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OPiNiONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
Ttic 5fcyscraper" Experiment,
"PEAltANCES iiuliciito that the United States
vill ronxiln tlic lender, us it was the pioneer,
n the erection of "sky-scrapers." For the most
mrt foreign conservatism continues to look
iskunce at. the dizzy height to which Yankee
ichltects have driven these vast frameworks of
steel enclosed by thin shells of walls, whose
owor to upport the structure of which they form a part
a practically If not wholly nil.
Several months ngo certain German builders addressed
ft petition to the Imperial Government, which has a hand
jn regulating prolty nearly everything in the Empire, and
the burden of their prayer was that the law which re
jftrlota the height of buildings in Berlin to seventy-two foot,
tonight be amended or repealed. The final answer given
t'as a refusal on the ground that very high structures wore
kely to be unsanitary, that they would house too many
beople, and that flres In their top Ktorles would" be difficult
K copo with.
As for the objection because of sanitary principles, that,
M course, is nonsense, us everybody who has son a through
k big .modern office building In the United Stat" knows,
fche average American Who lives In a big city will be
lUsposcd to reject equally the other criticisms. But It is,
. berhaps, just as well to bear In mind that, even with U3,
toe fifteen or twenty-live story building is something of an
Experiment, and that although It has .so far stood the test
Rdinlrably, ultimate Judgment on its safety and durability
pan hardly be pronounced for a couple of generations yet.
-Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Health in the Factories.
T Is significant that the findings in regard to
the health of workmen and the sanitation of
factories by the State Board of Health and by
"rofessor Sedgwick, the Lowell Institute lec
urer, working independently, should bo the
une. It is a fairly conclusive demonstration
of the correctness of the findings, because both
Investigations on the subject reach the same conclusion,
tno being based upon an examination of actual conditions,
find tho other upon the researches of all the workers In
this field. The conclusion is that in nil of tho Industries
ivhieh are regarded as dangerous to the health the opera
jives are largely to blame because they neglect simple and
bvlous sanitary and hygienic precautions.
The report of tho State Board of Health, which is made
puder a special resolve of the Legislature of last year, dis
Closes a lamentable indifference of the workmen to their
Burroundings. In those institutions where dust is created
In largo quantities, ami where the death rate from con
fumptlon is remarkably high, many of the workmen discard
the simple appliances which are introduced, to minimize
this source of danger. In one brass-polishing, .shop, for in
stance, whore hoods connected with a forced draft are put
Dvor the buffer wheels to take away the dust some of tho
ivorkuion had removed the howls because "they were in the
cvny," allowing the dangerous and poisonous dust to fill -the
ltmpspkere. Spitting on the fioors In industrial establish
faients is exceedingly common, and one consumptive can
poison the whole atmosphere of. the rooms, spreading death
and disease among his fellow-workmen. Boston Tran
script.
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in
marriage without tho necessity of adding to them by stat
ute. The nverago young man of to-day hesitates to take
unto himself a helpmeet unless he feels that ho can give
her equal comforts to those she has enjoyed under her
father's roof. All our grandparents thought necessary was
mutual consent and $2 for tho preacher. And when they
did not have the $2 the minister had to wait.
Such a law would not reduco tho number of marriages,
nor tend in any way to bring about tho survival of ouly
the fittest. Those who feared they might come within tho
Inhibition would trek to Iowa, Kansas, Illinois or Arkan
sas, where there aro no such laws, and come back logally
lound together. And If the marriage was legal where it
was contracted, It would be legal here. Thorc would
always be a way out. Love laughed at legislators long
before tho first locksmith wus born. Kansas City World.
Defective Indictments.
USTIOE has been dofeatcd in its efforts to
punish tho men indirectly responsible for the
Iroquois Theater horror. A Chicago judgo has
quashed the indictments against tho owners
and managers of tho theater on the ground
of insufficiency. The prosecuting attoraioy may
attempt to secure a reindictment, but it is
more than likely that tho cases will be dropped.
When the fire occurred and it was heralded over the
country that over GOO human belugs had perished in the
flames, there was a demand fcr vengeance, for tho punish
ment of those who hnd neglected their sworn duty or
flagrantly ignored the law. It was made clear that If the
provisions of the building ordinance had been enforced,
there could have been no such sacrifice of life, and the
grand jury hastened to fix the responsibility. Popular
Indignation was allayed by tho manifest purpose of the
authorities to bring the guilty and tho .negligent to task.
But evidently some one has blundered and although the
fire happened over a wear ago, tho courts are no nearer a
trial' of the casos than they were then. Meanwhile the
catastrophe Is only a memory, save in the minds of those
whoso relatives perished, and public sontiment is no longer
demanding redress. ,
Tho country found some recompense for tho useless
sacrifice in tho additional strictures that were placed upon
theaters, but oven these are now being forgotten In the mad
onward rush. It seems tlit wo need something constantly
before us for a reminder of our duty as law-abiding and
law-enforcing citizens. Toledo Blade. '
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Regulating Marriages.
jEGlSLATOIt STEWART bus introduced
the House of Representatives a bill to
tilate marriages. It provides, in brief, that be
fore a couple can secure a license to wed they
must produce certificates from a reputable phy-
islclan, setting forth that they are physically
sound and fitted to enter upon the maritn
Relation. It may become a law and it may not. Jn either
event it will not make the sllghtost difference. Marrying
iind giving in marriage will continue to do business at the
tame old stand, all laws and statutes to the contrary not
withstanding. Such a law would be a dead letter from Jts
Very inception. There could always be found a physician
Who would give tho necessary certificate for tho asking,
uul few, If any, would bo as punctilious as such a law
fcould demand.
There was a time Avhon persons possessed 6t physical
leforniities were forbidden to wed, for fear that they might
teprodnce their kind, and the Insane and epileptic were put
o death for the same reason. Happily, that day is past.
Dur present civilization places enough .restrlc 'ins about
Why Business Men Fail.
HE young man who contemplates embarking
in business will do well to study the rocks and
shoals upon which thousands of enterprises
ire annually wrecked. An earnest understand
ing of these things will servo as chart and
ompass and enable him, unforeseen disasters
being barred, to successfully weather whatever
storms may come- his way.
Tho statistics for 1001, just compiled, show that dur
ing tho past year 10417 Individuals, firms and" corporations
suspended, owing more than they could pay. The number
appears large until it is understood that it represents less
than 1 per cent of those engaged in busin'ess.
The causes of 77.1 of last year's failures wore found
in tho Individual, while only 22.0 per cont were traceable
to causes, over which ho did not have full control. Tho
greatest factor in bringing about disaster was lack of cap!
lal, or its dangerous equlvnlont, the attempt to do a larger
business than the capital in hand Justified. Behind this
was the desire to get rich quickly, and tho result was that
to this one cause alone is traced one-third of tho year's
business casualties,.
Next to that comes incompetence, due to poor selection
of vocation, poor judgment or management or actual unfit
ness for the business entered upon. From one-fourth to
one-fifth of nil failures aro attributable to this.
Thhs, out of eleven heads, under which commercial
agencies group failures, two aro responsible for lnoro than
half of the shipwrecks, and both of these aro found in the
individual and not in conditions that he cannot control.
The chances of success in business are rather dubious
when entered upon by a man not equipped with the proper
capital and the necessary understanding of tho nature of
his undertaking. But those things being granted, and per
severance, hard work and good habits, the chances for
failure are so small as to be not worth taking into account
lndinnapollB Sun.
DRIVING OUT A DEMON. I
f$S$3SKi3KSg
On the plains of Tartary, tho "Land
of Grass," tho struggles between good
spirits and demons often occasion con
siderable annoyance for the ignowuit
tribesmen and afford profltal? employ
ment for the lamas,. Pores Hue and
tinhel, French travelers who crossed
them three-score years ago, witnessed
the struggles of the learned men to
flrlve out one of tho demon.
The aunt of the chief of an encamp
ment in the Valley of the Dark Wat
ens was 111 of a fever. Her nephew
(waited in patience, but who did not
well, and at lust he called In the Junius.
His worst fears were continued. A
demon of considerable rank was pro-
w out In hor and must be east out. a task
j, for which the lamas would need to be
a, well paid. Eight others were at once
called in by tho first, and together they
k iiiHuu, mmi urieu norns, an image
which they called tho "Pemon of in.
v. tormitleut Fevers." This Image they
put In tho patient's tent.
VflfaAn hour before midnight the himmj
Wtmrcd themselves In si'mi-elrojq
sJiells.jJiQlliiJiuilbourluas- tyid ol
jiolsy uiiaruml:nt.s. The remainder of
Uie family made up the olrclo, while
die jwtl nl oiouohol upp i th" i i
JiSe of tho dojuou. VUu e) i uju
m a copper basin filled with
at some little paste images,
f was full of smoke from the
befoiv
millel
The
heart
Up given signal the clerical or
chestra . 'gun a noisy overture, the lay
witneKses boating time with their
luuubJ. The diabolical concert over,
tho Guand Tjama opened tho book of
exorcisms and began chanting the
forms.
Fa'om lime to time he scattered mil
let to the four points of the "compass.
Sometimes lie would quit the regular
cadence of .prayer and Indulge In nn
outburst of apparently indomitable
rage, abusing the herb Imago wltii
fierce Invective anil furious gestures,
When he had finished he gave u signal
with his arms, mud the other lamas
burst lutxj u tremendously noisy cho
rus, setuang an uie nowy ms-urumeaits
to work at the same time.
The lay congregation, having started
up, nan out of the tout and three times
circled round it, heating it with sticks
and yelling in the most blood-curdling
manner all the while, and then re-entered
the tent as precipitately as they
had quitted It. Then, while the other
hid their facta, the Grand Lama sot
yir-e to'tlio herb luyjgu and carried It
rom the tent into tu pmiu, wnere ne
watched It burn unit hmitliematl'.ed ,11.
In tin) tent the' otljerlntnasrnMnqulHy
I'h'intt'il prayers Infa solemn tone,
Tne expulsion having been thus nc
(I multiplied iu tho finest manner, tho
members of the family secured torches
and accompanied by the nine lamas
all making night hideous with cries
ami beating of instruments, escorted
the pa,tient to another tent, where she
fell asleep, to awaken later without
her fever. The incantations succeeded
to itSie amazement of the travelers, uint
tho illness did not return.
Mi y
VW Kmm tKm p a Mufk' uKk'&.h
Go WLarc Glory WnitH Thcc.
Go whoro glory waits thoe,
But while fame elutes thee,
Oh! still tviiioinliLT me.
When the pral.se thou mcetcst
To thine uar Is sweetest,
Oli I then roincmher me.
Other arms may press tlieo,
Dourer friends cart-ss thee,
All tho joys that Mens thcc,
Sweeter far may me;
But when friends nre nearest,
And when joys are dearest,
Oh! then remember me.
When at eve thou roveat
By the star thou lovest,
Oh! then remember me.
Think, when home returning,
Bright we'vo seen it burning.
Oh! thus remember mo.
Oft as summer closes,
When thine eye ropeses
On its lingering roses,
Once so loved by thco.
Think of her who ivovu them,
Her who made thco lovo them,
Oh! then remember me.
When, around thee dying,
Autumn leaves are lying,
Oh! then remember me.
And, at night, when gazing,
On the gray hearth blazing,
Oh! still remember me.
Then, should music, stealing
Ail tho soul of feeling,
To thy heart appealing,
Draw one tear from thee;
Then let memory bring thco
Strains I used to slug thcc
Oh! then remember mo. -
Thomas Moore.
"One Touch of Nnturc."
For timo is like a fashionable host
rP1.4,f ult.vl.llir L-1in1fu Mil finttttlrv rrlinof
by th' hand,
And with his arms outstretched, as he
would fly, i
Grasps In tho corner; welcome over
smiles,
And farewell goos out Blghing. O, lot
not virtue souk
Remuneration for tho tiling it was;
For beauty, wit,
High birth, vigor of bone, desert in ser
vice,
Love, friendship, charity, aro oubjects all
To envious and calumniating time.
One touch of nature makes, the whole
world kin
MMm nil ti.lfl. .411.1 riAHDnnl- timlan n .TV
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born gauds,
Though they aro made and molded
thing past,
And give to dust that is n littlo gilt
Moro laud than gilt o'erdusted.
William Shnkspeare.
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LIFE ON A FIGHTING SHIP.
jowels of the groat Iron pots In which
American naval oUlour; n go lo son.
Phe procure of a gito- always rniTles
with It eor: i f ii privileges. Then It I i
n matter of cour-w that thi oki-mUv.
officer at the head of tf" in ' N in
tho affirmative when tho rnj is
made that smoking bo permltvi after
dinner. Ordinarily the Hvok'nr Is
dodo on dock above hatches, but a
nudsman may be ii, . . .. iy find li
more agreeable not to leave his sont nl
table when the time to smoke arrives.
Tho landsman's brooding Is put to
a pretty test when ho becomes a gueal
aboard ship, and the officers aro quid,
to detect the fact that the visitor hai
failed to realize that the wardroom li
both drawing room and dining room,
and to comport himself accordingly
IIo may not feel any marked coolness
n tho nttltudo of those with whom In
s dining, but his individual host I
lkely to hoar something from hH
messmates that will prevent tho reap
pearance of tho offensive guest. Th
visitor who makes no mistakes undi
ms something to say worth hearing Is
sure of a welcome, and is made to sea
that ho Is tho guest not only of thu
officer who brings, him on board, butj
of ovory denizen of the wardroom. '1V
tho guest tho talk of the table is likely
to bo fresh and Interesting, no mntterj
how trlto it may be to some of hl
losts. Nobody objects to an old story)
so long as tho guest seems to relish itl
though after his departure ample ro
vengo tuny bo taken upon tho offender."
BEWARE THE TUB.
Camel Jtaofnt; in tbo Ilusort.
The racing camel is very e.irofully
bred and valuable pflzes nre offered
by a racing society at Biskra for tho
fleetest racer. I have wen tho start) of
a raeo and it reminded me. In a far
off sort of way, of a horse nice. Tho
camels wore nil arranged In line and
they sniffed the air in their anxiety to
bo off. A flag was waved, and they
set off at a torrlble pace, as if they
Avere only racing for a short distance.
They kept together until they were
almost out of sight. Then tiiey soenied
to settle down to their habitual pace
and the race proceeded with long in
tervals between the competitors. I
have also seen the finish of a camel
race, and it reminded mo of the firit
motor ear prewnenade between London
and Brighton. The camels were eor
tainly not so broken down and be
draggled, but they came in at Intervals
of several hours and. great patience
wasjiecessary to wateh them arrive.
' frea rson's Mng.i zl no,
Girls, whl -h wm'd you rather, be, a
grass widow or an old maul)
Not un Monotonoim tin It Once Won for
the American Naval Olliccr.
Wardroom life aboard American
mcn-otavnr has grcntly changed with
the growth of tho new navy. Tho big
ger ships of to-day carry moro officers
than those of twenty years ago, and
the hastened promotion of the last live
yoars has changed somewhat tho char
acter of the personnel in the ward
room. The officer who presides nt the
head of tho wardroom tablo Is no long
er a grizzled veteran who has oaton
Ills heart out with twenty years of mo
notonous sorvlco In the grades below
lieutenant-commander. Bearded en
signs 110 years of age and drawing pay
that barely enables, tnem to uvo no
longer haunt tho ships of the Unltei
States navy, ay the Philadelphia
Ledger. Promotion and command come
earlier, and men who even ten years
ago would havo been seated well to
ward the foot of tho wardroom table
now dine In the lone dignity of the
cabin. With the fuller table of the
wardroom there is more variety of
character and conversation and with
greater activity everywhere through
out the service men have livelier In
terests. Old stories are not hoard so
frequently, and men do not harden
into set' peculiarities of views and
manner as they did when promotion
was slow and duty, from being the
same for long years together, was dull
and insipid.
Some things remain,- however, much
ns they were, because tradition is pow
erful In the navy- C'hatl'? Yes, a good
deal of It as of yore, There is always
some man in tho twenty or more who
live in the wardroom keen enough to
penetrate the most socrotlvo of his
fellow's and discover their lurking
weakness. Once discovered, that
weakness is a proper subject for chaff.
Tho freshness of "tho young doctor,"
tho indolence of the paymaster, tho
susceptibility of the Junior lelutennnt,
aro subjects that furnish unfailing
amusement when conversation runs
low. On the whole, the chaff of tho
new navy is fresher, and less monot
onous than that of tho old, because
there is a wider range of individual
peculiarities,
Wardroom hospitality is of tho old
flavor, though perhaps the lncreasod
variety of wardroom life make the
landsman a little less welcome as a
dlspeller of monotony. It is a singu
larly hearty and courteous reception,
Jvowovoc that i'-walts tho cues in tUe
Wear More Clean ClothcH mill Datho
YoiifHclf l.'cn.
The medical faculty aro keen .uion
microbes, but never before has thu
Englishman's 'Hub" boon assailed.
Now wo are not: only warned against
tho dangers of the dally or weekly
bath, but deliberately told that we nre
courting pneumonia and various diseases.
Is tills true? Modjcol authorities
speak of the necessity of kcep!n'j the
pores open. Physlologhsla de-'Vr the
danger of not bnthlnsr, ami eat ly iu lift'
wo aro educated Into the p'-i'f :plo
of the dally bnth until It l n" a
confirmed habit.
It is argued that tho higher t civ
ilization the more public b.uii-.. th
moro private bathtubs, the mm-' rtvj
si wis for hot water, and, us a rule, lite
weaker the progeny.
The construction of tihe skin U nol
sufficiently strong for tihe frequent usij
of Unit product of modern HvIIIk-iiIIdh
the dally bath. 1
Lt is sajd that Hi the. d-iys of out
youth we hv6 a Rtre-ug pr.- lil'e 'in t:
avoid the bath; that wo aro niK.icted
to mother earth, and grow fit and
dirty. "no, not dirty, but cover si w'lth
elements that are holpful to in." In
stinct teaches children" right; man's
accumulated knowledge livid- him
astray. Which Is to be trusted, it Htlm t
or Uils pseudo knowledge! 7 The chick
niakos no mih)ike In following tho
duckling Into the pond. All finlnnrri
governed by iiistUict avoid Inn ig ii?
tho winter. The primitive o-ni ili.ir:i
then, is the natural one. and cuqiiza
Hon is nil wrong.
Now lt Heenifi the huth fill- tit ! sktu
with blood; tho blood In the s tri'ac o
Is, Immediately chilled, pas. - ,n: the
heart and is pumped Into t':i lungs;
result, congestion of these oiv:m -pnoumonla.
Wo may escape with a
slight cold, but the oxperlmen' v.jm
foolish. It Is a useless waste of vital
force, and causes more work for v y
organ. In the winter time we oat moro
moat and food, which enuste poison u
debris, and we perspire little, wnlJe in
tho summer time Ave eat much' le
meat, more fruits,' and perspire much,
therefore the skin eliminates 'no pot
son, and an examination of Uie hunt. hi
perspiration shoVs it tio conbarln noth
ing poisonous.
This Is how pneumonia is Invite i:
Tho victim getM Into "a tub of hot w i
or; he' blithers his body with so.ip. lie
rubs tho skin with a lle-di briurii; Hi
skin glows; the blood vevwls 'ire taxe I
to their limit. The soap diiw-'dves lli
fat that agglutinates the pore and
holds Intact several layers of epider
mis, lie loaves Uie bath tub n glow
lug, healthy niaai, yet withal a prey
to pneumonia. Jn tihe morning ibo got
to work.'' In Uie evening the tevl
sprite beifiiiM the work. And for what
is all this rlsKV To !- cl.uo? Hoi
For to be clean is n.vi. to he moist
but to bo dry, and not to Imtha.Jnit tj
keep clean clothe. ' ,
Therefore, on this prlnfelplf, :i chini'
uoy sweep Is clean. ljt'ocauA 1 th 6utt
skin Is covered . Y'H1.- &ntt; tj'-e miie i
is not dirty beenjjiae he Is cojred wit!
carbon.
Why do wq btthe? 'IN) be clean oi
to look white) Is, after ull, the i-h
llshmnn love 'of his" tub a more s
cles of vuiuty) Ixuidon Uxproas.
flie OiiuTlihiir Nttcrtfnl."
Lodger :i wish you would put a bet
ter mattress on my bed. ,
Landlady Bettor matvt'i! Why.
that is a genuino hair uiattrefsr-
Lodger Oh, that being the case,
perhaps a bottle of halr'TMlorof Is all
that's nooossary.
"I don't like your stiu'm heat," said
a farmer who lately niovel t imu.
"I want som.'th' u that will r ir, u
wooil itr tn a bo. s