The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-27

telling the parents that there is no
cause for it! Very likely there is
nothing the matter with-her;- but why
does she cough?"
THAT was exactly what her mother
said to me-"
There you are; and mamma was
quite right; there must be some cause
for it. We may not be able to lay our
finger upon it, for we must examine
and understand our patients thor
oughly very often before we can make
out their ailments, and then one finds
the mischief, because, you see, we are
expected to discover it."
"But suppose there really Is moth
ing"
Nonsense! There always is. But
even if there were not, we are equally
bound to find it; for if you tell these
anxious people, 4 can discover moth
ing wrong they will naturally put it
down to your ignorance, and send for
somebody else who has knowledge
enough of human nature or sufficient
savoir faire not to be embarrassed
with so small difficulty. Now, do
you see my meaning?"
Theoretically there is nothing,
practically there is"
"You may put it so, if so it please
you. But assured you that there is
and there is your vigilance and
punctllious exactitude notwithstand-
ing-a little convenient difference in
resonance. The mamma heard the
remark, as intended her to do; she
had not the remotest idea what it
meant-why should she have?-but
she is perfectly happy now that the
cause of her darling's cough has been
discovered, because she thinks, the
cause being known, the cure will fol-
low. The more unintelligible the ex-
PLANTATION, the more convinced is she
of it's correctness One may remedy,
you know, a difference in resonance;
but how can you pretend to cure per-
son whom you persistently declare to
have nothing the matter with herr"
l began to understand.
''Now," continued this consummate
reader of soclety's intelligence, II adj
NIT that this is not science"
'Nor what the schools and our
academical training teach u.s." haz-
arded I.
''Quite so, my dear fellow; but &C
cept for once the tuition of man who
has not altogether failed in his pro-
fession. What I have taken the
trouble to demonstrate to you gratis is
a good working rule-smelling
little, perhaps, so to speak, of the
shop or of legal tape-but if our
patrons are satisfied, our patients
made happy. our regulations adj
vanced, can we wisely permit so triv-
ial matter as departure from slavish
adherence to what is miscalled prin-
ciple to stand between us and SUGGEST"
"Well." admitted I. little sadly,
perhaps you are right"
''Of course l am, my dear young
friend. am cynic, but / succeed
have been, for instance, beseeched
to meet you here to-day. And now for
treatment"
A little delicate counter-irritation
was suggested and agreed on; then
the fashionable physician stepped into
his elegant turnout before the door of
Mount Aureo, amid the profuse thanks
of Mrs. Midas Contango, a hundred
guineas richer FOR his half-hours
visit. AS he shook hands with me- on
throwing himself back among the
cushions of his brougham, the famous
expert smilingly whispered: you
are too modest. my ingenious young
friend; you have already the science
of medicine at your fnger-ends; why
not acquire the art also? Adieu!"
One rarely takes part in a consulta-
ton without learning something; but
never obtained such valuable practi-
cal knowledge from any meeting with
brother professional as l did in that
inglOrious scene in the drawing-room
of Mount Aureo, in which I was so
sadly let down, for time at least, in
the estimation of Mr.. Midas and Miss
Muriel Contango.
Miss Muriel subsequently recovered
her temporarily defective resonance
sufficiently to gladden. the hearts of
her parents by making marriage-at
their cOst-into a noble house. l still
have the pleasure of ranking her
among my patients, but for no organic
or other serious ailment; and 1 have
it on excellent authority that her hus-
band, Viscount Barrenlands, would be
extremely glad at times, when he has
been Unfortunately extravagant with
his unearned increment, if LADY
Muriel's vigor of voice and physique
were both little less robust. Cham
bers' Journal.
fnvostigaJ1On mas SHOWN that terra.
Gotta bricks and blocks best resist the
action OF fire. Next to these as fire.
resisting materials come concretes.
For buildings intended to be fire
proof, the best materials are iron work
encased in terra-cotta, with tile or
brick work in roof and floor.
The psychologists of Norway have
pursued researches into the early pop
ulatlon OF the country as far north as
~ degrees Is minutes. The results
snow a large population in prehistoric
umes. but one not given to agriculture.
NO bronze objects are found, and the |
conclusion is reached that the men of |
the early iron age were the first to |
Affect them. those of the bronze age
never having reached the northern |