DON'T KISS THE BABIES
Osculation Dangerous to the Very
Young and the Very Old, Says
Famous French Physician.
Tho recent cnmpalgn hod many i
liazards for candidates, but too little.
considera
tion has
been glv
on to tbo
matter of
and
contagion.
At least
this Is
tho decla
ration of
tho f a-
mous French physician, Dr. Martinez,
who writes of promiscuous baby-kiBB-lng
in his "Archives do Medcclno des
Enrants."
To kiss a woman may be to show
evidence of soul or soulfulness, sug
gests tho doctor, but to Indulge in
promiscuous kissing In babydoni Is to
provide tho ovll gods who rolgn In
Tnrtarus with nn easy method of In
flicting baleful Ills upon tho sons of
mon. For, says tho heartless medico,
tho little round-oyod mlto is nothing
less than n sink of contagion. And
whenever you kiss ono you nro liable
to fall n victim to ono or nil In tho
following interesting catalogue of ills
to which our Ignoblo flesh Is heir:
Scarlet fever, measles, whooping-cough,
tuborculosls, smallpox, nursemaids' Up,
scrofula, nasal catarrh, galloping
chorea, quinsy, maxillary tetanus, bac
terial noso, mumps, nettlorash, colic,
panada poison, papillary tonguo and
tonsllltls.
As everybody knows, tho doctor
says, dlscaso causes most havoc among
tho very young nnd tho very old. It
Is not well, therefore, ho suggests,
that tho extremely aged should bo nl
lowed to fondlo or kiss babies, and as
much for their own sako as for that
of tho llttlo ones, for each may com
munlcato to tho other the germs that
put tho human animal beyond further
interest In mundnno affairs, Tho
theory Is carried oven further In ro
gard to tho choice of ono's associates.
It Is well-known that people In ex
treme old ago derlvo an Increase of
vitality and considerable rojuvcnatlon
from association with thoso who aro
In tho bud of youth. Tho law of com
pensation nevertheless exerts Its In
evitable influence, and what tho aged
gain tho youthful lose. Statisticians
point out that length of llfo Is greatest
among schoolmasters, or thoso whose
life-work is carried on among young
people. The samo soulless statisticians
hold that tho reason why that fair
crcaturo of raro bloom and extra
domiciliary heart-burnings, known ns
"tho old man's darling," Is n common
enough phenomenon in human society,
must bo attributed, not so much to
profound love on tho part of tho ad
mirer, as to tho keen Interest ho may
fool of prolonging his own Ilfo-span.
As If to bnck up tho learned Dr,
Martinez, Lady Violet Grovlllo gives
to tho world a woman's Ideas on kiss
lug, writing ns follows In tho Loudon
Graphic:
"Thero Is an idea abroad that kiss
lng Is Injurious. Mothers nro urged
not to kiss their babies, lovers not to
kiss each other, and parents to refrain
from embracing their children. A
great deal of kissing might bo very
properly dispensed with. Tho formal
peck at tho parental chcok morning
nnd ovenlng, tho effusive embrace of
female friends ready to destroy each
othor's character with jealousy and
splto, tho foreign habit of bearded
men clasped In each othor's arms, tho
falso klBscs of the wheedling wife, or
tho specious smack on tho check of
tho husband who 1b arranging a soli
tary holiday, all these might bo sup
pressed; kissing, too, Is an art nnd
not all Its votaries have studied tho
rules.
"Some kisses aro horrlblo. Thero Is
tho slobbery kiss, tho lndlfforcnt kiss
which wounds ono's armour propro to
tho quick, the salacious kiss, tho hur
rlcd kiss, usually administered be
tweon couples at a railway station, the"
brutal kiss, tho clumsy kiss. But for
lovers, for mothers, what can replace
tho klsB? Tho reverent, Inspired, pas
slonnto, tender kiss, tho expression of
all that is uoblo nnd best in human
nnturo? Tho kiss of forgiveness, tho
kiss of pity, the kiss of charity, which
elevates and restores self-respect, who
would part with these? The kiss is
perhaps, tho most perfect expression
of love, but It should bo kept for tho
Intimate, tho ecstatic, tho supremo
moments of life, and never, never,
given in public."
plox and exponslvo processes Is, of
courso, well known," Bald Capt. War
ren, "but my process Is tho first by
which it may bo produced economical
ly and utilized in nn cngino or n
motor.
Economy In Its Use.
"In tho process of burning coal nnd
generating Btcam power In nn englno
an efficiency of from five to ten per
cent. Is tho host thnt Is realized with
tho most highly dovclopcd modern
oqulpment, and this Is not taking Into,
account tho manufacturing cost of tho
coal mining, cleaning and transport-
tain conditions and Its recombination
through combustion with tho oxygen
with which It was originally associ
ated In tho form of wnter."
While Mr. Warren would not dis
cuss lit detail his methods by which
nnturo Is thus to bo tapped nnd her
cxhnustlcss sources of fuel mndo adapt
able to tho airship, tho nutomobtlo nna
other power plnuts, It Is known 'that
tho process Is chemical nnd econom
ical and by Its adoption fuel will bo
provided In condensed nnd portablo
form within tho rench of nil.
Thus tho world will havo mndo tho
JOHN 11CNRY
ON
LAWMAKERS
BY GEO. V. HOBART, ("HUGH M'HUGH.")
OF THE
riauu
urn
Ml
Prdbfemi
Wafer
m fuel
APT. EDWAItD C. WAR
REN, master mariner, en
gineer and scientist, has In
vented n now hydrogon mo
tor with which ho expects
to revolutionize tho Bclcnco
of power production.
Capt. Warren bears some resomb
lanco to tho wizard of eloctriclty,
Nikola Teala, who speaks to mo In
tho highest terms of Warren's achieve
ments In tho engineering world. Capt.
Warren has recently roturned from a
two-yenrs' vacation crulso on a Ball
ing vesBol and hns brought with him
tho crystallized results of many
months of Btudy and ro3onrch. While
ho has beon sailing tho deep or load
ing nltemntoly tho strenuous nnd tho
simple llfo nshoro ho has steadily pur
suod his experiments, building boats
and nppnratus for tho purposo, and
now ho la preparing to glvo tho re
sults to the world.
This Invention is nothing less rovo-fl
lutlonnry than manufacturing fuel out
of water aB Mr. Tosla remarks tho
process represents In tho broadost
Benso tho burning of wator.
Wo now securo power from water
by utilizing Its weight on an old
fashioned wator wheel or a modorn
turbine. Wo also utlllzo tho power
of wator by turning It Into steam
Capt. Warren'8 Invention soparateB
tho chemical constituents of water
nnd takes advantngo of tho oxplostvo
capacity of theso elomentB In recom-
blulnc to produco power. Tiio prod
uct of recombination 1b water, which,
of courso, may bo used over and ovor
as many times as oxtrancouB forces
aro applied to decompose or soparato
it Into Its olemonts.
"Burning" Water.
"Burn water?" -said Cnpt. Warren
when Interrogated. "Only in tho
sense In which wo bum carbonic acid.
Both aro products of combustion. Tho
constituent elements of each aro com
bustlblo when Isolated. Tho only
problem Is to soparato or Isolate them
latter thoy havo onco been combined.
This nature Is constantly doing, and
we have only to accolerato or "short
circuit" her procossos In order to ro-'
istoro Immediately theso combuatlblo
isubstancos to tholr elemental Btnto
and havo them ready to rounlto at our
fclddlng In the phenomenon of combus
tion. Burning, or combuBtlon, Is aim-
i . mnnifnatntlon of tho ac
tion of chemical affinity. We burn tho
Alnntnntfll Rill) stances, hydrogen and
oxygen, by bringing them together un
der conditions favorablo to tho oper
ation of tho affinity which causoB them
to unlto In a new chemical compound
which when condensed Is water. Wo
soparato theso elements by subjecting
their compound, water, to conditions
which overcomo or neutralize this af
finity.
When wo can burn hydrogon for
power, when tho Industrial world
awakes to tho fact that prodigious ex
penditures for coal and liquid fuel nro
entirely unnocessnry and that thero
1b right within our grnsp an unlimited
supply of fuel aubatanco nvallablo
practically without cost for It la
self-producing thero will bo a revolu
tion in tho industrial world. When
tho contury-old theories of tho inde
structibility of mnttor and tho con
servation of energy nnd matter havo
onco bocomo really understood by
men, wo will witness tho utter col
lapso and extinction of ono of tho old
est and most gigantic of humnn Indus
tries, tho mining of coal.
Means Increased Speed.
"And further," ho continued, "Bpood
would receive a now Impulse. Wo
could hnvo a GO-mllo boat and u three
day Lusltanla. To-day tho fastost
Bhlp of tho seas carries G.000 tons of
coal In her bunkers and 15,000 tons of
machinery necessary to drive her. By
tho Installation of my propulsion do
vices and now motive power tho Lusl
tanla would bo bo llghtenod that sho
could, by changing hor construction
Bomowhat, mako tho trip of 2,720
miles to Liverpool In threo days or
less. Sho would have moro cargo
room and bo free from tho terrific vl
bratlon thnt now characterizes all
high-speed ships, for tho now system
does not Involvo extensive machinery.
It consists of a process partly chem
ical and partly mechanical. Tho en
tiro propelling mechanism now UBod
would bo eliminated, as tho prossuro
of oxpaudlng nqueous vapor would bo
applied directly to projecting water
astern."
Ab applied to warshlpB tho Inven
tor believes that his now propulsive
power will bo of far-reaching Impor
tanco and glvo tho American battle
Bhlpa adopting tho fuel and apparatus
ho has dovlsod lmmenso advantngo
over tho warships of other navies, aB
tho mechanism of tho Warren schomo
is ao Blmplo and compnratlvoly Bmall
that it will not bo easy for a torpedo
or shell from tho enemy to reach It.
"That hydrogen may bo manufac
tured from wator by moro or less com
SYMBOLICAL
lng or oven tho prodigious cost of
meroly shoveling It It Into tho fur
nnco, this latter Item In tho enso of
tho Lusltanla amounting to nearly as
much as the cost of tho coal delivered
aboard ship. All this Is eliminated
when wo manufacture our fuel as wo
go along, drawing our own supply of
raw material without cost from tho
boundless ocean of water and air In
which natiirojms atorsd xcwli ' lmnd
l.'r":i;-;Brt .. . ,oa of fuol energy m
tho form of hydrogen and oxygen, to
bo had for tho taking and costing
nothing but tho hnrnesslng to yiold
us In measureless abundanco thnt me
chanical power so essential to human
advancement. "
"Suppose carbonic ncld, tho product
of carbon and oxygen In combustion,
wero readily condouslble Into liquid
form nt atmospheric prcssuro and
temperature, would wo not thon bo
found endeavoring to effect Its lmmo
dlnto decomposition Into Its olomenta
In order that wo might again avail
oursolvos of tho energy llboratod by
tholr union? But tho natural cycle of
carbon carries it through tho complex
evolution of plnnt llfo before it is
finally returned to a concentrated con
dition. In carbonic acid it rotalns Ub
gaseous form nt all ordinary tern porn'
tures and pressures nnd so Is difficult
to denl with.
"Not so with hydrogen. Whon
burnod with oxygen it tnkes tho form
NEW POWER.
groatcst stride In power slnco Watt
discovered tho Btcam englno, Edwin
Wlldmnn, In tho Now York Sunday
World,
HE'S SANTA CLAUS OF BRAZIL.
New Ennlander Cnrrlos Yearly a Car
go of Gifts to Rio Janeiro.
Capt. James W. Bnluno of the good
Mr.rgnrut Tiiui"" 'ica for tho last
17 years been official Santa Clnus, by
acclamation, to Rio Jnnelro. Only a
few days ago ho loft Boston with his
yearly consignment of Christmas gifts
and dainties to gladden tho hearts of
a largo portion of tho populaco of the
thriving Brazlllnn city, aaya tho Bos
ton Post.
At this season ovory year, while his
four-masted vessel lies nt her dock
nt Mystic wharf, ho Is busily engagod
In making purchases to take to his
friends nnd his friends' friends in far
off Rio.
Capt. llalnno Is tho mnstor of tho
only vessel Balling botweon Boston
nnd Rio do Janeiro, thoroforo his
proud tttlo of tho American Santa
ClntiB 1b In no danger of bolng usurped.
Ho Is 51 years of ago and hna fol
lowed tho sea since ho was nlno. Ho
is a native of Thomnston, Mo., and
made his first trip from tho near-by
town of Port Clydo. Slnco 1874 he has
held tho tltlo of master nnd was at
Dear Bunch: 1'vo been In this burg
for a few hours mingling with tho
lawmakors, and It Isn't bucIi exponslvo
mingling nt that only about CO
kopecks to tho hour.
This nttornoon I was Introduced to
n couplo of hnnd-mado politicians, nnd
ihey certainly did hand mo a Bcrcntn.
Thoso two, langutigQt-klllcrs havo
been political enemies for yearB, and
ovory tlmo thoy moot they Blmply
Btnnd around and throw worn-out
words nt each othor.
Ono of thorn listens- to the nnmo of
Mlko, and tho othor will squeeze up
to tho bar nnd nominate his brow If
you call him Rudolph.
As for tholr last nahios well, In
tho Interests of good government; I
won't mention them. , .
Sufllco It to say that Mlko boars tho
Bamo rolatloH to Albany politics thnt
a mustard plaster docs to n cold on
tho chest oven If ho doesn't got
(hero, ho leaves his nrnrk.
When Mlko reached the ago of dis
cretion ho decided to bocomo a great
man, so ho opened n saloon and bo
enmo. I was standing In front of tho Ten
Eyck talking with Mlko whon Rudolph,
his llfolong opponent, boro down upon
ua.
Just to show mo a good time, Mlko
Immediately Btoppcd Rudolph and
naked him If business, was good In hlu
lemon factory.
"Hal ha!" roared Rudolph, llko an
old war-horsa answering tho buglo
call; "I challcngo you to n Joint do
oatol"
"All right," said Mlko; ''lot ub go to
my joint and havo It."
Thoy did so, and I followed on.
Novor boforo In Albnny woro thoro
bo many quick quostlons nnd looso an
Bwers.
Epigrams flowed llko water.
"Two beora what will you havo?"
Inquired Mlko.
"Mako mlno tho samo," answered
Rudolph,
"You aro my opponent, I bollovo?.'
said Mike.
"Your belief glveB mo much pleas
tiro," said Rudolph, with n tall, fat
bow.
"How long havo you boon in poll
tics?" asked Mlko.
"Not bo long In as to bo out," an
sworod Rudolph.
"Scoro ono for Rudolph," said tho
reforoo.
"Ono what?" aBkod Mtke.
"Mako it a boor," answored Rudolph
"Do you know DomoBthonos?" nakod
Mlko, winking at tho bartendor.
"Yob; his first nnmo 1b Abo, and ho
works In n soegar-storo near tho N.
Y. Contral depot," said Rudolph.
Mlko began to look worrtod.
"I wlBh to conduct this Joint dobato
along literary lines," said Mlko.
'All right," said Rudolph; "mako
mlno tho samo!"
"Do you know Socrates?" asked
Mlko.
"Do you moan tho guy that runs tho
Aiunny, uuucu, wiioru wiu bhuuio alv
full of wisdom nnd tho hot nlr from
tho loglslnturo keops tho citizens
warm and happy nil tho winter.
It Is hero, Bunch, thnt all tho laws
nro mndo widen govern mow iotk
city.
Realizing that fact, and, Inspired by
tho local atmosphere, I havo wrltton
n little booklet on thnt subject.
Co to It. Bunch, nnd think It ovor
carefully:
"WHUN REUBEN COMES TO
TOWN,"
(Or, Don't Step Off tho Car Bnckward.)
"Bugoshl"
The speaker had a rod frlngo on hla
fnco from both ears downward to tho
chin, whoro It swayed gently to nnd
fro In tho breezes.
"Whnt Is it, SI?" lnqulrod another
voice, nftcr Ub owner had Indulged In
n terrific encounter with a largo frag
ment of Navy Plug.
"Quldont it. Scth; I'. was thinking
nbnout Now York City, that's ulll"
"Kens I" , ,
"Makoa mo devilish uneasy thtnktn'
nbnout it; by Heck, It does', Sothl"
"Ecus I" ,
"Biggest guldnrn taown In' this yor
contynont, Sothl"
"Eousl','
"Moro houses an' pcoplo an Btrcot-
Capt. Warren's Diagram Showing the Application of His Invention to Ocean
Steamships.
" A i. i i--''" '""mO utw
One of Them Listens to the Name of
Mike.
A Onneratlnc mi-ulmnlnm, for oxygen and hydrogen.
B Tunnel where, propulsion Is effect ed.
C antes for iuIiiiIhhIoii of water to tho tunnel.
of highly rarefied aqueous vapor
which is Immediately condonslblo Into
water at ordinary tomperatures, and
wo can Immediately recover It In form
ndaptod to our needs.
In Heating Value.
"Tho hentlng valuo of hydrogen In
combination with oxygen is 00,000
heat units per pound. Tho boating
valuo of tho boat coal 1b about 14,
000 heat units per pound. Heat units
mean power units, and it 1b heat units
wo want when wo buy fuel. A process
for tho manufacture of hydrogon on n
basis that will yield us moro heat
units for a dollar than a dollnr will
buy In tho form of coal must obvious
ly put an end to tho uso of coal for
fuol, for hydrogon Is a perfect fuoM
It leaves no nsh, makes no smoko or
poisonous gns and, being derived from
water and being mado as required, It
requires no transportation or hand
ling." "But what is tho secret of tho pro
duction of this now motlvo power?"
Capt. Warren was asked.
"Tho socrot of tho production of
hydrogen for fuol lies In tho success
ful manipulation of that mystorloua
forco In nnturo culled chemical affin
ity of olemonts In other words, tho
Isolation of tho hydrogon under cer
that tlmo in command of tho Mabel
Jordan, named for tho daughter of Wil
bur Jordan, president of tho American
Loan nnd Tnwt Company of Stnto
street.
From, Boston to Rio do Janeiro tho
Margaret Thomas covers 7,000 miles,
arriving (hero as a rtilo about 40 days
from tho tlmo thnt Boston light In
passed. Tho cargo carried by tho
Thomas Is mostly composed of ap
ples, which nro sold at tho substan
tial price of ?20 to $30 u barrel upon
reaching tholr destination.
"Tho shopping business la to tno a
moat pleasant diversion and a aourco
of much pleaauro after a long, tiro
Bomo crulso," suys tho captain. "I
have everything for tho ladlea as well
as for tho mon and children. I think
thnt tho only thing that I am not tak
ing back with mo is a sheath gown."
Another Scare.
"I had n mighty nnrrow oscapo yes
terday," said tho timid man. "A scien
tific man Informed mo that my well
hud germs In It."
"And you drank some of tho wa
ter?" "Worso thnn thnt. I wont to In
vostlgnto, fell In and was noarly
drownod."
butcher-shop ovor at Troy?" said RU'
dolph,
"No," said Mlko; "tho Socratos I
moan is dead."
"Cut out tho dead ones thoy don't
vote," said Rudolph.
"Scoro another for Rudolph," said
tho referee.
"Mako mlno the samo," said Ru
dolph. "What 1b politics?," Inquired Mlko.
"Politics la whoro wo got It some
times in tho neck and aomotlrnca In
tho bank," nnaworod, Rudolph.
"You're full of wisdom, ain't you?"
said Mlko.
"Yes; but I'm willing to got It wot
another boor, please!" said Rudolph.
"Tlmo!" auld tho roforco; "take
your corners!"
"Now," Bald Mlko; "you aslc mo
somo queBtlonar'
"What 1b u politician?" asked Ru
dolph. "A politician Is tho reason wo havo
so much politics," answored Mlko.
Much applauso left tho hands of
thoso present.
"Whnt la a statesman?" inquired
Rudolph.
"A statesman Is a politician In a
glass cuso," answered Mlko,
"Do you bollove that all men aro
born equal?" said Rudolph.
"Suro I do," said Mlko; "but sotno
uro lucky enough to get ovor It."
"Tho joint debate la flniBhod!" ox
claimed tho rofereo.
"What Is tho result?" Inquired Mlko
"About eight dollurs In cash and 10
rounds of bcor on tho houso," Bald tho
bnrtendnr.
This shows you what to expect In
"Cut Out the Dead Ones, They Don't
Vote," Said Rudolph.
cars an' soch than you could ahako a
good-alzod stick ntl"
"Ecus! but wo don't hnvo to go
thar, do wo, SI?"
"No, Both; but havln' been oloctcd to
tho Lcglslntur, I'll havo to luavo tho
farm of my childhood an' go to Al
bnny nn' mnko laws to guldo and gov
ern tho cltlzons of that thar City ot
Now York."
"Eousl"'
"I saw It In tho Spoonburg ChroiO
,!clo that Now York City wants local
option," sain uoiu, niter n long pnuso.
"Eousl"
"I s'poao that menns nutliln' differ
ent from hnow It Bounds; them thlngu
always do."
"Eousl"
"Woll, whatovor It means) Now
York City nln't goln' to git It whllo I'm
In tho Lcglslntur. That la your opin
ion about it, HI; do you reckon It's
somo now-fnnglod kind ot n trolley
car?" SI was Bilont, but from tho manner
In which tho hair on his head enma
down to moot his eyebrows ono would
BunnlBo that his brain wns bolng sent
along under forped draught.
Presently, howovor, SI "bugoshod,"
and tho sllonco fell npnrt.
"It It moans what I think It docs,"
said SI, bitterly, "then Now York Is
moro wicked than I tried to find It tho
tlmo I wont thnr eousl"
SI lcanod over and whlsporod Bomo
thing to Both.
Then thoy turned palo, and got up
and loft tho roam.
THE END.
Thoro may bo a moral conccnlod in
this romauco, Bunch; I'm not bo sure
about It mysolf.
It you'ro over hero In Albany, you
might mlnglo with somo of tho law-
butlderB nnd Inquire.
But when you do luqulro, bo suro to
pick out a law-builder nt least two
sizes smaller than you aro,
Self-prosorvatlon In tho first law ol
Albany. YourB nil tho whllo,
J. II.
(Copyrlfc'lit, 1003, by a. W. miltnghum Co.)
Long, Tunnel Projected.
Tho London Tlmos states that tho
Danish' government la considering tho
projoct to construct a railway tunnel
under tho Groat Belt. Tho total
length of this tunnel would bo about
17 miles, of which 12 miles would bo
under tho sea. Tho cstlmato of tho
cost Is put at Bllghtly moro than
$7,000,000. At the prosont tlmo thoro
Is n train fprry Ecrvleo across tho
bolt, but it Is ofton handlcappod by
bad woathor, und It 1a calculated that
the tunnol service would be profltnblo,
oven If tho coBt wero considerably
moro than tho ostlmato glvon. Test
borings have shown that tho condition
ot tho matorlals In which tho tunnel
ing work would havo to bo carried
out Is fayorablo for tho work.
Strength of Socialists.
Tho Socialist party polled almost as
largo a popular vote in 1904 as tho
other threo minor parties comblnod.
In 1900 tho Prohibitionists had dis
tanced all tho othor trailing organiza
tions, polling 209,002 votos to 92,142
for the Socialists, 00,000 for tho Popu
lists and 33,275 for tho Socialist La
borltos. But In 1904 tho Socialist tlckot
got 402,151) votes to 250,550 for tho
Prohibition, 113,259 for tho Populist,
and 33,022 for tho Socialist Labor.
Now York Tribune,
