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BY EUGENE JONES
014 main Fipps, ,engineer of the
Limited for ten years, was dead. Who
would tae his place? According to
seniority, the job belonged to Adler;
yet Adler has never been popular, with
headquarters.
Roundhouse No, 5, situated a good
half -mile
from the Savannah terminal
station, was the spot most likely for
• the news to break concerning the per-
sonnel of the Limited's new crew.
Frank Hawthorne, local engineer,
young, steady -eyed, liked by the :nen,
stood near the door, smoking; and be-
side hint lounged the oldest fireman on
the Swamp n. .'hey were eailc-
ing in low tones, gianaing now rind
then- at the bulletin board.
"You say ycu re going to get it?''
grunted the latter.
• "Surest thing you know, Uncle 13i111
Superintendent had me up on the'
carpet this morning—said l'd •done all
right, 0.1::d he needed more express
engineermen. Then he mentioned the
Lint ted. .. Of course, it's a mighty
big thing for a kid like me. Everybody,
thinks Adler's first choice; he's been.
ii ndling a throttle for five years. But
• Adler—w el, you know what the chief
dispatcher: called him when he ditched
that Charleston local last month!"
Uncle Bill drew on his pipe thought-
fahy. His sheuldcrs were bent, his
fate so seamed and wrinkled one could
hardly fellow the line of his f eatures. •
0n.y his . ee es, hinted at the mental
an:l physical activity which ' twenty
years of railroading had failed to tire,
And at the moment his eyes were
focused on Hawthorne. i
- "What about them ghosts in Big'
Cyprus Swamp?"
'ra
k, �.nklo..
u •ped
"Look here, a veteran like you can't'
get away with that! And you better
not try; you're going to fire for me."'
"-What ?"
• ''Fact, I asked the boss to let you
flee 99, and he promised to."
If the older man was overjoyed he'
didn't show it; he ir:e:e_y nodded with:
a trace of sullenness. And then a
clerk from the office pushed through
the erowel with o bundle of orders:
which' n fasten p.,,cee:ed �_ fasten to the'
snake -.begrimed bufet:n board. Frank
was named as enginser of No. 86,'
the Limited; Uncle Bill as fireman;
there were other changes. -
Now it so happened that Edward;
Adler came in at that moment from
his.ovening run. Several of the men
were cangratulatng Hawthorne when'
Adler strode up to the board. His
eyes were a little red from the wind;
and wh en he turned abruptly toward
the group watching him, there was
something g in his appearance sugges
tive of an animal ,cornered.
"Where's Hawthorne?" he grotvled. !
I want to see hien.
Hawthorne pushed forward,
? he - said quietly, although.'
his Jaw ova ,ks r-, .oubtleese lie., sur -
crowd
iciil-dered' eIoser; the two Men faced I
each ether in front of .the .bulletin
board, Adler white to the roots of his
hair, Hawthorne milling a little, but
note provocatively'.
"You wantedme'?" "
to See he hinted.
"Yes! •Who's backing you?" The',
snea r was obvious.
"Just what cid you mean?"
A brakeman laid his hand on Ad-
ier's shoulder.
"Hold on," he advised kindly. "I
know it's tough on you—you're the
' older. man—but it isn't Frank's fault. th
Get after the boss, see your union
prerident—"
"This is my scrap!" snapped the ,t
angry engineer. "You butt out! Now,
Hawthorne. I repeat, who's backing
you at headquarters?"
Frank held his temper.
"I'm sorry," he said. "It seems to p
me I have sort of swiped your job. If t
cleath-like—and Frank, when he finish.
cd 1 was terribly afraid."
Hawthorne wet his haps.
"You--beseve this, • deer?"
"I don't know, Hew eeeld I know?
I've never believed in "ghosts-"
He drew her to her feet gently,
"Then you advise are to pay no .at-
tention to it?"
Her startled eyes sashed slim the
answer he had been praying for,
"Noy no! If you see anything ahead
of the Limited in B•ig Cypress, stop!
, Even if it's a shadow. Please, Frank,
for niy sake." -
"Then you tiro care!"
Ile drew her to him' firmly.
"I'm not going to wait any lenge
dearest;. you've got to admit it now
you do care!
When they walked home the girl
cheeks were flushed and her .eyes we
bright with a .joy that not even h
father's death could eclipse.
(To be coneluded.)
to prevent. There was . a dull soun;l
of blows on flesh, a muttered excla- I
enation, and Adler crumpled to the
floor.
Uric
bed Frans..
"Colne!" he ; shouted, "get out
here—all of you!" And for some re
son they obeyed. Hawthorne was t
last to 'leave.. As he slammed th
door, Adler struggled to his feet. H
d
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of
a-
he
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looked about dazedly, felt his hea
with careful fingers, alio lurched t
ward the entrance of the roundhous
Before he disappeared he paused
fling back thickly;
"You'll hear from me—you and th
pet of yours!"
Then he was gone, staggering a lit-
- tle, with a bump on his forehead a
big as an egg.
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The my.,terious names given to dit-
to
ferent grades of tea c'io not, as is usual -
at ly supposed, refer to different plants
Start a Little Country Theatre.
More and more since the boys carne
back, country folk are coming to real-
ize, that if we keep the young folks
i,� on the farm we must not only elimin-
ate a lot of the drudgery, but•we must
provide entertainment for them. The
's ; days when early to bed and early to
re 1 rise, and all play and no work makes
er Jack a lazy boy, had power to move,
are long since passed. The cities with
their dance halls and movies,"or per-
haps their concerts and lecture course,
are too easy to reach. Factories and
stores offer to both boys and girls a
means of earning a living easily, with
several hours of fun besides. So if
a the country is to hold its young folks
it must hustle up and establish some
way of catering to the -pleasure -loving
t side of normal, healthy boys and girls.
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awtnorne went nom
thoughtfully.
Passing through the anion depot h
caught sight of a slender black-garbe
figure hurrying to' meet him. It wa
Kathleen Fipps, daughter of the d
ceased engineer.
She was pretty, but one didn't thin
of that at first; one thought about th
sweetness of her, the simplicity, th
i utter.lack of self-consciousness. He
I chin and her determination had bee
;inherited from her father. Her hair
was dark, her eyes a pansy black, wit
a hint of slumbering fire, and he
mouth?—well, Hawthorne considere
it the most lovable, kissable mouth i
existence. He took off his cap.
"Isn't this a bad time to be pokin
around the depot, Katharine?" He
tone suggested solicitude rather tha
reproof.
She laid her hand on his arm.
"Frank, can you take vie somewher
where we sha'n't be interrupted? I'v
something important to tell you."
"When a man and woman fall i
love—" he grinned.
"Who said anything about falling i
love? Frank Hawthorne,' you're th
most conceited, impertinent—"
"You've got to ad -mit it some day.
But meanwhile, if you can think of
anything more important; there's a
quiet spot yonder in the parse,"
Threading their way through the
shrubbery opposite the station, they
found a bench protected from prying
eyes. She motioned him to sit beside
her, and her first words left him curi-
ously apprehensive.
"Father sent you' a message before
he died!"
Hawthorne move:d uneasily; the old
man Fipps had been peculiar during
the last years of his life. Many of
the strange stories told of Big Cypress
had originated with him, and Frank
remembered certain evenings when he
had walked home with-Fipps and
listened' to the older man's fancies—
fancies utterly incomprehensible _', to
youth and high spirits and sublime in
differen;.e. Yet nowthe was to reeive
a viessage" "rom the dead!' S'of-nething
1 liis nature hitherto dormant set his
nerves jumping:
"Believe me, Dad was never out of
his mind; you know' that, Frank.. I
want you to'proniise you'll think none
the less of him if you don't understand
-feel• it's nonsense." Here she hesi-
tated, her eyes .brilliant with tears'
'He was a wonderful father; we loved
him so dearly! Even if his message is
odd, he meant it for the best—in your
interest. And it's—it's; like a voice
romp another world!
"Yesterday morning, the morning
he died, he made me sit beside him on
e bed. Physically he was very weak,
but he seemed bolstered up' by a
trength almost superhuman. I'll try
o repeat what he said, word for word.
He took my hand and whispered:
`Daughter, this is my last sick-
ness. Don't ask me how I know; peo-
le close to the Borderland do know.
And so I shall give you a message for
he roan who will be chosen to drive
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from which they are gathered, but t
differeet leaves which may grow 0
s the same plant,.
A young shoot on a tea -plant has a
e i its tip two very small leaves, whic
are naturally: the juiciest and contai
the least amount 0f fibre. Of thes
d • the smaller is called "flowery" an
0_1 the' other "orange" Pekoe. If tli
leaves are even smaller still,'as 1
k some very expensive brands, the nam
e of "broken" Pekoe is ,given,
e Just below this, travelling; 'farthe
✓ down. the stem, come leaves ; slightl
n bigger. These are just plain Pekoe.
• Still coarser are the " Sbuchong
• leaves, which are often the, basis 0
d "household" teas Lowest of .all con
n the "Congon" leaves, which are ne
turaliy not so well advertised` sine
g their commercial value is smell
The tea -plant sends. out new"shoot
n
four times every year In China ons -
the first to appear are ;picked for the
best beverages, though the'custom is
e not followed in India or Ceylon:
To test your tea look at the eav`1
n after infusion They should be`e cop-
pery tint, and all of the same 'color.
n At the end of the first five minutes
e they should not have unrolled them
selves.
It is by: this "out -turn" test that th
professional tea -taster forms his judg
ment, after a sill of the liquid ha
proved satisfactory.
A form of entertainment which is
growing more and more popular in
country places is home talent theatri-
cals. In coninunities where the idea
has been worked out thoroughly the
method of organizing has been to send
out 'a questionnaire, asking those who
will join to tell what they can best do.
r The volunteers are then divided into
y scene painters, costume. makers, or
Iactors, according to individual talent.
" 1 To be successful the Little Country
f ' Theatre must be a real conimunity
ie affair, with everybody and his wife
working. A one-person show will not
found. If you have a consolidated
e. work' out. -
Of course, a - suitable to
ble ha
l l must
be
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you can fix it with the superintendent,
you can drive the Limited as far as
I'm concerned,"
But s,uch generosity was beyond Ad- I
ler's understanding; he merely read in
it mockery.
"Oh, yes, I can? You know blamed o
well I can't. You're pretty cocksure -
you can knife me in the back and get H
away with it, aren't you?"
Erank lost his smile instantly.
"Stop!" and the word had a certain
explosive quality. "That's a liar—
everything you've said. 1 didn't ask h
for the job; I haven't any friends
higher. up. If you want facts, the s
superintendent gave it to vie because a
he felt I was a better man than you. t
I didn't think so at first, but now fill d
beginning to. You wouldn't accept niy y
offer in a . decent spirit. All right. w
You can go to the devil! I drive the
Limited, and that's fiat!" p
Eefore Hawthorne could guard him- n
self the other struck him fairly be-
tween the eyes. He reeled back, blink- s
ing; caught himself, Then 'something f
happened so rapidly nobody had time a
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the Limited.
"You have heard, Daughter, of the
Shadow Ghost. .. Don't laugh when
say such a thing exists. Back when
the road was young, there was just
ne fast train between Savannah and
the South. The ,cngineer, Tim Mc-
Farland, handled her for fifteen years,
e was a friend of mine. He always
vowed that after his death his spirit
would take care of that train. Later,
when pneumonia had taken him off,
landed his job, but I never forgot
is words. "Remember," he had said,
if you ever get waved down by a
hadow in Big Cypress, give 'er the
ir, 'cause it'll be Tim's ghost trying
o save you:" I thanked hint, and so
id the other boys—he wasn't the sort
ou could laugh at. For years there
ere strange stories told. of Big Cy-
ress, about queer things that walked
the rails; but I never told my story—
ever until now.
• 'Do you remember the night I
topped the Limited three hundred
eet . from a tree whichhad fallen
cross the track.? Nobody could under-
tend how I'd seen that tree in time.
o you remember when the piling
ank under the trestle? We didn't hat
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the cave-in, although you couldn't
have spied it a train length away. The
office swore I was a wizard. But,
paughter, it wasn't me; it. was Tim
McFarland keeping his prom' -e. Both
tines I saw Tim—he wavedn s down,
flitted along a hundred feet : dead of
the train like a gigantic ghost flapping
its arms.
• 'But now a new man will take my
place, and this warning is for him.
If he sees anything from the cab of
old 99, tell hien to give her the , air
and pray for Tim's soul,
" `Before God, I'm telling you the
truth, girl, and a pian about to shuffle
out wouldn't swear to a lie!' "
Katharine choked.
"That's all Frank, Ile died an bur
later. I don't understand my reniem-
bering his very words, but the whole
thing stamped itself on my brain just
as if—as if r were listening to the
Gospel, I think I shall always see his
face as he lay 'there ----so gray, so
school with an assembly room, this
may be utilized. In lieu of either
school or community house which is
suitable, a town hall, or unused left
over a store, or even a barn, may be
made to do, with the aid of an ingen-
ious carpenter. Many manuals are
published which give directions for
- building the stage, and on scenery and
I costumes, making up, etc.
o l Pageants, in which everyone can
- I take part, are as much a part of the
s
l work as one -act playlets with a half
dozen =actors. Ontario, ` with its
wealth of historical t •'
sones
drip-
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all r
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1 ping with dramatic interest, offers un
Fine Weather.
Weather is fine for liviu'—and that's
what most of us want
As much as we do the shadows o
glorythat hound and haunt,
bounded material for pageants. Start-
ing with the -coming of oft the French
and following with the manythrilling
f !. sling.
Weather is fine for loving,
And dreaming and sitting' by
Hearing the harp of the evening. wind
The lark of the morning sky.
Weather its fine for laughin'-and that
what most of us need
o iinu.i<y the heal' of the. wounds
el" we
fewhen the old, sore places
bleed;
Weather is fine for dancing,
And delving with what life sends
To help us alongto the smile and song
And the beautiful faith of friends.
Weather is fine for fightin'-and that's.
what most of us know
As over the .hills and hollows strug-
gling for joy we go;
Weather is fine for singing
And swinging and smiling away
To the lilt; of the looms or twilight,
The boom of the mills of day.
Building New Plane in
Secret.
Much is expected from the tests of
Great Britain's new secretly construct-
ed heliocopter (vertical flying ma-
chine), made at the Royal Aircraft
Works at Farnsborough by a few
trusted workers, says a London des-
patch.
Extraordinary precautions are being
taken to insure that no spy will gain
the slightest inkling of the principles
of can'struction. The place of the tests
and the time they will occur are kept
secret and it is not improbable that
the tests may be made at dusk.
Keep Minard's Liniment in the house.
,:events of the French and Indian wars,
the British conquest, corning of the
'united Empire- Loyalists, the War of
1822, and pioneer life in Ontario, there
is 7 iueh to be drawn upon for pa -
I geanbs with a. provincial appeal. Then
nearly every locality' has its own ' par-
. aicul4r history which is replete with.
local 11 teres,,t A aageant written 'di-'
fectelat. ed acted by home talent should.
furnish enough entertainment to keep
a neighborhood busy almost a season.
Tasty Salads.
A good little salad wh'ch the house-
wife should have at her fingers' ends
is made of apples and celery chopped
together and dressed with mayonnaise.
This salad can be charmingly served
in apples. A word about preparing
your apples: c
Select, of course, the prettiest and
firmest you can_find, peel them care -1
fully; take out the core, and scrape
out. ;as much of the 'inside as is pos-
sible without allowing your knife to
burst through.
In serving them, place each apple on
end just before serving add thr
tablespoonfuls of rich cream, eith
sweet or sow. Mix the ingredient
pour over the' fruit or vegetable mix
tures, and toss"lightly until well com
eel ivir, uopei'ann.
they should be slightly seasoned wi
salt and pepper.
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• the words that trip nee till I can see
them with my eyes shut! Thank you,
The used stir defiler wee chows, you
how they, run instead of teIk?na• about,
w1'�at th }•. are iMO,
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Mention 11115 niter.
mingled, When vegetables are urs' ( She had risen, but Mr. Copeland de-
tainedth her. "One minute,Miss Ellis,
We cannot afford to let i girl go who
' is determined to make her' defects help
To' serve salad in cucumber boats
scoop out your ctieurribei•s after
ting them in two lengthwise,.and ou
them in boat shape. Then refill wi
your salad mixture, Take some wafe
in the shape of triangles and fas'len
then like three -cornered sails uprig
in the front of the canoe -shaped e
cumber, lay a wreath of greener
around on the plate.
For a very easily prepared' dish -
the salad order, there could be nothing
daintier and more appetizing the
whole tomatoes served- with enayon
naise. The tomatoes the
dropped i
hot water to loosen the skins, whic
are very carefully stripped' off. Ar
range each tomato on a bed of gree
pour a spoonful of dressing over i
and chill before serving.
Would You Spend Ten Dollars?
In considering the matter of hom
conveniences, a common tendency i
to think in terms of the hundreds
dollars that are necessary in order to
buy the furnace, the lighting plant,
the water system or other fairly ex-
pensive necessities. Every farm home
is entitled to such modern conven-
iences but they come only in time a
the purchase money become., avail
able.
Did you ever stop to think that for
about ten dollars you can purchase at
any good hardware store some twenty-
five conveniences that will save you
almost . as ankh labor and trouble as
the more expensive improvements?
You may have to wait for the furnace,
or the lighting plant or the water
system but you need not wait for' the
little conveniences.
Take for example the inexpensive
dish drainer._It '
is estimated d that a
dish drainer will save at least thirty
minutes a day or a total for one year
of over twenty 'working days, of nine
hours each. This is.only one of a
dozen or more simple, inexpensive
conveniences that will give the work-
er in the hoine a total of hours and,
hours of Ieisure. Think this over and
make a few purchases the next time
you go to town.
t her to victory. You are what we eon
tli sider to be a very good risk., You` will
rs report as usual Monday miming:"
I And then, with a blue envelope still
clasped tightly in her hand,• a dazed
htclasped
smiling girl found herself out. in
ythe corridor.
on a An Airless Earth.
Were the earth deprived of its' at.
n niosph�ere, - and existence possible, un-
- der such conditions, we should find
n that no rosy dawn would herald the
h rising of the sun in the darkened east,
- or gorgeous colors mark its setting in
n, the west The sky would be dark by
t, day as well as by night.
The stars would shine brightly
through the entire twenty-four hours,'"
but we should see thousands more 02
e them than are now visible on even the
s ' clearest nights. They would not
of twinkle in the least.
They would be seen almost up to the_
very edge of the sun itself, but im-
mediately round the sun there would
be a glow having the appearance 'of
broad wings, and red flames would
s add their. grandeur to the'impressive
scene.
The Zodiacal light would appear as a
broad beam of light in the spring, up
to the left of the place where the sun
had set.. It would he possible to study
this remarkable object, and no doubt
to solve quickly the mystery `which
has clung to it for so many centuries.
The appearance of the Milky Way
would be far more magnificent than
it is now, seen even from tropical
countries.
A big comet would be seen months
before it got to the sun, and we should
witness it sweep round the sun with.
incredible speed'and dart offs into
space again.
Mercury and Venus could have their
movements followed with ease, and
any other planet there might be be.
tween Mercury and • the sun would
'soon be discovered.
Egg's Fight ��� ith Moss.
A. French. naturalist recently ,had
the rare opportunity of: observing .au
intensely interesting struggle for
existence between an egg and a. moss
plant. .
The egg was that of a lizard which
had been deposited on a cushion of
moss. It was enclosed by a white pro-
tective covering of leather -like ,tough-
ness.
The "moss on which the tip of the
egg rested secreted at the point of
contact a substance that gradually dis.
solved the leathery shell of the egg..
When there was no longer any re-
sistanee, the stens of the moss plant
penetrated the shell and sent its
branches through the substance of the
egg, emerging at the opposite end.
But the egg was equal to the emer-
gency. It enveloped the stem of the
moss inside the egg with a membran
,ous coating thet formed an insulating
tube around the intruder. '
Then the moss sent out side branch-.
es through the egg, traversing it, but
these also were made innocuous by an
albuminous coating.
In spite of this struggle against the
intruding moss,: the lizard embryo de-
veloped to all appearances normally,
and finallyiemerged from its prlson tin -
harmed.
Tho Blue Envelope..
Everyone knew that the blue en-
velopes were coming•. Like hundreds
of other firms;: Copeland & Co. had
doubled its business during the w'ar
'and naw saw it shrinking again to its
normal. size. That meant that many
employees could no longer be kept.
The firm had given a month's notice
of the coming cut, yet when it came
it nevertheless seemed like a thunder-
bolt.
Eight of the office girls weredis-
missed. Florrie Evans went, of
curse; Florrie's attitude toward her'
Nork had never been serious. She only
aughed at her dismissal and remark-
ed that she should not let it worry
her. Nellie Scott, who also lost her
place, turned pale but said nothing.
thers of the dismissed girls sputter-
edangrily. Of thein all only Gertrude.
llis walked straight to M1. Cope-
and's office.
She had to wait half an hour before
he could see him. At the end of it
she was facing Mr.Copeland across.
is desk. Her eyes met his steadily.
he even managed: to smile.
"I'm one of the blue envelope •girls,
r. Copeland," she said. "I've come
o ask you for a little help. I know
f course that I am being dismissed
ecause my work isn't so good as that
f the girls who are staying. Would
you mind telling me where I have
ailed? You see, I want to get some-
thing out of this. I may be dismissed
omewhere else, but I don't intend
hat it shall be los the same thing."
Mr. Copeland's keen eyes • looked
interested. lie turned to his files and,
took out her rating'card.
"You understand, Miss Ellis," he
said, "that neither we nor anyone:else
would consider you a failure. You:'do
good average work, -even above the
average,—but naturally we are keep-
ing the best."
"I understand. But I mean to be
the best myself some day, and, I want
to know what I have to correct."'
Mr. Copeland glanced at the card.
"You are a little slow. ` Still, speed is
not the first requisite. Your chief
trouble seems to be your spelling"
"I was afraid so. I'm a wretched
speller. I've worked and, worked at
it, but evidently I'll have to work
harder.. I'll plaster my walls with
a,. bed of watercress, lettuce leaves,
grape leaves, nasturtiums, or other
dainty green thing. They may hedecorated, too, with red beets;in fancy
shapes. Many delicious salads mayb 'served in these pretty apple cups
A 'bit of crisp cabbage or lettuce
snakes a. good combination with the
apples and celery, and a few chopped
nuts are always a splendid addition.
Different combinations of • fruits
may be used for variety, and a cream
dressing instead'of mayonnaise will
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be relished by everybody. To make • ,
enough dressing to serve salad to six f
people, pour one and one-half table-
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spoonfuls of vinegar over one table-
spoonful of granulated sugar, flavor
with a little lemon and vanilla extract,
S0SFor h
the Doctor
A woman sat rocking her baby one
Saturday at sundown in the steamship
Venetian, homeward bound in th-e Bay
of. Biscay, from Alexandria For a
week past she had nursed her dying
child, and there was no doctor on
board.
The grey outline of a man-of-war ap-
peared in the distance, and a wireless
message was sent asking for help
The war vessel flashed back a reply.
The Venetian; stopped, the war vessel
drew to within a quarter of a mile, and
in spite of the heavy swell a lifeboat
put out to her,
Passengers on the Venetian watched
their progress breathlessly as the lit-
tle boat swung up and down in the
trough of the sea. At length the side
of the Venetian was reached, and the
man whose help was so sorely needed
Mounted a rope ladder prepared for
him. The baby's life was saved. The
name of the baby was Elizabeth. The
name of the warship was the Queen
Elizabeth.
Some time age .Tames Arthur, a fire-
man of the Canadian Pacific liner Mon-.
mouth, was attacked in mid -ocean
With severe internal hemorrhage, He
owes his life to wireless, The Mon-
mouth carried no .surgeon, ,but her
commander secured wireless com-
munication with the Allan liner Hes-
perian, gave details of the man's symp-
toms, and received daily prescriptions
from the doctor on board the Hesperi-.
an. The fireman was well on the road
to recovery when he reached Mont-
real.
The captain of a tramp steamer in
the Gulf of Mexico was taken ill with
ptomaine poisoning. With death star-
ing him in the face on account of in-
adequate medical aid, he decided to
Dalt by wireless for assistance from a
naval station many' miles away.
A liner 700 miles farther away pick-
ed up the call, and the ship's surgeon
made haste to reply with the neces-
sary prescription; which was then
filled from the tramp steamer's medi-
cine -chest, and the captain recovered.
Themail-packet was Grossing from"
Ostend to Dover, and one of the pas-
sengers, donning his overcoat in half
a gale, put his shoulder joint out, and
was in great pain. A wireless n:eesage
was sent from the vessel to Ostend
and thence to -Dover for a surgeon to
meet the boat, and on arrivalat the
Admiralty Pier the passenger was
promptly attended to.
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Minard's Liniment used by Physicians.
Garlic Blocks Hardening
of Arteries.
Eat plenty of garlic and your anter.
les will not harden, according to a re-
port just made by three French doc-
tors to the Biological Society at Paris:
The garlic treatment can be taken in
two ways. One may eat it, or a steep-
ed solution of it may be injected into
the veins. The advantage seen in' the
latter method is- that the garlic solo
tion is alcoholic.
By steeping garlic bulbs for three
weeks in four times their weight of
alcohol a filtering liquid is obtained,
and .- by taking thirty drops of this
daily, accdreling to the report, a rapid
softening'. of the affected arteries is
certain to result,
The Test.
It is not until we put them to the
test that we :can .distinguish between•
our friends and our, acquaintances,
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