The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
KANSAS COAAENT
THE EMPEROR SICK.

me distressing news that the en-
peror OF China is dangerously sick
comes nashing over the wires.
me Gazette's efficient reporters in
rekin nave endeavored TO secure all
possible information, but the facts are
Jealousiy guarded by the officials of
tne palace, and only meager details
nave leaked out. 1t is known, how
ever. that his majesty is all doubled
up with some species of belly ache,
anu ~ is surmised that the royal Gu
cumoers were not sufficiently ripe
"h zen the monarch consumed them.
Inc ooWager empress, Isl An (by
the way. how old is AMP, with that
Promptness which always distin-
CUISINES ner emergencies at once took
possession Of the sick room and the
patIeht' and barred out all prac-
tltloners of the European or American
medical schools. The science of heal
ing as taught in China these many
centuries, is good enough for the dow
ager empress, who believes in patron
izimg nome industries and graveyards.
n,a Inc Cninese medical science is sim
pie, but effective. The physician
wastes no time in diagnoses; he
doesn't even inquire as to the nature
OF the disease he is expected to treat;
ne Knows that the patient is possessed
OF devils, and ,it>makes no difference
'AAesS SOA VI dllln6nlS In6y may nave
introauced; obviously, the thing to do
Is to drive the devils away so that they
VIII hit only the high places in their
haste All Chinese medical authorities
agree that devils are impatient of
noise, and so the eminent physicians
come 10 the sick room laden with
gongs and tin horns and such things,
instead of pills and stethoscopes; and
they beat the gong and blow the horns
over the patient until the devils, ex-
asperateo by the disturbance, flee to
the tall timber. p~e
When this has been accomplished
the doctors resort to soothing
draughts and sedatives, and genial
cordlals, which are made of snakes
tails, and dogs livers. and toads' eyes.
and/ other ingredients, the medical
value of which is recognized by the
scientists of all countries and ages.
1t Is to this sort OF treatment that
the emperor Of China is being sub
1ected, SO his many friends and adj
m1rers IN Emporia have every reason
to hope that he will soon be restored
to buoyant health and vigor.-Em-
poria Gazette. -
ANT1-PATRIOTIC PROPAGANDA.
The military authorities have dis
covered that there is a persistent CIR
oularizing of the army on the part Of
what may be called enemies of the
government. Literature is Inoustri-
ously sent out from sources which
have now been identified as commit
ted to task which the authorities
report to be anarehistic in character.
1t is question how this distribution
of unfit literature may be interrupted
so far as it affect enlisted men OF the
military and naval services. The at
tention of the postoffice department
has been directed to the matter, and
it appears that the whole thing de-
wolves upon the Interpretation OF the
phaseology of law. 1t is known that a
certain class of literature printed or
written may be excluded from the
mails. but it is a question just how far
this authority may be exercised, and
whether it can be made to apply to
that class of periodicals which appear
to be devoted to stirring up strife,
creating discontent~and expressing
sentiments which could not be in
dorsed, for instance. by an enlisted
man of the army and navy and make
it possible for him to perform his
duties with loyalty and live UP to the
rules of obedience and discipline
Leavenworth Times.