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Fundamental j Principles of j Health^o j j Of ALBERT S- GRAY, M. D. 'i S' ig ??- ICmrnisht- lWAbv A.S-Ornr) RIGG'S DISEASE AND VITALITY. Next In frequency to the moat prev alent human disease, carles, or tooth decay, cornea one very cloaely asso ciated with it, known In dental liter ature as periodontitis, better known as pyorrhoea alveolorals, or Rlgg's dis ease. This disease, characterized by a more or less general Infection of the membranes within the tooth sock et, is indicated by a slight tenderness during mastication, looseness of the teeth and pulp sensitiveness, or even pain on the Ingestion of hot or cold drinks because of the exposure of tha cementum, the external shell of the root The gum Is swollen and soft, the tooth may be raised In Its socket, and pressure brings relief. There la a discharge of pus from between the tooth and gum on pressure, the teeth become loose, and, In course of time as the disease progresses and the al veolar process (the tooth socket! Is destroyed, they fall out Efficient mastication Is, of course, Impossible; hence not only is food bolted partly chewed and more or less mixed with pus, but the tissues In and around the teeth are deprived of exercise necessary to give them an adequate blood supply and they are thereby rendered less resistant to at tack. Tooth after tooth Is involved and there is established another of those numerous vicious cycles that continually operate to drag us down. Pyorrhoea is not a new disease; It was recognized by the early Investi gators, but it has become more prev alent during the laBt 50 years and It Is the rule rather than the exception to And patients with more or less perio dontitis. The disease Is not confined to man, but fs*als0 extremely preva lent Omong domestic animals. A class of serious disorders has long been known In which failure of nu trition could be named ax ihe imme diate antecedent in the case and In which It has vaguely been assumed that the diet must be at fault. Prob ably the most generally familiar of these diseases Is scurvy. Scurvy has always been associated with sadist containing an excess of salted, smoked, or canned foodstuff, a monotonous dlot devoid of fresh vegetables such as cab bage, onions, carrots, potatoes and the like. As the result of experience, these fresh vegetable* have been credr ited with some power to ward off or at last to mitigate the disease, and limes and lemons ard universally recognized as anti-scorbutics (scurvy preven tives). Victims of scurry suffer from severe physical exhaustion, soreness of the gums and looseness of the teeth, and, of course, this opens ths way to bacte rial invasion and periodontitis. When we note that, as all observers agree, Improvement or Intensification of the mouth diseases synchronises with the rise and fall ol, general health in the Individual, It Is reasonable to suspect that the disease Is not a strictly local Infection resulting from local Irrita tion ori Injury. It does not come from Injuries received In chewing grit and sand or from soft food accumulating about the teeth; It comes as the re sult of lowered vitality from the lack of those organic compounds other than the proteins which Caslmlr Funk and other Investigators prove to be pres ent in fresh vegetables and In lime and other juices, small quantities of which are absolutely essential to nor mal growth and continued health. Thd name given these compounds by Funk Is well chosen In view of Its root meaning: Vltamlnes. An "amine" Is a nitrogenous compound of a certain type, and a vitamine la obviously such a nitrogenous compound absolutely necessary to vitality. The principles of evolution are uni versal and constantly at work, even In the minds of men, and we are slow ly evolving out of the old idea ol "cause" and "cure"' The inveatlga tions of Soddy in the chemistry of the radio-elements, of Twort, Pen fold Mme. Henri and others In the muta tions ofd>acteria, make it quite Cleai that If Wdicine ever takes a place among the sciences It can come only as the result of a general habit ol mind such as is found in the advanced sciences. In astronomy and In physlci In general scientists have banished th< term "cause" and have ceased to lool for specific causes, because there art no such things. What scientific lawi do is to state the functional relation: between certain events at certaii _-v^ _ time* and certain other events at other time*. We know, for example, that sun bcama are tbei ultimata cauae or the revolving of a windmill, but no man can atate the origin of the particular puff of air that cauaee a wheel to re volve at a certain apeed at a certain time. Neither la It poealble to put one'* fincer on the exact point at which we enter or leave the vital cur rent of life. The wlae man take* no chances and (imply stick* cloae to nature. Thla mean* eating simple, properly prepared, unprocessed foods. CHANGES IN BACTERIA AND DIS EASE. The universal property of Irritabil ity, which Is almply the power to re spond to stimuli, makes all organisms the result of the Interaction of two sets of factors?the factors of Inheri tance and the factors of environment The factors of Inheritance cover all the complex association of properties or capacities transmitted from the Bar ents which make up the specific InneiV tance characteristic of each individual; the factor of environment on the other hand covers all those conditions which are capable of influencing the differ entiation, growth and behavior, or. In other words, the general metabolism, of the organism. The InheVltonce may be compared to everything that leads up to the production of a blank phonograph disk; the environment and stimuli may be compared to every thing acting through the neddle which, cuts the dots andNdashes Into the sur face of the disk. Obviously the final result, or the Individual, must be the product of these two sets of factors and In exact accordance with the qual ity and capacity of the disk, the hard ness or softness of the needle and the amount of power behind It. . Since the germs of disease are liv ing organisms they also must be sub ject to the laws of evolution, and In this fact we have proof of the asser tion that every man makes hie own disease; because no two can be exact ly alike, they must vary widely In space and time. Not only does each Individual human being vary, but each species of bacteria varies from time -to time, so that the well-known dis eases cannot be the same In different localities or In different generations. Proof of this has recently been fur nished In the work of Twort and Pen fold, who have "educated" the typhoid fever bacillus to ferment sugar, wblcb ordinarily It does not do. Revls has obtained varieties of the bacillus. coll structurally and physiologically differ ent from the parent by prolonged cul ture In various media. Very recently Madam Victor Henri has produced marked mutations in a particularly well defined an4 stable bacterial species, the bactllbs anthracls. The micro-organism. Bacterium an thracia, gives rise to an infectious and usually fatal bacterial disease In ani mals, especially In cattle and sheep, charactedaeil by ulcerations of the skin, enlargement of the spleen and general collapse, a disease generally known as splenic fever. Man occa sionally contracts the disease by In oculation from the animal. Carbuncle, malignant pustule and wool sorters' disease are caused -by the anthrax bac teria. The normal bacterium la a long rod shaped micro-organism having marked and characteristic reactions. Mne. Henri has modified the organism with the ultra-violet light The meth od employed was to expose an aqueous (water) suspension of anthrax spores in a quarts tube to ultra violet radia tions for times varying from one to forty minutes and afterward growing cultures from these mixtures. The majority'of the organisms were killed by this treatment because (he ultra-violet rays were markedly bao terlcidal. but a few survived and ac cording to the conditions and the length of the exposure the bacllus un derwent modifications and showed characteristics decidedly different from the typical anthrax bacillus. The ? principal of these were a coccoid form and a thin filamentous form. These two forma constitute two new types which Mme. Henri has isolated, and they remain stable for about three months. They produce anthrax which has characteristics distinct from those of the anthrax "produced by- the nor mal baitllus. The normal anthrax microbe lique fies gelatin, curdles milk and takes definite stains. The filamentous form does not liquefy gelatin, curdle milk I or take the same stains, and It pro duces ah Infection different from the anthrax on inoculation. This form re ' malned absolutely fixed and stable aft ' er s dally subculture for more than | eighty days; but though stable In the , incubator after passage through an , animal, coccoid forms taking a stain r similar to norma) anthrax bacteria ap I peared and. after subculture In'broth. ( a certain number of baclllary forms s approximating the typical anthrax ( were obtained. i Inasmuch as all the above points I clearly to the fact that diseases are I only relative conditions, we should 1 carefully refrain from dogmatism. Electric Brush for Polishing Floors, j An improved electric brush'for pol ishing wood floors uses an electric mo-1 tor at the top and a large round flat brush underneath the motor, says the Scientific Aynerioan To keep the mo-! tor from thrning about along wljth the brush, there is used a steadying de vice in the shape of a pair of square shaped flat brushes at the sides of the central one. Bach square brush la mounted on the end of a shaft project ing from the middle casing and la * geared up so that the shaft works In and out as a plunger, so as to produce a to-and-fro movement of the aide brushes. This steadies the whole set and at the same time allows of moving the whole very readily over the floor by means of the long handle. i King Albert's Kindness. A Uule anecdote of King Albert of Belgium la told In an ^englishwoman's ietter from Cheat. She says King Al bert Is not only a brave man, be Is kind and thoughtful for others. He dresses like a simple soldier sad goes about among his troops Some days ago be noticed one of bis men sealing a letter, and asked, aa a friend might aak another: "To whom do you write?" "To my mpther," was the Boldler'a re ply. 'Ah! Qive the letter to me." said the king. "I will see It posted.' And ao be did. Indeed, it la not the first time that he has done So, for he calls bis troops "comrades." and he means what he Bays?Dundee Advertiser. Literary Note. "I must confess that I don't under stand Henry James. Hla style Is so Involved." "I'll tell you how to go about read ing him. First run over a life insur ance policy. After that Henry James , win seem luold and dear."?Kansas City Star. / . Unsuitable Garments. Parson Johnson?Why don't yo' come to church. Sam? Sara Sb'lnn?Notnln' suitable to , wear, parson. Parson?The Lord won't notice yo' clothes. Sam. Sam?No; tut Deacon llutts joign' recognise his shirt and Bre r Stmpsoi j his umbrella!?Pack BURIAL OF ENGLISH SAILORS t ? ? j Scene at tbe burial o( forty-three English sailors whose bodies drifted ashore at Oravensande (Heok of Holland). Tbe men were members of the crewa of tbe Creasy and other British vessels sunk by the Qermana. PHANTOM BATTLE IN AIR MARKS DIRIGIBLE'S END How "Republique" Went to Her End Graphically Described by Writer. BOMBS DROP FROM CLOUDS Terror-Stricken Citizen* See French Machine Buret Into Flams* After. Spectaculer Fight Then Oo Out .In Derkneee end Night The foltowln* word picture portraying a phantom night battle between alrahlpe, and the terror of a municipality under en aerial bomb attack, cornea from Ber lin. although It wai written on the ecene described herein. Owing to the strict Eu ropean censorship, however, the corre spondent was not permitted to give the name of the town about which he writes so graphically. Berlin.?The little French town le lying asleep. It can do so In safety, because the patrols are awake. But on the other etde of tbe mountain there Is no sleep. The place is hum ming like a beehive. But there Is per fect order. Every one Is at hi* place. Ther are preparing for the march. Patrols have returned with the re port thst the plain is free from tbe enemy. The little town 1* the place they mean to march to. They think fne town Is empty. The fact that tbe French" hsd com* In had not been madn known. They came out of the forest, through which they marched dur ng the night; and early in the moiling they marched In, hidden by thA vineyard*. Now the town is a small camp. Every house a fortress. The superior officers bave taken up their quarters In tbe city hell. All lights are out. The mayor asks: "Why?" He Is told: "Because the Germans have air ships." TVi a mavn* maVaa itia nlsm A# tha cross He has beard of tbe Zeppelin. "But we also base airships," the mayor says. Tlie French captain nods: "One of them will go up this night It will By over the hills to rlslt them over there." At night the officers are entertained by the town. All to Wn folks of distinc tion sre present. The notary makes a passionate speech about the brave army. The colonel thanks him In the name of his comrades. He spegks highly of the town and its hospitality. Two hours later, only the men on guard are still on their legs. But the mayor did not go to bed: also, the clergymen and notary are walling. What for? For the Republtque. ? This Is the famous aeroplane ofj which the captain spoke. Night Dark and Windy. The sky- Is dark and overcast wfth thick clouds. Only from time to time he dim light of the moon steals through these dense masses. But qu'ckly It grows dark again. The wlBd whistles through the forest and through the vineyards Into the town, bunging shutters aid doors. Where Is the Republtque' The townsfolk have been waiting nnw for an hour, with their eyes fixed on the dark sky?but nothing?noth ing. , Now they hear a peculiar noise re sounding through the darkness from above. They stretch their necks. But their eyes are unable to penetrate the darkness. They listen Intently. The humming and bussing become more dlktlncL It sounds as If a gigan tic bird were rapidly moving forward on, his wings. Now they see sdme thlng?or do they only believe they see It??floating through the air like a torpedo. The French mayor would like to shout for Joy, "Vive la Re publlquet" Now the bussing has turned Into rattling and crackling. It seem.', to the mayor as II he saw small lights, flickering, extinguishing and flaring up again. Now all has disappeared again in the darkness; only the bus sing still t? beard?the heavy stroke of the wings of the gigantic bird. But behind the mountain the Her mans are on the lookout. The guards at the aviation post don't know sleep. The eyes of the officer at the tele graph are as bright-now as at noon. Now a spark and the Writing lever splutters dashes?dots. He has sighted the Republlque! A shrill whistled signal gives the alarm In the station. The Republlque must not pass over the mountain. They will try to catch her or drive her back at least. Brief commands are given?precise Instructions. A few minutes later a heavy biplane stands ready to start A short examination of the wires and supports, then the pilot and ob server take "their places. The motor is started, the apparatus staggers In wide jumps over the ground, and Sud denly It shoots up with a last power ful pull. It disappears Into the dark. The compass needle shows the way. They Ay higher and higher; fhe ridges of the mountain become visi ble as a long, dark strip. Now the biplane passes over them In smooth flight It keeps In the dark. The wind blows against it. The apparatus goes still higher. Now tbe moon breaks through tbe clouds for a mo ment, giving a quickly disappearing track of light, enough to show the Republlque at a distance. The enemy Is dlscovered. Now caution and courage are need ed. Perhaps the French airmen have likewise-seen the German. Then there will be a life and death struggle. But as a matter of fact the Repub llque has no warning of the approach of the German biplane, which is flying as wlft as an arrow, going higher and ever faster. Like two birds of prey swooping upon one another they come. The bi plane Is more eesHy handled. The ob server looks Into the darkness with sharp eyes; the apparatus moves for ward In roaring and rushing flight. Where Is the Republlque? Hurls Bombs en Town. Another hour passes. Then the German biplane is directed earthward. Below lies the little town like a dot. The apparatus descends lower and lower. The searchlight sends a flash over the ground like lightning. The mayor, who has not yet gone to bed. hastens to the window. Another flash of light. He looks up, sees only a shadow. But they In the aeroplane have seen enough?men and guns.' And now something falls down from the height, like a stone, not aimed, but yet a hit. The missile bursts, a fire sheaf throws up sparks; splinters, cracking. The mayor starts back, thunderstruck.-? dries, rushes out Flames break out on the market; more cries; walls fall Into ruins; the peoplfl are bewildered. Soldiers receive commands. Now shots go whizzing up toward the Ger man biplane. Another bomb ,ls thrown to the ground, causing S death and destruc tion, and leaving paralyzing horror. The Herman biplane, however, has disappeared In the aerial ocean. It la In full flight. It tries to come up with the Republlque. It ascends In a wide curve. Suddenly there Is a buzzing noise before It. It must be the Frenchman. It seems that he got lost In the dark.' A yell of triumph es capes the observer. The apparatus mounts quickly In a spiral curve. "In deed. It Is the Republlque! The German airship Victoria now Is like n hawk, measuring the distance. Now the searchlight plays, and It sends flashes of light over the Repub llque. Bombs are thrown. The observer watches them In the quick light. One sinks Into the night; another one also; but Ihe third one make : a hit? It strikes the stern! The Republlque, unable to fly over the enemy, moves along with dimin ishing speed. Now the Victoria is preparing for the finishing strobe. It swoops down like an eagle, sure of Its pre,. The airship seems to stand on end. An<f now bemb after bomb drops down with almost mathematical ex actness. The Republlque g-oans and writhes from her gaping wounds. She is mortally hurt. The linen covering the wrings hang about the rods like flesh cut to shred. Now 1t blazes up? a gigantic firework. Then the French airship goes out In darkness and night! JOKE, THEN KILL EACH OTHER French and Germane Engage In PUae antrlea In "frenchee During Lulle In Fighting. Parti.?Deapite the horrora and dla comforta of the aituatlon the Preach and German eoldlare who have been facing each other for many weeka In the trenehea on the banka of the Atane occasionally Indulge In a little, plena entry. Germana. aheltered *tn con crete lined qnarrtoa, chared 'toward the French lines a hone around whose | neck hung a large placard and several welUhumhed German newspapers. The placard bore this Inscription: "Good day to the Frenchmen. Do you know Russia Is beaten all along the line, and Antwerp is taken?" The Frenchmen Smiled. A Franc! Junior -"-imfrr that In the enemy'a trenches not more than thirty or forty yards sway from his own the Ger mans try to prove which of them can sing the loudest. "We can often hear quits clearly ooaamands given in the^ Herman trenches." rays thl* subaltern. ' Me also frequently play tricks on each other when we can. Omitting to uae our rifles." Germans Build Lighters. Copenhagen.? i wo smyyards at Kiel, the Uermanla and the Howard, are building SO armored lighters capa ble of carrying ?00 men each and trav ellng at the rate of nine miles an hour, to proceed to the river Scheldt should events permit the landing of Gertnar troops on the coast of l?aglan& HER SON FIBHTS FOR BRITAIN German Woman encounters Lad by Chance in Railway Station la London. London.?A well-known German woman, who fa married to an Kngllab man, had a carious experience In Low don. Hor son. fifteen years old. It a cadet 1?. a British naval school, and It was her Intention to gif her son and take him to France to etudy French. She reached England la the Bret days of the mobilisation. As the got out of her train at Victoria station she saw a procession of naval cadets pass along the platform. She stopped one of the youngsters "Are you not from the ?www school?" she asked, him. Upon bit replying affirmatively, she asked what the cadets were doing In London. "Why, we are. being mobilised.'' was the reply. "Mobilised! You are not going to the warships?" she demanded. _ "That's what they say." "Tell me, la Cadet X with you?" "I believe he is on the other tide of the station." The mother rushed over there and soon found her son. He and hla fel lows w?re about to board an outgoing train, and she had only a taw minutes to be with him. Thpn he left for a seaport, and was put on a warship and commissioned a midshipman. GANGRENE MICROBE IS FOUND American Ambulance Service Bur geone In France Make DlaeoVery of Greatest Importance. Parle.?A microbe causing gangrene In bullet and ebrapnel wound* bae been discovered by Drs. James Bear lett and Georges Oesjardlns of the American ambulance service. Previously Initial cultures all werpv Impure, leading to the belief of scien tists that tbe disease was caused not by a single germ, but by a combination of germs. After much research and experimentation on horses and guinea pigs, a single bacillus has been discov ered and Isolated and tbe serum Is being prepared by Dr. Hdnrl Weinberg of the Pasteur Institute. . The discovery la expected In medical circles to have world-wide Importance. The serum Is being Injected Into pa tients on tbe battlefield In the early stages of Infection, obviating amputa tions and preventing a great loss of life. ' V. GERMANY IS ALWAYS READY Ak|sianM Ua_ Daletae sea IsteHamt ??'-? ? i^nicaflo man nefates an mciacni iiiu? tratlng Germany's Prepsrsd nese for War. Chicago.?Much has been said about the preparedness of the Ger mans for war. A Chicago man related this incident: More than two years ago a subor dinate German officer of the army was showing an American some things about the German way of being al ways ready to mobollse. They came upon an army wagon fully loaded. Horseshoes ware dangling from be neath the wagon. ^ "Where are your horses?" asked the American. "For this particular wagon." replied the German, "one of the horses Is at John Smith's farm, the other at the farm of. John Jonea. The shoes that you see here have been fitted to those two horses." GERMAN OFFICERS FEW NOW Rult?, for Promotion From Rank* Art Modified to Make Up th* Short* g*. Bordeaux.?O dispatch from Geneva to the Temps say* that owing to the enormoua loaae* In officers the Ger man military authorities are now per mitting the promotion of noncommis sioned officer* and even private sol dier* who distinguish themselves In the face of the enemy to the rank of officer on the simple recommendation of a colonel and without the previous submission of the nomination, a* here tofore, for the approbation of other officers of the regiment. This Is supposed to be a concession of a democratic nature and Is certain to be greatly disliked by the aristo cratic caste officers. SAVES SEVEN OF THE ENEMY Wounded German Rescues French men and Becomes a Plere In the Hospital. Parts.?"Among the wounded, men from the fighting ?a the Yser was a young German with a bloodless, Intel; lectual face. His head was a mass op bandages. He had lust beeny tag# from a Red Cross train and placed tenderly in a bed In an improvised hospital. The nurses gathered around him, soms of them In tears. " 'He saved the ltvss of seven French soldiers.' This, written on a blood-stained sheet of packing paper pinned upop a blanket, told that the young German was s hero. That was all the French ambulance men found time tot tell us." Censor Lsaves Headlines. Parts.?Atter 'passing through the censor's hands, the Intranslgeant ap pealed recently with headlines In the 'first'column of an article on German : trade-marks. The signature of the J writer. Leon Bailby, also appeared, but the entire 'text of the story -was missing. The column was simply ' blank. PlMMfjKffofpPLg* BERTHA KRUPP, 6UNMAKER It la a itraag* thing that In th* grant European war one tide persoat fle* Its destroying force s* s charming young woman and th* other u a ven erable old gentleman. It is "Bertha Krupp" who tight* for the Germans and "Pmp* Creusot" who flghta for th* French. The Ger man soldiers often say "Bertha is talk ing again" when tbey hear the shrlsk of the terrible Krupp guns and the French soldiers say "Papa Creusot in giving the Germans a lesson." Of courss, everybody knows that Bertha Krupp Is the principal heiress of the great Krupp gun works at Es SM>. probably th* greatest establish iheht of Its kind in the world. The nam* "Papa Creusot" is really taken from the place?Le Creusot?where the French guns are made.. Th* Baroness Bertha Krupp von Bohlen, or, as she will always. be known, Bertha Krupp, Is unassuming, ebtritfthlM a n ft Kalnvhft h? all thnaa who have the fortune to know her. Berth* Is one of two listen, the ooljr children of the lute Alfred Kmpp, the guamafcer of Be sen Because of the fact that the kaiser, recognising the gun maker was an Important factor In the empire, acted as godfather to Bertha, she has received more attention and Is better known than her slater. The young matron la noted for the charities that she supports with her Immense fortune. From the lpeome from the manufacture of the big guns which breathe destruction a fraction Is set aside by Bertha Krupp to help some of her 60,000 pensioners. A large orphan' asylum Is supported by the Krupp money. When Bertha Krupp was to be married she was so Important a personage that the kaiser took upon himself the role of Cupid and arranged her marriage to Baron OUstav ron Boh ten and Hal bach. In whom he was Interested. , The present war must be regarded as the crowning achievement of "Ber tha Krupp." Not only have the Krupp works furnished a vast amount of eB ctent field artillery to the Germans, but they have supplied the enormous ?lege.guns that only could hare enabled the Germans to smash the French forts opposed to them. Whichever side wins It seems that both "Bertha Krupp" and "Papa Creu sot" will profit enormously. It was' shown some time ego that the Krupp works were spending IfOO.OOO a year to popularize the Idea of war among politicians and writers. They are now reaping the benefit of this expeadltare. PLANS EXPLORING EXPEDITION ? ' y Capt. j. Foster Starkhouse, f. r. a s? r r. z. a. r. r. a o s., etc., u now organising an expedition that stirs the blood of every real adven turer. For six years be and his rom panioos will forget civilization and Its luxuries and sail away Into Tirtusily unknown parts of the world , Their reward will be a trip to aft the^gven seas, visits to Islands and territories itlll untrod by the feet of white men, discovery and adventure In every lati tude from the equatorial Pacific to tbe Sea of Okhotsk and then back again to the Antarctic?and glory. They will have a chance to study the oceans as they were never observed before, and tbey will be participants In the principal object of* (he voyage, the discovery and nulphlhg of 1,500 un known Islands, rocks and reefs tn the Pacific, reported from time to time by skippers and never offlcially charted. The expedition Is known as the British-American Oceanographic expe aiuon. and It will make Its voyage in the Discovery, the ahlp In which Cap tain Scott made hi* laat and fatal trip to the Antarctic regions The Teasel is now Suing In London. Next May it will sail from New Tork. down to the Panama canal and out into the PaclBc, where trade routes will be explored for about three years. --? ->(... WHEN KEY POTMAN WAS IN NOME Id the early and rough days of Nome, Alaska. Kay Pitt man. who now la the Junior senator from Nevada, ] served a term aa prosecuting attor ney. Naturally be acquired a large acquaintance among the lawless ele ment and Its members. In- turn, gained t high-respect for the legal abilities of the man who sent so many of them to Jail. The quite natural result was ~ that after hta term as prosecuting at torney closed he found himself in com mand of a large criminal practice: 7 ' Among his clients were a number of .7 the leaders of the rough and morally Irresponsible crowd who turned to "" him to extricate them from the trou bles in which tbey frequently found themselves. Too often, however, they failed to pay the lawyer tor his serv ices, and Anally Mr. Plttman grew tired of working for them for nothing. >In those days In Nome coal was sold largely by the sack and was very valuable. Shortly after the arrest of a notoriously shady character for the theft of 180 of these precious sacks, one of the accused man's pals came to Plttman to retain his services. "Look here, Jack," replied Plttman. "I'm tired of worklngfor you crooks for nothing. I'm neither a millionaire nor a philanthropist. . Tou get some 3ie else to defend Chick." I "We'll pay you for this," replied Jack. "We've got the stuff to do It" "Is Chick Innocent T" queried Plttman, "Sure, he's as Innocent M a babe," came the encouraging reply. "Well, how much do I get for defending him?" "Mr. Plttman, If you get Chick off we'll give yon half the coal." ? i i i MAN OF THE HOUR IN TURKEY Enver Pasha, minister of war leader of the Young Turk party anc son-in-law of the sultan, stands fort! Just now as the most prominent fig ure in the Ottoman empire. He ti One of the four fctual directors of th< destinies of Turkey, and the most forceful of the three. He Is said it be consumed by ambition and to be Here himself to be a man Of destiny He affects the genius of Napoleon, ant dreams'In secret of converting thi actual Ottoman directory ln(o a con sulate. In the role of first consul h< would then change the consulate intc an empire,, following the example 01 Bonaparte. Enver, who was born In Roumelti only thirty-five years ago, Is the hen of the Trtpolttan war. Also he wai the assassin of Nazlm Pasha, the gen crallssimo of the Turkish army. Naz tm belonged to the Old Turk party Honest, patriotic and brave, he repre sented the very best In the Turk. Hli Atrocious assassination doubtless wu the member* of tbe directory. Thejr hare spilled the blood of their adrer siries ruthlessly and many shocking murders arc laid at their doors. The people hate them bitterly and the sultan tears them Intensely, so the news that they hhve been slain would cause no surprise at any time. The friends and relatives of Naslm are many. PUT.- .... ? * - -1' >??? V ' ' * v" -
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