Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1892-11-17
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president of the United States Hay Fever
association, kindly instructs an afflicted
public on the cause Of the mysterious
disease which annually sets certain per-
sons to weeping and sneezing, In order
to spread enlightenment as much as pos
sible we shall endeavor to extract the
substance of some of his learned infor-
nation. Hay fever is Bstivis. In the
first place the hay fever sufferer must
know that before he takes estivis, there
is behind the disease state of neurosis
or Representatives, of the nerve cen
ters-in other words, hyperesthesia.
Well and good. While you've got this
hyperasthesia, along floats the pollen of
plants, particularly ragweed, which, we
are informed, is Roman wormwood, and
catches onto the inside of your nose. A
speck of pollen is covered with little
sticky spines in order that it may do
this very thing. 1t catches onto the
inside of your hyperesthetic nostrils
and begins to sprout there, for all the
world just as it would if it had caught
on instead to the stigma of the plant
where nature meant it to lodge. Noun
tain Air is better, because it contains
little pollen or mineral dust or fine lint
from clothing, such as is always floating
in city air. At least we take it that this
is what the professor means. Part of
what he actually says is as follows; ID.
There is a protrusion OF tho membrane at
one OF more Of the thin places at the surface,
whence a tube or Tootlike process energies and
penetrates the stigma. II seems to be an ex-
tension In a tubular form of the membrane,
and is filled with the protoplasm Of the cell.
Having pierced the outer coat OF the stigma.
this tubule by a sort OF growth keeps on
lengthening and pushing its way down through
the loose tissue Of the style until 1t has reached
the ovule at the base, when fertilization takes
place.
Just so. You will find on consulting
a dictionary that stigma is that vas
cular part of the pistil which is desti-
tute of an epiderm. How thankful we
of the common herd ought to be TO the
kind professors who give US enlighten-
ment. 1t is such satisfaction to feel
that in writing for popular reading they
use just plain words, without thought
Of trying to show off their learning.
1t was curious commentary on civil
lization that in the school children's
Columbian parade in New York the In
dian pupils from Carlisle carried off the
honors. There were 10000 school chill
dren in line. They were drawn not only
from the New York and Brooklyn pub
lie schools, but from the crack acade-
mics and private schools attended by
rich mems sons. The white school girls
were too delicate to march in the pro-
cession, so seats were provided whence
they might look at the boys as they
passed and wave their little banker
chiefs.
Not so the strong Indian girls. They
went on foot in the procession, and not a
young brave of their school marched
better than they. They wore dark blue
gowns and sailor hats, and their 1.-THE,
corsetless figures made a remarkable
impression. All these Indians, boys and
girls alike, were stronger, more erect
and dignifed in their carriage than the
white children were, and their marching
was done with more military precision.
They walked like boys and girls that
have been accustomed to outdoor life
and plenty Of room, advancing with
free, swinging, rhythmic step that
caused the onlookers to burst into loud
huzzas Of admiration.
On the whole, it was not strange that
one of these splendid vigorous young
Indians expressed doubt whether the
herds Of immigrants now crowding into
America were so very much superior to
the red men we drove out, or indeed, if
these are the specimens we made room
for, whether it was worth while to drive
the red men out at all
What would any of us a been if our