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The Blyth Standard, 1900-02-01, Page 3TO UTILIZE MICROBES TO FLAVOR TOBACCO. Maideadeemsseemeeet (tel. Clarke Nuttall, wrtiug in the oke emporary Review on tobacco ha, robes, says: "Fermentation hes aJ ye been looked upon ns a very tent stage In the preparation tobaeool but, it bacteriologists are r , seen greater stress must ba 1 upqoon tt, for it is the keystone of the Waste toad at paramount import- awt. A4 a prelilptoary to it, the Wire leeves oars sorted nnA'made up 1480 bandit; o small bandies eon- taihieg perhaps from six to ten leaves collected • oc.1 these separate, bundles are paled up tato great hes�p. or *elle stacks -a st ack con - taking sometimes as much as fifty teas of tobacco. Iltreotly the steak* 'are completed fermeutatiun begins, saNursgad by the warmth and mese t tvttlt`'ta, tad now, too, begin* the p fish OI aroma and flavor. And the work of the bacteria which ii�hlt these heaps, for it is con- etg4iveiy shown that these stacks are the homes and breeding places of my- riads of bacteria -la fact, a complete flora of fungus life la to be found Wettest them, for side by aide with the bacteria aro members from malty other parts of the great group of fttpgt, of wb:ch the microbe life Is obit a small section. At tb�:s time tb* *ondit:ona of Eta are highly fav- orable to the welfare of this flora, end the growth and development of sit Its members begat apace. And ter- ation Is the outward and visible n of the et:rring of growth and lesreaae within and Its threat out - eons. For as the germs develop food is a neoeM ty to them, and they con Mar obtain It from their hnmedttte ehrtronment, hence they draw no1r- lehmsht from the leaves comprising the tobacco heap, working meanwhile subtle changes la them, Hud, at the acme time, Inducing that little -under- stood phenomenon, heating, Why to- bacco, hay, cotton and other vegetobie Metter should 'hent" under stelae elreumstances is at present very vaguely explained. We know, how- ever, one tact about it -it le due to the stoney of fungi (among which we Welu'de bactetiu), for it hes been clearly proved Ln the ease of cotton wee, for faience, that it the vege- tii s matter be ater'lisee so that there )a no poedbillty of germ Inhabt- tefits there is no heating; lntrodwe gala lite and at once, given the one.• eehee of oxygen, we hove hen t ing, This ver, at present a phenomenon h pre enta almost a clear field for ressa ut in the me of to- beamo heat a carefully clerked be- fore It baa very far by n continu- a* turning of the stack :neiie out and ""idea I*to Middle," no temperature, =than 90 degrees F,ihrenheit allowed; • 8QOC14�FCL EXPERIMENT, 'Know, is teertain amount of bipedal idedy,of these particular bacteria 4114 the effects they brine' nbunt in On tobeano heaps lute already' been in de by a German baoterlologist, E. Oteldeflead. but 110 has provided little Wrttton Intornatlon for later Inves- tigator*. It Wes 15, luawever, Who 1Ira, drew attention to the remarkable tact that the reai flavor of tobaeco 15 not Inherent in Itself, but is Inc to the microbes eoagnged It this fer- mmttattve process. He went further terga, tbt title. He made lu M1S Stroh ,haat u*t eetive experhnenta with tiles, imetfor a i.nd rt- *ttgg' he explored aLur td f aria ,t Mined the germs which 440 tuuad In the tovmentutn heaps of the finest Indian tot.noco, tobacco Nitwit Its delicate aroma throughout e world ; he Isolated and cultivated and then he Istr'odueed theee Mame bacteria -into heaps of inferior German tobacco, whl0it was In course of treatment, ad t alinelt he °I)" Mined was both I ireng and gyztra- ordinary. The poor (#erma4 tobn000, NO emote from � rtph�e flavor the hest West Indian d0� tr armed as 11 by magto 1n tobtt000 of a very afferent quality. Practically a mitt. 1111 had"been performed, for PO gre:kt tbs Unprovetnent wrought that ,pool tobacco ooaald ecaree4y be lehed irons the best, and even re and experienced sntos• the fine*, native tobacco failed dbWngaleh it an the original In - German. And yet all that had pee to intrbduoe a few 1n. . arm* to work out their In their own manner $M quite leteropor$ioa. ate i�e et alit, "A patent has been applied for in Gsrntatly for the convere.on of W- heel* upon these liner, and we arc threatened with a revolution in to Niece manufacture if they prove work- able If the flavoring of tobacco 1s/ o by a matter of the presence 0f *0s/-' tela species of bacteria it foliated that the path to suceeae and wealth Igo• In the furtherance of scientific knowl- edge of germ life and In the power to appreClate it Itnp-nt)Ileo It to the eon advantage, Tale patient of Dr. nolle• land le the t it otfcal step. that has been taken lm the application ol lxtoterlology to tohneco culture, and 1t ha not difficult to foresee great econ- omic changes. If it Is -reay pos.ibie to detect and Isolate the*3 bacteria which are *aid to Induce aroma and than cultivate them In such a form that they eat be exported !rota or haported at will into distant court - trier, it follows that the almost' ex. Maim; monopoly whish ow'attn eta• trivia have of producing the fittest tobaccos will be seriously Imperilled. More than that, here will: with the abolition of the Monopoly, be a groat tail in prloe, unless the Chancellor of the• pechequerr, in hto search for new and Mttful source* of tnoome, turns htte,;e�pqetIou to baemela as a taxable uoenmadlty. And, further. there fa brad upon us the following reflection: Jf1 has yet to be proved that only updn iobat'eo leaves w,ll tho bacteria flour - Wb. May not otherleaves prove to be ahnodt equally ble ? There le b14 bars for eteerimeft In of Babbage as a basis new operation in the beet to- le, however, one noteworthy lity about bacteria which has 10 wee t,laid ISS.ihah_ls rieegis apparently not found else - are known as "local bac. 11 L J iA 1,, a refit trccllttt* ah slate on the question of the Of citeI¢8 rotted Of ieWA aCt that bacteria , and, although a be garde almost Yet kine at those to leaisitlae, aid to make thong kinds rl;p. vs Invariably so far reeaeted is is shoe it to be; due to In *ddltlon to bacteria •cleethstgtpeedng, tInre 1" bacteria, which May Into the milk and ng the olheaeo(rip(rnlng, their intldenee which is re - the. asoterletlbs of the ROCK LOCATED. 11eplabl alie.,Lei. ip tobacco tee shall find !oval bacteria at work, as well as the ubiquitous ktna:, of mh;robos that control feruten- teLion in general, though at present Iuvestigattoa Is only In nu elementary agate. And in them perhaps w'a may 111111 n 9044011 for the well-known cu' prlciotetttase of tobacco culture. It has often been it perplexing question why tlib name varieties of tobacco, grown in adjacent dletrlete and meter the eons conditions of climate, cultiva- tion and manufacture should vary 141 much 14 flavor and quailty,a variation which no fertilisers on the soli mem able to touch and remedy, There must be some hidden agency at work, some melee at present unknown. It may be remarked in pasting that the quantity of nicotine la the plant 1511V50 le by no moans a met of quill. lty, 154141 the goodness of a tobacco le not dedtdont on a high percentage of ulcotlue ; indeed, the most delicately flavored varieties are those which con• taln a relatively small quantity of it. Fertlllsatiott-the work of the bacteria greatly affect's the pro• Portion of nicotine In the leaves; in One expertment It was found to be 70 per cent. lava at the mei of the pro. eels than it Wan before It. It may yet prove that these local bacteria are ono of the greatest safeguards of tate monopolists; and exercise an en• tlrety colteervative influence In any place, though, doubtlays, as experi- ence in batterin culture progreareaea these difficulties will ba overcome and malts be found whereby the varle- tiler to which the peculiarities of any given tobacco are duo may be trans- portee satiefactorlly to new parts as easily as those bacteria which are t 1ww,ible for tile general formeuta• "At the present moment active re• search is in progress In several di motions with a slew to a better un• I:eratawdbp( of the problems Involved in this question, and It 1; confidently expected that Blease Investigation will ';roatly further the comprehension of tolalc0,, rermentattion. Nowadays growers and curers alike work more or le;,s by rale of thumb ; for the most part they 111(10 n0 Idea of the fundamental peewees.; underlying their work ; they certatinly haw no eoneeptlon that myriads et iitflulteei. 1ual living organisms aro cooperating with them 111 their labor*. Hence they are eoaeparttiveiy In the dark 1111 10 the why end wherefore of their ef- forts. But non' that the hint le given 441 which direction. light may be looked for, and We bacteriologist hoe real- ized that the elucidation of tobacco formontn11ort comes within Its pro. shoe+, Iihlnliluttlun of the nutter iy not tar off. Already tonne loud thea l tvl[eh t0 growing and curing l; nu e.;tabtlehed huluetry have uwak- enl to thin lmpen•tanOa of srleutifio dnt'eeth;atioa, and aro taking vlgoruua measurer to further it. In the Florida ugrkctdturnl college and exp"sriment stations, at Luke City, 41 Iabaratory specially fur time purpose was 10n1- pleted last lost year, and definite work tans been begun under the super- intendeace of hr, Stockbridge. The fleet rrup of tobacco gr'owu under the tilreetIoa of science was lutrveotad last mitten:1, but It le too early yet far any definite reneartsh to nave taken 4)11(44 us/ for any inference to be drawn; Ia fact, probably some three years need elapse before reliable eon- clu'hatu4 can be obtained. 118, of course, the result of a etnglo year's, work fur. 111 ,I1011 Insufficient data for compere Etat, ort only 011 a lots aeries of Me (acrhueats can a proper theory lad' hosed. FLORIDA'S INTEREST IN 1T. "The whole question Is one of very great Importance to the people of Florida at thts time, and this is pro• babl why they are taking such en- ergec stem In the cause of scientific research. Within the last few years soma 40,000 Cubans have settled there, meet of whom, are skilled grow - ere and curers of tobacco, who have been driven out of Cuba y tile um happy political condition t their no tiro country. They have been ape - Molly attracted to Florida because the hummock lands there possess soil very similar to that of the best to - bucca -producing districts ht Cuba, and they emigrated with the hope that they would be able to continue their old oocapatlon in their new home. To their delight they now find that to- bacco grown and cured in Florida in little, If at all, Inferhu to tluti Of the best Cuban, so we may, probably an- t(clpato a bright future for the cul- ture of tobacco In that State. In- deed, Ill 1897 no less than 160,000,000 of cigar; were produced In therein and put upon the market as Pavanes, and they apparently gave every imitate°. than to the pmrohasere. But as the 8eeretery of Agriculture points out, both American and Cuban curers aro Ignorant of tate principles. which underlie and govern the production of tobacco femora, and hence there le a IMat element of chance in the whole ndustry, To remove this eno*rtalnty, or at any rate to lateen it, the labor• a .tory at Lake City has been equipped by the Department of Agriculture, and great hopes are entertained of the issue of the labors of Dr. Stockbridge and hi; assistants." Ontario's Death Record. Tho monthly report of the I'rovin- elai Huard of 1eaith for December and the returns o? the health record of ttlo Province of Ontario for the year 1891) were issued yesterday.The total number of deaths recordep for Decem- ber was 1,848, an increase of 342 over the previous month. Out of this num- ber there were 20 deatlta from scar- latina, 42 from diphtheria, 8 from metasles, a from whooping 'cough, and 167 from consumption. The total 11 II of deaths; for the year 1899 was "38,426, showing a decrease of 2,704 from the record of the preceding year. Figural of deaths from coatagloua dljeaw for the last two years arq as follows: 1898, 1899. Scarlatina ...... 174 218 Diphtheria -,.. ... .., ;187 1107 efeasles ,............. 84 48 Wig ping cough ...... 102 90 d ... ,., v, ,., ... 759 881 Molls .Je ....., 1,79 2,810 Temperance In the British Army 110 tower than 5,000 moldier. at pro - mut aers'gtg in South Africa, aaye the Weatminieter Gavotte, are mem- bers of the Army Temperance Aaso- qq((o Con, cf the -sesuacit of which Lord Methuen, though not en abstainer, es a member, end thie large number does notby any means include alt the teeintap eoldiera. Both Lord Roberta tute -Lordatekant) ere entbuasstic (a a'dvocat.8 tMtpdrenee atnong the rank and file of the army, and the p ogres m, le :a alas direction of re- cent years le t0 great measure due to their influence, Mary Curate, ma aged squaw, was found dead at Barrleflsid. Near the body wpm a basket eOntalntltg two bottles halt full of whiskey ]torn than 12,000 people are rggu. tarty employed 141 Os Loodoa thew 'SiREN6iN AND lON6lIfE Enjoyed by Savage Races in Their Primitive State. - EPIDEMICS DUE TO WHITES. In the. prescientific era savages were regarded as the happiest of mortals. The Spanish conqueror" admitted the fact, Taut they awdgn• ed it to the visible protection of devils. Cartier and Drake and Ral- eigh agreed that mom lived In Amer. Ica as in the golden aiye. Cook was porplexcoY by the felicity of those very sinful lslauaiers of the south roe. Rousseau built his theory of !mottle refits upon toe innocent hap• melees of primeval men, and Vol- taire wrote a tale, famous in Ile este, with this motif, Our Johnson would hese none of it, of course, and presently the reaction set In. It Wits proved by deductive argu- ment that the savage is a mires - tine Creature-aaa1, wea, pto diseaOe ; ht tall respectsklyInboriorarey to the civilised man. There are meaty of people who hold this Mew lt111, tluauglt the wise have ceased to rely on deductive argument Kr matters of the sort. It ks comforting for humdrum townie folk to believe that those who dwell, seemingly without care, amid the g,urtee of the tropics are really far worse oft than tllemselvee. To envy -though uneouecoum - t attribute the ready acceptance and this ob. minute 'Remittal of statements winch are only true, In fact, of a tiny percentage among the ravage pooples, if at all. It le allowed eves, to a proverb that the supreme own. pe080.11 u for misery le health, mud s0 the It denied fu the firm place. But it may be asserted roundly that every demise of all epidemic charac- ter by which savages are aftltated has been introduced by white men, DISE:teEe UNiaeOWN TO TOTS. The Hottentots were almost the lowest ; very new of thou remain crow. In 1014, Wueit they abounded, a ter' rtble unknown malady ussatled them, end Governor Ouske crew up a report upon the .subject. It states that the flotteutots dart not mutter from any particular disease until the arrival 01 Europe:Ans, Many reaeh0,1 a great age. Famine lessened their Humours per- •oJlenlly, but It wan not attended by ferer; title is striking teotlntoay to their 00m1(14100s ol constitution, for the consequences of dearth generally halm more nicllms than the dearth itself. We have depopulated whole countries with snuahpox, 1104411108, scarlet fever, coaeurept.on and I know not how many vitamin, but has It over been allege,) that the poor 0ut0ge 'mpartod ono to us? The origin of leprosy is mysterious, even If we agree sawn the form of disease 110 described, but all the white persona who have ever taken it in India, China 1414(18auth Africa can be courted in hundreds, per- haps lit scores, Itlheumati,m Is hardly known among the peoples tvha 411 naked, affections of tit1 nerves gattl1 unknown. Even toothache wall rarely Le heard of, still 01009 rarely /woo. lent the moot efRcl.'nt testa of gen- eral health are fine Iluild, muscular strength end readiness of the flesh to 110111 under injury, Upon 00011 of those Fonts the evidence to overwhelming' a aourler• In the 'SUNDAY SCHOOL cramp will, his Dr. Jbaker tells Kati ' 1Wrinai or 545454 Into Mauch kW open, Wing been at. tucked Wham aaIeop, A aamrade re' Placed the content; and bound him (1p, "To lay groat wtrttrtae the wound waw nluost completely healed In a Yew days," Curl Bias raw n Malay with a piece of 4445 ekull cut off -the brain wen Imre. They tied on the frag- ment with a aree(hagof'serpents' fat, ental "ht three weeks he woe ell right ; a European would flare been three years Or more, If he lad lived. A similar cess was attested by Bleho4 ltellougall, M. 1). After an notion with plratee one of them, was brought on boned with the top of his head shoed qff, adhering only by a morsel of Ode. The bishop lifted it and made u brief but inter-, toting observation of the brain ; It did not seem worth while to treat it hope - tem 0490 whoa thta'o cadre e0 many wounded. At Lite•evening melt), how- ever, he saw tide ratan eating ciao among the crew, with a bit 0t rag to hold his skull together. la a few; days the skin had Joined all around. 1(ov. lir. Pritchard, to whom tin- thropology and folk -lore owe 00 much, doclated that "wounds, which in a white main would quickly bring on In- flammation and even mortification, in theme Samoans are healed by temple daily bathings and cleanliness." A youth wee ehot through the chest date Ida dwelling. "Am he brontheee the air seemed to coma from the wound." But "In ten weeks he was as well as ever he was." Teegeed man did not under- ntetnd thle aheell* It menet Its said that we studentdnd now, but wide ex- perience has relight us that' it is the rule with enrages. Of the Sondanlesd Sir Charles Wilson wrote: "These no- groev are really like bite of india'rub- ber. 1ta la perfectly extraordinary to see how they bear wounds and glow rapidly they heal up," And Captain Ycsnlghwaband wrote In Chitral: "There Is no doubt Aelatice stand wennd9 inflicted by a sword or bullet infinitely better titan Enropnns. A ward that would kill a European, or, at any rate. lay him up for months, affects theme hardy and abstemious mountatnoer9 in 11 very much less Re- vere mann*. Imagine having the whole lock of an exploded Fun blown Into afloat shoulder and going aboet no If nothing had happened. Such lark was cut out by our surgeon several months atter." lllealtht strength and long lite ere / INTICENATIONAb CLAN NO. V. FEB. 4,1900. The First ilhaoinlesef Jesus -Jobe tsupt.•-ii'liat le the Golden Text? Scheme -They tollowe'l Jeans. Joint I; 37, What le the Menem! Truth ? Cheat will receive all wise come to him. What kr the 101110? Christ's first public work. Whitt Ls the Outline? 1, Witleeelits to Jesus/. IL Following Jasue lel ltl- vite l by Josue, h'. Briltging others to Josue. When was Me tTima ? A. D. 27. Where was the place? Bethabara 15. yawl Jordan. W1ao were the Perrone? John the Bapttet. Jeanie. Andrew. St. John, ibnon Peter. P44I(p. Nathaniel (pan tiolomewl. What are the Special Readings? John 1. 19.85 ; lea. Ifni, 7.9, 81. Again, the next day after -On the day before, the day be return• ed to the wilderness., John had borne toatttnony 0I him. V. 29. The die• olples of John red not appear to be greatly lmproseed until Join on the following day (1. 83) reheated Itis words, 86, Behold the Lamb of God -`tea v. 20, spoken In referenes to Ian, 1111, 7. 'All the lambs hitherto o'ferod had been furnlvhed by matt ; thle one woo provided by God as the WY sufficient internment for the slow of the world.' 87. 'Thee followel Jesus -They tin. dersto.l John's meaning, and lamed. tritely did 119 they were directed. It would lie well if all would Inuneil4 ately follow Chrth, 88. What seek ye -Jesus knew, but He desired some expreaston from them. The meaning Is, What 1a your deelre 1 your petition, or request? ltabbl- Teaclter, master. "Among the Jews tidy titin wan It sort of degree." They thus at once recognized Hie superiority and their Ignorance, Where dwellest Thou -"Where art Thou etatying1' Ile had no permanent plate of abode In this locality. "In asking this ep ee- ttoti they intimate a desire to be bet- ter acquainted with film." 80. Come and sec-:\ kind 111 its• tion to thein to go with Hlm to Ills 411 (anor of (ravages. There are races " \\Ns Of hey stature tett ra non h; u 1 n1 them, s throughout the for east, but 1lnytli Brooko could flitd plenty of lila mub- iocts under 5 feet 8 Inches in height to would hold their own in a trial til strength against European 'ab- ates. Joke, the Kennowit warrior, who tarried Walter Watson in at choir seven miles over a jungle path, with oar holt of ten minutes, was very little over 6 feet. Watson welglte 1 fully sixteen stone! -I know them both. But most of the 011vag0 tribes show a stature and a cheat equal to those of Europea.ne, when not superior, Hum- iloldt pronounced the Indians of the Orinoco the finest specimens of the human race. Of their nelghl'ors on the %mason, Wallace says: "The develop- ment of the cheat Is ouch es I believe never exists In the pest formol Euro• penile, exhibiting n eplondl i aeries of conve0 undnlnt'.ona, without it hollow ht any part of it." (( THE INDIAN AND THE ZULU. In spite of drink and degradation, the pitvadque of the Indians In the Milted States is still above the aver. n e of hit The g the of T Zulu is almost becoming a proverb for superb de. vetopment, but other kafflre equal ltlm, and the biggest group of men I ever Raw were bastard Griquas, be. longing to some nomadic families, en. equnteted when I loot my way on the veldt by Campbell grounds. But the most tremendous creatures in my experience are Kroomen. In average height they do not equal the Papuan giants of New Guinea, but their breadth of 'shoulder la almost a de. tormlty. Power of muscle is not necessarily a sign of health, but It demands a note. Drake was a cool-headed man anti truthful above nil, but he wrote that the Indians of California were "(ommonly so strong of body that that which two or three of our men could hardly bear one of them would take upon hie shoulder's and with. out grudging carry it easily away, uphill and downhill, an Englleh mile together." One is embarrassed by the choice of testimony as to the muscular powers of the negro, and In truth It le not required, for every- one veryone has friends somewhere In Africa, I have mentioned the astounding fent of the Dyak Joke within my own knowledge; the present Rajah Brooke and Mrs, McDougall refer to 1t In their bookie But other 'Dyaks saw tidthing wonderful In the achievement. Humboldt weighed the loads of ore which Milan aerie carried to the surface from a valet depth under- ground in Mexico. He hiruself was tired for the day with one Journey empty handed. But those Indians brought up 240 to 880 pounds of stone every time, and they worked without a pause from dawn to "unmet. Humboldt's ob. nervations on the absence of dwarfs, hunchbacks and deformed persons In general among tihe Deane ane of Amer- ica and their length of life are to the point. I have no room for details; perhaps the editor will ailow me to deal with totem another time. Briefly-, however, deform(ttee are very rare among all savages, end Humboldt will not admit the easy explanation that children to afflicted Mie in infancy, but, of Course, the &peak* Duly of the M. dittos Ite ettalied. As for length of life, there 13l0nof evlll*ltoe. I refer the reader, Forty instattea, to a luost inter. metier report honed by the native de. pertinent of Cape Colony In 1875, summarjeed by Mr. Theal In his lie• tory, since 1 hnve not mows, to tic de Lt. But to my mind the cleared proof of %Mall faros is shown 1n the rapid- ity and eats with which savages 1n gonernf recover from haute Wast would be fatal to white teen. My attention was drawn to this matter In youth. when I sew a gammen Inc Iigepttal, who had loaded a gat with fragments of a broken, bottle and djsoharged it IMO his ahe"t, beanmle the ketger of. SW opium deo rehired Ws sic audit, 1�1 i\s4\\ l+s \ eat Ah th4114,:ec An Act of Morey; a Last Bind nese to n Trusty 8ervunt. some of( -the comittnsatlone of saty- agery.-Pall Mali Gazette. NO GLOOM IN I fe How Mrs. Jacob Bright Announced His Death. In a recent letter to the New York Sun, Elisabeth Cady Stanton writes: ",Mrs Jacob Bright, in announcing ' to Meads the death of her dietin- guisbed husband, one of the great Eugllah reformers, and a member of Parliament for many yeara, wi botit the usual emblems of gloom, 4010 a good example for 'the aommon-eenee women of America to follow. The plate 1 white paper, without the traditional black border, is headed with a laurel wreath and a glorious rising sun, a prophecy of the higher life to come,' with the following statement: Jacob Bright, Entered the Land of Light, November 7th., 1899=,aged 78 years. j The recipient of a black -bordered I letter Is always oppressed with a true- I slant sentiment of sympathy and pain. Do we not all have sorrow* and dis- appointments of our own without 1•e- ing burdened with the troubles of , ethers? I knew an Atherioan lady who , was so desirous of doing the right 'thong on the death of her huebvnd teat she made a journey to our me-' tropolLa to inquire of an English her- neeamaker the style for the equip- ment of her carriage, harness, coach- 1 man, footman, horses, and dog, as her husband was English, and she wish- ed everything doe adbording to the oustan of has neti,ve land. As he was oxpe.ted to trot demurely under the coach, the dog's collar was wound with a black ribbgn, with a largo bow oa the back. The wife, draped in the deepest black, wore a long, double crape veil that touched the ground, which style requ'.red should be kept aver the face during the first year of widowhood; a most uncom- fortable and unhealthy fashion. These mournful figures always call to mind the lines in Wesley's hymn : - "',Harki from the tombs a doleful Sinn" a, come view the ground • Where you must shortly Ile: The Bright& belong to a reldgioue soot palled Friends (or Quakers); who never change their dress for these habiLmentas of woe, A Remedy for Toothache. Melt white wax or spermaceti, two parte, and when melted, add carbon° acid crystals; one part, and chloral hy- drate coyote's, two parte; stir well until dissolved. \Yldle still HAW, Itn- merle thin lay'ere of • earbohsedab- sorbent cotton wool and allow thetti to dry. When required' for use a email place may be 'mitigator? 'end alightly warmed, when 11 can be inserted Mtn the hollow tooth, where it Will s01(d- tfy. The ease prodeeed by tills 'inns,, mrir,ol 71 really v•;r7 great. Ntvloas. Mra. 'IIobbe-bite pommels 1144045 a voreatile mind, , Mrs. Nobb-How does 1t..d(ap�ay 1t• eel! 1 ' . • Mrs. -Hobbs-Why, tor'instance, I've seen her pian out it gown anti klve, tier hu.band 11* tmprlszlgn that she - rind listen to What he said,' alt at oho Mid ea saWe tie eeeDetrolt Free p1/1 VC 111 A 1011 '•11 those who kilter not the tnlvalloo of God would curve at the command of t'hriat, they would soot, see that with Him 1s the fount iu of life, and la Ills light they would sec light." The tenth Rout -8t. John wan no Impressed with the first interview with Jesus that he remembered the hour. 41. Ile first flndeth him own brother -It Is 0uploned that rat the name time Andrew went to find bin brother Sunni, ,Tuhn also went and found hl+ brother Jamea and brought him to Christ. This wee a true nilsolonary spirit, ;lode Ralvatlos Is e0 good that those wIo experience Ma lave nre al- wn,ve nnxloue to bring others Into the *tame holy relation. We have found the Meastae-He ',peaks exultingly. Aroused by 'John's tnithful testimony concern- ing the coining Messiah, they were ready to receive Him when they saw a few true markt' of Hls Mesaalabehip, Bring interpreted-Afnsslas is t(n He- brew word and Christ le Its•Greek in- terpretatlon, 4:.. When Jesus beheld him -Janis at once knew Simon better than 81nton knew himself. Cephne a stone -Res It. V. "Petro", or Peter, has the eame meaning In Greek that Cephas )has In Syriac." The 0ntlte was given him to deserl1311119 character, which was "miff, hardy and resolnte," 43 The day following -Tide, ac. cording to Farrar, w49 the fourth day after ids return from the wilderness. Jesus started on 111. return to Gali- lee, and "on the Journey tell in with /motherour Y g fisherman, Philip of Betllsaida." Follow me -This com- mand le, In the mama, Issued only by our Lord Himself. It ie nddreesed to but Oma ontehde the circle of the apostles, the rich young man whom Jeelts loved. 44. Bethealda-"Tile muse of nets•" eo called because inhabited mostly 1(7 fishermen. There were two Maes it . ow threeby1hdiselpnamelos, AndrewThet, Pn(terwherrc4ndthe Philip were born, wu on the west shore of the sea of Galilee, just north of Caperataum. The other Bethealdn, where five thousand were fed, In en the northeast shore of the 51c11. An- drew and Peter lived at Cnpernnum. Matt. 1'I11. 14 ; evil, 24 ; Mak I. 20. 45, Nathanael-Elsewhere (1111((1 Bartholomew. H( bio l rat t'nnn in Galilee, where our Lord pertm-veI Hls first mlriclr. Conn 01111 about nine miles northeast of Nazareth. Of whom Motes 1n,1the prophets did sap write--( (len. 111. 16: Noll. 18; Dent, xvil1 1A : Leat. iv. 2; [11. 14 ; Jur. xxtiI, 0; Fsk, x\vi;. C:l; Dan. Ir. 24; 5(1- C411 t. 2 /.trio, vi. I2; Mal. III. 1. • Thee nem were familiar with the Scriptures, and sorely here tette n great array of testlutony with rel ergine( t, 144( 5ss 110. 44,srl ... ou1et of1nh. NasateUi-" The - a(eeetloll sprue from mere ,.{tread of 'nil/stake In a mailer up_.vttale He kn(ty ,haat Bethlehlth,fr •(Afleah' r "i an a tnI4/it ons to 1kt the+birth-pl;ee of the Mespsluh. "It 111141 hero usually oonoiderai that hie a1118wer vents proverbial; but limey merely Iiave implied. „ Ta"areth, that oltsrure sad ill-repnted town hn Its 111110. ,untroddep . ,valipy-Han alryt11log gomicob14 from' thence?'" ' Teechht'gs.-1. hearing witnees to Christ is a detlnotive mark of all ills true subject". All true preachers of the gospel do exactly as John dkiapoihlt awry. oat 1e Jame and tae alien • they^, 1Celew Hine 2. Const giver s11 0f 117 followers n DOCTONSCOREATIIIIIMPH Hary name, 1tev, o 17, to ow ware beta amonlp lu 1451 should giro you IL (141010 stemmata) of your character. what would 11 lm? 8. ,lawns is pleased to have us follow IIlm, and He Invitee every one to come and dwell with Blot, TM; is one of the preeloue teethe of the Bible. The fuvitntIolm of lahrist rums with such tender:ewe such love and 11)40)1 power that they ought to melt the larkeat heart, Inside Membrane of Eggshells Used for Skin -Grafting. RESULT WHOLLY SUCCESSFUL, PRACTICAL SCRvise. New York report: WIWi h4 left "Tito inquiry of thedepuWttton and arm, left shoulder blade tied left side John's answers to them were made in pubic. They esrtItitute,l at kind of forme) announcement of the advent of the Alesemh. Joel; had disappeared htto 11.0 eel lern1se aft .r Li. b p 1 m and hod not as yet reeplearet. But auw, the very day after that first announcement, an event averred which brought to a (Mils the ministry of John. "Tito Lamb of find. J'ulm the Bap• tlet'e announcement Li abrupt, and was brought ;bout by the sullen up- proaeh of Jenne tow,ar,1 h m from among the (row 1. John undoubtedly at once knew that tits was for the purpose of he!ng recognleoI and he troluced to the people by ii m. What astoaeltei 114 R thatJohn should taus Introiu(nl ,1041(1* 1141 'thrl hunb of Gal' rather th to as 'Nle M0a414111.' 11 shows it wonderful and Advanced'rtstgfit Into' the Manion of Tens. This at ono. place l the moral and ep:ritu'ti Import - WIPP of the Weldon of the S m of God above that of Ills temporal relation to thein ns Messiah or King. The fret disciple'• until now Jams had not drawn to Himseif n s'ngle follower. H' hod token npon Himself the task for wheel He had romp Into the wo*I I by lits formal presentation of Illnaelf to Joltn for baptism. Now again, the next day, Ile nppe , r 4 o't th' fa n', not appru et - la Jain the Ilept:at, as on the former 0cc1101on, but quietly walking by " The mortal preacher. He is not afraid, first of nil, to repent ill former etseaureo, fie Is riot mtudtul either to make or retain disciples for Htm-tlf. John had gathered many dleelples Mout 10m. Among then, stool two- enerew and, w:thont doubt. John, the author of thls gospel. They were eho'a• young man, (11(44 had been en- thu*';*ticaBy attache i to ,Toluh. Now 011119 appears again, ant John, point- ing him ottt n second time, eppenre to any, 'There ile is, Follow film.' "Two modal Mechem. The two dis- ciples, heard, Him speck, and they fol- lowed Jesus, Why others did MI do so does ,not appear; but there ora still matltY who pr0fms interest in divihee, (binges wile,'1heuele ilei lien 114`,4 (44114 tta tine patient. His wile. eat dee, do not fa1Raw Jesus. They nephew and one of Ids employees of, are content to be the ddeclples of , fend *kin from their owls bedlea to thew ut:hd,-ler, an t stop there. Not bo grafted om Garbett. But Dns 01 00 mar 111e+. it They no doubt greatly' eurageone ►tad heard of the nee 1n Rum eim'rel hen, and were sincerely et- 1 ops of the membrane of the *hell of 1:,•1 t t,, h'm ; but thely had beard b:m ego's for such performs. and, on his nue tch:ttg Jesus to some purPae, and saslgestloth. It was tried. The graft. low )bey were react), to follow Him. Ing proved a success. "An attractive Saviour. Josue was' There have been only five moll Me passing by. He 1111 not rall these two erauttaste, lnoludter the one on Gar• men by any outward' virtue, but be- butt, recorded in the medical world. atg fatted up to that faith by John ' Two of theme were performed in Paris, the Baptist, who loaded Him so lovely,' one It Scotland, and another in New ea the Sem and Lamb at Gody 'He drew 1 fork, them .to Himaelfe "A brath'ee's love, The true disciple R'ARI)RNS FOR 1900. drinks well at the well of aelvativan -- that He may .hare to gr,ve out to Some of the County Ilesde Chosen otbere. The Gadhrene dsmattlae went Yesterday. back to his ower home to tell them of Jesus" It la not an uncommon thing to bee men and swannM(1 sacrifice all they have In this world for the privi- lege o1-- carrying the gospel to their heathen brothers who are sittlag in the darkness of ignsarauoe and *up- eretitirwu A heart filled with love for Carried and a late humanity is ready to deity self, and termite all of earth- ly geode, in order to be the meanie in the hands of God of leading is Ioet soul to the Saviour, of the collar bone out awaty by the surgeon'e knife, Edgar G. (larbutt, of No, 201 Marcy avenue, Brooklyn, lett the Seeley Hospital, YoeterdaY mora• Ing, and it be't much wonder that the doctors there, who any he will live many a year, are proud of their work. Garbutt's troubles/ came about In the Mmpted way peeible, A fall from it bicycle, a slight bruise, to which he paid no attention, and then -almost the whole of hie left side, from the shoulder down, became helpless as it it had been paralysed. Evory etten• tion was given to the sink man, and all the skilled artifice of modern sur- gery was brought to bear upon the injured members. 1n the end It was the inner covering n of for graftings perpose",ace of ln that brought about hie recovery. one day, two years ago, Garbutt fell from 111e bicycle. He landed on his left arm. Wizen Its went home and em emitted his arm lie found It slightly abrueed and dhie otored. Hs applied an ointment to it, and gave it 130 more heed. Three weeks Inter he was attacked with acute pains In the spot where to had noticed the bruise, Just above the elbow. At first he gave It Mem; treed treatment. Then he went to the fust Graduate Hoepltal, and remained there for six weeks, with his arm el, cased In plaster of parts. There wne no Improvement. He consulted a sum goon connected with the Money Hoe- pltnl, and to that ln.titutlon Ile went. An operation was performed un the injured arm, but necrosis had set hi, and a second operation was neoeseare. In thin the entire arm was removed from the rocket. But even yet the knife of the surgeon had not inter- cepted the disease, that was spreading itself gradually over the patient's en- tire left side. A de l'4ve step WW1 thea, tekeee, whtoh 1k'pr1ted ilarbntt of his idiot* der blade and pout of his e'allar bon. Na far the work hod been modem fol, but 11 0114 r«syssatry tO turtdlah An Unbroken tilde, "Look at that bicycle," exclaimed the woman am she Identified It in the cloak room and maw that it had been knocked about badly. "Velem, I've iteen lookle at tt," was the humble reply of the official. "It's all "mashed to places." a.Y�,ni "And it was done on thls line." "Yes'm." '1(411, what do you propose to do about it 7" 1'11 report It to the foreman, ma'am, mad he'll report it to the ata- lv, ugn. Mon anklet, and the station master to Pari-1(obert Johnston, M Caledon. the general manager, and the general 1Ventivertli-No choice. manager to the board of directors, Perth -W. 1". Sanderson, of blanch. and some day, three or tour y(aru ;rd. hence, a lawyer will call on you [11114 Lincoln -W. 11. J. Evans, of Nlag• went to know why you didn't trate] euro-on-the•Lake. with your bicycle in a properly made oxford -Mr. Murray, of i "umbo, ease. That's our routine, mn'auu, and Wellington -J, A. Henderson. wo ndevia-never. 11 hell 341l' Bruce -P. Cummings, of Somme forget to leave us a piece of Stormont, Dundee end Glengarry - the machine.ever"-tePnneh,ot Thos. S. Edward', of Iroquois. How He Answered lien Rockland. and Ituseell-J. Joanlaes, of Rockland. Renfrew -W, J. Johrleiton, of Arm prior, Carleton -Ben. Rothwell, of Gloom ter. i , Lennox and Addington -Thomas Symington, Nnpenee. Waterloo -Jacob 8, Hallman, of l'etereburg. Norfolk -J, D. Dalton. Peterboro-Joseph Forster, North Monaghan, Dufterin--Samuel Ewing, of No. L Brant --Scott Davison, of Paris. Leeds and Grenv le -Andrew t'nrson, 0f Oxford Tow tp, A'rontenao-Wlam Miller, of Pal. rstaalt Tow me o he 1 tl . Ontario -James (1, l'mphrey, of Brook Township. Lambtoo--At. D. Cameron, of Emile. ktitell. HntOn-,Dr. Rollins, of Exeter, HMtinge-Jnmes Clare, of Hunger- ford, Elgin -Dodd Moore. Halton-Wrlglrs Worth, of Eequee• lotarin-.f. 1. Ellis. ant -John Davidson, of Thames• v(lllc. Ilaldituan,l-Thomas Hassard, of Had liaaandl. Sameenr-W. H. Hamilton, of Notts), "And le this the first time yon have experlencead the sensation of I:a'e1" elle ,*ked.- " It is,' is replied. " Ant I the first girl you ever told you loved?" she le.rs'stet, He hesitated. \1'), 1 might not ince come to lter.ear. r '•1 "a Must remem- ber," he said at dse, "how enay it 19 for the Ignorant nut 111initlatel to accept a base h,itntlon for the real thing"-Chi'ago l'o41t, Mr, Adolphe Martin, edltor•In• ohlef of L© Journal, passed away very ouddeniy at Montreal. Some people believe what they hear and doubt what they see, THE IMPORTANCE OF TME LIVER. Its Functions and Influence Over Other Organs of the Body -Dr. Chase's Treatment for the Liver. No organ In the human body line a greater Influence on tho general health than tiro liver. A torpld,,slugglsh liver leaves polo- onone, morbid bile In the blood, winch upsets the action ob the whole xysteln. There 1s indigestion, lullnees, fermen- tation, Ilatlllency, and oppression in the etomaob4 The tongue le coated, the heed aches, and there Is lose of sloop, de- pression of spirits, and spells of dltrl- nese and weakness'. The bowels are constipated and floo e b y turns, and griping mine are regaentl The skin tents of the poisoned elate of the bland, by pimples, biotuhos, and liver spots., In sympathy vette the lives/, the kidney's become clogged and inactive, the urine biddy e„Inre'l, and there are pains In the tack and under the left shdblad Shortneoulsser of breae.th and palpitation sof the heart and derateremente or the m0nstrunl Innettone are among the symptoms of liver complaint. Yon should not expect to find anvil these symptoms In any one ease, but if any of them are prolent, it is time to take prompt action to relieve the system at' these morbid poisons. The liver must hare assistance. The Meese 01 restoration will be , hastened if the kidneys are also in- vigoratei and strengthened. )loth these filtering systems are act- ed on directly and promptly by l/r. CI«ee's KidneeyY-Liver Mite. It Is through the liver and kidney's alone that the blood can he freed of 1111 Impurities, and the morbid matter which collects there when the liver Ie deranged. Many it suffering man, many n de- nt woman, has been cured of the above distressing ailments by the use of Br. Chase's Kidney --Liver Pine, the only remedy that leas a combined action on both liter and kidneys. The wisdom of Dr. Chase in prepar- ing this wonderful remedy hats been proved In ecoree of thnasnnds of Moes of complicated dieenee's of tits liver and kidneys, wbirll mold be reached In• nn nthrr rhmu•'!( You de not require faith to be cured ' by Pr. Chases Kidney -Liver PRU. The Brat dose will help you, anti a few 1101ea at 111001 will positively cure the tate d severe cats of liver complaint or kidney disease. One pill a dote, 211 Brute n Lox, at all deaden, or postpaid by Fdmnnson, hater & Co,, Toronto Croup, bronchitis, toughs and noido are promptly cured by mother's fav- orite remedy, Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine, 26 cents a bottle. Family site, three Wass as much, 60 cents.