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AMERICAN HAVE HARD LIVES. A l)lMdniU of Bala Mdk-I MUaloearj la 1'hUut. Tb women who go out aa medical missionaries have a hard time of It, ac cording to a writer in the Philadelphia Times, aside from mere Inconvenience arising from living in such a country. In prescribing medicines not only U the fear of a future accusation of pois oning ever present, but the possibility that It may prove to be a reality. Thus a bottle of liniment curing the vener able grandmother of rheumatism may be lent to a neighbor stricken with mall pox as an infallible remedy; or the entire conteuts of a vial of tooth ache medicine be administered in one dose to a teething infant. Celestial rea son that If a small portion is of any benefit the whole boitleful. taken at once, multiplies lis usefulness in a cor responding ratio. Therefore, If not pre Tlously warned, experience soon teach es) the missionary to make It an Infal lible rule never to dispense a poison ous remedy or one which could do harm It the entire quality were taken at once. Liniments and toothache drops com pounded of nonpoisonous drugs may not be highly potent, but they are at least harmless. When it is absolutely necessary to administer a powerful remedy several times or for several times in succession the uoctor puts each dose up in a separate vial, powder or capsule, and leaving them at the dis pensary with a trained American nurse or other foreign helper, directs that a servant or child of the patient be sent there for one every three hours, or three times a day, as the case may require, otherwise it would all be taken at once, or divided among ailing neigh bors. Then the women doctors are obliged to be ever on the alert to keep the na tives from stealing drugs from their medicine chests and so run the risk of being poisoned. Then, too, the curious objection to privacy which prevails in China and makes it unwise for foreign ers, especially doctors, to insist upon It for fear of being regarded with su perstition, makes it necessary to con duct all operations in semi-public man ner and there is always the danger that some of the spectators may object at a critical point In the operation and thus imperil the patient's life, which would Indeed be unfortunate for the poor sur geon. Anaesthetics are regarded with suspicion and seldom used, but the native stolidity to pain makes them al most unnecessary. Altogether the life la not one to be desired. LOVE AT GREAT ALTITUDE. A Lady Who Clltnbi Moo-t Hauler Winds Up by Marrying Her Uulile. Henry Carter, the famous Mount Ralner guide, has fallen in love under romantic circumstances, and will be married by Rev. William M. Jeffries, the first preacher who delivered a ser mon on top of the mountain. There is a possibility that Carter will be married on top of the mountain, the p'ace where he fell In love last Tuesday night, with the thermometer registering 20 degrees below zero. He is to marry Cora Beach man, a school teacher, and the belle of Lake Park, a suburb of Tacoma, says the Globe-Democrat. Miss Beachman, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Groe of Eatonville, set out Tuesday with Carter, the most trusted of all the mountain guides, to ascend Mount Ranier. At Gibraltar rock, which corresponds to the "shoul der" of the Matterhorn, 4,000 feet from the summit, Mrs. Groe became ex hausted. Miss Beachman declared her Intention to reach the summit at all hazards. Carter led the way, but soon lost his ice ax, and in scaling difficult passes they were compelled to rely solely on their alpenstocks. They did not reach the summit until 6 p. m., too late to attempt the descent that night. They had left Paradise Valley, below the snow line, without wraps, and only a lemon and one sandwich each in the way of provisions. Carter selected a sheltered ice cave formed by jets of steam from the crater, and there they passed a sleepless night, discussing all sorts of topics, and before they left the summit, at 9 a. m. Wednesday, Miss Beachman had promised to marry the guide. The instant they left the steam of the ice cave their clothes were frozen stiff, and they suffered great hardships In descending. A rescue party organ ized during the day, came to their re lief late in the afternoon, after they had been without food over twenty-four hours. THE LAW AND THE WHEEL. (! Mala f th Hlrrrl Arrordlaf to Jadtrlal lrrlslana. The use of the bicycle for the purpose of locomotion and travel U so recent that as yet there is Utile adjudication as to the rights and liability of travelers employing it upon the highway, but the trend of judicial authority wnm to place the wheel on a plane of euuality with other vehicles. The early advent of the bicycle met with strenuous op position, both from pedestrians and agencies of the road, the former con tending that It was a vehicle and sbouU be excluded from the sidewalk, and Hie latter asserting that it was an object of terror, the use of which was perilous, In that It frightened horses. But by de grees this child of adversity began to be recognized by the courts and its legal status to be established. Finally its paternity was established and it was placed in the category of carriages and vehicles. Although Blaikstone. Coke and other common law jurists never experienced the sensation of a spin oa a bicycle, yet, we look to the law of the mother country for the earliest cases involving the law of the wheel. The authorities, almost without exception now recognize the bicycle as a "car riage" or "vehicle" entitled to the rights of carriages and vehicles In gen eral, and no longer regard it as an ob struction to, or an unreasonable use of the streets or roads, but rather a new and improved method of using the same, and 'germane to their principal use as a pathway." One Taylor, an Englishman, was the first to take the bicycle Into court, and the case of Tay lor against Goodwin is a leading one Mr. Goodwin sprinted on a certain road In violation of a statute making the furious driving of a carriage upon the highway an offense. Upon the trial he did not deny the allegation of imraod erate speed, but contended that the bi cycle was not a "carriage" and that the word "driven" as ordinarily understood was not applicable to the bicycle, and that the mere fact that it had wheels did not make it a carriage any more than a wheelbarrow or roller skates. But the court was of the opinion that it was a carriage in the full sense of the word, and that persons riding it may be said to "drive" It in the sense that an engineer drives an engine, although he guides as well as propels it. Investiga tion discloses similar American authori ties. In applying the established law of the road to the wheel, probably it is not entitled to the dignity of a carriage, and while there is no authority for the statement, it seems that the wheelman in riding on the road should be govened by the immemorial usage and custom applicable to horsemen. It has been held that there is no law requiring a man on horseback to turn either to the right or to the left hand. He should be governed by his notions of prudence. A horseman should yield the traveled track to a vehicle where he can do so without peril. BRAVE BUFFALO FIREMAN. Rcfimed, Then Wan Sorry. The cable was crowded and when a passenger boarded it he was nearly up set by the sudden starting of the grip car and tread on the toe of a man standing at the rear end. "I beg your pardon," he said, very politely; but the man of the hurt toe scowled and In an undertone muttered curses. The Innocent offender again apolo gized. "Yes, but that don't help my toe any;" and he growled some more in an undertone. Nearby passengers began to smile. "I begged your pardon, didn't I?" said the other man. "Yes, but my toes hurts Just the same," was the reply in an ugly tone. Then the other man's dander rose and in very forcible language he said: "Now, look here. I accidentally stepped on your foot and I apologized for it. If you say another word about it I will give you this instead of my foot (show ing his doubled fist), and it will land right in your face." This warning was not taken, for he continued to talk about the clumsiness of some people. Suddenly the passen gers were electrified by seeing a fist shoot out, and the growler lay in the street as the car passed on. Nobody said anything, but some thought it wasn't wise to talk too much. How He Managed to I'ut Out Fire In the Third Story Alone. During the fire at the Gilbert S. Graves starch works on Court street, Buffalo the other morning As sistant Chief Murphy did what not one man In 1,000 would do If he could. The assistant chief saw smoke pouring from the windows of the third floor, and as no truck had ar rived and it was absolutely necessary for some one to get to the seat of the trouble at once, he determined in some way to get to the third floor without waiting for a ladder. The doors and windows of the first floor were tightly closed, but the windows all over the building were guarded by horizontal Iron bars. Seeing but one possible means to attain his end Murphy climbed up the grating on a window of the first floor and was just able to reach the lowest bar on the second story window. Seizing this bar he drew himself up till in the same way he had reached the window on the third floor, the bars of which he also climbed, to see a big pile of blazing material in one corner of the room. The bars over the window were of heavy iron, close to gether and fastened to the window casings with long bolts and screws. Murphy thrust one arm around two bars and with the other hand wrenched from its fastenings the upper bar, tear ing bolts and screws bodily from the 6ide of the building. Through the small opening thus made he crawled into the room and soon was able to see the flames extinguished. This feat is most remarkable in view of the fact that less than two years ago Murphy broke both his arms in falling through a hatchway in a building on Elk street market, an injury that will be felt by him as long as he lives. THE NEW OAILY SCHEME. The friend at Omaha. are trying to ri sufficient capital to start an American dally. They already have a fair atart, but dcelre the assistance of rleoda everrwbei-e in the United States. Can you take one or more hares, onacivunl of true Americanism? This I their p'an: In answer to repeated roqucata wo have finally coni-eiiU-d to undertake the task of Martirc a Daily Amehkan In Omaha. This would U an tai-ythinj; Ui do if h'oU- re to act us they talk. 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