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Show MAN WAS TAKING NO CHANCES. Elaborate Precautions to Forestall the Festive Germ. A man whoso poor hearing obliges him to use a speaking tube met another an-other man who certainly deserves to be set down as the champion foo to germs. Tho meeting took place in the street. The deaf man signified his do' sire for conversation on a certain subject. sub-ject. Tho enemy to germs listened to the question put to him, then Biirvojed his end of the speaking tube dubiously. dubious-ly. Defnru attempting to answer ho took tho deaf man by tho arm and piloted him Into a drug store, whero he called for a liquid disinfectant In which ho proceeded to Imnicrso a por-! tlon of the tube. "Thesu things are worso than telephones tele-phones to spiead disease," he complained. com-plained. "1 don't know who 'talked into this last. I'm not going to tako any chances." , Tho owner of tho first aid to hearing hear-ing looked on In consternation that was half anger, but as ho was very anxious to securo an answer to his question he did not protest against the sterilization of tho tube. |
