' t -- mee ee - . 'riey ond ig + ' OR, THE GIRL IN BLUE § E+ IK4K4 4 eee + CHAPTER' 11!.--{(Gontinued. 1_at Jast found the entrance to the adjoining room, but ~ door was closed. 1 tried the handk, Il.was lacked. This sudden check fo my _ invesliga- tions caused me to pause, 'That a wo- man had been first struck dawn by & ccwardiy--biow appeared evident, but wl _ Seiginined 1 had no knowledge. agonized shriek which had a anor from that Inner room was, 1 {alt convinced, that of the tender, sweel-voiced woman who had admin- so confused ha:l been the sounds ot that extraordinary tragedy that | =a perplexed, utterly atia loss how The theory impressed itself upon me that a woman was' alba for both ree ng fact. that it was a eonee whe | had ya panting near me, who 1 me to ascertain whether I eh disUnguish objects aboul me, and who had afterwards left the hotise. th blindness had, no doubl, saved my. Before Ieaving she had for some un- known reason locked the communical- ing door and lak in the key. But upon the air, after she had gone, there ling- ered the subtle fragrance of peau d' e;mmit a double crime sy swiftly and with such force as lo drive a knife to} p Without the ullerance of Gne single word. It seemed absolutely inoredihle. With my cyes only a void of blackness. this mystery was Lewildering, and cred the more tantalizing by oe be ity lo gaze about me. I had been prt- Rent at the ennctment of a terrible dtama.. but- hai -tol-wilnessed- ity and | could nol. -- or viclim Again] scareed the great handsome . in order to rivel all its delails opening dawn to t which showed tha the back of the house. otherwise they must have opened ae te street. In ene corner was a fF 1. Whereon. slood-a marble bust af ¢ aeae we | 5 man, ae those I_had seen in the sculp-. lor's isa before the days of my Sakae There were see Blass 'Yops wherein, 1 su , were curios and bric-a-brac, and beers 'the great fireplace' was pat sai a tiger: Ww skin. with the paws pres While groping there, noneier my: hand came inio contact with something which I found was ani cdged knife. so oe ee 4s cut my finger while feeling i hilt, and the blade was ne and tri- angular, tapering tou point. The shape T Knew to be Italian, one of those Flor- entine stilettos used Middle A have eng ago brought ee use of wes knife to n fine art, and murders by stabbing whe the most nual ececurrences reported in the hani He 2 bound with wire, probably either gold or sil- ver. The point was shurp as a necdle, My first impulse wae to take posses- Bon of It; but, on reflection. 1 saw ade if 1 did so grave eure _might po 6ibly fall upon ime. ight even os charged with the rain! eapeclati os 1 had alrendy in my pockel the dead man's stud - continuing my search, 1 a? length found the door which gave egress lo the piace. 6 I opened jf ant stood in the hell to listen. There was no sound ness of the night troken, and | with the dead. cl my voice showed that the hall aad Alaircase were wide and spacious. Then "t struck me that I had no atick. with- cut which I feared blo walk; but. grop- ing ebout. I found an umbrella sg and took therefrom ao stoul thorn. handle of. which seemed snmiooth- wines y ling usnge. The still- remained quite un- mnyself poe: What was my best course? Should { go forth secretly, return home and await the discovery of the terrible af fair, -- would no dsubt be fully re- porte those ovening newspapers a bel in crime? or should T vo out and inform the first constable | met The latier, | saw, was my duty. and even though I had no desire to mtx myself up in such a mysterious and gensational affair, I resolved to €0 at ence ond stale all that 1 heard Whether the street door was situated to rgit or Left I knew not, but trying the right first, 1 foura that the door was at that c*gho hall, t v loo, My hands told be "1 turned to the left and afler walk ing some Hiltle distance crossed a road ond kept on down a long read which, ed straight ag an arrow. For fully a Pr fer of an hour | walked on without mecting a cvul. The only noise that pa ped the quiet was the dismal howl a*gog. and now and thei the distant r of tyains. Sudden- \ i found myself in -- a labyrinth at roo'sed strocts, afiae Siveral turns-eff ued Inks A I selcenan to be one of the great arterics of London. 1 steod listening. The air was fresh, ond it seemed fo me thal dawn was spreqding. Afer 1 could hear the mea- Bured, heavy fread of a police constablo, a hurmied in h's direction, As I did fron ya eut my stick and It struck some | wea ailings. A few minutes loler, In) pieelorty recognize either A ber = short mod 'thoroughfares ° " ros PTT het haste, I avertook the man of heavy tread, an: addressing him. said:-- "Fell me, please, = you 8 ne tuble?"" "Well, I 'believe I am," answered 'a rough valet, ds witha, "But can't you rect" "No, unfortunately l can't," 1 replied. "Where 1 "Ou' aide the Muscuin." "The Bril'sh Museum" I inquired in surpr "No. "The. South Kensington. do you want to "IT want 'you 40 come with me," I What's u Where "With you. pr' '¢ been present at a terrible trag- ¢edy,' I blurted forth. "Two pcople tiave been murdered," "Two- people?" exciaimed the voice. quick'y interested. "Where?" "In--in a house," 1 faltered. tor not until that instant me ou appalling: = occur to me, wandered way [rom the place, aa had no ues A few minutes Tater we were sting | icegether. in the wards Hor cgay he had j afin ge way xplained to him him the: whole of facts as far as uld recollect them. He listened attentively to my an tes narrative unti said:-- "Well, 1 should een my knowledge fo myself, say mothing about tt, a letve the revelation of the «rim chante. "I am compelled to muke «a report of it, because I wus present al the trag- "It is my duty, in the usti "Ol course, that's all very well. 1 gue agree that your duly as a citizen to make a salement to my inspec- y be leciatty to say pre making a foo! of one's se "You're certainly Ti hinepoken® = jaune 'smiling. . well, you'll excuse me, sir," the ae said, lalf apologetically. "I mean =F offence, you know. I only tell you how I myself would act. Now, if you could give any real information of vilue to the delect.ves; there would be some reasin for moking the stutement, but 4 you can't, well yCull only ae your- pelt no ¢ bot _ r nothing. "But surely, man, you Son't th that with: the inaweage of this terrible affeir in my mind _f me going lo sie neniapaipcie neNbae orDatee 0-- 8+ Hendy bate "Well ge srenis that the osens<'n--ha. ,| Book. by Knud. Rasmussen, which is Unique as the. Story of a. Primitive Probie. fhos> mother was Ku soisiy woate or Dan'sh- Green- land, Whose father was a Dare end avho 'hes lived most of his 27 years in his te Jen. has writlen a book on his life fo peer in the huts of the S.mth Sound a ives, the most north- ern ree of tite words The book has ranslated from Dan'sh i a ei that opened their He went among themyas a aera nThey fold him everything. and when he left them for Denmark he wrote the ink fet took thet has ever been devoted wholly to these natives: The German edition is entitled "Neue 'Menschen' and it has been published in Bern, Swilzer- 'le The purpose here.is_simply lo give sl its cuiward_appesrance, or_in_vwh Eien it was situa ell, doub! ers d-m't often pee place in the street. sonny. But--" amd the vo'ee hesitited. biocd on your clothes, I see! Tell me all about it. Where's the house?" "I confess that T've been fcolishly stup'd, for I've left it, and I could never find my way back again. I'm blind, no 'idea of Its exterior appe. A "At iny rate you've Deon near e ough to 'the affair to get yourscif in a wily iden of where the affair "Why, there's | &*¢ mess." the rough voice said, somewhal | scaped already, in any case," the man lige. "You take it from me that t vere n cute lot in that house, who- were. The wonder is that tay. dint kill you An exactly Veaher 'thought had cross- et my mi drive seemed a long one, but at length the cob étopped. and /we 8 1 heard the penrerarice tura and go off, as logether we ascended the steps of 'the, staton. One thing struck be as urea: namely, that the air was filled a strong odor of turpentine, othe gaan isa long may trom your remurked, suspiciously. "Surely you have some ir took place?" The situation was certain I hid gone fuels fom mystery and foiled neéligence of mine- "sh noms on Tr EE don't telp ts very- juy." the voice observed. "mich.: so "What's 1 the pond running afler me with a yarn like this if you can't take me to the| re spol? To Judge from the state at your elottics, though. you've 0) scrap or another. If your ul was nol covenad with blood aus it is, I'd be Anelined to. put... on down as a. chap with oa Screw loc "I'm not Aenienta. 1 let] you," I cried warmly, "There's a terrible crime been committed, ond I have sought your as- eostance. "Aud Ya go and have a kook &! the premiscs with you. if you couk! only {eli tne where they are. Bit as wOH, can't--weil. what are we to do, sonny?" CHAPTER IV. "Pane me at once to the poliersta- lion." I said firmly. "I must make a Slakanent to your inspeclyr om duly.* "Net much aad is it, if you Sas tell us where the affeir took plac quered the mén. impertinent'y. "It is my duty to make the report, and the duly of the pole. fo investi- fate it" T answered, . i Mer nyyself by accident with the "What knife? o7 . "The sane with which the muniers were committed." "And whats were you doing with i?" inquired the constable, ullerly regard-|! fess af the stri *cl_police regulation which Ashi on officer to put.any such ques- ans, wt found it" I replied. "Wher "On hs floor of the room, was searching about." The snan_ grinted dubiousiy. IT was well nware of the suspicion which must fail upon me.*for 1 kne thers was blood upon my clothes, and that my stary aan a distinct air cf improbabil.t Rent injured: your hem) like that? while I h In response. 1 told him ae nv. in enoss- ing a road. ad tee nocked down and rendered) Insensihle by na cab, and how, on regaining consciousness. | hod found myse'll un ae er the edie <t some woman unknow 'stn gave vent to uo shert harsh ei sc S though discrediting mv statemen Sn¥eni dent lefeve me." T hlur'ed bali hasti'y. "Take ime A your insy clay, We yl ged no tit "Welleyou knew. cine ved the mint, "your irr, yorll admit. Ba very es. traotidinary one, You env that la ter. rible affair lins happenes ina own samewhere about bere, yet you cunt direct us to it.' The whole story is so curious that I'm afraid you'll have a these in persuading anybody to be- : yo "I ce "don't, somebody else will." I "Come, take me to the police recy "ordered, the antly look my = and wide main-road, we trav man rather relueté oro : n't seem @ very good walker, mister." the constable observed pres- tly. " a cab in the distance. Would you like 'e take it? "Yes. Call it." beaid; for I felt v 'eak and ill after my terrible night's 'gcon-Ge ve me gunk Health Service on the Uniled 7+* the | of/ flea few incidents of Rasmussen's life among these Pag res ane -- of his impres- sions © ult gd tomrade in the 'merrymakings with which they brighten THE SUNLESS WINTER, and he joined them in the hunis for bear, walrus, reindeer and seals, and in the spring. Killing of the birds which pack away for winter use. They liked him and w-shwl 'him lo live mlb en always. They wouki Le happy i ¥ he would marry one of ed native pas and settle down, So ne winter evening when the hut was capenel. qith people old Sorkrark arose 'impressively. and made a liltle speech: "Are not our maidens good fei are u '8. -Surgeon-General Submits Start- " _ ting Report to Congress. "Report 'on milk in ifs relation to sobs. health," wus submi lo. Sec- eels of the Treasury Gortelyou, by neral Walter Wyman of tt 23 The report is the resull of an Investi- gation ordered -by President Roosevelt and era by Federal experts under the direction of Prof. M. J. Roecnay 3 ine Hygionic Laboratory most thorough hidles of the inl pent: yet produc Dr. Wyman declares that the ideal milk, drawn fram a cow wilh a healthy udder and preserved. fram contaminu- ton, is not the milk of commerce, and k F OO bacteria ta the cubic centimetre, Landon, 31.888,000; Washington, 22.- 134.000, and he calls affention to the evidence presented in the report which is given as proof that 500 epidemics of tuphoid fever, scarlet fever and diph theria were caused by infected milk. He also refers to the evidence adduced fiat 11° per r cent, of the samples of Wentlaytce milk ~ contained tubercle germ Past. Assistant Surgeon-General Jortn Ws Trask Miro tabulated the data of five hundred epidemics that were de finitely traced to the milk supplies. in- cluding 317 typhoid epidemics, 123 scar- let ee 'diptheria and seven of ee nenerss or epidemic sure hroat, Dr. Trask gives figures fo show the amnzing rapidity with which typhoid and diphtheria germs increase in milk. Seventy-cight lypheid germs in a cubic centimetre of milk increased in seven days to 440.000.000, In the same tine thirty-nine diphtheria germs increased 10.000. fo Queting. Henith Commissioner Dar- lington's statement that the milk Sutk plyof New York Cily is derived from 3.000 farms and shipped creameries aruniet in six States. Dr. Lums "It is easy 'to appreciale how difi- eull and expensive it would be ta kee up a sufficiently thorough 'supervision «! the multiple sources of the elty's milk supply a. eed FLEAS AND THE PLAGUE. thus long been known that rats are an HOpPOPNt case plague, but mere recent researebes sec Ny indivute thal flens serve as an miler diate fink imo wvesing the dis. ease frat re its Io men. Aceurding to thi «cteorvalions and conclusions of Simend, inlyetiva of playue from one human being to another takes plave, but in an insignificant numberof cases compared with those where a carry the infection from rat to =e n. The r- plague 'com- oe ager. the fact {hot fleas convey the pla e Tom infected lo healthy rats, and it has also been. shown that the species concerned Is always found in plague-infected houses, Medicu) sci. ence therefore declares war upon fleas Bf upon mosquiloes, and the mystery of epidemics is proportionally Pace up. _ Yet much remains to be le ---- Fk} --___. a. compliment ae passes for more han its face va for sees be suid. "See, there , aa serk and Amim'k. c- t hel u when | | Isignitsork has ¢ longer hair if that will please you, he has a bra rand new fox skit. we must fell you thal it docs } ed: man ravelling around our country. opinion of you a laughing stock. yy one nong us and he tom babbling idiot. is aes Or "He has been menti oned is a wile. The first thing As. a woman. and next come and then a cane, and tast, > un, "You have all haat things except ao vite iy arder and your hut warm along | 50 you "travel? i wife alway es with is jour- at passihic; rows semebedy else's wife." Rasmussen des not tae us what responte he made to this appeal. © Old Sarkrark is known as the greatest bear hunter ameng his re mie bu the did not sh:ne on this occas'o A. Ge Risa ACENI. The people sa'd he must tel) Ras:nusson the. story of some of sue pie hunting ee via he long re ' "When I go out with my a gs alter "it is nol long before Pica be said, ccoking pot. This his meat is in the « is all 1 have fo say. ine day, however, he yelled to per- e | suasion and Rasmusren_teid the first and lust story ho would tell. "Il was on a winter-night and very cold," fic said, "and T knew that bears would 'be watching around the holes ia the ice where the seals come up to breathe, T aent out with my dogs-and soon I dimly saw a beur through the tw light, "T gave chase end my dogs were over- hauling him when he disapreared with- in a cave in the ice. When I came up 1 sent the leader of my €og team into the cave, for a bear in this way may often be driven out from his retreat without injury fo the dog. But in moment I heard a cry and my seat Staggered out and died at my fect. "I said to ae that I was yoing to get thal bear, could nat me my spear in the sinall ae and so I pul my knife between my terth 'and went in on my hands and knees. Il was very dark ind I coult see nothing. but 1 could hear the breathing «f the bear, I hugged the = and made no noise as I crept forward, inch by ine' "At last I felt the snlunsts warm breath in my face. My bale 'was lung and I drew back and made a mighly lunge, At the same time a ferrible blow fell on my bedy and T lost iny senses M do not know how long T lay there in the cave, bul when I came to my- sell my first thought,was of my dead éog. Then I fell around, thinking 1 had killed the bear, but he was not in the cave "I was very sore, but managed lo 700 | ornwl culside, and a few rods away | saw my tear éitling dn the ice +. heard his moans and knew be was trouble, 1 GRASPED MY SPEAR and crept toward him and came near enough to ses that his breast was cov- ered with blood and that 1 had driven my knife straight through his snout and it was stil in the weaned. "Sy right con was nel bert, and 1 pol.up on my -- and drove my spear thraugh his bea Tt is the « orl in Danish West Green- land. where Rosmuss mn was born. for the young native wemen to gather nareund a newconn rand bel bun off wilh lus evernehy He forgot that the Sinith Sound «a might no acquainted with this act of courtesy and hospitality, and when he first reached them on his sledge he he'd out his feet to a young woman expecting that she She tg move to perform the exprcled serv ioe "What fs your name?" he asked the girl. "The orga bal ?_t wen you my name," ges gaze wandered off pe ee 'ne while all the men and women A woman came to the girk and told her to do what the.stranger asked her ond then she pulled off his boots. I n said to him; adventure, ° ° ony he was tmpressed with her mod- y, The woman keep sour things in} daughter. Don't you utiful?" ive their lenuful. They THE MAN TAUGHED AT THE IDEA. "It is only white * he said, "who entibhe themselves 'aah wilh think- ing. We think only about our food sup- rly bay whether it will last through inter, If we hare meat enougu, 'en Giaking is a § said "i an un- usually intelligent mative who hal been out on the ice with' y: "What around you exoepling | the grinding sca ce?" "Think?" replied the man, "I didn't need to think, It was the part of Peary to do the thinking." _ Rasmussen tells the story of the im- migration of a number of the more western Esquimaux about half a century &go to the divi ag const, where some ef them rest of their lives Youd friends. They Sound natives, for they taught them to make snow huls with a ion cavercd approach and an entrance? from below, making them much '¢varmer; also to shoot with the bow and arrow, to spear fish and to make kajaks or canoes, 50 that their hunting was no longer con- fined to the land or the edge of the Ice. Ite got the story from the last survivor «ft the imm' grants, Bul the time came. one spring morn- ng. when the young man. with his dazs and sledge. was to s"art anni on his journey of-huntreds of miles to h's <ld home. An oh) woman in whose hut he had. entea ig durng the dark winter came ta "You are Fo! ingt ie, to leave ns?" "On, na: but I think I had belter have Are you gind ANE. "Now listen to the tnst wards ta you ef an old woman. You are like the king duck, When the bright soring warms the land he comes to uses vou did. He comes from a land that is far Away. n land we do not knaw, You came to use like the king duck in the spring. and now vou are going hack fo-vour-tand-and your family. Hark! Vour dogs are howling. De not wail any honger fer T knaw you are eager to off." pine THE JAPANESE WAY, Rtuyes for a Mass Meeting to Protest Against Higher Taxes. The anese gorerning {dca has sometimes a directness Of application whiclr is only cquailed by its simpli- city. The same spirit which promp' arenes citizen to build the front Goar of h + ' , tha sible Sanger could not gel through it with a bundle of plunder on his back lea the Jupanese officiul to specify in an emergency Just what shall con- stitule-a crime. so that the unruly may inow when he trensgresses. A short time ago a new holiday, Con- sHluliorn Day, was decreed in Japan, with the idea that the common peaple could go along all together to some aere and hold exercises in glorification the event which made Japan. nom- tele a free government. But the rest. fess "politicians af Tokio, ever on the riert to stir up trouble, planned & mon- Ster mass meeling in Hibiya Park to proves! against the alarming increase in taxation, instead of to give banzais for the constitution, The police nuthorities remembered the three days of street fighting that fol- lawed the announcement of the Ports. mouth pence treaty in the fall of ssi On that occasion all the uproar wa started hy the barring of the gates 10 Hibiya Park by police order, and with. in three hours the house of the Home Minister. across the street. was burned, and pooplé were being cut down in the brond avenue facing the park by the swords of the mounted gendarmes. With all these circumstances in mind the police authorities posted the follow- ing nolice in prominent places about the city on the day that the mass meet- ing was lo be : No arms shall be carrie] by who altend the meeting. No kerosene oi] or matches shall be carried, No electric car shall be burnt. The Diet buildings shall net be de strayed by fire. No members of the Diet who -- ed the tax Increase bills shall be as saulted. ' those Happily the police prohibitians speci- fying whal should constilute somethin Jnore than a nuisance had their effect 'lol. 'There was no rio MAY BE OLDEST OF TEMPLES. Building Unoarthed in Babytonin Con- tains Bricks of 4500 B. C The oldest temple in the world. so fa" discovered, has been unearthed hy excavalors al Bisyn, in eentral Baby- lenia The walls of the tower were first un- covered and the summit cleared. The first inscription on the surfuce was on a brick stamped with the name Dungi, which goes hack to 2750 B.C, A fittle lcewer appefred ao crumpled piece of cold with the name Param Sim. whe lived in 3750 BL ©. large square bricks Jpecubar to the reign of Sargon. 3800 BL €. and wha was probably the first Semitic King of Babylon! A ner platform was discovered two and a half vards below the surface which was constructed of pecullar con- ex bricks such os were used in build- ing material 4500 B. C, FILLING. Seedy Willle {to bar-keeper}--"Your refusal, sir, to trust me to a palir y drink of whiskey fills me with astonish- sir; you can ignation, and with whiskey you will have to pay ash." F PROGRESS " SCIENGE NOTABLE. ACHIVEMENTS DURING THE PAST YEAR. Mostly Along Practical" 'Lines--Engit- eering, Physics, Photography, Chemistry. There bas been little sensational to mark the progress of the Jest store months. of is been chiefly directed towards orisdiie. or, rather, to the fractical utilizution of instruments al- ready design Thus, considerable interest has al- lached to Dr. Schlick's successful de- nronstration of action - a gyroscope on the rolling of 9 ship t sea; to Mr. Brannan's working mod- { a mono-ruilway; which owes the slabilily atlained mm the oars to the pre- sence of two amt revolving in oppusile directions; and t the success- fv! installation by "Ma rooni of a trans- Atlantic wireless telegraphy "pperetus- Among other nolab!e mstances of plicd science ure achievements such as the wireless telephone, the new instiru- ment for transmitting pictures and pho: oyraphs by eeded in reduce ing the ume, record of trans Atlanito travel. a REVOLUTIONARY DISCOV ERIES. the experiments of Sir William Ramsay on radium phe nomena und his expressed belief that he has succeedal in accomplishing the np a of elements have fascin- aled t ho are a is lorge amount of radium salt ut Vienna being awaited with very greut 1 be remembered that among other claims, Sir Wilham Ramsay be Leves that he has sucereded in degrad- ing the copper in a salulian Of copper sulphale into the first member of its group. lithium, amd ols: into sodunn be subjecting it to the influence of ra- dium sisal bY lestion 'of atomic disintegra- {on is ecoieiig freater attenucn year by year, and the resullstebtvined from a muss of laborious research are of very great theoreticn! importance. A number of workers even urge that such wellastablished doctrines as the inde- siructubility of matter and of energy sldild Le definitely abandoned. BACTERIOLOGY, The bacteriologists can claim, the heartiest recognition for their valuable work in Malta, The abandonment cf Gouls' milk as on article of diet by all Eurapeans has entirely cilminated Mallese fever, ond made the ishind one VuUVvVVVVY ON THE FA) ed PUVVeP weve" TEST y OUR -SEED. seeds, and if they ¢ so, don't buy. Also don't grambie at the price' of -- One of the simplest and best methods of testing the germinuting power of , is as ws: Secure a plece of blotting paper, or flanne] cloth. mois- counted number, say 100, of the between the folds. Put the blotler or' cloth on a plate, and cover with an- other inverled plate, and place in @ 0 to 28 or 30, dayé depend- a likely fo be from 10 to 15 per cent. low' er than by the foregoing plan. The chth or bltler plan i& simple, can be carried on during the cold wep ther, and before the busy season op As to the germinating power of go eecd, it should not be lower than both 60 per cent., for leading grain cro The United States Department of hart, culture places the slandard of germin-! alion for clean seed, harvested and served under favorable conditions, and. nol over one year old, for a number «ct vegetables und grains, as ee cent.; beets, (Nuit amd sugar) 87; cur cumber, 87; 'Jeltuce, 85; musk melion, 87 y 38 inl £ 08; pumpkin, 87; radish, 90; spinach, 84, squas*, &7; fomatoes, 85; turnips, ™. and walter melons, 87 per cent. Thesa fimures are based upon results secured ina sun testing apparatus, where the condiuicns of moisture and temperature could be controlled. Under ordinary methods the percentage oblatned might not run ss high, bul would run suffi- cently near if to give a good idea of the vilolity of the sec. Testing your seed is advisable. whe ther you buy your séed or grow it your. self. Uniess* the germinaling power of he ; s known, it is impossible 16 a how eruch seed to suw to the acre, is fo [wll back upen over a year oid, the testing process 18 necessary Some recent French tests have shown that two year old carrot sced gives hess ealy plants, and more highly colored rools {han fresh seed. With pumpkins, squashes, melons and pherkins ed twe and three years ald, proved inost of the healthiest und most popular sta- tiens in the Mediterranean. More evi- denve has been brought to show that the rat Hea is responsible for the dis semination of plague in India; know- ledge has been accumulated on skeping sickness; advance has been made in its early dingnosis. and experiments are being conducted in the hopes of diseav- ering a remedy. Antimony is one of the latest drugs thal have been employed, been shown thal typhoid bu i may remain dermant for several years in a person who has sufferei {rom the disease. and an ¢ nic may thus be started by an individual whe has apparently long teen cured. Anti-typhoid inocuiauon ts being widely practised in) Germafiy, BOTANY, Relanists report the discovery of on new natural order of flowering plants the Julaniacac, which was detennined by Mr. Hensley, of the Kew Herbarium. Professor Bottomley has succeeded in inaculnting tomatoes and certain cere. ns with nltrogenizing bacteria similar © tMse of legumineus plants, and has thas discavered a fresh means of a ding nitrogen to the soil. It may well be that this discovery will prove os important as that of the three-fold sys- <™ in ogriculture. Improvements «{ impertance have been made by liwhrid- Ization in the suger cane and in wheat. PHYSICS, Physicists and chemisis have Lltle "f popular interest lo record beyond the work done by Sir Willlain Ramsay and others on radium phenomena; From A practical standpuint. however, there bes been valuable research done on the clusticity of iron. on varus new experimental aloys, ou the strength of metals at varying temperatures. and 50 forth, Dr.*Emil Fischer hes ue sised a fresh number of proteins, a new doctrine of valency has ees Suggested. There have been further speculations on the constitution of the her. - The earthquakes in Jamaica, Mexico. Turkestan and Calabria have added new h enables a mium (ultra vielel) spark. pears. muhe it possible to act rl ph of objec to paten vent made bv Professors Fister and Zeilel that radium emana- tion is present ino the fire dainp of mine, in a roportion about six ta eight limes that which {fs found in the ordinary alr of conl mines will prove ef interest, es, ecially if ft ts confirmed hy sithsequent observers. In that case, gold-teaf electraseape would be come 'a part of the ordinary equipment ofa mine, and would at once reveal the presence of danger. NEW APPRIANCE Scientific appliances sre so import ant fe the advancement of science et no apology is necessary for Ing the vessels of hotiere, and of fused silicia tha bec oe in Great Britain during the last vea The Piodiati and iridium flasks re- Sist high lemperalures. and the action of acids. while fused siliela ts a valu- able substitute for glass under similar conditions. It may be healed while hot and plunged into water without crack- ing or being otherwise injure], THE METHOD. "He loves me" or "He hones ae nol," The question great to The maiden takes a daisy fair And amputates each petal Perhaps her mind is set at rest And {s no lenger hazy But ao!) observers will agree It's tough upon the daisy, oblain ex. | oe salisfactory." In a general way, there . it muy be slated that while fresh | seed gives the best results, there are some exceplions, more particularity in | the case of veyetables, Generally speak- ing, it may be stated that fresh seed should be . When it is desired to produce rn wilh a strong leaf rowth, while for plants which it La: desired should head or fruil well, like cabbage, molon, cucumber, etc.. it is preferable fo use two or three years cl ls TREATMENT FOR SMUT. The only way that smut can be era- dicalod. or lessened. in the grain crop, is to treal the seed before sowing. The two treatments most generally in use for this purpose are the formalin and bluestone methods, ¢ fonner is gre dualiy replacing the latler method. For smul in cats put four onnces of, formatin into 12 gallons of walter. Put c oats ina pile ond sprinkle the )jiqu over thein. turning the grain so tha all are well welled; let the oats ile fos no short time. and then spread out to dry, This quantity of Muid should pe sufficient for treating 25 bushels of seed, This treatment is simple and very elfec- live. Core should be taken sll the grain is thoroughly by the solution, and that the seed ig well dried aflerwa Some recent to-ls made by Prof, Stutf, of the Central io gong te would indicate that form furmaldehyde sclullon, should not ba, repared untii just before if is to be' used. Ho the selutien jis made and ex- pased to the air for severul dave the water In the solution evaporsles much meré quickly the formaldehyde, thus Jenving It stronger thon Intended, and more liable to injure the grain, treatment, beside the blue stone, is the hel weler Lrealment. But this is more difficult to manage. en- tails more labor, and is hardiy as ef. fective as the others. The formalin treatment Is mew considered the simp- lest, and ben reliable, and can be y farmer with tittle aim. culty. Where smut is b seed should be sown without being ms and, to be an the safe side, all seets should be so treated, a MLUTIPLIED. First Man--What a blessing clildecn ! has to Second Man 'enthusiastically) Aren't they! Now that my wife twe to look afler, she hus no lime play the plane. * IF. this world would be, my brothers, rich Woukb wish to live on praiits which Were, justly earned by others. How fai r BIG CONTRACT. "IH Smithers undertakes to pal! my ears," said a fellow at a street corner, "hell have his hands full.' The crowd looked at the man's care and smiled ------___ NO CHANGE, Patience --"That Jong-hatred man yn thie {amends - piano started Ji as poo H Patrieo--"Well he's that yet." A faithful servant head grown old ig the serviceofa railway cemanny. and al last became too fechic to work. The general manager was asked if the pany --_ Lt do a Ng for him, 3 he was very poo How long, has he been with us?' the official inquired, "Over forly years." "Always did his duly " "Never missed a day " eay he is very old and toler" The chances are that he will over joave his bed again." "H'm! Poor fel- }ow! We must do something for iim, lit give him a free poss fer life over "Yes, len and fold legether, afier placing a seed * onion. 30; parsley, 70; parsnip, 70; peas, ~ Comes. all the campany"s railway system," + dl pwww