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HEALTH.
In the Siok Room'
So far nr the public is cenoerned, the
most. impertalt part of the treatment of
colmltlrnicehle ditensua t)nnsioto in pl'eveltt•
ing their sftread from the sick Lionville to
There is no place where woman reigns so othot:r.
1 � Soma dlaCases 41t;tt were once thnnght int
^eepeenio in the majesty of her right and the onennunioalle intve been found in recent
power of her t1O t t o as 111 Ghe sick room^ years to awn 1.11313 chief danger to the fact
Therro she iv u veritable Queen, she eel.' that they are i,tcetions-see nutunicable.
tttinieters het' apiece and petferms the in,P 'Title le true of eonseni Libor, which is the
pant part rs
01 nue, mother, fitendi ofttimos moot dangerous of all diseases in the settee
Ip11y3ician, trod always leuefaetoe, with " that it cause:+ more] death: than any other
grace peaulierly her own, faease.
11 ere cold only vaccinate againot all other
pi•eveuteble diseases as we can against
smallpox, it would be IL comperativeiy easy
matter to stump them out and prevent them :
hut they are spread hi different ways, and
the methods of proveneiug them rite ditl'er-
ent. In ca:0 disease something gong from
re sick person. 'Phis "something" is capable
of eausine the dinerie in other peraous.
The aettalcause of consetuption, so Inc
as we know now, goes out in the spntem
(spittle, t'xpectnrntion), and is thus scatter-
ed where the moist spututn goes, as well as
by the dust after the sputum dries. Tho
first step, rile, in preventing cousuntptioh
is to destroy or disinfect all the eptitum
from each consumptive:
The germs of ennsutnptinn may be ittfned
nr drink. The milk and flesh of °ansuup-
tive 30We ate' other animal's often contain
the germs 111 the disease. Neither the'lest
nor the milk of such animals should he need
fa food.
Not less important than destroying nr
disinfecting the sputum of consumptives
are fresh olir and cleanliness. People who
live in uneleen cull ill•ventiIntetl houses or
apartments are in a fait' way to abort. and
A weenie leen nurse is at blessing, all
' families should possess at least one. The
little Mother, we will call her, who early
Manifests her powers of persuasion and cots•
ttol of baby brother, of stater and of papa
himself when he is laid up with rheumatism
-or malarial Meer.
Shekuows just Inc to soothe the nerves,
to give a font•l ath, or 1.t sweat, or it raper
bath, or to melte and apply n mesterei pool -
tire, or to mix and gine the remedy and in-
duce the young child, oe feeble gland par -
ant, or crabbed mole to take just a little,
only enough to care item,
She cart stnooth the pillow, change the
sheets, give a sponge bath under the teed -
din;, or comb tangle 1, refractory hair, She
can coax the appetite with dainty, favorite
dishes, prepared hygienically by her own
linnets ; she can read aloud from favorite
maws in n tender, musical, sympathetic
• voice], tell sleep comes softly stealing o'er
the languid sepses and dreamland enfolds
the sick and nervous one in its restful en -
brace.
Ttfis genius of the sick room can bring
ordee out of chaos, can soothe the irritable,
comfort the fretful and help restore thereto
harmony and health. retain tee germs of consumption, It has
She it is that brightens the sick roam heen suggested by some slinrtnrittns that
with;llewers, and lets in the sun so fnvit- Itoalthc persons should not Bleep in the
ingly that the patient hastens to get well same bed norut the aa•,le room w;t11 a per.
and go out into the world again. The rotor- son tint has eo nsuunption, 1t hthe put
10115 003111 of millstone :purl liowers, 0. fields, 1.,f prudence i0 comply with this ent;,;cs:iait,
of blossoms trod leafy wools and meadows since It iso reasottaote pteaantion,
gree•], where enter, sheep and lithe lambs Next to emisum ptiol, diplitherm is the
are tp "'ling' whore the wild fiowers stream most fatal of tiltreventable diseases—and
in rivet variety -the daisies, the buttcr•enps ie oae of the !nests' elicult of rill dleeses 1.0
and,tho`violctt blue. deal with in the way tut' prevention. It is
Stlt•, it is, who cheers father, connforts ,,f,c„irIII • fatal to r'hilrlreil; alien, eighty-
snotd1e•;soothes little brother or sister', anti five oat of ever' one hundred deaths'from
is 3' happy and busy that. ole has nn time diphtheria are of children under tete years
Lob sick or even to think of sour. of age. '1'heonly way to prevent.dlphtheria
t,.., eyes t� cheeks int r are al
�6r • s 10 k 1 t
II 9 tg to keep away front the disease, and to
enen{trOOenteot to others 0 got well it they keep the Inc,ase away from von,
are dick and to keep well if u0t sick, 1 All clothing and bed clothing that come
She lures to repel -aloud 0 her patient, in rename with a diphtheria patent contain
end intuitively chooses the right poen, the the germs of the disease. For this reason
help ul essay, or the favorite story beak. all snch clothing shnuld be tlisiufected, and
She I never tires her listeners, she knows ,tired o1.• washed before it is osecd again.
whets to stop es well its how to hoein, She Whitt is said of diphtheria is tree alert of
nevelt-asks nsetese gneetiots that tux her scarlet fore” and measles. The contagion of
patient, she rests instead of tires her silk these diseases is iu proportion to the sever.
charge. 1 ity of the ,1133 from which it Domes, The
Tile subtle instinct of the nurse nature, ' less care given to ventilation and general
divines what to do, anticipates their needs, ' cleaolinesa, the more aotite does the con -
suggests their real wants, and supplies then'
quietly and ehnothly. A bustler is never a
beueflt in the sick room, they irritate and
retard recovery. Anetural-lwrn nurse will
make a grand success in the duties of the
sick rootn. She will help to cure the patient these diseases. There are of record at least
more,positively then the medical presorip- fourteen epidemics of diphtheria caused by
prion. .Such a nature is a bouquet of good- milk.
nese. It is a royal healthfulness
nheriitance tush be agoo helpful- In only ane of hese epidemics did any of
nurse, y b the attordaets about the dairies hate Mph -
No matter if yon are often imposed anon 1 theria before the disease brat° ont among
or utilized, at every turn of life's wheel the enstouho0. In one instance ithrolteout
tagiot become ; but the contortion from a
very mild case may cause very severe and
fate] cases.
Both diphtheria and scarlet fever may be
caused by milk poisoned with the germs of
your own soul is expanded and you grow
noble by the exercise of your best facet..
ties.
The sick room is a good plane to rest one-
self, to learn one's powers of usefulness, of
preference of value to others. 'What tee do
not possess we can cultivate, and by patient
persittence, and honest effort rise to the
fulfillment of our highest ideal. Try it in
the sick roan. —�
In Case of Diphtheria.
Coloeruing the management of a ease of
diphtheria, so for as that may fall within
the domain of the parents, the following
few rules, while not incorporating all, are
still the most important for preventing the
spread of this dreadful disease, and my
earnest advice to every mother is to study
them carefully,aud preserve them foefuouro
reference.
First, strips of linen or cotton fabric,
about eight inches wide, folded several
times, and long enough wrench from car to
ear, should be wrung ant of ice water (if in
winter) and if 111 summer put directly upon
ice, and then applied externally directly to
the throat, and as fast as one cloth gets
• waren another should be ready to take els
place. 11 thechildanmplainc of being
col l,'its feet and hands oilfield be bathed in
as hot water as it can stand. When 1 the
oltild is very young, it may be readily as-
certained if it be cold ar not by feeling its
hands and head. Under no circumstance
should hot applications be made to the
throat, It the child i$ old euonelt it may
be given broken ice to suck constantly,
even if the water is spit out, Tho cold
applications inhibit the growth of
the microbes. The patient's hands should
be washed frequently—and here let me say
so should those of attendants—and the ves-
sel used for the purpose should not be used
by any one else. The patient's clothing needs
protection in front. This :nay be done by
pining back of the neck a large piece of
linen or cotton fabric, which will cover the
whole front of the child and reach as far as
the knees. A material should be used which
can easily be boiled or busted
when :roiled.
The little patient, if old enough, will want
to spit, and for a spittoon a small wooden
box, with an inolt of eawdnat on the bottom,
is capital. fresh sawdust should be sup-
plied at least nnoe a day—three times
z1. day would be better—and that which
has been used should be emptied upon
to good, hot fire, and thus 'burned at the
time the change is made. If there are any
files, about, the box should be kept covered
and, as a matter of course, only uncovered
when the patient deeire c to spit ; otherwise,
the flies alighting upon this spittle wenn
carry the germs of the disease with them,
and then alighting upon the family's food
and drink, necessarily infect them, and thus
indirectly infect the whole family. This is
by no means chimerical, but a well•estab-
lished fact,—[Ladles' Homo Journal,
Infectious Diseases'
The terns " infectious disease" is a very
general one, and for tura purpose of this
article I shall include under it all oae•
munioablc diseases—all diseases that cat be
in any way communicated to one person
from another. These diseases are r Asiatic
cholera, yellow fever, smallpox, diphtheria,
ecarlot fever, meanies, typhus fever, ty-
phoid fovor, Whooping cough, and a few
others,
So far as the treatment of a particular
mise of one of these diseases is onnoorned,
that must bo left to the attendingplysioian,
Any attempt to tell even then -met enlighten-
ed part of the public how to deal with a
We of one of these diseases could result
only in imparting the little knowledge that
is so dao crops. 11hc moat tliat eat he said,
theefore,, is that patients suffering with
those diseases must have plenty of palntablo,
easilydigostocl food, pee -teeter and fresh
and must be kept moor
among. the dairy hands and Ole customers
attneseem tiiee. ittfive ofthee) epidemics
the dairies were in rery unsanitary condi-
tions ; In:t,ipped or open drains ttllownd
noxious 11'. s to reaelt the milk and milk -
pans, L. ' s way a small amount of the
conta_ite, ' into tete milk, and developed
so rapidly .. '•-, infect a great many people,
There sle•' el never be n public or church
funeral of a, • ...r;on dead of cholera, small-
pox, typhus i. diphtheria, yellow fever,
scarlet lever rr utcasels, The corpses 0f
such persons should be buried as quickly es
1 possible, end hall never be trttneported
in a railway train or other public vehicle.
Public safety dmmmnds that all snub corpses
be wrapped immediately after death in 1.t
sheet thoroughly wetted with a solution of
corrosive sablimate (half an ounce to tee
gallons of watete, and the coffin then closed
immediately fwd permanently: Fermat
services ahtall riot bo held in the Sarno
room with the body.
All this may seem to be a harsh way of
dealing with the sacred clay of those we
love. But we cannot getaway from the fact
that the safety of the living should be our
first consideration. Necessary prudence
(Ines not imply disrespect to the dead. Aird
surely none of ns would wish 0 be, when
dead, the intents of bringing illness and
death to the hiving.
I have said weenie of the advances made
of lain years it: tweeting individual cases of
these diseases, be:aose the real progress has
been in the way of pteveutiotr. The in-
dividual ease meet be treated by the physi•
oae, but the higher work of prevention
cannot be carried on without the hearty
co-opernt.ion of fathers and mothers—ol all
the people in the co uittunity.
Everyone cast ea somothmg. Peery
houoehob!er stn help by promptly report•
ing the fact when any infectious disease
breaks out in his or Iter house, by warning
his neighbors of it eb that they and their
children shall not be exposed 0 tltc danger,
That is a part of your duty to your
neighbor. 11 you live m a village or city it
is your duty to notify the health otlicer BO
that he earl place it placard on your house.
Many people have a foolish objection to
having an infectious disease placard on their
houses. The objection is not only foolish,
but it sheave n disregard of tic rights of
other people, It is a oriole to be the means
direct or indirect, of exposing others to un-
necessary dungen,
As the treatment of cases of illness costs
money, so the efficient pr'ovention of disease
mast cost m1. neer. But prevention costs less
than treatment in the long run. The elft•
Money of a health ofilehr hl 2100 0 lie meas-
urd'by the number of epidemics that he
stamps nut, but by the absence of epidemics.
If he keels his town in such a sanitary
healthy cnn'lition that infuctiono diseases
do not occur, be is worth ten times the
money peel to hint. If omoll village and city
were to pay rumnnlly for a health organiza-
tion as much money as is spent Inc the lire
or police, deperttnett, the money would be
invested at 1., high rate of fntetest.
Tito three greatest nrlvam.os in the treat-
ment of info ions diseases are disinfoments,
the health reli'ter, and prevention,
WiLLtAtl (d, li t iblt3TOx, 11.19.
Col. Gore's Now Year Greetings.
January lot, 111 A• se. -1 lava the extreme
pleasure, my deer sir, of wishing yon a very
happy Now Year."
11 A ti.--" .My doer sir, I wish you a
very New ew Yam.12 n1..—'c A happy New Year to you, sir."
1 r. 2,1.--" Happy Now Tear (hie) to
you."
Z r, x,—"Shap',New Yea',"
1 r, al.--"'I'New Yore'
4 r. ne.--"'1"pip New --1"
141'. n1.,—"Y,It•p„
Kind friends now talto him llomo and
put him to bed.
TS 1' BRUSSELS POST.
BLEOP.aICAL NO'TFS..
An electrically propelled invalid's chair
hoe been brought out int o-ith,h the guiding
apparatus is like that of an oedinary luw-
seated tricycle. At ono side of the seat is is
lever connectieg with a rosietanne box for
ecutlolling the single e 1 01Inn elou'.sped
motor, Current is supplied front storage
ibateries placed under the sunt,
'elle latents for elect ie1.devicescesgranted
lrat t
d
during the past week include several
on in •
terclangeable devices fot' incitndescent
lamps, some fur new fnrnts of cleave heat-
ing devices, two on systems of Marine far
jells and one alt ail electrical eehentetor pro -
1 renting horses cribbing.
The latest whaleitacl2 steamer Pillsbury le
bghted throughout by electricity,
The Meade sleigh is announced,
One of the prominent man tufa cturers of
electric heaters advertises elvet.rio pressing
irons, polishing and smoothing irons and hat
irons, cooping utensils of all keels, includ-
ing hoose turd hotel broilers, pancake grid•
dies, barking ovens, skillets and spiders for
frying and soldering irons, embnseingplates,
sealing. wax heaters, eluding tongs, glue puts
dish heaters, house and (Alice and ear heat-
ers,
10 is reported that a Buffalo man has in-
vented an instrument witieb he calls the
"Tel:Tee os," It is designed for com-
munication between vessels at sea, for light-
houses, lightships and for general employ•
trent in the United States Signal Service,
The apparatus consists of 1011 incandescent
lamps, which aro operated 1 n kevi.nard
something on the principle of a typewriter.
A Bodo of signals founded on the Morse tele-
graph alphabet is used, and experim0nts
have shown that signals can be read for a
distance of fifteen ?Hiles,
Prof. lelihu Thomson has recently been
producing some very gond Attlee -ha Hebb -
Mpg in the shape of oleotrical discharges be-
tween tel•Iltlutala sixty -foto' inches apart.
1Itis eclipses nnytlhiug heretofore dote in
this line, and it is not unlikely that, be-
sides adding much to scientific knowledge,
hie experiments they lead to results of great
value in applied electricity.
It is snrpris!ng but true that the power
of some of the larger eleutrie search -lights
is equal to that of 100,(100,1)00 candles. Of
course the light is confined to a very small
beam by the lees, and the actual candle
power of the are light by itself is very much
smaller, but measured as a spot of light the
e0'eut is egnnl to that which would be pro -
(Need by 100,000,000 standard candles.
Induction telegraphy experiments which
have been recently carried out at the Welsh
coast have met with considerable success.
Two parallel wires, ono three miles long on
the shore and the otter half a mile long on
at island three utiles distant, were used,
and signals passing into tete line wird were
completely tecoguirabl° on the island.
Cold Weather Care of Children,
1010 agreed that the health of children is
best guarded aha preserved by rendering
them hardened against cold tool the diseases
resulting from cold.
This is believed by many to be tho best
affected by accustoming the child to cold
water, so that the will be iudillereut to the
changes of temperature.
That this should be effective cold ablu-
tions meat be made a daily practice, for the
systeun falls back into its eenstti'e condition
as soon as they aro discontinued.
1 The mortality of chilrlrc'n reaches a maxi•
mum twice n year ; in summer, vvheu nnhlti•
I codes die of di,rrha.'a, musty in the poor
Irptarters of large cities; agent in whit er,
' when they succumb to catarrhs awl ill Ham -
mations of the respiratory organs—fatalities
mere apt to happen to the delicate children
I of the richer class.
An idea preemie- that winter weather is
beneficial to young children.
If the temperature be below freezing
point, the solder and dryer the air gets, the
more dangerous It is for the child's health,
no matter whether the skin is kept warm
(or not ; the cold dry stir irritates the
respiratory organs and is apt to cause in.
fhunntatiuu. This is the more dangerous
!the yotutger the child is, (.'old, damp
t weather, with or without rain, when the
temperature is above freezing point, !a much
loss to be feared if the child bo sufficiently
well wrappeth
Fog, on the contrary is not to be trusted,
and the clanger from it increases with the
severity of the cold. Itis not suioient then
I for the child to be well wrapped. Prw:uu-
tione must be tauten that it does not breathe
1 the air without i e being previously werm-
1 ed. This is affected by covering the child's
head, leaving a good space for nose and
mouth over which a thick veil is fastened.
In mild, frosty weather, r•hddren old
enough to run ubent can be seep out for a
short time, At n temperature of 10 Celsius,
1 children under 11 altouid not be' allowed. out.
A snowfall, if the temperature is not low,
is not harmful far a child well wrapped
The hardening process by nlratte of water
should beget wine the child is ably to rim
about; not with cold baths, but with cold
ablations of certain parts of the body with
water that has stool 11 or 14 hours in the
rout, but to which no waren water Inas
been added. (These hardening ablutions
are never to bo begun except in sulmner:
anti with infants 10 is all out of the ques-
Son, )
The ablutions should begin with the
hands and arms, then the face. Gu another
fay the feet and legs i ioy be laved. Later
the heck and breast of the body can ire shoe
larly eobjeeted. Not until the age of Bare
the cold ablutions to be. applied eimul-
taneonly to the whole body.
Any kind of catarrh, ever' a sitnple, fever•
lase cold, should forbid the continuation of
the ablutions. Nor should they ever lm
given within three banal after at men!.
In winter the child twist be kept neer the
store during the process, and stand in a
wooden tub with ween water up to the
tinkles. The Needling and drying slhould lie
done as rognlarly ns pnesible.
Living.rnolns meet not be overheated ; 20
('olsue is about the right warmth 1 for
older children 18 1s a tikoielt':. To thrive
well in this temperature they must 1..e
warmly dressed.
right With a Bri and.
'Lim brigands of the Caucasus are most
desperate ehs.e t hers. A few days no the
Pollee (lute, lluasnn klok Mainedotf
Wits tlespnt:had t'. the village of Kovach
to offset the arrest of at wll-known bandit
named Hamill )sl.nuder Ogly, whose neither
Was rotentlycam m'e1. Ar io'ei a Kant 011
the Comnrstmy demanded the snrrehdar
of Ogly from the vtlltge elder. The latter
brought forward the robber, wino Was fully
turmoil, On the Cmnnussnry's command that
he should lay dawn his arms the bandit
gnieltly raised his rifle and shot the nlrcer
decd, 'I'll.' eillees older and three police
orderlies threw themselves open the mule
(lever, but, the la t ter, stinging his rifle on
his hack, need lis k!n,jal—a long double.
edged dn'gct' -wit 11 smolt dent eel ty and
forth that. three, of his aosailanox weequiek-
ly stretched h, ru do eoebot, and they ser-
inusly Wounded. The bandit then rottohed
hie horse, which W.13ttlreatdy saddled, amu
fled,
New Year's Rynin.
Our grateful songs arise
1'0 thee,0 tlud above;
Aecendint; to I he eMee
01. saerldee of isve.
A.lndgluy'Phou our (1ntl and King ;
'1'o thee WC bow, our Praitioa bring,
It.
In all tela flowing Yoe .r 1
Thy 11111111 t, 11th safety led,
In tl!Igt•luutte of 'eerie
the 11x1110141111 the demi,
-0 Ood Most !'hill, then ort the snmel
Though mortals die, unchanged Sc' 11111110
111.
\\'1111 gladness hero we meet,
(1 end, before thy faro;
The nnw.hnrn year to greet,
\1' lib all Its wondrous grace.
Another gold--rtloitg the oars:
Jut diadun—among our tears.
L V.
The hom'ebefnte thee lin ;
11'0 know out what they bring:
Onley mrd wind supply,
00 nehe of sit inuring.
Our trust in thee, Jehovah Guide,
Shall over be; then wilt provide,
V.
New, through the open gate,
Nye pass • way l' •
141 n rvlou • our t
1
'J'o wet oh, tower, nr tv'i!t,
At duly efthe day.
Thy Spirit give, 01tod of might,
That, we may live and walk in light.
My Neighbor's Boy.
ITr theme to 1,0 several boy's i0 one.
So moth is do constantly everywhere!
And the mischievous things that luny her clone
No mind can rcutomher our mouth deolnro.
lie lill+thn W11olo of his share of sate
'iVitlh brei strong, straight furor and his merry
face.
113 is very cowardly. very bravo,
Heir: kind and cruel good amt bad,
A brute and a hero! Who will save
The he+t from tho worstof my neighbors
ltd 1
The inean and the noble strive to -day •
Which of the powers will have its way 1
The waste ie needing his sl pellet and skill.
114 wilt limit° hearts happy or elate them
m+hc.
W11nt power de in him for good or ill !
Vitali\of Itfc s pt.ths will his sw•:ftfeet take?
Will he rise rued draw others up with hint,
Or the light that is in him burn low and din.
Tint what is my neighbor's boy to me
.flora than 0nuisance 1 My neighbor's boy,
Though T have genie fear for what. he finny be,
is n sonrre of .nliellnrle, hope end ,illi
And a crust ant pleasure, Because I pray
Thai. the best that is in Kiat will rule some
day.
Ile patron ere by with n smile and a nod.
He knows 1 have hope of hint —gvsa•os, too,
That 1 whisper his mite whoa I ask of (led
That Wren maybe rightoou', 1lis will to do,
And 1 think that many would have nrore,lny
11 they loved andpr,tyori fat' 0 noigahot':s boy
AN ALARM CLOOK•
et Gave a Female Omliggter Vend Away.
Smugglers have been doing quito a lively
business between Windsor paid Detroit dine
ing the last few weeks, Many people have
been attracted by the cheapness of the
Christmasonds adt'ortised by Windsor
merchants, bet they also have, in many
cases, thought it unnecessary to pay duties
on this bide. The Custom Oliioo detectives
have beet constantly of the alert, and at
least u1. dozen persons have come to grief
during the fortnight. Among the articles
seized may be mentioned shawls, dress g oods
overcoats, suits, and, in general, dry good
of all kinds.
One poor Polis': woman had a rather
rough experience two weeks ago, She
bought an alarm clock in Windsor and
secreted it somewhere in her olothing, but
before giving iter the property the clerk
mischievously fixed the hand so that the
alarm would go about the time the woman
reached the Detroit docks.
She told the ()astern O!llcolnspeetor that
she had melting dutiable On her person,
and wits about to be passed, when " Rank 1
Tank I Whir !" off went thatelock.
The poor woman jumped about two feet in
the air, turned three or font' colors, and
nearly fainted away, while the Customs in.
quisitor shook with dabolical laughter.
The clock was, of course, taken away from
its owner, who swears in broken lenglish
that she will get even with that Windsor
clerk thine day.
klstraordinary Inoident•
A Plymouth norresponden0 telegraphs:—
An °emeltdinary incident is reported from
Gnnnislnke, in Cornwall. Last week Airs.
Lean, wife of the landlord of the Tavistock
Hotel, gave birth to her tenth child and she
subsequently died. The doctor gave it as
his opinion that the baby would not live,
and soon afterwards the relatives applied, to
II int for ncert)lieato, saylle it had succumb.
ed. The little one was placed 0 its
mother's arms, and the coffin was screwed
down. On 'aturday, when preparations
were being made for the funeral, the hos-
hand was startled by hearing the eery of it
child. The undottitter was sent for, anon
opening the coffin found that the baby woo
alive. Later Oho same day the child was
once more pronounced to be dead, but the
doctor would not permit of its being buried,
and ordered 10 to be wrapped in blankets
for e. few days. The case is to bo reported
to the Registrar•Geuerel.
M. de Lesseps and Arabi Puha.
A London correspondent tolls the follow.
ing teary of M. de Lesseps, which, he says,
is of undoubted anthentiohty, his informant
having been present at the scene described t
—When Lord Wolseley was ttt Iamella, in
1881, he had treason to suppose, from in•
formation received, that Al, doLessapa was
to commnnivaoian with Arabi Peelle, In
uohsegneuce, a close watch was kept, upon
the movements of "le grand Franoals,"
with the result that be wee detected in tete
act of telegraphing to the rebel leader, ad
vising him 0 attack the British force ab
01100, If the message had been sent and
the adobe followed, there can be no doubt
that a heavy blow would have been inflicted
Upon the Ienglish foreo. News of the ince,
dent w33 wired hone tet tho time, but, pro-
seinebly for reasons of international diplon
maey, was never made public Al. cue lies.
saps, however, was kept practically under
lock and key far some tihneaftorwards,and
was only allowed to drive out once a clay in
it =siege, melee military escort.
.-amus—m+aewa...tm..••-.•--+:.
Tho Czar Charged by a Bear,
The Czar has just hada narrow ammo.
Although not usually a very ardent Nimrod
'fis 1.iaj0214 wished to assist in the do-
00000ian of two boars whioh had been ob-
served near the village of Tokrnvo, so he
set out accompanied by a largo suite. The
animals when roused took refngo in a cave,
from which it seemed impossibie to die.
lodge them, bieverat shots were fired into
the don, when suddenly one of Oho hears
rushed out and made st'aighl, for 1110 Czar,
Itis Majesty fired, wounding theltugo boast
fn Ono foot, but the injury (i[cl nob stop its
charge. It rushed on, reetchod the Czar,
and knoalce.d him down, Strange to say it
diel not stop, but, continued on its career,
only, however, to be sloop down a few yards
nether nn, 'Phe Czar did not, levo )hie pros.
goo of mind, and wee apparently unhurt,
ARE THERE ANY Gk1CSTSY
.0.17 t'libetl111'e3"e 314101110111..
lr, W. 1r, Brooke, an leuglisltnot . ant's :
—" 1 do net believe in ghosts, bol. 1 du le.
Hove there aro people W110 Seo thulrl---!u
imaginal. ion." 11r, 1'tonke enutplains sotto.
what of the Brittsle Ptyohicee ltesetttroh
Society, and thinks that if more activity
was :howl' litany holism that have been
empty for yenta, bccatwe they havollie trip•
uOlttlon of hc!ng haunted, might be let,
ilo has great faint in In 'tented work in
this line, and is onrvineed Glatt If someone
would met Ititlheelf lip 03 a " epenlahst," inn'
oiler to take tip his (marcors in the "dread
being's own nbntle" fora little time, he
aright easily Mid out the real elllhse of the
Mater brume, and thus do away with the silly
notions that 30011 ap,o'it 1 an:,t1O anti give t1.
he113e a bad 1131113. "\\'lull was your first
achievement 0" " Oh, a very simple attain.
1 was on board a ship in Newcaatte,
Australia, herd we had Ltllell I0 cargo of
emus for Nov Zealand, but on the duty
previous to the sailing every conn alt board
deserted on mecum; of the strange noises
that were heard in tihe' ti
sl p s hold, aid, in
fact, all over the vessel
1 11.B.111.1) ttOItts
myself and at first was under the intprersion
tint some stowaway' Witte in diotrees, I
found out that this was not the case, so
(laving nu idea) 1 commenced imitating
vnrinueauitnata, and was soon delighted to
hear myself answered. I proouecled can -
dowdy tit the direotimh of the sound, but
slipped, and, rolling down the heap of coals,
fell into the arms of a poor little pig that
we had lost three weeks before, and which
had grown enormously fat during his moan.
eeration, cxioting solely upon coal !" "I
suppose thhat in many eases animals arc the
cause of there strange noises 0" "01), yes ;
I have hail many instances of the kind.
One time I was sent for to calla the fears
of two maiden ladies who had been frighten-
ed for several nights by unearthly noises
mud Inppmgs that had, they assured me,
'conte out of the earth.' 1 found that the
sounds proceeded from the efforts of a cat
to extricate its head franc a lobster -tin
under the floors. in another ease I was
quietly sitting in a 'Minuted house' with at
Win glimmer of light, 0 piece of cheese near
a suspicions -looking hole, and my trusty
Na 2 shot in ti little barrel, when I saw two
glistening eyes, and I'let go' I I drew forth
a beautiful specimen of an ordinary rat,
with a wooden ball tied round its neck ; no
more rapping was heard there. The wood,
I presume, hail been tied round the poor
brute as an old dodge to scare away its , 001-
panions, and in its jonrneyittg it '"ppetl
against the laths and floors." "\1-,tt aro
your tnethode of nnoarthing 'ousts'?"
'They are very simple. I have
VERY ACUTE )tiiARI\1.t,
and can generally locate n sound directly I
hear it; but if I fail to discover in which
direction it comes from directly, I make a
minute examination of the doors and Will -
1103/8 And hears. UT suspect that it 10 cava•
ed by an anfntal or by some praettcal joker
who is in oho house, Iscatter a little powder
nr sand around all the entrances, sit down
quietly and await the appearance of the ap-
parition or the sound of the creature. If it
appears (it never does though !) and goes off
again Iexamine the powder round the doors
far footmarks or pewtreads. I understand)
thoroughly the construction of a house, and,
oonsequenty, can. often detect flaws in the
buihluhg that would not be noticed except
by a practical man. Strange noises are
moused by a variety of things ; clothes
baskets that have contained wet clothes are
hung up in a warns room after washing -day.
They will emit peculiar socuuls to the nerv-
ous. Loose boards ender the carpets will
set many people wondering, n beetle under-
neath a wall paper, too, will make estrange
rematching sound. It is not a sufficiently
known fact that imagination is rho only in-
tellectuei faculty which exeroises n (Bract
influence un the bodily organs, those organs
being the organs of sense. It acts by pro.
clueing in then, or in pmts of the brain
wish whioh they communicate, the saute
state which is usually brought about by ex-
ternal objects actually present to them.
The eye is most liable to be effected by these
fele° impressions, which 0aelil• in many
different states cfsysten, I know a man
who sees phantoms very often. I have been
in his company when he sees thohn—he has
had two or three attacks of 'll.T.'"
" Needless to say, iter. Brooke, you have
always discovered the nature and where.
abouts of the ' spirits' 1" " Yes. I have
never been beaten, but have had sever-
al tough
enstomes to deal with. Onohouse
that visited
bore a very bad name.
C\EAtcTIL0 till rtIElim
as of a wontn while being ill-treated had
been hoard by the neighbors, ns well as by
the late accup,unts. 1 stayed in the house by
myself ono evening, but failed to hear any-
thing oat of the common, until the lady, a
few minutes before twelve, gave me a taste
of her quality. I heard her as I woe sitting
in the kitchen, anal then in the room above;
I Went into tic garden—she was there;I
went into the stent—oho was there. I
know site was there, because I hoard her.
I examined the house thoroughly, but with-
out 000005s, until my effort were rewarded
after about to coupleofhours'searching,and I
taped her voice to the roof. I went for it
with 1.t ladder, and brought it down under
arnt—the chimney -pot cowl woe rusty,
knocked out of olutpe by the sweep's brush,
and the wind (teemed these umnnsied
sounds." "ley no means it pleasatb job,
clambering over the roof of ani empty
house 1" 'I've had worse. I managed to
unearth Oho Canso of the footsteps that were
tdwaye hoard during rainy weather hi a
large hoose in High Street, Deptford, some
Ohne since. After swarming about rho out.
side in the wind and wet, I discovered that
the gutter was stopped up, anti the water
flowed over on to A leaden flat and caused
the tapping Funs wore never seen at the
windows while I stayed there, and two pots
of "four 'arf" informed me that "the blaltes
root lived in one of the kerrovnns to the
fair ground behind recd 1.0 go in the house
when it was empty to 'cross.'"
A Gigantio Turtle.
When Manrittto wets acted 10 (droop
Britain in 1810, there was a gigantic turtle
in a court of the Artillery Berraoks et Port
Louts which is there still, although ahnnet
blind. 1 t 'weighs, exceeding to a Eronoh
observer, 150 kilogrammes, and measures
2,50 moires (3410) etOrass the carapace. Its
height front the ground to the top of the
carapace when itwalks,isabout0.0,3metres
(about 2fft). Itis believed to be 200 years
old at least, nevertheless 10 parries two mon
an its back with ease.
A new bnsinoss.—An exchange bays that
Otero is it, In111 in Berlet who came his liv-
ing by tatting doge oat to weer. itis pat-
rons pay 'him a potty an hour for giving
their lags a daily luring, and seeing to it
that they rottolt home in safety, 1 yyepder
who is taking care of the chiirlren belonging
00 those families, and whether they will all
roach borne safely 2
January 27, UKK,
EU 'Illy W1TH BLOW BUNS.
Nnvolee 01' Gu18ns who Ito' '1'h303 Queer
Oleapnns 001111 1'o[sot"•it Arrows.
The blew pipes used by, the savages of
Colima for shooting pn1+411311 ttrrotte are
very wonderful w'altclus indeed, The Mini.
'rte of 1ltiso,lulttoc'iel region, bohtg1)otll very
hot and very moist, pi'odltera IL vegetation
ntaetonisl!ug Ittom11't'tnee, The forests are
co)nmenly ankle deep in water Ms mile
after mile, aid, ootengnmhty, rho animals
found there meetly Inhabit the trees, Mon-
keys are execrdin rly numerous, For hill.
ins these tree -dwelling m'eaturee the blow
gen es the hest possible internment, Ie is
made from ctpeculiar kind of reed, and ul•
though eleven or twelve feet in length, its
weight Is onlya pound and to half. It is pro-
vided, like n nulla, with rt 1.030si'�I t 1611(1 a
back sight the latter being mode of the
teeth of a smell beast celled the aconohi.
The natives are most careful respecting
llie straightness of their now gime, and
never allow them In lean agalnet anything
lest they should bo warped. The arrows
employed are made from the'eaf ribs of a
hind of ale orad o h' Ol bre of e
o t ft ho n h
gun by a wr:epping of wild cotton fastened
with a fibre of ',ilk glass. (treat art is re-
quired to put on the cotton properly. The
arrow is about ten inches long, no thicker
then a crow quill and at ono end is
brought to a point as sharp as a needle by
ecrapleg it between the !teen -edged, saw-
like tenth of the pirai fish, One-half of a
pirai jaw is always suapeuded to the quiv-
er.
The vegetable poison used fnr envenoming
the arrows is called "ours ri," 1t is extreme-
ly powerful and will kill a mean within few
minutes when introduced lute the eircnla-
tion by nn arrow point, though it is harm-
less when swallowed. It is veru difficult
to procure the strongest " curer," from tl e
natives, who are most unwilling to part
with it. 13hearrow heads are kept carefully
separltLa from tho shafts as a protection
against accidents, the enrages themselves
being very touch afrltitl of the poisons
which they employ. Tho secret of prepar-
ing the poison is handed down by the modi-
eine man from generation to generation, and
the common people aro not permitted to
know it.
First mast be sought the ennui vine,
whioh is closely allied to the tree which fur.
nishes strychnine, and to the urns tree from
which tete Dyaks of Borneo get the poison
for their arrows. %Viten the poison maker
has fund the curari he looke for two bulb-
ous plants, the stems of which yield a glu•
tinons jnd0e, Another vegetable ingredient
is the bitter root, commonly used by those
savages un poisoning water for rho purpose
of catching flab. Ta the mixture composed
of these elements the medicine mnu adds two
kinds of venomous ants and the poison fanOs
of deadly species of stakes. The whole is
allowed to simmer over a fire, the snakes'
fangs and the ants being pounded and
thrown into the pot. The boiling is con-
tinued until the poison is reduced to a
thick brown syrup. Finally a IOW arrows
are dipped experimentally in the poison, and
its °Ilect is tried upon sante eremite or bird.
If satisfactory the poise,' is poured into a
spherical earthenware pot, in whioh it is
kept, carefully covered over with leaves, to
exclude air and moisture.
Pate of The Ben Douran.
The fate of the Glasgow ship Ben Doman,
which has been posted as missing at Lloyd's,
will probably never Inc known, but the fol-
lowiug report. of the master of the barque
Gladys, which strived at Flamburee on 1st
October from Iquique, telle le terrible story,
which itis almost certain refers to the Ben
Duran. It throws the only light that can
possibly be gleaned upon her fate, and is e
record of a terrible them mystery, After
referring to hie own adventures amongst
the ice, Captain Hanald, of the Gladys,
says :—" About four o'clock on the after -
root) of 44.11 July, in lot, 30'80 8, long. 31.40
\V, whilst passing to the westward of a
large iceberg. saw signs of human beings
having been o 1 it. On the north-west side
a beaten track was on the berg, and it also
appeared as If there had be, n a place of
shelter formed in the solo of the clefton the
top of the ice. We also saw what appearetl
to be five dead human beings lying in
to different places, one lying outside the
place of shelter, and ono halfway up the
path. Thero'wero no signs of life, and as
the pleat) was densely pecked with icebergs
and night coming on, it was not prudent Op
stop." So ends this story, which tel's a
shoutcing enough talo of a terrible shipwreck
and the tranvia fate of the crow. The plane
where this iceberg 99'140 passed wile in the
track of hnotewnrd bound shit from Aus-
traltlsiaarid the American I,cillo punts.
The Ben Doman should have rounded Cape
Horn some time in June, Nearly all the
masters of vessels conking from that diroc-
Lion levo told marvellous stories of hair-
breadth escapes from disaster in this neigh-
bourhood of amount of the remarkable
number of icebergs met with, sone running
through ice for hundreds of miles. It world
be a remttrlcnble circumstance, therefore,
if no ships had cone to grief, and as all the
vessels which rounded Cape Horn during
Juno on their 'homeward journey lhnve ate
rived safely at home except the Bun Doli'
ran, it may be taken for granted that elle
ran into a berg and foundered, mud that a
remnant nt ieast of hos crew succeeded in
sealing the iuy cliffs only to meet a terrible
death by etnrvaton.
Three of Them
A prond puree') and his man, riding over
a common, saw a shepherd, in a new one,
tending his flock.
The parson asked, in a haughty tone, who
gave 'nim the cont.
" The same people," said the shepherd,
"that clothe you—the parish."
Thn.parsou, netted a tittle, rode on for
scene dietetwo, nunmuring.
Presently Ito sunt his ratan back to ask the
shepherd 11 Ito would coma and work for
him, as the wanted n fool.
The man returned to the shepherd, ao-
(rantingly, end delivered itis master's nes.
sago.
'Are you going away, then'" asked the
shepherd.
leo," answered the men,
1'L'hen you may tall your piaster," re-
plied the shepherd, "that his aehtry won't
maintain three Mole I"
Misunderstood.
As an early morning train drew up et it
stetiat on an English rtdlway line, a pleas.
ant looking gentleman stepped out ail tbo
platform, and inhaling the fresh air, maims
iastionlly observed to tho guard ;•
" Isn't tide invigorating 1"
e' No, sir, it's Croydon," replied rho
guard.
It is estimated that 100,000 incendeeeont
]maps aro daily merle un the United States.
A' recent dcrislon of the united ,Stator
Cart of Appeals gives to the Edison Cents
pony the sole right to mantffai:ture them,