Life — October 10, 1901 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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“SIRE EARNINO HIS OWN LIVING, “It Is (Not) to Laugh.” W HAT a grewsome joke! The evidence seems to be that while hundreds of victims of the Pasteur method have died, many of the “mad” dogs ere still alive and well. But the good work of serumtherapy—injecting poisons—seems to go gayly on. Mr. Walbuga Paget, in the London Abolitionist, says : It ts not # thing generally Known that the terrible danger of these serums Iles in thelr utterly unforeseen and Individual action, and that a moderate dose may kill @ person whose constitution In receptive to the ison, These cases are very well known amongst the doctors. but pothing sever sald about them. It ts only the Ignorance and Indiiference of the public which keeps up seramtherapy, and the unknown charms mediocre minds, bat the blood of this generation ts being gradually poisoned by the Constant addition of noxious and disgusting substances artificially cult! vated on horses, dogs, rabbits, guinea-pigs, &c., Ac. There is a good side to it, however, for, as this gentleman also remarks : All these serumtherapista have one thing tn common, they become enormousiy rich, and serumtherapy is upheld by those physicians who have become such for a livelihood, but not from vocation, and it suits thelr lnterest fo support remedies which, belng secret and excessively dangerous, can oaly be administered by them. <a Re four o'clock train! I thought you said six o'clock. It is after two now. and dress.” “ There's plenty of time, my dear—if you don't hurry.”’ I shall not have time to pack 293 Modetn Examples. 4 SPECULATORS go into partnership with 2 theatrical managers, and, after raising the price of seats 50 per cent., agree to give the theatrical managers half the profits. The speculators then go into partnership with 3 other speculators, agreeing to divide profits with them. What proportion of the increased profits will be divided among the 7 ticket speculators and the 2 theatrical managers? 2 men, W.S. Schley and W. T. Sampson, start out to secure friendsand enemies. For every friend that Schley gets in 1 week, Sampson makes 1&1-2 enemies, and for every friend that Sampson gets in 1 week, Schley makes 1&3-4 enemies. How many enemies and friends will each have at the end of 40 weeks? 3 Christian Scientist healers, charging $3 a visit, lose 10 cases out of every 12, and 2 doctors, charging $5 a visit, lose 18 cases out of every 20. How much money will be made by 10 Christian Science healers and 8 doctors in 99 cases, and how many patients will be left to tell the tale? 2 historical novelist reputations pass each other in op- posite directions, One has a length of 40 weeks and a speed of 3 quires and 4 sheets an hour. The other has a length of 33 weeks and a speed of 2 quires and 12 sheets an hour. How long will they be in passing? “HAVE they enough money to live on their income?” ““Why, they have enough to live beyond it.’ Grandma Potato: EDDIE POTATO. STOP TRYING TO READ IN THE DARK! GOOD GRACIOUS! DO YOU WANT TO WEAR SPECTACLES ALL OVER YOURSELF LIKE GRANDMA ‘PORE YOU'RE A YEAR OLD?