THE SPRANTON TKlJPUNE-SATl'ItDA Y, MARCH 15, 1902.
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TWELVE PAGES.
scrtANTOx, march ir., 1302.
"When the viaduct Is made n Vlty In
Btead of ti sectional affair It will go
through, lint It had better bo kept out
of small-fry politics.
Canal Prospects.
w .HR various complications
I which have arisen and
JL which no doubt am likely
to nrlso over tho isthmian
canal, including tho evident unwllllng
riess of many nenators to havo the gov
ornment rcacli any conclusion in tho
matter, give increased peitinency to
the suggestion of Senator Spooner that
congress vote authority to tho presi
dent to continue the negotiations as
circumstances shall ailse, until he
thinks the time Is ripe for choosing a
route and making the first move.
The objection offered to this propo
sition is that It would Involve an aban
donment by congress of ono of it3
functions: but this Is not substantial.
If congtcss delegates to tho president
its authority In these premises he will
act as Its agent merely. Tho nature of
the task makes It largely an executive
Instead of a legislative problem. Es
pecially is this true as to the negotia
tions necessary to be completed befoto
actual construction is begun; and as to
a very large proportion of the technical
points involved. At best congress would
Ikivo to remit these things to the ex
ecutive; department. When it Is look
ing after them why should it not at .the
same time handle the whole problem
under general Instructions from con
gress? That, it seems, would be the
common sense way.
There Is an additional reason why
this session of congress should not end
without making: some arrangement
whereby the canal can be forwarded
while congress is In recess. Tho belief
has gained foothold that theie are
powerful Interests well represented in
oongiess and among Its lobbies which
do not want u canal at all, and which
will not hesitate- to resent to expedients
to secure a postponement of action in
reference to it. The power of special
Interests as revealed in the struggle
over Cuban reciprocity convinces many
people that it Is doubtful If a trans
isthmian canal will ever bo built. The
Republican party must disprove- this
suspicion. Jf it shall not. It will suffer
seilously til th. next election.
The Roston strike settlement leads
like n case of both sides being afraid
of ihelr own consequences. Sometime
American grit will get Into one of
there couspUecies to nullify constitu
tional liberty and we shall have a fight
to a whole:-omo llnl&h.
No Decline of Faith.
N A fUSISMOX dollvoted on Sun
day last by Rev. Or. Loilmer the
opinion .van ox pi cestui that "at
llun of" Slillns m
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the present rate at which wo are
living In ilfty yutis wo shall have no
Sabbath," Somewhat in the same vein
wore soino remark) made before the
Nineteenth Century club of New York
on Tuesday evening last by Rev. Dr.
W. S. Ralnsford. Ho declared that
there aro multitudes in this land who
dislike the Christiun churches and do
not dislike the Christian religion, and
ho gave hlj Idea, as to the reason why.
"The facts arc," said he, "that the
Christian churches aro all reckoned as
having mude point after point against
"11 liberal observance of the Lord's day.
"Who publlily opposed the opening of
"''inilseums on Sunday? Tho churches,
"Who opposed the running' of Sunday
.trains and street .cars, tho only chance
..that Now York has got to got fresh
vfUr.on 0110 day of tlio week? Tho
churches. Vlio . toduy opposes the
games t' boys and girls on the Sub
J'bath? The churches. V6u will sen tho
'''New York boy on Sunday concealing a
) basu ball bat under bis coat anil un-
other hoy concealing tho ball in bis
.j pocket, and with their friends, all look
? Ing like so many criminals, they sneak
! Into a vacant lot to play a tyaniu of
1' ball. Wlij V They bollevo they aro
' defying a law which exists bQcauso of
"V tho chinches, and this mental attitude
J begins with their early childhood and
. lasts as the.y grow up."
,. Unljkfi Dr. I.orhuer, who viewed with
j dismay tho disappearance of tho sol
. enmity ones characterizing tho first
1 day of tup week, and whoso wish was
that this JiicjtUu'ro of tho day with
' sanctity and reverent observance might
I be preserved, Dr. Ralnaford Is Inclined
j to toko a cheerful estimate of tho bltu
4. atlon. He wants the church fa keep
f tit touch with tho people, men though
f the people do pot alwayti move In tho
i' direction- that the traditions and cher-
isbed beliefs of the church, nppi'ove.
"Tho business of Christianity,' ho
went on to, alllrm, "Is to ' raise the
" standard of moral nbllgatlop s(ep by
v' Btep, bit by bit, as the great Master
j, said, by leavening, Rut when Chris-
Htlunlty -put legal enactment in the
1
jpluca of suasion, when, it Jinn to resort
io penal sin'tute-s instead jf persuasion,
iris putting tho swonl In place of the
cross, niul Is going bu.-k, not forward.'
A writer hi the'Now York sun who
lion for yours made a hobby of the
alleged decline which ,he professes to
thltilHn Inking place 'In ellglous faith
flndBMu tho remark of Dr. Lbrlincr oc
casion for now exhibition of his spe
cialty. We do not see this decline,
There may bo less conspicuous profes
sion than In former years, but this Is
not the same thing as a decline In re
ligious faith. Wo guess If you get
under tho contemporary American's
hide and Into his heart you will lliul
hltn tiulto ns good niul u!te as full of
rcllglou.s. faith as his father wan be
fore him. Forms and' ceremonies, so
cial customs,, Intellectual standards aro
changing, and worldly interests are Im
mensely multiplied iih compared with
the Interests of our forbears; but hu
man nature remains unchanged, and
faith Is an attribute of human nature.
An independent and disinterested
audit of tho books and records of the
executive committee of the local street
railway employes' union would bo of
Interest.
Learning a Lesson.
"lirc Virginia Iron, Coal and
Coke company, a corpora
tion owning soft coal opera
1
tions In a certuin portion of
the Old Dominion, is in tho hands of
receivers under the Jurisdiction of the
fjnltod States court. Some months ago
two labor union organizers got at woik
among the employes of Ibis company,
and the receivers, going Into court,
secured from the judge an Injunction
restraining them from Interfering In
any way with the men in the com
pany's empIoy.They have paid no at
tention to this order of court, but on
the contrary have formed armed par
tics to march among the men whom
they wish to enroll anil there have been
numerous minor disturbances with an
underlying tendency to riot.
On Monday Judge McDowell at
Lynchburg will have these two agi
tators before him to show cause why
they should not bo punished for con
tempt of court; and it 13 probablo that
they will discover that contempt of a
federal court Is something more seri
ous than they have been led to believe.
In this caso there Is no snap judgment.
The men were plainly told what the
law did not allow them to do. They
havo knowingly and boastfully defied
the law, and if they shall now receive
a taste of its discipline there will be no
ona to blame but themselves.
Those leadexa of organized labor like
President Gompers, who counsel defi
ance of judicial injunctions, are respon
sible for a lot of mischief which falls
usually upon their deluded followers.
Lord Methuen's' release.. Is the un
klndest cut of" all. He will not have
the opportunity to hide his blunders In
an epidemic of sympathy.
A Childless America?
UCH HAS been said, hu
morously and in serious
vein, about the decline of
the birth rate in France,
which has attained such marked pro
portions that the statesmen of that
country ate trying every possible meaii3
to encourage a more wholesome state
of family life. But is is surprising to
hoar the statement made by one speak
ing with authority that tho avoidance
of parentage In native American fami
lies already more than equals that In
France and threatens far to exceed It.
The man who makes this statement
is George J. Kngehnann, M. D., presi
dent of tho iioston Obstetrical hoelety,
and he also proves it. In a paper con
tributed to the Philadelphia Medical
Journal and since reprinted in pamph
let form, Dr. Kngelmann presents a
mass of vital statistics collected from
the most reliable sources which fully
sustain his assertion. There are sis
states, and there ought to be more,
which keep a complete record of such
matters Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jer
sey and Rhode Island. Tho average
birth rates for these six states for i'JOO
was L'l'.l per thousand population, which
is lower than In France, where the fig
ures tor tho s.inio time were 22.1, Rut
tlilM I tint nil. Tho Itmirpj fnr Ihosn I
six plates Included both native and Im
migrant Inhabitants. It Is not possible,
Dr, Kngelmann Informs us, to give a
comparison between native and immi
grant fecundity In all of these states;
but In Massachusetts, where the birth
rate is the highest of tho six states,
there are only 17.U3 births per thousand
of population among the native ele
ment to D2.1G among the foreign-born,
In Michigan the comparison Is 12 to
S7.2. From deductions made In his own
practice Dr. Kngelmann estimates that
tho average birth rate among nutlvo
Americans Is only a. fraction over 14
per thoupaud of population while that
of our foreign born citizens is about
r.O, or more than three times as large.
Ft oin census returns It is seen that in
many communities Inhabited by tho
natlvo American clement almost exclu
sively tho birth rate does not unfile e
to overcome the death i.tto; and this
in face of tho fact that tho ndvances
which have been made In obstetric
and Hi neclc science uiuai the advances
made In those branches of medlcnl scl
ence which tend to prolong life after It
has safely been launched into tho
world. Our giowth In population, In
other words, In duo almost wholly to
Immigration and to the willingness of
these newcomers tu havo offspring In
abundance. Hut for this saving for
eign element, the llgures of Dr, Kugel
maim show that our boasted republic
would soon be on tho decline from diy
rot.
Into tho discussion of the causes of
this striking avoidance of parentage
by thoio families In the community
which lu worldly cirt'iunstunca are
usually best fitted to rear children
comfortably It Is hardly within the
province of a dally newspaper to en
ter, further than to say that It rests
upon a vicious view of social and fami
ly obligation. Dr, Kngelmann refutes
the notion that the welfare of women
ts promoted by this tendency; and It
needs no argument to prove that the
welfare of society ut large is grievously
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Injured by. the nur.render pf child-bearing
to economically Inferior groups.
Spoiler or later thin supposedly delicate
but really serious inicstloit will force
llseltippn public attention and compel
thi, consideration It deserves.
11Ih refusal to fornl .tf new ministry
In Spain moans that Sugaalu's sagacity
Is wltli Him still. '"'''.
An Interesting Experiment.
T IS ANNOUNCED that a com
mittee of the City club of Now
York Is considering the feasibil
ity of establishing lu that city a
rchenip of saloortu modi'lod after the
famous Central Public Trust associa
tion of London, which alms to place
the drinking of Intoxicants In uioiler
utlon on a holly respectable basis.
Tho general plan of the London organ
ization, which has the endorsement of
many of the leading citizens of (J rait
Britain, Is to conduct saloons with res
taurnnts attached, In which only the
best of llepiors are' kept for sale and
the utmost endeavor Is made to pre
vent violation of the law or Indecorum.
Tho managers and assistants of. these
Brltlnh public houses are paid a com
mission and salary and sire made re
sponsible for the pioper conduct of' tho
places. They are not permitted to cell
to any person who Is a habitual drunk
ard. Of course, In a matter of tills kind
there can bo no pleasing of all. To
many the vcly name of a saloon Is ac
cursed; and these will oppose whatever
tends to continue the name or the busi
ness. Yet It is notable that nubile
opinion In this country, or at leust In
certain parts of It, seems to bo veering
away from the intense Prohibitionist
views once in quite general ogue and
In the direction of what might be called
liberalism. This Is certainly ttuo of
New York city. Not many years ago
Howard Crosby was almost martyrized
for venturing to advocate tlio opening
of tlio saloon eloor on Sunday in pref
erence to hypocrisy and back-door sell
ing with blackmail attachments. To
day a large section of the religious
people of the metropolis, headed by
some of tho most eminent ministers in
the American pulpit, are not whisper
ing for more liberal excise legislation
but openly demanding it and defend
ing It on grounds of public morality.
Whether this Is a temporary oscil
lation of the pendulum or a permanent
movement likely to sweep over the
country and materially change the re
lationship of tho saloon to the social
life of our people is a matter not yet
to be determined. Our own judgment
is that while there Is something spas
modic in it and that while it is greatly
accelerated at this time bv temporary
local conditions in New York: city, It
has some elements of permanency. In
our large cities at least the knowledge
Is gaining headway that the saloon
question is a condition, not a theory,
nnel that to handle It, proper account
must be taken of the fact, so strongly
'presented by Rev. Dr. Rainsford, that
the saloon at present tills a place In
the social life of the poor which will
continue to bo filled by it, no matter
what laws are passed, until something
better is substituted.
Wo know there are those who consci
entiously believe that a clean, well
manageel saloon, which does not vio
late the hlw, and which sells only the
best of lletuors to patrons of known
sobriety,, is a worse menace to society
than the most disreputable hole-ln-the-wall.
These persons will not sympa
thize with the City club committee In
their wish to elevate the standaid of
the saloons of Uothain. On the other
hand, there are many who take the
view that if the saloon in some form
is inevitable, It is to .no public interest
to have it conducted as respectably as
possible. Be this as it may, the experi
ment proposed in New York would
certainly be interesting.
The fact that In eight months our ex
ports havo fallen off nearly $22,OUO,000
compared with the same Derloel last
year should admonish tho Republican '
jciuicis at wasniugion mat .president
Mi'Kinlcy knew what lie was talking
about when ho advocated reciprocity'
as necessary to tho holding of the for
eign trade alreday won.
Mr. Bryan hastens to aunounco that
his visit to Washington had no politi
cal significance. It seems impossible
for Mr. Bryan to recover from the hal
lucination that some political paity is
trying to steal him.
In sptto of some of tho exclusion arguments-,
there is a suspicion that tho
average Filipino would prefer to sit
under the spreading palms and let the
Chlneso coolie develop tho country,
Princo Henry is out of rnngo of
American cookery, but It Is probable
that the exchange) or compliments will
keep the cable warm for several weeks
yet.
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A number of magazines nre begin
ning to feature "Our Overworked Presl-
ilont ." Anil X'nl. xv,t soo tin nlp-.i Ilin,
hej wants to tluow up the Job.
TOLD BY THE STARS,
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajrtcchus,
The Tiibuno Astrologer.
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Aktiblabc Cast: :'.3I a. lu,, for Saturday, March
r. nitt.
A child born on this day will notice that tliet
0NtL-ii-.iv vbcabulaiy ut many it iiuii Ins been
iwiileinl Inelliclbe for want of proper Mt'Ctlr-i,-app.iialti,
It Inkci two lo Lilly on a quaili'l, but the
man wlm i rni tins at lo.lgu UK-cling tuo long
somi'tlincj limit that his who t.in l.tep up the
o.u'ltenu'iit wltli ury little ussUuma upon bU
pail.
A good word spol.in for a friend which due?
pot ooit je,u a cent will often put dollju hi I. Is
pockvi .
It U belter to laj it stotto wall or carr tho
boil Hull b.lihl castles in jean mind.
All men favo tho lucky ones believe In Jink,
'I Imi falltiif of many a nun un be dlrectlj- at
ti butcd in the Indulgence of hi panuu
It is tintoitunate that in neatly all cases (renins
is aiioiupanied by a loiw cog,
BUY OUNBOATS FltOH JAPAN.
l'roiii the Chicago Pall; Ncwj,
A Japantw pjper leports that tl.e 1'nltcd fctaleu
go'vcruimnt has ouk-icd six iimhcuts to k- built
by tho JJiianoso brjga Pock company, ll.ey will
be in.! f 'r the emit proUctloii ut lite Philippine
hl4ii.ls. Tho price cf each l between 1JU,C03 und
200,000 yen, of ?75,(WJ to $100,000.
MOSQUITO PESKINESS
SCIENTIFICALLY PROVED
N A M1IIV fine mtltle on ll.c "llecehl A.b
iim.rw In Mcilldi.p" In llir new kitie of M
lilelfiiii' miii 1 ('.u'lotiae.lli itiiOD.u t itnipi o-
Iirmhc irvlew It Khen of the pjit pltjeil l.y
tlio niu"iiltti In the piopiiralloii f in.ibiilit .m I
jellow lexer trirnn, After a tleieilpllon of the
niloiM CiporlinenH II. ill Micctiili-il In Msleiilng
Mtpltlon en the pit!lerom lieit, :.n rteeo'irt is
Kiitn ft nine Inlcle'tlti; lestj mule fur the pur
pine1 of loinpletliu; lire cliltn of eililciu'o i.g.l'mt
I I'el...
H.ime Infei'lp.l iiioqi.llPc we.e nllimcil lo bile
a man in Koine, .ainl be ooi ckel. pcil tl.e nn
l.irl.1 pur.nltr In liW blood. Tl.e skrptitvi, lio-v-cer,
ImMcil that he might hue been Infeele.l In
unite ntliir v.-ny or hut u latent Infeetlon In bin
bl.io.l nil the lime. Dr. Mainon, therefore, wlilf
iiiK to i.lal.e the pro if (ttruMiix atnl pnillhe, ilo
l.i'il ln c iiiclnl tets, Hhlel. weie enrrled out
In the Min.iner ol 1"()0, ..ml the rejiilti hac left
the falr-nilmlcil rKeitle' ilcfemclevi.
'Ihe Hist of tli-ie comltlril of feti.HnR two
physlel.im, Dim, San.bon nml I.ov, lo lle! In n
rry malarial OMrlrt on the ltonnn t'aiiipvni
(O)tla) elnrliiff the mtisl ni.il.iilo.ii rcion of tho
jear, their only prolcetlon ftoni the illr.ca)i lo
in mntilli nettlnir, V, quinine or oilier
pioph.tli.etlc :h t.iluli, .Hid 1 1 icy were dlrietcil
to deep lth the wlniluwn anil tlooia open, m ,-3
to i;lve any lwel iiIkIiL iilr theie nilirht be n
"clMM'e at thorn," 'Ibis ll.iy tll.l, llilnff in n
linli'C whn-e only pcenllJiily lav in its IicIiir
inutqulto-preiof. Ilere they i-t.ijc.l all suinnrr,
nml while Ihe whole ritiioutrlliiir pnpiiltllou of
nathes vtj down ultli muljri.i ncltl.ir of the tin
moliiiuted cxpiiiiicn'eis ev.r Hliowul a ti.ieo of
it. Tl.lt pioteil tint iinneellmiled people eoilld
lite In tiufict health in an el. early itulirUti
legion, wheie ex en the jitli.natiil lulltes no
ei lulls sufferers, by simply molding iiiovpilto
bllei.
I'or Ihe .ee.oiul experiments some l.ihor.iloiy
me..f..ltoi i wele reaied ft. in etui In Home, M
ttned on a m.iliil.tl Miitm-r, anil Lent alltc to
London. Ile.e II. ey were permitted lo bite a
healthy man whose bleed bad been examined Olid
shown to be free from the maljlit genu. Dr.
Mamon'8 son volunteered for the jscnlee. He
was bitten fiiely by the morjuitoii. and In a
short time be not only developetl In the l.eart
of London the e linii.il (jmploins of malaria, but
Ids blood wa) found to be swarming with typical
lnr.idloj.
Along h mew bit flmilir ll.es experiments have
been lonilueli'd tli.it complete the caw lu'.iinnt
the mosquito with tegard to yellow- fetor. Some
bi.tte voIuntep.fi front the Cnltod Statea army
give Ihcm'cltes freely for the experiment.", which
were made under tlio dl.eetion of the Yedlow
1'eter commission in Cuba. Camp Linear, where
tho commission's c.peiimenls weie carried on,
was about a mile fiom (ueuudo, Cuba. Three
sets of lest we.e curled out. l'lrst, tnc attempt
was made lo Infect non-Immune Inditbluals by
rposuic to intimate contact with Infected cloth
ing' and bedding by whit aiu techically known as
fomltes; second, by the direct injection of blood
fiom cases of jellow- fexer; anil tliitd, by the bites
of mosquitoes that hid beet pillared on jellow
fc.rr MifTcms. 'the equipment of the camp in
cluded two frame buildings, one of which, known
as the "infected mosquito building," was divided
near the middle by a peiniancnt wire Fcreen par
tition, .'iml had a good enti1atioii. The oilier,
Known as the "infected clothing budding," was
purposely so constructed its to exclude anything
like etllcient ventilation. Doth houses weie pto
vided vvitii wire sciecn doors, o that mosquitoes
could bo kept without or within the build
ings. The first mosquito infection was obtained en
Dec. 8. One of tl.e volunteers, Ki&singcr by name,
bad been bitten by live mewquitoes which bad
previously been allowed to bile a jcllovv fever
patient. On the dale mentioned ho came down
vvitii a. markcel case of jellow fever. He bad
SOME INSTANCES OF
CORRUPT ENGLISH
Andrew Ling in London Morning Post.
UCH, OP the conuplicu of our Taiglisli
is due lo mental indolence. Wc! e'o not
pick our plnascs, we do not select .t
clean cut cxpiesjion fresh fiom the mint.
Wo throw down the old smooth, obliteiatcd
phia.se, such as "is eminently calculated to," or
"curious In si," nr, If we r.re novelists, "licit
a itiit.ge thing oiuirred." They all use that
cliche; one would be guileful lo a novelist v.-ho,
if be can invest nothing ficshcr, would leave the
old "stiange thing" alone. Another bore is "a
glance at the imp will show." N'othmg shcrt of
toituio shall force inc to write that a ulincc at
the map will show anjlhing. Hut what else mo
j on to ay? "Tlio student who consults the chut
will di-covor," "the map, when consulted, will
icvc.il," "if j-ou lute a. map, and can find the
place on it, jou will obsetve." Xonc of lliesc is
sati-faelotj wo mnt nut villi "none of theie
ale satisfactoiy" but I cannot eiuhiie ".t glincc
at the map." Perhaps we nw not .-o liuicli woi-e
than our aiiee-lors. Thaike.i.y anl .Sc-ott both
abound In the abu-e of "and whieli," and I think
that I mice found flu- "whithcs" In one sen
tence of Mr Walli-i'.s. Murcuvci, we do not spo.tk
of a member ol the tex- as ,i "feinalt" env
longer; "an ebvant f.imalt," for example. No-
bodj even then vvrulil have wiilten "jleurj- V
was a male of nnlitaij geiiiu-," but 5colt doev
write of lcai.no d Ale- in ".m imfuitiinite fo
malt'." 'Ihe worls "ilegjnl" ind "gentt-cl" weie
enoiwotkod in tho uily niiiotcenth centuij- as
"inginloiis" wn, in Ihe cigliutiilli. "'Ill" in
genious Mi. Milton," uitics used to s'i.v, but vc
netti v. tlio .ibuiii "Hi.' liigoiilinis ill". Swinbuine."
'll.o adverb "t.i-tlv" wis also ovtrdnno, people
tnjuved tlu'iiisclte.s v.utlv, or qitir.ed somebodj-vasllj-.
Perhaps "cinliicnily ealculiled to" will
follow "tlcg.int" and "gcnticl," m.d the vastly
ingenious fi-iiiile, into tho limbo of the nbsi.lt to.
t p.isint I thin'c "tiiilc" anil "p.i'sionite" and
"powuful" show t-lgibi e-f ilisiro--, Ibo.v ait so
coiistiintly In. Hid out by .uhiililug icviewcrs of
imlitent itovtls, vn cannot t ill them "man
l.y," so they aic tailed virile. Lttt-ly, ill a liter
ary journal. I loud tint soiuelhln-.' "aitide-1"
st.iiubrdy, 'lho tnnlext showed that the writer
(a Inilj", no ilotibt) thought that to "ar.'lde"
liicaut to irnlale, e,sperae, or (as the fill'
li'Vlcvwr would pinhahlj put it) li "agiriaia'i'."
And this was in j jotirnil tlovotcd lo bcllet let
tu! Peihaps .t l-.dy was nut the sinner; it was
i male author who wivlc about "fuiuUliliig a lit
tle dau,"
Of cniiise, Ho ililTihiun of education Is tlio eau.se
of tlit-c horiou, llverjbodj- can wrlle, anil iiitny
have never load iinjthing wilttcn in good Ung
lUli. The study of a few of the woiks of Do in
Swift and til, stent ton fiom cpliciiioi-il rubbish
iii'ght tbrok lho lipid euriiiptlon of l.'nglUli. If
lint largo, ii-iiralnr, ami iosp,t table in ijurlty
x life 1 1 dot.s not know Latin would wholly tbstiiu
fiom tho ti-e of Latin wouli and of unt.iinili.ir
vvt.ds of l.illn ungln, like "auido," somethliu
would bo gained, 'die pluasc "bis born lljct aro
unlnipoaelnblo" vvotihl nut paraljze the ic.uUt.
"A glance 'it" the I'leiith dlotlonaiy would
banUi lute nulr, tliiperoiio and a I'n.itiauce.
Hut lho vvoist of-th"i It "bipp-uiugs." Can
wo not ny "event.," "oonirrciico.," "oxprrl
tnec.i" or aiiyllilng txiept "liippinliiisy" On the
bad; el a new not el n blizoncd "I'lin Happenings
of Hlliabftb," oi sonic other heroine; about her
nsinc I am iiiictit.uii, "Happenings" is ns bad
as "belong will.," "btlong theie, belong on
lho upper shelf," all the wtoiig "belongs," It
U wonili'tfnl lo (co how .1 ic.illy odium n.-edbst
tulg.nUiii nllratl.s man) vvrllris. Tlieio I -i or
fcetlj good lhtglUh phra.o for what they Intend
lo say, but they plcfol the i.i-vv bid plnasos be
lie hi by Ihviii In "Snappy Snipping," Tho iter
lial Mso gf lho won I "big" in pleito of "grcit"
Is vi'iy unno.ving. Win- Mr. lll.id,tene slill alltt
ho vould prulubl.. bi'.all.il "lho Ills Obi Man."
Dr. Jc.hii-.oii, 1 ihlnk, opp.uod "big" fiom the
llrt, but the Ilig Doe lor faibd. Of tsiiutr, kuiic
vvcnli get a Mml of btctct lank. Mr. Ljlleltwn
vviltej about a "flr,t rale silm'tfr." "1'irst i ite"
was thought -u much a piece of slang as "-.tun.
r.lng," "a sMiiiiIm; seholir," rot so very lung
ago. Hut nov. it ii n first ralo oxyielun. To
"lush" thhw In i t'c-nic in; n novel by a very
much cstceiM'd female to rel)i Into an older
miuimr-is full of lushing thl or (hat aba it,
rii-blng bill tbiough, and so on. I da not i-ilnj
Ibis. The cjrllesit use of "rush" in tins rense.
known lo mo Is cf 101)0; "V iuhci! .1 ladjer at
a door," and the nieakcr wai a duke. That is a
Cspcctablo lincaifc.' foi the woul In ltd active
SCHjC.
Our IliylJ.h i rcrruptre), of course, not only
by ihe inekileit u,c of vJale plnasos, but by tho
almost feiocloiu elfort to avohl them, by saying
everything as no uioilal would nitur-illy aay it.
TbU laboiloiu exercise, it iicrscvtrlusly iraf
i
i
berti under a Rtrlet titiiranlliio (or fifteen .Ins,
o Hint Ihe pimlblllty nf nnv other iitnsi' of In
fection vvas tlmoved, Within Ihe period of ine
Wtek-frnn Pre. II to Doc. I'm four of tlio,otun.
teen Mho had 'rfottet! ttirlrwltt to bo'liltUM
by tl.e Infected iiHisqulltva developed well mailed
eael of jellow fever. And of Ihe fourteen non
Immune liidltldtl.llH mtl.Jecled to tl.e bile- of in
fecled mosquitoes dining Ihe whole le.tt, ttt. eon
tiacled Jelhivv fever, lbs ..Hack ali.'.ijji following
Ihe bit's within the period of liietibillon of tho
el If en je.
Of Ihe five Individuals who received direel In
jections of blood fiom Jellow fcici lullci.t", four
LOitlr.tctt.tt the dUease.
On the olhrr hand, seven non-lmmuac .nterl
caiis wtjo slept every night In the "Infected cloth
ing building," poorly ventilated, and to which
no sunlight over came, engaged in the moinlng
in packing boxes with garments much tolled by
confut with the liodlra and cxcicU of tcllow
fever pttlcnfs, and nt night unpacking thoo Fame!
boxes In order to obtain articles lor Ihelr beds
and clothing for their bmllc. Sleeping In the
very hceLs and Raiments just vacnted by yulto'V
fever cases, these sevi'ii men I'jme out of this
pest home at the end of the c.xpcrlmnt ptrfeetly
well, not cue of them having contracted the
disease.
The "Infected mosquito litilhllmr," divided into
two tompinncnlfi bj a wire screen paititlon, wai
next ncd as follows: fifteen mosquitoes were
freed on one side of the nutltloii and u non
Immune man, Motati, was placed 111 the loom. On
the oilier ride of tho partition were two oth'r
lioii-liimitincs. Mor.tn wis bitten Ireelt- by the
tiwqultocs and soon developed a sb.iip attiek of
.vellow fever, while die two nun-immune on the
other side of the iseicen icmalned perfectly Well
'the next experiment was on one of the nor.
Immuiies who had occupied the "Infecled clotb'ng
building" foi twenty-ouo nights, -itt.l had then
been kepi in strict qutrjntlnu thirty elivs loir;'!.
He visited the mosquito room, was fieelj- bitten,
and in I In co days and twenlj'-tlirce and a hilt
hours developed a well matked case of yellow
f ev cr.
These Mprrlmcnts appear to leave no possible
doubt regnrdiitg the ability of the mosquito to
cause jellow fever, and also point strongly to
the absence of nnj- Infection title to simple ecu
tact with vellow fever patients or their excteti
or clothing. If (bis be true, the elaborate sy
tent of quarantine now ut vogue aptinst the dis
ease ami (he severe disinfection p.actlced with
jellow fever patients and their belonglngJ aic
quite unnocc&tiry.
Dr. A. 11. Dotj, health officer of the poit of
Xevv Vork, sav-s:
"These experiment have not conclmlvely
shown that there miy not bo some other means
than the mosquito by which jellow fever Is
traiLsinitted. Hut when the e.xpci Intents are con
sidered in connection with the results of eur
practical experience, it is clearly evident that
the disease is not contracted by pctsonal conta
gion or through the medium of clothing, bedding,
cargoes of vessels, clc. Therefore, 1 believe we
aic justified in changing our quarantine regula
tions to conform to these views, and that such a
proceeding is just and reasonable, particulailj- a.s
vvc now have at band a method which, If properl.v
and sclentlflcallj' carried out, can be depended
upon to limit the extension of Jellow fever. If
the future shows that there are other means of
infection, it will then bo time enough to add
whatever restrictions are necessary to the public
health. I nm convinced in following this action
that we aro not onl.v oftetlng full protection to
the public, but arc extending to commerce a re
lief fiom unnecessary and unreasonable legula
tioas." From the purely scientific as well as from the
utilitarian point of view, few achievements In
modern mctliclne bate equalled in value the re
sults cf these experiments.
ticed, constitutes what is now called style. Wo
have marry nulbors with a great deal of "style,"
and all of it bad.
LITEEAE.Y NOTES.
'I here is a vigor about Harper's Weekly these
daj.s tint it never bad before. Geoigc Hartej- Ins
evidently injected the elixir of life into it co-piouslj-.
The novelette in the April Smart Set, "The
Ambition of the llaron," bj- Marvin Dana, is ono
of tlio cleverest jet printed In tint exception illy
interesting periodical, in fact, the whole number
is bright.
C. 11. Cllahan, who wrole the pl-i.v, "l'ogg's
I'eu.v," lu which Minnie Maddein I'lsko made,
her first notable success, has converted th" plij
into a novel which Is published bj- Land A: Lee.
It make-. a readable stor.v,
William Allen. White's blind red biogiap'iy of
Senator Phtt was evidently too waini a ptoposi
llun for Mcl'Iurc's to icpcat. it is thercfoK- i.n
noiinied that the gentleman from Kama ba3
tunsfcrictl bis affections to tho Cosmopolitan.
Not content with poifoimbiR a llttr.tr.v mir.i lc
lu Hit. rosurtcclliili of Shcrloik llednies, l)i. c.'oiun
Doylo h.is now mixed Into thu polomios of tho
Hocr war. Hv lus wtlllon a book embody 1'ig
c-aiefullj- sifted testimony beaiing oil lho cliatgos
of Inhumanity which hive been biotight ,ii;.liu-,t
Hie Itritish troops in South Afiici. le.stlni'inv
f i oin Iloers and neutrals a, well as I'mrlUhuun.
Dr. Dojle ulso consldors In tho light of the li-tl-mony
be has g.itheted the chii.ictir of the lloci
a.s well, and some of tho fact, and deductions
pio-iuted by him will bo likely (o eicito a t'lin
motion when they become public pioperlj'. Tho
b-ok is a labor of patiiotlsin purely. Dr. Dojlc
rctoives no ro.valt.v and lias instructed the pub
lishers, McCltiie, Phillip & Co,, lo soil It at
exactly tho tost of pioduition, 10 cents a copj-,
Aflrolog.v, whether pmsiicd for amusement or
with the religion. faith that nuiks the zoil of
some of tho iuo.it ci.tluislastlo stiidonU, is a fas
i in it Ing study, and many who invoMlgate the
skcptlo ara often suiprlsod t the jt curacy with
wldcli hoiftscopec, will pielttio tho chaiacti-iislk'.s
of the subject. To make this science cute I lin
ing and bring it down to rules that will make
Ihe intricate ptoblems plain to tho unlearned has
been the aim of many authois of.vvoiks upon as-(rologj-.
Perhaps Ihe maiea" npproaeli to per
fection in this dliectlon I the handsome volume
from the pen of t'omte C de St, (ieimaiu, tin'
well known pilmlsl, vvl.lrh has jtist beni tmb
lUlicd by Laird & Loo, of ("hb-ago, This book,
intllled Piactkal Astiolugy, Is tuniprcliemivo m
all eloiulls, and beant'ully i'.bistuti'd willi hluk
and w.ito colored dcslfii. Among the lil.i-l lit
leiesllng cf thoso is a lcproduilloii of the palm
lug of .odhc found In lho (cinplu cf ll.ttlmr in
upper i:gjpt, built 700 II, ('.
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