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Show :0UND A USE FOR THE STOVE f rench Physician Probably Mads Preterit Pret-erit of "Pernicious Object" to Hia , Mothsr-ln-Law. J . . T "" 1 A French physician called on one tT his patients -a lady who was combining com-bining of headache and general jrostratlon. I "I'll tell you what's the matter frith you, madam." be said, promptly; 'H'e that stove you have over there. Rhose coal-burning stoves are reservoirs reser-voirs of poison vh edHeft Ulnas In the world " i "Hut that stove cost me one hundred hun-dred francs!" protested the lady. "Never mind that, (tetter lose any amount of money than your life. I'll tell you what II do; I'll give you twenty Ave francs for It, and find some way of getting rid of the pernicious perni-cious object." The lady consented, aud the doctor removed the atove. A few days later, the patient, who thought of changing ber residence, went out to Inspect a suite of rooms, and the first thing that met her gaze was the stove. "Who lives here?" she asked of the servant who was showing ber over the rooms. "Madame A., madame," ssld the servant ser-vant respectfully "Doctor B.'s mother-in-law!" |