The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-07-26

population will not grow so rs to press
mon the means Of subsistence and cites
the ape, wbiclthe claims..remaina in stat
of numerical equilibrium.
Mr.. Boefer admits that there are some
difficulties ir the way of Introducing the
general reign Of nature aud happiness.
One such barrier is the mosquito. Mr..
2octer hositaies TO sacrifice that useful
nroduct of false and wicked civilization,
the mosquito net. He gazcd at his f;et,
upon which The pcrtinacions little insect
Ind left its mark The scheme of regen-
Grating the world. however, is cot to be
stung to dealt; By q miserable insect. The
skin will le tougler-by and by. More
over. the mosquito itself is the product of
art and will disappear when the vicious
cultivation of sugsr and rice shall cease.
II! a fruit diet is not good thing there
is nothing about Dir. Boetcr to show it,.
He has livc;, upon nothing but raw fruits
for len msmths i'll Germany and i'll the
Canary Islands, with here and there an
occasional raw egg or cooked vegetable
when good fruit could not lie obtained.
He has established The superiority Of
clothing BY moving about in the open air
for hours without any, and be foand his
health better and his brain clearer as a
consequences DR.. Albert Banzar, of
Eunich. who took to vegetables and then
TO fruits, tcstiiss TO the same thing, and
finds himself twice man. Like Mr.. Roe
ter, the doctor is also in search Of some
nice paradise somewhere, into which he
can Jump, leaving meat, alcohol, ard hu-
man nature behind him.
As to the simpler appliances of cyilza-
ton. Mr.. Bocter is still kanalna, He adj
mits houses, because the birds build nests,
but merely as a shelter from rain. lie
favors beds, but strongly draws the line
at chairs, with which he thinks the nat
ural man should not daily. He is little
troubled about the question whether
there ia enough fruit growing wild TO sup
port The human race, but in case OF ALSO
lutte necessity lie will consent to plant a
few cocoanut trees, and he has conceived
an extra vigant admiration for this fruit,
and, in short, is 4 whole cscoanut club in
h;msslt. He thinks, however, that if the
cocoanuts could he eaten which are wasted
in the pcrnicious manufacture OF hair oil
there would be enough to go around ard
no planting would lie necessary. Since
Mr.. Bocter has been in town he has eaten,
besides cocoanuts, mangoes, muskmcl-
Ions, figs and papaias, all of which he
rronounccs excellent, even to the seeds Of
the papaa, (Which are equal to the finest
water cresscr.
He docs not believe in the slavery OF
horses and rejects, Of course, the whole
system Of personal service as wrong. He
does, occasionally, ride in the street cara,
but he justilies The apparent inconsistent
cy on the ingenious ground that dusty
streets and most unnatural and not Il
place for wholesome exercise Moreover,
his paradise is not vet achieved and in
Tho transitien state he is compelled to ac.
comrodate himself to circustanses Thus,
be uses moncy-which lie scorns-and
wears watch, though in the blessed tut
urc mcn will take no thought Of time. He
vii! not wear hat, but carries one in the
hand, no! to attract undue attention. Up
on the c;vsc of the interview Mr.. Boltcr
courteously invited the reporter to share
hi; MONDAY meal The latter, however,
felt that to 10 so would be worse han
lie act OF David when he took his neigh
bor's one eve lamb.
Mr. Boetcr expects very shortly to visit
the other islands. If he is disappointed
he will return back Oh HE Hawaii and
seek tue los. paradise Of innocence and
ignorance among the islands Of the South
Pacific
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