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T1IK CITIZEN, AVEDNKSDAY, AUOUST 2, 1011.
Decrease of
Contagious Disease
Unprecedented decreases in com
municable diseases In Pennsylvania
-were reported by Health Commis
sioner Dixon last week for the month
of June. Typhoid, scarlet fever and
measles show tho biggest decreases.
Whooping cough alone seems to In
crease. "What makes tho showing all
the more remarkable, In tho Commis
sioner's opinion, Is the nearer com
plete than ever reports received from
all parts of the State.
Speaking of the work, Dr. Dixon
said:
" The people of Pennsylvania will
bo gratified when they hear that with
their co-operation the list of com
municable diseases for the month of
June Is the lowest experienced
throughout tho State for several
years, a total of 7,680 cases being
reported, a decrease of E.1C2 as com
pared with the month of May and a
decrease of 2,054 and 1,282 as com
pared with the months of June, 1910
and 1909, respectively.
" This decreaso Is even more re
markable than appears on its face!
trom the fact that reports for the
present year cover practically every
city, borough and township In the
State.
" The government work, notwith
standing these gratifying results, Is
criticised by those who have been
punished for tho violation of our
laws governing these sanitary condi
tions of our commonwealth. Fortu
nately, the new Medical Bureau of
Pennsylvania can consider the moral
character of a man 'before granting a
license to practice medicine and that
same bureau can revoke medical li
censes when the holders of the same
are guilty of malpractice.
" Tho splendid health law formu
lated by Dr. Charles B. Penrose and
passed by the Legislature of 1905 Is
"beginning to show a reduction in the
great total of communicable diseases.
"The special diseases showing marked
decreases are scarlet fever and meas
les, tho latter of which has been
heretofore looked upon by those In
care of children as being harmless,
notwithstanding it was so deadly, as
6hown by the report of tho new Bu
reau of Statistics.
Typhoid Fever.
" Typhoid fever, a disease which
should be exterminated, remains low
er than for previous years, and the
only disease showing a tendency to
inoreaso is whooping cough, of which
disease the State Department, even
with the help of all the newspapers
in tho State, has not been able to
awaken the people to tho enormity of
the death rato and to its power to
leave In its wake tuberculosis and
other afflictions.
" Tho decrease In communicable
diseases Is not confined to cities,
boroughs or townships, but is gen
eral all over the 45,000 square miles
of territory in tho State.
"Tho enforcement of tho sanitary
laws only partly accounts for the
marked improvement in health; edu
cation of our people and their co
operation with tho State and with
municipalities which are working
shoulder to shoulder wth the State
Department of Health play their part
How to Take Care of the
Baby
The hot weather of this season of
the year Is extremely dangerous to
the lives of infants and young chil
dren, not only because of the de
pressing effects of high atmospheric
temperature In general but more es
pecially because of the effect of hot
Weather upon all perishable articles
of food, among which cow's milk
holds tho first place.
It Is therefore highly Important
that cow's milk to bo used for In
fants' food should be of the purest
and freshest that you can afford to
buy. During tho hot weather ice is
absolutely necessary for the preser
vation of milk, and all milk used for
food should be cooled by Ice as soon
as It comes from tho cow and should
ba kept next to the ice until ready
to be used. A little money spent for
Ice may prevent illness and Its much
greater expense for medicine, nurs
ing and medical attendance. As wa
ter Is often a carrlor of disease it Is
safest to use only toolled water for
drinking or the preparation of a
baby's food.
The following rules will aid you In
keeping your baby jvell during tho
hot weather:
Breast Feeding. Every mother
should endeavor to nurse her baby.
Breast milk Is the natural food of tho
new tiorn baby. Thero is no other
food that can compare with it. A
breast fed has a much greater
chance of living than a bottle fed
baby.
Immediately after birth do not
give any kind of artificial food to
the baby, while waiting for the
"breastmllk to come. Put the baby
to tho breast every four hours and
give nothing elso but water that has
been boiled. The baby needs noth
ing elso and will not starve. After
the milk comes Into the breast nurse
tho baby every two hours during tho
day and two or three times at night.
Don't nurse tho baby whenever ho
cries, a moderate amount of crying
helps to develop tho lungs. Babies
who are nursed Irregularly, or when
ever thoy cry are likely to get indi
gestion and then cry the harder
from pain. 'Nurse regularly and tho
baby will soon learn to expect its
nursing only at the proper Intervals.
Give the baby a little boiled water
several times a day.
After tho baby Is two months old
lengthen the time between feeding to
2 or 3 hours, with only one or two
feedings at night.
Do not wean tho baby as long as
he is gaining and never do so except
ly advice of your "doctor. Do not
follow tho advlco of friends or noigh
T)ora about weaning. If the baby re
mains well but after a timo stops
gaining In weight, do not think that
your milk is of no value, but consult
your doctor about adding one or
two bottles to help you out.
Never let the baby nurso from the
remains of a bottle which ho has not
finished at once. Take It away from
the crib, pour out tho milk, and
cleanse at once. Stale milk curds
sticking to tho insldo of a bottle nf
tor a few hours become poisonous !
and may cqntamlnato fresh milk'
coming In contact with them. It is'
better to have as many bottles as the
number of the baby's feedings, so
that all tho bottles can be boiled to
gether before the food Is .prepared
In the morning.
Nipples. Tho simpler the nipple
tho safer for the baby. Do not use
complicated nipples, and under no
circumstances buy a bottle with a
long rubber tube attached to the
nipple. It cannot bo kept clean and
will certainly cause bowel trouble.
After the bottle is finished the nip
ple should bo removed at once, turn
ed Inside out over the finger and
scrubbed with cold water and a brush
kept only for this purpose. After
use, always boll the brush.
The cleaned nipple should be kept
in fresh borax water (1 teaspoonful
of borax to a pint of water) In a
covered glass. Rinse the nipple In
boiling water before using it.
Do not put the nipple Into your
own mouth to find out whether the
milk Is warmed enough. Let a few
drops of the milk fall on your wrist;
If It feels too hot to your wrist It Is
too hot for tho baby's mouth.
No general instructions can bo giv
en about the preparation of a milk
mixture for your baby. Each baby
needs a combination suited to his
digestion. The mixture upon which
some other baby Is thriving may be
too strong or too weak for your baby.
Let the doctor tell you how to mix
the food. If it is necessary to use
cream in the mixture do not buy
cream it is likely to be stale but
get It by pouring off half a pint from
the top of a quart bottle of milk, af
ter cleansing the lip of the bottle.
During the summer tho bahy's
food should be brought to a scald af
ter It Is prepared. It should thon be
poured Into the clean bottles, corked
with baked clean cotton wool and
kept next the ice until needed. Do
not heat a bottle when you go to bed
and keep it In bed until nursing time
because you do not want to go to tho
ice box for it and heat it when the
baby needs it. This is a certain way
to make the baby sick.
Vomiting. A bottle fed baby
should not vomit If Its food Is pure
and properly adjusted to Its needs.
If vomiting occur It is usually a sign
of approaching Illness, either of one
of the serious diseases of childhood,
or more commonly in hot weather, of
summen diarrhoea. Vomiting due to
this cause may tie the first sign of
trouble and the bowels may not be
come loose until several days later.
If vomiting is repeated, stop milk
feeding, give boiled water, cool or of
the temperature at which tho milk
is given, and consult your doctor at
once.
Clothing. Do not put too much
clothing on the baby in summer.
During the hottest weather, remove
most of tho clothes; a thin loose
shirt and a diaper are sufficient dur
ing the day and on very hot close
nights.
Never use clothing made with
tight waistbands. Petticoats and
skirts should bo supported by straps
over tho shoulders.
Eruptions of the Skin. If the
baby has an eruption or breaking out
of the skin, consult a doctor. Do not
think that every rash is prickly heat;
it may be some serious dlseaso like
scarlet fever, measles, smallpox or
chlckenpox.
Tho Way of a Woman.
"She passed me on tho street yester
day without speaking."
"She did?'
"Yes, the stock up thing."
"I wouldn't say that Perhaps sb
didn't mean to snub you."
"Of course she meant to snub me.
You see. I had on my old hat."
"That wouldn't make any dUtaBcnce
to her."
"Oh, wouldn't It? Onoo before when
1 happened to have on an old dross
she didn't speak to mo, either. Now
I'm through with her. If she doesn't
care enough for mo to spook when I'm
In my old clothes sho noodnt speak at
all. I wont spoafc to her whon I'm
dressed up. That's an tbero la to it."
"Did you speak to her?"
"I should say not. It's her piaoo to
speak first Do you suppose I'm going
to attract attention by yelling my
lungs out for tho like of her? I gueeti
not"
"Perhaps sho didn't see you."
"See me? Of course sho did. I saw
her, didn't I? Then why dldnt sha
see mo?" Detroit Free Press.
When the 8ho Pinches.
"My own common sense and tho shoe
clerk permitting, I shall never wear
another pair of tight shoos," said a wo
man, "but if I should .be inveigled Into
making myself uncomfortable 1 know
what I shall do to allay the pain. Too
ministrations to the aching foet of a
man who called on my Italian cobbler
for relief showed me a remedy. Tho
man's shoes pinched in three different
places. Having located tho painful
spots Rafael dipped a loug strip of can
ton flannel Into boiling water and held
tho cloth stretched tightly across tho
man's shoes. When tbo water began
to evaporate be dampened tho cloth
again and repeated tbo process soveral
times.
" 'Now,' said be at last, 'your shoes
are set to your feet No moro hurt'
"Tbo man. gavo him a quarter, which
I thought a small price to pay for re
lief from a pinching shoo." New York
Sun.
Light Men.
At a certain hotel In Idverpool an
Englishman, an Irishman and a
Scotsman wero arguing as to which
of their respective countries bad the
lightest man.
Tbo Irishman led tbo argument by
saying:
"We huvo men of CorkH
"That may b" eald tbo -Qootsman;
"but wo 4Vo men of Ayr.'
"WeH," sold tho cocknoy,.'tnai la
very light, but we have lighter' men
on the Thames."
HINTS FOR THE
BUSY HOUSEWIFE
Rollers Wash Fine Linen
Without Injuring Fabric.
Tho washing of .linen fabrics with
out Injuring them Is not so easy as
some people think. To get the soap
suds properly Into tho goods somo vig
orous rubbing is required, and whether
a brush or only the bands are used
there Is apt to be damage. A French
man has designed a little apparatus
that is said to solve the problem ad
mirably. This Is a pair of grooved
wooden rollers set into n metal frame,
with a handle at the top. Tbo linen
Is first thoroughly soaked In soapy
water and is then placed on nn In
clined board. The washer Is then rcJl
ed ovor the fabric, with not too much
pressure, but Just enough to work the
soapsuds Into the goods. This op
eration distributes the pressure even
ly and smoothly and prevents undue
strain on any one part of the fabric.
Salmon Cutlets.
One can of salmon, one cupful of
white sauce, one tablcspoonful of lem
on Juice, one egg. Pick over the salmon
and remove skin, bonce and oil. Mix
the salmon and lemon juice, then stir
In tho thick white sauce. Turn out on
plate to cool, divide in small portions
and shape like cutlets. Bent tbo eggs
slightly, roll cutlets In It, then cover
thoroughly with flno breadcrumb.
Fry In deep hot fat till brown. Gar
nish with parsley and serve.
Thick white salmon sauce for sal
mon: Four level tcaspoonfuls of flour,
two tnblespoonfuls of butter, one cup
ful of hot milk, one-quarter toaspcon
ful of salt and a pinch of pepper. Melt
butter In saucepan untlj It bubbles,
add tbo flour, salt and pepper, mix un
til smooth, then pour tho hot milk in
gradually, stirring and beating each
timo. Cook until it thickens.
Pork Cake.
One teacup of finely chopped salt
pork, one cup of boiling water, one
cup of molasses, four and one-half
cups of flour, half a pound of raisins,
one cupful of currants, half a tea
spoon each of clove, nutmeg and cinna
mon, two teaspoons of baking pow
der. Put the chopped pork into the
mixing bowl, ponr over It tho boiling
water, add the molnsscn and ono cup
ful of brown sugar. Stir until well
mixed. Put the splcoe into tho flour,
also tho baking powder, and sift nU
together. Stir in one-half of tho flour,
thon add tbo raisins and currants,
then the rest of tho Hour. This keeps
tho fruit from sinking to tho bottom.
Bake in loaf tins, putting greased pa
per on tho bottom.
Milk Soup.
Two fair sized Spanish onions, four
to six potatoes, according to sizo, a
little celery and about three crusts of
stalo bread. Cut the onions, potatoes
and celery up and boll with tho bread
In about a quart of water till thick,
stirring and adding more wator if
wanted. Boll slowly for about an
hour, then rub all through a wire
slovo. Add about one-half pint of
boiling milk and pepper and salt to
taste. Do not boll after tho milk Is
added.
Fresh Pork Pie.
Take about a pound of lean fresh
pork, grind it in food chopper, take
threo or four raw potatoes, grind those
up with an onion, mix all together with
Just enough water to cook, put In a
kettle and boll It till It Is dono. Make
s pie crust as for pies. Lino deep pie
plate, fill with the meat mixture, salted
and peppered to taste. Put top crust
on and bake until crust is brown (de
licious). Add butter If wanted.
Sour Cream Cake.
One egg well beaten, add ono cup
sugar and beat very light. Into one
half cup of thick sour cream dissolve
ono-half teaspoonful of soda. When
dissolved add egg and sugar. Into two
scant cups of sifted flour sift one tea
spoonful of cream of tartar, one tea
spoonful of cornstarch and a pinch of
salt Add to first mixture alternately
with one-half cup of sweet milk. Bake
In quick oven.
Deviled Onions.
Mince six cold boiled onions fine,
make a thick sauce of ono teaspoonful
of flour, one tabIesioonful of butter
and two-thirds of a cupful of milk. To
this add the minced onion and finely
mashed yolks of two hard boiled eggs,
one tablcspoonful chopped, parsley and
a Boasonlng of salt and paprika. But
ter scallop shells, fill with the mixture,
wrinkle with breadcrumb? and hmwn.
CONGRESSIONAL SCANDAL MILLS 1
BUSV.
Whatever other Industries may.
have been Injuriously nffected by tho
talk of tariff tinkering which has
filled the air, tho Congressional scan
dal mongerlng mills are working
overtime. Having secured control
of tho House of Representatives, tho
Democrats have gone into tho muck
raking business on a wholesale
scale. It Is a way they have. They
do It whenever they get a chance,
and the recurrent disappointments
which they experience have no ef
fect in restraining their eagerness
or dampening their hopes. The man
who thinks that every one elso Is a
rascal Is apt to be a good deal of a
rascal himself. Ho is inclined to
Impute to others the delinquencies of
which he is conscious in himself.
That may not be why the Demo
crats are always so keen on starting
investigations at the rare Intervals
when they attain to power, but they
always are and tho fact that they
seldom succeed In finding what they
are looking for, and never succeed
according to the measure of their ex
pectations, does not discourage them
from repeating the attempt.
They are hard at It now to an ex
tent of which tho public had only a
faint conception, and the Indications
are that most of the clues they are
anxiously following will lead to the
accustomed mare's nest. It Is a fact
that no fewer than twenty-four sep
arate and distinct Investigations are
now proceeding before special and
standing committees of the House,
and no one knows how many more
will be instituted before the session
ends. Unfortunately for the scandal
mongers and smellers-out, the
amount of grist which has been de
rived from all this grinding has been
lamentably small. One of the most
disappointed of tho muck rakers is
Representative Cox of Indiana, chair
man of the Committee on Expendi
tures in the Treasury Department.
He has been doing his very best to
expose the hypothetical misdoings
of those rascally Republicans, but
the paucity of his accomplishment is
driving him to despair. "I don't
believe there Is anything much
wrong In the Treasury Department,"
his special muck-raking preserve,
he plaintively remarked the other
day, and then he sighed for some
more fertile field.
'His experience Is typical of the
rest, and if others were as frank as
he they would repeat the same ob
servation. There has been no
scarcity but rather an over-abundance
of defamatory reports, for scandal
flourishes luxuriantly in an atmos
phere of suspicion and credulity;
but all the crop tho investigators
have harvested has not been worth
tho pains. They have discovered a
few irregularities here and there, as
in the case of tho payment made on
account of the Day portrait, which
no ono attributes to anything else
than a loose system of accounting,
but nothing of any real consequence
has been unearthed, nothing that
can be used to effect in the cam
paign which all this investigation
has in sight. As for the effort that
has been made to discredit the per
sonal Integrity of tho President, it is
so dastardly and contemptible that
It is certain to hurt much more than
to help the personal and political am
bitions that Inspired it.
It may bo questioned whether the
servlceableness of scandal as a politi
cal asset is not very much overesti
mated. Tho great majority of men
are honest themselves and are ready
to assume honesty In others, and
certainly the Amorlcan people will
be prompt to resent any unsustalned
imputation on the honor of their
Chief Executive.
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.
Notice is hereby given that an
application will be made to tho
Governor of Pennsylvania, on tho
4th day of August, 1911, by W. J.
Hopkins, W. J. Cramer, R. Wonna
cott, Z. A. Wonnacott, F. R. Var
coe, W. W. Plerson, and D. W. Hull,
under the act of Assembly approved
April 29, 1874, entitled "An act to
provido for tho Incorporation and
regulation of certain corporations"
and the supplements thereto, for tho
charter of an Intended corporation
to bo called the "Waymart Improve
ment Company," the character and
object of which Is the purchase and
sale of real estate, for holding, leas
ing, mortgaging, selling and improv
ing real estate, and for these pur
poses to havo and possess and en
Joy all the rights, 'benefits and privi
leges of the said act of Assembly
and its supplements.
E. C. MUMFORD, Solicitor.
Honesdale, Pa., July C, 1911.
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