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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-10-01
DEATH PREDICTED
! FOR FIVE MILLION
YALE PRoFEssoR's FORECAST OF
TUBERCULOSIS RESULT.
SENSATION IN CONGRESS
Yearly Cost Of White, Plague, Says
Speaker IS Billion Dollars
DR.. B rtel Discusses Routes
of Infection.

Washington, Sept. 30.-That 5.O00.,
600 people, now living in the United
States, are doomed to fill consump.
tives' graves unless something is done
to prevent it, was the startling decla.
ration of Prof Irving Fisher of Yale
university in an address on "The Cost
of tuberculosis" before the Interna.
tional Congress on tuberculosis Tues,
day. Prof. Fishers address, which
was the feature of the day, created a
sensation among the hundreds who lis.
tened to his statements.
White Plague Costs Billion.
Prof. Fisher further declared that
The 13S,000 persons who die of con.
sumption annually in this country
cost, in hard cash, over 81 1000, ,000, 900
a year.
In section one, in which 1t is ex-
pected the most of the scientific dis.
cussions and discoveries will develop,
there was discussion of great i'm
portance to the congress at Tuesday
mornings session, when Prof. Calmett
of Lille, France, director of the Pas
teur institution, advanced the theory
that tubercle bacilli are taken into the
system by swallowing.
Heretofore inhalation has been con-
sidered the principal method Of con-
tracing consumption. Infection by in
halation was warmly defended by Prof.
Tendeloo of Holland.
Heifer Reads a Paper.
First Assistant Surgeon Victor G..
Heifer Of the United States public
health and marine hospital service
and director of health of the Philippine
islands, read an interesting paper in
which he asserted that in tropical
countries, where tuberculosis and
hook-worm disease prevail, elimination
of the hook-worm produced better re-
suits in diminishing the mortality from
tuberculosis than any other measure
that has yet been tried on a large
scale.
Routes Of Infection.
DIR. Julius Bartel of Vienna, dis
cussing the routes of infection, said:
THE infection from pharynx, stomach
and intestines is far more frequent,
Coily Nhuh
generally been considered. OF less
Importance, as compared with general
hygienic regulations, is the constant
dispute concerning the more frequent
mode Of infection whether due to swal.
lowing or inhalation, inasmuch as it is
difficult to judge the relative effects
Of deglutition and aspiration"
DR.. Bart of Berlin Talks.
DIR. Carl Bart of Berlin, in his views
on the subject Of predisposition of the
apices of the lungs to pulmonary tuber.
culosis, declared that aside from in
fection, the cause of pulmonary tuber-
culosis in youthful individuals is to be
sought in an individual predisposition
due to anatomic and functional dis
turbances of the normal conditions
around the superior aperture of the
thorax. The final outcome of this bat.
tie between the tubercle bacilli and
tissues depends on the degree of the
functional disturbance, he declared.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-13
HEARD IN PASSING.

It is not the full time the average manufacturing plant is running on just now that is of interest to the great mass of working people, but how long the full time will continue after election. .-Middletown Press.
 The quarter gas meter and mans carelessness was responsible for the snuffing out of four lives in Water bury the other day. The meter might be eliminated, but that would be no guarantee that the man would not blow out the gas.-Bridgepor Post.
 Already preparations have begun for the proper celebration of Hal lowe'en. The festival is growing more popular each year in it's ob- servance. It is not only an evening in which the young folks cut up great pranks, but has become prom inent in many house gatherings. and pleasant festivities. For the small boy, it is one of the red letter days of the year. New Haven Union.
 When MT Bryan ran for president the last time he lost Maryland by
 
 licans now claim the state for MT Taft by 5000. The new election law. which makes voting more diff ficult for the illiterates of both white and black races. is said to injure the republicans in that state more than the democrats, and thus to render Mir Taft's chances inferior to Mir McKinley's in 1900.-Springfield Republican.
 Three facts are coincident at the Girls Normal school In the City of Mexico: The health of the pupils is pronounced by the school physician to be better than ever before: the school laundry bill has dropped from seventy-fve dollars to eighteen dol lars a month; the students have late ly been doing the washing in out of door stone washing places construct ed in true Mexican fashion. Now the moral is plain: Girls can gain health and save money by being their own
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-13
JAPANESE CADETS.
Their Military School Exercises In-
 clude Hand to Hand Conflicts.

clude Hand to Hand C0nnicts.
 "In the Japanese military school, !" writes Gen Kuropatkin in McClure's where I saw Spartan system of education, the exercises of the cadets with bikes, rifles and broad swords were not approached by any thing of the kind that I had witness ed in Europe-it was fighting of the fiercest character.
 At the end of the struggle there was a hand to hand combat, which lasted until the victors stood trium- phant over the bodies of the van quished and tore off their masks.
 "In these exercises, which were very severe, the cadets struck one another fiercely and with wild cries; but the moment prearranged signal was given, or the fight came to an end, the combatants drew themselves up in line and their faces assumed an expression of wooden composure.
 "In all the public schools prom thence was given to military exer- cises, and the scholars took part in them with enthusiasm. Even in their walks they practiced running, flank ing and sudden, unexpected attacks.
 The history of Japan was every where made means of strengthen ing the pupils patriotism and their belief in Japan's invincibility. Par ticular stress was laid upon the country's successful wars, the heroes of them were extolled, and the chil- dren were taught that none of Japan's military enterprises had | failed'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-13
CAN YOU SPELL?

If you think you can, ask some body to dictate the following tumble to you and see how many mistakes you make.
 Antinous, a disappointed, desic- cated physicist, was peeling potatoes in an embarrassing and harassing way. His idiosyncrasy and privilege was to eat mayonnaise and mussels while staring at the Pleiades and seizing peoples tricycles and veloci- pedes. He was an erring teetotaier, and had been on a picayune jam boree. He rode palfrey stallion and carried a salable papier-mache bouquet of asters, pholx, mulleiD, chrysanthemums, rhododendrous, fushsias and nasturtiums.
 He wore a sibyl's resplendent turquoise paraphernalia. an ormolu yashmak and astrakhan chaparejns. He drank crystalizable and disagree able curacoa juleps, through sieve. He stole some moneys and hid them under peddler's mahogany bed stead and mattress.
 Like a field in an ecstasy of gay ety. rushed after him into the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-13

August iron and steel exports showed rate practically identical with that in July, while imports showed decrease of 5000 gross tons from July. The exports during July and August have run about 1000 tons per month ahead of the average during the first six months of the year, while they have fallen about 23,000 tons behind the average rate during 1906 and 1907, when our heaviest exports were made. If the July-August rate of exports Is main tained through the remaining months of the calendar year, 1t will show total of round million tons, against 1,325,74O tons in 1906, and 1,801,- 9S1 tons in 1907, AS shown in last months resume, there have been only five years in which our iron and steel exports passed the million ton mark, these being 1900 and 1so4-7, inclu- sive. There has been no important change in individual items of ex- port. comparing August with July, each line running at about the same rate, says writer in the Iron Trade Review. Exports of crude steel, in cluding ingots, blooms, billets, sheet
 bars, etc, amounted in August to T. S65 tons, against S,465 tons in July. Except for February and March,
 when the totals were 22,000 to 23,- 900 tons, our crude steel exports have
 been running this year at slightly less tonnage than last year. and evi- dently have comprised only the usual run of miscellaneous business In February and March heavy shipments were made against the sheet bar
 contract last December, reported to
 be for 1O0,O00 tons for equal deliv- cries over the first six months of this year, but, no distinct trace of such business is found in the statistics for other months. It will be interesting to observe whether the recently re-
 ported sale of 56,0O0 tons of sheet
 bars for delivery over the last four
 months of this year will make a.bet-
 ter impress upon the statistics.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-13
FORGOT HOW TO PLAY.
Loss of Bridge Whist Skill Scared {
 Man Who Had Had Typhoid.

Typhoid fever does some odd things certainly" said the doctor, "and it is hard to say just what the effects will be. A sufficiently cur ious thing happened to person l know who came through severe siege of it. This man was an ardent bridge whist player. For several years he had played the game in his spare time and 1t was his chief and best liked amusement. There came along this attack of typhoid and 1t kept him away from bridge and everything else for some time.
 "After he got so that he was able to sit up some friends came ovef to see him and they proposed a mild rubber as sort of tonic. They got the cards out and started playing The man found. to his consternation, that he hardly knew how to deal the cards. He couldn't remember a lead and was all at sea. He got
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-13

Leading republicans in and about New Haven were interviewed Satur- day and reported as follows: Sam" Eddy of Canaan: Everything looks bright for the republican state and national ticket" County Commis- sioner Jake" Walter of Cheshire: "Lilley will carry the state hand somely" Insurance Commissioner Macdonald of New Haven: "Connect!- cut will give a rousing plurality for Taft and Lilley" D. Walter Patten of North Haven: Everything seems lovely to me-" Collector R. o. Ea- ton: The state is all right for Taft and Lilley. y."-Hartford Courant.
 And the goose hangs high, not to say anything about the skunk that was not killed, but wait until the democrats get through plucking it, and the tune will be different.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-13
Representatives. John W. Mcdonald, Thomas F. Devine.
% Judge of Probate. Robert A. Lowe,


 In speech in the west MT Taft told the people that if MT Bryanrsuc- ceeded he would put trust controlled articles on the free list, but that the republicans would not do anything of the sort, but 'the republican plan of regulation is the proper remedy" :" The republican plan of regulation" has been in operation twelve years, with the result that under Mckinley 127 new trusts were organized and under Roosevelt 107 new ones began business. If "the republican plan of regulating is proper, why do trusts multiply and why do they continue to practice extortion?
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-13
erladies.-New Bedford Stan

washerladies.-New Bedford Stan dard.
 A war between Seryia and Austria Hungary would be only the lesser of two evils. Fortunately, however, should the misguided people of Ser via force it, the disparity of the two countries in resource would make it of short duration. It may seem that Servia has a just cause, but 1t must be remembered that Servia is some- thing of a glass house dweller. The ownership. of provinces over which the trouble arises does not involve any fundamental principle.-- New Haven Register.
 Marsa Watterson says in the first political speech he nas made since 1892 that he sees just such condi- tions now as point toward civil war in this country in the near future. That sounds rather radical and quite entities the Louisville editor to a seat in the jingoistic section of the Hall of Fame by the side of Lieuten- ant Hobson. Incidently it may be noted that about the hottest and most warlike broadsides which are being fired in the south to-day are coming from his er.-Ncw Haven Journal Courier.
 Niagara Falls reputation as a summer resort is liable to be eclips- ed by its record as a place of suicide and if the present epidemic of self destruction there is unchecked the enterprising hotel keepers can ad- vertise the strong probability of see- ing some human being take the wild plunge over the horseshoe or Ameri- can falls, as reason for visiting the scenic center. Since July 1, 1z persons have taken their lives at the falls and as suicides, like more nor nal persons, have the merit of fol lowing conspicuous examples, it is likely that there will be more.-New London Day.
 The son of New York clergyman who is in considerable demand as a campaign speaker for one of the great parties, is employed at the na- tional headquarters of the party. Re gently, when it was announced that system of keeping tab" on the speakers was to be instituted, and that those who proved ineffective were to be dropped, the boy wrote to his mother: "Tell father he'd bet ter not try to warm over his old political speeches this year, as he does his sermons. He's got to give the audience good. fresh talk, ol we'll both be likely to lose our jobs. New York Evening Post.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-13
frightened and thought that h

frightened and thought that his mind was giving way. I came around to see him, in answer to an urgent call. and he explained what was the matter. I told him not to be worried; that the fever doubtless had dulled his brain activity.
 He had to set to work by him. self dealing the cards out and trying to recall what he used to do. It was not until after he had sat and watch ed his friends playing for about a dozen afternoons that he got his grip back. Then he started in to play again and there was no differ ence between the way he played then and his old style. He was pretty scared man at first, however"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-13

In the dearth of startling political or social doings at Washington, it may be interesting to know that a decision has just been rendered by the commissioner of internal revenue that it is expected will stop altogeth- CT the practice prevailing for years among certain liquor dealers of put ting on the market the same product under different names. This decision reverses the ruling of the former Commissioner Yerkes who held that rectifiers and wholesale liquor mer> chants could place on the market the same product under a>half dog en different names without being taxed specially for each. Commis- sioner Capers, in an elaborate opin- ion, decides that any person, firm, or corporation carrying on business as a wholesale liquor dealer at one place or time under different names, must pay separate special tax for each name or style under which he transacts business. If the practice of carrying on business by the recti- ffers or wholesale dealers is con tinued, 1t will doubtless and largely to the public revenues, but treasury officials believe that there will be, discontinuance of the practice. The question Of names and styles, it is understood, was brought to the at- tention of the department by active prohibitionists who are sleepless in their contention against liquor deal- CTS. In many states careful watch is kept of whiskey shipped and the name of the brand or the wholesale dealers often leads to the prevention of further importations of the same kind. When such prevention be-: comes effective, the same liquor dealer will ship into the prohibition state another lot of whiskey, only changing the name. It was the dis covery of this practice of substitut- ing names that brought the matter to the attention of the internal rev enue bureau and caused the decision, which will be effective throughout the country.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-13

There has been some talk about a treaty offensive and defensive be- tween the United States and China a treaty similar to that which was signed after the Russo-Japanese war between England and Japan. Such a treaty between the United States and the Chinese empire is, of course. impossible, says one writer, but meanwhile a treaty between them has actually been signed by Secretary Root and Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister to this country. It is an ar bitration treaty and it's principal ar- ticle is as follows: Differences which may arise of legal nature or relating to the interpretation of trea- ties existing between the two con- traeting parties, and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy, shall be referred to the permanent court of arbitration estab- iished in The Hague by the conyen- tion of July 29, 1899. provided, nev- ertheless, that they do not affect the vital interest, the independence. or the honor of the third partiesA"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-13
For Senators.


 District. 1-Raoul w. D'Arche, Harford. 2-Richard J. Dillon, Hartford. 3-Herman P. Kopplemann. 4-Arthur E. Bidwell, Glastonbury. Addison Lamphere, Windsor. 8-Thomas J. Gibbons, New Haven. 9--James J. Lawton, New Haven. 10-John H. Courtney, New Haven. 11--John F. Shanley, New Haven. 12-Charles B. Yale, Wallingford. 15-Peter Hook, Waterbury. 16-John Hurley, Waterbury. 24-Hugh c. Shalvoy, Danbury.
 Representatives in Congress. District. -.s 1--Charles s. Gerth, Bristol. 2-Thomas L. Reilly, Meriden. flynn W. Wilson. Bridgeport
 Representatives.
 John w, Mcdonald, s Thomas F. Devine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-13

9ry . Democrat want ad-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-13

maelstrom. or melee, and held him as in wise. could not feeze him. however, and he addressed me. with autocracy. in the following imbecile words which sounded like soliloqny or a superseding paean on an oboe: :-
 You are a .ratabfe luna-moth; a saIaamina vizier: an equinoctial coryphee and an isosceles daguerreo- type."--BockmSn.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-13
Presidential Electors.

PreS1dentlaI EIectOfS. Louis Schmidt of Southington. Samuel L. Bronson of New Haven. Tryon E. Robertson of Montville. Melbert E. Cary of Ridgefield. s. M. Chapin of New Hartford. George Leonard of Middletown. Oscar o. Tanner of Willimantic.
Evening journal., 1908-09-29

Law that must still hold good Doing
away with the Obligation OF the law ln
its specific enactments does not alter.
or In any way weaken the moral prin-
ciples and preeepts that were back Of
them Now that is the moral, principle
contained in the enactments of the
Jewish law regarding the Sabbath. The
words of the Fourth Commandment
may themselves be taken as expressing
every essential OF that law: "Remem-
Der the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
Six days shalt thou labor and do all
thy work. but the seventh Is the Sab
bath Of the Lord. they God; in it thou
shalt not do any work. etc" Observe
that il is nowhere stated I'm these
words that the seventh day following
and coming down in unbroken success
sion from the beginning of the world
must be observed as the sabbath To
have ascertained which was the sew
enth day in that sense would have been
for Moses. with all his learning, an
utter impossibility The precept sim
ply states that six days shall be spent
in labor and the seventh-that is the
day following six days Of labor-shall
be set apart for rest.
The legal aspect Of the sabbath.
then. has been done away but the
moral aspect remains. We have gone
out from under that old dispensation of
law. but we have not thereby escaped
from any moral obligation. The
American citizen goes out from tfNs
country into another and he is no
longer subject TO the laws of this land.
but he is subject to the moral prinei-
pies contained in the law. oven If he
goes TO an island Of the sea, where
there is no law. still the moral obliga-
ton holds. Because there is no code
OF laws containing a penalty for steal
ing he is not, therefore, at liberty to
steal. He is under obligation to keep
the higher law.
We recognize. then, the necessity OF
keeping every seventh day sacred TO
rest and worship. God has written IL
upon our very natures as well as in
the larger law" of Israel.
Why do we keep the first day7 Be
cause, with the apostolic church. we
recognize the distinct superiority of
this to all other days. It is the day
best suited TO our need. We may here
appeal to the words of our Saviour.
that the Sabbath was made for man
and not man for the Sabbath. If the
institution does not exist for its own
sake, but for the sake OF man, then we
are right in keeping the day that will
minister most largely to the needs of
men. Christian men keep the first
day Of the week because It is the great
day Of days In the Christian Church
the day Of our Lords triumph over sin
and death-the day that is most in
keeping with the high purpose Of our
gracious God In giving US a day OF
Evening journal., 1908-09-29
WOMAN BEAR HUNTER
A Story Of Adventure From the Mon
tana Mountains.

Kalispell Bee.
Flat head county contains the distinc-
tion Of having one of the champion
feminine bear hunters Of the West.
While watching for deer ina meadow
on her homestead. twenty miles north
west Of Kalispell, last Saturday.
Frances Jurgens-K -Kleinschmidt was sur
prised by al borwn bear which ap-
peared in the bush at the edge Of the
meadow. She Immediately laid the
bear low with a shot through the body.
A moment later two other bears ap-
peared. one of which the lady succeed
ed in wounding but having taken only
six cartridges with her was obliged 70
return to her house for ammunition.
Returning to the scene of a"tionsa
companies by Miss Haze Whiteside,
the first bear wounded was found in
the heavy undergrowth and at once
showed fight. but was killed by a sho.
which broke its neck The ladies then
took the trail Of the other wounded
animal. but were unable TO overtake
It. though the trail was well marked
with blood. They then returned and
skinned the dead bear. which weighed
about 200 pounds.
Evening journal., 1908-09-29
OBSERVANCE OF
THE SABBATH
Sermon Giving Reason For It,
by the Rev. J. c. Lane,
of 0IiVet Church

Much interest has been manifested
In a sermon preached by the Rev ].
c. Lane Of Olivet Presbyterian Church
on why the Christian Church OBJ
serves the First Day of the Week as
a Day of Rest and Worship" Mr..
Lane took as his text:
Mark 2:27, 2S.-"And he said unto
them, the Sabbath was made for man
and not man for the Sabbath; there
fore the Son of Man is Lord also of
the Sabbath" In part Mr.. Lane said:
In a previous discourse we noticed
that, by his death upon the cross.
Jesus Christ brought 20 an end the
old dispensation of the law and in
augurated a new dispensation, wherein
not law. but redeeming grace was the
Supreme thing.-In Col 2:14 Paul de-
clares that the bond written in ordi-
nances that was against us is botted
out, cancelled. The long bill Of ofenses.
for such the law had become through
numerous transgressions, has been
crossed out. That bill of offenses. that
handwriting contained in ordinances.
that bond that was against us. has
been taken out of the way and nailed
TO the cross. The legal instrument Of
our condemnation has been, as il were,
fastened to the cross. thesnails that
pierced the Saviour's hands and feet
piercing it and disposing Of it for
ever. r-
Paul in this connection entered his
great plea for Christian liberty, warn
Ing his people against being intimidat-