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MiDit)D Mail Tribune
AN INDLI'KNDKNT NKWHr'Al'KR
PUiUtiUED KVKRV APTKKNUON &XOKPT
MllN DAY. BY THE
MEUtUKD PH1NTINU CO.
The llrdford Hunday Morn tug 8un ! himtbed
t tiubwrriber driirltig tb ievu-Jaj dally dw
Office: Mall Trlbun Building, t-S7-S
Mono nr iirei-i. - j'dodc 70.
A eontol ii.ition of t)i Demooratlo Tmea, the
Mfdfon.. Mull, the Heciford Triburn, tha Soutti
rn urfKoman, uia Asniana Tnuuna.
ROUKHT W. RIIHL, Editor.
S. SUM (TEH SMITH, U-n.ger.
br Mall In Ad?ane:
Daily, with Sunday Run, year .- 97.60
Daily, with Nurirfay Kun, month 76
Itallv. Without Hundav Hun. veur 60
Dally, without Hunday Hun, month ... .06
weekly Mall I rluunts, jont year 8 00
flurtdny Hun, one yar 8.00
PURELY ACADEMIC-
To look up find not down
To look forward and not back,
To look out und not In, and
To lend a blind.
HIS is not an nppeul fur eoiilributions, however. It is
a. excuse for uu cditoriul, requiring for its text only the first
line. .
BY OARHIKK In Ifedtord, Ashland. Jai-kaon-
: Tin, iiuraj roini, I'bucim, Talatit and an
mirnways:
' Pally, wlrti Rundaj Run. month .76
i'aujr, wiir-ow niinuay nun, mown. . . . ,
! Daily, without Huiiiluy hull, one jraar... 7.60
laity, Willi Sunday Hun, one year 8.60
aii terma oy carrier, casu in auvaiioa.
Knterrtl aa ar-roml-r-lna matter at Medford,
Oregon, under ai;t of March 8, 1H70.
"To look up mid jiot down." This amazingly beautiful morning
seems mi opportune time to beg-in, though for our iniiiiediute pur
Jioscs, last Jiilit was even better.
For it was a clear, cold nijht, the sky n mass of brilliant, crystal
cut stars and a wrecked moon jogKi'iiy along toward the Jackson
ville hills. , ' n iri 1 1
Looking up became an absorbing sport. For somewhere among;
those stars was one whose light started at the close of the Iievo
lulionary war and only reached Medford last night!
.
Pretty slow work, observes the ardent football fan, as be cheers
n touchdown from the kick-off. To one who "looks down" upon
this ball of dirt, very true, but not to one who looks up.
For that beam of light travelled jit the rate oflets see, 16,000,-
paper between Albany. Ore., and 000,000 miles per (lay. Not SO slow. Alld HOW if VOU liaVC a 811 tT
illfornia, a diataiii.-. of over 400 j , , . . , ... . . p
""""'K iiiuuiiiiiu iiiuiuj ) on cmi umirc out now iar uiitE star is jrom
the earth, by multiplying 10 billion miles by the number of days
since Washington crossed the Delaware, or was in the battle of
York town.
The precise date makes little difference. For the normal human
mind can't grasp such figures anyway. They soar beyond even the
creative imagination.
lint to the people who look up, day by day, the astronomers and
scientists, these figures apparently .represent something tangible.
Instead of holding up their hands and throwing down their tele-
I ""I'", "i juji. k""h LIO-.1, ini;y ligiire mai me star in question
is so many trillions of miles away, and the universe is so much
furlher, hypothetically and conjecturally speaking.
Sworn dally average circulation for afz
montlia ending Alfril let, 1Q2J, 3Ui;tl, more titan
douhle trie circulation of any other paper Jiub
llalied or elrvulated in Jackaon County.
The on)1
Chico, Ctil
mllee, -tiaving leaaed wire Aaeociated Preaa
ervira.
UKMRKRH OF Til". ANSomiTKfl FIlKHfl.
Tlie Aaaoi'lated I'rena la czcluaively entitled
ui me u ror rcpuniicaoon or an newa qia-Datrlit-a
creillted ro It or not otherwlae credited
In llitai paper, and alao to the local newa pub-
All right of republication of ipcctal dla
paU'hea herein are alao rcaerved.
Ye Smudge Pot
Br Arthur Perry.
A prospective democratic candidate.
ror Kciiatur 1h being hissed In Kepuh
lican ruukH as "a wet canillilnte."
Jllstory does not allcgo that ho ever
acquired u skinful, cut-up scandalous
in u Jap rcHlaurant, was Hululuod by
fi wallop on tho noggin, with a short
White oak club toted by cups, and
tifterwurdH become "mllltantly dry.','
fr course, the' clipping about the
Waiter who was shot thru the cufoo
pot. had to dlHitppeur from your corf's
work bench.
V The Yuletldo Hea.ion npproaclietli
find all tho wortlwwllllo neWHpapers
fire printing Bob talCH nbout flocka
Who are hungry pathetically ho.
They wore Junt an huntfry In AukuhI
jnnl in April, nnd tlio cupboard was
none too full In Muy and September,
.hut nothing was unlit uliout It. The
milk of human kindness flows the
. freont 111 JJocoiuber.
A NKAT OHKICItVATfOX
(HltllsltN t'ily Ktiir)
Many people have uaked me
how anyone, can utund work In
the milieu, but It In not Ho bad lla
you think. It Is dark there, of
colll-HO, but you get used to tho
eternal darknuns. You becomo
ticcUNtomed to tho lantern light
anil find your way about eaHlly.
1 don't think It la any hardship
for tho men nor for tho mules
thnt nro used to huul tho conl.
I never biiw a mulo Hint Boomed
to liiind It In tho least.
Fine 'winter weather prevails, nnd
the dylliK Bcuieal of tho fatted bog la
heard 111 tho rural districts.
J The things the Clalshovlkls worn on
their dainty hoofB laat winter, nnd
'' ' known as ruIohIics, nro now known
ns zippers, only an expert can tell u
Kipper from n galoHli.
The point we wish' to make, for of. course, an editorial must
have a point, is this:
In a recent book of essays by a clever young writer, we noted,
among other things, that the conventional idea of immortality was
rather absurd, for as the race was about a million years old, there
would be no room fur all the immortal souls, that have shaken off
I heir mortal coils tim ing nil this time, etc., etc. We said he was
young.
Our bright idea is that this essayist was looking down not up.
There may or may not. be iiniiiorlalitv. mi mm knim-n Jmi nn nm
can look up and not admit that lack of space is no argument against
it. Nor can it be denied by the upward-gazer, that to conceive of a
real Promised Land is no more .difficult than to conceive of the
Universe as it really is, and science from day to day demonstrates'
it to be.
Now a great deal' more might be said along this same line
ui fact, one could no. doubt write a book about it, but looking up
we find the sun is near the meridian, which means that this job
tor the day is done, and we must look down on the earth again.
Rorson&l Health Servico
By WILUAM BRADY. M. D.
Stoned lit tart oertalnina to oronal health and hvalena. not to diiaata dlaanoall or
treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady If a tamped, ta It-ad dratted envelope la enclottd.
Letter! ehould be brief and written In ink. Owino to the laroe number of letleri received, only
a few can be antwered here. No reply can be made to querlei not conforming to Instruction!.
Addrett Dr. William Brady. In car of thlt newipapar.
What Do You -Menu, Xerte IS I ruin.
When an etWuittlKh woman bids
ttjo butler inform the Knt with the
Yiilsimrred hulr that he has
heartache, in not
at Jumie or is busy
nt tho m o m e n t
burying her grand
mother, the truly
polisheil gent ac
cejitH the alibi at
its fact value.
Never by word or
lnok dueH he be
tray bis breeding
by mentioning np-
lilesnuce, or - other irreievent re-i
marks, . i
it ia equally derognlory for polite'
people to elevate an eyebrow or
ful. sociable little roaches walk i .orfli c Firi'Ial
It. then Ih-k their feet aftl die. So- LllfWief; S I CUll
1,. l iaa not HnnfArmii. til I 1'f.W tilt
dium fluoride is not dangeroua to
human beings.
Woolen for Comfort.
Ixioking forward to a long, hard
winter, we nhould apjiret-iate your
views as to woolens for children I
and also for adults, that is, ns under
wear. We suppose something betwixt
tlo old fashioned smothering idea
and the new fangled exposure would
be about right, but we await your
bUKgedtion. .Mrs. J. O. U.
Answer The old-fushioned, rather
Cross Woid .PuaW
health examinations for the purpose underwear was perhaps all
,. ....-,,...0- .,1 inui.ii..u ,rni,i(., nr1 right for old-fashioned (and I think
croreetlng harmful conditions or! "u,re hyKenli-) pmetiees in household(
... . .. . . . . 1 heatlni; tho comfort temnernture
iiuiiiiH noiore inpv oo Kenous miuiy.
necount for flio apparent Increase
In the heart, artery nnd. kidney dis
eases. rvo strain Is a handy alibi to
si lence with, when one dare not focel "ve 'l" 'he comfort tempera
the painful fact that something is
prescribed for nurseries and sick
rooms in the days of the open flre
pluce was "between 50 and 60,
Such underwear is much too heavy
for the atmosphere Indoor dwellers
r'cully file maiter.
' .QUESTIONS A XI) ANSWERS.
Suochurtll.
Kindly Btnte If saccharin used by
diabetics is injurious to the heart.
I have been using one-half grain to
each cun of coffee, and taking In all
droop an eyelid when 'a respected i not over 214 grulns a day. H. C.
Itizen is cauijlit with the goods, de- Answer Tho authorities who ln-
cides to have a nervous breakdown vesligated the-uso of saccharin as
rrom the stress of his business, pro-1 a sweetener substitute for sugar con
fessional, . social or sporting exac- eluded that it is practically harmless
Hons, or overwork. ' when not more than five grains Is
Nor Is it particularly salutary for, taken in one day.
doctor or health teacher whose NoufallcniiiK Foods.
comments or views are esposed to Kindly print a list of non-fatton-the
scrutiny of ail and sundry, to inc foods In the vegetable and also
assert bluntly that since the nerves 1 the meat class. llrown Byes.
or Uie nervous system produces nol Answer Cabbage, turnips, squash,
energy it Is absurd to Imagine there tomatoes, saueikruut, spinach, nspar
can be such a state or condition as agus. string beans, beets, cauliflower,
nervous exhiiustiun. The utterance! celerv. lettuce, cucumbers, mush-
of a physiological fact or truth rooms, ereen onions, i-hnhnrh . and
like that not only annoys and of-! radishes vlcld lens thnn 2?r, cnlorles
ture at present is 10 degrees higher
than It was In the good old days.
Children require relatively less cloth
ing for comfort than adults do, but
my notion Is that light-weight woolen
(or part woolen) underwear is the
most comfortable lor all.
QUILL POINTS
"Get a wiggle on."
not to dance.
1
Sign of prosperity: '
a dollar down."
An ancient saying that meant to hurry,
'Wheel Gimme a thousand shares. Here's
A good time to sell short will be the day Mr.. Melton's retirement
is announced.
O. Vt'nsblnglou Maddox got a lelle'r
from his girl yes. Sir. Maddox feels
like the father of a football player,
und n 10-pound boy.
i niploinary Is knocking much of the
fciiy humor out of "(lie Tolcdu nffalr",
Wherein sturdy Oregon Nordics last
Hummer functioned as Judge nnd Jury,
and kicked the Constitution for n
long, high spiral punt, while chasing
Homo 311-,i,l,l .Nipponese from their
111111st. The Incident has the ear and
footmarks of Klan exuberance, and
the pulpit and tho press, and the
liolltlcians nro trying to forget If,
while, Japan Insists on details of the
wny and the wherefores. Tho fact
mat ladies mingled Willi tho hellrals-
ers. mokes no difference. The Mika
Uo wants nn apology, and, what is
more painful, balm In the shape of
spooiiuilcKS. The rambunctious To
leiluns nro not alone having their
honor assailed; they nro belng
cracked In the pocket book.
Few grout men really are as ridiculous a,s they appear in a controversy.
The states have little in common now except a willingness to
let I he federal government pay.
Carrols and spinach may not muke you live longer, but at
b ast it will seem longer.
TIIK ItKiOltS op lltlNO
(Salem '.'npltal-.loiirnul)
I'alnters' shellac and oilier high
voting alcoholic concoctions
used about the prison were not
spared by the thirsty In emergen
cies. The alcoholic conduct of
some of the guards has nt times
been the source of much enter
tainment for the prisoners.
Till'. III:C(M.S
(Miiltlmoro Nun)
The nnnie of llniwn nppnnrs large
In the headlines, llrown, wo are led
to believe, won the game. A five
culumn photograph shows us llrown
111 Ihe act of carrying the hall over.
Hut who Is the unlilenilrieii young
ster with the long legs who Is one
step ahead of llrown in tho photo-K-niph?
Ills name Is Smith, nnd he
iMii'l a hero, lie doesn't count,
"llrown carried tho ball over the
ftnul lino five times, nnd all this fel
low Hrnlth had to do was lope nt his
side nnd BtralRlil-iuni tacklers who
had designs on llrown, lie merely
cleared (ho way and reduced llrown's
duties to the simple business tlnt.
Mug bohlnd nnd clinging to tho bull
Insignificant HiMtiii Ulorlou
Ilrowu!
Alas! giving the boy "advantages" you didn't have may only
develop weaknesses you didn't have.
p If government can't fix prices for farm products, it might save
the farmer by fixing the price for gas.
And now, nh man. 'tis "knlckerwnrd"
you trend, the wise ones say.
No more upon your lanky slunk
shall pantaloons hold sway,
tor health to women, dootors sny.
flows through Ihelr , sutler
kins,
And makes them ien's superiors
und goali, how that fact huilo!
, . . XX V. UuliaUu.) .
RippltngRhiintQS
THE GIANT.
rj KKR RIGJIt'XD URIK'J'HAUT is no more, he's in his wind--
ing sheets, and ne'er again will people roar approval of
his feats. Tho strongest man in all the world, he wore a string
of bells, and hefty cannonballs he hurled, ns you'd throw pea
nut shells. One day he si nod, a figure grand, 'gainst whom none
might previa,; and as he stood he scratched his Laud. upon a
rusty nail. It was the sketchiest of wounds, it scarcely made
him swear; and Sigmund raised two thousand pounds above him
in the air. lie held two stallions which eame vvild and plung
ing from their stalls; he played with anvils as a child might
play with rubber balls. But in that scratch a little jjerm began
to brew its dope; so small you couldn't see it squirm without a
microscope. A little genu, all black and tan, its forctop neatly
curled, attacked this vast and mighty man, the strongest in the
world. Great Sigmund 's hand, swelled up apace, upon an evil
hour, and boils broke out upon his face, and nil his blood went
sour. ,T,hc doctors exercised fheir skill upon thnt Samson frame,
but there was naught in drug or pill could queer that mtcrobe's
game. So Sigmund crossed bis brnwny paws upon his Imlgin?
chest; the strongest man that ever was, ho came out second
best. Oh, let us think of Sigmund's fate when we arc prone- to
brag, when of our health or muscles great wo start to chew the
rag. Tho little Rei-ms, loo small to see, are round us cverjwhere;
they're iu the and tho V-n, they thicken ul the air..''
fends certain "nerve siiecia lists" who
work the racket on or for paying
clienls, hut it makes bitter enemies
of philanthropists interested In the
making of nostrums whh-h purport
to build up. strengthen or . restore
nervous energy.
Sedentary life, long hours and. let.
us say rather psychic stress und'
strain hnve been assigned as. the
common factors of the Increasing
amount of arterial, heart and kidney
disease in America. An early sign
or uie strain of modern life upon
the arterial system, according to this
view, is high blood pressure.
This very popular high blood pres
sure somehow, wlt'iout discoverable
medical reason or scientific, exola-
natlon, has come to bo associated
with psychic strain, "brain strain,"
living nt high tension, hurry, Yankee
speed and all thut sort of thing.
We like to flatter ourselves about
our '"work," we who never do a tap
of honest work, but only live as
parasites or by the use of our wits.
Hure, a fellow grows ennuied Just
silting around anil making a noise
like nn executive, clerk or some such
purusito on the working world. Kven
oin Thomas - C'arlvlo used t,. iFi-mi.
terribly tired puttering with Oliver
1 romwell or the Trench Revolution
anil tho poor ,., didn't know
eoougii piiyMology to comprehend
what ailed him. If. only som'o one
could have made him understand
tne wnoiesome value of honest labor!
Civilization has made life quieter,
not more strenuous. The man of
1110 siono age worried along under
constant-terrors of attacks by human
i-.ieiiiies. wild Densts nnd wilder
dragons of his own Imagination. The
meoievni man encountered number
less .threats nnd dangers from pesti
lences, battle, murder, torture, nnd
slavery and oppression by his lords,,
not to mention his own supersti
tions. I'll admit there must have
been sumo psychic strain In the
good old times. '
Laziness and gluttony are ancient
sins, Is history is true. Our ances
tors consumed Infinitely greater ex
cesses of protein than we do. They!
" orniKing. They were
subject to more Infections, nciite und
chronic, than we have nnu
They lived only twot-hlrds. as long
we ue. Although our present
statistics seem to show otherwise
for the figures sny there is a steady
Increase In the prevalence of cnrdlo
vusuular disease (heart and artery
degeneration or wenrlng out at mid
dle age 1, 1 think the fiirureo lie
aim mat as a mntter of fact there Is
less ratuiovascula? degeneration now
thun ever before. 1 believe modern
uuignostie accuracy, the aid of mod
vi n instruments of precision, the
growing malum of seeking periodic
to tho pound. Oysters yield about
225 calories to the pound. Gelatin
has some food value, but Is not
stored in the body. Fish 400, fowl
750, beef veal and mutton 1200.
pork 1SO0. roughly averaged. I do
not think It is either effective or ad
visable to attempt to reduce or ovoid
accumulating weight by choosing
only foods of low value.
Yes. aiitt tho O'Haraa Too.
Will you kindly publish what you
consider the best remedy for killing
off roaches. S. A. J.
Answer Sprinkle or blow Into all
corners or cracks where the roaches
hold forth, powdered sodium fluo
ride, and do not sweep the powder
up until several weeks. The delight-
If ilk I- III n I
Til Jonger a feller loafs til harder
It is for lilni t' toMlfr where ho win
fir night Ircfore. Coffee
mjMJiJ'
1. I 'tcT'Tl I...-'-:. I
Running- Across..
' -Word 1. In tho picture and la
black and white afid "red", all over.
Word 4. Departing.
Word 6. To oanie tho letters of
a word.
Running Down.
Word 1. Division of a book.
Plural.
Word 2. Self respect.
Word 3. Royal.
YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE
ANSWERED.
J. A. Ormandv of Portland, eeneral
grounds passemrer nirent of the Southern Pn.
carried in th' iMicket 'II keep money' cfo railroad. Is a business visitor
from rtistin'. here todnv.
WE DATE TREE
Dm. 4, 1642 383 yra .so.
Cardinal Richelieu hoitls court on
his ttrjathbcil.' With the exception
of Napoleon, Richelieu, tho crafty
minister of IouJj XIII, was per
haps the most ruthlessly ibitious
figure in European history- Re
turning en a litter from the (Wrl
where Sie had been carried ig his
last iilncsa to witness a battle ho
liar! planned, Richelieu met his
Boards with captives. So indom
itable was his will that, althoug-h
himself a dyinjr man, ht ordered
his litter stopped that he inisrht
sentence the prisoners and sign
their death warrants,
'uatt.'iill. lr'ttaltr bMUfii, In,
MANN'S-The Best Goods for the Price. No Matter What the Price-MANN'S
HOLIDAY SALE of
Suits and
Overcoats
Entire Stock of
Men's Suits
Reduced
$25-00 Suits $22-50
$27-50 Suits $25-00
$30-00-Suits $27-00
$35-00 Suits $31-50
$40-00 Suits $37-00
$45-00 Suits $41-50
Men's Light
Weight
Overcoats
$25, $27.50, $30
" Sale Prices on
Winter Overcoats
$20-00 Coats $17-00
$22-50 Coats $21-50
$27-50 Coats $23-50
$30-00 Coats $27-00
$35 00 Coats $31-50
$40 00 Coats $36.oo
$45-00 Coats $41-50
Boys' .Knicker Suits Reduced 20 Per Cent
it
V
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(HI
Slyl.plui t
iomt
Men's
Bath
Robes,
$6 .to $20
Mami?9 Department Store
. THE STRE FOft EVERYBODY
Phone 486-48? . Mfcfjford, Ore.
" Men's
Houst
Coats,
$9 to $12.50