The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-06-21
always was our Jonah number.

always was our Jonah NUMBER,
In January the newspapers announced
that New York banker had offered Dr..
'r.edmann million dollars for his cure,
II such 1t should prove TO be on investi-
CATION. The latest announcements are 10
the effect that DR.. friedman has started
or tn IS country to accept his offer. IL
his is true 1t seems to justify the sug-
gestion of The Journal of the American
Medical Association that DR.. friedman
appeared to possess more commercials. n
than scientific spirit.
The man who feels us upon statistics
which we have no way 10 disprove, now
advises that the river Nile Is one million
years old-about the same age of the last
fresh eggs We received from our sroc r.
When a man carries Ais own fire insur
ance and his building burns he can re
pent and insure his new building. When
man carries his own life insurance and
ne burns and leaves his dependents I'M
provided for, he can not get insurance on
his new life.
The editor of the Royal League News
Letter wears the smile that will not rub
off His society readjusted its rates OF
contribution in 190S-before the presen.
courts began to get in their work Lucky
Royal League.
The first daily paper is said to have
been published in Frankfort, Germany, in
1915; the first daily in England was ss .
tablished in l7)2; the firsr one IN France
n 1777. The first daily in the United
States was the American Daily Advertis
err published in Philadelphia, in 1854
One idea of nothing worth while is
found in the press notice that Henry
Stewart, of San Diego. Cal, is making a
walk around the world 1r ne wishes to
walk why not relieve mis- wife CT the
care of the baby some night. Why, just
the other night we walked more than ten
thousand-weli it was a long night any
way, hut the baby seemed to enjoy it.
An interesting after development in a
surgical case, which attracted much at
tention about four years ago, has just &C.
Cured. A prisoner serving a long SEN
tence in the prison at Dannemora, \. Y ,
was paroled by Governor White on rep
reservations which seemed to make it
clear that he had been cured of his Grim
| inal tendencies by a surgical operation.
Following the operation the prisoner 5
|
su!len and morose he became bright and
| cheerful. walked with frmeu step, held
| his head erect and appeared to be a diff
| ferent man. 1t is not surprising that a
| few months after the operation the gov
| ernor was induced to set him free on
parole. and there seemed to be every rea
son TO hope that a useful citizen had
been restored to society in place of the
| criminal that had been taken from it, Tn.
| fortunately the arrest of the paroled pris.
| oner during the first week in January o.
| the present year for series of burglar
| les with regard to which the evidence i:
| complete, seems to make II crear thai
| the improvement was only temporary, OF
that the operation and his subsequent
good conduct We're steps in a scheme Il
secure his release from prison. 1t is o
course only what might be expected
says The Journal of the American Medi
cal Association. There is no trustworthy
evidence to show that changes in mora
| character, Independent of mental deter
| loration. result from pressure on tn
| BRAIN Sensational announcements 10
improvement in such cases after surgica
intervention, like those that used to b.
made after various surgical procedure
IN epilepsy, need to be controlled by tn
subsequent history of the case. Immed
late improvement in such cases is usual,
mental rather than physician, and sue
cesses reported before many years hav,
tested their permanence are liable to pro
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