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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-11

"Why. pa. this roast beef" exclaim-
cd little willie az dinner on the evening
when Mr. Chumpleigh was present as the
guest OF honor.
"of course" said tho father What Of
thate"
, ''why. YOU told ma this morning that
You were g.alng to bring mutton head
home for dinner this evening. '-Philadel-
phia Press
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-11
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-11
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N NExT WEEK

iNAuDr. the man with two brains.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-11

The turkey sees the AK approach
Its mission doth divine
So first his heart h. In his mouth
And then In yours and mine.
-Harpers Bazar.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-16

ed but which came to life again shortly
after this treatment, but there was still
life in them else the salt would not have
had this effect. Still. without going so
far as to say that it will revive the dead,
salt has a most energetic action on the
system.
OF late much has been said about the
wonderful effects of injections of salt,
but this is not a new idea Nor is the
solution one of salt alone. Artificial
serum consists of grammes of salt, u
gramme Of sulphate, 10 cent1grammes of
phosphate, and q centigramnes of car
Donate of soda, dissolved in a liter Of
water, this with the exception of a small
percentage of phosphate Of calcium and
magnesium. being the composition of
blood serum. This artificial blood is in
jected directly into a vein and may sus-
tain life after severe hennorrhage or in
collapse following disease or Shock which
greatly depreSses the vital powers. but il
simply aids nature until she can regain
her strength-it does not restore strength
of itself
Even when given for medicinal purposes
salt is Usually ordered as a condiment
with meals, and is therefore not thought
of rs a medicine. In certain forms of
dyspepsia. for example, an increased
amount of salt with food, often gives
relief Mineral waters, too, owe some
of their efficiency to salt contained in
them, and sea water has been recon-
mended as a drink, while bread, mixed
with sea water, has also been suggested
as ready means of giving salt to a
patient needing it. Sea salt, however,
has certain other elements in it to which
it owes some of it's efficiency in sea
baths, one of these being a minute por-
ton of iodine.
Salt water baths increase the activity
of sometimes sluggish functions and ex-
cite the necessary and normal changes
(metamorphosis) of tissues, but sea bath
ing adds many important elements of
cure, such as exercise in the open air,
change of habits and method of living,
cts. If the salt water is warm or hot
the stimulating effect is more efficacious
than bath of plain water, and a salt
foot bath is often used for it's so-called
derivative effects in headache, etc.. that
is, it draws the blood from a certain con-
gested locality to some other so that a
local disturbance is, so to speak, forgot
ten by the diversion in other parts.
Salt water is a stimulating and disin-
feetant wash for external injuries. A
solution of twenty grains to a pint of
water is the least irritant and most eff
ficient of all nasal douches, because 1t is
! nearly the same density as the natural
secretions of the nose. In fact if salt
| is used freely as a eondiment it will often
| prevent nasal irritation as well as irrita-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-16

and one name for Venus was sal1genlta,
the sea born goddess.
Among the Latin terms of every day
use we find salsamentarius, dealer In
salt fish, salsaruentum being picked
fish; salgamarius, one who makes or
deals in pickles, salgma being pickles in
brine; and salacaccabria was saited food
Boiled in q pot.
In word salt was recognized as a
necessity Of life; hence the pay OF
soldiers was called saIarium, from which
we get the English salary, which lit
orally means salt money, so called be-
cause the ration Of salt was recognized
as necessity above all others.
The salt mines and salt works were
public property and let out to the high
est bidders, who employed slaves and
convicts in working them and also some
times put eXorbitant rates upon the prod
uct 50 that from time to time the selling
price was fixed by law Within certain
limits, Public spirited men sometimes
distributed gifts of salt among the peo-
pie either from good win or for the pUr-
pose of winning favor, for salt was scarce
and therefore a valuable present or bride
as the case might be.
Little was known of the properties of
salt in ancient times, yet it was known
that, as Hippocrates said: @I7llat which is
sated nourishes." Pliny recorded that the
Umbrians boiled the ashes of certain
reeds and rushes to obtain a salty brine
for seasoning food, and modern travellers
and writers have noticed a similar at
tempt to satisfy the natural craving for
salt, which is instructive, even in animals.
Years ago, according to Berard. sew
eral Russian mobiles, believing that salt
was too costly am article to give the
serfs, cut off the ration entirely. Soon
after the serfs became emaciated and
weak, they lost all desire for food, sick
ened and died. The survivors were I'M
/ able to do the work and the revenue
diminished. A physician, who was called
to remedy this epidemic of death, no
| ticed that the. survivors were panid and
dropsical and a1nucted with worms, but
upon the resumption of the ration of salt
they rapidly regained their health and
| strength.
In Holland, at one time, the most
severe punishment that could be infict
ed was deprivation of salt, for criminals,
under this regime, We're literally devour-
ed alive by worms bred within their own
bodies
Franklin was wont to illustrate the
effects of salt as a vivifier by sprinkhng
salt on flies that were apparently drown
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-16

ton and consequent inflammation In
other organs because it keeps the fluids
circulating in the mucous membrane Of
normal density. A much stronger solu-
ton IS valuable as a gargle in diphtheria
tonsilttis, pharyngitis, etc.
In some localities a tablespoonful or so
Of salt dissolved in gin IS a popular rem
edy for intermittent fever. Some also
claim that it Is Of value in consumption
In various forms of scrofuIa affecting the
skin. glands or bones, sea baths are
beneficial through their stimulant action
for there is no proof that salt is alb
sorbed through the skin.
Salt seems to have a special action in
the stomach in exciting the secretion Of
gastric juice it is, indeed, necessary for
its manufacture, and it seems, in addi-
ton, to have a solvent action of Its own
upon food so that salt is a valuable rem
edy in dyspepsia, especially where there
is fatulence, acidity and pain attended
with diarrhoea or constipation. 1t is
for this reason that certain mineral
waters or cOrbonated waters are 50 ben
effcial in dyspepsia,
Salt in whisky IS a popular remedy for
rheumatism, and in solution in water 1t
is a good application to bruises. swellings
OF the glands, stings and bites of in
sects, etc. For painful affections, too,
where heat Is indicated. a bag Of hot salt
is a preferable substitute for hot watef
bag or a sand bag, as it retains the heat
longer.
The dose of salt is indefinite. A tea
spoonful of dry salt washed down with
as little water as possible. is a well known
and efficaciouS remedy for bleeding from
the lungs. An ounce of salt will usually
cause vomiting; in fact this is a popular
emetic; but it sometimes purges instead.
In cases of poisoning by nitrate of silver,
salt is also a chemical antidote form
ing harmless chloride of silver in the
stomach. A man who swallowed a
pound OF salt in pint of ale died with
in tWenty-four hours, with all the syrnp-
toms Of trritant poisoning.
Scurvy which Is so often attributed to
an exclusive salt meat diet, IS probably
not due to an excessive abundance OF salt
but to some peculiar changes Of a subtle
nature caused by salt in the meat, which
has been preserved by 1t.
Salt however, is not harmless, for in
large quantities, not properly diluted by
liquids or solids. 1t irritates the stomach
and 1ntestines. Furthermore. In large
doses it viii cause death just as surely
as arsenic or prusSic acid.
AS for the proper amount to be taken
with food that is matter of taste and
desire. The careful cook salts her food
lightly, leaving 1t to the eater to add
sufficient to meet the individual taste.
This is matter of individual need, in
which the stomach is the best Judge. for
the stomach will reject too salty food
or vail make such rumpus that the in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-16
wELL-DREssED BEGGARs.

New York Sun.
''Never before in the twenty years L
have lived here were we 50 pestered by
beggars as Of late" said a Brooklyn
woman yet their numbers do not sur
prise me SO much as their appearance.
They used to be ragged and hungry
looking lot that passed from door 10
door. 1t is different nowadays. With
but few exceptions they are now well
washed, we'll fed, well spoken, and es-
Decially, well dressed. Three such sup
plicants came to my door yesterday with
in few minutes of one another. Had
you met the three in my parlor you
would not have thought them out OF
place
1.-The first was a strapplng young fell
low. quite good looking, who wore neat
business suit of blue serge. His linen
was scrupulously clean.
"I don't want anything of any klnd.
I said. when 1 opened the door anu
caught sight of him, for I made up my
mind quickly that he must be some kind
of agent"
But I do. he replied, coolly. I am
in serious distress and the smallest help
would be welcome.
There was something in his voice that
made me slam the door without waiting
to hear more. Some ten minutes later
came a woman of about forty years
wearing a large hat full of artlhclal now
ers. a close-fitting tailor-made jacket.
and a blue silk skirt don't THINK
have a finer skirt myself.
" Whom do you want, madameE
asked, thinking that she had rung the
bell of the wrong house.
t''CouId you possibly let a poor, desc
late woman with three fatherleSs chli-
dren have a quarter? she began, or
dime would do, if you cannot afford to
give more
''That was enough of her. She was
hardly out of sight when the bell called
me to the door again. Outside stood an
old man with white hair and the love1est
burnside whiskers white as pure snow.
On his head he had silk hat that shone
like a mirror. The rest Of dress was
in keeping with his hat-an overcoat or
modern cut, gray creased trousers, drab-
colored CATERS and .patent-leather shoes
caught a glimpse of bright necktie
with a scarfpin between the white, spot
! less collar and the coat.
For q moment I suspected him Of be-
ing our landlord, whom I had neve" en-.
Judge of my surprise when he opened an
attack on my pocketbook by saying:
d" Madame this is new to me for I was
more fortunate once. Now am DOR and
old and so weak that I can hardly stand
on my two legs. To appear as a sIppli-
! cant at OIHef IefSOuS uoOIS - oil dlIAOS'
| unbeara BILE torture, but it is the only
! thing can do. hope you will pardon me
! madame. if I ask you out of the kindness
! of your heart to let me have a few coins
| as an assistance. You may be sure that
! your generosity will be repaid, if not in
! this world, then in another
Somehow, although I knew it was fool
ish. had become inclined to help him
| but when he uttered those last words my
! generous impulse took fight.
1.-THE next thing 1 expect to see is {
professional beggar driving up to my
| front door in an automobile"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-16
Medical Notes.


Many articles Of food in daily use have
certain medical qualities, not so much as
restorers of health but as preservers of
health. Salt is chief among these, having
been held i'll such high esteem III an
tiquity that Homer called it divine. At
the beginning of each meal salt was Of
fereI to the gods, and was considered
such a holy thing that to forget to put
the salt cellar on the table was con-
sidered an Ill omen, while, If the salt
cellar was overturned, or the guest fell
asleep before the salt was removed i'll
luck was sure to follow
Salt was a symbol of wisdom 1t was
also an emblem of charity When
Ulysses, after his long wandering ar
rived AS a mendicant before his own
gates, wahre ne found many applicants
striving for Penelope's hand, he re-
preached Antinous for his hardness of
heart toward the poor, SAYING: "Out of
all your abundance you would not even
give grain Of salt to a poor, suppliant
beggar'
The salt cellar was the symbol of hos
pitality, the seal of 1nviolable contracts.
The Latin expression for true and tried
friendship was to have eaten a bushel
of salt together and to omit the salt
cellar at the table was to violate the first
law Of hospitality. The salt cellar among
the poorer Romans was often only g.
common SHE'LL but those in moderate cir
Cumstances had a salt cellar of silver
with a silver salver to set 1t on even If
they could afford nothing more in the
silver line and this salt cellar was hand
ed down from generation to generation
as a precious heirloom. In cur own CO.
lonial days the pewter or silver salt Gel
lar was the one article of luxury that
every family prided themselves upon pos
sessing, although it was sometimes
empty and earning salt tc fill it was a
hazardous undertaking.
Among the Romans the salt cellar was
placed in the middle of the table as a
sort Of sacred thing of the nature of a
charm and the meals were of the nature
OF q sacrifice. Plautus metaphorically
called the soul of man a salt cellar and
little salt cellar was comically used
in reference to a. short span of life A
life giving attribute was given to salt
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-16

also to the same unity. I feel afraid
of the sympathy which is expressed to-
wards me; I fear that may not SUI
ficiently justify it.
ovations now being in Russia universally
accorded Tolstoi in coz ection with his
communication from the church, which
the synod has, SO detrimentally to its own
interests, thought fit to make public at
the present turbulent .juncture.
CROWDS BLOCK HIS WAY.
The following is an extract from a let
ter lately received from an intimate
friend of TOlStOi
cat about o'clock on April I went
for walk with TOlstoi. Crowds had al
ready blocked various parts Of the town.
Near the university he was recogn1zed
nnd very respectfully saluted. group OF
people began to accumulate behind US as
steps augmenting in numbers as we ad-
vanced; an excited little lady rushed up
saying that she wised to speak to hlm'
and walking by his side began complain
ing of the ill-treatment of the students
by the police, and asking his advice as to
what was now the best course to pursue.
Tolstoi very considerably and kindly
tried to soothe her feelings. A student
rushed forward shouting at the top of his
voice: This way, comrades, Leo Tolstol
is here? and then followed something
unimaginable; the whole of this vast
mass consisting of thousands OF human
beings began moving towards us as to
a center, shouting, waving their caps
and joyously greeting him. Tolstoi,
though deeply affected by this unexpected
scene, yet with his usual objection &c 51I ~ 10
public oVations said to me: Let us eS-
cape This episode was both alarming
and touching; alarming, for If Tolstoi
had slipped and fallen he might nave
been trampled by the crowd; touchlng
because though this spontaneous ovation
in the streets of Moscow the Russian peo-
pie, as it were expressed their indigna-
ton at the attempt on the part of cor
rupt and senseless priesthood to cover
with infamv the man who represents the
purest aspirations and deepest wisdom OF
orr 90 -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-16

dividual viii eat fresher food. On the
other hand, deprivation Of salt IS a Sc
rious matter. more so than the excessive
use of salt, if such is possible, for salt
stimulates the secretion Of digestive
fluids, including saliva, gastric juice, pan
create fluid and bile. It promotes the
metamOrphOsis Of tissue, keeps the body
temperature at the normal degree, and
increases the amount or rather improves
the vital character Of the red blood and
even makes the hair grow.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-16
A NeighborIy Disturbance.

Detroit Free Press
First NeighbOr-Well, my daughter
doesn't play the piano any worse than
your son writes poetry.
Second Neighbor-Perhaps not, but #
can be heard so much farther.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-05
Modern Fussiness About the Body

One wonders sometimes, says con-
trloutor to the London Spectator,
whether the new business about the
body really tends to so much human
happiness as the old ignorance or
stolid resignation. 1t certainly in
creases greatly the objects of fear,
and every fear tends to impair the
serenity which is the base Of happi-
ness 1t also helps to keep alive the
feeble, who are often in the way, and
who do not improve the race, and it
very decidedly. interferes with that
"even flow of promotion" which is
almost as necessary to society at large
as to the army or the civil service.
There is, too, some diminution Of
courage, however slight, in facing
risks, and a great increase in that
habit of self-pity, which is apt, espe-
cially with the frail, to enfeeble char
acter. Upon the whole, however, we
fancy the result is beneficial, especial
ly to those at the two ends O., life.
Children are not only happier, but
positively better, for the new health
ness secured by science-an opinion
which will be Endorsed, we believe,
by every manager of a good prepare
tory school-and to the old the bene-
fit is indescribable. They will die as
of yore, though later; but they are
spared half the old aches and pains,
so that "cheery old age" instead OF
being noticeable, is the common and
expected condition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-05

Shocking accounts have been re-
ceiyed here of wholesale fogging OF
Polish children by Prussian school
masters at Wrzesnia for refusing to
learn the catechism and prayers in
German. The parents and relatives
assembled II front of the school and
violently denounced the authorities.
Many persons were arrested on the
charge of insulting government Of
ficials and sentenced to Imprisonment
for periods ranging from month to
two years, and to be put in chains.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-05

The Chinese court has arrived at
on the way to Pekin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-05

A new electric lamp has been de-
vised by DR.. Sophus Bang. the man
ager of the laboratory of Prof. Finsen,
the inventor of the lupus light cure,
specially adapted for utilization in
connection with the cure. In this
lamp the inventor has substituted
metal in lieu of the carbon poles, and
although a very feeble light is emitted,
it is stated to be exceptionally rich
in the chemical rays. BY this means
the therapeutic properties of the light
are increased tenfold. Consequently
a patient who at present has to submit
to an operation lasting one hour and .
quarter will only require approximate
" 10 minutes treatment at time. The
cost of the lamp also is so low that II
will be possible for every doctor to
possess one, since it can be fitted to
an ordinary electric light installation
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-05
Miscellaneous.

Postmaster General Smith says the
postal deficit in the Philippines for the
year was $4,000; urges a 100000 ap
preparation for pneumatic tube service
in the big cities; reports that the rail,
ways got s34,0O0,000 last year for car
rying the mails and that the total re
and the deficit 1929 900.
A new domestic postal card will
very shortly be issued under a con.
tract recently executed. This card
will be Of an entirely new and i'm.
proved design; and will bear in the
upper right-hand corner a likeness OF
the late President Mckinley. The
country now has 76,945 postofices.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-05

CQe puUiC EXPENSE.
Intent of the Law.
The intent of the law, continues Mr.
Smith, is clear from its terms. II
seeks to define boundaries and TIC
prescribe conditions which shall
limit the privilege to the kind of pub.
locations really designed to be in
cluded.' First of all, it provides that
to be entitled to the second-class
rate the publication must be "origi
mated and published for the dissent
nation of information of a public
character, or devoted to literature
the sciences, or to some special in.
dustry." This test has never really
been enforced, and its rigorous en-
forcement is not now undertaken, for
it raises questions which may be mat
tiers of opinion rather than Of fact
Its strict application would, without
any other tests, manifestly rule out
thousands of existing publications
But there are other tests which pres
sent matters of fact The possession
of the character thus defined is not
enough. The law further requires
that the publication must have SO
legitimate list of subscribers" There
must be not only public object, but
real public call and approval, at
tested by general subscriptions. Blu,
even this is not ALL A publication
having all these characteristics might
also have others which would plainly
conflict with the intended prere
quisite of having distinct pubic pur