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A Kindly Human Touch.

How rapidly nature repairs and beau
titles the torn places! The cash left
by the uprooted tree is soon covered
with green, and moss and vines are
quick to make the old stump into a
thing Of beauty. Humanity might well
learn a lesson thereby, to its own great
advantage. Sympathy may easily trans
form the unsighly and give it beauty.
If earth's soil responds to the touch Of
nature in such a way 1t is reasonable
to suppose that human life would not
be less responsive. Hundreds of lives
at present harsh and repulsive are
within reach Of every one, and they
might be wholly changed by a little
sympathetic seeding and kindly Gull
ture. After all, what more is needed
than the persuasion Of the kindly hu-
man touch? There is no greater mira
Gle than that which is wrought by
love, and there is no man who may not
work 1t If he will.-Christian Register.
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Grease Spots on Books,

To remove grease spots from the
pages of books. gently warm the soiled
page of the book, which should have
a piece of thick paper under IT. by
holding hot iron at little distance
from the paper. Next press upon the
spots pieces of clean plotting paper,
one after another. so as to absorb as
much OF the grease as possible. Have
ready some clear essential oil OF tur-
pentine heated almost to boiling point.
warm the soiled leaf again a little.
and then with a camel's hair brush
apply the heated turpentine to both
sides of the spotted part. If this ap-
plication is repeated the stain will
shortly disappear. Finally. take clean
brush. dip it in rectified spirits Of wine
and paint over the place.
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Wars and Words.

The wars with Spain In the sixteenth
century enriched the English language
with many new words. To them, as
Logan Pearsall Smith has pointed out,
1--WE owe the Spanish words embargo
and 'contraband and the Dutch word
freebooter Among other Dutch or
Flemish terms that were perhaps
brought back to England by soldiers in
their campaign in the low countries
may be mentioned 'furlough,' cashier
league 'sconce,' onslaught drill and
'domineer.' 'Comrade' is q Spanish
word, but seems to have been q sol
diers' term learned in the low coun-
tries, and 'forlOTn hope is q military
phrase. being the Dutch 'verloren hoop
I'm which hoop means q troop and Is
cognate with our word heap lion
don Chronicle.
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All a Dream.


There Is an amusing example OF orr
entail subtlety In an anecdote that Mr..
Sidney Whitman tells In Turkish
Memories" The story is of a young
diplomat who was sent to Constanti-
nOple to be trained for his profession.
One day the diplomat met carriage
guarded by a eunuch that contained
some ladies Of the sultan's harem. The
young man endeavored to peep in at
the window and got blow across the
face from the yigilant eunuch. He
made great uproar and lodged a COM
plant with the sultan himself. He was
received in private audience, and Abb
dull Hamid listened patiently to his
story Of the outrage
On its conclusion the sultan replied:
My dear sir, have gone carefully
into the case and see exactly how it
stands. You are q gentleman; there
fore you could never have committed
such a breach Of good manners as is
alleged to have taken place, and conse-
quently no eunuch could possibly have
presumed to strike you. The whole af-
fair must be the product of your fancy;
pray let US dismiss it"
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Raxnnd Endurance.

A company In Philadelphia was play
ing Madame "" at the same time
that Bernhardt was playing it, and
the manager desired his players to see
the divine Sarah in It They could
get away only on one day-Friday. So
the Philadelphia manager went to
Bernhardt's manager and asked him If
1t would be possible for Bernhard to
give Friday matinee. Her manager,
eager to please the Philadelphia, but
dubious, finally agreed to ask Bern
hardt. When he had explained, she
readily agreed to give up her after
noon Of rest Her manager went back
to the lobby in daze.
Bernhard is more than mortal.
She is capable Of the work Of ten
men," he told the Philadelphia. "She
is going to give that extra matinee
Friday"
Suddenly the ticket seller poked his
head out of his cage. Extra matinee
Fridayr' he yelled. "Good gracious!
What does that woman think I'm
made ofY-Green Book Magazine.
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Tinted PoIyuamy.

The old negro had been arrested for
having more than one wife," the last
woman being the complainant. He
happened to be well known locally and
an orderly character.
"How many wives have you hadT de-
manded the judge.
"Six, yo' honor" was the reply.
"Why couldn't you get along with
themT the judge insisted.
"Well, sub, de fust two spilled de
white folks clothes when dey washed
'um, de thud worn't no cook, de fo'th
was DIES nacherally lazy en- de fif'-Pll
tell yo', jegde, de fif' she"-
"IncompatibilityT the court sug-
gested.
mo, yo' honor" said the old negro
slowly, sit worn't nothin' lik' dat. Yo'
jes' couldn't get along wild her onless
yo' wuz somewhars else."-Case and
Comment.
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Vanity Tickled-

During the early excuses Of the
French revolution a rabble of men and
women was rioting In the streets Of
Paris. Lafayette appeared and ordered
a young artillery officer to open fire
upon them with two cannon. The Off
Ger begged the general to let him try
first to persuade them to withdraw.
ut is useless to appeal to their rea-
son." said the general
Certainly" answered the officer,
land it is not to their reason, but to
their vanity, would appeal
The officer rode up to the front Of the
mob, dotted his cooked hat, pointed to
the guns and said:
Gentlemen will have the kindness
to retire, for 1 am ordered to shoot
down the rabble."
The street was cleared at once, for
none could brook the idea Of being
classed with the scum Of the city.
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Timidity of the Horse.

The horse is by nature a timid ami
NAL, as, generally speaking, all AMI
mails are to whom nature has given
powers of swift fight as their chief
means of self preservation. OF course
individuals differ In this respect, but
the rule Is so general that it should
never be lost sight of in training. That
the horse can be trained to war simply
shows the extent to which his natural
impulses can be modified and subdued
by the art of man.
Breeds of horses differ in regard to
natural timidity. The pure bred Arab
is beyond all comparison the most
fearless horse In the world. 1t is pos
sible that this may be owing in part
to the fact that his natural develop
ment was for long ages In an open
country, where he was not in constant
danger from unseen foes. but chiefly
think because he is a higher eyolu-
tionary type than any other horse
Farm and Fireside.
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Wood and Water.

All wood contains more or less wa
ter. Even the driest wood known con-
tains two or three pounds Of water
to every hundred pounds of weight.
Absolutely dry wood Is unknown, for
the heat needed to obtain it would dis
solve the wood and convert 1t into gas
and charcoal. An eminent Swiss au-
thority on the characteristics Of wood
believes that a sufficiently powerful
and perfect microscope, could it be
made, would show that the ultimate
wood cell Is composed Of crystals like
grains, Of sugar or salt and that thin
films of water hold the crystals apart,
yet bind them into a mass. A good
microscope shows the wood cell and
reveals its spiral bandages and its
openings and cavities, but no instru-
ment yet made reveals the ultimate
crystals that. as many believe, do ex-
ist, and that would explain why water
cannot be expelled from wood without
destroying the wood itself.
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An Indians Comment.

Are We civilized? A young woman
who visited the Grand canyon a few
weeks ago had an educated Indian as a
guide one day, and as the party went
along they saw a father, aggravated
by something his young son had done,
stop on the edge Of the canyon and
give the boy thorough spanking. The
Indian was indignant. THAT Is what
1 call barbarous," he exclaimed. Now,
that boy will always remember this
great canyon as the place where he re-
ceived a spanking. He might have car
ried a picture of its grandeur In his
mind that would have assisted In de-
veloping him. but now all that is spoil
ed. We Indians don't do things that
way. We expect our children to endure
pain, but we don't infiict it." And
wasn't the Indian right?-Leavenworth
Times.
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An Old London PAPER.

On Sept. 8. 1866, a special number OF
the London Gazette was issued. the
reason being, as described in its first
paragraph: THE ordinary course of
this paper having been interrupted by
a sad and lamentable accident of fire
lately happened in the city of London,
1t hath been thayht fit for satisfying
the minds of so many of his majestie's
good subjects, who must needs be con-
cerned for the issue of so great an &C
cident, to give this short, but true, &C
compt of it"
The first number had been published
on Nov. IA, 1865. when the court was
at Oxford on account Of the great
plague. and the paper was therefore
called at first the Oxford Gazette.
With its twenty-fou-th number, how
ever, it became the London Gazette, by
which name it has been known ever
since.
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A Singular MARRIAGE Custom,

The Kurds have a very curious and
somewhat dangerous marrige custom,
which one would think would be more
honored In the breach than In the OBJ
servance. The husband. surrounded
by a bodyguard of twenty or thirty
young men, carries his wife home on
his back in a scarlet cloth and is des-
perately assaulted the whole way by
a number Of girls. Sticks and stones
are hurled at the bridegroom, who In
the coming home with his bride can
hardly be considered a very happy
man, for the irate amazons often in
flict on him marks which he carries to
the grave. II may be that among the
lady pursuers are some of the bride
groom's former ''flames," who turn the
mock attack into downright earnest to
avenge sighted love.
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Boys and Fairgrounds.

I do not know Of any better way to
teach a boy to be honorable and
straight than to give him a chance to
play with his comrades, says Justice
Hughes. In the playground he learns
because he does not want anybody else
to cheat him. and he is down" on the
boy that does not play fair; he will es-
tablish standards Of conduct which we
must maintain in the community and
particularly in our great cities. If
there is one thing that we need more
than another 1t is the constant empha-
sis among our citizens of that spirit Of
fair play, that willingness to give and
take, that generosity in defeat and that
lack Of assertiveness in victory which
we identify with true sport and which
is learned best Of all In childhood upon
the playground.-Chicago Journal.
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Early Coal Discoveries.


The first mention of coal in the ter.
ritory which afterward became the
United States has heretofore been cred
credited to Father Louis Hennepin,
who showed on a map published m
1889 the location of ''cole mine" along
Illinois river near the site Of the pres
ent city Of Ottawa. According to 8. O.
Andres Of the Illinois state geological
survey, the credit for this first mention
Of coal does not belong to Hennepin,
as the discovery of coal in the United
States by Europeans was made by
Joliet and Marquette in 1878. How
ever, nearly a century and a half
elapsed after the discovery Of coal in
Illinois before mining began. The
Journal of the Franklin institute for
1885 states that the first mining op-
erations conducted by white men were
at the Mount Carbon mines. in Jack
son county, Ill. These mines were
opened In 1910 and worked to small
extent for many years. The earliest
recorded production was in 1888, when
5000 tons Of coal is said to have been
mined.-Detroit Free Press.
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Expense Didn't Bother Him.

That the East Indian Of wealth Is q
luxury loving individual and cares no
more for his rupees than does the Pitts
burgh millionaire for dollars when en-
Pertaining is shown by the following
example:
One afternoon an Indian gentleman,
clad in modern English garments, en-
tered the salesroom of an automobile
firm in Calcutta. The visitor was met
by the salesman, who proceeded to ex-
plain the various good points of five
electric vehicles ON exhibition. The
Indian stopped him with a wave of his
stick and said:
Send them to my palace at once"
(which ooesr' asked the surprised
salesman.
"Al Of them" was the answer.
The purchaser was the nizam Of Hal.
darabad, and the above incident Is re-
lated by T. K. Stuart, an American
electrical engineer, who knows India
by heart from long experience.
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Tuskegee, Primary grades, Home Deco
ration, Mr.. James II. Wilson, Cincin-
natl High School, Bandmaster, Vocal
Music, English Branches, Mr.. W. T.
Mckenzie, Tuskegee, Blaeksmithing,
Rev. ]. Walter Ramsey, Fisk, College
Pastor, Printing, Mr.. W. E. F. Pickett,
Tuskegee, Carpentry, Mrs. Odessa M.
Parker, Bradley Polytechnic Institute,
Peoria, ILL.,, Domestic Science, Mr.. G..
A. Harvey, A. & NJ. College, Painting,
Mr.. s. E. Johnson, A. & M. College,
Accounting, Commercial Branches, Miss
Mackie Rush, Provident Hospital, Chi
cago, Head Nurse, Mrs. Ellen NJ. OAR
nell, School No. so, New York City,
Millinery and Fancy Sewing, Mr.. w.
T. Gravitt, A. 6 NJ. College, Farm
Manager, Mrs. Cornelia J. Pickett, In
charge of Laundry. Adjunct Teachers:
Mr.. H. c. Butler, A. & NJ. College,
Brick masonry and Plastering, Mr.. III.
W.. Black, Oberlin Business College,
Shorthand and Typewriting, Mr.. L. G.
Portlock, Croomburg Cutting School,
Chicago, Tailoring, Mr.. A. NJ. Wash
ington, A. 6 NJ. College, Dairying.
"The High School and College
courses have been organized on the
credit system, and the recent additions
to the faculty argue well for the main
tenanee of high standards in every
phase of the work"
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Winninq an AUTOGRAPH.

Like Rudyard Kipling. the famous
novelist, Hall Game has a great dis
like for the autograph ''fiend," and he
has to be a clever collector who can
get the signature Of the author of
THE Manxman."
On one occasion. however, Mr.. Hall
Caine was beaten by a very smart
trick. While on a visit to America he
was besieged by autograph hunters,
but he refused them all. Then one day
a porter at his hotel brought him q
registered letter. He was asked to
sign receipt, and was then informed
that he must sign a second paper
which had to be returned to the sender
Of the letter.
Quite unused to American ways, he
did so, and when he opened the let
ter, after the porter had retired, his
establishment may be imagined when
he found that it contained nothing but
a note of thanks for his autograph,
which he had of course appended to
the paper!-Pearson's.
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Didn't Raise Than.

A young housewife who lives In a
suburban town went to the village
store to make some purchases.
''These chickens look very NICE" re-
marked the customer. How much
are theyT
"One dollar apiece. madam" was the
prompt response Of the Obliging pro-
prietor. You can't find better poul-
try for the money in the whole cOun-
try"
Zone dollar" thoughtfully unused the
customer, and then added: Did you
raise themW
"Oh, no. madam" was the hasty as
surance Of the misunderstanding store
keeper. THAT Is the same price Of
fered to sell them for yesterday
Philadelphia Telegraph.
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Charles Lamb and May.

Charles Lamb did not like May.
Here is a ding Of his against the mer-
~ month:
II do not mind the utmost rigor OF
real winter" he wrote to Bernard Bar
ton. "but these smiling hypocrites Of
May wither me to death. - What
lies you poets tell about the May! It
Is the most ungenial part Of the year.
cold crocuses and cold primroses; you
take your blossoms in ice-a painted
sun
'Unmeaning 10Y around appearA
And nature smiles as II she sneers"
Westminster Gazette.
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Fully Informed.

Uncle Nose aspired to the elective Of
fee Of justice of the peace In the
"black bottom" part of town. One bar
there was to his preferment; he could
neither read nor write. His master
advised him to go to the commissioner
Of elections and ask whether he was
eligible. Nose went and returned.
what did he tell you, Mose?" inquir.
ed the master Its all right, sab, y
answered Nose; dat genlemum suit
tinly was kind, vas, sub. He tole me
All was illegible TO- dat office."-Argo-
naut
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A Graceful Compliment.

Some famous compliments have been
paid to members Of the sterner sex,
and one Of the most gracefully turned
was that uttered by Boileau, who.
when the virtuous De Mesmes, presi-
dent of the parliament OF Paris, was
elected an academician, congratulated
him in these terms: 81 have come TO
you, sir, in order that you may con-
graduate me on having you one OF
my fellow academicians."
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Think and Live Iona.

Brain workers, according to a medi-
cal expert, live longer than muscle
workers. Those who make use Of both
live longer than either, and the greater
brain workers live longer than the
lesser ones. Life insurance compa-
MES realize the progressive shortening
of life as one goes down in the scale
of education when they refuse to &C
cept illiterates because they are bad
risks"
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Firedamp.

Flredamp is the ordinary name for
the carbureted hydrogen which issues
from blowers" or assures in coal
seams. 1t is inflammable, and when
mixed with air In certain proportions
is highly explosive Its ignition Is at
tended by the danger Of an explosion
Of coal dust
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What He Lacked.

'They tell me-" said the innocent
maid, that your marriage was the re-
suit of love at first sight. Is 1t true?
1T Is" answered the round shout
dered man sadly. Had l been gifted
with second sight I'd still be In the
bachelor classr-Chicago Herald.
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Moslem Wives.

Under the Moslem laws the provi-
sion for securing to the wife the free
and uncontrolled possession of her
property Is infinitely stipulated In the
marriage contract. A suitable sum Is
also arranged for her maintenance In
accordance with her husbands rank.
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His Adventurous Life.

Uncle, iSve you had many exciting
adventures In your lifeT
"Oh. yes. my boy. Several times I
have been caught in automobiles driv-
en- by fool friends who wanted to show
me that their cars could make sixty
miles an hour."-DetrOit Free Press.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06
A Native INTERPRETATION.

Tell me-" said an inquiring English
man of an American friend, what Is
the significance Of the eagle shown on
your money!
at Is an emblem Of its swift flight"
The broad ax., 1915-11-06
Suna Proof.

Hokus-I can always tell a woman
who takes things just because they
look cheap. Pokus-Howf Hokus-
Simply by looking at her husband
Judge.
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Acduirad.

Wife-It's a mystery TO me that I
didn't see these faults In you before
we were married. Hub-No mystery
about Il. my dear. didn't possess
them then.-Boston Transcript
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Music and Madness.

Handel and Mozart each died insane,
while both Donizetti and Schumann
composed much Of their very best
work while actually inmates of luna
tic asylums.
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The Jail.

81 am going to visit the jail. There
Is a man / want to see there"
as one all? I know about forty
whom / should like to see therein
dianapolIs News.
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What Is called luck. good or bad. Is
only the result Of the operation OF the
law OF compensation.-AIbany Jour-
,al
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Not Present.

He-Do you remember Horatius ae
the bridget She-I don't think ever
net him. You know we invite 80 few
men.-Judge.
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Let him who has enough ask tsr
nothing more.-Horace.
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paper Enterprise Association.)
while idleness was sending him to the
back room of Tierney's saloon.
By this time the taxi had arrived
and very soon had my arms around
Annie.
81 knew ye'd come, Miss Margaret,
dear. l knew ye'd come, If only 10
ten me that the good God is not going
to let my Tim die just for doing his
duty"
She looked into my face appealing
ly and it was not for me to say that
many men had died at duty's call.
81 couldn't stand it, Miss Margaret
AIlana. l just couldn't stand II, ye
know, if little Tim should never see
the face of his father"
Again she looked at me with the
tragic expression of hope born OF de-
spair.
"Of. course he will, my dear-of
course he will and won't it be SPLEEN
did thing for young Tim to cut his
teeth on-that medal for bravery!
will they give it to Tim, do you
think, Miss Margaret"
"Of course they will. The ones
who saw Tim rescue that old woman
say he did not hesitate one moment,
although he must have known 1t
would mean a smaShup for him"
Annie raised her head proudly.
81 must go to him." she said.
DIR. Atwater interposed. you can't
go now, Annie"
''Why not?" she asked with look
of suspicion. ''Is my Tim dead?"
mo, my dear, but you must think
of yourself of your child"
whats me child or meself beside
| me husband. 1 do be asking we that,
DR.. Atwater. If Tins alive it's me-
silf that's going to him and if he is
dead it's home I'll be bringing him"
"She is right, DOCTOR" l said. '1n
/ fol>a hor ond Tun'1I Jot q r00m for her
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copyright, 1915, by the News
The moment l looked at Dicks face
yesterday morning F. knew some
thing had happened.
What is the matter, Dick?"
Now, Margie, don't get excited"
81 won't, but tell me quickly what
is the matter"
"AIl right, III do it, but you must
not get nervous" .
For the love of heaven, Dick, get
to it"
''Wen, poor Tim Lafferty has been
knocked into 'snithereens' by an au-
tomobile."
felt myself grow faint and pulled
myself together with a jerk
81 must go Immediately to Annie
does she know"
Not yet, dear. Tim has been
taken to the hospital and l have
sent DR.. Atwater, who knows her as
well as he does you, and a nurse up
there to break the news to her.
But I'm going, Dick"
''Do you think it best? DIR. At
water and the nurse viii do every
thing that is necessary for her"
That's just it, Dick-it's the I'M
necessary things that we want at
such times, Annie has no relatives
am her best and oldest friend; when
my mother died she took me in her
arms and Let my heart beat out its
sorrow against her dear, warm Irish
heart. No silly idea of, saving my
nerves or feelings can keep me from
her now"
"Win Tim recover" 1 asked, as
we were waiting for the taxi.
I'VE don't know yet. One of his
legs is broken and his collar bone is
dislocated and his head is hurt in
some way. He has not recovered
consciousness yet"
How did it happen?"
80 011
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COME ssIONs OF A WIFE

WORE THAN POLICEMAN-HEI IS a FEKO.
1915, by the Newspaper Enterprise Association
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-25

The medical world has become in
terested in the claim of DIR. ]. II.
Wins of Cincinnati that he has dis
covered an antidote for bichlorlde Of
mercury poisoning. in explaining his
discovery the doctor said:
Chemists have long known that
sulphur forms an insoluble compound
with mercury but II had never been
used universally as an antldote to
mercurial poisoning. have used call
cium sulphide in one tenth to one
hundredth grain doses. repeated ev-
cry hour. in mercurial poisoning such
as we frequently meet with. In CIV
ing mercury for diseased conditions
requiring large doses internally, when
salvation would follow in these cases
relief followed almost Immediately.
"In bichloride poisoning We have
almost the same condition as from
mercury distributed to the various tis-
sues and organs. This condition re-
quires some drug that will form an
compound. This is what
the calcium sulphide does. Blchloride
Of mercury is one of the most valu-
able drugs and antiseptics in use. and ,
It's universal use makes II all the
more important that its antidote !
should be known"