The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-27

A scientsst over In Europe b aid 70
have discovered that old age b caused By
Q microbe. and has " gone 20 far a. 70
discover the microbe. The scientist.
whose name. however,, has not yet eached
this part Of the world, II low seeking for
something which will kill the microbe
without killing the man whose system IL
inhabits. And then we shall be able 10
live on and on f-orever-unless q live cleo
trio light wire should happen 10 fall on ms.
Untold millions OF people nave wasted
their lives trying 10 kill this old microbe.
which has been generally understood 70
he n bearded animal with an hour glass In
one hand and o scythe sluuR over his
shoulder commonly known rs Time. But
he still wings his swift flight, and Il In safe
10 bet he will have gathered i'm the dis
coverer Of the old age microbe long before
the latter has discovered the right microbe
killer.
New Workers have no cause TO quarrel
with the letter-writers, who keep the peO-
pie OF the whole country reading about
New York In q condition Of open-eyed
wonder. II is splendid advertising, and
brings a rich reward. But 10 imagine that
the really cultured girls OF the metropolis
are like the creatures we cad Of in the
weekly letters of New York syndicate cor
respondents is to imagine that the human
race has turned imbecile. You will see
from time to time articles on the so-called
''fads' of society people Of the great city.
| You will read what the very wealthy and
aristocratic girls are doing with b~anjoes,
| dumbbells and the like. That they are
discarding conventional apparel To dress
| according TO some prevailing idea of the
physical ~culturists, using the slang of the
moment, drinking cocktails and other
mixed drinks in quantities that would
appall n Kentucky colonel. Don't believe
q word Of il.
"The greatest objection to beer, IL il be
not the only one, as n popular drink" says
that highly-respected authority. the editor
Of the New York Ereniny Post, who prob
ably speaks from experience, "is that
people, keep at Il all the time. The guam
titles that a real votary consumes in the
day, and especially i'm a hot day, are
enormous. and the reason is, perhaps that
il really does little or Nothing toward
uuenching thirst. On the contrary, there
is much reason for believing hat il stead
lily excites thirst, or, in other words, pro-
vides for its own increased consumption.
II bids fair, however, to conquer the
world. The product i'm America is enor-
nous, and il makes steady strides i'm sup
planting light wine i'm France. But nearly
all the arguments i'm its favor are based
on the assumption that ID IL consumed in
moderation, whereas, as a matter of fact,
IL is consumed immoderately, and when
so consumed is an u~ndoubted deadener of
some of the faculties, although il may not
produce what is called intoxication."
Some people evidently have the idea
that the government redeems postage
stamps when from any cause they become
unfit for use. When sheets of stamps be-
come stuck together or tori or injured the
loss falls upon the owner, as the govern
ment refuses to assume any responsibility
for stamps when once sold. Postmasters
can redeem stamps which they have for
sale, IL through accident they become un.
fit for use. But when the citizen buys a
stamp he either uses II in the Legitimate
way or else he Is out the value of the
stamp. The government, however. re
deems stamped envelopes. IL one should
happen to be misdirected or should he
come blotted, ar for any reason a person
should wish to tear open a stamped en-
velope after he had sealed IL for mailing,
he can bring il to the postofiice and get q
brand new envelope In its place. The
reason Of this difference i'm the treatment
of the adhesive stamp and the stamped
envelope Is that the adhesive stamp raj
be used and then washed and passed as
good, unless a careful scrutiny is made
IL the government should begin The prac
tice Of redeeming adhesive stamps th,
opportunities for fraud would he in
creased. Then the adhesive stamps ar,
manufactured at n cost to the govern
ment, which the stamped envelope is not
The stamps are furnished to the public n
the face value, and out of this has to coin'
the cost Of manufacture. but in the cas-,
of stamped envelopes they are sold "A
their face value, plus the cost Of mann
facture.