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a THOMAS JEFFERSON _ Framer of the Declaration of Independence Spent One Anniversary of Historic Event in A\assachusetts City in 1784. In May, 1784, the American con gress, then, in session at Annapolis, Maryland, received the resignation of John Jay of New York from the American commercial commission abroad, Mr. Jay being the colleague of Benjamin Franklin and John Adams and Mr. Jefferson, then a mer,uer of the congress from Vir ginia. was elected to the vacancy. It was at a time when Mr. Jefferson was emerging from the one great sorrow of his life, the loss of Mrs. Jefferson, and the stricken statesman gladly accepted a mission which would take him away from his deso lated home and give him such en grossing public work as could not fail to prove beneficial in the end. So he speedily arranged his home matters by correspondence, drew a portion of his $9,000 salary in advance, and with his eldest daughter, Martha Jefferson, then a young girl of ten years, the future president proceeded leisurely eastward in quest of a ship that was bound for a French port. From Annapolis to Philadelphia then to New York, and b}' easy stages through Connecticut and Massachu setts to Boston, in the month of June, was undoubtedly a very delightful trip to a man who could derive so much pleasure as Jefferson could from nature's own unrivaled attract iveness at that season of the year, and the arrival of the distinguished stranger in Boston was not heralded I Europe as a minister plenipotentiary from the United States in the room of the Hon. John Jay. Esq., who is about to return to America. Gov. Jefferson, who has so eminently distinguished himself in the late glorious revolu tion, is a gentleman of a very ami able character, to which he has joined the most extensive knowledge. He is a mathematician and philosopher as well as a civilian and politician, and the memorable declaration ,of Ameri can independence is said to have been penned by him.” The Independent Chronicle of July 1 has this brief allusion to the pres ence of Mr. Jefferson in Boston: “Since our last arrived in town from the southward His Excellency Thomas Jefferson, Esq., late governor or Virginia and member of congress, now one of the commissioners for ne gotiating treaties with foreign pow ers.” The Gazette did not condescend to give Mr. Jefferson any kind of notice, completely ignored him. and so far as there is any record to the contrary. Gov. John Hancock, then a sick man. it is fair to say, did not extend any official attention from the executive department. But Mr. Jefferson him self has left on record some evidence that he did receive a kindly greeting at the hands of Boston's social set of that day, his letter to his friend. El bridge Gerry, found below, expressing his grateful acknowledgments of this the more pleasure as he was ,o go himself in her. “The intermediate time I have em ployed in a trip to Portsmouth, in or der to gather in that state, as i had endeavored to do in the others through which I had passed, such in formation as to their commerce and other circumstances as might in some decree enably me to answer the pur poses of my mission. No small part of the time, too* has been occupied by the hospitality ard civilities of this place, which I have experienced in the highest degree. These, writh the preparation for my voyage, have left me scarcely a spare moment; and re ceiving assurance from every quarter that I might derive from Mr. Tracy the fullest information as to the com merce of this state, I have referred much of the inquiries I wished to make to the- vacant hours of our voy age. “Pressed writh the attentions neces sary for the winding up of my affairs here and getting everything on hoard this forenoon. I have only time to bid you an affectionate adieu, to thank you for the many civilities to which you have assisted in introducing to me here, to assure you of the pleas ure it will give me at all times to hear from you; leaving with Mrs. Cotton a token of my friendship for you. “From me you shall certainly re ceive frequent accounts of whatever l shall think worth your notice, and THOMAS JEFFERSON Author of the Declaration of Independence. Third President of the United States. Founder of Religious Liberty in Virginia. Founder of the University of Virginia. Father of the Democratic Party. by the local press until seven days after Mr. Jefferson had reached the town and was traveling further east ward as far as Portsmouth, N. H. In fact, the first record of Mr. Jef ferson’s presence in Boston on this occasion appears in the journal of the i bouse of representatives, under date of June 3 2. when the following order was passed: “Ordered. That a chair be assigned for the Hon. Thomas Jefferson Esq., late governor of Virginia, and now one of the ministers of the United States for negotiating commercial treaties, if he is inclined to attend the debate of the house, and that Mr. Os good (Samuel Osgood of Andover), Davis (Thomas Davis junior of Ply mouth), and Swan (James Swan of Dorchester) be a committee to wait on the gentleman and inform him of this order, who reported that they had attended that service.’’ There i3 no evidence in the record of the subsequent proceedings of the bouse that Mr. Jefferson accepted the invitation. In his issue of July 8. 1784, editor Isaiah Thomas of the Worcester Spy had this reference to Mr. Jefferson: Boston. July 1. “Friday last the Hon. Thomas Jef ferson, Esq., late governor of VII* ginia, arrived here by land from that state. He is shortly to embark for pleasant feature of his Boston visit. “Boston, July 2, 1784. Dear Sir: — Being to sail from this port to-morrow, I cannot deny myself the pleasure of recalling myself to your recollection for a moment. I have impatiently hoped your arrival here before I should depart, but I sus pect that the belles of Philadelphia have exercised their power over you, for it is here, I understand, you make your principal delay. When I arrived here I found Mrs. Adams within thirty-six hours of sailing. I had de termined to take my passage to France in the first instance, yet the wish to accompany Mrs. Adams would certainly have induced me to relin quish this, could I within so short a time have prepared for embarkation. 1 was unable on this account to attend her. “Hearing of no vessel going from any eastern port to France, I had in contemplation to return to New York and take passage in the French pack et. which was to sail the 15th instant; bht it was suggested to me that I could with certainty get ashore on the coast of France somewhere from any vessel bound for London, and as Mr. Tracy had a vessel to sail from hence the third, which would save twelve days in the outset, and prob ably as many more in the run, I en gaged my passage in her and with every other possible proof of the sin cere esteem with which I am. »deat sir. your affectionate friend and ser vant, “Thomas Jefferson.” ' The anniversary of Independence day in 1784 fell on Sunday, and the program of exercises in Boston, as usual, was observed on Monday. The Old South church was the scene ol the observances, which began at 12 o'clock. Benjamin Hitchbourne, an old-time fervid orator, delivered the address salutes were fired on the common, din ners were the order of the daj throughout the town, the officials re galing themselves at Woart’s tavern, others at the American coffee house while the order of Cincinnati, com posed of the ex-officers of the army and the organization of which body Jefferson opposed and won Washing ton to his way of thinking, dined at “Marston’s.” The marine record shows high wat er at Boston on July 5, 1784, at 2 o’clock, and at about that hour, when all Boston was at the flood of its cele bration of the day. the ship Ceres, Capt. St. Barbe, bound for London with Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, aboard, was beating its way out of the harbor.—Boston Globe. Hailed by hosanna shouting hosts, . Assembled on a plenteous plain, Through Eastern gateway of the dawn The Day of Days rides forth again. And thus a hoary poet speaks— For e'en the children understand. As poetry, the Heaven-speech. Is ’come the language of the land;— “In chariot once Apollo's own. Behold; he climbs the saffron hill. To show his people here below The bolts that did the hydra kill. “High throned on mount of human bones The h\dra saw ail peoples bring Toil tribute to the horrid hill Where reigned he. last surviving king. "Dethroned by Independence Day In ever)' earthly clime and land Each fleshly king had sat at eve With ballot-seeptie in his hand. “But still the fearsome Thing did rule, And once he roared this edict grim. That men renounce the Ten Commands And have no other god but him.” The poet sings in Grecian mode IIow hydra Poverty was slain By glorious Independence Day. His silver bow and arrow’s twain. By arrow of the heat' which sows Abundance in fair Ceres’ fields; By arrow of the light, which shows That Earth for all abundance yields. Out of his chariot on high Bright Independence Day doth lean. And. smiling on all lands below. Sees ne’er a slave but the machine. Beholds on earth a single sword— A broken blade in hands of Doom; The statue Armageddon rears Above war-demon’s crumbling tomb. Sees .Plenty scan the Book of Books Beneath Religion’s smile serene. And Dove’s bright glance make rainbow play On lightsome Labor’s silken sheen. Now merry pipe and dance afield, Belneath his eye hold evening sway. And jest and laugh the pauses fill, And many a festal roundelay. “The flag! Our flag!” shout high the hosts— “The thousand stars thirteen have won. Fling out, oh Independence Day, Its folds in parting benison!’: Low sinking to his golden rest. The King of Days his helm unbars, i And lo! across the darkling sky The Crimson Stripes and Silver Stars!’’ —Patrick J. Tansey. We have nicknamed it ‘ Old Glory” As it duals upon the breeze, Rich in legend, song and story On the land and on the seas; Far above the shining river. Over mountain, gorge and glade With a fame that lives forever Floats the banner Betsy made’. • * * * How they cheered it and its maker They yhe gailant sons of Mais! How they blessed the little Quaker And her hag of stripes and stars! 'Neath its folds, the foeman scorning • Glinted bayonet and blade. And the breezes of the morning Kissed the banner Betsy made. • * • * Now she sleeps, whose fingers dying, ith a heart to Freedom uue. Mingled colors b: ight, undying— Fashioned stais on field of hiue. It Will lack for no defender When the foreign foes invade. For our Nation lose to splendor 'Neath the banner Betsv made. —From Four-Track News for 'Jule. —Thomas C. Harbaugli. The Canteen. There are bonds of all sorts in this world of ours. Fetters of friendship, and ties of flowers. And tiue-loveis' knots I ween; The girl and the boy are bound by a kiss. But there's never a bond, old friend, like this— We have drunk from the same canteen! It was sometimes water, and sometimes milk. And sometimes apple-jack fine as silk. But. whatever the tipple has been. We shared it together, in-bane or bliss; And I warm to vou. friend, when I think of this— We have drunk from the same canteen! We have shared our blankets and tents together. And have marched and fought in ail kinds of weather. And hungry and full we have been; Had days of battle, and days of rest. But this memory I cling to and love the be«t— We have drunk from the same canteen! For when wounded 1 lay on the outer slope. With my blood flowing fast, and but lit tle hope I’pon which my faint spirit could lean. Oh! then 1 remember, you crawled to my side. And. bleeding so fast it seemed both must have died. We drank from the same canteen! —Miles O Keilly. Dr. Hiliis’ Oration at Manassas. The Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hiliis of Brooklyn delivered the oration at the reunion of the Society of the Army of tfre Potomac at Manassas May 10, and he was wildly received. He said: “More than lorty years have passed since your regiments assembled on this battlefield. It is said that time destroys all things, but neither time nor events have been able to destroy your recollection of the two battles of Bull Run. ami that ceremony, which occurred just twoscore years ago to day. when you dedicated this monu ment lo the heroes of these fields. The memory of that far-off conflict, with the stroke of battle, that was like the stroke of an earthquake, now hangs on the walls of your memory like the shield of a vanquished enemy. Long ago God's grass healed over the scars cut by cannon balls, yet the hills are still billowy with your country’s dead. “And now, in this month of May, dedicated to the memorials of heroes, you are assembled on this battlefield, veterans all, and members of the Grand Army of the Republic. We do well to recall that battle, to celebrate the victory and the triumph of the principles lor which you fought, and td keep green the memory of our heroic dead. The measure of a great man's worth is the number of achieve ments and memorable days that his history holds. And the measure of a nation's civilization is the number of great events it can recall—the battles the fathers have fought, the number of great men it has whose birthdays it can celebrate. “The Eternal City had its Pantheon, in which it buried its heroes, and London has her Westminster Abbey. History is an abbey in which none but the great do sleep. When the traveler crosses the threshold of some Vatican or Louvre lie beholds the treasures of twenty centuries, assem bled, for the inspiration and delight of the pilgrim. Standing in this store house of genius you exclaim. ‘What marbles! What masterpieces of paint ing! What architecture! What bronzes! How did the sons of genius walk in regiments!’ “And not otherwise was it with the generation that toiled during the Civil War. The history of that epoch is the Pantheon in which are assembled heroes, patriots, orators, soldiers and the saviors of their country. What leaders were yours—two of whom have a place among the eight greatest soldiers of history! Among the states men there are a few mountain peak minds, and Lincoln was one of these sunlit peaks, bathed in light and glory that is immortal. What orators wrere these who lent luster to the era of elomtenoe and reform! Verily, it was an age- when great men marched in regiments. Great crises fur the nation put men on their mettle, emerg encies develop latent resources, and lead genius forth to its 'best estate. Great are our merchants—they feed the state, great are our teachers—they instruct the state. Great are the jur ists who keep the state in justice, the physicians who keep the state in health, and the moral teachers, who keep the state in ethics. But who shall estimate the nation's debt to the soldiers and patriots who have kept the state in liberty and protected the institutions that have made the repub lic the educator of the world in free institutions. “Forty years ago to-day orators re hearsed the story ot your valor and your heroism. On that occasion a great soldier and statesman dedicated this monument to these heroes who here fell, crimsoning with blood the banner of the republic. History also has searched out the significance of that memorable conflict, w'hile phi losophers have given to us the se quence of events and traced the in fluence of that battle upon the for tunes of war. For you and me it re mains to survey the results of their battle and their victory, to consider the institutions they loved and for which they lived and died, to examine the grounds of patriotism to nourish within ourselves a more generous faith in the republic and in its people, and to do all that in us lies to see to it that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall be victorious here and now.'and at length spread hereafter throughout all the world, until the reign of the com mon people is universal among the na tions of the earth.” Dr. Hillis then discussed the rea sons f*r pride in the republic, find ing these grounds in the history of the ration, in the type o? manhood that the republic has produced, in the institutions it has developed for the building of manhood, in the power of these institutions to assimilate now people. He discussed the dangers to be guarded against through the fail ure of free institutions to govern greac cities, the peril incident to corrupt, ignorant and venal voting and the peril of corporate wealth in the hands of selfish and unpatriotic men. He ! found th’e remedy in the gradual dif- j lusion of intelligence and the strength ening of the forces that work against moral illiteracy and in the lifting up of ideals other than mere wealth.” General Officers Killed in Battle. From the archives of the Confeder acy on deposit in the War department the military secretary, Maj.-Gen. Ains worth. has brought to light some in teresting data concerning the com manders of the Confederate forces in the field in the fateful days of 1861-65. Deducting eleven names of officers who did not qualify for one reason or another, we have in this list 415 gen erals, and the records given show that of these 74 were killed or mortally wounded in action, or 18 per cent. This is a very striking showing when we recall the almost entire im munity of the Russian and Japanese armies fighting in Manchuria from fatal casualties to general officers. We recall but one who has been reported killed in battle in the Far East, and if there are others they must be very few; whereas the percentage of casu alties among the general officers of the Confederacy are far in exgess of the percentage of casualties among the rank and file of the Russian and Japanese armies as given by Gen. Bliss, who has the best of facilities for learning the facts. No less than twenty-three general officers of the Confederacy were killed in battle during the eleven months of cam paigning and the eight months of fighting commencing with Grant’s Bat tle of the Wilderness and ending with Appomattox. Ten Brigadier-Generals of the Union army were also killed during this campaign, besides twelve colonels commanding brigades, six of them at Cold Harbor alone. At Frank lin seven Confederate generals were killed, and during Sherman’s cam paign five*, the Union army losing three. At Gettysburg five Confeder ate and five Union generals were kill ed. ten in all. besides three Union colonels commanding brigades. At | Fredericksburg two Union and two 1 Confederate generals were killed. In all. the Union Army lost in killed or mortally wounded fifty general offic ers. twenty-three brevet brigadier-gen era’s and thirty-fcur colonels com manding brigades. Taking the proportion as one killed to 4.f,2 wounded, this would indicate that 407 Confederate generals were killed or wounded out of a total of 415 Probaly, however, the general officer? were the selected victims of the sharpshooters, who shot to kill. In one regiment of the civil war. subject ed to the ordinary casualties of bat tie, the First Minnesota at Gettysburg 28 per cent of those engaged were killed and 82 per cent were killed and wounded. In 42 other regiments the percentage of killed in different bat ties was IS or more. The ratio of killed to wounded in fifty-six battles of the civil war was 1 to 4.8. varying between 1 to 3 at Williamsburg and 1 j to C.7 at Arkansas Post. The average among the regular troops was 1 tc -t.52. The mortally wounded equaled 64 per cent of those killed outright In the German army during the war with France the proportion was 61 per cent.—Army and Navy Jouhnal i Peculiar Arrangement of the Starry Field. On all national uolidavs there al ways floats in the breeze over the main entrance of the Shaw-Perkius mansion, in which Washington and Lafayette were entertained, an unusu ally large and beautiful American flag But this flag has its statehood stars arranged on its blue field differently from any flag ever seen in New Lon don. Counting from the pole they are ernuned as follows: * * • • * This arrangement of the thirty seven stars is very peculiar. The own er, Miss Perkins, could not explain the reason of it. She says the flag was given to her by her brother, a major, in 18G5„ when his regiment, the Tenth Connecticut Volunteers, was be fore Richmond. Can any of the old vets or those interested in the history of our country throw any light upoD the subject?—New Londou Globe. Memories of Andersonville. “Andersonville” touches a chord that invariably resounds in the heart of Postmaster Stillman. During the times of financial depression of ’93, when both private and public charity was taxed to its limit, it is said that an un kempt object, crippled and forlorn, approached Mr. Stillman and asked him for alms. As was the custom. Mr. Stillman was about to send him to the Rescue' mission when the man said sadly: “I was at Andersonville.” “Andersonville!” re-echoed the post master, and the poor old soldier was taken care of. So vivid is the memory of the suffering in the most terrible of southern prisons that the mention of its name is like the pain in the scar of an old wound.—Milwaukee Sentinel. Urge Post for Father Olmstead. Father William A. Olmstead, sol dier, physician and priest, has been recommended for appointment to the chaplaincy of a National Soldiers’ home. Father Olmstead was a brigadier general of volun teers in the civil war, and com manded the First brigade of the Sec ond division of the Second army corps at Gettysburg. After the war he studied medicine and practiced for thirty years; afterward he entered the priestheod. He has for many years been an active member of W. S. Hancock Post, No. 259, of New York. FRESH-AIR TREATMENT M^st Potent Means of Restoring Consumptive Patients to Health Dr. F. R. Walters in his study on the various sanatoria for consumptives calls the open-air life the keynote of sanatorium treatment. He further says that the patient, instead of being kept in a carefully warmed room ven tilated from other parts of the house, according to the popular notions of old, lives in the open air from morn ing till night, at all seasons and in all weathers. Lack of fresh air is the greatest predisposing cause of con sumption; fresh air is the most po tent means of restoring him to health. Now this prescription is very easy to carry out in dry climates such as those of Egypt, the Alpine health re sorts, South Africa or Colorado; but it requires special arrangements and special precautions in a damp and rainy climate. The credit of showing how this may be accomplished belongs mainly to Brehmenr, Dettweiler and their followers. The open-air method may perfectly well be carried out in any climate which is healthy for those who are not consumptive. As Leon %F*etit observes: “Here the climate may help the cure, . . . there it may hinder it; but it only exerts a secondary influence on the treatment.” (1) Moreover, just as the pleasantest climates are not always those which are best for healthy people, (2) so it may be that the most pleasant clim ates lor an out-of-door life—where the air is warm and dry and little rain falls—are not best for those consump tives who have later on to return to a less favored place. It is bracing climates rather than warm and eou able ones which have the greatest in fluence in restoring the consumptive ‘.o health, in all but exceptional cases. For the open-air treatment, a four fold shelter should be provided against, wind, excessive cold, extreme sun heat and rain. Wind raises dust, increases cough in consumptives, and intensifies me entiling effects or cold. ihe for eign sanatoria with few exceptions have both natural anti artificial shelter against wind. Cold within certain lim its is useful to the consumptive; but it should be a windless cold, and suit ed to the individual power of reac tion. As damp intensifies the cli matic effect of both heat and cold, the chilly consumptive will be able to withstand a lower temperature in a dry than in a humid climate. Protec tion against rain and snow will seem to most people an obvious necessity, although at Nordaeh rain is often dis regarded. It is not enough to provide resting places in the sanatorium which are protected against rain. At" certain stages exercise is imperative, and sheltered paths and open covered corridors are needed for exercise in rainy weather. At Falkenstein there is such a corridor 200 feet long. In places where the sun's rays are very powerful, as at Canigou in the Pyrenees, direct exposure to the sun is found to increase the tendency to fever. Even at Hoheuhonnef on the Rhine, which is not far south, a large verandah has been provided which in hot weather can be artificially cooled by a stream of water. Protection against wind and weather is afforded in most santoria by large verandas, which may be fitted with movable glass screens, as the Adirondack Cot tage Sanatorium. In our own climate it would be useful to have a veranda | with a hollow floor, which could be , warmed, as cold and damp can be more easily borne if the feet are kept warm. Other simpler ways are the provision of hot bottles and warm clothing. Recumbency also helps a chilly patient, the blood circulating with less cardiac effort in this posi tion. According to Dr. Weicker and Dr. Jacoby, the recumbent position also favors the flow of blood to the apices of the lungs. In most foreign sanatoria summer houses or sun boxes are also provided; at Falken stein some of these can be rotated ac cording to the direction of the wind*. Dr. Burton-Fanning, in his experi mental sanatorium near Cromer, has modified the well-known shelters of our seaside resorts by providing them with reversible glass screens. (1) Lor. cit.. p. 49. (2) Hermann Weber and Michael G. Foster, article in Allbutt's Syst. of Med. on ‘•Climate in the Treatment of Dis ease.” Stable and Conditions. “The condition and health of a horse," says the National Builder, “de pend very much upon the kind of stable it is kept in. There are horses which suffer from disease of the eyes, from coughs, from scratches and other skin diseases, all of which are produced by the pungent, foul air in the stables. Farmers and others who have horses will take pains to keep their carriages and harnesses protect ed from the strong aramonical air of the stables, lest the leather may be rotted or the varnish dulled and spot ted; and at the same time they will wonder why their horses cough, or have weak eyes or moon-blindness, or suffer from other diseases which, if they would only think for a few min ufes they would readily perceive are due to the foul air the animals an* compelled to breathe every night in the year while confined in close, badly ventilated stables. The remedy very easy. The stable should be h. • • clean; this will prevent the grea'er part of the mischief, and it should b** well ventilated. The floor should be f properly drained, so that the liquid will not remain on it, washed off at least twice a week with plenty of wa ter, and then liberally sprinkled with finely ground gypsum (piaster*, which will combine with and destroy the am monia. A solution of copperas (sul phate of iron) will have the same re sult. Lastly, the floor should be sup plied with absorbent litter, which should be removed when it is soiled. Ventilation should be provided in such a way as to avoid cold drafts. Small openings, which may be easily closed with a slide, may* be made in the outer wall near the floor, and similar ones near the ceiling, or in the roof, through which the foul air can escape. Pure air is of the utmost importance to the well-being of horses.” Insomnia. This very common condition is most often due to six o’clock dinners or eating in the evening. To secure sound sleep, no food should be taken after 4 p. m., or at least nothing more than a little ripe stewed fruit, without cream, and with as little sugar as pos sible, better with none. Oranges or some other juicy fruit are preferable for an evening's lunch. Avoid bread and butter or milk, and similar arti cles which digest slowly. Fruit juic* 3 and completely predigested food sub stances may be added in moderation. Tea and coffee also produce sleep lessness. Sedentary habits conduce to sleeplessness by promoting the ac cumulation of uric acid, which is a nerve excitant, and gives rise to rest lessness and disturbing dreams. Said the wise man. “The sleep of the laboring man is sweet.” Eccl. 5:12 Gentle fatigue produced by exercise out of doors is wonderfully effective as a means of producing sleep. A prolonged bath, fifteen to forty min utes, or even longer if necessary, at a temperature of 92 degrees to 95 de grees F„ taken just before retiring. It an excellent remedy for sleepless ness. The moist abdominal bandaga consisting of a towel wrung quite dr) out of cold water and wound around the body, covered snugly with marie intosh and then with flannel in suf firient quantity to keep it warm, is a a exceedingly helpful measure in pro during sleep in cases in which sleep lessness is due to excess of blood Ir the brain. Care must be taken t< keep the feet warm. If necessary, i hot bag may be applied to the feet oi a moist pack to each leg. If the heac is hot, a cool compress may be ap plied. Why the Body Needs Water. Someone has asked: “What would b« the cause of death of a person wfct drank no water?” This subject hai been studied considerably; animali have been experimented upon, and it is found that without water the) lose their power to eliminate the nat ural poisons; they must have water ir order to eliminate them, otherwise the secretions become too dense Without w'ater, the amount of urei which should be secreted becomes di minished, and so with the other se cretions. We need water, not only tc dissolve the food and carry it along but we need it to dissolve and carr) out of the system the poisonous aut worn-out material of the body, after i> has served its purpose. Water formt a circulating medium for carrying sub stances back and forth in the ays tem, conveying nourishment to th» various parts of the body, bring'.nf back the used-up material and carry ing it out by way of excretory ducts The amount of water daily requirec is from two to three pints. In ver) hot weather a larger amount is need ed. as much water is lost by perspira tion. If one's diet consists largely oi the juices of fruits, the quantity oi water may be considerably diminished Is Water a Food? Hutchinson, an English authority who has published the latest and besl work on foods, includes water amonj food substances. Water enters th« body, not cnly as a solvent, but as des fined to become a constituent element of the tissues themselves. Water addt to the energy of the body by increaa ing the power of the heart, and li other ways contributing to the activity of the tissues. Get Health. No labor, pains, temperance, pover ty, nor exercise that can gain it must be grudged; for sickness is a canniba which eats up all the life and youth it can lay hold of, and absorbs its owi sons and daughters.—Emerson. Organize to Combat Theosophy. Annie Besant has stirred tip a hor nets’ nest in India by declaring that theosophy, the "reliji^i-' revealed to her predecessor, Mme. Blavat^y, is the oldest relv?ion in the world. This has resulted in an organization of lec turers, whose object is to counteract Mrs. Bes/nt’s influence. They are now making Impassioned appeals urging the natives to look only to their own leaders. Prominent Hindoo thinkers declare that theosjphy is almost en tirely the creation of women, and tliav* are organizing with the object of driv ing the Besant cult out of India. Cold Storage of Fruit. Cold storage of fruit in the United States has grown to enormous pro portions, nearly 3.000.000 barrels of apples having been stored last year. It is found that if properly packed and handled the fruit does not much de teriorate. Japanese Tragedian Dances. Danjiro. the great Japanese tragedi an. is also the most skillful dancer of Tapan. President Roosevett's Plans. President Roosevelt will go to Ovs ter Ray on his return from Ht varc commencement in the latter part of June, which will this year be the twenty-fifth anniversary of his owr graduation. He plans to make nc other trip from Washington except tr go to Brooklyn for the dedication of the Slocum monument on Memorial day The intervening period in Washingtoc will oe exceptionally busy. Young Man in High Position. Lieut. Edward Y. Miller, a Pennsyl vx.nian, is now the practical agent ol th« authority of the Ifc; « states in the province of ParaglC ^hiliPpinea At the age oi S9 and with only two aa sistants of his own race he is main taining law and order in a terr'torv of 1.650 square miles, embracing sev enty-nine islands. s tv French Theater for London. Mme. Rejane, the noted French Ser CK '° eS'ab,is'' » [neater in London, at which heraeii [ “ni1 other French actora will | two seas>ns yearly. vpcar
