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Show Tho latest 'taunt to which science hns trnccd the uieiry mlciobc Is the raw vegetable, nnd one Is ndjuied, as ho wishes to aohl typhoid fcer and cancer, to nold also lettuce, cress, radishes, tomatoes, and all thoso delectable delec-table vegetables without which salads are Impossible. The troublo rests not so much with the egotubles, It seems, unless they hnvc' becu allowed to collect col-lect tho dust of tho highway by ex-poiuro ex-poiuro In shops, but In tho wnter In which they nrc wnshed, stntes the New York Tribune. Drinking wnter Is fllteied nnd boiled for tablo use when typhoid links in tho neighborhood; but no one hesitates to wash lettuce In suspected wnter. One mny easily take Into his system In this wny a few thousand thou-sand typhoid germs, and the only safety scorns to llo in tho uso of sterilized water for tho washing of vegetables thnt aio to bo eaten raw. |