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CHAPTER XI—Continued
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"Have this filled at once. A tea
spoonful every two hours until Mrs.
Garden falls asleep.”
Floyd Garden stepped forward
and took the prescription.
“I’ll phone the pharmacy,” he
said. '‘It’ll take them only a few
minutes to send it over.” And he
went out of the room.
As we passed the den door, we
could hear Floyd Garden telephon
ing.
“I think Mrs. Garden will quiet
down now,” Doctor Siefert re
marked to Vance when we reached
the drawing-room. “As I told you,
you mustn’t take her remarks se
riously when she’s in this condition.
She will probably have forgotten
about it by tomorrow.”
"Her bitterness, however, did not
seem entirely devoid of rationality,”
Vance returned.
Siefert frowned but made no com
ment on Vance’s statement. In
stead he said in his quiet, well
modulated voice, as he sat down
leisurely in the nearest chair: “This
whole affair is very shocking. Floyd
Garden gave me but a few details
when I arrived. Would you care to
enlighten me further?”
Vance readily complied. He brief
ly went over the entire case, be
ginning with the anonymous tele
phone message he had received the
night before. (Not by the slight
est sign did the doctor indicate any
previous knowledge of that tele
phone call. He sat looking at Vance
with serene attentiveness, like a
specialist listening to the case his
tory of a patient.) Vance withheld
no important detail from him.
“And the rest,” Vance concluded,
"you yourself have witnessed.”
Siefert nodded very slowly two or
three times.
"A very serious situation,” he
commented gravely, as if making a
diagnosis. “Some of the things you
have told me seem highly signifi
cant. A shrewdly conceived mur
der—and a vicious one. Especial
ly the hiding of the revolver in
Miss Beeton’s coat and the attempt
on her life with the bromin gas in
the vault.”
• I seriously doubt, said vance,
“that the revolver was put in Miss
Beeton’s coat pocket with any in
tention of incriminating her. I
imagine it was to have been taken
out of the house at the first oppor
tunity. But I agree with you that
the bromin episode is highly mysti
fyin’.” Vance, without appearing to
do so, was watching the doctor
closely. “When you asked to see
me on your arrival here this after
noon,” he went on, "I was hoping
that you might have some sugges
tion which, coming from one who
is familiar with the domestic situa
tion here, might put us on the track
to a solution.”
Siefert solemnly shook his head
several times.
“No, no. I am sorry, but I am
completely at a loss myself. When
I asked to speak to you and Mr.
Markham it was because I was
naturally deeply interested in the
situation here and anxious to hear
what you might have to say about
it.” He paused, shifted slightly in
his chair, and then asked: “Have
you formed any opinion from what
you have been able to learn?”
“Yes. Oh, yes. Frankly, how
ever, I detest my opinion. I’d hate
to be right about it. A sinister, un
natural conclusion is forcing itself
upon me. It’s sheer horror.” He
spoke with unwonted intensity.
Siefert was silent, and Vance
turned to him again.
“I say, doctor, are you particu
larly worried about Mrs. Garden’s
condition?”
A cloud overspread Siefert’s coun
tenance, and he did not answer at
once.
“It’s a queer case,” he said at
length, with an obvious attempt at
evasion. “As I recently told you,
it has me deeply puzzled. I’m bring
ing Kattelbaum up tomorrow.”
"Yes. As you say. Kattelbaum.”
Vance looked at the doctor dream
ily. “My anonymous telephone mes
sage last night mentioned radio
active sodium. But equanimity is
essential. Yes. By all means. Not
a nice case, doctor—not at all a
nice case . . . And now I think
we’ll be toddlin’.” Vance rose and
bowed with formal brusqueness.
Siefert also got up.
“If there is anything whatever
that I can do for you . . .’’he
began.
“We may call on you later,”
Vance returned, and walked toward
the archway.
Siefert did not follow us, but
turned and moved slowly toward
one of the front windows, where he
stood looking out, with his hands
clasped behind him. We re-entered
the hallway and found Sneed wait
ing to help us with our coats.
We had just reached the door
leading out of the apartment when
the strident tones of Mrs. Garden's
voice assailed us again. Floyd Gar
den was in the bedroom, leaning
over his mother.
“Your solicitude won’t do you
any good, Floyd," Mrs. Garden
cried. “Being kind to me now, are
you? Telephoning for the prescrip
tion—all attention and loving kind
ness. But don’t think you’re pull
ing the wool over my eyes. It
won't make any difference. Tomor
row I change my will! Tomorrow
#*
We continued on our way out,
and heard no more.
Shortly after nine o’clock the next
morning there was a telephone call
from Doctor Siefert. Vance was still
abed when the telephone rang, and
I answered it. The doctor’s voice
was urgent and troubled when he
asked that I summon Vance imme
diately. Vance slipped into his Chi
nese robe and sandals and went into
the anteroom.
It was nearly ten minutes before
he came out again.
“Mrs. Garden was found dead in
her bed this morning,” he drawled.
“Poison of some kind. I’ve phoned
Markham, and we’ll be going to the
Garden apartment as soon as he
comes. A bad business, Van—very
bad.”
Markham arrived within half an
hour. In the meantime Vance had
dressed and was finishing his second
cup of coffee.
“What’s the trouble now?” Mark
ham demanded irritably, as he
came into the library. “Perhaps
now that I’m here, you’ll be good
enough to forego your cryptic air.”
Vance looked up and sighed. “Do
sit down and have a cup of coffee
while I enjoy this cigarette. Really,
y’know, it’s deuced hard to be lu
cid on the telephone.” He poured
a cup of coffee, and Markham re
luctantly sat down. “And please
don’t sweeten the coffee,” Vance
went on. “It has a delightfully sub
tle bouquet, and it would be a pity
to spoil it with saccharine.”
Markham, frowning defiantly, put
three lumps of sugar in the cup.
“Why am I here?” he growled.
Vance drew deeply on his ciga
rette and settled back lazily in his
chair. “Siefert phoned me this
morning, just before I called you.
Explained he didn’t know your pri
vate number at home and asked me
to apologize to you for not notifying
you direct.”
“Notifying me?” Markham set
down his cup.
"About Mrs. Garden. She’s dead.
Found so this morning in bed. Prob
ably murdered.”
“Good God!”
“Yes, quite. Not a nice situation.
No. The lady died some time during
the night—exact hour unknown as
yet. Siefert says it might have
been caused by an overdose of the
sleeping medicine he prescribed for
her. It’s all gone. And he says
there was enough of it to do the
trick. On the other hand, he ad
mits it might have been something
else.”
CHAPTER XII
Markham pushed his cup aside
with a clatter and lighted a cigar.
"Where’s Siefert now?” he asked.
"At the Gardens’. Very correct.
Standing by, and all that. The nurse
phoned him shortly after eight this
morning—it was she who made the
discovery when she took Mrs. Gar
den’s breakfast in. Siefert hastened
over and after viewing the remains
and probing round a bit called me.
Said that, in view of yesterday’s
events, he didn’t wish to go ahead
until we got there.”
"Well, why don’t we get along?”
snapped Markham, standing up.
Vance sighed and rose slowly
from his chair.
“There’s really no rush. The lady
can’t elude us. And Siefert won’t
desert the ship.”
“Hadn’t we better notify Heath?”
suggested Markham.
“Yes—quite,” returned Vance, as
we went out. “I called the ser
geant just after 1 phoned you. He’s
been up half the night working on
the usual police routine. Stout
fella. Heath. Amazin’ industry. But
quite futile.”
Miss Beeton admitted us to the
Garden apartment. She looked
drawn and worried, but she gave
Vance a faint smile of greeting
which he returned.
“I’m beginning to think this
nightmare will never end, Mr.
Vance,” she said. I
Vance nodded sombrely, and we
went on into the drawing-room
where Doctor Siefert, Professor
Garden, and his son wen. awaiting
us.
“I’m glad you’ve come, gentle
men,” Siefert greeted us, coming
forward.
Professor Garden sat at one end
of the long davenport, his elbows
resting on his knees, his face in
his hands. He barely acknowledged
our presence. Floyd Garden got to
his feet and nodded abstractedly in
our direction. A terrible change
seemed to have come over him. He
looked years older than when we
had left him the night before.
“What a hell of a situation!” he
mumbled, focusing watery eyes on
Vance. “The mater accuses me last
night of putting Woody out of the
way, and then threatens to cut me
off in her will. And now she’s
dead! And it was I who took charge
0- the prescription. The doc says it
could have been the medicine that
killed her."
Vance looked at the man sharply.
“Yes, yes,” he said in a low,
sympathetic tone. “I thought of all
that, too, don’t y’ know. But it
certainly won’t help you to be mor
bid about it.”
“For God's sake,” Garden burst
out, “it’s up to you to find out the
truth. I’m on the spot—what with
my going out of the room with
Woody yesterday, my failure to
place his bet, then the mater's ac
cusation, and that damned will of
hers, and the medicine. You've got
to find out who’s guilty . . ."
As he was talking the door bell
had rung, and Heath came up the
hallway.
Vance went to Garden and, put
ting a hand on the man’s shoulder,
urged him back into his chair.
“Come, buck up," he said; "we’ll
need your help, and if you work up
a case of jitters you’ll be useless.”
“But don’t you see how deeply in
volved I am?" Garden protested
weakly.
“You’re not the only one in
volved," Vance returned calmly. He
turned to Siefert. “I think, doctor,
we should have a little chat. Pos
sibly we can get the matter of your
patient’s death straightened out a
bit. Suppose we go upstairs to the
study, what?"
In the study Vance went directly
to the point.
“Doctor, the time has come when
wo must be perfectly frank with
each other. The usual conventional
‘‘I Called the Sergeant Just After
I Phoned You.”
considerations of your profession
must be temporarily put aside. I
shall be altogether candid with you
and trust that you can see your way
to being equally candid with me.”
Siefert, who had taken a chair
near the door, looked at Vance a
trifle uneasily.
“I regret that I do not under
stand what you mean,” he said in
his suavest manner.
‘‘I merely mean,” replied Vance
coolly, “that I am fully aware that
it was you who sent me the anony
mous telephone message Friday
night.”
Siefert raised his eyebrows slight
ly.
“Assuming, for the sake of argu
ment,” he said with deliberation,
“that it was I who phoneu you Fri
day night, what then?”
Vance watched the man with a
faint smile.
“It might be, don’t y' know,” he
said, “that you were cognizant of
the situation here, and that you had
a suspicion—or let us say, a fear—
that something tragic was impend
ing.” Vance took out his cigarette
case and lighted a cigarette. “I
fully understood the import of that
I message, doctor—as you intended.
, That is why I happened to be here
1 yesterday afternoon. The signifi
cance of your reference to the
Aene d and the inclusion of the word
'equanimity' did not escape me. I
must say, however, that your ad
vice to investigate radio-active so
dium was not entirely clear—al
though I think I now have a fairly
lucid idea as to the implication.
However, there were some deeper
implications in your message, and
this is the time, d’ ye see, when
we should face this thing together
with complete honesty.”
Siefert brought his eyes back to
Vance in a long appraising glance,
and then shifted them to the window
again.
“Yes, I did send you that mes
sage. I realize that nothing can be
gained now by not being frank with
you . . . The situation in this house
hold has bothered me for a long
time, and lately I’ve had a sense of
imminent disaster.”
“How long have you felt this pre
monition?” asked Vance.
“For the past three months, I
should say. Although I have acted
as the Gardens’ physician for many
years, it was not until last fall that
Mrs. Garden’s changing condition
came to my notice. I thought little
of it at first, but, as it grew worse
and I found myself unable to diag
nose it satisfactorily, a curious sus
picion forced itself on me that the
change was not entirely natural. I
began coming here much more fre
quently than had been mj custom,
and during the last couple of
months I had felt many subtle un
dercurrents in the various relation
ships of the household, which I had
never sensed before. Of course, I
knew that Floyd and Swift never
got along particularly well — that
there was some deep animosity and
jealousy between them. 1 also knew
the conditions of Mrs. Garden’s will.
Seifert paused with a frown.
"As I say, it has been only re
cently that I have felt something
deeper and more significant in all
this interplay of temperaments; and
this feeling grew to such propor
tions that I actually feared a vio
lent climax of some kind—especial
ly as Floyd told me only a few
days ago that his cousin intended
to stake his entire remaining funds
on Equanimity in the big race yes
terday. So overpowering was my
feeling in regard to the whole situa
tion here that I decided to do some
thing about it, if I could manage it
without divulging any professional
confidences. But you saw through
my subterfuge."
Vance nodded. "I appreciate your
scruples in the matter, doctor. I
only regret that I was unable to
forestall these tragedies. That, as
it happened, was beyond human
power.” Vance looked up quickly.
“By the by, doctor, did you have
any definite suspicions when you
phoned me Friday night?”
Siefert shook his head with em
phasis. “No. Frankly, I was baf
fled. I merely felt that some sort
of explosion was imminent.”
Vance smoked a while in silence.
“And now, doctor, will you be so
good as to give us the full details
about this morning?”
Siefert drew himself up in his
chair.
“There’s practically nothing to
add to the information I gave you
over the phone. Miss Beeton called
me a little after eight o’clock and
informed me that Mrs. Garden had
died some time during the night.
She asked for instructions, and I
told her that I would come at once.
I was here half an hour or so later.
I could find no determinable cause
for Mrs. Garden’s death, and as
sumed it might have been her heart
until Miss Beeton called my atten
tion to the fact that the bottle of
medicine sent by the druggist was
empty ..."
“By the by, doctor, what was the
prescription you made out for your
patient last night?"
“A simple barbital solution.”
“And I believe you told me on
the telephone that there was suffi
cient barbital in the prescription to
have caused death.”
"Yes,” Doctor Siefert nodded. “If
taken at one time.”
“And Mrs. Garden’s death was
consistent with barbital poisoning?”
“There was nothing to contradict
such a conclusion,” Siefert an
swered. “And there was nothing to
indicate any other cause.”
“When did the nurse discover the
empty bottle?”
“Not until after she had phoned
me, I believe."
Vance, smoking lazily, was watch
ing Siefert from under speculative
eyelids.
"Tell me something of Mrs. Gar
den’s illness, doctor, and why radio
active sodium should have suggest
ed itself to you.”
Siefert brought his eyes sharply
back to Vance.
“The symptoms of her ailment
have been very much like those ac
companying radium poisoning. But
I have never prescribed any of the
radium preparations for her.”
He cleared his throat before con
tinuing.
“One evening while reading the
reports of the researches made in
California on radioactive sodium, or
what might be called artificial radi
um, which has been heralded as a
possible medium of cure for can
cer, I suddenly realized that Pro
fessor Garden himself was actively
interested in this particular line of
research and had done some very
creditable work in the field. The
realization was putely a matter of
association, and I gave it little
thought at first. But the idea per
sisted, and before long some very
unpleasant possibilities began to
force themselves upon me.”
Again the doctor paused, a trou
bled look on his face.
"About two months ago I suggest
ed to Doctor Garden that, if it were
at all feasible, he put Miss Beeton
on his wife’s case. I had already
come to the conclusion that Mrs.
Garden required more constant at
tention and supervision than I could
afford her, and Miss Beeton, who
is a registered nurse, had, for the
past year or so, been working with
Doctor Garden in his laboratory
in fact, it was I who had sent her
to him when he mentioned his need
of a laboratory assistant. I was
particularly anxious to have her
take Mrs. Garden’s case, rather
than some other nurse, for I felt
that from her observations some
helpful suggestions might result.”
(TO UE CONTINUED)
Perry’s Naval Experience
By the time he was twenty-eight
years old, Oliver II. Perry, im
mortalized for his victory on Lake
Erie, not only had fourteen years
of naval service to his credit but
had been with Commodore Stephen
Decatur in the fierce campaign ol
1815 that ended the pirate terror
I ism along the Barbery roast
HOfc^RE
Voujism
/ DR. JAMES W. BARTON
Talk* About ®
Blister* and Pimples on Feet.
FROM time to time you hear the
old saying that the best specialty
in medicine is that of the skin spe
cialist because "his patients never
die and never get better”—no worry
and a regular income. Added to
this is the fact that if he calls ev
ery skin ailment eczema he will be
right in more than half his cases
because eczema comprises at least
l>r. Barton
half of all the cases
with skin ailments.
Lately there has
been much in news
paper and magazine
advertisements re
garding what is
called “athlete’s
foot,” where the
skin on and between
the toes becomes
reddish white and
little pimples or
blisters are present.
It has been shown
to be contagious and in golr, ath
letic and other organizations fresh
straw slippers are provided so that
the feet may not come in contact
with the floors used by those al- j
ready suffering with this ailment.
The usual treatment is to keep the
feet clean, dry the feet thoroughly
after washing, and the use of va
rious ointments containing mer
cury, salicylic acid and other sub
stances.
From Tonsils and Teeth.
In some cases when there is pres
ent on the feet a type of little
pustules—pimples containing pus —
very similar to ringworm on the j
hands and feet, Drs. G. C. Andrews |
and G. F. Machacek in Archives of1
Dermatology, Chicago, state that
some of these eruptions persist de
spite treatment because of infec
tion. The infections are located
chiefly in the tonsils but also in
abscessed teeth. Conditions such
as ulcer of the first or upper part
of the small intestine, chronic in
flammation of the large intestine
and rheumatism (arthritis) often
occur.
Of a total of twenty-four patients,
nine have been entirely cured by
the removal of the tonsils. Three
others were gt^atly improved after
removal of the tonsils but there
were slight traces of “scaliness” or
scales on the hands and feet which,
however, caused no inconvenience.
One case of interest was where
there was some doubt as to the ton
sils being the cause; but suction
of the tonsils (pumping them out
with a special pump) showed that
after each suction the skin condi
tion improved; when suction was
stopped the eruption became worse.
Two weeks after the tonsils were
removed there was a complete cure
which has lasted two years.
In this type of infection it is not
usually the toes and in between the
toes that are affected, as is the case
with athlete’s foot or ringworm.
Barbital Drugs.
It would seem that almost every
week a new drug to ease pain or to
cause sleep appears on the market,
all of which are spoken of as "safe’'
because they contain no morphine
or other drug containing opium.
One of the most helpful drugs to
ease pain, quiet restlessness, and
induce or bring on sleep is what
is known as barbital. It is used a
great deal in mental institutions;
and as a means of preventing epil
epsy it is the greatest boon yet
discovered for this distressing ail
ment.
However, like other powerful
drugs it may be obtained by any
body, anytime, anywhere, and the
results in many cases have been
disastrous. Just as morphine and
other dangerous drugs must be ob
tained by a physician’s prescrip
tion, so also should the barbital
drugs be obtained. Mental institu
tions. public and private, now have
barbital addicts to treat.
Sir William Willcox, in the Jour
nal of the American Medical Associ
ation taken from the British Lan
cet, repeats his warning that Jhe
“barbiturates” have a powerful ac
tion on the nervous system and that
care is required in their daily use.
Even in the usual doses symptoms
such as mental depression, drowsi
ness, “visions”, dizziness, unsteady
gait, indistinct speech, squint, side
ways movements of the eyes, and
paralysis of the limbs are common
results.
Some idea of the way the barbital
“habit” is increasing is shown by the
figures of the hospitals in Budapest.
B’rom 1909 to 1914, 35 cases of bar
bital poisoning were admitted, while
in 1932 one hospital alone admitted
87 cases of barbital poisoning and in
addition 80 cases of poisoning from
pheno barbital.
To prevent the overuse of barbital
tablets some physicians have pow
ders made up containing ipecac and
sugar of milk in addition to the bar
bital. The ipecac produces vomit
ing if too much be taken.
The treatment of barbital poison
ing consists in washing out the stom
ach, using enemas, food by the stom
ach tube every six hours, and full
doses of strychnine.
To help fi^ht off the barbital
“habit,” the withdrawal of the drug,
confinement in an institution and the
use of strychnine has brought about
recovery in a number of cases.
© Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
AIR-CONDITIONING
BRINGS MORE EGGS
Protection From Cold Aids
in Production.
By H. H, Alp, Kxtension Poultryman, Col
lege iof Agriculture,—University ol
Illinois.—VVNU Service.
Whether the poultry house is mod
ernistic or futuristic in its design
matters little to the average hen,
but she does appreciate ■"air-condi
tioning” in the cold winter months
and shows her appreciation by keep
ing on laying.
Housing of poultry for winter is a
different problem from housing oth
er farm live stock. The amount of
heat developed by the birds is so in
significant from the standpoint of
affecting room temperatures that
those housing facilities are best
which provide the hens with plenty
of fresh air and at the same time
protect them against extremely low
temperatures.
Nearly every flock owner has seen
egg production drop off after a se
vere cold spell. On the other hand
experimental evidence indicates that
heated houses with temperatures of
60 degrees Fahrenheit adversely af
fect the health, body, weight and
egg-size of the birds.
In preventing slumps in egg pro
duction following cold spells, the use
of heat to maintain an average tem
perature of about 40 to 50 degrees
Fahrenheit has been found effective.
For many flock owners, temporary
heat during cold periods can be
provided by the use of brooder
stoves or some other common type
of room heater.
The kind of heating unit used will
vary with the availability and price
of fuel. In the event of a cheap
source of fuel, regular heating units
might well be installed, such as hot
water pipes laid in the floor or hung
on one of the walls.
If heat is to be used profitably
in poultry houses it is necessary
that it be low in cost of operation
and not represent a big investment.
To consider it more than a possible
supplementary aid in getting win
ter eggs is a mistake.
Lighting the Hen House
Encourages Laying Flock
Putting on all-night lights will usu
ally make the most stubborn flock
lay. However, this is not re
commended except for well-fed and
well-housed birds. All the light there
is will not make a hen lay an egg
if she does not have the proper
feed from which to manufacture the
egg. asserts an authority in Hoard’s
Dairyman.
The easiest way to light a chicken
house is to hang a 15 watt bulb
about 12 inches above the mash hop
per, turning it on every night be
fore dark and off in the morning.
Those who do not have electricity
may use an ordinary lantern in
stead.
It takes about two weeks of light
ing to show beneficial results. Once
lighting is started it should be con
tinued until spring; if the lights are
discontinued it will throw the birds
off production. When a small light
is used, the chickens go to sleep
at night about the usual time. Later
in the night, when their crops are
empty, they will get off the roost
one or two at a time and get a lunch
and a drink. Clean water should be
kept near the feed and light where
it can easily be found.
Selecting New Flock
Poultrymen who are selecting
their new breeding flock, if they are
planning on raising their own baby
chicks next spring, says D. D. Moy
er, of the Missouri station, should
retain only those hens which are
healthy. Hens which have laid well
certainly should be included. Satis
factory future breeders are also in
dicated by thoroughly bleached skin
in the case of yellow skinned breeds,
and an old, dry coat of feathers, a
sign of late molting. Pullets to be
used should have large, rugged bod
ies, well covered with muscle and
fat. They should show early sex
ual maturity by well developed
comb and wattles, and a large, pli
able abdomen with flexible pin bones
that are spread apart.
La Fleche, French Breed
The La Fleche is a breed
of French origin and, like the Creve
coeur, is not very popular in the
United States. The general type is
somewhat like the Crevecoeur; the
plumage color is also solid black.
On the other hand, the La Fleche
has no crest or beard but has a
V-shaped comb which is larger than
that of either the Houdan or the
Crevecoeur. The standard weights
in pounds, are: Cock, 8Vi hen, 7Vi;
cockerel, 7Vi; and pullet, 6Vi.
__
Trapnesting
There is nothing more interesting
in the poultry business than trap
nesting. All cannot do it because
of other duties, but when it is at
all possible, every flock should be
trap-nested for at least six months
of the year. The most important
months are in winter. If a hen has
proven herself to be a good, con
sistent producer, without too long
a pause in her laying during the
cold months, she will undoubtedly
be a profitable layer.
Charming Way to
Use Cross Stitch
Pattern 5740
Even amateurs will have no dif
ficulty in turning out this finished
looking chair or buffet set—with
this easy-to-do pattern. And what
compliments they’ll get on this
cross-stitched peacock done in all
the glory of its natural coloring
or in two shades of a color for
a more subdued effect. Th#
crosses are 10 to-the-inch—the col
ors are clearly given in a color
chart. With two patterns a hand
some scarf could be made. In
pattern 5740 you will find a trans
fer pattern of a large motif 13 by
16 inches, and two smaller ones
416 by 6 inches; material require
ments; color chart and key; illus
trations of all stitches used.
To obtain this pattern, send 15
cents in stamps or coins (coins
preferred) to The Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept. 259 W.
Fourteenth St., New York, N. Y.
Write plainly your name, ad
dress and pattern number.
Official State Trees
Five states have state trees,
bdt only four of them have been
officially adopted. The state tree
of Rhode Island is the maple; of
Illinois, the native oak; of Texas,
the pecan; of Indiana, the tulip
tree, and of Pennsylvania, the
hemlock. The public school chil
dren of Rhode Island selected the
tree for that state; others listed
were chosen by the state legisla
ture.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets made of
May Apple are effective in removing
accumulated body waste.—Adv.
Steps in Life
Think well over your important
steps in life; and, having made
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—Thomas Hughes.
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