SAVING THE CHILDREN. ————— PHYSICAL CULTURE TO WARD OFF TUBERCULOSIS. fhe Children's Athletic Club of Phil adelphia Marks an important Inno- vation in the Charitable Work of Cities—Some Methods Used. An athletic club, which fixes its ues at the extortionate figure of one sent a week, suggests an unusual feparture in the world of clubs. More: sver, for many other reasons, the “hildren's Athletic Club of Philadel phia, composed entirely of the chil jren of the poor, organiac d to fight sy physical tralaing ioe ravages of uberculosis, marks and important in- jovation in the work of hat ciiy. Mrs. Florence Williams, he founder of certain jofinite ovbjects to acc mplish with sixty little pupils under her sharge. That she is able not merely 0 bring muscle and in s Py % weakness and even disease through charitable L. the club, has he health pil clita, 2 casefa. Sys vEICEI trick team ca but als el Os y to develop a sable jot little difficulty, aM Der For her clier ends entirely proves the efficacy methods, itele Mrs. Will upon ihe chil of the ams de- he crowded quarters and unhealthy sur ife unwhoit jams has organ mem bershij LOT made from ANAC, natural of eXercisvs interspersed breath for the are ¢ xpected Spe cial cribed cont ol sual at home inue June these exercises Consisis in tae exhaling and inhaing, nethod of accompiishink It children are ranged 3 IX their t sach child ts mouth. Th iniia:e jostrils and then through the making the exhalation slow and avold- ing all chance of strain, The fire drill is another important exercise in the development of lung power As the little arms and Kas zet hard and the chests are developed ‘he more advanced pupils are taught ‘0 take the weaker ones across their shoulders and carry them out of the =sach of the fanci But teal of all the chiidr belong , classes is to develop strength {11 enough to join the IrickK team, for when the danger of dis »ase has been banished, and the puny jttle figures with narrow chests and round shoulders but the ] novel i ae we, and puts a quill toolhpick in ) of com- through the with hands on their hips en, at a word nand, Loey deeply slowly exhale toothpick, this device the heen develop nave into erect, sturdy bodies, then the gymnastic feats of the more pretén- athletes are attempted and ichieved before admiring public audi neces. The development tended with a the moral si .d 10us of muscle is at similar stimulation of the child, and it to accomplis latter that the penny weekly fee is charged, giving the children a sense of membership ant rightful claim to the advantages yf the club, whiz mere charitable work, which does not permit even contribution f the children elves, The re sults of this physicial training are striking. Children when they joined the ciub, w weak to en jure even the least tiring of the this regimen even the iendency imption is checked, and wi of physical strangih is a corresponding mental and moral Finally, of the gymnasium, the knowledge of the proper method of breathing and walking, are remembered long after the actual class work has ended, and serve to keep the health the exercise has won.~—New York Tribune, EXPENSIVE MINING IN ENGLAND. Cost of Sinking the Deep Shafts That Are Now Necessary. is is acking in ihe the si.gnt them who, re 100 ex. ercises, under deveiop 1g healthy and athletic Meareover, frames, to cons increase ICS8OnS levelopment. the of With increased and increasing de mand for coal came the necessity for spening our lower seams, snd deeper shafts meant heavier capital expen diture in colliery en'erprise it is worthy of remark how little the out: culties that often have to be over come in sinking-—such as passing through water bearing strata or run: ning sands—or of the enormous cost entailed by some colliery develop ments, As eary as 1829 John Buddle, in giv- ing evidence before the House of Lords, declared that the cost of sink- ing, even then, was frequently £10, 900 to £15,000, and J. T. Taylor stat: ed before a select committee on rat. ing of mines In 1857 that at Haswell eailiery, In the County of Durham, £40,000 was expended In contending with a quicksand, and that the shaft had ultimately to be abandoned. At Muston colliery, a few miles distant from Haswell, £300,400 was expenfod ia winking; the quantity of waler pumped Guiing the operation of pase ing threugh the overlying magnesiap limestone bed amounted to an aver age of 9,306 gallons per minute, from a depth of 540 feet; and the three shafts ultimately reached toe Hulton seam, at a depth of 1,488 feet from the surface, in Auril, 1843, Many deep and costly sinkinge—~ several much deeper than in the last instance—have been put down gince the Murton winning, but pone, I be lieve, at a greater expenditure of cap ital, owing doubtless to the greatly improved methods now employed in carrying on such operations through watery strata, notably the Kind Chaurdon system, whereby the shaft is bored out and the side protected by metal cylinders lowered from the | surface; and the Potesch or Goberat { methods, whereby the water is frozen | in the “running” sand or other water ’ | through the golid mass.—Eugineering Magazine. GO MAD FROM MONOTONY. Often isolation, Lighthouse Keepers From the Inevitable People who read bOOKS—a&nNd ab ic this of nad from t i nutony of Lis i uation. While was fiction never. heless rda many aciual UITEenods A slion will recall in story day the lightkeeper who became I As the slory wag in ac nes cor ic witl nt submit AaLion INACLHCES th fey irom fiseass } many sn except that se igtant and tha wind od Li Wing ana FORTE Of has been transferred to most in a and ass they begin abpnorm remarkably short stant have talked in and soon they lia of them and unless he Is Sometimes melanch is mental bs ed When i Hsturbvancs extreme it ial lieved hi ance the « takes eithe and watched cl or sulci turn men who have § that reason to studs nits is, as engineering order, being y to the famous Eddjyst More than a year was getting a foundation for it high are the storms that the entran ta more than forty feet water. Then, five keepers and poses, then the = . mniern. evervyl oniy tides and so oe one above rooms used fi come the occupl watch r the The tower being circular and space in demand, naturally made to conform, sO Ev sicep every i0at. men RO PT $y the coance the as of. en without as detriment indianapolis Sentinel, in to How Animals Travel. Amer.can many different Kinde of rying animals as they passengers, One Rind for car Cars Cars nave used for of car that is as a palace horse car, and, excepting for fine woodwork and brasswork, if is a palace car, fine accommodations. Each horse bas his own sglateroom go to speak, for the car is fitted with independent stalls. Each stall has a manger and water trough, and over head are racks for holding extra feed i Sheep and hogs are often carried in | ears with two stories. These are | known as double deckers, and the | animals are shipped in both stories. | They have room to Ite down in and water is supplied to them from pipes. Horses and cattle are sidetracked at intervals if the cars are making a fong run, and the beasts are led oul and allowe dto run around for exer cige. Then they are driven back to their cars and resume their journey. Sheep are often unloaded within =» few miles of their destination ana turned loowe to rest and feed until they are in good flesh. This is not done merely from motives of human. ity. It has been found that the sheep are so much improved by it that they bring higher prices when they reach the market.—Home and Farm. giving horses THE KEYSTONE STATE Latest News of Pennsylvania Told in Short Order. Alexander Hendee shot » William Lovett, at Woodbury, about 1 o'clock the other morning. Both are negroes and the former is in jail while Lovet! lies in a critical condition in Cooper Hospital, Camden. The affair grew out of jealousy, Hendee claiming tnatl he was escorting two girls home when they met Lovett, who made insulting remarks. He fired three shots, one of which took effect in the head Dr. Reading attended the injured man who said the shooting was an ac cident. A man named Jacobs, of Downing town, has been committed to ( hestes County Prison for the alleged non payment of $1.05 taxes and $3 18 having been tao Cheste by Magistrate Jere 1 le {axes { COSLE sent iector ol SCHOool for tent ane test i aXCs 15s 4 hear Ng rom deling y L . Pennypacker viewed 3 vernor i for fered the proposed ODtate spital for Eptleptics in the suburbs f Spring Cit The act pr that the buildings shall acces fate S00 inmates and be at ity 300 acres an on 1 fa David S. Taylor, ard Cook and Allen Re OVErnOr pronoun it i ation in E Pennsylvania, and it is likely the site will be accepted The seventeen coal and sand barges on : hanna River, between Clarke's Fem and Middletown, representing in all an investment of $50,000, have argan- zed under the name of the River Operators’ Protective Association of Dauphin County, and will apply for 3 state charter, The object of the or ganization is the mutual benefit of the operators of the fleets and the im provement of the river bed. Olof Swanson who left his home in Chester six weeks ago, and for whom the police have been searching, sur prised his family by walking in upon them while they were eating supper Swanson said that he had been drugg ed in Chester the day of his disappear ance by a number of men with whom he was drinking. He awoke to his senses on a Sunday in Maryland and was compelled to seek work on a farm to prevent himself from starving to death. When he asked that his family be notified he says the owner of the farm refused and would not allow him to 'save the place until after he had worked a month, The police are in vestigating the case. Mrs, Mary Sweigert, of Youtzes town, better known as “Mother Um: myle,” who is in her goth year, picked six quarts of cherries, She climbed the tree with an agility that surpassed the efforts of some of the younger pick ers. Harry Beverly, aged 38 years, of Pottsville, slashed his throat with razor. It is said he tried to kill him self because companions jeered hiw when he took the temperance pledge Many pear trees in Berks ry are dying from the “fire blight” ‘Charles W. Bell was appointed postmaster for Millstone, oO p v vides the expend: S200.000 to will $ §1.000,000 tract 1s srriposed oR i shertis the best stern of the Susque owners of fleets "COMMERCIAL REVIEW. Midsummer quiet prevails in mem wiiessed much idle machinery at tenof indie the leading confidence in cities mcreasing of goods of at end of the fiscal year were als better in the hands Collections than anticipated ni anticipated lines are more active increase of 4.2 per in railway june, 1903 this States earnings compared with Failures United year, and 12 in number 206 in 194 Canada compared with week ARAINS last ago + Bradstreets Wheat, incl the week B78 010 bushels, BAYS mm ding ending flour exports for ARETregate 1,127,885 16 week fast week; 2,380,410 4,404,115 in thi last 1902 Corn exports for the gregate 013,124 bushel year £010,140 In ag week against "53 1 " iast week, 1.825088 a 185.031, in igo2, and 2,800,738 WHOLESALE MARKETS. FL.OUR — Qu gncha : } WHEAT contract, Nestern, By August, at 2 4.00; Oya 2.580, dressed mutto 6g; dressed lambs at 100g Car at 183m 10 HOGS-—Recepts, aAcsies Chicago. ~~ C 1,000; Texans nominal; steers, 5.500 0.25. poor 4.500%.25; stockers and (L400, COWS, 1.500 4.50; a4 Re: canners, 1.500 260; (4.25; calves, 2.500.255; sheers, 4 50005.1K, HOGS Receipts 16,000; market steady to sc lower; mixed and butch. ers, 5.305.524; good to choice heavy, 5.455 5%; rough heavy, 5.30 @s.45; hight, 5.300545; bulk of sales, 5 28s. 50 SHEEP-—Receipts, 20,000; steady; ood to choict wethers, 4.750@5.50; air to good mixed, 3.500 4.50; native Receipts, to prime nedium, ers, 2.2% 2.00 2.00 fed feed WORLD OF LABOR. The shipyards of Great Britain, al! he Illinois Central Railroad Com A committee has been appointed by National Civic Federation to draft a plan of joint agreemcnt be The total amount of benefis paid the Cigarmakers’ International nion in 1903 was $374,068, while the income from all sources was $751,042. Vicksburg (Miss) carpenters are on a strike, At a meeting of Freight Handlers and Warehousemen's Union at San Francisco, a vote taken resulted in a decision to continue the strike. The Ontario (Can) Government has extended the Factories act to 50 new industries, including printing offi ces and places where women are em: ployed. At Chicago Railway Express Driv. ers and Conductors’ Union will take decisive action regarding a new wage scale. The union ofiicials favor arbi tration. A ST. SPS A THE WEAK SPOT. A weak, aching back tells of sick It aches when you work. It aches when you try to rest. 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