THE HAUNTED PALACE*
By EDGAR ALLAN POK.
In the greenest of our valleys
By good angels tenanted,
Once a fair and stately palace—
Radiant palace—rears its head.
In the monarch thought's dominion.
It stood there;
Never seraph spread a pinion
Over fabric half so fair.
Banners yellow, glorious, golden,
On its roof did float and flow
%Thia —all this—was in the olden
Tiine long ago),
And every gentle air that dallied,
In that sweet day,
UUong the ramparts plumed and pallid,
A wing-ed odor went away.
.Wanderers in that happy valley
Through two luminous windows saw
Bplrits moving musically,
To a lute's well-tun-ea law,
Rdund about a throne where, sitting,
Porphyrogene,
Xn state his glory well befitting,
The ruler of the realm was seen.
The Longest Way Home.
BY NORMAN DUNCAN.
/ / t I was a very narrow escape,"
I 6aid the doctor,
j "Crossing the harbor?" I
exclaimed.
"Yes," said he, with a laugh, then
gravely, "it was my narrowest escape."
"Tell me the story," said I, much In
terested.
It was a quiet evening—twilight—
with the harbor water unruffled, and
the colors offthe afterglow fast fading
Irom the sky. We were sitting by the
Surgery door, watching the fishing
boats come in from the sea, and our
talk had been of the common dangers
of that life.
"Do you see the little cottage on the
Other side—back of the church and to
the left?" said the doctor.
"Under the big rock?" said I. "With
the little garden In front and the lad
going up the path?"
"Aye," said the doctor. "Some years
ago, when thnt sturdy little lad was a
toddler In pinafores he was taken sud
denly ill. It was a warm day in the
spring of the year. The ice was still in
the harbor, locked in by .the rocks at
the narrows, though the snow had all
melted from the hills, and green tilings
.Were shooting from the earth in the
gardens. The weathfcr had been fine
tor a week. Day by day the harbor
Ice had grown more unsafe, until, when
Tommy, the lad you saw on the path.
Was taken 111, only the daring ventured
to cross upon it.
"Tommy's father came rushing into
the surgery in a pitiable state of grief
and fright. I knew when I first caught
•igbt of his face that the child was ill.
" 'Doctor,' sold he, 'my little lad's
Wonderful sick. Come quick!'
" 'Can we cross by the Ice?' I (mid.
r " 'l've come that way,' said he. ' "Pis
jafe enough t' risk. Make haste, doc
tor, sir! Make haste!'
" 'Lead the way!' said I.
"He led so cleverly that we crossed
Without once sounding the ice. It was
a zigzag way—a long, winding course—
and I knew the day after, though I
Was too intent upon the matter in hand
to perceive It at the moment, that only
his experience and acquaintance with
the condition of the ice made the pas
sage possible. After midnight, when
my situation was one of extreme perl!,
I realized that the way had been
neither safe for me, who followed, nor
easy for the man who led.
" 'My boy is dying, doctor!' said the
mother, when we entered the house.
*Oh, save him!'
"My sympathy for the child and his
parents—they loved that lad—no less
than a certain professional interest
which takes hold of a young physician
In such cases, kept me at Tommy's bed-
Bide until long, long after dark. 1
Heed not have stayed so long—ought
not to have stayed—for the lad was
safe and out of pain, but in this far
away place a man must be both nurse
and doctor, and there I found myself,
at 11 o'clock of a dark night, worn out,
and anxious only to reach my bed by
the shortest way.
" 'I thinks, sir,' said Tommy's father,
when I made ready to go, 'that I
Wouldn't go back by the ice.'
" 'O, nonsense,' said I. 'We came
over without any tronhle. nml I'll find
my way back, never fear.'
" 'I wlsht you'd stay here the night,'
Bald the mother. 'lf you'll bide, sir,
We'll make you comfortable.'
" 'No, no,' said I. 'I must get to my
own bed.'
" 'lf you'll not go round by the shore,
sir,' said the man, 'leave me pilot you
across.'
" 'Stay with your lad,' said I. some
what testily. 'l'll cross by the Ice.'
"' 'Twill be the longest way home
the night,' said he.
"When a mnn is sleepy and worn out
he can be strangely perverse. I would
have my own way, and, to my cost, I
was permitted to take it. Tommy's
father led me to the landing stage, put
a gaff in my hand and warned me to be
Careful—warned me particularly not
to take a step without sounding the ice
ahead with my gaff, and he brought
the little lesson to nn end with a wist
ful, 'I wisht you wouldn't risk it.'
"The tone of his voice, the earnest
ness and warm feeling with which ho
Bpoke, gave me pause. I hesitated, but
the light in my surgery window, shin
ing so near at hand, gave me a vision
of clean and comfortable rest, and I
put the momentary indecision away
from me.
" 'lt is a quarter of a mile to my sur
fer? by the Ice,' I said, 'and it is four
And all with pearl and ruby glowing '
Was the fair palace door,
Through which came flowing, flowing, flow
ing,
And sparkling evermore
A troop of echoes, whose sweet duty
Was but to sing,
In voices of surpassing beauty,
The wit and wisdom of their king.
But evil things, in robes of sorrow,
Assailed the monarch's high estate;
(Ah, let us mourn, for never morrow
Shall dawn upon him desolate!)
And round about his home the glory
That blushed and bloomed.
Is but a dim-remembered story
Of the old time entombed.
'And travelers now within that valley
Through the red-litten windows see
.Vast forms that move fantastically
To a discordant melody-
While, like a ghastly rapid river,
Through the pale door
'A hideous throng rush out forever.
And laugh—but smile no more.
miles round the harbor by the road.
I'm going the shortest way.'
" 'You'll flnd it the longest, sir,' said
"I repeated my directions as to t£e
treatment of Tommy, then gave the
man good night, and stepped out on the
lee, gaff in hand. The three hours fol
lowing wero charged more terror
and despair than, doubtless, any year
of my life to come Bhall know. I am
not morbidly afraid of death. It wa
not thnt—not the simple, natural fer
of death that made me suffer. It was
the manner of its coming—in the niglt,
with the harbor foil:, all ignorant of my
extremity, peacefully sleeping around
me—the slow, cruel approach of it,
closing In upon every hand, lying all
about me, and hidden from mo by the
night"
The doctor paused. He looked over
the quiet water of the harbor.
"Yes," he snld, repeating the short,
nervous laugh, "it was a narrow es
cape. The sun of the afternoon—it had
shone hot and bright—had weakened
'the ice, and a strong, gusty wind, such
a wind as brenks up the ice every
spring, was blowing down the harbor
to the sen. It had overcast the sky
with thick clouds. The night was dark.
Nothing more of the opposite shore
than the vaguest outline of the hills—a
blacker shadow in a black sky—was to
be seen.
"But I bad the lamp in the surgery
window to guide me, and I pushed out
from the shore, resolute and hopeful.
I made constant use of my gaff to
sound the ice. Without it I should
have been lost before I hnd gone twen
ty yards. From time to time, in rotten
places, it broke through the iee with
but slight pressure, then I had to turn
to right or left, as seemed best, keeping
to the general direction as well as I
cohld all the while.
"As I proceeded, treading lightly and
cautiously. I was dismayed to find that
the condition of the ice was worse than
the worst I had feared.
"'Ah,' thought I, with a wistful
glance toward the light in the window,
'l'll be glad enough to get there.'
"There were lakes of open water in
my path; there were flooded patches,
sheets of thin, rubbery iee. stretches of
rotten 'slob.' I was not even sure that
a solid path to my surgery wound
through these dangers, and if path
there were It was a puzzling maze,
strewn with pitfalls, with death wait
ing upon a mis-step.
"Had it been broad day my situation
would have been serious enough. In
the night, with the treacherous places
.all covered up and hidden it was des
perate. I determined to return, but I
was quite as unfamiliar with the lay
of the ice behind ns with the path
ahead. A moment of thought persuad
ed me that the best plan was the bold
est—to push 011 for the light In the win
dow. I should have, at least, a star to
guide me.
"'I have not far to go,' I thought. 'I
must proceed with confidence and a
common-sense sort of caution. Above
all, I must not lose my nerve.'
"It was easy to make the resolve; it
was hard to carry It out. When I was
searching for solid ice and my gnft
splashed water, when the ice offered
no more resistance to my gaff than a
similar mass of sea foam, when my
foothold bent and cracked beneath me,
when, upon either side, lay open water
and a narrowing, uncertain pnth lay
uhend, tny nerve was sorely tried.
"At times, overcome by the peril I
could not see, I stopped dead and trem
bled. I feared to strike my gaff, feared
to set my foot down, feared to quit the
square foot of solid Ice upon which I
stood. Had it not been for the high
wind—high and fast rising to n gale—l
should have sat down and waited for
the morning. But there were ominous
sounds abroad, and, although I knew
little about the ways of ice, I felt that
tlie break-up would come before the
dawn. There was nothing for It but to
go on.
"And on I went, but at last—the mis
chance was inevitable—my step was
badly chosen. My foot broke through,
nnd I found myself of a sudden sink
ing. I threw myself forward and fell
with my arms spread out; thus I dis
tributed my weight over a wider area
of ice and was borne up.
"For a time I was incapnbie of mov
ing a muscle; the surprise, the rush of
terror, the Bbock of the fall, the sudden
relief of finding myself safe for the mo
ment had stunned me. So I lay still.
hugging the ice, for how long I cannot
tell, but I know that when I recovered
my self-possession my first thought
was that the light was still burning in
the surgery window—an immeasurable
distance away. I must reach that
light, I knew, but it was a long time
before I had the courage to move for
ward.
"Then I managed to get the gafT un
der tny chest, so that I could throw
some part of my weight upon it, and
began to crawl. The progress was inch
by inch—slow and toilsome, with no
moment of security to lighten it. I
was keenly aware of my danger; at
any moment, as I knew, the ice might
open and let me in.
"I had gained fifty yards or more,
and had come to a broad lake, which I
must round, when the light in the win
dow went out.
" 'Elizabeth has given me up for the
night,' I thought In despair. 'She has
blown out the light and gone to bed.'
"There was now no point of light to
mark my goal. It was very dark, and
in a few minutes I was lost. I had the
wind to guide me, it is true, but I soon
mistrusted the wind. It was veering,
It had veered, I thought; it was not
possible for me to trust It implicitly.
In whatever direction I set my face I
fancied that the open sea lay that way.
"Again and again I started, but upon
each occasion I had no sooner begun to
crawl than I fancied that I had miseho
sen the way. Of course I cried for
help, but the wind swept my frantic
screams away, and no man heard them.
The moaning and swish of the gale, as
It ran past the cottages, drowned my
cries. The sleepers were not alarmed.
"Meanwhile that same wind was
breaking up the lee. I could hear the
cracking and grinding long before I
felt the motion of the pan upon which
I lay. But at last I did feel that mass
of ice turn and gently heave, and then
I gave myself up for lost.
" 'Doctor! Doctorl'
"The voice came from far to wind
ward. The wind caught my answering
shout and carried it out to sea.
" 'They will not hear me,' I thought
'They will not come to help me.'
"The light shone out from the surg
ery window again. Then lights ap
peared in the neighboring houses and
passed from room to room. There had
been an alarm. But my pan was
breaking up! Would they And me in
time? Would they find me at all?
"Lanterns were now gleaming on the
roelcs back of my wharf. Half a dozen
men were coining down on the run,
bounding from rock to rock of the
path. By the light of the lanterns I
saw them lauch a boat on the ice and
drag it out toward me. From the edge
of the shore ice they let it slip into the
water, pushed off and came slowly
through the opening lanes of water,
calling my name at intervals.
"The ice was fast breaking and mov
ing out. When they caught my hail
they were not loug about pushing the
boat to where I lay. Nor, you may be
sure, was I long about getting aboard."
"Doctor," said I, "how did they know
that you were in distress?"
"Oh," said the doctor, "it was Tom
my's father. He was worriod, and
walked around by the shore. When
ho found that I was not home he
roused the neighbors."
"As the proverb runs," said. L "the
longest way round is sometimes the
shortest way home."
"Yes," said the doctor. "I chose the
longest way."—Youth's Companion.
To Arrest Flro In Ships' Holds.
F. W. Goding, United Stntos Consul
at Newcastle, England, describes an
apparatus for arresting fire in ships'
holds as follows: "The apparatus
consists of a fairly watertight wooden
bos or trough, built on the floor of
each hold at the lowest point, and as
near the centre between the bulkheads
as is convenient (in coal bunkers, at
the bottom toward one side), and a
small pipe leading from the deck to
this trough. In coal ships the ther
mometer tube may serve for the pur
pose, and when the ship is carrying a
general cargo the tube may remain a
permanent fixture. The trough is filled
with a few tons of a material about
one-half as bulky as coal. This, with
some gallons of an easily stored liquid,
comprises the entire outfit. The en
tire cost of fitting a ship with appara
tus sufficient for charging the hold six
times is estimated at SIOO. As the
material does not deteriorate with age
or exposure to the action of salt water,
it mny be carried for years, yet is al
ways ready for use in case of emer
gency."
The Next Oldest Man.
If the Russian claim is true Manuel
del Valle must rank second In point of
age, because lie is only 157 years old.
He lives in Melno Park, a suburb of
San Francisco. According to his birth
certificate, he was born of Spanish
parents in Zacatecas, Mex., on Novem
ber 24, 1745. He is very frail, weigh
ing but ninety pounds, and standing
less than five feet high, but he can
still walk without supixirt of n cane.
For a hundred years he has never
used tobacco in any form or drunk
alcoholic liquors. He says he has
never wet his feet or been out in a
frost. From 1814 to 1845 he was a
supernumary in the Franciscan Mis
sion at San Quentin, Lower Califor
nia. In the latter year he came to
San Francisco, where be has since
lived.
Working Under Difficulties.
While building part of the new Si
berian railway the men had often to
carry their food with them, and some
times had to be lowered in baskets in
order to prepare the track. In drain
ing a bog sixty miles wide, both en
gineers and men had for some time to
live In huts built on piles, which could
bo approached only in boats. Mos
quitoes were so plentiful that the
workmen had to wear masks, of which
4000 were bought for the purpose.
TATTOOING REMOVABLE.
Secret of Destroying Skin Blemishes Dis
covered by a Japanese.
A man named Seikichi Kayene, a na
tive of Mito, who died a few years
ago, is said to have invented a new
method of removing stains or tattoo
marks on or under the skin. The in
vention was the fruit of about thirty
years' experimenting carried out amid
Indescribable hardship and privations.
How the man came to conceive his
queer idea we are not informed. It
is certnln that it absorbed his whole
energies and cost him whatever prop
erty he had formerly possessed. And
he did not live to enjoy the fruit of
his alleged invention, for when he
died, in 1898, he was not even en
joying the ordinary comforts of life.
The fact was ho had no qualifica
tions to undertake his self-assigned
task. He had zeal and nothing more
to assist him. The consequence was
his experiments and researches were
apparently devoid of system, much less
of science. He appears to have gone
upon the idea of simply trying one
material after another at random. All
his materials appear to have been such
things as roots and barks of trees and
shrubs. He even made use of animals
—much more offensive In character
than his tree preparations. It is now
reported that he did somehow suc
ceed in hitting, upon an efficacious
compound which could entirely remove
any spots in the skin, either natural
or artificial. The explanation is that
the compost possesses an extraordi
nary power of absorbing pigments and
at the same time of contracting the
blood vessels of the part treated.
Stains originating from the presence
of colored matter can thus be removed,
it is reported, without leaving any
trace. A rose-colored spot produced
by any swelling of blood vessels is
harder to remove, but the contraction
of the blood vessels considerably modi
fies the color.
The compound when plastered over
the part affected produces a sort of
crust over the skin, and this crust
assumes a dark bluish color. The
crust conies off by itself in about two
wepks, and stains which had formerly
existed under the skin are found to
have disappeared, provided they have
not been of an excessively obstinate
character.
The eases of successful removal of
skin blemishes which have been re
ported are all effected through the
agency of one Olilshi, who had ob
tained from the inventor a vinl of his
compound on his deathbed. The secret
of the constituents of the preparation
was disclosed by the dying man. and
Mr. Ohishi Is now the sole possessor
of the formula, and practices his
strange surgery at his house in Futo
bocho, Honjo, Tokio.
This note is taken from the Osaka
Mainiehi, where a much longer ac
count is given of the circumstances of
this strange invention. Had it ap
peared in a less reliable journal we
should hardly have taken the trouble
of noticing it here—Japan Times.
A Hero Destined to Be Unsung,.
Thomas Kelly, who rode a mile on
horseback to give an alarm of fire
which saved the village of Luxembourg
from destruction, is a hero who is apt
to he cheated out of his just rewards
on account of his name. He has al
ready been likened to Paul Revere,
and, like tlint gallant rider, lie deserves
to be made famous in verse, but in
the first place there is no Longfellow
to celebrate his deed in heroic metre,
and then minor poets would find It
most difficult to construct rhymes for
"Kelly." If Revere had been named
Kelly Instead of his own euphonious
patronymic, he would have been com
paratively unknown. It would not
sound a bit heroic to say, "Listen, my
children, nnd I will tell 'ee, the mid
night ride of Thomas Kelly." Or, If
we attempted to describe the manner
of his riding, wo should have to say
something profane or anatomical,
which might be embarrassing. We are
sorry for Mr. Kelly, hilt if he wants
a poem written about his exploit he
will have to petition the Legislature
to change his name.—St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
Called Down Kitchener*
Lord Kitchener Is celebrated ror his
stern and exacting manner, and his
subordinates are apt to shake in tlieir
boots when "K. of K." comes along in
specting their work. But on one oc
casion even the redoubtable eonquerer
of the Soudan met his match and
proved the fine quality of his nature
by acknowledging the fact. It was
in the days when the railway was be
ing driven ncross the desert to Khar
toum. A young Canadian engineer
was in charge of the work, which was
progressing satisfactorily, when one
morning the Sirdar (as Kitchener then
was) appeared on the scene nnd ex
pressed his disapproval of certain fea
tures of the work with his usual scath
ing brevity. The young officer listened
until his chief had finished and then
quietly inquired: "Am I bossing this
railway, sir, or are you?" Kitchener
looked at him, recognized the breed as
one after his own heart, nodded ap
proval and then went away.—London
Tatler.
Assouan's Harrn
The face of the country around As
souan, In the neighborhood of the great
barrage, has undergone a complete
metamorphosis during the past few
months. All depots, dwellings and
other buildings In connection with the
construction of the great barrage are
submerged, and the Cairo correspond
ent of the Yorkshire Observer states
that the river flows In Its new bed
a mile wide, with the bills for its banks
nnd only the tops of the palm trees
just visible. Outside the barrage area
the depth of the river Is about thirteen
feet, and inside about seventy feet.
The water rushing through the barrage
channels Is a sDlendld spectacle.
SELF-STRIKING FISHING-FLOAT.
There has always been one objection
to fishing with the aid of the float or
bob which keeps the bait suspended at
a certain height in the water, and that
Is the inability of the fisherman to pull
the line quickly when the float indi
cates a bite on the hook. The slack
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COILED spnixo GIVES A TOLL ON THE LINE.
line sinks into the water, and when a
pull is given on the pole the line draws
the float under the surface and gives
the fish more play, instead of immedi
ately giving the hook a jerk to secure
the fish. This objection is now over
come by the self-striking fishing-float
which we show herewith, the invention
of Christopher Hymers. The mechan
ism consists of a spiral spring located
inside the float, with means for attach
ing the line at the lower end und a trig
ger device which permits the spring to
suddenly expand when a pull is given
on the hook. To set the device it is
only necessary to give a pull on the line
below the float just before the hook is
dropped into the water. The line and
float can be handled exactly as if there
was no spring device attached, as the
pull from the top is directly through
the centre of the float, and the strike is
only operated by the action of the fish
taking the hook.
UTILIZES THE BATH-TUB.
There is no denying the fact that va
por baths are a benefit, both to the
pores of the skin and to the body itself,
as medicinal vapors can by this means
be absorbed and various ills cured
without the aid of internally adminis
tered liquids or powders. The pecu
liar advantage of the vapor bath appa
ratus which we illustrate herewith lies
in the fact that it is intended for use
In connection with the bath tub, thu3
TAKIXO A VAPOH BATH IN THE TUB.
occupying less space and being easier
to manipulate than the special vapor
bath cabinets. The device consists of
a curtain arrnnged after the manner of
a window shade, with a wire frame to
nttach it to the end of the tub. The
loose end <4 the cm-tain has a central
slit extending down far enough to per
mit the insertion of the head, and Is
fitted with clamps to secure it to the
end of the tub opposite the spring rol
ler. The bather sits in a woven bas
ket suspended inside the tub, and the
vapor is produced from the burning of
medicated oils or by vaporizing water,
if a plain steam bath is to be taken.
Provision is made for holding the cur
tain unrolled while it is drying, the
pawl and ratchet device for this pur
pose acting exactly the same as on a
curtain, and the spring in the roller is
made to hold the cover tightly against
the edges of the tub while the bath is
being taken, to prevent the escape of
the vapor. H. G. Batchelder is the in
ventor.
BOTTLE FOB MEASURINO LIQUIDS.
If there is any particular duty In life
in which more care should be exercised
than in any other it is the giving of
IP!
SLIDING INDICATOR TELLS THE TIME
medicine to the sick, and numerous in
stances are on record where lives have
been forfeited as a penalty for negli
gence or thoughtlessness on the part of
the person left in charge of the patient.
The inventor who produces some de-
vice which shall aid in securing accuy
n aey and careful attention to detail la
r ministering to the wants of the sick is
t to be commended, and the simpler the
t Invention the greater demand there will
[1 be for it. It is but a small thing that
[. we show in the accompanying illustra-
Ij tion, but there can be no doubt as to
its practicability for the purpose of In
dicating when the next dose of medi
cine is to be taken, and it might also
serve as a measuring device when no
other vessel or spoon is at hand for this
work. As will be seen, a groove is
formed on cither edge of the face of
the bottle, und lapped into this groove
are the ends of a sliding bar of resilient
metal, with a tongue projecting above
it to engage horizontal graduations on
the bottle. These lines are numbered •
to correspond with the full, half and
quarter hours from 12 to 11.45 o'clock,
nnd one has but to set the tongue in -•*'
the proper line to show without any '
question at what time the next dose of
the medicine should be taken, while to
make use of it as a measure it is only
necessary to read the height of the
liquid in relation to the graduations
nnd pour it out until the top line has
been lowered the proper distance. 0.
W. McShane is the inveutor.
ANKLE-PBOTECTOB AND ATtCH SUrrOnT.
With the great attention paid to ath
-1 letic sports by the people of this conn
-3 try the manufacture of appliances for
3 protecting various parts of the body
from Injury and for strengthening
weak muscles has come to be an im
portant industry. The device pictured
here has been designed by Benjamin
Nathan for the protection of the ankle
in athletic sportj in which there is lia
bility of strain, or where the Instep /
needs special support. The device con- '4f
sists of a heavy leather arch support, ■
shaped to lit the sole of the foot, with a
flexible cloth ankle brace adapted to
lace up in front and having vertical
pockets nrranged in cither side to ex
tend above and below the enlarged
FOB USE IN ATHLETIC SFOIITS.
portion of the ankle. In these pockets
are inserted strips of whalebone or
other flexible material, which bind nnd
protect the bones without causing fric
tion or abrasion, nnd at the same time
are adapted by their flexibility to per
mit full mobility of the ankle. The
arch support also prevents the ten
dency of the foot to flatten as the
weight is placed upon it, uud it is •
claimed that the combination of the
two members will strengthen and pro
tect the weak parts of the foot without
in any way hampering its free move
ment. #
LATEST THINO IN SPECTACLES.
Many people who might prefer to
wear nose glasses, instead of the kind
provided with bows to engage the sides
of the head or fasten back of the ears,
1 are compelled to make use of the latter
1 kind through seeming inability to main J
1 tain the nose glasses in position. Itf
' is for this class of spectacle wearers, as
well as for those who desire a light
weight frame which will not bind the
BIOID LENS SUPPOBT OF LIGHT WEIGHT.
bridge of the nose, that the neat eye
glass here presented has been designed
by James E. Briggs. The lenses are
made for use without rims, but have a
portion of their upper edges flrmly in
serted in a slot of the tubular bridge' \
which latter rests lightly on the nose
and is not bent out of a straight line. '
Through this tube passes the spring
wire whieh forms the short bow ends
for maintaining the lenses in position,
and for tills purpose each bow ends in
a rounded block which is pivotally
mounted on the end of the wire, thus
conforming readily to the shape of the
temples of the wearer. The wire passes
loosely through the tube, aud the lenses
are maintained in position by their own
weight, thus affording a means of ele
vating them without twisting the
blocks on the temples. The inventor
states that he prefers to* make one of
these blocks of copper and the other of
zinc, and to insulate the wire as it
passes through the tube, thus inducing
an electrical current to pass through!
the wire nnd across the forehead, pro.
sumably with the intent of subjecting
the optical nerves to an electrical
treatment while the glasses are being
worn.
Medicine as a profession for women
is constantly growing in popularity in
1 London. Women now holding medical
degrees in Great Britain number mora
than 600.