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CHAPTER XVL--(Oont'd) ing of the kind. Your marriage
+shall take place," g
He spoke with fierce determina-
tion but Rebekah faxed him un-
flinchingly,
t lea tt a'teiwaim4 aeseeee; aooloeso Pticeo two/Noes
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Time Beals
Most founds
A TaEa of Love and Disappointment
1
1
Ackroyd had been busy in the
•City, He was now quite resolved
•that he would speculate no more,
4.re his delight the copper shares
Sled risen In little, and he hoped
'that in a few weeks they would
'be ata sufficiently high price to
'fellow him to realize, and retire.
His business finished, he baelten-
od to his ohamilei's, and there found
Rebekah. In her hand she held
•the notes, and she mutely placed
'itheni on the table,
Neither said a word, but Ack-
royd took his keys fromhis pocket
and unlocked the safe. He pro-
eluted the photographs, which ho
gravely handed her, He was not
able to keep his ceunitonanee, for
he blushed with shame as she
pushed the notes towards him. He
did noj•,.talce them up, but allowed
,thane to Me there.
Rebekah examined the photo-
graphs.
"Are these all?" she demanded
•burtly.
"And there are no olthers in ex-
istence?"
"None,"
With a sigh. of relief she began
to tear then' into little, pi -aces.
"I wish you every happiness,
Miss Josephs," he said diffidently.
"In what?" she asked coldly.
"In your marriage, of course,"
•Ire replied with surprise at the
question.
She gave him a look of contempt,
and wilthout another word left
'him. She travelled home as faet
es her car could} take her, She
Mound awaiting her a telegram from
Lord Harecastle to say that he
would arrive some time in the af-
'ternoon and that the Earl would.
'accompany him. The news gave
her no pleasure, but only added
'+to her diffietaties, for she had no
/desire to see him until she nal
had her 'talk with her- father.
The sooner that was over the
:bettor, and she hastened to her fa-
ther's -library. He was writing at
'oris table and glanced up as she
entered.
"Where have you been?" he ask
•x41 pleasantly.
"Father, I cannot marry Lorre
Ifarecastle," she said firmly.
Joel .leapt to his feat, and look-
ed at her in consternation.
CHAPTER xviI.
"What do ,you mean, child'? You
.are mad!" Joel cried furiously.
"No. I am quite sane, but I am
.going to ask Lord ilarecastle to
.give me my freedom," .liebekah
replied firmly, and with a brave
thee is sure. Very well, 13realc
off the marriage. Do it."
"1 am so glad, father, I knew
that yea could not be eo'inland as
Ito force me into .it," elle said joys
]fully,
and Is will announoeBreak off ttotehe rworrld
the reason,'•
"We can make up sono exeu
she said quickly.
„No, my reason is to hand,
listen to a, little history," he
'timed, and his voice was c
threatening, •
Rebekah could not repro
;start, Her hope was dashes
she ground and she dreaded to
'what was coming,
"Some thirty years ago
" e have quite made up my mind, ''Wolverholmewas sent to St.
father. Won't you . consider my 'arsburg to make en a regimen
happiness? I should be utterly Die British Government. 1 w
Miserable if I married Lord Hare give you details, but it is su
oas'Ile; . surely you doe% want anti to say that he sold his c
that, she said pleadingly, try; dint he was an in£ameus
tor, and that if, it were know
Would be hounded to death,"
"Why do you tell me this?"
gasped,
"I am merely telling you the
leen that I shall give to the w
for the breaking off of the
ridge. My discovery in tim
this treachery rendered sue
anarriage impossible. I could
allow my daughter to, ally he
tvbth the son of a man who
been guilty of such dastardly
%duct."
He stopped to watch the.
of his words, and by the el
ing of her cheeks he saw that
shot had hit the mark.
"Do you understand now?"
asked with a malevolent smile
"You can't mean it. Such
'act would be infinitely worse t
bhe Earl's, bad as that was.
you don't mean it,," she plea
She dropped on her knees
'side him, and bu�'1ed her face
leis knees,
"You are doing more than'
think, father. You are rob))'yourself of my love for you. D
he so cruel, dear, 1 am onl
alnd I'm all that you h
Do o be kind to me,"
"Will you marry him?" he
listed more quietly.
"I can't; oh, I can't, Don't
understand ? 1 appeal. to you
}the memory of my mother wh
,you loved. Don't do this b
Ideed.' Let us go away together
twill be content to live with you
:ways,. and 'I will lavish my love
you. You shall never have ea
for complaint. , Just grant me
one wish."
Sobs broke from her and
clutched at hie hand.
"I am trying to save} my lo
'for you, don't kill it utterly. L
'me bo your"little girl again', I
m,ever want to be anything else.
He shook her from him and ro
to his feet..
"It is of no use. Nothing w
change me. Have you decided
lie sensible?" he asked coldly.
"Can I say nothing that w
move you ? Do you wish to dri
me to desperation?" she cri
hoarsely.
At that moment the door open
and Mrs. Goldberg entered. S
Tan forward when she saav th
Rebekah was in tears, and to
her in her arms.
"What is the matter, dear?" s
asked tenderly.;
"Matter enough," Joel anew
ed. "She says that she won't ma
ry Harecastle Do .you know a
thing about it?"
"No, Joel, but I am not sorry
bear it," Mrs. Goldberg answer
firmly.
Rebekah gave a cry of joy.
"You will support me, aunt.
bent marry him. I really can'
lend father wants to force 3110 to.
"Shame/ Joel. 1 told you fro
'the first that I did nob like th
engagement, and I'm not surpri
ed to hear this,"
"`She shall marry him. It won
,be as well that you should under
i
stand this, Rachel. And I forbi to encourage Rebekah in he'
elisobedionce. You and I have liv
led together for many years an
we have not quarrelled. Don't le
us commence now."
"Realize that T mean every we,
thalt'I said just now," he continu
ed, turning to .Rebekah. "Pleas
leave the room for a moment
Rachel,"
Mrs. Goldberg looked hesitating
ly at Rebekah, a world of pity in
her eyes, but she knew sufficien
'of her brother not to cross hien i.
:this mood, so she want out with,backward look of concern at her
niece,
1 "This. is. the position," Jos! said
firmly. "You can break off this
hnarriage if you like. 1 give you a
free hand. In the event of your
doing so, r shall immediately give
forth the, reason that I told you,
Such an announcement would na-
turally ruin Harecastle, You
don't want to injure him, da you V.'
She shook ler }lead, and a cowed
look cattle into "}ler eyes.
"I thought not. All you have to
do is to quarry hint, Will you do
sol" he asked quietly. •
"I must, she answered in des-
peration. "You' leave' me no al-
tornative, lea you have broken my
heart, father,"
She burst into a flood of tears
and rushed from her father's pies.
once.
Alone, Joel did not feel pleased
with.himself, Ho hated having to
take such a stand, but !1e felt that
ho would do so again should occa-
sion arise, Tae realized fillet there
se,,t
Justn
00-
oldly
ss a
d 'to
hear
I4grd
Pet-
1for
on't
fl'ioi-
olin-
trees
n he
she
retie
orld
mar -
et ,of
h
not
her
She saw at once that she might
'as well have remained silent, for
Joel was eyeing her sternly.
"Pray what reason have you for
this sudden change?" he asked
coldly. "Please remember that
the marriage is to take place in a
'few days' time. Some of tthe
guests are arriving this evening;
you have received numberless pre-
sente. Tho idea is inipossible. 13e
sensible, my child."
Ho wound up less angrily, and
Rebekah hoped that he was relent-
ing.
"I should be miserable --utterly
if I married him," she repeated
bully,
"You must be frank with me.
What is actuating you in this?
There must be something," he ask-
ed sharply..
"Only that I have suddenly rea-
lized its impossibility," she an-
swered slowly.
"Has Harecastle been speaking
to you? Is it anything that he has
said or done?"
She shook her head in reply and
approached her father. She laid
her hand on his shoulder,
"You aro fond of me, father.
You cannot be cruel: Fall in with
'my wish, and let us at once send
out an announcement that the mar-
rialge will not take place:"
"Never!" he cried emphatically,
"I swear that you shall marry
:darecastle, and nothing shall turn
.ire from my decision,"
"I refuse," she answered proud-
ly; "you will find that I, too, can
be obstinate. I am not your
!laughter for nothing, You can-
not drag me to the church, besides
you will have Lord Harecastle to
,dead with."
"I can easily manage him," he
said jeeringly, "and you will find
that you, too, will have to do what
you are told, You love the Van,
and through ,your love I will make
you do my bidding."
He watched the color slowly
mount to' her cheek.
"I thought so. There's a mys-
tery somewhere, and you had bet-
"ter say what has happened."
"I have already told you," she
Said wearily, "and you must re-
look alt- her father. concilo ,yourself to the marriage
"You haven't spoken to him, being broken off."
'ten? he broke in quickly, and} "You've given no reason, abso-
les voige expressed great relief.I iu'tely none. I de,nand to know,"
"He is coming here 'this after- he cried furiously.
noon, I shall ask him then. I
thought it better to tell 3rou first,"
she said with a wistful glance.
"1 .am very glad you did," he
.said grimly. "You had banter un-
elerstand that you must do noth-
"I have taken Scott's
Emulsion for six weeks
and have found it a won-
derful remedy. Before I
took the Emulsion I had no
appetite; was weak; had
lost nearly fifty pounds of
flesh, and now I eat well
and am gaining every day.
I find Scotts Emulsion to
be very easily digested and
a good food for all weak
people."—FLORENCE
BLEEDER; No. 1 Myrtle
Avenue, Bridgeton, N. J.
This ie only one of thousands of
cases where
Sc
has given an appetite. It's so
easily digested that it doesn't tax
the digestive organs and they rest;
yet the body is wonderfully nour-
ished and built up, The digestion
is improved--thenordinary food
is sufficient.
Crowing boys and girls, who need
so much food to keep them welt
and along, and also growing,
should be givena bottle of Scoxr's
EMULSIoOI every few weeks, It
does wonders for them, It pre-
vents their getting run down and
spindly, Nethh,g does then, to
much good,
Atf, DRUGGISTS
•
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turd en this netiest A Pett 13er3, Riving
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d iron, and the nano of this Dopar,
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106 a lies:en St., W. Toronto
"Aad 1 refuse to tell you," she
•answece•d defiantly,
She understood that a meek and
pleading attitude was not one with
which hor father should be met,
and she determined to bravo him.
"You shall tell me," he shouted
hoarsely.
He seized her by the arm, and
she drew back, for she thought that
in his anger he was about to strike
•her. He saw her action and ho let
her arm fall. Suddenly lee be -
Immo calm, and sitting down, mo-
tioned Rebekah to a chair,
"Let us talk it over calmly," he
began quietly. "l am sorry I lest
my temper, but you must own that
I have reason. Come, dear;' I
haven't been a bad sort of father to
you, have I?"
"Nee,
"Then trust me. Tell ale what
is wrong. I may bo able to set
matters right. I am sure yon love
him, so it can't be that, What
:is it?"'
"Put it down to a, woman's whim.
IAre wo not allowed to change our
minds?" she answered with an at-
e,empt at playfulness that was
pitiful in the extreme,
"No. Not in a matter like this.
Everything has been arranged ; the
lawyers have prepared the deeds;
Lord Wolverholme conies to -day;
Royalty has consented to be our
guests on the day'o,f the wedding,
You are not some unknown Miss
Whose marriage is of tithe account,
You have been paragraphed and
photographed. Attlee present mo
went you die deemed one of the
luckiest girls living, In ,a few
'days you will be able to call your-
•seiE 'My lady.' What more can
you want ?" -•
"It is no use. talking, -father,
Nothing you can Nay will alter my
!determination."
"We shalt see," he cried vindic-
tively, "So far you have found
incMan indulgent father. Every
caprice and wllim.has been grab,-
' lied as soon as expressed, But
now I shall show the reverse of the
Ilicture. 1 • repeat to you ,in cold
Blood that you shall marry Hare-
hststle." '
She shook her head wearily.
"Dui you will," he contiSlled in
it cold, cutting voice, and I know
how to make' you, -You love him, was something contemptible and
had
effect
anch-
his
he
an
hap
Say
sled,
be-
on
you
ing
on't
y a
ave.
fn-
you
to
om
ase
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on
use
this
she
ve
et
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to
ill
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t
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a
paltry in bullying a girl with swill
A threat,13111? e m h was the nature
of the .men; he could not see that
he was ruining hie daught:nee hap-
piness b foreleg her into this mar-
riage. He had arrangel it oply
°liter mush strenuous exertion, and
a great expenditure of money, and
wily should he forgo the etude of
victory when they were eo ripe for
plucki
Fier apng?peal to the memory of his
wife lead touched him, just for the
moment; but he had conquered the
feeling with an dealt.Y'es. FIB
would pursue hie course to the bit-
ter'night, end, be the result what it
A knoek at the 41003 ailed him
from his unpleasant thoughts. A
servant entered.
"Lord Wolverholme," he an-
nouneed, and the goer, walked
slowly in.
"1 have come earlier than I ex
peeted, Joel. I suppose I'm none
the less welcome."
"1 am glad to see you about again
Wolverholme. You are. looking
muds better."
"I'm beginning to feel quite fit.
How is Rebekah? I "haven't seen
hey yet,"
"She's vets, well," Joel replied.
"She was here a, minute ago.
Where's Cyril?"
"He Dame down with me. I'sup-
pose he must be looking for your
daughter.. That's the natural
thing for him 'to de, isn't it? When
he went into the drawing -room, I
thought I would come along to
you.
The Earl made himself comfor-
table in a chair, and took a. cigar
from the box that Joel handed to
him.
"I am really feeling very happy,
Joel. All any wishes seem' to be
gratified. I only want to live to
see a grandson, and hold him just
once in my arms, and I shall die
content,"
"Don't talk of dying. You've
years of Iiife before you yet, if you
take• care of yourself,'" Joel said
heartily.
(To be continued.)
FEDERAL LIFE PROGRESS.
Financial Statement for Past Year
Pro -eminently Satisfactory.
Policy -holders and shareholders
Of the Federal Life Assurance Co,
must be highly gratified with the
twenty-seventh annual financial
statement of the directors, which
appears in another column. The
progr•ees it has made during the
past year clearly reveals that
Canadians appreciate home com-
panies that are wisely managed, in
prefereneo 'to those operating
under foreign charters.
This company offers • policy -hold-
ers ample security and pays them
liberal bonuses on the maturity of
their policies,
During the past year income and
assets show 'a healthy iescrea.se.
The latter now stand at $3,314,-
856.65, an increase of $314,383.91,
exclesive of guarantee capital.
The security for policy -holders,
in'clilding guarantee capital, now
stands at the high figure pf $4,-
184,856.65, whilst the liabilities for
reserves and all outstanding claims
is $3,045,786.00, showing the hand-
some surplus of $1,140,070.65, ex-
clusive of uncalled capital.
t
Money is made by getting in ou the ground Boor in all
mining propositions. An investor putting u}1 his money to
develop a new eleine is the person who is entitled to the first
profilis The first ppr Bets on ell good mining deals are enorinops,
'f
Crowe. iteserve ell
Company was composed of
thirty shares of $1,000 oath. Wiien the property had been
sufficiently developed to warrant its being turned into a
Company, each• syndicate shareholder received' 30,000 shares
of stook in the Company, for each $2,000 he had 'paid in.
Each share. of these 30,000 shares is to -day lolling at $2,80.
The 'Temiskaming 5, Hudson Bay Mining Company's
shares were sold at 25e, each, To -day they are selling at
$3,00 per share and have paid over 12,500% in dividends,
The Right of Way Mining Company's shares were sold est
15o, and are to -day selling at. $4 per share.
These results are obtained by taking the first chance, If
the property in which you are interested turns out good,
you make a fortune, if not, you have a limited loss.
We are organizing a syndieste to operate three claims in
dew Ganda, the richest silver section ever discovered,
These claims, we think, will turn out well and should show
enormous profits to the syndicate members, The syndicate
will be for $50,000, divided into 100 shares of $500 each, These"
shares are payable $100 cash and four further payments of
$100 per month, Of this $40,000 will be 'paid for the pro-
perties and $10,000 provided for working capital. If de-
velopment work warrants the formation' of a Company, s
Company will be formed with $2,000,000 capitalization, and
each share in the syndicate will be entitled to 15,000 shares
of stock in the Company, and the remaining 500,000 shares
will be left in the Treasuryfor future developments. Syn-
dicate shares are going fast. Write us at once.
We strongly recommend the above as a good speculation.
Make all cheques payable to
PATRIARo 7E & COMPANY,
BROKERS,
Standard Stook Excllango Building, Toronto, Can.
The Ped
Ass
a
ral
c
of Canada.
ife
Twenty =seventh Annual Statement
DIRECTORS'. REPORT
the Twenty-seventh Annual Mooting of the Shareholders of the Federal Life
Assurance Company of Canada was held at the Company's Rome ()Moe in Hamil-
ton, Tuesday. 16th February, 1909, at 2 p.m,, Mr. David Dexter in the chair, Mr, W.
R. Davis,' Acting Secretary,
The Annual Report, as follows, was read and adopted, on motion of the Presi-
dent, Mr, Dexter, seconded by vice -President Liout-Col Kerns:
Your Direetors have the honor to present the Report and Flaaneial Statement
of the Company fortheyear which closed 31st December, 1108, duly vouched tor
by the Auditors.
The new business of the year consisted of Inc thousand six hundred and thirty-
oneapplications for insurance, aggregating $3,713,609.36, of which two thousand four
hundred and twenty-three applications for $3,377,723,33 were accepted,
As in previous years, the income of the Company showed a gratifying increase,
and the assets of the Company have increased by 8314,383.91. and have now reached
$3,314,856.65, exclusive of guarantee capital.
The security for Policy -holders, including guarantee capital, amounted at the
olose of the year to $4,184,856.65, and the liabilities for reserves and all outstand-
ing claims045,706.00; showing a surplus of 31,145,070.35, Exclusive of uncalled
claims,
capital, the surplus to Policy -holders was 8270,070.65.
Policies on uinoty-seven lives became claims through death, to the amount of;
.$162.16356.
Including Cash Dividends and Dividends applied to the reduction of premiums,'
with annuities, .the total payment to Polley -holders amounted to 5303,743.23,
Careful attention has been given to the investment of the Company's funds in
first-class bonds, mortgage securities, and Ioane on the Company's policies amply'
secured by reserves. Our investments have yielded a very satisfactory rate of
interest.
Expenses have boon confined to a reasonable limit, consistent with due efforts
for now business. The results of the year indicate a most gratifying progress, Com-
pared with the preceding year, the figures submitted by the. Directors for your
approval show an advance or nearly ten and one-half per cent. in assets.
The assurances carried by the Company now amount to $20,186,400,61, upon which
tho Company holds reserves to the full amount required by law, and, in addition
thereto, a considerable surplus.
----• You are to be congratulated on the fact that the surplus over Capital and all
Liabilities increased 536,134.69, or nearly seventy per cont„ during the past year.
CANCER NOT CONTAGIOUS.
Specialist Asserts That the Disease
is Not Transmissbile.
The impression that cancer is a
contagious disease is emphatically
refuted in an article in this Week's
Umschau, a German_paper, by the
celebrated •Berlin specialist, Prof.
von Hansemann.
The writer says that the apparent
inerease in -cancer as indicated by
comparing the latest medical statis-
tics with those of twenty or thirty
years ago is really misleading. As
a .matter of: fact these statistics do
not -bear oomparison, for symptoms
formerly mistaken for other dis-
eases are now diagnosed with un-
failing accuracy, as internal can-
cer. External cancer, visible and
easily recognizable, has only in-
creased in proportion to the growth
of the population.
The recurrence of cancer in a
family, a town or a street is ac-
cording to the writer, no proof of
its contagiousness, and be adds:
"There are no oases an record in
which cancer has been absolutely
proved to have been communicated
from one person to another by con-
tagion. In the case of other con-
tagious diseases suoh as tubercul-
osis it has been observed'tlrat hos-
pital surgeons or nurses have oc-
casionally become infected patents.
This has never been observed in
the case of canner. This belief is
now shared by practically all the
members of the central committee
for cancer research."
The London Laneet, it may be
added, reeently published a paper
by Dr, E. F. Bashford who con-
cludes that cancer is not a trans-
missible disease. Of 659 patients
of whose families trustworthy re
cords could be obtained 110 found
that only 58 of the fathers had died
of the disease and 114 of the
mothers:
The fieldofficers and agents of the Company aro intelligent and Ioyal, and aro
entitled to much credit for their able representation of the Company's interests,
The members of the office staff have also proved faithful to the Company's service.
Your Directors are pleased to be able to state that the business of the Come
pang for the pant Inc months of the current year has been of a most satisfactory
character, and that the outlook for the future is most encouraging,
DAVID DEXTER, President and Managing Director,.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
To the President and Directors of the Federal Assurance Company,
Gentlemen: We have carefully audited the books and records of your Com-
pany for the year ending 31st December last, and have certified to their accuracy.
The Cash and Journal youohers have been closely examined and agree with the
entries recorded,
The Debentures, bonds, etc„ in the possession of the Company have been 6n -
emoted, while those deposited with the Government or Danks Have been verified
by oertiticate, the total agreeing with the amounts as shown in the Statement of
Assets.
Tho accompanying Statements, vis., Revenue and Expenditure. Assote and Liabi-
lities, show the result of the year's operations and also the fiosetial position of
the Company.
.Raspeetfulir submitted,
H. S. STEPHEN'S,
CHARLES STIFF.
namllton 181 February, 109. - Auditors.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 11go8
RECEIPTS
Premium and Annuity Income ,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,8 675,004 05
Interests, Bents and Profits..,..,.,..,. 151,85396
$ 826,858 81
DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid to Poltoy-holders............ .................... ... $ 303,743 23
A11 other Payments
balance """"""""^• 296,11093
.., .....,... ................... 297,00465
$ 826,856 8i
ASSETS, OECESIBER 91st, 1908.
Debentures and Bonds 1,071,735 71
Mortgagee , ,:. ..n,,,,.,.,..,. . ,.,., 5
Loans on .Policies, Bonds, Stock, etc,- ............. • """"' 665,104 61
All other Assets, ............. •,,.. 753,754 33
.....;..., ....,.....,. 753,754 33
IaAol OIrlEs, $ 3,314,856 65
Reserve Fund ...... ......... .,.,....... ....... ,,,5 2,993,478 00
Death Lessee awaiting Proofs ........ - .,, 36,673 06
Other Liabilities„...„, ..................... ...... 14,633 06
Burping on Polioy-heldere' ,Account .................. 270,070 65
Gerot.. $ 3,314,856 65
a -... ............. .....,....,.$3,,
Guarantee Capital 070314,000956 00065
Total Soeurity... ,..,.......................,.,.,........ $ 4,184,856 65
Policies were Issued Assuring.. ............. 3,377.733 33
Total Insurance in Force.. ............ .......... ... „ ,,,.,30,199,400 61
After the adoption of the Report the routine Directors were reelected for tial
ensuing year. At a su'meeting eeting of the OIreetors the retirieg officers and;
Exenntfyo Committee worn re, -sleeted.
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Tho'hess lva to Worsh the , my Naso
y p . barr4i boats thein, and I always do
Heavenly child is to give every child something to make hien angry just
some heaves;. ,before lit begins the job,"
FURNISHINGS.
Tho average woman doesn't think
the house is furnished untese she
has a 'card receiver in the parlor
,and hand -painted salt and pepper
•shakers in the dining room.
To got/ova is muds, but to give
it is more,
HEALTH
DETECTING TUBERCULOSIS,
In a previous article was noted
the difficulty of an early diagnosis
oe consumption, and it was .$down
how meow/eery such a diagnosis ie,
swots upon it depends; in many iu-
stances, ability to cure the lis,
ease. It was stated also that the
old way of detecting consumption,
still used commonly in the naso of
,cattle, had been superseded by
other and 'simpler methods, One
of these methods is that called the
"ophtlralmo-reaction," because the
asst is made in the eye. It is also
called the Palmetto or Wolff -Eis-
ner test, because it was devised
about the same time by the one in
France awl the other in Germany.
It consists in the instillation of
a drop of dilute ,tuberculin into
one eye. If the;'subject of the test
is entirely fee from tuberculosis,
nothing follows, but if he suffers
from the disease, even in its very
beginnings, the eye . will, after a
few days, become a little red, and
perhaps very 'slightly inflamed.
Another anode of employing tu-
be!roulin is walled the "euti-reac-
tion" or mitansous teat, It was
devised by a Visnese physician, and
is made as follows: The delicate
skin on the inside of the forearm
is 'carefully cleaned with soap
and water, and then with ether.
Then a drop of tuberculin is placed
on the skin, and the arm is scars••
fled as in vaccination, first in a
dry part, then in the- centre of the
drop of tuberculin. At the end of,
one or two days, if the subject has
incipient tuberculosis, a small
pimple comes at the place vaeein-
ated with the tuberculin, but not
at the other point which 'ti'as =tri-
fled at the same •time. The skin
for a short distance surrounding
the pimple may be more or less red-
dened, end sometimes there are
several pimples instead of one.
A simplification of this cutaneous
test is what has been eallod the
percutaneous test. This consists
in merely rubbing tubsroulin on
the skin, either the undiluted sub-
deance, or an ointment made of
equal pa'r'ts of tuberculin and
lanolin, When the reaction is posi-
tive, that is to say, when the sub-
ject is in the early stage of tuber-
culosis, the anointing is followed
within two days by an eruption on
the arm of a number of small pin-
pies, which itch more or less, and
are usually surrounded by an area,
of reddish or purplish slrin. After
ten days or two weeks the eruption
gradually disappears.
-None of these tests is absolutely
perfect, for sometimes a reaction
occurs when there is no tubercu-
Iosis, The two skin tests are about
equal as regards reliability. The
eye test, although fairly accurate,
is beginning to be thought danger-
ous, and will probably soon be
abandoned in favor of one or other.
of the absolutely safe skin tests.
—Youth's Companion.
TO WARD OFF DISEASE.
To ward off disease:
Don't get "run down" or "played
out." If tired, rest.
Don't live in foul air.
Don't drink impure water.
Don't buy dirty milk.
Don't use stale milk.
Do.nSt eat food badly cooked,
Take Don't kiss gdirty children.
lessons olvhece.
Don't mouth dirty money.
Don't fail to wash your hands
often.
Don't rub your eyes with dirty
fingers.
Don't try to keep "up and
about" all the time if you are sick,
but go to bed.
Diphtheria, is spread by the lips
and by fingers or other things
which have been in the mouth, and
by spittle.
Consumption is often carried in
the same way, by kissing, unclean
hands and by spittle,
Scarlet fever, measles and small-
pox may be carried from the skin
of the patient to well people by
food and fingers.
Typhoid fever and cholera are
carried by dirty habits and by dirty
water and dirty milk.
But don't worry about theses
things, for soap suds and sunshine
are powerful disinfectants, good
habits and righty living are firm
friends and allies, and a slating,
healthy body (year host protection)
does not readily give a foothold to
disease -producing germs,
THE DEADLY DRINKING OUP.
Every common drinking cup,
from the tin dipper of the bey who
passes the drinking water in the
country school to the granite -
ware cup chained beside the feu-
eet in the lobby of the city school,
is a poison cup, These are not
imaginary dangers, but living, ma-
lignant gerins awaiting the first
opportunity to enter the Truman
system. Who shall say to what ex-
tent these school drinking cups
these) been responsible for the mor-
tality among our children of school
age! Oftener than su'spec+ted, epi•
Idoliiics of tonsilitis, severe colds,
sore throats, and diphtheria.,could
be traced directly to this erediwas,