New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

To warn people of the dangers of flies, and TO
show them how to get rid of the pests. the chi
cago Health Department has issued a bulletin. IN
which the pesky nuisances called all sorts OF
bad names. Flies the dirtiest and flthiest
of vermin." the bulletin says. 'They are born
in filth, live IN filth and carry filth lround with
them. Millions of death dealing germs cling to
Them only TO be scattered upon those whom they
touch. Now IS the time to build your lines of
defence. Prepare to fight them as you would wild
beasts seeking your life" A good fly poison. not
dangerous TO human life. the bulletin adds is
solution of bichromate Of potash. dram dis
solved IN two ounces of water. and sweetened
with q little sugar. Put some in shallow dishes
and place throughout the house. Another is cobalt
chloride. dram dissolved in three ounces OF
water placed in shallow dishes as above. To
clear rooms in which there large numbers OF
flies burn pyrethrum powder blow black dag
into the air Of the room. These do not kill the
flies: they merely stunned and fall to the
floor They must then be gathered up and de-
stroyed.
BiI-You say Gins got good memory7
Why. he borrowed IS from q month ago
Well that's the reason he didn't ask you to-
day for $40: he asked me to-day"-Yonkers States
Lincoln. Ill. recently elected treasurer a
man who is believed be the oldest civic officer
In the United States, II not in the world. James
Franklin Hyde who is In his ninety-sixth year, IS
a remarkable in many respects. native Of
Massachusetts, he traces his ancestry on his IA
theirs side to William Hyde, member OF an old
and distinguished English family. who settled IN
Hartford. Conn. in 1886. Mr.. Hyde was born in
Pittsaeld, Mass. November 19 1913.
Have YOU forgotten you owe me t5?'
mo. not yet. Give me time. and I will
Judge.
A vigorous contrast OF the American prizefght
with the Spanish bullhght, IN which the American
sport off bad second was made by Pro-
fessor James Monaghan. formerly OF Notre Dame
University. in lecture in Chicago "a bullfght.
in spite OF its blood and occasional tragedies, is
u splendid spectacle said the speaker. 1T should
be compared with that American abomination
known a prizehght prizefght is the most
brutal, disgusting, degrading spectacle known
among civilized nations to-day. with excep-
ton. The exception is the English sport in which
a man gets down in pit and fights dog Every
American or Englishman wants to see bulfght
when he Is In Spain He may skip the cathedrals
works of art museums. but not the bull
fight. And then he judges Spain by the bullfght
1t would be more Just TO judge America by the
przehght"
lis your chauffeur careful driver?.
Careful? I should say he is He can spot
HTSe Rlcyele ereo policeman four blocks away-Detroit
Closer relations between physicians and the
press were advocated by DR.. ]. w Petit presi-
dent of the Illinois State Medical Society in his
address at the ffty-ninth annual meeting OF the
society. While deprecating advertising of a SEN
sational or untruthful nature he called attention
TO the public good that could be Accomplished
through publicity of the right sort. "A broad
definition of Advertising" said Dr. Petit, would
Include everything In an advertisement. whether
paid or otherwise. which is intended TO beneht
the individual If such an advertisements con-
tanned the truth there could be no logical obtec-
ton to it, 1t Is the element Of fraud intentional
or otherwise which makes advertising by our
profession so Objectionable Any advertisement
devoid of exaggeration, either expressed or I'm,
Piled, should be regarded legitimate"
somewhere under the grandstand," answered
Johnny.-Buffalo Express