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!IC PLAGUE
KILLS MILLIONS
Indo Chinese Strain Possesses
a Much Greater Power
of Diffusion
ALMOST WHOLE WORLD VISITED
Ai t Small lh'Kinnlng In 18!)1 More
Vn 1,000,000 Mod In Imllu In
I vi)4 it Hn 1UiI11s1ic1 ltlf
f t Defiance of McnMiirps.
.VaBhlngton, D. C. Surgeon Cen
tral Wlcken of the Public Health
and Marine Hospital Service has is
sued In pamphlet form a paper pre
pared by Assistant Surgeon General
J. M. Kager, giving a history of the
bubonic plague during the last four
teen years. No study presents mora
Important and difficult sanitary prob
lems Dr. Eager says than the lines of
inarch taken by the bubonic plague
In Its advance from the remote en
demic focus of the disease in the
province of Yunan, Chilian, to the
numerous countries in all quarters
of the globe, where In many in
stances it has established itself In
defiance of the most carefully plan
ned preventive measures.
The revival of the. plague, Dr.
Eager nays dates from ISO, when
escaping from the western Chines.
provtme of Yunnan, it reached Cm
ton. It r"-:-j to !;o '
that there are two distinct "strnl'is"
of plague, dltt'erins in the lo. atlon
of their permanent homes nnd In
their facility for spreading oi:t:lde
them. The strain loosed In Western
Asia dots not possess the nanis power
of diffusion as the In.'.o-Cliinese
"Strain." It was the latter variety
which, escaping from its centre in
Yunnan, gave rise to the resent
pandemic. From 1X79 to 1904 not
a single year passed without the
appearance of plague in the neigh
borhood distant from endemic plague
fhtres. Between the months of
March and August, 1S94, the num
ber of deaths from plague in Canton
hi estimated at 120,000. All classes
among the native population suf
fered and rats were found to be af
fected, but In the foreign quarter
m Canton, with a population of
.Wit SOOi, not a single case occured.
J'" ring th nevt year cases of
: were reported In Hong Kong,
Macao, and Fooehoo, a-nd in
sanitary attention throughout
. world was focussed on the threat
ening epidemic by tts appearance In
L'otKkay. Starting in August the dis
ease spread throughout the whole
rant territory of the Bombay presi
dency, and before tho end of the year
showed a total of 2,980 cases and
2.2SS deaths. During that year
plague reappeared In Hong Kong,
where It has been epidemic ever
since. In 1897 the number of cages
In India was more than 73,000, with
snore than 66,000 deaths. In China
there were epidemics in Amoy and
tSwatow, with many deaths in other
sections of the empire, and In the fol
lowing year there were more than
360,000 cases In India, with a mor
tality of 1117.000. In 1897 an inter
national plague conference was held
ta Venice, Italy, and In the year fol
lowing others were held In Alexan
dria and Constantinople. Through re
ligious prejudice efforts to stem the
tide were only partly successful.
In 1900 plague was present In ov
ary quarter of the world, the deaths
la India alone amounting to 92,000
dnrfng the year. The Philippine
Islands were included In the march
of the disease, 160 deaths occuring In
Manila.
The most notable fact In the his
tory of the plague In tho western
world was the appearace of 22 cases
In San Francisco. In 1891 in India
a great augmentation took place,
until In 1904 plague caused the
death or more than 1,000,000 persons
la India alone, and epidemic prevail
ed to a greater or less degree in near
ly all parts of the world.
India, the great centre, suffered
terribly in the year 1905, but in the
year 190B there was a great decrease,
the number of deaths being about
332.000, but again In 1907 there was
a great Increase, the deatns number
ing 1,200,000. For nine years, Dr.
JCager says, Hawaii In 1907 had not
been free from plague, but the Phil
ippines now seem to be clear. Dur
ing the year 1907 156 rases of
plague with, with 76 deaths, occur
od In San Francisco. There were
uiso a few cases In Oakland and
close neighbors of San Francisco.
In Seattle the report rays, three fatal
eases occurred loot October.
i Undo Hum Reduces Insanity.
Washington. D. C. Improved san
itary arrangements, better rations,
clothes and medical attendance are
credited with a remarkable decrease
in the number of cases of insanity
in the world-wide service of the Gov
ermneut. When American rule was
established In the Philippines, the
aumber of so.dlers sent home insane
was startling. Now it is constantly
growing less. The canal sone used
to be a breeding place for Insanity,
but now it is almost unknown there.
A few years ago the big Government
asylum was fast being outgrown, but
U population Is steadily decreasing.
BUBO!
MKR-SAVINO SUIT.
The I'm k els nre Filled With
AH
to Sustain the Swimmer.
The weight of the human body li
little less than that of an equal hu!
of water, so that It naturally HoutS
in that liquid. When, however, a
man floats on his back In the watef
his mouth will probably sink beiiemh
the. nurface, unles he uses so mi
tsfong muscular effort. Dy ntJ
tucMiig to the chest some buoyant
subitunce, It becomes an easv mat.
tor to keep above the surfuce. Jife
litververs have formerly been In
the form of cork belts. A Denver
i.mn now brings out an entirely new
ifi-.A of life-saving apparatus, it
consists of a suit having back and
side pockers, tho latter being be
neath the arms. All tho pockets are
connected with a pump by which thoy
are inflated. Obviously, when the
pockets are filled with air, the per
son weuiing the saving suit will be
suMtalued above the water indefi
nitely. He will also be able to ren.
AIU FILLED POCKET3.
dor assistance to other persons, with
out fear of en,lan;ering hla own
li;-". The apparatus .was de-i ;:ie.l
v.i'.li the further object ot lieinc 'if
d slstunce to persons learning to
c v.-iin.
The Gold Key.
In case of hemorrhage, especially
In those of bleeding from the nose,
our forefathers applied to the fore
head and to tho nose ointments, and
even the patient's own blood.
They practiced ligation of the
limbs, a means devised by Apollo-
nius in the reign of Nero, ligatlng
the great toe of the side correspond
ing to tho bleeding nostril, and they
resorted to derivation by blood-letting.
They plugged the ears witn
tow, a procedure recommended by
Galen. But above all they sought
to produce fainting. .
Locally the hemastatlc most em
ployed was spider's web, with whicn
they filled the nasal fossa. Of all
these empirical procedures the most
widespread and the one still most
employed In popular medicine Is the
application of cold. The most av.tU
able source of cold,' because It Is
everywhere procurable, is water,
consequently It has oftenest been
employed.
In eplstaxls the ancient physic
ians advised bathing the face with
very cold water and causing it :o
be held In the mouth. They also
soaked the hands and feet In cold
vater.
On the theory that cold things re
strain hemorrhage many persons re
placed water by solid cold objects
and hung about the necks of th
parents attacked with eplstaxlB, cor
al, Jasper, yellow amber, marble or
articles of Iron.
Physicians pointed out, indeed,
certain regions with which It was
preferable to r.iake the contact. They
retiiized that it was the coldness of
tht object, not Its nature, that Jld
the work. No special property must
be attributed to the iron, said Guyon
Debls, for chains of gold, silver or
lead would serve the same purpose.
Ja xopular medicine, however, iron
hn.d remained the material most .m-pli-yed
to nasal hemorrhages, and
tho application of the key to the
back is largely resorted to In the
household. Dr. Helot possesses an
enormous key which he uses only
a.i a pnperwelght. ' One day a patlan
po:n::i. to this massive key, ex
claimed: "It Is to stop hemorrhages." It
was a key of the eighteenth century.
Vo may laugh, says M. Helot st
the charm attributed to the key In
e;::.r taxis, but we must almit that
no! 1 has a certain action in case of
hemorrhage. It contracts the cap
lll:uv vessels. When It is applied at
a distance from the site of the hem
orrhage its efficiency may be a matte;-
for discussion, but Its effect is
certain when it Is applied to the act
ual seat of the bleeding, and rhlnol
oslsts know the value of causing tho
)tlont to swallow Ice.
St. Helena'.
There are now hardly any soure-
m .m of Napoleon I. at St. Helena. The
tomb no longer exists, and the
bouse which is shown to tourists to
day is not the one where he dleo.
Thi real house ended b being a
pigsty. At the utmost, there still
exists at St. Helena a willow tree
planted by Napoleon, but that Is
cot certain. M. Masson In the Petit
Fartslen.
Hamburg holds' the
the number of Its fires.
record lor
W'.AVf OK WOMEN INVALIDS
Workers Often Envy Their Well-to-do
Sisters,
"With the best Intentions I oc
casionally say things best left un
til Id," remarked the good-natured
woman. "Only th other morning,
meeting a neighbor on tho way to
the shop where she Is employed, I
said: -"i needn't ask how you are,
Mrs. Jones, as you are certainly the
picture of health,'
" 'I may be the picture of health,'
hrt snapped, 'but all the same I
ain't vell at all. I ought to be un
der the doctor's care at this min
ute, and would be If I could afford to
loso the time from my work.'
"And then Airs. Jones, plump,
rosey-cheeked, and bright eyed, toss
ed her hdad and warned on, appar
ently quite offended."
A specialist, who hud grown rich
upon ailments, real and luncied. of
a large number of women patients,
otice spoke of one of Uiem haviim
to be lifted out of the coach which
had brought her to lha door of n.j
private hospital. "The good lii.ly
really thought," said he, "that sue
could not put her foot to tho groun I,
and yet there Is many a poor wo
man in this city going to her work
every duy who Is quite as much out
of health as she Is."
Poor women out of health, and
poor women ashamed of being In
iKC'th. both envy their well-to do
Vst.Ti).
"Oh," sighed an imposcd-upon
bc-nrJer in a working women's home,
l.o.v many times have I tolled up
!l:.-.e or four flights of stairs, carry
i'3 ployghmcn's menls to soma
i-i.otnniati-, wlu, being out of work,
W. i;he 1 to bo put down on the sick
' : ' 1 h:uln t done It, tho duty
.livj devolved on the already
oer-wor!:ed housemaid. These In
v.i could not afford a doctor, but
jiLyv.ny they could take to their
.ill I iileep about twenty hours
'-lit of the tv.enty-four until it be
enr.10 an Imperative necessity for
t!;ji.i tj gj out in search of another
.!',!. Uy reading tho advertisements
'A 1 a tent lucJIcfncs, they had oe
c;c..e familiar with th,, names of
va.;ou:i diseases, und my how they
had V.;: If they could only have hal
a uoctor in the bargain they would
hi.vo bi-vn better pleased, but a doc
tor costs money, and the managers
of a home probably think thev do
enoash In giving free lodging."
An K.vqtiisitc Tea Gown
At least two or three materials
with as many different kind of lace
will be necessary to duplicate this
luxurious tea gowu, although they
need not bo necessarily expensive.
Although embroidered chiffon Is used
for the original model, this can bd
.ini.i(..ii.. , . ...
ueiiiiuuiiy replaced witn the ma
cnina embroidered silk muslins,
built over a foundation or silk mull
of soft China silk. The bertha iinj
border of tho front of the gown ars
of taffetas stitched with very narrow
bilk soutache braid.
There is a front panel of tucked
liiiill with Inserts of embroidery and
Mi'ler blouse of the same materials.
Ve sleeves and collar are also of
ti t II. the sleeves being finished with
1'iiy ruffles of chiffon and Valencien
nes lace. Around the bottom of the
sU'rt there are two tiny folds ot
ta (lotus.
For more expensive models mar
r; 11 It-.tjtte and liberty satin are hand
txinie and combined with the modish
iiMiiuilngs make strikingly rich eM
.its. The coming modlstlc sjason
ilvws every promise of the main
1 1M1 since of strange, and what may
have been once regarded, as incon
gruous materials Ingeniously man
oeuvred Into an effective whole, and
thin U true of house gowns as well
1- street frocks.
Clothes.
Wearers of fine woollen open wort:
dockings will find that if a hole !a
the open part be mended or drawn
tomber with wool, however Una,
kn unsightly black thickened part
i.l'.l show 011 the foot when in wear
If black silk (crewel or fine knit
ling) be UBed instead of wool fot
Hie darn, It Is almost Impossible '0
detect the mend. The silk men.l
is quite as firm and strong, and can
b'- easily stitched into the design. II
b ino has the advautago of kaep'nj
1 1. color.
FHREE HAD BOUGHT HIS BCDY
Dlieased Physical Kreak Killed Him
self to F.cnpe Further NtiflVrliijj.
Grand Junction, Col. Fred Vin
cent, forty-two years old, who had
sold his body four times, to s nrnny
physicians, and outlived those to
whom he had given a bill of sale,
committed suicide by swallowing llf-ty-one
grains of a drug.
The act was done In the Royalty
Club saloon and was deliberately
planned as Vincent told at least six
persons that he was about to take his
life. He secured the drug at a local
drug store In the morning and went
from the store to the Royalty Club
saloon. There he asked William
Gould, the bartender, for a glass of
water, saying, "Give me a glass of
water, Hill, I'm going over the road."
The bartender gave him the glnss
of water, thinking he was Joking, and
Vincent swallowed the poison, and
then went to his room, where short
ly after he died.
VJncent killed hlmsolf because of
his physical condition. Flvo years
ago his body became filled with rnn
cers and he sought treatment In Chi
cago at an Institute, where his hands
were burned by an X-ray machine
and so badly disfigured and Injured
that he could not work. He told
friends that he would rather die than
become a clinrge on tho world, and
made every preparation to take his
life.
Vincent w.-.a w!: feet, tlx and c
half Inches tall end had worked rs a
farm hand Ik r:; for years. Every
bone In his body was ('cabled Jointed
and the ci-.necrs came about live
years uko. Ho t-r.ent the last year in
Chicago undergoing treatment, but
he grew worse Instead of better.
Pliyclclnnu nwvelled at the con
struction of his bo:'y nnd a St. Louis
doctor, n Pennpylvtinla doctor and a
Denver sr.rj;von purchased his body,
and it is said that tho Chicago inati;
tutlon now holds a bill of sale for it
The three surgeons who purchased
his body have died.
Leaving the saloon Vincent called
back to Gould the bnrtender, "Good-
by. Hill, I'm dying as fast as I can,
good-by." Gould and others In the
Lnrroom followed him to his room,
where within a short time he "was
seized with convulsions and six men
were required to hold him. Again
and again he begged to be permitted
to die and finally in spite of the ef
forts of physicians, he succumbed.
Vincent w; 1 born In Fairfield,
lowa, and came to Grand Junction
twenty years ago. He leaves a step
mother In Fairfield, and other dis
tant relatives. Friends would not
permit the Chicago Institute to have
the body of Vincent.
STI XG TO DEATH.
Awful Fate Which Ik-fel South Caro
lina Woman.
Huntington, S. C. Pltlftl was th
fate of Mrs. Jacob Meadows of Glen
wood, Mason County, who was stung
to death by a swarm of honey bees
at her home at that place.
Mr. Meadows has an aviary of con
slderaole size and value, from which
he annually taJies several hundred
pounds of honey. The hives are lo
cated near the house, where they can
easily be watched and guarded from
thieves or any animal that might de
stroy the hives or Injure the busy
little manufacturer of sweets.
Mrs. Meadows was alone at home,
and noticed that the bees had
swarmed and lit In a great ball on
the limb of a tree In the orchard.
While she had never actually hived
a bunch of angry swarming bees,
she had seen her husband do it often
without injury and thought sho
could do it also.
She tried to, and the bees sensing
an unfamiliar presence, disintegrated
and swarmed all over the faco, neck
and body of the unfortunate women,
stinging her in a thousand places
until she fell unconscious to the
ground, where she was later found
by Mr. Meadows, her body bloated
with the poison from the stings of
the maddened Insects. Sl,e lingered
almost two hours.
MIXES UP HIS FAMILY TREK.
Pcarce Is Xow the Futlier-ln-Lnw
of His Own Sister.
Kalamazoo, Mich. Benjamin
I'earce recantly married Mrs. Myrtle
Hoblnson- Force-DeForest- Alnsworth
and thereby became father-in-law of
his sister and undo and grandfath
er of his wife's child.
Mrs. Pearce by her flrst husband,
became the mother ot David Force.
The latter led to the altar Gladys
Jearce, sister of Benjamin Pearce.
They have a baby. As tho husband
of the sister's niother-ln-law. Bcnju
mln Pearce becomes his sister's latn-er-ln-law.
As the plain brother of
his sister, he naturally Is l.er child S
uncle, and as the spouse of his s.s.
ter'g child's grandmother be U the
.nfant's grandfather.
After-Effects of the Grip.
Dr. Clouston, of Edinburgh, said
It seemed as If no disease of whose
effects there was any correct record
had such far-reaching evil effects as
this one, and among Its sequelae he
enumerated a depressing Influence on
the whole nervous energy, melancho
lia, neurasthenic conditions, premit
ture senility, various forms of paraly
sis, neuralgic affections and a gener
al incapacity for work.
i
Ml
AVtgelabk Preparalionfor As
similating the Food andHcguIa
ting the Stomachs andDowcls of
Promotes Digcation.Chrcrfur
ncss and Rest Contains neither
Oimim.Morphine nor Mineral.
NotAhcotic.
jHx.Smitm
n rlmrm
Apctfecl Remedy forConstipfl
non, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea
Worms .Convulsions ,Kc vcrish
ncss find Loss OF SLEEP.
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