Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-04-29

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Editorial Pencillnss ON Short Trip
East.
Kirksville, Mo-, April 16:
On the trip eastward to this place
darkness shut out the Landscape from
view in the neighborhood Of Dodge City
onee the great cattle metropolis. Il il
nov shorn Of much Of its former activity
and glory, but IL is substantially built
town and seems to be q good business
Our next daylight view Of the country
vas In the KaW valley short distance
west Of Kansas City. The scenery was
in agreeable contrast with the plains
country. Vegetation was further ad-
vancei than in Colorado and the SYM
metrical hills with their wealth of forest
trees in great variety were covered with
their first bright coats Of green.
OF course it was raining in Kansas
City. The acoomodations Of the union
Wabash train left for the east. For
quite a distance ont OF Kansas City the
road runs in the vicinity Of the Missouri
river and there is nothing to be seen to
attract the admiration OF the traveller.
The towns are small and dilapidated.
One OF our travelling companions was
half drunken Missourian. He evident
ly enjoyed his condition a. he carried in
his pocket liquid calculated to prolong
the spree. His desire for companionship
in intoxication was evidenced by freely
offering to treat. A st. Louis drummer
refused, saying that he never drank
whiskey. ''Then," said the Missourian,
/ '.you never vote the Democratic ticket. "
rect. A few minutes later the tipsy man
said: eve got more money than brains.
There was not q man in the car who
would dispute the statement.
When the line of the road reached the
uplands We saw fine farms and thriving
towns. Missouri has some OF the poor
est and some Of the finest country in the
union. The ride from Moberly 70 Kirks-
vile was through . splendid farming
country, with fine large dwellings and
other improvements to correspond.
Kirksville is prosperous, growing
town OF about 6000 inhabitants. Il has
made its most rapid growth in the last
few years largely as a result Of the Popu.
pathy. This will be new word TO Is
per cent Of our readers, but IL you con.
denim il before investigating its merits
you will make the worst mistake Of youI
life. A new building costing $4,000 has
recently been built for the American
School Of Osteopathy and A. T. Still
in6rmary. Nearly every state In the
union and several foreign countries are
represented among the patients as we'll
a. in the school. At our boarding house
We sit next to n young lady from the
Sandwich Islands who came all that dis
tance for treatment.
The Intirmary and School Of Osteo:
psthy are the result Of 80 ears study and
experimenting by DR.. Andrew r. Still
for many years an allopathic practitioner
and a surgeon in the Federal army dur.
ing the rebellion. But Dr.. Still found
that medicines were most uncertain NJ.
lance for the cure Of silments- "a man.
he says, '.is & machine with over two
hundred bones. You may call them
braces, supports, or what you please.
Muscles, nerves, blood vessels and ten.
dons are distributed all over and through
this frame work. There is an engine
and pipes run from that engine to all
parts OF the body, and from all part
blood 10 carried back to the place it start
cd from by the veins or blood tubes. 80
Health ID that condition We are in whe I
and move without any obstruction, great
or small. Disease Is the creaking OF the
eccentrics OF any or all parts Of the ma.
chinery." The chief cause Of disease, he
holds, il due TO some mechanical obstruc
ton to natural functions.
There is some displacement. enlarge
ment, obstruction or abnor,nity, OF bone
muscle or igament, or some unnatural
pressure upon a nerve or blood vessel
For example, dislocation at the shoul
der may cause rheumatism in the hanG
or wrist, dislocated rib may producs
heart disease, an obetructed vein ma,
cause cancer, a diseased nerve in til,
stomach may effect the eyesight, and *
on.
By experimenting with living and deat
machine. the human body, could b,
manipulated at will by skillful opera
tor who has perfect knowledge Of ana
tony, and that the organs could all b'
regulated much better by manipulation
than by drugs. For instance, where
physician ia needed, instead OF admins
tsring purgutive, the Osteopath OPEN
the gall bladder by manipulation Will
much more satisfactory results. DR.
Still says, "The results that have OBJ
tanned over disease have secured wher
have handled the engine Of life as ar
engineer handles his engine. So long a
conform to the laws governing an en-
gine, the human locomotive obeys, jus
as we'll as any locomotive will obey itl
engineer when he treats it as o machinis
has indicated by the form OF any and al
parts Of the engine. II some substance
should get into the wheels Of watch OF
the cogs should become locked or bent
would workman pour arsenic, nuxvom,
lea or some chemical calculated to de.
stroy the works into it? No. First, he
ascertain where the obstruction was
would remove il, straighten the bent
eSs saa se. pssnc ho d0ne
ton alone, without tho use Of drugs, the
knife, or surgical appliances OF any kind.
That DR.. Still is on the right track has