“CATCHING DISEASES.”
(Harry C. De Vighne, M. D., Terri
torial Commissioner of Health.)
tain that the earth is flat because th<
naked eye cannot detect its curve, s<
Just as certain people still main
there are people who deny, or at leas’
ignore the fact that most of the dis
eases of childhood are passed fronr
person to person by bacteria, oi
germs, because these minute organ
Isms are so small they cannot be seer
without the aid of a microscope. Anc
this despite the fact that these germs
are grown in laboratories as easilj
arid as certainly as potatoes an
grown in the garden, and product
their respective diseases as certainh
as seeds reproduce vegetation. Thi
secret of success in planting eithei
seeds or germs is..a suitable soil am
favorahle surroundings, which in th<
icase of disease-.causing germs i;
nothing more than an effective dost
..taken into a body having a loweret
resistance. Several thousand varie
ties of germs, or bacteria, have beet
•i. discovered and studied. As a mattei
of fact practically everything wit!
which we come in contact is literall'
covered with them. But like a grea
friendly forest containing a few poi
sonouy plants, only; a very few kind;
. of germs are harmful, and many an
even beneficial. For example, it i;
germs in the yeast that causes breai
to raise before baking, and it i;
germs in the soil that cause vegeta
tion to grow.
Since we come in contact with al
manner of germs every day, then
must, be something that protects u;
f from.- contracting the disease whicl
they .causa-. There is. The norma
human body, is endowed with, a fosci
< which enables us to overcome almos
. all kinds of infections. This force i;
called resistance, and raises am
lowers with the general state o
health. When we art in good healtl
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our resistance is high, and it wouh
require an enormous dose of almos
any kind of germs to affect us. Oi
the other hand, when our genera
Health is poor, or when we are tired
or weakened from hunger, cold, los
of sleep or in fact from any cause
our resistance is low and a compara
j tively small dose of germs would fin<
conditions favorable for growth
This is the reason we sometime
; catch a cold, and again under simila
conditions escape it. This is the rea
son why, for example, one membe:
only in a household will contrac
diphtheria when all the member:
have been equally exposed. Unfor
tunately we have no method of ac
curately measuring our resistance
which varies fro mday to day, possi
bly even from hour to hour, and i
not always indicated by the way wi
feel at the time. But we do know
positively, how the germs in 90 pe
cent of the contagious disesase:
enter the body—through the moutl
and nose. This is why the first rub
of personal hygiene is to wash tin
hands before eating, and agains
touching the mouth and nose witl
unwashed fingers, or putting thing;
in the mouth without washing them
or using a soiled handkerchief, o:
coughing or sneezing without turninj
the head. When one having, a “cold'
coughs or sneezes he simply spray
| the air for several feet around hin
with germs, thus endangering every
one in the vicinity. If we are thought
ful we use a handkerchief at thes
I times, and if,, we .are wise we giv
•nose who don’t a wide berth.
It is well to remember that infect
ed water, food, fingers, drinking cup
J and soiled clothing carry us most o
the diseases which we “catch.”
HOME TOWN GAZETTE.
! I’ve road the news in many climes,
Including Gotham’s sheets;
I’ve pored o'er pictures, sections
, rhymes,
The news of foreign marts an
.climes;
But though I give most all my. dime
| To newsies on the streets,
; By far the biggest kick 1 get
Is from the Old Home Town Gazetti
I buy the magazines by scores—
i Each week a dollar’s worth;
The coin 1 apt nd I don’t begrudge,
' But still 1 -simply will not budge
From my position, though you nudg
i Each other in your mirth —
I’ve never found one better yet
i Than that dear Old Home Town Gt
i zette.
! 1 get a thrill each Thursday night
I That makes the week complete,
For in the hall beneath the light
There lies to greet my anxious sigh
THE paper. Then the world get
right.
I love that wrinkled sheet!
I’d starve myself before I’d let
It go—the Old Home Town Gazette.
—Chicago Journal.
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Kusko Times.
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McGrath
Stop sod Think!
; Where can [ get a nice present
to send my friends?
Go to Miss E. Marsh’s Kittle
■ Cash Store, where things are nice
' and new.
Silk Dresses
I1 Sweaters
All kinds of Silks
] Hose
' Hair Nets
!; Ladies’ Wear
; I’retty Dolls
Suitcases and Trunks
Miss E. Marsh
Proprietor
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SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
i A “kiss-proiof” lipstick has been in
| vented in Germany.
’ A new discovery is said to add to
conductivity of copper 14 per cent.
An electrolytic method of plating
various metals with chronmium has
been devised at Columbia University.
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The Bureau of Engineering, in
': Washington, is working on a fool
proof radio transmitter for airplane t
■; use.
■ i The average railroad tie in its nat
-\ ural state lasts about seven and one-i
, I half years; if treated with preserva
tive, about fifteen years.
An electric plow which does require
an attendant is being experimented
with at the College of Agriculture,
Ames, Iowa.
. Operated like the automobile self
, starter, a jack lias been invented for
_ raising or lowering, a car. It has its
( own small motor, which can be run
, from the auto battery and is con- j
trolled by a small lever at the side.
Edwin B. Scott is the inventor of
1 the “death stroke,” a mysterious ray !
which he claims will kill at 20 miles.
He believes that it will keep the na-1
tion which owns it from war, and re- I
fuses to sell his secret to anyone but !
the United States.
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Hexy-resobeinol, a new antiseptic,
is fittv. times as strong as carbolic
acid in its power to kill dis< ase germs
and practically harmles ,t< human
1 beings. It ..ill be out into general
use in medical practice.
Mile. Irma Otte. Viennese, dancer,
is the inventor of a .new: apparatus for
training girls to dance gracefully and
rhythmicallj. It is in the form of a
. cage. Arms of the .device can be ad
justed so that < i par tic ul- t dance can
i j be taught.
A new form of steam boiler, the
'lame of which bums in water, has
beer, developed. I i the new boiler the
. burner is set at the end of a pipe
projecting to file middle 6* the water
reservoir. Oil fuel is used in com
bination with compressed air. To
start the boiler the water level is low
ered below the burner. When this.
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Soft Drinks
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McGrath, Alaska
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has been lighted the water is permit
ted to rise to the top of the boiler,
covering' burner and flame, but the
flame continues to burn brilliantly
under the surface, taking oxygen
from the air jet.
To be used in cross-channel service
between France a f, a single
550 horsepower I rplane, to
seat fourteen p has been
built in a Brit! aft iactory. It
has a large, root • bin, with wicker |
armchairs for th passengers, who
will have a constant supply of fresh
air by means of special ventilation.
Emergency exits are provided for the
room should it he necessary for pas
sengers to emerge in case of landing
on the sea, in which case the wheels,
axle and undercarriage struts can be
dropped by mean of sa lever in the >
pilot’s cockpit. The body of the ma- !
chine is watertight and buoyant, and
would float for several hours.
Judge (to vagrant)—What is your
ck-cupatiori'!
Vag—Oh, this and that.
Judge— When.
Vag—Now and then.
Judge—Where ?
Vag—Here and there.
Judge—Well, you surely need a va-!
cation. Six months.
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND FLAT
Miles |
Nenana to Tavern .. 17 j
Tavern to Knight’s ... 24
Knight’s to 19 Roadhouse ID'
ID Roadhouse to Riffle Pole Road
house .. 8 |
Riffle Pole Roadhouse to Diamond 11
Diamond Roadhouse to Roosevelt.. I'D
Roosevet to Lake Minchumina .... 25 j
Lake Minchumina to Lone Star
Roadhouse .. 34 i
Lone Still- to Telida i8
Telida to Tent Roadhouse 10
Tent Roadhouse to Slow Fork . .... 6 j
Slow Fork to East Fork 22
East Fork to Nicoli id
Nicoli to Big Riiver 21
Big River Roadhouse to McGrath 2f.
McGrath to Tokotna 18
From Nenana to Tokotna . .. 281
Tokotna to Bill Goss’ Roadhouse. 12
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse to Ophir 10 j
Ophir to Jerry’s Roadhouse 38
Jerry’s to Schermeyer’s Roadhouse 27 i
Schermeyer's to Iditarod .16]
Iditarod to Flat .8
From Nonaim ?" Flat . 387 i
Travel Was Punishment,
It was in the United States m»r
shal’s office in the Federal building.
Several prisoners had just been sen
tenced for violation of the narcotic
act.
A middle-taged woman had been
sentenced to 18 months in the house
of correction at Milwaukee, Wis.
“Can’t you have that changed to
some place in Ohio?” she asked.
When assured that it would be im
possible to change the place, she was
asked what her objection to the Mil
waukee institution was.
“It’s not the 18 months’ sentence
that I mind,” she replied, “but I've
never been that far away from home
before, and I do hate to travel.”—
Columbus Dispatch.
An Alarming Order.
Alvan Macaulay, Detroit automo
bile manufacturer, told an automo
bile story at the New York automo
bile show.
“An Eastern potentate,” he said,
“was waited on by an automobile
salesman.
“ ‘Your royal highness,’ the sales
man said, ‘by a lucky chance I am
able to offer you de luxe cars in all
our latest models at a 35 per cent
discount.’
“ ‘Good,’ said the potentate. ‘Put
me down for 500 cars. And, by the
way, when you send in my order, tell
your people to forward me their
check for my 35 per cent discount by
return mail. The hill will be settled
in due course.’ ”
PROFESSIONAL
Mrs. Jean McLean
Notary Public
Tokotna, Alaska
Laundry
Front Street, Tokotna
Mrs. Fred Dubois - Prop.
Rough and Dressed Lum
ber of All Kinds
j A Dredging or iiydraulicing
j Proposition, Yankee Creek
About 7 miles long, extending from No. • i below discovery to
the mouth of the creek.
Pay located all along for a distance of about three miles from
upper end, and pretty well prospected and cross-cut.
Average depth of ground is from 7 to 20 feet. Top is all black
muck,that can be scraped freely. No rock bigger than one’s fist.
Ground will go from 15 cents to $1 per square foot of bedrock.
Ditch on the ground, 3 miles long, together with water rights.
Ground is pretty well cleared. There is also a drain, 3 miles long.
Also a water right on Ready Bullion creek, from which water can
be brought to Yankee creek with a, ditch less than a mile long
<4,900 feet), with a pressure of 120 feet, being 1600 feet to the
work from the ditch.
After doing away with muck there will be from 4 to b feet of
dirt to handle.
Only about 511,000 has been taken out.
Prospecting work during the past winter has resulted in finding
values that run up to $1 per (Square foot of bedrock
I will either sell the ground or give a lease on it. If the prospect
is satisfactory to the buyer, a cash payment will be expected.
For further information, terms, etc., call on ground, or write or
telegraph me.
ED NOLLETTE.
Tokotna, Alaska, i'