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A PRACTICAL health journal, published with a view of meeting hygienic needs in every home; teaching how to care for the health and how to preserve life; prescribing simple home treatments to assist nature in throwing off diseases rather than adding more poison by using drugs or unnatural stimulants as remedies; teaching how to avoid disease as far as possible, how to manage in the home when sickness does come, and how to combat the disease by simple remedies which nature provides.

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Purity Campaign and Government Costs

Beginning September 30, the American Purity Federation began a national campaign against the white slave traffic. The Woman's National Daily says editorially: "The movement is an important one because of the fact that a warning will be carried to those who have not realized their danger. We all flatter ourselves with the comforting belief that our own homes and neighborhoods are immune. It is because no community is immune that the necessity for the great activity [purity evangelization] exists. The people of the cities to be visited should extend greetings and moral support to their visitors. They will come bringing, with their message of warning, a more comforting message of hope."

It is interesting to compare the cost of our Government in the administrations of John Adams and William Taft. While the average yearly cost during the term of the former was 50 cents per capita, during the first year of Mr. Taft it was $13.55, according to Representative Sherwood. The first session of Congress under President Taft spent more money than any previous session, even those in war—$1,096,275,155. In the appropriations for the last four years, 72 per cent went for military purposes. The expenditure attributed to the personal expenses of President Taft during his first year will be about $319,000; of President Lincoln in his first year, $29,980.

Twenty-two soldiers of the twenty-seventh company, coast artillery corps, at the San Francisco Presidio, are suffering the effects of ptomain poisoning. A new record has recently been made with the big coast defense guns, and the soldiers have been celebrating the event with a banquet. Almost unmistakable evidences trace the result of poisoning to the eating of shrimp salad which was on the bill of fare. The victims will probably recover.

A new alloy of aluminum is reported to have been discovered called duralumin. The new metal, it is declared, is as tough as steel, and can be rolled, drawn, stamped, extended, or forged at suitable temperature, and is less susceptible to corrosion than other aluminum alloys.

A warning sent out in a public health bulletin states that mad dogs are often playful and do not always froth at the mouth with seeming intent to attack every human being they meet, and, according to the bulletin, they are susceptible to the malady in cold as well as in hot climates.

Government officers are endeavoring to stop the use of cocain and other pernicious drugs at soda-fountains, and have seized large quantities of preparations used in popular soft drinks.

A writer in the "Scientific American" of September 24, by elaborate comparisons contends that the great Argentine Dreadnought is superior to the American Dreadnought Wyoming in the following particulars: greater arc fire of 12-inch battery, higher level of guns on direct comparison, better protection, higher speed, greater storage capacity for fuel; and that without question the Argentine battle-ship "is the most powerful and best protected vessel designed up to the time at which she was ordered."

An interesting experiment in community farming is being tried at La Porte in the Gulf Coast country of Texas. Ten families will live in one house, and the work is to be equally divided. They will eat at a common table, the domestic work being divided among the wives. The profits from the products of the farm will be divided equally. They will employ no outside labor, and expect to manufacture their own farming implements.

General Wood, chief of the staff of the army, is determined to ascertain just what the American soldier knows about fighting. They have been gorged with theory, he declares, and he wants to know how much they can apply practically. Practical tests will therefore be required of the soldiers, in which they must demonstrate their ability to use army weapons. Not long hence they will meet this test in actual warfare.

Cotton planting is going on apace in Imperial Valley, California. Eight gins are being erected, and 100,000 acres will probably be planted next season. The fullest information can be obtained by addressing the California Development Board, Ferry Building, San Francisco.

Simultaneous with the shaking of the towns of Unalaska and Dutch Harbor by an earthquake, a new island was added to the Bogoslof group, in the Aleutian channel, rising from seventy fathoms of water.

The oldest flag in existence is the flag of Denmark, a plain red banner bearing on it a white cross.

An Infamous Deed

By Editor

CALIFORNIA, yes, the country, is shocked by the news of the awful explosion which wrecked the Los Angeles Times building at 1 A.M., October 1. Twenty employees were killed and as many more injured. The property loss has been estimated at half a million dollars. Within a minute after the explosion the Times building was in a mass of flames caused by the instantaneous ignition of gas from broken pipes. There were over a hundred employees in the building at the time of the explosion. Many leaped from second and third story windows and were seriously injured, while many were entrapped and buried under the crumbling walls, or suffocated by the smoke and flames.

Two dynamite bombs have been found in the city, one being placed under the window of the home of Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, editor-in-chief of the Times and largest stockholder in the company, which is conclusive evidence that dynamiters have wrecked his plant. As the institution opposed union labor, an accusation has been made that the labor unions are responsible for the crime.

A view of the "Times" Office (in the foreground) before the fire

Governor Gillett, after expressing his horror and feelings of the awful deed, remarked:

"It is useless to talk of anything but dynamite in the explosion. Subsequent developments, where the bombs were found on the porch of General Otis's house and at Zeehendelar's home, show that the men or man who did these things cared not a thing for human life as long as vengeance for a fancied wrong was accomplished. Whether guilty or not, the labor unionists will have to be blamed for the crime until shown that they are not guilty, as everything points to a desire to wipe out property and lives of those who have been fighting organized labor for years. The saddest part of it is that many innocent men have lost their lives, and families have been made to suffer."

The unionists deny the charge that any union or true union men are responsible for the outrage.

In a letter to the editor of this paper of October 2, General Otis says:

"Dear Sir: Accept my thanks for your letter of sympathy. The crime committed was indeed infamous and almost beyond description. Our building and machinery have been destroyed, but the Times itself can not be destroyed. We will go on fighting as before for the great principle of industrial freedom, and we believe victory will yet be the outcome throughout the entire nation. The country can not surrender to a mob of anarchists, nor can the people consent to have one essential of republican liberty destroyed. "Very truly yours, "H. G. Otis."

We wish we could share the hope that General Otis holds, but the events of the past few years are not at all encouraging even to the most sanguine. If it were mere property alone which suffered in these outbreaks it would not be so serious, but it is utterly impossible for life to be safe unless property is safe at the same time.

Rewards have been offered by the city and county of Los Angeles, state, business firms, organizations, and citizens, aggregating $100,000, the largest, we believe, on record. The merchants and manufacturers of Los Angeles are responsible for $50,000 of this; and we do not wonder if such things are allowed to go with indifference that the question naturally comes to the mind of every one, Whose home or hearth or friends are safe? To the Associated Press General Otis declares:

Scene after the fire, the magnificent "Times" Building in ruins

"More than all else do I deplore the sad loss of life. I with my co-owners in the Times property can endure the physical loss which the destruction of the building involves, with its expensive plant of modern printing machinery and all necessary accessories of an up-to-date American newspaper. . . . But we are overcome with sadness by the fact that so many of our loyal and faithful workmen were slain by the hands of conspirators and assassins. . . . We can repair the physical damage done and restore the great property destroyed, but we can not restore life taken away; and this is the great burden which weighs on our hearts in the face of this frightful calamity."

And it seems to us that every true man, whatever may be his politics or opinions regarding things earthly, should coincide with this. And we hope for the sake of those who live that such steps may be taken in justice as will make life safe.

Jesus said as the days of Noah were so should be the days just prior to His coming. And in the days of Noah, we read, "The earth was filled with violence."

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Daredevil Risks

Daredevil Risks.—The sensitive soul reads with a feeling of horror even the head-lines of the recent automobile cup-race in the East where at almost every turn of the track some one was killed or injured. Four, we believe, were killed outright and a number of others greatly injured; yet the race went on. Daily the papers tell us of serious automobile accidents in various parts of the country, owing to fast, reckless riding largely. More or less of this is also seen among men who are essaying to rival the birds. Marvelous things have been done, and even more marvelous things probably will be done, and yet there are always those who are willing to take risks beyond what they know is safe and suffer the consequences. The following item is characteristic in many such events of these days. It refers to the flight that has been made over the Alps by a French aviator, George Chavez. "No sharper example of the irony of fate can be imagined than his. He had soared above the Simplon Pass, 8,000 feet in the air, and had swept past the forest of jagged and icy peaks which form the portals, had glided over the awful labyrinth of chasms which lie on the Italian side, and then was wrecked and almost killed when flying but a few feet over a level country and within fifty miles of his goal." Scarcely is one great trial over when one comes upon its heels, and there are always ready to follow the men who foolishly dare and die. If one were to take such risks as that for purely moral causes the mass of people would condemn him. To win some little trophy, to excel some one who has gone before, men freely risk life. Why should they not be even more willing to do it for principles that are eternal, and for prizes whose value is incalculable?

Papal Envoy Visits President Taft

Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli, who represented Pope Pius X at the International Eucharistic Congress in Montreal, visited Washington, and accompanied by other papal dignitaries was received by President Taft, who added his word of greeting to the envoy.

Mining Stock Fraud Warning

By Editor

The Federal Government has directed the arrests of persons connected with the firm of Scheftels & Company, a mining corporation selling stock in mines operating in Nevada, and by which thousands have been defrauded. We warn our readers against mining and land schemes in general.

Death of Painter Holman Hunt

There died the other day in London a great painter, Holman Hunt. It is said of him that he had two purposes in his art, to "copy nature with scrupulous care, and to make his pictures of profound moral significance." One of his great pictures is "Jesus the Light of the World."

Only Believe

Only Believe.—Sincere belief in God through His Word brings the soul into harmony with the Infinite, with the One “who worketh all things according to the counsel of His own will,” who “doeth according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay His hand.” It is rest to be in harmony with Him.

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Roman Catholic Organization

Roman Catholic Organization.—We presume that it is true everywhere. Referring to state-and-church troubles of France the Western Watchman observes that "the poor people do not know that the church is attacked." That is, they do not read the newspapers. "But," the Watchman declares, "the church has in her hands the means of sending news from one end of the republic to the other with lightning rapidity." The strongest, most absolute, most effective secret society on the face of the earth is the Roman hierarchy.

Sensational Press and Crime

By Editor

Common sense, it seems to the ordinary man, would indicate that the surest way to entrap a criminal would be to say as little as possible about the men who were on his trail, their movements, clues, etc. But our enterprising dailies tell us in wearisome detail and monotonous repetition of every detective, sheriff, chief of police, and lawyer engaged in the work of hunting down the multiple-dyed criminals who wrecked the Los Angeles Times plant and murdered a score of men. Of course, we are told that the detectives are keeping much to themselves, but it clearly seems that they are telling too much. In the case of two noted train wreckers a few years ago, it was learned that the news in the daily papers gave them daily warning of the whereabouts of their pursuers. The policy of the daily press seems to be to keep the public excited and so sell their productions. The same is true in the case of an awful crime committed in the murder of a girl recently come to light in San Francisco. The unwholesome mess dished up each morning does not make for the moral health of their avidious readers.

Portugal a Republic

Portugal a Republic.—In February, 1908, King Carlos of Portugal was assassinated. It was the object of the conspirators at that time to overthrow the government and declare a republic, but the plot failed. The conspiracy, however, was not overthrown. Temporarily defeated, it pursued its plans, and the grand coup was made, according to meager reports, October 3. Wires were then cut, the palace bombarded by a war-ship, King Manuel imprisoned, and a republic declared. Army and navy are with the revolutionaries. Theophile Braga is proclaimed first president. The king and queen and queen dowager are on a British cruiser.

Pellagra a National Menace

Dr. P. Harvey Middleton, in an article in Good Health for September, avers that pellagra is a national menace. One of its great contributing causes is said to be the use of spoiled or moldy corn for food. It is said to be much more widespread than first announced. It works slowly, and its victims generally end their days in the insane asylum.

Degeneracy in the South

According to "Good Health," New Orleans protests against the train loads of babies sent into the South from New York. Many of these, says Dr. Clarence Pierson, superintendent of the Jackson (La.) insane asylum, are children of alcoholics and degenerates, and the effects of alcoholism as shown by statistics in his asylum, he contends, may extend to the seventh generation. Luxury and love of ease he declares are producing wide-spread degeneracy. See Eze. 16:49.

Protests Against Immigration Laws

The strict enforcement of immigration laws is causing numerous protests from barred incomers. Many humanitarians say the tests are more severe than should be applied to desirable immigrants.

Train Collision in Staunton

A fearful catastrophe occurred in Staunton, Ill., October 4. Two interurban trains crashed head on, and thirty-seven were killed and thirty injured.

Experiment in Bovine Tuberculosis

To settle the dispute among physicians as to whether human beings are immune to bovine tuberculosis, physicians in the state are endeavoring to induce the state to offer pardon to a life convict who will offer himself for inoculation with bovine tuberculosis bacteria and to be nourished with tuberculosis beef. Great interest is taken in the proposed experiment. But one convict would scarcely be a test. He might have life enough to be immune to all germs.

Reform in San Francisco Police

That San Francisco police are openly winking at certain violations of the Penal Code as well as city ordinances, is an accusation brought against Chief of Police John B. Martin by District Attorney Charles M. Fickert. In Fickert's charge he declares: "The two worst features of the Tenderloin as it is now conducted is the freedom with which young boys and girls are permitted to visit the dance halls and dives." The chief of police has been forced to resign and a new one has been appointed, who begins a vigorous reform.

New Encyclopædia Britannica Edition

The University of Cambridge, England, has acquired the copyright of the Encyclopædia Britannica, and announce that they are about to publish an entirely new edition—the eleventh—of this stupendous work. This new and original edition is constructed as a whole, and will be so published, its survey of human knowledge coming down as late as the summer of 1910. It will consist of twenty-eight large quarto volumes, the last of which will be a full and comprehensive index. These volumes will be printed on tough, thin India paper, bound in flexible covers, so that the whole edition will weigh but sixty pounds, and will only occupy two feet of linear shelf room as against six feet of ordinary paper and binding. It is promised not later than the first of 1911.