washington times., 1908-01-05
Anfltoxin Treatments.

The Pasteur treatment is analogous
to the antitoxin treatment for diph-
iberia and other diseases. The pur-
pose is TO make the victim immune, or
create IN his blood sufficient guam
tity Of the antitoxin to destroy the
germs When germs enter the body
and begin their ravages IN the blood
and nervous system an antitoxin is
produced in the blood TO destroy the
toxic effect Of the germs. If the body
produces q sufficient quantity o. the
antitONin to destroy the germs, the
person RECEIVERS. But if the germs pre-
vail and the toxin pOisons The blood
death ensues- OF course the prOpaga-
ton of the germs and the energy with
which the antitOXin is created depend
upon persons physical health and
his power of resistance or sUsCeptt-
Dility of various diseases.
Upon this principle the PasteuT treat
ment was originated. The germs OF
rabies attack the central nervous sys-
tenn If, before the time OF Incubation,
a sufficient quantity of the antitoXin
is formed in the blood the patient
may recover. Scientists say tEat the
reason that no one ever has recovered
from rabies after It has been devel-
oDed is because the germs, upon in
cubation, attack the blood and nerv-
Gus system so terrifically, and with
such concentrated vigor, that suffi-
cient antitoXin cannot be produced to
resist the onslaught Of the bacilh.
The principle of the Pasteur treat
ment is thus: man is bitten by q
rabid dog. Before the incubation of
the Gisease-which develops in thirty
five days in about 90 per cent Of ali
cases-the victim Is inoculated with
the germ Of rabies in such small
quantities that the blood develops an
titoxin slowly, so that, with increased
y jectiOns and an increased production
Of the antitoXin. a sufficient amount
is created to resist the disease by the
time the bacilli are incubated. The
problem which confronted PasteuF in
the first stages of his experiments was
the regulation Of the potency Of the
virus and the control OF its strength.
Somehow, in the course of his investi-
cation, ne inadvertently CHANGED upon
an important discovery
The Washington times., 1908-01-05
NEW DIPLOMATS AT WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION

country since 1888. when Jean
Gennadius, shook the hand of
President Cleveland. The present
Grecian minister. Landros CJroni-
las, arrived in the Capital but a
week or so before the reception.
Turkey sends also a new minis
ter, Mehmed Ali Bey, whose red
tassele6 fez was watched for with
great interest this year.
Other countries represented by
new eu,issaries are Uruguay. by
DR.. Luis Melian Lainur; Spain by
Senior Don Ramon Pima V Millet;
Guatemala, by DR.. Don Luis ,Eoldeo
Herrarte; Salvador by Senior Don
Federico Meiia; Honduras, by DIR.
Angel Ugarte; Chile by Senior Don
AnibaI Cruz and Nine. Cruz, while
Sweden's new minister, now absent
in his native land, was represented
by a charge d'affaires.
The Central American contingent
possess unusual interest this win
ter on account of Secretary Roots
visits to various countries and the
Central American peace conference
recently in session here.
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Continued from First Page)

,
vonius, and Lieut.. Won Brunig, at
tache.
With the Brazilian ambassador,
Senior Nabuco. and Nine. Nabuco,
who did not attend last years
reception, being in mourning. was
but one stranger TO the President.
Gustave de Wanna Kelsch, second
secretary.
Since the whilom days when the
sprightly little Countess Cassini,
in her clinging robe of whftecloth.
her splendid sables and her little
red high-heeled shoes, went trip
ping down the line, smiling at
everyone with winning grace. and
leading the Diplomatic Corps witt
her uncle, Count Cassini, then the
dean, things have been more state
" but less fetching for the general
public. This year the wife and
daughter of the ambassador. Ba-
roness Rosen and Baroness Eliza
beth, are in Russia, and Nine
Nebolsine, wife of the naval at
tache, was the only woman from
that important embassy, and
Prince Koudacheff, first secretary.
the only stranger.
The Ambassador from japan and
NiscOuntess Aoki were present at
one of the Presidents New Year
receptions, that of 1907, for the
first and last time, and in 1906, the
name of Japan's ambassador stood
at the foot of the list for this up
per branch OF the corps, ana the
country was represented by a
charge d'affaires.
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bitten. l4s the second week. So the third
week. - the fourth week, IS the hfth
week, II the sixth week, The seventh
week, 2 the eighth week, and the
tenth week. OF four cases there is
uncertainty concerning the date
Treatment was discontinued in 20
cases, as the animals observed were
found not 70 be rabid
In considering the results OF the
treatment It is well to bear In mind
the following facts given by DIR.
-Keirle;
In the development OF rabies a Ger
tain length of time, or period OF in
cubstion, must elapse befora the ap-
pearance or disease in the victim
The period OF development depends.
0f course. upon the location and Sc
verify OF the bite. OF per cent Of
mad deg bites the period OF incuba-
ton is estimated as less than eighteen
days; of 60 per cent the period ranges
between eighteen and sixty-fouP days.
and in many cases has extended
eighteen months. After rabits las de-
velopsd there IS little or no hope OF
recovery. The Pasteur treatment is
preventive rather than curative. and
treatment must be started before the
disease manifests itself.
In other words. the body must be
made immune before the terrible germs
which have been injected in the blood
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Method Of DR.. Kelrle.

Thus. wnen a patient is brought to
DR. Keirle he begins with an lnJec-
ton Of the lowest potency and works
ND 10 the strongest. He makes a so
luton at first Of the 1s-day-old virus,
washing the spinal cord Of the rabbit
in sterilized water. and injections are
made upon either side OF the stomach
with an ordinary hypodsrTnie syringe
in five days the six-dsy cord IS reach
ed Then follow successfully inocula-
tons made from the fve-day, four
day. and three-day cords. until the
twenty-third day is reached.
Dr. Keirle does not restrict his
patients in regard TO food. and no IN
pIeasantness whatever is experienced
from the treatment
BY this method OF treatment the
Baltimore physician has achieved re-
suits surprising even those Of the
farp5us institute in Pans
only one OF the 1000 patients treat
ed died from rabies alone. This was
Carl Wightmau. a three-year-Old child.
He died September 8, 1876. just forty
DAYS after the treatment was begun.
The child was bitten III the upper part
Of the nose, and il IS believed the
virus entered his brain.
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Most Dangerous Bites.

Most OF the wounds inflicted were on
the upper parts OF the bodies OF the
patients. Experiments have proved
that rabies more often develops from
such wounds than those in the lower
extremities Of the body.
1t is believed that when an animal
bites through clothing the garment
often absorbs the greater portion Of
the poison. OF the persons treated, 71s
were males, 81 females; 323. or 81 per
cent OF the patients treated we're ten
years Of age or younger. The young
est Gaze was a child seven months old
and the oldest eighty-twO years
wounds were inflicted by dogs ia So
cases, in 65 cases BY cats. in 1 by a
calf. in ! by pig. in by COWS. IN
by horses, and in by human beings.
OF those treated, 746 came for treat
nent the first week after having been
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him. for he is a friend OF President
Roosevelt. At this reception. Chow
Tschi, whose name when pro-
nounced resembles much the Amer
lean sneeze, so much in vogue at
all receptions at this season-who
is serving the Celestial cline as
charge d'affaires, did the honors Of
the occasion. and he. too. wears
rich silken robes embroidered with
a wealth of gold and silver.
Senior Don Luis f. Corea, the
minister from Nicaragua, has an
American bride whom he would
have presented 10 the President at
her first New Year reception at the
White House, but owing to the re-
cent death of her father. Sonora de
Corea, formerly Miss India Bell
Vedder Fleming, daughter of the
late Col. Robert I. Fleming and
Mrs. Fleming, is not going out.
Among the other new attaches
WHO dCCoHi lJdllitu thc1A CiAtEAS 10
the great democratic reception for
the first time were Francis jam
sens. who went with the Belgian
minister as secretary; Senior Don
Arturo Padro V Almedia, first sec
rotary, and Sonora Padre. who led
the procession from Cuba in the
absence of Minister and Nine. Que
sada; Chang Chuan, who accOmpa-
MED the Chinese charge d'affaires;
van den Berch van Heem-
stede with the Netherlands minis
ter; Henri Martin. Of the Swiss le-
CATION; DIR. Alberto PaIacios Costa
of the Argentine legation; and
Manuel de Freyre Y Ssntander,
with the Peruvian Minister and
Nine Parde.
Salvador and Honduras, under
one government a year ago. are
now separately represented by
ministers.
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and placed in a sterIlized jar contain
ing causttc potash This is kept in a
dark room. at a temperature Of s. de-
gees. Each day a Jar is added until
fifteen jars are stored, the series OF
Jars containing virus graduating in
strength from one to fifteen. II has
been discovered that when virus Is
subjected TO a terspera ture Of 10 de-
grees for ten minutes IL is destroyed.
A five-minute exposure TO A tempera-
Jure Of lis degrees viii tender il sterile,
a temperature of 112 degrees for an
hour has q similar effect. while a tenn
peTature OF Jos degrees vitiates its pc
tency. An exposure of forty hours to
sunlight also destroys IT, Heat has an
alternating effect, and various degrees
The Washington times., 1908-01-05
BaltImore Record Is fhe Rest.

Comparisons place the Baltimore
Institute at the head of the Iabora-
tories OF the world In 1902 the
average failures OF the twenty-four
laboratories in the world were AZ out
OF $3.50 caseE, or four-hfths of l per
cent. At that time DR.. KeirIe's record
If failure was One-ffth Of 1 per
cent And this admirable record he
has maintained.
The recent report or DR.. KeirIe on
the treatment OF cases is one OF the
most amazing and interesting medical
documents OF years.
As complete records as possible have
been made OF all persons treated. the
Location OF the wounds and the con-
ditions Of the animal which inflicted
the bite OF the cases treated 55s
were bitten by animals proved
rabid by cerebral incubation Of
rabbits. Other animals or human
being developed rabies from the
bite OF animals which inflicted
Sounds OF seventy-four cases: there
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Mr. M Not Yet krrived.

No one awakens. more enthU-
siasm in the great throng OF Off
Gals represented than she Chinese
minister with his flowing satin and
silk robes. richly embroidered in
gold and silver and jewe. while
a jaunty silk cap scarcely larger
than the new $50 gold pieces or an
afternoon ten saucer, rests above
his distinguished queue.
Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng. whose
robes were unusually rich, took his
departure some weeks ago, and his
successor. Mr.. Wa, has not yet
arrived. If he had, it would have
been Just an old-time greeting for
The Washington times., 1908-01-05
Experiments With Rabbifs.

He discovered that If the spinal cord
Of a rabbit which has died of rabies
is removed and worked in distilled
water and an Injection made into the
brain of another rabbit the second
rabbit VIII develop rabies and die; that
i a third rabbit is treated ia the same
way with virus from the spinal cord
Of the, second rabbit il will develop
IA bies in the same period as the other
two However If the process is con
tinued. the time of incubation will
grow shorter until the twenty-fifth
The Washington times., 1908-01-05

were symptoms OF rabies in animals
which attacked 1s3 OF the cases. but
these were not demonstrated. There
was no reliable history OF l51 cases,
and thirty-fpur were wounds not the
results Of bites. incubation was made
into rabbits from animals which in
hicted wounds on forty cases, but
there were 10 results.
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by the animal begin their disastrous
carnage
The length Of treatment OF the Pas
teur method is twenty days, after
which fifteen days are required FOR
the patient to develop immunity TO
the disease
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ccmes g. period OF ninety days. after
which the tine drops 20 six and re-
mains fixed.
The virus now used in the Baltimore
iasteug institute has attained L. 600 re-
moves and f. fixed. rabies developing
Dee six DAYS after incubation
AT the Baltimore institute D.. keirie
has formulated a uElqBe and precise
treatment. From rabbits which have
eied of ahirs induced by an injection
az fixed virus spinal cord is taken
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oped the disease was ever saved. so
far as the records Of medicine show.
Yet since the adoption OF the Pasteur
treatment the death rate has gone
down 10 less than / per cent.
The Washington times., 1908-01-05
Nine New Ministers.

Nine new diplomats with the
rank of minister attended the New
Year reception, Greece being repre-
sented for the first time in this
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rabbit. which VIII develop the disease
IN eight days
Then the period OF development re-
mains the same until another twenty
hfth rabbit has been inoculated. and
the period drops TO seven days. Then
The Washington times., 1908-01-05

OF potency are obtained by DR.. Kelrlt
by MS system OF subiectjng the virus
To hedJ IN the dark chamber.
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r. OR the last twenty-five years DR..
- Keirle has been one OF the fore
most post-mortem physicians
Of Baltimore and has proba bis
dissected more corpses than any other
member Of his profession living today.
During all this time he has been par
tcUlarly interested IN rabies and has
given the best IN him IN the study Of
The awful malady; the one that has
bafled science for hundreds Of years
even as far back az the ffth century
hesors Christ.
Science has fought and conquered
many maladies-it has fought and con
quered typhoid, pneumonia and diph-
iberia But first il discovered the
germs, II studied the habitat, manner
OF living and appetites OF the n1aiig-
uant creatures. Baeterielegists actu-
ally photographed and measured them.
But no one has ever been able to de-
tect the germ OF hydrophobia; It has
shrouded itself in impenetrable nays-
tery, waging its distinctive warfare
on nerve and brain force in unknown
and subtle way Nearly always II has
proved fatal.
twenty-five years ago the death rate
among persons bitten by rabid dogs
IVES 90 per cent. No one who devel-
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MaVeIOuSReCordMade
By Baltimore Doctor
In Defeating Rabies,
Awful ArCh-Enen0y
OF Both Beast and Man
ABlES conquered
Within the last TWEEN
ty-five years wonderful
strides have been made

bv science in the blind fight against
the dread disease.
Much of the credit for the sue
cess belongs to the Baltimore Pas
teur Institute in general, and TO
DR.. n. @. Keirle, ST., in particular.
The successful subjugation OF
HE awful hydrophobia, the curse
Of animal life, is one of the great,
il not the greatest achievement of
me twentieth century.
Or. Keirle has succeeded so well
fiat the records Of the institute
aver which he holds sway show
flat the number of deaths out Of
1000 cases was only two, or one
fifth of + per cent, That-Tecord
waS first attained five years ago,
md has been kept up ever since.