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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
SOME AMAZING FIGURES.

II is bewildering, Overwhelming, this city Of
many tongues and many bloods, where process
sion Of fifty thousand Roman Catholics recently
marched through festa streets to their great
cathedral-althOugh il was once a crime punish
able by death FOR "popish priest" TO enter New
EOrE--and eight hundred thousand Jews abide
and flourish where once no Jews might vote.
There nearly 10000 policemen in the 5000
miles OF streets. Their pay alone amounts yearly
10 S12,S65 25S. They made 244S22 arrests last
year To clean The streets they guard costs 81
4lb299 for 4 single year.
The parks of the amazing city cover fourteen
square miles, including some % Is choicest
ground. II is said that they contain more than
100000 trees and valued at $500, 000, 900
Ia other words, the parks owned by New York
contain more land than the big city Of RoChes-
ter, and could be sold for enough 10 pay the
tire national debts of Holland, Switzerland
Sweden and Turkey
Think Of a city that has built 514 schoolhouses
al cost Of about 500 900 600, and that has more
than $1,000 teachers and superintendent educat-
ing G5l000 children, the salaries alone being $l7-
oHl,u0O a year, The Department of Education
VIII spend :274I0.136 this year
Ana ii the giant skyline Of New York staggers
the imagination. what OF the marvellous network
OF pipes and Wires and tunnels under the streets?
The separate wires buried under the pavements
~ tit metropolis would TeaCn twentV times
around the world. There is more than St2 900
600 or copper IN them Single cables carry a
thousand wires. With thousands Of wires 1,ndar
the atrects and hundreds Of wireless stations on
the roof tops, millions of messages are whis-
pered underground or overhead every day, and
news comes trembling through the atmosphere
from distant chips and continents
Down beside the myriad electric channels hid
den under the city PUSHES a daily supply of about
ZOO gallons OF sparkling water, of which
325o00.C00 gallons come from clear mountain
lake through two aqueducts. one of them tun-
nclcd through rock and earth for t,venty-eight
miles New Workers pay their city sll 600 900
year fer drinking water.
II takes 100000 pounds of food a day 20
supply the city There are about 100 theatres
1900 churches and nearly 10000 saloons In the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
In AUGUST MAGAZINES
Cleueldnds Lore of Children-Trdp-
ping Big Game-A Gun That
Reloads Itself.
CLEVELAND AND CHILDREN.

II VIII be seen that Mr.. Cleveland could do
email things well, no less than large. His fine
. lightness OF touch surprising in a man of such
large mould. He was an accept I'm the manipula-
ton OF delicate tools and OF fishing tackle.
remember his spending hours at Gray Gables re-
pairing a whirling sailor weather vane for the
amusement OF the children. he was likely 10
have on hand some nice piece OF work of this
sort In the summer OF 1901 he spent day or
two al Riverside Farm. birmingham, changing a
damaged complicated. multiplying reel into g.
eerNiceable simple one. The performance gave
him much satisfaction He told how he had used
up various nail files, and finally succeeded only
after some good new ones had been brought to
him from the village store The job required
considerable engineering and patience. shifting
and contriying The very difficult not to say un-
necessary, character OF the labor Che said he
must be the possessor already OF twenty reels IN
AID appeared TO give him pleasure. and nothing
more than the production OF something simple
that quality so Characteristic Of his mental
habit His little Richard a helper when It
came 20 trying the line on the reel.
He had peculiar sympathy with little children
his neishbOrs' as well as his own-and IL was
delightful to see him In their company and to
hear the tones of his voice in talking with them
AT birmingham We used to see him sitting out on
the piazza at Riverside sOlemnly, engaged In
mock fishing with Richard, consulting his COM
panion gravely as 10 proper bait and other i'm
portant details Of the sport the boy being an apt
pupil in the gentle art. Writing 10 the father OF
one Of his boy acquaintances, Ny. Cleveland said:
Il really very much touched by Georges
gift. and am much comforted by his steadfast
friendship. / 1etter myself IL :akes a pretty good
man 10 gain and Keep the good opinion OF such
boy"
There was a "chndrens hour" at the White
House during his second term. when. in the twi-
light. little child would be brought into the
executive Office. and the work Of the government
would be suspended and much ink would be Law
ished while two big hands helped two small ones
in making pictures sheets OF writing paper
spread out upon the Presidents desk.-Richard
Watson Glider, in The Century.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
GIVE THE LUNGS A CHANCE

Exercise is the easy way OF getting enough
oxygen An outdoor game mere brisk walk
INDUCED in for the pleasure OF stretching the mus
cies ana seeing things along the way causes the
lung bellows 10 work involuntar!ly. The main
object is attained by indirection. What would
otAel wise be task becomes recreation, and ii is
a principle of nature that pleasure should accom-
pany the exercise OF bodily functions. \ worried
unhappy person cannot breathe we'll He is I'M
happy because he does breathe well and no
cannot breathe well because he is unhappy. Let
him commend himself to be happy and inhaIe
deeply at the time
Ii is manifest that the corseted woman and the
stoop shouldered man cannot work their lung bel
lows to advantage. The shoulders must be thrown
back and the abdomen unconlined. For home and
ollce use nothing is better than the army setting
mp exercises. No apparatus required. just the
motions Of the arms and legs and torso. with con-
scious control of lie diaphragm Stand straight.
place the hands on the hips bend the Auees as far
as possible. rise and repeat. Extend the hands
straight In front. palms touching and throw the
arms as far back you Close your fists and
forciDly extend the arms 10 the front and sides
Make the waist hinge for bending the body back
and forth and sideways; also pivot for circllng
the torso Rise on the tees, hop each foot al
terhat-ly, take some dance steps. get the floor
and dip the body with the triceps. AfterRard
stand up and raise the extended arms above the
head, While inhang' slowly. then expel the air with
Al sudden sidewiss descent OF the arms.
II these exercises carried for fifteen min
a day In we'll ventilated room the subject
viii realize speedy benefit. OF course IL is easier
TO do these and other exercises in a gymnasium
class. where esprit du corps causes fatigue and
monotony to be forgotten \ game of handban or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
MONEY IN RATs.

The only good rats are dead rats Alvs. rs
carries disease. Dead. il may have 8 coinm..
value The skin is fine material for oooN
and for making purses and photographs -. .cr
may also be used in the manufacture OK - rss
women. and In several Of the great e'Ne' -. rat
killing industry Is assuming prop'Ftl0"' a.
in Scandinavia as well the Speeies s...u,s
the Norwegian. a big. bothersone 'ouS ,' ..r,xss
OF It's fighting procivities. Is pa - n. cor
v ,Yl s into fertzing material Thus in many @ >.
mercaI centres abroad is the rat being kilea ,cs
MANY thousands not because u - i'i - sos
lie safety but because uses have oee -, ,,rs
the heretofore worthless hide The t'iii' - rnls
when the rat Will be hunted assiouo' s..s a
country. not only because Of the hoH1' .,,. ysxA
it, but because II IS our enemy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
MANY VARIETIES OF AIR.

There is air and air-aImost as many varieties
as the celebrated pickles. A universal variation is
due to pressure registered by the barometer
Every breathing animal feels brsker and happier
when the barometer rises then the air is com
pressed and there is more oxygen in a given bulk
A cold day invigorates because more oxygen en-
tiers the lungs at each inhalation. When IL is
warm. air expands and contains less vital gas in
a given quantity. This is fundamental reason
for avoiding overheated living rooms and he'd
rooms Overheating seems to take the life out
of air" and the currents OF warm air set in mo-
ton dust particles. which. clinging TO radiators
and furnace openings. have undergone a process
OF dry dstillation Dishes OF water changed at
frequent intervals. allay the evil OF a parched.
dusty atmosphere. Air may be exhausted or con-
taminated In the former II Is deficient IN oxy
gen. while in the latter case it IS mingled with
gas. vapor. smoke. SCOT and dust. The test OF
carbonic acid gas In the air is misleading. for il
does not measure cOntamina ton. SCOT and smokc
may contaminate without reducing the amount OF
oxygen; they inture the lungs and breathing pas
sages mechanically.
The lungs acquire tolerance 70 impure air and
adapt themselves to conditions. but at the price
OF lessened vitality. There is a terrific struggle
to get adapted Every who has spent a vaca-
ton at the seaside or IN the mountains knows with
what loathing upon his return to town his lungs
breathe the Initiated atmosphere or office and shop
II takes several days for the lungs 10 accustom
themselves to the metropolitan mixture. After
ward the air seems fairly good 1t comes as a
Is different.
Many artificial systems OF ventilation farci-
cal Dusty and otherwise contaminated air Is taken
IN at the sidewalk level. heated that it's solid
particles made more injurious and its oxygen
thinned by expansion and then forced into the Of
fee workroom The fl,erng device often stops
half the air and does not filter the rest No
pert is needed TO tell where the air comes from
when II brings cdcr Of the sidewalk veuder's
sausage and the tarry smoke OF street repair. The
supply OF for artificial ventilation should be
piped from the roof OF the building.
The top fiat In apartment house has always
the best air and the lofty rooms in Il tenement
house. open on three sidesf are more hysienc than
the ground floors OF costly private dwellings or
heaters and gas cook stoves use up the air faster
than several human beings could. Wherever pos
sibe they should be connected with lues. Il is
pretty we'll understood that subways. streetCars.
theatres, churches and other public meeting places
are not the rendezvous of oxygen. though discom-
fort felt in such places is largely due heat and
fctid ot!ors. The enthusiast will not ride In the
subway II he can help f. and will stand on tho
platforms of street and elevated cars rather than
go inside.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
LEGENDS OF THE CHINESE WALL.


Before resuning our Journey. asked the gov
ernor Of the inn about the Long Wall He made
answer thus:
chin Shin Hwang without doctrine COM
horse and examined the boundary. Afterward
there the husband OF the Meng Chang
woman. Because he was building the wall he
compelled TO die in it. The Meng Chang
woman. weeping for her husband, moved
heaven and earth. The ten thousand Ii long
wall, with cry, wept down"
In this village. untouched by civilization. igno-
rant OF the camera. where photograph of a
beautiful young woman affrighted the behold
ers. many interesting legends about the wall
gathered. In brief, some OF them are as
follows: Chin, borne triumphantly across the
empire on his horse of cloud. stamped thrice
every Ii. and on each crushed spot spr2tlg up a
tower. Chin broken. bad man. The wall
erected in one day. being $4,000 II long.
1t ruined when one woman gave scream,
and II collapsed from the sea TO Tibet. There
were eighteen suns when Chin built; the men
were kept working so long that grass had time
to grow In the dust which lodged on their
heads. The men worked so long that they fell
asleep and woke up patriarchs. Chin had man.
moth shoVels that threw up a II of wall at a
SCOOP the men were IL feet tall and broad in
proportion; nowadays men are small and could
not build the wall. god looked down from
heaven and saw the people being thrown INTO
the wall for not doing the work so he came
down and gave a thread to the workmen, VINO
nut II around their wrists TO increase strength.
When the King found out took this magic
thread and plated II into lash for a whip.
With the magic whip he could remove noun
tains or make the Yellow River stop
Not far away we halted at hamlet or FOUR
houses. known as the Water Cave Ravine
Here again we gathered a choice collection Of
local legends showing many variants on rev
themes Of cruelty, love and magic. One is that
the line Of the wall was marked out not by
Chin but by Chin's white magic horse. A sad
die was tied to its tail and IT was allowed to
wander freely. Whittier 1t Strayed the archl-
tect followed and pegged out the line for the
builders and to this day stand the abandoned
forty II OF wall TO prove the story.-W. f. Cell.
in Harper's.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
In THE WILDS OF ASH
EXPLORERS FOUND MUCH
OF INTEREST THERE.
Unkno5cn Tongues and Huge ROca
Sculptures Bed of Hoang.
HO Discovered.

Discoveries of colossal statues Of Buddha carysf
In living rock. dictionaries Of unknown tongues
ancient inscriptions and the true course Of tAs
Hoang-Ho for several hundred miles were sOns
OF the results Of the French expedition under
Commander d'OllOne which returned 10 civilization
recently after a two-year journey through North
eastern Tibet and Darkest China. The expedition
started at Hanoi. the coast. and zigzagsed %
Peking through a territory practically unknown
inhabited by wild Tibetan warriors and benishted
MOnGols. who quite beyond tho reach OF Stand
ard Oil and who lucky get the news thar
China has a new Emperor five six years after
the event.
Limited they are in their mental outlook
through the lack Of newspapers and rural Tres
delivery. the Tibetan fighters showed degree o.,
intelligence when they refrained from matching
their beanpole spears and jingals with the high
power rifles of the French invaders On only Gao
occasion mob of villagers was foolish enough 70
attack Lieutenant Lepage with stones Inc Aeu-
tenants rescuer. NJ. Boyve. will receive medal
for military valor. II II not stated what me mo-
received. but probably the next census VIII repO''
deficit of lamas and warriors
II was pathetic discovery. made in a high VIVA
that many of the Tibetan cavairymen had no W.
sers beneath their Mother Hubbard uniforms
which slapped the tanks of thsir scraWny mounts
From this troUSerless condition the ethnesrap,ls
expert Of the expedition dsduced that the ha-,s
quartermaster's department was in a sad stais =
mits OF the Himalayas asitate the Mother Eu'.a,
of the Tibetan army. the glory " milltafisl aus
and the shtvering soldiers paraphTase ueAs~
Sherman's remark about being nell
The expedition took three thousand pho,oslaP~4
including military scenes; made two hunGreu So
veys. collected twenty-One vocabula-ies anu IL.
many Impressions OF ancient rock inscriptions -
Hoang-HO. or Yellow River. was put on lne -,
In its right place ninety kilometres east OF rs -
position. Maybe the old map was correct l0 -
a well known habit of Chinese rivers 20 pay -
and-seek with photographers II the HuSson ~
like the Hoang-HO. New Yorker starting lVl -,
bany on the boat might find himself arIiShs
Chicago.
The prodigious rock sculptures or Suoon-
,countered in many places astonished the eAp.s
One OF the most gigantic statues Ioomeo w y. s,a-
hillside at Kang-KeOu. in the province ~ -.~,s
Chueu. II rivalled the creations or ahcien' -,
and must have been carved many ceh'uns
Judging by the erosion OF the elements AZ ,s..r-
this statue are holes in the rock leadins - -
ranean temples or chapels, which are 49,, A
with religious carvings. At Yong-hns go
Buddhistic Pantheon chiselled In rock w. 49, Tn.
The inscriptions date from the dynasty o. 80 "a
perOrs Wei IN the nth century OF the Pi'e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01

basketball aerates the lungs in perfect manner
and the player has lot Of fun thrown In extra
Every city person of sedentary occupation should
belong to a gymnasium. The numerous branches
of the Young Mems Christian Association, which
are not exclusive TO Christians or young men, give
gymnasium privileges at average cost of three
cents day.
action they keep going that way for considerable
time One may notice himself taking deep inspira-
ton for hours after session in the gymnasium or
a jaunt in the park. Night gives q breathing op-
portunity that should be better appreciated. An in
dividual may not be able to govern conditions in
office or shop. but he often, IL not generally
ventiate his bedroom the fullest extent and en-
JOY pure air while he sleeps Regardless of
drafts all the windows should opened wide.
The sleeper may wear nghtcap IL he deems IL
essential The ideal indoor sleeping device is the
connection with an open window. while keeping the
room at its usual temperature. The subject pract-
cally sleeps outdoors while staying at home and
not relnquisaing convenences. Insomnia is often
due TO the stufry atmosphere OF the bedroom and
when sleep comes it Is uneasy stupor from
which one awlkes in the morning with a headache
or tired feeling. But plentiful pure air promotes
drowsiness. and the sleeper rises in the morning
with refreshed vgor. Sometimes change in the
weather spoils the ventilation of bedroom during
the night It becomes warm outside, and the win
dow opening. adjusted for cold. windy evening is
insufficient. The sensitive sleeper begins to have
bad dreams and very likely wakes up. The ventia-
ton is especially likely be disturbed by increas-
ing heat of the steam radiator or hot air furnace
1t Is best TO Shut off these OF disturbance
and unnecessary heat when retiring. The efremt-
nate dislike OF dressing IN cold room should not
be allowed to count against q nights hygienic
braa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
THE VISION DAYS.

We dwet within house of pearl
In those old days OF wondering joy
You were the golden wide-eyed girl,
1 the silent. lonely boy.
To what far country have they passed,
Those things we dreamed SO sweet and
strange
Far sea caught morns that might not last,
Fresh winds of dawning, doomed 10 changer
l wove your tresses with the wind
And filed your eyes with sunrise CLEAN.
A voiceless longing made me blind
CFor children dream poets dream). .
Often I wish TO stand once more,
Not yet made wise. beside that sea
Whose silver waters wash no shore.
But islanded with phantasy-
Where all the air was living gold
Out to the far horizons haze.
Toward which the vision ships of old
Bore off our fading vision days.
I think you sometimes now must go
In secret to that distant place
Where still they bloOn-to day their glow
Was tender IN your lifted face.
Arthur Dawson Ficke, in Scribners
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
AIR PRICELESS LEGACY
BUT YOU DON'T APPRECI-
ATE IT.
It's the Prime Factor an Good
HeaIth-Here's Tip, Learn
to Use 1t.

Nothing in this world matters much as air.
II you have enough of II. you can dispense with
riches and face serenely all personal calamities
and natural cataclysms. Feed yourself on the
breath OF life. Enjoy the taste of IT, Get intoxi-
Gated frequently with this invisible elixir which
permeates all space. Air II SO cheap and common
that II has been overlooked by city-dwelling HUI
mainly. II freely used. II not appreciated
when everybody lived In the open When men got
the cave habit and progressed swiftly TO the urban
fiat air began to be neglected To-day it is neces-
sary that scientists should rediscover air and point
out its merits and euogize it, society for agitat
Ing the air question would net be amss OF course
everybody thinks he knows all there is to know
on the subject. just he thinks he understands
politics. He takes air for granted and perhaps
resents the Information OF the hygenist as folks
once resented the theory of gravitation. and said
they knew beforehand that apple must fall
downward
Air is the primo factor OF good health. 1t is the
stun which keeps going in tho body that inces-
SAINT combustion which is life. The lungs are a
furnace food is the fuel and air makes the fame
a poor fuel may be made 10 give good results IL
there is a powerful fire. Tho main object of exer-
else Is to make the furnace burn better. II IS con-
ceivable that a person could spend q lifetime in
ped and remain healthy If he could keep the bel
lows Of the diaphragm in lively action. The dead
nave been revived by mechanical breathing an
air pump taking the place OF natures apparatns
oxygen tho vital part OF air. makes such a brisk
Hre that the subject who !nhaes IL is exhilarated
10 e point or intoxication-though IL is incorrect
10 compare the acceleratiCn of a natural process
with the poison-toy due TO liquor and drugs
The lung capacity OF the average man ia about
90 cubic inches, or one and half gallons of air
but not more than twenty-five cubic inches OF air
enter the lungs at an ordinary breath. Notice the
slight movement OF the chest with ordinary breath
Ing. then take a deep breath and feel everything
expand from the waist upward. With a deem in
haIatlon the heart Immediately beats faster the
blood circuates more rapidly, the temperature OF
FIC Ma
mas been opened wide and you are burning up i'm
purities and generating vigor Out OF every breath
the furnace requires ia cubic inches OF oxygen for
immediate One cubic foot of air Is contauf
mated every second The ordinary score of breaths
lhhaied IN minute contain less oxygen than half
5 mary slow deem