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EDITORIAL. 
Philadelphia Journal\ what he thinks about it. Then sit down 
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terminates with this number ; you’ll get a bill this month if it 
does. If practice is good, buy Brother Hoskins’ paper, too. If 
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the Review —and the extra ten cents ; or else a postal money 
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LET THE COBBLER STICK TO HIS LAST. 
The New York Journal , said to be the “yellowest” paper 
in the country, periodically indulges in u scientific ” editorials 
for the delectation of its very mixed circle of readers. Behold 
the following extract from one of its “ wisest ” efforts, under 
the “catchy” caption, “Legs Under the Whale’s Skin, and 
‘ Pink Eye ’ in Horses,” which it apologizes for in these words: 
“ Of course, this heading has been purposely written to seem 
odd. But editorials are so dull and you are all so busy that you’ll 
excuse any effort to fix your attention.” With the Herald's 
automobile lies and the Journal's “popular science,” the horse 
is having a hard time of it in Gotham. Observe how it fixes 
the reader’s attention : 
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“ You who have horses know that the disease called ‘ pink eye ’ is 
now epidemic. That disease is unquestionably due to one of the ‘ ves¬ 
tigia, ’ and we advise educated veterinary surgeons to look into it. 
The trouble with the ‘ pink-eye ’ horse lies in his remnant of a • nictita¬ 
ting membrane. ’ 
“Certain birds, mammals and fishes—notably crocodiles, sharks— 
possess a sort of third eyelid. The shark’s nictitating membrane ex¬ 
tends from the inner corner of his eye, and he can spread it over the 
whole eye with ease. 
“If you look at your own eye you will see near the root of the nose 
a little moon-shaped fold, which is called the ‘ plica semilunaris. ’ That 
is the rudiment in man of the membrane which is still so useful to the 
shark, the nictitating or ‘ winking ’ membrane. You know by experi¬ 
ence how easily it is irritated by a speck of dust. This rudiment in the 
horse causes him great trouble. It gives him ‘pink eye’ when it gets 
inflamed, and it might be worth while for Dr. Huidekoper to try surgi- 
