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WHAT THE DOCTORS DECREE
"Consumption Hunt Go" tha Slogan of
Medical Men.
WORLD-WIDE ATTACK ON THE DISEASE
ItcmnrUnlilc Movement \ < MV In l'ri > K
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Ttrrllilf of Human 111 * How
to I'reieiit the
The most remarkable movement now in
progress among medical men the world over
Is the united attack on consumption and
other forms of tuberculosis. It Is only
seventeen years elnco Prof. Koch first dis
covered the real nature of tuberculosis , that
it Is caused by a bacillus and that It ts
contagious. With this knowledge to work
from statisticians have found that tuber
culosis is by far the most terrible of all
diseases. He has found that of the deaths
from all causes between the ages of 15 and
CO years , one-third of the number are vic
tims of tuberculosis , and that It kills four
and a halt times as many people as do
smallpox , scarlet fever , typhoid fever and
diphtheria combined.
One case of cholera In a European sea
port sets the ponderous quarantine systems
of a dozen governments at work , A case
of yellow fever In Central 'America sends
a shiver of apprehension around the globe.
But medical authorities are agreed that the
world has seen its last great epidemic of
cither cholera or yellow fever. These dis
eases are becoming milder and milder , and
quarantine methods throttle them In their
Inclplency. But no diminution of virulence
has been marked in tuberculosis. No quar
antine has ever been made effective against
flu nce of civilization makes for JU dissemi
nation. The death rate from It In crowded
clllofl Is far greater to population than it Is
In country districts. In Berlin 4,500 per
sons die every year from tuberculosis ; In
Paris 4,000 lived are sacrificed to It , while
In Chicago 2,500 victims are numbered.
The awful significance of these figures It
better understood when It la pointed out , as
docs Bertlllon , that In each 1,000 deaths
from tuberculosis 760 out of the number
are between the ages of 20 and CO years
the bread-winners and the home-makers of
the world.
The most common conveyance for the
bacilli of tuberculosis are dust particles in
the air and the milk from cows suffering
with the disease. Through the air the
germ from dried sputum finds lodgment In
lung tissues and pulmonary tuberculosis or
consumption Is the result. Prom milk the
germ causes tuberculosis of the digestive
organs. In cither case the duration of the
disease Is from two to three years.
Given a case of tuberculosis , the patient's
station In life has much to do with his
chances for recovery. In the crowded tene
ment quarters of the great cities bad nlr , In
sufficient sunlight and lack of proper nour
ishment make against the Individual's re
covery. In Paris observations by Leon Petit
go to show that of tuberculosis the poor
die In comparUon with the rich in the
proportion of five to one ; Sorenscn , In Co
penhagen , points out that of the deaths
from all causes among the better classes
tuberculosis numbers SCO to the 100,000 , , while
among the poor to the 100,000 of population
C7S die from that dlseaso.
Tcrrllilc Fatality AmonK Xenrocii.
Most striking of all , perhaps , are the
figures for the United States with relation
to the negro. In proportion to the white
population the negro dies of tuberculosis in
the ratio of seven to one.
With reference to infecttousncss the com
missioners of the British Medical association
have reported upon 11D cases in which hus
bands have Infected their wives and upon
sixty-nine cases in which Infection passed
from tbe wives to the husbands. In 12,146
cases In which search for hereditary taint
extended to the grandparents of the patients
62.3 per cent showed evidences of heredity.
With such startling figures upon the con
tagiousness of the disease Its deadllness is
oven more appalling. Zublana says of It :
"Of all tubercular subjects diagnosed by
the ordinary means 95 per cent die. A per
centage of cures of 20 to 25 represents a
notable progress. "
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ILLINOIS
it. Yet Prof. Leyden Is quoted as an au
thority for the statement that at any given
time in Germany 1,300,000 persons are
afflicted with tuberculosis , and Osier that In
( America 1,200,000 have that disease at all
times. In the swaying crowds of Now
York and Chicago one person In every fifty
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covered for "its 'treatment' . The world' Is
apathetic toward the ravages.of the disease.
Compulsory vaccination against smallpox is
insisted upon all over the civilized world ,
but today the medical profession Is
hampered by the knowledge that were the
specific for tuberculosis known the world
-would not lie ready to avail itself of the
discovery ,
A Cure Will lie Fnunil.
"But that specific will be discovered , " in
sists Prof. W. A. Evans , chief of staff In the
new Chtcaeo hospital for consumptives.
"We have found the germ ; we know Its
habitat , under what conditions It thrives and
under what conditions It deteriorates. The
medieal profession Is awake to the evils of
tuberculosis and it Is closing In qn It In a
way that makes absolutely certain the dis
covery of a cure for tuberculosis. But before
that cure Is established the world must have
learned Its lesson. It will learn it , too. The
forces are in hand now which shall press
tbe truth home to the uttermost parts of the
earth. "
Four hundred years before Christ phthisis
. was described by Hippocrates In a manner
to command the admiration of the physician
of today. Some of his observations In that
remote age stand unchallenged after 2,500
years. Galen know the dlseaso and added
knowledge of It to medical history. Villemln
proved the Infectious nature of It to the
French Academy of Medicine on December 4 ,
18C5. Seventeen years later Prof. Koch dis
covered the bacillus which gives life to it ,
thus marking the greatest epoch in the his
tory of tuberculosis.
Prof. Hlrsch , who has delved deep into this
most formidable of all diseases afflicting the
human family , suya ; "It IE emphatically a
disease of all times , all countries and all
races. No climate , no latitude , no occupa
tion , no combination of favoring circum
stances forms an Infallible safeguard against
the onset of tuberculosis , however such con
ditions may mitigate its ravages or retard
Its progress. Like typhoid fever , phthisis
dogs the steps of man wherever he may be
found and claims its victims among every
ago , class and race. "
AVlicro TulicrculoNlN | M Hiiro.
There are favoring latitudes and condi
tions , however. Tuberculosis Is rare In
Iceland , in the New Hebrides and in the
Shetland islands. The Persian plateau ,
the plains of Syria and the walled precincts
of' ' Jerusalem are nearly free from It.
Among the Bedouin Arabs and the nomads
of tbe HuHslan stcpp.es phthisis Is almost un
known , .but when these -wild people come
under the influence of civilization they dlo
rapidly from Ha ravages.
In like degree other parts of the earth
are conducive to phthisis , In northern
Greenland It is tbe most common cause of
death , and In the Hawaiian Islands It Is
ratlmated that two-fifths of the deaths
from all causes are from tuberculosis.
Straus Is authority for the statement that
tuborculcals Is the least contagious of tbe
germ diseases. At the same time the in-
Dettweller has figured that 24.2 per cent
of cases of tuberculosis may bo cured ; Bray-
mor , 21.G per cent , and Melsen , 27 per cent.
No one method of treatment has been fixed
upon above another. The favoring In
fluences of certain climates have teen very
generally acknowledged. Dieting and
physical exercise -havo 'beenfoun ' very
beneficial. It Ie known that sunlight Is
especially destructive to the 'bacillus of
tuberculosis. But after all the great dis
covery that Is yet to be Is still ahead of
medical science , and as for actual ac
complishments toward a material specific
Koch's discovery of the 'bacillus ' has not
been of signal benefit. It led to establish
ing the fact of the infectlousness of tuber
culosis and it has been a key to the move
ments of science against It. Beyond this
the physician of today Is groping pretty
much as he groped fifteen years ago.
With this germ key , however , he has
( boon enabled to trace cause * of Infection to
many of the lower animate. Cattle , above
all the domestic animals , are subject to
tuberculosis , and an infected udder In the
milch cow causes the milk from that ani
mal to bo a dangerous vehicle of communi
cation. Swine , next to cattle , are moat
frequently Infected. Tuberculosis Is rare
In horses. Infrequently found in sheep , but
Is common In nearly every variety of domes
tic fowls. Zurn , reporting upon the bodies of
600 barnyard fowls , found 10 per cent of
them showing tuberculosis. Dogs suffer
from it , cats are more frequently affected
and in monkeys the disease la very com
mon. Rats and mice are not Immune and
Slbley claims to have found the bacillus In
snakes , 'frogs and even earthworms.
Thus , aside from the menace that may
come to him from his own kind who are
suffering from the disease , man Is menaced
by nearly every one of the domestic ani
mals. The disease may be the least con
tagious of the germ diseases , but the ele
ment of contagion is strong enough to make
prevention worth soberest consideration.
Preventing TubercaloKU.
In general , that prevention is best as
sured by careful attention to one's general
health. Just as the wolves of the forest
hang round tbe herd until they can cut off
the aged or weakened member which strag
gles , EO the bacillus of consumption lurks
for the weakened constitutions of men.
Avoidance of close relations with a con
sumptive , pure air , sterilized milk and pure
foods are considerations.
Above all , the great masses of the people
have to learn sanitation and to put them
selves in line for the things which the 1
mealcalvorld Is preparing tor the world's '
good.
Today , with a case of scarlet fever , diph
theria or smallpox In a city household , the
heads of that household are not only will
ing , but anxious that tbe stricken one shall
be isolated from the rest of tbe family.
For tbe protection of his neighbor , tbe
<
Health department may step 'in , placard the
door or even remove the sick one. With
tuberculosis , however , there is no such (
thought or stir ; there may be no care taken
as to the expectorations of the patient , and
even he may share the same bedroom with
a well member of the household.
This must be changed. At the Interna
tional Congress of Hygiene in Brussels In
1S97 a resolution was adopted holding that
GET THE GENUINE.
NATURAL APERIENT WATER.
For Disordered Stomach
For Constipation and Biliousness
ITS SUPERIORITY IS UNQUESTIONED.
Prescribed by the Medical Profession for 25 years.
. . .SA .
"The hospltallzatlon of tuberculosis Is
urgent and will not long bo withheld. "
Honpttnl far ConanniptlTpn.
Only recent/ ! Chicago has made two die-
tlnct mores In recognition of this truth.
Chief of these has resulted In the building
of the Cook County Hospital for Consump
tives , the first public and charitable Institu
tion of the kind In the United States. It
was built and equipped at a cost of $75,000
and has accommodations for 350 patients.
It admits only such persons as arc dependent
upon the county. The structure was designed -
signed especially for the purpose , with every
ward arranged to admit light and air In
greatest quantity. Sanitation Is enforced In
strictest degree. Each patient has two gran *
lleware cups for sputum , one used at night
and one through the day. Night and mornIng -
Ing these cups arc put Into n steel drum
FUpcrhcated by steam , In which they arc
thoroughly disinfected. Freedom of the wide
central corridors Is allowed to patients , but
no one may expectorate save Into the one
vessel allotted to him.
Naturally the Inmates of this hospital are
not subjects to Inspire great enthusiasm In
ts medical staff. Many of the Inmates are
alone In the world. They are life's failures
and arc discouraged and hopeless. Dut the
staff of physicians is there , alert and grap
pling earnestly with this greatest problem of
the nineteenth century ,
Societies for Prevention.
Not only this , but a society for the pre
vention of tuberculosis Is forming In Chi
cago. Some of the most prominent physi
cians In the city arc behind the movement.
Its chief mission In the beginning , will be
educational. It will endeavor to awaken
public sentiment to the vital Importance of
hospitals and homes for thosa suffering from
tuberculosis and to Impress upon the patient
his personal obligations to society In ralml-
mzing | the danger of Infecting his fellow
man. In the end It proposes < o have de
veloped , broadened and progressed until
tuberculosis no longer menaces as the great
est and deadliest 111 known to mankind.
New York state IR preparing to emulate
the Chicago experiment In a hospital for
consumptives. A bill now Is under consid
eration at Albany providing for a hospital
building In the Adirondack forest preserve
which shall cost $150,000 and accommodate
200 patients. It Is pointed out that 13,000
persons dlo of tuberculosis every year In
that state , and that It only half of these
may be saved the economic saving to the
state will exceed J7,000,000 annually. The
senate committee reporting on the new
measure regrets the lack of special bos-
pltaf facilities In the large cities and towns ,
It says that the recognized Infectlousncss
of tuberculosis shuts these patients from
the regular hospitals wherever It Is possible
to refuse them admittance , aod It recom
mends that suburban hospitals for consump1
lives bo established wherever they may be
found necessary.
As leading up to the necessities of theeo
Institutions , the State Board of Health will
bo asked to Issue circulars educating the
people upon the subject of tuberculosis.
Canadian Precantlonii.
Slowly but euroly t h knowledge of this
disease Is spreading. Only recently the pro-
prletor of a great hotel In a Canadian resort
was requested by his well guests to choose
between them and the consumptives ; that
the two classes of guests could not occupy
the same hotel.
Dr. P. H. Bryce , secretary of the Provin
cial Board of Health at Ottawa , points out
that the Canadian public Is awake to the
dangers of tuberculosis. He said in a re
cent speech before the Ascoolatlon of Ex
ecutive Health Officers of Ontario :
"While at the Muskoka resorts I ha/vo
learned that last summer keepers of sum
mer hotels and boarding houses have had
to decide whether they preferred to board
well persons or consumptives , as they have
frequently been Informed toy the ordinary
summer visitor that be has came to Mua-
koka for health and pleasure and not to
be exposed to a contagious disease. In
deed , nothing more sad than to learn that
the tubercullzed , almost In hundreds , had
'been eent to Muskoka on the advice of
their physicians In all stages of the disease ,
with no place fitted for their reception and
entertainment , and none for their com
fort , medical guidance or treatment , and
that In tbe mlnda of many they were looked
upon almost as lepers. And , gentlemen , I
am ready to confess that the members of
this asssclatlon are In some degree re
sponsible for this. We haye , with all the
energy we have possessed , been tor years
educating the public In the facts regarding
the conditions of infectlousness of con
sumption , and , suppdemented by their own
observations In many Instances , they have
taken us at our word. We have preached
the dancers from infected meat and milk
and today we are believed. It Is neediest
to say that at this critical point we cannot
desert the public. They are needing nay ,
praying for our help. Shall we fall In
the task -we have undertaken ? "
In many cities there are movements to
prevent persons from expectorating on the
floors of public conreyances and public
buildings. One day the world "will awake
to its condition , and 'when It shall do go
eclencswill have been met half way In Its
indefatigable efforts to banish the one
disease that lays low one-seventh of all
the -world's dead.
A SUBTLE BIT OF FLATTERY.
It l Only n Trick of Memory , lint Al-
vrny effective.
Of all minor forms of flattery , says the
Now York Sun , none is moro insidious than
simply remembering a name Immediately
after Introduction and not forgetting to
Aow that you remember It. The very sim
plicity of the thing Is what gives It impor
tance. It Iro't that tbe mnemonic feat Is
In itself great and difficult there are few
of us who do not know Just how great and
how difficult It Is the subtle compliment
conveyed ; the implication that there is that
about the Introduced which must always
produce an Impression , even to the very
name. If this scheme of flattery works will )
women , what may bo Bald , of Its effect upon
men ? Many a man who , when presented to
a girl , hasn't given her a thought beyond
the usual "What does Mrs. Chaperone mean
by Introducing me to more girls ? " Is the
next instant chained hand and foot by her
calling him accurately by name and with a
smile suggesting tbtt she thought it quite
worth her while to do eo. Of course there
are cases where this Is easier for the girl
than It Is at others. She may have long
known the man by name or she may have
bad the luck of having him and tbe syllables -
bles that stand for him made familiar to
her just prior to the introduction , but what
ever tbe means tbe end Is In all cases the
same. "Only tbe other evening , " said a
woman , "I presented a man to a girl In tbe
conventional mumble , but though neither ,
I nm sure , bad ever beard of tbe other be
fore , and although his name wan not suf
ficiently uncommon to bo caught readily ,
the first thing I knew she had addressed him
by It and be was gazing at her In a rapt ,
flattery succumbed way that was unmistak
able. As May Irwin puts It , 'She bad him
dald , ' and all because of a judicious trick
of memory. " It is generally acknowledged
that tbe ability to remember names is an
important agent in any enterprise. To It
has the wife of more than one public man
owed not only her own social success , but
the increase and assurance of her husband's
popularity. But even with the smallest of
the theaters in which to exploit one's pow
ers , the simple use of the name of one just
introduced is a never falling flattery. And
flattery always works , for even If you tea
right through it , who ii there that can re
sist 'the fact that the flatterer should take
the trouble to flitter you ?
Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup dots cure grippe ,
bronchitis and Incipient consumption.
THE GENERAL'S BIRTHDAY.
NEW STORY AHOU1 THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY.
By EdKcrton Dtivlcs.
I have just been reading a note from the ,
diary of General Washington , who will re
main until the crack of doom the one great
flawless , dignified hero of the nation. It not
of the world. A hero moans one who Is n
brave gentleman all the time.
Says General Washington's diary , June 30 ,
1783"Dined with only Mrs. Washington ,
which , I believe , Is the first instance of It
since my retirement from public life. " That
was eighteen mouths after coming home
from his victorious wars. Think of the horror
ror of Itl For all that time Inquisitive hero
worshippers had been dropping In just about
dinner time to say : "How wonderful , really ,
.Mr. Washlngtonl It makes mo quite shud
' der to think of ; really and truly It does ,
johl j I must kiss your hand ! " And poor
i , George would have to be polite and ask
itbem , to stay for dinner.
How coiy that little dinner on June 30 ,
1785 , must have been , how homelike at last ,
when General Washington raised his glass
and said1 "Martha , my love , your health.
That ribbon becomes you vastly. You look
too young for a battered old hulk like me. "
"George , " said Mrs. Washington , "don't
dare talk like that ! You n battered what-
dld-you-sayl The Ideal Why , not a young
man In old Virginia has your figure. "
Then she got up and came around the
table and kissed him , the cupbearers having
t
withdrawn , and they walked together in the
gentle summer afternoon , and his excel
lency eald , as he gathered some cherries :
"Why can't people always leave us in
peace , Martha ? How nice this Is. Let's go
and look at the pigs. "
There were heaps of birthday presents
awaiting his excellency , and all the jolly
black house servants wished him long life
and happiness , and n table was weighed
down with C.OOO birthday poems from the
6,000 most promising poets In the country ,
j i nnd there was a heap of newspapers with
marked editorials in his praise , and every
man who had ever invented anything from
a clockwork clambaker ( a most curious and
, amusing contrivance ) to a base ball , eent
the general one , and every man , woman
and child who had written a book , even If
not published , sent a copy to George Wash-
i Ington. Yes , everybody sent him a present
1 and wished him Joy , and most of them
j i wished something for themselves In return.
I Certainly George Washington should have
been with all these beautiful
< happy , costly
I things , but somehow he slipped to the attic
and left all his gifts and looked at the little
1 hatchet his father had given him years and
years and years ago , and be said , as he put
' It back : "When was I happier , then or
j now ? "
Then the visitors came , very old men
who told him he could never hope to live
as long as they , for they had constitutions
like iron , and he must enjoy himself be
fore It was time to give him a state funeral ;
I and very old women who had known his
j ' father , and called him "Georglo , " and very
young misses who trembled so they could
J hardly utter the words of congratulation
they had learned by heart. And there was
one manly little rascal who rode up on hla
pony , bearing his grandfather's compli
ments , and pushed straight at the hero ,
crying :
"Gen'ral , grandpa's compymens , happy
returns , mine too. General , I want to know ,
grandpa says you're a hero , and I want to
tie a hero , too. when I'm growed up. Can't
I please ? Grandpa says not to talk non
sense. It Isn't nonsense. Is It , general ?
Can't I be a hero when I'm growed up ? "
Big George Washington stooped and lifted
the child did you ever know a hero that
didn't love children ? and Tcisse'd his cheek
" '
and whispered :
"None of us can be , great or good with
out God's blessing. To be a hero you must
be good as great. So pray first and always
that God will make you good. "
"Tbe little enthusiast looked deep and
grave into the general's eyes , suddenly
kissed the kind mouth hard , said "I will , "
and , sliding down , rode off with his groom
always a better man for that caressing
whisper.
II.
Whro It was still long from the stately
festival dinner George Washington slipped
away from the crowd at the house and wan
dered off by himself , though with great
dread that some pale young man should
jump out from a bush , and Ore a birthday
ode at him.
Now he was off Mount Vernon farm , and
by a lane away from the main road. In
the corner of 'the lane , In a most deserted ,
newly-cleared spot , about fifty feet bock In
the bushes , was the newest of tiny cottages ,
with unpalnted walls , and rough timbers ,
and a newly laid out garden at the back.
George Washington looked from the wood
through which he was wandering and
paused.
"That was'not there when I had time be
fore the war to run about , " said he. "Who
can they be ? They're not Africans. Ob ,
no ! "
For from the house came a bright voice
that was certainly Virginian.
"Now , Jack ! " eatd "the voice , "you must
not be lazy , because there Is ever so much
to do before father comes home. "
"I ain't laty , Martha , " said another voice ,
unmistakably the shrill one of n boy. "I'm
doing what dad said I'm looking after you ,
am' protecting you. "
" ( . h , Jack , do you co.ll eating raisins and
slttlrg on the table protecting me ? "
"Well , It Is. If ftnjcno was to come round
now to hurt you , even King George himself ,
vroudn't I bo ready to kill him. "
"Well , " said Martha , wllli a laugh. " 1
don't expect King George this morning. Our
George , bless him
"Hooray ! "
"Has boxed his ears. But there Is work
to bo done. "
"I don't see any. "
"You are looking at the raisins. How do
you expect to eat If you don't work ? And
how am I to get supper for daddy in the
evening ? "
"Oh , I have thought of that. I'll go fish-
leg , and you'll fry them. "
"Oh , and who would protect mo while
you're fishing , please ? "
"You can come , too , If you won't always
call out 'mind you don't fall In. ' "
"Bo good , Jack , and fetch me some water
from tbe well , nnd chop a little firewood. "
The general had been listening and chuck
ling. Always the sound of children's voices
brightened hli eyes. Now he suddenly
stepped up to the open door of the Ilttlo
now house and bowed. He was dressed very
plainly for his muddy walk , and his boats
w ro spattered , and he looked quite plain
and homely. He saw a neat little woman of
12 or 13 busy In her kitchen , and a pert ,
brlghteyed , enubnosed young rogue of 7 sit
ting on the table.
"I wish you good morning , ma'am , " said
the general.
"Good morning sir. " said the maiden , with
a frightened curtsy.
"Halloa ! " said Master Pert , seizing a
carving knlft. "Where did you come from ?
Are you a friend of King George ? "
"I am a true "
"You're not an Englishman ? "
" "
"I am a
"You're not a royalist ? "
. .
! _
"Because If you were I'd have to kill you ,
that's all. "
"Bo quiet , Jack ; you're very rude. " said
his sister , reprovingly. "Please , sir , he's
only a little boy , and sometimes they are
a little vexing , but he's a good boy. Is
there anything I can do for you , sir ? "
"If It were not too much -trouble , a glass
of water "
"Oh , certainly , " said the willing house
wife , end ran off. Up came Jack and stood
very erect In front of the visitor.
"I do believe , " Bald the little boy , "you're
the biggest man I ever saw. Ain't you ? "
"How could I tell you that , Master Jock ? "
"Are you bigger than my father ? Do you
know my father ? My father's a big man ,
bigger than me a good deal. My father's
just come to live here and farm. Do you
live near here ? Were you In the war ? Did
you kill any Englishmen ? Did you get
hurtcd ? My father fought in tbe war and
got a bullet through his nose. It makes
him look awful funny. You've a big nose.
A boy hit me on tbe nose once , and It
bleeded awful. I guess > our nose would
bleed lots , wouldn't it ? Won't you show
i me your watch ? Oh , what a nice watch-
will you show me the inside ? "
"After , " said the general , with his arm
gently round the child , ' 'after we've given
{ up thinking of going fishing , and brought the
I water for sister and chopped some wood. "
Jack looked quite startled and turned red.
The big , kind , yet firm , eyes looked Into
Master Perl's and Master Pert stuffed his
knuckles into the corners.
"Toot , toot ! " said the general , "come !
I'll help you. "
Eo the grave-eyed , pleasant-faced little
girl , coming back , found the father of bis
country breaking up wooa at a great rate ,
while her little brother was laughingly gath
ering chips.
"Oh , sir. " said Martha , with amaze , "whal
a man you'd be around the house ! "
And she was still more amazed at the ef
fect her words had upon the stranger , who
dropped his ax , and threw his head back
with quite a roar of laughter , until , for the
pure happiness of it , little Jack and Martha
laughed too.
"I like you , " said Jack , grabbing the gen
eral's hand as they went into the house.
"Come and see us often and I'll show you
where the best fishing places Is. "
"My father would be glad to welcome you ,
sir , " said the courtly maiden. "His busi
ness takes him away just now almost every
day , but in the spring "
"I thank you kindly , " said the general.
"And , as I live near here , I hope I shall be
friends -with my new neighbors. But this
Is milk ? "
"I thought you'd like it better than water ,
sir. And please try these cakes , which I
made this morning , because "
1 'Cause It's her birthday , " cried Jack.
'She's 13 and I'm 7. "
"Now , that is a happy coincidence , " said
the general , "because It is also my birth
day. I beg towish you many happy re
turns ef the day. "
And he bowed very low , and she bobbed
her very beet curtsy , and Jack cried out :
Aids digestion.
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'You look so you was dan'-InK1" '
Tttno vtns getting on , but the general wns
oth to go. Ho WAR enjoying himself for
the first time in a lone ; time. He brought
water ; he mended the window latch ; ho
ilanned out n now ( lower Ufil ; he was
horoughly happy In the merry company of
these children , i\ho only thought him a
lasting , unusually good-natured stranger.
Hut at last he went nlth a grimace at the
thought of all the laced anil silken crowd
uniting for him.
III.
The two children , qullo brightened by
ila presence , worked about busily , nnd
: > laycd about merrily , and made things
? lcasnnt for father nt sundown.
Hut an hour from sundown came riding by
two people who called themselves gentle
men , but nobody really thought them to.
They had been merry-making , and one
mim's horse h&d lost a shoe , and his drunken
dignity was such that ho must pause at tlio
cottage to send for a blacksmith to come to
him , or clso have his horse led to the black
smith's while ho halted. H was evident the
duellers at the cottage were poor folks and
these gentlemen felt assured their lordly
orders would be obe > ed. Now , Miss Martha
was civil , It frightened , but Master Jack was
sullen , nnd when the young , wine-heated
men bade him lead the horse or fetch the
smith. Jack flatly refused to do cither.
"What , what ! You'll bo paid , " shouted
the owner of the horse. "Come , young mis-
trcss _ . have you no wine for weary travelers
' *
ers ? '
"Indeed , no , sir , " said Martha , "but fur
ther on tlio post road "
"I'll go no further on the post or any
other rond. Haste , now , Flibbertigibbet ,
and do as you're told. "
"I'll stay hero to protect my sister , " said
Jack , "as father bade me. "
"Ha , ha ! A brave protectorl But In
truth n pretty sister. Come , my dear , let
mo also be a brother "
Ho staggered up , and Jack Jack flew nt
hli throat like a terrier. The girl screamed ,
the other man raised hUs riding whip and
struck down on the boy. Jack yelled from
rage and anguish , but clung to the choking
throat , never heeding the flrst Wows rained
on him. The cottage was In n iltcadful up
roar , when In rushed the stranger of the
morning , and It Is said , but you need not
bellcvo It unless you want to ho used n
dreadfully bad word. Those two foolish
young men never were In su\.h trouble be
fore. In Oeorge Washington's great right
arm anung one of thorn , helpless , and In
the left another , nnd trump , bump , bumpely ,
bump went the two empty , foolish , braggart ,
blackguard heads cracking against each
other like cocnnuts on a tree In a storm.
When they wore Almost senseless the gen
eral laid them down with force and thrashed
them with their orn whips , and so mangled
nnd maltreated nnd mushed them that ,
when nt last they got to their kn and
begged for mercy their own loving mammas
would have Indignantly repudiated them as
being offsprings cf thelri. In the mean
time Jncky Tort danced about cheering on
his new friend , nnd Martha sobbed In a
corner , hiding her face and begging "Mr.
Oeorge , " for BO the general had called him
self , not to kill anybody , and not to got
hurt himself. And then the general threw
aside his whip and mndo the rascals stand
up before him , but they could only face
that raging , righteous eye with bowed heads
and bowed knees.
"General Washington , " they mumbled ,
"please let us go. H It was only the wine.
There was no harm done. "
Ho waved them out , but the mischief was
done. At the words "General Washington"
little Jack's jaw dropped nnd ho shook Ilka
a felon at the thought ho had threatened
to kill the best nnd greatest man In that or
nny other country. Martha dropped to her
knees , but the general made her rise and nc-
ccpt the birthday gift ho had run to Mount
Vernon and back to got for her. Still it
was not the same , nnd the general felt sad
dened ns ho went homeward , just an every
body has felt saddened , because ho could
not bo n boy again.
"However , " said ho to himself with a
smile as lie was dressing In gorgeous cos
tume for the ball in the evening , "I have not
had EO much fun on n birthday sluco I
chopped up that old cherry tree. "
I.liliiur Dealer * AHNIKII.
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liquor dealers , to Hen P. I'olntz caused a
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assets ICSH than half as much , A recent
flro with Insufficient Insurance , nnd Blow-
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sons of the Into John W. Watson.
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