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. It throbs
in changeable
wenther., Urinary
troubles add ©
your misery No
rest, no comfort,
until] the kidneys
are well Cure
them with Doan's
Kidney Pills.
Mrs. Ww. M.
Dauscher, of 25
Water Bt, Brad
ford, Pa., says: “I
had an almost con
tinuous pain in the
small of the back
My ankles, feet, hands and almost mj
whole body were bloated. J was lab
guid and the kidney secretions were
profuse. Physicians told me I bad
diabetes in its worst form, and I feared
1 would never recover. Doan’s Kidney
Pills cured me in 1806, and I have been
well ever since”
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid-
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all dealers, price DO cents per OX,
Co.
To Exploit African Falls.
CON
A mp: been formed to ex-
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and will built a hydro-cleciric generat.
ing with the expectation
supplying power the
fields, Buluwayo
kive and Hartley gold fieids, all
wich within 300 1uiles
Victoria the
station
to Wankie coal
+
the Gwelo, Bebas-
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ars
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The readers of this paper will be pleaseqtn
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Mantans living in
Milk River are gravely
corned over proposed extensive
» waters of that stream
importuning the
r that
prior rights to the water way be
1
Citizens of
the
valley of con.
diversion
ir
it
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roteciex
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