A A A A th Bellefonte, Pa., June 26, 1903. EE EE AT ARIA, TOWN BOY'S OWN ACCOMPLISH- MENT. Last night a boy came here from town To stay a week er so, Because his maw is all run down And needs a rest, you know, His name is Cecil, and he’s eight, And he can’t skin the cat. His maw she calls him “Pet,” I'd hate To have a name like that. He wears a collar and a tie But can’t hang by the toes ; I guess that I would nearly die If I had on his clo’s. He can’t ride bareback, and today, When we slid on the straw, He ask if roosters help to lay The eggs I pick fer maw. When our éld gander hissed, he run As though he thought he’d bite, And he ain't ever shot a gun Or had a homemade kite, He never milked a cow, and he Can't even dive er swim; I'd hate to think that he was me ; I'm glad that 1 ain’t him. He thinks it’s lots of fun to pump And see the water spurt, But won't climb in the barn and jump For fear of gettin’ hurt. His clo’s are offle nice and fine ; His hair’s all over curls His hands ain’t half as big as mine ; He ought to play with girls. A little while ago, when we Were foolin’ in the shed, He suddenly got mad at me Because I bumped his head, There’s lots of things that he can’t do; He thinks that sheep ll bite, And he’s atraid of ganders, too, But he can fit, all right. «Chicago Record-Herald. A TOUCH OF SPRING FEVER. She watched bim all the way down the hill, and across the meadow, till he reach- ed the gap in the hedge. There he turned, and, contrary to his usual custom, stopped an instant to wave his hat in farewell. She fluttered her apron in reply, and shrieked after him not to forget the saleratus, and then turned and went into the house. On her face was a carious set expression, around her lips lurked a queer little smile. Her step was full of deliberation, and yet of determination, too; it was almost the step of a tragedy queen, as of one who has iong planned a murder, and up to the mo- ment. of the deed has played the part of guileless innocence. Mrs. Jenkins did not go back to her work. There were quarts and quarts of milk waiting to be skimmed, and several baskets of strawberries to be hulled, while out of doors there were three flower beds that badly wanted weeding. But all these things weighed not on Mrs. Jenking’ mind; she went into her bedroom and sat down by the window and folded her hands, as if she had nothing in all the world to do but sit and gaze out into other people's back yards. *‘I don’t care if I do sit down once in a while, and I don’t care if Mrs. Thompson does see me and think it shiftless. I haven't BEG wa WUUTS [E30 witHUUD Sutiutleleg an my mind to worry me since I've been mar- ried. I haven’t sat down once without crocheting or knitting or something to do while I rested. Why, when John and I went on our wedding trip to Niagara Falls * I had that piece of red worsted work with me and I knitted on the cars all the way from Boston to Buffalo. It kept me from being oar sick, though, so that’s one com- fort. Idon’t know what I should have done without it.”’ : She sighed reflectively. ‘I suppose Mrs. Thompson thinks I'm just awful not to get out and weed that cor- ner bed; goodness knows it needs it bad enough. But I don’t know as I care very much what Mrs. Thompson thinks, it ain’t her verbeny bed. She can’t even raise a sun flower bigger’n a ten cent piece.’’. Her eyes fell upon her husband’s pictur on the shelf over the cabinet. 4 ‘‘Prohably John would be some surpris- ed if he knew I was sitting here taking m ease, and him working all day in that stuffy tannery. I wish I'd told him to take his dinner. It’s so hot to come way home at noontime. “Oh, how I do wish John ever bad a long vacation like be told about at the school he bad at Whitney’s Harbor the year before we were married. Seems as if be never got a holiday, hardly a breathing spell.” She paused, and stole another glance ai the picture. i *‘] wonder what" you’d say if yoa knew what I’m going to do? Twould sort of surprise yon, I gness. I’’—she drew a long breath—*‘I’m going to have a vacation my- self, and I don’t care what other people think about it.”’ She rose as she spoke. She had a queer way of talking aloud to herself, from being so much alone. Shestepped briskly to the heavy wardrobe, and took out her hest bon- net and her best jacket. She stopped at the looking glass to give a dab or two at her front hair,then she went out into the kitch- en, her skirts held high. (Such is the in- fluence of one’s best hib and tucker.) She scribbled a few words on a piece of paper and left it on the kitchen table on top of an apple pie, along with the bread box and a pickle jar. Then she stepped resolutely out into the fresh June air. She went out to the barn, and laying her jacket out of harm’s way, proceeded to lead old Doll and harness her. As she worked she thought once that she heard a noise in another part of the barn, and it seemed as if she heard the shutting of the outside rear door, but the noise, real or fancied, did not come again. She worked swiftly, and the buggy was ready in a few moments. Then she took her shawl,climbed into the buggy, gathered up the reins, and with an en- couragiog cluck drove out of the barn. ‘‘I ain’t even going to lock up the barn nor see if Towser is tied up, nor look after the chickens getting in the lettuce beds. I didn’t pull down a single curtain go that the sun won’t fade the carpet, and I didn’t fasten the screen in the parlor so that the flies can’t get in, and I’m glad! glad !! glad !!! I'm going to have a vacation,and I’m not going to be bothered with thinking about housework all day long. | She flapped the reins over old Doll’s back, and with a farewell glance at the now de- serted house, and at Mrs. Thompson osten- tatiously hanging out clothes in her back yard, Mrs. Jenkins drove around the turn of the road that hid house and all from her sight. She settled back with a long, happy sigh of relief. “It's an elegant day. I most wish I’d put on my white muslin with purple strings. It ain’t much cooler, but its more stylish than this.” | Corners was excellent, but the falsehood glanced down the- right hand road at a red factory building, ny me a steady humming, as of many hives of bees. She smiled. Then she turned deliberately and took the left hand road. got dinner at her She told Abby F way to Burnell to buy ‘Fashions. are st Sherwood Corners,’ she said to Abby Fos- shi in Burnell.” Mrs. Jenkins had not meant to lie; her standing in the Baptist church in Sherwood rippled tight off her conscience like water off a duck’s back, She was indeed enjoy- ing a vacation. *‘And how is John'?’? asked Abby Fos- ter. ‘“Why counldn’t he come with you ?’’ ‘Oh, he can’t get a half day off,”’ zeplied Mrs. Jenkins; “and I didn’t tell him I was coming, anyway,”’ she said to herself. And as she drove out of the yard, Abby Foster and her husband stared, at the gate, and watched her. ~~ ps ‘Terrible glad you came, Sophy,” said Abby Foster, her cousin; “it’s beep such a nice visit, and such a surprise, t0o.”” Mrs. Jenkins smiled grimly. ‘A surprise to more than one I reckon,” she said ; but Abby Foster was beyond ear- shot. : All through the long, sunny afternoon Mrs. Jenkins drove still away from Sher- wood Corners, till old Doll’s pace began to lag, and the shadows grew so long on the hills that Mrs. Jenkins felt that she must turn back. : “I sha’n’t drive through Simpkinsville,*’ she said to herself, ‘‘because Abhy Foster will be watching to see my new bonnet.” She chuckled at her own villainy. ' The thought of the imaginary bonnet pleased her. She remembered Abby Foster's eredu- lous smile when they were talking about Barnell fashions. : : ‘Guess I'll keep on half a mile and take the road to the left through the clearing.’ She jerked the reins and old Doll quick- ened her pace. They were almost at the turn, when she caught sight of a figure coming along the road. It wasa fisherman returning home. He carried his pole over his shoulder, and his basket slung across his back. By his gait, the basket seemed heavy. : arr aet ‘‘Someone else on a holiday,”” thought Mis. Jenkins. As he came nearer, she could hear the regular swish, swish, of his water soaked boots. Mrs. Jenkins was near sighted, so she did not look closely at the man, and not till he came abreast of old Doll and stood aside to let the buggy pass, did Mrs. Jenkins give him a second glance. As she did so, her eyes met those of the stranger. She gave a sort of gasp and sank helplessly back against the cushions of the buggy. The man started back, his pole fell, and his basket swung off in the bushes. His face turned an ashen gray. The woman recovered herself first. She looked the man straight in the eye, and she spoke to him as though they were strangers meeting causunally for the first time. ‘‘Been fishing ?’’ she asked. The man still looked at her in dumb as- tonishment. ‘‘Pretty tired, ain’t you, John? ‘Better get in and ride home. I was just thinking ‘twas about time I turned around.” The man still looked at her, his mouth half open. ‘‘Come, John, it’s getting late, near sup- pox & XEwpw J Ow got w mond _mafg A trout. ’Tain’t often we both take a vaca- tion, is it John ?”’ The man understood at last. He torn- ed, and, without a word, picked up his basket and rod and climbed into the buggy. ‘‘Roads are rather heavy for walking,”’ he said, briefly, when he had settled him- self; ‘‘terrible glad you happened along, Sophy.” : “Did you get the saleratus ?’’ she asked. But on her face was an expression’ that showed she had no need for saleratus.—By Ruth Potter Maxson, in The Household Ledger for June. Girl Dying of Rare Malady. Vietim of Most Painful Affliction Known to Medical Science. i Stricken with myelitis, one of the rarest maladies, Miss Pauline Burkhardt, an un- usually bandsome girl of 16, lies dying in St. Luke’s hospital, New York. Up to two weeks ago she was enjoying robust health. At firstshe complained of severe pains in her back and along the entire length of her spine. Simple home remedies were tried, but she complained that the. pain was becoming agonizing in its inten- sity and that she had not a moment’s re- spite. $ 8 : Then her extremities were affected and in a few days she lost all power of locomo- tion. The paralysis seemed to creep up- ward from her feet to her waist. The fam- ily physician was puzzled and he called several other medical men in consultation. No fall had preceded the paralysis. The girl suffered no injury in her spine and there was no family history of any such ail- ment to afford a clue to her malady. Ex- perts at St. Luke’s hospital concluded that she was suffering from myelitis. Myelitis is really inflammation of the spinal marrow or the membranes of the spine.” It is in- variably indicated by intense pain along the spinal eolumn, accompanied by nervous or vascularirregularities of function. It is usually due to a fall ora blow on thespine, but sometimes comes from hereditary blood disease. 2 The President's Elk-Horn Chair. Tacoma citizens had prepared a hand- some present for President Roosevelt, says the Tacomo (Washington) Ledger. To Fred Edwards, the local taxidermist, had been given the seven pairs of antlers that have been shed in seven years by the old buck elk ‘‘Roosevelt’’ at Point Defiance Park, and from the horns he constructed a handsome armchair. The horns are of var- ious sizes, from the single spike horns that were grown and shed by the buck the first year Uf his life, to the massive antlers shed the past winter, measuring 5f¢. and 2i:. to the end of the longest prong. In the ar- rangement of the horns, the longest consti- tute the front legs, curving back for the arm and then curving again to form the back of the chair. The six year old horns form the back legs and reach to about the same height as the longer horns. The oth- three pairs are interwoven in such fashion as to make a good comfortable seat amid a forest of spikes. The horns are all in the finest state of preservation, having been sav- ed with great care for Superintendent Rob- erts for some special occasion such as this. The seat of the chair is to be upholstered, but to maintain the character of the chair the cushion is to be woven and made of the manes of the elk deer. : ~—«~*Don’t always trust the fellow who gives you the glad band,’’ says the nbig- uitous philosopher. ‘‘He may have brass Just then she came to a cross road. She knuckles on the other.’’ The sun grew /botter. At gow Mis. 3 Jenkins drove throng d SE ty ¢ } ! Tr hptand ue hanes in. ter, ‘‘and you can get 80 much nicer things | Published through the courtesy of the Centre Reporter. ¢ THE NEW LIBRARY IN COURSE OF ERECTION AT STATE COLLEGE—GIFT OF MR. ANDREW CARNEGIE. Work has just begun at The Pennsylvania State College on the new Library, for which Mr. Andrew Carnegie bas donated $150.000. The building is designed as shown in the accompanying cut. : t * The architects are Davis brothers, 907 Walnut street, Philadelphia, and the builders ate Messrs. Geo. F. Payne & Company, of Philadelphia, who also secured the contract for the erection of the Auditoriamn presented hy Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Schwab. The design of the Library is simple but effective and especially considered with reference to the needs of the institution for ~ which it is provided. The ground plan is about 130x95 feet and the building contains practically three stories. The basement, which will be mostly above ground, will contain the heating and ventilating apparatus, a large room for the filing and storage of newspapers, magazines. etc., a large safety vault, a room for the bindery, janitors’ rooms, toilet rooms, and a large packing room from which a lift will carry books directly to the cataloguing room on the first floor. The first floor will contain a spacious central reading room with alcoves for speoial libraries and for other uses on each side, together with the librarian’s room, cata- loguing room, ladies study, ete. The third floor will he occupied almost exclusively by seminars for the différent Departments, and the principal seminars will be connected by an inside staircase with the corresponding department libraries immediately be- neath them. Back of the main structure, and convected with it by a single opening, will be the stackroom, four stories high. Only a portion of this part of the building will he erected at present, hut this will be designed in such a way as to provide for exten- sion to meet the future growth of the Library, and it is intended ultimately to construct a large art gallery and memorial hall over the stackroom, when extended. The building is under contract to be completed not later than April 1st, 1904, and is to be dedicated in the course of that month. OS Postoffice Abuses. The Charges Made by Tulloch Found by Bristow to Be True. Amazing Irregularities Under Perry 8. Heath’s Administration—Positions Given to Men Who Did No Labor. Postmaster-General Payne recently gave out the Bristow reply to the Tulloch charges of scandal in the Washington post- office which he had held up since May 4th last. Mr. Payne was forced to give out the Bristow reply. He bad intended to sup- press it, but the pressure was so great that President Roosevelt ordered him to make the document public. Mzr. Payne, fearful of the effect on the present administration, attempted to shift most of the blame to former Postmaster- General Smith and tbe McKinley adminis- tration. Mr. Bristow substantiated the charges made by ex-cashier Tulloch, of the Wash- ington city post-office. It proves conclusively that Perry S. Heath, now secretary of the Republican national committee, and former first assis- tant postmaster-general used the post-office department and particularly the Washing- ton city post-office, as a clearing house for the payment of the political debts contract- ed by Mark Hanna during the first McKin- ley campaign. -.Whan Tpllooh first made the charges in writing to Postmaster General Payne, Payne held them up to public scorn. He called them ‘‘hot air’’ and said that Tul- loch was a ‘‘wind-bag,”’ He said the doc- uments was a *‘stump speech.’”’ In giving out recently the Bristow reply to Tulloch charges and the reports of inspectors who investigated the charges, Mr. Payne care- fully refrained from any remarks about ‘‘hot air’? or ‘‘wind-bags.’’ When Tulloch made his charges Post- master-General Payne was forced to ask ex- planations from Charles Emory Smith, John A. Merritt, the postmaster of the Washington city office; Perry Heath and Comptroller Tracewell, as well as of Mr. Bristow. 2 Smith, Heath, Merritt and Tracewell all entered general and specific denials. They pleaded justification in various ways, and Mr. Payne immediately gave out their letters for publication. Bristow answered on May 4th, two days after Mr. Payne made his'request. His reply was first in. He included with it such damaging proof against Heath that Payne held up the report. Bristow’s reply iu itself is non-committal. Bristow did not have to speak himself. He took from his desk the report of two sets of investigations and appended them to his reply. The report of the investiga- tors show : Heath forced appointment after appoint- ment on the Washington post-office. He arbitrarily ordered the payment of bills that had been held up for irregulari- ties. He paid bis own traveling expenses out of the funds of the Washington oity post- office, instead of from those of the general department. He had his personal friends drawing two and sometimes three salaries from the gov- ernnient while doing no work. He brought supplies recklessly, withont competitive bidding, and paid excessive prices for the same. | He used the Washington city post-office to further the political ends of the Repubhli- can party, without regard to protests from auditors or financial officers or from any- body else. The documents made public include the following : First—A letter of Postmaster General Payne, dated May 1st, 1903, addressed to Fou:th Assistant Postmaster General Bris- tow requesting a complete statement re- garding the trath or falsity of the Tulloch charges. Second—Mr. Bristow’s reply, in which he says: In response to your inquiry of May 1st, 1903, as to the truth or falsity of the as- sertions of S. W. Tulloch, I beg to hand you herewith an abstract of these reports made by the inspectors on the condition of the Washington postoffice. The first, marked Exhibit A, refers to the transfer of the postoffice to the present postmaster, James P. Willett, made June 30th, 1899. At the time this inspection was in progress, as nearly as I can remember, chief inspec- tor Cochran and inspector-in-charge Smith advised me thet their subordinates had dis- covered many serious irregularities which seemed to be anthorized by the depart- ment. During the inspection -I was advised that Supt. Beavers, of the salary and allowance division, had suggested to an inspector that when he came to certain Supa uments that appeared irregular he had better make no reference to them, as they had been ordered personally by Postmaster General Smith. I told the chief inspector that I did not believe the Postmaster General had knowingly authorized any irregularities, and instructed the inspectors to report the facts as they would in any other investiga- tions. The inspector-in-charge submitted a special report on July 6th, an abstract of ' which is herewith submitted, marked exhib- it B, which disclosed apparent glaring irreg- ularities, and I submitted it personally to the Postmaster General, suggesting to him that it contained matters to which I thought he would want to give his personal attention. Referring to the statement that I had de- manded a thorough investigation of the office of First Assistant Postmaster General Heath. I beg to say that the inspector-in- charge in his special report stated that he had discovered a condition of affairs which . required an immediate, thorough and ex- | haustive investigation. I submitted this * report to the Postmaster General with my approval, but I did not consider such ap- i proval as a demand on my part that Mr. Heath's office be investigated. | The confidential report of inspector-in- charge Smith in connection with the in- spection of the Washington postoffice, con- cluded June 30th, 1899, setting forth irreg- ularities which indicated ‘‘a condition of affairs demanding an immediate, thorough and exhaustive investigation.”’ and showed the following instances of irregularities . Four clerks appointed to military roll be + First Assistant Postmaster General Heath, i ‘none of whom performed any service in connection with military postal matters, ' and no good reason appears either for their original appointment or continuance on the rolls.” : January 3rd and 10th, 1899, First As- sistant Postmaster General Heath trans- ferred twenty clerks to military roll. Most of them were on duty in the Washington office. j W. 8. Larner, a military postal clerk, paid under protest hy the cashier of the Washington office, under orders of Mr. Heath. Payment subsequently disallowed by the anditor. Premiums paid on bonds of military pos- tal clerks by the Washington office on authority of Mr. Heath. Payment made illegally. Highly excessive payments, authorized by Mr. Heath, for postal service supplies, furniture and traveling expenses, aggregat- | ing nearly $10,000. Articles purchased without competition. Eight specific instances of irregularities in connection with payments made to clerks and laborers’ in the Washington office. These payments made by order of Mr. Heath. : Irregularities in appointment, compensa- tion and promotion of O. A. Smith. Smith was appointed by Mr. Heath and payments to him ordered by thas official. Inappoint- Washington postmaster. ‘“Thisis the gen- tleman whose appointment has frequently been recommended by youn.’” The post- master had never heard of Smith the receipt of Mr. Heath’s letter. Irregular vouchers authorized to be paid by Mr. Heath for expenses of himself and Superintendent Beavers in visiting Philadelphia and New York. seven ‘‘cleaners,’’ placed on the payroll of the Washington office by Mr. Heath. In- spectors reported ‘Practically no service whatever has been rendered for the money expended.” j 1 Loss to the government of $625 through overlapping lease of substation. Loss to the government of $2,000 through carelessness in notification of removal of station. ; i Irregular payment of $4,652 on authority of Mr. Heath as per diem in connection with claims of letter carriers for overtime charges. Dispensed without authority of law. Irregular appointment and payment by authority of Mr. Heath of J. E. Jones as postoffice physician at $1,7000 a year. Irregularities in advertising contracts. Failure to furnish affidavit of publishers showing that rates charged were not ex. cessive. : Irregular payment of $90 for clerical services on postoffice directory. Irregular payments for ‘‘cleaning.’”” No details shown. Irregular payments for street-car tickets by authority of Mr. Heath. Irrrgular payment from accounts of Washington office of approximately $35, 000 on ‘‘account of mailbag repair shops.’’ Irregular payments by order of Mr. Heath to eight ‘‘mechanics’’ two of whom were also paid as clerks. ° Irregular payments on incomplete vouch- ers by order of Mr. Heath, including drug hill for seidlitz powders, pills, pennyroyal, calomel, ete., contracted by an employee on military roll. : The confidential report of Inspector Smith says that the files of the cashier’s office show full, direct and positive orders from superior authority (Mr. Heath) for the disbursement of all] the questionable SOA Irregular appointinent and payment of | AR. ausomDaLY Ion. Statement be Pash ing Smith, Heath said in a letter to the | items mentioned in his report, that the responsibility for the many illegal appoint- ments, the payment of two salaries to one and the same person and the disbursement of thousands of dollars for which practical- Iv no service was performed should be placed where it properly helongs and the many abuses corrected. An attached supplemental report by In- spector Gwings says that the name of one charwoman was found on the rolls of three separate substations, and the saperinten- dents of the stations did not know what duties the woman performed or what salar- ies she was paid. Inspector Gwings says that Saperintendent Beavers requested him to inform the inepector in charge that when be struck the names of the charwomen off the stations it would be well not to men- tion them in his report, and they were ‘‘personal appointments of the Postmaster- General." g WASHINGTON POSTMASTER IGNORED. Exhibit C is the answer of Fourth Assis- tant Postmaster General Bristow to Post- master General Payne, consisting of an ab- stract of a report of inspector Little on a later inyestigation of the Washington office dated. July 31, 1900. The report shows that Mr. Heath forced employes on the rolls of the Washington office without re- quest of the post master, and that at times it was difficult to find employment for all persons foisted upon bim in this manner. The inspector says: The roster appears to be an elastic one, to be added to whether the postmaster has requested it or not, and sometimes render- ing it difficult to find places for them. The office roll bears the following persons, who are detailed to work outside the postoffice : E. 8. Allen, bookkeeper, engaged in in- stalling canceling machine; G. E. Barnard, bookkeeper, traveling inspector of cancel- ing machines; H. C. Graff, bookkeeper, inspector canceling machines; E. 'B. Com- finance clerk, detailed Porto. Rico; J. A. Holmes, stenographer, detailed salary and allowance division; Henry Hood, distribu- tor, detailed salary and allowance division; | Dorthy Mamon, bookkeeper, detailed 'de- partment; R. T. Reeves, record clerk de- partment; D. C. Saunders, bookkeeper, detailed Porto Rico; Laura L. B. Wunder, inquiry clerk, detailed department; F. L. Templeton, distributor, detailed “depart: ment. i . Altogether the salaries of the above men- tioned persons, aggregating $16,100 a year were paid out of the Washington office, the postmaster knew nothing about them, save that they had been appointed by the depart: mental order. ii 3 seria W. A. Hutchins, formerly superinten- dent of an important station, was not able to issue a money order, and could no make out a simple report. «= air M.S. Williams, a money-order clerk, | was not able to perform his duties, but | continued on the rolls ata high salary. prior to- A $600-clerk performed the duties of both Hutchins and Williams. 2 Ten thousand dollars a year too much was paid in cleaning the postoffice lobby and shining up the brass work. About $2,900 a year too much was ‘paid for ‘‘cleaning’’ at various sub-stations:: master - General Payne says Tulloch’s charging concerned another administration; that present conditions are being investi- gated, and the facts will eventually be made publio. v - Newfoundland Dog Saves Girl. Rex, a large Newfoundland dog belong- ing to William C. Shields, a Bath Beach, N. Y., hotel keeper, jumped into the water at that place and saved the life of eight- year-old Eona Burke, the only child of Thomas A. Burke, a well-to-do dry goods merchant of Troy, N. Y. who, with his family, is a summer guest at the beach. While out with her nurse the little girl leaned too far over the end of the pier and before anyone was aware of her peril lost her balance and fell into 30 feet of water. The dog jumped overboard and, Saiching the child by the dress, held her up an tried to swim against the tide, but made little headway. Shields went to his as- sistance in a boat and brought the child ashore unconscions. A physician revived her after a half-hour’s work. The little girl’s father ordered the best dog collar that could be bought to be suit- ably engraved, testifying to the rescue. Homes for Railroad Men. ‘The removal of the Pennsylvania rail- road’s middle division headquarters from Harrisburg to Altoona has cansed a scram- ble for homes by the 50 families affected. There is not a vacant house available at this time in Altoona. The Pennsylvania railroad, it is stated, will cover the situa- tion by building a block of corporated homes in Altoona. This is the frst step the Pennsylvania has taken toward furnishing residences for its employes. Why a Tainted Breath? HOH OY la rmaTeena sna What Causes it and How it Should be Treated. The Trouble is'the Result of Decomposition Along the Respiratory Tract, and the Remedy is Pure Liv- ing, Pure Habits, and Cleanliness. Foul Breath Any one inflicted with bad breath, in- stead of using disinfectant washes or gar- gles, should try to discover the cause of the bad breath. It is almost ridiculous to keep using disinfectants while the cause of the fetor continues to operate. “ Suppose any one were to notice a bad smell in the back yard. Instead of finding out exactly what the cause of the bad smell is, he would simply throw a disinfectant around, or deodorizer, in order to stop or disguise the smell. Such a procedure would be silly indeed. No one but a sanitary officer would do such a thing. roi) . A bad breath indicates some decomposi- tion going on eomewhere in the respiratory tract. It may be a hollow tooth filled with decomposing material, or the teeth may be 80 jammed together as to inclose portions of the food, . which ferment and fill the mouth with noxious gases.’ * The trouble may be in the posterior '| nares. , Ope or both nostrils may be stop- ped up, This leaves an unventilated space | ust back of the nostril, in the upper por: tion of the throat. The want of ventila: /| tion allows the mucus to accumulate and decompose, which forms a very fetid gas. Or, again, the trouble may be caused by enlarged tonsils. These sometimes assume a globular form, with deep crevices and seams which retain mucus. Again, mucus collects behind and above an enlarged tonsil, where it is sure to decompose and | cause bad breath. ‘Any portion of the respiratory tract from the throat to the lungs may be the seat of the difficulty. The mucus surface is liable to catarrh, and the catarrh abrades the mu- cous membranes here and there, forming superficial ulcers, which furnish a continu- ous effluvia to the breath. Little volcanoes, they pour out their eruptions of noxious gases day and night to contaminate the breath. The stomach has often been accused of being the cause of bad breath, but the fact is the stomach rarely is the canse of a bad breath. The breath does not enter the stomach. Respiration bas little or nothing to do with the stomach. Breath is simply the act of drawing the air into the lungs and expelling it again. The fetor of bad breath sometimes origi- nates in the lungs and is no doubt the re- sult of a deranged condition of the whole system. The blood, being surcharged with foul gases and decomposing material, gives off these gases at each respiration. This is why the breath of a person who drinks li- the liquor. At first the breath undoubted- ly smells of the liquor simply because in passing through the mouth and throat some of it adheres to the mucous surfaces. If any one were to rinse out the mouth with liquor, the breath would smell for a short time, but only for a short time. With the diam drinker the case is different. The liquor having passed into his stomach, it is absorbed into the blood. Through the blood it reaches the lungs, and with each respiration from the lungs a portion of the fumes from the liquor are given off with the breath. This. illustrates. how a bad condition of the blood can taint the breath. Undoubtedly onions and many other aromatic substances find their way out of the system through the breath. In this way a bad stomach may taint the breath. This is why a bad stomach means bad breath. ' Bad digestion produces a bad quality of blood. = The blood, circulating throngh the lungs, gives off bad odors, which find their way into the breath. Tn this round-ahout way the stomach may cause bad breath, butas a rule the cause of bad breath ean be found | closer at hand— either in the teeth, posterior nares, tonsils, throat, or bronchial tubes. ~ Instead of ‘using mouth washes or 'per- fumes of any sort to cure a bad breath, a person ought to have the cause of the bad breath discovered. Unfortunately it would be of little or no use to sucha person to call on the average doctor, as he knows nothing or cares nothing about such things. He is simply engaged in prescrib- ing drugs and spends very little time in ferreting out causes or removing obnoxious ailments by harmless and rational meth- ods. In these matters every person must use his own common sense and try to be his own doctor. ohh ~ Noone should be content to allow a bad breath to continue. It. is very unhealthy and is very obnoxions to other people. Every man and woman is entitled to a sweet breath, and with a little care and judgment this can be had. But so long as any one continues to take drugs or use bave a perfectly sweet breath. A pure breath comes from pure living, pure habits, and the continuous practice of absolute cleanliness. The toothbrush and cold wa- ter should be used thoroughly once a day. Gargling the throat should inediately follow. The nostrils should be kept clear ; deep breathing. practiced. These things alone will do very much toward insuring the possession of a sweet breath.— Medical : Girl’s Long Steep Walk. Went Four Miles in her Nightgown and Fell Into a Pond, Miss Nora Reynolds, the sixteen-year- old daughter of Wenlock Reynolds, resid- ing southeast of Washington, Ind., was missing from her bedroom when * her par- ents arose this morning and at first it was feared she had been kidnapped while asleep. Posses were soon scouring the country. She was not found until late the next afternoon, when W. H. Summers located her in a straw. stack, asleep and chilled by exposure. Her nightgown. was covered with mud and her bare feet were scratched and bleeding.” ~~ Upon being aroused she told a most re- markable story of her thrilling experience. She said that she retired at the usual hour, and does not remember leaving her bed- room. She says she knew nothing of what she was doing until she fell into a pond of water on Jesse Billings’ farm, four miles from her home. The plunge in the ioy water Jose jean she Haig a Sesperats struggle to keep from drowning, finally, reaching the bank in safety. : She can only account for her actions by saying that she believes she walked from her bedroom while sound asleep. Upon dragging herself from the pond she started to return home, but had traveled onl about a mile when she became exhausted. Seeing the stack of straw she made her way to it: insanton o vot bo She slept until sunrise, but was then ashamed to try to reach home in scant attire, so she crawled beneath the straw and was waiting for darkness when one of the searching party found her. iol —— Subscribe for the WATCHMAK. quor will become tainted with the smell of narcotics to any extent he cannot hope to
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