A VERY REMARKABLE CASE.
Oh, once on a tlmo there lived a man
(There may have been two or three)
Who fancied his death would sadly twist
The whole community.
So he lived as long as he could because
He knew what an awful space
There'd be, that the world could never fill,
With him In another place.
But the next day after he died the sun
Rose up In the same old way,
And went right down In the same old place
Al the latter end of the day.
And a stranger got off the cars to stretch
Ills legs, while the engine "drank,"
In the town where the corpse had lived for
years,
And never once noticed the blank.
—Nixon Waterman, in L. A. W. Bulletin.
THE DOCTOR'S PERIL.
1!Y BIRDS ALL JAMES,
"He was a man *.vho did not know
what fear was." We read of this inex
perienced individual every day without
u thought of cavil. Did anybody ever
really know such a man? iam for one
firm in the belief that he never lived,
'i lie bravest man I ever knew was a
doctor. Ilia heroism lwid been proven
in four years of war, and, all about the
country side, his courage was pro
verbial. lie hud been known 1o risk
his life with such hardihood that it was
a question as to whether heroism or
folly was uppermost in his character.
Yet this hero hud not only had a knowl
edge >f fear, but had felt it himself,
lie had been, literally scared out of his
senses, and, worse than that, the dan
ger was only the shadow of a danger
and hud no real existence.
This is the tale of it as he told it to
me: "It was a good many years ugo.
I had quite a practice among the coun
try people outside town and used to
drive nearly every day over the rock
road that runs south into the river val
ley. Four miles out is the Hamson
place, a neat cottage, close to the road,
in a large yard, where there was much
shrubbery and many trees. The house
had been vacant for some time, und one
day I noticed people moving in. They
wore northern people, a gentleman a.ntl
his wife. His health was delicate, ami
he had come to try our milder climate.
She was a slight, frail, sunny-haired
little woman, very young and girl-like.
"1 saw them often after they had
settled down. They c\ idently loved the
open air, and seemingly spent the whole
day outside the house. I have often
seen her working with garden tools
among the shrubbery while he looked
on, leaning upon his cane. Again 1
would see them at lujich or tea upon the
gallery or under the trees. They were
a pleasant sight, for ~ love to see hus
band und wife so unconsciously fond ol
each other.
"Several months wore along and the
winter drew near at hand. With its
approach there came a spell of miser
ably cold, wet weather. Good weather
for a doctor's practice, but very dis- ;
turbing to his convenience. The gen
uinely sick are more numerous and
then there is a vast increase in those ;
who think they are sick, which amounts
to the same thing in the wear and tear
of a medical man.
"One raw night I haxl just returned,
tired and sleepy, from a far visit to an
exasperating old woman, hoping 1
might be at peace for the rest of the
night, when my hopes were shattered
by a ring at the door. I opened and
found a negro standing shivering in
the drizzle.
" 4 \Vell,' I said, as he stood dumb and
unmoved, 4 what's the matter? Who is
sick ?'
44 'Doss,' he answered, finding his
voice, 'you is wanted out to Mistali
Wimanses right away. He's been
tuek'n down bad, and de missus sont
nie to git you to come quick as you kin.'
44 4 Wimnns? I don't know him.
Where does he live?'
" 'Why, dey is de new folks what's
took de ole Hamson place on de rock
road. Me an' my ale woman been a'
working fur 'cm since dey fust come.'
"1 knew then where and by whom I
wns wanted. I roused my own servant.,
had my gig brought around, and in a
very few moments the negro and I were
on our way. The tripilid not take mora
than half an hour, as the good, firm,
macadamized road was unaffected by
the weather. It was well after midnight
when we reached the Hamson cottage.
The negro took charge of my horse and
vehicle, leuding it around to the stable
in the rear and telling mo to go right
up to the front door und ring the bell,
which 1 did. There was an immediate
noise of some one inside hurrying in
response. The door opened. There
stood the little sunny-haired woman,
her face nil drawn wit h the cruel marks
of anxiety and distress. She spoke
rapidly to me in n nervous half whisper
as 1 took off my hut and great coat in.
the hall.
"'Doctor. 1 began to fear you were
never coming. lam so uneasy übout my
husband. Come, follow me at once.'
"She led the way along a hall and into
a large bed-room, in the center was a
solid, heavy oaken table, and over op
posite the door a bed in which lay some
one, my patient, evidently. His face
was turned to the wall, and one hand
Jay motionless outside the bedclothes
upon the counterpane. He seemed to.
be asleep. llis peculiar quiet did not
impress me at the moment. Bringing
n chair close to the bedside, 1 laid my
medicine case on the floor and proceeded
to make an examination. The little
woman stood close by, holding a lamp
so as to assist with its light.
"I felt for the pulse. The hand and
wrist were as cold as ice. There was
no pulse. I hurriedly passed my hand
beneath the covers to find if there was
any heart action. There was none. 1
turned the head toward ine. The jaws
had fallen; the eyes were wide open,
fixed in the awful stare of death. The
man was a corpse. Surprised and
shocked out of my ordinary professional
bearing, I exclaimed:
"'Madam, I ain too late. Your hus
band is dead. He must have died four
or five hours ago. It is very strap ge
that you should not have known his con
dition.'
"She turned hastily and set the lamp
upon the table. Then, going around so
as to place the heavy structure between
us, she faced me, leaning forward with
her hands resting on the polished sur
face. The look she turned upon me was
one which no man could ever forget
who had once seen it. She spoke, ller
voice had a harsh, vibrant, rasping
sound that made my nerves jump at
every word.
"'Dead! Dead! It is not true. You
arc lying to me. You are one of our
enemies. He is yet living and you would
bury him. My God! You would bury
him alive. You shall not. You shall
not.'
"I was so amazed, surprised and over
whelmed that I could not think or act,
but rose half up from my chair. At my
motion, still repeating those words:
4 You shall not, you shall not,' she
stepped backward, tore open a bureau
drawer, took out something and again
faced me. I saw then what that some
thing was. It was a six-shooter of the
largest size, a weapon having almost
the power and accuracy of a rifle. She
held it cocked full upon me, using both
her hands to steady it, the weight being
too much for the slight strength of her
single arm. I could plainly see her
slim forefinger resting ngainst the
trigger. 1 sat down again as she hissed
at me these words:
44 'Liar! Murderer! You shall not
do it. Restore my husband. Now, at
once, or I will shoot you as you sit
there.*
"It was four good long steps between
us. There, too, \vn3 the barricade of
the table. Should 1 rush upon her I
must receive at least one and probably
two or three shots. She could not miss
me, and a bullet would surely disable
inc. These things flashed through my
brain, and the idea was dismissed at
the winking of an eyelid. Then the full
terror of my situation came upon me
as a wave. The woman's brain had
turned. She was crazy and possessed
of that one fatal idea. Between myself
und death was the slightest pressure
of a finger, a mere muscular contrac
tion, responsive at any instant to the
disordered impulse of a lost mind. 1
am not asliamexl to say that when the
full realization of my critical position
came upon ine that I was scared, badly
seared, scared completely out of my
senses. I sat there helpless, dazexl and
bewildered. The woman's voice aroused
me.
44 'Restore him,' she said. 4 Dog!n
now.'
"What I did was not the result of any
forethought, but simply a mechanical
act induced by fright. I reached down,
picked up the medicine ease, opened it.
And began fingering over the vials, spy
ing, all the while:
44 'Well, well, be patient, and we will
try what we can do.'
"I did not know my own voice, it
sounded so far off and queer. Hut I be-
gan to recover myself somewhat, and
my thoughts assumed something like
order. I ventured to look up at her.
She was now sitting down in a chair,
her arms resting on the table, her
hands still clasping the pistol, its ugly
muzzle pointing straight at me. She
held it firm and true. There was no
hope for me in that face. No feeling
there save the concxuitratcd force of
her insane determination.
44 'Hurry,' she said.
"Her voice was as a whip to my mind.
The first coherent idea that I formed
was, anything to gain a little time. So
I s|K>ke to her again, never raising my
head, for a man don't cure 1o gaze ujvon
such faces or into such eyes any ofteuer
than he can help. 1 lied to her good
and hard, too.
44 'There is a possibility,* I said, 'that
he is in a cataleptic trance. Living, but
presenting all the appearance of death.
If this is so, I may be able to revive
him.'
44 ' Revive him, then,' she answered,
'do your work, and do it quickly. Hring
him to look at me, to talk to me.'
"Ah, me, no one has ever worked
such marvel since the gentle Nazarene
walked the earth. My panic had gradu
ally worn away, however, hut the sense
of deadly peril still remained. A care
less movement, an incautious word,
might bring a bullet crashing into my
brain. Hut the quick movement of my
mind brought a suggestion of a means
of escape. Pulling myself together,
I spoke again:
44 'Madame, I will use my utmost skill
jn spite of the extraordinary situation
in which you have placed me. That I
would do in any event, and is all I can
do. I had no idea of being culled to
such a case, and the simple medicines
I have with me ore useless in this in
stance. I require rare drugs of extraor
dinary power. With your permission
I will return ut once to town and get
what I need. The delay will in no way
affect your husband's condition.'
"Woruld this pretense deceive her?
She did not answer nt once, and when
die did the structure of my hopes fell
in ruins.
44 4 No,' slic replied, 'you cannot leave
liere. I will call a servant, and you CJUI
send for what you wish.'
44 My despair was only for a moment,
for her very words were pregnant with
•i great idea. 1 would send a message
for what I wished, but it would be for
help to a living man, not impotent
drugs for a dead one. 1 took out my
prescription pad to write, and came
near spoiling all with my precipitancy.
Of course, she would insist on seeing
what I might write, and, reading a sum
mons for help, her crazy fury would go
beyond all restraint. Deceit must wear
a most careful guise. J low to write
sucli a message as would be intelligible
in town and unintelligible to her
puzzled me considerably until I
thought of Latin. I would write the
thing in Latin, although there a
chance of heir being familiar with the
language. As opposed to the certainty
of English there was no choice in the
matter. I went to work at once, and
tlie necessary words came to me with
surprising small effort, considering I
had allowed yeora pass without any
attempt at furbishing up my old col
lege studies. My completed prescrip
tion read like this:
TO SATTERLEE & FINK, DRUGGISTS
For Mr. Wiman's residence, Ilansoi
place. South road:
In nomine Del, 2 drachms.
Statim mitte auxilium, 5 ounces.
Homo mortuus est, 10 ounces.
Uxor furlosa, me, 2 drachms.
Teneus cum pistole, 3 drachms.
ABRAII EDWARDS, M. D.
"It was very hard Latin; so bad that i
I expect the soul of my old professor
up in Heaven grew heavy with indigna
tion, but if the right moo got hold of it
its purport was plain. Translated it
meant: 'ln the name of God send help
immediately. A man is dead; his wife
insane, holding me with a pistol.* I put
signs of drachms and ounces at the end
of each line to add to the prescription
like appearance of the whole. When I
had finished I said:
" 'The prescript ion is ready. You can
call the servant.'
"{She struck a little ornamental gong
upon the table and the negro who
had come with me came in
to the room. Ilis eyes opened
and his face turned ashy as he saw how
things were. Hut he was already in
and dared not retreat. I knew his type
too well to count upon any assistance
from him save in his capacity as a
messenger.
"She made the negro take the paper
from me and hand it to her. I felt my
heart beat dull and heavy with anxiety
as she attempted to read it. She gave
no sign, but handed the message to the
darkey, telling him to go to town at
once and procure what was called for.
11c left the room. Soon I heard a sound
of a horse's hoofs over the graveled path
way in the yard, the slum of a gate and
I knew my call was on its way.
"Along there in that room with that
crazy woman and the dead man I could
do nothing but sit and wait and think.
As the moments passed with leaden
slowness, possibly long before it could
in reason be expected, my nerves grew
tense with anxiety and every sense
keenly alert for signs of approaching
rescue. My brain grew sick with appre
hensions of probalde miscarriage of
the message. Again my mind began to
call up visions of ull the bloody, man
gled wounds I haxl ever seen or imag
ined. A double sense seemed to pos
sess me, a feeling of anxious hope and a
sickening impression of evil ull
around and about reaxly to close in and
destroy me.
"Time and again I thought I heard
the longed-for sounds of rescuers up
proaehing, to fiuxl that it was but the
rising wind, the first breath of afresh
'norther* agitating the trees or rattling
a window sash.
"At last the welcome sound came in
fact and not in falley, with unexpected
suddenness, breaking upon ine near at
hand without prior announcement. I
heard the front door of the house open
suddenly with a crash and a noise of
hurrying people in the hall. She heard
it nt the same instant, a look of start
led questioning crossed her face and
then the fury of a demoniac possessed
her as she screamed at me:
44 ' So, villain, they come to help you!
They may bury my husband, but you
will go with him.'
"1 saw her linger contract upon the
trigger. I covered my face with my
hands, expecting the explosion, the
pain, the dreadful crash. What 1 did
hear was a sharp click, a rush, half
smothered ejaculations, noise of strug :
gliug and something that was heavy
which fell upon the floor. I looked lip.
"Two men haxl hold of her. She wus
trying to free herself, wild-eyed but
silent. Another man picked up her pis
tol from the floor, lookexl at it a mo
ment, pointed it downward, snapped it
six times and said:
44 4 Why, Doe, there ain't a thing in j
this gun.' " —Globe-Democrut.
A FRENCHMAN'S THEORY.
Every Man Can Blow llluiHelf Up and
Become Llfo Preserver.
Considerable interest has been
aroused by the announcement of nn ex
traordinary method by a French dx>ctor
whereby everyone may become, as they
will, their own life preserver in case o£
an accident nt sen. The inventor does
away with all artificial belts and other
floating appliances; he pro poses, in
a word, to inflate the cellular texture
beneath the human skin on the breast,
which, if filled with air, forms a natural
pneumatic belt, by the aid of which.one
can not only float oneself, but even sup
port another body. Although sounding
impracticable, this is far from being
so. It has proved that a man weighing
aliout 100 pounds needs only about 200
cubit* inches of nir within his body in
order to float with his head above wa
ter. This amount of air is easily insert
ed into the hollow space beneath the
skin by moans of an aseptic syringe.
Even simpler is the use of a hollow
needle and a thin rubber hose 18 hmhes
long, into which this needle is insert
ed. A little aseptic cotton placed in
the open end of the rubber hose is all
that iss rexjuired. The skill is simplj*
raised, the hollow needle Introduced
into it, and then the other end of the
rubber tube is taken into the mouth,
and the man's own breath blown into
it. Two deep respirations which arc
blown into each side of the breast would
prove amply sufficient to flout a man,
however heavy.
Sulphur In Lower California.
It is reported that sulphur has been
found in Lower California, Mexico, so
pure that it may be simply shoveled
into scales and sent to market to make
sulphuric acid. The quantity is re
ported as large. The two best locali
ties at present for the native sulphur
are Sicily and California. A great deal
of aeixl is made from the sulphuret of
iron or pyrite. A poor graxle of iron is
a ay-product.
In Holf-Defenso.
"See here, I'iteher, \\ by do you always
talk shop to me?"
"Well, if you must know, it is to keep
you from talking shop to inc."—-Chica
go Record.
A Correct DlagnottD.
George—Eh? You got engaged last ;
night? Gus, my old, my dear friend
tell me how you did it.
Gus —Keally, I hardly know myself.
Couldn't help it. Just like fulling
downstairs. I was on the edge of a
proposal, she gave mc a push, and there
1 was engaged.
"Well, I haven't had any such ex
perience. Every time I try to start, my
knees knock together, and my teeth
chatter, and my tongue cleaves to thu
roof of my mouth. I've tried a dozen
times to pop the question to Miss Do
Fink, and slumped every time."
"And did she let you slump?"
"Yes."
"You are courting the wrong girl."—
N. \\ Weekly.
A New Country.
A party of tourists were examining
one of the large trees of California. One
of the party remarked:
"What a magnificent specimen!
Surely it must be the oldest tree in the
world!"
An Irishman who was with the party
cried out: "Now faith, how could that
be?" and burst out into laughter.
"Surely anyone knows this is a new
country, and how the mischief could
that tree be ould?"—Harper's Ilound
Table.
Duo Good Turn, Ktc.
Mr. Ilayseed—l'm glad we sent Miss
Fliptop that handsome caster, even if it.
did cost the price of a ham. We're to
have the finest kind of seats at the
church, Mariah—reserved, too.
Mrs. Hayseed—Who told you so?
"Here it is on the card; ML S. V. P.'
That must mean reserved seats for val
uable present."—X. Y. Weekly.
Ills Inferiority.
Josh Gray neck—So you heard the cel
ebrated violinist play while you was up
to the cit}', Jay? Wal, how did you like
him?
Juy Green (back from the metrop
olis) —Shucks! lie didn't amount to
much. I've seen more than 40 fellers
pluy that sweat more than he did.—N.
Y. World.
Ho Folt Confident.
"Do .vou worry about meeting your
notes?" said the victim of pecuniary em
barrassment.
"No," said the person who is indis
criminately flippant. "I don't worry
about meeting 'em. Experience has
taught me that I can just sit down
and trust to 'em to run across me."—
Washington Star.
Kick of Ills Job.
Atlas groaned heavily.
"L wish," lie said bitterly, "that some
of those fellows who want the earth
would only happen along this way."
And shifting the weight a trifle to the
other shoulder, he requested one of the
bystanders to rub a little hamamelison
the calloused places.—N. Y. Recorder.
Newspaper Title*.
Little Hoy— Pop, what's the differ
ence between an editor-in-chief and a
managing editor?
Pop (an old reporter)— The editor in
chief is the man who attends banquets
and gets all the glory; the managing
editor is the man who does the Work.
—N. Y. Weekly.
Infantile Louie.
Mother—To think that my little
Ethel should have spoken so imperti
nently to papa to-day at dinner! Sim
never hears me talk in that way to
him.
Ethel (stoutly) Well, but you
choosetl him and I didn't.—Tit-Bits.
Loral Color.
Ho lived In the land of the sphinx,
Where they have only soft, eastern drinx;
So the best he could do
Was to paint all in view
A series of delicate pinx.
—Detroit Tribune.
SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE.
He—l was so frightened that my
knees hit together.
She—Gracious!!—N. Y. Ilerald.
To-Day's Iloro.
The presidential candidate
Doth now seem small beside
The pitcher for the baseball nine,
Who is the city's pride.
—Washington Star.
About Stoves.
A. —Stoves are peculiar institutions
B.—llow so?
A.—ln the first place you can't, make
011 c burn unless you put it up, and then
it won't burn unless you sluike it down.
Funny, isn't it?— Texas Sittings.
Not Always.
Tommy Does experience always
teach, pa?
Mr. Secondtime (feelingly)—No, my
boy. For instance, some widowers mar
ry again.—London Fun.
A Gentle Compliment.
Clara —Mr. Splinter says 1 remind him
of Cleopatra.
Maude—-Yes. It was of her Shake
speare said: "Age cannot wither."--
Town Topics.
Transition.
"No," said Miav Strongmind, "I have
none of the weaknesses of which our sex
is accused. Oh, girls! There comes Mr.
Carter! Do tell me if 1113' hat is 011
straight!"—To Date.
On thfl Spur of the Moment.
Ife—l aiu told that your admirers
name is legion.
She (blushing)—Oh, no, indeed—his
c.am-e is Joucs.—Brooklyn Life.
ThE SEWING SCREEN.
. I'm- fui anil Decorative Addition to
llouMcliold I in pod iiticu la.
A delightfully decorative and useful
note iu my lady's morning room, or a
•ozy setting for the corner of her bed
"oom. is the sewing screen, a gracious
little affair combining all the comforts
of thread basket, pincushion, needle
case, work bag, catchall and table. One
■mob screen, which graces the bedroom
comer in the home of a busy little
housewife, is fashioned of yellow denim
and a delicately flowered yellow silk,
mid can lie very easily carried out in
any color by a pair of clever hands.
Hie framework, which consists of two
leaves 18 inches wide, is three feet high
and is covered from the outside and
SEWING SCREEN.
fastened on tlie inside corners with
tancy gilt nails. Each leaf is divided
into three parts, the upper and lower
given over to pockets made of the silk.
A needle ease covered with silk and a
pincushion of yellow plush hang from
the top of each leuf, respectively. Two
flat pieces of pasteboard covered with
the silk fall against the middle division
of each leaf, one being held by ribbons
to form a wide pocket, the other stand
ing for a small shelf or table when
caught by ribbons to two fancy-lieaded
nails 011 cither side of the screen above.
Nothing so convenient was ever put
into so small n space before, according
to the owner of this housewifely joy.
For it is a joy, she will tell you. Here
is always the very thread and needle
one wants at. her very hand. Ilere is
room for one's work of various kinds.
The table, pincushion, serapbasket and
scissors, which hang at the side, are
ever ready, and all practical things con
sidered, this home-keeping attachment
has the merit beside of being a tiling of
beauty.—N. Y. Times.
TO PREVENT WRINKLES.
Cut Frequently ami IMoiler itely, and Do
t Fret or Worry.
If we would prevent wrinkles we must
make up our minds to take life vcr\
easily and never to be much amused or
much troubled. We frown and fret, we
laugh and cry, and these everyday ac
tions bring wrinkles round the eyes
and mouth, (letting cross or constantly
giving way to temper will make the
wrinkles come in short time. Mine.'
I'atti never allows herself to get cross.
If she feels cross and it is duo to the
presence of some one near her she al
ways leaves the room until this feeling
has passed away.
One of the most common ways of
producing wrinkles is to eat too much.
The skill of the cheeks and stomach
gets so distended that when it tries to
get back to its original proportions it
finds that it has lost the power.
Another way of making wrinkles is the
way in which we wash nd dry our
faces and rub our eyes after caving.
We rub our faces in all directions with
.1 rough towel, and iu that way stretch
the skin. We should wipe the face
carefully with a soft towel, and never
rub it from the corners of the eyes near
the nose toward the ears or we shall
have a fresh crop of crow's feet. Good
soap, pure water, fresh air, moderate
and simple diet are the best cosmetics
one. can use. A little almond oil rubbed
over the wrinkles will iclp smooth
them out. Pass tlic fingers dipped in
oil from the outer corners of the eyes
toward the nose. The eyes should never
he rubbed when waking but sponged
with fresh water, in order to keep
wrinkles from appearing round the cor
ners.—X. Y. Advertiser.
To Launder Flue Um ml kerchieft*.
Women dislike to give their daintiest
and best handkerchiefs to the ordinary
washerwoman. Tliese dainty bits of
cambric and lace need a French clean
er's care, we decide; but that is an ex
travagant way, when we can give them
the same crisp freshness as a French
cleaner, and without irons or starch,
mid without any trouble or work.
Soak the handkerchief in warm water
and soap first, then rub very gently and
rinse well. Polish your bureau mirror
and place tlie right fide of your hand
kerchief against it. It is wet and will
cling. Make the edges straight, and
rub gently until the handkeichief
clings to the mirror and is perfectly
sr. exit 1. Lu\e until entirety dr t and
then peel it off, and your handkerchief?
will have a crisp freshness like new.
For the FuvnVatr Corn* r.
Trophies of conquest in the shape of
German favors, dinner cards, menu
and souvenirs occupy 1111 appropriate
corner in the dainty boudoir of the
debutante. Then there are ribbons
rifled from the floral offerings 011 her
first appearance in society; ribbons
from bouquets she carried as brides
maid; college and class badges, and u
collection of unique objects, which re
call certain events.—Form.
Orange Tartlets Are Tempting.
Orange tartlets make a dessert which
the young people are sure to appreciate.
Take the juice of two Havana oranges
and the grated peel of one; three
fourths of a cup of sugar or one-lialf
cup if the oranges ore very sweet; one
tablespoonful of bufter, the juice of
oue-half a lemon to wet one teaspoon
fil of corn starch. Heat all well to
pother and bake in tartlet shells with
out cover.
for Infants and Children.
AfIOTHERS, Do You Know that Paregoric,
(SW N Bateman's Drops, Godfrey's Cordial, many so-called Boothing Byrups, and
most remedies for children ore composed of opium or morphine ?
Do You Know t hat opium and morphine are stupefying narcotic poisons f
Do Yon Know that in most countries druggists are not permitted to sell narcotics
without labeling them poisons ?
Do Yon Know that you should not permit any medicine to be given your child
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