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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1902)
,.,. ""VI tr vr'' '?; i I '.I Ifl I FOUND BY THE DOCTORS.! S feeent iDiseovemes and tatfe Instances S lcpofted by Fafcepnity. M -tMfKafKiKfafKiKfKiKfafMfafKfwH'fK-fistHMiiHaaKfaiBV ly CSco. TIiiih. l'ulmer, M. I). No, (I. The inurtnllty from any given dis ease Is uhvnyH an interesting Htutly to the physician or (o the laity. Wo Otnow that cancer 1h the only disease which, in Hplte of the great progress in Hanltary conditions and hygiene, iucrenscs In frequency among civil ized people. Tuberculosis or oon .HUinptlon is, however, the great death producer of our people and It im portance In tlie mortality tables 1h al ways interesting. Of 40,520 deaths from nil causes, among people who were insured, and consequently peo ple who had no great hereditary taint of the disease, there were 5,585 who died from consumption. Thin nhows that among people of an ex ceedingly high degree of health, over 1!! per cent, died from consumption. Fracture of the spine or back bono has always been regarded as especial ly fatal on account of the Injury oc curring to the spinal cord. Dr. John T. Rogers, of St. Paul, recently re ported three cases of fracture of the spine in which no treatment was in Htltuted, all three regaining perfect health. Five cases in which opera tions were performed to remove any pressure from the cord of any frag ments of bone terminated in death. A ense is reported in which the Blcull was opened by trephine and antitoxin introduced into the lateral ventricle of the brnin for the cure of tetanus or lock jaw. The result was flatlsfactory. The famous Dr. Chris tian Fcnger, of Chicago, recently Icnlghted by the king of Denmark in recognition of his unusunl skill, says that there is far too much fear of in jury to the brain in surgical opera tions. Ho bcliues in probing boldly about the cavities of the brain when ever thu condition warrants opera tion. The attempt to remove foreign bodies from the enr often results in more injury than the foreign body would itself occasion. Votallnl says that the point of a dagger left in the enr woum not occnslon the trouble that the attempt to remove it would and intimates that in such a condi tion he would leave the dagger point thus embedded. A recent encyclopaedia defines osteopathy as "a method of treating diseases of the human body without the use of drugs, by means .of manipu lations npplied to the various nerve centers, chiefly those along the ispine." As there are no nerve centers .along the spine, the definition is jrnther confusing. 'The idea that bolls are beneficial to tthe health has long ago been explod ed. Many interesting cases have "been reported of recurring crops of tboils among those who work in paruf- TWO NEIGHBORHOOD SPREES. One dime of Tuppliitf n Ilnrrrl of Whlnky from llcucittli the Kin or. An epidemic of drunkenness that 'is said to have prevailed at Trux ton, Chenango county, 12 years ago, when farmers, business men and others who had never been known to indulge were intoxicated nenrly -nil the time for a mouth or more, lias just been explained, says the Utlca Observer. According to the htory a barrel of whisky was left over night in the freight depot at Truxton, and in the morning tho contents were missing. Tho railroad company finally settled for the liquor, but until tho other dnyt did not know what became of it. One or more parties who knew of the presence of the whisky in tho lopot, so the story goes, went un derneath, and, boring through the floor and the barrel, drew the con sents Into a wash tub, from which it was transferred to jugs and other receptacles and burled until the ex citement over its disappearance had worn off. Then it was distributed around among tho faithful and n sea son of hilarity and dissipation fol lowed until the supply was exhaust ed, when the community again so liercd up and continued in tho even ttcnor of its .way. This ' incident was told by one of the commercial travelers who ruu into Utlca, and then one of his fel Jows told an incident of a similar -nature. It hnppened In a Pennsyl vania town near Ilinghamton. There was an old chap over there who hnd a reputation for making tho finest apple jack in the country, and lie had plenty of customers. Last jenr just before Thanksgiving he .drove into town uud made the rounds the VIedieal K r"I'tlLK"IJ LV. - M fln and tar, while the condition is com mon in diabetes, Polls are always an indication of a bad condition of the system and are productive of dangerous conditions rather than be ing curative of them. The collection of literature relative to gunshot wounds of the stomach, brought about by the death of Presi dent McKinley, bears evidence of the irrational confidence of optimism manifested by the president's physi cians. Alcoek reports 3,000 gunshot wounds of the stomach with one re covery. Morten gives a mortality of 02 per cent, in 110 cases. Grant gives a mortnlity of 52 per cent, in 231! eases. Of 3,475 cases in the civil war, 3,0.11 died, or a mortality of 87.2 per cent. In 1898 and 1899 110 cases are reported with a mortality of 81, or 70 per cent. Of ten cases operated upon, as was President McKinley, nine died. Dr. Charles D. Aaron has recently claimed the discovery of a marked re lationship between dyspepsia and epilepsy. It has been demonstrated that cataract, even in older persons, is often due to diabetes. A case was recently noted in which the tongue became enormously swol len, vesicles formed and finally most of the tongue sloughed nway. A diagnosis of foot-and-mouth disease was made and later it was found that this disease was afTeeting cattle in the region in which the person had been. Power hns described a dlsense un der the name of "sciopedy" in which the anterior portion of the foot is enormously enlarged, the heel re maining normal. Locbiseh, of Innsbruch, hns discov ered that urotropln acts as a germi cide in the intestinal tract. This is one of the first drugs to be scientific ally proven to have this effect. If as reliable as it now seems, the results in typhoid fever and intestinal fer mentation will be important. P. W. Leggctt hns recently mnde some interesting researches with the mosquito. He made a careful study of the intestinal tract, performing a complete dissection by menus of high power glasses. This is a most delicate and interesting piece of work. He claims that the poison of the mos quito which causes the soreness and inflammation is mechanically pushed Into the hole made by tho stinger, as a menus of enlarging the hole. He further says that if the mosquito is undisturbed in, his work soreness and inflammation do not occur, as the in sect draws the poison out himself be fore leaving. (Copyright, 1901, by Ixswls D. Sampson, Editor Globe Press Service, Chicago.) of his customers and inndo each fnnv. ily n present of a generous portion of apple jack. With each gift ho re marked that it was a little something extra for their Thnnksglving din ner, and so the treat was saved for that occasion. As a result, there was more hilarity, more going on in tho homes of tho apple jack manufac turer's customers on Thanksgiving afternoon than there had been be fore in many a moon; and the day nftcr there were a wholo lot of head aches. Several months thereafter it transpired that the old joker hnd skillfully mingled with his apple jack a generous portion of distilled spir its, and when ho was remonstrated with because of his joko he said that ho wanted to warm the folks up once and let them know how it felt to get tipsy. Mutual CurloMlty. "Why do you English people insist on calling an elevator a 'lift,' and a pre a Mart?' " Inquired the young wom an. "Really," nnswered the young man who enme over to get married, "1 can't say. 1 was about to ask you why so many people here call a lift an 'ele vator' and a tart a 'pie.' " Washing ton Star. Down 'with Them, They stood on the pier. "Are there any sharks around Lake Michigan?" she asked. "Plentyl" sighed the young Chicago an. "Not mnn eaters'.'" "Man destroyers. Loan shnrks." Chicago Daily News. Ill Dllllllt. He You might as well acknowl edge that from the first you intend ed to reject me. She Oh, nonsensel Why, half tho tlmo I didn't know whether you were going to propose. Judge. TO THE HOLY LAND. Noxt MfMitlliR of the World Sunday Hrhool Convention Will l'rolttil.l.T llo llnlil at lorunaWmi, In I'mIcaI'iio. Three Oaks, Mich.. Jnn. 11. The next world's Sunday school conven tion will be in Jerusalem. At u meeting here yesterday of the com mittee on arrangements for the tenth international Sunday school conven tion, to be held In Denver, Col., June 20 to July 1, 1002, at which several members of the world's Sunday school executive committee wero present, the question as to the time and place, of the world's fourth Sun day school 1'otivuMtion.fWiis considered and a committe of the world's com mittee was appointed to correspond with the foreign section of tho world's committee ns to their views in reference to holding the fourth convention in the city of Jerusalem, Palcstino, probably in March. 1004. FEAR OUTBREAK OF ANARCHY Admiral HlgKtiiftfiii Will tin Mnpittclied to Vcnrzui'lii with n l'lciit of Vnridil4 mill Largo I'orco of Murium Washington, Jnn. 11. It is probable that Admiral Higginson, with his flng ship, the Kearsarge, and several other vessels of the North Atlantic squad ron, will shortly repnir to Venezuelan waters, making his headquarters at La Ounyra. The ships will have an un usunlly large complement of marines aboard. These precautions are taken merely to guard ngainst an outbreak of nnnrchy nnd rioting in tho event thnt tho revolutionists should prevail over Castro's forces in the field. Ow ing to Admiral lllgglnson's high rank he naturally would command nny joint operations that might be inci dent to the landing of naval forces of various nationalities. LOYAL TO SCHLEY. MlmlH.ilppI Senate Pumon a Itrluttnn In- doming thu Decision of Admiral I)awy In Hid Court of Impilry. Jackson, Miss., Jnn. 11. The state senate has paused a joint resolution indorsing tho decision of Admiral Dewey in' the S,chlcy court of injulry an " declaring that no text-books should be used in the schools of this state "that give any other officer than Hear Admiral Schley credit for tho victory ofT Santiago." The resolution goes to the house for concurrence. Admiral Scliloy In Kavuiiiiuli, n. Savannah, Oa., Jan. 11. Hear Admi ral W. S. Schley, accompanied by his wife, arrived in this city yesterday afternoon an hour and a half late. The depot was thronged with peo ple who wnited patiently to greet hlra. As he alighted tho cheering was deafening. LESS FOR PENSIONERS. limine Committee) Appropriate SX.'ID.H I'J,- S30, us AKiiltmt t45,lB,S30 for tho Hume 1'tirpoHi) i Year Ago. Washington, Jan. 11. The pension appropriation bill was completed by the house committee on appropria tions Friday and reported to tho house. It carries $130,842,230, exactly the amount of the estimates, as against $115,215,230 appropriated last year. Cannot Kecover Damage I'hsh, Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 11. Hy a decision of tho supreme court yes terday in the ease of John It. Payne against the Terre Haute it Indinnnpo lis Hallway company, a person hold ing n free pass, who signs a con tract releasing the company from all claims for personal injury or loss of baggage, must stand by tho contract and tho company is not responsible for his injury nnd damnpes cannot bo recovered against it on this ground. CrcucmiM Aluiln u IIuup of Money. Toledo, O., Jan. 11. George H. Ketcham, owner and driver of Crcs ecus, announced yesterday that dur ing the year he received more than $70,000 In purses and money for ex hibitions given in various parts of tho country by Cresccus. Tho horso was yesterday taken to the Ketchnm farm, where he will remain during the winter. Hotel nnd IIiinIiioh IIoiimim Ilurnud. Mount Vernon, Tex.. Jan. 11. Fire which started yesterday afternoon destroyed the Shields and tho Hill hotels and six business houses. The total loss is estimated at $100,000, of which $30,000 falls on Kaplan & Hro., dry goods. Total insurance, about $33,000. Herman to March for Schloy. Chicago, Jan. 11. Tlus Germans of Chicago will give a demonstration in honor of Admiral Schley on January 27, when more than 8,000 members of tho German societies of tho city will march to the Auditorium and will bo reviewed at that point by Admiral Schley. For Homo l'roiliiotlou of Tobacco. Washington, Jan. 11. At the cabi net meeting Friday Secretary Wilson Btatcd that it had been fully demon strated that we could raise in this country all the wrapper tobacco nec essary for domestic use and of u qual ity second to none. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ; News from Over the State VYYYYYYoYTYYYYYYVYYYYYYYYYY Condition of Nolirimkn llnnlCR. The stnto banking bonrd hns issued the following note In connection with the Inst statement of the banks of Nebraska: The abstract of the condi tion of the 438 banks under state su pervision, reporting at tho close of business December 10, 1001, shows a condition most grntifying in every detail. The fact that deposits at tho close of the year of a partial crop failure throughout the state show on increase of $5,421,574 17 over that of a year ago, nnd that there is an in crease of legal reserve of $2,471,091.53, an increase of surplus and profits of $274,731.71, mi increase of loans and discounts of $3,311,012.05, an increase of capital paid In of $217,400 nnd a substantial decrease of $00,183.80 in bills payable and rcdiscounted pnper is on insurance that the business in terests of the state in general have arrived at a point of firmness nnd stability whcie local and partial crop failures do not produce the general disturbance and demoralizing nnd de pressing effects that were so apparent in years past. The World' Vtilr Coinnilloii. The five Louisiana Purchase Expo sition commissioners for Nebraska J. Sterling Morton, Gurden W. Wat tles, E. E. Hrucc, C. H. Kudge and II. S. White held un extended meeting nt Lincoln to begin active steps look ing to the proper representation of this state at St. Louis. Final organ ization was effected by the election of Gurden W. Wnttles as president nnd E. 13. Uruce secretary and treas urer. Hcfore deciding on any definite plan for raising needed funds prior to the meeting of the next legislature it. was decided to issue an address to the people and receive suggestions. rnwiioc Hum Unpen. Richard Nevins, Jr., promoter of the Omaha, Kansas & Gulf Railway com pany, was in Pawnee completing the incorporation of the company in Ne braska. Mr. Nevins says tho surveyors will bo in the field in 30 days and thnt by May 1 this route will be located and the company will be prepared to submit a tangible proposition to the people along tho proposed line of road. Pawnee is about midway be tween Emporia, Kan., and Omaha, and anticipates being made a division. Itctiilnctl the MiirrlnK Keen. When A. If. Howen retired from the county judge's office at Hastings last week be withheld all the money he had received during the last two years for performing marriage cere monies. The fees amount to $303. Howen contends thnt said fees are not contemplated by the statute for which he is- accountable, and there fore refused to pay the same, as de manded by the Adams county board of supervisors. Oil IiiMpcctioii for Deceinhcr. The report of 13. K. Sizer, state in spector of oils, for the month of De cember shows tht receipts of the of fice to have amounted to $1,914.20, and the expenses to $912, leaving a balnnce of $1,001.09, which was turned into tho treasury. The balance for the corresponding period a year ago was $335. lluttc 1'coplc Arc SntlHfleil. The Northwestern railroad has pur chased 100 acres of land adjoining Hutte for an addition to the town site. The road will be completed by September. This action kills off sev eral aspiring county seats. Hutte people arc satisfied and happy. IIIm Kli'Nt Olllcliil Act. The first official act of John Rot terman after his induction into the office of county judge at Columbus was the issuing of n marriage license authorizing lus daughter to marry G. H. Homier, a voting business man of Cornlea. ' Hunter Acclrfciitnlly Killed. Dick Mcston, who lived n few miles south of St. Paul, was accidentally killed while hunting in the sandhills. The entire charge from his shotgun entered his abdomen, and he wns dead when found. Two Will He ItiMiiioiuteil. Senators Dietrich and Millard have united in indorsing W. It. Akers for reappointment ns receiver of the Al liance land office and Hoceiver Harris for reappointment at Sidney. Dietrich OppoHi- Free SiiKnr. Senator Dietrich is opposed not only to free raw sugar from Cuba, but also to a lnrge reduction in the duties levied by the Dingley tariff act upon raw sugar. Knot CriiNhcd In Windmill. A. H. Wilcox, ex-county clerk, had n foot crushed in a windmill eight miles southwest of Grant. Three toes were almost severed. KlrHt III HO Yearn. A. M. Hriggs, who was Installed as a county judge at. Fremont on the Oth, is the first republican to hold the oiliee In that county for 30 years. Peculiar Will Upheld. The supremo court hns upheld tho validity of the will of William C. His sell, of Lincoln, a man of 80 years, who died four years ago, leaving tho bulk of his fortune of $25,000 ns a trust fund for tho National Christlnn nssoclntiou of Chicago, a society, it is testified, which has ns its object tho disruption of all secret societies. Mr. Hissell mnde provision for his widow, nnd gave small sums to nephews and nieces. The latter began n contest, asserting thntt his detcstution of so cret societies was o deeply rooted as to inn Ice him n monomaniac on the subject and incapable vf properly di viding his properly. The court holds that Mr. Hissell's aversion to secret societies is neither unnatural, un common nor evidence of nn unsound mind, and dismisses the a'ppeal. (liiulln Survive Zero Weather. Deputy Game Commissioner Carter, of North Platte, says the December zero weather demonstrated the fal lacy of the argument thnt extreme cold weather kills quail in lnrge num bers. This argument was raised against t lie game law passed last year, it being insisted tlint the act would protect tho birds from sports men 011I3' to have them killed by the cold of winter, Carter says he has not heard of a single quail killed by tho weather. AKuliiNt Kree Text-llnolcn. State Superintendent Towlcr de clares that there is no law which re quires the school district of the city of Omaiia to furnish free text-books to pupils in the public schools. This ruling wns mnde in response to nn inquiry ns to whether or not the board of education of that city could legally discontinue the practice of giving free text-books in the high school. UntiHtinl Ceremony nt Snlillern' Hoinei The first golden wedding ever cele brated in 11 soldiers' home in the United States was observed at Grand Island recently when H. 13. Poor (who, at 74, is the oldest son of a civil war veteran in the United States), and his wife observed the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding. Mr. Poor lived nt Fairbury before entering tho soldiers' home. .ScJiool-Tcnolu'M' SulnrlcH Cut. The Omaha school board has re duced teachers' salaries in the city schools in the aggregate to $50,000 annually. The cut conies on superin tendent, who is reduced from $3,000 to $3,200 a year, and the high school principals, each of whom receive a . maximum of $115 a month. No change is inndo in the wages of grade teachers. Where Money Doe Good. State School Superintendent Fow ler has nddrsscd the county commis sioners throughout the state urging a liberal appropriation for county superintendents and for tenchers' in stitutes. He insists that money spent for these purposes reaches more people and does more good than any other appropriation that can be made. .TuiIkc IlnrucM Honored. The supreme court appointed J. B. Harnes, of Norfolk, a member of the state supreme court commission to succeed Judge Sedgwick, who wns elected n member of the supreme court last fall. Chief Justice Norval retired, which elevated Justice J. J, Sullivan to the chief justiceship. I.citilliiR HcIiifioiiH nenonilnntlniin. Under the census of 1900, the seven leading religious denominations of Nebraska arc as follows: Roman Catholic, 90,515; Methodist Episcopal, 53,810; Lutheran, 34,577; Disciples of ' Christ (Christian), 19,500; Presbyte rian, 17,050; Raptist 10,500; Congre gational, 14,001. Kound StrniiKer In l'nrlor. Charles Perky and wife, of Wahoo, upon returning from nn entertain ment were surprised to find a strange man making himself at home in their parlor. He was turned over to the police and gave his name as R. Dore, of Davy. KNtiilillNhcN lluriil Mail ItoutcH. ' Capt. H. A. Clark, special agent of free delivery routes, has established four routes, each comprising n drive of 25 miles, out of Harvard in each direction. Their Mherty Wiim llrlef. The prisoners who escaped from jail at Wilber the other night were arrested at Fairbury next day as they stepped from n train. Strike nt it I'iwUIiik l!-nt. At Nebraska City 150 employes of the Norton-Gregson pneking plnnt struck for higher wages, practically tying up the concern. I'outoon IIi'IiIkc lit IMitttNiumith. A stock company nt Pluttsmouth, headed by Mayor Pnrmelee, will build n pontoon bridge ncrobs the Missouri river there. Y X I'. 4. tit