The Brussels Post, 1889-3-29, Page 66
HEALTH.
Oars oj'the Halr,
It is noticeable that of the majority of
women few have abuadsnb heads of hair,
and quality gives way to quautity ; the finer
the hair, the less there is ret to be of it.
la also a matter of comment that the
abundant trews that crown the heads of
many girlie become oansptououely scant as
they approach their thirtieth year. The
Muse of this deterioration eon be traoed,
in many oases, to the rage for blonde hair.
flat not blonde by nature becomes blonde
through orb; and napped of its vitality by
injurious washes, earn deadens and falls
out.,
But another cause of this early lose of
hair is .,ithoub doubt the failure to give ib
proper Dare, and as the vigor of youth de-
parts, the growth of the hair perceptibly
weakens.
There are heads of hair of suoh vigor,
that no matter whet is done or not clone
to them, they seem ever to thrive, and even
when silvered throughout, are as heavy and
long as in their youth. The fortunate
posseesore of auch hese need nob concern
themselves about treatment. The object of
thio artials is to sive information for the in-
viuoratioa and beautifying of weak, thin
hair.
No comb, fine or coarse, abould be used
upon the hair oxeoeb when necessary in
dividing or arranging it. Combs break the
young hair, and irritate the scalp, without
cleansing, The fine-tooth comb, so often
need to serape out dandruff, is destructive
itself to the hair. The plane of the comb
should be supplied by a good stiff brush,
with bristles deep enough to penetrate the
hair to the scalp. A thorough brushing, with
such an implement, will make the hair as
smooth and free from tangle ae a comb,
clear out dust and dandruff, stimulate the
growth of new hair, promote a supply of
natural oil, and leave the scalp glowing and
invigorated. Hair of any color, under such
treatment, must be beautified from its clean.
lineae and lustrous gloss. A new growth
will soon be observed, and the falling out
become lees and lose, though months, and
even years, must para before the full effect
of the brushing prooses will be seen.
All washes of soda, hartshorn or borax,
and dyes for turning the hair golden, are
injurious to its vitality, and cause, sooner
or later, according to the ability of the hair
to resist, a bald head. Once a fortnight is
often enough to wash well brushed hair, de-
spite the charms Amalie River ploturee of
"A woman's hair daily washed." Frequent
washing keeps the hair too dry for vigorous
growth- Use tepid water and old motile
soap. Divide in the back, plait Ioosely, and
after soaping and dipping the head in the
water; rub the scalp thoroughly with a nail
brush, or the hands, Rinse all soap out in
clear water, and comb smooth while web
with a coarse comb. Dry over the shout -
dere in the sun, or with the back to a fire,
taking care nob to sib too close, and do non
pub np till dry.
A fine tonic for the hair is one half water
and one half Bay Rum, made bitter with
quinine. This must be rubbed into the scalp
twice a day. Bet it is thoughb to darken
the color of the hair.
The best brushes for use are those with
unbleached bristles. Cheap brushes are
too soft and thin to benefit the Bair. A
good one to last, will eoaroely Dost lees then
51,50. Brushes and combs should be kept
eorupulously clean. Leave them fifteen
minutes in a basin of water with a table-
spoonfulhortshorn,and every atom of dust
will be taken out. Prop the brush so that
only the brietles are in the water, as the
hartshorn will injure the handle and back
This can be done by put_ioS the smallest
tenet china in the basin with it. Dry well
before using.
The head ohruld be protected front dirt
in sweeping and dusting with a dust cap,
Clipping the ends of the hair once a month
is beneficial, Professional hair- dressers are
said to clip dexterously every hair, but
amateurs meat content themselves with
alightly trimming the hair evently when
brushed smoothly dawn the bank.—iGood
Housekeeping.
THE
BRUSSELS POST.
IJunLamosteetweeierereveramasseemiesefehnomiemseamimantesemeaniateriermentoemearoser
has already been experimented upon, med1 LATEST FROM EUROPE.
has risked death by delay or by the struggle
with hurtful medicaments. The dangerous
feature about the self•adminietretion of
opiates is that the aubjeob keeps on taking
the drug while partially deprived by its use
of the cower of reason or the benefit of Mem-
ory. Tha legitimate use of moll agents re-
quires the greatest caro end caution, They
must be adapted to the system of the recap -
Nat and to the /emcee' occasion, What
would be harmless to a person at one time
would be daogercue at another, Ib ie well
known that neurotic: pots ins are cumulative;
that they po on piling up in bhe myetom like
steam oollerting in te boiler. No harm is
done until at Nee the exploding point is
reached,—(Naw York San,
A RIGHT KIND OF BOY.
The Toting Canadlau Who epode; or Uta
Vtnee as "We."
Don't laugh at the boy who magaifiea hie
place, You may see him coming from the
post ofiiae a with big bundle of his employer's
letters, which he dhplays with as much pride
as if they were hie own, But he is proud of
his plane, fie is ettendiue to bueinese. Ho
likes to have the world know that he is at
ocrk for a busy ooaoern. One of the Law -
ran. ee,of Boston, once said: "I would not give
UPI!) or the boy thee dose not say 'we' be•
fo: h3 bas been with us a fortnight." The
boy Ni ho %aye " we " identifies himeei£
with the concern. Ito interests are his.
He sticks up for its credit and reputation.
He takes pleasure in his work, and hopes
some time to say "we" in earnesb.
The boy will reap what he sows if he keeps
his grit andstioke to hie job. You may take
off your hat to him as one of bhefuture solid
men of the town. Let his employer do the
fair thing by him; cheek him kindly if he
shows signs of being too big for his plaoe ;
counsel him as to his habits and associates,
and 000asionally show him a pleasant pros -
pot of advancement, A little praise does
an honest boy a heap of good. Good luck to
the boy who says "we."
White Slavery in Kansas,
The sale of whits men in Arkansas into
what is a practical, though limited, slavery
is an old mw which obtains in that State as
wen as in some of the Southern States of the
Union. In Arkansas it is incorporated in
Mansfield's Digest, sections 1213 and 1214.
The law reads : "When any person shall be
convicted of any misdemeanor under the
laws of this State by any courb of competent
jurisdiction, the court shall diroob then the
person convicted be put to labor in any man-
ual workhouse, or on any bridge or other
public improvement, ar that the person be
hired out to some person, as hereinafter pro -
video, until the fine and costs are paid,
which shall nob exoeed one day for each 75
cents of the:fine and poste. Ib shall be the
duty of the sheriff and constable immediate•
ly after the conviction of any person of any
misdemeanor, to proceed at ones to hire said
poreon out (if the fine and costa are not paid
or secured) to some person, company or per.
poration." The teeent sale at auction of a
white man for a fine of $55,50 ,was in reword -
once with the law. The man brought only
25 Dente a dry. A negro nonstable acted as
auotioner—quite a reverent of the old order
of things in the days of slavery.
Headwear.
The toque and the prinoesse bonnet ap•
pear again among early spring models, in
velvet, felt, and straw to suit the exigencies
of our fitful climate, Some of the new
millinery fabrics are exceedingly handsome
and beautiful. There are among the novel
ties pretty little Ogee' in moss green,
mahogany, dahlia, and other dark becoming
shades, decorated with montures end half -
wreathe of arbutus blossoms, jonquils, May
roses, crocus blooms, and sprays of pale -
pink hyacinth. Jonquils in clusters on a
moss green toque form a stylish little head -
covering, the jonquils thinly veiled with
pale olive tulle. Delicately -shaded velvet
violets were effectively arranged on a little
princeese bonnet of Berk violet felt, trim-
med with a deeper Bbade of velvet. These
pretty little flower -crowned bonnets and ca-
pons will be worn until the warm days of
early summer. They will be seen with
mistimes of'faille, Henrietta cloth, and
aamel'a hair in light spring ohades, and with
white wool toilets further on. Short walk-
ing dresses in improved princ:see effects,
will be popular next season, and en suits will
be worn theprincesse bonnets just disoribed.
One wholly new French bonnet is perfectly
tort and is made of ono piece of velvet. How
this is done is mast mysterious. However,
high•olass bonnet making is a mysterious
and 000ulb art. There is a fulled Drown,
and the velveb is then fulled in close all
around. The brim is simply, of this veivet
double, and oddly bunched into an artistic
"huddle" ab one side. This is turned back to
frame the face and hair, and is adjusted ao-
cording to the fano) of the wearer. It Iecke
as if it would suit nearly every faoo, bub ibis
affirmed en the best authority time only a
woman who is smart -looking herself can wear
i4. So ib is very of ten, alas 1 with these
a(,Irarently "simple" adornings.
Charms Against Old Age,
Randolph Ohurohill'o Erratic Oar'oer—'She
Servian Situation—ging Milan..
A cont oienblous calculator, who tae oat
in the reporters' gallery of the House of
Commons for twenty-five years and has
I closely watched the politioal career of Lord
Randolph Churchill since its oommenoomenb,
has arrived et the conolueion that his arra-
tio lordship hes just three followers in the
fBoum, to wit, Mr. Canon, Mr. Jennings
(formerly of New York). and Mr. Banbury,
land that the noble lord has reaobed a pent
ab which he can avoid politioal eXtinotion
only by joining the Liberal party. Lord
Randolph has been nagging rhe l.*overnmeub
this week with muoh li. htsomo industry,
but with little offeob. The Tories have taken
bo laughing at his initiation instead of re-
ceiving them eoriouely, and his lordship in
oonsequenoe is growing restive. A jump
one way or the other seems an imminent
probability.
The attempb to raise a scare in eastern
Europe may be very largely discounted.
The London Satndard's correspondent, who
sends the news, is an old offender fn this re -
spot, Austria may possibly be moving
troops toward the Servisn frontier, bub in
all probability it is only to proteab her own
territory. Austria can hardly desire to pro-
voke a war with Russia ab this juncture,
and Bismarck would assuredly use the whole
of hie greet influence to prevent it. Bub s
force of Austro-Hnngarian troops on the
Sorvian frontier may not as a restraint upon
those whose delight it would be to rouse an
outbreak in the so-oalled kingdom.
Everything, indeed, in Servia points to
this little place becoming a hotbed of intrigue,
and remaining eo for a long time to come.
The Queen wants to rot back, and the
young King wants his mother, but the Be.
gents are nob disposed to put up with this
charming lady, who, whatever her qualiii-
oatfone may be, hes a certain love of intrigue
and a pervading predilection for turmoil
which mthe bring trouble upon y
Things in Servia are ab sixes and sevens.
The poor peasantry are spiritless, bub agita-
tors aro at work upon them, and a little
flare. up may be expected any day. But a
spitfire flare in Servia does nob mean a
European conflagration by any means.
They say in Belgrade thet Ring Milan
este like a prisoner who has been released
from a long term behind iron bars. Appar-
ently the agony that he felb over the loss of
his hair has abated, or else the hair h,e
grown more tenacious, for the King is larky
and gay. He has thrown all responsibility
to the four winds of heaven, and leaven his
juvenile summer and his amiable wife to
solve the European problem to combat the
opposing influences of Austria and Russia.
Jade, a Precious Mineral.
The tombstone of the conqueror, Tamer-
lane, at Samaraand—he died there in 1405—
consists of an immense block of Berk green
jade. Some courageous vandal broke a piece
from ib for the late Dr. Heinrich Fischer,
of Baden, part of which was vont to me.
The rest of the tombebone ie still at Samar -
mend for some enterprising American or Eng -
People talk and write a great deal about lish collector. The block of Siberian jade
the necessity for growing old gracefully; bubexhibited for a time at the British Museum
after all, Madame Da Deffand one of the weighed 1130 pounds. De Laeb (1647) men-
wittieab letter writers of Louis XV.'s era, tione a lump of jade the size of a man's head,
was righb when the boldly declared that no- which Dame from the Amazon River and sold
body had any business to grow old ab all' I for L50 ($250). A piece the size of a cup
The man or woman who keepe youthful was sold to Rudolph Il. by the imperial
heart and spirit through sympathy with the jeweler at Dresden for 1600 tinders. Oortez
young. preservins an interest in what is was oonteno with four pieces out of all
I d t
passing in the world about, =napes to find Montezuma s accumuatereanurea.
some occupation, some object on which to' The Emperor of China has a necklace of
employ mind and sympathies, no matter fine green beads of jadeite as large as cher-
bow oonfiued the sphere of action, will al -ries, strung ab intervals between several of
ways retain a fund of cheerfulness, hopeful- I the finest coral. Pendant from this is a large
nese ane patience, which, where the feelings ruby -spinal. Among the principal aollea-
are concerned, lives what one might term a tions may be mentioned that of the Museum
second youth. Ago in itself oannot be eon- of Freiburg, in Beier, whioh oontains the
sidered lovely any more than any other oolleation of the late lie Heinrich Fischer,
epeoies of deoxy; but it has only to follow of Freiburg, the greatest authority on jade;
the example of nature, which is ao heedful and those of the museums ab Constance and
to make ruins beautiful by wreathing them at Dresden. At the Colonial Exhibition fo
with ivy, graceful creeping plants, and London there were shown Large rounded
mosses, to order to possess loveliness that and waterworn blocks of jade weighing hun-
oannot fail to attract and touch all who look dreds of pounde, and called by the Maoris
upon it. panamu. Much ot it, of the finest green
1 color, was worked into charms and knife
A Rich old Maids Will. i handles ab the exposition.
The tate te MIN Catherine P r of
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TRANCE AND ENGLAND. I COMMENT ON MEN'S WEAR.
A Probability or War Between these two
Countries.— Britain. Preparing for
thu'tyon t.
There have been of late a good many ru•
p ora to the afoot that Eogland would have
more to dread than Germany from the rise
of Boulanger to power in France. These
reports might have attracted more attention
lead nob the greater part of them emanated
from Berlin, We need nob point out that
England, oould she be persuaded to believe
herself in need of an ally on the Contloenb,
would be apt to side with Bismerole in East
African maetets and the Samoan dispute,
Nob long ago, nowever, the oorreopondenb
of the London" Morning Poo" had an in•
terview with Boulanger and elicited opipions
of considerable eignificanoe, He mita bhab
he thought the English should evacuate
Fgypb, and that, if he Dame into power, be
should endeavor bo proved on them to do so.
He expressed a strong conviabion that he
Bummed, Buced, but declined to answer bhe
question whether he would rely exolusively
on pacific mimesmimesThis ie probi bly a more
trustworthy indication of the general's atti-
tude toward England than his recent per•
funotory dental of hostile intention.
Nexb to a recovery of Alsace-Lorraine, no
achievement would be so much aoolaimed in
France ae the restoration of French ascend -
fumy in Egypt. Nob only the atookholders
in the Suez Canal, the owners of Egyptian
bowie, and the investors in public works in
the Nile valley, bub the masa of the French
people rank the eaorifice of Fronoh influence
at Cairo as second only to the Tonquin fiasco
among the errors of the republic. To this
day the Paris newspapere cannot recall with-
out bitterness the refusal of M. de Freyoineb
and the Chamber of Deputies to co-operate
with England in enforcing the joint ultima-
tum againet Arabi Pasha.
But for that disastrous blunder, the system
of joinb control would have been maintained,
and would have had the ultimate result that
ce
Franrather than Ragland would have
been charged with bbe duty of protecting the
Suez Canal and upholding order in Egypt.
No one, who remembeta the reluctance with
wbioh Mr. Gladstone in the spring of 1886
aoneented to the retention of British troops
in the Delta, can doubb that be would glad.
ly have devolved the burden of remaining
the Khedive upon the French Government,
had ib up to that time been a loyal co-worker.
Even now ib is quite poselble time Mr. Glad-
stone, should he return to office, might over-
look the conduct of M, de Freyeineb during
bhab period, and allow France to assume the
barren honor and unwelcome coat of supporb-
ing an army of occupation.
It is quite oortsin, on the other hand,
that Lord Salisbury will never withdraw the
British troops from Egypb in order to per-
mit that country to be virtually annexed to
France. This may have been in Boulaa-
ger's mind when he would make no anewer
to the question whebher he would confine
himself to pacific means. Then the Salis-
bury Government either believes or wishes
Parliament to believe that the political
ohangee threatened in Beanie might involve
danger to Great Britain, seems clear from
the Queens speeoh. The announcement
that the Ministers would ask for an un-
usually large appropriation for the navy
and for oast defence was explained by the
statement that while just now England bad
no enemy upon the Continent, the Contin
mince of emit a state of things could not be
relied upon. Everybodywhureadthospeeoh
knew that France was pointed at, since she
is the only naval power which England has
Name to fear.
There is no doubb that the English moon.
potion of Egypt is inexpressibly galling to
her neighbors across the Channel, and that
even a war from the reaesertioo of Frenoh in-
fluence at Cairo might be popular in France.
Frenchmen feel that they have a mortgage
on the Nile country beoauee they have ex-
pended a great deal of mouey there.
Taking Medicine,
Although a man would not think of med-
dling with his watch or hie cloak, or any
pleas of mechanism, bub would intrust its
repair only to a competent workman, he
often meddles with his own health and phy-
sical oonstitution in the meet reckless way.
He will take medicines that are only of use
to some entirely different oiroumobanoes on
the mere guess that his symptoms are the
same at those for which the mediolne was
originally prepared. , Women are portion-
larly prone to do this. They 100188111y fill
up old medicine bobbies, and use them in
oases where there le not the olighteeb analogy
to the case for which the medicine was orig.
finallyv prepared. They make the meet reek -
lege diagnoeio. They exohange information
as to what the dootors did for their children
ander what seemed to them similar circum.
ammo, and wbioh may be entirely different.
Whey may not know the difference between
a oomrtlon Neigh and membraneous oroup,
but they will taokle bhe most dreadful die -
Nee with the moat inappropriate remedy,
By the tfmo the elector oomee, the patient
ea o les a erina ei eon,
Richmond, Mass., has been inventoried, and •
has proved a great and pleasanb surprise to i
her relatives, She was thought to be rich, '
but no one supposed that elle was possessed
of a personal estate of almost $500,000, near-
ly all in Government bonds, bank and firsb-
clase railroads stocks. Among her house-
hold goods and apparel were fifty bonnets';
dating back as many veers ; seventy shawls,
some of them very valuable, and 300 glass
vials than had sometime oonbained medicine,
but were now empty and wrapped in white
tissue paper and poked away. There was
also a surprising collection of silks and Bab- l
ins. Miss Pointe was one of the noted
aharaotern of the county end always attract-
ed much attention ab the cabtle show, which '
rhe annually attended, dressed elaborately
and wearing many diamonds.
Khartoum.
Khartoum dill figures in newspaper de•
spatobes, though there really is no Khartoum
ab the presentday. The town was proobi•
oally wiped out of existence in the days of
horror following Gordon's death. The forts
are still maintained, bub the rest of the
town was razed to the ground, and the
material used in the most important build-
ings WAS taken across the river to build a
big mausoleum and mosque over the remains
of the late Mandf. Omdurman, woes the
river from Khartoum, is now the scab of the
Mandist power, and when we read that
Khartoum is alarmed over White Pasha
rumours, it simply means that Omdurman is
in a panicky state. By deebroying Kharboum
the Mardi meant to show the Soudan what
would beoome of any other winked city
which, aooepting an infidel's aid, attempted
to keep the hosts of the Prophet outside its
walla.—LN. Y. Sun.
She Can Come Very Near It.
Why ebould a girl remain ugly 1 There
are soma exercises and eyetems for filling out
her ohooke, nook end bust, developing her
limbsandformingher nose, Theexperto will
straigh ten her eyes and fix her teeth, What
nature has not done for her bait, eyebrows
and complexion loan be supplied by art, The
plain girl may not find It in her power to be.
tome a thing of beauty, bub she oen tome
very near ib.—(Atlanta Constitution,
Ile--" Jenny, you are a brick 1' She
(between gasps)—" Yes, a pressed brink."
Their, S. Jury System,
"New York Herald:" There is a startling
suggestiveness about a plan whioh Judge
Daniels has been compelled to adopt in order
to secure jurors for the trial of Thomas B.
Kerr. While a talesman ie being examined
as to his qualifioatione for the jury box all
other talesman are excluded tram the room,
so bhab they may not know what answers are
necessary bo debar a oitizen from jury duty,
If this means anything it means that Judge
Daniels is oenvinced that oitizene have been
in the habit of committing 'perjury of the
white lie Dort in order to escape from ser-
vice.
This is a sad oominenb not only upon the
jury system as ab present organised, bub
upon the lack of public spirit in the oibizene
of New York. Jury duty is not only the
highest right, but it is the moat sacred able
gation of citizenship. The man who will
swear falsely to relieve lemeelf from his ob-
ligation is a pretty small potato. Such a
man might not regard bribery as a serious
prime.
"WHALE -BRIT."
M,A.RCJ3 59, 1889.
Very pale tints will run this Spring.
The twioo•rouud has nob made a hit.
A sbylieh bar ooab le of white dunk olooed
with frogs.
Retailers reporb a boom in pearly grey
evening dress gloves.
Novelties in cameo atone for enthrone
handles aro worbh looking up.
Fur oollare and puffs fer overooaba aro
Bold by New York outfitters at from $5 up
per Bet.
Toilet rcquisities—dressing•oaees and the
like—are gaining more and more apes in
the outfitters' stook.
Some of the new scarfs make a follow ae
oonepiouono ea a highly poliehed name -plate
on a shabby front door.
The olothiers all over the country reporb a
decided €nerease in the demand for ready-
made swallow -tail coats,
The ear muff busiueso among the retailers
In this parb of the country hes nob been a
howling ouooeee this Winter.
W hibe effeotsin full-dress jewelry continue
in groan demand, though the plain gold is by
no means losing its popularity.
Many a mother has learned for the fist
time that her eldest born bas ideas of hie
own when he turned up hie nose ab the
trousers she bad made for him.
Match boxes, cigar aaeea, gentlemen's
toilet eebs and other knieeknaas, left over
from the holiday trade, are being offered ab
about one-third of their original cost, by a
well known New York retailer as "cotillion
favors,"
Sailor knote of moderate size are worn by
many cf the most fastidious dressers in pre-
fereooe to all other ideas in neok-wear forme.
They represent the class of men who are
slow to take to novelties end follow the
same rut seaeon after Beason.
BRIEF DESPATCHES.
Sowing of wheat began at Edmonton on
March 2,
Bowmanville has had a disastrous oonflag-
ation,
A strong shook of earthquake has occurred
at Smyrna.
Six boy ran away from the Industrial
School ab Mimioo,
Emperor William will, Ib is reported, vieib
England after all.
Wheat Belle in Manitoba for $1 and $108 ;
in Dakota for 90 cents.
Dakota farmers are said to be short of
suitable wheat for seed.
Peter Dayboll was drowned in the raceway
ab Welland. He leaves a wife and family.
At Grenville, Texas, John Glidden° was
shot and killed by his 17 -year-old son.
A furious storm on Chesapeake bay is
said to have caused the lose of several oyster
boats and other small arafb.
A Washington despaboh to the New York
"Pout" says that President Harrison bas
declared Behring sea a closed Bea.
Geo. R. Carlton, bookkeeper for Smith,
Bro. Se Co., of Seattle, W. T., has disappear.
ed, and is said to have embezzled $20,000.
Tho °atoll of seals this spring, awarding
to advices from Newfoundland, already
roaches 200,000, which is more than all of
last year's catch,
Minute Beings Which Serve to Appease ah
Banger or Whales.
The food of the northern whale is nowhere
in prdeortion to the size of the creature
that devours it, writes Lieut, Sohwatka in
the Cosmopolitan for Maroh. The sperm
whale of warmer waters "tackier something
of its size" in eating the giant squid of that
region, but the cold wateruetaoean contents
itoelf with devouring millions of the min-
ute lite that abounds in frozen seas. This
the whalers oall the "whale -brit" or"whale
grit," and it is often in ouch quantities as
to give the surrounding sea a distinct olive
green tinge, although the little animal pro-
ducing this effect is ouly about an inch in
length. These minute beings are also
carnivorous, and et the mouth of inlets, ea-
peoially those fed by sediment -bearing
rivers, they find their beat feeding ground ;
though by no moans confined to such
planes, for they are often found in donee
swarms far out to sea, Through this
" whale-brib " the whales rush with open
months, straining the water through the
hairy furze on the inside of the baleen or
whalebone, which retains the minute food
Iike a sieve, and bhon hie marine majesty
knight oommanderof the big bath, proceeds
to leisurely demolish the small fry, some-
what after the manner of crowned heade
and "pow•heads"in general. When hungry
whaled first find a feeding ground, an old
whaling captain told me that they go sleek-
ing and bolting baokward and forward
through ib like so many hungry pigs corms
a troughful of food suddenly put before
them, and the sea water is lashed into a
foam with their eforto to appease their
ravenous appetites.
AN AFFAIR 'Ol',IIONOIUIt.
WHY PHYSXCTANS ESCAPE.
They Seem to bend Charmed IRves ,lniietsb
Coetsgien.
Physioians aro commonly supposed to
load a charmed lite, They seem endowed
with a divine righb to go whither they will
and return nnaoathed, Though speeding
many hours of every day in upbuila ing the
health of mankind, they seem utterly re-
gardless of their own, yeb their apparanb
regleob mama fraught with no ill results.
They enoounber bhe moat malignant diseases
and are in fregaonb Aotendanoo upon pati-
ents whose very touch would room to em-
body contagion, yet they aro very rarely
sbriokeu down.
" I am an out-and•out Calvinistic fatalist
ou this subject," said a promisenb pbyeioian
yesterday. " I believe thus Providence
must have made a special dispensation in
the ease of medioal men. They are the
bravest class in tie world, bub so are bhoy
tbo moot carotene. They eat whao and
when they piease, and average scarcely six
hours' sleep per day, just two hours less
than they prouoribe zee their pabiente.
Every time they go into a sickroom they
run a greater ar less risk, but they are fear-
less auduoflinchlug. The thoitghbof catch-
ing or transmihtirg d€eeaso is the moth
remote from their nada.
" There is very little danger that a doc-
tor will parry gonna of diseae° from house
to house. nave treated casae of diph-
theria, scarlet fever, measles and mumps
in the same day, and have gone directly
from one patient to the other without
thought of transmission. I never think of
ohangiog my clothes when I opine home
from visiting a malignant type of disease,
nor do I ever have them fumigated. And
it is righb here that my fatalism is pub in
practice,"
"There are among doctors susoopbibilibies
to partioular forme of disease that disprove
the theory that the health of a medical man
ie almost impregnable," eaid another physi-
cian. " Why, 1 have caught soarlet fever
five times in the course of my practice, If I
should be summoned to visit a owlet fever
patient to-nighb I would be sure to have a
etre throat to -morrow as a preliminary
symptom, I have known many caeca of
doctors who were similarly liable to oholera
or to diphtheria. Men who can stand any
amount of exposure to small pox oftentimes
will be cub down at the very first ooutaot
with typhus fever.
" Thera are two dangers to be met wibh
in the sick room ; One 1e bhe inhalation of
microbes, and the other the dangor that
germs may enter the pores of the akin.
Bub if the doctor handles his pet'out oars -
fully, has the room well vent.iated to
prevent the air becoming poisoned, and is
careful nob to inhale the sick man's
breath, he will reduce to a minimum the
danger of contagion, A physician should
never visit hie patient when he is in an
exhausted or worried abate, nor when he is
hungry. But by properly observing the
Iowa of hygiene, by making up in one night
the loss of another night's sleep, by em-
ploying moderation in the use of food, drink
and tobacco, and by frequenb bathing and
plenty of out -door life, a physician con
make himeelf as nearly diseaea-proof as it is
poss€ble for ant ono to be. I have learned
to snatch an hour's sloop hero and there
through the day, and by sleeping fa my
carriage or in my chair 1 bring my daily
average near to eight hours. I eat and drink
what I desire, but put a ban on tea. Tea -
tippling is more deagerons than whiskey -
drinking."
Nevertheless, She Got Left.
They manage these things bettor in Arkan-
sas. A ntember of the Legiaiature of bhab
State recently had 000asion to nominate e.
young lady for the office of enrolling clerk.
He is reported as having meb the responsi•
bility of his position in thin superb manner
" I shall not say that the one 1 name in as
beautiful as the angels are, for 1 have never
seen an angel and know nub how beautiful
they are, bub I will ray that if angels look
like the lovely maiden whose name I pub in
nomination the aagele are beautiful indeed."
Veteranpolitioiens who bavenever missed at-
tending a petition( oonvention for the last
quarter of a century and more agree tnab
they never heard a candidate placed is
nomination so beautifully. And did the
young lady geb the place, the entire
Legislature gallantly supporting her by
aoolemabion 7 Ales for man's inhumanity to
woman, she gob left, owing to the fact that
another candidate received mere votes.
What o sad world ib is in places.—LN. Y.
Tribune.
Judas Abolished.
Judas has been officially abolished in the
island ot Madeira. It has been a time-
honoured custom of the natives to exhibit
in one of their numerous religious processions
an effigy of Judea, upon whioh the oppro-
brium of the populace was duly heaped,
and ab tho close of the day Judas
was burned with vociferous expresaioas
of triumph and joy. Of late years it
has happened that the effigy of Judas
has borne a striking resemblance to sumo
poreon upon whom the general public has
ceased to smile, and thus the governor of the
island, the mayor of Funchal, and a foreign
consul have been caricatured in the prooes-
aione and burned in effigy. The powers that
be have decided that the admixture of poli-
tics and religion is hot wholesome, and ao
the ediot has gone forth that hereafter the
people must get along without Judie,—[New
York Sun.
lie Apologized.
"Say 1" he began as they met In a saloon,
"I owe you an appolgy."
"Do you? I didn't know it,"
"But I do. I have wronged you."
"How 7"
"]tor the last fifteen years I have supposed
I that your brother Tom was hung for murder,
' and I have told a hundredpoople so. I was
mietaken. I wish to apologize like a man."
"All right.—your apology is aooepbed,"
r Tom wasn't hung at all, was he?"
No,
"Just went be state prison for life."
c'Thabe all."
"Well, here's my hand, and I hope you
won't lay ib up againob me. What'll you
bake 7"
A Last Resource.
"Mr. Feabherly, did you drive sister to
a lash reeouroo when you took her out in
your buggy yesterday 7"
No, Bobby; why de you ask such a
question?"
"Oh, nothin,' only you'd better,' ranee 1
hoard her say elm would have to be driven
to a last resource before oho took you, that's
all."
Never judge a man by the ooab he wears.
It maybe a borrowed one.
A Duty on Mummies.
M. Maspero, the eminenb Egyptologist,
told an amusing story of an early experience
with Custom house officials in the course of
a lecture which ha delivered recently at
Brussels. He had landed a case containing
a superb mummy, an euthentio Pharaoh
of the sixteenth more', B. C., at some
European port—which he did not say—and,
having declared the nature of its contents,
he counted on seeing lb passed without fur-
ther trouble. But the officer inaieted on
opening the case ; and after a minute inspec-
tion of the article inside of ib, of which he
could make nothing, though he concluded
that ib must be valuable from the ogre with
which it was poked, he told the arohmolo-
gist that be would have to levyduty on it.
• What, duty ou an Egyptian Pharaoh 7"
asked M. Maspero, laughing heartily at
the notion. The official eearohed the
tariff table carefully, but of course it bbrew
no light on the matter. " It is true," he
said, "that Pbaraobo oro not mentioned
in the tariff; but they aro dutiable all
the Bente, for they come ander the head
of 'unolassed articles, and are subject to
the maximum rate as such." And great
Pharaoh, dead, if not exactly turned to
clay, was passed through the Custom House
as "dried fish," the most highly taxed of
imports,—LEx.
Asteroid Hunting,
" Another asteroid" is getting to be so
common a telegram between men of Baiena°
that it mums no longer a ripple of excite-
ment. Very close on to 200 email planetary
bodies are now known to exist between Mare
and Jupiter. Each ono hoe its own orbit
and time, and these have been debermined
and charted with aoouraoy. Forty years ago
there were but four of these known, 'The
disoovery of a fifth aotoniehetl the world of
ticlentists—then cane a sixth and soventh
and before long a bakor'o dozen were strung
on the line. A lull in disoovery occurred
only to be followed by such a rush of asteroid
enterprise that ib became a matter ofsporb—
a sorb of appetite sharpener for Peters, or
some Dutchman, to angle out a new ono
before breakfart. The probability ie bhab bhe
full lisb is by no means yet made out, There
are ae likely to be 500 as 200. What are
they 7 Scraps of a blown up planet, or are
they 000mioal stuff drawn into orbital sym-
patty, but not Demented into a planet) Two
new ones have been recently reported by
Paliesy.
He Never Seniles,
Hadji Hameln Knoell Khan, Persian Am-
bassador ab Waobingbon, has been greatly
misrepresented by the newspapers. Nob only
dome he understand and speak English, but
be is well aoquainted with Fronoh. He lived
in Pirie a long time. The stories wbioh have
orept into print regarding him have given
him great amusement, The reporb that he
could not understand English has led to
many ourioue inoidento. People who thought
bhab all he oomprehendod wee Persian have
oritioizod his personal appearance to his very
fees. Having an Oriental command of his
oountonanoe tie never omilee during such
ordeals —(N. Y. World,
Terminated in Death.
Onxsss, Ont., lslaron2l.—L''dwerdShultz,
about 45, married, was employed in Roth-
woil't shanty ab Little Lake, two and half
Miles south-east of Odessa, Oo Pride ,
the $bhe himself and a man named Heath,
working together, felled an elm which lodged
in an ash. The aoh snapped, one of the top
limbs akimmingShane 'b face and breaking
his shoulder. He died Chia morning front,
his injuries.
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