The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-21
common now as simple. old fashioned

common now as simple, old fashioned
headache used to be.
comparatively new class Of specialists
who devote themselves solely 10 the
diagnosis and treatment OF nervous dis
eases. are competing for the patronage OF
the victims OF such maladies.
Another evidence OF the trying condi-
lions of modern life and civilization Is
the premature maturity OF many young
men. pallid. bald. and specialized before
they reach their thirtieth birthday. Note
the expression of brooding calculation
stamped upon faces too young In years 10
justify such approximation to the physi-
ogomy OF life's declining afternoon.
Observe too. how often young women
sink under the exactions OF maternity
and the wear and tear OF married and
domestic, life. IL is much too often the
case that young husband nnds out TOO
late. that wedlock, instead OF providing
him with a capable helpmeet. has burden
ed him with a chronic and expensive IN
valid.
The advances made I'm mechanical In
vention and Improvement during this
century. are simply marvellous.
Mechanical appliances too numerous
and diverse for even cursory mention
here. do with admirable precision, ele-
gance, and rapidity. ten-thousand things.
that were formerly achieved slowly,
laboriously, and often imperfectly By
workman's hands
Asa consequence. raw material is work.
ed up with such rapidity into commodities
Of every sort and value that idle factories.
glutted amrket. and unsatisfactory
prices. In short, overproduction is the
result.
The electric telegraph that Is such an
important, Indispensable factor in the
transactions or modern life. that annihl-
lates time and abbreviates distance. may
be and often is used for sinister and ques-
tionable purposes. Take speculation for
example.
In no part OF the world is speculation
conducted on a larger scale nor are it's
operations anywhere more aggressive and
daring than in the United States OF
America. Many people regard the prac-
tice OF speculation as OF doubtful moral
complexion. Without in tnywise endors-
Ing or opposing that view, we refer 10 IL
solely for the purpose Of illustration.
The facilities afforded by the telegraph
for directing with ease and accuracy
widely separated factors in combinations
involving millions OF money and menaced
by ruinous risks. are invaluable.
Granting, then-tO avoid proutless dis
cussion-that speculation is an evil. the
telegraph is liable TO indictment as an
auxiliary Of prime Importance. because
without its aid speculation could neither
be conducted on the extensive scale thu
make the transactions of this epoch so
remarkable, nor could the precision and
accuracy Of detail upon which success
often depends be otherwise attainable.
And here let us digress a little TO note
one of those exceptions that now and
then appear TO contradict general rules
In no department of mechanics has i'm
provement heen more notable than In
the construction OF firearms. From the
muzzle loading fint-lock musket and the
inferior artillery of n century ago. the
stride is no slight one that brings us TO
the needle-zun and chasse-pOt. the
mitrailense and gatlinggun of our day,
yet II is averred that the ratio OF fatality
I'm battle decreases I'm proportion 10 the
Improvement made I'm the structure OF
lethal weapons. a proposition tGat seems
TO be supported by the fac. that IN earlier