i\r;v\ luuiv, aiarcn wi. ituipn Hopkins recently reported to the directors of the Louisiana leper colony that nine victims of leprosy had been discharged from the colony as pcr-f ctly cured. Scores of other cases under treatment have been greatly helped, he said, by a newly discovered vaccine from the bacteria of erysipelas. He al*o employs an oila j to bo taken internally, but some pa-' tients cannot assimilate tbe oil.Dr. Hopkins some time ago discontinued tests of serum taken from horses and goats, after they had been bitten by poisonous reptiles because the patients developed severe abscesses. He said, however, the serum benefited the patients otherwise. Tho Pr. Hopkins cure will be given to recognised medical institutions.Mrs. Ira B. Hurd left on the boat last night for Cordova to join her husband, who is on his way out from fhe Chisana