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i WEEKLY OREGON -STATESMAN; . Trn-VrJAv, uiioiwhr.n r., w i I Issued every Taescfay and Friday by the r STATESMAN PUBLISHING- COMPANY R. J. HEXDRICKS, Huiir. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. montIi3, in .ailva'nceCO cents; " One year, on time,: $1.25. - i The Statesman , Jias ; been ; estab- Ilshed or nearly fifty years,, aod.it has h llir rate . But d they da not pay some subscribers who have "received it L' ;,onth,s' thc rat wiU i'25 " i ,i. . -T . . . . year. E Hereafter we will send the pa nearJy that IonS, and biany who have ; per io a!l responsible persons who or- reaa u tor a generation, dome ot mee ouject to navmg tne paper ns- -ntinued at. the time of expiration of , trir subscriptions. For the benefit, of .cse, and for other reasons, we have conemded to discontinue Subscriptions only when notified to do so. All per- .sons paying wnen suDscnoing, or pay- Tlie J lay-Pa nncefote t rea ty Is ra ti- Iid: now go to work for tlie canaL i ongresnian Tongue gives the as- suriiipm tliat Oigon Is well ; tak.-ii care of iu the Itlver and Ilarlior Uill. We shall w whether the Upppcr Wil-laim-M the most iuqsirtaat water vajr t tin whole Willamette valley has l-eu properly renieuiliered. IJesolution of sympathy with Circa t Erllain ami '-oiidem nation for the .Tioers for their annoying and harass lug tactics would ) now in order. It is n shame for those strong, Inirly Hutch farnier to abuse the weak, in nocent represent Ives of Her Majesty's iK'lietkeiiit government. Let's'- have fconie resolutions by nil means. c lowi at Elsie, flat sop comity. Is n -spruce- iree .which measures i3 fct in clrcumfc renee four'- feet alwve the Zi'piul. lias a limb, wis feet In diame ter lifieen feet from the ground, and nJmve that limb th" irw U sixteen feet in diameter tf . alwmt TY fee, iron ml. A el ion from that tree would make a spruce looking Repub lican platform. ; ,;.'.nie California 1 "residential Electors are having suitably Jnserilied ballot lox mak . to contain the majority given by that fvate In tlie late t-lectlou. to U eurr'ed to Iresident MeKlnley nml d -livctvd. to him by Samuel iM. Hhorlrldge, who ha IsM-n ehseii to 4-airy ilie-voi to Washington. A iiitv- ilillle slab of Oregon marble i-ngnavtHl wiiti tM-egon's vole WouM t; a prity 'utenir to leave at the "While IIoum. .".The r.liu wliitli jiuike .some )M-ofde in Oregon growl and feel. unhappy .are a xoiirf-e of genuii deasunr among our neighbor or tVilirornici. Here Is tl way In whieh the (.'all rejoie-s over reem weatlu'T conditions: ll Jitoks as if we were going lo have a good old - California winter ugahi with plenty of water in tin- lowland for Venn kin earnlral.s And plenty of mow In the mountains for tolioggan islMi s, t-,1 l.f us all Ik merry." . At the last general ehviiori in Clrejit rriitiin a,JSrr.iMW votes were eas. at an nvraue cost of eenls per vote for Jegltlinale, exif'iisis; in the English comities the cost was $1.22 and in the boroughs i -ents. Ich AV-lli vote eoist f MNi to cast; in S-otlaid th mt Avas ?I..U in tlk rotmtieH and SU cent In I he-"borough, and In Ireland 7! ntH in th: conntkH 4ind dl cents In the lMroughs. There were 11 Si can didates for 7rt seats In the House of Commons. '"'. '.. " '-'-' f I tno racy Is a very sick patient. The old relative have tiecn trying to lapse of November , and now the YHO YANTTO BUILDUP fc thIir BODIES WILL FIND THE ONE THING NEEDFUlT IN -J , v - The body Is built up from the food we eat. But before food can be assimilated by the body it must be prepared for assimi lation by the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutri tion. Food does not feed when the stomach is "out of order." The result is, weaV muscles and fiabbv flesh. "Golden Med ical biscovery" heals diseases of the stomach and digestive and nutritive system. It works with Kature to make manly muacle and form firm fiesh. Ia a letter received from A. D. Weller, Esq., of, Pensacola, Es cambia Co., Fla. (Box 544). be states : - "I hive, since receiving your diag-noais of my cmse, as aiottach trouble and liver com t t V 4 plaint, juien eight bottles of tbe Golden Medical Discovery' and mast say that X am transformed from a walk ing shadow (as my friends called me) to perfect healta." - r i COWTUSS NO ALCOHOL. One year, in advance. $1; Six Three months, in advance, 25 cents; fV.:i 'f: V Q,':'- H'; ing in advance, will have, the benefit of utr'it though they may-not send the money, with the understanding; that they are to pay $1.25 -a year, in .case they "let the subscription account run over six months. In order that there may be no misunderstanding, we will keep this notice standing- at this place m the paper. heavl nurse has abamloned tlie slek room. Tbe old ttnM family physician, wh bronglkt tin pa i lent through some Iwtril siege in the . paxt, has 1etn standing around .eritlelzing tlie treat ment ami the melleines recently ad tuiuistertHl. btfr Ir. Bryan kits he other has not KitggeMted any new ren ! ies to Kiilwlltute for them. There lies the patient, all the family in tear and nolhwly to suggest a remedy. ; Thecas look Iepenite at lest, iaml Ileaven hk'l the next riuix' w;ho takes charge W It., . ' " - : THE SALri-M CANXERW T1h SJatenman Is Informcsl that the Salem Cannery's capacity for handling fruit and -vegetables will Ik- greatly increased for' next year's work. The !n formn I ion brings much satisfaction. The cannery has been n good thing for alem and for the fruit growers. It -lias handled and pa hi out money for u large amount of fruit In quanti- tie mal! and great. that wonkl have bten likely to go to waste if that avenue had not been open to them. With enlarged capacity, of course It will increase tlMf bcneti.'s.' And the let fi-atnre of t,he affair Is tluit the caofK-ry the uist year was a paying br-MtWM proposition to Its owners. ; There Is r.o i p btks n re In seeing a pub lic: sprited c:ipitalist losing kmonpy and rjjv l eiwllls to a community from a coweein that I working at a saeri licc are only tern notary. We want Ihf cannery to pnsper to expand, to Incnns" and grow, and ia,o far as it Is aide to do so tills city and the fruit growers and gardeners around U will i.i'oilt'by lr.' " - 'I. THE PROGRESSIVE SOUTH. All sections of the Union nuty well alTonl to extend helpfol sympathy ami earnest co-ojiera ( ion to (he movement for the lu-reasHl development of tbose slates represt uted tut. tlu Jsoulherii In Hustrial Convention wlilch met In Xew Orleans last ;week says the Kt. liimis Iti'fiublic. ; fris' organized elTort thn? Ix'gun un der able leadership Is intendel to bring alMHit an "i-rti of greater prosperity for I be South by mcanx of the encourage trtpnt of its liwlitslries. the tit II iz.il Ion of its vast and practically undevekvp td natural resources, the whlening of its markets, the fostering of Its spirLc of enterprls and cimimnfral aggi'es slvenss. It Is a movement w-ell In line with the world advance In mate rial prosperity, ami full of ' promise for the." section inost llreclly cou erncl. & It is als of so beneficenta promb in its national aspect as lo call for the jteneral snptort of the American 4eo ple as a whole. There is no one Ac tion of this country whoso greater prosjerity loes not mean Iucreas-d pi-sp'rity for the Union. TiiV mui-pb-te ojHuing up of he South, one of Mm richest Jiehls for capital's Invest ment as for lalwr's employment now visible In this country, will Ih for the good of tl entire nation. It can but swell che volume of proserity which has reached such ample proportions of late yearSj AMKXf IN'G It A X K Ii Lr PTP Y LAW. An attempt Is to lie made In (Con gress .to amend the National ; Bank "fHintc.v law,, vhlcb, after . t wo,,years cxtK'rience ba d-vclited serious' dev fects, w Inch Mem for. Hoar, and Repre- tunitailv, lta. of "Massachusetts de wen to curti irti neasnj:? alwut Ao pf Inlroil'icctl. ' V: '""" ;.-"'. The salient features are more strin gent regulation in dealing with fraud ulent atankrupt an'd an ameudment designed to relieve iunoeir cmlltors from the iiardship Smposeil by Judicial decisions In respect to. preferences. T1m law provbU's that a cmlitor w1h has receiveil a preference cannot have his claim allowed unless be first Kitr-M-mlers tliat prefereiM-elfor the i -om-mon Item-fit in. Itself a proper prorisv Ion. yp f - X: -r.. 'f;-.:i, But tlie eocrs in many districts have decided that any siim receiveil within a ierlotl of four 'months preceding Iwnkniptcy constitutes ; a preference. Under, this ruling ''anVunsnsisH-ting therchaDt who accepts a payment on current aecotttw and probacy makes It the basis ofsetenarred(Ti!; de ,farTcd from proving biV clahns j against the ttankrupt unless be gives np the sum so received.'- The injiisllee of this Is evident.5 ' , . ' - J An: aHial has IWea made to tbe ftupreme Court,1 biut. meanwhil the liar. bill exonerates inno-ent creditors who receive partial payments bi the otdtnary cours' of their business. The bill Is advwatcd by the American Bar As.McIatioi. by the fXationnl Associa tion f JUfere-s in 'It;inkrupey:: . nd bv comaiercial organizations, and Con gress should pass It at the jiresent session.. - . ! MAXITAU -LABOR PROSPEROUS. Iu almost every railroad, station 1k-- tweon the MisKlssimtl river and the RockyvaiwuBUins notlcvs-bave been iw,i1drt,i? il.A5IW.st thre niixutl- oftWlnilhighrivaaes. for lrakr Mxatuls c,r. ti vi. v.rL xs.r- - . ., it was Impossible to get a supply of Ibis cbeaiest erade of imnur 1&1 One reason was tliat It was easw In Xt-lwasJca ei--cialiv to make .-frooi P2.Zi to $3.30'a Aav' shucking emu. Many clerks got1 l-ave of alisence to go Into, the corn fields and work for a few days. 'Xow thc wages of railroad btbireis in that region bave risen from $2 to f2.o. . with board, ami the chances are that tl figures mar- somwltat higher, for, the railroads an getfew nieu to go iuko the moun tains, where the work is severe . In winter. It Is only; five years since the president of one of the great Western railroads said freely In private conver sation that tbeuime.was coming with in a dei-ade when the day laborer, s- peclallj' the railroad day laliorer, would W getting tH -'nts a kty, arid would 1k glad even of thau .Tlie great advance in the wages of day la!orers and the mistaken vbws of one of tbe greatMh-fctor of Labor In this countrj serve; to emphasize- the fallacy of tle assertion tlutt the workiugman Is not getting a fair share. Next tOithe West- rn farmer,' who is making from T5 to lfn isfr cent, clear profit on what be nrodnee. the iruiuual lalioror seems to bit)ont the most prosperous indi vidual In I be kind. In work on lV?st- eru railroads his -wages luive gone, up riillypi ier rent. J Vw other callings ca n sTkw such a record. THE VOTE FOR PRESIDENT, V The "vote of the ' Iteskleniial election held last fall seems to 1h within . a fewJiumlietbi, this: 1S9. MeKlnley . . i . . . 7itr5,2fil Bryan I .... . . . . (J,4ir,:?.sr t5.5tni.9-i5 McKinley's gain Brran's loss . .., 1",48JI 8t,3.S I Tbe anti-Rculdlcans among tbelsimply emohasizing his obnoxious anti-BranitCtt comlud'e that this- very sman gam m tno nnuniicau vote; jh, lit-ates great dissatisfaction with tlieident Harrison, too, who is a lhtlc Administration and practically that verj' isdicy.it is blenlUied wlfh, ex :.vpl ing pos.-ibly ; sr.und money, has Is en condemned says t he X; Y. Sun. Thai sem a shirficlal explanation. The nioix- probable cause for the small Republican lucreae1,!, '.'that in ,18Dd, the "first of the two si'rlous assaults ;tViV 4he national creiit, the public anxiety was extreme and the vote was phenomenally large. , In .11X this anxiety was allayed, and thv novelty of tin campaign' bad worn awav. and he lsrn stay-at-homes, whom the ex traordinary canvass of 1S1MI bail draAvn inlif stlls. stayil at home again. COOn FOR PEXDLRTOX. The States'! uin desires to congratu late tlu East Oregonlan and the city of Pendleton nion the spirit and deter mination which tin- following clipping reveals: -' ; - ,IVuIbtou in tlie- matter of falsing a- fund for the establishment liere of a Iwanch, of the Young Men's Christian Association, is going alxuit it "with her usual energy and business like vigor. Tlie amount desired, $.VH Will be secured without donbt within a few days, more than $1700 leing sub- scrHietl the first day. With the com pletion of the fund work on tlie build ing will com .nonce, a lot having al ready been purchased under an option. Few towns have the uplrit of Pendle ton, and this spirit .continued for an other ten years: will v make Pendleton a city of 10.000 to 1..000 people. One thing Is always In the minds of Pen dleton people tbe town must be made a hetterr place to live In. The coming Of the Y. .M. fj. A, will add to it in tbla regard. The next work that should 1m, undertaken is to provide a public park, swimming baths- and a lake with all tlije advantages that cad accompany rliem.'" Another Tss Hviil do; It;. atir wj Will simply pend the money- wJiKoprMVes 'and 'on our seivcjf .anu cvery cent will . come back. ..... I k'--r :;;'.' ". 'RBCKIVIN'tJ THE PRESIDENT. Now that it Is a tout definitely act lied that r president MeKlnley will vlsit lhe raclfic'coast in May and will IMiss through brcgod, it will lie In or iler for tle legislature, ; when It con venes, to extend lo him a formal hivi bttkm 4o vlsif this slate at tbe seat of government, which he will undoubt edly accept, and tlieu the city of Sa lem will have an opportunity to do Iterself protid By- tlie way.dr would lie n let? thipg. If the iaylngjof 4he wwr toiie of the nt-w rcileraf iMiild ing could occur alioiM that same tiim Itnvill be Just ten years after the vis It of Presideut IIarrlsonv an occasion memorable for a lino tt lebration. nof- f jtfv tAtvlin in, sy rain, Salem wllf eclipse f of Stci6n!r what ' was such a success for Itarrl son. TTrltfnjr of tluifei'leltratlon-In honor of rrehlent Harrison Strings ' to mind an epWl- in which CJov. PeomSyer of that 4ime figured to apiarent disadvan.- tage, byt Iii which." s far as Its disa I greeablc feat ure werel ionem-t, he was not at all' to blame , Pennoyer was n t easily diseom ft teil'lmt this oc currence a n noyed him very , mucb. Iresidetiftarrison was to arrive a UtSV iu. Mayor P. 1 1. . I Arcy vA japilnted all the .-officers ami commit tees AU, njgbtt iiefoiv and tm wheels of reception were all supiKsed to lie well oiJi-l- The- iinest cab in the city was owotl by a Iemocra4T-lill Cham lK-rs but notbing was too good for the Rpuldicao rresUfeut, f the Dfmo- ins cn u-were ueciueo uism. Goor H. Jturiirt; now. elmill Jndg I was chrf marMial. and'-It wa Ids unl'r a'-g f otner things, toioury mirfi to unye governor 4enneyir a,m Va'r J Arr' ut ueiwm I " to m?t the PresMbnt's 4rainr so they could ake blm in "the carriage to the state hous4. Marshall Burnett did not finit Chambers, so . left sword; for blm at the barn where be made head quarters. By some means the Instruc tions became mixed and Bill drove to Jie train but J failed, to "call for the state and rcity " exi-eutlves. Mayor IV Arcy wa!tel as long as lie thought was prudent and then dasbed: to tlie deKt, arriving iu plenty of time. lbv- tanor I'ennoyer sat In hi offk'e some what nervous and would have also walked to l Ik-depot, but a prominent Republican happened to be present and knowing tbe arrangements told the Cloyeruor not to walk to the. deisit and not; to lie uneasy, that a cab would call for him In plenty of time. Ilut It, didu't. Cioveruor Penuovcr" was not missed front "the immense throng .at- the dejot until President Harrison's train : came thundering In and the committee of reception' went skuttylng' around for the chief digni taries to bead -the delegation to wait upon the nation s chief magistrate. The Mayor "was found, but no Govern or and there was 'consternation. Bill I Cbamliers w'as sent at lightning speed to tlie state house and brought I'en noyer. after whkh all things went Mil in t lily. But in the meantime there were dark brows in . several plae s. The pople ren:eiubcred tliat Pennoyef a few days liefore had spoken slightingly of 4he idea of ,a CJovernor going away from the; capital to meet the. , President. They thought Pen ooyer Imd obtruderl his State's Bights doctrines nnneces- LatHy d offensively ami they did not like it. And now tliev.fhouirht he was prineTrdiV' to " tlir discmilt of Salem hospitality; and they uvie hot. Prei- haughty blmself, remenrbered Tennoy-' fer's declaration and now; llndmg: no ovcruor to nuet him v sulked at once. He. de-ilned to leave his ear until that functionary should arrive, and had I'ennoyer refused to leave the state bouse for.that.eyent. Salem would not have hada ;vlew of, the President. '- . The foregoing Is a true accoant of rhe episode.5 wlilch caused conkkra se aimiseiueivt at - the! time among .tjiose famiiiar with tlie. facts, but Which brought upon flovcrjior Pennoy er a' great ideal of nndesirved wnsure and abuse front the statif prssrt. rue BK8T PRKKCRirTIUh Jt)K MA LARIA. i j Chills and B-'Uousness Is a bottle of OROVESTH TASTELESS CHILL TONIC It Is simply Irou and Oul- cine In a. tasteless form; No cure, no pay. Price J centa j , The San TrancIs-o Chronicle would like 4o see a Fek-ral law parsed .that would prevent the staUif froin,"g"rry- manderlng" thelr'distrlCjts' to-'sult tlie pollteal requirements of the mstjorlty In the Legislature. Tliere is no doubt but the practice of lixing' thc political complexion of districts has bcn prac ticed a great deal. In the past In such states as Indiana, Illinois and even Iowa at one time. In order to defeat (Jeneral AVeaver, the lora legislature fixed bis district so that It ran two thinls of the way across the state so as to get the requisite aiinber of Be hnblican counties In it.' In-Indiana it was. for a time comiuoh tractice for each party as it iict,rslctl io control In the Igislatnre, to gerrymander the state In Its own Interest. But such things, right themselves, without na tional. Interference, whbj-h , 'woubl, be doubtful wistloui. if constitutional. e Sa n Fra iielreo w i t liott t the ma ssl ve wooden cross rising front the tp of I tile Mountain in the 'nighest ixtrf of ttie city will seem like a M ran &v port lo tlii' tiiatiner who testilarly makes jnaT' jiarliorV The greait gale of last vu ek blew It do w n. It j wa s the first object eeii against the sky as shifts aiwrcicheil Portland its stern warn-, Ing ami kindly wvlwiiw told ; a story not only., of l lie. religious d?rotlonof flie fauioQs mission workers in' early days on it be c,.ist. but of the 'periU and triumjdis of the great tiaviga ten's who lisr inad t hat refuge known. 1 1 sbQtild le .restord, nd only a a strik ing and use fjd ; btndmark. but ' as a worthy meiuofial of p!ner day, in the advancement "of rcligkm and of trade through the mastery of the.sca. That Is a most : from Mrs. YV. P. iuterestiug letiar Lord, which we pf inc la a not her column. , It irtray s-eues in the gayest of tbe Kouth American capitals. r Ituenos Ayre. that give "an insight into social and political life there."! It U a friend! r letter, in a style that Is growing all TOO Ki'l.l.im liut n lih in rl.i... latter 'I- t'Xmilft fTITRXIXOVjtlTTl. j -; :?- '- . 1 1 i " ,.- x'' .' Transfonnatlon- m Progress 'Fifteen .. .Years and Is Xearfy Complete, Harrlsbhrg, HI.. Dec. 1. Twenty three.j'eors ago there came "to this "ouutry atnegwi, whose name b TImmu as limtse. but later aisr U-tter known by the aiielhttloii "Juilge. ami- who settleil with bis family on a farm near C!arrier ;MiUs, 'In a settlement known as "The Ponds." H -ame from Teii nese. was? very- 1la-k. anil no more a'licniloii was paid to blm titan to any other negrv He ba nviikil in this height Mirtiood' 'ver slm-e. tending a little farm of twenty actes, and everj f fiot of : i t. ; I oget mr w it h " i t be U 1 1 k liouse In whU-li he livs. shows thai crude and rustle simidiciry so cbarac tertstk? or.Amerlcsin js'jisautry. ; uii. morning, atsiut lineen years asro. a ner washing his fat and go ing to the baking glass to couih his hair, Ik iXbcovcr-d a small white snot on his left cbe'k. Thinking It was a sneck. of, wap . or some o'i her foreign object ou bLs face, be tried to wipe It off with a towel .'but it wtull rni:i!nl H pabt no attention to it for nearly a Week, wlwii. tuon looking into . the glass again he was surprised to find that the sot was 1'wico its original size.' This fact caused hint some little worry, and he consulted a physk-ian, who informed blm that It was merely an abraslou or the, skin, and that ft would pass off within a. few days, but instead It kept growing gradually, lait more rapidlj-.as years passed, until at the present time only a few black spots remain These 1 Jack sitots are. around bis eys, nose and under bis arnws. . A wblte scalp and straight grav hairs cover his bead, and a stran ger looking at blm from the back woukl never susrKH-t that be was a negro. He lias several children, some of whom have reached the aire of manhood, hut none of them show anv signs. of whitening. He hai lsn tobl bv some ohviriaus thiit the wUIicht iiur nroccss was a disease, ami that When the dark skin luid all dlstioiear- ed It would kill him.. This he doe not Jielieve, from the fact that during all these years he has not experienced the slightest pain ot even Itching, and that his health is lstter and be' can do a bigger day's work than when be was black. Tbe soot on his face-. which are around the eves, give him the apjtearance of a whlti uian who hae lieen burned r havintr "" acid thrown in. -his face. , , in tlie nelghfsirhocMl in which he lives bis case docs not cause much comment. cx-'it among a few of the gnorant and tiuperstitious. who 1w kve that he is iboing tran.formel into sonefhing more than human by the nana or tioa. Catarrh Cannot be Cared frith LOCAL. APPLICATIONS, aa they can reach the seat of the disease. Ctart-h is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to curs St you must take internal remedies. Hall's! Catarrh Coxa is taken internally, and acta directly on the blood and mucous surfaces Hall's Catarrh Cure is not aquack medicine. Iti was prescribed by one of the best physicians id this country tor years, and is a regular pre4 Kiiun, it. n composea or roe Desi tonics mown, comoinea witn the best blood purifiers J acting directly on the mucous surfaces. That perfect combination of tbe two ingredients is what produces sstch wonderful results ia curiae tfatMk fcl.. .X . . : ! 1 . T tfg iu(im pries 1Mb i Hall's Family Pills are the best Sr RGRItY' OF THE 'HEART. At the recent medical congress In Paris t "was ... shown .that surgeon have leon opening up a new tleld for operative work iu the surgery of-th b:irt. A l'arls correspondent sjiys thij more than ten cases are now on record '.lit which.' after bnlk-1 or knife wound. of the heart muscle, the heart waft -. boldly . hut detUiTatcly cvttosed by the surgeon .and the riMit In its walls repaired by suture. Aliout half ihe pa. it-iits luivc lived for more thau a yar after the operation and ithe survivors are in good general bea lib. T1k heart evidently -omp)etelv re- covereil from its -accident. E)riXEIXEQIIJTY:. ' ' i . ' ; Tike work horse and the carriage horsi stoxl wide ly side on the street. "I wo you ttake your uic.-iK a la cart. snifTed the latter, looking disdainfully at the other's canvas feed bag. "Yes." replied tlie opiiiie ""'toiler, "lion'l youY" "Neigh. . neigh, Pa ullne T a nd the proud aristocratic - mare rattled' the silver chains iioii her harness. "1 urefer 'mine sla)l d"oat.!' Philadel- ohia Bullvllu. . I UI E A I I "I 'I, ACt 'II) EXT. Ethel (Mi, - Emily. I had such' dnadfnl accSdent the other day. broke two of my frono' t-eth. Emily How painful. How did happen? ; Ethel (thought fiilly) They f fell off the sldelswnl. and I accidentallt' trMl on thtin. Ixmdon lick-Me-I.'p.f A .CAREFUL 4JPEA KE31. . "WlKtt did j-ou exiect to prove J4iy tluit exceedingly long-windm argu ment of yours?" asked the friend. "I didn't expet to prove anything, auswered. the orator. "All I hoixl to do was to confuse the other fellow. "so that he couldn't prove that I didn't prove anything.lAndon Answers. ' MIAN'S VORST LI VIXd FOE. (Moouitoes Kill tluridrciits" of Thous- awls Evt-ry Yr So ltys On of the (toverument'H"Mosjuito Shars lh 'In'iets ( arry Tltv Kinds of iNdsoirfor 71iree Kinds of Shakes. - Washington. Nov. 20. At 'a meet ing of be National PdologicaFisocIety. nr. (V AV. Stiles jof IlieJVparlment of ASfvb'lture read a jsiper advancing the tlieory that mosquitoes were; en- tut iy, resisMislWe for nip disease we call miliaria, and that without niosqni- tots there would Ie uo such disease. ; Froni a medical, btologic.il and eco nomic siiindiornt malaria is one , of the-tnost iiniMrtant drsases of man," said lr. StUes, rhls morning. ; "Tlie iniir.ls-r of itoaths annually rrom" this diseiise throughout ihe world must tie Nckoned In" hundreds' of " thousands. Italy alone averaging fthout l."l.tT0t a year, while the number of , snffeters must he counted by million's. Its eco noiiik IiniMiiiance may Ik? appreciated when we take iuto acconut not. only the deaths, buti tlK' tihie lost by those who are afflicted. From a "military standpoint it Is also imiortaat since In some localities' 40 or SO per cent, of the trcons. rnVr with mnlnrM' rrr j veatV ; "; - ' I; '-I'be cause of ihe disease was' dis-' ?Trt fl.y Dr. I.nrerani a' . t. u "' 'u, iMtiiij- years ago Ht Is at present engag.sl at the PaHr Institute, Paris. He discovered In n,. blood a microsfopk- oisnnUiu whi,-i, be llrst tlw.u-ltt was h pLint tlongit,., to the g ii ik t iseiilarla. but w ht4i has since been teo;;iMy.ed.as animal and Idaeed h the g, ni,s Plasmliu, Ilirw d;snu. ; sp, el.- are known-on whUt lakiS ly forty-eight hours t, complete its cy e in man. That is ti... -ause of tin, ordinarv t..r,i-... i wlwre -tin . paikiit has a t i,vi on all t t iii.-ue days. The Mti.nd fouh takes sevepjy-two hours Jo ctuiitb'-u Its d veloumeiit. :i:d is 1 lt t-ause of 'the otiarlan fever. The thii-,1 Utnn is the cause tlK so-calkd irregular estiV antr.mn fever. -"Although lie parasite was div.iT. ir-i iiveniy years. ag it Is onlv w-iii.. in two vears that its life history j,., twon worked out. Tiiis is ' exceed in -!v ....I.WU..MIM u.iK n iir'ct bi-ariu-' unoii ttie origin of malarial ' Infect i-uP It contradi-ts many iniilar ideas i-,.l ga rding malarial disease, ami r take some time to convjuce tlie 'puhlie that the -oiit lusio'js are corn-t. Uov ever, there is absolutely , ground for sceptlclin.-- The parnsll,. runs through a double eych, ami thus 'innnitij ti sil in ... . ii . .. . . ia iiKiutci itirins i"'V is present iu the blood or the human being, and is the cause of diseasv This microscopic organism ts known as, an as xual animal; 4hat is males and females cannot le dlstin' guished. TIk other -y k Is -found in ccrtalu mosquitoes of ihe genus ano-phek-s.; In , this, lage the animal iH sexual, and m.-ik-s and fimal -learly distinguished. Tlu h-hkn.. lakes a iiositloii Iu Hm wall of :4hTm,m. oui.-o's stomach ami tfew ohns tn. nute germs kaiown i(s sirozoritvs. which gradually work iuto the irbuids of i lie iiisH.-t. Tiien whenever a nios-. nnlto bites a mm son she leaves a few" eerms umter the kin. (July ... female mosouitoc attack human )N-itins ih.. luau xno44mUMs feeding upon vegi.ta IJe matterj These germs, running through the asexual stage In the lui man sing. (repnsluce so rapidly that the ontinary panisit of teiiian ' fever gives to about .VMi.iKNi.iKNMKiii within twenty days, tiiire. If we would ex terminate, malarial -diseases, niomi tes must 'first be exierminaNsl for it Is impossible for the parasite of ma laria to complete its work without tin aid of the nirosquiio. "While there is a opu:ir inc.res sion that mosquitoes have sim-i)iing io u wiut miliaria, iieopie he-HeVe that malaria Is -caught either fr.im lreilli Jng wwamp air or drinking impure Wa ter. It must therefore lie cxms-Ns that the results of re-eiit . seieni ; Investigation will 1k? dnrilel. Iti.,jJg-k-allv. howeicr, there is only one ex ecution to the Jaw that uialaria is Iraasmittisl by mosquitoes. If a M-r-son In- a 'certain stage of malaria should happen 'to 1e attacked by :i Mtlng-fly or some other Iiis'et, "and that, insin t wlau4d infect a ' hculiliy nerson with malarial germs, it might develop a case of nialaria. .Sucii an oxx'tirrence, however, would be ex ceptional. "It sounds radical," continued Ir. Stiles, "to assert, that he existence of malarial dLst-ascs is alsolutely djHMid cut ujsn iuos(iiitoes.' but the soii r Hie fact is realized the sooner wc will gt rid of these disease. Man is not the only animal Unit : has malaria, hut no other has the same malaria round iu man. A large percentage of -spar-' rows, swallows and pigeons, have a' disas which torresHnds to malaria, but it is not ttansmrsille to man.' "I have heard It suggesfetl that in some regions' where niosouitot s :ue plenty malaria is unknown, and iluvi malaria exists where "there are no mosquitoes, 3ut in pleu'tv of placf wlK-re man exists yellow fever is un known. Other conditions must pre vaU to.piodu-c malaria Ix-skles ihe oicseuce of man. We must have man present' for the disease 4o develop:' secoudlvwe must have inosuito4-s of the genus anopheles lo Iransmit the disease, and. thirdly the germs which cause the di.-ease. You can Isive iiios- (liiiim-s and man in a given lonliiv. but if the germs art noli present Hi. dis4Ms will not exist. "Can you prove that malaria Is m.'i iransmit teil by the air r'bv drinking wairr?" Ir. Silks was .is'k.Mt. Tills involves tlie demonstration of1 the iiegallve,.. 1m replied. "It Is ,iiu 1mssUV to dcmoiistra'te lli.it tlie ucriiis of malaria do not exist in jthe air. On i ue oiuer ii.iikI. it is Piolozictiilv iiii- isvsslhle to conceive, of tlniir existence in the air. The burden of prsif rests uiHin thwo wlio claim that malaria' i-au lie Iransmit ted by brealhiW the air without tin- Intervention of. the. mosquito. The .idea that malaria is transmitted by tin air or (drinking wa ter is purely a tlieory. without proof hack of it. It should bo recalled lli.it mosquitoes fly at night. . Ilemv it is natural for tieoplc to Infer that night' air causes malaria. Furthermore. mosquitoes arw common near wwamps; Itcuce rhe klea Is prevalent the air of th swamns causid the 1le.-iu" Dr. L. O. Howard, the entomologist f the iH'Dtirtmcnt of Agriculture. who Is another iriosoulto 'shim" tells of cei'talu drstitts where malaria, has been tiraet lea lly; stamped out 8y kill ing off tlK mosquitoes, lie Is of ihe ooiulon that boards of In-all li and niuiib-ipal autloritIes. wlU Is forcM to take up the questilon tof the ex'i'.r minallon of the -mosquito in a syste matic manner and. thus . fid ,1, their ncighborhissls of the cattKC of 7 'tbte ilisi'ase. While aware that many phy sicians are still seeririeal regarding Ihe transmission of ni.il.iri.i by.nios- quii'oes, be urges a sanitary c;iiiipslu ag.uirsi rue inaiaria . mosqniio, which eaii'le reiognlswd 1y those sicking to Ait-iiuiii;iu. uiiii. iiH f .iii in tn.'ii.--n-u W i .1M...t . J . -Ii t.. f If . . .... 1.. .l.....fn.l - In the dark as well as during tlie day. His note ;in singing l.s abohU. four lops lower than llw-ordinary mosiiulto. a fact -tha t .corresonds withUhe nsira I distribution of parts In operas where tlie villian alwayw has the tiass. Ir. Howard says tlie s-st method of exJiernrlnatfng mosquitoes is by pouring kerosi'tie. oo tint stagnant wa- er tliere thej breed. This kills hhe L-irvaeiii Ihe waUT and the adnlt fe male when she comes to lay her egg.-'. 1 u caes where It is impractical to u-e iefroleum.;siifalL'imiiiniWs jdscid In Viae wiiter will nnwilly devour Yhe mos quito iarvae. , . s Alea seek - retreats- for themsdves. houses in Ok- iimntry. mm shore, and nKiimtains: and thou art wont to de sire such things very 'much." Hut this Is altogether a mark of the most -om- tnon -sort of men. for It Is In thy ow- r, whenever , thou shalt choose, . to retire Into thyself. For nowhere, eith- i r ivltln ninrt nulet V.r more fri-eliUi from trouble, doi's a man 'retire than - itwo bis own soul. larcus Aurclius.