HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1904-8-25, Page 31 linnitlinlnrielnintnninini"Vrilleirrif The Strange Case of Dr• 44++++ntion,4444+44+01,444-4-Heff The sun, creeping over the cornice, had reached the west wall of the hospital.. in Ward•Twenty-two tb.e • nurse laid aside hey book and step- ped eoftly across the room to draw the. elittde. Slight though the sound, it woos - 'rad the old man in the bed, He stir- Orea„ yawned; thrust forth a band- aged arm, and then a sound one, ned stretched rather cautiously. A ' • slight . smile, almost wistful, flitted ,. across his bearded face as he caught the nurse's footstep. She had been his one diversion, his solitary dis- traction, for seven weary weeks -- ever since the night they dragged the unconscious ruin of 'his former self from beneath the burning timbers of the' passenger-train—and none knew so well as he how potent had been 'her aid in the long fight for his We and his sight. "Nurso what time is it?" "Five minutes to one." 'Dear me! Have I slept so long? Why, he'll be here at two, won't "De. Bruce? Yes." "Ile's- going to take these band- ages oil my eyes to -day, isn't he?" . inquired the patient eagerly. "I think so. Everything has gone beautifully." . "Clooduess! it'll be grand to :look around again and see thingsi'M • wondering what you look like, nurse. • n've never seen you." "You will presently," laughed the girl. "And me,". said the old man sober- ly—"I'll get a chance to 'see what's nn't of Tom 13rierley—eh? Those kids 4.1irt get off all right, didn't they?" "Without so much as a scratch." Then innate sentiment superseded the • professional, calm for a moment, and • the girl cried: "Oh, it was splendid of you, Mr. Brierley! It was the most magnificent bravery I ever heard of How did you over dare to go back into that fire for those .ehildren after you yourself had sue- cencled in escaping?" -They's 'a' been there yet if I ••liadn'ti" snapped the old man. "It wan just my duty." • "Duty!" murmured the girl. "Yes, day!" repeated Brierley al- dnost doggedly. "I've always done my duty. That's how I came to be ee made chief constable in the town ;came from!" he finished proudly. "I don't wonder." "Only two fellows ever got away 'from me," continued the patient, re- miniscently. "One of 'em died; the -other tallow he got clean away, and • I'm glad of it. Jim killed a man; 'but—oh, I don't know! He did it -when hie blood was up." • "Was Jim. the -- nuniderer?" .asked the nurse absently. ,• "He wasn't no murderer at heart, nurse. That's why I'm so glad I • z-tever caught him. If I was to meet him to-raorrow I'd have to take him back; but it'd hurt me. But he .ain't got a great deal to fear now, nurse," sighed the old man gloom- ily. "It wouldn't be much work • getting away from a cripple like me, ovould it?" "There, Mr. Brierley," said the girl soothingly. "Don't worry about It. Just wait until Dr. 133ruce takes • off the bandages and you look around again. You'll forget all about the ;other." "Mebbe so. There aren't many - things worse than being blind. This Dr. Bruce must be a smart man — eh? Theme aren't many could have put my eyes together again in the way he did." "Indeed there are not. Hardly an- • -other surgeon would have attempted 4" JIM XPItheWN0111" "e�: Jim Mathewson," lie Raid quietly, seatiug hinateelf on the edge Of the bed. "Jim—Jinx!" muttered the old man, staring in fescination at the Man beside him. "Ara -are you Dr. 13ruce, Jim?" "That is the name I took twenty paean ago." "And you're a doctor now?" "Yes, I've been practising here for nearly Afteen years." ."You niust have done a let of good, Jim?" "I hope so," said the doctor simp- ly. "Oh, Jim, why did it ever hap- pen?". Brierley's griezled head sank to his chest in grief-stricken contempla- tion of the discovery. 11. The surgeon regarded hint thought- fully. Ife knew perfectly the confliet which raged in the old man's mind. He had foreseen it all for weeks. "Jim," the chief constable said, looking up finally, -you did kill Peabode, didn't you?" "Yes; 1 killed him!" A wave of anger, the first sign .of emotion. crossed the impassive face. "I never blamed ye, Jim. But, oh, think what it means, boy! I've got to take you back there!" "I know it," replied the surgeon, calmly, "It's hanging! And it's rny duty to take you back to that!" "I know that, too." ."You do?" the chief constable blazed out. "Then why do you alt there and stare at me? Why dou't you clear out? I can't shop you, Jim. Go, boy, and keep out of my sight till I can leave this townt” The doctor smiled drearily. "It isn't that, Bill. I've thought it all out years ago. There's a man's blood on my hands, and I, made up my mind that if the law ever asked roe to pay for it, Ink pay, I should never have gone back you may guess that easily enough;' but somehow I knew I'd have to answer for it sooner or later." "You're a fooll" cried Brierley violently. "Moreover, I'm treating you pro - professionally." continued the sur- geon, with a faint smile. "You're not Well yet, by any means." "Jim"—the old mail choked; he leaned forward and clutched the oth- er's knee as he stared hard into his face—"Jim, you knew me when you saw me first, didn't you?" "After the accident? Yes." "And you knew I'd recognize you if 1 ever got my sight back?" "I wasn't sure. I've .changed 1n1U.T3 :UN TO .EAT RAZED If,COTFIS IN BA'rTER, ARE EXCELLEN'In A.nd Wasp Clubs Cooked in the Comb Constitute a Real Tit -Bit. In many parts of Africa the Goli- ath beetle is considered a great dainty. Locusts are, of course, re- gularly served at table in many parts of the world. In Menico a kind of caviare ot ants' eggs is highly es- teenied, fetching so much as twelve and sixteen shillings a pound says Pearson's Weekly. ' TOrkisla women eat cockroaches eooked in butter in order to fatten •themselves. in Brazil, a species of bread, called hautle, is made from caterpillars. 1-iees aro eaten in Coy - Ion Curried termites constitate one of the dainties of the Niger hinter- land. The sweet, fat maggot of the palm-tree,beetle is served up on the tables of West Inclitan epicures. There are, too, more insect eatern in England at this prbsent moment, than most people are aware of, al-. though it must be admitted that they constitute but a very insignifi- cant minority. of the population. Of course, no one would advocate utiliz- ing for food insects that feed on car- rion, or even on meat or fish. We. have agreed to banish the •flesh Of earnivoroes animals from our tab- les, And we should take a like course as regards carnivorous in- sects, A ragout of bluebottles is as uothinkable an item of a dinner menu as would be stewed tom cat. A MENU OF INSECTS. The insects that are good for tho food of civilized man, and those that are not, are perfectly well known. Here, for instance, is a typical insect mene, of which no one need be afraid to partake, since every item has boon known And esteemed by iusect eaters for generations post. It was served, not long since, at the table of a rich London epicure, who is also an enthesiantle advocate of an inseetar- ian dietary. Green Caterpillar Soup. Fried Locust with Woodlouse Sauce. Curried Cockchafers. Wasp Grubs Baked in the Comb. Stag Beetle Larva on Toast. Moths Baked le Batter. Devilled Wirewornis. Grasshoppers an gratin. The above does not sound very at- tractive to unaccustomed ears. But if we take and analyze each separate item, we Shall And that we havebe- fore us a meal to which not even the most fastidious feeder could pos- good deal." sibly entertain any. real objection. "But, taking the chance, you did The green caterpillars, for instance, what no other doctor could have that conmose the soup, feed entirely done—you saved my eyes, when you upon vegetables, and mostly upon could have gone free by leaving me the particular vegetables most relish - blind?" •ed by man, such as cabbages and "It's my work," smiled the sur- lettuces. In appearance the soup geon. itself is not unlike clear turtle, while "Jim," said Brierley at last, "are its fa-vor is delicious, you married yet?" He saw the in- effable pain that had sprung into the surgeon's eyes. "I don't want to FREED LOCUSTS ARE TASTY. The loeusts which constitute the make you feel no worse, but are second course, have, as everyone is you?" aware, been esteemed by gourmands "No," murmured Mathewson gag- the world over, and 'from the re- ing at the hand with which he drum- moteist antiquity. "Eat ye the lo- med on the little table, "not Yet . 7 . cust after his kind," was the Bibli- nGoing to be?" • cal injunction; and we know that "I am engaged. We had hoped to John the Baptist is recorded as hay - marry in the spring," ing lived for scene considerable time "Did you tell her about old Pea- upon "locusts and wild honey." body?" There are, of course, many ways of "Certainly!" said the docton preparing them. They can be feeeid,- . sharply. "Do you suppose—" "Did she forgive you?" • . "I told her the whole story, and— yes, sfie 'forgave men! after their legs ana wtogs have been plucked off, which was, as a matter of fact, the process adopted in this particular instance. Or they may "Then look here, Jim," said the be powdered and ha , does not mean that all hope of find - old man vigorously, "it a good woe or curried; or bollecl, turning red, ie . , mg a cure for cancer has been aban- men o ' • h . e like lobsters, in the, process. to go back there and got a rope equal to shrimp, which it much I dotted ery of a cure now than there has ,saarendwiehes under the idea. that they enjoying themselves. , minute that the Almighty won't do made with fresh butter, our, milt, I properly to forgive you, d'you think for a The woodlouse sauce, fil . ,_ I ar rom that, indeed. There is, ' I it, too? D'YoU think he wants you Popper and salt, will be found fully h re- as a well-known authority on cancer Points out, more hope of the discov- pies, smoky tea and ants in -the to picnics, patiently- enduring mashed round your mak?" iambics in taste. Indeed, the wood- ever been before. "I don't know. At any rate. go ahead and gat well," concluded Mathewson, arising and touching the 1501. "And when you're fit for tray - ked into cakes. identleel, with the (losses, Willett the old Roman opieures used to fatten for their tables upon flour and Wine. The ninth eourSe should be served steaMing hot, slime there is no more appetizing color titan that Mafia -time from i plump baked moth. DEV1141,,ED WIREWORMS. are eaton in the form of a paste, spread upon sippete of toast, and taste not unlike arichoviee when treated in similar fashion. Many people might, perhaps, ob- ject that a menu, made up entirely of insects sounds as if it would. be lack- ingin variety. But this •is not so, There is Ito flavor ef flesh, fish, or fowl that is not reproduced in the insect world, • Still, for the benefit of those who would like to try insectarianiam, but by slow degrees, it, may be 3nention- ed that there is in exietenee in Lon- don a Society known as the Q4.1i).'s (which stands for Queer Eaters), wbose atiesiott it is to educate 'pee, ple's tastes in this direction. The members dine monthly, under the presidency of a. cosmopolitan savant, learned in gastromornyeaed the ment. always comprises one or more insec- taritut items. Thus, at the last gathering whieh took place only the other day at et well-known hotel in the vicinity of Covent Garden, pickled locusts con- stituted the hors d'aeuvres; while for entree white -worm fritters were enjoyed. GLACE WHTTE WORMS. Specially imported from. Provence, this "worm," really the larva on a kind of dragon -fly, is a great deli- cacy. He is rouncl, fat, and juicy, and is fried in white of egg.. So treated he becomes a clear crystal- line rod, which snaps between the teeth, anti melts on the tongue like bonboe glace. 'At forthcoining banquets it 15 in- tended, so it. is said, to strike a new culinary note by combining insect and ordinary food in the same dish. Ca,ulikloweee, for instance, will be served. gerelehed With •caterpillars. There will be braised fowl and chry- salides. Fish is to be eaten with ant -egg sauce, or not at. all. And • the souffle will appear at table with a. garniture of sawflies. Such experiments as these deserve the whole -hearted • support of all those who are not blinded by pre- judice. If the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one existed before, is to be classed as a public benefactor, what snail be said of him who increases the available food supply ol the people by a hun- dredfold. And this might be done. It is only •necessary to create the demand. The supply would easily be compassed. Insects are tremendously prolific. Even now many species swarm sea- son after season in great abundance. Specially cultivated and reared for food, and kept in bounds, as they then would be, there would be prac- tically no limit to their numbers, save only man's need of them. 11••••••••••••.•••••1.••••••••=mme HOPE NOT YET. GD -NE. Experts Hopeful that Cure Will be Found for Cancer. misittioteg About tho litelliPelte0110011 SOME GOOD lelcIrL13.3 RECIPES. The picifling season is at hand, and in every well regulated home the hou.sekeeper is "doing up thlogs" for winter consumption ; Here are a few well tried and excellent recipes : Stuffed Peathes—Rub the down off medium sizmi pettenes and take out the stoue, leaving the peach Whoin. Soak over night in salt water, then fill the eentre of each with grated horseradish mixed with a little celery seed aed a bit of ginger root. Tie each peach with a bit of white darn- ing dotton, peek in a stone jr and cover with a hot spiced and sweet, ened 'vinegar. They are very nice to eat wiLli moate Sweet Cucumber Pickles. ---Wipe the cucurnbers and pack them in jars. To each gallon allow a handful of salt, • and pow on boiling water enough to cover. Let stand 24 hours and then repeat four of nye mornings, or till the cucumbers taste of the salt. Drain evell. Put three pints • of vinegar in a kettle with four cups of brown sugar and a, tab- lespoonful of mixed spices sewed in a muslin. bag. Boil and pour over the cucumbers, Repeat every morn- ing for two or three times, then pack in jars or crocks, heat fresh spiced vinegar and. pour over them and seal. • Tomato Sweet Piekle.—A. peck of green tomatoes and a dozen onions. Slice both; add half a pint of snit and let stand twenty-four hours; drain thoroughly, then put in a ket- tle with two poen& of brown sugar, half a pound of mustard seen' and an ounce each of allspice, cloves ground Pepper and ground ginger. Add just enough vinegar to cover and cook slowly till clear. Another Green. Toinato Slice a peck of green tomatoes, sprinkle with salt and let stand teventygour hours. Wash with clear water, then boil till tender in vine- gar and water, using equal propor- tions of each. Then scald in spiced tend sweetened, vinegar, using sugar land spices to taste. These are de- licious. Fruit Sweet Pickle.—To seven lbs. of fruit—pears, plums, peaches or cherries—after it in prepared allow four pounds of sugar and one pint of good cider vinegar, one and a hall ounces of stick cinnamon, and half an ouece of whole clove, with a few It pays to go to piconts oneasione ally; one ne glad to get ieeniet agaio, HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS. Cons that have been dificolored or that have been used for any purPoSe aside from. their legitinlate Use. Should be put lellna , the wean:boiler with water enough to cover them, Ada poarline enough to make a stroog suds and boil twenty minuten. Here is eel -teething aew as a dine courager of mosquitoes, Ina do not Diseolve a piece of alum the sine of vouch for it, bat. it is weeny tried. a marble la a bowl. of water and wet fa.co, hands and oecn with It. It is assorted not a mosquito will come within nailing distance. Soap ruins the appearance Of Paintecl or varnished woodwork. It may be necessary to .use it .occasion- ally, but it ehould be done fluieklY and lightly, and be well rinseh off. A tool place in, a lace ein•tain can be neatly mended by wetting pieee of net of similar size a mesh in boiled starch and applying it over the torn. place. When partly dry peess with a hot iron and it will stay in •place. By running a thread around .it the patch will ,stay in place when the curtain is washed. A little kerosene mad. no soap in the water with which windows are Washed is sold to give the best re- sults, Soap, they 'claim, makes glass streaked. Opening canned fruitn an hour or two before using, that it may regain the excluded oxygen, improves the flavor. It should be turned at once into an earthen dish. ' A. 'medicine dropper as an adjunct to the noncing of ma,younaine was the •in.spiration. of a, housewife not long ago. Everyone who ever tried to make mayonnaise knows the both, or of adding the- oil slowly, drop by drop, until the dressing is thick enough. This woman experienced the same clliticulte- and met it with the five -cent =Olathe dropper, which adds the oil with machine -like regu- larity and precision. Lining a bureau drawer with paper fitted by folds into the corners is an easy way of preventin,g the dupt from settiug in the joinings. On each sweeping day, or at such other times as best suits one's individual ncoonvve`edaience, the papers may be re - Try combining encumbers and leeks in a salad. C,ut the leeks in very thin slices and chill 'both cucumbers and leeks before pouring over them a French dressing. Tlic rule is equal parts, but if a strong onion. taste is disliked a smaller quantity of leeks may .bo used. ,• To serve with a roast of lainb in- blaclee of mace. Boil the vinegar stead of, or in addition to the or, with the spices (in tenittle bag) and thodox green peas, fried cauilfloever the sugar, pour on. tne fruit, let is good. Steam a ca.uliflower and stand Iwo days, then heat tho vine- when cool separate it into florets. Saute a few pieces at a time in a little olive oil, or, if oil is disliked in butter. Season with salt and pehepeepseer. little melted butter and Perniesan and pour- aver tlie dish a Avoid sleeping. in an undergarment that has been worn during the day. If the change from -woollen under- wear to a cotton nightdress -produces a chilly sensation, then provide one of soft, light flannel. To expel mosquitoes take of gum camphor a piece about one-third the size of a heti 's egg, and evaporate it by placing it in a tin vessel and bolding it over a lamp, taking care that it does not ignite. The smoke will soon fill the room and expel the mospuitoes, and not one will be tween the tomatoes take from. the found in the room next morning-, oven, fill the cans and seal Mimed - even though the windows should be lately. Keep in a, dark place, after left open at night. tightening the cans an for any fruit. gar again, put in the fruit and cook gently till clear. This also is a nar- ticularly good rule which has been often tried and 'found "0. IC." Tomato Soy.—Take a peck cif ripe tomatoes, eight tablespoonfuls of mixed mustard, four of salt, two of ground black pepper, half a table- _____spOonful of ground allspice, and four red pepper pods. Cook slowly, three hours, then strain through a sieve, add a quart of vinegae, simmer ten minutes, then put into small bottles, cork and .keep in a tool place. This is finely. flavored la,nd will keep. There 'seems to be an impression Canned Tomatoes.—Scald ripe to - abroad that the meeting of the Can- matoes and skin them; place them car Research Fund .and its not wholly in a porcelain -lined baking pan as conuinittee's efforts to 'discover the you would biscuit and set in a rued - boils be - hopeful report marks the Mot of the cause and remedy of the dread dis- crate oven. When the juice • case. Such, however, is not the case, and the advice urged upon, the sufferers not to hold themselves back from the surgeon's knife in the hope th some remecl may be found FOR A PICNIC. Most people agree to -the tiresome- ness of picnics, yet everybody gees louse, althongh he lives on land, is "The fact of -the matter is, said first cousin to that much relisbed thee gentleman, "that until the Can - crustacean. TOOTHSOME WASP GRUBS. the operation he performed upon. ,you. It was almost the first of its el we'll go back and face the music, ' Coekclhafers, curried or otherwise, kind. Why, even Dr. truce seemed 12 you say so." . are delicious if selected. of a service - nervous! But he made another sp1-1 "But Jim," don't you see, , cried obi° size and , plumpness, So, too, -endid success, nevertheless." Brierley M exasperation, "I've got are their grubs, when full grown. "Thank goodness for that!" to say so! It's my duty, and I've They should then 00 at least two Just then the dor opened softly. never shirked it yet!" inches in length, aed fat in pro - Steady, keen -eyed Dr. Bruce stepped "I know that. You needn't now. portion, and may be eaten uncooked, ' to the bedside. : Here's the muse." • like oysters or, stewed in milk. country are devoting them eneimes have it good, too for a cross chap - "Good -afternoon, Mr. ' Brierley! "Everything. is as it should be, Perhaps, however, the most tooth - to it, and I do not see why we eron eau do ail sorts of mean stunts. . , G oed afternoon, nurse!" muse," said the doctor. "Be careful some of all insect delicacies is that should not hope for the best. Iced ten. is lots less trouble; that's "That you, doctor?" said the pa- of the tight, of course, and keep on which comes fourth on our "'menu. of "The best thing that people who tient. "Are you going to take 'em with the mediciee." Ile took the the day"—wasp grubs baked in the the reason the thaperons don't like off to -day?" patient's hand formally-. "Cood- comb. These grubs have byon red imagine that they have cancer can "I'll see." The surgeon leaned afternoon, Mr. Brierley! 111 look in by- their parents on a saccharine flu- do is to go to the doctor at once. it as wen' "In the case of an external cancer, coffee with the white of an egg and Men want coffee, Mix the around n over t,he bed. "Yes, I think that, on You to -morrow." id composed of fruit and vegetable the prehnuaary symptoms is a slight. takent along in the coffee-pot. 'When let or purple fltigs, a long white we can remove the bandages safely. "Good-afteenoon, doctor!" mur- juices, and are eimply tiny balls of swelling. Many ,a man, however, your fire is built set the pot on the 'streamer inscribed with Japanese Will you draw the • blinds, nurse?, Muted the old inan, gazinte after hiux. sugary fat possessing a flavor as ex- who has a wen, or something of coals, after filling it up with cold checkers, two square transparenciee Thank you! That is all." "Well, Mr. llrierley," said the quisite as it is unique. No one who that sort, thinks he has cancer, and water, and let it come to a boil; af- of white cotton cloth and a band of . "Why—don't you want nee to nurse brightlY, when the door had ; has once tasted tem will ever again that is where quacks reap their bar- ter it has b011ed ft couple of minutes music." It is clearly of such en - stay?" asked the nurse itt. astonish- closed once more, "how does it be surprised at the. Preference shown vest. take it . from tho fire, dash in half a thusiasni that Japanese viCtories are . ment. seem?'-' "I know of one hospital where men eup of cold water, and consider it wrooght. • "Seem'? Ola it scorns all right, I ana women are gent awae rei°1""g "settled." — The ortiv was indisputable. The SUppose.'' every 'day, because they find that You want a, red tableeloth for a young woman loft the apartment, ''Well, you're not enthusiasitic! their dreadful StISPiei0118 arti en Le -.' ri - pienie; it's the only place on earth FAMOUS LADY MOUNTAINEER. 1 f l ti n • B th most ex ert lad maim - Among tho essential ingredients of a successful picnic are a lot of good- humored people who can laugh at cer Research Fund tbok the matter in hand there had been really no sys- tematic study of cancer. "As a result, there was much to be done. All the preliminary ground shom Mosquitoes are usually pre - of inquiry had to be carefully g --°11° sent without invitation. over, as cancer is practically a, tot- A fire is necessary to the happiness tally uninvestigated ailment. of the chaperone, who demand their "Now, however, the work is going favorite beverage. It is best to pro - steadily on, the best men --- he vide it (the tea, not the fire). and their discomforts. Tide is called hav- ing a sense el humor. A shady dry spot in the woods, near running water, is appropriate to the occa- WHEN JOHNNY GOES MARCHING AWAY. George Kennan has described in the Outlook how the Japane.se soldier goes to war. Mr. Kennon had start- ed toward the railway -station in Yokohama to see a body of troops embark for the front. Before ho bad gone far he saw a crowd advanc- ing along o side street to the muse° or a band. ITe Omega it was a company of recruits, but his interpreter said : "These no troops, these friends go give soldier banzai." Mr.- Inennan • continues : "As the procession turned into our street I saw that it was icomposed largely of bareb.eaded peen. in the clark blue dress of a trade gild. In the midst of the crowd, under the biggest of the red -rayed Japanese flags, march- ed a single num in uniform; and this solitary soldier was being escorted to the station be' a procession of a hundred and fifty or two hundrea mon and women -with five large scar - Wondering. „ "No, I am not!" groaned the pa - 'Now, Mr. Brierley, if you will tient. "I'm tired, • nurse. I think turn your head. Tthat's rignt!'' I'll take forty winks. 'You won't The stitches were snipped swiftly. need to stay, will You?" "To the other seam please." "Why, I suppose not," smiled the The outer bandages deftly un- gin, as sho smoothed the pillOws. wound, the loner followed. "Is that comfortable?" "There, Mr. Brierley!" Then the Left alone to think it out, the old doctor stood ereet by the bed. man stared in silent misery at the • "Aro they off? 'Why, so they are! table for a long time and thought. Yee; I can see the windows now, ov- "And I've got to take Mm baelt. or there." Brierley blinked muter- to that!" be burst out aloud. "rve thinly in the eilm light. "Thank Hee- got to—I've got to!" repeated Brier - yen I can See!"• ley, 'dragging himself to a -sitting "Yes; you can see now," Said a position and glaring at the table, tense voice. ., It's my duty!" "And you, doctor." The Old man Menlo:teeny the old man turned to closed. his eyes for a mentent, • and the bottles on the table, twisted then etrained them toward the doe- them about and read the labels, tor. "1 can. see you dimly. Your mrbling over the written diem - clothes are blaek, aren't they? Oh, tions, until his hand touched some ctut see the buttons your coat tablets, now! Yes; • its all getting clearer. "Poison—eh?" he muttened, scan - And your white collar, end—and — ning °vet the little red letters, "Tnett- and--'' ven, could take it to gat out of • The thief constable sank hack upon 'this! Bah! You old fool!" „ the pillows, bis weak eyes dilated, For many minutes tho old man , hie breath came heevily, the patches gazed port the tine- White tablets, of enin above his keard turned white, Arty or sixty III 111.111b0rw ahank his rereetining nand dui:cited the and Anully •swilled 0houghtful- • sprcad ly, by fish for this pa r ocular grub, when mod as a bait. The stag-bco c lax va is, of course, "After all, why eel...? It's—it's queer thing to do; but Inn no gond for chit f constable any more, hacked up this way, I've got ho oee to worry aboet it if I did no it. 'May- be it isn't my duty to do this. But what does it say in the Great Book: 'Greater' love hath no man than " Wien more the patient elution upon the pleat as he picked at the .cork with a thunilmall. Britce, heving linisbeci hid round of the hospititl, was about to stop trite his carriege, when a nurse, in a stat o of unwooted exciteineet, inn •doWrit the steps after him, ati (yripty phial in hoe ham!, "Doctor! 'fleeter!" site cried, hold- ing forth the bottle, "Well?" The Mune!. Smiled • 'The pa ti t Two' t ;v- two — tttnerimt—he milk, have taken all. these tehlets1" " ! The trechnine " ea Do Bruce, horrierner picking up his cave, "In ha--'' " ," g p ed hi, ti urs', sietrlitig wele eeen tit hiet—"deita!"—I,Ondori A..a we 8, Where a red tablecloth oter is want- without01111{, a 0y far e y "In any case the sooner one has cce name napkins and paper or taineer in the wallet is MF rs, anny • the matter attended to the bate] wooden casials will make hop e the Ballock Workman. In the Ifienalay- the hhance of a - suecessful °per- burdenebearere. Don't bother to as she has climbed to an altitude of atter'. plot: them up and here them before 22,568 feet. On the same oecasion you leave: they fndventinn the her husband broke the world's record act that yo'inve been there to the for Jaen by lilt feet, by elinthing 28,- HOW GERMANY TREE ATS HR. mmt picnic party, 894 feet up a mountain 24,470 feet ('i)NSTDIPTIVMS. The only pleasing feature about a high. Mrs. Workman is of medium Dr. •G. A. Heron recently stated picnic is the lunch, If that iten'e height, and there ie nothing in her that the present eystem of dealing go6C1+ t in picnic ei a -, .„ e „ appearance to suggest the strength with consuniptnee out-patients lly care in packing pickles with Toe l she has displayed in some of Ler was nothing but a cruel mockery. It dic n er u eats. latter. Cheeee will also enrich with tw° no good, bet a .great deal of harm. e , The Germane, he said had boldly elifiiihheince the cookies and eand- es reople who don't like cheese for Ouch I:: • • • who had broken down with consump- v`111 biel ,1.81))fti.allY gratattil ,, eme Int (westing statistice have tion was sent to a • sanatorium, Dafht maks hour sdrichakads so recently been published by the thin where he was kept till he reeovered mai/ aaa taaraos ani;v. ohb motaaaa 1 veinal Postal 'Union as to the num- family received e weekly pension to each. Nobody Cares to be remin- 1 boy of Postal emPlor,,s in the differ- countriee comprising the 'union. or till he died. In the meantime his ded how many lie has d i emoted of ill I °lit from a fund to which the patient Lee &pavement of tee interior_ lOarmany hmils the list with 242, - had 'himself eentrilbliyttedthiesvbraencolailes wuaise toaaavia)?;:eni,c,..ete, a white neueon gown I 000, thtt United States comes next in good health, The heroine of the emu- 1 with 289,000, end Greet nritain is risk of spreading the disease to those mee ineeoniey moots her fato lotto [ third with 184,000. None of • the be crime in eontaet with was avoided, Strikes in the. Postal Union , OW red in d i a p bench s wh i le. If you /1 other end it was best both for himself and fan to meet, ' ' the not impossible 1 Pot -nese 100,000 9081 01 ettployee. the enument ity at large. Or. Her- 'he' '' you May succeed in welt ring I France hos 81 ,(100, Austria 50,000. en wns omptuitie itt stating tho 1 by the gown a few times, and on the • Russia 57,00:2, and Japan 5",',96;75, beilding seen t o ri a only eetild the lio mown rd wtty yon'll be cent e in to 1' 'very al her 't e as n 1 ry falis bt.,10NV '-',i(),+. "white plague" be eradicated, look as if you'd been soniewherc. 00o, • cake a rare flavor is imparted to the • d faced the question, mid every patient POSTAI., EMPLOYES.