| Show I 1 1 I 1 I 1 A physicians FEES HOW A FRONTIER DOCTOR RAN UP 1 1000 IN TEN DAYS stanza contag contagion 1 l out in montain Mon tann A r rm of 0 tile ala risao though Thoo elt t to come colne from froin the celestials A il Ms 1 in tho tile frontier tomi toni of lagl eagle 31 T where I 1 lire live remarked a traveler from the Is vest est wo have had a fit strange milgo contagion within a few days ono one halt half of 0 tho the population found itself f tho the dis disease ease itself in the form of blue blot blotches ches on various parts of tio the body the tile hands face mid and legs being enosa some said alie discoloration could low anaed oft and other others said ft it 1 The cicro was but one doctor in fit town and ho soon had everybody la in the place under treatment you never in your i our life saw a doctor prosper as that man did he ile charged enormous tee few which tho the people were glad enough to pay for they were all very much frightened the doctor pronounced tile ho outbreak ill buo in mango or n form of tho the plague and said that unless it were wilfully sUll tully handled the most terrible results were euro sure to follow blood becom pation and death there was anis storo il in town tou and bo telegraphed to helena tor for a cupply of the tho only medicine which ho be eaid said had bad been found efficacious iu in such h ca rending tho the arrival ot of thia supply ho he applied como sort ot of oil to the blue spot spots and cautioned od the patients ibo the uso of water on the tho afflicted parts 1 I well such excitement as wo bad had in fit our tonn town tor for a fow days you never saw the doctor was the ona great roan man in tho the burg everybody wanted him idin and the richest soc curad red his services eirv icee cit at great cost ile was up nig night u litand and day ichen tho medicine camo bo taid said it was vas very expensive and that ho he had aken ablo able to secure but a limited quantity consequently hi bo doled it out aa as sparingly as if it were n ere gold and cliar charged god at the rate ot of 10 a bottle nobody Ko body however experienced any evil cf ef facts from tho the scourge there was no pal pain n no itching no t ot of any sort the doctor said sam that tha t krould n all come quick enough it if tao tile people 11 neglected egle eted to epply the proper treatment hint that a peculiarity of the terrible scour scourge that in its ill flint bt sta stages it was seemingly geW h fm iless some did have a burning sensation iu in the afflicted parts but b u t this did not appear in ony ally case until after they had been to the doctor tor for treatment and thus tho days oro by and it was n as only a ques question ot of a week or so more when the doctor would had bad all tile la the town ho had been a poor dovil devil without a patient and 1171 living from band hand to mouth but now he fairly rolled la ln wealth malua riu v sly y ono one of 0 our citizens became so alarmed alarm ed by tho the doctors description ot of tho ter biblo results of tho the scourge go that ho lie posted off to helena to seek further medical advice during his absence tho the tople roso in their might end mid drove all tho the China nien in town over the tho range threat threatening enin their lives if they ever returned this was done because the tho doctor had bad expressed on an opinion that the plague had originally como from the tile celes bials who must bavo have brought it from china TOLD STRAUN Or in two or three days tho the stage camo came in from helena and aboard was v as our citizen who had bad gone gono to get medical advice he immediately ballod a meeting of the leading citizens and told them a strange story ile said the so called scourge was no scourge at nil all that wo we had bad all been duped that tho the discoloration winch which bad alarmed us u to greatly was nothing but tho stains of prussian blue andt and that tho the doctors at helena had told him that our doctor must have gono gone about town secretly dropping little bits of the dye dyo hero here and there on the rail of the ono one billiard table in the to tonii on oil chairs chain la in tho tile saloon on oil tho the counter counters and every 01 ery place chero w hero people would bo likely to get got it upon their clothing or person more than this stains of tho the bauo bad had been found on hu 1 coat and doubtless we wo could all tod find similar stains on oil close examination of our clothing prussian blue the helena doctors hod had eald said nas was pa diffusive substance and it would bo be an nix easy matter for any ono starting out systematically to place bits of it in such manner that every man mail la in town would soon won become marked with it il again the oil which our doctor has las applied to the discolored part parts was common castor oil put on probably tor for the purpose of fixing the tile color so fo it could not bo be easily washed off hlll hill i the wonderful cincu cino which lo 10 had procured from helena at r such uli great expense proved on oil analysis annl sis to bo be a mixture ot of k kerosene criseno oil water and red pepper with ft a howl of rage the meeting broko up u and started every man on tho the nm run and tt m ith his revolver er drawn for the office of tho the doctor but bo be could not bo be found doling dui ing tho the previous ni lit he had bad jumped tho the town and by this timo time was probably many a mile on his ills way to the railway A party ot of citi zens mounted their horses ind aud started in pursuit but returned tho the nest next da day y without lt catching sight of me fugitive rc for ten daya days that cuta cute doctor tit cd ed of otto trying ang to earn his hi living by pi practicing act icing medicine in so healthy a town as eagle had bagged about profit on his investment ln estment of a dollar in h prussian us blue and he got away aw ay with every cent ol 01 it 7 chicaro 0 herald bernhardt 11 ax ii it tier As every human buman being la ii believed bellevo tl to bear sono outward and ana resemblance to an all animal it lydid did not astonish mo me lie other night to bear the clever analogy between barah sarah Derri bardt and ft a royal tiger very sensibly accounted tor for by a i scientific man who has las mado tho woman a pro profound fourA study ile sa tho tragediennes natural matui at disposition Is indicated as clear as by the curve of her back tho the excessive hollow at the waist line hilo and the narrowness of the euplio hipa she carries let belt v elih ith all tho the art of her training but no bengal tigre tigres overstepped ever stepped with moro sinuous grace than this phel lome nal creature temper and her passions are as teuna felino as though lie the traveled in a cage and the peculiar sweep of the tho jaw where it joins the car cair and the shape shapo oi of the tho mouth suggest to tha tho close student ot of natural ills history tory an ardent ponca that ii is i i anoro carious carlous than pleasing those aro am only a few physical points of ro w semblance but abo brilliant briliant Sa ralls history furni anany moral ones which ore angly borne borno out as tho the years go on OIL it matters little to art that mat she can never bo be judged by any ordinary standard ol 01 conventionality she ts Is a woman she slie if b a mother ind and yet ono one ct of these days who knows but our posterity will bo frequenting a dimo museum to catch a glimpse of a now species of tigress the etar of the show I 1 A aliamo beast it Is of coat with andall flat licad head from velch lalus u two splendidly cruel and amorous oyes and this will bs bel sarah saralil I 1 returned Ile turned to that native state frosi from which eho sho emerged or evolved in fit ibo the nineteenth century to become a great actress and MI an boston iremio IIer uld twos eer thus when ite its dry you dont need your umbrella and iti if thou always easy to pot it cut w han abe rain s you wi will it see k it la in vain some friende always ar mt ot it atou crille COLIC Is I 1 profit tile most inveterate scalper that ever operated etl in tho the chicago grain market 11 1 onaldo on alro A scalper tho the uninitiated should bo be told isa Is a trader who lamps in and out with rapid dems satis fled tied with small profits ami and making ni few ew losses as possible host most operators want to double their money and many stand for long profits not so with hutch mitch ills orders to his brokers oro are to clabo aa out as aon they can show n profit to ills Ms credit what do you mean by a profit mr it I 1 inquired a young broker the other day lay on receiving his fint from ho the scalper great heavens was the rejoinder ba vent you been hero long enough to know ahot it profit 1011 L Is yes I 1 know whid a profet is but I 1 dont know what you consider a satisfactory profit 11 A hutch then explained la is a profit any profits should bould to who it hog young man 50 Is a profit yee yes 10 or 5 or 1 or even ten cents and if t you cant do any better ono one cent la is better than nothing at all go a along long and fill 1 that order nud bo 1 sure that you earn mo a profit no matter how small the broker said ho lie had been trading on account for seventeen successive sivo days filling several small 11 orders each day lay and in nil all that timo time ho he had not made a loss somo some times his profeta were only sufficient to pay commissions and a dollar or two over lay but ut tho the old man inan wa was always oath fled hucalo herald I 1 I 1 44 0 da wa ae I 1 I 1 7 1 |
