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TBE SUMMER COMPLAINT
OF INFANTS
Cholera infantum begins with . a pro-
fuse dierrlicea, the stomach becomes
irritated, and in many cases vomiting and
purging .set in. The child rapidly loses
flesh, and is soon reduced to great langour
land larostration.
Cholera iufautura can be quicldy cured.
by the use of Dr. B'owler's Extract of
Wild Strawberry. Mrs. David A, Cleve-
land, Apple River, MS., writes: --"Last
September my little boy, four years old,
and little girl, two years old, were taken
one afternoon with vomiting spells, and
in a few hours they had cholera infantum.
I had Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild
r Strawberry in the House, and commenced
using it, The cholera got so bad the
next day, they passed nothing but blood.
I kept on using the medicine, and in a few
days they were cured. I always keep a
bottle in the house, as,.I don't think there
is anything better for summer complaint
than Dr, Fowler's Extract of Wild Straw-
berry."
Some dealers may try to sell you
something else, but for the good of your
child's health, insist on having "Dr.
Fowler's." It has been on the market
for ova+;;^sixty-five years, so you are not
using a new and untried remedy. Price
35 cents. Manufactured only by The
'1. Milburn Co., -Limited, Toronto, Ont.
SOME STRANGE FOODS.
Delieacies Enjoyed by the People
of Soine Countries.
If you go to New Caledonia or
New Guinea for your holidays
there is a chanee.that you will have
dishes of clay served upon your
dinner -table. Odious ae the idea
may seem to us, it is a fact that
that there are many human beings
who feast on clay. Travelers in the
Orient declare that the yellow races
are especially addicted to the prac-
tice.
After all, food is purely a matter
of taste. The Eskimos delight in
mice cooked in tallow. Then the
Chinese consider that alligators,
.apace, and rats form most excellent
foci tuffs. A. certain tribe of In-
dian in California thrive upon
ant
On the European Continent but-
terflies are sometimes eaten. The
Turkish enjoy goldfish, and in Ja-
pan a good deal of fish is eaten raw..
The South American Indians go
hunting for caterpillars, kill them
by crushing their heads, and then
pack them carefully in grass until
required for "table use." Some of
the natives of Australia live largely
upon the seeds of different species
of grass. They also eat certain
roots and bulbs and the gum ob-
tained from trees.
Another Australian delicacy is
the flesh of snakes, and a favorite
dish, called tuinamba, is composed
of pupa cases.
SEWING MACHINE STORY.
That common and useful house-
hold article, the sewing -machine,
has only been in practical use some
sixty-six years. Long before that,
however, the foundations of the
machine we use now were laid, As
far back as 1755, a double -pointed
needle with an eye in the centre
was invesnted, and later -in 1790-a.
man named Thomas Saint devised a
machine for stitching, quilting, or
sewing leather. In 1830, a French-
man invented a machine which he
used in his tailoring business, but
it was wrecked, owing to the dislike
of an ignorant crowd. Sixteen
years later the machine upon which
all Sewing -machines are now based
was constructed. • Elias Howe, an
American, was the inventor. The
improvement in his machine lay in
the introduction of the curved, eve -
pointed needle .and the under -
thread shuttle. Up tq the time of
his death -in 1867. -Howe received
over °$2,000,000 in royalties.
WHEN THE LIVER
IS INACTIVE
CONSTIPATION SOON FOLLOWS
The duty of the liver is to prepare and
secrete bile, and serve as a filter to the
blood, cleansing it of all impurities and
poisons.
Healthy bile in sufficient quantity is
Nature's provision to secure regular
action of the bowels, and therefore when
the liver is inactive, failing to secrete
bile in sufficient quantity, constipation
soori•foiloth.
Mr. Henry Pearce, Owen Sound, Ont.,
writes:-"Having°been troubled for years
with constipation, and trying many so-
called remedies, which did 'me no good
whatever, ; l was persuaded to try Mil -
buries 1,axa-Liver, Pills. I have found
them most beneficial; they are, indeed,
a splendid pill, and I can heartily recom-
mend them to all suffering from constipa-
tion."
Milburn's Saxe -liver Pills are 25 cents
per vial; of 5 vials for $1,00, at all dealers,
or mailed direct on receipt of price by
i rn Co., united Toronto
Tine T. Mi bu L ,
(Oat.
KEEP FOOD CLEAN.
What is the composition of dust?
It has been described as a 11tt10 of
everything. In the paved streets of
cities and towns earthy particles
from the soil are always Present.
While street dust in the country is.
largely Anode up of the powdered
earth of the road mixed with finely
ground manure, in cities its lighter
particles are composed of several
kinds of dirt sufficiently disgusting
to 'give usa hearty aversion to dust
as an aeeidental accompaniment to
any article of food.
The dust of rooms contains earthy
particles, minute "fragments of
clothing fibre, bits of abraded skin
and pieces worn away from walls,
floor and furniture; also mould
spores, bacteria and street dust in'
greater or less quantity, according
to the location.
The daily examination of the milk
of a certain model dairy revealed
suddenly: a great increase in the
bacterial 'count. The physician and
the bacteriologist examined the
premises and watched every process
in a vain effort to determine the
cause, until itwas noticed that the
milk pails were put to sun where
the dust blew on. them. This cause
removed, the bacterial count re-
turned to normal
These air .and dust .bacteria are
not necessarily harmful, but where
large numbers are present they are
likely to be among them . those
which produce disease. A number
of eases of illness are on record di-
rectly traceable to fruit, but it is
difficult to determine whether in
such cases infection has come
through dust settling on the food
or through direct contact -of the.
fruit with infected human beings.
Better market inspection is need-
ed, better protection of food from
dust both in transit and when on
sale, and a more rigid carrying out
of existing law, but, above all, a
demand for clean food on the part
of the buyer.
Precautions should also be taken
against dust after the food is de-
livered at the house. In modern
dairying much stress is laid on the
fact that sweeping the 'stable be-
fore milking fills the air with bac-
teria which are likely to -infect the
newly -drawn milk.
The same danger arises if food
and dishes are left exposed in kit-
chen or pantry during sweeping.,
Tests have been made to determine
how great this danger is in ordinary
household practice, and it has been
found not only that moulds, yeasts
and bacteria are much more abun-
dant in the air during sweeping.
but that those stirred up by the
sweeping do not settle back again
for several hours afterward.
Evidently, then, it is not sufficient
to cover food and dishes during the
actual sweeping ; they should re-
main protected for some hours.
Dusting with a dry cloth or feather
duster also stirs the micro-organ-
isms into the air ; for this reason a
damp cloth to which they will stick
is greatly preferable for cleaning in
kitchen, pantry and china closet; in
fact, everywhere.
These considerations also show
the great sanitary advantages of
modern cleaning devices, of which a
number of sorts are now on the
market, by which the dirt is sucked
through tubes -into suitable recep-
tacles.
Bits of damp newspaper or damp
sawdust sprinkled on a floor will
hinder dust from rising when the
room is swept, but the wooden or
linoleum -covered floor of a well -
kept kitchen and pantry should fur-
nish little dust. Large particles
should be lightly brushed up and
the floor washed every few days..
A source of disease, but one fre-
quently overlooked, is the pet ani-
mals of the household. The fur of
even the most cleanly cats and clogs
must come in contact with many
things which we would pot care to
have touch our food. In many fam-
ilies where the animals are not al-
lowed in the living rooms for fear
of soiling the furniture they are
given free range in kitchen and
pantry, where the chances are they
will leave more or Less loose hair
and di'r't which may find its.way to
food utensils or to food.
CHOICE RECIPES.
Oatmeal Gruel. -Put two heaping
tablespoonfuls ' oatmeal in one
quart of cold water, stir until it
commences to boil, then '000le one
hoar, stirring occasionally to .pre, -
vent scorching; season with salt,
sugar and any spice desired, For
infants and very sick patients it
must be strained, and not salted.
Fig Sandwiches, -Chop the ftgs
very fine, add water to make a thin,
smooth paste and cook gently until
of spreading consistency. Adel nut
meats chopped fine, with orange,.
juice or extract to flavor, Or, if
preferred, use grated candied le-
mon or orange peel :with freshfruit
juice to taste. Spread between thin
slices of buttered brown bread .cut
in fanciful shapes or between thin
slices of angel food or sponge cake,
Plum Pudding. -••One-half pound
flour, one-half pound chopped suet,
rine-half pound breadcrunibs, one-
half pound raisins, one egg, Milk
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THE MIGHT Y BRITISH 13.E TTLES JP LION
They call her H.M.S. Hellfire in the navy, because theheat from her funnels on tlie.trial trig
warped the steel in the fighting -top. Britain's augmented fleet will be full of improved `Lions."
and sugar. Mix the flour,••crumbs
and a little sugar together, rub in
the suet, add raisins and egg and
milk to make a very thick batter.
Put into a well -buttered dish, and
bake in good oven for two hours.
Marshmallow Pudding. -Dissolve
two tablespoonfuls of corn starch in
one-half cupful of cold milk, add
one-fourth teaspoonful of salt,
three-fourths cupful of sugar and
one-half teaspoonful of butter into
one quart of boiling milk; stir this
rapidly. Remove from the fire and
divide into equal parts. Into one
partstir the stiffened whites of two
eggs; into the other four table-
spoonfuls of melted chocolate. Fla-
vor with vanilla, Put into a mould
in alternate spoonfuls and serve
with cream.
Making Cranberry Pie. -For the
pastry : Sift half a teaspoonful of
salt and 1." cupfuls of flour ; add
four tablespoonfuls of butter when
thoroughly chilled. Chop until like
meal ; add cold,,water to make a
stiff dough. Chill ; roll on a floured
cloth or moulding board into a rec-
tangular shape; fold ends toward
centre, double, turn half -way
around and roll again. This paste
is a superior one. Chill before roll-
ing for pies. Roll the paste one-
quarter inch thick. Cut paste an
eighth of an inch larger than plate.
Cut strips three-quarters of an inch
wide for a rim. Out upper crust at
least one-eighth inch larger than
plate. Arrange lower crust on
plate, wet edges with. cold water,
Jay strips of *paste on rim on this,
taking eare to lap and seal the ends
with cold water. Fill the pie with
whatever material le -to be used.
Cut little slits in centre of upper
crust. Lay on pie; wet edges of
rim. Have all edges even, leaving
fulness in centre to allow for
shrinking. Press edges lightly but
firmly. For the pie : For filling,
mix 134 cupfuls of chopped cran-
berries, half a. cupful' of chopped
raisins, one cupful of sugar, one -
,quarter of a cupful of water and
one tablespoonful of butter. This
is sometimes called mock cherry
pie.
WEATHER PROPHET LEECH.
A leech kept in a glass jar of wa-
ter is an excellent weather prophet.
The jar should contain .about three
gills of water, which should be
changed once a. week in summer,
once a fortnight in winter. When
the leech lies .at the bottom of the
jar, and curled up in spiral form,
you may reasonably rely on_ fine
weather. If, however, it creeps up
to the top of the jar and remains
there, rain is coming;' When the
leech darts about its lodging with
great swiftness, it is -not suffering
from a pain. but is telling yen. to
look out for wind. If a.hurricr►ne is
on its way the leech will be more
out of the water than in, and will
have eonvulsive movements. The
jar, .by the way, should be only par-
tially filled with water, while the
top shou'd be covered with muslin.
When Jack Frost is going to pay
us a visit the leech behaves as when
foretelling fine weather-i.e., he
lies at the bottom of the jar ; but
when snow is coming, he climbs
right. up 'to 'the mouth of the, jar
atd sticks there.
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MUNICH' S HETI RECORD.
The capital of Bavaria, Germany,
mintains its' supremacy as a beer
drinking community. Statistics just
'Published by the municipal authori
ties show that the consumption of
beer per head of the population
last year amounted to no less than
10% gallons. This is nearly threr
times ics much as the Englishman':
average. Last year Munich's brew
eries produced 81, 752.000 gallons o'
beer, •af 42.,011 bnes^'� 1r•
was drunk in the ',city,. while the
rest was exported to other parts of
Germany and abroad.. This horde
consumption represented • an in-
crease of 2,310,000gall;onssas corio.
p:s,red with the ,previous year.
Now under construction, the s'
per -Dreadnought. Delhi will can
ia.e-ineh guns; throwing a, shell 0
1,400 pounds.
THE
SUNDAY 1
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
AUGUST 11. '
Lesson 'VI. A. troubled sea and a
troubled soul. Bark 4.35 to 5.20.
Golden Text, Psa. 46. 1, 2.
Verse 35. On that day -The par-
ticular afternoon of the day on
which Jesus sat in a boat and
taught the multitudes in parables.
Unlike Luke (8. 22), Mark associates
the events so that he remembers the
very day.
The other side. - The eastern
shore of the lake, about opposite.
'Oapernaum.
37. Storm ef wind - Greek, a
great squall. Matthew calls it a
"tempest" (8. 24).
38. The cushion --On the helms-
man's seat. The mention of the
cushion and ether little boats indi-
cates the careful detail of Mark's
narrative.
39ea bestill-Silence, cest i
,1 S lance,. be.
muzzled. He addresses the waves
as though speaking to an unruly
ox. The Greek word carries with
it not only the meaning that the
sea should become quiet, but also
that it should remain so.
A great calm -"In contrast with
the great storm."
40. Have ye not yet faith ?-This
question seems to indicate the prin-
cipal lesson which the incident is
intended to teach. In view of all
the preceding miracles it would
seem that these men, who had been
intimately associated with Jesus,
should have been confident of bis
power and disposition to care for
them, yet the incident discloses a
woeful lack of faith. The startled
appeal to their sleeping Master be-
speaks the distrust which possessed
them when confronted with danger.
The stilling of the storm is one
more incident added to the long list
of miracles which were designed to
inspire the disciples with a constant
faith in Jesus as the master of every
situation.
41. Feared exceedingly -At first
on account of their danger, later
because of the mysterious power
which Jesus exercised:'
Even the wind and the sea obey
him -Recorded in all three synop-
tie Gospels, indicating the marked
impression made, that not only
wore disease and demons subject to
Jesus, but the natural •elements a.s
well.
5. 1. Gerasenes-Luke 8. 26 gives
this rendering, while Matthew 8.
28 reads Gadarenes. The city Ger-
sa, or Reese, from which the proper
noun Gerasenes is derived:. was
situated on the •eastern side of the
lake, about midway fromOrth to
south, and about•a mile f�m the
shore. The shore at the point op-
posite is narrow and steep, drop-
ping
rop
ping abruptlyfrom the high table-
land to the water's edge. Here
there is another heap of ruins de-
signated by the same name. The
proper noun Gadarenes, on the
other hand, Domes from Gadara, a
city six miles southeast of the lake
•tnd south of the Hieroinax or Yar-
+nuk gorge. Gadera was, fortified
in ancient times and was one of
the pr'no'pal cites of Dec'polis:
Compare verse 20. Because of its
importance it was known more
,widely outside of Palestine` than
was Gersa, and this fact •may have
fed to the substitution of Gada-
es:nes for Gerasenes by some an-
sient copyists. When • we remmeber
how often the manuscripts of our
Gospels were copied and recopied
hiring the many centuriespreceding
meleesees of printing, the won-
der is that more eopvist's ei:rors of
this kind than actually do occur are.
not found in the Gospels.
2. Straightway -A: common word
in Mark's rapid sketch .oft,eyents.
Tombs --Caves in the limestone
Cliff's in tho vicinity of Gorse,
A man -Matthew mentions two.
Luke, however, mentions only one.
It is not improbable that there were
two of whom one was the fiereort
and acted as spokesman.
Unclean s zrit- om are Lesson.
Text Studies for' 1VIarch 10, for note
on Demon Possession.
6. Worshiped him -Paid him rev-
'erence. This was an act of obei-
sance which did not necessarily
amount to the worship of deity, but
wag a common means by W1iich one
person acknowledged the .superior=
ity of another. The demons clearly
recognized the mastery ,of Jesus
over them. •
7. What have I to do with theca?
-The utterance of the man, impell-
ed by the demon, which had nothing
in cominon with Christ.
Thou. Son of the Most High God=
As though he recognized the deity
of . Christ, It is to be noted that
although men were slow in • recog-
•nizing Jesus as divine the demons
identified him immediately.
9, Legion -So called because they
were many. A legion was a depart-
ment of the Roman arjny number-
ing 6,000 men. The language of the
demoniac was 01 course figurative.
It was as though he said, "I feel
as though I were possessed of a
thousand devils." .
10. Out of the country -Luke 8'
31 reads "into the abyss." The
demons feared being driven into
torment, while the possessed man
feared he would lee driven from his
asylum among the tombs.
13. He gave them :leave -Mat-
thew 8. 32 records that Jesus gave
the command, "Depart." There
is no intimation, however,' that
they were commanded to enter the
swine.
TJJs.sgGhM nton ie •shrdlu elle uu
About two thousand -As esti-
mated by the terror-stricken swine-
herds.
14: In the city-Gersa.
15. In his right mind -No longer
controlled by demons.
They were afraid -Of the mys-
terious power which overcame the
demons and resulted in such de-
struetion.
16. Declared unto them how it
befell ;film-Toldeee simple story of
the incidents and their results.
18. As he was entering intothe
boat -The incident resulted in Je-
sus departing at once without hav-
ing an opportunity to teach
That he might be with him -LA ge
quest prompted by both fear and.
devotion.
19. Go to thy house -The demo
niac became an appstle to those
whose doors were closed- to Jesus.
20. Deeapolis-A group of ten
Citieslying south and east, of the
Lake of Galilee.
FIND $500,000 IN TREASURE.
Russian Peasants Unearth Relies of
the Fourth Century.
While some peasants were digging
in a field in the village of Malaise
Russia, recently, they unearthed
an old chest containing treasure to
the value of $500,000. The treasure.
was in gold and silver coins of thea
fourth century and several gold and
silver vessels of a'later•-.date. One
of these was a large_ dish of damas-
cened gold with a, richly embossed
rim encrusted with precious stones.
A Latin inscription shows that:ads
dish was at one time in the posses-
sion of a Bishop who lived in the
eleventh century. A .similar dish is
embossed with the image of Sapor
II., a . Persian monarch of the
fourth century, Other articles were
eleven solid gold Persian cups.
The laborers kept the treasure in
a cottage for ,a long 'time, thinking
it was brass and lead. It was
through their efforts to make a bar-
gain with the owner of the field on
their own valuation that the true
worth of the metal in the chest was.
discovered. The estimate' of valua-
tion planed on the treasure is only
what it would bring as bullion and
not what it would bring; in the
world's great /markets for ant tjui-
ties. -x
The urirefillable• bottle has 'come'
at last, The unrefillable pocket -
hook we have always had with us.
Within:aer.led'of fifty years the
p i
population of the U'tiited. States has
increased 330 per cent.
H LINTER BY 81..
These Figures Pursue London Than
Home and Abroad.
Harry W. Devonshire in a letter
to the London (England) Times
says;
'Duringa residence of some
seventeen years in the metropolis I
have lived at six different address-
es in the West End of London bear-
ing the number 31„ Five of these
addresses I approached without
any preconceived intention of doer,
so and one ef them by design, .]lour
of my intimate friends n4kle at
addresses in town, each hous0beteg.
a No. 31.. Five other friends live in
residences in London exactly oppo-
site houses bearing the. number 31.
"If my taxicab should hie held` up
by congested traffic my vehicle has
times without number stopped ex-
actly apposite a No. al. While
strolling around a West End square
recently my'attention was attracted
toone of the houses by reason of its
original design, and upon ap-
proaching it for closer inspectipn I
discovered it bore the number 31.
"Leaving .the enclosure at the
London Aerodrome last Saturday
to walk around the grounds with a
friend. we were suddenly attracted
by Hamel'e' rem• sskable exhibition
of flying. I led the way to one, of
the numerous slightly raised foot-
raiIs which herder the enclosure,
and when we stepped hack again an
to the. 'ground we. both ,observed it
bore the number 31,
"I attended an evening function
a short time ago at which over 300
guests were present and the . diso
handed me• in the cloak -room was
No. 31. I may state that not a sin-
gle person in ,the building,:but the
friend who was with rale .and who
•accompanied me to Hendon knew of
these No. 31 occurrences, .and, his
astonishment was as ;sincere and
Profound as my own.
"On Thursday of the present
week, in the cloak-rovnn of a certain
West End. house which was crowd-
ed to repletion . with wedding
guests, the man servant tendered
me a disc No: 31 in exchange for my
hat and stick and I i+efiised it. I
was determined to attempt to break
the spell of this irritating and
ghostly No. 31 which pursues me
everywhere and upon occasion. I
may conclude these experiences by
mentioning that the entrance to my
club which I daily visit faces a No,
3 .."
NEW WAY TO RILL LOCUSTS.
Invented by a French Scientist, Dr.
Felix d'Herelle.
During a visit to Mexico two
years ago, Dr. Felix d'Herelle, a
young scientist of the Pasteur In-
stitute, noticed that locusts were
subject to an epidemic disease,, and
concluded that the best means of
destroying the insects would be to.
spread the disease among. them.
After careful research he•disoov
ered the bacillus of the . disease,
and, as the result o1 a paper read
before the Academy of Sciences in
Paris, was invited to make a prac-
tical test; of his discovery by . the
Government of the " Argentine,
where every year the plague of lo-
custs does incalculable damage to
the crops.
His first experiments were imme-
diately successful, a swarm of lo-
custs kept between barriers for ob-
servation purposes being extermi-
nated in eine 'days after they had
eaten grass sprinkled . with M.
d'Herelle's preparation. Within
less than a week dead locusts were
also found thirty miles from to in-
fected fields, while forty days after-
wards locusts :bearing the mark of
the epidemic were picked up two
hundred and fifty miles from thein-.
feted area. •
The locust plague in the Argen-
'tine threatened tc be worse than
ever this year, and in. the spring the
doctor ,set out, accompanied by
mules carrying the disease -spread-
ing liquid, and sprinkled every
swarm of )locusts that could be
found in the Province of Rioja,
where acre after acre, of the in-
sects had just hatched. After three
week only one ,living ' swarm, was
left in the entire, district.
The doctor declares that his pre-
paration lit no way affects the cat-
tle grazing in fields sprinkled with
the liquid., •
Was Oonflned To Red
EOR FOUR MON'ni3
ItIlEUMATISM THE CAME
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pleasure that I can recommend Doan's;
Kidney Pills to all suffering witb. rheum-
atism. I was so bad with this terrible
• disease, I was unable to get up from my
bed for four months, and nothing seemed
o relieve me until a friend recommended
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about them, ' but was so desperate 1
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After taking half a box I was able to get.
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to work for the first time in five months;
and have not had a touch of rheumatism
since. Anyone who saw me then would
not know me now, as I am so strong and•
active since taking your valuable medi-
csne."
Doan's. Kidney Pills are 50 cents- per--'
box, or 3 boxes for $1,25, at all dealers,
or mailed direct on receipt of price by
The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto,
Ont.
In ordering direct, seecifv'"Doan's."
MARRIED BLUE ACRETS.
Sailors in British' Navy . Feel Ind
crease in Cost of Living.
One of the most important probe
lams connected with the British.
navy is that known as the lower
deck grievances. This problem mass
be -up into questions of pay; of
privileges, of promotionand of lis
ciplinesplit,
The question of pay is the great
eat of them all. The pay of the
navy, both for officers and men, has:
remained stationary since Nelson's
day.
course the •sailor 'sllodged, fed:
and clothed by the Government;
and the question of pay would .net, •
be .so important if sailors were sin-
gle. men and had no home but their
ships.' But the navy is essentially
a married service. Practically
every long service Bailor gets mar-
ried, and of the men in the service
morel than 50 per pent. have wives•
to look after.
Marriage. is encouraged in : the:
navy. The Admiralty recognizes•
that it is a good thing for men who
remain from a dozen to twenty
years in the service to contract the
steadying tie of matrimony, but it
does nothing to help them to main-
tain
aintain their shore homes. They get
no extra „pay and no separation
allowance like the'soldier. Thus it
comes about that the recent rapid
rise in the cost of: living has been
very; keenly felt by the bluejacket.:
As a. rule the married sailor makes
an exoellent husband: -
In the matter of messing a,ncl, of
quarters the sailor is better off than
he used to be; his food is more var-
ied and it is better Booked, while.•
the new ships give -him more light
and air and deck space. •
Unnecessary interference with a
curtailment of leave' is another
cause of the discontent among the
men of the lower deck: When Lord
Charles Beresford took over the
command of the Channel fleet the
offence of leave breaking had reach-
ed very serious proportions. Every
Monday hundreds of men failed to .:
return to their ships. Lord Charles
extended the privilege of leave and
gave the men liberty from Friday J.
afternoon to Monday morning..: In s
these two clear days they; xv'ere able
to go home, that was ' what they
wanted, • • and leave -breaking
promptly ceased. in the Channel •
fleet. •
• To -day the offence is more or less •
prevalent again, for the Beresford
system has been abolished, not be-
cause it had a bad effect on the
efficienoy of the fleet; but because
the financial people at the Admiral- , ,
ty complained about the cost of it.
A LONG SERMON.
A celebrated doctor was some-
times inclined to sleep in church
during the sermon; and a friend
who was with him in the pew one
Sunday joked with him about nod-
ding now and then. The doctor in-
sisted he had been awake all the
time. .
"Now, then," said his friend, _
"can you tell me what' the sermon
was about?" .
"Yes, I can„" said the doctor.
"Itwas about half an hour • too
long."
CONVICT TRIES SUICIDE. t THOUGHT SHE • ®ULD
Nails,. Screws, Glass, Lead, 'Etc.,
Found in His Stomach.
A , convict w}fo is undergoing a
long sentence in the prison of Lenz-
bourg, Canton of Argovie, became
tired of life "recently, and"deeided
to hasten death by a curious meth-
od. He swallowed , every piece' of.
metal, glass, etc., he could find in
the ,courtyard; when the wardens
were not watching hien. This con-
tinued for weeks. end the .coxdict
seemed to thrive, but the other day
he was found writhing in, agony,
and the doctor, to save the man's'
life, , performed an operation . in
haste.
From the convict's stomach were
extracted 1.47 nails of various sizes,
69 screws; 24 pieces of ,glass, 9 bits
of lead, 22 brass hands` of nails; 3
collar buttons. and the ' broken
blades ofa knife` and a chisel, The
operation was a streceas: and the
convict, who has el.ianged li:s: vieJv
con Mir ning`his tlsn it,'rrs. from this,
World, will; soon be well •again. ..
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