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'T :23. RTE} ‘ ,â€" t' ,d. .thoug‘hifu'ly. "I gave her a. lift from 3 CHA R KMX CUB Laue ltho barn hmnpwnrtls: but I did not It being now what people (21“ we tell her either; forl thought she might "Pinkin in" of the day, that is. the have. heard of it in the town, and was (Imp-hour jugt before dusk, he did kgeping buck hilllr 1toil)nttrr’ratuln.tions from . ' is ness. an! a; a .' m“ at film" 01m"? the “3””; of h“; ’YShe can hardly have heard of it. WDtrds upon her. iBut I’ll find out; I'll go to hcr now. “If ilt were anything else." she be- And. Donald, you don't mind her living gun and the dryness of her lips was on Will} me just the same as beloref . . Slim is so quiet and unassuming." represenied 1-71 her vome‘ "Oh no, indeed I. don't," Farfrae ansâ€" "But it is Such a little thing!” he i wered with. perhaps, a faint awkward- said. with a deep reproach. “Less than .- ness. "But I Wonder if she would ' ' ' icare to i" ou have offeredâ€"just the beginning ‘ n _ u if what you have so lately promised! Oh Yes' 531d Lucetm eagerly I am sure she would like to. Besides. poor I would have told himas much myself, thing, she has no other home." but he would not have believed me. Forer looked at her. and saw that “It is not because I won'tâ€"it is be- She did not suspect the secret of her cause I absolutely can't," she said. more reserved friend. He liked her all with rising distress. as y the better for the blindness. "Arrange ou likeitwithlber, bk}; alll meansi” - n he said. " is who ave come 0 ‘You are provoking! he burst out. I n . 'our house. not ou to mine. "It is enough to make me form YO“ 3 “1.” mm and 83m to her,” said Lu_ to carry cult at once what You have wtta. promised.” When she got u "I cannot!" she insisted desperately“ Jane’s room. the latter had taken off "Why? Vthn I have only within her outâ€"door things, and was resting these few minutes released you from over a book. Lucetta found in a mo- ment that she had not as yet learnt your promise to do the thing off-hand." ".Becausoâ€"--â€"be was a witnesal" the news. ' “I did not come down to you. Miss "Witness! Of what f" “If I must tell youâ€"-â€"Don't. ’l‘empleman,” she said simply. "I was upbraid me!" coming to ask you if you had quite “Wer Let's hear what you mean?" recovered from your fright, but I found you had a visitor. What are the bells "Witness of my marriageâ€"Mr. Grow~ air was." ’ ringing for. I wonder? and the band, "Marriage?" pstairs to Elizabeth- don't too. is playing. Somebody must be married; or else they are practising for Christmas." Lucctta uttered a. vague "Yes," and ‘ ‘ _ other young “Yes. With Mr. Farfrao. 0h MIGh' woman, looked musingly at her. "Vi/113.t “I, I am already his wife, We were a lonely Acreature yyou are." she Dre- marriod this week at PorgBreedy, sently said; "never knowmg what's go- , t our doing mg on, or whatLiEeople are talking about There were reasons agar-ms . everywhere W‘L keen interest. You it here. Mr. Grower wasawrtness be- should get out. and gossip about as , be obli ed to ask me a question of that at the I‘ll-1183' kind. all now I hav somethin to Honchnrd stood as if idiotised. She ten you." ' e g m 0 a,de at his silence that she Elizabeth-Jane said she. was so glad. murmured something about lending and made herself receptive. hum sufficient money to tide 0"” the said Lucetta; the difficulty of explainâ€" ing herself satisfactory to the ponder- ing one beside her growing more ap- parent at each syllable. "You remem- r that trying case of conscience I told you of some time agoâ€"about the first layer. and the second lover." She let out in jerky phrases a. leading word or.two of the story she had told. 'Oh yesâ€"1 remember; the story of your friend," said Elizabeth drlly, regarding the irisis of Lucetta's eyes as though to mtch their exact shade. The two loversâ€"the old and the new: th’W she wanted to marry the second. but fed: she ought to marry the first; so that the good she would have done she did not, and the evil that she would not. that she didâ€"exactly like Apostle Paul." “Oh no; she didn't do evil I” Luoetta hastily. “But you said that sheâ€"or as Imay say you"â€"cmsworod Elizabeth, drop- ping the mask. “were in honour and truth bound to marry the first." Lucetta's blush at being seen through came and went again before she re- Plied anxiously. “You will never breathe this, Will you, Elizabethâ€"Jane?“ “Certainly not. if you say not." Then I will tell you the case is more complicatedâ€"worse in factâ€"than it seemed in my story. I and the first man were thrown together in astrange a seating herself by the “use he happened to be at Port-Breedy other women do, and then you wouldn't "I must go rather a. long way back." perilous fortnight. - “Married him?" said Hencth at length. "My goodâ€"what, married him Whilst-dbound to marry met" "It was like this." she explained, with tears in her eyes and quavers in her voice; don'tâ€"don't be cruel! I loved him so much, and I thought you might tell him of the pastâ€"and that grieved ms. And then, when I had promised you. I learnt of the rumour that you hadâ€"sold your first wife alt a. fair, like a. horse or cow. How could I keep my promise after hearing that 8 I could not risk myself in your hands; it would have been letting myself down to take yournamoafter such a scandal. ButI knew I should lose Donald if I did not secure him at onceâ€"for you would carry out your threalt of telling him of our former acquaintance, as long as there was a chance of keeping me for yourself by doing so. But you will not do so now. will you, Michael; for I'll: is too late to separate us?” “Then this racket they are making is on account of it. I suppose?" said he. “Yesâ€"I think he has mold them. or also Mr. Grower has. May I leave you now? Myâ€"he was detained at PDrt~Breedy, to-day, and sent me on a. few hours before “Then it is his wife’s life 1 have sav- ed this afternoon." “Yesâ€"and he will be for ever grateful to you." "I am much obliged to him. you false woman!" chard. "You promised me I" “Yes, yes. But it was under comâ€" pulsion. and I did not know alll pastâ€"â€"” “And now I've a mind to punish you as you deserve! One word to this bran- new husband of how you courted me, and your precious happiness is slown to atoms." the said way, and felt that we ought to united, as the would had misrepresented us. He was awidower, as he our posed. He had not heard of his first the for many years. But the wife re- turned, and we parted. She is now dead: and the husband comes paying me addresses again. saying, "Now we'll complete our purpose." But, Eliza- bethâ€"Jane, all this amounts to a new courtship of me by him; I was ab- solved from all vows by the return of'thc other woman." ‘Have you_iuot lately renewed your promise?" said the younger with quiet surmise. She had divined Man Num- ber One. “That was wrun from me b ' thneat." g y d “Yea ut was. But I think when one gets coupled up with a man in past so unfortunately as you have done. she ought to become his wife, .Oh, burst from Hen- your ILhe “gagifihcolâ€"pity me. and be gener- if she can. even if she were innoâ€" L r. r ' ' cent." ‘ \ou dont deserve pity. You d1d:| Lucetta's countenance lost its spar- but you dont noun, kle. "He turned out to be a mi "I'll help you to pay off your debt." “A pensioner of Farfrae's wifeâ€"not Il Don't stay with me longerâ€"I shall say something worse. Go home." should be afraid to marry." she pleaded. “Really afraid. And it was not till alter my renowed promise that I know it." “Then there is only one course left to honesty. You must remain a single woman." :ZBut thinkogain. Do considerâ€"â€"' I am certain," interrupted her oom- panion hordily. “I have guessed very wet who the man is. My father; and I say UL islhun or nobody for you," .Any suspicion of lack of respectaâ€" bility Wst to l‘llizabeth-Jan-e like a red rag to a bull. ll-cr craving for correctness of environment was, in- deed, aniost vicious. Owing to CHAPTER XXX. Farfrae's words to his landlady had referred to the removal of his lmxesl and other effects from his lmte lodgings to Lucetta's house. The work was not heavy, but it had been much hinder- ed onlaccount of the frequent pauses necessitated by exclamations of surâ€" rlse at the event, of which she had n briefly informed by letter a few hours earliei'. At the last moment of leaving Port- Brcedy Farfrae. like John Gilpin, had been detained by important; custom- eariy troubles with regard to her moâ€" thcr, a .cinibllizncc of irregularity had terrors for her which those know nothing of. “You ought to marry Mr. Henchard or nobodyâ€"cerâ€" tainly notinanoiher man,” she went on With a quivering lip, in whose move- ment two passions shared. “I don't admit that," passiona't 01 y . cumstances, he was not the man to neglect. Moreover. there was acon~ veuicnce in Lucetta arriving at her house. Nobody there as yet knew whalt had happened; and she was best. in a pontion to break the news to the in- mates. and give directions for her hus- H . . . band's accommodation. [10 had, there-l A‘ml-L'L 1" L” no". 1t ’3 true-H fore. sent on his two-days' bride in iii .lfuwma COV‘I‘Fd 11” eye“ “flith her hired brougham. whilst he went across 2 “gm hfl‘nd: “5 it She 00”“ DIE/dd '10 the country to a certain group of wheat imure' how-mg out h” left to 1311153" and barley ricks a few miles off, tell- i Wth'gane- . rug her the hour at which he might i W 1’3" you. have “wrned him!” "19d be expected ‘he same evening. This aw , the latter, Julllp‘lllg up with pleasure counted for her trotting out to meet “fa,” 3‘ 91311” 5”. [lum‘vm‘s him afier their separation of four 1' Vi lien did you do it ‘{ Why did you not hours, . [tell line, instead of teasing me By a Sirenuous effort. after leaving i this! How very honourable of you! He Henithard. she calmed herself in read- 5 de “cart my mum“ ludiy “"99" it iness to receive Donald at High Street $5991“: 1.“ a momem “I. mtOXiCamm‘ Ha“ when he came on from his 10,1g_;Anvd n; is true that he ls stem someâ€" . one supreme fact empowered he}! ‘1 times. But you will rule him entire- to this. the sense that, come what-15“ .Iam Sure' ‘VLLh.y°ur beauty and would, She had secured him- Hajf_an_ wealth and accomplishments. You are hour after her arrival he walked in. the woman he Will adore. and we shall and she met him with a. relieved glad- 3“, three be .113“??? together no“‘” mess. which a month’s perilous absence ‘ Oh' .my Ema'beth’a‘me’" cried Lu‘ could not have intensified cetta distressfully'. ""l‘is somebodyelso "There is one thing I have not done: that l have married l. I was so desper- and yeti it is important." she said ear- 349â€"50 aier 0f.be‘1!g forced to am" amply, when She had finished talking thing elseâ€"so afraid of revelations that Pinut the adventure with the bull. would quench 1!” love for me: “wt 1 That is. broken the news of our mp : resolved to do it off-hand, come what stage to my dear Elizabethâ€"Jane." Imght. and purchase a week of happi- "Ah, and you have not," he 00% 1t any COSL" said Loretta said her: | whose ‘ em whom. evw in the exception“ (.ir_ names are safeguarded from suspicion. fingers. ’ like i l t 'ever, but a. fiiltm of ash was over Farl‘me l" Crifltl l-jiizaicil. .lanc, in Nathan tom‘s. Lili‘vlla l,10\\ed.. herself. “lite bells are ringing on that, ac- count," she said. “My huSl’anii is dounstaiu's. He will live here till Eh more suitable liousc is ready and l hum told him that I want you to Stay with me just as before." “Lat me think UL it alone." quickly replied, corking up the turmoil of her feeling with grand control. “You shall. I am sure we shall be happy together." ‘ LuceLta departed to join Douald be- low, a vuguo uneasiness floating over her joy at seeing him quite at homo thitfre. Not on account of her frich Elizabeth did siho feel it; for of tho bra-rulgs of Elizabethâ€"Jane‘s emotions she had not the least suspicion; but on Htmchurd's alone. Now the instant decision of Susan Honchard's daughter was to dwell in that house no more. Apart from her estiniite of the propriety of Lucetta‘s conduct, Farfrae had been so nearly her avowed lover that. she felt she could not live there. it was still early in the evening when she thastiliy put on her things and went: out, In a few minutes, knowing the ground, she had found a suitable lodg- ing, and arranged to enter it that nighLl Returning and entering noiselessly slm took off her pretty dress and arrayed herself In a plain one, packing up the other to keep as her boot ‘.,for she would have to be very economical now. She wrote a. note to leave for Lucctta, who was closely shut up in tthie drawing- room wilth Eartrae; and then Elizabeth- Jano called a; man with a wheel-bar- row; and seeing her boxes put into it she trotted off down the street to her rooms. They were in the street in which Ilenchard lived, and almost op‘ posme his door. Here she sat down and considered the means of subsistence. The little anâ€" nual sum settled on her by her step- father would keep body and soul to- gether. A wonderful skill in netting of all sortsâ€"acquired in childhood by making seines in NeWson’s homeâ€"might serve her in good stead; and her stud- ies. which were pursued unremittingly. might serve her in still better. By this tune the marriage that had taken place was known throughout Casterbridge; had been discussed noisly on kerbstones, quietly behing coun- ters, and jovially at the King of Prussia. Whether Farfrae would sell his business and set up for a gentleman on his wife's money, or whoUhcr he would show independence enough to stick to h'm trade in spite of his brilliant alliance. was a great point of interest. CHAPTER XXXI. The retort of the furmiiyâ€"woman be- fore the magistrates had spread; and in four-and-twenty Louis there was not a. person in Casterbridge who remained unacquainted with the sto of Hon- chard's mad freak at Wey on Priors Fair, long years before. The amends ballad made in after life were lost sight ofm the dramatic glare of the original act. Had the incident been well known of old and always, it might by this time have grown to be lightly regarded as the rather tall wild cat, but the single one, of a. young man with whom the steady and mature, if somewhat head- strong. ’burghcr of today ‘had scarcely a pomt in common. law as dead and buried ever since, the unterspaoe of years was unperceived; and the black spot of his youth wore the aspect of a recent crime. _ Small as the Court incident had been in itself, it formed the edge or turn in the Incline of Honchard's fortune. 0n that. dayâ€"almost at that minuteâ€"he passed the ridge of prosperity and thonâ€" our, and began to descend rapidly on the other side. It was strange how soon he sank in esteem. Socially the had reaueived a startling fillip down- wards; and, hav ing already lost com- mercial buoyancy [ruin rash transac- tions, the velocity of his descent in both aspects became accelerated every hour. New events combined to undo him. It hadbeen a bad year for others be- SLdes himself. and the heavy failure of a debtor whom he had trusted implicitly completed the overthrow of his totter- ing credit. And now, in his despera- tLon. he failed to preserve that strict correspondence between bulk and sam- ple, which is the soul of commerce. For this, one of [his men was mainly to blame; that worthy, in his great un- wwdom, having picked over the sample of an enormous quantity of second-rate corn which Henchard had in hand, and removed the pinched, blasted, and smut- ted grains in great number. The pro- duce, if honestly offered, would have created no scandal; but the blunder of nusrcpretsemtation, coming at such a moment, dragged Honchzu‘d's name in- to the ditcth. details of his failure were of the ordinary kind. One day Eiiizzilretih Jane was passing the Golden Crown. when she saw people bustling in and out more than usual when (hero was no market. A bystander informed her With sumo surprise at her ignorance, tint it was a. meeting of the. Commis- Sionors under Mr. Hellchll‘d's bank- !‘U'li‘iCy. She felt. quite tearful. and when she heard that he was present LIl the hotel she wished to go in and see him, but was advised not to intrude that day. The room in which debtor and credi- tors had asst-nrbled was a front one, and “ Youâ€"lune â€"married Mr. .riI-ssichard, looking out of the window. caught sight of .lfllixab-ethâ€"Juno through the wire blind. llis examina- tion had. closed, and the creditors were lam'iug. The appearance of Elizabeth threw him into a reverie; till turning his face from the window, and towering above all the rest, he called their ni- tention for a moment more. Ills countenance had somewhat channg from its flush of prosperity; the black hair and Whiskers were the same as the rest. “Gentlemen,” he said, “over and above Lil‘s assets that We've been talking about, and that appear on the balance sheet there be these. It all belongs to ye. as much as everything else l‘vo got, and I don't wish to keep it from you. not I." Saying this, he took his gold watch from his pocket, and laid it on the table; than his purseâ€"the yellow, canvas money-bag, such as was carried by all farmers and deulersâ€"untyiug it. and shaking the money out upon the table beside the watch. The latter he drew brick quickly for an instant, to remove the hair-guard made and given him by Lucetta. "There, now on have all," he said. "And I or your sakes 'twas more." The creditors, farmers almost to a. man. looked at the watch. and at the money. and into the street ; v. hen Farmâ€" er James Evcrdene spoke. wish She had recovered: for us; . the girl ‘ But the act having ‘ I "No, no, [Innchard,” he said warm.- ily. ."\\'e don't want that. "l‘is honor- able in ye; but keep it. “lat do Soul ‘say. neighborsâ€"do ye agree l" "Ay, sure; we don't wish it at all,": said Grower, another creditor. "Let him keep it, of course." murmur-l 0d another in the backgroundâ€"a silâ€", ,cut, reserved young Ill'lll. named Bold-i 1wood; and the. rest responded unani- mously. “\Vell " said the senior Commissioner. addressing Ilenchard. “though the case is a desperate one, I am bound to :id-l mit‘. that I have never met a debtor who lehaved more fairly. I‘ve proved. the balanceâ€"sheet to be as honestly made out as it could possibly be; we have had no trouble; there have been no evasions and no concealments. The ‘rashness of dealing which led to this‘ unhappy situation is obxious enough; but as far as I can see every attempt has liven made to avoid wrongiug any- i l (To Be Continued.) CONCERNING CALLS. Fashion is mending her ways in the of social intercourse. The woman who designates upon her visiting card an "at home" day must always, whatever temptation may arise to be elsewhere, be tastefully gowned and ready to re- ceive her friends at the appointed time. The hostess who does not restrict the visits of acquaintances to any day may still retain their good-will and her own home," but more truthfully "regrets that she is engaged," by this message protecting her own conscience and that of her servants as well. The well-bred visitor will accept this graciously,knowâ€" ing from experience how impossible it often proves under existing circum- stances to set aside pressing duties for the chance caller; Formal visiting in now limited to afternoon hours as less liable to conflict with: necessary ap- pointments of daily lifei The latch- string of hospitality still remains out for close friends, who drop in at all times according to impulse and conven- ience. A fine line of courtesy leads the vis- itor not to offer her card to the servant, but to enquire if Mrs. Blank is receivâ€" ing. If answered to the affirmitive, cues of the call: thod of announcing guests being very generally accepted in the best circles of society, a pasteboard only when the lady is out or not receiving. At social functions aside from the dinâ€" ner of ceremony, guests are not exâ€" pected to take leave of host and hostess when departing, a card left on the hall table covering this point of civility. This -method is the outcome of afternoon teas and evening receptions at which people go and come constantly between the hours prescribed by invitation, keep- ing the hostess occupied in receiving from first to last. These affairs afford opportunity to entertain twice the num- ber of guests without the discomfort of a. crowd when the service in the dining room is continuous. Perfect independ- ence is granted each hostess in the mat- ter of menu and decorations, light re- degree as the more elaborate efforts of florist and caterer. The woman who “can not afford to entertain" in the present day is hindered by pride and ignorance of society's ways rather than light pocketâ€"book. \Ve have much to thank our sisters across the water for in this matter, so surely .but certainly are thecharminglittle functions offor- eign life asserting themselves in this country. _â€"+â€"._.. HOW TO SLEEP \VELL. Sleeplessness is a most distressing complaint, and one which ages a woman quickly; therefore "insomnia," as it is called, should be attended to at once. \Vhon night after night, aperson lies awake for hours together, serious re- sults are sure to follow. It may arise from various causes. Disordered liver will often cause uleeplcssness. When this is the case, the patient feels heavy and drowsy after meals, and may fall asleep at once on going to bed, only to awaken soon after and lie awake or hours, perhaps just dropping off for a few minutes be- fore morning, and waking again, feel- ing tired and irritable. In such a case, treat. yourself much as you would for a bilious attack. Take some apericnt medicine; be vcry careful in your diet, take gentle exercise in the open air, and avoid all worry and excitement. Irregiiilarity in tlhc hour of retiring will cause restlessness, anzl should be avoided if posxible. Regular hours are much the best. desirable thing to indulge in, but if late hours have been kept the night before, and the requisite number of hours of sleep been curtailed, it is well to take a. short rest during the day. The corsets and shoes should be taken off before lying down. \VAS HE A RENEGADE? ’l'wo Irishinen, differing in political opinions, were discussing in an impas- sioned way their respective croeds. At last, ardor overcoming good nature, one amused the other of being a renegade to party and family tradition. This accusation the second man stout- ly denied, averring that his political views were based upon his own conâ€" VlCtlUIlS rat her than on an accident of birth. Still his accuser insisted that he was a turncoat. You call yourself Daly! he cried, scornfully. You call yourself Duly, and everybody knows that when you first struck this country you had an 0 on your name big enough for a. life-pre- serverl AIR IN THE ARCTICS. The air is so clear in the Arctic re- gions that conversations can be car- ried on easily by persons lwo miles apart. it has also been asserted on ,good author.ty that at Gibraltar the human voice has been distinctly heard iilL a. distant-o of It) miles. body." ideiny of Medicine. direction of sense and sincerity in lines . self-respect. She is no longer "not at ‘ asks if she will see Mrs. Sâ€". If in the i negative, then the card in left in evid- - Cards are in a. meas- . ure falling into disuse, the English me- ‘ left i freshments and a few cut flowers now ; regarded as true hospitality in the same ‘ An afternoon nap is not always a; ' WlKI ll Bil EGS iASTONlSHING RESULTS OF A NEW PROCESS 1N SURGERY. lIy It I’allcnls Are Mile In Re lip and About “‘ilhln 'l‘\\cnl3‘-l~‘our llours Alter Sustaining: a l‘rnclured Limbâ€"A l’ruc- llcal Test of the Amlmlalory Bandage. Thntuman is unlucky enough to fall and break a leg doesn't any longer have to spend Weeks imprisoned in bed waiting for tLe fractured limb to mend but may be up and about some‘ times within twenty-four hours aften the accident, was made plain to the dOO-v tors assembled the other night in the surgicall section of the New. York Aca- A workman who had fallen off a scaffold a. fortnight bo- fore walked about the room without the aid of crutches and with only the slightest perceptible limp. although 1his left leg, which had been broken, was still done up in plaster paris. Ho was one of two patients intro- duced to the surgeons as visible proof 'tem of setting broken legs. which sys- ‘etm of setting broken legs, which sys- tem was presented as a. vast advance on the old method of treating such fractures by limping- the unfortunate victim in bed until the fractured bones reunited. The subject of the up-to-dato treatment was presented in apaper by Dr. James Porter Fiske of the staff of attending physicians of Roosevelt H034 pittail. He gave the result of 250 094 eratwns in which THE ADTBULATORY SPLINT .had been used successfully in the how lpitals. The problem that confronted i tibia surgeon in such cases, he said. was ito got injured patients up and about itheir business just as soon as possible. Eand by the new method flatterin rcn zsults had. been attained, particular y in ,‘tho case of disabled professional men. - Its efficacy in the case of laboring» imcu lwas a little less apparent. In the na-I iture of their occupation this full use .of fractured [innle was not so readil- ily attained. If the injury was treat- ; ed promptly the recovery was very rap-i id, excepting in the case of alcoholicbaa ticnts, in which the danger of delirium tremens setting in after the fracturd was the obstacle. In healthy persons, male or female, the method had secur- ed admirable results. ‘ The ambulatory system has been m use in Berlin for some time. It is quite simple. In the case of the fracture of either of the bones of the lower 1 the patient is placed in arecumben position and the injured bones are set in place and bound securely with an ordinary muslin roller bandage. No cot- ton is used in the binding. Out- side of this roller a plaster of Paris gauze bandage is wound. This lizard:- eins and leaves the limb inoased in at laster cast which generally extends rom the toe tip to the knee joint. I It holds the broken parts of the limb im- movable, and hardens rapidly. 'nhs best quality of cast and. bandage is al- ways employed. and the patient Is on.â€" oourag‘ed to “all; without crutches after TXVENTY-FOUR HOURS. Care is taken, of course, to avoid possibility of inflammation settng in. The reason the patient can, walk so soon is that the weight of the bod is support- ed upon the upper part a the ambu‘ latory cast, which acts as a. crutch. ' ‘ Dr. Fisk cited a case where a - aticnb 72 years old had been able to wal 'wuhhr in eight days after the application of the ambulatory splint. The healin of the bones goes on while the patien_ is walllring about Ijust as if he were lying down, as the raotulred limb is in no ‘ way disturbed by the exercise. In fact, i the reuniting of the fractured parts is hastened, and the stiffness of joints '1'84 ‘ suiting from the old method of keeping a patient in bed and quiet is greahlty‘ reduced. \VitLin six weeks, often soon- er. the bones will have united. and then the limb is subjected to hot and cold douche baths and to brisk massage to restore it to its normal condition. The avarage time the ambulatory splint . was worn in the 250 cases quoted was from twentyâ€"eight to thirty-five days, and many of the patients were able_ to go about much the same as usual during this period. Dr. John M. “'oodbury of Roosevelt} Hospital said that in none of the cases cited by Dr. Fiske had any patient re- turned to the hmpital for treatment for malformation of the limb. Even in the case. of serious double oblique fracture, where the weight of the body LS liable to dislocate the set limb and drive the bone through the flesh. the process had worked SlII‘ILPSSILIlliy. This was imports ant from a nwdicoâ€"lcgal standpotnt, for it protected the surgeon from the risk of damage suits for faulty surgery. __....’___ ‘ GREAT ICE AVALANCHE. A mass of ice comprising 4,0t‘0,000 cu'b- ic feet broke away on the 11th oi‘. Sep- tember, 1896, from the lower part of the Allels Glacier on the Gemini Pass, in Switzerland. \\'i:h the velocity ac- ‘quired in its descent this river of ice . rushed across the pasturuge and up the western slope of the valley to a height of 1,300 feet along the rocky wall of the \Veissflugrat. Not being able to completely surmount this barrier, the main muss came surging backâ€"Like. a vast seawave revolting from the-cliffs â€"â€"with such force that some of it re- turned to a height of 100 feet up the eastern side. isolated blocks of Ice were hurled clear over the ridge into the ad- joining valley. The avalanche was pre- ceded by a terrific blast of Wind, which swept away chalets, trees, men and cattle, as though they had been feath- ers. These sudden avalanches of ice or snow form one of the special dungch of Alpine climbing. SERVES THE PURPOSE. [Does your wife ever tie a string around your finger to make you re- member things? Yes, Often. Ilow does it work? Well, when I get into the city it reminds me to telegraph to her and ask her what it was she wanted me to remember.