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Walkerton Independent Published Every Thursday by THE IMPEPPiDPiT-XKWS CO. Publishers of the WALKERTON INDEPENDENT NORTH LIBERTY NEWS LAKEVILLE STANDARD THE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY WEEKLIE3 Clem DeCoudree. Business Manager Charles M. Finch. Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Tear. ..$1.50 Six Months .90 Three M0nth5......... .50 TERMS IN ADVANCE Entered at the post office at Walkerton. Ind., as second-class matter. One man’s troubles are another man's living. The road of the present transgressor is hard surfaced. So live that you need never ask the editor to leave out the story. Dogs should not be allowed to celebrate dog days by running loose. Where does an optimist find the bright side in a plague of mosquitoes? Where is a small boy expected to go nowadays to cut his initials into something? An ultra-economist is one who tries to make a half-price straw hat do for two seasons. Childhood is that stage of existence when the basket for the basket picnic is never big enough. When a man lies, says a psychologist. he wiggles his toes. Fisherman should wear loose shoes. Another distressing feature of hay fever is that it always arrives just at the time taxes are due. Money doesn't grow on every bush, but Great Britain knows that it fairly gushes from rubber trees. Just to vary the monotony, it would be interesting to hear of a girl bandit that didn't have bobbed hair. A positive man is never any real benefit to society after a mistake or two have been proved on him. Another good way to make It rain Is to have a car washed and polished Just before starting on a trip. It is now time to put the furs in storage for the winter and get out last season’s straw bonnet. According to a Chicago scientist women are 20 per cent crazier than * men. Surely not over the men? Paris announces that the small waist Is coming back. Eventually, then, we may find where the waistline is. It is estimated the strain exerted on a hickory limb by a latter-day bathing suit will never damage the limb. There is less hypocrisy now, perhaps. Many a man goes to the circus without a child along as an excuse. Another ukulele is reported stolen. The offense is greater in a case of that kind if the thief knows how to play it. It is expected that people will soon be able to see via the wireless. This is going to raise the dickens in the field o^ alibis. According to furnace advertisers in the national weeklies, the newest thing in etiquette is wearing evening clothes in the basement. An American firm has been given the monopoly of manufacturing matches in Poland, so there must be a Polish word for gimme. In the winter time the complaint around meal time ’is that the gas is low and in the summer time it is that the can-opvner cannot be found. It is understood the old adage that foreign travel broadens the traveler has no particular bearing on the bankroll. Every boy needs to learn early in life that it is better to sweat at honest labor in the sun than to swelter in jail. Hand-painted knees for ladies are said to be—said to be, you understand ■ —quite a fad. Some we’ve noticed have decided cubist lines already. A standard cure for insomnia is to count sheep jumping through a fence. Another is trying to guess the number of legs on the milkman’s horse. The Treasury department wants the people to use more five-dollar bills. The people will use five-dollar hills where, as and if they can get them. "Why so much crime?” asks the Detroit News. Well, without taking time to thoroughly investigate, we should Bay it is because there are so many criminals. It would appear that the husband whose wife says he never rolled home until between three and four in the morning, drives one of the late models The acid test of public interest in radio religious services will come with the invention of a receiving set that will receive the offering. We don’t know what the fare Is across the English channel, but from the way people are trying to swim across, one judges it is unreasonable, whatever it is. Some American flyers are going to join the French for the duration of the wnr in Africa, showing that a military aviator will find a war if one is loose. Before ydu do much kicking ahout the weather, just reflect on how often and how destructively Japan feels the Allows of the meteorological bludgeon. The hard feature of parachute Jumping. says a sergeant aviator, is getting ready for the drop. There have been cases in which the hard feature was xho rmnnd.

Hoosier News Briefly Told Rev. Flavian Larbes, O. F. M., widely known Franciscan missionary and author, died at St. Elizabeth hospital at Lafayette of a complication of disease*. 1 Methods of conducting township and county institutes and the future of this feature of educational work were the chief topics discussed at the opening session of the semiannual meeting of the Indiana County Superintendents’ association at the Claypool hotel in Indianapolis. An injury to his left ankle, received in the first quarter of the football game at Madison, probably will keep Capt. Harold Harmeson, Boilermakers' triple threat man, out of uniform for ‘ the rest of the season, it was learned at Lafayette. "Harmie” has a broken bone in the ankle. 1 Samuel P. Baird, age eighty-three, a lawyer, and dean of the Tippecanoe county bar, died unexpectedly at the family home In Lafayette, following , an attack of pneumonia. He is survived by a son, Rochester Baird, Lafayette city attorney, and a sister, Annie Baird. . Four persons, all of Thorntown, were killed at a Big Four railroad j crossing at Danville, 111., when the au- | tomobile they occupied was demol- . ished by a west-bound passenger train. The dead: Mrs. Grace Smith of j Thorntown, Jean Smith, a daughter, | six years old; Alberta Smith, a daugh- ( ter, eight years old; Byron Bowles, : twenty years old. of Thorntown. A site containing 160 acres, lying between Forty-second and Forty-sixth streets in the northeastern part ot Indianapolis has been approved by j the air port committee cf the Indian- j apolis real estate board as being suit- j able for a municipal air port landing field to encourage the establishment . and development of commercial air transportation lines with other cities. . A call for a special session of the grand jury to indict Charles Fairchild, | forty-one years old, farmer, confessed slayer of Andrew Stouse, forty years old, bachelor recluse, at his farm in Huntington county near the Whitely county line, was issued by Judge Kenner at Huntington. Fairchild said he killed Stouse because he talked ( about his family. In annual business session at the Cadle tabernacle, Indianapolis, the In- j diana State Teachers’ association elected Miss Martha Whitaker, a high school classroom teacher, of Richmond, president, by unanimously adopting the report of its nominating committee. 1 i She will begin her term with the open- j i ing of the 1926 convention. Miss I Whitaker’s election was unanimous. Dr. James M. Sample of Conners- ! ville was found guilty by Judge Edward S. Roberts in Jefferson Circuit I court at Madison of the grand jury • : indictment charging him with admin- | istering poison to his father-in-law, James C. Reed, Hanover, with intent to commit murder. Pronouncement ot sentence was postponed by Judge i Roberts. The law provides a sentence cf three to fourteen years. Agriculture, industry and urban realty are about evenly balanced in their shares of Hoosier wealth, according to Dr. Lionel G. Edie, direc- ' tor of the bureau of business research, ■ school of commerce and finance of In- i diana university. Doctor Edie has just completed a study for the In- । diana State Chamber of Commerce and affiliated organizations, surveying Indiana’s economic situation. With every indication that all pres ent time records for obtaining a jury to try a criminal case will be broken in the case against D. C. Stephenson, Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry, charged with the murder of Miss Madge Ober- 1 holtzer of Indianapolis, Judge Will | M. Sparks of Rushville, presiding as j special judge at Noblesville, ordered a fourth special venire of 100 men drawn for jury service. Major crimes have increased in Indiana during the last decade, a comparison of statistics obtained from the board of state charities at Indianapolis shows. Latest available figures indicate there are nearly twice as many men in the state prison as there were ten years ago. The state reformatory population has increased one-third and there are a few more at the woman’s prison than in 1915. Maintenance costs have increased proportionately. Arthur R. Robinson, appointed United States senator to succeed Samuel M. Ralston, is now on the senate pay roll at Washington. Under the rules of the senate an appointee does not have to wait to be sworn in at the bar of the senate before becoming a senator. The appointee wiH take his seat in the senate when the congress convenes Monday, December 7. and , that day will go through the formality • of taking the oath of office admlnis- | tered at the bar of the senate by Vice President Dawes. The growth and development of the grange, its enlarged fields of service in the interest of farming, and the close relation of agriculture to the j economic and business interests of ] the nation were emphasized by L. J. ! Taber of Columbus. Ohio, a master ; of the National grange, in an address | at the fifty-fifth meeting of the Indi- | ana State grange, held at Seymour. The state armory hoard at Indianapolis approved the purchase by the state of Indiana of the Lebanon armory. for use of National Guard • troops. A shipment of SI,BOO worth of pistols. high-powered rifles and ammunition, to be used by the sixty vigilantes of the county bankers’ protective asi sociation in guarding against bank robbers, has been received from the i government and was distributed at a । meeting in Goshen. a proposal for a memorial to Dr. W. W. Parsons, for thirty-six years president of the Indiana State Normal school, who died recently at Terre Haute, was made at the normal school luncheon at the Riley room of the Claypool hotel at Indianapolis.

k, a * * I—Red Cross hydroplane removing wounded Spanish soldiers from scene of battle with the Riffs at Alhucemas. 2—Secretary of the Treasury Mellon giving house committee on ways and means his plan for reduction of income taxes. 3—Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes, ex-factory girl and prominent radical, divorced by her millionaire husband, James G. P. Stokes.

NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Secretary Mellon Advises House Committee How to Reduce Income Taxes. By EDWARD W. PICKARD OPENING its hearings of tax revision plans, the house committee on ways and means first called on Secretary Mellon to tell what the Treasury department thought would be a safe reduction of income taxes and how It should be made. The heaviest cut advised by the secretary Is in sur taxes, now paid on net Incomes in excess of SIO,OOO. He argues that reduction of surtaxes will divert Investment from tax-free securities to Industrial and commercial enterprises; that more business will make more profits end more profits* will make more tax revenue, and then it will be possible to reduce taxes again. Summarized, Secretary Mellon's proposals are: 1. Reduction of taxes In the aggregate to the extent of from $250,000,000 to $300,000,000. 2. Reduction of normal taxes to 1 per cent, 2 per cent. 3 per cent, and 5 per cent, instead of 2 per cent, 4 per cent and 6 per cent. 3. Reduction of surtaxes to a minimum of 20 Instead of the existing 40 per cent. 4. Surtaxes to begin at 1 per cent at $12,000 instead of SIO,OOO. and run up 20 per cent above $150,000 instead of 40 per cent above $500,000. 5. Elimination of the 25 per cent deduction on earned income. 6. Reduction of and eventual repeal of the estate tax. 7. Repeal of the gift tax. 8. Retention of the taxes on admissions and on passenger automobiles. 9. Repeal of the taxes on trucks, tires and accessories. 10. Repeal of the taxes on art works and several other minor imposts. 11. Repeal of the provision for publicity of tax payments. 12. Enlargement of the board of tax appeals. Mr. Mellon told the committee that although the soldier bonus will cost $100,000,000 more than was estimated, tax revenue also has increased and there will be approximately a $290,000,000 surplus on July 1. 1926. He guessed i the surplus would be from $250,000,000 to $300,000,000 the following year, so | it would be safe to reduce taxes that much. Next day representatives of the National Association of Manufacturers appeared before the committee and made suggestions substantially in accord with those of Mr. Mellon. The secretary’s plan was supported also by 50 representatives of lowa tax clubs, who asserted the sentiment in their state was strongly for the. administration’s advocacy of repeal of the federal estate tax. A similar group from Texas said the same for that state. Chairman Green of lowa and Representative Garner of Texas, ranking minority member of the committee, botli favor retention of the federal estate tax. and both refused to admit that the tax club men fairly represented the sentiment in their respective states. FEELING sure that it would be impossible to secure approval by the French parliament for the temporary arrangement plan of the French war debt to the United States, the Painleve cabinet rejected the plan when it was formally presented to it by Finance Minister Caillaux. It was then announced semi-ofncially that within a few days the government would submit to the American debt funding commission through the French ambassador to Washington new proposals for dealing with the whole debt. What these will be could not be learned, but as Caillaux was severely criticized for offering as much as he did, it is believed the new proposals will be even less acceptable to our commission than were those formerly rejected by it. Some of the finance minister’s critics said he did not mean to make an offer that he seriously expected America to accept, but was simply arranging matters so that when parliament assembled he Metal Seekers Take to the Trail Again Denver. —Prospectors in large numbers again are tramping the mountains of Colorado seeking precious metals. Mining camps now find it profitable to work grades of ore which, a few years ago. it did not pay to dig from the ground. Progress in the science of metallurgy, one of the principal factors in rejuvenating the Industry, has caused an increase of 20 per cent over the

could say that negotiations were continuing, avoiding confession that his debt settlement intentions had failed. President Coolidges stand that France need not expect any further loans in America until she funds her debt is backed up by the leading bankers, Including President Mitchell of the National City bank and Dwight Morrow of J. P. Morgan & Company. It is known France wishes soon to borrow at least $100,000,000 in Wall street to stabilize her currency on a gold basis. After a conference with the President Wednesday, Mr. Mitchell said to the reporters: “Any large loan to France under the circumstances could be made only on faith, hope and charity.” He went on to explain that it would be Necessary to ask the American people to subscribe tn any loan to France that might be obtained in Wall street, and with the credit of France impaired by her failure to fund her debts and stabilize her finances, American subscribers would be investing in the loan as a flyer in the obove virtues. PUBLICATION of the full text of • Locarno treaties did not lessen the chorus of praise for the achievement I of the European statesmen who formulated the pacts, and their acceptame by the parliaments of«the nations directly concerned seemed as । sured despite the opposition of various groups of extreme Nationalists and Communists. The suggestion emanut- j ing from the White House that the ’ time was almut ripe for the calling of a new armament reduction conference by President Coolidge was not so well received, • specially by the French. Indeed,- the Paris press frankly told America to mind her «»wn business. Mr. Coolidge agreed that a conference limited to discussion of land forces would be Europe's own affair and could not be participated in by the United States; but he was said to be of the opinion that another conference on limitation of naval forces would stand the best chances of success if held in Washington. THOSE who were disposed to sneet at the Locarno agreements had their opportunity last week to laugh at the idea that war could be prevented. Greek and Bulgarian troops got into a squabble on the frontier near Demihissar, Macedonia, and a Greek officer and a sentinel were killed. The Bulgarian com’mander explained it was all a mistake and apologized. but the Greek government at once sent an ultimatum to Sofia demanding $400,000 indemnity, punishment of the Bulgarian officers responsible and formal apology from the Bulgarian government. Meanwhile Greek troops moved up to the frontier to attack the town of Petrich. The possiblity of a new Balkan war was not a little disturbing to the governments of Europe. The situation was said to be complicated by unrest in Albania, wliere Italian propaganda is active. It was said in Sofia that the. cabinet would protest to the League of Nations against alleged Greek Invasion of Bulgaria. O EBELLIOUS Druses in Syria, penetrating Damascus, started a serious revolt there, but it lasted only one day, for the French commander. General Sarrail, attacked promptly with artillery, armored cars and tanks and compelled the rebels to surrender. The battle was fierce while it lasted, and the Moslem quarter of the city was largely destroyed by the French bombardment, and by incendiary fires. Two American warships were ordered from Gibraltar to Alexandria. Egypt, to be near the Syrian coast in case American lives and property were endangered. Governor jackson of Indiana has appointed Arthur R. Robinson to fill out the unexpired term of the late United States Senator Samuel M. Ralston. Mr. Robinson, who of course is a Republican, will sit in the senate until March 3, 1929. He is an Indianapolis lawyer and in 1916 sought the nomination for the senate but was defeated by Harry New. During the World war he went overseas as a first lieutenant and was promoted to be captain and then major. He is married and has one daughter. North Dakota must get along with only one senator next session, for Govprewar amount of metal obtainable from complex ores, while the cost of handling ore*has slightly decreased. The rise in prices of silver, lead, copper. and even zinc, long considered the "poor relation” among metals, is another factor. A per cent of the credit for the favorable situation also is given the statesman. Colorado miners declare the fact that Poland was Induced by special price concessions to use silver coinage, leading to a generally increased demand from other quarters.

ernor Sortie announces that he will not appoint a successor to the late Senator E. F. Ladd. r^OL. WILLIAM MITCHELL was 1 ordered to appear before a courtmartial on October 28 in Washington, to be tried for Imputation of “almost treasonable" conduct to high War and Navy department officials in the administration of the air defense. Formally, he Is accused of violating the ninety-sixth article of war. Maj. Gen. C. P. Summerall heads the court-mar-tial, the other members being Maj. Gens. Robert L. Howse. Fred W. Sladen, Douglas MacArthur, William S. Graves, Benjamin A. Poore; Brig. Gens. Albert J. Bowley, E<lward L. Kiifg. Frank R. McCoy, Edwin B. Winans. George Le R. Irwin. Ewing E. Booth; Cols. Blanton Winship, Sherman Moreland, and Lieut. Col. Joseph I. McMullen. Veteran officers predicted that Colonel Mitchell would be found guilty and sentenced to dismissal from the army and that this sentence would be disapproved and changed to a public reprimand. U \ fA” FERGUSON, governor of i’l Texas, is threatened with Impeachment proceedings, and if her opponents have their way she will be ousted from offiie as was her husband i some years ago. They assert that Mr. Ferguson is really the governor and charge the* administration with waste of public funds, inefficiency of management. letting road improvement contracts to high Instead of low bid ders and other tilings. Representative A. H. King called for a special session of the legislature to investigate these and other charges. Ferguson opposed it. declaring it too expensive. King's move has the indorsement of Lee Satterwhite, speaker of the house, who says he will reissue the call. While the constitution provides that only the governor may call special sessions for emergencies, a statute enacted when Ferguson was governor provides that the speaker can call a session when Joined by 50 members for impeachment purposes, and Satterwhite and more than 50 legislators intend to go to Austin and investigate. ONCE more the Supreme court of the United States has upheld the Volstead act. Its constitutionality was questioned by attorneys for Drug gan, a Chicago beer “baron,” who was in jail, on the ground that it was enacted before the Eighteenth amendment was ratified by the necessary number of states. The court declared that congress had the constitutional authority to pass the Volstead law prior to the effective date of the constitutional amendment and that congress has the right to enact laws intended to carry out constitutional provisions for the future. THE Episcopal house of bishops, in the New Orleans convention, concurred with the house of deputies in removing the word “obey” from the wedding service, and also voted to eliminate the bridegroom's announcement “With all my worldly goods I thee endow.” Proposals that women should be eligible for membership in the house of deputies and that bisliops might license women as lay readers were lost. The deputies voted for striking the 39 articles of religion from the book of common prayer; they also passed a resolution urging the United States senate to participate in and to assist in maintaining the permanent court of international Justice at The Hague. WHEN the National Council of Congregational Churches opened its sessions in Washington. President Coolidge, elected and re-elected Its honorary moderator, delivered the chief address. Saying that it was his understanding that the purpose of the council was to enlarge and improve the moral and spiritual life of the nation, he declared that at the present time crinft and defiance of law are menacing our government; and Le called on all churches to contri' u-.e their influence in building up resp«ut for the law and strengthening tae foundations of the Union. Frank J. Harwood of Appleton. wYs.. manufacturer ami leader in Sunday school and Y. M. C. A. work, was elected moderator for the next two years. was largely the work of American men who used their influence in foreign fields to help American mining. The advance in the price of zinc is attributed in part to the act of Great Britain prohibiting the shipment of zinc-bearing ores outside the empire. The Cripple Creek gold-mining dis trlct showed a 17 per cent increase in output of metals in August, while the Sllvertown district’s output was 450 tons above July. Recent strikes of new’ veins have lent interest to the situation.

IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL C Sunday School ' Lesson ’ (By REV P B FITZWATER. D.D., D«*n C of the Evening School. Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (©. 1926, Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for November 8 PAUL’S FAREWELL AT MILETUS J LESSON TEXT—Acta 20:18-38. ' GOLDEN TEXT—“Ye ought to sup- ’ port the weak, and to remember the 1 words of the Lord Jesus, how He said, l It is more blessed to give than to re- । ( ceive.”—Acts 20:35. PRIMARY TOPIC—PauI a Loving 1 Friend. 1 JUNIOR TOPlC—Paul’s Farewell at ( Miletus. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP- 1 IC—An Example of Faithfulness. ' YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP- 1 IC —Responsibilities of Church Mem- ■ bers. — r After the uproar at Ephesus, the Jews laid wait for Paul to destroy him. This plot obliged him to retrace his steps through Macedonia ' instead of taking a more rapid sea j voyage. He tarried with the disciples at Troas, meeting with them around ' the table of the Lord, and speaking words of encouragement to them. In order to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost, he u.d not go to Ephesus, but sent for the elders of the church at Ephesus to meet him at Miletus. The picture of Paul’s farewell to the Ephesian elders Is a very touching one. His object In this ad- I dress was to Impress upon them their responsibilities. The analysis of bis address has been so well made by Doctor Stiffer that it is substantially reproduced here. I. Paul Reviews His Three Years* Ministry at Ephesus (vv. 18-21). 1. The Spirit of His Ministry (v. 19). (1) He was humble, "serving with all humility of mind.” (2) He was tender, working for them In tears. (3) He was faithful in the face of trials which befell him because the ; Jews were lying in wait for him. 2. The Diligence of His Ministry (vv. 20-21). (1) He made known everything which was of profit unto them. This every true minister or teacher will do. (2) He taught both In public and in private. A minister’s work is not done when his pulpit ministrations are over. The effectiveness of his ; public work is sometimes determined by his touch with the peopJe in their homes. (3) He neglected no class, whether Jews or Greeks. The Christian minster must be exceedingly careful lest he have favorites. 3. The Theme of His Ministry (v. 21). This was repentance and faith. Men and women need to repent of ■ their sins and believe on the Lord । Jesus Chi Ist. 11. Paul Presents the Present State >f Things (vv. 22-27). 1. His Immediate Purpose (v. 22). This was to go to Jerusalem. The ; constraint of the Spirit moved him j to go forward though he did not know : the things that should tefall him i there. 2. The Shadows Lying Across His Path (v. 23). Though bonds and afflictions awaited him. he went forward to his work I with undaunted courage. 3. Ills Fixed Purpose (v. 24). This was to complete his ministrv, which was to testify the gospel of the grace of God which he had received from the Lord T esus Christ. 4. A Sorrowful Prediction (v. 25). Those among whom he had labored should see his face no more. 5. He Leaves No Debt of Obligation uehind (v. 26-27). He was pure from the blood of all men. The reason he could say this was that he had not shunned to declare the whole counsel of God. 111. Paul Sets Forth the Ephesian Elders’ Responsibility (vv. 28-35). 1. Motives to Duty (v. 25). (1) They received their call and commission directly from the Holy Spirit. (2) The flock for which they must care was purchased with the precious Jlood of Christ. 2. Perils Ahead (vv. 29-30). (1) Grievcus wolves would enter :he flock and mercilessly devour them. (2) False teachers would arise from among their number. The church’s most deadly foes are the unfaithful ones within. Ministers and Sunday school teachers who are unfaithful to their trust do more to hinder the progress of the gospel than • all the infidels in the world. 3. Incentives to Watch (v. 31). Paul’s own example. For three years he watched night and day with ! tears. 4. He Commends Them to God, and His Word (v. 32). He knew that this Word was able ! to build them up. 5. He Was Unselfish in His Seri vice (vv. 33-35). (1) He did not covet any man's , silver, gold or apparel. This is a lesson which needs to be learned today , by ministers and Sunday school teachers. (2) He labored with his own hands : and taught. IV. Paul’s Prayer (vv. 36-38). Having spoken these words he knelt I and prayed with them all. They all i wept sore and fell on Paul’s neck and ! kissed him. knowing this was to be their last sight of him. The Silver Lining The Bible makes it plain that God . ' plans for the happiness of every one. । A Christian who was giving his life in I service for his fellows was asked this i question: "What does life mean to j you?" His reply was: “A place where h Father above deals differently with his different children, but with all in love; a place where true joys do not hang on material pegs, and where all the time the fact that God our Father Is on His throne lines every cloud with sliver light.—The Presbyterian.

DOCOOOC>OOOC<XXXXD<XX>DCxD<XXX» HOW TO KEEP WELL DR. FREDERICK R. GREEN Editor of “HEALTH” DOOOOC^XXXXXXXXXXX)OC>OOOOOO (©. 1925, Western Newspaper Unlom.) THE DEATH RATE AND HEALTH T T OW much sickness is there in any community in the course of a year? No one knows, for the reason that the only index of a community’s health that we have at present is the annual death rate and, in many parts of the country, even that has only been known for a few years. It has taken many years to get laws passed and effectively enforced, by which records could be kept that would show the number of births and deaths in any city, county or state. Even now, it is not possible to determine accurately how many human beings die every year in the United States. But even if it could be determined accurately, the number of deaths is by no means a positive indication of the amount of illness. Some diseases, such as common colds, have a very low death rate. They may be exceedingly common and may cause a great deal of suffering and disability and yet be responsible for few, if any deaths. So a low death rate does not at all indicate a general condition of health. Naturally, it is impossible at present to know how much illness exists in any one state, to say nothing of the entire country. All that can be done is to attempt to get the facts for a small town and to strike a balance sheet for a limited number of people. With this object in view, the United States public health service recently made a careful study of Hagerstown. Md. This town has a population of about twenty-eight thousand people. The survey included about one-fourth of the entire population and was limited to one thousand six hundred families. comprising about seven thousand two hundred persons, all white, of all ages, living under about the same living conditions. The survey covered twenty-eight months, three winter* and two summers. These seven thousand two hundred persons In twenty-eight months had 19,054 illnesses of various kinds, a rate of 1131 per thousand per year. This means that, on the average, every person in town had at least on* Illness of some kind every year. But only ten persons out of each thousand died. In other words, out of every thousand persons each year, ten died and 990 had some illness but recovered. Os these 1,131 illnesses, nearly half or 668, were some form of respiratory disease, coughs, colds, bronchitis and pneumonia. One hundred and twenty were general diseases, as typhoid, scarlet fever and measles. One hundred and seventeen were diseases of the stomach and bowels. Forty-six were nervous, thirty-five were diseases ol the heart and kidneys. Thirty-five were troubles with the ears and eyes. So don’t think that a low death rate means health. It doesn’t, any more than the fact that no member of your family has died in the past year mean* that you have all been perfectly healthy. SCHOOL HEALTH IN SMALL TOWNS 'T'HERE is no longer any room for A argument about school hygiene or inspection of school children. Twenty years ago, when the plan w.^s new, there was much discussion. Today, every reasonable person, admits the need of well-built, well-lighted schoolhouses. They also agree that to send sick, weak or diseased children to school is a waste of money, and that the child should be as healthy as the school is hygienic. The Oklahoma department of public health, in a recent bulletin, outlines a program which even the smallest, poorest school can afford. This is a practical program for the small town or small rural school. Three objectives are to be kept in mind. First, the elimination of disease ; second, the normal growth and development of the child; third, the correction of physical defects that may now or later interfere with the health or efficiency of the child. Even the smallest, poorest community can co-operate to carry out th* following program: 1. Daily inspection of all pupils for symptoms of communicable disease; exclusion of all pupils with such symptoms. 2. Constant attention to the practice of health habits. 3. Special attention to application of good food habits, and arrangements for milk lunches at school, with hot lunches during the cold months. 4. Health records kept in the school; records of weights and measures recorded at least once a year. 5. Arrangements with local physicians and dentists for annual examination of our pupils. 6. Arrangements once a year for the engagement of a dentist and a physician for the correction of physical defects. (It has been demonstrated that this is a verw practical plan.) Parents as a rule, will bear the expenses for the service. 7. Arrangements for rest periods at school each morning and afternoon for all children who are ruafhourished. overtired, nervous, or who have serious physical defects indicating need of special rest periods. 8. Special attention to the sanitary condition of all toilets and washrooms. Brief Information The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts was founded in 1806. The first American warship named the Hornet had ten guns. The largest American educational institution in the Near East is at Beirut, Syria. The nutmeg of commerce is the kernel of a fruit growing in tropical countries. Wires are made so fine that it would take 100 to make the thickness of a human hair