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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-09-10
LEGAL NOTICES.

VTIRGINIA.-In the Clerks Office of tie
v Corporation Court of the city Of Alexsn-
eris on the 2nd day of Seoteu Der, lSVl'
Oscar A. Whittlesey and Amy NJ. Whittiesey,
his wife. and L. VandebuTg and Sarah J.
Vsndeburg, his wife, vs.. Cora WI III 'sey'
Emily A. Whiitlesey. Lumsn A. white
sey. Blsnn A. Whittlesey John i. VIII
tlesey. Aune L. Whittlesey, l.. q. Whit O.
sew. sophropia J. Whi,tlesey, Jsm's r.
Whittlesey. james r Whittlesey, Louiss
z. whit. Ie,ey, Calvin II. Wht,lesey, w. 5.
Noble and Ada z. Noble, his wife, Homer
p. Bees ham, Grover q. Beck Herman
II. Btckhsm. A. u. Beckhsm (the la.t
three named beirg infants) L. N. Crs"~
ford, Rupert l.. Crawford, Msfg Is. Sra"-
ford, Claude NJ. Crawford, No msu Craw-
ford, Herbert V. Crawford, karle oisw-
ford Arold W Crawford, Wslter r. Viii =
tlesey and P. Gertrude "bittlesey, his
wife. and Sarah }. Eoy es, defendants. In
chsncery.
Memo The object OF this suit is TO obtain q
decree for the pal tition or sale OF the follow
ing described real estate in the C ty OF Alex
andria. Virginia.
LIST. A moment and lot Of ground situstef
on tia sc utheast in,e section OF Washington
aud Duke streeis, OF which Sarah J. q. Whit
tlesey, late of tho said city died seized
2nd. A lot of erourd with bri' id 'e
thereon adjoining the sbaye describ prep
erty IN II @ east and which now belonss 10
the heirs-at-lsw OF joseph A. aud Ecgsr a.
Whttle,ey, late of tho state OF Texas, de-
ceased, tnI to distribute the prote IDS Of sale,
il sold, among the parties entitled thereto
and for general relief.
IT appearing by an affidavit filed in this
cause that the defendants, Cora Whiit,esey
Emily A. Whittlesey, Iumsn A Whittlesey,
Blsnnie A. White cy, John Il Whittlesey
Annie T.. WhilteteY, l.. &. Whitll asey, 80
propia ] Whittlesey, J,mes f. Whittlesey
Louiss L Whittlesey, Calvin II. Whittlesey
W S. Nobe. Ida K. Mob q. Homer p. Beck
ham, Grover G Beckbsm, Herman L. Beck
ham, A. d. Beckhsm, l.. N. Crawford. bupeI'
l.. Crawford, Maggie p. Crawford, Claude M
Crawford, Norman L. Crawford, Herbert V
Crawford, Earle L. Crawford and Arolc
w Crawford. are noL-residents OF this
state. il lie ordered that said de
PENDANTS appear here within fiteeI
DAYS after due publication OF this order, and
do what Is necessary to protect their Interests
In this suit, and that a copy OF this order b
forthwith inserted In the Alexandria Gazette
A newspaper published in the City OF Alexsn
dria, once week for four successive weeks
and posted at the front door OF the Cour
House OF this city.
a copy-Teste:
JOHN 8. BEACH, Clerk,
By NEWELL S. GREENAwAY, ID. q.
Douglass Stuart, p. q.
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VTIBGINIA.-Int the Clerks Office OF the
v Corporation Court Of tho CITY Of Alex.
sndris, ON the LIST day ofAugust, 1901.
Edward A. German. who cues in bis own
right, ard as administrator Of Benjamin +.
Thompson, deceased, and all other creditors
who will come in snd contribute TO the costs
Of this suit, VS.. The Mercantile Railway
Building and Loan Association, Thomas
Moss, John T. wilkins and Thomis J. Fan
non, trustees, Hannah Stafford aud Csthaiine
Smith and the unknown heirs, If any, Of
BENJAMIN F. Thompson, deceased. In Chan
Gerry.
Memo. The object Of this suit Is tn enforce
the lien Of the complainant for professional
services, to convene the creditors OF the late
PeDjamin F. Thompson for sale OF the real
estate and payment OF the debts due by the
lete Benjsmin f. Thompson, and distribn'
ton OF the resiiue among those emitted
thereto, and 10 settle the accounts of Edward
A. German as administrator.
&. @. Brent and E. b. Taylor, P. g.
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NIOTICE to Jacob Bnll and Mary Irwin,
IN Rebecca Irwin, Grace Fleming and
homas Fleming her husband, Ruth j..
Brookes and George d. Brookes her husband,
and Mamie p. Atkinson ard Griffith Akin.
son her husband, children aud heiIs-at'law OF
Willism H. Irwin, de e,sed, Leila L. Snow.
den. Benoni wheat, Milton NJ. Wheat, Henry
HIATT, Pert G.. FaulhabeT, agent. 739 Msdi on
Ave, N. Y. City, the Washington 6;esmbost
Company Limited, Thomas Irwin estate and
his heirs, rsmes unknowp, james K. Cary,
Of Baltimore, Nd, their agent, and the Wash
ipgtop. Alexandra and Mount Vernon Rail-
way Comp'ny
You are hereby notified that the matter o,
grading and paving King street, letTeen
| Union ST. est and the Potomac river, from the
east side OF the Southern hallway tracks on
Union street TO q west slce of the Strand,
| with vitrfed brick on six-lpch concrete
base and curbiDg the same with sir-inch
granite curb set in concrete, as boon re'erred
| TO the Committee on Sire, Is for consideration
and report, and that the owners of the real
estate fronting on said King street ss above
mentioned and described will be Gei with
a sum not exceeding two.thiIds OF the cost
/ thereof, should such work be ordered and
done.
TIE Committee on Streets will hold meet
| ing In the Office Of the City Engineer
on Monday the 30Ih day Of september
| 1901, at 8 o'clock p. m TO consider tho sub
iect and you and each ofyou are requts' cd
| to be present OF said meeting that you may
| be heard for or against the proposed improve
inent. The COMM lTTEE ON 5TREETe,
EDWARD 6. JEADBEATER. Chairman.
GEORGE A. NUsBBAcH, Atty for Committee
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you mustn't fail to come to church
next Sunday" said the Rev. DR.. Third
Ily. 81 have arranged to have the Rev
IDr Markthirst deliver an address on
his observations In the slums."
"Aren't you going to preach at air.
ooh, yes. I'll preach my regular ser,
mon, after which DR.. Markthirst VIII
tell you some things that Will open
your eyes."-Philadelphia Press.
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To Rest Her Mind.

"Your little birdie has been very
very ILL.," she wrote to the young man
sTt was some sort Of nervous trouble
and the doctors said ! must have per,
feet rest and quiet and that l must
think of nothing. And all the time,
dear George, 1 thought constantly OF
you"
The young man read 1t over and then
read 1t through again very slowly ano
put 1t in his pocket and went out un
der the silent stars and kept thinking
and thinking and thinking. lie only
kept on thinking.-London Answers.
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Bertha M. Abendsheim.

Bertha NJ. Abendsheim,
Memo: The obi Get OF this suit is to obtain
q decree Of court divorcing the complainant
from the bona of mstrimony with the do.
fendsnt and barring the defendant from all
right, title or interest In the estate of the
complainant sccruing unto her by reason OF
the marriage.
1t appearing by An affidavit filed In this
cause that the defendant, Perths M. Abend-
sheim, is a nonresident of this State, 1t is
ordered. That said defendant appear here
within fifteen days after due publication Of
this order and do what is necessary to protect
her interests in this suit, and that a copy of
this order be forthwith inserted in the Alex
andris Gazette a newspaper published in the
city of Alexandria, once week for four
successive weeks, and posted at the 'front.'
door Of the Court House of this city.
A eopy-Teste:
JOHN 8. BEACH, CleIk.
By NEWELL 8. 6REENAwAY. n. G.
Edmund Burke, p q. sept 1aw4wsst
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RAILROADS.
Southern Railway.
Schedule in effect June

Schedule in effect June j. leo1.
Trains leave Alexandria:
500 A. M.-Daily-Locak for Harrison
burg and for Charlotte and way stations:
11:35 A. M.-Dsily-U. 3. Fast MAIL
Sleeping cars to New Orleans, Columbia, 80
vanDah and Jacksonville, uniting at Salisbury
with sleeper for Ashville, Chattanooga sne
Memphis, and at Danville with sleeper for
Birmingham. Solid train Washington TO
New Orleans. Dining car service
11:57 A. M-Daily-Lotal for Charlottes-
vile.
4:23 p. M.-Week Days-Local for Front
Roysl, strasburg and Hsrrisonburg.
1852 r. M.-Dsily-Locsl for Charlottes-
vile
1910 p. M.-Daily-washingto and
Chattanooga Limited (vis Lyncbburg). Sleep
ing cars to Roanoke, Knoxville, Chattanooga,
Memphis and New Orleans. Through coach
to Memphis Dining csr service.
1915 P. NJ Dsiiy--New York and Flori-
da Eepress. Sleeping cars TO Augusta, With
connections for Aiken and Chsr'eston, and to
Savannah, Jacksonville end Port Tampa.
| trough cars to Jacksonville. sunset Route
Tourist sleeper Washington to san Fran
cisco Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
| Dining Ger service,
11O5 P. M.-Daily-Wsshington and
cOutnWCbstfu AbC ohig oAtiuoiNoiy
Pullman train between Washington snd the
South. Sleeping cars TO Ashville, Knoxville,
Chattanooga and Nashville, and to Atlanta,
Macon, Birmingham. Memphis. Montgomery,
Mobile and New Orleans. Clut-car Wash
inaton to Atlanta. Dining car service.
TRAINS ON BLUEMUNT BRANCH.
Leave Alexandria at 1853 n. NJ. 1:O7
and 4:40 D. m. week days; 8 o. =. M, and
6:33 .. m. Sundays only for Biuemopt, and
6:33 p. m. week days for Leesburg.
Returning, arrive at Alexandra 1886 a.
N. and 2:37 p. m. week days, 1882 p. m.
| Sundays only from Bluemont. AID 6:52 a. m.
week days from Leesburg.
Through trains from the South arrive at
Alexandris GIT O. M, 6:32 q. m, Tao q. m.
and 1:55 p. m, and $40 r. II. daily. From
Hsrrisonburg, i11:16 a. m. week GAYS and
800 p. m. daily. From Charlottesville
$50 9. m. and 800 p. m. daily.
For detailed schedule figures tickets, Pull
man reservation. etc., spply 10 A. O. MOSS,
ticket agent, Alexandria, Va.
FRANK s. CANNON, Bird V. p. q q. M.
s 81. HARDWICK, Gen. Passenger Agent.
L. 6. BROWN, General Agent.
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Alexsaasia 4szetts.
TUESDAY EVENING. SEPT. 10. 1901.
Shrinking.

! Once upon q time there was Bath
ing Suit which was much reprehended
IN that It was not modest.
There was likewise at this same time
also a Violet whose modesty was
matter Of universal comment.
"What is your system" asked the
Bathing Suit, accosting the Violet, "for
h would fain be thought modest tooT
"Why, / shrink" quoth the Violet
meaning no harm.
But when the Bathing Suit shrunk In
pursuance of this hint 1t was only rep,
lrehended the more and was finally cas'
away as being quite impossibie.-De
lfroit Journal.
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ST. MARY'S ACADEMY

Prince and Columbus sts., Ale xsudris, Va.
Primary Academic and spe cisl Courses.
Kindergarten and separate department for
small boys. spscial advantages in Music and
Art. Children Of all denominations received.
32nd year teIrs sep'ember Sd. Young
ladies' not attending the Academy may Ie-
ceiye private instruction in music and art
anoOO 4 m
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-09-10
WAKEFIELD & HALL,
DRUGGISTS.
CORNER PRINCE AND FAIRFAX sTs.
Prescriptions q specially.

Prescriptions specially.
English, French, German and Domestic
Toilet Soaps; Genuine Fsrins Cologne Mag
nolia, Hedyosinlia, Geranium and Florids
Water; Genuine Lubin's Extracts; 6ponges,
Hair Brushes and Combs best English Tooth
Brushes; full assortment Of Patent Modi-
Los; Coxes Gelatine, Corn Starch, Sea MOss
farine, Spices Of ali kinds, and select stock
Of all articles sold BY druggists at prices as low
~ the same quality can be obtained elsewhere
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Al n Remedy.

81 want to get copies Of your paper
for q week back" said the visitor to
the newspaper office.
wouldn't it be better to try a por-
Gus plasterY suggested the facetious
clerk. Philadelphia Record.
First Thought.
eWhat animal is it that is web foot
ed, TommieT
"The spider, ma'am." - Honkers
Statesman.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-09-10

Norris Silver, North Stratford, N. H.: II
purchased bottle of One Minute Cough Cure
when suffering with cough doctors told me
was incurable One bottle relieved me-, the
iecond and third almost cured. To-day am
swell man. For sale by Z. =. Lesdbester q
S ms
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-09-10

DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup for teething
babes, Full-sze bottle, 10 cents. Cures
Wind Conc, DisrrhBs Loss Of sleep, Gripping
Pains, -Four Stomach, Fever, Cholera lnfsn-
tum. DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup also promotes
the digestion and soothes the baby. Sold by
Richard Gibson and all druggists.
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sTEAAER5.
Weems Steamboat Go.

Commencing Thursday, March %, the
steamers
NORTHUMBERLAND aud POTOMAC
Will leave
EVERY THURSDAY. SUNDAY and TUES-
DAY at 4 p. NJ.
FOR BALTIMORE AND ALL THE USUAL
BIVER LANDINGS.
Cuisine and sppc' uDexcelled.
Freight for Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York solicited aud handled with care.
Through rates and bills OF lading issued.
Single fare to Baltimore, 81 round trip
SO Statencoms one way, 81. Meals, SOC.
WIN. Il. REARDON, Agent,
ie1 Strand.
yEy STEAMBOAT CON.
w PANI (LI8ITED.l
Bound Trip, 10 Cents.
In effect on and alter SA rURDAY, March
2. 1901.
Lave Washinston , Leave Alexandria
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DRUGGISTS.
CLARA L. LEADBEATEB. Q. o. LEADBEATEL
Z. &. LzADBEATER. J. LEADBEATER,
E.S. LEADBEATER 6 SONS,

L. ). lIEhDBEATER u SUNS,
WHoLEsA LIE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS
105 and 107 south Fairfax street.
Dealers in Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medi'
cines, Paints, OILS, Dye Stuff, Spices, Drug
gists' Fancy Gods and Specialties.
Wholesale agents In Northern Virginia fol
J. G. Ayers Medicines and John Lucas & Co.'i
Tinted Gloss and Prepared PaiAts, &c.
Manufacturers Of standard Pharmaceutical
preparations.
We have made large additions to our stocA
and are buying leading Proprietary Articles
Chemicals, &C., direct from the manufacturers
We are therefore enabled to supply the trade
With sll goods usually carried by well-ap'
pointed WHOLESALE DRUG HOUSE al
prices as low as those given by the best house,
In larger cities. All goods forwarded By frsi
freight or express after receipt Of order.
Promptness Is our specially. We guarantees
the purity of all drugs furnished. Core
snondence invited
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-09-10
A SCHOOL OF
SHORTHAND and TYPEWRITING

Will he o, ened at the rooms Of the Busir Is
Men, League. corner KWg md Washington
streets, on ohPYEMBkB 18Th, where pIpiis
will DO prepared fec Office work during the
course, Particular attention Will he given to
English, Spelling, Punctuation. Business Cor
respondeDce, etc. For terms and psrtit ulars
address A.. Gazette Office aug20 3e
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-09-10

A millionaire merchant says, MY
success is probably due to the fact that
at night / store my mind and during
the day l mind my store."-ChicagC
News.
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H can't help but do YOU good
LEGAL NOTICES.

NYOIICE to Willism II. He,lmutb, william
IN Reel er and George A. Up ich. truste
If the German Luthern Church, Thomas IL,
Helherlaud, Dan Webster. Alexina Peters,
William H. BcCuen, George Francis, james
r. Martin, Worth HUfih, James &. Graham
tie devise s OF J.mss w. Graham decef sed,
viz. John Graham, Edward Graham, doldie
arshsm and Mary GTsbsm, children OF I'd
ward Graham deceased, and Eupics DesilNs
and Eugene Desilva children of Eunice De
Silva Sibby Psdgett widow, and John y.
Padgett Charles l. Padgett and james Walter
Tadgett children and beirs-at-law OF J. w.
Psdgett deceased, Der e1ict Wheatley and
Efie H. wheatley bis wife, Catherine Make
iy. Fanny Dixon, Gordon Thomas, @ichsei
X. Harlow, Thomas B Cochran, John Criieh-
er, Lizzie Whiting Criteber his wife, Mamie
Wytbe Gatewood and james ID. Gatewood
her husband, Louisa Keinon Critcher, Cath
crime Carter Crltcher, and Lizzie Whiting
Critoher. George 8. French. William ii. De-
maine. william II. Hslimuth, Mary 4. hngt-
! 10 John 6. Bordner, L F. and ]. ii. Price
and Helen c. Harlow.
Yon are hereby notified that the matter Of
grading and paving Alfred street from its
iLtsrsectiCn with the moth line OF kiDg
street to lis intersection with tho south line
of Queen street. With vitTifed brick With
Portland CEMENT filler laid on 3 siX-inch cor
crete foundation, ard the curb to he q six
il Oh granite curb set In concrete, hiss been
referred to tho Committee on Streets for con-
sideratior and report, and that the owners
Of the al estate fronting on said Alfred
srteet IS above mentioned will be assessed
with sum not exceeding two-thiIds OF the
cost thereof should such WORK be ordered
ard done.
The Con mittee on Streets will hold rect
ing in the Cfiice of the City Engineer on
Monday the 3 tn DAY Of September 1901,
at 8 o'clock p. 10, 10 consider the subject
and you and each OF you are requested TO BE-
present at said meeting that you may be
heard for OF against the propofed improve
! ment. THE COMMITTEE ON STREETS
EDWARD 8 LEADBEATEB, Chairman
GEORGE A. MUsHBAcH, Atty for committee
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OIIoE.-The annual me e,ng of the
IN stock holders of the UNION BUILDING
COMPANY, for the e'e tion OF TIE Board OF
Directors and for such oTber business as may
be prof. er, will he held at the office of the
company, No 1913 sJulh Royal street, Alex.
an Tis, Va, on MONDAY, September 16,
1901, st 1890 ocock IN.
MYR0N N. PARKER, President.
W. SCOTT TOWERS, Secretary.
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A meeting Of the stockholders Of the
"A AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE AP-
PLIANCE COMPANY will be held at It's
office, 115 south Fairfax street., Alexsndris,
Va, on the rWENIY-FIF1H DAY OF
SEPTEMBER, 1901, at 2 O'Clock p. m.
LOUIS ID. WINE,
ID. /. MURPHY,
JNO. MILTON,
Holding together one.tsnsh of the cspital
stock of the company. sus2O 3ot
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-09-10

VIRGINIA in the Clerks Cti.e Of the
v Corporation Court OF the City of Alex
sndrs, ON the 9th day of septemt er, 1901.
Frederick p. Abendsheim
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-09-10

BY ELEvATING THE QUALITY
Of our coal we lower the price In economy Of
consumption. Consumers will find that IL Ia
cheaper TO use our high grade Lee Coal, that
has been screened and freed from slate and
stone, than that Of an inferior grade. 1t gives
more heat, less ashes and burns longer than
any other coal, and our prices are as low a.
any. Coal and Wood under cover.
J. z. ZIMMERMAN,
Foot Of Queen street [: Alexandria, Va.
Telephone II.
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ARLINGTON INSTITUTE

A SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
The Oath year opens September 10. 1901 p.
Catalogues for 1901 now ut Lesdbester's
Drug Store. and, after September 3, also at
the school, 215 north Washington street
Miss A. M. CHANDLER, Principal.
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MEETINGS

NOTICE
A mestiug OF THE HARRIS AND sHAFER
COMPANY will be held at No. 1913 south
Royal street on TB u 2SDAY AFTERNOON,
September %, 1901. at five o'clock.
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08
y HOULD the Criminal and the Idiot Be Eliminated
II - Doctor W. Duncan MeKm's Argument That Pain
Ii less Death Is the Problems Solution t-s<

I Preston. Toward the Close o. the last cen
fury a kiIdlier policy began TO dawn. and a
more humane spirit was infused into our
dealings with detectives and criminals. But
not Yet has philanthropy grasped a concep-
ton OF the true cause of human evil nor
laid the AK at its root. Indeed. of late
years. the humanitarian current has set so
strongly toward sentiMentalism as 10 ell
danger not only human progress but the
very existence OF society. In these days the
hopelessly weak are received as a special
charge from heaven. and, to the sad detrt-
nert OF their more promising brothers. q
double portion Of wealth and affection IS
lav;shed upon them: while Of the criminal it
Is hardly an exagseration to say that he is
regarded as a being whom society must re-
form. though ninety-anG-nins Just persons
thereby severely suffer"
Speaking of another manifestation OF SEN
tinentality the author speaks Of the abuse
OF the pardoning power vested in our State
Governors. 1t is told of a courageous no.
bleman that he said to Louis XIV. re!a-
tive to = crimiEa finally executed after
committing twenty murders:
This man has only committed one muir
der. the srst. and it IS you who. by letting
him live. have the other nine
teen"
Civilized societ-." says Doctor McKim.
"in its reaction from olitime severity. IS
row swinging far beyond the middle point
OF safety toward the extreme limit of in
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08
WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Shall moral and physical detectives to-
ge;hsr with the incorrigible ard habituai
criminal be put TO death as a safeguard to
society?
Science is asking and answering many
questions pertaining TO the public welfare
Perhaps none has q more direct bearing on
the health of the body polite than that
asked by Doctor w. Duncan Ickim in a
late book on "Heredity and Human Prog
ress." &C. 2. Pu;nam's Sons.)
The much-discussed bill of the st. Louis
Health Commissioner looking TO the control
OF consumption has called attention again
10 the fact that the most advanced sci
entists are advocating stringent measures
for the protection of the race and OF pos
terity. So far. the matter has been more
talked of than acted upon. but the practical
man of wide experience and scientific train
ing acknowledges that something should he
done. But what?
Doctor Mckim goes into the matter with
thoroughness and with a marshaltng OF
facts and statistics. and yet with great
clsarress. The layman as we'll as the pro-
feSsional man may read with understanding.
In opening his discussion the author says:
During long ages the very weak OF human
kin have been generally left to shift for
themselves. while the VERY vicious have
been met by the most cruel attempts 1t re-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08

let loose upon society. they will return to
their old life OF wickeduess and multiply
their kind.
For the preservation OF society As against
these hardened offenders. many procedures
have been suggested. but the one receiving
the most enlightened approval appears to be
that OF perpetual detention This plan.
however. for the detention OF . large mass
OF the very worst men alone has not yet
been tried. and We have strong grounds for
believing that it is fmpracticable- These
iucorrigabie criminals are implacable ene-
mics Of society: where shall We place them
that We may be secure against their untif-
ing malevolence2
\ consideration of the various methods OF
control OF the weak and vicious that have
attention throughout a chapter Heredity is
q leading agent. he thinks, In the spread
of vice and crime.
The recognition OF the injury wrought 20
the race through in1udicious marriages -
by no means new Burton. in his ANATOMY
OF Melancholy 49,. quotes an old French
physician to the effect that: 1T !, ne
and it We're happy for human kind. IL only
such parents as are sound Of body and mind
should be suffered to marry" He 1iludes
ci-nt Scotland for the repression OF unde1ir-
able parentage. and says This vas done
for the common coed. lest the whole nation
should be injured or corrupted A severe
doom. You will say. and not to be USED
amongst Christians. yet more to be looked
into than ii Is. For now by our too much
TO marry that will. too much liberty and
indulgence in tolerating all sorts: there Is =
vast confusion OF hereditary Diseases NO
family secure. no man almost free. from
some grievous infirmity or other. . IL
comes TO pass that our generation - cor
rupt. we have many weak persons both IN
among US. crazed families: our fathers badSl
and we are likely TO be worse"