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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
Disease Rare BEFORE 1873.

"T can remember that prior to bout 1915"
said DR.. Howard. " that there was little
none OF the ailment among the people. In
twenty-five years Of practice among the peo-
pie before that time l do not think 1 saw
more than forty cases of appendicitis Now
they are common.
Large and extended changes in the diet
of people has contributed to this. For exam
pie, about the date mentioned there began to
be q general change from the old method
Of grinding grain TO the present method OF
roller mills and excessively fine boiling
cloths. This plan OF milling began first in
the large cities. and appendicitis began to
increase first there. Later the new process
crowded out the small mills in the coun-
try. and the people could not get -four made
by the ola processes. They bought products
pf the large milling establishments, and
then the farmers began TO have Appendix
cltLs.
" Stin the negroes OF the south did not
have It,. but IN time they began to get away
from their plain corn bread, and they, too
began to have apper dicitis.' So it goes They
did not have appendicitis in Germany. until
they began to eat our fine white -four and
put In the new process Of milling after our
fashion. Now they have appendicitis in Ger
many just as we DO.
Dnsarranges Digestive Organs.
Experienced niliers will tell you that the
me flour is a less desirable -four than that
made by the'old process, bra the trade de-
mandS it chiefly on account of It's white
ness. On account of it's indiges tibility the
disarran geTncnt of the digestive organs OF
the people eating IT has greatly increased.
The prime cause Of appendicitis IS found in
this dfsarrangement.
quite small children have II. know one
boy who has had thirteen well defined at
tacEs OF ;ha disease and came, out Of all of
them without surgical operations He
changed his food to corn bread and mush
with coarse breads in general vegetables,
little meat. and some fruit, and he has taken
on flesh and has not had symptom of the
disease for three years.
1.-THE lack OF phosphates in tho food is
visible in the people, and physicians have
greatly increased the use of medicines con-
tanning phosphates. 1t is necessity. Chill
dren are brought to me suffering from con-
citions resulting from lack of material In
their systems to form their teeth. Ten DAYS
of treatment, giving phosnhates, will bring
relief. and the teeth will begin TO grow. They
are suffering because the ingenuity of men
and the foolish demands of trade have re-
suited in taking from their food the material
which nature put in it FOR their growth"
The new process whchis held accountable
for disease takes from the grain the phos-
pilates chiefly existing in the germ or the
wheat and just under the bran, and leaves
oaH.the. starch and gl1tsU
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11

hig2n boule-
] will be used
,uilding. The
stood. got all
al place. The
Leroy Payne
1N feet and
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/ IS still occu-
Vehicle COM
Sc for ninety
ntal of $3yG0o
$4,000, or STA
'Inpany pur-
rom Tho mas
5000.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11

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caused by the
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either Mrs. ]
vacancy VIII
caused in the
new vice pres
The election
a director uL
opening Of the
but the facti'
emphatic in j
secure " just.
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A meeting o
O association will.
Oct. IA, at the
North state str
gives an " Autho
The. formal op,
occurred Friday
and ball was glvel
The first meetii
Matheon club vii,
Ogden avenue and J
day afternoon. TIL.
TO a musical program
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been arranged By IT,
club. The next meetin
day, when the literatuI
vote Itself TO the consl,
Publica tons" A wee
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ent OF schools. Will re
Extension" At late
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by DR.. Arnold IT,
Books" by Minnie
to Simplify the Live
day" by Miss Mary
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afternoon consisted
on " Historic Castle
drals Of France. by
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entertainment the
the South Congregt
ranged for Thursday
be made from the r
boulevard, and the FL
APO Drexel boulevar
hostess. The mikad
men in costume. and
Of the attractions.
stop-142 Forty-se
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visitors and give III
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tainment. The M
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costume. Here
America, and
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invitations viii
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1915 Ellis av
mittee on am
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mick of Quin
program will
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the morning
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begin the s.
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clubroom a,
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
APPRENTICESHIP
TO WHITE FLOUR.
So Declares Physician, Who Saws
System of Milling Is to
Blame.

- HANGES in milling processes are re-
y sponsible for appendicitis, according
I to a physician who has been in the
49, practice OF medicine for fifty years
and who has observed the spread of the
disease. This physician. DR.. II. c. Howard
Of Champaign. Ill.,, asserts that until the
trade demand for exceedingly white -four
changed the methods Of grinding wheat there
was no appendicitis.
To prove this assertion the physician points
TO the fact that where coarse breads are used
the disease Is unknown, but that as soon
az tho fine breadstuffs are introduced ap-
pendicitis comes along as sequence.
BY this reasoning it is shown that the peo-
pie Of agricultural communities who secured
their flour from small mills did not have the
disease until the small mills were crowded
out by the large ones and fine white flour
supplanted the coarse
Then the negroes of the south so long as
they ate corn bread were free from the dis
ease, but when the new process flour began
to be- used the disease came among them
The same results attended the departure Of
the German folks from their coarse bread to
the refined -four.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
ESTATE.
Involving
ID on

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per square
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gl1ty-ffth
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vino paid
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11

Send for Free Sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, 400 Pearl ST., N. Y.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11
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either Mrs. j
vacancy VII
caused in the
new vice pres
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a director w
opening Of the
but the facth
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secure " just.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11

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up. The
VINO paid
SOUTH.
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g.
ton mills
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-11

in take dis
s. coal strike
ata Consutu.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-05
Where Her Pain WaR.

Margaret is usually a very good lit
tie girl, but the other night she could
not stop playing even after her little
white mighty was on and she was in
bed. So mamma felt obliged to ap-
ply the slipper in the good, old-fash-
toned way. 1t was a tiny punishment
which hurt Margaret's feelings much
than her small person, and she
could only manage to squeeze out a
tear or two before she shut her eyes
and was fast asleep. But the next
morning she had time to remember.
It was at the breakfast table that she
remarked casually:
II dot a bad pain"
where is it," asked mamma, filled
with anxiety at once.
:" dot a bad pain" repeated Mar
garet.
Mammals little girl must tell her
Just where it is." said mamma, tax.
ing the child in her arms.
The expression on Margaret's face
was a look of sorrow rather than an.
ger, a look of gentle reproof, as she
replied solemnly:
Jus where you banked me."-Bos.
ton Budget.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-05
BIG REPUBLICAN BLUNDER.
the Notorious ship-subsidy
Scheme.

The incompetence of the administra-
ton in many matters of great import
ance, especially to the Philippine islands,
is shown by a provision of the act of
March s, 1902, which was prepared by
the war department and enacted by con
gress almost verbatim as it came from
the president and Secretary Root. The
act provides that, after July /, 1904, all
ships engaged in traffic among the
Islands, or between island ports and the
United States, must have an American
registry. The entire internal commerce
OF the islands is now carried on in ships
built and owned by foreigners and it will
be physically impossible to secure Amer
lean vessels by July, 1904. There are
oVer $4,000 vessels and boats engaged in
this fnter-island trade and the enforce
ment of the law will completely paralize
the commerce of the archipelago. After
July l, 1904, however, unless the present
law is amended, the only ships which
will be permitted to touch at the six
ports of entry in the Philippine islands
will be those with American registry or
with Spanish registry under the terms
of the treaty of Paris.
AS no ship can obtain American reg
istry unless built in the United States
or allowed registry by special act of con-
gress, We may expect to see a stubborn
fight by the American ship building III
terests against a change in the law.
The republican leaders are nearly all
committed to the notorious ship subsidy
scheme, or in place of that discriminate
ing duties in favor of American built
ships, to bolster up our merchant ma
r1ne, which has SO sadly declined under
the protective tariff and the republican
policy. With the tariff reformed and the
enormous protection that the steel trust
and the other trusts enjoy, reduced or
abolished, the price of the material that
enters into the construction of modern
ships would be vastly decreased. With
he tariff reduced on commodities that
include the n~ecessaries of life, the cost
of living for all would also be lowered
n our artisans and workmen would
be quite willing to have their wages
proportionately decreased and thus an
other part of the great cost of building
ships would be reduced. Monopoly,
backed by high protection is the aus
OF most of our economic troubles.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-05
Could Have Been Worse,

w. H. Bagley, of Raleigh, N. c., a
brother of Ensign Worth Bagley, who
was killed in the Spanish-American
war, tells of a Tar-heel farmer who was
inclined to look on the bright side of
things. "The man was at work on land
so poor that you couldn't raise your hat
on it, when a stranger passed" said Mr..
Bagley, and asked him about the crop
prospects. The farmer seemed to be de-
pressed, and finally the stranger ex-
pressed sympathy with him and his con-
dition. This nettled the farmer, and
he said: See here, stranger, I amt so
blamed bad off as you think. I don't
own this here farm.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-05

The Columbian government Soldly
demands SOS, OO0, 900 fer the Panama
canal concessions and gives the reason
for not accepting our offer of $40, 600 .0OO
that they need the larger amount. The
Colombians evidently think that as we
allow ourselves to be held up by most
any smooth American and ~defrauded by
our office holders and others at home.
that we will stand for a good round
squeeze from our South American neigh
bors. Why does not President Roosevelt
see their bluff and at once
negotiations for the Nicaragua route.
which has many advantages over the
Panama. Is the administration WAITING
until the transcontinental railroads give
permission to go ahead and build tn.
canal or cease to oppose it? The reopY,
of the United States long ago decide,
that they wanted the Nicaragua cana
built and were defeated in their purpose
by d senatorial coteris led by Senator
Hanna Has President Roosevelt Joined
forces with them, or is he opposed to the
building Of any canal? The law author
lied and required him to proceed TO ac-
quire the Nicaragua route, II the Colon
bians rejected our propostiion, but he has
done nothing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-05
OF UGANDA.
Appearance and Manners of the Ma.
tives, Structures, Mode of
Living, Etc.

The villages and huts of the natives
of eastern Africa are described by Maj.
Austin in with Macdonald in Ugan-
da" as being generally well and sub
Stantially built. The villages are sur
rounded by a high wall and a deep
ditch. Entrance is obtained only in
two or three places by means of cause
ways across the ditch at reentering
angles of the wall, from which they
are well flanked on both sides. The
actual doorway is strongly barricaded
by logs.
The interior of the villages is kept
scrupulously clean, but the same can
hardly be said for the exterior sur
roundings of the wall. Within the in
closure plantations of bananas and
tobacco are frequently grown. so that
in the event of a siege the food supply
is assured. The huts and %granaries
are constructed of neat wickerwork,
the gTanaries raised from the ground
on piles, and the huts dome-shaped
erections of twigs and waffle with
raised grass roofs. They are very
snug inside and beautifully clean, al
though very dark. The only light and
ventilation is by way of the low en-
trance, which is not more than two and
a half feet in height. Outside this en-
trance is generally a low veranda. I'M
der which the women work and grind
their flour.
The young men of these settlements
are smaTt-looking fellows, with their
hair done up in a quaint form of CHG
G behind, fitting close to the head
and w~ell-plastered down with what ap.
pears to be gray clay, which is baked
hard by the sun. Into this they gen.
orally stick an ostrich-fea:her or two
and also a long curved piece of thin
brass wire with a'white "blob" of WOO
at the end, which hobs backward and
forward over their heads as they walk
The lower lip is pierced, and a quill
or a long, thin, fiat piece of brass is
inserted, with perhaps q bead or two
attached to the end. The whole hangs
perpendicularly from the lip.
The cider men present a more sober
aspect, the most striking thing about
them being their %headdress, which
consists Of a long fiat bag, so to speak
of hair which is worked almost into
the consistency of felt, and is attached
to their own hair. This mass is the
hair of their forefathers, and in some
cases. hangs from the back of the head
almost down to the waist. On the in.
nor side there is an opening into this
bag, which is used as a receptacle fol-
carrying tobacco, snuff and small ar
ticleS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-05

A Fox and a Goat once journeyed together. The Goat was a
simple creature, seldom seeing beyond his own nose; while the Fox,
like most Of his kind, was a master of knavery. They were led by
thirst to descend a deep well; and, when they had both drunk freely,
the Fox said: Nov, Master Goat, what shall we do? Drinking is
all very well, but it won't get us out from here. You had better rear
tip against the wall; then by the aid of your horns, can get out; and,
once out, Of course can help you "By my beard" said the Goat,
that's a good plan. I should never have thought of that. How l
wish had your brains, to be sure" The Fox, having got out in the
way described, began to rail at his companion. Make the most of
your patience, old fellow" said he, "for you'll need it all. If you had
half as much brains as beard, you would have never gone down there
I am sorry that l can't stay longer with you, but have some business
that must be seen to. So good-by"
MoRAI-we ought to consider h a vtes us before W follow hi advice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-05
HOMING.

Oh, the coffeeberry bushes!
They are wild and green and tall,
And you simply ant imagine
Half the sweetness of the call
OF the mockbird's new-f1edged babies;
But Ill kiss you OF the mouth
When you're back here with your daddy
Ard the birds are coming south!
oh, the sky is etched in glory
With white cloudlets here and there,
And the Gamma lily's yellow
Flares like curls of golden hair!
Oh, the wait was long and dreary
For your redlipped pouting mouth;
But you'll hold it up to daddy
When he birds are coming south!
When the robin and the oriole
Have left their northern hauntS,
Where the leaves will soon be turning,
And the mellow autumn flaunts
Natures flame etched danger signal:
Then my heart will know no drouth
Fol you'll give me love for loving
When the birds are flying south!
You're your daddy's happy fiedgeling!
Oh, YOU curls are tousled gold,
And I'm glad, I'm glad you're coming!
Glad the summers getting old!
Oh, I'm longing, longing, longing,
Just to kiss o on your mouth!
Life won't seem so dim and dreary
When the birds are coming south!
j. M. Lewis, in Houston Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-05
Points No Moral.

Many a man believes that he is
pretty decent because love for a good,
pure woman lives in the heart Of him.
But that is a foolish faith. A dia-
mond may lie in oozy mud years and
Years without turning that mud into
quartz, much less crystal.-New Or
leans es-Democrat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-05

." am panied to hear that you are ad-
dioted to bridge playing, and that last
night you lost $50"
"The idea! Why, l don't even know
low to play the game"
$50 vas informed by the party who
won the mopey."-Stray Stories.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-05
At the Hotel.

Hiram Haverstraw-Say, look-a-here.
young man, what time do yer eat in this
tavern?
Clerk (big city hotel)-Breakfast from
6 to II, dinner from IL to 6 and supper
from $3.50 to IL.
Gee whiz! Accordin' ter that, / won't
see Their city at all. III be eatin' all Their
time I'm up."-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-05

Soldiers Of the British army, not be.
low the rank of sergeant, who incur such
loss of teeth as would otherwise cause
their discharge as invalids, are to be pro-
vided with artificial teeth at the public
expense, If in the opinion of the medical
officer they will thereby be rendered eff.
ficient.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-05

Mrs. Gubb-John, this paper says that
IN some countries the houses have no
doors.
Mr.. Stubb-Goodness, how can a wom-
an display her temper without slamming
q door?-Chicago Daily News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-05
Hardness of niamana.L

The best diamonds are not the hardest
In certain districts Of Australia many
diamonds are found which are too hard
to be fashioned, and car be used only
for gla~ss-cuttlng and fling purposes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-05
The republican party is owned by t

The republican party is owned by the
trusts.
All the protected trusts which fatten
under the Dingley tariff, while selling
goods cheaper to foreigns than to Amer
leans, are with the republican party.
Hurrah, for the G. 0. p!
mo nation can long endure half re-
public and half empire."-Democratie
platform, 1900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-05

Dock" Squires was a queer old "yarb''
loctor of a decidedly limited education
who flourished in New England a good
many years ago. One day some one said
% him:
"See here, dock, have you any d.
ploma?"
wall, no; | amt got none on hand
just now, but Pm going to dig some soon
as the ground thaws out in the spring"
-Lippincott's Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-05

The republican leaders have decided
mat the coming congress is to make its
mark by its ''lnocuous disuetude" and
is to be known in history as the do
nothing congress. Can the republican
party afford to appeal to the people on
the Hanna issue of letting we'll
enough a%lone?" If President Roosevelt
is nominated his reputed s%trenuCsity
may offset the republican congressional
progress of inactivity, but it is very
doubtful if many voters would regard
their interests conserved by this
course. To stand pat" and claim that
the protective tariff has made every
one prosperous, with thousands of men
out of work, will hardly satisfy The
most ardent republican in the wisdom
OF his leaders. With banks falling and
railroads reducing their force and the
certain reduction in wages that such
business depression brings the voters
will be asking why no effort was made
to prevent further stagnation. If the
cost of living still continues at the
prosperity point and there is no imme-
date signs of decrease. will those who
must buy daily the protected products
OF the trusts, vote to continue the party
in power which refused legislation IN
aid them? Standing pat under thesy
circumstances is criminal and the dem
ocrats in congress will demand action.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-05
PROSPERITY BREAKS DOWN.
1T Has Never Been Real Prosperity
Tor the People. But for the
trusts.

The republicans are still shouting
prosperity" on the stump. Their bu-
reaus at Washington are busy sending
out prosperity statistics and their
newspapers are faithfully printing
these facts and figures"
The Boston Transcript of October "a
contains some of this prosperity mat
ter. The headlines of one column read
prosperity Will Increase" of another
column they read Prosperity Is Based
on a Firm Foundation" But in an
other column, or rather two columns.
are some news matter of another kind
Here are some extracts from one eel.
umn:
Chicago, October 22.-Organized la.
Dor is facing the greatest wage crisis
since the panic of 1893, if the forecast
of its leaders is correct. Indications
of retrenchment are seen on every
hand. 1t has been estimated that be.
fore the close of the year the big en-
ploying concerns of the country will
have discharged nearly 1000, 900 men
most of them laborers and general
utility workers. Of this number the
railroads are expected to drop from
employment 200, 1000 men, the mine OPP.
orators 10000, the machine shops and
iron, steel and tin plate plants $50, 900
and the building trades not more than
10000.
M
The prosperity which has now bro.
ken down so conspicuously and which
is the result of crop failures or of low
prices for farm products, has never
been real prosperity. 1t has been pros
perity for the trusts only. The people
were better off when prices were lower.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-07-10
Porter Goes Bughouse.

Ed Burrell, a negro employed as
porter at the saloon of Joe Bachant,
was taken suddenly crazy Wednes-
day night, and created alarm in the
breast of his employer, by appearing
at his home at late hour, clad only
in his night clothes and demanding
protection from an imaginary mob
who were following him. He de-
clared that he was going to be killed
and he was in such abject terror that
he was turned over to Officer Demo
rest, who locked him up in the old
county Jail. In the morning he was
taken to the new Jail to await an ex-
animation by an insanity board. He
declared that during the night a mob
had attacked the Jail for the purpose
of lynching him. and in the fight that
followed, Sheriff Gregg and Joe Ba-
chant were killed. 1t is not known
whether his insanity is permanent or
is only the result of too much booze,
but he will be given a chance to
brace up, after which an examination
will be held