Health
The Benefits to Be Derived from Cold Baths
- sand Vigorous
By EdgenS Wood
.cold bath we might as well get at the straight of the thing,
is not reallaonatter of cleanliness as much as a matter of
getting the skin livened up and the capillaries and veins
next to the Surface full of blood. Ice-cold water or scalding
hot waterill do that,
11 ri
Ehskin is almost exactly the same kind of tin excreting
organ as the lungs. The same products seep through the
pores as are carried off in the breath, and the air purifies
he blood in the same way. But the greater part of the skin
Is smothered up In clothes day and night. What the cold water of the bath
dissolves is matterwell away. And the rubbing dry is pretty vigorous exercise,
If you want to kjaow. gAny rubbing is bound to push the blood along toward
the heart and help the 'circulation, because there are valves in the veins which
prevent the blood from going in any other direction .than toward .the heart.
Whatever loose flakes of outer cuticle are rubbed off we needn't worry about;
plenty more whee they came from. The extra food the increased appetiie
demands will make good that trifling loss." Everybody's Magazine.
The Housewife's
By
Tarn A. Hamilton
EARLY every housewife
Nil 111 Lilt! ailClUUUU, UUt ICY! aivuminou iv.
K down is not resting; in fact it is easier to rest sitting than
not nnHprstanH hnw to rest DroDerly.
and the woman who does 'not relax when she lies down can
not rest no matter how long she lies. To relax properly, lie
at full length on the back with the head level with the body,
the arms extended slightly from the body, and the feet sep-
- arated some six inches. The clothing should be loose, n ly
ing on a couch, but it is best to undress and get into bed. Start with long
breaths of the kind known as "abdominal breathing," followed by upper chest
breathing.. Keep this up for a few minutes only, and then beginning with the
head relax all the muscles the whole length of the body, that is. release the
tension on them, so that if feet or hands were lifted they would fall to the bed
as lif they were logs of wood. It is not very difficult to relax the muscles of
the arms and legs but it takes patient practice to relax the muscles of the Jack,
thorax and brefst, but by persistent effort it can be accomplished. When all
the muscles are relaxed the person feels as if she were floating In the air,
there is no sense of weight. Now, an effort should be made to relax the mind.
This cannot be done, as some have recommended by "thinking of nothing"
an impossibility but it can be done by directing the mind to the latest pleas
ant thing that has occurred, conning it over repeatedly, and it will not require
very many repetitions to send one into a deep, baby-like sleep the kind that
rests, and from which one awakes refreshed, and with every nerve tuned in
unison to the work ahead. Try it. Good Housekeeping.
The Husband's Tobacco
By Elizabeth Knight Tompkins
F tobacco smoke is offensive to you, first ask yourself if it
actually does your husband harm. Does he smoke enough
to injure his health or more than he can afford? If you
have to answer no,
pugnance. Men do
with a violent distaste
ouer. Except fori the most weighty reasons, you have no
right to deprive him of an indulgence that is doing him no
positive harm. The case is different, however, if you feel in
you the call of a mission, if your conviction of the evil of smoking is so over
powering that you must bear witness to it in your acts ; if you really feel, that
no sacrifice to the cause, not even that of the happiness of your home, is too
great. Otherwise, clear your mind of the prejudice that there is any moral
value in smoking or not smoking, just as your mother, it may be, had to learn
that cards are not in themselves of the
ly belongs in another category, the physical category, that contains also exer
cise and eating.
If, on the other hand, you decide that smoking is doing him more or less
harm, this decision opens up another question: Can you, considering his char
acter and your own influence, persuade him to give it up? If you think you
can, your course is simple. If you honestly know in your heart that you can
not, here again it is your duty to hold your tongue and make the best of it. If
your husband will smoke, it is better for every reason, health included, that he
smoke at home than at a club or some less desirable place where smoking may
lead to all the evils it is supposed to carry in its wake. Good Housekeeping.
Advice to
By Elizabeth
HE first reason why women fail as wives is because marriage
has never yet been esteemed one of the learned professions
which only a highly qualified individual is fitted to practice.
On the contrary, it is held to bea kind of jack-leg trade that
any girl can pick up at a minute's notice, and carry on suc
cessfully without the slightest previous knowledge r train
ing. No girl would be conceited enough to think that she
could practice medicine or law or dentistry without devoting
years to its study. She wouldn't even dream of hiring out as
T
a stenographer without first learning how to make pot-hooks, but she blithely
and cock-surely tackles the most difncultand complicated job existing that of
being a wife--pn the fallacious assumption' that a knowledge of how to man
age a man and make him happy and comfortable comes to a woman by inspir
ation, ami not through preparation. -
When the. average girl marries she does not even know how to make a
man physically comfortable, and yet, unromantic as. this may seem, the very
foundation of domestic happiness has to be laid in bodily ease. Nobody can
be sentimental on an empty stomach, and bad cooking will kill the tenderest
affection in time. Love is choked to death on tugh steak as well as slain by
unfaithfulness, and many a young husband's illusions' about his bride have
been drowned in watery .soup. The first inkling tb at young Benedict gets that
bis Angelina is not all his fondest fancy painted her, and that he has missed
his affinity, is when he has to sit down to ill-coot M and ill-sjerved meals; and
you may be very sure that if there were ho bad dinners there would be pre
cious few men wandering away from home. To be a good wife is not
an easy task. It is one of the most strenuous undertakings on earth. It re
quires labor and skill and care and tact and unselfishness, but it is the kind
of service a woman agrees to give when she gets married. If she doesn't like
the price, she can stay single.
Water and l v
Rubbing U
but tepid water No, no.
Afternoon Nap
takes a rest, and a nap if possible,
ich it Thp mere lvina
your duty is plain. Overcome your re
this constantly, for many of them start
which their lives force them to con
devil's manufacture. Smoking proper
Our Girls S
M. GUmcr
TBE WORK OF CONGRESS
The Senate and House Regularly at
Work What They are Doing.
After nearly four days of discussion,
the House, by a vote of ,326 to 17, pass
td the Esch-Townsend bill, providing
for the regulation of freight rates. The
negative vote was made up of 11 Re
publicans and six Democrats.
The closing hours of the debate were
occupied by Messrs. Williams, of Mis
sissippi, the minority leader, and Hep
burn, of Iowa, chairman of the com
mittee which reported the bill. Mr.
Williams, while supporting the minor
ity measure, said he knew it could not
pass, and complimented the Republi
cans for bringing in a bill which was
much better than he expected would
come from them.
The speech of Mr. Hepburn' was
rather in defense of himself. He said
that his needs and acts were suffi
cient answer to the "lies and slanders"
which had been heaped upon him. The
bill known as the Hepburn bill, he
said, had been prepared by the Attor
ney General and he only yielded to
his colleagues on the committee on the
Esch-Townsend bill, because he did not
want the committee to be the target
for scribblers, who wanted sensational
headlines.
Personalities in the House.
Not in recent years has the House
witnessed such a spectacle as it did
Monday with Mr. Sullivan, of Massa
chusetts, and William R. Hearst as the
central figures. Both indulged in per
sonalities of the gravest character,
and so stirred the House as to arouse
among certin members a feeling of
the greatest indignation. Mr. Sullivan
heaped upon Mr. Hearst a tirade of
denunciation, while the latter, by im
plication, charged Mr. Sullivan with
complicity in a murder.
The affair grew out of the recent
discussion of the freight rate question
m the House, when Mr. Sullivan in
quired of Mr. Lamar, of Florida, who
was favoring the Hearst bill, why Mr.
Hearst did not defend his own bill,
this being followed by a criticism of
Mr. Sullivan in The New York Ameri
can and Journal.
More Frequent Cotton Reports.
The Senate heard ten witnesses in
the Swayne impeachment trial Mon
day, and devoted the remainder of its
time to the consideration of the agri
cultural appropriation bill. The major
portion of the debate in connection
with the appropriation bill was bafpd
on an amendment suggested by Mr.
Bacon, providing for semi-monthly re
ports on the condition of the cotton
crop, which was amended so as to
cover the last . five months of the
year, and adopted.
Mr. Bacon, in offering his amend
ment, said that no provision could be
incorporated in the .bill that would
.be of so much importance to the cot
ton producers as this one. He traced
the failure of the growers to secure
profitable returns from last season's
crop to the infrequency of the offi
cial reports. The loss in one month on
this account had not been less than
$40,000,000. He also urged that the
Secretary should publish a synopsis
of the information on which his esti
mate is based, as well as the estimate
Itself. Mr. Proctor presented a letter
from the chief statistician of the Agri
cultural Department, saying that the
adoption of the Bacon cotton amend
ment would Involve an additional ex
penditure of $363,000 per annum.
s Carnegie Will Te'stify.
New York, Special. Andrew Car
regie announced that he would go to
Cleveland to testify against Mrs. Cas
sie Li. Chadwick, who is under arrest
in that city charged with obtaining
large sums of money on alleged securi
ties bearing Mr. Carnegie's name. It
is alleged tat the signatures were
forged. Mr. Carnegie's announcement
was made after a subpoena ordering
him to apepar at court in Cleveland
on March 6 had been served upon him.
Live Items of News.
In view of the possibility that Eng
land may be dragged into the far East
ern war the Shipping World professes
to find comfort in the fact that "the
navy is to be strengthened by the addi
tion of oak leaf embroidery to the pres
ent plain white slashes on the full dress
coats of flag officers, but the gold lace
edge to the slash will disappear and
the oak leaf embroidery round the cuff
with distinction lace is to be replaced
lace."
August W. Machen and the Groffa
were placed in the penitentiary at
Moundsville.
Village Taken.
St. Petersburg, By Cable. The Em
peror has received the following dis
patch from General Kuropatkin: "The
Japanese during the night of January
31 attacked Djantanchenan, on the
left bank of the Hun river, opposite
Changtan. They captured the village,
but subsequently were .driven out, with
great loss. The Russian casualties
were 100. The Japanese, after a se
vere cannonade, re-attacked our forces
at Djantanchenan at noon Februarv 1.
The Russians first retired, but ulti
mately reoccupied the village, .though
outlying posts are in the hands of the
enemy."
Oil Men Support Kansas.
Toledo, O., Special. At a meeting
Sunday of the Oil Men's Association,
composed of crude oil producers in
the Trenton rock-oil fields of Ohio and
Indiana, .the situation in Kansas was
discussed by the 30 or 40 members
present, and resolutions were unani
mpuly adopted that the State of Kan
sas is entitled, to the sympathy and
moral support of the oil trade every
where in its contest with the Standard
Oil Company. .
Handshaking of a President is a
nuisance, a bore, a hardship, and a
danger, and it seems to nave been
properly omitted for te ceremony of
the reception to President Roosevelt
at St. Louis, declares the Portland
Oregonian. If the President inaugu
rates during his present term a need
ed reform by declining to shake hands
at any public reception he will be
sustained by sentiment. The popula
rity of the handshaker is not neces
sarily lasting, anyway.
THE RACE PROBLEM
Speech By President Roosevelt At
lincoln Dinner
IS CONSERVATIVE1 W EXPRESSION
The Chief Executive , Appeals to the
North For Added Friendliness to the
South Because of Conditions For
Which the South is Not Alone Re
sponsible and Makes Acknowledge
ments to Crusaders Against Lynch
ing Backward Race Must "be Train
ed Without Impeding Forward Race
Must Maintain Race Purity.
New York, Special. As the guest
of honor at the Lincoln dinner of the
Republican Club in this city Monday
night, President Roosevelt made a
speech on the race problem. He ap
pealed to the North to make its friend
ship for the South all the greater be
cause of the embarrassment of condi
tions for which she is not alone re
sponsible," declared that the heartiest
acknowledgements are due to the min
isters, law officers, grand juries, pub
lic men t and "great daily newspapers
in the South who have recently done
such effective work in leading the cru
sade against lynching," and said that
the problem was to "so adjust the re
lations between-two racesof different
ethnic type, that the backward race
be trained so that ft may enter into
the possession of true freedom, while
the forward race is enabled to pre
serve unharmed the high civilization
wrought out by its forefathers."
Among other things the President
said:
The President's Address.
In his second inaugural, in a speech
which will be read as long as the mem
ory of this nation endures, Abraham
Lincoln closed by saying:
"With malice toward none; with
charity for all; with firmness in the
right, as God gives us to see the right,
let us strive on to finish the work
we are in; to do all which may
achieve and cherish a just and lasting
peace among ourselves, and with all
nations."
Immediately after his re-election he
had already spoken thus :
"The strife of the election is but
human nature practically applied to
the facts of the case. What has oc
curred in this case must ever recur in
similar cases. Human nature will not
change. In any future great national
trial, compared with tie men of this,
wo shall have as weak and as strong,
as silly and as wise, as bad and as
good. Let us, therefore, study the in
cidents, of this as philosophy to learn
wisdom from, and none of them as
wrongs to be revenged. May
r.ot all having a common interest re
unite in a common effort to (serve)
Out common country? For my own
part I have striven and shall strive to
avoid placing any obstacle in the
way. So long as I have been here I
fcave not willingly planted a thprn in
any man's bosom. While I am deeply
sensible to the high compliment of
a re-election, and duly grateful, as I
trust, to Almighty God for having di
rected my countrymen to a right con
clusion, as I think, for their own good,
it adds nothing co my satisfaction that
any other man may be disappointed
or pained by the result.
"May I ask those who have not dif
fered with me to join me in this same
spirit toward those who have?"
VICE NEGRO'S ARCH ENEMY.
Laziness and shiftlessness, these, and
above all. vice and criminality of
every kind, are evils more potent for
harm to the black race than all acts
of oppression of white, men put to
gether. The. colored man who fails to
condemn crime in another colored man,
who fails to co-operate in all lawful
ways to bringing colored criminals to
justice, is the worst enemy of his own
people, as well as an enemy to all the
people. Law-abiding men should, for
the sake of their race, be foremost in
relentless and unceasing warfare
against law-breaking black men. If
the standards of private morality and
industrial efficiency can be raised high
enough among the black race,, then its
future on this continent is secure. The
stability and purity of the home is
vital to the welfare of the black race,
as it is to the welfare of .every race.
NEIGHBORS CAN HELP MOST.
In the next place, the white man,
whoif only he is willing, can help the
colored man more than all other white
men put together, is the white man
who is his neighbor, North, or South.
Each of us must do his whole duty
without flinching, and if that duty is
national it must .be done in accord
ance" with he. principles above laid
down. But in endeavoring each to be
his brother's keeper it is wise to re
member that each can normally do
most for 'the brother who is his im
mediate neighbor. If we are sincere
friends of the negro, let each in his
own locality show it by his action
therein, and let us each show it 'also
by upholding the hands of the white
man,, in whatever locality who is striv
ing to do justice to the 'poor and the
helpless, to be a shield to those whose
need for such a shield is geat.
CRUSADE AGAINST LYNCHING.
The heartiest acknowledgements are
dAe to the ministers, the judges and
law officers, the grand jurors, the pub
lic men ., and the great daily news
papers in the South, who have recent
ly done such effective work in leading
the crusade against lynching in the
South; and I am glad to say that dur
ing the last three months the returns
as far as they can be gathered, show
a smaller number of lynchings than for
any other two monthsduring the last
twenty years. Let us uphold in every
way the hands of the men who have
led in this work, who are striving to do
all their 'work in this spirit. I am
about to quote from the address of the
Right Reverend Robert-Strange, bish
op coadjutor . of North Carolina, as
given in the 'Southern Churchman of
October 8 1904:
MUST ' MAINTAIN RACE PURITY.
The hjshop first enters an. emphatic
pjea against any social intermingling
of the races; La question .which.must, of
course, be left to the .'people of each
community to settle for themselves; as
in such a matter no one community
and indeed no one individual can die
tate to any other; always provided that
in each locality men keep in mind the
fact that there must be np confusing
of civil privileges with social inter
course. Civil law must not regulate so
cial practices, Society, as such, is a law
unto itself, and will always regulate
Its own practices and habits. Full
Recognition of the fundamental fact
that all men' should stand on an equal
footing, as regards civil privileges, in
no way interferes with recognition of
the further fact that all reflecting
men of both races are united in feeling
that race purity must be maintained.
NATIONAL DESTINY SAFE. '
Let us be steadfact for the rigljt; but
let us err on the side' of generosity
rather than on the side of vindjetive
ness toward those who differ from- us
as to the method of attaining the right,
let us never forget our duty to help in
uplifting the lowly, to shield from
wrong the humble; and let us likewise
act in a spirit of the broadest and
frankest generosity toward our broth
ers, all our ,- fellow-countrymen; in a
spirit proceeding not from weakness
but from strength, a spirit which takes
no more account of locality than it
does of class or of creed; a spirit which
is resolutely bent on seeing that the
Union which Washington founded and
which Lincoln saved from destruction
shall grow nobler and greater through
out the ages.
I believe in this country with all my
heart and soul. I believe that our peo
ple will in the end rise level to every
need, will in the end triumph over
every difficulty that rises before them.
I could not have such confident faith in
the destiny of this mighty people if I
had it merely as regards one portion of
that people. Throughout our land
things on the whole have grown better
and not worse, and this is as true of
one part of the country as it' is of
another. I believe in the Southerner as
I believe in the Northerner. I claim the
right to feel pride in his great qualities
and in his great deeds exactly as I feel
pride in the great qualities and deeds of
every other American! For weal or for
woe we are knit together, and we shall
go up or go down together; and I be
lieve that we shall go up and not down,
that we shall go forward insted of halt
ing and' falling back, because I have
an abiding faith in the generosity, the
courage, the resolution, and the com
mon sense of all my countrymen.
PROBLEMS WILL VANISH.
The Southern States face difficult
problems; and so do the Northern
States. Some of the problems are the
same for the entire country. Others
exist in greater intensity in one sec
tion; and yet others exist in greater
intensity in another section. But in the
end they will all be solved; for funda
mentally our- people are the same
throughout this land; the same in
qualities of heart and brain and hand
which have made this republic what it
is in the great today; which will make
it what it is to be in the infinitely
greater tomorrow. I admire and re
spect and believe in and have faith in
the men and women of the South as
I admire and respect and believe in
and have faith In the men and women
of the North. All of us alike, North
erners and Southerners, Easterners and
Westerners, can best prove our fealty
to the nation's past by the way in
which we do the nation's work' in the
present; for only thus can we be sure
that our children's children shall in
herit Abraham Lincoln's single-hearted
devotion to the great unchanging
creed that . "righteousness exalteth a
nation."
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
Over $1,000,000 worth of diamonds
are stolen every year from the South
Africa diamond mines.
In Mexico the Department of War is
studying a project to establish night
schools for the soldiers.
In Prussia the price of medicine is
regulated by the State, a new price list
being published every year.
When an unmarried woman dies in
Brazil the coffin, hearse and livery of
the coachman are all scarlet.
A battalion of Chinese soldiers, to be
headed by a Chinese band, is being re
cruited from residents of New York
City.
The Government of Venezuela has de
cided to give no titles to coal mines in
the future, but to exploit all such mines
under its own supervision and owner
ship. Henry Hollenback, of Boulder Creek,
Cal., was kicked over a 200-foot preci
pice by a mule. He only fell fifty feet
and was rescued comparatively unin
jured. At the annual meeting of the Com-x
mercial 'Travelers' Association, of Can
ada, the proposal to reduce the mortu
ary benefit fund was defeated by an
overwhelming majority
The Postoffice Department of Great
Britain has announced that itwill here
after accept wireless messages for
transmission to ships at sea at the rate
of thirteen cents a word.
An ingenious thief who secreted him
self in a trunk addressed to the freight
station at Smichow, in Austria, was
captured after he had filled the trunk
with miscellaneous valuables from
other luggage.
The court has issued an order to the
sheriff to sell Michigan City, Ihd., "at
auction to the highest bidder" to satis
fy a judgment of $11,000 against the
town for injuries received by a young
woman who fell through a sidewalk.
:
American Flag High in Air.
The coast artillery station at Fort
Hunt, Va., on the Potomac, opposite
Fort Washington, is to have a flag
pole from the top of which the garri
son flag' can be seen for many miles.
The new pole is about 125 feet long.
It is in five sections, and is built up
of piping held together by steel bands.
The pole will stand, on a high emi
nence at the fort, and the flag at its
top will wave to the breeze about St)0
feet above the level of the river.
DANGER m
mwm
ErerythinjiWas Quiet Enough Sunday
' In St. Petersburg
WAS NO RIOTING IN ANY QUARTER
Demonstrations Were Not Attempted
and the Only Disorder Was in a The- (
atre at Night When Abuse of the-'
jCzar.Was Shouted by the Audience.
St. Petersburg, By Cable. The an
ticipated renewal of trouble amonk
workmen today was not realized.
Neither strikers nor students made the
slightest attempt to demonstrate, and
throughout the day the city presented
a normal appearance. The Emperor's
creation of a joint commission of mas
ters and workmen, chosen by them-
selves, to investigate the cause of dis
content among the laborers has made
an exceedingly good impression, be
ing considered definite evidence of the
government's purpose to compel some
of the rapacious masters who have
paid starvation wages to do justice to
their employes.
The imperial decree ordering the
formation of the committee reposes
the presidency of the body in Senator
Chidlovski; a member of the council
of the empire, and instructs the com
mittee to ascertain immediately the
causes of discontent of St. Petersburg
workmen and devise measures to pre
vent such discontent in the future.
The committee consists of representa
tives of government departments, the
various industries, aad the workmen.
The President is authorized to report
in person to the Emperor and deter
mine the number and mode of selec
tion of the committee. At the Mali
Theatre a scene was created, by cries
of "Down with the autocracy" and
personal abuse of the Emperor. The
demonstrators were ejected from the
theatre.
The police continue to make arrests.
The Czar's Announcement,
StHPetersburg, By Cable The news
that Emperor Nicholas has endorsed
the scheme for the revival of the Zem
sky Seabor, or ancient land parlia
ment, which the old Emperors invoked
in times of stress, has spread, through
the city and created intense satisfac
tion among liberal classes. The news
papers this morning were filled with
articles descriptive of this ancient Rus
sian instittuion, indicating that word
had gone forth that the government
had decided to listen to the voice of
representatives of the people. Natur
ally, there is some skepticism as to
whether the government intends frank
ly to take the steps, but the .general
verdict is that if the Emperor has suc
ceeded in shaking off reactionary in
fluences "and now proceeds in good
faith to summon the Zemsky Seabot,
they will rally to his support the mod
erate Liberals, and perhaps arouse a
wave of genuine enthusiam in the
country. Liberals are convinced that
the meeting of such a representative
body must be followed by important
and widespread reforms.
Wes Blizzard Swept.
Kansas City, Mo., Special. Reports
Sunday night from Missouri, Minneso
ta, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, the Da
kotas, northern Texas," Indian Terri
tory, Arkansas and Oklahoma say
that unusually cold weather prevails.
In Omaha the thermometer registered
16 degrees below zero at 9 o'clock.
High winds prevail in' many localities,
drifting the snow badly, and delaying
railroad traffic in all directions. Re
ports from Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory say the thermometer was 5 be
low zero in several places, and ranged
at zero all day. From all parts of the
two Territories come accounts -of suf
fering and death as the result of the
sudden norther.
1
Atlanta's Troubles Ending.
Atlanta, Ga., Special. With large
forces of men, who have been repair
ing since the havoc of the recent sleet
storm, continued their work all day
(bunday), both the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph Companies and
the telephone companies are getting
their wires in better condition, and
Atlanta is in eloser touch with the out
side world than she has been for a
week. t
The recent storm was the most de
structive in the history of the city.
The amount spent by, the telegraph
and telephone companies to restore
normal conditions will reach an enor
mous sum.
Four Injured by Explosion.
Erie, Pa., Special. An explosion of
natural gas at the home of the care
taker of the city water works reser
voir seriously injured four persons this
evening. Two of the injured were so
badly shocked and burned that they
may die. All were blown through a
second-story window and down an- em
bankment 30 feet high. The injured!
are: Louis setter, aged 40 years and
his wife; Harry Seiter, vaged 14 years,
and Samuel Pfister, aged 65 years.
Visiting New York.
Washington, Special. President
Roosevelt left Washington Monday
morning for a two-day visit in New
York, during which hb will make a
speech at the Lincoln birthday cele
bration at the Waldorf-Astoria, .spend
a short time at the Press Club ban
quet at the New Astor House, lunch
at the University . Club, dine in "Little
Hungary," and visit friends.