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Show Bathing. The bathing bcosou having nearly set in, crowds of men aro to be seen daily wending their way towards the Jordan, to iudulgo in a dip. We have nothing but encouragement for this sanitary practice of the great unwashed; un-washed; but we beg to remind them of the extreme danger of indulging their cleanly habits thus early in the year; the temperature of the water is very low now, and this in addition to the numerous whirlpools and undercurrents renders the river very dangerous for those who are not expert ex-pert navigators. Many a luckless swimmer has made his last dive in tha Jordan in consequence of a sudden sud-den attack of cramp; and we hope no more will sacrifice their lives from prematurely resorting to thin method i of outside purification. |