East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-01
OR, LU7TENBERGER WRITES Of PROGRESS

ogy. etc. Most homes had only four
books, namely: The Bible, Pilgrims
Progress, a spelling book and an "al-
manac' that told the farmer what the
weather was to be a year in advance.
In 1870 there were only 4S news
papers published in the country, and
these so small that the entire num-
Der would make about 10 pages of
modern afternoon journal. In many
regions postmen came but once a
week and asked a fee for carrying
the papers, newspaper editors never
exchanged. These papers contained
no editorial page and most part of
the columns were filled with adver-
t,sements for runaway slaves or
horses, and with bits of gossip or
with one of the long essays of Steele
or Addison.
The only remedy of emancipation
for the optlmist is education. 1t is
knowledge and education, rightly
used, that gave us the Arabic num-
bers, the mariners compass, the
railway, the steamship. the cable,
the telephone. the phonograph. the
reaper, the sewing machine. the BIZ
cycle, the automobile and thousands
of other new tools to make life more
pleasant. Science has come not only
to lessen labor, but to lengthen and
sweeten life.
Experts inform us that the aver
age life has increased from S3 to 36
years. In former periods, when the
soldier or sailor lost his arm in bat
tie, the bleeding stump was plunged
into hot pitch to stop the hemorrhage,
Now many amputations are perform
ed without the loss of single drop
Of blood. Lister, by the discovery
of antlseptics, has done done away
with the invasion of germs that made
Inflammation possible. At one time
the very thought Of the agonized
shrieks of the patient clothed the
knife with terror for the most cour-
ageous and skillful surgeon. The
chief danger consisted in the resist
ance Of the struggling patient whC
would defect the scalpel from its
course and make him an involun'
tary executioner.
With our modern equipments
through the anaesthetic, the patien
falls into a dreamless sleep, beint
as free. from pain as the statue Of lib
erty 1t is said, that when Washing
Iton was inaugurated every fifth per
son that witnessed the ceremony wa!
horribly disfigured by smallpox, Will,
now that disease is comparativel!
easily managed.
About a century ago whole village
in America and England were swep
by plaques and infectious diseases
Now, through the microscopical dis
covery Of the germs Of disease anc
the principle Of hygiene and santa
tion, the very name Of some of thes
plaques has been forgotten. Score
or organic troubles that once involv
ed certain death, today readily ylel'
to the surgeons skill. Medicine ant
surgery has come to be as an exac
science in tn prolongation OF life.
The science which accomplihei
most in the restoration OF health, 1
not merely a matter of thought, bu
the soundness Of healthy mind
supported by sound body. Fol
what is the mind without a prim tiv
foundation? It is true that the stud.
Of the physical man has been great.
neglected and this is the chief caus
for the upheavel OF science falsely 3
called.
Weltermerism, Mesmerism, Nel
Thought. Christian Science. Dowie
ism and similar movements. may al
levlate the imaginative Ills; but tNei
inability to cure the real sick-I mea