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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16

OF fighting tuberculosis that have been
discarded embrace many as grimly ludi-
crous as penning the victim in close
room. Visits to the neighborhood Of
charcoal furnaces were once in vogue.
the copiOuS use of alcoholic liquors
was advocated until very recently. and
bleeding, that reputed sovereign rem
edy for every ill, was practiced in cases
OF consumption. Startling as the idea
of bleeding is in this connection. the
authority for the assertion that it was
employed not by ignOramuses. but by
eminent physicians. is an autograph let
ter of DR.. Benjamin Rush. a signer OF
the Declaration of Independence and a
man esteemed for his medical learning.
A sentence from this letter reads: TT
Is thus he pays me for nearly curing
his son of a pulmonary consumption by
twenty-fiv bleedings after he had been
deserted as incurable."
Germany in the Van.
Germany was in the van in adopting
more enlightened methods. because
Germany is an empire which is COM
mercially interested in reducing it's
death rate When the state is interested
in insurance it will pay attention to
vital statistics, and when vital statis-
tics are well collected they will furnish
much light on the proper methods Of
reducing the death rate from various
causes. Such statistics have been Of i'm
mense value to the German pioneers in
the study Of tuberculosis. In conducting
a large number of autopsies Zurich
physician was unable to discover a sim
gle body of a person over thirty years
of age in which there was not some
sign of tubercular Infection. Between
the ages Of eighteen and thirty 80 per
cent showed signs of Infection: between
the ages of fourteen and eighteen, 80
per cent: between five and fourteen, 33
per cent, and between one and five. II
per cent. In infants under one year
definite tubercular signs were invari-
ably absent Again, an Austrian army
surgeon found In two regiments of in
fantry representing the healthiest in
dividuals Of the population, 81 per cent
tubercularly affected in the first year
the second year of service. 1t is no
wonder that in the light of knowledge
thus gained the suppression Of the dis
ease became communal object. Such
figures were calculated to arouse the
energies of the most Indifferent. But
the figures seem more alarming than
they really are An assurance that tu-
overcome without developing pulmonary
consumption is evident, as well as the
widespread presence of infection.
Disease Not So Prevalent.
tuberculosis is diminishing, and the
diminution is probably due in a large
measure to the introduction of institution
al relief. At least that was the conclu-
sion reached at the last International
congress in Papis. In calculating that the
death rate from tuberculosis in the United
States in 1907 was 1886 per 100000 in
habitants the census bureau had recourse
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WRITER'S Of railroad fiction have
delighted in conceiving stories
4 of the thrilling race Of mil
lion-dollar freight or express
trains carrying hundreds OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16
Surgeon General W. Wyman.
Copyright by Clinedinst.)

TO a registration area that embraced only
the New England states. New York. New
Jersey. Pennsylvania. Maryland. Mich
gan. Indiana. South Dakota, Colorado and
California. while in previous years the
registration area was much more limited.
Hence comparisons 10 death rates are
very unsatisfactory. They are. howeve-.
not without value.
Massachusetts death rate shows higher
than the general death rate. and there Is
reason for this in the fact that the Bay
state has large urban population ana
a small rural population. and that Its
age average is high. II is one OF the
states whose sons seek homes elsewhere.
While tuberculosis Is now thought to
have its inception In youth. Its fatal de-
velopment does not come as a rule until
after many years. Another reason for
the high death rate in Massachusetts, may
be the fact that the state collects its sta
tistics better than other states DIR. ]. L.
Wilbur of the census bureau will tell or
the bureaus work in mortality statistics
at the congress. In all cities collecting
statistics a diminution of the death rate
from tuberculosis is also noted. In New
York city In 1881 the death rate was i27.
and it has fallen steadily ever since to
21O in 1907. But the larger results OF
the patient and persistent campaign
against tuberculosis are not shown in
death rate statistics-how many have
fought of the disease for years. how
many die in old age who might have died
who might have died I'm youth. No COM
putation can ever be made of the num-
Der. but ii is large.
All Working for Common Good.
Governments. states. cities and individ-
uals are spending millions In the struggle.
Massachusetts, established the first state
sanatorium in this country, appropriating
in the spring of 1895 the sum of s150OOo.
1t built its institution in the rocky ridge
near Rutland. 1000 feet above sea level.
and 1t is today one of the best Of its
kind. State after state followed suit. The
District of Columbias institution Is one
Of the most recent Of these life-savng
stations. The national government cares
for its soldiers and sailors, but under the
restricted character of the national gov
eminent the burden of the fight as a pub
lie duty must be upon the states and
cities.
Washington. officially and unofficially.
will extend welcome to the visitors that
will be worthy of the occasion. A re-
ception at the White House and lawn
parties by Mrs. John r. Mclean and Mrs.
Gardiner Hubbard are among the enter
tainments planned. There will be numer-
Gus excursions and sightseeing trips II
there is any ground for criticism 1t will
be on account Of the inadequacy of the
housing Of the congress. Congress de-
MED the use Of the House of Representa-
tives hall, despite the fact that France
rendered its Grand Palais and Great Brit
ain ST. James Hall to previous con-
crosses The National Museum building
is unfinished, but with a forty-thousand
dollar appropriation to put ii I'm readiness
1t will be made to serve the purposes OF
the section meetings and the exhibit very
Well.
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UNCLE SAM SHIPS $2,0O0OOOOOO
FROM THE CITY IN A FREIGHT TRAIN

United States to the Post ONCE Depart
ment in this city are stored away year
by year and not destroyed until the law
permits. AS in all matters that affect
government money or might affect it,
there Is much caution exercised. When
the government destroys its paper money,
as is well known. 1t requires a most care
full inspection of the act of destruction.
The same principle holds good in regard
to the Cancelled money orders. but there
is not the same degree of supervision. be-
cause the Cancelled orders are, naturally
not 50 inviting to thieves as is good
money with the government seal on 1t.
1t Is for this reason that the treasure
train-that would have made Mr.. Croesus
senior or Mr.. Rockefeller cry with envy
was practically unguarded on its way
from Washington to Kalamazoo. Mich.
The government, however, does not en-
tireIy abandon these slips of paper which
once upon a time had such value that, If
presented all at once at the Treasury OF
the United States. would have swamped
the richest nation in the world.
When the train gets to Kalamazoo every
one of the sixteen cars-ordinary cars at
that, only sealed with government seals
is watched carefully until the cargo Is
disposed Of finally. although the guard is
not the death" watch that looks after
the bullion or paper money Of your uncle.
There are no extraordinary precautions
taken by the railroad company In hand
ling this train, although, naturally
enough, in its progress out or washington
and along it's westward course 1T was
watched with a little more than the usual
amount Of vigilance.
In all the years that the government
has been sending these Cancelled money
orders for cancellation there has never
been an accident to them. SO that 1T is
impossible to say what would be done in
case the train was wrecked and the or
ders partially destroyed.
In that case it is likely that there would
be a mile or two of red tape unwound.
the government would figure out how
many orders were destroyed in the
wreck and let 1t go at that, although the
the best we have-till he understood them.
He said that to buy ignorantly would
only be to fail as disastrously as an
Ogontz man who went into chicken rails
ing.
This Ogontz man started to raise
chickens. All went well for a time with
him. His hens Matched a number Of small
birds. But these birds. after Matching, be-
gan to die off.
What do you feed them on?' friend
inquired. hearing of the many deaths
among the little chicks.
Feed them? was the puzzled answer.
why, don't feed them at all. l thought
the hen had enough milk for them.
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THE TRICK IN 1T.

A UREI. BATONYI, the noted whip, is
writing a book that is. he says. to be
In part photographed.
ITO write a book-at least to write a
good books no easy matter, Mr..
Batonyi informed an interviewer recently.
my work will not be ready for the press
ANYTHING like as soon as had expected.
I'm all things. in even the simplest
things said Mr.. Batonyi. there's
trick that one must learn. 1t Is so with
book writing.
"It is SO with horsemanship of all kinds.
I remember once, in q Hungarian village,
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delighted in conceiving stories
M of the thrilling race of mil
w Non-dollar freight or express
trains carrying hundreds OF
thousands Of good coin, but none has been
30 daring as to write about a train that
carried the vast sum Of 2.000. 0O0. 000.-
But Uncle Sam has. in his quiet way.
been accommodating the cargo of such a
surpassingly valuable train-for it really
carried the $4,000, 0O0, 0O0-for several
years and last week, without any osten-
tation whatever it was started on Its
Journey of a thousand miles or more with
out q ripple on the surface OF govern
mental tradition.
There were no guards armed to the
teeth riding in open-eyed enmity to all
the world and expecting the worst from
train: there were no anxious express
messengers to worry about the response
bility that lay upon them.
Uncle Sam just piled up his $2Oo;OO.
600 cargo. turned it over to the railroad
company; which packed 1t In ordinary
freight cars. and the wealth that would
finance a war or build and equip Io
battieships of the Dreadnanght type pull
ed out from Washington almost uh-
noticed.
It wasn't a shipment OF gold from the
United States Treasury to the west nor
was it a huge bundle of bills. but the
millions of Cancelled money orders that
have accumulated in the Post once De-
ma RI ment in the last few years.
There were according to the official
count-just 21O,OOo.O0O Of these Cancelled
orders shipped on this treasure train. and
while they varied in amount. OF course
the average value is about So per order.
SO that the whole was worth just about
81 600. GOO. 600.
These orders sent from all parts of the
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NO ORATOR..

DOOKER T. WASHINGTON. at din
p ner in Cleveland during the National
Educational Associations convention. was
complimented by clergyman on his elo-
quence.
Mr.. Washington in reply told story OF
a. southern minister who could not have
been very eloquent.
lone Sunday morning." he said. in the
midst of this minister's sermon. head
poked itself through the door OF the vestry
and a low and tremulous voice said:
PEARSON, the church is on fire.
livery we'll, Brother Spriggins. the
minister answered. L will retire. Perhaps
you'd better wake up the congregation. "
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BRILLIANT Mr.. WI.

of the famous WI Ting-fang. who il
~ said to have become a recent convert
to vegetarianism, a Washington corre-
spondent said the other day:
"Vegetarianism may strengthen Mr..
Wus body; his brain requires no tonic. A
more brilliant mind doesn't exist. In my
last interview with him he ratified of, as
you or I would rattle on weather talk.
these epigrams:
He who expects to find pleasure in
vice and boredom in virtue Is still
novice in BOTH
1.-The most timid woman has courage
enough to talk scandal
1.-The rich meet relations in the most
distant foreign lands, but the poor man
can hardly find them in his own family
The prison. though locked day and
night, Is always full"
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THE CHICKEN AMATEUR.

<uT was at first thought" said Phila-
! delphia painter, that p. A. B. Wild
ener's fine new Van Dycks were bogus
but they have. of course. turned out to be
all right
'Mr Widener knows art too well ever
to be duped He learnt in the school Of
his friend, John G. Johnson. Those two
men are the first connoisseurs In Amer
lea.
"Mr. Widener once told me that he did
not begin to buy pictures-his- gallery Is
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railroad might be required to make good
in some way for its negligence.
Storing Cancelled Orders Away.
The 25O,0C0OO0 Cancelled orders as they
came into the Post Office Department
were stored away carefully for some
time and then transferred in huge bun
dies to the eighth floor of the building.
where for four years they have been
stacking up continuously. When 1t is re-
membered that they filled sixteen freight
cars Of the usual type that will each
carry all the household goods Of an or
dinarily prosperous citizen II Is easy to
see how the American people use the
money order system.
Before shipment the Cancelled order were
weighed carefully, for the government
must pay the freight upon them. and Il
was found that they weighed 800 tons.
making about sixteen tons to the car
The orders were packed carefully I'm
the cars, but not handled like glass. They
were packed in orderly piles, more for
the reason that space would thus be cur
tailed than because Of any respect which
was to be shown them on account of their
value.
In spite of the apparent value Of the
train the orders are now practically
worthless paper, and only one more act
remains before they return again to ashes.
When the train reaches Kalamazoo the
government will again assume charge and
tractor, who will in the presence of in
spectors perform the last rites-macerate
the orders-and the $2.000W0,0O0 train
will be a thing of the past, only to live
again in the years to come.
Under law passed at the last session
Of Congress the period for holding money
orders was reduced from seven years--as
1t stood under the former law-to threa
years. This year, however, there were
the accumulation of four years on hand,
and ii was this accumulation of the little
blue slips which made the S2.0J0o00.000
freight train started Across the country
last week. @f
'-r.r=
seeing two aged farmers dckering over
the sale of a horse Such honest old
chaps they looked. Who would have
imagined there was any thickness In
either?
But when one OF the farmers called
his son out OF the inn and said, Get on
this horse and ride il about. / heard the
youth whisper i'm the old mans ear:
- Am 1 to ride 1t for buying or SELL
ing?"
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committee. The Washington members are
William II. Baldwin, John Barrett, DR..
Henry G. Boyer DR.. George NJ. Kober,
Charles D. Walcott, DR.. William A.
White. Surgeon Generals p. NJ. Rixey, G..
NJ Sternhere and w MYman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16

INTERNATIONAL Assem-
Lilly of Foes of tuberculosis
Leaders in the Struggle
From All Corners of the
Globe to Exchange Views
and Add to the Worlds
knowledge of the Subject of
Mans Worst Enemy
Through knowledge Has
Come Hope, and, Through
Hope, Action: DR.. E. L.
Trudeau-"If We Can Bring
Into Activity All the Ma
chinery We Have at Our
Hands for Fighting Tuber-
culosis We Can Conquer It
With Comparative Ease:
DR.. Lawrence F. Flick.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-28

the success og the Republican eandi. vote. in Sve more distric:s in the State. the negro vote is . potent factor for kuccesB Or Gaiiuro. This is ex- elusive of the First District, represent cd by Nichoias Bongworth, which has a larger percentage of black voters than any other district in the State. In the Third District repres snted by John F. Harding, there are I,s4e negro voters, Mir. Hatdtng's plurality at the last election was i,730. In the Seventh or Springfield, District represented by General J. Warren Kiefer, s.a3l votes were cast by negroes at the last elec- ton, and General Kiefer'g majority was only 2,277.
 Even the most hidebouna Republi- cans admit that the Republican cam paign has been made more difficult this year by the shrewdness Of the, Demo- crats In nominating J Idson HarrRon for the GovernorshIp. No attempt Is made by the Republican leaders of this part of the State to underrate Mir. Har- mons running abilities. They say that if an ohio man was not at the than an even chance of the State Demo- 1t is, there can De found Republicans who will hesitatinGly concede that Ohio Is debatable ground this year.
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 zu Zu's, Lemon Snaps, Uneeda MiIk BiscnItss s for 10e.
 All Ice. Crackery 8 for 25c.
 BROCK GROCERY co.
 sThe Pure Food stoFes-"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-28
FRESH AIR
 CAMP OPEN Twenty-Five Women and Children Outing. SALVATION ARMY'S CHARITY Camp at Pickett Springs is
 Model. Collection of Funds For Enterprise About Three-feurths Cem- plete.-Lnvitation to Fub-
 lc to Inspect Equip-

Equipped with better facilities. and now equal to any summer camp tn the whole South. Captain odom of the Salvation Army in Montgomery yesfer- day threw open the gates at Pickett Eprings and twenty-five mothers, fathers and children were made well come for a two weeks stay in the open air. The camp was ready for occupa- ton by II o'clock in the morning, and all of those who are to enjoy the first weeks recreation were recsived oy lunch time.
 The spot chosen for the camp this summer is the same as that of last year. The location Is ideal with two of the tents immediately adtoin- ing the old Pickett Springs Casino, with seven or eight large trees sfiad- ing the wfeIe camp on we'll drained hillside. with every facility for the care of the sick. with haTamocks. swings for the enjoyment of all. there is hardly a better camp to be seen any where.
 While Captain and Mrs. Cdom were out all of yesterday experimenting the finishing touches. they will not stay at the camp during the summer. The Salvation Army Home on Whitman Street will be run as usual and to this Captain and Mrs Odorn will. devote their energies. The camp will be under the direct care of a most com potent nurse. Mrs. Mary Stowere Of the Army Corps Mrs. Stowers has had much experience in the line of work in which she Is engaged at the camp, and Captain odom Is confident that the camp is under the direction of the most competent person possible.
 The equipment of the camp consists in large reception tent that will also he used for religious exercises of the Army. These services will be held three or four times a week. usually at
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-28
GOOD RECORDS MADE IN
 GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP

Columbus. O., June 2s.--The shoof- off for the Grand American Handicap was the first thing on the program to- day andt he result was another Dark horse" sixteen yard winner. Woolfolk Henderson of Kentucky and Fred Har- low of Ohio, the first from nineteen yards and the second from sixteen yards. fought out battle royal to de- eide their tie of 92.
 MT. Harlow, accounted for eighteen birds out of twenty against his com pAtitor's seventeen.
 There were about 150 competitors in the amateur and professional cham. pionship events and all contestants stood at eighteen yards.
 Although tho wind continued shifty and the light was somewhat glaring, in the amateur championship four shooters broke 1s3 out of 200 as fol- lows:
 George Rolla, of Illinois; D. Upson, of Ohio; Charles Ditto, of Illinois and H. Buckwalter. of Pennsylvania.
 Among the professionals 1t was found that Fred Glib bert, member of the all-American team which defeated the English. Scotch and Irish teams in 1900, had tied with Barber. of Iowa, with a score of 1es, the winner of the 1905 Grand American at Indianapolis. Gilbert ran off his string of twenty without miss. winning the profes- sional honcrs and sustained his repu- tation as one of the three or four best shots in the world. His opponent broke seventeen out of the twenty.
 In the entire shoot. Chauncey Pow CTS. of Decatur. H.. made the longest run as we'll as winning the high gen eraI average His record of 19s with out a miss Is almost unparalleled in big matches of this character.
 George Maxwell. who lost his arm several years ago in an accident. broke more targets throughout the series of the big shoot than any of the other 363 shooters.
 Shooting at 16. IS. 1s and 20 wards as we'll as in the doubles, he account ed for 49s out of $40.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-28
OHIO IN CAMPAIGN.
Taft'n Friends Confident All Fractional
 Trouble VIII Fad. Cleveland Special to N. '. Evening

Taft'n Friends Confident All Fractional
 Trouble VIII Fad.
 Cleveland Special to N. Y. Evening
 The weak spot in the Taft campaign in Ohio, this year. according to im- partial Republican observers who know the state well: may be catalegued un-
 The opposition of the labor unions.
 The resentment of the negro voters, over President Roosevelt's treatment of the Brownsville battalion.
 The detection of the Foraker-Diek
 Republicans hereabouts say that MT. Taft cannot lose the State unless the ticket Is truck by cyclone; that state pride will make Ohio go safely Repuh- lican, so far as the national ticket te concerned. Nobody, however, seems to expect a rousing big majority. The
 "oh, yes. Taft will win: not by any landslide or overwhelmingly big vote' but he'll win safely enough"
 The same confidence Is not expressed about the State ticket and the members of the House of Representatives. Iatt may pull them all tn rough. or he may a1,. not" people say. "It's too early to talk
 The sulkiness and resentment of the Foraker-D Dick following may De over in every quarter. that before very long a treaty of peace between Mr. Foraker and MT. Taft will become operative Just now 1t does not seem to be ex: pected that 1t viii De clean clean gut gut agreement in terms of. YOU work TOT me for the Presidency. and VIII do all that I can to see that you arc re-elect- ed to the Senate" But if Foraker takes the stump for Taft in Ohio 1t Is not thought that much care will be eN- erclsed by the Taft partisans through . out the State in rigidly selecting anti Foraker men as candidates for the Legislature.
 Senator and the candidate for the Pres. idency, then the politicians here will look for no division of the Republican vote in the State. Otherwise. they say, there will be a falling of in the dis- tricts in which Foraker still preserves remnants of his once complete political
 Appreh ension is felt In Ohio this year about the negro vote. although some Republicans pretend to believe that despite- the known disaffection existing among the negroes in the State, they will vote the Republican ticket. as usual. Perhaps with the single excep- tion of Indiana, the negro votes In Ohio exercise more influence, as political factor. than in any othet State Of the
 In six Congressional districts In Ohio,