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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
By Or. ANDREW WILSON

7 y the Of modern life. where the tendency
I deveon the neurotic constitution tobacco may be
regarded In my opinion. kind OF saving clause
the hstor" OF modern But there is always
just this muoa about the Of tobacco-common
sense must be we'll mixed with H. In other words
the Nho finds he is smoking 10 and
doesn't stop. lacks common The boy who be
gins smoking is really old enough 10 Snow tina; 1t
hurts him and will hurt him until has reached
maturity, consequently ne lacks common II ne
continues 10 smoke during the days OF his body and
mind building.
There De doubt | think. that the whole
tobacco represents a harmless form of enjoyment,
those who use II in moderation and with whom II
agrees. Tobacco is injurious to the young. and
should hesitate affirm that the prevalent prac
tise OF cigarette smoking by boys lie at the
Of considera Ole deal OF III health dependent the
fact that tobacco acts in youth by checking the
nutrition OF the frame
The adult, on the other hand. may smoke through
long lifetime ard not merely enjoy Ills pipe but
experience benefit therefrom Where tobacco acts In
1urtously on the nervous system find either spe
clai pred,sposi.ion The part OF the subject which
unhts him to consume tobacco, or We discover him
TO be using II N excess In the first case. the man
should be the Judge Of his requirements IN the
way OF tobacco consumption II the weed interieres
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insidous form OF tobacco smoking, seeing that the
consumption Of cigarettes by the ordinary smoker per
day tends. regards the OF tobacco and the
effects thereby induced exceed both phases Wit.
messed in the average who smokes pipe cigar.
There are many who appear to smoke cigarettes
from morning to night and the dinner table is
not sacred from tobacco fumes. In addition to the
danger OF excess thus induced, have take into
consideration the facts OF inhaling the fumes of he
and the results OF this feature OF cigarette smok
ing the throat. My contention is that there is
greater danger OF injurious in the OF
cigarette habit than where tobacco is consumed in
pipe cigars
On women well be convinced that the
effects OF tobacco much easily produced
than in men. The womans nervous system u.s. sneak
ing generally, Of highly strung character than
that OF the man. She is active in thought more
intuve, more keen in her perceptions than her lord
and master. and physioogcay speaking. her nere.
Gus system is therefore liable to develop the un
stable state Cigarette smoking by women may physio
logically not be condemned. whatever society manners
or the canons Of good taste may have 10 say TO the
practise but medical know OF irritable hearts and
like symptoms being the inevitable results OF even
moderate Indulgence in tobacco by many women
Argument here seems to lie in the direction OF AID
vising women to be than careful of the tobacco
hablt. IL is a feature or their nervous constitution
that the effects engendered in them are of much
more decided character than in the opposite sex
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vital cosmos. is followed by the cancellation decay and
final shrinkage OF consequences there
lore, OF diminished muscular exercise reduced mental
application. overindulgence of stmuants overfeedins
are all plainly evident All this may seem to be rapid
flight Through very pleasurabe te but It is actually
quite 10 the contrary. The intensity of efforts
pended in wealth getting theatregong estaurantdn-
ally destructive to the most vital organs OF the body
namely, the muscles the stomach the kidneys and the
intellect.
Baseball is great sport doctor" my friend Hushey
Jennings said
1T certainly is for you and Cobb and Chance and All
the other active players. but it is good for the hun
dreds OF thousands OF American citizens Who view il
noon"
for time. at least he thought had become
mentally unbalanced when I explained that wnile
he and all the other bail players we're gaining Hrm
muscles, quick judgment good health all that there
were hundreds OF thousands who were allowing their
muscles to become fabbdier and fabbier and their
health 10 become slowly and they
sat still and watched
(Which would you rather do all Summer cit in idle
ness aud watch the games, take active part in
hem?"
III you get cornered like that. Doc" said Jen-
nings. Il must admit I'd probably pine away and pass
If had to sit still all the But it's great
game"
1t will remain TO America until time comes
when every American will know enough to walk run
play tennis and golf and take other exercises
daily that Will give him clearer brain and healthier
body.
II the baseball fan afford no spare time except
what he takes during the he had far
the ball grounds during the other four and a half in.
nings.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04

7 WONDER how many mothers when they rock
l their babies and sing 'Rocka.by Baby in the
Tree-Top." know they only saying about
what our ape ancestors crooned to their children
These hairy babies were literally rocked to sleep
In the leafy cradles among the trees To Us has
come down without much change, except the de-
scent from tree branches TO the nursery cradle the
rocking habit OF putting baby sleep.
II is primitive form OF hypnotism-the steady
monotonous rhythm Of voice tones and cradle move
ment AS the child grows old enough to walk the
same rhythmic habits are kept up Hop-skip.aDd.
Jump Observation-Disclosures" rope skipping all
children 8 show how the Unborn traits of our
happy. hairy ancestors still with us and still
active.
This swaying leaping trait is demonstration of
our former existence for hundreds of thousands of
years among the trees. Mans upright position and
extraordinary brain development 100 recent "a
state TO have caused muscular and nervous edu.
cation, which was necessary for the protection of
NE, 10 be entirely eliminated And In many cases
tnis Ia fortunate condition. 1t saved many lives
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with his health comfort. he WIZ be acting only
comnon-sense part by renouncing It's uss altogether.
There IS In this middle course Will. for
the vast majority OF smoking presents itself az
haot which has FOR its outcome the production of a
soothing and calming influence, there are individuals
upon whom it acts either with poisonous effect or al
!east may be productive of injury
The effects CT tobacco. when taken In excess ON
tho nervous system manifested in different ways
There Is first disturbance digestion then eve symp-
toms may be prevalent. ending in temporary loss OF
sight or tobacco amaurosis, il liz professionally
termed The further action OF tobacco is seen I'm ir
regularity Of the action OF The heart producing what
medical men call smokers heart" The pulse is ir
regular and TIE hearts action eDfeebled with the
esui mat tho general nutrition OF the body becomes
=: due time affected lrritabljty OF the sys
tenn cue TO the depression induced by excess will
aso appear. and the otherwise beneficial effect OF to-
tecco Ia thus converted into positive evil The,
:emedy FOR this state OF matters IT, OF course obvious
The doctor Viii advise complete remuneration of to
hacco. be will probably order onics, and II the ind
ridua Is completely down, change of air will also
be prescribed.
may mere refer 10 phase OF the tobacco cues.
ton Which Of late years has prominently into
view. ! aliude 20 the habit OF cigarette smoking at
large and TO the indulgence by women of this form
Of enjoyment The cigarette Is doubt convenient
and handy method OF ep;aynF Wifi, but it is an
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04

in those disastrous foods which devastated the
Middle west few weeks ago. The who slung
'nelr babies upon their backs and walked wire ropes
to safety; the. women who chung to narrow lodges
ana window stills; the childrea who moved over
slender beams and made their way to safety by go.
ing down swinging ropes and cables owe their
lives TO the fact that arboreal instincts we're in
them and subconsciously utilized
And the Initiative powers Of a past are stronger
yet How quickly all fell under the influence
Of rag time. turkey trotting and all the other
rhymic, swinging traits OF still bearing dis.
tinc evidences OF free and unfettered forest lfe
The patting, the regular shutting OF feet can be
seen to-day in gathering OF apes in the play
of chmpanzees as they make rhythmic sounds by
beating the tree trunks and bark
The love OF climbing SO active I'm healthy boys:
the delight in swinging. see.sawng and flying rings
which every girl shows. only the Inherent in
stincts and pleasures Of anthropoidal life We see
evidence OF this past life in the born babe
Tor 1t is covered all over with very fine hair Its
clothing baths and environment kill the growth
but not the proofs OF descent from hairy babies.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
Trees and INSECTS THAT
FORECAST the WEATHER

n n ANY woodsmen claim they can tell
IN1 whether Winter will be severe or
mild BIZ means OF the growth OF bark
on tree trunks Of saplings, the growth being
much thicker some years than others and
an unusually cold Winter invariably follow
ing when the bark has grown thick. They
also declare the moss or lichens that grow
on the north side OF many evergreen trees
will be heavier during the season proceeding
a cold Winter
Gardeners look at the caterpilars as
means Of foretelling the sort OF Winter that
is coming or course these observations have
to be made in the Summer and Autumn. Last
Fall there was printed in these pages an
article from John T. Timmns, OF Birdlawn
Conservatory, who declared the Winter
would be unusually mild. He based this
forecast on the facs that the caterpilars
had no dark stripes down their backs. The
writer averred that when the dark stripes
ran full length and were quite black 1t
meant cold Winter. when the stripes ran
but half way down the backs OF the cater
pillars, 1t meant medium Winter and when
there were very light stripes, scarcely no
iceable, II meant mild Winter. He said
the caterpillars OF last Summer and Autumn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04

had scarcely. any Visible stripe. nj all. and
his forecast seems to have been as accurate
possible.
1t is not necessary to be student OF aaturs
to learn much concerning the weather, If all
claims are true. IL is said crcSets will
chirp slowly II it is going to be colder dur.
Ing the next day or So and again chirp with
greater rapidity IL warm spell is coming on
Other animals and insects seem to act az
barometers, the ordinary frogs, although
called green have a great deal OF yellow
about them. While this remains a clear or
bright yellow, fair weather may be expected
to continue. but II Is said that when the
yeows begin 10 fade and become rather dull
and Of brownsh color, bad weather Is ap-
preaching Nearly everyone knows about
the spider that makes his web on the grass
Throughout the Summer one may SEQ thou
sands OF closely spun cobwebs spread out on
the grass, under rose bushes and such places,
with always a little hole in these webs
where the spider goes to hide.
If your lawn is we'll dotted with these
webs in the morning, regardless OF how
cloudy it may he, you are safe in assuming
hat 1t will be fair day. al least for more
than half the day. IS far as known these
spiders will not spin their webs if it is going
to rain that day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
Why BASE
BALL Is
The CURSE
OF AMERICA
By Or L. K. HIRSHBERG

WV HEN make the statement that baseball is the
NEk curse Q! America | am fully aware that nun
W dreds OF thousands OF baseball fans through
out the country going to experience sudden
tons, from violent opinion of me loudly and profaney
expressed to shrug OF the shoulders and mild Poor
Doc He's ripe for sanarum"
Yet the fact remains that this is true and believe
convinced my friend, Hughey Jennings that
had least very good grounds for my argument from
point OF view To put the whole OF mv argu
ment in nutshell, let cay that big game n
New York there thirty Thousand WHO ehoulG
be exercising but instead sitting still and letting
eighteen men do their exercising for them.
The American man, especially he who
is able 10 afternoon of and then still
frequently. and witness hall game, is sorey n
need OF exercise Every possible device should be used
10 get him exercise lie Ia living rapidly, always
der strain is but he Is taking the exercise
Nature demands OF every that ne may keep ais
blood ID circulation. his lungs we'll developed and his
body from being locked up behind inside Of bare"
OF unhealthy TAI.
Taking into consideration tie number OF games
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
Who Invented
Real Paper?

HE question OF who invented real paper
has apparently been settled by means
OF a catalogue Of manuscripts in the
Royal Library of France made by Greek
scholar at the command of King Henry H.
OF France. In this cataloguer's own hand
are found notes 10 the effect that real
paper" originated In Damascus.
TO make difference between tine sort Of
paper that was in use in China hundreds OF
years ago. and the beginning of the sort OF
paper we use to-day, our paper is called
real paper This is because the Chinese
used silk for their paper. which was after
all more of sort of pulpy silk than real
paper.
And while SILK was common enough In
China back in the seventh century, it VAS
not plentiful elsewhere and so the Chinese
so-called paper was extremely rare and ex-
pensive in other countries. or course writ
ing was done on cavern walls on tablets Of
clay. on slabs OF gold and tanned skins and
then papyrus but in about the seventh cen
fury some Arabs discovered that paper
could be made from cotton
So our first real paper. as far az can he
learned to-day. was made in Arabia where
there was actually a paper factory In opera
ton In the seventh century using cotton
which was plentiful TO the Arabs. then, wa
seem to owe our present paper swell as
our numerals. II was not until the four
teenth century that paper was made from
fax, linen hemp and such things. and, OF
course still later that the cheaper sorts OF
paper were made from wood pulp Both
Italy and Germany claim the honor OF Ars.s
making linen paper.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04

X n ANY people have curious ideas abou: cooking
IN eggs. and many people Who esss because
they SO heslthui really lose all the benefit o,
the eggs and nure their digestion because tley do rot
know how to cook them
Raw probably the healthiest form OF the egg
and, to those who take them they may be
we'll shaken in milk, the great majority of people
spoil the good effects by adding Just pinch OF
salt instead OF the sugar will The egg more
beneficial
Eggs boiled three 10 Ave minutes are eaten BY thou.
sands, and to many take the place OF meat, they are
not as hcalthgivng most persons imagine The eggs
thus prepared difficult digest than eggs that
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
Keeping Waste
Pipes Clean

A LTHOuGH the waste pipes in your
"A kitchen. washstands and bathroom
I" may never become clogged up, yet
unless they arc cleaned there is grea.
amount OF dirt that lodges in the trap which
In time becomes dangerous Water may
back up In the drain pipes and force this
dirt which becomes black slime, into the
sink. causing all sorts of dangers.
IL Is very simple matter TO keep these
pipes cleaned, and there is no danger either
from the filth or from gases that may result
from the accommodating and decaying matter
there. Make quantity of strong lye the
liquid potash variety. Any druggist will
tell you what quantity to mix TO make it
what is known as SO degrees strength
For a kitchen sink it will take pint TO
fll the trap. For the bath tub and wash
stands it will take a quart for each tran
Just before retiring pour this down the sink
and make sure no water is allowed TO run
down that sink
In the morning the first current OF fresh
water through the waste pipes will clean out
the trap and leave it like new. This is be-
cause the strong solution of liquid I've ac-
tually converted the thick deposit of dirt and
slime in the trap and sides OF The pipe into
soft soap, and with the fresh water il all,
dissolved, loosened up and was washed away.
III this is done say every six months the
pipes will always be clean enough TO give
assurance Of no danger from poisonous
gases or even germs from these trans should
their contents suddenly back I'D and part
of them dry about the edges OF tho sink.
II is a cheap and effective way to dc away
With all dangers of dirty drain pipe traps.
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are more thoroughly cooked
rhyslcians declare an cgg that is boiled should moi
DOH more than two minutes they hard the
digestive organs unless they be boiled for from twenty
% thirty minutes Most persons think an egg
boiled so long would lay like much lead in the stom
acn out This is mistake for il has been found that
eggs boiled for long time very easily digested
and the nutrition seems to be more easily taken I'm by
the tissues OF the body
Hospitals use the long boiling and it is dc.
cared patients greatly benefited by the new way
of preparing eggs.
II patients in the hands Of expert physicians and
nurses benefited by the proper cooking OF eggs it
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04

stands to reason the people who are we'll may be kept
III better health by the of properly prepared food
IN the form OF fresh eggs The greatest difficulty some
will say is in the time required to have eggs served
This is q mistaken idea. Hotels and restaurants can
very easily prepare for cooking the eggs they can
DO served az rapidly as those cooked much shorter
time as they can be cooking prior the serving hour
and is not difficult to keep the cooked product line
shape for an hour more.
In Paris the long boiled eggs served extensively
and physicians say they difference In the
health OF the people
such diet would improve the health and strength
OF our city folk who have for years smny boed much
OF their food improperly prepared, and suffering
greatly for doing
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04

habit of allowing eighteen to take exercise
us while We sit idly still squrm under the
sun This is just where the OF baseball comes in
This age OF pressthe button-a nd sonnet hing does
it-forus means coming generation OF weaker men:
nor are they going to stronger until they actually
learn the real value OF exercise When man gets into
business he seems to think he exercised all that wa
necessary during his school and college days but he
heeus the exercise as much. more middle age
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04

ride TO the bail grounds Then he
wiil sit there until the game Is over,
or many times. called by darkness
eie may have transacted lot OF
business during those early hours
OF the day. but his body Tissues have
beer taking on fat, his circulation
has been Getting sluggish. and II he
is real baseball fan the only good
thing can be said about it, physical.
ly. Is that he is apt to exercise bis
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04

and TO the country but Americans will not do tha they
Will ride in stufy subway surface limousine
md ride Just as close seal they are going TO
occupy in the grandstsnd beachers they pos
sbly get.
All these fans who really good fellows enjoying
the cleanest. most entertaining and harmless OF all
sports in the world, should always remember this
nallibe law OF the physical world that Is that the
neglect dsuse OF living tissue organ OF the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
Ought Exercising BaPayes Exercise for Them

played by the big and minor leagues throughout this
every year. say nothing OF the smaller games
With big local interest computing the number OF
who every day CIT s,i from three to four hours
watching them, the total Is appalling
This habit, or course has grown 10 this extent ONLY
during the present generation, but 1t promises TO
tlnue to grow. At the time 1t will mean coming
generations people whose health will not be good
that OF their parents.
The Engllshmen seem to have quite the proper idea
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04

II is all this that makes
the business man die at
fifty. Vt Is true one active
American business man may
have had more experience
at fifty than six Russian
peasants who live 10 be 100,
but experience is one thing.
life another. and why waste
half life TO gain a little
experience, whe en- long
years, brought about by
right living, mean more
happiness and comfort than
any ten business men could
crowd into their fifty years?
" every baseball fan
would walk two miles TO the
game and two miles away
from the game. the national
sport OF baseball would
prove a blessing to mankind
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Sow !" happens that this Is Just What man needs,
exercise II ne get t. enyoyabiy much the better
for him The English exercise they like to do
TO; because they feel they should which IS the ideal
form of exercise but exercise because It is needed is
far better than activity at all
Take the business mantle average sort who loves
TO attend the gall games. He viii probably bolt mis-
breakfast and get into sit his de 80
Then he will go out, rather neess ;Iune;, and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04

OF sports and their true
value. They laugh about
orr baseball craze and de.
clare 1t is not true sport to
let q handful OF men do all
the playing for you. They
say that real sport consists
OF getting into the game
yourself. That is why
their cricket fields are
sometimes crowded. with a
dozen games going on at
the same time. And at foot
ball. their rather milder
form OF the game ia played
by slpooEt every one able to
set or and Iday. They do
rot and It npor. 20 sit and
watch os:ckc, and football
and tennis-their idea Is
Ills; the sport IS In being
ar-!ye
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lungs shouting during the intense
moments of the game.
Our present day habits those
who are successful--of over.eating,
together With the limousine, the troll
ley, car, steam heat. electricity, eie-
vators and scores OF other things
that do our work, but more espe-
cially exercise for us, are all unwise
and bad for. us. But add to this, on
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-10-01
ATTORNEY SHAW
MAKES STATEMENT
Says That Reference to Possibility in
County Judges Race Might Be (
Misc0nstrued.

When shown the article in yester-
days Commercial which has been
construed by some to mean that T. Fl
Nixon would accept the, endorsement
of the Tax Payers for County Judge
J. M. Shaw made the following COM
ment:
Considering our past relations, it
would be unthinkables for Mr.. Nixon
TO accept the indorselIient Of the Tax
Payers or be induced to become can
didate under any circaanat anees what
suever as, long ASH am in the field.
This is evidently miseonstruction, as
am sure Mr.. Nixon did not mean to
say that he was willing to accept the
Endorsement as he has repeatedly as
sured me that he would not do so as
long as | had any intention of run
ming for that office.
trust that my friends will not be
misled by any such construction that
may be put upon this hastily written
article. Nixon will not be in the race
and have already announced
IF it We're possible to induce him
to enter the race while I am cam
didate, why, of course, it would likely
develop into pretty warm fight"