'NEW VACCINE FOUND
Dr. Charles Behm, of Chicago Health
Bureau, Makes Discovery.
Eyitiph Mixed with Chloroform In
ntead of (ilyperln Avoid* Miuiy
Fault* of Old Way—To Try
Other Experiment*.
Dr. Charles W. Behm, of the Chicago
health department has discovered a new
vaccine, superior In many respects to
that now used by physieiaas. He is nol
entirely satisfied with theresultsobtained
and is continuing his experiment to se
cure a virus which will have none of the
objections made to the vaccine now used
Many investigations have been made by
recognized physicians all over ihe coun
try, but none of them has discovered a
perfectly satisfactory vaccine.
One of the chief objections to the vac
cine now used Is the long time necessary
for its application. It often takes 30
and 40 minutes to inoculate a person
with the virus because of the glycerin
with which It is mixed. This disadvant
age Is obviated by the results obtained by
Or. T!»hm, Instead of mixing lymph with
glycerin in order lo secure a virushehas
discovered that chloroform will accom
plish the same result.
Dr. Behm haa ascertained that the
chloroform kills all germs in the lymph
exrept those desired for Inoculation in
the same manner as glycerin. With the
chloroform vaccine It is possible to ap
ply It In much less time and the patient Is
not compelled to wait with his sleeve
rolled uj) for half an hour. Dr. Behm
thinks that the chloroform evaporates
too rapidly and Is attempting to secure
a solution which will disappear in about
the same time It would take water to be
absorbed. He has been carrying on hts
experiments for a number of years and
will continue them for sometime.
After finishing his experiments with
chloroform Dr. Behm commenced to In
vestigate with prussic acid. The Investi
gation with this solution has not prog
ressed very far and It is Impossible to
predict what result will he obtained.
Dr. Behm has experimented enough
with the salts of prussic add to learn
that the solution will kill all germs in the
lymph with the exception of the germs
which are desired. If this does not prove
to be the solution which will produce a
satisfactory virus. Dr. Behm will con
tinue his experiments with other solu
tions. With a vaccine having no ob
jectionable features It Is thought that the
health officials will have less difficulty In
securing the vaccination of children be
low the school agp. Over 35 per cent, of
the deaths from smallpox In Chicago this
vea-s have resulted from the failure of
^ parents to inoculate their children before
they were six years of age.
THE LARGEST BRICKFIELD.
British Outer Mnkr* ti'nonxh Hrloki
Every Yeitr to (.trifle the
Knrth Four Times.
■r Peterborough, England. makes
enough bricks in the course of a year [
to pu» u girdle four times around the !
earth, says t..o Philadelphia Public!
Ledger. It Is estimated that the busy
brickmaking yards, which have grown
up in great number round the ancient
city in the last 20 years, turn out 800,
000,000 bricks annually. As the
length of a brick is about eight incites,!
then, if Peterborough's annual output |
were laid out in a single line, it would
stretch over 100,000 miles.
The brick industry has revolution
ized the trade of Peterborough. Su-’h '
is the wealth of clay and the profit i
to be drawn trom It, that, one part of
the brickmaking district has been
fitly named "Klondike.” It lies in1
beds of enormous area and depth, and
some of the experts say they could go
on taking out the easily accessible! 1
clay for the next century without tak-1
ing thought as to where the next, sup
ply of the material la to come from, j
FINDS ALL WOMEN DEFORMED.
Pointer tJIven to Member. of Writ,
rrn Drraimnktri' taaiirlnllini
by It* I'rralilent.
••Not once In five years have I found
a woman among my customers who was
not one-sided In some way. Perhaps
It Is one hip that is higher, one arm that ,
Is longsr. one shoulder that is more de
veloped, one side that is longer—there
Is always something that is not per
fect.”
9o spoke Mrs. Linda R. Wade, presi
dent of the Western Dr comakers’ as
Boclation, at the opening session of the
annual convention of that organization
In St. Louis.
Mrs. Kstella McRae, of Oaruthersville
followed Mrs. Wade in an address, dur
ing which she advised the worn* n to
do missionary work in order to lift the
art of dressmaking to the high plane
It should occupy.
Mnrrfrii on n Flyfiur Trnfn.
W. Dell Raich, of this city, and Miss
Rose Lynch, his bookkcener. were mar
ried tin the north-hound Adirondack
express while the train was whizzing
40 miles an hour between Remser
and Forest Park, N. Y. The eh rgy
man who made them man ami wift
at such speed had left a barber’s chair j
half shaved to oblige them. Luckily
hils right cheek had been shaved, sol
presented his better side to the!
blush lug. trembling bride when she j
made her vows. The parents of the
bride had objected to the match
An Intlr* of Prosperity.
According to Dun’s Index the value
rtf articles used by the average person
In the United States during the last
year, if bought at wholesale, was
$08.83 The year before it was $101.91.
These figures correspond closely to
those of 1888 and 1889. Two years ago
the amount was $91.50.
MAY LEAD DEMOCRACY.
Indiana Man Mtanda fiood Show of Da*
eoinlnic Hand of DemooraHe5a>
tional Committer.
As a result of a number of confer
ences between leading members of the
democratic national committee, it is now
believed that Thomas Taggart, commit
teeman for Indiana, will be the new
chairman of the national committee, and
the manager of the next national cam
paign, succeeding Senator Jones.
I). J. Campau, of Michigan; T. E. Rjan,
of Wisconsin; Urey Woodson, of Ken
tucky; Norman E. Mack, of New York;
Thomas Taggart, of Indiana, and repre
sentatives of Iowa, Missouri and other
states in the west have met In Chicago
recently.
"1 have not entered the field as a can
didate for national chairman,” said Mr.
Taggart. “If the committee decides that
I am the man its members want, for
chairman, I probably should not de
cline the honor, which in a national cam
paign is next to being named for presi
dent or vice president.”
One of the representatives of a far
western state said to a New York Her
ald reporter:
"1 believe the selection of Mr. Taggart
would be equivalent to the contribution
HON. THOMAS TAOO \RT.
(Mentioned In Connection with Chairman
ship of Democratic Committee.)
of $1,000,000 to the democratic campaign
fund, lor he would be quite as v luablt
as that, much money In the position of
chairman.”
Mr. Taggart was three times mayor of
Indianapolis, a city normally republican
by from 3,000 to C,000, and in 1802, as
chairman of the state committee, carried
the state for Grover Cleveland, when
hi - opponent was Benjamin Harrison, a
resident of Indiana. In 1888, when the
same men were candidates, Taggart, as
state chairman, carried Marion county,
or Indianapolis, the home of Mr. Harri
son. for Mr. Cleveland.
WANTED: IDEAL MINISTERS
Common Sense. No Hohhlea, Convic
tion nml Knerity Are (lie
. , Requirement*.
■
The Methodist Recorder, the organ of
the Methodist church, contained an ad
vertisement as follows, written by Prtsi
,.-r; Gladden:
"This conference needs at least three
or four more pastors for circuit work
and any who can fill the following con
ditions will be welcomed, to wit: Must
I ave small family, If any, and be able
':) furnish p horse and come to charge
unassisted. No doubts as to call to min
istry; not afraid of work, no hobbies, no
place hunter, sound on doctrine of holi
ness ns held by the Methodist Protestant
’hurch at large; must he less than 50
years of age. willing to begin for |
nominal salary. $100 to $500, and prob
ably a parsonage, a good, clear head, a |
wurm, loving heart, and big feet well I
p' nted on the solid ground of common j
An Abunril Theory.
There Is absolutely no ground for the
>o;>ular and gratuitous surmise that rn
linm, emits energy without loss or
vaste of any kind, and that it is eompe
ent to go on forever. The id a. ut
jne time irresponsibly mooted, that it
icitradlcted the principle of the
ration of energy, find vis troubling
ihyaicians with the idea th * they nr.': t
»v-rhaul their theor ch i G.ing whit .
hey ought always 'o he -'el' \itod !o r" >
5t; • ood evldi nee—tins idea was a gra: •
r'to 's absurdity and never *.,->-1 .
^lightest foundation. It is reasonab’a
•o suppose, however, that radium and
ihe other like subs'ere- s are drvirp;
i|>nn their ow n stores and internal at>,m
ic energy, and tiiereliv gradually disinte
grating and falling into other and ulti
mately more stab!'1 forms of matter,
says Sir Oliver Lodge.
in»n|>|M»int inu to Itiiok At.
Radium is not an impressive sub
stance to the layman. There is a small
quantity of if on exhibition at the New
York Museum of Natural History, and
it looks like a small pinch of light
gray snuff in a glass vial. It is of mar
velous power, of course, but as it lies
in the carefully guarded case it does
not look as If it had even a sneeze in
It. It is the most disappointing tiling
that ever had itself announced to draw
a crowd.—Pittsburg Gazette.
The I*ul»llc to l)ppl<1f.
The publisher of a set of books and a
downtown bookseller in New York are
at odds over the tigure at which the
volumes should be sold at retail, anu to
settle a wager made between them, the
public has been called upon to decide the
matter by means of a ballot box, which
has been placed outside the show win
dow. A printed notice Invites everyone
to cast a ballot on which is to be written
the price at which the voter thinks the
volumes should be sold, with his name
and address underneath. The 300 per
sons with the highest amount on their
tickets will each be entitled to a set of
the books at ihe figure written there.—
N. Y Post
GETS STUNG DAILY.
Practice of an Iowa Man to Ward
O'f Rheumatism.
He Snyn There I* Utile Profit In Bee
Culture \i>wa»iuj* nnd KeepM
Apiary* Solely to Prevent
X'rcatl I)i»«a«e,
Receiving the stings of bees daily to
1 prevent rheumatism would cot be apop
: uiar rent’d} among people generally,
; >et Myron G. Beals, of Sioux City, la.,
: has been a bee culturlst for years only
I for the benefit which he says he receives
; physically from the stings of his busy
i insects.
Mr. Beals Is one of the largest pro
i ducers of honey In this country, having
several hundred hives. Of late years he
has expressed a desire to retire from the
business of en apiarist, and would do
so but for the fears that if the stings of
his bees upon his body are not contin
ued, after hi- system has become Inoc
ulated with the virus, he will become a
helpless cripple from rheumatism.
I(_ !»...! 1. .I _ l. 1 .. l.^tl / J
points to the fact that his mother, who
lives In the east, Is an Invalid from rheu
matism, and a sister Is a cripple from
the same dl--'B'-». It is In the family
blood, he ma!; ‘alns. and the stings of
his li es are his only salvation.
"There is no profit in the honey busl
r.f-'s any more,” said Mr. Heals, "espe
cially in the west. The country has
grown and settled up so that the wild
flowers are almost extinct, and the
bees have few sources of supply for
their raw material. I suppose I shall
keep my bees, however, as long as I
live.
"It is a fact known to the medical pro
fession that the sting of the bee has vir
tue in a curative way, and the virus ran
be bought at the drug stores. I scarce
ly notice the stings of the bees any more,
as far as this pricking sensation is con
cerned. It used to be painful, but now
I can receive stings all over ray head,
face and nrms and seareeiy notiee it.
"Bee stings have killed many human
beings, as well as cattle and horses. If
a person not accustomed to stings were
to receive ns many as I do at one time
1 don’t believe he would survive the
experience. I believe the ( fleet of be
ing Inoculated with the poison of the
bee is like having the systi in filled with
alcohol or any narcotic—the more you
have had of it the more you can stand.
‘‘There is nothing in the statement
that it is possible to handle bees In a
careful or ‘kind way and avoid being
stung. I have been in the business for
a good many years, and know they are
no respecters of persons. You are apt
to get stung when you are not expecting
it. When one bee in a swarm stings you
you are aim.' t retain to lie stung again
and again, for there is a certain odor
which ; corns.to come from a sting that
attracts other bees and angers them.
The more you fight a swarm the more
you will be stung, for bees are peculiarly
subject to excitement.
"Bee culture is one of the most fas
cinlatti a studies. It is an interesting
science. I understand how to care for
them, and want their stings. I have oc
casiona! rheumatic twinges in my mus
cles that give me anxiety for fear i shall
be subjected to the fate of other mem
bers of our family, and I shall not run
any chances by letting go of my bees,”
“"move millions as rags. "
t nlmndcil Government f lork CnrrlPN
Money from Wanking ton $0 Sew
York In n Salt Came.
Col. Edwards, chief of the division
of insular affairs, recently told the
story of a bureau clerk's remarkable
trip a few days ago with $;t,000,000 of
government cash. The clerk is Marion
E. Beall, whose home is in Fort
Wayne, ind. For fear of robbery the
officials kept the trip secret until after
the clerk had delivered his precious
burden in New York.
Under the direction of the insular
department the mints and the bureau
of printing and engraving have been
making money for use in the Philip
pines. To. Mr. Beall was assigned the
duty of overseeing the shipment of
the money to the Island possessions.
Tlie bureau of printing and engraving
turned out $.5,000,000 in $1,000 bills.
The insular department wan'ed to ge*
the money to New York. Beall went
around to see the express companies
about the cost of transporting the
treasure. "Eight hundred dollars,”
said each of the companies.
"That’s too much," said Col. Ed
wards when Beall reported. "What's
the matter with you putting the
money in a suit case and taking it up
yourself?"
“Why, sure, I can take it if you are
willing to trust me with it," * said
Beall.
The money was put in a suit case
and Beall, althougn not even under
bond, carried it from this city to New
York, w’hence It was shipped.
tnorfn»fil \U»p» and foil of Uvlnic,
The bureau of labor will shortly Is
sue the results of an exhaustive study
of the increased cost of living the last
few' years in relation to the Increase
in wages. The results show- that there
has been a striking similarity between
the advance in wages and the in
crease. i cost, of living, and that neither
lias gone forward as much as popular
ly supposed.
l*«irt of the Munnivera.
Prof. Chittenden, of Yale, has a
starvation squad—a corps of men
from the regular army on whom he
will experiment to find on just how lit
tle food a man can do good work. He
had to tAke regulars, says the Phila
delphia inquirer, because he could not
get volunteers for any such experi
ment as that.
.
BADGERS.
Grca'f Rplrnrra In Egst-Hare Partic
ular Llklgg for .Meat and Larvae
of Waaya and Beta.
Th© badger la a great epicure in eggs
and much of the hostility of gamekeep
ers to this animal lies undoubtedly in
the fact that it will, when it gets the
chance, devour a whole nest of partridge
or pheasant eggs. Badgers are said also
to be fond of honey; and knowing the
extraordinary craving of their ^outb
African cousin, the ratel, for this deli
j cacy, I should say it is not improbable
that they may occasionally partake of
It, says H. A. Bryden, in Longman’s. It
Is certain that these animals have a
particular liking for the nest and larvae
of wasps and wild bees, digging down
with strong feet and Infinite persever
ance till they attain Jheir object. In
the captive state a young badger was
brought up on a diet first of the milk of
a retriever bitch, by which it was fos
ter-mothered. afterwards of eggs and
milk, then of fish and meat. It approved
of bread and potatoes, when crumbled
up and mixed with milk. It would oc
casionally eat shot birds, and once, get
ting Into a hen house, killed five chick
ens. These animals are said by keepers
to kill and devour freely young rabbits;
that they do partake of this fa re at times
in. i liiiua, i-criaiii; out mai rney nesiroy
any very considerable number of fhbhits
In the course of the year Is more than
doubtful. Still, the badger Is carnivor
ous In his tastes, and is not. even by his
kindliest friends, to be absolved from,
devouring at tlmps tender rabbits arc
even the young of game birds when hs
can get hold of them.
FARMERS FOR THE VELDT.
Committee of the Imperial Sooth Af
rleatt Association I’laas Small
Comity Colonies of llrltons.
A committee of the Imperial South
African association has been formed for
the purpose of establishing "small coun
ty colonies" on the veldt. The different
county organizations throughout the
realm will make a selection of farmers
suitable for the enterprise, and each set
tlement will be. named after the British
county which supplies the emigrants.
Certainly, says the London Evening
Standard, it is desirable to strengthen
the white element In South Africa, espe
cially when an Invasion of Indians and
Chinese appears to he at hand. And the
best form of that strengthening Is Brit
ish emigrants used to country life and .
work. But Is the farming grass well
adapted for the purpose? In the first .
placp, one might have thought that it
was wanted at home. Among the men
named as taking part In the scheme are
the duke of Westminster and other great
landowners. They may find no diffi
culty in secnring tenants, but small ]
'squires are not so fortunate. More- i
over. It must he feared that the English <
farmer will rot easily adapt himself to
the conditions of South African agricul
ture, as different as eould he In all re
spects to tho«e In which he has been
reared. Th° non' successful he has I
been at bom" ffip Inclined he will *
be to go to school again.
CHIP OF OLD BLOCK.
Crt!. (iporto II. MiMlellim, Son of t>ie I
Fa motift (leiiera.!. In a Loru
I.cutter m Men. -
Among the younger democratic politi
cians of New VorK. noue is more popular
than Col, George li. McClellan, \#i o i ■
Tammany Leader Murphy's candidate
lor mayor of Greater New York. aLd is
now serving his fourth term in congress.
He was president of the New York board
of aldermen in 1893-04, and from 1889 to
1892 was treasurer of the Brooklyn
GEORGE B. MCLEliAX.
(Choice of Tammany's I.eadtr for Mayor
of New York.)
Bridge corporation. He is a graduate
of Princeton, class of 18S6. and for a
number of years worked as a reporter
and special writer on the New York
newspapers. He was born in Dresden,
Saxony, In 1865, when his parents, thf
famous general, known as “Little Mac,’
and his wife, were abroad on a visit.
Col. McClellan Is a close observer of pub
lie affairs, and has several times demon
strated his ability as a ddbaterand leader
of men.
Xofhfiitr Itnt Enry.
Chicago Insists that typhoid germs
cannot live during the 250-mile trlj
to St. Louis in the drainage canal, but
we know, remnrks the St. Louis Re
public, that any germ native of the
Windy City is sufficiently lusty to
swim the Atlantic ocean, land in Eu
rope and organize a germ trust which
would greatly Increase the foreign
typhoid fever business.
The Strennou* Kduoatlon.
The women of Kansas have won
their campaign for reform In the
schools, the principal feature of which
was that courtship may be carried on
In school hours. The classes in higher
education in that state hereafter, say*
the Philadelphia Inquirer, will be un
der the direction of Prof. Cupid.
ALL OUR KID GLOVES f
that are slightly soil from trying on. that »
sold at $1.00 and *1.50 * «
1 QO NOW at 47c PER PAIR
This price is good until sold ,
H. C. GORSUCH.
141 S. Queen St. Martimburg-, W. Va- 1
WJOnfArt Young Ladies
Wdllllfl to Canvas.
Address, CANVASSER,
,.iw«__P. O. Box 902
Berkeley Installment Co.
Having taken poscssion of Hooni No 124 West King
St. formerly occupied by Lewis Kogleschatz, are now off
ering to the public an up-to-date line of
Fvirrvitvire, Cevrpets; Matting,
Oil Cloth etc.
.Ve cordially invite the public to call and examine
our stock and all our prices before purchasing elsewhere.
All goods sold on Installment.
Discounts off for cosh
$5.00
places in your home, one of the best Sewing Machines on
the market, the celebrated Wheeler and Wilson. Sew
ing Machine Supplies and repairing a specialty.
. O. M. RAMSEY, Manager.
Primp Up a Little Bit- —
- -And Be Stylish
lift words have your buggy overhauled and rebedo by «r» expert earr
ige bidder. It wont cost near as much as \ou and then the differ
mt makes in appearance will be worth double the cost.
18 Years Practical Experience
n carriage Building. First-class material and workmanship guaranteed at
he tiest see me before hav'ng any work clone in my Line.
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Hlinkman’s Old Maud, (Up Stairs.)
^or. Raleigh and King St., Martinsburg, W. Va
Li B CLIME’S ASEPTOID SOLL I IUM
To prevent infection from Typhoid Fever
Small Pox, Dyphtheria. and all contagious
disease.
Tabler’s Pharmacy.
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