The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-12
FpOA o7EER PENS
MExIcO's PROGRESS.

. The returns from the Mexican CEN
enc taken last yea-1910-are COM
pIete enough to show that the popula-
ton of the country is not far from
100000. the gfoWtsnno OF 0oo 'he ias'
1t will be seen that the rate OF IN
crease was not much more than half
as great as the rate OF gain IN the
United states. about IL per cent
against 81, in round figures, but II
must be remembered that Mexico has
gained very little by Immigration,
where as the growth of the United
States has been due, in large measure,
to the immense inflow OF Immigrants
from Europe. For a country which
has had little help Of this kind Mexico
has made substantial and satisfactory
progress.
What the Mexican republic needs
more than rapid growth IN NUMBERS
is more general education, larger re-
sources for industry, trade and nnahce,
the wider diffusion of the arts and
usages of modern civilization, better
trained and more efficient workmen
and a higher standard of living. With
such gains, of course, would come
more participation in public affairs,
more real democracy. Diaz has been
able to rule as a despot, and win the
favor of foreigners in Mexico WhIle
doing so. because a strong, enlightened
government has been so clearly and
vitality necessary.-Cleveland Leader.
| A PRACTICAL PHILANTHROPY.
| Believing that if the instinct to save
| is inculcated in youth it will become an
established trait through life, Henry
Crandau of Glens Falls, n. Y, on the
| last day of 1910 called around him 100
boys from the age of II to is and made
them this offer: will open bank &C.
count of $25 for each of you, on condl-
ton that each boy add to 1t at least
| mo-r t-{- &c II will
| SGT so. thus assuring at least 500. Then
| for every dollar up, to $50 addltlonaI I
will add a dollar, thus assuring at least
| $500. The account is to remain until tne
| holder is 81 years old and Is then TO pc
at his disposal.
| The proposal appeared so fair and
liberal that 80 of the boys have accept
| ed the terms. If they persist IN tneir
efforts it can be seen, that each VIII
have a good sized amount to his creoit
on his twenty-first birthday. Mr.. Gran
dali has proposed a strange ph1ian-
thropy, but it is founded in. common
sense and must appeal to young men
who are made of the right stuff.-Bos-
ton Globe.
A NEW DISEASE.
/ The doctors have discovered a, new
/ disease, but it is hardly likely to be-
Icome fashionable unless its name il
ishortened. It is Sulpf-hemoglob1-
lnemia, which, being interpreted, means
1.-THE presence of suIphuretted hydrogen
in the blood Happily it is very rare
SO far, there being only eight known
cases in the world and only one OF
these in America. There are other re-
assuring things about it also, for while
1.-The victims face presents the appear
lance of a corpse or to butt into the
! vernacular, like dead cne." as soor
/ as his particular malady is recog
lnized "a most hopeful prognosis car
4 be given according to the discoveries
lin fact, after recognition and treat
iment the patient can recover in few
weeks or months.
Obviously the most important thins
! about h-hemoglobinemia is t.
know you've got it, otherwise he ma,
give you up as good as dead withou
knowing that with a proper diagnosis
tyou might form the happy subject O
la most hopeful prognosis.-PittsbuL
dispatch.