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Show THE DAWNING YEAR.! THE PACE THAT KILLS, Organic Heart Trouble and Bright's Disease Carry Off Fast. Livers. In New York and most of the large centers of wealth there has been an alarming increase of deaths from organic heart trouble and Bright' disease, This need not worry the compara tively poor to any extent, for these are aristocratic ailments. Bright's dlnease conies along with a rapid ex istence and late hours and rich feed ing and wines. In 1871 in New York city the two diseases mentioned killed 17.C8 persona out of every 10.000 r the population. New York was a little slow thirty years ago. It had only begun to learn how to burn up money. The rich did the best they knew how then: and were willing to learn more. The pace quickened, and so did the death rate. You can't fool the Old Man with the Scythe. You cannot sneak late hours and highballs and thousand dollar dinners In on him and so In 1883 the deaths had jumped to 2,888 from heart disease and Bright's disease, or 21.91 persons in every 10,000. In 1903 the total deaths from the causes named were 5,947, and the number of persons per 10,000, 27.20. The remedy is sane living. That doesn't mean that one can begin liv ing sanely after he has eowed wild oats for a quarter of a century. Tho crops put In must be harvested. It means sane living from childhood up. A look at the vital statistics quoted ought to make the average poor man who has robust health fairly well sat isfled with his condition. Bridgeport (Conn.) Post. HE BOUNCER. WAS A GOOD St. Louis Fair Yarn About the Great Leaner. The top of the wireless telegraphy tower at St. Ixnils was a favorite , says the Illinois place for State Journal, and. while they gazed In admiration at the picture of the fair spread before them, employee of the company used to have fun with the visitors and to throw in a few horrors not down on the programme. "Is the man going to Jump off today. Bill?" one would ask Innocently, as though Jumping off were a part of the regular programme. The crowd starts back In amazement. Finally one young lady recovers her breath and. looking timidly at the ground far below, asks, "Does a man really jump off?" Bill ignores her question, but to a fellow employe replies. "No; since the accident last week they haven't found a man to make the Jump." Everybody wants to know about the accident and Bill explains: "The pneumatic boots that they use to break the force of the fall were pumped too full of air. so when he atruck the ground he bounded back and kept bounding and was unable to stop." "And how did they finally rescue him?" asks the young lady. "They didn't." replies Bill. "He kept bounding and bounding and finally they had to shoot bim to keep aim from starving to death." sight-seers- ag53 GLOBE TROTTERS NEW YEAR'S that glassy sheet of water and that cruel, cloudless sky above us. It was the same In the afternoon, and our hopes fell as the sun sank slowly toward the western horizon. "Just as we were beginning to deDec 31. spair, one of the men screamed hysterSo to- ically and pointed to a thin trail of "By Jove!" he exclaimed. morrow Is New Year's day. inless smoke on the sky line. It was a New something happens before then, !t will Zealand liner headed straight for our be the quietest New Year I've spnt in raft. In a couple of hours her doctor was giving us a hearty dinner and twenty-threyears. -In all that time I hare never een slops and weak brandy and watw." so near my old home in Scotland is I This same man spent another New am now." Often I've tried to get hi me, but somehow or other New Year las Year's day off Cape Horn. He sailed always found me In a tight cornet In from Valparaiso In a British "windsome out-o-f jammer." expecting to reach bis Scotpart of the wor. This man's experience is typical of tish home In time to spend his first s n Chrlhtmas there for many years. But that of many of the this age. when people are so fond f calms delayed her for weeks in the "going to and fro in the earth aij South Pad So ocean, and when she got walking up and down in it." like a cer- off Cspe Horn she ran into a tearing tain personage in the Book of Jo. gale, which brought her ralzzen down on deck and ripped out all New Year's day, 1887, found una her sails. For days she drifted helpfrom death facing Englishman hung' and thirst on board a life raft J01 lessly, exposed to the full fury of the western gale. miles southeast of Madagascar. The crew labored industriously at His ship foundered seven days be. In The boats wer. a hurricane. fore rigging up spare and bending new smashed by the fury of the waves arc sails. It was a task of tremendous some of the crew washed overboard difficulty, for giant combers rolled The rest made a raft out of planks and over the forecastle bead continually, spars, but during the night high seas filling the vessel amidships with green swept over the frail structure and car teas. Suddenly in the midst of this toll an ned away roost of the water and food. -Alt we had left," Mid the man who apprentice piped out: "I say, fellers, this is New Year's went through this terrible experience, "were a few tins of potted meat, a day. Have you all forgotten It? mall barrel of biscuit anrd the small"Belay your tongue," retorted the est of the water cask. That was all gruff old mate. "There won't be any New Year dinner hunwe had to keep life in twenty-lirexcept your usual whack of lobscoune," men. gry The skipper was superintending the "We made it last as long as we work from tbe poop rail and beard the ould. but In four days everything was con ion. vernal men defell Some of Into the gone. -Cook!" he bawled out aft themtalked about and throwing spair here!" selves overboard. Perhaps they would The conk came out of his galley and have done so, but during the eight of the captain asked what be con Id give tn fourth dsy half a doten big shsrks swam around the raft In circles. The them fcr a fancy dinner. "Ncthin but split peas, sir, aa' salt sea was phosphorescent and we could and marmalade. There ain't no In the waves of livid see them plainly fire which they stirred up as thev turkeys In my store room, sir," he said "Tret's catch one o them birds." warn around. Even the men who had talked about drowning suggested an old tar, pointing to several nbatrossea which were circling themselves shrank from death in the wake of the ship. "Well aboat I shark's tnsw and stayed upon the raft. "Next morning I uw by a pocket stretch a print this day and be forI diary which t carried that the day was given for It, gnee." several After tO. To attempts an albatrus Dec keep up the men's spirits I told them t had dreamed we were was captured with a big fishhook baitgoing to be rescued on New Year's ed with salt pork and dragged aboard Served up nice and day. That appealed to the tupersti-tlo- n triumphantly. inherent more or less In all sail- brown and swimming In gravy, it ors, so I kept on telling them a ship looked so much like a real turkey that would come along and pick us up on It warmed up the men's hearts and that day sure, until I began to believe made them think of the holidays they It myself. We even discussed grave- had spent at home. But when they ly whether the sail would heave In tasted it the resemblance ceased, if sight In the morning or the afternoon, was fishy and tough. The meat was and one man who said he guessed ft like knotted rope yarn and the gravy would be toward evening became quite suggested tar. However, It was a New Year dinner all the same, and II unpopular. -New Year's rooming broke with a was enjoyed as keenly as the flaest dead calm on the oily, bllrterlrg te feast aibore that day. and a blaring sky that aggravated oar An American traveler, who Is weil thirst tenfold. There was not a ship In la sight all mornlsg nothing except known commercially In tbe griszled, sun tanned, man, whose face bore the J.amp of hardship and adventure, was sitting in the smoking room of a Nw York hotel. lie happened to glance at a calendar and saw that the Or was A bard-feature- d e the-wa- y globe-trotter- too-ma- e to-da- "I-a- half-crate- y d Wt st dies, was mixed up in one of the peren nial revolutions of Hayti in his hot md foolish youth. Unhappily, he al lied himself with the weaker side, and one New Year's eve found himself one of a small band of desperadoes de fending the stockaded town of Mira goane againHt- a gxnernment army. which outnumbered them 100 to 1. During the night the government soldiers forced their way into the town. Only about thirty of the defenders were left alive. "Stand them up in a line and shoot them." commanded Gen. Manlgat. But they were too weak to stand. AH of them were wounded, and So the govern ment troops propped them up In chairs and shot them as they lolled there. Only the white man was spared, in order that his case might be Inquired into. When he protested to Gen. Manigat against tho cruelty of shooting help-lea- s captives that triumphant warrior merely blew a cloud of cigarette smoke and remarked calmly: "Cest la - half-starve- d fever-stricke- guerre." "Late on New Year's eve," said the American, "they tried me ty courtmartial. When I woke up on New Year's morning I was in the calaboose sentenced to be shot at sundown. It wasn't very pleasant waiting. I was officer quite glad when a entered the cell toward evening, with a paper Informing me thst 'his excellency, the citizen president,' had been pleased to pardon me. In consideration of the request of the American ml lister and of the fact that It was New Year's day. "I believe they had never Intended to shoot me. but only to frighten me. for they hardly dared to touch a white man whose country owned a navy that might bombard their ports. Anyhow, I got out of Jail In time to eat ray dinner with some American and English friends on a coffee plantation near Mira goane." gold-lace- d New Year's Superstitions. The following superstitions In connection with New Year's are still believed in various part of England. Ireland. Scotland and Wales: On New Year's morning go to a well . fountain and leave an apple and nose gay, and the water will keep fresh and be more wholesome all the year. If a dark complexioned man crosses your threshold first on New Year day you wUl be prosperous; if a blonde, unlucky, and if a red headed man dire disaster will surely follow. Before locking the door for the night on New Years eve place a gold cola near it and let It remain there until the church bells ring next morning, and you will have plenty of money all that year. So strong is tbe belle In the adage of the dark complexioned man in some places that he Is paid a small gratuity to call early and walk through the first floor C the bouse, entering by the back door and leaving bv the front. horror-stricke- PLAYING THE BASS DRUM. Takes Musician to Handle the Instru ment Properly. The bass drummer is one of the most Important members of a band," said David L. Clark, of Chicago, at the Plankington. "I am selling musical Instruments, and I tell you that the music furnished by a band depends as much upon the quality and playing of the big bass drum as upon the quality and playing of any one Instrument. The best bass drummer in the world Is a Philadelphia man I cannot think of his name just now, although I know it as well as I know my own and he gets as high a salary as any musician In the world who is not a soloist. The beat of the baas drum is the very backbone of music If It Is in the least uncertain or wavering the rest of the band will be uncertain and waverLng and tbe result would be discord. There Is a great difference In drums, too. It depends upon the material and tbe workmanship in manufacture. A poor drum may have will soon become dead and fiat, while the right tone for a short time, but it a good instrument will, like a violin, Wisimprove with age." Milwaukee ' consin. ' Found at Last, Hensley, Ark.. Dec. 26th (8 pedal) That a sure cure for Backache would be a priceless boon to the people, and especially the women of America, la admitted by all interested in medical matters, and Mrs. Sue Williams of this place is certain she has leund In Dodd's Kidney Pills the for cure. "I am 38 years old," Mrs. Williams 6ays, "and I have suffered with the Backache very much for three or four years. I have been treated by good physicians and got no relief, but thanks to God. I have found a cure at last and it is Dodd's Kldnew Pills I have taken only one box and It has done me more good than all the doctors in three or four years. I want all sufferers from Backache to know that they can get Dodd's Kidney PilU and get well." Backache Is one of the first symptoms of Kidney Disease. Guard against Bright's Disease or Rheumatism by curing it with Dodd's Kidney Pills. Thick Walls of Mexican House. The outside walls of maay of the houses In Mexico are from three feet to six feet thick, to withstand earthquake shocks. n The Spinster. Village Type Her name it wan Lticlnda Itrown, The prettiest In all thi town AC leaet 'twit no reported when She won the prlxe at the gla abow, her grace blinded men perhaps Some thirty yearn or more aao. Her features they were regular. Her ntton cbf. kn bore ne'er a mart. Ah' then they uaed to rhApaodise. Thone (km t sincere of thi prta. Who prate! her btnuty to tho sklnav mahed theU While Cindy only heart. over all remurely ahe alanred came at beck and rail. The awajne who e bugirr-rldthem aU day. with She'd Or lean with them upon the gate. When tbey talked bunlneea abe'd atay Their fervor with: "It'e a rowing late." Iter rnUn. en aald. It wag a thing To win the rapture of a kins. Her dainty head. In equlpoao t'pon her eloping abouldem, won The ar1enry of all I he boy Hut Cindy only called It fun. The pweeleat Id ma Id In the (own . i Mill I.urlnri Hrown. lier name lle the atret. Hhe court the aunny Where little children romp and play. Ami In their laughter cay and a wee Hhe beam the eonga of ye tenia v. Horace H- - mour Keller In New Tork Sun. Ripeness of Bananas. According to a large dealer In tropl cal fruits, the prevalent Idea that bananas are never as good In this country as in the land where they grow, be cause they are picked and shipped This green. Is entirely erroneous. dealer says that bananas ripened on the plant would not be fit for food, be cause the inside of the fruit would then be dry and taxteles. resembling the pith which Is to be found on the inside of cornstalks and similar plants. This statement, however, Is open to the question a to what "ripe" means. It Is probable that by the time the pithy condition has been reached the banana has not only ripened, but baa continued farther and gone to seed. Certain It la that travelers return ing from the tropics t41 f having picked bananas fresh from the plaaU and found them delicious aad of supe rior flavor to those eatea U tkii con a try. to-da- y long-looke- d $100 Reward, $100. twVsra of Itala pooor will be bHaatS be lull lMf4 tbal tbera to M tataatoae dreaded Sin aia aba to cure IB til lu etagea. u4 (hot M hu beea able ewte-- poab,l lo too Cor UnlTe Cauurb liurrli, core bow koowa to tbe medical fraternity. Oaterrt dlMut. reaetree aoiillo being Uuoal treatment. Hall'a Ceerrb Cora hi bake n)ta teraaMy. acting tltroulr spue lb bluud eo4 aaoaa-eorfarate of tbe eyatem. tberebr dnawoytjag tM foundation 'f lb dlaeaae. sod girlag aba etxenvib by bunding ap IM oueatlteti-- e, aed aaatao Tbo omortuio beat log aatore In doing It work. Owe era lb a IbwgaeTal eo Back faitb la lu One lluadrad Duliara (or aar eeae aba It laOa M 111 of leattmeetala, Cora, bead ttt Addmae F. J. HKSKY CO., Telaee, w. Sold br all Iiranau. TSC Take Bail' f atulur JUm tor oeeatl. "be carue Difference In the Sexee. Men always like to make out Uval than they are, they're a Uttle worse are a UUle Vet and women that they tef- - TEA is deeper than coffee; takes time to get at the full meaning of tea. WrHo tut mmt XaaaHlgo Copenhagen's La rye, Deer Parte Copenhagen has the largest eale-edeer park of any city la th werU. It area Is about 4,200 acre. 4 TEA Which is the better, and which is the worse, at yowr house, tea or coffee ? ykoaabllBag, Peat. Her Case Hopeless. The woman who la so eiantatet that she Is anlnteresUag to kermetr aa aever hope to be beautlfmt er latavaww lag to ota era. TEA Money back: tea insurance: free insurance: costs you nothing: costs nobody anything. Mot. Mbe babilwr Various Trades In London. to the latest retera.' perox aisunci there are carried on la London aad its awaawbs. According s TEA There are as many different sorts of tea as there are of tea cooks. J a a--w paebaaTO of |
