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Show o CHATTER. (Being tho personal opinions of tho writer, and for which no ono else Is in any manner responsible) A reverend gentleman In tho east, with that optimism that oft times char acterizes his class, his discovered that tho beef trust has done a good thing for tho world. Ho argues that eating meat produces a thirst for alcohol; that when meat is high In prlco peoplo dlno on vegetables; tho beef trust has advanced tho prlco of moat, nnd peoplo are eating more vegetables, ergo; the beef trust has struck a poworful blow for temperance. If that is not going a long ways Into logic for tho purpose of demonstrating something, then the writer knows nothing about excavating. excavat-ing. Speaking of reverends, Mrs Eddy, head of tho Christian Science cult, has been saying something of lato. Sbo was Interviewed by a woman reporter from tho noslon Herald, and this expression ex-pression of her opinions she declares will be her last public uttcranco upon tho subject of Christian Scionco. For tho most part her replies to queries were but repetitious of former assertions, asser-tions, but In ono place she answorcd so peculiarly that tho writer cannot refrain re-frain from quoting. Asked if sho denied de-nied tho oxlstcnco of disease germs, ho replied in tho nfllrmativo. Now to deny the oxlstcnco of tho germs Is just as sensible ns to deny tho oxlstcnco of tho bed bug, tho mosquito, tho flea, tho sheep tick or nny of tho parasltos that prey upon tho outsido of tho body. All nro capablo of ocular demonstration. demonstra-tion. Ono can boo thoso mentioned with tho naked eye, whllo to detect tho individuals in tho bacilli of certain dlsoaso tho mlcroscopo has to bo used. Not so with massos however. Tho writer has scon clusters of microbes, or dlsoaso germs, in culture tubes, with tho naked oyo. Ho has seen isolated Individuals nndor tho glass. Each germ has his peculiar shape and form and tho several disease havo their especial es-pecial sorts. Two very nblo physicians gave up their lives in order that tho yellow fever germs might bo handled. It was discovered that tho mosquito was tho method of transmitting this plague; that whorovor mosqultos wero allowed insido places where yellow fovor existed, ex-isted, upon their escnpo they distributed distribut-ed tho infection. Tho first physlclnn permitted a mosquito to blto him, observing ob-serving all tho phenomena connected with tho immedinto transaction and what followed. Ho mado copious notes of all matters pertaining to It nnd oven on tho pathology of tho feor as it pro- grossed In his case for ho contracted flj It, and when death Anally claimed him 91 ho had a complete record. As a result mB It was determined to placo all cases of aK yellow fovor wbero tho mosqultos could ;M not get at them, nnd this being done iflj fovor disappeared from tho Island of PJ1 Cuba. Tho life of tho insect boing H brief, its power to dlstrlbuto tho fovor B In Its goncratlon disappeared whon It fflf was provented from getting in com- :jK j niunlcatlon with tho fovor. , 3f Tuberculosis Is tho result of destrue- Ekj Hon of tho colls of tho lungs nnd In- Sffl tcstincs by n paruslto tho destroys it. HI To deny tho existence of this microbe K Is equally ns scnslblo ns to deny that iRt tho hay in tho manger Is eaten by the Hj horso. Wo sco tho horso ent tho hay M I nnd wo know ho Is masticating it, Hwal- , lowing it nnd will digest it. Wo ox- m , amino tho lung tlssuo and wo find it 1 , has been eaten, nnd wo detect tho pros- . enco of myrinds of tubercles that havo . !M eaten it. What folly then to doclnro W that thoro is no such a thing ns dls- . M onso gorms. Tho lato William T. Dal- by, M. D., onco invited tho writer to visit a patient suffering with dlph- thorla, and when wo nrrivod at tho aj houso tho physician declnro that in a Wb fow hours tho child must dio, unloss II tho administration of anti-toxin, which 9 was then a now thing, saved it. Ho w pointed out tho iiifnlllblo signs of np- JH proachlng dissolution and procoded to dcmonslrato tho condition that would result in death in a cortain tlmo. nnd K was no doubt correct, for his expcrl- . H onco was a long nnd a valuablo ono. Ho 1 1 then administered tho anti-toxin. For 10 flvo hours wo remained with tho child M nnd at the end of that period Dalby m announced a chnngo for tho bettor, so M pronounced In Its nnturo, that with pro- Vj per trcament tho patient would ro- ML cover. It did recover and is alivo yot, wfi whllo good old Dalby's romalns aro 1 M kopt sacred in a littlo urn, ho having 'M boon cremated after death. jfi jx & In That child wns nfflicted with a dls- 'II enso caused by a germ, or ono that do- jly volops a germ. Tho activity of thoso Kj in I nu to organizations! is what causes death. Tho administration of tho rem- jig ody alluded to checked tho activity V and subsequent administrations caused tho dissolution of tho bacilli and saved Hu tho child. All tho Christian Scionco .Mil In tho world; nil tho other faddlsm In nEtl tho world will not dostroy that fact. bjf Mrs. Eddy Is very fond of talking jjBjj I about "mortal mind." There Is no such thing as mortal mind. Mind is immortal; mind Is from Infinity. Mind never dies. It is tissue that dies, or changes form, because nothing ever really dies in the sense It is generally understood. A man is said to die, yet if not planted too deep in tho soil, two years later he buds forth again in tho shape of cabbages or other plant life, is absorbed by another man and thus lives again in a living organization. Mind is tho intangible substanco that may dominate matter in certain cases. Tho tissues may bo tired, or feel ill, but this condition may bo overcomo by action of tho mind, provided tho aforesaid afore-said condition is not too serious. A person may bo able to dissipate tho first attack of grlppo, by the simple force of Intelligent reason, combined with action, but to say that a man acutely afflicted with the virus of smallpox can bid it dissipate and arise and walk is to assert something that is an impossibility, while to assort that tho mind can dominate the germs of consumption to the extent that to bid them depart is to bo obeyed, is folly. (35 i$ I For every effect there is a cause. The causes of most diseases aro found in tho conditions surrounding tho afflicted. af-flicted. Filth in tho tenement house districts of tho groat cities is tho cause of high mortality. Impure milk carries off thousands of Infants every year; Impure ico claims its victims by tho hundreds. Neglect of personal cleanliness clean-liness causes death in numberless instances. in-stances. Impure air is prolific of catastrophe. cat-astrophe. Now unless conditions aro improved, all tho Christian Science, all tho mind work and all tho modlcino administered will do no good. There aro many thousands of people peo-ple who believe that Mrs. Eddy is more or less inspired. To them this statement state-ment that thcro are no such things as diseaso gorms, will bo a cold fact. Henco tho writer is sorry sho made it, becauso it is possible to demonstrate demon-strate tho oxistenco of diseaso germs any day in tho week, right hero in Salt Lako City, or in any other city in tho union. It is just as easy to look at a diseaso germ as It is to go down to tho Jordan and look at a mosquito, and wo presumo Mrs. Eddy does not deny their oxistenco, as a picturo of tho house sho lives In joveals tho presence of wire netting over tho windows and 5: doors. Tho teaching that tells us that 1 -J j . J there is no such thing as diseaso is per- 'j ( i niclous and ought to bo suppressed, for tC wo know there has been dlsenso over ! since tho foundation of tho world, and J'- . will bo until it arrives at tnat condi- tion when animal llfo can no longer jj ' exist upon Its surface Diseaso not only affects man, but animal creation. i , Fishes aro subject to it, tho quadrupeds 'j, - aro afflicted with it. Elephants have toothacho and so do horses. Cows 1 havo tuberculosis and other ailments. Disease prevails everywhere, and each has its peculiar cause, and most of them their especial remedies. Among tho followers of Mrs. Eddy aro many fathers and mothers of llttlo children. Statements such as this one mean nothing but increased mortality among infnnts, for denying tho existence of tho germ of scarlet fever Is equivalent to denying the diseaso Itself. If there Is no cause there is no effect, henco tho child Is not sick and needs no treatment. Whllo granting that the exercise of tho mind over tho matter It directly controls may prevent certain cer-tain diseases, if taken in time, the writer maintains that no such influence can bo exerted over tho physical tissues tis-sues of a child by the mind of a parent, par-ent, and tho undeveloped brain of tho Infant is not prepared for any such metaphysical action as would bo required re-quired to save itsolf from unhappy results. re-sults. Mrs Eddy has another think coming. If sho is a sensible woman, who loves humanity, she will reverse herself; if sho Is a fanatic, sho will stick to It, but oh, what a lot of serious ser-ious consequences will follow. |