Heppner gazette., September 13, 1906, Image 6

setween Two Fires
By ANTHONY HOPE
"A wise man will make more opportunities
than he finds." Francis Bacon.
CHAPTER I.
There were fewer revolutions in South
America than usual, and the Panama
ranal had come to the front in a promis
ing and progressive way, but the Repub
lic of Aureataland was certainly not in
n flourishing condition. Although most
happily situated (it lies on the coast,
lather to the north), and gifted wiih an
t xtensive territory, nearly as big us North
Iakota. it had yet failed to make that
material progress which had been hoped
by its founders. It is true that the State
was still in its infancy, being an offshoot
from another and larger realm, and hav
ing obtained the Iwon of freedom and self
government only as recently as 1S71, af
ter a series of political convulsions of a
violent character, which may be studied
with advantage in the well-known history
of "The Making of Aureataland." by a
learned professor of the Jeremiah P.
Jecks University. This profound histo
rian is. beyond all question, accurate in
attributing the chief share in the national
movement to the energy and ability of
the first President of Aureataland. His
Excellency President Marcus W. Whit
tingham, a native of Virginia. Having
enjoyed a personal friendship with that
talented man, as will subsequently appear,
I have great pleasure in publicly endors
ing the professor's enlogiutn. Not only
did the President bring Aureataland into
being, but he moulded her whole consti
tution. "It was his genius" (as the pro
fessor observes with propriety) "which
was fired with the idea of creating a truly
modern State, instinct with the progres
sive spirit of the Anglo-Saxon race. It
was his genius which cast aside the worn
out traditions of European dominion, and
taught his fellow-citizens that they were,
if nor all by birth, yet one and all by
adoption, sons of freedom." Any mis
takes iu the execution of this line con
ception must be set down to the fact that
the President's great powers were rather
the happy gift of nature than the result
of culture.
To this truth he was himself in no way
Mind, and he was accustomed to attrib
ute his want of a liberal education to the
social ruin brought irpon his family by the
American Civil War, and to the disloca
tion thereby produced in his studies.'
Starting under the auspices of such a
gifted leader, and imbued wirh so noble
a zeal for progress, Aureataland was, at
the beginning of her history as a nation,
the object of many fond and proud hopes.
Utir in spite of the blaze of glory in
which her. sun had risen, her prosperity
was not maintained. The country was
well suited for agriculture and grazing,
but the population a very queer mixture
of races was indolent, and more given
to keeping holidays and festivals than to
honest labor. Most of them were unintel
ligent : those who were intelligent made
their living out of those who weren't, a
method of subsistence satisfactory to the
individual, but adding little to the aggre
gate of national wealth. Only two classes
made fortunes of any size government
officials and barkeepers and even in their
case wealth was not great, looked at by
en English or American standard. Pro
duct ion was slack, invention at a stand
still, and taxation heavy. The Presi
dent's talents seemed more adapted to
founding a State in the shock and turmoil
of war, than to the dull details of admin
istration ; and although he was nominally
assisted by a cabinet of three ministers,
and an assembly comprising twenty -five
members, it was on his shoulders that the
real work of government fell. On him.
therefore, the moral responsibility must
nlso rest a burden the President bore
with a cheerfulness and equanimity al
most amounting to unconsciousness.
When I first set foot in Aureataland
I was landed on the beach by a boat from
the steamer at the ei;i!;:,i t . 11 of Whit
titighim. I was a young iti'ii. entering
on my twemy-sixi'i year, and ft;!l of pride
at finding myself ;it so early an aire sent
out to fl 1 1 tie- responsible position of man
ager at our Aureitalatid branch. The
director's of the hank were then pursuing
whit tuny without unfairness be all-d an
r.d.cn'iirous policy, and. in response to
tb- urgent entreaties and glowing exhor
tation of file President, they had decided
on establishing a branch at Whittingli.tin.
I ominandcd a certain amount of inter
est on the board, inasmuch as the chair
man owed my father a sum of money, too
Ptna'l to mention, but too larg to pay,
nnd when, Id by the youthful itch for
novelty, I applied for the post, I suc
ceeded in obtaining my wish at a salary of
a hundred dollars a mouth. I am sorry
to say that in the course of a later busi
ness dealing the balance of obligation
shifted from the chairman to my father,
nn unhappy event which deprived me of
my hold on the company and seriously in
fluenced my conduct in later days. When
I arrived in Aifeatalind the bank had
b-n opn some six months, under the
pit'iance ot .Mr. 1 nomas .l ines, a steauy
golng old clerk, who was in future to act
es chief and cashier under my orders.
I found Whittingham a pleasant little
ci'y of about five thousand inhabitants,
pi, Miresqijely situated on a tine bay. a'
the spot where the river Marcus d'diouch
fl into the ocean. The town was largely
composed of government buildings and
lio-is, but ther was a street of shops of
no mean order, and a handsome square,
a!d the "Piazza 171," embellished with
an equestrian statue of the President.
Itound about this national monument
w.-re a largo number of seats, and, hard
by. a cafe and bandstand. Here. I soon
found, was the center of life in the after
ti'Mins and evenings. Going along a fine
averiu" of trees for half a mile or so you
cam- to th "Golden House," the Presi
dent's official residence, an imposing villa
of white stone with a gilt statue of Au
reataland. female figure sitting on a
ploughshare, and holding a sword in the
right hand and a cornucopia in the left.
Hy her feet lay what was apparently a
ta liy planned cannon ball ; this. I learned,
was a nugget, and from its presence and
the name of the palace, I gathered that
the President h4 once hoped to base
the prosperity of his young republic on
the solid foundation of mineral wealth.
ThU hoy had been long abandoned.
I have always hated hotels, so I tost
no time in looking round for lodgings
suitable to my means, and was fortunate
enough to obtain a couple of rooms in the
house occupied by a priest, Father
Jacques lionchretien. lie was a very good
fellow, and though we did not become in
timate, I could always rely on his cour
tesy and friendly services. Here I lived
in great comfort at an expense of fifty
dollars a month, aud I soon found that
my spare fifty made me a well-to-do man
in Whitthigham. Accordingly I had the
entree of all the best houses, including
the Golden House, and a very pleasant
little society we had ; occasional dances,
frequent dinners, and plenty of lawn ten
nis and billiards prevented me feeling the
tedium I had somewhat feared, and the
young ladies of Whittingham did their
best to solace amy exile. As for business,
1 found the bank doing a small business,
but a tolerably satisfactory one, and if
we made some bad debts, we got high in
terest on the good ones, so that, one way
or another, I managed to send home pret
ty satisfactory reports, and time passed
on quietly enough in spite of certain man
ifestations of discontent among the popu
lation. These disturbing phenomena were
first brought prominently to my notice at
the time when I became involved in the
fortunes of the Aureataland national
debt, and as all my story turns on this
incident, it perhaps is a fit subject for a
new chapter.
CHAPTER II.
When our branch was established at
Whittingham there had been an arrange
ment made between ourselves and the
government, by the terras of which we
were to have the government business,
and to occupy, in fact, much that quasi
official position enjoyed by the Bank of
England at home. As a quid pro quo, the
bank was to lend to the republic the sum
of $500,000 at i per cent. The President
was at the time floating a loan of one
million dollars for the purpose of works
at the harbor of Whittingham. This as
tute ruler had, it seemed, hit on the plan
of instituting public works on a large
scale as a corrective to popular discon
tent, hoping thereby not only to develop
trade, but also to give employment to
many persons who, if unoccupied, became
centers of agitation. Such at least was
the official account of his policy; whether
it was the true one I saw reason to
doubt later on. As regards this loan, my
office was purely ministerial. The ar
rangements were duly made, the proper
guarantees given, and the June after my
arrival I had the pleasure of handing over
to the President the $5tMi.mo. I learned
from fiim on that occasion, that to his
great gratification, the balance of the loan
had been taken up.
"We shall make a start at once, sir."
said the President, in his usual confident
but quiet way. "In two years Whitting
ham harbor will walk over the world.
Don't be afraid about your interest. Your
directors never made a better invest
ment." I thanked his excellency and withdrew
with a peaceful mind. I had no respon
sibility in the matter, and cared nothing
whether the directors got their interest or
not. I was, however, somewhat curious
to know who had taken up the rest of the
loan, a curiosity which was not destined
to be satisfied for some time.
The works were begun and the inter
est was paid, but I cannot say that the
harbor progressed rapidly; in fact, I doubt
if more than jtliMl.(Kt) ever found their
way into the pockets of contractors or
workmen over the job. The President had
some holes dug and some walls built;
bavin:; reached that point, about two
years after the interview above recorded,
he suddenly drew off the few laborers still
employe, 1 and matters came to a dead
stop.
It was shortly after this occurrence
that 1 was honored with an invitation to
dine at tie- Golden House. It was in
the month of July. Needless to say, I
accepted the invitation, not only because
it wis in the nature of a command, but
aNo because the President gave uncom
monly good dinners, and. although a bach
elor had as well ordered a household as
1 have ever known. My gratification was
greatly increased when, on my arrival. I
found myself the only guest, and realized
that the President considered my society
in itself enough for an evening's enter
tainment. It did cross my mind that this
might mean business, nnd I thought it
none the worse for that.
We dined in the famous veranda, the
scene of so many Whittingham functions.
The dinner was beyond reproach. Tha
President was a charming companion.
Though not. as I have hinted, a man of
much education, he had had a wide ex
perience of life, and bad picked up a man
ner at once quiet and cordial, which set
me completely at my ease. Moreover, be
paid me the compliment, always so sweet
to youth, of treating nie as a man of the
world. With condescending confidence he
told me many tales of his earlier days;
ami as he had bi-eii everywhere, his con
versation was naturally most interesting.
I (inner was over nad the table cleared
before the President seemed inclined for
serious conversation. Then he said sud
denly :
"Mr. Martin, this country is in a peril
ous condition."
"Your excellency." said I, "do you refer
to the earthquake?"' (There had been a
slight shock fl few days before.)
"No. sir." he replied, "to the finances.
The harbor works have proved far more
expensive than I anticipated. I hold in
my hand the engineer's certificate that
SltflD.'i'xi has been actually expended on
them, and they are not finished not by
any means finished."
They certainly were not; they were
hardly begun.
"Iear me." I ventured to say. "that
uems a good deal of money, considering
what there is to show for it-
"You cannot doubt the certificate, Mr.
Martin." said the President.
I did doubt the certificate, and should
have liked to ask what fee the engineer
had received. Hut I hastily aaid it was,
of course, beyond suspicion
"Yes," said he steadily, "quite beyond '
suspicion. You see, Mr. Martin, in my 1
position I am eomiielled to be liberal. 1
The government caunot set other employ- j
ers tne example ot grinding men down oy
low wages. However, reasons apart, there
is the fact. We cannot go on without
more money; and I may tell you, in con
fidence, that the political situation makes
it imperative we should go on. Not only
my personal honor pledged, but the oppo
sition, Mr. Martin, led by the Colonel, is
making itself obnoxious, yes, I may say
very obnoxious."
"The Colonel, sir," said I, with a free
dom engendered of dining, "is a beast."
"Well," said the President, with a tol
erant smile, "the Colonel, unhappily for
the country, is no true patriot. Hut he
is powerful ; he is rich ; he is, under my
self alone, in command of the army. And,
moreover, I believe he stands well with
the Signoriua. The situation, in fact,
is desperate. I must have money, Mr.
Martin. Will your directors make me a
new loan'?"
I knew very well the fate that would
attend any such application. The direc
tors were already decidedly uneasy about
their first loan ; shareholders had asked
awkward questions, and the chairman had
found no small difficulty in showing that
the investment was likely to prove either
safe or remunerative. Again, only a fort
night before, the government had made a
formal application to me on the same sub
ject. I cabled the directors, and receiv
ed a prompt reply in the single word,
"Tootsums," which in our code meant,
"Must absolutely and finally decline to
entertain any applications." I communi
cated the contents of the cable to Senor
Don Antonio de la Casabianca, the min
ister of finance, who had, of course, com
municated them in turn to the President.
I ventured to remind his excellency of
these facts. He had heard me with silent
attention.
"I fear," I concluded, "therefore, that
it is impossible for me to be of any assist
ance to your excellency."
He nodded, and gave a slight sigh.
Then, with an air of closing the subject,
he said :
"I suppose the directors are past rea
son. You occupy a very responsible po
sition here for so young a man, Mr. Mar
tin not beyond your merits, I am sure.
They leave you a pretty free hand, don't
theyV"
I replied that as far as routine busi
ness went I did much as seemed good in
my own eyes.
"Routins business? including invest
ments, for instance?" he asked.
"Yes," said I ; "investments in the or
dinary course of business discounting
bills and putting money out on loan and
mortgage over here. 1 place the money,
and merely notify the people at home of
what I have done."
"A most proper confidence to repose in
you," the President was good enough to
say. "Confidence is the life of business;
you must trust a man. It would be ab
surd to make you send home the bills,
and deeds, and certificates, and what not.
Of course, they wouldn't do that."
Though this was a statement, somehow
it also sounded like a question, so I an
swered :
"As a rule they do me the compliment
of taking my word. The fact is. they are,
as your excellency says, obliged to trust
somebody."
"Exactly as I thought. And you some
times have large sums to place?"
At this point, notwithstanding my re
spect for the President, I began to smell
a rat,
"Oh, no, sir," I replied, "usually very
small. Our business is not so extensive
us we could wish."
"Whatever," said the President, look
ing me straight in the face, "whatever
may be usual, at this moment you have a
large sum a very respectable sum of
monev in your sate at tne nanu, waning
for investment."
"How do you know that?" I cried.
"Mr. Martini It is no doubt my fault;
I nm too prone to ignore etiquette; but
you forget yourself."
1 hastened to apologize, although I was
pretty certain th
plating a queer
President was conrein
transaet ion, if not flat
burglary.
"Ten thousand pardons, your excellen
cy, for my most unliccomiiig tone, but
nay I ask how you became possessed of
this information?"
"Jones told tne." hn said, simply.
As it would not have been polite to
express the surprise I felt at Jones' sim
plicity iu choosing such a confidant, I
held my peace.
(To be continued.)
School
As n possible
of ii I mi I ion.
stimulus to river cities
in German
tatcs, a si diool of naviga
tion litis been established at Mannheim
for the purpose of educating young
men employed oti river boats in the
art of navigation and kindred sciences,
says the New York Herald. The term
lasts about eight weeks in winter,
while the Rhine River is icebound.
Students are taught penmanship, lan
guage, arithmetic, geography, commer
cial law and everything necessary for
them to know regarding shipbuilding
and navigation. They must be 1 years
old and must have worked tit least one
year on a river boat. The tuition fee
is nominal, and for Ihivs without means
entirely free. The men generally grad
uate sifter two winter terms of eight
weeks each, receive a captain's patent
from the government after five years
more of practical service, provided they
are at least twenty years old. Steam
ship companies have agreed to give
graduates of the school the preference
over applicants without a diploma.
An Knrnest Seeker.
' "Sense inc. Imiss," said the colored
individual, as he entered the mer
chant's private office, "but All's look In
foil work."
"Oh, you are, eh?" rejoined the mer -
chant. "What can you do?"
""Sense me ergin. Ihiss," 6ald the
mafi of color, "but It nin't fob mahself
Ah's lookin' fob work It's fob. mall
wife, sah."
Ilrlplnn It Alonflt.
Oldham I have decided to lay
my
fortune at Miss Himpleton's feet
Yungun Well, that ought to make It
rZ 7 7 ,
Oldham-Easier for her?
lungun les; to run through it
The Moth Vent.
Westward the gypsy moth takes Its
way. It has caused millions of dollars'
worth of damage in Massachusetts, has
escaped to New Hampshire and Con
necticut, and now the invasion Is turn
ing toward New York State. This In
teresting Information Is conveyed in a
letter of warning just issued by E. P.
Pelt, State Entomologist.
The brown tail moth Is n more recent
Introduction, and, unlike the gypsy
moth, flies readily. It is not only a
very destructive leaf feeder, but the
barbed hairs of the caterpillars cause
a very severe Irritation upon the un
protected skin.
Two rows of warts down the back of
the gypsy moth caterpillar make It
easily distinguishable. It is about two
inches long and the ten anterior warts
are blue, the twelve posterior red. The
gypsy moth will eat anything in tne
tree or shrub line, and on the slightest
disturbance leap on passersby and cling
to clothing.
Brown tail moths have white spots
on each side and a single pair of red
spots near the tall. They prefer wild
cherry, pear, apple, maple, elm and
white oak leaves, and have barbed
horns, which, breaking off or blowing
from the cocoon, produce an Intolerable
irritation, the "brown tail itch."
Caterpillars of both species, says Mr.
Pelt, may be destroyed by spraying
with an arsenical poisoning, preferably
five pounds of arsenate of lead to fifty
gallons of water, though the gypsy uoth
caterpillars, especially when nearly
full grown, are quite resistant to pois
on. Eggs of the gypsy moth may be de
stroyed by treating the egg masses with
NESTS OF THE MOTHS.
a preparation composed of 50 per cent
creosote oil, 20 per cent carbolic acid,
20 per cent spirits of turpentine and 10
per cent of coal tar.
Spraying to Destroy IIukh.
The recognized formula for bordeaux
mixture for use on potatoes is. six
pounds of copper sulphate, blue vitriol,
four pounds uuslacked quicklime and
fifty gallons of water. The copper sul
phate is dissolved in one barrel and the
lime in another. Add to each twenty
five gallons of water and then mix
thoroughly. When to be used strain
through a wire strainer, preferably
one of brass.
Spraying should be started when the
potato plants tire six inches high i.nd
be repeated every ten days or two
weeks, according to the weather,
throughout the growing season. If bugs
are to be destroyed, add one pound of
ptiris green to each fifty gallons of
bordeaux mixture, but the' bordeaux
mixture should be used alone until the
bugs are noticed.
When it is figured that the cost of
spraying does not exceed $7 an acre,
and it is often less, while experiments
have proved that the value of the cop
was increased three or four times the
cost for spraying, it certainly pays and
pays well.
Milk I'rewrrtntive and Tn lirrculonla.
The use of milk preservatives has
been rather favorably eotisid.-red by
the dairy department at the New Jer
sey Experiment Station. Thus the au
thor of a recent bulletin believes that
the use of formaldehyde added to milk,
one part in forty thousand, destroys
the tubercule germs and leaves unin
jured the bodies found in tulierculous
milk which tend to protect against the
disease. The chief danger or infection
of loth calves and children is thought
to occur In early life through drinking
milk containing germs, although the
apiearance of pronounced symptoms of
the disease may not be noted until later
life. Hence the suggested use of the
preservative in the quantities mention
ed for milk Intended for young chil-
.dren.
'Xoveltlen."
New varieties are often sold because
they are "novelties." rather than be
cause they are better than the old,
tried and standard kinds. It Is better
to nse varieties of trees and vegeta
bles that are known to le the best for
.the section where they have been test
ed. In preference to using others, until
I experience gives an opfwrtunity to
'know more of the newer varieties. Nov-
I be ted ,n , ,lmlted way.
Maklns Fruit Palp.
Hard fruits, such as apples nnd
pears, are cut into small pieces with
out being peeled or having the cores
or seeds removed, and placed In cold
water containing 1.5 ounces of salt to
the gallon to prevent discoloration. The
fruit Is then boiled to a pulp and
strained, a yield of about one-fifth the
original weight being obtained. Plums
and soft fruits are treated In practical
ly the same manner. With plums the
strained pulp is sweetened with about
4.5 pounds of sugar to each hundred
weight of fruit and the boiling contin
ued until the pulp is thickened suffi
ciently to hang from the spoon without
dropping. With raspberries and straw
berries the boiling must not be pro
longed and the pulp need not be
strained through so fine a sieve as in
the case of plums. The chief points to
which care should be devoted are the
processes of boiling the fruit. The first
boiling should be continued only so
long as the consistency of the mass Is
such as will enable the pulp to pass
through the sieve for straining.
Males In Strong Demand.
As indicating the steady growth In
public favor which the mule Is enjoy
ing, we are glad to note that the pro
prietor of a Mis-,
sourl jack farm has
Just sold some fine
animals at high
prices $3,000, $2,
000, $1,500, $1,250,
Ave for $1,000 etrWi,
$!K)0, $S00, $700,
three jacks and one
I, jennet, $3,000. A
letter from Austin,
Tex., says there Is
a great shortage of
WELL BRED JACK
mules In that State. They are In strong
demand by farmers and ranchers, and
the supply Is inadequate. As a result,
the prices of good mules have gone up
to the highest figures ever known In
the State. It will be but a few years
until this mule shortage, which Is said
to exist throughout the country, will
be relieved, as much attention is now
being given to breeding the animals.
Country Gentleman.
To Make tiood Corn Drag.
Any farmer handy with the ordinary
tools on a farm can make a corn drag
attachment for his cultivator that will
pay for itself many times in one sea
son, If properly used, says an experi
enced agriculturist. The common farm
harrow Is too heavy and unwieldy for
harrowing corn after It is up, except
under the most favorable conditions of
soil aud weather. To make, get cak
one and one-half inches by three. M.tke
iu two sections of th.ee bars each. Let
each soetUrj be long enough to cover
till of space between two rows. Brace
same as other harrows. No. (10 wlr
spikes make very good teeth. Set teeth
a little slanting and as close as will
work in your soil without clogging. At
tach to beams of corn plow. Arrange
so that the drag will cover all the
ground when you wish hy connecting
the two parts. You can, with this ar
rangement, adjust the drag to suit.
File and the Milk Yield.
The effect on milk production by the
use of fly repellants has been tested at
the" Missouri Station. Various niixtrres
were found which would keep off the
flies all day if put on in the morning;
but a measurement of the milk and test
of the butter fat for a period of two
weeks Indicated that keeping off the
flies did not affect the tutlk yield. As
somewhat similar results were obtained
by experiments at the Connecticut Sta
tion, it seems fair to concede that the
Injurious effects of the fly pest have
been exaggerated. I Hiring the Hy time
the feed in most pastures is growing
poorer every day and the cows natu
rally shrink then, but it is probably a
mistake to blame the flies for much of
the shrinkage. Tor all that. It Is
worth while to use the mixtures to
keep off the flies for rhe peace and
quiet obtained in the stable for both
the cows and for the milkmen.
tiood Crop for Old (irusn Iand.
The question of what to do with grass
hind after haying, where the land is
run out and poor, is a rather puzzling
one, but if we should get rain enough
to soften the surface and permit easy
plowing, It may be broken up, enriched
with manure or fertilizer and immedi
ately seeded with Hungarian. In case
the weather should prove too dry for
this, barley may be sown either alone
or with rye in August for fall feeding.
Off good, strong land, well enriched, a
crop of late cabbage plants may be set
as late as July 15; the turnip seed
may' be sown even as bite as Aug. 1,
though July 20 is a better time.
What Merino Ilrrrdrra Did.
Merino breeders in Vermont took a
sheep that sheared nine pounds, and
they developed a sheep that sheared
forty-four ounds. They took a car
cass that weighed 100 pounds, and they
made one that weighed ,"00 iounds.
They sold rams for ?3 per head, and
they sold ranis for $3,fKiO per head.
They sent merinos to every part of the
world where better sheep were wanted.
Agricultural Atoms.
An early piece of ground sown to lar
ley makes the pigs smile.
It is most piaspernting to attempt
to fix a pump when the stock Is stand
ing around waiting and making things
unpleasant
The man who breeds a breed of Logs
because he likes them is sure to suc
ceed. More depends on the man than
on the breed.
All fence rows should be set to grass
so to keep down a dense growth of
weeds. If weeds are allowed to grow
It means that they Kill bar to be
mowed
Anemia means a condition In which
the blood Is deficient In quality or
quantity. It is a question among phy
sicians whether there Is ever an ac
tual permanent reduction In the total
amount of the blood. The quantity
must vary, of course, from hour to
hour, according to the amount of fluid
that Is drunk, and the amount that l
lost by perspiration and In other ways,
but It Is probable that the average re
mains about the same from day to day,
except In cases of actual starvation
and deprivation of water.
Anemia, then, is mainly a question
of the make-up of the blood, that Is, of
the number of Its red corpuscles, or
cells, and the relative amount of hem
oglobin the coloring matter which
these contain. The blood Is a complex
fluid, but In simple terms It may be
said to be a salty solution, containing
two kinds of oells the red and the
white corpuscles. The white ones are
the scavengers of the body as well as
the policemen and the soldiers. They
protect the body from the disease
germs which threaten Its existence.
The red corpuscles, on the other hand,
are the commissary department. They
bring to the tissues the oxygen which
they need and remove the gaseous
waste products.
If the red corpuscles and the sub
stance of which they are most largely
composed, the hemoglobin, are reduced
in amount, the tissues suffer for lack
of oxygen, and there Is a lowering of
all the vital processes. The lessened
proportion of hemoglobin accounts for
the paleness which Is the chief out
ward sign of anemia.
It Is common to speak of two forms
of anemia primary and secondary.
Primary is the term used when the
anemia can be traced to no definite
cause, but seems to be a disease In It
self. Secondary is the word used when
the anemia Is evidently the result of
some other condition, such as wasting
diseases or poor nourishment. It it
then only one of the symptoms of such
underlying state.
Among the chief cnu-s of secondary
anemia are drains upon the system by
frequent losses of blood, or by diarrhea
or other, wasteful discharges, chronic
poisoning by lead or mercury, by tho
essential poslons of certain diseases,
such as rheumatism and tuberculosis,
and by poisons formed m the body and
not promtly removed, which Is called
"autointoxication," and finally the de
struction of the red corpuscles by a
microorganism, as Is the case In ma
laria. Youth's Companion.
PATRON SAINT OF MOTORISTS.
Ry the suggestion and sanction of
Pope Plus X., St, Christopher has been
created the patron saint of motorists.
This came about when the Princess
Itlanca Colonna, granddaughter of Mrs.
John W. Mackny, was presented to his
Holiness at the Vatican.
"I came fmm Milan in an automo
bile," the little princess said, and the
PRINCESS niANCA C0I.0NNA.
Pope, with his never-failing interest.
replied : 'Then I must give yon a pic
ture of St. Christopher In order that
you may have a safe return.'"
When the story was heard In Home
Its significance was not appreciated,
but later it was remembered that St,
Christopher has long been the patron
saint of travelers. Detroit Free Press.
Ilovr to Save i.nn llllln.
A city merchant who has a passion
for reading out-of-town newspapers and
also for answering many of the adver
tisements he finds In them tells this on
himself :
The other day he answered an ad
vertisement In one of the New York
papers stating that for one dollar a
method for saving gas bills would be
sent In two days he received a print
ed slip by mail which read, "Paste
them in a serapbook."
IV o Dispute Ahoat It.
"What's that thing on the end of your
tail?" asked the frog.
"It's a rattling good thing, thafa
what It Is," answered the rattleauaka.
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