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OR, W,ArriNO T - RQUaH WEARY
YEARS.
CItAPTEIt Y1I - (Cortt'd)
The trial attracted many persons
to, the court house. And the court
room. was densely. crowded, ,
•But many who had never seen
Marie Serafinne, and who expeoted
to behold in the accused a monster
as revolting in appearenee .as the
alleged crime, was in esaeee0, wel'e
astonished when they. saw the elen-
• der, fragile form, and the fair, wan
face and simple, childlike aspect of
the young prisoner.
When she was forinally arraigned
lrpprtd asked whether she were guilty,
r1 not guilty, she answered very
artlessly—
I wouldn't have hurt my poor
j,lttle baby to have saved nay own
Ate, if I had known it. But T didn't.
know when I did it, I didn't' even
Unow I had done it, But I know
dmust have done it because there
was nobody else in the house. And,
sir,,I am willing to die for it."
She was here instructed that hos
informal answer would not do ; but
that if she could not recollect hav-
kg committed the crinis, she must
Stead "not guilty."
Then, in her obedient'spirit, she
pleaded as she had been told to do.
When asked if she had any eoun
gel; sheanswered, f'N0 sir."
But just then the stately form an l
noble face of Mr. Ishmael Worth,
of the Richmond bar, one of the
most eminent lawyers and humans
entlemen of the age, was seen t.i
fists from the crowd of spectators.
He had only that day arrived in
Prue Cliff, on his way to Washing-
ton City. And his presence in the
pellet room was purely accidental—
or providential.
He now advanced, and bowing to
the Bench. said
"Your Honor, I am counsel for
the prisoner, if she will accept me."
His words produced the profound-
est sensation. Here was a lawyer
of world-wide renown, whose advd-
(psaey almost always secured a ver-
dict for his client, whether in a
criminal or a civil suit, and whose
retaining fee was often as high as
ten thousand dollars—offering now
4. give his inestimable time, tat-
pts, and legal knowledge to the
efence of a poor, friendless, and
�.
nen siless outcast.
"She will thankfully accept your
ryicj,: no doubt, Mr. Worth," sail
the judge.'
Ishmael Worth bowed, and pass•
ed•to the side of the young prison
ex.:who after her arraignment, had
.been permitted to sit down in a
Chair, under the immediate sure•:!•
*zee of a constable.
"You are willing to let nue try to
save you, my child'?" he said kind
b.
"I thank you very much, sir. but
T have no money, not a cent," she
answered in her apathetic way.
"Money? .poor child! I do nut
went any from you," he answer.;:)
tl .
g "And besides, sir, I am willing
to dje," she added meekly.
"But we are not willing to let you became confused, exposed his ow n
•dje, especially, with an undeserved comparative ignorance, entangled
ref gma ,upon your name, as I act his own former testimony, and upon
sine this is." the whole corroborated that of Dr.nd then, again addressing the Simson,
Bench; he said: • He was then permitted to retire.
"Your Honor, I crave of the And Mr. Worth arose to address the
Court opportunity to confer wi:b jury, with one of those strong pithy,
spy client, and to examine the evi- closely -reasoned and eloquent ap-
dence against Iter." peals that nearly always gained his
Then followed a short consults- cause.
Miein between the :fudge and the And with the end of his speech
ate's Attorney. And then, as at the defence closed.
was near the hour of noon, thn The Judged summed up in a very
e"nurt was adjourned until 2 p.m. few, impartial words, and gave the
When the Judge had left the case to the jury.
. bench, the prisoner was taken to Without even leaving their seals,
the marshal's room, where she was the jury returned a prompt •verdua
left alone with her counsel. of
Ishmael. Worth, true, tender, •';Tot Guilty,"
sympathetic, drew, from the for- And the young prisoner was dis•
waken girl the sad stony of her lovecharged from custody, and fon ti
and trust, and bitter wrongs and herself at liberty before she well
sufferings. And he knew that eveey understood what had happened to
avoid she spoke was truth, except, ser,
indeed, her despairing self -accuse- The usual great gabbling among.
tions of the death of her babe the spectators, followed the render -
"I do not believe you are guilty," ing of the verdict and the adjourn
the said, as soon as he had head ment of the Cour&
her to the end. "So, she won't guilts,' after ali,"
I must be," she said piteously; saki one.
"for my, child was living. I heard "But she would have beet; cnn-
her ery . That is all 1 know till 1 vieted and hanged all the same up
SOW her dead : But I never meant , the, testimony of old Dr. Barter.,
to limn her. I would have diet: if 17, R•11•11 had not taken up tin
first. She knows it now fur she'' „ase. and 1,ronght that great 1)r;
must be en angel in Heaven." "efariius'Simson, from Baltimore, to
"Hush, Marie: You are very ig-!.,how up the rights of things,:" said
tlerant--almost as ignorant ars the' another.
J)ogberries of the Coroner's jury,{ ".,And to think that Mr. Worth
h verdict against you. mit . gave ,all Itis own preen
Who found the g nr , only ga u f 1
1 shall summon as a witness for the one time, good for a million a month
defence, the celebrated Dr, maxim s'nlmr,st, in term time, but•actually
r$imson, who is our greatest author. ',pair all the expenees of bringing
ity in that special departnnent dine the witness: here, whose Bine was
practice of medicine that affects 't.eaely as precious as his own. lt.
your ease. I think his testim.tsy vvas nrineely'•'
''will be valuable," replied i41'r.
North,' as he set himself to examine
a copy of the rninootes of .the Coro-
ner's inquest, with winiell the mar-
nbal had just furnished hien.
When the Collet Met in;th after-
noon, Mr, Worth asked for anposte
ponement of the trial, until an 110-
purtant witness for the defence
could be brought from Baltimore,
The petition was granted, and the
trial postponed until that day week,
the 14t11. of Manch.
Marie Serafinne was remanded to
her prison; and the Court took up
other cases of less vital importance.
Ishmael Worth deferred his, visit to
Washington, and gave his full at
tendon to gettingup the defense
of this poor girl, as if he had been
retained with a ten thousand dol-
lar fee, or if he had been a young
barrister withhis reputation de-
pending upon the success of his first
ease, In the interim, he had many
interviews with ins client.
The clay of trial came, and the
court, as before, was crowded..
The prosecution was opened by a
short address of. the. State's attor-
ney to the jury, followed by the Bal-
ling of the first .witness, Mrs. But-
terfield. the farmer's wife, who dis-
covered the dead 'child.
She testified to the facts within
her knowledge, and which are al-
ready known to the reader.
She was followed by Dr. Barton,
who being galled to the stand testi
fied that he had made a post-mor-
tem examination of the child's body
end found from appearances that
it had been born alive and sub
quently strangled. •
These were the only two import
ant witnesses for the proseeutio
which glosecl with a short sumnti.%
Up address by the State's. attorney..
The cross-examination of witness-
es was rigidly reserved for the de
fence.
Mr, 'Worth arose on the part of
the prisoner. He, too, made but a
short preliminary speech before cal•
ling witnesses,
First, he called in succession some
of the most respectable citizens , f
the country, who had known the
little cottage girl, Marie Serafmne,
from -her childhood to the present
time, and could testify to the'uni
'form gentleness and sweetness of.
her temper and disposition
Finally, he called his most vale •
able witness—Dr. Marius Stinson,
of Baltimore, the greatest author•
ity on the medical questions bear
ing upon this case. He had pre-
pared himself for the present occa-
sion by reading up the minutes of
the post-maortem examination with
great care. -
And now, being sworn and exam-
ined: he proved by a very thorough
process of testimony, that the child
came to her death by accidental
physiological causes alone.
The doctor submitted to a very
strict cross-examination by the pro-
secution;
ro secution; but that only brought
out his evideince in a clearer, stron-
ger light.
He sat down.,
Doctor Barton, who had been a 1 fore, when she took one fatal walk
witness for the prosecution, was with her. lover, and the sun west
now recalled by the defence. omen on her happiness forever.
je to a searching , Night was on, and she had
]3e was subjected g g coining
cross-examination, during which lir ot where to lay her head!!
She walked slowly towards the
but which the workman had point-
ed mut, as containing the relics of
her grandmother's poor furniture,
The log lint was . occupied. by a
negro woman, called .Aunt Sn'tkey,
ant het husband and chilclren, all
slaves of the rich landholder who
owned the quarry.
On seeing Marie Serafinne op-
ts/each, they- came out to meet her,
not with wards of welcome, but
with looks of silent aversion.
Poor Marie explained meekly
enough that' she bac' come only to
ask about her grandmother's poor
household goods, that were not
worth much, she added ; but if the
woman would give her shelter that
night and the nest day, or until she
could think of where to go, she (the
woman) might have the little bit of
fnrniturr.
"It's only a bed and an arm-
chair, and some little tea -things,
and rich : Ml the rest was stole,
I reckon. Manse tole me to keep
these, ease yon ever conte to want
'em, So dry let yea .off. did dey?
Manse said cloy would, soon's he
blear Masser Worth took you up,"
remarked .Aunt Sukey, staring 'at
hr.r visitor.
"They said I was not guilty. Ami
I was •not, Aunt," meekly replied
the girl, as, no longer able to stand,:
sbe sank down and sat noon a stone..
"1 dunno. Hard te11'in' whedd.ur
you is 10' not. Well, you kin stay
hire to -night. Which I hopes to
goodness you won't do nnl$n bad Lo
my poor chillun," said Aunt Sue
kev. doubtfully.
"hb, Heaven 1 Do you .think I
am a . devil Y" cried poor Marie,
nursling into tears.
"l)unno. 'Bard tellin' >wlrat, volt
here to -night,
Butyou kinren to
iA. stay � ,
ttnvways, 'cause ]' don't sped 110
white., person ain't again' to take
yeti 111 So git up often de damp
groan', and come in de house,,,
(To Inc ten
TA, Ann led her into tho opon h'
house,
in front of the Voltal o
"My child, Where do you wish to
go f„
"First„ of all on my knotfo
thank you Flt, for saving nay poor
life, and for muck more than that,
for proving not only tc the jury,
t
b'lt to my own bleeding 'heart that
I never hurt my poor baby even
while I was out of nay head:"
Stay ! stay, Marie! yoai, most
kr,eol only to the Lord, and not to
this human instrument 1 When
I hall 1 take yowl I wish to see you
iu safety before I leave you, I have,
to drive to the Wendover station,
and take the train to Richmond to-
fnictht."
"I wish to go to my own little
house under the cliff. But don't
yam trouble to take nae there, sir.
I can go very well alone,
"You are euro?"
"Yes, sure."
"Then, here child. Take this,"
he said, putting a twenty dollar bill
in her hand, which she made a ges-
turia of refusing—"Nay, you must
take it, as from a father. And
here is my address. If ever you
should want a friend, write to me,"
be added, as be forged the bank
note with his Gard sinto her hand.
Hewas gone. And she hurried
down the street,and out of the vii•
loge by the road leading to her hut.
As soon as she found herself alone
in the woods, she knelt clown and
thanked the Lord fait her great de-
liverance, and'prayed Him to bless
her benefactor, Ishmael Worth.
Then she hurried on towards her
hut. But when she reached the spot
s, great shock awaited her. The,
hut had disappeared, and young
men were at work digging out red
sand -stone from under its founda-
tion, The hut, indeed, had never
bean her own or her grandmother's
property. They had lived•in it, rent
free, by the sufferance of the rich
landholder, who owned the ground.
His interests had at last requir-'
ed its removel. And during the
long imprisonment of its mistress,
whieh it was supposedwould end
only in death, he had had it pulled
down for the sake of the quarry bo-
neath it,
CHAPTER VIII.
She saw and understood all at a
On the Farm
ca•fo,Pca•@.r++ka
FEEDING TRU DAIRY CALF.
.There is 00 stunt thing as lacing
the amount any calf should lac feel
in order to grow well, and be kept
in the pink of health. Each calf.
has an individuality, some calves
have better digestion and power to
assimilate their food than others,
Crnseyuently, there can be no such
thing as'iiguring to a scientific
ety what amount a self shall eat.
The class of food which when eat-
en—providing it is palatable —• can
be well laid down, but there all
rules of feeding must end. The footl-
ing of salvos after they are four
months of age -most actives ;aeo
weaned from utfik• --depends again
upon how well they .have 'been fed
in their infancy when milk„ was
their chief source of sustenance.
Many a calf's digestion is unpaired
by feeding on skim milk wholly
when only a few days old. or hav-
ing been fed cold milk that was
germ -laden from being k2tut too
long' before being fed. Thtis, a lot
depends upon the calf's condition
when you start in to feed ,them at
four months of ago. • Some, may be
strong and vigorous,of large size'
and grow thin by reason of being
bred •from' strong, large parents;
other small and weakly' from weak
vitality in their: parents, or of being
badly fed when young.
In a general way, alfalfa hay and
clover hay make, generally speak-
ing, ideal roughage for calves the
first winter of their lives. All they
will eat of this; feed the red cloven
once a day ancl the alfalfa once, and
one pound of mixed •meal, made of
oats, two parts by weight to one of
corn, to every hundred pounds
weight of calf will be about what
most calves will require.
But feeders must always keep in
mind that food alone cannot grow
up a healthy : calf, colt, lamb, or
pig, any more than it can grow a
healthy boy or girl. All growing
animals must have regular daily
exercise in order to develop muscle,
bone and. nerve force. The one who
glance; for there had been quarry -'puts his young calves in a shed or
ing in that neighborhood before; basement barn and keeps them
and ' the chance of losing their little . there from fall until spring may.
have sleek fat calves, but they will
disappoint his expectations of hav-
ing serviceable potent finales and
good dairy cows,-- Sterility follows
that kind of management in the ma-
jority of cases. A calf might far
better have an hour's run on a.Win-
ter day, even in a snowstorm, than
be kept shut up all day in a pen.'
The modern barns are, to an ex-
tent, weakening the bovine family,
not by the reason of the born, but
by the manner in which animals are
kept in them day after day with-
out exercise during the winter
months. It is to -day so weakening
the vitality of animals as to render
them susceptible to all classes of
germ .disease, tuberculosis especial-
ly. No animal will inflate the lungs
home through the quarrying had
been one of the bugbears of leer
grandmother's last clays.
She. uttered no complaint, if in-
deed there had lleen any -thing to
complain of.
She only asked one of the work-
men what had been: done with her
grandmother's little household fur-
niture.
The man raised bis head and re-
cognized her, with a look of hor-
ror and disgust that chilled her
heart.
He would not even speaks, but
pointed to a log cabin about a quar-
ter of, a mile distant, down on the
other side of the road.
Marie turned away, heart -sick of
tl>e world. in a warm barn to the fullest ex -
The sun was sinking behind the
mountain, and the, shadows were tent, neither will the heart action
darkening over the valley! send the blood to all parts of the
Hew well she remembered one system properly. This is not an ad -
similar scene, some tent months be- vocaey of turning out, a colt on .a
winter day and allowing it to hump
around all clay. Not a bit of it, nei-
ther should it be turned out in a
blizzard. But any ordinary winter
day a calf or colt is better out for
an hour or two than in the barn.
Warm barns are good, but good
sense demands that growing ani-
mals should not be kept in them
constantly.—C. D. Smead, .)7'. S.
"princely ?' Yes • nut Ishmael
Worth is n. prince among mon !" '
At'hkle these comment:: were being
made by the crowd, ishtnn.el Worth
took the: hand of. his bewildered
client and drew her, arm within his
FARM NOTES
The introduction of the English
sparrow by its driving away the lit-
tle native birds has been respon-
sible for more damage, by insects
and weed posts than all other CADS -
es combined, inoluding cats, and
boys with guns,
The farmer has as much right as
any one to wear a good suit of
clothes and adorn .and beautify his
home. In fact, it is his duty to do
so It is also part of his duty to
furnish good reading matter for the
family. We should strive sotto ele-
vate and dignify the business that
any man could be proud to say, I
am a farmer.
Extracted honey, if brought to a
telnperattnte of not over 160 degrees
1 ahrenbeit, . bottled and sealed
while hot, will usually, if kept in a
uniformly warm temperament, keep
liquid for a year or more. But
there is a great difference in honey.
Some will candy much more quielcly
than others. Cold atmosphere is
quite favorable to candying of both
extracted and comb -honey. Cel-
lars and cold rooms are poor places
fur honey,
The brown•teil moth is a serious!
pest,and is likely to spread. Tho
easiestand practically the only •ef-
fective means of artificial control
where established, is by cutting off
the overwintering nests coring the
Iato :Fall, winter, or • early spring
and destroying the larvae within,
This, of course, can be supplement-
ed by spraying with an arsenical
mixture when the natorpitlars ap
pear on the, foliage in spring. When
young, according to 17oward, they
may be killed with Fee ordinary
Strength sprays er •se yl oe
arsenate of lead, but when half
grown or. larger, according to San,
derson, five pounds of arsenate of
lead to 80 gallons of water is nee.
•
essary to prove effective.
o
LIVE STOCK; NOTES.
For horses that are confined to
the stable on dry feed, a hot bran
nlaslt' once or twice coed week is
angst benefseial,
Pigs are not well protected by
Nature and to thrive they must have
warm winter quarters free from
drafts, They midst have a good
range for exercise, but they most
have warm quarters in 'which to
sleBefep,.
ore you go into the poultry
business you should visit some olf
est.ablfshad poultry plant, wwhore
you can see and study its workings..
By so doing, yon will gain much in-
formation that will be valuable to
you in the future, You will sot the
Absolute necessity of care and eco-
nomy in all of its branches, the com-
plete knowledge of width as requi-
site to 51100088.
A yearling may be kept well,
which means kept growing at not
to excm 2 .
while ineed stafroble,$antito f$2oreo mauuch lesmonths
when at pasture. A favorite ration
is a pint of ground oats, the same
of bran acid half a gill of oilmeal,
twice a daze, made into a thin gruel.
with water and spread on the hay
feed. If hay is high, feed oats
stranc+,in its place if bright and
clean. Do not give the colts any
dusty food, anci seeto it that they
do not become constipated. Lin-
seed meal, "roots, corn stalks and
apples are useful to prevent this
danger.
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LONDON'S <FOOR COSTLY
SUM OP $4,500,000 SPENT oB
I'OOD YEARLY.
Six Tens of Tobacco—Soap Bill of
Over $100,000—A. Regular
Business.
The thirty-one Loudon Boards of
Guardians, says the London Daily
Mail, are now engaged in dealing
with the hundreds of tenders sent
in by the various contractors for
the supply' of provisions, coal,
clothes, and other necessaries in-
cidental to the feeding of nearly;
80,000 people per clay.
DAILY FOOD BILL $10.600.
The bare mention of the figures
suggest that the quantities con-
sumed must be of enormous dimen-
sions. It costs from 12 to 16 cents
a day, on the average, to feed an
inmate of a 'poor -law institution.
The, daily food bill, therefore, tak-
ing the lowest figure, will amount
t., $10,500 a day, or $3,832,500 a
year. Asa matter of fact it comes
to much more then that.
.In addition there are about•5,000
indoor officers of all grades to feed,
and, allowing their food' bill to av-
erage 30 cents ' daily, tho cost
amounts to $1,500 a day, or about
$57,000 a year.
The provision merchants' bills,
therefore, for the poor -law instit--,
tions for the year amount to near-
ly'$4,500,000,
A SPECIAL BUSINTSS-
The business of supplying the
London and suburban workhouses
With provisions is quite a special
one, and is largely in the bands of
about twenty firms, some of whom
secure scores of thousands of dol-
lars' worth of contracts. •
In addition ,there are contractors
who make a' special feature of sup-
plying workhouse and infirmary;
clothes, blankets, sheets,.bedateadn,
hospital regtusites, nurses' Ani
forms, and a thousand and one
things the public hardly suspect.
MANUFACTURED SPECIALLY.
Thon came the cutlery and oal'th-
enwvaee' merchants,who also niake a
special business of manufacturing
or getting others to do so for them
the mugs, plates, and outer articles
which are necessary to replace those
broken in large quantities every
year,
In. haberdashery alone the St.
Pancras Guardians spend $1,210 a
year. It is not an exaggeration to
say that the London boaeds spend
$20,000 a year on buttons; cottons,
needles, and all the other articles
which come under the head of hab-
erdashery.
The same can be said of institu-
tional linen 'drapery, which is quite
a specialized . article, mainly sup-
plied by four or five firms Who take
every year ebeut 810,000 from the
guardians for their goods. These
merchants also know exactly what
the guardians want in the way of
woollen goods.
DEALERS ARE HONEST.
The great art of catering for .the
feeding ,and clothing of over 80,000
people in London's pool' -law
tirtione lies in. e estly knotting
whet, is wanton. Tenders also gen-
etelly accort11ns to sante}a, and it is
`
1
the ditty of respolasiblo o !l'tera ato
send back eyery orders not up to the
standard considering the enorm,
axis quantities supplied it is a rare
oeetirx'enco for these eontraetors,
whose poor -law supply wove farms
au important part of their business,
to nave boots at $1,20 a pair, and
women's net slil:,pors at 5, cents a
pair aareleentil to pass the test ac-
cording to ,sample,
ASTOUNDING FIGURES.
It is viten we go into the esti-
mated quantities of supplies for e
whole year that a person gets some
idea of the 'enormous task of feed-
ing, clothing and'caring for its 80,-
000 poor And its 5,000 indoor ofia.-
tiers. The following quantities also
show what a big business is clone
by these special contractors in sup-
plying the goods needed.
Snits of clothes , .... , , , 20,000
Pairs of boots .,.. ,,
Dozens of mugs..,,,,..,,,
Dozens of knives .. .'..
Dozens forks ..,. .. ..
4,000
• • ,, 200
20,000
... 4,000
3
.. 10,000
250,000
. 200,000
80,000
... 8,000
. 3,000
.,. ' 1..8,000
... 40,000
.7
.. 2,790,000
6,500,000
480,000
... 3,000,000
. 6
500
Dozens, of spoons ..
Dozens of frying -pans
Owts, of bacon
theta. of butter ...
Tons of ham .... ...
Owts. of Margarine .,
Eggs .. . .
Stones of beef .. ..
Stones of mutton ,
Stones of pork ....• ...
Stones of suet .,,, ..
Powis , . .. .. ....
Rabbits s. .. ,
Tons of vegetables ..
Pounds of fish . , •
..
Quartern laciness ., r. .
rounds of jam .,..,.
Gallons of milk
Tons of tobacco .. ...
Pounds of sniili .... ...
25,000
5,000
1,600
3,000.
A VERY GREAT TASK.
Until one spends considerable
time in the stores arid- kitchens of
the groat poor -law institutions one,
does not realize what a task it is
tc feed the London ratepayers' pau-
per family, It is a work which needs
skilled and goocl organization, but
there can be no doubt that if the
dificnity of distances could be got
over in the matter of perishable
goods a central supply store would
save the ratepayers many thousands
or pounds yearly.
NO LONGER TORTURED
A Sergt.-Wheeler in R.C.A. Finds Curs frons
Agonizing Skin Disease.
Sergt. Wheeler Thos P. Bennett,
R . 0. A., who lives at 705 Albert
St., Ottawa, describes the relief
which he got from D. D. D. Pre-
scriptions :
"It gives me greet pleasure• to. commend
D. D. D. to eniferers from skin diseases.
For three years 2 suffered intensely frog.
a skin• disease which I•developed on the
back of my neck. It grew continually and
sometimes cast off scales. Neighbors ad-
vice, prescriptions. salves and expensive
blood medicines were lavishly used..
At last I found relief in D. D.D.. used ac*.
cording to directions. It remised aust,one
bottle t0 effect a cure. I' am no longer tor-
tared, so I have no hesitancy ip aeknow'
ledging to the world the worth and groat
virtue of D. D. D." -
Blood medicines cannot kill the
germs in the skin which cause ec-
zema . and other skin cliseases.
Salves fail because they cannot pe-
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CRRONICI LEAD -POISONING,
Illost ease Sof Chronic Itoisonin,l
by lead are those of smelters, paint,
tees, glaziers, and other artisans of
this alas, who inhale the metal; in
the form of fine lest, or swallow it
with their food, oaten, .indeed,
result of their own carelessness.
In snob cotes the nature of 1114
illeees is immediately recognizable' ,
as a, rule,' for the Attack is alwayt•
opeoted.But some :persons are'
se sensitive to the action of lead
that poisoning occasionally origin,
ates in seemingly the most uuao.
Countable manner.
5ometimey it follows such obscure
accidents as lire drinking' of water
or other beverage that has passed
through pear lead pipes, or that °hal
been .stored: , in r casks lined with
lead; the eating of food that has
been cooked in' lead -enameled ves-
sels, or the use of cosmetics eon-
tainir,g the metal. It has resulted,
also from the wearing of artificial:
teeth in the manufacture of whicie
lead had been wrongfully used, and;
oven from the repeated biting of
lead -dyed silk, thread. In a few in-
stances, too, lead pigments have,
been used to improve the color of
food preparations, and large quan-
tities of flour have beenrendered
poisonous by the use of lead to fill'
defects in the millstones,
The distinctive symptoms of :.
chronic load=poisoning 'are derange-
ment of the digestion, lassitude,.
aching of the muscles, and dull ab-
dominal pains, or severe colic ofa
.
peculiarly agonizing character. In
most cases there' is .a narrow indi- -
ge-blue line in the, gums close to•
the margin. The sufferer loses flesh, -
rapidly, his skin becomes sa]low,
and in the worst cases the nervous.
system becdmes affected.
Such violent evidences of brain-'
poisoning as convulsions or acute,
mania, are loss ft8jttently produc-
ed than tate form of paralysis known
as "wrist-drop".. in which the hands,
droop from loss of power to extend
the wrists and fingers:
In the treatment of chronic cases,
physicians generally administer laic-
atives, which form insoluble com-
pounds with the lead that remains,
in the intestines and remove it; and
later they endeavor, by the Asa of'
other remedies, to dissolve and re-
move any of the poison that has:
been deposited in the tissues.
Special treatment by massage, elec-
tricity and exercise is generally re-
quired for the relief of the para-
lysis.
Lead pipes should not be used in
cisterns, for rain -water is devoid of
mineral matter.—Youth's Compan-
ion.
Water that' has stood overnight,
in new pipes should never be used
for drink or in cooking. Tho min-
eral matter in ordinary drinking-
water forms an insoluble coating on
the interior of water -pipes in the
course of a few weeks, however,.
and thus prevents future 9ontam-
ination.
WEEDS AND FLOWERS.
The big dahlias in mother's' gar-
den
were, 'withered by the frost,.
even the little red asters were dull
and wilted, and Philip and .Doris
Grant looked about anxiously„ for
it' was father's. birthday, and they
had thought out a nice surprise for
him. They wanted to put v border
of flowers all round the dinnere
nor -table so that, when 'he came
in he ,v tild ask, "Who. did that?'! '
.And then mother would say, "The
children."
Back of the garden was a field
which •sloped clown to ' the brook,
and the children walked slowly
across the field. They had nearly ,'
reached the brook wheii ])oris call-
ed
out;."Look I -Look, Philip l" and
pointed toward a 'bunch of flue yel-
l= blossoms.
"Those are Weeds!" said Philip.
"just yellow weeds. They grow
eveirywhere, by the road - and al)
along the brook." '
"But they are as fine as the gar-
den blossoms," said 'the little girl,
"Probably they don't want to be
weeds. P'r'ops it's just like some
children who don't have anybody
to love them, and have to grew up
where they can. Your know, Atoll
Sue told us :daunt children that
didn't: have homes; . and I guess
weedsate just blossi iits that don't
have •giirdene." •
-
"They's pretty," agreed Philip.
And then they began pinking the,
yellow blossoms,
That night, schen Mr. Grant came
in to dinner, he looked at the table.
with the lovely sprays of yellow
Mono= all about it.
"Well, well," said father, "I'm
glad yon selected goldenrod. 1
think it ought to be our, national_
flower."
"What; is a national flower 1
asked Philip, •
"It is a flower selected by the
People of .a culinary as their floral
emblem," explained IVIr. Grant,
"just as each: nation has ai flag of`,.
it:; own."
s's face
i)oie wee as Fu1JI
f delight.
II:.
o
."I told you weeds were just as
good if their blossoms ware lovely,"
said Doris, --Youth's Companion,,
s