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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1886-2-4, Page 2TEE F'AiM. Dau9'er to Horses. Farmers as a class, though very suspf- ofous, areafter all very careless in many things where a little care might be well re• paid. Although horses are not kept in such large herds as other kinds of stook they are more exposed than any other kind to any contagious disease that may be abroad in the land. On this subject the Spirit of the Farm says When we consider fora moment the num- ber of diseases of a contagious nature te which horses are subject, and the oarelese manner in which they are exposed to the same, it is astonishing that we do not heve epidemics of this kind oftener with our horses. To fully appreciate the risk that is incurred we need only visit the city or country towns on court days or Saturdays, and see the number of horses of all kinds and conditions that stand tied and almost touching each other in every available space about town, to say ne,thing of the numbers that are packed together in the public stables. The latter, as a rule, are much 'safer from coming in contact with disease than those outside, for no sensible stableman would admit an animal inaide of his stable that is affected with any kind of contagious disease if he knew it; but it often happens that neither the owner of the horse nor the stableman is aware of the disease until it is too late to remedy the evil. Contagious diseases of a most virulent character may be perpetuated for an indefi- nite length of time by feeding horses in stalls where the disease has existed, Of, this kind we may mention glanders and Spanish itch especially. Either of these most fatal disorders may be conveyed to other horses by feeding in a stall where horses suffering with them have been kept, To destroy the virus take a pint of sulphuric acid and put it in a bucket of water,and.with an old mop wash all parts of the etall, es- pecially the trough and manger, as well as the sides of the atall. Theu put a few pe nude of stick sulphur in an old iron pot and, stop- ping the stable as well as possible, burn it, so ae to fumigate the stable thoroughly, tak- ing due precautions against fire—it is a good plan to set the pat in a tub of water—then whitewash with lime and carbolic acid. This will protect them thoroughly. - The Drunkard's Rauh Wean. (Sung:to the air of Goethe lu the Air.") e woo bit raggit 'addle gena a wan'rin through the street, Westin' niang the enaw wi' bis wee hackie feet, Shiverin' V the could blast, meth.' wi' the pain ; Whe'e the puir wee eatimu 1 he's a drunkard's raggit wean. FIe stens at like door, au' he keeke wi' whittu' e'e, To see the crowd aroun' the are a' leughiu' loud wi' glee, But ho daurna venture bon, though hie heart be o'er sae fain. For ho mamma play wl' Ether bairns, the drunkard's raggit wean. Oh, see the woe bit, bairnio, hie heart is unoou fou, The sleet is blewin' oauld, and he's droukit through and through, He's epeeriu' for hie nether, en' he wun era ehe's one, 13ut oh I his mither she forgets her puir wee wean. wheur raggit He kens nee feather's love, an' he keno nos mither'e care, To soothe his wee bit eorrowe, or kame his tautit Bair. To kiss him when he waukens, or smooth his bed at e'en, An' oh I he tears his either'e face, the drunkard's raggit wean. Oh pity the wee laddie, e.e guileless an' sae young. The oath that lea's the taither'e lipsettle on hie tongue ; An' elnfu' words his mither speaks hie infant lips '111 stain, For oh I there's none to guide the bairn, the drunk. ard's raggit wean. Then surely we mfokt try en' turn that efntu' mith- er'e heart, An' try to get hie taither to act a taither'e part, An' mak them lea the drunkard's cup, an' never sate agein, An' cherish wi' a parent's care, their puir wee raggit wean. —...-mow.-»ina..---- A WONDERFUL WALK. PETER DUFOUR'S TRAMP FROM WINNIPEG TO QUEBEC AND BACK. Timely Suggestions. The meal for the calvee should be fed to them dry. It is a mistake to mix it in the milk. A good mixture for the calves is wheat bran or middling and linseed -oil meal, two parts of the bran to one of linseed meal, and then add the same bulk of oats. A calf will eat from half a gill to a quart, accord- ing to its age and size. Feed twice a day. That is the cheapest building which gives the greatest amount of room in proportion to the money cost. Judged by this rule a very small barn cannot well be .heap. There le too much outside covering in preportion to the room inside. A large barn will also bear greater elevations without appearing to be out of proportion. To be oheap the barn should have a good stone basement at least Si feet in height. The room thus gained will usually be the cheapest in the building, and for winter care of stock it will be much the most valuable. Comparatively few farmers are aware how much valuable time may be saved by system and forethought. Now, during these long winter evenings, excellent opportunity is offered to prepare as complete a working plan as possible for every month in the year, Write Gown every kind of work you expect to do, every crop you intend to plant, and all improvements that are contemplated. Poets and rails should be made and drawn to where they are to be used, and, of course, the tops of the trees need up for firewood. This business of preparing fuel is tco much neglected; the advantage of having a full eupply of it well seasoned and ready for use at any time is not fully appreciated. Absorbents,1 spread liberally over the floor where horses and cattle lie, make tho apartment look better and smell sweeter, and render them more healthful for the oc- cupants, They aro worth all they coat for sanitary purposes alone, but they will pay a large profit again in the fertiilizicg mater- ial that will accrue from their use, Oat Yokes. There are three parte cf an ox which are more liable to le made sore by ordinary work in the yoke than any other—viz., the top of the neck and the ehouldera, We often see oxen with Beres on there parts. Sore ehouldere are often caused by the bow being too wide. Sometimes it is caused by the bow being too square, or too sharp on the outer edge, The bow should be perfectly round at the shoulder joint ; the drop of the staple, as a general thing, should come down about half way from the top of the neck to the shoulder joint:; the leader especially needs a more crooked yoke or a longer staple than when drawing on the rib. Many of our farmers seem to care but little about the yokes their cattle work in. They put them in too long or too short a yoke in the winter time, and they crowd so it is hard getting along the road ; and then the yokes are made by a person who does not under- stand his business and tbe yoke rolls back on the neck. Some are too straight and others too crooked so the oxen can't travel, The fact is farmers are not particular enough about the yokes and bows their oxen work in, Peter Dufour, the Batoche sufferer, whose walk of over 1,500 miles from Que- bec to Winnipeg was telegraphed upon his arrival at the latter place, has left for home, assistance having been given so as to enable him to perform most of the re- mainder of his journey by rail. His story is an interesting one. Forty years ago he bade adieu to the home of his boyhood in the province of Quebec and came with others to the "Great Lvne Land." At that time the country, of course, was com- paratively unknown to the uter world, and the factors of the Hudson's Bay company were its sole lords and masters. For 16 years he bunted and trapped for the com- pany, and then married and settled down on a farm in the halfbreed settlement of Batoche. His life pant most happily until the war cry re-echoed along the val- ley of the Saskatchewan in 1VIaroh last. He took no part in the troubles, but re- mained loyal to his Qaeen and country. Along with his family he moved away, but left his stock and farm implement be- hind. " When the 'war' was over he re- turned to his homestead, but only to find his house and barn in ashes and his stock lost foeever. What beceme3"of nine head of cattle and nine horses he never could ascertain. " The land was all that was left," he observed. All the money he had was $50 and three months ago he took half of this amount, (leaving the re- mainder with his wife) and started for the home he had left foray years ago. He had no other idea of travelling than on foot, and the incidents of his weary jour- ney are already known. Arrived in Que- bec he visited his brother, who le a far- mer, and the latter promised him to send up several heads of cattle and some seed grain next spring. Having secured a pair of boots Dufour started on his return journey. He had very little money, the orother not being poeeeased of a super- fluity of wealth. So there was nothing left for the old Northrreastern to do but to walk, and the joyous anticipation of soon meeting his wife and family cheered him on. When he reached Ottawa he took the C. P. R. and followed the line through the wilds of Ontario. Day and night ho walked, and traversed 60 miles on more than one day. About 50 miles east of Winnipeg he was told bya man at the station to get on a train which was leaving and he did so. He was so fa- tigued that he fell asleep, and the train- men were unable to wake him until after Winnipeg was reached at twelve o'clock on Thursday night. Here he was well looked after. Dufour is a man sixty years of age, and his grey beard and locks and wrinkled features denotes that he has lived every day of it. He is tall and wiry and possesses an iron constitution. Cremation in England. Last week the third human body was cre- mated at Woking. By the desire of the re- latives, the body was burnt in its elm coffin. The process was very satisfactorily complet- ed in an hour and a half, although the body —that of a lady—weighed fourteen stone. The residual ashes were quite white. The cremation Society requires the fullest infor- mation as to tbe cause of death from two registered medical practitioners. It reserves the right of refusing the use of its furnace • in any case where it thinks fit. Sanitary reformers generally will join in congrat plating the society on the steady progrees of cremation in public opinion. In France a very important advance has been made, as the Prefecture of the Seine has decided to spend £8,000 in the erection of a creme- torium In tho groat Parisian cemetery, Pere Lachafse. We trust the Commissioners of Sewers for the city of London will not be far behind the Paris authorities, but will again crankier the propoaal of carrying out the practice in their cemetery at Ilford, As Sir Spencer Wells puts it in ono of his speeches : "The choice isbetweon cremation or corruption, purification or putrefaction," The Spaniards have a proverb ; "When mother•ln-laws fall out we got at the family facts." Sam Jones +Jaye "Live so your children may put their feet in your tracks and be honorable," That is, don't walk all over he road on the way home nights, �.s-.+farm---• " How Long ?" The English tongue is at the best sadly confusing and contradiotory to foreigners. If the foreigner be a German, the probabili- ties are that It will take him a long time to emerge from his linguistic fogs. Daring a certain trial it was thought important by counsel to determine the length of time that two quarters of beef, two hugs and one sheep remained in an express wagon in front of plaintiff's store before they were taken away by the defendant, The witness under examination was a German, whose knowledge of English was rather limited. Counsel—Stato to the jury how long it was after you took the meat from the store and put it in the wagon until it was taken away, Witness—Now I shoost can't told dot, I Jinks 'boot twelve feet, I not say nearer as dat, Counsel—You don't understand me. How long was it from the time the meat left the store and was put into the wagon before it was taken away by the defendant ? Witness—Now I don'd see what you ax dat for. Der vagon he vas back up mit der sidewalk, and dat is shoost Ito long as it vas. 3. ou tell me ev you pleeze bow long der eidewallt vas, Den feet ? Dvwclve feet ? Don I tells you how long. Counsel -1 don't want to find out how longthe sidewalk was, but I wish to know (speaking very slowly) how—long—this— meat—was—in—the —wagon—before-it— was—taken—away, 11 itnesa—Oh py craolous, I don'd sold my moat dot. vay 1 1 don'd measured meat,rnot yet I I voigh it already. But I dinky dat meat vat 'bout dram foot long. Counsa (desperately)—Look here, I want to know how long it was before the meat was taken away after it was put in the wagon. Witness (looking knowingly at ceunsel,--- Now you try and gad me in a serape. Dat mead was ehoost no long in dor vagon as it vas in der shop. Dot's all I told you. Dat mead was dead mead, He don'd grow no anger in ten dousau' year—not m000h Counsel—That w ill do, HEALTH, Heating and Ventilation. Inthe whole range of practical sanitation perhaps, there is no sus jeot fraught with more difficulties than that of proper heating and ventilation in climates where there must necessarily be much dependence on ar- tificial heat. First of all, it is to be regretted that by custom so muoh of dependence is placed upon artificial heat, The body itself is a great heat producer and heat regulator, and. has resources and capacities for the provision and regulation of heat that are not enough made available by very many persoas, Where there is a deficiency of natural warmth, exercise, bathing, and the habit of not hovering over fires or registers will do a great deal toward the restoration of the equilibrium, Next to these are the service of foods and of clothing. Some per- sons need to recognize the sugars, thefats and the starohes as special aids to the pr e- duction of heat, and so to make them a more prominent part of their nutrition. Clothing needs to be used both day and night with reference to equal warmth. So long as the temperature of rooms conforms to the established medium, and there is no excessive draught, for their o convenience and that of others, people os ,f health or out of activity must see to it br n_• .them- selves up to the proper out roasting other ally ,seen such be o with with shou mak aver fro grad revu N roon ours tura wha heat for c expo Cert ed t and stud the e tion Whi pain vie some most with air t dry other •n .as upon ourselves, and we are made uncomfor- table, If, on the other hand, the air is too heavily saturated, and the weather is hot, it does not receive from us moisture readily enough. Then we say it is not only hot, but very close. The bearing, therefore, of moisture on heat is apparent. Sun light as well as sun heat has something to do with comfort and with general condi• tiona of warmth. Both light and the direct rays of the sun should be secured through apartments. Having thus utilized all the natural modes of heating, the next ques- tion is, shall we heat a room or building by heating the air that is in the room or heat- ing fresh air, and introducing it at a raised temperature ? For heating the air in the room, the most usual forme are the hearth -fire, the stove, the radiator, and series of pipes distributed he room. In h the the two first named there is some smoke and dust from the care of the fires, and in the care of the stoves, not infrequently carbon oxide, unburnt car- bon and hydro -carbon deficient in hydrogen. These get into the air of the room either through cracks or crevices in the stoves or chimneys of metal, or because of imperfect combustion. This latter may result from dampers, from sudden chilling cf the fire, or from the want of draught, Far more evils in heating arise from imperfect com- bustion than is generally imagined. Besides, both the hearth•fire and the stoves draw the air so toward themselves as to make draughts which make thea e sitting near win- dows or doore liable to take cold from the in -rushing air. In this form of heating, too, a part of the room is much more heated than the parts away from the fires, But with these objections there are very great advantages There are few of the common ventilators at all equal to fire- places and stoves for charging and purify- ing the atmosphere. Where air is thus drawn out, fresh air is likely to get in in itv place. If, during a cold winter day, 300 pomade; of coal are burnt in the stoves of e room, there will be, according to Regnault. 93,600 cubit feet of air, weighing over 7,000 pelmets, passing through toe stove into the chimney. A room 20x30x12, containing 7,- 200 cubic feet of air, would then be emptied and refilled 13 times, or about every 40 min- utes, which is more than is needed to secure sufficient change. The thoroughly well -re- gulated stove, as well as the hearth -fire, on the average secures the most breathable air, although, no doubt, some methods of indi- rect heating, hereafter to bo noticed, excel it. The amount of heat secured, in propor- tion to the fuel consumed, is not always satisfactory ; but, where this method of heating is adopted, there is very seldom need of artificial arrangements for ventlla• tion, FORFI6GN ECHOES.. Mex'co's Drop of Indian corn, univer• dally used in slaking tortillas. amounts to about one -ninth that of the United States. In some parts of the country three crops a year may be made. The largest price by the square inch ever paid for painting was lately given by the Dec d' Aumalo for the ' Three Graves," by Rapheal, from Lord Dudley's gallery. Tho price was $125,000, or, as the ptoture le only seven inches square, $2,500 per inch. Mica Florence Warden and her com- pany have been playing 1n her piece of " The House in the Marsh " and •' In the Llon'a Mcuth"to enbhusiaetic houses in Dublin. Her sister Gertrude, who gave great promise when over here with Mrs Langtry, more than shares the honor with her. A ship haef just come round the Horn., with' a cargo of 225 masts from Puget Sound, each of which is nearly 100 'feet in length. These are of Douglass fir, or " Oregon Pine " (Pstedotruga), and found a ready sale among Eastern shipbuilders. The Garman navy has long been supplied exclusively with Pueet Sound spars, which re well known in Europe. t is strongly indicatives of the weak - of territorial iufluence in Scotland he Dake of Bueolengh, who owns 7 acres in North Britain, and father was probably the most pop - cd respected nobleman in that saw his eldest brother defeated th by over 1,000 majority, when for Damfrieeshire, in •which he Dnke''a property is assessed 00; a year. • ma es 00 MU man The Clock's Stopped. Slight though the ticking of a clock may be, says a writer, its sudden ceeeation has a wonderful influence upon those in the room ;n which the time keeper is located. A dim realization of something wrong steals over the senses—a feeling as if something of value had been lost, or a friend away perhaps never to return, or as if soma of the children were sick, until suddenly some ono looks up and exclaims " Why, the clock's stopped !" And im- mediately the ill-defined forebodings dia- aippte, the little shadow of gloom molts (away, and as the winding up process Is completed and the cheery ticking recom- menced, tho family circle regains its wont- ed buoyancy or spirits, and the members wonder what it was that caused a spell so gloomy a few moments before. Just as Good Eight to Have an Orphan Child as Any One Ilse. "Good miarnin', Mrs. O'Raherty. I hear ye was out to see the orphans at Cold. Spring 1" "1 was, Mrs. O'Flaherty. An' indade an' I'll niver forgib the beautiful scenery of half a hundred little ones widout any father nor mother. Sure an' they're treated so nolo and are Laked slob good care of that me an' mo owld mon arc gobs' to see wo can't make au orphant of oar • littl " mmput him outhare. t y an' , itis t neeye bo tel now. ith kneeling at illy feet"—The boot Yo have jlst as good right to have a black, g y orphant child as any one ilso." lay's old school,' the Charter as some fifteen yeare ago remov- e country, and. now the whole ent is advertised for sale, and coda " whom Col. Newsome has famous, will live where they nd receive pensions. This,. at the present idea. A aimilter as, adopted in the -case of the iohgpei stoners, but Chelsea Hos- continues on the old linea. he NewYear's English Almanac shows Blasco 1863 the deposits of the Indus - classes in the saving banks have been eased 300 per cent. In 1840, with a u,ation of 26,000,000, there were 34,• convictions for crime ; in the past , with a population of 36,000,000, ere were only 14,757 convictions. The Queen and her family since 1837, when sue ascended the throne, received in di. rent Parliamentary grants no less a sum than £23,210,000, which does not em- brace the cost of royal yachta, residences, sinecures, circ. The waste of food in hotels and restau- rants, says the -Chicago Times, is some- thing enormous.. In London this waste is partially utilized by the Sisters ofMer- oy, who keep some one constantly in the kitchen to save all the scraps as well as the articles that are returned from the dining rooms. These are carefully sora ted and put in covered baskets. The soups, chowder, and gravies are placed in cans or buckets. At night a covered waggon comes and takes them away. Some of the ari isles are taken tohospitals and asylums, the others are distributed among those of the sick and poor who are deserving. There is a professor in Trinity College, Dublin, a Mr. Mahaffy, who is never more in his element than when playing lackey to some great men, and who ex- hibited this trait largely on a recent visit of Carnarvon, the Lord Lieutenant. to the University. There is another Pro. fessor, Dr. Haughton, of different mould, a fine, manly, and very able man. The "boys" got hold of him the other day, and insisted on his making a speech. Commenting on the Viceroy's visit, Dr. Haughton said : " I never myself could see why Providence made Princes and :emperors, and those kind of people, but having made them I can quite understand why it made creatures like Pref. Mahaf. fy to dance attendance on them." One of bhe heroes of the Franco-Ger- man war has jest died, Gsn.Bonnemafn, who commanded the Cuirassiers in the fa moue cavalry charge at Reichehofen. The feat of arms by which he staved the advance cf the German's, while his men fell In scores around him under the mur- derous fire, until Marshal MacMahon had got clear away from Woerth and Froeach• wailer, le commemorated on many a can- vas and in song ; and to this day the ap- pearance of a cuirassier regiment at a re- view is always greetea with frantic ap- plandibs. Gen. Bonnemalna was 71 years of age. INOIDENTA,, EFFECTS OFAREVIY.AL OF RELIGION. SAVED FROM THE CRAVE. lex Rev. W. 5, i3LACICST00i{. One of the most remarkable movements of this kind which have taken place for some time is connected with the. Advent Mission in the Protestant Episoopal Churches, of New Yorlr, • It is a matter of doubt to;many who hnvo given considerable ettention to the subject, whether so many oongregatione of this uld, staid and respectable branch of the Christian Church were ever simultan- eously moved to such an extent before. And one of the most remarkable facts concerning it is that it seems to have been 'equally in- fluential with all classes of sopiety. Accord- ing to the popular notion, the bankers and brokers of Wall St, the "bulls" and "bears' of the American Stock Exchange, are about the most unlikely people to be brought under the influence of a religious quickening of this sort. And yet there were no congrega- tions more crowded, none that evinced a profounder depth of feeling, than that which mot dally at noon, in Trinity Church, to listen to: the pungent and heart -stirring ad- dresses of Missioner Aitkin—e congregation eompoeed very largely, if not exclusively, of this class, The same gospelthatmade itself felt in the hearts of poor women and little child- ren oast a no lees potent spell over the mind and spirit of the millionaires of "the street." Wh ether the touch of nature or of grave, there was that in it which made the world akin, so that the rich and the poor met together on the same plain of faith and feel - lug, of sorrowfulreoolleotion of the past and aspiration after a purer and better life, Then, the diverse elements which were brought together in harmonious and hearty co-operation in promoting this movement is no lees worthy of notice. The three great parties into which the Established Church 'of England is divided exiet in the Pro- testant Episoopai Church in the United States. The High, the Low, and the Broad Church party of tits mother Church—each has its representative on this side of the Atlantic—the former of these, ,the ritualia- tic and Homeward section, in the States, as in Great ,Britain, has always included some of the most scholarly, eloquent, labour -loving and epiritnal men of the body, The Low Church is strongly antirituallstio and thoroughly Protestant. It allies itself more naturally with what are known is the evangelical Churches of Protestant Christ- endom than with either the Latin or the Greek Church. Occupying a position of Its own, entirely distinct from either of. those just mentioned, is what is known as ,the Broad Church section, characterized by breadth of vle'w, largeness of sympathy, and a free, though not alwat s ,quite, reverent, handling of the Soriptures. The Rev. Heber Newton, of New York, may probably be regarded as representing the most advanced wing of the Broad Church party. At feet sight, one would think that the most that could be expected of elemente so diverse, and la some respects antagonistic, would be mutual forbearance towards one another. Harmonious and hearty cooper• ation would by many be thought te be out of the question. But what is impos- sible with man, may be easily accomplished by the power which presides over the affairs of the human race and controls the destiny of the Church The Rev. Dr. McKim, of Harlem, in a sermon preached on the 20th of December on the results of the "Advent Mission," remarked that "the clergy that took part therein had locked their party differences in thecabinet where ' church curiosities are kept, and silenced their ehib boleths. They worked harmoniously and eeemed to breathe thearoma of Penticoet." Indeed, I suspect they found that their shib- boleths and party watchwords were of no use in arousing the spiritual sensibilities of the people and leading thein to a better life, Besides, I suspect that clergymen represent- ing different types cf re'igious thought and opinion were brought together more closely, and became better acquainted with one anothrr than they bad ever been before, and the result was, that whether the v became more tolera t of one another's opiniors or not, they learned to respect ono another's motives, and to esteem one another more highly both for their character and work's sake. The High Churchman, possibly, found far more fidelity to Catholic dcctrine in his Low Church brother than he had been in the ,habit of giving him credit for. The Low Churchman, too, it may be, found more of theevangelical spirit in hie High Church ritualistic brother than he had supposed to ea ht. And both of these found in the Broad Churchman, under the surface of his apparent irreverence and semi -rationalism, which had so often shock- ed their sense of propriety, more love and loyalty to the truth than they had dreamed of finding, In fact, I suepeet tbay found that though variously corn tituted, and dif• ferently educated, they were at heart very much alike, identical in their aims and aspirations, and labouring with equal earn- estness and honesty for the attainment of the same end. Nor did the ralutary results of this re- markable religious movement, end here. While it had the effect of drawing the sever al pasties in the Episcopal Church nearer to one another, it, at the same time, brought that body into closer sympathy and more strictly fraternal relations with Christians of other denominations. I quote again from Dr. McKim : "Chrietians of different deno- minations prayed and praised and worked with missionere and rectors ; and the religi- ous press published articles to facilitate the objects of the mission. Barriers were brook en down and faithful people recognized as members of Christ's mystical body. Dif- ferenGes were not oblit:rated, but recouniz- ed as the 'diversities of operat ion of one and he self -same spirit.' It is true there ie nothing particularly new in all this. None of these lessons have been learned for the first time, Wher- ever and whenever a gouuine revival of Apostolic Christianity has taken place, whether on a wide or limited scale, all these views have been brought out with more or Lees distinctness and emphasis, On all such occasions the adaptation of the gospel' to all ranke and conditions of men has assorted it- self'; and the paltry character of those dif- ferences of opinion which keep really spirit - nal and earneetr Christian men apart from one another, has been made apparent. The essential unity of the Christian Church, not- withstanding its externat diversities, has been demonstrated ; and the desire for oloeer and more intimate fellowship among Christ• ions has been intensified. It is a matter of congratulation that those lessons, so often taught before, have been repeated with so much distinotnese and emphasis again, TORONTO, ONT. Ilow a Chicago Realist Restored Ills Wife to Life. FIve weeks ago the wife of Charles P. Pruin, a dentist of Chicago, gave birth to a child. This was followed by an attack of puerperal mania. They were living at the suburb of Oak Park, As . his wife grew worse rapidly Mr. Pruin consulted a physi- cian, who, after seeing the patient, recom- mended the use of aniesthetios to quiet her nerves, Tho doctor here alluded to did not handle the case, but an Oak Park physician was oalled in and ho also adopted the same course of treatment, administering STRONG DOSES 010 MORPHINE. The lady wee found to be rapidly sinking, till one night she foll back on the pillow life- less, Her breathing had ceased and the pulse was gone. The attending phyeloiau, who was by her side, made the usual exam- ination and distinctly pronounced her dead. Still, the husband would not be convinood. He placed his hand upon his wife's cheat and by some method tried to produce an artificial respiration, having long made a special study of anmethetics in connection with his profeeaion, He proceeded to work the atme back and forth, pressing hie hand on the cheat, thus produoing an artificial movement. The two doctore who stood by not only endeavored to dissuado him from continuing the operation, but remonstrated with him for committing what they deemed re profanation of the dead. Ho continued his eforte, and after a lapse of some minutes the patient 33EG.AN SLOWLY TO REVIVE, She has steadily improved and is now able to motto around. The doctors oonfees that she would certainly have died but for these extraordinary efforts at restoration, In the theatre at Marseilles a gentleman seated in the stalls drew a revolver from his pocket and blew out his brains, He was in love with an actress who was performing while the deed was committed, The Chicago Herald says that a Chicago gents' furnishing employs house s n female p oomniereiel traveller and that the young mon who usually keep tnat kind of stores buy of her as if they hadn't seen a com- mercial traveller for six months, THE LIMB -KILN OLUB. " Am Pickles Smith in de hall tonight?" aexiously inquired the President as the notes of the triangle died away, " Yes, Bah," was the prompt response, "You will please step forward; I hey a few words to say to u Brother Smits K alkyoed." forward in an un- certain way, wondering whether he was to be complimented for cleaning the snow oil the sidewalk, or censured for trading off an old wheelbarrow for a sixth dog, and the President said : "Brudder Smith, it. am Dome to my know- ledge dot you believe you has a, mishun ou girth. You believe it am your solemn dooty to be on hand at ebery funeral in your nay. burhood, whether friends or strangers, an' offer your services an' consolaehun, You stand ready to knock off work in de day time, an' to rout out of bed at night, an' it seems a long week to you when aomebody isn't on his dyin' bed or on de mop to'rds de graveyard." "Yes, salt," humbly replied sickles, " I'm not gwine to ex you to quit,' Brudder Smith, but Iee gwine to tell you dat, of all pussens on girth except criminals, de man. or de:woman wid a mishun am an enemy of mankind. De woman who emagines dat de Lawd put her on airth to relieve de poo' an hungry will do mo' harm by feedin' lazy loaf- ers and profeshun al tramps fur a y'ar, dans he .kin offset in five by relieving genuine deati- tooshun. " De man who emagines dat his mish n am to spread de light of de Gospel by sing - in' an' prayln' on de public streets, will be de cause of mo' sus -words, an' breed mo' 111 - will Ian hie work for religun can, com- pensate. "Ds wcman whose mishun am 'to carry from ten to thirty poo' fam'lies freude win-; for may lay up credit fur herself in Heaben fur good intenehuns, but she am also layin' out work fur de ,poleece an' de courts. "Brudder Smith, you am one of our old- est an; beet members, an' I dean' want to hurt yer feelin's. Since you took up dat mi - shun your woodpile haa.runshort, your, rent gone behind, an' your fam'ly looke run down. If I were you I'd drap it. I'd bring myself to believe dat de mishun of a mar'd man was to take good keer of his family and lay by a few dollars fur a rainy day. Pull de stookin' off de ,feet of a woman wid a mishnn an' you'd find holes in de heels. Go into de home of a'man wid a mishun an' you'll find asufferin' wife, half -fel children an' a hat full of dunnin' lettere. Brudder Smith, you may return to your seat." NOT ENTERTAINED. The Hon. Whyfore Pillsbury sent to the Seoetary's desk a resolution declaring it to be the sentiment of the Lime -Kiln Club that the United States should purchase the Sand- wich islands at once. " What would be de object of purohaain' dose islands?' blandly inquired the Presi- dent. " I h." "Am youdunoo, osober bin dar?" "No, sah." " Am you ober gwine dar?" • "No, aah," "Doiyou know de locality of dcit` lands ?" " No,eah." "You may sot down, Your 'rtsoluehun will not be entertained. When de time ar- roves fur die club to advise Uncle Sam to buy real estate we well telephone you." - ZS'hyfore sat down, but he was not crush- ed. He privately informed Elder Toots that it looked like a trick to deprive him of prestige, and that he intended to write the. resolution on a postal card and forward it to Washington. MADE A REPORT. The Committee on Explosives { ri fe a re- port through the Chairman. Tor o John- son, which startled even the de� mem- bers. m- ber. The committee had been asked to investigate and report on the query : " Sup- pose that 100 pounds of nitro-glycerine was exploded under Paradise Hall? What would be the effect ?" The report stated tbat, after a series cf careful experiments on boxes, barrels and wood sheds, the committee had come to the conclusion that - 1. Tho hall would be lifted 200 feet into the airs 2 In striking the earth again the jar would knock down every stovepipe, smash most of the relics in the museum, and shake off at least fifty yards of plastering. 3. The President and other cfacers occupy- ing the center of the hall would be instant- ly killed. 4, Giveadam Jones, Samuel Shin, Shin- dig Watkins and the Ion. Cabiff would be blown into Canada and probably more or less injured. 5. Every almanac in the library would be totally destroyed, the new two -shilling water pail blown to atoms and serious doubts ex - fisted if the lamp chimney would bear the strain. Several members started for the door be- fore the report was fairly ended, but the President rapped in a vigorous manner and called out : "Ebery one o' you' tins sot down 1 De fust man who tries to evade bein' blown up by 100 pounds of nitro-glycerine will re- ceive mortal injuries from another source,! De report am 'cepted an' 'dopted." THE7 ARE "SOT." The Rev. Penstock wanted to inquire, on behalf of 6,000,000 colored people, if the two bear traps owned by the club were night- ly set at the lower doors and in readiness to protect the hall from evil•disposed people. Samuel Shin, on wham this duty devolves, was happy to inform the Reverend that the traps were nightly "sot" and united with plug tobacco, `. AMENDED, On motion of Waydown 13ebee b w No. was 63.894 amended so as to read : ny per- son coming before this club with a slave or ointment warrananted to cure chilblains. shall not be permitted to experiment until ho has given bonds in the sum of $25, and the first experiments shall be made ou the feet of members who are in arrears for duce." CAN'T DO IT, Chancery Jones, Attorney General for the club, then announced that he had looked up the law in the Daae and satiefied himself that any member who, by accident or mistake, dropped a silver quarter into tho oontribu- tion box instead of a button, could not re- claim the same except by burglarizing the eafo, The meeting then went home. When an impecunious man marries an heirnsa he celebrates his golden wedding on the start Thereils a difference between coal dealers. An honest one says of another: " His weighs aro not my weighs," The London Truth says : "The Queen did a kindly act last week, When, as she was driving through Windsor, she observed a cab•horse fall dead, An outrider was sunt to make en uiries and, onlearning nin tho nature of theavoidant, Her Majesty caused an intimation to be convoyed to the lament- ing owner that he should be presented with another horse from the royal stables,