Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-03

disposed TO mental disorders,--Dr.
Tom Williams OF Washington.
Soap is the greatest clvill2er OF
mankind. Dr. Yandall Henderson OF
Yale University,
Reading and writing are unhy.
! gienic.r-Dr. Gardiner C. B%assett, o!
Johns IIopkins University.
The Panama Canal will be the
meeting place for yellow fever, bu.
homie plague, and contagious diseases
from eastern and western North aud
I South America. as well al from Asia.
~Dr. l., f.. Coier, Washington.
Rural communities eat TOO much
fried meals. and bath tubs IN farm.
houses are as scarce as honest trusts.
DR.. John Hurry, of Indianapolis.
Ten per cent of the entire popula.
ton OF the United States Is Inherent
ly defectiyc and unfit TO be perents.
DR.. Bleecker van Wagenen. Of New
York City.
Walking in the wet grass in your
bare feet Is APT to bring on hookworm
disease.-Dr. Bailey Ashford of Porto
Rico.
The nOn-poisOnous hlbercnle bacil-
lls is an effective vaccine for tuber-
culosis.--Dr. Victor Vaughn of Ann
Arbor, Mich.
Fol- the second time the American
Eoard Of Foreign Missions of the Con-
grcgational denominations, which
works largely in India and China
passes the $1,000, 900 mark in its an
nual receips. A year ago, for the first
time in its long history, it went be.
yond the million. the actual sum hav.
ing been $1,032, 900. 1t has just clos.
ed its books for 1912, and reports re.
ceipts OF $l,0G8, 900, a gain OF $4,000.
At its final meeting there was re.
ported a debt of S745, but it YES i'm
mediately raised by members Of lis
prudential Or governing committee.
The annual meeting of tho board
will be held in Portland, Me-, Octo.
Der s to II, and it will be noted there
that much of the gain for last year
was from general sources outside az
individuals, Christian Endeavor, IN
churches. All three sOf these were,
until the very close Of the year, be.
hind the preceding year, showing that
agitation for missions by, the various
agencies had not produced marked
effect in the boards direction. EN-.
phasis during the year now closed
has been placed upon educational
work In the Far East, In which the
board has invariably been a whole.
some leader, ID
The greatest Scottish Rite c%onclave
in the history Of the United States
will gather here on October Z, when
twenty.six out of the t%wenty.nine su.
preme, councils of the world, will as.
semble here for the second interna.
tional conference. The first Of these
gatherings of the Masonic order was
held In Brussels in 1907. The object
OF the conference Is 10 renew ana
strengthen the ties OF intimacy exist.
ing between these several councils,
and to diffuse more widely the prin-
ciples of Freemasonry.
I The national capital is the head.
quarters of the Southern Supreme
council, the United States being the
only nation to HAYES twp supreme
councils. The councils which Will
participate in the conference will be
Southern Jurisdiction, u. s.. A.,
Northern Jurisdiction, U, IS. A., Can.
ada, Belgium, Brazil, Central America
Guatemala, Chile, Cuba, France,
Greece, Italy, Mexico, Dominican Re.
public, Switzerland, Turkey, United
States of Colombia Venezuela, Peru,
Spain, Egypt, Portugal, Paraguay,
Argentine Republic, Ecuador and
Servia.