Show ANOTHER consumption CURE the kew york postgraduate post graduate hospital announces another new cure for consumption the evidence in its fa vor Is based upon experiments that have been tried upon eleven patients with well developed pulmonary tuberculosis cu losis tho result is said to be not merely a marked improvement but entire recovery and that no lingering doubt may be left in the mind wo are told that thosa eleven patients are now good subjects for life insurance the treatment is tory simple and needs no special appliances it is merely the juice of raw i vegetables such as po tatos beets carrots onions and celery extracted by pressure and swallowed in two bunco doses after the regular meals this la so easy that it Is within the reach of every one although it need hardly bo said it should not bo tried without the consent ot tho medical adviser not only in this treatment announced as a cure for consumption but wo arc also told that it may lead to tho discovery of a means by which the human booy may bo rendered immune from tuberculosis it seems armost too good to be true and many disappointments warn us from being too sanguine confirmation or denial must at least como very rapidly and there wll bo no unnecessary delay n conferring upon tho public whatever benefits the reported discovery may contain it is evident that yar upon tuberculosis is relentless and incessant victory is only a matter of time and it may come at any moment perhaps it has come already EDUCATING THE filipinos education Is favorite american panacea for adverse human conditions it is a good panacea because it means belf help and the ability to adjust our delves to ever improving surroundings when education is of the right kind it bestons bestows the ability to force a livelihood from the hands oe nature and to recognize to the full both our limitations and our possibilities that is precisely what education Is doing in the philippines and it is something of a surprise to learn from dr barrows the extent of american educational activities in the islands dr fl arrows la the general superintendent of schools and his address at manila furnishes us with statistics that prove a phenomenal progress ho says that in april 1903 the total school enrollment roll ment did not exceed in less than six months later it was in july of 1904 it was and in september of the same year it was in the primary course in the intermediate course and in the night school the certainly intend to make up for lost time and their children at least are not the losers by american occupation the quality of the instruction imparted la as satisfactory as the quantity the children are not only taught the ordinary primary subjects but an attention is given to manual work that will certainly stand them in good the intermediate course for boys includes three years of shop work or three years of agricultural work or the two combined and for the girls three years of good practical housekeeping special attention Is also paid to science particularly to those ot its branches that are immediately related to trade and agriculture dr barrows educational ambitions for the sue very high but he seems to be in a fair way to achieve them lie wishes to place primary instruction st within reach of every child in the christian provinces and to aral a sufficient num eb ot native young men and women as teachers so that there aul wul open before them a and properly compensated profession in this way he vill prepare for ahls crowning achievement which is thees ot a philippine unive ralty A rough estimate of the number of children in the islands gives a total of about between the ages of 6 and 16 years this dr barrows says will provisions tor the in at any one time of about and it will be seen from the figures already given that this provision has already been nearly made allowing tor all possible deficiencies it will be acknowledged that the work is a most impressive one and its scope and utility ought to be known and ap throughout the united states |