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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1913-7-10, Page 6Getting Line on the Germs Men Who Dip Deep into Causes of Disease are Dis- covering New and Remarkable Cures In the ebb and flow of medic investigations amidst the flux of scientific progress, in the freeze and thaw cif altruistio hope, the light that shines in the physician's eyes blazes and again grows. dim at every new found fact that relates to those baneful, malignant growths whieh puss under the names of cancer and sarcoma. Only the other year Dr, Coley of New York proposed to treat these fatal afflictions by injection of a tittle], of dead germs. The sanguine expec- tations from his method of inocula- tion were soon, like so many other awsited remedies, dashed to earth. Now, however, iib, like the prover- bial Phoenix, rises again, and it seems every now and then that Dr. Coley's fluid was not horn to blush unseen. Dr, H. H. Greenwood of Eng- land begs to insist that his patient, a young man with a sal-ooma of the shoulder joint, was given up as lost. As a forlorn attempt wt ac- tion more than hope Coley's, fluid, composed of the germs called etrep- toeoeei and bacilli prodigiosus, were injected around the rapidly - growing mass on alternate days of the month. Then it was inoculated directly into the tumor twice a week. Atter eighteen months the growth had disappeared, it is pre - sinned for geed.. Still, it must be borne strictly in mind that caution and discretion indicate that the growth may yet return with a de- struetive malignancy. Cancers May Be Removed. Although cancers are so far in- curable if dallied with long, if treated with plasters, -patent medi- cines, serums or other makeshift and dilatory prooedures, still, if discovered early—and it requires more than average medical acumen to unravel its incipient origin --can- cers may be removed absolutely, but only by the precipitate use of a skillful scalpel, applied to the min- ute by an expert surgeon. Never, under any circumstances, have trust in cancer specialists. There are none euoh. It is a trick of the catchpenny kind. If the human family stand aside in terror at the approach of cancer they also hang curt an unwelcome "not at home" semaphore to the pernicious scourge that halts and Iimps about under the pseudonym of rheumatism, Luckily enough the heliograph from the labora- tories of Dr. Edward 0. Rosenow, the young Chicago bacteriologist who last year ran down the mys- terious cause of malignant sore throat, has flashed the news around the world that acute rheumatic fe- ver is due to a widely distributed microbe that burrows down with the food you chew, directly into the tonsils in your mouth. ` Be it remembered that two big waxen kernels on each side of your palate often swell up and assume a bulging, inflamed, painful state. This is often called tonsi1itis, If the pus becomes pocketed within the tonsil, that is to say, covered over and housed in, as it were, the tonsil literally feels as big as a house, and is known as quinsy. Often, when you are alert and bubbling over with animal spirits, you will suffer a conscience twinge in your elbow, your arm, your back or your leg. Your chance ac- quaintance with a wise nod of the head will tell you it is rheumatism, and since you believe it yourself in the first place you now are con- vinced of it, al 500,000,000 dead hugs at suitable intervals, Infantile Complaints. Rhcumatie Vnceine. If you will gaze into your caver- nous mouth et this time you may be surprised to find a white lump of something or other lodged in your tonsil. Well, the observant Dr, Rosenow pounced upon some of these white particles, which have lodged in the tonsils, planted them in an appropriate germ provender, when, lo, the daughter bugs ap- peared like the army of Cadmus' dragon's teeth. The pabulum upon which they had been sewn yielded a rich prop of newly revealed bee- teria. Dr. Roaenow then :success- fully reproduced the identical symptoms of rheumatic affections in rabbits, by injecting his tell-tale micro-organisms into their blood, It is expected that Dr. I3osenow will proceed to make a vaccine from the rheumatic bacterium with which this unpopular ailment .can be treated. A New York physician has just announced that nine infants, all under one year of age, infected with erysipelas, a malady most fa- tal to babies, were saved by the ad- ministration of the germs which cause the disease. Only one baby among ten very sick children diet, although usually erysipelas is aq lata] to infants as a dose of hough on Rats is to the rodent tribe. The method of treating the infants was to ca tare the germs—a p g a steieptn- eoeetia- e,olont 1 -i' i 7>s t on to so 1 of beef tea, kill thecolony, and mien inject Itt fi.rat 80,000,000 and finally The discovery of a fatal fly mi- orobe by the Manchester Board of Health of England, whieh starts a fatal fly epidemic, may solve the problem, Dr, George F, Still calls empha- tic attention, where milk is the in- fant's diet, to the fact (Shat an up- set digestion or the slightest sign of eolic in the warm mouths must be Piet by withholding all food from the child for several days. Babies never die of starvation, Like their epicurean elders, overfeeding is the greet reaper that cuts them down. Many microbes that eluded the laborious sleuthing of the bacterio- logist and biologist, many supposed ultra -microscopic parasites of dis- sease have been brought within the ken of tangible manipulation by a new device of the unicl'oseope; at - though the lenses have so far not been successfully increased in the power of magnification beyond what they were fifteen or more years ago a new stunt devised about six years ago helped materi- ally to unravel many of the hidden tangles of the microbe world. This is, to wit, the shooting of a, calcium - like beam of eonoentrated, multi - potent light from the side directly upon the substance under the lens, This novel addition to the hitherto known methods of i]Ilumintuting the microscopic field ;has resulted int the revelation of many unknown forme of life. To be established as Be sane maxim by the ,public, ae the general and over-worked physician, is the rule that the names of drugs should not be bandied about on the tongue's end. Such pernicious poi- sons as alcohol, paregoric, aromatic spirits of ammonia, autipyriue, as- pirin, quinine and many others have become so familiar to every- body that, like measles, Their Deadly Effects are never appreciated. Measles kills twenty ohildrent to every child that dies of scarlet fever or diph- theria. Yet mothers fear the latter and treat measles with patronizing ignorance of its treachery. There is, however, a new drug with• such a formidable name that school chil- dren -will hereafter substitute it in their spelling bees for the time- honored Constantinople. This new Medicament can be sold to the gen- eral public with impunity, and is the exception that proves the rule. It is known by the name of hexa- methylenamine or hexamethylene- tetramine. There appears from Russia a rare example of prolonged cessation of hart action caused by injury from a needle, Banish the thought that this could happen often, yet tide instance is absolutely authentic. Dr. N. I. Leporsky of Saint Peters- burg was summoned to the hospital where a young woman, 26 years old, fell down a long flight of winding stairs while carrying a large sew- ing needle. She bounced once or twice in ouch a way that the needle transfixed her heart with the head or eye and penetrating into the car- diac cavity. Here was a, howdy -ye. do, indeed. What must the clatrur- geon do? The symptoms pointed clearly to the trouble, and the shar1 point of the needle was just visible in, the skin. Dr. Leporsky quickly placed the woman an the operating table, and without an anaesthetic began quickly to open her chest about the region of the heart. Suddenly he seized the needle, gave it a quick, sharp jerk and removed it. But its removal was followed by a death- like shock—both the heart and the respiration ceased for twenty min- utes. The Ring of Terrors seemed to have stepped in upon the scene of the doctor's skill. But not for more than twenty minutes, for the doctors lost no time, unappall- ed by apparent death, They seized and stitched the bleeding heart, and although it stopped beating twice thereafter within an hour, it aeon mended and began to beat regularly, and the young woman, who may be said to have spent al- most an •hour in the great beyond, is now alive, well and hearty, Dr, Rutherford, physiologist and chemist, has suddenly risen to the foremost place in the eho:mical, physiological and dietetic worlds by his discovery of trophogen, the un- derlying food substance that is the essential, living . principle in all vegetable tissues. Trophogen is destroyed by pre•. servatives, so that even such a harmless compound as benzoic told injured food, Sugars and starches also leek trophogen. Hence it is easily explainable why such Hvic- tuple evert' though high in heat- 1lodu fng cpscatVs fail to make new tissu es. Mane c r 9U h animals as guinea pigs, rabbits, -monkeys, chickens and cats, fed upott ali- QUEEN BABY OF ENGLAND REVIVES ANCIENT CUSTOM. A custom that had almost been forgotten was revived by Queen Mary when on her way with the King to the "Derby" at Epsom Downs. She cast pennies in the wake of the carriage. Children and their elders engaged in a wild scramble in attempting to become the proud owners of ouch coveted souvenirs as the pence from the Queen, ments from which trophogen has been removed, waste away, wither and die. By ,the addition of a little of it they are saved. Flesh foods are rich in trophogen; abate, man- ned or preserved feeds are usually Lacking in it or have little of it. Rice that causes beri-beri, foods that produce scurvy, rickets, bone diseases and the .like have been found by Professor Rutherford to contain no trophogen. THE BENEFACTRESS. Will Not Inflict Herself Upon Any Ono Again. The benefactress—the name was given to Aileen by Uncle Sidney— stopped in the doorway. "Whither away?" Uncle Sidney asked. - "To read to 11'jra, Welsh, and carry some flannel to old Mrs. Nel- son, and run in to Miss Alsop'a," the benefactress answered with a note of weariness that Uncle Sid- ney's keen ears detected. "What's the matter?" he inquir- ed, Aileen's blue eyes shadowed. "It —I don't know—something's wrong. They don't seem to care—most of them, and sometimes I think that I don't. But surely I ought to be glad to sacrifice myself sometimes." "Would yoti like to be self -sacri- ficed too?" Uncle Sidney suggeated. "Why, of course not—that's dif- ferent. 0 Uncle Sid, don't tangle me, please! It's all such a puzzle!" Aileen's voice was full of plead- ing. "Don't be discouraged, little girl," he said, cheerfully. "It's a very old problem, and there is only one real solution of it. But each one has to find it for himself—it does no good to tell." "Do you think I'll ever?" Aileen asked. "I'm sure of it," he answered. Three days later Aileen's "bsne- factressing" came to a sudden end. She had gone out skating at two o'clock; at. four she was brought beme, very white and still, There was a long consultation, and then Aileen heard the verdict; it was six months in bed. "And you are for- tunate to escape with that, after such a fall," the surgeon assured her. The fortunate young lady tried to be brave, but in spite of all her courage, there were many long and weary hours in every day. It was on one of the hardest days that Mre, Graham ran in. "I didn't know how to spare the time," she said, "but I felt that I mast, so I dropped everything and came," "0 Ivirs. Graham, I don't want you to feel that way 1" Aileen cried, Mrs. Graham patted her comfort- ingly. "What are we here for if not to help one another?" she ask- ed. Aileen was evidently fated to have callers that day. Mrs. King followed Mra. Graham, and Miss Peabody and Leah Prime followed Mrs. Ring. They were all busy and hurried and patiently kind. At dusk Molly Lansing opened the door, Aileen's cheeks were burning. "What did you come' for, Molly Lansing?" she asked, perelnptor.- ily.Why, to see you, of course " Molly answered. " 1 hadn't seen you for three whole days, and I was hungry for a sight of you," Aileen caught her hand. "0 Molly," she cried, "if ever, as long ee I live, I inflict myself upon any one again from a sense of duty--" And Un.eIe Sidney, passing the door, Smiled to himself.—Youth's ,Companion. "We are somewhat musical, and now the familynext, door is hav- ing the daughter take singing g les- sons." "Emulation, eh?" "Looks more like revenge, THE WORLD IN REVIEW The passing of another Dominion Day has aroused some disouesion as to whether Canadians as a whole are really .treating Canada's natal day quite fairly. In most Places it is about the quietest holiday et the year, It ie sandwiched between the 24th of May, which continues to bo nul- eersally observed, and the August civic holidays which towns and epics celebrate. Scarcely anywhere le it made an occasion for a patriotic celebration, and its treat- ment is in marked contrast to the Amer- ican's manner of demonstrating on the Fourth of Juay. The reason cannot lie in any apathy on the part of Canadians toward their native land. Perhaps it lies partly in the sateen of the year. The first of July finds that portion of the population which takes Bummer holidays either preparing to flit or flitting or settling down. And it finds the rural population entering on its bueieet season. Another explanation may be that we have not been' taught to fully appreciate the 'significance of Con. federation, The feet that men and nowepapere are discussing the matter is a 'sign that a change is possible. The U. 9. Tariff. Interest in the progressof the Demo. eratie Tariff Bill at -Washington has been revived by the turn of recent develop- ments. In tho original -draft of the .bill Provision was made for enbstantial ra duction in variope raw food productssash ae live stook and wheat, but they were not, Placed on the free list, theamount of duty remaining •being, it was Claimed, sufficient to provide the American farmer with ample protoation, and toprevent the measure from being much good to the Canadian farmer. Finished food Pro. chicle sueh as meats and flour were on the free list. Incidentally this looked like a pretty soft arrangement for Ona. adfan minora and meat packers: however, the more radical bedt'oerate. have declaredthat tho only thing to do is to make a clean sweep of duties au. food stuffs. It now looks as though their view might prevail with a certain pro. visa, and it is this exception which is of Particular interest to Oanadians. The present proposal is that wheat, live Meek, etc,. should be planed on the free. list, but that in the easeof countries maintaining a duty againet these articles a duty of A similar amount will be levied by the 'United States. As Canada maintains duties on food products site would be on this black list of Uncle Sam's. • A Versatile Ruler. (*.Medians do not know much about the politics of France, but the visit of Pre- sident Poincare to tite8ing of England calls attention to one of the most remark. able men in the world to -day. Pelioma is the Scst man. who bac boon both Pramier and President of France. It is rather difficult to understand why any norma.,y should baro both u Premier and a Presi- dent or to understand what the respective functions of the two are. In a broad sense the powers of the Preeident are similar to those of the Proeident of the United States, with the exception that rho office IS supposed to be not a party one, but detached and judicial, something like that, of the Governor-General of Can. ads. 'rho Premiership is, on the other. hand, held by a party leader just as in the Casa of our own Promierohip. Pain care is the first man Who has been eon- sidered sufficiently impartial and has bad sufficient popularity and ability to •ee- oure elevation from tho Premier's poet. Mon to that of President, Hip services to' France have been re- markable, and it is understood - that In his short term of office he has already eon.. verted a shaky Republic into ono of con. sderable strength and stability. His pop. ularity with all elassee of people is two. tnendous. And 1n addition to his marked success esa statesman ho is known as a most generous and discriminating pat - Non, of arts and lettere. There are thee° who say that the chief executive of the old world's solitary Its. public of size is the most . remarkable public figure in the world today, i h b b w h fo in c or to 1 ho 0 si On ha p t1 so tr ht e Hotels Bring Hlgh Prices, The profits which aro yet to be made in the hotel business in this country may be ndlcated by the fact titat transfer has net boon blade of a Toronto hotel license ata price said to exceed considerably the: um of $100,000. it was the highest agnre that has ever been paid in Canada fo' a oto, license. Tho property in question centrally situated down town, its main liminess being in the bar which, though 'most one hundred feet long, does not. y any means hold tho record for To. .onto, there being two or three others- v Rh greater dimensions. It is understood that the property whieh•I 4, as boot in the possession of ono family r upwards of forty years, now passes! to the hands of interests which ora ontrollse by ono or other of the brew• e los. Brewery ownership Is understood h apply to many itoteTe, And in other, saiolrindividluals ewe more than one go s y, T system of tied houses is, tl towever, frowned upon by the License' ammissioners, Who deaire as Inc ire bos• irleri10 0 )0rese trafficking or specular q hotel licenses and 1t can therefore 1y be put into cited under cover. Rourassa in the West, ilenrl Boer/ass, the Nationalist leader, s boon touring. Western Canada. The arty leaders, exltausted by their Parlia. arta., duties. have been content to re. ro for a period of root and quiet, bit not With the Irrepressible Bourns a, In Went h a been e e We t o hat b .n x eunriin ds P tH doe. g ss in0 of Natirrnalism and ho oxproseos nieeit as entirely satisfied with the re. s notion ha has been recoiling: ea; ournesa'A elequenoo and his brightnsa, glitter with sparkling hits which break forth with apparent spontaneity. .Por ex- ample, at Winnipeg he made reference to "our railway magnates who have growu so fat, so powerful and as loyal,". And again to Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, who is so concerned with the "unity of the British Ftmpire, ought first to ask the British Government some means by which he can become a -British subject before he teaches lessons of patriotism," Shaughnessy beingan American whose. Canadian naturalization dose not make him a British citizen. Or, again; "some of our. patriots get so broad -chested when they talk about the British Umpire that you would think they had swallowed It whole." During his tour he maintained that, neither the Liberal Party nor the Con. servative Party constituted British insti- tutions. At the sante time he still dig. avows any idea of forming a Nationalist Party. I consider there is more than enough with two parties, and I would, not deoiro to take upon nay shoulders the responsibility of creating .a third source of evil doings." Question of Senate Reform. It looks as though.we were within. measurable distance of an agitation for the abolition. of .the Canadian Senate. A number of Liberal papers are already committed to the complete abolition of the sesoud Chamber, and now we are having denunciations of it from the prase of the other side. For example, one dis- tinguished writer declares that the Can- adian Senate "was born in compromise and from .the cradle up It has been a pretentious and costly humbug." We read, also, from the same source that it has never done a useful piece of work sine it was organized and that for the purpose for which it wee created has been: disregarded in its actual performances:" It is said that throughout its whole his. tory only one man has been appointed to the Senate for other than strictly party reasons. The exception was Hon- orablo. John Macdonald, of Toronto, a merchant who was appointed by his namesake, Sir John Nlaadonald, under in - tweeting etreumstanoes. Chargee having been made in the Liberal Prove that dur- ing the Fenian Raids -Sir John had made Questionable use of the secret service funds, the matter web brought up in Parliament, Mr, John Macdonald, who. had. 'a .seat .in the House of Commons, declared that the attack on his po. 1ltieal opponent was most unjust. He rose in his place in the House and defended the Premier in a few sentences. Yeare later he was ..appointed to the Sen ate, and fnrnishesthe only example of a Senator appointed by a -Government of the opposing politica. Ih CHINA'S PETROLEUM FIELDS Unexploited, Although Great Quan- tities of 011 Are ExPoeted. The report for the year 1912 of the Austro-Hungarian consulate - general, in that part of it which deals with the question of petro- leum in China, points out, that al- though it has been proved that there are, in the provinces of Shan- si, Gansu, and Szeehuan extensive petroleum • fields, these have, in spite of the enormously increasing demand for this kind of illuminant among the Chinese population, re- mained =utilized. Among the im- ports in the year 1911, petroleum occupied the rehire! 'place, and amounted to 238,.000,000 gallons of the value of 36,000,000' teals. Some fifty years ago the imports of petroleum ecaroely amounted to a quarter of a million galilona. In 1900, 100,000,000 gallons, and in 1910, 160,000,000 gallane. When the oil fields in the country itself are worked with modern machinery is expected that there will be a con- siderable change, in this Respect. The first thing necessary to bring this about, the report continues, is the inatallation of deep- drilling equipment "and the erection of large refineries o11, the ,spot, and it• is stated by experts that the .qua1- ity of Chinese petroleum will then equal that produced in Pennsyl aria. Theprincipal,sourcee are in zeehuan, where French and Amer - can engineers and capitalists have ee.n endeavoring le acquire con- essions. These efforts, however,' ave been steadily resisted by the vernwcnt, who' wish to exploit to fields without foreign assig- nee. In Shansi there are in many places sources which aro stated to be inexhaustible, especially in the northeast of the province, between Sud Te Chant end Yen Chang Hsien, in the prefecture of Yen An. A Chinese company in Hai Au Fit is a' d r t0 have acquired 'V th0 .L c0 CCs• Lona o£ the e lis s w and r - C to boa aging fob their exploitation with edam machinery, !,I at Ways command att(ution His apeeeiteit t L GlllfT f tOMPA LIM° WIN Nfn QR ONTO,OMONiltAt MOST PERFECT MADE THE' INCREASED NUTRITI- OUS VALUE. OF BREAD MADE IN THE HOME WITH ROYAL YEAST CAKES SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT INCENTIVE TO THE CAREFUL HOUSEWIFE TO -oIVE THIS IMPORTANT FOOD ITEM THE ATTENTION TO WHICH IT 19 JUSTLY. EN - 'TITLED. HOME BREAD'BAKINti RE- DUCES THE MOH COST OP LIVING BY LESSENING THE AMOUNT OF EXPENSIVE MEATS REQUIRED TO SUP. PLY THE NECESSARY NOUR- ISHMENT TO THE BODY., E. W. GILLETT CO: -LTD. TORONTO, ONT.:\ ' WINNIPEG MONTREAL } MICR SPEED STEEL PATENTS New Process Depends on the Intro duction of Cobalt. Great interest has been arouse in Sheffield, England, in a metho of producing a superior high Spee steel by the introduction of eo•bal Tho process has been paten throughout the world by a Contin ental firm, but there are indication that the Sheffield manufacture will fight for the privilege of mak ing the new steel 'themselves with - cub having to pay royalties r t. a foreign paten High speed steel is used in the making of tools required for boring and cuttingthe hardest materials at a rapid rate. Bach tools are largely used in armament manufac- ture. The new material is said to mark a great advance on the best qualities of steel at present obtain- able for making these implements. A few years ago the discovery of high speed steel itself brought about a revolution in steelmaking. The American inventor sought a monopoly by means of patents. The case was taken to the courts and the American lost. It is tinder - stood that high speed steel contain{ ing cobalt had been: produced in Sheffield but that its possibilities were not realized, A Sheffield manufacturer says that tested against some of the foremost Sheffield brands of high' speed steel the new produce has shown an extraordinary superior- ity. D d d d ted e r1 se • That Scattered RACE. About every twenty years some- one snakes the suggestion to collect all the. Jews together into one land and found a Jewish colony -a new Judea; but such suggestions' never materialize. Few people realize how greatly the Jewish race is scat- tered in various parts of the world. Recent statistics show that there are nearly twelve million Jews in the population of the world, of which some three millions reside in America; in New York alone there are estimated to be 1,062,000 Jews. The Jews in Africa roughly number a quarter of a million; while Asia has twine as many, and Australia gives shelter to only 17,000. The bulk of the Jewish nation live. in Eumope, where there are about eight mil•Iion Jews, of whom no fewer than five million belong to Russia, and a million to Austria. Hungary and Germany have about a million Jews in their united popu- lation; wlrilo Iatest statistics return the Jews in Turkey in Europe and Roumania as 240,000 inc each coun- try. , Travel broadens some, but others can remain at home and get fat, says a wag. eememmuinsenneallEuigingueseemeesseragagew 0} f I PERSONS having idle funds on handfor temporary or !env r periods, or awaiting permanent Investment, con obtain POUR PER nlT.btelnnaotLtry. Interest, compounded theSAVINGS DLI?ARTMBNT of this 'Company. cheque hand ere inter. estr by Cheque and beer inter. est from nolo a oolved until ante o accounts, rawn.its, w We solicitbeopetetown accounts, which may be opened by milt. • Write for Booklet Thei ilon Trust Company, e1 f1, p Y, Li rinl'Ee d Temple H p ufltlfng, Toronto Gannet 4Ialdtip) • 81.000,000 neseevg • 8ab0,oad CANADIANS IN Ting STATES. Uncle Stmt's List of Former Cane noks 1s a Notloble One. While the United Status is an- ntally sending tuns of thousands of Amarleans into the undeveloped territories of the North, a Montreal "tasvti.er takes time to rewind. /Mori- cana4:iu big headlines that "Canada. has po itvg, huge contributions of strong, virile &lamins into the malt•. ing pot of intellecbu61e., In the country across the border,"' The list of former residents of the Dominion is at leant a notable ono, It cmbraoes suoh writers and illustrators es Bliss Carman, Rob- erts and Palmer Cox; such ae+tors, actresses anti singers as Clara Mor- ris, Margaret Anglin, Julia, Arthur, Jaanes. Hackett, May Robson, Marie Dressler, May Irwin, Christie Mac- donald ,and Sugene Cowles. In education Canada has contributed two university presidents, Samos A. McLean' of the 'University of Idaho, andJacob Schuman, , of Cornell. In medicine, Canada. claims Dr. Win. Osier, later of Johns' Hopkins University and now of Oxford University, England, and medical men of such standing as Dr, John Webster and Dr. Sanger Brown of Chicago, Dr. Wolford Nelson, one of the founders of the New York Canadian Society, and many others' in American cities from Boston to San Francisco. It also furnished seven prelates front the ranks of Canadian clergymen, many engineers, many mayors of American cities, and at least one member of President Wilson's cabi- net, Franklin IC. Lane, eeeretary of the interior. These aro only a few of the more eminent names the Montreal paper refers to as part of Canada's intellectual contribution to the United States, while it adds that but for the half -million or so of French-Canadians it would have been impossible to create the great textile industries of the New Bug - land States. PIES AS BIG AS MOUSES. Some Monsters Have Been Pre- pared in England. An enormous meat -pie, weighing two hundred pounds, provided the ohief dish for a banquet at Gorles- ton, England, recently: It was made in three sections, and the outer eruct was three inches thick, says London Answers, It created a big sensation locally, yet it would have made but st poor show by the side of some of the moi5tster pies for whichDenby Dale, near .Halifax, has been long flan- ons. These are baked onlyupon very ,special occasion's, the very biggest of them all being prepared in 1887, in honor of Queen Victoria'a jubi- lee. It weighed, ilhen cooked, no less -than 1 ton 5 cwt., and the in- gredientf.acomprised 850 lbs. of beef, 160 lbs. each of mutton and veal,. 140 lbs of Iamb, 250 lbs of lean pork, and enough fowls, geese, pigeons, rabbits, hares, etc., to stock a pouf terer's shop. To make the cruet 60 stone of flour were used, nixedf tpith 100 lbs. of lard and 50 lbs, o buttes, Another similar monster was pre- pared in 1846 to' celebrate the re- peal of the corn laws. Yet another was baked, in 1788, in commemora- tion of King George III.'s recovery from illness; while a fourth was prepared and eaten in 1815, in hon- or of Wellington's victory over Na- poleon on the field of Waterloo, FOR MEN AND WOMEN. Norwegian Parliament Decides On Equal Salaries in. Post Ginn. A debate took place recently in the Norwegian Parliament on an apparently trivial financial point, but which deserves attention on ac- count of the principle involved. ,One of the committees : proposed. that in the case of a pertain elves of ost office servants the maximum salary for women should be alight- ly lower than that for mon. Statistics were produced showing a greater number of absences den. - leg the year in the ease of women employed than for men, and the familiar arguments were also ad- vanced that men, in most eases, had families dependent upon them, and were likewise, capable of more work than women. These considerations .were, how- ever, swept•atide by a large major- ity, who decided that if acted upon they would not only tend tb lead to' many difficulties. but in many cases work unfairly. It was; there fore, decided that the;, only safe principle to go upon was "equal salary for all pests, of the same nature, whether filled by men or woinen," 000 Ierinits in Italy. 'The recent Italian census hat ews- tabliehed the 'fact that there aro- still hermits in Italy who live soli- Lary lives in mountain euVes, suld that they number no fewer than 990, Altwn g these recluses there are nix teenv; ho. r over pin 0 a sty -five. years of age and three centonar- lane while all the others havopass- ed the age of fifty,'