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The Brussels Post, 1908-9-17, Page 71S AO' ► ., 1 +3 f+ t+ E+Kf+1Cf+3CE+-XE+A+Xf+3 +ri-M-0:41 + f4 -a+- -4.0 +1+ A Housc of Mystcry OR, THE GIRL IN BLUE • 0+AE+)+04-04:nE—H -o t+o-4- +gi+.4-goo+ + +tE+i%+A+ f+A+ts..+A CHAPTER XXIV.—(Cont'd) that I head recognized her had sumo - At length, at Biaekfriara Bridge, what confused her, I retraced my steps, and -some twen- But I am extremely glad that we have mot at last," I assured her. ty minutee later, as I took my key r•1 have, times without number, from the hotel bureau, the clerk hoped to have the opportunity of handed me a note, adJressed to thankingyou for the great services fictitton ious namen Tr had Esquire," ven Telt hadryou once rendered me," gI find with satisfaction that al - been delivered by boy -messenger. though six years have gone by you Then I was discovered! My heart have not forgotten your promise leapt into my mouth. made to me," she said, her large I torn open the envelope and road 'serious eyes fixed upon mine. Sts contents. They were brief and "I gave you that promise in ex- tr, the point. change for my life," I remarked, as The undersigned will be oblig- at her suggestion, we turned and ad, it ran, if Mr, Burton Law- walked out of the s':ation. renco will bo present this evening ".And as acknowledgment of the at Dight o'clock, in the main -line service you rendered by preserving booking -office of the Brighton Rail- secret your knowledge of the events wart at Victoria Station. An in- of that terrible night I was enabled tcrview is of very pressing import- to render you a small service in ante. .'e:turn," she said. "Your sight was The note was signed by that single restored to you." word whialr had always possessed "For that how can I sufficient such mysterious signification, the ly thank you.?" I exclaimed. "1 word"Ant." owe it all to you, and rest assured Hitherto, in my old life long ago, that, although we have not met un - receipt of communications from that til this evening, I have never for - mysterious correspondent had cans- :gotten—nor shall I ever forget." ea me mach anxiety of mind. I She smiled pleasantly, while I had always feared their advent; strolled slowly at her side across ' now, however, I actually welcomed the station -yard. it, even though it were strange To mo those moments were like and unaccountable that the un- a dream. Edna, the woman who known writer should know my had hitherto been a strange ghost whereabouts and the name beneath of the past, was now actually be which I had sought to conceal my side me in the flesh, identity. "I havo received other notes mak- made a hasty dinner in the cof- lug appointments --the last, I think, fee -room, and went forthwith to a couple of years ago," I observed Victoria, wondering whom I should after a pause. "Did you not meet meet. The last time 1 had kept sue then?" one of those strange appointments She glanced at me with a puzzled on that summer evening long ago expression. Of course she knew no - in Hyde Park, I had come face to thing of those lost years of my life. face with the woman I loved. "Meet you?" she repeated, "Cer- Woulcl that 1 could meet her now! tainly net." I entered • the booking -office, "Who met me,then?" searching it with eager eyes. Two e1 really dont know," .she an - lines of persons were taking tickets swered. "This is the first time I at the pigeon -holes, while a number have approached yon, and I only of loungers were, like myself, come to you now in order to ask awaiting friends. Beyond, upon the you to grant me a favor—a very alrat thatahour,s when thesis usu- belated •g1eat '� "A favor lWhat isit?" portion of business London is bound ,. I cannot explain here, in the for the southern suburbs. From street," she said, quickly, "1f you that busy terminus of the West will come to my hotel I will place End trains were arriving and de- the facts before you." parting each moment. "Whore are you staying?" The that itbu asiyetmfiv eclminutesclock ato the nAt the Bath Hotel, in ArIing- hour. Therefore I strolled out up- ton Street." on the platform, lounged around I knew the placefwell. It stood the bookstalls, and presently re- atn the corner of Arlington ne Street to the spot indicated in the and spe tlfblelly, and fa.s o emplane, letter, ly respectable, old-fashioned place, As I re -entered -rite booking -pities patronized by a high-class clientele. n:eager eyes fell upon a figure And you: are alone? 1 inquir- ystanding before me—a well-dressed figure, with a face that smiled upon inc. ' .An involuntary dry of surprise oseeped my lips. The encounter was sudden and astounding; but in that instant, as I rushed forward to greet the newcomer, I knew myself to he on the verge of a startling and ••emarlcable discovery. CHAPTER XXV. The encounter was a startling one. At the moment when my eyes first fell upon.the figure standing pati- ently in the booking -office await- - jag me, I halted for a second in un- certainty, Tlie silhouette before me was that of a youngish, brown- haired,, and rather good-looking woman, neatly dressed rtt dead black, wearing a large hat and a feather boa round her neck. the expression Byof her fico I saw that she had recognized me, I had, :of course, never seen her be- fore, yet her personal appearance —the grey eyes and brown hair— were exactly similar to those de- scribed so minutely on several oc- casions by West, the cab-driver..I regarded her for a moment in si- lent wonder, then advanced to meet her. She was none other than the un- known woman who had saved my life life on that fatofnl night at The Boltons—the mysterious Edna! ready at the commencement of Vic - As T raised my hat she bowed term Street—that streotdown which gracefully, and with a merry -smile, I had wandered blindly en that; said— "1 fear that, to ;you, 1 am a stranger. 1 see gnlze you, how- ever, as Mr, Heaton. "Thatis aertainl,y my� name," I responded, still puzzled, "And yon—well, our recognition is, I be- lieve mutual—you are Edna." Sho glanced at mo quickly, as thong)) suspicions. "Row did lent know that?" the inquired, "You have never seen ]rte before, You were totally blind on the -last oc- casion we met," "I recognized you from ;yetis de- scription," I answered with a light Ian�1i, "My description 1" she echoed in a tone of distinct alarm,. ed. thinking it strange that she should thus ask me to her hotel, "0f course. I have come to Lon- don expressly to see you," she re- sponded. "I went down to Bud- leigh -Salterton two days ago, but I ascertained at Denbury that you had left suddenly." "Whom cl'd you see there?" I in- quired, much interested. "Your butler. He told me some absurd story how that you had be- come temporarily irresponsible for your actions,.. and had disappeared, leaving no address." "And you came to London?" "01 course." "And how did you find out where - 1 was 'hidden, and my assumed name?" Sho smiled mysteriously. "It was easy. enough, I assure you. A man a ofour Influence nonce in the City, well known as ,you are, has considerable difficulty in effec- tively concealing his identity, r "But who told you where I was staying?" I demanded. "Nobody, I discovered it for my- self; "And yet the police have boon searching for mo everywhere, and have not yet discovered me 1" 1_re- markecl, eut'prised. "The police have one method," she said. I have an entirely dif- ferent one.i "Tell me ono thing," I said, halt- ing in our walk, for we were al- a "At The Boltons?" she interrupt- ed, turning a trifle pale. "What do you mean ?" "Of the crimp enacted at that house --lit Tho Boltons." Sho held her breath, Plainly she was not before aware that 1 had discovered the spot where the tra- gedy had taken place. My words had taken her by surprise, and it was ovidont that she was utterly confounded, My discovery I had kept a profound secret unto myself, and now, for the first time, had re- vealed Her face showed how utterly taken aback she was. "There is some mistake, I think," she said lamely, apparently for want of something other to say, "Surely your memory carries you back to that midnight tragedy!" I exclaimed rather hastily, for I saw she would even now mislead me, if she could, "I have discov- ered where it took place—I have since re-entered that room!" "You tove , 1 . she a gasped in the low, hoarse voice of one fearful lest her secret should be discovered. "You have actually re -discovered the ]louse—even though you were stone blind!" "Yes," I answered. "How did you accomplish it?" I shrugged my shoulders, answer- ing, "There is an old saying—a very true ono—that 'murder will out.' "But tell me more. Explain more fully," she urged in an ear- nest tone. I hesitated. Next 'nstant, how- ever, I decided to ]seep my own counsel in the matter. Her readi- ness to deny that the events occur- red in that house had re -aroused within me a distinct suspicion. "It is a long story, and cannot he told here,"I answered evasive- ly. "Then come along to the hotel," h� suggested. "1, too, have much to say to you." - I do not know -that I should have obeyed her were it not for the mystery which had -hitherto veiled her identity, She had saved my life, it is true, and I supposed that I ought to consider her as a frielid, yet in those few minutes during which 1 had gazed upon her a cure- eus dislike of her had arisen with- in. me. She was, I felt certain, not the straightforward person I had once believed her to be. Not that there was anything in her appearance against her. Ou the contrary, she was.a pleasant, smil- ing, rather pretty woman of per- haps thirty-five, who spoke with the air and manner of a lady, anal who carried herself well, with the grace of one in a higher social circle. After.a few moments' hesitation my curiosity got the better of my natural caution, and 1 determined to hear what she had to say. There- fore we drove together to Bath Hotel. In her own private sitting -room, a cosy little apartniont overlooking Piccadilly, opposite Dover Street, she removed her big black hat, drew off her gloves, and having invited me to a chair, took one herself on the opposite side of the fireplace. Her maid was there when we enter- ed, but retired at word from her mistress." "Yon, of course, regard it as very curious, Mr. Heaton, that after these six years I should again seek you," she commenced, leaning 'her arm lightly upon the little table, and gazing straight into my face without flinching. "It is true that once I was enabled to render you e. service, and now in return 1 ask you also to render mo one. Of course, ,it is 'useless' to deny that a secret exists between us—a secret which, if revealed, would be des- astrous."• "To whom?" "To certain persons whose names need not he mentioned." "Why not?" "Think," she said, vary gravely. "Did you not promise me that, in return for your life when you were blind and helpless, you would make no effort to learn the true facts? It seems that you have already learnt at least one—the spot where the crime was °emmitted." "I consider it my duty to learn what I can of this affair," 1 answer- ed determinedly. She raised her eyebrows with an expression of surprise, for she saw that I was in earnest. "After your vow to me?" she asked."Remember that, to ac- cnowleelge my indebtedness for that vow, I searched for the one speoi- list who could restore your sight. Tc soy efforts, Mr. Heaton, you are now itt possession cit that sense that tvas lost to you." "1 acicnowlocdge that freely," 1 nswerod, "Yet, oven in that you night long ago when I tract lost lily- self—"toll me for what reason these a previous appointments were made h with, pre at Grosvonor Gate, at Icing's Cross, at Eastbourne, and elsewhere 1" t "Yon kept them,," she replied.: "Ynu surely know. " "No, that's .last 1t,"h1 mid. "Of a ormesc, `t rlon't'expeci; yon to giro h credence, to what T say, it sounds too ahaprd--but• I have absolutely e r•e knawledee. of 1 aenieg those an- y poin.hi1e'tt1 cxont the ono at Gros- venor Gate, and T atm trttslly ignor• a1 ant of havi+lre met en\•hedv." She n tier-rl, lnnkime me full in the face with them grey eyes ro full of nrt "Yes,, the deacrfption given riot - "T 11e•'1•, '', c•1+int: tliei' "11411: Iho ;c.on by the oabman who drove mo, b, i•.ic:p tubi c runt+.in+; runic hnm't on that melnoraltie lnerrlitl«," i1" O's' o'+n n:,ar,1's' 1.111+•+itly. in "All ! 01 coitrso, she r.iitrnlili;•d: • 1rn,'' T *+t 1e,i `a,r1 mit+rl ls, in Budden remembrance. 'then, fr,r ie no , ''•+ rrl, 7 f•'.11n n, few recon she ,,,,.,,,, rt l •,.,+. , l l';;.. i ' a ds, sto 1^etnaiitnil in sr f ,.. t., 1 1 rt .Clio knee, iii seemed of though the fact Deltons, of-----" ave sought to deceive me," • "How 7" "You told me that ;yon were not he writer of those letters signed with n. pseudonym." "And that is true. 1 was not the etual writer, even though 1 may ave eaused them to be written," "Having thus dceeived me, how tin vent hope that I can be free with cu 7" "T ro•rr'et." sbe answered, "that ght, dereptien has been nocoisary rt,•ase.rve the scicret," 'arhn reeree of the erime1" She welded. "Well end what do you wish to y11 na l.hle " mint?" She „+�•, t.ileat far a moment toy "MITI T'er rin4s, r,T e•eere, animal i. nn .a1 to your rreit- e'er"t , T we et vn,r'irn assist 1n0.9 ,,;•,1 ...,, t• mnmucr "As before," "As before 1" I repeated, greatly surprised. "I have no knowledge of having assisted you before, "What?" she pried. "Is your memory so defective that you do not recalled your transactions with those who waited upon you --those who kept the previous appointments of which you have spoken?" "1 assure you, niaciann," I said, quite calmly; "I have not the least idea of what you menu,,, "Mr. Heaton 1" she cried. "Have You really taken leave of your ren- scs? Is it actually true what your butler has said of you—that on the clay you left Denbu y you behaved like a madman?" "I am no madman 1" I cried with considerable warmth. "The truth is that I remember nothing since one evening, nearly six years ago, when I was smoking with --with a friend—in Chelsea, until that day to which my servant has referred." "You remember nothing? That is most extraordinary," "If strange to you, madam; how much more strange to me? I have told you the truth, therefore kind- ly proceed to explain the object of these previous visits of persons you have apparently sent to me." "I really think you must be jok- ing," she said. "It neons impos- sible that you should actually be unaware." "I tell you that I have no know- ledge whatsoever of their business with me." "Then if such is really the case, tet me explain," she said. 'first, I think you will admit that your financial transactions with our Gov- ernment have brought you very handsome profits." "I am not aware of having had any transactions with the British Government," I answered. "I refer to that of Bulgaria," she explained. "Surely you are aware that through my intermediary you have obtained great cpncessions— the docks at Varna, the electric Learns at Sofia, the railway from Tirnova to the Servian frontier, not to mention other great undertak- ings which have been floated as companies, all of which are now earning handsome profits. You cannot be ignorant of•that 1" (To be Continued,) TEACHER WAS MURDERED SKELETON SOLVES MYSTERY OP MISSI1\ G MAN. Found Thirteen Years After Oisap- pearanoc—Was Waylaid and Killed. Thirteen years ago a young schoolmaster named Nareisse d'Hardiville mysteriously disap- peared from Paris, France, and no- thing has ever been learned of his. fate. Recently, while some workmen were engaged in excavations near Bretouil, about fifty miles from Paris, they unearthed a skeleton, which is believed to he that of the missing schoolmaster. The body had been interred nude, at a depth of three feet. The skull on the left side had been fractured, as with a blow from some blunt instrument. Tho skeleton was in an excellent state of preservation, the teeth be- ing quite intact. All the circum- stances point to the unfortunate schoolmaster having been 'WAYLAID AND MURDERED and his body interred at the spot where the skeleton was found. The measurements taken corre- spond to the height of the missing man, and a doctor who treatea d'Hardiville when young for a frac- ture of the right arm found traces of a corresponding injury on the arm of the skeleton. There is no known reason why he should have vanished of his own accord, He was nam engaged to b mar- ried, ga e ai ried the banns hada dy been n e published and he had an excellent situation. On the afternoon of the day he departed a man, dressed in the Sunday clothes of a peasant, called ac tc see the school teacher in his abode in Paris, He did not prove a very welcome visitor, for shortly afterward the ooneiergo heard the pair engaged in a violent disous- ston. The unknown visitor, with his hat pulled down over his eyes as if to avoid recognition, took his departure shortly afterward, Tho same evening d'Harcliville received a telegram which threw him into a state of perturbation, Taking his overcoat and umbrella, he rushed out of the house. The telegram was afterward found to be A FICTITIOUS ONE. It purported to eume from his mo- ther, and asked her son to hasten to her bedside, as she was danger- ously i11. D Hardiville s parents lived near Bretouil, and on the ev- ening of his disappearance he was seen alighting at the local railway station. - Unmble to find any means of transport, he set out to walk across country to his home, Following the ordinary road, he would havo to pass within a few limn:hod yards' of the spot where the skeleton was dug up, The telegram was evident- ly e trap, and its sender presttinab- 1,y counted upon the schoolmaster arriving late at 'Sroteuil, and, fail. ing a conveyance, walking across tete .cotntey. Thesender of the telegram was novel' discovered,•and tee motive earl be assigned for, the, mnrdei of d'Hardiville.. Start the Day Right by Eating SHREDDED ,: HEAT for breakfast with milk or cream and a little fruit. It is a muscle -building food, easily di- gested by the most delicate stomach. Puts Vim and Vigor into tired nerves and Weary brains 501.0 nA ALL 0EieeEas iscu >ewthan the birds will eat at .any meal. There aro opportunities of feedfng a greater variety of stuffs t, Putcls hu pans than to those 'n coops. Whale. rail a a m h i e 1r•. OKTHEFA1 e v u c roti a g 3 all g although it h is nu emend- edY,t re.^. trmnc n l ed unless the birds become listless, and show marked loss of appetite, MATCHING FARM TEAMS. and green food may also be fed oc- Matching horses is an art, casionally as a pick-me-up Clean• ttnd ]triose and thorough ventilation in a1, art which quite a number olf the house are absolute essentials to farmers and horse,n seem unabie success, and it must not be suppos- and judgment to bring together to master. It requires some skill ed for a moment that the "pen eye a ..tem" of 1attening is ono which lents pair of horses that resemble each itself to carelessness, and 'ne, oi rlr- other in all characteristics suffici- ent ing of duties which ought to be per to work in harmony. A ma"-, cf the animals in mind to do this formed with machine gi'a t regular has to have more than the color ity successfully. To have a team close- lv alike in color and markings is IIFNGE TIL desirable, but it's not the whole _EE nDIAG??OSIS. thing, as some men seem to think. The Tatung Man Gots a Pointer Action comes first when consid- ering . the matehieg of horses. Proper action; strong, clean, vigorous "Mr. Munn sent for you while movement of feet and legs, attracts you were out, doctor," said the a buyer more quickly than anything yuung man who was learning the else. Style is required in the ac- healing art in the office of Dr. tion of any class of horse. , A Bronson. snappy, straight and balanced "Munn! I havo no patient of movement of the motive apparatus; that name. Where does he live?" a team, each of which stands up to ''Steenth Street, No. 675." the bit in about the same way, are "Ahl He is a new patient. I'll attractive to buyers and pleasing take you with me, that you may to the man who drives them. observe how an old practitioner be - In a farm team, strength and con- comps acquainted with the peculi- formation might possibly be placed arities of a man he never visited be - before action; at any rate, it should fore." come second. A team ill -matched Arrived at Mr. Munn's residence, itt regard to strength and staying Dr. Bronson and his assistant were ushered into the sick man's cham- ber. After noting the patient's pulse and temperature, and mak- ing a few inquiries, Dr. Bronson continued :— "What are your eating habits, Mr. Munn? For instance, what did you take at dinner last night?" "Well, doctor, I had a very sim- ple dinner—nothing but a little tur- tle soup, haunch of venison, and powers, is a mighty poor asset. In selecting horses to work against each other in a team, got them in general conformation as nearly alike as possible, good and strong behind, and muscled well in the back and loin, short anti thick in the middle,. with muscles, not -raj., beneath the hide. Size, to a • er tain extent, may be sacrificed fo strength and conformation, but only within certain limits. A dif- a few such dishes." feronce of a hundred pounds or so "Any Cilie?" "Just a sip. Only a glass of table in weight doesn't matter greatly when a pair is being nut -tolled up, but if much more than that, the difference in size will be so clear as to detract from the value of the team. Size is important, but it cones after strength, just as strength and conformation fellow action in relative importance. Col- c•r comes last of all in the major points to be considered. A differ- ence in color, however marked, is among the least objectionable fea- tures in a team. Yet, strangely, some men consider it the all-import- ant consideration. and will match up horses so unlike in action and temperament, that one's whiffle - tree is always scouring the wagon wheel, while the other is drawing ahead keen and strong to the bit, se unlike in strength and conforma- tion that one is fagged out hours before the other shows fatigue; but if the two stand about the same 'm height, weigh up very nearly alike, and resemble each other fn color and markings, they are rated as a well -matched team, In reality, they are anything but matched . FATTENING FOWL L IN PENS. N The proportion of farmers who fatten their fowls in coops in this country is small compared with the number of those who do not fat- ten at all, but send their fowls to market in a loan state, and there are also numbers of poultry keepers who enclose fowls fora couple of weeks in a pen or shed, Something can be done towards improving the condition of chickens by shutting them up in a shed and feeding liber- ally on nutritious and high fatten- ing foods. The foods may be male up in the same way, and may con- sist o€ the same ingredients as re. eamtneeded for orate fattening, It is best not to shut up a large num her of birds together, and the limn bei not to exceed twenty, ivhil st half that many would do still bet- ter, Oockrols and pullets must not be penned in one lot, and the near- er all the fowls in a pen are tc an- other in breed, ago and size, the better. Chickens may be partes] any kind, of enclosure, where they will bo undisturbed an 1 where they cannot take too much exercise: but a shed or covered pen is best, as tiro floor will keep dry, alai the birds will be all the more er;ntent• en from being shirt away front the sight of birds roaming el'-, iL the yards, The experienced fancier will al- ways got best results fro -n fatten- ing in coops; but the Iasi:d iner is generally mere successful with fat. teeing fowls in pens, bcos,utri there it not the same tendency to loss et' appetite, provided that tluo Dere is taken to food only sweet Duel vunle- some foods• and not to (cod mora claret and a bottle of champagne." "Ah1 Um! Do you smoke?" "I limit myself to one cigar after dinner, and that a choice brand, which I import myself from Ha- vana." "I see. Very well, Mr. Munn," the doctor went on, as he wrote a prescription. "You must keep quietly in your room for some time, and not eat any meat. I shall have to put you on a mutton broth re- gimen for a few clays, but I'll bring you out all right. Send and get this prescription compounded. Then take a teaspoonful in a wineglass of water every two hours. I shall have to forbid your cigar, too, for awhile. I'll conte in about nine this evening, when I am certain I shall find you much better. Good morn- ing, Mr. Munn." When the physician and his stu- dent reached the street and were driving back to the house the latter said :— "I noticed carefully all your in- quiries, doctor, and I would like to ask one question." "Proceed." "Werecre all those questions nq about the patient's diet—what he ate and drank—necessary to a diagnosis of the case?" "Well, they helped, of course; but the main idea just then was to learn something of his expenditure, en as to he in a condition to make out his bill correctly. I think we've struck a gold mine in Mr. Munn. Get up, Bucephalus1" NATURAL QUEB,Y. Mrs, Biggs—"I'm going to get a gown to match my complexion." Mrs, Diggs—"Blit aren't those hand -painted gowns 0151011y expen- sive?" xpensive?" An English tourist was doing the Scottish Highlands, and, forogath- ening with the village policeman in one out-of-tho-way place, said 1—"i suppose.you have some pretty lout -tramps tri this district, my man? "Well, I m thinkin relied the thinking," p keeper of the peace, as ho surveyed the lengthy stranger, "you are the Iongest I've semi yet." Visitor—"I hoar you have been very ill, Nettie. Did you suffer nuieh V' Nettle (aged Live) les, ma'am ; T enjoyed an awful lot of pain!" Closofist•--"No, sir: I response only to the appeals of the deserv- ing poor." Openhand---"Who aro the deserving poor?" Oloseflst — Those who neva ask for assist. ante," 10090000600es..40.Z.5'. 444/ DEALT . 6.0.44444450.1114.001141 GERMS TO FI.IHT GERMS, There are a number of means em- ployed by "physioians for the pre- vention or sure of infectious, Or germ, diseases, both acute and alumina ]stir example, they may attack the bacteria directlyby anti- septics and germicides or by anti bacterial serum, in the hope of de- stroying so many that those re- maining cannot manufacture their specific poison in quantity enough cc- do harm, Or of weakening them to such a degree that the natural protective forces of the body are enabled to annihilate them. They may ,give an antidote to the toxin -- n antitoxin,as is nofamiliar a w in the treatment of diphtheria. They may strengthen the natural resistance of the body, as in the use of the so-called opsonic therapy or in the open-air treatment; or they may merely attack the symptcxns- giving an anodyne for pain or a se- dative for cough, The first plan is evidently the most rational, since it is basedon the principle of removing the cause before it has had time to produce any permanent results. Unfortu- nately, it is extremely difficult to carry it out; for a chemical germi- cide becomes so diluted in the sev- en or eight pounds or more of blood circulating in the blood -vessels, when given in any does that will not poison the body itself, that it harmless by the time it reaches the germs. More success might be hoped to attend the use of antibacterial ser- um, which is obtained in much the segue way as antitoxin, but this is difficult to procure, and has been found available in only a limited member of diseases. Recently it has been proposed to introduce in- te the body certain bacteria which are harmless to man, but which are • destructive of othed disease-produo- ing bacteria. This principle has long'been employed in the preserva- tion of certain food products, as by the Bulgarians and others who set their milk to sour almost as soon as it is drawn. The souring is caused by the growth of lactic acid bacilli, which are antagnostic to the germs of putrefaction, that aro present in all but the very purest milk. A Russian scientist, Metebnikoff, has suggested that this sour milk be drunk in order to introduce the beneficial bacilli into the intestines, to destroy those which set up a fer- mentation of the intestinal con- tents. Mere recently still, it nae been proposed to extend this priu- ciplo by injecting a spray of lacus acid bacilli into the nasal passages in order to destroy the =tarred germs.—Ladies' Journal HEALTH HINTS. Good for Outs.—For a slight cut these is nothing better to contrte the hemorrhage than common an • glazed paper such as is used by gr •• eers and market men. Bind a piece on the cut. Speedy Relief for Corns.—Chew good, fresh gum until flavor is gone While warm from the mouth mind o' corn. This removes the intlam mation and causes corn to peel off gradually, giving relief, A Handy "Necessity Box."— Have a box in a convenient place, and keep these things in it; 10 cents' worth iodoform, 10 cents worth adhesive plaster, 10 cents worth carbolic acid, some sterilized gauze, and surgeon's cotton, Cough Cure—To 6 cents' worth of'wbole flaxseed add three pints of water. Boil fifteen or twenty min- utes, strain, and add juice of three lemons, one-half pound of rock can- dy, and one ounce glycerine. Talco wineglass of this three or four times a day and before retiring. It will cure the worst sought in two days, Light for Sick Room. --In the country and small towns, where gas and electric lights are not to be found, hang a lantern from a hook screwed into the bottom of an up- per window sash on the outside. The light in the room may be regu- lated by raising or lowering the shade. This obviates the heat and odor produced by a kerosene lamp in a room.. Cooling the Sick Boons.—In the cool of the mot ging cut small branches from a tree, preferably maple. Fasten over screens at open windows and sprinkle with cold water with a whisk broom, repeat- ing often during the day. The air, corning through the wet leaves, be- comes cooled. This is a flee thing when there are no trees near the ]]ensu. Camphor Cures Colds. --- Take gent camphor and dissolve in kero- sene, having enough so that thcro is always a little camphor- undis- solved in the bottom of the bottle. Rub the lame parts thoroughly ant', often with this and you will have 'relief. Do not bandage it onus it will blister if used that way,This is also an excellent remedy or cold in throat or lungs. Itub it in well. ldith—"f told Mr. Converse the ether night that I resembled him in one respect," Clare- "What was that?"' "T ,rt 1 always enjoy* ea hearing him 'iti lt, '•