TTTE OAF ATT A DAILT IVEEt TCBSD/VY , FEBRUARY 28 , 18HO.
Jess and Johnny A CHARMING
LOVE STORY
( Copyright , 1W. by Annie Hamilton Don-
nell )
"Mlw U7 Johnny ? That he will ! He'
too likely a chap Roln' to be foreman , cer
tain to bo wa tln' himself like that.
IVgosb , man , Ifd be the ruination o'
" *
Johnnyl"
"You quit com In' down on Jess. Tim
Bradleel There ain't no other girl tcndln'
looms to these works "
"O , Jess IB good enough ahe's all right.
I wouldn't look further myself , If I didn't
have my little old woman a'roady , Jess
) * alt right , but there's the Little Un and
the granny. That's where Johnny'd mis *
It. "
"Yes , sure ; there's the Little Un and the
Granny. "
The second voice bad dubious notes In
It. There seemed no room for further ar
gument.
Noonings at the Liberty woolen mills , the
men stood round In little groups of threes
or fours , clinking their dinner palls as a
needless whet to their appetites. It was
a breach of etiquette. In the unwritten code
of Liberty woolen mills' laws , to open the
dinner palls too soon. The girl operatives
collected In the open -windows or by them
selves out in the yard , nil but Jess. Jess
went homo at noons , though It was a long
walk back and forth. She shot past the
two speakers now , her lithe , beautiful figure
balanced haughtily and her black eyes lookIng -
Ing straight ahead. Of course ebo haO
heard. The flttlo shabby man who had
taken her part fidgeted nervously.
"You'd ought to watch out , Tim , " he mut
tered.
"Watch out ! " retorted the other ; "you
can't watch out for comets scootln' acrost
jour tracks. Jess Is a rcg'lar comet. "
The barren rend , thick with white dust
and scorching with stored-up sun rays ,
stretched away from the great looming bulks
of the "works" as If making a bee-line to
escape from them. Dimly , at Us terminus ,
one could distinguish the rows upon rows
of little houses Hanked by two big boardIng -
Ing houses that made up Liberty. Lib
erty ! The name was such a misfit. It was
the ono thing wanting In the little settle
ment liberty.
Jesslo DInney or Just Jess , as every one
called her sped down the hot roadway ,
She was going homo to the Little Un and
granny and trying to outrun Johnny. Doth
spurs urged her on with equal Incentives.
She knew Johnny was behind she could
hear the pound of bis big feet on the road ,
muflled by the carpet ofwhite dust. She
was so familiar -with the sound. Ahead
way ahead the Little Un was waiting.
Jess was familiar with that , too. The tiny ,
stooped figure always waited.
"Jess , Jess ! " Johnny called , pleadingly. A
little flavor of Injury was In the sound of
his voice. It was most a pity , after bra\ing
the men's Jeers , to bo treated this -way.
Johnny cherlsbcd the sweet memory of threu
red letter noonings when Jesn , like the
Little Un , had waited. He made the most
of them It seemed so likely they would
have to suffice for him.
"Jess ! I say , Jess ! "
The girl forged ahead steadily. "But
there's the Little Un and the granny that's
where Johnny'd miss it , " sounded In her
ears. She had known it before yes. yes , cer
tainly but the men's \olces made It dis
tinctly clear to her now. The reiteration In
her brain "There's the Little Un and the
granny the Little Un and the granny"
only underlined It.
"I've found It out In plenty o' time. " Jess
congratulated herself , grimly. Her thin ,
" ' handsome face was set in lines of pain. The
pounding steps behind changed their time
abruptly. With n spurt of speed Johnny shot
by her and faced her In the dusty road.
"Jess , little girl. " ho said , humbly. His
good brown face was wistful In Its pleading.
"You'll let me speak to you a minute , Jess ?
A mlnuto ain't much to ask , now Is It ? "
"No , no , let mo go past , Johnny. I've got
to. Granny's waiting for her tea , and the
Little Un "
"Must wait , too. I'll make it up to the
Little Un , Jess. What I've got to say Is that
I I Jove you , Jess. I do It as honest and
hearty as a man ever loved a woman , ever.
The Lord A'mlghty knows I do. I want you
to let me marry you , Jess. I want to have
a right to take care of you. Jess ! Jess ! "
Ho had hurried over the little speech as
If ) { tne were precious , but the cry at the
end came from his soul. He held his hard
brown hands out to her.
"Let me go past , Johnny let me go past ! "
cried Jess fiercely. She could not trust her
self to look at him. It was her only safe
guard.
"Answer mo straight out , Jess Blnney ! "
demanded Johnny with stern despair. "Ain't
1 got the right to Jje answered same as
other men ? Ain't I ? Ain't I waited long
enough for an answer ? No , no , not that.
Jess don't say you don't love me ! I I
know that. But I want you anyway. I'll be
that good to you , little girl ! I'll take that
care o' you "
f Jess stared down the white roadway un-
seelngly. Even the LittleUn's bowed figure ,
waiting , did not come within her vision. She
began to speak In a harsh , strained voice.
"You want roe to answer straight out ,
ain't that what you said , Johnny ? Well ,
U won't taka long It's so short. "
For ono instant Jess let her eyes meet
Johnny's. She towered , straight and pltl-
Jcss , between him and the sun.
"No , " Eho eald , quietly , "now , let me go
past , Johnny. "
The Llttlo Unwas "whimpering softly to
hlnwclf. Jess held out her land to him
with gentle conciliation. She was always
gentle with the Little Un and for her sake
crery one else was gentle , too. He was
tiny and weird and his little childish face
peered out through a tangle of yellow hair.
It was not a tnlsflt this name. Ho would
alwayu bo a Llttlo Un In body and mind.
"I'm hungcr-y , " he < w ailed. 'You'd
Jutt's llovea I'd be hunger-y yes , you
iwnuld , too ! You you wanl ino to bo hun-
ger-y ! "
"Why , Llttlo Un ! Why , Little Un ! "
crooned Jess , soothingly , the mother-
ound In her voice. The Llttlo Un could
not romcrmber any other mother but Jess.
For six of his seven years she had moth
ered his misshapen , stunted little body
tenderly.
"Why , Llttlo Uc , " and sister was going
to give you such a nice puddln1 today !
With "
She bent over and whimpered something
In his ear.
"Plums ! " shrieked the Little Un. Plums
in It plums ? "
"Five of 'em , Llttlo Un all In your piece , "
Jf63 said , smiling in her pain. For her
heart was like a etone In her breast. She
could look 'back ' and see Johnny slouching
back along the white , gJarlng road , She had
sent him away froni her how could sha
.nilnd the looms , day after day , without
Johnny's tender words in her ears and
Johnny to wait outside and -walk home
with her ? How could she < bear the unend
ing grind of her young life-without Johnny ?
The vUtn of years that opened before
her and reached into the dim perspective
of old age oM age like granny's stilled
her and killed her courage. Her feet stum
bled heavily along bcelde tbe Little Un' *
Granny was waiting , too. There was
scarcely tlmo to get the plain little meal
and hurry back at tbe clang of the faotory
bell. There was no time for Jess to eat.
but it did not matter to her.
Weeks crept by until they were months
end it was crisp , late fall , A blaze of crim
son and gold bordered the stretch of road
between the "works" and Liberty. H w&a
almost possible to forget one's weariness
walking along In the glory of the leaves
and the ItK-ec&ant whirr and rumble of the
looms almost died out of one's ears under
the sn ll of the color * . But Jess never for
got ; the whirr of the looms was alwa > s
In her ears. She paid no heed to the won
derful beauty around her. Since that hot ,
while day when Johnny overtook her and the
Little L'n waited , whimpering , Johnny had
never walked home with her. He had
taken his answer stolidly and gone about
among his looms with the plodding step of
an old man. Jess bad missed his sweet ,
shrill whistle above the muffled thunder of
machines. Johnny had always whistled
loudly for Jess to hear , she had told htm
once that It shortened the hours. Now he
nc\cr whistled at all. When he met Jess
It was Just a grave ncd of his head he gave
her. She was forced to get alcng with
that.
that.On
On one of the autumn days Jess took the
Little Un to the works with her , because
granny was ailing and his noise fretted her
sadly. He had never been among the looms
times enough to get used to their whirring ,
ceaseless activity. The novelty of It amused
him and for a long time he crouched con
tentedly by Jess. He was so still she for
got at last that ho was there and when bo
crept away on a little trip of discovery she
did not notice. She was minding her loom
In a daze of broken dreams and only the
mechanical training of her eyes to detect
imperfections and the prompt response of
her lingers to correct them prevented trou
ble. Her well-drilled sight and muscles
stood guard w'hllo she dreamed.
In the middle of the afternoon a commo
tion arose at the further end of the great
room. People ran about and there were ex
cited shouts and ono shrill , clear , fright
ened cry like a child's. Jess' cjcs and cars
were untrained to such sounds. They failed
to reach her. She worked on dreamily.
Some one beside her shook her arm and
shrliked at her.
"Jess ! Quick , Jess ! Somebody's caught
in the Bbaftln * . Let's go 0 , hear 'em
bhoutln' ! Hurry , can't you ? "
But Jess woke slowly from her dreams.
She was the last one to mix in the excited
little crowd. The girls and men were wait
ing for her with solemn laces. They made
a straight path for her to the motionless
form on the Jloor. The Little Un , with torn
clothes , stumbled out of somebody's arms
and met her half way.
"I'm Killed. O , Jess , I'm killed ! " he
sobbed tumultuously. His poor little
twisted bed ) was quivering little a little ,
shriveled leaf In tbe wind. "I'm killed all
to pieces it kept going round and round.
H wouldn't stop Jess , Jess , listen ! "
But the girl had thrust him- aside and
darted ahead to Johnny , on the floor. He
lay in a crushed heap and even the men
covered their eyes. One or two were sob
bing like the Little Un.
"Where we goln' to carrv him to ? " muttered -
tored Tim Bradley , huskily. 'Johnny didn't
have no homo nor no folks. "
He used the past tense unconsciously.
This was not Johnny now It had been. The
girls stood about , wringing their hands
hysterically.
"Ho warn't worth it sush a little hump
backed thing , " somebcdj said shrilly.
"Sb , can't you ? Do you want Jess to
hear ? " cried some one else. But there
was no danger. Jcas was wiping the blood
from Johnny's face. She bad only heard
Tim Bradlee. With a sudden movement
Lhe stood before' him. '
"Carry Johnny to my house , Tim , " she
said quietly. "He belongs to me. I'm go
ing to marry him. "
The girl's -voice rang out distinctly. There
was no quiver of doubt of of shame in it.
She faced them all splendidly. One of the
girls uttered a nervous sound that might
have been a sob or a laugh. Jess caught
the look on her face.
"I am going to marry Johnny , " she re
peated sharply. "O , you needn't look that
way , Moll Dlxcy ! Johnny ain't dead. He
belongs to me and I tell you I'm going to
marry him. Won't somebody carry him to
my house ? Has an } body gone for a doc
tor ? "
"Yes , jes , two of the boys , " volunteered
many voices. "He'd ought to be hero in
side o' the 'art 'our. Stlddy , boys easy ! "
If Johnny had been a baby instead a a
brawny , crushed giant , they could not have
carried him more tenderly down the straight
road outlined in criaiscn and gold. Relajs
followed , and the poor , unconscious load was
shifted occasional ! ) with the gentleness of
mothers handling their babies. Jess and the
Little Un weni on ahead. The child was
sobbing still under his breath , and his lit
tle torn clothes trailed unnoticed , behind
him. The horror of the terrible minute be
fore Johnny sprang to bis rescue was over
keen for bis unbalanced little mind.
"I'm killed ! I'm killed ! " he moaned with
patient reiteration. "You'd Just as lieves
I'd be killed , Jess ; yes , you would , too ! You
ain't eorry. "
And Jess -was not even thinking of the
Llttlo Un. She had forgotten him for once.
When Johnny woke out of his stupor he
thought he had gone to heaven , and one of
the angels was bending over him. She was
very sweet and gentle why , It waa Jess !
Then Jess had gone to heaven , too ? Johnny
e : perienced a sense of relief at the thought.
It wouldn't bo real heaven without Jess.
"Je s little girl , " ho whispered , "vvhen'd
you come ? "
"Sb , Johnny , don't talk. Yes , It's me. It's
Jess. I'm taking care o' you. You've had
a kind of of sickness , Sh ! "
And Johnny closed his eyes again with
a great Joy mastering his pain. Slowly ,
very slowly , his awful bruises yielded to the
gentle ministry of nature and Jess. Very
slowly Johnny lumbered back to life. The
little settlement of Liberty had been under
enow a month or more before he saw it
again.
At first Jess had stayed away from tbe
works to nurte him , then she had gradually
trusted him more and more to granny. She
could cot lose tbe money she earned at the
looms.
Ono day Johnny sat up in bed and de
manded n looking glass. Jees was at tbe fac
tory. The Little Un sat on the foot of tbe
bed playing with n bit of bright string.
"Say , Little Un , you know what a look'n'
glass is , hey ? Well , you run and fetch me
one , " said Johnny.
"I know ! " the Little Un cried delight
edly. "I've got one myself. H came out o *
a winder and you can look through it and
see the trees and the snow "
"No , no ; osk granny. Granny ' 11 know , "
the sick man said , fretfully.
Granny came In with the looking glass as
a last roaort behind her , for Jess bad said
no. She looked frightened.
"There , there. Johnny there , there ; you
go right to sleep and git rested up. Or , it
you'd ruther , I'll fetch you In come beauti
ful porridge. Jess made it , " she added art
fully.
"Fetch tne a lookln' glass ! " roared
Johnny. "I've been foelln' over ray face
there's something wrong with it. "
Poor Johnny ! It was all wrong. He had
hazarded and lost all his rough , manly
beauty. The thin face on the pillows was
iwlstafl and marred.
"Granny , I'll get out o' bed if you don't
faUh It ! " he persisted , and granny yielded
eakly. Tbe Little Un peered over Johnny's
-boulder as he looked '
' Ain't you humbly , Johnny * " he piped
hrllly ' ' .My your face Is all crogsways1 '
When Jett came home Johnny's face wai
turned away. He covered It with his great
lean hands.
"Johnny , Johnny , " quavered Jesa , but she
knew the mischief was done. It had bml
to come. All her tenderness and foresight
could not ward It off granny had only pre
cipitated It a little.
How Jessie had watched the terrible
wounds heal slowly Into ugly s ams and
utfere < l for Johnny ! Not for herself , for
wbt did Jess cure for the ugliness that
blighted Johnny's handsome face forevcrl
It was still Johnny's face and Johnny be
longed to her. She was going to marry
Johnny.
But her heart ached for him. She could
hardly bear It. Today , speeding down the
long stretch of roadway from J he works ,
she had wished her face , too. could be
seamed and marred like Johnny's. Jess
knew the fresh , sweet beauty of her own
face and the contrast hurt her for Johnny.
"Pcor thing , " murmured Jess. Another
difficulty loomed over her her public avowal
before the men and girls the day of Johnny's
sacrifice. Every word of It stood out Ilka
clear handwriting on the wall. They ha.I
all heard all but Johnny. What would
he think when he heard of It , too , outside , a
he would be sure to do ? He was getting
stronger all the time. Soon he would bu
out again and some of the boys would let
the secret out.
But that trouble settled Itself while Jess
stood and looked down at Johnny's hidden
face. The pity and the love In her soul
crowded out everything else. She kept
smoothing the big white hands with her
fingers over and over and then she leaned
down and klseed them. Johnny quivered
frcrm bead to foot. "Johnny. " Jesa cried ;
"Johnny , look up , look up" Please dear. "
She forced away his hands with gentle
firmness. She was leaking down at him ,
laughing a little , shyly. A wave of crimson
crept up across her sweet face. "What I've
got to say Is that I love you , Johnny.
The Lord Almighty knows I do. I want
you to let mo marry you Johnny , you've
pot to ! I said I was going to. I told them
all I was going to that day you saved the
Little Un. "
The rest she whispered with her lace In
bis neck as she knelt 'beside ' the bed.
"Johnny , answer me stmlght out , " she
breathed. "Haven't I got a right to IKS
answered same as other women ? "
She was laughing softly under her breath ,
but ho could feel tbe hot blood In her
face.
"I'm going to marry you , Johnny , " \\hls.
pcred Jces. "I love jou , dear. "
The Little Un stooped stealthily out to
granny. His uncanny , strange child's face
was full of awe and he prodded granny's
arm excitedly iwlth a little sharp forefinger.
VMy ! Jess is klasln' Johnny ! " he shrilled ,
"an" Johnny's klssln' Jess ! "
L.AI10R AND INDUSTRY.
Connecticut has 15,637 cotton operatives.
The Invention of the typewriter has given
employment to 500,000 women.
The Brooks Locomotive works at Dunkirk ,
N. Y. , now employ 1.C3V persons.
It has been estimated that the typesetting
machine has displaced 15,000 printers.
Every workman In Japan Is ticketed , the
labels attached to his cap and back , bearlns
his name , his business and bis employer's
name.
Members of the New York Typographical
union say their Pelham Bay farm is a suc
cess , and the union will continue to operate
it , as the report shows It was a success in
every particular.
Calico print works use 40,000,000 dozen
eggs a year , wine clarifiers use 10,000,000
dozen , the photographers and other indus
tries use many millions , and these demands
increase more rapidly tban table demands.
Within Boston and Its suburban district
the charge for the use of a telephone has
hitherto been 15 cents for a five-minute talk.
It has now been reduced to 10 cents for a
three-minute conversation , with 5 cents
extra for an additional five minutes.
Recently gathered figures show that Spar-
tanburg county , S , C , grows annually 50 C't '
bales of cotton. The twenty-two mills of
that county not only use all this up , but
ha\e to import 100,000 bales from other
counties and states to supply the demand of
the factories.
A natural soip mine and a paid mine
It appears from the last bulletin of tbe
Depaumcat of Labor that , comparing tie
American railways with the railwajs of the
United Kingdom , for every man on a given
stretch of American iullwa > s there are five
men employed for a like distance on British
railways. What wo lack ia emplo > es Is
made up In tramps on the railwajs.
Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmar sajs tba4 in
1840 there were but seven occupations open
to womtn in ithe way of wage-earning ,
whereas now the field Includes several hun
dred branches of Industry. Sixty-one per
cent of the women of Massachusetts between
the ages of 15 and 33 years are wage-cam
era , domestic tenants forming a much
smaller class than any other occupations ,
have been found In the foot bills near Ash-
croft , B. C. The soap mine is really sev
eral lakes. Their bottoms and shores are
incrusted wlti a natural washing compound
made up of borax and eoda. H Is as good
is the washing powders in common use.
Trials by blacksmiths and farm workmen
show that li will remove grease and dirt
more quickly than eoap.
The advance tbcct from the sevcntetath
edition of "Dockhara's" for 1S ! > 9 shows that ,
according 'to reports to tiera there wtro
operated in 1896 in the Un\tcd States 44G"y&
cotton looms , 73,060 woolen looms and " 8-
943 silk looms , making a total of 650,821. In
1SHS there were running - & 3,2S1 cottoa looms ,
79.0JI' wco'.en looms and 3&,1'J9 bilk looms , a
total of 570,03' ) . In lb&6 there were 18-
753,935 cotton spindles , In 1898 there were
19,410,554. In 1896 there were 8,242 sets of
wool cards ; in 1S98 8,259 sets. In 1S96
tluro were 1,294 worsted combs ; 1898 , 1,373
worsted combs.
Enough persona yet chew tobacco to war
rant the making of over 185,000,000 pounds
of plug and 12,000,000 of fine cut , while the
tnuff takers , who seem to bo obsolete , took
nearly 14,000,000 pounds ; o titulate their
nodtrlls. In 1&97 there were 4,135.594,121
cigars made and Just a little less tban
5,000,000,000 of cigarettes and little cigars ,
or in all 9,062,871,139. That means 120 for
each man , woman and child in the country ,
but this Is nothing when we know that there
are cigarette fiends who will consume 7,000
to 10,000 vjach In a year , and a cigar smoker
of ordinary habit will take anywhere from
1,000 < o 1,500 cigars a year.
I'oliitctl i'ariiKraptix.
Chicago News : Some addle-patcd lovers
sue and sigh , then suicide.
Men may be bribed , but you can't Induce
women to take "hush money. "
A single epigram may outlhe a volume of
machine-made philosophy.
Beauty is but skin deep , so it is on an
pqual fooling with freckles.
Tbe successful politician learns the ABC
of politics at the primaries.
A small boy Is alwajs very Industrious
when it is time for him to go to bed.
Every man can see where there Is room for
a lot of improvement In all other men ,
A big head doesn't alwajs prevent a man
from coming out at tbe little end of the
born. IT
It's foolish to attempt the cultivation of
friendship by giving your friends an occas
ional dig
Adam had the earth at ono time. His
experience should be a warning to those
people who want It now.
A cynic Is a man who pretends to be tired
of tbe world , but in reality he is a man of
whom tbe world is tired.
The strongest propensity of a woman's
nature is to want to know everything that is
going on , and tbe second is to boss tbe
Job.
I.iikif * of Tcian Cattle.
DENVER , Feb. 27. President J. W.
Springer of tbe National Live Stock associa
tion , after a personal inspection of the con
dition of cattle In Texas , places the low ,
from tbe bllzrards at 10 per cent. This la
the meet serious loss , be points out , tlnce
lf.sC when over 90 per cent of the range
cattle perished.
PVPVIMI HP r\rpn nnr > iTfii\Tp
SiSlEM OF DEEP BREATHING
Ita Value as a PreTentive of Pnlmonwy
Tuberculosis.
THE DREAD BACILLUS RENDERED HARMLESS
Wonderful Cure-a KfTccted lir Miniil }
InliitlliiK Snmplciit OxjKcn KCVT
Women llronlliP I'rnperlj
A I'li } lclnu'ii Vlcivs.
There Is co reason why anyone should die
of consumption , and If people only knew
( low to breathe no such disease would exist.
I astert emphatically that consumption
may not only be avoided by those who have
what Is called a constitutional tendency to It ,
but that the disease may be checked and the
luags restored to their normal functions
o\ea after the tubercular biciln have begun
their work of destruction.
Statistics show that about one-seventh of
the human race die of luns trouble In one
form or cno'.u r. The fact that such a vast
number of lives are sacrificed every year
through the effects of Improper breathing
should bo warning enough to those who
have , or think they have , weak lungs.
Such people swallow largo quantities of
coj liver oil , creosote , and the various other
preparations supposed to heal diseased lung
tissue ; they spend hundreds or thousands of
dollars In doctors' bills ; they become eo
alarmed at their conditions that th-ey are
afraid to take a good long breath for fear of
further Irritating the diseased contents of
their narrow chests , when. If they would
throw their nostrums out of the window ,
send their doctor about his business , take a
thorough course ! n physical culture and fill
every Inch of their contracted , abused lungs
with pure , Ilfe-Klving air , nature would her
self come to their rescue and help them
shake off the bacilli that can only live and
thrive In unhealthy and enervated lung
tissue.
AVonii'M the IVornt OJTemlern.
Not one person In ten knows how to
breathe properly. Women are the wors :
offenders in this respect , for. on account
of tight clothing and through habit , the
majority of them only Inflate a few Inches
at the top of their lungs , letting the lower
part He motionless and inert. The residual
air In these unused air cells becomes viti
ated , dead and poisonous. Then the blood ,
not being properly aerated In its passage
through the lungs , is loaded with Impuri
ties , and the brain , not being sufficiently
nourished by this Impoverished blood sup
ply , becomes sluggish , and the victim losej
energy and Interest In life.
Physicians have often remarked the ox-
like submission of consumptives to their
disease. They listlessly drop their hands
and accept their condition as the doom
meted out to them by an offended God.
This state of mind , alternating with fits
of unreasonable hopefulness , is the direct
result of a badly nourished brain
A brief explanation of the way the blood
Is aerated In the lungs will show just what
I mean. The lung substance is very light
and sponey , as full of tiny holes as a
bundle of fine lae. The venous blood ,
which has become loaded with carbonic acid
gas In Its passage through the body , goes
to the lungs to be aerated and rendered pure
again. That process Is accomplished In thla
way The walls of the blood vessels In the
lungs are full of tiny holes , which -while
they are too small to allow the red cor
puscles to escape , are yet large enough to
permit the carbonic acid gas to be thrown
off into the lungs , and to admit the pure
oxygen in Its place. If , through defective
breathing , but a few Inches of the lung sub
stance is supplied with air , then the blood
cannot be properly aerated , tmt must be
sent through the body again , still burdened
with its old load of Impurities , and mind
and foody suffer alike for want of nourish
ment.
Clioiiiient Mcillum In the "World.
There Is no medicine so cheap as pure
air , and tbe tubercular bacilli have no more
powerful foe. These germs find their way
to the lungs , no one knows whence. At first
there may be only a few which get foot
hold , and finding a congenial soli In the
sluggish lung tissue of the person who does
not breathe deeply enough to keep his lungs
In a healthy condition , they quickly multiply
and spread. These bacilli have a tendency
to pack themselves Into the air cells , one
on top of another , till they form a solid
mass. As this mass prevents tbe air from
getting Into the cells the affected tissue
soon decays and breaks down , leaving a cav
ity In the lung -which gradually grows
larger , unless tbe spread of the bacilli can
be checked.
If the wasting process has not already
gone too far , it can assuredly be checked by
forcing air Into every sluggish , unused cell
of the lungs , and stimulating them to per
form their normal functions. The In-rusb
of air gradually loosens the hold of tbe
bacilli which are Uien expelled by exhala
tion or expectoration. The lung tissue thus
stimulated , begins to do Its part In throwIng -
Ing off these parasites , and the pure oxygen
drawn Into every part of the lungs by this
deep breathing , once more does its normal
work In aerating the blood supply , which In
turn carries Its fresh , pure current to the
brain and other parts of the body , stimulat
ing and vivifying every organ.
HcRlnnlni ; ( lie Cure.
This habit of deep , full breathing is one
of the simplest things to acquire , and It
persisted will make any narrow chested ,
weak lunged man or woman feel as if they
had been drinking of the fabled elixir of life.
When people come to me to be treated for
lung trouble , I put them through a course of
physical training , beginning with the breath
ing exercises which are the most important
of all.
If tbe patient Is a woman I encourage her
to wear clothing comfortably JooEe. EO as to
allow fult expansion of the lower part of
the lungs. Then I show her how to breathe.
As most women habitually use only the up-
par part of the lungs , I have my women
patients begin by drawing In the breath
through ttio nostrils , slowly expanding tbe
diaphragm and filling the lower part oj the
lungs , then the upper part , tin every air
cell Is full ; then exhaling very elowly
through tbe slightly opened mouth. When the
lungs are apparently emptied of air , I show
tbe patient bow to draw la tbe muscles of
the abdomen and contract the lungs stllr fur
ther , forcing out tbe large quantity of resid
ual air which always remains even after an
ordinary < ? x pi ration.
At first these breathing exercises may be
decidedly painful , and if so , a person ehould
alwa > s stop Just short of tbe point where
pain begins. It will soon be observed that
with each effort to breathe deeply tbe un
pleasant eensatlon cornea later , and after a
time it will disappear altogether , while a
free , exhilarated , exultant feeling takes its
place.
These breathing exorcises should be re
peated at short intervals many times during
tha day. always taking care that the air of
the room is fresh. After a few days the pa
tient will f.nd herself breathing with her
whole lungs almost unconsciously. There are
several minor breathing exercises , but the
ono Just mentioned , if persisted In , will
work wonders lu a very luort time.
Advocate * the iiicjclr.
Where tbe process of breaking down of
the lung tissue called consumption has actu
ally began , I advise the. patient , if possible ,
to Eoek a mild climate during tbe coldest
month * of winter , though thia is not al
ways neceeeary. I am also a strong advo
cate of the bicycle because , if for no other
reason , the exerUse makes a person puff
and blow , drawing tbe air Into the lungs
and forcing It o\H ( train.
Thorn It a clmple little device which I
have found very txncflclal In c me cues.
U li n llttl * tube -which CAD be placed In
the mouth and utter the Ir h betn In-
haltd through the BMtrllx , It can be very
clowly exhklrd through the tube. The spe
cial benefit of thla device comes from the
fact that It U Impossible to exhale suddenly
through the tube nnd the air Is allowed to
remain In the lunrs long enough to properly
do Its -work of purification of the blood. II
one cannot readily get one of these tubc ,
a large etrawwill answer the putpose quite
an well.
There Is another thing I want to touch
upon , that is the exeithilng of the solar
plexos. U Is most Important , not only In
pulmonary troubles , 'but ' In all kinds o
nervous disorders. The solnr plexus Is an
Important nerve center located In the region
of the stoenach. So much depends upon tht
proper action of this bundle of nerves that It
has been referred to by some writers as "the
second brain. " The person should He per
fectly fiat on the back , relax every muscle
In the body for a moment , then rapidly ana
strongly raise and lower tbe diaphragm
about a score of times. This exercise stimu
lates the brain and nervous system to a
remarkable degree and the effect of the
brain and mind on the bady opens up a
pratlcally limitless field for speculation anJ
experiment. But that's another story , as
Kipling would cay.
cay.T. . W. TOPHAM , M. D.
OUT OP TIIIJ OHim.VUY.
New York has three Italian dally papers
Uncle Sam gets something over $36,000-
000 n ? ear In taxes out of tobacco.
Free lunches in Atlanta saloons must be
limited to crackers , cheese , pretiels , pickles
and sausage.
The Memphis Cotton Planters' Journal re
ports that a cotton grower In Mlsslsslpp
has trained 200 African monkeys to pick
cotton.
Now Zealand has * a law In force compell
ing every Intoxicated man to have his photo
graph token. His picture is then distributee
among barkeepers and Innkeepers nnd the }
must refuse to sell him liquor.
The salt mines of Wlellezka , near Cra
cow , Poland , were mentioned In 1044 am
have been worked since 1240. The first map
of the mines was made in 163S by Martin
German , a Swedish mine surveyor.
A scheme Is under way to connect Liver
pool with all the manufacturing towns
within a radius of seventeen miles by elec
tric street railroads , which will carry pas
sengers In tbo daytime end freight at
night.
Details concerning the successful prosecu
tion of the search of Sir George King rnt
Robert Pantllng for orchids In a prolific dis
trict of the Himalayas have reached Eng
land. The enthusiastic savants , who have
been engaged In the search for several jears
have discovered and classified almost 8,001
new species.
If tbe average German is short on 5-
cent cotton he certainly makes it up In
other ways , as the following from a sign
on a rural establishment will attest
"Jonathan Wllklns , Ice Cream In Season
and Embalming on Reasonable Cash Terms
also Millinery and Tooth Pullln , Boots
Shoes , Books and Bacon. Coffins on tbe In
stallment Plan "
In England the workers la tbe match fac
tories suffer from phosphorus poisoning am
In the pottery factories they arc afillcted
by lead poisoning. Efforts nave been made
with little effect , so far , to compel manu
facturers to use materials and appliances
which will prevent this. A trip through
the pottery districts of England Is like n
vUlt to a hospital. People are found suffer
ing from blindness , deafness , lameness 01
with their lungs or other vital organs af
fected by the lead.
A Boston gentleman with a taste for fresh
air is having constructed at the Cramp
ahlp yards lu Philadelphia a floating bouse
of bteel , 150 feet long and thirty-five fee
wide , fitted up like a summer cottage to
accommodate about twenty persons. The
bull is shaped like a canal boat , so as to
utilize tbe space to tbe best advantage
and It will be equipped with a 600-borsc
power engine , capable of making five miles
an hour at sea. The owner proposes to
spend his summers afloat , visiting such seacoast -
coast resorts as may attract him and cruis
ing about smooth waters. The craft wil
be entirely seaworthy , although not Intcndet
for long voyages. It will be less like a
yacht than a cottage on tbo water and wI !
cost about $15,000 , which Is tbe usual price
of a fine private car or a
comfortable cottage on tbe ground
but there is no real estate to
pay for and he can locate wherever he likes
and change bis position as often as be
pleases. The cottage will be equipped with
every possible comfort and convenience for
the owner and his friends and will be com
pleted in time for the summer season.
IJLA.CK DUTTE'8 BOGUS GEMS.
of tbe Mnn Who Started n
"Diamond Field" In Colorado.
The death of J. B. Cooper In San Francisco
the other day recalls one of the most daz
zling swindles ever perpetrated upon a
trusting public. It was launched more than
twenty-five years ago in San Francisco , re
lates the Philadelphia Times , and Its an
nouncement literally drove the west and
those cities of the east that were caught in
its great grasp crary with excitement. The
story was told a day or two ago by E. A.
Miller , oue of those who put a cople o !
thousand hard-earned dollars Into It and II
Is a tale well worth repeating.
It was In 1872 , In August , that the an
nouncement was first made. It recited the
discovery In northwestern Colorado at a
point about forty-five miles south of Black
Butte and near the Wyoming line of diamond
mend fields of unconceivable richness. It was
backed up by the names of men of such
repute that it was at once accepted and on
that very evening a formal meeting was
called at the Grand hotel , where a detailed
explanation of the new discoveries was
\oueheafed. To this meeting members ol
the press were Invited and George D. Rob
erts , speaking 'or bis associates , stated that
tbe tract covered not less tban 2,000 acres
and that mere surface prospecting with a
pan in tbo hands of two men had resulted In
tbo discovery of between $50,000 and $100,000
worth of precious stones , comprising diamonds
mends of the purest water rubles , garnets ,
rappblres , amethysts and emeralds.
He presented a report from the celebrated
local mining expert , Henry Janln , who bad
carefully examined the ground within a
limit of 100 acres and defined Its character
as a gem-prcduclng region In glowing terms.
Roberts aded that be would decline to give
private reports which be had received as to
Its richness , but that with two mountain
streams close by , whose water could be used
for hydraulic washing , the future devclop-
, Infants are effected by
foods taken by the nursing
mother.
Prof. W. B. Cheadle , of
St. Mary's Hospital and
author of a treatise on the
feeding of infants , has shown
by experiments that wasting
diseases , will result from de
priving children of fats and
hypophosphites.
Dr. Thompson says Cod-
liver oil is what such mothers
and infants require. "Scott's
Emulsion" is pure Nor
wegian Cod-liver oil with
hypophosphites.
_ . and ttjm , all drujrriitl.
SCOTT & liOWJU , ChtoUu , New Yoik.
ment of the dlstrl t was almost beyond the
power of man to compute.
lUs assertion * were supported by * u-h
men as Wllllnm C. lUlston. Thonws IWI
Milton S. Lftthun , Albert Gansl , General
David D. Colton. William F. Uabcock.
Thomas H. Shcrby. Louts Sloos. William H.
Lnt , Maurice Dor * , A. Harpndlni ; , General
Dodge and S. 1 * M. Barlow and George B.
Clcllan of New York , all of whom i > erc di
rectly Interested In the San Francisco nJ
New York Mining nnd Commercial com
pany , which had been Incorporated to de
velop the diamond fields , and all of whom
had sincere faith In th * discovery Fifteen
thousand fthares of stock were Issued at a
par value of JIO and In Ipse than twenty-
four hours all had bfen subscribed for and
people were crjlnp tot more. llnUton ac
cepted tbo office of treasurer on the condi
tion that all the stock should remain In his
hands until the presence of the precious
stones should be verified by tbe bUbett au
thority and this fact saved m ny of Son
Francisco's first citizen * from hopeless ruin.
Clarence King was willed upon to make a
searching examination of the field and si
multaneously J. F. Berry , a well known mln.
Ins expert and operator of San Francisco ,
undertook a personal Inspection of th
ground on his own account.
Berry , who was somewhat of a connois
seur In gems , at once pronounced the diamonds
mends to be geais from the Cape of Goo 1
Hope , with a few Hlo Janeiro stones , nnd
Clarence King's official report , offered n
few days later , confirmed the growing ap
prehension that the -whole scheme was n
swindle , perpetrated by Arnold nnd Slack ,
the alleged original dlscovorers , who hart all
this time kept quietly and wisely In the
background. The swindlers lied to parts
unknown.
MJW iiUMnnv rim S
One StorpUecper Who Llkm to lln f
ThlorH .steal from Him.
"Make arrests for shoplifting ? Well. 1
should say not. Shoplifters are my best
customers and I don't know of any reason
why I ehould annoy them "
As the speaker is the proprietor of n big
retail store that has been raided dally by
thieves , relates the Chicago Inter Ocean ,
his remarks naturally aroused the curiosity
of a detective who pressed him for an ex
planation.
"Well , It's like tills , " said the store
keeper. "If I prosecute the thieves the only
satisfaction I get Is In rending them to Jail.
I don't get my goods back very often and
I'm out my time and the lawyer's fees.
Thinking all this over some months ago 1
came < to the conclusion that It was better to
run accounts with the shoplifters nnd make
them pay for the stuff thc > steal. Of course ,
1 Ic > so'nr seeds Ini' : i lv/i I t , t tReed
Rood prue for pvervthltift t h ' .
the shoplifters re ftmoftR my bis * - . . .i
fTt.
fTt."I
"I keep a reWTU of ttve name * a ' r 1
dresses of all the women mnchi . t
when anything Is mined I find on : r .y
spelters what XlPptomnnUr * wr , r _
store about lh t time. Then 1 ? c ij )
for the Roods to tbcm and lhc > * < i
r ld prornptlj. '
"Hut suppose tmo o tlinw klcr' s r. s
ro seen in jour rtwe th * s mea \ \ II v
do you fix upon the Rulltjone"
"Well , to tn k sure. I end t 'U ' > ul
of them and they all settle , no I n . jp' l >
get a Rood price for the stolen KOOK
"You give a discount for cash of i > . ' P "
"Of course not. In such ensrs t. IM-P
Is apt to b cons4dcrably hluhrr tj.j t
would charge a legitimate ctMtomrr ' 'h-- >
rlsk Jn the business snd , beside * I m not
running n benevolent Institution
III * lniprr < ioii.
Indianapolis Journal : "IvonVr why It
Is , " said the jfoutiK wotnsn , "that t , w.inv
people lose their enthusiasm about keeping
an autograph album , after tiny natb ma
ture years. "
"Well. " answered the jouns nni ( in in-
sflously assu'nlng n air of superior 1tio U
edge , "jou siv. a t > n ik llkr th r r > i > . ns a
great temptation to everybah f"n > uhnm
you have bor-owcl money to write \\hcn
this jou see rrtnraibpr me. ' "
I hare k-onc 1 t tiny * nt a lluiollhout it
moTcmcnt < il' the bnrt , not l ine able to
OIOTO ihvtu viccut by usiiik hot wau-r Injcrtlont.
nironlocousilimiion fur ootcii jcsr | > lacpd me In
this terrible comlluo ! ' duiiiiKtliat titno 1 did cr
orjilimpl bcarOot but ui-ver 1-iuiiO nnj tcllcf such
n an rar i-aso unul 1 bcean UMIIK CAMAIIKTA I
mm IIATO fniic ono to t Lr , 3 nat.acs | n day and If I
nn rich 1 nouid K'VO ' JUOiU lor v.irh tnorcmcnt , It
i uch& relicl AvuiiuL lit .NT
10 * Uuuua bt Detroit , Mich.
Pleasant , Pnlntatilp Potent. Taste Good Do
Good , .N'orcr f IckcnVonken. . or lirn-c 10C-2 > c Mo
. . . CURE CONSTIPATION. . . .
SUtllac Kmt < r ( ovpuf , < 1lf r * * 3 trrtl , Sw York * S3
The Kind You Have Always Bought , and which 1ms hccn
in use for over 30 years , has homo the signature of
_ and has hcen made under his per
sonal supervision since its infancy.
Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits , Imitations and Substitutes arc hut Ex
periments that trUlo with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
Castoria is a substitute for Castor Oil , Paregoric , Drops
and Soothing Syrups. It is Harmless and Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium , Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverislmcss. It cures Diarrhoea and Wjnd
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles , cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food , regulates the
Stomach and Bowels , giving healthy and natural bleep.
'The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 3O Years.
THt CIMTHUH COMPHHT , TT MURB r BTHCrT. NCWVORKCITY.
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