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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-10-15, Page 3V o, 1 OUR OTTAWA LETTER 'HOW THE PLEDGED LIBERALS HAVE IMPLEMENTED THEIR PROMISES. • The Curious Action of Mr. Pettit—Pettit'S "Official Explanation"--Yortfolio of the Interior—Trouble Ahead for Laurier -- The Ottawans and Laurier. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ottawa, Oot. 5.—When the •just -term- inated session of parliament began, Can- adians looked with much curiosity and mime hope upou the new men who were k to manage the country. The faithful Liberals all over Canada hoped that the new Administration would in some way Implement their promises. Truth to tell, they did carry out some of their pledges. • During the campaign Israel Tarte was prolific in promises of Government positions, Many of these pledges have been carried out. As you know, at Sorel no less tlean seventy employes of tbe Intercolonial railway were cliseharged. HaV of these positions have been filled by Grits. The Rouges make no bones about insieting upon belag given jobs, The curious Action or Mr. Pettit. Last week you read of the curious action of Mr. Pettit, of Terrebonne, who bas COMO out as a contract jobber. You will reraember that Mr. Pettit wrote to the tvvo tenderers for ooal suppiles for the Public Works Department and asked what there was in it for bine. One :would think that even Tarte wouldmake an exception in this ease and would prosecute Pettit for his attempted fraud. In place of this, Pettit is being treated with the consideration to which his ser- vices of the party entitle him. He has been asked whether he is guilty, and has replied that he is not. In place of prosecuting him uuder the Criminal Code the Government is still negotiating with Mr. Tarte's friend and adviser in the distribution of patronage. In the Senate the other day Sir Mackeuzie Dowell asked if it was the intention of the Government to take steps that would lead to the prosecution of Pettit under the Criminal °ode. The clanse in the Crimiaal Code referred to declares that everyone is guilty of an indictable offense and liable to a fine of not less than $100 and not exceeding $1,000, and to imprisonment Sor a term not exceeding one year and not less than one month, who, by reason or under the pretence of possessing in. &tones with the Government or with any Minister or official thereof, demands, exacts, or receives front any person any compensation, fee, or reward for procur- ing from the Government the payment of any claim or any portion thereof, or for procuring or furthering the appoint- ment of himself or any other persons to any office, place, or employment, or for procuring or furthering; for himself or any person of any grant, lease, or other benefit from the Government. Sir Mac- kenzie Bowell said that his desire in bringing the matter up was to have the law enforced to the fulleet extent He knew that the object of the late Sir John Thompson in having this clause inserted in the code was to reach juet such a °lees of offenders as the writer of this letter was. He was not sure whether the case came under the provision of the code referred to, but if it did not the law should be amended so as to include within its scope cases of this kind. Pettit's "Official Explanation." Sir Oliver Mowat made a oharaateris- •;Meetly vague reply. Pettit, he said, had denied his guilt and the Government ;evidently believed bim. No investigabion was spoken of. The Government had made a demand for an official explana- tion, but this was as far as they had gone. Pettit's "official explanation" had turned out to be a straight denial. Evidently, according to the Laurier code of procedure, wben a defendant says he 'is not guilty he is regarded as having proved his innocence. This, however, cbuains in the case only of friends of the Government. • We have not yot forgotten the announcement of Mr. Blair that any man in his department against whom a charge should be made by a Grit mem- ber or an unsuccessful Grit candidate, should be discharged ienmediately. This doctrine was so unjust that Blair bas since been attempting to explain away his statement. But the country knows that in an unexampled fit of candor Mr. Blair said just what he believed to be good politics. In New Brunswick terror - lam kept Blair in office for some years. is desirous of bringing the same :methods into the administration of the Canadian Dominion. Portfolio of the interior. At last tbe portfolio of the Interior ems fallen into the bands of a custodian. •.11anitoba's Attorney -General, Clifford aeifton. has been successful in the race. aTeseph Martin has visited Ottawa half a isoore of tintes in his pursuit of the prize. He has abased himself in his desire to tebtain a Government job. He has grovel- led at the feet of Tarte, Laurier and .Company. And he has been given the go-by. No living Canadian has donemore than Martin to place the Gribswhere they now are. His was a light heart, on the night of June 23. He esteemed himself sure of the portfolio that has now gone to his rival Sifton. I happen to know that Martin had Laurier's explicie promise that he should be the Minister of the Interior. But those of us who had -watched Laurier's oourse knew that Martin had not by any means a sure thing. Martin could give nothing for value received. Sifton could. Martin was distinctly persona non grata to the peo- • ple of Quebec; Sifton was absolutely un- known to them. And so we saw that Martin's oonfidenue was misplaced. He soon found out for himself that it was so. •On his visit to Ottawa three weeks after the election Mr. Laurier broke the • ice and Martin soneca into the ehilly waters of disappointment But he kept a stiff upper lip, and became more insist- ent in his desire to get the portfolio. Meanwhile Greenway had written Laurier endorsing Sifton's candidature. The Premier of Manitoba recognized in Mr. • Sifton a rival for the position that Green- way now has. Re wrote to Laurier, I eay, and stated that if Sifton were given the post he would consent to an adjust - Ment of the School question. Laurier saw that Sifton was the man of the hour. •,Gratitude was thrown to the wind and nn Saturday last it Was announced that Sitton's quest bad been successful. • Trouble Ahead for Laurier. • UnieSS I mistake Joseph Martin, there will be trouble for Laurier. The dis- egruntied aspirant has a longmemory, united with much vindictiveness. Rioh- ardson, Macdonell, Oliver and Douglas, the Grit -Patron members for Manitoba and the Northwest, have become disgust- ed with the treatment whioh their friend Martin has received, They have made it evident to Laurier that they are by no means well satisfied with his action, Laurier has xeplied that it was impossible to give'the post to Martin. "Sifton." said one of the gentlemen whom 1 have mentioned, "Is as deaf as a post. Hewitt afford the House plenty of amusement in his efIorts to answer questions. And, leaving this disability out of the ques- tion, he is by no means as heavy's), man as Martin. The people of Manitoba Will be disgusted with the tuition of the Gov- ernment. The Ottawans and Laurier. During tbe elections, in his recklesa pursuit of votes, Mr, Laurier made a curious speeoh to the residents of Ot- tawa. Ho =pounced that, in his opin- ion, Ottawa was entitled to speoial con- sideration in the matter of public ex- penditure. In other words, he said that Canada should be called upon to aid the city of Ottawa in the maintenance of her streets, her sowers, and her parks. The inodeat Ottawa people were delighted with this artful statement of opinion. In the bustle of the election, few outside towns and oities heard of Mr. Laurier's plan. And now the Ottawans call down vengeance upon Laurier's head. In the Senate the other day Mr, Clemon asked Sir Oliver what course the Government proposed to take in the premises. The Minister of 'Justice, with much ambi- guity, annommed that ahen Ottawa had been Canada's oapital as long as Wash- ington had been that of the United States Canadians might hope not without reason that it would become as great as Washington. As to the consumneation so much desired, he was afraid it would be impossible to give any further assurance, Senator Macdonald, of British Columbia, humorously suggested that Sir Oliver's reply ought to be engrossed The incident was in itself unimportant but it shows exactly what the Government's plan of campaign was. It can be stunroarized in invo words; "Promise everything." It WAS Tarte who struck this method of getting votes, In Laurier he had an able disciple. Government " Consistency." On Tuesday last WO saw another ex- ample of Govermetent "000sisteacy," Mr. Davin moved that binder twine, coal oil and agricultural implements be placed on the free list. In the campaiguLartrier repeated his old aSSilrallee that the party goal was Free Trade. Martin trail the people of Brandon that he would see to it that the three articles mentioned should be placed on the free list. Viten M. Davin's motion came up the Gov - eminent promptly wont back on one of its leading principles. Laurier remarked that Davin's motion was "preposterous." And so it was voted down. The Eirkissary to the Pope. As yet we have beaul nothing from Abbe Proulx, Mr. Laurier's emissary to the Popo. The Abbe has arrived, and Mr. Laurier is anxiously awaitingsome news. The mission of the Abbe was to have been secret, but news of it •leaked out. Some curious explanations of the visit are given. Mr. Laurier says lie never spoke to tne Abbe on the School ques- tion. This may be quite true. Mr. Laur- ier has plenty of friends who would will- ingly act as intermediaries. According to an Ottawa newspaper this is precisely what occurred. And who was tbe inter- mediary? Who but lintel Tarte! For weeks The Globe denied that the Abbe bad been pent to Rome. It was told to announce that the mission had never been decided upon. What do Canadians think of Laurier's action? Canadian law is a farce, We cannot govern ourselves. We have to appeal to an Italian bishop to adjust our troubles for us. And, while the Pope is worthy of all respecn, it is to be feared that he is nob acquainted with the facts of the case. The situation is a pitiable one. The French-Canadian Pre- mier is getting in his fine work. Lost Bing Story. After baying given up all thought of ever finding a valuable diamond ring which he lost in a singular way four years ago, Robert Groff, a chief clerk in the Pennsylvania railroad office in this city, living at Berlin, N. J., recovered the jewel on Thursday. Air. Groff was swinging Indian clubs on the lawn at his farmhouse on one November evening in 1892, when the ring slipped from his finger and was lost in the grass. Despite the careful search made by Mr. Groff and two farmhands, the ring did not come to light. The next day the plot of grass was eareftelly raked off, and after being carefully examined the grass and dirt were deposited on a compost heap in the barnyard. During the winter a portion of the compost was traneferred to the farm of Mr. Peacock, two miles away. While playing in some weeds on the Peacock farm on Thursday afternoon a le year-old daughter of Farmer Morgan noticed a bright spark on a rank weed stalk about two feet from the ground. Upon making a oloser examination, of the weed she found it encircled by a gold ring in which was set the spark that Linz:tied her eyes. She realized that the ring was vainable, and breaking the weed off she ran Into the farmhouse with is.. Everybody in the neighborhood bad heard of Mr. Groff losing his ring 'nue years ago, and owing to its value the inuident was remembered by his neigh bora ' The little girl's parents recalled the lose, and upon Mr. Groff's return home Crow bis office in the evening he was overipyed at finding the long -lost dia- mond again safe. Mr. Groff prized the ring as a gift trona the head' offictials of the Pennsgl- varda'Llailroacl Company beyond its real mina—Philadelphia Press. Male Birds Lead the Way. When birds are migrating the males estially precede the females. The robins, ior instance, vehich are seen early in the vette are almost invariably males, which ipparntly traveled on before their mates, 1 he female birds follow, perhaps beoause they are not such powerful flyers, and also, perhaps, because they like to take their time and gossip with one another. fn the fall the rnzde birds leave first—the ad ones—while the females travel along together with their young, solicitous for their welfare, and still training them .4.tter the fashion of mother birds. lle True to Personal Duty. There is a general disposition to meas- • are oureelves by °there. So far as duty is concerned, nothing could be more den- eerous. We lack the data for an absolute - y correct estimate of • others, , Possibly me may correctly judge.. But whet others lo or neglect to do,. at least apart from Tuitions to 'us, really doee not deeermine .1: modify our duty. What is due from ee? What ought 1 to do? These are the tind pertinent questions for eaoli Vrelc",1CPSIV^1....<4., WOMEN AND THE BICYCLE. A Natty Costume—The Bicycle Kn�e— Seecting' a 'wheel. Have you noticed how many pretty costumes are spoiled in effect by the skirt blowing above the knees? Half the women who ride in skirts seem to be troubled in this way, and yet the remedy is simple. Take two • pieces of elastic about an inch wide andof alength equal to the depth of the bona in the skirt, or about 4 or 5 inches. Fasten one on each side of the skirt at a point where it touches the buttons of the leg.gings when standing in a natural position, sewing one end of the elaetio strongly to the top of the hem (on the inside). and with a black safety pen fasten the other end to the leggings between the buttons. When adjusted properly the bands should not draw, when standing, and they will nob be visible either in walking or riding; yet the device is effecters in the most blustering weather. • A few Sundays ago a tandem wheel appeared which attracted universal at- tention. One's notice was first called to a light gray cloud swooping down the drive. As the object drew nearer it be - same apparent that it was a buxom wo- man riding on a tandem wheel. She wore sleeves of the latestproportions and a full skirt, which fluttered wildly in the breeze, and it was not until the spectators obtained a side view that they became aware of the fact that a small but energetio man was seated behind, industriously supplying the motive power. Before the onlookers had fairly recovered, another tandem flashed into view, this time a diamond frame mounted by two young ladies so resembling each other in face and figure that it must have been somewhat puzzling to their friends to distinguish them apart. They were dressed in bloomer suits of a brown mixed goods, and rode so perfectly as to seem a part of their machine. May womeu Who ride have been afflicted at one time or another with what is known as "bicycle knee." This Is a most aggravating ailment, being a lameness in the knees which frequently comes on before the rider has pedaled a mile. It seems to be caused by overexert- ing before one becomes hardened to rid- ing. 'When this trouble begins to 1118111 - fest itself it is best to ride only short distances until the lameness disappears. The color craze is running riot arid already wheels of every shade of the rain- bow glide along the boulevards, Men are using some very startling effects, not even drawing the line at the brightest orange or green and occasionally conabining, a grass -green sweater and hose with a wheel of brightest yellow. The feminine love of harmony and softness of tone is manifest, however, in the enameling winch the makers are putting on women's wheels. In selecting a wheel n woman should give careful attention to the gear and V possible arrange with the dealer to have a change made if the one seleoted is not right. For the benefit of those who do nett understand the differeace between the high and low gear it is well to ex plain. If you have a low gear you must make naore revolutions of your pedal in order to make your wheel go at a cer- tain speed than if you have a high gear; but, on the other hand, if your gear is high each push musb be harder. When riding uphill or against a wind a low gear is easier, but for those who have considerable power in their limbs a high gear gives better satitsfaotiot. For wo- men 54 is as low and 08 is ae high as is usually desired, while the gearing be- tween 60 and 65 is most frequently se- lected. Beginners generally take a low gear and have it raised in a few months. Mon dealers will do this without addi- tional charge. In buying it is 'well to ar- range for changes in gear, handle -bar and saddle in case the first adjustment does not prove eatisfactory. — Boston Herald. I n g Teeth. It is the custom with many persons to grumble a little at what tbey consider tbe dentist's extraordinary charges. It is also frequently said that the dentist Ends gold more profitable, and that this is the reason why he prefers to use It is not generally understood that there is a scientifloroason forthe employ- ment of this metal. Gold can be welded Into a solid mass while cold. It is also susceptible of being pressed into the smelliest cavities and depressions. When once the cavity is properly cleaned, and the gold carefully put in, care being taken that it Ells every par- ticle uf space from the beginning, the union of teeth and filling is nearly as perfect as possible without the action of heat. A gold filling may be built up to al- most any size or shape required. None of the acid serrations of the mouth or stomach has any effect upon it. Ink—The Origin of the Word. The analogous word is given in the Encyclopeadia Britannica in French "enore," and in German "tinte,"and in no other language. But the Italian word for ink is suggestive of its origin. This word is "inchiostro," and is most prob- ably the source from which the English word "ink" is derived. If we consider the meaning of the word "Inchiostro" for the fluid which we call "ink" it will appear as the fluid employed. "in chios- tro," 1. e., in the cloister. In the dark: ages the monks were the only educated class of that period,and as in this country Shay for the =rise part came over from Italy, the word "Inchlostro" must have been known amongst our forefathers as the medium employed by the monks for the transcription of documents (a work peculiarly an occnpation of • theirs,) and the lengthy name "Inchiostro" became by contraction the more convenient monosyllable "ink." She Did Iler Best. "Yon should make home more pleas- ant for hint," was the advice of the wise matroa • to the weeping young • wife. "That's the way to keep a menet home." "I have done everything I could," sabbed the young woman. 'Haven't X been reading ono of those • delightful Scottish dialect stories aloud to him every night for a week?" --Cincinnati Enquirer. A Flea Trap. A flea -infested house was onoe reme- died in the following meaner: The man of the house took fresh, sticky fly paper, wrapped sheets of it around each leg from ankle to knee. with the sticky side out, and slowly walked around the rooms, which were all darkened a little. The fleas invariably jump on anything white, and the fly paper caught them in great tfillnbers. A Blood Purifier. Watercress, if obtained from a satis- factory source and thoroughly washed, Is a very good purifier of the blood. 15 should be eaten at breakfast. CHILD MURDER. TERRIBLE TRAGEDY ENACTED IN ZONE TOWNSHIP. The Illegitimate Child of a Young Wornan Kilted by the Mother's Sister—The Body Buriec. in the Tard—Verdict of 381urder Returned by the Coroner's Jury. Chatham, Ont., 0ob. 9.—Two young women, Annie and Alice leurniston, daughters of the late John Humiston, Zone Township, are under arrestat Both- well with the awful charge of murder recorded against them. Their alleged victim is the infant daughter of the first hanual, which was born on Monday, and, according to a ooroner's jury, cruelly done to death a short time after its birth. The two young Women charged with the crime lived together a short dis- tance out of Bothwell. Some time ago the neighbors noticed the .condition of one of the girls, and began to talk of it. Lately it was also noticed that Annie, tbe mother of the murdered • child, was not seen around any more. Her clisap- pearanee ceased the neighbors to become suspicioute and .Tames Marcus on Toes - day resolved that he would, know the truth. He went over to the flautist= house, and after seeing Annie in a very sick state, • asked the sister about her Moose, and finally learned that a chIld had been born. She WM loath to tell what had become of it, but Mildly Mid that it was dead and buried. you kill it?" asked Mr. Alarms. "No, I did not," she replied. "Did Annie kill it?" was then asked. The sister hesitated before answering tbe question, but afterwards made the statement that it had been born dead awl was buried in the back yard. Mr, Marcus drove to Bothwell and in- formed Dr. Bell, who metered a con- stable and returned bo the lineeistort farm, where the body of the child was dug up from the back yard. When he examined the body he saw at once that the skull had been battered or crushed in Re wired Coroner Bray, who went out by the first train, and held an in- quest, at which a verdict uf murder was returned late last night, Annie Rumiston, the mother of the child, is e3 years of age. Tim household eoneitted of the sisters, Annie and Alice; a hanher, Frederick; and it young man naatal WeeLy Coles, who has been board- ing 1.1 the house since -Tune Annie says Out the father of her child is a young man who lives in Detroit, but the name of 0 young man who was a regular visi- tor at the Hui/list= home before Annie went away is spoken of. Dr. Bell's teevininny shows that the babe, Whieh Wag a female, was born alive, and afterwards killed. Great vio- lence roust have been need to crush in its head tis it WAS found. To -night's Banner says: "Peter Rob- ert, who was appointed during the Dom- inion election campaign to the position nf landing waiter at the Chatham Cos - tom House, has received notice that as no appropriation has been made for the payment of his salary, his services will not be required after the 15th of this month. et is anderstood that a petition is being circulated in Dover township praying the Government; tit keep Mr. Robert in his position. Mr. Robert is French. If the appointment of Mr. Dunn, of learrie, is also cancelled, as was reported from Ottawa a few days ago, it will leave the Customs staff at this port numerically the same as it had been for years previous to the recent shuffling, viza collector and an assist- ant, which means the reduatinn in the expense of about $1,200 per year." ANOTHER COMBINATION. Britain. Russia and Frantic) Propose to Protect the _Artnenians—Turkislt Polley of Repression. Lander), Oct 9.—A despatch to The Times from Constantinople says tbat the Cabinet Connell has discussed proposals for the confiscation of the real property of fugitives from the °Gantry, and fay compelling wealthy Armenians to pay the indemnities claimed by foreigners for damages caused by rioters. "The policy of repression," this despatch says, has entirely superseded the policy of recon- ciliation, and prosecutions and arrests absorb the palace's attention." Paris, Oct. 9.—It is announced here that France, Russia and Great Britain haVO arrived at an entente in regard to Turkey, and it is expected that these powers will immediately despatch to the Porte a vigorous note demanding the acinption of reforms that will insure the safety of the Armenians in the Turkish empire. New York, Oca 9.—Mr. Julian Ralph cables from London as follows: Ncthing better indioates tile intensity of popular feeling lune over the Armenian out- rages than the resignation of Lord Rose- bery from the leadership of the Liberal party, wheel) is officially reported to- night. In the movement for English antivity in the East, Lord • Rosebery in- stead of Lord Salisbury his stood all the blows. Ib fell out early in the anti -Turk- ish campaign that Lord Rosebery was inclined to bestride the fence rather than to advocate the interference, which his party, ineluding the whole of the Non- conformists, insisted upon. When,on two public oceasions, Lord Rosebery dodged She rosponsibiliey thrust upon hirn, The Daily Chronicle, most able and ardent anti -Government organ, criticized him in severe language. Lord Rosebery ap- pears to have run out bis mosb brilliant, most fitful, most pathetio career. The mighty chair now fans to the man who ought by'righb ,and title to have hael it when Mr. Gladstone left it—Sir William Vernon Harcourt.- It is true that be is 70 years old, but, his speech to his Welsh constituents the day before yesterday shows hina to be full of vigor, which, Rosebery lacks. He is in perfect accord with the masses, which Rosebery was not. This political teagedy shows thee Rosebery stood almost alone against the overwitelming force of opinion of the mass of the nation. No eveut of past months shows so hopeful an augury for the delivery of the Armenians, and as the Tories, and even Salisburee it is bellevedethere the sentiments, all humane Cittistian persons roust feel at the atrocitiee, a settlement of the Eastern question is arriving—nag, even perhaps at this very mornent through neeotia- thins in Paris—has already been made. Timber JEloom Broken Open. Halifax, N. S., Oot.9.—The IMMEMSO timber boom at St. Mary's river has broken open, and thirty thousand dollars worth of logs have one to the sea. The loss will fall heavily on Miller Bros,. owners of the timber, and en the com- munity at horse. Steamers inward report havine vaned drift loge along the pdtere. A HIGH-PRICED BABY A MILLION DOLLAR CHILD NOW LIVING IN AN INCUBATOR, Just What Money and Science Are Doing to Keep the Life in the Midget Grand- daughter or Thula Armour. of Chicago. A millionaire baby, the only grand- daughter of Philip Armour, the Chi- cago pork packer, is living in a little world of its own, quite out off from the rest of humaniby, The tiny girl was born before she was quite sturdy enough to breache the air that mortals breathe and she was at ortoe put into a "brood - or eneubeitor, as it is nommonly called. If the doctors succeed in making her live old Phil. will give tbe midget $1,000,000 whea they are able to take her out of tbe machine. When John Reward, a hundred years ago, told the world that In a Wallachian prison be had seen rnen kept in cells only four feet high and six feet long and two feet wide women fainted with hor- ror at the philanthropist's demeiption of the living death to which these wretched creatures were condemned. But the sky of Miss Armour's world is only twelve flf / , 0 41,N., -..--,...... ,......, .---- , ey- ---:-------.' / ,...4' -. "."--% =-,...,..... /- , --... -.2 ---- .--g--...-- j--- .--. % _, ..,..., e- te) tvi'sVav t OGDEix alineatnt, inches above her head and from one hori- zon to the other the space is only two feet, and yet the yeung lady deep; not find the sphere of action limited, for the only movemene she realtes is to wigge her pink toes anti open and sbut her mieroscopic fists. Witen a chicken first comes out of the shell it hides under the 'Wing of the brooding hen, cozily nestled against the xnother-down, breathing an atmosphere tempered by passage through the close -set !tubules of the plumes. In the mechan- ical brooder in whicb the Armour baby may have to spend several months the air is sifted thrnugb layers of cotton - wool and thus cleansed is supplied with an added proportion of oxygen front it tank attached to the apparatus before being warmed and fanned into the tiny cell. The temperature inside the brooder is kept at 95 degrees Fahrenheit so that no part of the child's strength need. be wasted in the generation of animal heat. Warmth, darkness and silenne are the three chief characteristics of a child's environment before it is born and the use of the brooder makes it easy to ex- clude both the light and the noise, which disturb the incomplete human being. . Another requirement is that the deli- cate morsel of humanity should be towelled and handled as little as possible. If it were possible to keep it floating in a bath all the tbne so that there would never be unequal pressure on its body, this would be done, but it is not prac- ticable to do more than provide the soft- est of beds. As it is necessary to have it minute kneaviedge of its changes in weight from hour to hour, the mattress on the brooder is supported by a male vthich can at any instant be observed by the nurse without disturbing the baby. A special form of stethoseope, fitted with an India rubber cap and made of such srnall calibre that it can be easily introduced between the ribs of the small- est child, is fitted into the roof of the brooder and the attendant physician is thus enabled to detect the earliest symp- toms of derangement in the chest Miss Armour's wardrobe at present consists of nothing but absorbent cotton, in whioh she is carefully wrapped, and this is changed so often that she does not miss the bath which she is not yet strong enough to take. Her nutrition too, is a complicated task. The old system of "gavage," which was to stuff food down the; throat of a child too weak to eat, just as meal is stuffed down the throats of chickens which are being fattened for the market, proved unsatisfaotory, for the baby made an invnluntary effort to struggle against this process of stuffing, and every effort involves fatigue where fatigue is to be most rigorously avoided. A little glass cylinder was then ar- ranged so that it would hold half a dozen spoonfuls of milk, and at the ends of the cylinder two rubber bulbs were placed, one of which was perforated. From this tiny exit the milk is slowly forced down the child's throat, a droll at a time. A spoonful of milk is given every h011t throughout the twenty-four hours of each of the first few days of life, and the weight of the little girl, which was four pounds four ounces when she was born, has not yet decreased at all. This, in itself, is considered a great suc- cess, and is will not be until the four- teenth or fifteenth day of her life that ane- increase will be expected. When she is a month old, she will, if all goee well, weigh about eight ounces more. At five weeks of age her weight ought to be flys pounds, at seven weeks six pounds, and at ten weeks she will proliately weigh seven pounds, and be re. moved froin the brooder. Throughout this time she will have four or five drops of brandy half a dozen times on any day when she seems to be losing strength. The milk upon which she is fed is in itself an extraordinary product of the chemist's skill. When a child is espeoi- ally delicate the quality of the milk upon whioh it is fed bas to be changed every day, and sometimes even every hour. The proportion of fat, of sugar, of pro teids, not only varies greatly in the case of xxillk from different cows, but varies also In the nailk of the same cow, One day a cow will feed at a part of the pastures in which the grass is of such a quality as to put more or less fat into her rnilk than would be produced by the grass only a few yards away. In the same *way human milk varies from hour to hour, acoording to the food taken by the mother, the condition of her general health, and the amount and nature or the exercise she takes. It cannot, of course, be expected that these variation* in the constituents of natural milk should coineide with the variations to the best possible nourishment ef a feebly The arbificially modIfied milk is pre- pared by a see:memo of chemical proces- ses, tbe first of • veld= is seerilieation. When this has been accomplished, thee milk is cooled and ite respective proper - tions of fat, sugar and proteids ascer- tained. These proportions vary SO greatly that in an assortment of a hundred tubes of natural milk there will be found samples in 'which the percentage of fat is as low as 0.03 or as high as 4.5.. The percentage of sugar will be seen oleo to range from 0.87 to 20, while • there may be froro 0.22 to. 4.0 of proteids. These various sorts of natural milk eau eaeily be so arranged and altered that the attending pbysioian may write a prescription for any quality of milk he wants. At first sight it seems hard to believe that a child whose 'loath is In se un- stable an equilibrium that a brooder is advisable, should be as well nourished by another food as it would be if it re- ceived the nutriment provided for it by nature. It is, however, to be remembered in this oonneetion that human tmlik is liahle not only to ohangea which raay be explained by the merely physical con- ditions of the mother, but also to the swiftly succeeding alterations occasioned by the nervous exoitability, whieh IS Sa much greater In the case of any other mammal and which is especially great during the few weeks succeeding the birth of a ohild. Dr. Botch, of Harvard University. whose experiments and researches have done so much for the study of soientifie lactation finds that the chemistry of equipoise and lank of equipoise of the mammary produot is very closely con- nected with the proteid elerneat. It has repeatedly been found that seasons of fasting with their acooropattying excite- ment of the emotions so deranged the equilibirum of the milk that the propor- tion of fat has run down to 0.88 per cent. with an immediatti resulb of that loss of weight on the part of the infant. • Nor is it the opinion of Dr. Rot= and of careful observers that human inlik Is more sure to be devoid of bacteria than the milk of a cow. The internal organ- ism of a child which is delicate 'enough to need enclosure In a "brooder" must certainly be ill adapted to struggle against bacteria. This is another reason which counts very strongly for the in- creased favor with which physicians re- gard the employment of artificially corm binecl and prepared milk. A great many experiments have been made with the milk of an ass and the mare, but ale thought there is every reason to suppose that their milk might ehangein its com- position if these animals were generation after generation bred exclusively with a view to their employment in the dairy, they ars not at the present time import- ant factors in the problem of finding tbe best possible food for children who need suoh clue as does the little Armour baby. It Is interesting, in this connection, to observe that in the ancient Assyrian sculpture cows are represented with udders so sightly developed as to make it quite evident that they were at one time regarded as producers of eneatrather crLass pc,rretiNTIOC't 1*•, CC 1,,eatee ' igte kgiemtcs.7-i-i:f(movoiwiee CSCRL.E5 FTESN "ci A a a eN TtNa CLU w DIA&R.A,M OPTt1e. INCUBATOR than producers of milk. When as much. attention has been paid to produoing ranch mares and iniich asses as has been given to the development of the milok 00W, it may very well happen that the sort of food which is being given to the Chicago baby at the rate of a spoonful an hour will be obtainable at the cost of very much less manipulation and modi- fication than are now involved. The Armour baby was on the first day fed with a modified milk, of which the proportion of fat was 1 per cent., sugar 3 per cent. arid proteids one-half of 1 per cent., and to which 5 per cent. of lime water was added. The proportion of sugar has been increased from day to day, and the milk enriched by a some- evhat slighter increase of the proporitons of both fat and. proteids. Each indication give, by the condi- tion of the delicate stomach is thus im- mediately followed by the change in the composition of its food which seems to be oalled for. As a rule the clearest in- dication is afforded by the readings of the scale, which show the minute altera- tions in the little girl's weight from each morning until each afternoon. Tbe temperature of the "brooder" will be decreased from day to day. It has al- ready been brought down to 33 degrees, and although during the three weeks it may probably be necessary to raise it again to 87 or 88 it is hoped that at the sixth week, when a little light will be for the first time admitted, the tempera- ture can be brought down to 78. Seven- ty-five ought to be reached about the seventh week, and at the tenth week the - "brooder" will be heated to a tempera- ture of only 70 degrees, no more than that of the well -warmed rooms of the nursery to which Miss Armour will emerge from the little world lef her own, in which she is at present experimenting and trying to make up her mind whether the larger world looks like an agreeable sort of it place. At the New York Nursery and Chil- dren's Hospital:, Lexington avenue and fifty-first street, "incubators" are he daily use, and although the babies who in- habit them from time to time ate not millionaire babies, Dr. Evans and thp nurses take as much care of them as It they were.—.N. Y. Times. in the Gallery. "Would yoa mind sitting down there? You're not transparent." ''Now, that's queer. My wife tells me she's been able to see through rae these - five years." Remarkedile Suggestion. • "Why does that Blodgett girl wear such a thick veil?" • "She thinks it increases her beauty." "Then why doesn't she get behind a soreen door?" --Cleveland Plain Dealer. • Not That Bad. "Is marriage regarded as a failure in Chicago, where there are so many divorces?" "Oh, no. It is regarded asa temporary embarrassment merely.'? gitlantilelte.0 -