Life — November 10, 1898 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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simus, let HERE aro many kinds of palo, my friends, For Instance, pinching shoes ; And a headache in the morning, A fellow always rues. But worso than theso is at the Show, Whon your heart with anguish quails To seo your favorite hunter Go crashing through tho rails. Somo men have faced Spain's former joy, The Inquisition High ; And somo have marched to battle With bullets whistling by. But harder far than theso, my pals, Not a Blue Ribbon. *LIPEs Horse Doctors, VJ PTERINA RY medicine, as a scientific art, dates only from 1761. In that year, in France, was established the first school for teaching the treatment of horses, cattle, sheep and pigs. Now, in 1898, only one hundred and thirty-seven years later, we see this veter- inary art adopted by the War Lord of the United States for our armies, This is progress, indeed—or rather, it is not progress, indeed. Progress is by pro- gression, or progrediating. But this ad- vanco of the vetcrinary art is by one sing‘e bound—one mighty batrachizn jump. This early recognition of veterinaropathy is due to the War Lord. It is inthis way that great men from Michigan and other places anticipate Time, and precede the swift courses of the spheres. What Alger has done, no other man would have done in this age—no other man would have done it in a thousand years. Alger found a Horse Doctor; he made him a Horse Doctis- Several millions of people have had the temerity to criticise this act. the matter, For instance, they think Alger was not true to his solemn obligation to our soldiers, But Alger was as true as steel and as straight as pine. A. Alger to the highest office—but why con- tinue? Alger did appoint a horse doctor, but But they do not understand When William McKinley chose Russell fair play tell why. Is, when you are a- losing, To keep a smiling visage When you see your horse refusing. I do not envy others pain, Or hanker for despair; I've had a little bit of both, And know they’re bard to bear, You doubt my word? Go to the Show, You'll find it perfect — To seo your hunter in the ring Who can, but won't, do well, Margaret Neilson Barry. 365 ~» Russell A. Alger considers a horse doctor to be the highest earthly type of physician and surgeon, Investigation shows that Rus- sell A. Alger employs nothing but horse doctors for himself. And it was no untried experiment he put upon the army; be has employed nothing but horse doctors for himself for the last six years. Now that his life has become so valuable to the coun- try, he states that he would shudder at the thought of employing anything else. But the critics ask, Why did William McKinley approve the appointment? There can be only one answer: William McKinley believes in horse doctors and employs nothing else. Now the truth isout. It was notintended to let it be known till after the, next clection, as it might offend the regular scbools of medicine and divert their vote, and in this way do incalculable injury to our country by preventing the re-election of our President, a thing which, in these perilous times, McKinley has been espe- cially anxious to avoid. Alger’s present physician is, as we stated, acavalopath, His name is Bush Peters, When he is called for the Secretary, he comes riding over in his sulky and looks the Secretary over; sits on the fence and looks him over; maybe has him moved up acd down a little, and then tells the hired man to give him a handful of Stivers’s Condition Powders. Or, if the symptonis are different, be prescribes a handful of Stivers’s Condition Powders, Sometimes Bush will take a more serious view of the Secretary’s condi- comicbooks.com