Evening journal., 1920-01-24

A merry chap was old Doc Peil,
He doepd with quip ,nd jest,
lie nlled you full Of calomel
And Nature. did the rest.
And If your constitution won,
The doctor smiled with pride,
And said 60 you, i've saved you, SON.
But II you died, you died
Doc pen has long since passed away
He's gone 10 his reward.
No doctors like him grow today
For that ew IN INK the L0,d
The electrical world Is shouting
Fake Fraudw " young Al Hubbard,
who elaine to have tapped the vast
reservoir OF universal energy by
device he himself conceived ana con
structed
Iubabrds device may or may not,
do what he says lt VIII
Other discoveries weren't discover
les. and o1her inventions were no in
ventions.
But the fact rcmains thsf discoveries
that were discoveries were hoottd IS
cordially as The frauds and inventors
were scOrned as heartily as ihe fakirs.
That seems 10 be as life runs.
They used TO tap themselves on the
bean and murmur. another nut loose, -
when calico Went 5y, WHEN Columbus
appeared when To.a Edison enme
round
When the first man minated that
stars were not wholly responsible for
Ills human flesh falls heir TO, he was
stoned.
French surgeons couldn't say enough
harch words shout thcir brother Am
brose Pare, because he began 10 tie
arteries after amputa,ions instead of
plunglng the stump into boiling pitch
They denounced him for introducing
the use Of soothing dressings for
wounds. dlsplaclng the former practice
OF pouring them full of boiling oil.
When William Harvey discovered
The true cause and nature Of the cir
culrtlon Of the blood, othe: physicians
spoke Of him as "slat dangerous crazy
man." Today everybody knows the
blood is pumped into the arteries by
the hearts action and flows back
through veins.
Malphlgi discovered The microscope
1861, but his associa'os declared Gat
"the study Of microscopic anatomy was
averse TO the true interests OF medical
practice"
It was nearly 200 years later that
physicians permitted the microscope
10 persuade chem that the human body
is a commonwealth OF cells. that
"The beauty and the beast, the rose
and the reptile. the cabbage and fhe
king, The mlcrobe and the man. the fool
and The philosopher are Of the same
identical material, protoplasm,'
on she other hand. one may believe
everything one hears
A New York man has been denied
use OF 'lhe malls. because Of This:
Rockefeller made a b'l'on dollars
out Of OIL: you can DO he -3m send
me five dollars for complete ilsiruc-
tions."
Several hundred suckers sent their
money.
IT'S tough luck. girls, but Charles
1iiANiltNt Nl new lUIkr VIII MlNhN0
many Of the silk stockings you wear,
says they're going up. But he gives
This consolation, Il don't look for them
TO come down."
John Avis. charged with theft, told
The Sen Francisco court. ~ wish your
honor would look me over befEe YOU
sentence me-" lie had numerous
medals" Of every description on his
chest. Thirty days.
Enter the striking wife. Alfred
johnson complained 90 judge T-ude.
OF Chicago, that his spouse refused to
cook his. meals or perform any 0'har
service for him following a quarrel.
George Gibson. Of New York. can be
4 deaf mute when It's handy but when
q complicstes police court proceed
ings he'd rather usc "E7glish." POS
ing as mute. he Soi 30 Il ,s when he
blurted out, "Oh, hall!
Checktowago. y. Y, Golfers were