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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1892-3-11, Page 2lememonarymoonlereorsouttayan.....samdra* BY ERIE'S WAVES OR, TWO ATONEMENTS, B1 ]!LOSS. CHAPTER I. After a lung journey, end it dusty drive poetise George Lensing, end hie lair young bride wore at last within the gates of bis piotnreequc little home. "How beautiful it is," his wife murmured a.t they passed through the altorl avenue, dark with sha- dowy trees, lin homed ferwerd, and taking her Maud ;reeved it gently Au.l tenderly. Her lips trembled as rile smiled at him Welcome home sty darling, my wife " he said " l am glad you like your future flume and. never alheli you have cense to regret the first tIntol welcomed you herr.." "Never while 1 have you to comfort ale dear," She answered, smiling. He smiled oleo, as he kissed her lovely cheek. But fn after years those words so confidingly spoken, returned to them both with widely different feelings. There was not in all the Province, a love- lier home, than that to which Hooter Lan• sing brought his bride, in the little village of Hayfield, nestling upon the wave -washed store of thebaantiful Erie. It fa ted the lake though some distance intervened, and this spore was a sweet, harnteu1ous bleuding of lovely flowers. The cottage itself was ptetoresque in its quaint. nese; loug and low, with large windows, many of which were entirely concealed by clinging vines, and blossoming foliage, Within all was splendor, dieplayiug the re fined taste of the owner, Doctor Lansing was a man of wealth, and refinement. Itis rather was Captain Lansing (of the barge Royal,) who, having died about a year previous, had left George, his lovely seaside home. He had one sister who mar- ried much against Captain Lanaing's wishes, and in consequences of this he disowned her, refusing to ever look upon her face again. Even in his worst sickness he would not permit them to seed for her, but iu his last hour, with eternity a -evening before Ides, bitter remorse filled his yielding heart, and with gasping breath he besought his son to assist her in her need. Shortly after Captain Lansing's death his daughter was left as widow. Her husband had died end- denly, leaving het almost destitute, and with a little daughter about a year old. George at once went to his sister's aid, and with the wealth at his diapered he procured her a beautiful home in the city, providing every necessity Inc the comfort of herself end child. After his father's death George grow fired of the solitude surrounding his quiet a ome, and leaving the cottage in charge et a trusted couple (who had been in his fatherb services) he left his home end after a briet stay with his sister in Mottre.l, proceeded to visit the principal cities in .Amercia. But one will tire of travelling as will as of solitude, and in a month's time Doctor Lansing returned to Montreal where he in- tended making a short stay e'er he returned to settle in his lonely childbood's borne. He wlahed his sinter to return and stay with him but she preferred her city home. About a month previous to the opening of ver story, Doctor Lansing had stet the sweet girl who eventually became his wite. Stroll. ing one day through the quiet tittle cetnetry in the outskirts of the oily, be perceived a young girl kneeling beside a new made grave in an agony of passionate weeping. How sod to vee a mourner weep for those who are gone, sad because hopeless, Doctor Lansing approached the black -robed mourn- er and with words of sweetest comfort and cheer, he endsavered to soothe the lonely, troubled heart. Being won, as all who met him were, by his kind sympathetic nature, alts confided to him the story of her grief. Her name was Lilly Carleton. Some months previous she and her mother bad come to Montreal from New York, where her father had died three years previously. ..Shortly after their arrival her mother had taken sick, and a week before she had been laid to rust in the lonely cemetery, leavinn Silly alone without a Bingle friend to aid or e near her in her desolation. Her father, she told him, had been a major in the 15th Humans and much to the surprise, end de. light of both, it transpired that he, and Captain Lansing bad been the warmest friends, George remembered having fee - !needy seen him at hie bowie. .01 course George would notallow the child rod its father's friend to want for anything and even then he loved the sad, sweet girl who had so much sorrow to bear. During the days that fol- lowed Doctor Lansing was Lilly's constant companion, together they explored the beautiful city, and finally amid the glorious splendour of its stately cathedrals, George told Lilly the story of his passionate love, and she with teem of gratitude and de lotion in her sad, sweet eyes consented to become bis wife. A moo's later they were married in the beautiful cathedral of Notre Dame, and now upon this bright clay of their ar- rival, Doctor Lansing's happiness teas cetn- plete as his beautiful bride ex premed her admiration of everything. Thea began the wedded life of Doctor Lansing and ata wife. Everything looked forward to a happy future, no cloud appeared to obscure the bright horizon of happiness that presented itself to their view. But alt 1 behind that bright gleam of joyous sunshine there lurk- ed a dark, impenetrable gloom, a shadow that was to darken the life of one, end blot out forever the life of the other, Oh for some power to penetrate the future, some sight to see through the presenthappi. nest into the sorrow beyond. CHAPTER II, Two years have glided over the quiet little 'village on Lake Erie, years of happiness to Doctor Lansing and his wife, hut. alae 1 the shack of sorrow and gloom was soon to fall. It was in the beautiful Autumn and Lilly eat in the drawing -room giving out al, the glorious refits:arn of the meting ane na Ito lama rays tarried to caress the mirror-like sensate of the Lake below !Motor Lansing cane in and said. " Would you like to go for a ride, dear, I am going out in the country to see a patient" - - "I would indeed enjny the drive," she answered,- "hitt I think I should real awhile to he in readiness for t1rs. Talbot's pftrty, It comes ufl' this evening at eight you know," " Alr, yes, I lied forgotten the arty, Vote should rest by all III 1%110. I'll be hack in tinier. titkc you, end kissing hie wife upon her snowy brow, 1h'. Lansing passed out, and in al.othor moment lie pea• sell down the road in hie buggy. For few slant ea Lilly oat gazing mite' the shapely forte of hips she sn loved, cud then es she wee about to leave the room alto saw a little Loy advancing, "13e yeti hiIseie Lunette: 1" he naked. <t 3,'ee,"I she spud but even woilr she ,poke he handod liar to sealed envelope, " A gout down etc the hotel told me to give` it to you," he seal and turning round ran orf to the village :twat). Lilly stood gating at tate writing with paling cheeks and trembling limbs, and finally sank into a chair beside her. Opening the envelope she read the words inarabed upon the note therein, and letting it hill from her trembling bands she dried aloud in the bitterness of anguish. " I knew ft I I know it ! Oh sty happiness may now be ended, terminated forever by the cruel interference of this heartless man, \Vhy did I deceive him ripen this one point iu my bitter past., Oh I meant not to de- ceive Ititn, but why, oh why, did I not tell him all ?" Tho note which threatened to wreck her fair young life was short and precise, only a, few words, mud yet, though she knew it not now, those words were her death -woman,,. Ittan ; ' Dean aliman,—Only yev'crclay I learn- ed of your present happiness (never mind how.) I also learned that your haughty husband is not aware of your previous mar- riage. 11 rests with yourself whether be shall ever know. Awaiting our meeting at seven by the avenue in the littera—Thine Charles Carle. toe." After her first gush of anguish had pass- ed, Lilly again road the fatal note, and for a moment her eyes flashed scornfully, but as she sat gazing at the words her exprea- sion changed and she said, " I will see him anyway, and hear what he has to say." As she spoke the clock on the mantis chimed seven, and throwing a shawl about her Lilly Lansing passed out into the gloom- ier, out to meet the destiny awaiting her, Two minutes later she was in the shadowy avenue, end, leaning against a tree, lesure- ly enjoying a cigar, she beheld Charles Carleton. "Oh, ma belle," he said, extending his hand. "So you have comer" "Heartless, cruel man," She cried, stung by his cold greeting, and air of superior power, "I will not touch your hand; tell me why You wish to see me to -night," ' 1 ou roust be extremely dentes dear Iady! if you do not understand why I desired this interview to -night. 1 told you in my note that I had discovered a secret and as I am out of fends I hope to get a supply by keeping said secret quiet. You are wealthy 1 now, you know, and can afford to pay me something for any lord. I hear has sx. tremoly high notions about honor, and all that sort of thing." "I have done nothing dishonorable, how dare you insinuate such a thing; you who robbed your own poor brother, and caused or, at least hastened his death." "'Let the dead and the beautiful rest" he quoted. "Bet you know yen bare de- eened Lansing in not telling him of your former marriage." " If 1 rave deceived him I shall tell him all now," she exclaimed "my tin is not so great but that I can hepo for foregivenees, Charles Carleton, cruel, wicked man you shall never obtain money from me by those boastful threats, you shall never have me in your cruel power to jeopardise my happiness whenever the fancy might take you. To - eight my husband will know all." And with a graceful gesture of her band, Lillie Lansing turas 1 and walked sway leaving Carleton stunned, and bewildered gazing after ber. Finally recovering him- self with an effort, he muttered," rho game is up, but, jovo 1 how my lady braved it out! 1 had never given hie. credit for so much spirit." Lighting a fresh cigar, ho strolled away arriving at the village in time to catch the stege for the nearest station. (TO lin coNTlscsn) Lobsters for England. There Is every prospect, says the Edin burgh Scotsman, that iu a month or so the Loudon market will be supplied with live lo; esters from Canada, as two Canadians ap- pear to have disaoveted a process by which these rather delicate shellfish may be en- abled to bear the transport, Various at- tempts have been made to overcome the fj fatuity of bringing live lobsters Iong distan- ces, but they all failed until Messrs. Grey sumer dud recently in ons xperimental ship- ment from Halifax. A case containing 15 out of the total shipment of 50 was wash- ed overboard during et gale, but, apart from this, the loss during the entire voyage to London, wbich occupied 12 days, was only 14. Two of the deaths, it is stated, were due to the unsatisfactory condition of the fish when shipped. Pour died from the rapid change in temperature during the passage across the Gulf Stream, two died from Injuries inflicted by larger and stronger °nee, and the reminder from some unknown cause. During the entire voyage no food of any kind was sunplied to the orustaceane, and the reason of this is that when fish is offered to them they fight for it like hungry wolves, often infliotaug eerione injury on each other. But the long fast did nob ap- pear to have any i11 effects, as those that roaah London alive were said to be in good condition. Aelobsters ars both abundant and cheap in Canada, there ought to be a good opening for this new industry if the lobster can be placed on the English market alive, For seven months of the year, from Tansary to July, the supply is practically inexhaustible. No doubt this is due to the Otero tame which is maintained during the remaining months of the year. The Sabbath Obime. That mystle word of Thine, 0 Sovereign Loral is all 100 Olhhr, ion da p for 1110 1 We try of al -tying. and with longing feint, 1 brenl.he It Muck again in prayer to Thou. Abide in me--a'nr•'hndnw by Thy lore, Ravi, Irsef-formed On rpm/ and dark thought of vin, Quern+ etre it rho, earl] selfish, law desire, .last e^rip _any soul as 'Thine—calm and divine, The sou I "lone, like a neglected harp, (armee mat of tune, and needs that Bandl divine ; Dwelt rhos within it, tune and towel the ohorsls, Till every note and string shall answer '!rhino, Abide, ie me ; there bsavn been momenta pure, Whim I have seen Thy face and dolt Thy power; Then evil lost 11,, grasp, and, pension beetled, owned the divine enehantmout of the icor. There were bilt,rnantsa beautiful and rare ; Abide in me -mind they shall aver be ; I ors yThee now fulfill my rummest prayer, Como and abide itt me, and 1 in Pete. --Ines, Stowe, The thinnestd time paper is 1.00tht of an inch in thickness. THE BRUSSELS POST. CURSED WIT$ THE EVIL EYE' Popular Superstition Concerning the Ma - Egmont Olanoe. in Alt Loads the Absurd itctlrrl,olds Sway —aisicl%. or IIt. Attributable to Cnreccwul. zed Nypnotte Force, There is no superstitious belief of the human race which is so widely held as the belief in the existence and malevolent power of the evil eye. It le everywhere !moor and Bade a place in the folic -lora of all ua- tiona. The apparent cause ie always tate same—that tower of faaelnation by tate human eye which is now known as hypnot. to force, which it primitive age could imag. ane to be nothing but a demon residing in and epeakingfrom the asuman eye. So forci- ble did tide thought seem to the mind of the ancients that the eye and the soul were con• vertible terms in ancient magic. Even in this day of advanced human knowledge there are many things connected with the influence of mind upon nsind that are not fully understood, hence it is no wonder that they proved tate possession of detnannic powere to the mind of him who attributed everything which ho could not understand to some supernatural agency. If the thing was not only mysterious but bewildering the drat thought was to attribute it to climb- olism of some kind. If the influeuoe went so far as to control the will of another, then it became witchcraft, and the one exercising it was a witch. Take bite ordinary phenomena known years ago as mesmerise: or animal magnet- ism, and now know as hypnotism. It is a mistake to suppose, as many do, that they are a new thing in human progress. The ancients had not reduced them to a science, but there were men in the days of old who had, as men have now, in a high degree what is known as the magnetic power. There were men then, as now who could bend the will of others to their own and make them more poppets to da their will. This power was a mystery to them as it is to ue, and they labored under the dis- advantage of having theories about the supernatural w hick made it impossible for them to arrive at a true conclusion. TIuB OLSAMI in Wra 0P Tlts DEAD. Everywhere wes the belief that the souls of the deed could enter intoned animate the living. Their essence wags considered as controlling these into whom they entered, and the riga of their presence was the glit- tering eye, something like that with which the ancient mariner holds " the wedding guest" in Coleridge's "Rime." This glia• tering eye, in the great or the small, were counted as aura marks of an indwelling presence. In the groat it was divine ; in the mean it was the sure sign of an evil eye. or, in other words, a demoniac possession, In dike manner the glitter in the eyes of the good indicated the possesalon of beneficient virtues, while the tame glitter in the eyes of the malevolent indicated malefioient dia- boliem. The key to the theory is the pos- session of that power known as fascination, whereby a mere look makes one man ready to do the will of another instead of his own. This power in the eye in all folklore is at- tributed to either souls or demons, which are supposed to swarm around us in almost infinite numbers. These souls are every- where, and a large proportion of them are notonly suppoeed to be malevolent, but to be possessed of considerable power for working ill to those who offend them. According to the Talmudic legend Mother Earth takes up the dead, but the souls re- vive du her life•giving bosom. They are an essence, without forth, but having power to enter into the beim of living men. If the soul has been evil it has naturally an evil fire which it has caught in spool—that is, hades, In order to get rid of this fire the angel Gabriel is supposed to wash all such souls by rinsing them three times in deepest ocean, but the souls aro so mauv that souse escape, and some are eo dirty that even the thrice washing does not get them clean. Theirs is the evil eye whirls may be met at any time, and it is to be guarded against cons'autly. Of course, the heathen legend which gives the process of the production of the evil eye differs considerably from the Talmudic, but the outcome is omitted here. The eye is the same and operates in nisch the same way. emu WOMAN, AS nenAL, (Wrenn IT. We will now suppose that the malevolent soul has escaped to earth and Inas entered into the being of some man. The eye of the man possessed becomes amere peep -hole, through which the possessing soul looks out at passers-by. Whoever is thus looked at and has not taken the proper precautions sickens or comes into misfortune. As these souls can enter into any mass or woman who has not taken the necessary pre• cautions, the evil eye can be in rho beautiful as well aa the ugly, and may even use the beauty for the better workingof its bad par- poaes. Itis counted advisabe not to eat in the presence of a woman, say the Zincali, for the evil eye, if cast by a woman, is far more dangerous than if cast by a man. The folk lore tales are full of stories about the operation of the evil eye and of recipes for defense against its power. A large pro- portion of these are connected w th the ase of fire or the color of red, that being in all magic the equivalent of fire. This euppased value arises from the old worship df trite sun or from the hatred which all evil things aro thought to have of the fire which le to eon• sumo them in the pit of woe. A red string about the nook or ane is the most ordinary device, bub red berries as to the "rowan tree," or mountain ash, are still nsore highly prized. Among the Scandinavian nabious, the Septets, and particularly with the gyp. sies, the rowan tree has a standing of its own, apaab from its use in connection with the evil eye. That special meaning reaches bank to the old pagan faith, end need not be considered here, In Italy and among the Latin rases generally the horseshoe, or its equivelon t , ss ahiafly relied upon to cooter. sob the in llnonce of bite evil oyu. If a horse- shoe is not at hand a forked twig, or even the fingers of the hand parted, is minted of great valve, A very amuming instance of this orodulity, and one time has beconehis- tnsical, will servo to show the ease with whish the reputation of having the evil eye may be given and the impossibility of get- ting rid of It. JtvnA TUX Porn OoTiIn NOT 701O1.P2a In the early years of his papacy, wlon lie was adored by the Roman people, Pius IX. was driving through the streets of Rome and chancel to look up to an open window, whore a nurse wee etandhug with a child, a few an;ntttee afterward the nurse let the child drop to the pavement below and it was kiIleel. Instead of laying the blame to the carelessness of the nurse It was laid to the malevolent, iuliusnae of the aye, and the fancy became universal among the lower classes hs Italy that the pope had the evil eye, and it lasted until his death. Travel. lora who know of the belief were often amused to see people kneeling to receive the pope's blessing, and at the sane time hold- ing the fingers forked to break t se maids cent power 01 his glance, When Flare IX, gave up his liberal timeless and full hack to the old, accustomed methods of government there was an abundance of liberals who took Ai Altai 11, 1892 1 as a proof positive that he wee possessed of an evil spirit. One of the remarkable kings about this superetitioa ie that it is often attributed to whole peoples by other who rti,lsko or hate them. In ancient, times the Titebane, the Illyrains, and the Thracian woolen were so regarded. In throe latter days the Christiane of Asia \•tutor have the sante feeling about the nude, and the Turks about the Chris- tians, Indeed, among the followers of Ma. hummed the same feeling exiate between the Sete iltas and the Sttnuitee, But Christ:axe and 'Purim 'tgree in attributing the like nmd- eunlant lower to the gylrates and the ,lawr„ Among a good matey notional what the ticotuIs call "fureepeakiug"is regarded am to sure sign that that person ham an evil rye, and is, therefore, to he em'efully avoided. 'l'o foreepeak is to praise any person sur thing extravagantly. In upper °nodule if you tried to please by praising everything. you would only seemed iu eonviecing;peo- ple that you avers very bad indeed. The same is true of the Neapolitans and in eve- erelothers of tate Dalian provinces. This idea, litre the other, detail back tonal Iteration beliefs, fur the ancients taught that extt'ava- gemd?praise was a proof that the person giv- ing le WAS a despised enemy of the grade and in league with the powers of evil, Ac- cordingly iu southern Europe, where the Rotnau heathen worship hate left its stoat numerous marks, it has even proved danger - ow; for traveler's to gaze intently at little children or to praise them atrougly. On seeing such an act by a foreigner tate anxi- ous mother spite in the child's face to coun- teract the spell. Such a gaze directed to the woman herself is just as emelt resented, and often the woman will spite in her own bosom, if she does not show her indignation by other methods, of which a good, round cursing is one of the regular forms. No doubt all 01 this seems to our readers "a good deal ridiculous," but it has left ate marks on the civilization of the world and even upon Dore, For instance, tate noxi time you see a red light or a red flag at a railroad station, please remember that the adoption of red as danger signal ie primar- ily owing to the very old belief in the eel/ eye. ALL WASHINGTON WHEELS. Cungreesnseu, Clerics, Business sten and a11. Other Men ride the Cycle. A recent visitor to the United States cap- ta1 writes n " The bicycle has become the popular moans of locomotion in iVashing- ton. 11 is to be seen everywhere that vehicles can go, and at all hours of the day and night. 'Therm aro over 10,000 riders of the " silent wheel" here. They include all sorts and conditions of men and women. A minister of the gospel may be seen flying along the avenue closely pursued by a mes- senger boy mounted upon a wheel every bit as good. The Washington messenger boy who valdea his reputation owns or borrows bicycle. Hoar he manages on his meager pay to possess himself of the costly usachme he generally bestrides is a mystery which the writer has not yet solved. As a result of the use of the biopic messages are delivered here with more celerity thew in any other city in the country. Sufferers from the slow- going mes- eeuger service in New York and other cities will appreciate this innovation. Department clerks patronize the bicycle extensively. Outside of every department during business hours may be seen dozens of wheels chained so that they may not !.e ridden off by bicycle thieves who have heretofore found this an inviting field. People even go to church on wheels ham. There are seven regularly organized bicycle clubs in the city, with a large aggregate membership, which aloes not, !however, in- clude the great mass of riders. Business men who use the wheel do not, as a rule, have time to belong to clubs. Several hun- dred women own maims, and a great many of them are expert riders. There aro dozen who can take the Capitol Bill, who' is a pretty stiff climb even for a hardened mart rider, without the slightest difficulty. livery day men can be seen pushing their wheels up this incline. " The line streets of Washington have given the impulse to bicycle riding which has proved such a bonanza to the bicycle masmfaeturers. There are over sixty miles of fine asphalt pavement to say nothing of miles of excellent, macadamized roads in the a'hbtu'bs which are available to the wheelmen. One can hardly find a surface that does not offer a good eurface for riding, It is but natural that such excellent facili- ties for enjoying this popular sport should lie taken wdventaglo 0'. Most of the prom- inent makers of bicycles have their agents Isere, who da et malting bueineae. Bicycles may be rented by the day or hour, and many visitors avail thee:180Mes of this privi- lege. The rate is exceedingly cheap, when the amount of pleasure derived is taken into consideration, " There are half a dozen Congrcesnnen who ride to the Cap. tol daily. Even Jerry Simpaen has a machine. How some of his Alliance ennetituente would stare if they could see Jerry flying through Pennsylvania avenue on his cushion -tired wheel I There is not the faintest suggestion of " calamity" in his appearance. He sits ereet and pedals like a main who is glad that he is alive and able to annihilate space in so comfortable a manner, Senator Peer has not yet been induced to embark on a bicycle. But there are several years of Washington lifo yet be- fore him, sad nobody can say that awns day his whiskers will not bo seen floating above one. Representative Tote L. Johnson, of Ohio, is one of the most aththestasta whoelnen Isere, One would not think that he weighed 2U0 pounds and over to see him cover the distance between Willgrd's end the Capitol, The Bird Which Plies the Highest. That huge bird, the condor of the Andes, far excels every other bard in this respect. It lifts itself to a height whore no emend fa heard, save the airy treed of 515vasbpinions and surveys in solitary grandeur the wide range of plain and past.crc land beneath dl, iiunabelt mostons tic flight of the condor in the mountains of Chili, and among the Cordilleras of South Amel ioa. When up among these mountains,' at an altitude of 14,(101) feet, he observed those wondrous nirds sailing in circles for hours together, so high above hies that they wove just die- m/11blo as minute specks in the sky, This when we consider their immense oneness of wing extending from 14 to 15 feet from tip to tip, shows to what nn running elevation therm birds attain, Calculating trigonom- etrioaily, Ilnsnbnit considered that they would not be lore than from twenty to twenty-five thorns and feet above the sou. level: Mamma (with some show of indigosslicn --"I Bove called you three Litres, I' ant very much anunyec," Charlie (who ie fond of Bible stories)-.--" Well, the Lord called Samuel throe times and He slielai't get toed about it, did lief" Overstrnng Nerves. It Is not the work but the worry which kills, Monis Ito tonic for he body like regular walk of the ariud,theugas this is uta fortunately not often appreciated ur not al- lowed by the physicians to ninon tuhxious mothers tape choir growing dsngbters. Timm, in nothing so sure 10 mh vady the uervea of the fretful and excitelilo chill as regular mahout work le the hamlet of rt teal lowlier. Aluny se child who is celebrated for danger - nus fits of temper at home becumos entirely transformed under the iulliteiee of ranch a sdhool, till her nearest relatives wotild not eenoguine her if they should ever take time and trouble to visit the seloul-roo11s, f du tit mean aerehoul roam full of competitive examinations, of " marks," and of irrelevant iuducemeuts to make tbo oldie commit to memory is mass of unrelated and nudigestod £ac's. 1 mean ono whore, without any in• duaenent but the ism ural desire for know- ledge, which ie alt-suilleient with any 41110/.1 - Call child if da be rightly directed, you find steady and well ordered labor, without haste, though not svtbbout rest, and honest, thorough, and pleasurable work, We may learn a lceeon from this faeb—for itis rat theory—of the cll'ert of regular work on our tired nerves,and wiseshall we bo if we apply it, Even the most cuusistort homerr°. lsathlet physician could not object to this kind of tonic ; though he would toll you, and truly, that tonics are worse than of no use far overworked nerve's. Coffee and Tea, The Newcastle Daily Clmoniele recently said to botch " teetotallers and tipplers,'' that a better word for coffees and tea was never spoken than that now heard from the physiologist Professor Heim. hollowing up the researches of Oppler and Suokadorl be establishes by many and careful experiments the powerful antiseptic properties of roasted coffee. He ahewe that cafeine, the native principle of coffee, in death to hnirro-ogan' isms, that intuitions of animal matter in coffee may be exposed to the air without gathering mould, that the baeeilli of cholera cannot Live in coffee, and that, ander its in- fluence, the microbes, generated in pus perish forthwith, The good result of coffee in cases of typhoid fever have been long known, but they have been attributed to the tonic effects of the aefeiue on the ner- vous system. lay Heim's showing, however, the said results are largely due to the mita septic properties of cutlet. The same pro- perties, if to a less (legriso, are attributed to thoine, the active principle of tea. In this rennetLion we may remind our readers of the resume we lately gave of Ualtier's ex- perieneuts, showing that the disease giving microbes can live and thrive in alcoholic drinks," The Power of Will in Disease. Tbia is the subject of a recent and some. whet lengthy editorial iu the Afedical Yaws. The editor says: The mature of the soil neurisllieg these delusions is a truth too often ignored and neglected by scientific medicine. It is the truth of tine power of the emotions, of the will—of the spirit, if you please—over the flesh, of life over the beginning of dieoases and oven over disease and death itself. Races and nations differ greatly in their power of resisting aid over. coming disease, simply by reason of tine citaraeteristic attitude of the will and dis- position of the patient toward the physical allneae. Just so do all, even brothers, differ in the same way. Thousands are physically sick because mental resolution and spiritual domination aro weak and illogical. Tide Is strikingly true in reference to the beginniuge of disease, The secret of continuous good health does not always consist merely in physical reaistauce or robustness, but in sharply conquering the subtle beginnings of corporeal abnoenity by pure will power. There at e two homologues of thispo wee that illustrate it axe-atty. Who has not seen whimsicality, crauknees and oddity by relf- indulgeueo slowly degenerate into mono- mania, aid even into dowunght insanity? And, again, who eau doubt that in thecont- menoement many such persona are perfectly conscious of the abnormal tendency, and are moreover perfectly capable of mot doing the ridiculous or self -forgetful things? They are at first driven byltoimperious necessity. It is precisely eo when one)a+tves way to im- moral courses of life. At hest the voice of conscience is clear ;by-aud-bycontrol is last and the voice is entirely silent. The analo- gies obtain in the matter of health. The adage, " Resist theboginning devil," holds arise here. All disease begins subtly, almost ineeusibty, as shill, lassitude, malaiee, eat Caught at thle otageand fought down by a virile volition, that which by selfdudalgeuce would have proceeded to gamine fever and illness may often be resolved in routine nor- mality of health. Si:omania. The most rare Li well as the most inter- esting food abnormality, oe intemperance, from a psychoiogeaal point of view, is that which for avant rat a better name I shall call eitontania, Some such definition as the fol• lowing may be applied to it; "A mania oc- curring periodically, characterized by lose of volition and an overwhelming desire to partake of food to an unlimited extent, fol• lowed by remorse, depreaaion, and tendency to suicide." In many respects this form of disease reeemnleo the now well known and defined disease dipsomania. In botls there are interval, often prolonged, during which an entirely .ormal state prevails ; there is nu undue desire in the one ease for excess of food, in t.e other ease for drink. Then, often eudde sly, there ensues a wholly un- controHabl, desire in the one case for a food gorge, in the other for a drink excess; in Moth the essence of the disease is the seore- tivenese with whish the orgy is conrluoted ; there also ensues in both, when the orgy is over, the same fuolmg of intense depression and remorse, and in some causes a tendo r yy to suicide. The e)Lonnaniaa Adopts emelt the same meats of geed lyitag his desires as rhos" adopted by the dipsomaniac, When the attack is impending, be, a gentleman of high honor at all other times, will condos - rend to nets o indeam'ihable meanness and deceit. ; he will rob his heat friends, indulge in petty pilfering even will thecloblles off his back, and orderer himself to absolute pov• arty to hind bio 111051115 for this morbid in- dulgence in food. Delicate But Dangerous. It might not le supposed 'that danger lurks in the delheate operation of handling Ilawtra, yet pain to 1, tm on bios"me wounds are arae Hourly re. ootid by the workmen, and Lady tlaeh"lh'e "innocent flowarr"a pears un oonroal more aggravations than the ser. pent, Nealy OVCS'y One who has had long and active employment in the retail flower stores can alaow 1111111011M ewers, and it is common in homy 1h'nadn'ay sbopa and other large mimes in the trade 10 aicu as propriotnr Or 501 et'ai of hie 5 aie Loss' -s with hannagod Iingere. The theins of roles codec rho gseateat masahot, Florists nao•lbo their most serious hurts to poison absorbed in hot. house pro Motions witioh have undergone a sarong versus-hillingproeeos. A number of the dealer's infer tluab, after many applies. tiuua, the juicy parts of the plants become inhpsegnabed with poison ; for, although in the t'sssrca of aria ,ging flowers for vale the stems get well smelled, the slighteot thorn. punctllree or seratchcs will cause talions uucmnfortable sorsa, Smiler bail effects et times attend the Moellering of flowers ; that is, the addition of elope to short cutting to make needed lengths in constructing bouquets or large forms of daeoretion, ]u OM work, thio, thread-like wire ie used for binding the lengths together. This wire is in pieces abuntsix inehes long and nearly as sharp as needles, lm fast work the Illtittts ate likely W rot under the iia r ramie or eater the muscles of the hands An they are more or less rusty, an accident W1 111 them calls at once for the lotion battle, and wrapping tags, or parhape poultices or ealt-pork airs plications, later. In response to a sjuestion, ran old florist renter heti : " 1 don t know that any one over suffered lockjaw from these wounds, butl'veseen a goon many chaps' jaws Io een- ed pretty well to give vont to unprintable expletives called forth by these harrowing, tiny stabe." Past Trains, The prevailing ideas regarding railway speeds are very erroneous at any rate. The majority of people, oven the most intelligent anion those who habitually travel, obtain their conceptions of speed from the figures of the time -table, forgetting that in nearly every instance considerable portions of the rotate must be traversed at much less than the average rate required to cover the total distance in the schedule time. There are very IOW, if any, of the fast express trains which do not some part of each 'run" reach or exceed a speed of as mile a minute. Yet ty ret.eon of superior railway and well.con- strueted carsthe accelerated velocity is un- noticed; while running at from sixty to seventy miles an hour the passenger calmly peruses his newspaper or book, children play in the aisle, and a glean brimful of water may be carried from ons and to the other of the smoothly.rolling coach without the spill. ing of a drop. Would Mater trains be dangerous? No. In the history of railroads no in- stance can be found where a train has beau derailed by reason of running at e, high rate of speed. There la no more danger, intril- sically, at one hundred miles an hour thea at forty. The dangers to be guarded against bear little or no relation to the question of speed. The strict supervision of tracks and bridges, the abolishment of crossings at grade, the fencing in of all lint's of railway anti the prevention of trespassing theroun,-- above all, an effective system of signals and safeguards for the guidance and protectuu of trains,---theserequiroments met, the hun- dred -miles -an -hour "etym." will be a safer aonveyanee than a city horse-ear.-1,Lippin- cott's. The Queen's Gift to Mothers. Much misapprehension exists respecting the origin of the Royal bounty of three guineas given to mothers who present their husbands with triplets. Some think it is a son which can be exacted as a reward for increasing the population, and others -- though they do not put it on so high a groan —are of opiniou that it is a bounty to whic every mother of triplets is entitled. Th positron be clearly explained in the follow- ing letter from Sir Henry F. Ponnonhy, is reply to a connutnication by lir. Griggs, who wrote asking for the Queen's grant on behalf of the wise of the caretaker of Haver- hill Board School :—" General Sir Henry P. Puneonby presents bio compliments to Mr. E. W, Griggs with reference to his application on behalf of Mrs. Webb, and has to acquaint him that the Queen sometimoegiyes l:3 tothamothers of three children at a birth, but only when the three infante all survive, Alltl where the parents aro respectable but too poor to meet the unfcreaeen demands of providing for them tut once without little assistance. Any such donation is simply an act of charity to those who are in poor and indigent Mecum. stances. If the care referred to in Mt'. Grigg's application comes within those non - (Miens Sir Henry Ponsonby will submit it for the Queen's consideration on receiving the usual formal certificates of the present existence of the children question, together with an intimation from Mr. Griggs that the case is thoroughly deserving in every re- spect " As a matter of fact, since the ap- phcationwar; made the triplets in question have ceased to exist. Causes of Poverty. Some interesting etntietam aro published in a London journal relating to an exhaus- tive enquiry into the causes of the poverty of 152 families in a certain city district con- taining a population of 126,000. These families presented a wide .variety in trade and religion and nationality, and their ap- plication for charitable assistance was taken as t rinta•facie and confessed evidence of poverty. Inveatigganion shows that forty- two families worehrnught to want by their own fault, the ea11000 of their poverty being set down as "reckless improvidence, "orlane,' "drink," "idleness," "bad temper," etc. Then come fifty-three rami• lies whose poverty wan due to certain come mon accidents or misfortunes sal fall might have been provided against, but were not. The final group of fifty-seven families pre- sents cases of excusable poverty, such as those due to extraordinary slackness of trade or the abeolete destruction of some branch of business, though even in this group appear twenty -cue families who are made hopelessly poor by "incompetence." The whole result goes to show the untrustworth- iness of the figures often cited of rho number of persons in London easel outer cities who aro unemployed, and said to ho " able and willing to warn if they could only get ern. ployment." A similar conclusion is lei up to by All article of Prof. Hyslap's in a late issue of the New York Inclapoltdeud, in which he shoved the astonishing high per- centage of the unworthy who apply to °hati- table organisations in this city for aid. _ 7 Doesn't fro lie in Progressive Womom Bider Haggard cvid.entlyhes nosympathy (! with the "progressive" woman, anal, in fi Mot, does not much believe in her progres- sion. Ile inclines to the belief lamb all the efforts in the world will not bring about woman's o ianoipiaion, since providence and nature i eww° marked out the functions and sphere of her mer. In; may be old -dash- l lamed, as Rider Haggard says, bat the r? 1 "eternal Losincary stones", set by,provi• demo and nature aro not to bo lightly roll- ed away. 11 May women," he says,+• " be 1. etch as our mothers wore l I wisil them ria better," harmers near Leeds, N. Dr, aro oomplailt - C Mg of the depredations of a hard of aures 1 10150 that 10 <lemtrny)ng great quantities the tutthreshed grain, Ilisx seeming to be the favorite food. t