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TIKBD.U, KOVGUBER 20. 1901.
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That Mr. Cleveland's condition is
much Improved la very gratifying in
formation. He has now been out of pol
itics long enough for nearly ail of the
bitterness which his enemies felt to
wards him to have passed away, and
they are beginning to understand bet
tec and acknowledge the honesty and
rugged patriotism of the man. hence
upon his recovery Mr. Cleveland will
have the pleasure of reading some very
kind things said about him by news
papers and public men who formerly
never spoke at him except to condemn.
Mr. Cleveland Is now the only ox-Pres
ident of the country, and there cannot
possibly be another for nearly four
years. That fact, as well as lvis own
personality, makes his health a matter
of concern to his countrymen.
In these sordid, money-getting days
It is very refreshing to strike upon an
Incident grounded on high ideals and
In which money cuts no figure at all,
like the Hon. Isidor Rayner’s connect
ion with the defense of Rear Admiral
Schley. How brilliantly Mr. Rayner
conducted the case ie well known to all
newspaper readers. His speech before
the court was a masterpiece of logic
and eloquence. And yet Mr. Rayner
would a#ccept no fee for his service. He
left his home in Baltimore, worked
fifteen to sixteen hours a day on the
case and rendered services for which
he. might well have charged several
thousand dollars. But it was in the
defense of truth and Justice that he
labored, and because he loved his
friend Schley he would take no money
from him. The country will doff Its
hat to the brilliant and big-hearted
Mr. Rayner.
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There wag a packed house at the
theater last night, but It is not telling
secrets to say that, as a rule, it Js only
when the popular-price companies are
playiug that the theater is crowded.
The theater is not being patronised In
accordance with its merits. Manager
Heeskind is giving Savannah excellent
plays, presented by first-class com
panies, and has been doing so ever
since the opening of the si-aeon
Indeed, the atti actions presented
this season have been much superior
ta those of recent yes is. and with >ew
exception* they have bee* preaenled to
ctNßparsUveiy small houses A gen
uine effort is being made to sestet*
the reputation of tUa bs-vanuab The
ater. The manager is net only offering
excellent ettreciions, hut everything in
rean*'tton with the thnn'er Igdicntos
tbet be is leering nothing undone to
pinnae Ut* then tat going public.
THE ATHENS RIOTS.
The importance of the riotous dem
| onstrations in Athens against the pro
posed translation of the gospels Into
modern Greek was, It seems, greatly
underestimated outside of Greece. In
1 facr. it is doubtful if even in Athens
there was any apprehension at first
that the demonstrations would result
in forcing the resignation of the cab
inet. The old cabinet is out, however,
notwithstanding the fact that it was
acceptable to the King, and anew cab
inet has been appointed. An Investiga
tion to place the responsibility for the
riots is now in order, and it Is not Im
probable that the instigators of the
trouble will he severely punished.
The cause of the riots does not yet
seem to be thoroughly understood In
this country. The information on that
point, contained in the dispatches, has
been neither full nor definite.
One story is that an effort is being
made 1n Greece, particularly in Athens,
to purify the language—to get back, as
near as possible, to classical Greek.
Modern Greek is so different from an
cient Greek that those who are able to
read and speak one find it difficult to
understand the other.
The students, of course, are pro
fotflidly interested in the effort to
purify the language—to remove from it
the many words and phrases from
other languages which have crept into
it—and it seems that the newspapers
are giving encouragement to this ef
fort It is claimed that if the gospels
should be translated Into modern Greek
the work of purifying the language
would be made more difficult, because
the people now, in order to re-ad the
gospels, are compelled to know some
thing of classical Greek. With the
gospels in modern Greek, however, the
incentive to study the ancient language
would no longer exist.
It is said that Queen Olga is respon
sible for the proposition to translate
the gospels into modern Greek. Her
purpose was to furnish them in a lan
guage which the soldiers and the com
mon people could read.
Another explanation of the riots is
that there is a growing belief In
Greece that Queen Olga is interested
in substituting Russian ideas for the
national ideas of the Greeks—that, in
fact, she is trying to Russianize Greece.
She is the daughter of the Grand Duke
Constantine of Russia, and he is the
grand uncle of the present Czar. Be
cause of her Russian origin it is easy
to create the impression in Greece that
she is in sympathy with Russia’s de-
signs in respect to Greece. It is not
improbable that the students at Athens
interpreted the proposed translation of
the gospels into modern Greek to mean
that the Queen had taken that method
of opposing the movement to purify
the Greek language, and thus to inspire
the people with the Greek national
spirit and spread the Greek national
ideas. No doubt the whole matter will
be fully explained during the investi
gation of the riots, in which the num
ber of killed and wounded was large.
A STI PENDOLS FAILIRE.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs
is of the opinion, which he freely ex
presses in his annual report, that the
experiment of educating Indian chil
dren is a failure. He is also of the opin
ion that the system of. feeding and car
ing for Indians on reservations is a
failure—a stupendous failure.
In the last twenty years $15,000,000
has been spent In educating Indian pu
pils. In that time about 20,000 have
graduated from schools established for
their benefit. There are now 113 board
ing schools, maintained at the expense
of the government, for Indian children,
and the average attendance is about
16,000. They range from sto 21 years
of age. They are taken from the cabin,
the wickiup and the teepee—homes of
poverty and the most unattractive sur
roundings—and placed in comfortable
schools where every want is oarefully
provided for. What is the result? They
go back to their respective tribes after
their education is ended and And noth
ing there that is congenial. They have
not been taught to labor and there is
nothing for them to do. There ie no
encouragement for them to utilise the
education which they have obtained at
the expense of the government. Natur
ally they lapse Into barbarism again.
And they axe not as good barbarians as
their ancestors were, because they are
now conscious of their unhappy condi
tion and thej see no opportunities for
bettering it. Consequently they are
morose, overbearing in manner and ug
ly in their relations with the unedu
cated members of their tribes.
The Commissioner thinks that if this
educational system is continued for
another twenty years the cost to the
government will be something like $70,-
000,000, and that the results that will
be obtained will be disappointing in the
extreme.
And he believe* that the government
is making a mistake in maintaining
Indians on reservations. There arc
about ISO.OOO of them in all now, and
in the last thirty years the government
has spent $240,000,000 in taking care of
them. That amount would have built
a house and furnished it, a barn, and
fenced a very Considerable section of
land for each one of them—in other
words would have provided each one of
them with a fully equipped farm. Now,
they are no better off than they were
thirty years ago, and will be no better
off thirty yeaia hence. They are given
rations and are provided with clothes;
mechanic* build What houses are need
ed for them, and doctors attend them
when they are ill. They literally do
nothing but live at the expense of the
government. Would it not be a wiser
plan to make them earn their own
living? Would they not be far better
off to-day if, thirty years ago. they
had been given farms and taught how
to cultivate them, attaching a penalty
of some kind to a refusal to bacome
sail-supporting ?
It is certainly time that ihe govern
ment wag looking into this matter and
considering whether or not It has been
dealing wisely wMh its Indian war'd*
all these years. It probably thought
that the Indian*, when they were ed
ucated. would become industrious—
Would he ambitious to imiUMijiJteii
something for themselves. It aeetns,
t however that it is a rati thing tot one
; of the educated Indians to a* t ouletd*
, lilmsrit un bis >s4uiu ftow. s gasues
I arena nkei kt sitngiij drop* back ha
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 26,1901.
to the ruts In which his ancestors
trod. The time has come for Congress
to look at the situation as It is. There
j is no reason why it should continue a
system which is a mistake, simply be
cause it will require an effort to change
1 it.
THE PANAMA EXCITEMENT.
The condition of affairs in the repub
lic of Colombia offers President
Roosevelt an opportunity for adding
another paragraph to his message. If
Secretary Hay had not said in his
speech at the New York Chamber of
Commerce dinner the other night, that
the United States have no intention or
desire to acquire territory of the Cen
tral or South American republics, he
might be tempted to recommend to
Congress the advisability of inquiring
whether it wdbld not be to the ad
vantage of this and all other countries
for this government to establish a pro
tectorate over Colombia, and also all
of the Central American republics.
That territory would include the Pan
ama railroad and the routes of the
Panama and Nicaragua canals. There
is very little probability of permanent
peace in any of the foregoing republics
as long as their present populations
have control of affairs. And the gov
ernment which each of them has falls
but little short of being a despotism.
From all accounts the present govern
ment of Colombia pays very little re
gard to the wishes of the people, and it
is probable that If the Liberals, now
in revolt, should succeed in getting
control, they would show the same dis
regard of the wishes of the people that
the Conservatives have shown. The
politicians and political generals keep
not only Colombia but all of the Cen
tral American republics in a state of
unrest. There is a large percentage of
the population that is ever ready for
a revolution, thinking that a change
can make their condition no worse and
that it may make it better.
Under existing conditions it is Im
possible to develop the country. There
is no security for property and very
little for life. The governments are
so bad that the people cannot bear the
burdens imposed upon them and pros
per. In Colombia the currency is
practically worthless and the tariff
taxes are so heavy that importations
have almost ceased.
All of the foregoing countries are
rich in natural resources, but few are
willing to take the risk of developing
them. Their merchants and planters
who have something at stake would
welcome a strong government like that
of the United States. It would bring
peace and progress to these republics.
It would mean happiness and pros
perity for their people.
Our policy, however, is hands off.
That has always been our policy, and
will continue to be, in all probability,
but it would not be surprising
if, one of these days, something
should happen that would justify Un
cle Sam in taking those Central Amer
ican republics, and perhaps Colombia,
under his protection. Owing to the
present condition of affairs In the de
partment of Panama It may be that
the President would like to make a
suggestion of that kind In his forth
coming communication to Congress,
but if he has a feeling of that sort he
will refrain from expressing it. To do
anything of that kind at this time
would make a big sensation in every
capital of Europe. Nothing would give
Germany and some of the other Eu
ropean Powers greater pleasure than
an excuse for grabbing some of the
territory of Central and South Amer
ica. And they would have an excuse
if this country were to extend its au
thority over any of the republics to
the South of us.
The performance of the submarine
torpedo boat Fulton and her crew in
Peoonic Bay was something extraor
dinary. For fifteen hours the boat re
mained at the bottom of the bay, sub
merged to a depth of not less than six
feet, and not once during the time did
the crew experience any inconvenience.
Their store of compressed air for
breathing purposes was not drawn up
on, and they could have remained
down for many hours longer had there
been any necessity for doing so. And
notwithstanding a storm blew up while
the boat was submerged, there was no
rock nor roll to Indicate what was go
ing on above. The importance of the
facts developed can hardly be overes
timated. They may mean a revolution
in the whole matter of naval construc
tion. Had the Fulton been operating
against a battleship there ts reason
to believe she would have blown her
big antagonist out of the water, being
herself meanwhile unseon. and protect
ed from gunfire even if she had been
detected. It will now be the purpose
of naval expert* everywhere to pro
vide some means of defense against
these submarine vessels, two of which,
it is claimed, could protect about any
harbor against the entrance of a hos
tile fleet.
Bishop Kelley’s article on the negro
question, which we published yester
day from the New York Journal, is
worthy of the deepest thought on the
part of those who are earnestly study
ing that question with the object in
view ot reaching a satisfactory solution
of it The Bishop's style is terse, direct
and remarkably clear. There is no
cloud of doubt about any point which
he makes. The education of the negro,
he says, should be suited to his en
vironments and adapted to his needs,
present and future. The position of the
negro in this country is fixed. “What
need lias a carpenter, a bricklayer, a
stone mason, a barber or a plasterer
for 1-atln. Greek or higher nvathemat-
Ics?” Why cram the negro's head full
of matters that can never be of any
use to him in the avenues of endsavor
that are open to him. but will only
make him discontented, and possibly
something worse than lie was before?
'me praam! educations! system Is Im
perfect. It needs to lie mars Indus
trie I end less iHersiy, mars moral
and less classical.
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“Vs<tlnation less" have become a
fs4 in l ouden Women gather at a
mutual friend's house and have them
oliri vaccinated wbila sipping t*a sal
swapping gossip him* the** must he
fui ily * #! u>r I slol'*' nr# ;
dyjU!i' • ail l||*. * %
urn*," .
The three members of the Schley
Court of Inquiry have maintained a
most discreet silence since the taking
of testimony was concluded. Neither
has given any intimation or informa
tion respecting the secret sessions.
Nevertheless the Washington corre
spondent of the Philadelphia Ledger
writes his paper confidently that Ad
miral Dewey has taken the position
firmly that he will not sign a verdict
that in any way censures Schley. The
correspondent writes that those who
profess to know the reasons which
actuate Dewey say that he has been
unable to look at the accusations
against Schley from any other stand
point than his own feelings when un
dergoing the fearfully concentrated re
sponsibilities of commanding a squad
ron in battle. The uncertainties and
perplexities that beset Schley at Clem
fuegos and Santiago he has compared
with his own experience in sailing into
Manila Bay, ‘ although he did so with
a map in his hand betraying the
course left free from mines by the
Spaniards as a means of exit for their
own ships.”
At last the heavy hand of justice
has been laid upon the shoulder of the
"rock the boat” Idiot. In Maryland
last summer the Idiot, whose name is
Frank Rinehart, was on a lake with
a party, which Included two or three
young women. He rocked the boat to
hear the girls scream. They screamed,
of course, and the idiot laughed and
rocked the boat the harder. The
expected happened. The boat cap
sized and the party were thrown into
the water. The idiot's first only thought
was to save himself, notwithstanding
he had boasted that he was an expert
swimmer and could save the whole
crowd if anything happened. One of
the young w omen was drowned. And
now the idiot must stand trial for man
slaughter.
Mme. Nordic®, Joins Mme. Nevada in
defending ‘ rag-time” songs, and says
she sings them herself. Not only that,
but she asserts that Wagner, Beet
hoven and Strauss were the real origi
nators of “rag-time. ’ American com
posers have merely pitched upon
themes by the great masters and exag
gerated them, getting as a result the
ditties that have become so popualr in
the United States.
“The meanest man” died in West
Virginia not long ago. He left a for
tune of SIO,OOO. To his wife and nine
children he bequeathed $1 each, and
directed that the remainder of the
estate be devoted to the building of a
water-tight vault for his body and the
erection of a beautiful monument to
his memory.
Miss Helen Gould does not care to
drive all the way around the block
every time she wishes to go to Central
Park from her new house in Fifty
eighth street, therefore she is going to
have a tunnel cut through from her
stables to Fifty-ninth street so that
she can drive out near the park
entrance. ,
PERSONAL.
—At the coming coronation ceremo
nies Queen Alexandria will wear the
crown made for Mary of Modena, the
consort of James 11.
—The German Emperor is reported to
have made an order for a commission
of experts to be appointed with a view
to the most radical and exhaustive in
vestigation of cancer that possibly can
be made. The deaths of his father,
mother and uncle from this cause have
naturally given this scourge a terrible
interest in his eyes, which has as nat
urally been shared by those allied in
England.
—Capt. John B. Ford of Pittsburg,
known as tha “father of the tin plate
industry’’ in the United State*, cele
brated his ninetieth birthday at his
home in Creighton, Pa., on Nov. 17,
Public services in honor of the event
were held In the $50,000 public building
presented the town of Tarentum by
Capt. Ford. Capt. Ford is suffering
from cancer. His mind; is in excellent
condition, but he realizes that the dis
ease has placed a limit on his days.
—The photograph craze of the
eighties is being equalled by the muto
scope mania of to-day in England, and
English society delights in seeing itself
as the biograph saw if. At an exhi
bition in Birmingham the other day
Mrs. Chamberlain came across a re
production of her husband making his
speech in Blenheim. "It is wonderful,
Joe.” she exclaimed to her husband.
“Why, I am just closing my parasol!”
Mr. Chamberlain was curious enough
to place his eyes at the spy hole and
regard critically hts own gestures on
that famous occasion. He must have
been satisfied with himself, for he has
ordered duplicates for the entertain
ment of his own guests.
—
CI BKEVt COMMENT.
Discussing the great Western rail
road consolidation the LouisviUe
Courier-Journal (Dem.) says: “It is
not unlikely the matter will be left
to the natural laws of business which
will effectually settle the fate of these
uulons of trans-continental roads.
Should the consolidation have all the
advantages claimed for it, and then
should the management give the peo
ple participation in the benefits of it
might for a while be left undisturbed.
The real trouble, how-ever, with these
organizations of monopoly would be
left untouched. Schiller says that a
tyrant Is dreaded not for what he
does, but for what it is in his power
to do. The same is to be said of the
gigantic combinations which these
ambitious financiers have been build
ing. Mr. Morgan and hts associates
are not oppressors, but who can say
what will tie the disposition of the
men who will come after them? The
apprehensions of the three governors
are not unreasonable, and they are to
be commended for undertaking to test
the law in the matter."
The Cleveland Plain Dealer (Dem.)
says: “The great state of Georgia
la reasonably sure to have upon Its
statute books a law that directs that
at least onr-imti of the text books
la the primary grades of the public
schools shsli relate to th* effects of
alcohol Bnd narcotics on the human
eyetem. In this regard Georgia is
so in** hut behind the procession. The
vividly illustrated ecbool book* on
the subjects above mentioned tiavs
been, with few except Kras, relegated to
the back eheivee or the scrap pile.
Perhepe iouh of the Georgia unllirrii
may recall th* story of the tittle ~ niaet
girl who was out walking with her
Mag til m* Whgl a beautiful eUiiri'‘
tiled Msmnt* Ye, sail) tin child
• hous tit (oh > 'it look* jue> hk* Ht> mi
eld* of lf U lliSI and t st oma etc ’’
His Will.
Colonel J. T. McLaughlin, who repre
sents the defense in the Nome con
tempt proceedings, now being heard
before Commissioner Heacock, is a man
who has worked his way from the bot
tom round of the legal ladder to the
position he holds, one of the leading at
torney! of Minnesota, says the San
Franesleo Wave. In his early practice,
instead of selecting his clients from
among those who came to him, as he
now does, he was glad to get anything
that came along. Among the ex
periences than helped him to emerge
from the condition of a briefless bar
rister he tells the following: One day
a miserly old fellow came to him and
asked that the young attorney draw
up a will.
"How much cash have you?” was the
first interrogation.
“Wall, I clunno,” responded the
client, "somewhere* nigh onto thirty
thousand dollars, I reckon.”
"How do you wish it divided?”
"I want my old woman to have fif
teen thousand dollars, and you can
say that 1 give and bequeath five
thousand dollars to each of my three
children,” said the old man. unloading
himself of the legal phrase with much
gravity and deliberation.”
"What else do you wish to say?”
"Say that to each of my several
nieces and nephews I also give the
sum of five thousand dollars.”
"Hold on, sir, this is a work of
supererogation; you have already dis
posed of all your money, how are. they
to be given the sums you specify?”
"Gol darrr'em, let 'em work for it
as I did,” came -the- answer.
Academic Teaching.
"You cannot comprehend,” said Prof.
B. Fogg, "that since 2 plus 2 equals 4,
therefore 2 plus 4 equals 6. I will eluci
date. You perceive that numerals ar®
not entities, but representative of con
cepts?"
"Yes,” said the child, doubtfully,
writes Bolton Hail, in Life.
“Bur if the aggregate of two entitles
plus'2 is assumed to constitute ! and
is represented by that sign, similar
signs may be adopted for the superim
posed concepts of two representatives
more, which is 6. Is that satisfac
tory?"
The child said: “I don't understand;
and my papa says 4 and 2 is 42.”
Said Dr. Tucker: "You have no men
tal vision, child; you are incapable of
perception.”
“Now, let me explain,” put in the
practical man; "6 minus 4 equals 2.
doesn't it? Now. that is equivalent to
saying that 2 plus 4 equals 6; if we
transpose the minus sign, changing it
to plus, we have 6 equals 2 plus 4.
Isn't that clear?”
The child began to cry.
“Well, maybe It was only 24," sobbed
the child. "I saw it on a sign.”
"The trouble is,” said the practical
man, "that the pupil doesn't want to
understand.”
Just then an ignorant man came in.
"Here, little one,” said he, “there's
three pair of dice; now count them up.
How many can you make?”
"Why, six," said the child.
Wanted to Talk for Himself.
Thomas J. Phillips, the defeated
Democratic candidate for Governor of
lowa, is not an orator, says an ex
change. He is a man of'plain com
mon sense In business affairs, with
but little education, having advanced
from miner to coal operator by his
own efforts. He was elected Mayor
of his own town several years ago and
the anecdote most widely told through
the state this year concerns his in
augural. His friends had convinced
him that it was necessary to make a
speech when he appeared before the
Council for the first time. He demur
red on the ground that he could not
speak in public. It finally ended by
hie agreeing to commit to memory a
speech if it should be prepared by a
friend. Phillips was duly coached and
the eventful dav arrived. He arose
and delivered the speech in a labored
manner, and it was evident to all that
it was largely an effort of memory.
But no one was prepared for what fol
lowed.
"And now," said Phillips, breathing
a sigh of relief as he came to the end,
"I want to say a few words myself.
But the laughter which greeted the
remark forced the address to a con
clusion.
Quits.
A wealthy foreigner, intent upon a
day’s outing, wanted to hire a dealer’s
best horse and trap, but not knowing
his man the dealer demurred at trust
ing them in his hands, says Tit-Bits.
Determined to have his drive, the gen
tleman proposed paying for the horse
and the vehicle, promising to sell them
back at the same price when he re
turned. To that the other saw no ob
jection, so his customer's wants were
supplied and off he went. He was
back in time at the stables, his money
reimbursed according to contract, and
he turned to go.
“Hold on!’’ exclaimed the dealer,
“you have forgotten to pay for the
hire.”
"My dear sir," was the cool renlv
“there was no hiring in the case. I
have been driving my own horse and
trap all dav.”
And he left the dealer to his sorrow
ful reflections.
having HI Face.
She—Mr. Jones, look at that impu
dent man on the other side of the
the street. He has been following us for
the last ten minutes.
Jones—Why didn't you tell me be
fore? I'll teach that Impudent puppy
a lesson.
Walking boldly across the street,
Jone* save to che man;
“Look here. Snip, 1 ant very sorry
I’ve not got the money to pay you for
that last suit, buit you ought not to
follow me up and dun me when I’m
trying to capture that girl. She has
got lots of cash, and if I succeed you
will not only get your money, but also
gn order for a wedding outfit.”
Snip goes off sa/tisfied, says Tit-Bits.
Returning to the young lady, Jones
says:
“I am glad you called my attention
to that cowardly scoundrel. I don’t
think he will ever stare at you again.
I had great difficulty in restraining
ntyself.” _
In the Next War.
“Here!” exclaimed the defeated com
mander of the enemy, as the victorious
chieftain seized all his valuable*, ac
cording to the Baltimore American.
"What do you mean by that? Is this
war. or i It highway robbery?”
"My dear sir,” replied the victorious
one, apologetically. ”1 have yet to pay
the expanses of a court of Inquiry, you
must remember."
"Ah. I hud forgotten that.” courte
ously re*ponded the other.
And he ordered a collection taken up
for the benefit of the suffering hero.
When l iwn ■■ * Ike Beaker.
“Doe* the foam Betti* ?" inquired tbs
man who had Just ordered a glass of
beer, saw the Albany Journal.
“It does.” answered the mixologist.
The man, after drinking the bear, j
,t*i ted to walk out. when the barkeep
er ■ ailed him bai k to pay for It
"Oil. no," said tin mail, "you said
ill* tnein would settle The man be
lund lh* liar thought tin kike | guest <
that It* **li*d tto nail b* k end naked j
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—Across the Irish sea we find a re
ligious insurance society called the
Presbyterian Church in Ireland Fire
Insurance Trust, says a London news
paper. It has twelve director*. The
claims paid last year were only £24
and the total expenses of management
were only £77.-' With assets of a little
over £3,000, and, in a sense, a co-op
erative, self-supporting apd religious
association, this little fire office seems
to have completely justified its exist
ence.
—The Russian has no fixed meal
time, says the London News. He eats
when he is hungry, which is often. He
has about six square meals a day. He
has at least a dozen lunches, a little
bit of salt fish or some caviare, or a.
piece of bread and cheese, washed
down with a nip of fiery vodki. fie
never passes a station without a glass
of tea—marvelous tea, with a thin slice
of lemon floating In it. You get a
fondness for Russian tea, and forswear
bemilked decoctions forever. The ta
ble manners of the Russian—such as
you see in hotels and buffets —are not
pleasing. He sprawls with outstretch
ed elbow on the table, and gets his
mouth down to his food rather than
raise the food to his mouth. He makes
objectionable noises in his throat. He
has a finger bowl, and rinses his mouth
as the rest of us do when cleaning our
teeth In our bathrooms. Then he
squirts the'Vater back into the bowl.
In time one may get used to this.
—Prof. G. Patrick asks in a learned
review: "Why do Men Swear?” Deal
ing with the question from the evolu
tionary point of view-, the Professor
leads us from the mere growl of anger
In the lower animal to what one may
call the specialized evolution of swear
ing in man. It is. obvious that many
swear words are really of a religious
nature, and in the development of this
art. if art it may be termed, the sug
gestion is thrown out that what may
have originally beenmeant as an ap
peal for help has become transformed
into a term either of contempt or of
violence, intended to terrify or shock
an enemy. Why swearing is rightly
considered an immoral habit Prof.
Patrick explains from the considera
tion that the higher we advance in civ
ilization the more distinctly are we
taught to inhibit and to repress the
emotions of anger, while the same ad
vance would render 'profane in the
eyes of cultured persons the misuse of
religious terms.
Why do many people take coffee
after dinner? It is, perhaps, a little
difficult to give an adequate reason for
this practice. One explanation is that
coffee tends to neutralize the effects
of alcohol which may have been con
sumed with the meal. The practice of
taking cheese at the close of a meal
is supposed to be justified on the
ground that it aids the secretions of
gastric juice in the stomach, and thus
favors digestion. This is probably cor
rect, for a morsel of old cheese certain
ly causes an increased flow of saliva
in the mouth and gastric juice itself.
But the coffee question can hardly be
solved on a like basis. Instead of fa
voring digestion, both tea and coffee
distinctly retard it. Sir William; Bob
erts. a distinguished physician, ques
tions whether this delaying effect on
digestion may not after ail be a bene
ficial feature in modern life. His ar
gument is that the high advance of
civilization and the perfection of cook
ing tend to present, us with our food
in a condition which favors not merely
rapid digestion but even too quick as
similation.
—There are limits, the Electrical Re
view thinks, to the amount of electrici
ty that can be safely carried with wires
and insulators such as ape now used.
The first of these is the breakdown
strength of insulating materials of va
rious kinds and of the air itself. It has
been lately considered that about 60,-
000 volts is the limit imposed by the
resisting properties of the air, as above
this voltage the air seems to conduct
reasonably well and leakage occurs
across the line. From the present
knowledge of the . subject it appears
that insulators of porcelain are strong
enough to withstand any electrical
strain which can safely be borne by
the atmosphere. The present cost of
conducting metals and insulation im
poses a fairly definite limit to length
under given conditions of transmission.
In most places transmission lines are
subject to the competition of the eoul
carrylng railway. Unless the price of
fuel is materially advanced, or that, of
conducting copper or aluminum mater
ially diminished, it is probable that in
the Eastern states, at any rate, the
transmission distance limit will not be
large.
—Sir William Roberts thinks it ob
vious that if food be rendered too easy
of digestion there arises a risk that the
meal will pass too quickly and 'taste
fully into the blood, and on through the
tissues Into the excretory organs, and
so out of the body before it has been
made fully and economically available
for the sustenance of the slow nutri
tive process. Moreover, a sudden ir
ruption Into the blood of newly digest
ed elements would tend to disturb the
chemical equilibrium, of that fluid, and
so interfere with the transitorial per
formance of its functions. It would
also tend to produce liver and other
congestions, to the general disadvan
tage and discomfort of economy. A too
rapid digestion and absorption of food
may be compared to feeding a fire with
straw instead of slower-burning coal
In the former it would be necessary to
feed often and often, and the process
would be wasteful of the fuel; for the
short-lived blaze of the whole maks
would heat up the chimney. To burn
fuel economically and to utilize the
heat to the utmost the fire must be
damped down, so as to insure slow as
well as complete combustion. So with
human digestion, our highly prepared
and highly cooked food requires In the
healthy and vigirous that the digest
ive powers should b damped down in
order to insure the economical use of
food.
—Some one has said that the Egyp
tians were the only nation that ever
had sufficient patience to domesticate
the cat. A very' high idea of human
patience is given by the account of a
correspondent of Forest and Stream,
who has, he says, tamed a common
cat to retrieve. Patience, gentleness,
entire absence of force were his max
ims. Whenever game had been killed
the cat was led to it and the game was
given to him. Next the cat sought the
game on his own account. Next, he
was taught to stay close to hts mas
ter, at first perched on his shoulder.
He was then taught not to fear the
sound of the gun, beginning with a lit
tle carbine, then proceeding to the
fowling-piece. When the gun was fired
a common ball was pitched forward
by the master, and the connection be
tween the report and retrieving was
established. Then a dead bird via*
substituted for in* bull,, and It was
tliat thrown from the hand, and, stt
srwurd dropped front the branch of a
distant teas Th* education of this
run Uvular rat is now complete. lie
(•trisves pet farlly, points sonic tin me,
and in gein-ial conducts himself Ilk* a
hunting dug Th* biologists deny th*
inhet Ham* of acquired ■low t'-ritP*
tl it **t# not for their doctrine tin*
iM-lHod animal might heemue th* pto
gi nitor of a long Itna at useful hunt
i*l • at* As II I*. tie idsnds ass liv
ing mono meat to liuluxu hstteiue gc id
a* a pi oat that even a rat may he *dq~
u.Ud,
Medical Treatment Free
For Three Months is Offered to all
Invalid* Who Call Ipon the Brit
ish Doetora at 13 York Street,
West. Henderson Building. Be
fore Nov. 30.
A staff of eminent physicians and
surgeons from the British Medical In
stitute have, at the urgent solicitation
of a large number of patients under
their care in this country, established
a permanent branch of the Institute in
this city at No. 13 York Street, West, i n
the Henderson building. Rooms 1, 2, ;;
4, Opposite Post Uffiee.
These eminent gentlemen have de
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them for treatment between now and
Nov. 30. These services consist not
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operations.
The object in pursuing this course is
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and under no conditions will any
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vices rendered for three months, to all
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The doctors treat all forms of dip
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the first interview a thorough exami
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Male and female weakness, catarrh
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The chief associate surgeon of the
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