TEXAS' SANITARY METHODS.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 380, 20 August 1903, Page 6

TEXAS' SANITARY METHODS.

Mtiliirt «*ereil Armed R«il«t»nce But the Kanjrer* Helped Enforce Regulation*. _ L*it year, says' the writer of an i article on "The Texas Rangers," in J •Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, there wan an outbreak of .smallpox in Oie Mexican quarter of Laredo, and the .inhabitants would neither be vac- 1 einated; nor would they permit the smallpox patients among them to be removed to the hospital.. Qipt. Rogers and Seven rangers were ordered to the scene" to enforce the sanitary regulations. The Mexicans organized and armed themselves* to-resist As soon as the troop arrived in the £own : €apt. Rogers, with one man, went to the .atreet in which a smallpox patent was located- As he was .walking up the street he cover by a Mexican, who was promptly killed by the private who acepmpanied the captain. The sound of firing brought the remaining rangers to the scene, . and they advanced up the street, firing as they .went. -Hundreds of armed ..Mexicans had gathered in the v street' to kill off the hated Americans, but the back-door exodus .that -accompanied the advance of the rangens would have ludjerous, except for the;;accompanying spectacle of the wounded Mexicans, a half-dozen of whom.were,left in the street after the. rangers had •passed. The official report of the affair naively concludes: "After .this , the .removal of smallpox patie'nts was an easy matteSv" ■.■''■■■.■■■'' ' l'"Z . A Floral wonder. ' Originated by a Grower of California and Known as the "Shasta .:..{<'-rf" ! Daisr." ' J-'"'- ; The newest ,floral wonder is the "Shasta daisy," originated by a flower grower of, California.,. IV;Pleasures a foot in circuriifcrence, and when .-©ne wm exhibited recently in; a,,florist's ' 'window in San Francisco, p-.-op.le erally flocked to see it, pays the Phila-' delphia Saturday Evening Post., ' It is really a new kind of flower,; and t 'has been "prod several years - 'of'crossing and selection, three different kinds of daisies being used .—th,e common' American species,' the larger .and. coarser European sort-and'. -. the. Japanese daisy. .0 ..;,, ,-, . There are thrq'e rows. of petals of the purest .white, and each blossom is upheld by a single strong and wiry stern which'is nearly two feet long. One, advantage. o.f .the Shasta" daisy is -aid'to be that i't is "exceedingly • hardy, enduring rihich cold, so that it .can.be grown OUtrof-doors. > It is* claimed that it prospers in almost any kind of s'oil. blooms' all summer long (in 'California nearly .all the '"year rour.'d) and may be .rapidly multiplied by dividing the roots. . K A,peculiarity of this new and beautiful blossom that it sometimes shows colors; .indicating that daisies of various hues and of gigantic'"size may be placed on the market' before long. Window Panes That Diffuse Light. The increase in the number of tall buildings has resulted in a larger us,e of ribbed and prismatic glass for windows, as.well as in the production of .Improved varieties of such glaSs. The illumiiiation of dingy rooms, sTiut in -by lofty walls, is increased by the reflection, .from the many facets of the glass, of light which would otherwise pass the windows without penetrating the interior of the rooms. The employment of diffusing, glass is regard- i ed.as introducing "a new'era in in-' terior lighting." ■