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A eorreapondanl recently reported Economies Have Effected Cut
1*4 tha Uaa
in
• hat h* dear tHmhI aa itia curious
frank" of a blackbird flying agalnat a
|>ail*r window many llinaa at lk
lau* apot Hucb an Incident la nol
uncommon lllrda bii* baa ti known
to fight for houra at a lima, day afiar
day, with thalr own linage rafie« led •
• pane of glaaa. pecking and fluitarlng
agalnai tba pane and qulia eibauat
Ing lli*iuaal««i In ihalr fury to de
mollah tha supposed rival II la anoth
ar Inatanra of bow I ha aria of our civ
luxation corrupt and eonfuaa tha bird*
It la tba aania with flahra darwin lalla I
a glory of a pike In an aquarium aap
aralad by plaia glaaa from flab wblrh J rency
vara Ita proper food In trying to gat
at lha flah lha plka would often daab
irllb auch violence agalnat lha glaaa
aa lo ha completely stunned II did thla
for mora Ihan Ihraa months before II
learned caution Than whan tba glaaa
'wan removed lha plka would not at
tark those particular flshea, but would
dsvour othara fraahly Introduced II
did nol at all understand lli« altuu
tlon, but associated fha punishment II
had received nol with tha glaaa, but
with a particular kind of flah. Dar-
win s American monkeys proved them-
aelvea more "knowing" When they
cut themselves once with any aharp
tool the> would not touch It again or
rise would handle It with the greatest
camion. Thua they gave evidence of
the simpler forms of reason of which
moiik«ya are no doubt cupabla, but
birds are evidently lacking lu reason
Jng lowers
Expenses of Various
Departments.
MONETARY REFORM IMPORTAN
Pr.sid.nl Hop.. II Will Not Be M*d*
Subject of Party Polities—Sur
plus In Poalal Department —
Ait.ni,on Called to Canal
Mailers—Poalal Savings.
Washington
Whatever may bo mil.I of the ex
king of Portugal, he has a saving sense
of humor. Incontinently dumped out
of his regal position, h« makes his
homo near Ixmdon, from which van-
tage point he can watch the efforts of
those who dethroned him. Down In his
heart, of course, there must be Htigor
combined with regret that he Is no
longer the official head of his coun-
try; but If we inay believe the reporta,
ex King Manuel Is not eating hla heart
out on that or any other account. The
most recent International goHBlp that
the duke de Vlzeu has fallen heir to
the rol« of the Portuguese pretender,
Bnd la endeavoring to so Interest an
American woman thut she will back
up hla efforts with her money (her
daughter la hla wife) must amuae the
ex-klng, soys the Cincinnati Times-
Star. Those close to him sn.v he Is most
frank In declaring that he has no atix
lety to gain hla throne again—Juat yet.
Portugal, according to Rev. br. Qnster,
who la said to know the situation,
"will not be a republic long." But Dr.
Onster believes that If the throne Is
regained It will be for Manuel, not the
Duke de Vlieu. Meanwhile the young
Rrngnnza, doing his own thinking,
makes use of that excellent old say-
ing: "Patience—and shuffle the cards "
The old question. "Do lightning
rods protect?" has been referred to
Thomas A. Edison,«and Mr. Edison re-
plies: "One or more metallic con-
ductors at least one quarter Inch In
diameter of. either Iron or copper,
without Joints, when connected to a
proper amount of metallic surface
connected with a permanently damp
enrth, will certainly protect a house
from being affected by lightning.
Any metallic surface on roofs, etc..
when connected with roda, will In-
crease protection." That ought to set-
•tie that.
Not long ago a New York lea drink
er was reported as saying that 60
cents' worth of tea would make twice
as many cups of beverage aB the same
value represented In coffee. This has
brought forth a calculation showing
etlll more In favor of the economy of
ten. A pound of coffee that costs the
public SO cents. It Is asserted, will
make only 45 cups of good coffee, while
a pound of tea. costing 60 ccnts. will
make 25 to 500 cups of tea So ten
costs from one-fourth to one third as
much as coffee.
Statistician tells us that Edmonton.
Canada, has only two hours of actual
darkness In summer. Illbulous per
pons In that vicinity cannot use the
old excuse about being aftald to go
bome In the dark
I1nan< m and cur-
form are the subject of a l>e
rial massage to congress, which reads
In pari as follows.
I Til* llnaiulnl I condition of th. gov.rn
lli.nl. aa .liuwn al tha cilia. of Ilia last
f1a.nl year Juna . I ll. waa vary aalla
factor« The ordinary reeelpta Into Ilia
I general fund. .«• lu.lltig |a.alal r.veiiu-a
amounted t.. |Wl,IT?.*T« • , anil Itie ill.
bur.eiii.nta from the tfeneral fund for
rill rent etpenaaa and '-apllal outlays. •*
eluding po tal and I'mikuiib I'snai dla
| bur.riiicnta Including lha Inter..! on the
pulilli itelit, amounted lt> tXM.m.W W,
|.avlng a aurplua of $47 7M 577 H>
The |Ktal l r. venuo receipts amounted
lo $S37.M7W.SSI w. wlilla lha payment, insdu
for I lie poatal aervlca from the poalal
revenues amounted to IMT.MO.Ti* 4*. which
left a aiupltiH r.f poatal recetpla n\et dla
bursernenta of CIS.IIH 12. the Ural lima In
r yenr. !n which a surplus occurred
The Inler.sl healing debt of the I'nlted
riki.n Jiihi • l ll. I to 9I'.
*S.h<" Teh dehl on which Inl.real hud
caascil aiii 'inted to II.HTO.IIOM. and the
debt bearing no Intereat. Including K'reett
hiitka nallotuil bank nolea to lie redeem-
ed. stid fractions I currency, amounted to
!* ; TM.M7 43, or a tolsl of Interest Slid
non Itili n t bearing debt suiountlng to
u.w«.m s: «9
The hi I mil disbursements, exclusive of
thorn- for the 1'nnama Canal snd for th.
poalal servloa for the year ending June
«ft. 1911. were •fiM.IS7.W7.X0 The aetunl
dtabursements for the year ending June
m. 1310, exclusive of the I'll numa Canal
Still the poatal service dlaburaements.
were fi.vi,7«>.891.«N, making n .lecrease of
$4i,f>ii7,.1liS l In yearly expenditure# In the
year mil under thai of 19U> For the year
ending June 30. 1912, the eallmated re-
ceipts exclusive of the poatal revenues,
are $fi«6,000,000, While the total estimates,
exclusive of those for the Panama pay-
able from the poatal revenue, amounted
to <K4,842.799 34. Thla 14 a decrease In the
1912 i-atlmalaa of ll.6SI.SS7 22
For tha year ending June SO. 191.1. tha
estimated receipts, exclusive of the poa-
tsl revenues, are Jfifo,000.000, while the
total intimated appropriations, exclusive
Of the l'anama Canal und poatal dls-
bn.enienta payable from poatal rcv.nue.,
will amount to 6S,',920,S0S.S6. This Is n
d.creuse In the 1913 estimates from that
of tha 1912 estimates of $7,921.996 99.
As to the postal revenues, the expan-
sion of the busln.ss In that department,
the normal Increase In the post office
anil the extension of tho service, will In-
cresae the outlay to the sum of J2fl0,n!W,-
463; hut at the department waa ■etf-sus-
tslnlng thla year the postmaster aenerul
I* assured that next year the receipts
Will st lenat etjual the expenditures, and
probably exceed them by more than the
surplus of this yenr. It Is fair and equit-
able, therefor., In determining the econ-
omy with which the government tins been
run, to exclude the transactions of a de-
partment like tlin post office department,
which relle. for Its support upon Its re-
ceipts. In calculations heretofore made
for comparison of economy In each year,
It has been the proper custom only to
Include In the statement the deficit In the
po.t office department which was paid out
of the treasury.
A calculation of the actual Increase
In the expenses of government arising
from lha Increase In the population snd
the general expansion of governmental
functions, except those of iln< post office
Increase of shout 4 per cent, a year. By
directing the exercise
keep down the expense
we have succeeded In
disbursements each year
Efflclsncy and Economy In the Treas-
ury Department.
In the treasury department the efficien-
cy and economy work has been kept
■ tesdlly up. Provision Is made for tho
elimination of lot positions during the
coming year. Two hundred snd sixty-
seven Statutory positions were eliminated
during the Isst year In the office of the
treasury In Washington, and 141 positions
In the year 1910. making an elimination
of 642 statutory positions since March 4.
1909. and thla has been done without the
discharge of anybody, because the nor-
mal resignations and deaths have been
equal to the elimination of the places, a
system of transfers having taken care
of the persons whose positions were
dropped out. In the field service of the
department, too, 1.259 positions have been
eliminated down to the present time, nm
king a total net reduction of sll treasury
positions to the number of 1.801
time the efficiency of the wort
department has increased.
Monetary Reform.
A matter of first Important
come before congress for aetl
session la monetary reform.
nd the
tho total
of the
that will
in at this
i h«
Itself i
ductlon of this greHt
the report of Its mor
This commission was
emmend a solution of
currency problems so
the nation and to furi
nged
questh
appoint
the b<
Rev Mr. Milburn atv
considers herself the w
and clings to the yolk.
Sometimes an egg Is
double yolk
In <Mb
ha «a
s that
ilte of
w hlch
found
woman ]
he egg i
:s man !
with a
data nee
to take
The I
lions
bankii
ctlo
ary to
nable
ork 1
srly Intro-
n through
ammlsston.
d to rec-
.iklivf and
■onfrontlng
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. The
York la t«
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The War Department.
Thar. I. mis larfui. nrniraM a bill,
lb. purpoa. of wblrh Is In Ho aee lb.
• ffli |en- and (tecroe*, tha - pen. of
lb. artti) ll contains four ptimlpal fee
luro I tr.t a ciiitaolblatlon of th. g>n
• ral at alt with th. adjutant general's
and lb. Inapeet.it ganeraTa department
aarvnd. a i mia..|id«tlon of th. quarter
maat.r'. department with Hi. .ubel.tmc.
ami pay d.parluitut. ihlrd. lb. creation
"f an arnit nl. •• ••upa. ai d fourth en
etii-n.lon nt lb. .-iiii.i^pi.t period from
three to five ear.
w ith the I Slabllahin.nt of an army
aarvlce corpe us pinpuse.i in the bill
I am thoroughly In a.eord and am run-
Ml
naolldallo
■ d. with
aim
lit
eli
in i
ale
army. 11 has
ended by mi
Spell tedly
and my
. that a
ndll m
Hit
ful mobilisation or an army division of
from 16.000 to 20.001) men which took
place ulong the border or Mexico dur-
ing the ree.nt disturbances In that
country The marvetuia freedom from
the ordinary camp dia.aaea of typhoid
fever and meiisl.s is referred to In
the report of th" secretary of war. snd
ahows such an effectl vines. In the
sanitary regulations and treatment of
Ilia medical corps, and in the disci
pllne of the army Its.-ir as to Invoke
the highest commendation
The Panama Canal.
The very satisfactory progress made
on the I'unania canal lasi year bus
continued, and there Is every reason
to believe thai the ennui Will be com-
pleted us early aa the lat of July, 1913.
unless something unforeseen occurs
This la about 18 months before the
time promised by the engineers
\Ve are now near enough the com-
pletion of the canal to make It Im-
peratively necessary that legislation
should be enacted to fix the method by
which the canal shall be maintained
and controlled and the aone governed,
the fact Is that today there Is no stat
utory law by authority of which the
president is maintaining the govern-
ment of the gone. The implied author-
ity of the president to mulntHln a civil
government In the zone may be de-
rived from the mandatory direction
given him in the original Hpooner act,
by which he was commanded to build
the canal; but certainly, now that the
canal Is about to be completed and to
be put under a permanent manage-
ment, there ought to be specific statu-
tory authority for Its regulation and
control and for the government of the
■one, which we hold for the chief and
main purpose of operating the canal.
I fully concur with the secretary of
war that the problem Is simply the
management of a great public work,
and not the government of a local re-
public; (hat every provision must be
directed toward the successful main-
tenance of the cannl as an avenue of
commerce, and that all provisions for
the government of those who live
within the zone should be subordlnunt
to the main purpose.
I renew my recommendation with re-
spect io the tolls of the canal that with-
in limits, which shall seem wise to con-
ss. the power of fixing tolls be given
to the president, in order to arrive at a
proper conclusion, fliere must be some
perlmentlng, and this cannot be done If
tigress does not delegate the power *to
one who can act expeditiously.
1 am very confident that tho I'nlted
States has the power to relieve from
the payment of tolls any part of our ship-
ping that congress deems wise. We own
the canal, it was our money that built
it. We have the right to chaise tolis
for Its use. Those lolls must be the same
to everyone; but when we are dealing
with our own ships, the practice of many
governments of subsidising their own
merchant vessels Is so well established in
general that a subsidy equal to the tolls,
an equivalent remission of lolls, cannot
be held to be a discrimination In the
use of the canal. The practice In the
Sues canal makes this clear.
The Philippine Islands.
In respect to the Philippines. 1
urgently Join In the recommendation
of the secretary of war that the set of
February 6. H'05, limiting the Indebt-
edness that may be Incurred by the
Philippine government for the con-
struction of public works. be in-
creased from 000.000 to 116,000.000.
The finances of that government are
In excellent condition The maximum
sum mentioned Is quite low as com-
pared with the amount of indebted-
t/.-s of Other governments with sim-
ilar resources, and the success which
has attended the expenditure of the
I6.00O.COO In the useful Improvements
of th. harbors and other places in the
Islands Justifies and requires addi-
tional expenditures for like purposes.
Rivers and Harbors.
The estimates for the river and har-
bor improvements reach S32.000.000 for
the coming year. 1 wish to urge that
whenever « project has been adopted
by "congress as one to be completed,
the more money which can be eco-
nomically ex| uded In its construction
in each year the greater the ultimate
economy. This has especial applica-
tion to the Improvement of the Mis-
sissippi river and its large branches.
It --.ems to ne that an increase in the
amount of money now being annually
expended In the improvement" of the
Ohio river which has been formally
silopted l>\ congress would be lu the I
interest of the public A fimllar
ehsnge ought to be made (luring the I
pus. til cung res*, in the amount to be
appropriated for the Missouri river. I
Waterway From Lakes to tha Gulf, j
The project for a navigable water- I
way from l-.ke Michigan to th. mouth
of the Illinois nxer and thence via I
the M.sslsslppi to the tiulf of Mexico. I
Iks
In <
.•d bv
• iii t>ll cat.d ntarfcta
f tba graal fofaa
'trinity ahnuld be ra-
garii.d aa* riaka of tha induatrr and
th. loss Ixirn. In .nm. e<|uttabi. pro-
portion by I ho., who for their own
profit n«aa Ih.reln In raengnltton
nf thl. th. la.t rnngraaa aulhortaed
th. appolnlin.nt of a eommla.lnn ta
mvaallgat. th. aubjeet of employ.ra'
liability and wnrkmen a nnmpana.tloa
and In report th. raaull of their Invaa-
tlaallon. through tba praaldant. to
eongiaaa Thla eommlealnn was ap*
I a I nil a Id haa b..n at work, holding
h.aring. gathering data and ennaldar-
ing th. aubjaet. and II la eapect.d will
lx> able lo report by th. first of tha
v.ar In aeeordane. with tha provt-
■Iona of th. law
Maasuras to Pravani Delay and Ui
nacaaaary Coal of Litigation.
In promotion of tha norem.tii for
th. pr.v.ntlon of delay and unneeee-
aarv coat in litigation. I am glad to
say that th. Hupri m. court has tsken
• tips to r.form lha pr.a nt equity
r'lies nf tie Federal courts, and that
we ma \ In tho near future aspect a
ri vision nf th.m whtnh will be a long
step In the right direction.
Poatal Savlnga Syatam.
On January I III! postal aavlr.gs
depositories war. established experi-
mentally In 48 states and tsrrltorlaa.
After thre. months' .ucc.a.ful opera-
tion the system was extended aa rap-
I ll 1V as feasible to the 7.600 poatnfflr.a
of th. first, s.co'nd and third cl.aaea
constituting the prealdantlal grads.
My the end of the year practically all
of these will have been dealvnsted snd
then th. .yst.m will be estendad to
all fourth-i Isa. poatofflcee doing a
money order bualneaa
The depoalta have kept pace with
the extension nf the ayetam. Amount-
ing to only |«o.A62 at the end of the
first month's operation In tha expert-
mental oAcaa. they Increased to t«7 ,-
310 by July, and now after 11 months
of operation have reached a total of
111.Ooo.ooo This ium la dlatrlbuted
among 2 710 banks and protected un-
der the law by bonds deposited with
the treasurer nf the United Rtatea.
Parcal Poat.
Steps should be taken Immediately
for the establishment nf a rural parcel
post. In the estimate, of appropria-
tions needed for the maintenance of
the postal service for the ensuing fis-
cal year an item of S160.000 has been
Inserted to cover the preliminary ex-
pense of establishing a parcel post on
rural mull routes, as well ss to cover
an Investigation having for Its object
the finnl establishment of a general
parcel post on all railway and steam-
boat transportation routes. The de-
partment believes that after the Initial
expenses of establishing the system
are defrayed and the parcel poat la In
full operation on the rural routes It
will not only bring In aufflclent rev-
enue to meet its cost, but also a sur-
plus that can be utilised in paying the
expenses of a parcel poSt In the city
delivery service.
The suggestion that we have a gen-
eral parcei post has awakened great
opposition on the part of some who
think that It will have the effect to
destroy the business of the country
store keeper. Instead of doing thla, I
think the change will Kreatly Increaaa
business for the benefit of all. The re-
duction in the cost of living it will
hrlnir about ought to make Its coming
certain.
The Navy Department.
On the 2d of November last 1 re-
viewed the fighting fleet of battleships
and other vessels assembled In New
York harbor, consisting of 24 battle-
ships. 2 armored cruisers. 2 cruisers,
22 destroyers, 12 torpedo boats, 8 sub-
marines. and other attendant vessels,
making 98 vessels of sll classes, of a
tonnage of 676.634 totJS.
The fleet was deficient In the num-
ber of torpedo destroyers, In cruisers,
and In colliers, as well as In large
battleship cruisers, which are now be-
coming a very important feature of
foreign navies, notably the British,
German and Japanese.
The building plan for this year con-
templates two battleships and two
colliers. This is because the other
and smaller vessels can be built much
more rapidly In case of emergency
than the battleships, and we certainly
ought to continue the policy of two
battleships a year until after the
Panama Canal is finished and until In
our first line and in our reserve line
we can number 40 available vessels of
proper armament and slxe.
Like the Treasury Department and
the War Department, the Navy De-
partment has given much attention to
economy in administration, and has
cut down a number of unnecessary ex-
penses Hnd reduced Its estimates ex-
cept for construction and the Increase
that that Involves.
I urge u'pon congress the necessity
for an immediate Increase of 2.000 j
men In the enlisted .trength of the |
navy, provided for in the estimates.
Four thousand more are now needed j
to man all the available vessels.
Departments of Agriculture and Com- '
merce and Labor.
For the consideration of matters j
which are pending or have been dis-
posed of in the agricultural depart-
ment and in the department of com-
merce and labor. I refer to the very
excellent reports of the secretaries of
those departments 1 shall not be able
to submit to congress until after the
Christmas holiday the question of
conservation of nnr resources arising
In Alaska and the west snd the ques-
tion of the rate for second-class mall
mntter In the postofflce department.
Elimination of All Local Otfices From
Politics.
I wish tn renew again my recom-
mendation that all the local offlcea
throughout the country. Including col-
Uctors of Internal revenue, collectora
of customs, postmasters of all four
classes Immigration commlaaionera
and marshals should be by law cov-
ered into the classified service, tha
necessity for .viflrmatlon by the sen-
ate be removed, and the pr.a'.dent
and the others. *hoa. time la now tak-
en up in distributing th*a patronage
under the custom that haa prevailed
Since the beginning of the government
In accord.no. with the recommenda-
tion of the senatora and congreaameB
of th. majority party ahou'.d be re-
lieved from thla burtfen 1 a^a confi-
dent that auch a change would greatly
reduce the coat of a^M.i..a4*r.B4 lbs
MI'MT ll v. t
ilreari winter.
would value th. .pflng
And tb. MiMnla lit'tat b. enid and allen!
Mafor. th. rtiblti. .Ing
Th. Ibiw.ra muat lie burWd In dark mm.
Heforr they can bud and bloom.
And the a.n.le.1 ararme.t aun.hin.
t'onie. alter th. at«rtn and th. gloom
NOVKL ANO DAINTY tANDWICHCt
Kvary boaioaa. whan •nierulnlm.
racks her brain* for eomatbing that
will b« a Hill* different from thoee
aerved b> bar frtende Whan prepar
tng tba sandwiches why not use fancy
cuttera Inatead of tha aguaraa and trl-
anglea which have b*«n tba thing a©
long? Bom* will say. "there la ao
much waala In ualng cutters " That
Is true, but Ihoaa acrapa need not be
waated. ami aandwlchea of thla kind
are ao much mora attractive, a point
that every entertainer atrlves for.
The greater the variety of cuttera
you possess the more stylish will ba
your refreshments
The hardest part of making sand
wlchea la In cutting bread thin
enough. The more wafer-Ilka, tba
more dainty they are
To make especially nice sandwiches,
the crust of the bread is removed
The butter used for spreading aand-
wlchea should be creamed until soft
and waxy Nuts chopped and mixed
with cream cheese will make most de-
lectable sandwich filling.
When meat Is used It Is better to
chop It and add the desired seasonings
and milk or cream to make It of the
consistency to spread.
Spanish pepperB pounded to a paste
and mixed with cream cheese is an-
other tasty combination.
An excellent sweet sandwich Is ma-
ple sugar grated and mixed with
chopped almonds, or marmalade or
preserved gingered pears make a nice
tilling, chopped fine.
Fish pounded to a paste and mixed
with a little salad dressing makes
good sandwiches.
Preserved ginger chopped and
thinned to spread with some of the
sirup Is another favorite with those
who are fond of ginger.
birda
last
HERE are no
year's nest;
In last year's cream there are no flies;
No vain regrets disturb my breast
For aught that In the future lies;
And last year's birds and last* year's
flies
Have passed the reach of tears and
slgha.
—Bob Burdette.
14
DON'TS FOR THE BABY.
Don't dance him on your knees until
his little brain is addled.
Don't pin him into tight bands and
clothes and then wonder why he cries.
Don't forget that three hundred thou-
sand babies die each year before they
are a year old, in our own United
States.
Don't forget what the baby needs
and not what you would like to do
for him.
Don't lack courage to forbid promls- •
cuous kissing of your baby.
Don't forget to feed him regularly.
Don't forget that he needs much j
sleep and much letting alone, lots of |
fresh sir and sunshine, as does any
young plant.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
An excellent way of cleaning lamp ;
chimneys is to hold them over the i
spout of the tea kettle full of boiling j
water until they become well steam- !
ed, then polish with a clean, dry j
cloth.
The stems may be quickly removed ;
from currants by sprinkling them
with a little flour and then rubbing
them between the hands. This takes |
much less time than picking them
over, and is quite as effective.
Try using an old paint brush to put
on stove blacking.
Think every day of beautiful things,
for if you don't you will soon get so
that there are no beautiful things to (
think of.
No matter how house work presses, j
now how much sewing there Is to do.
It will pay to take a little time each ;
day. If possible at least two or three
times each week, to get out doors and I
enjoy the beauty of nature, to draw-
in deep breaths of pure, sweet air. so
that the body and spirit may be re j
freshed. Work will go better, so that
It pays Even If things were not done
a woman owes It to herself to pay
Ktnc regard to her finer nature. Her
family will appreciate her the more
•tie values herself There are home
duties and duties which belong to her-
self. and she who honors both Is the
all around uaefu'.. happy woman.
A FEDERAL HEALTH BOARD.
If la gratify Ing «w *Ha thai <ko Mil
for the eras I loo of a federal health
b-mrd *111 Bt>l be allowed lo pa*, tallh*
j out i protest Ha port a of organised
from all parts of lb*
rla
be thai the oppw
n.ffli lenity solldl-
n-t that promisee
tha riMutnuuity,
ii juat lie for the ia-
rowair). and ll ma)
j ai Ion will ation be
| fled to dvfeat a pro)
j Infinite tutactile! foi
I and suffering and
dividual
I The proposal Is based upon ibos*
1 .pe< ious claim, thai are nirtortoualy
j bard lo controvert If a federal health
I board were to confine Ha activities ti
Ibe promulgation of salutary ad u*a
| U|*jn hygienic mailers lo the abala-
I tiietit of quackery, and lo the purity of
drugs. It mlghl be posatble to say
much In Its favor, although II would
I still be difficult to say lhal such an
organisation la needed. Hut we know
that II will attempt to do far mora
than this, seeing that lis adhcretita
have loudly proclaimed their Inten-
tions. Indeed, there Is no secrecy
about them It la confidently expected .
that the board will consist of advo-
cates of one school of medicine only
and that the methods of that school
will be not only recommended, but
enforced ufion the nation. Indeed a
i board that waa In any way repreaenta-
tlve of the medical profession as a
whole would be stultified by Its own
disagreements. Outside the domain
j of simple hygiene, for which we need
no federal board at all, there is no
I single point of medical practice ti|ioii
j which allopaths, homeopaths, eclectics
I and osteopaths could be In uuison.
Any board that could be devised by
the wit of man must be composed of
representatives of one school only,
and this meaiiB that all other schools
arc branded as of an Inferior cafete.
even though nothing worse happened
to them. And something worse would
happen to them. If we are to establish
a school of medicine, if we are to as-
sert that the government of the I'nit-
ed States favors one variety of prac-
tice more than others, why not estab-
lish also a sect ot religion and be-
stow special authorities upon Bap-
tists, Methodists and Episcopalians?
An established school of religious
conjecture seems somewhat less ob-
jectionable than an established sect
of pseudo-scientific conjecture.
Those who suppose that a federal
board of health would have no concern
with Individual rights are likely to
find themselves undeceived. It is for
the purpose of Interfering with Indi-
vidual rights that the proposal has
been made. We need no special
knowledge of conditions to be awara
that what may be called unorthodox
methods of healing have made sad in-
roads into the orthodox. Homeopathy
claims a vast number of adherents
who are Just as well educated and just
as intelligent as those who adhere to
the older school. Osteopathy, eclecti-
cism, and half a dozen other methods
of practice are certainly not losing
ground. Beyond them is the vast and
increasing army of those who may be
classed under the general and vague
name of mental healers. Those who
are addicted to any of these forms of
unorthodoxy need have no doubt as
to the purposes of the federal health
board. Those purposes are to make
it difficult for tliein to follow their
particular fads and fancies, to lead
them, and if necessary to drive them,
from medical unorthodoxy to medical
orthodoxy.
Now the Argonaut holds no brief
for any of the excesses and the super-
stitions connected with the care of the
body in which this age is so rife. But
it does feel concerned for the preser-
vation of human liberty and for the
rights of the individual to doctor him-
self in any way he pleases so long as
he does not indubitably threaten the
health of the community. He may
take large doses or small ones, or no
doses at all; he may be massaged,
anointed with oil, or prayed over, just
as the whim of the moment may dic-
tate, and probably it makes no par-
ticle of difference which he does. But
he has the right to choose, just as he-
chooses the color of his necktie or the
character of his uuderclothing. It is
not a matter in which any wise gov-
ernment will seek to interfere. This
Is precisely the liberty that the health
board intends to take from him.
Orthodox medicine, conscious of its
losses, is trying to buttress itself by
federal statute, to exalt allopathy to
the status of a privileged caste, and
to create an established school of
medicine just as some other countries
have allowed themselves to create an
established school of religion. It is
for the common sense of the commu-
nity to rebuke that effort and to re-
pel an unwarranted invasion upon ele-
mentary human rights.—Son Fran-
cisco Argonaut.
A Drain of the Company.
On his way home from the theater.
Wuere be had seen a performance of
"Othello." Bobby was unusually quiet.
"Didn't you enjoy the play." hi*
grandfather asked at last.
"Oh. yes. very much." replied Bobby.
"Rut. grandpapa, there's one thing (
don't quite understand Doe* tha
biuck man kill a lady every n.ght?*"—
You", h s Companion.
er to ua. tht
iment for p-1
i.tr t.
their
at th. **.«•
Htm a" p
ban-
-•w.rdoa
Bo ng water.
If water >a boiled in a diving be".
; where the pr«erare I* 44 or SO potndi
! • square Inch. Its temperature will be
! several hundred degree a Inatead of Sil.
If water Is boiling la a tear vamuai
: the tempcra'wre Is so saaaf! that the
I hand throat Into the water woald ac-
I twally feel coid.
"Pap
P«rt d "
"No.
that T"
"Beci
Natural Deduction.
are aiwaja bad tea
daughter; why do you tan
rend so much
la the pa
isattota."
': •*
r or nr.!
Kindred Spirits.
"Lady." sa d Plodd ng Pat
aad a square meal la two di
"Well.' said the reaoiuti
aa she turned the do« loose
ha. Towaer. ao I know you
hia."
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