The Cambrian

Stepped Hearts Started Agair. A recent discovery of vast importance is the action of oxygen in electrifying the heart and causing it to beat even after it has? been removed from the body. This pheiiomenon .was first noticed after a strip of turtle's heart liad been immersed in a solution of common salt. After it had been taken out of this solution and exposed to the air it beat more violently. Another small strip that had ceased to beat as the lesult of violence used in preparing it for experiment, was first placed in salt solution, and then put into a jar of exygen gas. where it continued to beat for seventy-two hour-. It is recognised by medical men that the oxygen which keeps the strip of turtle's heart beating would help to keep a human heart pul- sating, tbvw restoring its action, which. in many cases, would melll a new lease of life. It is possible nowadays to pass oxygen into the living heart and ti .ue< by means of the 'electric current. During an operation for appendicitis the other day the subje.t being under cholorform, his heart. ceased to bea;, and would not re- spond to ordinary stimulants. The patient wata practically* dead, when the surgeon. pushed his hand through ihf wound and seizing the heart gave it a squeeze, which had the result of settiag the heart pulsating once more, the patient ultimately making a complete recovery.

The Dead Made to Live Again. We are apparently not far off the day when the dead will be made to live. Experiments made with adrenalin—an extract made from a gland i[i tb.8 I'nroal -in restoring to life the RPparently hTe wowferful I results. Titeir bearing in the treatment oi patients suffering from dangerous shock and collapse are of the highest practical value, as they indicate definitely a means of increasing blood-pressure in a very marked degree. This rise occurred when the vase-motor. or blood- vessel cantiolling, centre was proved to have Jjeen exhausted when it was anaesthetised, and evert when it had bee destioyed. It should be explained tiu^ the vaso-rnotor centre is I that. portion of the ot the brain, or me- dulla and upper end of the spinal cord, winch governs the dilatation a.nd contraction or I blood-vessels, and the hear! From this centre there are certain important nerves that run to the heart and other organs. Of these the principal are the regulating and' accelera.- tion nerves, the former being the largest and most important. They emerge at the base of the brain, and pass down to the neck close to the neck arteries, and furnish the nerve force that regulates the beat, of the heart, in the same way that the eleccric wire con- ducts the current that make.* the lamp glow. The regulating and acceleration nerves of A dog were cut thus cutting off the power tilst caused its heart to beat. ths animal having been previously dosed with a poison. Adrenalin was then given, and the heart eon- tinued to beat. After research seemed to have shown that adrenalin administered in salt solution, could maintain the circulation .<o-=-CO in a heart completely isolated from the ner- vous system by the cutting of both regulating and accelerating nerves; with the vaso-motor centre exhausted by complete shock, and the muscular system paralysed with poison, it was apparent, that if these observations were correct a decapitated animal could be kept alive during a definite period of time. An ordinary laboratory dog was decapi- tated. Adrenalin and saline solution was im- mediately and continuously given, the blood pressure being controlled at will The be- headed annual, a picture of which we g; HVêd teii ;jn(1 a half hours. ) „

How Thoughts can be Weighed. A director of gymnasia, who also happens to be a doctor has devised a wonderful appar- atus which may be brieflv described as a thought-weighing machine.* It. consists of a table balanced on knife edges in such a way that the indicator moves as the subject breathes thus showing the delicate balance ot the machine. By this device remarkable results have Leen attained in the studv 01 human thought. The seciet- of health'and of the cause of diseases is not merely the supply of blood in the body but its due cir- culation throughout all the parts! of the body, and by means of this apparatus it is possible to study the training not only of athletes, but of men; not mere gymnasts, but good all- round human beings, with active brains, firm and supple muscle?, and well nourished nerves. As already mentioned', the thought-weigh- ing machine is hung upon two knife blades, one on each side, in such a way that the slightest touch will set, the muscle-bed vibra- ting, and will require an appiecia.ble effort to restore its equilibrium again. There is a spirit level fixed at the centre, the babble in which is in continuous movement. There is lower. The cause of this sinking of.the head of the table when the mind of the subject is con- centrated on a particular mental process is ot couise the flow of blood to the brain when any call is made on the activity of any of the brain centres. What is not quite so well known is the fact as demonstrated by this machine, that the blood also flows to other parts of the body upon the command, of one or other of the brain centres. Thus by a mere process of thounri.^ c'ne centre of gravity of the body I j nwy t>e°raised' or lowered, as ceitainlv as if it were done by elevating or depressing th* arms, arms, 'M 1 'n -me practical value of tins novel ing machine consists jn jts- enabling us ascertain the best way of developing muscu- lar power. which can be done most .-satisfac- torily when we know how much of the blood supply flows to the muscles when they are being actively exercised. The fuller the blood supply the greater the nourishment ot the nerve supplying t.he muscle. Hitherto the effect of exercise upon the circulation has only been guess-work. By the experiments on the niuscle-bed it has been conclusively' proved that the mos, important factor in all exercise, is the degree of mental effort put forth A man may lie down on the muscle- bed and think of a jig. and though his feet do not move, and the mu-cles are quiescent, the muscle-bed sinks t >wards the fee:, show- ing that theie has been an active flow of blood ing that tlieie has been an active flow of blood the muscle-bed sinks t >wards the fee:, show- ing that theie has been an active flow of blood towards the muscles, and that if he had in reality danced a jig the mu-rcks would have been liberally supplied with blood under this reality danced a jig the mu-rcks would have been liberally supplied with blood under this mental stimulus. To obtain this mental stimulus and sustain interest during exerci* it is good to exercise before a mirror and watch the swelling of the muscles while swinging the Indian clubs or liftiilg the dumb bells, thus helping to stimulate the now of blood to the muscles, arid so increasing then giowth for true it is that in exercise, as jn every other branch of hunun activity. .lV.l nous, ami mu*v m u.U'-l\ Jill. waxeu fat on alleged remedies for the e unwelcome hirsute adornments. Electrolysis is not al- ways satisfactory, and depilatories often fail. Witiiin the last few months, however, several eminent members of the medical profession have successfully removed the superfluous growth of hair from the faces of air patients, who are, it is needless to say. loud in their praises at being released from the bondage of the chemical depilatory. The process, does not differ materially from that U-eo in heating with the X-Han: Tlie subject's face is covered as r'-jresentecl in the illustration, with o sheet "f olaticuui t'u an opening cut in it so that the pai>- — operated upon is alone exposed, ihe effect t pf the treatment varies somewhat with the inu?vullta1i according !•> her kuosyn.Taeie*, In each the hair is siieu within a weelv, ) but a new grcTWth frequently irtiiKtv its ap- pearance in a fortir^t or t'im' wee^s -11* second growth maybe barker in colour and r coarser. Less frequently it ni.4* *<>'tee 111 texture and lighter in colour, ft that the hair never returns after the fiisl t posure. Hence the X-Ray tieitnient must j be repeated several times, but the final result f is certain; the hair root is at length effectu- ally destroyed and a recurrence of the growth I lendered impossible. Operation by this me- thod has great advantage over electrolysis, in that it is devoid of parn and leaves no scar, besides being less expensive. But ladies must be warned of the danger of having this little operation performed by any but toe most experienced operator. Only experienced surgeons should be trusted to cany out this very delicate operation. The papers will no doubt .t-on be inundated with announcements of so-an<]-*o-'s readiness to destroy superfluous hair by means of the X-Rays. but no lady should take this treatment without ascertain- ing that the person in charge has qualifica- tions that entitle him or her to c-airy out the treatment without endangering the patient's safety, —

More Light on Cancer. The electric light has come asaboonanda blessing to medical men and has proved of inestimable value to surgeons in enabling them better to explore the darker recesses and more out of the war cavities of the hu- man body, and so facilitating both diagnosis jiien and treatment of mnnv diseases that had hi- therto proved reiractoiT. It is now p .ssible or passing a powerful electric lamp into the Stomach to illuminate portions of the bodily anatomy irorn within, and so throw into shadoWeu relief such opaque bodies, as can- cerous tumours, which are found most fre- quently in the neighbourhood of the pylorus. The illustration give* a good idet of the methods used.

LATEST FASHIONS IN MAN'S ATTIRE. Lovely woman no longer enjovs the sole pierogative of presentation at tile Court of Fashion, for mere man now has the entree. and nifties it with the be-t of them. It is quite an important nowadays for a man to be correctly dressed as for a woman and if it is worth while dressing, surely it is worth while dressing well. The correct business dre-s will interest. most people. With the coat, a black morning one. any overcoat can be worn. Ihe waist- coat should be single-breasted and should ot course match the coat. Dark gtey herring- bone stripe trousers should be worn. Up- right collar, white cuffs, with small iound cor- ners, and one-coloured knot for neckwear. Gloves of biscuit dogskin, or lined reindeer in cold weather. Gold links, watch-chain tolerated, but no pin. A silk hat is de I rigueur. and so are calf boots made to button, with toe caps. For "lounging" purposes, informal day dress consists of a Cheviot jacket in brown check, with waistcoat to match, with a Ches- terfield overcoat of grev covering them, or else worsted mixture overcoat with a cloth collar. The trousers must match the jacket. A flannel shirt and cuffs with a double collar. For neckwear a sailor knot, or any colour harmonising^ with the suit. Brown'dogskin gloves, or reindeer. No pin gi ld or mother- i of-pearl links. Straight across watch chain. Brown bowler or Alpine hat. Lac-e-up calf boots with toe cap. For summer attire our illustration gives a good idea of the correct dress for a gentleman this coming season. Full evening d'esg is of coui.-e worn for for- mal events after six o'cioek. The overcoat must. be a black C'hcstei field. lined silk, with lapels entirely silk faced. If cold anv fur- y lined coat- may be worn. Dress coat. black douhle-brea.sted waistcoat, dress trousers, plain or fancy fronted shirt and cuffs, with two studs, and plain cuffs. The collar should be wing with rounded points The tie should be plain with square ends. middle width. White kid gloves. Pearl studs, with gold links. Silk or opera hat. Shoes, pumps and black socks with black silk clocks; or cash- mere-topped patent leather button boots, without toe caps.

PREHISTORIC MAN, Jflummy of an Unknown White Race Found by an Explorer. About a month ago .1 1t-.narkable find was maOe by a New Mexican hunter named John lex. who has lived among the descendants of the Pueblo tribes, a nation of cliff-dwelling .builders. niiiee before the eighties. One ot ltk -ruIJt" Apache companions, called "Cnali- puti." sometime* told the story of his vanished ancoMufs, who were said to be white men. Tfie him of a prehistoric wh.te race was always in the hunter's mind, lie guided his hoT-?e over the dry river beds that wind through the' labyrinth .of canyons in that part of ttie ih. which lie dwelt he speculated on the foundatioii fór the interest- ing Jndan tradition. One day his eye fell upon the opening of a cave in a will! of one of the lateral canyons of the Rio Graiide del Xoite. Tlti" was about 50 feet up in the perpendicular face of the sandstone cliff. I {ion climbing to the cave he found that it had been inhabited, and although it was almost choked up with quantities of broken sand- .,t(pne. lie wiis tl)le to pus), ]'is WIV iDt,) the aperture. Failing to find any relics of the past occupants lying about. Tex thought he might find something of value by digging through the accumulation of sand and retuse. After digging through six feet or more of re- fuse his shovel came in contact with a hard substance, which he took to be the cave floor. After careful excavation this floor was found to be perfectly smooth and made of the clay cement common to the houses of the vallev in which he lived. Being aware of the curi- ous custom of this prehistoric race in "burying their dead under their dwelling.floors. he de- i terrnined on digging still deeper. Having cracked the cement and pushed the broken particles aside, the explorer was sur- prised to come upon ashes, pot shards, corn cobs, small bones, and arrow points. This rubbish was found to form a stratum about a foot and a. half thick, below which a second floor was discovered. Under this second strtaum of cement a sim- ilar quantity of debris was found, and then much to Tex's consternation a third floor was discoveied in this extraordinary dwelling After a good hour or two's work a good sized i hole was made in this third floor, and as the shovel finally peneterated the opening it plunged right through into some soft sub- stance and crashed into a large decorated pot. which fell to pieces, disclosing the head of a mummy over which it had apparently been placed in the dime aeons that are fled. An examination of the inumniy. which was that of a man. disclosed that it was wrapped in three blankets, each about four or tive feet in size. The outer one was decayed, the next somewhat better preserved, and the inner one quite perfect. These blankets were woven of vegetable fibre string and strips of fur skin, the fur lemaining on. and giving the fabric a likeness to soft wrn]. A large in- dentation directly over the base of the skull i showed that the man had probably died from a blow on the head. In his shrunken state the man measured about six fe?t. so he must have been of great height when alive. He was very broad shouldered, and must have been active and powerful to iudge from his dried muscles. His great chest development showed that he possesed powerful lungs. > while his arms were of gieat length. His hands and feet, ior so large a man. weie un- usually small. The man was evidently racially distinct from the Zani Indian of New Mex'ico and the Maya of Old Mexico. To what race then did he belong? A barcelet made of two polished bones. each two inches long. sewn upon an armlet of deerskin, adorned the man's right wrist. while round the left wa-s fastened a bracelet of tiny shells, run on a fibre string. The au- thorites of the American Museum of Natural Historv declare these relic- to be very fine specimens. They are very reticent about this latest discovery, but archaseologists. who have that territory in charge, believe that everything found is of value and adds a link to the chain of facts relating to the prehis. j torie race of cliff dwrllers. =====-=-

Criminal Aspect of Cremation. Mr. Justice Grantham will have succeeded in adding a new terror to the life of the medi- cal practitioner (says the "Hospital"), if the latter is sufficiently impressed by the judg- ments he delivered during the course of the Chapman trial, on sundry other "ca.sjs'' which had not been tried before him. If the prac- titioner wishes to do what was then inferred to be his duty, he will heneefcrth regard every case, chronic or otherwise, to which he may be called, as one of possible poisoning, and the anxious friends and careful attend. ants of his patient as possibly, or even pro- bably. treacherous criminals. Hence he will oeAote less attention to curing his patient's sufferings than to assuring himself in various wavs that there is no missible around for li;- y- •'■uspjcio!)*, ,1^(1 un continue until, in one v.„r or another, the Case comes to an end.

Fortune Devoured by Mice. Some few months ago it will be remem- bered that Countess d'Onigno was murdered by her gardener in her villa near Treviso. says it Vienna correspondent. In a drawer of her writing-table the sum of £ 20.000 has just been discovered in bank notes, but. so gnawed by mice as to be almost entirely worthless. The murdered Countess, who was most miserly, hardly giving herself enough to eat, left. in addition to the above sum. £ 160.000.

The Exposure of = = Lord Robert Somerville. (BY N. LAMBERT GODBER-. ONE bright spring day la-t April I re- j ceived a hastily scrawled note from my cousin Dolly Eastman, bidd'ing me call without de- lay at her house in Regent's Park. "The matter I wish to see you about," so the note ran on, "is of extreme importance, and I beg .of you to come immediately you receive this." Dolly, it must be mentioned, was my fav- • ourite ousin, who, greatly to my chagrin- for I must confess to always having had a j .regard for her myself of a kind which could ,hardly be termed led my ifriend Arthur Eastman some eighteen months ago. However, it was a tiue love match. Arthur was a. real good fellow and in every way eligible, and Dolly was the dearest-well, sufficie it to say, Dolly was one of those sweet little women who cannot fail to make any man happy. Dolly and 1 were brought up i as s-ister and brother together, so my opinion on the -subject must carry a certain amount of weight. It was Monday morning, T remember. Be- fore me lay my untouched breakfast and a large budget of correspondence. Hastily drinking a cup of coffee and cramming the unopened letters into my pocket, I rushed out, hailed a cab, and was soon being driven rapidly along towards Regent's Park. Dolly was in her boudoir, awaiting me im- patiently, when I arrived. "I am so glad vou have come, Dick." she exclaimed, "and I am very sorry to trouble you, knowing what a busy man you are. But I am so worried and badly need someone's advice and help; you, I know, I can alway rely upon for that." "Well," I remarked. "It's about Ai'ihur," she continued. "He's mad." "Mad!" I cried aghast. "What on earth t do you me tn, Dolly?" i "I don't mean exactly mad. but, rather. I should say, morally insane." she explained. "And what form does this moral insanity take?" I inquired. "Gambling," replied Dolly, leaning forward and speaking with sudden intensity. "Bet- ting on horses, Dick. It is raining lilim bodv and soul. Arthur, as you know, is very well Off, in fact he might almost be called a rich 'an, but if he goes on as he is doing at pre- sent we shall both be in the workhouse shortly." "Then he is losing money?" "Rapidly now, but last year he won quite a. lot—unfortunately. This fact seems to have ocn firmed him in the habit, for nothing I can say or do will persuade him to give up the wretched business," said Dolly, bursting into tears. "He has gone into partnership with Mr. Tyndall, a bookmaker. They call themselves turf commission agents, on quite a large business. They are losing tremendous sums weekly. I feel convinced that there is loguery going on, and that Arthur will be robbed of every penny he pocsesses if some- thing is not done to open his eyes. Now, Dick, I implore you to help me save him from the inevitable ruin which must follow if he still continues in his present course." "I will do my best," I said doubtfully. for I knew Eastman was not the .sort of fellow to brook interference from anyone. The only thing to do that would be of any use, I saw clearly, would be to prove to him that he was the victim of a fraud. Fortunately 1 happened to know something of the history of Mr. Tyndall, and this fact gave me a gleam of hope. It certainly was more than probable that Eastman was being swindled. Tyndall had a very shady reputa- tion. His method of doing business was this He posed as a bookmaker in want of capital. then he had secured a victim with plenty of money he enticed him to enter into partner. ship, took offices in the West End, furnished them luxuriously, and one of the Exchange Telegraph Company's tape machines, which record the runners and winners and starting prices of the horses, would be introduced, In due course betting men would arrive, and for a short time everything would go prosper- ously with the new firm. Later on, however, they would begin to lose money. Clients would begin to back winners for large amounts with more frequency than was de- sirable, and, in the end, Tyndall and his part- ner would fail. The general impression usu- ally was that they were both ruined, but after a short period of absence from the betting world, Tyndall would appear again with new victims, and the whole game would be gone through as before. Nothing, as yet, had been proved against Tyndall, but there were strong suspicions in racing circles against the man. "Have you ever been to these offices in Brook Street ?" I asked Dolly. "Often," she- replied, "and each time I have noticed that one man, Lord Robert Som- erville by name, was invariably the winner of large sums of money, and also that be is al- ways the last to hand in. his bet." "Do you know Lord Robert personally?" I asked. "Yen," replied Dolly, "but I liave a strange dislike for the man. 1 distrust him, Dick. I feel sure he is swindling Arthur by some means or other." "I think. I had better go to, the office, and ] see how things axe for myself," I said. "Would itb e of any use my going to-day?" "\es, answered Dolly, eagerly. "It's a big race day and lots of business is sure to be transacted." Accordingly very soon afterwards I set off for Brook Street. The house Tyndall had chosen for his office was to all appearances a. private one. On eacli side of the door were brass plates bearing the name and the num- her of the floor of the occupant, engraved be- ileath. One of tliese plates bore the words, "Tyndall and Eastman, Second.. Floor." I messed the bell corresponding with this plate and shortly afterwards was admitted by a commissionaire. I walked straight up to the second landing and here rang again. The door was opened by Eastman himself, look- ing very flushed and excited. "Hello, Dick," he exclaimed. "Come right in at once. You're quite a stranger. I've got rather a large party you see, it being a race day, so you must excuse me for a few minutes, and then we'll have a quiet chat. "Oh first let me introduce you to Lord Robt. Somerville, a friend of mine," lie continued, as we entered the room. Lord Robert Somerville was a tall dark man, with a heavy b'ack moustache, who smiled pleasantly as he proffered me his hand. "You are interested in racing? he re- marked. "Intensely." I replied. lying fluently, for as a matter of fact I took little pleasure in the sport, golt being icy one soul-devouring hobby. He looked searchingiv at me. "Wmit horse do you fancy for the Vig race to-day "Marsala," r ventured. "Ha My dear sir. a rank outsider. How- ever vou'll get twenties," he said, as lie turnecTaway. Left to myself I commenced a. rapid ex- amination of the room I was in It was beau- tifully and expensively furnished. The car- pet was of rich velvet, pile, and a heavy crim- son Y^et curtain overhung the door*. On one side ot the room was a window overlook- ing the stieet, beneath the ledge of which was placed a small table. At the far end stocef the tape machine, clicking and whirring away is a long strip of paper bearing the racing news uncoiled from a small wheel, und fell into a waste-paper basket beneath. It was 2.30 when the word "off" came through the instrument, letting us know that the race had started. Eastman immediately drew a curtain round the tape machine, and commenced to take the bets. Some very heavy ones were made, running into hundreds of pounds. In a shoit time the machine began clicking again, probably announcing the winner. "Now gentlemen, have you any more bets to make. I am going to draw back the cur- tain, said Eastman. "Just a moment," exclaimed Lord Robert Somerville, "I think I'll have a. slight flutter. Here goes for £500 on Lorienoad, and good luck to i}:" He went up to the liutie table by the window, wrote out his bet. on slip of paper, and handed it to East.h.n I watched his lordship carefully as he wrote out the slip but could see nothing at all suspicious in his actions. He simply went up to the window, glanced out, calmly wrote out his slip at the- table, and handed it in. I noticed, however, that standing at a second storey window in a block of offices opposite was a well-dressed man, wearing a white but- tonhole, but this fact did mot impress me as having any bearing on the matter I had in hand. Lord Robert Somerville. having handed in his slip, Ea stman drew baek tlw? curtain cover- ing up the tape machine There was an ex- cited rush forward to learo. the result of the race. "Lorienbad has- won," exclaimed several voices at once. I looked up at Eastman, his face was livid. and the look of despair in his eyes I shall never forget. Poor fellow, he was evidently hard hit. The odds against Lorienbad had been 20 to 1, so this meant- a gain of £ 10,000 to Lord Robert, which of course had to come out of Eastman's pocket. If this sort of thing continued I fully reeognised that my friend would be ruined before many weeks passed. The crowd now began to disperse. Lord Robert was one of the last to leave. Think- ing it desirable to follow him. I pleaded an important engagement to Eastman as a cause for my hasty departure, and followed closely cn his lordship's heels. Somerville made straight for the Canton Club in Piccadilly, where he stopped for half an hour or so- From thence he strolled up Bond Street, and entered a fashionable tailor's shop. A few minutes later he came out, turnedv«k)wn Brook Street, and en- tered the offices opposite Tyndall and East- man's rooms. I pulled my hat down over my eyes in order to avoid recognition, and' rushed after him. just in time to see him entering a room on the second floor. From the nameplate on the door I gathei-ed that. this room was the private office of a Mr. Chas. Deman, financial agent. I hid myself in a dark recess in the cor- ridor, and awaited Somerville's reappear- ance. I was not kept long, for in a few minutes the door opened from the in- side, and his lordship was ushered out "Well, good day, Charlie," I heard him say. "Good-bye. Somerville*" ed anotlier voice, presumably Denman s. "Don't forget —Ardinglv, Corunna. and Royal Mint, as arranged. Electric Spark, red." Scarcely had he uttered these words when the whole nefarious scheme like a. flash of light was made clear to me. The following Wednesday was Derby Day. and at 3 o'clock that afternoon I presented myself at Tyndall and Eastman's office, ac- companied bv a gentleman, whom I intro- duced as Mr. Robinson. At 3.15 the great, race of the day was to be run. Eastman was there looking very pale and anxious. Tyndall, I was told, was at Epsom and not expect.ed to turn up that afternoon. Directly the hands of the clock signified the appointed time for the race to commence, Eastman hastily drew the curtain over the little machine in the far corner, and commenced to take the bets as usual. I nudged Robinson, and we both took up a position in front of the window, completely blocking out all view of the street. "Any further bets. gentlemen?" inquired Eastman. as the tape machine, announcing the winner, recommenced ticking. "Yes. half a minute, exclaimed Lord Rob- ert hurriedly. 'Exeu.se me a minute, will you?" lie said. addressing himself to me. "I want to write out a slip." I moved away from the window to enable him to use the table, but kept, a good look- out on to the street. Standing at the opposite window was the same man I had noticed on my previous visit. but. this time wearing a, red :flower in ai.s buttonhole.. "Here goes for a thousand on Elecmc Spark." remarked Somerville, as he hanoea in his slip "All right, Somerville. pli^g111^ heavih, eh?" said Eastman.. He pulled back the curtain, and a .dozen voices proclaimed that Electric i.park had won the great race. Robinson immediately left, my ..iue. Crossing the room, he laid his Itand on Sotn- erviUe's shoulder, exclaiming in a clear sharp voice. "Lord Robert Somerville, I arrest you for conspiracy and for obtaining money" by means of a trick. Hi.s lordship's face turned livid, as lIe stepped back a pace. "What the devi do vou mean?" he cried. "Who are you?" "I am Detective-Inspector Robinson, of Scotland Yard. You had better come quietly, Scotland Yard. You had better come quietly, and I advise you that any remarks you may make will be used in evidence against, you, was the calin reply. "In heaven's name, what is this all botlt cried Eastman, rushing up. "Can vou ex- plain, Dick?" "Certainly," I replied. "It is simply this. You have been made the dupe of one of the most daring gangs of swindlers that- ever existed. Tyndall, Lord Robert here, and a man named Denman. who has offices oppo- site, are the leaders. Their modus operandi 1 was as follows :-Tyndall would find a victim. induce him to enter into partnership, and I take a room in the West End as a place 01 business. Here, as is necessary for the bookmaking-' profession, a tape machine would be titted up. Shortly afterwards Den- man would also take a front room in a house opposite, styling, himself a 'financial agent, o. some other similar title, as an excu-e for 111, presence there, and into this room a L«-pe machine would also be introduced. Lord Robert Somerville would then appear upon the scene and commence betting, apparently wildly, with Tyndall's dupe In reality, however, every bet that Lord Kobeit made was a certainty, and this i> the way it managed: You have noticed, I daie say, that. Somerville is invariably the last to hand in his bet, and always after the tape machine. obscured by the curtain, has lecorded th*- winner; hi fact, Denman. who?? office window exactly faces your own, knows the winner from his own instrument before Somerville makes his bet. and his lordship therefore ]WS only to glance across to see him and learn. by a special code of signals, arranged be- tween Deman and himself, which has been the successful h01se If Deman wears a w ute button-hole it may mean that Lorien- >a is the winner; a green button-hole, e^uvius; or a red one—as he did a, few minutes ago—Electric Spark. Somerville no ubt intended to go on betting '.steadiiy until iyndall's partner was fleeced 't»f every penny, and then the three scoundi -1.1 would divide their ill-gotten gains. That- is ail, Arthur." "But how." said Dolly, when we next. met, "did you manage to discover the plot?" "Simply by thinking things carefully °veri and keeping nrv ears and eyes open, I said. "And now, Dolly, what is my reward to "You can have anything you choose.^ she replied. hat would you like. I3iCiv I whispered my choice in her ear. "Well, you deserve it, dear boy. and I don't think Arthur would mind. But only a cousinly one remember," said Dolly, smiling archly. I was quite satisfied with my reward: not. so Tyndall. Deman. and Lord Robert. I'm afraid, for all three are now undergoing five years' penal servitude in one of His Ma- jesty's convict establishments. THE END.

[ HUMAN WIRELESS j TELEGRAPHY. Sir William Crookes lias recently stait ed the scientists of the world be declaring that it mav be possible to send thoughts across the Atlantic Ocean or around the world without Neither cables or the apparatus of Marconi. ( "Is it inconceiyable:" said he "that intense ( thought, concentrated toward a person with whom the thinker is in close sympathy, may induce a telepathic chain of brain-waves alonj which a message of thought may go straigitt, to its goal without loss of ene: gy due to dis- i tanee? "May not the words 'far and 'near io-e their meaning in these subtle regions of un- substantial thought? 1 dare to suggest it. j This is the opinion of Sir W illiain Crookes. the inventor of the Crookes tube. which made tlte X-ray possible, the President of the Brit- ( ish Association of Scientists, the "king of chemists. and hero of many a scientific ex- i ploit. Telepathy, this new and mysterious power of the human mind, is not difficult to under- (stand. I Ian Maclaren, the famous novelist, theolo. gian and preacher, has for seveial years been j a believer in the new science He savs "I believe it i> possible for persons hundreds of miles apart to talk to one another without wires. "This mysterious signalling nlfisi ire- j querniy makes itself felt the hour of trouble j and it'is often a ca[] for help. One af+^rKoort_ (0 g{ve a striking instance j • ji. I made up my list of sick people, and I started on my rounds. After completing tile i first, and while going along the ma n road. at | about 3.30 o'clock. I felt a strong impulse to turn down a side street itnd call on a lanuly '11 it living ln "The impu ."e Srfw. f urgent that it cou'«{ not be resisted, ano the boil, consider- ing on the doorstep what I should giv>? J for an unexJVcted call. I "When the dor opened it turned out I strangers now occupied the house, and th.t my family had gone to another address in the same street, the pree:se number being un- known. same street, the pree:se number being un- Still the pressure continue!, if a band were drawing me. and 1 set out to discover I their new house, till I ha dd'sturbed four families with vain inquiries. Then I aban- doned my quest with a ^ense of shame. Had a busy clergyman not enough to do without going on a wild-goose chase? "IXext morning the head of that household that I had sought in vain came into my study with evident sorrow on his face. Al-e are in great trouble.' he s.ad. 'Yes- j terday our little one (a young baby) took very ill and died in the afternoon. My wife was utterly overcome by the shock, and we would have sent for you, but we had no messenger, j "'What time was it?' I asked. "'About half-past three. <

— t rhe La&t Hour" in Animal Life. To every man <h,ah cometh „.f; t,r i,tfl In everv Life's Day there i, it Dumb Hour. It may be in the moments of dawn or when the vitalising energy- is at noon, though times it comes, not till the chill and dark ot midnight has fallen. J here is no moie pa- thetic- and yet irresistibly attractive subject for the serious student of medicine than the investigation of the mysteries of that process of physical dissolution*which men speak of as dvmg. And yet there is so personal an ia. teret>t in the quest that only the brave<t minds can grapple undismayed in a researr-U into the problems of Death. We mav learn much by a reference to animal instincts m this as m so many other matters Air WiL ham J. Long in his recently issued volume ocfjool of the oods/' attempt's to reveal something of the mystery and pathos of the dumb hour as seen in the dumb beast, ln his study on "How the Animals Die" he sliows that life's curtain is usually rung down quietly, the footlights are turned out gradu- ally. the auditorium is emptied silently, the darkness deepens peacefully. The animal teeJs the oncoming of the shadow and creeps into the deepest coverts. The unnumbered "I tit tide. multitudes "chose their own place and ( lose the, eyes for the last. time. as peacefully as ever they lay down to sleep." "The vast ma- jority of animals go away quietly when thafc time comes; and their death is recorded be- cause man has eyes only for exceptions. Some- thing calls the creature fi-om his daily round age or natural disease touches him gently in a way that lie has not lelt before. He steals away, obeying the old warning instinct of his kind, and picks out a spot where they shall not find him till he is well again. Man thinks himself a little lower than the angels, and it may be 1"0. but of this we may be sure, there is that in the dumb hour which marks the kinship of man with the uncomplaining animal submissive to the decree of nature, and noble in its obedience to the call of the Voice that silences all other voices.

Nipping Industrial war in the Bud. What work requires more specialisation, more continuous and tactful attention, than the handling of the labour question? (says a. writer in the "Engineering Magazine.") And yet upon whom does this delicate and difficult problem actually fail? Is it handled by a department composed of men specially fitted for this question by their education* broad study of labour, and knowledge of labour con. ditions all over the country? Men selected for their fair-mindedness and practical ex- perience in handling large bodies of men. and of such character as to gain the confidence of the workmen'' Men of experience in making labour contracts who know where the rights of labour end and the transgressions of the rights of capital begin even aecoiding to the union constitution? Xo this is seldom the c-tse. The active, actual, everyday working policy of handling labor, the part that is vital to the working man and the manufac- turer. is dictated not by him but by his fore- men The superintendent is usually so loaded down with duties and responsibilities that. it is practically impossible for him to give this subject the close attention it de-erves. Again, he is often in the same condition i-, the higlier officials. He is seldom in clcl.e touch with the workers. The foremen who are super- intending the departments are exercising the direct, and consequently the real potential influence over the men for good or bad. Xo matter what the manufacturer may desire to do for Its men. no matter what his actual policy may be, their feeling toward the firm is governed more by their feeling toward the man who has them in daily control than bv any other factors. If this man is weak. the workmen will impose upon him and the com- pany. If harsh, unjust, or inclined to "play favourites." they will be discontented. The foreman will either augment or annul the effect of any god action or purpose of the employer.—C. U. Carpenter, in "The Engine- ering Magazine." for April.

One of the most^ curious institutions in Paris is the Silent Club, all the members of which are deaf and dumb In order to call the waiters, who aie also deaf and dumb. each has an electric attachment, so that when a member of toe club wants to call one of them lie gives him an electric shock.

Called to settle whether a man was sober, a doctor at King's Heath Birmingham, asked him to say "Our British Constitution." "Our brittle consolution" was the best t.he man could do; so he was fined.

The Worlds' Second Great Canal. an canal is now occupying public aaendon. and bids fair soon to reach a stage «j<-w hicli actual construction will be begun. 'I". I J HE plan and prospects are now more promLs- mg. and the prospective result more momen- tous. than when the brilliant scheme of De Lesseps at Panama, failed so lamentably. We have not waited in vain. We have now a better knowledge of the conditions, better en- gineering skill with. which to conquer them. and tools of which De Lesseps never dreamed available for the execution of the work. III a work situated as this is a long distance from the base of supplies, and where skilled labour is expensive, it is of great importance that machinery should be simple and strong and easily operated without manual effort. The value and importance of modern machinery of large capacity increases as the cost of la- bour, skilled and unskilled, increases On the Central American Isthmus the labour question is a serious one. Native labour is inefficient, and cannot be used for any skilled' operation. Imported labour is costly, and elaborate systems of sanitation must be ad- opted. Physical exertion in that climate is impassible for any length of time. Henco labour-saving devices are essential, and speci- ally designed ta-ols of large power and capac- ity must be adopted. Formerly an army of men would be necessary to carry out such a. gigantic work. and the mortality inevitably large. Now it is possible to accomplish the work with poweiful dredging and excavating machinery, adapted to operate with but few men. and with proper care and sanitation tlie loss of life need not be large.

The final trial of Shamrock III. in t, Ch-de finished in sensational fashion, ttw challenger coming away with a great turn of speed in the freshening wind. The yachts were sent on a fast tin to windward extend- ing to six miles. Shamrock 1.'1' lead w" speedily cut down, aid ihe ch Hengpr. sailing as she had never done be ore. won by three and a half or fullv half a mile. Tn a note on the. retirement of Sir John Williams to his We'sh "eat in Oarmartheji- shi-e. a London e-. o >irg narer describes the great do: tnr as "oyr» of the treated authori- ties on niidwi'en- Ii irg. "rd consulting obstetric physician to several London hos- pitals. A singn'ar'y ciscre°t man. puneili- ou- clever, suave. 1. is a great favourite wick the Royal Fanulv. He ma-red the sister of Lord Revelstoke as his second wife not long ago."