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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-7-5, Page 3ElkilZ A RD OF COAL TAR bit. PERKIN AND THE TREASURED HOUSE IIE OPENED, Industries Based Upon the Discovery— Fiftieth Anniversary This Year. The fiftieth anniversary at the discov- ery by William Henry Perkin of the fret ,e00,1 tar co ' lor -mauve, ()owe this Year. Plans are on foot in England, Germany -and the United States for a celebration of' the event. The importanee ot Dr. Perkin's achievement lies not ia the productiofl of the one color, mauve, from coal tar, hut in the successive steps in chemical 'development which were pleat upon that discovery. Before Dr. Peritires time •coal tar was an almost worthless by- produot of the process of making Illum- inating gas. Since his investigations tains publie men. Probably the 01 Were made public not only are all the Testament has a special interest for 'colors of the spectrum made from coal him, seeing that he has such a wide tar, but M addition it has become the knowledge of Egypt Thirty -fair years solute of numberless drugs and °head- ago he bectune private secretary to the 'cats, of artifleally prepared perfumes, ot, la.te Earl ot Northbrook, who was also saccharine, the sweetener, with 300 a deep student of the Bible. times the strepgth it sugar* of photo- M. Fallieres, the new French Presi- graphic developers, pewer'ne, ewesdeet, gets up between seven and eight, Ives. Besides these direet benefits from and does his hardest work directly after the discovery all synthetic chemistry has his morning walk. He never smokes, been revolutionized by the new method and he reads a great deal. In his own made possible through Dr. Perkin's words: "I devour all manner of books— workhistorical, philosophical, and literary. William Henry Perkin left the City of Tolstoi and Vigny are my favorite au - London School in his fifteenth year to Mors, and I am a great lover of hand enter the Royal College of Chemistry M some, books. My morning walk often Oxford street. Two years later he be- takes me to Me old book -dealers' stalls Came a private assistant to Prot Hoff- on the Quay. Book-huntiag is, indeed, ma re one of my hobbies. My other hobby is During his Easter vacation in 1856, playing billiards." Perkin showed his enthusiasm for his Mr. Walter Vaughan Morgan, the Lord work by staying at home trying to pro-, Mayor of London, at the reedit prize duce quinine artiflcially. In this work distribution of the City of London Police he was led to oxidize aniline, and the Athletic Club, remarked that he was dyestuff known as mauve resulted. "known to the police." Forty years ago HE WAS ABOUT 18 AT THIS TIME. he stayed late at bis business premises, and on leaving he was arrested by a He resolved to enter upon the menu- couple of stalwart constables, taken to facture of the product. Having patent- the police -station, and there charged ed his discovery on August 26, 1856, ne with. burglariously breaking out of his began building works at Greenford own establishment. But the inquiries Creme near Harrow, in the following that tollowed resulted in his being dis- June. In this he was aided by ais charged "without a stain on his charac- father and brother. By the end of the tere, year the new dye was on the market. One can hardly imagine that dignified The second dyestuff to receive Per- • and zealous temperance advocate, Lady 'kin's attention was madder red, or ali- Henry Somerset, as a practical joker, zarin. Graebe and Liebermann, the and yet it is a fact that she, together German chemists, announced a method with her cousin, Lady Dudley, once of artificially producing this color ea, dressed up as a pair of French tourist, 068. Perkin immediately set about Per- and in this guise and heavily veiled fecting a process for making it in large visited her place at Eastnor Castle and quantities and was successful within a went all over it. But apparently she was year. The Germans were not in a posh not sufficiently impressed by the beauties tion to compete with hirri in the manu- of her own residence, for afterwards facture of this, their own discovery, un-, her housekeeper confided. to her that tit four years later. I "that Duchesse de Monlenorenci"--the The founding of the artaflcial per-; name which Lady Henry had given her - fume industry may also be attributed to : set—".vas a disagreeable crea hire." Perkin, since he discovered a method of; Sir Charles Wyndham tells a good producing in tha labaratory coumarino story ,setainst himself. One day he was hitherto obtained Morn the tones. bean; in, the °Garrick Club—"David Garrick," and sweet clover. This odoriferous by the way, was being played at his compound is used in the flavoring of theatre --and the famous eater sat down -atobacco. His work along this lien also in the corridor, under Garrick's por- oUded materially later in the manttfac-i trait, and in Garricins chair, which is ture of indigo artificially. I one of the treasures of the club. Harry Following Perkin's Successful work, Hammen , the dramatist, dame in, gazed 'chemists in France and Germany *et at Wyndham, then at the portrait, at about the task of obtaining other colors) Garrick, then at Wyndham. "Charles," The resulting industry has become cf be eeen finally, "do you know, you are vast importance, especially in Germany,, greeeng more like Garrick every day?" weber it is often spoken of as the one ere, vou think so r returned the actor, which may best be called THE NATIONAL INDUSTRY. PERSONAL POINTERS, InMresling Gossip About Some et the Worldts Prominent People. Lord Tweedmouth, Vint. Lord of the Admiralty, ie assidnotis colleetor 0 old china. The new Queen of Denmark is a pas- sionete admirer of Chierlee Dickens, and knows many elf his books by heart. Mr, Whitelaw Reid, the American Ambassador to Great Britain, diete him- self with the utmost care. He consumes quantities of tulle and oatmeal, but neither tea nor coffee, ane very little meat, This year will see the first statue of Queen Alexandra ereoted in Englande It is to be placed outside the London Hospital by the Governorenot that insti- tution as a recognition of Her Majesty's care for the Poor and suffering. Ths only other statue of the Queen is at Copenhagen, where it was erected shortly after her marriage. Earl Cromer is one of the Most thor- ough students of the Bible among 13r1 - Statistics show that five of the largest firms engaged in color manufacturing in Germany have a combined capital of about $24,000,000. Dr. Perkin has devoted himself of late years almost entirely to research work, leaving business details in the hands of younger men. Prior to Perkin's time no one had been able to manufacture dye stuffs ar- tificially in large quantities. Dyers deo pended entirely upon the natural color- ings furnished by plants and animats. Hofmann, Perkin's master, taught the production of aniline from coal tar ben- zol, but it was left for Pericin to realize the color possibilities which lay in coal tar. The development of the industry thus founded by Perkin is shown in the large establishments now devoted to the man- ufecture of coal tar products. One rf these factories employs 4,500 workmen, including 145 greduate chemists, ell having received their doctor's degree, 175 engineers and 500 clerks. This firm alone owns 1,200 German and 1,400 other patents. The possibiltie,s still lying ;dormant in coal tar fire the imaginations of chem- ists. One chemist concluded a paper read before a body of chemists in Feb- ruary As follows; "What these raw materials obtained through the distillation of coal tar will furnish in the future is a matter of Con- jecture. but if you will permit me to prophesy r think we wit surely find remedies which will CUllE CONSUMPTION, and other diseases caused by bacterial infection. We will have perfumes which will he stronger and more beautifully scented than anything which nature can produce. "We shall find explosives . whieh will not endanger human lives in the handling, but which will be more ef- fective than nitro-glycerine and all others known at present. We shall he able to preserve materials of food for any length of time without injury to the health of the consumer." It is in honor of the man whose re- searehes have made possible these re- , sults that the jubilee this fall will be ljneld. Those in charge of the arrangte this country hope to have Dr. Perkin preeent at a banquet to be held in Now York on October 6. At this time a personal token, will be presented to Dr. Perkin. In England, the suggested honors in- clude the presentation to Dr. Perkin of et oil porn:nit of himself, the pertra.it to become the property et the nation ftt Dr. Perkires death, the execution of a arble bust of the &vend to be placed the rooms of the Chemical Society ;n London. and the esteblishment et a Per- kin research fund Inc the prometiOn of shemical investigation. Fortunately but few Men say what duty really Diellft—ottwwwise bleked eyes waold 110 nom comma pleased with the compliment; I am very glad." "Yes, indeed," the friend would be too great a task to enumerate replied "and less like him every night." the various types fully. In northern Ni- geria the Hausa is chiefly enlisted. tie is a Mohammedan and is a born fighter. The battalion at Lagos is also mainly composed of Hausas, who come down trading from Kano, Sokoto, Zarla and other up -country places. Then there is the Fulani, who is—though not so ar- dent a soldier as the Hausa, being usu- ally engaged in cattle raising—in fea- tures and color quite different from the Hausa. The Yomba, who comes from the La- gos Hinterland, is inclined to be of a more cheerful dsposition than the Hausa, and is a much cleaner soldier, enjoying when possible a daily wash, to which the Hausa, like most other natives, has usually no great affinity. Though it cannot be said that the Yomba is a bete ter fighter than the Hausa, he has the very desirable qualification of remain- ing steadier under fire, so that it is best when possible to operate with a mixed body of Hamm and Yombas. The maintenance of order and discipline is a difficult task with such bodies of men, end it needs one possessing a good temper, patience and tact at the head of affairs. DOES NOT BEAR MALICE. One strong point, in favor -of the West African soldier is that he does not bear malice for any punishment inflicted lip. an tarn. Ieis confidence in the justness and impartiality of the Beturi (white man) is so strong as to quite obliterate eny feelings of resentment. The usual answer given to the question, "Ate- eou 'fit' to do" a certain thing, put to a "Supposin' you tell ree make I go de so, I go do so." Taking into consideration the fact that the West African soldier receives the same pay as the British imperial soldi- er, 1. e., 1 shilling per diem, with 1 shil- ling per diem pod conduct. pay, an is really more generously treated In the way of kit, his lot is by no meant a poor one, since he can support himself NEGROES AS SOLDIERS AFRICAN mums orznunrED IN THE BRITISH ARMY. Equipment and Discipline of Black Waro riors for West African Warfare. II can be safely said of most of the West African tribes recruited in the Brit- ish service that they are a splendid body of men, who take fighting as (hey take their binchl (Hausa for food). In fact the cnly tune they are ever known to real- ly grumble is when provisions are hard to obtain. The ration allowance on ser- vice is one or two yams per diem, AC' cording to size, , This dietary is, how- ever, regulated by circumstances, and not infrequently they are left to their own resources to and food when it is not possible to obtain supplies at friendly villages. The native will never admit having eaten sufficient, and will, when . . LONDON EXTRAVAGANCE LARGE Aims SPENT ON PRIVATE ENTERTAINMENTS. Wealthy Londoners. Dine at $150 Per Head — Green peas at $1.85 a Spoonful. There seeras to be no falling off , In the practice of spending enormous sums in private soeiety entertainments in London, England. The manager of one of the largest cat - cling houses has remarkable extravan- ces to one. "The cost of ball and at home suppers varies according to the season of the year," a representative of the firm said. "A leader of society gave a small din- ner party last winter which cost her thirty guineas per head, exclusive et wine "Young green peas were valued at 7s queshoried after a hearty meal, aware 1:6d a spoonful, and aspargus at 5s a ably place his hand on a hugely ex- tended stomach, and, with a smile on his face, say, 'Tabu binchi" (No food). The bases from which the expeditions are titled out and start are at Sierra Leone, Accra, Axim, Gold Coast, with its militery headquarters at Coomassie; La- gos and northern and southern Nigeria, with their respective bases at Lokoja and Calabar the whole comprising the West African Frontier Force, under the Colonial Office, and officered by officers seconded from their respective regi- ments from all parts of the British Fm- pire. ACTIVE SERVICE KIT. The fitting up of an expedition is by no means such a long and difficult un- dertaking as the uninitiated would sup- pcse, for the active service kit of the \Vest African native soldier is by no - means a large or luxurious one. It consists of: 1 blanket and cloak (a waterproof sheet is now often carried instead of one or both of the articles). 1 khaki shirt. 1 pair of .khaki knickers. 1 pair sandals. 1 pair puttees. Rifle and bayonet, belt, haversack, etc. The officer himself is at the most al- lowed only seven carriers; the load that each carries may not exceed sixty pounds. This total of 420 pounds em- braces provisions for perhaps two months camp equipment, such as bed, bath, cooking utensils, etc., and does not permit, as can be readily imagined, of the inclusion of any unnecessary ar- ticles. No more odd spectacle can be imagined than to see a column of these fine swarthy negroes marching along in Indian file, as most of the paths are riot broad enough for any other way, each carrying, in most cases, his rifle each. and perhaps a yam or two balanced on "It is impossible to detect these arti- stick Peach -fed Virginian hams, with brandy and champagne sauce, cost half a guinea a plate. New potatoes were I. each. The strawberries and peaches worked out at three guineas per bead." $1,915 FOR FLOWERS. "We have just sent in a bill for 4333 to a hostess who gave a dinner party," said the manager of a West End arm of florists the other day. "That situ represents only the floral decorations, which consisted of pale pink roses and lilies of the valley. The roses cost 2s Ed for ea.ch bloom, and they were used not only on the table, but for massed effects on the staircase and rooms." One evening's musical programme tray gest anything from 4200 to 4,800. "Many hostesses pay a first-class art- ist from 200 to 300 guineas," said the representative of a well-known agency. "The services of other performers must also be engaged, so you can readily see that music is a very expensive item." It is suggested that entertainments can be made considerably cheaper, and yet be seemingly extravagant. WHO LUCULLUS WAS. For instance, a talking machine can be hired for two guineas a night, and concealed in a bank of greenery. None of the guests would suspect its presence until from a bower of roses atti's voice suddenly rang out in "Vat che sapete," or Melba trilled the valse aria from "Romeo and Juliet," or Caruso pealed out in "Di quite pira." "Why should not hostesses invest in the finest artificial flowers, which can be used again?" the superintendent of a charitable school of artificial flower - makers asked. "We can produce most perfect speci- mens of the 'Caroline Testout, rose, for which florists are charging 2s 66, at Ed his head. It matters not whether the load be of sixty pounds or a box cf matches, for preference he will carry it on his head. Naturally, in a country such as this, where the rainy season is of such long month with mignonette and yellow ros- duration, expeditions into the interior es, with trails of real smilax and maid - can only be undertaken between the &their fern. The hostess was asked Months of December min May, which is how she had obtained mignonette oo the dry season. early in the year. The flowers cost 15s, TPtIBES CHIEFLY ENLISTED. and can be used on many occasions." Liicullus was a rich Roman soldier So rawly tribes are recruited from, it and gourmet noted for his significence and self-indulgence. It is recorded that he spent more than 41,700 on a single meal. To a ques- tiener who asked him who were to be his guests at a particularly splendid supper, he answered, "Lucullus Will SUD to -night with Lucullus." total flowers unless they are handled, especially if arranged with real foliage. We scent the blossoms with rose per- fume. "We decorated a dinner table last Some of Britain's best-known and most popular duchesses have not them- selves sprung from titled families. The Duchess of Bedford is an instance of this, and her Grace of Sutherland another. The latter lady is a daughter of Major Robert Poore, and sister of the famous cricketer of the same name. The latter married Lady Flora Remit, ton, the Duke's sister, and in 1901 the Duke fell in lovewith and married Miss Nina Poore. The Duchess is a betnitte-- very fair, tall, with blue eyes and gold- en hair. She is much more fond' of country than of town life, and espeeially of her husband's beautiful place 'n Scotland-44=11ton Palace. The Duke is premier Paer of Scotland and heredi- tary keeper of Holyrood Palace. • HAUNTED BY HOGS. Sailors Reported Weird Things About Bermuda. "effig money" is the name by which the brass money which began to be struck in Bermuda in 1650 came to be known. On one face of it was a hog, on the other a ship of that period. These old- cotes are very, rare, and highly prized by colleetors. The history of this device is curious and interesting. A Spanish vessel, commended by Juan Bermudez, and on its way to Cuba with a cargo of hogs, was wrecked there. This was in 1515. Later in the same century, when the English discovered this land, they found a country inhabited by hogs. It is also interesting to note that the English discovered it in the same way as the Spaniards. An English ship was wreelced there, Is it any wonder that the treacherous coast got from the Span- iards and English alike the name of "Devil's Land"? 'Yet it is one of the most beautiful coasts in the world, and it has been claimed that le brilliancy Mediterranean effects are not at all and his family on about 3 pence per equal to those of Bermuda. diem. . Nothing could better illustrte Bermuda is said to be the island of the unhealthiness of the climate in these Shakespeare's "Tempest." The strange parts than the granting by the Colonial noisee which mariners heard coming oinee et leer wombs leave, not count - front this Wandand which they did ing the voyage W and frO, after every net then know were prodnced by hogs, caused them to say that it was haunted, and to report weird things of it. 4 TREASUSE TROVE IN SAND PIT, gold bracelets, eaeh Severe' Massive the applicent is permitted to do so or hvelve months residential service out there on full pay. And it is a hard mat- ter to get permission, should one desire it, to remain a short while overtime. A medical examination Is held and It rests entirely with the doctors as to whether weighing mete than three pounde, and not, said to be of Roman workmanship ha ee teen discovered in a sandpit On the bor- ders of Dartford, Heath, Eriglatid, a short distence from the historic Roman read through Kent known as Watling sI 'the workers in the pit did not rea,- lize the minim of the artieles, and a boy reMarked their brightness, and re- rnarked thttt cowmen Metal woteld not eave lain urider the soil Uniarmshat The Workmen considered that they Would make excellent quoits, but the manager of the sandpits at onde recog- Tl heet! the value of the articles, which are now in; the possessionor the titan RUBBER HEELED TENANTS. A Natv York landlord, who oWns a number of flat buildings, now ineludes in his leases a clause compelling ten- ants and their servants to wear rubber heels, . for wIlielt the landlord pays. Here'ofore many flats have been Vacant owing to the inemant noise made in the eorriders raid stAirevrty. Now the tenants Are noteetees, all the ilate Are iet, ,end the leedlord buys rubber., boot heels by the hundred, SHORT LEG MANIA. ALCOHOL AID TO BACILLI THE PROBLEM( wmect SCIENTISTS HAVE BEFORE THEM. Drinkers Offer Less Resistance to In- vading Germs Than Abstemi- ous Persons. Novel Form of Ilysteria—Patients Desire to Excite Sympathy, A curious case of "hysterical short leg"—to use a doctor's descriptive phrase —has recently been admitted into a special hospital in Central London. The patient, a lad of fifteen, appeared to have one leg a couple of inches short- er than the other. After some months' treatment on the south coast he was brought to a London orthopaedic haspi- tal. Leg splints were used with the idea of extending the limb, but when the patient was placed under chloroform his leg suddenly assumed a normal posi- tion. The only explanation was that the lad, who was mentally dellicient, had, by contracting the museles of the leg, caused the appearance of a ,shortened limb. He was removed to a hospital which treats mental cases. In the ward he was told to leave his bed and run to the fireplace and back. The lad burst into feats and declared he coiled not do it. The point was insisted upon and the patient staggered pathetically to the fireplace, and started to come back when he fell. Unfortunately Mr the short leg theory, he fell on the wrong side, and the bogus nature of his alleged defect was made even more apparent than be- fore, He stolidly refueed to use bis leg naturally, however, in spite of expo- sure. A Fellow of the Royal College of Sur- geons said the other day :—"This as- sumption of bodily defects is not alto- gether unusual, and is a Mem of bye- teria. A contraction of !be muscles and a tilting, of the pelvis, and the thing ib done. It is due tre a morbid deeire to excite Sympathy and atiract attention. I have known of cases where serious wounds have been indicted by patients suffering from hysteria with the same obiOct . "Firmness judieously mingled with persuasion is the beet treatment.." IN CITIES OF BLOODSHED CHIEFS letiY THEIR IllES'PECTS THE GOVERNOR. $ale Thousand People; mixt Kowa the (Result of Samory'S "It has beCerne generally aeknowledg- Sir John Roger, Me Governor of the ed lately that a man may be the hest Gold Coast has made a remiutable tour of diphtheria bacilli, cholera vibriones, into the interior, lasting over three and or other pathogenic bacteria without a hall months, says Reuter.' necessarily developing the correspondAl Kumasst a large number of chiefs Wg diseases," Prole.ssor Eli Mechne- came in to pay their respects to the Gov- koff, of Peres, declared in the first of ernor, and Were were many impostog the Harbert lectures, delivered in be displays when. We native ruMrs, in gor- lecture theatre of King's College, Lon- geous raimera, attended by immense don, England. i Mllowings, arrived from the surround - Professor Metchinkoff's subject was mg country. AU appeared to be 009 "The hygiene of the tissue," that is to tented and peaceful, say, the problem which scientists now At Bolo there were appalling evidences , Lave before them of how to rid the body of the former ravages of Sarnory. Han- oi the microbes which infest IL He dealt deeds of slceletons still strewed the particularly with the typhoid bacillus. ground. One old chief told the Geyer - "Until a short time ago we were con- nor that he Md lost between five and vinced that the principal, if not the six thousand people as a result of Se - sole, cause of outbreaks of typhoid fete mory's raids, In another pert of .he er lay in drinking, Water," he said, Northern Territories the chief of a tribe "yet it has been shown that persons have said that formerly he had had to render acquired the disease who never drank three hundred slaves annually to Ash - water, or drank only boiled water, and anti. Who never ate raw food. Between Gambaga and 1Cintarnpo lee CARRY THE DISEA.SE. • SEVENTY MOUNTED CHIEFS, expedition visited Wa, where over "The fact is that perfectly healthy per- contact with typhoid fever patients, or attended by at least 5,000 people, came sons, especially 'such as have come fn with persons who have suffered from in to the Governor. Here, again, as el - enteric at a mare or less -remote period, deed throughout the Northern. Territories of ten harbor the bacillus typhous in the people expressed their keen recog- consderable quantities in their ailmen- ninon of the value of British protection, tary canals. Such persons have been and compared tb.tir present_ favorable termed bacilli carriers, and must be con- ers. position with the old danger they had, sidered as important sources of infece both from the Ashantis and other raid - "The typhoid bacilli can remain M a • While the Governor was at Wa, the tion for this disease. I virulent state for many years in a body ' Lobi Dajarti, one of the wildest tribes, unaffected by their pathogenic action. t h r'l ulive expetle "What reason can be given for this 1 1 agams w orn see ei a p ru. tions had been sent, tendered their remarkable and prolonged immunity. submission voluntarily. This was a que.stion to which leading The scene at the fort when hordes ot ing their attention. land arrows, came in to palaver with the Mese native savages, armed with bows scientists everywhere have been devot- "An extensive series of experiments Governor, tvas strilting. These people carried out in the last few years has had never seen a white man before tins shown that the essence of inuminity occasion, So many different languages nes in the living elements of the body, were represented that it was, -necessary liver us from our enemies. de. tteribeems.PleY six interpreters to translate the Governor's address le the assembled and that it is the phagocytes which broadcast in their surrounding with -1 The. tour showed that tranquility Stil "If bacilli carriers can sow diseases out themselves falling ill, the reason is prosperity prevail throughout the Gold that their living cells re -act efficiently Coast, the Northern Territories and Ashanti. . • against pathogenic microbes, and can rapidly produce substances injurious to these microbes." Professor Metchnikoff declared, In closing, that persons who indulge too freely in alcohol show far less resist- ance to infectious diseases, especially to croupous pneumonia, than abstemious persons. CHAIN -MAKING MACHINE. • Lelong, a Belgian inventor, haa de- vised what is said to be the first suextesso hil apparatus with which by the Use of but one hitilate aild one Maehinee a continuclas chitin Mey be Made and completely fittiehed. The iron is fed ,no to the nuieltitte in the etiape of straight rode and comes out a template Chein. Chahrte it any size MO thus be Marie, Rem the) MAUNA "WOO" Sp to the boo tanks oiled in Abe miry, pworr KNEW ITS 'FRIEN'D. Traveller's Story of et Sensitive Plant of Ceylon. "Uncanny," said a globe trotter, "is the splendid and flourishing sensitive plant of Ceylon. This' plant causes you to wonder if plants, like us, can't feel pain, and think and grieve. "We were seated, in white linen clothes, under the palms of our host's garden beyond Colombo. We had just breakfasted, and the nattve servants were handing about cptfee and liqueurs. "'What plant is that?' said I. "'A mimosa, or sensitive plant,' my host answered, and added, turning to his little daughter: "Go, dear, and kiss the mimosa.' "The child obeyed. Then she came back to us gleefully. The plant had not shrunk from her fresh young touch. Not a leaf had quivered. "Now, you go and kiss it,' said our host to me. "I advanced. I put out my hand. And my hand no sooner touched the mimosa than it shivered, and the leaves wilted as though frost bitten. "The plant knows my daughter,' our host explained, 'but you are a stranger to it.'" —4.— SAUSAGES FROM CORPSES. Chinese Sausage Makers Dig Up Recent- ly Interred Bodies for Meat. For many years past the wealthy in- habitants of the little town of San Geronimo, near Valparaiso, Chili, have been in the habit of supplying the needs of their breakfast table from some Chi- neee sausage -makers famed for the ex- cellence of their goods. In their adver- tisements the Chinese guaranteed that all the sausages were manufactured amid the cleanest and • most sanitary surroundings, and from the choicest materials. A rich Spanish. merchant., while cutting open his breakfast sau- sage recently, found in it, to his inde- scribable horror, the tip of a human finger, evidently that of a young wo- man. As a result of the gruesome dis- covery, the merchant became viOlently ill. The matter was itninediately ported to the sanitary police, and a ter- rible discovery was made. It appears that the Chinese sausage -makers bad several years before established thew factory on a plot of land adjoining the local eemetery. In the night they entered the cemetery, opened graves, and dug Out recently interred corpees, which were then made into sausages. In nearly every case the sausages were cOnsumed ine.vittingly by the relatlife.s and friends of the dead. COLORS AND CONSUMPTION. A French physician, Dr. Marietta, deo clams that the colOr of the clothes which a consumptive should wear is very We+ portant, The clothing should be of a kind Which allows most light to pene- trate it, light having a favorable eftect on consumptives. Dr, Mengel, recom- mends witiM stuffs, as they allow the largest number of chemicel rays to pass theough them, and absorb no not- ored rays. White linen, white velvet, white colleen or ehith, but not white Aim, may be used, Next to White the test onions as Wit* 8n4 WORTHY SONS OF SEA DOGS. Warspite Boys Manifest Courage Like the Men of the Birkenhead. The stirring incidents which attended the loss of the Birkenhead many years ago are recalled in ri striking manner by the splendid discipline recently shown by a hundred Warspita boys in the face of danger of the gravest character. The training -ship lads were on tbe four -masted vessel, Port Jackson, and were being taken on a. cruise M Aus- tralia, with a view to giving them a practical training for the mereantilo marine. The Port Jackson had been towed round from London to the Chan- nel, and cast off the tug after passing through the Straits of Dover. When near &achy Head, a. sudden fog devel- oped, and the sailing ship proceeded with great caution down channel. Presently a big steamer, which after- wards proved to be the Hamburg steamer Pyrgos, of the German Levant Line, loomed up right in front of the Port Jackson. The fog had prevented the steamer being seen until she was practically in touch with the training ship. Every effort was made to avoid a collision, but the steamer crashed Mto the Port Jackson's starboard bow. The impact was terrific, shaking, the ship from end to end, while the iron plates were ripped through as though they were cardboard, The captain, with great coolness, gave orders for the Warspite boys to bo mus- tered on deck in case of disaster, whilst the crew wore told off to make arrange- ments for lowering the boats and get- ting out life-saving appliances, etc. The hundred young lads were very promptly mustered, and were formed up on the officers' instructions, and stood to at- tention awaiting the next orders of the captain. Happily, disaster was averted, and the sailing vessel was towed round to Dover in safety. The cheplain and doctor of the Port Jackson said it was a wonderful sight to See the lads coolly parading in the face of the possible disaster, as no one knew unlit an examination had been made what was the extent of the damage that had been sustained in the collision. Mr. West, at Our Navy, wbo Was on board, remarked that it vividly recalled to his mind the famous story of the sinking of the Birkenhead. MONKEY HUNT IN HOSPITAL. Cuts Capers Around Grounds, Then Jumps Into Bed. The patients ef the General Hospital in Vienna had an exciting experience the other day. A large monkey that had been sent to Prof. Finger, a surgeon at- teched to the hospital, for experimental purposes, escaped into lie gerden, Chased etsuccessfully for a time by a small army of attendants, the animal's antics tamed great excitement, until a severe rainstorm drove him back into the shelter of the building$ again. Here he tushed through several wards, ter- ribly frightening patients and nurses, and finally timpcd into an empty bed, hiding himself under the clothes, where the terror-stricken anirriel could be easily secured at last. NEV./ itIND EACg. Items in the tire*, great athletic meet. log held in China, Mitch took Once al Ceritote, were arithrriette rates. Penns from sehools carried slides arid pencils and in the course Of the rate they tenntered a blackboard containing a ' tern to be eolved. The boy s Were lined as they reached in goal, and those whose caleelatione were wrong wet* then 'climinetett. The fleet three Mft tot the line were ocittrited Iteittaera