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28 TH] Household THE PUBLIC DRINKING CUP. It goes without the saying that a man must drink water, and it is equally true that a man can not always be choice in the place he drinks. These facts have I led to the public drinking-cup and offer the only excuse for its existence. The dangers from the public drinking cup are almost as numerous as the cups. ' In a railroad station, for example, the healthy but thirsty child drinks immediately after the filthy tramp; the young mother, with the baby in her arms, is next after the consumptive; and the | young boy follows the man in whose throat lurk the germs of disease. Every person who drinks from the cup while suffering from a germ disease, is liable to leave some of the germs upon the cup. The next person who drinks is equally as liable to catch the germs upon his lips, and to contract the disease. Sometime ago, a scientist became interested to know just how many germs could gather on a drinking cup. He took for his experiment a glass which had been used for nine days in a mihHr school, and found, by the aid of a powerful microscope, that there were not less than 20,000 human cells or bits of dead skin on the glass. Some of these cells had as many as 150 germs clinging to them, and few cells had less than 10 germs. In addition, the surface of the glass was covered with thousands of germs left in the smears of the saliva. Many of these germs were dangerous to health, and any of them could be taken into the system by drinking from the cup. As a matter of fact, that single glass had on it, not less than 100,000 germs of many varieties. The only safe policy is to leave the public drinking cup alone. Rinsing its edges with water improves but does not remove the dangerous condition. Private pocket cups and folding cups can be procured at small cost, and they will protect the user against the disease of others. Where it is necessary to use a public drinking-cup, it is possible to greatly reduce the danger from it. If the edge of the glass is placed, slightly below the under lip of the drinker, in such a manner as not touch the lip. the mucous membrane will not come in contact with the cup and will generally escape the germs on the cup. This trick is a simple one, and can be acquired with a little nraotlre Mrs. Waldo (of Boston): "I have a letter from your Uncle James, Penelope, who wants us to spend the summer on his farm." Penelope (dubiously): "Is there any society in the neighborhood?" Mrs. Waldo: "I've heard him speak of the Holsteins and Guernseys. I presume they are pleasant people."?Christian Register.' Do not draw Interest on the successes of the past; do something today. V E PRESBYTER I AW OF THE SOL (ORNISH' Two Tears' Credit Why S If Needed As Lq B9 S HJIL^RGfnHWl <>f your o r__|a_ai_____-'' :u 1 WI'Kil HHIBh <1?mnit)M lnaurestu? 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