The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-10-11
MAKE KINDLY
CRITICISM IF ANY
Keep Quiet Unless You Can
Say Something Nice.
Life of Seclusi0n Often Leads one
to Think he is Exactly Right
in All Things.

No one would deliberately injur,
another, but | am afraid that we all
do from time to ime by talking, when
it would be better to keep still. If we
cannot say something nice about q
friend we should be silent, but in
stead we go heedlessly on expressing
opinions or telling facts that preju-
dice others, and thus we have done
harm when none was intended.
We all need little more charity in
our composition ] think With that
the temptation to say critical or un-
kind things would be greatly lessen
ed, and we would make eXcuss where
now we do not even think of them.
To make ourselves learn to do this
is one of the important things in life
and a help toward accomplishing it
is not only honestly to put ourselves
in the other persons place, but also
admit that we know nothing of the
factors that governed the act.
This last, ] think, is even more i'm
portant than the first. With the
best will in the world, it is practical
ly impossible to put ourselves in an
others place unless one happens TO
be such a close friend that all the
circumstances are known. Only then
can we form an opinion that is worth
the time of telling But the fact thai
we know only the thing that was done,
and more of the causes therefore does
not prevent us from laying down the
law. and in our ignorance lies the ca
pacity to do harm. If We could know
what influenced the person TO act as
water, having every appearance of
purity, may be more dangerous than
muddy water. The house filter clari-
flies, but it does not actually cleanse.
Medical authorities seem TO agree
that typhoid germs must be taken in
to the stomach in order to cause ty-
phoid fever. When a person is in good
health and the gastric juices are in
proper condition, no serious results
may follow the introduction of the ba-
cilli into the stomach. The germs of
typhoid fever and, in fact, the germs
of all diseases, are destroyed by high
temperature. IL is for this reason that
il is recommended that water for pot
able purposes be boiled, since water is
held to be responsible for the dissem-
ination of typhoid fever. It is also
held that typhoid fever is not in frequel
ly contracted by the indigestion of I'M
cooked articles of food and certain
vegetables, such as celery, lettuce, etc,
often laden with germs. The simple
washings to which they are subjected
cannot remove the germs. 1t has been
discovered that lemon juice will kill
the germ, and the sprinkling of lem
on juice upon vegetables has been rec
commended.
To prevent the dissemination of ty-
phoid fever is one of the most impor-
tant problems in sanitation, for just
as long as human beings are untaught
in the simple and inexpensive meth
DDS of self-preservation, or being
taught are criminally neglectful OF
themselves and others, they have no
right to expect escape from the gray
est disasters.
Perhaps the most active agents in
the dissemination of typhoid fever are
the railroads and steamers, for it is
well known that the tanks of trains
and steamers are usually filled with
water from the common source of sup
ply at their terminals in the larger
cities. These companiesshould, under
the constant supervision of experts in
the various health boards, be COM
PEELED by law to furnish pure water
to their CONGRATULATIONS Amer
lean.