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OF FARE.
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(Cents—
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7 Wle easy by the
f Sale .Stic science at
**r.iege, Columbia uni
Meals at 22 cents apiece
een prepared, and, what is
o the point, eaten with ap
# | relish by unbiased per
‘ lays the New York Sun.
Edition, the chemical constit
^ i in the food have been care
f weighed and measured, and
las been discovered that
ugh proteids, fats and carbo
nates exist lb the 22-cent meal
support men working with the
Jtomary expenditure of force,
t least, the text-books say that
je quantities are all right.
I | The manner in which the discov
ery was made is somewhat as fol
ows: Dean Russell planned a
luncheon to some friends, and
thought it would be a clever idea
'to have the meal prepared by the
department of domestic science.
The teachers laid out the plan of
I battle and the students did the
I cooking.
The luncheon was served to six
I persons. The total cost of materi
4! als was $2.02, from which was de
I; I ducted the value of the food not
If actually consumed. This brought
- f I f the total cost down to $1.28 for the
I I six persons.
This was the menu:
IS Grapefruit ..I .26
- H?' Baked haddock .68
.1 Hollandal.se sauce .10
f Potatoes on the half shell..13
Rolls .17
Butter .08
Pickles .04
Tea . 02
'll.ettuce salad..16
Wafers .01
^Cheese .10
Pineapple Sherbet.24
ingel cake .13
Total .12.02
The food value of the things con
amed amounted to 6,491 calories,
.’his made the average amount
consumed 1,081.8 calories. Ac
cording to the textbook prepared
&y"Afcsj Ellen H. Richards, of the
Boston Science school, only 956.3
calories are necessary to sustain
men and women working moder
ately hhrd.
Miss M. B. Vail, in^ructor in do
tnestip- science,at‘Teachers' col- i
lege, who had charge of the lunch-!
eon, says that 22 cents would be a
fair average for all meals, so that
persons who pay more than
$240.90 a year are doing injustice
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^ f' THE BOASTER SUBSIDED.
Drummer Bragged of Getting a Big
Order, Then Was Cleverly Ex- j
posed by a JToxer.
The habitues of a certain sub
urban hostelry had long been
weary of the boastful chatter of
an intermittent guest of the com
mercial fraternity, and it was
with rare satisfaction that they
fecently saw him annihilated, so
to speak, says the New York
Times.
“Had a splendid day,” he opened
up as usual; “spent an hour in,
old Simons’ store over in Rye and
came out with a $2,000 order.”
1 He produced a notebook in sub-!
; stantiation, as ‘Old Simons’” atti- j
I tilde toward gentlemen of his ilk
l . -was well known, and the incredul
ity of his audience was not
masked. The notebook was hand
led around for inspection and halt- [
ed with a gray-haired stranger
over in the corner.
“Oh, yet—the entry’s all right
-enough,” he said, mildly, “but—
it’s very strange!”
“What’s strange?” demanded
the commercial man of might.
“Why, how it got there. I have 1
uo recollection of giving any such
order, and if you will kindly tell
me which of my employes author
ized it you will be conferring a fa
vor upon me. You evidently don’t
recognize me as Mr. Simons, of the
Rye firm, but—”
j But the erstwhile boaster had
wilted out of sight. ITis quondam
victims roared with delight.
“I say, that’s rich!” exclaimed
one of them; “it’s worth $50 to see
you take him down like that, Mr.
Simons!”
“I didn’t say I was Mr. Simons,
sir,” returned the meek-looking
stranger; “in fact, I don’t know
the gentleman—any more than
the young man himself did!”
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^ Wise Men and Fools.
A* the wise man knows he is a
’ool he is miserable; the fool ira*g
! ^ he is wise and is happy.
practice that covers a territory
of at least a hundred square
miles. There is hardly a week in
the year that he does not have ,
patients at the extreme opposite ,
boundary lines of his territory.
I know one old doctor down the
state who drives an average dis
tance of 20 miles a day every day
in the year. Of course there are
days when he does not drive five
miles a day, but there are other
times when he drives 30 or 40
miles a d,ay. <
“The worst side of country
practice, these doctors say, is
that the greater part of the sick
ness comes during the worst kind
of weather. When the roads are
good and the weather is fine peo
pie are not so apt to be sick, but
when winter comes on and the
roads are rough or muddy the
country doctor is the man who
has to be out and going.
“The mud roads of Illinois
have snipped ten years off the
lives of the majority of the doc
tors. One physician told me he
was the first man of his family
name to become gray, and he laid
the blame to exposure.
“The country doctor is not
merely a physician. He is a sort
of family counselor, nurse, spirit
ual and legal adviser. I heard of
a physician down in the southern
part of the state who conducted
a sort of vest-pocket bank and
loaned money * and discounted
notes for nearly every farmer
within the range of his practice.
“Yes, sir, I always take off my
hat to the country doctor wher
ever I meet him.”
THE CAUSE OF LEPROSY.
Dr. Jonathan Hutchinson, of Eng
land, Says It Is the Eating of
Decomposing Fish.
The conclusion of Dr. Jonathan
Hutchinson, of England, after a
study of leprosy as it appears In
various parts of the world, is that
the disease is caused wholly by
eating decomposing or imperfect
ly cured fish. The London Times
is inclined to accept Dr. Hutchin
son’s idea. It is held that in all
countries and in all ages leprosy
has been and is still due to the
consumption of “high” fish. The
preference for fish in a tainted
condition is an “acquired taste”
and it is claimed that it prevails
among a sufficient number of peo
ple to account for the dreadful dis
ease wherever it exists. Leprosy
was nearly general in England
and on the continent in the six
teenth century, and it is claimed
still prevails in many fishing sta
tions, especialy in Norway, Ice
land and Tracadie. It is repre
sented that at these places there
is still a preference for fish in a!
tainted condition. It is noted,)
says the Cincinnati Enquirer,)
that in regions where leprosy was
formerly common, it has disap
peared with the advancement of
agriculture and the discarding of
fish for food. In India vegetari
ans are free from it. but the fish
eaters are much troubled. Dr.
Hansen, of Bergen, discovered
that persons having leprosy carry
in their tissue a bacillus resem
bling that of tuberculosis, and the
disease is thought to be a mod
ification of tuberculosis, caused
by a specific virus developed in de
caying fish. The scientists, espe
cially those whose direction is in
the medical line, are always mak
ing it harder to get along in the
world; but it is probably better to
give heed to their theories, even if
there may be nothing in them, for ,
it may happen that a little care in
the selection of the dried fish we,
eat may add a few years to life;}
and it is the general agreement
that life is none too long at best.
Raid’s evasive answer.
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Her Employer Was Busy and Could
Not Receive Callers—What.
She Told Them
Strange as it may seem, says the
Philadelphia Telegraph, there is
a public man in this city who is
blessed or cursed with a tender
conscience that worries him in
small matters as well as in great.
Among the things that he cannot
justify to himself is the bidding
a servant to say that he is
not at home when In reality he is
Inside his honse. At the same
time he is not able to receive
many visitors who call upon him,
and his only resource was to give
instructions that polite excuses ,
should be given. Upon one occa- j
sion such instructions were given :
to a maid, an Irish girl gifted with
the readiness and good wit of her
qation. ■
“Then Pm to be saymg, sir, that
you’re not at home?” the maid in
quired.
“No, Mary, no!” was the reply?
“that would not be true. If any
one should ask for me, you must,
just put him off—give him some
evasive answer, you know.”
“I’ll do it, sir, never fear,” was!
the maid’s reply. Mary was as
good as her word.
That afternoon a person of im-!
portance made bis appearance, «
and was duly sent away. The
faithful maid reported the cir-■
cumstance to her employer.
“What did you do, Mary?” in*
qnired the latter, with some trep
idation.
“Oh, I Just put him off, sir as yon
told me. I gave him an evasive !
answer.”
“Yes, but what did you say to
him?”
“Oh, sure he axed me if the boss
was at home, and I said to him:
’Was his grandmother a mon
key?’ ” _
JAPAN’S RAPID PROGRESS.
Has Converted Herself Into a Power
ful Nation in the Last Quarter
of a Century.
When I visited Yeddo and the
ports of Japan in the winter of
1860-61 the country was ruled
upon the most exclusive Japanese
methods, wrote Lord Wolaeley in
the Cosmopolitan in 1895. The
people were held in subjection by
a hereditary nobility who ruled
them with a rod of iron. They
were then far behind China in all
—til.__
er, for in order to prevent any
communication with foreign
places all Japanese junks were, in
accordance with the law, con
structed with low, open sterns,
so that they dared not venture be
yond a few miles from shore.
No one can be blind to the enor
mous strides in progress Japan
has made, the immense reforms [
she has effected and the powerful
nation she has converted herself
Into daring the last quarter of a
century. The result is the crea-1
tion of a power in the eastern seas
that must in future be always
taken Into consideration by west-1
ern statesmen.
Turkish Beds.
A recent writer on Turkey says:
“Bedsteads are not used by the
Turks. Each room contains a
large cupboard, built into the
wall, in which the bedding is piled
during the day, and at night the
slaves come in when summoned to
make up the beds on the floor.
Other bedroom requisites, in the
shape of washstands, dressing
tables and wardrobes, are dis
pensed with as superfluous. For
everyday ablut ion there is a small
washing room with a hole in the
floor for the water to escape
through, and if the hanun would
wash her hands and face only, a
slave brings the ewer and basin
and pour8 the water over her
hands. For special ablutions she
will go either to her own private '
hammatn or to the public baths.
She ‘does her hair/ or has it done
for her, seated cross-legged in her
corner of the divan; and the old i
walnut wood chests and coffers in
her treasure-room suffice to store
her gauzes and brocades, her silks
and embroideries/'
The Drum Major.
As a matter of course, the drum '
major belongs to the band, but he
gives one the impression that the
band belongs to him. — Chicago
Daily News.
The Reeult
A quiet wedding is often the
prelude to a noisy divoro* „ |1
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Time Tells p f
The Story.
There is a big difference be
tween the cost of making a first
class sewing machine, embodying
the best materials and workman
ship, and one which is made in the
cheapest manner. The buyer of
the cheap machine soon pays the
difference of price in the constant
cost for repairs, to say nothing of
its annoying inefficiency.
Singer Sewing Machines_do
good work during a lifetime.
Sold on Installments.
Old Machines taken in exchange
Liberal Discount for Cash.
Oils, Needles, Attachments and
Repairs for all makes of machines.
The Singer Manufacturing Co.
"TheSewing Machine Makers of the World.”
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md 3 pound tin buckets. For
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Don’t fail to get my figures
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My Work Talks For Itself
Parties wanting crushed Lime
stone Walks apply to me.
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