Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-17

scientific authorities available. a.d discovered some intc-e .;ti:sg f2ct&. Hot air from q furnace will c;}l!se inner ous ailments and is particularly l'"o- ductive of pneumonia. It also cat"5oS all the furniture to shrink and W&ff: warranted to draw three legs o!t sofa inside of month. That is 'i.E- hihit F.
 Tn one wear the hot air furnaces of America caused the destruction Gf -;o,- GOO homcs CGal stoves caused en!.,' Exhibit F.
 If we had d furnace ald ii eo2- sumed ten tens of coal during ,!2 ie"- son. there would he thc ten ton; t@ feed in and the ashes from tHu i2l tons to take out and dump iHtr t2e alley. Owing to l.ly lalae back '-.Ai.!a not do the work, and consequently r would fall oil Hat. Would it l2 f..@. for a husband to put s1leh q burden o2 his second wife? It certainl. WHuid not. We put that down as Exhibit G."
 ..I knew you would answer ne With just such nonsense.' exclaimed Mrs. Perkins after standing it as long as she could.
 '.For five years, my dear people poked fun at Diogenes and said that he talked nonsense. Today it is uni versally conceded that he was t.lc greatest philosopher the world ever saw. Dr. Bombs, who is the greatest medical authority i'll Europe. says of hot air furnaces, They are responsible for rats. mice. cockroaches. bugs and all sorts of germs and microbes. Ill face of that my dear, what was to do? That is Exhibit H.
 As to Exhibit i.''
 "Once more. Gases are liable to ac- cumulate in hot air furnaces. You sit here sewing, and 1 am downtown try ing to raise the money to buy q ton of coal. All is peaceful and serene. You are totally unsuspicious of danger. All of 8 sudden. without the slightest warning and like bolt from the blue, those accumulated gases explode with a roar that is heard for half mile L.
 "A great cloud of smoke is seen in the air, With debris flying i'll every Gi- rection. The fire engines arrive. The alnbulanc is l'ung for. X great crowd gathers. F'ras s:EcntS of your arms and legs are gathered from the suTrouHI- ing roofs. Exhibit J.
 "I nave idi.e, U raise tAe pItifl.s:s for the to.. fl eu;:i and a.! cl l.-y vs=.s.E hom.1 when ! :e;.2 ::---,s c.o,i.! c. 90 .c hca. the e,s1.. | i Ii ;.lle. \ .ye ;t fe1i..l that Gisasse9 las eves.;tlse. ylu. start o.y q rs:n. .-.,.!l;bi N
 "l arrive on the sc,ne. lean whl. has hapl~l&ed. lo3:s upon tnc back ened fragments. kGo8 that you ;.ie no more on earth ai4t; t!at the chance of my getting |; thiId Wif} arr Lii. Ine crowd syH:p;,t5!i2es Witn .ae and al vises me to brace up. Exhibit L.
 But I cannot do so. l feel that all i is lost, and I fling myself into the blazing ruins and am roasted alive an1 join you i'll that other land, and the Perkins family is wiped off the face of the earth. That is Exhibit NJ
 Gives Her Chance to Say Something.
 Mrs Perkins, I have called youl attention to thirteen different exhibits beginning with A and ending with NJ Have you anything further to say?'
 "Yes. sir. have" she replied. "Of all the mean husbands in this state think you are the capsheaf!'
 My dear second''-
 "Stop right there, sir!''
 My second without the dear'-
 Enough, sir! The last bit of coal we have ill the house is ill the stove, and I shall leave you to keep warm on your philosophy. I am going to bed''
 Mir. Perkins sat for three or four minutes after her disappearance and ], pushed off his slippers and cracked his toes and then musingiy eXc!aimed:
 What woman. I wanted to save her life, but she wouldn't have it that way!' M. QUAD.