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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY; NOVEMBER 13. 1912 Too Many Inefficient Physicians Graduate From American Hospitals By Or. HEINR1CH NEUMANN. Austrian Physician rAKE the largest city hospitals in the United States and you find there are too many heads to every department There s is no regular system of One case may be handled by three, four or more physi cians, and young physicians come and go without regard to the length of time spent in study and practice. Many are STRIVING ONLY TO MAKE MONEY IN TRIVATE PRACTICE without consid ering whether or not they have fitted themselves honestly to practice as specialists. The hospitals I have examined ped, but they cannot advance the science of medicine until they adopt the postmortem system. The Austrian law helps the medical pro fession there by providing that every one who receives treatment, RICH OR TOOR, IN A GENERAL HOSPITAL MUST AGREE TO A CLINICAL POSTMORTEM. It would bo necessary for students and medical men to go to Eu rope for special study if the proper methods were adopted in America, You have men of as high intelligence and skill as arc to be found any where, and you have the means to meet all requirements, but under conditions which prevail in general of Americans are forced to seek tries. YOUNQ PHYSICIANS ARE PERMITTED TO GIVE UP HOSPITAL PRACTICE TOO 800N AND TAKE PRIVATE WORK. THEY ARE ALL HUSTLINQ TO MAKE MONEY. THEIR THOUGHTS ARE MORE ON Hospital Wirslsss. "A very efficient system of wireless telegraphy exist In every hospital," slj tbe ourse. "Apparently all pa tients have tbe knack of transmitting messages; otherwise the news of seri ous cases would Dot travel so quickly and accurately from ward to ward. It Is contrary to tbe rules for hospital at tendants to retail gossip, and moat of them observe atrlct secrecy, yet aot wttbstandlng that precaution there Is never an Interesting case In the build ing whose history Is not known and discussed In the remotest corner. "Last week a boy suffering with a peculiar kind of tbront trouble was brought Into a first floor ward. Tbe doctors were very much Interested In tbe case, yet they took siwial pains never to mention It In the hearing of another patient. But for all tbe good tbelr caution did tbey might as well have lectured on tbe case In every ward, for when the boy died men and women all about tbe hospital said to the nurses: 'So that poor boy died, did be? I suppose there wasn't much bope for blm from tbe start.' "How did the news travel?" New York Tress. The' Horn of the Unioorn. The born of the unicorn was reputed Instantly to reveal poison In a dish by sweating blood, and great was tbe ri valry as to the possession of tbe finest specimen while this belief still flour ished. Charles the Bold proudly paraded sli. two of them eight feet long, two sis feet, two Ave feet Ac cording to Benvenuto Cellini, "the finest ever seen, which bad cost seven teen thousand ducats of the Camera." was tbe one for which at the pope's command he made a design, "the finest thing imaginable, modeled half on a horse and half on a stag, with a very fine mane and other adornments." Coryat speaks of tbe one at St. Denis as about three yards long, and Windsor bad two of four ells. Tbe real "uni corn" in many cases seems to have been the narwhal. London Chronicle. Few Flioa In Bohemia. Bohemia Is singularly free from flies. In most of tbe dining rooms ia Prague during tbe course of a meal perhaps three or four flies appear during tbe season. In restaurants there are very few files. There screen doors to keep out flies and other Insect are unknown. Tbe buildings are all constructed ot brick, atone or concrete. Tbe dock along the river front are of granite. Tbe pavements and sidewalks are made of granite blocks. There are no wood en sidewalks, stairways or buildings In the city. Decayed vegetable or animal matter la not openly exposed to flies, and tbe streets are frequently cleaned during each day. There are no open drains In tbe city to attract and breed flies. Tbe absence of flies can only be ascribed to tbe lack of breeding places. Windmills as Newspapers. In Holland births, marriages and deaths. Instead of being recorded In newspapers, are Indicated by wind mills. When a miller gets married he tops bis mill with the arms of tbe wheel In a slanting position and with the sails unfurled. Ills friends and guests frequently do likewise with their mills. In token of tbe ceremony. To Indicate a Mrth the wheel Is topped with tho arms In a slanting position, but at a more acute angle than for a marriage and with tbe two upper sails unfurled. Should a miller die the sails of his mill are all postmortems. are beautiful and perfectly equip hospital practice here hundreds special knowledge in foreign coun THEY WANT AUTOMOBILES, AND SOCIETY THAN UPON 8CIENCE. furled and the wheel Is turned round until tbe arms form an upright cross, In which position they are left until after the funeral has taken place. ' Always Raining. There Is a group of Islands to the south of New Zealand called the Sis ters, or Seven Sisters, which are re puted to be subjected to a practically constant rainfall. Tbe same may be aid of the Islands and mainland of TIerra del Fuego, saving for the dif ference that the rain often takes form of sleet and snow. On a line running round the world from four to eight or nine degrees there are patches over which rain seldom ceases to fall. This Is called the "zone of constant precipi tation," but at the same time there are several localities along It with very little rainfall. The 8mllett Watch. A rich resident of Moscow owns the smallest watch In the world. It was made In Geneva by tbe famous watch maker, W. Goeglln. and cost more than $25,000. It has a diameter of one- fifth of an Inch and Is set In an arti ficially worked finger ring, which Is studded with diamonds. Gocglln la old to have worked three years on It and permanently weakened bla eye- lght in the task. Prstty Poor Cigars. "Ton can't tell me there Is no honesty In the world." "How now?" "I left a box of clgnrs somewhere the other day. Somebody found It. smoked one and returned tbe rest" Washing ton Herald. An Assurance. "Sir. I am talking about what you owe me. Will you pleaso pay me some attention?" "Certainly, if you do not want me to pay you anything else." Exchange. A Ruler. Slneleton That's a aueersttrn: "Want edA girl to feed ruling machine." Wederlv Nothlns oueer about that Somebody wants a mirseglrl to look after the baby. Traitors are hated even by those they favor. Tacitus. Rsal Hard Luck. A fat Frenchwoman despairingly says, "I am so fat that I pray for a disappointment to make me thin, but no sooner does tho disappointment come than the Joy at the prospect of getting thin makes me fatter than ever." Lon don Tlt-BIU. Daftly Turned. This Isn't like the' bread mother makes," said tbe young married man. "So you are going to start that, are you?" 'I was merely congratulating you. Mother never was very good bread maker." Washington Star. The Explanation. Autolst I haven't paid a cent for re pairs on my machine In all the ten months I've had It. Friend So the man who did the repairs told me. Boston Transcript, A Msan Hint. "If I really loved a man I would llllngly die for him." "Since you're turning so groy, I don't wonder you're willing to dye for any body." Exchange. The Strength of Child. Medical men assert that, according to well conducted tests. It Is abown that the newborn babe Is relatively much stronger than a full grown man. The muscles of tbe forearm are aston ishingly vigorous. A few hours after birth a baby suspended by Its finger to a stick or to tbe finger of a grown person can sustain itself In tbe air for about ten seconds In the caae of particularly strong Infant for so long a period as thirty seconds. When four days old an appreciable Increase In tbe Infant' strength may be noticed, and tbe time during which It can thua sustain Itself Is about two and one-half minutes for 03 per cent of babies. The maximum Is attained In two weeks. Few Infants can "hang on" for more than one and one-half minutes, although it Is of record that one exceptionally developed child re mained suspended for two minutes and thirty-eight seconds by his right hand. After that be continued to hang on with his left for fifteen second longer. Harper' Weekly. Grouchy Aftsr Waterloo. General Grouchy died May 20, 1847, after battling In vain for thirty years against tbe legend which held him re sponsible for tbe loss of Waterloo. A marquis and a Norman, he yet cast In his fortunes with tbe revolution, was an object of suspicion In tbe terror, but soon rose to command as a general of ficer. In tbe hundred days he was made a marshal. After Waterloo be withdrew to I'arls In good order and proclaimed Napoleon II. Proscribed by tbe restoration, he found refuge In the United States, but returned to France In 1S21. He was restored to bis rank as marshal by Louis Philippe and summoned to a seat In tbe cham ber of peers. Ill son In an uneventful military career was made a general, accompanied bis father In hi Ameri can exile and eventually became a sen ator of France. Marshal Grouchy passed the greater part of his exile In Philadelphia ond after his return to his native land lived at Caen except when his legislative duties called him to Paris. Exchange. Catching a Wolf Alive. One of the favorite sports of a Polish country gentleman Is to capture a wolf alive. A wolf being driven Into the open, the well mounted horseman pur sues It, armed only with a long whip and some rope. The wolf after a time tries to take rest, but the rider forces It on with his whip till, after repeated ttempts at rest. It sinks exhausted The rider then springs from his horse, jumps astride the wolf and, holding It by the ears, secures It with the rope. Most men require tbe assistance of a mounted companion, who ties the wolf while the other holds Its ears with both hands, and In this way the cap ture Is comparatively easy, but to. do it single handed Is a difficult feat Nasty bites and even dangerous wounds result should tbe hunter have miscalculated tbe strength of the ani mal. No one, however. Is considered a perfect sportsman till be has done this. yet many never succeed. How Cowards Wer Punished. Many of the devices by which mili tary Indifference to life has been ma tured and sustained are curious. In ancient Athens the public temples were closed to those who refused mili tary service, who deserted their ranks or lost their bucklers, while a law con strained such offenders to sit for three days In the public forum dressed In the garments of a woman. Many a Spartan mother would stab her son who came back alive from a defeat, and such a man. If be escaped his mother, was debarred not only from public offices, but from marriage, ex posed to the blows of all who chose to strike blm, compelled to dress In mean clothing and to wear bis beard negli gently trimmed. In tbe same way a horse soldier who fled or lost his shield or received a wound In any save the front part of the body was by law prevented from ever afterward appear ing In public. Hi Method With Tips. The president of a certain line of coastwise steamers has a novel system of handling the tip evil. lie sends on each of his boats every once and so often a detective, who has Instructions to go Into the dining room, order large and elaborate repast and hand the waiter a tip of ten cents. If the waiter Is silent or surly after receiving this small gratuity his number Is promptly reported. It is said that In no place iu tbe world can such a num ber of smiling waiters be found as In tbe dining saloons of this partlculai steamship line. New York Tribune. A Happy Household. What Is this Initiative and referen dum?" "If this way. If I want to go any where or do anything I take tbe lnltla tive by mentioning it to my wife. Then she decides whether I can or not That' the referendum." Pittsburgh I'osL Duo to the Way Ho Called. Wife Broke again! It seems to me yon are always short of money. Hub (a poker player) It Is due to the way was raised. Wife That's right; blame It on your poor parents. Bos ton Transcript. Out of Fashion. He- Don't you think Mrs. Mellor had biassed look? She Oh, mercy, no! Nothing Is cut on tho bias now. Baltimore American. Jealousy Is the greatest ef misfor tunes and the least pitied by those who cause It. Rochefoucauld. The Colonial 8homakc" American supremacy In shoemtklsg 1 due largely to specialization. Abroad an operative doe half a dozen different things. Here he perform one simple process, and here also one factory make one kind of shoe. If a large manufacturer make different kinds of hoe be has a separate factory for each kind. What a sight the modern shoe factory would be to tbe primitive shoemaker of colonial days, who was an Itinerant workman, carried hi tools with him and stayed with each family long enough to make op tbe farmer' sup ply of home tanned leather Into shoes enough to last until hi next annual visit His last was ronghly whittled out of a piece of wood to suit the largest foot In the family and then pared down for the successive sizes, He sat on a low bench, one end of which was divided Into compartments, where his awls, hammers, knives and rasps were kept, with hi pots of paste and blacking, bis nail, thread, Unglngs and buttons, "shoulder sticks" and "rub Uck." New York Sun. O-dorl 8treeL Tokyo. One of the most densely peopled spots in the world 1 O-dorl street, Tokyo. Tbe long thoroughfare known a Glnza, which run from near tbe Shlmbashl railway station to Spec tacles bridge, 1 made up of several streets with different names, some wide and modern, some old fashioned and narrow, and if the earth were sud denly to gape oin wide in that portion known as O-dorl street at any hour of the day there I no other thorough fare In the Japanese city where the results to human life would be more fatal, for here the tide of human life runs the highest. But O-dorl street Is extremely narrow, so that the density of the crowd doe not make the dally figures much above the 300,000 mark. Unlike most of the other Important cities of the world, this thickly popu lated commercial district of Tokyo Is situated outside the city walls. Strand Magazine. The Better Part of Valor. Nobody ever called In question the courage of tbe early Spanish settlers of California, but there aeems to have been at least one man among their descendants who held discretion to be the better part of valor. A certain Don Andreas was interviewed by his supe rior officer on the eve of an engagement with the enemy and was warned that the American was a very different foe from the Indian or the Mexican and that courage should not be pushed to rashness In an encounter with him. "Have no fear, general," was the re sponse or tne intrepid caoanero. i would far rather that history should record from where I fled than where I felL" The general's mind was probably re lieved of anxiety concerning the fate of at least one individual In hi com mand by this reply. Black Under the Eyes Explained. 'In the north country" eo goes the story In "Sun Babies," by Cornelia Sorabja "In the month of Kartlk Is worshiped by the women folks tbe great and terrible god Bhlsbma. Light ed lamps must be rlaced at the cross roads of tbe village, under the sacred fig tree, at the shrine of Shiva, and one little lighted lump la sent adrift on a raft In the village tank. When tbe lamps have burned low It Is good to rub tbe black from tbe wicks under the eyes. It keeps away the evil one. So that Is the reason to this day we women put tbe black beneath the eyes." Natural Ear Trumpets. It has been ascertained that the spiral horn of a wild sheep, when so placed that the ear la In the axis of the coll, makes tbe direction from which the ticking of a watch comes more easily discernible. Since the ear of the sheep Is surroum'ed by the horn It Is inferred that the latter acts as an ear trumpet, not Improving the hearing for distant sounds, but disclosing the direction of a sound. This would be useful In enabling the sheep to ascer tain the exact points whence sounds come when there is a mist or fog cov ering Its feeding ground. Exchange. Carlyle'e Way. Carlyle appears In n brief reminis cence from the pen f Tercy Fitzgerald thus: The thing with Carlyle was to end out for a long churchwarden (a clay pipe) and a screw of tobacco. which put him In great good humor. He talked to his rlaUv a yon might say. If anybody snm nnytnmg irom which be dissented you would hear him murmuring. "Oh, the pair auld fool; a regular pulr auld fool!" The Mean Is Golden. "How did Jones come to fall?" asked Blnks. 'Oh, be bad no conildence In him self," replied Jinks. "And what caused Urown to fall?" asked Blnks. "ne was too confident," replied Jinks. Cincinnati Enquirer. Fair Proof. "I wonder If she cares for me at all?" nas she given you no sign?" 'One. Once I saw her setting the clock back when I enme to call. Louisville Couricr-Jourunl. Easy. The doctors have finally decided what caused Smith's Illness." "Had a consultation, eh?" "No; autopsy." Judge. What Is celebrity? The advantage of being known to people who don't know you.-Chambort. A Modern Raleigh. He was a stalwart young. (Wizen, be a charming young woman. They were under an awning. Tbe rain bad ceased, but the street was muddy. He did not look like Sir Walter Italelgh. nor did she look like Queen Elizabeth. But probably Q. E. uevr looked prettier. "wuxtry poipers!" shouted a news boy. "Say, kid," be said, "are yon too busy to earn a half dollar?" "Well. Bo." replied the boy, "do I look like a cheap editlou of Mr. Itocke-by-baby? Show me de mun." "Well, boy, take your papers, spread 'em out from curb to car track. Cover the mud with 'em. Get busy!" ne paid the astonished boy. Tbe car came, ne bowed In courtly man ner to tbe queen. She blushed and said: "Oh. Billy, yon foolish boy!" But she walked over tbe papered path as proudly a Q. E. could have done. Then, like Q. E., she sentenced him for life, ne is ber meal ticket now. Chicago Record Herald. "More Bacon." Many years ago Congdon's tavern in Wlckford, Rhode Island, was famous for Its good cheer, and In "Early Rbode Island" W. B. Weeden has an enter taining tale of John Randolph of Roa noke, who was once a visitor at tbe Inn. Mr. Randolph was on bis way to Newport and made his Journey on horseback with his cousin Edmund. secretary of state under Washington. All the way from New York "ham and eggs bad been tbe universal fare. At Wlckford Congdon said he would give them clams for supper. Tbe eccentric John of Roanoke rubbed his hands In pleased expectation. Then appeared tho host again, saying tbe tide was too high for clams, but they should have some capital quabaugs. "Good heavens." exclaimed Randolph, who did not know that the qunhaug Is hard shelled variety of clam, "more bacon!" For Lime, Cement and House Plaster See STRANAHAN & CLARK The NEWS ir Our For and Rates Light Power et Our And Be A Phone to care for lines cover 5 HOOD RIVER mr PIIONU 55 The Academy Shine. The man who has the most highly polished shoes In Pari today la Paul Hour get. To one of hi friend who was marveling not long ago at tbelr Incomparable brilliancy he communi cated, nnder an oath of secrecy, thl recipe: "First you wash the shoe so-so with some water. Then you dry it and rub blacking cloth over It Next yon take a second cloth, softer than tbe first and rub until the shine Is perfection Itself. Then with a sheep bone yon rub for five minute to fix the blacking, and that operation puts It in the proper condition to receive the polish, which you spread on with your thumb. All you have to do after that 1 to let it dry." For your shoe to acquire the acad emy brilliancy you polish unceasingly and then polish tbera some more. Paris Pele Mele. 8ugar as a Disinfectant. - A custom has grown up In parts of Europe of burning sugar In sickroom and has been looked upon as an Inno cent superstition. Investigations, bow ever, have proved the practice a bene ficial and scientific one. Professor Trilbert of the Pasteur Institute at Paris demonstrated that burning sugar develops formic acetylene hydrogen, one of the most powerful antiseptic gases known. Five grains of sugar in several tests were burned nnder a glass bell with a capacity of ten quarts. After the vapor bad cooled bacilli of typhus, tuberculosis, cholera, smallpox, etc were placed In tbe bell In open glass tubes, and within half an hour all the microbes were dead. Stove and Hardware Reporter. Gives Instant Action ("him. N. Clark, Druggist, reports that A SINGLE DOSE of slmule buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as compounded In Adler l-ka. the tier. man appendicitis remedy, stops con- stlpatlon or gas on the stomach IN STANTLY. Many Hood River peo ple are being helped. For Printing. Allows you to have all the Electrical En ergy you want at the lowest possible price. Service Happy Call will bring one of our men your needs immediately. Our both City and Valley. 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