The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-08-01
WESTERN VIEW OF OZONE.
The Mistake of n Man from Ohio who
Thought He sme1t the Atlantic
Sea Breezes.

Inc man III the gray suit was ueilV-
ering an encomium on the invigorat-
ing properties of ocean breezes.
THE minute get in the neighbor-
hood Of the Atlantic" he said, II feel
like new man. Even when away back
in Jersey l catch delicious whiffs of the
salt breeze, and it acts like a tonic
on my system and dispels the sluggish
ness that always creeps upon me dur
ing my trips inland. You folks may
dose yourselves as much as you like
with patent medicines and doctors
gilt-edged prescriptions, but as for
me, just let me go down to the sea
shore and breathe in the salt air,
and I'll warrant that I'll be all toned
up before you even get spoonful of
your nauseous concoction measured
OUT
The man who had been losing money
listened with undisguised disgust to
these enthusiastic praises of the At
lantic ocean in the capacity of family
physician, says the New York Times.
''I've heard all that tommyrot a
good many times before" he said.
When was a boy back in Ohio used
to hear it from people who had made
a memorable trip to New York at
some remote period and set them
selves up as an authority on all the
benefcent influences of the metrop-
oils and vicinity. "A breeze from the
ocean is the elixir of life,' said spir-
tied old gentleman one day, in my
hearing, and being chock full of euri'
osity, asked him what salt wateI
smelled like.
"'Ah,' said the old gentleman, it is
fragrant as the spices of Araby.'
NOW, my knowledge of Araby and
its scents was not one of my strong
points. The. only kind of spice we
used at our house was nutmeg, and
that was hardly fragrant enough to
be taken as criterion of all oriental
odors. However, supposed that Ara
bian scents and consequently Atlantic
sea breezes must be particularly pleas
ant to the nostrils, and when I final
ly got ready for my maiden trip to
New York one of my chief concerns
was the salt air.
'tNo sooner had we left Philadel-
phia than l began to sniff like an i'm
patient warhorse, so eager was to
smell the widely advertised ocean
breeze. 1t was an evening In early
May, and the country we passed
through was fresh and green. Still.
even all this springtime verdure failed
~ 10 q
fragrance more pronounced than had
been remarked further west, and ]
knew we had not yet got within range
of the sea breeze.
''Not until we had passed Elizabeth
did my nose apprise me of the prox-
unity of the sea. Then, all of sud
den there burst upon my nostrils the
anXiously awaited odor. There was
no installing it. 1t was sweet, it was
languorous, it was Intoxicating, If
such a description is not paradoxical
understood then why all travellers to
the east had been able to distinguish
it and to revel in it the minute they
breeze. l, too, wished to do Justice
to this wonderful elixir, and, turning
to the man next me, I said:
"I have always wondered at the en-
| thusiasm with which travellers speak
of the salt air, but / wonder nc
longer. Why, even tenderfoot born
| and bred in the west can tell the diff
ference the minute he enters it's zone.
"The man stuck his head out of the
window. andl shifted suspicionsly. q
don't smell it yet he said. 4 hardly
think we are near enough to the
coast
81 looked at him pityingly. Don't
smell it?' I said. why, man, where
is your nose? You don't have to stick
your head outdoors to smell it. Ever
the car is redolent with it,
| "The man lay back in his seat the1
and roared. You poor young green
horn he said. Did you take that TO,
the scent of the ocean breeze? Great
heavens, don't you know what that is
It's hair oil that that fellow up in the
corner has been dabbling all over his
head"