Lincoln County leader., November 13, 1914, Image 6

EAR QUEERLY BUILT
Fundamental
EXPERT TELLS ABOUT STRUC
TURE OF THE ANIMAL.
Principles of
Health
By ALBERT S. GRAY, M. D.
Nature Evidently Had Distinct Idea
In Mind When It Produced
Bruin In Such a Radical
Form.
"I was long curious to know," said
Pike county, Pennsylvania, bear
SKIMMING down Fifth avenue or
Broadway you frequently fee
enormoui "slght-ieelng cars"
laden with expectant touiiits.
One li marked "Chinatown," and
the occupanti are holding their breath
In anticipation of the thrills of horror
they are to experience when they be
hold the dark wickedness of the Celes
tial empire, which is secretly prac
ticed in the heart of New York.
They arrive at a populous district
'where there is a fair sprinkling of
'Chinks to be seen about the streets,
jand they are allowed to peep Into
what they think Is an opium den, but
'what Is In reality merely a dirty lit
tle chop suey house,
i There are a few unprepossessing
'Chinamen sitting or lying around with
'their pipes, In an opium stupor.
"Opium (lends," whisper the thrilled
tourlsts to each other, as they sbud
derlngly gaxe on the dark spectacle.
But Is It an opium den?
And are they really smoking opium?
Most assuredly not!
Uncle Sam and the mayor of New
'York wouldn't stand for It a minute.
It Is only a nicely arranged little
"fake den," run for the special bene-
Finn Avenue, ncwtdrk
fit of the too credulous tourist, who
cheerfully pays his dollar to see a
Chinatown that doesn't ever exist
Then he pays another dollar and
Joins another sight-seeing party to
visit the deadly precincts ct the Bow
ery. It would be too cruel to tell them
there Is no Bowery, Just as there Is no
Chinatown, except In ancient history.
A Revised Bowery.
For the Bowery has been revised
and expurgated and fumigated, anJ
partially civilized, until now It Is no
worse to the outward eye than some
portions of Fourteenth street or Sixth
avenue. And the little shops and
vocations of Its denizens, If not strictly
clean, come safely within legal bounds
You might easily get on the Bowery
and not know It at all.
Where you expect to And the abode
of thug's and thieves, you find noth
ing more reprehensible than second
hand clothes shops.
Likewise In Chinatown, where you
. think they are smoking opium, it Isn't
opium at all but more probably
something like the rabbit tobacco or
cross vine you used to smoke when
you were a kid st school, and thought
you were doing something very
wicked. ,
The "opium den" you pay your dol
lar to see Is very likely a laundry
when there are no tourists due.
If you happen to be In .touch with
such people as newspaper editors and
other fortunate beings who are on the
Inside of things, you will quickly learn
to shun the tourists' csr.
The best way to sre the biggest city
In A merlon Is simply to live In It, and
go about to such places as may take
your fancy. If you want to be
thrllM with the Bowery and China
town, Just resd stories about them,
fur there's nothing to see.
Ynu don't need a slght-rening car.
Any New York friend can show you
the wondTS of the tnimeums, libraries
and Interior points of Interest; while
there are scores of rs and elevated
trains covering every point of Man
hattan, from which you may learn
evnry Inch of your New York from
h grandeur of the skyscrapers and
the stupendous wealth of Fifth ave
nue, and the cosmopolitanism of
Broadway, to tha wretched poverty of
crowded tenements and slums.
That la to ssy, you learn It from
the viewpoint of merely seeing things.
To really know any phsse of Ufa or
class of people, yoawenust go up or
down amongst them and be one 01
them.
One Place Not Mythical.
There Is one place, however, whlct
hasn't been relegated to the mythical
There most certainly Is still l
Coney Island. And whether you g
quietly with a friend or whether yon
go with a crowd In a labeled and
megaphoned sight-seeing car, It Is thi
same Coney Island, with Its blaze ol
lights and Its blare of orchestras and
its bewildering whirl of things to rldt
and things to see, and things to do,
and things to eat and drink, the lattei
consisting chiefly of "hot dogs" and
beer.
But, however genuine Coney ma
be, there's no denying the spirit o!
graft that pervades the atmosphere ol
Bkyscraper land.
On every hand some person or som
'organisation is trying to get some
thing for nothing, and if you are weal
enough to be caught. It's like buying
25-cent silk stockings, and serves yoi
Just right.
Perhaps some evening after thi
theater you stop In a high-class cab
urei to enjoy a aance or two ana t
sandwich. At the entrance you art
met by an attentive footman, who verj
politely but most Inslstantly rellevel
you of your bat and cane, and most
gracefully takes charge of your lady'i
coat
Inside the cabaret a smiling wattet
attaches himself to you and ahadowi
you devotedly for the remainder ol
your stay. He finds Just the right
table for you, brings your Tom Col
lins and your lady's orangeade anil
two email sandwlchea a modest or
der which should cost about 60 cents
But does It?
just wait untu ne brings youi
check!
While you are dancing he hoven
near your table, watching to aee thai
no fashlonablo pirate carries off your
lady a gloves and vanity bar:, and
guarding your hair-eaten sandwlchet
from being devoured by someone elst
In your absence.
All of which sealous service Is dulj
charged In your check, which
brought to you marked $1.80! (You
had paid for your table In advance, bj
the way.)
You haven't the nerve to put
mere two-dollar bill on the tray.
Give that waiter a ten-cent tip
never.
Bo you sigh Inwardly, while outward
ly smiling, you place $2.15 on the tray
and carelessly wave aside the waiter'
deferential thanks.
On leaving, you And the devoted
footman again awaiting you with youi
hat and cane and your lady's coat
and an air of expectancy.
The air of expectancy means anoth
er 25-cent tip.
You pay It like a little man. an i thi
footman drops It In his pocket.
The dances were very nice Indeed
The music was divine, but the lit tl
whisper of a sandwich left you Just
as hungry as ever, and you go awa
wondering it you had your money
worm.
Then you console yourself wltl th
thought that you don't grudge the tlpi
to tne poor woiu-rs and Hall boys wht
are on their tired feet working so hard
at all hours of the day and night.
I nit tbe point Is: Did you tip th
waiters t
No, Indeed. The tired waiters dc
not get a penny or innse tips. It all
goes to the Doss. You simply paid as
extortionate price for a few cents
worth of refreshments, and then add
ed an extra SO rents In tips, all to b
turned In to the msnsger of th
cuds ret.
i. lMstsWisW nf sstimtttitift si firV. M
expert, "why It was that the bear baa
that peculiarly clumsy and apparently
painful gait, but I never found any
one who could give me a satisfactory
explanation of It, so I went out and
killed a bear to find out for myself.
The reason was a very simple one.
"I found, In the first place, that the
bear has no clavicles In the shoulder
to keep the shoulder bones steadily
apart, as Is usual In animals, and con
sequently when the bear moves bis
forelegs the shoulder blades work or
slide loosely on the sides.
Then, again, the bear has the ankle
Joints of his hind legs plumb on the
ground, or rather as parts of the hind
feet. That peculiar structure gives the
first Joint of the hind legs a bend In
the opposite direction from that which
It has In the legs of other animals.
"This loose and queer rigging of the
Joints of the legs and shoulders of the
bear gives him that odd wabble or
shuffle with which he makes his way
along, although clumsy and retarding
as that gait appears, It can produce a
speed and agility on occasion that Is
surprising. The broad base which the
foot of the bear forms, moreover, gives
the animal a steady and secure foot
ing, no matter what the appearance
may be to the contrary.
The unique position of the hind
ankle Joints as to the formation of the
hind feet Is what enables the bear to
rise to bis feet with such facility, and
to maintain a secure position standing
erect, while he uses his forepaws In
graBplng or striking with his well
known readiness and effectiveness.
The absence of clavicles In the
shoulders Is what gives the bear the
great hugging or compressing power
In his forelegs, which Is of the great
est service to him In climbing and in
dealing with his foes. In fact, It he
had the shoulder formation character
tstlc of other animals he could not
climb a tree at all, for he could not ac
complish It by bis claws as the cat and
squirrel and raccoon and other animals
of arboreal habit do, nor would the
bear dog need to stand in fear of that
terrible embrace of bis."
Infantry Decidea the Battle.
While there have been many dis
cussions as to the relative value of
the different branches of an army
there Is little doubt, according to a
writer in the Sclentlno American,
that it la the Infantry that wins bat
ties.
While it Is probable the success of
a battle will depend to a large extent
on the support of the field artillery, It
la certain that the principal and most
Important arm Is the Infantry, which
In practically every case must decide
the final Issue. The cavalry may be
the first to be drawn into a battle,
and the artillery may destroy the en
emy's artillery, but a battle is never
won until the Infantry baa driven back
the enemy's lines.
The usual mode of advancing for
the Infantry la to deploy them In
line with a long Interval between each
soldier. This, naturally, la for the
purpose of offering smaller target
for the enemy, but makes It more dif
ficult, however, for the leaders to
keep aa good control over the men,
and for that reason one of the objects
of field artillery la to make the en
emy's troops deploy early.
The infantry soldier la armed in all
tbe countries with a rifle and bayonet
The rifle Is the weapon upon which re
liance la placed, the bayonet being
used only as a last means, when In a
hand-to-hand encounter with the en
emy.
No Leafing Allowed.
A well-known theatrical manager,
mora famous. If possiDie lor mo
breaks" he made than for his many
successes, attending tbe rehearsal of
one of bla plays, noticed that a man
In tbe audience who bad to play the
trombone waa holding the Instrument
In front of him and doing nothing.
Mr. Stetson at once called him to
account.
"Say," laid he, "what do you mean
by not working along with the other
fellowa?"
'Why, Mr. Stetson," said tha musi
cian, "I can't play; I have 19 bars
rest."
"Not on your life!" replied the an
gry manager. "I don't pay anyone for
resting. Either you play when the
other fellows do, or you clear out
See?"
No Game for Her,
Mollle I think billiards Is an aw
fully foolish game.
Ohollle But you forget that tha
balls kiss and the players sometimes
hug the cushion.
"But Just imagine a person wasting
time on a game where only billiard
balls kiss and all that the players some
times hug Is a cushion!"
Two Souls With But, Ete.
Two egotists met and made much
over each other.
as they turned away, each mur
mured softly to himself:
i-oor deluded soul I It's all I can
do to tolerato that fellow, but what
can I do? It's absolutely Dathetto tha
war be clings to met'
p
ANAMA Is a unique city. The
circumstances which shaped
ber destiny and wove her Into
the web of progress, made of
her a sister to the treat cities
of North and South America. Her geo
graphical situation', her North. Ameri
cas adoption and the greatest of
world projects carried out In her en
virons, all have served to lift her out
of that centuries old lethargy ao
enervating, impassive and retarding.
Alter me old Panama had been re-
vived again and again from the rapine
destruction of pirates and buccaneers,
It was finally left to the denizens of
the Jungles and the new Psnintl
founded some five miles to the south
west, where the devastation of plun
dering ships' crews waa Imnoeslble.
The Panama of today stands protected
to seawara Dy a long reef, to landward
by a narrow peninsular neck, and by
the mighty arm of the United States
government.
Metropolis of Central America.
No more will Pizarros, Morgans and
Walkera pillage this metropolis of
Central America, no more will the
bigotry of priesthood hold a throt
tling hand upon her progress. The
new Panama, born In the last decade.
Is pulsating with enterprise snd Indus
trial achievement. The financial tnva-
mtk a i
kuW EvJi T&rt&K "t'V Vr-Ml
P'iWjMiW iltf vsi ni4 &
STRUT SCtNt,
sion or the United States has attracted
every type of civilized mankind. There
ia work to be done, needa to be as
suaged, money to be made. All tbe
resources of the surrounding country
must be brought to a focus so that
the ahipa that glide In at the Pacflc
entrance and out Into the Atlantic,
will carry away to the crowded mar
kets of the north Panama's quota of
fruits, hardwood, rubber. Indigo, cof
fee and bats. With this, civilized pros
perity begins, and It matters not what
race or conglomeration of races are
Involved.
The "Splggoty Lingo."
At first It wss difficult for these peo
ple to get along on any kind of footing
In the way of everyday speech. One
man having many Interests In common
with another could find no medium of
expression. And out of this confusion
of tongues grew a language which la
neither English, nor French, nor Span
ish, nor German, nor Chinese, nor Jap
anese, nor anything other than It
lelf. It is not a very old language,
ind consequently not well developed,
nor has It ever been written or spok
en outside of the canal zone and Pan
ama. It Is called the "Splggoty Lingo,"
snd Its origin is substantially this:
If you ask a native something In
English he will say, "No speaka da
Engllss," because he doesn't. For a
long time they used this reply, until
the enterprising American found a
Tew words of their language and they
found a few of his, and of all the others
brought In, so that there were words
enough of all languages known In com
mon to make for a now language which
was promptly callud the "Splggoty"
or "Speaka de " as you please to
spell It
This same method was used by the
Hudson Bay company In the earliest
lays of the West with the Indian tribes
of the NoMhwest. They used some
IgdS, son e Indlun words they were
tbte to (rasp, taught the Indian a
tew of tKelr own bad English words,
nd called the whole, "The Chinook
language," after a tribe by that name.
Through the medium of the Splg
toty language a vast amount of prso
Ileal labor Is being performed. It baa
been found adequate for Inductive rea-
toning, for speaking persuasively, or
itorlcaliy, vltuperatlvely, and can be
ised significantly wb'le In a stste of
Usgtut or anger.
There are many beautiful plazas
and patios set among the otherwise
bald, sere houses and atreets of Pan
ama. These are green and fragrant
all the year with fan palms and ban
yans casting a day-long ahada over
the up-to-date benches. In Santana
park, when the shades of evening be
gin to fall, a "Splggoty hand" usually
playing some of our popular music
comes from somewhere, and begins
The young people seem to think a
great deal of the music for they ac
claim it loudly after each piece, and
will sit all night and listen, if the
band keeps up.
There are still a considerable num
ber of high-class families who make
various far-reaching claims toward an
aristocracy, which, so far as Is actu
ally known, never existed beyond the
Imagination. But they nevertheless
observe strict relations with the In
ferior "Americans" as they hold them
to be, and will not let their daughters
be seen unescorted In any of the
plazas. The girls of the common class
are met and Bpoken to by the young
men, but come and return home In
groups after they have concluded a
merry evening at the concert.
For those who can afford It the Na
tional theater offers entertainment of
a type that Is peculiarly original In
-V:' '
PANAMA CITY
Panama. Tbe productions are usually
in English, because the majority of
the audience la American, and they
correspond to our vaudeville, In that
they are put on In aklta and separate
parta. Dancers are obtained from Peru,
Valparaiso, Chile and Mexico, who
do their native dances with skill and
grace, while the acts brought from
the States are coarse and mediocre in
comparison.
Another great paradox In relation to
the tones of this unique city is evi
dent In the unfaltering belief that atlll
prevails in the .old Roman orthodox
form of religious interpretation. All
the observances of the church are ad
hered to as punctiliously today aa In
bygone centuries. The workmen can
not be made to perform their labors
on any of the multitudinous days set
apart for the worship of some saint
or other. It took more than 200 years
for the Spanish priests to grind this
holy zeal into them, and It will take
nearly as long to grind It out.
An O.-nnlpr.ssant Infection.'
. There la a German medical proverb
to the effect that every man has bad
at least one tubercle, some time In his
life. Every thoughtful physician
knows the truth of this saying and
has known it for years. Then a few
days ago Sir Wlllinm Osier repeated
the statement in slightly altered appli
cation to the audience before him, and
the whole world was roused Into
shocked attention.
Which was a very good thng for
the world. If we could be made td
realize that the tubercle bacillus Is
omnipresent, and that every human
bolng Is touched at some time with
this infection there would result not
only a more active war on the germ
but a more intelligent effort to build
up and maintain the health and resist
ing power of the people.
Washing Flannel Trousers.
Cut up half a pound of good aoap,
put It Into a quart of water and boll
for Ova mlnutea. Have ready a bath
of tepid water. Pour In the soap solu
tion, and beat up to a lather. Put In
the flannels, and wash them thorough
ly. Do not rub any soap on them, but
rub them well In the lather. Rinse In
warm water, and wring, and dry
quickly witn a strong current of air.
Press wltr a cool Iros.
(Copyright. 191. by A. 8. Gray)
NATURE'S ALARM BELL.
"Dear Doctor I am fifty-eight years
of age and I have always been healthy
except that I have had rheumatism In
my legs for the paat 15 years and It
hurts me to bend my right knee. I
am the mother of three healthy sona
and they have Inherited my rheuma
tism so that they are frequently troub
led with muscular rheumatism. What ,
will cure rheumatism?"
It ia easy to picture the writer of
such a letter as a plump, placid, kind
ly faced, motherly soul A good cook,
she la proud of the fact that she can
prepare the same dishes on which her
mother and her mother's mother be
fore ber successfully raised their fam
ilies. But she baa "rheumatism" and
ber sons have "inherited rheumatism."
This Is a fair sample of a type of In
quiry frequently received from people
who look upon rheumatism as a sim
ple disorder which, quite as a matter
of course, every one la bound to have
sooner or later as a result of wet feet
damp clothes, or the weather, or as
the result of "Inheritance."
It la customary to apply the word
"rheumatism" to almost every Imagi
nable ache or pain occurring In any
part of the body. From long abuse
the word has lost Its significance and
has come to sound harmless; It doea
not convey any idea of danger and
most people are perfectly satisfied If
told that their various aliments arise
from "rheumatism." It Is a nice, con
venient word, and It does not Jar on
their sensibilities.
Rheumatism is an acute Inflamma
tion of the synovial membranes of
various Joints with the accumulation
of fluid; It Is due to an infection of
unknown origin and runs a course of
about six weeks. "Muscular rheuma
tisms" on tbe other' hand, are either
the result of strains, as we have al
ready noted, or they are pains aris
ing from organic diseases, or they are
caused by one or more of many con
ditions, practically all of them con
nected either directly or Indirectly
with defective metabolism. Here la
tbe basis of all our degenerative dis
eases, such aa diabetes, Brlght's dis
ease, arteriosclerosis and apoplexy, all
of which are on the Increase, In spite
of the numerous "cures," and all of
which are allied to anemia. Whether
anemia Is the cause or the result of
most of these metabolic dlsturbsnces
is yet to be decided, but certainly cir
cumstanial evidence points strongly
in the former direction.
Why are these chronic pains so lit
tle understood? Because we do not
want to know the truth It It will In
volve a thorough overhauling and re
adjusting of diet and of our mode of
life. We prefer to go our own way In
blissful Ignorance, depending on the
good old remedies consisting of drugs,
liniments, poultices, serums, and ao
forth, to looking the facta In the face.
Then In addition to all the good old
remedies are we not Informed every
little while by the best of authoritlea
of the discovery of some new product
of synthetlo chemistry that will quick
ly, surely and harmlesly remove our
troubles?
With very few exceptions all of our
troubles arise from the fact that we
are unable easily to bring our mental
pictures to coincide with ttfe facts, to
harmonize the subjective with the ob
jective. Health la a normal condition and lit
health ia a departure from the normal
hence there ia a atrong, persistent
force continually working toward the
normal and, barring organic break
downs from inherent weakness, we
are certain to' "relapse" into good
health sooner or later if we do not too
persistently work against It There
fore a raw potato in the pocket a
nauseous draft or faith and a cheerful
mind are certain to be equally effec
tive or Ineffective, depending upon the
angle from which you view them.
If you were to Interview our friend
of the letter you would undoubtedly
learn that during these 15 years she
has taken many kinds of liquids, pills
and powders, used many liniments and
ointments and baa probably worn a
few charms, such as magnetic ringa
that turn either green or black as they
"absorb the poison." Most of the sup
posed remedies doubtless she has
tried at the solicitation of well mean
ing friends; each perhaps effected a
"cure" In due time. But the trouble
always returned and she still has it
Of course she wants to he comfort
able and to get well, but she wanta
to do It In her way. To ask her to
change her diet and mode of living
or even materially to change her
method of purchasing supplies, Is ask
ing her to tear up deep-seated and thor
oughly Intrenched habits, prejudices,
tradition and beliefs and to go to addi
tional trouble.
Learn what la wrong and correct it
before serious organic changes take
place. Obviously tbe first Indications
of something being wrong will be
I fonnd In tha blood streams.