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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1897-11-12, Page 22 GCYRRE;VT .TOTES, t.M Lea is no lon'ger the Dark Coutin- ent, Explorers have gridironeii it with their routes. Probably no geographic, al ,question of the first importance re - meths to be settled there, In its most important aspects Africa is now re- vealed and {Ars study in detail will be the week of the next centuryt It is in South America and Antarctica that the largest explorations of the future will be made, Of the great land. masses Smith Amerina is the least knnwn and offers the greatest prizes to explora- tion,. All that part of Colombila lying east of the Cordilleras is almost wbolly unknown except along the courses of four or five of the larger rivers which were :napped by Create= and ether ex- plorers. ;With only one or two exe'ep- toans the many tributaries of these large streams, if they are audiealad. on the maps are marked in broken !Ines to show that they have not been sur- vleyed. The names of a few^ of the In- dlwn tribes and towns. and some inkl- ing of minor mountain ranges seen from the explored rivers, are all we know of the large, white spaces on the maps of eastern Colombia. ' Not a third of Brazil is even lately well known away from the large tri- butaries of the Ser :,zoo, and even the best known and most populous part of the country, East Brazil was shown on the maps with glaring inaccuracy' not more than ten'years ago. A num- ber of long mountain ranges were de- pleted on all maps for many years, though there was no such ranges. Some of the large revers ,have cut their val- leys deeply and the high bluffs were represented as mountains. There are districts thousands of miles square., be- tween the Amazon tributaries, both north and south of that river of whose geography not the slightest detail has come to light. The eastern parts of Ecuador. Peru, and Bolivia, east of the Cordilleras are very little known. lit is correct in the main, to say that be- tween Venezuela and Argentina, all inner South _'unerica has been explored only along ids more important water courses and that the still unvisited re- gions in Brazil stretch two-thirds of the way across the continent to its widest part THE BRUSSELS POST. Nov 12; 1897 NOT QUITE LOST. In the spring of 18— I was at one of feet of wet!ar found in it. Shortly ate the islandis an the wast coast of Afe rica, anxioufs to take the first chance that offered of getting back to 0111 England. One of the huge Cape mail,' boats was dub in about a week fromi the tine my story commences—boats which combine the comforts of a first class hotel with the nearest approach to absolute safety that persons trust- ing themselves to the merry of the sea can reasonably expect. T did mol., how. ever, intend to wait for the mail -boat., if any other vessel offered a chance of getting to England before her. One morning a steamer came in bound for England., She was a cargo -boat, but carrying a few passengers; and• the captain said he could make room for me. Before taking a passage in this nesse^ I had a good look et her, and I came to the conclusion that, though there were not many comforts on board, at anyrate she looked like a good safe sea - boat. She bud plenty of freeboard; indeed, I found out afterwards that her cargo was a light one, consisting of wool and raw hides, so that she was higher cwt of water than usual., and she had good beam for her :length. I went on board. about six p.n., on a !Friday evening. The weather was beautiful. The deep blue sky—set off by the still deeper blur of the sea, only broken here and there by the smallest ot "white horses"—and the island glow. Ing in ell the boanety of tropical sun- shine, made a picture not easy to for- get. The passengers consisted. of eighteen first-class and ten steerage. Amongst the former wrore two ladies and four little , children. The crew mustered about twenty men all told. After dinner, I went on deck to smoke, the. pipe of peace and think of wife and children, who were being brought near- er to me by every throb of the power- ful engines. Apg the cabins were on the upper deck, the had being devoted to cargo, with the exception of one small cabin for the steward. The vessels was steer- ed from the bridge; but there was an- other wheelhouse right aft, for use lir case of emergency. She carried two masts, and was square-rigged on her foremast. Next day, when I turned out, we were out of sight of fund; the weather was still fine, though there was a little sea, caused by the north-east trade -wind, which was b:owing steadily, though not very strongly, against us. All went well till the evening. At six o'clook the cabin passengers dined, the captain, a jovial, ruddy -fixed sailor, who looked as if he had had no cares in the world, taking the head of the, table; and the doctor, a self-possessed wiry little man, tatting the other end. As dime— went on, the flew of smalltalk increased, till, towards the end, there was a regular hum of conversation, and mos were looking tolerably happynd con- tented. Suddenly, the whole scene changed; first came a crash, which seemed to shako the ship from end to end; and then scrape, thud, hammer, es the engine eolit.nved, to make several revolutions before t teasel were stopped. wndred As we wets p miles from any lend or shoal -water, I knew instinctively that the screw - shaft was broken, and that, in all pro• babilrity, those last two or three revo- L t' h{ad done terrible mischief. No ons knows whon(a survey of the 'Andes will be carried out, but certain- ly many years will elapse before a fair- ly detailed map of these great moun- tain chains will be possible. The inde- fatigable labors of a German! explorer within the past few years havereveal- ed about fifty passes through the moun- tains which bad never been mapped,. The sources of many rimers flowing in- to the Pacific are not known, though they are undoubtedly among the moun- tains not more than 150 to 200 miles from the coast. The recent boundary dispute between Chili and Argentina was due largely to the fact that the crest of thin mouniaun range in that latitude is further west than was sup- posed, and Chili thought herself entit- led to a wider territory ,than she could have if she accepted that line as a boun- dury. s1 few years ago the late Capt, Page settled an interesting question in South American geographyh and there are not a few others of equal importance that remain to be solved. His work blasted the holes of Roltvia that she might find a water outlet to the Atlantic by way of t'ho Pileomayov River, which rises among the mountains and flows southeast to the broad Parana. Capt. Page was employed to ascend the Pil- comayo on a small steamer,, through the hostile Itndian country, and en- deavor to reach Bolivia. .Rs steamed far up the river, until at last his keel stuck fast on the ,bottom of the chan- nel. Then he built a dawn across the river behind his vessel, and the accum- ulated waters enabled hum to go on a few miles. He repeated this process six times, and his seven drams added thirty- ftve miles to the distenee his vessel made. By that time Capt. Page was convinced that the Pilcomiayo was not available as an outlet for Bolivia's pro- duce, ter this, the captain told me privatelyi that there was no chance of saving the Ship; and be was shortllyi going to give the order to prepare the boats for leav- ing her. ,phis order was soon given ' and then occurred the onlly sign cit' Panto which I saw from first to last, Some of the crew, wheals was, compos- ed of Wren of several nationalities, made a dash at one of the boats,. with the intention of getting away in her by 1lremsela-es. The night was Clark, the moon not Stavin yet risen, so that they were not noticed for a minute or two; but when the mates found out what wits going on, they bundled them out of the boat in no time. About this time I had occasion to go through the saloon ; tbo steward was there; and although be knew that or- ders bad been given to leave the ship, he was busy dusting some glasses in a reek, an dhad evidently leen round the saloon putting 'everything in perfect order, so that rt might go to the bot- teun tide': I suppose habit was sec - and nature to 'hire. On going out,, I passed the cabin where the four chit dreg ;were peacefully , sleepingg. I could not help peeping in; but it tivas sad to look at the rosy cheeks and peacefue'faces of the little ones, and to think what a sma10 chance they 'sail- or rad or surviving a long boat -cruise. The vessel was well found in boats, six in ell—roue• large ones, and two ight gigs. It was decided to use only the four large boats, as they would take us all.; and we set to work to get them swung out and provisioned in a hurry. It was an exciting time I If the vessel had been einking quickly, ere should not have gob one boat away. Nothing would work easily ; the davits stuck for a long time, and resisted all our efforts :to turn them; and the fadals jammed in the blioals. Moreover, the boat I was told off to had been painted the day before, and was ale over wet paint, which made it most difficult to handle her, besides leaving a remaind- er on one's garments. However, it was done at lust; and tinned meat, biscuits, and water put into each boat. As, to our water -oast, it, was so rotten it coned, not hold water at all, and we had to content oursellves with filling a few bottles, The captain (then ordered the wo- men and children and one sick man into the boat he was going to take charge e,1 ; and in they got, the boat still swinging at the davits. One old man brought all his heavy boxes from the cabin, and placed them beside the boot he was going in; and when told he could. only tteke some wraps, he quietly dragged !them 'book to his cabin. Just as the order was going to be given for call to leave the alp, and even the man at the wheel had been called away, the chief -engineer came on deck and wild to the captain: "Don't you leave the ship, sir; I believe we can save her." Be then explained that though the engine -room bulkhead had Baked considerably, he and his men had made it nearby tight, and what little water came into the engine -room was easily pumped out again; and though the water was stela rising abaft the engine -room, it was not rising so fast as it did at first; and the vessel, in his opinion, was sure to fleet for some hours yet, if she eou.d not be kept afloat altogether. Smnda'y night. All the eargd in the' • t ilea bezel f a'fterhatd that could be got a thrown overboard; so, by way o tits•• tag the steam -winch, a'arge cask was. ri�ggged up and Lowered into the held Hulled aitia water, hoisted Up, and tip- ped, overboard, This coiud be done about teem a minute, and helped con- s'ideraliDy to keep the water down. The sbenelefrom tiiehald added now to our discomforts, as the raw hides and wool began ea ferment, owing to the notion of the water combined with the beat of the weather. let that was a small. matter. And so the second 11151111 went on. Me groat ship looming against the star -lit sky with her dark square sails set on the foremost, her bows tower- inghigh above tbesea, her stern nearly Level with it, and three red lights on her foremast --signals of distress—look- ed like some huge monster out of a fairy tale strioken nigh Unto death, but struggling on while life lasted. There were some curious traits ot character exhibited on the part of both cretin' and passengers, though most of deem did their duty quietly and man - fitly. One man, a steerage passenger took to his berth' after the accident happened. When the second -mate went to rouge him up and make him take his turn at the pumps, he said, "he teas not goring to pump; be knew the vessel was going down, and be weafal die comfortable in his berth." In. fact he was teff there, as the mate had no time to waste over him. An- other man armed himself with a re- volver, with the intention of shooting himself if the worst came to the worst, as he said he preferred shooting to drowning. The revolver was taken from him. To 13e Continued. The captain consenbed to wait till daylight, and. we men went back to the pumps, though the poor women and children were still kept swinging at the davits, the captain being afraid to take them cwt ot the boats, for fear there would not be time to get them in again. But after about two hours otf it, he let them come out. The dreary night wore on. Cocoa, and once a drink of rum, were served out to the men at the pumps. 1V11eu the rum came—a wine -glassful to every two men—the man I shared with was a grime stoker, and he had first' drink, for a moment I hesitated when my turn came; but the &:aims of exhaust - the rest being damp and useless. The moon wasap now. We got some sail an the vessel, and headed her for u ions Madeira, which was about two hun- 1Ve ad rnade the best of aur way on CATed s far as ddela nt,a& see, noevessels were (leek. The passengers were not much In sight; but some rockets were tried. alarmed as yet; but I noticed a look TAIL FUN. • Makes ell the difference. Miss H'igh- goer-0,31eie I regard. Dlr. Goodby as ad model:. young. man,"iss Niokers-- "A, '07 modelBl ! I trust." Newrlder—"Yes, sir ; I'm absolutely certain Blanslst rode a wheel," Seoffer —"But why ?" Newrider—"Did be not remark to his mother; "011, what fall- ing off was there?" Minnie—"Think you sha.i11 keep up your bin Bila walling this winter 0" illam.ie--"I guess not; but there's one thing I intend to do; I mean to put iu elle wi'n'ter Learning bow to ride baes- ward on a tandem," She—"Is this your eyo',ometer on the mantel 0" Re—"Sits.' "Why, it only registered 2; is tbab all the miles you have ridden in els: months?"- "Oh, no; I keep that to tell the number of della= I leave paid in installments." "Did you tell theht young man not to call here any morel" asked Mahel's father, severalty': "N—yo." "Why not 0" "I didn't think it was neces- sary. I don't see how be could call any more now. Hb calls seven times a week. A Wonderful Men.—"What a pati- ent atient man that Hanford is!" Is he Patient 0 1 never noticedtt." "Yes; he inCLnted his tires with a handpump this morning without swearing that ho would throw the thing away and kick his wheel to pieces author than ever try to do it again," Lady—"Do you say yourrayers ev- ery nrght0" Little boy—'Yes.' Lady —'And does your mamma say hers?" Littre ivy—"Yes." Lady—"And does your daddy V". Little boy—"No; he doesn't need to. Its almost morning when he gets to bed." WHY MAN IS WEARY. This is 5 Typical 'idle or nMAWS Ile ivoe ,and Sorrow. A good many hundreds and even thousands of long suffereng husbands can bear sorrowful testimony to the fact that this is the, sort of cat- echism the wives of their bosoms subject them to every time they put an their hats to go out in the evening— "Where are you going?"' "Oh, I'm going out for a few mit- utes." "Wherei" "Oh, nowhere in particular." "What tor?" "Oh, nothing." "Why do you go, then." "Well, 1 vent to go, that's why?" "Do you have too?" "I don't know that Ido," "Why do you go, then??" "Because. " "Because what?" "Well, simply because," "Going to be, gene long?" "No. "How long?" "I sdoeet know. "Anybody going with you?" "No." "Well, it's strange that you oan't be. content to stay at home a few minutes. Dun'. be gone long, will you?" No." "See that you don't:" This is one reason that so many mar- riages are a ,dead flat fizzle and fail- ure.' Only one of them, however, went up, of great anxiety on the captain's face 1 the rest being da,m�ar was useless. Sunday morning proke at A PECCULIAR PLANT. A patent grows in Assam, the botani- cal name of watch' is Gymnaema syl- vestre, and whivh has the peoulliar pro- perty, when chewed, of temporarily neutralizing the sense of taste as re- gards sweet and bitter things, while sour and saline substances remain un- altered. Tho Hindus claim that the pliant is an antidote to snake Hite, Sbnvever that may be, it is believed that the plant might be advantageously introduced in our pharmacopoeia as a means of disguising the bitterness of quinine and other disagreeable medi- cines. ENTERPRISING. Mrs, Watts—That S'imonsbee woman is is perfect Mende Bir. Witte—I alavays thought her so gentle and refined!, Mrs. Watts—Oh, she is among you ,pen, int what do yon think of a wo- manw'howill wear her little sons base - bell shoes to a bargain rush and spike every woman wire gets in her way? kat. A as he hurried away, sad Sunday f 'We anxiously scanned It soon transpired that the shaft the horizon; there was not a sail in was broken' and the broken ends ham- sight anywhere, mering agatnsit each other before the The bulkhead which was keeping ue engine could be shopped had broken the up for the time -being was nearby amid - after -bearing where the shaft passes ships, bud nob quite, it being a little out through the ship, and water was aft of that position, so not quite half pouring in there into the tunnel, fifty the vessel was at the mercy of the or sixty feet in length, leading to the 'e.a1t. engine -room, along 'which the shaft, Shortly after• daylight there was passes. The weld was sounded—about a. a cons, Cation in the captain's cabin Coot of water was found, and prepare- as to what should be done. It was da- tions were at once made to get the aided to take the hatches off, ¢rede throw pumps to work. over ell the cargo abaft the engine- 1 mutat now recount a noble deed, room tbat caned be got at. There was which under ether circumstances might a, steam -winch avai!IOble, and a dor- `the rick was soon rigged alp. The cargo wet well have earned a Victoria Cross. coned get at was all tunnel which I ;have just mentioned wool, In bales of about ten hundred ended at the engine -room withundredweight each; and as ter -tight door in a, so-called water- bae after bail wont over Cthe side, we tight bulk -head. The chief engineer, rnade a long wake of theta, as they knowing .at once what bad happened, did not sink at once, and finding a largo body of water Tile weather steel kept fairly fine; called for had, it not been for this, we could nob coming out of the tunnel, vo unteere to go with him, up the tun- have of taken t11e vessel! :was flys thistime Wei and try to slap the leak. the iatber lbw in the water, end woshould, danger was very great; the tunnel was in all probability have been Unable to it already half full of water,, the rush of a which was so strong that wits save the ship. s diffi• p' cult to walk against le; and ab the The steward had not neglected his rate it was rising, it seemed almost im- duty, and had prepared as good a possible for men to gut to the and of breakfast as he cone]. manage; and the tunnel and back again before it meohantaalfly we, tivezut to it, not .that was foe of water, in which case they anybalead any real wish to go to breakfast, but as a matter of habit. must have been drowned. One man only responded to the appeal of the It was an uncanny thing, also, to take chrref ; and these two breve fellows, re- :meal in :cabin which one felt almost ggardless of everything but their duty, sure would, be at the bettam al the daated into the tunne,L, carrying blank- sea before the next mealtime came els and ropes to secure over the leak. round. Yet, in We went, the captain They actually Sat to the end of the taking the head of the tal4,ie as usual; tunnel anal succeeded in placing the bat he, could eat nothing, and even his blankets over the hole blit before they jovial ruddy face was much altered. could secure them, the eyeing water Shortly after breakfast, one of the forced them beck, just finite the tune salines who was on the lookout cried RE'S IN THE TTJR,EEN NOW. Willie—Do ecni like oysters, ilIr. Slo- S ohoy—'Not very much, Willie. Willie—Then why do YDU always eat them in warm weather We took the work in two gangs, Sleboy—I don't. What' made you sunk think I di d? twenty e ntq m in utes tire an d on, n, an d I found oun d ai11le�Whyrsister rinnie ny9 a Myself smoking between the a, hot day when you aska girt to withconsiderable contort raWith yeti, The was sciladodlgain,a dit o _.... . HEALTH. EAT GOLD FOOD SLOWLY. Digestion will not begin till the temperature of tee food has been rais- ed by the heat of elle ebosnach to nilne- ty-oigat degrees. Hence the more beat that can be imparted to it by slow mastication the better. The pre- aipl4atiaraa of a largo quantity of cold in the stommeh by fast eating may,,and often does, cause discomfort anxtipdigestion, and every occasion of this kind. results in a measurable in- jury to the digestive functions. Per- sons oC low vitality and delicate health should eat their food warm. Strong 1.1ersans who aro Lull of warmth and bloodcan safely eat sold food it it is eaten slowly and is thoroughly ell awed. -- ABOUT MEAT "VITI'LES." Why eat animal flesh at all? It isn't necessary; it isn't conducive to health. On. the contrary, the flesh of animals oftentimes proves dangerous to health, and many, from: satLngcer- tain diseased meats, have been fatal- ly poisoned from animal parasites; All animals are. subject to various para- sitical diseases, and all flesh eaters partake more or less of the parasite, which often gives rise to boils, pus- tules, carbuncles, tubercles, trichina, flukes, tape worm, etc. But some will say good cooking will destroy the parasite. Admit it; but 11 there is Haler arutrimentat quality in the meat, that may be last, fon the cookeug may destroy it also. Fire is u. devouring element, and a roasting fire may not know enough to know how to spare the meat, to roast the parasite, ABOUT INTRODUCTIONS. It is mortifying to note how many Persons pay little or no heed to what may be styled the etiquette of intro- duction. To the lover of good form there is something that sets one's teeth on edge on hearing an introduction so worded that a woman is presented to a man., or an elderly woman to a young one. The rules with regard to intro- ductions are so simple and sensible that it would seem that the wayfaring man orwoma'n,though e, fool, would scarcely err therein. A. man is always introduc- ed to a wom.aar, and it may he well in passing to add that a lady's permission should usually be asked before such is presentation is made. It is a simple matter to say, "Bliss Brown, may Ipre- sent to you Mr. Jones?" before uttering the formal "B ree Brown, allow me to introduce Mr. Jones."' The maen is, of course, always brought to the women whom he is to meet; the woman should never ee led to the man. These rules might seem superfluous were it not that one so often observes their infraction among people who should know better. MRS. PERHAM WAS RICH BEiu. She Bifid lice Money in Many O'eenli:n• Places, The late Nfrs. Almire NI. Perham, of the South End, Boston, Blass., was a woman of not a few eccentricities. She died April 12, 1890, belt no one ever dreamed that she was worth a Penny. She had then attained the age or '10 years, loved humbly in a single room by herself, and from her close way of living excited the pity, rather than the envy of her neighbors. She had been a widow twenty years wb,en she died, and her nearest rela- tives were nephews dna nieces. They numbered about sixteen, and were widely scattered throughout the coun- try. They will be surprised to learn Wel as they dashed beck into t e englns- "Seal ho I" We certainly saw what' room. Then, with great' difficulty, atlpeared to be a salt, but it• the water. -tight door was dosed; and disappeared and again appear".. the fires not Graving been pet out, ed in a, curious manner. Every though the water bed nearly risen up body brightened ep at this news, pare to them, they were able to work a pow- tkuaarly the poor women; but after erinll steam -pump with which the yes- careful, examination through the gloss, sol 'was fitted, soon reducing the water it turned out to be only some whales La the engine -room. The weer -Ugh': spouting. bulkhead -was still leaking badly in see- 'Ten feet of water being an the hoed oral places, and, it required all the skill by the afternoon, the stern of the of the chief engineer to make it eau. yesee1 was very enwrap lower in the cientlly tight topreveet the water from water, Towerd;e eventing, as the light gaining an. an. the pumps inside the en. was beginning to fade, wo saw a steam, ginerr00re er' but it, was hull down, end we could. Abaft theen'ginc-Toon the water was only tele its meets and fennel. We rapidly rising, Some of the passengers had, an elxl carronade wl><reh had pro• had been set to work at a hand -pump bably last been fired at the battle of on deck' hull being a poor pump, ill the Nile. This was loaded, and with woo worked very hard wrtlr little re• greet (1;11101111,y fired ; lett .t took such a being time, that the steamer was ad of sight before it, went off, and no ree etelft, followed. Wo, else tried one 09 two More MOWS; lent. it was of no that they are the heirs to $84,000. The amount of money, .eft was not half so interesting se the, places in which it Was hidden,. For instance, $24,000 :vas found in the late Mee. Perham's bus- tle. The bustle was carefully laid to one side, and the finder began to search further. The detect was ransacked from the auger bowl down to the breadeen. The bed was turned topsy-turvy; the piliows were shaken, up end shaken down, and the 'tick likewise. The stockings and the shoes were turned inside out. The trunks and the o:d chests were turned upside down— e.1 In search of more, Tile search when aomplbted was etch—bonds, savings bank books, cash—everything together figured up to X$84,000. STRANGER THAN FICTION. The Gentleman gives currency to a. remarkable but well authenticated story which shows—what most people are supposed to know already— that truth is stranger than fiction. Scene years ago the cashier of a Liverpool merchant received a Bank of England nate, which he held up to the light to make sure it Wile genuine. In so doing he noticed some very indistinct red marks, as it w orde had been traced on the front of the note and on tiro margin, end out of euriosity ha tried to decipher them. At length he made out the following sentence— "If this note should fall into the bands of John Dean of,Longhillmar, he will learn thereby that his brother is languishing a prisoner in Algiers." BLr. Dean, on being shown the note, lost no time in asking the government for assistence, end finally secured the freedom of his brother, me payment of e ransom to the bey. ;1`hs 'unfortun- ate loan bad been a prisoner for eleven years, end had traced, with e piece of wood for pert end his own blood. for ink, the message on the bank- note, in the hope of its being seen sooner or later. GOOD AND BAl) FOODS. The pest brain foods, or phosphates, aro lean meats, fish, cheese, crabs, wheat, barley, oatmeal., almond. nuts, southern corn, beans, potatoes, figs and prunes. The hest carbonates, or heat producers, are fatneat, sugar, butter, rice, rye, chocolate, dates, buckwheat, Northern corn, white flour Excess in this branch is the cause of poor health, poor blood and had skin. The best nitrogenous foods or muscle makers, are verm'cslli, eggs, cheese, meats—particularly beef. — Southern corn, salmon, beans, and Haas. Phos- phatic foods for persons of strong mentality, and those who study much cannot be too strongly urged The best foo:l be the cheapest. It is well to remember that in hot weather we should avoid carbonates or heat mak- ers; such as fats, rich cereals, sweets, etc. A, liberal fruit diet at such times is well. A SLIGHT RESEMBLANCE, - Mme. Patti, the popular songstress was delighting a large audience in the Town Hall of Birmingham, when a workingman at the rear. of the build- ing was observed to be in tsars. There was 'nothing in the song to account for this display of grief for the famed prima donna was singing in the Italian tongue; but the grief of the man be- came more pronounced and annoying ere Mme. Patti had contended. At length amid a thunder of ap- plause the singer retired, and the stranger was asked the reason of his grief. She reminds me so of my darter," said the tearful one, "She was in the singing line." "But surely your daughter could not sing like that 0" said the man on the net seat. No,' answered the mourner, with another sob; "but you never could tell what she was singing about." SUPERSEDING ALCOHOL IN HOSPI- TALS. A, movement is on foot to conduct hospitals on strictly temperance lines, and to dispense entirely with the use of intoxicating liquors in the treat- ment oil' patients, Many practitioners believe that the use of intoxicating stimulants results in more harm than good, and hold that innumerable drunk, arts have been created by the adminis- tration of liquor in accordance with a physician's prescription. In the same way, there is hardly a victim of tine morphine or chloral habit whose misfortune has not begun with the taking of. the drugs for medicinal par- Pews. There are many good substi- tutes for alcoholic intoxicants, and many avhich are quite as valuable as stimuleeLs. Such drugs as carbonate of ammonia, etrychnia, digitalis and nitroglycerin are now being used in hospitals Maltese o£ the more danger- ines forms of eJkohol, and with good re- sults. Where 'the clew method has been resorted, it Ls said the Meau7ty has invari.ai.ry been gratified at its success. DIDN'T of"!?:ECT HIMI. Ilorrified Old Lady -011, kind sir, think of your mother l Think of your mother l Burglar, sternly—Nn use, lady—I wile brought .up in an incubator, TESTED POINTS IN DIET. Formerly a fever patient was for- bidden to take milk, while in modern lunettes it is about the only food allowed, and a well-nigh exclusive diet of that liquid is sail to be very effi- cacious in. dliabetes. At the German spas Carlsbad, Wiesbaden, etc., a very little bread is allowed, the diet being mostly made up of milk, eggs, grapes and lean beef; a non-star:h diet is the rale, bread, starchy vege- tables and cereals being almost ceclnd- ed. Rico is easily digested and 11 ex- cellent food, except that it abounds in earth salts. Fruits are •not only digested is the first stomach, but they have re large part of the nourishment already in a condition to be absorb- ed and assimilated as soon as eaten. The. food elements in bread and cereals have to undergo a process of diges- tion in the stamaate and they be passed on to the intestines for is still further che,mieal change before . being ot use to the human system, showing the advantage of a diet of lean meats and fruits. Rome, reflectively --"I wish I know how be telt a woman s ogee' Se/Wanes.--The best way Is to teal it in a sett, and gentle Whisper." SUE SAID IT, The diftioulties which people wbo aro unaccustomed to contact with titled persons have in using the han- dles to the names of lords and dukes are immense. An English paper tells in the way in which one young woman solved a problem of the sort. She was an unsophisticated country girl, and had been engaged as house- maid is the service of the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir. When she oeme she. was thus instructed by the house- keeper; Whenever yaw meet the duke, Alice, be sure to say Your Grace. The very next (lay, as the maid was going down the passage, the duke chanced to meet her. Immediately the girl drew herself close to. the wall, closed her eyes, and assuming a re- verential attitude, said- Lord, supply the wants of others, and make us thankful, Amen, NAVES SUBDUED BY RAIN. It seems rather hard to understand haw the tiny raindrops can flatten down th'e enormous swells of an angry ocean, but the observations of a well- known English scientist explain it a laarly, Each drop, he says, sends be- llow the sira•face a certain quantity of water in the form of rings, which, with gradual&y, decreasing velocity and in- creasing size, descends as malate es elgh- been inches below the surface. There - fere, when rain is falling, on the sea, there is as much motion immodiatal'y beneath the meet% es above, only the drops are larger and their motion slow- er. Thus, unseen by the human eye, the water at the surface is being made to continually change places with that beneath, end in this way the wave - motion is destroyed. TRID SUPREME TEST. Miss leastidity is very dainty in leer manners, isn't she? I should say so. Why, she can oven eat Corn off the ear without looking as though she had, both !roofs in the trough, t IN DAftREST AFRICA. The Tivfies{onary-.lisre I Moroi tee due, two fighting s.rr>tked t '4Vhat; ere y g g Wheat The C'o05baten9s menti, an de whale. REALLY SERIOUS, Where's Brown'i the scorcher 1" Laid up. What's the matter 0 Wagon ? No. Exeavaton ? No, Another scorcher. . 'Oho 1 Then it's really something ser- ious isn't it 1IAY WIIELE SUN SHINES. You say sonar is in clover? How so? He has just married a grass widow who gob l20,000 alimony six p10511hs ago, Tim141 AND NOW. First Scientist—What fools those old Puritans were for believing in witches! Second Scientist—Seems to me they must hevo beeni half -crazed. Well, we must hurry, or you'll be late for your lecture on Hypnotism and Crime, ON THE WAY IIOBLI;. ,How beautifully the preacher ex- pounded that parable of the Iaredig it Yore, but I do think ho ought to have said something in a waening way about the unwholesomeness of eating veal in largo quentttios. STIVIISING dN-1VDRAGN. Restaurant Guist—I1tterybh{ng yeti hevo brought me is atone acid, Polito Waiter—Here is the mustard au' pepper, soh. ; ,