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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1914-7-30, Page 6'ONTARIO'S RAT1LESNAKES NO L(NGER INCEST NIAGARA FALLS GORGE. lilt t Are to bo Found in Plenty Along Shores of Georgian Bay. Rattlesnakes -1 Ontario has them in plenty, but fn such barren, oat - of -the -way places that they do not constitute anything like a public menace, as the big. diamond -back rattler does in certain of the south- erly United States. Niagara, Falls vicinity once abounded with rattlers —big, venomous ones, the worst in the Province, but they are gone now, even from the hidden grottoes of the falls, where were their spec- ial hives, And now, those that still live in the Province are chiefly restricted to the shores and the bar- ren rock lands of Georgian Bay, and one or two are occasionally re- ported from Muskoka and from the Eastern counties. The Western Provinces and Canadian prallies have numerous prairie rattlesnakes, but they are a different species. Now, the rock rattlesnake whose acquaintance some Georgian Bay summer cottages will likely make is poisonous. It has been examin- ed by the biological authorities of Toronto University, and found to have a fine• pair of fangs, a pair of poison glands in good working • or- der, and a poison of a quality, Sfhile much milder than that of the big diamond' back, is yet strong en ugh to almost instantly kill mice jand squirrels, and, while no'human' has offered himself to the test and these is no sure local record of a death from a rattlesnake bite, it is claim- ed that it would kill a child in`half an hour, and would kill a gown man if the man were not in the'best of condition. Three Feet in Length. In_ the first place the snake sel- dom grows more than three feht in length, is usually shorter and is thick for its length. The head is smaller, and about the shape of the end joint of the thumb. In color the rattler is dark, dusky brpwn, with vague large spots of a deeper brown .almost completely covering it, On the end of the tail are the rattles, a grey jointed apparatus that grows out of the skin the way finger nails do. The snake vibrates the end of its tail tensely, and these rattles buzz with a dry whispering but far carrying sound which sends a queer creepy shiver through the nerves of one, even, who does not know what the sound is. In the mouth of the snake are the two fangs, slim and delicately curved like kitten's claws, and about half an inch long. These are attached towards the front of the mouth and lie backwards in soft cushions of flesh in the roof of the snake'e mouth. When about to strike the snake open its mouth wide, until upper and lower jaws are in a flat line. The two fangs then rise up and stand out at right angles. The snake strikes downwards, not jabbing as much as scratching with its fangs, And when the fangs scratch they are pressed upward by the. blow, and their bases are press- ed against the little poison sacks. And through tiny holes up through the fangs the poison is squirted on the principle of a syringe, Cannot Jump off Ground. The snake can only strike with one-half its length. It cannot jump off the ground or stand on the tip of its tail as some Munehausens relate. It coils into a compact pile , and leaps with all its force. But it reaches only as far as it could when extended. The thing to do when bitten, .ac- cording to the doctors, is to whip out .a pen knife, make a out over the scratches and suck .the blood with , the mouth. The next best is to tie a handkerchief around the limb above the snake bite and putting a stick through it, wind as tight as possible, and then suck. In the regions infested by very venomous snakes, travelers carry permangan- ate of potash and a hypodermic sy- ringe. And they inject a permang- anate solution into the bite. Whiskey is claimed to be a good counter -agent, especially in local optionregions, But it really is effective, stimulating the heart, on which the snake venom acts with paralyzing effect. Georgian Bay annals tell of num- erous dogs killed by rattlesnakes, and the writer has' seen one big water spaniel dying hi great agony after being bitten. There is one story .told <sf a, Toronto man who was ' batten through the hoot while fishing, whose leg swelled enormous- ly in twenty minutes, and who drank a quart of wlriskeyand layun- conscious in the tent for twenty-four hours,,,. Whebher from the whiskey or from the snake venom is not known, but the man is alive to -day and blames the snake. The Indians.i who are very- super- titjiti sus .4bout the rattler, have told tne,ot Men dying from snake bites, and of many children fallen victims to the reptile. An Iitdilta Cora One old Indian told of being bit- ten by a rattler while chasing a fawn through a beaver meadow, in the long grass of which rattlers abound, and the says that after his leg and side had been paralyzed, an old squaw cured hien, by a mysteri ous applioation, of pounded leaves. The rattlers in this Province wil be found in grassy vamps and in regions where boulders and broken rooks abound, • They will nearly al- ways buzz, their warning, but in many eases female rattlesnakes with unborn young will lie without a sound and will strike savagely at the intruder. The young are born alive and not from eggs as in some snakes, and are poisonous from birth. NEW FISH -CURING METHOD. Will Revolutionize the Industry Wherever Used. A method has recently been intro- duced in Halifax, Nova Scotia, which promises to revolutionize the fish industry wherever carried on to any considerableextent. This process is based upon the theory that putrefaction of fish is first caused by bone taint, due to the fact that in the old methods of mir- ing fish the specific or animal heat is partially left within the fish. The new method which has been intro- duced acts as a preventive to bone taint, completely removing the spe. cific or animal heat from the fish to be cured. Instead of salting, sun - drying, or shipping the fish on ice or refrigerating cars, the fish are dumped into a tank holding sea wa- ter which has been filtered through four cylinder -like tanks containing willow eharcoal and screens to re- move the noxious gases and foreign substances. Next, brown sugar is placed in the tank holding the fish to serve as a germicide for such or- ganisms as may be active at freez- ing temperature. Then by refrio eration the temperature is lowered. to 10 deg. Cent. below zero, during which time 16.1 per cent. salt is ad- ded to -prevent ice formation and to assist the formation of a thin protective coating over the fish themselves. Having allowed the fish to remain in this treat- ment for two hours they are ready for shipment, removed from the tank, and placed in the pack- age or barrel to await transporta- tion to market. ANOTIiLR STORY TOLD. How John Renshaw Secured a Valuable Watch. A good story is told concerning one John Henshaw, a most reput- able resident of a certain English town. John, who in years of hon- est industry had succeeded in put- ting money in his purse, announc- ed his intention of emigrating to Australia. Men the mirth -loving men of the place determined to make him a present on hour before he went on board. They gave the jeweller an order for a cheap alu- minum watch, to be presented by the Mayor, and the conspirators laughed as they imagined how poor John would go on when he diseov- ered the trick. But John got scent of the pleasant little arrangement in time, and, paying a visit to the jeweller, to whom he was unknown, he said it had been decided at the last moment to give Henshaw a much (better present, and the jew- eller's only thirty -guinea article was to be sent in lieu of the alu- minum. It was sent, The Mayor presented it with a neat speech; John responded modestly and gracefully; the subscribers could cd on his companion on the ground, scarcely control their mirth. The breaking the unfortunate man's next day. when Henshaw's ship was cleaving the waves of the Chan- nel, the Mayor, the chief mover in the affair, whc had madehimself responsible for the payment, re- ceived the jeweller's bill. He pull- ed through, but the doctor said it was one of the worst cases he had met with in 'his thirty years' prac- tice, A LAPSUS LINGUAE. (The Canadian Courier). A prominent newspaperman in Toronto tells a good story. He is a huge man—both ways. When' he was in England he went to Clovelly, in Devon, where, at, the bottom of a steep declivity you may pateb a 'glimpse of the sea. The newspaperman, who leans to- wards fatness, toiled down to the bobtom of the rocks and got the view. Then he looked at the steep road which he had to climb to get beck, A native of the place came along, and the newspaperman eoni- plained to the old villager that there should be some motor or trac- tion car running up the cliffs. Said the villager : "When the Al- mighty put those cliffs there Ile didn't expect people to be so lazy they would complain about climbing up and down. Besides, we don't want any motors with their oil and stench ; we don't want any rocks railway with their petrol and smell. In fact, sir, we don't want any ver- nacular traffic of any kind I" Occasionally '• a girl knowingly marries the wrong man rather than run the risk of not getting married at all. Funeral of Late Iron. Joseph Chamberlain. Premier Asquith attends the memorial service at St. Margaret's, Westminster, AUTOS DCHIN G WAR. Germany Requisitions Cars For Army if Needed. The German military authorities have adopted a novel form of the subsidy principle as a preparation for the next war, Imitating the example of those countries that subsidize steamships in order to convert them into naval vessels in times of war, the German War Of- fice has for about a year been pay- ing subsidies on heavy automobile trucks, which the army will take over by requisition as soon as a war breaks out, so far as they may be needed. The,aim of the authorities, however, goes much farther than merely to have a certain'nuviber of such trucks at hand which may be requisitioned; they 'hope to get them so generally introduced that the armies can find them anywhere in sufficient quantities for moving supplies. The system is to pay the subsidy to the manufacturer at the' time that he sells the machine to a per- son buying it for his own use. All the leading German automobile building companies are now putting such subsidized drays upon the market. The military authorities are so well satisfied with the system that they have just decided to in- crease the subsidies and to extend them to the sixth year, whereas they had hitherto only been paying them for five years. Hitherto the total subsidy on an automobile with one trailer was $1,857, while henceforth it will be $2,045 for five years. STUDENT OF SOLOMON. King of Abyssinia Studied Method of Hebrew Icing. From a story told of King Mene- lik it would appear he had studied the judicial methods of King Solo- mon. Two Abyssinians were gathering fruit, one up a tree shaking the branches, and the other below col- lecting the fruit as it fell. A branch snapped suddenly and the man up the tree slipped and fell. He land - neck, but himself escaping without fatal injuries. The ,family of the dead man de- manded blood money, and when the accidental slayer replied that he had no money they demanded his life. This the man declined to part with, and the case went before the judges, finally working its way up to the supreme tribunal, Mene- 1ik himself, The claimants by this time refus- ed to accept blood money even i£ offered, and demanded their *full right of a life for a life, "Very well," said Menelik, in 'de- livering judgment, "you have un- doubtedly the right to claim the man's life; but the law says that th`e murderer must be killed in the same manner as his victim. There- fore let one of the dead man's rela- tives climb a high tree and fall on the accused until he kills him." But none of the dead man's rela- tions oared to take the risk, so the innocent murderer was set free, Flies Fly Nearly a Mile. In 1906 three hundred masked flies were liberated .at the Mansell Hospital, Manchester, England, and.five were recovered at distanees varying from thirty to 100 yards. In 1010 a series of ,experiments wars undertakenender the auspices el the local. Government (board at Postwick, near Norwich. Several hundred chalk -powdered flies were liberated at a dump and wore re- captured at distances 3xoseding 800 yards. Many of the flies travelled from 800 to 1,000 yards, which would bring them to the village, white the most strenuous of them went dearly n mile, FROM MERRY OLD EAU NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOBB GULL AND HIS PEOPLE. Occurrences in The Land 'ilial - Reigns Supreme in the Com. • mereia,l World. .Another case of anthrax has been. reported Mthe West Riding of York - Over 40 cases of scarlet fever were reported in the Sheffield district dur- ing last week. The total value of the City of Lon- don's square mile is placed at about $1,250,000,000. The large drapery establishment of Mark Dawson's, Chester, bas been totally destroyed by fire, the damage being estimated at $100,000. A proposal to erect a memorial win- dow to Captain Smith of the Titanic has been accepted by the Liverpool Cathedral committee. Earl Brownlow has decided to give a half holiday every Saturday to the workmen on his Ashbridge (Harts) estate. Middlesex County Council have passed plans for the erection of a san- itarium at Eastwood, in Essex, at an estimated cost of $269,450. Claiming to have fired the first shot at the siege of Sebastopol, Thomas Simmonds, of Portsmouth, has just died at the age of eighty-eight. As she stepped off the pavement Miss Lucy Webb, a Wellingborough schoolmistress, was knocked' down by a motor car and instantly killed. An elderly man named Croad was killed by a young bull while leading 1t through the Portsmouth streets to the Royal Agricultural Show. Four persons were severely injured by a gas explosion in Great Mersey street, Liverpool, caused by some looking for an escape of gas with a light. Ormsby Hall estate, Norfolk, of over 1,000 acres belonging to Sir George Haworth Ussher Lacon, has been sold at Yarmouth for $120,000, a record bid for a land sale in the town, Hampton (Middlesex) Council has Just received a letter from an Insur- ance company claiming exemption from -liability if any fireman met with an accident when going to a fire by aeroplane or motorcycle. Lance -Corporal Kelly was accident- ally killed during field' tiring practice of the 2nd Royal Munster rusiliers, being carried out under new condi- tions, near Aldershot. Mr. Cecil Sebag Montefiore' intends. selling the whole of his :Essex estate, comprising the village of Stisted, and about 3,000 acres of land in that par* islo, An adder measuring 2 ft. 6 in, in length was killed by Mr. Luxton, as- sistant master at the Chertsey School of Handicraft, as he •was picnicking in Pyrford Rough, Pyrford, Sussex. The council of the Royal Society of Arts have awarded the Albert medal for the current year to ,Mr, Marconi "for his services in the development and practical application of wireless telegraphy," Thrice Mayor of Maidenhead, Mr. Benjamin Hobbes, J.P., has at the Berkshire Assizes been sent to jail for six months for fraudulently con- verting public money to his own use. Mr. Andrew Carnegie, in recogni- tion of his gift of $50,000 to provide three branch libraries at Coventry, has been made the recipient of that city's honorary freedom, H.M.S. cruiser Terrible, the guns from which were landed by Sir Percy Scott and helped to- save Ladysmith, is about to be sold out of the. navy. While motorcycling along the Bans' stead road, Mr. Jeasop of Epsom lost control of his machine and with his wife in a side car was thrown heavily. He was killed and his wife badly in- jured, Sonia difficulty was recently found in' opening the gates of Molesey Lock, Surrey, when it was discovered that the cause was set up by the body of the assistant focklceeper, named Webb, I who had been Miesing for three days,' being wedged between them, NEWS OF TRE MIDDLE• °WEST .�. .. � i1AKE5THE WHITES1 LIDO 5 a,;.,'. ,tri;L•.trxL,3) BETWEEN ONTARIO AND BRI. TISII COLUMIIIA, Clans From Provinces Where Man' Ontario Boys and Girls Ars "flaking (food," .by-law providing for Sunday street ears.Brandon, Man.,, ratepayers carried a Winnipeg is getting more than 10,- 000,000 gallons of water daily from its artesiai wells, There were a total of 1,283 police court cases disposed of in Winnipeg during the month of June, At Harding, Man., the Northern ele- vator, with 4,000 bushels of grain, was burned to the ground. A little more than two weeks ago it was claimed, more than $10,000,000 of Calgary oil stocks changed hands. Edmonton opened public play- grounds for children, and will have a staff of instructors on hand. Dice games and slot machines have been barred in Edmonton, all cigar stands and tobacconists being notified. At Regina a dog bit a Chinaman, and examination of the head of the animal afterwards showed that it was suffering from rabies. At Edmonton a foreigner was fined $10 for leaving a revolver in his pos- session, though he swore a man had given it to him to clean. In the Dominion Land Office at Win- nipeg, there were 255 -homestead en- tries in the month of Juno, an increase of 28 over the same month last year. William Hampton, a wealthy farm- er, in the Mortlach district, near Moosejaw, was sun down by a C. P. R. express at a crossing and killed. At Langham, Sask., fire destroyed the Peter Wiebe Sour mill and the National elevator, with a loss of $40,- 000. Two thousand bushels of wheat were destroyed. In Calgary, 700 babies were entered in the baby show, and 260 prizes were awarded. In percentage points the girl babies easily outclassed the boys. At Mannville, Alberta, fire wiped out a business block with a loss of $40,000. John B. Burch was the heaviest loser, his $25,000 general merchandise stock being destroyed. W. R, Gamlen, a Regina gardener, was shot in the leg by a stray 32 -cali- bre bullet and did not know it till he found his shoe full of blood about two hours later. Building permits for June, in Winni- peg, involved an outlay of $1,560,000, which is $315,600 less than for the same month in 1913, and $1,850,170 less than for June, 1912, Edmonton capitalists want to build an electric road from that city to Na- mao, a distance of 30 miles, and prom- ise to have the road in operation by October if they get the necessary per- mission. Calgary's municipal street oar sys- tem is not paying, and the reason is the falling off in patronage. ' In May, 1914, 70,000 less passengers were car- ried than in the same month in 1913, William Morris, a Winnipeg baby, fell 60 feet on to a hard surface, and was unhurt. The next day, James Everett, a Winnipeg man, fell 30 feet on to a soft surface, and was believed to be fatally hurt. At Nipawin, Sask„ somebody cut Sydney Keeping's wire fence round his farm into 6 -foot lengths. There was over half a mile of the fence, and the Mounted Police will try to find out who was so industrious George Wrighton, a Winnipeg engi- neer, working for the city light de- partment, was killed when an engine he wasdriving crashed through a bridge it was crossing over the Winni- peg River. There are 1,869 certificated fume ance agents m Saskatchewan. During 1913 the people of that province paid for insurance in premiums the sum of $6,239,329.97, and losses paid by the companies totalled $2,987,430.77. Miss M. E. Snownall, official court stenographer at Winnipeg for over nine years, died at Regina, after a long illness. She was said to be one of the ablest court stenographers in Canada, and, when forced togive up her occu- pation throughill-health last Decem- ber, was presented with a purse of $1,500 by lawyers and court officials. All she, Got Was Sympathy. Cbs',rity works Will yon do some thing for a poor woman whose hus- band comes out of jail to -day 1 Algy---Hero's ri quarter. Wire her my condolence. , No man is so poor that lie can't afford to smile occasionally. Talk about a shortage of food at one period during his last expedi- tion, Sir Ernest Shackleton tells an amusing story of one of his com- panions. On his return to England his bookmaker met him, and asked "How did you find those boots I made for you l" "Best I ever tast- ed," was the prompt reply. 1W611.1ETT COMPANY.LIMi1ED 'VIN N I J O R ONTO , OM�r„REA,I. jj EG i. f' MOST PERFECT MADE THE INCREASED NUTRITI- OUS VALUE OF BREAD MADE IN THE HOME WITH ROYAL YEAST CAKES SHOULD SE SUFFICIENT INCENTIVE TO THE CAREFUL HOUSEWIFE TO OWE THIS IMPORTANT' FOOD ITEM THE ATTENTION TO WHICH IT 1S JUSTLY EN- TITLED. HOME BREAD'BAKING RE- DUCES THE HIGH COST OF LIVING BY LESSENING THE AMOUNT OF EXPENSIVE MEATS REQUIRED TO sue- PLYTHE NECESSARY NOUR- ISHMENT TO THE BODY. E. W. GILLETT CO. LTD. TORONTO, ONT. WINNIPEG MONTREAL RE KIND TO FATTIER, My boy, be kind to father, For he's been kind to you; He sought to lead you safely Your life's brief pathway through, He's oared for you and loved you; He's tried ei save you pain, And given kindly counsel, I hope not all in vain. He wants to see you happy, He wants you to be true; His hope and pride ars centred, Believe it, boy, in you. Row much of joy and comfort Is in your power to give This faithful, loving father, If rightfully you live. Be manly, true, and honest, In everything that's done, And show him that his counsel Is treasured by his son. Be kind when old age sprinkles Its snowflakes in his hair, And make his last days happy With loving words and care. —E. E. Rexford. MORE WOMEN SUICIDES. Germany Blames Development, of Feminist lilovenient. The development of the woman's movement in Germany carries with it a remarkable increase in suieidee by women. While the ratio of sui- oides of men remained constant during the 20 years ended with 1919, the number of women suicides in- creased from 8,3 to 10.0 per 100,000 of the women population. While there ars doubtless many causes for the increase, the chief cause is at- tributed to the fact that women have gone into the workshop and factory, mercantile employments and the professions, much more ex- tensively than 20 years ago. They have shouldered larger` responsibil- ities and 'have exposed themselves to,greater economie and social dan- gers. That the cause is largely' an economic one is evident from the great increase of women suicides at Berlin, where nearly 48 women take their own lives toaevery 100 men. Most men might be fairly happy if they eould forgot all the mean things they know about themselves. "Was her father violent when you asked her hand 1" "Was he 1 Great Scott! I thought he world shake my arm of." DEVELOP ENT COMPANY, MITA Calgary, ::, 70arta • Diroators, W. S. Herron, Esq., Calgary, Thomas Beveridge, lieq., Calgary, President.. Viee.president. Albert 0. Johnson, Esq., Calgary, - -1I. I0. (toed, nsa.,.'a.A„ Calgary. L. F. M0 Causland, Eeq,, Calgary,. Capital Authorial', $1,000,000. Holdings 4,220 Auras, FIRST WELL. This will bedrilled just West of the famous Dingman producing isell. SUOMI) WELL. W111 be dr/14cl on. West Half:Seetion 36, Township 18, Range 3 West of Fifth., - � THE ALBERTA OIL FIELDS,,are now merely ab the beginning of ,their development.' The moat eminent Geologists, however, let longer hesitate to predict that theywill prove among the most valuable OD Fields of the world. Aho shares of good Oompaeies, holding veil -selected bands axe a porteotly fair and legitimate speculation .at the present time, and it should be borne in mind that after the Oil Pleads are snore Bully developed and. proved shares In Companies such as the Southwest Petroleum 5 Development Go, Ltd., wl•I! -very likely beunobtainableexcept at -very inueli higher figures. THE COMPANY'S HOLDINGS aro among the mast valnabla ft. ffihe (105. triet and are scattered ,throughout the oilrorodueing area, All leases hold could already bo sold at a very heavy advance over cert, SHARES .Wisp,' bo 'Attained at par, $1.00 per phare, frbin the under, signed, but are ssibieet to withdrawal .without notice, Prospectus and full particulars upon request. W. B. LEITCH, flank of Ottawa Building, Agent for Eastern. Casiodte Montreal, naamrrna zuL+ 1 Cf,Hterb»ry Val/Oral @.sT�irUaa„ s,.n,,,., ,,,yVrr 7r rTirinnUMGLTia! There are many roade which lead to (sonterbury, but if yen have read the delightful Canterbury Tales of the venerable Chaucer, you will en- ter the 'town by. the pilgrim's way. From the crest of a hill which rises before Canterbury you catch the first glimpse of the Mother Church of is"ngland, The old tower, topped with itsangel steeple, which greeted the eyes of the Canterbury Pilgr'inl:s no longer stands, but has been re- placed by ono of the most majestic towers of pure Gothic architecture, Before entering the cathedral you would visit the church of St. Mar- tin, the oldest *immix in Britain, and then through the cathedral gateway to the broad, stretches of lawn surrounding the edifice. The two end tower's face the south, and the main entrance is between them, The .cathedral is in the shape of a double ,cross, with an elongated cir- cular apse with a circular chapel beyond. The vast interior of the church stretches almost indefinitely before you, and instead of the usual pair of transepts there are two pairs A large portion of the building is of Norman architecture, with strong solid walls and round, arched win- dows. Further eastward is the in- teresting chapel of St. Anselm, its roof supported by flaying buttresses. Note these particularly, fur they are the first flying buttresses intro- duced in English architecture. The extreme eastern end of the cathedral is gracefully rounded, Forming Trinity Chapel, which ter- minates in the unfurnished corona, bettor known by the name of Beck- et's Crown. The nave of the ehurbh is largo and unusually light, for these are many splendid stained-glass win- dows. Beyond the nave is the choir, approached by a great flight of steps located beneath the central•tower. The whole eastern half of the cathe- dral rises twenty feet above the nave of enormous proportions. The northern transept marks the spot of Becicet's assassination, and for this reason is called "The Mar- tyrdom," The choir stalls are in- closed with a beautiful screen of carved stone, executed by Prior d'Estria, and is one of the famous treasures of Canterbury. The arch- bishop's 'throne, with its canopy, commands your attention for a short time, and then you pass up the north aisle. In the adjoining chap- els and about you are the tombs of the archbishops who were virtually the prime ministers of England for many years. The stones are worn by the feet of the pilgrims who visit- ed the shrine of Becket. The only king hurried in Canter- bury is Henry IV., and his Lomb is on one side of the place of the shrine On the other is the tomb of Ethvard the Black Prince. Above him hangs the armor, which he wore. The an- cient atone coffin of Hubert Walter, created archbishop by Richard I on the field of Acre, always interests tourists, for ,as chancellor he raised the ransom for his king. In the warriors' chapel is. the tomb of Archbishop Stephen Lang- ton who led the barons in their struggle against King John, com- pelling him to grant the Magna Chae Whta,en Henry VIII. separated the English church from Rome he emp- tied the wealth of the cathedral into the Icing's treasury; otherwise the. tourist would be permitted to view a vast amount of priceless gifts left at the shrine. Cromwellonce stabled the horses of his army in the church, and, the marks of the. hoofs are plainly dis- cernable in the nave. When visiting England make a pilgrimage to Canterbury for this old cathedral, begun in 1010, is rich with historical interest, and in its architectural features taxi be traced the building of the English empire. Her archbishops welded a mighty influence to the time of the Reform- abon. WIND-RILLEI) WARRIORS. Vibration of Air Produced by Cels - non Balls Bills Affected Cars. Dr, Laurent has, just described to the Academie des Science the phe- nomena known in military surgery as wind contusions. During the wars of the First Empire numerous cases were cited in which eoldiers had, suffered severe injury, and had oven beenkilled, by the near -by passageof a projectile or by its die, bunt explosion. These cases hays been deemed' legendary, Dr. Lau- rent, however, observed during, the Balkan war soldiers without any wound who showed signs of cerebro- spinal •shock, evidenced sometimes by simple concussion, by tingling and twitching, and even by partial paealysis. Graverdisturbancesin- duced a cataleptic condition; and were sometime fatal yet Dr, Lau- rent was unable to fincc•an nerve lesion, He thinks that they tti'e due to the vibration of the air produced by the passage of a earthen ball and to the sodden variations of MInot- pheris pressure impinging on the middle -ear and giving rise to isi- hibitory p'henoinena,' A man's eredib is .seldom good if he is unable to make good.,