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THE CAUSE OF
Theory That It Com** Through Ml,l<
Pram Cow*.
la milk at tho root of pulmonary
consumption? Korn*' medical students
think so and. strange a* It "'t'lM.
think of It a* a row-, alao. They are
experimenting lo find out If the lat
ter la »nw.
Btudent* of tuherculnsl* have come
to the eonrlualnn. and thla waa a< ■
copied at the aeaalan of the Interna
tlonal tuberculosis* congress hi Paris
a couple of mnntha ago, th*i bovine
tuherruloala ran be transferred to
human belnaa, nnd that the bovine
bacilli are mare virulent than the
human, t'owa In all parte of the world
In large numhera have the barllll In
their systems
An authority In the areal dairy
count rv. Denmark, say* that In that
land over do per rent of the anlmala
are tuhemiloua in all harda of more
than fifty. An English atudent ha*
aatimated that ,‘ltt per rent of all rat
tie In Mngland are In the aame condi
tion. and In teat* made In varloua
parte of the f'nltad Wales It ha* beeu
Sound that from 2 to SO per rent of
the rattle In horde give evldenre of
the presence of the harllll. untwlth
aiandlng the farl thai they look plump
•nd haalthv Profeaaor von Hehrlna,
Of the I’alveratty «if Marburg. Oer
aiHB). who haa made a aperlal at mly
If tuheroutOMla and nn-tboda of aup
■ratting It, aaaerta that row*' milk
frd to Infants la the rkltf rauaa of
aoaauaiptlan
Nathan Siren*, who ha* for a num
ber of ynara been furalahlng million*
of boftlea of pasteurized milk to th<-
poor of New York. In hla paper read
before the onngreaa at Pari*, baaing
hla aaarrtlon on facta published in
the Blitlah "Medical Journal." aald
that at leaat M> per rent of all tho
Children who die have been Infected
with tuherruloala through fhelr food,
and one-eavnnth of all dealha are duo
to tuherruloala.
Tta theory of ProfexHor von Hehr
lng la that a certain protective rev
ering to the mucous membrane* la
iniaalng In very young children Be
fore It developa In the alimentary
channel* any tabercle harllll In the
milk upon which the child feeds may
he taken Into the ay atom There they
may lie In a latent state until the con
dition* are ripe, when the virus of
tuherruloala la agatu absorbed into
the aystem. and tuberculosis develops
in the form of consumption If there
had been no previous Infection it
would not he consumption, hut enme
shing else. In this way milk fed to In
fonts may be the cause of ronaump
tlon
Cattle In Germany »ro being .•
Immune by Inoculation with the virus
of tuberculoal*. From experiment*
profe**or von Itchring think* that
po**lbly milk from an Immune row I*
a cure for tuhrrrulo*i*. Hr In expert
meeting to <ll»rovrr whether Immune
milk will retain thl* ipialtty when
transported for a lon* (ilatanee ami
•* to It* value a* a remedy.
That all mi Ik need hy human being*
•should he paMteurtxed I* the belief of
Mr. Rtrau* He Ihlnk* It ahould he
done by the oft\ Said he the other
day: "At the *e*alon of the Interna
tlonal tuherruloNla emigre** at Part*
In Ortoher, Hr, Rrotmrdpl exprenaad
the opinion that one of the moat
ttaefttl result* of the cnngre** wa* the
acceptation of the fart hy all dele
gaten that bovine ttlherruloal* I* a*
tranamtaalhle to men a* It I* to rhll
drrn. the bovine harllll being even
more dangerous lo men than are the,
Epic of the Farm Written in Figures 1 hat Go Up Into the Billions
1 f : *~" mrgraini
I ~ i< 5 625, 000 Standard Itj^eiontcars. --
nnn/VMVM I 1 . -M • < FARM VALUE OF (iKAIN CROPS T 2
g;. ft./^, ooaooo
260,000,000 BUSHELS WORTH $ 138.000.000
60*000^000TONS Pf WKIH * 60i00000 °
OF HAY B jj
(By 1.. (3. Power*.)
Chief Statistician Bureau U. 8. Census.
Id his annual report the ate rotary of
agriculture- present it a moat excellent
summary of American agriculture In
the year 1995. The report Includes
forceful coniparlaona hy which the sta
flat leal commonplace* of millions of
tona and billions of bushels and dol
lars are translated to the average dll
ten
Thua expressed the facta relating toj
our crops, live stock and land values
have been called “The Epic of the
Farm.” An epic, we are told by the
lexicographers, la a presentation of a
(teat aud noble theme. It narrates
exploit a beneficent and wonderful
In their resulls. and no greater or
nobler theme can be found than the
one which depicts the relation of these
achievement# to human well being
Expressed In millions of bushels the
production of grain in the United«
CONSUMPTION
I human harllll. Thla conclusion em
phasized afresh the need for atertlla
lng all milk. It has boon brought to
my attention that about 10 per rent
of the cow* hrouaht to this city havo
had tuherruloala so badly that tholf
lungs were almost eaten away. A
butcher of this city wrote that early
In the season out of 111 fat row*
which he purchased twenty-aeven
were found, when they were killed, to
have had this disease Now. If It Is
true that such a large percentage have
tuberculosis, It might easily be true
that In a hard Of twenty or twenty
' five rows one or two would have that
disease. Highly bred rattle arc es
pecially liable to be tuberculous It la
difficult to locate Infected animals
while they are alive, for farmers are
reluctant to have an examination
made, a* the state allaw* only one
half of the valuation when rattle are
killed It la poaalblr, Indeed, It la
probable, that the entire product of
the dairy la contaminated, for the milk
of several rows, the Infected and the
healthy, would he poured Into the
same receptacle. There la very little
milk delivered for general use In Am
erlran cities that is fit lo he drunk
In Its natural stale. The only remedy
seems to he to pasteurize all milk.
To do this would lx- too great a bur
den for any one person to assume.
The municipality would he the proper
agency lo do thla. Il seems to ine. It
would be well worth while from an
economical p«lnt of view The city
dean* the streets without assessing
the people who are especially benefit
ed by the service. Why should It not
clean the milk without additional coat
lo the consumer'’ It would reduce tho
coat of hospital service.
“The city's laboratories ought to he
a* rear to the various route* over
which the ullk I* brought Info the
city as poHulblc After being pasteu
rized it couMI he loaded on the wagons
again and delivered as at present In
the early morning. If the work was
done by the municipality, and the
profit thus eliminated, the milk would
coal the consumer little more than at
present. If It should he done by priv
ate Individuals it would probably coat
considerably more.
"Home tuny think Ihia prorea* de
prive* the milk of nutritive qualitie*
Ph.vKlrlana who have rarefuHy Inve*.
ligated the question *ay that It dcw-a
not. Th«' Hoard of Health on the rard
of Instruction* whlrh It haa tarked up
In tenement house* ranting* mother*
to uae pastedrtrad milk. One ran pas
teurize, or BterllHte. It at home, for a
pasteurizer ran he bought for $1.50
i or $2.00."
Mr Htrnu* ha* bought a parrel of,
ground for the purpose of erecting a
larger laboratory than hi* preaent one,
whlrh ha* reached it* limit, three mil
lion hot He* a year
Rven a pasteurizer la not needed In
order to sterilize milk at home Hr.
Howland G. Freeman, secretary of
the mill: eomml**lnn of the Medleal
Society of th«' County of New York,
say* that milk may be sterilized with
out hoillng hy keeping the milk over
the flame only until Ihe arum formN
II Is then to be pushed hark to a
warm *pol on the stove for a few
mlnutea. Then II I* to he eooled
rapidly. Bringing milk Just to the
boiling point, he says, will kill ordl
nar.v dlaeaa germs, hut not those of
luhercnlnsla. The** 1 require a tem
perature of ahoul Ifi” degrees Fall
henh«ll and extra warming on Ihe
hark of the stove
When love rotne* knocking at the
door of Ihe heart Mg re Is no pretend
lug to he Nllglrtly deaf.
States was as follows: Corn, 2.708 1
oats, 939; wheat. 684: barley. 183. and
the minor grains. Including rice, rye
and buckwheat, sufficient to swell the
grand total to t621.000.00d bushels, or
2t5.000,000,Q))0 pounds.
Such a quantity of grain would re
quire for Us transportation by rail j
5.615.000 standard freight ears, which.
If placed end to end. would encircle
the earth one and four-fifths times Iti
I* sufficient lo give to every man.
woman and child on the globe 150 1
pounds, or approximately one-fifth
their annual supply of sneh material i
for their fiWKI. It Is enough to fur
nish the American farmers with seed
for their succeeding crops, give to the
people of the land all the breadstuff
required by them, and leave 5.500.000
bushels of export, to be used In the
arts or converted into secondary or
higher forms of human food In the
shape of meat, milk, butter, cheese,.
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Th prince bagged his firs tiger in the Jungle near Jaipur. Our illustration is frotp a snapshot hy Lieu
tenant Colonel I*. Harell Tank, whlrh was taken on Ihe spot where the tiger fell.
New Type of Artie Research.
A polar expedition without Ihe pole
In view is Ihe pui'iMise of Captain
Kmar Mlkhrlam. a young Dane, who
thinks Ihe pole hns been overdone Hnd
Is mil to lie reached with present
means of iransil and communication
ami that when found will lie alt
water. His object, says the Chicago
Trlh’une, Is to asrertaln whether there
is land nortli of Iteaufort sea. to ex
•mine thoroughly the shores of the
country already known In the arctic
regions ami lo carry out a close In
vcsilgation of the habits, methods of
life and legends of the Ksklmo tribes
at Capo Itathhurst, Sailing next April,
lie will begin hi* search for the nil
known land Ihe following year, the
expedition returning by San Francis
co in 1908.
HORSFS *
Wt®# AMD MULES I q vVyi rri
Hr K w -wrw 10,274,55!
[\ STATES
B ePSIep farm horses .
Euffp™ 18,630,000
, hVRFFS
tTfef *■“»
' eggs. etc. These grains hy themselves
has a farm value of 92.123.000.000. or
nearly three times the capital Invested
.in our national hanks. ,
In 1890 Mulhall. an English starts
tician. inserted the following state
-1 tuent in his Dictionary of Statistics:
"In the United States 9.000,000 hands
raised nearly half as much grain as
60.000.000 In Europe" The average
,grain product per farm worker In the
United States at the date mentioned
was more than thre times as large ns
that of his European competitor. In
the intervening years that product has
materially increased In the United
States, while remaining practically
unchanged throughout Europe.
As a result w> find that the 4.521,-
000.000 bushels of grain produced in
1905 by the 11.000.000 toilers Is at
least one-half the corresponding pro
duct of the 76.000,000 toilers employ
ed on European farina. One American.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD.
To Knuckle Under.
To 'knuckle under" or "knuckle
to" a Verson Is a phrase derived from
an old meaning of "knuckle." the
word being formerly applied to any
joint tvf the body, especially the knee
hence to "knuckle under” was
equivalent lo kneeling for pardon
'I lie knuckles of the hands were not
referred to, in any respect.
- ... -
Raindrop*.
The largest raindrops are about
one fifth of an inch in diameter. To
determine the size, rain is allowed to
fall Into a thick layer of flour, each
drop fronting a pellet of dough, and
these pellets are compared with dough
pellets obtained front drops of known
size delivered on the flour by artifi
cial means.
I farmer produces not far from three
and one-half times as much grain as
the average toller on the farms of
Europe. If the comparison were made
between the United States and the»Eu
ropean nations exclusive of Hussia, the
superiority of American farms would
be even more marked.
The grains constitute the most im
portant single source of human food,
and for this reason are first consider
ed.: They also constitute a large part
of the food of -domestic animals and!
poultry. Of other crops used for hu
man and animal food the department |
of agriculture furnishes estimates fori
potatoes, tobacco and hay. The 195 i
production of potatoes was 260.006,000 i
bushels, worth $138,000,000; that of.
tobacco 660.000,00 pounds, worth $52
000.000, and that of hay 60.000.000 j
tons, worth $605,000,000.
TRY A WANT AD FOR RESULTS. 1
An Awkard Error.
An American at Gibraltar entertain
ed Charles Dana Gibson at dinner in
, the late fall at the Bristol.
When Mr. Glltson rose to reply to I
a toast, he was a little embarrassed. 'I
"I have not the gift of oratory," ibeT
began, "and this is awkward, to-H
deed, lo ho deficient in anything-t»A
awkward, isn't it? It. is especially/j
awkward lo he deaf. -oh
W'At a dinner at Dark Harbor
summer a deaf old man sal beside aq
young and beautiful girl. |
"Do you like bananas?" Ihe girl said]
lo (he old man during the first course!
lit a low. sweet voice.
"He, however, misunderstood her in :
his deafness. He thought she said I
‘pajama*.’ And he reulled:
• No. I like the old fashioned night
shirts best.’"
Union Depot For Mexico City.
Plans for the erection of a union
station in Mexico City arc in course
of preparation. These improvements
will cost over sti,ooo.ooo.
SATISFYING
RESULTS
ARE SURE TO FOLLOW
ALL CLASSES ARE
REACHED THROUGH
THE FRUIT
How To Intereat Feeble Minds At
Dessert.
The man or woman who can heat
Interest and amuse his or her neigh
bors nt the dinner tshle la the moat
likely to win tne good graces of hoat
and hostess, and consequently re
ceive* him Invitation*. Ho greatly,
indeed, are tact and wit appreciated
that It Is no secret that many clever
persona live excellently and at no cost
to themselves by the simple practice
of these talents.
The wise man who goes In for fruit
sculpture with the deliberate Intention
of capturing the approval of hla hos
tess (always grateful for a fresh di
version) will prepare himself before
hand for the task, and In his pocket
will lurk black and white beaded pinß,
some matches, and a sharp penknife
to cut what the fruit knife cannot.
Christmas crackers will furnish all
kinds of odds and ends for decoration,
and with even ordinary fruit an end
less range of subjects may be pre
sented .
If you desire to present to the ad
miring gaze of the other diners an
orange pig, you must peel your orange
entirely in one piece, slipping your
knife In a sharp cut, through which
tho whole fruit may bo coaxed. The
four legs are then shaped, the rind
slightly rolled, paper ears and a paper
tall added, and your pig Is finished.
For a plumper pig a plum I* chosen,
the tail for which Is furnished by Its
own Btcm. The stump of a cigar is
added for a snout, the ends of matches
for leet, and with paper ears a very
presentable prize porker It Is.
The "boarding house baron" is an
other example of what can be done
with an orange, or rather with two.
to. tn< lower one stands In a wine
glass, to which the upper is skewered
li.v a harp match or cothpick. These
have lieu turned in'o a very fair
similitude of the elderly made-up for
eigner by means of paper hair and
mustaches, bread pill eyeballs fasten
ed in with pins, and a Bread nose. His
collar is of paper and a handker
chief of cracker paper furnishes a
/p.-\ good coat. The great object in
making these little figures should be
to vary the expression as much as
possif.le, and advantage may he taken
cf ai vth-rg on the dinner table to se-
C-ic th desired amusing rej.it f . •
For instance, the pug nose of the
h..\(r, is produced by fixing a titty
saiuhenu.tr bud. the same 'lowe- f.:r
pishing t shock of hair. The head i
an apple, and the body a pear. Ban
anas serve as arms and legs, the for
mer being amusingly finished off by i
chestnuts, which give the idea of box
ing gloves.
For "Admiral Nelson" two oranges
arc used, the second resting in a wine
glass cunningly concealed by a white
handkerchief. To the upper orange is
given a face, bread pill eyes and a
carefully shaped nose, chrysanthemum
lock* and a paper rocked hat. A stiff
collar encircles the neck, and paper
epaulets hide where the banana arms
tire joined on. To make the empty
sleeve of the great hero part ©f the
Interior of the fruit is removed. The
watch chain comes from a Christmas
cracker. His trousered legs are made
of two rolls of paper, ami bis feet are
scraps of shaped peel.
Lest any one should imagine that
an orange is the easiest fruit to deal
with a banana bird can he made,
Whose skin engraved with a fork sug
giests feathers. Toothpiek legs, a pap
er tail, and pin eyes complete the ef
fect, The female bird of this inter
esting pair of fowls, unknown as yet
to the Ornithological Society, is made,
sitting on her nest, with outspread
motherly wings. The nest, by the way,
is a scooped out dinner roll, and is
lined with flowers. The hanana serves
also for a little boat, which with masts
and canvas set. with oars a-pull and
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THE HERALD
SCULPTURE
flags flvlng, sails smoothly over an
ocean of tablecloth. It might be call
ed tho Plantain, for certainly be
longs to the West Indian trade.
Perhaps the prettiest of all la the
little "Romeo," twanging his light
guitar. Ills body la an apple, and his
head a chestnut. He ha* rather thin
toothpick limbs decorously clothed In
the Christmas cracker ends. Two
matches malcv the neck of his musical
Instrument. ,\nd a little cotton
i stretched across the chestnut com
pletes the Illusion.—Black and White.
They Both Met the Same Fete.
Judge Edward F. ('olbom, of Salt
Lake, who was the prosecuting attor
ney of Dodge City. Kan.. In the tough
days when Rat Masterson was mar-,
shal of the town, one Jim Anderson, sn
exetreua performer, who had retired to
keep a "thirst parlor" In that frontier
town:
"The town was full of bad men,”
said the judge to a correspondent the
other day, "and nearly every day saw
one or more murders: consequently
tho subject of killing was continual
ly coming up. Now. Jim Anderson
had never harmed a tlv, but he did not
like to take a back seat. He invent
ed a eiory of a shooting srrape In
which he declared he had a hand and
told it on all occasions, never vary
ing a detail.
“After a fresh murder some one
would remarks: You were mixed
up in a shooting scrape once, weren't
you. Jim?’
"'Yes.'' he would reply sagely: I've
had mv trouble in my day. Ever hear
about the scrap I had down in Ttts
con?’
"Of course, no one would admit hav
ing heard the story and Jim would
continue:
“ ‘I was standing at a bar in Tus
con one day, about to raise a glass of
whiskey to my lips, when one of the
had men of Arizona came in and
knocked the glass out of my hand, I
just up and pulled a gun about, a foot
long, and put it against his stomach.
The bad man pulled his gun. too. and
we both fired. I just naturally blew
his stomach through his backbone, and
he shot me in the leg.
“ 'As he fell over backward, he
cried: "I sure am killed!"
"'At the same time I yelled: “You
He, you've got none the better of mo.
I'm killed myself.'”
The Standing Order.
Nowlin Haines, one of the Atlantic
City Hotel Men’s Association, was
talking about the odd rules that pre
vail in many of the cheaper restaur
ants and cases.
"For instance.” he said. "I go in
and order oysters, salad and desert»
and get a napkin; hut the man next
to me. because he has only ordere 1
pie and milk, can’t have a napkin on
any account.
"A guest here last summer gave me
the best example of these absurd rul
ings and differentiations that 1 have
heard yet.
“The nian said that he entered a
lunch case in Tendon, an ornate place
with a counter where some of the pTf*
rons stood and with a number of lit* lo
tables where others sat.
"The man gave a small order and
took a seat at one of the tables.
"Thereupon a waiter hurried to
him.
"Beg pardon, sir." he said, “but
buns can'tsit.’ ’’
Fastidious Anarchist.
The anarchist may have peculiar
views, but he has a certain knowl
edge of correct form, says the Ixm
don Globe. The other day one prom
ising cutthroat exhibited a silver}
bomb to his admiring friends. “Why
silver?” inquired one critic. “It is
for tiie czar,” said the expert simply.
He realized that to blow a monarch
up with a cheap line in bombs was a
thing a fellow positively couldn't do.,