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FREAK LEGISLATION.
(Seattle P.-l.)
The legislature of Minnesota hus set
a mark for unusual anil bizarre legis
lative bills by proposing to prohibit
the sale of frogs in that state. Whether
the proposed law is to be a protection
to the frogs or to the people of the
state is not stated, but the effect of the
bill, if approved by the legislature, will
be to greatly stimulate the growth of
the frog population and present a great
inducement to illicit frog capture, with
good markets for the product In other
states. •
Perhaps the Minnesota leglslatH e
proposal will emphasize the desirability
of drawing the line somewhere on
freak legislation. The people of this
country are so loaded up with law of
various degrees of inanity that it is
difficult for the ordinary Individual to
pursue his avocation without running
contrary to the law.
It would be a very great convenience
to the country if lawmakers who have
nothing practical to suggest would re
frain from any forced thought on the
question.of remedies that are not want
ed and not asked for. And perhaps
their reputation as statesmen, with
home communities, would fare better
under the helpful influence of a
thoughtful silence.
CLOTHING THE GREAT ARMIES.
(Brooklyn Eagle.)
Word comes from the allied camps
on the French-Belgian frontier that
life in the trenches is calculated to
destroy the best uniform in ten days
to a fortnight in fact, demand for
army clothing has increased to such a
uegree that the supply of woven goods
nag boon exhausted iu England and |
France. The British war ottice in- ;
Mists that her soldiers shall be garbed j
in woolen clothing during the winter
months. No compromise has been at— I
tepied; many thousand yards of wool
mixtures have been rejected; but the
sources of wool supply are not what
they were believed to be, and it is now
conceded that in a very few weeks cot- '
urn fiber must be mixed with wool in
l tie loom*.
A statistician has calculated that |
fleeces of 1,000,000,000 sheep will bo
needed to supply a new uniform every
two weeks to the 7,000,000 men in the ;
field during the coming year. There
are at present only 700,000,000 sheep on
this earth. Therefore all wool gar
ments cannot be supplied to the sol
diers of Europe. Cotton must be mixed
with the wool, as in corduroy.
Wool growers throughout the west
needn't have any fears of foreign im
portations for years to come, because
every ounce of tho staple will be ex
hausted to clothe the fighting millions
of men. A great stimulus to sheep
ruising must occur. Thus have unex
pected events removed the most per
sistent objections to tho new tariff,
instead of this country being over
whelmed with foreign wool, America’s
visible supply is in demand abroad. If
the war lasts several years, the dif
ficulty of clothing the soldiery will be
as groat us that of feeding them.
THRIFTY BRITONS.
(Seattle P.-I.)
According to a Toronto newspaper,
some British manufacturers are mak
ing heavy investments in American
plants In their own lines, particularly
those engaged In the manufacture of
war materials.
It is Intimated and the intimation
gives more credit to the sound business
Judgment than tho patriotism of the
English manufacturers, that they are
Investing In American plants because
of the greater profits to bo made when
doing the work on this side of tho
ocean than at home. In England the
government has practically command
eered such plants and their profits are
limited. In addition, war taxos press
heavily upon them, including the in
come tax recently Increased abnormal -
If.
The profits to bo modo in manufac
turing war materials in this country
are limited only by the necessities of
foreign countries and by competition
here. At present the demand exceeds
the ability of all of tho plants to sup
ply It. So long as this demand exists
even the British system of buying for
all of tho allied countries through one
agency cannot keep down American
profits appreciably. By acquiring
ownership In American plants British
manufacturers will get a share in the
profits of tho war and escape a portion
of tho heavy toll laid upon England for
purposes
IDITAROD HAS NO
NEED OF A PREACHER
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\\ bile the residents of the iditarod
section do not claim to be any better
than other people, they certainly feel
that they are Just us good, even if
there is no one there to minister to
their spiritual v cub. In fuet there is
no need of a ' > pilot” In that "neck
o’ the woods" isuitor Arbuckle’s pa
lter speaks b. h book. A minister
of the gospel v,. >;c to Iditarod asking
if the camp needed his services and
he Pioneer replied editorially on the
t subject as follows:
"We may as well be entirely in.nk
with our coi i espondent ana inform
aim at the outset ihul it is our tlna
: uelief mat there to uo pressing demand
tor Hie services of a minister in ldlt
I aiod. Not mat we are an irreligious
J people—tar trout it. Nor need the j
| reverend gentleman be unnecessarily1
II oncerned about the deplorable tact”
iluu we are deprived ol religious ser- ;
vices. The people of tile Iditarod sec- :
lion are ol such a cosmopolitan make- !
up that it is extremely doubtful if
mere couid be louud euougli adherents j
of any one religion to form a oougre- ;
gaiiou. The population Is rather wide
ly scattered, and travel between tiie
uufereut sections is extremely diliicull
at certain seasons of the year.
it is probuule that the only kind
a minister who would be at ad pop
ular in liiis section would be un ex
ponent ol’ muscular c hristuinity,." j
.lUdi a person, devoting the business
.lours ol the day lo manipulating a No.
J, ana bis leisure hours ol the day lo
spiritual, ministrations among his co
AorKers, would line a splendid held. ' —
-Jim mu Leader.
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A POOR PLAN.
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(Boston itecurd.i
Auuiiuge of British women Lu uiumi
oU heroes of the war is suggested by
an» English clergyman as a species of
.acriuce which he regards as dealra
ole ana promising of happiness. His
suggestion opens file way to a coi
aiuerabie discussion, bul we da nut
oelieve iiu is going to siumpede British
women into Just that kind of sacrifice.
Pity is not the best basis for mat
rimony. We do not believe that Bri
tain’s maimed heroes would care to ;
.eel that they wore rogarded as a bur
den of just that sort.
There have been sacrifices in tho
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war, by men and by women, in Great
Britain and In the other countries In- j
voiced. That matrimony might be
people as ridiculous, others as pathetic,
classed in the list will strike some
We do not hear any suggestion that
sound heroes returning from the war
shall marry those women left widowed
and poverty-stricken by tho war. Wo '
J do not believe that any such sugges- j
! tion would arouse enthusiasm among
the veteran soldiers or among the wo- j
men at home.
There havo been many and various <
efforts to systemtze matrimony*, on j
; bases of eugenics, economics, and i
* heroism but so far none of them has!
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worked out very well.
A STRANGE DISEASE.
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(Seattle P.-I.)
Disputches recorded the death re
cently of a David F. Stackpole, of New
| Vork. who was taken to the Bellevue
hospital suffering from anthrax. News
of the same date recorded, two other
cases of this extremely rare
disease in as widely* separated
places as Iltnois and Cali
fornia. The New York newspapers
show that tho case of Stackpole excit
ed extraordinary* interest, and the story
of his case was told at length in the
columns of all of tho newspapers of
that city.
Anthrax is essentially an animal dis
ease, comparatively common in some
parts of the world, but not often seen
in the United States. It is malignant
and contagious. It is rarely commun
icated to man, save in occasional in
stances of men working rogularly with
animals or in animal products. Earth
worms occasionally bring tho disease
to the surface, from fields wherein dis
eased animals have been burled. It
was l’asteur who first brought this
fact to light.
The appearance of this rare disease
disclosed tho fact that tho mlscrobe of
anthrax was the first which was over
discovered and is tho largest of the
bacteria known. Tho original>dlscovery
by Pasteur of tho bacterium of an
thrax may be said to have marked
the turning point in the medical evo
lution of the serum treatment. Pasteur
| proved the success of the serum treat
J itir-nt of animals afflicted with anthrax
laid thus paved the way for the whole
ru- rn system of disease treatment.
In the case of the New York at
t> i rev whose death was recorded, the
serum treatment was used and effl
< t'-imsly. The hospital authorities
r- p-v* that lie did not die from anthrax
. t from heart failure.
WOMEN DOCTORS.
i Seattle P.-I.)
The complaint of overcrowded pro- ,
j fesslons was worldwide Just a little
over a year ago Both In this country
and in Europe the statement was made
and reiterated over and over again
that the medical colleges, for one ex
mple, were graduating men by the
thousands for whom there was little
prospect In the profession. In Euro
pean countries there was the addi
tional complaint sometimes voiced with
, much bitterness of the Intrusion of wo
men into Die overcrowded profession,
to the consequent Injury of the men
who had taken It up as a life work.
In this country' that was a thing of the
past.
Now in the conservative London
Lancet, organ of the medical profes
sion. there is an article urging that
.vomon in greater numbers take up the
profession, because the demands upon
it ut the present time are far beyond
the passibility of adequately filling
The war demand for surgeons and
medical men Is greater by far than
the profession In any country can sup
ply. Those in the army hospitals are
worked to the limit of their endurance j
and then cannot do all which Is im- |
n-ratively needed.
As a natural consequence of the war.
he number of medical students has
been cut down sharply. They have
J Topped their studies and gone to the
front by the thousands, serving as ,
fighting units, not in the medical de- |
partments. And In conservative Eu- j
ope and by conservative medical or
gans women are being urged to step
in and qualify themselves to take the
places left vacant by the doctors and
surgeons who have gone to the front.
But when the war is over, what?
THE LAST BOAT OF THE SEASON
IS GONE.
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But we still remain and will b* j
pit-used to mast our old friends and
u make new ones.
Give us a chance to prove to yeu
that wo do tho boat werk In Nome.
We moke alterations.
We make and repair furs.
We clean, press and repair both
ladles and gentlemen's clothing.
We guarantee all work and oar
prices are reasonable.
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