| Show editorials HALF A mill MILI MILLION ION lon A DAY IN ins this territory april is losing its old time character aa as the month of very tery much mixed showers and sunshine of late years hereabouts the mantle of april has fallen upon Ila ifa may the first half of the present mon month promised little but drouth and farmers and gardeners became apprehensive of short crops but the jatter latter half of the month is amply redeeming the new pluvial reputation which it had obtained on one of the first days of the present showery spell a joyful farmer thought the rain min falling was worth half a million to the territory now nearly every day or night since last night not excepted has done about as well in the matter of rainfall making a daily gain to the territory of half a million that is doing very well and is much better than it could be done by artesian wells welb if we had them for rain is sti astl still by y long odds the test best best belt means of moistening the soil fo for r growing crops the territory could stand a number of days prosperity of this kind at the rate of half a million daily but it could not endure too much of it if our out farmers get rich at this rate of half a million every day unless there is a let up to it after a little while they will be ruined by their then riches too much prosperity will undo thereal actually as too little but more seriously the grain and all small seeds and vegetation generally have now an admirable start and the prospect is of a thriving growth and large crops of both grain and fruit which if secured will make two successive years of plenty a thing to be highly appreciated larecia precia ted by those who have passed through a few seasons of grasshopper visitations WHEELERS EXPLORING expedition prom from various of our exchanges exchange sit it appe appears a rs that wheelers exploring expedition which was to take the field between now and the first of june to operate mostly in new mexico eastern Arizona Utah and southern colorado starting at denver is to make rendezvous camps at santa fe fort port wingate and other places the season for field work will last from june till december after which office work will be pursued in washington as heretofore the expedition will move in the terra incognita almost of a very remarkable portion of the rocky mountain country from the peaks and canyons of utah and C colorado 0 to the lava beds and indian pueblos of arizona the expedition will bo be more thoroughly and completely equipped than any which has preceded it and will comprise four working 9 field parties and three principal astronomical trono mical parties the survey embraces the departments of astronomy topography meteorology geology natural history and photography to graphy skilled assistants under the executive control of officers of the united states engineers are engaged in the dlf dif merent different branche branches the field parties were to leave the diff different lerent starting t points at or near the following dates may the arty party under command of B L hoxie roxie corps of engineers from salt lake city june a party uder command of marshall corps of engineers from denver colorado another a triangulation gu lation party will leave sarta santa fe N M in june and still another ather party to operate in two divisions under wheeler from port wingate the three astro astronomical no parties in addition to the building of a permanent observatory ry in the vicinity of ogden U T and the determination of its as astronomical tro and ordinates coordinates co wlm wim carry out an elaborate series of astronomical trono mical and meteorological observations ions at the following named lal points 0 eblo ants denver georgetown and peeble colorado cimarron fort port union and santa fe jpe N 11 green river kiver wyoming ke kelton relton alton minne vinne winnemucca and virginia city nevada and helena montana CANT BE bought it is refreshing to hear in these days when cash is kin king and so many bow down in the dust to worship him that there are at least two distinguished characters one in america and tho the other in england who are not for sale and who cannot be bought it has long been understood that agassiz the great naturalist has no time to spare to make money and spurgeon the english preacher is equally proof against the seductions of mammon agassiz is so much absorbed in studying the laws of nature animate and inanimate and spurgeon in preace preaching W ing what he believes to be the gospel of salvation that neither of them can think for a moment of leaving his hig life work to go hunting for dollars but they will live none the less useful lives they will be none the less respected while living nor the less honored when dead 0 0 wyly WHY discriminate the denver tribune wants to know how it is that the federal government can afford to spend money so lavishly in digging for artesian wells in wyoming california and other states and territories territories and yet have no dollar for colorado we should be glad to hear of colorado obtaining the investment of federal means in the establishment of artesian wells for they would be a public benefit neither would there be any objection to the expenditure of federal means in sinking this sort of wells in utah say one on the mili military tay tat reservation near this city to begin with POLAR expeditions now that captain halls expedition to the thy far north has come to an untimely end as reported there remain still in the north regions the prussian expedition organized by dr peterman and embarked in the germania the swedish expedition commanded by M lordeus the austrian expedition direct directed ea by payer layer and the norwegian expedition unar under captain maek mack and the french expedition of hector Pavy which started from san francisco last year all five still in the arctic regions and the british expedition which is to explore the unknown antarctic the arctic regions to a high latitude have been pretty well traversed ra versed for little profit but of the antarctic sweep of earths surface the amount of knowledge yet obtained is very insignificant i tae THE SCHOOL HOUSE rousi 1 GHOST AGAIN our readers will recollect the story of the newburyport schoolhouse school house ghost published a few months ago the excitement ia is in process of renewal as the mysterious appearances are reported to have been recommenced the lawrence mass american has the following the disturbances at the charles street schoolhouse school house hoube in newburyport have broken out anew on saturday a party 0 of f five ladies ladles and gentlemen from out of town called at the school room in the forenoon from curiosity to inspect the widely noted premises one of them pulled the cord that raised the ventilator and the iastan t it was opened the dustpan dust dast pan was thrown wn down with great violence striking the only unoccupied seat in the room the pan had been used need friday afternoon and huna hnz up in the closet but could no noi not be found saturday morning the only entrance to the attic was securely locked and the key in the possession of one of the committee the door was opened as soon us its the key could de be procured it being closely watched me meanwhile in while and the party ascended but nothing was there but vacant space As may be Ima imagined glued the party was astounded not having expected eclea a pe performance corma nce 0 for o r their benefit E the he q quondam no nd Z e excitement e It ement has been renewed and nd t the h c faik talk I 1 kw now 1 is th that miss perkina will at once be removed 0 his GOOD QUALITIES an eastern castern paper lias has the following concerning the recently deceased oakes ames A poor boy boyt taught in his bis youth the trade of shovel making he was what we call in this country the architect of his own fortune practicing the franklin proverbs he prosper prospered edg eds grew rich richt and became a great capitalist in accordance with a latter dav custom he was elected to congress angheld and held hela a seat in that boly boily for several ra 86 sessions ons the tho best things that will be said of him are that he had a kindly heart and n generous nature that he treated his hia employed emp loyes with justice and succored the poor foor w A GALAXY death loves a shining mark many shining 0 marks just now ho he has been busy among earths great ones of late I 1 there are seward greeley chase brooks oakes ames bulwer lyt ton charles knight stuart mill juarez napeleon napoleon francis lieber i and baron leibeg and the rumors are that the pope and Garib garibaldi aldi ildi will not tarry long behind how to deal with smallpox small pox As from some som deause cause causo the city of new york has been rather exceptionally successful in warding off the smallpox or at least preventing presenting enting it from mom hetting getting getting the epidemic hold there it has as obtained in other large cities it is a matter of some interest to know the course pursued by the health officers of that city in the late important meeting of the american public health association at cincinnati dr janes read a paper giving the of dealing with the smallpox small pox adopted b by th the ke I 1 health 1 ea li th authorities in new pork vork york an and d w which has stood tile the test of two years during which the disease has been more or less prevalent there the first active measures adopted by the board of health of new york was in the spring of 1869 1809 at which time a system of house to house vaccination was inaugurated and a specia spocia special lk corps of vaccinating physicians organized to prosecute the work this contin continued aed through gli gil the month of may of that year during which vaccinations and vaccinations re were performed by a corps of about sixty physicians the result attending this effort although not equal in the number of vaccinations to the work of subsequent years is well worthy of notice as the int first successful introduction of house to house vaccination in the city of new york by which the public mind was I 1 in n a great measure dis abused of t the h e opposition hitherto felt towa toward t that h at particular method and edu educated d to something like a proper appreciation of its importance in to the degree of protection I 1 so far secured was adde added dUtie the vigorous measures adopted by the tile health authorities upon the appearance of the disease in a form threatening an epidemic without delay a vaccinating corps was organized of sufficient numbers to extend the benefits of vaccination to every portion of the city not only was the system of house to house vaccination resumed by which all of the tenement house districts were thoroughly canvassed but schools asylums factories printing houses stores and indeed all large places of business or places where numbers of persons were engaged either in labor or study were sough tout and the inmates of each persuaded persuaded to avail themselves of this gratuitous offering ing in this way during the winter whiter of 1871 2 more than vaccinations and eions were performed by agents of the health department alone which when added to what was done neby by private and dispensary physicians swells the amount to an aggregate sufficient to greatly modify the severity of the epidemic by depriving it of so large an amount of susceptible material the undoubted efficacy of vaccination in the prevention of smallpox pa x was shown in in repeated instances of the only person in in a crowded tenement house who refused vaccination ci becoming the victim of the disease while all the others etheri escaped with a view of preventing the communicating of this contagion to others it is essential that the patient be so isolated as to absolutely sol preclude at all times the presence of any one except the nurse who should always bo be cautioned against intercourse with others while in the discharge of this duty it is not only for the safety of friends that are likely to come in in contact with the patient that isolation is necessary and its observance enforced but it is well known that such persons may be the vehicle by which the infection is conveyed to others while they themselves escape and as a public safeguard it is equally important that the protected as well as the unprotected be rigidly prevented from any personal communication communicate 0 n with those who are suffering with this disease it has been demonstrated that the infection maybe may be conveyed from froin place to place by clothing it adheres to bedding car ear carlets carpets sets upholstered furniture an and plastered walls and even the physician in his liis brief visit without proper precaution may convey the infection to the next patient who requires his bis services according to the experience peri ence of the new now york health authorities it is I 1 not safe to allow a case of smallpox small smail p pox ox to remain in a house occupied by other persons who are daily mingling with the busy world unless there be facilities for perfect isolation therefore tenement houses in largo cities be come pest houses to some extent at least from the fact that the necessary isolation cannot be enforced people who occupy this class of dwellings are as a rule elthe cither r ignorant I 1 of the danger they incur or heedless of its consequences and hence feeling themselves secure by vaccination or by previously having inc had the disease they unhesitatingly expose thom themselves selves solves to the infection fec tion to the detriment of some person pensol with whom they afterwards associate that the ease case is a mild one is if possible a stronger reason in favor of removal from the tile fact that such patients cannot be properly controlled at home feeling that they are not sick they are impatient at what they consider an unnecessary confinement and recognizing the interests of none but themselves the they if possible conceal the malady and mingle indiscriminately with others regardless of all conse quen ces by this class of patients it is believed that all public conveyances vey ances anees are often infected and even a public assembly may have in its midst what to use the simile of sir james T simpson will de stroy more lives than would a tiger or a rattlesnake appears appearing ng suddenly in their midst the attempt at isolation of a patient in a tenement house renders it necessary that children belonging to the same house be kept from school and church until the time for conveying contagion has expired and the premises have been thoroughly purified it has been the rule therefore in new york to notify teachers of the presence of smallpox small pox at the houses of any of their pupils that they may take the necessary action the patient should not quarantined but measures should be immediately taken to destroy the infectious poison and for this purpose nothing has proved more efficient than impregnating the atmosphere mo sphere of the sick room loom and the adjoining halls with the vapor of carbo carbolic ile lic acid in such strength that it can be respired without annoyance this may be done by hanging cloths claths wet with the solution ir in biffl different erent portions of the room or by means 0 of f an through which from time to time a spray of the solution may be thrown into the room and around the patient anointing the patient with an ointment of which carbolic acid form forme an ingredient is also a means of destroying ying contagion both by the dis infecting property of the acid and preventing the escape of dried particles of animal matter from the surface into the atmosphere during the infecting disinfecting dis solution mentioned and that which is adopted by the health department of new york consists of one ounce carbolic acid eight ounces sulphate of zinc I 1 and three gallons of water in tilis this solution all of the soiled cloth 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