TENT TREATMENT FOR
TUBERCULOUS INSANE
Superintendent of Large Eastern Hospital Has
Demonstrated Its Efficiency
A E Macdonald L L B M T
medical superintendent of the Manhat
tan State Hospital East gives a
graphic account of tent life as tried
under his direction for a large number
of insane consumptives The follow
ing extracts are from his paper in the
Directory of Institutions and Societies
dealing with Tuberculosis in the
United States and Canada
That consumptive insane patients
may be kept and treated to their ad
vantage and incidentally to the ad
vantage of their fellow Inmates in
canvas tents and throughout the sev
eral seasons of the year has been
demonstrated in the recent history of
the Manhattan State Hospital East
The experiment upon the success of
which this claim is advanced has cov
ered a period of forty months
In all hospitals for the insane the in
mates are classified according to the
form of mental disturbance To take
from all these classes any suffering
from tuberculosis and put them to
gether in one tent was a serious prob
lem This however has been very
successfully done The original plan
was to use the camp only about five
months during each summer
The camp first established consist
ed of- two large dormitory tents
twenty by forty feet each containing
twenty beds with smaller tents of
different shapes about ten by ten
feet for the accommodation of the
nurses the care of the hospital stores
pantries and a dining tent for such
patients as were able to leave their
beds and tents and go to the table for
their meals Running water was se
cured by means of underground pipes
arid the safe disposition of waste and
sewage was also provided for
As has been said it was expected to
continue the camp only through the
summer and as far into the autumn
as favorable weather might render
justifiable But when in the late au
tumn it was found that the favorable
experience continued it was decided
to attempt to carry the experiment
on a moderate scale into or even
through the approaching winter The
camp as first established had been
placed upon an elevated knoll adjacent
to the riverside and purposely exposed
to the full force of the summer
breezes For the winter experiment
its site was removed to the center of
the island where trees and buildings
interposed to act as a wind break to
the severe storms from the east and
northeast which are to be expected in
that locality The number of patients
was reduced to twenty those in whom
the disease was most active being re
tained and the others being returned
for the time being and much against
their will to the buildings One large
tent suffices for the housing at night
of the reduced number of patients
and one was set apart as a sitting
room for day use with the accessory
tents before mentioned and large
stoves wrere placed in them here and
there with wire screens surrounding
them to protect the patients and a
liberal use of asbestos and other fire
proof material and arrangements for
the prevention of fire
To make a long story short it has
remained in continuous use not only
throughout the first winter but
through the two succeeding winters
and intervening seasons up to the
date of the present writing The scope
of its employment has been gradually
enlarged until all patients in whom
there are active manifestations of
tuberculosis an average of forty
three out of a total census of about
2000 are isolated therein and there
has been parallel enlargement of the
elements of the plant
The isolation of the tuberculosis pa
tients has reduced to a minimum the
danger of infection of other patients
and of employes The patients them
selves have suffered no injury or hard
ship but have on the contrary been
unmistakably benefited This is shown
among other ways by a decrease in
the death rate from pulmonary tuber
culosis both absolute and relative
and by a marked general increase in
bodily weight amounting in the case
of one patient to an actual doubling of
the weight from eighty three to one
hundred and sixty six pounds in four
teen months of camp residence
Mental improvement has as a gener
al rule been the concomitant of physi
cal not only among the patients in tae
tuberculosis camp but also in the
others and in the former class this
has been somewhat of an anomaly
My experience and I think that of
others has been that when phthisis
and insanity co exist they are apt to
alternate as to the prominence of their
several manifestations the mental
symptoms being more pronounced
whilst the physical are In abeyance
and vice versa Under the tent treat
ment we have found a general dis
position toward accord in the manifes
tations improvement in both respects
proceeding concurrently and sme of
the discharges from the hospital which
gave -most satisfaction to us at the
time and most assurance for the pa
tients future were of inmates of the
tuberculosis camp
It was apprehended that not only
might the patients themselves resent
their transfer but that similar objec
tion might come from their relatives
and friends since innovations even
progressive ones are apt to be
frowned upon by those who constitute
the majority in the clientele of a pub
lic hoepltal in a cosmopolitan city
Even at the outset however the pro
tests whether from patients or their
friends were surprisingly few and
latterly they have been more apt to
arise if at all over the patients re
turn to the buildings when that be
came necessary
The question of medication may in
the present writing be dismissed with
a very brief reference It has been
found unnecessary to extend It great
ly and it has been limited mainly to
the treatment of symptoms Stimula
tion alcoholic and the like has been
found of but little demand or use and
the quantities consumed always un
der Individual medical prescription
have been insignificant On the other
hand the dietary has been made as
liberal as the imposed restrictions of
the State Hospital schedule have per
mitted both in the way of regular
diet and extras and in the leading es
sentials milk and eggs private do
nations have supplemented the regular
supply But dependence after all has
been mainly placed upon the rigid
Isolation and disinfection and upon
the unlimited supply of fresh air As
an interesting incidental fact it may
be mentioned that not only the pa
tients but also the nurses living in the
camp have enjoyed almost complete
immunity from other pulmonary dis
eases Not a single case of pneumonia
has developed in the camp in its ex
istence of over three years though it
causes 131 deaths in the hospital prop
er in that time The common colds
so frequent among their fellows living
upon the wards or in the Attendants
Home have been unknown among the
tent dwellers
The popular idea that the consump
tive is a doomed man unless he can
at once abandon home and family and
business and betake himself to some
remote region would seem to be nega
tived by our Wards Island experi
ence The Wards Island camp is but
a few feet above the tide water level
its site is swept in winter by winds of
high velocity coming over the ice
bound waters of the rivers and the
sound which surround it and it suf
fers as much as or more than any
other part of the city of New York
from the trying changes of tempera
ture and humidity which are so char
acteristic of its climate If in spite
of all these drawbacks what has been
done can be done and that for insane
patients what may not be hoped from
the extension of the same methods to
the ordinary consumptive of sound
mind anxious for recovery and capa
ble of giving intelligent assistance in
the struggle
SOME HEALTHFUL RECIPES
Soup
Cream Barley
Entree
Saory Lentils
Vegetables
Mashed Potatoes String Beans
Lettuce with Nut Butter Dressing
Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Breads
Salad Sandwiches Corn Puffs
Dessert
Bananas in Syrup
Cream Barley Soup Wash a cup of
pearl barley drain and simmer slow
ly in two quarts of water for four or
five hours adding boiling water from
time to time as needed When the
barley is tender strain off the liquor
of which there should be about three
pints add to it a portion of the
cooked barley grains salt and a cup
of whipped cream and serve If pre
ferred the beaten yolk of an egg may
be used instead of cream
Savory Lentils Take equal parts
of cooked brown lentils that have
been rubbed through a colander to
remove the skins and bread crumbs
Moisten with a little cream season
with salt and a very little powdered
sage pour into a baking dish and
bake in a moderate oven until well
browned A meal prepared by rub
bing chopped English walnut meats
through a colander added to the sa
vory lentils in the proportion of one
cup of nut meal to a pint of lentils
just before putting into the oven to
brown makes a very palatable dish
When the nut meal is used water
may be used to moisten the lentils
When done slice and serve -with the
following
Cream Tomato Sauce Rub stewed
or canned tomatoes through a colan
der to remove all seeds and frag
ments Heat to boiling and thicken
with a little flour Add a half cup
of very thin cream and one teaspoon
ful of salt to each pint of the liquid
Lettuce With Nut Butter Dressing
Prepare the lettuce as for salad
Rub two slightly rounded tablespoon
fuls of nut butter smooth with two
thirds of a cup of water Let this
cream boil up for a moment Remove
from the stove add one half teaspoon
ful of salt and two tablespoonfuls of
lemon juice Cool and it is ready for
use If too thick it may be thinned
with a little lemon juice or water
More lemon juice may be added if de
sired Pour over the lettuce and
serve
The Spring Pageant
Have patience still
Spring yet shall all her joyful tasks ful
fill
She tarries long
But all is ready each bird knows his
song
Each flower has got by heart
Its fair or fragrant part
And given the word
Each bud and bird
Will proudly bring the lovely pageant on
Have patience sweeter sweeter far
Long-hoped-for treasures are
Than any we may have without such
waiting won
Ella Fuller Maitland
THREe YEARS AFTER
Eugene E Lario of 751 Twentieth
avenue ticket seller in the Union Sta
tion Denver Col says You are at
liberty to repeat what I
first stated through our
Denver papers about
Doans Kidney Pills in
the summer of 1899 for
I have had no reason in
the interim to change my
opinion of the remedy I
was subject to severe at
tacks of backache al
ways aggravated If I sat
long at a desk Doans
Kidney Pills absolutely
stopped my backache I
have never had a pain
or a twinge since
Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
For sale by all druggists Price 50
cents per box
A girls idea of a crazy young man
is one who doesnt attempt to kiss her
when he has a chance
Every housekeeper should know
that if they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time because it
never sticks to the iron but because
each package contains 16 oz one full
pound while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in -pound pack
ages and the price is the same 10
cents Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals If your grocer tries to sell you
a 12 oz package it is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Defiance
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
ters and figures 16 ozs Demand De
fiance and save much time and money
and the annoyance of the iron stick
ing Defiance never sticks
DONTS FOR BUSINESS WOMEN
Dont always nave a headache
Dont speak in a listless voice
Dont act abused even if you feel so
Dont affect a mussy style of hair
dressing
Dont accept social civilities from
your employer
Dont wear your wornout evening
blouses to the office
Dont wear long skirts to the office
even on pleasant days
Dont wear overtrimmed and fussy
clothes Wear plain clothes with ap
propriate blouses
Dont try to be mannish either in
dress or manner The mannish busi
ness woman is out of fashion for
tunately
Dont forget to pay debts even the
most trifling ones If you borrow car
fare from other girls note it and re
member to pay back
Dont complain of- your health II
you are too ill to work say so and gc
home So long as you are able to work
keep silent about your ailments and
you will gain more sympathy and ad
miration by your courage than by any
amount of groaning New York
World
ALL TRUE
A wise man has the money he
aceds but a fool never has enough
He who has never traveled has
ead but one chapter in the book of
ife
There is no hope for a man who
wastes his time arguing with women
md babies
Many a man after laying down the
aw to his wife is compelled- to pick
limself up
When some men meet a creditor
hey either tear up the street or turn
own an ally
FEED YOUNG GIRLS
Must Have Right Food While Grow
ing
Great care should be taken at the
iritical period when the young girl
is just merging into womanhood that
ihe diet shall contain all that is up
building and nothing harmful
At that age the structure is being
formed and if formed of a healthy
sturdy character health and happi
aess will follow on the other hand
jnhealthy cells may be built in and a
sick condition slowly supervene
which if not checked may ripen into
a chronic disease and cause life long
suffering
A young lady says
Coffee began to have such an effect
on my stomach a few years ago that
I was compelled to quit using it It
brought on headaches pains in my
muscles and nervousness
I tried to use tea in its stead but
found its effects even worse than
those I suffered from coffee Then
for a long time I drank milk alone at
my meals but it never helped me
physically and at last it palled on me
A friend came to the rescue with the
suggestion that I try Postum Coffee
I did so only to find at first that I
didnt fancy it But I had heard o
so many persons who had been benefit
ed by its use that I persevered and
when I had it brewed right found it
grateful in flavor and soothing and
strengthening to my stomach I can
find no words to express my feeling
of what I owe to Postum Food Coffee
In every respect it has worked a
wonderful improvement the head
aches nervousness the pains in my
side and back all the distressing
symptoms yielded to the magic power
of Postum My brain seems also to
share in the betterment of my physi
cal condition it seems keener more
alert and brighter I am in short in
better health now than I ever was
before and I am sure I owe it to the
use of your Postum Food Coffee
Name given by Postum Co Battle
Creek Mich
Theres a reason
N EBR ASKA STATE NEWS
NEBRASKA BRIEFS
Steps are being taken at Humboldt
for organization of a swimming club
Wood Riverites have decided to
have a good celebration on the 4th of
July
Columbus is planning to do honor
to Independence day by a grand cele
bration
County assessors of Otoe county
find an excess of 25000 over that of
last year
The saloon element has won out m
Table Rock and license to one saloon
will issue
There Is talk at Fremont of taking
steps for the suppression of base ball
games on Sunday
The order of Eagles Nebraska City
are making arrangements for cele
brating the Fourth
The city council of Columbus has
reduced the pay of policemen of that
city 5 a month all around
News was received in York of the
drowning of Clarence Page a former
York boy while out in a sail boat near
Eugene Ore
The ministerial institute of the east
ern Nebraska conference of the Uni
ted Brethren church will be held in
Beatrice June 14 to 18
Charles West who was knocked off
the Union Pacific tracks by the west
bound flyer one day last week died
in Schuyler from the effects of his in
juries
John Steele who has been flagman
at the Randolph street crossing in
Weeping Water for more than ten
years was run over by a switch en
gine and killed last week
The summer school will open in
Broken Bow under the direction of
Professors B B Hawtorne and C I
Mohler Many students are already in
the city The school closes July 21
Robbers entered the meat market
of William Stah at Beatrice blew
open the safe and secured amout 200
Bloodhounds were put on the trail of
the robbers who escaped
James E Rickard a farmer living
near Mariaville in Rock county died
at his home from the effects of an in
jury received while playing ball at
Mariaville a few days before
Robert A Hook has begun suit in
district court against the Lincoln Ice
and Cold Storage company for 10000
damages for injuries alleged to have
been suffered by a fall into a ditch
dug by the company in an alley
State Superintendent McBrien said
that the awakening in rural school
matters is one of the most remarkable
things in the recent history of the
state He estimates that fully 2500
young people will be graduated from
i e country schools this year About
two thirds of them are girls and the
average age is 15
While playing about a farm home
Helen the little daughter of Mr and
Mrs Charles Behrens of Grand Island
was severely bitten by a dog The
little one strange to the country saw
a dog kennel and looked in The an
imal within though never before vi
cious was aroused by the procedure
and dashing out bit her in the cheek
and over the ere
The state board of public lands and
buildings has awarded a contract for
the lighting of the Norfolk asylum for
the insane to a private corporation
The state now lights some of its own
institutions but at Norfolk there is
no appropriation for that purpose The
contract was let to the Norfolk Elec
tric Light and Power company for a
period of two years
Ex Senator C H Dietrich of Hast
ings expects to enter the hotel busi
ness He is one of the incorporators
of the Hastings Hotel company which
has filed articles of incorporation with
Secretary of State Galusha One of
his associates is John Mines the own
er of the Bostwick hotel lue other
incorporators are Irene Mines and
Gertrude Dietrich The capital stock
is 75000
Governor Mickey has honored a
requisition issued by the governor of
Kansas for the extradition of A
Smith who is under arrest in Fill
more county on the charge of dispos
ing of mortgaged property Smith is
charged with borrowing 7750 from a
bank and giving a chattel mortgage
on some horses and then selling the
property without the consent of the
money loaner
George Holden a farmer living
across the Platte river in Butler coun
ty is suffering from a snake bite
which he received in a very peculiar
manner He was plowing corn and
stopped to remove a bunch of morn
ing glories which had clogged one of
the shovels He at first thought he
had pressed his hand on a wild rose
briar but he withdrew his hand and
found clinging to it a small green
snake about ten inches long with its
fangs deeply imbedded in the lower
part of his right palm and also found
that it was dead It had been cut in
two by the shovel and had bitten him
in its death struggle
The body of Gothard Beckstrom
who was drowned while boating on
the Mississippi at Moline 111 a
week ago Sunday arrived in Oakland
and was interred in the cemetery at
that place
Mrs W J Bryans offer of 500 of a
fund left under the Philo S Bennett
will was accepted by the board of
trustees of Wesleyan university Mrs
Bryan has a fund of 10000 left to
her for distribution under the Bennett
will and the money is to be distrib
uted among various educational insti
tutions She offers 500 to the Wes
leyan university
ATTORNEY GENERAL BROWN
DEFENDS ELECTION LAW
LINCOLN Attorney General Brown
assisted by five lawyers has sub
mitted a brief to the judge of the su
preme court supporting the biennial
election law
He argues that the Perry Warner
act in no way contravenes the con
stitution He assets that the terms of
office are not extended to violate the
organic law He was assisted in the
preparation of the brief by Lysle Ab
bott J J Sullivan F I Foss Roscoo
Pound and W B Rose
The biennial bill was designed to
do away with the odd year elections
Recently O B Polk for the purpose
of testing the law sought to compel
the secretary of state by mandamus
to jlace his name on the ballot for re
gent of the State university This chal
lenges the constitutionality of the law
and Attorney General Brown filed his
brief defending the position of the
legislators The biennial law will be
come operative July 1
LINCOLN ASYLUM CROWDED
Hospital Has 148 Sufferers More Than
Capacity of Building
LINCOLN According to the state
ment of Dr J L Greene superintend
ent of the Lincoln hospital for the In
sane the conditions of the patients In
that institution is deplorable in the
extreme
There are 148 more patients In the
building than the space at the disposal
of Dr Greene and his assistants will
accommodate For a time at least
there will not be any relief by the re
moval of the patients to the Norfolk
institution Dr Greene said
Its a good thing that all the pa
tients are not disposed to be seated at
the same time We havent enough
seats to go around Because a greater
or less number are standing when not
asleep those who want to be seated
are accommodated
Twenty three women patients now
sleep on ticks and mattresses laid on
the floor for them in the day rooms
They have no room for beds and in
the company of attendants who re
main with them all night long are as
comfortably camped and well cared
for as possible
There is no other way said Dr
Greene Such as they are the floor
beds are very good The patients do
not complain but the condition is get
ting serious If the Norfolk institution
is ready in a month it will give us
great relief by taking 150 patients
That is its capacity at present and we
can well spare the number When the
proposed wing to the new institution
is completed which may be in Janu
ary the number can be raised to 226
For this we are grateful we have not
been compelled to deny any case
Somehow we make room The patients
now in large number eat from tables
set in the halls while some including
the help on the premises eat in the
kitchen for lack of room
Prehistoric Relic Unearthed
PLATTSMOUTH An interesting
relic of prehistoric times was unearth
ed by Henry Timmermann a farmer
residing on the Iowa bottom near this
city It is a pipe bowl that no doubt
belonged to some aborigine of quality
Mr Timmerman had plowed over his
field for twelve years before he dis
covered this relic
Will Go to Penitentiary
RED CLOUD Samuel Erwin the
man arrested in Clay county for horse
stealing pleaded guilty before Judge
Adams and was sentenced to a term
in the penitentiary of four years
WORK SOON BEGINS
ON IRRIGATION CANAL
H G Leavitt according to advices
from Scotts Bluff county will inau
gurate work on the Farmers Irriga
tion canal within a few days despite
the recent report that an effort was
being made to compromise the differ
ences between Leavitt and the Inter
ior department by effecting a deal to
supply his land water The farmers
ditch will supply nearly 100000 acres
with water
Found Some Gudgeons
BEATRICE A pair of well dressed
and smooth swindlers visited Blakely
township the other day representing
that they were soliciting pupils for
music lessons and that the music
books etc were to come from Dal
las Tex They explained the necessity
for collecting tuition in advance and
in this way succeeded in getting 35
each from two residents of the town
ship They tried others in the same
neighborhood on this plea but their
scheme wouldnt work so they took
their departure presumably for other
fields
Farmers Protective Association
AUBURN Farmers in the vicinity
of Peru and Brownville have decided
to form a farmers protective associa
tion as a means of ridding the neigh
borhood of petty thievery and horse
thieves For some time past the farm
ers of this particular locality have
been greatly annoyed by frequent rob
beries and several horses have been
stolen The bluff regions along the
Missouri river affords protection tc
the guilty parties and pursuit is al
most impossible owing to the ease of
u ossing the river
GAS AND WATER
fS ONE AS NECESSARY AS THE
OTHER
Citizens of Large Cities Say It Is
New York June 13 In the recent
agitation here about the price of gas
the demand for lower rates was sup
ported by the argument that every
resident is as dependent upon a sup
ply of gas as upon a supply of good
water
It has come to pas 3 that the day
laborer uses gas as his only fuel for
cooking because of economy and tho
rich man uses gas on account of its
convenience Gas for lighting with
modern improvements in burners- is
cheaper better and more satisfactory
than any other kind of light Gas
sells at 100 per thousand cubic feet
in large cities and from that to as
high as 300 in smaller towns
The consumer of gas in the country
uses Acetylene pronounced
and each user makes his own
gas and is independent of Gas and
Electric Companies Acetylene is a
more perfect illuminant than the gas
sold by the big gas companies in tho
cities and the cost to the smallest
user is about the equivalent of city
gas at 85 cents per thousand
Acetylene is the modern artificial
light the latest addition to the many
Inventions that have become daily
necessities
The light from an acetylene flame
is soft steady and brilliant and In
quality Is only rivaled by the suns
rays If water and a solid material
known as Calcium Carbide are
brought Into contact the immediate
result is the making of this wonder
ful gas The generation of acetylene
is so simple that experience or even
apparatus is not necessary to make
it If it is desired to make it for prac
tical lighting and to keep It for im
mediate use then a small machine
called an Acetylene Generator is
employed There are many responsi
ble concerns making acetylene gener
ators In practice this ga3 is dis
tributed in small pipes throughout
buildings grounds or entire citie3
and towns In the same manner as
ordinary city gas Acetylene is the
only satisfactory means of lighting
isolated buildings located in the coun
try or suburbs at a distance from city
gas or electric plants
Habits of the Salmon
An English writer Mr Hodgson
who is by no means convinced that
salmon fast during their sojourn in
fresh water thinks they take the min
now for a wounded fish and dash at it
owing to the impulse which makes
most animals attack a cripple
RAILROAD RATE LEGISLATION
Testifying before the Senate Com
mittee at Washington Inter State
Commerce Commissioner Prouty said
in discussing the proposition to give
to that Commission the power to regu
late railway rates
I think the railways should make
their own rates I think they should
be allowed to develop their own busi
ness I have never advocated any
law and I am not now in favor of
any law which would put the rate
making power into the hands of any
commision or any court While It
may be necessary to do that some
time while that is done in some
states at the present time while it is
done in some countries I am opposed
to it The railway rate Is
property It is all the property that
the railway has got The rest of it3
property is not good for anything un
less it can charge a rate Now it has
always seemed to me that when a
rate was fixed if that rate was an un
reasonable rate it deprives the rail
road company of its property pro
tanto It is not necessary that you
should confiscate the property of a
railroad it is not necessary that you
should say that it shall not earn three
per cent or four per cent When
you put in a rate that is inherently
unreasonable you have deprived that
company of its rights of its property
and the Circuit Court of the United
States has jurisdiction under the four
teenth amendment to restrain that
I have looked at these cases
a great many times and I can only
come to the -conclusion that a rail
road company is entitled to charge a
fair and reasonable rate and if any
order of a commission if any statute
of a state legislature takes away that
rate the fourteenth amendment pro
tects the railway company
For Hoarseness
For the young woman who sings
and who occasionally finds hersell
hoarse at a critical moment the rem
edy used by a famous prima donna
is suggested the white of an egg
beaten to a stiff froth This is much
better than the oft prescribed lemon
juice the effect of which is but tem
porary
Pisos Cure is the best medicine ttc ever used
for all affections of the throat and lungs
O Eitdslet Vanburen Ind Feb 10 1900
Where the Editor Scored
A subscriber who complained to tha
publisher that his paper was damp
received the reply from the patient
and long suffering editor that perhaps
it was because there was so much
due on it
Ask Your Dealer for Allens Foot Ease
A powder It rests the feet Cures Swollen
bore Hot Callous Aching Sweating- Feet
and Ingrowing Nails At all Druggists and
Shoe stores 25 cents Accept no substitute
Sample mailed FREE Address Allen
Olmsted LeRoy N Y
An ounce of action is worth a pound
of threats
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