THE OMAHA T)A1LT J1EI2: SI'XDAT, MATCCIT I. 1000.
Tomorrow is the Very Last Day and Greatest Bargains of the
RAILKOAD WRECK SALE of DRY GOODS, CARPETS,
Oil Cloth and Draperies.
This sale of railroad wreck goods has brought more customers in our store than any sale, we've held for some time, but the values and bargains were so
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great that nothing else could have been expected. To make way for other goods, however, we
positively close out everything by tomorrow evening at six o'clock.
have determined to make such rediculously low prices that will
Sec page 4 for our big
sale
New Spring Goods
50c Floor Oilcloth, 15c sq, yd.
L.BRAND&IS a SONS.
VII llii' nIIhIiM; it m hi 11 uil ,
elm hem I'lciiir (III ( lolli.
ill niMt mill lit'ittitl-
tul imllcriix I Nlluhlly
lIlllllllKI'lt, Ull nl ,(' Ml, !..
I5c
All the dnninffnil
Milrtlng t i m t k
tlamiitfed pnr ull
cut uw iy. m
I
yard
All iho
clretjs prints
3!c
2 yard
All tho
Porci'iled
5 yard
All tho
)laid towol'g
yard
All the lfic
cotton towels
ED
each
All tho Turk
ish towels
Eg
it
each
All tho Tcrkoy
roil tublo Daiimsk
worth -."it), jo ut
15
yard
Laces
Ten bargain
squares
1 fu Lace." at . . .
All the odd lots of all kinds of lace
from the railroad wreck up to lfo
ynrd, go on bargain square
at 1 ic yard
tic
I
$1.50 Carpet, 69c Yd.
All the nioquette, wilton,
velvet and axminster car
pet from the wreck, with
and without border, abso
lutely sound and perfect,
go at, yard,
Three bargain tables with many thousand yards
of all kinds of English and German Torchon
Mini Vnlenrlentit'.-. also orlenlul litees Indf 0"
extra line iuullt.v. worth to l'.V yunl. 'Sf atld ?TS Vtl
no at :ic a ml rc yarl
$1.00 Carpet, 4Jc Yd.
All the Brussels carpet
from wreck, all absolutely
sound and perfect, with and
without border, in all new
hall, stair and room patterns
go at, yard,
I
ice and
20
II A I 1.1 .1. I
.au ine narrow rruiirn
Valoncionneis lace and
int-nrtl'in from tho
railroad .vroek,
worth ii to luo,
(jo on bargain
table at 2c
yard
Handkerchiefs
lYux lot of handker
chiefs from the
wreck in fancy
colored, hemstitched,
all styles. jo at
lo t'lU'll
89e 49c $825
$3.50 Rugs, $1.25.
All the nioquette, wilton
all wool Smyrna rugs from
the wreck, regular price up
to 50, in all the most ex
quisite patterns, go at
each,
$5 $10
25
cents
LADIES'
CLOAKS for
To close out every jacket and long cloak
from the remarkable purchase from the Kail
road company, we put them all on one bargain
counter in tho basement tomorrow and give
you tho unrestricted choice of any cloak for
'J5c. As this is such an unheard-of bargain
and to enable everyone to get one of these
cloaks, we will limit thorn one to a customer.
tKer-
1c
Handkerchiefs Hundreds of dozens ladies'
and gent's plain white, hemstitched handker
chiefs, all widths of hems,
regular price up to-'JCc, go nlantl SiJ
in this sale at, each WV WW
$2.50 Rugs, 75c.
All the Smyrna,
quette and wilton rugs that
generally sell as high as
$'J.50 each, almost sound
and perfect, some have
been wet, go at, each,
mo-
Swiss Handkerchiefs Largo bargain
counter with big lots of ladies' line imported
Swiss Handkerchiefs, lace embroidery
and insertion trimmed, worth up to
25c, in this sale at fo each 5jSJ
75c
50c Hosiery 10c and 15c pair 250 dozen
misses' and children's fine imported Scotch
plaids and fancy striped hose, made of tho fin
est maco cotton and French I Am llf a
lisle thread, reg ular price Bv Ifftv
up to 50c, on sale at I Wand iWi
pair
50c Hosiery 7ic and 19c Big lots of ladies
fine hosiery in plain and fancy cotton, plain
and fancy lislethread, all piled high on bar
gain counters and worth up to &fHf
5()c pair, no at Tic and IC lllu
l(.)o pair a fcand
$10 Silk Tapestry, $1.39
All tho lltiffct ipialliy Silk Tapestry,
Florentine Silks, etc from this ruil
ronl wri . It. that wore consigned to
one of the largest upholstery houses
In the east, all new and exquisite pat
terns, go at $1.3!) yard. This In one of
the biggest bargains wo have ever
offered.
$l,3
Damaged Carpels, 25c Yd.
All the damaged car
pet, no matter whether in
grain, brussols, velvet or
wilton,
all go at yard,
25c
$5 Tapestry Portieres, $1,911
All the derby ribbed ottoman and
faney woven Portieres, that generally
sell at $5.00 pair- these are from tho
railroad wreck and go at $1 !S pair.
Some exquisite goods In this lot.
$1.98
$1.00 Tapestry, 25c Yd.
All the fancy and plain
colored tapestry, broga telle,
etc., that generally sells
for $1, 51-inches wide,
go at, yard,
I III MM I ItlllMIIIMIIMM 1
25c
I
$1.50 KID GLOVES for 75c.
100 r,airsof A 1 quality kid, inocha and dog
skin gloves, suitable for street and dress wear,
every pair guaranteed perfect,
all sizes, all the latest spring
shades, from tho wreck, and
worth 11 1 1 1 -l.oO pair- go in this
suio at "of pair
$7.50 Lace Curtains, $2.50 Pr
Real Ilnifrt-els I.aro Irish
Point, Tambour and real Fish
Nrt Curtains, all absolutely sound
and perren, all imported by one of
the finest drapery houses in the east,
on sale at 50 pair.
..7 5c
$3.50 Lace Curtains $1.98 Pr.
Ono big lot of all kinds Nottingham Lace
Curtains, in the new Brussels effect, Bat
tenberg effect and plain llsh not, most of
them worth $3.00. go at $l.'.iS pair.
s
1.98
tit-liltluc lint fi-iiniciit HIiiiiUvlN fi niii
tin- l n 1 1 roml Wreck.
Two eases genuine I'nlted States Navy
Dlankeln. These are extra heavy white
wool Dlankcts. Thoy are all absolutely
hound and perfect and wo offer them, as long
as they last, at $2.50 pair, whieh Is about
one-third the government contract price
'2,50
Great Sale of Buttons
50c BUTTONS a dozen
All the buttons from the railroad wreck, in
cluding almost every style, suitable M A
for dress trimmings and underwear, S I fe
worth as high as 50c dozen, all go I
on sale at 1 Ac do.en fcW
75c LADIES' UNION SUITS 15c
All the 13
yard long, all
linen dresser
Henri's, worth
50c, go at
I5c each
A 1 1 t h'e
bleached nap
kins at
49C dozen
All the
d r e s s cam
brics, at
220 yard
All tho bal
ance oL tlio
silkoline at
3G yard
All the
hort lengths
of dimity, or-
gaudy, lawn,
etc., at
20 yard
cases fine
summer lawn
from railroad
wreck, worth
Sc, go at
lie yard
All t ho
1,000 union suits suitable for spring and Pdmnerv tick-
summer wear, including florence
styles, buttoned across the chest,
others with low neck, regular price
up to 75c each, on bargain square at
I5c
1111 nud dunlin
i-cmimnts, worth
10c. jro at
100 yard
SIX JUDGES TELL STORIES
Half Dozen Weather Yarn by Omaha Jtu
ticei of the Faoo.
ONE SNOWBOUND, ANOTHER SUNSTRUCK
Diiilnu Iteet'tM of I'oui'l Their llouorn
Himmiiim ltcinliilNi;i-tit I'netM In
Kiii'Ii sinr Arc I'l-rxiiiiully
v oiii'lii'il For.
During thlH, the season of varying winds
mid erratic temperatures, there Is n wtdo
upread tendency among adultft to relato stor
litt of Htorm-iinil calm. March, the month
uf meteorological HurpriHes that balllo tho
jiersplnudty of tho weather man. Is pocull
iirly suited to tho rerltal of yarns touching
thu "war of the elements." It l rich in
suggestions. There lh an abundance of hints
mid reminders that gently luio thu trtorj
teller Into a mi oil reminiscent and tempts
lilm lo take llbertleH with truth.
Slnco a weather story Is valuable In pro
portion to Its fnlthfuliKif to fact, six
sketches of this class havo been secured
from sources which Insure alnoluto accuracy.
They urn from the six Jtittlcrw of tho peujo
J,ong, Ualdwln, Alstadt, Crawfotd, Prlch
lird nud l.earn Though not given under tho
iillli'lal seal the honorable- Kentlemen will
uvernlly and eollectivoly vouch for their
truth.
Tho eontilbutloii of Judge Hben K. long
Id given llrst. Ilelng 75 years tld, he Ih en
titled to the distinction by right of seniority.
Jlo' wilted as follows:
"1'Vbruaty 15, 1S72. Is a date that les lm
jin.'sed Indelibly iit)ii my memory, prim l
jmlly because of its eontrast from n weather
Kinndpolnt with tho corresponding date of
every other year In tuy recollection, before
or hIiicc. I was In Omaha then, employed
In tho ticket olllco of the Union I'aclllc rail
road. I remember I sat nil day by an open
window working In my shirt sleeves. Tho
day wan 11 poem. The ky watt blue and tho
breozo brought In from tho Held mi In-i-otifo
suggestive of budding treet. and
(sprouting greenery. If my memory hurves
there was a bllz.ard imxt titty, with the mer
cury down to zero, but February 15, A. 0.
1S7-'. was an Idyllic dream that brought out
tiiimmer underwear and several rascH of
pneumonia."
In striking contrast with tho foregoing Is
this, tho contribution of Judge William Alt
Bt.idt. To fully npprwlate It It must be
r
The Alost Refreshing
Morning Laxative
The one rmhtUb1' relialle rem
edy for ;.(., . uatt
ttt ht ami 'mdfiiHii
Actinj; pentlv on all '' '-i cretory
or.tus, it c'iils w sti tii.ittf rs.
t cntoves aui.1 A' 'H-uitu
poiions from the !. nl ..ti'l keeps
tho stiitnai. .nut bi w i '' an inid
healthy- jt. j v, ut J ui"uts.
" EffarvcsGont "
homo In mind that the Judge is only five
feet two Inches In stature.
.Iiitlwe Vlt.tntlt WrltvN.
"I was in North l'latte sixteen years ago.
I was In the saloon business there besides
being a police Judge. I had to hold court
one evening until 10 o'clock. I had about
half a dozen cowboys before me charged
with disturbing the peace. 1 fined each of
them $5 and ctsts nud remitted tho lino.
They paid me the costs. I Invited them to
como over to Bismarck's saloon.
"After wo had a half dozen glasses of
sotla water and lemonade I started to go
home. My residence was about eight or
ten 'blocks from that place (Ulsmarck's ta
Iconj. When 1 started to go homo a hurri
cane snowstorm faced me. Courageous as
I I was, I facet! It and started home. Tho
now was so bad I got snow blind. I wcrit
around and around and could not find niy
house.
"About :i o'clock In the morning I saw a
man with a lantern e mlng out of u house
and after consulting him as lo my where
abouts ho Informed mf that I was standing
In front of W. Cody's tlluffnlo Hill's)
residence, three miles west of North l'latte.
"This man. who was employed by Colonel
Cody, took me In the parlor of the ho.su
stable, where I warmed up ant! I come to
my stnaes. After that the storm was oor
and I made my wny home, wading through
the nno;v three cr four feet (let p. and no
one could seo anything of me except my
fur cap, as tho little judge una burled In
the snow. I have lived thlrty-thrco years
in Nobraska and have seen many a go.nl
and bad weat'her, but this was the worst I
hail ever bad to go thiough. And Mill we
aro alive."
Judgo A. 12. Baldwin's contribution to
this winter's tnle Is brief, but In it is a
wealth of human Interest. It follows:
.IiiiIk' llsiliUtiu Ih SikmvImmiihI,
"It was early In tho winter of 1SS5 that I
was snowbound for three days In tho llttb1
town of Aledo. 111. Thirty miles away, in
KeithLurg. w ii3 my wife (wt had been mar
rii only a few months) and all communica
tion with her was cut off. I had no way of
letting her know I was safe. In nil my ex
perience I neer passed three such miserable
days."
Judge Ocorgo A. l'rlchard has been n close
observer of lluctuatlons of tho mercury. He
submits the following:
"In the month of February. ISM, I con
cluded to follow my mother to Omaha.
"The snow had fallen to tho depth of some
six Inches, when again, lii Sunday, the storm
was renewed. The snow was very wet and
varied front sleet, to snow. Monday It had
slackened anil this was the day 1 had con
cluded to start for Omaha. I'eiu la situated
on a branch ot the II. k M. railway ami nft.n
waiting about two hours for u delayed train
I got stnrted. The Haiti was IntururtcJ to
run slow, ns nil telegraphic communication
wub cut off. At Nebraska .City and I.insolu
wc were delayed on account of wires being
down and many platen along the lond tho
telegraph poles were btokou In two and three
pieces on ac. ull n I of tho weight ot tho suuw
on tho wires.
"T i cached Omaha about three h lira late
and being it stranger In iGe city ami no cam
moving was obliged to pay double price for
a ha ik to tnlso mo to tuy now home, ut 1805
Knrn am street. 1 bttall ucer forget how the
streets looked with tla-lr two feet of snow
on that day."
Judgo llryco Crawford glvea this Interest
ing account of an Incident wherein the
drhcr for a livery stable rovcrsed tho de
cision of Judge T. O, O. MnrrUou:
.It'll II ) fertile n .IiiiIki.
"In the winter of 1M3 I wan attending
court In Greeley county. We had bcon
having beautiful weather, and as tho end
of tho siuslon approached l congratulated
myself that I would be able to ri t La -k
nemo without a battle with the eltnienua
en the Nebraska frontier. That eveulns;,
after the final adjournment ot court, I met
Judgo T, O, C. Harru-.ou lu tho hotel and
we discovered that both of us had urgent
business in Scotia, a little town about fif
teen mllen Kouthwcst of Greeley. Wo de
cided to hire a rig and make the drive
before midnight.
"It was getting dark when thci twoseatcd
backboard drew up .to tho hotel door. There
was a rapidly-falling temperature accom
panied by tierce gusts of wind and snow
Hurries and before we had driven three miles
It wa as dark as a pocket. Another mile
and tho storm had nEHiimed the dignity of a
blizzard.
"The driver wented lo turn back, but
Judge Harrison said no. That wad only
a short time before his promotion to th
supremo bench, and he was giving his fac
ulty for overruling motions a little advance
exorcise.
We Htruggled along through tho snow for
another half-mllo or so, and then I noticed
that the driver was turning his team
uround. I protested, and Judge Harrison
nsktd: 'What's he trying to do to us.
Crawrurd V 'I don't know,' I answered.
'Looks as though ho was trying to I030 us.'
"Thin Judgo Harrison climbed ever info
the front ..cat and took the reins himself.
We cut our way through several barbed
wit o fencn. narrowly escaped being upsat
once or twleu and finally, after it dismal
drive our a plowed Held, awoke to tho
fact that wo were lost.
"'Do yctt know where wo aro?' asked
tho Judge. Tho phrase 'where we're nt'
was not jrt current.
"The driver said he only know one direc
tion and that was back toward tirrcloy.
"The Judge thrtutrned t'llm with punish
ment for contempt and ordeiod him to drive
on toward Scotia, but tho fellow was ob
stinate. I climbed down from the buckboaid
and rt connoitci cd, but In tile blaeknejs of
the night nothing wa vlalblo. Thoro was
ii'it a landmark by which wo could take our
bearing nothing hut whirling, drifting
snow on every tide.
"When I returned there was evidence tbut
some words bad passed between tho Judgo
and tho Jehu, for tho former was saying:
'Well, then, havo your way and .drive us
back to Greeley.'
"This wan tho (list tlmo Judgo Harrison
wap over overruled by tho court below."
I'ovi er of II Stinu.
. .Ah n grand ilnale of this budget is given
the production of Judgo Learn. It reads llko
a fairy tale, but that eau'i bo, for no ono
would nc.uise him of "saying tho thing that
Is not." Ho writes'
"In tpiaklns' cf remarkable occurrences, I
lKlluvo paoplo eKuld confine Ihcnwelvcn
urlctly to'tbo truth and rtlato only what
has conio under their por-on.-.l obborvntlan.
"I recoiled rry distinct ly tho errival of
thu famous singer, Jennie Mud, In tho
' I'uti-l States, alio left the itcamcr in New
j York City nt the foot of Canal street and
was mot by n handsome batoucho drawn by
i-lx white hcm3 with two liveried coachmen
an i footmen. -The profession mocd cat
cn Cnnnl titrcct to Broadway and up Broad
way. Tito wcatner wn.s intensely not. iner?
wuro sibstit twenty cases of cuuatroko that
day, It being about tho last of July or the
flrvt of August.
"Sho made her debut nt the Academy of
Music that evening and sang 'The Cold.
Chilly Wlndts of November' with such effect
tint the HuiUon river was frozen for ten
miles north of the city
"What's that? You don't believe It? Well,
I'm dono. You're the flit person who has
ecr questioned my veracity In relation to
th! story."
CUTTING DEATH RATE DOWN
Great Advancos in the Healing Ait in the
Past Two Dtoides.
NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF CHEMISTRY
Sprelnl Serum ftir t'tiiitiiuloii I)Im
ciiNcit, 1'fvi'rt, UiiIiIi-n mill 'IVtiiniiN
llt-vlrtv of I'roMT'""' Millie
III Tiienly fit in.
He I'mili'il till' yiil'ui'OHK.
All doctors told Henlck Hamilton of West
! Jeffmon. Ohio, after buffering eighteen
months from restnl fistula, he would dlo
unless n costly ope ntl was performel;
I ut ho cured hlnuolf with Bu Uon's Arnlct
Salve, tho best In tho world. Surest pllo
, euro on earth. 25c a box, at Kuhn &. Co.'
J drug stor
(Copyright, 19i), by Cyrus Ktlson, M. D.)
During tho whole period from 18S0 to the
present year advances In medicine renderrd
possible by tho Initial steps which faulted
In tho discovery of toxins have followed
rapidly upon one another. Alcohol may bo
termed the llrst toxin; It Is produced by tho
action of tho yeast germ upon starch or
sugary material.
Just us the yntst germ rpltts up sugar
Into carbonic itcld gun ami alcohol, ao other
germs acting upon other organic substances
change the latter Into new substantcri hav
ing peculiar polsonoiu properties. These
poisons aro given to animals In constantly
increasing tlcsea until a tolerance Is estab
lished against them In the nystom of the
creature. When this has been accomplished
tho blood Is found to huve the property of
reslstlug and curing the disease caused by
the original germ. The sorum used to com
bat diphtheria was one of the noteworthy
results of this Important discovery, and tho
other advances following the same cause
havo been so numerous that a chronological
hUtory of them would be cut of the ques
tion In brief newspaper article, so I will
merely Mini the most Important results under
tho heads of tho various illt-eatcH In ques
tion. I'nmrt'hH In Serum Tliern ity.
Pneumonia I'neumococctis Identified by
Krankcl In 18M. Antlpueuinoto.xiu serum
precipitated by Janscn In IS'.il. Kncnurag-
lug treatment reported by Lara, I'rotzoll. Ho
ltenzl, We'Bbackcr and Washburn. I'arro
lrports that ho has produced n scrum whl'dt.
was Mtccoaiful In twenty cases. Ten other
clinicians huve toportcd fnvorably on thi
norum. Uxyet Imcnts now In progress In
Nrw Yt rk aro giving encouraging reMilts,
but are as yet undcjlve.
IJpldemfe Cholera Tho Inoculation of
numbet-j cf pcjplo In India with dead
i iilturcst of tho cholera bacillus haa mot with
ci'iMddcrnblo fcucctffl. Among 7.E07 coollis
Inoculated there wero C!! cases of cholera
ami t'S -death. Among 21,113 coolies on
iho Bun.' estatea who were not Inoculate J
(hi io wero 250 cases and 150 deaths, slio.v
Ins a death rate of 2.73 per thousand In
thoso I'to.'ulated and 7 per thousand In
thori lift unprotected. In another sot of
experiment thoro wero four deaths among
lO'i Insulated coolies, and SO deathi
nnioiig lot' vho rcrialned unprotected. Later
experiments aro said to have resulted even
more favorably. As to Us curative valuo
I may add that tho serum Is said to havo
reduced the deaths In the Hlrd Oholtra hes
pltnl 20 per cent, nnd that among those
treated earlier In the disrate tho mortality
was reduced from 70 per cent to 1 1 per cent.
Bubonic Hague At Klrkeo thero were
32 cases and IS deaths among CS7 Inoculated
persons, as against 133 cases nnd 102 death
among S75 unprotected porson. This shows
n reduction of 80 per cont In tho death rate.
In Da maun tho deaths nmong the Inocu
lated were 1.0 per cent, as against 21.00 pr
cent among tho unprotected. Other experi
ments have recanted equally well
Typboli Fever Inoculation Willi dead
bacteria In a number of canes gives some
Indication that pemous may bo rendered lm
nuiiiii to the disease, but nothing decisive
has been accomplished.
Yellow I'Yver Several Inoculations have
been made, but the results have been of
u very uncertain nature. The indications
seemed to be that. In the very early stages
of the d'seaso Sanarelll'H scrum exercises
n curative iniliience.
Babies, Tetanus Pasteur nnd his succes
fcont have reported many cures ami pre
ventions, but the doubt as to whether tho
cases were genuine rabies and true tetaniiH
ulways exists.
For these statistics I beg to acknowledge
my iudabtednets to Dr. Herman M. Biggs
of tho New York Board of Health.
('Iirmlhl r in Mi'tlli'lllr.
Itavo dtMlt so extensively with the sub
Ji'rl or serum therapy, because It mcoiuh at
this time to be the treatment by which we
. nro destined to overcome many of the moat
t-cilcns discuses known to man, but thero Is
ii nclence to which, to far as practical re
sults are concerned, we are oven more In
debted. I allude to chemistry in all Its many
branclu-s physiological chemistry, stereo
chemistry, thermo-chemi3try and elt-ctro-
j rbemlitry. It was tho study of this science
j which led to tho discovery that nil sub
stance consist of combinations of elements
grouped on regular plans which might be
compared to the grouping of blocks In n
u.ctnlc pnvemrnt; anil the chemist, after
obtaining certain molecules from one sub-
stance, might regroup them so as. to form
r. substancci radienlly dllforent.
I It waH found, for Itmtuneo, that the ele
mentary atoms of such an unpromising sub-
stance a? coal tar might be regrouped so sic
to form the active principles In other sub
stances, as tho oil of bananas, and quinine,
wlnlergromi and salicylic acid, anil in fact
an Infinity of nitrogenous products. ' Given
', a quantity of coal tnr, the chemist of today,
I with the aid of heat, electricity ami porno
other necessaries, can produce the nrtlvr
principles of almost any fruit or vegetable,
and In my opinion tho time Is not far distant
when riiioh foods will be produced for actual
feeding purposes, and bo combined with
gomo basic tissue, lot us say, for Instance,
wood pulp. In surh a wny that It will bo
i dllllcull except by the appearance to dis
tinguish botween tho natural and the arti
ficial. ( uritllvrN from ('mil Tnr,
In recent years the chemists have evolved
from coal tar such drugs as nntlpyrlno.
phcnacetlnc, salol. ncetnnalld and a host of
less known remedies, such as no human
mind can remember or jnntnln. The chem
ists havo also succeeded In isolating tho
nlkiilolds of a largo number of drugs, such
us coca nnd Jaborandl. producing from them
eucli agents as eoi ulne. eucnlno and pilocarp
ine, which havo proved of Immeune value In
the practice of mcdirino nnd surgory, and
lastly I would add that physiological chem
istry ha proved an Inostlmablo aid In tho
diagnosis of dlseaso and that analysis or
microscopical examination of the urine, ex
crement, aputum, blood, saliva, perspiration,
even tho condensed -breath of patients, give
us an accuracy lu this regard to which the
earlier physician was a stranger.
It may bo said. In fact, concornlng most
diseases that the last two decades have wit
nessed revolutionary methods In their treat
ment. I'thcumntlsm. for Instance, has boon
found to result from faulty motabollsm,
or. In fact, from poisonous changes In tho
food during digestion, nnd may in most eases
be controlled by changes In diet, and also
In part by new spe.'ltics.
Typhoid fever we know now to bo cniiftod
hy poisons goneratcd by certain germs which
Infect the bowels ami which thrive on nitro
genous fowl. We, therefore, withhold such
fool and iidmlulstor stuh meliclne as will
lend to tlettroy and dislodge the germs nnd
cr.untrrait their poison In the svsle'ii. Wo
lime learned also that in iseg of pn iimonla
the patient will usually reforer If he can
bo carried past a certain critical point in
Ul8 lllaoss, and this can be frequently ac
complished, as in Kudyard Kipling's case, by
the Inhalation c" pure oxygen. Even the
mm h dreaded consumption, when taken nt
Its first stage. Is susceptible of cure, and I
might go on citing other Instances of Im
proved treatment almost Infinitely.
.Murvt'liiiiN leltirleit Ovit IINi'itm-.
But, asks the reader, what effect havo
theso new mothud and new remedies had
upon tho general death rate? The answer Is
contained lu the following table, which
shows tho reduction of the death rate In
New York City during the lant twenty-four
years. A similar reduction ban been effected
In every community lu tho civilized world:
Per General
cent death
under rat"
Total Dentil 5 mi entire
Dentils, fuller 5. ttjtal. pop.
1S7I 2.S.727 13,05fi 4s.fi 27.S7
Jb7.- 30.70'l H.SiS 4S.I ;:i..'D
U7li 21M52 11.210 IS. 7 i7.ll
1S77 2tl.B 12.317 17.0 2:1.05
1S7S 27.O0S 12,110 10.0 23 0
1S7D 2S,3 12.777 15.1 21.13
1SSI) 31,!7 11.050 n.!l 20.11
ISM 3S.G2I 17.737 15.11 31. nt
1SS2 37,021 17.520 -10.2 'J1I.01
ISVI .'It.oll 13.sr.-i 40.7 2-..S0
JSil 35,031 1.1.272 13.0 25. SU
ira ss.a 15,207 12. s 25.55
1SS0 37,351 10.121 13.2 2V!H
1SX7 3VS3 16,701 13.1 20.32
IMiX 10,173 17.55S 13.2 i'0.3:i
lt,S!) 3U.07: 17.152 43.2 25.32
IV'HI 10,10.1 10,315 40.7 21. t7
1MH i:i,C.:) 1S.22I 41.7 21.31
1V"i2 11,32:' IS.Oil 42.1 2i.'ia
1S;t.t 44, ISO 17.Mfi 40.2 25.3)
1SIU 11,175 17.55S 12.0 22 70
U95 41.420 1S.22I 12.0 23.11
)SM 11,022 10.NI7 10.1 21.52
1MI7 3S.S77 15.3'iT. .'in.O III.M
ISttS 10,43s (1) 15,501 lii.fl 10.73
1S33 05.311 t2l 2VT72 30.3S IS.il
(II .Manhattan nnd the Bronx.
(2) Greater New Ynrlt.
Thero can bo no doubt that the people of
this day go through life with less of sick
ness and less of pain than thoio of twenty
live years ago and a delicate but Indubltablo
proof of the Improved conditions Is shown
in the death rate of children under live years
of nge, which In Now York has been reduced
from IS.C per cent In 1S7I to 3S.0 per cent In
IM'K.
Hut while Bicknets has certainly do-Teased,
I do not pretend that there Is any the less
work for tho doetorn. In point of fact, wo
are busier than over bofore. Peoplo come to
us now with crmplalnts which they would
have slighted twenty years ngo ami died or
a Utile later but having rcovcred through
tho tnklng of prompt measures, they go on
living, a comfort to their friends and a
scurce of continued profit to the physicians.
In fact, to paraphrase a well known couplet:
VI . who h sli-lt und getp nwny.
Lives to be jit k another tiny."
Tho peoplo of this generation know them
selves more thoroughly than their ancestors.
They realize that an ncho or a pain In man,
llko a squeak In his blcyle, means that the
mechanism is out of crdcr nnd that any de
lay lu tho treatment may result disastrously.
Twontv-llve years a-jo the constant 1 rv of
the physl'.'lan was: "Had they tailed mo
earlier I might havo saved his life " It i
Icsh ecldnm hoard now.
CYHUS KDSON. M. I).
i,iii)it am) ivnrvrm.
-.
Phllndelphla has 195 union.
Hofton hits girl elevator operators.
New York Is to linve 11 pie trust.
Boston lias 12,500 municipal employes.
Alabama Is to have a state federation.
America has seventeen oleomargurlno fac
tories. Tho United States nnd Canada, contain
I0O.OW eoal miners.
During the last four yoara 120,0011,000 union
hut labels have been uyc-cl.
The ratio of men to women nmni( Hie
public sehocl tcui-horn In .Mum.u Iium u. is
1 to 112.
No f,'w r ill. in lK'n i-"i'- ! liiltii- 1 tti
inaniif.i 1 ir li g lii'lu-ti l- "f w - It -tut'
yearlv
Host. tn e- 1 it- "lilt .Hy in Ami' .1 Mia'
iwns ml tjiwrnt" firm I' jt -t nil, in
a Iusj of it-ail) I'W'V u ) ar .Nout of
r that city Is a linanelKl sue-
the ftrrles
ft M.
The Jewelers' Prnlei tlvr union reportH
that a maJorlt of the inanuf.it turllig Jewel
ers of Brooklyn have gnuitid tie- iilne-hniir
workday and a full dinner hour.
Two men who wero sent frum ICiigland to
start up new- machinery for the Liwt'Mi
Spinning company at Woonsocket. It. 1 ,
were not allowed l(, land at New York.
Tile barbers of the state of Ohio will In
the ne.tr future huvt a bill Introduced in
the legist, itui'c providing for the examina
tion and licensing of men working at that
trade.
Senator Ford's hill, now bcfure the leglsli
ttire at Albany. N. Y will rellee llremeii
of all the big cities of the state from work
ing eighteen .mil twenty hours a day, as
tiny am now obliged to do, anil divides the
department Into two bodies or platoons.
The Furniture Wm Iters' tool insimii.i
fund, which is until r control of the Furni
ture Workers' unions or New York, hits a
membership t r 7!2 mid a rapllul tif over
$2.0.!:!, being nil Inerense of over $155 over
tile last 1 open t. Tile estimated value of the
tools lusuiod Ih over I5'.',(T)5.
The Illinois minors havo adopted a rule
providing- for an (nidation fee of $10 for
competent miners anil $50 fee fur Inexperi
enced men. lu addition It will be neces
sary for .1 liew man to serve at least four
ycais before he tan bo considered ,1 com
petent miner anil then be will be reunited
to pass an examination before a board
Savannah iiiumbers struck for a vtnrklng
day of nine hours for each day of the week
except .Saturday, whit Ii should be only 1 Igln
hours, and also that there should lie u fixed
scale of wages paid lo members of tin,
union at Hih rate of $1.50 a day for a work
man of four years' experience, $2 tor one of
live years', ami for . lie who bail com
pleted the full eoiirso of six years, $.1 a day.
Melbourne. Australia, a city with Jhuihio
population ami rapidly growing, has tukeii
an ntlvaneeil stand for municipal ownership.
It owns absolutely Its own gas works om!
last ytar made a profit of over $l.f,no,ii.
I he street railway system will soon revert
to It, when it will tr.in.viort ti.issengers ,1
distance of three to live miles for 1 cent
ling nijo It adopted the eight-hour law for
all city employes It pi"vit s for the fte
transportation of school clillilren. It fur
nishes lice employment et hanges nnd one
of tile finest school systems In the world
.Next to Paris It Is the equal 'if any.
I, OH IT Tt'lflOOf HlltfN.
The New York Commercial denounces what
It calls "tho arrogance" with which tho Bell
Telephono company "treats every suggestion
that a reduction of rales Is in order." In
stances urn cited or low rates In smnll cities
where the business Is much less profitable
than It Is lu New York. In Jacksonville.
Fla.. a company serves 780 patrons, tho
charge for business houses being only J:io,
while for dwellings It l.s but $20. Thlh Is be
cause of competition. Four years ago the
rates wero $08 and $18. but there was then
only ono company In Jut-ksouvllle. "Here In
New York," It is mldcd, "It could not only
hold it prni-cnt patronage, but could secute
hundreds of additional subscribers by sluiply
accepting tho Inevitable. Doom Hie. Bell Tel
ephone company beJIevo Unit It tan act uu In
dependently today as II did when all, Its pat
ents were new und It enjoyed a -monopoly
hi-dgrd about by law"
o Ulcers
!iiAVKK,on.itwri'iieel)ur,Ky.,sayii;
"Koryeurn I sullerod iritousuly from
n rtinniiiK noro cm my leu, cuiuutl by
a wound received in tliu army. I
wiih treated hy 11 numbe.rof doctor ,
and tuck ninny blood medicines,
without tint slightest boimflt. 8, H.
S. was recommoiuli'd, nnd tho llrst
bottlo produced 11 jrrcnt improve
ment. Tiio iioinon wan forced out,
nnd the soro honied up completely."
For OB 1
(.Swirt Khppoihe) isthobestblood reme
dy boeniiM) it cures thu wnrit cases. It
is 1 Runriintfi'd parch vyetoMr, nnd eom
p utoly eliminates every trace of impuro
blood Valuable, book mulled free, by
Bwift Specific Company, AUuhiu, U.