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New-York tribune., 1908-06-16
HAMMOND AND THE BOERS.
What He Did and Did Not Do in South
Africa

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir Honesty. courage. discretion these the
three salient points in the character Of John Hays
Hammond of California. One of the newspapers
recently contained letter from a correspondent
referring 10 Mr.. Hammond "wrecker of re-
publics' from this being true, It is ah-
soutely historical fact that exactly the reverse of
this is the case, and that TO this fact Mr.. Ham
rnond and his associates condemned TO death with
him owe their lives. When. under the utterly
r1,pt regime Of Krliger-a regime Of graft which
modern history presents no parallel-industries of
all kinds especially that of mining. came prac-
ticaIly to standstill, the decent portion Of the
Beers and foreigners alike recognized the fact that
a radical change must come. and unless II did come
all industries must die II then that Ham
r7ond became the head and front of the revolution
And let II be understood that this revolution had
nothing whatsoever to do with the Jameson raid
from the beginning of the world TO this minute
It was 10 be a revolution Of eminently peaceful
character having for its object the removing of
the bad Beers from control and the replacing of
thenl by good Beers Committees Of safety were
formed the decent foreign element were secretly
sworn and enlisted. rifles and ammunition were
brought into the city under loads of manure as
ran,dIv as possible and all arrangements for a
coup d'etat were proceeding rapidly and smoothly
when Jameson started his raid
In the mean time memorable meeting took place
., ths garden behind Mr.. Hammond's house. He
called together the committee OF sixty men. and
.ba,, found there flagstaff with the Transvaal
flag flying a table and on il a Bible Hammond
stenned up and allegiance long as he
sbou1d be in the Transvaal to the Transvaal flag.
A tremendous row ensued. for the majority of the
committee were Englishmen. Hammond there and
- ,old them In the most emphatic terms that
.ba revolution was be made for the good Of the
1,ransvsal and not for the good OF Great Britain ;
that ne was not rsking his life and those of his
,-,.,ds for the interest of Great Britain. or for
the nurpose OF adding one square foot of soil TO
-, rari,sin's possessions that the revolution had
So ,,s cole aim in upsettng the party power the
intimate good and welfare OF the Dutch republic.
a. order that capital might be safeguarded
.,r.;p and that Industries. both foreign and do
r,est,c might flourish. In this he was vigorously
a,dad bv Lionel Rhodes. a brother of Cecil
,ls. snd bv all the other Americans present.
tIar,r,ond carried the day as he had way Of
ao,,g and they all swore loyalty to the flag
later there came messenger from DR.. jameson
stating that he had started on his maroh TO jenan-
New-York tribune., 1908-06-16
MAGISTRATE NEEDN'T ACCEPT BAIL

Justice Blanchard, in the Supreme Court. yester-
day denied an application made by Isidor Latzkie
counsel for John p. Lyons. for a peremptory writ
of mandamus to compel Magistrate Wahte to ac-
cept the bail of 500 offered by Michael Fay for
LYONS who was arrested and brought before the
magistrate in the Tombs police court charge
of threatening and assaulting the wife of Maxi
milan Ruttinau. of No. SO Lenox avenue
According the petition OF John u. Lyons his
son was brought before Magistrate Wahle on June
II and found guilty of The charge preferred against
him and held in 500 bail for good behavior or go
to the workhouse for six months on the same
day the elder Lyons said Michael Fay. of No
40 East 10sth street. offered himself a bonds
man for the young man. giving as security a
piece of property valued at $3.50, but the magis-
tra.e refused TO accept II. Magistrate Wahle said
Fav did not care to give bail when he learned the
character OF the prisoner
New-York tribune., 1908-06-16
NEW LINER HERE DAY AHEAD OF TIME

The North German Lloyd liner PrInz Fried
rich Wilhelm, which left Bremen on June 6. arrived
here yesterday A day ahead of time, having made
her maiden passage in days. II hours and min
utes at an average speed of 17-27 knots
The new liner. said be OF the most COM
Portable steamers OF the company's fleet. is 6l3
feet long has a beam of IS feet, depth of 42 feet
and a gross tonnage of 1880. The 1s5 cabins ac-
conmodate 425 passengers.
Among the passengers was Andrew Mack VINO
took his company on a around the world. leav-
ing San Francisco in March, 1S07 After playing in
Honolulu and Australasia, he went to Rome where
he had an audience with the Pope. later making a
trin through Ireland.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-16
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.

Chicago. June I5-The following is the committee
on credentials so far as selected at the state eau
cuses to-day. Some of the delegations will no.
meet until tomorrow morning. and others lef
vacancies 70 be filed the same time:
Alabarna-NATHAN H. ALEXANDER
Arkansas-F ". TUCKER
California-M. NJ MABERRY.
Colora ado-HUBERT WORK
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES r FYLER.
Dele war@H. T. BURTON.
Florida-MATTHEw B. MFARLANE.
Ceorsia-ALTXANDER AKERMAN.
Idaho-CHARLES c. CAVANAUGH
ulinois-FRANK L SMITH.
Indiana-CFIARLES A BOOKWALTER-
Iowa-DAVID BRANT
Kansas-w. S. FITZPATRICK.
Kentucky-WILBUR D. COCHRAN.
Aiaine-BYRON BOYD.
Nary1and-WILLIAM s BOOZE.
assachusetts-SAAIUELJ J. ELDER.
Michigan-MICHAEL BROWN.
NInnesota-FRANK z. PUTNAM.
Mssissippi-L. B. MOSELEY
Montana. G. BLAIR.
Nebraska-sAMUEL RINIKER.
Nevada-wILLIAM EASTON.
New Hampshtre-JACOB H. BALLINGER.
New Jersey-SAMUEL K ROBBINS.
New York.. SLOAT FASSETT.
North Carona-CHARLES H. COWLE6-
North Dakota-R- H JOHNSON
Ohio-HARRY M DAUGHERTY-
Hlahoua-wALTER FALwELL-
Oregon-CHARLES ". FULTON.
Pennsylvania-JAMES SCARLET.
Rhode IsIand-EDWARD e ARNOLD.
South Carolina-A D WEBSTER
South Dakota-C. H DILLON.
Tennessee-LEE BROOK.
Texas7J. A. SMITH.
Utah-REED SMOOT.
Vermont-FRANK l. GREENE
Virginia.. ". MGAVOCK.
Washington-FRANK T POST.
West Virginia-CHARLES ". DILLON.
Wfsconsin-wALTER l. HOUSER.
Wyoning-BRYANT B. BROOKS.
Alaska-L. P. SHACKELFORD.
District Of Counbia-RICHARD r. HARNER.
New Mezdco-CHARLES A sPIESs.
Hawan-A G. NJ. ROBERTSON.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-16
SMALLPOX ON TRANSPORT SHERMAN.

Portland, ore. June ia dispatch from As
toria saws the transport Sherman arrived last
The quarantine officer reports that before the
transport reached Honolulu returning sailor
died from smallpox and buried Two
days ago an enlisted taken ill with the
same disease. AS the in different
parts of the ship the entire vessel is considered
infected Each Of the LISP board must
be vaCcinated and quarantined for fourteen days
and the transport must be fumigated Colonel
Rogers in command OF the Sherman. has request
ed that the transport with all board be sent
to the quarantine station at San Francisco
New-York tribune., 1908-06-16
THE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS

Chicago. June 15.-At the state caucuses held to-
day the following members Of the committee on
resolutions were chosen. Vacancies will be filed
tomorrow by delegations which did not meet TO-
day and by others which deferred action
AIahama-JoSEPE H MONTGOMERY
Arkansa-H L REMMEL.
CaIifornfa-HENRY A. MELVIN.
Colorado-wILLIAM A. DRAKE
Connecticut-ISAAC NJ. ULLMAN.
Delawar-H. A DU PONT-
F7orfda-HENRY s CHUBB-
Idaho-B. 2. O'NEIL
Illinois-ALBERT ]. HOPKINS.
Indiana-JAAIES A. HEMENWAY.
Iowa-JOHN F LACEY.
Kansas-CHESTER /. LONG.
Kentucky-WILLIAM NJ. BULLITT
MaineICEARLEs J. DUNN.
Maryland-C. ROSS MACE
Massachusetts-w. MURRAY CRANE.
Michigan-JOSEPH ". FORDNEY.
Mtnnesota-FRANK B. KELLOGG
Mississippi. B. YELLOWLEY-
Montana-A. J. BENNETT.
Nebraska-ALLEN W. FIELD
Nevada-GBORGE s. NIXON.
New EIaupshire-GEORGE H. MOSES.
New Jersey-THOMAS n. MCARTER.
New York-SERENO z. PAYNE.
North Carolina-SPENCER B. ADAMS
North Dakota-JUDSON LAMoURE-
ohio-WADE ELLIS.
Oklahoma--JAMES A. HARRIS
Oregon-A N GILBERT
Fennsylvania-JOHN DAIIZELL.
Rhode IsIand-EZRA DIXON.
Gouth Carolina-JOHN G. CAPERS.
south Dakota-COE l. CRAWFORD.
,rennessee-H CLAY EVANS.
rexas-CHARLES w OGDEN
rrtah-GEORGE SUTHERLAND.
ysrmont-ALLEN NJ. FLETCHER
vtrp3uia-D. LAWRENCE GRoNER.
TYasbington-R- A. BALl.INGER-
1,1est Vire1nia-IsAAc T. MANN.
uy,sconstn-HENRY A COOPER.
yvvon,ing-CLARENCE ID. CLARK
alaeka-GEORGE A SHEA
T1ss,rict of Columbia-HENRf H FLATHEH.
,ceu Mexico-HOI1M O. BURSUA-
uswsii- NJ DOWSETI.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-16
FIRST NEW BRIDGE LINK.
Temporary Cable Strung Betzoeen
Manhattan Structures TOUers.

Thousands of spectators gathered on the nearby
piers. the footpath Of the Brooklyn Bridge and
boats on the East River to watch the raising Of
the first of the sixteen temporary cables to con-
meet the towers of the new Manhattan Bridge yes
terday.
AS the cable was hauled up from the bed of
the river, where it had lain since last Saturday
with three others. and swung clear of the water
the feet of tugboats and other river craft turned
full steam into their whistles and joined in deaf
ening chorus As the cable slowly rose and cleared
the water by several feet the tugboats surged for
ward in a to cross under the wire first
The tugboat Edwin Hawley the successful
vessel, and her success was sgnalled by a success
sion Of hysterical shrfeks from her siren whistle.
AS this was the first actual link to be placed in
position between the two towers Bridge Commits
sioner Stevenson celebrated the occasion by hav-
ing large party of guests with him on board the
Massasoit. Among them were Mayor Mcclellan.
and delegations from the Board OF Aldermen the
engineering force at work on the bridge. and sew
eraI of the contracting firms that are furnishing
the materials for the bridge.
From this cable and the fifteen others which will
be raised into position within the next four weeks
two footpaths will be suspended, to be used in
stringng the permanent cables for the bridge
When finally adjusted the cable hung about a
hundred and fifty feet above the surface of the
river.
After the ceremony Mayor Mcclellan said: From
present appearances this bridge is going 10 be fin
ished on time nope 10 ne aDie 10 walk dcIoSS
from one borough TO the other before go out OF
office"
The permanent main cables will be the largest
in the world. with a diameter of 22I2 inches 1t
is expected that the bridge will be completed by
December. 1909.
After the ceremonies the schooner Louise in
passing under the cable got mixed up with it. Her
top mast was carried away. a little later the car
float Maryland of the New York. New Haven &
Hartford Railway, came in contact with the cable
but no damage was sustained.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-16
NEW COMMITTEE.
State Caucuses almost Complete
Roster of National Body.

Chicago. June 15-The National Republican n
Committee nearly made UP to-day at the
state caucuses. In instances the delega-
tions will not get together until tomorrow morn
ing and in others 1t was decided not make a
selection until tomorrow. Following the mem
bers chosen to-day and tonight
AIabama-P. D. BARKER, Mobile.
Arkansas-POWELL CLAYTON. Eureka Springs
California-GEORGE A KNIGHT. San Fran
cisco
CoIorado-CHARLES LAVENDER.
Observation-Disclosures F. BROKER, Ansonia-
Delaware-T. COLEMAN DU POINT.
FIorida-JAMES n. COOMBs Appalac achicola.
Idaho-WILLIAM E. BORAH. Boise
IIlinois-FRANK o. LOWDEN. Chicago.
Indiana-HARRY S. NEW, indianapolis.
Iowa-ERNST z. HART. Council Bluffs.
Kansas-DAVID W. MULVANE, Topeka.
Louisiana-PEARL WIGHT. New Orleans
Maine-JOHN F. HILL, Augusta.
Maryland-WILLIAM P. JACKSON, Baltimore.
Massachusetts-W. MURRAY CRANE, Dalton
Michigan-JOHN ". BLODGETT. Grand Rapids.
Minnesota-FRANK B. KELLOGG, st. Paul.
Mississppi-L B. MORELEY, jackson.
Missouri-CHARLES NAGEL St. Louis.
Montana-THOMAS C MARSHALL
Nebraska-VICTOR ROSEWATER, Omaha.
Nevada-P l. FLANAGAN, Reno.
New Hampshre-FRED W. ESTABROOk.
New Jersey-FRANKLIN MURPHY. Newark.
New York-WILLIAM L. WARD Port Chester.
North Carolina-EDWARD c. DUNCAN, Raleigh.
North Dakota-JAMES KENNEDY.
Ohio-A I. VORYS, Lancaster.
Oklahoma-C. y. CADE. Shawnee
Oregon-RALPH E. WILLIAMS.
Pennsylvania-BOIES PENROSE. Philadelphia.
Rhode IsIand-CHARLES R BRAyTON, Provi-
dence.
South CaroIina-JOHN G. CAPERS, Charleston.
South Dakota-THOMAS THORSON, Canton
Texas-CECIL A. LYON. Sherman.
Utah-C E. LOOSE, Provo
Verrnont-JAMES W. BROCK, Montpelier
Vfrginia-ALVAH H. MARTIN. Norfolk.
Washington-ROBERT L. MCCORMICK, Tacoma.
West Virginia-N B. SCOTT. Wheeling.
Wisconsin-ALFRED r. ROGERS, Madison.
Wyoring-GEORGE PEXTON, Evanston.
AIaska-L. P. SCHACKELFORD. Juneau.
Arizona-W S. STURGIS, Phoenix.
District OF Columbia-SIDNEY BIEBER-
New Mexico-SOLOMON LUNA. Las LIunas
Hawai-A G. NJ. ROBERTSON.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-16
IRISH HAMS AND BACONj
New Stock just Arrived. They Are Ffne.
Callanan's Magazine Request.
L. j. CALLAHAN,
ARMY. AND NAVY NEWS.
From The Tribune Bureau-I


Washington. Juno II
ORDERS IssUBD-The following orders ha1s
been issued:
~ ,ouovrinx changes IN the ordnance d-pa-nsnt Aaso
been ordered:
Major KENNETH MORTON. 15on, sr4s.sgeT 70 % 80
field armory. vice Colonel FRANK BAKER 70 s'''s~
captain 8 JAMES pILARD. .T. r.. wse:5t'"n 'r'-a.
Captain WILLIAM A. PHILLlPs: IuIn lf1o- eSas1trEr.
HoF Island arsenal ron, v..rv.. .-.~u.,
Captains WILLIAM P14TT ry and GT5 6RsEFAII o
Sandy Proving Ground to WasSS~9 1a santy
First d susna45 16g Ground to watervist arsenal
First Ieqsnan = &Tba69 GTtaRIEs Is gSrnsa.n sfuorT
Major WILLIAM BLACK. retired detailed with ors>,''
ust61 miGa george 81 NIX WILLIAMSON. quarternast'r'
.ts 1Gm EoF MoRHs'Yn Fl p PERos R3Ro6F a.an.a
frTspn fh,Tr vice Major GEORGE G. BAIIE7T quarter
c,aniai8 WILLIAM P PENCE artillery corps to
Army and Navy General aospta. H2r On Desv.r 20
CAPTAIN ths Phfi1pnes August vice captain EARL C
second fenenant AIvA LEE assigned TO 18th I1ssntrs
contrae5 Surgeons EDWAEP .12s 3 GIEs J2 from
medical school to Company G hospital corps ssnerAi
Contract Surgeon MAHIloN ASHFORD, ARTEUR ~; =,
sSsI TasEER ,cbo6 a9f Wsihnson TO Company c hospital
corPs Pins Cana aST GEORGE GooDALE "a
1nfantTy two months from august i' ,6 6~PTe,n g4..a
ARTHTR Isd1aI.R+ N HENR4 rERRELL ION cavalry
months.
NAVY.
Commander W 8 TTRP1N. detacneo ilolli
the Pennsylvania to the Kentucky
T I. OZBURS. to command the paI.-y
Passed Assistant Surgeon @ NJ NAHEFSS 70 neoicaA
school hospital. Washington
MOVEMENTS OF vESSELS--The following
movements of vessels have been reported to the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED
at Newport the Volverre az
he SewaH Point the Cncs-
Guantanamo: Morris and the May
AoUerF al Hampton Roads: the Glacier and the
C-uIzoa AT San Francisco. the Florida at NorlaiH
r,7a 1.-THE Mavfower Washington; the West
Virginia and the Maryland AT Mare island tns
California. the South Dakota ana
+be washington. az Santa Cruz; the Des Nofnes
Habana
Ju1e 12-The Wolverine from Toledo for Detrofti tne
Lebanon. from Norfolk FOR Sewal Point: tne
Eagle from Annapolis for Portsmouth. y II; the
Morris and the Montgomery. from Hampton Roads
for Newport: Glacier and the Cuigoa rom
Mar Island san Francisco; the FLORIDA rom
Hampton Roads for Norfolk. the DuouGu-. rom
(>uantsnarro for Casida. the West virginia
and the MARYLAND. Santa Barbara for Mare
Island: the Tennessee. the California. the south
Dakota and the Washington from Santa Baroara
for
June 15-The Marietta. from Port-au-P-nce FOR Gu
New-York tribune., 1908-06-16
DIAN TO BAR DISEASED ALIENS.

Secretary Straus of the Department of Commerce
and Labor and Commissioner General Sergeant at
tended "a conference at Ellis Island yesterday OF
commissioners at Atlantic ports where immigrants
are landed A specific understanding in the dag
nostng of infectious diseases to obviate opportuu-
ties for aliens refused admission at port TO
enter at another was reached A slight difference
in medical examination at the various ports made
sucb \ scheme possible. The conference was at
tended bv Commissioner WatChorn and the medical
'starr at Ellis Island and by the commissioners and
surgeons from the immigration stations Phladel-
nbia Boston Baltimore and Montreal
New-York tribune., 1908-06-16
MORSE FAILS TO APPEAR TO PLEAD

Charles W. Morse did not appear yesterday be
fore Justice Coff plead to indictments charging
him with grand larceny and perjury. nor was he
represented by counsel By consent of the District
Attorney the case went over until this morning.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-16

Bulletins telling of the work of the Repu bIical
National Convention at Chicago will be posted fire
quent intervals In front of the Tribune Building
beginning this morning
New-York tribune., 1908-06-16
INFANTRY MARCH TO cHIckAMAUeA.

Atlanta. June 15.-Three companies OF the nth
Infantry started a 200-mile cross country march
to-day their ultimate destination being Chcka-
mauga Park The air line distance is lSO miles, but
detours TO be made will add seventy miles.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-16

Bulletins telling of the work of the Republican
National Chicago will be posted at fire.
ouent intervals n front of the Tribune Building
beginning this morning.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-16

called Ralston's was a Dutch boy whose mother
ambitious He was the first boy to GO to col
lege and wear a boiled shirt and standup collar
from our section
He home a vacation from Wabash
College. and his mother thought he was the great
thing in the world. He was sitting with her
in front Of the old fireplace evening, while the
old doing the chores. The old man
brought in big back log and looked around for
safe place 10 drop il. The boy and his mother
were absorbed. and did not move. The old
slowly lowered the green back log. getting hotter
all the time Finally he blurted out:
9 Git o. de vayi Git O. de vayi You go
by de college and come home nit your doggoned
bolt shirt and you tink yourself some tamn
big objections
That's the way with some politicians" said the
captain. They get the sweIled head stand around
in other peoples way and think themselves some
big objections
a REAL EMBLEM.-Untii to-day the Knox
boomers had presented the most spectacular argu-
ments for their candidate With variegated UNI
breas and brass bands. appropriate formations and
loud hIrrahs they semed to have the enthusiasm
largely TO themselves.
But to-day the Blaine Club, Of Cincinnati. e Taft
organization. unloaded its mascot from freight
car and Il proved to be a real live elephant, and
OF its kind Its broadside furnished space
enough for three almost life-sized potrats of the
Secretary of War, while pennants and flags draped
all the other available space, including the tail and
II was suggested 10 Mr.. Kennedy manager Of the
Annex, that he might place the elephant in the
lobby added attraction, but the manager sug
gested garage and il among the automobiles
that the aninl spent the night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-26

petely burned away as to leave nothing but black cinder and calcined ash. He did not wake until the kiln-man reused him next morning, nor did he know what had occurred until he looked down at his charred stump. He died in the infirmary a fortnight afterward
 Many scientific works tell of incidents where people have slept days at time. Shubert speaks of boy who slept six teen weeks, and when he awoke both the disease from which he suffered, and the desire for sleep had departed. He also quotes a case of a sleep of four years interrupted with but short waking inter- vas.
 In Mayo's Truth in Popular Super stitions", there is mention of a girl known to the author, who, at F years of age, fell into sleep which lasted thirteen years, during which she grew from child to mature woman. -
 Dr. Banchett of Paris mentions the case of a lady who slept for twenty days together when about eighteen years old, fifty days when about twenty years old; and she had nearly a years sleep from Easter Sunday, 1862, until March, 1863. During this long sleep (which physicians called hysteric coma) she was fed with milk and soup, one of her front teeth being extracted to obtain an opening in her mouth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-26

many rect pelOW her.
 Sudden Awakening Caused Death.
 At last she climbed down onto the wide gutter which ran in front of the win dow through which she had come, with the evident intention of re-entering the house. The crowd watching her so in- tently drew a sign of relief. But unfor- tunatey her terrified relatives, thinking to assist her, had placed two lighted candles in the room near the window, and as she approached the light fell di- rectly in her eyes.
 Instantly the shock awakened her, and she swayed back and forth in her peril ous position; then, with a frightful scream, she fell headlong to the ground. She was fatally hurt, and died in few hours. It was on this tragedy that Bel lin wrote his celebrated opera, La Son nambula."
 Many years ago an archbishop of Bor- deaux attested the case of a young ec- clesiastic who was in the habit of getting up during the night in state of som- nambulsm and, taking pen, ink, and paper, he would compose and write ser mons. When he finished one page he would read and correct it.
 In order to ascertain whether the som- nambulst made use of his eyes, the archbishop held q piece of pasteboard under his chin to prevent his seeing the paper upon which he was writing, but he continued to write on without being in the least inconvenienced.
 It is related of Negrett sleep-walker, that he would sometimes carry lighted candle, as if to give him light in his employment, but on a bottle being sub stituted, he took it and carried 1t with out apparently noticing the difference.
 Mystery of the Night Caps.
 Another somnambulist would dress in his sleep, and go to the cellar, where 1t was pitch dark, and draw wine from the cask without walking into anything and without spillng drop of the wine; but if he happened to awake in the cellar he had great difficulty in groping his way out
 There is a curious case told of an old gentleman, living in London. who, every morning when he awoke, could not find his night cap. This continued for two months, and no one could find any trace of his missing night caps, his rela lives came to the conclusion that he must
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-26

and preferred palata5le food to old age.
 The Scandinavians and Persians are much devoted to sour milk. They like it. That is a sufficient ground for using it, and none other need be looked for. In this country sour milk is enough to make most of us turn away in disgust, and it will take good deal Of experimenting to convince us fhat we should come to it as a steady ofgt. We know now that milk sours by the action of bacteria, and that in the early stages these bacteria are so malevolent as to cause intestinal disorders, eSpe- cially in infants, which is the cause of so much of the distress during the second summer" In an advanced stage the milk becomes almost a solid, and is then declared to be a healthful food for the normal person. It should be remembered, however. that in these days there are many kinds of milk and that not all sour milk is the kind rec cmmende1.
 If there is anything in this new fad it ought to be exploited by scientific men and directions given so that we may not grow worse instead of better. but, on the whole, the man who pays normal attention to his diet and has well-cooked food of almost any kind needs no fads. It is not the whole end of life to be centenarian. Probably ii we should manage to reach that age most of us would find it rather trying. It is much more important to get the highest and best things out of life as we go along Then if we are cut down at any moment we are prepared for a better existence beyond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-26
The Sour Milk Diet.

A number of people are discussing the sour milk diet as if it were some thing new in the world, or even new in this country. It is a very old notion and presents no new modern features, except that we understand chemistry and metabolism a little better than formerly Away back before the war
 when. spiritualism, hydropathy and Fouriersm were much in the public mind of America, the sour milk fad was rampant in certain sections. There were those who believed that a diet of graham bread and bonny-clabber would mean vastly increased longevity to the human race. Possibly there was some thing in the notion, but most people considered that under the circum- stances life was hardly worth living