' JUST GI\E IT A THOUGHT
How little it costs if we give it a thougli *•
To make happy some heart each day 1
Just one kind word or a tender stuile.
As we go on our daily way:
Perchance a look will suffl-e to clear
The cloud from a loved one's face.
And the press of a hand in sympathy
A sorrowful te tr efface.
One walks in sunlight: another goes
All weary in the shade:
One treads a pad- :hat is fair end smooth;
Another must pay for aid.
It costs so little! 1 wonder why
We give it so little thought:
A smile—kind word»—a glance—a thonght!
What magic with them is wrought
—New York News.
——---- -—■—■-------- -—
O; no more railroading in mine."
said the hungry reporter, as he
tilted hl» chair back and eie-
rated his heels on the desk that the
city editor called hi» when he was
there, "There are some things in this
world I'm not adapted for. That's
one,”
The rest of the "late watch" gatb-
erad around, with exclamations of
amazement and surprise, and he cou
tinned:
You see. I once applied to a dlrislon
superintendent for a Job. and was as-
surad my application would be consid
ered the very first vacancy that oc
curred. Then I waited The suspense
was not especially trying to me. but 1
could see I was wearing on the friends
with whom I was board.ug consider
ably.
One day. however, the “caller." the
man that rounds up the train men
when they are wanted to go out on a
special, came around with a note re
questing me to call nt the superintend
ent's office. Of course. I compiled with
the request, and was told that they
wanted tne to act as assistant agent for
a day or two at a place called Don-
eril's, or something like that.
I wanted to know if I would hare
time to go and pack my grip, but they
seemed to think such a delay would
materially prejudice the prospect! of
the road, so I grabl>ed the pass and
made for the train, which I manapd
to catch, after a brief but exciting
cha»e. Then my "grief.” as the rail-
road men called it. began.
"This train don’t stop at Donerll'a.
young feller." said tbe conductor, a«
he pocketesl my pass and pn^-eeded
calm.y on his rounds. 1 would have
liked to have a»ked him what I was
expected to do about it. but his counte
nance was so stern and forbidding I
did not dare.
We were rapidly nearing my desti
nation. and something had to be done,
iso I informed a brakeman of my pre
dicament. and he very kindly volun
teered to ask “Fatty Duff" to alow
down a Uttle at Isoneril’s and let me
off. I presume he did so. but If there
was any—te«l ictlon In the speed of the
train It was too »light for my uuprac-
tlced eye to detect. The brakeman en
couraged me. however, and. as there
appeared to Ise no other alternative,
wdieti we were nearly abreast of tbe
platform I let go and dropped.
1 did not light right away, but when
I did land the concussion was some
thing awful, and as I rollM over and
over It seemed to n»e I insist have gath
ered up about all the Splinters there
were In that platform 111 different |>or
tion» of my anatomy.
I was »till
gyrating when the last car whizzed by.
but I heard the "hiud man's" timely
warning:
"Look out. young man. you'll tear
your clothes!"
It was a rickety old station, the walls
fiescvsed with inaslnvi tomatoes Emp
ty chlcketl coops, fruit tsoxes. berry
cheats and watermelon rinds, scatter,-!
•bout the platform, exhaled a faded
snd depressing odor, and the only vis
Ible indication of life or denth was the
swarms ot flies buzxlng drowsily In tlie
hot sunshine I pick«! my way to the
office and present«! my credential» to
the agent, a tall, lank man. with a long
neck, careworn feature«, and a stiff
hat that look«! out of place in the
mid»: of such rural surroundings, He
was abaorb«! in u newspaper, and it
was aometlme l>efore he notl<«l me, At
length, however, he threw down the
paper, read my letter, and Invited me
to make myself at home. T!.vu Lv un-
bosomed himself:
"I'm sick and tired of this btisinc
he said. "The work's enough to ki
mule, but it's the Injustice and lack of
appreciation that makes me hot.
can’t pick up a pa|>er without »cell
lot of Tot’ about tbe heroism of 1
motive engineers, and tbe terrible
sponsibility that makes train dispatch
ers hump shouldered l>efore their time
but never a single, solitary word about
Station agents. Why. to read the pa
pera. a person would think an en; n<
went through life with bls eye glued
the rail and a death grip ou the re
versing lever, and that the train dis
patcher had to put in all his spare
time nopping his head with hair vigor
to keep from turning gray in a alngle
night. But look at the facta.
"Any track walker can tell you
an engtn«*r Is asleep more than
the time when out on the line,
that the only way to cal
to a slow flag or a »1 op signal
beave • rock through t >e cab w
while, a» for the trait dispatch
all know what he is
wttb an eight-hour tr
ardoooa duties «vnsist
poor wretches out on
Ing us into «'tiding him a n
ute of fruit, fresh eggs a
Heroism I lt«»i«insibillty!
ain’t enough to give a per
taste for stroug drink!" A
«ppear«! In the dire
4l>out half a mile dot
When be mum«!
idea of my dutie
-You
••rte ta
cl-iswfi«'
fea« mjr
I*wn<
auce-
"Tbal a bad.
rd.
"Y u t»et
car over thirty-six boars, and we're
liable to $500 fine."
Tue cow was unloaded Immediate
ly. When I returned to the office he
called my attention to a bbl of 98
cents I had collected ou a washing
machine.
"You corrected that bill before you
collected it. I hope?”
"Corrected it? No. What's wrong?"
“Oh. a mere trifle: that comes under
the Interstate Commerce I-aw. and
by overcharging 13 cents you've laid
us liable to a fine of $5.000. or two
years in tbe penitentiary, or both—
that's all.
See what circular 2.301
violate any
says:
’Agents who
of the provisions of tbe Inter-
state Commerce I-aw will them-
•elves be personally liable to the pen
alties imposed thereby. Ignorance of
the law is no excuse for its violation.'
That's soothing, ain't it? And here's
a ca»e of brandv you've forwarded to
Iowa, a prohibition State. That's an
other misdemeanor, but. thank God. we
can probably es- ape to the hills before
the authorities get on to It."
He sprang from bis chair and began
pacing the floor, muttering to himself:
"Oh. no; there's no heroism r«juired
to run a station—no responsibility at
tached to tbe position. Fines are laid
up for you. jails and penitentiaries
yawn for you; but that's nothing—
that's merely tbe every-day routine."
He caught sight of the express book
and stopped short.
"Those quails." he faltered, looking
“You examined
at me imploringly,
each bird, as :he law directs, to see
that It had not l«een captured by a net.
pound, weir or trap? You know rule
sd says agents must acquaint them
selves with and be governed by the
game laws of their State and Terri
tory."
1 could not speak, but he read the
answer In my downcast face. He ex
tended bis hand to me. while a look of
sublime exaltation transfigured bis
homely countenance.
"As the agent." he said, and bls
voice bad the terrible calmness of In-
s; air. “I am responsible for your crimes
—I am forever undone, but I t>ear you
no malice. It was fate, whatever hap
pens. remember. I forgive you. but."
and he jammed his hat d--wn over his
ears and his eyes glared wildly, "they
will never take me alive."
Then he strode out of the off! ?e and
disappeared.
The sun sank below tbe western hor
izon znd twilight znd mosquitoes In
vade«! tne melancholy landscape.
Presently a freight train came along
and halted for water. It so happened
that an empty box-car stopped right
opposite the office, and »• I raxed into
I
ter sit right down ami familiarize your
self with them. You'll find 'em all In
those file«. R. sides the tariffs, there's
724 supplements and 1.017 amend
ments. in addition to 2.286 circulars
that you should po»t up on. Then,
there's the special commodity rates,
and the modified ruling« as applied to
the different tariffs and the new rul
ings— there » 480 of 'em—thaï Uve ap-
¡x'ared since the last classification was
issu«!. After you get all those down
pat. it would be well to devote a little
time to the local classification and
tariffs—learn the terminal points, and
get the routing instructions committed
to memory. Hello! there's that freight
coming at last. Tell ’em there’s noth
ing for 'em. I've got to go across the
street aud collect some bill»—you can
check out any freight they've got.”
And be again withdrew.
The conductor walked in and said:
Ask ’¡m if he's got anything for No.
I put the question to the train dis
patcher over tbe wire, aud he answer
ed "No.” very plainly and distinctly.
After a while the train pulled out.
and I was looking for the "s.
to report them, when the train
patcher began calling the off. .-e.
I answered, aud he said: "Get No
23.”
"They're gone.”
“Stop 'em."
“I say they’ve gone."
“Fetch 'em back."
"They're gone. I »—"
“Shut rhat key and go an id bring that
train back for orders!"
I clos««! the key and wandered
lezaly out on tbe platform. In
vague hope of seeing the agent, or
•omrthitig might happen. To my
prise. I saw that the freight had »top
ped at the other end of the yard, about
three-quarter» of a mile away. I cou'd
still hear the dispatcher calling, and
knew by the vicious sound of the in
struments that he was mad. Thoughts
of cvllisions and the possibility of lie
lug responsible for a terrible accident
flash«! across uiy mind, and 1 start«l
for that train on a run. The distance
was greater than 1 had imsginvL and
1 was completely blown when 1 came
up with it. The conductor was lying
on his back, under a car. fix.ng some
thing about the air brake. 1 manage«!
to gasp out that the train dlapatcber
wanted him for orders.
'"Tell him to go plumb to h—I!"
s’l-mied the c. dn -or. and then slm'y
continued hl» labor. As there seem«!
nothing e se to l>e done. 1 start««! back
to the station to deliver the message,
and bad gon» but a short distance
when the engine passe! me. bac»:, g up
to the office. It «*»» going to«« fast for
me to board it. «o the conductor and
engineer had !«een waiting ten minu
te« or more when I eventually reached
the station.
"If it’» all the same to you. part
ner." *a.«l t .e -'»’i.-l
r. w • free.- g
(HiliteneM. "wed Just a» ««on get out
of here. We ve g->t families at the
other end of the run. and *ud like to
get there t«ef<>re they grow out of our
remembrance ”
1 w»lk«l Into the office and told the
dispatcher I had st<q-;«ed the train.
"Why don't you tie all day aN’ut It”'
he answer«L
them—It'» too
a:
how "
I was afraid if the conductor when
1 told him thia, His jaw fell, and for
fully a minuta
at me In
round ey«l !
rushed from
the office an
he engineer:
"Get a luovt
Git out of
here liefere
>r fit!"
aratively
After
quiet for
a feeble
g of tbe
■ up the
■ SOT TXT!
SS SHRÎEKFD.
the hospitably open d<xir a great home
sickness and . yearning stole over me.
For a moment I
hesitated, but a
scream of mortal angu'sh reached my
ears from tbe direction ot ’be saloon,
and decided me.
Softly closing the office door. I crept
into the nntenanted car. and when tbe
engineer had "taken up the slack" and
pulled out of Ikmerll. my career as an
assistant agent was a: an end.—The
Gate« ay.
••WESTWARD STAR OF EMPIRE.'
M»rvelon« Grnwth of the Tr«ni-Mie
• i»»ipni Region in Recent Tear».
Since ISfsi the farms which have
been opened between the Mississippi
and the Paciflv are almost equal to the
entire land area of the original thir
teen States, and these are increasing
rapidly. They will make a further
arge Increase when the national irri
tation act of 19t>2 gets fairly Into ope
ration. This reg.on in 19t»> produced
•«5 5 per cent of the entire country's
wheat 51 1 per cent of its corn. 78.2
l>er cent of it» tiarley. 2.7 per cent of
its buckwheat. 4’ 1 per cent of its oats
and 30 1 per •■ent of it» rye. or 53 1 per
■ent of the country'» cereals in ths ag
gregate. In ls5o. on the other hand,
this - hh ty | rt«!i>-*ed only 9.6 per .-ent
of the country'« cereal yieh! Of tbe
country'« cattle, horse*, mules, sheep,
swine and other farm animals 59 4 per
,-ent were found w, «t of the M.sstssippl
In I'.»«', as •outpaced with 11.9 per cent
in 185t>. Th.« .ocality in HAW produced
1» « i*r cent of the country's gold and
1».' 8 ¡»>r cent of It» silver.
While the center of the country’s
area, ex us:ve of Alaska and the isl-
- -
Ka: «ss. ’he cemer of the country's
i. and population is In Indiana, and that of
ut ac tbe "nntry's manufacture« Is In Ohio.
\
agh thia reg'on had 27 5 per cent
of the whole country's population In
11W and fumi» «L In value. 43 2 per
•tit of the country'» farm products of
1 sort» the product of its manufact-
res mearly half of which »m fur
s’ -1 y Ml«»' r . calif — a and M!n-
•a • wm only 16.1 per cent of that
he entire country
But here. too.
there ha» been an immense advance.
' -r in !<<’ th!» on ty provided : ly
9 per .-ent of the country'» manufact-
• relative gain is pu ng tt.e
ring center westward.
»tward sw1
be center
u
Noanegotiable
“Pls is a fine paper." said Meander
ing Mike; “ft says dat de difficulty is
not so much In perducln' value as in
gittfn' it to de best market.”
“What's dut to you?" said Plodding
Pete.
"It describes my trouble percisely.
I've got an appetite dat some o’ dese
rich folks would give a million dol
lars fur. An' what good is It?"—
Washington Star.
"Mister," said tbe seedy hobo, ad
dressing a prosperou>looking citizen,
"would you kludjy favor a worthy but
unfortunate feliow-mau with a few
pennies?"
"What is your occupation?" asked
tbe other, as he put bls hand in bis
pocket
"Sir," replied the victim of hard luck,
as he held up a tat’«rad font -sleeve
an-' sm.l.-d grimly, "I've been cUectlng
rents for some time past"
The old, old Story.
"Have you ever sent any of your
poems to the magazine«?" asked the
•ent¡mental maid.
"Yes," answered tbe long-haired
verse carperter. "but merely as a guar
anty of good faith and not necessar.ly
for publication."
Ravage, of Time.
A.as! the mystery of poor mamma's
disappears nee Is now explained."
Very Appropriate.
• Remember, my boy." sail tbe good
old deacon, ’that even the hairs of our
heads are numbered."
"Well, uncle." rejoined tbe Irrever
ent : epbew. "In your case the count
doesn't take up much of the enumer
ating angel's time."
Some kind friends were giving to
erect a column of marble over the de
ceased jokesmith.
One Man's Wisdom.
"Here is a fine piece." said the deal
Smith—Gotrox was worth over a
er.
million when he died, but he didn't
"Why. that's a funny coltffan." re leave a will.
plied the friend, gazing at the peculiar
Jone»—I wonder why?
carving.
Smith—Ob. I guess he wanted h'.s
"Well, didn't you say he was a Joke heirs to get tbe benefit of his wealth
smith
instead of tbe lawyers.
CONSOLATION.
widow Ketchum—My busband left me quite a good deal when be died.
Mr. Oldbateb—Well, you ought to be used to that: you know he did tbe
same thing when he was living.
Hard tn Plea««.
“They're accusing you now." said
the friend of the political boss, "of
putting money Into politics."
"Huh." snorted the boss. "There's
no pleasin' 'em at all. Before I made
my pile they accused me of takin'
money out o' politics."—Philadelphia
Press.
The Main Thine.
Mr. Nervey—Miss Roxley, I adore
you. Will you not be my wife?
Miss Roxley (haughtily »—The Idea of
y ur proposing to a girl tn my smtk.nl
You should know better.
Mr. Nervey—I do krww better, but
no richer.— Philadelphia Press.
Fnlty l>e»crlbed.
FcHp.ed.
Ascum—My wife telephoned to me
“We can excei you in everything.
to go to Woodley's and get a talarrt
boasted the American.
Lemme see. a tabaret's one of those
“1 don't think you can.” responded
wide low th.ngs like a table, only------
the Englishman.
Outlate—Yes: It's a low thing with
“How about our get rich-quick con
corners all over it that stands al> ut
cerns? Have you any to equal them?"
shin high In tbe dark—Philadelphia
"Sure! How about our njblemen Preas.
that marry American girls?”
Enrr.
Gritty George—Yes. little boy. I am
always taking my meals am- ng stran
gers.
4
<’M end—Oh. bow lucky you ire!
Why you can take two pieces of Ple
Another Matter.
Messenger—Your wife »ays you
s?x>uld come home st
e. Mr. Easy-
1
boy Pe hc.ise has burned down.
"Oh. weiL that's all gbL It d.dn t
belong to me."
"But the furniture was destroyed
too."
"Um-um I Belonged to the 1
ment bouse "
"And de coal ta de cellar j bum-
"I can especially recommend this In'.“
"What! Get out of tile way. I paid
tailor-made gown for service." said the
genial manager of the ready-to-wear for that coal yesterday!"
department
Sir." answered the young Lady cus
tomer. with a look that was calculated
to freexe tbe mercury In a thermome
ter. “I'm not going out to service."
Mr»»«e Fancv.
Patient—After taking that med! Ine
I bad eome very mysterious drear..«
Doctor— Weil. I told you It would
cause you to dream of tbe impoaelble.
l'atient—1 guess you are right, doc-
tor. I dreamed 1 saa sertimg your
bilL
Another War Ramar.
PrtzclUa—Lleutet ar t Huggins seems
to be rather attent-ve to Mia» Edera
letgb of late
•A
Mel cent—Ye» and she A eviîer.tl
’
•kirm »hing a-> und trying to pre- p-
ttate an engagement.
Cetd Coos fort.
9 aa
g bls way>—
T tells me that
k and houae-
d lady jcahnly?—Tre I have had
-•-•fui y taught, f. e I Lars always
bel I that no lady wb-> d *s not uz-ler-
eland he ■.•r-j.ee; g a praq-eriy JL-w;
sports must be abandoned, aside from
skating, tobogganing and kindrod
amusements, the search for new games
to occupy the long evenings begins.
It is in supplying this demand for nov
elties to fill In the winter season that
a number of inventors have found for
tune smiling on them in earnest and
discovered that some simple game or
puzzle, which came to them perhaps in
an Instant, has made them rich. So
it is not surprising that a host of new
amusements makes Its appearance ev
ery year, and that old favorites are
soon displaced with novelties of a
Later date. In the picture we show
a new adaptation of a game which
would have been popular many years
ago had It not been for tbe high price
of tbe implements with which It is
played. It is unnecessary to refer to
the actual cost of the table, cues and
balls which go to make up the pool
and billiard outfit, as these are well
known, but recently substitutes I for
these high priced implements 1 have
been Introduced at a lower cost, The
apparatus here shown does not even
require a special table, but can l>e
played on the dining table, with tbe
aid of a cushion of webbing stretched
around tbe edges by means of
> corner
brackets. The pockets for tbe pool
game consist of pyramidal blocks.
which rest on the table and have each
apex bored out to a depth sufficient
to contain the ball. Tbe latter must
be struck with a cue and driven up
the inclined surface of the pryamid
with sufficient force to drop It Into
the pocket at tbe top. It would seem
that no »mail degree of skill will be
necessary 1n order to lodge the ball
In tbe pocket, neither overshooting
nor falEng short in the attempt
General Andrew Jackson's statue In
Lafayette square. Washington, is the
oldest equestrian s-arue now standing
In tbe United States.
The first equestrian statue erected
In the New World, which still stands.
is a colossal statue of Charles IV. of
Spain. In the city of Mexico.
The sixteen thousand monastic es
tablishments of France have about
four hundred thousand inmates, or one
to every one hundred of the popula
tion.
The Washington Elm at Cambridge
Is now old and feeble. A plain tablet
near the trunk bears the following in
scription by Longfellow: “Under thi<
tree Washington first took command
of the American army. July 3. 1775."
In centra! England there is a broad
region among the mining and manu
facturing district« which lies more or
les« continuously under a pall of
stnok*. and where an area of land,
estimated to cover fourteen thousand
acres. Is buried with ash heaps and
refuse, on which a little grass grows.
This is • gnificantly called the "Black
Country."
M Te»sipoff. a Russian naval sur
geon attached to th? Baltic Sea fleet
has been experimenting with an appa
ratus for taking photographs of the
sea floor at any depth: and. it is re
ported. with ’n -b success that reli
able reco-ds of submarine life may
now te reckoned among our available
sources of biological knowledge.
South American cities have many
equestrian statues, but the most nota
ble is ’bat of Bolivar, the Venezuelan
liberator, which ha« a prominent place
in one of the parks of Caracas, It Is
estimated that there are almost four
hundred equesri an statues In the
world.
At present Washington has
eight, or one-fiftieth of the entire num
ber scattered among the cities of all
countries.
A most Interesting memorial of the
Boman occupation of England has
Just been • Id under the auctioneer's
hammer. This is the Roman station
of Amboglanna. the largest on the fa
mous wall which marked the limit of
the Roman province. After an exist
ence of ISO year« the wails of the
station, five feet thick, are in a won
derful state of preservation. The gate
ways are nolle -q-ecimen.s of Roman
work. Seme of the wedge-shap«1
stone« In the arches are still to be
»een on the ground. The Interior
the camp is marked with lines of
streets and ths ruins cf buildings.
ANTS KIDNAP THEIR FOES.
Raid» Nel«hb*rlns Village, and Carry
Off Many Priasners
Dr. H C. McCook tells of a species
of kldnaptaff ant« which make organ
ized attacks on other ant vl.lages for
the purpose of capturing slaves. Here
i« an «cccunt of the attack:
“The
“At last tbe tnuater Is complete.
uon in
Mysteriously but effectively the signal
f a rvvo- •Forward? la given and the column
mormt; moves from the hill. There Is no
regular alignment, but a show of sol
idarity. a h ding of tbe ranks within
close compass and tou -b—a ’rout step.’
in fact. There Is no general: there are
no subordinate offi 'era. but such is the
sympathetic un ty that they seem to
move In respsmae to one will and com-
ma nd. If every warr-r is a law unto
himself the law so binds and ani
mate« and
’ a *..,e that tie
ends of ar. organized ■
rt are serve«?
“Assault, battle ami pi.'.age fol w
tie. The obje
quickly upon the sortie.
tvs point of tbe march is not far aw.
A hundred yards distant Is a Fus.
vtlinge. T'«e route thereto lies aen
shouting wira'
the clge of a grove, over a footpa
could tell what.
■k'ng a fa en tree, under whose she.:
" Why I am afraid this to a revira- and shaded by tufts
tuf1 of gras« ;» tbe de-
tion" said be
voted commune, lt 1« feet le in num-
“ Raimundo Gabriele.'
bra and there li » a bare show of de-
smooth, nnrufl M ti tl-S of bi
19 tbe f- Teel«x>ters bar! tbem-
CT
the ■ t I and Flung» Into
gatea, Tbe v..lagera flee at
woaet through aaaaa..ed or
Mall—Ye»,
«nd
comp-uLacrr
' secret passages. Home run the gaunt
let through tbe assaulting ranks. All
who can. carry a part of the family
ty,-a<ures—eggs, larvae and pupae. Like
their brobdingnaglan brothers of tho
human race, when disaster befalls,
their first care 1» for their offspring.
Ths fugitive mount into nearby
clumps of low wood plants, whence
they look down upon the devastation of
i their home»—with what feelings? For
one must suppose that the midgets do
feel, though sometimes be would fain
hope otherwise.
"Meanwhile the invaders Issue from
the gates, bearing in their Jaws tbe
Fuscan young and occasionally an
adult. They take the home trail, but
not in ordered ranks. It is go-as-you-
please now. They are welcomed back
by their black confederates, who re
ceive the captives and take them—
their very own slaters perhaps—into
the domestic quarters. The soldiers
hurry back to the scene of action. for
their work Is not yet finished.”—Har
per’s Magazine.
FOE OF THE BATH-TUB.
Dr. Robertson, W ho Say» Body-Wash«
in« 1» Not Healthful.
Don't!” says Dr. John Dill Robert
son. of Chicago, when you speak of
bathing., "It may kill you.
"I have not bad a
bath in two years.”
said be in confirm
ation of the theory
I
advanced by him at
a recent meeting
of a Chicago socie
ty and which has
been made tbe sub
ject of not a little
ridicule. "In fact,
I have not had
more than four or
five baths in the
DB. BOBDBISOS.
last 10 years, which
about covers the period of my medical
career. My skin is just as clean as
when I used to bathe. I weigh 172
pounds, and I Lave better health than
I ever enjoyed before, whereas, form
erly. when I tried baths of various
kinds—hot. cold and tepid—I was
scarcely ever free from a cold In the
head. To be clean is not to be moist,
but to be dry: not to bathe, but to
keep clean clothes by changing gar
ments often. Is a miner dirty Just
because he Is covered with carbon?
Is the diamond dirt because It Is car
i bon? For wnat do you bathe—to be
clean or to look white? The bath
causes *a useless waste of fat. which
must be replaced with tissues of the
body.
Soap and water loosens and
destroys this fat, and nature Is kept
busy manufacturing more. Boys in
the swimming season lose flesh and
get poor. To bathe much is debilitat
ing. Many people are bnthed out of
the world. Bathing, especially lu win
ter. is frequently the cause of pneu
monia and other dangerous diseases.
"Nature warns us against bathing In
wlntei by freezing all her bath tubs,
Few animals bathe In winter. Alco-
hollc drinks and bathing are raspon-
sible for nearly all our pneumonias;
both send :he blood to the skin, caus
ing It to glow; both predispose to cold,
by dilating the blood vessels, and both
are dangerous. A skin that Is bathed
frequently also has a greater growth
of bacteria than one which Is not sub
jected to soap and water, In a word,
he who bathes much must necessarily
be filthy, because, first, by rough fric-
tion he scars his skin and makes It so
that loose particle« of dirt will cling
to It. and. secondly, he makes the
skin do part of the work of the kid
neys. and anything that carries sew
age can never be clean. To be clean,
them Is not to bathe, but to keep clean
clothes.”
ONE OF DOWIE'S STORIES.
An Old Scotchman VVmo Went Throng
Bankruptcy.
John Alexander Dowie is opposed to
the bankruptcy laws, which lie regard«
as dishonest. Mr. l»owie holds that it
a man owes a debt be owes it till It is
paid, and no law on earth can absolve
him from it. In his hotel one after
noon. during his New York campaign.
Mr. Dowie told a reporter a bankrupt
cy story.
"In Scotland, where 1 come from.”
be said, "there used to live an old man
named Fergus MacGregor. Fergus car
ried the bankruptcy law to Its logical
conclusion. and proved. uaconsdously.
Its fallacy.
"The old man was a chandler. He
got Into difficulties. failed, went
through the bankruptcy court, and was
let off at the rate of 5 shillings to the
pound.
Permission was given him
’hat 1» to say. to liquidate each just
debt of £1 by the payment of only 5
shillings.
"Well. Fergus was a happy man
when the order of the court was an
nounce«! to him. He paid all he owed
at on«'. He said he saw L:s way clear
to growing rich. And next morning
he started out to do a little shopping
for his wife.
“He went to the gtweer's and bought
potatoes, tea. oatmeal, sugar, eggs, and
I so forth, to the extent of £i At the
i end. taking up his parcel«, he laid
I down 10 shillings tn payment.
" 'Fergus, man. this is not right.’
said the grocer. “Your bill is ¿2. not
I 10 shillings.'
“ Oh. yea. that's all right.’ said Fer
gus, ’I have permission from the judge
to pay 5 shll.ir.gs in the pound.’
“Fergus you see. thought that the
Judge'» order was to hold gixsl for tbe
rest of his natural life, and it was a
j hard business to convince him to the
I o ntrary. What 1 say Is. why shouldn't
I the order have held gx>l? Why Isn't
, it a* right to pay future debts at tbe
-ate of 5 »hillings to tee pound as to
pay past ones?”
Never Tottchet Him.
"Hello, o.d chap
sa! 1 the chronic
borrower as be met an acquaintance.
"you re looking w ell."
■ Ye«. and I'm feeling well." replied
the other, "since I gave up my worst
habit."
“What was that’” asked the c. b
“I cave up giving up." was the brief
bat s gm 3■'ant rep .y.
Not Mach of an Improvement.
Do you think that man descended
m monkeys r
S'tae «
sded." Answered M:«s
Cayenne. “and some merely ires» tf-
ferenti,. —Washington Star.