The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-16

ma many OF them dying in the open,
ctten precede epidcmics-and 1t Is
said that attention was first called
10 the case in Havana by the unusual
number of rodents which crawled out
q their holes. wasgled their legs
sadly and died all around the vicinity
where Mendez was employed. 1t is
believed that the plague is propagat-
Cd by mild cases among rats, and is
transmitted by yermin which crawl
o,er the open sores the disease leaves
an these creatures and then over hui
mans into whose blood the bacillus
is transmitted through abrasons no
matter how microscopic.
General symptoms are high fever,
4, cordins TO Dr. Calvert, the author
ily, prostr,ition often reaching
typhoid state within fOrty-eight
hours; severe vomiting, often bloody;
headaches and intense pain about the
buboes; nervous symptoms such as
rcstlessness, sleeplessness, delirium,
epileptiform seizures, and coma fol-
loved by death within two to four
Gays. The prOstratiOn Is out of all
proportion to the degree of fever and
duration OF the disease; there is
rioSt peculiar facial expression, with
eyes bright and staring as if looking
a distant object; the conjunctiyes
are injected and nostrils dilated; the
iace expresses pain, fear and anxiety,
g respiration is hurried and la
bored. the body is fixed. The picture
when once seen cannot be forgotten.
Cleanliness the Prevention.
Cleanliness is the effective pre-
'entive. Frequent bathing will re-
move whatever plague microbes heas
OF other vermin accidentally encoun-
tered may have deposited upon a per.
son skin, and thorough cleansing of
clothing and habitations will dis
courage their propagation.
Havana Perfumed.
Ever since last Friday Havana
Els smelt to heaven OF chlOro- nap
'holelm IA pungent clean smell.
h;IShty grateful to captious nostrils
IN the street cars neat printed signs
hung up in front have announced
tAat the cars have been cleaned win
oro-naptholeum in accordanc.
win orders OF the sanitary depart,
m"nt The agents, I.indncr & Hart
lA@h' nave done a land-olIice bushes,
Gown on cuba street. sunplviuu
Wholesale orders for this disinf,ct
AM. IT is endorsed by the public
fcalth marine hospital service of Tho
Il'cu states in that Drs. John +
Anderson and Thomas B. McClintis y
ilttle while ago. determined its pben.
% coefilcicnt TO be between five ana
siN times that of pure carbolic acid
crystals, the highest efficiency found
IN any practicable commercial disin.
'ectant, 1t is manufactured by the
West Disinfecting Co. in Long Island
city. II is being used in Havana TO-
day for the cleansing of floors. es
pccially, mixed with the scrubbing
water. in about the proportion of two
tablespoonfuls to the pail. 1t is the
same stuff the farmer finds kills
mango on his dog. keeps the chick
ems healthy when used in their coop:
deodorizes sinks and drains; helps
cure wounds on his hands; and, as
the principal ingrcgient in certain
dlp, Kills ticks on his stock and pre-
vents fatal fcyers. Its smell is whole
some not at all offensive; it is the
pcrlum" Ia mode in Havana Just
now Pears soap forgotten. the salu-
tatlen of this season is: Good morn
lhS; have You used chloro- naptho
lcum p