The Newtown bee., 1904-06-17
Ten Pages.
The OUTLOOK.

ULdu Uuc lcdOcFS Ol MOrmOQlSIn are still practicing polygamy and intend to keep on p1acticing it. It shows also that the church runs the state and If man does not bow down tC the church he has no chance of an election. Brigham H. Roberts testi. fled that when he first ran for Congress he did so in defiance of the church and he was defeated. He then was enlight. ened and tried again, and although he got the votes he was excluded from the House as polygamist. Moses Thatcher has revealed how that when he tried to run for office without the church sanction, he was not only de- feated but was also stripped of all church honors and even barred from the temple, and so the testimony has shown that the church is a large po- litical machine and that man cannot be free as an American citizen and belong to it. If the politics of our country are to be ruled by church au- thorities we are in bad way and the end of the republic cannot be far away. It seems grave question whether MT Shoot could take the oath of office and be good Mormon.
 
 The Work The 58th Congress,
 Of which has recent
 Congress. ly finished it's work, has done some quite important things. It has carried a Cuban reciprocity bill and ratified the Panama canal treaty. A bill has been passed providing for the government of the canal zone. A treaty with Cuba for trade relations has passed and one with China pro- viding two open ports in Manchuria. The St Louis exposition has received loan of s4,6oo, ,00o, and s475,Ooo was appropriated for an exhibition at Port land, Ore. The Department of Con- merce has been ordeted to investigate the alleged beef trust. The appropri- ations for the year were s781, ,0O0, 900, which shows that we are a growing people. Some of the papers call this 58th Congress the two-billion-dollar Congress, as it's expenditures foot up nearly to that. Our Congressmen can now go home and talk politics to rest themselves. Meanwhile the country will take rest.
 Postponing Dr J. Madison Fay
 Old Age. Tor has been writ ing upon the above subject in some articles in The Popular Science Monthly. As they are eminently sane and sensible articles they ought to have a wide reading. His leading prescrip- tions for warding off old age are these: Elderly persons ought to take plenty of manual exercise. Walk out of doors, and keep the lungs aerated but do not exercise beyond ones strength. In diet there should be a return to the simplicity of childhood. Bread and milk and fruits should be the staples and they should be taken in small amounts and at more frequent inter. vals than in manhood's strength. He advocates as the best drink, butter milk, for it's action on the kidneys. He also recommends the use of natural mineral waters. The use of oil baths is commended, as the skin in old age has a tendency to become harsh an6 rigid and dry. An elderly man ought to take little time each day for light gymnastics and so keep the body erect and the muscles of the frame hard and in place. He does not believe ir the use of drugs, but puts the empha sis on simple regular exercise, sleep, { simple diet and quiet, peaceful kint of life. It is pity that elderly peo pie who have succeeded in gainin. enough of this worlds goods to las them through do not take such advic' and prolong their days of, usefulness a least 10 years. There are other sui cides besides those who hang them selves by ropes in the barn loft.