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Constipation and Catarrh 8. B. HARTMAN, M. D. You are constipated. You have tak en laxatives a great many years. You have tried to select a diet that would keep your bowels regular. In this you have failed and were obliged to go back to your laxatives again. This, I say. has been going on many years. Yon also have a slight catarrh In the head and throat. You never Imagined that the catarrh had anything to do with the constipation. Suppose I were to tell yon that as long as you have that catarrh you will never get better cf your constipation. Would you be lieve me? Well, whether you would believe me or not it is the truth. He Knew. " ‘Where there's a will there's a way,”’ avers Taylor Holmes, appear ing In The Million. "The way, how ever, varies, as In the case of a cer tain pickpocket, who was convicted and promptly fined. “The lawyer of the pickpocket took the fine imposed upon bis client very much to heart. "’Twenty-five dollars!’ he expostu lated. Your honor, where is this poor, unfortunate man to get $25?’ “His honor did not know, or If he did he refrained from saying so. but the prisoner was less discreet. ’’ ‘Just let me out of here for ten or fifteen minutes,' he said, ‘and I'll ahow you?”’—Young's Magazine. Marla Divided the Candy. When the uncle of a couple of Brooklyn youngsters last called at the household whereof they form a part he brought with him some pieces of candy, which were given to the Uttle girl to divide with her brother. Later the uncle summoned this child to the living room and asked: “Marie, when you divided those five pieces of candy with your brother, did you give him two and a half pieces?" “No, sir," said Marie. “I saw they weren’t going to come out even, so I ate one before X began to divide."— Llppincott's Magazine. The Greatest Woman. Who was or Is the greatest woman In all bistory? Two hundred teach ers answered the question and with enthusiasm and unanimity the judges awarded the prize to the oae who made this reply: “The wife of the farmer of moderate means who does her own cooking, washing, ironing, sewing, brings up a family of boys and girls to be useful members of so ciety, and finds time for Intellectual improvement.” Sailing Ships In Demand. In consequence of the better outlook for sailing ships, values have gone up considerably during the last year or two. For instance, a four-masted sail ing ship of 2,750 tons register, which was sold in January last year for $32, 800, is at present in the market for sale, and the owners have refused a definite offer of $45,000; they are asking $50,000. Never do anything concerning the rectitude of which you have a doubt. —Pliny. IT’S THE POOD. The True Way to Correct Nervous Troubles. Nervous troubles are more often caused by Improper food and indiges tion than most people imagine. Even doctors sometimes overlook this fact. A man says: “Until two years ago waffles and butter with meat and gravy were the main features of my breakfast. Finally dyspepsia came on and I found myself in a bad condition, worse in the morn ing than any other time. I would have a full, sick feeling in my stomach, with pains in my heart, sides and head. “At times I would have no appetite, for days, then I would feel ravenous, never satisfied when I did eat and so nervous I felt like shrieking at the top of my voice. I lost flesh badly and hardly knew which way to turn until one day I bought a box of Grape-Nuts food to see if I could eat that. I tried It without telling the doctor, and liked It fine; made me feel as if I had some thing to eat that was satisfying and still I didn’t have that heaviness that I had felt after eating any other food. “I hadn’t drank any coffee then in five weeks. I kept on with the Grape Nuts and in a month and a half I had gained 15 pounds, could eat almost anything I wanted, didn’t feel badly after eating and my nervousness was all gone. It's a pleasure to be well again." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the book, “The Road to Wellvllle," in pkgs. “There’s • reason.1* Ever read the shove letter f A sew sae appear* from time to time. They are seaulae, tree, asd full of hsmas tafereat. Adv. For many years I have been wrest ling with the problem of furnishing the public an internal catarrh remedy Peruna has been the remedy that 1 have devised and it has certainly re lieved many thousand people, yes hun dreds of thousands of people, of chron ic catarrh. Constipation was my chief difficulty in treating these cases. I often felt that it would be better if a laxative element were added to Peruna. 1 feared to do so, however, first because of the number of catarrhal patients who needed no laxative, and second I was afraid of making such a radical change In a remedy that was already doing so well. Thus It was that I con tinued to prescribe with the Peruna a bottle of Manalln to those who needed a laxative. At last, under circum stances explained In my booklet, I was constrained to add the laxative ele ment to Peruna. This constitutes what Is now known as the revised Peruna. Now those who take Peruna will, first, find themselves promptly re lieved of their constipation. Second, the catarrh will gradually disappear, And once the catarrh Is cured the con< stlpatlon leaves permanently. Then If you follow the advice given In my book, you will never have to take pills any more. Cathartics and laxatives you can Ignore. You will be perma nently relieved of both your catarrh and the constipation. Pe-ru-na, Man-a-lin and L.a-cu-pia manufactured by the Pe-ru-na Com pany, Columbus, Ohio. Sold at all drug stores. SPECIAL NOTICE:—Many persons Inquire for The Old-time Pernna. They want the Pernna that their Fathers and Mothers used to take. The old Peruna Is now called Ka tarno. If yonr druggist or dealer does no* keep it for sale write the Kataruo Company, Columbua, Ohio, and they will tell you all about it. Business for Father. The small daughter of a practicing physician, who evidently has an ey« to business, told her mother, in no un certain terms, that she must call at once on their new neighbor. "And why must I call on her?" ask ed the mother, amused at the child’s positiveneBB. “Well, in the first place,” explained the little lady, “they’ve got three of the 8cranniest kids, and the mother herself don’t look very strong." A CLERGYMAN'S TESTIMONY. The Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wig ton, Pa., suffered from Dropsy for a year. His limbs and feet were swol len and puffed. He had ljeart flutter ing, was dizzy and exhausted at the least exer tion. Hands and feet were cold and he had such a dragging sensa tion across the loins that it was difficult to move. After using 5 boxes of Dodds Kidney rills the swelling disappear ed and he felt hlmBelf again. He says he has been benefited and blessed by the use of Dodds Kidney Pills. Sev eral months later he wrote: I have not changed my faith in your remedy since the above statement was author ized. Correspond with Rev. E. Hes lop about this wonderful remedy. Dodds Kidney Pills, 60c. per box at your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household Hints, also music of National Anthem (English and German wordB) and re cipes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free. Adv. Enough to Klill It. “Oh papa." exclaimed the young girl, “that pretty plant I had setting on the piano is dead." “Well, I don't wonder,” was all the father said. Mr*. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wiud colic, 26c a bottle. Adv. Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.— Tryon Edwards. Richest la Healing Quantise FOR BACKAOHE. RHEUMATISM, KIDNEYS AND BLADDER FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS Make the Liver Do its Duty Nine times in ten when the liver is right the stomach and bowels are right CARTER’S LITTLE LIVER PILLS gently but firmly com; pel a lazy liver to do its duty. _ Cures Con stipation, In digestion, Sick Headache. and Distress After Eating. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE, Genuine must bear Signature Zj'' DEALERS: RET OUR PRICES OR Selected Hard Brick—Hollow Brick—Hollow Blocks—Sewer Pipe—Drain Tile—Flue Lin ings—Well Curbing—Wall Coping—Impervious Face Brick—Red Pressed Back Fire Proofing — Silo Blox Clay Produets Co., Sioux City, la. MANUFACTURERS Four Factories I 8YNOPSIS. The story opens in Brussels. Louis Harris, a charming English girl of fam ily, friends and wealth, while absently walking along the Boulevard Waterloo In a November rain, runs into a tragedy. A man Is found murdered In a taxi cab; his companion who had left the cab some time before and told the chauffeur to drive to a certain address, had disap peared and is unknown. .The scene shifts to London. Luke de Mountford, Louisa’s affianced, the nephew and heir of the eccentric and wealthy Lerd Radcllffe is ln trouble. An alleged direct hell, the unknown son brother, nas notified Lord Radcllffe of hla cLalms* The old man, passionately fnnd of Luke, claims that he has examined tne papers aud that the claimant Is an .m poater. Suddenly the alleged Phillip de Mount ,»™.app*ars in London. AU«* » 8nof?,^?: tervlew with Lord Radcllffe hl> cla.ms jccognized and he Is Installed as heir Without explanation Luke is Pr®,ct*f£jly ?‘8°wn®d- Phillip seems to exert unlim ited Influence over Lord Radcllffe whlcn fm*Zle*r h!* friends and defies 1“ve?!'Ka‘ one!’ ll0rd Ra<lcl!ffe will explain to no A year has passeTeince the tragedy In ?f.U88el8, Suddenly It Is repeated ln detail In London. The victim i* Phi'"P de Mountford. Every circumstance ana a v<my apparent motive points to tha dis placed nephew, Luke as tha murderer. In vain, Louisa, ln her blind faith, tried to prove Luke Innocent. Every investiga tion brightens the chains of evidence. At the coroner's Inquest the startling devei SRinent that the murdered man is no Phillip de Mountford but a common scoundrel denounced by his father and mother, who Identified the body as then son, only complicates the situation. It docs not ln the least upset the appalling proofs of Luke's guilt, a warrant U is sued for his arrest but because of his station in life the police secretly warn him to leave the country before the war rant Is served. This he prepares to do. Louisa sees him and asks him pointedly for the truth. He confesses his guilt. Here the heart of a woman discerns his .lie and the reul truth that he is protect ing someone else. Immediately she asks herself,—Who? and intuitively reasons that Luke’s love for his uncle must be bound up with the solution. In the mean time the uncle has been stricken and no one permitted to see him. She demands that she be allowed to talk to him. Her request Is denied but she insists, finally the physician grants permission. Lord Radcllffe recognizes no -one and does not understand what is said to him. Alone with him for a moment she rehearses the story to him, although he is apparently unconscious. At the mention of Luke’s name and the fact that he Is accused of the murder Lord Radcllffe shows signs of Indulgence. When the physician returns he hus spoken and demands that what he has to say be taken down and witnessed. He dictates a statement—The so-called Phillip de Mountford who has been pass ing as his heir was an impostex*. Such a person had at one time existed „ and be gan the correspondence more than a year before. Lord Radcllffe met him in Brussels to examine the proofs which he found correct. In his indecision between his duty to the real heir and his passion ate affection for Luke he invites the real Phillip de Mountford to ride with him through the streets of Brussels. Suddenly the impulse seizes him to solve the prob lem then and there—hence, the murder in the taxi-cab which Louisa had witnessed. The papers proving Phillip's claim were left in his room and his rascally room mate knew how to use them and guessed the secret of his death, hence his arrival in London and his hold over Lord Rad cliffe, until finally the old man’s love for Luke prompted the second murder. CHAPTER XXXVI—(Continued.) "Well," retorted Sir Thomas, “It Is not you, my dear, I presume, who killed this bricklayer from Clapham.” She did not reply immediately; but her lips almost framed themselves into a smile. Luke and another woman! To Sir Thomas Ryder that seemed In deed a very simple explanation. Men have been known to do strange things, to endure much and to sacrifice every thing for the sake of woman! But then Sir Thomas knew nothing of Luke, nothing more than what the latter chose to show of his Inward self to the world. The memory of those few mo ments In the room In Fairfax man sions laughed the other man's sug gestion to scorn. Louisa shook her head and said simply; "No, Uncle Ryder, I did not kill the Clapham bricklayer In the cab." "And you won’t admit that Luke may be shielding another woman?” said Sir Thomas, with Just the faintest semblance of a sneer. “I won’t say that,” she replied grave ly. “You see, I don’t really know. I would take a dying oath at this mo ment—If I were on the point of death— that Luke never committed that abom inable crime. I won’t even say that he Is Incapable of It. I’ll only swear that he did not do It. And yet he Is silent when he Is accused. Then to me, the only possible, the only logical conclusion is that he is shielding some one else.” “Have you questioned him?” "Yes.” "Put the question directly to him, I mean?” "Yes.” "And what did he say?” “That his own stick condemns him, and that ho would plead guilty at his trial.” "He never told you directly or Indi rectly that he killed the man?” For the space of one second only did Louisa hesitate. She had asked Luke the direct question: “Was It you who killed that man?" and he had replied: "It was I.” She had asked It then, determined to know the truth, convinc ed that she would know the truth when ho gave reply. And she did learn the truth then and there, not as Luke hoped that she would interpret It, but as it really was. He had never really lied to her, for she had never been de ceived. Now, she did not wish to hide anything from Sir Thomas Ryder, the only man In the whole world who could help her to prove Luke's Innocence in spite of himself: therefore, when her uncle riterated his question somewhat sharply, she relied quite frankly, look ing straight up at him: "He told me directly that It was he who had killed the man.” “And even then you did not believe him?” "I knew that he tried to lie." "You firmly believe that de Mount ford knows who killed that Paul Bak er—or whoever ho was?” ”1 do." "And that he means to go through his trial, and to plead guilty to a charge of murder, so that the real criminal should escape?” "Yes!” “And that he is prepared to hang— to hang, mind you!” reiterated Sir Thomas with almost cruel bluntness, "if he Is condemned in order to allow the real criminal to escape?" “Yes." “And you yourself have no notion as to who this person may be?” "No." "Is there anybody, do you think, who is likely to know more about Luke de Mountford’s past and present life than you do yourself?" “Yes,” she said, “Lord Radclyffe." "Old Radclyffe?*' he ejaculated. "Why, yes. Lord Radclyffe adored Luke before this awful man came be tween them. He had him with him ever since Luke was a tiny boy. There’s no one In the world for whom he cared as he cared for Luke, and the affection was fully reciprocated. My belief is that Lord Radclyffe knows more about Luke than any one else in the world.” “But old Rad is very ill just now, unfortunately." "It would kill him.” she retorted, 'if anything happened to Luke, whilst he was being coddled up as an invalid, almost as a prisoner, and no news al lowed to reach him.” Sir Thomas was silent for a moment, obviously buried in thought. That he was still incredulous was certainly ap parent to Louisa’s super-sensitive per ceptions, but that he meant to be of help to her, in spite of this incredulity was equally certain. Therefore she waited patiently until he had collected his thoughts. "Well, my dear,” he said at last, ‘Til tell you what I will do. Tomorrow morning I’ll go and see if I can have a talk with old Rad-” "Tomorrow morning," she broke in gravely, "Luke will be dragged before the magistrate—the first stage of that awful series of humiliations which you yourself say, Uncle Ryder, that no man who Is innocent can possible endure!” "I know, my dear,” he said almost apologetically, “but I don’t see now how that can be avoided.” "We could see Lord Radclyffe to night!” "Tonight?” he exclaimed. "Why, it’s nearly 10 o’clock.” “In matters of this sort, time does not count.” "But old Rad is an Invalid!" "He may be a dead man tomorrow, If he hears that Luke—Luke, who was the apple of his eye, who is the heir to his name and title, is being drag ged In open court before a police mag istrate, charged with an abominable crime.” “But the doctor, I understand, has forbidden him to see any one.” ”1 think that the matter has passed the bounds of a doctor’s orders. I would go and force my way into his presence without the slightest scruple. I know that any news that he may glean about Luke, within the next few days, will be far more fatal to him, than the few questions which I want to ask him tonight.” “That may be, my dear,” rejoined Sir Thomas dryly, "but this does not ap ply to me. Old Rad Is a very old friend of mine, but if I w'ent with you on this errand tonight, I should be go ing not as a friend, but in an official capacity, and as such I cannot do it without the doctor's permission.” "Very well then,” she said quietly, "weil ask Doctor Newington’s permis sion.” i*or a little while yet Sir Thomas Ryder seemed to hesitate. Clearly the girl's argument, her simple conviction, and her latent energy had made a marked impression upon him. He was no longer the sceptical hide-bound of ficial; the man, the gentleman, was tearing away at the fetters of red tape. All the old instincts of chivalry which at times might be dormant in the heart of an English gentleman—but which are always there nevertheless, hidden away by the mantle of convention— had been aroused by Louisa’s attitude toward the man she loved, and also by the remembrance of Luke’s bearing throughout this miserable business. After all what the girl asked was not so very difficult of execution. There are undoubtedly cases where the usual conventional formulas of etiquette must give way to serious exigencies. And there was unanswerable logic in Louisa’s arguments; at any time in the near future that old Rad —either through his own obstinacy, or the stupidity or ill-will of a servant—got hold of a newspaper, the suddenness of the blow which he would receive by learning the terrible news without due preparation, would inevitably prove fatal to him. Sir Thomas Ryder prided himself on being a diplomatist of the first water; he did believe that he could so put the neces sary questions to Lord Radclyffe, with regard to Luke, that the old man would not suspect the truth for a mo ment. The latter had, of course, known of the murder before he had been stricken with Illness; he had at the time answered the questions put to him by the police officer, without seeming to be greatly shocked at the awful occurrence; and it was not likely that he would be greatly upset at a pro fessional visit from an old friend, who at the same time had the unraveling of the murder mystery at heart. All these thoughts mirrored them selves on Sir Thomas’ wrinkled face. He was taking no trouble to conceal them from Louisa. Soon she saw that she had won her first victory, for her uncle now said with sudden determina tion: "Well, my dear, you have certainly got on the right side of me. Your aunt always said you had a very per suasive way with you. I’ll tell you what we will do. It is now a quarter to ten—late enough, by Jingo! We’ll get into one of those confounded taxis and drive to Dr. Newington’s. I’ll see him. You shall stay in the cab and if I can get his permission, we'll go and have a talk with old Rad—or rather I’ll talk first and you shall pretend that our Joint visit is only a coincidence. As a matter of fact he knew all about the murder before he got ill, and he won't think it at all unnatural that I have obtained special medical per mission to question him myself on the subject. Then you must work in your questions about Luke as best you can afterward. Is that agreed, now?” "Indeed it is, Uncle Ryder,” said Louisa, as she rose from her chair, with a deep sigh of infinite content ment. "Thank you,” she added gently, and placed her neatly gloved hand upon his arm. With a kind, fatherly gesture, he gave that little hand an encouraging pat. Then he rang the bell. “A taxi—quickly," he said to his man. "My fur coat and my hat. I am going out.” Louisa had gained her first victory. She had put forward neither violence nor passion in support of her argu ments. Yet she had conquered because she believed. A few moments later she and Sir Thomas Ryder were on their way to Dr. Newington's in Hertford street. CHAPTER XXXVII. IT IS ONE HUMAN LIFE AGAINST THU OTHER. Once more Louisa was sitting in the dark corner of a cab, seeing London by night, as the motor flew past lighted thoroughfares, dark, narrow streets, stately mansions and mean houses. The same endless monotony of bricks and mortar, of pillars and railings; the same endless monotony of every day life whilst some hearts were breaking and others suffered misery to which cruel, elusive death refused Its supreme solace. She waited In the cab whilst Sir Thomas Ryder went In to see the doc tor. Fortunately, the latter was at home, and able to see Sir Thomas. At first he was obdurate. Nothing that the high officer of the police could say would move his mef al dictum. Lord Radclyffe was too ill to see any one. He was hardly conscious. His brain was working very feebly. Ha had not spoken for two days, for speech was difficult. “If,” said Dr. Newington In his habitual pompous manner, “he had the least inkling now, that that favorite nephew of his was guilty of this aw ful murder, why, my dear sir, I wouldn’t answer for the consequences. I believe the feeble bit of life In him would go out like a candle that’s been blown upon.” “Who talks," retorted Sir Thomas somewhat impatiently, and assuming a manner at least as pompous as that of the fashionable physician, “of let ting Lord Radclyffe know anything about his nephew’s position? I don’t. I have no. such intention. But de Mountford's plight is a very serious one. There are one or two points about his former life that Lord Rad clyffe could elucidate if he will. I want your permission to ask him two or three questions. Hang it all, man, de Mountford’s life Is In danger! I don’t think you have the right to oppose me in this. You take a most awful responsibility upon your shoulders.” “A medical man,” said Dr. Newing ton vaguely, “has to take upon him self certain grave responsibilities some times.” “Yes, but not such a grave one as this. You must at least give me the chance of interrogating Lord Rad clyffe. Supposing he knows something that may throw light on this awful affair, something that may go to prove de Mountford’s innocence or guilt— either way—and suppose that owing to your prohibitions, all knowledge of hie nephew’s fate is kept from him until it is too late, until de Mountford is hanged—for he risks hanging, doctor, let me tell you that—suppose that you have stood In the way, when some simple explanation from your patient might have saved him! What then?” “But the patient is too 111, I tell you. He wouldn’t understand you, probably. I am sure he couldn’t answer your questions.” me ooctor s original pompous man ner had left him somewhat. He waa now more like an obstinate man, ar guing, than like a medical man whose pronouncements must be final. Sir Thomas Ryder—one of the keenest men to note such subtle changes In another —saw that he had gained an advan tage. He was quick enough to press it home. “Let me try at all events,” he said. ‘The whole matter is of such enor mous importance. After all, doctor, it Is a question of one human life against the other. With regard to de Mount ford, let me tell you that unless we can get some very definite proof as to his innocence, It is bound to go hard with him. Say that a few weeks hence Lord Radclyffe, recovering from this severe Illness, is confronted with the news that his nephew Is being tried for murder, or that he has been con demned—I won’t even mention the final awful possibility—do you think that you or any one will save the old man’s life then, or his reason per haps?” Dr. Newington was silent for awhile. Clearly he was ready to give way. Like most men who outwardly are Very pompous and dictatorial, his blustering was only veneer. The strong will pow er of a more determined intellect very soon reduced him to compliance. And all that Sir Thomas Ryder said was logical. It carried a great deal of con viction. "Very well,” said the doctor at last, “I’ll give you permission to in terview my patient. But on two con ditions.” “What are they?” “That the interview takes place in my presence, and that at the first word from me, you cease questioning my patient, and leave his room.” “Very well,” assented Sir Thomas, without any hesitation, content that he had gained his point, and quite sat isfied that the two conditions were per fectly reasonable and such that the doctor was really compelled to Impose. “I must tell you that I came to see you tonight at the instance of my niece, Louisa Harris, who was fiance to de Mountford before this unfortu nate business. It was she who adduced certain arguments which she placed before me, and which led to my strong desire to question Lord Radclyffe to night, before de Mountford is brought up before the magistrate tomorrow. She is down below in the cab, wait ing for me.” "I cannot allow her to see my pa tient also,” protested the doctor quickly. “No, no. She shall not see him, un less you give permission.” “Why don’t you send her home right away, then?” "Because,” retorted Sir Thomas tartly, “you might give that permis sion, you see.” (Continued Next Week.) Clam Clutches His Coin. Wlnsted, Conn., Telegram to the New York Tribune. A clam pulled off a shell game at Highland lake the other day. Louts Rudden, Invited to a clambake, stood beside a barrel of clams, which waa partly covered. In taking some matches from his trousers pocket, be pulled out a $5 gold piece which dropped, he supposed, into the barrel. The barrel was emptied, but no coin was found. Then a search of the grounds was made with the same re sult. In due course of time the clams, after being washed were placed in a steamer with other seafood. When the man who lost the gold piece got his portion of clams he found his lost coin reposing in the shell with steamed reposing In the shell with steamed clam, after getting the deposit. HIS DOUBTFUL STATUS. “Encaged to that beautiful Ctrl, and hot happy?" "Well, ahit’a com In by turn* for row Inc. tennis, horeea coif and doc*." “Say on." "Sometime* I wonder If I am a cweeh heart, or merely a paeeloc fad!" .. DESIGN ON GERMAN COINS IS PROPOSED Emperor Will Be Shown la Uniform Instead Of Classic Nakedness. NEW CHECK ON ENGINEERS Plumbing To Be Installed To Pr*» vent Leaks In Danube River—Train Oil Is Good Diet. Berlin—Special: The 25th Jubilee of Emperor William’s accession to the throne, to be celebrated next year, will be marked, it is understood, by a change in the portrait of the Emper or on all the gold and silver coins of the monarchy. The present likeness dates from the accession of his majes ty, and accordingly shows him as a young man. The new design will be distinguished from the old not Only in regard to age but also by the fact that the neck and the chest shown in the portrait, now bare in classic nakedness will be clad in uniform, probably that of the Guard Cuirassiers with its high collared tunic. * * * • An automatic device for keeping s check on locomotive engineers who run by danger signals is being installed on the government railroads. The search for a practical method of stop ping automatically a train running by a signal set against it has here, as in other countries, not yet been success ful, but the new invention is expected to put such a penalty on carelessness, which is given as the cause in a great number of cases that accidents of this nature will be reduced to a minimum. The device consists of an electrio connection with the rails at semaphore points, so arranged that if an engi neer does not stop when the signal is set against him a bell starts ringing at the next station and a record is au tomatically made upon a sealed regis ter deposited there. As soon as the engineer reaches the station he is called upon for a written explanation, the numbered and sealed register in suring that no offender escapee through favoritism or negligence of the stationmaster, who must turn in an account for every number on the re cord. Under the old system an engineer might run by scores of danger signals and evade detection until his train met with an accident. Now he faces the certainty of punishment and possible discharge, which, in the opinion of the railroad officials, will operate against the relaxation of vigilance on the part of the engine crew. • • • * Gigantic and unparalleled plumbing operations to plug leaks in the bed of the River Danube form the subject of a controversy between the govern ments of Baden and Wurtemberg, which has Just been appealed to the Imperial Bundesrat for settlement. Th® case attracts attention to the curious and almost unknown geographical fact i that a branch of the Danube flows in to the the Rhine and thus finally reaches the North sea. thousands of miles from the Black sea, where the main course of the Danube ends. For some two or three hundred years a part of the Danube has been passing through a subterranean channel from the vicinity of the little town of Im mendingen, in Baden, emerging again in the valley of the River Aach, some seven miles distant, where it forms th® largest spring in Germany. The source of the spring was definitely established some years ago by artificially discolor ing the water of the Danube above Im mendlngen. In recent years the phe nomenon has become increasingly ser ious for the towns lying on the Danube in Wurttemberg, which are dependent upon it for water power, because the leakage is steadily growing in quanti ty. Wurttemberg is attempting to assert its old water rights, while Baden la disclaiming responsibility on the ground that the leakage is a phenome non of nature, the latter country hav ing a deep interest in letting nature have her way, Inasmuch as numerous manufacturing establishments depend ing on the runaway waters of the Danube have sprung up in the valley of the Aach. Civil engineers propose to settle the problem by carrying a surface chan nel from the Danube to the Aach and building several dams on the upper course of the latter to develop electri cal power. The holes in the bed of the Danube would then be filled with cement, the total cost of the operation being estimated at not much more than *1,000,000. * • • • Train oil as an important article of diet is the prospect held out by a chemist writing in the Frankfurter Zeitung. The writer points out that recent chemical progress has solved the problem of purifying and hardening all kinds of oils, thus rendering it pos sible to use them as the basis for man ufacturing oleomargarine. The offen sive smell of train oils he says is due to the fact that its molecules contain too little hydrogen, hence the forma tion of acid products. Chemists have long known that if the molecules could be made to as similate hydrogen it would get rid of the deleterious acids and make the oil inoffensive. Experiments to treat these oils with hydrogen were unsuc cessful until the French chemists Sa batier and Senderens discovered that hydrogen combinations were greatly facilitated by applying that gas in combination with very fine particles of nickle, platinum, palladium or cop per. A German chemist, Norman, re cently introduced this principle in the treatment of fats and Oils, and it proved successful in purifying and hardened to such an extent that they can be pressed into sheets that give a musical tone when struck with a ham mer. Cotton seed and many other veg etable oils are expected to assume new importance owing to the discovery. SKULL OF FIANCEE IS USED AS DRINKING CUP Paris—Drinking from a cup made from the skull of his fiancee is the way which a German student at Strassburg has adopted to keep the memory of her fresh ly. The fact is vouched for by the Abbe Wetterle, a famous French-Alsatlan priest whose propaganda against Germany has won him several terms of imprisonment. He bought the grim relic from the stu dent to add it to his "museum of German civilization" at Colmar. The girl died a year ago in the hospital where the student worked, so that the latter had little difficulty in removing the head in the dissecting room. The abbe was put on his track by a Jeweller who studded the skull which waa brought him with rubles. In the Canadian province of Ontario no one under 18 years of age la allowed 1 to drive an automobile.