The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-04
KANSAS CONNENT
CHEERFUL INFORMATION.


1t seems that some people are always
| on the lookout for sad news, always
hunting for some Ill omen over which
they can worry, some basis upon which
an evil prediction can be made The
latest such article was published In
Chicago paper. and contains the
cheerful intelligence that in forty years
most Of the people, especially of that
section, will be '1op-sided. lazy, stunted.
nearsighted and nervous" This is
something which will cause men to
throw back their shoulders and laugh
the laugh of the happy, is it not7 Is
1t Of such nature that all who read It
will be made happier and better by so
reading?
The author of the article then goes
ahead to prove 1t and says that 40 per
cent of the children have defective Wis
ion from one cause or another, 16 per
cent suffer from hearing defects. 20 per
cent have some defect Of the nose,
throat or mouth; 40 per cent are ner-
vous, and 60 per cent are below normal
in height, weight and strength.
The wearing of glasses will increase
until practically everyone will wear
them, according to the man who is now
imparting cheering information in the
hope Of making the world better.
Poor feeding and lack of sufficient sleep
and rest will cause the people to have q
chronic tired feeling.
And SO one might continue, but what
is the use? Is it not enough to say that
such prediction is absurd on the face
of 1t? Does it not seem more reason
able that we will be better men and
Never were people so given to sports
women physically than ever before?
and exercises calculated to assist nature
in the work Of making us perfect
physically as at present.
II the human race grew and develop
ed from what history indicates it was
in the beginning to what it is now,
without training or cultivation, does
1t not seem that with the increasing
knowledge of the people concerning the
laws of health, the instruction of learn
ed men on how to develop the body as
well as the mind, and above all the
desire OF everyone to be perfect physi-
cally, more probable that we shall be
healthy, hardy race of people in forty
years. instead of having degenerated
into puny, lazy. lopsided men and
women.-Salina Journal
CHANCES FOR KANSAS FRUIT.
There is good deal of talk every
year about this time about the
chances of a fruit crop. Fred Well
house, one Of the apple kings of Kan
sas, was in Topeka the other day and
stated that the fruit is all right now
but he had great fears of a late cold
spell that might do great damage
later In the spring.
AS a matter of fact the prospect for
large fruit crop in this state is al
ways very flattering about the middle
Of February. Some of the coolest
weather ever experienced in the state
has been during the last half of Feb
ruary, and 1t did not kill the fruit.
Mr.. Wellhouse says peach buds are al
ready swelling some There Is moth
ing very remarkable in that The
neach traes in 1871 u-era in full h1ooyo
the first Of April and they made a
good crop.
The only danger to peaches and
apples in this state is very warm
weather in the latter part of March
or April continuing for more than a
week and followed by freeze from
the first to the tenth OF May. We do
not need any fruit kings to tell US
that fruit is all right now. OF course
it is all right now and will be for more
than a month even If there is not q
peach or an apple raised in the state
this year.-Wichita Eagle.