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VOLUME XXIV.-NUMBER 32.
NEBRASKA NEWS. I
"An evening- school has been opened
. -at Wavcrfy.
"Tli late snow in Nebrabka wasg3od
?for winter wheal.
, Gen. Thayer of Lincoln is confined to
-las room by illness.
-. J Lincoln is experiencing revival of
thcfootpaxl industry.
.". A Sir..(0 tire in Republic City eott-
Mimed an entire blok
.- .The I$catrie starch factory has start
.".cd np witU a large fcVVc.
. . JITio farmers re generally very well
ajdraecd is corn gathering".
"ibc proposition todivide Holt cjounty
vas lost by a Considerable vote.
. '-'he starch factory at Superior has
. 3lacod its first product on the market.
"The handsome residence of W. I).
Xlathcws at O'Neill was destroyed by
-.lirc.-
Yhe Pacific hotel at North Platte has
. '-oven damaged by fire to the extent of
53,000.
liroken I'ow merchants have signed i
.-an 'agreement to close their stores at
t n. iii.
" Two men were held up in Lincoln
" -tile other nig-ht. One lost S."!0 and the
olicrS7.
lJc'vival services, conducted by a.
Mmnkaid evangelist, arc in progress at
;-. Kcatrice. j
" -The Northeast Nebraska Teachers j
" .asvjciation will meet at Kmerson De-
cmbcr i .
' . Rev. .1. V. Knott has been installed j
. -as pastor of the Presbyterian church a,
. Hoidrege.
--- .A gentleman's club hasten organ-.
. red in Kearney with tvcnty-tive char-
" .ter lucmlrcvs. '
;ort,h Plattx: is considering a propssi-'
hm 'louKin,' :o the establishment of a
....nm.i,nr ,
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tJov. Crouusc has issued ids Thanks
jr'tving proi-laniatioii, naming the same
".clay as the president.
P.urglars eutrcl ModesetS grocery
-tore at Alda and secured S-'O in cash
.and a quantity of goods
Alfalfa, is being cultivated to iitc
npcxtrjit in Central Ncbmska, and has '
b"Ou. found very profitable.
" . v.'or.i Ranks, an Omaha -uMrtczan.
suicided last week 1 ecouse her lover
found another girl he liked better.
leorgc Scclcyof Steele City has a
Jicavy job of wheelbarrow work on'
. hand iu settlement r ah election bet ,
The manager of tho readin j room al
Red Cloud gives the boys to understand
that it is a reading room and not a puo
'lic loafing joint
. Thvo men who attempted to burglar
ize the Vienna bakery at Platsmonth
wcrc discovci cd by the proprietor and
-frightened awav.
l)r. Matthews, a veterinarian 0f
J'lattsmouth. was badlv bitten on the
leg by a horse supposed'to be suffering
with hydrophobia.
iln:... ri: r " i.
-1 . ii , . , -,
was accidetitallv shot while mini in rr
tJbree weeks ago. has been forced to (
Stave hh) arm amputated.
A bitter feeling exists between the i
"westand east ends of Grand Island on j
wicconnt of the lcmoval of the postoflicc
.to such an eastern point.
Dr. 1. W. Lester: health ofiiccr at
'David City, is suffering fro.n an attack
of diphtheria, contracted while in the
iperformance of his duties.
Eleven -j-ear-old boys at Jackson quar
reled and . I iramie rurclcy shot Joseph
Ileenan in the head, fracturing the
skull. The wounded lad will recover.
'I he annual prize hunt of the Papill
ion gun club will take place on Thanks
giving daj. November 3 ). aud the ban
quet and ball on Tuesday evening. De
cember ".
.-The jurors for the triaLof Hill an I
lien well, the ,Akerson Cass county mur
dercrs, have been drawn. The trial is
set for December 1I, before Judge
(Chapman.
W. D. Rackus superintendent of the
Indian school at Genoa for the past
four years, has snircndercl his position
to a special agent ami will go to the
Pacific coast.
Thcpostmasterat Louisvi'le, Thomas
Shrvock. was bound. irariredaiid robbel
last week- bv three unkii ,wn men. wh.,
got something like S in cash. No ar -
rests this far.
A stranger in Nebraska t itv tr'ed to
exchange counterfeit silver dollars for
wjater clothing, bat the merchant was
too sharp for him and he skipped the
Town to avoid arrcs.
The son of John 1'eenan living near t
'Ponca was shot iu the ear hj- an idiot ,
"who didn t, know it was loaded. It 1
nvasasmall caliber revolver aud no
great damage was doue.
State Fish Commissioner O'Rrien was
in Beatrice last week and planted in
the lllue river at that pout .0 1 black
loss and MX) croppies avei aging two to
thrH..in.liiv;n l..,i'rtli
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.Micuaci uesseii 01 I lea trice was an
judscd insane He is possessed with
the idea that his wife h:is sold him for
S-Vi and refuses to give him the money,
which he veiy much uai.t.
Representatives of the t real North
ern railroad were in oith maha last
week trying to d'rert a pariof ttse poik
product shipped west from the Union
J'acific to the tlre.it Northern.
Tckainah citizens have commence!
snaking pr.p.ir.itio.is for the ute
grange, which meets in that city De
cember Xi, for a three days session.
" Fiiun r.U to .ItH) delegates are loo'ced
' for.
lsaa-i Dillon and Division Superinten
dent Park of North Patte went hunt
ing in the wilds of yom;ng and re
turned with Jhii ten 11teiop4. which
the.vare pn-snmed to hae p.irehased
from real hunters.
A young lady by the name of Jones
idiot and wounded a large eagle several
miles southwest of Ilea trice last week,
snd after a lively struggle succeedetl in
. ejpturing the bird. It measures seven
ieet from tip to tip.
4 "Bert RufBington. ayoung man who re
cently tame to Columbus J unction from
Chariton. la., is under arrest waiting
the arrival of an officer from Chariton.
. where he will be taken to answer the
charge of seduction.
The millinery store of Mrs. W. R.
Arl man of West Point was closed by
. creditors last week. This was rather
startling news as. Mrs. ""Artm in was
well patronized. The stock is now in
in the hands of Sheriff Gallen.
: Charles II. DeWitt of Gandy, an old
fjoldier. formerly of company B. Sixty
sixth Inliaua infanty. has received
' ' word from the pension department that
his pension has been suspended: He is
nearly blind and has been for years.
Two p.-isoncrs iu the Nemaha county
jail at Auburn made their escape by
digging out the earth, going under the
wall and up on the outside. They
pa;ked someof the dirt in their bed-
"'-ticks. One of the two was good for the
pen.
'Of the new ouaty officers of Thara-
toniuntv three are ludiaBS. Herman
Chase, tile well knowa Omaha ladiaa
"lawyer Is county judye-elect aad Jo-
M-ol a. Lt-merf aud St. Inerre Owen.
ui'mtiers of the WiuuVi.ago tribe, are
e.ts-ted iu the pus tion of county coav
ttfeiewsr ad aarrterj metlTmj
?SLjS!rrt &
moted to the Position of traveling
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freight Betat
The case of Dakota connty against
xCounty Treasurer Wilkinson et al
to recover an alleged deficit of $ 13,000
terminated in the district court last
week. The jary returned a verdict for
defendant But four ballots were tak
es by the jury.
Kev. George W. De La Matyr, a prom
inent Methodist divine, who was form
erly pastor of Omaha and Fremont
churches, but more recently financial
agent of a3Icthodist college at Bishop,
CaL. died last week at his home in
Bishop, California.
A fire completely gutted V. D. Matth
ews' residence in O'Neill. The loss is
about ,t)00. It was one of the finest
reoidencesand niostelegantly furnished
h the city. Mr. Matthews is register
of the United Stales land oftice in
O'Neill. Building and furniture par
tially insured.
The 515,000 Sacred Heart CaUttfic
church at Hebron was dedicated last
Sunday by lit. Rev. Bishop BonacVfmof
incoln, assisted bv Father Kail of Crete,
Father Wolf of Grand Island, Father
Iiconard f Lincoln and the resident
priest, Father l'etrasch, in the presence
of the largest audience ever gathered in
that cilv.
The 1 0-year-old bo v of Peter Braif ted.
of (..'rand Island, wlnle playing with tt
hand car on a pile of old rails ih IhTc
llurlington yard fell, ttttd was caught
under tho cur and seriously injured.
He received . large cut on the back of
the head, one over the right temple,
and his nose was badly mashed. Rccov-
vri' doubtful.
A woman and her four children were
taken off the cast hound train at West
Point by Sheriff Oallen in response to a
Jc'cairt flom the woman's 'husband,
' 'as heating, of Norfolk. he wo-
man iss'.itrhtlv insane and took a uo-
, - -
lion to leave her husband and return
to her home in Illinois. hcriff Gallert
returned with the family.
The Northeast Nebraska teachers'
association, which mejts at Emerson
l)ecciiilcr J, promises to be a ver3r in
teresting and profitable gathering.
About eighteen counties will be repre
sented. Superintendent Kratzof Sioux
'ity Will be present and deliver an ad
dress on "The Value of Psychology to
the Common School Teacher."
United States Attorney linker has
about concludc'd that Grant Werst told
1 the tinth when he declared that he
robbed the postoflicc at Madison two
years ago. i reply has been received
from the postmaster there to the tele
gram of inquiry sent, and he says the
olticc was robbed tu o years ago and
1 -'00 taken. This is the amount Werst
j says he got.
i t Iaicncc arney and llliani Kipper,
' t'o lwys of Nebraska City, aged about
'-U were arresica ciiargcn wun aiwn.
Several days ago a bnrn in the western
lKi.r t,,e c,t.v wa.s turned, together
with the contents, including a valuable
' horse. The bovs were seen in the
neighborhood of the
i . f ., ,
tire immediately
before the alarm was jriven. When ar
rested Varney confessed, saying he
wanted to sec the fire team run.
Official returns have been received by
Secretary of State Allen from the coun
ties of Logan, Dawson, Banner, Kim
hall, Red Wiljow. Valley, Cedar, Stan
ton, Dundy, Harlan, Wayne, Fillmore
Nance, Thayer aud Washington. In
accordance with the statutes the state
election board will meet the (hint
Monday after the election to canvass
the returns and ascertain the result.
Senator James P. Mullen sent in his
resignation to Governor Crouusc as a
member of the state senate fiom the
Thirteenth district to take effect from
date. This action is not due to the
senator's demise. He has simply been
elected as treasurer of Holt county.
Senator Mullen was a member of the
house two years ago from Holt county
and was a member of the state senate
last winter.
Hay is perhaps Lincoln county's
greatest export this year, and it is prov
ing a source of revenue to many vho,
were they denied of it, might find them
selves in somewhat straightened cir-
cumstanccs financially. sa3"s the North
Platte Tribune. Ma 113 cars of baled
hav are beinc shinned from noiiitsalonir
the Union Pacific in the country.
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! namely. Hershcy, Nichols, North Platte,
' Maxwell and Brady Island.
1 An Omaha disoatch says: This was
the day on which C. W. Mosher was to
have been taken to the Sioux Falls pen
itentiary, but he is still in the county
jail and the supposition is that he will
remain there until the investigation
started by Disfict Attorney Ben Baker
' has been concluded. Attorneys repre-
seuting the Capital National at Lincoln
1 have been trying to induce Judge Dun-
Hi- trt ihanrr( liisnilinrr sn that Aloshftr's
, testimony might be secured for cases
1 tni;no-.hiit. it. was wit hmit avail.
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I
spmn
v scusaiiuutu ; ciuuiucub cia
1 last week in the affairs of
Matthew Akeson, the Cass county.
1 fanner who was mnrdered. Akeson
1 came to this country about thirty years
ago and was married some time later
and left a grown up family. His estate
amounts to over 530,000. His widow
was notified last week that Akeson left
a wiic in swea.cn wncn ue came 10 tins
I country who has been neglected ever
since. Mic has secured a lawyer to
j press her claims as the widow of the
t dead man. The proof of her right
seems to be beyond question.
The state board of agricnltnre pro
poses to collect an attractive exhibit of
Nebraska cereals and other products
and keep them on .exhibition at the
state house in rooms now occupied by
t the boaid. To facilitcte this a large
I number of the glass covered cases at
the world's fair have been donated by
the Nebraska counties owning them
and two ear loads of such material is
expeeted to reach Lincoln within a day
or two. The cases are to be kept sup
plied with fresh products by the sev
eral counties. In this way a peipetual
exhibit of Nebraska counties '-will be
open to visitors at the state capital.
Lincoln Smith, a young man resid
ing near Farnam, met with an accident
in the valley south of the city last
Wednesday afternoon, says the Gothen
burg Star, that will lay him up for
some time, if not cripple him for life.
He was riding on a load of hay when
the load upset with, him and he struck
the ground with such force that his left
leg was broken above the ankle and
the . splintered bones were forced
through the flesh and into the ground.
When the ' wagon upset his team ran'
away and it was about two hoars after
the sccident before he was discovered
and assistance rendered.
News reached Callaway that H. C.
West had shot and killed his brother-in-law,
Harley Milholland, in Grant
precinct, about twelve miles southwest
of Callaway. Late in the afternoon as
West was passing the house of White,
where Milholland lived, he observed
Milholland approaching him uttering
violeat and abusive language. West
warned him 'to keep away and fired a
shot from his revolrar into the groaad
to frigate him . The later paid no at- 4
teation to the warning, bat continued
to advance upon West, repeating his
threates. est tired again, sending
j bullet through Milholland's heart, kill
iai him instantly. The shooting' was
tk W& of a ah fu4.
ABOUT CORNCOBS.
A. Chapter on tke Maty L'e to Which
The Can It fat.
Corncobs arc useful to make pipe
for the. men, as stoppers to bottIe3
that have mislaid their cork?, -to
crowd into the bnng-holc ot the. elder
barrel, to throw at the lions when
they scratch the young onions to
curl hah on, to hold up windows, to
ferrule the children with, to greaso
tho griddle in place- of the time
honored half of a turnip, to wind
basling ravclings for future uso. to
stop up any kind of chink, to drivo
away red ants and to found a
fortune. The last two statements
may seem to challcngo remark, but
they can bear tho light of the best
tallow cvot run iii a mould. Ono
steps on corncobs when entering the
fiantry ahii jogglos tho ercan into
lie pickle dish. On inquiry 010
finds the red ants don't liko co -n-cobs.
I don't wonder, says the Minio
apolis HouiekeOjKjr. As for tho for
tune, a man who onco Hrcd not t;n
miles from Spriuglicld laid the foun
dations for a fortune so la-ge that,
though he died twelve years ago,
the lawyers hnG dot yjBt done fight
ing uvdr his will, simply by carrying
loads 6f corncobs hither and you anQ
soiling them for fabulous prices. Th j
children find both fun and sorrow in
cornco'js. They make p.-otty dolls,
to bc'surcbutif the masters of the In
quisition could have been provided
with corncobs suSctcnt to allow 0110
for the mouth of each prisoner, the
would have abandoned all other
modes of torture. It is a most en
lightening sight to enter a -dce-strict"
school and, Sec a row of little
culprits standing behind tho tove,
a corncob in each inoalh an 1 t-ilent
tears of agony rolling down the
chubby checks , A coi iicob smudge
is said to give ham and bacon a most
perfect and dclicato flavor.
A corncob put on a pole, aititralod
with kerosene end set bhuing. will de
stroy any worms' nest intd which it
is thruat during llic early hijrning of
June's rare days. A corncob slightly
greased and set in a candlestick has
l'cen known to burn half an hour,
and to save bringing the lantern from
the barn in order to light the chil
dren to bed. Without the grease it
would, if very dry, bnrn slowlj- and
erfuine tiic air in a way that showed
itself an excellent substitute for joss
sticks. The ancient nttrso in the ru
ral districts uses them to purify tho
atmosphere in tho sick room and
considers that, together with woolen
rags, they are far ahead of any dis
infectant favored by the medical
fraternity.
Tho country damsel preparing for
social fray litis been known to blacken
her eyebrows with a bur'nt cob. When
children object tod strenUously to
having their tcetli scoured with soot
from tho teakettle, ah indulgent
parent may make a compromise on
tho black powder from a burnt cob.
In many places the jetty stuff is sup
posed even to have medicinal power,
and Miranda swallows a quantity in
order to have a sweet breath ah.
tcll-talo plait when Ferdinand comes
a-wooiug. You Can black your boot?
with corncobs. You can shell corn
by rubbing cob on grain. A corncob
makes an cxcollent scrubbing brush.
A woman with a soul for ingenuity
onco hung out a larce wash with
clothspins manufactured from cleft
:orncobs.
A SUBMERGED CITY.
A Forgotten Roinmn City Discovered
Ijr
a Portujufe Fluheraiwn.
On tho coast of Portugal i to he
found the submerged city of Ccto
briga or Troya, as the Portuguese of
to-day call it. and which is said to
have been built by the Romans on
the site of a town founded by the
I lia-nicians. Jt was only by accident
at the beginning of this century that
tho city was discovered. A fisher
man pursuing his avocation along
the coast was astonished to sec the
walls of houses partially standing,
and well paved streets under, tho
water of the bay of Sines, and ho
soon communicated the wonderful
news to tho inhabitants of Setubal.
On examination they found a city in
part submerged and running in to
ward the land. A society was formed
under tho protection of the govern
ment to make investigations. They
found that the city had stood on a
strip of land nine miles long by threo
wide, bounded on 1he south by tho
bay of Sines, on the north by tho
river Sado, and opposito was Setubal.
Kvcry old record was searched, and
at length it was surmised that the
newly discovered city must "have
been Caetobrix or Cetobriga. from
chance notices by old writers, but
nothing was known of its history or
fate. Another city submerged by
the sea for 1,0 JO years lias just re
appeared above the waters. Tho
town of Haigcn, north of Ning Po,
in China, was completely over
whelmed during the Sung dynasty,
and lay buried till quite recently,
when the sea gradually receded: and
exposed the remains of buildings.
The Parson' Hand..
Mr. Johnsen I dropped into vour
church last evening, Parson Limber-,
lip, and found that you. pulpit was
occupied by Brother Jinglejaw, tho
Scieaming Cyclone," as they", call
him, from. Tidewater.
Parson Limberlip Yas sir. Wo
done swap congregations fo1 de day,
sah!
Mr. J. The parson is vocally and
physically a powerful preacher. They
tell mc he rules things with a high
hand over in bis parish.
Parson L. Not allers, saht Dc
las' time I wuz ober dar de highes'
nan' what he done holt wiiz a par o'
.teas, an"' I eomo erwayieadin' de par
son's kyow an' a mo'gidgo on his pl
anner in mer pocket.
A DpM of Gratitude.
Mr. Slirason Willie, why didn't
you tako off your hat to your aunt
when wc passed her?
Willie Slimson Because, pa, I
was over to her house yesterday, and
she wouldn't give me a piece of pie.
Mr. Slimson Then you should bo
doubly polite to her, Willie, for hav
ing saved your life.
Ko Cavalry. J
The Egyptian inscriptions show
gieat numbers of war chariots." each
cntaiuing two men: one to drive.
tlm other au archer, but no c-a.ia.lrv
j wm wuloyl tbt ttl&
Columbus, Nebraska, Wednesday, novembeA
AMICK'S DISCOVERY.
ITS BEARING ON ISOLATION OF
THE CONSUMPTIVES.
The Action of the Mlchlffsa ltoanl f
CAlth la DMlcaatlac Coasanptioa a
Contagions dUmm DUcBMed Care the
'' Best Alteraatlve.
The recent action of the Michigan
State Board of Health in placing con
sumption on the list of contagious dis
eases and requiring safeguards to pre
vent its spread, is causing yidespread
hfewspapef discussion as to the propri
ety of similar action in other States.
Not only has the Michigan Board of
Health taken ibis radical step, but the
County Medical Society, of Philadel
phia, has petitioned the Board of Health
there to isolate consumptives. The
Pan-American Congress also passed a
resolution at the recent Washington
convention calling on the National
government to take steps in the same
direction, even going so far as to ask
President Cleveland to give liis per
sonal attention to the matter.
The result has been that National,
State' and civic authorities have
been appealed to, thereby causing con
sternation to thousands of consump
tives in every state in the Union, who
are in terror lest they should be torn
fom their homes and friends, and
turned over to "special hospitals,""
which, in reality, will be pesthottses.
Tlic turmoil whicli tilo proposition
lias created, is steadily increasing, and
a great wave of opposition isappcaring.
Friends of consumptives declare that
if isolation of- the patients is attempted
in special hospitals, numerous ontrages
will lcsult and that not only will un
feeling persons who want to get rid of
sick relatives, dump them upon the
hospitals, but machinations will aris
bf a mosi evil cliaraeter. Small trades
men, for iHstane'e, ptflicted by a cough,
may suddenly find themselves moved
out of their competitors' way, by a ju
dicial process which will send them to
the special consumptive hospital to end
their days.
Some declare that while the appear
ance of smallpox or choicra in the land
is the signal for immediate widespread
alarm, and the inauguration of severe
repressive measures.consumptlon which
is always present and is chronically ep
idcmic,is allowed to take an unchecked
course, the people not realizing that it
is far ihare deadly than anj- otlier dis:
base, aud is slowly but surely increas
ing its silent ravages. It is claimed
that as half of the people who have
consumption do not realize the fact,
j they spread a false confidence . draorig
tneir menus, who carcie&siy auow
themselves td come in contact with the
victims, and are, In turn, fatally in
fected. The New York Herald, commenting
oh the subject, quotes the action of the
Congres de la Tubcrcnlose. recently
held in laris, id whicli the following
resolution was adopted:
'In view of the fact that life in com
mon of consumptives with the other pa
tients in the hospitals is disadvan
tageous bdth t6 themselves and others,
and that the risks that they run and to
which they expose others are not com
pensated by any ssrious profit, the
members of the Congress are of the
opinion that all consumptive patients
should be gathered together in spe.ial
hospitals in groups, according to the
period of their disease, and that these
groups should be as small as possible
at the earliest stage of the complaint.
'In consideration of the fact that in
the present condition of the science a
continuous and sufficient supply of pure
air is one of the most powerful ele
ments in the treatment of tuberculosis,
it is also advisable that these hospitals
should be built in the country, or at
the seashore.
'Finally, as a transitory means, to
last as short a time as possible, con
sumptives should for the time being, be
united in special wards in the hospitals,
apart from those of the other patients,
and the walls and furniture of these
wards should be disinfected at stated
intervals."'
Another scheme for the isolation Of
consumptives, which has just been an
nounced by the Denver (Colo.) News,
is to the effect that V, N. Byers, repre
senting a syndicate of Boston capital
ists, has applied at the office of the
Colorado Land Commissioner for sec
tions of land on which to colonize con
sumptives from New- England. The
idea is to erect suitable buildings and
put the patients at gentle work, attend
ing to fruit and poultry, bee culture and
gardening, insisting.all of lhc.timc,ttpon
suitable physical exercise. The idea
is that patients in the first stages Of
consumption might be benefitted in the
mild, dry air of Colorado aud that their
light laliors can be turned to the pe
cuniary advantage of the syndicate.
The Cincinnati Post over a year ago
interested itself in the question of the
cause of consumption and the possibil
ity of its cure. Since that time many
other newspapers have devoted atten
tion to the subject.
Beccnt statistics, carefully gathered,
have shown that one-seventh of all the
deaths in the United. States from dis
ease are caused by consumption, and
this startling fact, prominently pre
sented, has served to increase the agi
tation which has been aroused.'.
In order to get at the opinions of the
leading physicians of Cincinnati on the
latest aspect of the case, L e., that're
lating to the proposed isolation of con
sumptives, interviews were secured
with Drs. Whittaker. dud kins, Amick,
Brunningand others.
Dr. William Judkins said: "I thor
oughly believe in the scheme for the
isolation of consumptive patients. The
best plan is to take the patient out of his
home and put him in a house specially
built for consumptives. The idea may
seem a harsh one, but it is certainly in
the interest of friends of the sufferer.
The great trouble with Ttfie project
would be to get patients in the first
stages of the disease to go to snch a
retreat. Most of them don't believe
that they have consumption, and you
cannot convince them to the contrary."
Dr. Whittaker said. "I do.not ap
prove of the isolation project simply
because, I do not think it would do any
practical good. Isolation ithe .taking
"-away of a consamptivcf rwm'hjs home
and friends, would beralher inhuman."
' "Is every case of consumption the re
sult of contact with some other case, or
is the disease sometimes sporadic, like
cholera?' .
"No. There is no such thing as spo
radic consumption. Jt, is not .even an
inherited disease. Every casc'owes its
origin to communication. Many cases
of consumption are. contracted at bed
sides. One patient can give it to twenty
well persons. Strong men, with no
predisposition that way. get it. Why,
one of the worst places to contract con
sumption is in a postoftice corridor. ' A
consumptive coming in spits on the
floor. He spreads the germs of his dis
ease to be inhaled by others who enter.
There should be cuspidors in post
offices, is market-houses and in all
etbtf fUbllt flat S&itliBtf hy fiou-
samftives upon sidewalks js not so
dangerous, as the open air disseminates
the germs more widely tBan in a build
ing." "Do yon think that consumption is
increasing or decreasing?'
"Probably decreasing, on account of
better method used in treating It The
newspapers Call do great good by call
ing attention to the great nangefsof
consumption and noting the necessity
for great care in guarding against the
disease. People are too careless. No
doubt isolation would be of benefit to
patients, and do good, but it could not
be enforced."
Dr. W. R. Amick. who resigned his
professorship in the Cincinnati College
of 'Medicine and Surgery, held for 17
years lb devote himself to curing con
sumption said:
"1 ais.df course, opposed toisdlatic'il,
because my theory is that consumption
is not directly produced by any outside
cause. 1 hold that the bacillus microbe
is the effect, or product, and not the
cause of ths disease, so it is very evi
dent, in my opinion, that isolation
-would accomplish no good,"
"Yoa mean to say, then, that the in
haling of the dried-up sputa, containing
these microbej, is not harmful?"'
"On thecontary," Dr. Amick replied.
"nv dost or extraneous matter would
produce a mechanical irri'.atidd of tho
parts and be likely to occasion lung
trouble as the inhalation of the dried
sputa of a consumptive. Just as a speck
of dust irritates the eye, the inhalation
of any foreign matter irritates the air
passages."
Continuing, Dr. Amick said:
"You may state as my opinion that the
natural secretion of the healthy mucous
membrane cither destroys the germs so
inhaled or renders them of no effect, so
far as any Intrinsic power to produce
the disease js edflcef Med. If consump
tion was citlicr contagions or iefcCUous,
I would have had it Ion? since, as I am
daily closeted with the worst possible
cases, and during the investigation lcad-ing-to
my discovery of the cause and
cure of-t;ie disease. I sought out the,
worst forms of it and made mieros.-opie
examination of diseased sputa a marked
feature of my professional work aud re
search. Notwithstanding all this, and
although' predisposed to consumption, I
have inhjled the diseased breath and
germs of tuberculous patients almost
continually without ill effect-" t
"On what grounds, doctor, have all
these appeals for the isolation of con
sumptives been made?"'
"On the theory of some bacteriolo
gists that the disease is communicated
by microbes expectorated by the con
sumptive."
AUcd as to how many of the med
ical profession agreed with his theory
to the contrary, he said: "From all I
can learn perhaps dtlc-half and a ma
jority of the other" half frUely express
their surprise tliat, cdnsldering my
treatment is not based on the baciHl
theory, it proves so efficacious. A yciir
or two I was practically alone id adTO
ciiting niy the'orv, but today the' pro
gressive physicians agreeing with me
are numbered by thousands, and I
prophesy that in a few years very few
will contend that the microbe causes
the disease. I make no attempt to de
stroy the bacilli in my treatment, for
they disappear of themselves, as the
disease is conquered, and this is ob
served in using the microscope by physi
cians prescribing my medicines. I corf:
sider this the strongest possible proof
that microbes dte Hot the" cdus'e of the
disease, anil that they can not exist
under normal healthy conditions. It
does not require a scientist to under
stand that inasmuch as the bacilli are not
found until the expectoration becomes
purulent that they could not produce
this purulent condition. No, unlike
smallpox, the disease docs not announce
itself in any aggrcKsivo manner, bttt
begius with graduallylncrcasing weak
ness, loss of strength and appetite, and
is firmly seated before the bacilli arc
produced, thus showing thnt the dis
ease precedes these germs. "Suppose
you yourself," said Dr. Amick, to The
Post man, "caught cold; suppose that
cold ran into catarrhal pneumonia,
whicli, in turn, resulted in consump
tion. I do not think anyone could make
you believe it was n microbe instead of
a draught or exposure which occasioned
your catching cold, and yet you nrtinit
the cold produced the disease. No, I
firmly contend," concluded Dr. Ain'ck
' that the isolation and separation of
these poor sick consumptives from the
only ones who for affection's sake
would care for them, is not-only inhu
man but unnecessary, and not only un
necessary but impracticable. Please
remember that they are numbered not
by hundreds or thousands, but bv hun
dreds of thousands, and that nearly
every one who reads The Post has near
and dear relatives in consumption who
properly administered to can be re
stored to health, but whom isolatidn
would p'ace beyond alt hope. It will
require tto argument to convince you
that the relatives bf these sick ones
will Vigorously protest against any
such ena-tment, and the good citizens
of this country will help them pre
vent the carrying out of the proposed
cruel imposition."
'.jr. Brunning said:
"Consumption is increasing in eiticfi
on accojnt of the favorable conditions
which exist for its dissemination. All
cases of the disease arc communicated.
There arc no sporadic cases. The
germs are ih the atmosphere which
everybody breathes, but they only take
hold ih a favorable soil, in the proper
type Of human organism. Isolation of
consumptives is difficult. People at
tending them should use great care in
disinfecting the discharges. The dis
ease is contagions from its start.'
'Do you think that Ohio shonld ins
tate the Michigan State Board of
Health's action in putting consumption
in the list of contagious diseases, along
with smallpox, scarlet fever, diphthe
ria and cholera?"'
"Well, there is not quite the same
danger from consumption as there is
from smallpox. Most diseases are con
tagious. Consumption can never be
stamped out by law. People suffering
from it can not be dragged from their
homes to a special hospital.'
Dr. T. C Minor declared that he
took no stock in the theory that con
sumption is contagious.
"The death rate from consumption
is always greatest on the sea coast and
gradually diminishes toward the inter
ior. A moist climate develops lung
trouble. I do not believe it can be ac
counted for by the microbe theory. It
would be the height of cruelty to isolate
consumptives from their friends and
relatives, who are the only ones who
will properly care for them.
Dr. F. rorchbeimer said briefly: "Con
sumption is sometimes contagious, but
not always,
matter fully.
I can not now discuss the
AMICK'S THEORY.
How It Conflict With Seat Received
Oataloa.
When The Cincinnati Post under
took, over a year ago, to examine into
the causes of tuberculosis and the meth
ods which had been advanced for its
cure, the idea was to so thoroughly sift
and test alleged "cures" thatthelr-mer
its should finally be settled to the satis
faction of the public.
Or. VY( 9. Aiek fetd, jujt anftounc
23, tm,
that coBsampUoB could Be cured by t8
use of a new method, which hfc pro1
poscd to introduc?. Other doctors, in
considerable numbers, derided the idea
that anything more efficient than old
school treatment with cod liver oil,
creosote and the rarious hypophos
phitea could bo devised, and some of
them entered the newspapers and med
ical journals to say so in brusque Eng
lish. Others, again, nhn were not to
confident that the acme tt fnsdiel sci
ence had been reached, were" ftiSposed
to await a test of Amick's method, be5
fore giving their opinions.
It was at this stage of the proceed
ings that The Post conceived the idea
of selecting test cases of consumption,
and also one or two of asthma for
Amick -to treat, the doctor having de
clared" that Ida formula was equally
effctivo i!i asthmatic Iroublcs. The
.plan for the test, as laid down by The
Post and accepted finally' by AftOckt
Was IO seie.'I lour persons niiunci ;
affected with lulwrculosis, th'rcc whose
cases had passed beyond the initial
stage and wouliTthercforc be past the
assistance of such treatment as could
be given by the standard methods of
the dav.
It was agreed that if Amick suc
ceeded in curing the test patients he
should be given full and free credit for
the same" ami that If he failed the treat
ment should receive merited condemna
tion. Full reports' of the pe ogress of
the tests were' to be pribliSHttl .fre
quently until the end of the tiddcr'tsikj
ing and the patients cither died or got
well.
Acting on 1 his p'an The Post adver
tised for patients and secured several,
inclnd'ng one of hroniu asthma of 37
years standing and others of consump
tion which had progressed into the
third stage. The treatment of all the
oases was persistently carried on fbr
over six months. The prr grcss of the
test was dnlv chronicled and became
fairiilia'r td all the people df the Ohio
Valley and coutfettous stat .s. larked
interest was excited and tire ofttcoffle
was as anxious'y awaited by thcpuWte"
as by the unfortunate patients thc'iri
sclvcs. After the lapse of the time mentioned
The Post stated that all of the test pa
tients wore alive and well.
At the pVesCnt time one of these test
patients is living at North Bend, O.,
while another resides off Yfest Fourth
street. Cinclnndti, and is cofttlnnally
praising the' Airilcl: cure a si fl rial re
lief from long contih'mVd trotiblc,- afld
the third who gained W ptUnd in six
weeks has become a giant in strength"
and lives now on Main street
Just before the test of the Amick cure"
took place, as narrated, Dr. Koch, the
celebrated German physician and sci
entist, had announced a cure for tuber
culosis, which, when thoroughly tested,
proved to be inefficient and the collapse
bf tile' general expectation which had
folldwtfd Koch's announcement, made
It dlfficdlt fbr Airiick'S treatment to find
favor.
Nevertheless a conside'rablo dumber
of physician's noting the ippdrfeiltlT
favorable progress of tlte tests, and
convinced by the sincerity of Dr".
Amick, by the fact that he declared
himself willing to send ont fre:j to all
regular practitioners sample outfits of
bismedicine, with directions of treat
ment of test cases, concluded to exper
iment for themselves, and to this end
sent for medicines and directidris.
While their test cases were progress
ing in various p"ars of the c&rintry,
other physicians, who thought fo"get
rid of patients whom they could no
longer treat with any show of success,
sent the same to Amick, dctermino.1 to
shift all. responsibility upon him. and
perchance cause a failure of a system
of treatment which would make an un
favorable comparison with their owrt.
Some of them declared that Am'ick'$
refusal to make public liis formula' of
medicine was a great wrong and of
itself suggested a money-making spirit,
rather than a broad and humanitarian
character.
Amick replied to these critics that his
reason for keeping the formula secret
was to prevent the tinkering of ineffi
cient doctors who, by adding to or sub
tracting from the medicines would
achieve varied results in the main dis
astrous, and the whole system would,
in time, be tluown into disrepute. It
was a new theory of practice, whicli
was confronted by the opposition of
old time ideas arid prejdd ices, and every
safeguard was needed that could be de
vised to keep the medicines aud meth
od of applying them free from innova
tions, until such time as the treatment
should bscome universally approved
and accented, when the formu'as might,
without further restraint, be freely giv
en to the world.
Dr. Amick, in the early days of his
experiments, was beset with doubts
and fears as to the final ontcomc, and
lie was greatly troubled over some of
the desperate cases of consumption
sent td him by other physicians for
treatment. He scarcely kriew him .elf
the virtues of the treatment he had or
iginated, and trembled lea many
deaths should ocznr on his hands and
discredit the treatment
But a large percentage of the third
stage cases sent to him improved risi
bly under his care, aud finally ended in
recoveries. Others died.
The fame of Amick's new t-catment
--- -
had by this time become generally dif-
fused thoroughout Amen. -a and vas' . - Now tell me when the evea
numbcrs of letters of inquiry came . . , . ,0 ;
pouring in upon the Cincinnati physi- mg tram from there comes "
cian from the north, south, cast and ! "Uut mad.im, mildly expostulated
west. The doctor finally awoke to the I the train caller, "you haven t told
fact that he had become famous.
A Cincinnati correspondent of the
New York Recorder cal.cd the atten
tion of that jonrnal to the Amick test
cases which had been conducted by tie
Cincinnati Post, and as the Rc-order
was in the field with anofferofa $1,00
pr7C for the demonstration of a suc
cessful method of curing tu ercnlosis.
an arrangement was made with Dr.
Amick for a public te,t in New York.
The Recorder selected 10 patients,
whom Dr. Amick took under his tare,
with the ultimate result that all but
one were pronounced cured, an I the Re
corder, having satisfied itself of the
fact of their recovery, paid Amick the
thousand-dollar prize.
This triumph of the Cincinnati dis
coverer was not unalloyed with bitter
ness, however. Envious persons, and
others who practiced medicine under
the old time rules and regulations,
seeing the rise of Amick's new treat
ment, opened fire upon him through
the columns of certain journals, and
endeavored to convince the public that
! somehow or other the doctor's remedy
wasnotall itseemedtobe He had long
practiced medicine in Cincinnati, how-
I J"" nd had been of excellent rcputa-
tion in the craft So innuendos fell
flat, more especially when his brother,
the well-known Prof. M. Iu Amick,
also of the Cincinnati College of Medi
cine and Surgery, came out and asso
ciated himself in the new treatment,
bringing with him the ripe results of
twenty-five years medical labors.
Dr. W. R. Amiek did not at the time
declare, nor does he do so now, that bis
treatment is an infallible one. He in
sists that bo extravagant claimsshall be
made for it, and asserts that not more
than SO per cent of third stage cases
can receive any lasting benefit from
his medicines, ' He does, however, de
plare that the treatment is almost a
specific in tut? arl)er stages of con
iUMptiea where the rtb-cel'uiu giv by
fcitt are carefully observed and nocom
katkm of other diseases is present
Sitfcc th close of the test made by
The Post atfd theKecorder, many other
newspapers thftmghoat the United
States havo cbwdccted similar tests,
and !:o have num'croirfs hospitals and
sanitariums. .
The Minneapolis Times, spcakia? edi
torially of the spread of the Amick
cure, says: m .
"Thirty or more physicians in tuo
city have taken the medicines com
pounded bv Dr. Amick and are testing
them in their practice. One of the doc
tors ff.tM it us his opinion that the
medicinC--. in the test cases, accom
plished more than the discoverer
claimed for then!. Jt may be that a
reliable cure has been found, but if not
that, a help has been introduced which
will grcatfe assist in the unequal bat
tle that must be fought against this
enemy of human life."
Another editorial article published
t'V the Minneapolis Journal says:
-Dr. Amick. who has acquired a great
fl'cil 6'f celebrity at late by his success
ful frcatmc'nt 61 plithbU has recently
had his cure intcstigKtea iy ana u
instigation of the press orf Cleveland.
Of ten almost hopeless cases wjhc
were selected only one dud. two were
pronounced cured, four showed raarKeu
improvement, and three were much im
proved, in nil cases mere na ""
crease in weight, and the subjects had
onlv been under treatment two months.
"The physicians who watched the
course Of treatment expressed them
selves a satisfied with the euro and
testified as to the great value of the dis
covery. But a ifitmber of doctors who
were interviewed aeeused Dr. Amick of
violating the code".', lie has made one
of the most wonderful 8nd valuable dis
coveries ever hoped for iri medicine, but
he refuses to give the formula to every
Tom. Dick and Harry to monkey with,
and he therefore 'vioiatcs-the code.
The success of Amick's treatment has
brought into the greatest prominence
his theory that the disease produced
the micro'l c. as against tho theory of
Koch and ninny physicians that the
bacillus microbe was the cause of con
sumption". Koch had directed his ef
forts towards the" destruction of this
microbe, while avoiding" killing the pa
tient In this he admits that he failed.
As a result his medicine -tuberculim"
is not now used.
It is believed that something like one
half of the medical profession now
adopt Amick's theory, although he lias
by no means a unanimous support in
ms beliefs. . , .
It vril! be seen that Dr. Amick s
theory is irt direct conflict with the
Jdcas'tff those who, through lack ot a
bettcf term, may be called bacteriolo
gists of the- profession, and who ascril c
all lung troubles to bacteria or bacilli.
These bacteriologists demand, as will
be noted in some of the interviews
given above, that all consumptives be
isolated and treated as though they
have smallpox or yellow fever. They
Insist that a wife shall be separated
from her sick husband and a husband
from his dying wife, in order to avoid
Thc opportunitv to freely test the
Amiefectfre is still given to regular
physicians lit nil States of the Union
on, ornn- Av. in response to calls.
over 200 free outfits are sect out to ap
plicants. The criticism continues to be matte
by physicians of the unchanging and
nonprogressive school that Dr. Amick.
itt allowing the newspapers to exploit
hisenre, has outraged his profession
and should be severely reprimanded.
The reply is made to this charge that
Br Ami -k iVad tta control of the secular
press, and he very frankly says that if
he had lie would not have iliscourgca
any hono-ablc effort to br.ng his treat
ment at once thoroughly before the
fifth! ic. Had the usual slow channels
ot the fHsdlcal journals been the only
means 6f publicity, thousands of con
sumptives tvohid have died in the in
terval. .
Dr. Amick does not go, in his opinion,
a step further in allowing public at
tention to be called to liis treatment
than did Dr. Koch, the Cerman sci
entist, in spreading the news of his.
HE DIDN'T KNOW.
The Woman Was Angry and ! Train
Caller Nearly I.ot Ills Job.
Over 150 trains a day come into the
Grand Central depot. Philadelphia,
and the other afternoon, just when
business was heaviest and one of tho
long suffering station attaches was
calling out the fl:15 express from
Albany, a woman came up to him, her
whole figure a life sue interrogation
point.
"Do trains from Connecticut come
in here?" she asked.
"Yes, madam," replied the station
mad.
-Express trains?"
"Yes. inHd.l:u," .
"All trains?'
"Yes, madam."
She cogitated a
moment and then
asked:
"What time does U12 evening train
from from Oh, dear. I've forgotten
the name of the town, but it's in Con-
nrtiMit. and seventeen trains a dar
1 M-.W.... ...
.. t1i,..,vo1i know the town I
you
mc
"Yc, I b ive," interrupted the wo
man. "Hut, irad.im, I don't know"
"Oh, that . it." she snaopsd; "yon
I don't know. 'hat are you here for
bat to know when trains come in?
'I d bi b:i my to tell you if"
"o Riifh thills'." snarled the now
tlioro; ghiy aroused woman; "you
kno.v, but yon won't tell rae. You're
an impertiu-Mit rascal and I shall re
port you a once," which she pro
ceeded to ! .
Nothing ami of it, but the unfor
tunate man nrarly lost his job because
he could n-t answer the impossible
question of a sidy, irritable woman.
FaUe ChriiU
Not less than four false Christ? ar
j aientionctl anavmappcarea oeivieeii
the years 1014 and 56?3. among them
' Sabbathi v Zebi. the greatest of all
the many Jewish pretenders. ac:h
made a great noisj in the religions
world, imposing himself upon tha
Jews as "King of the King of the
Earth." He finally tried his hand at
converting the Orient, and was only
laved from being pierced by poisonous
arrows by embracing Is'araism and
agreeing to labor for that faith. Of
the other three, one was Mordesai, a
German Jew; the name of ihs others
are aot giv "i h -
Something concerning the immen
iity on wbici the universe U estab
lished may be Inferred from a photo
graph recently taken containing the
inage of about 4'2. 000 tur everj
vav uf wlwb is a quo,-
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