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iROYSL RANGER RJLPH;
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He Waif of the Western Prairies,
BY WELDON J. COB&
CHAPTER XIU
INEZ.
The appearance of Darrel Grey at tha
camp of. the Indians was a theme of considerable
wonderment to Hanger Ralph.
To the young scout, however, !t had
resulted most naturally, and ho was
Amazed and delighted at his success in
the imposition he had undertaken.
When he had knocked the savage at
the river Insensible, he had boldly deter*
mined to assume his identity temporarily,
and penetrate to the camp of hi9
enemies.
The venture was a perilous one, but
it seemed as if fata favored its execution.
Darrol had soon donned the apparel of
the unconscious savage, and his warpaint
enabled him to finally present the
appearance of a genuine Modoc warrior.
He had staggered to a spot where several
savages were quarreling over a keg
of liquor, and amid the excitement of
the hour, no one seemed to notice him
particularly.
? J i? il
'Several times ne was aaaressea m me
? Modoc language, but he feigned a maud.
31n drunkenness, and only responded
with a few Incoherent mutterings.
Thus it was that he entered the camp
where Ranger Ralph was a prisoner.
His rescue of the ?cout has already
"been seen by the reader.
So far he was entirely successful In
his movements; but Darrel saw that his
Imposture must sooner or later be discovered.
He did not, therefore, return to the
same band of Indians from whom he had
rescued Ranger Ralph.
Instead, he wandered into the main
encampment and determined to locate,
If possible, the tent in which Inez Tracey
was held a captive.
Ee found that a large number of the
Indians and two of Despard's band had
gone south on the expedition against
the emigrants.
It was when near a large tent that the
sound of familiar tones awakened his
immediate attention.
Instantly he recognized one voice as
belonging to Dyke Despard.
He was addressing his associate Vance,
and he asked:
"Then Danton and the others have
gone?"
- ? TT- urPLA. ?Ill Ai
"lea," repueu v auce. -xucy ?yjw autack
the emigrant train, secure our
share of the booty, meet the others of
the band and come at once to Lone
Canyon.
"Good. Now then, as to onr move'
' aents?"
"Well?*
"We must leave here at once."
"For Lone Canyon?"
"Yes."
"And the girl?"
"Get Trailing Fox to go to the wigwam
lor her."
"Then I will get the horses ready?"
"At the edge of the camp, yes. The
Indians may be suspicious if they ilnd ns
(leaving them, bat the Fox will aid us, as
< lie Is friendly to ua.?
All right"
Darrel withdrew as Vance seemed
About to leave the tent
Be knew that If he acted It must be
At once.
lie burned id ana out among toe wig wams,
and at last paused before one of
them.
It was where an o'd squaw sat before
ft smoldering camp fireGlancing
beyond her Darrtf saw the
form of a woman lying on some buffalo
akin s.
It must be Inez," he murmured, I
> ' wonder if I can pass the old squaw unobserved.
"
The latter was nodding drowsily as he
stepped toward the tent She roused instantly
at his advance.
Immediately Darrel resumed his role
oi drunkenness He had a flask of liquor
in his pocket and this he extended
toward the woman. She seized it
eagerly.
i Darrel muttered some incoherent
? words about Shadow Snake. The squaw
eemed to comprehend that the chief
had sent him to the place, and did not
* attempt to stop him as he walked boldly
Into the tent.
Upon the rude Indian couch lay Inez
Tracey.
Her eyes were wet with tears, her face
palo and alarmed. She started to her
feet with a cry of terror as the pretended
drunken Indian approached her.
"Ugh! pale face come with me!" he
uttered.
She followed him from the place silently,
despairingly.
He led her, not toward the center of
the camp, but through its purlieus, anxious
to reach the open country beyond.
Every nerve thrilled with the intensest
emotion as he realized that the rescue
was nearly assured.
The Indians whom they met paid no
attention to them. Poor Inez, fearing
some new captivity, seemed about to
faint away.
As she walked unsteadily, Darrel approached
her nearer.
"Courage!"
She started at the fervent, unexpected
word.
"Walk straight on," he breathed,
hurriedly. "We are not yet safe."
A half-suppressed cry of joy broke
from the girl's lips.
"Darrel!?Mr. Grey," she cried; "oh!
can we escape?"
"Yes, yes. Follow me faster."
"StOD them!"
The words came from behind them
nH pnncoH Tn07 In o ctorflo/^ nrr
UU VWU0VU lUVU V W U VWi U OkHi VIVU vi J,
Darrel seized her arm and made for a
Hear thicket.
Coming toward them were Despard,
Vajice, and several savages.
"Discovered!" cried Darrel, despairingly.
Instantly he was surrounded.
"What are you doing with that girl9"
demanded Despard. gruffly.
"Ugh! Shadow Snake's orders," grunted
Darrel.
"A lie!" shouted Despard. . "Here!
Where is the Wolf? This man is no Indian.
but a sDy. He stole the Wolf's
Identity, and 13 spiriting the girl away."
Angry, menacing faces confronted tho
young scout. One savage sprang before
him with an uplirted tomahawk.
At a glance Darrel Grey recognizcd
him. It was the Modoc warrior whoso
garb he had stolen at the river a few
hcurs previously.
The young scout wag in & position of
terrlblo poril.
CHAPTER XIXI*
AX THE 8TAJVE.
Iner Tr-cey uttered a frantic, fright*
ened cry as she Raw the tomahawk of
the Indian uplifted ovor the head of tho
disguised Darrol Grey.
The latter, overcome completely with
chagrin and dismay, seemed for the mo;
ment bewildered at the disaster that had
appeared at the time of apparent success.
"Spare him! Do not kill hlml Ho is
my only protoctor?my friondl" she
cried, wildly.
c .Ipe2 endeavored to spring forward
and intercept the blow" of ""the irate
Trailing Wolf, but Despard caught her
roughly.
"Ha! I begin to understand this," ho
muttered, a jealous light coming into
his evil eyes.
'The younpr fellow who ran away with
her, eh?" ejaculated Vance, Despard's
companion. .
' *Yes. Hold'." cricd the outlaw leader
to the savage. "The Wolf shall have his
revenge at the stake?at the torture.
Seize him and bring him to the chief's
tent," ordered Despard.
With a sullen, lowering brow, the In?.t
? T^r* h?a1 V?o A cfnlon
UlilU WUUStJ iUCiillty JL/ailCi uuu ouvivu
cast aside the tomahawk.
At the same mome.nt Darrol Grej
realized his position and recovered from
all his bewilderment
He comprehended that to remain inert,
to impassively fall into the hands of
his foe?, meant certain death amid their
revengeful numbers.
Inez's frantic endeavor to save him
thrilled his very soul with joy and courage
as he recognized her love and devotion.
It inspired him to think beyond the
present A prisoner, he would be helpless
to aid her. Free, he might yet outwit
his foes.
Ho surprised 9avages and renegades
alike by a sudden movement. They adJudged
him a thoroughly baffled and defeated
victim. They were therefore
totally unprepared for the desperate
rush he abruptly made.
"Courage, Inez! you shall yet bo
rescued," he shouted.
Then he sprang forward, overturning
two of the savages and darting straight
In the direction of the horses of the
camp.
The outlaws did not follow him, but
tho group of excited, yelling Indians
started in hot pursuit.
Inez stood clasping her hands In terror.
"Oh! they will capture and kill him."
she cried.
Despard laughed hoarsely.
"Ha! In love, eh?"
She flushed in indignant resentment
at Despard's coarse tones.
"Coward! Assassin!" she breathed, her
eyes flashing abhorrence and a-ersion
upon her dreaded captor.
"There will be one less lover in a few
moments," continued Despard. ' "Girl,
you struggle vainly to escape ray power.
I nave too many friends and allies."
"See here, Captain!"
Vance had touched the outlaw's arm.
"Weii " Inquired Despard.
"We are wasting valuable time here. "
"That's true. Let us move at once.
We can take advantage of tho confusion
to leave the camp."
"Shall I get the horses?"
"Yes; and brine them to the river beyond
the camp. Co ahead; I'll meet you
tliere. 1 ou come wim me. ~
Dyke Despard make no pretense of
gentleness as he seized Inez's arm
roughly. He forced her to accompany
him away from the Modoc camp.
At a thicket near the river he paused
to await the arrival of his accomplice,
Vance. His eyes glowed with the malico
and triumph of a villain as ho noted
Inez's deep distress.
He was angry and jealous at his discovery
of her evident preference for a
rival.
"Girl," he hissed, as ho bent toward
her, "If you are listening for some token
of your lover's escape, abandon the
thought."
Inez was silent and dropped her eyes
to veil their evident expression, of
anxietv for the fate of the man she had
learned to love within the past few
hours.
"He Is doomed," continued the merciless
Despard. "Eves If he eluded capture
for a brief time, ho would soon be
found. Then the stake?the torture."
of. Ma Vi*A.rt.lAAfl wnr<1?
"If you want to be sensible," pursued
Despard, "you will save yourself and
others trouble.. It will be wise for you
if we understand each other perfectly
now."
"I understand yon only too well, miscreant,"
cried Inez.
"Hard words will not help your case
any," replied Despard.
"No name is too hard for your cruel
nature, "f
"You will soon change your tactics,
my girl, if I'm not mistaken," remarked
Despard, menacingly. "You are completely
in my power. In a few moments
wo leave the Indian camp. Do you know
where we are going?"
Inez did not deign to reply.
"I am going to take you to a retreat
ro safe and isolated that no friend will
ever penetrate to it?of which even the
savages are in ignorance. Between it
and civilisation is a safe barrier of savage
hordes, friendly to my designs.
Trusty friends and strong walls of rock
surround me. There you will be my
wiswier?secure, with no hope of escape
There you will be my wife."
"Never!"
Despard l.an>?hed confidently.
"We shall see," he taunted. "Oh, you
will soon tire of playing the indignant
role. Do you hear that?"
Vengeful, triumphant cries from the
direction of the Modoc camp told tha
anxious Inez that her w#it fears were
confirmed.
They seemed to announce that her
brave protector, Darrel Grey, had fallen
a prisoner into the hands of his murderous
foes.
She buried her face in her hands Id
mute anguish, while Despard peered
from the thicket, as two savages, superbly
mounted, dashed by toward the
camp.
A minute later Vance appeared. He
was riding a horse and leading two others.
"Quick! we had better start at once,"
he said.
Inez knew that it was useless to struggle
against her powerful foes, and was
soon in the srddle.
Despard retained hold of the checkrein
of the horse she rode. Vance
kept close to the other side of the steed.
"The camp moves south," remarked
the latter, as they proceeded on their
way.
"When?"
"At once. Two messengers from
Shadow Snake just arrived after them."
"And the protondod Indian?tho lover
Of this girl nero?" quorlod DespartL
"Ho Is captured, and the Modoos will
celebrate their departure from the camp
by burning a victim rt tho stake."
A hollow moan Issuod from Inos Tracoy'B
lips. She rode on, hor hoad burled
on her breast, her mind agonlzod as sho
ploturod the sufferings of her bravo rescuer.
Tho heartless Vanoe had Indeed told
the truth when no affirmed that Darrol
Grey was again a prisoner of tho Modocs.
When the young scout had dashed
away from his savage fooB, he hurried
toward the horses. He felt assured If
he reached there ho could secure a stoo J
and escape.
Tho warning cries of his pursuers,
however, attracted the attention of others
In tho camp.
The Modocs came rushing from every
direction, and he was finally hommed in
on all sides. He made a desperate resistance,
but was overpowered.
Tho triumphant savages bore him toward
the very spot where the ranger had
recently been a prisoner.
With mocking words they tore his disguise
from him and secured him to a
tree.
Just then there was a sudden commotion.
As Vance had stated to Despard,
the couriers from Shadow Snake had arrived.
Soon the camp became a scene of
bustle an^excitement - - ? - .
i 9
Darrel observed that a change of camp
was meditated. He also learned that
this fact would only precipitate his
doom at the hands of his enemies. One
of them approachcd him finally.
"Paleface try to make Indian out of
self," he muttered. "Ugh! Great Modocl
We see.if paleface die like Modoc. "
It was only when the last preparations
to leave the camp had been made that
full attention was bestowed on the captive.
Some of the savages were already
leaving the spot. Several of them, however,
held a brief consultation near the
smoldering camp fire.
Finally they seemed to have decided
on his fate. The young scout paled, but
betrayed no fear as he saw them gather
wood and pile it about the tree where he
was. They redoubled his bonds, with
stout thongs that would not burn easily.
The wood and branches were piled
Mcrh n.Hnnf. Mm. t.h? snvnerna ntterftd
?-I
wild, revengeful cries, and then a blazing
faggot was placed under his feet.
A dense volume of smoke choked and
blinded Darrel, and he closed his eyes
despairingly. He was menaced with a
horrible, lingering death.
The savages left the spot and hastenod
after their departing comrades.
The last to leave,.glancing back at the
burning pile at the tree, uttered a fierce
yell of savage delight as he saw the
flames encircle the form of the devoted
young scout.
JTO BE CONTINUED.].
TEMPERANCE.
A PATHETIC APPEAL.
A pathetic appeal has been made to Massachusetts
by Prince Momolu Massaquai. the
future King of Vei, Liberia, to not send any
more rum to his country. He made the long
journey for this purpose ; and, be it said to
the disgrace of the TTnited States, he returns
feeling his object has failed, for the rum
traders' power at Boston proved stronger
than the philanthropists.?The PreBbyterian.
THE ONLT TBUE DEFINITION.
T'V. ? 1_11_ tV.l * (a
x ijo uiuuuuar/ ions us iuai icuipoinuuo 10
total abstinence from all bad things and
moderation in all good things. Experience,
science, and common sense tell us that alcoholic
drinks are bad without one redeeming
quality. And the mighty army of total abstainers
of all the great temperance organizations
and churches have acoepted the
definition as the only true one to adopt.?
National Temperance?Advocate.
"TEMPERATE" DBiyKERS.
Temperate drinkers claim great merl{ for
their practice?great merit in It to serve the
cause of temoerance. Nevertheless, at the
hazard of ruffling their self-complacency, I
must tell them that they are more injurious
than drunkards themselves to the cause of
temperance. ^hy, our half million of
drunkards are our half million strongest arguments
for the necessity of total abstinance
! It is because so many who drink intoxicating
liquor escape drunkenness that
so many are emboldened to drink it.?Gerritt
Smith.
DEUKB FOB TWO 7EABS.
A terrible story was told on Tuesday week
at an inquest on a Hackney stoker named
James. "His wife is in an asylum. The landlady
said he would get up early in the moving
and wait for the public houses to open.
He nearly always went to work drunk. For
two years he had hardly been sober for a
single day. Medical evidence showed that
death was due to delirium tremens,following
a dislocation of the ankle, caused by a fall.
A verdict ot accidental death was returned,
the foreman declaring that the man had evidently
killed himself with drink, t-Scottish
Reformer._
FOB YOUNO ATHLETES.
At a recent meeting in Montreal, Miss
Franola E. Willard said: "I was reading in
the paper about a young man of twenty-.wo
who oould go a mile on his bicycle in one
minute and fifty-six seconds, and I read an
interview with him. The newspaper man
said to him, 'What suggestion have you for
young men for training r The answer was
'Tell them never to touch intoxicating
liquors, never to touch tobacco, to take eight
hours sleep in every twenty-four hours, to.
live simply.' If I had given the same answer
to this question, they would have said,
'Much she knows about it.' I am glad the
young bicyclist answered as he did; the
splendid advance in athletics is due to total
abstinence on the part of many, and this
well known fact has won more victories for
us than all the teetotallers ever assembled on
a platform." "
THE SHUBCH AND THE LIQTJOB TRAFFIC.
A church silent on the question of temperance
discredits itself as much as a church
adanf <in th? mipsHnn fif dlahonestv.?Josenh
Cook.
I have Httle hope for the triumph of the
temperance cause until a large proportion
of the clereymen and of the professing
Christians of this land rise up to the duties of
the occasion and speak words that shall
touch the hearts of the people, and live
lives thnt shall blossom into fruit.?Hon.
Henry Wilson. ,
If we could only close all the publicj
houses the forces of true religion would be[
In the ascendant everywhere.?Rev. Hugh'
Price Hushes. 1
It is the function of the church to strike
the sturdiest blows it is capable of at a,
municipal administration whose supreme
mission it is to protect, foster and propagate
alcoholism.? Rev. Chas. Parkhurst.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND N0TE3.
A Pittsburg dispenser of alcoholic beverages
advertises his establishment as "Thirst
Parlors."
"The Hell Gate" is the name over the
door of an up-town saloon on Third avenue,
New York City.
The Lewiston (Me.) Journal says: "We
are learning that when the devil takes a nap
he leaves one of his Imps at a decanter."
Neither the Norwegian nor Gothenburg
systems include beer in their regulations.
The effort to do so would result in failure.
' By drink, and the disease caused by drink,
more persons die in one year than die from
railway disasters and shipping calamities in
Qfty years.?Aroh deacon F. W. Farrar.
At the German Catholic Congress at Louisville,
Ky., resolutions were adopted denouncing
''treating" as conducive to intemperance,
saying the custom is almost unknown
in Germany.
The boatmen, porters and water-carriers
in Constantinople are famous for being the
3trongest and finest set of men. physically.
In all Europe. They never drink any kind
of intoxicating liquor.
Any one found in the streets of Russia in
an inebriate state is imprisoned, and when
sober Js ordered to sweep the streets ior a
day. "Well dressed men may be seen sometimes
fulfiling this menial office.
8ome of the domestic evils of drunkenness
are houses without windows, gardens without
fences, fields without tillage, barns
without roofs, children without clothincr,
principles, morals or manners.?Benjamin
I Franklin.
General Mellinet, oI the French Army,
who lately died at the age of ainety-flvo
years, had throughout his life abstained
from stimulants of all kinds, and did not
know even the taste of wine. To the last he
was healthy and vigorous.
According to the report of Internal Ravpnue
Commissioner Miller for the year 1892,
the patrons of saloons in the United States
paid ?G09,000,000 for whisky and 6617.253,460
for beer, a total of S1.22C.259,460; the
interest of which for one minute at six per
cent, per annum is $8515.63.
The Northwest Indian Conference of tho
M. E. Church declare ! "uncompromising
hostility to tho liquor power in any and
every form," and unreservedly condemned
tbe club house systwn in which liquors are
used or sold, as the first gilded step of many
a young man to a life of shame.
A real apostle of temperance, whose efforts
have done much to advance the Rood
cause, is Rt. Rev. Jeremiah O'Suiiivan,
Bishop of Mobile. As a curate and a pastor
Bishop O'Suiiivan was notel for his zs.U and
ardor in flghtinf this great evil, and as a
bishop he makes his influence felt in every
part of his diocese.
Great indignation prevailed among tho
women when it was found that the exhibit of
a brewing company had been placed in the
Woman's Building at the Indiana State Fair.
A petition for its removal signed by numbers
of the W. C. T. U. and other women
was presented to the Fair Board, who ordered
its removal, but an injunction was
obtained by the brewing company and the
exhibit remained.
''
DIPHTHERIA CURE.
WONDERFUL NEW REMEDY FOR
A TERRIBLE DISEASE.
Dr. Roux, the French Savant, Tells
How the Serum of the Blood of
Horses Has Saved Thousands
of Human Lives in France.
IN a comfortable laboratory, flooded
with sunshine, in the Pasteur
Institute, in Paris, a New York
World correspondent found Dr.
Roux, who is the hero of the hour
from the fact that he has discovered
a cure for diphtheria.
His dark, Berious face lighted tip
with a winning smile as the correspondent
saluted him as "the man who
is saving 30,000 lives a year in France
alone."
"Pardon," he said, quickly, "you
exaggerate. It is true that diphtheria
and croup claim more than 30,000
victims every year in this country. It
is also true that out of 118 children
whom I have recently treated for one
or the other of those terrible maladies
f w
DRAWING BLOOD FROM TH]
I have saved 116. That is, we think, ]
a very pretty reduction of the mortal- :
ity from the old rates." <
"It is so wonderful that the mothers :
of France ought to build you a monu- :
ment of gold."
The smile swept over the dark face
again. "Yet we are only on the 1
threshliold of success. At the Trosseau
Hospital, where the mortality among i
the children used to be sixty-three
per cent.?think of it, monsieur, sixty
three per cent.?it has been reduced
Bince the introduction of our treatment
of diphtheria and croup to twenty-four
per cent.
"At the Hospital of the Enfants i
Malades," continued the doctor, :
"where I have been experimenting i
with my?shall I call it my discov- ]
ery??for three years, the average
mortality has been lowered from eleven :
to one per cent. This is a good oon- ;
Brmation of the valne of onr remedy." i
The young savant's face was now 1
aglow with enthusiasm. Here was a ;
man who took as much pride in saving j
life as successful generals take in de- i
Btroying it. ]
The World correspondent asked Dr. 1
Roux to tell how he came upon the <
Btonishing and beneficent discovery.
"Tell how it is that you, pupil of the 1
great Pasteur, have gone ahead of i
your master. If I were he I could find
it in my heart to be jealous of you!" <
The Doctor held up his hand with '
the mock Parisian gesture of dissent <
"Pasteur could not be jealous. He is <
too grandly simple for that. He re- 1
joices in the success of his pupils as <
much as in his own. And he enjoys i
his own solely because it is of benefit 1
to humanity. Besides, we owe all that <
we have and are to him. It is by fol- 1
lowing his methods that we have at 1
last come upon a new truth, which l
certainly will save great numbers of 1
lives. In America diphtheria is a 1
great scourge, I have heard. Well, i
the serum treatment cannot fail to be <
of immense advantage there.",'
"Briefly, what do you claim?" i
"I will repeat substantially wh&t 1 1
said at the Medical Congress at Buda- i
pest the other day. My co-workers, i
MM. Martin and Cliaillou, and I, main- ^
tain, after a series of careful experi- i
ments extending through tbi'ee years, i
that by the use of the serum separated
from the blood of horses which i
have been previously vaccinated i
against diphtheria we have succeeded i
in lowering in such large proportion
the mortality of children attacked by 3
diphtheria or croup, that the malady i
may be considered conquered. We c
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TS I ^ "
JXOCrLATTNM AN INFANT DITHTTIE
are beyond preadventure now. But 1
what we wish specially to do is to im- i
press upon the minds of mothers j 1
everywhere the need of flying at once \
to the remedy, the moment the diph- i
theria declares itself. Otherwise we
Bhall continue to have such discour- i
aging results as at the Trousseau Hos- (
pital. t
"This is what should be done," he 1
went on. "'When a child complains 1
of a sore throat an examination should (
be instantly made. If tho mucous '
surface shows little white spots scat- t
tered over it a physician should be <
called without delay. The white spots a
may be indications of a simpVe qui*zy, ?
or they may be the first symptoms of
croup.
"In either case, the physician
should at once give the child a suben
taneous injection of the anti-diphtheric
serum. If the attack is one of
quinzy simply, the remedy will do no
harm. If it is diphtheria, the serum
will infallibly effect a care."
"Infallibly?"
"I have just told you that the statistics
at the Hospital of the Enfants
Malades show that since the use of the
serum in diphtheria cases where there
iB no complication with other maladies,
the average of mortality has been
lowered from eleven to one per cent.
Contrast this with nearly seventy per
cent, of mortality where the old-fashioned
treatment alone is used."
Dr. Roux is deeply in earnest.
"Give ns just the chanoe that we ought
to have?fair play against the disease,"
he says, "and we will conquer
it every time."
The correspondent remarked that
diphtheria is a disease about which
every mother has a different theory.
"There are many vulgar errors concerning
it," said the Doctor. "Nine
times out of ten diphtheria does not
E JTJGUIiAE OF A HOBSE.
kill, as is generally supposed by suffocation.
The false membranes which
develop at the back of the throat
rarely cause total obstruction of the
respiratory canal,'and even if they did,
tracheotomy could gave the patent.
"But the diphtheritic microbe,
which swarms on these false membranes,
secretes a poison that, sooner
or later, according to the virulence of
the attack, must contaminate the
blood. My pupil Yersin and I claim
to have been the first to discover this
'toxine,' and to have proved that diphkfioi-ia
no+ionfa frnm nmnnrnnc
iNow, the subBOutaneous injection
of the bnti-diphtheritio serum confers
immediate immunity, but acts as
an antidote only at the end of several
hours, so that if the ravages of the
'toxine' are too far advanced (and this
is pretty generally the oase among
poor children here when the family
doctor says that the attaok has become
bo serious for him and that the patient
must go to the hospital), the remedy
is given in vain. Neither must it be
supposed that the serum has any
power to cure other diseases which
the sufferer may have concurrently
?vith diphtheria."
"How did you happen to hit upon
the serum of the blood of the horse as
i remedy for diphtheria?"
"We never oome upon anything by
:hance, here," answered Dr. Rons.
"Everything is the result of patient,
aven wearisome research. I first bejame
connected with Pasteur when he
vas experimenting with a view to the
iiscovery of the anti-hydrophobic
vaccine. Naturally we experimented
lpon all kinds of animals, and I came
:>n some facts about the horse which
ed me later to choose that animal as
;he one for the anti-diphtheria experinents.
Then came the moment of
;hose terrible first experiments upon
mman beings with Pasteur's new
vaccine matter. The good old savant,
mgrossed iu his researches, had omitted
to put himself right with the local
'acuity of medicine in the matter of
lis grades, and he was forbidden tc
indertake the vaccination of persons
;vho had been bitten by mad dogs
without the assistance of a doctor who
irould assume the responsibility for
:he operations."
"Did you feel any trepidation when
pou undertook the task and supervised
and made yourself responsible
:or the first vaccinations?"
"I never had a moment's hesitation,
ior an instant's doubt. And the tri
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lessfully grappling with hydrophobia
RIA PATIENT "WITH THE SERTM.
jy vaccination was a proof to my
wind that the other victories now at
land could be achieved."
"And how do you obtain the se um?"
"Well, we will now return to our
'riend, the horse. The great number
)f experiments made in our laboratory
ihowed that of all animals capable of
urnishing anti-diphtheritic serum in
arge quantities the horse was the easiest
to vaccinate. He supports the
toxine' much better than the dog or
:han ruminating animals. Nothing is
?asier than to draw from the jugular
rein of a horse, as often as one wishes, 1
jreat quantities of pure blood fiom 1
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which a perfectly limpid serum separates.
"
"And is the horse sacrificed?"
"Not at all. The operators of the
Pasteur Institute have horses from the
DR. B0UX.
jugulars of which they have drawn
blood more than twenty time3, and
the vein remains as supple as at the
1 first 'drawing.' The animals used for
this purpopee are nearly all young
horses, sound and with excellent appetites.
They are bled once a month,
and at each operation a little more
than four quarts of blood* capable of
furnishing half that quantity of serum,
is taken frcm them."
"Is there any cruelty in the operation
?"
"No. The bleeding causes no pain,
and the animal is not much enfeebled
if the specified quantities are not exceeded.
There is a 'but'?" and here
the doctor paused.
"Some drawback, do you mean?"
"The drawback of expense is the
only one. I was about to say?'But'
if we are to be expected to cure all the
cases of diphtheria and croup in Paris,
we shall need a smart cavalry brigade.
J.UU bee, XI; ic^uuca ucaiij doycueights
of a pint of semm to enre the
cronp. The preparation of serum is
costly, and our hospitals for children
would find the new cure a tremendous
drain upon their resources were it not
for the publio subscription which the
Figaro hag started, and which has
already yielded nearly 50,000 francs.
"The money is to be used in providing
sufficient quantities of the serum.
Baron Edmond de Rothschild alone
has given 20,000 francs for this purpose."
"As for the serum," continued Dr.
Eoux, "we have demonstrated that it
will keep for a year if protected from
the light. We hope to show that ito
possible duration is much longer. At
any rate it can soon be had in proper
quantities almost everywhere. No nobler
disposition could be made of
surples money by n millionaire than
to seoure the supply of the precious
fluid whioh will every year save tens
of thousands of young lives."
Extraordinary Facts About Babbits,
A writer says of the rabbits in Australia
that for several years in succession
the animal becomes so scarce as
fn ho nnifa rtiffiftnlfc tn obtain, innrftafl
ing in the next few years to so extraordinary
an extent as to become the
most abundant mammal in the country.
After.the maximum of, increase
has been attained the rabbits commence
to die off, and before many
weeks are over their dead bodies strew
the woods in all directions, while a
live rabbit is scarcely to be met with.
?New York Dispatch.
Hon. Edward Blake.
Hon. Edward Blake, the Irish member
of Parliament, who is lecturing in
this country now, has been traveling
? V
EDWAKDBL^E.
in the South and delighting the people
of that section by his praises of
their climate and their fine mineral
resources.
A Suit Mill.
A? io y\mv in rvrnerreqa
au uuuu01u.j ao uv?? ?_ m.
the great Lincoln mill in Lewiston,
that will interest all Maine and possibly
the entire country. It is the
turning of pure Maine-grown wool
into ten-dollar suits of clothing, custom
made, from your individual
measure. This new industry has been
under advisement for months, but has
been kept quiet. A few concerns in
some parts of the country turn their
products into trousers, but none that
we know of turn the product of a mill
into suits. These will be handled
direct to the retail trade, saving the
profits of commission houses and jobbers.
In this method of doing business
the man who makes the cloth
makes the suits. The mill is one of
the greatest properties of Lewiston.
It has magnificent water-power rights j
and is one of the largest structures in '
\ t 1
tne City.?.LieWlSlOU uuuium,
A Curious Eflect ol Electricity.
In taking down an old building at
Pesth, Hungary, the other day, the
workmen made a curious discovery.
At the iower end of the lightning rod,
which has been affixed to the building
some fifteen years, was found a large
ball of pure iron, firmly attached to
the rod. It was about as big as a
man's head, and as porous as a sponge.
It weighed forty-six pounds. Scientists
think that it was formed by the
action of electricity attracting to the
rod the particles of iron in the clay,
in which the rod terminated.?Picayune.
Napoleon's campaigns made 1,000,000
French women widows and 3,00U,000
children fatherless. ,
A little Crown Prince*
Luis Felipe, the little boy whose
portrait is given here, is Crown Prince'
of Portugal, and will one day be Kingj
?if no revolution intervenes. Hia
mother was the eldest and favorite!
child of the late Count of Paris. She;
is now but twenty-nine years old an<5
is much loved by the subjects of heij
/VZiSki?
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husband, the King of Portngal. Their
union was a love match?an uncommon
thing in royal circles. The King
of Portugal was the Duke of Br&ganza'
when he married Helene, or, to give
her the full name, Amelie Louise
Helen d'Orleans. Luis Felipe wears
iU a a aI 1?a a C "D ?n ma?\ r?A mitt a!*!
mo tine ui JL/uho ui nrn^u
became his when his father took the
throne.
Hints About Children,
Seep the feet of the children dry,
and yon will have less trouble with
coughs and colds. "When a child's ex*
tremities are warmTy and dryly clad,
those children will be found to suffer
but little with throaff and ear troubles*
Ton can still dress them in thin white
if you will cover their legs, arms and
bodies with woolen undergarments.
Never permit the d^dren to sleep
with their arms abov^the head, especially
the baby. It is a very unhealthy
position, and often causes
severe pain and suffering if iong continued.
Try sleeping that yourself
for an hour, and you will find that
it is almost impossible to get your
arms down by your sides, while the
pain and numbness are quite severe.?
Washington Star.
Tallest Military Company In America#
Six feet one and one-half inches t
That is the average height of the
thirty new recruits who are now seeking
admiusion to Company A, First
Regiment, Oregon National Guard.
The company has always been noted
for its tall men, having now in its
ranks twenty whose heights average
five feet eleven and one-half inches.
With the enlistment of these new
giants the ranks of Company A will
be mnoh fuller than those of the average
company, and the average
height of its enlisted men will be six
feet. It will be, it is claimed, thei
tallest company in the. United States.1
?Portland Oregonian.
Extorting a Confession In China. :
The form of torture in China known
as "finger-squeezing" is usually em-'
ployed by magistrates to extort con-1
fessions. The fingers on each handj
of the prisoner are fixed between rods;
so arranged that by pulling a card the
THE SQUEEZING METHOD. Q
fingers are squeezed between them. B
The more the cord is palled the tight- B
er the fingers are squeezed. So dread;
ful is the pain caused by this torture fl
that after a short time almost invar- H
iably the prisoner is willing to confess pj
almost anything his accuser desires. H
Cost of Exporting Cattle. H
The total cost of exporting cattle to H
Oreat Britain from Chicago at present H
is about $22 per head, made up as fol- H
lows: Railroad charges to the sea, H
$3.64; expenses en route from Chicago, H
$1; ropes, buckets, etc., fifteen cents; H
feed for ocean voyage, $3; attendance, H
seventy-five cents; insurance, $1; H
ocean freight, $10.80; salesman's com- Bj
mission, 81.25.?New York World. H
Big Gold Find in Calilornia. SB
Despatches from San Bernardino, M
Cal., say that a big strike has been S
made in the Calice mining district. EH
There is gold in large quantities, and |S
between twenty and thirty claims have H
been staked out. One claim shows ?
gold in twenty places. The ledge runs H
330 to 540, and some as high as S-i30. EK
?New York Sun. H
Ghosts in Hie Barber Shop. ffl
J tbil j? I
5 I
Customer?"I wish you wouldn't H|
9.1 wovk tell sncli frirrhtful stories! it H
makes one's liair stand on end." IBB
Barber?"Exactly! That's the idea, MB
for then I can cut your hair better." BB
?Fliegende Blaetter. SB
The land of Mexico is held in feudal BE
tenure by about 7000 families. Patents
are issued to all who ask for them
and the Government leaves the ques- BB
tion of priority to be fought out in
the courts. j$fl