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Vol. z, No. 4a.
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Don't Overheat the House.
'As tho city health department points'
out, this is the season when diseases of
tho respiratory tract are to be ex
pected. Diphtheria and pneumonia are
'spreading. It Is a time for tho exor
jciso of care in tho matter of keoping
the feot dry and of wearing proper
'clothing.
There is one very fruitful source of
throat and lung trouble which is worth
'especial notice. That is the overheat
ing of schools, residences and offices.
'Nino houses in ten aro kopt at a tem
poraturo which invites throat trouble.
The same thing can be said of most
offices and public halls and churches.
As soon as there is a faint chill in the
air steam is turned on or furnaces fired
up and people sizzle in an atmosphere
heated to 80 dogroes or thereabouts. ,
Such a temperature is an invitation
to tho bacilli which make trouble in
the air passages. It congests tho mu
cous membrane and prepares a,-field
for the operations of the microbes
Which produce pneumonia, diphtheria
and kindred diseases. Those micro
organisms are innocuous so long as tho
tissues are in a normal condition. It
Is only when tho linings of the air
passages aro irritated and inflamed by
excessive artificial heat or other cause
that they produce disease.
Few "bad colds" aro tho result of
low temperatures. They almost invar
iably occur as the sequence of perspira
tion sensible or insensible sudden
ly checked. A man wearing his winter
clothing will sit in an office heated to
a temperature of 75 or 80 degrees. He
will perspire more or less inevitably.
Then he will go out on the street to
cool off and he will throw open hiB
coat, and tho next morning ho has a
"cold" without knowing how ho got it
If his throat is inflamed he may have
tonsilitis or he may go down with
pneumonia.
The fault is not with the. low tem
perature outside, but with the high
temperature indoors. People should
regulate the indoor heat to the weight
of their winter clothing just as they
adjust the weight of their clothing to
encounter the lower outdoor tempera
ture of autumn and winter. In that
way they will avoid many "colds" and
minimize the peril of more dangerous
respiratory disorders. Chicago Chronicle.
cause they .happened to be in the pos
session of small craft which might bo
of use to tho United States was cer
tainly not a consistent course of ac
tion and should not bo uphejd by a
court"
Neither Is It a consistent course of
action, for that matter, for tho gov
ernment to deny, as it has on all pre
vious occasions, that tho Filipinos
were rqeoived as allies by Dowey, anti
laterto declare that they wore treated
"as friends and allies." A supremo
court decision, in accordance with the
government's latest contention, would
hardly please the champions of Im
perialism. Philadelphia North Amer
ican (top.).
Pertinent Questions.
Says tho Journal and Tribune
of
Knoxvillo: "Tho labor leaders never go
on a strike; they always manage to
hold on to their jobs." How about
the trust officials? Do they ever re
duce their salaries for tho benefit of
tho stockholders as long as labor can
be held down for that purposes
Memphis News.
The Humor of Things That Happen.
It was Soame Jennings, as Lord
Macaulay observed in one of his es
says, curiously opined that one of the
greatest joys of the angels and the
blessed in Paradise would be derived
from their sense of humor in observ
ing tue puppet show here below, with
the vain perplexities of men and wom
en and their needless apprehensions
through ignorance of future events.
While it is impossible for men to
attain to this oddly enough imagined
humorous enjoyment of angels, there
ate funny things continually happen
ing in current events which, if they
were all gathered together, might
serve to supply a comic journal in
which the jokes would all be true.
As an example of the humor of
jokes that are true, take the story of
the old man whom Algernon West
found having a fit as he climbed up
a hill near his house in London. "Hi
mostly 'as fits climbing hup a 'ill,"
the old man explained. Mr. West con
gratulated him on his journey home
ward being mainly downhill. "Hi hal
ways pitches on my 'ead going down
'ill," the old man lamented He had
been out in that hilly country all day
for o. day's pleasuring.
The journey to Santiago of veres
chagin; the Russian painter, to study
the foliage of a red-leaved tree for his
Officially Declared Allies.
After the persistent denials of im-
?2SB &?L,ihL?lt?l battle picture of San Juan Hill is a
funny thing when it is considered that
and less vitally necessary business liko
that of running grain elevators the
United States supremo court sustained
tho validity of an Illinois statute reg
ulating the service given and fixing tho
prices. The supremo court stated tha
main principle as follows: "Property
does become clothed with a public in
tercst'when used in a manner to make
it of public consequence and affect tho
community at large. When, therefore;
one devotes his property to a use in
which the public has an interest he in
effect grants to the public an interest
in that use and must submit to be con
trolled by the public for tho common
good to tho extent of tho interest he
has thus created." The court said
that the statute simply extended a well
known principle of law to meet a new
development of commercial progress.
Winter is near at hand. An arctic
wave may sweep down upon the coun
try before the close of the present
month. Coal is a public and private
necessity. It is essential to life and
its lack for a single day might bo mur
derous. The coal operators, in order
to pile up huge profits, have allowed
the season to drift by without ac
tion. They have not viewed the sit
uation as involving a public responsi
bility or calamity. They have merely
looked forward to marking up the
price of all fuel to any figure they
choose to exact. It is not yet clear how
the rights of the public will be on
forced, but their vigorous assertion is
now unavoidable. A conspiracy to fill
the land with suffering for the sake of
obtaining a fivefold or tenfold profit
is a terribly grave offense against so
ciety. Tho people must protect them
selves and those In authority must
guide their steps within the law. Noth
ing more outrageous has ever been
seen in any form of public business
than the cold-blooded indifference with
which the coal operators have planned
and waited for the existing conditions.
They knew what would happen and
hoped that it would mean a vast store
of gold for them, though entailing mis
ery and want on millions. If the rem
edy applied should be a severe and
permanent warning to the organized
sharks the people of the United States
will bo thankful in a high degree.
Ex.
upholders that Admiral uewey ever
treated the Filipinos as allies, it is
rather surprising to see the govern
ment's attorneys submit a brief to the
United States supreme court in which
they declare quite the contrary to be
true. This remarkable reversal of
the government's policy is caused by
the necessity of trying to keep Ad
miral Dewoy and his officers and men
from collecting the prize money
claimed by them because of the seiz
ure after the battle of Manila of a
number of Filipino canoes and flat
boats. Thib is the language of the govern
ment's brief:
"Ab soon as the present libellant's
forco was able to land and establish
itself on shore it entered Into friendly
relations with the Filipinos and pro
vided them with arms for offensive and
defensive operations against the Span
iards. To treat some of the Filipinos
as frlonds and allies and to treat oth
ers of tliem as enemies merely be-
he has painted. Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt in. command of Rough Rid
ers and regulars as well. It is much
like the picture in Senator Lodge's
committee room of Senator Lodge ad
dressing the senate with sublime elo
quence on the occasion of the passing
of the appropriation for the Spanish
war, which the Congressional Record
shows went through without debate.
The consultation of President Benja
min Ide Wheeler, of the University
of California, by the citizens of Los
Alamos, on tho occasion of tho recent
earthquake In their city, is a funny
thir. President Wheeler is a pro
fessor, not of geology, but of Greek,
and is the author of an excellent his
tory of Alexander the Great
These aro but a few Instances of tho
amusing things that happen out of
which a comic journal might be made.
Houston Pt3t
poor policy, to got loafers to spend your
money that way for you."
"Has it ever occurred to you that
there may be more truth than poetry
in the oft-repeated rumor that Mitchell
gets from the soft coal operators a
fixed sum of money on every ton of
coal mined by them as long as tho
strike continues? That would be a
good business deal, would it not, with
prices booming as thoy now are?"
One of tho four cartoons in the new
"labor" paper represents four men en
joying an automobile rido and puff
ing cigars, while in the background
miners' wives and children pick coal
from the culm dumps. A second car
toon is labeled "Contrast" One-half
depicts three happy looking men sit
ting at wine and cigars and the other
shows a bare and cheerless miner's
home. The cartoon on tho last page
represents the strike leaders ambling
toward buildings ostentatiously la
beled "gin mills" and "gambling dens."
Nothing in tue publication reveals who
the publishers are and no office address
is given. Pittsburg Ditspatch.
Strike Your Gait.
WANTED Active canvassers male
and female, whole or spare time, for
the sale of Mr. William Jennings
Bryan's new book, just published. It
is a splendid seller and we allow lib
eral terms. A big commission to those
"who want to earn money. Address,
The Abbey Press, Publishers, 114
Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Public Claims on Coal.
The coal sharks are about to dis
cover that they have public obligations
to fulfill. They have been proceeding
on the supposition that the ownership
and conduct of their business are en
tirely and unconditionally their own
affair. This opinion shows ignorance
of existing laws relating to quaslrpiib
llc service. Even in a more limited
Bogus Labor Paper.
A new weapon has been introduced
in the operators' fight upon the min
ers a rather insidious sort of weapon,
a kind of "confidence man's jimmy,"
meant to pry into the hold the strike
leaders have on tho confidence of the
miners. The new weapon Is an al
leged newspaper called the Interna
tional Reform Labor Leader.
No. 1, vol. 1, is an eight-page publi
cation dated from New York "Octo
ber, 1892," and has the "sub-title of "A
Journal for Thinking Leaders of All
Classes." The price is 5 cents, but so
far, as can be found all are sample
copies distributed free in tho mining
regions. In fact, thousands of copies
have been strewn throughout the an
thracite region with the evident inten
tion of weakening tho confidence of
the miners. The same article and para
graphs aro repeated in all the lan
guages spoken in the anthracite re
gion. Tho first page of the International
Reform Labor Loader is filled with
editorial paragraphs under the head
ing "Thought on Mitchell." Here are
some of the "thoughts:"
"Does Mitchell really play poker and
lose large stakes at the gaming table
occasionally? They say he does; wo
don't know,"
"Is it'rlgtit that your wives and chil
dren should go half naked, sick and
hungry, while, your leaders live like
gentlemen of leisure?"
' "Settle tho strike by going bade to
work and joining the new labor reform
movement. , . . If money is to be spent
for drink and the like all tho fun
I there is in it (is) for yourself. It Is
Some men have splendid fortune in
the midst of all the strife
Which we must needs engage in as
we work our way through life.
While some of us are plodding, others
often pass us by
And leave us tolling onward, while to
-greet success they fly.
We marvel their good fortune and the
race thus quickly run
The treasures they have gathered and
tho prizes .they have won.
And yet we often notice that the man
who' strikes his gait
And holds it to the finish, always gets
there soon or late.
Thougli some caprice of fortune yields
great plenty to your friend,
Give little thought to envy. Run tho
race unto tho end.
The race is not the running for what
profit has the soul
That, starting with rare fleetness, fails
at last to reach the goal?
The laurel wreath Is waiting for the
man who nobly tries,
Though he may finish second to the
one who wins the prize.
How often do we notice that the" man
who strikes his gait
And holds it to the finish, always gets
there soon or late.
Success will follow effort made by all
along the way
As surely as the shadows yield to
lances of the -day.
Some may achieve it quickly through
some happy circumstance,
While others toil and struggle ero
they note Its smiling glance.
For aye success is waiting with re
wards that seemeth sweet
For those .who make haste slowly and
for others who aro fleet
And hence it is we notice that the man
vihn strikes his trait
And holds it to the finish, always gets
there soon or late.
St. Joseph Gazette.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
North American reindeer usually se
lect an old doe for their leader.
Tho puffin is tho most punctual of
birds in the matter of its annual mi
gration, .
Thousands of caribou, or Norm
-merican reindeer, are to be found m
Newfoundland.
Newfoundland caribou make two an
nual migrations south in the fall and
north in the spring.
The most familiar examples of. mi
grant birds aro swallows, swifts,
White-ears, plovers and curlews. .
Warm feet have much to 00 ww
white hands. When feet are babitual
ly cold tho hands are always red on
J blue.
