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chickens, and, I think 1 may say, to all oth- 

 er domestic animals; and iast, but by no 

 means least, to human beings. Thousands 

 of i^eojile — especially old ))eople — are not 

 only losing their ambition and their health, 

 but are going down to their graves preina- 

 turely because they are hugging up to 

 stoves or radiators and other forms of artifi- 

 cial heat. I have abundant reason to be- 

 lieve from my own exi)erience that hot-wa- 

 ter i)ii)es and hot-water radiators are the 

 worst forms of artificial heating that were 

 ever invented, because they do not necessi- 

 tate any change of air nor any admission of 

 outdoor air. A stove will not burn without 

 air to give it draft; and fresh air must get 

 into the room from some i)oint to make uj) 

 for what goes out of the chimney. An ojjen 

 firei)lace or grate is far ahead of ani/ stove; 

 but a stove is better than dead hot-water 

 ])il)es. You have seen a lot of k)afers, doubt- 

 less, hanging around a stove in a country 

 store or grocery, smoking or chewing filthy 

 tobacco, breathing bad air, and, loo often, I 

 fear, feeding their immortal souls with filthy 

 stories. While the fireplace is the loest place 

 for artificial heat, the heat that comes from 

 bodily exercise is far ahead of even the o])en 

 fireplace. Have a good big woodshed or 

 outhouse where you can swing an ax, even 

 when it rains and it is too stormy to be in 

 the oi)en air, and warm u]) by the exercise 

 of your muscles instead of depending on ar- 

 tificial heat. You will remember our text 

 where .Jesus says, " Jiehold the fowls of the 

 air. They toil not, neither do they gather 

 into barns; and yet your heavenly Father 

 feedeth them." Please note that our heav- 

 enly Father not only feeds them, but he 

 keei)S them warm, and he does it too with- 

 out hot-water i>ipes or radiators, and with- 

 out even an open fire])lace. It is true that, 

 when winter comes, the fowls of the air seek 

 a warmer clime; and my impression is that 



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those of us who are ailing, and especially 

 when along in years, had better seek a 

 warmer clime. If you are strong and well, 

 you can thank (Jod for the fact, and stay 

 here in the North and attend to the neces- 

 sary work of this busy world. A great 

 many times you think, like the chickens, 

 you ?7iust have artificial heat in some form 

 or other. Let me give you a little of my 

 experience. When I take my daily bath 

 every morning, I usually have the water 

 warmed up to something neetr the temi)era- 

 ture of the body — say (iO or 70 degrees. The 

 shock seems to be too great to a person of 

 my age to take even a sponge bath in a cold 

 room with the water still colder. Well, a 

 good many times it is not convenient to get 

 warm water, especially when I am in a hur- 

 ry. But I will tell you what answers just 

 as well in my case, and perhaps better. Jie- 

 fore beginning my sponge bath I take a 

 minute or two to rub briskly my arms, 

 chest, and body all over with dry hands. 

 Work fast and give the bare flesh some good 

 brisk blows, pounding the muscles, slapping 

 the chest and back with the palms of the 

 hands until a feeling of warmth is induced 

 all over. .lust try it. 



When you get warmed up by this brisk 

 exercise, the water does not feel at all un- 

 pleasant, even if it is rather cold.* If the 

 room is \ery cold I bathe the upper part of 

 my bod;(' and rub it dry with a towel before 

 divesting myself entirelij of my night-dress. 

 Then something can be thrown over the 

 head and shoulders while you give your feet 

 and legs a thorough si)onging and rubbing. 

 Now, unless the weather is severely cold, I 

 feel very much better by taking this sponge 

 bath in a moderately cool room. 



* I believe Terry does not use any soap at aU; but 

 1 use soap on my hands and face: and a Uttle soap, 

 therefore, gets into tlie water that I bathe all over 

 witli. But I do not believe in using very much soap 

 unless it is where it can be thoroughly washed off 



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By A. I. Root 



APPLES, APPLE-TREES, ABANDONED OR- 

 CHARDS, ETC". 



Somebody asked one of the editors of one 

 of our farm pai)ers which was of most value 

 to the world — oranges or apples. The rei)ly 

 was that apples were not only more whole- 

 some but of more value to humanity than 

 any other one fruit; and this I can heartily 

 indorse. As I have mentioned, while down 

 in Florida I was obliged to i)ay 40 cts. a doz- 

 en for Oregon Oanoes. There were apjiles I 

 could buy for about 75 cts. a ]>eck; but these 

 big Oregon api)les were always perfect — no 

 wormy ones, no bad-shai)ed ones — always 

 large, some of them very large, and of the 

 very best quality — at least / should call 

 them the best. I thought that, when I had 

 got back to Ohio, 1 should be able to get 

 some apples cheaper; but, lo and behold! 

 the only apples in the town of Medina at 

 the i)resent time are these same Oregon ap- 

 ])les; but they are a nickel etpiece. Now, it 

 is a burning shame that right here in the 



midst of our Ohio hills, so specially adai)ted 

 to ai)ple-growing, api)les should be a nickel 

 apiece, even in May, and have to be carried 

 a distance of about 2000 miles besides. A 

 large part of our trij) between .lacksonville 

 and Cincinnati was over hills and moun- 

 tains; and those hills and mountains could 

 easily be covered with apple-trees; and our 

 cold-storage-men can certainly keep them 

 in good condition the year round for a much 

 less price than a nickel apiece or $10.00 a 

 barrel. I exjiect to go up to Northern Mich- 

 igan in a few days; and I said to myself, 

 "Well, up there nice api)les will certainly 

 be cheaper." But just then I saw- a quota- 

 tion in one of the farm i)ai)ers saying that a 

 barrel of choice ai)ples was recently sold in 

 Traverse City for $10.00. 



Now, I have been making some discoveries 

 in apple-growing, as well as with chickens. 

 Here is one of them: Some time last Sej)- 

 tem))er great big rosy ai)j)les were droi)ping 

 off every day from my favorite tree, the Par- 



