The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-16
THE ouEEN,s FLEETS

AAA1 " A--A1IN . E14EE4C.
rake for thy throne. my queen. this niche
Hath carved for thee
Here in the gray breast of this dune of
That fronts the sea
In soyereign's state aloof. the solitude
r1euSing thee about as once thy maiden
hood,
Make me no partner of thy thought or
This hour when day and darkness meet,
6ul count me merely jetsam of the beach,
Here at thy feet
1t is mute beauty's hour No late bird
sings;
Xoiceless. serene.
things
And thou are queen,
For Silence in the twilight's gold and red
Behlnd thee sets a crown upon thy head.
Send forth, o queen, thy fleets upon the
Send forth thy daring fleets of thought,
And let me wait to hail them home again
With riches fraught.
BY fancy captured. send thy fleets afar
70 win the sea;
Send them to know what spoils in ocean
What mystery,
What tb beauty in all things that suffered
In coral caves to Something rich and
Then bring them home. and with kingly
VIII take their treasure. as it lies
ga Safe harbored in the starlit purple night
Of thy dear eyes.
IT. A. Daily. in the Catholic Standard.
ArtePio-ScIerosis.
The newspapers record the death of
Paul Morton from arterio-sclerosis, or
marching OF the arteries. resulting in
a rupture or apoplexy. This malady
which has become so common, is a
disease of the coats of the arteries in
which they become thickened, brittle
and degenerated, and liable to rupture
under unusual stress. Not infrequent-
ly thickening or thinning of the heart
muscles and Bright's disease of the
kidneys are associated with this dis
ease.
According to the best observers, it
Is thought that arterio-sclerosis is due
to soluble poison circulating in the
blood. This poison may be elaborated
within the system or introduced from
without in the food and drink. The
contributing causes are overeating, ex-
cesSive drinking of alcohol, and auto
infection from too much meat or eggs
Further, the living of a strenuous life
with mental overstrain is one of the
principal causes.
Some of the early symptoms are
dyspepsia. headache. difficulty OF
breathing, nervous irritability, some
times pain over the heart or in the
left arm, and throbbing of the arteries
in the neck or in the sides of the fore
head. The pulse becomes full and
hard, and high blood pressure prevails
The diagnosis may be verified by the
use Of the sphygmomanometer, OF
blood pressure gauge. The normal
blood pressure in man is from 125 tic
140 millimeters. Arterio-sclerosis
usually appears in persons more than
so years old, but in unusual cases il
may be seen in persons as young as
38 or 40.
In the treatment first get the diges.
ton right, eliminate all excuses, anG
prescribe the simplest food. For g
time use partially digested foods, an6
little, of any, meats or eggs. A mod
crate amount of exercise and massage
is useful, bpt all mental and physica,
strain must be avoided. The mind
should be kept occupied, but the emo
lions must be suppressed. The
D'Arsonval treatment by the use OF
high frequency electric currents is OF
great value in reducing the blood pres
sure and keeping the arteries in a
more elastic state. Iodide of potash
and nitro-glycerin are also of benefit
in some cases.-Dr. S. G. Tracy in the
New York Tribune,