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i 1 Jhe t)oetor'$ Petunia I jj
By Hcsba Strctton
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CHAPTER XXII.-(ContInued.)
That same evening I received a note,
desiring mo to go anil see him Immedl
atoly. Ho was looking brighter nnJ bet
ter than In tho morning, anil an- odd smile
played now and then about his face as he
talked to me, after having desired Jirs,
Poster to leave us alone together.
"Markl" he said. "I have not the slight.
" est reason to doubt Olivia's death, except
your Own opinion to the contrary, which
is founded upon reasons of which I know
nothing. But acting on the supposition
that she may bo still alive, I am quite
'willing to enter into negotiations wun
her. I suppose It must be through you."
"It must," I answered, "and It cannot
be at present. You will have to wait for
some months, perhaps, whilst I pursue
my search for her. I' do not know where
she Is any more than you do."
A vivid gleam crossed his face at these
words, but whether of Incredulity or sat
isfaction I could not tell.
"But suppose I die in the meantime?"
he objected.
"I do not know that 1 mlgftt not leave
you in your present position, I said at
last; "lrtnay be I am acting from an
over-strmued sense of duty. But If you
will give me a formal deed protecting her
from yourself, I am willing to advance
the funds necessary to remove you to
purer air, and more open quarters than
these. A deed of separation, which both
of you must sign, can be drawn up, and
receive your signature. There will be no
doubt as to getting hers, when we find
her. But that may be some months
hence, as I said. Still I will run the
risk.""
"For her sake?" ho said, with a sneer.
"For her sake, simply," I answered; "I
will employ a lawyer to draw up the
deed, and as soon as you sign It I will
advance tho money you require. My
treatment of your disease I shall begin
at once; that falls Under my duty as
your doctor; but I warn you that fresn
air and freedom from agitation are al
most. If not positively, essential to Its
success. The sooner you secure these
for yourself, the better your chance."
Some further conversation passed be
tween us, as to the stipulations to be in
sisted upon, and the division of the year
ly income from Olivia s property, lor l
would not agree to her alienating any
portion of It. Foster wished to drive a
hard bargaiu, still with that odd smile on
his face; and it was after much discus
sion that we came to an agreement.
I had the deed drawn up by a lawyer,
who warned me that if Foster sued for
a restitution of his rights they would
be enforced. But I hoped that when
Olivia was found she would have some
evidence In her own favor, which would
deter him from carrying the case Into
court. Tho deed was signed by Foster,
and left In my charge till Olivia's signa
ture could be obtained.
As soon as the deed was secured, I had
my patient removed from Bellringer
street to some apartments in Fulham,
near to Dr. Senior, whose interest in the
case wasnow almost equal to my own.
Here I could visit him every day. Never
had any sufferer, under the highest and
wealthiest ranks, greater care and sci
ence expended upon him than Ilicbard
Foster.
The progress of his recovery was slow,
but It was sure. I felt that it would be
so from the first. Day by day I watch
ed the pallid hue of sickness upon his
face changing into a more natural tone.
I saw his strength coming back by slight
but steady degrees. The malady was
forced to retreat into its most hidden
citadel, where it might lurk as a prisoner,
but not dwell as a destroyer, for many
years to come.
There was no triumph to me in this,
as there would have been had my patient
been any one else. The cure aroused
much interest among my colleagues, and
made my name more known. But what
was that to me? As long as this man
lived, Olivia was doomed to a lonely and
friendless life. I tried to look into tho
future for her, and saw it stretch out
into long, dreary years. I wondered
where she would find a home. Could I
persuade Johanna to receive her into her
pleasant dwelling, which would become
so lonely to her when Captain Carey
had moved into Julia s house in St. Peter-
port? That was the best plan I could
form.
except being too many of 'em p'raps, and
my old woman won t owu to that. Hut
there's something In tho wind as con
cerns Dr. Dobry, so I thought I'd better
come and giro you a hint of It."
"Very good, Simmons," said Jack.
"You recollect taking my cab to Gray's
Inn ltoad about this time last year, when
I showed up so green, don't you?" he
asked.
"To bo sure," I said.
"Well, doctors," he continued, "tho very
last Monday as ever was, a lady walks
slowly along the stand, eyeing us all very
hard, but taking no heed of any of 'em.
till she catches sight of me. The lady
comes along very slowly she looks hard
at me she nods her head, as much as to
say, lou, and your cab, and your uorso
are what I'm on the lookout for;' and
I gets down, opens the door, and sees her
In quite comfortable. Says she, 'Drive
me to Messrs. Scott and Brown, in (tray's
Inn ltoad."
Nor I ejaculated.
Yes, doctors," replied Simmons.
" 'Drivo me,' she says, 'to Messrs. Scott
and Brown, Gray's Inn ltoad.' Of course
I knew the name again; I was TexeJ
enough the last time I were there, at
showing myself so green. I looks hard
at her. A very fine make of a woman.
with hair and eyes as black as coals, and
a Impudent look on her face somehow,
She told me to wait for her In the street;
and directly after she goes In there comes
down the gent I bad seen before, with a
pen behind his car. He looks very bard
at me, and me at him. Says he, 'I think
I have seen your face before, my man,'
Very civil; as civil as a orange, as folks
say. I mink you have, I says. 'Could
you step upstairs for a minute or twoV
says he, very polite; 'I'll find a boy to
take charge of your horse.' And he slips
a a rf -crown into my hand, qnlte pleasant."
'So you went In, of course?" said aJck.
Doctors," he answered solemnly. "I
did go in. There's nothing to bo said
against that. Tho lady Is sitting In a
orfice upstairs, talking to another gent.
upon him now.' 'Stop,' he says, ni I
were going away; they keep n carriage,
of course?' 'Of course,' I says; 'what's
the good of a doctor that hasn't a. car
riage and pair?' 'Do they use It at
night?' says ho. 'Not dften.' m)s I;
'they take a cab; mine If It's on the
stand.' 'Very good.' ho says; 'good morn
ing, my friend.' So I come away, aud
drives back again to tho stand."
"And you left the lady there?" I ask
ed, with uo doubt In my mind that It was
Mrs. Foster.
"Yes, doctor," he answered, "talking
nway like a poll-parrot with tho blsck
h sired gent. That were last Monday;
to-day's Friday, and this tnornlug there
comes this I'll of n note to me at our
house. That's what's brought me hero
at this time, doctors."
He gavu the note Into Jack's hands;
aud be, after glauvlng at It, passed It on.
to inc. The contents wore simply these
words: "James Simmons Is requested to
call at Gray's Inn ltoad, at U:30 Friday
evening." The handwriting struck mo
as one I had seen aud noticed before. I
scanned it more closely for a minute or
two; then n glimmering of light began
to dawn upon my memory. Could It bo?
I felt almost sura It was. In anuthur
mliiutc I was persuaded that It waa tho
same hand as that which had written the
letter announcing Olivia's death. Proba
bly if I could see tho penmanship of the
other partner, I should find It to be Iden
tical with that of the medical certificate
which had accompanied the letter.
"Leave this noto with mo, Simmons,"
I said, giving him halt a crown in ex
change for It. I was satisfied now that
the papers had been forged, But not with
Olivia's connivance. Waa Foster him
self a party to It? Or had Mrs. Foster
alone, with the aid of these friends or
relatives of hers, plotted and carried out
the scheme, leaving him in ignorance and
doubt like my owu?
I crossed In the mall steamer to Guern
sey, on n Monday night, as tho wedding
was to take place at an early hour on
Wednesday morning, In time for Captain
Carey and Julia to catch the boat to Fug
land. Tho ceremony was to be solemn
ized at seven. Under these circumstances
"Stay!" he said; "there Is no chance
whativrcr of going so lute as this, Let
us think for n few minutes."
Hut at that moment n furious peal of
the bll rang through tho house. Wo
both ran Into tho hall. Tho servant hnd
Juki opened tho door, nud a telegraph
clerk stood on the slept, with a tele
gram, which ho thrust Into his hands.
It was directed to mo. 1 tore It open.
"From Joan Grliiiont, Grittivlllo, to Dr.
Dobree, Hrook street, London." 1 did
not know any Jean Grliiiont of Granville;
It was the mime of a stranger to me. A
message was written underneath In Nor
man patois, but so misspelt and garbled
Id Its transmission that I could not iiniko
out the sense of It, The only words I
waa sure about were "uinmtelle," "Fos
ter," "Tardlf," and "a lagoulo." Who
was on tho point of death I could not tell.
(To be continued.)
WASPS DENEFIT THE FIGS,
Insects Are Necrssarjr to the Trull's
t-uccaaalul Cultivation.
The long-continued effort to produce
tho Smyrna 11k of commerce In Cull
forulit bus boon crowned with success.
Tho history of tho experiment Is Inter
esting. It begun over twenty years ago
with importation of cuttings from Asia
Minor. Figs hnvo been produced from
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OEOllOK A. IIKNTlf.
OVER NIAGARA IN A BARREL.
Hemarkubte Vent of n Woman,
) cntr Herlmis I J'lrr,
Mrs. Anna Kdson Taylor, of Hay City,
these and other Imported cuttings, but ' Mlcn" celebrated her forty-third birth
they were not tho famous white tig of . minting n sueoossiui trip ovo
commerce'. Tho credit of producing
tho latter In California belongs to Geo.
C. Hooding of Fresno. Until this sum
mer every truo Smyrna tig treo planted
In Cnllforula which boro fruit failed to
maturo It; tho tigs were unfertilized
unu wiuiereu ana dropped. It wan
tiually discovered that the fertilization
of this tig depended upon tho service
of tho blnstophaga wasp, whoso habitat
Is In the caprl, or wild tig. Tho latter
was Imported ami thrived nniaxlugly,
but the blnstophaga did uot accompany
It.
Hi
with hair and eves like hers, as black ns
coals, and tho same look of brass on bis ' evidently gave no thought to me.
face. All tnree of em looked a little was well, and as It should be
.
Speclnl Importations of the wasp fob
there could bo no formal woddlug break- 'owed.but It thrived only tor u season
fast, a matter not much to bo regretted. 0,1 the caprl llg and then disappeared.
it wns assumed that it could not sur-
vivo our winters. Last year tho Do-
purtmciit of Agriculture took the mut
ter In hand. A fresh consignment was
Imported and Its care Intrusted to Mr.
Itoedlng. Last April the young Insect
colony emerged In full force from tho
ilrst caprl cot, entered tho second,
emerged again, ami then took posses
slon of the Smyrna tig trees, tho fruit
on which was ready for fertilization,
Mr. Hooding reports that this expert'
ment has been perfectly successful. A
toil of tho fruit bus been picked from
his trees and the entire crop will yield
live or six tons more. Mr. Hooding be
lieves that the blnstophaga has conio
to stay and ho expects that Cnllforula
will be enriched soon With another In
dustry.
Captain Carey and I were standing at
the altar of tho old church some mlnntes
before tho bridal procession appeared.
Ho looked pale, but wound up to a high
pitch of resolute courage. The church
was nearly full of eager spectators, all
of whom I had known from my childhood.
Far back, halt sheltered by a pillar, I
saw the white head and handsome face
of my father, with Kate Daltrey by bis
side. At length Julia appeared, palo like
the bridegroom, but dignified and prepos
sessing. She did not glance at me; she
That
"OFF WITH HIM TO THE CARRIAGE."
OnAPTEH XXIII.
Julia's marriage arrangements were go
ing on speedily. There was something
Ironical to me In the chance that made
me so often the witness of them. We
were so merely cousins again, that she
discussed her purchases and displayed
them before me, as if there had never
been any notion between us of keeping
couse logetuer. unce more I assisted
in the choice of a wedding dress, for the
one made a year before was said to be
yellow and old-fashioned. But this time
Julia did not insist upon having white
satin. A dainty tint of grey was con
sidered more suitable. Captain Carey en
joyed the purchase with the rapture 1
had failed to experience.
The wedding was fixed to take place
tho last week in July, a fortnight earlier
tlian tno time proposed; It was also t
fortnight earlier than the date I was look.
lng forward to most anxiously, when, if
ever, uows would roacn Tardlf from
Olivia.
Dr. Senior had agreed with me that
Foster was suillciently advanced on the
road to recovery to be removed from Ful
ham to tho better air of the south coast.
Wo required Mrs. Foster to write us
fully, three times a week, every varla
tlon she might observe In bis health
After that wo started them off to a quiet
village In Sussex, I breathed nioro free
ly when they were out of my daily sphere
of duty,
But before they went a hint of treach
ery reached me, which put mo doubly on
my guard. Ono morning, when Jack and
I were at breakfast, Simmons, the cabby,
was announced. He was a favorite with
Jack, who bade the servant show him in,
"Nothing amiss with your wlfo or the
brats, I hope?" said Jack.
"No, Dr. John, no," he answered,
"there ain't anything amiss with them, :
under the weather. 'What's your name,
my man?' asked the black gent. 'Waler,'
I says. 'And where do you live?' he
says, taking me serious. 'In Queer
street,' I says, with a little wink to show
'em I were up to a trick or two. They
oil three larfed a little among themselves,
but not in a pleasant sort of way. Then
the gent begins again. 'My good fellow,'
he says, 'we want you to give us a little
information that 'ud be of use to us, and
we are willing to pay you handsome for
it. It can't do you any barm, nor no
body else, for it's only a matter of busi
ness. You're nqt above taking ten shil
lings for a bit of useful information?'
'Not by no manner of means,' I sajs."
"Go on," I said impatiently.
"Jest so, doctors," he .continued, "but
this time I was minding my P's and Q's.
'You know Dr. Senior, of Brook street?'
he says. Tho old doctor?' I says; 'he's
retired out of town.' 'No,' he says, 'nor
the young doctor neither; but there's an
other of 'em. Isn't there?' 'Dr. Dobry?'
I says. 'Yes,' he says, 'he often takes
your cab, my friend V 'First one and
then the other,' I says, 'sometimes Dr,
John and sometimes Dr. Dobry. They're
as thick as brothers, and thicker. 'GooJ
friends of yours?' he says. 'Well,' says
L 'they take my cab when they can have
It; but there's not much friendship, as I
see, In that. It's tho best cab and horse
on the stand. Dr. John's pretty fair,
but the other's no great favorite of mine.'
Ah! he says."
Simmons' face was Illuminated with do-
light, and he winked sportively at us
"It were all flummery, doctors," he
said. "I Jest see them setting a trap,
and I wanted to have a finger In it. 'Ah!'
ho says, 'all we want to know, but we do
want to know that very particular, Is
where you drive Dr. Dobry to tho often
est. He's going to borrow money from
us. and we'd like to find out something
about his habits. You know where ho
goes In your cab.' 'Of course I do,' I
says; 'I drove him and Dr. John here
nigh a twelvemonth ago. Tho other gent
took my number down, and knew where
to look for mo when you wanted we.'
'You're a clever fellow,' ho says. 'So my
old woman thinks,' I says. 'And you'd
be glad to earn a llttlu mora for your
old woman?' he says. 'Try me,' I says.
'Well, then,' says he, 'hero's a offer for
you. If you 11 bring us word where he
spends his ' spare time, we'll give von
ten shillings; and If It turns out of any
use to us, wo II make It five pound.'
'Very good,' I says. 'You've not got anj
information to tell us at once?' be says.
'Well, no,' I says, 'but 111 keep my eye
Yet there was a pang in It reason as
I would, there was a pang In It for me.
I should have liked her to glance once at
me, with a troubled and dimmed eye. I
should have liked a shade upon her face,
as I wrote my name below bers In the
register. But there was nothing of the
kind. She gave me the kiss, which I
demanded as her cousin Martin, with
out embarrassment, and after that she
put her hand again upon the bridegroom's
arm and marched off with him to the car
riage. A whole host of us accompanied tho
bridal pair to the pier, and saw them
start off on their wedding trip, with a
pyramid of bouquets before them on tho
deck of the steamer. We ran round to
the lighthouse, and waved out bats and
handkerchiefs as long as they wero in
sight. That duty done, tho rest of the
day was our own.
It was almost midnight the next day
when I reached Brook street, where I
found Jack expecting my return. A lot
ter was waiting for me. directs! In nmvr.
crabbed handwriting, and posted in Jer
sey n week before.
It had been so long on the road In con
sequence of the bad penmanship of the
address. I opened ft carelessly as I an
swered Jack's first Inquiries; but the in
stant I saw the signature I held up ray
hand to silence him. It was from Tar
dlf. This Is a translation:
"Dear Doctor and Friend This day I
received a letter from mam'zellc; qulto a
little letter with only a few lines In It.
She says, 'Come to be. My husband has
found me; he is here. I have no friends
but you and one other, and I cannot send
for him. You said you would come to mo
whenever I wanted you. I have not time
to write more. I am In a little village
called Vllle-en-bols, between Granville
and Nolreau. Como to the house of the
cure; I am there.'
"Behold, I am gone, dear monsieur. 1
write this In my boat, for wo aro rromlmr
to Jersey to catch the steamboat to Gran
ville. To-morrow evening I shall bo in
Vlllo-en-bols. Will you learn tho law of
Franco about this affair? They sar the
cuuu uiuus u woman to ioiiow ncr lius
Itogucs of Wall Street.
The rogues of Wall street Uourlsh,
They nro thieving brokers, promoters
of mining schemes nud disreputable
speculators. Said a thieving broker oil
ono occasion: "If the Postotllce Depart
ment would let mo alone I would have
to hire n cart to carry down my money
laden mall. All you have to do Is to
appeal to the cupidity of the public,
I'romlso (J per cent dividends on a Ilrst
class security and you can't do bust'
uess; but promise 50 per cent on a fake
and you can get rich." Investigation
proved this statement to be true. He
Is of tho sumo class as the tipster fraud
who advertises that he knows exactly
which stocks will advance aud those
that are going to decline.
For $5 a week he will tell you pre
cisely how to make a fortune. Ho ad
vertlscs In strango ways, using n ridic
ulous code. For example: "Hit Kan
garoo for a Jump of 20 points." etc,
This Interpreted means buy a certain
stock for an advance of ?20 a share.
Such men are Bwlndlers. Quito ns con
tcmptlblc ns the man with a fake gold,
silver, zinc, copper or oil mining
scheme. He first buys a mining pros
pect for say $2,500 and then organizes
a $500,000 or $1,000,000 company under
the laws of Now Jersey or .West VIP
ulnla for sny $2,500 more. Tho shares
liavo an alleged par valuo of $1 each,
but he offers them for 37c each from
an elaborately furnished ofllco where
ho noses as the fiscal agent. The
rogue, who selects tho broker ns bin
victim Is more plentiful than tho brok
crs aro willing to confess. World's
Work.
Niagara Falls In
barrel. Sho Is tho
Ilrst person to at
tempt such a per
formnnce, and the
thousands w h
wltuossed tho per
formauco w u r
a m used at tho
manner In which
the barrel plunged
over roof after
reef In tho uppe
mm. TAvi-on. rapids, rushing
with tho current toward tho famous
waterfall,
Regarding tho feat, Mrs. Taylor of tcr
waril said: "I would sooner walk up
to tho mouth of a cannon, knowing
that It wns going to blow mo to pieces
than to make another trip over tho
falls. I mado It voluntarily, but I
would not do It again for $1,000,000,
The barrel In which Mrs. Taylor ac
compllshed tho feat was about six feet
long. Attached to tho bottom were
heavy weights to hold It upright. With
In tho barrel wero straps, attached to
the bottom, which wero placed over
the woman's shoulders to provent her
head from bumping against tho top,
Over her head, during the trip, wns a
pillow for farther protection
On the memorable day .Mrs. Taylor
and her barrel were rowed Into tho up
per river and set adrift In a current
that rapidly bore her toward the rap
Ids. Striking tho Ilrst Incline of water
In the rapids, tho barrel took an up-
tuiniou
ItAB
weieHT.
UttB, TAYLOll I.V THE iiAimix.
Tulklnghorn's House to Disappoar,
Yet another famous house has to
make way for street Improvements. It
Is the mansion In Llncoln's-lnu-fields
adjoining Sardinia street, and was
built from the designs of Inlgo Jones lng barrel bad been lost In tho mist of
for the Karl of Llndsey. Tho right- tho tremendous cataract It appeared In
right position aud bobbing like a cork
moved straight for tho curve of tho
horseshoe falls. A llttlu to tho Can a
dlan side of tho center of tho falls tho
barrel took Its plungo and dropped
clouded In mist, to tho lower river, a
dlstanco of 158 feet,
While tho desperate plunge was being
taken thousands of spectators held
their breath In anxiety and suspense,
everyone believing that tho fall would
be fatal and that another would bo
added to tho long list of tho victims of
Niagara. Two minutes after tho plung
hand room on tho first floor of the
house was chosen by Dickens for tho
scene of tho assassination of Mr, Tulle
Inghorn, Sir Leicester Dedlock's law
yer, In "Bleak Houso." Already, how
tho seething wblto water below tho
falls. It gradually was carried by tho
current to tho Canadian sldo and was
hauled ashore. Tho top was hastily
sawed off and Mrs. Taylor was taken
ever, tho painted celling, with tho Ho- out Sho had suffered a contusion on
man soldier pointing his truncheon to tho right sldo of tho head and had re-
tho body of tho dead solicitor, lias dls
appeared under a coat of whltowash,
wickedly nppjled a few years ago,
London Globe..
celved numerous bruises on the body,
Her nervous system had suffered a se
vcro shock and since then sho has been
allllctcd with severe headaches. Ex
actly fifty minutes had elapsed from
Ills Words Indorsed. the tlmo sho was sent adrift until sho
It was tho worst domestic storm they was released from tho barrel. When
bad ever encountered. Bno reached her hotel sho broko down
"You don't deserve oven Hanging," n(i Wcnt.
lie said as bo left tho houso. when sho was rescued the barrel was
"I deserve It better ttinn you uor stio one-third filled with water. Tho tro-
sent after blm as a parting shot. Phil- mendous pressure had forced tho water
adelphla Times.
A Monument for Virgil.
Mantua, after nearly twenty con
turlcs, lias rcuiombered that It Is tho
AtTl IZ thp'lace of Virgil.
protect mam'zelle, or I should say mTd- mJ? fj'?
nine, at tho loss of my llfo. Your de
voted , TARDIF."
"I must go!" I exclaimed, about to rush
out of tho house.
"Where?" cried Jack.
"To Olivia," I answered; "that villain.
that scoundrel has hunted her out In Nor
mandy, Read that, Jack. Let out go."
sum of $20,000 has been raised and
artists are called on to send In plans
in competition.
through tho air tube which connected
with a small opening near tho top of
tho barrel.
Mrs. Taylor Is a native of Auburn,
N, Y. Sho Is a graduate of tho Stato
Normal School at Albany and has
taught school In Texas and more re
cently at Bay City, Mich. Sho owns a
ranch In Texas and It was with tho
view of making money by exhibiting
herself and her barrel and lifting a
raortgago on the ranch that sho Juado
London's Cemeteries.
T.nrulnn lins twentv-ono municipal
cemeteries, and ten which aro owned ' perilous trip through Niagara rap-
by prlvato companies. mfl-
During tho trip Mrs. Taylor prayed
constantly oxeept during a few mo.
inents of unconsciousness following tho
plunge. She says sho was spun around
llko a top aud struck rocks three times.
REVOLVER WOUNDS.
Mors Dnniteron., for Varlnua Uea.oni,
than Thane of the U.fl'.
Wounds In civil llfo dlffor from those
In military llfo lu the greater after
danger of septle Involvmeiit. Revolver
cartridges are nioro llablo than are
rlllo cartridges to havo been handled
frequently, to hnvo been carried In dir
ty pockets and to havo come lu contact
with various forms of Infectious mato
rials that may provo of serious coiise-
iiueuco when burled In tho tissues.
Moreover, revolver cartridges ore cov-
oretl with a coating of grease, and this
encourages nu accumulation of mani
fold mlcrublc material, some of which
may provo to bo of a virulently Infec
tious nature.
Rlllo bullets aro practically always
sterilized by the Intenso bent develop
ed by tho powder nt tho moment of
their discharge. Their rapid progress
through the air while In n heated con
dition still further serves to cleanse
them, of any extraneous material that
tuny chanco to havo accumulated on
their surfaces. This cleansing process
Is very effectually begun by the rilling
of tho rlllo barrel through which tho
bullet forces Its way.
All of these favorable factors aro
lacking In tho caso of tho revolver bul
let, and so It Is posslblo that In any
given caso such n bullet may carry In
fectious material with It Into tho tis
sues. If this wero In small amount na-
turo might effectually wall It off and
uo serious consequences result On the
other hand, such Infectious material
might Ho seemingly dormant for days,
but really slowly gathering strength by
multiplication, aud when Its toxins
were elaborated In sufficient nmouiit
they might paralyzo protectlvo chenio-
taxis nnd produce a septic condltlou.
Now York Medical Nows.
Art of Hv. oping.
Domestic work Is now so systematiz
ed that a West Philadelphia housekeep-
r finds sweeping nnd dusting a room a
branch of high art almost beyond tho
capacity of tho ordinary housemaid.
Domestics, sho says, take alarm at tho
simple paraphernalia necessary to
sweep and dust properly.
"I have." she added, "a largo apron
for the malil, which has live pockets,
one for thu dust cloth, ono for the dust
brush, ono for the whisk, one for n
paint brush to go Into comers, and a
chamois skin to polish up tho furni
ture. Then I tell her to take both her
broom and carpet sweeper with her.
nd n long-handled feather brush to
dust tho pictures.
"With these necessary utensils, If I
nlk nfter a servant, I can get a room
swept and dusted properly. But,
strango as It may seem, not ono em
ploye In ten will follow my Instruc
tions. Somo nsk mo: 'Where aro tho
man nnd horse to carry tho things?'
Another Impudently said: 'If your
rooms are so bad as to need all these
It will bo cheaper for you to get now
carpets.' I really long for tho old
times, when a broom and duster suf
ficed for ordinary housework, but theso
appliances mnko furniture last longer.
"When I told an Irish girl this," con
tlnued tho housekeeper, according to
tho Philadelphia Record, "she said:
'And what for aro yo so saving? Is It
to kapo yer houso flno for yer bun
band's second wife?'"
Ho Ghto The in All Up.
"Somo of thoso forolgn dishes on tho
dinner menu wore n puzzle to me," con
fided the first seasick passcnged to tho
second seasick passenger, ns they stood
conveniently near the rail.
"Puzzles?" asked tho second seasick
passenger. "I guess they were, but I
gavo them all up long ago." Baltimore
American.
Granite.
Boston streots, whero traffic Is heavy.
aro paved with granite blocks sot on a
baso of solid concrcto, and with pobblea
nnd concroto grout. Formorlv nitch
wos used In tho Joints, but now they
aro filled with a mixture of coment ami
sand that hardens llko stono when It
sots. Such a surfaco Is expected to
last for decades.
Gns.
By the advlco of eminent oculists. .
the authorities of Munich havo decided
no longer to uso gas or potroloum for
lighting school rooms.
Length of tho "World's Heaoonst Lino.
The seacoast lino of tho globo Is com.
puted to bo about 130,000 miles,
Tho accumulation of money la mni-niir
a bablt-tbat's all.