The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-11-10

est 1t teaches, that at the bottom
of the scale of all life. there are I'm
icellular FORMS" that are distinctivelY
egotistic, selfish, multiply by division.
and have no essential relation to any
other for their existence. Nature
seemed not satisfied with this selfish
ness; so she organized these one cellcd
beings into many celled forms: set
them to work in many spheres and
made their relations mutual. In
fruit tree one class of cells select the
food from the earth, another tho
chemicals from the air. another are
common carriers. exchanging the
chemicals from earth and air and
carrying to the parts needed for the
health of the whole tree. In the hui
man body: one class of cells call for
food. another masticate it, another di-
gest it. another carry it's particles to
the various parts; some are bone
builders. some muscle builders. some
fat. some blood. some the skin that
covers the body and each have their
work to perform. To the biologist
the health of the whole body is de-
pendent upon the health and the
proper working of each and every
part, anu II one MEMBER SllTTGr. al!
the members with it." Suppose for in
stance a man eats inordinately and
remains lean. Something is wrong
with some of the organs. He grows
weak. and the whole body is devtal-
lied. It may be that the digestive
organs are not performing their func-
tons. 1t may be that the circulatory
organs are not right Or it may b.
A.,.. 4 s-..,.
to tell us. He has tape worm" This
tape worm is a parasite pure and sim
pie; it consumes the food and per-
forms no work; therefore the body IS
not properly nourished. Now what
ought that man to do? Get rid of his
parasite. ! maintain. that when So
ctety nourishes the saloon, she nour-
ishes The tape worm, and that every
part of the social organism is de-
vitalized thereby. As ! write this, Il
man calls and wants to contribute to
the Washington Children's Home: for
the care of abandoned and orphan
children | ask him What proper
ton of the children that come into
your care are homeless because of
the saloon system" about sixty-five
per cent. as nearly as we can figure"
Il
the Injustice of keeping up an institu-
ton that puts that tax upon me.
The Cow That Sucks Herself.
An or farmer is reported to have
had cow for sale. One of the things
that was to his mind a cause OF
recommendation for the COW, grew
out of the fact that she sucked her
self and would thereby require less
habit deprecated her value; but he
insisted that he would not be able to
buy hay to feed her all she nee led.
and that sucking herself was a virtue
SO many of "Our wise ones" think
that society could not be nourished
without extracting from itself the rev
enue of the saloon, by devitalizine ite
manhood, fedng parasites, taking
money from its productive Industries
taking its laborers FRONT is productive
channels and destroying it's homes. In
other words it suck itself.
The Sow That Eats Her Pigs.
When I lived on a farm with my
parents in Illinois, our principal in
dustry was the growing of hogs and
corn. We had nice herd OF brood
sows of which father was very proud
one morning | heard a great commO-
ton in the hog. pasture, and hurry ing
to the scene | found one degenerate.
that had been eating the pigs of ar
other member of the herd | found
that the whole hog colony was stir
red and finally one of their mum Der
rushed upon her and the whole lot
Joined to help whip her After sep
arating her from the others in order
to save her life and putting her in
pen by herself, I concluded I had
clue to the loss of her own Glitter"
which was mysteriously missing a
short time before. Now | think upon