14
Carpenter's Letter
(Continued from rage Twelre.)
ter you are handed your order. Ever yon
alts upon himself, carrying his bowl of
oup or coffee to one of the tables and alt
ting there while he consumes It.
I took dinner In one of these kitchens the
other day. My first check was for soup,
and It cost me 3 cents. The soup was
made of beans, and 1 venture the bowl
contained over a pint. It was, at any rate,
more than enough, and that which I at
stayed In my delicate stomach for hours.
I had also J cents' worth of boiled beef,
a 1 cent cup of coffee and finished up with
a penny's worth of custard for dessert,
so that my dinner all told cost me 7 cents.
The conditions I have described prevent
the average worklngman laying up any
thing against sickness or old age. The
wages are so low and the chances to rise
so few that the majority of laboring men
live from hand to mouth. Only a few own
their own homes and fewer hope to make
fortunes. If the same conditions prevailed
In the United States our poor houses would
be full, we should have tramps on every
road and beggars at our doors.
Tbo German government prevents such
a condition by compelling all workmen to
pay a certain proportion of their wages to
a government Insurance fund which shall
aupport them when they are sick and give
them pensions when they are too old to
work.
The sum paid are very small, the lowest
class being only about 3 cents per week
and the highest about 8 cents per week.
Half of this sum is paid by the em
ployer and half by the laborer. The em
ployer Is required to see that the whole Is
paid or he Is subject to a fine
The result Is he takes It out of the wages
and the government Is sure to get Its fees.
Many laborers make It a part of their con
tract that the employer shall pay all the
Insurance, and some employers voluntarily
pay the Insurance of their employes who
receive wages to a certain amount.
A payment of 3 cents a week gives a
laborer after his retiring age $83 a year;
i cents may give him as much as J130 a
Tear and S or 7 cents, from $130 to $270.
If be pays & cents he may annually re
ceive $270 or more, according to the time
he has been paying in and other conditions.
There are also certain payments for acci
dents and permanent disabilities, and in
case of death tho widow and children an
nually get from 13 to 20 per cent of their
husband's or father's former earnings.
All wage earners receiving less than $500
per year aro by law required to belong to
such associations. They pay their pre
miums In stamps, which are pasted upon
cards and kept in books which mast be
shown to the police upon demand. The
government watches carefully to see that
the insurance Is kept up and as a result .
It has a big fund to take care of Its needy
Ud doservlng poor.
FRANK O. CARPENTER.
Inhaling Tobacco Smoke
On the labels of some boxes of cigarettes
at present being sold to the pubilo Is a
statement to the effect that the cigarettes
are made of the purest tobacco and paper
obtainable, and that, . therefore, the smoke
from them may be Inhaled safely and with
out Irritating the respiratory passages. We
Jo not hesitate to say that such a state
ment Is highly mischievous and that the
practice of Inhaling smoke Into the lungs
la attended with considerable risk to the
health of the smoker.
It Is to be feared that the cigarette Is
responsible for the prevalence of this ob
jectionable habit of inhaling tobacco smoke;
the pipe or cigar smoker Is, as- a rule, not
addicted to It because probably the smoke
la too strong or too Irritating. But the
tact that the smoke of a cigarette may be
wnirrltating does not minimise the evil ef
fect of drawing the smoke Into the lungs,
for by this method the absorption of the
poisonous constituents of tobacco smoke
(and all tobacco smoke Is more or less
poisonous) Is very rapid, these entering
quickly Into the circulatory system by
many of the pulmonary capillaries. Even
In the mouth and nasal passages there Is
some amount of absorption, but this la
trifling compared with that which takes
place In the lungs. The practice of inhal
ing tobacco smoke la, therefore, etrongly
to be discountenanced, . and venders of
cigarettes should refrain from printing on
the boxes mischievous statements such aa
that to which we have alluded.
There Is no reason for . believing that
smoking tobacco In a rational way la pro
ductive of harm; on the contrary. It is the
common experience that , when moderately
Indulged In It serves to allay restlessneas
and Irritability, but the sequel to the habit
of Inhalation may Indeed be dire, the heart
and nervous system being chiefly affected.
Yet many cigarette smokers labale the
smeke In the lungs, at may be seen from
the fact that very little of the smoke which
they draw from the cigarette Is afterward
ejected. London Lancet.
Speedy Electric Lines
A Berlin dispatch to the Chicago Tribune
ays: In bis report upoa the results of
the rapid transit experiments over the
military road between Berlin and Zoascn,
Chief Engineer Dr. Relrhel states that
several long distance trips were made with
THE ILL, U STB ATE D BEE.
April 12, EWX
the electric rapid transit ears, and that
the velocity was from 120 to 126 kilometers
per hour (75 to 73 miles).
At a speed of 160 kilometers per hour
(100 miles) the required power was up to
15,000 volts; for starting the train the
mechanical power was equal to 2,500 horse
power; In full motion only 700. Each of
the two motor cars carried three attached
cars easily at a speed of 120 kilometers (75
miles) per hour, the total weight being
about 200 tons.
The chief engineer gives It as his opinion
thst a speed of 200 kilometers (125 miles)
can be attained, provided the required
amount of electric energy can be supplied,
as during full motion from 1,400 to 1,600
horse power Is required. For freight trans
portation also electric power gave good re
sults. A train of lOfl tons gross weight wsa
easily moved,' even over Inclines of 1.200,
at a speed of 53 kilometers per hour (32H
miles).
Through the possibility of supplying the
motor car directly with a current of 10,000
and more volts the weight of the motor cars
and that of the transformers could be re
duced from nine-two to seventy-eight tons,
equal to a saving of twenty-eight tons of
dead weight.
War Medal for the Major
Major Church Howe, United States con
sul in Sheffield, has Just received a medal
In grateful recognition of bis services at a
critical moment In his country's history.
When the rebellion broke out In 1861 the
regular army was largely In the west, and
Washington was In peril. President IJn
coln called for volunteera to defend the
capital, whereupon the Sixth Massachusetts
volunteers responded in a body, and three
hours after the call were In the cars speed
ing away to Washington. Major Church
Howe, then a youth of 19, was a private In
the regiment, and took his place In the
fighting line. Now, more ha tartj years
after the war, the state of Massachusetts,
from old cannon captured at the time, has
struck medals, and precented them to the
"minute nun" wh) responded to the nation's
call at a moment's notice. The medal, a
very handsome one, has the following In
scription: "The Commonwealth of Massa
chusetts. To the members of the Massa
chusetts Volunteer Militia who were mus
tered Into the United States service In re
sponse to President Lincoln's first call for
troops. April 15, 1861."
In forwarding the medal to Major Church
Howe, the assistant adjutant general of the
commonwealth of Massachusetts wrote: "I
have the honor and the pleaaure respect
fully to acquaint you that there has been
mailed to you from this office, in separate
cover, one of the medals which a grateful
commonwealth has Issued in commemora
tion of the loyalty and responsiveness of
her sons who responded in April, 1861, to
the call to arms, and by their prompt serv
ice stayed a rebellion and saved a nation.
Tou, my dear air, aa one of those minute
men so recognised, are entitled to this dis
tinction, and it is an especial privilege and
pleasure to me to be the medium in plac
ing the medal In the bands of a loyal sol
dier and representative of my country In a
foreign land." Sheffield (Eng.) Telegraph.
Christians in Egypt
(Continued from Fifth Page.)
very much the same form as those of our
days "requesting the presence of," ete.
There were lawsuits between these Chris
tians, and there aro records of divorces
granted by the public officials.
It is not always essy lor the Investigators
to be certain that they are dealing with
Christian names, for some of them have
Jewish characteristics, and there were many
Jews in Egypt from Alexander's time.
Within the next few years a large mass
of evidence relating to the life of these
Christiana in ancient Egypt will be gath
ered, for the exploration thus far baa really
been only preparatory. Every year one or
more volumes appear filled with reproduc
tions of the papyri found in thla Interest
ing district. Soon it should be possible
to write the full story of the life of the
Christians of the period.
LUCIUS MANTBLL.
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state and territory I the Union.
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name of tn. tow wiliml If so. yea mmj caaUr wia In this
and a an oaw!
la making the word th. letter can be oM onl
fiemeinner inat
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P'liini mall, w ho liwwa hat tia nn wla a Hli
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hi the prnpnr ortter an aa to nell tba taanr wlati dxatredT They are four of th moat common of all tn.
L llur of tiieta ere vary dm to the heart of every patriotM American, and uk Mnrta im ramrit.
HIT of the anna and duAljn of RrnVa P.meraJd lata. It la earr erorauienl on ML Patrick day and at
alaa guile wnmmoa tn paaliutt and aardana Snrinf tha emnmer lima. Now, ean yn make o t th .
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1Mh' rend m any winner with yoor aaawer, bat la eur, to write our nam and
bin It. Knul yow eolation of tni panic to ne at on, and 70a will reenre ear rvply by
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We (HMild Rive the najnoeuf aroree of othern to whom we hare peid pn -f In prenoiw eonteatt all amount
Ins to many thoaaandj of dollar, but the above name are enonKh to nTlni anyone Uiat we are reliable
and do juat aa we aay. Wa alatll be plraaed to liaye yon inquire of any of them, lmt If yon write them ba
on to cucleae stumped envelope for their reply. We pay all prUeaand efclp planoa prom ply aa poaaible.
$500.00 FORFEIT.
WewfU p j a forfeit of &JIOO.O
'AM if anyone can pror I hat
we liar not )-iid all prlxea prvrir
Irred to tbe above, and to nundtvtli
of ottmr wtnnrrel or Um tbe liniv
idrrdsor tentimontale on file in our
Kmtarmt genuine. Wn- Pwm, s
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nera lian reroTed tliouaand of naef ul and raluable prixe praniiuma,
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be one of the winner In llie reent conteat. All you ban to do I f
irv. We coald allow hundmU of otliar teatiniomala from ttioeewho
aaawBBwoawhtn won priaea In our yarioua conteata, all ahowinR that we alweya do
ioar.aa wm airree and aatiafy all nanm Our pntrona 1it participated In thediatribntlon of over SIvO,.
iMM.Ott CmK l'nr and thouannd of dollar a1 worth of Premium Mep-bandiae 1'iisea. Would yoa
linn at atirl or inn mm, i vv.w or n niw upriim i innm 11 ao, era n yoa cmnno aoi-ve in
poaala printed abora and aend ua a correct anawer. I'erliap It wUI be eaaler than you think and yon may
win a fin priae. Try it. Sit down ndarad7 It out at once, aend u yoor eolation and we will write yon at
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Woo, Publishing Cor, Dept. 230, 291-3 Congress St., Boi3124, Boston. Mass.
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as tbo standard passenger line of
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