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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-10-07
Views of People on Various Topics
WHAT Do YOU THINK ABOUT ITa

and the priests wait on the opinion of
professors regarding this only act, and
the professors write to please the pub
fishers" The result is that the people"
get no light on this most important
study Of the age from this p" ring OF
light-disseminators.
In this temple Of the Bible the facts
concerning time" Will be exhibited, 70
the confusion Of those who have so long
been trying to hold the truth down in
unrighteousness." and the people will
get "the truth, the whole truth. and
nothing but the truth" whether they like
it or not.
But. 10 resume the description Of the
third diagram; Above the synchronized
Hebrew-Julian calendar VIII rise in sue
cessive order a series Of bevel-edged mir
rors. semi-circular in shape, and in re-
verse order to the altar steps. repre-
senting as cycles the same periods as
the parallelograms The beveled edges
viii be OF different color, TO distinguish
the several cycles from each other On
these mirrors viii be inscribed the regu-
lar lunar and solar ecllpses Of the third
cycle. together with accounts of prom
inent events connected herewith
The spectacular effect alone Of these
great diagrams VIII be astonishing, while
their accurate historical and scientific
character will surpass anything of the
kind in the world, except their source
the Holy Scriptures"
Is there enough faith on the earth
to put up this mere pittance OF $4,000
for such q marvellous exhibit?
BUTLER JACK.
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Thinks Milk Profit High.

Editor The Washington Herald;
As I understand from the newspaper
statements. the retail dealers in milk pay
IS cents per gallon, which is AZ cents per
quart. IN selling it at cents per quart
the increase or profit is almost IS per
cent, II the wholesale price should be
increased, as suggested, TO % cents per
gallon, it would then cost the retailers 5
cents per quart; and If, as suggested,
they raise the price 10 10 cents per quart,
then their profit would be 100 per cent.
OF course, IN both cases. there Is to be
deducted the expense which the retailer
is at in storing and distributing IT, but
that is not increased a particle by an in
crease in the wholesale price II the
wholesale price should be increased from
IS 10 20 cents per gallon, it would in
crease the cost TO the retailer Z cent
per quart, while If sold at 10 cents, the
consumer is made 70 pay . cents increase.
which would be four times the increase
that the retailer would have 10 pay.
There would certainly be no reason in
that, Such a proceeding would seem
very much ike the practice of the Stand
ard OH Company. ". c. DODGE.
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Japan and China.

Editor The Washington Herald:
l read with great interest your we'll
considered editorial entitled. Secretary
Taft as Peacemaker," but there is one
short sentence in It which can hardly be
said 20 have the sanction Of past exper-
ience, as a justification. You say: THE
door IS shut upon japanese expansion.
even upon the Asiatic continent, for she
Is committed to the maintenance Of the
integrity Of the Chinese Empire" At the
beginning Of the war with Russia, Japan
issued a declaration TO the world that
not one foot Of continental ground would
be taken. 7 have mislaid my copy of
that paper or I would quote its words,
and they were as strong as language
could make them. I then said the dtcla-
ration was untrue, for in the event the
japanese won. they would take all they
could get. They have taken Korea
bodily, and practically Manchuria, and 20
q great extent control China. What Sc
curity is there, outside of Japanese prom
ise that they VIII not take all China?
EZRA NAT. HILL
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Editor The Washington Herald.
In his Cairo speech. President Roosevelt
said:
Politically. we can be said substantially
10 have worked out our Democratic
ideals"
This was uttered in a carefuIIy-prepared
statement
That Mr.. Roosevelt should acknowledge
that the present-day absence Of political
power in the people is IN line with "our
Democratic ideals must be a shock 10
practically all Of our Ibc.ty-l0ving peo-
pie That the statement truly expresses
his ideals is borne out by his former
speeches and his State papers. in none Of
which. believe, is there a plea for more
political power in the people. For ex-
ample. he has given no word Of praise
for any part of the Oklahoma constitu-
ton, which places in the people complete
political power in State affairs. When
asked by the reporters his opinion Of the
oklahoma constitution, he IS said 10 have
answered in substance,
My opinion Of it is not fit for publica-
ton" And In connection with the move
ment in every State for popular election
of United States Senators, I know Of no
instance where he has approved it; nor
do I know OF where he has approved
direct nominations reform that IS
nearly completed throughout the Union.
Gov. Hughes has worked for direct
nominations, and the legislature has
temporarily defeated him. Last spring
and summer, when this fight IN President
Roosevelts own State was at its height
he evidently opposed direct nominations.
for he gave out no word of approval.
Direct nominations, II applied 10 the
election of delegates 10 the national con-
vention, would have enabled New York
States people 20 voice their real senti-
ment.
Manifestly. statesmen can be divided
into two great classes, one Of which be-
ieves in the peoples rule. and the other
opposes il. In this country both classes
profess that they are standing for popular
government, but when it comes 70 details
their real attitude is shown Hughes and
Roosevelt are pTesent-day types Senator
La Toilette, in his public addresses. has
said more for popular government than
has Gov. Hughes, but as IS remarked.
the informal referendum whereby Gov.
Hughes has brought pressure on the mem
ber5 Of the legislature is the most strfk-
ing characteristic of his administration
Instead of using patronage to coerce. the
he locked his Office door and
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Senseless Science. y

Editor The Washington Herald
Ny reasons for believing drug medical
ton 10 be destitute Of reason or exact
ness are as follows:
First-The digestive apparatus was
never made 10 receive or absorb anything
whatever but food and water.
Second-No doctor knows, within a
shadow, of the exact kind or amount Of
poisonous matter already in his patients
blood. OF distributed in various parts Of
his body.
Third-NO drug has the slightest power
70 heal, to build UP a particle Of bodily
structure or remove the cause Of disease.
Fourth-No doctor knows the exact
state or condition of his patient as he
doesn't know what his previous habits
have put into his blood.
Fifth-A large majority Of drugs are
adulterated. The carelessness OF drug
clerks has caused many a death. There
fore, the doctor has no exact knowledge
Of what chemicals he is giving "to coun-
teract' other poisons: he has still less
idea Of which are in the system Of his
patient
Sixth-Adding poison TO the system
gives nature more 10 cast out, after It's
corroding influence Ia the system.
The defr3uding and outragiug Of ma
lures sentinels by the drugging practice
are shown in the following ways; Bit
ter corrections, which the tongue could
never tolerate, are sugar, or gelatlne-
coated, and thus made to pass by ma
lures wise sentinel lthe tOngue). TO be
dissolved in the digestive apparatus-and
do mischief Other foul-smelliug, nau-
CiOus preparations can only pass natures
guard by the holding Of the nose. Still
other powerful acids must be piped into
the throat to save the teeth What
think you, VIII an acid do in the stomach
which would ruin the tceth?-the hardest
substance in the body,
Again. corruption Of the vilost kind is
inOcuIated directly into the circulation
always an outrage on nature. as she is
abundantly competent 10 supply the sub
stances which are needed for the blood.
by Hobler and wiser method. Nature
loves purity, and casts all filth from the
body as rapidly as possible. notWith-
standing the desperate effort of fools 10
put more in in every thinkable way.
. II those who are so fond of medicine
would use foods which contain medicinal
properties. instead of swallowing cOnCeu-
trdted and adulterated poisons, the in
gradients of which they have no ilnowl-
edge, they would fare better from a
health standpoint.
The ills of mankind are penalties for
wrong living habits. and 10 add such
barbarisms as the above 20 his dIstresscs
IS TO add insult to injury in the extreme
The Wisest thing that / have ever heard
OF DR.. William Osler saying was: lie
IS the best physician who knows the
worthlessHess CT medicine"
HARRY B. BRADFORD.
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Question of Immortality.

! Editor The Washington Herald:
in addition TO the four questions asked
in my preceding letter. with the hope that
they might be Of some help in the discus
sion of this Subject now being carried on
in your Monday paper I have few
points TO make.
There are two Of especial Importance
in the consideration of this subject, name
~, the manner of and the reasons for
mans creation.
In the first place, the Lord God formed
man of the dust OF the ground and
breathed into his nostrIls the breath Of
life and man became a living SOUL
Gen. iii. Reason tells us that no simple
corpse Of man Is the man himself Give
that corpse life and the result is man.
ST. James aptly puts it. For as the body
without the spirit is dead, so faith with
out works is dead also" Qi.26) AS the
body without the spirit is dead" Here
We have the same two factors in mans
makeup, body and spirit" and body
and the breath Of life" as any one can
see who neither lacks nor ignores reason.
II one viii look back to the Latin he will
see that spirit is breath" air" In
other words, the air we breathe is our
spirit, even as it was Adams. Give a
corpse the power to breathe and that
corpse Hves-a man, IL the corpse is It
self human. This is but a paraphraze of
the literal statement in the Bible of
mans creation, made according 10 rea-
son, at least so far as I can now see.
Notice how well the last part OF the
verse agrees with what I have so far
said, "and man became a living soul"
This does not say, land man henceforth
had a living soul" but that he himself
became one" Reason tells US that TO
have" a thing and ITO be- a thing are
two entirely different things. We see,
then, a chemical formula for the soul
similar to that of water-B-2-s, two parts
Of body ("hesh" and bloody and one
part Of spirit Tor air..
There are two special reasons why man
was created. AS David tells us-Psalms
viii:4-1man was made to have dominion
over the works OF Gods hands. st. Paul
tells US that "the first man was OF the
earth. earthly."-I Cor XVII Man, hav-
ing been created to live on this planet
and to have dominion of all things here
was naturally made Of fit materials, the
dust of the ground and the atmosphere.
Since he was given a body fitted for life
in the sphere of action for which he was
created, It would be absurd to give him
In addition a soul, a separate and distinct
organism for which he could have no pos
sible need.
Again we read in Rev. iv:1i-"Thou art
worthy, Lord, to receive glory and
honor and power, for thou hast created
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all things and for thy pleasure they are
and were created" Man is naturally one
of these ''all things" David tells US in
Psalms VA that God is not "a God that
hath pleasure in wicIedness, neither shall
evld dwell with thee" We are told also
in Deut. xxv.16 For all that do such
things and all that do unrighteously are
an abominatiOn unto the Lord thy God"
Is II reasonable that God, knowing that
He could have no pleasure IN evil. would
create free will being, whom He could
not destroy, should that being choose
evil? Most certainly not
r. WALLACE BOND.
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Medicine Not an Exact Science.

/ Editor The Washington Herald
/ Apropos Of the discussion Of the general
efficacy or noneficacy Of drugs, 7 have
a few observations TO make which are
/ based upon the Uuerances Of the gentle
men who have already contributed to the
columns Of The Washington Herald.
For the benefit Of Mr.. Kltuedge. per
haps it would have been more self-de-
monstrative if the correspondent whose
assertion there Is no science I'm medi-
cine had said instead that medicine
is not an exact science" As a Iayman.
/ am more than willing 70 concede that
the practice Of medicine is a science. 10
the same extent in fact. that I recognize
that theology and the representations Of
the Weather Bureau are sciences, but
their fallibility is also self-evident. Al
though our weather man" has been
made the merry target for many a news
paper paragTapher. yet we find his
science has grown more accurate and
exact from the time Of its incaptlon
But can this condition be relatively said
Of the medical profession when we trace
its history from the time Of Hippocratesg
In Ingersol's lecture on Shakespeare he
speaks Of the medical accomplishments
OF the 'meanest, the wisest of mankind
as follows:
Lord Bacon also turned his attention 10 medicine
and he states that "bTacelets made q z,skes a..
good Tor curing cramps; that "the skin Of a wolf
might cure the cllic. because a wolf has GREAT di
gestion," and that eating the rrasted brsns -
hens and hares strengthens the memory"
An interval Of 800 years elapses from
the time these startling geological con-
fectlons and most unique system OF diat
were prescribed for the acceleration of
memoTy's brain cells by a scholar more
than qualified for a medical professorshin
in Johns Hopkins, before another noted
man Of letters and of medicine. Oliver
Wendell Holmes, recommends as 4 suita-
bic consignment TO natures brinv reser-
voirs all Of the indicated animal king
dom:
Mankind has been dragged to death. and tbs
world would be better of if the contents ~ 60,
apOthecaTy shop wero emptied into the SEA thorgb
the consequence TO the fishes would be lamentable
Only few days since well-known rem
resentative of another profession. RabbI
Joseph Silverman, OF Temple Fmanu-FI
Of New York City, said to his congreea-
ton:
Doctors now confess TO g lack OF medical sciepc,
noting that it does not progress as It should Tbsy
do not seem To Concentrate effort 70 bring about real
progress. Comparatively Speaking the profession /,
far, far behind where it was 200 years aFu II is
not profession; it is & trade that the doctors DIV
to-day.
In summarizing this array Of facts. FL
bert Hubbard aptly said in one of his
recent publications:
Neither medicine nor Theology Is a science. Roth
are systems Of guesswoTk. Each has shifted ground
absolutely from where it stood twenty-five wears AGO
And twenty-five years ago both these learned pro. ]
passions were more intoeranty dead sure than thew
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Loyal to Bryan.

Editor The Washington Herald;
As one Of your readers and member
Of the Virginia Democratic Association,
present at the meeting reported IN the
newspapers, october 3. I ask for a small
space to remove the impression given. A
resolution criticising w. J. Bryan is re-
cited. and the statement made that It
was seconded and discussed. The facts
are that the resolution was not seconded,
and therefore not before the meeting for
discussion.
It only represented one mans opinion,
and not that OF the association. Mr.
Bryan has always had the support Of our
association, and is regarded by most Of
its members as head and shoulders above
any man IN public life to-day in point
or intellect patriotism, and judgment on
matters Of government Though he was
defeated twice. il was by money con-
tributed by trusts, who fear him above
all others. The money spent in the last
three campaigns used against Washing
ton or Lincoln would have defeated them
or any other man on either ticket
l. L. YEILATT
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are to-day. Every school and every sect" now
stands ready 10 show that all ether schools and all
other secfs are founded GA ouor and ignorance and
inclined 10 take their word for it-thcy usually
tell the truth about each other.
It was said OF the founder OF home
opathy that with all his defects he had
the great merit of disturbing and dis
creditng indefensible modes IN the
practice of medicine" Can II not also
be said Of Mrs. Eddy and the advocates
and exempla:s Of other systems Of spir-
itual, mental. and suggestive therapeutics
that with all their apparent faults and
defects they have done more In a few
short years to disturb and discredit indie
feasible modes in the general practice Of
medicine than any science or profession
has done IN as many centuries IN demon
strating with comparatively few excep-
tions. the almost universal inadeQUacy Of
drugs in the alienation OF the physical
torments Of mankind?
GEORGE w BARTON
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went out and addressed the people In
only two instance did the legislature re-
fuse 70 yield 10 public opinion, and the
fight is still on
President Roosevelt has been using the
executive power for curbing the monopo-
lists economic power. and to this extent
he has been the right man in the right
place. and 50 in next years Presidential
campaign, when the restoration Of 5politi-
cal power for the people will be a live
Issue, II may be that Gov. Hughes VIII
be the right man in the right place II
nomina ed for the Presidency, and should
his inf fence with the labor vote be on a
par with that Of the progressive Demo-
cratic nominee. his election would doubt
less be assured.
GEORGE II. SHIRLEY
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Postage and the Tariff.

Editor The Washington Herald.
The postal system ought 10 be self
sustaining. There IS no good reason for
continuing the several rates. Charge l
cent Per ounce for all matter, and ! cent
cent for delivery, prepaid For packages
weighing four ounces or more, say half
rate, and cent OF more for delivery.
A protective tariff may have been
proper for infant industries. but now II
has become a gigantic evil. Let I cent
per pound be charged all importations.
but make a proper reduction for heavy
packages.
In short. have but two rates for both
postage and tariff
WILLIAM HENRY BURR
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Be Brief and Keep to the Point

THE WASHINGTON HERALD desires give space freely its
Monday issues the opinions of readers on any and all subjects
OF timely interest Wide latitude is allowed in such discussions
but writers are again requested keep mind space limitations
1t impossible to make for long communications Be concise
and sm compress your views into 900 words AT the most do
not write 500 words the desire to hear from greater
number of readers and at less length
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-12-13
OPERATION UPON
MRS. L0NGW0RTH
Condition Of Presidents. Daughter Re-
ported by Physicians as Quite
Favorable Last Night.

Washington, Dec. 12.-Mrs. Nicho-
las Longworth, who was operated on
this morning for appendicitis, passed
comfortable day, and late tonight
was resting easily. At 0 o'clock the
following bulletin Of her condition
was issued:
Mrs. Longworth had compara-
lively comfortable day. Her general
condition tonight is satisfactory"
The operation was performed by
DR.. Finney, OF the John Hopkins Uni
versity, Baltimore, assisted by DR..
Sophie A. Nordhoff-Jung, OF Wash
ington, and Surgeon General Presley
M. Rixey, of the navy. The fact
that Mrs Longworth was suffering
from appendicitis did not become
known until last night. She went to
the White House yesterday In prep
aration for the operation.
Mrs. Longworth occupies an apart
ment on the second aoor on the south
side OF the mansion overlooking the
grounds In the rear Of the White
House.
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COLONEL CODY HAS
SUED MRS. GOULD

New York, Dec. 12.-rAnother feat
ure OF the marital troubles OF Howard
Gould and his wife developed yester-
day when the suit OF Col. William +.
Cody against Mrs. Gould for half the
losses sustained during her theatrical
tour was placed on the calendar OF
the supreme court. II was estimated
that upward OF 100000 was spent by
Col. Cody In an endeavor TO make
Mrs Gould, then Katherine Glenn
mons. stage favorite, both here and
In London, during the years OF 1892,
1898 and 1894.
Miss Clemmons became Mrs. How
ard Gould, and years passed before
the old Snowman made any legal at
tempt TO have his former star share
the legal responsibility OF the fail
ure. Two years ago he put the mat
ter IN the hands of his attorneys, Ba-
con and Crane. Col Cody was quot
ed as saying at the time that he did
not believe the matter would come 10
n suit. IL think Mr. Gould will ar
range an smicable settlement" he
said.
The "amicable settlement" was not
made, however, and suit was begun
in 1905. but the fact was not made
public until yesterday when there
appeared on the supreme court caien-
dar the notice: Cody Va Gould"
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Dairy Lunch Under New Management

Dairy Lunch Under New Management.
j. 8. and L. w. Hughes have pur-
chased the Dairy Lunch, l4S6 w. Tue
earawas st. They will run the res
taurant in an up 10 date manner and
will give the best OF service. We 80
licit the patronage OF the general puO-
lie. All we ask Is fair trial
Hughes Bros.
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Exposure May xiii Them.

New York, Dec. 12.--Four boyi
who were sent over from the house
OF refuge on Randalls Island TO The
willard Parker hospital for eontag.
ious diseases at the foot OF East Six
teenth street to be treated for diph-
iberia, escaped early this morning In
pink pajamas. and are still at large
Some time between midnight and 3
o'clock they tore up the bedsheets,
made ropes OF the strips and lowered
themselves from the window Of a
ward on the second floor. They were
convalescent. but still weak and in
no condition to venture out. especial
Iy In scanty attire on cold morning.
The doctors fear that they will die
from II.
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DRINK MORE WATER
Gives Advice, Also Best Home Made
Remedy for Rheumatism and
Kidney ane Bladder
Trouble.

"The people here do not drink en-
ough. water to keep health" ex.
claimed a well-known authority. "Thc
numerous cases of stomach trouble,
kidney and bladder diseases and
rheumatism are mainly due to the fact
that the drinking of water, natures s
greatest medicine, has been neglected.
Stop loading your system with pat
ent medicines and cure-alls; but get
on the water wagon. II you are really
sick, why, OF course, take the proper
medicines plain common vegetable
treatment, which will not shatter the
nerves or ruin the stomach"
when requested for such prescrip'
tion for the cure OF rheumatism and
kidney trouble the answer was: "You
must make the Kidneys do their work;
they are the filters OF the blood
They must be made to strain out of the
blood the waste matter and acids that
cause rheumatism; the urine must
be neutralized 10 ID will no longer
be source OF irritation TO the
blndder, and most of all, you must
keep these acids from forming in the
stomach. This Is the cause or stom.
ach trouble and poor digestion. For
these conditions I would suggest the
following prescription: Fluid Extract
Dandelion, one halfounce; Compound
Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup
Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Mix by
shaking well in bottle and take In
teaspoonfuI doses after each meal and
at bedtime, but don't forget the wa
ter. Drink plenty and often.
This valuable information and sim.
pie prescription should be posted up In
each household and used at the first
sign OF an attack of rheumatism, back.
ache or urinary trouble. no matter how
slight.