Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-12-20
GRUNTS FROM A GROWER.
There are some things don't like to see".
Old Song.

There are some things don't like to see."-
, Old Song
U-HEALTH.
OF course we are the only really civ
ilized people upon this footstool, that
is in our own mind, but like many
other things conceived in egotism and
brought forth i'm the imagination,
there is room to doubt the correctness
of that opinion, at least in some re-
spects. We are in the habit of speak
ing of the Chinese as a heather ma
ton. and yet in the matter of health
they show far more horse-sense than
We of a higher civilization. As an in
stance, the Chinese pay their physi.
clan only go long as they remain well,
but upon sickness appearing in the
family, his remuneration is promptly
stopped until the invalid has recovered
or died. This system has the effect OF
causing the doctor to use the greatest
possible diligence to cure the patient
in the shortest possible time and to
encourage every known preventative
of disease.
Now how do we manage this bust
ness? Well, We not only give our
physicians every encouragement to
allow us to get sick, but practically
hold over them the threat that we
will let them starye if we don't. Once
We become i'll, it is to their advantage
to keep us so as long as possible, and
finally, when becoming wearied of be-
ing cured. we die. They might VS.
we'll go cahoots with the coroner.
If they do not conduct things in
this way, it is wholly because of their
individual honesty and cOnsciencious-
ness, and not because of any intelli-
gent system advocated by society.
Our brethren of the Flowery King
dom, in common with some more civ
ilized countries, consider it necessary
to deform some part OF the body, to
improve upon the plan Of the AL
mighty as it we're, by way of orna.
ment. However, they do have sense
enough to squeeze the feet, where there
are no delicate vital organs to mis-.
place and ruin. But they are barbar-
ians, you know. 1t makes us SILVER
with horror to think of combining the
feet in such manner. We are ma.
ton of consumptives. The Chinese
are not. As Darwin has conclusively
proven. the gradual disuse OF any or.
gan from generation to generation will
result in the degeneration of and final
disappearance of it.
Some people are not able to see how
this law bears upon the undue and
continued compression Of the lungs.
They can see how fish, that live in the
depths Of the ocean, should gradually
lose their organs of sight though.
There is similarity, if you will think
about it.
Our medical men may hunt for the
consumptive microbe until Gehenna
is frigidly solidified, but it will take
generations OF dress reform to undo
the harm. We also try, in various
ways, to convince ourselves that the
digestive organs are really unneces-
sary. Some enterprising native per.
fects Q process for making pre-digested
health-food from bran and shorts, at
one cent per pound, and selling the
prepared article for ten cents per
pound. This is certainly a healthful
proposition for the manufacturer; but
the dear people get it right in the us.
ual place again.
One eminent scientist found that
the food elements necessary for the
nourishment Of the human body for
seventeen weeks could be carried in q
pill box. A company of soldiers start
ed on march with these rations and
they lasted quick-the men did. The
sooner we find out that our stomachs
and digestive organs were made for
use, and act accordingly. the better it
will be for ourselves and our posterity.