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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1912-06-27, Page 2TORONTO CORRESPON1)ENCE The Deadly Automobile—Congestion of Population --Premier on a Wheel—The June Brides Eight automobile eceidente on tbe streets of reroute since the first of the eeason, resulting in the deaths' of eight children, reveal the serious proportion to which the traffic problem has suddenly grown. The truth of the matter is, the people en the areas have not yet rea- Jized that Toronto hap become a big city. They are not taking any more pre. cautions than when it was half the size, and the traffic was lees than half ,as heavy. The childrenplay on the pave. tante, or dash suddenly from. one side- walk to the other regardlese of the 'fact that every time they do so they take their Eva in their hands. It is not the increase iti mutomobilea alone that has calmed the new eonditions. Every type of vehicular traffic ha in- creased enormously. Down town, and 'Nen on man Y outlying streets, there is , Row serious train° coegestioe. It ie now no uncommon sight to see eight or ten lorriee, automobiles and delivery wag. gone lined up waiting to tot morose a street intereection. At dozens of busy ' cornere traille policemen have now been installed. These officers have nothing to do but stand at the center of the inter. motion and by uplifted hand or beckon- • ing geeture say whether the tour streams of traffic) seeking to got past the inter - /motion Mar 1120Ve Or, stand still. Thie is oneof the outward ways in which the city it beginning to show a similarity to New York or London. AR yet traffic regulations are woefully inadequate to meet the changing °end'. Cone. The Pollee Commissioners who have charge of the matter seem too supine to make and enforce proper regulations and traffic) continues to move with an lrreu. larity that foreshadows many fatalit es, TORONTO GARDENS DISAPPEARING. Apartment houses springing up all over the -city are another evidence of Laurens. ing congestion of population. "Thirecity of homes" may not much longer deserve the title. The "back garden," even a little one, whialt most Toronto householders havct in the inset demanded, is becoming harder and harder to secure. A loading architect the other day declared that he would not again advise oven wellte. do clients to attempt to get garden plots in Toronto. He would simply ten them to get enough Around te build the home on, and what little bit of space was left he would have covered with pavement. This would make for cleanliness at least But a lawnlese oity of paved courtyards is not pleasant to pontemplate. SIR JAMES ON A WHEEL. A familiar figure on the streets these cool June evenings is Sir JAMS Whitney. the Premier of Ontario. Hie is not a costly equipage with prancing steeds rtnd footman end coaelinsan, nor a luxurious motor car, nor is he numbered among the pedestrians. He travels on a bicycle of doubtful age. He- is always unaecom. pulled: And he is never warned for breaking the speed limit, his pane never exceeding eix or seven miles an hour: *While nearly everyone else has deserted the bicycle Ele a pleasure giver, Sir James rentable true to his friend of bygone days, a trait which, it is mid, he carries Into his treatment of people 80 well. And everY evening, if poosible, he take* 0se- date spin around the well -paved residen- tial streets. If the weather is cool enough and he oan get away from his office he takes his ride before dinner. Host people pass him without recogrii. SEES WITH RA.BBIT'S EYE. Corea of Animal Is Successfully Grafted on Patient% In the current number of the Journal of the American Medical Association is told how the cornea, of a rabbit's eye was:grafted upon the eye of a patient in a hospital. "The corneal graft is perfect and clear," and vision restored, accord- ing to the article in the Journal. The history of the case shows that there was 'almost complete de- struction of the oornea of the right eye and the patient letae entirely un- able to see from the eye at the time a entrance to the hospital. The eye wan properly conditioned, pupil dilated aind the cornea removed. ' In describing the operation the article declere,s that under keel anaesthesia the cornea was com- pletely excised, except one six- teenth of en inch, and the °omen, of the rabbit's eye was cut to fit the excised area.' Stiteles were then taken in the membranewhich unites the globe of the eye with the eyelids drawn over the graft to 'hold . . , it piece. - In the corners of the eye' where the upper and under eyelidsmeet, were placed small metallic tubes, bent to fie. The tubes were "con - fleeted with vacuum bottles by rub- ber tubes to draw off secretions which otherwise would flood the eye and prevent union." t Mon, and, no doubt,in his quiet solitary rides he has opportunity to make many mental comments on human nature, as Been ,on Toronto streets. • DR. MeICAY MAICES GOOD. That Dr, A. C. McKay, who, a little over a year ago, reeigned the Chancellorship of McMaster Univereity to enter the oity's employ as Principal of the Technical High School, has made good is evidenced by the strong support accorded his name for the new position of Director of Eduea- tion in Toronto, The ex-Chancelloris, of course, one of the most prominent educationiets in the Province. Many of the text books in mathematics in use in the schools bear his name, but his raental activitiee aro by no means confined to this wahjea. He has idwaye been a great student in a variety of departments; in feet so oloee has been his attention to Noise ,that re oently was obliged to take a long trip abroad to recuperate in health. But he has, in addition, shown a capacity for administration that is standing him in good stead in the oity'e service. Born in Bearneville in 1261. he It another Ontario boy who has made abundantly goal in the My. His eduoational ex- perience wae derived in Port Hope, tipper Canada College and Jatnieson Avenue Collegiate, Toronto, He was appointed Chancellor of IdoMater in 1905, rod seemed to have discovered hie life work there, but the great practical problems of edu- cation in the elementary schools of the city 4ttre,oted him. His salary as Priu- °foal of the Technical Seb001 was 4-5.040L a year. The new position of Director of Education will doubtlees carry a coned- orably higher salary. The duties will be many and heavy, beeattee it is not at all oertain that Toren -tee eistem of ednoa- Mon is as thorough and efficient DB it might be. THE STINE 01101' OP BRIDES. Any afternoon this month of June the tinten Station is one of the most inter. outing pintos in town. Incipient honer Doom= are the explanation. Some claYe there are as many ae a dozen bridal par. ties on the platform et the same time, znany of them leaving by the ea,me They are always very gay and very 181)- 1)7 and even the station officials. harden.' ed and gray in the service, step a little mote lightly and are a little leio brusque Under the influence. The dingy 'station. wit)) ite eumberaolue trundling baggage trucks, makes a not ineffective setting for the snrawiery wedding gowns of the attendants, and 11* leen minutes around dive o'clock spent in the vioinity any af. ternoon is enjoyed by the most unroman. tic. Rice and old boots have long since been barred, but the platforms are al- most constantly covered with ,confetti. \ PROF. RAMSAY WRIGHT RETIRES. After 28 yeare continuoue work as teacher of biology in the lJniversitY of Toronto, Prof. Ramsay Wright has de- livered his last lecture, and has retired to carry out private research. He is not yet an old man, being only 60, and has many years of usefulness ahead of him yet. While Prof. Ramsay Wright's name has not been associated with any great discoveries in the field of biology to which he has devoted his life ho was regarded as an ofiloieat instructor. Hie gentletnan. ly presence and rich full vowele will be missed in unfvereitY halls. ....1=••••=lomm••••=••••••••••01•0•11, In giving further details of the grafting, the article says that "these were held in position by bands of adhesive plaster and the eye was bandaged for three days. The bandages were then removed to see that the tubes weee kept olear for proper drainage. The patient was kept in the recumbent position. The carries of the rabbit's eye was removed under emesthetie, after the patient had been prepared, and trausferred to a normal saline solu- tion trail ready for use." TO RID YARD OF RED ANTS. Dig a hole three or four inches from the entrance of the ant bed. Place a common drinking glass in the hole, and fill round the glass with dirt, making the earth level with the top. Be sure that the in - aide is clean and dry. The ants will fall in, and will not be able to get out. When the glass is half full of ante, pour a few spoonfuls of coal oil' in the glass. This will kill them immediatelyand then they ean be removed. The glass cleaned with a dry cloth, and ready -for the ants again. SNORING. Mother --"Tommy, slip bestsies quietly and see if papa is asIsep." Tommy (later)—"Yes, mamma, he's all asleep but his mouth." MAKING SAFE INTERIMS Municipal Debentures IiiraY Sometimes Show a Substantial Advance • Securities of Towns Contiguous to Large Cities Usually Show Good Profit When Finally Ab- sorbed by Larger Neighbor — Several In. stances of Where this has Happened. • The articles contributed_ by "Investor" ore for the cote purpose of guiding pro* &Wive investort and, if possible. of 11,4r ing there -trona • losing money throngb Piecing it In "wild.ear enterprises. The Impartial end reliable character of the le fel' ID • tion MA; be relied upon. The writer of theee article' and the publiehee ot this paper have no 'literate to serve In emanation with this niatter othir tbso • thoee of the reader. In speaking of municipal bonde in this colutnn some menthe ago it was remarked that they stood a very. small chance of appreciating in value, There have been 08600, however, where a very fair amount of profit has been made by advances in Price, so this rule le not invariable. Six . or seven years ago Fort William 41-2 per cent. thirty-year betide sold at a pria to • Yield 5 per cent, or about 911-4. At tbe present time these snme bond on a 6 per cent basis would ee/1 at about 93. But in the paid five yeare Fort William hag emu.) in population and importance, with the reault that Micro debentures now sell • at a price to yield 41.2 per cent.; that is Par. So, as happened in the eaiie of an estate I knox of, there is 8,0106 profit of points in tam bonds after making doe allowance for that proportion of the ed. vance in price,. white gee, to make up the. "yield" of 6 per ant. For the benefit of those who have net . followed this celumn closely, fhe yield of o bond iB figured somewhat' as follorret. A five-year bond bearing interest at five . ,Rr cent. will yield 6 per eent at 95.73. at itt a. man buying such a bond of a $1,000 par value for $957.30 would receive 6 per rent on hie money. Now the %V. orae niso would figure this way. sr Payed '4657.30 for this bond and get 950 a rear Income. Now $30 on $957.30 is in. deist at the rate of 6.22 per cent. But the man who thus figured would be wrong, tit sets not only hie 5 per ceat, but at the end of eve years his bonds are re. decreed at 100. Be makea profit in that Imo of 4.27 points, or $42.70 on his 41,000 ond. Divide *hie ta .6ve and he gets an IliditIon to hie Income at the end of nee noire equal te $264 .8 year. 0 that ta get the return he should divide the price of hie bond, $957.30 into 430. plus $0,54, which shows the rate to be 6.11 per cent. The slight difference shown ie due to the toet that the actual figuring is done with due allowance made for compound inter- est on the $8.54, which the investor &motet get until the bond is neid. • So, after making, due allowance for the amount coming to the invest:sr at . the present time on account of "yield," his profit, if he sold now instead of wait - Mg for maturity, would be 7 pointe, or 470 on each $1,000 bond. But buying bonds in this trey Is a by. no -mean, -certain zneeliod of makieg a pro. fit. What many far-sighted investors do now-a-cleys is to buy the bond)] of some such municipality as East Toronto or St.,Louin du Mile End. A few Yeare ago Eat Toronto debentures could be bought to yield as much ae 6 per neut., but slime it has been absorbed by the city of To. ronto the bonds hare advance& ancl,ete they are now direct obligations of the City of Toronto, they are selling on the same bases as city of Toronto bonds. The Tillage of St. Louis du Mile End heti a similar experience with the city of Mont- real. investors who took Advantage of the obrious,fact that East Toronto, West Toronto, Parkdfile, etc., would eventually be absorbed by the city have made quite a satisfaetory profit on theit beater,, or at-leatt are in a Pesition. to ',sell .at a +trait should they wish dispoee of their There *re at tbe preeent time several towns in'like position relative to eeveral other Canadian °Wee.. One thatmoot people know about is "North Toronto," ivhich time° who read Tenant o' papers intuit realize will be BOOR absorbed. As a matter of fact, so much ie this' a fore- gone concluelon that the village of North Toronto debenture,, are at the preeent tirne selling at a rate very elightly bet ter then the East Toronto debentures be- fore, mentioned. In the cage dt severel other .places, however, there is etill (Mance of a good turn, for the investor waute eomethine not only We but with a good income and an excellent prospect ef appreLtati g in -fable. • CHASED DOWN MAN VAMPIRE A VICTIM OF THE APRICA.N SLEEPING SICKNESS. Wanted Murdered Woman's Blood Katy Brenner V,41te 11 pre-tty little music hall singer who made a living in the cafes of Berlin, Germany, She was good, quiet, with ambi- dens towards grand opera. TWO nights a, week she fiba3red away from the eafe,s, kept to her room and studied. She lived in a boarding house on the Koenig Strass kept by a widow named Krausen. Qn the night of December 12th -- one of those that Fraulein Brennen did not go to the eafes--Ent,u Kra,u- sen locked up as usual. She made her way upstairs and then paused, thieking that she heard feciesteps in the lower hall. She went down- stairs again. The door te the street was unlocked! A narch through the house showed thet -nothing had been die-, turbed. Suddenly another suspi- cion crossed Frau Krausen'a mind. With other tenants she wont to Fraulein Brenner's room and knocked loudly. Getting no an- swer, they broke in the door. The on the bed lay the singer. There were marks, turning black, of long, thin fingere on her throat.. The upper part of her body was bare. From an incision in the up - Per part of the right arm a great pool of blood had flowed, saturating the bed and the floor beside it There was a smell of ehloroform ir the room. Beyond that nothieg— no sight of struggle, nothing dis-. turbed, NOTHING TAKEN. The police esime and recognized One of those peculiar cases fit only for the criminologist, called in Dr. Gross, the famous German expert, Dr. Gross made a minute examine - tion of the room. The incision in Fraulein Brenner's arm had gone deep enough to eut the artery. She had been throttled, but only into insensibility. Death had come from loss of blood: One of the girre hands was clenched, and held tight in it were several long black hairs. Beside the bed Dr. Gres,s found a small fragment of sponge, still smelling of chloroform. 0,n an- other part of the floor he discovered e number of pieces of thin glass, covered with blood. The next morning Dr. Gross call- ed upon the head of the Berlin po- lice. "The murderer of Fraulein Bren- ner," he said, "is a physician who has recently returned Dem Africa. He is five feet eleven inches tell, ie thin and has a black beard four intim long. The firet and middle fingers of his right hand have the peculiarity of being the same length and the further peculiarity of be- ing three-quarters of an inch longer than his third finger. Be wears a number five shoe with worn metal clasps on the heels. His arms are short for his height; they are two feet eight inches from shoulder to finger tips. He is enteringinto the advanced stage of the -sleeping sick- ness. He has -a deep cut in the up - part part of hie left arm. • He too, a maniac. "THE SLEEPING SICKNESS," continued Dr Gross '11s as you perhaps know, one of the most ter- rible and myethrious of diseases. It is caused by a germ called the trypanosome, a small spindle - shaped microbe with -a long whip- like tail, which enables it to move about in the blood 'with astonishing rapidity. The germs are communi- cated by flies. "While it is called by the natives of the Congo the sleeping sickness, that is a misunderstood term. These natives call death sleep, and when they say eleeping sickness they realty mean death sialoness. The vire= indeed suffers appallingly from ,insomnia and a, common symp- tom is, disturbance of the sight and hallueinations. Another peeulier- ity is the iMense sensibility to pain. The mere act of shaking hands is agonizing. "Now, the witch doctors- of the Congo prescribe a cure as horrible as the disease itself. They believe that if the sufferer will drink great quantities of untainted human blood, preferably that of maidens and children, they will be cured. Mane atrooieue crimes result from this superstition but the cure is happily out of the reach of all but a few of the natives. "You sew me pick up some blood- stained fragments of glass. I recog- nized these in mylaboratoryas parts of a surgeon's pipette, the little instrument used in 'blood transfusion. My microscopic tests of the blood upon these fragments revealed to me, numbers Of trypano- somes, the germs of the sleeping eicknees. Whence did they come? Clearly not from the Fraulein. My tests showed her blood to be per- fectly 'healthy. Manifestly, then, these germs mist have had as host THE MURDERER. "My examination of the wound on the arm showed that it had been skilfully made. It was the precise eut for the operation of blood trans- fusion, dt, had been done with a surgeon's sealpel. No one but a surgeon could have made it.- Again there is the chloroformed soaked sponge. , "I will reconstruct. There is 8., German. physieian who goe.,s to Central Africa. He becoraes inocu- lated with the Bleeping sickness. He knows there is no cure, a.nd he decides tho go home to the. He has, perhaps, froze four to eight month —for death does tot asually oecur for that time after inoculation. His sanity begins to be affected by the diseme. ite flees, at some cafe per- haps, Fraulein 13renner, who is full blooded glad healthy. Into his- un- balanced -mind -creeps the supersti- as an Aetidete to Poison In Ms Own. • tion of the Congo native. But be- ing 4 physician he discards the Idea of drinlcing for the more scientific one .of blood transfusion. He sees the Fraulein again. The idea geowe. He takes his blood trees - fusion appanatus. He follows her home. With a mania's cunaing he manages to get entrance unseen. He hides in her room. Ile seizes his moment and strangles the Frau- lein Itt intluee repie insensibility. He would not kill her 130 bemuse then he conkl not use her bleed— thee would be no circulation. He chokes her insensible and then keeps her so with the chloroform. HE CUTS HER ARM, he Outs his arm, arranges his appar- atus, and the healthy blood of Fraulein flows into his tainted vems. "But see, here the abnormal sen- sibility enters. The cut in his 41.n1 CIIISOS intolerable pain, Ile drops the pipette upon the floes- in his paroxysm, crushes it. Ire retains elution enough to remove as many triteee of the operation es possible, and slips out of the helm°. The Franiein in the meantime has bled to death. "The other pointe of the deserip- . Nen are ease. My meesuremente of the finger prmts on the throat gave me, of course, the.exaet size and length of the fingers. Thus, I found their betraying peculiarities. You remember the hairs the poor Frau- Lein clasped in her hand. These she pulled from her murderer's beard while he was leaning over strangling her, "The hair of beard, moustache, head and body all have difference's fault make them easily distinguish- able under the microscope. I infer the length of the full beard from the fact that it is the natural im- pulse to grip where the hand will get the best hold. This would na- turally be the thickest poet of the beard, which is also the longest. .Bosides, under the microscope I find these hairs all approximately the same length and carefully trim- med. This is an identifying pecu- liarity of the square beard. Ergo, the full beaed was thtt length of these hairs --four inches. "The other measurements are a matter of exact foemulae. A body in a certain position must leave certain definite markings which do not apply to any other position. The eerpet in the Frauleinfs room had a nap, susceptible to Impres- sions. I detected the inerks of the murderer's feet—when he first leaned over and GRIPPED HER THROAT. Beside them Were deeper marks where this feet had dug in heavily under the shock of the pain when she tore his beard. From these I got the measurements of the shoes. There were ale° plain to rne the smooth impressions of the ela.mps on the heels. In the Bertillon gallery is a collection of such prints. "I calculate the angles front these foot marks to the bed. I sat down the exact position of the murderer while throttling. I calculate the angles between the hands while gripping the Fraulein's throat and the marks of the feet. In this way I arrive at the exact, length of arms and the exact height of the man. I know, he is thin because that is a symptom of the sleeping sickness." Within a fe.w hours the police ar- rested a Dr. Franz Hochstel, a phy- sician recently returned from the Congo. He had a cut on his left arrn carefully bandaged. His mea- suremente were exactly as Dr. Gross had indicated. The first and second fingers of his right band were three-quarters of an inch longer than the third. He was suf- fering from sleeping sickness and was insane upon one point—the idea that he could be cured by the in- fusion of healthy blood. He calinly confessed to the murder of Frau- Iein Brennen, repeating exactly the reconstruction of Dr. Gross. He never paid the penalty of his crime, dying in a hospital of the dis- ease he had contracted in the Con- fide THE ABOLITION OF PAIN. English Surgeon Gives a New An- aesthetic to the Public. The abolition , of pain resulting from injury or operation is prom- ised if the new anaesthetic process described in The London Lancet ful- fills its discoverer's claims. Dr. F. W. Forbes Ross makes the an- nouncement in The 1.,aneet, and from the feet that it receives pub- licity in that conservative publica- tion the claim of Dr. Ross may be considered to have ,,received ortho- dox approval. Moreover, Dr. Ross has met the professional require- ments by giving his discovery to the public. Speaking of the new boon to hu- manity, Dr. Ross zaid "What I wish to make -known is the discovery of the wide appliea.- tion of a prolonged local anaesthe- tic of incalculable value to hymen- ity. I know, and I wish the world to know, how toekal pain*following the severest bodily inntry from ae- eidenf or during and after the se- verest surgical operations. "By the use of this anaeetlietic it is possible to -day for a surgeon to guarantee to a patient freedom frora pain after an accident or fol- lowing an operation. I have found an absolutely harmless and non- poisonous antidote to physical pain and shock, and this antidote cen be used without the least fear of local or general detritnent to the suffer- ers." -In the *iteration the Patient is put under a general anaesthetic in the ordinary way and then 5 to 10 eu- Imo centimetre of e 1 per omit. eke , tion of quintne ,and uriehychechlor- ' ide are distributed over the nerve sugply of the part effected. The ef- fect of such injection is, eo produce a total loss �f the sensation of pain. Popularly speaking, , the affmted part is,put to sleep, MEN OF WONDERFUL MEMORY SOMETIMES A LITTLE PRA.0- TICE WILL DELP. In Italian Priest Could Recite Poems Either Backward or Forewent. Rabbis have been known who could repeat the whole of the He- brew Scriptures word for word. A Freneh 'marquis made a handbook of France from memoey, in which he described every principal chateau in the kingdom. Cardinal Mezeofanti, "that monster of languages," as Byron called him, could give off- hand the contents of entire diction- aries and grammars. A R,oman priest used to amuse his friends by an extraordinary feat of memory. Allowing them to de- signate any line of an Italian poet, he would begin with that line and recite a hundred lines, either back- ward or forward, according to the wish 431 his listeners. Experienced librarians will carry in their heads a list of titles of books, with the names of the au- thors and even the proper number of the books and their places on the shelves, to an extent astonishing to the ordinary reader. Long practice gives this accomplishment, but it is of course the sooner attained when the, person possesses a naturally re- tentive literary memory. . LIBRARIAN A GENIUS. ' This faculty was downright genius to Antony Magliabecehi, librariaa of the Grand Duke Cosmee III. of Florence. For inatance, if a. priest wished to compose a'panegyrze on a saint and conianunieated his inten- tion to Magliabeechi, the librarian would immediately inform him of any reference to the saints of the part of the work wherein it was to be found, and that sometimes to the number of a hundred viritere. Magbabecehi eould tell not only who had treated a subject design - off -hand where he woe and what be was doing on any day in the year - the examiner ch oee to name. His meet wonderful feat, was dis- played at the matriculation of a elms in the seminary. Forty or fifty students presented thernselve,s for admission. Bitch handed his credentials to the professors, who examined them and, if satisfactory, entered the student's name and ad- drese in the register. IDIOTS SOMETIMES GIFTED. When the students had retired the professors began bantering one an- other as to whigh one should take the register home and prepare from it an alphabetical rell—an irksome task. "There is no need to take the re- gister home," said Dr. Alexander, 11 will make out the roll for you." Whereupon he took a sheet of pa- per and, without referring to the register, wrote out in alphabetical order the full names and addresses of the students, which he had heard once only, when they were recorded. What makes this still more won- derful is the feet that the entire mass of names and aeldress,es must have been present in the dooter's mind while he wee selecting each one in its alphabetical order. It is a curious fact that extra- ordinary memories are frequently possessed by those who are other- wise mentally deficient. There is on record the ease of an imbecile who could not only repeat accurate- ly a page or more of any book that had been read to him, even though it was a book that had been read days before. In the same institu- tion for the insane, there was an- other imbecile who could repeat backward what had been read to Everyone in Persia sleeps on a mat, which, during the summer months, is laid on the roof of the house. Live bees are allowed to pass by letter or parcels post within the United Kingdom, provided they are packed in suitable receptacles.' STRIKE OF THE LONDON DOCKMEN. London policemen riding on a truck to 'protect strilds-breaker*, who are moving perishable geode from the docks. This picture was taken at the Tower Bridge. edly, but also those who had touch- ed upon i$ incidentally in writing upon other objects. This informa- tion was given with the greatest ex- actness, naming the author, the book, the words and often the very number of the page at which the passage occurred. Maglia,becohi visited other librar- ies and his local me,mory was such that he needed but to see and COttl Ka a book but once in its place to fix everything pertaining to it per- manently itt his mind. One day, the story runs, the Grand Duke sent for Magliabeechi to ask whether there could be procured for him a book that ivae decidedly rare. "No, your Gram," answered the librarian, "for ,there is but one) copy in the world, anti that is 'in -the library of the Geand Seignior Constantinople. It is the seventh book on the second shelf on the right as one miters." Prescott tells how Macaulay was once caught tripping with reference to a line in "Peradise Lost." In a: tew days he turned up with the poem in his hand, saying, at he of- fered it to the gentleman who had caught him, "I do not think that you will ditch me again as to the Paradise.'" And they did not. RARE GENERAL MEMORY. Doctor Addison Alexander of Princeton Theological Seminary had a wonderful memory. It was not only tenacious, of words but of facts. For the amusement of young folks he would sometimes - say, "Now, I am going to talk withottt thinking.". And he . wohld pour forth period after period of etrange word's and incongruous images, har- monious and even rhythmical in in sound but wholly destitute of sense. If any one thinks thin an easy feat let him try to suspend his rea- son and give free rein to his fliney in Periods which shall,be gramme.- tkally correct and yet without meaning. Another of his fettle was to sub - snit himself to examinat" -"tend tell ARTIFICIAL PERE UMES. Almost Always Infeeior to the Flower Extracts. There are a few perfumes to -clay that cannot be made from chemi- cals,. synthetically, as the chemists call et. Formerly all perfumes were extreeted from flowers, fruits, spices, woods or -other vegetable and animal substances. The first perfume to be imitated was vanilla in 1876. He,liotropine followed, be- ing obtained by the oxidation of a by-product of camphor. Terpinol is ene of the most freely used conetituenti, of perfumes. This is a, near relation of turpentine. With this, a little oil and aqua fortis a chemist can produce a per- fume that • eaa scarcely. be distim guished from those exhaled by ehe lily of the valley, Ulm and Cape Jessamine, varying according te the proportions.in which the chemicals are blended. A.rtificial violet is a combination of citrol (an essence extracted frcon letnen), In,clian vervaine, or lemon verbena, with common acetone, a substance very like pyroligne.ous acid, No chemiet hes been able to ema- terfeit nursk, but It 'synthetic per- fume called musk is made from telu- ene, a by-productof benzine and coal tar. This is changed to a com- plex carbitred, treated with azotic and sulphuric acids, is diluted and sold as musk. Most of the. cheap perfumes are imitatiene and they are almost al- ways inferior to the flower extracta. So it might properly be said that it is a wise flower that knows it own perfume. London suffers an average loss of 38 per cent. of bright sunshine through the presence of smoke. "Dad, why are you called the head Of the family 7" "It is merely a couetesy title, my son." [HE SUNDAY SCHI]3L STUDY INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JUNE 30. Lesson KIM—Review. Golden Text, Matt. 5, 17. Leeeell I.—The appearanees of the Risee Lord.—What did. Paul call the central fact of the Chris- tian faith? What disciples did he name as witnesses of the resurrec- tient? What did he Bay about his own unworthiness to he a witness? When did Paul see Jesus after the resurrection? What change did this revelation make in Paul's life? Lesson IL --The Use of the Sale ' bathe—What did the disciples do at they walked through the fields ont Sabbath morning? Who saw what the disciples were doing? What complaint did the Pharisees make? What statement did Jesus make concerning mile and the' Sabbath What -kind of a nian did Jesus meet in the syeagogue on another Sab- bath? What did he do for the man with the withered hand 7 With when] did the Pharisees then take coun- sel against Jesus? Lesson III.—The Appointment ol the Twelve.—What was the open attitude of the Pharisees toward Jesus? What decision did this lead Jesus to make? How did the cora- mon people regard Jesus? How did he at times seek to escape from them for a while? Where did he go son one occasion'7 How did he spend the night? What did he do the next Morning? How many did lie elites° to be his disciples? What wastobe the business of these dis- cipie Lesson IV.—The Beautitudes. — What is the meaning of the word "blessed"? What reward is prom- ised to the poor ia spirit? What blessing did jesus prozmunce on the merciful? Who did he say should see God? What did he say the peacemakers should be celled? Of what reward may those who are per- secuted for rightemaness' sake be assured 1 Lesson V.,—Poverty and Riches— What trials did the followers of Jesus often have to endure on earth? In what, then, does their vlessedness consist? Upon whom did Jesus pronounce woos? What kind of a life did Dives live? How did Lazarus's life differ from it? What happened when Dives died? What was Lazarus's reward when he died? What vain petition did Dives make? Lesson VI.—The Law of love.— Upon what principle are all laws founded? Upon what additional principle did Jesus found the laws of his kingdom? How does love differ from' liking? How can we love our enemies? What did Paul write to the Romans about love? In what commandment did he say the whole law was sun3med up? Lesson VII.—The Old Law and the New Life.—Who -was the law- giver of the Jews'? !low did the Jews feel when Jesus spoke Of a higher law than the la.w of Mosesl What did Jesus say of those who broke the law of Moses'? What did ho say of the fulfilment of that mw 1' How did he illustrate the way in Which the new life surpasses the old law? What is necessary before we can worship God aright? Lesson VIM—Truthfulness. — What ldnd of speech did Jesus urge upon 'his followers? What did ho say about the use of oaths? What are some of the dangers of profan- ity? What did'iames say ibout the control of the tongue? To what did he compare the touguel What did he say about good and evil speech coming from the some mouth? Lesson IX.—Hypocrisy and Sin- cerity.—How did Jesus say we should give our alms? Where should we go for oar prayers? What mod- el prayer did Jesus give? What are some of the characteristics of the Lord's Prayer'? What is fasting? What did Jesus say of those who did their righteousness—to be Seen of men'? What of those who give and pray and fast in simple sincer- ity? Lesson X. --Hearing and Doing.— How should we bear with the faults of others? Why is merely hearing and assenting to Jesus's toitchinge 'not enough? What more is neces- sary before 'Me can really be Chris' tians 7 To what did Jesus compare the man who hears his teachings but does not obey them'? V' what - does he compare the man who does -obey his comnsandreents? Leeson XL—Chitties- Witness to John the Baptiste—Where had King Tiered put John the Baptist? What doubt troubled John while he was in prison? How did he seek to rid himself of this doubt? Whom did he send to Jesus 7 How did Jesus answer John? What did he say about John's greatness ? What did hosof the members of his king- dom?Lesson ;KM—Temperance Leston. How must we regard all forms of sin if we are mocesefully te live the Christien life'? What is the best test of right and wrong? What is the danger of idleness 7 What kind of a disposition-. must we cultivate?. How does the use of intoxicants af- fect our judgment and our disposi- tion'? How does it affect our pow- er to work? What ie the only safe attitude toward intemperance? HIS PLEASURE.' She—"Which part of the show do you enjoy most 7" ' He—"Going out between the IN A HURRY. "Yes, sir, when we were ambush. td, we got out without losing a mate or a horse or a gun or---" 'A' minute," chimed in a sma)1, still voice,