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THE OREGON "SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, FEERUARY- tO, 1907 I (V, , . www ma 5 v HP ll&t; : 3ulsarian Women ate Sturdy , , J(t TT DIED at the ripe old age of ; . ''iSA is So years old today, - and in the prime of life," ' Such expressions may not be uncommon tn a few years, if people generally take to the "yoghourt" diet : of the Bulgarian tnoun iaineers." ,; ' -v : .' ;. '.. : JfOi'at- is "yoghourt" 't-j Simply sour, or V curdled ytilkrl t swarms, howeverrwith the ; lactic acid bacilli, and these' are the germs " that banish the decrepitudejfj3tdage No less an authority that: Professor Elie . Metchnikoff the eminent specialist of the Pasteur Institute, Paris, the greatest institu tion of pathological research in the world, Hands sponsor for the lactic acid germ ., Professor Metchnikoff believes that there no reason why man should not Attain twice the Scriptural age limit of three-score and ten: why he should not be in UfJs prime at from So to loo, instead of, as now, being re garded as a turiosity of longevity at such age. Investigations and conclusions of Metch ttikoff have created a profound sensation the 7 world over because of his eminence and con t t'ervat'tve habits of thought. He is not the Only one, however, holding out promise of increased years. - ' '' Still another prominent scientist has C J W Si Prof W 7 C P . Tv?L if. 11 e .a. (fittvablc . Sap Scientists .a 1; MW . 1 '4 V lei m Bulgarian Hills wfcreLife Giving Bacilli ' Etourisl;. - "For lnitnc, th rerm In BoumnU li juori pdwcrfQl. thn In Franc, mad la BulctrU It Is itronger than ha, , Roumanla. -The effact may b aaan in tk dlffarcne hi the atatutlcal flfurea regarding ctntenariana In thoa aub. llTYeatv ifearE2tr 'Mountain eef raria. to learn hour o manr poopla thara Uva to b Tar 109 years old , H found that at Juat about tha earn tlraa Frofeaaor Majwol, of Oeneva, had been aivln attanUon to It, and had hit OH tha aama Idea. Then both learned that Dr. Gohendy. of Farla, bad arrived at the aama conclusion. T m,.. .... ..t.lri h'h Rulamrlana attributed tVOhed an electric-bath treatment which he- their longevity to sour milk and nothlnr elae, Nothln asserts is just as effective as lactic acid germs routing old age, while breathing exercises and dieting are recommended by others. could b almpler. "Yoghourt" la uaed aa a. kind of atoek, a email quan tity being- placed In freeh milk when the Bulgarian wlshoa to drink tha latter, Juat aa many aoups are made from atock. - In 1U oondensed form "yoghourt" la aent to other countries aa tha baal of health dlets-Parla lakes large qttantltlee of It now. It can b brought to America, or taken to any rart of the world aa well, i ' Not only will, "yoghpurf perform Its work as well -when mixed with milk- In New York. Chicago or Denver. A Bulgarian family takes pall of milk and P10' , -but from It a second effective, culture, and even a third. . -Twi are eM. Father William." the yeaag man erled, 1 "Tour yrs are alx-eoore and tea." ... Til mo take a awi( of our milk' ke replleo. ' "And thea 1 11 be 'una Mala. IT IS no Pickwickian crusade which threatens to drive the dragon of prematura old age to its lair. Metchnikoff did not proclaim his belief to tha World ttntU DO nan uiorougiaf min. iuMr . r.ti everv nhase and DoaalbUlty-Then, too, BS nas astonlnhlng exhibit at hand with which to uphold his 1 nwrr. t - - In fact, he has nearly 4000 such exhibits or knows where ha can find them all sturdy, healthy centenarians, i realdlng lntb mountains of Bulgaria. i No other country has so many very oMTpeople la proportion to" populaOon,- beeauaa in no other country doea the germ that combats old age. or, rather, the con- tfitlona that lead to""p'rematur old age, exist In such virile activity. It exists In France. In Bwltaerland and elsewhere, even In America but these branches of tha family are weak and Impotent compared with the Bulgarian bacillus, j ' ' The most recent vital statistics available for Europe apeak eloquently tn upholding Metchnikoff-a theory, i ' In Germany, with 5S.0O0.0OC inhabitants, there ware 1 fewer than eighty persons over 100 years old, or ono in 437 50. '' i- --w 'France, with eO.OOO.OOO inhabitants, had D centenarians ' -one in 1ST.795. j in Spain, wlth'18.000.000 people, thera wera 410-ona In 0,9(0. Roumanla, 1,600,000. and ; 10M centenarians- one in tliX t , . . ind in Bulgaria, with rawer tnan i.wu.uw peopie. mere were SS persons over 100 years old-or almost ona In every thnusandl Theeo Bulgarians prsctlcslly Uv on our milk. Bo M Metchnikoff discovered efter he had Bought In other dlrectlona for an agent that would fight and overcome fne rm which, operating In the Intestines, Injects, mto our "vsterrs the toxin which makes us grow old. And now M. Hetohnlkoft sdvl.es every one who wishes to flght off old ago to adopt "yoghourf aa a food. POISON CAUSES DECAY - Prematura old age Is the reeult of conditions set up i. thtiyium by a poison, or toxin, that haa Ita fountain head principally. In the large Intestine. &nless combated, thla poison Increases In strength -nd quantity with the years, until It permeates the . sys Tern bres Ice down tissues, overworks heart, liver, kidneys ind' whr vitsl organs and brings the victim finally w ?rV stags of tottering decrepitude and the edge of tha i-rav" when he should yet be In his prime. ' improper methods of eating, improper food and too. foodat a time contribute to the virility of this noiaon: a kind of fungus growth develops Internally: K,n benomes aato-lntoxlcated, to use a,, eclentlflo. e. pr,riS!rly the thing to do Is to introduce Into tha system a corrective ea-ency. a germ that will devour or drive u,chn1a " amoSg the first tn oterv. that tha e.m'ctlon of the white eorpuaclea In the blood la to fight off Invader germs, and that when they fall-are van Bulxhed dlnenee enauee. , ' . The defensive elements are supplied with a protective uhetanre egiilnst hsrmful microbes, but thla becomes vitiated by the poison generated In the Urge Intestine. the policemen of the system fnU an eauy prey. noThls stags srrlved at. one simple question- remained: Tfrw find a Stihatnnce which, taken into tha stomach, will nullify the poisonous effects of the germs of putre .erlnn. for such the toxins are? 1 wa( believed that If the muraudera could be held In check the policemen In the blood would take car of ail normal exlgenclee and Insure old age. After Ujing other things, 1S. Mvtchnlkoff visited Bui lt outside tha door. There, tn a short time. It Deoomes full of lactic add germs. The milk becomes thick soured, or curdled, we would say. Tha average Bulgarian doean't know why milk ex posed to the air acquires health-giving properties; he only knows that It does. His treatment of the. fluid ! also largely the result of tradition, but It la eftocSlve, After tha milk haa been exposed a certain length of time. It Is taken In and placed on a fire. Tha bacilli con tained will stand a heat of 141 degrees; It la not subjected to this heat, however, but to permitted to almmar until may be made. But, after the third culture away from Bulgaria tha substance losea its virility and la of no more servloe than native milk, BATTLE OP CERMS '"' v. ' Bclentlflo Inveatigators ssy that if one could turn a magnifying glass on to bis Interior department after a meal of "yoghourt" haa been partaken of, ona could see an Interesting battle. Tha curd or lactio acid germs go right after the harm- - . i .v. .... i. .vraLi 4fee reaMus f urtuxlnr an (rarooeea to lmnene" Therrr Tarthtir worif bf in "Bulgaria: irsxwt . . - . ' . . - . . . . i .... ' nk. a A e.mlll.a a mmt inmArhU "Huff III Tllllvarla Mm.thinf or tn aonaisiencT or euro. uuiiinvim. a.m ww w. -"- - In this form, the milk becomes "yoghourt.- It will resemble sack other, yet tney recognise eacn iner wnere ewe, keep considerable time; in fact. In ancient times sour enemies aa aoon aa they meet In the end the milk milk was considered a preservative, and meats wera germs not only kill tire others, but sometimes devour immersed In it. . ' them, so that they can do noharnijojhe syte Even tha young people of Bulgaria the people of aa age which would be called young in this country show', the good effects of curds. They are robust, happy, clear-skinned, clear-headed.' They enjoy life. People' there are not considered old when they reach the age of ) or 7a And even tha very old people retain their faculties to the last In short, thsy remain actlvo until the vital force- has gradually burned itself out and when they die. It Is only a gentle passing out Of tha spirit, unattended by agony. - Indeed, old people there often aay that they feel the need of death. Juat af we feel the need of sleep. They don't dread death. They view it aa people who have had plenty of tlraa to perform their llfs work and arc ready for rest ,. Why could not this sgent to longevity "yoghourt" be prepared at Brat hand In tha United States or else where aa well aa In Bulgaria T Tha question was ex plained by an expert as follows! . "It Is true that the germ which causes milk to sour In the United States is th"ame "that causes It to sour "While sour milk In the United States and elsewhere1 Is alwaya beneficial. It la only the Bulgarian sour milk, that will destroy the poison microbe In the intestines, because the others are not strong enough. "The only solution I can aee at present is that thsj yoghourt must be made In Bulgaria and Imported. Mixed with ordinary pure American milk, its result arc just as good as in Bulgaria." M. Metcbnlkoff, too, predicts thst the first step to ward general and healthful old age must be the general adoption of "yoghourt" as food, with the consumption, of little or no meat and more fruit and vegetables. ' He declares that vital isfatlstlc -teererdtng longevity in Europe bear out thla reasoning. For instance, ,the Germans, among whom the smaller average of old people Is, are heavy eaters, consuming large, quantities of meat and vegetables; while In Bulgaria the "Ideal food" W generally partaken of. CULTIVATES LIFE-PROLONGING GERMS At the time when M. Metchnikoff was conducting hi first Inquiry Into the longevity of the Bulgarians, Dr. - M assol conducted experiments In which be found tha It was possible to Implant tha sour milk microbe within himself and acclimatise it, with the result that the germ of putrefaction could not operate In Us vicinity. This theory la received with no surprise by students of the Bible, who know that sour milk aa a beverage ta many times spoken of in tha Scriptures. Perhaps It was) the very prevalence of thla practice in tha days of Methu selah that accounted for the long Uvea then attained- lives commonly extending to 40Q, even X years. M. Metchnikoff found that thera is something moral than microbe life in the Intestines which retards tha process of proper digestion and assimilation. He aver that we have our "flower beds" tn our Interiors Just aa (n our gardens...' And by drinking sour milk curds, he declared. In one) of his writings, Jt "is possible to transform one's internal flora from ona that Is savage to one that la cultivated." ' ' "I prefer a special kind of coagulated milk, but it W hard to obtain." ho. said. The substitute consists of ordinary milk boiled and skimmed. To this is added a quantity of Bulgarian bacillus abounding throughout thai Balkana. "Two bowls at a temperature of 72 degrees should be taken dally. If taken regularly, many years may bo' added to life, while the remedy .is also an almost euro cure for dyspepsia." . Another step which the scientists hope to take soots and highly colored in ona country are diminutive and colorless tn another. wtce (kinmtExplam Chan. orvumaie. I S THE United State undergoipg a change of rlimatet Are the winters of the Eastern States becoming milder and those of the -Voethwoat mora severe! Is the "old-fash ioned" winter a thing of the past for New Eng land, New York, and Pennsylvania, having taken Greeley's advice and gone West! . " , Many have asked these questions this winter. People of the East read that -the Northwest was ...it : Am intnnan. v.nrrlnntinir Cold: that there were snowfalls in the Dakotaa to the depth . JMwj StJtti' r.4 ,nHr.five feet, and that farmers were cutting l lf'J? Z?liln that there U no down telegrapn poles, puiung oown icnces mm u barns to secure fuel. During most of that time April weather prevailed along the Atlantic sea- "what is the matter with the weather, anyway! was asked. Why are there such differences of climatic; conditions in the same latitude! an forth. Like Irregular waves, warm and P?' . nuctusts acroee the country-eJong the At nnc eoaat. according to one scientist, at prWs o f t w en t -1 wo X r and over the interior at Intervals of '"V yrffT If all the periods of hesvy snowstorms, droughts, floods, cold spells, mild winters, hot aumrrrs and hrnvy rains which nave visited the country since the land ng of the Pilgrim Fathers were compiled in a list, the at divided iwv two halves, each division containing an eqi at number of years, it would bo found that for every mild winter In the first half there would be a mild winter In ( Forevery : "old-fashioned" winter In ' e"--would 1 be another "old-fashioned" winter In the other, ,vr long-continued drought fn the first would be "neln the second, and so on. Science esys there has been no permanent . change in climate alnc the landing of the " Aaccvrnte record of the temperature can ekP only by accurate instruments.' Until within compara tively recent years little csrs was taken In . l. I- ....ninirai instruments, nor were iri'W V y - gf J progressive change of climate in any one direction. ! CHANGES MERELY OSCILLATIONS everal yeara ago the water level of Bait Ike begun to fall; this waa found to be on account of an Increased use of water In the West for Irrigation. v.s..h- Vjurrng the "boom" In western Ksnsas snd NehrasKe, from IIP) to UBO-farroers tlr.Atropa of wheat and prosoered. The col la pee of the boom came after a ' A at-idy of tha rslnfall of India by the tckyers con vinced them that India has two pulses of rainfall-one . near the maximum and the other near the minimum ol the eun-apot period. . , . , .... These writers claimed that with knowledge of thla phenomenon In IS3S the probability of subeequent famines might have been foreseen. .... ... i, ITofeaiHT Bruckner, of Berne, the note cllmatologlst. said he wn asoured thst there Is a periodical chana-e in temperature, after making a study of climate conditions In all pirts of the world. He bean h's InvesOgationa br measuring the level of rlvera flowing Into the Caspian Hen. He investigated ths rivers of Russia, and then went to various countries, taking data concernmgtetn perature, rainfalls, severe winters, harvests, and so on. He studied the rainfall in tha United States, Central Europe and Siberia. ' . . The evidence according to Bruckner, showed a tnirty flve year periodicity In temperature and allA aeries of years somewhat cooler snd rainy la followea by veors which arearmer and drier, . . . The recurrence le not systematic. The Interval be t. . tu, onA An, neriod and one that M cold and molat In noma cases Is twenty years, to others fifty. Aha . v r. Interval between the two extremes westhor, however, being thirty-five yeers. ' W. i. B. IXK-Kyer SSlfl (III uiTOiiimiw - varlallotk or IA SCTIVITT VI in "lJ" f A BK sty of tha older folks of tb Eastern Bute whether they remember winters or tneir cmra hood aa mild, meek and aprlngllke as those of tha . l. . wu n- hl tbt win snaae ineir 1 1 sadly and tell yoo the days of the tinkling slelghbells, the old-time parties and great, furious blUaards are no mThy will tell yon of those January snowfalls In the rountrv which kept them from school for weeks. blocKed the country roads and lanee and kept the entire family . prisoners In the house while the wind howled and blew the enow against the doors and windows. . , There l no doubt thst the East has been favored with genial winters for the last few years; thst unprecedented snowstorms and severe cold spells have prevailed rn the Northweet. Yet when we turn to sci ence and voice our suspicion that mother esrth Is chang ing her ellmate. science answers ncgsttvely, and says there is no progreeetve chanire. What science says Is this: v ' ; Like a gnat pendulum, climatic Chang swings back v liiunii. e 1 1 i. Scleinc Views these cnsnnrea mm om. w..- the period of chenge dlscovsred by Bruckner, rWKr Change, in , the acUvity of l" f)f n Kre"airais, inmiuvi anusa bf " " Lockyer. from three to four, eleven and thirty-five yeara. One thlna on which scientists are agreed la that the ext.. ..,. Atir tm ihele aanlanatlona. Rome attribute attribi Others declare frankly tha ehareee to aun SDOls, to variations In solar activity they do not know. , , Climate Is uncertsln, variable; tha cause of Its changes tm veiled In mystery. The srell-known sclenllst Kopnen, after a study of sun spots and changes In the temperature, came to the conclusion that the weather, especially tn the tropica, la hot teat when there are few sun spots. ' klor recently Nordman's IWidlnss seemed to contradict the conclusions of the other eclentlst. ' Thst th-re were msny rslnfalls and frequent tropical rvelones when there wes a greater number of sun spots waa brought out by Meldnim In 1STL Poey found that the West Indian hnrrlcanee were more frequent when there waa maximum number of sun spots., , .. condition of ths westher depenas upon ine pnwii of the etmophere. Obeervattone by meteoroioglaie enow thet when th.nre Is rain on the contlnen tthe rreasure la low, while It Is high and dry over the sea. This raises the question as to what le tha force which controls Uie distribution- of the alrt , n.. ariemtat. Hlvtt. who made botanical studies In Norwsy snd P wed en. declares that he has found evidence every Prt of tha physical machine. When your hair gets white, and, later, falls out. It la because tha old-ego toxin has got at the nerve which supply the roots of the hair with nourishment. - . WORK OF THE DESTROYER I It attacks the optto nerve and causea premature dins nees of eyesight. It attacks the mentality and make on a senile wreck long before his time. It enter th akin and parches It. The heart aadl liver are Ita victims. So are the renal and lumbag regions. It even attacks the bones, robs them et vitality glvea tbem that brittle, Ufeleea feeling common to oltl age. To destroy ths activity of these marauders, In an other way. Professor de Arsonval, of Paris, hss intro duced an electrical treatment. .Mis Idea la that while a few thousand vlbratloiie of electricity per Bimuts pouring through the body causes death, several mllltcn vibration per second causes no sensation at all almvly, kills the microbes. This treatment has been tried mtich lately and Is said to be highly favored by sclentlAo farla, "The electrlo fluid not only glvee new life t the arteries," the professor says, "but disintegrates calculi of the kldneye and other Internal waste products, and facilitates their elimination. "The current, in fact, seems to atlmulste the whole system and encourage It to soaks off tbe aceumuUtlona of refuse.' In Course of time, no doubt, every prudent middle-eged person will huvs his circulation tea ted and electrically rectified at regular Intervals. Ji.st ae he now goes to his dentist to make sure that insidious decay w not making Inroads on hla best molars." Sidelights on Royalty HB King ef Slam hss a body gas rd composed of V female warriors. At the age of 12 they enter the royal service, and remain In It until they are t when they pas Into the reserve. Their wean on ! lance, and they are splendidly trained lu the use of its Queen Maud of Norway haa the reputation ef being the wit ef King Edward's family. On one occasion aha waa with her sisters at a publlo function and noticed a curious reporter gaalng at their every movement. Accordingly, she wrote somethlna en a piece ot paper and, making a pretense of handln It to one of her slaters, dropped it. The reporter, ef course. In r, t glee picked It up. expecting to gel a great scoop f .r his paper. Imagine his chagrin when ha found wru ten on It the commonplace remark: "My new boot pinch me horribly." The sovereigns of Europe have rwvenuee ae follow: Csar of Kueala (estimated), ll.00.ft0; bill tan of In., her etlmated, $7,5i).n; Kmperor ot iern..i.. (king of I'rusala), 1.R'0.00; F.mperor of Autri.t t King OT tlttnaary 9J,IUM,uru; nmi oi iiaiy, a.f,fi.. King of (treat Britain, S2.OQ.nno; K.ln r 9 AAA AAA 400,0001 King ef fpaln. Il.4"').0n0; i. ..... mi ma tie wavea since the last alsclal period. rm.Wi King of ttaaony. f -.; v -lii.tiona fn tha temperature rather luTt.Ow; Kmg of Portusal. 1.5"' ka rhanee aeema nroven bevond doubt, ens ngea jn-oxre. ee-" the sun. the shifting- of the atmosphere, the poeltton of ' the earth dnrlng the sesaons, the preaence of volcsnlo dust, an earthquake all these thrnsa affect that delicate, sensitive, c auric lous thing, th weather. I King of tiirece. n.nin King cf Servla, r.'4"'; Kms Sun. The Pr""l-lnt of the Krm h r allowance of .;.iv),, half tt ).. .i household expense of livnru. King ef li e 1x4 "f i- - - i- ri , f 1 i t Ki tt la far more potent than any- "r 'a " '"ntwr-'- Just as mosquitoes grow bigger and more , Dl " some a.ent n.t voracious In New Jersey, and- flower, which are large D1 on eocroacnmenis 01 pouwn. cau- y 1 pparaiwna at li viu mtsw yuawi, Th old-ag toxin haa been declared the enemy of
