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Show CHOI FR A WHICH IS NOW REPORTED FROM EUROPEAN MILITARY CAMPS, IS SPREAD THROUGH BACILLI IN WATER Asiatic cholera, reported n having hav-ing broken out In Vienna, is "ni of the most virulent diseases known. Even in mild cases Its mortality 1b above 50 per vent, while BO per 1 em ,-,f r,. , ases result Lb death. Jf the news of its outbreak 0 e true, Austria's capital must combat a foe within Its own gates far more dangerous dan-gerous than ever JtUSSia or the Biil-alllr? Biil-alllr? rould 1 e The disease must not be confused g. 'Hh bubonic plague, another product prod-uct from the Orient. Their only similarity i their high death rat' "no shortness of duration In the hidlyjdual case. "Black d-nth" usually means bubonic plague, but otnetlmes Is apulled to Asiatic I cholera. 1 m 1 holefa has been Known since before the Christian ra. Again and nuin it swept over the world, tak-ois tak-ois million:- to death, since Buro-n Buro-n entram t Into the ' Irtent VfeAt litrldeg h;i- l.cen tnken In reducing its for.., but exrn rei It rem"s one of the most feared easf. It appeared In China in flaying that nation for nearly a year. IB 1111 Arabia and Persia were ourged. and tWO years later it had penetrated as far as the Caspian See Then it disappeared, when all Europe was trembling in fear. In 182 6 another wave started from India. U passed throu;h-Bia throu;h-Bia to Russia in 1880. After imd-inM imd-inM Germany. Austria-Hungary and Turkey, it reached England in IMS Nothing, it seemed could stop Its terrible advance. It took its toll from every nation in turn and In he same year It attacked England reached the United States by way of CTspWd rapidly from Buffalo along the VrWU water c ourses. New York. Albany. Baltimore. Philadelphia, Washington, Clncta- Satl and finally Bt luis and New Orleans ame Within its grasp The Rt named Cities were most vlo-!;tly vlo-!;tly .Usulted. The Middle State, never knew such terrible visitation. visita-tion. Hardly a City in the entire nation escaped. The awful scourqe appeared in the United states again in 184!. it appeared Urst in oft-doomed New Orleans Then, like a f.'n, it spr ad Its courve over the North :ind East Seven hundred died In one week in New " ork In July It was such nation peril that the President named August :t s a day of pre er that "God would avert the iii-len. iii-len. t that wnlketh in darkness and destruction that wastoth at noonday." noon-day." Near the end of that year the die-ease die-ease died down and for two years disappeared. Then. in 1S.S3, It tarted Its march from New Orleans sKiiin. In Philadelphia the disease seemed to spend its greatest fury. An account of that time Bays: "Of those who remained tin the eltyr, many shut themselves up In rhelr houses, being afraid to walk the streets. The prnokc of tobacco, !dWhiftw- being regarded as a preventive, many persons, even women nnd small children, had senars almost constantly In their mouths Others, placing full confidence in garlic, hewed It almost the whole dny; v. . . 1 11 o kt?it It In their pockets and hoes. Many were afraid to allow l he barbers to come neni them. Some, who carried precaution pretty far. bought lancets for th( Dl -selves, not d.irlns; to ollow them-selves them-selves to be bier) by lancets of bleed- r:. Many houses were scarcely a moment free from Hie- sine); of gunpowder, gun-powder, burned tobacco, sprinkled vinegar, etc. Churches, uiir.inev and other- places of public resort were Closed. Those persons who ventured ven-tured abroad had handkerchiefs or si'OnRcs. Impregnated with vinegar or camphor, at their noses. Others carried pieces of tarred rope in their hands and pockets, alSO ':no-phor ':no-phor bgn tied around thoh necks. The old custom of shjikinc handl fell into RUCh general dlSUSS that many recoiled with affright at the offer of a hand." Several subsequent epidemics have occurred in the United states. In IsHL' it rnme to New York from Kaihburg, Qanhahy and "iiiy the most heroic Kittle prev r uled It from sweeping over the nation again. In iw.i the United States soldiers in the Philippines met the disease. A few cases were reported in the United stntey shortly afterward; but cmlek measures stamped it out. The principal Cguse for an oUl-break oUl-break of ehoiern is the presence of cholera bacilli In the drinking water supply of a city fts des ent is sud-den sud-den nnd widespread. Almosl an entire en-tire populace can be stricken at once. The stricken person, usually. usual-ly. Is dead or on the road to recovers recov-ers within twenty-four hours. Sometimes, however, a fever bangs on for several days, in some in- stances resulting In death, it is not believed that tho disease 1 nn be comrhunicated by ooptagion, .Many bacteriologists have spent much of their time studying the nature na-ture of the cholera bacilli, hoping to find a preventive. An inoculation has teen used in India with Success, Suc-cess, but it has not succeeded in controlling the diseases like vaccination vac-cination has sinnllpoN Sc-iiooi Gardons Uncle Sam has taken hold Of the li hool garden ide.- He has just appointed Miss Ethel Qowana graduate of the N'ew York state College of Agriculture, to make a study of the subject, and see bow far school games will help to solve the . r,t of living, to Induce thrift nnd to drive the younger generation count ry ward. A spe'-iai appropriation has heen granted by Congress, arid the I'nited Slates Bureau of Education has taken this money nnd told Mi's Gowans to find out all she can aboul seihool gardsna Mis Gowans Gow-ans will write to and visit those cities which have established gar-.lens, gar-.lens, she will find out how much tJiej cost, what the profit Is to the Pi"-? child in an educational way and yg gSln all the Information available. feSy This Will be published for the bene- fp&J (II ,,r cities which have not as yet tried the experiment. fiSSr The Bureau of Education believes fW; thai the school garden teacher should have an all-year round Job. a 1 hat she should teach nature study Ik'- vflj In the winter, give lessons In ele- mentarj science and dirc't home gardens, as well as conduct the f i School garden In the summer. In k.j , onnection with the summer work the children should be taught can- nlng and prcservlnr and how to jW.j market their produce. . 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