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say; Il am sure l don't know how
have taken cold" The practical result
of this theory is that. in their fear Of
these unrecognized exposures, people
are apt to take more and more care Of
themselves-in other words, to Coddle
more and more. This treatment tends
to make them more and more delicate;
less and less able to withstand eXuos-
ure; more and more sensitive to the
depressing effect of cold less and less
capable of reacting healthily against
it; and. what is far worse more and
more afraid of fresh air and good ven
tilatiOn. tin the back blocks of Aus
tralia the writer has actually known
a monthly nurse, strong in the con-
sciousness of unQuestoned wisdom,
and armed by the authority of es-
tablished custom, even when the ther-
mometer stood 80 in the shade, refuse
to open the window, lest her patiennt
should take cold) And this coddling
treatment, when it is applied to chilli
rem. is especially injurious. causing
them to grow up delicate in
stead of sturdy and strong, and
in the long run, tending to undermine the
robust health and hardhoud of our Eng
cepted theory is, after all an erroneous
one; if all this over-carcfulness is not
only injurious in many WAYS, but is al
together useless as precautionary meas
urc-giVen exposure to infection which
must sooner or later be incurred-thCn
surely it is important that we as d nation
should give up our traditional belief,
huwsoever much We may have cherished
it. If the alternative theory, that of in
fection, be the true one, ana if it BE
frankly accepted, many consequences
must follow, which it is impossible to
consider here. But one thought forces
itself upon US. II it be true that eXpos-
IRE is not the direct cause of the disease:
if. as seems probable, it only acts BY
lowering our vitality and 50 enabling
the germs to get a fOOthold, surely the
more we become Injured to such eNpos-
ure the less likely will it be TO affect us
in this wdy--a thought which, if acted
upon, would go far toward preserving
that hardness which Is so characteristic
of our nation which would prove as eff
fcctive a protection against cold as
against other enemies.
May we hope for anything further?
Shall We ever be able to avoid colds al
| together? Probably we shall; probably
| ere long our baCterOlOgists having dis
| covered the hostile microbe having learnt
| his habits, traced his life history and
| tracked him to his lair, will be able to
show us how we can get the better of our
| foe, so that in the oft-reCurring struggle
he not we, will succumb. and we shall
| soon cease to fear him.
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GATHERED. There must have been
a constant and increasing surprise in
the minds of the apostles who Witness
ed and even assisted the distribution of
food on that occasion. How and where
the multiplication occurred no one
knows--whether in the hands Of Jesus
or of His helpers does not matter. The
last mans hunger was fully satisfied.
But q greater wonder remained. (V. 12O
Jesus ordered the gathering up of the
fragments, showing that there had
been no parsimony-the supplies had
been dealt out with a lavish hand. How
strange that there should be a surplus.
1t was if possible a greater marvel than
that there should have been enough.
The apostles went forth, each with a
basket and each returned with his
basket full (N. 49, Two ends were
gained by this collection. There was
a lesson in economy which Jesus sought
to enforce in the order given, duke
Xv: 13) and there was also a fuller con-
firmation of the miracle. How remark
able that what they brought in was
more than what they carried OUT Il
Kings xvii: 49,
CONFESSED.--It was a company of
plain men that followed Jesus from
place to place. Unlike the jealous and
scowlng priests they were open heart
| ed and unprejuliced. They welcomed
! the words of truth spoken in their
| hearing, MARK xii: 3O and they wit
| messed the deeds of power, not only
! with wonder, but with conviction that
| was strengthened as the days passed
| Hence the feeding of five thousand men
! with. few lOaVes and fishes. so unlike
| all former miracles, drew out a noble
! confession. V. 14D They turned from
one to another and spoke with evident
| satisfaction, agreeing in their testi-
mony. "Of a truth this is that prophet
/ that should come into the world" q
! repetition in substance of what And.
rev said to his brother. John i: A..
| What before they thought and said
| they now firmly believe. The long eX-
| peCted Messiah Deut xviii: - eager
| ~ desired by the nation, Matt Xi: 3.
promised by the prophets. had actually
! come. Uohn vii: 40D 1t is great dan
in the life of any man when the truth
| is received ana acknowledged.
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sight of them He was moved with
compassion, Mark vi; 3D and began
to teach them. But as the day wore
on the physical comfort of the people
excited the concern Of the disciples
who proposed to send them away to the
villages for food MARK vi: 3j-36) while
Jesus offered to feed them out of their
own scanty store. Turning TO Philip
He desired to know where bread might
be bought, that plain practical man
like Peter being we'll qualified to be a
quartermaster ". 81 The inquiry
however, was not intended to elicit in
formation concerning the market, but
to test the faith Of the disciples, for
Jesus had already formed n benevolent
purpose. ". O which did not depend
on human supplies. Philip did not
know the real purpose of our Lords
question, and answered in a matter Of
fact way that two hundred penny worth
of bread would hardly be sufficient.
q. ~ The cost. about $25, exceeds
the ability of the company. and there
was no place where such quantity
might be purchased
SUPPLIED.-Dihicu as the case
illlSnl appear lIlp l't'lG\ pltul jesus ultt
not intend to dismiss the hungry null
titude without food. The inquiry for
| means of obtaining provisions soon
! brought out the fact htat there was a
lad present who had something to sell.
". - Blessings on that boy Who is
he? Where did he come from? Was he
| like some of the neWsbOys or apple
peddlers of our time Watching for an
opportunity to earn an honest penny!
! Had he followed the crowd from Caper-
| naum thinking some one would become
| hungry Alas he had only five loaVes
| and two small fishes. 1t was Andrew
| who found the boy. (V. s. and reported
! his presence to Jesus, saying as he did
| so, but what are these among 81
| many 1t is evident that by this time
! the disciples felt that ii would be ut.
! terly impossible to feed the multitude
! Philip and Andrew represented the
sentiment of all. What was in the
| camp was not a mOuthful for each
! What would supply all would, cost toe
much, and could not be had at any
| price. Besides. the day was drawing t.
close, and the people were far from
! home.
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TESTED.-Jesus had scarcely finish
ed His instructions To the disciples
when He observed that the people We're
gathered about Him. ". 81 At the very
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DANGER OF CODDLING.

All this evidence seems to force US to
the conclusion that a cold is a specific
infectious disease, and that without the
possibility of infection it is impossible
to catch it. That is to say that it is
due to a micro-organism, and that
without the presence Of this micro
organism the disease cannot be con-
tracted, be the exposure what IT may
What is the bearing of this belief" Is
it Of any Importance to us, If true it be,
to recognize it's truth? Contrast it for
a moment with the commonly accepted
theory, which may be roughly stated
as follows; First, that the greater
number Of illness begiE with a cold.
This is more or less correct. Secondly,
that all colds must necessarily be due
to exposure of some kind, to draughts,
damp, cold, o. wet, though this expos
ure may be so light that the sufferers
are often quite unconscious of IT, and
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CONCLUSION.-The human mind
seldom perceives the truth pure and
simple. Generally something of error is
mixed with it. and that error is not
easily eliminated. Revolutions in the
state and aGitations and scisms in the
church have been caused by this unfOr-
tunate admiXture of truth and error.
1t was so on this occasion. one might
have thought great advance in the
cause of Christ had been secured
when the confession was made. But
not so. The men who admitted Him
to be the expected prophet or Messiah
had false notions of the character of
that Messiah. They supposed that he
would be a temporal prince, and would
set w a government, restoring SOver-
eignity to the Jewish nation and cast
ing off the Roman yoke. Hence they
attempted to make Jesus king. ". 15)
and, had they been encouraged they
would have followed Him with shouts
to Jerusalem. But the Lord withdrew
and went alone into a mountain. Alas,
the blind had seen the deeds but their
sight was deprayed and they saw not
the real spiritual King.
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EGG OF THE SHARK.
Curiously Shaped Shell Which Pro.
tects the Embryo Maneater.
From the San Francisco Can.

The study of the protective resem-
bances among animals is a field of no
little interest, well illustrating the mar-
yclous devices of nature for the protec-
tion and perpetuatIon Of life.
This is well shown in the eggs of fishes,
which seem, in some instances, TO he al
most endowed with a special sense, ena
bling them to avoid their enemies and
reach the seclusion necCs ssary for their
safety.
The accomplishment of this is attained
by a remarkable imitation On the part of
the egg or egg case to plants of their
various parts An intcre sting, indeed,
striking, example of this is seen I'm the
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DISTRIBUTED.-B Jesus deter
mined to use the lads small stock of
bread and fish. Matt xvi: 49, The
expressions of doubt on the part of the
disciples furnished all the better OC-
casion and motive for His great pur-
pose The company was ordered to
be seated in groups or ranks of fifty or
a hundred together. Mark vi: 49D there
being in all about five thousand men,
". 100 not counting women and child
rem, although some must have been
present. An American passing by at
the time would have taken this for Il
picnic party. Then came the distrihu-
ton. First a blessing or thank offer
ing. customary in all lands, under all
systems of religion before eating. and
therefore in no sense peculiar at this
time. Then the bread and fish were
delivered to the disCipls and by them
carried to the people (N. I'D What
bounty was that! one loaf of bread for
a thousand men. one fish for twenty
five hundred men And yet here was
no lack. The Divine host dealt out
from His unfailing store, and His SER
wants supplied the need of all.
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Sunday School Lesson for February 19.
Christ Feeding the Five Thousand.
JOHN W. 1-14
BY J. e. GILBERT, d. D.. L. D.,
Secretary of American Society of Religious Education

CONTENT Biblical scholars agree
that a long time elapsed between the
events recorded in the fifth chapter of
John, our last lesson, and the events of
today's lesson. From Jerusalem Jesus
returned to Gailee and visited Nazar-
eth, Capernaum. Main and Gergesa,
preaching and working miracles. The
SynoptiCs give an account of that min
istry. duke iv: 14-iX. y but John passes
it by in total silence. proceeding di-
rectly and abruptly from the sermon at
Jerusalem to the feeding of the five
thousand near the Sea of Galilee. 1t Is
impossible for us to assign any reason
for this omission. which is one of the
most extensive in the sketch of our
Lords life. But the student needs to
he reminded of it in order to proper
approach to our present theme. We
must first of all locate Jesus in the city
of Capernaum on the northwest side Of
the Sea of Galilee where He had es-
tablished His home. and from which
point He had made seeral excursions.
FOLLOWED. -- From Capernaum
Jesus crossed the Sea of Gallee, called
also Tiberias, after the Roman emper-
on " iD It is probable that He took
,,ss,l,. in ono .,r ,l,a littIo ,i.,,ino hoote
narbans hsIon,,inp tn tho discinIas
SAILING in a ,nrtbaastarIv dirertion re
l,,daJ vitb tIs disoirlo, in t,,, conn
try ,f Gergasarae - n,o,ntainous 600
tinn hut little inbabited ,rbie ratreat
was s,,,obt for communion and nrovar
hora,,eo nr tho daatb of Tobp mo Ram
tist Matt wi. 10, ,vbicb had boeu ra-
,,o,,t.d to Jin, Pm IIs could nat es-
| raro tb., ,,,ultituda His ,,,an,. ,,i,a cIas
| bod a,val,anad nrofound interest omonr
an classes ana some ont nf ruriositv
! others in hone of oain ana All beca,,se
| ,r tb.i, admiration rnr tho ,vonderfu,
rars,u rontinuolIv sougbt His mos
| arco o>.necting f.. ,yitrase sn,un rurtb,r
! disnIav of tIis rarvaloue rnvar 40.
| ,n,jiroI- ,.ha, H. to,l, tbo h,o+ tb,
| crn,,d ,asten.d nm fnnt arnnnd tho and
| nf tho SO, ,Norl, vi. a2I and re,cb,d
! ~, ,,lo,,, ,f lIis ,otira,,ant h,, d, ,bort
SEATED Acc,rdi,, to ,l,., ,,ioi,,,r
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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-06
SAYS HANNA IS BEATEN
Mclean Is Confident of Demo-
cratic Victory.
A CANVASS OF THE STATE
Foster Predicts Republican Success-A
Hot Campaign in New York by
Observation-Disclosures for
the Other States.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov 5.-John r. Nc
Lean, democratic candidate for COVER
nor, gave the following address to vot-
ers to the associated press:
"To the Voters of Ohio: But two days
remain before the people of Ohio, by
their ballots, give expression to their
opinions on the issues before the pub
lie. After most careful canvass, after
thorough look into the situation,
hearing from every county, from nearly
every township of the state, believed
that the democratic ticket will receive
many thousands more votes than the
republican ticket.
After careful look through the
election system Of Ohio. after going
over the organization of our party and
looking fairly into the organiza ton of
the opposition party. I do not believe
that any wrong can be successfully
brought about. All the democrats have
to do is to be careful; watch the votes
cast: see them counted after they are
cast: see the returns properly made and
sealed. shutting out all opportunities to
substitute another ballot for a demo-
cratic one and victory is ours.
L say this without qualification,
without reserve-Hanna is beaten.
JOHN r. MLEAN"
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ATTACK SUCCESSFUL.
Orange Free State Troops VIII Give No
Further Trouble.

~A""AS AASS 'Sh"so Aipopo Via "iSo tNo
Further Trouble.
London. Nov. Ga special dispatch
from Ladysmth, describing the Thurs
day fighting, says:
THE artillery duel at dawn. in which
the Beers guns We're silenced, was in
tended to occupy the Beers and to enable
General White to achieve his chief pur-
pose. the capture of the Boer camp behind
Besters hill.
IA field battery was also sent, and it
secured good position, commanding the
enemy's camp which was a large one,
laagered with army wagons and other We
hicles.
'Besters hill was well fortified and pro-
vided with good guns. At 8 o'clock the
British opened fire, the Beers replying
with spirit but bad aim. The British
quickly sent a 42-pound shell into the
camp. infiicting terrible loss and spread
ing panic among the enemy. Our cavalry
then stormed the position. the Beers flee
ing, leaving many dead and wounded as
well as the whole camp and equipment in
the hands of the British. Their success
will upset the plans of the Orange Free
State commanders, and possibly will pre-
vent them giving the British further trou-
BILE from the West
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BoutelIe's Greeting,

Bangor. Me-. New 5.-The Whig to-mor-
row will publish the following telegram
from Congressman Boutelle to George X.
Nash, republican candidate for governor
of Ohio:
Have been hoping till last moment that
my recovery from a severe carbuncle
would be so rapidly complete as to en-
able me to take an active part in your
brilliant canvass, but being unable to do
so, I send you greeting and assurance
that New England was never more in
tensely anxious for a decisive republican
victory than now in Ohio.
The magnificent prosperity enjoyed by
all sections. all industries and all classes
under President Mckinley's splendid ad-
mnistration is assailed and imperiled by
every vote cast against you. and while
our nations flag is under fire on foreign
soil every patriot in the state of our
commander-in-chief should stand by the
government in maintaining the fruits of
Dewey's glorious victory, vindicating the
sovereignty that we have assumed by SOL
emn treaty and establishing through con-
gress the guarantees of that wise and pro-
gresSive government to which we are
pledged. AS standard bearer in Ohio you
are repelling an assault upon our presi-
dent and our flag. l am sure you win
win glorious victory.
sc. A. BOUTELLE"
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Fosters Estimate.

Cincinnati. Nov. 5.-The most signifi-
cant incident in the Ohio campaign
since yesterday isthe prediction made
by Ex-Governor Charles Foster, who
has been speaking throughout the state
He estimates the total vote of the
state at $4,000. of which Nash. repub-
lican, will get not less than 465.OO0: Nc
Lean. democrat, not more than 40. 1000
and Jones. non-partisan, and all 9TH
ers will divide the remainder. Yet Mr..
Foster said there was a strong proba-
bility that Jones would cut down this
estimate on the leading candidates, but
if he did, three-fourths of the cutting
would be on the Mclean vote. Mr.
Foster predicts that the republicans
will secure both houses of the legisla-
ture.
1t is claimed by the republicans that
the alienation of republicans who dis
agree with the administration on the
Philippine question will be more than
offset by the democrats who believe in
upholdng the government and who op-
pose silver
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.BOERS ARE WAITING FOR MORE
GUNS BEFORE THEY ATTACK WHITE
They Missed a Great Opportunity by Not Cutting the
Railroad-Dutch in Cape Colony Becoming Uneasy.
American Sympathy With England Not
Blinded by the Accident That the
Transvaal Is Called Republic.

London, Nov. 6.--The general belief
waiting for more guns from Pretoria
before attacking Ladysmith. The fact
that Sir Redvers Butler appears to
have ordered retirement from Storm
berg, and perhaps from other places,
relieves to some extent the public mind
which otherwise would have been fur
ther alarmed. Confidence is felt in any
measures that General Butler may
deem desirable. The knowledge that
the pigeon post is working has also
come as a relief to the great anxiety
previously felt.
The third class cruiser Pelorus has
been ordered from Gibraltar to Durham
and the third class cruiser Fearless
from Port Said to the same point,
Dispatches from Cape Town and 9TH
er centers In Cape Colony indicate that
the Dutch are becoming very restless
IN consequence of the Boer successes.
The Morning Posts Ladysmith corras-
pondent, telegraphing Nov. l, say1:
we cannot understand the Boer tao
tics. 1t is incomprehensible that they
should have refrained from using til cir
big guns this morning."
Commenting upon this dispatch, the
Morning Post says
1T is easy to guess the reason why
the Beers have been nonplused by the
arrival of the naval guns at Lady
smith. They are now regretting a lost
opportunity, as they might have cut
the railway and thus prevented the ap-
pearance of those guns on the scene ;
The Times, in a careful editorial to-
day on the relations of the United
States to the war in South Africa
says:
When the continent rings with de-
nunciations Of England, it is very
cheering and refreshing for the En-
glish to note the sympathy and intelli-
gent comprehension manifested in the
United States. We should prize Amer
lean sympathy in any case, but it
a deliberate and well informed judg-
ment of the essential merits of the
quarrel, as well as upon a reciprocal
ton of the kindly feelings with which
Englishmen regard American enter
prises
The American people are not hind
ed by the accident that the Transvaal
calls itself republic. They know that
every essential attribute of a republic
is wanting: and they know also that
England stands for equal laws, indi-
ress which together make up the re-
publican ideal of the Americans. AS
England sympathized with the United
States the United States now sympath-
ICES with England Without regard tc
the fine drawn technicalities of the at
:crnev."
1t appears that tn, Beers have de-
st.oyed tie railway as far down as
knapeaar, Is miles south of Bethulie.