HEALTH FORCES
, DEFEAT DEATH
Thirteen Thousand Five Hundred
UY3S Saved In Two Years.
SHOWS ENORMOUS GAIN
Three Million Dollars Spent In Con
servation of Public Hclth Showa I
Saving of Twenty-Three Million Dot
Ion to tho Commonwealth Dlph,
therla, Typhoid and Tubereuloels
Olvo Way Btforo the Steady Ad
vance of State'o Health Offloora.
Tho precious lives of thou-
eande of llttls children have
been spared because the stats In
Ita wlae beneficence haa fumlah
ed diphtheria antitoxin to tho
poor.
Typhoid fever Is killing 2500
Icat people per year In Pennsyl
vania than it did tour yeara ago.
Tuberculosa now claims 1000
Uvea leaa a year In thla state.
Educalisn and cooperation of
the people In health matters,
backed by vigorous support of
the public press, la helping Com
missioner Dixon to win out In
war against dlseass.
Industries seek states where
health recsrda show low death
rate.
In the last five years the stats of
Pennsylvania has been engaged It
contervation work of an extremely
Important and fundamental kind. Wltb
I'rreldent Roosevelt It believes thai
the preservation of the people's nat
uml resources should begin with the
preKervatlon of the people themselves.
The public cannot conscientiously per
mil the wasteful sacrifice of Its forest
and Its other forms of natural wealth
tut even less conscientiously can
terrolt the wantom sacrifice, of Itr
children's lives.
In maintaining a fully equipped
state health department and engaging
on a large scsle in this great warfare
against disease, Pennsylvania has tak
en a foremost stand for real modern
civilisation. The creation of govern
mortal agencies for the preservation
of the public health marks a new con
ceptlon of governmental responslbll
Ity. The work thus far marks only
tho beginning merely suggests the
good which thla department, under
the direction of Dr. Samuel O. Dixon
tho commissioner, baa In view.
In the laat thirty yeara the attl
tude of the public towards 111 health
hat radically changed, until tho re
searches of that resourceful genius
Iouls Pasteur, disclosed the real
cause of conlagloua diseases, the aver
age man's conception was practically
hat which hart.-orovaned In the mid
usnora or FTovtasnco, expressions of
divine wrath; punishments for sinful
human kind. Even the scientist re
garded them as fundamental facta of
nature, like death Itself, which every
one most uncomplainingly accept. Pas
xeur. nowaver. in a few masterly ex
Veriments, bruahed aside all thla Ig
norance and superstition. Ho showed
that all contagious dlssases had
cieany defined and obvioua origin.
They were not mysterious visitations
without tangible cause and Insuscep
tible to tangible control. They were
caused by an infinitely largo universe
or innniteiy small forms of vegetable
and animal life. Ho demonstrated
that tho connection between these
malevolent mlcro-orgaalsms and the
ensuing disease waa as close as that
between sunlight and heat. And he
at Immediately drew the inevitable
oncluslon. If tho world were once
rid of these onanisms, he declared.
It would bo rid of contagious diseases,
"ft is bow within the power of the
world" such waa the 'deduction
whlrh bo drew from bis experiments,
"to rid Itself of all contagious dla
eases."
Setting Pice In Health Work.
This was the goal at which Pasteur
aimed; that haa been -the goal at
which all movements for Improving
the people's health havo necessarily
aimed since. And thla was the ulti
mate ambition which led, five years
ago. to the orgnltatlon of the Penn
arlvnnla (State Department of Health
a Pennsylvania in which there shall
be no young men and women lan
arMilnr away with tuberculosis; a
Pr-tisylvanla In which no children
siuitl die of diphtheria; a Pennsylva
n:a in which there shall be no ty
phoid, no scarlet fever, no smallpox
no nienlnsttie. no dysentery, no ma
laria this Is the kind of Pennsylvania
which the State Department of Health
ones ultimately to create. It does
not expect to reach this goal In a
year, or ten years, perhaps not In t
single gcneiation. but this Is the Ideal
thai It haa constantly in mind It re
cognises the fact that, so long aa any
of these diseases exist, their preva
lence la a distinct reproach to the
etate. It la a reproach simply be
came the method eliminating them la
known. The old theory of government
aa a power which protects Its clti
seas only from foreign foes and native
araudere Is giving way to new atan
darda of civilization. Tk. . ....
nemlea to the atato are those which
ara anaeen, and the first duty of aa
enlightened commonwealth la to pro
tect Its people against them. Other
state are gradually rising to thla now
conception, but Pennsylvania now
clearly heads them all, for In no
othet stale la the battle against the
common enemy being waged on so
largo a scale as here. The experi
ment, therefore, Is not only ol ex
treme importance to Pennaylvanlana,
tut aa an example to the nation and
the world.
Does It Pay.
Naturally the people are Interested
to learn precisely how the larg ewrns
the state la Investing annually ta gord
heslth la being spent; what are Its
dividends, as measured In the actual
saving of human lives? Is Pennsyl
vania a richer, a more healthy com
monwealth now than It waa four years
ago? Ia the average cltlsen less like
ly to acquire a mortal disease less
likely to die If he does acquire one?
In exchange for lta generous appro
priations Pennsylvania haa received,
first of all, a considerable reduction In
Ita death rate. Not so many people
die here now as died In 1908, the year
when the new department began Ita
organised work. The cltliens of
Pennsylvania, especially Ita little chil
dren, stand a better chance than they
formerly did of reaching mature life
and a green old age. Mortality sta
tistics do not commonly furnish
citing reading, but, when considered
from this point of view, they make
aa emphatic personal appeal. Thus,
In 10 and 10T, the death rate In
Pennaylvanla per thousand of popula
tion waa 1 6; in 1908, It had dropped
to lb.T, and In 1909 to U.S., At first
glsiice thla may not seem a remark
able diminution, but In a state with a
population of more than 7,000,000 even
fractional decrease Is a substantial
gain. Thla appears when one figures
precisely what this slight numerical
drop means In the actual aavlng of
human Uvea. Had the death rate of
lii and 190T prevailed In 1908, pre
clsely (519 more people would have
died than actually auccumbed. Had
this same rate applied In 1909, Instead
of the decreased percentage recorded
by the Bureau of Health, Just 8388
men, women and children now living
and presumably In good health and
spirits, would have rendered their
final tribute to nature. In other
words these matter of fact statistics,
when interpreted In their reel rela
tion to the welfare and happiness of
the state, mean the saving to the state
of 1S.907 live.
Human Lives aa Stats Assets,
Thla fact haa an Immense personal
mesnlng for all people of the state
among these rescued lives might have
been your own, your wlfes, your
child's; but they also have a value
which la measurable In dollars and
cents. The political economists now
recognise that the most valuable Jtlnd
of wealth la the human life that hu
man labor la worth at least Ave times
that of all other forma of capital.
Even the newly landed Immigrant, ac
cording to these Investigators, has a
per capita value of $875; that Is, he
adds lust that much to the nation's
capital. Professor Irving Fisher, of
Tale, one of the foremost American
economists, has painstakingly figured
the financial value to the state of
every cltlsen at particular ages. A
new-born Infant, aaye Professor Fish
er. Is actually worth $90, while a five-
year-old child la worth $950. From
thla point on hla value rapidly In
creases; at ten, conld he be sold at
auction, hla market value would be at
least $2000; . at twenty It would be
$4000, and at thirty, $4100. From thla
point the average human being begins
to lose value, In proportion to hla de
creasing productivity, until at fifty,
Professor Fisher gives him a value of
only $700. Thla aame authority places
-" vJWTU6u,'ofcJ)H
rate In Pennsylvania for the last two
yeara represents a money saving of
128, 841.900. The state, In other words.
Is Just that much richer haa Just that
much mora available capital. For Ita
actual expenditure to date of $3,000,
000. including a large portion for per
manent improvements. It haa taken In
more than $23,000,000. The earnings
of the new Department of Health, con
sidered purely from the commercial
standpoint, thus represent dividends
of mora than 7(8 per cent In four
years.
What la the value placed br the av
erage cltlsen upon hla children's Uvea
not the financial value estimated by
the unemotional economist, but the
worth lav affection, good cltlxenshlp
and In all that holda the social organi
sation togeinerT is it good business
policy to save the Uvea of children at
$7 apiece? Is It paternalistic and so
cialistic to protect them against dan
gerous Infections at the rate of $2 per
n.a r -j nai is wnat the etate of Penn
erlvaala la doing now. Thla conserva
tive old commonwealth haa reached
that stage of paternalism where the
government will not alt quietly by
and watch a little child choke to death
with diphtheria when the expenditure
of a few dollars from the public treas
ury win relieve its sufferings and save
Its life.
Saving the Little Ones.
For the last ten yeara the practical
remedy for diphtheria haa been avail
able for the children of prosperous
households, but It haa not been avail
able for the poor. Since Von Behrlng's
Immortal discovery that the blood
aerum of a horse which hss recovered
from diphtheria possessed wonderful
curative properties, and when Intro
duccd Into the human organism would
usually destroy the disease, thla for
mer scourge of childhood baa lost
early all Its terrors. In the old daya
diphtheria, destroyed nearly one-half
of all the children It assailed. It would
do the same today among the poor In
Pennaylvanla were It not for the anti
toxin which the state provides fre.
That large numbers of unprotected
children have died moat shocking
deaths In the past for the sole reason
that their parenta were too poor to
afford them anti toxin, la a melancholy
reflection, but these things will not
kapi-en la the future. In every cornet
of Pennaylvanla, usually at well known
drug stores, there are now atstlons foi
Ue free distribution of anti-toxin,
numbering 860. Whenever any pooi
anan'a child falls III with diphtheria,
bis physician, by making out a proper
application, can secure free all the
anti-toxin he needa to effect a cure.
Since October. 1905. the Health De
partment has la this way distributed
s,44. packages at antl-toxla. It has
treated 19.939 aick people, mostly chil
dren, who, hut for the state'a Inter
vestlon, would have been neglected. In
the old daya about 10.000 of these chil
drea would havo died: aa a matter of
H& 1T dled.JS-earrj all those J
who died were children who did not
receive the anti toxin until the late
etaawe) of the disease. The detailed
ties of the dorjartmcnt show that
rte earlier the sick child rocolves the
anti-toxin, the greater his chances of
recovery. These facts should empha
sise the pressing need. In all cases,
not only of anti-toxin treatment, but
of this treatment at the earliest pos
sible time. The department has also
thoroughly tested the powers of anti
toxin as an Immunising agent. Diph
theria, aa every one knows. Is one of
the most virulently contagious dis
eases. It travels like lightning from
the sick to the well. In the crowded
homes of the poor, many of them Ideal
culture tubes for the growth of the
microbes. Its virulence Is especially
marked. The department In three
years baa Immunised with anti-toxin
14.537 persons, nearly all children,
who had been exposed to the disease.
Of these only 251 acquired It a little
more than one per cent The Stato
Department of Health's free distribu
tion of antitoxin to the poor, there
fore, has saved over 8100 lives at an
average cost of seven dollars each and
prevented contagion In several thou
sands of cases at on average cost of
two dollars.
Battle Against Tuberculosis.
In Its attitude towards the great
problem of tuberculosis, the state gov
ernment also shows thla keen sense
of responsibility for the safety of the
people. The department of health re
gards all the tuberculosis poor as In a
large sense the wards ol the state. Its
efforts. In the first plsce. are to pre
vent them from falling victims to this
Insidious disease, and In the second,
to assist materially In curing those
who have become Infected.
The death rate from tuberculosis In
this state has fallen from 134 to 120
per one thousand of population In
four years. This meana a aavlng of
1000 lives annually.
In the matter of tuberculosis, how
ever, the death rate tells only a small
part of the story. Any work In Im
proving conditions must be funda
mental, and It will necessarily take
many years before extensive results
sre obtained. What the department
has done has been to lay the founda
tion of comprehensive attack. From
Its laboratory Investigations of the
tubercle bacillus to Its especially
equipped sanatoria, there Is no
pect of the disease that It does not
study and combat It alma to enter
at every stage Into the life of the tu
berculoua poor. To many citizens the
stato government la more or less of
an Indefinite Idea; they seldom come
Into contact with It as a living, acting
entity; If you are once stricken with
tuberculosis, however, especially If you
are poor, the commonwealth of Penn
sylvanla becomes physically manifest
In your dally Uvea. In the medical In
spection, In the physician and In the
nurses the state ceases to be an eco
nomic abstraction and becomes a kind
helping, fostering personality.
The Dispensaries. -
If you are stricken down and cannot
affoid proper medical attendance.
there Is always near at hand a free tu
berculosis dispensary, established for
precisely cases of this kind. There are
many thousands of patients in the
state who are still able to be about
te,'QH9Ah..iaUFr,,Jr). PfS
of especial assistance to this class.
The dispensary physicians have treat
ed 21,227 patients and actually cured
712, while the condition of 2G49 haa ao
greatly Improved that the arrest of
the disease Is almost assured.' Here
the sick man or woman Is received by
a proiessionai nurse, Who makes a
complete first-hand Investigation of
the case. By questioning the patient
she learns all the details of bis family
history, his occupation, hla financial
resources, his surroundings, at home
or at work the latter particularly for
the purpose of protecting bis intimates
and assoclatea from Infection. Thla In
formation ahe records for the use of
me physician, and the department
She follows up this preliminary talk
ry an inspection at the patlent'a home
Here her administrations amount to a
liberal education In the treatment of
iudocuiosis. She instructs the patient
aa to the proper handling of himself
how he must dress, bow he must eat
and Bleep, and tells him of the well
anown ways or building un the .
ursl resistance of his body. She also
advises all the other members of the
noutenoia now to escape Infection
frequently discovers some member in
the early atagea of the disease and Is
uius BDie to ward It off. The nurse de
votes particular attention to diet nu
trition being general r recognized as
one of the predominating factors In
strengthening the body's defenses
Sha tells the 'housewife what to cook
and how to cook' it She Inquires par
Ocularly whether there is a sufficient
supply of fieah eggs and milk. Per
haps the family ia too poor to supply
in? not man with tboss necessities.
In that event the atate Itself provides
thfiu. The dispensary nurses have
n ade 133,444 visits of the kind de
scribed above.
Life at Mont Alto.
Tbls, however, la only one depart
ment of this life-saving work. Any one
who wishes a graphic Idea of the
state'a sanatorium work should visit
the tuberculosis colony at Mont Alto.
Here, at an elevation of 1600 feet
above the aea, amid the breeze awept
mountain pines, be will find neatly
800 men, women and children, under
the rare of nhyslclans and minea
bravely seeking to combat the disease
In the fresh air and aunahlne. Labor
story Investigations hsve msny times
proved that the tubercle bacillus, once
ei nosed to the light and air, shrivels
up like a guilty thing and Derishes-
and the atate. In thla unique sanator
ium, is giving Its tuberculoid nonr
their one gTeat chance of overcnmln
the diaeaae. This Mont Alto site Is sit
uated In the midst of a state forest
reservation of 6500 acres. It Is high,
cool. dry. with an abundance of fresh
spring wster. tillable soli upon which
many of the household supplies can
be raised, and all the attractions of
nature to make pleasant and peaceful
the Uvea of the patients. There Is a
I'l'afe 9 .specially constructed. cot-
tages tn wblcli the TncipienT
live.
and a larg, well
equipped hospital
building for the
this sanatorium
advanced eases. A
Pennsylvania baa
treated up to
Dec. II, 1W9, 1385 pa
tients,! a large number of whom have
been toermnnently cured and a' still
larger numher ao effectually strength
ened that they are In far better con
dition than formerly to fight the dis
ease, i
Ground Is now being cleared for a
second state sanatorium on the beau-
tiful site at Cresson. which Mr. Car-
negle has so generously given to the ,
eommonweairn, ana a tnira site nss
been Selected In the foot hills of the
Blue mountains, near Hamburg, In the
eastern end of the state.
For
Pure
Water.
In lighting such a widely prevalent
disease as typhoid fever, the useful
ness of a central state health organi
sation Is especially demonstrated.
Against typhoid a local board, Is prac
tically helpless.. This la because the
chief sources of Infection are the wa
ter courses. Our rivers unfortunately
do not recognize atate or county lines.
A Municipality may prevent water pol
lution from the banks within Its own
Jurisdiction, but cannot prevent It In
other sections.. Pittsburg may stop Its
own citizens from sewering Into the
streams, but she cannot stop .other
communities from polluting the wa
ters from which she draws her own
supply. And the discouraging fact la
that, while one town may refrain from
polluting the stream so that another
further down may not have to drink
Its filth; Its own water supply may he
polluted by less conscientious neigh
bors living up-stream. Up to the year
1905 man- In Pennsylvania appeared
to have lost the natural Instincts of
the lower animals and seemed Indif
ferent to the danger of loading his
system with that which nature haa
once thrown off aa poison. Man. un
like the beasts of the field, had taken
on the habit of discharging his offal
Into the streams from which he took
his drinking water. Only some central
body, which has absolute control over
all water courses, can accomplish a
general purification of the streams.
The legislature recognized this ne
cessity for central control when. In
1905, It placed all water courses. so
far as public sanitation waa concerned.
under the Jurisdiction of the governor;
attorney general and commissioner of
health. But there are also other pfl
vate sources of pollution especially
the old-fashioned privies and wells
hlrh still are found In large num
hers, overflowing Into streams. These
the department of health has now the
power to abolish. The department has
In file complete and detailed maps
showing all the state'a water courses,
large and small. Whenever a case of
typhoid fever Is reported it can - im
mediately put Its finger on the water
shed where the disease originated and
Investigate accordingly. No munlclpsl
Ity can Bow construct water works
without first obtaining .the state's ap
proval of Its plans. It cannot build
sewerage plants without similar con
sent. Acting through these broad pow
ers, the health department, through
Ita army nf inspectors, has penetrated
the remotest recesses of the state. In
specting premises, ' noting palpable
nuisances. Investigating water and
sewerage systems. A wholesome
clean up has ensued. In most cases the
nave icuuca uiv uwtmmy- Ol Tt In e
dlal measures and have accepted the
work In a proper spirit Up to date It
haa Inspected 256.62S premises In rural
districts and caused the abatement of
18,945 pollutions. It has Issued 204 de
crees requiring changes In public wa
ter works. Under Its advice and sug
gestion, an over the atate, cities and
municipal bodies have awakened and
voluntarily begun to Improve their
water supplies. Under the supervis
ion or the department sixty-seven
age disposal plants and thirty Ave wa
ter filter plants have been built or are
now under construction.
Typhoid Cut Down.
The purification of the state's drink
Ing water Is a large task and will take
many years, but already the Improve
ments have cut the typhoid death rata
tn half. In 1906. 6S.5 out of every 100,-
uuu people died from thla diaeaae; In
ou.s; m iSOK, 4., and In 1909
xi.i. Tint la there are now living
2383 people who, had the death rata of
19'is prevailed In 1909, would have
died,
I believe enough has been said to
convince you that Pennsylvania's cltl
iens have been made richer In health.
happiness and'industrlal vigor and the
state rendered more attractive, both
for residential and manufacturing pu.r
poses and for-the mere Jay. of life, b.v
me application of the grand health
laws of 1905.
You cannot- capitalize human tears
and mental anguish.
Tou cannot estimate In. dollars the
world s loss through the pessimism en
gendered by .premature ..death, dis
ease or-the despair -sof poverty, which
may follow both.
You cannot -compute even the prin
cipal of the debt laid upon individuals,
communities er states by the moral
delinquencies ' that result absolutely
from physical suffering alone.
But we can rejoice when we know
beyond all doubt that in every -year
nnttmely death haa been abut out of
more than 8C00 ol our homes and that
at least 69.000 of our people .are an
nually spared the ravages of acute dis
eases. And with a pride blended with
thankfulness we can rejoice In the
aplrit of Petihsylvanla'a fostering care
for her people which -made these re
suits possible. " -
' Kinder Mad. ... -
Steve Long Is noted tor attending - '
his own business and saying very lit
tle about It One' morning an Inquisi
tive neighbor met hhn returning from
the woods with bis gun over his shoul
der. "Hello. Steve. Where ye been? -'A-shootln'T"
-- . .
"Yep." - - - -t-
"What ye been a-shootln't
"Dog." - -
"Yer dog? My! Was he mad?".
"Wall, he didn't look so dangel
WC!1 PicUi.li."
HE DISCOVERED THE CULPRIT.
Announcement of Principal not at All
Comforting to Teacher,
One of the women teachers went to
the principal of a school In Queens
borough the other day. "Mr.. Mark."
ahe said, "I think you had better go
upstairs. A substitute teacher Is on
duty up there, and I am afraid she Is
having a terrible time. The noise
n
1
Is so terrible the children down here
scarcely can study."
The principal went up the etalra
two steps at a
time, and the. noise
soon ceased. When he returned to
the lower room his face was grim,
"Mies Henderson," he aald, "If you
hear any more of those noises let ma
know at once.
"Indeed I will,". she replied. ."It is
simply outrageous that parents should
bring their children up so they will be
have, that way. Did you find out who
the children were?"
"Yes, I found out," the principal
aald, acowllngly. "One Is your nep
hew and the other Is my son," he re
plied, and the woman teacher almost
collapsed. New York Press.
More Dietetio Facta.
Verily, the way of dietetic righte
ousness Is a strait and narrow path,
A big sanitarium gives Its patient
the following printed list of "Danger
ous Foods:" Cane sugar, fata, flesh
foods. Including llsb, oysters, lobsters,
etc.; eggs, milk, coarse vegetables,
such as spinach, cabbage, turnips, etc.;
condiments. Including salt and pep
per; tea, coffee, chocolate, cocoa and
all alcoholic drinks. This leaves prac
tically only cereals, potatoes and nuts.
The skin and seeds of nuts are forbid
den; this practically cuts off cherries.
prunes; dried apricots, iigs, dates, rais
ins.' currants nnd most grapes, unless
strained of objectionable parts., i'eus
and beans are admissible, if passed
through a colander to remove the
hulls. -
The Number Thirteen.
. Does the number 13 influence a ca.
reer in the army? Is a question asked
by a Paris contemporary, impelled by
the' fact that M. Oudln appears thir
teenth In the navy list at St Cyr. He
hns-Just been 'gazetted as a sublleu
tenant In a cavalry regiment, declares
the London Globe. Thirteen Is not
looked upon as an unlucky number t
St. Cyr," for among those who have
stood thirteenth In the list are Mar
shal MacMahofl In 1825. Gen. Bourba-
kl held tho same place nine years lai
bp Or.n Tjivcauco'unet. one 'of the
heroes at Met! -In 1870, was anothei
13. Among the living generals Is Gen
Ballotid, who left In 1868, and ha
alnce had'a! brilliant career.
What "Shoes They Wear.
It Is easy to tell visitor! to the clt?
who visit the theatres by their shoes
particularly the shoes of women. sa
the New York PreBS. They come li
taxis, these visitors, all of them, ant
spare no expense, but the women In
varlbly wear thick, heavy shoes If tl
night happens to be ralry. and ovei
aboes. while the New York womer
stepping out of their carriages an
taxis In the daintiest of hlgh-heel
slippers, come from warm, steam-heed
apartments In a warm carriage
a warm theatre, never onre thln'tii
of preparing for rain or cold by hea
snoes. vl " r
Snakes In Railway Cars.
The railway 'station of Brag'1
(Servla) Is so lafested with snal
that special precautions are tak
wt.ua trains step there to prevent t
reptile from entering the com pa
ments. An - Englishwoman coml
from Constantinople was appalled
find a small snake colled round t
handle of her traveling bag. The rr
sequent search resulted In the dlsct
ery of several other snakes among t
passengers' rugs.
' ' Willie and Noises.
. Willie, the minister's son, waa en
Joying himself hugely playing on hh
new drum. It annoyed his up-to-datf
mamma, wha said persuasively: "Wll
lie. do you like to annoy mamma and
make such a noise?" "Well," said
W..i!e, "'I like all noises, 'cept sing
In' nolees and proichln' noises."
"Nuff Said."
Brown -What did your wife sa;
about your being so late home thi
other nlglrt? ...
J onus - Nothing at ail. She Just aa
down at the piano and played "Tel
me the old, old story."
-' " Defined.
' Father," said little Fiollo, "what
Is meant by 'a Sabbath day's Jour
ney?' "
"I am afraid, my son, that In man;
cases It meant tvlce around the goll
llnka." "
A Question of Years.
Stella Is she " In her declining
years? '
Bella No; her accepting years.
Great Operation.
A baseball r'.iyer 'had two" finger
ot his right hand pretty badly bungle,
up In practice, and on his way horn
from the grounds ho dropped Into
doctor's otllce .to have them attende
'Doctor," he asked anxiously aa h
was lealvng" "when this paw of niin
heals will I be uble to play the piano?
"Certainly you will," the doctor at
lured him."
'Well. then, you're a wonder. Doc
I aever could before."
At Laat.
Aa soon aa a man really, feela that
he can at .last put aside hie business
cares he lies down and dies.
Lovs Letters.
Women generally write love letters
merely, for the purpose ot getting a
chance to. keep the answers.
Lest One Should Fall.
It Is well to moor your bark
with
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ERIE RAILROAD.
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PORT JERVIS
Eolld Pullman trains to Buffalo, Nine
or a Palls, Chautnuqua Lake, Cleveland
Chicago aud Cincinnati.
Tickets on eals at Port Je alt
points In the Weetnnd Pout h wast at lower
rates than via any other flmt-olans line.
In effect June Slth, loos.
Trains Now Leavk Pout Jrrvis s
Foixows,
EASTWARD
" 48, Dully 4 10
'6 Dally Kspress . 6 40 "
" 86, Loonl Kxcopt Sunday.,. 9.10 " .
41 Holidays only. . ..'..'... .. .";;.. ')
No. H. Dully Kxprcaa t.ili.'
" 70S, Way Sunday Only.;..'!' r.ei V
" 4, Local excrpt-Suu , Hoi .6 .
' 80. Local Rxoept Suuday . .' 10.20 , '
4. Dally Fxpioas. l.U f.M. -:
" 704, SuDday Only..... t to..-"-
.. '.,j,h,,,hbiioJ'7 a tn'
, Dally Express. . 4 M ,-Kr
' 6. Way dally xo't 8uud'y 8 86.','
" 708,Loo-l Suudny Oniy.,j-7.tin("
. WESTWARD.;. X -
NoT, i)ily Express .;,' it 88 V is '
' Doily 8 86 -
17 Dally Milk Train.:.... 8.tOi Vs
' ... l. llally Kxpross. II 34 . . ..
" 115, For Ho'dnli-E'pT Sun:'. 18.18 j!
" , Kxprt-saCblcngollin dal 6 1b)
' 8S, Dally Except Sunday.. 8 00 '
" i. Limited Dally Express fo n " -.-Trains
leave Chambers street. New
Vbrk, for Port Jervls on week days at
8.80, 7.15. 9.16, 10 80 . A. II., 1 XI '
8 00, 4 80, 8 15, 7 15, 0.15 18 46 T. at.
On Sundiys, 7 , A. II -18
10. 1.167 80. 0 16 P. M.
H. L. 8LAUSON. '1 lcket Agi. rt.Jwvi.
H.W.Hawley,
Plv'u Pussgr. Agent.
CbanibaraSt.-riiailon Jfew y.-rh '.
William B. Kenwoithey " JUYO
Physician aud Sure on .' .
O.Ujs and reil4moa . Bruad Ftrcrt
text Court House. MILKOISD.
For Bent
Furnished rooms lo rei't Enqniie
f Mrs Etta Poillun, Corner Bros. I
md Anu Street, Milford, Pa.
. )
Who Said Themf . ... -The
golden text was "Suffer tha
little children to come ur ; y trie," ; and
It had been recited to the class by a
cherub on the -front Ijench. Later In
the afternoon the teacher, In the
course of the lesnons. had occasion to
refer to the teitt. t, -
"Now. children," she said, "who' '
said those words?" ard she repeated
them. A hand went up t-on bne 'of
the larger boys on the Lack bench,
and receiving permission to answer,-
he aald, pointing to the cherub: "That
little feller down thcrc.M : T
Does the World Think 7
Man is evidently made for tbougV;
this Is his whole dignity end his wbp'o
merit; his whole duly Is to think 'r. 4
he ought. Now the order of thoimiit
Is to begin with self, and with Us au
thor aud Its eud. Now of what thlnkn
tho world? Never of these things,
but of dancing. pla.ylng the lute, -singing,
making verses, tilting at the ring,
etc., of flglitlng. making ourselves
kings, without thiu'dr.g what. It la Id
be a king or what to be a'nian.-t'aa-cal.
,
Substitute for Leather."1 ' " ''
Seaweed, duaj, goate' hair and ri,h ,
moss, compounded by a. secret cham).
cal process, la claimed to be, by its Id- .,'
ventor, John Campbell, a perfect sub
stitute for leather, vulvanlte, wood
and marble. As lai lbs'.' .It makes sr.rv. '
Icaable o!; foj- ibxsjj.'..' , ..t . ... ...