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New-York tribune., 1906-08-05

James Wilson. Secretary of Agriculture. inspected
the stock yards at Jersey City Friday. His visit
was a surprise and his presence was not known
until he entered the Office of Superintendent r. c..
Bonham, introduced himself and explained his
mission He desired to begin his tour of inspection
forthwith as his time limited and he wanted
to see the plant in it's everyday condition and be-
fore a special house cleaning.
Superintendent Bonham acted as escort to the
Secretary on the tour Every nook and corner
was visited, and the cattle in the pens were in
spected. Secretary Wilson expressed satisfaction
with the condition of the yards. and said that the
stringent rules relating the preparation Of food
products would be rigdly enforced.
He impaired the information that agents of Ger
many and France would make a secret tour Of in
spection of the stock yards and large establishments
which produce food StuS. and said he believed that
their reports would benefit this country, which
ahead of all other countries in the quality Of
materials used and the intelligence and shown
in their preparation and packing. the visit of
Secretary Wilson did not become known until yes
terday. and not even the men in the stock yards
knew who Mr.. Bonhams guest.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-05
MONASTIcLsn RESroRED.

s religious activities Of the Anglican ex-
ISIS moving in circle, have restored the
'-1's o. nonastieism in a modified form A
-s4iv ei Benedictine monks who have found
-'@ o. Lord Halifax's Yorkshire properties
''eshi Caldy Island. near Teney. on the
-. . South Wales, and win convert it into a
80 eentre. There was a monastic settle
-. u'7Fe Il the Middle Ages and the priory
l'is AID church still remain. These became
..- -1h Properties after The dissolution of the
-'s'ieh aid the chapel was turned into a
N The course Of time, remaining so
). felred Harrow schoolrnaster restored it
70 Sacred Gse.
EARF4RD CREW ARRIVES.
Il -, -'Deis o. the Harvard crew are already
,,5rse where, reinforced by the detachme ent
e.s :, IL London by the steamship Cedric,
b. ~'a settle down for practice at Bourne
h.. - -'cnlay, where the Cambridge eight will
n. -'y training before the race in Septem-
h 1-''sItote will take the place OF Morgan
A. -'lsht or more until he arrives from
49,. r l. Higginson has been making
\. arrangements for the Harvard oars
a., e inaa1es. Il IS not yet certain how
~. --'e4 d the victorious Cambridge crew
'assed oxford last April Will be in
New-York tribune., 1906-08-05

AUr S-T1e Columbia Tompkinsvie. the Tacoma. a:
navy yard. New York; The Denver. az Newport; u,
Stockton az NorS1li. the why pie. the Hopkins
Lawrence AID the AacDonoush. at Newport: t1a
Nevada. Annapolis.
r.,-- 81
New-York tribune., 1906-08-05

MOVEMENTS OF VEssELs.-The following
movements Of naval vessels have been reported:
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11

it. I have never seen two OF him agree
what socialism is and he is the only
missionary ] know of who has every
requisite of conversion except defini-
tion of his creed He is satisfied that
mo man can make a million dollars
honestly" but falls to tell US how
much can be piled UP conscientiously.
We need standard and the fear that
he will make too much money ard
thereby be considered dishonest keeps
many q man III moderate circumstances.
Tampering with this sacred thing
known as Ownership" is fraught with
peril. The guarantee Of peaceable pos
session is the very mother of individ-
uality-that magnificent thing that has
scanned this country with railroads,
dotted it with factories, carpeted 1T
with golden carpet of grain. The
Puritan tried socialism, and it is the
only thing / ever heard of that Yam
kee couldn't make a success of. Ger
tafniy that frozen rockpile. New Eng
land, whose sons are synonyms OF en-
ergy, enterprise and education. is the
result of no law-enforced cooperation.
II the majority with nothing but theory
is to coerce the minority with every
thing, we might as we'll cast four an
chors out of the stern" of the ship OF
progress and wait for the day." But
the socialist is no criminal; he merely
suffers from a case OF chronic and con-
densed hailucination whose only relief
Is copious evacuation of gas. like to
hear him talk, for the reason that
when he grows tiresome l can make
him stop by asking him What is So
cialism?" I venture the assertion that
there is in San Quentin not one social
ist, but as to Agnew-well, ! can an
swer but one question at time.
Perhaps the most amusing exoti~ In
our conservatory OF cranks is the ''rnen-
tai suggestion brother. He has drank
deeps@at the psychological font; his
cargo is of good quality but badly
slowed; too much in the tween decks,
which gives him an intellectual list.
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Tranpand Successfully

dark tropical animals are nocturnal as
n rule and are therefore at no disad-
vantage. Likewise in the arctics the
small amount of heat which could be
received from the suns rays Is insig-
nificant compared to the advantage OF
heat conservation by the white fur.
Tropical people have found out that
black clothing is comfortable from the
fact that it radiates better; hence they
incline to black clothing when they are
not exposed to the suns rays. When
they are exposed to the sun they wear
white or light colors to avoid the heat
or absorption, as we see In the case OF
Arabs
After pointing out the action OF sthsr
waves on protoplasm, the known Effects
OF light on man and the theory upon
which the light treatment is based,
Major Woodruff considers the evolution
of blondeness and the results OF rnfxra-
tion OF the blonde races, while in the last
chapter he says that in all works on
tropical hygiene we find among the
practical rules references here ana
there to acclimatization. advising new
comers TO be very guarded until they
have become habituated to the climate
The data already presented show that
In regard to ptgmentation acclfrnatfxn-
tion is not possible II one goes far from
his zone, and when the same reasoning
Is applied to every other Character
which has been developed for one par
ticular zone we can understand the
reason for the anthropologfcal ana bl-
illogical law that every living thin~
must remain in It's zone to survive per-
manently. and that IL II Is taken out A.
It's zone 1T must be surrounded by artt-'
fetal conditions which approximate its
natural environment or must hide FROM,
the dangers against which II has no
natural defense.
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scendants OF q migrated form il is due
to the fact that natural selection has
been eliminating the most unfit and
preserving those best fitted to the new
environment so that finally there is
produced a new form different from
the migrated aneestor--that is, there
has been the origin of a new species.
This is the only way that acclimatiza-
ton is possible-destructio OF the old
or unadjusted form and the selection
OF new or adjusted one
1t is now universally accepted as a
fact that man evolved from one or
more anthropoid types--that is. man
like apos-by the law sf selection now
operative. and that he gradually
spread to his new environments, to
which lie became adjusted by this
same law of the survival of the ,ffttest
vcriation. This was the process by
which a separate type arises in each
geological zone, and each type is un-
fitted for residence in any other zone
markedly different from the ancestral
one.
1t was also found a long time ago
that man obeyed these natural laws
like every other living form and that
the human type found in one geological
zone is found nowhere else.
Won schmaedel was the first to point
out the real reason for the evolution
of mans pigrlentation. In a pape
read before the Munich Anthropolog
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VI THE COMMON CPANKS OF SAN FPANCISCO

Ny friend Dr. Wright of San Jose,
was visited by a woman who had can
Ger of the stomach" He told her he
could do nothing for her But she
went to an Observation-Disclosures tele-
pathic doctor who, as she said, ''sot
out to mental vibrate her. till she was
healed" Perhaps one of the most
difficult things for a doctor to convince
a woman with the stomachache of Is
that she hasn't a cancer" On the
whole, think the mental suggestion
brother may be left at large
During my hunt in the natural his
tory department I have encountered a
class of women afflicted with an in
tensified hysteria eliminating In a
phase Of hystero-epilepsy. These speci-
mems hear things" and show much
earnestness in trying to tell what they
hear. 1 don't know what they call
themselves and I don't know what to
call them- Nor am I inclined to Dues
tion their sincerity: they hear voices -
but forget what they hear. The voice
culture entertainment is varied with
physical culture OF pronounced char
acter and IL gymnastics be proof Of in
spiration, she was loaded for bear
Perhaps all this is essential to
prophecy, but l fail to see where un-
conscious gibberfsh and enthusia astfc-
ally "skinning the cat is essential TO
prediction. saw one OF these modern
sybils go into rhapsody and perform
a series of prophetic somersaults thnt
did everything but convince me. The
idea of robbing ones self OF reason to
guarantee accuracy os statement is be-
yond my comprehension. / know a
drunken man often tells what others
don't know, but 1 should not get drunl,
to find out what didn't know when I
was sober. Deliriun may develop
truth, but I don't believe IL can gener-
ate it. The priestess of Apollo used to
go into trance before she could
"prophesy: and Mohammed was A
most pronounced epileptic. All OF
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11
SHIRE PICTURES OF SOME OF III

''Propa ganda by Deec." The base idea
of what the best of us would be with
out faw never enters his head. Man
may reach that negative, namby- pamby
state in which the police are q super
huous feature of society, but l don't
believe 1t. He may attain to that ideal
state in which the temptation to coerce
his nelghbor does not exist, but what
are we to do in the meantime? Our
laws are not all perfect, nor are all our
perfect laws carried out. but it's the
hest we can do until we reach the
beatific epoch wherein an occasional
policeman is unnecessary. In my judg-
ment too much attention is lavished
upon these proper ganders' and
'foolisophic" dreamers. ] have been
much amused by their rantings and
have never attended a meeting that
could not have been routed by a fire
The anarchist couples dirt and liberty;
to him clean shirt is an abomination
and cleanliness one of the cardinal
nom essentials OF freedom. He evinces
an irresistible determination to get
down to the earth earthly" He reeks
with statistics, steams with sugges-
tions and ferments with ina aginary
grievances. He is an eternal negative
to established affirmation, an everlast-
ing mo- to every constitutional yes"
The socialist musters strong among
us; he Is species of skim n-milk anar-
chist and differs from the genuine arti-
Gle in wanting something awfully bad
without the least idea what that some
II .,rrft ~
and the socialist seems to want moth
Ing but law. But he atones for his
ignorance of what he wants by his zeal
in trying to make everybody else want
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these revelations" classic and rnod.rr
were and are taken down In writing
ana stretched. twisted, shrunk and ex-
panded to Mt the case The ancient
sybil started her trance by drinHir~
laurel water; did she live now and at
tempt the same thing and appear on
the street, the result would be ''tcn dol
lars or ten days; we are more prac-
tfcal than our ancestors
Our city swarns with those who. llx.
the Athenians OF old. are ever aftsr
some new thing" Yet these peonls
are good folks; they may be stirnulates
oy fanaticism. but they are not iu,-
PEELED to crime. They NAV run afta~
some will-o'-the-wisp but the police
don't run after them. Who knows but
these outbursts. absurd as they are.
are not moral safety valves? The
intensity or their infatuation may lead
them to harmless blunder rather than
to wiclxedness- After all, Imagination
prececes thought, the modern crank
makes his wild forays into the mn
known, and true thought. repudiates or
confirms. The old alchemists stumbled
on precious truths while hunting FOR
the impossible Sober thought Is the
patent ONCE where all theories are
tested; and. as / heard a fervfd old
negro say back in North Carolina. Ter
use a Biblical 'Spressfon. MANY ia ca1led
but d-n few chosen"
nave the kindliest feelings for our
cranxs- Until we evolve into some
tnins better. the man who disagrees
Win us must necessarily appear IRA
tional Few OF Us can listen with we'll.
bred patience to him who tries to can
Size some lifelong old humbue. con-
secrated by time and cherished by as
sociations. What man wants To ~
pitchforked out Of ole error into new
truth Ihe average man would rather
be mistaken than own to bavinor h---
mistaken AS Dr. Maudesley saws. aAn
Old Idea doesn't burst like a bubble. h
grows fainter by degrees and fades
away like cloud"
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s-oe'd-srA <a0<o

He has good ideas. but they are not
co-ordinated, like tangled chain, all
disordered but not impaired He has
either bitten off more than he can
chew" or has chewed more than he
can digest He is afflicted with mental
dyspepsia, logical non assimilation. His
slogan is subjective" and objective
mind" reinforced with "telepathy."
Alienists go just so far and then de-
clare the mysterious realm beyond
must be left to speculation. supersti-
ton or mania. The subjective objec-
tive -telepathic brother boldly invades
this infinite don't know" land and
brings out all kinds of reports. Scout
ing all doubt, he tells US there Is moth
ing exists unthought of and what we
believe has existence. Harvesting
wanton fancy to specious impression,
he starts on an intellectual runaway
into mental infinity avcrting collision
by charging headlong into the vacuum
OF space. He is given to unloading q
lot OF mental vibration" whatever that
is, and claims that everything can be
done by willing 1t. He Is Of infinite
good nature, and II his audience were
as patient a. listener rs he is a talker.
there is no telling how many converts
he might make. We know that the
mind controls the body to a wonder
ful degree. and even the most con-
servative physicians take advantage Of
that fact: but much depends on the
temperament of the minds owner. l
am satisfied that mental suggestion
has some truth interviewer within 1t;
but the tendency or the neophyte in
anything Is to take n sip at the Pierian
spring and know it all" He gamers
a few plausible and glittering gener-
alities, that specialists have forgotten,
and hurrahs for his find. Such man
reasons deductively. manufactures his
promises and 'rejoiceth exceedingly
and is glad because they so into
labor and bring forth the wished-for
conclusions.
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ical Society In 1895 he showed that 1t
exists by reason OF it's beneficial effect
in excluding the dangerous actinic rays
of light-Athose OF short wave length.
the violet. the indigo and blue. and the
Ultraviolet rays. The less actinic rays
AZ the other end of the spectrum
green, yellow, orange. red and infra-
rcd--are more or less harmless and
penetrate more or less deeply through
the skin. In dark skins the ultra
violet rays are almost wholly absorbed.
Major Woodruff puts II very aptly
when he says that within recent years
IL seems as though a mania had taken
possession OF some biologists, leading
them to assert that portions OF the
human anatomy the uses OF which are
unknown are of no value, and that all
kinds of theories are being built up
to account for their survival.
There are two laws that concern the
pigmentation of the human race; one
IL the law Of radiation and the other is
the law of absorption. There Is no
character in natural selection so evi-
IDENTIFY at work as that shown in the
amount of pigmentation OF the skin.
hair, retina and iris. Color has long
been used as a means of classifying
man. as 1t is so evident and so different
In divers races. and il is a most I'M
portant character for many reasons As
soon as we discovered that 1t was an
advantage we began searching for the
benefit
The law oHradiation must not be
compared with the law Of absorption.
In virtue of the latter law dark bodies
absorb heat from hot sources much cas-
Ter than light bodies. A dark tea kettle
heats up on the stove more quickly
than q bright teapot But this law is
of little effect in evolution because the
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11
By NJ. Grier Kidder

" AN FRANCISCO is the forcing
bed of cranks. The crank seems
to flourish here beyond all other
things. I attribute it to the sun
shine. the fruit and flowers. lie is con-
servative. indeed. whose intoxicated
magination doesn't run away with his
judgment occasionally in California.
With US the crank's mania partakes Of
a harmless and emotional insanity. He
il his very presence is a crucihxion. it
is only cruciixion of patience.
There is the anarchist as a starter
This exhibit, when he is a criminal
against other things than common
sense. runs to murder. rarely theft. He
out threatenings anc slaughter" and
when he is "up against it" believing
for the police. He is only an apostate
from conservatism: a dreamer whose
every dream is an impossible night
mare: every vision a politico- social
apocalypse of utopian absurdities. He
rants over the conditions" obtaining
here. and the fresher he is from Russia
the more prone he is to pose as Moses
to lead the American people to the
Canaan OF liberty. Madame Roland, on
the scaffold. exclaimed: "Oh, Liberty
how many crimes are committed in thy
namew She might have added "ab-
surdities."
The anarchist is split into two phases
of lunacy. which he is pleased to desig-
nate Philosophical Anarchy" and
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11

At ono OF tho larges' aad bsas known
tained one dritchtn Of suphate 81 NOR
phine. At another equally wel known
aud not far away department store the
stock Of opiate is e9t, but ordinarily
we could accommodate you. \ Grus
store for years cstuiiish.d III the cen.
ter OF one of tl;e city's mos. fashia.iahie
shopping districts Nus willing to sell
any amount of morphine from, one
drachm mp.
In this partleuip. ssore the follow
ing conversation took place between
The drug clerk and the writer:
Wrlter--I want ten grains of NOR
phinc.
cierk--can't sellia that amount. sir.
Nriter--What can ynu let nc ha('9
clerk--One drachn, two drachms~ z $
many as you like.
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4 liE lOifhS NfIE UtSliiDulCU 1T
zones having equablc tcmpera
lures. and these geological adjustments
TO environment are clearly marked
out. for a given species is practically
limited to the northern and southern
e$tromes. and though 1t may be FREE
quently found over a wide area east
and west. 1t is never found out of its
zone. II these species were TO remove
from one climatic region to another
they would. according to tic author
become extinct ooner or later for ac-
elimatixation is not possible
In recent work by Major Charles
T. Woodruff A. ~. M :. and United
States army surgeon. the action OF
tropical light on white men is dis
cussed at length, and though the data
were primarily collected for the pur-
pose OF determining the value of Won
Schmaeders theory--namely. that skin
pigmentation of man was provided by
nature for the purpose of excluding
the dangerous actinic or short rays OF
light. which destroy living protorlasm
1t contains wealth of information
relating to the evolution of nigres-
cence and blondeness and shows as well
that which is of greater Importance.
the untoward effects produced In Cau-
casians who colonize In the tropics.
when there is a survival of tAe de-
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extent of the law II only national
federation of druggists could De
formed honest enough to work collec-
lively and Individually just a very 1T
lie. for the good Of humanity. If they
would forego just a few dollars on the
years net by making 1t a matter or
honor among themselves not TO know
ingly assist in the spread of this slow
but sure creeping moral. mental and
physical paralysis. which. though IL
threatens humanity not unbearably
now, will. IL 1t continues to grow. BY
hereditary appetite alone, befuddle the
inteIlects and create weaklings out OF
generations yet unborn Today as a
menace morphine ranks second only TO
alcohol. and in some ways IL has even
the precedence. for there are thousands
who take liquor. as self-respectfng In
dividuals should. without abusing it.
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Wr.ter-What do you charge per
drachm?
Clerk--Tiftv cents, sir.
Writer--Well. drachm will be more
than l really need: | only wanted L
few grains to give a sick horse.
Clerk fwinkingl--Beg pardon. sir.
bpi | don't think that the dope you
give horses will burt them much, con-
linuing: Say you look pretty shaky.
sir had a hard night. ! suppose. If
you like l will fix you up little
dose. one-half grain or so; It will put
you straight From this il Is evil
dent that the friendly clerk appraised
the snaky writer as opiate inebriate
short ON the stuff. His iVtentions We're
most likely kindly, birt 1t only goes
To show how careful a man in his POSI-
tion should be- He was willing to
assist at what he knew TO be in the
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eyes of the law at least a misds-
meanor. That elerS CT his replica is
to be found in seven drug stores out OF
ten in the city. This wssS merely an In
cident i'm the days work.
Now the question is what steps,
legislative or otherwise. can he taken
TO prevent tho illicit traffic in 4 drug
which even now. in. we might say. the
infancy of it's use, threatens SO to sap
and deprave the manhood of nation.
There seems at the present time no
feasible plan which viii cover the
ground thoroughly. The confirmed
morphinist will as a rule. IL refused
the drug, write out hts own prescrip-
tlon. This complicates matters con-
slderably. Example might with good
effect be made of these eases II when
detected-as in many instances hap
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at all. transfers, releases and fresh ad-
missions keeping the figures about the
same.
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