The Exeter Times, 1887-12-1, Page 3, •
Huner,
Hard 'work, vielent effonte, Mental labors
ineluded, inerease the appetite, simply be -
°ewe soh uutieual labors waste the tisimee
unueally,
On the other hand, if the usual atriolln of
labor is dieninialied, •there ifs naturally a
diminiehed appetito, inereifelly indicating a
demand foteleee feed. (It lett& this rethon,
that. those who have lieen`dvery active in
business life, generally live but a ehort dine
after leading all indolent life, paitioularly
theee who do little save to eat and aleep.
Tley. ov'erpthwerttthe ofgane •'of digestion,
prolotically- star ve themselves. The 'digestive
organs,ix their debilitated state, being un -
Ably' to appeopriate eheligh rineet the
want of the system.)
On the principle of the forthation of bad
• habits, by elle Pse •of intoxicants,. tebacco,
eta., the appetite may beceme so vitiated,
th revolutionieed,•;that what is regarded as
hunger Wlil not' fairly repeetent the ere()
wants of the system, never to be taken ye a
guide in the platter ef foofftalthig. • Thus,
when ooe habituallY use e toth much food,
moreethan the systhel demands, gradually
• learning to; oat more by ene• third than usual,
81 habit is formed, an abnormal • appetite
created, the result of which is an artificial
hunger, or wleat is called hunger, it:Loa
seuse reliable. A dualism. emit is produc-
ed when rich and unnatural food is taken,
food Which eatisfies, a false appetite, •this
sensation ,of supposed hunger benu,s no more
reliable themthe tobacco -litter's desire for the
"filthy weed.” Unnatural longings aro in-
duced, by these eauses,"often 'Mistaken for
hunger, the gratificiarion of which neceasari-
ly leads to dyspepsia and varions digestive
disturbances.
• The Pancreas.
The' pancreas is, a long and narrow organ,
exteading :'llorizentally.' bitelt of the upper
;Pakmf the fiteA114011. It is what in animals
hicalled s.fd, theuvent bread." Its office, is
,
tit seceetecone of title digestive fluids, called
,
the panoretttic juice, Which flows into the
cluodeeitintitittpart'of the intestines near-
est the esionmeh. The ' panereatic juice
passee uthally throogh the same duct that
curies, the bile, though sometimes it occu-,
,
- pies a-duchof tee own. -
' ,Iii atineemestteata it resembles, saliva, and
. thectioeeverttee'ettlich illtO sugar ; unlike
',, ;Salivate andsailee7"ilitit tgaiitrie I.jiati' ib also
' 'tligeaut•zalbultlielealt tftibett (flesh)d and,Istlll
fidthett.'fliteeteethe,;•;:bilet.eit:aide in'digeSting
fat, fdraiiingdandtenthichar enffirthelviog it
into gtticei'hie're4dIth`aff4tVateitlif""`' t
It'evalie "Sibelf thi1t.,thti.teteleredtels a eery
inipertent orlana'and -Yieteless ist kaown
about ttea diseases than abeiit those ;of ' any
eslether ergan;oftehtnieedy. Ite- proper 'situps'
. *Opas are largebe bidnen ;ley tmt""ifipthnia•in
' ther organstdiatuebed bidf, ''. '
Forinstance,Jt may ;et ifs& give noesen-
Baden oflealtiethdughegreatlY dthea.sed e and
, yet, the hiflamtnation or irritation of the
h•pancrects, ,extericting ' to etheeneighboring
, saner mleXiii," a great number of nerves
near, thekidney, May. giro disettto; agonizing
Pettralgies• at . -.
The'pancreasmay'be ecitigeatecheased suffer
Teo thquent hemerrhage'ditecainee •b b
s ction in the pottal circulation --the eir-
Msolation7throligh theeliverhe,Ifinay beCome
es Shriielled (atrephied)hfreinitiettieg disease;
from. diabetes • from Pressure of other en-
larged.organs, or tutelage on -the from fatty
degeneration; from old age.t ;
,L,...:, desittraucteiltit.11ia.ja
tut suitri,logidrfiftoi'll;d. iiesut t. in.
itti
"•tethestste4aattackft., ,s•' .: fee 4' ,a, es.,; _7;;•,;. „L'; .
It will be sefficiently ey,ident from this
catalogue of male:dies of the pancreas, many
of which ,may easily be mistaken by the
patient for a liver trouble, or a disorderof
Borne ther organ, that all such disturbances
of -the latem should have the faithful care
co ?experienced physician.
ersons who "doctor themselves" may
gueis rightly what ails them, but they are
quite as likely to guess the wrong disease,
and they may even be in error as to the
organ that is out of order. :
_ea
Positions that Affect Sleep,
According to Dr. Granville the position
affects sleep. A constrained position gen-
erally prevents repose, while a comfortable
one woos sleep. He says lying fiat on the
back with the limbs relaxed would seem
to secure the greatest amount of rest for the
muscular system.
This is the position assumed in the most
'exhausting diseases, and it is generally hail-
ed as a token of revival when a person vol-
untarily turns on the side; but there are
several advantages in the supine postnre
t which impair or embarrass sleep. Thus, in
weakly states of the heart and blood vessels
and certain morbid conditions of the brain
the blood seems to gravitate to the back of
one head and to produce troublesome dreams.
In persons who habitually in their gait or
work stoop, there is probably some distress
consequent on straightening the spine.
Those who have centraoted chests, especial-
ly persons who;have had pleurisy and retain
adhesions of the lungs, do not sleep well on
the back.
Nearly all who are inclined to snore do so
in that position, because the soft palate and
uvala bang on the tongue, and that organ
falls back So as to partly close the top of the
windpipe. It is better, therefore, to lie on
the side, and in the absence of special die.
eases rendering it desirable to lay on the
weak side so ee to leave the healthy lung free
to expand, it is well to use the rig,ht side,
because when the body is thus placed the
food gravitates More easily out of the stomach
into the intestines, and the weight of the
stomach does not compress the upper por-
tion of tho intestines.
• • A glance atgoty of the; visceral anatomy
will Blithe how this must he. • Many persons
•,, are deaf in one ear and prefer to lie on a
a particul side, but, if possible, the right side
"• should be chosen. Again, sleeping with the
arms thrown over the head is to be depre;
cated, but this position is often assumed due-
ing.sleep, because cierulation is then free in
• th d extremities and the head and neck and
muscles of the Cheat are drawn up and fixed
• by the shoulders, and thus the expansion of
ihe thorax easy.
is The chief objection to these positions is
hat they create a tendency to cramp and
cold in the arms, and sometitnes seem to
cause headaches during sleep and dreams.
These small matters often make or mar
comfort in sleeping.
Water as a Medicine.
Ordinary drinking water, if taken in large
4inantitieet acts as a Molvent and diuretic,
and also increases the perspiration if the
temperature of the air be high. Taken in
the quantity of one,ot tvvo quarts at a time,
the dilutent effect of water is often sufficient
to eliminate an execes of alcohol from the
• blood, es after taking too mech wine.
Another effect of large' deaughts of water is
, to make the pulse slower, ad to diminish
slightly the 1101TEltel temperature of the body,
lnereano of weight has been eleitned as
aesult of systematic water &hiking on eee
tiring for the night, The latese reseerches
do net bear out this conclusion. Water thns
„
taken evill prevent any aotual loos of weight,
but lti Pot ehawn that it will do anything
more, With the addition Of a moderate
stimulant, hoireaver, it lute eften a decidedly
fattening effeee. '
To Remove Warts.
The Medical P).esi earl that warts iney.be
removed by therese, cf magnesia taken in. : rt is(fairly establiehed that the
Sommen • wart, ‘Which is so unsightly and
often so proliferons on the hands and fele%
ean be easily removed by small doses of sul-
phate of magneeia, taken internally, M.
Colvat of Lyons has drawn attention to this
extraordinary fact. Several children treat-
ed with three -groin doS0S" Fjp8onl, 8848
morning and evenhag, were promptly cured.
M. Aubert cites the egse 'of se, woman ,whose
face was disfigured by these excrescence,
and who was cured in a month by a drachm
anda' half of magnesia taken 'daily. An.
„
ether, rnah reports, a case of very
laige•Watikwhich disappeared in a fortnight
from the daily administration of ten grams
of the, salts; "
Cure For a Bone -Polo.
Take the tide° of the leayes of rue, one
tablespoonful ; goedestrong.sofe imam, one
eableepoonfur; and tho juice df' one red
onion; these three articles should be thor-
oughly mixed, then add a piece of alum and
a piece of copperas, each the size of a amid'
•marble, finely pelveeizedl; when the whole
has been well mixed it is ready for applica-
tion, by pouring it into a soft, thin leather
bag or oil cloth to`fit the diseased member,
butnot very tight, let it remain on tillinp-
pnration takes plece, The time it takes
this Composition to produce suppuration de-
pends on the length of thne the felon hue
been in progress; but it will generally re-
move the pus from the bone in the courae of
two hours, when the Buffering will oesee.
Disinfection of the Sick -Room.
In the siclt-room no disinfectant can take
the place of free ventilation and cleanliness.
It is an axiom in sanitary science that it is
impracticable to disinfect an occupied apart-
ment, for the reason that disease -germs are
not destroyed by the presence in the atmos-
phere of any known disinfectant in respir-
able quantity. 13ad adman May he neu-
tralised, but this does not constitute disin-
fection in th'o seusein which the term is here
used.• These bad`odonrs are for the most
part an indication of want of cleanliness or
or proper ventila'tion ; and it is better to
el:fen contaminated air out of the window or
up the chimney than to attempt to purify it
by the use of volatile chemical assents, such
acrea,rbolie acid, chlorine, &c., which are all"
mere -�r lees.'offeissive to the siok, and are
useless so far ass disinfection—properly so
called ---is concerned.
SCIENTIFIC AND 'num
Tobacco, contrary to t4o coirawon belief,
does not (4destroy diseasegoems, Smoking
will net cenfer immunity from contagion.
Dr. Martineau, a French phyaician, as.
serts that earbonate lithie and arseniate
of soda in aerated water, used to the excite,
eion of other drinks, is almost infallible for
diabetes.
It is popularly eapposed that flame, or at
least a temperature equal tO the white or red
heat of iron,,is necessary to ignite beezene
vapour, but this isa mistake, Friction can
develop sufficient electricity to inflame ben:
zene vapour, especially if the surface rubbed
be very dry or varnished With 8110110,J.
The locomotive is reeernmended as a cheer;
hygrometer for farnuere and others living,
near railWays. When t escaping steam
rerpalus long suspended t air le near it8
110111t Of saturation with moisture ; but,
when the eteam quickly disappears as if
swallowed up, the weather is dry, end there
is little prospect of rain.
Should a horse refuse to drink, Alla cough
after swallowing a little, it indioatett, sore.
throat or swolling of the glands of the neck.
It is one of the symptoms of distemper. Give
the horse a warm bran mash, with one
drachm of chlorate of potash in it, daily for
a week or ten days. There, is nothing seri-
ous to be apprehended.
When milk is elowly and partially frozen,
the ice takes up the greater part of the
cream ; the unfrozen remainder contains the
casein, milk, sugar, and salts, but, in conse-
quenceof its less of cream, appears like
diluted milk, and would be described as such
if merely tutted by the ordinary lactornetric
instrument. Milk which has been frozen
should therefore be well thawed and shaken
,up, and not sold whilst any ice ie visible. o
Polish suitable for polishing pianos: A I
fine' varnish is madvari follews, Take seven i
hundred parts of alcoholhftaten parts of co- o
pal, seven perta glanaaneleic, and thirty' e
parts of sheltacee•The reetimi a,re first pulve- t
rised and belted, throngh te, piece of muslin,
the powder is placed, la a flask the alcohol
poured over it, anti' the flask corked. By
putting the flask ne a moderately waren place,
the eolution will be accomplished' in two or
three days. It is then strained through
muslin aucl kept in hermeticallY sealed bet-.
tles.
Coahashes are of some value as a fertiliser,
especially to mix with clayey Boil. But the
use to make of the ashes is for roads and
paths. A good covering, over which a little
soil is thrown, will soon form a hard solid'
road. To make a better walk, prepare and
evel the bed, excavating it a few inches be -
ow the general surface. Pour on a coating
of coal- tar and cover it thickly with coal -ashes.
When this is dry, repeat with another coat.
of tar and ashes, and so on, until there are
four coats of tar and as many of ashes. In
a short time this will harden e,nd make a
walk as hard as stone.
1,
• VARIETIES,
The Presbytery of Pollee (Texas), seys the
NeW•Ifork -6046120W/eat, has just oedelned
and received inthdfull metnberahip a negro
graduate of Lincoln Univerfeit7. PaSsed
therough neXamination tee any White
man inI-Iebrew, Greek and, Latin, the
philoeophy, theology, Church history
end then preached an extempoeaneous tier,
which all 0,i4 Wali 11111ml-14y fine. He has
full and equal righte th the Peesbytery at
nobody is hurb. New, that is Ohriatian and
is an argument against driving negroes into
eeParate bodies. Of course it its and yet,if
autili man as referrechto were aeeking a
rnmeion into some of our theological halls
Toyonto would he be seise •of receiving
hearty weleoine ?
There are no greater sinners against
country a welfare than those who would en -
ounce the maintenance of more than one
language within its borderer, for there is no
greatee cense of natioeel weakuees than dis
yerstty of tenguee. Whereyerethej rgpglioh
flag flies there ehoeld the Englieh tonguobe
the official One, and wherever ,there is an
,Englieh celony, , there nothing but, English
'Shwa& be' used in the thheols or In the
courts of law. All are 'evelcome to come to
such lands, but it ehould be on one •dtatinet
understanding, that their children must go
to schools where English is the • 'com-
mon and official tongue. If people
cannot submit to• such a condition, all
right. Let them stay awayifrom the
country. Don't let them come and., then.
grumble of hardship. Whether it be Oaelle
or French, or German, or Swedish or any-
thing else it does not matter. In achools
and courts Eughth ought to be supreme.
Gaelic 18 dyinv out. Let it die.. 4e may
have been the language of Paradise. , It is
not going to be the language of Canada. So
f French. To have t AO special Canadian
anguages is worse than absurd. It le crime
nal. In short to encourage the pernimnenee
1 different languages in any •country is to
ncourage and promote national disintegra.
ion.
To all al pearauce the end of the old Ger-
tan Emperor is at hand. He tries to go
forth and shake himself as at other times,
but, poor old man, the effort makes the real
facts of the case only more apparent. He
no doubt rallies after his different attacks of
illness, but with the weight of nmety,yeas
upon his head it is not to be expected tha
such rallies should be more than the mer
sudden flickering before the light finally
goes out. It is generally thlt that his death
along with the sicknees, and it is to be fear
ed, fatal sickness of his on, will greatly en
danger the peace of the world. Bismarck is
old, no doubt, but he is not yet used up,
and with young Prince William as Ern
peror he may carry through another
war with France, to make, as he says, the
Fatherland finally and for a longtim
Het ao,goes themumor, that war is in-
evitabte and that the t i •
• able a' tangier it as can be expected. He
is honed tO bleed France white thietime,
ism& his opportunity comes when his old
master disappears.., It is very horrible to
:think of 1 people calmly -speculating on a
Propean .war,,with all its horrors, and ar-
ni,ing ft:1,qt earning on at an early date.
men..be wise anditry to setae
exr differences An a mme;eeasopable way?
SITOCESS,
Y WILL ge JAMES,
' The newepapera are teeming with ad-
riac
.1346.av vnectdrirts wantspif s4erf,Mtamf jai:11;x ryi oitbe s e,9i nkpL :set:et:hi rigaygf:ei:ot rahnanefral:!gftii veetaehs:rioeevbeigi lieortdy:ehodnoonf,
would fain make a inert the world. Dia.
le everywhere rife and from the young
Manhood of this vast country of enterprise
comes one Mighty unanimous cry " 1
111; 11ereCQuidia 0114011.eZtein.Hpla' ting marriage, yet
on his prospective horizon 1001118 lapt the
ghost of an opportnn1ty to /stimulate him to
a pureue hie arduous career, no beams the
radiance of one bright star of hope that bide
him stride boldly among the; eompetitive
• staging of an avaricious throng, to grapple
Pith his destiny, and wrest from fickle
Fortune's lap the laurels of success. He
turns in awe and venturee not, Yonder is
%nether endowed with ability, that prompts
him 'o great enterprises, and in whose
breast pulsates with maddeninte impetus an
ansatiefied ambition that elves him no rest,
kit Urges him on to desperation. Poor fel
•low l'co affluent relative hath he to fur
0811 inqvitable wherewithal to encour-
IFtargs 'Ilret, "1 kainin• d, wagiothnag.deeApldasrachne'sigtoho,
falls to musing misanthropic thoughts,
wishing that Ile might bo obliterated from a
conscious existence to escape his lot.
Success 1 'Tis a prize f er which we all
compete—a handicap race, in which a count-
less multitude of envious, panting hemans
strive to win. How the very desire to suc-
ceed—to be the first in the van of the suc-
cessful whmera—vibrates in the sensorium
and transmits a tremulous thrill to the
muscles and puts every nerve to a strain of
tension. Yet how few of all the number
attain to a successful issue of their antici-
pations.
But how to achieve it ; " there's the
rub " that puzzles many at the outset.
The secret might be written in large let-
ters and still be contained in a nutshell.
Method, perseverance and concentrativeness
of thought and effort are the paramount
essentials to success. Without these car -
mai acquipitIons • can no man succeed,
° though he may be a genius. These are the
t primary, fundamental elements, which,
e when combined, form a durable concrete as
a foundation to a man's character. He who
neglects to cultivate them in early youth,
and instead, devotes his sole attention to
the development of his talents, is to be com-
pared with. the man who built his house upon
the sand. That which is all on the surtthe
- cannot endure, and is liable to be blown
away by the first blast o adversity that
sweeps along. The strength ot the oak is
not in its branches, Innba nor trunk, but in
its roots. And a man's ability to with-
stand opposition lain the basis of his charac-
ter—hie aysternatic tenacity of purpose.
Know yourself thoroughly, being particu-
larly careful to ascertain whether you are
.
deficient of this stable basis, for a plodding,
• me o Ica fool outruns the unsystematic,
• vacilating man of cultured intellect. Find
out your capabilities, be determined to em-
brace the avocation pr which your &cel -
1 ties adapt you, then strike boldly forward,
• relying upon your own exertion to promote
, your interests. •
De nothing in a make -shift, slipshod
manner; take your dine, and do every-.
, thing yvell a.ncl orderly, remembering that
anything unworthy of your undivided. at-
; rention ia not worth doing at all. Don't
I, hurry i'yon*fir eventuallrachieve merely
O steady persistent application to the task
in hand. Undue haste and excitability al-
lowed to becotne habitual, will impair the
normal operation of the digestive organs
and induce nervousness and irritability.
Make everything subservient to your will
and purpose, without going beyond that
which is legitimately right and honeat.
Don't worry or be too anxious. "Care
killed a cat." When you have done our
Mont Blanc.
• Mont Blanc may, ,perhaps, on account
its"great height, -45,781 feet,—and its i
mense glaciers, of 'which the "Sea of Ide
is the largest, and -which covers one hu
dred and four square miles, be called th
Most famous mountain in the world. Th
mountain celebrated its centenary th
year: that is to say, the people of Chamt,
nix, at the mountain's foot, have celebrate
the. hyndredth anniversary of its ascent`b
tenediet de Sausthre, an illuatrious ma
of science, who was the first to climb Mon
Blanc. Chamounix has erected a mon
snout 'to De Sanseure, which has just bee
dedicated, and it will also raise one t
Jacques Balrnat, -who was De Saussure
guide on the occasion of his first ascent
April, 1787.
De Saussure was a botanist, and his b
titmice' etudies at the base of the mountai
had gieen him a strong desire to climb t
the summit. It was no idle curiosity whio
prompted him, but a desire to obtain
nowledge of the geological laws which had
governed the formation of the chain of the
Alps, which fixed the age of its granites and
limestones, and would explain the composi-
tion and apparent disorder of its ledges.
Two Englishmen, Pococke and Wyndham
by name, had attempted the asthnt before.
They came with a retinue of baggage -bear-
ers, and even with soldiers, and were dress
Sir Charles Dilke's Reception by the Sultan.
Sir Charles Dilke, on his recent visit to
is Coustantinople, did not expect to see the
is Sultan, and declined to ask for an audience. ,11
He was, therefore, agreeably surprised to th
+.
u-
reeeive a visit from an imperial chamberlain,
a who made an offer to Sir Charles, in the ;ha
ft' Sultan's name, Of the Grand Cordon of 'the w
Medjidie, aoci to Lady Dilke of the Chefalcitt. am
u.He atho signified that a private audience br
would be granted to Sir Charles, who natur- ee
O ally availed_ himself of this favor, and re- pe
znatned a long Hine with Abdul Hama At eta
at the close of the audience the Sultan express- pr
ed a wish to make the acquaintance of Lady ea
• Dilke, and said : "Come and dine here
o with her on Monday, at sunset. "
Sir Charles could not accept the Medjidie,
but his wife wore the Turkish order in go -
a ing to the dinner, which was seived at 6.
Anotheemf these diegraceful whisky riots
e 'taken place in Lendonthe little. It
ould seem that the friends of free whisky
e hound by,every means in their power to
ing themselves and their cause into dis-
edit.SurelY evebY man is entitled to
deection against mob violeilde. Even a
linnet who has been caught red handed is
oteeted by all the strength the executive.
n exert against mob viothnce or lynch
A band played in an adjoining hall. Th
chief civil and military officers of the Sulti
were at table. The imperial host had ;been
told that L d D'11-
la
civ
pr
int
we
e tin
' fro
sol
w. It is one of %every first principles of
ilization- that it is in very way to be
evented that people should take the law;
o their own hands. If the men who 1
re mobbed in London bad been horse
eves they would have been protected
m violence so as to let law have its
emn and regular course. But because
they were 'detectives acting under the
• sanction of law and seeking to make the
Scott Act effective, the officials then, like
/their brethren in Woodstock, winked hard
ttnd allow ed the unfortunates to he killed
an
he informed her that he meant to get her
"Shrine of Death" treeslated into Torkish.
When the English guests were leaving,
the Sultan took up a small packet which he
asked S' Charles
•o. no
utrinsic value, it contained some views of
Consts.ntinople.' When it was opened at
the hotel, the packet was found to contain a
gold cigarette -box, with enamelled views of
Constantinople set in brilliants. An ira.de
• was also given to eenable Sir Charles and
• Lady Dilkt to see the treasure and the pal-
. aces; and, if it did not,maid the Father of
the Faithful, cover everything, farther fa-
cilities would be granted.
The Vicar -General called on Sir Charles
and his wife to express the desire of the
Greek Patriarch to see them. They were
received by him, attended by the Synod,
containing seven Archbishops. The Patri-
arch gave his visitors his blessing, telling
them when he did so how "truly glad and
deeply moved he was at receiving one who
had done so much for the Greek cause."
Finally, they were shown the relics of Se
Chrysostom and the treasure of the Greek
Church.
ed, for some unknown reason, in Arab cos-
tume. They ascended no further than the
timidest travellers now climb, and were
then compelled to turn back.
Having finally provided himself with
hardy mountaineers for guides, De Sanssur
set out for the summit. He was gone fou
days. Almost at the outset a terrible ava
lanche swept away one of his guides.
Presently the rarity of the air began to
tell on the whole party. After throwing
three or four shcvelfuls of snow that lay in
their path, the men would sink down ex-
hausted. The wilderness of glaring snow
blinded them; the thinness of the air made
their ears buzz, aud they became the victims
of fears and hallucination a.
Their food was soon frozen. Fearing
every step might he their last, the men
faltered, but De Saussure urged them on
and on.
Finally, the last precipice was climbed.
Could the men believe their eyes? They
were at the; summit. De Sauseure has loft
an account of his impressions, in which he
says:
"It seemed. to me like a dream when I
saw below me the majestic summits, the re-
doubtable peaks of the other Alps, whose
very bases had been difficult and dangerous
of approach to me.
"1 noted their position, their relations,
their structure • a single glance resolved the
doubts that I had been trying years to clear
up!"
De Saussure died in 1799, so that he has
been a long time awaiting his monument
Jacques Balmat, who accompanied him be-
came a famous Mont Blanc guide. Once,
with only his staff, abandoned be his com-
panions, 13almat spent three days ab the top
of the moll/AMA. Si1100 De Saussure, nearly
eight hundred travellers have climbed to
the sunamit where he was the pioneer.
Population of the Largest Cities of the
World.
The population of Aibcbi, Japan, hi 1,332,
051; of liankok, Siam, 500,000; Brooklyu,
N. Y.,771,000 , Berlin, 1,122,330; Calcutta,
706,298 •, Canton, 1,500,000 ; Changchoofoo,
1,000,000 ; Chicago, 715,000 ; Constantino-
ple, 700,000; Food:hoe, 630,000 ;Glatte,ow,
514,048 ; Hang ohow-foo, 600,000; Hang-
tcheon, 800,000 ; Hankow 60 t,000 ;Kiang-
teminang, 500,000 ; Liverpool, 573,000;
London 3,055,319 ; Madrid 500,900 '• Mos-
cow, 611,974 ; New York, 1,400,000 ; Paris,
9,069,023 ; Peltalonga, Java, 505,204; Po.
king, 800,000 ; Philadelphia, 800,000; St.
Petersburg, '766,964 ; Seetarna, Japan, 002,
717 ; Sian, China, i,00),000; St. Louis, Mon
500,000 aat-seen-loy, Chine, 500, 000,;
Tientsin, 950,030; Tokio, Japan,.. 687,887;
Thi
schautchau-fa, 3,000,600 ; Tscngtn.fu,
800,000 ; Vienna, 726,105; Wto-chang, 800,
000. It will be then that in the 35 cities
tabulated there are 35,510,319 seals, oe a
numbee nearly equal to the entire popula.
tion of the British Isles, •
Mastodons Said to be Still Alive in Alaska,
In conversation with D. H. Summers'for-
merly of Delmer, Cot., who came otit this fall
with a party of miners from Forty Mile
Creek, we learned that the existence of liv-
ing mastodons • as not the mere fabrica-
tions of Northern furriers, but that the
Stick Indians had positively told him that
such anintale had been seen by them. One of
the Indians said that while hunting one day
in that unknown thetion he came across an
immense track Sunk to a depth of several (
inches in moss, It much resembled an ele-
phant's track but was larger round than a
barrel. The Indian followed up thie curious
track, which to all appearance wasvery fresh,
tracking from one immense stride to anoth-1
er, o distance of some miles, when he caine '
in full view of hes game. The hunter gave '
Such wiseacres may find themselves brough
up by a sharp turn. Mr. Mowat has latel
informed them that all officials are bound
to uphold every law in the statute boo
whether they approve of it or not. It surel
did not require a Premier to lay down as
great principle what seems the very trites
and most evident of axioms. Still it is wel
that officials who have a natural sympathy
for whiskey and lawlessnees should under
stand that they tread on dangerous gronn
when they cease to enforce any law which
has not received their personal endorsation
ibest, be satisfied; no man can do any more.
Live temperately and in accordance with
hygienic laws; observe moderation in all
things;• regulate your mental and phyeical °
efforts to your powers of comfortable d
• STA.MT100.
France pOlgeatieS the largest 'area of vino, -
yards in the world, consisting in round DrIni-
• rnbors e :ai'flina5stia:tv7he erU Ea°AgQiit ef3ervacres!, ofn 1°1 nviLIC of1 V.r:r6e341441'4404:*8,1-4
per annum. This comparea well with thsp
36 of F,ances'o the 18 of Austria•Tfungarro,
the 35 of Denmark, aud even with the 43 of
Germany. '
The orange indestry of li'lorida has litte
oreased tenfold in tire years, in lfi80 culr
110,000 boxes were shipped out of the State,
while in 1884 and 1885 the exports were'
1,000,000 boxes, and their value $300,000:,
The United States eatts, it is estimateflp
600,000,000 of oranges yearly, enough to
give to each man wornau and child 10?
oranges. '
From the four principal mines in arire
land—which all lie within a circle wi a
diameter of three milee—calculatiug the
amount of diarnondifereus .greund renloved
and the known average yield per load in
each, it is found that nor lees than 30,000,-
000 carets of diamonds—or more tlaan fit
tons weight—muse have been extraelsoth
since the first discovery, realizing, in rum&
numbers, 440,000,000 sterling.
The Metropolitan Police district extends'
over a radius of 15 miles. from Charing -
Cross, exclusive of the City of London, and.
embraces an area of 6i8•31 square mils, ex-
tending from Colney Heath,. Hertfordshire,
on the north, toMogadoreeTodworth Heath,
in the south, and frotn Lark Hall, .Eisex, in
the east, to Staines Moor, Middlesex, in Dew
west. The ratable value of the metropoli-
tan area for the year 1886-7 was £33,815,723,
but of the enormous actual value of the pro-
perty in charge of the police it is in-Toni/ale
to form any estimate.
• The United States Debt reached its max-
imum at the end of August, 1865 -e --a few
months, that is, after the close of the Civil;
War. In round figures it then slightly ex-
ceeded £551,250,000 sterling, and the annual
interest on the Debt somewhat eiceeded
X30,000,000 sterling. At the end of Juno
last—the close, •that is, of the last financial
year—the Debt was reduced to a little over
£235,000,000 sterling, and the annual inter-
est charge to somewhat under £8,250,000t
sterling.. In the 22 years therefore £361,-
250,000 sterling has been redeemed ; while
the annual interest charge has been reducea
by £21,750,000 sterling. This is a feat of -
which any peolle might be proud.'
PEARLS OP TEITTEG
If a man has a right to be proud 'of any-
thing, it is of a good action done iur it ought
to be, without any base interest lurking ab
the bottom of it. •
Any system of instruction which does nob
teach a lad tci think falls vertdfar short or
the best results of ;•echac.ation, and, leavese
him without the .netest • vital element e
"Accefsus;sy, nervous Mother who is always;
trembling for the safety of her darlingot,
and will not let them do 'anything that
their companions rejoice in, either makes '
her sons weak and deficient in self-reliance
or drives them to deceitful habits Of doing
on the sly what they would not wish her to
find out, though very likely in itself thee
amusement is harmless enough.
The intervals of life should not be left tee
haphazard—should nob be regarded as ldlo
waters in which each one may drift, an
pleasure without compass or guide. Tistaz
should he held aSttuets 1orcertafnde
objects, and regarded of as much importance
and requiring as much thought and care
as the principal business of 'life, which tore
often holds us with a relentless and nerve -
relaxing grip.
No one should underrate the inevitable:
sorrows of life, nor deny to them to sym-
pathy and loving aid which should ever bet
extended to them; but permanent znicie ^
dannot he regarded with very much respect.
t certainly speaks of grave dethcts iz
haracter, of faults that need pruning awa,ye
1. feeble qualities that need stimulating.
Life is largely what we make it, and, what-
ever may be its clouds and storms, they will
be chased away at length by the clear sun-
shine of a strong and noble character,
"Fill thy heart with goodness, and thou.
wilt find that the world is full of good."
en ur-
ance. God is not a task -master, neither is
y matt a slave. It is axiomatic to a rational
nund that the intent of the Creator in rela-
k tion to the creature is, that of beneficence.
y Shall we, then, frustrate our own hapeineas
back ? To be eccupied with something con -
a by applying the driver's lash to our own
1 genial to our tastes is a source of happinesa ;
to succeed in that yvhich we undertake is an
. additional .gratification„though it is not ne-
d cessary to injure our health by overstraining
ourselves in order to be successful. The
, man, who through promiscuous experiment,
does not succeed in life until he is almost
• ready th die, is, in one respect, worse than
a failure, for, after shortening his life by
trying to achieve too many things, he dis-
covers at the last moment the time he hat
lost, and for the lack of concentration, his
- life has ebbed away, leaving him no time
- for the enjoyment of that which he has at
tt length attained
Mind your own business, yon will then
O have no time th rneddle with other people's.
e Let nothing allure you from the path of in.
e dustry and integrity, and live up to your
e highest conception of morality. Aim th be
8 boes of your own sphere, and never allow
yourself to retrogress,but tr t • still
Russia never gives up any of her schemes
She may have to hold them in abeyance for
a longer or a shorter period. She may have
to give up talking about them, but she never
gives up thinking, and in due time she show
that if all things are not made th work to
gether for good, everything is turned to is
sue eventually for her advancement. Sh
can wait, she can appear to recede. But al
the same she waits her time, and when th
hour strikes she is ready. Constantinopl
is the prize she keeps sturdily in view. Sh
has been looking and longing for it mor
than a hundeed years and she is a
deterniined1 as ever upon securing it
One of her cleplornatists lately pin the
;matter . ,in the following way Con
staneinoplo is destined to be ours ; we
shall. have it by envelopment. European
Turkey is so largely Slavic that we shall
expand into all that region ; and the people,
Roumanians, Bulgarians, Bosnian s, Serviars,
will be one with us, to the banks of the
Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmora. No.
thing can keep Russia beak in that direc-
tion. ; The people are alleady Ruseian.
They • will welcome 118 as deliverers from
the Turks. ; Europe can never object
to the gradual and healthy expammicai
;of an reempire. If any nation seiZete
upon any gee, strategic point, then it;
•
higher. Conquer the present difficulty ;
more easily gained. Let Nil Deeperauclural
every subsequent conquest will then be the
, he your motto, anff do not sucennth to the
• dispiriting influence of a morbid anticipa-
tion of a coming trial ; wait till it is en-
countered, then bear it manfully, and, at
the sae time be as cheerful as you can.
The late lamented President Garfield
; said ; Chere is no more common thought
I among people than that foolish one that
, by-and-by something will turn up by which
they will suddenly achieve fame or fortune.
Things don't turn up in this world unless
dy ern u " If
P y an , the
u t
one look, then turned end fled. These 'fedi. , comes a European question, Russia attemp-
ans as a rule, ere the bravest hunters. With ' tett that, and will oever repeat her mistake.
no other weapon than their spear they will Bat, when Russia shall have gradually ex- 1
attack and kill a grizzly, but the iMMOLISO "minded into Europeen Turkey or efie side,
r ey o o et so ' quer by your own efforts, and than it s
proportions of th] s new style of game both and into Asiatic Tu k n the th
power to do hard work 18 not talent, it is
the best possible substitute for it." And
again, "For the noblest man that lives
there still remains a conflict." And further,
"'Whatever you win in life, you must con -
startled and filled the hunter, 'brave aa he as to envelop Constantthople into whose
was, with than He &seethed it as being ,
larger than Post Trader Harper's store, with
(treat thining yellowlah tusks and m th
hands will it fait ? The wisest and rnost
moderate statesmen of Russia know well
ti at t
a on she 8 no ready for that great pos-
fierge enoligh to swallow him at a single gulp. seanon. To have it now might cause great
Ile Mkt the animal was doubtless similar to and dangerous divisions. The later it comes '
theme whith furnished the immense bones the better. It is the military element of
scattered over that section. If ketch animals the Government that is rash and itnpatient. I
are now in existence, and Mr. Summers has But our Czar will never be forced by it into
no reason to doubt the voracity of the Indian, conflicts with ,Europe, Constantinople will
as other Indians, and also Mr. 'Harper eon- give to Bitable certaiu rights, for which she ;
firmed it, they inhebie a section very high must contend until she attains them. She
in altitude, but rarely vistaed by human be- must have a free, emtrammelled passage ;
into We have also no reason to doubt throtigh the Ildsphores and the Dardanelles
the Indian tale, for at no very distantpetiod for her oommeree aud her fleet, with no ;
Yulteon corintry mete inhabited by these ton- frottnieg • fOrts on their shores. When ;
rnals, as hutelrede of their massive skeletoes Retaia has all that, • theta is one thing fur.
strewn along the creeks aro eilent bat truth- flan. Wd shall then dispute with 141ngland I
ful witnesses.. 011 Vorty Mile Creek. bone§ the passage through Figypt, if we do not get '
can be fettled projeCting partly from the sand her Tedian empire through Afghanistan. '
and aniong the driftwood of the streani on That Rtl$816, is bound to have, becaose she '
the creek below thie these akre also eletons, alone knows how to govern the people of
00 pre,
quite numerous. •
yours—a part of yourself.
The French ladies have a saying that a
man should keep his eyes open before in am-
riege, aud fr,If ilia afterward.
A Maine man has had an enthenter with
a beat, The doctor used up four spools of
silk and broke thiriy-nine needles tin sew
-
log him up, and it take three hours a clay
to dress his wounds,
Lord Chesterfield being given to under
stand that he -would die by inches, very
philosophieallytteplied t -f" If that be thc
case, 10111 happy that I am nob so tall as
Sir Thomae Robinson,"
Counsel (to withess)—th it possible, Uncle
Restus that you wonld ewetir to what you
know 19 not true for a single paltry dollar?
Uncle Rastus (indignantly)—No/ rnstpl °idea
gemen guv tne two &Hare *
The Dissapearance of the Blonde,
•
blondes in Germany. Almost 11,000,009s
1 A highly interesting question is being;
agitated in Europe. lt has been asserted
that there has been a gradual decrease oil
1 school -children were examined in Germany,
Austria and Belgium and the result show-
ed that Switv.srland has oialy 11.10, Austria,
19. 79 and Germany 3L80 per cent, of pun
blondes. Thus the country, which sheen
the days of ancient Rome has been prover-
bially known as the home of yellew hair,
has to -day only thirty-two pure blondes in;
100, while the average of pure brunettes is
fourteen per cent. The fifty-three per cent.
of the mixed type are said th be undergoing
a transformation into pure 1,runettee. Dr_
Beddoe in England, has collected a number
of statistics which seem to point in thsi.
same direction. Among 726 women he ex-
amined he found 369 brunettes and 357;
blondes. Of the brunettes he found thee
seventy-eight per cent, were ;married, while
of the blencles only sixty;eight per cent.
were married. Thus it wand seem that
the brunette has ten chances of gettine-
married in England to a blonde's nine. In,
France a similar view has been put forth
by M. Adolph de Caudell°. M. de Candollse
found that when both parents have eyes of
the same colour eighty;eight per cent_
inherit this color. But it is a curious fact
that more females than males have black or
brown eyea to the proportion of forty-five.
to forty-three. It seems that with different
colored eyes in the tevo parents fifty threa
per cent. follow the father in being dark -
eyed, and fifty per cent. follow the mother
in being dark eye& An increase of hve
per cent. •of dark eyee in each generatiere
must tell in the coulee of time.
No Confidence in That Doetor.
Wife (to third husband)--" If you feel so,
unwell, John, I thiuk we had better eend
for my old farnily physician."
Third husband (somewhat haetily)—"No,
my dear, 3 would. prefer to send for sor4e.
one else."
Made a Minnte of it.
" Can you tell me darling," he asked, sae
they sat together in the tt eak spat of the.
sofa, the exact physiological and maths, -
made duration of a kith 0"
" About a second and a half, I believe,
he attawered demurely.
" I will make a miatite of ite
The consumption of coffee in this eoueeen:
is now less than 18 was flO years ago. Lsit,
year it 181110 per cent. The present awr-
age 18 about 14 oz, of coffee and one-thi,Va
that quantity of chiedry per head,
e