Montour American., May 13, 1909, Image 3

WHITE PLAGUE CURE
Englishman's Consumption Dis
covery Told of by W. T. Stead.
SIMPLE, SHORT TREATMENT.
Poultice With Chloride Claimed to
Draw Disease From Affected Organ
or Membrane —Bad Case Cured In
Bix Months—Official Test Planned.
What promises to be one of tha most
valuable discoveries in medical sTlence
amounts to nothing a speedy
and cheap cure for tuberculosis.
The fortunate discoverer Is WUllam
Dolg, head of a noted publishing com
pany In London. Mr. Doig retired
from business several years ago, de
voting himself entirely to his hobby
medical study.
He first discovered he could cure
tuberculosis of the bone, and only In
recent years he has found a method
of applying his discovery to the cure
of consumption. The treatment is ex
tremely simple. A poultice containing
acite and chloride (the exact prescrip
tion has not yet been announced, but
there is no intention on the part of
Doig to keep it secret) is placed on
the body of the patient as near as pos
sible to the organ or membrane that
has become prey to the tuberculosis
bacilli. In about a week an ulcer is
formed, connected by what is called a
ray of inflammation with the diseased
organ. This forms a kind of duet,
through which the muco-pus Is drawn
out of the system.
The ulcer needs to be carefully dress
ed twice a day with a salve, which is
also the discovery of Doig. if this is
neglected the nicer spreads, becomes
black, and the patient dies. But If it
Is properly attended to the ulcer stead
ily works off all diseased matter from
the iung until in from four to six
months a complete cure Is effected.
William Dolg has brought his dis
covery before the American ambassa
dor, who was much interested. It was
determined, however, to postpone re
porting on the subject until the final
«er!cs of tests has placed the efficacy
of the remedy beyond all dispute. Doig
declared that In his practice he has
never had a single failure.
As a test case Dolg was challenged
to undertake the cure of a youth sev
enteen years old, who was certified to
be suffering from advanced tubercu
losis in both lungs and also from tu
berculosis of the glands of the throat,
which rendered It impossible for him
to speak except In hoarse whispers.
The youth weighed about 100 pounds,
and in the opinion of the physicians
his death within two years was a fore
gone conclusion. Nothing dauuted,
Doig undertook to cure this unpromis
ing case. To the amazement of every
one, the lad is now quite cured. He
has put on flesh, he sings merrily at
his work, and all trace of tuberculosis
has disappeared.
Before the discovery is officially rec- I
ognizod a final test on a larger scale is
to be made. Six patients, certified by
physicians to be suffering from un
mistakable tuberculosis, are to be
placed in a private hospital*and sub
jected to the Doig treatment, under
close supervision by scientific experts,
who will carefully watch each case
from first to last. Doig is confident
that within six months, barring acct
dents, lie will have cured all six suf
ferers. The cost of the experiment Is
estimated to be SIO,OOO.
The treatment Is not painful, al
though somewhat troublesome. When
the ulcer is started a dressing twice a
day is all that Is required. No Inter
nal medicine Is administered, nor do
patients need to lie abed during the
treatment In the case of the youth
whose cure has been described he re
mained at work all the time.—William
T. Stead, London Correspondent New
York American.
The Starboard Light.
"Twice a day for a week I have been
harassed by doubt as to how far a
man should go In correcting the glar
ing mistakes of strangers," said the
man who enjoys looking In shop win
dows. "There is an art store down
town where the present window col
lection includes the picture of a ship.
It la elaborately framed and has a
lighthouse carved on the wooden strip
at one side, but the artist should never
have tried marine work, for he has got
the red side light of that vessel on the
starboard side. Two or three times
I've been on the point of going Into
the store and asking the proprietor
either to remove that picture or put a
patch of green paint over that red, and
each time ray nerve has failed me.
"I am halt hoping that the false side
light will cause a collision in that win
dow which will smash the picture, and
then my anxiety will be relieved.
New York I'ost.
Protective Coloring cf Insects.
A well known little moth with pale
green mottled wings is tin- only case
in w '.ilch I have myself watched the
proti -11011 afforded by color at work.
It w. son a summer's evening when 1
saw this little moth zigzagging up and
down with the most extraordinarily lr
regular flight and a bird pursuing it.
Twice the bird swooped and Just
missed his prey owing to a sudden
turn and drop on the part of the moth.
And then to my great delight the moth
flopped against the stem of a tree on
which was growing a greenish gray
lichen. The bird swooped again close
to the tree, but failed to see the Insect
and ciuitted the chaae. It took me an
appreciable time to detect the little
moth resting against the lichen and
closely matching it In color.—Sir E.
Ray Eankester in Eondon Telegraph.
Hard to Believe.
A station master requested an in
crease of salary and threatened to
leave If he didn't get It.
The superintendent replied to bis re
quest by relating a story.
"When I was a young man," said he.
"I once did as you are doing—l told
the superintendent of the line I was
then working on what you have told
me. lie refused my demand, and I
left, and -would you believe it?—that
railway line Is running yet."—London
Tit-Bits.
LAID OF MASSACRES,
For Centuries Fire and Sword
Have Visited Adana.
SCENE OF ARMENIAN MURDERS
Ever Sine# Days of Alexander and
Pompey the Turkish Province Has
Been a Region For Destruction.
When the Shenandoah Went Ther*.
There Is nothing like personal fa
miliarity with a locality to arouse a
real Interest In news decerning It
even If that news be of so startling a
character as to merit the name of a
massacre. Poor Adana, the province
In Asiatic Turkey where many Ar
menians have recently been killed!
There was a time when I knew Its
broad wheatfields, silvery streams,
luxuriant gardens and the wild moun
tains that hem the fertile valley In,
for I went there in a smart corvet
and fetched away a marble sarcoph
agus that had hold the remains of
a Koman princess for a thousand
years and more before it came to be
a show piece in the New Vork Metro
politan museum. Now I venture the
assertion that not one person in ten
thousand v, ho has read the late star
tling dispatcher, ever heard the pretty
name before or knows whether it be
longs to a town or a district or where
to locate it except as Indefinitely some
where in the sultan's Asiatic dominion.
In frict. the general tenor of the dis
patches, where the name is found in
discriminately classed with Aleppo,
Beirut. Damascus, etc., gives the nat
ural impression that It Is somewhere
in Syria. If old St. Paul were alive
he would surely pour out the vials of
his ready wrath upon any one who
dared to call him a Syrian, for he was
a Clllcian, and the Roman province
of Cllicla of his day Is the vilayet of
Adana today.
Off to the northeast of the island of
Cyprus, just after the mainland makes
a sharp bend from running north
along the Syrian coast to west along
that of Asia Minor, lies this the finest
natural granary of the whole Mediter
ranean coast, and Its three principal
towns of Mersina, Tarsus and Adana
He almost in line completely through
Its center. Riding and camping out on
the banks of the Cydnus, our care free
band heard from the native story tell
ers traditions innumerable of the fair
land that is so unfortunately located
as to have been the battleground of
nations since the dawn of history.
The name of the mythical Sardanap
alus Is claimed as that of the founder
of every town and village. Within its
boundaries Alexander the Great won
the most famous of his victories. Pom
pey the Great reached the pinnacle of
his fame here when his legions cap
tured the province for Rome, scarcely
thirty years before St. Paul was born.
Then the Arabian Moslems swept up
and across it from the east; the sav
age Armenians from tho mountains in
the north devastated It; the Christian
emperor Baldwin of Constantinople
brought fire and sword from the west;
Greeks and Venetians harried the
coast from the south, and so down the
centuries the little province simply
from being a military key to surround
ing peoples was kept in poverty and
desolation until the great Haroun-al-
Itaschld gave it the new name of
Adana and brought peace and plenty
to the land.
There was a wealthy native of Tar
sus named Abdo Dabbas, who for
many years had prospered under the
protection of an appointment as con
sular agent of the United Suites, and
it so came about that lu one of hi#
fields was unearthed a fine marble
sarcophagus, which, as a mark of ap
preciation. he made a gift to the
United States, with only the proviso
that some one should be sent to take
it. And so it came about that the
Shenandoah was ordered to the east
ward to pick it up aud iu due time
let go her anchor in the snug harbor
of Mersina.
It was a grand opportunity for old
Abdo, beyond his dreams, to have a
man-of-war as ocular proof of his im
portance, and be made the most of it
in the best of ways, for not only were
his house and gardens placed at our
disposition, but at the tlrst mention to
him of the Interest that was most
natural to see the battlegrounds of
Alexander he equipped a complete
camp, even to a detachment of Turk
ish infantry, to take us throughout the
province. Over the campflre at night
the stories were told that, true or
false, brought to our ears the famous
names whose victories and defeats had
alike brought only misery to a peace
ful people. Of all those names so often
heard one only, Ilaroun-al-Ilaschid, our
"Arabian Nights" hero, was called
blessed.
All through the rolling plain and In !
the foothills of the Taurus were In
this time of thirty odd years ago fine i
fields of grain, orchards and luxuriant !
gardens and all that should make a |
people happy and well to do, but the !
war storms of nearly 3,000 years have
stainpod an indelible mark ou the peo
ple. Poor Adana! One more massa
cre is but n drop in the stream.
As for i lie sarcophagus, the secret of
Its soul will never be betrayed, for it j
bears no Inscription nor was anything \
recovered from it. Probably what
ever it contained was stolen by the
laborers who unearthed It. Its bulky |
eleven tons was hoisted to our quar
terdeck, the beautiful sculptures care- |
fully boarded in, and the last home of j
a countrywoman of St. Paul, like him j
a Roman, came on Its long voyage
to rest In a country unheard of and j
unsuspected when it was created.— I
Edward W. Very, Late United States :
Navy. In New York Post.
Partly So.
"Confess," he thundered, "you are
another's!"
She shivered.
"Partially," she faltered. "This hair" ,
—she pressed her hand to her brow— j
"and the upper teeth I wear are bor
rowed: the rest—yours."
The Feminine Paradox.
The uneducated woman has often
the quickest perception, the finest tact,
the most vivid sensibility. She will |
feel without >-peaking; she understands ;
your inmost thoughts; she knows with- !
out being told. London Black and
MOHAMMED iif hi or in
First Constitutional Monarch of the Otto- Side Lights on the Young Turks and Their
man Empire Is Progressive. Well Leaders. Who Have Inaugurated a
Informed. Courteous. Humane New Regime In Islam's
and Very Popular. Stronghold.
By JAMES A. EDGER.TON.
TURKEY has a new sultan. Ab
dul Hamld 11., called variously
"the great assassin," "the un
speakable Turk" and "Abdul
the damned on his Infernal throne,"
has followed his uncle, Abdul Aziz, and
his brother, Murad V., the deposition
of both of whom he is thought secretly
to have abetted. Thus Is he paid In
his own coin, although the settlement
of the debt has been deferred thirty
three years. Modernism has finally
triumphed, even in Turkey. The tide
of democracy Is rising and Is sweep
ing over the barriers of the two coun
tries in eastern Europe that sought to
oppose themselves to Its advance. The
movement of the Young Turks is one
of modern enlightenment, tolerance,
progress and constitutional govern
ment. At last these forces are com
pletely triumphant, and the struggle
of nearly a half century ends in the
victory of light over darkness, of pop
ular government over absolutism.
Modernism in Turkey began under
Abdul Hamid's father, Abdul Medjid,
a weak but humane ruler. Under the
lnlluence of the British minister this
sultan started several reforms. At his
death there were two short reigns, one
ended by murder disguised as suicide
Bnd the other by a prison under plea
that tho ruler was insane. It has since
|i
MOHAMMED V . TURKEYS NEW SULTAN.
been believed that the reactionary
element, with Abdul Hamld as the
moving spirit, engineered the down
fall of both sovereigns. Abdul him
self claimed to be a reformer, but soon
after his accession to the throne in
1870 showed that he was an absolutist
and despot of the worst type. By
means of deception, cunning, thou
sands of hired spies and a power of in
trigue that played off the great powers
of Europe one against the other he
managed to keep himself on the throne
until be became the disgrace of the
world. With over forty wives and
hundreds of concubines, with multi
piled thousands of assassinations and
massacres to his credit, or. rather, to
his shame, the unspeakable sultan
stood in the path of progress and ra
tionalism until finally run over and
east aside. Only his name remains as
one of Infamy to future ages. Ho
gives way to a more humane, a more
progressive and, It Is hoped, a better
man. In the very nature of things ho
must be better, for It Is Impossible to
think of two rulers as depraved as
Abdul Hamld.
The New Sultan.
The Turkish law provides that the
oldest living son of a sultan, whether
that sultan be the reigning one or a
predecessor, shall be the heir presump
tive to the throne. This provision
made Mohammed Eeclind Effendi, the
half brother of Abdul Hamld 11.. the
first in the Hue of succession and
Yusuf Izzedine Effendi, the son of
another sultan, Abdul Aziz, the second
in line of succession. Reebad Effendi.
who lakes the title of Mohammed V.,
is two years younger than Abdul Ha
mld, having been born at Constantino
ple on Nov. 3. 1844. Under the Turkish
law the heir apparent Is a virtual pris
oner In his palace, and under thp
machinations of Abdul Hamld and his
jealousy Hechad was literally so.
His visitors at his former home In the
Cheraghan palace were searched as
they entered and again as they
left the palace, lie was not allowed
to venture abroad without being ac
companied by a strong troop, his
palace was filled with spies, and
Her Weight of Sin.
"Mother, I've a dreadful thing to con
fess to you. East night when vou told
me to lie dowu In bed I iied down, but
after you turned out the gas I ground
ed my teeth at you in the dark!"— Eon
don Punch.
Most Anything.
Club Doctor (with view to diagnosis)
—And now, my man, what do you
drink? I'atient (cheerfully)—Oh—er--
well, doctor. I'll leave that to you
Bystander.
from 1902 till tho revolution of last
July lie was more closely watched
than ever. From the beginning he
elded with the Young Turk lfflfrty, and
after its success the deposed sultan re
ceived his brother most cordially in the
palace, the first time he had ever done
so. This was in last August.
Unlike Abdul Hamld, who has a face
as repulsive as his character, Rechad,
or, as he Is now known, Mohammed V.,
Is one of the handsomest men In Con
stantinople. lie Is also very popular.
Only a few have had the chance to
know him owing to the espionage he
was formerly under, but these few
found him courteous, humane, well In
formed and progressive. lie has kept
thoroughly abreast of current politics
not only in Turkey, but throughout the
world. He Is a good farmer. Ho has
also been a general in the Ottoman
army and was liked by the troops. Re
chad is said to resemble his father,
who was a practical reformer and one
of the most popular sultans In modern
Turkish history.
The Heir Apparent.
The Sultan Abdul Aziz, the prede
cessor and uncle of Abdul llatnid 11.,
had a stormy reign, which ended in his
practical dethronement and murder.
He was regarded as extravagant and
Impulsive. Yusuf Izzedlne Effendi, who
now becomes heir apparent, Is his eld
est son and therefore cousin of Abdul
Ilainld, "the great assassin."
It is a piece of poetic Justice that the
rnuii who crowds Abdul Hamid otT
the throne Is one whom that intrigu
ing and suspicious monarch kept prac
tically imprisoned for the past thirty
years. The picture is made still more
attractive to lovers of justice by rea
son that the heir apparent Is the son
of the murdered Abdul Aziz, another
of those who suffered through the
crimes and schemlngs of the unspeak
able one. As Yusuf is fifteen years
younger thau the new sultan, he la al
most certain to come to the throne
unless, Indeed, he dies too suddenly, as
often happens to crown princes In
Turkey. It would seem that the air
about the Turkish throne Is unhealthy.
What through harems, prisons, poi
sons, sacks for the Bosporus and
midnight daggers, the head that la
destined for a crown has Infinite trou
ble in keeping itself in place. That
Mohammed V. has lived till he Is six
ty-five shows that times have improv
ed and court murders have gone out
of fashion. Under the customs of the
good old days he would have been
food for the Bosporus fishes long ago.
It must be said for Abdul Hamid that
amid all his other slaughterings he
did not kill his brothers, although he
did lock them up and set spies to
watch them day and night, which to
any man of spirit would be worse than
death.
Mohammed Rechad Is gray of head
and rather weak of chin, but educat
ed, refined and amiable. He reads
French readily, as do most of the
higher class of the Young Turks. In
deed, not a little of the spirit of the
French revolution has been observa
ble In the revolution at Constantinople.
The world, after all. Is a small place,
and liberty as well as liberalism Is
catching.
The Young Turks.
With a ruler of this character, whose
sympathies have been for years with
the Young Turks and who cheerfully
accepts the restrictions placed about
Doubtless.
Voice (in the house)— Bessie, what Is
keeping you out there on the porch so
long? Bessie—l am looking for the
comet, mamma. Voice—You'll take
your death of cold. Bessie—Not at all,
mamma. I'm—l'm well wrapped.—Chi
cago Tribune.
He Spoke Careftssiy.
Suburban I'atient Sorry to bring
you all the way out here, doctor. Doc
tor—Oh, don't worry about that! I
fan see another patient and kill two
birds with one stone.
him by the new constitution, It is read
ily apparent that a better day has
dawned in Turkey and that hence
forth the real power of government
will be In the hands of the Young
Turks themselves. The advance made
In the revolution of last July is thus
made permanent. The party of prog
ress has broken the old sultan that
dared to oppose It and has Intrenched
Itself so thoroughly that there will be
no further efforts at dlslodgment. As
in England under Cromwell and
France under the convention, the sov
ereignty has passed from the crown to
tho forum, from the king to the par
liament. The people are emerging
from the shadow of the throne. We
are coming into the kingdom of man.
Liberty is to be the new political gos
pel In all lands. Democracy, having
captured the Occident, Is now storm
ing the strongholds of the orient It is
no longer so much a question of the
cross against the crescent as it Is a
question of progress against privilege.
The Young Turks are Imbued with the
spirit of the twentieth century, are
trying to keep step with western En
rope and America. They stand for the
reign of common sense, common hu
manity, common decency. They are
democrats in turbans. They have
shown to Christian nations that the
conquest denied to the sword of the j
crusader has been granted to the |
torch of science and the wand of free- ]
dom. In this case "peace hath her vie- !
tories" transcending those of "war."
The results of tills revolution are infi
nitely hopeful, the most hopeful signs
seen in recent days.
Three conspicuous leaders of the
Young Turks are Ahmed Rlza, the
president of the chamber of deputies; I
General Schefket Pasha, the command-1
er of the victorious army that has just j
captured Constantinople, and Enver i
Bey, liis assistant in command, to
whom Schefket Pasha chivalrously j
gives credit for planning the cam- I
paign. All three of these men have
gained many of their ideas through
contact with the outside world, Ahmed
Rlza through banishment from his
country and Schefket Pasha through
education in Germany. Enver Bey
was in Germany at the time the recent
revolt broke out, but hurried home In
time to organize for the march on Con
stantinople, which has resulted In the
dethronement of Abdul Hamld.
The Hymn of Liberty.
These men will do much to shape
the course of empire under the reign
of Mohammed V. It Is significant that
at the coronation of the new sultan the j
hymn sung was not the usual Hamtdlan j
hymn, but the hymn of liberty. Even
more significant is the statement of j
the ruler himself to M. 11. Donohue |
of the London Chronicle, who has
been friendly with the Young Turk
leaders for years. It Is the first time
a ruler of Turkey ever gave a state
ment to the press, another sign of Mo- |
liammed's progressive character. Here j
is the statement in full:
"During my seclusion of thirty-three j
years my enemies have slandered me. j
They have said that I was u madman, i
bordering on Imbecility, and shut me !
up for years. But Allah has so willed '
It that now in his merciful bounty he |
has been pleased to call me to fulfill
my destiny and rale over Islam.
"I beg you to be the envoy for the j
deliverance of a message which I |
would send to Europe and to the en- 1
♦ire world and which Is the first of its !
kind ever to be sent out from within i
these walls.
"Say to thein that I have ever been
the convinced and ardent supporter of
the cause of enllghtment, liberty and
process. By the help of Allah, the
most high, I shall follow unswerving
ly the path of duty, seeking to act
Justly and honorably to nil men. be
they giaours or true believers.
"My voice has been silent for thirty
three years, but the voice of true con
science has never been stilled. You
ask me what 1 think of the situation
in modern Turkey as I find It today
after the political resuscitation of long
years. I will tell you that though shut
up here I have contrived, feebly per
haps, to keep In touch with the march
of progress of the outside world.
"The few partisans who have been
loyal to me through the dark days of
adversity are aware that from my
earliest years, while faithful to the
precepts and teachings of the Koran,
I have been an advocate of a consti
tutional charter and parliamentary in
stitutions. From this opinion I bavo
uever deviated. I hold It today as
strongly as I did when a young man
ueeklng to Imbibe the knowledge of
western civilization and Its methods.
"I am a firm supporter of the policy
of young Turkey, with full enjoyment
of political freedom. I see nothing In
It Incompatible with Mohammedan
sacred law."
Personal Description of Mohammed.
A person who is well acquainted
with Mohammed V. gives the follow
ing sketch:
"He Is tall and well proportioned,
but inclined to stoop. Ills features are
regular, but he has a hooked nose like
that of Abdul namid. Ills eyes are
blue, ar.d his hair and beard are light
red. Ills manners are very gracious
and easy, and he is exceedingly gen
erous aud kind. lie Is not at all
fanatical, but he is sincerely religious.
He plays unusually well on the piano,
aud he Is a great admirer of classical
music.
"Like the deposed sultan, the new
ruler of Turkey Is a good draftsman,
and he sketches well. He has two
wives and severnl children, three of
whom are boys. His wives nre both
highly educated and are the daughters
of distinguished pashas. They dress
at home in the French fashion."
This Is the first constitutional mon
arch of the Ottoman empire, mark
ing the beginning of a new order in
one grand division of the human race.
The sun of liberty has risen over a
new quarter of the earth.
The Whole Story.
"I hear you are giving up your
charge." said one aged and Infirm min
ister to another the other day. "How
are your people taking It?"
"Oh, well," was the answer, "I'm re
signing and they're resigned."—Liver
pool Mercury.
The Good Fat Men.
Jones—You never hear of a fat crim
inal, do you? Bones—Certainly not
Look how dltllcult It would be for a
stout person to stoop to anything low!
—Kansas City Independent.
j Her First Cure. 112
t By EDNA BRITT. |
i Copyrighted, 1909. by Associated 2
Literary Press. X
There were hoarse cries from the
hurrying throng, a groan of horror and
then a rush toward the spot where a
dusty, huddled heap lay lu the road
way. The white faced driver reined
in his horses In response to the threat
ening demand of the cooler headed
among the spectators.
Presently a blue coated figure pressed
through the throng, to emerge again
and hurry toward the police box.
Then an ambulance came, and the
crowd gave three cheers for the doctor
when it was seen that it was the new
woman Interne of the Emergency hos
pital, and they watched with Interest
her handling of her first case.
"Women doctors are more sympa
thetic than men," commented one man
to another as they noted the relief
with which the slender white clad wo
man announced that the man was not
badly hurt. "A man doctor would
bundle him Into the wagon and rush
him off to the hospital and cut off his
leg soon's he got him there."
The other nodded wisely, and then
as the patient was slipped on the
"1 WISH t COFIill STAY HEBE FOREVER,"
BA.IP DAVID.
stretcher and lifted into the wagon
they departed, to tell that they had
seen that new woman doctor the pa
pers were full of and that she was a
"beaut."
In the latter statement they were
eminently correct, for Dr. Katherine
Roberts was more than good looking.
She was one woman In a thousand,
with classical features and a wealth
of color that betokened perfect health.
In fashionable drawing rooms she
could have created n sensation had she
elected to become a society bud. But
[Catherine Roberts had some very de
cided notions, and one of these was
that she wished to be a successful phy
sician.
She had taken the ambulance run
that was n part of the duty of every
Interne, and she welcomed the expe
rience, though she found It rather dis
concerting when her first call was to
attend the man she had refused to
marry only the night before.
They were almost at the hospital be
fore Belknap was restored to con
sciousness and looked up to encounter
Katherine's eager glance.
"You are all right," she said reas
suringly as his glance turned to a
question. "You thought you could get
across the street In front of a team,
but you didn't quite manage it. There
are no bones broken, but you have
been pretty badly shaken up, and you
had better stay in the hospital for a
day or two. You will be Iwtter looked
after than you can be at your board
ing bouse."
"You bet I'll stay," assented Belknap,
and ICatherine smiled.
"You will find the house surgeon a
charming fellow," she went on."I
think I have introduced you to him
Dr. Santley?"
"I know him," groaned David. "But
I thought that I was going to have
you for a physician."
"I am on the ambulance," she re
minded, then, relenting, "I'll try to
drop in now and then."
The stopping of the ambulance
brought the talk to a halt, and a cou
ple of orderlies half carried Belknap
to the emergency ward, where his cuts
were dressed and bandaged, and then
he was put to bed, and an opiate was
administered.
It was late in the afternoon when
he woke up again, and presently ICath
erine came into see how he was gi t
ting along. With deft fingers she ad
justed the bandages, making them
easier, and she predicted that by the
morrow the patient might leave.
"I wish I could stay here foreve*,"
said David Impatiently. "Now that
you are on the ambulance I don't sup
pose that there will be any chance of
seeing you unless I get hurt again."
"Oh, yes, there will be," she Insisted.
"And if I catch you 'throwing tits' like
'Pete the Fake,' Just to get a few days
In the hospital, I shall have to give
you the most dreadful medicines."
"11l take them if you give them to
me," declared Belknap, and the pretty
doctor frowned.
"T think that I shall have to hold
yon to that," she said, nodding her
fcMd wisely. "If you will promise to
follow my preacrlption I can guaran
tee a complete cure."
"Shall 1 need treatment after I leave
the hospital?" he asked hopefully.
"Santley said that the cuts were su
perficial and that he would put some
plaster on them In the morning."
"You are in need of other treat
ment."
"That's right," admitted David. "It's
heart trouble, ICathle, and you are the
only physician who can cure uie, antl
you do not seem to understand the
case."
"I think 1 dOj" she said gravely, "but
it 1.-slui aCeo'llon i.f liie rie.sd, not the
heart, David. You thi::k that you
want me, but it is merely a thought."
"You have the wrong diagnosis," in
sisted liavld. "It is heart trouble. I
have no head trouble."
"I will be prepared to admit that—
and perhaps change iny treatment—
when I have proved my own diagnosis
wrong," said Katherine smilingly.
"Will you try my treatment for, say,
three months, David?"
"If you will admit error at the end
of that time," he agreed promptly,
and they shook hands over it In the
fvave fashion that had been theirs
ever since they were children together.
Katherine felt much relieved.
When David shook hands on a thing
It was his promise that It should be
done, and, though he scowled over tho
■crap of blue paper that Katherla».
thrust Into his hand as he left the hos
pital In the morning, he determined
to try It. It was one of tho hospital
prescription blanks and read:
•Take Helen Weygant to the theater
at least once a week. If she won't
go, take some one else."
"It's for ICathie's sake," he told him
self as he wrote an Invitation to Miss
Weygant and a note to Kathie to re
port bis progress. Both girls smiiecl
over their notes, but from wholly dif
ferent causes.
In the weeks that followed ICatherino
was busy with the ambulance calls,
but not too busy to follow tho progr: s
of her special patient, and she was
not at all surprised when one day the
jubilant announcement of an engrla
ment was made over the telephone.
"Nell and I are a wfr.Hv obliged to
you for curing me," explained David
Jubilantly. "Your first cure s cni :
and complete, Ka Liie."
"I'm a homeopathist," e:;p':\iac<!
smiling girl. "I.i!:e < ures li':e. . i
know."
"And eau.f : liking," ■ ny-, - 'rd ' i
vld as he hung up the receiver a
turned to the blushing girl who si.; > I
beside him.
Hint to President Tsft.
Proposed legislation provides a railway
train for Mr. Taft.
Perhaps it will haul you across the land;
You'll stop In Chicago and everywhere:
The people will cheer you to beat th»
band
And come to your window and frankly
stare.
But listen; one thli.<? you must not forget.
So lend to this songster a llst'nlng ear;
Whenever they stop you right out you get
And go and shake handa with the engi
neer.
Another thing, too, ere li flip my mind— '•
It's part of the code cr ; lutt railway
thing.
And people will look for It, 100, you'll find.
And try to butt Into the focal ring.
Whenever the good train makes a stop.
Bill, this Is the thing for you to do:
You pull a glad visage and out you hop
And stand to be mugged with tho whol»
train crew.
Tea, these are the things that the l&mt
demands:
Without them a trip would be void of
zest.
We look for a shaking of grimy hands,
And you—ah, we know you will meet th«
test.
We will not bejrrudgo you that train—no,
no;
We think you should have It—you surelyt.
should. (
But if It Is yours don't forget, the show;
You know what wo want, and here's
luck—make good.
—Charles R. Barnes In New York World.
Every Price Should Have a Reason.
Jt must be remembered always that
It Is not the price of an article which
is Important, but the reason for the
price.
The bankrupt stock, the fire sale. the.
manufacturer's remnants, the annual
clearance, the removal sale, the disso'
lutlon of partnership sale—what are
these and many more but arguments
for the price? And note this one point
—that without the argument the prlc«
Is powerless. Reduce fur lined over
coats from SIOO to SOO and your liberal
discount attracts little attention. Why?
Because there Is no reasonable expla
nation for the reduction. Why should
you present overcoats to the public?
But announce that owing to an ex
piration of your lease and the Impera
tive command that you vacate your
present store within two weeks you
will reduce the price of your fur lined
overcoats from SIOO to SOO and you
may sell easily all you have to offer.
Instinctively the public sees the whole
picture—the proprietor's anxiety, the
inevitable removal, the lessening days,
the final sacrifice and the store full of
eager buyers, quick to seize such aifc
opportunity. This is only half th»
reduction previously considered. Btjt
one Is bnsiness without imagination
and the other is business with it*
Lorlu IT. Deland in Atlantic.
Why She Shut Down.
"A charming gentleman about four
years old used to pass my house every
day on his way to kindergarten." said
a lady, "and in course of time I made
his acquaintance and gave a penny to
htm each morning when we parted.
"Eventually his mother requested me
not to give any more money to him.
The next irornlng 1 did not present
the usual t>enny. lie did not seem to
notice the omission. The succeeding
day when the penny was not given to
him tie said nothing. But on the morn
ing of the third day when the penny
was not forthcoming he sidled up to
me and whispered: 'What's the mat
ter? Ain't your husband working?" "
son nv i
A Reliable
TO SHOP
Tmr all kind of Tin Roofing*
Spoutlnc nnd Conoral
Job Work.
Stovoa, Heaters. Ran«oa» }
Furnaces. «to-
PRICES THE LOWEST!
QUiLITY THE BEST)
JOHN IUXSOS
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