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IOHN H. REAM. . Publisher.
A fool nirl U'.n money often make
uslness mighty good for (lie lawyers.
A congregation must bo pressed for
tin excuse when It ousts a clergyman
because bis trousers need pressing.
Tlie Simplified Spelling Hoard has
been Incorporated. Hut do not worry.
It. will not become n trust and lncroaso
the cost of living. ,
Howard Gould Inherited n big bunch
Of money, but the trouble be Is having
he acquired without any assistance
from bis ancestors.
If the fanner can save what the ng
rlculturnl department says the brown
rats eat, they noon will become the
millionaires ofthe country.
A mau has leen ordered by the court
to obey 'his father-in-law. That Is
next to the most humiliating imslllon
lu ichich the court could phu-e him.
Occasionally we hear of some rich
man's son who runs the risk of being
considered eccentric by marrying a
lady who has no connection with the
chorus.
Dr. Wiley snys It In a disgrace for
one to die at an age of less than JOO
years. That's merely his opinion, mi l
he may change It some day when he
doesn't feel good.
"now to Become a Successful Au
thor" Is the title of a book Just out
Of course, If the man who wrote It had
been a successful author he would have
written something else.
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Some European Inventor has dis
covered how to make pencils out of po
tatoes. If somebody will turn In now
and find out how to make paper from
turnips we may be happy yet
"In a man and woman of equal
weight, the woman's tongue Is smaller
than the man's," says the Daltlmore
Amerlcaa It will not be disputed,
however, that the woman's enn do more
hard work.
"To prevent appendicitis, walk on all
fours a half hour every day," says a
French newspaiier. Let's nil get Into
this game. Here's our offering: To
avoid corns on your feet, walk first on
one ear and then on the other.
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' The Oklahoma farmer who says a
tornado picked up his cow and carried
her a quarter of n mile doesn't ask
people to tako his hare word for it.
The proof Is at hand. Ho has both
the cow and tho quarter of a mile.
A New York preacher says most of I
the people who fall to go to church re
main away because they do not possess
good clothes. In these days of general
, ' prosperity can It be possible that all the
npn-church-goers lack frock coats and
tall hats? It Is hard, Indeed, to be
lieve that such can ho the case.
A duke who had eoino to this country
for the purpose of getting a rich wife
sailed for home the other day without
having found any Aniericau girl with
more than half a million who would
have him. Our heiresses have pro
gressed to the point at which they can
regard it as only fair that they should
demand something for their money.
If tho time during which a body Is
falling to the earth be divided Into
two equal portions the body travels
twice as far and therefore twice as fast
and hard during tho second period as
during tho first At tho present day
there are so many people Jumping out
of window to escape tire that this fact
In physics ought to be borne In mind.
If one of these Jumpers can reduce tho
distance he has to full by five feet It
may save his life. Tho difference bo
tween Jumping from a wlndovvsill and
lowering one's self by clinging to the
wlndowslll by tho hands may be tho
difference between life and death.
Several thousand young men have
completed the formal part of their ed
ucation within the past few weeks,
anl are about to begin their lndeiend
ent life. They may bo roughly divided
Into two classes: those who are per
suaded that they owe something to
the world, and those who Insist that
tho world owes them a living, What
becomes of these young men In the fu
ture depends largely on the class to
which they belong. If tt youth holds
that the world owes hlm a living M
will not be a particularly valuni.i..
member of society, but rather a sort
or uui conecior wnn u grievance tli.it
he has to call so many times to get
his due. Hut the youth with H sen.
of obligation to his generation Is the
one Who will rise. All the uplifting
forces of society have worked together
to make him what he Is, to give to
hlm life In an orderly community, to
establish schools for the training of
bis mind, churches for the uplifting
or uis spirit, and business opportuui
ties for earning his daily bread; and
he seeks to. repay In what measure he
Is able the debt that he owes to those
who have gone ix'foro. Stieh men as
he give their time to the Improvement
or tne community in which they live.
They Interest themselves In the schools.
the churches and the libraries, and If
they accept political olllce, It Is for the
sake of what they can do In the way
or liettcr government, rather than for
their owu glory. It Is not of great eon
sequence what honest trade or profes
sion those about t. be graduated enter
Uiiu, The spirit In which thev begin
their scir-KtipiKrtIug life Is the Import
ant matter.
We do not suppose young people or
even people who Insist on being as
young "us they look" are paying much
attention t) the grave cMscussiou by
learned doctor of the pathology of
kissing, or of the by-products of th,
gentle urt lu the way . of germ dlf
fusion. Yet an unqualified eoudcinnu
tlon of Kissing by an authoritative mrd
lcl body would in this age of science
lie no negligible matter. Crusades
against the practice would he pure to
lie started by somelHidy somewhere, and
; !.rofif philosopher and satirist
who wondered "what fool It was that
first invented kissing" would be deemed
to have been vindicated at last against
the whole civilized world and countless
generations of It. So It Is reassuring
to find that the nntl-klsslng opinions
that have been expressed nt the Atlan
tic City convention of American physi
cians have been misunderstood. While
It is contended that the' habit of In
discriminate and wholesale kissing of
babies is responsible for the spread of
consumption in many cases, and while
even Incipient victims of that disease
are warned to refrain from oscillatory
salutations, no general edict against
kissing Is contemplated. "I.ct healthy
.voting people kiss" as usual, says one
authority, and another adds that infec
tion by osculation Is rare, anyway.
since "persistent exjiosure" Is required
to bring about implantation of the tu
berculosis germ. Hut the suggestion
that would-be kissers and would-be
kissed should exchange authentic cer
tificates of health before translating
longings Into facts Is somewhat pro
saic? and academic. What would be
come of the stolen kiss, the kiss sion
taneous, the kiss unconscious? But the
mjllcal discussion of kissing has at
any rate shown that the poets who ad
vised "long, long kisses," or kissing
till the cows come home," are danger
ous guides. "Persistent exposure" at
least should bo avoided. Hygienic kiss
ing Implies prudent Intervals and the
staccato style. If you are abrupt and
disconnected In your kissing the lurk
ing germs If any are baffled, even if
the numlMT awarded and received be
rather excessive from the standpoint
of crubhed age.
The benefit of advertising In the
newspapers In a way to attract atten
tion has been demonstrated anew In
the case of a weekly publication In
New York. Four years ago the sub
scribers did uot number C0.000. Chiefly
by means of display advertisements In
tho leading dally newspaisrs Its circu
lation has been Increased to 300,000.
The ads. were striking and convincing.
Many small merchants in the cities
are apt to think that, while the depart
ment stores should advertise, advertis
ing Is a profitless exixndlture for the
smu 11 business that finds its custom only
in tlie Immediate neighborhood of the
store. These men full to tuke Into con
sideration the fact that in many In
stances the department store began life
as a neighborhood store and Increased
Its business by Judicious advertising.
Advertising Is Just as profitable for
the small business as for the largo one.
Judicious newspaper publicity comes
first, of course; but In connection with
this newspaper advertising tho small
merchant may Issue from time to tlmo
a store paier. Some kind of advertise
ment should be placed In every bundle
of goods sent out of tho store, and lu
every way tho merchant should en
deavor to keep his establishment be
fore the eyes of the public.
COSTS TWO MILLION YEARS. '
The Vaat Amount of Time Lout by
Invalid In the United States,
If misery loves company, let the
man or woman who la kept home a day
or so by some seemingly Insignificant
ailment reflect that on an average ev
ery American 1b on tho sick list for
nine days In the year making a total.
for tho eighty million people of the
United States, of almost two million
years of Illness. Industrially, two
million years of human life annually go
to waste; and,. moreover, the sufferers
demand a vast amount of time and
of effort from those who are well. The
Invalid, singly, may Beem Insignificant;
In uinss, his totals Indicate auoiior
inous cost, a pitiful waste, a mighty
problem.
The cost of Illness Is partly shown In
figures preparedly Ir. P. M. Hall,
who addressed tho American Associa
tion for the Advancement of Science
on this subject, lie estimated that tho
loss.of wages, at an uverage of a dol
lar a day to every iuvalid, would
amount to more thau seven hundred
million dollars a year. The cost of
treatment may easily amount to ns
much again. Thus, sickness costs the
I'lilteil States something like one and
one-half billions annually, u sum uot
greatly below tho combined value of
the product of our two greatest manu
facturing industries I hose of lrou and
steel, and of textiles In tho last eeu
sus year, l'.i'ii).
Of the deaths, tuberculosis claims
one-tenth, pneumonia one-tenth, and
ailments of the heart a somewhat
smaller fraction. This means thut
eight million of the people now living
lu this c.iutry are to die of tho first
disease, another eight of the second,
six million of the third. There Is a
fatalism about figures.
The United States government, ac
cording to Prof. J. Pease Norton of
Yale, does not devote enough money to
lighting disease. If the lmortane of
thi enormous waste Is fairly consid
ered. He points out that seven million
dollars Is spent annually by the fed
eral authorities on plant und animal
health. Considering tho vast saving
of dollars and days that even a slight
check to the ravages of any of a dozen
of the leading diseases might effect, he
urges that the country should slso lay
out u tiny fraction of It revenue In
measures of national sanitation.
We have noticed that In every con
versation there is something about
"finding out" people.
Patience Is the support of weakliest;
Impatieuce Is the ruiu of strength.
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unworthy member.
In view of the number of times I was snubbed and punished for till. It
would seem that I might have broken myself of the habit; but no. It stuck
with me, and so, late In life, when I became n member of the community, a
householder, a person of affairs, I was still regarded as a dangvrous Individual
for strangers to meet, because, though I might conduct mywlf properly and
talk Intelligently, I was quite as likely to say something unlike whut ony one
else ever paid, and thus cause the impression that there was something queer
about our town.
Well do I remember numerous vigorous endeavors on the part of safe
and sane people to understand that 1 wasn't to bo taken account of when It
came to summing up the cultured people of the place, and that they were
never on any account to take notice of anything I said. TliTs left me free to
say things, because if nobody was going to notice them one might Just as
well experience the relief of getting rid of a lot of bottled up sentiment that
seemed anxious to get out. So I Just said them.
I said that I didn't think much of womnn'n rights; that I thought the
new woman was a fake. I said I thought society a Joke and the affectations
of fashionable women disgusting. 1 said I believed culture to be stupid when
consciously applied.
I said women had run to seed In ntceness. I said kindergarten work
taught children to be affected and Insincere. I said I was opposed to young
people's religious meetings unless 'conducted by older people. I said I was
opposed to lesson leaves; that I did not like audible prayer, except us rend
In a formal service. I said I was opisiscd to revival meetings.
This does not Ptart the things that I said, but ns nobody pa!d any atten
tion to them. It did wot really make any difference. Hut long years of saying
things with impunity uud not being actually run out of town, or muzzled by
order of the city fathers, has emboldened me, and I may really do some dam
age before it is over.
However. In late years people have taken to looking with favor upon my
open expressions of opinion, snd I really lielleve It pays in the long run to
hold to your own Ideas In Pplte of the efforts of society In general to "farm"
you. Young people are likely to mistake bluntiiess for frankness, and sarcasm
for brightness. These mistakes ft is well to avoid, but If you have an Idea
a real belief, an Instinctive objection to some popular theory, stick to It. for
flie world Is always coming to grief by stupidity following "popular thought."
Juliet V. Strauss, !n the Chicago Journal.
RISK FUGITIVES FORGET THEIR TROUBLES; LEAD GIDDY LIFE IN
PARIS.
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Whatever the plans of the New
York District Attorney, William Trav
ers Jerome, may be In reference to tho
criminal prosecution of the central
figures In the great American Insur
ance scandal, it Is patent to all Paris,
writes a correspotnlent Tu the French
capital, that no fear Is eutertalned lu
the mind of James Hur.eil Hydet former
vice president of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society, or Ilichard A. Mc
Curdy, who was ousted from the pres
idency of the Mutual. For more than
a year now these two ostracized mill
ionaire votaries of high finance have
luxuriated In the distracting atmos
phere of Paris.
Hyde, who Is really liettcr known In
Paris than be was at any time In New
York, is living an easy life. Ills most
serious effort at the present time is to
become known us the king of the Paris
Latin quarter. To this end Hyde Is
spending his money lavishly, and the
wide circle of Hobeiulau painters and
litterateurs, . which ho has gathered
around hlm, regard hlm as their pa
tron saint
Hyde lives lu a beautiful and mam
moth mansion In Avenue Henri Martin.
In the spacious salon of his licautifu!
home Hyde gives regular entertain
ments, which are the very acme of epi
curean splendor. His favorite pastime
la to entertain large parties of his
giddy friends upon automobile excur-
Sumrthluic Like Joanna.
A mountaineer of one of the back
counties of North Carolina was ar
raigned with several others for Illicit
distilling. "Defendant." asked the
court, "what is your tiume?"
"Joshua," was the rcpl.v
"Are you the man who made the sun
stand still?"
yulik us a flash came the answer:
"No, sir; I am the man who mudu the
niouasblue." Harper's Weekly.
You Believe.
I have never regarded my opinions ns having
any special weight In the community. Indeed. I
have acquired the freedom of speech which char
acterizes me through a knnviedge that people
are not going to pay any attention to what I say.
This leyan In childhood, when Isoon learned
that my elders were obliged to npofoglzo for me
to the nolghlstrs upon the bro:id grounds that no
body could be held resonsible for my remarks
because tb( re was never any telling what I was
going to say. I never did quite learn to avoid
expressing sentiments until somebody else had
expressed them :iid found they were safe.
I always did, from earliest childhood, when I
sat listening to the safe and sane conversation of
the visiting neighbors who were discussing plati
tudes In their company tone, get dreadfully tired
of trlod and true sentiment and break out with
some mutinous Idea or disturbing question that
fHl like a Isinibshell In the camp of the ultra
respectable Christian family of which I was an
slons In the south of France and else
where. Hy these and other means Hyde
has at this time successively blotted
out. so far as Paris Is concerned, the
ostracism which followed his connec-
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tion with tho Insurance revelations. lit
Is the hero of t lie Impecunious horde
of long-haireil youths of tho boulevards.
Hyde participates fu'ly In the free and
easy life of the Latin quarter. At the
last artists' ball, Hyde made a big hit
impersonating an Arabian gypsy.
IJecently Hyde has shown a tendency
to re-enter aristocratic French society.
and among tho fashionables of Paris
Ills princely wine cellar Is exciting won
der ami admiration.
Klchard A. McCurdy's existence In
Paris has been quite the opposite of
Hyde's, though It is well Intended to
blot from the memory of the former
Mutual president the disagreeable ex
periences of a year anil a half ago.
Mi-Ctmly's life lu Paris has amounted
almost to monastic retirement, lie is
surrounded by an exclusive circle of
personal friends, and he Is devoting
himself to simple diversions which car
ry with them no distasteful memories,
lie Is never seen lu the gay centers of
Paris, and he Is entirely unknown in
society. He reads no iiewspaM-rs.
When an effort was made to Interview
hlm lie sent word that be would feel
keenly any further notoriety In connec
tion with the Insurance scandal. At
this time It Is learned from a personal
friend of McCurdy's that, while he Is
attempting In every possible way to
eradicate memories of the scandal
which enmeshed hlm, he tiiuls It dlfll
cult to have any complete comfort In
Lhls life.
James W. Alexander, ousted presi
dent of the Kqiiitable Life, who was a
third prominent figure in the insur
ance scandals. Is on a trip around the
world with a party of friends,
The Kun f It.
"Why did you d.) that?" demanded
the teacher.
"Oh. Just for fun," replied Tommy.
"Hut didn't you know it was against
the rules V"
"Sure! Dat's where de fun comes
in." Philadelphia Press.
Children are natural, but their el
oers seem to be ashamed of themselves
uud their uutuial Instinct
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,&r niriGtiMG of waters" or
LAKE AMD RAPV
Rewrite the Ichthyology of America.
Insert under the headings denoting tlie
different species many new varieties
unknown to former piscatorial lore.
Add new subgenera and change the for
mation of varieties. For a great trans
formation In the fifth class of verte
brate nuftnals has resulted from the dig
ging of the Chicago drainage canal and
the commingling of the lake's waters
with those of the rivers. The digging
of the channel across tlie great divide
that once separated Lake Michigan
from the Mississippi Valley has let
the lake fish Into the Dcs Plaines, the
Illinois and the .Mississippi rivers. The
seeming unnatural "coinmiugllng of wa
ters lias produced fishes that seem un
natural that Is, when compared to our
present standards. New forms, new
varieties, new types have appeared.
differing In color, habits and general
description from any other known to
the American pisciculturist Coexist
ent with the appearance of the new
kinds of fishes there Is noted a most
remarkable Increase generally lu the
number of the finny Inhabitants of the
Des Plaines and Illinois rivers. The
Des Plaines River fairly swarms with
fishes, and fishermen are reaping a har
vest such ns their fondest fancy never
pictured -In former times. All along
the cannl, and the Chicago River, and
far down the Illinois River, the same
conditions areioted to a greater or less
extent. Ichthyologists have marvelled
at the seeming phenomena, and from
all sections of the country scientists
are coming to study the conditions, to
make note of the new forms and record
them In tlie new history of Amerlcnn
fishes, which now must undergo a com
plete revision. True, many dead fishes
have appeared In the rivers, but all
such 'show mnrks of violence and no
evidence of disease. It Is evident that
a great wurfare Is going on among
them over which families and species
shall have the best right to make the
river their future home.
With the Increase In the number of
the river fishes, there appears to be n
corresponding Increase lu the number
of Lnke Michigan fishes. At least, all
the lake fishermen are complaining, and
the nssertion is freely made that the
hike's finny tribe are being emptied
through the canal Into the rivers be
yond the Chicago divide. Formerly
this divide formed a wall thirty miles
wide between the lake and the river
fishes, and tlie types Inhabiting the two
waters, generally speaking, were en
tirely separated and distinct But when
the canal was dug across the divide
and the Chicago River was turned up
side down, and Instead of flowing Into
tho lake was made to become an out
let of the lake and empty the lake's
waters Into the canal und thence Into
the Des Plaines and on Into the Mis
sissippi River near St Louis, the lake's
fishes have gone with the outflowing
waters Into the rivers, there to Join the
river fishes and compete with them in
the struggle for existence. Thousands
of these fishes, while being hurried on
With the current, have been noted with
the naked eye by boatmen and people
standing on the banks of the river and
canal. Sometimes tlie water seemed to
be fairly alive with them, and fisher
men, unable to resist the temptation,
have defied the law, and, in nets, have
hauled them to the shore in wagon
loads. ' Lake trout and perch, never
before caught outside of the lakes, have
been brought to shore by thousands all
along the canal and tho Chicago and
Des Plaines rivers. Liiko herring, cisco
grayling, chubs, lake trout, white fish
and numerous other fishes, heretofore
regarded as exclusive inhabitants of
tl.'o great lakes, now swarm In the' wa
ters beyond the Chicago divide. White
bass, pickerel and musculloiige have
been found In goodly numbers, and two
ppetimens of the Michigan grayling,
heretofore found only in Lake Michi
gan and In the waters of Michigan
State, have boon caught.
Once they have crossed the bear
trap dam at Lock port, there Is no way
for any of these great swarms of fish
to return to Lake Michigan, and they
must make their home In the livers
beyond and fight for supremacy with
the old inhabitants of these waters. It
Is probable that the conflict which will
result in the survival of the fittest, will
cause a weeding out of many of the
t.vH-s now abounding, and some of the
river fish and some of the Invaders
from the lake will undoubtedly become
annthllated. Indications are. however,
that tlie general result w.ll be most
beneficial to the lake fisheries. The In
fusion of new blood Into the old river
stock already seems to have added new
life to the waters, and hence, while the
fishes. are fighting for supremacy, they
Rre multiplying enormously, and the
splendid specimens of all the varieties
this season show that the health and
general physical condition have been
greatly improved. The tisli fin'd upon
euch other, and It appeal that none
the deaths have resulted from other
causes than violemv. The season has
afforded unprecedented sport for those
searching for game fish. Old-time
sKirtsmen have turned their attention
from the northern lakes to the Illinois
rivers and neighboring lakes. For the
small lakes all along the rivers show
the same wonderful Increase In pis
catorial population.
Complaints of tho alleg.il effects' on
Lake Michigan fisheries at first were
ridiculed by the drainage canal trus
tee, but they have become so numerous
I that these officials have been fonvd to
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gain Is iMke Michigan's loss. It is de
clared, and how to prevent the exodus
of lake fish is a problem that the sani
tary trustees are now wrestling with.
S.i far, the only solution of the prob
lem lint has been suggested Is tic?
luilMiitK of flshwnys nt all the dams
aod loi!;s along the artificial water
rente. Hut this, it is feared, would
weaken the dams, and It Is doubtful If
i would be iMiKsibto. to construct them
in n manner thc.t would permit the fNIi
to make tiuir way back to Lake Mich
igan, once they had wandered so far
away as tho Illinois River. Two meth
ods of constructing the fishways have
been proposed one consisting of what
Is known ns a fish ladder, which would
consist of ii series of stops, over which
the water in descending would turn the
fall Into a cascade, and thus permit
the fish to climb back In pursuing
their return Journey to the lake; the
other comprising a chute with a sinu
ous track for diminishing the velocity
and assisting the passage of the fish to
the level nlvove the dim. Because of
the nature of the locks a:id dams, their
width and number, It Is doubted if tills
device would prove successful, even if
the construction did not interfere so
materially with the mechanical opera
tions. The appearance of the new types of
fish, entirely different from anything
recorded by former naturalists, has
stirred up the scientists, and the here
tofore despised IVs Plaines River has
come Into prominence as the center of
piscatorial luterest, for it Is here that
the new types and Increased number of
fishes have attracted widespread atten
tion. The strange and new types of fishes,
never noticed to any great extent until
this year, are undoubtedly the result
of the Intercrossing that came about
after the Invaders from the lake had
accustomed tfiemselves to the new en
vironments. On finding It Impossible
to make their way back to the lake,
they settled down to make the best of
their life In the nnrrov confines of the
rivers and accept the condition of mis
cegenation with the river fishes as the
best for all concerned. St Louis Globe-Democrat
NEEDLEWORK FOR SCHOOLGIRLS.
Denettta of I.eurnlna; Hon to Setr
Skllfnlly and Correctly.
The ability of a girl to do without
teaching anything she is called on to
do is pretty generally taken for grant
ed. She Imitates the countryman who,
being asked if he could play tho violin,
replied, "I guess so ; I never tried !"
Thousands of girls marry and set up
housekeeping whose exis-rlence lu cook
ing consists In making "fudge" and
concocting a Welsh rabbit on a chafing
dish pleasant eating In their place, but
Inadequate for the daily food of a
hard-working husband.
So, also, the girl Is supposed to know
by Instinct how to m.?nd and sew. A
certain young wife became on her mar
riage the stepmother' of three small
children. The first week's mending
basket was n revelation to her of her
own helplessness.
"I was tempted to stop the holes with
court-plaster," she confessed afterward,
"and I dure say it would have been as
effective as what I managed to do."
Two generations ago In a famous
school for girls lu an Eastern city sew
ing was an important part of the cur
riculum. The first task of a new stu
dent was the making of a shirt for
father or brother. Every stitch In that
shirt was set by a thread. If a sea in
had to be ripped a dozen times, it must
be tit for the closest inspection. Tills
zeal on the part of the school was some
times excelled In the home.
A tradition lingers In one family of a
daughter who went to that school when
she was ( years old. So well did she
sew at that age that she was excused
from making the shirt, and set at once
to a bit of fine needlework a wide
muslin collar, covered with embroidery
as exquisite as lace.
The promise of the G-year-oId child
was richly fulfilled, and her needle was
for a long lifetime a high satisfaction
to herself and a Joy to her fortunate
family and friends. Sewing was never
a slavery to her, but always a fasci
nating creative occupation. The patch
on a Jacket, the darn of n stocking or
the embroidery of a gown or a napkin
were alike welcome calls upon her ca
pable lingers. When people spoke of
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m r ability to turn off sewing, sli3 ut4'
bi say:
"Tint's because I ktvnv Imw to sew.
I know how he-aitse I was ta'i:''t.
Skilful hands, even better than many
hands, make light work!" Youth'!
Companion.
II07 TO GROW II AIR.
Former Nnvnl Surneon lln Norel
I'lan to Itethateh fluid Pates.
Breathe properly, and you'll never bo
bald. If you're already partially bald,
breathe properly and your hair will
start "coming In" again. This Is the
boiled down advice of Dr. Delos I Par
ker, a former United States naval sur
geon. Parker came to the above conclusion
by a series of experiments. He Impris
oned a quantity of expired breath In a
Jar containing a few drops of water,
and kept It in a warm room. A week
or' ten days later lie Injected a quantity,
of the liquid left In the bottom of the
Jar Into a pigeon and awaited develop'
ments. Presently tho pigeon's feathers
liegan to fall out. He continued the In-!
Jectlons regularly, nnd vithln a few;
days the bird's coat had entirely dis
appeared. When the Injections werei
DR. DEI.0S U PARKER.
discontinued the pigeon regained Its .
coat. The experiments were repeated
with dogs and hens, and the results
were the same.
Dr. Parker reached the conclusion
that expired air, remaining In a man's
lungs long enough for the decomposi
tion of tho organic matter to take place,
resulted in the formation of a iolson
which affected the roots of the hair
nnd caused it to fall out. Deop breath
ing expels the air and with It the poi
son. The doctor secured a number of par
tially bald men and got them to breathe
by proper methods. In a few days the
dandri!2f, which Is Invariably an ac
companiment to baldness, ceased; the.
hair stopped falling out and a new1
growth started. In six weeks the Im
provement was very noticeable.
EOW TO REDUCE THE FLESH.
Increasing; the Land Capacity la the
Flrxt Keqnialte.
To Increase the lung capacity Is the
first step In the reduction of llesli, says
Outing. For this purpose running Is, I
think, superior to any other exercise.
Boxing aud handball are also excellent
for the "wind." Aud those exercises
wlll do more to increase the respira
tory functions; they will greatly stim
ulate the circulation ns well as all the
secretory and excretory processes
What leg exercise will not do, how
ever. Is oxidize, to any great extent,
the soft tissues of the trunk ami arms.
True, by stimulating Cue organs of
elimination and by increasing lung ca
pacity, leg exercises will oxidize upper
tissues somewhat; but when fat is not
replaced by muscle, it has a strong ten
dency to reform.
A bad effect of leg exercises exclu
sively Is that they draw a major part
of the blood, rich in oxygen, to the low
er limbs; whereas If vigorous arm and
trunk exercises were executed, beside
the leg exercises, much blood would be
attracted also to the upper parts
which would then be oxidized to tho
lM'st advantage, their lost fat being, at
the same time, replaced by solid tis
sue, and hence having little tendency
to reform. Running, therefore, splen
did exercise though It Is, should be
supplemented by vigorous ''upper" ex
ercises. By vigorous upper exercise
I do not mean calisthenics nor any
kind of so-called light exorcises; I
mean reasonably hard work.
Why They Arune.
"Some big-voiced men," said Uncle
Ebon, "gits into arguments 'cause dey
n'.n't got tlmo to go to a ball game and
do deir hollerln' In de regular way."
Washington Star.
What a slovenly old world this would!
be if vanity were eliminated therefrom.
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