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Some Diet Follies v
Ej Woods Hutchinson, Ji. M, M D,
OMB diet delusions are
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which Is now devastating our breakfast tables, while others
are or most respectable antiquity. Among the latter la
that very ancient survival, the notion that particular foods
are "good" for particular things or effects. This 1 an al
most direct deseendent of the notion, hold with greater or
less unanimity by nearly all savage and barbarous tribes,
that the flosh or viscera of birds and animals possessing par-
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ncuiar qualities will bo likely to produce me i- -
In those who eat them. Thus Nero used to banquet on nightlngalo'a t0USue
In the hope of improving his voice, and,he OJlbwa cut out aDd devoured the
.lieart of a bear, the liver of e. buffalo? etc., believing that the strength and
courage of these animals would thereby be transferred to blmse-lf. It is
probable that the most grewsome of ancestral iltea cannibalism was largely
due to the same belief, although, of course, In Neanderthal days Prlinl"v
man would have no more hesitancy about eating his enemy after he had killed
him than he would In devouring a bear or a deer. In fact, tbo early nvrt'
of jhe missionaries In the South Sea Islands referred to their favorite dish
s "long pig." Every known race has at some time been cannibal.
There certainly was a childlike logicality and naivete about the concep
tion of the Maori wasrior who rounded and completed bis conquest of bis en
emy by eating him afterwards, and thus acquiring all the vigor and energy
which had been wont to oppose him. The story told of the old Maori chief
who, upon his death-bed, when urged by the missionary and his favorite wife
to a death-bed repentance, and told that In order to do so be must first for
give his. enemies, proudly lifted his dying head and exclaimed, "I have no
enemies; I have eaten them all," appeals to a slumbering chord In us even
yet. While certain moBt Intelligent people to-day would Jndlgnantly resent
the accusation of reverting to such days and Ideas, they 'will vigorously de
nounce the eating of pork as an unholy thing, on the ground that "he who
eats pork thinks pork," and the more orthodox of them will even declare that
while Scripture records that the devils entered into swine, we have no as
surance that they ever came out of them. From McClure's Magazine.
HI TlTS
liulu juineraL
Affect
By Professor
he history of American mining-towns presents many ex-
T amples of the determining effect of mineral deposits. Butte,
J Montana, is a city of 26,000 Inhabitants supported by copper
underlying" about one square mile of land surface. The
4 . , l V Bxla volonn A'i,t ra r, t tVfa nn flirlpr&ble set-
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tlernent, for In- other respects the region Is unproductive and
unattractive; without the mines the locality would support
with difficulty a population of one hundred souls. The min
eral deDOBlts of Nevada occur beneath strips of land a few
hundred" If et in width and In the midst of a hopeless desert, but they have
formed plausible pretext for adding a State to the Union and two Senators
to Congress. The decline of the lodes has now reduced Virginia City to a
population of 2500, as agnlnst' 11,000 In 1880, wben it was one of the busiest
cities In America, in the midst of a superlatively "booming" State. In 1900
Nevada was credited with a population of 42,335 a figure somewhat under
that for 1870; thus this State, with an area twice that of New England, has
less population than Waterbury, Connecticut Through the existence of min
eral products In close proximity, Pittsburg has become the emporium for
coal, petroleum, and Iron. Its case differs, however, from the above, for Its
development was far less artificial, and its destiny could never be that of the
regions already mentioned. Three navigable rivers converge at this point;
valleys sunk in a plateau provide natural routes for approaching railways.
Natural and unnatural access, it may be added, are contrasted at Pittsburg by
the fact that one railroad has recently been forced to expend $35,000,000 to
effect an .entrance to the city by overcoming a minor geographic obstacle.
Harper's Magazine.
Something New
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inrisuun fzyutiuiugy
t& Ey Right Rev Samuel Fallows, t
ffrKt-" of Chicago. ' wv-i3
WOULDN'T agree to cure a case of grip without the assist
ance cf a physician. I want to make It plain that l expect
o work hand In hand with physicians.' By giving you good
'suggestions, however, I would do much toward curing the
disease and probably would banish It entirely.
Hi . ji,st how shall I go about putting my theories to practical
I use? As Is bolng done in Emmanuel Church, Boston, I shall
Jj address myself to the subconscious minds of those who de-
v 6ire to be cured, ana wm give mem ucu uts.'"" as
may be beneficial to them. ' '
To cure a person who Is suffering from nervous breakdown or a mental
ailment 1 shall use two methods. The first method Is to seek for the root of
the evil the patient'B cause for worry or despondency. H that Is removable
it should immediately be removed, and the cure is effected
The second method U to give such suggestions as will lodge themselves
in the subconscious mind and direct the actions and deeds of the patient upon
another and more beneficial plane. There are thousands of cases which
would be wonderfully benented in this manner.
Keurns'henla. an ailment of the mind. Is the commoner and worst dls
a of the present day. It Is a disease that certainly can be cured by this
' ns it Is beii g done iu Boston every day. and it may bedone In Chicago.
Very Realistic. .
Donald Maclmir.al, who Is a 'great
sr.r.ler, started to dress bis on fly
hooks. ,
He was nut by a rrur.y onti day,
who t-Kl l: "1 li.-ar yi-'vc ! '' to drehS
ycr tin ho.i' !. VxkuV I '
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It s a ll.Mi," nr.vn if I IV neb..
.lI '.n e iv.it ib :n " o'lylhirs
t.iu n.i l.k. 7" Iis'.'Up 'I "! ''
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Double Dutch.
The' fellow v. as fond of his Joke
and driving up to a country Inn, ha
said to tbo bucolic native ndvanclr.g
to th horsfi l.etul: "RiimIcuk, extil
c;tln the qnndrnped from yonder velil
rl i . tabulate him. Afford Mm an
Ruiqucte suiip'y of nutril.oiie nliinr,-,;
(t!id when tli" atirora of morn tl'.all II
limine U.e Loticn I will truly (v!i
j. n.it" tli e f.T tiiy fimin'j'e tn.-i.ii.w-ii."
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of most modern dato, like the
.1 1UK DEM. 4. XI) rKKILOCS.
v Oire me of thy dHicbt! ,
Thy wildest Imiirlttvr brinfr:
Tlnii( nil thy wreathed muii; bright
Of mules to blcm ami mock my mgblj
Thy jneiTirat numic iintt!
Thy pUilnesn 5 my triumphing.
"Thy juy my need for toil ud tiht
Criv me of thy delight!
Gire me of thy despair!
Thy aorrow'a poisoned wine; . ,
My I ija thv cup of wormwood dure, .
For thy salt bread I make my prujer;
Team are more dually thine
Than latiirliter. and thv deein are mine
Though Shame and l'ain inhabit there
tiive nie ot thy despair:
-JJi'mer K. Woodbndge, in McClure's
Magazine.
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- With a bogus silver dollar and the
firm intention to conquer England
by American intelligence, old Joe
from Newport, Ky., arrived one
morning in London. After having
sold the false dollar to an Irishman
at the depot for three shillings, he
treated himself to some breakfast
and two glasses of whisky, got bis
iShoes shlned and started out to do
business.
1 What kind of business he was to
take up and for whom be was to do
it did not interest hlra very much,
as there were more details which
would easily arrange themselves. He
didn't ask anybody to give him any
information about the streets of the
city, but simply followed the enor
mous crowd of people that poured
across the London bridge Into the
city. He walked even faster than
the clerks who were afraid of being
late, combed his hair while be was
running, read two morning papers,
nodded In a friendly way to the Bank
ot England and the Exchange, and
thus at last reached that part of Lon
don inhabited for centuries by people
who know only one kind ot business
and one kind ot smell, that of old
clothes.
Here, old Joe stopped and looked
about. He found himself In the open
market hall where for hundreds of
years has been the greatest trans
actions in old clothes in the whole
world. Among the walls wera
booths full ot clothes worn by the
last few generations of Londoners,
and where thousands of Prince Al
bert coats, evening coats and tux
edoes, besides enormous bundles of
trousers, ' vests and business Coats
were done tip by the hundred fdr
wholesale trade. There were whole
armies of worn out shoes, shapeless
hats, quaint old umbrellas and canes,
liecktles and underwear. In front of
the booths were crowds of customers
end curiosity seekers.
' Vorking- men, sailors, clerks, buy
ers from the colonies, not to forget
the compact mass of loafers to be
found anywhere in London where
there is easy money to be made or
stolen. Trade was quite lively, but
as the majority of the people were
foreigners very little was said, and
most talking was done by gestures
of hands and shrugs ot shoulders.
! Old Joe didn't stop. long to look
at tbls scene. After a moment's
hesitation he turned to one of the
small standB in a dark corner where
Nathaniel Wolhrauch was sitting be
hind his modest stock, sad and melan
choly because the mass ot people
passed by his place without as much
as giving it a look.
"I beg you, sir," old Joe said,
touching his hat, "would you' please
tell me where the old clothes bazaar
is?"
"The bazaar, why, old man, you
are right In the centre ot It." '
"ThlB!" old Joe cried, with an ex
pression of deep contempt, "do you
call this a bazaar? Why, it can't be
anything hut a Joke."
"I admit that business is a little
dull to-day, but prices are not going
down. Are you looking for anything
in particular, in black, or maybe in
sporting suits?"
"Well, really, I don't know. 1
hadn't thought of doing anything.
But what you will you take for your
whole stock?" '
Nathaniel looked up in surprise.
"You are a wholesale dealer?"
"Of course. One ot the greatest
In the world. I'm president of the
Grand Central of America."
The old dealer looked at him ad
tnlrliifily, put down some flpures on
a slip of paper and bashfully whis
pered the price.
"I'll give jou half of that," Joe
replied, "cash down in an hour. All
ritht. And now I must go on."
And without saying another word
old Joe mounted a platfmni, took off
his coat end roared in a voice that
whs h. ard all over the i lure: "Gen
tldiicri "
Kver body looki-d :.l lu;i). The
dc-al-rs wtie dlrast.-d, but the loaf
ers wrra d.-liiM-d. All, liowevt.r.
v. ere iu.' inn? t.j p ,. v l.m v. as to come
:n).t. 'line inu'l- liiau; the t'.uiut:
"C.i'!i' ";i !!: n--"
Ti.i- Tih.i'o rmvil ri p. n . i-?
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old Joe roared: "Gentlemen, one mo
ment's quiet." Then ho besan his
speech in his most dignified man
ner: "Gentlemen, the day of to-d:iy
inaugurates a new era In the old
clothes business of this famous mar
ket. But before I go any further I
ask you to tell. mo upon your word
and.honor, whether'you are satisfied
with this market or not?"
Replies of all kinds came from
everywhere, and for a few moments
there was a terrible shouthig and
laughing. Old Joe calmly waited
until quiet had been restored and
then said: "I notice that you are not,
and why haven't you been satisfied?
Because you hae not had the proper
goods. The goods are now here. The
American concern which I represent
tells you through me, nay, even more,
It shows you through pie. I ask you
to give me your attention."
He took the first coat he could get
from a bundle In front of him, put It
on, and turned slowly around in front
of his audience.
"Gentlemen, English goods is
English goods, and I say nothing
against ft. I only ask you Is that a
fit! Does that coat fit mej Do you
like the collar? I have very little
time sixteen shillings and six pence.
Don't crowd, please, all will be
served, for we have 40,000 suits in
stock"
An hour later old Joe had cleaned
out Nathaniel's stock, bought' two
other stores and the next morning
the "Great American Second-Hand
Clothing Company" began business
on a large scale.
At all docks special longshoremen
were engaged who, standing In con
spicuous places, showed their com
panions elegant suits and over
coats .which they bought from the
concern, and in front of all the big
factories at Eastend and Whitechanel
were "special 'buses waiting on Satur
day nights which carried the working
men that had just been paid off di
rectly Into old Joe's arm, and through
all the streets of London there
marched every day in Indian file ele
gantly dressed' men carrying big pos
ters with the inscription: "This Is
How You May Look If You Buy Your
Clothes From the Great Central
American Second-Hand Company, 114
Houndsditch, E. C."
And to-day old Joe sits In his mag
nificent office in Oxford street and has
eight directors and a special cable
code in which he communicates with
the branch offices at New York, Brus
sels and Paris. He has married a
real lady and receives kings on his
yacht, and when anybody speaks of
his arrival in Londod, of Nathaniel
Welhrauch, and' the bogus dollar, he
replies ia the most amiable way:
"I beg your pardon, sir, you are
mistaken; that happened not to me,
but to. my grandfather." PhiladeU
phia Bulletin.
AX IXTERKBTIXQ RELIC.
Jnckson's Farewell Address, in Which
He Predicted Civil War.
Daniel W. Thornton, a Chicago
railroad man, has In hla possession an
interesting relic in the shape ot a
copy of General Andrew Jackson's
farewell address to the people on his
rotirement from the Presidency of the
United States. ' The address 1b com
posed of about 11,000 words and was
delivered March 3, 1837. Thoro wero
originally fourteen copies printed in
black type on white satin, but only
one of the copies remains, that one
belug Mr. Thornton's.
Mr. Thornton was in this city re
cently visiting friends, and while here
exhibited the reiic and told ot how
It came to be In his possession. His
father, who was Charles G. Thorn
ton, a" Canton, Ohio, printer, at the
time the address was made, set up
the type for the fourteen copies and
was presented with ' one of them.
When he died, In 1SS7, his son came
into possession of it and has carried
It aa a keepsake since. The copy Is
remarkably well preserved and the
owner several times has been offered
large sums of money for It
Triers was another copy in the pos
session of a Canton editor, but about,
two years ago bis home burued and
the satin relic with it.
In the address General Jackson
warns his auditors against a civil war.
He states that disputes will ultimate
ly cause a severance of filendly rela
tions between the ?tat?s, end the
trouble will only be settled bx combat
on the field of battle and with fire
and sword. The Civil War followed
twenty-four jchis afior tbo lareweil
addrebs.
The speaker alr-o denounced tbo
banking sysu-M of the time, ssi:i;;
that great d.'nr-.-r would it-null fro.a
a few men controlling the ninnry
and thus acting injuriously upou tli-.i
interests o( the o'.beis; tint tb v
weie exercising nti nnjuft proportli.a
of influence. I'iM liiiia'.j ! :.i ri. , ;-.
I'uilie Mill I'.i -fieri.
"I? trtO-tllll'V (if t!.i- "t is m;
c:i t li" f! ay v, i 1 1 i' ) to ; lii. . .
inst.-ad," (-.:(. . 1;.m '
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FAREXTAL CAUTION.
It used to be the cuatoin, when t ralW
went to woo, v'uuii.
To sefk the maideu's father for t aerln,,.
interview, ""
And to give a truthful an.wer when fc,
heard the old man say: L'
-Can you support my daughter in a cmn.
fortable way! "
But now the times are changing and w. ,;i
must look ahead u
To pierce the distant future when th.
young iolln want to wed,
And we needn't be surprised to hear th.
i nifti'lcns father say:
"I'd like to know what alimonr you're nre.
pared to pay." ' '
. , tarn B. Etinson, in Puclt.
V THEY KILLED HIM.
Smlthson "Poor chap! I under
stand that he was clubbed to death."
Jonesby "Yes. He belonged b.
four, I think." Judge,
THAT DEPENDS.
"Do you believe in autohypno
tism?" "Yes, If you own one of the blamed
things." - Baltimore American.
AN ARBOREAL HABIT.
Stella "A tree gains one ring a
year." .
Bella "And doesn't have to re
turn them, either." New York Sun.
WHAT AGES US.
"Seems to me you look younger i
than ever."
"Why not? As I grow older I, be
come more and more expert in avoid
ing trouble." Life.
THE PAMPERED PETS.
"Ilortense, call up Mr. De Millyuss
and ask for Fldo."
"Yes, me lady."
"Carlo wishes to bark to him over
the telephone." Louisville Courier
Journal. LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.
Father "Got a fall, did you?
Well, I hope you didn't cry like
baby?" '
Sou "No,' dad, I didn't cry. I
Just said one word the same ai
you'd have 6aid!" Punch.
CAMPAIGN IS ON.
"Got any babies around your
place?" inquired the candidate.
"Nope," answered the farmer.
"Babies is all growed up an' married
off. How'd you like to put in the
forenoon . plowln'?" WaslUugtoa
Herald.
THE UTILITARIAN FATHER.
"Did 3'ou father catch you smokiiis
cigarettes?" asked the bad boy.
"Yes. he did," answered the young
ster with the injured air.
"What did he do?"
"He took tbem away from mo and
smoked them himself." WashinVtos
Star.
THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES.
Mr. Henpeck "I wish my wife
was one of those theatrical stars."
Friend "What makes you wift
that?'.'
Mr. Henpeck 'Hor-aiiKe so of'.rn 1
read in the papers that (heir
ti;itrt!s manage tlit-r.i." Ealtiw
AiifOrlf an.
Jlr)l':SCt , ,
.(-'.r-TjVjr0 GKT3 TIIKM.
a" her "Who gels the wlcki-i
lilU'eCojg that stay away f"m li2'
day-school?"
No answer..
Teacher "Come, you can tell tis,
Casey."
Csi?y "pe White Sox gits some,
an' da Cubs de rst." Bohemian.
PREFERRED JAIL.
"Yon don't mean to z- 7
wouldn't like to get oni?" fids!:':'
the prison visitor. "Why, I tho'-e
you were In for life."
"Worse than that, ma'aiii." rei''
the convict. ''I'm In for a del"
ll'e. I've t;.t two Ivfs w r.iiinl' "
ulde." Philadelphia Pre,.-.
KXPEriF.VCEi).
"Nover ntind, ti.-ar." l- ' r
pitriii-ly, us nil? r :.!-. -.1 h-r
Worn hi, Khiuililrr. t i : -. -! .;
tbo v hit,, bhir on I. is i. ;t!. "it v '
I rush orf." t
"( h, Charlb1," she ' ' -
l.is.i;. hidiu? her fi.ro r.- (.''
v. Irii-y hmi Mrs : ' how '
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