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I'm a great believer in hot baths
very hot baths. Every morning | take
4 hot bath at a temperature Of III. At
first | couldn't stand more than los, but
J raised the temperature by degrees.
The very hot bath, for not more than
Ave minutes. IL very refreshing. II
produces a sort o, hemorrhage OF blood
20 the skin. When | tell people about
my hot bath they say. But, surely, you
take a cold plunge afterward" do
nothing OF the kind. The cold plunge
would take away all the benefit OF the
hot bath"
Noclferously, and in the name Of
many women, l blessed DR.. MacDon-
aid for Els Indifference to the much
recommended ''cold plunge"
Persons who don't react properly
from cold water. who remain chilly
and covered with goose flesh, should
never take cold baths" he said.
But everybody should have a hobby.
The law allows 1t. and the famous Dr..
Macdonald prescribes It.
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RETAILERS NOW SQUEEZING
PUBLIC FOR HIGH PRICES.
Commission Men Say That While
Eggs and Butter Have Dropped
There IS No Cut in Store Rates.

CHICAGO, Feb. 2O.-Caught by the
busting of the cold weather corner on
eggs and butter. Chicago commission
merchants to-day charge that prices are
being kept up by the retailers. who. al
though the wholesale price has dropped.
refuse To sell the produce at less thar
the old figure.
II. \ Emerson. President Of the United
States Packing Company, said to-day
that the cornerlng Of butter and the
high price at which it Is being retailed
had caused a general turn toward the
use of oleomargerlnes. The retailers ac-
ton, according to Emerson. has been
responsible for the accumulation OF
approximately 10000, 600 pounds OF butter
IN the warehouses OF the United States.
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"0ne of the nrst symptoms OF
mental alteration Is a tendency TO
subjective analysis, to lot tho
mind dwell constantly and NOR
bidly on the idea OF self.
When a man on the verge OF men
tai unbalance. In the stage of mental
alteration which has not become aber-
ration, comes 10 me for advice ! al
ways find out from him what his hobby
is. and advise him to quit work FOR a
fen weeks and devote all his attention
- It.
Saving Force of Hobbies.
at may be A. fishing or playing gols.
looking at pictures or going to the the
atre. Whatever II is 1 urge him TO give
himself up to II. But I can't leave my
business. doctor the patient may an
swer, And sometimes the natural hui
man conceit which prompts us all TO
hin ourselves Indispensable makes Il
difficult TO convince a man that he had
better leave his business before his
business leaves him. The most difiicult
cases | have 20 deal with are those OF
men and women who have no special
interests of any sort, no hobbies. as a
matter OF fact
"rien you seriously consider
that a hobby of some sort IL OF
aid to hoalth2" I asked.
"a good hobby IL OF the great
est possible assistance to physical
and mental balance" answered DE-.
Macdonald. ~ hav known OF
cases whore men worn out with
ovsrwork and on the verge OF mel
ancholia or neurastheni were re-
stored TO perfect health by giving
themselves up to their ~fnvorits
hobbies.
women, especially, need to Gull
tivato hobbies" DR.. Macdonald
added. "Men get a certain amount
OF stimulation n interest from
their work.
There Is no fun like work, IN nv
opinion. But many women are unhappy
simply from the lack OF definite duties
and responsibilities,
MANY OF our rioh women lead
butterfly e~xistenoss which bore
them to death. They should have
some real occupation, some genuine
responsibility, some definite duties,
and some hobby, no matter whether
ita philanthropy or golf, collect
ing beetles or foreign stamps.
Out-of.Doors Ho5ileo Best.
"The hobbies which keep one out OF
doors are OF course the best. But our
women nave learned a great deal about
the importance OF fresh air and exer-
else in the last twenty or thirty years,
y recall that when ! nrst went to
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EIGHT MEN LAID OUT
IN A SALOON BATTLE
Ore VIII Die and Seven Others
Are Gathered in by the
Police Officers.

Twenty men engaged in a tree-for-all
fight in a room in the rear OF Clara
Adason's saloon. No. l5S Madison
street. at 4 o'clock this morning. and
when the police came eight combatants
were stretched unconscious on the floor.
All OF them had cuts and bruises on
the heads and faces with the exception
OF carl SoltnIrk, who had internal In
jur!es and a fractured skull, and who
win die, the doctors az Gouvegneu- Hos
p,tai say. The Other savel men We're
arrested. Al are fore! ;uegs,
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SH0ESTRlNGS His MOOSE.
Prisoner First Used susprndcr. 4,
Hang Himself Ia Cell,

Arrested on n charge OF drunkenness
Gustav" Misrh"n twenty-siV years Old.
Of No. - Main street. Orange. y. j.
made two attempts to take his llfc I'm
his cell In tho Fourth Precinc. police
station, Newark. last night.
FIRST he tried 10 hang himself. making
n moose OF hts ~sIspendcrs. but he was
cut down. soon 1ftcrward no tried again
20 hans himself. using shoestrinFq his
time. but was again rescued.
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Exercise and Proper Eating
Aid in Guarding Mentality
Against Greatest Foes,
Work and Worry
BY NIXOLA SMITH.

II you have a hobby you are on the high road to
health and sanity no matter how depressed mentally or
physically you may be.
If you haven't . hobby, beg, borrow or steal one
whether it's collecting beetles, old coins or postage
stamps doesn't matter.
Join the company Of illustrious persons who dedicate
their leisure hours to the pursuit of some harmless
object OF amusement or curiosity.
The other day an alienist at Middletown. Conn
called popular attention to the value Of hobbies in the
preservation Of mental balance. and yesterday a New
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carlos Macdonald, confirmed the dctum of his less famous conrrcre.
When vas a boy out in Ohio" said DR.. Macdonald when I celIai
al MIS- once 10 ask him about the Importance Of hobbies, I'VE had a pooula-
song OF which the refrain vas We're all on hobbies. oil hobbies OF hobhieq'
or something of that sort. There is a good deal of ems in that song and IL
would be a great deal better for all of us if we had some harmless hobby
Of u sOrtn IL another
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Europe IN 1889 Y. was struck; on nv
return by the pallld. anaemic, underred
look of the American women. The
contrast with the more rugged women
or the Continent was marked. At thu.
time American women considered that
to get the skin tanned was a catastro-
phe. Now they cultivate tan"
And you can say we look under
fed to-day" I observed. I'm fact. tho
tendency In New York is in the other
direction"
. The change IS indeed marked DR..
Macdonald smilingly af"ced. That's
because women eat too rluch: men, too,
for that matter. ! should say that most
people to-day eat from one-third to
one-half more food han Is necessary
to their physical nourlshment.
In my lectures" Or. Macdonald
added, Il always caution young men TO
beware Of what I call the 4 VS."
what are the other two" In
CURED,
Wine. Women, Worry and Work"
Or. Macdonald answered. 1T IS the
hardest thing in the world TO make
young people understand that they must
avoid excuses OF work and or diversion,
Almost anything can be done in mod
Grafton with impunity. Many of our
men work too hard and WORRY TOO hard.
Tho result too often is nervous break
down. ncurasthenia."
81 believe n~eurasthcnIa has been
called The great American disease" /
said.
ut has been called that" vas Or.
MacDonald's reply. But I don't see
why,
Insanity Not Increasing.
~ DON think we are a specially
eivou people. We nre not so ner-
vous as the French, nor, indeed, as
the English. I think everywhere
the human race a grown stronger,
more rugged, owing to better sani-
tary conditions and a more general
understanding OF the laws OF health
n cleanliness.
There IL a popular notion III
insanity 10 alarmingly on the In
crease, but such 10 not tho fact.
There has been an increase OF num-
bers, but hardly Of ratio. And ow-
ing to the better care and under
standing, the longevity OF the in
sano IL much greater than 1. ussd
to be-"
Then the way 20 be mentally Ia
anced Is to have some definite duties
and responsibilities, cultivate i hobby
and avoid the four VS." ! summar
lied.
"And take exercise. People In
cities don't exercise enough DR..
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FIRE IN BROADWAY
CAUSES BIG STIR
IN CONAN OFFICES
Fitzgerald Building, at Forty.
third Street, Has Merry Blaze
on the Ninth Floor.

Much excitement attended n IRE at
neon to-day In the new Fitzgerald Build
Ing at the southeast corner OF Forty
third street and Broadway. v
Theatrical guests OF tho Hotel Cadillac
and the now Mctropolc. across tho street.
were aroused from slumber an hour be-
fore their usual time 10y the footing Of
fire engines and the Changing OF bells.
The Fitzgerald Building. Just COM
p,etcd. has few nan The Cohan a
harris theatrical firm occupies the en-
tire Afth floor. There are no tenants on
the ninth floor. where the lire origi-
mated.
1t is supposed tha a careless work.
man dropped II match Or a cigar or
the ashes from a pipe IN a pile OF rub
Dish In the suite OF Offices Numbered
gol-2-3. Albert v. Roberts. an c.eva,or
man. passing the ninth fioor sm..led
smoke, Investigated and found = lively
blaze In this suite.
shouts Alarm.
Shouting an alarm. he rushed back to
his elevator. Catherine Hickee. a public
stouographer with NJ Office on the tenth
iiobr. and her female assistant were
bravcly rescued by Roberts.
Charles l.. ruler, who has n moving
picture agency on the tenth lioor, says
he rescued some girls TOO. lie was, how.
ever. unable to produce the girls, but
was quite lavish Ia the distribution OF
cigars.
The entire Cohan 4 Harris offce force
fled to the street, led by Walter Kings
ley. MIR. King, ley, who Is head OF the
press department. returned and rescued
the following, IN order.
l-Mimcograph.
Copy of Roget's T~hesaurus.
3-PhotoEraph OF George Conan.
A-Phutograph OF Sam Harris.
5.-Photograph OF Mrs. Walter Kings
ley.
G-Pair Of goloshos.
The nremen used the standpipe OF the
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building aud extinsuished the ds{z5
after about t501 damages had been djfe
The Cohsn Theatre wss not damaktd
IN any way
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Sutf,r,r asthma
ha. h,cu conquered
b rauful regard
q, dict. exercise
and general health
When the fnll'NlhS
treatment has l~'u
r.tstHfl. an a
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at any of the auction Sales
advertised from day to day In
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"The hobbies which keep one out OF
doors are OF course the best. But our
women have learned a great deal about
the importance OF fresh air and exer-
else in the last twenty or thirty years.
u recall that when I irst went to
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were also many darkeys present from
Mr.. Wilson's plantation and the near
by farms.
1t was a day of rejoicing, a day of
pleasure, and good fellowship reigned
supreme. The weather was fine, and
the splendid crops, fruits of the soil,
that were to be seen in every direc-
ton as far as the eye could reach, put
everybody in a good humor and in that
happy frame of mind calculated to
make them enjoy to the fullest extent
the many pleasures of the day.
The scene was indeed inspiring, and
reminded one of ante-bellum days
the big plantation, the home, the
quarters" the darkeys with their
songs and laughter, and the lord of
the manor" dispensing unbounded hos.
pitality to his friends in genuine old
Southern style.
The dinner was superb, consis sting
~barbecued beef, pork, mutton and
everything else that goes with a bar
becue dinner, as well as delicacies
and relishes of every kind. The meats
all from the very best selected
animals and the cooking was done by
darkeys who are past masters
in the art, and the aroma coming from
he long barbecue pits, as the late Joel
Chandler Harris would say, would
fairly make your mouth dribble."
went to the tables with ap-
Deties whetted to a keen edge for the
occasion, and just how much they en-
ioyed the dinner can better be i'm |
igined than told.
There was not a dull momen. during
he day. There was a colored orches-
.ra present and throughout the day
hey discoursed sweet music and rem
Tered old-time Southern melodies for
he d%electation of the crowd.
The time for departure came too
quickly, and the guests after thanking
Captain Wilson for his hospitality, de-
parted for their homes carrying with
hem r~ecollections of one of the hap
best days they ever spent
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Tho Brazil Nut Tree.

In the district watered by the river
Amazon are many varieties of trees.
the most important being the Brazil
nut tree. sometimes 100 to 1870 feet in
height. with horizontal branches. the
ends Of which hang like great ropes.
The smooth cylindrical trunk has n
circumference of twelve to seventeen
feet at a height of fifty feet from
the ground. The evergreen elongated
leaves. made tough by nature to with
stand the tropical heat of the region.
give the tree an attractive appearance.
enhanced in the Towering season by
large punches Of yellow blossoms
growing like ears Of corn. After the
Towering the fruit is formed in the
shape Of fairly large sefd veSse.s. CON
monty called pods. which vary in size
and contain from fifteen to twenty
nuts. closely adhering. in similar man
ner to the sections Of an orange The
pods incasing the nuts are about half
an inch thick and so hard that the
wheels of n heavy cart might pass
over them without causing breakage.
To remove the nuts the native Indians
use a peculiarly shaped knife.
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Genesis OF the Playhouse.

Thespis in 53G Is. G. acted his plays
in a wagon. In 400 II. c.. during the
time of Acschylus. creator Of drama.
the performances took place upon TEN
porary wooden scaffolds. one OF which.
having collapsed during n representa-
ton. the Athenians were Induced To
build the great theater of Dionysius.
calling II the Lenalon. which was the
first permanent stone structure Of It's
kind. II required 100 years to erect II.
These was no scenery. but he scene
was decorated so as to represent the
locality in which the action was going
on. Roofiess was his structure. but
around the building were porticoes. TO
which the people retreated during rain
storms. Sometimes awnings We're used
TO ward of the suns heat. Invari-
ably the actors were males. who wore
masks with mouthpieces. answering
the purpose Of speaking trumpets.
Owing TO the vastness Of the theater
metal vases were placed under the
seats TO serve as reflectors OF sound.
Performances began In the morning
and usually lasted twelve hours.-New
York Telegram.
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Her Fan.

1t is the custom in Paris for the cook
to do all the marketing. This adds
considerably to the cooks income. FOR
every dealer allows her 5 centimeJ
Il cent on every frame N 20 centsl
she spends. So French cooks insist on
their marketing prerogative. and the
mistress who denies them ii is deemed
a very mea small, niggardly sort IF
person. Well. n person of this sort, an
elderly woman. was in the habit of do
ing her own marketing in n long
buster. The buster hid her purchases.
1t prevented her. while usurping her
cooks rights. from being detected in
the act. AS the woman one hot morn
ing was walking homeward in her
buster from the Marche st. Honore
she stumbled in the Rue Hyacinthe.
and a leg Of mutton fell and rolled
across the sidewalk. A passing stran-
ger picked up the leg Of mutton and
returned 1t, with a bow and smile.
Permit me. madame-your FAM" he
said.
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A SHAME AND DIS
GRACE TO THE CITY,
Attention Is Called to Conditions on
Bryan Street That Call for Prompt
and Heroic Action.

To the Editor of The Bryan Eagle:
During the past six months you have
said a great deal in your paper of the
work of the Civic League and the
Bryan Commercial Club about keep
ing the city clean, and doubtless much
good has been done in that direction,
but only a beginning has been made
and much more is yet to be done, for
some OF our most public streets are
in such condition that they are a
shame and disgrace to the city. Bryan
street from end to end is a public
nuisance. Every kind of unmention-
able filth is allowed to accumulate
upon it and no notice is ever taken
of it.. There are actually two privies
now in use on what should be the
sidewalk of the street in the rear of
block No. 25S, and the north ends of
blocks Nos. 119 and 100 are impass-
able for pedestrians. Then the rear
of blocks Nos. 257, 25S and 259 would
make a dog sick to pass over them.
A few days ago a lady, a stranger
here, asked one of our business men,
rs this Bryan street," and upon being
told that it was, she said that she had
been told that a friend of hers lived
on Bryan street, but she did not see
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walks in such condition as they were.
The city council should pass an
ordinance compelling the owners of
property bordering on Bryan street to
clear and pave the sidewalks and keep
them clean.
Let us have a clean city.
FITZ-WILLIAM.
Bryan, Texas, July 8, 1911.
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Mamma the Garrxmandar.

The ~gerrymander was christened in
1913, although it must have been in
operation long before that. A stanch
old Federalist. Governor Eldridge
Gerry. controlled through his legisla-
ture the redistricting of Massachusetts
under the census of 1910. In the office
of Benjamin Russell. an ardent Re
publican editor. hung a map Of the
state as newly subdivided by Gerry
and his men. Gilbert Stuart's ready
pencil whimsically added to the out
lines of a grotesque district the wings
and tail of a dragon.
"Ha!' he said when he had finished.
"How's that for a salamander?"
The Republican Russell growled.
NRetter call 1t a gerrymander." And
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American politicians have taken his
advice. Independent.


Heroism. in which | include courage.
fortitude and self denial. is an essen
tial element Of n great character: cour.
age, which leads a man forth TO meet
danger whenever thereto called by
duty: fortltude. the power and prac-
tice Of endurance. which renders him
superior to pain and makes him nc.
cept with cheerfulness whatever fate
comes. and self denial. the subordina
ton OF the material to the spiritual. of
the lower to the higher nature of man.
which renders his will master of his
appetite and passions and causes him
TO forego every personal benefit for
the sake Of honor and conscience
David Dudley Field.
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plon. PIon and Bernhardt.

Prince Napoleon. commonly known
as Plon-Plon, often used to come to
George Sands rehearsals. He was ex-
tremely fond OF her, The first time
l ever saw that man | turned pale and
felt as though my heart stopped beat
ing. He looked so much like Napo-
leon |. that l disliked him for 1t. BY
resembling him 1t seemed to me that
he made him seem less far away and
brought him nearer to every one.
Nine. Sand introduced him to me in
spite of my wishes. He looked at me
in an impertinent way. He displeased
me. / scarcely replied to his compli-
ments and went closer to George Sand.
why, she is in love with you" he
exclaimed, laughing. George Sand
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HANGED and Buried and Lived.

1t Is moi given to many men to he
hanged and buried and yet be able to
tell the tale. but such was the expert.
ence of one John Bartendale, who was
executed at York I'm 1854 for felony.
After his body had hung for nearly
an hour 1t was buried. A gentleman
passing by the grave, which had not
been filed up, thought he saw the
earth move, and with the help Of his
servant he disinterred the convict. who
was still alive. 1t was the custom In
those days to bury suicides and exc
cuted criminals without any coffin.
The man was carefully treated and
entirely recovered. He became hos
tier ut the coaching house In York and
lived n most exemplary life. When
asked. what he could tell in relation to
hanging, as having experienced 1t. he
replied. when l was turned off
flashes of fire seemed to dart from my
eyes, from which I fell into a state OF
darkness and insensibility."
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stroked my check gently "Sne is my
little madonna. she answered: do not
torment her. Sarah R%ernhardt's Mem
afr.
Convincing Argument.

A certain colonel's gardener was GO
Ing through the woods belonging to
his employer when he saw a mar
gathering nuts.
AS the colonel had given strict Or
ders that this was not to be permit
ted. the gardener accosted the man.
You'll have 10 clear out Of this" he
said I've had orders TO keep all
these nuts for the colonel this year"
That's all right" replied the a
I'm getting 'em for the colonel"
A week later the gardener came
across the man again.
Look here" he said angrily. "You
weren't getting those nuts for the
colonel at ALL"
81 tell you | was" was the emphat-
ic reply. no you think ! was getting
'em for the shells?"-London Ideas.
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olive Bait" For Allioators.

The negroes OF jamaica. in the Brit
ish West Indies. use live bait" to
catch alligators. They tie n puppy1o a
tree near the alligator's haunt and
await Developments with n gun. The
puppy's yelp is exactly like the bark of
the baby alligator. Naturally Mrs. Al
ligator m out of her mudhole In
the lagoon, thinking somebody is trou-
bling her offspring. Then the negro
gets to work with his rum, and Mrs.
Alligator falls n victim to her ma
ternal affection.
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There are places where the direction
of n plumb line Is not vertical. Irregu-
larities Of density in the crust Of the
globe may produce this phenomenon.
A remarkable instance in point was
found in the island Of Porto Rico,
where the deviation from the vertical
is so great that in mapping the island
the northern and southern coast lines.
as shown In the older maps, had each
to be moved inward half n mile
Scientific American.
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An OUTRAGE.

When Major General Sir John Nc
Neill. V. c., vas badly wounded at Es-
saman in the Ashanti war he emerged
from the bush exclaiming in angry
and indignant tones. as IL some one
had deeply insulted him. IAN infer
nal scoundrel out there has shot me
through the ARM"
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CAPT. AT. WILSON ENTERTA|Ns
Gave Splendid Barbecue to His
Friends at His Bottom
plantation.

One of the finest b~arbecues and en-
tertainments ever given in this sec
Z ton was that given on yesterday by
Capt. A. F. Wilson to his friends at
his plantation home in the Brazos bot
tom neal Mumford.
There was a large crowd present,
composed of people from Bryan,
Hearne and Captain Wilson's friends
and ~neighbors in the bottom. There
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WakefuI Niuht,

A rather imaginative Washington
lady decided she had insomnia. She
couldn't sleep. she said. One morn
ing she was more than usually de-
PRESSED.
whats the matter. dear?" asked
the husband. Another sleepless
night?"
Worse than that" she replied
gloomily. II did manage TO drop off
to sleep, and | dreamed all the time |
vas asleep that | was awake."-Phil-
adelphia Saturday Evening Post.
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I'm sorry did IT.


"The old. old story exclaimed the
husband, with a long drawn sigh, as he
laid down his paper. Another nan
committed suicide because his home
was unhappy"
And did that make his home any
happier" asked his wife, cor doesn't
the paper say?"
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A Mixture Of composits.

"Jorklns 80 certainly in a good many
positions at once"
How SOP"
HE is up in the air, down on his
luck, on In years and back In his
observation-disclosures American.