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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1901-6-20, Page 2A WICKED GIRL. nY LR OEOLL 'JAY. , (eoeignsoim.) Steed it is worse for me to say than @or you to he,ar—Oliver must he lost to -you too. Don't — oh, don't hiek at me as if I "Were cruel to ,you. If Yen only knew the agony this is to met" "Then why say ft, dear?" "Ella," Deiry cried, sinking, on her knees beside iier sister, if you would promise -- Nvithoet reason. in your love for ine; in your wisli to do -- what is right! If you would only promise without my telling!" "All this is unintelligible to me, Verry. But perhaps" — with a sigh --"it is sctu'cely worth while for you to try to explain. Is it not better that we should drop this subject be- tween us? It is surely time." "I told you," said Derry, rising and trying to suppress her passionate eagerneSs, as she met her sister's un - answering gaze, "that I thought --, I mean that perhaps Oliver Basset did not love you as you thought he did — as he thought he did. Now will you read this letter?" "le it to myself?" "No, it is to me; but you will road When Ella quietly refolded the pa- per and handed it back to her sister, every word had been committed to memory. "You see," queried Derry, trembl- ing in her agitation. 'fI see that all men are the same," rejoined Ella. " I suppose they can not help it when a woman leads them. You have done this for some purpose of your own," "If I have," cried Derry, passion- ately truthful, "does not it show to you how worthless his love is? You will not accept it, Ella? You will not. You ca,n not. I only did it to stronger than my will. I think it Wka,s-1".4te.", "But, Derry, you stayed for a mo- tive beyond that vain attempt of yours to find out what was after- ward voluntarily coafessed," said El- la, ousingly, "You have Stayed te win what you had evidently set your heart upomand Fate, in this case, may be interpreted into Oliver Basset. But I do not mean to re- proach you, for he will return to his old allegiance, I had his letter this morning; so I presume you accepted him after yoor interview with Inc. ough.t to wish you happiness." "NO, po," pleaded Derry, "Let us be honest if we can, Ella. I told you the truth. when I said that if you forced me to this step, it would kill inc. Happiness it has killed, in- deed." "To kill yourself is a sin, Derry," said her sister, with a slowsmile, "When is the -wedding like to be'?" "Never—I mean" (with a change of tone) "there is no haste." OU feel sure of Oliver?" 'V I ee.t, "Yet you look as if you meant that never." ' "What help is there for it now?" shall see. At any rate, don't leave to -morrow. Stay one day longer to please—Sambo." with a shudder. "Then you must give me this af- ternoon, for we ought to be togeth- er the last day. Will you drive with lite? 1 know a view you haven't seen; and though I don't say ,it is beautiful, it is interesting for our part of the world. You will come?" "How dully you say it, dear. I will promise you a brisk drive., for I have not driven my ,ponies for days, and they will be fresh. I woeld rather not bring them ,up to the mill lane. I will take them along the, gradual road if you don't mind meeting me somewhere on the north slope. Say you start frem here exactly at half past two, and go through the hr grove and on to - show you how little you had to give ward a cottage which is close to the up. How little you need care, I rond I am speaking of. You will could not love Oliver Basset. I will soon see me come." nevernspeak to him again, never see f'I know the cottage. It is old him again, if you will promise me to Lepperd's; and I will go in and see refuse him. Only say you will not h.ra, : foe he is 111. So if you dont marry him and I will go away from. See MO, you may be sure 'Ina in here at once. I will go to -day — now, if you Will only give me that th,e,re''' pronaise." Leppaid? Is he the father of that "And if I will not?" young fisherman who saw Steven !'But you will. Oh, Ella, my dear, BaFeSet drowning?'' "Who saw him in the sea? 'Yes." "Poor Derry" said her sister, with a little caress, "'You look as if you needed some change, 1 con glad I thought'. of that drive. Now I will not let you come a step with me. because you have your peeking to de; not that you ever used to make much of that, but you look so' tired. Good-bye, dear. Be punc- tual.'-' you, will,'' "If I will not?" persisted the younger girl, in her sweet, cold voice. "Then I — must marry him, and it will kill .me." "Why should you choose to kill yourself? You had better think." "Think!" cried Derry, pushing- the hair from her temples, and locking her hands behind her head, as she stood looking far away with wide and desolate eyes, "I have thought until I have longed for the only rest from thought that we can have — in death, Ella"- — with new, piteous entreaty — "give me that pronaiSe— that one .promise—and thedevotion of my whole life shall repay you." And. with a wave of her hand, Ella went down the lane to rejoin her aurae 14 the village, while Derry wished With all her heart she could meet her sister's eyes with the ,o3d. love in her own. For many Mitextes. she walked up and down in thought "No," said Ella, with her pensive lbefere. the mill, then seeing that the smile, "I can not promise not 'to i door of the parlor, which had been marry Oliver. We are engaged. His liSteven Basset's, was wide open, she love is mine, and he will be true to entered, pausing Within the thresh - me. Your unjustifiable encourage- 1 old and looking round with pain in rnent has enticed that letter from every throb of her heart. Once be - hire; but he has not really changed.T4fore, since she had been told of his mgaged to him. I aen" . (death, she had comeein to stand, as "Ella, it is not true. It is not Iis ina' 1 s a ; e d done on that first, mornieg . _, deed. He loved me first, and he i looking on Mrs. Frayd, s photo - loves me still. Such love as he ever lgrapii, while the memory of Steven's had to give, he gave to me; and it is words was about its being the I whom he wishes to marry. But I only wornan's likeness ever given will never marry him. We neither 1 h!.0, brought hot tears to fier e3es. of us will, neither of us. What is 1 Ain et ively now she turned to the there in him for you to same spot, but no, photograph was love? Oh, my dear," again fall- i 'there. This change positiVely hurt frig to her keces at her sister's side, 'her, for it had been a curious de - and taking the small steady white Ilight to feel that his room Was wait - hands into her burning clasp," come ,in juet as he had left it, just as he away with Me. You knoev how I have i would have returned to it on any, loved you. Come to father. We will i e. e . neither of us ever see this place oremary day. i When she saw Mrs, Frayd she at again. It makes us both wicked. Oh, 1 e Ella, come with me!" i once. in her frank way, spoke of hay - "No, thank you, Derry. You are ing been in, and mentioned the dis.ep- very excitable a.ncl you pain me. !pearance of the photograph which Please try to be differentS-1 ,hael stood in its old place througli who had been running away. irom - Tile docile, Unmoved tones had Mr. Basset's .absence. the •sister,se Penkus paused a mo - pierced Derry like a knife. Cold as 1 ".Yes, miss, it's gone," Mrs. Frayd met' , ' einto I: Panting as she stared into ice she rose to her feet. "There is . acknowledged with_ a rather lugub- Derr:1:S face. "1 sawr 'im! 1 now but one thing 1 can do," she risus oxPression• "I have had word saver 'im!" she gasped, and was said. "I must accept Oliver. I must ',at last where to send ivri-. Basset's abdul, to career on again when Derry save him as well as you." Iluee-aes, and 1 s all gone. "I don't understand you," said Ea s'pctee," hurrying on, as Derry look - la, plaintively; "are you making a ' ed wistfully questioning, "soniebody virtue of marrying — or rather of think s himself Mr. Basset's hex. theer, didn't yer say 'twee' nty eon? -and h ,ses mobbe I'm to ride quer- THE GREAT WHITE PLAGUE entitle afore enterin' a inless land, Mehhe so, eh, miss?" 'Is your son often here with OH. KNOPF SAYS CONSOMPT1014 you" ' CAN BE CURED. 'INever, scarce. Ile's got his "'Yin' to got, There's wheels." 3faur Eminent Men, CHISUMPtiVeIu to show lierSelf, a Derry went to theEcolltatagderewdouo; 11-toesnitoni,i Lived ta e Good, Old Age -- sibitity fIbuintelpitzifies—solike- her pordes as near as she could. 'Me thing About tiro National Sanitarium little groom sprung down 'irons be- assee4neaa hind; and when Derry had seated Can consramption be positively herself luxuriouslY *beside her sister, cured? lie backed from the ponies' heads, touched his corded hat, and turned Dr. Knopf, who is one of the great- hatiewurd, briskly walking. "For est a'uthorities on the subject of I inean to have you to iny- pulrnionery tuberculosis, Says that the self to -day, dear," Ella explained, as foregoing question can be answered they started slowly along the narre, with a very decided "Pas." Of ern - drive. "The Ponies are deliciously fresh, and eve will have a proof of inent men of t.he past who in their their Pace Presently. You are n'et youth or early manhood were declared nervous?" tole conseimPtive but who attained. "Why, Ella, you remind me of Amos ' nevcrtheles a Pickettes unfailing inquh'y whether More or less advancd e 1 have courage to 'old the 'orse."age, may be mentioned the German 'But Mrs. Frayd's little evooc14 poet Gcetlie, Napoleon and Peter animal is rather dierent, isn't it?' Cooper. Dr. Herralann Brehmer, one inquired Ella, smiling as her. critical gaze dwelt on the sleek,restive youee of the. foremlost German physicians animals she drove. was a consUmptive Ivhien he started "How was it you did not bring thie first sanatorium for tubercuos- Sarah?" inquired Derry, while .she is Patients in 1859 over which he Pre - was recalling Steven Basset's criti- sided for more than thirty years on her sister's driying, and in- dorsing it, for Ella did manage the with great .stuccesS. His nscst ceie- ponies wonderfully for a yound and brate,d pupil, Dr. D. T. Tweiler'enter- delicate girl. ed his sanatori-uni; aS a consumptive, "She did ask me to come—she became, Brehmer's assistant, and has actually did even to -day — but I re - since been over twenty-five years ac - fused her. She is sometimes really too presumptuous. This way is an tive as a medical director of the Fal. to you, isn't it, Derry?" , kenstein Sanatorium. Francis GDP - "Yes. I have never before been hes pee, one, of the greatest poets of mod- yond Leppard's cottage in this di- ern France, takes, delight in telling rectionS' "liyou like it?" th,at more than twenty years ago a e "Leppard's cottage?" life insuranc,e c,entpany refused to in - "Don't be absurd, Derry. Do you sure him beeause he was declarer' cola - like this drive?" presently. It sumptive and helve badly the coin - "I will tell 3'ou is rather a derogatory route for your PouY ought to feel now on account of stylish equipage. What will it be having bit his premiums for the in - further on?"tervening years,. There are Comes - "Of course we descend into 'the level road again; but in the meantime ands of such cease where people, once we shall turn one corrier, ,where „the declared consu,neptive by competent view will strike you, I think. „people phy.siciente, have ultima.tely recovered call it worth looking, at; so mind eou -and Pursued theia: vocationin ilade for _ are ready. It is rather a sharp tau n years a.fterward ,With anpa re v —at least you may think so— but gf)erle etatestiee of sanatoria for con - Y00 know that my ponies and T titer - °uglily understand' each other.'.' ousaptive,s where patients in all stag - along the bridle -road that cut tit ethsiaf 251:111p3erd• Ic'sieanast°1eaarvee, ItIS,esee'"iavbetdso'lushteolNyv They were going quite slowly. still cline. On Ella s side the ascentecaliealS- ' cured" and 45 tie 59 par oent leave gradual to the crest of the dowes, a ainugaGi.lin ilucaPpaavired'enas aeljaYrnoifngthtehinetib:lilinVS-‘ soft grassy slope. Oh Derry's-- side ing. In institutions where. only pa - the descent was more abrupt; .end she thents in the early stages of the di - was looking dreamily doivn it when „ease are received, as many as from her sister called her attention., to a TO. tle 715 per cent have been cured. small object in advance. "Whaitlittle Nat only the living, but the dead, give lunatic is it?" she asked. us absolute proof of the curability of Racing on et, the side of the , road tubercuteele of the. lungs. In the in front of the:al was a tiny stunted poet -mortem exaiminations of many figure which was famiiiar 10 Derry. individuals wive have died of 'other The child had nothing over ,,,heie pine- diseases than consumption, healed fore, an.d her scanty black leeks were scars are foinard in the, lungs giving blown every waybythe WindS as she visible evidence of healed tuhercu- sped on,, her head never tueniiag, her lois. Statistics concerning this oe- whole attention evidently _on. some- currence, show that the number of ,thing before her, not behind; ; seine- such caseg diSecivered at post-morteru thing to which she ,was ilymgitt he examinations' is nearly 25 par cent. top of her small speed; 'unlooking, un- 1)r. Knopf is responsible for the fol - listening for.anything toefellet,y; "I do not think it an ex - "Do stop, Ella, and take up tstet aggeratien to nay that of all chronic little elf," pleaded Derry,- "It jray clbseaseg, tuberculosis is the most poor little aged child from_,Har- Curable, and of late years the m,ost •racks.". frequently cured." After theee "She wants to be run over," "ob-rning the curabi- glad tidings cronce, served Ella, tightenieeher reins; "at., lite, of tutberculosAis in general and least she does not seem to care particularly cS the form so very whether she is or not Starupering in much feaed-tuhexculoeils of the that hteadlong fashion. „lungs, it t may be interesting to know . "Just take her as feter as she is rac- hew consumption i,s treated and ing to, will you?" entreated Derry, cured. It is not cured by quacks, by without a smile. "I will hold her be-, patent medicines, nostrums or other me. It can not be fa,r that the poor seczytelyre,merlies, but Solely and ex - little mortal wishes to go. May we?" ey seientific and judicious "You are very much in earnest, niall'x'',danfe,afrO111 triciv\alk,tera'gagb;, Derry: How sould I refuse you?" was the gentle' answer; and guiding meat: vegetables, fruit, and the help Ella overtook I the hurrying figure car,eful .0s,uttose.tratnaoieno, constructive medicinal her ponies asidesas far as she could, tcgether With very watching ancl nuretirig by and drew up. skilled medical attendance. Not the "Penkus,''aid Derry, turning to most bieautiful climate, not the most face her, "come here," delightful resort can cure the con - The command, though sud- .sumptive patient if he is not wisely den, was so pleasnat and kind guided in hie treatmlent. Strict mee that it might have stopped a child (Veal supervision is , absolutely essen- {Sat tio guarantee a cure. NPany people are asking to -day "What is a Modern sanatorium for .consuraptives?" It is an institu- tion usually situated in a healthy lo- cality, somewhat elevated, relatively 'free fretua dust and traffic. Only pa- tients Suffering from! tuberculosis are received. , The grea.te,st care is eierelsecl every'where, in buildings and in surroundings, to avoid thla pos- sible translraission of the disease to employees, visitors or neighbors of the inetitution, and equally great -care is exercised to prevent the re-afectitna of the patients theniselves. The hygenie and preventive ineastrres of these miodern sanatbria are. Be thor- ough that it may be said one is in less danger of becoming infected with the gernale if consumption there than anyw'here' else. There is no re- cord that any Of the physicians, nurses or eraplioyees in such an insti- tution have contracted tuberculosis. It seeimis be u5 that this is a very goiod proof of how easily infection can be avoided when physicians and pati- ents work together to combat the tubercle bacillus,. Another very in- teresting observation is that in calities where sanatoria for consump- tives are situated, the Mortality from this disease analsn,g the local inhabi- tants" has markedly decreased since the establiehment'of the, institutions. The splendid hygenic and preventive Measures' instituted in the sanatoria. have been vs.Ouritarily imitated by the focal inhabilante and as a result,,the inertalitY•from this disease has rapid- ly decreased. 'From all the statistics available, we are glad to note a DI1- artimaty cif opinion that from everl- conSueted so,n,a,COri.a for consumptives, no danger Call possibly arise Irom them to the surroundings. In Canada, practically the only fir.st-class irtstitutiOn for consump- tives is the Muskoka Cottage Sana- torium eituated near Gravenhurst on the shore of Lake Muskoka. This famous institution has treated over 400 patients in the, three yeavs of its laietory and has shown results of the meat surprising' and encouraging char :toter. Ti's' reput a t ion has be- come wo rid -w i de. Patients have been treated from, the variene Prov- inces of the Dominion, from ecdne parts of the ,United States, from :Europe and South Africa. Owing to the peculti a rly eX(tel1e31?:, climate and the expert medical skill employed, it held her. The child had been going to shake herself free from the detain- ing touch, but after a fugitive glance into Derry's amused eyes she stood trying to marry (for Oliver is engage They do say nobody dies leitliout motioe?ess., muttering with a frown ed to me), — the man you have been 'Saving a heir in this world; eo, I on her wizen little face, "I sawr 'im. - openly encouraging?" • ts'pose it's right," I want to lie' quick." 'Who eameeo - ''You 'would tunable down in an - "Ella, the raystery that brought me here has been solved. I know who— "Only a man," with hasty negli- other minute, and never sawr caused the death of Oliver's brother. geace, as if the heir ought . at Jeast Oh, Ella," Derry had spoken first to have had .the grace to be of 'come in the same icy tones, with her eyes ocher sex. And when she had elms hidden, but the voice had faltered delivered herself, Mrs. Frayd did a intio its old passionate tenderness, thing so unusual With her 'that Derry and the beautiful entreating eyes sat pondering it until summoned to again sought "Come with me het:, early dinner— she voluntarily away from here. Let us both go--tsectinie silent, , away. I will be so true to youSthat 1'u:tett:ally at the time arranged ann.: round that little object?" YOU shall miss no caee such as Oliver Derry left ITarraolc's, idling on her anirel can give you1 mean"—seeing woe", utterly unlike the Derry of old "You don't mind, Ella, do you? incredulous smile—"that 1 will do days, who had grudged every nuii4ie 1 suppose her father is in front, just all I can to prevent your missing weeted alone which she might havn round that bend, most probably; him. I will never leave you -- all-- speet with Elia. It was a pletisant; and we can pot her down the mo - my life." little stroll in the April sunshine, ment she reaches him. She is utter - ''1.1 you loaow anything,'' said Ella, over the "low back of the bushless ly exhausted." • as if only the former part of her sise 'downe," and on the cottage neer , "Little silly for racing so," ob- ter's speech needed answering, "You the beldle-road` along the. -slope. As served Ella, with a still kind ,smile limoW that sonle one came between she eiltered the kitchen tv lisher.maii, for the child. "I would put her Miles and inc. 'Yet you threaten to who bad been standing :near the big cloen if, I were yen, Derry; but if collie between Oliver and me. Be it donit.v-covered chair .i'of the old you will not, why, you will not! ,so, Derry. You mast do as You invaucj, moved away; and went mit just at t,he turo there the descent choose.;' through it door atethe back of the on your side has been quarried, Do, as she choose! r00111. Derry looked after him. thiee,o , The words stunped her. and she inost wistfully, tli,itaking that ' would ' '13 u t Whet difference will i hat ` stood quite still; 'mowing that if be Lepluird,s eon,. tile young falai._ she moved yet, she, must grope her t man. Veho had been the last to eee make?" risked Derry, in simple . sure prise. ",The child will be quite still. way from Ella's n _resence like 'me 'Steven Basset. She had often sviell- She can not frightbn the poUies, end blind. ed that she Might chalice to see him. they are like landis in your hands,'' "F am sorry my corning in clis- "You have hampered yourself of furled your son, Leppan'ett," she said, lyoer own accord." in her sweet spontaneous way. "e ill whet cen you mean?" asked again,'. said Derry, in that friendly le -ay cif hers that waS irresistitle, theuedi' she was smileless. "WiSastre goinge very, very, very qnfick,, tend sawr 'ire again in a minute. Get your breath now. I have you eare'S stand .still." "Are you really going to hold your CHAPTER .I.I. Which -day clo you leave, IierrY?", 'To-ni meow.' ' "So Soon? :Why is that dear?" "I want," said Derry, rather. brok- enly, "dad ---and my -work — and home," ''I do not wonder," Was the gentle reply, "You know that I have only evonderecl who you stayed so long Why yon came at, 'Wondered! I haw: wondered til cic of won cl reg ,. why 1 came Why I cared, I tleink the, pewee that t' 'imaItt rile'. that 1,4,1)1; Ille, 143t oEle? eh?" quavered the old sailor. Derry tm.aier anxiously to book )n - "MY son.? Oh, him has jest went, to her oieter,s face, out. do, Hers got lots to (Io. hafarit was safe enough run- I.et hint go." ning by herself; but now, if any- _ . eyes," said , Derry, quaintly. "I thixtg have let hini go, How are you to 'Tut what Ca/I ha,pprin? Do you" day, Le1tal'cl?"(in a lo•tif unfamiliar voice)', "expect "Jost tired, miss, mortal tired. o,a..,,theig: to happens", , gest 1..voncle,riel' and rriarvelin' why tentings happen te ether people; the Leial A'rniglity laas kap' me so why not, to us? Never mind. Yon 1, long laeldn' up tint.) down outsida did it ta rest the puny little Mortal hat'hore when want to go in Inand td ' , on - e ielieher .You generally ent ei take up a' oveely anehf,tige.,I've nest .S !Aim ds went out ,(TO DE CONTINUED.) is rapidly t.aleing first place anseag the leading sanatoria of tho world. lt sectils to'11$ talut Such institutions' should becoMo Inc more nunierous in this OcantrY. It is Very ranch bete tor Lot' Public health and for the pati- ents thealiselves that they should, be gathered into, hospitals where this one disease' eiS treated. The InajOritY wil not only be cared, but will re- turn to their homes as missionaries of good healthainforroing their friends as to thie tree nature of consumption and instrhecting Ahem hew to check its ravage. The education,a1 value of m!odern sanatoria is of the greatest importance, and only .when they be- come numerous and are patronized by the great majority of those afflict- ed will there be any asSurance that this plegnia-'-the greatest enemy of nalankind--can be staniped out. MUNICIISAIATIES AND CONSUMP- TION. A municipAlity has exceptional op- portunity fon-effective work in check- ing th,e ravages of consumption. The Statutes, especially in the Province of Ontario, are suggestive of local measures which if adopted by the ma- jority of municipaliniee would effec- tually cheek the epreed of tubercu- teats. There is no re0.5011 why the local Board of Healibi in each com- munity should not -be empowered to examine for tuberculosis all meat of- fiered for sale and wherever any, is found diseased; it should be destroyed. Thie situation throughout the coun- try demands a most rigid periodical inspection of all animals 'furnishing milk and butt,er to 0011511111ere, the Prompt removal of all suspiciotni cages and above all, a thorough control of t.jit hamedaatiiyist. in the interestsp of ublic Each. municipality • should enforce etriet, prohibitory lalwis with refer- ence, to expectoration in public plaices., especially on the sidewalks, in public belle, conveyances, etc. Each kcal community ehauld make provi- sion for tbm proper disinfection of the roonti and homes of deceased and siek bonsumptiveS; also for the peri- odical inspection of the children go- ing to school, and those found to be Infected should be removed and plac- ed under treatment. The National Sanitarium As,soeiation suggests that each natuntiteipality ettganize a local branch of the Association for the pur- poere of creating public opinion !with reference to these very matters and to facilitate the dietribution of litera- ture and the delivering of lectures, health talbe, etc. This will mean practical co-operation with the na- tional Movement in checking the spread of this dread disease. NATIONAL' 'SANITARIUM ASSO- CIATION. Great praise is due Lard Strath - cone a.nd Mount Royal, Sir Walleye IS., :Meredith, the luta Hart A. Massey, W. J. Gage and the many other bead- ing Canadianphilanthropists who have inangurated and pushed so zeal- auely this movement in behalf of those of our fellow citizens who are sufferin,g from. pulmonary tubercu- leteis Or conisumption. In a short series of' articles preceding this, we have endeavored to theow some light 0/1 the character of the disease, which this Assceiation is striving. to com- bat. Eminent physicians through Canada are beginning to realize the magnitude and importance of this un- dertaking and are gradually awaken- ing to the fact that there is not ques- tien at the beginning of this cen- tury of greater moment than thin Lord 13,eaconsfie1d has properly said "that pubitie health is the •foun,da- tion on Which reposes the happiness of the people and the power of the country;" When it ila remembered that 40,000 or S0,000 of our fellow citizens are annually afflieted with this dread disease, of whom perhaps 7,000 or 8,CO3 sibe, ws can begin to es- timate the extent of ite destructive power upon . our comparatively meagre population. It may be taken for granted that duringthe last ten years, between 65,000 and '70,000 of our people, the majority of whom were in the prime of life, have succumbed to this ,terrible scourge. If w,e' stip- pone that each individual was worth 4500 per year to the State -doubtless, nuanY' of them were worth hundreds of thourearid,s of dollars to the State -the. anival leeenathic loes calculated en :dials basis is enough to "stagger' humanity." Who can measure the suffering, the privatkon, the poverty and the ilistress,follewing , in the wake of .stuele appalling naortality? The National. Sanitarium A.ssocia- tion took the initiative ju becoming incorporated by a Special Act of the Dominion Parliament to ee-tabliSh in- stitutionfor the treatment and cure of persons affilated with pul- monary disease. The trustees have cautiously but zealously peished the campaign of education and have en- deavored by precept and example to Make the people acquainted with the character of tuberculosis or •con,su,mp- tion. When they started this move- ment, they Were met with eerious dis- couragement, and, in fact by etrenu- CU'S opposition from many quarters. Many people have the, impre,F.sioni that because large -hearted, benevo- lenAy7n,Vn.ded nom to ter some move- ment, which means wide -spread and tasting goad, they must be actuated by sin:etter motives'. Nothing could be more absurd. Men who are will- ing to invest large sums of money and to devote , their time to interests .seteh'es the', deserve the hearty syne- pothy eni ceeep.raroe 'prey ry rihi- armnded citizen. We hope that: in- dividuelle and municipalities will co- op,irate with this Association and the public generally will lend it aid in checking tha .spread of consumption and in making 'provision for the iso- lation, treatment and cure of those euffering from the disetagt. NOT SO SERIOUS. It is related that two persons, one of them a wheelman, and the other an opponent of bicycling, were dis- eussing the chances of injury through riding a bi.cycle. Injury? Pooh! I've been riding three years, and I've had only one accident, and that wasn't serious, What, did you break in that? Only a leg, Only a leg! T should think that was enough for any ordinary per - Oh, but, it was the leg of the man who taught me to ride. 1101if TO GET FREE TRIP SOME SHIPS' PASSENGERS WHO DON'T PAY THEIR FARES. Clever Ways of Beating the Steamships 'Purser and Card -Sharper in Leaguti -Man and woman Play a Cleve r Trick, Some time ago a man hit on a plan that not only enabled 'him; to travel aorta* "the herring: pond" 'without' paying passage Money, but proved at the same dime a very Profitabl .soarce of inectme. With the help of the purser of the vessel on which he generally crosised he Secured a berth' without paying a penny. On the, voyage he allwayS posed aa a. quiet, unassuming man of lode: pendent means; he woulil very often join in a 'quiet game of cards, with thee gamblers of the tidp, as a result of 'which ha nearly alwaye managed to clear a suis far in exeess,' of that Which ought to havo been paid for 14N5 lefeadrleeisis to Say he Syne one of the nietit skilful card-sharpere in exist. ence. In leagaie him! was ri/ae purse.r-e very linpor tent personage on a. liner, as all travellers will testi- fy-whie received as hush Monty a., very 'nice litth; isum.every trip from. tire sharper. But murder will tut,: and eventually the whole truth of the business came ceite though not before,. the purser and the sharper lead netted: a fine. haul from the unsuspecting card -players who were their dupes. A man ivhie, had booked his passage to the Statue was one evening walk-, ing down a quiet byeeetreet in South- ampton, England, when he was , SUDDENLY POUNCED ON frOM: behind and stunned by an unx seeen assailant before he had had any! time to defend hinneelf. !When. he. came to his sentses it was to fincillim- self lying, clad in clothes that wortild. have disgraced a ecarecrolel, in a miserable attic. Feeling ill a.nd dizzy, he rose to hie feet and totter -- ed out of the 'house, ,which was an!. empty one, Refound . that he had. been lying there, evidently drugged,. for a night and a day, that theheat on which he. had booked hie passage. had sailed, and that he was penniless,. and without any of hie belongings. leuekily he had a friend in South- ampton, whom he was able to rely on dor help ancl as he was a well-to-do, roan, ,the affair wes not ece serious. a,s it Might have been. Per 'Some- I:11.De hie thought that the outrage was.' merely a common case of aseault, but ahen he ferund that he had apparent- ly ea:led t,e, New York on 'the liner( on ;which hit had hooked his passage, he. realized that he ha.d merely been the • means of providing some ruffian, w'.ho had ',staceessfUlly impeesonated him, with a first-claes fare to the States.. Neither did he ever euee,eed in run- ning to ca,rth the author of the - cu trags. One of the nalost impertinent trick. over playedcie a ateamship cern:- pany was perpetrated by 'a man and, woman The man had come aboard the vessel -an Australian liner and -,,vith him. his Wife, a pretty, feels-- tonahlyedressied girl, her eyes red with weeping at the prospect of saying good' -bye to her husband. They ,were the Most a,ffectionate couple einceivabli. Bystanders' eyed, grew dine at the sight of so much , . LOVE AND AF.FECIIIONd . At last came the Iva:ming that all visitors were to leave the vessel. The woman gave a ,chrtek and fell In a slweon at her hashanelts feet. . She was hurried down below by her frene z kd h'uaband, who .'1dVas appa,ren tlyi- ren&ered incapable of eoherent ac-- tborn ehip got ,under way, and the ArCill/aD wasetended by the ship's dec. tor. For a .whole day and aetteghi, she lay comatose; at laet shes,slowly, began to come round. 11 was, then : - found she had no money, her husband only a very little. beyond his Spree The hat was passedround' the ship: and the Money for the poor young. wife's PaeSa•ge, „speedily raised, 'and. something in addition. • A year afterward.; the, captain of tha liner received a letter from Syd- ney confeaeing that the whole ,affair had been a carefully worked out ‘scheme. The couple had not been at the. time 'man and wife. The Man had been sent abroad by his parentsi, ansi tlae.girl, a pennilees orphan had in determed to go .with She had Scan on the etage;-and 'had worked out the' Little anaemia that hadbeen such a el:recess that she' had Obtained her passage -Money as related. „ Of, course, the kind-hearted pa,sSen- gers had hem Only too ready to be- lieve the plameible oceurrence that hall been enacted before their eye. l'OLLOWED INSTRIJOT'IONS. At Gloucester, some time ago, a, map was sentenced to one month's hard labour for stealing a bottle of inedicine that lie had been ast'Oed to deiiver hy the doctor in the village in which he lived. Some months after 11C WIRD brought up 051 a sill-ti- lercharge, and when 'ha -Lhe dock Was asked what be had to say in de, fcmce, Well, your honor, he replied was asked by the doctor to call again for :mother patient's medicine, mix the bottle stood on the doctor's desk labelled: To be taken as before. Ho was discharged, amid roars of 1 aug later . A VERY SMALL HORSE, The smallest horse in the world 15_ a little aninaal thn,t is carried arouild cby ii;s arry aki er in enorape ctrms as chdd might at It as the offspring of a pet Shetland Polly that talces part in the prodttc- tion of a drama in a New York theatre, The little anintal is ex- tremely lively and is a great favorite with the ruenibers of the coinpany, New Zealand ha e so inany rapid streams and rivers th n t their.; We Ler inight easily be etilleed 10 oupplet mot,ive-power for machielec,V...