The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-27


don't object to drawing pay,
But II / had my choice I'd say,
And let me loaf around"
Chicago News.
Cancer Serum Discovery,
If it be true, as reported from st.
Louis. that a serum has been discov-
cred by a New York physician that
will cure cancer. then the world will
owe to him immeasurable gratitude.
DR.: Cleveland H. Schutt, one of the
physicians at the city hospital, st.
Louis, announces that two patients
treated by him with the serum have
| been discharged as cured. They were
received at the hospital some weeks
ago suffering from canceruus growths
in advanced stages. Monday last they
the s alsGna hsen every symptom OF
BacteriologistS have long been
searching for the cancer germ and an
antitoxin for its destruction. Perhaps,
with the exception Of researches in the
disease OF consumption, no other form
OF illness has been given the attention
Of scientists that cancer has. And 1t
has baffled them all.
1t is a terror to humanity because of
its slow, yet deadly, growth. Attack
| ing the vital tissues, the germs work
| through until each molecule is de-
stroyed. Surgeons have been known
| to remove the stricken tissues when
| first attacked. and thus prevented sub
seQuent visitation. Yet these instances
have been few.
In most cases cancer is hereditary.
Still it rarely comes to the healthy in
| dividual It is when one has been
weakened, his system unable to resist
the germs and bacteria of the air. that
he becomes a victim. So 1t is with
tism.
Thousands of men and women sue
cunb every year to cancer. When
one knows he is possessed OF the
| little hope. The days to follow are
days of misery and despair. And IL
there has been found a remedy Tor
cancers eradication, the discoverer
will have added a blessing to all hui
manity.-New York American
Life in Troubled Haiti.
Dislike Of seeing others Of their race
prosper is a trait that crops out in the
Haitian character in the frequent up
risings. In the majority Of these the
better class have no part. for the real
aristocrats take no part In political at
fairs. Many OF the Haitian presidents
have been both cruel and corrupt, and
1t seems surprising that the whole sys-
tenn of government has not crumbled
long ago.
The entire republic is governed by a
hands the power Of liz and death
These men rule after fashion of a
school boy bully, and deal out justice
in a cruel manner. 1t would be unfair
not to say that soma OF these men are
really capable and are doing the best
they know for the welfare of their
country; but these are hopelessly in
the minority. t'-
The Haitian official can do more ex-
asperating things to annoy a foreigner
~~;x l-;x x~N sy, a
way, than any other man in the same
capacity on the globe. Demanding
ones passport at the most inopportune
times Is his principal occupation just
now, and II I had not felt absolutely
sure that a Haitian officer feared the
American government as heartily as he
hated her citizens. I might, perhaps
have been alarmed when. in Jacmel
two soldiers were sent out to bring me
before the commanding officer.
AS I walked into the ifl-smellins
room, where a tawdrily dressed negro
sat. the soldiers stacked their guns ir
the door, in order that / might moi
escape. This official demanded my
passport, which he scrutinized careful
| ", at the same time cycling me sus'
piciously. Then my camera must be
opened and examined. Finally, after
| Is or 20 minutes, / was allowed to go
| but ever after that during my stay ir
the town L was under the watchfu
eve of a soldier.-C. r. Miller in Lesl1e's
| Weekly.
Twice In q Minute.
A minute after an electrical storm
had halted a baseball game, in which
| he was playing. Robert Allemang, o.
Bloomington, Ohio, was knocked ma,
| by lightning, which struck the ground
| a few feet from him. However, he Al
once regained his feet, and tried t
climb a wire fence, when another fast
came, the bolt hitting the barrier: Ale
manr fell as il pierced with a bullet
Unconscious, he was carried to hotel
where he finally revived.
It was Allemang's third experience
! with lightning. He was struck three
wears ago-Cincinnati Enquirer.
SQUIRRELS Are weather Prophets.
John Linch of Oil City has pair OF