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HEALTH,
The Diver,
lint liver is the lergest gland of he bod,v
11 ie loyalist at the right, above the lower
border of the ribs ; rettelting over 1,, the left
shle, und lying close to the heart, overlap.
ping the stomitelt,
it erwriee on several separate and 41181418e1
lines of work. We are licst netplainted
with its work of making 1,110,, which is
largely, if not entirely, made up of waste
eleuumts taken from the blood. llile 10 a
golden yellowish fluid ; but when vomited
from the stonmelt it is green, and many
people sn plume that this ix fie retinal color.
The eltio4ge 114 flue to the gastric juiee.
It is an exeretory and digestive 1111111,
converting fats whlell foe net weed mien in
the stomach, brit in the small iniestiee,
to an emuleioe,
'Bile also two, epee the mucous surfaces
stimulating the othserptien of food after 11 18
digested.
The digestive Ihtil of the sttanach 48141,
the bile is alkaline, anti the two being poured
into the small intestine situnititneouttly 0.11 11
the food, prevent 88 irritating action
the gastric juice. Pure gastric juice is
so strong au acid that it will
irritate the Mulct if it is placed
upon it. Were not, the stomach proteeted in
a peculiar manner, it would 111111 (0 digested
wall the food, as often happens in eases of
sudden death after a person has just eaten a
hearty meal.
Bile stimulates peristaltic action, loy which
111011110 the food iS moved alotig through tho
entire length of the intestines.
It is an antiseptic, end preserves the food
from fermentation and cleetty in its slow pro-
gress through the twenty -live feet of alimen-
tary canal. This is one of its most important
uses. With 1110 food is always taken a
quantity of germs, and they would surely In-
duce fermentation but for this preventive
agent. About fourteen hems are required
for the complete procees of digestion from
the time food enters the stoma.ch until it is
eutirely absorbed.
11(1 single 000 of these several offices be
absent or interfered with, it seriously affects
the liedth of the individunl.
The liver itself is It digestive tweet. s111
the digested food, with the exeeption of 14
small portion of the fat, is absorbed and ear,
vied, by the portal vein to the liver. 'Ile
beert pumps blood direct into the
general circulation, but all ef it which
goes to tho stomach, spleen, and
other abdontinal viscera, is 0 trried to
the liver before it is allowed to
go into the general eireulatton, hus the
liver acts as a littee for the Hood reeeived
through the portal eireulation, and com-
pletes the work of digestion. The stem:Leh
is only the ante -chamber where the proeees
of digestion is commenced. There <ire
twenty.five feet of intestines, and the work
of these upon the food is vastly more int.
portant than that of the stomach. When
the stomach and intestines have dime all
that they can do to the food, its nourish-
ment, is expended, and it is carried off as
waste matter by the kidney.. The liver
acts opou all its elements, which no other
organ does. Starch constitutes one-half to
two-thirds of all our food. When we take
it into 1110 mouth, the &diva begins to
chauge it into sugar. It furnishes heat for
the body, and muscular and brain force,
hence WO Bawl a large amount of it. In the
process of digestion, a, large amount of sugar
is manufactured. If all this were poured
at once into die circulation, it would tl,ieket,
tile blood and renter it so sluggish that
the blood corpttscles would all le, destroyed,
and it would have to be hurried out of the
system to save the person's life, so the liver
goes iinmediately to work to change the
sugat: bask into liver starch, and steres it
up in lie tissues. Then it begins slowly to
change the starch 1)0.11< 111(0 sugar again, and
doles it Out for 000 88 needed for force, heat,
ete.
The liver isaiso awe 01 14311111111) establish-
ment, It takes what would otherwise be
offensive end clangorous ' elements, and
utiliSes them, just as the rendering establish-
ments of large cities take the dead animals
and offensive gerbage and make them of
value. The liver takes all the broken 033'11
tissues, 1110 11111110110 of dead blood corpuscles
and works them over asnl changes them
into material of which eorpilseles can be
made. The coloring matter in these cor-
puscles: is worked over into material which
Sunfishes coloring matter for the eyes and
hair, 88 30011 as furnishing color to the bile.
Nature shows wonderful economy in thus
taking old, worn oat material, and convert-
ing it into such a variety of new uses.
The bile containing weete alkaline sub-
stances, also makes a little soap out of the
fat, that aids in preparing the rest of the
fatty material for absorption.
The Domeetio Doctor.
A strong solutio of common washingsoda
applied four or five times a day to warts 18
recommeded as a ready and effieient meang
of their removal.
Coffee used for nausea is sometimes quite
effective. For that purpose a strong MN -
Sion 18 made of the berries which have been
ground and roasted; and it is 'sipped while
very hot. This oftentimes acts exceedingly
well; and rather better if N strong mustard
plaster is eppled to the pit of the stomach
at the same time.
A, coup syrup which we have need in the
feseily sumo my childhood, I 8180 1)100 thee::
One-half ounce each of seams, anieeseed
and fittx-sood one ounce of licorice, one pint
of water, simmered down to aloe gills.
Strain and mix with it ono -half pint Now
Oeleans molasses, one.11101 pint Jamaica, rum,
end beet full together, 11000011 for it few
moments, Them- bottle and use part of a
wineglaedul at a time. A very good thing
for a feeble 1)015011, troubled 38111) 11 etnigh,
is a. glassful of hot milk taken at bedthne,
with a fig or two.
Tho populer belief thatmen of extraordin-
(try mental activity are, as a 1010, light
sleepers, 10 (101 justified by the facts. What
the :last 131311 111)11. allowance of sloop may be
for tho individual does not seem to depend
altogether upon the amount of mental or
physteal work done, and is, to aeonsiderable
extent, determined by inheritance aud. idio-
syncrasy. The idler and the plefteure lover
often seem to sleep longer mut more easily
then tho laborious brain worker, end eases
iney be traced whore a Londeney to ligl 1 or
heavy sleep has run strongly in femilies,
irrespectively of the ocenpations, or of the
physwel and intellectitel aetivilies of in•
divideels. Tlto only sefe guide in deter-
mining each a question is experience. If
good health aud fon intellectual efficiency
tot be preserved by six hours' sleep, there
seems no 'motive for making efforts, pre<
biddy destined to failure to secure eight
110133(3. But care should lie exercised that
shove deep 1108 1101. been the result merely of
a long conthined bed h11bit, and that every
opportunity is afforded to the organism to
proem° that anima of sleep that seetrisnor-
Thal for it. Hence moderately early hours,
quiet freedoni front llottrees of dletalrbenee
are necessary, and 1,,r tt, prolonged period, be.
nes, 301 )1411 feel sure (13111 the amount of
sleep tlutt scents natural to ils 18 13)1113' so.
Eight Ilene+ lute been 11 xed liy summit1 eon.
sent as the happy Mean, Mel WI, 111111l no 4111-
,jectimi to mak,. to it, although it is, perhaps,
a diem:mem for toluits in vigor:nut
health, The young end the ailing may with
advaittege take more, an41,11
.10.1114. ,iarc_.
lo' have toe much of 140 02tee1lent a tonic tool
restorative as Hleep.
•
Expanding the Chest,
How is it that the lunge een inerease in
dee through athletic eXercises ? lly
mechanism well knowil It, pliyeielogy, by the
filliug out of twat& air collo ordinarily
ineettve, MIMI only come into play (Write(
foreed fusphettien. The expansion of the
pulmonary vesiclee IR complete in preportion
to the quality of 1411. introduced, '1110
attnespherie air drawn into the lungs by a
preveHui inepiration seeks out the mos1
obscure corners and lull:ties the air-eelle of
certain tepee; which ordinarily have no
part iti the respiratory function.
If the foreed inspi1'at,10118 are often repeat-
ed, the air.eells, the notion of which 11183 1.11110
been accidentally solicited, come in the end
to aesochtte regularly in the ordinary re.
splutters, movements. They are then very
Q1acitl3' modified in the sense MOM, fevord
able for efficient working, according to the
law we have so often pointed out ot the
adaptation of organs to the functions they
perform.
Thus forced respirations result 0 1110111-
f1etttion of tho 81000e130 of certain regions of
the lungs, end in making them work bettor.
Under the influence of unusual, exercise the
vesicles increase in eize ancl contain more
air. Moro blood is also supplied to them.
Their capillary network becomes richer, and
their nutrition more active. Thus in the
end they take up ntore room. It is in tide
manner that the regular working of a great
number of air -cells, ordinarily inactive, can
rapidly hies:ease 11)0 8100 of 1110 1111,1)5.
11. 113 then from within outward that the
force 011101141(4 of expanding the chest acts,
and it is in reality to tile lungs and not to
the museles that the chief share in the
changes In form and size of the chest belong.
The most powerful inspiratory muscles can-
not raise the ribs, unless the lungs partici-
pate 111 1110 11101'0111011t of expansion, 01111, 011
the other hand, the lungs can raise the ribs
without the aid of the muscles.
Thu exercises 'which cause an mammas,.
tion of work 111`0 them) most fitted for in.
messing the size of the thorax, and for de.
mantling increased work from the lungs,
And we know that thts accumulation of
work <teems cepecially in exercisers of streugth
and speed.
Thus the mechanism of exercise, its per-
tormance by the aid of these muscles or of
those, are of secondary importance in pee.
<hieing 1,110 result of which we are speaking.
It matters little by what process the 111110
(‚(21(11 fcree is expended, provided that there
is great expenditure in a short period of time.
It is indifferent whether the movements are
very slow, or whether they are extremely
rapid, etch movement representing but a
moderate effort. It is merely necessary
that the stun of work represented by those
movements whether 1031' or many, should, bo
considerable in a short titno.
Mountaineers all have large chests, and
the Indians who live on the high plateaus
of the Cordillera in the .Andes haee been
noted for the extraordinary size of their
chests. This great development in moun-
taineers is duo to two causes which act in
the same direction -frequent anent of steep
inelines and constant residence at great
heights at which tho air ie rarefied. The
climbing Of these slopes means (4 1)10(11 quan-
tity of work, which causes inevease of the
respiratory need; respiration in a rarefied
atmosphere obligee it man to take deeper
breaths, in 3031e1' to supplement ly the
quantity cif dr breathed the insullicieney of
its vivifying propertice.
Singers with no other exercise but sing-
ing acquire great respiratory power and a
remerkeble increase in the dimensions of
their chests. Ntunerous observations prove
that it is enough voluntarily to take a cer-
tain number of deep breaths every day to
produce in a short time 1111 increase in the
eirmunforence of the chest.
If we wish to gain She same result from
muscular exercise we must choose a form
of work which will ingress° the inteneity
of the respiratory effort -that is am exorcism,
tvhieh brings powerful muscular masses
into action.
We shall then perform a great quantity
of work in a shore time without producing
fatigue, Now the legs, which possess three
times es much muscle as the arms, can pre-
form thrice the quantity of work before
becoming fatigued. The lower limbs, are,
then, more capable then the arms of awak-
ening the respiratory need, which is pro-
portional to the expenditure of force.
P11110 11 is au error to demand from gym-
nastic exercises practiced with appliances,
0<0001800 of suspension of support, any de-
velopment of the chest. The trapeze, the
rings, the pa/Idled bins quicken the respira-
tion much less than r .111111111).
A Remarkable Fish,
Africa, is the home of many extraordinary
enimals, but there is no mote remarkable
creature than the 11101111512, which inhabits
stertain et tho rivers of Western Africa, and,
as its name implies, it lurks at the muddy
bottoms of those rivers. At present, how.
ever it is not necessary to go to Africa to see,
this fish, as it: can be seen by any one Whe
has the time in the reptile house at the Lon.
don Zoological Gardens. Al first sight there
is perhaps nothing especially striltiug about
this animal ; it looke very much like tin
ordinary fish, except for its curious, long
slender fins. A visitor who knew nothing
about the creature t('oth) nrobably go away
with the impression that he had aeon noth-
ing out of tho orminion. When the fishes
arrived each one was encased in a ball of
dried Amid, lined with mucus hem its body
and perforated by. a 8111811 speeture to admit
of brenthing. This "0000011," as it is some -
tittles called, 011 1100011131 of its analogy to
the earthen ease fabricated by many eater.
pillars in which to undergo their 11101181300"
111(0008, oe being placed in wermish wider
was dissolved end the fish libereted. The
habit which tho inudfish has of making 0.0
earthen chember of the nm11 at the bottom
of the river is 0 most wonderful provision of
netatre for the exigencies of 1.1)0 011111810. The
rivers 3011101) 1110 fish inhabits areliable to pot 1.
tidied droughts. When 011011 a de:night 15 1111.
minent tho fish retiree to deep watorand oxen-
veteisapit, 111 whieli it lies, covering itself over
with edeyer of mud. 11 0(111 suffer With lumen.
ity the complete drying.up of the river. 13ut,
the meet interesting fact 1(1)0111. 1110 creature
is that during the tone of its voluntary itn.
prisonment it breathee air directly through
tor aperture left in the cocoon, by meats of
longs, just like a lend animal. When the
returning 1441118 41800/00 1/110 11111(1 141111 1 lbOr-
ato 1.he fish it breethee by means of gillti,
just like (my other fish,
I)o yon know whatluty its? It 10 what
We 0110101 from othere,
THE GORDON STATUE,
- -
flow ilnefitiol Mot Ito:weed Hui Hero or
Khartoum.
The statue of Gen. Ceram', w 1,i
. -
rept( higt,/,,,e,, the Nine:, ef Wales has un-
veiled at 1! hat ham, eertainly oemipies 13
unititie posit ion among he works of art ttf
tide desseriptimi whish have been ereeted 125
Eitel:eel. E. Owilew Ford, A. R. A., the
(11,, senlioer selected to carry OM the work,
°min.:teed tie, epeert unity for laterehlug, out
ti beld and fearless manner front the ,olle
Inonplaoi, eonVenlionalilies in this term.
Gordon is represented as the goveritor.gen
end of the Sineisti in hie official dre.e, wcar•
ing a fez, v. ith his well.earned medal5 on
his brem,t, and mounted on. , amel whose
handsome tmonings likewiSe beepeak the
rank (if the rider. 'The (swe j) ;01 admirable
likenessof tordon, While I be 111)111(1,10 (12(888)
tool natural pose the whole envoi pm hived
luting that. the rider is peree-tly et hem,
on the baelt dilly animal, It is (('('11 1(1153011
that 1180,100 3(118 11 great eanici•ritier, ter ill
1(18 eorrespondenee 115, 113111011 ly nibble:I to
OW flea 1(13 1010 101ter he states that it 30118
011Iy 1111.191 ettinelmiding that he held. hie
position 15011)111) 1183 people in he Soudan, and
in another lot suggests that ho enjoys
it because it enables him to thilik in
peace and to mature his plans. In this,
therefore, as in all the mime. details --such
as the leathern Soudan waterdmttle, the
hietorical ratten seen in 11ord011's 101101, end
in other uonspicumei features of the work
there has been a departure from absolute
fidelity to taut, althorigh the effect is most
artistic.
camel, however, is not an animal that
lends itself naturally to artistic posing,
neither aro the lines formed by its lumped
back 11181 10(21) craning neck springing out
from the body low down between the fore-
legs of the kind that would dispel all qualms
respeeting the appearance of a statue in
which an animal of this species waS the
most noticeable feature when judged solely
from an artistic point of AMY. 0111101S,
however, differ in shape and appearance
yery considerably ; the conanon aninud of
Egypt being an exceptionally uncouth
beast, but the dromedary or "Itygeen" used
for riding purposes, besides having an easy
gttit, is finer shaped, has a nobler carriage,
and the useful but Ugly callosities upon the
111151/14 111.0 1101 so prominent. That an animal
of this description, whiell had been sent
from Hasheen, where it was exptured by
!Maj. Craves of the Twentieth hussars, hap-
pened to be in the nadogical gardens
was a fortunate fact for Mr. Ford in 110
kV RR he Was enabled to use as II M011el
1.1` 1110 work an animal of the correct breed.
The difficulty, however of working under
the conditions necessitated by circumstances
was, we are given to understand, very con-
siderable, '1110 model had to be made in
tho open, and the weathee Is not as a rule of
that character 10111011 added any delight to
this fact. For tho sake of portability it had
to 1)0 0(3114)13 firet on a small scale, which ne-
cessitated it sul,sequently being enlarged in
the studio. The restleseness peculiar to
camels when not lying down precluded the
possibility of the 0.1111110.1 1101111) kept in one
posture fur any length of time, while the
rapidity with whieh 1110 coat chaeges dur.
ing the seasoas, in consequence materially
altering the general appearance of the
animal, compelled the work being done in
the most rapid manner possible. However,
by retaining absolute hdelity to truth 111
every particular, and refusing to sacrifice any
feature aolely to gain artistic effect, the
artist has shown the true bent of his genius,
and the work he has completed certainly de-
serves the unstinted praise it ie receiving.
The work is not only ornamental, unique,
and upprepriate, but most suggestive of life.
r. Ford has never done anything better,
and the Gordon statue at Chatham will be
in 111111 1), refutation of the statement ire -
(silently made that England's artists do not
011001 111 this class of work.
Indians Object to Church Going.
The proprietor of 0,0101118 which employs
Indians says that he finds it very hard to
get the men to attend any religious service
on Sunday. If they happen to spend 14
Sunday in a town in which any one denonfin.
Won is unrepresented by apiece of worship,
the braves unanimously declare, first that
they are members of that particular denom-
'
ination and secondly,
that it would surely
wound their consciences to go to any other.
And if a Sunday is spent in a town whore all
the denominations have places of worship,
they declare that they are agnostics, with
conscientious objections to all churches.
Making Little Progress.
George-" Have you and your wife de Lid ed
yet whet to name tho baby 1"
Jack-" N.no, not quite I but the list of
three hundred and sixty names which my
wife picked out has been reduced to one
hundred and seventy."
Goorge-" Well, V1at's making progress."
jack-" ; but you see about half of
the three hundred and sixty names were for
another kind of a baby."
A Nioe Neighborhood.
Deseen Elemy-" 1 hush you hab tnoved,
Brudder 1314101<. Has you got inter t3 select
neighborhood ?"
Brudeler Blaelt-" I hab, for 0 foe', dea-
con. Neither SIM sich a selection ob chick.
ens in meh life."
BIRMINGHAIVI, 1,101 0.1111 11).' (11,1 11.-0.8 1:4I1II13
leases running seventpiire years. Super.
vision AVRR tinii bled over the char/veer
The Best Governed City in the World.
t. (Sty 1111111 by Ibiiitue33
Pr i
Fe, 413 1111 artiele in J111'p. ifrtyw.inc for
Juni. w, take 114.1 101101ViUg: Attention lots
been called to 1110 youth of Ilirmisplsou 112
118 1,111 I'M 11,8 111,3 10.51.34310er1l041 ''31 0. '111.1,0
an! 1111' 110 W14101 adrierrere ef Mr; Joseph
Chamberlain who asw,ciate his name and
entermise with he city's nem: birth. it i
tirto„r
.)1.1[1,11135, 13111 1'4'l'1lI,Ii':
ton reform, and neeompliehmente. His itp•
j4(11( 311') in public life in 0011417
111(11' 1)11.183 (133 was Mayor, u as 1.111, OIRIRRi011
1'01'Ilo ,,',',11i,,, 3(114 1.1 III.men 1Io•
153011 3'' iti111111834111„
,01;. i.11111.
,, 18 7 1
111 I,11335050,410451 manufacturer 01 wt md screws,
entered public life Marie elite( naNly, hut
W518 So011 elected Mayor, 111111
terms in that office, Under his bold and
ablo miniinistration the water -works and
gtooworks were 1111018 public property,
the Ifealth Departnit•nt was more tient
medernized, and the Imprevement Scheme
which will 140 explained further on, Wag
instituted. But first RN tO the gas 09'
110110101(1, Ifirmingliam le the 1101110
4,1 the invention of gas -lighting, but the
towe did not adopt the syeteur uutil
1141 7, after London had done 80, In
time two companies O0.1110 to SUPplY tbe
city. II 33'171 in 1574 Hutt Mayor Chamber.
lain moved the purchase of those corpora-
tions. The tax -payers voted for the scheme
in the same year, and the necessary
inentary statute W118 enacted in July, 1875,
in the same year the check of the then
borough of Birmingham, drawn for 1:410,000
($2,250,0(10), tytts paid to the Birmingham
Company for its property and rights ; and ill
January, 1870, the sum of 4 10:3,845 (135 1 9,•
225) was paid to the Staffordshire Company
for its interests. The systemization of the
new undertaking was more or less emnpli-
cated and costly, but all that is necessary to
be stated here is that, its a result, the price
of gas has been materially reduced to the
Corporation of the city and its citizens, mul
the investment returns
.1111 AXXrAL rnorIT
of more than 1)1331,13833, The (wive of the
commodity in 1875 was three shillings to
three end 0 half shillinge per thoueend feet,
but in 1 884 it had been [educed t. two
shillings and 0110 penny 11111 two shillings
end fivepunee per thousand feet. Five per
cent. discount le elloweil for prompt pay-
ment. 'rhe ofileials claim to have
shown by an exeeptioed
near the main public buildings that gas,
used at its full strength, is eapabl
of competing with tho electric light.
Their demonstration would net satisfy a
resident of an electriedighted C'anadian
city, however, It must be remembered
t hat Ininungliant has the natural pride of the
birthplace of gas -lighting, and that the cote
poration is tho 0347101' of its 1)235 1110101, so that
it isnot an unblessed judge of the comparative
qualities of the two systems of lightmg.
For more than thirty yeans the public
ownership of the water supply of the city
had been proposed and held in abeyance, In
1874 !Mayor Chamberlain moved the transfer
by agreement, or the compulsory purchase
of the water.works, then in private bends.
Both town and council were convinced by
his arguinents, and voted accordingly. Dur-
ing the dismission 11r. Chamberlain urged
that whereas there should 14e a profit on the
gas undertaking, there should he none on
that of
011.0 wevresst SIT PLY,
no all profit should go toward a reduction of
the price. The water company fought hard
against lutving to Sell out, for their property
'WM Of great and increasing valne. Before
the House of Commons, in the argument
over the necessary bill, the fight WI18 bitter,
but it was won by the high•rninded policy
of Mr. Cimmberlain in urging, that the City's
only protit should lm in the health of its
people, The bill reeeived the royal assent 011
August 2, 1875. The diekezover the sale W118
a close one, but it Wa8 flintily agreed to give
the water company 454,491 annually. The
Town (101111011 (11 once assumed control of the
works, and hits continually enlarged and
improved the plant. The profits, whielt ere
handsome, aro applied to the improvement
of the supply mid the reduction of the cost
to the consumers. Up to 1884 tho annual
reduction in water vents had amounted to
42,5,934.
The Improvement Scheme undertaken by
the city uncler Mr. Chamberlain and the
Town Council of 1.875 svill long be pointed.
to as one of the most stupendous, courageous,
and Wiee eels ever performed by a municip-
nifty. Taking advantage of an imperial
statute ealletl'Othe Artisans' Dwelling Aot,"
giving large towns and cities the 0i41)1. ta
itnprove unhealthy areas, the Conned im-
proved several 'highways, and finally bought
up a great traet of slums and narrow p238'
801)08 In the heart of the city, and there laid
out
THAT NOW 115,1.11118,11. AVXXVit,
tolled Corporation Street, whish is ono of
the handsomest streets to be seen in any
04 in any part of the globe. The squalor
end crowding had been fearful, and the
death -rate outrageous ; vice crime, poverty
and dreeltenness flourished there and the
salomukeepers were the only persous who
led endurable lives. A loan of 111 ,11101,01)0
Witt OMR/11011 Itt three end a half per vent.
for thirty years, the property was purehased
the great street, twenty-two yards wide
,
eeet, and designs ef the new with
he 1 esult that in the peineipal knot :it leleu
all ere stet ely, distant tat, tool even elegant.
Ofettorite at t lic end of the letwes they will 3,0-
Colijr 1•11/1/Prly of the eft y. eitid
1,,e !tit: ''40511 111(431)' 111,113.3' rieli
1 154 0 kiug1l,s 81s137 81 o('0'l5ty
year. hems,. It is the only twee:ion for
whieli 134 eh le live bey,,nd the ortinniey
bele ;A henien life, 111 “141,-1. 1,/ Hee 13,o 1'.-
53(3 hear the Ides •
sings which will then 1,4, elloWeri.<1 Upon Ilo
:
e.1(:
1)iUie,'
3018011 had
(141.e
'''"ut
isRPS remit 11011, “Ha if 11( 30311, Ito moy
road it in rimorts which dem
thst the (teeth re: e dey lese than (me-
lt:di what it wss befote the renovation leas
made.
Again. Inolee .Nlayor hamberlain, in 18751,
the drainage at.t1 ,,ewage syrtents OVVI'•
/tallied, A. 3VI18 lo11111,11 With till,
1030118 0100' 110,1111,1 Ilinniughttm, tinder it
board in wheel the sity ult.004 18.1101' nut a
W111 4):•1 W 1111.1111leIN. The Utdted district
e0111/.11.153'$ 47,e7e serer:, ill1i1 1111 aggro/4;d 0
population of 11t33,511 souls. 11,,-, had been
tt. more or less compact popillation
STALVE11 1511 4.111133
Witll fully a little river, the Tame, and main..
ly putting 111) '(3(111 (4141-faehiened methods
eonditions. 'Feeley what lees been done
is pointed to tot the lost molution (if the
sewage preblein in England. The Drainage
Board now menagee 30.e0.11e4 farm of 123(11
acres hi the Tame Valley. The sewage is con-
veyed thither through an eight-feot conduit,
and is pugged through the land 11'511I 11 I VII.
eive system of filtration by gravity, after
which the 8111110111 rotchem the Tame River
mew by in the condition of peefeetly pure
water. The elrelge remaining after the ills-
poeal of the fluid is dreg into the land. The
cost (11 the farm aud appurtenances WIL8 11,1 /011 I
11.100,000, and, roughly speitkinj.,••, it emts
454,218 IL year to operate it. Ilut the meat,
111111<, ana vegetables grown on the farm and
sold from it realize nearly C25,000. It is in-
sisted that in time the syetern will yield
enough 10 pay its cest.
In dealing with the; 18301 1(1(1 the autheri-
ties iseposete the eight-e•sil and ashes from
the sewage.
TIT% 1115111000.11,
ie controlled by what is called the pan
systcm---inetal pans, capacious enough for
a, week's lenge, being periodically earted
�(3'14)' in closed wagon., which also remove
the ashes collected in a tub in each yard.
The wagons are not offensive, and the de-
positing station presents a view of (haver,
and of shrubbery outside its enclosure.
I-Iere the 011)1(1.13(311 10 dried and sold es poet-
drette, or patent manure. Them is a pro.
fit o1 a few peeve on the ton in this branch
of the work. The ashes are sorted by a
contractor, Who takes out whatever is of
value. The rest is nieltel hi furnaces and,
node into a coarse material, partly vitreous
and partly metal, which is lewd to till hol-
lows, or, when mixed with Portland content,
makes a good paving slab. The Drainage
Board in uharge has borrowing powers and
rating (or taxing) powers for the payment
of interest awl the repayment of loans. For
taxing, it serves precepts upon the authori-
ties of the different localities in the union,
according to the number of retemeyere or
cm/news.
A Star Quilt,
The most popular quilt at present is the
star ouilt. For materials get two yards
good quality domestic linen, quite heavy,
with a. smooth surface -a quality worth
about 35 11711(0 1). pod will do -three bundles
wash twist, one bunch etehiug silk, two
gross smallest eize brass rings, one five -
pointed star perforated pattern (to stamp
With), Place the linen 011 ft $111001h surface
and stamp your star pattern over the stir -
face (or you um get It done for you), bemg
careful to etenunnize space and yet leave
room for working.
After the stamping is done, cut out the
Eder 107 the 01)1(1(151 that is, do not out the
point out, but cut a. stmare with the star in
the center, leaving about ono inch mergin
from the end of point of star ; this is for
convenience in working. When the stars
are all stamped end the stars cut out, then
proceed with the fancy work. With the
wash twist work a heavy button -hole stitch
around all points of the star ; then with the
same silk fill each point with ane of the
tilling stitches, either fishmet, brick, cross,
or crow's feet, or any other that is preferred ;
each star may have the same filling stitch,
or every star may be filled differently.
Now for the center part of the star, cro-
chet a sudicient nutnber of brass rings over
with the etching silk and sew them in ft
Oir010 to the linen. After the embroidery
is &me, out out all the linen from the points
of the star with a pair of sharp scissors.
This will leave you a fine pointed star.
Thirty-six stars will make a quilt large
enough, and they 480 to be set together by
points. This svill make the edges formed
of the points which finish evith a small
silk tassel. If preferred, bolten sheeting
and rope linens may be 118011.
The colors used are gold and white,
old rose and svhito, green and white, and
all white. The number of stars depend on
the size you inalse your stars, but from thirty,
six to eixty-four aro enough.
One. gains wimp by showing himself
poor ; that manner one robs poverty 01 110
sharpest ding,
(1q1,14,
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esesz:"'
EACB1( 1C0 HIS TRADE:.
13(1,3.811 TaltattnIAN AT IlaTirLA Pritbee, Landlord, dwells there within the Precincts of this rfmnlet tv Machinist ?
LANDLonn1 A Idaehinist? Yes, Sir,
Mao.; Then take to hint this bird of 1011113' ttprings. Bid him wrench asunder these iron limbs, and then, for our regalement,
to chisel slices from its unyielding bosom, for *o would dine anom -And, pray, you, do it quickly. Pon pease you need not carry;
017 those, With dextiroue management, we can swallow whole. Away 1
TJTE SAVING OF THE ami.
4. Thrilling rplhilde &WU Itte au8ss-eV:4e
135,. 834l18
The .411entiniseelwee (if 1 leneral (is Itbrei"
mutant the 101103('ing stirring it, ,,,citt <of
the sating of the flag istireig Ile Icalo-
Austriau Will' of 113311, Ow 24114 el dame,
peel of lhp Forty lourill Italian luteetry, '
coneieting of a group el about, ten etheetos
and t wen ty-ii 74' leen, got separattr.3 from
their regiment during it surprise, aml
hard pressed by the Austrians, cuttred 83
villa called Ferile, neer Ilizarcit, Anil pre.,
pared for an olstinate defense. Thee heel
with tieen flag of the regiment, eeit the
• eldest ollieer preemd, c Beroweilit,
the eolunien41. After the Alieteience
had 1 esei rt peatetlly repulsed, 111,y NM, fire
tosoi oe heaps of 81 raw, hay, and other 115115118-
111:11de meteriale kept in the gerret 4. of the
villa. The 311411811(4, helf reffousted hy the
smoke, and seeing tine( it would Is hopes-
' slide to defend themeelves innell lever, do-
. terniined to eave their lleg before surrender-
ing. They sampled the bunting froln ita
staff and tore it into small pieces, .1 whic)01
each officer hid a portion under hie elothes;
the epearmeint, being indestructille, was
hidden under a fireplace itt the house, :sad
the etsff WUR broken 11004 pieces and burned..
l'ide done, Chiverni, who spoke Oer-
man, fixed a white handkerchief to the
point of his sword, and leaning from a win
-
dew in the midst of smoke and fire, offered
to surrender- -a proposliton immediately ac-
cepted by the enemy. The bra% e little
troop issued from the house and surrendered
their arms to Colonel Altemps, of the Ho-
henlohe Regiment. '^ Where are the otherer
asked the Cohond, seeing so few men and
when he had teseertained that there were
really no more he exclaimed "Bravo! you
defended yourselves like lions 1" The
ital-
10.1(8, taken prisouvre to Austria, intoned
to keep their precious relies secret, ion) one
of them <lying, his pieee of bunting Netts bur-
ied with hint. On the 181 of July following
(li. Revol was appointed commander of the
division, end while inspeetiug the Forty-
fourth Infantry wa.e slummed to see ne flag.
He was told that it Witil takeu by the enemy,
but 1114 the matter had 110V0r been mentioned,
not even 1,y the Austrians, who would natur-
ally have been proud of such va trophy; the
ti'mteral culled the officers of the Ports-
! feurth together told logge(1 them to keep
pereet silence RR 10 1.111lir 111043, 0.1.1S1 till. fifth
time they found themselves width: z suit of
' an enemy's flag
eo REVEN1411 EmsnLygs 011 0.3.1(01111 IT.
When Austria agreed to the convention of
the Ited Cross, the Henan military (lectors.
were set free, and ene of them came to tlen.
1 eral di Revel and informed him of what had
been done with their flag by the group
'111 ofileers of the Forty-fourth. The general
recommended silence, and his 301811 1(0.5
speeted. 012 Oct. 3011011 Di Revel wont to
!erone,. a merchant of that eity woes preeent-
1 to him, and in secret Consigned to him
!elle spearmoint of the missing tlag, \Odell
ha51 been found lit the villa of Signora Rose
j Edna, aud by her jealously preserved in
1 order to be restored to the Italiau [only.
One eau imagine the gratitude of the Getter-
! al. He reported the affair to the Minister
of War, begging hint to provide a flagstaff.
!Ilk was done, aud when peace was carolled-
! ed aria the prisoners of Ncar returned home,
tltu eflicers of the Forty-fourth coneigned
to the General the several pieces of their
ling. They ware sown together bv three
workwemenin the preeence of two °theme tiE
the company, anti attached to the staff and
spear -point, tlte '(‚('hole proceedings being
written down, witnessed to and signed,
tool 0.11 account of the saving of the
fiag added. On Wt. 25th the Ferty-
f,,urth 1101)11013111 was drawn up in the
:quart) of 141.311111<, and in front etowl Lieu-
tenant Libretti bearing the recovered, flog..
The guardia '('01snunded, and 00000111 3101
Revel expressed his pleaeure at being able -
to reetore to the assembled regiment the
actual flag ettuned with the blood of the -
handful of heroes who had so valiantly pre-
served 11 100111 tile enemy. `One piece Only:
lut concluded, 'is missing, and thet lies hi the
heart of the brave man who earrried it with
hint 10 010 tomb.' A storm of applause burst •
from the reghnent and the speetaters ; then, -
while the men presentod arms, the Genera
kissed the flag and gave le to Lieutenant,.
Colonel 'Lam, the canunander of the regi-
ment, who also kissed it and then consignell
it to Lieutenant Libretti, who, bearing aloft,.
he glorious banner, accompanied General dE.
Revel along the front of the regiment amiff
renewed acclamations. The General speaks
of this incident as one of the most 1(00101) 155
his military 01310000.
Saved by a Brave Engineer.
As Frank Repp, the engineer of tho
Perkiomen mail train whieh reaches Allen-
town. Pa., early in the morning, looked
out of his cab window on his morning trip
the other day he 0030 0. beautiful woman ap-
preaching on the track. He whistled on
ahwm, and site stepped lightly and gayly off
the track his tram 3008 travelling on the
other track.
But it WEIS evident to the engineer that;
the noise of his train bad drowned the roar
of another train approaching from behina
her in the opposite direction'and that she
was 'unaware of her peril. He noted the
several puffs of white smoke that swiftly
arose fram the locomotive bearing down
upon her, led she evidently heard not the
whistle's frequent warning of danger. Repp
SAW her death ‚(3238 3)00111111 unless he could
in some way attract; her attention to her
peril. He waved his hand to her warning.
ly, but sho evidently misunderstood its
meaning, for she slackened her rice, lot/k-
ing at hill, more earnestly.
He immediately reversed the lever and1
turned on the steam brakes with a 035(3-
11000118 tbet alarmed the passengers He.
sprang. to the side door of the cab, and be-
fore lus locomotive had come to a stand-
still he leaped to tho opposite track just as.
his engine got abreast of tile young women,
and the other locomotive 112311 1(110001 reach.
41X.1
herculean streugth and lightning
swiftness he caught her up bodily and leap
eel with her beyon11 the tracks just RS the
other engine swept by. Then h0 sank to
I the grown& overcome by the effort and
) the narrowness of their escape. The pas.
sengcrs were loed in their praises of hie
heroic conduct, and the young NV0111011 WM
prostrated with shock, while overcome with
gratitude at the noble 0011111101 01 1)01' pre.
80100t.
An Excellent Woman.
.A prominent Glasgow miehator was re -
coney eonversing with en elder of his
church about parochial matters when tho
elder Chanced to mention the name of an
excellent but somewhat aggressive lady who
is one of tho leading lights of the °engine, -
tion. "811&s an excellent woman," said
the elder, "011011 if she ie 11 bit fiery. Itt
fact, it is no exaggeration to coil her thc.
salt of the earth." "700," aormieseed tho
Minister, with 31 knowing leak, " and the,
pepper too,"
331(11 300111(411 Amen", hate 1)10 1174(11, oh tie
net, warmly aline, in with h or plan. .
hiot hed She her 30(037 111510 woulde t be
In all the world a single mati,