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VOL. XLIII. NO. 7.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1910.
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ICAN.
BOROUGH OFFICERS).
Burgess. J. D. W. Rock.
Justices of the reoeeV. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark.
CbuHcwmen. J. W, Landers, J. T. Dale,
O. It. Kobluson, Win. Smearbaugh,
Frank Joyce, W. O. Calhoun, A. U,
Kelly.
Constable Charles Clark.
Collector W. H. Hood.
School Director 1. O. Scowden, R. M .
' Hermtn, Q Jmninnon, J. J. Landers, J,
R. Clark, W. U. Wyniau.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
' Member of Congress N. P.Wheeler.
Member of Senate 3. 1C. P. Hall.
Assembly K. K. M editing.
President Judge Wrn. K. Klce.
Aasoaate Judge P. C. Hill, Samuel
Aul.
rr othonolaiy, Register 4t Recorder, etc.
J. C. OeiHt.
Sheritr-ti- R. Maxwell.
Treasurer Meo. W. Holeman.
Commissioners Win. II, Harrison, J.
M. Zuendel. 11. H. MuClellan.
District Attorney M. A. t'arringnr.
Jury OommissxonersEr aeHt , Nibble,
Lewis Wagner.
. Cbroner Dr. M. C Kerr.
Count v Auditors Oeorge H. Warden,
A. C. Oreggand J. P. Kelly.
County Surveyor D. W . Clark.
County Superintendent O. W. Morri
son. UrcHlar Terma mt Csarl.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commis
sioners lbt and ad Tuesdays of month.
Chare n ITbath Hcfcaal.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a.
n. t M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab
bath even in a by Rev. W. O. Calhoun.
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
K. L. Monroe, Pastor.
Preaching in the Prosbyterlan church
every nhhatli at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p.
m. Rev. U. A. Bailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at tho headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of . each
month.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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xl M eets every Tuesday evening, In Odd
Follows' Hall, Partridge building.
APT. UEORQE STOW POST, No. 274
J U. A, R. Meets 1st Monday evening
In each month.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. 0., meets Hint and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
rp F. RITCHEV,
1. ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Tlonesta, Pa.
MA. CARMINGER,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
Otlice over Forest County National
Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTIS M. SHAWKEY.
ATTORN KY-AT- LAW,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AO BROWN,
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and Bridge Sts., Tlonesta, Pa.
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Executor's Notice.
Letters Testamentary on the estate of
Jacob F, Overlander, late of Tlonesta
Townthip, Forest Couuty, Pa., deceased,
arlna been granted to the undersigned,
11 perse na indebted to said estate are
hereby notltied to make pay meut without
delay, and those having claims or de
mands will present thorn, duly authenti
cated, lor settlement.
V. M. uvkiu.andkr, Kxecuior,
111 Morrison Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa,
A. C. Biiowh, Attorney, Tlonesta Pa
Administrator') Notice.
Letters of Administration on the estate
f Sarah Walters, late of Tlonesta Bor
ough, Forest County, Pa., deceased, hav
ing been granted to the undersigned, an
persons Indebted to said estate are hereby
notified to make payment without delay,
and those having claims or demands will
present them, duly authenticated, for
settlement. W, U. Hood, Adm'r,
Tionesla, Pa.
T. F. Ritciiev, Attorney.
Notice to Contractor.
The Commissioners of Forest County
III receive sealed bids for llulitenlnu
loose bolts, removing rust and scales and
painting the following bridges;
Brume at uiouui oi tiicaory ereeK,
East Hickory, and bridge near Nebraska,
known as the State Bridge.
Description or bridges can be seen at
the Commissioners' otlice in the Court
House. Contractor to furnish paint,
which must be of good quality. Bids
will be opened on the tlrst Tuesday of
May, I UK). Uomminsinners reserve me
glit to reject any or all bids.
W. H. Harrison,
J. M. Z.U KN OKI.,
H. H. McCi.ki.i.an,
Commissioners of Forest County.
Attest, S. M.-Hknry, Clerk.
Tlonesta, Pa., March 29, 11)10.
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MARKTWAINATREST
Buried lnWoodlawn,Elmira,Be
side Wife and Children.
Service Sunday Afternoon at the
House of General Langdon, Hii
Brother-ln-Law, Was Simple Th
Clergyman Prayed That the Light
of Him Whose Body Was Now With
out Its 8oul Shine For All Time
Through Hit Works.
While tho rain fell copiously the
Rev. Samuel Eastman read passages
of Scripture at the bier of Samuel I
Cli'incna Sunday afternoon in the
house of General Charles J. Langdon
at Klmlra, where the remulns were
taken on their arrival. The house
was filled by Important citizens who
had known Mnrk Twain in life. Gen
eral Lanfidon's sister was the late
Mrs. Clemens. There was no music.
The service, which began at 3:30
o'clock, continued until 4 and then
the friends passed out, viewing th3
remains which reposed In the parlor.
The services at the house were sim
ple. Just before the hour of the fu
neral there arrived a large floral design
with the tollowing card attached:
"From Ave hundred boys of Louis
ville, Ky., male school, in remem
brance of Paniucl L. Clemens, who has
brightened their lives with innocent
laughter and taught them squareness
and grit and compassion for their
weak charges."
The clergyman prayed that the light
of him whose hody was now without
its soul shine for all time through his
works. Mark Twain's final earthly
rosting place was beside his lamented
wife.
On the grave of the beloved wife
of the late author these words, dic
tated by him who adored her, are In
scribed In the stone marker: "In this
grave repose the ashes of Olivia Lang
don, the beloved wife of Samuel L
Clemens, who reverently raised this
stone to her memory. Elmira. N. Y.,
Nov. 27, J84", Florence, Italy, June 5,
1)04, Gott sirr dir gnadlg on mene
wonne."
Adjoining the Langdon home, in
Wlnsner park, there stands a statue
of Thomas K. Beecber, brother of
Kenry Ward Bcecher. Mr. Beecher
and Mark Twain were staunch friends.
H was suggested today that a statue
of Mark Twain opposite the lamented
Beecher would be Klmira's fitting
tribute to Mr. Clemens.
- GREATEST HUMORIST
Sympathetic Comment by European
Press on Work of Mark Twain.
The German press records the death
of Mark Twain with regret. The papers
say Mr. Clemens was no less popular
n Germany than in America. The
Tapeblatt explains that the success
of his sharp but never offensive hu
mor was (he result of his living in an
atmosphere of freedom where he did
not have to fear cliques or the police,
His work, the paper says, was free of
Gallic indecency or German ribaldry,
The Tageblatt continues: "The
German humorist3 with whom he can
best be compared are Wilbelm and
I'.usch. The thought of the legacy of
harmless laughter left by Twain
makes us forget sorrow at his death.
The Boersen Courier compares Mr.
Clemens to the German humorist
Saphir, who lived three generations
ago. Although the necrologies are
quite sympathetic, the Germans as a
people have never quite forgiven
Mark Twain for his Ill-treatment or
the German language."
The London papers devote con
siderable space to obituaries and edi
torials on Mark Twain, who is re
ferred to as "The world s greatest hu
morist." Columns are devoted to anec
dotes and memoirs of the dead writer,
author and hi'morist. The predoml
nant note of all the articles is one of
uffectionate regret, which may be
summed up In the words of the Pall
Mall Gazette, which says: "America
in particular and the English speak
In? world generally Is mourning the
death of Mark Twain, the most loved
author of the present day."
SOMMRREGULARITIES
Found by Superintendent In the Dutch
ess Insurance Co.
State Superintendent of Insurance
Hotchklss gave out a statement of an
examination into the affairs of the
Dutchess Fire Insurance company and
of its predecessor, the Dutchess In
surance company, in which he finds
irregularities In tho management of
the latter company, which prior to
1907 had been officered by the same
persons and did business from the
principal office of the Dutchess Fire
lusuranco company, which has been
seriously impaired by the San Fran
cisco conflagration.
Superintendent Hotchklss said when
he gave out the statement: "The pres
ent company (Dutchess Fire Insur
ance company) so far as we know is
solvent, but the directors of the old
ct.mpany are pretty seriously in
volved."
"Is the situation such as to call for
net Ion outsldo of the insurance de
partment?" ho was asked. .
"1 leave that for others to judge,'
replied Mr. Hotchklss.
The examination of the affairs of
the Dutchess Fire Insurance company
was begun by the state Insurance de
partment on March 31. It is still in
progress and will not be completed
for a week or ten davo
TABLET TO ROSS G. MARVIN
Unveiled by Cornell Students Robert
E. Peary Delivered Memorial
Address.
A memorial tablet to Ross Gllmore
Marvin, naval constructor who was
drowned while with Peary's expedi
tion to the North pole, was unveiled
in Sage chapel Sunday by the stu
dents of Cornell university, and Rob
ert K. Peary delivered a memorial ad
dress. The tablet to Marvin was
erected by a fund raised by the un
dergraduates of the university and it
was placed on one of the walls of the
chapel alongside of memorials to
nther men famed in the history of
the university.
The commander told how when he
had come back from the pole he met
Partlett, who told him the sad tidings
ft Marvin's death. "We had erected
p monument to his memory," contin
ued Commander Peary. "There it
stands today. It links your green
campus with the ice fields of the
north. It is the most northerly mon
ument in the world, looking over the
mystery of the north sea.
'Marvin has been instrumental In
solving the problem of centuries. His
name leads the roll of those heroes
who died in the field and Is Insepar
ably connected with the memory of
the titanic struggles. His mother
may take comfort In the thought that
her son has made the name of Marvin
Immortal. Every man who reads that
tablet will know that a clear brain, a
clean life and indomitable will means
winning in the race of life and the up
lift of mankind."
NOT ALWAYS FRESH
Vassar Graduates Object to Imitation
of College Seal on Candy Boxes.
Vassar college graduates object to
any suggestion that its students are
always fresh" or that they wear mor
tar boards: allocations to this effect
are pet forth in a suit filed in the
United States court here which seeks
to restrain the Loose-Wiles Biscuit
Co. from using the word "Vassar" on
a certain brand of chocolates.
Tho official corporate seal of the
college has been imitated on the ad
vertisement placed on the candy
boxes. On the face of the seal is re
produced a woman with a book and a
Bprig of myrtle. In the background
Is a Greek temple. Over all at the
top on the rim or the edge are words
"Vassar chocolates substituted for
Vassar college.
At the bottom under a female figure
V-here on the official Beal "purity and
wisdom" should be, the defendants
hnvn nlaced the words "always fresh."
Quoting from the complaint, "The
words 'always fresh' seem on the ficti
tious seal to be applicable to the fe
male figure above it and is a matter
of ridicule and reproach."
WITHDRAWAL OF COAL LANDS
Compriisng 13,500,000 Acres In South
eastern Part of Montana.
tWretarv r.alllnger has made one
of the largest withdrawals of land
from coal entry since Secretary Hitch
cock made the original blanket with
drawals in 190C. The recent order
withdraws from coal entry approxi
mately thirteen and a half million
acres of lands in Southeastern Mon
tana, believed to contain valuable de
posits of coal. The withdrawals were
mmle noon the recommendation of the
director of tlio geological survey Snd
the land will remain withdrawn pend
ing examination and classification as
to their coal values.
The area withdrawn Is twice that of
the known coal fields of Alaska. The
lands involved are In Valley, Dawson,
Rosebud and Custer counties. The
Information, available Indicates that
rim ereater nart of the lands have
several underlying beds of coal vary
ing in thickness. The quality varies
from lignite to a good grado of sub
bituminous coal.
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS
Increase In Imports of Manufacturers'
Materials and In Exports of
Manufactures.
Increases in Importation of manu
facturers materials and In exports of
manufactures, are the principal char
acteristics of the foreign trade of the
United States In the month of March
and the nine months ending with
March, 1910.
The bureau of statistics of the de
partment of commerce and labor has
jusst issued its . monthly statement
e'iowlng tho value of the principal ar
ticles imported nnd exported in the
month of March and the accumulated
months of the fiscal year. The state-mt-nt
shows, as above Indicated, large
increases in imports of manufactur
ers' materials and material gains in
exports of manufactures.
COULD NOT ACCEPT VERDICT
Judge Discharged Jury Who Rendered
a Conditional Acquittal.
After being locked up for forty
tlx hours the jury in Pittsburg hav
ing the case of Councilman A. V.
Simon, accused of accepting bribes,
etc., sent word to the court that it
had reached a verdict. Judge R. S.
Frazcr sent for the jury but lost his
temper when that body announced
that the verdict was one of acquittal,
"providing Simon would pay all costs
of the case and at once resign from
Pittsburg councils."
The court told the jury that ha
could not accept any such verdict and
discharged tho Jury. He ordered Si
mon placed on trial again this week
before another iury.
TO - SUPREME COURT
Governor Hughes Accepts Pres
ident Taft's Appointment.
Will Not Be a Factor In Next Fall's
Campaign In New York State Will
Be Succeeded by Lieutenant Gover
nor White Governor Hughes Had
Declared That He Could Not Af
ford to Accent a Third Nomination
as Governor,
Albany, April 2(5. Governor Charles
K Hughes d added to accept Presi
dent Tafl's appointment to a United
lltates supreme court Justiceship in
preference to returning to the prac
tice of law in New York city on Jan.
1 next.
Governor Hughes is on record not
only in favor of PreEldent Taft suc
ceeding himself, but against the gov
ernor himself accepting a third nomin
ation for governor, upon the ground
that his personal fortune will not
Etand any further drain of public of
fice such as the governorship.
The salary of governor Is $10,000
end that of a United States supreme
court Justice 12.500. The latter sal
ary Is to be increased shortly to $17,
rno. Governor Hughes feels that In
accepting this life appointment from
President Taft he will be able to
livo within his Income and save some
money, 83 the position will not entail
any material social obligations or ex
penditures such as the governorship
or the presldtincy.
As Governor Hughes will ascend
the supreme court bench at Wash
ington at the commencement of tha
first week in October, he will not be
a factor In next fall's campaign in
tills state. He will be succeeded as
governor by Lieutenant Governor
White.
The news that Governor Hughes had
accepted President Taft's appointment
came with some surprise to the gov
ernor's friends. They have felt an
along that he would he compelled to
run again for governor.
To the rank and file of the Repub
lican organization of this state the
decision of Governor Hughes to go
upon the supreme bench was welcomo
news. The general opinion among
the nartv leaders was that the gov
ernor had not only suited himself but
pleased a large number of his friends
tnd practically all of his enemies by
getting completely out of the political
situation in this state.
To his friends Governor Hughes
made It plain that he was not anxious
to make monev. He wanted to get
out of the excitement of public life.
The governor declined to discuss
with the newspaper representatives
here his acceptance of President
Taft's offer but made it plain Just
how he felt about it. The governor
Impressed those who talked with
Mm as having had a great burden lift
ed from his shoulders.
The governor Is profoundly Im
pressed with the tremendous responsi
bility of the position he has agreed
to assume and considers that it is one
of the most useful in the world. To
(hose who appreciate the governor's
high ideals and his ambition to press
forward for the public good his de
cision Is no great surprise.
APPRECIATIVE COMMENT
Ch?irman Grlacom Says Governor's
Elevation Will Be a Loss to the
Republican Party.
New York, pril 2C Timothy L.
Woodruff, chairman of the Republi
can state Committee, refused to com
ment on the decision of Governor
Hughes to accept a supreme court
Justiceship.
Chairman Grhcom of the Republi
can county committee said: "Of
course this takes the governor out
of politics. That will mean a great
loss to the Republican party. Be
cause of his great public work. Gov
ernor Hughes deserved this elevation
to the highest court in the land."
Otto T. Bannard. tho Republican
candidate for mayor last year, said:
"No better appointment could have
been , made and it will not only
strengthen the United States supreme
court but will increase the confidence
Iu that court. At tho same time it
does seem too bad that Governor
Hughes has determined to take him
self out of active work in the future
for the Republican party."
Kx-Justice Hatch of tho appellate
division, a Republican and a partuer
vf Alton II. Parker, said: "Tho coun
try is to be congratulated on the ap
pointment of Governor Hughes. He
will not be subservient to any one
or to any Influence."
DENY CRUCIFIXION BY SLAVS
Weird Story From Avella, Pa., De
clared to Have No Foundation.
Avetla, Pa., April 26. A weird story
of the crucifixion of a Slav, which has
teen published as having taken place
at tho hands of employes at the Pitts
burg and Washington Coal company's
works here, is falsehood unmitigated,
according to Justice W. W. Weigh
mann, Mine Superintendent Hoggs and
fbe county sheriff.
They declare that there is not tho
slightest foundation in fact for tlm
story, that no trouble lias occurred
among the miners and that no ar
rests or police art ion has been t'ikeii.
Rev. George Rubbish, the alleged vic
tim v?f the crucifixion, is not known
and cannot bo located here.
CHANGE OF VENUE FOR ALL
Elakeley Will Take Graft Cases Else
where If Juries Continue Bad.
Pittsburg, April 26. Jury condi
tions have upset the program of the
district attorney to the serious extent
that it may he necessary to secure a
change of renne in many of the re
maining vraft cases to be tried.
l ro"tss from now on depends al
together on the estimate placed upon
Juries by the office of the district at
torney. If it hecomes apparent that
it la impossible to secure 12 men who
can agree upon a verdict, then change
of venue will be asked in all cases.
No more time will be wasted trying
cases before Juries which, in the opin
ion of th district attorney, are so con
stituted that agreement is impossible,
regardless of what testimony and evi
dence is offered In trial.
The district attorney's allegations
that, a large sum of money has been
contributed for the defense of graft
ers also enters into the plans for try
ing the cases outside of Allegheny
county. Should Mr. Blakeley be sat
isfied In his cwn mind that it is Im
possible to pick 12 men who can be
brought to agreement by evidence in
court, he will ask, with his petition
for change of venue, that the court
withhold the place of trial until a
few das before the case is called, so
that the Jury panel In those counties
canno.t be tampered with.
It Is expected that these plans will
meet with a storm of opposition on the
part of those yet to be tried. One of
the arguments advanced agains
general change of venue will he the
Increased cost of trying cases.
Another result of the charges of
Jury-fixing will be a move for new
legislation governing the selection of
jurymen, which is expected to be
trade at the next session of legisla
ture. FAVOPS SOUND BODIES
Judge Beaver Approves of Present
Trend of Education.
Pittsburg, April 26. Superior Court
Judge James A. Beaver, former gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, addressed the
Sunday afternoon meeting of the
Kast Knd Y. M. C. A. on "First Things
First." He expressed approval of the
present day trend In education toward
the building up of the body. For the
triumph of this tendency throughout
the country he gave much credit to
the Y. M. C. A.
No matter what Intellectual attain
ments a man may reach Judge Beaver
maintained they were too costly If
acquired at the expense of health.
He favored development of the phys
ical side of life by all educational in
stitutions. The address was heard by about
300 persons, many of them being old
friends of Judge Beaver and his civil
war comrades.
Park For Derry Y. M. C. A.
Latrobe, Pa., April 26. In recogni
tion of the influence for good exerted
by the Y. M. O. A. of the Pennsyl
vania raiilroad the officials of the
company hae notified Clarence A.
Kirker, general secretary of the
Derry asrociation, that an attractive
piece of land south of Derry has
been donated to the association by
the company as a park.
Reports of Damage Exaggerated.
Columbus. O., April 26. State In
spector of Nurseries Shaw said that
the reports of the damage to fruit
throughout Ohio are exaggerated.
There has bofn some damage to cher
ries and other early fruit. Potatoes
that were up were cut down and all
tomato plants were killed. Grapes
were damaged, but not to tie extent
reported.
Many Search For Missing Boys.
Bradford, Pa., April 26. Over a
thousand persons hunted all day in
the rain for Fdward Adams and
Michael StefTan, aged respectively 7
and 9 years, who have been missing
right days, but no trace was found.
Two special trains carried the search
ers Into the woods near Lamoiit sta
tion, where rumor said the boys may
have heceu concealed.
New Line Financed.
Butler, Pa., April 26. The Slippery
Rock and Grove City Street Railway
company, promoting a line seven miles
long between tho two towns, yester
day filed a mortgage for $2:.0,Wi0 In
favor of the Mercer Trust company.
Gold bonds bearing 5 per cent inter
est will be sold to finance the road.
Sues For Team.
Kit tanning. Pa., April 26. Suit has
i)en filed by Albert Mattcrn against
Mahoning township for $1,000 for the
death of two horses, which were
drowned when they went oveT the side
of a bridge spanning Mahoning creek.
Mat fern escaped Injury In tho acci
dent. Stray Cartridge Kills Little Boy.
Shenandoah, Pa., April 26. Flve-
ear-old Albei t Yanashoff was killil
here In a peculiar manner. He was
playing around a bonfire 'When some
one threw a 22-rnllber cartridge Into
ho blaze. When the cartiidgo ex
ploded the bullet entered the child's
brain.
Beheaded by Train.
Beaver Falls, Pa., April JC With
his bead completely severed hy a
p:n:sing train, the body of John Bergti.
a Hungarian, nged 4" years, was found
by a train crew iu the freight yards
of the Pittsburg and Lake Krie railroad.
HEALTH FORGES
DEFEAT DEATH
rtiirteen Thousand Five Hundred
Lives Saved in Two Years.
SHOWS ENORMOUS GAIN
three Million Dollars Spent In Con
servation of Public Health Shows a
Saving of Twenty-Three Million Dol
lars to the Commonwealth Diph
theria, Typhoid and Tuberculosis
Give Way Before the Steady Ad
vance of State's Health Officers.
The precious lives of thou
sands of 'little children have
been spared because the state in
Its wise beneficence haa furnish,
ed diphtheria antitoxin to the
poor.
Typhoid fever is killing 2500
less people per year in Pennsyl
vania than it did four years ago.
Tuberculosis now claims 1000
lives less a year in this state.
Fc'ucation and co-operation cf
tho people in health matters,
backed by vigorous support of
the public press, is helping Com
missioner Dixon to win out in
war against disease.
Industries seek states where
health records show low death
rate.
In the last five years the state of
Pennsylvania has been engaged In
conservation work of an extremely
Important and fundamental kind. With
PreEldent Roosevelt it believes that
the preservation of the people's nat
ural resources should begin with the
preservation of the people themselves.
The public cannot conscientiously per
mit the wasteful sacrifice of its forests
and its other forms of natural wealth,
but even less conscientiously can it
permit the wantora sacrifice of its
children's lives.
In maintaining a fully equipped
stale health department and engaging
on a large scale in this great warfare
tigninst disease, Pennsylvania has tak
en n foremost Btand for real modern
civilization. The creation of govern
mental agencies for the preservation
rif tht public health marks a new con
ception of governmental responsibil
ity. The work thus far marks only
Ui? beginning merely suggests the
good which this department, under
tho direction of Dr. Samuel G. Dixon,
the commissioner, has in view.
In the last thirty years tho atti
tude ef the public towards 111 health
hns radically changed. Until the re
searches of that resourceful genius,
Louis raateur, disclosed the real
came of contagions diseases, the aver
age man's conception was practically
that which had prevailed In the mid
dle ages. The Infections were merely
manffestatlons of the Inscrutable
.vlsfiom of Providence, expressions of
:llvine wrath; punishments for sinful
human kind. Eien the scientist re
garded them as fundamental facts of
nature, like death Itself, which every
nne must uncomplainingly accept. Pas
tetir, however, In a few masterly ex
periments, brushed aside all this ig
norance and superstition. He showed
tlin nil contagious diseases had a
clearly defined and obvious origin.
Th"v were not mysterious visitations,
without tnngiblo cause and Insuscep
tible to tangible control. They wero
caused by an Infinitely large universe
:if Infinitely small forms of vegetable
snd nnlmal life. Ho demonstrated
thnt the connection between these
malevolent micro-organisms and the
:-nsnlng disease was as close as that
between sunlight nnd he'at. And he
al-:o Immediately drew the Inevitable
conclusion. If the world were once
rid of these organisms, he declared.
It would be rid of contagious diseases,
"ft Is now within the power of the
wcrld" such was the deduction
whhh he drew from his experiments,
"to rid Itself of all contagious dis
eases." Setting Pace In Health Work.
Ibis was the goal at which Pasteur
aimed; that has been the goal at
which all movements for Improving
the. people's health have necessarily
aimed since. And this was the ultl
mtc ambition which led, five years
ago, to the organization of the Penn
sylvania State Department of He'iilth.
a Pennsylvania In which there shall
hi no young men and women lan
guishing away with tuberculosis; a
Pennsylvania In which no children
shall die of diphtheria; a Pennsylva
nia In which there shall be no ty
phoid, no scarlet fever, no smallpox,
no meningitis, no dysentery, no ma
laria this Is the kind of Pennsylvania
which the State Department of Health
hopes ultimately to create. It does
hot expect to reach this goal in a
year, or ten years, perhaps not In a
single generation, but this Is the Ideal
that It has constantly in mind. It re
cognizes the fact that, so long as any
of these dlsenses exist, their preva
lence Is a distinct reproach to the
state. It Is a reproach simply be
cauf.o the method eliminating them Is
known. The old theory of government
as P. power which protects Its cltl
rens only from foreign foes and native
marauders Is giving way to new stan
dards of civilization. The greatest
, enemies to the state are those which
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