The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-24
ly gases have no perceptive odor and

I " gases have no percept1ve door ana
others have a pleasing oder.
The idea that a disnfectant is some
/ thing that oyerpoweI5 a. bad odor by
worse one. Poison is as fatal taken N
sweetsned water as without, ana q dead
! " atmosphere is no less deadly II scented
| with altar of roses.
The idea that lean people should be
fat and fat people should be lean; AMI
! that people are sick if not up to the
| standard weight or above it.
Animate nature won't be driven by
| scales, weights or yardsticks, nor be rop-
| ed in by the net of tabulated theories.
If you are stouter than match ana
less so than a hogshead be content to
let well enough alone. If you are lean,
live well and rest-if you can. If stout,
| still live well and work.
The idea that ice is pure water. me
process of freezing does not in any way
eliminate impurities or prevent the SUD
sequent development of many animal or
vegetable germs, or neutralize active pol
sons that may be contained in the water.
The idea that the experience of phy-
sician tends to a disbelief IN immortal
ity True, he sees that subtle thing we
call life go out before him like can
die; he sees that the fiat of death is in
evitable; that there is no appeal from
the great physical doom. And stopping
here he might well ask: is this at!
But he also sees the Christian ole calm
ly as a summer sunset He sees MIN
gathering up the tangled threads of his
life in his hand and going out alone
in the darkness for God TO unravel them
and he cannot be an unbeliever. lie
must realize that birth is the imprison-
ment and death the release of an I'M
mortal soul
In the beautiful drama of "Ion," when
he is about to yield his life to fate, he
is asked by his loved Clemantha II they
shall meet again, and he replies: L
have asked that dread question of the
hills, that look eternal, of the clear
streams, that flow forever, Of the stars
But all are dumb. But as
gaze upon thy face I feel that there is
something in love that nantes through
it's beauty that cannot wholly perish.
We shall meet again, Clemantha. So,
when the physician sees through the
look of pain the love of husband or
wife who are separated at the river,
look that seems like CLINT from hea-
ven-he knows that they viii meet again.
The idea that it is economy to work
when you are not fit to do SO. Such
thrift is the straw that broke the cam
els back.
The idea that the more a man eats the
better he is IN health and strength
Enough is as good as a IedSC ana 100
much is sometimes worse than none at
all. Besides, it is quality and not guam
tity that tells A pound of sirloin Is
worth ton of sawdust, although they
say they can make bread of sawdust,
which is filing, at least.
The idea that you gain time by going
to bed at midnight and rising at day
break. Every hour stolen from sleep
is stolen from health, and outraged ma
The idea that because little gentle
exercise is beneficial a great deal of vio-
lent exercise is proportionately more so.
Cut your coat according to your cloth.
and work according to your strength.
enough to sleep in. The healthiest ami
mails have all out doors to sleep in, and
it is none too large for them.
The idea that you save tinEx Dy eating
with eXpress-train rapidity. Even ex-
press trains come to grief and you may
do likewise If you live like one-alWays
striving to run by schedule time and not
a minute to spare.
The idea that q child can do mans
plants load. and. you cannot build ships
out of acorns. Let the acorns grow, and
some day they will be mighty oaks.
The idea that constant reading and
study viii make one learned You may
! pour molasSes through a funnel. and
flour through a sieve and not. catch any
thing good or bad, Take little time
between meals for digestion. and a little
time between books for digestion, too.
The idea that because a medicine makes
enc feel good at the time. it is good for