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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1893-7-6, Page 2, ; There is a gentle - Dyspepsia, man., at Malden -on - the -Hudson, N. Y., named Captain A. G. Fareis, who has written us a letter in which it is evident that he has made up his mind concerning some things, and this is what he says: 11 I 'have used your preparatiou called August Flower in my family for seven or eight years. It is con - straitly in my house, and we consider it the best remedy for Indigestion, and Constipation we Indigestion. have ever used or known, My wife is troubled with Dyspepsia, and at times suffers very much after eating. The August Flower, however, re- lieves the difficulty. My wife fre- quently says to me when I am going to town, 'We are out Constipation of August Flower, and I think you had better get another bottle.' 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But tater all sick' A is the bane 02 80 many lives that here is where we make our great boast, Our pills cure it wh,,ile others do not. _ eartrea's LITTLE LIVER trete are very small • and very easy to toke, One or two pills make.. ' a dose. They are strictly vegetable and do not gripe or purge, but by their gentle action please all who um' thein. In vials at 25 cents; five fdr.61., Sokl everywhere, or sent byinail, e. MASTER, iinnitzlin CO., Hew Yore, SmIll 1 Sni;11 Dose Small Prl'oe a I / TILE LEPERS OP VIACADIE1 414s11,1.,11.3, was enionibed for the rest of . . his (lave for it was au inflexible rule that a ptrspe who once touched the island lucky enough to be driven upon T1QW. They Used to be Treated and 0VII should not leave it altvet One or two wont- •. They are Treatei New. 'en were employed to do choree. 'When they wesited the clothe's they used hooks lostors or the tatioaateem or the Awful and sticks when they had cooked the food the }tended it out with tongs. No owe" Jetta vete limiuswlcit—illerele S' t t t attempt was made to allevia e he suffer- toutittet or the 110IttrOlti NROS. . Inn Of the Inmates. A doctor J.:ailed oe- Twenty-five miles soath of Cerequet, N. ea -Siena*, but there was no orgenized sys- R., ILO the village of Tracadie—Sb. Joseph tem of treatment. The lepers waited on de Traoadie is its fell neine--with its themselves, and lazaretto for lepers. The Tracaelie River, a DRE$SED THEM OWN 800E5 picturesque stream, brimful in spring and as best they could. Many of them becamd tall, bat stiallow enough ie summer, runs into the sea near by, and is the only pleas. insane. Apart from the amount of eufferiug, ant feature of a desolate landscape. The "every species of vice flourished along with villageconsists of a number of fishermen's every form of inhumanity." That is how huts with a store or two. The soil is cold Father Gauvreau summed up the history and barren, about the only crop that comes of Sheldrake. Members of the Health board to perfection being black °Rte. The people, plundered the institution. Two persons not Acadiens .vith a mixture of Scoteh, Irian, infected at all were shut up by relatives and 'Micmac fish a little and farm a little, who profited by their incareerittion, Har - They are Roman Catholice and possess a rowing scenes took place when the constables small church, built years ago by Father went to arrest a leper. His friends usually Gauvreau, known in these parts as the offered violent resistance, and on being over - chaplain of the lepers long before Father Powered followed him and his captors to Damien became celebrated in Hawaii. The the boat and filled the air with lamentation lazaretto is an ugly, barinsbaped, wooden and curses. The hospital was such a hell building ,, of two stories. Upstairs are the that the lepers preferred to hide in the dormitories, downstairs the rooms where ewamPs and die alone. Some escaped to the inmates eet awe while away the day. Gaspe. Others committed suicide, More At present there are fifteen of them in the than one got off to the Tjnited States. va.rtons stages of the disease, The nuns in The building at Tracadie was ereeted charge live in a small wooden wing attached nearly forty years ago and al first was not to the leper Ileum A chapel, or rather an managed any better than Sheldreke. The altar, is se arranged that the bedridden Provincial Government imagined that the patients can perticipate in the service. The dieease could be got rid of by simply int - buildings are clean enough, bat are old and priaouing the safferere, whereas it extsts in unsuitable. Whitewash and chloride of the blood of a number of familiee and is lime are freely used, but the atmosphere is liable to break out perhaps for generations foul, especially in winter, when the dormer to come. Through. the efforts of the Hon. windows are nailed up and the stoves are T.W. Anglin, formerly 'member for the blazing with fire. Dr. A. C. Smith hi the county, the Dominion Government was in - surgeon. The institution is maintained by duced to take charge of the place in 1879. the Dominion Government and forms part Prior to that a band of nuns from the of the qaarantine service. The greensward Hotel Dieu in Montreal came down at the round about is well kept and rum dOWII to request of Bishop Rogers and offered their the beach, where the lepers fish and bathe. aervices as nurses. Waen the nuns took Here aegregatiou is complete. The natives Possession they pulled down a high board shun the place and the Ceraquet Railroad fence bristling with spikesthat surrounded brings few visi"tors from the world outside, the building, dragged out the old wooden TheAlbole coast, from Gaspe down to bedsteads and set fire to them, and the bed - Nieto du Chen°, where you MI cross to clothesae well, and effected sweeping reform Prince Edward Island, is squalid to the in the entire internal economy. The Health last degrze. The people are poverty strick. Board was virtually abolished and the nuns en and exceedingly superstitious. Chem- made supreme. They nurse, wash and care plain in his day gave the region. the name for the lepers with their own hands, sub - of being• uncanny. Mamma was haunted by the Gougou, a The sea in the Baie des ject to the advice of the surgeon. Instead of being treated as criminals the patients melons Fzeiant MONSTER, have a corafortabte home mid are allowed to stroll about the4,r,u.d. to.fiA, shoot, which hissed at the approach of man, and and go boating. he resuit that those was in the habit of seizing Indians and afflicted, have no longer to be hunted. down thrusting them into it sack or pocket in its anatomy, where they remained. helpless LIKE WILD BRAM, until it was ready to devour them. This but are brought to the Sisters or come of sack was so large that it would have coe- their own accord as soon as the disease tabled Champlain's vessel. Sieur Prevert manifests itself. The number of petients is of St. Mato, while prospecting, ran acmes diminishing. At Sheldrake there were often the monster in its lair, and the Indians as many as fifty at one time iit the hospital who were with him hid themselves. Chem- and as many more hiding outside. how plain's story, which is gravely told in his fifteen or twenty is the average, and the "Voyages," was probably based on the cir- utmost care is taken in watching the leprous eumstance that the sea cow or morale fro- families, so that new cases may be prompt- 1 quented these leaters. The brillard de la ly dealt with. The first symptom nfagdeleine, a weird cry that comes from of the diseese is the appearance of white the sea at the mouth of the River Meade- patches on the body. This is accompanied leine, is still believed in by old fishermen, by a, high fever, which distends the eyes. n . . MD WAR 0010.68PoNabNL rtikeenereoir ;Leuroerillvitiatte It.rmr;eT. Q —.—t • .A journaliat's experiencee time many a varied. He knoers not what laasiness may be eelled upon to inveatige.te at a moment, Murders and marriages, t fights and nettle scenes, suicides, temp ance nteetings and the hundred and o daily occurrences, all mike a call upon 1 energies. This varied experience has be my lot, but of all the scenee widen tre delibly stamped npon my -memory none more vivid in my recollection than th which I witnessed during the time that followed the army in the East as a spec war correspondent. Probably no description el news is eagerly read as that which emanates fr the seat of war, but there are very few those who devour the descriptive details readily, who give a thought to the dange which have been braved by the writer furnish his copy for his paper. A seecial correspondent courts all t dangers of war as &tea a soldier; but he treated as an officer although he is the on man, with the exception of the chaplai and the special artists, if any are with t forces who is attired in civilian dress. many horses as they require are sapplied them by the papers they represent, h four during my sojourn in the East—o Nies shot just as X was about to mount i One OneenInbed to the heat of the sien deserts, and the other two proved ;noun of which the most exacting cavalry of& mieht be proud, My services were met with a very liber spirit by my proprietors, and I receive carte blemche to draw on any bank with the region covered. I was also supplie with an amount in notes and gold sufficie to meet sudden emergencies. My costume was not of an elaborate d eoription; my arms oensisted of a brace revolvers, and my wallet contained am mun tion adequate to meet all requirements, also possessed several pairs a sun gleam and, always carried slung across my shout er a telescope to enable me to gain a bett aurvey of the movements and positions the rebelsand the scenes during thesanguit ary struggles. I was not supposed to tak any active part in. the fight, bat was alveay to he prepared to defend myself ageioat an attaek, and hazarded any extraordiner clangers in my zeal for my paper, I had onl myself to Maine fax the coneeemences wide might ensue. It is, however, a correspou entts duty to be always in the front, facie) the shot and shell of the enemy, and in th position to ta.ue note a all that goes o around whilst in the saddle. I felt no fear during the programs' of a action, though I could hear the whizzin and ping of the bullets as they tore throng tee desert air. Fear had given place to keen sense of excitement, in which I seem to forget all danger. I wrote on my tablet with a will, occasionally replying to a re mark of the artists who stood beside m coolly sketching the scene where the gel - cute men were falling upon the sun-seorohed pieties by dozens. I knew my life would not am worth a moment's purchase, and that an obituary °ace from my colleagues and a tribute in Lia tome newspepers would be the only memorials of my death. I had hope of medals or promotion like the gallant pH- ates who were fighting to the death before my eyes. No; I was being paid for my imam— well paid 'tie true; and if I was trusk by a stray shot there was some eatis- action in knowing that those whom I had Left behind me, and who had claims upon me, would be well provided for. I may here mention that each war °erre- spondont on the London "Times" costs that paper between 30 and £40 a week, exclusive of the enormous expenditure for telegraphing. The New York Herald" ias no temples in letting the world know he amount of its expenditure in this re - pact, and the generosity of the proprietors as seen during the war between the North- rn and Southern States. From time to time upwards of sixty special corre pondents were sent out by this journal,- nd of that nuinber, besides many being in - elided for life, one perished in action and one or two succumbed to illness consequent upon the hardships of a campaign. Then the horses sent to the front for these cot. respondents' use amounted to nearly 200, a great number of which were killed in action. To some idea of the expense; incurr- ed in transmitting news, it is said that a three column description article on the cap. ure of New Orleans amounted to about 1,350. The a.nnuaI cost to the "New York Herald" during the war, was nearly $150,000, or a total of about, $600,000 for the four years thattheconflint lasted. It is of course necessary that a war cor- respondent should be a good and graphic deseriptige writer, and when a paper has such a man on its staff, he may rest assured that the proprietors wculd do anything al- ost rather than allow him to slip through ieir fingers. The man who can scribble rightly in the saddle, surrounded by every onceivable danger, and yet unflinchingly ttend to the. duty which has placed him here, is sure to have a considerable versa. lity of talents, and his employers, know - g his abilities, are not slow in recogniz- g13uhtis mtheerilt;fe is exceedingly rough, arid often of the most perilous description, and it is thefact of its being surrounded, so to speak, with a halo of romance that makes the correspondent oblivious to, and calm in the very teeth of, the poesible chances of capture or death. • • It would not do for a correspondent to be in the rear of his country's forces, and to ly upon his imagination in describing what taking place in the front. lie must be in 11 view of all that is going on, and it is fax is reason that he will always seek a prem. tory, if there'is one in tho vicinity. . the appearence of the field of carnage, he has been making a sketeh to a in, I shall never forget my first view of a wd battle as MP it from a hill overlooking e the whole scene. The British fotces were au drawn up prepared for the approaeli of the he enemy, who , heel already made their ap- pearance over the sandy horizoo. I heard ea the sharp, short, inertial commend of the art officers as they paesed along the rank, ne and the murmuring, half -nervous sound iis meant fora cheer, from the men as word of en encouragement was given theta by the cap - in. taino of their regiments, Then I saw the are general in command ride along the reeks, ose and heard the wild heirrahs that greeted I his appearance. ial The enemy drew slowly nearer, approach- ing like a dense black mass. Every now so and again the glitter of their burnished om weapons flashed brightly in the sun. The of men looked unflinchingly on the advancing BO hosts. They knew there were terrible odds rs against them, but they also knew, how- to ever, that numbers were counterbalanced by discipline, arms, and. generalship. The he little red square, defended at each corner 18 with Gatling-gun, under the control of the ly herdy British tars, was all in readiness for US the coming fray, and the ranks looked a he maze of bristling, glistening steel. The As enemy were now almoet within range. 1 to could see as I glanced through my tele. ad scope their mounted officers riding hither ne arid thither, and the white,robed figure le invoking the blessing of Ali on the dY fortunes of the day, Then the dusky, te swarthy ttibes maimed to separate or in bands, and I distinctly heard the wild yell that rent the almost tranquil al Win bf the atmosphere. The military com- d mends from the British officers again re- in sounded, and simultaneously the sharp d creek andrattle of the musketry anoouoced nt that the firet volley had been poured. into the ranks of the advancing fanatics, and e- that the senituinary struggle had. commenc- of ed. Seep the air was filled with About% i- savage yells, the whizzing and ping of bul- 1 lets, the roar of cannon, and the elash of s, steel. Eor some few moineets we were en, d- veloped in a cleud of smoke, and the saiell er of the powder was almost overpowering. The of noise was awful, the shouts and yells made 1- a bedlam beyond description, and the sight e of the fearless foemen dashing wildly, medly s on to the vary.byonet-pints of the little y square was sickening, Every now and y again the incessent whiz and thud near by y told me that the enemy's firing was not so It erratio as I supposed it to be. Bitch time d- the duaky wart lora swooped upon the un- g breakable square, they were mown down by is the sickle, Every time a dangerous -looking re body approachea too aear the corner of the square, the Getting gun was turned upon n them, and what but a few ininutes before g was a yelling, gestiouletingeroved, was soon li a black, writhing, groaning maim a dying a and dead humanity. c the voice, they say, of one of the GESpe The white spots change to a chocolete color t wreckers, who used to lure shins. to de- and the limbs begin to swell. By and by fever continuing all the while, ulcers up - pear, and the skin and flesh are loose and v marked with ridges. The fingers and toes contract,the feet and legs become insensible to pain and the voice grows thin and piping B like that of a cretin, the eyes and nostrils f aro disfigured, the mouth is deformed, then the throat is attacked, and the leper ap- pears to DIE or SUFFOCATION. The insensibility to pain in the lower limbs is so greet that lepers sitting by the stove have been severely burnt without knowing it. I should say the last task a I refined woman would care to undertake is t that, of nursing a Tracadie leper. The s sights are shocking beyond description. w Nevertheless, the nnns are always cheerful. They get a knowledge of medicine at Mont- real, and from their long experience here s can tell to a month or so how loug ne.w a patient is likely to live. S, orne patients v struction, asking for prayers for hie thr- mented soul. In reality, it is it sobbing noise caused in stormy weather by the roll- ing of the breakers into the hollows of tee rocks. Then there are supernatural lights in the sea and on the land and apparitions in the sky, betokening shipwrecks, and voices calling out the names of those who are to die before the St. Martin. But noth- ing in the numerous legends and myths of the people is so dreadful as the sober his- tory of the leprosy. Experts are referred to Dr. Tache's report to the British Government in 1867, or to the writings of Dr. Benson, Dr. Belleteuille, and Lieut -Gov. Gordon, which would doubtless be furnished. to any medical man by the Government of New Brunswick. A letter addressed to Attorney -General Blair, at Fredericton would certainly receive attention. Mr. Blair is the provincial Premier, and takes a deep interest in the subject. The origin of the disease is sur- rounded with mystery. The natives have it tradition that a vessel from the Levant was driven ashore at Tracadie, and that the sailors who wintered there or the clothing washed upon the beach communicated it to a family, now extinct, of the name of Gra,vecceur. Another story is that it was brought by a -shipwrecked Norwegian yes - set; a third that it first eppearedin a Scotch family at Miramichi, the head of which had made a voyage in a vessel from Marseilles to Cyprus. Other accounts equally probable or improbable abound, but it is now gener- ally believed that the disease arose from the squalor, filth, low diet, and intermarriage of the natives themselves. ''The lesuite es- tablished a. mis.sion at Miscou for the Indians in 1635. French settlers went to barter and fish, but soon A PECULIAR DISEASE broke out. In 1637 Pere Targis buried the leaders of the settlement, and then he him- self gave up the ghost. Other Jesuits from Quebec took up his work. The whites died so fast that Indians had to be employed to bury them. The sufferers were first seized with malaria and then wasted away in an um accountable manner. Pere Dolbeau lost the uee of his limbs, and in his voyage to France for treatment the powder magazine of the . ship took fire and, as the Relations have it, he was " blown to heaven." In 1757 another strange disease, or perhaps the same one, visited the coast and carried off 300 persons from the Miramichi district alone. Beauhair,the Governor,was amongst them. The bodies were buried at Beau- bair's Point, but their graves were torn open through the wearing away of the benks of the Miramichi River. The vessel which conveyed Wolfe's body to England ran ashore there, and, a boat's crew who landed to obtain water, were massacred. The Captain retaliated by killing a number of natives and burning the Catholic chapel at Nequac. He reported that there wao a peatilenee prevailirm at that time. Whether thee diseases had any connec- tion, near or remote, vrith leproey, no one kriows. The coast is bleak and sterile and full of swamps, which cermet be healthful. For generations the people have lived on fish, oats, and potatoes. Their houses are stifling in winter, every crack being closed to exclude the frost and biting east wind; while in summer it is apparent to the least sensitive nose that they are ignorant of the virtues of . drainage, The firet case of leprosy edema to beee been detected in 1817, but, no doubt, the dieease had iodated for some time before. Foeyears was left to tun Its course. The lepere worked as long as they were able, married and .had chil- dren, and *en the end was near went to bedeend died their terrible death without seeing a doctor. It vras not until 1884 that the Government of New 13runswickt took the matter in hand and opened a close hos- pital on Sheldrake Island. A local Health Board, with the powers of a vigilance com- mittee, had charge. The fithermazi who , display extraordinary 'ratably, others die quickly. Thus far no permanent cures have beeineffected. Patients who appeared to be cured and were discharged returned in a short time to die. But the average length of life of the patients has increased in consequence of the improved treatment, and, better than all, the disease, which, as has been said, haunts certain families belong - mg to Tracadie, Caraquet, Pockemouche, t N cilium, and Shippegan, is now kept well in 8 hand. The disease has never been known to et - tack a person who lived on a fairly generous diet and kept himself and his surroundinga clean. infected families have grown out of it by changing their diet and abode. The nuns have been in the hospital since 1870, but not one of them has been attacked. The disease was not uncommon years ago in m the wretched ceast settlements in Cane ti Breton, but appearsto have died out. b is hereditary in the sense of sticking to a e familyth at remains subject to bad conditions a of living, but it frequently skips a genera- t tion. Father and mother may be lepers andti the children clean ; conversely, the parents in may be clean and the children lepers. The in case of the Robichauds of Tracadie was a curious one. Francois Robichaud was thrice married, and each of his wives died of leprosy, though two belonged to non -lep- rous families, while he remained free from the disease to the end of his days. A French doctor, La Billois, who settled up the coast forty years ago, treated a number of lepers, and thought he had cured ten whose names he gave, but afterward the whole ten died of it. In La Billoie's time lepers, like Irse lunaticsewere regarded hereabouts as the en accursed of God. They were knocked down th with clubs by the health constable, a noose on 1 was placed ROUND TIIEIR BODIES, As a rule a war correspondent is not Po and they were dragged to the boat et- ge thrown into a wazon. This was one of the I" legacies from the middle ages. I have con- ue.11 versed with lepers of Tracadie and they all °e" assert that they caught the 'disease from °" others, being unwilling to admit that it is a family visitation. They say they are far better cared for in the lazaretto than they would be at home, are diligent in prayer and in hearing the reading of the- religious books by the Sisters, and most of them are se contented as persons in their dreadful plight could be expected to be. So long as they are able to take outdoor exercise the men are tractable enough, but when the disease degina ti tell on them they some- times get beside themselves from despair and will run away if not watched. Dr. Smith reports that one escaped to the United States in 1888. The nuns are nob locked up ter life. When their health breaks down they return to Montreal, and either go back to Tracadie on their recovery pular with commeaders-in-chief and nerals of divisioes. They look upon him a literary foe, and naturally dislike the professional criticisms which are struck in the saddle at a moment's notice with - t being asked—to use a press term—to correct. and revise the proofs. But they have, for their own sakes, to be civil to him, and thus it is that a correspondent's life during the campaign is relieved of many little cares and worries which are for more annoying thten one good anxiety; and his quarters fettle camel are snug and comfortable. Us- ually he sleeps in the staff camp—I did, and found the quarters very eomfottable ; but While my military confreres Were eoundly sleeping, I was generally up and about atking a sweeping view of 'the neighbour- hood through my telescope, and watching far across the sandy plains for a sign of the foe, whom we knew would soon be upon as. On my return cute or other of the artists would invariably ask me whether there were any telling scenes. If I suggested any par- ticular view he would at once be off with sled and block, and make a raketch of it. avestood by the side of an artist on eraLoccasions, and while I tiave been crating the movement of the troops and or are succeeded by other nuns from the, Hotel Dieu. The reports which they send fee to their etiperiors are never pririted, so that " ,the world knows nothing of their 'heroism. mde: • s Phiidren .Cry for Pitcher s C , . Now and again the red lines would allow A gap as nom hero fell a prey to the chances of war, but a gleam into the centre of the square was not of au extraordinarily revolting character. Our men had not been piciced off to any great extent, as could be seen by the number of the wound- ed already undergoing treatment the surgeon'a hands. Several 'times I had to heve recourse to myeix-chamber, as I saw it, target being made of the little ground of papm. spoilers," of which / was one. At first I did not reiis h the hideous sights which met m y gaz around; but as the fight p rcgreseed, sdid the oxoitemeut grow intense, until I gave little heed to the revolting spectacles. I could at last look on a heelless, art armless, legless, or dis- embowelled body without the shudder tench O sight had at first °Resod me, while the smell of blood and powder seemed to have fiven our men a sudden cool madness. If am not too paradoxical, they did not show any anxiety to break away and fight hand to hand, but stood their ground and aolendeyteldiaoctointiym, and with a surprising coolness Tho fight seemed to have lasted for hours, but in reality it had not lasted for two. The enerny seemed disinolined to give up the contest, although they had suffered terrible losses. At last the loud, almost deafening hurrah from our troops caused me to look up from my writing, and I im- mediately saw the cause. The black tribes were drawing off, were flying from the de- structive shower of lead poured. into their reeks. They seemed to rush over the sande; plains, leaping over their dead corn- rades bodies in their flight, and ever and anon turning to give a lest shot as a kind of farewell into the ranks of their invinci- ble foes. Our men were at length ordered t) cease firing; in due time the roll was called, and the wounded attended to, while 1, with the rest of the correspondents and artists, rode around the field to take a view of the scene of the late struggle, while the cavalry were in hot pursuit of the flying foe. OillTalIED UNDER AN ENGINE. Conductor Tdrnbull Meets the Fate or the careless. A Windsor special says :—This morning as G. T. R. Conductor Turnbull, of Windsor, was conversing with his engineer at the ferryboat slip dock, a yard engine, which was pulling the east -bound train off the ferryboat, came along. Neither Turnbull nor the engineer noticed it until it was upon them. The engineer managed, however, to get out of the way in time to save himself, but Turnbull was not so fortunate. He was struck by the engine and knocked enter the wheels which passed over him, outting off both legs near the body and mutilating him in a fearful manner. He died 15 minutes later. Deceased leaves a wife and four o live young children. Row to Gat a "Sunlight" Picture. Send 25 "Sunlight" Soap wrappers (the large wrapper) to Lever Bros., Ltd., 43 Scott St. Toronto, and you will. receive by post a pretty picture, free from advertising and well worth framing, This is en easy way to decorate your home. The soap is the best in the market, and it will only cost lc postage to send in the wrappers, if you leave the ends open. Write. your address carefully. " When eeman is thrown bodily ou't ;of a saloon he seldom returns to look for the power behind the thrown. - I.Viien Baby was sick, we save her eastoefe. When she was a Child, she cried for Castorie. When she became Mies, she clung to Oadstoriti. When she hatiChildren,shettavethem0,1istorire , , - "II see det Professor Slippah, 'de ieresti., giater, is .„011 de back seat,," said Parson ,Gardner, an he Will; 'blige, roe • by step. lengout eh de porch evenile de collecshuo agaa,,P OPM =-V.1103r6-- Both the method and results whe11 Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleas= and refreshing to the faste„and gLeinvtelry ayneat pEroowmepitl,ye?enantlresKtihdenseyy.:: tem effectually, di ely6olds, head- aches and fevers an. ures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pre.‘ duced, pleasing to the taste and az-. ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared. only from the 1406t healthy andagreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commendit to all and have rnade it the mos popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 75a bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable drug.gist who may not have it on hand will procure A promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Manufactured only by tha CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP GO, SAW `DAZIOISCO, CAL, k)ITISVILLE, NEW TORS, Vor Sale at C. Latz's Drug Store .POUR STUDENTS DItOWNED. A Meat Deplorable Accident Which Bug Calmed Mourning in aottette, ttnebee. A Montreal despatch says x —.The neigh. boring town of Joliette is wrapped itt the deepest gloom, that timidity beteg thescento of a very sett drowning accident which took place late yesterday afternoon. A party of villagere had been up 14'Am:option. river upon a pletlie excursion, and were reterning tome before dark. - At ii, lace called Beizie nett, where the river is about 100 feet in width and very deep, one of the Occapents of a canoe containing five persons loot hid oar, and in teeming forward to grasp the same from the water the skiff was tie:met, and the five student e were thrown into the water and all but one were drowned. Edmund Kelly, law student, aged ;J. N. Clouthier, law student, 29 ; Edward Rivard, medical stadent, 25; and Camille Magnan, aged 23, medical student, were the four who meb a watery grave. Alfred Lavelle, being able to silkn, was sexed. It appears that young Kelly was (deo a good swimmer, but his three dro we in g co rename:18 dragged him down with them and they all xnet the same sad late. "411rs. Youngwife—" Bridget, did butcher have it sheep's tongue e" Bridg "I couldn't see, mum. ; Ile didn't stick out wanct." Curling -irons dry the ;hair by removing the natural oil, and crimping the hair over hot irons tomer or later mums it to crank and break. Tim Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bis- hop of Linden, ehe Bishop of gocheater, and Canon Dalton, of Winasor, will tad. ate at the Royal wedding. CREAM TARTAR PUREST, STRONGEST BEST STRONGEST, • Temtains no Alum, Ammonia', Lima, Phosphate or any Injorlante E. W. CILLETT. Tdronte. 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