2 F DANGER IN A SHAKE [ A LEARNED DISQUISITION ON DIS EASE TRANSFER. i Microbe, of Bverr Kind Find nodsm.nl In the Skin—Contact Errn of the Clean ly Mny Spread Con teflon —Serious Be. i salts From Head Clasping. Is it possible for one man to commu nicate disease to another by the shaking •f hands? If this qnestion be true, should the custom be abandoned or should it be modified under medical instruction so as to minimize the danger? The existence of micro-organisms inimical to lifo and health has been es tablished beyond dispute. Dr. Breiter founds his thesis, recently printed in The Medical Record, on this hypothe sis. But his leading point, insisted up on with much force, is the danger whioh is hidden in the apparently harmless and sometimes pleasing custom of shak ing hands. He says: "That the surface of the human body is a very hotbed for the propagation of a great variety of mlcro-orgauisms Fuerbinger, Mittman, Bizzozero, Ma gi ora and Welch have elnoidated most oonolusively. It is certainly beyond the shadow of a doubt that in the presenco of a predisposing factor and sometimes even without that the microbio diseases are ushered into existence by their Indi vidual prototypes, this being essentially brought about by oontact in some way at tho two contingent forces. Modorn surgery is founded on this prinoiplo. The carefulness with which we prepare our bands and surgical instruments be fore and after a surgical operation well exemplifies the importance of a famil iarity with its dangers in every sense. "We recognize that many of our mi orobio diseases, especially of tho exan thematic type, eliminate their toxic ele ment vory largely through the medium of the skin, which undergoes extenslvo exfoliation, disseminating tho poison far and wide. Isolation is resorted to and enforoed most rigorously, thereby check- I ing the spread of the disease, and then / disinfectants lavishly used cause the de struction of the offending armies. In the era of soiontiflo prophylaxis conse quent upon the introduction of tho mi croscope, bacteriology and antiseptios wo find a steady decline of epidemics either developing in tho outer world or in our hospital wards. Yet accidental inoculations of tuberculosis, smallpox and vaooinia, as well as more horrible diseases, still exist and are but demon strations of either an unavoidable cause or a faulty observanoe of established data." Dr. Brelter gives a thorough discus sion as to what may be the result of con tact of the hands. He declares that with men who are.of cleanly habits, bnt who have acquired disease and suoh as they would wish to hide from their fellow men, the specific bacillus of this diseaso has been found in filth collected from the band. He has found tuberolo bacilli in the dirt taken from the hand of the man suffering from tuberculosis, the Klebe-Loeffler microbe among oases of •uspeotcd diphtheria and had no doubt that thespeoific germs of every microbio diseaso may and would be found in mil lions on the surfaces of the hands if proper experimentation wore made. Ha proceeds as follows: "Many victims of scarlet fever, both in the early and desquamative stages, especially the latter, are walking the ■treets of every large city ready to in graft upon tho moist hand of any chance acquaintance the prolific virus of the > disease. The same may be said of per sons with pulmonary tuberculosis, wbose hands and handkerchiefs, through oonstant wiping of the mouth, are foul and saturated with the baoteria laden expectoration of tho disease. Tubercu losis of the hand, the lesion large or small in area, often painless and un recognized as such for a loug while and perhaps untreated, is by no means an Infrequent occurrence. Scabies, wo know, has a marked predilection for tho hand. Need 1 mention others? Now whether these conditions are the result of hand to hand contact or not does not matter. The conditions themselves are dangerous elements, und it is the con sideration of such factors in tho causa tion of disease that wo are studying. "Of courso the mucous membrane serves as a better pabulum for the inva sion and development of micro organ isms, bnt tho skin is not absolutely neg ative in that respect, and if it were it j would make little difference, as tbo J two, skin and mucous membrane, oro f very often in close apposition with each I other. Wo kuow that the hand has car / ried bacteria to the mouth, disseminat i ing contagion in that way. Typhoid fe- I ver, Asiatic cholera, diphtheria and oth k er diseases aro known to have been pro w duced that way. Why search through ' medical libraries for Bimilar and per haps more conclusive evidenoe? Tbo subjeot ha' passed the stago of novelty. So whi'd we professional people aro by ' reason of our profession forced to invito and then to battle—for we have antisep tics—with these enemios, there is no reason why we should unnecessarily and * miller tho cloak of custom invite thorn and then leave them to do their harm. "Some may look npon this subject With derision. Nevertheless the truth is this: No matter bow small the percent age of evil consequenoes arising from this universal handshaking, the total •■.umber, in view of its extensiveness, must necessarily be great. The subjeot is deserving of serious consideration. Conscientious physicians and surgeons Will acoord it." Freddy's Fear. They pass a plate of oakes to Freddy at dessert. He puts out his hand, hesi tates, then draws it back and begins to weep. "What are you crying for?" asks his mother. "Because you are going to scold me when I choose the biggest one. "—Fi garo. ONCE THEY WERE MEDIUMS. Now They Expiate Their Sine by Toealng Balls of Blue Fire. Close by the Northwestern tracks at Leavitt street Is the home of the "jog gling sisters." They were twin presti digitators in their days of life, so runs the tradition, and now they toss balls of bine Are about as the juggler does eggs, oannon balls and the like. Their pet amusement is to stand on their heads and toss the balls as if they were standing afoot. The foroe of gravity seems to bo reversed for their benefit, for they "tosB" the balls of fire down, fnd the little flames "fall" op. All this is set down just as James MacCourtuoy, the oldest settler in the neighborhood, tells it He said the other day: "Them broad windys over there on the north side of the old bnilding is the plaoe where the sisters oomes to show theirselvea The year of the World's fair I counted np their performances, an they oome every 80 days. The reason fer that issomothln I oonld never guess, but some smart young chap here fig gered out that it was always in the dark of the moon. I've noticed since that there never was no moonlight when they got up there in the windys. "What's the oause of their hauntin the old plaoe? Why, sir, the story's so old there can't no truth nor lie be made out on it. There's no man in these dig gin's longer'n I be, an I ken the story only by hearsay, so to speak. I heerd it from my granddaddy, an be said ho heerd it when he was a young man com in here. That mus' 'a' ben in the thirties. Onnyways he sod that the two sisters was persdiditators. It seems like they give a performance in the house, which was new then in course, an the pair of them agreed ter be locked up in a box thet was to be sealed on fastenod, on then they was to get out without break in the seals. Well, they was locked up, but they oouldn't got out, an purty soon they foun theirselvea so short of breath they couldn't holler loud enuugh to be heerd. In course they was in a room away from the other people, so's the oommon folk oouldn't see how the trick was turned. When they oouldn't holler, they tried rappin, an the others only thought thoy was a-workin out of tho box an so didn't pay attontion. After an hour or so the other pooples got nerv ous an wont in un oponed the box, an there was the two sisters, cold doad. They buried 'em together in the box in the yard back of tho house, an that's why they jugglos the fire balls upside down like."—Chicago Chronicle. MAKING ARTIFICIAL ICE. How the Plants Are Constructed and Op erated In Philadelphia. Artificial cold or ice may be most readily produced by tho evaporation of a more or less volatile liquid. In tbe first maohines constructed this liquid was water. One-tenth of the amount of water used was converted into ice, bnt as it was nocessary to maintain u vac uum in the apparatus its perfect work ing was a difficult problem, A more readily volatile liquid, therefore, had to be substituted, such as liquefied sul phurous acid and liquefied ammonia. Being gaseous at ordinary temperatures, they are very suitable substanoes for this purpose. The ammouia ice machine is the one in most general use—iu fact, it finds exclusive application in this city. This liquefied ammonia is allowed to expand in colls of pipes which aro placed in tanks filled with brine. Tho temperature of tho brine is thus reduced to a point below the freezing point of water—that is, to 14-18 degrees F. In this refrigerated brine are placed galvanized iron tanks having the shape of. tbe largo cakes of loe which one is aocustomed to see in the wagons that puss through oar city streets. After a period of 48-SO hours this can of water' is converted Into solid ioe. The can is hoisted out of the briuo, warmed with hot water, which allows tbe cake to slip out upouSt shoot that runs into tbe storage rooms. The gaseous ammouia in the pipes can be need over and over again, a large compression engino being a part of tbe plant, which reduces tho expense of tbe procoss. From this de scription it should be plain that there oan be no taint of ammonia to glvo a teste to the ice. The pluuts usually employ distilled or artesian wator, so that the ice is of the beßt quality. Whatever impurities the water ooutuins are collected in the white streak found iu tbe center of each oako. Tbo pure water separates from tho impure aud freezes first. Even ton years ago the demand for ioe was sup plied from natural sources, tbo har vests from our own Pennsylvania riv ers, which woro stored every winter in great houses on tho shores of the streams, being supplemented by shipments throughout tbo summer from Maine. There are now In Philadelphia 10 ioe makiug plants, some of which yield over 100 tons per day each, and the arti ficial produot for several years has been a serious competitor of tbo natural arti cle. —Manufacturer. No Negro In Booth Africa. The word "negro" is not heard In South Africa exoepting as a term of op probrium. Over and over again have Afrikander Englishmen Btopped mo when speaking of Zulus, Basutos, Mata bele and so on as negroes. "You in America only know the blaoks who come over as slaves. Our blacks are not to be coufused with the material fouud on the Guinea coast."—"White"Man's Africa," by Poultney Bigelow. A Boston newspaper oomplains that the famous Buuker Hill monument, which when first erected was the tallest oreation of man in this country, has now become quite insignificant in height. It is 220 feet high, or 827 feet shorter than city hall towor in Phila delphia. Greater Glasgow, with a population of 858,000, has only 494 medical men, or one'dootorto 1,728 of the population. It must be a healthy plaoe. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA. A Pew Industries Are Still Lagging. But R. G. Dun & Co. Show a Gratifying In crease in General Business Circles. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade Says: With a volume of business remark able tor the time of the year, 38 per cent, larger than a year ago and 10.4 per cent, larger than in 1892 in pay ments through clearing houses, it is discouraging that one or two indus tries are lagging. Demand for most goods is more heavy for the season, manufacturing works are better em ployed and orders booked and pros pects tor the future are more encour aging, than at this season in any other year of which equally definite records exist. Exports of products continue surprisingly heavy in spite of some rise in prices. Treasury receipts from customs were larger in twenty days of January than in the entire month of October or November. Railroad earnings in January thus far reported have been 17.6 per cent, larger than last year, and 10.3 per cent, larger than in 1892. The rise of wheat above a dollar in regular sales was not accompanied by signs of speculative excitement. The fact that cargoes of corn was shipped during the week both to Egypt and Russia, the very countries upon which Europe most relies for bread stuffs next to the United States, affected trade not unreasonably. For this season, at least, the gener al demand for iron products is beyond precedent, including 150,000 tons steel rails for the week and 1,200,600 already this year, orders for plates so large that Pittsburg works send away some to olher concerns, unable to fill all they receive ; orders for bar such that many concerns are obliged to re fuse more ; an excellent demand for sheets, and fair for structural forms. Prices of all finished products are sus tained by the demand. The great strike of operators in cotton mills of New England seems as convenient to mill owners with their heavy stocks unsold as if they had ordered it. Probably it will last long enough to work off stocks, and the print cloth market is already about 1 per cent, stronger while a slight ad vance is noted in some other cotton goods. With very stagnant markets for wool, the inquiry for round lots is mainly for three-eighths and quarter blood. Failures for the week have been 374 in the United States, against 409 last year and hfty-three in Canada against sixty-five last year. A rather curious legal decision has been rendered at Kingston, N. Y. It is to the effect that a subscription to a church debt cannot be collected by law on the ground that the subscriber, if not a member of the church, gets no consideration therefor. Surrogaie Betts rules that an outsider, a non church member, may be temporarily worked on in his feelings by fervent appeals to subscribe to help pay off a congregation's debt when in his cool headed, saner moments he would not at all do such a thing. It may be simply the "contagious spirit" of the occasion that prompts him to make the tender. Under these circum stances the surrogate decides that when in the cool after moments he takes no step to make good his word he cannot be legally compelled to do so. NEVER Woßßy—Take them and go about your business—they do their work whilst you are doing yours. Dr. Agnew's Liver Pills are system reno vators, blood purifiers and builders ; every gland and tissue in the whole anatomy is benefited and stimulated fn the use of them. 40 doses in a vial, 10 cents.—76. Sold by C. A. Kleim. Promise of a Mild Winter. Thus far we have experienced only one real cold wave and that was not a remarkable one We are now in the very heart of winter, in the midst of warm airs, and the grass on the lawns and in the fields are green. We have had little familiarty with snow and ice. While it is always rash to make predictions about the weather, and while even the weather men, with the benefit of all their observations, frequently miss it when they only make prophecy for twenty-four hours in advance, still, according to preced ents drawn from former experience, we are warranted in the belief that the winter is going to let us off easy. If the cold does #bt get a good grip prior to this time in January it is fel dom able to catch on. Last wifiter was similar to what this one promises to be. It gave us few really cold waves and those were not of long duration. The absence of long periods of ex treme cold means a great deal. It results in a great saving of fuel ; it takes less to feed people, and it lessens the death rate, since extremes of temperature always prey upon the weak among us, while moderation prolongs life. When bilious or costive, eat a Cas caret, candy catharic, cure guaranteed, ioc, 25c. 4- 1.1 . A Mother's Misery. 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" with this I had neuralgia of the stom ach so bad it was necessary to give me morphine to deaden the pain. " Sometimes the doctors gave me tem porary relief, but in the end it seemed as if my suffering was multiplied. Medicine did me no good and was but " f was so thin my nearest friends liilrit to recognize me. " No one thought I would live. " I was in despair and thought that my /QANDY CATHARTIC CURfc t ' 2i* SO* DRUGGISTS I ABSOLIITRLY fiIURRNTERD '? eßr * •' cnnitlpatlgn. Cuwnrets are th Ideal Laxa-i! ; ST liXTSi* s ",l " A good tale will bear telling twice." UseSapolio! Use SAPOLiO STOVE NAPTHA, the Cheapest and Best Fuel on the market. With it you can run a Vapor Stove for one-hall cent per hour. Give us a call and be convinced. W. O. Holmes, Bloomsburg, Pa. Eshleman & Wolf, " L. E. Wharey, " W. F. Hartman, McCLURE'S MAGAZINE FOR THE COMINC YEAR. Some Notable Features: CHAS. A DANA'S These reminiscences contain more unpublished war history than any other book except the Government publications. Mr Dana was REMINISCENCES Intimately associated with Llnooln, Stanton, Grant, Sherman, and R 1 the other great men of the Civil War. He had the confidence of the President and his great War Secretary, and he was sent on many private missions to make Im portant Investigations In the army. Lincoln called him '•The Kites of the. Government at the front Everywhere through these memoirs are bits of Secret History and Fresh Recollections of Great Men. These Itemlnlscences will be illustrated with many Rare and Unpublished UVir Photographs from the Government collection, which now contains overs,ooo negatives of almost priceless value. 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