The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-28
NEWS HND COMMENT

Are We u dying race? From the report
in the Post of lecture recently delivered
in Washington by DR.. j. II. Kellogg the
inference is unavoidable that we are
DR.. Kellogg took the ground that the
man of today is physically inferior to
his ancestors, and that, as a race, We
are dcEenerating. Insanity, said DR..
Kellogg is greatly on the increase,
and, according to statistics, there are
three times as many imbeCies today as
there were fifty years ago. If this rate of
increase continued, the speaker asserted,
the entire race would be insane in z65
years. DIR. Kellogg does not take a pes
simiStic view of the situation, however,
and he believes that the present condi-
tiOns are due to incorrect habits of diet,
drugs, work, and exercise, which can he
and ought TO be overcome. In the mat
ter of diet DR.. Kellogg is not only a strict
vegetarian, but he lays equal emphasis
upon the proper preparation and cooking
of food as u means of improving the
health. The speaker laid the ban upon
such articles as mustard and pepper, and
strongly condemned coffee and tea, cs-
pecially. lie said there is no food
value in either of these drinks. There is
more intoNiCation in a cup of strong
black tea" said Dr. Kellogg, than ia a
glass of ordinary beer. Thousands of
women contract nervous troubles of var
lOuS SOilS lnEOuBn Tea uGlnklng. one
should abstain from cheese and oysters"
on the subject Of animal food the speak
er held that as all nourishment comes ul-
timately from the vegetable world, peo-
pie obtain nothing of value from the
eating of flesh which could not be OBJ
tanned from the vegetable kingdom.
\ writer in Ainslee's Magazine for April
tells how Irving NJ. Scott, the man who
n. i,s, In,
his salary. 1t was when he was working
for Il firm managed by a man named
DOnahue. The firm was then building the
Saginaw for the government. Donahue
was at the legislature much of the time
soon after Scotts arrival and affairs al
the works were at skies and sevens.
Brodie, the foreman, threatened TO leave
ana did leave, and Scott without any
authority, and although only engaged as
draughtsman, took entire charge and
directed things for two weeks until Don
ahues return. lie introduced system
into the methods ana made affairs run
along so smoothly that Donahue was
pleased and made him permanent fore
man. About this time DOnahue offered
to increase his wages but Scott thought
over the matter and declined.
IF | break my years contract with
YOU" he said TO Donahue, "In have to
take what you give me. l prefer to keen
nay contract, ana when it's up You'll
have to pay mo what I'm worth"
DOnahue looked aEhast. You're the
first man" he said, that I've ever
known to refuse raise of pay"
Results justified Scotts foresight. At
the end of the year he was re-cngaged
and was paid Just four times what Dona-
hue had offered him.
Some first rate advice Of Widespread
applicability was given BY Governor
Roosevelt the other night to an audience
of Citizens Union reformers. After ex-
planning some of the inevitable limita-
tiOns around his own official conduct he
went on; 81 want you to draw a sharp
! line between achieving results and talk
ing about what results might be achieved
In the long run, TO do good work YOU
must work toward practical results You
must take into account conditions as Won
find them making up your mind that you
won't in your lifetime make them as they
should be. You are in danger, as you go
toward the goal, Of falling into the Dit of
foul politics on the one side and the Dit
| Of utterly impractical politics on the
/ other. Though there may be a choice in
the pits If you fall into either, the result
! is the same; you don't reach the goal
Some audiences / would warn against
| baseness i'm politics. OF this audience /
| need only ask that they do not waste
! time talking about the achievement Of
| the impossible"
No coast in the world is better lighted
| than that Of the United States. Great
| Britain, France, and Germany are the
| only countries which can compare with
| This country for the perfection of its
! light-house system, Along it's coasts the
| United states maintains 3,0I2 lighted aids
| 20 navigation, ranging i'm Importance
| from the great "frst-class' lights, like