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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09

vest;nent. 1 am in your hands, Sir
Bruce"
Then listen and you shall know first
the fundamental principle upon which is
based my action in now taking you up
and before you many other smart young
fellows all Of whom I have satisfactor-
lily started in life. My aim is the Hottest
imaginable; it is the cause of science.
L have given up practicing, as you may
be aware, in order to devote myself to
scientific investigation, which 1 carry
on both personally and also through
the medium Of others of whom I get
to as yourself. l have in this cabinet
several small bottles; the contents of
each is of inestimable value, and the re-
suit of years of patient labor and re-
search. After careful personal instruc-
ton and experiment, 1 entrust to each
OF my disciples one of these. Can you
make guess as to their contents-here
is one look at it, for the love of Heaven
DO not let it drop; o-carefully-what
is it, now?"
The bottle contained liquid, in which
foated cloudy yellowish substance, as
to which Royce declined to hazard an
opinion without careful inspection and
analysation
These are the microbes of a very ter
rible disease" said Sir Bruce; there
are sufficient here to infect and destroy
the entire population of London
Good Lord" answered Royce, almost
dropping the phial in his amazement.
Sir Bruce continued his explanation
Now in the first place I shall ask you
to do me the favor to be my guest at
this house fer one week from-let me
see, this is the 14th-from the Path It is
part OF the scheme"
Il shall be very happy said Royce
somewhat nervously, so long as it is
not your intention to experiment uron
me-
Far from it," Sir Bruce laughed;
Hat experimentum in corpora vilo! It
Is my own vile body that is to be made
the victim; this microbe develops on
the tenth day, that is why I have fixed
upon the 24th l now detach an intinites-
MAJ particle from the mass and--no, no,
you need not be alarmed, l assure you
that know very well indeed what ! am
aooot!-l swallow a minute portion in
water-there, it is done; in ten days YOU
small nave patient, but long before that
you shall have become well aware how
TO attack and overpower the disease as
socn as 1t shall have declared itself. 1
shall scarcely he i'll for a single day.
Good Heavens!'' exclaimed Royce.
then your system is to"
1o teach each pupil how to be a spe-
clalst IN single terrible malady. and
afterwards to supply him with the where
wlthal te make name and fortune by in
surfing constant demand for his services.
This is a species of typhoidal microbe. /
shall soon teach you how to exterminate
it from the system attacked 1t was at
this point that Royce began to suspect the
sanity of the great man.
'sBut, my dear SIR he calculated, 'syou
are suggesting to me criminal proceed
ing: this is simply murder
"Oh, dear, no: Oh, dear. no, by no
means. Murder. indeed! as if I-you are
to be the saviour of many lives, young
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09

SIR, not the taker; you shall never have
fatal case; each patient shall be cured,
L guarantee it, as soon as treated; you
shall see that this may, nay, must be so;
the system is infallible-'
But what if, after I have poisoned the
water, or milk, or what not, with these
microbes, the first or any victim should
summon some other medico?''
In that case the patient is no worse off
than he would be in the ordinary course
if he should have contracted this mafady:
it will yield to the usual treatment,
though my treatment-ours, let us call it
is both surer and quicker. 1t is better,
however, to commence operations where
there is little likelihood of interference
from rival practitioner; I have lists
of raising places unprovided with medical
mon, mostly in the colonies, but there are
still some in England. 1t is an easy mat
ter to keep your disease well in hand.
Just as easy as it is to allow it to be-
come Epidemic
But surely there must be frequent mis-
takes made by your pupils, and The
disease allowed to go out of hand, or to
claim victims whose cases are not heard
of until too late?'
Il choose my men, [ admit nv fellows
nave occasionally, as you say, made mis-
takes; but very rarely. There was Young
AllSlSCSI WIZ SSIJl6Q Maidstone. and
made a terrible mess with rhial Of this
very bacteria; fell ILL.,. silly fellow, between
the incubation and the development OF
the disease, and was himself i'll hospital
with peritonitis when he should have
been leading the attack and laying the
foundation of a great reputation. The
same thing nearly happened lately in
Glasgow. My young friend accidentally
disseminated Bubonie plague and was half
way to his new practice in the far East
before the consequences of his careless
ness became apparent. Glasgow is his ma
tive town. you see and he was paying a
farewell visit there when he allowed the
escape of small amount of bacterial
matter. Luckily he was not suspected"
For two days Royce remained as a
guest in the house of the great bacte-
biologist. The whole of that time he
was employed by the latter in teaching
his latest pupil the secret and infaIlfble
method of treating patients who have
become infected by the typhoidal mi
crobe, of which Boyce was to become
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09
n Microbe Maniac.
BY FRED WHIsHAW.

sation was, that Royce did call upon the
great man, in Harley street: he went, by
appointment, at an early hour in the
morning, and was received Immediately
l will ask you three questions" said
Sir Bruce, springing-after the we'll
known manner of the great scientist, di-
rectly into the middle of things. THE
first is-are you prepared to swear be-
fore we proceed farther, that whether
we come to terms or fail to do so, in
any case the subject of our conversa-
ton shall for ever remain an absolute
secret in SO far as you are concerned
Yes or no?"
Yes, certainly" said Royce. st shall
never mention it."
'Secondly-are you prepared to pay for
that which it is in my power to give
your"
up to eight hundred or even nine
hundred pounds, if l consider the ex-
penditure justified
You will consider it so; it is mat
ter of cent per cent per annum, and
maybe far more. Thtrdly-in order that
unfortunate results may be rendered i'm
possible, will you undertake as mat
ter of form, to remain amenable to my
advice in the work apportioned to you,
even after we shall have separator
Royce readily acceded to this feeling
that he could scarcely be in safer hands.
But what do you mean by separated?
Am 1 to gather, Sir Bruce, that [ am
for a while to work in connection with
yourself? That would indeed be-"
Not exactly that the old man smiled
but 1 should require your presence
here for two days, for special instruc-
ton; after that, you should go forth
equipped into the great world, and you
shall march to certain success
The great doctor spoke so quietly, vet
with such obvious conviction, that Royce
became in a moment enthusiastically
anxious to go farther in this mysterious
matter.
Il agree to everything" he said, -"and
l am ready to take your word as to the
safety of the thing as a financial in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09

Reginald Royce had duly qualified to
practice in the noble science of healing.
A rude French savant once set floating
the famous but quite unjustihed dictdm
that this is the science of pouring drugs
of which its professors know very little
into bodies of which they know nothing
at all. But Royce had taken his studies
very seriously. He was resolved to know
all there was to be known of it. Academl-
cally he had done we'll enough; he had
acquired the right of adding after the last
letter of his surname a string of other
letters, all capitals, of which NJ. r. c. s.,
L. r. c, P. were only the first flight. At
the hospital where he invariably worked
hard in spite of a more than moderate
proficiency in the art of football, he was
liked and well spoken of; it was said that
he would get on. Il must" said Royce,
If l am to live by my profession, for
I've nothing else to live upon, barring the
enormous capital of one thousand pounds
left me by my aunt"
And now he St0co at the threshold of
the profession, uncertain which way TO
turn; whether to gain a little experience
by seeking employment as assistant to
some overworked general practitioner or
look out for odd jobs as locum tenens for
sick or holiday making medicos or spend
his capital in the purchase of a practice
which might prove to be worthless when
acquired. Royce had already stood at the
door ready to step out into the great
world, for six months and had begun
to feel that matters grew serious and he
ought to be starting
Then one day a man called at his lodg-
ings.
This was a mysterious stranger who
assured him that if he liked and was
ready to subscribe to certain conditions.
ms fortune as well as his reputation in
the profession were made and we'll made
You're very good" laughed Royce
but when one hears that sort of thing
from total stranger, who cannot pos
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09

possessed of bottle full. Sir Bruce,
learned and enthusiastic, claimed spe-
cia1 virtues for his method; the developed
microbe would be attacked and defeated
in q day or two, he declared, instead Of
lighting for many weeks as under the
ancient treatment, before sullenly retir-
ing vanquished by the old-fashioned med
zeal scence opposed to it. Royce recog-
nized with delight that he had become
possessed of a great secret. This alone
was worth, many times over, his poor
little capital of $500. His conscience re
VOTED against the use of the phial full
Of deadly organisms which We're to
form part of his moneys worth. But
then the phial and it's contents could be
DESTROYED, or kept for purposes of
study-the secret and priceless treatment
for typhoid cases would remain.
Within forty-eight hours Royce had
mastered all that could be learned, from
a literary point of view, of his speciality
The treatment was simple enough Sir
Bruce spared no pains in explaining over
and over again every detail connected
with it, SO that when Royce returned
home after two days of coaching he was
sure of himself.
Return on the 24th,' said the elder
man, as Royce left the house; Il shall
depend on you
He did return on the 24th; returned
just in time to find the old man in the
full grip of the malady temperature
very high; head bursting with pain, de-
hrious-thoroughly i'll.
Sir Bruce gave orders I was to say he
left the case in your hands, sir" said
the man; ''I was to send for you if you
wasn't here by H."
Confident, but somewhat anxious with
al, Royce set himself to apply the pre-
scribed remedies. He made no mistake
He worked hard for twelve hours at the
end of which time Sir Bruce was out of
danger; within day he was greatly bet
ter; in three days he was convalescent;
Royce had scored an entire success.
Il have never had a pupil who did it
BETTER SAND Sir Bruce, with admira-
ton. ''I shall see you go forth into the
world without a qualm; no fear of any
Maidstone of Glasgow idiocy in your
casei l wish could teach you the treat
ment for a few other maladies, in the
cause of humanity; but these phials of
micro-organism represent each one an
expenditure of time and labor the ex-
tent OF which you would scarcely credit. -
Il don't want the pitfalls, said Royce.
Look here, I only wish you would take
this bottle back, and teach me another
secret instead
Sir Bruce was surprised. ST do not
consider one is justified Royce contin-
ued, in spreading a horrible disease,
even though one be absolutely sure of
hunting up and curing every sufferer,
which. of course, one can never be. How
ever, should think my money well
spent in learning what you have already
taught me, and if you would rather not
do that which / suggest, / am content to
leave it as it is
The older man adduced many argu-
ments, the chief contention being that
for the benefit of the many it is ex-
pedient and even necessary that a few
should suffer. Il do not hesitate to al
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09

thereof. The constitutionaIity of the law
was also assailed because it contained the
very provision the omission of which led
the supreme court of California to de-
clare the California law illegal, namely,
that electors should be limited to the
right to vote at the primary Of their re-
spective parties only. The court sustains
the law in this regard and also in many
minor particulars in which it had been
assailed. The case is Ladd vs. Holmes, &C
Pacific Reporter, III
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09

second place, the fund Is claimed by the
United States as the successor to the pre-
negative rights of the king of England;
in the third place, the fund is claimed
by the public administrator Of Suffolk
county, who had taken out letters of ad-
ministration pursuant to the Massachu-
sets statutes, upon the life of the man
upon whose body the coins were found.
In these letters of administration
the description of the man is
that given by the salvors and a name
of doubtful spelling, written upon a re-
ceipt found on his person, is assigned to
him. The name upon this receipt is the
only evidence secured by the efforts to
Identify the man. The salvors and the
United States both admit that their rights
are subordinate to the claim of the origi-
nal owner of the property, and the court
holds that the public administrator rep
resents the estate and the rights Of the
original owner, and that the fund in court
must be paid over to him.
Primary Elections-The Law in Califor-
nia-The supreme courts OF two states
have recently been called on to pass upon
the constitutionality of new primary cleo
ton laws. In California, in the case Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09
HenIthfnI Exercise.

Men stick to their golf in exnberant
mood,
Rude comment can never alloy 1t.
Though chopping the wood
Would do just as much good.
They really wouldn't enjoy it.
Nashville Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09
Hard ON Alfred Austin.

you say your government shows no
partially in its appointments?
absolutely none, said the official.
proudly. Look at our poet laurate. We
didn't allow the fact that he can't write
poetry to stand in the way of his APP
pointmeEt,"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09

Liability Because of Nonenforcement
dinance regulating the speed at which
BICYCLES shall be ridden, it has been held
by the court of appeals of Maryland, in
the case of Hagerstown VS.. Klotz, 40
injuries received by a pedestrian who
was knocked down by a bicycle going at
an inmoderate rate of speed, it appear
ing that the ordinance had become a dead
letter and that riders were not prosecut-
ed for violating the same.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09

A Judgment imposing a fine as pun
iishment for violation of a state statute
has been held, in Re Moore, IL Federal
Reporter, 145, not to be a debt provabIe
estate of the defendant The court saws
that although a literal construction of
the act would seem to hold to the con-
t1efy, it cannot be supposed to have been
the intention of congress that a discharge
from bankruptcy should release a de-
PENDANT from fine imposed as a punish
n4ent for a criminal offense, and that the
laW should be constructed as applying
only to civil liabilities.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09

Interest of Railroad in Highway-rn the
case OF Newark vs. Board Of Taxation. 10
atlantic AZ aI Reporter. 525, the supreme court
ton of whether a street railroad COM
pany has such an interest in the soil of
the highways over which it passes as IS
taxable as real estate. After reviewing
similar cases from a number of sta.es
the, court decides that the railroad las
such an interest for the purpose of tax
alton. The court holds that the railroad
oy It's charter, is given the exclusive rfgnt
70 use certain parts of the highway ana
mas laid in the soil the foundations for
us tracks, and has planted it's poles and
uses the ground to the exclusion of any
oLher person who might desire to occupy
the same. The company has a grant ~
part of the public estate for its own oey-
manent, exclusive use, and this is an In
terest in real estate
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09

Refusal to Furnish Gas-In the case Of
Reporter, GA, the supreme court of IN =
dlana holds that natural gas company
which has been permitted by the city to
Iay It's mains in the streets for the pur-
ura4 gas is bound to furnish it to evec:y
citizen Who makes application therefor
and complies with the reasonable regula-
llohs or the company, and that the fail
IRE Of It's supply Of natural gas is not q
sullG1ent legal reason for this refusal 20
Supply new customers. The court saws
mat the company's powers were granted
II consideration for its engagement to
'llt; and that if the beneficial agency shall
faH short it can make no difference in
the rlght of all to participate in it on
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09

ocratic voters may elect delegates to the
Republican conventions, and vice versa
and thereby absolutely control the con-
Tentions. Of opposing political parties
Inc majority of the court also hold the
law to be unconstitutional on this same
ground.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09

The Election Law in Oregon-The Ore
gon law is attacked in one particular in
the same manner as the California law
(see ante) in that it provides a method
OF holding primary elections Of delegates
to nominating conventions and denies the
benefits of the act to political parties
which did not cast at the next preceding
the al vote. 1t is claimed that this
proviso is in conflict with that section
Of the constitution which prohibits the
granting to any citizen or class Of citi-
shall not equally belong upon the same
terms to all citizens. The supreme court,
in sustaining the law. however, points
out that it permits such minor parties to
make nominations in other modes, and
that the act is but reasonable regula-
ton of the larger parties. designed to
safeguard the privileges Of the electors
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09
10 ecent Legal
- ~ Decisions


;, The decisions given below are furnished
y e by courtesy of the West
PuDIshlng company, of this city, of
Whom full reports can be had.
Mollneaux Case.-The opinion of the
court OF appeals of New York in the case
OF People vs.. MoIineaux, 81 Northwestern
reporter, ESQ, will undoubtedly attract
widespread attention. The court reviews
the matter very thoroughly, and makes
over dozen findings the most import
ant OF which is that evidence connecting
oeIendant with the alleged killing of an
other person by means of the same poi
son, alleged to have been sent through
the mails, is incompetent, where such
evidence does not tend to establish a.
motlye Ior the crime, or the intent with
Wnlch IL was committed the absence Of
mistake or a common scheme for the
commission of both crimes, so connected
that proof of one viii establish the other
or the identity of the defendant The
other important holding is that on trial
for murder, evidence of statements of the
victim of former crime to his physician
to the effect that he had received the
powder claimed to have contained the
poison from which he was dying through
the mails, which was the same manner
IN which the victim of the crime charged
in the indictment was alleged to have re-
ceIved poison, is incompetent.
Taxation of Corporations.-The efforts
OF citizens of Chicago to compel the state
poard OF equalization to properly assess
large corporations have recently resulted
in success. In the case of State Board
OF Equalization VS.. People, 81 Northeast
ern Reporter, 339, the court holds that in
determining the fair cash value Of the
capital stock of corporal ons the proper
rule to be followed shall be to add to the
market or cash value of the shares of
stock the market or cash value of the
debt of the corporation, excluding indebt-
edneSS for current expenses, and that the
board shall take the aggregate amount
so ascertained as the fair cash value of
the capital stock, and tax the corporation
accordingly. 1t is said that this decision
will result in adding thousands to the
city revenues. No doubt an attempt will
be made to enforce this rule for taxing
corporate interests in other states
Liability for Tortious Acts of Tele.
graph Operators-A telegraph company
is liable to a bank for a loss occassioned
to the latter by it's payment of money
Oh a message purporting to have been
sent by another bank, but which was in
fact forged by an operator of the tele-
graph company. The circuit court Of ap-
peals for the Ninth circuit, in the case
Of Pacific Postal Tel. Co. VS.. Bank of
Palo Alto, 1O9 Federal Reporter, 1863, has
so held. The court points out that it is
sages; that the message in question was
sent in the usual manner over the com
pany's line and through its regular
agents; and that therefore the act of the
operator, although criminal, and unau-
thCrlzed by the company, was within the
apparent scope of his employment and
If genuine would have been within his
actual authority. The company is there
fore liable.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09

Payment of .Alimony by Bankrupt-
It It. has been held by the supreme court Of
81, Northeastern, 131, that a discharge
IN bankruptcy does not discharge the "a
bility of divorced husband to paw ali
mony, since alimony is not a debt owing.
from the husband to the wife, but an oh
legation to support the wife which is m
posed by public policy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09

Gardner ct al VS.. Gold Coins ct al
Inns ms is the title OF a case which will be
found to possess more than usual interest
and which is reported in III Federal Re
porter, 552 A fishing schooner, on her
way from Gloucester to the fishing
grounds. shortly after the wreck Of the
Bourgoyne, which was sunk in collision
on July 4, 1898, found floating upon the
water the body Of a man, upon which
was found wallet containing coins and
bank notes of the value of 1850. The
body was buried at sea, and after some
opposition on the part of some of the
crew the money was brought back and
paid into court of admiralty The crew
were treated as salvors and, in view of
their meritorious action in turning the
money into court, the crew, the master.
ana the owners were awarded one-half
OF the amount recovered. This award
was made in March. 1899 The BALANCE Of
the fund has remained in the regletry of
the court for more than two years and
is claimed by three different parties. In
the first place, the salvors claim the
fund as the finders of lost or abandoned
goods, whose owner is unknown; in the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09

Enjoining Striking Employes-An at
tempt is made in the case of Cohen vs..
Garment Workers, 70 New York Supple
ment, 3l, to enjoin the employees of the
plalntlffs from issuing circulars to the
customers of the latter, notifying them
OF the controversies which exist between
the emElayes and the plaintiff. and re-
qcestng them not to deal with the plain
Justed. The court holds that the en-
ployes are within their rights, provided
the circulars contain no threats or inti1
holding. the leading case of Sinsheimer
vs.. Garment Workers, % New York Sun
plement, 321.