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TTTTC OAF ATT A T ) A TT.V TPTVTCr T'RSn A V. 1PiriHIT A HV "Q. 1MJH ) . 9 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 re * * Atcilnut tin.11 out Common anil 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. " V. ' . , , , rit tWffiJT JB fog. AMEKIC\ . ' 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 has tulerculo38. | . n-dB- ! ) . 7Nor peclflc-hfte.te < ; - - 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. Absolutely pure and delightful 8fj to nit . Paxton & Gallagher , distributors. Soid by Sherman & McConell Drug Co Maps of the mes ARE CONTAINED IN The Spanish-American War Atlas 20 Pages , Colored Maps , 11x14 Inches. 1 At The Bee Office. (8 ( cents extra by mail. ) '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. MAYSVILLH , Ky. , Feb. 21. The assign ment of J. W. Watson & Co. , wholraale liquor dealers , to Hen P. I'olntz caused a sensation In business circles. 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