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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-30

l hur sday Ribbons Baby Ribbon, all colors, 1c No 40 Taffeta Silk Ribbon, all shades, 111kc HOSIERY. At 5c, Children's Heavy Ribbed Hose, all sizes, 5c Ladies' 1Oc Seamless Fast Black Hose, 5c At 10c, Mems Silk Striped Hose, large assortment of colors in fine
 gauge and lace, 1Oc Ladies' Lace Hose, from 2Oc, 1Oc TOILET ARTICLES. Pure Castle Soap per cake, 21sc Borated Talcum, value 10c, Sc Triple Extract Perfume, all odOrs,
 per ounce, 1Oc Large bottle Double Distilled Bay Rum, 1Oc Mennen's Talcum, from 25c, 17c LaBlache Face Powder, from soc, 39c BOYS WAISTS. Boys Mothers Friend' Blouse and Pleated Waists in light and dark colors, 21c Boys Overalls, 21c
 LADIES' UNDERWEAR. Ladies Fine Jersey Ribbed Vests, lace trimmed, 7c Ladies' Fine Jersey Umbrella Drawers, lace trimmed. 19c MEMS UNDERWEAR. Men>s Blue Balbriggan Under wear, from 25c, 19c Mems Black soc Underwear, all sizes, 25c Mems Elastic Seam Jean Drawers, 45c Mems soc Balbriggan Underwear, 39c
 MUSIN UNDERWEAR. Ladies' Plain Muslin Corset Cov- CTS, Sc Ladies' Lace Trimmed Corset Gov CTS, 121ac Ladies Hamburg Trimmed 25c
 Marguerite Corset Covers, 14c
 DRAWERS. Ladies' Tucked Trimmed Drawers. from 25c, 14c Ladies' Lace and Insertion Trim med Umbrella Drawers, open or closed, from 39c 25c
 GOWNS. Ladies' Lace and Tucked Trimmed Empire Gowns, from soc, 39c Ladies' Hamburg and Lace Trim med Empire Gowns, from 75c, 47c
 SKIRTS. Ladies' Hamburg Trimmed Short Skirts, 29c Ladies' Lace and Tucked Trimmed Long Skirts, 49c Ladies' $1.00 Lace and Insertion Trimmed Skirts, deep fiounce, special, 6ac Ladies' $15O Lace and Hamburg Skirts, deep f1ounce, rows wide lace insertion, fro mS15O, 9Sc
 
 CoRsETs. Ladies' Summer Corsets, T9c Ladies 50c Girdle Corsets, 37c Ladies' French Model Straight Front Corsets, 75c goods, Arc w. B. and Memo Corsets, 59c
 GLOVES. Ladies Jersey Gloves, black only, 1Oc Ladies' Lace Gloves, also plain lisle, from 25c, 19c
 LACES. yalenciennes Lace, from 25c doen yards, 12c Handsome Balloons i'll zig gag, wreath and wide edges, from 10c, 5c Torchon aces, from DC, per yard, 1c
 SHETLAND SHAWLS Ladies' Hand Made Shetland Shawls, from $2.00, S1.39
 SHOE DEPARTMENT. Mems Satin Calf and Grain Shoes, from $1.50, $1.19 Misses Fine Kid Shoes patent tip, yellow stitch, from $1.50, $1.19 Ladies' Kid Ofords and Patent and Kid Strap Sandals, buckle trimmed, from $1.00, 69c Boys Satin Calf Shoes, sizes 91a to 1872, $1.00 value, 69c Misses Fine Kid Shoes, patent tip, all sizes, 69c Children's Kid Shoes, patent tip, o;UaS fn A1h 4EC
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-30
The Miller &PeCkCO JULY Clearing Sale.
 Fine White Goods

At 29c, 9 pieces Striped English Ma dras, Leno Dimities, Striped Piques, Mercerized Madras and Cheviots, Leno Piques, Openwork Lawns, were 39c to 50c At 15c, Black and White Mercerized Satin Stripe Brilliant Lawns, from 25c.
 At 15c, Plain Black Mercerized satine, from 25c. At 15c, 5 pieces White Warp Welt Pi- que, from 25c. At 121ac, 15 pieces Striped Openwork Lawns Dimities, Madras and Chew iots, were 15c to Ire. At 10c, Black, White and Colored Plain and Leno India Linons, were 121ac. At S1ac, 32-inch Scotch Madras 36- inch Printed Corded Madras, 36.inch French Percales, were 121ac to 20c At 81ac, 10 pieces White Welt Pique, from 10c. At Sc, 1000 yards Remnants of Fine Nainsooks, Checks and Striped Lawns, were Sc.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-14
WIT AND WISDOM IN BOOKS

Selfshness in public life is a crime
against ones highest ambitions.-The
Conqueror.
Women love the lie that saves their
pride, but never an unfattering truth.
The Conqueror.
1t is as easy to escape from death as
from a woman when once she's after
you.-Twenty-six and One.
If the sentence: "Thy desire shall be
unto him." was laid on Eve as curse
yet her daughters have found their
deepest happiness therein.-The Wind
ing Road.
The patron saint of bachelor girls
is saint of eXpedients. He has to
be. He couldn't hold down his job or
his halo if he were not.-The Misde-
meanors of Nancy.
While with mathematical accuracy
two and two always make four. by
adding a certain amount of personal
ity. the result will nearly equal five
The College Student.
De meanin' of courage an common
sense must be understood. Many a
man have died from havin' too much
bravery, but common sense never
killed nobody.-The Black Cat Club.
If the ladies whom gallant gentle
men delight to serve could guess what
scant touchstOnes Of worth these same
gentlemen sometimes carry into the
adored presence. many handsome
head would be carried with less as
surance.-The Valley of Decision.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-14
WITH TROWEL AND HOE.

An experiment bed" is worth hav.
ing. Arrange in secluded but sunny
corner, and try new plants and flowers
at your will.
Small. informal neighborhood clubs
and partnerships are admirable. Seeds
and plants may often be shared or eN-
changed with mutual benefit.
Wild cucumber vines dot the prairies
in all directions. Take up gently, be-
ing careful not to cut the roots, and
they will transform the waste places"
into hooks ta dream Of
\ decorative plant. both beautiful
and easily grown, is the Echeveria re
Tulsa. 1t halls from Mexico. grows
about foot high, and bears numerous
handsome flowers of brilliant red and
yellow.
The centaurea bachelors button),
the blue and white larkSpur. and the
golden coreopsis are dainty flower sol
diers, tell beautiful. and more than
willing to blossom. Planted together
,hey will supply veriegated sunshine
through many days.
Fuchias are once more popular and
ere always lovely. Some varieties will
bloom continuously all summer. Cool.
moist earth, sufficient food. and Il mod
crate amount of intermittent sunshine.
complete the list of their require
meuts. The colors are both fine and
varied.
The he~nNia never loses favor with
those who have tried il. Some If the
varieties are hardy, $Na nearly all have
handsome foliage. y led of hewonj&S
will flourish al summcr. and may I've
rade beautiful. But I've o., ful about
colors. for certain shades Nil not go
together" at all.
The white and yellow lady'S sli','>ar
Of the woods may be success fully tral,>-
planted to city gardens with sutlicien.
care. Take up plenty Of the native
earth with the roots, replace in the
~ md as quickly as possible. and il
natural situation. With this meth,
Cd one can hardly fail.
The prettiest garden in the worlt
loses much if it have not plenty oI
green lawn for background and fran
ing. Even the strongest love for flow
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-14
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The new law in New York for the
regulation of automobiles permits a
speed of eight miles in cities and vii
lagos and twenty miles in the coun-
try.
The assessed value of personal prop
erty in Hartford, the capital of Con-
nectcut, is $20,O00,0OO as against So
100000 in Albany. the capital of New
York; $14.0O0,00O in Columbus. the
capital of Ohio, and $lS,OO0,OOO in ST..
Paul.
A stump orator, in an exciting politi-
cal campaign. mounted a barrel. gun in
hand. and told the voters that he would
blow their heads off if they didn't give
him the liberties guaranteed him by
the constitution and the ten com
mandments.
Jacob A. Riis, of New York. advo-
Gates the opening of public schools in
great cities on Sundays. Lectures and
entertainments should be given to
keep the boys from the evils of tene-
ment house life and the all-alluring
glitter Of the saloons.
Fish contains no larger amount Of
brain-forming material than ordinary
meat. If il did one might look for
mighty miracles among the fishing fra
ternity, but. beyond tendency to han
die the truth carelessly. there is moth
ing mentally abnormal about them.
If Portuguese immigration to the
United States continues at the present
rate for few years longer the Portu-
guese vote will soon become worth con-
sidering. At present Portuguese in
habitants in large numbers are to be
found in two states only. Massachu-
setts and California. those in Massa-
chusetts being chiefly in Boston. Fall
River and New Bedford. and there be-
ing in California a considerable Portu-
guese colony in the southern part Of
the state, in the wine-producing re-
gion.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-14

The ideal sleeping room in a coun-
try house has windows on two sides,
and the best aspect is south or
west, because the prevailing wind is
southwest. and it is far more i'm
portant to be in the breeze than in
the shade. Such a room is more
sunny than a north or east front,
but sunshine is antiseptic, and city
people do not sit in their chambers.
Charles Barnard, in Four-Track
News.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-14


Miss Smith," inquired the negro
servant, "can you tell me speech to
xpeak?"
What do you mean. Eliza"
"Why, a speech to say at birthday
party" the girl replied. "Ev'ry time
| 90 to see any o my frien's. theys
all e time askin' me cant do some
fin to tain the comp'ny. cain't
sing an never done learn no music;
SO my fren', Mr.. Johnson. he wise me
to learn IL speech"
"Why don't you look up piece of
poetry, them"
"Well, | reckon that's what I'll do.
In once knew IA piece when | was "A
girl, it went somefn' like DE Lord is
my shepherd but CANT member
no more of it,"
But, Eliza, you wouldn't speak
that at a party; that's from the
Bible"
"Oh, nam, that's jest as good as
anythin'-on'y | CANT member no
more of tn Y. Post.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-14
Raisin PuMs,

Cream one cupful of sugar and a
piece of butter size of an egg. one
egg, one cupful Of milk. two cupfu!s
of flour, two teaSpoonfuls of baking
powder. and one cupful of chopped
seeded raiSins. Steam One-half hour
in CUPS. Ladies' World.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-14

Lord Avebury inebriated so ants, rs
from one nest and 25 from another.
and put them all into the nest from
which one lot had been taken. The in
habtants at once took the helpless
strangers and threw them into the
water. while those who were citizens
Of the nest were carried tenderly away
into remote corners to recover from
their festivity at leisure.-Science.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-14
Rosebud County News Thursday, August ID, 1902

ers should be controlled sufficiently to
allow bit of untroubled green at
sides or center. And a fine lawn, how
ever tiny, is beautiful sight to see.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-14
Another Queer Freak mt New York

4 New York woman has named her
little daughter Ping Pong. Evidently
the little one who wants to have her
name copyrighted, says the Chicago
Record Herald. isn't the only New
York woman with queer streak.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-14

Paw" inquired little Robbie, the
next day after the twins arrived, you
wuzzent eXpectin' EN- to cum in
punches, wuz you?'-Ohio State Jour
nal.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-11-08
Rasgos

Con que sufre usted mucho?, dijo ell doc
tor Gedeol S>glin ESQ, esta noche Sc ha
empeorado Ia dol .ncia.
-Creo que 81, responde Gedeon, pero no
pueio asegurarselo ustcd.
Que no puede used'
Como voy podcr, cuando to1a l. no
che he estado durniendc?
X
Que lastima! decla una seiIora ancana,
hablando de un pintor celibe, reca!citrante
muy amigo del bello sexo Que lastima que
tan buen mozo no Sc casase! Seria el modelo
de los maridcs
ST, contesto I'm colega del pintor p,ro el
prehere ser ell marido de los modelos
x*x
El novio.-Te amo Enriqueta, con toda
mi alma!
La novia.-J Jaramelo por % que te sea mas
caro- en- Ell mund).
Ell novio-Lo juro pr tus hermcsos cabe-
llos, por tus disinos dienes por tus la5ios de
carm1n.
La futura suegra (para sf.)-Lo jura preci-
samente por 10 quo la mia tiene rostzo!
x*
Preguntaban TN fibsofo que cosa ator-
msntaba mas ell entendimiento d,l hCmbre, y
el respondio.
Ell haber de vivirr y tratar con neeios.
A uno que eStaba gravemente enferno, le
acorsejaban sus amigos cue Sc reconciiase con
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-11-08

SD enemigo, habiendo conseguido oonvencerlo
Sc 10 llevaron 10 abrazo con grandes demos
traciones de carifIo.
Dieron ell parabien al enfermo .por aque
acto de edfcacion, 81 Responded
-Cuanto pude hice porque Sc le pegas, el
tabardilo, no 10 copseguf; paciencia.
Reprendia uno su conlpanero, dic.endo:
TT no hablas palabra de verdad.
lie que sc decirte es, contesto el otro, lue
la mayor rarte del tempo Ia enpleo en- decil
bien de Il.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-11-08
VAPORES QUE Sc ESPERAN

Esp. Argentine" = Saldra de Barcelona
con destino este puerto y los de Mayaguez
Ponce, Habana, Guantanamo, Santiago de Cuba
Cienfuegos el dia 20 del corriente mes, ha-
ciendo escalas en- Valencia, Malaga, Cadiz y
Canari; S.
Uno de los vapores de Ia Cornpalfa de
Larrinaga, saio de Liverpool el dia IS del pa
sado mes, cou destino directo este puerto.
Esp. "Pio IX"-Salio de Barcelona el dia
81 del pasado mes con destino 4 este puerto y
hacienda las esCalas de Costumbre
Berg. americana mamie Swan @Debe
haber sado de New York el dla IS del pasado
mes, con destino este pneito
Amer "Coamo" Con desino cir ,cto a
New York. saldra de este puerto ell dia II Gel
corriente mes.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-11-08
PRECAVEOS DE LOS FRAUDES
E lMlTAClONES

Aceptar soamente los remedies, "CURA1
SEGURA' para el ASMA, CATAHRO. FIF-
BRE, DISENTERIA, GONORREA, ESPER
MATORREA, STILLS, PERDInA DI "A
VIRILlDAD DEBILIDAD NERVIOSA. j
Ell tratamiento en- forma liquida, para un mes,
que curara positivamente Ell case mas rete,de.
cuesta $500, orc americana, 6 su equ.vslente
en- moneda de ese pals por cada botella.
Su droguista debe tener esos re medios en-
existencia, pero 81 no es asi, envfenos el precio.
diciendonos el remedio que necesita, Sc 10 en-,
viaremos enseguida por expreso, porte pag .do.
Dirigirse q
La Compafifa Medica International
Apartado 4o7.
$40 324 broadway, New York, E. u. de A
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-11-08
SCMERCICYNAVEGACICN
Revisa de las operaciones practicadas hoy

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lls (iSl q cs Salchich6n lsl ios bls cafne yl "a
bps quincalla ls0 cls SalSa l7l 20 CTS salmon
ID , c.s envascS .sIol 10 cls Salmon Isol bls
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ncs "a 81 clS sllas ID duelas gio) cIs ieche
ID ) bl Vino 20 bgs ceTvcza ~ CTS varios.
ES1RADAs DE cosrAEERos
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celo co : jaulas ch 7colaie 10 rollos suela Piza
Hmus bauleS mucstras Freiria Alfonso co
1 CPS jamones ] NJ B'anco c,s alcohol CorteS
Hmns 20 CTS cigarrillos Collector de Aduana 2
cls aceiie ! CT ajos Fidel Guillermeiy Ils PIP al
cohol.
sALIDls DE TRAvEsA
Para La Guayra escalas vap amer "Phi.
iadelphia" por Nillar y co.
La Guayra -Sus consignaiarios, 100 SIS
tasajo.
sAuDAs DE cosTANr RIOS
Mn ,una
DESPACHADOS
Ninguno.
OPERAcIoNEs soBRE Ell MUELLE
Por Latinler Fernandez:
Sores de l. VIllsmil CO 20 bIs papas.
Cadierno Lopez co y Bernardo Fer
nandez y Hmns is BIS manzanaS
OPERACIONES De BUQCES EN- PUERTO
Evelyn descargando
Emma L Cottingham descargando
CoSrANT RIOS
Salvador invernando
Petra Maunabo Arroyo
Longfellow pendiente
Rapido Yabucoa
Dolores Naguabo y Humacao
Providencia Fajardo
Ana Maria pendiente
Maria ATtau Vieques
Francisco pendienfe
VaSco cargando
uADNDEC OY1L CD ECDEpAN
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-12-18
DESTRUCTION OF CITY MAINS.
age and Expense In MetrOpOli-
tan Systems.

Destruction of underground mains
by electrolySis is rapidly nearing a
point at which it ceases to be a phe-
nomenon of technical interest to
physicists, says the Electrical Review.
and becomes a commercial fact of
startling magnitude. Water, gas and
steam mains are being destroyed SO
rapidly that within a comparatively
brief period renewals and replace
ments on a vast scale will become
necessary. Their postponement In
the case of gas mains accounts for
the rapid destruction Of asphalt pave
ments in many cities and imposes
grievous burdens upon municipalities
in the effort to maintain good road
ways. The eating off of service pipes
and the erosion of mains accomplish
rapidly what would be brought about
by natural causes much more slow
ly, and explain why the leakage loss
of water in distribution is SO enor-
mously great, and why the building of
new reservoirs and the laying of new
lines of mains is constantly necessary
under conditions which seem to show
a per capita consumption of five
times as great as the combined use
and waste of any city since civiliza-
ton began.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-12-18
CONVERSATIONAL PARROTS.
brazilian Birds Break Out In Unintel-
liglbIe Tongue linn ediAtely
Upon Seeing Each Other.

Do parrots understand what they
say? A correspondent writes that a
friend with fine green Brazilian
parrot has been staying with her.
The parrot is fluent and accom-
plished speaker, says the London
Chronicle. A gray parrot was intro
duced one day, but the Brazilian
haughtily declined to have anything
to say to the gray. Then another
friend, who had just been given a
newly-imported green Brazilian,
brought the newcomer to call The
moment the parrots caught sight of
each other they broke into torrent
of apparently articulate language,
consisting. as it seemed, of questions
and answers, but what the language
was no one present could tell. The
owner of the first parrot had never
during the years it had lived with
her heard it speak this strange
tongue. The two parrots talked to
each other without ceasing all the
time they were together, and few
days later. when they met again, ex-
actly the same thing happened. Was
the first parrot-long exiled from it's
native forests-asking eagerly for
news of its people?
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-12-18
BENEFICIAL WALKING TOURS.
Autumn Outings Afoot which Are the
Most Healthful and Enjoyable
Forms of Exercise.

Walking II an art almost said to
be one of the lost arts. says Country
Life In America. 1t Is astonishing
how few know how to walk-know
how to acquire the measured stride.
the springy step, the easy poise of
the body and the swing of the arms.
which make walking at once one OF
the most healthful and enjoyab able
forms of physical exercise. For the
real pleasure OF walking one must
turn to the country. Pavements are
but dead, unyielding matter at best.
In the turf Of the country there is o
spring in response to the pressure OF
the foot which 10 = delight and an in
spira.ion in itself. The purity OF the
air sets the blood ~ racing glor-
ouSly.
Good walkers find 20 miles day a
comfortable average, allowing OF
plenty Of time for rest and "loa1ng."
Two weeks thus spent will afford
memories to last for all time. and
with them . measure of health and
strength. a quicken Of vital forces.
a nervous energy which will find eI-
preston In increased power Tor &C
oompEshment In the worlds work.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-12-18
KISSES RAISE PHONE RATES.
swe n carts Monopoltss the Wires 70
Such an Extent an Advance
becomes Necessary.

A merchant from Uniontown was
lately talking about telephones the
other day at the hotel where he was
stopping. reports the Philadelphia
Record.
ain my town." he said, "the tele-
phone company is going to raise the
rates for business phones from SIS
to $45, and for residence phones
from s1s to $32. Do you know why?
1t IL to keep sweethearts from mo-
nopolizing the wires. 1t is to mako
telephones SO expensive that the
young men and women who love one
another won't bill and COO over the
wires all day long.
"In Uniontown now It Is a wonder
that the wires don't blush red, the
love words that pass over them. The
sound that kiss makes-that phi,
phi sounds SAINT many times q day
from one receiver to another. And
such expressions as darling, and
deary, and honey, and sweetheart
drown out altogether the plain bust
ness talk about the price of coal, and
the boom in steel, and the bills re-
ceivable that are due.
$50 in Uniontown because tho
young men and girls have been mo-
nopolizins the wires, with their
spal king, the telephone rates are to
be raised nearly 100 per cent"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-12-18
LEGAL NOTICES.
ICTATE OF WISCONSIN, -CouYTY CoURT FOR
- MANrrowoc COUNTY In Probate. :,

ICTATE OF WISCONSIN, County CoURr FOR
~ MAsIrowoc COUNTY. In Probate
In the matter of the estate OF Micheai
Mullins deceased. -
An Instrument In writing, purporting TO be
the last will and testament or M1cheai
of Manitowoc. in said county having
been delivered into said court:
And William Mullins, OF Franklin In said
county, having presented to said courC ms
petition in writing dulyverifed,. representing,
among other things that said Micheal Mullins,
|died testslte at Manitowoc, in said county, on
the 18th day Of December 1902; that said instru-
|ment isthe last will OF said deceased and that
|said petitioner is named therein as
executor, and praying that said instrument
|be proven and admitted to probate and that
letters testamentary be thereon issued to
him
IL Is ordered: That said petition and the
matters therein be heard and proofs of said last
will and testament be taken at q regular term
of said county court, to be held at the probate
office in the city of Manitowoc on Tuesday, the
9Th day of January laR at 10 O'Clock A. M.
And il is further ordered: That notice OF the
time and place of said hearing be given by pub
l:cation hereof for three successive weeks, OF ce
each week previous to the time Of said hearing
in the Manitowoc Pilot newspaper published
in said Mantowoc county.
Dated December 9th 1872
BY the Court
JOHN CHLOUPEK, County Judge.
J. g. Anderson, Attorney
Pub Dec ii, IL, 20.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-12-18
INSURANCE IN SURGERY.
Plan Adopted by English People Of
Moderate Means Which Seems
to He Good.

In England people of moderate
means are beginning to insure them
selves against surgical operations.
The plan Is that subscribers who pay
an annual fee shall be entitled either
to free admittance to a hospital! or
nursing at home and free operation
or to a fixed sum paid down to defray
the cost of an operation if one be-
comes necessary. In England, as
here, the cost of surgical repairs to
the human body has become oppres-
sively great to persons who just mar
age to pay their way. People who
are obviously poor get great deal
of excellent surgical and medical
treatment in hospitals and elsewhere
for nothing, but for the next class
above them q serious illness-espe-
cially if it involves an operation-is
almost ruinous, says Harper's Week
ly.
1t would seem as il the time was
near when societies for insurance
against specialists might be profit
ably organized in the larger Amer
lean cities. The specialist has come
to be very unprecedented. an
ndispensable-inst especially
to families in which there are chill
dren. The Office of the family doc
tor has now become simplified to the
task Of coming in and telling the pa
tient which specialist to go to. 1t
is not that specialists charge too
much, for their honorable services
are above price. 1t is that landlord,
butcher, baker, grocer, milkman, coal
man, dentist and trained nurse do
not leave you money enough to pay
them appropriately. To subscribe a
considerable sum annually and have
all the repairs and desirable improve
ments made in ones family without
further disbursement would be a
comparatively simple way out of q
Troublesome predicament.