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Show NO GAIN AND SOME LOSS. Jail Neighbor's Cortiment Seems a Strain nlu (art fur thp OJrust Eutl By WOODROW WILSON. President of Princeton University. II MI'HISOXMKNT of the res)onsill' officers of lawless corpora tions is (lie only cure. The pNKttl Btfttbod f attacking the ,.i ...it mrriAMtinM liv finiiiL' llicm anil at tfiiitil inir to dissolve trusts is absurd and of little value. lrnlesn more stern meaa-ttre- f are taken, the country is likely to drift toward socialism. One really responsible man in jail, one real origin tor of the schemes and transactions which are contrary to the public interests legally lodged in "the penitentiary would be worth more than a thousand corporations mulcted in fines, if the reform is to be genuine and permanent. What this country needs is not government ownership of railroads, etc., but laws that will attack and punish presidents and general managers of railroads for evasions and violations of the statutes. Stock manipulathefts" and should be punished as such, failure to do so tions are is like overlooking highway robberies. Every corporation is personally directed either by some one dominant man or by some group of persons. Bornebody in particular is responsible for ordering or sanctioning (very illegal act committed by its agents or oflieers, but neither our law of personal damage nor our criminal law has nought to seek out the responsible persons and hold them accountable for the nets complained of. We have never attempted such statutes. We indict corporations themselves, find them guilty of illegal practices, tine then, and leave the individuals who devise and execute the illegal acts free to di cover new evasions. Jnleaa we can single out the individual again and make him once more the subject and object of law, we shall have to travel still further upon the road of government regulation which W8 have already traveled so far, and that road leads to state ownership. Of late years the house dlbr ) fly has been receiving mm iFht wo miit 3fe Daugrra By ANDREW WILSON. Eminent fciiglish Scientist. a considerable amount of attention at the hands of sanitarians, and this for a reason of much importance viewed from the public health standpoint In previous decades the fly was regarded simply as ay nuisance and a vexation. It made itself obtrusive, buzzed about your ears and disturbed the general peace of the household, but it A'as certainly not regarded either as an enemy to our welfare, or as a deadly foe to health. Things are changed nowadays. A recently published report issued by the corporation of Uowin, ami emanating from the bacteriologist, serves to show forth the insanitary misdeeds of the household pest. The Govan report is modeled on lines which had already been represented in prior publications of the same nature. These reports lune been made both in Kurope and in America, and they serve to show the tlv in a new light, and in a very unfavorable one namely, a carrier of disease and a distributor of genus. The practical outcome of these investigations is lo open our eves to a source of infect ion which has hitherto received but little attention, or, at least, verj inadequate attention, having regard to the grave issues involved. Take, for example, the case of a very serious trouble, that known as "'infant cholera'" or "infantile summer diarrhoea." Here is a disease which in the hot season of the year kills off children under one year old in our great centers of population to an extent that is positively appalling. A literal massacre of the innocents occurs even summer among the seething masses chilof our cities. The mortality is among hand-fe- d children; breast-fe- d dren escape largely from attack. This latter fact points to the milk on which the children are fed as to the source of the ailment. The milk delivered to houses in a fresh condition rapidly acquires poisonous properties in the homes of the masses. It is not kept amidst a pure atmosphere, and as often as not is freely exposed to whatever contaminating influences surround it. Amongst these influences are dust containing numberless microbe! and flies, which, as we have seen, carry the very germs that, breeding in the milk, load it with poisonous principles. Then, when the children are fed on such milk, tlicv are literally poisoned, and fall victims lo the carelessness of those who are responsible for their welfare and who have not protected the infants' food from microbk attack. There is no end to the mischief which may thus he wrought by the ubiquitous fly. Typhoid genu are found in sewage, and it is possible that contamination of food by such germs may be carried nut, the tlv Bjcting as the medium of conveyance. Along Sljr (Srratrst IJrar? lUnrkrr By FANNIE TERU ANDREWS. side of the statesman, business man, clergyman, laboring man, mother, ami the peaOS worker, the teacher takes his place in the movement for international peace. The educational campaign for in ternational X'aie has be- gun, and every teacher has a part to play in it. He should lend his aid to the organized educational efforts, for they will not move without his support. He should stand shoulder to shoulder with his fellow teachers in the world for the achievement of a higher world civilization. The teacher is an international BfUre, ami he can never perform his highest One function until he is imbued with this international consciousness. of the end of international teaching principles justice, peace, generation unity would revolutionize the world. This can be taught in literature, geography, history, and, in fad, in eery exercise connected with the school. Through geography, the children of the world should learn their true relations to other lands and peoples histon should show the aims and aspirations of the people of different nations, who, Wtffking together; are making modern history. The teaching of civil government should he supplemented by the teaching of international government, the child should become acquainted with the progressive steps in the making of a world government for only in thi way can he fully realize the significance of the administration of his own country. Such teaching will establish in the child modes of thinking, consistent with, the peace idea. The full realization of nil great ftoveroent! rests upon the future generations, To what nobler work can the teai h r consecrate himself than to buifd up a all mankind. the vor!iJ. whose count r men who1 eoun'rv ; ; new-peopl- i in of "Yes." the leader of the amateur brass band was saying, "it's curious to see what an effect learning o I play a born has on some persons. used to be a pretty good bass sin? er. but I can't sing worth a cent now." "Does learning to play a horn spoil the voice?" asked his next-doo- r neigh bor. "It did mine " "How do you account for it?" "1 don' know how to account for Strains the vocal chords, perit. All I know is that I blew my haps voice out through the mouthpiece of my cornet." "Did you have a good voice?" "Everybody said so." "Then It's a great pity you ever learned to play a horn," rejoined his neighbor, shaking his head sadly. "I er think I should have enjoyed hearing you sing." Youth's Companion. THE NEW YORK L1FE'8 PROGRAM. Economy, Publicity and the Paramount Interest of Policyholders. President Kingsley, of the New York Life Insurance Company, says, In an address to the policyholders, that his plan of administration In volves these points; "First: S'rlct economy; second, the widest, fairest and fullest publicity; third, the continuance of the New York Life as a world wide institution; fourth, such an amount of new business under the law as we can secure while practicing intelligent economy, and enforcing the idea that the Interest of the policy holder is paramount" The Tell Tale Voice. "If you want to tell whether or not the man you are talking to is telling the truth don't look him in the eyes." said a Denver bank teller to some friends. "It is the voice, when you don't look at the eyes, that tells you whether the other fellow is lying. We use the system frequently in the bank A man will come in to tell us sftme business tale. We look at his feet or his hands or his knees, but never in his eyes. If he's telling the truth his voice will be firm and straightforward, and the absence of your gaze in his eyes will not affect it. But if he's lying he'll be confused by your action, and his voice will tremble; he'll hem and haw, and clear his throat. You may rest assured then that he's stringing teg URE MOTHER wrrn IN COFFEE Until Too Stiff to Bend Over. "When I drank coffee I often had sick headaches, nervousness and biliousness much of the time, but when l went to visit a friend 1 got in the habit of drinking Postum. "I gave up coffee entirely and the result has been that I have been entirely relieved of all my stomach and nervous trouble. "My mother was Just the same way. Wo all drink Postum now, and without coffee In the house for 2 years, we are all well. "A neighbor of mine, a great coffee drinker, was troubled with pains in her side for years and was an ina!td She was not able to do her work and could not even mend rloihes or do anything at all where she would have to bend forward. If she tried to do a tittle hard work she would get such pains (hat she would have to lie down for the rest of the day. "At last I persuaded her to StOj$ drinking coffee atil try Postum Food Coffee and she did so and has used Postum ever since; the result has been that she can now do her work, can sit for a whole day and mend and can sew on the machine and she never feels the least bit of pain In her side. In fact, she has got well and It shows coffee was the cause of tho whole trouble. I could also tell you about several other neighbors who have been cured by quitting coffee nnd using I'ostum In Its place There's a Reason." Look in pk. for the famous little book. "The Road to Wellvllle." QPNCXNTRATED IVCIEBY Copyright: 107: by Byron Williams. The Chew Things. gum? say. did yw ever git rosln-weistubble and me we SFtta gist gluing sum! in bad yewr offul it gaums gracious, teth, tits sticks like the Dickens and neath we found some It under- ! Indian 2. grows eround on tlie bill by thee slew' yew kin chew that: and gist spit like a man st'ibhle can't Spit very far, but i cant row we can git sllck'ry elm in thee Rta say! did yew ever chew that? Gist foi fun? then when thee slip is awl chewed and It's wet It is gist line fer 2 Taste with, yew bet! pasted a feller in school teeehtr she licked me for braking thee frlday 1 rule! know a boy that chewed hick'ry nyj shucks gee! but his lips was awl pulled full of tucks? they is gist lots of chew things growing wild that is as good as real gum fer a child! I down by the next will cum thomappL-crick, I know a place where they grow very thick. purty soon now there will be catnip 2 that is another good thing we can Chew! "Goodness!" sez ma, looking somewhat perplext, "what wont that Boy. be a chewing on s nest!" the Way. I have positive assurance that the story to the effect that the king of Cambodia wears a link of stovepipe for a crown, is false. What he really with the bot wears is an old coffee-po- t tom knocked out. A Washington paper refers to the dandelion as a little chunk of fuzz growing on the top of a stick of macaroni. Nature faker! It is queer how much of a blamed fool a roan can make of himself trying to fraternize with a bull pup six weeks old. No one, as yet, has begun a novel, "Once upon a time on a star in the ethereal heavens," etc. I fear that Indianans are losing their originality. Possibly, they are afraid that such a novel might be One way to be happy is not to care. A baby learns to talk in 12 months, but frequently it takes seventy or eighty years to learn not to talk at times. By "Maude, dear, I'm so glad to see you! Perhaps I do look a little blue, but it's bo hard to please every one it's Yes, it's Mrs. Benton I mean mother. But one hag to try to please a mother-in-law- , for she, being older, can't afford to waste her time li ving to please you. "She isn't pleased with my way of marketing and you know that I never did any before I was married. Only yesterday I wanted something extra because Mrs. Benton mother was visiting us aud I asked the butchei for some mincemeat. He said they didn't keep it, and suggested trying the delicatessen store. To cover my mistake I looked at my list and said: 1 want, "Oh, yes, It was sweetbread ed I Suppose they are at the delica tessen, too.' "But he had them. They looked so different from anything I had evei eaten maybe it was because I had never seen them before they were cooked anyway, the bill was awfully high, and because they didn't look in viting I just gave them to the janitor's wife. George laughed about it, but Mrs. Ben mother said it was very extravagant. "I made a delicious pudding a Absolutely free from any crude substance. Contains no tar oils. Infallible in curative eftect. No Injury to sheep or wool. Requires no addition besides water, No sediment. No siirrin"- Mixe wiltjcold water whether hard, j m USE PERMITTED CURES MANGE and CHEAPER MUCH in all OfflCIAt DIPPINGS ticTo. CATTLE TOBACCO THAN OH AND H06S CRUDE LIQUID DIPS NO 1 1 DEABErIhAN LIME AND SULPHUR gal. makes I'd) gals (or Scab, official strength or 200 gals, for licks, lice, etc. gal Can 1.75, 5 gal Can 8.60. M gal. brl. 75.00 NEPHEWS WILLM. COOPER 177 Illinois St., Chicago ORDER OF YOUR MERCHANT OR WRITE Dr.S. cus- D. CILLETT, tard sponge cake kind; the custard part was lovely, but the sponges were I must have got the wrong so tough! kind. "George wanted to help we with the work, but his mother said she never had considered it a part of man's work. She has a lot of notions about its being degrading for a man to do woman's work. George always helps me, doesn't your I mean if you had one wouldn't he? "When Mrs. Ben his mother came into the kitchen, she looked around in General Agent AVE., SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. 715 SIXTH You can as treatment got just in tlie matter of 1 good by mail or Watch Repairing Jewelry as If you called in person. Drop us a line. til ' cr , MAIN170 ST. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. saVSW HPT555 Divorce Obtained without delay and with little trouble in Utah and Idaho. Write at once. P. 0 Box 319 Pocatello, Idaho P. 0 Box 544 Salt Lake City. Lawyer, WHEN TO WIND A WATCH. The Morning, Not the Evening, ths Eest Time, the Watchmaker Says. Long Time to Sweep. even a magnificent Everything, church, must be regarded from the point of view of the beholder. A London paper says that two country pirls, who acted as if they might be enjoying a holiday from domestic service, were observed walking down the aisles of St. Paul's Cathedral. Under the great dome one of them stood and gazed around her with an air of such wonder that a spectator might well suppose that she was awestruck But by her solemn surroundings. when she spoke, the idea was dissi"Oh, Sarah," she exclaimed, pated. "wouldn't this place take a long titn to sweep?" SOAKED IN DIP MAKING STACNOTH LOW COST. LCSS ' BliGHT DOUBLE "Most people," said the watchmaker, "wind their watches at night; but It would be better to wind them in the morning. You see, we are liable to go to bed at different hours, and so wind our watch at irregular intervals; and It is better to wind it regularly. Then we are more liable to forget to wind our watch at night than in the morning and so may let it run down. But we are pretty sure to get up in the morning at our regular hour, whatever the hour at which wa went to bed, and so by winding it then we may insure regularity of winding; and the watch is brought to mind then, when we put it on for use, and we are less likely to forget to wind it So morning is the best time to wind a watch, if you can get yourself into the habit of winding it then." To Keep Flowers Fresh. "If you want to bring flowers In town from the country," said the girl who goes out occasionally, "don't bring them in your hand. If it takes you two hours to come In they will never revive, no matter how much water you put on them after you get here. Take a pasteboard shoe box, lay wet paper in it, put the flowers in, sprinkle them well, and put another layer of paper over them. Just bring them home with you and they'll keep fresh and sweet in your flat or studio tor the longest kind of a time." you." Queer Idea of Enjoyment. Dr. Juliet Severance writes in the Vegetarian Magazine: "I am often reminded of a clinic case brought before the class when I was In medical college in 1858. The man had gout and rheumatism, both the small and large joints being immovable, and his suffering was severe. Dr. It. T. Trail, professor of theory and practice, was explaining to us the importance of a very strict and abstemious diet. The poor fellow tried vainly to turn his head, and grunted out: 'I can't go that; I want to enjoy life while I do live.' " NEW TRIUMPH A PLEASING HIS Which There Sarcasm. "I Left the Table." superior way and said she didn't see that we had done much tidying up. a though we had been gone so long. Of course, after that George didn't of- i - sjj))m eggs are said to be very Eagles' high this summer. A Chicago man who has been divorced three times and has a fourth wife suing him for alimony, gives it out that he is ready to try number five if she will reform him. Reform him from what marrying again? Judging from the face of the iceman, summer is now here. When a man's Sunday clothes look as though he had slept in them, he probably has been to church. A New York couple, who have inherited a great fortune, announce that they will not enter society, but will buy a country place and enjoy life. Wonders never cease! A Michigan editor says it Is strange that no one has ever written a text book on nothing. I guess he hasn't been reading this year's crop of popular fiction. A woman's long suit is a dress a la train. Did you ever know a man willing to admit that he had more money than brains? It Is beyond me to understand why a woman that wears and low shoes In winter and is just comfortable, can don clothing ethereal enough in summer to keep her In the same satisfactory condition. A great many men have spoiled a good career by hanging around the telephone receiver waiting for their peek-a-boo- s country's call. When a man has to choose betwi a a rich widow he does not love and a fair young woman he does love, It Is hard on all three of them. Diagram-H- e i marries the widow. The Source. First Part- - Women Party are such gossips!" Party or tho Second Part "They are indeed!" P. of the F. P. "Why, the women of our town do nothing, half the time, except attend club meetings ami tell each other all the news then boa hands have told them of the fore!" fer to help but went right into the ather room and his my our mother said she would wipe the dishes. "I felt all choked up you see, I hadn't had a chance to kiss George before he went into the parlor and he had been gone all day. His mother doesn't think it dignified to do that way. "Then there was more trouble. I offered her a nice dish towel one that I had hemstitched myself and When you have she fairly snorted: been married a little longer you will be willing to economize and use flour sacks for dishcloths, as I do. " 'I'll get some,' said. 'What do But this proved the they cost?' wrong thing to say. "She pulled herself up proudly and answered, 'Nothing they come with the flour.' "hlght then I made up my mind to please her because I really want her to like me. So I went to the market and told the grocer I wanted some flour. He asked me how much and said I needed a sacks, but perhaps three would do. "'I didn't have anything to put the flour In so that could get the sacks and I haven't discovered yet what I can use the flour for; but I can use some of it for paste George has so many newspaper Clippings, "George came home early, for he knew that his mother was shopping and that she wouldn't leave as long as there was a store open. I told him to come and empty the flour and when he saw It he laughed like a goose. "Where can we put it?' I asked, tearfully. "He looked around and then rusln'il to the laundry tubs. It's the "'One of these will do. only thing big enough,' he said. "I told him that the woman would have to have It to wash In, although I thought him vefy clever to think of using It for the flour. "'She must do with the other tub for our small washings,' George answered. "1 was so pleased at his Ingenious ness that I bunged him and just than his mother came In and there stood the flour! Hut she wasn't pleased "'You told me that this was the " 'Not at all,' she said. 'I saved the sacks as we used the flour.' " 'But we haven't been married long hadn't bought enough to use why, any flour before this I just SOTrOWsjd a cupful " "I am' afraid sh'' ttgtaf Sfffl approve 1 Men Shun "There is one thing that no real man will stand for," said the tall girl. "He positively will not carry an umbrella all trimmed up with knots of ribbon. Several times I have been obliged to lend an umbrella to men who got caught In the rain. Each of those umbrellas was ornamented with tufts of ribbon wheu the man left the house; when he brought it back the He had been ribbon was gone. ashamed to be seen walking along the street carrying an umbrella whose handle was trimmed with ribbon rosettes and had taken them off as soon as he left the house and had forgot to put them on again. Nowadays in order to save trouble for both of us, I take the ribbon off myself before offering a man an Gew-Gaw- 1 half-doze- I Don't Crowd Flowers. There Is as subtle an art In the arrangement of flowers as there Is in the arrangement of a coiffure, and many a flower "blushes" as privately in the cramped quarters of an overcrowded vase as It would amid the recognized solitude of the "desert air." A Harsh Reminder. "Of course," said the serene statesman. "I am the logical candidate." "Perhaps,'' ghum. that i answered Senator Sor- "But you want to remember when It comes to tallying up votes, It's mathematics that counts." and not loglo 1 of Georges Dally News. n.n i The Listeners' Excuse. If we always dlretly turned the Othei way when we heard anything obviously not Intended for our ears we should lose a vast di M of amusement. Eton Collaga Chronicle. |