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J-'IUDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, I'M2.
MARRIED AND SINGLE.
One .«>f I lie mosl interesting
ill-ins <>f iln> last annual report
of I In* New York superintendents
of prisons is I lie co'niparal ive
number of married and single in
our slate's prisons. In nearly all
of tlioin I lie proportion is about
I wire as many single as married.
In SiiifJT Sing I here are 5i2 mar
ried prisoners '.Mi:! single, 78
Nvido\vers and live divorced oul
of 1,52H. The proportion of sin
gle in married is no| quite so
high in Auburn, liul iu Clinton,
where I here are many • mull iple
olVenders. I here are nearly three
limes as many of the single as of
married, Evidently marriage is
I he great Readier. Or perhaps
il is I h a I women choose Ihose
men as hushamls whose charac
ters are likely in make good, law
abiding eiliextis of I hem. There
is just one sad rcHeelioii, audi
that is that the statistics showi
that there are several thousand
children of the married prison
ers whose future is likely to be.
seriously affected by the disgrace
of their fathers.
STEALING DAYLIGHT.
11 is a well known principle
«»f physios I hat is described in
liie common saying thai a man
ran't lift himself by bis boot
lops. To save sunlight by I in n
ing bark the hands of the clock j
;.n hour would seem to belong to a!
similar class of impossibilities,j
lull, as a matter of fart, if does
jiol. This was proved in Moose
Jaw not long ago, when I he eloc-l
Iric power house burned down,'
leaving the citizens without light J
The oily council rose to the orea-'
sion by ordering the Sown- ball!
clock advanced one hour at mid-,
liighl. The next morning, assum
ing thai everybody go| up al I lie'
.same lime, Ihe town rose to see •
!he hands of Ihe clock poinlingj
In seven. As a mailer of fact,!
it was only six, and Ihe p.wtple
who hurried in work had been un
roio-ciotisly defrauded of an hour.!
l*u| Ihe 12 o'clock whistles blew'
;i| II o'clock instead of 12, and
work for the day ceased at five
instead of six. Ihough everybof'v
<;i!lu| il -six. The result is thai
ir? Moose Jaw Ihe people rise and
cat I heir breakfast by daylight,
and gel home in time lo cat their
rvening meal before Ihe sun goes
down. Therefore, the disaster lo
Ihe electric power plant has not
so seriously inconvenienced Ihem
as if would if they had not stolen
thai midnight hour. In Orillia a
similiar daylight saving measure
will be tried Ibis summer, and if il
i* supported by Ihe manufactur
ers of Ihe city it ouglil |o prove
a popular innovation. In Ihe fall
the hour will be restored lo Ihe
day, and next spring il will be
pinched off again.
BRAIN POWER.
II is a mere lrtii«m In affirm
I hat tlic iiIl.imnl«* destiny of our
civilization will depend upon the
degree of efficiency developed by
the brains of tlio members of fu
lurno general ions ;but (ho Import
ance of solf-evidonf truths is sel
dom appreciated. If human in
telligence is measured by the in
terests wn lake in the problem of
I ho greatest importance in de
termining the destiny of the race,
what hall w« say of our igno
rance and lack of forethought
with regard lo I ho most vital of
all human problems? Modern
civilization is constantly increas
ing I ho si rain on I ho most doli
oalo nrgan in the human body,
while but puny efforts aro mada
to supply Iho opportunities for
obtaining the information about
Iho brain necessary to avert dis
aster from overwhelming the hu
man race. While speaking in hys
terical tones of a possible gloomy
foreboding of the failure of th<
coal supply, we are blind to th<
fact that some day there may b'«
a shortage of brain-power, a de
ficiency made evident by our fail
ure to copo successfully with tbt
emergencies created by an ad
vancing and nVore complex civiliz
ation. Universities, and so-call
ed higher institutions of learn
ing, do but little to encourage any
effort made in the direction of
finding out the laws which' con
dition the activities of the brain.
In relative importance all other
qucslions become mere trivial
academic discussions.
NEW YORK CROOKS.
Prosecutor Whitman, of New
York, is gaining a national and
even an international reputation.
His plucky fiprliI against the po
lice grafters and the city gang
ster*' is commanding the admira
lion of citiens of the world.
When a nasty den nf reptiles in
fest a city, dividing the place in
to districts for purposes of mur
ders, gambling and highway mb
l» rv, and follows up I he work by
Corrupting the police, intimidat
ing other officials and attempt
ing to corrupt prosecutors and
courts, it is to the credit of the
man who will stand forth in the
puhl'c cause and fight them to
Ihe last ditch. Prosecutor Whit
man is fighting llio eut-lhronl
gang of New York. The law-abid
ing element has his sympathy and
his support. A large fund is be
in"' subscribed to aid him. The!
public press is rendering vasl as-j
sistauce by lifting the lid and
piduriui; the siluafion in ;i 11 il<
llideousneses.
Bui llic wonder "I ii is I hal |
*<> iniK-li corruption cnulil havei
been carried on so long without
caus'ng alarm. Millions have
been collected annually from
gamblers ami others «»f the un
derworld, ami distributed as
spoils among corrupt officials,
liusli money has blinded the
blackmailing police In the dark
est crimps. Roys and girls have
been ruined, women have been
outraged, men have been robbed,
families have been wrecked and
M»e city menaced. Such rolten
h ss threatens the foundations of
a nation. New York is not alone
in such vile ennditinns. Similar
gangs exist in many other cities.
More Whitmans are needed over
I lie continent, to purge the police
forces and rid the cities of the
leeche.s who league with outlaws.
If New York courts display the
courage they should in dealing
with the Rosenthal murderers and
other gilded criminals they will
sir-ike a blow llial will have far
reaching influences in many cen
Iit's. New York state hanged sev
en men at Sing Sing a few days
ago. Possibly the hanging nf
seven hundred would come near
er a just number in murderous
New York. May the scoundrels
not be allowed to rest until the
last one is hounded to earth and
brought to justice.
"THE MASSACRE OF THE TON
SIL."
When a medical journal thinks]
Miougli of an address to print if
a second time it iM obvious that
the paper has unusual merit, and
that it has attracted widespread
attention: and that is precisely
what the Maryland Medical Jour
nal does in the case of an' ad
dress delivered by Dr. John N.
Mackenzie, clinical professor of
laryngology and rhinology at the
Johns Hopkins university, on the
subject of "The Massacre of the
Tonsil."
Dr. Mackenzie is a frank con
troversialist: lie assumes a fair
share of the responsibility for the
practice with which he quarrels;
"nor do I wish to shift to oilier
shoulders," he says, "all the
blame; I, ton. in my earlier days,
have fallen by the way: indeed,
it was once facetiously said that
the street in front of my ofTice
was paved with the turbinated
bones of my victims."
Thus assuming in part respon
sibility for an evil against which
he now protests, f>r. Mackenzie
urges vigorous objection to "the
indiscriminate and wholesale de
struction and removal of the ton
sils," and declares it to he "thn
chief and most glaring abuse in
mo laryngology oy ine preneni
Hay." I>r. Mnpfcpnzip props fnr
IIipt n?wl quolps n fripnrt of eini
n'enrp who-declared that ♦ lip in
dJncriminatc removal of the lon
siln wns, nmonR nil "surgical in
sanlllps," not pxceptifig the on
slaught on Ihp appenjix, ahnolute
ly "Ihp worst." Moreover, "nev
er In Ihe history of medicine," he
aay«, "hag the lust for operation
on the tonMI* boon an passionate
an it ta at the present lime; it la
! not simply the surgical thirst
i from which we have all suffered
i in our earlier days, just as at still
earlier days we suffered from the
measles; it is a mania, a mad
ness, an obsession."
Cowing from such an eminent
man as Dr. Mackenzie, this lan
guage is rather vigorous, and it is
not at all surprising that his ad
dress should have created such
a profound impression in medical
circles." And the issue raised by
him is of as much importance to
the layman as i( is to the physi
cian.
"Mount McKinley was first
scaled by an American," says the
Toronto Mail, which evidently has
not received the latest returns on
Dr. Cook.
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ORDER TO 8HOW CAU8E ON PE
TITION TO SELL LAND.
n tlie U nil eel States Commission
er's Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Valdez Precinct.—— In
Probate.
In I lie mailer of the guardian
hio of the estate of Nels Oscar
all, a menially incompetent per
on.—Order to Show Cause on Pe
tition to sell Land.
The United States of America
o Nels Oscar Sail, Charles U. Sail,
;C\vis Sail, Albert Sail and Marie
Watson, and to all persons in
eresled in the above-named es
ale or in the sale of lands he.
onging to said estate:
The petition of Charles <1.
all, as guardian of the estate of
he above-named Nels Oscar Sail,
mentally incompetent person,
eing duly tiled in this court, r.'p-i
esrnlinpr that it would he fortliei
M'lielil of the estate of said in
oniDeleni person and of all por
i»iis interested therein that rer
a111 lands and mining property of
aid mentally incompetent, person
"escribed therein be sold, ana
raying that license be granted
<•> the said Charles <*. Sail, as
uardian, to sell the same;
Now, therefore, you and each
of you are hereby ciled, ordered
and required to show cause, if
nv you have, before this court,
t the United Slates Commission
r's court room in the court house
n the town of Valdez, in the above
named precinct in the Territory
of Alaska, on the 7th day of Oc
tober, 1912, at 2 o'clock p. m.,
why the prayer cf said petition
hould not be granted.
Done in open court at Valdez,
Alaska, this 26th day of August,
1912.
TIIOMAS R. SIIEPARD.
Judge of the United States Com
missioner's Court in and for the
Valdez Precinct, Territory of
Alaska.—In Probate.
Charles Loring and E. E. Ritchie,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
First pub. September 7. 1912.
Cast pub. October 5, 1912.
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