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Jba Doetor'J By Hesba ' CHAPTER XXL I went out late in the evening to ques tion each of the omnibus driver, but in vaiu. Whether they were too busy to give me proper attention, or100,8"' lous to join the stir and mirth of the townspeople, they all declared they knew nothing of any Englishwoman. As I re turned dejectedly to my inn, I heard a lamentable voice, evidently English, be moaning In doubtful French. The omni bus from Falaise had just come In, and under the lamp in the entrance of the archway stood a lady before my hostess, who was volubly asserting that there was no room left in her house. I hasten ed to the assistance of my countrywom an, and the light of the lamp falling up on her face revealed to me who she was. "Mrs. Foster!" I exclaimed, almost shouting her name In my astonishment. She looked ready to faint with fatigue and dismay, and she laid her hand heav ily on my arm, as if to save herself from sinking to the ground. . "Have yu found herr" she asked, In voluntarily. .v. r.r her." I answered. Mrs. Foster broke Into an hysterical laugh, which was very quickly followed h. nh. I had no great difficulty in per suading the landlady to find some accom modation for her, and then I retired to my own room to turn over the extraordi nary meeting which had been the last Incident of the day. It required very little keenness to corns to tha conclusion that the Fosters had :,fain,i holi- Information concerning Miss Ellen Martlneau where we had got ours, from Mrs. Wilkinson; also that Mrs. Foster had lost no time In following up the clue, for she was only twenty-four hours behind me. She Dad iooeu imr m,, .fltnnlshed and dismayed when she saw me there; so she had had no i.)... i nn the ume track. But nthinir miiiM he more convincing than this journey of hers that neither she nor Foster really Deuevea in vni- u.. rrw .. .. ir dav. But what ex- in miiM I elv to myself of those letters, of Olivia's above all? Was It possible that she had caused them to be ....., .ont to her husband? I nnM not even admit such a question, without a sharp sense of disappointment Iti hor. I saw Mrs. Foster early In the morn ing, somewhat as a truce-bearer may meet nntliBP on neutral around. She was grateful to me for my interposition In her behalf the night before; and as I knew KllMi Martlneau to be safely out of the way, I was Inclined to be tolerant to wards her. I assured her, upon my Don or, that I had failed In discovering any m f nilvU in Noireau.' and 1 to d w .11 I had learned about the bank ruptcy of Monsieur Perrler, and the scat tering of the school. "But why should you undertake such a chase?" I asked; "if you and Foster are .oiwfuxl that Olivia is dead, why should you be running after Ellen Martlneau? Xou show me the papers which seem to nrnva her death, and now I find you In this remote part of Normandy, evidently In nnmuit of her. What does this mean?" "You are doing the same thing your self," she answered. "Yes," I replied, "because I am not satisfied. But you have proved your conviction by becoming Richard Foster second wife. "That is the very point," she said, shedding a' few tears; "as soon aa ever Mrs. Wilkinson described Ellen Martl neau to me, when she was talking about her visitor who had come to inquire af ter her, I grew quite frightened lest he should ever be charged with marrying me whilst she was alive. So I persuad ed him to let me come here and make sure of It, though the journey costs a great deal, and we have very iittle money to spare. We did not know what tricks Olivia might do, and It made me very miserable to think she might be still alive, and I in her place." I could not but acknowledge to myself that there was some reason in Mrs. Fos ter's statement of the case. ' "There is not the slightest chance of your finding her," I remarked. "Isn't there?" she asked, with an evil gleam In her eyes, which I just caught before she hid her face again in her hand kerchief. "At any rate," I said, "you would have no power over her If you found her. You could not take her back with you by force. I do not know how the French taws would regard Foster's authority, but you can have none whatever, and tie Is quite unfit to take this long journey to claim her. Really I do not see what you can do; and I should think your wisest Dlan would be to go back and take care of him. leaving her alone. I am here to protect her, and I shall stay until I see tou fairly out of the place." I kept no very strict watch over her during the day, for I felt sure she would find no trace ot Olivia In Noireau. At night I saw her again. She was worn out and despondent, and declared her elf quite ready to return to Falalse by the omnibus at five o'clock In the morn ing. I saw her off, and gave the driver fee to bring me word for what town she took her ticket at the railway station. When he returned in the evening he told me he had himself bought her on for lloiifleur, and started her fairly on her way home. As for myself I had spent the day In making Inquiries at the offices of the local custom houses which stand at every en trance Into a town or village In France, for the gathering of trifling, vexatious laxes upon articles oi rooa ana mercnau diss. At one of these I had learned that, three or four weeks ago a young Eng lishwoman with a little girl had passed by on foot, each carrying a small bundle, which had not been examined. It was ou the road to Granville, which was be tween thirty and forty miles away. From Granville was the nearest route to the Channel ' Islands. Waa It not possible that Olivia had resolved to seek refuge there again? Perhaps to seek me! My heart, bowed down by the aad picture of her and the little child leaving the town on foot, beat high again at the thought of Olivia in Guernsey. At Granville I learned that a young lady and a child had made the voyage to Jersey short time before, and I went B with stronger hope. But In Jersey I could obtain no farther information about her; nor in Guernsey, whither I felt sure Olivia would certainly have pro- reeded. I took one day more to cross over to Sark, an J consult Tardif; but he knew no more than I did. He absolutely refused to believe that Olivia was dead. -In August," he said. "I shaU hear from her. Take ronrage aad com.'ort. She promise, it, and she will keep her promise. If she bad koo herself to be dying she would certainly have sx-t n word." . Dilemma it. Stretton "It Is a long time to wait," I said, with an ntter sinking of spirit. "It Is a long time to wait!" he ecnoea, ifting op his hands, and letting tnem full again with a gesture of weakness, "but we must wait and hope." To wait in impatience, and to hope at times, and despair at times, I returned to London. CHAPTER XXII. One of my first proceedings, after my return, was to ascertain now me Eng lish law stood with regard to Olivia's nnoiilnn. Fortunately for me, one of iff- Senior's oldest friends was a lawyer of great repute, and he discussed the ques tion with me after a dinner at hU house at Kill hum. "There seems to be no proof of any kind against the husband," he said, after I had told him ail. Whv!" I exclaimed, "here you have a rlrl. brought uo in luxury and wealth. willing to brave any poverty rather than continue to live with him. "A Kill's wbini," he said. "Then Foster could compel her. to re turn to him?" I asked. "Aa far as I see into the case, he cer- tainlv coiiM." was the auswer, which . j , rirnva Tftlt frantic. "But there is this second marriage, l ohtprted. "There lies the kernel of tue case, ne said. "You tell me there are papers, which vou believe to be forgeries, pur porting to be the medical certificate with corroborative proof of her death. Now, If th wife be euiltv of framing tnese, the husband will bring them against her as the grounds on which he felt free to onnirapt hla second marriage. She has done a very foolish and a very wicked thing there." "You th nk she did it?" i asuea. He smiled significantly, but without saying anything. "But what can be done now?" I asked. "All you can do," he answered, "Is to establish your influence over this fellow and go cautiously to work with him. As long as the lady is In France, If she be alive, and he is too 111 to go after ner, sne is safe. You may convince him by de grees that It is to his interest to come to some terms with her. A formal deed of separation might be agreed upon, and drawn up; but even that will not perfect ly secure her in the future." I was compelled to remain satisfied with this opinion. Yet how could 1 be satisfied, whilst Olivia, if she was still living, was wandering about homeless, and, as I feared, destitute, 1n a foreign rnnntrr? " I made my first a!l upon Foster the next evening. Mrs. Foster had been to Rrook atreet every day since her re turn, to inquire for me, and to leave an urgent message that I should go to Bell ringer street as sqon aa I was again In town. The lodging house looked almost as wretched as the forsaken dwelling down at Noireau, where Olivia had per haDs been living; and the stifling, musty air Inside it almost made me gasp for breath. "So you are come baekT was Foster's greeting, as I entered tne dingy room. "Yes." I replied. "I need not ask what success you've had," he said, sneering. " 'Why so pale and wan, fond lover?" Your trip has not agreed with you, that Is plain enough It did not agree with Carry, either, for she came back swearing she would never go on such a wild-goose chase again. You kriow I was quite opposed to her going?" "No," I said Incredulously. The dla mond ring had disappeared from his fin ger, and It was easy to guess how the funds had been raised for the journey, "Altogether opposed," lie repeated. "1 believe Olivia is dead. I am quite sure she has never been under this roof with me. as Miss Ellen Martineau has been I should hare known it as surely as ever a tiger scented its prey. Do you suppose I have no sense keen enough to tell me she was In the very house where I wAs?" "Nonsense! I answered. His eyes glis tened cruelly, and made me almost ready to spring upon him. I could have seized him by the throat and stiaken turn to death, in my sudden passion of loathing against him; but I sat quiet, and ejacu lated "Nonsense!" Such power has the spirit of the nineteenth, century among civilized classes. "Olivia is dead," he said, In a solemn tone. I am convinced of tnat from another reason; through all the misery of our marriage, I never knew her guilty of an untruth, not the smallest, bhe was as true as the gospel. Do you think you or Carry could make me believe that she would trifle with such an awful sub ject as her own death? No. I would take my oath that Olivia would never have had that letter sent, or written to me those few lines of farewell, but to let me know that she was dead." There was no doubt whatever that ho waa suffering from tho same disease as that which had been the death of my mother a disease almost invariably fa tal, sooner or later. A few cases of cure, under most favorable circumstances, had been reported during the last half cen tnry; but the chances were dead against Foster's recovery. In all probability, a long and painful ll!neas, terminating in inevitable death, lay before him. In the opinion of my two senior physicians, all that I could do would be to alleviate the worst pangs of It. His case haunted me day and night In that deep undercurrent of conscious ness which lurks beneath our surface sensations snd impressions, there was al ways present the image of Foster, with his pale, cynical face and pitiless eyes. W ith this was the perpetual remem brance that a subtle malady, beyond the reach of our skill, was slowly eating away his life. The man I abhorred; but the sufferer, mysteriously linked with the memories which clung about my mother, aroused my most urgent, instinctive com passion. Only once before had I watched tha conflict between disease and its rem edy with so Intense an interest. It was a day or two after a consulta tion that I came accidentally upon the little note book which I had kept In Guernsey a private note book, acressi- ble only to myself. It was night; Jack, as usual, was gone out, and I was alone. I turned over the leave merely for list less want ot occupation. All at once I cam upon aa entry, made in connection with my mother'a illness, which recalled to me th discovery I believed I had mad of a remedy for her disease, had it duly been applied in It earlier stages. It had slipped out of my mind, but now my memory leaped upon it with iiresisd- blt force. I must tell th whole truth, however terrible and humiliating it may b. Whether I had been true or false to niy ) ,i a 1 1. . , w ,imnn, I Mlinnl a V I r H, . v tua, auvu.H . had taken upon myself th car and, if possible, th cure of this man, who was my enemy, If I had an enemy in the world. His life and mine could not run parallel without great grief aud hurt to me. and to one dearer than myself. Now, that a belter chance was thrust upuu me in his favor, I shrunk from seizing it wun unutterable reluctance. I turned heart sick at the thought of it. Yes, I wished him to die. Conscience flashed the answer across the inner depths of my soul, as a glare of lightning over the sharp crags and cruel waves of our island in a midnight storm. I saw with terrible distinctness that there naa been lurking within sure sense of satis faction in the certainty that he must die. I took up my note book, and went" away to my room, lest Jack ahould come in sud denly and read my secret on my face. I thrust the book into a drawer in my desk, and locked It away, out of my sight. ... It seemed cruel that this power snouia come to me from ifiy mother's death. If she were living still, or if she bad died from any other cause, the discovery ot this remedy would never have been mad hy mo. And I was to take It as a sort of miraculous gift, purcnasea oy. ner pangs, and bestow it upon the only man I hated. For 1 hated Him; l saio so i myself. But it could not rest at that I fought a battle with myself all through the quiet nieht-motlonless and in silence, lest JacK should become aware that I was not aleeDina-. How should I ever face him, or arasD his hearty hand again, with such a secret weight upon my soul? xet now could I resolve to save Foster at the cost of dooming Olivia to a lifelong bondage should he discover where she was, or to lifelong poverty should she remain con cealed? If I were only sure that ah was alive! It was for her sake merely thnt I hesitated. The morning dawned before I could de cide. The decision, when made, brought no feeling of relief or triumph to me, As soon as it was probable that Dr, Senior could see me, I was at his nouso at Fulhara; and in rapid, almost incoher ent words laid what I believed to be my Important discovery before him. He Bat thinking for some time, running over in his own mind such cases as had come under his own observation. After a. while a gleam of pleasure passed over his face, and his eyes brightened as ha looked at me. "I congratulate you, Martin," he said, "though I wish Jack bad hit upon this. I believe it will prove a real benent to our science. Let mo turn It over a Httl longer, and consult some of my cot leagues about it. But I think you are right You we about to try It on poor Foster?" "Yes," I answered, with a chilly sensa- tion In mv veins. "It can do him no harm," he said, "and in my opinion it will prolong his life to old age. if he is careful or nimseir. i will write a paper on the subject for the Lancet !f y wi'1 llow me" "With all my heart," l said sadly The old physician regarded me for a minute with his keen eyes, which had looked through the window of disease Into many a human soul. I shrank from th" .scrutiny, but I need not have dona so. He grasped my hand firmly and closely. "God bless you, Martini" be said, "God bless you! I went straight from r-uinam to Bell- ringer street A healthy impulse to fur fill all my duty, however dimcuic, was in Its first fervid moment of action. INev' ertheless there was a subtle hope within me founded upon one chance" that whs left it was lust Dossible that Foster might refuse to be made the subject of an exneriment: for an experiment it was. I at down beside him. and told him what I believed to be his chance of life; not concealing from him that I proposed to try, it he gave his consent, a mode of treatment which had never been practic ed before. His eye, keen and sharp as that of a lynx, seemed to read my thoughts as Dr. Senior's had done. "Martin Dobree, he said, in a voice so different from his ordinary caustic tone that it almost startled me, "I can trust you. I put myself with implicit confi dence into your hands. The last chance dare I say the last hope? was gone. I stood pledged on my honor as a physician, to employ this dis covery, which had been laid open to me by my mother s fatal illness, Tor the ben efit of the maB whose life was most harmful to Olivia and myself. I felt suffocated, stifled. I opened the w-'.n dow for a minute or two, and leaned through It to catch the fresh breath of the outer air. 'I must tell you," I said, when I drew my head in again, "that you must not expect to regain your health and strength so completely as to be able to return to your old dissipations. But if you are careful of yourself you may live to sixty or seventy." "Life at any price! he answered. "There would be more chance for you now," I said, "if you could have better air than this." "How can I?" he asked. "Be frank with me," I answered, "and tell me what your means are. It would be worth your while to spend your last farthing upon this chance. "Is it not enough to make man mad, he said, "to know there are thousands lying in the bank in his wife's name, and he cannot touch a penny of it? It ia life itself to me; yet I may die like a dog In this hole for the want of it. My death will lie at Olivia' door, curse her!" He fell back upon his pillows, with a groan as heavy and deep as ever came from the heart of a wretch perishing from sheer want. I could not choose but feel some pity for him; but this was an op portunity I must not miss. "It is of no use to curse her," I said; "come, Foster, let us talk over this mat ter auietly and reasonably. If Olivia be alive, as I cannot help hoping she is, your wisest course would be to come to some mutual aereement which would release you both from your present diffi culties; for you must recollect she is as penniless as yourself. Let me speak to you as if I were her brother. Of this one thing yon may be quite certain, she will never consent to return to you; and in that I will aid her to the utmost of my power. But there is no reason why yon should not have a good share of the prop erty, which sh would gladly relinquish on condition that you left ner aione. (To be continued.! Vegetable Will Become) Valuable. Two Melbourneltes claim to have dis covered a new motive power, "lighter than air, more powerful than dynamite, very simple and nominal In cost." By ronlte (named after one of the Invent- ors( la a One powder alleged to be made from cheap vegetables, and generates. It Is said, when specially treated, a gas which supplies the actual motive pow erSydney Bulletin, Mofly My little sister's got measles. Jlmmle Oh, so has mine. Molly Well, IU bet you my little lister's got more measUs than yours has. London Tlt-BIta. Ton can always tell a nice girl by the manner In which she uses the tele- pbon ill';!.-.-.- i in, Ar.;v wwwi" Jii',w--'iii'iflrrwVvf 1 1 The American Handshake, The "official c handshake" will be continued In spite of the menace of the anarchist and the murderous fa natic. It springs from something fundamental in hu man nature and in digenous to the toll of a fre country. There is no doubt that safeguards much more stringent than those resorted to In the past will hereafter be thrown about the person of the President ot the United States; not to heed the awful example of tne trageuy at Buffalo would be criminal negligence. On the other hand, however, these pro tective measures must and wit be put in force without the personal knowledge of the President. Tim American handshake Is an ele mental expression of American democ racy which will remain. All sorts of motives will dictate the continuance of this practice; but the best one and probably that which' haa tne most Vitality in it isthat of the natural friendliness and courage of the typical American who has attained political dis tinction and position. When he is In a crowd of Americans he feels that he is surrounded by his own people. He asks himself: "What is there to be afraid of? Why should anyone wish to do m harm?" From the bottom ot his heart comes the answer: There is nothing to fear. These are my friends and I will not do them the in justice to suspect that one of them would lift a finger to injure me." This answer is honest and hearty and all the tragic proofs that such logic is not safe, at least so far as the chief executive of the country is concerned, do not aeem to apply in the case of the ordinary pub lic man who faces a crowd ot his own couutrymcn. WILLIAM E. MASON, United States Senator from Illinois. The Young Man's Chances. The progressive youth, reared in ft small town, chafes under the restraint of his environment. He longs for contact with the whirl and bustle of a metropoll tan city, possibly realizes his wish, and ultimately goes to ft large city like New York or Chicago, and, if you please, takes up the study of some profession. After several years of life in this whirlpool of activity, what does he come to see and feel? Simply this. that In the large city there is so much to see, to hear, to read, to study, so many of each kind, that all is confusion, lie finds that every day he is unconsciously drifting more and more into superficial habits, lhe mind is absorbed in receiv ing, and has no time for considering, and In a day s run out of town now and theu he can do more real thinking than in mouth amid all this confusion of opportu nities, To get the most out of life the young man must be moral, honest, energetic, ambitious and for all this, regardless of bis ability, he needs a stimulus, and what can be better than the calcium light of public observation under which he al ways walks in a smaller city. There he enjoys advantages, not so many as to THE HANOVERIAN TREASURE. Its Narrow caps from Capture by I be Prussian The story of the Duke of Cumber land's fortune has been Just related by Herr von Hassell. Tho Duke's father, George V., had a narrow escape of find ing himself both kiiigdoiuless and pen niless. The state treasures of Hanover were only placed in safety a few hours before Prussia declared war on the ex cellent blind king. The person who saved the financial part was Herr Klenck, Chief Secretary of the Ex chequer. He had to remove 720,000 thalera In silver, 39,000 crowns In gold, worth about 30 shillings each; 54,000 in Engllsli bank notes, 30,000 In Prus-; slan thalers, 250,000 in Hanover bank notes, and 10,000,000 worth of English, Dutch, French and other Government bonds. ' The gold crowns were packed in seventy-nine wine tubs, the bonds In ten chests, the Hanover bank notes In bales, and the thalers In crates lined with tin. This variety In the packing was to prevent notice being taken at the railway or the port of embarkation, where Trusslan agents were reported as on the lookout. These barrels and bales were taken by an ordinary goods train to an out lying station, and then rapidly shifted to a special train that was to go at full speed to Gresteinunde. It started at 11:30 p. m. on June 15, 18G0. But they had forgotten to order statlonmasters to keep the line lighted, and the engine- men had to creep along In momentary fear of an accident. The train was late for tlie steamer that was to take the treasure to England. The risk of taking It on board a Lloyd's steamer, the Bremen, had to be run on the night of June 17. "Klenck grew gray In the two days of suspense. Prussian nien-of-war were hanging about near the mouth ot the Elbe. The Bremen entered South ampton on June 19, and did not sight a single Prussian vessel on the way. London Truth. 'C3RANNY" AND THE PRINCESS. A Pleasant Ft rp or the Wife of the Kin j of KnaUnd. In the village of Dersingham. writes a Saudringbam visitor, there Is an old. old lady, living In the cottage at the corner, who Is very proud of many things in her little home. They were given her from time to time by Queen Alexandra. On sunny mornings "Gran ny" comes out In her white sunbonnct and potters about among her flowers. Then is the best time to talk to her. "The Queen V she says, with a pux !ed look. " don't know who you mean, sir." Suddenly she remembers, and a amile lights up the old eyes and plays with the wrinkled features. "Is it the Princess you mean?" she says. You tell her yes, and she says sud denly: "Ah, my dear, you don't know the Princess, do youf and then, speak lug softly aud smiling to herself, she tells you the following rharacteristlc tale: "One morning, two w inters ago let ma K, !. was a Tuesday, 'cause 1 waa LA Si w U.U.U--f confuse -there he has at once ft stand ing which he must so live as to maintain. In th great city individuality is reduc ed to ft minimum; prominent attainments give man no special prestige, except In small gatherings where his virtues may be explained In advance. All live at tne topmost speed, and so far as the public is concerned indifference is encountered on every hand, save among a small coterie of intimate friends. No matter where the man goes, he la ver among a few friends and great many strangers. For a man to make1 the most of his life and give the most to his fellows, he must be a substantial part ot a community and not a mere cog in the Intricate machinery of metropolitan activity, or, what is worse, an eager onlooker, with no chance to obtain a place In the crowded proces sion. And now with the great advan tages which the Bmaller cities afford with mail delivery, daily papers, tele phone, etc., reaching to the hamlets and farms the young professional man of to-day will find richer possibilities for himself than ever before in the smaller cities of our country. WEBSTER BARTON. Some New Laws Are Needed. I fully appreciate the excellence ot your political, econ omical and educa tional systems. Too much cannot be said in praise of the founders of this country for their foresight, but excel lent as are the ays terns they founded, they are not yet perfectly suited to all times. China Uvea too much in the past. I am sorry for it Her literature and Jier government are relics of the past. They were all right when China, waa isolated, but in these days of progress are inade quate for present needs. As to the strife which is almost con stantly being waged between capital and labor in this country, it is Bald that cap ital is antagonistic to labor. Why is this so? One is essential to the other. There should be a better application of the value of both. Trusts and labor unions should unite. Why should not disputes between capital and labor be taken into the courts like civil suits for settlement? Referring to'the immigration laws of the United States, this country needs restrictive Immigration laws of general scope and not laws that single out one race. If it is deemed advisable to make such laws, let the laws apply to all Asi atics and Europeans. I am sure the American people, who love fair play, will not enact legislation to oppress a people who are not in a position to retaliate. China has 350,000,000 people, and her Immense territory is able to support this population. Chinamen love home and have a horror of traveling abroad. All Chinamen, except diplomats who leave dolu' my bit o' ironln' there came a knock at the door. I didn't take notice. I thought It, were Jim, my son-in-law, and he Just knocks and walks In. So I went on with my iroulu'. Presently there came another knock. So I calls, 'Walk In,' but, betause the iron was nice and hot, I didn't stop. And there, my dear, it was the Princess and her daughter, and I'd kept them outside knot-king, and It was a bitter morning. I was so Surrled that I didn't know what to do. I stood with the heater In my hand, and all I could do was to make my curtsy. But her highness didn't seem to ralud It a bit. She says, 'Good-mornln', Granny. We Just walk ed In to see how you were this cold mornln'.' I had got over my flurry by this time, and dusted two chairs for them to sit on, and put my Iron ou the fire. But the Princess wouldn't have me stir. She turned to ber daughter and said, 'You take Granny's iron while she sits down and talks to me.' So the young princess took the iron and Ironed while I sat down and talked with her mother." ' Granny arose and went to a drawer. She took out a handkerchief with a gay colored border, and brought It across. "She Ironed that, my dear. Just as you see It. I put It away and never iiswl it since. Well, the Princess, her mother, and me talked. She told me as how she liked the country better than London, where she couldn't walk about or go out very much. Then she asked me about Jim, and Sarah, and the baby. I told ber the child was troubled with his teeth, and she said that she' remem bered quite well when her own babies were bad with their teeth and the trou ble she had with them. She stayed and talked for nearly an hour. I was afraid to ask ber to have anything, but she remembered my ginger wine,, and ask ed If she and her daughter might have a glass, because It was warming In 'winter time." London M. A. P. There are more thorns than rosei cn the path that leads to a woman's heart BICYCLE IDEA IN Here la a roilf-r skate that Is a sort of bicycle for the foot It has only Just been pateTKL The weight of the skater renting upon one foot pushes down a spring, which is so arranged by gearing with the rear wheel as to propel the whole mechanism powerfully. The skater need bardly do mor than walk along, and the macbln does the rest, pushing him ahead at a tre mendous speed. China, come from the province of Quan Tung. The treaty of 1888 was mnda to stop Chinese labor, but since, laws have been passed keeping out Chinese mer chants and tradesmen; consequently the high and worthy Chiuese do not get Into this country. WU TING FANG, Chinese Minister at Washington. No Antitoxin for Tuberculosis. As to the possibility of devel oping some antitoxin that would prevent one from acquiring tu berculosis, I think it very remote. The medical analogy between smallpox and tuberculosis is not tufflcit'iitly related to make the reasoning of one apply to the other. In smallpox practically everyone is liable to the disease unless vaccinated. With tuberculosis the human system es tablishes, through vital resistance, nat ural immunity from the disease. It Is only where the general health of the In dividual is run down that he is liable to contract the disease. On the other hand, In smallpox high systemic vigor does not, per se, immunize one. As a matter of fact we do not know how vaccine pre vents smallpox, neither do we know how nature cures tuberculosis. Of course we are pathologically familiar with the chanses that nature institutes, by lesions where tuberculosis is cured; but what there is in the system which produces or causes these lesions to form we are in ig norance. Therefore. In the present state of our knowledge, it would seem futile to hope for an anti-tubercular vaccine to be pro duced that would immunize the human race against the frightful acourge of the great white plague. The wise thing for all people to remember is the truth of the Scotch adaire: "It is easier to keep out than to get out." Hence all individuals lower vital resistance or those in whom throneh employment nd environment the conditions are at work to produce the pos sibility of tubercular invasion should at once remove themselves trom sucn excit ing causes. The best cure for tubercu losia ia the prevention of it. HOMER M. THOMAS, M. D. Unrest of the Rich. man who has made a fortune is never at rest He, be triiis by driving dol lars. He ends with the dollars driving -1 Uira. I have less time aow that I can call my own than ever be fore. I am busy all the time, early and late, mornings, nights and holidays. I am on tho jump all day, from one iniug iu another, until I swear that 1 won't see another man and will stop and go to the hotel. My secretary calls a carnage, watches until the coast is clear, and 1 dodire out. like a sneak thief, to avoid be- iug buttonholed by the people who want to tell me their' troubles. I get to the hotel and am waylaid again. I fly from there to my home, order the servants to say I am not at home and try to get a little time with my family. The world seems to be full of people wttntina- somebody else to do their work for them. I have found that only one person can help a man very much, and thnt is himself. If a man waits for some body else to lift him along, he will stay where he is in a majority of cases. THOMAS W. LAWSON. PROFESSOR WALLACE PAYNE. He tins Comp eted Thirty Years' Sei- vice at Carleton t'olle je. Prof. William Wallace Payne, who has completed thirty years of active valuable Rervlce at Carleton Col lege, Northflt'ld, Muss, Is one of the lest known astron oiiieis In America, and has done much to popularize his science and to build up the tronomleal work In the Inst It utlon with which he has been so long and riuiK. payne. go worthily con neeted. He was bom In Hillsdale Coun ty, Michigan, In 1837, and was gradu ated from Hillsdale College In 1803. In 1S71 be came to Carleton as professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, After several years of faithful work he succeeded In his long cherished desire of building an efficient observatory here. Iu 1882 he perfected the weather service, for which Northfleld is famous. Prof. Payne Is In excellent health, and looks forward to many years of useful activity. A Dangerous Man. "Papa has forbidden you" to come to the house. He says you are a dangerous iiinu." "Dangerous! What can ho mean?" "He snys you are the kind or a man who will hang around a girl all ber life and never marry her." Life. A man's bead Is so turned by a wom an in his courtship days that after be marries It revolves around so rapidly hi untwisting that It is likely to come off. Theme for a ghost story: A woman has a dead bird on ber hat; the bird suddenly bursts into song and scares the woman to death. ROLLER SKATES. and IK 'A .' 1 1 GEO. P. CROWELL, Ruccetwor to K. I Smith, Oldest Etabllshed House In t lie valley .J DEALER IN Dry Goods, Groceries, oots and bhoes, Hardware, lour and Feed, etc. TJii nl.eatjil.lished bouse will con tinue to pay cash (or U its goods; it pays no rent; it employs a ciera, out i . i ... will, a nsrlnnr. UU4TH Uyfc UHVO W u ma " ( " " - All dividends nre made with customers in the wav ot reasonable prices. . Davenport Bros. Are running their two mills, planer and box factory, ana can nil ornern iur Lumber Boxes, Wood and Posts ON SHORT NOTICE. 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