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EDISON'S WORDS OF WISDOM*
(.From the Philadelphia lnquirtt.;
Thomas A. Edison, who was 63 years
old on February 11, says that birth
days are coming loo tost for him now,
but that he keeps so busily employed
that he does not have much time to
think of these recurring anniversaries.
But It Is quite evident that he Unds
time to think of other things, and he
ulers some words of wisdom that may
be prolllably considered by those who
are responsible tor the public welfare.
He says that we have been having too
many laws, slate and nuliouui. and
that this Uuod of ill-considered and
frequently unnecessary statutes has
had the eifect of paralyzing the men
wno ore Uepcuued upon to gel capital,
start things going and furnish employ
ment. He says that the last three ad
ministrations made the mistake of en
couraging the passage of too many
iaw» effecting business, "loo many
laws—and too many visits irom the at
torney general's ottlce." There is
scarcely a business man anywhere who
will not indorse the truthfulness of
these words. The results of this ex
perimenting are to be seen on all sides.
A copy of Mr. Edison s words should
ue sent bo every member of congress
auu to each of the lawmakers in the
various state legislatures.
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AN ELECTRIC BATTLESHIP.
tindUtnapolls News.;
The Ursi electric battleship will be
added to the United Slates navy in two
years. It is the California, which Is to
l>e built at the Brooklyn navy yard at
a cost of 67,000,000. it will also oe the
largest battleship yet built for our
navy—624 feel long and 97 feel wide,
with a displacement of 32,000 tons and
a speed of twenty-one knots. Its main
battery will be twelve fourteen-inch
guns. It will have a torpedo defense
battery, which the European war lias
shown to be of great Importance. Tills
battery will have twenty-two live-inch
guns. Inventors have lung dreamed of
an electric battleship. With the Cali
turnia this will be realized, and with
it we lead the world, Just as we led
it by the device of central lire—that
is, having the heavy guns over the
keel instead of the sides—a device
that new European battleships have
copied. The application of electricity
has already proved to be a success in
the results obtained with the electric
collier Jupiter, which was the first
electrically operated ship. In tho Cali
fornia there will be no directly con
nected turbines. The power will be
transmitted to the four screw propel
lers through Hlow-speed motors, which
will relieve much of tho strain on the
crankshaft. The electric power instal
lation will consist of two seperate
plants, each furnishing power for two
screws. If desirable, the ship can be
operated on one generator.
CONSERVING HEALTH.
(Seattle F.-I.)
The medical fraternity in recent
years has shown some disposition to
share with the public an elomentary
knowledge of human diseases and their
prevention. Advice as to household
hygiene, the diet, tho care and protec
tion of the body, and simple rules for
health have aroused some protection.
Encouraged by these results, there Is
now a growing movement to educate
the public In health and life conserva
tion by making use of the common
schools as centers for the diasomina
Uon of such knowledge to parents and
the public generally.
At Rochester, N. Y., the plan has be
come known as the "Live a Little Lon
ger" movement. A doctor and a nurse
glvo regular lectures and demonstra
tions. Information is given as to what
to do in emergencies, proper food for
sick and well, the care of children and
kindred topics. Tho classes are taught
In the public schools between the hours
of 4 and 6, after the close of school,
and membership Is confined to persons
over 18 years old, tho larger portion of
the students, of course, being wu.men.
Tho full course consists of twelve les
Hons. and these are given at tho rate
of two a week for six weeks. Tho var
ious schools aro served In rotation,and
the small cost Is borne by the school
districts.
It Is stated that 1,700 people die every
day by preventable diseases and that
1.S00.000 are sick from preventable
causes, largely from lack of hoalth
education. There Is no question that
man has neglected the human machine
and that the importance of preserving
It at It# heat has not boon heeded. The
Hoc heater plan Is the remedy uX com
mon sense applied to an Important
lauit of our civilization. Communities
are recognizing this, and the public
schools are to come Into general use
us proper mediums for the spread of
lie helpful propaganda.
ARMY FRAUDS.
(til Louis Fost-Dispatcb.)
Home 01 hi mts supplied to (lie 33,
000 men Canada sent to the war dis
solved In the first heavy rain, tiboes
after the first heavy drill fell apart,
disclosing the use of materials much
less substantial than leather, uniforms
were reduced by a few days wear to
Falstafllan (utters, tffe seams opening
and yawning boles appearing at the
knees and elbows. Canada, on a small
er scale, and perhaps other countries
on as large a scale, are having the
same experience we had with contrac
tors during the civil war. These thieves
caused the national debt unnecessarily
o be increased by huge sums. Millions
were stolen on fraudulent vouchers.
Bven a contractor engaged In the hu
mane work of. transporting wounded
from one railroad station to another
In New York used u> charge for three
times as many as he carried. Inferi
ority In equipment and ammunition
may explain some of the defeuts of
the present war.. It caused loss of
life under circumstances akin to mur
der, In our wur. Severe sentences on
offenders ended the reign of graft In
1863-64.
WRITERS ARE BIG EATERS.
(London Chronicle.)
Fasting muy be good for some men,
but it seems necessary that in order
to write well one should possess a
hearty appetite and satisfy it. Fielding,
Thackeray, Macauley, Dickens und
Browning were all good eaters, so were
Goethe and Lessing, Hugo, Flaubert
and Zola. As for Balzac, hi* normal
dinner at the Cafe Very, Fails, con
sisted of eight dozen Of uters, twelve
cutlets, a duckling, a pair of part
ridges, a sole and the usual balance of
lesser dainties. Balzac's capacity for
hard work was only equaled by Na
poleon's. yet Napoleon ale sparingly.
One big meal a day may be suffi
cient, but even its advocates probably
would admit that an occasional snack
during the rest of the day is necessary.
Long distance athletes know that
strenuous physical work necessitates
stoking at frequent intervals. "Little
and often” Is the rnottof or the long
distance cyclist, for Instance. Ho keeps
his big meal for the end of tbe day,
but lie knows that the “hunger knock”
is the worst form of fatigue, and ho
nibbles as he goes to guard against It.
SORROW, NOT 8HOCK.
Mo replete are these days with
"alarms and excursions" that almost
we have passed beyond amazement and
"men walking like trees" can surprise
us no more.
An English wrltor describes the war
as tho greatest world event since the
flood, and remarks pathetically that
people are beginning to accept tho
war almost as a matter of course, thus
Intimating that tho magnitude of op
erations deserves better attention, that
our hair should remain on end from day
to day and that our nights should be
harried with mental confusion and dis
quietude.
He might have continued at length
and pointed out that tho flood, from
the newspaper point o* view, is far
inferior to the war, since the most sen
sational reports would have enjoyed
but limited circulation, and as for the
real “Inside" news, Noah had It all.
While here, wiU* thirteen nations at
war, and with plentiful representatives
of each and all of the thirteen In our
midst, thirsting over for news by day
and by night and ceasing not from
their thirsting, the melting pot is never
really, so to speak, oft the boll.
Interested wo all are, and must be
since the whole human race la one in
ideal and effort, but astonished wo re
fuse to be. Wo can bo content to sit
back slightly .and sadly and watch the
horrors. Perforce wo think about them,
and of all the good men scattered to a ]
I premature eternity, ami there is little
! pride of prowess great enough to
drown the sname of sorrow.
Uut amazement there is none; not
when we read of motor wagons in
c&mp under the shadow of Ararat and
Turkish troops drilling in the streets
of Jerusalem. The cup is full and
brimming.
TAKINQ THINQS SERIOUSLY.
tDetroit Free Press.)
Certain questions arise in the minds
of the thoughtful these days. How is
this war, though 3,1)00 miles away, af
fecting the great mass of our people'.'
is it sobering us? is a new sincerity
being born into the world? Despite
its distance, the knowledge that the
great natiotui of the world are engaged
in a struggle that is going to be fought
to a tinish cannot fail to have an ef
fect upon us.
The World has bud an oteiduse of
imperialism, and its present tendency
is toward democracy. The tlrsl step
cl' democracy is simplicity, and sim
plicity indicates u greater sincerity and
aence the doiug away with shams.
There are visible evidences that Am
erica is abandoning some of its shams.
v\ e do not put all our goods in tue
trout wludows. Poker-—the gain# oi
olult—lias been largely replaced by
bridge, whlcn demands skill and strat
egy. The breadth ol shoulder furnish
ed uy tne tailor, which contrasted odd
ly enough with inadequate cranial
development, lias gone out with false
pair and glass diamonds. Our fashions
i.re more simple. We live more lor
ourselves and less tor the public eye.
ijur houses arc more genuine, there is
less "Wueen Anne front and Mary Ann
track,” and we use them instead of
shutting a part away as sacred show
l races for guests. The "gingerbread
work"—the painted tin and wooden
scroti uruumentutiuu once favored—has
disappeared. Many of the uew houses j
nave their porches and gardens ut the
rear instead of in front, to be seen by
men. The simpler lines of colonial
architecture, which ctuue to us from
the English countryside, are more and
more replacing the florid styles that
once satistled Americans in architec- j
lure.
\. e cannot ascribe this change in
public taste entirely to the war, whictr
is a mutter loo recent. The change lias
neeu a growth, but its fruits seem to
stand out more notleeubly m the pres
ent. That tlie general seriousness oc
casioned by the shadow cast upon us
by the great conflict, and tho demands
upon our sy mpathies and our aid, have
accented our inclination to be rid of
shams can hardly bo denied, it is a
fooling that it pays to encourage. When
we acquire more sincerity—more gen
uineness—in our private lives, it may,
perhaps, have an influence upon public
affairs.
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