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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1901-12-12, Page 3� The WOQing Fed Witch Of ' :tia. %rc nisei ut,i; ;le*AlAigt3i idrefe,rte;4 9iMitrfii6si"W:0:4 lioiA Gt+)3•"•O d',1 ** CHAPTER XIX, tic's little digits, clover as they Ura- use's, Dundee (in suite or certain doubtedly were, would bo unequal to emelt compensations) began to feel .h task' hor life i1t the litho conventional Idea Pince in Which hor present nlot. was cast, decidedly stupid, She looked about her, therefore, to find an out- let for the overplus of vitality with- in her, that was Always ready to burst forth, and finally electrified the quiet country -side by sending out i.uvitations for a masker' ball. There had been a little trouba° at Ilrst with Air. Dundee, Ho had rile they hung back from seconding the idea, regarding it as an, affair in a degree tee startling to And favor in rho oyes of a specially unsophisticat- ed neighborhood, But elm had ca- jolcd, and coaxed, and wheedled, and finally tormented him into giving his consent. Accordingly, the gilt and perfumed it' Was heir own dolnhlo, oxaet in eve ery fold and lint, Da as .site looked more intently still, a small dllleronee and one that would be imperceptible to a cannel observer, became clear to liar, On her own, at the very tip of the shoulder, near the neck, a tiny Maltese erose had been worked in bleak Moselle.. It was so small as to be barely visible, : but on the shoulder of that other domino, down there ret the end W the room, her young, sharp sight told her there Was nothing, the as The yellow lgliee she was gazing at Censtantia demurred, She blushed sett; loose folds of the cloak pro - here wermly, Sho could not, she said, vented ]ler seeing whether it was allow Bonne to—to--"De at rho exfteUso pf 1t? Tut!" 'sfilender, or of a ho yellow flowered silk y inoula. her and paid Donna 'airily. She curled up glistened beneath the rays of tete 10v013 lips, and looked supreme soft larnpligitt, and the wearer, contempt, Was that really it? Why, whose mases was very earefuily ar- $lte was ordering hall a dozen at ranged, was leaning against a bank least, for as many distressed dam- of, crimson roses artistically atrang- sels, and why should she not do as od 'in one or the ante -rooms: much for Oonsteatla, 'vile was her• I As Constantin watched hot', with an cousin, and had, therefore, pomp over- rowin eurlosity, she put out claim upcnz her? Pi,A'l pati! stuff and her hat}d with a little sauey gesture, nonsense! Tho' thing was; it was and at Dace' the girl know that it settled, arranged --at all events, it was Donna. Some astonlshmont fit - more be; end s0 lot there bo no led her breast on this hmentery, morn folly about it, A country id tvhiolx was eueeeedoil by a touch of lot of a dressmaker might do very grateful feeling. The dominoos were well for half that wore caning; but ahnast precisely sThe d. to was for Oonstantla! No; she, Donna, specially good of Donna (who had a rooted objection over to gown her- self like other women) to have order- ed for leer a disguise in no whit in- ferior to that she had ordered for herself. No suspicion of any latent treachery in the not disturbed her mind, She felt oliiy gratitude, and a little remorse in that she hail so of - put on their specLaalos aatd regarded dear, proud little Moose; and on the ten known herself to harbor unkind thoughts of this kindly cousin. cartes of invitation wore titled up and would not. hoar of it, A really pret- ty girl was always of ate much more despatched to every house that was consequence than an ordinary one. not altogether impossible in the, Constantin filially gave in;'"feeling, county, indeed, that she had done something if a bombshell had been discharged gaucho and uncivilized in having at into one of these rather P,iribanical first refused the kindly offer of her homes, it could hardly have created cousin.- She thanked Donna very a greater astonishment. The •heads prettily, Vella told her she was a it out tho lwell ded mfrom-them, aser i if a�liti o before of the ball, just ten minutes l A little tpnncler crept in, of course, afraid of it. Would itgo off? !for dressing time, ra box taminarriveg � Why were the dominoes the same? 1 toe her frau D emMo e, misedining It was such a strange, such an un- the mask and Domino promised. It 11 hers had boon a polo blue, ' .she usual thinge One Aad board of it, contained rather more than these. would, she imagined, have thought it of course, and it suggested Venice at Beneath the domino lay a pair of lovelier. .1. Yellow was - a color she once, and another word beginning wonderful gloves that reached al- would scarcely have chosen; but this, with V they did not like to mention most to her shoulder, and a fan her way, would have been her folly,, bolero the youngsters, which was painted exquisitely, in rho style of a as she noticed how extremely corn - vice, A. great many old Italian by -gone ago. Constantia's color mon on all sides were the pinks and stories, as stupid as they were high -(tomo and wont as also looked at the blues and carmines, and that there ly flavored, returned to thein,ns 'pretty ` things—prettier trifles than was literally no yellow save hers and they pondered over the innocent bitshe had ever before possessed. in all Donna's.' of card. A masked ball! $oro in her sweet 11 somewhat ennllees. life. ',:. The rooms was growing insufferably Ireland!' It was out or place, and she donned the doming and laugh- warm and there was a movement very absurd, but that was hardly . She gayly at herself in her glass. towards the open windows behind the question. Was correct; was it Then sho put on the mask and laugh- her. This blocked her view of her respectable; was thetrae not an element ed once more. When the now, lovely double at the other end of the room, of impropriety about it? They were long gloves had been drawn on and or, rather, standing just inside an full There fears for their ducklings. I fastened by a little maiden ' celled antotoom; and Constantia, roused There was, indeed, much debating,Norah, .who was lost ie. speechless from her reverie, followed the multi - but the subject, and many hesitations, who ! admiration, she took up the fan, and tudo out of doors into the still, finally the young people, who summoning George, went off. to Bal- warm night. were longing., to see themselves in lymoro. She stepped on to the balcony, some way connected with another, She entered and moven down - the steps that led and -as the believed—a wickeder o the large ball -room gp y Iwith a somewh t to the broad steno terrace stow, world than theirs persuaded them a nervous tread; she h , that an acceptance should be sent: could not divest herself of, the feeling went over to the parapet, and, lean - liven after that, however, numer that all eyes were turned upon her. ing her arms upon it. gazed dreami- There was a subdued hum of voices ly into the swiftly flowing river all around, with little, breaks of laughter now and again, and the clicking of innumerable fans. Dis- guised tones mot her -ear,' on all sides, whilst sho could see that.somo deem a whisper (as it. is) the best method of concealing ono's accent, spoke only beneath their breath. The many -colored dominoes, the black satin masks, through which the oyes seemed to sparklelike living coals, the subdued light from the lamps, which Were purposely lowered, all seemed to Constantin to lend a weird and interesting effect to the scene. The soft strains' of the band, which was hidden behind a wall of ons difficulties arose. There were some who did not know how to sat about getting the requisite masks and dominoes; there. were a few, who, believing blindly in their dic- tionaries, thought a domino was simply a dress of abnormal 'length; and there were still another few who had grown up in rho belief that dominoes were bits of ivory, with black spots on them, with which im- moral Frenchmen played a wild and reckless game over their cafe noir, which in itself was suggestive of much fast living. These last were greatly at sea. Each and all went to 'Urs.. Duuclas, presumably to pay her a visit but in reality to cull from her some word cool palms and ferns, and the drip, of advice. That she saw through the ping of fountains, appeared blea to. simple artifice need not be said, and getlter in one musical breeze that straightway .sho sot theist in the swayed to and fro, and was full of right path. She was graciousness curious sadness that was almost cu.. - itself oven to those undesirable, ones tasy. who sat upon the confines of society, She stood alone, amazed, bewilder- aud were just in it, because they ed, pleased; She had become sepal.- were eparwore not out of it. A tip would ated from her brother almost im- hare sent thom over at any moment. mediatelyonentering' the room; and Sho was charming to everyone, now, as a strange voice said some - high and low; told some where dont thing low' in her car, she started vie - 'noes were to bo had; others how lently. Sheg hall, indeed, been dead they could be made by the local tal- to all sat%b tete strangeness and the For this purpose she lent an glamour of her surroundings, and the old. ono of her own, winch silo said sound of her own name brought her haci soon service at a ball given by back with a disagreeable haste to a the Princess° Dolgorouky during the sense of every -day existence. carnival, the year before last. Sho . Sho did not recognize the speaker, made quite a, point by lending this in her confusion, and did not look at domino. It was received with, much hint. Just at this moment there was elation. A real :dentine that seemed a' little extra flowing of the human to their eager imagination steeped tido in hor direction, 'andshe felt itt the sunny warmth of vino -clad It- herself floated onwards gently' but ir- aly, wcls, preoious'in their sight; and resistibly,. .and presently found her- cyorn too, in the palace—was it pal- self onto again- without a companion. azzo?—oI a princess! t i'incesse, She was glad of it. It pleased her, site had ' called it—that secured to and accorded so well with her silent givean additional flavor to it.. appreciation of the brilliant spectre- Donna hersolt seemed 'delighted de 'before her, that a sense of being with her latest whim, Sho talked of somehow alone, lost, aunts over her. it by the hour to these anxious vise- Sho did not want to speak; only tors: "They would come? Oh yes, wanted to watch, and enter into it they must. It would bo such fun. really, and so ,impress it upon her Very harmless fun, of course. Harm- heart that she should never forget, icss to dulness, but still, perhaps, a She had read many times of such an trifle less dull than the usual thing," hour as this, and now .site saw it. They wore all to keep on the masks The windows -were all thrown wide roil dominoes until midnight struck; open, rut(' the 'terrace outside lay titan, like Oindorella, their false gar- white in the moonshine. It was but menta were to slip fromthem, and a simple thing to ,imagine the water they" would stance revealed as they below all that, and the gondolas— really were. All this jugglery busi- tho mandolins—tire rhythmical rise ness seemed ,enchanting to the girls, and fall of the oar. and filled them frdl of• delight for many days beforehand: In an interview ivilli Constantin, 'Deana had declared her intention of Providing her pretty cousin With a domino that should surpass all otlt- ers, AS a little gift 11'001 friend to friend.; Such delicate articles became clumsy wraps beneath the fingers of country milliners. Even Coestatt- eye. Sho gazed at it intently. Yes down beneath—a small river, an an- gry; babbling, scolding, noisy little river, the music of which caught and held her, and entered, into the strangeness of the scene. She had almost forgotten all but it, when sho was roused. by a footstep drawing near her: She looked up quickly, and saw that, whoever the newcomer was he was approaching her with all the air of one who had no doubt about whomhe was going to address. It was a tall figure, betaking taller than it really was in' the jet-black domino that enshrouded it. But this Uonstantia did not pause to consid- er. Hor heart throbbed quickly. It seemed to hor that this must be Fea- therston. Had he seen—followed—recognized her? Ah, if that should be! So would a true lover see through all disguises! Tho Stranger bent over her hand, as she turned suddenly and gazed searchingly upon him. The moon just them had gone behind a cloud, so that only the fact that he was ofgoodly statue—tail as that ono whom she most favored—was known to her. "Will you, of your grace, deign to grant me one word?" entreated the unknown in a whisper. Sho had been waiting impatiently, for the voice, but now she felt herself foiled. Still elle could feel that there was in the tone, spice of its mockery, a sub- stratum of deepest feeling. If ho could feel like that! Happiness is a cordial. Her courage rose. "Ono?" ,she answered playfully, if a little nervously. "That would be an ungenerous gift. Surely en—old friend might demand more than that? "I give all. 1 demand nothing," returned he, still in the low whisper, It occurred to Constantin now that there was au extreme sadness in it, TILE FINAL ASSAII Lieut. Colonel Morland's column operating . in northern Nigeria against the turbulent Emir, attacked that leader's party at Yola on Sept. 2. The natives, having • boon repuls- ed in the open country, retired to the town, which the 13ritisit, troops enter- ed and captured after a sharp fight in the streets. The native riflemen, 11I' AND CAPTURE OF THE ES AND MOSQUE AT YOLA. who held the mosque and the palace, offered an obstinate resistance, and were aided' by the Emir's Arab al- lies, who used two old French rifled nine -pounder guns. After a gallant charge on the part of the British for- ces, both buildings were taken, and the Eniir fled. The enemy's loss was severe, and the British casualties amounted in all to forty-one. Colonel Morland and Major McClintock were slightly wounded. The Emir's fol- lowers afterwards gave in their submission, and, a few days .'.later, Colonel Morland, as acting commis- sioner, crowned the Emir's brother ruler of Adamawa. fan. "If the heart bo really strong, it should be able to watch and wait forever: And time, we are told, will melt the most obdurate." It pleased her thus to allude to. herself as "the most obdurate•" it delighted her, and made her glad in her soul that,ho should thus sue to her, that he"should be thus Ignorant of how she was already won; it gave great comfort to her girlish sense of the dignity of woman. Her companion made no answer to her last speech that was but half breathed,' He was, however, gazing at her very keenly. This she felt rar ther than saw, her eyes being on the ground, and the moon still obscured, and the knowledge, though strange- ly sweet, unnerved her. She stood slim and fair before 'him, with fingers closely locked,and pretty head down- beat. "Time! you .recommend me time!" bo said at last. • "You!" And now. the whisper was discarded, and his voice rang out clearly on the air• "Do you below what that means to me? Slope!" With the first sound of his voice, Constantin had started bac'[ aghast. "You, you!" she murmured af- frightedly, and nothing more. Words would not come to her. The cloud had rolled heavily away, and now the moon shone out again, lighting up the cold. whiteness. of the terrace, and specially, ns it seemed to the stricken Constantia, that corner at which they stood. Strong° could see how her lips quivered, how her shamed and sorrowful eyes avoided hid. He understood as perfectly as though she had given speech to the cruel certainty, that that gentle word of hope had not been meant for him. All through she had mistaken him for— His heart contracted within him. Constantin by a -violent effort collected herself, and compelled herself to speak calmly, and without emotion. "It Is indeed a surprise to see you hero masquerading," she said, "when I believed you still in Shrop- shire. To make an affair of this kind altogether successful, half the people asked should, think the other half at the other side of the world.. When did you return?" "Too soon!" ho said, in a low tone, full of despair. •:Ho turned and left her. Constantia's eyes filled with tears. She made no effort to recall him, feeling it was batter he should go. Tho mistake made had been a thor- oughly unfortunate one—bitter to her as to him—but she had not been in fault. It was some faint consola- tion to know that he would have to As she wondered at this, he spoke acknowledge that to himself. Sho again. "Hope is denied me," he was full of fear lest he had gaylyun- said. derstood for whom her words were "Taint heart," suggested she meant. Her brow grow crimson as atilt. And then, as the meaning he sho tried to recall everything she had 'night place upon her words came said, and wondered with n sickening home to her, she blushed it warm sense of shame if she had betrayed crimson,herself. He knew nothing; it was "True," said he, "Yet stout liotutlinupossible he could have understood. be it never so valiant, may not al- Surely ho thought only that she was ways wine„ answering him idly, without mean - 73e spoke, doubtfully,. there wasev- ing, not knowing who he wns, and As the many hues and dyes of the en a suspicion of despair inhistone, 1}tot dreameng of another. dominoes- passed before her "vision, it It was a tone s0 now to hint, that a Sbo hall withdrawn trite a secluded occurred to her that there was in the sale low laugh broke involuntarily nook, ,where a stone ,seat had been whole motley crowd no domino like from :Oonelnutia.. It seemed so scooped out -of the wall. She knoll; her ow11, Sho rather marvelled at strange that be should need encour- on this, once once Again gazed down this, until `a slight movement of the figment, that lie should fear his faro into the .rushing stream below her. throng nearest to Igor opened a side with Iter' .Again a footstep hurrying, towards alley,:at the end of which a glimpso "Is that beyond question?" she her cel' ht her ear; again a disguised 01 something brilliant caught her asked, looking away from him, and figure loot her view. But now, now tridlug in an Absent her fuahion with e was no r ` ,,,.e,.�„m„ wotheruld know that footstep amongst a oom for doubt, She thousand. Pool!' to have been be - C 1 E fore unwonted of it,. Icor face paled and she rose tremulously to her feet, His voice readied her. "At last!" he cried softly'--earofully, as 1b seem- ed to. hor-but with undeniable and very passionate eagerness, To be Continued. eset,—,. 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DG°'i rue Food 'mills the shrivelled • arteries with now deli 'blood, strengthens and revitalizes the nerves by forming new net ve Corte end gradually arid thoroughly; overcomes disease and Weakness, .It forms new healthytissues and gives re well rounded form and clear, healthy eotuploxlon to all who use it, 50 rte. a box, 6' boxes for 82,50, At old dealers, or lldrnarison, Dates & Co., Toronto, Jones '"Funny thing, 1 Ctitr't over got Strong to see 7)10 mornings." Brown—"Novo!' mind, he'll make up tifor• it by seeing you twice afternoons. Ho usually sees double by that me,,,, Old Lady (to London cabby).— "Now, abby)—"Now, I want to go to nt,y .dress.. halter.,. I've 'lost; the address, but It's a emale house beyond Oxford street, down a street on the right; enol the number's over the door," Oabby---"Well, mum, won't : you ptoaso °erne up netd.drive yerself, so the might bo sumo of not making any misinkes.". STOLEN TRACE SECRETS INTERESTING HOW SOME OF THEM LEAKED OUT. Dresden Porcelain Manufacturer Betrayed by a, Workman.— Slaking Cast Steel. To many prominent prosent-day in- dustries strange s histories are at- tached. Years ago many mxnufac tures in which nowadays thousands of people are employed were carried on by one or two people, who alone possessed the trade secret which en abled them to monopolize the whole market for their particular industry The manner in which some of these secrets leaked out, in spite of every precaution, is rather interesting. A striking instance of this descrip- tion is afforded in the history of the world-renowned Dresden porcelain. A German alchemist named Bottger, in the service of Augustus II. of Saxony, was the first to discover the process of making a white hard por- celain in 1709. Tho King imme- diately saw the value of the dis- covery, and caused extraordinary precautions to be taken in order to prevent the process of manufacture being, revealed in any way. No one was allowed to enter the manufac- tory, which was established at Meis- sen, near Dresden, except the work- men, upon whom oaths of secrecy were imposed. They were also kept under the strictest supervision, being watched day and night by the King's emissaries. In. spite of ail these pre- cautions, however, the secret was be- trayed by a workman named Stereo', WHO FD TO VIENNA, where he was instrumental in found- ing the Imperial porcelain factory, which is in existence thero at the present time. Since then many other factories have been established at some of the principal towns on the Continent, most of which are under national protection. Few people are probably aware that the manufacture of citric acid was at one Limo a secret known to but one chemist, Whose chop tuns situated near Fleet street, Loudon. The process was salt that he did not need the assistauce of any workmen, and consequently it seemed as though he would bo able to enjoy the mono- poly of manufacture all his life, without any fear of the secret leak- ing out, The chemist was always most careful to keep the doors of his laboratory looked' and the windows barred. But he forgot the chimney, and this proved to bo his undoing. One day, after he liraliraleft the la boratory, a scientifically inclined chimney sweep slipped down the chimney, obtained all the informs:- tion he required, and thus deprived the chemist of his secret. There is very little that is secret nowadays connected with the manu- facture of cast -stool. The credit of its discovery, however, belonged to a pian roamed Ituntsman, who carried on the business 0.fa watchmaker at Attercliffe, near Sheffield, England, in 1760. Being much dissatisfied with the iron watch -springs which were made in his day, he set about trying to improve the metal, and amongst o't'her experiments MELTED A P1ECE OF IRAN and cast it into an ingot, This, of course, was the secret of cast -steel, and Huntsman was not slow in re- cognizing the merits and advantages of his new discovery. In 1770 he established a large manufactory at i Attercliffe, employing only those workmen whose honesty dnd integ- rity he could rely upon. By some means or another, however, a - stranger found his way into the works and witnessed the whole pro- cess, and in this manner the secret of the manufacture of cast -steel was - revealed to the world. It was not until 1670 that tiu- . plate was first made in England. Malay attempts were made before then to discover the correct method of tinning plate -iron, but without success. At 'last an English work- man went over to Bohemia, and after some trouble entered a tut -plate manufactory there. He stayed long enough to learn the whole secret of the process, after which he cf.tne back and imparted his knowledge to his fellow countrymen. 4 BREAKFAST JACKET. The dainty breakfast jacket that suggests perfect comfort at the same me that it is tasteful and becom- ing, appears to every woman and al- ways finds a place. The attractive model illustrated is suited to dimity, batiste lawn and the like, and to such light weight wools as cashmere and albatross, hint in the original Is made of white lawn with frills and bands of needlework. The fr•otrts are tucked to yoke depth, then allowed to fall free and form folds, but the back is laid inc plaits that aro stitched in tucks and produce a, tapering effect.. At the neck is a sailor collar and the sleeves as shown aro tucked and in elbow 1 length, but the pattern also includes those of frill length that are cut in slight boll shape. i To cut this jacket for a woman of medium size, 4 yards material 27 or 1. 82 inches wide, or 2e yards 4l, inches wide, will bo requirod, with 'i yards of embroiderocl bands and 7 yards or edging to trim as illustrated till TO HAVE 5 LLPO Ware,N 11-113 DISEASE WAS T1 FASHIONI IN B TAIN, Afton a Number of People gaol PromInoculation the Practice Ceased, You proball)y think Wo have 111401a blunder i.n the (headline to this nr- title; but we have not, It is :a facet that many thousands of people have willingly paid largo sums in Order to have the smallpox, and perhaps your, own grandfather was moons' the number. Of course, nowadays, people have more sense, and we all do our best to loop the elnellpox Away, but e, little more than a hundred years ego in Croat Britain, the contraction of the dread disease WOO looked upon by thousands as a privilege, and largo sums were paid to doctm'a to inoeulnte their healthy clients with the dangerous Infectious virus from a huirau smallpox patient. The pro- cess: was' an expensive one, and only the very wealthy could indulge in it, oxcopt at me or two centres, where charity had provided establishments, so that tire- poor people might take the allpox as people now take the cure at iiadert leaden or Aix. Vaccination has put an and once and for all to chis dangerous pt'ae- lice in Croat Britain, although in seine Eastern countries the system. is still serried on of cootraoting •smallpox voluntarily, under the false impression that the attack can- not prove fatal. It was the celebrated Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, wife of the English Ambassador at Constantinople, who first induced British doctors to study this, queer "cure" for the terrible disease which had swept as a scourge over s0 many eountrios. Iu a letter she wrote: "Tho smallpox, so general and fat- al among us, is hero entirely harm- less by the invention of engrafting, which is the term they give it. There is a set of old women. who make it their business to perform the opera tion every autumn in the month of September. Every year thousands undergo this operation, . and the French Ambassador says pleasantly that they take the smallpox hero BY WAY Or DIVERSION as they take the waters in otber countries. There is no example. of • anyone who has died in it; and you may believe I am well satisfied of the safety of this experiment since i intend to try it on my dear little son. I em patriot enough to take pains to bring this useful invention into fashion in England." It was four years later, however, before Lady Mary returned to Eng- land, and she at once had her daugh- ter inoculated, the dist case of its kind in England. An experiment was then made, which certainly would not be tolerated nowadays, in En e- land, at any rate Six condemned criminals in Newgate were operated upon, and the trials proved entirely satisfactory. The Princess of Wales then con- sented that her two little daughters, Princess Amelia and Princess Caro- line, should be inoculated, and both having passed through the disease itt a favorable manner, society at. once took up the fashion. Wealthy people of all ranks rushed to the doctors, but the mania did not last long, for Lord Sutherland's son, the Zion. W. Spencer, failed to recover, and his death, together with that of Lord Bathurst's butler, shook people's confidence in the cure. About the same time, too, came news from America that 244 persons had been inoculated, and of these no fewer than hall a dozen had died. The practice at once wont out of fashion, for GYM royally could not lead whore death followed. Iu the succeeding eight years only 897 per- sons submitted themselves for the cure, and SEVENTEEN 3311713. Bat strangely enoug'il, the fatale tins did not create such a `scare id other countries its in England, and gradually the practice came into fa ver again until it was superseded at the beginning of the nineteenth cane ry toby vaccination. It was no wonder that inoculatioPl was confined to the rich almost exs elusively. Tho would-be patient had to go through a month's preliminary training, Then a course of nodi' cines, none too pleasant, was in+ 1 ulged in. Next punctures and Me cisions were made in various party of the body and •the virus iutroduee ed, and Anally there was a more oi5 ess tedious illness. So that the poor found it fat' more convenient to ran the risk of an involuntary ate ark, especially 88 inoculation ` did not invariably end with a satiefac> y cArresult, Smallpox acrd Inoculation Ifo e 0 a pltnl, however, was founded in Lone don, and had more healthy patients eager to undergo the curd than It know Trow to Ideal with. MI classes of society came to have the most unbounded confidence in the process, so that little more then a century ago, probably nota single member, of tee upper ranks of society had failed to be inoculated, 'She prectico has ceased in most civilized countries, but even nowa- bays there aro some who believe it a more efficacious preventive of a se- vere attack of smallpox than vaccin- ation, end it is impossible to say with any cortnlnty that it will never be revived. TAKEN .LITERA LLY, Young Wirt—",Teck, what ere you so cross about ?" Sullen ltusbaut1—(studying account bock)—"Well, frnrad y, this stondy outflow or money is a little mows than I mu stand. Young wife (indignnntly)-"You marked ihat book 'Current 7ax-' pensee,' didn't you 1 Well, I looked in the dictionary end current means `running or moving rapidly` end I tial doing the vory best Fthe." A Parisian ltni' e-btjirher rocket's on 4.50 pounds of harm() beef front en,ee. carcase., a••.5"u�e. 3 ii too 1,ti�ragr v Well Whit- bb we ocmin' tnl,• A h ler tV �( ti a t is if, r1#ii m T F ¢? e It la li� ¢ a ` n 'tS tie; til rid Sa r Y r d ° $ 1¢tICO t r n' u1u Oct d! 1 n 'tt h au 9 T, a , v n' Si. 1 6 t hl� ti u 0 1¢-- of y wh • 5= ��rr � p ane c dt Afiti�t°'Elttnthe�thcrr enlititb7t11,• ic'3 brfutt.