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tmmumMMm 05 AS GOOD AS GOLD. * • t CHAPTER 5CXIX. -Continued. | It being now what people call llie ' 'Pinkin in" of the day, that U, the qu>i^t«r-houi' ja^t before dusk, he did ooi at first oliserve tiie reau.lt of his words upon her. ; "If it were anything else," she be- gaji, and tiie dryncsa of her lips waa represealed in her voice. "Hut il i.s Huch a liUI© thing!" be said, with a deep reprosu'li. "Leas than you have ofrcredâ€" just the beginning of what you havo -so lately promised I I would have told himaa much uayaelf, but ho would not luive believed ine." "It is not because I won'tâ€" it ia bo- caiLia 1 ubso'.ulely caji't," ahe said, with rising distress. 'You are provoking 1" he burst out. "It is enough to make ma force you to curry out alt once wjiat you have pruuLLsed." "I caanoir* .she inaiated desperately. "Why i When 1 have only within these few imnutea released you from your promise to do the thing off-hand." "Hetause he was a witness I" "Wilnesa! Of what?" "if i must loll you Don't, don't Uj>braid uie I" "U'oU? Lel'.s heat what you mean?" "Witneiss of my marriageâ€" JVIr. Grow- er was." "Marriage?" "Yes. With Mr. Farfrae. Oh Mich- sal, I am already hia wife. We were married this week at Porl>-Breedy. There were reasons against our doing U hero. Mr. tirower was a witness be- cause be happened to be at Port-Breedy at the time." Houc-hurd stood as if idiotised. She wui-i au a.Iaimed at his silence that .she niuriiiurod somethiitg about lending bim sufficient money to tide over the perilous fortnight. "Married him?" said Henohard at leng'th. "My good â€" what, married him wiiilrtt â€" bound to luarry me?" "It was like this." she eiplained, with tears in her eyes and quavers in her voice ; don'tâ€" don't be cruel I I loved bim .so much, and I thought you might tedl hJn of the pastâ€" and that grieved me. And tlien, when I had promised you, 1 learnt of iho rumour that you httdâ€" sold your firsi wife at a fair, like a horse or cow. Ilow could I keep my promise after bearing lliat 1 1 could not, risk myself in your bauds ; it would have boen lettiug myself down to take your nauie after such a scandal. But I knew I should lose Donald if I did not secure him at onceâ€" for you wou:d carry oui your threat uf tolling bim of our former acquaintance, as long oa ther« was a chance of keepijig inu for yourseJf by doing so. Hut you will not do .so now, wUl you, Michael ; for lit is loo late to separate us I" "Then this rackei they aio making is on account of it. 1 suppose i" said he. "Yes â€" I Ih'nk he has »)ld them, or eine Mr. Grower has. , . May I leave you now? Myâ€" be was dcUuned at Pbrt-Tlrcedy, to-day, and sent me on B few hours iH'fore hiiii." "Then it is liia wife's lite I have i«iv- ed tlx.s a/icriioon." " Vosâ€" and he wiiU be for ever grateful to you." "I aiu much obliged to him. . .Oh, you faJ^4e woiiinn !" burst from Hen- obard. "You promised me I" "\'cs, yes. I!ul it «-us under com- pulsion, and 1 did not know mil your past " "And now I've a mind to punish you as you dcsi-rve I One word to thi.s br.m- new husband of bow you courted nie, Kiiid your precious happineas is slown to alonns." "Michaelâ€" pity me, amd be gener- eorous." "You don't ripscirve pity. Y'ou did; but you don't now." "I'll help you to pay off your debt." "A pensioner of Varfnio's wifeâ€" not I! IJoci't siny with me longer â€" I ahall Bay something worse. Go home." CHAP'TEn XXX. Karfrac's words to his landlady had TBl'tirod to the removal of bis lio.xes an<l other effects from liis lujle lodginn-s to l.uretta's house. Thii work w;i.s not heiivy, but it h.T,d Ijeen much biiuler- ed (m account of I liu friMiueul pauses necessitated by exclamations of sur- prise at the event, of which she had been briefly infoi^ied by letter a few bours eariier. At t lie laist ntomeni of leaving Port- Breedy Farfrae, like John (iilpiii. bad been detained by important ciisloni- ers, whom, even in the exceptional cir- cumstances, he WO.S not the man to neglect. Moreover, there was a con- venience in bucetla arriving at her house. Noliody I hi^re na yet knew wha|t had htti>|)cn»"d ; and she was test in a position to break t lie news to ( he in- mates, amd Rive directions for her hus- band's accommodal ion. lie bad. I heri<- (ore. .sent on his two-dnvs' liride in a hired lirouglium, whilst he went a<'r(i.ss the ixiunlry to a certain group of wheal and liarley ricks a tew miles off, lell- ing her the hour at which h'.s might be expected the same evening. Thb ac- ODunte<l for her trotting out to meet bim after their .separation of four hours. H,V a .strenuous effort, after leaving Heiichaj'd, she calmed heisnlf in read- iness to receive Donald at High Street Ball when he CAiiie on from hi.s lodg- ing. One supremo fact emiKiwered her to this, the sense that, come wluit would, she had secured tiim. HaJf-an- bour after her arrival he walked in, and she met him with a relieved glad- ness, which a month's ueriloua aJjsence oould not have Lntensuled. '"Tliere is one thing I liave not done ; and yoit il; Ls iminoirtaint," she said ear- nesMy, when she had finished talking IkbouC the adventure with the bull. "That iB, broken the ne\vs of our nu»,r- said thoughtfully. "I gave her a lift from the bura liifm«wai'ds ; but I did not tell her cither ; for I thought she might have heard of it in the town, and was keeping back her congratulations from shyness, and all that." "She can hardly have heard of it. Hut 1*11 find out ; I'll go to her now. And, Donald, you don't mind her living on with me just the same as Iwforei bbe is so (luiet and una.s.suming." "Oh no. indeed 1 don't," Farfrae ans- wered with, perhaps, a faint awkward- ness. "l!ut 1 wondcix if she would care to ?" 'Oh yes." said Luoetta eagerly. "I am sure she would like to. Besides, poor thiing, .she has no other home." Farfrae looked at her, and .saw that she did not suspect the secret of her more reserved fnend. He liked her all the beilter for the blindness. "Arrange as you like with her, by all means," he .said. "It is I who have come to your house, not you to mine." "I'll run and spoajc to her," said Lu- cetta. Whe^n she got upstairs to Elizabeth- Jane's room, the latter had taken off her out-door th'jigs. and was resting over a book. Luc^lta found in a mo- ment that .she bad not as yet learnt the news. "I did not come down to you. Miss Temp'cman," she said simply. "I was oomisg to ask you if you bad quite recovered from your fright, but I found you had a visitor. What are the liells ringing for, I wonder? and the band, too, is playing. Somebody must lie married ; or el-se they are practising for Christmas." Lucetta uttered a vague "Yes," and .seating herself by the other young woman, looked mu-singly at her. "What a lonely creature yyou are," she pre- sently said ; "never knowing what's go- ing on. or what people are talking aliout everywhere with keen interest. You should get out, and gossip about as other women do, and then you wouldn't be obliged to ask me a question of that kind. Well, now I have something to toll you." KUzatieth-Jane said she was so glad, and nmde herself receptive. "I must go rather a long v*'ay back," said Liucetta; tlu! difficulty of explain- ing herself aatisfac.lory to the ponder- ing one beside her growing more ap- iKirent at each syllable. "You remem- l)er that trying case of conscience I told you of some time agoâ€" about the first lo\-or, and the second lover." She lei out in jerky phrases a leading word ortwo ol the .<«tory she had told. "Oh yesâ€" I remoinber ; the story of your friend," said Elizalietb drily, regarding the irisis of Lucetta's eyes as though to catch their exact shade. ''The two loversâ€" the old and the new; how she wanted to marry the aecond. but fe;t she ought to marry the first ; so that the good she would, have done .she did not, and the evil that she would not, that she didâ€" exactly like the AiHislIe Paul." "Ob no ; she didn't do evil I" said Lucetta hastily. "But you .soid that aheâ€" or as I may say you"â€" uaswored Klizabeth, drop- p. ng the mask, "were in honour and truth bound to marry the first." Lucxstta's blush at being seen through came a*id went again before she re- plied anxiously, "You will never breathe tliis, will you, Klizalieth-Jane?" "Certainly not, if you .say not." "Then I wiJJ tell you tlie case is nioro complicatedâ€" worse in factâ€" than it seemoil in my story. I and the first man were thrown together in a strange way. and felt that wo ought to be uniteil. as the world had misrepresented us. lie was a widower, as he sur I>of«d. He had not heard of his first w:fe foir many years. Hul the wife re- turuod, and wo [xtrted. She iis now dead ; ajid th<5 husband crimes paying mo addresses again, saying, "Now we'll comii'ete our purpose." But, Eliza- beth-Jane, all this amounts to a new courtsb'p ol me by him ; I was ab- .solvcd from all vows by the return of t lie other woiinan." "Have you not lately renewed your promise?'' said the younger wilh quiet .sunuso. She had divined Man iium- lier One. "That ttsn wrung from me by a throat." "Yes it WTifl. But 1 think when one gets couiKled up With a man in the past done, she ought to if she can, even if cent." I,uc«tta's countenance loat its spar- kle. "He turned out to bo a man I .should be alraid to marry," she pleaded. "Iteally afraid. And it was not till after my renewed promise that I know it." "Then there Ls only one course loft to honesty. You must remain a single woaiian." '^But think again. Do consider " "1 am cerlain," interrupted her com- panion hardily. "I have guessed very wo:i who ik- man is. My father; ami i .say il is him or ucjlbody for you." Any suspicion of lack of resi>octa- bUity was lo F;iizal)6th-Jane like a rod rag lo a bull, llor craving for ccirrecliiess of environment was, in- de.'d, a. most vicious. Owing to her early troubUa with repard to her mo- ther, a sejiiblance of irregularity had "Y'ouâ€" haveâ€" ^married Mr, Farfrae I" ori<!d Kilzaijeth Jano, in Nathan tones. Lucetta bowed. She had recovered herself. "The liella are rlngimg on that ac- count," she sakl. "My husliend is downstairs. He wkll live here till a moi» suitable . house ia ready for ua ; and I have told him that I want you to stay wiA,h me juat aa before." "LfCt me thunk of it alone," the girt quickly replied, corking up the lurmoil of her feciiig with grand cj^airol. "You BihaJl. I am sure we shall he> happy together." Lucetta departed to join Danald be- low, a vogue, uneasinesa float.ing over hc'r juy ai seeing hun quite at home thi.^re. Not on account of her friend Kii^aijcth did she feel it; for of tha bearings of fiUzabeth-Jaue's emotions alio had not the lea^it auiipujkiu ; out on Htnchard'a alone. Now the instant decision of Susan Ucjichai'd'a daugihter was to dwell in that house no more. Apart from her eati.mdte of the propriety of Lucetta's conduct, Farfrae tiad been so nearly her avowed lover that she felt she could not live there. 11 waa stiil early in the evening whea she hastily put on her things and wenti out. In a few mlnutea, knowing the ground, she had found a suutable lodg- ing, and arranged to enter it that nights licLiu-uing and entering noiselessly sho took off her pretty dress and arrayed hc^rseIf in a plain one, packing up the other to keep as her liest ^for she would have to be very ecouomiiial now. She wrote a note to leave for Lucetta. who was closely shut up in tihe drawing- room with Faxfrae; and then Blizalwth- Jaiie called a man with a wheel-bar- row ; and seeing her boxes put into it she trotted off down the street lo her rooms. They were in the street in whicih Henchard lived, and almost op- posite his door. Here she sat down and considered the mjeaus of subsistence. The little an- nual sum settled on her by her step- father would keep body and soul to- gether. A wonderful skill in netting of all sorts â€" arqulr<Hl in childhood hy making seines in Newaon'a Lome â€" might, serve her in good stead ; and her stud- ies, which were pursued unremittingly, might serve her in still better. By this time the marriage that had taken place ' was known throughout Casterbrldge ; had been discussed noisly on kerlstones. quietly behing coun- ters, and jovially at the King of Prussia. Whether Farfrae would sell his business and set up for a gentleman on his wife's money, or whether be would show independence enough tu stick to his trade in spite of his brilliant alliance, was a grt^t point of interest. CHAPTEIJ XXXI. The retort of the furmity-woman be- fore the niagistratc« had spread; and Ln four-and-twenty Lours there was not a pcTson in Casterbri.ige who remained ; unacquainted with the stoi-y of Hen-' chard's mad freak at Weyaon Priors Fair, long years before. The amends he hud made in after lite were lost sight of Lu th« dramatic glure of the original act. Had the incidcm l)een well known' of old and always, It lulght by this time ] have grown to be lightly regarded aa ; th«\ rather tall wild oat, Imt the single ] ani*. of a young mau with whom tha| steady and mature, if somewhat bead- strong, burgher of to-day had scarcely a jKiint in common. But the act having lam as dead and buried ever since, the ' interspace ot years was uiipereeivesl ; and the black sjKJt ot, hii youth wore the aspect of a rec>ent crime. i Small as the Court incident had l)e«in iin itself, it fcM-med the edge or turn in the incline of Hc^nch-lrd'8 fortune. On that dayâ€" almost at that minute â€" he passed the ridge of prosperity and hon- i our, and began to desc-end rapidly on the other siide. It was strangfl how i soon he sank in est«^em. Soi-ially he j had recceived a startling fillip nown- wards; and, having already lost com- | mercial buoyancy fnuu rash transac- tions, the velocity ol his descivnt in both aspects l)ecaTOe accelerated every hour. New events cimibined to undo him. It had been a bad year for others !«- sides himseuf, ana the h»«avy failure of ' a debtor who«n he had trusted implicitly ' completed the overthrow of his loiter- ing credit. Anu now. in his desjKsra- I tlon. lie failed to preserve that strict I cori-espondenoe between bulk and sam- pU". whidh U the soul of commerce. For this, one of this men was mainly to ' , - â€" " â€" bJamo; that worthy. In his great un- 1 so unfortunately as you have i wisdom, having picked over the .sample : iy:^^v»°-d?„^rrnt-';u^. '^.^s^ WALffl& M BROKEN LEGS »bIo in ye: but kftep it. What do you _ say, iMMCfLtwrsâ€" do ve atrrw i" ^•Ay. sui-e; we don't wish it at all." ASTONISHING RESULTS OF A NEW said Grower, another creditor. "Let him keep it, of caur.se," murmur- ed another in the liackgrmindâ€" a sil- ent, reserved young mau. named Bold- , wood ; and the rest responded unani- mously. "Well," said the senuir Commissioner, addressing Henchara "though the case is a desperate one, I am bound to .id- I PROCESS IN SURGERY. Br It Palleni* An Able t* Be Up .tnd Abual Wllbin TweaO'-Faar Naan After MatlnlaliiK a Prarlarcd Lliubâ€" A Prac- llrnl Tritt of the Ambulatory BaB<la«e. That a man is unlucky enough to mit liaT'l have' never me" a debtor > tall and break a leg doesn't any longer who behaved more fairly. I've proved have to spend Weeka imprisoned In the Imlance-sheet to be as honestly j^ waiting for tie fractured Umb to made out aa it could possil-ly be ; we , ^ ^ , j w, „ „„. have had no trouble ; then! have lM>en mend but may be up and about some- no evasions and no concealments. Th« times within twenty-four hours afteS rashness of dealing which led to this the accident, was made plain to tha doo^ has l)een made to avoid wronging any- aurgicail s«iction ot the New York Ac*. body." demy of Medicine. A workman who (To Be Continued.) had fallen off a scaffold a fortnight be- fore walked abcait the room without the aid of crutches and with only th» slightest perceptible limp, although his left leg, which had been broken, was stiU done up In plaster pans., Ho was one of two patients intro- duced to the surgeons as visible prool tern of setting broken legs, which sy»- etm of setting broken legs, which sys- tem was presented as a vast advance CONCERNING CALLS. Fashion is mending her ways in the direction of sense and sincerity in lines 0* social intercourse. TTie woman who designates upon her visiting card an "at home" day must always, whatever temptation may arise to be elsewhere, be tastefully gowned and ready to re- ceive her friends at the appointed tune. , . J , . , ..w ^u t i V J ^ ,_»t iv.~ on the old method of treating suicB The hoetesa who does not restrict the , "" '•â- '*° "^ "" â- " , " „ ». .... . . . . „„ I fractures by keeping the unfortunate visits of acquaintances to any day may .*"'. . "' ':."^ _^ii * • .u • ^A â„¢:ii .„A »,•- .^wr, i victim m bed untu the fractured boned still retain their good-will and her own ^ , • . . .u t„ i t.. self-respect. She is no longer "not at , reunited. The .ubject of the up-to-date home." but more truthfully "regrets ' treatment was presented in a paper by that she is engaged." by this message i »'• J"'"*^ P^^er Fiske of the ataf f ot protecting h«r own conscience and that attending physicians of Booseveit Hos, of her servants as well. The well-bred P'^- «« gave the result of 250 op. visitor will accept this graciously .know- ing from experience how impossible it often proves under existing circum- stances to set aside pressing duties for the chance caller. Formal visiting is now limited to afternoon hours as less liable to conflict with necessary ap- pointments of daily lifej The latch- string of hospitality still remains out for close friends, who drop in at all times according lo impulse and conven- ience. A fine line of courtesy leads the' vis- itor not to offer her card to the servant, but to enquire if Mrs. Blank is receiv- eratbons in which THE AlVIBULA'rOBY SPLINT had been used sucoessfuily in the bo»i pltals. The problem that confronted the surgeon in such coses, he said, woA to get injured patients up and ai.ouO their business just as soon as possible, and by the ne^' method Clattering re- sults had tx>en attained, particularly In the case of disabled professional men. Its efficacy in the case cf labovlug lueil waa a little less apparent. In the na-« Cure of their occupation the full use of (ractured Umbis was not so readi- ly attained. If the injury was tntat. as£s 11 ane witi see ivirs. £5â€" . 11 in tne tients, m which the duiig^r of de.luiuia tremens setting In after the fractura was the otwUice. In healthy persons. negative, then the card in left in evid ence of the call. Oards are in a meas- ure falling into disuse, the English miv fbod of announcing guests being very generally accepted in the best circles cNf society, a pasteboard only left when the lady is out or not receiving. At social functions aside from the din- ner of ceremony, guests are not ex- pecled when depart table covering this point of civility. This method is the outcome of aflemcjon teas and evening receptions at which people go and come constantly t)etween the hours prescribed by invitation, keep- ing the hostess occupied in receiving from first to lost. These affairs afford opportunity to entertain twice the num- ber of guests without the discomfort of a crowd when the service in the dining room is continuous. Perfect independ- ence is granted each hosteaa in the mat- ter of menu and decorations, light re- freshmenta and a few cut flowers now regarded aa true hospitality in the same degree as the more elaburato efforts of florist and caterer. The woman who "can not afford lo entertain" in the present day is hmdered by pride and Ignorance of soci<'ty's ways rather than light pocket-book. We have much to thank our sisters across the water for in tWs matter, »i> surely .but certainly are the charming little functions of for- eign life asserting themselves in this country. male or female, the method had secur- ed admiralile results. The ambulatory system has been in use in Berlin for some time. It ia quite dimple. In the case of the fracture ol eitlier of the bones of the lower le^ Ixx'ome his wife, she wore inno- of an enoi-mous quantity of second-rate corn which Henchard had in hand, and reimoved the pinched, blasted, and smut- ted grains in great numoer. The pro- duce. \1 honestly offered, would have created no scandal ; out the blunder of misieprc»iontation, coming at such t moment, dragged Henchard's name in- to the ditiih. The details of his failure were of the ordinary kind. One day Elizal)eth- Jane was passing the Golden Crown, wh.yi she saw p«"opIe bustling in and out more th<ui usual when there waa no market. A bystander informed lier with some surprise at her ignorance, that it was a meeting of -the Commis- SLoners under Mr. Ht-ncluird's bank- ruptcy. She felt quite tearful, and when she heard that he was ijreseut In the hotel she wished to go in and see him, but was advised not to intrude that day. , , , ,.•â- -' , - , The room in which debtor and credi- toriors for her which those whose 1 tors had asaemWed was a front one. and names ari^ Haleguarded from su.sp.cion j Hincliard, looking out of the window, ought to I had caught sight of E'Uzabelh-Jjine or nobody-ra^r- | through the wii-e blind. His examina- riage to my dear Klizttl)eilh-Jano." ''Ah, ajicl you have not," he know nothing of. "You marry Mr. heni-liard taanly not another man," shd went on with a quivering lip, in whose move- uieni two jiassions .shared. "1 don't admit that," .said Luc«ltB passionately. "Admit il vt not, it is true." Lucetta covered her eyes wiith her right hand, as if she oould plead no iiwire, holding out her left to Kliza- l«lh'-Jane. "Why, you have uuirrled him I" cried the latter, jumining up with pleasure after a glance at Lurclta'a fingers. "Wlien (Ud you do it? Why did you not tell me, instead of teasing me like IhiN ? How very honourable ot -you I lie did treat my mother Ivadly once, it .seems, in a moment of intoxicalion. And it Is true th.vt Iw is stern aoine- time.s. But you will rule him entire- ly, 1 am sure, wilh your lieauly and wealth and acccxmpllshments. \ou are the woman bo will adoro, and we .shall ail three be happy together now." "Oh, my El.iza.Deih-Jane I" cried Lu- oetta disitreasfully. "'Tis .somoliody else tbuit 1 hcive married I I was so desper- ate â€" HO afraid of being forced to any- thing elseâ€"so afraid of revelations that wtiuld quench his love for me, Ihsit 1 ' resolved to do it off-hand, come what might, and purckha.se a week of happi- ness at any cost." ticm had closed, and the crtMlitora were leaving. The appearance of Klizalieth thr'nv him into a reverie; till tuniing his fac« (titia the window, and towering above all the real, he called their al- t«\ntion for a moment more. His countenance had somewhat changed from its flush of pro-sperlty ; the black hair and ^v'hiakera were the same as ever, tnit a fiilm of ash waa over the rest. "Gentlemen." he said, "over and aUive the assets that we've been talking about, and that appe<ir on the balance sheet thej'e tie these. It all belongs to ye, as much as everylhiiing else I've got, and I don't wish to keep it from you. not I." Saying this, he took his gold watch from his pocket, and laid it on the table; llwm nia purseâ€" the yellow, canvas mcmey-liag, such aa waa carried by all farmers and dealersâ€" untying it, and shaking the money out upon the table beside the watch. The latter he drew back quickly fur an instant, to remove the hiair-guard made and given him by Lucett«. "There, now you have all," he said. "And I wish for your sakes 'twas more." Thp weditora. farmers almost to a man. l(M)ke4 at I be watch, :ind at the money, and into the street ; when Farm- er James Kverdene apoke. ceremony, guests are not ex- ^^ patient U placed in a recumbent to Uke leave otbosl and hostess p^i^ ^nd the injured bones aiv seb leparlingj^a wd left on the hall »^ p,^^^^ ^^ U>u«a securely with an " " ordinary muslin roller liandage. No cot- ton is usad in the tuinding. Out- side of this roller a plaster of Pari* gauze liandage is wound. This hfajrd- ens and ieaveis bhe liniib Incased in * plaster cast wLu>h generally extends frnen the toe tip to tihe knee joint. 10 hoUls the broken parts of tue limb im- movable, and hardens rapidly. The best quality of east and bandage is al- ways employed, and the patient is eur oouraged to walk without crutobiee after TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. Care is taken, ot course, lo avoul ali IKHsibilUy of inflammation aettng in. The reason the pat lent can walk so soon is that the weight ot the body issupport- ed upon the upper part of thj ambu- latory cast, which acts as a crutch. ' Dr. Fisk cited a case where a patlenlJ 7;i years old had lieon able to walk wiiLh- tn eight days after tha application ot tie ambulatory splint. The healing of the bones goes on while the patient is i wallking about just aa If be were lying I do^vn. as the frocHuired limb is in no way disturlied by the exercise. In fact, ; the reuniting of the fractured parts ie hastened, and the stiffness of jotnts re- sulting from the old metho I of keeping a patiivnt In hsd and quiet is greal-iiy reduced. WitLln six wet\ks. often soon- er, iLe lionea will hive united, and tbea the Iimi> is subjected to hot and cold douche baths and to brisk niassiige to restore It to Us normal condition. The avarage time tie ambulatory splint wa.s worn in the 250 cases quoted was from twenty-eight lo thirty-five days. , , ,,,. ... . .. ,. and many of the patients were able to deeplcsaneas. W hen this is the case, the p„ ^iwut much Ibe same as usual durincr patient feels heavy and drowsy after this period. meals, and may tall asleep at once Oi .lohin M. Woodbury of Roosevelt) on going to bed, oidy to awaken soon Hosoital s.sid that in none of the cases after and lie awake for hours, perhaps cited by Dr. Fiske liad any patient re- iust dropping oft for a few mlnutea be- turned to the hospttai for treatment for ore morning, and waking again, feel- nialformatum of the limb Bven in the ing tired and irritable. In such a case, casts of serious double oblique fracture, treat your.self mutdi as you would for where the weight of the body is Uatile a bilious attack. lake some aperient to dislocate thp set limb and drive the HOW TO SLEEP WELL. Sleeplessness is a most distress'ing complaint, and one which ages a woman quickly; therefore "insomnia." as it is called, should be attended to at once. When night after night, a person lies awake for hours together, serious re- sults are sure to follow. It may arise from various causes.. Disordered liver will often cause aperii meliclne; be very careful in your diet take gentle exercise in the open air, and avoid all worry and excitement. Irregnlarity m llhe hour ot retiring will cause restlessness, and should be avoided it pos.sible. Regular hours are much the best. An afternoon nap is not always a desirable thing to indulge in. but if late hours have been kept the night liefore, and the requisite numlwr of hours of hone througti the flesh, the procetis had worked oucceeatuily. This w,is import- ant from a medico-legal standpoint, tor It protected the surg.'Oii from the risk of damage suits for faulty surgery. GREAT ICE .WALANCHE. A mass of ice comprising l.OCO.OOO cub- _ _ ic feet broke away on thx< Uih of. Sep- sleep be«in curtailed, it ia well to take temlier, 18!)0, from the lower part of a short rest during the day. The cor.sets and shoes should lie taken off before lying down. W.\S HK A REN EG A OE? Two Irishmen, differing in political opinions, were discussing in an imixas- sianed way their respective creeds. At oomplelcly surmount this barrier, the the (Ulels Glacier on the GiMiiini Pass, in Switzerland. Wilh the velocity ac- quired in its descxMil this river of ice rushed across the pasturn.ge and up the western slope of the valley lo a height of 1,300 feet along ihe rocky wall o( the Weisstlugral . Not lieiug able to last, ardor overcoming ^oo<l nature, one accused the other ot neing a renegade to parly and family tradition. This accusation the second man stout- ly denied, averring that his political views were Ixisad upon his own con- m«iiu masb came suigliM liackâ€" like a vast seawave recoiliiiig from the cliffs â€"with such force that some of it re- turned to a height of 100 feet up the eastern side. Isolated Idocks of ic^were hurled clear over the ridgis into the ad- victions rathe^r than on an accident of joining valley. The avalanche was pre- birth. Still his accuser insisted that t^ded by a terrific l<ta»t of wind, which be was a turncoat. swept awav chalets, treesi, men and You call yourself Daly! he cried, cattle, a-s ttiouah they had lieen tealh- .scorntuUy. You call yourself Daly, and ers. These sudden avalanches ot ice or everybody knows that ivhen you first jmow fonu one ot the special dangt^rs struck this country you had an O on of Alpine climbing, your name big enough tor a life-pre serverl , AIR IN THE ARCTICS. The air is so elear in the Arctic re- gions Ihat conver.satioius can lie car- ried on easily by persoivs two miles aimrt. It has also lieen asserted on gpooJ authority that at Gibraltar the remiud.s me lo telegraph lo her and him*n voice has lH<en distinotly heard ask her what It was she wanted ni* at * distance ot 10 miles. lo remetulier. « SERVES THE PURPOSE. Does your wife ever tie a string around your finger to make you re- mem'ier things? Yes4 often. How does it work? . 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