The Heart of the Serpent
ABOUT 8:30 p. m..you may see on Ijie meridian below
" Leo and Cancer, the star called by the ancient Arabs
'The Solitary One in the Serpent",- We retain only the
first part of the name. Alphard, 'meaning Solitary. It is
also known as Cor Hydrae, because it is situated. in the
heart of the imaginary serpent Hydra.
The Wolves of New. York
A STORY OF LOVE AND MYSTERY
Senator Epstoiie Astounded When
His Son Asks to Many Lillian
Brands Him a Fool
here's What has Already"
Happened.
Ketner VasaeU I Induct t many -fa-a
la-e turn tf merer. CereaioSy. wnlcn
la attended by t atranxe win taiee
Uaca in a, ruined enarch. Reini-nlcf tram
tne IOJ.TU-. aba tlnJe her unite -and tit
ter mureerej. Sa ta left sole belr to UeT
! Una fortune. no euuifeerlta bis
neuaeir. Gay Hooitur.
Xatier dissevers tbat Guy. tf eoasra,
ta married to thai ettanje roman who at
tended ber tnarrlaite. .,'
St a coca, la Helm Court, tie estate Tart
y her nude, and tsrets jaunt- Lord Bar
rage:, and tnj JmrnedUtur Jail la Iota.
, CoyU frienda fram htm. and ta Urns
a myatefioua contract nortcartae; tfca
estate be mil receive-at Either't death.
Sue J marked for death. butToucs Bor
fecal Inmates tie attempt, and la
dly (tabbed.
mv area co .New 10 iv nn vm 4.
tix i. r (. -..- ir..jj .nx.t i i
Jtser cta to New Tork to tint, ojt It
:.:. -vr -r . ; tr-?.-Ti c -ct
njjmo raurct) oiaooera lueooay d .m
nan ihm married. Sre caacloles an If
tree, trom her marrias tow. but It rv
ed by Wlttan. Gar tnfaiertaa wife, and
;e iy tb rector, ttiat ai ta 'net.
Ettnar ratema'to uetm Court and tall
ItaroM aba will become hla-wU. Tba ne-
tcrvarra-tneci loth that it ta lapoulbU: I
thai anal. - - au4t) t Va
BorrmflAlt car.
Tem atttvatMHft'a.B t'oatio' Ilm '
VabradBy uy when ta-'tejla tbein rt 1
tha oontraM hi t. tin.i a-aamlta '
that b doaan't know tb tenrk of It.
elUr jbaa- -that 4t iaJroabjEathe?U,
deatb tb money t- tu bo.-?i4 eaa
e repaid.
Iteutrataj; to Ke Torts Guy roa tq
OoldanlUi and dUcormra nlar Jdead. H
atarrb J-.l apartraemifor tha eottttact
3i ia -onac to nca it
.UHIan-vletS with Out to tfarani tha
marrlac Between Either and" Harold, bst
be refner lo do o. Tha anty cxptratlan
ttiat IJmn wC rite.a to Ler reaaon far,
deatilnr that ttx narrlare taU not take,
place la that by(lf aa net. -as Cither's1
will be. In djoneer
Ptetro. a former eecrant of Ionian, arntft,
ner1 In, taka mesaat and bod tier for
CWflo ranaoin. jlivH wttli lertera fnprr
IJlllan to lira. Borradal -and , Ertttr
rierro -rota to tbem for lh mocay and
fall. xm- t
Toonr Epiton raturrs to hi tatber'a
houae and rrcetrea a Texy cold recepljon,
Read Right On in Today
Tnsfallment.
f art 'Oae (ContaiBecI)
"And what do you wantr Sen
tor "Kpatone refused the -profirred
hand, Isajilaj- back In his circular,
chair and razed at his f on critically
from under his bushy brows; "Come
to ask for money? lt,toY you Are
waallne; yofar time.'"
"No, I have not," Chariie attempt
ed to look accrieved atfcli jreeepH
Uon. "l"rn not as b'roke sir all that,
father." , '" w
'ionderatood you had spent every
penny of your own and mortttacjed
all your prospecUI"
T freed tdmev,', replied the
youth truthfully.Ooldtniipj was no
loDfrer alive and aa soon a. Charlie
had destroyed the-deeds which he.
had declaimed he had Immediately
raised some more money upon a'por
tion pf one of the now unencumber
ed estates.
nhy Are Ton Xj SonP JTe Xikei.
"Glai to hear It. Been dolnc arjy-
thine tp earn a llvlne? Yov don't
look -like It- 1 .never r snch a
fool in ray life. Hpw on earth did
on ever come to be my son?" Old
Upstone grazed at the boy as Jf
he were some sort of natural curios
ity. Charlie shuffled his feet ner
oul. He thourht that he had
better broach the real object of
Jils A'lslt. He knew that his father
was particularly distrusted at the
Idea that the line seemed likely to
die out,, and had made tip his
mind that nothing would assist a
reconciliation better than a hint at
bis prospective marriage.
"t can ret on all right now,
father"' he said' diffidently. ".I've
had rny-lesson, and lt Been" a pret
ty bird one I came.to you today
because I thought I .hoped " he
stammered helplessly.
'Out with It- I hate a man
you're, -a, man, T suppoie? who
can't, speak his mind." ; .
I want, to settle 'down, to lite a
more respectable Tlfe, to take things
seriously.' This na a sop to his
father's known prejudices.
"Glad to hear It Wei'?"
To Xarrj- and Settle Dokb;
"Would you be pleased if I got
marrid7"
Old Epstone grunted. Certainly
fceV would be pleased to know hfa
son was manied. Ills tone was a
little mollified nhen he apalns !
spoke, though it wax Hill bruaqne.
"Tbat all depepds Who it the 4
lady? You're the sort of fellow to 1
marrj' a waitress or a variety i
actress."
"No, lr. the Isdy I have in fey I
mind Is neither one nor the other." I
Charlie spoke with some dignity. '
-"or has-'she scliislly accepted me
jet. I w'sli to consult jcu first."
-Is ahe in society?"
"Certalnliv She is a verr smart
womsn. Gpe everywhere she-likes
though I fancy she has given up
that sort of thing of late. Tery
beauilful you.wKl admire her. Ac
complished, too." The boy spoke '
enthusiastically.
-Where did you first meet Jir?"
. Met Lillian at m French BalL
This question was difficult to an
swer. Charlie did not care tp ad
mit that it was at a, French bill.
"At a party somewhere or other,"
he eaid lamely. '
"Oh. and what Is her nime,?"
-"She- is a widow
"Hate widows' interrupted Sen
ator Epjtpnev fEtry adventuress
in N'ew Vorlc palls' herself wid
ow." -Charlie bethought himself that he
knew absolutely nothing; of ills isdy
lme's past, and his nertousnets re- i
ffingJ5ELS
How could he fac
Her name. Is Mrs. Wllloughby,"
lie raid.
"Willoojhbyr He Shouted.
"Wlllourhbyr' He. fairly shouted
the? name, and hla flat fell heavily
updo a letter -which lar opert De"
fore lilni. "IVillourbby" he arIn
shrieked. -What la her first
namej" ' f
"LMIaft." Charlie met hit fath
erfe anffry eyes timidly. .
Senator Bpstone bunt Into a peal
or harsh laurhter. It. was a .sound'
mosi? unpleasant to hear: mirthless.
criel vindictive. He poshed his
chair back and rose to his feet. He
., -fc. mm I v. -..-,,1
thrust out bis arm as If he would
..j- r iu .. ij -v....
h'ave faRen his son and shaken' him.
"Lillian Wltloughbyl So you pro
pose to, marry Sirs. 'WUlourhby.
The Mrs. IVtllourhbr who has a
house not far from here, I sup
poreT .
Tes.' The boy -arltho.rew out of
reach at his father's arm! He knew.
from early expe.rle.nce that Senator
r.fcton" hand jraa heary
a-psioiv) nana -rs neayy.
"Of course. Just the sort of Uilnr
i oh, would do. "feu.'poor ool, you
idlotlo foblt Tou- are worse than. I
thought. ,Andypu- are my -son. my
only .eon! My"Ood,why didn't I have
another child?" He was In a frlght-
f nit. race: -for a moment ms uns
, trenbled so that he wak unable to'
mtaVV
pruered. Jrom .tl-e Howe.
3bt' whrt-i-began. CharJIe in
alarta. '
fjet out of, my- tight," cried the
old man- "furiously. "lYe rot on
all these years without you, and
I don't wsnt yon'now. Marry any
one you like pick a woman out. of
the gutter she will be,.,as rood
as your Lillian. , Go. I. tell, you,
and be nan r!.. to you."
-"But sir I don't understand""
CharJIe had turned away, but
paused in miserable uncertainty.
"Is'tbere jaythinr -aralnst" .
"Is here anything against Mrs.
iriiloughby? Ohi,you foor, have
you no jV?" ,OW Jlpatqne. spoke
mote quietly, bhr nl hinds shook
aa'6 'his lips colvered. "Of all the
cunning adventuresses 1n New
l'o'rk. sjie the worst. "A creature,
'who Jive's ntf one Itpowa how -on
blackmail probably." 'He crunched
Kiip tb-)U-Jiat lay "on nta'deslr
and threw It flereelylnto the waste
paper basket. "Shi has tried to
blackmail me me! Ia that not
enough -for you? She Is mixed
up with all sorts of disgraceful
affairs. J know It.f 1 tell ,you. Mrs.
Lillian Wnioughby! She has no
right to that -name even"
Didst Eren Know Her Iforae.
4"Her -name is not Tnilourhby?"
Charlie stammerd out the words.
What avfoolhVhett'ben'to ask 'no
, question. "3ow h came to think
of it Lillian, had nerereven told
hlra that she waa,a widow, but she
had certainly spoken as if she were
Tree lo marry Jf she so desired.
"Xo" Epstone sank back Into his
chair with an air of having' to en
dure a fool patiently. "Tou sicken
me with your folly" he Went on;
"and I never want to see you again.
What I said Just new in passion I
lepeat calmly. "But beforo you gp
I'd better tll you something of
your Mrs. Wllloughby, if you have
the wit to understand me."
Charlie made no remark. He was
j too stupefied to speak. He kept
i.nocxing tne ground wim ais cane
in a purposeless fashion.
' Don't make tbat noise." cried his
father irritably. "Just-rive me your ,
attention. Tou ran't marry Mrs.
Wllloughby. and I don't suppose she
had any Intention of marrying you.
She's too sensible a woman to run
the risk of being arrested for big
amy" i -
A Fondness for Fools.
'Rlram? Is her husband alie?"
,'Tes. She seems to have a par
tfality for fools, for she Is married
to as big a one as ouritlf."
"Don't you think you could, stop
calling me a fool' You-have said so
a. rood many times, and and, after
all."! am yoHr Bjn."
Charlie could not restrain htmielf
from some showof resentment at
the continued insults. But he look
ed -so pitifully weak as he spoke
tha-hls father once more laughed
hafsnly. and quelled him with a
cruel atare.
"I ezpeqt yqn.know the man I re
fer to," wenf.on Senator Epstone,
remorselessly; "His name is Hock
ing.'' "Hocking' ga'ped the boy. "I
know a Hocking: yes, Guy Hock
ing"r -r.
"Mrs. Willoughby's real name is
Hocking"
A Sorprise for Charlie.
"It Is Impossible:" In his sur
prise Charlie dropped his hat, which
fell by the desk, and lay where It
had fallen
"It is trne, and half New' Tork
knowa it. She never made any par
ticular secret of the fact. They epa
ratd some years 'ago, snd she re
sumed the name she bore before he
-made a fool of blmseir to marry
her."
"I knew." stammered Charlie: "I
.knew Hocking was separated from
his wife, but I did not know who
she -ws. " Why did she not tell
rae7"He spoke more to himself
than to his fathar.
"Because she thought she coald
make something out of ynu, I sup
pose. She took the name of-Wllloughby
again, and as such re
sumed -her old-manner -of life.. I
have not seen her for. years, but I
was unfortunate enough to know
her before she married Hocking."
(To BeContiBQed Monday.)
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By Margery Rex
TBERK ate some people who
Imagine that tihen America
discarded the minuet for the
one-step the climax of athletic
danclnr had been reached But the
man and woman with the growing
waistline and the decreasing wind
have something yet more terrible
in prospect than th quarter-mile
dash of the one-step
The Japanese dance are b'g'n
ning to show their lnflueme In this
country. Bit by bit the up-to-dale
teachers ar taking Ideas from the
To My Sweetheart Soldier ZSZ
My Beloved:
I have found out about the li'tle
creature with the camp stool. The
general knows all about her Her
name Is Miss J. S'he snd her sifter
came of a good family and arc ne'l
educated. They were left orphann
quite younar and after that taught
school and sold ubKcrIptinui to
magazine and did other odd and
Udyllke things fur a living The
sister, being the ouncer and moie
attractive, got married, and Miss I
promptly msde hr home with
them. After that It wss home no
longer to the'poor husband' o
much for a point of low. in com
parison with a point of the com
pass! Even the general charitable
matYvthat he ls-ajs she ia the
greatest talker In the world. Sh-
can beat any women living ami
give her a fair running start at
that There l nothing in the heav-
ena above or the earth beneath con
cernlng which she has not an opin
ion. She is also on authority on
God. The way she can put Into
words what she thinks of the earth
and fullnea thereof would cause a
graven Image to fume to llfi- from 1
sheer desire to laugh.
The poor husband couldn't statu!
It! He told his wife -who the gen
eral aavs was an utterly iiiofleii
sive thing -to choose between hei
sister and himself: Uvepingl) she
Deception Is So
Dances from the Land of the Rising Sun
the Umaue
(Copyrltbt, International Kllm Sertlce.)
- Mikado's realm and weaving them
into our own dances
The funny part of it all Is that
the dances that are being robbed of
certain features-were neier, Indulged
bj Japanese society t all. for good
ness knows that no Jup lady could I
execute any kind of a dance In a ,
court nr full dres costume
The ceisna Birn tun proierion-
nlllil the danclna;. just as our own
plage and cVaret dancer do. while
her Japanese lad.'ship merely look-
ed on Kvery one Know the stren-
uous. JIu Jltsu nature of the phjsl-
cal training in Nippon It shows
with force in the utli e dunces
h.w hei '-ir. mil togfther thev
left Iht i ifjbnni! and home lie
pioiirieil for them comfortably,
unci aflt-r five j irs. ho paa on,
mercifull Icawne them aa
"w Idou h ' Thi General sa - Miss
J ta!IK i niu-h that lie lis
practical! com Incnnc. Mie car
tas her lamp jiool e er where
t-ven to church The puor sister I
an intaliil. iiml crie moit of the
time I thoii'n think eli," would
They rent n little hit of h cnttnge
way up At thr oud of the village,
and hao Jut inone enough to lixe.
Where Mi J gets her ir elnth-s
-
'"
" .
I a riuulc, except na one imo
I si
le bes them from dlffen-nt
i-ources. 1 am euro he wmililn t
nesiiaip to .11. lot a garment mr
i '"' ,,a,, if it suited her fancy
! ''"r Miss .1 Poor everybody wh.
' unioriunato niui lonely anu
frieiullee Mummy says. "If that
DIM of paradise ever come here
again, shell rouvt a long whllo on
hir camp stool before sho jjetj lit
In" Hut I urn going to their little
M.iuc
i-iUtncc to And them
tl-rll 1 ,nm.ll.lm, I ...n n ,ne
tlie poor slt,-r
There I- suih Jo In llvig in n
Miiall pla-e Hveivbo.!-- depend on
vou an.) vou d.pend on a.l th- rest
I an never give up this neighbor
nig onii he sntisdeJ to leturn agnui
to the cold. Indifferent, selflih ut-
AafliHa.. mjkm A.
Slight It & Likely,
Show Americans
style or ner rsanve lana
4- There Is none of the languid Hono
lulu lady business about them.
If one has any doubts on the sub
ject, look at the lady in the pic
ture. Madam Kimura, and then
try In the privacy of the boudoir,
to bend the great toe aa this dantar
Is doing.
This Is only one of the severe
tests that the dancer has. If one
cannot control the toe after this
f..i,in. a Hnm nntnt la Inet and the
. ,iaiiiiii, .. ....u - . - ,
j d,ncer Is not esteemed blgmy.
t But there are some graceful potes
I and steps that can be learned with-
i out the aid of a torture chamber.
i and tnese -are tnr iraiurra mi
i nmnrt teachera are ualng for norel-
ties In new fane
f tlon.
dance lnstrue-
mosphere of a biff city. My soul
grows here In this pure, friendly
air. Just as my body Is growing!
There Is more time for the real cour
tesies of life In a small place, Itush
and hurry and pomp and power aro
Here, too, we are able to grasp the
out of tune with It tranquility
alues of life the things worth
wlile. worth striving for It Isn't
the bridge party that fill. our mindi-
out ncre or tne nneinoon muirnr,
or the social tea! ,11 Is Interest i:i
the Joys and sorrows of our neigh
I
bor It desire to help and cheer
.. .. .A..... .. .. mtmmmt mm .., ,f.B
j adit nii.ir ii, u. aiiiiud,i:a ,u, .i
I and !ends us to bed tnanklns God
! for the privilege of ervlce
And to think, belated. Hint vou
have lienor cen this place! The
wide, arched street the little slate
Ij church, wiia It pointed spire and
Its lighted window The graveyard
at one side, flecked with sunshine.
The path In our garden, and the
rustic sea where In love s fancy I
sit with ou. The looping curvo of
the river picked out at night by Its
! Immaiin Idrrif n ) n'ltiottiir ca
I out of sight Ikr'a silver ribbon.
Oil. btJOVeU. tills IS lint Home Wltll-
', 'out jou; how can It be? Anil et It
I ' tli home la whiih I wait, pav
I fter dnj v itr- the pntlence of love
. " rn!t.h J '"" f"r ,V" , po"-
I cros the sons and give t.,I home
J " n-.jntlc meanlni-
' In. DM'JllT, Ui:L(Jx.u.
to Be Unnoticed
How to Trip therLight Fantastic in
ERE is- Madame Kimura
In the one to the left,
the lent fingers and the upward-turned lig toe posi
tions, which are considered fine points in the technique
of the Japanese dancer. Bcloio the exponent of Orien
tal dancing is shown in the costume ofaholidaif maker.
The fairies are of the finest silks, and though the
icearer would seem to le hampered lyihemtfhe -skilled
dancer is lithe, supple and graceful.
(Copyrlfbt. lateraauonal rum Serrice.)
Puss in Boots Jr.
A PLEASING GOOD-NIGHT SERIES
By David Cory
OMEda
oer
to a
ME day as Puss was travelling
an Island that belonged
king named Minos he
came across a man and hla son
who were busily maklnr wings for
themselves. Tou see, this man had
mad King Mlnoa angry and bad
been ahut up In a tower, from which
he had escaped. But being on an
Island, which the king had ordered
carefully guarded, this man and h'.s
son could find no means to get
away
So at last the father decided to
make wings for them both, and
ihen. of course, they could fly like
birds across the water to the rreat
( mainland that lay afar off.
For
many weeka he had asked the birds
to give him feathers, and when at
Ust he had enough he set to work
to make the wings
Now. the larger feathers hs bound
together wth thread and the little
ones -vlth wax. and when at last the
wings were finished the father put
hts on and flew up Into tha air.
Then he fastened the smaller Pair
to hla son's shoulders, hut before he
let him fly he said:
My son. do not fly too high or
, the neat 'will melt the wax. And do
not fly too tow. for the dampness
will clog the feithora" Am: then
thej setoff. Ba oh, de-vr me' That
little hav dlaobeyed hi father anil
pretty soon he flew up h-Kli i the
skv and onrne to c,oe to t- e 1
an that th wax melted and the
This Ddyin Our Htetory.
THIS-is the anniversary of the adoption of the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution in 1870, guaraateeJg
to all citizens of the United States the .right of saffpage
without regard to race, color or previous cMMJiliea of servi
tude. By this amendment the negro secured the right to
vote.
in two Japanese dances.
as a famed herd, nots
little feathers dropped off ..and down
came the boy Into the deep blue sea
and the feathers strewed the water.
But there was nothing to do. for the
deep blue sea had taken away the
Httlo boy because he had disobeyed
his father. So the unhappy man
came back to -w here Puss stood near
the ehore and made a pair of wlnga
for him.
And you can well believe that
j Pu ,ndn't fly too high, but crossed
over the water safelx. and when
they came to the mainland Puss
saw a man on the shore pick up
the spine of a fish Now, thla was
nothing so very wonderful In Itself,
but In the Country of the Gods,
where there were no carpenters at
that time. It gave this man an'ldta,
and. taking a piece of Iron, he
notched It on the edge and mad a
saw. And this was the first saw that
ws ever Invented that is. In that
country. And wasn't It wonderful
tri think that our little friend Puss
Junior should have been there Just
ut that time'
"WU, I must be on my way," said
Puss, and he said goodby. But he
never knew that soon after that this
man was pushed off a high tower
by the little boy's father, who wu
envious of him, but the Coddeaa Mi
nerva saw him falling and changed
him Into a partridge. And this bird
never builds Its nest In trees nor
lofty place, but nestles In the
hedges, because It never can forget
tint it once fU from thehlgh
j tower
tf-prrfiht MS- ,"1 Cory.
IT Be CoatlaaeeU)
ai
TWARDING OFF
DEAFNESS
A Medical Autktrity
GireB-Some Excel
lent Advice
By Brke Beltfen, M. D.
A BOOT oae.tb.lrd f h -9a-latien
is astaMy deaf taeae
sor fcetb ears, Tb eaonsM
popularity of tha raovt It na
deuotediy da In -part, to ta fact
that this- fojTQ'of 3tertalamsat iii
posas no' strain tipoa tha ergaiur t
har1nr.
blsaaae of th allU aar. tylac
keUad'tha drtatav aad of the Bus-.
taektaa tube. Which vBats oaJ
drains th earlty & the xsiMle ear,
la th cotsaieeast eaa et (Mtam.
This tab cOBaoU tie aatMl ear
with 'the- throat aad Jsv th nest
by which air fro-thtthrat.ra!a
access to the mWd amr. Itfts, th
prae of air on both.sldM -orth
rom,that perBiRiitha TthraMM'
that miks -thtrlnmlalon or
ouad possible,
TM whole mMtU ar la Uad wlU
aocoaa.- m'euttitans whieh ls',a
InUly coaMnapna with, that ta tha
nose and thraat. henc It can raadCy
b aea.that Jrifc4ioa',rf th Uttar
ar apt to invad th ear, 80 irwt
Is'the!aQnc of naeelaad threat
aHeajoi'oBjJhj r ttat',8
praotleaUj-ayvthat ., rrrfitJoB
of ear disease dpad u the
hygtea of th nose aad threat,
Th month of th" Beartefcaa tab
lies above tha toft palat W close
relatloa' totho -0ppfti-rt at h
tonsil and to tha adaaetd'tioaan high,
up Jn th throat- CoaaqaUy tea
tillar disease or zeoswlro adeaetd
rrowtlx'Is apt to lead ta ratal trou
ble, which raan ae trootlaa.
If th month of th Batacalaa
tuba is closed- by- th prsssar of'
adenoid growths or If th mbajbo
comes obstructed br-rasoa otiia
SamasaUoa d tobactartal lava
slon.alt will cease to rethjsld
dl ear aad -more or',le deafaeaa
results.
Kwallowlnr and yawatar open "the
tubes and tha help ia th qw!
iaatloa of air pressure, bat t the
son. Ia-. stopped -up tha prsiaaa t
rTeraed- and swallowinr ox. yawa
lar draw air out orthe ari?thw
ernrlttlpc the air'pressur eateraal
to .the drum fo fore the. droBi-
.. . ,. . m.m I. mm .M.) i.f
oeia nraao tummw it. w w. w
or snaps that earinr J Iatarf
with. The inward preasar of th
drum also Jams together th oa.H
bonea (of th middle ear -wsJe
transmit aouttd vibration froaj tho
drum ''to the delicate strnelursa oc
th Internal ear.
Blbwlnr the' nos by compreaaiaat
os or both nostrils., meanwhile
holdtnr thi mouth closed, dlnctly
favors deafness in two wayai It
forces Infections material from tha
nose and throat Into tha middle ear
by way of the Eustachian tubes and
It leads to a distention outward of
th drum, the often repeated
strelchlnxs'of the membrane anally
lessening 'Its value' a sonnd
trassmittlng dlaphrarmiT "NTr
corapresr1 the "nostrils and never
close the -mouth wen blowlnc the
1 nose; hold the handkerchief close to
I and under th nostrils and anuT th
secretions out.
Abscess of th middle ear and
mastoid portion of lb temporal
I bone behind tie ear Js vastly ln
' creaaed In f requency "by the com
mon method of blowlnc th nose
which we have Just described. Dur
ing a cold ta the had this method
is particularly dangerous
Speaking generally, deafness-may
be prevented or cured by the re
moval of diseased tonsils and ade
noid growths, by th breaking u9 of
adhesion bands near ,h- mouths of
the Eustachian tubes, by the car
Of sinus disease In the ncse lhe
slnuaea ar cavities conanunicatlnr
with th" nasal cavity proper), by
th stralghtenlnr or removal of a
crooked nasal septum, and by a ra
tional method of blowinr th nose.
TVete acaceasew of the middle ear
occurring In the course of such dis
eases as scarlet fever and Influenza
to beopened'Varly and freely, deaf
ness from -ench causes "would b far
less frequent.
Canadian Indians and
War.
Canadian Inilan ha forward
petitions to tb Dominion Govrn
mnt asklnr that they b relieve
from th Compulsory Military Sr
vle Act on th ground that thy
have been willing to ro to war vol
untarily. The lengthy preamble ats
forth that "According to the popula
tion or Indians in Canada w did
more than any other nation." Tho
treaty made by th British In III.
pledging the Indiana protection "aa
Irtnr a river now. the graa arrows
and sun shines, because th Indians
have done a rreat deal for th Brit
ish Crown." la quoted, and In con
clusion th dooumaat seta forth. "All
tha Indian nations of Canada da
fended th British Crown; that
shows wu futnl oor agreameats; w
remain, as a loyal body of Indiana,"
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