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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
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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.
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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.
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