Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19


tinued rumination.
Now, it cannot be denied that catarrh
/. unpleasantly prevalent in this free and
enlightened nation. The climate of many
states of the union is undoubtedly
catarrhal climate. But uncomfortable
and annoying as this malady may be, in
how many cases does it hurry victims
headloug to the grave? Not many.
There is great deal of dyspepsia in the
New World. That is true enough. But
is indigestion unheard of on the other
side of the Atlantic? a prominent doc
tor in an address a few days ago re-
buked Americans harshly for their ex-
cessive haste in eating, and said that in
large number of cases in this country
rheumatism and govt were brought on
by impatence in swallowing food. He
seems to have forgotten for the moment
that rheumatism and govt cause as
much suffering and are as prevalent and
stubborn among the slowly masticating
Englishmen as among Americans.
May it not be possible that some doc
tors have their fads as other people do,
and may in varions instances push their
precipitate Americans might get more
comfort and enjoyment out of life II they
would abandon express train schedules
while they are occupied in appeasing
their hunger. But the official figures
show that both in the cities and in the
country districts of the United States the
death rate is no higher than in the cities
and the country districts of Great Brit
ain, of France and of Germany. What
medical man or dietetic sage can explain
away the vital statistics? Catarrh and
dyspepsia may cause much discomfort
any many uneasy hours among Ameri-
cans, but in his hold on life the average
American can give the average European
lively tussle, even if he eats swiftly
when he is in a hurry. Sensible people
should not worry TOO much about their
interior departments, and should not
harass themselves concerning possible
dyspepsia. Nervous apprehensions of
stomach troubles often tend to bring
them on. Timid expectations of misery
are In themselves sources of woe.-New
York Tribune.
WILL DRAW HOMEsTEADs BY LOT.
With fifty thousand boomers watch
ing to break into the Apache-Comanche
Kiowa Caddo reservations in Oklahoma
territory on Aug. G, the government has
decided upon novel plan of allotment
which completely obliterates individual
proves and cunning if 1t does not remove
all possibility of skullduggery.
There is little doubt that the action of
the government will prevent much of the
fraud and trckery that have scandalized
the previous openings of Indian land for
settlement. Under the plan of drawing
by lots, which has disgruntled the boom
ers, a woman will have as good chance
of getting a fine allotment as the boomer
with bowie knife and a six-shooter.
While the lottery plan is vigorously OPP
posed by the boomers there is little like
lihood that the high-handed outrages
which followed the opening of the Chero-
kee strip in 1893 will be repeated. With
abundant safeguards thrown about 1t the
method of alloting homesteads appears
to be the fairest that could be devised UNI
der the prevailing conditions.
While the plan adopted for preventing
injustice and fraud is wise one there Is
much force in the criticism made by the
st. Paul Globe concerning the time set
for the opening. The Globe says:
II seems somewhat strange to the average
practical man that reservation should be
opened TO settlement on the 9Th day of Au.
gust instead OF the 9Th day of March. The
authorities certainly know, or ought to know,
that those who 90 into that country on
the opening day will be compelled to spend a
year without being able to secure a crop to
sustain either man or beast.
It would have been the part of wisdom
for the government 10 have set the open
ing for some time in March or April.
which would have enabled the settlers to
put in crops of corn. potatoes, oats and
garden vegetables to tide them over the
year So great is mans greed for land,
however, especially that which has been
forbidden, that he rushes madly into 1.-THE
promised land" regardless of whether he
can get hay for his horses, to say moth
ing of food for himsef-Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
5000
MAN WILL NAVIGATE THE AIR.
The successful tests of Nj. SaEtos-Du.
mont's cigar-shaped balloon conducted in
Paris last week confirm the belief long
held by scientists who have given any
attention to aerial navigation that the
perfected flying machine" of the future
will be essentially an air ship.
Having accepted this as fact. the
problem of navigating the air resolves
itself into a question of motor mechan'
ism and steering apparatus. 1t is ques
ton of propelling and guiding the bal