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CHAPTER I
I dont and wont believe it There
must be some mistake Its too bad to
be true
This reckless assertion came from the
ligsoC a tall girl of seventeen wlw was
leaning her shabby elbows on a wide old
fashioned window sill and looking out on
a steady downpour in an attitude of the
deepest dejection staring blankly at the
whity grajsky the dripping bushes the
roses like sponges and the flattened flow
er beds with her pretty face drowned in
tears
Behind her gazing gloomily over her
head with his hands in the pockets of his
shooting coat htood a young man No
not her lover for in him we trace a
strong fpinily likeness and notice the
same very dark blue eyes and crisp
brown hair he is merely her youngest
brother who five minutes previously had
burst into the room and abruptly inform
ed her that just as he expected he had
been spun for the army and it was his
luck all over On the carpet beside
him lay the Morning Post containing a
list of the successful candidates among
whom alas the name of Edward Braba
zon does not appear
Please yourself my good girl Be
lieve it or not as you like he returned
gruffly I dont fancy it will make much
difference at the Horse Guards I really
wish to goodness Esnie you would not
go on like this
But it was your last chance she
sobbed in a muffled tone And after
working so hard and reading for hours
and Hours with a wet towel round your
head its too hard
Fine weather for young ducks sud
denly interrupted a gay treble voice and
another girl having pushed the door open
with her knee entered slowly bearing a
tray covered with jam pots
She is Miss Brabazon Augusta known
as Gussie in the bosom of her family
not so tall as Esnie and not nearly so
pretty still as she says herself she is
Jy no means an unprepossessing young
person She has a bright vivacious
a pair of twinkling mischievous brown
eyes a neat little figure and an impudent
nose
Tears she exclaimed carefully de
positing her tray on the school room ta
ble What has happened Who is
dead or is it only one of the dogs
The list is out and Ive been spun
replied her brother
Oh nonsense she cried with a gasp
of incredulity You dont mean to say
so almost snatching the paper out of
his hand in her eagerness to verify the
fact
And that odious young Thomas has ac
tually passed she exclaimed at length
A miserable little creature in spectacles
who could never originate one single re
mark beyond Yes Miss Brabazon No
Miss Brabazon Thank you Miss Braba
zon that positively dared not say Boo
to the proverbial goose I And talking of
Baying Boo to a goose who is to break
this to Mrs B
I am I suppose returned the broth
er doggedly It is the third occasion 1
have had to break the same news to
her as you call it Theres a kind of
fatal familiarity about the subject by
this time
Mr Edward if you please the mis
tress wishes to speak to you in the draw
ing room at once said a grim looking
elderly woman from the doorway a per
son whose figure resembled a deal board
covered with a tight black alpaca dress
To me To speak to me Nokes
suddenly sitting upright
Yes Mr Edward to speak to you
she answered in a tone of decorous decis
ion a tone which being interpreted by
these experienced young people meant
And wont you just catch it thats all
Then she must have seen it exclaim
ed Esme in an awestruck voice Oh
leddy
Mrs Brabazon is seated at a writing
table in one of the windows of the draw
ing room as Teddy enters She is a lady
with a very long upright back a back
that has a distinct character and expres
sion of its own and that of an aggres
sive nature When we look into her face
we discover that she is between forty and
fifty dark and sallow with thin lips
pinched together in a manner that bodes
but ill for Master Teddy in fact her
countenance is the embodiment of a thun
der cloud as she waits in an attitude of
rigid expectancy with the Times spread
out before her her eyes fixed on one par
ticular column engaged in the amiable
task of nursing her wrath to keep it
warm She heard the door open and
close she heard his approaching footsteps
without moving for fully sixty seconds
At length she turned her head slightly to
ward the culprit and said in a tone
which had gathered intensity from the
preceding awful pause
This is a nice business rapping the
paper before her with an impressive fore
finger Pray what have you got to say
for yourself sir eh I hope you are
ashamed Only hastily correcting her
eelf it s not in your nature to be
ashamed anything Come with a
jerk of her chair speak and dont stand
there looking like a fool
What can I say Mrs Brabazon re
turned Teddy with heightened color I
am awfully sorry I failed to pass I did
my very best as far as working went I
am sorry for all the time that has been
wasted f
And money unterpolated the lady
eharply
And money as you say he continued
and I am very sorry you should be so
much disappointed but after all its
rougher on me than anyone else 1 shall
be the chief sufferer
Chief sufferer You she cried glaring-
at him with her fiery little coffee
colored eyes you a sufferer you idle
lazy good-for-nothing lout This is the
third time youve come to me with this
same story failed topass Suffer in
deed charging backon that unlucky
word It has been my purse that has J
suffered You must make up your mind
to earn your own bread and that with
out delay I never dreamed of having
to support you and what with keeping
up the place and Florians allowance
and your sisters expenses my hand is
never out of my pocket
Still there is a good deal of spending
in three thousand a year Mrs Braba
zon said Teddy impetuously his soul
revolting at her hypocritical rapacity and
meanness
Three thousand a year Its nothing
of the sort quickly turning to him with
a livid face What business is the
amount of my income to you It is my
money passionately and not yours
Ive put up with your insolence too long
I wont have you another week Ive been
prepared for this pointing a trembling
finger to the paper Ive heard of some
thing at the West Coast of Africa that
will suit There you will learn industry
discipline and manners and I never wish
to see you again I shall write about
your passage this very day this very
post
You need not trouble yourself Mrs
Brabazon interrupted Teddy decidedly
I may as well tell you at once that 1
shall not go to the West Coast of Af
rica I can find work for myself After
what you have said I would rather break
stones than be beholden to you for a
crumb I know of something that will
suit me better than the yellow fever
Take care what you do sho exclaim
ed hoarsely If you get into low com
pany or disgrace yourself in any way
I shall wash my hands of you and your
affairs You shall be here she sud
denly discovered that Teddy had depart
ed
When he left his stepmothers presence
he quickly made up his mind what to do
He had failed in passing the examination
for an officer he would enlist as a private
in the ranks
He so informed his sisters during the
day and stuck to his determination in
spite of all their expostulations On one
thing he was as obstinate as a mule
he would not pass another night in the
house as a dependent on his stepmothers
bounty At 9 oclock that night he bade
his sisters a fond farewell and left Bar
rowsford to become a soldier
CHAPTER II
Mr Adrian Brabazon had been an idle
indolent man whose predilection was
congenial society and who when his
pretty wife died and left him with four
small children had promptly dispatched
the boys to school the girls to the care of
their aunt his sister shut up at Barons
ford and taken himself off abroad He
spent a good deal of money in an easy
going gentlemanly fashion passing as an
invalid a connoisseur in cookery a pat
ron of the fine arts and rambling from
Italy to the South of France from Paris
to the German Spas in a kind of peren
nial circular tour During his travels he
wedded a second wife Beyond the fact
that she was a Mrs Jupp widow aged
40 nothing whatever was known of her
antecedents although the ears of the
Maxton gossips were literally aching for
particulars
To speak quite frankly Mrs Brabazon
was not a lady by birth nor yet one of
natures gentlewomen She was a shrewd
sharp scheming woman of scant educa
tion who had worked herself up step by
step and who had recently come abroad
as confidential traveling maid to an el
derly lady in bad health She and her
employer happened to be inmates of the
same hotel in Paris as Mr Brabazon It
was an unhealthy season low fever was
prowling about and carried off the elder
ly Englishwoman as one of its first vic
tims Mr Brabazon himself became dan
gerously ill and was tenderly nursed
back to convalescence by Mrs Jupp who
was a skilled sick nurse and soft voiced
soft footed sympathetic and soothing
Vague possibilities were floating through
Mrs Jupps brain at this period In ad
dition to a small legacy she had suc
ceeded to her late mistress handsome
wardrobe and made quite an imposing
appearance in soft cashmeres and rich
black silks and dainty little lace caps
whenever Mr Brabazon was sufficiently
convalescent to notice such matters She
spoke of herself as companion only to her
late dear friend and talked tearfully
of better days far more affluent circum
stances and bewailed her losses in an
apocryphal mine in Cornwall Mrs Jupp
had made herself very necessary to the
invalid he liked her he was grateful to
her She exactly understood his wants
knew his favorite little dishes and did
not suffer him to be troubled or bored
His health was uncertain he told him
self that he could not dispense with her
He hated the trouble of combating her
stronger will and telling himself that
he was acting for the best and required
a sensible woman to look after him mar
ried her at the English church one morn
ing in November and as a reward hs
bride carried him away to Italy imme
diately after the ceremony
Gradually Mr Brabazon became more
and more feeble and decrepit and during
the last year of his life his mind was
much affected At first he forgot things
that happened thirty years previously
then twenty then ten then last year
yesterday His state was not generally
known beyond the small retinaie of Ital
ian servants a3 for years Mrs Brabazon
had conducted his correspondence and
managed all his business and his present
unhappy condition made no alteration in
his affairs
She corresponded with her step children
from time to time stiff conventional let
ters whose contents might have been
posted in the market placej but she firm
ly repressed any desire on xheir part to
come abroad and see their dear papa The
miserable state of his health she declar
ed in one of her first epistles she wrote
to them after her marriage precluded
their much desired visit although per
sonally she was languishing to make their
acquaintance At last one day they re J
ceived a letter with an inch deep black
border announcing the not unexpected
death of their father and Mrs Brabazon
having buried him under a touching and
handsome white monument in the ceme
tery at Florence disposed of her villa
dismissed her servantn and returned as
a widow to reign at Baronsford
The will created a profound sensation
Everything was left in the hands of Mrs
Brabazon until Florian attained his ma
jority and he was not to come of age
until he was twenty five Over the for
tunes of her step daughters and their
matrimonial possibilities her power was
absolute She was sole mistress of the
property till Florian came of age and
guardian to the four young Brabazons
The interest of the money in the funds
the whole yearly rental of Baronsford
and the nice large quarterly dividends
accruing from the first Mrs Brabazons
fortune were exclusively hers during the
minority of the testators children There
were no executors no trustees all power
was vested in one person and that person
was the widow
The will of a madman shrieked pub
lic opinion A shameful unnatural
wicked will most unfair to the young
people
But after a while public opinion veered
around like a weathercock that it is and
gravely declared that when you came to
look into the matter the will gained up
on you and that really after all Adrian
Brabazon had more sense than they im
agined It was far wiser to leave the
property in the hands of a clever sensi
ble person who would keep the house to
gether and probably put by the money
she saved for the benefit of her step-children
and be a second mother to them
all than if everything had gone to idle
thriftless extravagant Florian
After that day when Teddy so uncere
moniously left her presence Mrs Braba
zon never once mentioned his name and
maintained an ostentatious deportment
of injured innocence generally taking her
meals in her own sitting room greatly to
the relief of her step daughters who talk
ed about their missing brother with bated
breath and minds full of misgiving and
conjecture
At last one morning the news came
He had done it Esme knew it from her
first glance at Mrs Brabazons upper lip
as she entered the dining room with a
bundle of letters in her hand
There will be no prayers this morn
ing she said abruptly sending the ser
vants back into the hall You can all
go I am not in a fit frame of mind to
go down on my knees and ask a blessing
on this house and family I do not know
when I have been so upset as I am to
day I suppose you have heard about
your precious brother with a sneer spe
cially dedicated to Esme and now taking
her place before the teapot as tfiough it
were a kind of judgment seat he has
written to you I know this Private
Brown of the Princes Lancers
What cried Florian startled out of
his usual lethargy Oh nonsense you
dont mean to say that the Jdiot has en
listed
He has she returned with vicious
energy He is now a soldier in the
ranks a common soldier
Well of all the idiots ejaculated Flo
rian contemptuously
He has disgraced us continued Mrs
Brabazon hoarsely snatching up the su
gar tongs in a kind of blind fury and
commencing to make tea but herhand
shook so violently that half the lumps
were scattered about the tray If he
had gone to sea it would net have mat
tered no one would have known What
will people say she demanded fiercely
of her audience He had every advan
tage and I had the promise of an excel
lent appointment for him on the West
Coast of Africa as deputy superintend
ent of a jail but without a word he
leaves my roof and walks off and enlists
as Private Brown Such base ingratitude
never was heard of
Gussie and Esme were both in tears
and Florian was slicing the ham before
him very delicately and very deliberately
with an air of deep meditation on his sal
low brow
His name I forbid to be mentioned by
any one in this house proceeded Mrs
Brabazon I forbid you girls to corre
spend with him or speak of him Edward
has as much passed out of your lives now
as if his death were in the mornings pa
per I have desired Nokes to keep al7
the front blinds down for three days
To be continued
At JLonjc Range
In the Franco German war 1S70 at
Gravelotte the German cavalry lost 200
horses and 100 men while their artil
lery lost 1300 horses and 950 men
At Thionville a terribly fierce battle
the German cavalry lost 1600 horses
and 1400 men while their artillery lost
1000 horses and 730 men but at the
battle of Woerth the German cavalry
last only 50 horses to GO men This
shows that when the fighting is close
and hot the men fall in greater numbers
than the horses
From the relative loss of men and
horses you can tell whether it was a
defeat or a victory for In a victory
the difference between men lost and
horses lost would not be very great
while in a defeat and retirement the
loss of horses would be immense
In a well contested hand-to-hand
fight of cavalry the loss of horses is
about equal to the loss of men When
the British troops were engaged in the
Peninsular war they lost in each of the
15 battles an average of 18 horses to 19
men showing fierce and close fighting
On the other hand the loss of horses
is very great when the cavalry have to
go a long distance over open ground
before delivering the charge as they
are exposed to the enemys fire At
Fontenoy the French killed S7 British
cavalrymen and 337 of their horses
Fifty to One
War is not such a dangerous game as
people think In spite of all efforts to
annihilate each other enemies do com
paratively slight damage During the
Franco German war with its scores of
battles on a vast scale only 19 men In
each 1000 were killed and 10S wound
ed while 4 per 1000 were missing
Thus any soldier engaged had about
nine chances to one that he would not
get a scratch and over fifty chances to
one that he would not be killed Most
of the wounds received wsre slight
that is to say one fourth of all the
wounds were severe and teefourUis
were slight But it is surprising how
small a wound disables a man ana
knocks him out of the ranks
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BAYAN AND TOWNE
50TH NOMINATED BY ACCLA
MATION
Motion to Have Question of Nomi
nation of Vice President Referred
to a Committee Defeated by a Vote
of jgso 402 The Platform
Sioux Falls S D May 11 The na
tional Topulist convention concluded its
session at 1 oclock this morning and ad
journed sine die after nominating the
Hon W 1 Bryan for president and the
Iloi Charles A Towne for vice president
The nomination of Mr Towne was only
accomplished after a struggle of several
hours duration in which an effort was
made to have the question of the nomina
tion of a vice presidential candidate re
ferred to a committee to confer with the
Democratic anil silver Republican com
mittees in their conventions
On a vote the motion was defeated by a
vote of 268 to 492 Botli candidates were
nominated by acclamation but before the
result was reached various candidates were
placed in nomination and their names suc
cessively withdrawn Both nominations
were accomplished amid scenes of enthu
siasm
Among the national committemen ap
apointed were
Illinois H S Taylor Eugene Smith
and J G Jones
Indiana H Caldwell John Medert
and Karl Gerner
Iowa S B Crane J E Anderson and
W II Eobb
Michigan J W Wewing E S Grece
and A W Nichols
Nebraska J H Edmiston E E
Thomas and W Y Allen
The Platform
The platform consists of a preamble and
a long series of resolutions The preamble
congratulates the Peoples party on the
marvelous growth of its principles during
the last four years aniong people of all po
litical parties This condition the platform
says gives renewed hope and courage for
the future in the efforts of the party to
avert tlie subversion of free institutions by
corporate pOwer And to resist the evi
dent purpose of the Republican party to
establish a strongly centralized imperial
government
The resolutions on imperialism and mil
itarism deplore the conduct of the admin
istration in the Spanish American war and
denounce its conduct in connection with
the Philippines Referring to the latter
matter they say it is in conflict with all
the precedents of our national life at war
with the constitution and without reason
able excuse Demand is made for the ces
sation of this war With reference to
Porto Rico it is declared that the declara
tion of independence the constitution and
the American flag are one and inseparable
It is also declared that Porto Rico is a part
of the territory of the United States made
so by our promises and the consent of the
Porto Ricans themselves The increase of
the standing army is denounced as wholly
unwarranted by the conditions of the
country and it is asserted that this tend
ency will inevitably result in an unneces
sary burden on the taxpayers
There is a strong resolution of sympathy
for the Boers a declaration agamst the
monopolizing of public land for specula
tive purposes a demand for a return to the
original homestead policy a declaration
for the placing of all goods controlled by
the trusts upon the free tariff list a con
demnation for the government of Idaho
and the fedeial government in connection
with the Coeur dAlene and the demand
for the initiative and referendum
Trusts are denounced and the Peoples
party method for the control of public
utdities such as the railroad and the tele
graphic systems and of the issuance of
money is recommended as the proper
remedy for this evil To cope with the
trust evil it is said the people must act di
lectly without the intervention of repre
sentatives who may be controlled or in
fluenced hence they demand direct legis
lation giving to the people the law making
and veto power under the initiative and
referendum
The importation of Japanese labor un
der contracts is denounced as a notorious
and flagrant violation of the laws and the
resolution pledges the party to promote a
stringent exclusion law against all kinds
of Mongolian and Malayan immigration
The gold standard act of the present
congress is denounced in strong terms and
it is asserted that while barrirg out the
money oE the constitution this law opens
the printing mints of the treasury to the
free coinage of paper money to enrich the
few and impoverish the many
The party is pledged never to cease
agitation until the financial conspiracy is
blotted from the statute books the Lincoln
greenback restored and the bonds all paid
and all corporation money forever retired
The system of issuing injunctions in
cases of disputes between employers and
employes is under certain circumstances
denounced as an evil and to remedy it
legislation is demanded The election of
president vice president and United States
senators by direct vote of the people is also
urged as is the governmental ownership
of railroads and telegraph lines home rule
in the territories the employment of idle
labor on public works in time of depression
and the payment of just pensions to dis
abled soldiers and the establishment of
postal savings banks
A fair ballot is also demanded and the
wholesale system- of disfranchisement by
coercion and intimidation in some states is
condemned as unrepublican and undemo
cratic To remedy this defeet it is declared
to be the duty of the several state legisla
tures to take such action as will secure a
full free and fair ballot and an houebt
count
In Boston
Where are you stopping
Im not stopping anywhere but Im
staying at the Barker House And
you
Oh Im just uneasy at a relatives
Puck
Age of the Sun
Lord Kelvin puts the age of the sun
at 100000000 years At its present rate
of combustion the sun will last from
seven to fifteen millions of years be
fore burning itself out
The amount of liquid refreshment
taken by a man of 70 would equal 70
700 pints and to hold this -a pail 12
feet high and more than 2500 times
as large as an ordinary pall would ba
required
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CINCINNATI GATHERING NAMES
ITS CANDIDATES
Wharton Barker of Pennsylvania
Will Head the Ticket with Igna
tius Donnelly for Vice President
Other Items of Interest
Cincinnati Ohio The anti fusion Pop
ulist party assembled at the opera house in
national convention on the 9th inst Nearly
700 delegates were present every state ex
cepting Arizona New Mexico North Car
olina South Carolina and Vermont being
represented The hall was elaborately
decorated with banners and the motto of
the party and pictures of Peter Cooper
were prominently displaye1 Chairman
Clem Deaver of Nebraska called the con
vention to order
After the reading of the call by Secre
tary Parker of the national committee
Chairman Deaver opened the regular pro
ceedings in a lengthy speech
Former Congressman M W Howard of
Alabama wa3 then introduced as tempo
rary chairman Xloward who has been
since Tuesday most prominently spoken
of as Hie presidential nominee wns re
ceived with appause
At the conclusion of his speech the chair
man appointed the committee on cre
dentials the convention resoiving itself
into an experience meetina the object
being the developement of ideas for incor
poration in the platform The nomina
tions were not made on the first day
Cincinnati Ohio The
Populist conventions second session
was called to order at 830 on the 10th inst
by Chairman W L Peck After the re
ports of committees had been disposed of
nominations for president were called for
M W Howard of Alabama AVharton Bar
ker of Pennsylvania and Ignatius Don
uellp were named
The roll call resulted Howard 311 1 6
Barker 003 4 10 Donnelly 70 Norton
necessary to choice 4SS
Donnellys name was withdrawn and
Wharton Barker of Pennsylvania was
nominated for president on the second
ballot
Chenault of Kansas moved that Ignatius
Donnelly be selected for vice president
The motion carried with shouts and the
ticket was completed
The Platform
The Teoples party of the United States
assembled in national convention this 10th
day of May 1900 affirming our unshaken
belief in the cardinal tenets of the Peoples
party as set fortli in tlie Omaha platform
and pledging ourselves anew to continued
advocacy of those grand principles of hu
man liberty until right shall triumph over
might and love over greed do adopt and
proclaim this declaration of faith
We demand the initiative and referen
dum and the imperative mandate such
changes of existing fundamental and stat
ute law as will enable the people in their
capacity f propose and compel the enact
ment of such laws as they desire to reject
such as they deem injurious to their inter
ests and to recall unfaithful public
servants
Wo demand the public ownership and
operation of those means of communica
tion transportation and production which
the people may elect such as railroads
telegraph and telephone lines coal mines
etc
The land including all natural sourOvV
of wealth is a heritage of the people and
should not be monopolized for speculative
purposes and alien ownership of land
should be prohibited All land now held
by railroads and other corporations in ex
cess of their actual needs and all lands
now held by aliens should be reclaimed
by the government and held by actual set
tlers
A scientific and absolute paper money
based upon the entire wealth and popula
tion of the nation not redeemable in any
specific commodity but made a full legal 1
tender for all debts and receivable for all
taxes and public dues and issued by tlie
government only without the intervention
of banks and in sufficient quantities to
meet the demands of commerce is the best
currency that can be devised but until
such a financial system is secured which
we shall press for adoption we favor the
free and unlimited coinage of both silver
and gold at a legal ratio of 16 to 1
We demand the levy and collection of a
graduated tax on incomes and inheritances
and a constitutional amendment to secure
the same if necessary
We demand the election of president
vice president federal judges and United
States senators by direct vote of the people
We are opposed to trusts and declare
the contention between the old parties on
the monopoly question is a sham battle
and no solution of this mighty problem is
possible without the adoption of the prin
ciples of public ownership of public util
ities
The Pasaion Flower
The Passion Flower was so called by
the first Spanish settlers of America be
cause they imagined that they saw in
its flower a representation of Our
Lords passion the filamentous proc
esses being taken to represent the
crown of thorns the najl shaped styles
the nails of the cross the anthers the
marksof the five wounds the leaf the
spear that pierced the Saviors side the
tendrils the cords or whips by which
He was scourged the column of the
ovary the upright of the cross the
stamens the hammers the calyx the
glory or halo the white tint purity
the blue tint heaven The passion
flower is a native of the warm parts
of America and its flowers are large
and beautiful
Chestnut Flour
In France among the poorer classes
the absence of flour is replaced by the
chestnut which is dried and ground
B O s Women Station Agents
There are eighteen women employed
as station agents by the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company Traveling
auditors of the road say that their ac
counts are well kept and that their
stations are cleaner and neater than
those in charge of men
Girls in Germany
In Germany and Holland girls are
chosen in preference to young men In
all occupations where they can be ad
vantageously employed
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New Yorks Tns Service
New York harbor has about 400 tug
boats and the average run Is about 30
a day This make3 a dally business of
12000 or 72000 a week or 3744000
a year which gives us an idea of the
amount of shipping that is handled In
port annually As many as 300 ship3
have entered that harbor in a dayJThe
price of a tug ranges between 5000
and 12000 A first class twenty
incher with hull and engines right Is
worth 10000
A Blood Troiable
Is that tired feeling -blood lacks vital
ity and richness and hence you feel
like a laggard all day and cant get
rested at night Hoods Sarsnnanlla
will cure you because it will restore to
the blood the qualities it needs to nour
ish strengthen and sustain themus
cles nerves and organs of the body It
gives sweet refreshing sleep and im
parts new life and vigor
cn Tirrt -In the spring I
would have no appetite and would feel
tired and without ambition Took
Hoods Sarsaparilla In small doses in
creasing as I grew stronger That tired
foeling left me and I felt better in every
way W E Eaker Box 0 Milford
Ohio Remember
Hoods SarsaparSIJa
Is the Best Medicine Money Can Buy
Prepared by C I Hood Co Lowell
Mas Sold by all druggists Price 1
Tobacco as a Disinfectant
Dr Noramn Kerr the temperance ad
vocate who died recently at Hastings
England had made a life study of the
subject of inebriety concerning various
aspects of which he had published
about thirty volumes together with nu
merous articles in medical journals On
the eMcacy of tobacco as a disinfectant
he also held strong opinions and some
time ago he made the following state
ment On broad general grounds I
am decidedly of opinion from my own
experience and observation that to
bacco smoking other things being
equal dies give anyone exposed to in
fection a considerable amount of -immunity
A Wise Precaution
Why did you tell that bill collector
to come around next Monday after
breakfast with the accent un the
after
I never like while I am eating - to
have to think up excuses When a man
thinks hard he draws his blood to his
brain and that stops digestion so it is
a very bad thing to think while eating
Chicago Times Herald
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