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A Berlin paper publisher) the following
telegram from Minsk. in West leuseia
At Antceol, in the Government of Mimic,
n11 the members of a rich jewith family
flamed Meletotvitch, together with their
eervarite, making thirteen persona in all,
were found in a dying, conditiot in their
bout°, and All died about a quarter of an
hour efterwards from poiSonieg. It was sub.
aaallantlY ots ewn that the poison had been
mixed With their, food« and no doubt is en.
tertained that a terrible crime hen been
committed. On the news becoming known
the whole town was timelm into a state of
greet orcite 'omenSeveral persons hetre
bean artestesi roe lateneitie,
•Food la Indian fits Near Georg
Ian Bay.
T3iUrg Were tenets a Dower al, 'War-
itare Doyle, Dna the Tribe Is New
Well-nigh Extinct
Indian relic hentirtgovritee Athoe in The
Empire, has betionte quite e popular fad in
recent years up in that picturesque and
hinted° country around Lake Etimon and
the Georgian bay. Several iunnentiemeptil.
clue' pits of Indian origin have been die"
etivereii and their contents exposed lately,
and much light lies been thrown upon the
early history of that once powerful, but
now nearly extinct, tribe of Indians called
the Hurons. Dr. Edward W, Bawtreo,
SLOW hon. deputy inspector -general of the
Army hospital at Abberton, England, bee
who was for a number of years a reeident of
thie province, was one of the most active
and successful Investigators of these remark-
able rimunds. When he returned to Eng-
land he embodied his researches in an
article which he sent last November to
the Canadian Institute of this city, Last
Thursday the paper was read before a
large audience at the institute. It has
never been published, and as no detailed or
accurete account of these remarkable die,
coveriee has yet been put in print,The Em-
pire herewith gives the paper as fully as
space will, permit. After briefly referring
to the discovery of a pit containing an inn
menses number of human bones, brass and
copper kettles,etc., in the vicinity of ierrie
about two years ago, Dr. Bavetree says;
This discovery led last augumn to the more
accurate examination of a pit of the same
description, about seven miles from Pene-
tanguishene, in thetownship of Tiny, This
pit was accidentally noticed three or four
years ago by a French Canadian working
in that neighbourflood. On turning upa few
spadefuls of earth, he was surprised to find
a quantity of human bones. A more minute
examination several months afterwards die -
covered a great number of human skeletons
of both sexes and all ages, 26 copper and
brass kettles or boilers, three large conch
shells, pieces of beaver skin in tolerable
preservation, a fragment of pipe, a large
iron axe evidently of French manufacture,
some human hair (that of a woman),
a copper bracelet, and, a quantity of circular,
beads, perforated through the centre.
FORM OF THE .PIT.
The form of the pit is circular, with an
elevated margin. It is about 15 feet in
diameter, and before it was opened it was
probably nine feet from the level of its
margin to the centre and bottom. It may
be described as funnenshaped. There is
nothing peculiar or striking in its position,
except perhaps its being almost central on
the peninsula which extends into lake
Huron, between Gloucester and Notin-
veasage, bays. In coneequence of the
W55 nearly enlarge as a Mennen twohler.
There is every mon to believe that the
above noticed form but a smell pert of the
nuather of mai collections Of bones that
are to be found in the neighborhood, The
Erenele-Canadiame,uow that their attention
has been directed to the eitlejeet, end they
have been mado familiar With the lenpear-
ance of the pits, say that they have in
several plans observed them during their
remblee in the bush. No less than floe of
them were Vinod by a farmer within a
quarter of a mile ef the second pit.
A Nee= EXTINCT
For the origin of these sepulchral pits
(for that appears to be the most appropriate
name to give them) we must refer to the
time when the Huron tribe of Indiana in-
habited this part of the country. That
they are connected with a form of sepulture
in use among these original occupants of
the wilderness, there can be little doubt.
As relice of a nearly extinct race of Indians,
these remains are highly interesting ; for,
eltheeigh A remnant of the Harem still
remains in the neighbourhood of Quebec,
they have long since disappeared from the
shores el their own lake. It is now nearly
200 years since they were driven from, their
own country by the Irociouis,and they again
have been expelled by the Ojibbiway or
Chippewa Indians who came down from
lake Superior, and whose claims to the land
must have been of distant date, as it WM
by them ceded to the orown ; and though
thee% so lately owned. the country and still
occupy that in the immediate neighborhood
they hold no tradition concerning then
pits and have no customs that show
any connection with them. -The Heirone,
too, were far different in habits and life
from the Chippawas.
They were spirited, enterprising,. indus-
trious and brave, with considerable =sena-
thy andoloquence. Theydwelt in well fortifi-
en villages, seed made war in large bodies.
There can be little doubt then,it is to aforin
of burialin use among them that the remains
under notice may be attributed. This
history IS highly interesting. The dreadful
massacres which attended the exterrnina-
tion and expulsion of the Hurons by the
fierce and war -like Mohawks might at the
first glance be thought sufficient to account
for these large deposits of 1111110.11 bones,
which have been found chiefly in the neigh.
borhood of these scenes. It is likely that
some were the results of those massacres.
Of the ceremony attending this Huron cus-
tom of burying their dead, Charlevoix has
written an interesting encount He says:
"This grand ceremony, the most serious
and celebrated of all convected with Indian
religion, took place every eight years among
some tribes, and Avery, ten years among
the Hurons. It was called the 'Fete des
Morts,' and commenced by the appoint-
ment of a place where they should meet.
They then chose a king of the fete, whose
duty it was to arrange everything, and
send invitations to the neighboring villages.
The appointed day arrived. All. the In-
dians assembled and went iti procession
two and two to the cemetery. In some
tribes of stationary habits the cemetery
was a regular burial ground outside the
Village. Some buried their dead at the
scramble among the French-Canadians foot of a tree and some suspended them on
which followed the first finding of the I a scaffold to dry. This last was a. custom,
kettles, the exact position of the different , try proceeding among them when absent
contents of the pit could not be accurately from home or on a hunting excursion, so
observed. The bones had been removed to that on their return they might more con-
,
venieittly carry the body with them.
AN INDIAN' FUNERAL.
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t e en of three or four, feet before any
of the other contents were exposed. The
kettles were found arranged over its bottom
with their cavities upwards, placed upon
pieces of bark, and filled with bones. Thee
latter resemble somewhat the copper boilers
in use at the present day. They appeared
to be formed out. of sheet copper, the rims
being beaten out to cover a strong iron
bend which passes entirely round " the
neck of the vessel, for the purpose evi-
dently of strengthening them, and to carry
the iron hoops by which they were surround-
ed, The smallest of them measures 18
inches in diameter and 9 in depth. One of
the largest is more than two fee e in diameter
and 13 inches in depth. The handle re-
mains perfect in some, in the form of a
strong, removable hook, and the copper is
in good preservation. The largest of the
conch shells found in the mound weighs
three poends anti a quarter, and measures
14 inches hilts largest diameter. Its outer
surface has lost all polish, and is quite
honey -combed by age and decomposition.
It hes lost all color, and has the appearance
of chalk. A piece has been cut from its
base, probably for the purpose of making
the beads which were found with it,
AN ANCIENT TOMANAWIL
The axe is nearly of the same model as
the present tomahawk in common use among
the Chippawa Indians, though very much
larger, measuring 11 inches in length and
6 1/2, along its cutting edge, and weighing five
pounds and a half. It must have lost
considerable weight, as it is deeply indented
by rusk It has no characteristic mark, but
was recognized by the French Canadans
as being probably of French manufacture,
and similar ones have been found in the
neighborhood on newly cleared lands. No
len than five of the same pattern were
found under a stone near Thunder bay a
few years back, where they appear to have
been placed for concealment. The metal
of these axes is remarkably good and easily
converted into useful hoes by the Canadians.
The pipe is imperfect. It is made of the
cart believer° of which so many specimens
are found in the neighborhood in the /brut
of fragments of vessels, pipes, etc., and the
spots where the manufacture of these things
was carried on are still distinctly marked
in some places. The beads are formed of a
white, chalky substance resembling the
material of the large shells. They are ac-
curately circular with a circular perforation
in the centre. They were found in bunches
or strings, and a good many wereetilI close-
ly strung on a fibrous, woody substance.
The bracelet is a simple band of brass an
inch and a, half broad and fitting the 'wrist
closely. The second pit was discov-
ered on September 16 last It is about
two miles from the first pits A
beech tree emir inches in diameter grew
from its ceetre, In several of the skulls
found in this inoand were discovered Clean
mend holes of the size of a musket ball.
The third of then sepulchral pits which
Immo been examined was visited on Novem-
ber 4 last. A French-Canadian who was
working in the vicinity immediately re,
cognizeit its peculiar appearance, and told
the people that if they would dig there
they would find plenty of hones and 26
kettles, e prediction which was speedily
verified, The bones in the mound Were
scarcely covered by earth. /t wen noticed
that only a few of the skulls bore rearks of
violetiee. One which was exposed in my
presence had a circular perforation on the
top resembling a bullet hole, and others
bore the appearance of having been" tome.
hawked." It wen Alen observed that the
size of then bones was innch larger thee
those in tae other pits. Some of the lower
jaws wore story large, and would amply en-
circle that of a fulltsited European, A
pipe was alio found in this mound, homing
on one side of it a human face, the eyes
of which were formed of a fern. The base
"Arrived at the cemetery they proceede
to search for the bodies ; they then unite
for some time to consider in silence a spec
tacIe so capable of furnishing serious ranee
Hons. The women first interriipted th
silence by cries of lamentation. They the
used to talte the bodies, arrange the separ
ate and dry bones and place them in pack
ets to carry on their shoulders. If any o
the bodies were not entirely decomposed
they separated the flesh, washed them, an
enclosed them in new beaver Skins. The
then returned in the same procession the
came into the village, and each deposite
his burden in his 'cabana.' During bh
procession the women used to continue the
lamentations, and to testify the samemark
of grief as on the day of death, and thi
second act was followed by a feast in each
house in honor of the dead of the family.
The following days were spent in dancing
games and combats, ad which prizes were
bestowed. Everything, even dances and
songs, seemed in some way to breathe grief,
and everyone to be overcome with raelan-
choly, that the most indifferent spuctator
would have been overcome by the sight
After some days they all went to a grand
council room, where they suspended
against the walls the bones and bodies,
and placed with them the presents in-
tended for the dead, The closing act o
the ceremony was to place the remains in a
large hole, whieh was lined with the finest
skins and anything which they considered
valuable. This, then, there can be little
doubt, is an explanation of the origin of
some of these pits. 'The utensils which
have been found in some of the pits must
have been highly valuable, very diffienle to
be procured and far too useful to the living
to be given to the dead merely as a present,
and must ha* been placed there with some
other motive, Bearing in mind the destruc-
tion of human life when the war of exterm-
ination of the Hurons was going on in 1648,
one cannot help in some degree associating
the two and consideringthat while some
were merely depositories for the dead
formed in times of peace in aceordanee with
the above custom, others, more particularly
those containing kettles, were made (entire
warpage of burying the killed in battle anti
secreting theproperty of the vanquished.
It it easy to imagine that a party, oppress-
ed and -threatened with destruntion by the
Mohawks, unwilling to be eneumbeeed in
their flighe with such heavy aremlee, dis-
posed of them in this manner. They ap-
parently trusted to their remaining thus
concealed or protected from the enemy by
being deposited with the dead, till they
should be able to remove theMi'
A Oat in a °kW& Oegens
During morning nerviers sit ozo of the
largest rerun:hes in North-West London—
the church of the Good Shepherd, edenehold
Road—on Sunday, the oongrOZAWArk VITO)
repeatedly startled by a mysterious erofeee
proceeding front the interior of the organ.
The organist was most tierpTexed of all, but
the noise, S. continued tapping On one of
the largest pipee, was quite beyond his con.
trot Service over, he determined to find
out where the noise came from and what
was the cause of it. Having procured a
screw -driver, he, with the aid of some of
the ehoristere, took out one of the sides of
the organ, An nem as this was done, and
the light stremeed into the Matzen:tont,
needs of Mew, mew" Were heard from
the interior, end, crouching atitter the
foot of a large pipe, was found a black and
White cat, 'Poesy Was soon reit:mead and
placed on the chaneel floor, hue before the
organist had time to sec if she had beau in.
jured she rushed down the taste and Out of
the ohs:rein apparently none the weree for
her imprisonment.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Cottorial
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.40 BroduOtioa.
Nothing in this world ever game by
chance, ,leffect mast always follow (Sense,
and the (muse that produces a certaln effect,
tosdan will not prodeee a different effect to-
morrow, or next' weele. Recognizing the
truth of this, our poultry breeders bane
devoted a their energy to the production
of certain valueble qualities in the fowls ;
and by selecting for breeders only those
oosseesing the desired truth in a marked
ttegree, they inteneify she disposition to
excel in that one feature, This has given US
'our egg breeds, market breeds, and the
breeds withthe bump of combativeness very
prominent.
The end has not yet been reached.
Greater improvement ie yet possible. At
present, if we succeed in gettingour
aui
k of hens to lay 175 eggs each n a
year, we think we have athieved won.
des. Leghortut kept in e small flock laid
as maey as 225, and still should, and
eventually we Will get a far better record
than that. There is not the least pall
'WRITE LEG NORN, IIEN.
for the well-bred, well-fed fowl taking
from 140 to 206 holidays in a year. It
is too many, and her days of play and
nnprofitableness must be curtailed con-
siderably before she becomes the ideal
hen. '
If eggs are the purpose for Which you
are breeding, you must seleet your breeders
with great care, avoiding all that have not
already *proven themselves exceptionally
good layers, and whose ancestors for gen-
erations past were great layers. Occasion.
al any breed will " sport" a phenomenal
layer, but it is not likely any of her chicks
will possess the haying qualities to the same
degree as she did. -.But a hen whose imme-
diate ancestors have all been good layers,
if mated to a male who descends front a
laying feiwily, will produce chicks as good,
if not better in this particular, than she
is herself. By • continuing from year to
year the selection of only the best layers
for yoer breeders, you will eventually pro-
duce a strain of fowls vastly superior to
anything you now have in your yards.
Injurious in -and -in -breeding should be
avoided, but a little judicious in -breeding
will prove a great benefit in your undertak-
ing. It is the continued in -and -in -breeding.
for years that weakens the constitution and
makes your fowls more "ornamental than
useful. Avoid it. Continued in -and -in-
breeding redden the size as wellas enfeebles
the entire system, and while size is not a
matter of much moment to the eggman, he
cannot afford to bantamize his fowls. If
he does they will lay correspondingly
small. -
He must preserve the natural proportions
in his fowls for by dwarfing them in one
particular he dwarfs them and their produce
as a whole, and the eggs are smaller, even
if he succeeds in increasing the annual out-
put per hen.
- Much as I believe in the magical powers
of the scientific breeder, I do not for a mo-
ment believe by his art alone he can, un-
aided, make the desired improvement.
Breeding and food mating and feeding are
hand -maidens, and must be found closely
associated if we expect to make any con-
siderable improvement in our breeds of
fowls. One of them without the aid of the
other will avail little. You will never find
one who depends upon the egg market for
his living who will give you his mans
operandi of feeding and oaring for his hens
to make them lay an abundance of eggs at
the season when they command the best
prices. He has a "patent" upon it, and
you should as reasonably, expect the phy-
73LLOK LAST/SEAN NM
eleian to explain to his patients how they
may cure themselves without having to
eat him in to administer the proper remedy
and eollece the fee. No, the poultryman
may he a crank, but he is no fool, and he
well knows that, if any great numbee Were
possessed of his Beget that the egg Market
wold soon be glutted with priests corres-
pondingly law, It is "ev,efer mail for him-
self and the devil for all of 'be" in this
world, and it is only frequegt mneetrii
emotes, close attentioe, dee; i4tillf4eit
pplieation of what Wg Ineen that, will
'Ogre us =cease in Arming at the best
food and Manner of feeding for the special
purposes No twe breeds temeire exactio
the came eare end food to produces the bat;
l'44;e1s7.thing you may depend upon, and
thee Is, you cannot confine yenned to the
feeding of any one food. We soon tire of
eating hut one article of food continuously
for a number of days, and it soon fails to
satisfy our wants. 'We may etimelate the
egg production by feeding condiment foods.
This ie all right with a flock of hens kept
Let commercial purposes exclusively, but
it should never' he inortted to with those
need for breeders, It matters little whether
they ley law or many eggs in the Pali and
early Winter if they are productive during
the breeding season, if you stimulate them
to great eggproeuetion lathe early Winter
youneed not expect to many in the bred»
fog season, and merry will fail to hatch,
At chicks not baying vitality enough to
get out ot the shell.
Dairy Doings.
The most extravagant barn ii the one
()tag:tint: igg most uncomfortable for the
not neglect to give them a brushing or
cows.
If cattle are stanchioned all day do
buWttelrie.never, the milk is allowed to cool
before being set there is a definite lose of
In dairy work, the same on in every
other, a definite plan must be mapped out
and followed,
is poor management to waste good hay
by feeding it do 'dry cows, when it could as
well be fed to cow e thee will manufacture
it into geed butter.
If the food is net given until after the
usual time the anirnal is apt to eat too fast;
the material from the previous meal has
been exhausted and as a result vitality is
Lowered, leading to imperfect digestion and
assimilation.
: Much time and work must be devoted
to our pastures, or the dairy business will
deteriorate. Not only must good seed be
sown, but the unsavory weeds must be ex.
terminated, and thus save milk from taint
and soil from impoverishment.
Where famereble prices can be obtained
from a factOry, farmers who do not keep
many cows, and others who may keep. quite
a number, but who live remote from a good
Market, will find it to their advatitage to
patronize the factory rather than make
butter for country stores.
A patent has been applied for to cover
the invention that is a combination of churn,
butter worker, and refrigerator, Jt (alums,
tempers the cream to any desired degree
while in operation, or bolds it uniform re-
gardless onoutsiae temperaattre ; separates
the buttermilkirom the granulated butter
ithout removing the butter feom theehurn
or washing it ; 'salts it without removal,
cahnudrfin.nally works and finishes right in the
Is it too soon to begin again to argue for
a place for the icehouse on every dairy farm?
If it is early there will be that much more
time to plan for it. Almost any empty room
about the farm buildings will answer for a
storage room. It should be boarded up
with two thicknesses, with space left be.
tween for sawdust. Oat out a door near
the top of the room. Have a good supply
of clean sawdust on hand, and you are then
ready for the ice harvest.
PEARLS OP TRUTH.
They never pardon who commit the
wrong.
When the judgment is weak the prejudice
bisaTtshthr,eonmeek enjoy almost a perpetual Salm
No one who can not master himself is
worthy to rule. se,
The greatest misfortunes men fall into
arise from themselves.
Worth begets, in base minds, envy; in
great souls, emulation.
In manners, tranquility is the supreme
power.
At a tench sweet Pleasure melteth, like
to bubbles when rain pelteth.
The foundation of domestic happiness is
faith in the virtue of woman.
Education is our only political safety.
Outside of this ark all is deluge.
I have lived to thank God that all my
prayers have not been answered.
It is but a poor eloquence which only
shows that the orator can talk.
Oh, what authority and show of truth can
cunning sin cover itself withal.
All other knowledge is hurtful to him
who has not honesty and good nature.
As the Greek seid, many men know hew
to flatter; few' knotvhcne to titeise.
ten
Wffi
Weariness can snore upon the nenehen
restive eloth finds the down pillow hart" -
Unless a tree has borne blossoms in
spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it,
in the autumn,
A. face that can not smile is like a bud
that can not blossom, which dries up on
the stalk.
It is forbidden to quit a post without
the permission of the commander. Life is
the post of a man.
Do not wait for extraordinary circum-
stances to do good actions; try to use ordi-
nary situations.
I choose the nobler part of Emerson, when,
after various disenchantment; he exclaims,
eilteeevtahtattruaethlig"h
teth in and scorneth the
misery of another shall one time or other
fallstirnettochi tedonth
himself.erack of a too easy chair,
and heard. by everlasting yawn confess
the pains and penalties of idleness.
It is not their long reigns, nor their free
Tient changes, which occasion the fall of
empires, but their abuse of power. D
The meansheaven yields must be embrac-
ed, and not neglected; else, if heaven would,
anti we will not, heaven's offer we refuse.
A Serious Doubt.
A young gentleman was -.passing an ex-
amination in physics. Fee was asked:
"Whatplanets were known to the ancientet"
"51ell, sir," he responded,. " there were
lirenus and Jupiter, and"—and after a
pause—"I think theearth, but I am not
quite certain."
Nero couldn't have guessed, the use of a
wooden clothes -pin. "
The reputation of the
alier ouOt to Qo far
ei.corniTtend a trial of
a new Ie.
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year4 oi.ry
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record
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Dr. Oregory of the 4riti$11 Maoaata Mak"
.13.tw000eut Moot,
William Astor Omni" the American,
Tries tend Falls --The Atrtten calm%
0,000 Peet Higher than any Other Trav-
eler.
Cern Tonne, Feb. 17. —News of the re-
cent unsuccessful expedition of Milton
Astor Chanter, the Amerioan explorer, to
Climb Mount Xenia, lends interest to the
statement of Dr. ..T, W. Gregory of the
13eitish museum, who has just returned
from an expedition in equatorial Africe#
one of the principal features of which was
the ascent of the great African mountain
Kettle, on. which he reached to a point 3,000
feet higher than any, previous traveller.
Sneaking of hie journeys Dr, Gregory said :
"I left London Nov, 4, last enter, to join
an expedition to Lake Rudolph, the head-
water, of the Juba river and Somaliland.
The trustees of the museum had given me
special leave of absence, tie collections from
this distriet were math wanted, as well, as
some definite knowledge of its geological
structure. The expedition had been orga-
nized by Lieut. Villiers of the First Life
Guards and was on a somewhat extensive
scale. We had over 300 men., Turks,
Somalis, Abyssinians, and Zan:aerie.
"The, expedition got into inextricable
confusion before it hart started from the
coast, and our leader left us without saying
good -by, and before lie had epee a mile
from the coast. The rest of us reached
Ngenano, on the Tana, and there the expe-
nitiou was disbanded. Capt. Harris and I
returned
WITH ran zsuizrnemis
and some of, the Somalis to Mombasa,
There I hastily organized a smell caravan
of forty Zanzibaris, with vehreh I made a
fresh start ten diets later. I was, of course,
anxious not to leave Africa without having
made some contribution to our knowledge
of the problems, to study which my leave of
absence woes granted. From Mombasa I
followed the route to Uganda for 450 miles,
passing through Tzavo, Kibwezi,Machakos
and Fort Smith. I then struck across to
Lake Baringo by a new route, and explored
the lake basin and surrounding country.
Thence I traversed the Masai plateau of
Leikipia, managing to dodge most of its
very hostile inhabitant. This brought me
to the east end of the Kikuyu country,
where food was fortunately abundant, and
I was able to purchase enough to last me
during my work on Xenia. ,
"Though.the ascent of this mountain
was probably the part of my tour of most
general interest, it is by no means the most
important scientifically. It was necessary
for me to examine it in order to fix its posi-
tion in the African mountain system. Ac-
cording to Count Teleki (the only European
who had previously ascended it above the
forest zone), itbas a well-preserved volcanic
crater; but asits position in relation to
the main lids of earth movement in the
district rendered this improbable
I ASCENDED THE MOUNTAIN
to determine this point and also to collect
the fauna and flora of its higher zones to
see if there were any glaciers on it, and if
so whether these had once been more ex-
tensive and if there were any signs of an
ice age in equatorial Africa. With these ob-
jects I ascended the mountain to the height
of 17. 000 feet, This involved a good deal
of work over snow-covered glaciers, which,
as I was alone, required great care. I was
at lest stopped by a snow cornice which I
could not turn without running undue
risks. I should, of course, have liked to
reins') the summit of the greet mountain.
but I should have learned nothing more by
a Se. I could not even laavneleterreined
its a es- Obliged to leave
my instrum e rocks in the glacier.
As I had to carry a ,ope, a bundle of wood.
en pegs on which tcefix the rope, food, etc.,
my load was rather heavy. I tried again
next day on the west arete, but was stop-
ped by some vertical cliffs.
"I,hoped to work round to the north aide
and try from there, hue I was recalled to
look after my men, who were suffering from
mountain Bickner% and hemorrhage of the
lungs, not to mention chilblains, frost bite,
etc. These were the men whom I had left
at my two upper camps, one about 1,000
feet above the forest zone, and the other
higher up among some crags in the Alpine
zone. The temperature in my tent was often
28 degrees below frelaing, and the Zanzibar's
are not used to that sort of climate. All
my luggage harl been left in a reserve camp
Leikipta at the western foot of the
mountain."
TO KEEP DOWN OBESITY.
Enough Ladles Observe Periods or Dieting
on chicken, Fisk ails! Game.
Over in England, where for six months
lathe year all the smart folks are staying at
each other's, houees the fatal penalty of obes-
ity follows the luxurious style of living, and
nobody can keep slender except by artificial
means. The women rise late, and perhaps
are driven to the race course or to lancheon
with the shooters. Returning home they
do a little needlework or write' letters or
play some light game until tea time, after
which they read or talk until dinner, where
the inexorebleemetom of champagne, the
temptations thrown in their Way by an ex-
eellent chef, the lanai fruits and liqueues,
all tend toward their ruin. And after, din-
ner it is quite on the cards that a belated
game of poker may lead to the further in-
discretion of a little supper before retiring.
Of course the result of all this feasting is
eno which arouses research into the best
methods of avoiding the accuthulatioh of
Ileth and the latest discovery la that an oce
cesional week's diet on game, Chicken and
fish, with moderate cautioo the rest of the
time, will avert the disaster,
The menu of the day for this -week's fast
includes the early cup of tee with sacchar-
ins instead of sugar and a squeeze of lemon.
Breakfast, fried sole. Luncheon, roast
pheasant. .An. hour later, a glass of claret.
elt tea time, only tea with saccharine and
lemon. Dinner, boiled turbot, gritted
chicken, or boiled rabbit. That is literally
all that is allowed; excepting salt. A
glass of claret may be indulged in an hour
or so after dinner; and in the middle of the
morning and at bedtime a glass of boiling
watee, with or without lemon, 'should be
sipped. Of doers; this diet is no use at all
n hardened caeca ; but the young trans-
greseore, those only beginning to go mien)
he primrose path that leads te obesity,
will be grateful for the recipe if it is faith.,
fully followed once in a while for a week,
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