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MAKE MILLIONS 1 FARE CURES Over Fire Hundred Fraudulent Iteflsodtes Cheat People Oat Of 9U,m,m Annually. CLAIM TO CURB CONSUMPTION About One Third Of The Amount it For Advertising Con- umptivea Very Hopeful. New York. July 4. Within the last ive years, no less than 500 fraudu lent "cures" for consumption have been tried upon thousands of victims in the United States and the exploiters of these nostrums have reaped a clear profit of no less than $15 000 000. This is an estimate made by The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis in a bulletin issued today. The National Association estimates that not less than $20 000,000 is in vested in the business of manufacturing and exploiting fake cures for tuber eMMis, and that the annual income front these concerns and individuals fc vHrHMSaV About one-third of this amount is spent for advertising, leaving a profit of $10,000,000 a year, which is "blood money" taken from consumption , cure fW,ca9iftuished by the As- oc&tion, the' first being the "insti tute" trend, where a pseudo-hospital or dispensary is established and the wily ''doctor or "professor" admin isters "treatments" at so much per head. These concerns also carry on a mail order business with great profit. The second group of cures contains over a hundred different kinds of drugs and "patent" devices, any of which may be purchased at a drug tore. Usually the consumptive is charged from $1.00 to $5.00 for these and, the institute "cures," when he could make them up himself in exactly the same form for from one to five cents. The third group of "cares" includes home-made rememies, which certain self deluded individuals believe will care tuberculosis. Among them are such things as onions, lemons, coal smoke, pig's blood, alcohol, dog oil, teas of Japotous kinds, and a variety of dietsr: Including goat's meat, clab bered milk and a score of other articles. These are not usually advertised for profit, but are usually given publicly in various--ways. The consumptive Is the most hope ful individual in existence when the question of a cure is suggested. The National Association has stated that no specific cure for tuberculosis has been discovered, except the well-tried hygienic-dietic method of fresh air, rest And good food. DEIS REPORT THAT HE'S DEAD SICKLES COMES TO HEAD QUARTERS TO GIVE-EMPHASIS TO HIS DENIAL. Gettysburg, Pa., July 5 A ru mor flashed through the reunion camp Friday evening that Major .General Daniel Sickles had died suddenly at the Rogers House, where be has been receiving the congratulations of Con federates and Federals. The story circumstantially told, caused much among the old soldiers. ' General Hunter Liggett, com- tbCfeawtp, finally sent an aide to the Rogers house. The aide had srattely returned, and finished report ing to the general, when General Skkeb, who had driven to the camp headquarters in haste, faced the gener al l""t want you to know air," said SfdMst, ''that there was a rumor aMat that I- was dead. That story, sir, was a lie." "General," returned General Lig gett, without a smile, "there isn't a doubt left in my mind. Now I have both, Scotch and Bourbon which shall t be?" General Skkds win leave for New York tssnsrras. He says his health baa been benefited by his visit to Csfffribatw, FEDERAL BOARD . J 11 ISMAY JUDGE HOLDS-CLAIMANTS HAVE RWHT TO QUESTION TI . TANIC SURVIVORS. ib, July 5 -Federal coe i be named to go to Load 1 ay. ignorant oonsumpt i ves ' srwse?ps Titanic disaster. United States Dis rkt Judge Hand granted the spoli ation of the Long Island Loan and (Vast Company, administrator of the istate of Wyckoff Vanderhoof, for the ippointment of the commissions. Mrs. Linos, wife of the Paris manage! if the Mutual Life Insurance Compam rbo was a passenger on the Titanic, is said to have overheard a conversation between J. Bruce Ismay and Capt. imith of the Titanic a few hours before the liner crashed into an iceberg, re garding the speed of the ship. Her testimony, in the opinion of law yers representing American claimants, will strengthen the contention that the wreck was due to negligence on the part of Capt. Smith. In granting the application Judge Hand reviewed the legal points in volved at length. "It seems to me eminently fair," said Judge Hand, "that the claimants shall have a chance to examine, and, indeed, to cross-examine those who were pres ent at the wreck, if in the petitioner's employ at the present time. It is true that they have been twice examined, but not by the claimants "It is a great disadvantage to be re quired to examine on written inter rogatories witnesses to an event like this who are in the employ of the other side. The very fact that they have once been examined make it very im portant to call to their attention what they have already said, if the story varies, and their best recollections may be brought out by only those questions which prior answers themselves elicit." The application presented to Judge Hand was in connection with the pro ceedings instituted bv the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, Ltd, f (White star Line), as owners oi ine Titanic, for limitation of liabilities. In addition to Mr. Ismay, the commission which is sent to London will examine others who appeared before the United States Senate comm ttee of investiga tion and the inquiry which later was conducted by the British officials. U. I T CLOSER BATTLE NEXT OLYMPIC GAMES WILL BE CLOSE, J. W. SPALDING PREDICTS. New York, July 5. The prediction is made that European athletes will give the United States team much harder and closer battle for Olympic honors than heretofore by J. W. Spalding, vice-president of the American Olympic committee. As a result of his observations while abroad he asserts that American track and field performers will have to com pete up to the high standard set in previous meets if they are to win the point trophies at the next Olympic games. Athletes are on an organized basis in the leading countries of Europe and American methods and trainers are rapidly bringing the standards up to a point where they compare favorably with those of the United States. The opening the Berlin Stadium on June 8 marked the formal preparations for the games of 1916, and France, Germany, England, Italy and other countries already are planning to wrest athletic supremacy from the Americans at Berlin if possible. It is the general opinion abroad, according to Spalding, that even though the Uav ted States wins at Berlin, it will be by greatly reduced scores and that 1920 will find the Olympic games an abso lutely open contest with at least three or four countries closely grouped at the finish. TO FflBMEyfiATEO WORKING OUT WEST ON RAIL ROAD SECTION AND SAYS HE LIKES IT. Van Buren, Ark., July 5. John O'Brien, the Columbia football .star and heir to $1,200,000, for whom his classmates have been looking since he disappeared from New York two years ago, has been found here. When be left New York he bad no idea of remaining away, according to his statement. He came West, he said, to get some practical experience in engineering, frttansng to return to New York at the beginning of the scholastic year, but, finding work to his ltking and gaining promotion about that time, be says be decided to remain in the Wat, "Some day I shall return East," he aid, "but not soon. Oat here life is real and I have no desire to return East and mix up is old things again." According to O'Brien, who now has charge of a 400-mile section of the Missouri Pacific, be first went to Nee- lyviHe, Mo., and obtained work as a ehainman on a surveying gang. He was taking the science course at Co lumbia and wished to get some prac tical i ansa ham bad engaged my sad rooass at law Hall for another year," he " and bad every intention of go- GIVE AM STUDENT HEIR jot my old chums and decided to .tick. "Out here life is real. I found it was the man that counted and I got nto touch with life and work for the irst time. Here wealth and position io not count. The work was hard, mt I enjoyed it, for I was making ;ood. That first summer was the most glorious of my life, and when the iine camr to go back to college I on Id not go. ''My mother is still in New York and I hear from her often. She is the only one with whom I have kept in touch. I haven't had the time to keep in touch with my old friends, my work has interested me so. My only ambition.-' now is to continue on the job and continue to make good and make a name for myself on my merits." According to O'Brien, he was born in Brooklyn. His mother, Catherine Coleman O'Brien, b$, says, was the daughter of James Coleman, as wealthy iron merchant pf that place, and his father, William O'Brien, the sop of Joseph O'Brien, a member of a wall street brokerage house operated under the name of John and Joseph O'Brien. Shortly after his birth, he says, his parents separated, the Coleman and O'Brien families being on unfriendly terms until the death of his father 12 years later, when a reconciliation was effected. The estate was divided be tween his mother and uncle, Mrs. O'Brien becoming executrix. He. says his mother was wealthy in her own right and that he is the only heir of both families. .... GOVERNOR SULZER RETAIipWfER FORMER JUDGE GORDON OF PHILADELPHIA TO APPEAR IN HOPKINS SUIT. Xr. Philadelphia, July 5. Former Judge James Gay Gordon, a prominent attorney of this city, has been retained by Gov. Sulzer of New York, his per sonal friend, as attorney in the suit brought against the Governor for breach of promise by "Miss Mignon Hopkins of No. 902 Spruce street. Judge Gordon said he expected shortly to con fer with Gov. Sulier here or in New York. "1 know little about the case," said he. "I have just sent a letter to T. Cuyler Patterson, counsel for Miss Hopkins, asking him to take up the matter with me as counsel for Gov. Sulzer." Judge Gordon said that he did not know whether he would accept the service of the summons issued against the Governor or not. It depends upon his interview with Mr. Sulzer, he said, Mr. Patterson declined to discuss the ease to-day. It was said that Miss Hopkins's ab sence from town was brought about to keep her from talking to newspaper men. It was also reported that M ss Hopkins was not satisfied with the amount she received when her first suit against the Governor was settled some years ago, and that that is the reason for her present action. ABSENCE EXPLAINED. Here's a joke for which Captain "Jim" Bell, compiler of the Congres sional Directory, is responsible: "Wharfo' you didn't preambulatc to our camp meet in' on las.' week, Aunt Ca'line?" ut "Lowd, chile, I Tow'd to went, but I found de gwine so bad it was onposs - ble for me to came." Washington Star. THE MARKETS. July 5 1913 dOTTON (Quotations furnished by G. W. Ts lor A Son.) Middling - 12 1-8 cents Strict Middling, 12 1-4 " Good Middling, 12 3-$ " POULTRY. EGGS, ETC. (Quotations furnished by Coast Line Meat Market). J . Chicken Grown, pair.. .60-80 60-70 Chickens Half-grown pair.. per pair $1.25-$1S3 Duck, per pair- , . 50 1.00 Eggs, per dos , , IS Hams, country, smoked, lb 1$ BeenwajXf, lb. . , , , , . . j .,12 Wool,',,' , ,, . 16 to I -16 tol7 H,dreaedrlb--TTW-. Beef, dressed, lb. HMo G.S., bV -(0-10 1-2 T-np 9 lb. WW""' Fin, lb. .lJ-M Q.I, Ik .10-12 FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. (Quotations by New Bern Prod Co-puny). Cabbnto, crate .75 to $1.00 Beets Bunch 9 .03 1-2 Pens. crste.... .60 to .75 PERSONS Sending communications to the JOURNAL for pub lication should accompa ny them with their names The namar will not be pub lished if not desired, but the publishers must know the authorship of all com Pr. municationa or they will i iiujjpi i jii niim .is. THE CURSE OF MAR. 1 m B.-t w u uu.. Fulfill! In tfetf . a. .. - . ... Course of 900 Years. Curses do sometimes come home to roost One of the best known la "the curse of Mar." The Earl of Mar was cursed prior to 1571, when he was ele vated to the position of regent of Scotland. This was the curse: "Thy lands shall ' be given to the stranger, and thy titles shall lie among the dead. The branch that springs from thee shall see bis dwelling burnt In which a king was nursed his wife a sacrifice to that same flame, bis chil dren numerous, bat of little honor and three born and grown who shall never see the light Horses shall be stabled In thy hall, and a weaver shall throw, his shuttle In the chamber of state. Thine ancient tower shall be a ruin' and a beacon until an ash sapling shall spring from Its topmost stone. Then shall thine honors be restored. The kiss of peace shall be given to the countess, though she seek It not and the days of peace shall return to thy, line." ( In the course of 300 years every part of the curse was fulfilled. Then In 1820 the ash sapling duly appeared. Two yean later George IV. restored the earldom, and later Queen Victoria kissed the countess. London Cor. New, York Sun. SUMMER IN THE ARCTIC. Between the Heat and the Mosquitoes ! Life Was a Burden. Stefanssou, th arctic explorer, writ ing In Harper's Magazine, tells of thai discomforts of summer days In the far, north: ( July was Intolerably hot We bad no thermometer, but 1 feel sure that many a day the temperature must have been over 100 degrees In tue sun. and sometimes for weeks on end there was not a cloud In the sky. At midnight the sun was what we would say an hour high, bo that it beat down1 on us without rest the twenty-four! hours through. The hottest period of the day was about 8 o'clock In the evening and the coolest perhaps 4 or 6 in the morning. The mosquitoes were so bad that several of our dogs went completely blind for the time through the swelling of their eyes, and all of them were lame from running sores, caused by the mosquito stings oa tht line where the hair meets the pad of the foot It is true that on our entire expedition we bad no experience that more nearly deserved the name of suf fering than this of the combined heat and mosquitoes of our Coppermine riv er summer. I Scott and Thackeray. Sir Walter Scott once confessed to having a bad memory, but In dealing with the wealth of historical Incidents in his books he Is remarkably accurate. On occasion, however, be Is at fault In "Ivanhoe" Wamba says, "1 am a brother of St Francis." The order of St Francis was founded in 1200, but Wamba lived In the time of Richard I., 1189-99. In the 'Heart of Midlothian" Scott errs in some of bis references to Bedreddln Hassan of the "Arabian Nights.'' As Thackeray copied tbs same mistakes int." "Vanity Fair," he Is also St fault. ' One of Scott's most picturesque Incidents is that In "Wa verley," when Prince Charles Edward leads Flora Mi-lvm- out to the dance. Whether Scott em-d knowingly cannot be said, but a reliable authority has recently told n that "there is nothing so authentic as our knowledge of the fact that Prince Charles never danced nt aU." Westminster tinzt'tte. Good Salesmanship Rewarded. One evening lust a few moments bay fore closing time an elderly man and bis wife entered a book store In New York city, according to an American publisher quoted In the Bookseller. 1 Practically every one bad left the floor, with the exception of one clerk. The lady wanted a particular kind of book for a most particular friend, a aft er the clerk bad spent half an hour (during which Urn be bad taken near-t ly every book out of the shelves) the' husband became impatient not the book clerk. He was as genial and agreeable as though be were selling s diamond necklace and was to receive the entire profit of the sale. Finally she secured Just the book sue wanted. The man was so impressed with too salesman that he offered him a posi tion at $20 a week more than ha was then receiving. Taking Tea Through a Reed. The natives of Paraguay In drinking their mate tea do not poor It from s teapot Into a cup as Europeans are ac customed to drink tea, bnt fill a goblet with the beverage and then sock It up through a long ornamented tubs. The former Is generally made out of s pumpkin or gourd, while the tube is long reed, but with the upper classes It Is often made of solid silver. Both reed and gourd are richly carved. The natives ssy that this tea is an excellent remedy for fever snd rheumatism. A OW Behest "We have 600 girls at oar school, and we vote, to decide who hi the prettiest glri."nsnr. "How many VMaf doss elect r It take to -'The decision oenally to any gtri who can gat two City Journal. A Tender Strain. First Dtner-What Is that sad. low pisce the orchestra Is playing f Sec ond Dlnor-Dont know, but I hope It will here s eofteasng toflosnoa on this Transcript PREVENTION OF PNEUMONIA. N Is Largely a Quewtlon of Pneumonia ts snrileulsrly a of city life and crowded living. With nt present anewtoda the prospects are hopeful tor the control of pnenato nls In the futare through 9 This Is of special importance to the in dividual. The avoidance of p to largely uanrlis of personal fre es attune that prevent the daislosmnnrl of the disease by lisssnlisg th preote positlou to t about fifty, must learn during unset tied weather to avoid crowds, especial ly when fatigued and when they havi been tor a number of hours without eating. Late at night whan for an? reason s meal bad been missed, crowd are dangerous. If this lesson could 1 generally learned there would be low pneumonia among the well to do class en. The principal danger comas In crowded street cars, which, If possible, should be avoided at rush hours. It needs to be emphasised that the dan ger from overcrowding is greatly en ha need by fatigue and going without food. In a word, prevention of pneumonia Is now much clearer than It was. like all the other Infectious diseases, in toad of being a snow or less Inevita ble dispensation, It ban come to be rec ognized as due to certain definite fac tors which can be greatly lessened by public and individual hygienic regula tlonWournsl of the American Medl cal Association. THE GREAT PYRAMIDS. Methods of Building and Wonderful Aoeuraoy of Measurement Herodotus thus describes the build ing of the pyramid of Cheops, and his deductions are probably as correct as those of any archaeologist of today, for the modern investigators have had to depend very orach on the ancients for their Interpretations of Inscriptions, etc.: "This pyramid was first built in the form of a flight of steps. After the workmen had completed the pyramid in this form they raised the other stones by means of machines, made of snort beams, from the ground to the first tier of steps. After the stone was placed there it was raised to the sec ond tier by another machine, for there, were as many machines as there were tiers of steps, or perhaps the same ma chine, If It wan easily moved. The highest part of the pyramid was thus finished first the parts adjoining it were taken next snd the lowest part, that nearest the earth, was taken last" One thing that has been especially noted In the pyramids is the wonderful accuracy of measurement In the,great pyramid of Gizeh the four sides have a mean error of only six-tenths of an inch and twelve seconds in angle from a perfect square. The construction of this pyramid is thought to nave em ployed 100,000 men for thirty years or more, probably half a oentury. Atlan ta Constitution. How the Pulse Varies. The human pulse has rather a wide range, but the general average may be put about as follows: At birth, 140; at two years, 100; at from sixteen to nineteen years, 80; at manhood, 75; old age, 00. There are, however, great variations consistent with health. Na poleon's pulse is said to have been only forty-four in the minute. A case Is also related of a healthy man of eighty seven whose pulse wss seldom over thirty during the last two yean of his life and sometimes not more than twenty-eight Another man of eighty seven years of age enjoyed good health and spirits with a pulse of twenty- nine, and there Is also on record the curious Instance of a man whose pulse In health was never more than forty five, and, to be consistent in his incon sistency, when be had fever his pulse fell to forty instead of rising, aa to usual. Talesman" In English Law. A talesman, according to English tow, to a Juror summoned to fill a gap. and formerly, at any rate, this was often done by taking any sultsble per son who wss present In court "Tales de clrcumstantlbus" "such of the by standers") were the first words of the order directing this process. Good Plckwlcklans may remember that as only ten special Jurymen were present on a memorable occasion, Mr. Serjeant Buxfuz "prayed a teles," whereupon two of the common Jurymen, one of whom was toe unfortunate chemist were pressed Into the service. London Standard. 1 A Pertinent Query. The old gentleman looked Parlay In the eye "Can you support my daughter to the style to which she to accustomed T" he demanded. "No, colonel. I cant" replied Parley, "but let ma ask yon, sir, could yon have done so at my age T" Harper's Weekly. The Lure. "You're wanted at home, father. "Who says soT" "Mother." Did she say anything else 7 "She sold it yon didn't come at once she'd come snd fetch yon." "Come on. boy, torn go home." FH gende Blatter. Heeatsn Tried Te. -Philip." said the teacher, "parse tbs sentence, 'Yucatan to a peninsula.' " "Yes'm." falteringly began Philip, who never could understand grammar any way. "Yucatan to a proper noun, nom'tlve case, second person, stngu lar"- "Wby," aakad the teacher In amass ment "how do you make that outr "Yes'm," said Phi bp, swallowing bard. "First person Icataa. parson Yucatan, third person Hscatan plural, first person Wee tan. par- Bat right here the teacher fainted. - Maw York World. Peas Old Wise Ones. gome one haa dag ap the following from the Chicago later Ocean of Dae 81, WU: "George M. Pullman, of the firm of Pallssaa at Moore, house raisers, to aa perl meeting with what he calls 'a pal sea sleeping car.' The -wtoo ones' pre diet H will ha a failure."-Oeveland Plain Dealer. Pragresslva. day." remarked the old "you assy be 0 the United States." "Msbbe." replied the son of the vary Mg business man. 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