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OR, THE GIRL IN BLUE
CIIAI9 EIt I11.—•{Ct ntinued.
1 at la -.t found the entrance to the
adjoining room, but the door wns
closed. 1 tried the handle. 11 was
ticked.
7U's sudden check to my investiga-
tions caused me to pause. That a wo-
man had been first struck down by n
Ecward!y blow appeared evident. but
of her identity 1 had no knowledge.
The held agonized shriek which had
emnnnted from that inner room was.
1 felt ce nvinced, (hut of the tender,
sweet -voiced woman who had ndtnin-
isleree) to my wants. 1t seemed, now
that I reeoRa•t•d, as though she had
ben wake) at the piano when the fatal
How watt struck. The scream and the
te9sntinn of the music had occurred
6imultanoously.
Yet so confused had been the sounds
of that extraor•dinnry tragedy That 1
stool perplexed, utterly at a loss how
to act.
The ft "ory Impressed itself upon vie
that n minion was responsible for both
crime:. There was no disguising the
fact that it was a woman who had
stood pant ng near nte, who had noise-
lessly tested me 10 ascertain whether
I could distinguish objects about me,
and who had afterwards left the house.
My blindness had, no doubt, saved my
lite.
13etare leaving she hnd for some un-
known reason tricked the communicat-
ing door and taken the key. Hut upon
the sir. niter she had gone, there ling-
ered the subtle fragrance of peau d'
t'spagne, the cane perfume used by
the woman whose cool palm hnd sooth-
ed my brow. Nevertheless, it seemed
imPossible that a woman could thus
Cf twilit a double crime so swiftly and
with such force ns to drive a knife to
the heart of a man and fling hint hack
upon me—all in silence, Without the
t:lferanee of one single word.
It seemed absolutely incredible. With
my eyes only Jt void of blackness, this
mystery was bewildering, and rend-
ered the more tantalizing by my inaba•
fly to gaze about mc. I had been prt-
aent at the enne1in l of n terrible
dtomn. but hail not witnessed It, and
could not, therefore, recognize either
culprit or victims,
e! -tin 1 searched the great handsome
resat, in order to rivet nll its details
upon my memory. t had three long
ole'• Ws "wetting down to the floor,
r.
se allowed that it was situated in
the buck of the house, otherwise they
mist have °petted upon the street. In
cne corner was n redestal, whereon
eto d n marble. bust of a dnncing wo-
n,:ut. like those 1 had seen in the sculp-
te,r'.: 'nt Pisn before the days of my
darkn'sa. Thele were tables, too, with
glass tops wherein. 1 supposed. were
curios and bric-n-brae. and before the
pleat fireplace was stretched a tiger -
skin. with the paws preserve:.
While groping there, however. my
hand rime into rented with something
which 1 found was a normo, three -
e :sal knife, so sharp that I cut my
finger while fee:ing it. II hail a cress -
hill. and the blade was thin and tri-
angular. tapering 10 n point. 'i'hc shape
1 knew to le Fallon, one of th'se Flor-
entine stilettos userl king ago in the
M (Idle Ages. a wound frr,rn which was
nese sl 'ertaan le he fatal. The Ilalinnc
have long ago brought the use of the
knife to n fine art, and even leech;.
rental re by slabbing me the roast usual
cense nets reported in their new•spn-
1,ers. The blade of this antique wen -
ten wits rttout nine Indies king. and
lea !innate velvet -covered and bound
a 'h
more. prnl.ably either geld or sil-
o. r The point was sharp as a ne:.11e.
\to first lrpulee wns to lake rosse'-
f. . I. . f 1: hut. on rell'eitee 1 saw MO
If 1 alit grave sus;ricion might pos-
f Illy fall uMn me. I might even he
chart; if with the murder. esreeinlly tic
1 hnd nlrenity in my pocket the den.)
mite's alud and pencil -case. 1'hi..t
tb nc'hl caused me le throw down the
fe , "•o, nod. continuing my search. 1
u: cngth found the door which gave
elm sit to the place.
I .,pene'41 it an:I steed in the hall In
u. There was no sound. The still-
! • I the night remained quite tin-
t . and 1 tenor() myself nktne
dead. fly roughing, the echo
' • , toice showed flint the hall and
r a• ' were wide and spaei ms. Then
• e me Ihnt 1 had no slick. seine
h 1 f• aryl to walk; hut. grop-
ing .: tit. 1 t ,and an undeehn stand,
and 1' a an -ern n 'lout shorn. the
hnualle . , • • h as, cntcd smexrth-w.tr•n
te• tong eeig••.
Vtsatt was my bast sours? Should
1 go hath serially, return horse And
sea' ►1;.• .ha , v,•,•v of the terrible of -
rt 1 d old to fully re-
, n t . . , renin)! ncw:apnpets
e e •'r leer! ei Or shoal l 1 in
to and lie . nt Ih• first c ,nsral,lr 1
Met The latter. I saw, wn.s my duty,
and even though 1 hard no dfsire k, iiflx
myself up in .ucit a mysterious and
sensnt•iennl nffnir, 1 rsolvexl to go at
once and slat ail that 1 heard.
Whether the sired, door was situated
to r sett or hit 1 knew not, but, trying
the right first, 1 found that the (loot*
was ut that end of the hall. Opening
it. I posed out, and having cksed it
again ito:e;elessly went down the live
wide steeps into the deserted street.
There were ir•in railings in front of
the house, and before the door was n
big stone portico. My bands told be
Leith these details.
1 turned to the lett, and niter walk-
ing teem little d:s:anee crossed n read
and kept on down a long orad which,
'although it did not appear to be a
utnin thoroughfare, seerncd to . run
straight as nn arrow. For fully a quer-
le;r of an hour I walked oft without
tweeting a out. The only noise that
broke the quiet was the d:smnl howl
of it dog, and now and then the distant
shriek and low roar ef trains. Sudden -
1:' I found myself in quite a labyrinth
of crooked shoals, and after several
turns emerged into what 1 pr_surned to
te one of the great atteries of London.
I stood Listening. The air was troth,
and it seemed to me that dawn 'was
ep►eading. Ater I could hear the mea-
sured, Teuvy (read of a pot:cc oonetable,
,,nd hurtled in lis direct'.on. As 1 did
s.- 1 put out my stick and it struck some
lean railings. A few minutes later. in
bet haste, I overlook the rnnn of heavy
tread, and addressing him, said:—
"fell me, p:eiEe, are you a cons:etble?"
"W
ell, 1 believe 1 n. -n." answered a
rough voice, pleasantly withal. "But
can't you !see?"
"No, unfortunately 1 can't," 1 replied.
"\Vl:ere stn 1?"
"Outside the Museum."
'The British Aluscuut?" 1 inquired In
surprtsc.
"No. The South Kensington. Where
do you want to go?"
"1 want you to Colne with me," 1
,solid.
"\Vitt \fist's
"Ive licit present nt a tenable hug -
file," 1 blurted feriae "Two people
Lave been murdered''
'Two people?" e•xetoimed the voice,
quickly interested. ''Where?"
"In—in a house," 1 faltered, for not
4rntil that instant did the appalling
Uulh occur to mc. I hail wondered
ow•ay from Ure place. and hal no idea
of its owl yard appearance, or in what
tend it wag situated!
"Well, double murders d•,n't often
lake place in the :street, sonny. But—"
nn,i the v1'0' hesitated. "Why. there's
lined on your clothes. i see! Tell use
all about It. Where's •N.tc house?"
"I confess That Eve been t olishly
stupid, for I've left it, and I could ,never
find my way back again. Ile blind.
you 'e.', and Tye no ides of its exterior
ap:p et.rauic: ,"
"At city rate you've'•cen nenr teems;h
to the affair to get yourself in pretty
loess," the rough voice said, s •mew'hal
auspiciously. "Surely you have creme
ides of where the affair took place?"
The sllu:inert was certainly the trust
curious in which any man could be
placed. fur with only one lit -night In
toy tnind. namely to raise the alarm,
1 laid gone f trlh from the )Kssa o f
mystery and foiled to mark it. This
negligence of mine might. 1 relk elect,
result in the affair being hushed up
for ever. London la a big place in which
to search kir the scene of it anuleli•r
111 4111 which my eyes hnd neve. gazed,
and the details of which 1 ••sly knew
t•y my sense of touch. Pew loony
thousands of louses there ere In the
West .End. each with its smoke -black-
ened portico wet little piece of arca
railing.
"No." 1 responded M the ()Meet's in -
(e ;ry. "I in so lent upon giving in-
t rmiti..n that 1 f.n•g,1 to place any
neck upon the hawse by whicn to know
(1 again."
"\\'e 11, I've 'card n good many funny
a!nt•ies while i've Dern en 1001 -duly
in these efthteen yews, hut your yarn
Ls nb-ini the rummest of the lot." he
said bluntly.
"I only know that the hear'e is a large
ono. very well furn'hevd, 'and has n
',erten and linings in front --a double
hence, with hall itt the centre, and
rooms on either side."
'Thal don't 'elp us very muche tFnn-
ny,'' the voiee observed. "Whims the
good n' running after me with n yarn
like Ih.'s it you rant lake me lo the
ste,i? To judge from the slate of vomr
cl.11hes. though. ye'u've leen in some
serape or nnnlbee. If your rent wns
not covered with Wood ns it is, F,I be
inclined to put you down as a chap
will n 4ercw ht•is•."
"1'm rot Remented, 1 tell y'.u." 1 creed
eanrm:y. "There's n terrible crime been
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r ntmrtkrl, end 1 have 'ought your is -
"And I'd go and have a kok Ort the
premises with you. if yeti ooull ' lily
tell in where they are. But tis you
can't—we'd. what are we to do, Lenny?"
C1IAf'fER 1\'.
"Take me at Doer to the police -On -
non," 1 said firmly. "1 must stake a
statrnent to your inspector on duly.'
"Not much ,good is it, if you can't
tell us where the affair took place?"
quer:ext the own, impertinently,
' It is my duty to make the report,
find .the duly of the police to investi-
gate it," I answered, annoyed. for 9
second. as newel' ho doubted roe.
"That's a hasty cut on your hand.'
he remarked. "How did you get i1?''•
"1 cut myself by ace.dent with the
knife."
"What knife?"
"The Ville with which the mailers
were t•ommitted."
"And what were you doing with U7'
inquired the constable, utterly regard-
less of the strict police regulat on which
forbids an officer to put any sucIt ques-
tions.
"1 bund it," 1 replied.
"\There?'
"On the floor ea the loon[, while 1
was searching about."
The loan grunted dubiously.
I was well aware of the suspicion
which must fall upon ate, for I knew
there wee; bk od upon my clothes, and
that my story possessed a disUnct air
of lmpro) ability.
"\\'ho injured ycur tread like thatn"
lit asked.
Its response, I told him how, in cross-
ing a rote', 1 had been knocked down
and reaidereI !mensible by a cab,A►11
how, on regaining conscieu'sncns, 1Thi d
found myself under the care of some
woman unknown.
Ile gave vent to 1' short harsh laugh,
rs though diecrcditing my statements.
"Ycnt d< n't 1clieve me," I blurred forth
heathy. "Take nte to your inspector.
\Vo thust lose no tine."
"\Vett, you knew,' eteervcd the man,
"your story, you'll ndtmt, ,is a very ex-
traordinary one. You shy that a ter-
rible effete has happened, In a 1:ouse
sernewhere druid here. yet you din t
d:rort us to it. The whole story is ;o
curious that Ile afraid you'll have a
difficulty in persuading anybody to be -
neve you."
"If you dor(t. sotnebody else will,," 1
snapped. "Come, lake me !o the police-
sta non."
Thus ordered, the man rather rcluc!-
aptly look my arm, and cros'•ing the
wide main -road, we traversed 1a Mins-
ter of short crooked thoroughtnoes
"Yew don't teem a, very good walker.
mister;" the oonstn'ble obacrvea pres-
ently. "1 ser n cab In the distance.
"Would you like hi lake it?''
"Yes. Call it." 1 said. for 1 felt very
week and i11 atter my terrible night's
udvtnlure.
A kw minutes litter we .were silting
k gather 111 the hansom. drinving to-
wards the r:ddress he hail given. nnrrtely,
College !'Ince Ponce Staten.
On the wily 1 explained to bun the
'whole of the facts as far as 1 oiwld
re:nlIe:t th:m. Ile l stensel attentively
to my curious nnritative until 1 had
e•: ncluded, Ih.en said:—
"Well. sir, it's certainly a most my-
slcr:ous affair, ninl the ante. nee 1 Teale
k !hal cverybony n it1 kick upon 11
wills d`sbelief. I kieee what I should
.le if 1 were is genl'ennin in your place.'
"What would vete do?'
...well. 1 should keep my know•'edge
t, myself, sat' ,ivdti ng about il. and
Leave the revelation •)f Ih • ca•ime 10
chnnbe."
"I cm eompt llcd 10 'mike .n report of
it. beevnse 1 Was present at the trng-
edy," 1 Enid. "It is m; duly, in the
inlerc t: if fustic .'
"Of (-uu►se. (hat's n'.I t•i ry v. -ell. i
quite (e rte lint your duly nit a citizen
is lo make is raritentent to my inspec-
tor. but if 1 may b•' ',ermined to say
es, my pr sate optnton is. tta•tt to pre-
serve n d s reel silence is better than
milking a fool of one's, self."
"You're certainly p:oln-spoken." I
said, smiling.
"Oh, wcli, you'll excuse me, sir," the
man snit, halt apologetically. "1 neon
no offence. you know. I only tell you
how 1 ruyselt would act. Now, if you
owed g ve any teal information e 1 t' lite
to rhe detect vex, there would le some
!•cries fee making the statement, but
n a you can't, well y<u'll only give your-
self no end of bother for nothing.'
'But surely. wan, you don't think
!trot with 11r' knowle,ige e,t lhLs terrible
atfn r in my mind I'm going to preserve
s.lence and anew the ossriasin to es -
cope. do your
"\Vett. It merits !lint the nssrissin hna
eseapetl already, In any case," the roan
1r,ugh,il. "You take it from me Ihnl
lhly were n cute Int in that house. who-
ever they were. The wonder is That
they d)dn't kill you."
An certai y s!milnr thought hnd cross -
el my mind. The drive scorned n long
one, but nt length the c'nb stopped. and
we alighted.
1 heard the conveyance turn and go
off. as fegetl►er we ascended the steps
of the adages. One Thing stru••k be as
curious. namely. tlmt the air we's filled
with n strong odor of turpentine.
"The etntion Is a long way from your
beat," 1 remarked.
"Yes. A fairish wnv. tett were !iced
to it. and (fetal nitre the distnne•c."
"ted this is College Place—es 11?"
"Yes,'' he -responded. rmluctlng 1110
vlown n long pnssng'. The length of
th.' corridor surprised me, rind i hu-
nrer•,usly rernnrked:--
"Yc u'r• net going to pet me in the
cella. I hope?"
use -en -soy." he tnttgbed. "net it we
d d the dbrhness wiuldn'I Imthie you
very much. 1 fear. Blindness must lie
nn Awful efthcthn."
11e heti scareely utterer) these w irde
arc we neeendtd a temple ed steps land
tenterot what see ted to be a spade ue
pinre. the charge -mom of the police
elation.
Thea wens the aemnd e f heavy t•amn-
ing ever base MAnfa. and (suddenly
a rather god? vetee tncpulreds—
"o\' '' kniesilmsfihl" what is 1e"
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Thirty -Eighth Annual Report
TO .iANUAI V 1st, :go& OF THE
Mutual Life of Canada
HEAD OFFICE, w WATERLOO, ONT.
CASH ACCOUNT
INCOME.
NiT LF,DOER ASSETS, !Wernher
3181, 14106 .... .... ...... ....$ .,8'i0,477.70
PREMIUMS:
'First year ....s 230.636 Gt
Renewals , , , , , , , , , . 1.519,32!. 77
Annuity ........ ... — 3.450.60
$1.7!,3.4044.40
Less Re-aasurnn, c 20.367.53
INT6Rr:s'1' .... .... .... ....
PROFIT AND LOSS .... ,.,,
1.733.011.88
509.240.02
1.288.25
$12,134,447.85
DISBI)R.EM1:N7S.
1'O P01.t• 111OLt)Klt.';:
Death c:mons ..$317,776.50
Matured f.ndowntents . 178,785.00
Surrendered Fancies .. 92,1344.68
Surplus .... 80.805.10
Amnon:es .... 10,714.93
S C.:
ENrpestee. '!'AXES, i:TC ,.,, ,,,, 383.9Steet
UALANCI. NET LEDGER ASSETS,
December 31st, 1907 .... 11.064 IW 22
BALANCE SHEET
'ASSETS.
Mortgages .... $5.756,070.85
Debentures and Bonds .... .... „ 3.593,90.84
Moans on Polices 1,410.130.87
Premium Obligafons .... 22,534.21
Real Estate (Company s head Otfrce) 30.85.79
(:ash in Banks .... .... .... 280,494.29
Cash at Head °Met .... .... 1,506.19
Due and deterred premiums, (net)319`277.97
IPin:rest due and accrued .... 241,554.91
Audited and Owed rorrcl.
SI1.( t6.4U.t.92
512,134,047.85
LIABILITIES.
Reserve, 4p.c., 3 j,p.e. and 3p.c.
standard ... ..$10,019,e63.89
Reserve on lapsed policies on which
surrender valves are claimable. 4,171.22
Death Claims unadjusted .,.. ...... 39,350.00
Present value ef death claims t ar-
able in instnlntcnts . 38,5(6.93
Matured landownunts, unadjusted . 1,693.45
Premiums paid in advance , . , , .... 12.737.18
Due for medical fees and sundry
accounts .... .... .. 10,936.75
Credit t.e,lge•r Italances .... ,.,, .. 25.736,P2
Sophia, 1)eecntler 31st. 19(17 1.503,7(9.69
(Surplus on (',ovetnment Standard
of Vnlua'ion $1,897,358.23.)
F 11,656, 409.!x2
a. M. SCUI.LY, F.C.A., GEO. WEGENAST,
Auditor 11anagieg Director.
\\ n!erk'o, Jnnnnry 29th, 1908.
New Business written (gain over 1906, $1,577,835)
Insurance in force (gain over 1906, 4179,4401
Surplus (gain over t906, $300,341) -
Bookletscontain)ngfull report of the Annual Report, held March sth 1.,o8, are Mug publlsbea
and will be distributed among Polkyholdere its due course.
• - $7,081,402
- $51,091,848
- $1,503,719
tragedy. 1IPF blind. is.r.'
"Bring hint a lendir," void 1he tn'1ec-
tor's voice, ituthor:tnt vely.
(re be cot:tinuid.)
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VI:Ii:itINA14\ WORK FOil DAiR\'MIN
If a wain is going to raise animals
incl keep animals he needs to know
Fornething a140u1 ailments of animals.
He must not think he is a veterinary
simply because he has this knowledge
and n few instruments. Ito won't be
within five hundred miles of being one
but he may he enabled to save himself
o lot of nwoney loss in live stock year-
ly by owning the instruments I will
briefly 'mutton. says Dr. C. D. Smead.
A torso' or cow may be bloated. 11
taken to time by simply using n reetnl
syringe made for horses and cattle a
valunble animal's life may he invert.
If the veterinary is depended upon it
would he dead long bean the veterin-
ary could le had.
Cows may have an attack of parturi-
ent apoplexy (milk fever) and die be-
(e•re
it veterinary could be hnd when
if the fanner has an air syringe milk
fever device he can use it himself jrud
n; well as the veterinaty and save his
cote and the veterinary bills also.
(,ws will occasionally injure a quar-
ter of an udder one some thick or
stringy milk may be the result. Unless
this can be milked out or got out sf
the udder in some way the result will
be the loss ef the gnarler either Ly ger-
get er cosmos hardening of the quar-
ter. lead the farmer a rnn.lcrn tent sy-
ringe to wash out the milk cistern of
the udder with warm water. with some
common baking fcolo dissolved In it
the quarter could have been saved.
A Dow inny have clover bloat asst
the before the veterinary surgeon ran
get there. when if the former had had
a Trocar he could save her life. A hard
milking cow in many instances can be
made to milk easily by a little slit made
with a proper lletoury. Many a cow
with an injured or lacerate.1 teat lose'
it simply tecnuse the farmer has not
n milk tube and a knowledge of how
t.; use it.
The treatment of parturient apoplexy
of tapping a cow. is no more of a skil-
let ep eratlon than the hoeing of a hill
of cucumber's, and you might with just
as much sense sen(( to town for a roan
to come to hoe your pens and cusum•
bcrs sitnply because you had no garden
hoe as to send for n velerinary to tap
a bloated cow er treat n cow for parturi•
ent apoplexy /empty tecause yeti had
rice tools. The eh<•le kit can be fought
fe• $12 and !10 and that is shrill what
ter, r t'emai, str—ws n's to repast b a veknnory has to charge you kr two
visits if he has tc go five miles to [Wase
them.
POUI.1•ilY AND EGOS.
Mr. Edwnrd Brown. r.eerelary of the
Nnlionnl Poultry Organization Society,
of England, has prepared an exhaustive
review of the work of his Society, and
of the poultry -keeping luireuit geode
ally, during 1907. His remarks, on the
whole, are encouraging, the year. in
the Old Country, in spite of the cold and
wet spring and summer, having wit-
nessed greater progress in the deselop-
nrent of the pursuit than any preceding
1.2 months since the Society was estab-
lished. 11e slates that ,.n all hands
them is evidence That more and better
fowls are kept than ever before. and
that farmers are paying more attention
to this brnneh of live Stock. thin there
is an inerensing number of spoialtsts
laking up the business en progressive
Ines. and that the denten.' for eggs
end poultry increases rapidly, to an
even greater extent lhnn the supply.
Steady increase in the number of fowl'
is anlicipnled wherever smnll holdings
are formed. To obtain the best results
of such development. however, Iii need
ter ceoperalit•e marketing will be in.
creasingly manifest, find, therefore.
every effort Mould lie made to exleni
1he• co-operative system where the con-
ditions are favorable. Mr. ltrown gives
tntereathtg figures, showing the tons
',minion of poultry and eggs in the
t'niled Kingdon[. end the sources
whence the supplies ere drann. Of
the tolnt of fifteen million pounds'
worth ef eggs, nearly one-half is import-
ed: but. of the tour and n half million
pounds' worth of poultry. Mss than a
million pounds' wnrlh comes from
abroad. or. tak,ng the aggregntc of
r.oullry end eggs. which amounts to
about twenty mill.on pounds' worth
sterling. eleven and a Itnif million
-olds' worth is ptee:heed nt borne.
ns agninst 11111e mcrr. Ihnn retail million
pounds' worth imported from the col-
onies and foreign countries.
FARM NOTE.!.
The fnrmer Ls Irtily n philosopher,
since during the flnanc:al flurry he re-
fiacV to become Annie -stricken. argu-
ing. as he did. that the soil remain•r,
fertility remains, the rallr•ads still carry
on transportation, and, therefore, he
sees ne, renaon why civilir'allen should
inpse.
We keep is layer e f coal ashes, dry
earth or sand, on the four under the
Miele*. We prefer the ashes; each
day a panful is token from the stove
end spread evenly over the flour. Ile -
fore putting on fresh fishes lake a rake
and sir up the old ones and the drop-
pings. then threw the new Ashes ewe.
This le repented until three panfuls of
ashes have teen used: then the mix-
ture is swept cut et the heuse nal Mee -
ed in a bin where it w„1 keep perfectly
city. In this way each tcwl will make
et knit 511 rent -a' wcrlh of valuable ter-
tlhter. during the winter.
CATS 1S PLAGUE FIC.141 Its.
Success of Salvation Arnia's Rat V, ar
in the Far East.
A few months ago n Sprott but deter-
nene.l dclacluneet of English cats anil-
e,: (nein t!,ndon for India to wage war
against the rats which are regarded nit
constituting one of the moat serious fac-
tors In the spreading of the plague in
ihal eowdn•. It was the Salvation
Army that mode the experiment, and
now the Rrst satisfactory result have
become kn•)vn.
Colonel Klett-ng, of the nrmy's head-
qunrlers, stales that nithnugh only n
ocanparalively small number of cats
have leen sent out it certainly looks as
it the scheme would be n great sweetie.
Cotnmissiencr Booth -Tucker reports
that already every branch of the Salve-
! on Array has been provided with cats,
and individual members have been in-
structed to distribute the animate
among the native pepulntion.
The Inspector -general of hospitals in
the Punjab has slated that the Indian
(;overnrrtent views the army's experi-
ment with great satisfaetion. though
he added, ”\\'e must not restrict our -
ones to this. Traps and poison roust
to used. The rats must be fought by
every means."
It is worthy of remark tint in Cey-
lon where the plague is unknown. cats
fire lo be found in practically every
tanseheld.
The So)vnlien Army it new taking
steps to forts cat -breeding fermi
throughout India.
QUININE F011 iNFLUENZ..\.
in Is paper en the treatment and rre-
venlbn of influenza Sir William Broad -
tent. surgeon in ordinary to the King
of England. is quote') ns saying:
"As n prophylactic (preventive) t
early ordered ta•o groins of quinine
every morning during the prevalence
of the epidemic, and lite results nppcar
In be good. 01 Course the patients
who were inking quinine did ocenskm-
atly gel influenza, but 1 NV known
very many instances in whictathta dose
has made n Complete difference In the
pal ant's liability to infection and even
in the general mode of life.
"I have moreever had opportunities
el Waning extraordinary evidence of
its protective power. lit n large public
sch•ee.l it was c•r'dercd to be taken every
morning.
';Some of Ilse boys in the school were
flame hoarders, and it was found that
while the boarders nt the Fehewd look
the quinine in the presence of the mas-
ter every morning there were scarcely
any en-ee' of influenza among them. al-
though the tame b orders suffered nenr•
iy as much as before.
"in a large g;ris• sloe) near 1 . n -
don tl;e carne thing was orderedd and
the girls and mistresses Conk three
morning dose. but the servants were
fcrgettcn. The result was that scorer, -
l i any girl er mistress suffered. while
the servants were all dowry with the
influep:a.'