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New-York tribune., 1905-01-15
SEX AND AGE IN THE CENSUS OF 1900.
More Men than Women in the United States,
but the Women Live Longer.
From Public Opinion.


Men are in the majority In the United States to
according to bulletin issued by the Census Bu-
reau. In 1880 the excess of males was 242. The
divisions OF continental United States with the
smallest proportion of males are the District of
Columbia GA per cent? Massachusetts, (4S7 per
cent? and Rhode Island (491 per cent; those with
tana (6l6 per cent?. A curious divergence OF sexes
appears IN the returns for city and country dis
t1cts In the cities having population of $500 or
more In 1880 there were 6.929 more males than fe-
tho females in cities OF this were 2 959 in ex
cess. AS against this change the excess of 1873 59
male In country districts in 1890 became excess
or 1,S402sO in 1900. Among the negroes there are
rev more females than males; among the Indians
few more males than females About five-ninths of
the immigrants males.
The excess OF males in the total population is off
set 10 some extent by the longer age of females In
the period from SO years of 10 the end of life
the absolute number of females is larger than that
OF males. and also in the period from 16 to 25 al
though the census experts aScribe the latter
periority to falSitied rather than b.
solute majority. The death rate of males in the
registration area in 1900 10 per thousand and
that of females 1856 The difference in the
death rate is least between the ages Of and Ia and
between the ages of and 21 when the death rate of
females is in excess of that of males In spite of
the fact that four-ifths of the childbirths
between the ages of 20 and 80 the death rate of
women at that time is smaller than that of In
1900 the median age. the ago which exactly divides
the total population, 22.S5 years an increase
OF nearly years in the last century. The pro-
ductve group III the United States that part of
the population between Is and co. comprises nearly
three-hfths OF the population, larger proportion
Nearly one-fourth of the population is less than 10
of
New-York tribune., 1905-01-15
FOR THE BUSY MAN.
Constant Reader Tells Him What
He Missed in Last Weeks Paper.

president Roosevelt was elected last week." said
the Constant Reader.
Thought he was elected last November" said
the Busy Man.
so did lots of others. but ne wasn't elected as
matter OF fact until the Of the electoral col
Ieges in the various States were cast. They gave
Roosevelt 336 ballots and Parker 14O"
"Are they going to revise the tariff" asked the
Busy Man
Senator Aldrich has assured the President re-
Piled the Constant Reader, that IL special ses-
sion OF Congress is called for the fall cay about
October. tariff bill viii be presented and enacted
with a rush. The plan is to go through the list IN
the mean time select those classes in which modi-
hcaton is desirable then just before the special
session meets prepare the bill. In this way 1t Is
expected there will be disturbance Of business.
Senator Aldrich thinks he can get the cooperation
of the Democrats. The chief object Of the extra
session. however, will be to deal with government
control Of railroad rates by giving the Interstate
Commerce Commission power to fix them"
Arbitration got somewhat OF a far from the
Senate, didn't it?" inquired the Busy Man.
'1t looks that way, though Senator Cullom has
assured the President that the United States treat
ies with foreign powers Will not be amended in any
important point. The President, however, says 1t
is no amendment treaties.
THE articles of impeachment against Judge
New-York tribune., 1905-01-15

such as forrnaldehyde, sodium, borax, boracic
acid. benzoic acid and salicylc acid have been
placed This would indicate that the milk
adulterated before IT reached the city. All these
preservatives interfere with digestion Formal
dehyde renders milk indigestibIe. When pre-
servatives are put into the milk after it has
begun to turn sour and the germs have produced
the toxin, householders are robbed of their only
test Of stale milk. Salt or glycerine may be
added 10 bring the milk to the requisite specific
gravity. There is a compound which thtckens
milk and makes 1T appear to have cream. Milk,
we find. however, is much better than it ever
was before. everything considered In 1903
about one-third Of the samples brought in for
analysis were found to contain adulterants.
This year the average is about 10 per cent. IN
spectors are instructed TO bring in only milk
that looks doubtful In view of recent discov-
cries, there is no doubt in any ones mind that
some OF the milk supply is adulterated at the
creameries."
DR.. Biggs said regarding preservatives which
keep milk and cream from souring for weeks and
have been found in the cream of some Of the
well known milk dealers Of the city: "PreserVa-
tives decrease the nutritive value OF milk. They
make It more indigestible, tend to disturb d-
ton"
DR. Lederle said that the latest reports of ex-
periments made under the direction of Professor
H. w. Wiley. OF the Department of Agriculture,
show that the use Of borax and boric acid is
injurious There is question about IT," he
said. They ought not to be used"
Professor Wiley's report declares that the ad-
ministration Of four five grains of boric acid
a day results ultimately in Toss OF appetite
and inability TO perform work OF any kind"
while even half a gram a day for fifty days ap-
pears TO produce "in some instances some
what unfavorable result"
The sealing Of cans Of milk with wire, to pre-
vent them from being tampered with in transit
after they leave the shipping point, as is done
in Chicago, IS being considered by the Depart
ment OF Health.
By paying from II cents TO 10 cents quart,
IL is possible TO secure milk in this city which
contains comparatively few bacteria, is free
from adulterants and is produced under almost
ideal conditions. There a number Of com
panies which submit their dairies TO the inspec-
ton OF the inspector Of the milk commission of
the Medical Society of the County OF New-York
These inspections occr every two or three weeks
Every week specimens, taken at random from
the supply. must be sent to the research lab
oratory OF the Health Department The milk
must contain at least per cent OF butter fat
and less than thirty thousand bacteria to the
cubic centimetre. or quarter teaspoonful. Diaries
which fulfil ell the conditions are permitted to
use a seal on thsir bottles stamped with the
words, Certified by the Commission OF the Medi-
cal Society OF the County Of New York" A list
OF the companies selling certified milk may be
secured from the secretary OF the commission.
DR.. Rowland @. Freeman, No. 205 West Fifty
seventh-st There is no certified cream
New-York tribune., 1905-01-15
AN ECCENTRIC LORD is eRIMTHoRPE.

One of the most eccentric characters in England
Is Lord Grimthorpe, now nearly ninety years old,
but still hale and busy. He is man OF many fadS
and hobbies. and one of these is clock making. He
designed the biggest timepiece in Great Britain
clock of the Cathedral of st. Paul, in London. and
he also was the gner OF the great clock In the
Victoria Tower OF the Houses of Parliament Doubt
less it his usefulness in this line which caused
him to be elected president of the British Horoog
cal Institute.
His lordship is also ecclesiastical architect OF
note and his plans have been followed In the build
ing OF churches and restoration of cathedrals. He
declines any remuneration for his services but he
insists that his crest. which IS boars head shall
be prominently displayed in the sacred edihces for
which he has made designs This display of &C.
centricity on his part is not taken altogether in
good par by those whom he has ber eted but there
seems TO have been no serious protest against IL.
AS president of the Church of England Burial AS
ISOLATION. Lord Grimthorpe IS working to abolish
the embaming OF corpses. Theoretically sealed cask-
kets. vaults and tombs and TO bring about the use
of wickerWork coffns which will permit the rapid
dissolution OF dead bodies In this latter endeavor
he has the approval OF King Edward the head OF
the English Church. Among other tokens OF Lord
Grimthorpe's activity are many practical treatises
on bells. watches and clockmaking.-(Leslie
Weekly.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-15
TO WARD OFF EVIL.

Touching" to ward off evil is one of the most
curious habits Of the human race. Many people
will touch wood when talking OF past immunity
from trouble. But even more obscure is the indi-
vidual habit-a nervous and morbid one. no doubt
OF performing apparently unnecessary devotions to
inanimate objects. Sir Walter Scott. boy cut
the button from the OF his rival in class-the
button that always fingered before the right
answer delivered. DR.. Johnson would turn
back In Fleet-st. II he had missed touching one OF
the posts
buyer for a large firm OF London engineers
was recently interviewed by the traveller OF another
company. Before placing an order with the
carrying out the work. We are the foremost firm
OF our sort In England" replied the Representatives
who at once stopped. grasped the back of a chair
and confusedly muttered some words in an under
tone. This is said TO be a practice with certain
representatives of German houses, who, whenever
they find themselves bOastng. go through q like
proceeding to prevent the fall that follows pride.
Many people have found themselves unable TO
walk along paved street without sort OF con-
scious command to step without touching the join
ing mark between the blocks OF stone. A sane
and scientific man has confessed that he will
never place his boots. after taking them off, par
allel TO each other. will he leave a train
without touching. three times, the window. He
suggests reason. II Is merely that he Is not
easy until the silly thing Is properly done.-(Chi-
News.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-15
ONLY ONE DEAD SEA VESSEL.
Small Sailing Craft Is the Only Thing Afoat
on the Salt Expanse.

Since the earthquake in Palestine last April some
one circulated the story that the mouth Of the
river Jordan had been so affected by the shock
that the level OF the river had been altered TO such
an extent that at the place where the historic
river goes into the Dead Sea there was now a
waterfall Of considerable depth and strength This
Is altogether false. and change whatever has
taken place at or near the mouth OF the Jordan.
The writer has just spent some days there and
made IL his special business 10 investigate this
matter. Much has also appeared IN periodicals
about steamboats, navigating the Dead Sea. This.
too. Is a fabrication. The only boat on the Dead
Sea is small sailing boat. about twenty feet long
This vessel makes trips as the wind allows. from
the north end OF the 10 the bay the eastern
side OF the tongue that divides the water the
middle. Here at this terminus some Jews are To-
OF the Jews. who. ut low rate. buy wheat and
New-York tribune., 1905-01-15

ed so as 20 give US a monopoly of the Newiouna- -
land trade to the exclusion Of Canada' may 70
vived ~. e,ranted-
south Dakota wants TO give up the sTanreouf sparofs
whe-you-wait divorce industry. ana Nof IN Hrtce
is willing to take the plant at cost IN
Rhode Island has had considerable r e1p Srst hus-
band suggested the Busy Man. ,.. cs,v-
Somebody discovered gold at AtIanaio ca for the
Always heard twas great piace ANA ~
cure said the Busy Man. . -. ,ha stats
Excise Department to revoke the 81 hesI I,ce Yound
resumed the Constant Reader Inc me- g0b 1rbo stole
the Jewels worth s23 900. and the tnei rIEark TJe
them on July from Mrs. f. AmoIosss tha aarth
had them concealed IN }Ir Paas put on
his overaIIs figrrativey speaking. and palntsd on
the ads on the Bryant Park fence inrado da and
was Peabody before the expressman took
his trunks from the State House nieu ho ~
he would contest the Gshinrton tried to wreck
the statue of Frederick the GresII, nS Ger
the United States by Emperor WilalHH an % % Nor
many The fuse refused to work Lew IL, ,aaSe MOI
ton save 800 600 toward the building or the CItile
dral OF St John the Divine. ana ~ hoM 5Seta5
likely that services will be heid IN 'ie
eaI "E ndnnen Wansmaker Of Philadelphia, was IN m
s1red for 81 900. He now holds the iar rsese mo
insurance policy in the woriH fIt,re said the Busy
Man.
Lots of smoke" replied the Constant Reader
B. L. Dukes son and brother say ne Is men ,nar
ried drugged him. and got him to go througn , tne
ceremony when he didn't know what ne was dolng.
saws he is perfectly able to his affairs and
that the son and brother want him Kept In sana. a
torum so they can get s nus that he has for
hidden his son to enter his presence, and that ne
will wreak vengeance on those who had MIN pug IN
true he is going to bring her to book and II they
are not he is going make her accusers Su1Ier IN
the mean time he is the centre Oh tour ollereii' law
New-York tribune., 1905-01-15

separator inside. You know that 4 takes from
eight to ten forty quart cans of milk to produce
one can of cream. You say to the foreman
would like TO get some skim milk for my pigs.
I'll give you 20 cents a can for some' he re-
plies that he hasn't any to sell. Do you sup
pose he throws IL away when he can get -
cents can for It? He doesn't throw 1t away.
He puts from five to eight quarts OF 1t into every
can Of milk that is shipped from the creamery.
The milk averages. perhaps per cent OF butter
fat. The regulations of the Board of Health re-
Quire only 3 per cent. but these regulations say
that nothing shall be added TO or taken from
the milk. Great care is taken in putting In the
skim milk to keep the percentage above the
per cent required by the Board of Health.
THE Board of Health cannot get any evidence
OF this unless IT sends some of it's men into the
country incognito and gets them into the cream
cries as employees. The present employees won't
say anything against their employers not even
under oath. They are not supposed to know
anything about It They I'LL the cans up to the
the foreman one he can trust fills
them UP with skim milk. The employe does not
know that skim milk has been put IN If he is
asked The dealer would kick, though, If the
farmer did anything like that. It would prevent
him from getting an additional profit from his
milk
only the wholesalers who sell to restaurants
and hotels in large quantities do that. They
have to cut their price close that they
wouldn't make much If they did not The deal
who bottle their milk and sell 1t at eight
cents a quart do not do this. They could not
afford to. Their business is too profitable. and
there are too many anxious to have that kind OF
trade"
New-York tribune., 1905-01-15
LEGAL AMENITIES.

Senator Bailey of Texas. Is fond OF telling OF his
youthful struggles at the bar of that State.
About the first case that came Mr.. Bailey's way
was one in which he had been retained 10 defend
rather tough character IN action for damages.
AS the plaintiffs case was short. the attorney
soon resting, Mr.. Bailey says he thought he had a
fair chance 70 get his man off. But. 20 his dismay
the three four different motions that he made
promptly overTuled by the court. Then says
Mr.. Bailey, he endeavored To see what little
eloQuence would do, a Id began q laboriously pre-
pared address 10 the court.
Your honor" observed Mr.. Bailey. my unfortu-
nate client
There the court IS with you," gently interrupted
the judge, with grim smile.
And the future Senator lost his case.-(Collier's
Weekly.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-15

actions he is stin in the sanatOrium. and his wife
is in retirement"
He'll be mentally irresponsible when they get
through with him." said the Busy Man.
"A. @. Loomis, vice-president of the National
City Bank. resigned" resumed the Constant
Reader. "as the result of the criticism directed
against him in lending money to Munroe & Munroe,
ton copper.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow
resigned from the Postal Service and is to become
a special Panama railroad commissioner"
The board of inquiry called to act on the Irvine
charges against Bishop Talbot found that it wasn't
legally organized, and took action" the
Constant Readers final deliverance.
Did you notice." asked the Busy Man, that
Friday of last week came the thirteenth2''
New-York tribune., 1905-01-15
PREsERvATIvEs IN MILK.

Mr.. Atkinson said to Tribune Representatives:
I'VE often find on wholesalers wagons milk
that is adulterated and in which preservatives
New-York tribune., 1905-01-15

barley from the Arabs TO be delivered yr,c5o y sids
shore From there IL Is shipped 70 ne me- IShsre h
and carried dOnkeys TO Jerusdisii'
hndS a ready sale at q good price,, .raft 10 ~
When adverse winds blow the httLo .oiisd Dead
danger OF being Swamped. for the 50 ne writsr
Sea becomes living mass OF waves. Wrin %
recently spent four nights such ~ n0o,srtnsss on
the old man at the helm and DIS DOSESd ~ again
three sails saved from being shpp Sthres shil
and again. a charge OF one medejGi = -ssch pas
ings and fourpence) trip Is maas ~ a. h not sx-
senger. and for such unique voyaso LS..sr steam
orbltant There Is some talk about a sInI sIn,ss are
tug being put on the sea. but the ,1' ia great
lOath TO grant permission. lt viii a. OviIf bring
boon when n ever IL does arrive as ~ y 10 one
the east and west sides OF Jerdan, ,, psirposes
another for communication ana ti"''i's
USondon Graphic.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-15

TOO strongly on this point. and only wish could
arouse the public 10 appreciate the existing con-
citions: this would insure change everywhere.
What 8 stubborn, uphill fight it is 10 change
these conditionsl In one OF our suburban bor-
ouchs that of Queens the condition OF the
greater number OF dairies found two years
ago TO be so bad that immediate changes were
.prdered-which orders were resented, ana not
carried cut After tiresome legal squabbles, In
which we found ourselves badly supported by
even some magistrates. we resorted 20 drastic
measures, and declared the places public null
sances ordered them vacated, ana sent the
COWS 20 the public pound AS the poundmaster
charged So day for each cow, our orders were
promptly obeyed thereafter. and the new sys-
TEN was introduced in the other boroughs.
DR.. Herman NJ. Biggs. the medical officer OF
Yshe Department OF Health, who has charge or
the work OF inspecting the dairies, said regard
sng Il TO a Tribune representative: Cleanliness
SIS the thing desire. Cows are dirty when
snilked, the hands OF milkmen are dirty, dirt
calls into the milk. the milk vessels themselves
and the stables are unclean. You can tell al
most absolutely by the bacteria In the milk
whether II has been gathered and handled prop
erly or not. Some Of the milk in summer con-
rains as high as 100000 900 TO 100000 bac-
feria IN a cubic centimeter. or less than half
teaspoonful Certified milk Is regarded as hav-
tng excessive amount II IL contains as many
as 10000 II bacteria IN any large numbers are
found the number Indicates of three things,
that the milk has been improperly gath.
cred. improperly handled or that the milk is
old There are great many typhoid. diphtheria
and scarlet fever epidernics due TO milk"
New-York tribune., 1905-01-15
THE BENEFIT OF FAIRY TAl

Howard Pyle. IN The Book News "a crsaEca
II IS very reasonable to argue ut.,I les have ias
ed through no one knows how many ~ good Fsr
thousands OF years unless IL W. Was,,0S must sure
die and only that which Is goo1 49, a,
last through the grndins OF VIA VIA AZ their childrss
iaginatiops fun OF fairy tass tsS nS As os tss as
those imagnatiOns strong anu s bright ard ,r Ey
Gus things flying like golden oeSs , ~ only say tnS
recesses Of his or her meuaoIS pavs been neSlef
fu OF the earlier training Or the1 t has lost MY
sorry for that poor sVua "N~
pleasure out OF sts lfa
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-16


In these days Of eager search for
md rapid dissemination of news, many
Of the discoveries in medicine, as in
other sciences, are prematurely dis
closed, and things which are only prob
able or possible are accepted as estab-
ished facts by the general public,
which is always hungry for marvels
and lacks the wise skepticism of the
scientist. This remark applies espe-
cially to the new cures for consump-
ton and for cancer the publication Of
which has done SO much harm by en-
couraging false hopes of benefit in the
minds of many sufferers from one or
he other of these maladies.
Much has been written Of the nature
Of cancer and Of its treatment, but
nothing has been definitely established
In relation to it. The true nature and
the cause Of cancer are still unknown,
for although many believe that it will
eventually be found to be a germdis
ease, the proof is still lacking. AS re-
CARDS the cure of cancer also, we are
still far from the desired certainty.
Much has been said of treatment by
means Of light rays Roentgen rays,
antitoxin serum; and success has ap-
parently followed one or other Of these
methods in the case Of certain super
fetal cancers or of some of the less
malignant forms of growth. But there
Is nothing definite yet to be said Of all
these new methods. In some cases,
after an apparent cure, the disease has
returned and progressed to fatal ter
mination, in spite of a renewal of the
treatment that seemed at first to be SO
effectual
The most that can be said is that it
seems to have been demonstrated that
cancer Is not always the inevitably
fatal disease that it was believed to
be, and that therefore its treatment is
mot an absolutely hopeless task. But
the uncertainty of success in any Civ
en- case is 50 great that one is not jus
tilted in pOstponing surgical measures.
An early operation is still the most
certain means Of cure-the only means
of which the past results give us any
real assurance Of cure; and if resort is
first made to one or the other of the
new methods the danger is that if
they fail the opportunity for complete
removal may be lost beyond recall
Youths Companion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-16
A Remarkable Cure.

The proceedings Of the Royal Soci-
ETY. were not always taken so seriously
as they are now. A hundred and fifty
years ago a sailor who had broken his
leg sent to the Royal Society ali ac-
count Of the remarkable manner In
which he had healed the fracture His
story was that he had dressed it with
nothing but tar and oakum, and was
now able to walk we'll This remark
able story naturally caused some ex-
element among the members Of the
society. No one had previously sus-
pected tar and oakum Of possessing
such miraculous healing powers. The
society wrote for further particulars,
and doubted indeed whether the leg
had been really fractured The truth
of this part Of the story, however, was
proved beyond a shadow Of a doubt
Several letters passed between the
Royal Society and the sailor, who con-
tinued to assert solemnly that his
broken leg had been treated with tar
and oakum, and with nothing else
The society might have remained puz-
zled for an indefinite period had not
the sailor added In postscript to his
last letter: II forgot to tell your hon.
ors that the leg was a wooden one"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-16
hating" democratic country huttered

hating" democratic country futtered
their shtmm ering, silken wings, looked
longingly toward the ducal prize and
waited. After whispering a pretty
sentiment here and snatching kiss
from inviting lips there, for his lord
ship was indeed merry dog, he dis
covered that better than anything else
he liked to look into the shy eyes Of
an American girl. He spent lot Of
time just doing that, but he didn't con-
slider the time wasted The girl was
a creole named Consuelo Yznaga,
daughter of Antonio Yznaga. She had
lived for some time in New York,
where her father had large mercantile
interests, but she didn't fit there. Her
dark beauty would have harnaonized
we'll with the sunny, southern atmos-
phere of her fathers Louisiana ptanta-
tion and his Cuban estate WoIiid have
made for her still a loyeffar setting.
But Consuelo was one OF the butter
flies and New York Is Whers human
BUTTERFLIES seem happie8t, SO II kE In