HEALTH OF THE ARMY.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 402, 21 January 1904, Page 5

HEALTH OF THE ARMY.

««•€•£ In Brail'. <'i t In« ■ • ; , ■' •; Meat Dwdljrof Olavma**. :' '\ *., The strenuous effort* of the taedee&fc department 6t the army hava resulted r apparently in the practical eradication of that trying disease^.; dysentery; which ha* raused the American troop* in the. Philippine* so much, suffering ahdsuipr.iij. deatha, say* ton-report, louring the campaigning in the Philippine*, a* haa been the case in every war, hundred* of men have died from thi» disease, and other* have been discharged because of total dieability. Dysentery is more prevalent • and severe in the Philippines than in ; :of strict sanitary measures, including the ' boiling of all drinking water, rule* for - bathing and especially the washing of the hand* before handling food, haa caused the diseesa almost to disappear, .--j ' The "adobe IWh," another disease whioh caused the army'.great annoy* anee, has also been successfully dealt with. While this disease is not fatal, it attack*, men, women and* children . alike. Microscopic examinations and '■ study- of .this disease developed that it was caused by a parasite, as in dysentery, and it appeared that it wa* coin- .. municated by the careless mathod* employed by the Chine*©in doing laundry work. They, were in thehebit of drying the''.elotb«a'^..aprea4i^g :: .thein';4ti' , u ''' bushe* and on the grass, and ironing--; them with a cold iro-e» Under the be-. ' Jlef that th © parasite Mme from the vegetation, and was communicated to the clothes from the bushes, order* were;issued.that the clothes would be hung on lines to dry,; and ironed with hot irons instead of cold. Aa a result of this practice the disease disappeared. '-.••" . :.•-■..-■£ 4 According to report* received by Surgeon General Forward, typhoid fever is on the decrease in the Philippines, and when the heavy rains come on a complete eradication of this disease is expected. • >

PRINCE CHEN WAS JARRED, Was Or***** ' wWi th* "OHmw N»tiaas.l A»tik*B»* VnMl ■« • t; ; •ot Tiwti* ©tit. , ••: t ; Prince Chen, the Chi&eo* prince imperial, who lately visited Preside©* Roosevelt at his country place at Oyster Bay, wag recently, extensively entertained in Bnifrsel* by the city fathers, says the San Francisco Argonaut. But the pleasure of his 1 stay there was marred by the monotonous musio which was played in hi* honor everywhere he went, whether vMting buildings, monument*, museums or dining and reviewing. After awhile, it la said, it-jarred'»o- on hi» nerve* that he. a sked; hia Jnterpreter, to inquire what th e composition we*v "The Chi« .nese pIy" 'JST-y** ftpnievirhat surprised htirjg*6master of Rrus#els, Mr. 1 De Mot. "But we have none," was the response made by, thejroyal guest vo the- emharrase.me'nV of the entourage. It seems that a wily some'years ago composed a sort of tum-tuin, with an ac.conipahinienf,7and called it the "Chinese National Ahthem."i : Thi» the* gullible cityifathe'ri* have used 0© all occa-

; ejons when Chihe«'e. dignitaries were c being.ent*rtaanied.. It remAin«d, however,'for Prtnoe Chen to «xpo«e'ilia \eotuposer, .who. had already ..rnadle'« neat little sum out of hi* composition THE OYSTER i ! ■ ».. .' .■■ " : ,-.-;.;• •■ ■ - t . Orw Tw**-?* IMISioa Wtnaßrtm CtoKto ' ■ weM to a T«w ft* Tfesa «««•» 4-. ~: 'teT-SMa*. ©a»«»*e>, ■--; -^f Nineteen atatea anS Ca&fcSc haws •'. ■•' within a f«w year*, boosted thepya* ter industry \ *rom something over flya billion biralyea annually to''a production of oy»r "twalve billion. At the ~ average-; retail price- of one-half cent - per\'oyfterV.it' will be seen thatit proh* '■'ably < pea ,y«ar to indulge, in the luscious teal ~fr«iV;parttciilarly- whatt : i»Bit:.<rf^rf:. •■■ -have rt.p;.pay;-25 c*: ' "•hell" of six oyetert, eaya Barpst'g Weekly,. ."J ._ ,/- : - ' '■' *•' Delaware bay, by th*way,h&#a:pp*r<« enily :wreat«d the oyvtar champida* "- ship for production from Che«apeak«;|£*!Hiar*»nthe oyster grounds cpva*lf| /over '.2Bo:.Bquare milea, engage ova* " 600 v«*«ek and employaover 7,oooman. Every _a«re of iDelaware oyaters is. e«- . ; "ani»ual profit o£ssV ~'; ''Bo/ypur':^la\ywfe^pya^riarmeran^iifa. ' eontemptuo^uslj■'at.hiabreiher of,the ox and the hay. ■ Thecapitalof tfriaia* i dustry is'fitly- : called-■ Bivalve, :Wlt&u. - Venetian;, ■ ' ; water wharf litted, end ©ov». : .. - ered with »teei; : rail»'by/riilwaya wUftjij * : wrest what.- ;^ific v^^oaa: i*Po» ; tfc* ■ -aail and ataam-aAf*. <sysa*jdb | T „,„ efia Bel*. 1 The allurement oj the bargai»-«8un« . ter works its spell not upon the well-to« do shopper alone. In sSalvation Arms rummage atore a "Shoes with hole in fuHt, Ave shoes without holes, tan cants. .Wrap*. pars, nbtmpt¥» , eaten,- 15 cants. Stocking* with* ' out holes,: twp v palr> : :jfoip- five :■. 'cejatitf. with holes, three pairjPjPor Jive cenrfii/* Could even th«, champion golfer tabu* late mora accurately, the value ot & "Hole?" . - . $ "> Babbi■ IsidoreMyerai (Of Co, in addressing »'meeting <A *h* Federation of. Zionist*, gave a new in- < terpretation a* the dfesign of the American flefc, < Most of hi* . were Jewish Ifflitmgrante, ja^B^^joll^?; - ? •iftos. He said: "Do youftiewwhy. ' the stars and atrip** are in the flag? I. will tell you why. They. show/tb*X. : America has stars have themselves tM ctripsa for tkatf ; who do not." '■'*.■ i