HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1892-11-3, Page 6FOR THE SOUTH POLE
Sootch Whalers to Fxplore the
Antarctic Seas.
A, VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY.
he Poll Mall .df/et says There
nailed. ham the northern port of Dundee,
Scotland, on the 6th inst., two of a email
fleet of four whaling vessels—the other
two sailed on the athe-the fate of which
-will be followed with considerable interest.
Their mission, it is true, is mainly a coin-
enercial end prosaic, one, but there are
circumstances lenroundieg it which invest
it with something of the helo of romance.
The vessels are not bound for the icy
waters of the north, which, within certain
Well-defined limit at all events, are fairly
familiar to many hardy mariners. Their
destination is the Antarctic seas region
of the globe to which there still Clings much
of the mystery and fascination which ever
belongs to the unknown. The voyage may,
indeed, be said to be almost entirely
one of discovery, and it is this fact which
has attracted so much attention to the de-
parture of the four Dundee whalers, and
which will cause many, both in this country
and elsewhere, to look with more than usual
anxiety for their safe return. For a num-
her of years past the industry associated
with the shores of Greenland, and which at
one time was of considerable importance,
has been steadily on the decline. There was
much capital invested in it, but latterly
there has been little or no reture, and, often
there has been a very serious loss. Enter-
prise, however, knows no limite, and if it
oannoo find scope in one part of the world
it sets off in search of it in another. It is
only in accordance with the fitness of things
that this latest exnedition to "new ground'
should have been fitted out by British capi-
tal and be dominated by British pluck. Men
experienced in such matters believe that the
harvest which is now denied them in
the far north will be found in the
far south, and should this opinion be con-
firmed, the discovery will be one of consid-
erable importance. The strange thing is
• that serious attention has never been
directed to this region before. It is true
that half a century ago a London merchant
did make some sort of an attempt to ex-
plore, from a commercial point of view, the
Antarctic Ocean, and obtained from the
Government of the day a grant of the Auk -
land Islands, to the south of New Zealand,
as a basis of operation ; but his first attempt
provedd, a failure, and he never made an-
other. Whatever may be the ultimate
result of the present expedition, it will cer-
tainly not be abandoned till every effort has
been made that can be made to insure its
success. The great silent sea into which the
four Dundee whalers will sail is, as we have
said, comparatively unexplored. While to-
wards the North Pole the limits of the un-
known have been pushed back considerably
farther than 80 degrees north latitude the
South Polar region within the Antarctic
circle is, with certain small exceptions, still
& blank on, the world's map. Sir John Ross
half a century ago, carried out perhaps the
most systematic examination of the expanse
that has yet been made, but the
" Challenger ' during the famous cruise
only just crossed the Antarctic circle, so
that there is still ample opportunity for the
wresting of some of nature's secrets from
their hiding -places in the vast ice -fields of
the south. The area selected as the desti-
nation of the whalers lies between the
meridian of Greenwich and longitude 90
degreesavest It is accessible from this
country by a direct route lying between the
• continents of America and Africa of some
• seven thousand milea in length. The
vessels have been equipped as steam-
ers, but it is intended that most of the
passage shall be made under sail; and
with an average speed of five knots an hour,
the voyage will, it is calculated, be ac-
complished in two months. Four months
will be spent in endeavoring to complete
cargoes, and the vessels expect to reach
heme again about the month of May. Each
• ship will carry a crew of forty men; all the
commanders are experienced navigators,
and the surgeons on board have been sup-
plied with instruments which will enable
them to record fully the results of meteoro-
logical and magnetic observations, to take
soundings, bring up specimens of the sea
bottom, collect flora and fauna and so on.
The expedition, therefore, has another and
more important interest than the commer-
cial one, and it is quite possible that from a
scientific point of view the results may be
of considerable value. It is just possible, too,
-that Antarctic exploration, which has been
neglected for some time, may receive afresh
impetus from the discoveries of the whalers.
In past years many British lives have been
lost in voyages of discovery in icy seas,
and some of the moot fascinating stories of
British heroism centre round the same
cheerless regions. But nature there is still
very far from being an open book, and this
further attempt to throw a little fresh light
on its unread pages is hailed with the
• greatest satisfaction. Perhaps the most
Battering circurastoeSce in connection with
the expedition BO far is the fact that the
enterprise of the Dundee shireowners has
stimulated representatives of anothernation
into action. A powerful steamer belonging
to Norwegian owners is also about to pro-
ceed to southern seas. And so the shrink-
age of the world goes on
The Atlantic Record.
Here is a table which will show at a
glance the manner in which the Atlantie
record has been lowered since 1866, when
the steamships for the United States first
began sailing from Ciueenstown
NEAR. 13811". B. B. B.
1856 Scotia....... . . ... . ... 8 2 48
1873 Baltic 7 20 9
1875 Caty of Berlin 7 15 48
1876 Germanic 7 11
1877 Britannic 7 10
r13.80 Arizona. 7 7
Alaska.-.. ..... .. . ..... G 18
Oregon.—......,.6
11
An America 6 10
1885.. .Etruria 6 5
1887. .. .. ... . . Umbria..., ....... 6 4
3288 Etruria. . , 6 1
1889 City of Paris ........ 5 19
.1891 Majestic .. . .. ....... , 4 18
1891 Teutonic 5 16
1892 City of Peals 5 14
WOMEN AS WINE TIPPLERS,
Lay Henry Semereet Score
Engliall Seeiety,
Member
THE REFINEMENT or IN roxioArrin
NDEED some of the
Englishwomen are su-
perb, says the New
York World. They
have grand propor-
tion s, magnificent
health, elegant man-
ners and a dignity of
address that is at once
a protection and a pro-
chunation.
Lady Henry Somer-
set belongs to this type.
Her very presence is a letter ofintroduction.
You don't have to be told that she is of the
noblesse ; you know it the moment you see
hei
r. She s the kind of a woman that
peddlers and beggars never accost, that
Waiters and porters serve without any
thought of a fee, and in whose presence
children are respeotiul, ;servants are polite
and men are chivalrous.
Lady Henry, as the mutual friend called
her, was in the Brunswick Hotel Monday
morning hovering between hunger and
sooiety. Two visiting cards were in
her lap, when two attendants came M—
oue to announce breakfast and the other
a friend,
"Say I will come presently, please."
The hall man laid his silver salver on his
heart, bowed and withdrew; the waiter
said, "Yes, ma'am !" and walked out
backward.
Then she talked in those full, round con-
tralto tones peculiar to the English gentle-
woman.
Some of the things she said took my
breath away.
And her frankness was a revelation.
Instead of denouncing Lady Cavendish
for her libel of the ladies of English society,
Lady. Henry upheld her.
"She did not libel the women of English
society," she said quietly but positively.
"The remarks of Lady Frederick Caven-
dish in the Church Congress at Folkestone a
fortnight ago, I am sorry to say, are abso-
lutely true. They are based onfacta-lamen-
table fact. I know that there is a great
deal of drinking among English ladies. I
don't believe there is any drunkenness
though.
"Intelligent and beautiful women are too
chary of their youth and good looks to let
drink overpower them.
"Nothing ages or disfigures a man like
drink. Women know this and they do not
get drunk. But they drink."
" What? ales, porter, stout ?"
"No.'Oh, no. Those are table drinks;
men take them for the nourishment they
are supposed to contain. English society
women are perpetual wine -drinkers; they
have claret for lunch and champagne at
dinner. And then there is the continual
nipping. Nipping is a word that you
Americans do not understand. There are
degrees of intemperance, and nipping is the
highest. It is the acme of indulgence, the
refinement of intoxication, as it were.
"I know a number of fashionable
doctors, men eminent in their profession,
and they ha -re told me that they are eon-
tinually being consulted on the subject of
stimulants by their best and most respected
patrons.
"These ladies hold enviable positions in
society. They are women of all ages and
unquestionable reputation, who are as
proud of their popularity as of their beauty,
who patronize charitable, philanthropic
and educational causes and, who are
punctilious in the discharge of their social
duties.
"The demands on them simply exceed
their strength. They are under intense ex-
citement; there is a fascination about it all
that is irresistible, and they know that they
can't keep up without stimulants. And they
don't.
"The doctors are simply obliged to pre-
scribe for them. One of them told me he
had ladies stop at his office on their way to
dinners and receptions for morphia, and
who on receiving the needle jammed the
point into their arms without taking the
trouble to pull up the satin sleeves or pull
down the gloves that covered them. These
women who indulge in hypodermic injec-
tions don't drink as a class. They are teo
jealous of their beautiful eyes, sweet brt ate
and fine complexions.
"How is tile nipping done? With punches,
hot and iced; with brandy and soda, with
tea a is rum, with strong sorbets, gin slings
and fine liqueurs. Brandy and soda is a very
common stimulant.
Who is Lady Cavendish? The widow
of Lord Frederick Cavendish, who was mur-
dered years ago in Pi:twain Park, and one of
the smartest women in England. She
knew what she was talking about in the
Church Congress."
A PRIVATE BURIAL.
Preparations of a Husband to nide teenier.
Murder.
A London cable says : A horrible affair
has come to light at Oldham, near Man-
chester. A man named Mellor lived in a
house on the Hollins road at that place.
His wife bad been missing for some time,
but nothing had been seriously suspected.
Some neighbors, to•day, paying an unex-
pected visit to Mellor's house, noticed that
a hole had been dug in the kitchen, having
every appearance of being a grave for a
body. They informed the police, who at
once proceeded to the house. The police
made a search, and soon found a licitly in
the cellar, it was thought that of Wiener's
wife. Her throat had been cut, and the
body was covered with stab wounds, show-
ing that she had met a cruel death by
eg violence. The 'remains were in such a con -
53 dition that it appeared the woman had been
dead for weeks. A barrel of quicklime
I
at
9 was found in another room, no doubt
intended for use in the grave. Mellor has
31 been put under arrest.
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Couldn't Trust a Trenton.
Out in the wet end lives a little lad
whose Christian name is Willie, says the
St. Louis J?epublic. One day while visiting
his aunt, several blocks distant froth his
home, he told her a family secret which he
had been positively commanded to keep.
While on his way home his conscienoe
troubled him and he faced about and re-
turned to his aunt, with whom this, comae,
ation took place :
Willie—Auntie, yori never will tell—
never?
Auntie—No, indeed, Willie; I will be As
silent as the grave.
Willie (with a troubled sigh)—Well,
auntie, if you do tell, please tell them not
to tell,
It ie ease and self-indulgence that kill.
The Man who hag to Week like a horse an
then never has a Cent to spend on himself the moat, pepulat of them being oho known
in dare of long life. Married men live as the metre, which has been imported from
longer then bonheloin. Bessie,
After the Fall inionseeleaulnia
After the usual fall housecleaning iii
well to close each room for & few hours
While sulphur is burned in it, the fumes ok
which are found to destroy any insect life
or diseases germs that may have gathered
there during the summer months. After a
;short period necessary for the burning of
the sulphur the rooms must again be
thoroughly aired.
He WIts Well Off.
Cumso--My wife is cross at me and hasn't
spoken to me in four day%
kangle—Shake, old fellow! Yu always
wore a lucky dog.
The 'Collimate have an Original method
of treating cholera, Whenever one of them
it attacked by the epidemic he mounts a
hose and gallops as icing as he has Strength
to stay en the animal's batik. A •me/MOW
joutrialiet tried this renittly recently and is
said to home found it effectual.
Children's dainve are all the rage int -alien,
NBWO OF TEE NIFEEIc.
•A college for young ladies has been
establiehed in Kinagtola
•Au unknown disease is killing large herds
of cattle in Garner Township, Iowa.
The Berlin Post says Emperor William
signed the Military Bill on Saturday.
Mr. J. Israel Tarte hats been tendered
the Liberal nomination for inetane.
Evangelists; Crossley and Hunter, have
commenced a series of meetings in Lindsay.
Ur. A. K. Powell, has been eleeted
water commissioner of London, vice Geo
C. Davis, resigned.
Ex -Premier Meroier will be 52 years old
next Saturday, and a number of his friends
propose to give him a banquet.
Michigan's electoral 'dietriet law was
yesterday declared to be constitutional by
the United States Supreme Court.
Terentra Won formally opened yesterday.
AB the result of e duel with clasp knives
in a New York saloon, James Murphy
will die and John Corcoran is seriously
injured.
Rev, J. B. Starr, ham hie pulpit in Elm
Street Church yesterday, charged the Tor-
onto Club with permitting gambling on its
premises.
Heavy floods have almost swept the vil-
lage of Sperate, near Cagliari, Italy, out of
(Wideness, and it is, estimated two hundred
persona lost their lives,
The great library belonging to Count
Apponyi, of Hungary, will shortly be sold
by auction. Tide collection contains Boole
Of the rarest books extant.
At Bracebridge on Saturday four men
were tried under the Ontario game laws for
hunting deer out of season, and were con-
victed and each fined $20 and costs.
Word has been received by the Hudson
Bay Company's officials at Winnipeg of
Mr. Tarte continues to attack the Quebec the death by drowning, at Norway House,
judges in the columns of the Canadien for of Chief Factor Belanger and Mr. Stanley
what he alleges to be their partisanship. Simpson.
Yesterday morning James Mitchell, a
retired farmer, nearly 80 years of age, living
in Port Hope, committed suicide by cutting
his throat .
Emperor William has sent.S12,500 to
Hamburg to be spent in relieving the dis-
tress among the families of those who died
of cholera.
It is reported that an American bullock,
slaughtered at Deptford, England, a few
days ago, was found to have been suffering
from pleuro-rneumonia in an aggravated
form.
It is stated in Berlin that Prince Mettere
nioh has gone to the United States to marry
an American heiress. A cablegram says it
is rumored that Emperor William will for-
bid the marriage.
The United States collector of customs at
Suspension Bridge'has been instructed to
classify imported dressed veal as a raw or
unmenufactured article, dutiable at the
rate of 10 per cent, ad valorem.
It is reported that the Waliehe tribe
which last year massacred a German expe
dition in East Africa, killing 300 men, have
attacked the German station atWepwaawa,
on the road to Usugaia.
Thomas D. Molise, a prominent resident
of Orin).'while fixing his pumps yesterday,
fell head foremost into a well, which was so
narrow that he could not turn, and he was
drowned before assistance arrived.
Considerable excitement was created on
Wall street, New York, yesterday, by, an
unknown man tearing down a British flag
from the front office of the Bank of British
North America and destroying it. He then
walked quietly away.
Col. Dodds, the French commander in
Dahomey, accuses the Germans of supply-
ing the Dahomeyans with ammunition and
helping them to raise earthworks of a
European style. This accusation, it is said,
will form the basis of a serious diplomatic
conference.
James Johnston, M. C. R. baggageman
of Courtright, and some friends were out
shooting Saturday, and by the lack of
caution of one of the party, eight shots were
buried in his face. One shot paused through
his ear, another lodged under the eye, and
in all, he is carrying around eight shot.
His hat was riddled.
The Quebec Legislature, it is announced
will not meet before January 10th.
A telephone line was put in successful
operation between New York and Chicago
yesterday.
The Belanger trial for murder termineted
yesterday at Quebec. The jury disagreed
and was looked up for the night.
A system has been inaugurated in St.
Louis, Mo., of sending mails to suburban
localities via the street ear lines.
Miss Annie Clarke of Philadelphia,
stepped upon a match Clarke,
night, which
igniting, set fire to her clothing. Her in-
juries proved fatal.
• The steamer Britannic, whieh left Hali-
fax at noon on Monday, reached Boston at
a quarter past one yesterday, the quickest
trip ever made between those two ports.
Two railway employees were killed in a
wreck at Waverly, N. Y., yesterday
morning. The previous day at the same
place a brakeman was struck by a caboose
and killed.
The brickmakers' union of Boston, Mass.,
will establish an eight-hour workday on
November 1st. The men, in order to gain
their object without a strike, home agreed to
sacrifice one hour's pay.
The vacancy in the Order of the Garter
resulting from the death of the Duke of
Sutherland has been filled by conferring the
insignia of the order upon the Earl of Rose- To Seal Fruit Cans.
bery, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Of course some of your fruit cans have
Great uneasiness is felt in shipping and lost their tops since they were used a year
insurance circles regarding the British ship ago,; and many either lack rubber bands or
Knight Commander, Capt. Murdoch, which are otherwise disabled at the top. Do not
sailed from San Francisco July 30th for throw away these afflicted cans, but gather
Queenstown. It is believed the vessel them all together and congratulate yourself
foundered off Cape Horn. that you can put fruit in them which is
absolutely warranted to keep air-tigat
But how? Why, just this way. Get a
sheet of cotton betting and separate it so
that there is one woolly side and one smooth
side to each half. Fill the cans with fruit
and, while the steam is actually pouring out
of the top, clap a piece of batting over the
opening—woolly side down—and put a
weight on top to keep the batting in place.
This will not fail if you put the cotton on
while the fruit is bubbling hot.
Joseph B. Gordon, sixty-four years of
age, the colored man who shot and killed
his 6 -year-old daughter at Detroit on ,Tuly
6bh last, was on Saturday sentenced to im-
prisonment for life.
A brother of the beheaded leader of the
Tekue, China, revolt is the only member of
the family who -escaped the sword in No-
vember last. He has taken refuge in a
mountain said to be impenetrable.
Emperor William recently donated 50,000
marks to the Berlin Aeronautic Society. A
cable says the society has decided upon de-
voting the money to the construction of an
immense balloon to make fifty trips annually
for the purpose of scientific observation.
Ibis now regarded as pretty, certain that
the British Government will not abandon
Uganda. There is a general impression that
Uganda'as Lord Rosebery says, may prove
the key to Central Africa, and strengthen
British influence both in the Nile region and
on the' lakes.
Mr. Gladstone, who is now in Oxford, met
with a hearty reception there. This morn-
ing at the cathedral service /3e read the
lessons. To morrow he will deliver the first
of the annual lectures instituted by the
biologist, Prof. Romance, his subject being
'"Medieval Oxford." '
Gen. Grunwalst the Governor of the
Copper and Toinander Islands, in Behring
Sea, belonging to Russia, who is at present
in New York, says that the Imperial Gov-
ernment of Russia will send a sufficient
force to Behring Sea to catch any "British
thief" who may be found there.
Accountant Menzies, of the Toronto city
treasury, dismissed on Friday by the city
treasurer for alleged insubordination and
plotting against the city's interests, makes
counter charges of improper management of
civic accounts and loose book-keeping that
leaves room for fraud to be perpetrated
without discovery.
Sir James Innes -Ker, Duke of Roxburgh,
is dead. He is Earl Innes of the United
Kingdom, and was born on September 5th,
1839. The duke is descended from the
distinguished &latish family of Ker. He
married in 1874 Lady Anne Spencer -
Churchill, a sister of the Duke of Marl-
borough. His heir is his eldest son Henry
John, Marquis of Bo wmont
A man named James F. Sutherland, a
lumber dealer of Mount Boydge ,s while
endeavoring to board the C. P. R. west
express at London last evening, fell be-
tween the coaches while the train was neck-
ing out of the siding to the main line, and
had both of his legs cut off about the thigh.
He is a married man with a family, and
was taken to the city, hospital, where he
died soon after the accident.
A Hasty Luncheon.
The bread wasn't fresh, and she had no
time to send to the market for anything.
Her visitor was dainty in her tastes. What
was to be done to get up a nice little
luncheon? There was plenty of crackers in
the house. She thought of them and heaved
a sigh of relief. "So I buttered a few
dozen crackers," the housekeeper explained,
"and set them in the oven, there to stay
until they were a light brown. • A part of
these were placed in a dish on the back of
the stove, and with the remainder I made
some cracker sandwiches out of some bits of
roast fowl which was ready sliced in the
pantry. The meat was mixed with a little
mayonnaise and placed between two of the
buttered crackers. A jar of canned fruit
was opened, and with some olives and a bit
of cheese rounded out a very relishable lun-
cheon, and my guest quite enthused over the
new -fashioned sandwiches."
A telegram was received at Belleville yes
terday which stated that the body of Mrs -
Hodson had arrived in Montreal from Paris,
France, where the deceased died of typhoid
fever on Sept. 12th. The remains will be
buried at L30 on Thursday.
A sensation has been caused by the dis-
covery that there has existed for a long
time past in Austrian Galicia a regularly
organized gang of kidnappers, who have
supplied young girls for the harems of
wealthy Turks in Constantinople.
The Reformers of the County of Peel
held a convention at Brampton yesterday,
and chose Mr. J. Smith to contest the
county in the approaching election for the
Provincial Legislature, the seat being ren-
dered vacant by the resignation of Mr. K.
Chisholm.
Collector Cowan, of Windsor, has re-
ceived instructions from Ottawa to, permit
the United States militia and escorts of the
Governors of New York and Connecticut
to pass through Canada en route to the
Chicago Exhibition dedicatory ceremonies
and return, with horses, arms and ac-
eoutrernents.
Mulligan vs. Thompson, a seduction case,
at the Belleville assizes, was non -suited.
The parties belong to Gananoque, Mrs.
Mulligan charging Thompson with seducing The One Olutaele.
her daughter, Catharine Clark. The latter Pater—Emmeline, there are rumors
itt a Married woman, being separated froni about. Come, ilow, is there really anything
her husband. When she was put on the between you and that good-for-nothing
stand the judge refused to take her Jack Tanner ?
evidence. Einnieline—Yes, pa; but it's only you.
Turkish Proverbs.
Don't take a wife during tae holiday
season and don't buy a hots° in 'bad
weather.
Two knives cannot find room it, one
sheath nor two loves in one heart.
When you are buying a horse don't con-
sult a pedestrian, and when you are court-
ing a woman don't ask advice of a bachelor.
Wounds caused by a sword can be healed,
but wounds caused by a tongue cannot.
A Truly Lucky Man.
Mrs. Blinker—I do believe that Mr.
Wioks is late to his meals five days out of
every week. •
Mr. Blinker—Pooh ! what difference does
that make. His wife in a mute.
Prince Bistros& is suffering from aeute
neuralgia.
The 11/4Torth of England at present its hay-'
tog Very severe storms and heavy falls Of
snorer.
Pattersonn Paper Mill, Pottage larrairle,
the only one in Manitoba, was destroyed by
fire last night.
The funeral of the late Deteotive Phair at
London yesterday was one of the largest
that city has ever seen.
The new Separate school building at Nla.
gate. Palls was dedicated and blessed yesters
day by Archbishop Walsh, of Toronto.
The new Church of the Messiah, at the
corner of Avenue road and baling. ;street,
Conneilinan Prank Tanner, tho second of
the Toledo boodlers, was arraigned for trial
this afternoon, and entered a plea of guilty,
throwing hitreself on the mercy of the court.
Vile has thrown the remaining five boodlers
into consternation, and it, is believed that
all of them butone—Manchester—will
else plead guilty.
Otauri— sem ere you ever really in love 7
If thel—YC, patesionately — With — well,
With my new frock.
Geller—Vas your daughter's married life
ad far proved a happy one, Mrs, Nan*?
Mrs. Peterby—Very, mdeed. Her Mistand
is In Europe, mud is afraid to come bulk on
aetimiiit of the quarantine
Olkaltall VS, Mialltinilark
A.CriletY ItaChelOr Who Was a alidge of
They were Ilivnestrylaip4rNetatrye,re.
and there was
apparently Ave or six years differemse in
them ages. As the train pulled up at
Bussey, out on the K. A. D., the younger
girl blushed, flattened her nose nervously
against the window and drew back in joy.
ous smiles as a young man came (lathing
into the car, sheek hands tenderly and
cordially, insisted on carrying her valise,
magazine, little poker bundle, and would
probably have carried ner, bad she let
him, says an exchange.
The passengers smiled as she left, and
the murmur went -rippling through the
coach, "They're engaged,"
The other girl at looking nervously out
of the window, and once or twice gathered
her parcels together as though she Would
leave the car, yet eeemed to be expecting
some one.
At last he came, He bulged into the
door like a house on fire, looked along the
seats until his manly gaze fell upon the
upturned, expectant face, roared, Come
; I've been waiting for you on the plat-
form for fifteen minute," grabbed her
basket and strode out of the car, while
she followed with a little valise, a band-
box, a taper bag full of lunch, a bird cage,
a glass jas of jelly preserves and an extra
shawl.
And a erusty-looking old bachelor in the
farther end of the car croaked out, in unison
with the indignant looks of the passengers,
"They're married."
Warning Against Kissing Helots:0r:2Z;
The danger from kissing, and fondling of
beasts is rarely suspected. Even those
aware of it seldom think of it, or heed it
when they do remember it, The practice
cannot be too strongly discouraged, for
many infections are liable to result from it.
Little children, infants, are not strong
enough to push away the eager dog who so
affectionately nestles beside them and kindly
laps their little faces and hands. Older
persons feel for the shaggy pet and cannot
meet a " kiss " with 'blow "—yet great
danger lurks in every poor dog's tongue. A
condition characterized by the formation of
oystae-hydatid cysts—is the most frequent
affection resulting from the infection ot
dogs. Three dangers are to be appre-
hended from the presence of these cysts.
(1) They serve as foci for other diseases.
(2) An injury outside the body may so affect
these cysts which are within as to cause
them to suppurate. • (3) They may burst
and give rise to peritonitis.
Pigeons and cats are often the unlooked-
for bearers of diphtheria. Cats are also the
source of loathsome skin diseases'one in
particular ring worm, is familiar to many
of our residers. Another, " fe.vuss," is an
obstinate yellowish scab affection. Favus
is a disease peculiar to mice, and from them
the oat gets it, Many individual cases of
trying skin diseases, as well as small epi-
demics, are traced directly to these common
and dearly loved feline pets.
Any one knows what a tumor is.
"Hydatids "are fluid tumors, which are
only removed Or cured by the most patient
and skilful treatment. Surely no one will
in the face of such proven statements neglect
the warning to do away with the disgusting
habit of funding beasts •
Signs of Coming Age.
"Do you know the surest indication of
old age ?' said a physician recently. "The
surest indications in man," he continued,
"are a moist eye, a dry palm and a shrink-
age of the calf of the leg All these indica-
tions are duo to some action of the peeves
consequent uponadvancing years. In the
matter of the eye, the fifth section is 'inter-
fered with, and ibis this that causes a flow
of water. The dryness of the palms is pro-
duced by an interference with the func-
tions of the body, also due to the action of
the nerves, and the shrinkage of the leg
follows from similar causes. In old age,
too, you notice some men become more
corpulent than in the earlier portions ot
their lives. With drinking men the change
is often produced by the quantity of sac-
charine which they consume with their
drink, and with those who do not drink it
follows from other physiological changes..
As to the hair becoming gray, it results, in
the majority of oases, from the partial
closing of the hair cells and the reduction
of the quantity of natural coloring matter
which the closing produces. With women
the dimness of the eye does not come so
soon as it does in men.'
Laxatives for the Young.
So many questions have been asked on
the point of the best laxatives for children
that a few simple suggestions may be helpful.
Suppositories These may be of paper,
which is tightly rolled, four inches long,
oiled and inserted a short distance, or piece
of white soap, two inches long and as thick
as a leadspencil, or the glycerine or gluten
ones, which can be purchased ready for use.
Their use is not attended with any ill effects.
Laxative food, as strained oatmeal, or a
teaspoonful of powdered extract of maltput
in the milk three times a day. With chil-
dren over a year old soft -baked apple,
orange juice'porridge of any of the cereals;
plenty of water to drink.
Massage: Gentle rubbing and kneading
of the whole abdomen, beginning low on the
right side, passing upward, across and down
the left side. A little oil can he rubbed in
the skin at the same time, and the move-
ments continued for ten or fifteen minutes
at the same hour every morning. --Young
Ladies' Journal.
Double Hoofed Homes.
The severity of the climate in winter in
the Province of Quebec, calls for certain
distinctive requirements in the construction
of buildings, especially residences, to ensure
the stability of the structures and the com-
fort of the inmates. For example, a double
roof has been found to be an essential in
house construction. With a single roof,
the snow, which there falls in abundance,
would melt and cover the roof and slides of
the house with ice. To avoid tale'the roof
is made double, with an air space between.
Thus the upper roof receives no warmth,
and the snow usually,icrisp and dry, in-
stead of being melted, s constantly blown
away by the wind.--Conadian Builder and
Architect,
Everybody hats met the man who rose
lately refuses to meet a etearly gaze for
more than three or four seconds at a time.
It ia not fair to say that all such persons are
dishoneet In many cases the peculiarity is
a direct result of bashfulness.
"How shall I takemy medicine, doctor?"
asked Miss Augusta. "Take it, my dear
young lady, as you would take a husband—
for better or for worse."
Da Asemau, a noted Gentian authority,
contributes to Das Wetter an interesting
article on the treatment of pereone appar-
ently killed by lightning. Ile says that
lightning comes in the form of a main bolt
and several breincheS, and that if a person
its struck by one of the branches he will
recover if the method of artifidial respire,
tion, aS applied to ,the apparently drowned,
shall be adopted Within a qtartet of an hour
after being ebrizek.
firODLN CONVEIPIONA
HOW GeOrge nankin "Cot Religion " and s
left the Stage,
" William Hanlon, manager Of Superba,"
was at the Hotel Lieders this Morning,
He is a very genial man and was induced lAt
talk about his brother George who last
year renounced the stage and took up, ae.
was thought, his studiee her the Presbyte-
ria`ntSmini'ncei4Grye'orge became, religious," said
he, "I have seen but little of him. He ie
too pi011.13 now for the stage, ybu know.
don't know what he is doing, but I don't
believe he is taking up the ministry as a -
profession. He is just doing what he can
to convert those around him, What he
May do later, there's no telling. What,
parts did he play? Well, he slid alrimete
everything. He played a little comedy
now and then,and you know, of course,
what a reputation the Hanlon brothers had
as glnisadacrobats.
"George always alittle re uliar
Hewriherserioueb;nareAsas
boy, he never cared to play marbles o
games of any kind. He had no use for c
or dogs, or even girls. As he grew n
became a sort of woman -hater, veld, I t
he was pretty well imbued with the
of Bob Ingersoll, But he seemed to c
all of a moment, He became infat
with his present wife, and now has a fa
of six pretty children. Then there w
religious change. I think, perhaps,
due to the influence of some mmuit
Orange Mountain, where he staid a win
last year. Yes, he tried to convert some of
the troupe in PA quiet way, but finally con-
cluded that it was his duty to give up the -
stage. "—Detroit News.
Labor In England.
Mr, Robinson Boater, an English labors
leader, who ran for Parliament in Oxford,
has been lecturing in New York on English
labor problems. He strongly objects to the
term pauper labor as applied in Ameri-
can newspapers to labor,"
for if wages..
are less over there, food costs next to noth-
ing, and the rents are such as would startle
any one living in New York. • Where he
lived in England a man can get a nice little
house with a bit of garden for $1. a week.
The real difficulty for Englishmen, he said,
lay in the limited opportunities. If an
artisan got out of work it may be six.
months or a yearbefore he can get it back
again. Mr. Souttar declared that strikes fore
increased wages were practically unknown,
in Greet Britain. "The present labor move-
ment is two sided," continued the speaker,.
"corresponding to the artisan and the agrie
cultural classes. Wheat growing is no'
longer profitable in England. The great
field of the west can raise and ship graim
across the ocean for less money than it -
costs the English farmer to raise it right on
the spot. Though ranch English land did
not pay to cultivate for the market it could,
afford an ample living to occupiers of the
soil. Relief lies in the forced buying out,
of landlords by holders of ten, fifteen and
up to fifty acres of land. To this measure
the Liberal party is pledged."
Mr. nouttar is a remarkable example of
self-help. Beginning as a mechanic and
becoming an employer of labor, he went to
Oxford nine years ago, a middle-aged mane
to study political and social reform. He
was graduated, and settling there as a tutor
of law to University students, he acquired
great influence among laboring men. Three
hundred mechanics gather weekly to hear
him at the Oxford Y. M. C. A., of which he'
Is President.--Losidon Free Press.
Assuming Husbands' Names.,
The practice of the wife assuming the.
husband's name at marriage, according to.
Dr. Brewer, originated from a Roman cue- /
tom and became the common custom after 1
the Roman occupation. Thus Julia'and'
Octavio., married to Pompey and Cicero,,
were called by the Romans Julia of Pompey,
thitavia of Cicero, and in latter times mar-
ried women in most European countries
signed their names in the same manner, but
omitted the "of." Against this view may
be mentioned that during the sixteenth and
even at the beginning of the seventeenth
century the usage seems doubtful, since we
find Catharine Parr so signing herself after
she had been twice married, and we always
hear of Lady Jane Grey (not Dudley);
Arabella Stuart (not Seymour), etc. Some
persons think that the custom originatedl
from the scriptural teaching that husband,
and wife are one. This was the rule of,'
law so far back as Braaten (died 1268), and,
it was decided in the case of Bon vs. Smith,,
in the reign of Elizabeth, that a woman\
by marriage loses her former name and
legally receives the name of her husband.
Altogether, the custom is involved in much
obscurity.
A;
• Red Hair.
A well-known physician, who has made-
.
human hair a study for years, in an enter-..
taming lecture on red hair, said : " The -
great Italian painter, Titian, was so fond of
red hair that he raved about it, and at one
time is said to have offered to sell his souls
to the devil provided his hair would turns
red. This passion for red hair has raged
fiercely since early times. About every --
eight years red hair comes in style, and the
belles try to color their hair in conformity
to the prevailing style. They often use -
poison, and that's where we come to. At,
one period in history, however, red hair was
the subject for universal scoffing."
"Here is something I can recommend,"
said the salesman; "you see, the wheels of,
this little waggon are pneumatic -tired, so
ibis practically noiseless." " I am not buy-
ing a waggon for the neighbors," answered,
the woman ; "I want it for my little
boy.'
"1 should like to know," said Eve one ,
ay, "whether you consider yourself of'
more importance than I am." " Well, my
dear," replied Adam, mildly, I don't
know as 1 would put it just that way, but.
you must admit that you are a side -ins ue.
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successfully stand. If you have a Cough,
here Throat, or Broncliitis, ttSe it, for it will
cure you. If your child has the Croup, or
Whooping Cough, use it promptly, and relief"
is sure, If you dread that insidious disease.
CONSUMPTION, dooVail to use it, it will
cure speti or cost nething. Ask your Drug-
gist for SHILOEPS CURE, Price zo cis.,
so cis. and $t.00.
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