HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1885-10-09, Page 3HEALTH.
Science and A1oo1101
Ten years ago, at the request of the Edin-
burg Society of Arts, D. B. tar. Richardson,
F tc, S,, delivered before that body six
leoturee on alGhohol, n;egenting the results
of a prGtraoted selentifio inveetigetionef the
aubjeot. Among the faQts thua scientifically
established, worn the following:
i. Alchohol, instead of raisttlg, lowers the
temperature of the body After a drunken
stupor it has sometimes taken three days to
restore) the natural warnith, under the most
favorable cirQumotancos, Evan moderate
du era are peculiarly exposed to dangerous
5 ioolde."
2. Alohohol is not, in any proper sense, a
food, Tits development of fat from its use
is simply due to atruoturat degeneration of
the vital organs.
3, Alohohol accelerates the notion of the
heart from one hundred thousand beats a
day to, say, ono hundred and twenty.five
thousand, followed by a proportionate weak-
ening that necessitates, successively, addi-
tions}ran h
d g ts. Hence the heart becomes
enlarged and its valves dtaordored; and the
increased flow of blood to i,, in rendered fox'
Y the time more active, and is succeeded by
greater feebleness, which demands a repeti-
tion of the stimulus.
4. The whole internal cavity of the body,
all its organa, every bone and joint, the
brain and spinal cord, are wrapped in mem-
branes, through which as filters, everything
has to pass for the sustenance of the reepoo-
tive parts. These membranes must be just
porous enough, and be kept perfectly supple.
Now, alohohol causes th.m to thicken and
shrink, and thus effects a general deteriora-
tion of the organic atruotures.
5. Among the effects of this deter -oration,
in three who drink moderately, are various.
neuralgic pains, the worst form of indigos
tion, and wakefulness.
6. At a later stage of drunkenose, not a
single organ in the body escapes disorgeni-
zatlon of its vital structure, although here-
dity or other oonditioni may cause a seem-
ing concentration of disease on some parti-
cular organ, --the liver, the kidneys, the
lungs, the heart, the brain or spinal cord.
7. ' If this agent do really for the moment
cheer the weary and impart a flush of tran-
sient pleasure to the unwearied who Brave
for mirth, its influence—doubtful even in.
these modest and moderate degrees—is an
infinitesimal advantage, by the side of an
infinity of evil for which there is no oom•
pensation and no human cure."
The above are the teachings of science.
We will add the teaching of actual obser-
vation. Sir Andrew Clark ono of the moat
eminent medical authorities in Great Bri-
tain, says that in seven out of ten of his hos-
pital patients the disease was caused by
drink, and in three others was aggravated by
it. He had some times thought of giving up
his,practice and going about the country in
a crusade against intoxicetirg drinks.
The Delusion of Growing Fat.
If you continue your present dietary and
habits, and live five or seven years more,
the burden of tet will be doubled, and the
insinuating tailor will be still congratulat-
ing you. Meantime you are "running the
race of life '—a figure of speech less appro.
riate to you at the present moment, than
it formerly was—handicapped by a, weight
which makes active movement difisiIult, upi
stairs ascents troublesome, reapiration thick
and panting.
Not one man in fifty lives to a good old,
age in this condition. The typical man of
eighty or ninety yeara, still retaining a re-
speotableamount"of energy of body andmind,
is lean and spare, and lives on slender ra-
tions.
Neither your heart nor your lunge can act
easily and healthily, being opposed by the
gathering fat around, And this is because
you continue to eat and drink es you did, or
even more luxuriously then you did, when
youth and aotivity disposed of that moiety
offood was consumed overand above .what
the body required for sustenance.
Such is the import of that balance of un-
expanded ailment which your tailor and
your foolish friends admire, and the grad-
ual disappearance of which, should you re- ,
cover your senses and diminish it, they will
still deplore, half frightening you back to
your old habits again by saying ;
"You are growing thin; what can be the,.
matter with you?"
Insane and mischievous' delusion. ,
About Spiess.
Ginger is the root of a shrub first known
in Asia, and now cultivated in the West
Indies and Sierra Leone. The stem grows
three or four feet high, and dies every year.
There are two varieties of ginger—the white
and black—oaueed by taking more or less
care in selecting and preparing-. the roots,
whioh are always dug in Winter, when the
stems are withered. The white is the best.
Cinnamon is the inner bark of a beautiful
tree, a native of Ceylon, that grows from
twenty to thirty feet in height aid lives to
be centuries old.
Cloves ---native to the Molucoa Islande,
and so called from resemblance to a nail
(onions) The East Indians call them
" ohangkek," from the Chinese " techeng-
kia" (fragrant nails), They grow on a
straight,smooth•barked tree aboutforty feet
high. Cloves are not fruits, but blossoms,
gathered before they are quite unfolded.
Allspice —a berry so called because itcom-
bines the flavor of several spices—grows '
abundantly on the allspice or bayberry tree,
native of South America and the Ire est Ia.
dies. A single tree has been known to pro-
duce 150 pounds of berries. They are purple
when ripe.
Black pepper is made by grinding the
dried berry of a climbing vino native to the'
East Indies. White pepper is obtained from
the same berries, freed from their husk or
ria$. Red or cayenne popper is obtained by
grinding the scarlet pod or seed' vessel of •a
tropical plant that, is now cultivated in all
parts of the world(
Nutmeg is the kernel of a amen, smooth,
pear -Shaped fruit that geows nn a tree in the
Molucoa. Islands and tether vette of the East,
Thetreee commence braring in tho seventh
year, and continue fruitful until they ere
seventy or eighty years old. Around
n tithe f
nutmeg, or kernel, is a bright b w sell,
This shell has a soft scarlet covering, which,
when flattened out and dried. is known as
mac a. Tho 1 est nutmeg' are solid, and emit t
oil when pricked with a pin, ,
;'c19."YieYi00/4
gbinhoneli:� Makes Speeoh•i
It was a Dalin and peacti�f{ut Saliba, mo
ing. The sycamor trees that shad ` the of
sohool house of t ran cart pop tion
at. Robot= en
e >3ob w e
u gent t ',
n
th
g Ii
r, hroeze :whil ,the i ei o ('
e� u seal, os
softly from the two or three ragged o e DO
bushes in the garden.
Within a silence deep as that of creation
dawn brooded. The whole sohool was in a
attitude of attention, for Brother Shinbone
Smith had been invited to address the ohi
dren, Oa being introduced by the prinofpe
the aged rage arose, and, mopping the per
apiration from his expansive brow, Made
courtly bow,
"My young fr'en's en' £ellah•oitizens," h
began, "Ji hein't gwine fur ter tole yo' da
dis am de preludes' 'rasion ob my life, 'ease i
heist',;. Do proudest time dia hyar eullu
pusson ebber knowed war Von he com
'back from an official wisit for de state's pria
on daown ter Trenton, an' war receihed a
de depot by a': hadrl}irin'r;ndel tit'' n o hi
breddern Dia hyeeti oasiole ar do poi
est ob myWein D
4, q,ae.Ro�+d w .;da u t,.tl
me au' my olastvolaaii hada um u , is
done kneeked.,her ea f o}•i;; cl'
widen
ed ha �bo
h�
`pi,
We n
g 4ea �i e h
suppose Os gibbin' yo' y ung folksa few of
de results ob a long exper'enoe'mong sinner
an' republicans, ^; . • . , : . -
"'T'ain't allue de deg wid de 'blggee; tai
wot does de me' waggin'. No inoah am i
de man wot has de bigger' motif doed`de mos
talkie', fi $2.kitchen wench, wid a moot
no biggern a silber quahetr, .could talk de
lungs out ob Senator L`bbarts,
tilrtn.anennyain bort vqialteihis°` or't
ling. Dateiha'Peek juke'� at+h`,isftry,� 'ane'
likewise in Wall street.
"De man wot owns a,fas'•hosa-an' a million
dollaha kin pit aronn'"Celitralf•@'M'k faseat
den I kin ; but dar'sone place I kin git ted
jese ez quick ez hekin, an' dat's de pooch
house.
"Doan't make up yore mind dal yo'• know
moah dan yo.re�fa der till yo' git to be��oolder
dan liens Den yin' kin tt to de. o.e' pilin r
de succae, an'box his Baha fur larfin''a"i"a
clown's joke wot ye' knowed befoah he war
bohn.
"Doan'"t' monkey yid yore 'lnudlier on
washday. Dat am;'der day, even::?fe`male
angels lay off der aegelioneps.fur do slime bo -
in', I hob knowed ohillen "ter 'lose a good
deal oh delr activityby not mindin' dis ad-
vice. .. ' ,B,�fi }� 41
,
teal chickens kn a moonlight
night, A man kin shoot a gun jun ez well
by de shinin'.ab, demoon,,ezetiei kinib'- de.
light ob de sun. Wait till de oloudies',vight'
yo' kin git ; den snatch 'em silly, -'
"Doan't gruliibie- met .kink nil de tti�nrie.,igen
recommember dal a4coniglon�u. •'d'nary; e i•
bQryday mule kin tack d imlpne , tel inoul nett
ob de mos' onha man de' olibxh` near
boh PPY
"An' doan't Abe too durned cheeahful,,
nelder. An ole break teakettle, and nuffie'�
inter it but water, kin sing ez e it nebbah
1 nog 'ed& a minnit a try }Allier,, i,it, di ti fit ,l'
"Nan't vbte ltwldotitO fithiidi •'`outfk'ivi+hieh
side am,bquud ter carry de 'lection. bat's.
de side dat'lt(Pay yo' debigges' price, -
"Ef yo' chiller). '11 jes take dean hyar solid
brickbats ob wisdom,,an' treashah dem up�in
yore.hearts even:froin de Thain' up ab de sun
ter de rooatin` ob de chickens, yo' won't has
half.so much trouble in dis hyar wuldr ez de
mgosi ob ns, bap neer.,. Bat jlie,ltyaracid nig-
gah j. tigliese li icleeti , ab.beepl• ft, 'ty l r jgh em-
ptietY<byipayini&de�filfc ob hi"sf fefuirl'anock-
in' out M. P craimony Higgins, am villin'
ter het all dat he a got left dot not an
The Fewer, of Disoipline.,
rn- Frederick the. Great of,l'ruseia was a t
d pelage fie at Potsdam, when sonic q£�hie or
ed ` 'by their exceselve.severity caused great din•
e` content netting the Pi ussian troops ;: so the
e soldiers then in garfieon resolved to avail
themselves pf that ease and.facility with
which Frederick could at all times, be apt
's uro>~ohed by them, ; and time a dep'ttatiou
n of thieGrettadfere of p,yfivio marched defib-
e grately fri1m their Moneta across the great
square wl ioh Iles before the palace and helt-
1, 'eu,.gt�,theporch. An, officer in' waiting—
afterwards the greet Field -Marshall Keith,
a who was killed in bitttle by the .Austrians
at Hoohkichen-••-acquainted the Kiog o
e their arrivals addipg, " Shall I order the
t in berraeks, sire', Gr place them under ar
t refit?' •c]Ro neither; City have Dome t
d see me arid Bee me they shall ; good soldie
o have nothing to feat from me, and the regi
• ment of Ogilvie is one of the fineat in Prue
t sin. I shall try on them the power of dis
s ciplirie 1" Frederick haetily put on his chab-
• : , by old Iteiform,, his long jack boots which
had: never known blanking, his orders of
knighthood; ie
h
1 shoed' hl 'malted g , c , ed hat, award and sash.
ti "Sere," urend Kotth, " Witl there not bean
inor)nvenjenoo in all this 2" "To whom?"
b "To you„eine.", " low comrade Keith—
” = how ?" " Di-scuaafon winked to other depu.
tatioter, and every order your Majesty may
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Detntutil,'
This is emphatically a reading ego, Re
latively with our enlarged educational facili
ties the reeding public has increased i
number,' Where heretofore those who could
not read were in the majority, the rule he
been reversed, and now a person who. can
net read ii regarded a+ a curiosity, but yet
deserving the sincerest sympathy, In ever
department of life the demand for newspaper
reading is over on the increase. The boy at
school, the young man in the workshop or
f in theoffiee, the younggirlindonlestioservice
m or behindthe counter, the master at thedesk
and the mistress in the parlor, all look with
equal eagerness for the regular appearance
ra
fitlrring Events in t -he ijro or ilia i$#gzeab
Cuktive Etepbaut.
Jumb'°r was about twenty'five years old..
a He was sold by some Arabs, to the Jardia de -
Please, in Paris, when an infapt, and When.
about three years of age was exoh need fox-
.
• other enln,a a and given to the directors of
the Z talogloel Gardens, t f Landon, Re re-
y
=tined on exhibition there until M;areh,1882,
- when he was purchased by Mr, P. T. Bar-
- num, for " the greateat ehow'on earth," Ten
tholtsand dollars wire paid for him, and after
some litigation, as to the right of the direct-
ors of the gardens to make the sale, he wait,
dragged through , London 'on a crate oa
wheeis end put .on board the "Assyrian.
Monaroh" eteamahip on his passage to New
York. Even then, there were legal barriers
to be got over before Jumbo be allowed to
leave the country, It was diecavered that
there was not room enough between decks,
he being eleyen and a half feet high and
weighing seven tuns, and therefore the Eng-
lish :Parliament passeda special acs provid-
ing for precautions against lose of life by
emigrants who niton ponied Jumbo to Amer..
ice. Ml these delays of the law and the un-
willingness of 1' e Eoglish people to part:
with their favorite elephant increased the
Dost of the aubu sl considerably, and Mr,
Bailey (Mr. Berrilm'e partner) is authority
for the; stetegrlelit that the original cost of
$10,090 rose to $3Q,000, before he left the
English shoes,
;;IIS LIFE IN AMERIOA.
'He arrived et New York 0n the 9th of April.
1882, and from that day to the present has.
been a great pet of the American people..
For some time af,or his rtrrival there was,
considerable speculation as to Jumbo a pro-
bable behavior in his: adopted band. The
managers of the L ndon Zoological Gardens
had not been unwilling to part with him,
because be had occasionally manifested a
temper that they believed bordered on in-
sanity and they were of the opinion that if
he remained they would have to destroy him,
to prevent him becoming dangerous to visite
ors. Mr, Barnum was not of that opinion ;
he believed that the Lindon directors had
made a mistake in forcing Jumbo to live an
almost solitary life, and he thought that:
if he bad an opportunity given him for con-
genial society Jumbo would be very happy,
vary sociable, and not in the least dangerous.
Mr. Barnum's expectations were realized,
and if Jumbo had one trait of his ebaracter
that was mire highly developed than another
it was a love for children. Strange to say,
however, though he was for five years under
the care of Mr. Barnum and his partners,
and afiorded every facility for a companion-
ship that had been denied him in England,
he has died childless, Mr. Barnum said yes.
terday that in about ten months they expect.
to hevo a posthumous child of bis, and in
seventeen mouths ;mother, perturiti n with
elephants taking twenty two months.
A REFORMED DRINKER
Mr Barnum ie a total abstainer from all
intoxicating drake, and has been during the
larger part of her life. He was • xtrcmely
anxious that hie pet elephant ehnnld also
have added to his other virtue= that of tem-
perance. Jumbo came short of perfection
in this respect, in Mr, Barnum's in es, for he
hid the painful consciousness scan afttr the
purehaae of Runt, , that the latter could
drink whiakey by the quart bottle without.
it producing any intoxioat ng effect. Jum-
bo's preference for whiskey was, however,
quite under restraint, and be, very early
after his arrival in this cora try, abandoned
whiskey as a hever.ice and 'became a beer
drinker. In this e poet, hiwevcr, he was
moderate in hos desires, and though he in-
iisted on having his beer regularly every
night, yet he never drank more than a quart,
and generally ons half that quantity. Juni-.
bo's favorite drink, to Mr. Barnum's great
delight, was water, and of this he drank the
contents of five buckets a day.
Considering the very great s"ze of his body -
and the activity of Jambo'a mind, he could
not bo considered an enormons eater, Hien
daily allowan-e was 200 pounds of hay, two,
bushels of oats, a barrel of potatoes, ten or
fifteen large. loaves of broad, two or three
quarts of onions, and all the cakes and gin-.
gerbread that the children who visited the
show took pleasure in giving hien.
STRONG IN FRIENDSHIP. U
Jumbo formed very strong friendships.
This was manifested in his persistent and
uniform preference for Scott, his keeper,
who had been with him ever sines he was•.
three yearn old Many men tried to take
the place of Scott, but Jumbo woul i never -
permit tt. Scott's rule was that of kindness,
and Jumbo acknowledged that modesurprising ref gov'
ernment b,y a love liar, was quite
to every ono who bed an opportunity of ob.
serving it. S:otr never used a prod upon
Jumbo, and ruled him entirely by gentle
persuasion, to which Jumbo inva•iably and
promptly responded, There was one oaten
sten when the letter had to remind Soott of
an oversight, but the reminder was gently
but effectively done Soett had every night
a quart of beer brought to him, and he in-
variably gave Jumbo half of that. O se night
Scott was sleepy and drank all of it, forget.
ting Jumbos allowance. When Scott had•
made himself comfortable in bed and had
gone to sleep Jumbo put his trunk around
nim find lifted him from the bed and deposit-
ed him g&fitly an the floor, Scott speedily,
hail a realizing settee of his omission and
hastened to get Jumbo hie beer, This done•
the animal wad quiet for the remainder of the
night and allowed Scott to sleep the sleep of
the jest
Jumbo had perfeet health, won never
known to have been slek, not even having a
chill, a complaint that very few elephants
do not have at some time of their lives,
Jack (who has just treated his friend to
the dinner of the establishment)—Pretty
good dinner for two trance and ra half, eh 2
His Friend—Flrat tato. Let's have en•
other.
A fashion writer says "secordinn plaited
waist° are worn thin autrither," 13 rys, be up
and doing. You 'moot }earn to play on am
instrument without practice.
Jeweler (to new boy) --I)id you sell any-
thing while I ryas out, ttohnnio 2 New toy
--Yes, sir ; I ;sold Six plaint gold rings.
Jeweler (very Much pleased)—Good my boy.
We'll make a first•olass jeweller of you one
of these days. You got the regular price, of
course? New Boy -.0 yes, she The price.
Was marked on the inside, 159, an' the gen,
tleman took all there was left, sir,
of the local journal. To supply the grow-
ing demand for newspaper reading the city
dailies publish large weekly editions, made
up almost entirely of the matter which ap
pears from day to day in the daily. These
weekly reprints of the great dailies are sup•
plied at such a ridiculously low e ibeorip-
rice a h
p s threatened eatened at one time to totallyex
ti -
anguish the local country sheet, winch culd
never affordto furnish the quantity of read-
ing clatter given in the large foreign week.
lies. To meet the difficulty which here
presented itself. the ready -print system was
inaugurated. Firma were established which
make: a aped/thy of furnishing to country
publishers ready -printed sheets, containing
the essence of each week's happenings, and
clippings from sources available only to a
large city publisher.
This system hes rapidly grown in public
favor, until, in the Dominion at least three•
fourths of what are known, as the country
Rees' are published on the, auxiliary 'plan,
The prejudices which once 'existed against
the ready -print system have entirely disap-
peau'ed, and proprietors find that in order
to compete with contemporaries using the
se stem, and withthe city dailies, and to
ensure a profit at the end of the year, they
moat comply with the inevitable and adopt
ready -printed sheets.
' Some idea of the popularity which this
system ham attained with country readers
will be gained when we state that a firm in
Toronto supplies between one and two
hundred publishera with ready -printed pa-
pers, To do this three separate and distinct
editions are iaaued every week, containing
matter entirely different each from the other,
and the system is becoming so general that
those who have, from prejudice or other
cause, heretofore refrained from adopting it,
find it necessary to do so to maintain their
circulation and give aatiafection to their pa-
trons,
isaup, will bedlasected and cavilled et in tarn'
t in every guardroom and beer, shop in Prue-
' eta.' " No matter,.comrside—marsh in the
raacale;. I;11 '.trust to the power of diaoip-
Iine 1•' In, they came .accordingly,. twenty
tall and swinging' fellows, all. `after` I+'reder-
"rick'sown heart; but the appearance of the
King, dreezed Al if for parade, . awed them
into total silenei;,,,-'°.AGhtung 1" (attention)
cried he, drawing his sword, "to the right
face—front 1 titheleft'face— front 1" Three
commands the deputation, who were form-
• ed ingine,'obeeed'in, perfect .•silence, and
wondeaing tvhat was. to follow areception BO
unexpected.; and so Frederick cried sudden-
ly, ° Td the right about face, to' your bar-
rack'e,''quick Marchi" Then,, as he never
gave the' word" belt," they ' eft compelled
i to. march on, and the old King and Marshall
Keith laughed Heartily as the baffled depu-'
tattoo disappeared within the harraoks-yard
where there expectant comrades gathered
around them, to hear the report of how
Frederick had received'thenomplaint, "We
have never opened our lips;" said the oldest
i grenadier, with a very crest -fallen expree.
Oen, "Dir Teufel? did not you see the
King?'' cried they. "We have just left
filth= -'ii<tBloekheads ! and why did not
you follow your instructions 2" "It was im-
r possible." " Impossible 1— and why so ?"
— ' Becauee when we saw, old Father Frede-
rickin ilia fighting coat and dirty boots,
and heard his voice of command, our hearts
• fatted us, and the -the power of discipline
'proved ttiigreat."
onery..pioli i uinnyp obedandilini
wilt e`bliair.pay.• d'e.leas':liitieb'v'tentIbn ,ter,de
ole, Snah's tented' �? t.'
•And theist t`�ther'e wAL another yawning
oh;esmof silence, during which nothing wee
i$sirtintutthe breathing of a croas•eyed pu-
pil who had the asthma.
•
'ENiLIOH ECHOES. '
Mr, L-tton WiQo,ville, a the English De'
NettotIleeta is to peen t to plate of�, inde
h3eatrice'' wedding, .,,t'? li' i1Aii tt
Sir CharIee Dilke is prao�ticaily a total aim;
stainer, He " passes the bottle, but doss
not diminish ite conteuta,'1 '
Mr. GladatoIIe.is so,deliglitsil wvIii Nor•
way that'he'4is gointr to "learn its language.
Well, Cato began Greek at eighty.
A mother poisoned het two children at
�Riahton- by, giviug•=tllem,popp -seeda,.8sewg,d
In wider asje sure fo diiiii rh°° �e. lie ie .,
""The•^`1's'tepraph-nlaintafnsetlist Pril'ssia•liras
at present the moat capable and active de-
teotive pollee force in Europe,.
A ;master mariner who lost £120 by back-
ing an unlucky horse at the `Yorkahiro races
went tranquilly to` his hotel and made his
quietus with a dose of laudanum.
The.Duke of Edinburgh, did, eet-acgeire a
Sootcihman's aptitude fios.ag�'riot1YYltura +.with
his title, I3ee.laseni£GO0,t.11iht en.. g,Kent
farm and is about to give it up.
One pound. sterling was the price.aesesaed
by a, London magiatrate for a kiss
surreptitiously snatched from a married wo-
man by a man claiming to be " an old friend
of the family,"a_' .2 F t, .t: `r; fl} - .?-i-
A 'pefnsion of £100 a.yBar on,tb'e Civil List
has been granted to the four sisters of the
late John Leech, Punch's celebrated draughts
man. In presence of a munificence"so royal -
one can only be silent' and admire.
It is reported that the Hereditary Prince
of Heade and ,prince my of tt ,berg
aro under treatment for ire at sm. hey
had the ranhnets-to a'ce int, ny hem, 1`ueen
to Scotland in full Highland o.latume,
(neeen Victoria has placed Birk hat,' the
royal residence at Glonmorlck, at the dispos-
al of the ex -Empress Eugenie, Philologists ;
say that Glonmeriok means in the Glebe the
Pig's.Rev+ine. ' i ;> +r #1;a
A elderly ?�iamato no ht1 l3er s
'' orkhopao clmplaiae ate Soo Fwwa k
police ofco'that a penny's worth of brilad
and a few el'itnee of hams which he brought
with `hfni whell roturuingg,f�iddi!tt dd " have
Wird ba11$soit`ti4dtiny tiio, Wbtkhouso officials.
Prof:' di3r .ti it end x was
nisbuasiri Geste t, aef d' hi et in
ho white lite n
a: oto a � w e 'their +��^ a et
aSr g g tett
ventured to give a gnotat on that they could
not x'eoall darteetly. Tho servitor was one
o a party ref Howard Univeraity atudente at
work during vacation, His fortunate re.
I °aught the fancy of Dna of the hearers,
who presented,,$5000 to him for the col,•lprie-
ion of hie oollegiato education,
•
, How Ro Did It.
Evrry farmer'a boy who has ever attempt-
ed to lead or drive, coax or ioree, a hi g,
knows the meaning of the proverb, .As ob-
stinate as a pig Teat Ii i. hman has become
fatuous who so thoroughly understood por-
.eino nature" as to drive his pig to Dublin by
preeuding that he was going to Cork.
If thesis nue thing ns,, which the hog is
more stubborn than in another, it is in the
matter of locomotion if he is wanted to
move,,he,stands atilt, ancl a push forward
.ca'ises him to retreat double the dietetic° of
hi; involuntary advance. He is stiff necked
in`cloing the very opposite of what he is coax-
ed to do.
r."A pig, just taken out of the stye, was
surrounded by three Scotohrnen, who wero
trying their best to get it into a ro•nrier
place, sixty yards dietaut, that it might be
killed, The pig would not budge au inch
towards the open door of the slaughter -pen.
•Then the Scotchmen became angry. One
laid hold of the pig's ears, the other seized a
foreleg. and both pulled, while the third
man twisted the tail, The plgsquealed and
gained Several inches styeward. The man
at the • tail, maddened at the pig a stubborn-
' nese, belabored it with a stout stick.
"What in the world are you doing with
;the pig?) ebouted a stranger, ,coming up,
"Weitz are we doing with the pig, is it? .t
is 'nothing we are doing with it, but we've
been tryieg to get this perverse daughter of
an ugly,father into yonder flied, And we
are likely to be b' atone"
°`Leave tier to rue," said the stranger, "and
aI'li put her• in, unaided."
• "There's not a man in Lochaber can do
it," growled one of the pig -fighters. "Per-
haps not," replied the strauger, amilfi g.
"I am not a Loehabar man, but a. Lasfttne
man, and I think I can manage the pig, if
you will let me try."
"Try away; let ne see what you can do 1"
"Keep away, then 1" said the stranger,
slipping behind the ,pig; and catohing her
by her hind lege, he lifted her up as though
she were: a wheelbarrow. The pig, renting
on her fore -feet, with her snout close to the
ground,`remained quiet. The stranger, giv-
ing her a slight push, and trundling her back-
wards and forwards once or twice, to see it
he had.. command of the animal barrow, steer-
ed her right into the shed, and at its furthetf
corner'iet the hog go.
A clergyman, who hen seen the stranger's
triumphant wheeling,'atudied out the phi!.
osophy of the feat. When caught up by the
hind lege, the weight of the animal was
thrown almost wholly upon the fore -feet,
The slightest impulse moved it forward, as
it had no "punch i• e" by which to eland still,
or to move backward.
Its quietness was partly due to the brute's
astonishment, and to a eeaso of its utter
helplessness, and partly to the weight of the
viscera thrown f•rrward bite the thorex, in-
terfering with the one of the vocal organs„ As
lioan,•1lowever, as it• wan let go, the hog yel-
lcad lustily.
sean .
,., ,q t his Diet Oagar.
humus Rion.
A emelt boy puffed At a big cigar, . J
111(VSfr (VS baty�rd out an,: his ebeeks sunk lo,
Hi gulped rank fumes with its lips ajar,
•, . , While 1nusgios shpok ie hie youthful chin
Me Alis vera g'ree'n, but he steels s emus,
And sit hlghpup on the farnuard tWe,
Ari'i•eegke t•h!e hat o'er his glassy eye,
When wuak a wink at cow neer by.
The rartb swain round, but the able stood still,
the trees roan up and the kid orawlcd down,
110 greened al.ul, for he felt to 111,
And know that cigar had ' done him drown :'
Me head was light and his feet like lead,
Hie ihmke gnaw white BBB linen eproed,,
While hi went] gest el es he gazed efsr,
” If 1 live, this here's my lett etgar,"
PERSONAL.
Tho Swedish Professor Warming, the
famous botanist, has gone to the Norwegian
coast to study the Arctic flora.
It is rather odd that the Princess Louise
should travel incognito as "Lady Cowley"
when there is another and actual Lady Cow-
ley.
Mise Charlotte M. Yonge, the English
author, has written more than it hundred
bo k a, and she is now in her sixty-fourth
year.
Sir Julius Benedict was not exactly inn
precunions, after all. His will disposes of
more than $30,000, and Lady Benedict had
a settlement of $50,000.
Mrs Celia Thaxter, who has written nu
merous nice stories and poems, has just cel-
ebrated her 50th birthday. She has passed
most of her life on the Isle of Shoals, where
her father was keeper of the light -house.
Prince Waldemar, youngest son of Christ-
ian of Danmark, will keep up the reputa-
tion of his family for brilliant matches by
wedding the Princess Marie, eldest daught-
er of the Dec de Chartres, one of the
wealthiest women in Europe.
The Czar of Russia posaessea a magnifi-
cent mastiff, of extraordinary intelligence
and s'rength, which has been trained to
protect his master. This faithful brute ac•
companies the Czar on all important jeur-
nays, and sleeps close to the imperial bed.
The Ux"ardes have lost' their suit against
ex -Queen Isabella of Spain and the Duch -
ewe of Montpensier for the $250,000 loan-
ed by their ancestor to Ferdinand VII of
Spain, fifty odd years ago. The c tort de-
cided the claim to be barred by the statute
of limitations,
Mr. R. Bowld Sherarpe, ornithologiat of
the British Mueeurn, has returned to Lon-
don, He has been at SImla Since April,
packing up the splendid collection of Asi-
atic bir's presented to England by Mr, Al-
lan
0, Hume. There are in the collection
60,000 birds, 500 meets and more than 10,-
000 eggs, all beautifully preserved,
It is recalled thet Carlyle, apeakine of
the tate Lord Houghton, once said : " Well,
Dicky Milaes ban his peculiarltfee, but he
has a kind, good heart, Many a starving
man of Ietters owes bis life to him. No one
knows better than I do the many C50 notes
he gave to keep a struggling man's head
above water ; and no one ever knew it from
himself."
Mr. Gladstone's suinmer vacation has al -
moat restored him to health, and he la able
to speak now with a clear voice Sir Andrew
Clarke, his physician, believes that he will
he fitted for hard work this autumn, It was
Sir Andrew who refused to permit Mr.
G'adctone to visit this country with Mr.
Andrew Carnegie, although Mr. Carnogie
had made complete arrangements for the
visit, and had evon selected the. steamer—
the Etruria—on which Mr. Gladstone was
to sail.
A 3 year-old little girl wad taught to close
her evening prayer, durieg the temporary
abaenoo of her father, with, "dud please
watch over my paps." It sounded very
`sweet) but the mother's anittiu nient may be
imagined when she added, " And you had
better keep an eye on mantilla, too 1'
A little boy wee told at Sttuday &drool
that when he died he would leave his toffy
here. After his return home he was mull
troubled in regard to it, and questioned his
parents. His mother explained by saying,
" Yon will take all the pod with you, but
leave all that's naughty Here below." Ile
thought a moment, and looking up said;
" well, I guess 1'11 be awful thin when I
got there.''