OMAHA SUNDAY BEEj FEBKUABY 8, 19K. 5- Guayaquil's Fight with Fever and Plague (Copyrighted, 1511, by Frank d. Carpenter.) ! sUAiAQl 1L, IScuador Guaya quil Mho New York of Kcua dor; It Is the chief port of the country. having an export and Import trade of mora than 539, COO.OOO a year, and this will bo quadrupled If It can bo mndo healthy. It Is Important to ua that It should be so for It Is the first port south of Panama. It Is not as far from Panama as is New York from Chicago, and when tho canal Is completed It will bo nearer Boston than from Boston to Liverpool. The town lies about sixty rjle from the ocean. It Js on the wide and deep Qtiayas river, up which boats can ko d urine the rainy sea son for 200 or 300 rnltes. Tho town lies nlmost on tho equator. It Is under the shadow of tho snowy peaks of Chlmboraro and Cotopoxl, but It is surrounded bi ggie. Just now it Is afflicted with bubonic plague and yellow fever and these conditions will have to bo wiped out be foro Ecuador can be allowed tho free use of the Panama canal. MuNt Clean Up Ports. The Kcuadoruns have como to rcallzo tho seriousness of their situation. They know that their ports must bo mado nlcan or they will block the country's development- Tho Kovernment has been discussing the question for several years and foreign experts have been called In to make plans for tho cleaning of Guaya quil. Dr. Gorgas has been here and given suggestions, and schema after scheme has been proposed to remedy the evil. Just now a contract with J. G. White & Co. of New York and Txmdon Is under way. That firm lias had its ngineers on the ground and It Is ready to enter into a contract for a series of public improvements that will cost $10, 000,000. This sum will bo enough to do the things immediately necessary. It will pave tho streets, put In sewers, in crease tho water supply and Inaugurate a systematic upbuilding and renovation that will ma,ko the port safe for tho traveler and trader. Not n Healthy IMncc. At present Guayaquil Is so dangerous that no one stops here who can help It. Tho new cases of bubonic plague now number ten or more exjery day and there have been seventy new cases of yellow fever reported within the- last two weeks. Tho officials have begun to vaccinate for tho plaguo and the moment tho traveler lands he Is grabbed by the doctor and tho plague serum is injected Into hU arm. Ho then gets a ccrtlflcato proving that ho has been vaccinated, and he has to show this before ho Is allowed to go Into tho interior. There are two kinds of vaccination given for tho plague. Tho one used hero is tho Haffkino process. It consists In injecting tho dead cultures of the plaguoracllll. The needle hurts as It goes Into your arm and you have at the end a little, pouch of Juice containing somo millions of bacilli under tho skin. The arm is sore a short while, but tho vaccine does not make you sick. This la supposed to render one immune from the plaguo for several months. The other form of vaccination Is by the. yersin nntl toxin. It is given only to those who have caught the plague and is supposed to neutralize tho poison in the system. Cltr Should He Ucltntlt. During my stay at Panama I had a long1 chat with Dr. 11. C. Perry, the chief health offlopr, who is In charge of tho .sanitary conditions at tho Isthmus with regard to the ports along tho west coast,' Ho has visited every port from Callao to Panama, and has spent much tlmo In studying conditions at Guayaquil. He tells me that the only way In which this city can he cleaned Is by practically re building it. Tho. town of today is swarm ing with tho rats, the fleas from which carry the plague. The most of Its houses stand close to the ground and many of them have wooden floors under which rats can burrow. The walls havo wooden posts upon which are nailed laths of split bamboo. The framework Is covered with stucco on the outside and plaster or boards on the Inside. It makes a beauti ful wall to look at, but the rats can crawl insldo the walls and walk up the lathing. Many of tho poorer houses are built right on tho ground. Dr. Perry says that they should be Jacked up and placed on posts so high that the rats could not Jump to the first floor. Ho Bays that tho floors of the better class of houses should bo of cement and that all houses should havo cemont foundations, as the rats will burrow under any ordinary floor. Uuih Arc Everywhere. As 1. is now, according to Dr. Perry, Guayaquil has rats everywhere, and all of Its rats have fleas. The bubonic plaguo is transmitted by these fleas bit ing such rats as havo the plague, and then going from them to men, women or children and biting I il i wonderfully contagious, although It can bo transmitted only by fleas and rats. Nevertheless, it raged throughout Europe again and again in the years between tho sixth and eighteenth centuries, and It Is said to havo caused more deaths than any other epidemic that has popu lated human graveyards. It was this pest that Daniel De Foo described In his story of the great black plaguo in Lon don of 16G5 and 1C6C, and it is the same ns that which rayaged Knrope during the fourteenth century. Those two plagues are said to havo come from China. The plaguo in Guayaquil was not known un til about 100?, when It was brought In, some claim, from Palta, Peru, and others oy certain abihxic snips mat cauea ncre. The peoplo were warned of their danger by Dr. J. B. Lloyd, the American health officer, who was then stationed In Ecua dor, and for a time ho was allowed Ito try to control it. Later on ho was re pudiated by tho Ecuadorian government and Dr. W. M. "Wightman was sent In his place. Dr. Wightman took tho yellow fever and died here. That was in 1909. At that time Colonel Gorgas was much alarmed at the danger' of tho pest getting r. foothold on tho Isthmus, and in order to keep it out of Colon he had more than a half million dollars'' worth of Email houses, that were said to bo Infested with rats, burned to tho ground. Yellow Kcvor I'erilnn. Tho danger of yellow fever getting Into Panama through Guayaquil Is a serious one, and this disease, also, will havo to be wiped out before Americans will be safe In allowing our ships to come here or for travelers to gd through tho canal after leaving Ecuador. Already several Americans have died in Guayaquil and there are new cases now every day. It Is not safe for any American to settle In Guayaquil to do business In, its present condition. You will remember that Thomas Nast, the famous cartoonist, was appointed consul here and how he came to his grave. He died of yellow fever. I have' spoken of the death of Dr. "tVight man. He was supposed to bo a yellow fever immune. A third prominent cas Is that of Major John A. Harman, tho engineer who built the railway over the Andes from Guayaquil to Quito, and a fourth Is that of Commander Bertolctte of our gunboat Yorktown, who died .only a short time ago. them. A flea that has bitten a "sick rat will carry the plaguo in Its system for ten or twelvo days, .and if it bites you during that time the plaguo bacilli will go into your uiooa. mey wm multiply ;f a mosquito rapidly, ana witnin five or six days the chances aro that you will die in horrlblo pain. I' asked Dr. Perry what kind of rats carry tne piague. tie replied: "Almost jcct the yellow fever bacilli Into v. . . . i. i ...ui.u - ....... . ant muu, uui. iuuo iuo mitn lriutii a system li it ones you. l nad a Transmitted hy Mosqnttoes. The, yellow fever comes from a that can carry kind It only after biting a yellow fever patient. After the mosquito bites a human be ing afflicted with the fever It gain tho yellow fevpr itself; and It can then In- your good especially dangerous. Ono Is the big chance to study this disease during the gray Norway rat, another Is the gray great epidemic at Panama in 1905. tree, rat, which has a whlto belly and' That epidemic came from Guayaquil, the third Is a little black rat. The! and it killed come of Iho officials who diock rat is most common in Guayaquil, were working on the canal. I was at and' tho plaguo existing there comes Panama .several, weeks during Its from it. The rats which catch the "height, and I frequently sat down to plague often die; they will give the plague to other rats, and It sometimes becomes epidemic among them, although they run from It. If a rat dies of the plague in a block or house, tho unin fected rats of that block seem to know it, and they will desert the block and go somewhere else.' Afraid of the I'lnKue, I am afraid of the bubonic plague, ani I shall hot stop In Ecuador on ac count of it. I have seen a great deal of the disease in China and India. About twenty years ago, I,, visited Hongkong and Canton, when the peoplo there were dying at the rate of hundreds a day, and wllere there were so many deaths that there were coffin associations by which coffins were given out in the way of charity. During that plague 0,000 coffin were furnished by such associations. The plague in China came' from the rats, and it raged in the densely built warrens of the Chinese at Honkkong, whero it has since broken out again and again. The English government there is doing all that Is possible to oontrol it, but tho city will have to be rebuilt to make It absolutely safe; and, as Dr. Perry says, the same condition obtains here. Should Guard Aftulust Disease. It would be terrible it this plague should bo brought through the canal to New Orleans, New York or Boston. It Is Scene on -the Qvtayaa River ALi KU1SM AJND tfUSJUNU&d VJUMiJliNliU j . Equitable Life Assurance Society Twentieth Century Progress. lew Advance Equitable Service. Group Insurance. No Medical Examination Required and Other Expenses Eliminated. CAPITAL $1,000,000,00 The Omaha National Bank J. H. Millard, President, Wm. Wallace, Vice President. W. H. Bachotx, Vice President. W. M. Burgess, Vice President, J De F. Richards. Cashier. Frank Boyd, Assistant Cashier. B. A. Wilcox, Assistant Cashier. Ezra Millard, Assistant Cashier. Omaha, Nebr., Jan. 29, 1914 Messrs. II. 1). Nooly & Co., llannBors, Tho Equitable l.lfo ABSiiranco Society of the U. S Omaha National Bank DulldhiRS, Omaha, Nebraska. Gentlemen: Not over six months ago you Interested us In a life Insurance policy covering tho employes of this Hank to tho ox tent ot one year's salary. Tho wisdom of tho plan appealed to us a nd Just within tho last few days, wo havo re alized on bohalf of tho mother ot ono of our omploycs tho very substantial beuoflt derived by her under that policy. Tho policy has been in force less than six months and within flvo days after tho death of tho omployo, a chock for $1,080.00 was handed to us In full settlement of tho claim Tho young' man carried no other Insurance and had only a meager amount saved, so that tho provision which you Induced us to make for tho so dependent upon him was most boncficlal and helpful. I know of no other plan which accomplishes such beneficial rosults and strongly com mend It to other concorns employing fcny considerable force. Thanking you for yourcourtoous nnd vory ' prompt' attention, I remain, sincerely yours, Vlco Prosldont TSeDoCTOR Tho questions answered below are gon-1 rUn....cha,acter ho symptoms or dls Vil 1rB Klvon und tl10 answers should "PPiy to nty "ase of similar nature. lhoso wishing further advice, free, may H'ress Dr. Iwls Baker. CDlIego hldg ,-5i.fe,fSf .drM"01 'imPd envoiope fori eply. luill name and address must ba SmB,b1? "J'y lnlllala or "ctltlous name will bo used in my answnra. Th ... SCrlptions Can bo filled at nnv likewise tho rivalry between Quito and Guayaquil hs to who shall have chargo ot tho funds to bo used In improving tho city and country. At present most of tho exports of Ecua dor como from tho lowlands. They con sist ot tropical products,, but thero aro Great pasture fields In the Andes and on tho slopes toward tho Amazon aro other vast tracts that aro fitted for coffee, sugar cane and cacao. Just now a road Is being built to connect tho town ot Ambato, which lies on tho plateau, with tho Curaray river. This now road will run for about I'M miles through Uie Am bato river valley, and will then be Joined to one of tho navigable tributaries of tho Amazon system. It will open up a rich mining country, and a farming region so rich that It Is said that It will support millions of people. ' The streams of tho country are thoso which gave much ot tho gold of the Incas; and I am told that tho Indians are still wnshtng gold out ot their sands. Thts region is known as the Orlente of Ecuador. It is inhabited al most altogether by savages, but whlto men can llvo in It, and It will soon be thrown open to mmlgrants. FRANK Q. CARPENTER. E RUPTION HAND COULD NOT SLEEP Looked Like Boils. Inflamed, Itched and Hurt. Used Cuticura Soap and OIntmenti Hand Well. dinner with u man, only lo hear a few days later that he had been bitten and. perhaps a week later, that ho was dead One of tho most pathetic cases was that ot a young architect named Johnson, who had charge of all the building then going on In preparation for our army of workmen. Mr, Johnson was a young man of about S5, of great ability and of a very lovable nature. Ho was en gaged to a girl In Chicago and wrote to her dally. During my stay wo frequently went out riding on horseback together, along in the evening, through the region kiown as the savannas, and he told mo .how he expected, to go homo . in May and bring back a young wife to the isthmus. TJial was in March. I left Panama in April, and before the end of tho month I received the news of young Johnson's death. Malaria U Another DaiiRCr, ' Another danger at Guayaquil Is from malarial fever, similar to that which caused so many deaths on the isthmus at tho time ot tho building of the Pan ama railroad. This, the Ecuadorans cull perniclosa and It Is known to the Panamans as the Chugres fever. I had a sevcro attack of it when I last visited Guayaquil. Perniclosa comes from the bite of the anophele mosquito, which Is very different from that of the stcgo myia, whlca carries the yellow fever, and the stegomyla docs not carry malaria. Tho former will breed In almost any wet place, but the latter Is fond ot rain barrels and it does not like dirty water. The anophele has its chief feeding tlmo at night, and for Iho most part it lives out of doors. The stegomyla usually bites in the daytime, although it likes to keep out ot the sun. Neither of these mosquitoes is as big as the New Jersey variety, nor half as ferocious. Dr. Gorgas once told me that there were about 200 different kinds of mosquitoes In the world and that they cause many other diseases than thoso I havo mentioned. There Is one UiatSwIU carry the elephantiasis. This is a llttlo devil with a yellowish body and six yel low bands around Us abdomen. It car ries a kind ot bacilli that forms worms in your blood. They make your legs swell and sometimes cause death. Way io Eliminate' It. Dr. Perry says the only way that yel lowfever can bo permanently wiped out of Guayaquil Is by cutting down the vegetation, cleaning up the garbage, covering tho rain barrels, putting oil upon the ditches and enlarging tho watqr supply. Tho city now has good water, but the volume Is not sufficient, and the water Is allowed to be drawn only a certain part of each day. For this rea son many families have storage tanks, which they fill whilo the water Is run ning. Tho tanks are often uncovered, and are great mosquito breeders. More over, much of the water Is kept in open barrels, and the garbage Is left In un covered cans or in open boxes until taken away. Later It is loaded upon a street car made for the purpose, and thus car ried out to the crematory or incinerator. The covering -ot the garbage cans would take away a great deal of the rat food, and tho elimination of tho rain barrels and tanks will do much to wipe nut the mosquitoes. Gunynciull Now n Cltr, I first visited Guayaquil fifteen years ago. It was then t a town of 40.000 In habitants, It has now ' from SO.G0O to 100,000, and has greatly Improved. Tho streets have been widened, and many of the new buildings are fine. They aro of two stories, covered with stupio tnd I painted all tho colors ot the rainbow. Many of them have balconies which reach out over the street, and not a few havo galleries along tho second story. The town has largo stores filled with flno goods, and great warehouses con taining bags of cacao, cotfeo and sugar awaiting shipment. It has an electric street car line and electric lights, both of which have been introduced since I was there. It has a theater and uoveral moving picture shows, and altogether It is becoming quite modernized and up-to- date. Guayaquil has several large banks that nay big dividends, and sugar mills, rice factories and coffee hullcrs. It has cables which connect it with all parts of tho world, and a system of telephones, with long-distance connections to Quito, which la situated in the Andes, about 300 m'.les away. Tho railroad to Quito belongs to Americans, and was built by them, but Ecuador will soon have other railroads', built by French, English and the natives. One road Is planned to con nect Guayaquil with the oil fields at Bt Helena, and another Is projected that Is to go from the port of Dahal de Carnquez to Quito. The city has also a network ot water transportation. The Guayas river sys tem Is navigated In tho rainy season by boats like thoso on tho Ohio or Missis sippi, and they can travel as far as JOO anlles Inland. They go to the vll lages and plantations, and bring out cacao, ivory nuts, sugar, coffee and rub ber. Cacao and Ivory nuts aro tho chief exports. Tho country furnishes about half of the chocolate beans consumed by the world, and the buttons from its Ivory nuts uphold the pantaloons of tho na tlons. I am told that nine-tenths of all the foreign commerce of Ecuador passes through Guayaquil. Duilncia Controlled liy n Keir. It Is also said that the business here is in the hands ot a few wealthy traders who woulJ prefer to keep Guayaquil as it is, rather than to havo It mado habit able to foreigners who may compete with them. I doubt this, although I have heard the charge made many times, i Politics also enters Into the question, and B. R. No. 17, Thorntown, Ind. "My husband while working skinned a little place on his hand and It mado a running sore and others broke out all around It. They looked like bolls. The skin all around them was red and Inflamed. It would Itch, and hurt so badly that he could not sleep at night. "Wo tried several kinds of medicines but nothing helped It until I saw tho advertisement of Cuticura Soap and Ointment. I sent and sot a eimple of Cuticura Boap and Ointment and after the first two or throe days using It began to heal. lis would batbo tho cores with the Cuticura Boap and then use tho Cuticura Ointment nlaht and morning. lie usod one cake of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura Ointment. In a week's time his hand was well." (Signed) Mrs. Bertha Qleason, June 10, 1013. In the care of baby's skin and hair, Cuti cura Boap Is tho mother's favorite. Not only is it unrivaled In purity and refreshing fragrance, but its emtio emollient proper ties are usually sufficient to allay minor irritations, remove redness, roughness and chaQng, and sootho sensitive conditions. Assisted by Cuticura Ointment, It is most valuablo In tho treatment of eczemas, rashes and other Itching, burning tnfantllo erup tions. Bold everywhere. Liberal sample of cadi mailed free, with 32-p. Skin book. Ad dress post-card "Cuticura, Dcpt.T, Boston." E7Men who sliave and shampoo with Cu (Intra Soapwlll find It best for skin and scalp. stocked drug store. orucr or wiioiesaler, Any druggist can' "Mnson" writes: "For years I have bcon taklnir medicine to euro constipation, liver troublo and the usual diseases that come from that source. Headache, sallow skin, kidney troublo, dark spots before my eyes, dizzy speus ana twinges ot rheumatism ore getting worey, Answer: Tako three grain sulphcrb tab lets (not sulphur). They aro packed In scaled tubes with directions and aro con venient, effective and highly curatlvo for such aliments as arise from chronlo con stipation. It you are dyspeptic, also take tablets, trlopeptlne. 'MRS. A. D." Incontinence of urine can he controlled by using tho following: Tincture cubebs. 1 dram; tincture rhus aromatlo, 3 drams and comp. fluid balm wort, 1 or. Give from 10 to -5 drops in water one hour before meals. "OMA W." writes: "I have suffered with catarrh of tho head for many years. This has become so bad that It has af fected my blood, Also my stomach ana bowels to a very great extont. I shall appreclato an immcdlato answer as I suffer greatly." Answer: J would advise you to pur chase a 2-oz. package of Vllano powder; taken one-half teaspoonful ot tho powder and add . to this a pint of warm water, snuff the, water from tho palm ot tho hand through tho nostrils several times a day. Make a catarrh balm by mixing one teaspoonful of powder with one ounce of vaseline, or lard will do, and apply as far up the' nostrils as possible. For tho stomach, bowels and blood I would roc qmmond the following tonic: Syrup ear saparllla comp., 4 ozs.; comp. fluid balm wort, 1 oz. and 1 oz. of fluid ext. huchu. Mix by shaking well In a bottle and take one teaspoonful after each meal and at bed time. "Gloria" writes: "I would llko you to prescribe a good- hair and scalp treat ment. I am bothered wltlh Itching scalp and dandruff. My Hair Is faded and fall ing and none of the remedies I havo tried havo done any permanent good." Answer: Go to your drugclst and ob tain a 4 oz. Jar of plain yellow Minyol. Apply as per directions. This treatment differs from all and I have actually seen the astonishing transformations which re sult from Its use.' The dandruff and Itch ing aro conquered with two or threo appli cations, while U makes the hair glossy, wavy and full ot Intense natural color. "Myrtle" writes: Owing to my extreme thinness I am frequently embarrassed by slighting remarks ot young people. Can you prescrlbo a safe remedy to Increase my weight?" Answer: I havo so many gratifying re ports from the users of three grain Hypo Nuclane tablets, that I have become to regard these valuablo little tablets as a speclflo and prescribe them to all who aro aenemlc. thin, wasting, nervous and debilitated. I recommend that you begin hiiLfroW.PIUmp Mt hRV0 n,enly red hHhf .."".'V; ln yur complexion, bright and sparkling eyes ot hoalth. ?'Sk,M' a" wrtes: "I have been af fected for some months with rheumatism ana havo taken much medicine la vain. Pleaso glvo prescription that will cure." Answer: Tho most nttMmt nr...,i. fi?nrIiil.'VV0,eve.r Bl.ven for rheumatism salicylate 4 drams, wlno of colchloum Jr. Pf'i c,omP" essence cardlol 1 oz., comp. fluid balmwort l pz. and syrup sarsaporllla .. KI , i " iaaa a teaspoon ful at meal timo and at bed time. "Karmwlfo" writes: "Vou onco recom- mended a hnmn.miirlA nrmt ..... t . -i - , It and found It tho best cough and cold S?Ii1,,U,.at 1,,over heara ot- u was so prompt In rclloving the severest coughs and colds and a pint bottlo made at homo lasted so long that I havo forgotten tho Ingredients. Kindly publish again.' Answer: Tho splendid laxatlvo home made oough syrjip Is made by mixing a ?' ,bott' t concentrated essenco inonthO-laxeno With a home.madn amrnr syrup. Directions, on tho bottle tells how io maxo and use. It la a tine, cheap remedy. "Johnson" writes: "I em bothwedl greatly with Indigestion. Things I llko to eat nearly always cause a heavy ill-at-pase feeling ln my st6mach and my breath is bad, whllo I am nervous, irrltablci and frequently cannot sloop." .A.n?w.ers .A very excellent treatment which Is widely prescribed for Its gradual curat ye action, as well as tho Instant re ?L lt, .attot' l tablots trlopeptlne, packed ln sealed cartons. Take a pink tablet after breakfast, whlto tablet after dinner and bluo tablet after aupper. Con tinue and the curative agencies should soon restore natural digestion. C'Jiy,"Jwr,tc8: Having gon tho paco and lived an Intemperate, Indulgent llfo for a number of years, I am now reaping tho results with a constant suf fering from headaches, weak stomach, tr?mP.vllff' aching limbs, nervousness, ir ritability, etc. Please prescribe." Answer: Regln at onco taking this In vlgoratlng tonlo and try to live temper ately In tho future. Obtain In sealed tube, three grain cadomene tabietsSvlth full directions In each package. "Mr. C. P." writes: "What should I do to relievo a savere case of kidney and bladder disease? Urine Is dark, foul ot odor, and pussage is Irregular, painful, etc. Have depression, fever, chills, pains 1 1rh.umatlsm and soreness In region of bladder.' i you de-formula Answer: For such symptoms as scribe. 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