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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1897-01-27, Page 7I HEALTH. ONIONS ;�S FOOD MEDICINE Onions and garlic have been used as toot( and medicine from time immemor- 7fia4 and still are thus used by most, if not 04:11, the countries of the world. And among atl foods and food medicines, per- haps none have a greater or more gen- eraa value, (.Dalen eulogises the onion --Aa--"the i rustic's theriac," or general k cure aal, Dr. Sydenham valued it As an application in confluent small pox. And says Cu.'Jen : (Mat. Med. 2 Pg. 174- 1789.) "Found somu dropsies cured by it alone." The volatile oil hes proved q,@fficacious in indigestion. It is a r iatimu'rant and tunic. It has also diure- >tie, sudorific and saporific qualities and Is a good expectorant, promoting alil the exoretion.,. Applied externally it is It Most. exm:lent rubefacient. And on - I' ions ed in oil or lard make an on- Kequra pouitice fur ulcers and tumors, , as we'M as for almost any kind of in- .; lammation ; especially of the throat µ,..and lungs. A liniment of sweet oil and ^$ar'ic juice will almost instantly re- = ilYeve croup and convulsions in infants, �.�' A some cases of deafness much benefit ,;is obtained from a clove of garlic or 1A few drops of the juice put into the '.�'ea, this naso with a little paregoric is pxee:lent for ear ache. Onion og gar- ;.U1to juice is a good vermifuge. Onions are very nutritious, consisting �` arg01Y of nitrogen and uncrystalizable 11±sugar. (Uncooked onions are much *:'mora efficacious as a medicine, than cooked, as cooking dissipates the vola - I title oil, which is of remarkable thera- peutic va;:ue, not only when intelli- Bently used, preventing many diseases, but a general theraic. Onions cleanse .the Wood, strengthen the nervous 'system and impart tone to 941 the secre- etions. . It is said that raw onions eaten free- , . will destroy the virus of hydropho- ia. The wound should at once be thorougeh.'y cleansed with vinegar as m as can be borne, the body thor- aut3hty bathed every morning in soap and hot water, and a cheerfu�, fear - disposition maintained. Persons ve been known to die, after having bitten by a perfectly healthy dog, ith aN the dreadful symptoms of by- ophob;a, induced from fear and anx- iety. Garlic and unions are much used for 'cod in a: Q countries where malarious Conditions prevails. In Spain and Portugal, where, espe- `iaZdY among, the peasantry, disease is ' ost unknown, raw garlic or onions orm the principd.i food of the working and woman. Northern people w -ho seek the sunny outh for a winter's residence, are quite ` ,:pt to comPfiain of the odor of onions d garac everywhere so prevalent, as ' .I as the preponderance of these arti- '` fes in most meat and vegetable dishes southern talkies. But if such would bt have cause to eomp!'ain of headache, e, bilious' and typhoid fevers, let m eat freeCty of garlic and onions, 'oth cooked and uncooked, A:so coarse read and little else. Let them live aluch in the open air and sunshine. the thorough[:y every morning ana perfectily happy, fearing no ill. Rlaw onions are a most exce:lednt ntifrice, they destroy the microbe imica:'.t. he teeth; also the microbes f cancer, ors, scrofula, erysipelas, :platheri ,grip, rheumatism and, most o which flesh is heir. `: Onions have au:so a wonderful cleans - i, g and whitening effect on the com- exion. Sliced thin and placed about he sick room raw onions make one . this every best disinfectants, not lily purifying the air, but also acting a sedative on the patient. After a Qw hours onions thus used thou:d lle turned. Onions or 'gamic being pre - red for food show:d be kept well cov- fired from the air, owing to their tend- cy to absorb impurities. "Many people think they cannot eat her cooked or uncooked onions or elite; let such commence their use by "'ting broth or soup in which onions . is been cooked, graduably increasing strength and quantity. Uncooked iI y should be chopped very fine, a iiftie lemon juice or vinegar added and .. oug•h:y masticated with bread or ckers. Thus eaten for supper they ' oduoe, in a weill-ventilated sleeping m, peaceful and restful slumber and e awakens in the morning with a I ;dar head, a sweet mouth and a gen- , feeling of recuperation. white as weal as the .Bermuda on - is much mElder but less medicinal the smared onion. ? ,A Onions shoo."d be cooked in a little "'ter, sa-ted, and allowed to stew till aN dry, when butter may be add - ,or better, cream or rich milk, A , ij sprigs of parsley or mastard eaten , vinegar aftcr ot,tuns destroy the fensive odor. �yWo" people allow the onion or gar - to take the place of the everywhere at af'il time pere.,.unt potato, they `11 . have much less sickness and .hath, in their homes to attribute to ;i"mysterious Providence." More es- , Way if they would strictly obey [.ler equaUY important hygenfc and itary conditions. ,The writer has a friend—a wife and theT -wrho aitmost unaided nursed > famfily, husband and two sons, ough a serious illness of typhoid Veer, with scaroei.'T no symptoms of the hersal, by livifig on raw onions dvinegar and who.e wheat flour • ixad, keeping onions sliced about her olt xoom, with frequent changes, and eaxing them chopped fine on the soles filer feet and tinder the arms, chang- ,# these three times in the course of est -four hours. She was also par - I to keep her house well aired, ,Uniform temperature, admitting the sun possible. She bathed with -11 and hot water every morning and 11 tangy maintained a cheerful and pppy disposition. A],nfher friend of the writer had an t- aC' tumor, which physicians as- her wound soon destroy her life 'rrei§,s removed, While sadly preparing ;,glue dread ordeolll, a Lady who had `$ o4P=69 , case, went to her and it r friend of hers who had a simifJar tumor and oiled, I 6h a counsel of eminent physicians -filformed her ooul.d not be remov- Wit'hout greatly endangering her d gut one of the counseling physicians 0 to her : "There is one hope for you. Raw onions with purify theblood and THE COM COMES OF CANADA cure many diseases. If you wild eat them, make them principue diet, 1 your with good, sweet. Light, cooked whole _ wheat flour bread, bathe thoroughly SOME OF THEIR CRIMES AND THEIR every morning, exercise in the open air PUNISHMENT. and sunshine, never doubting but that The most significant and interesting six months, and it may be in less in t time, you widJ not only be cured of that Iugay tumor, but in the enjoyment of _ Fiutls About Our 1'eiUtcntittrles and 1'ris- ons -Number of Prisoners Convicted better health than ever before in your and lire Olrences of which 7•hey were 5ife, mI word far it you will be." 4n t , "nd most truL'iy," added the kind I Aady. she did eat anions, fairly revel- Apart from common jails and prisons :led in them, both raw and cooked; and there are five penitentiaries in the Do,- o-in inmuch Miss than six months became minion of Canada. These penitentiaries not only cured of the tumor, but per- fecttp• well, which she never bad been are under the control of the Federal before." Government and are situated at Kings- n s ig - 'rho writer's friend conclluded to try 'rho ton, Ontario; St. Vincent de Paul, the same remedy instead of a surgical Montreal; Dorchester, New Brunswick; operation and is now in the enjoyment of most excellent health, minus the Stony Mountain, Manitoba; and New tumor. Westminster, British Columbia. The During the epidemic of scarlet fever total number of prisoners confined in in a certain locality, one of the attend- ing physicians observed the children of these institutions in 1895 were 1277 of ' a friend romping and Paying out of whom 1,249 were males and 2$ were doors and eating raw onions. "Oh I" be females. • exe:aimed, "your children will be all By three year periods since 1881, the right ht if,you keep that up. Scarlet fever uvt gve raw onions a wide berth, following is the average of convicts in neither does it like sunshine, and fresh the penitential jes:-1881-3, 1,103 males air." and 32 females; 1884-6, 1,126 males and e cent., and other offences 6 per cent. of 41 females; 1887-1889 1,149 males and THE AFTERNOON NAP. 26 females; 1890-2, 1,243 males and 24 The afternoon nap is not a harm- females, 1893-5, 1,231 males and 31 fe- ful one, as many people think. It is males- So that it will be seen that the a physiological process, and as such is average number has been on the in- perfect'ry natural. When digestion is crease. in progress nature arranges that all IN RELATION TO POPULATION. available blood in the body shall be Considered in relation to the growth calledtoward the digestive organs. This I.eaves the blood supply of the brain at a low- ebb, and sleep is thus of population, it appears that one per - son out of every 8,981 in the Dominion easily induced. Brain work at such was in penitentiary in 1895. Taking a time is wrong. the whole average of the period 1881- 1895, there was one convict to every REPLIES TO THE GALLERY. 3,976 persons. In the five penitentiaries last year The Facility or Mr. Chatuberinbt and tl Late Lord Paliueretton for silenclu Opponents., Political orators on public platform are exposed to Interruption from thei audiences, and their success sometime depends upon the coo:negs and readines with which they parry unexpecte thrusts. Among I.ngllsh statesmen Mr. Chamberlain has a remarkable f cility for silencing opponents who ope fire upon him. from the galleries. On of his quickest and best retorts wa made when the Home uRle agitatio was at its height, and he was charge with treachery to his party in desertin Mr. Gladstone. He was speaking one night at Dirming ham before an audience' which shows many signs of resentment and unfriend liness. When he was in the middle o one of his sentences he -was interrupts with a shrill, sharply accentuated out cry : "Judas 1 Judas I Judas I" Mr. Chamberlain did not pause t finish big sentence. He smiled, glance up at the galleries, and replied with cwt an instant's hesitation: "Not Ju Iasi, but Joseph betrayed by his broth ren l" The aptness of the reply and th quickness with which -the point ova turned delighted the audience. Ther was an enthusiastic outburst of ap plause, and he wag not again disturbe during the course of his speech. Lord Palmerston had equal talen for disconcerting his critics when the _ought• to entrap him. When he wa :,ice addressing an audience at Tiver Lon he was interrupted by a lout voiced opponent, who demanded, wit Intense earnestness: "Will my lord givq a plain answe to a plain question Z" "Certainly, witb great pleasure,' was the courteou,, reply. "Will my lord tell us whether he wit or will not vote for a radical refor weasure?" The audience smiled. There wag popular, agitation in favor of a new re form bill, and Lord Palmerston ha shown a disposition to evade the issue and not to commit himself on one sid or the other. His reply came withou w trace of embarrassment, but slow( one word at a time: "I will—" The Liberals began to cheer wild( "Not—" was the next word, and th Conservative took up the applause wit a. ounter-cheer. "Tell you," concluded the orator, wit an innocent smile on big face. Then ev cry one laughed, and there was heart cheering over the wily old statesman' ingenuity in securing recognition , an applause from each party, and in tb end saying nothing. THE WORLD'S NEWSPAPERS. A German statistician has recentl compiled figures ag to the total num ber of newspapers printed during year, which he estimates sit 12,000,000, 000 copies, To gather an adequate idle of this enormous quantity, it migh be stated that a;ll these papers sprea. out would more than cover all th continents and islands of the earth. Th weight of the paper would amount t 781,'240 dons. if fuss entire e(litio were to be printed by one single pr -q !he largest and most rapid ono n--* in use, the total eait.ion would 0k 333 years to print. Stacked up vert' tally this quantity would form a col umn of 260.000 feet in height. Suppo_ that every reader devotes but five min uLes per day: to the reading of big new paper, the time used by the total pop lation of the earth would amount t 100,000 years. CART: OF TURQUOISE RINGS. A; we,11 known lapidary cautions tho who own turquoise rings to remov them when washing the hands, lest t color be injured. The explanation the change from blue to green th sometimes takes place in the stones • that they are affected by acid eman tions from the skin as well as b certain elements in some kinds of c logne and other perfumes. The change in the color of the topaz are believe to be due to light and heat, as exper mento with the stones show that stron sunlight will bleach them. ie 332 prisoners were discharged by ex - g piration of sentences; 18 died during imprisonment ; 73 were pardoned and g only two escaped. The two who es - r caped belonged to Kingston peniten- axles; that the revenue from all of them la $28,878; and the expenditure $448,017 yearly, CONFINED IN PROVINCIAL PRISONS thThe figures given alcove relate only prisons or penitentiaries. The total number of persons confined in Provincial prisons, includinglookups, Central Prison. Mercer Reformatory and Ontario Reformatory during 189'5 was approximately as follows:—On- tario, 1,2'24; Quebec, 662; Nova Scotia, 194; New Brunswick, 50; Manitoba, 449; British Columbia, 171; Prince Edward Island, 24, and the Territories 22. Taking the total number of convic- tions of all kinds in Canada, to pent- tentlaries and provincial prisons, it ap- pears that no less than 87,585 persons were committed during the year 1895. Of the offences committed by these prisoners, 4,652 were against the per- son; 4Q1 against property with vio- lence; 8,808 against property without violence; 890 malicious offences against property- 61 were forgery and offences against U currency, and 28,`218 were offences not included in the above classes. SENTENCED TO DEATH. Duringg 1895 there were five sentences of death pronounced in Canada.. Of these Ontario had three and British Columbia two. Last year 7,730 persons were oharged with indictable offences. Of these 20 were detained for lunacy, 5,474 were convicted and 2,829 were acquitted. The proportion of conviction to charges was 70.8 per cent. The sentence passed on persons con- victed for indictable offences during 1895 were as follows:—Death, 5; pent- tenttary, two years under five, 354; penitentiary, five years and under, 145; jail, with option of a fine, 884; jail under one year, 2,414; jail one year, and over. 286; sent to reformatories, 236; various other sentences, 1,150. JAPAN NOW AND TO COME HER FOREIGN MINISTER'S SPEECH BEFORE THE TOHO KYOKAI. % tiary, no convict in any of the other penitentiaries having succeeded in es- a- (I I Conn[ okunui Denuelt ./apuu s ,ince flue s caping for the year ending 1895. Among the Nntl tier Policy Ie Be d One of Peaccful Devotion to con Intvee , CRIMES OF THE PRISONERS. -Frank ,Admission of Her Present De. Last year 479 criminals were commit- nelearies. n ted to the penitentiaries. The crimes The most significant and interesting e which they committed were as follows: official declaration of Japan's foreign s Murder and attempt a.t murder, 7; and domestic policy since the Japan - n manslaughter, 5; tape, 35; bigamy, 3; China war attracted the attention of d sbooLtn.g at or wounding with intent, the world to her is that of Count 4 11; assault, 15; burglary and robbery Okuma, Minister of Foreign Affairs,con- with violence, 131; horse, cattle and tained in a speech which be made before - sheep stealing,28; other offencesagainst the last general meeting of the Toho d pruperLy, 193; forgery Ind offence KYokai, or Oriental Society, - against property, -18; arson, 19; other Count Okuma stated that he regret - f felonies and misdemeanours, 15. ted to say that Japan was far behind d An analysis of these figures shows Europe in her enlightenment, The - that 16 per cent. of the crime were graduates of her university became and offences against the person, 73 per cent, graduates of her university became goo. against property, 3.7 per cent. were scholars only after a number of years' o forgery, and 7.per cent. Ior otner fel- study abroad ,while it was indispuLable d onies and misdemeanors. The average I that from the common education up to - for the. three years preceding 1895 show the university course, the Jap.uicst were the offences against the person to have ( inferior to Europe. In weak h, tun, he ' e been •20.8 per cent., offences against i said Japan was only r'tival to ou,.-fifti- s property 69.9 per cent., forgery 3.3 per Ieth of England at Ili:, utast, and imich e cent., and other offences 6 per cent. of poorer even th.ill iLaly, Lhe puuresl. the whole. Taking these figures as an country in Europe. index in a general way, it ap ears that offences against the person have de- In morality tLe .Japanese might be t creased, but that other felonies and mis- inferior, hie admitted, although iLS peo- Y demeanors are on the increase. ple are inclini-d to think otherwise. In. - BIRTH -PLACE'S OF CONVICTS. milit&ry affairs, agrlcull,ure and indus- Of the convicts 72.7 had their birth-itry, and in otiter things the saute was h place in Canada, 7.7 per cent. came from to be observed. But Japan had England, 2.7 per cent. from Scotland, r 3.1 per cent. from Ireland, 9.4 per cent. A FUTURE BEFORE HER, , from the United States, and 4.4, per if her learning be tempered by energy cent. from all other countries. I When it is considered that the census m of 1891 gave Americans only as 1.7 er cent. of our population, it is clear that in proportion to the number in Canada a those born in the United States supply' d by far the largest quota to the peni- tentiaries. ' Regarding youthful convicts,the table e relating to ages shows that in the 1883- 9 5 period 17 1-2 per cent. of the convicts ' committed to the penitentiary were un- , der 20 years of age. In the 1886-8 period of 151-'2 per cent.; in the 1889-91 peri- , e od, 14.6 per cent.; and in the 1892-94 e period only 13 per cent. With regn,rd to race, of the total , number committed in 1895, 453 were h white, 13 were coloured, 11 were Indians, Y and two Chinese. With regard to conjugal (conditions, s 173 were married, 305 were single, and d one was a widow. e Grouped by ages, there were 65 under 20 years, 207 from 20 to 30 years, 91 from 30 to 40 years, 49 from 40 to 50 years, 19 from 50 to 60 years, 5 over 60 years, and 43 not given. Y RELIGION OF CONVICTS. a Of the total number of convicts com- mitted to penitentiary during the per- - iod from 1879-95 there were 254 Bap- jSsts, 3,15 8 Roman Catholics, 1,060 t Church of England, 578 Method.ists,345 d Presbyterians, 290 'Protestants," and e 1,484 denomination not ,given. e Of those committed bast year 25 were 1 o Baptists, 231 were Roman Catholics, 69 n were Church of England, 69 were Meth- s, odists, 38 Presbyterians, 44 "Protest- 1 r ants" and 3 of other denominations not, e given. i- Looked at frotn the standpoint of oc- - cupation, the total number committed ae during thea past sixteen years are - grouped as follows: Agricultural, 342; s- commercial, 644; industrial, 1,965; pro- , u- fessional, 104; domestic 235; labourers, 0 2,699, and there were 1,232 of no occu- pation. EDUCATIONAL STATUS. Of the total number committed be- tween 1879 and 1895, 1,195 could not se read;' 452 could read Ibut could not e write; 8,718 could both read and, write nand 1,745 were not classified. he With regard to the use of liquor the 1 of returns slow that during this same at period 464 total abstainers, 2,90.2 tem- perate people, and 1,888 int.emperates a- became convicts. There were 1,969 who Y could not be classified. °- COST OF OUR PENITENTIARIES. s d The amount of money sunk in geni- i- tentiaries, together with their revenue g and receipts are shown as follows:— Kingston penitentiary—Value, of build- ings, stock, etc., $1,157,006; revenue, $22,754; expenditure, $224,165. Mani - OBSERVING CHILD. toll' enitentiary—Value of buildings, Don't tell papa that Uncle Jack sent etc., 355,033; revenue, $1,556; expendi- me a dollar. ture, $41,050, St. Vincent de Pauleni- Why not, Johnny? tentiary—Value of buildings, etc., 630; He might want to borrow it. 759; revenue, §1,119; expenditure, $88,- 89 B 'tl h ,C 1 b' •tent' M. i PROOF OF INTELLECT. Well, Scribbs bias proved himself genius after all. What bas he done 8'. Quit writing poetry and opened candy shop next to a school house. 2 ri s o um to pent lary— Value of buildings,$320,446; revenue $357; expenditure, $42,972. Dorchester r462165(, nitentlary—Value of buildings, etc., a , revenue, $8,092; expenditure, ,ti85. A recapitulation of the above figures a shows that over $8,000,000 has been paid I to establish our Dominion penitenti- and conscience. Japan, said the Minister, was a pe- culiarly happy country, in having the imperial lineage unbroken for 3,000 years, and in never ,having been sub-. jugated, by foreign force during such a long time. Formerly the foreign pol- icy of the country was understood to consist of stratagems and intri.gues,but he could not endorse such a policy. He thought that diplomacy should be found- ed on Justice. It might be well for dip- Iomacy to be conducted in- a secret way, but he intended to deal in a frank and open manner. Some persons were apt to ascribe the merit of leading Japan into the paths of civilization and the successful changes wrought in Japan to individual efforts. He would rather as- cribe it to the ist which guided the country for the last 3,000 years and to foreign intercourse. Intrigues, he said, might be necessary when one has some secret plot to carry out, but ,Tapa.n had no wish to plunder, or wage war against other countries Japan had pursued her diplomatic policy on the principle of justice, and the same principle would become more and more influential as peace was established in the East. Japan's relations with the treaty powers were very friendly, and there was no country plotting against Japan. Under the present circumstances be would direct has efforts principally to promoting THE FOREIGN TRADE of the country. His object in this was to strengthen the ties of friendship based on business interests, and give no opportunity to ambitious powers to dis- turb the peace of the East. But should any attempt Ix'• made on the part of foreign powers to infringe upon Japan- ese rights or interests, the patriotism of the nation would burst forth like the eruption of a volcano. Fortunately,he said, Japan ,bad 'very few enemies,and he wanted the Oriental Society to exert themselves in maintaining the peace and the balance of power in the East. The society should make it their duty to deliver the people who are in a pitiable condition in the East, which contains one-third of the world's population. Count Otkuma said that the result of the war with China had surprised for- etgners, and had forced upon them the conviction than they had not known Japan really. This reaction bad given rise to exaggerated views in some quar- ters. It was held by some, he said, that in view of her recent marvellous progress in industries and commerce there was danger of her encroaching' upon the markets of Europe and Amer- ica. But he declared, the day was far distant when such a sanguine view would be realized. FRANCE'S ELEPHANT. A debate which has just taken place in the Senate at Paris has diselosed the fact that the Island of Madagascar has already cost France $80,000,000, and will probably cost her at least$5,000,000 a year hereafter, without any ,hope of the slightest return for a long time. I CLINTON WASH, DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY 0- S.S. COOPER9 S.S.00OPER9 - - PROPRIETOR General Builder and Contractor. '.Chia factory has been under the personal supervision and one owner for nigh years. We carry an extensive and reliable stock and prepare plaits and give estiniaten for and build all classes of buildings on short notice and on V aolpeeet prices. All work is auprrvised in a mechanical way and eatiefactiitlo guaranteed. We sell all kinds of interior and exterior material, Lumber, Lath, Shingles, -Lime, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Etc Agent for the CELEBRATED GRAYBILL SOHO; L DESK, manufactured at Waterloo. Call and get prices and estimates bolcro placing your orders. 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If a belt were drawn around 4 ARGERY SALE IN GANA046 the earth, taking in the torrid and ---- - -__- .-.__._.-_-. the south temperate zones, it would England and the Zulu tribe; of An - nearly embrace every war country. goni axe in the throes of war in south- Warfale in the hotter climates is the ern Africa, A British mission station exception to the rule of war. got of South Africa, has lwwn burned and frantic despatches sent to England for latitudes are proverbially peaceful and belt). languid. There are frequent insur- 'I%e troubles of the Queen of Mada- rectiot, but these are more the cut- Mada- gascar have begun again, An im- break of hot drunks than active mete nary of bed subjects uprose at pre- Antananarivo and drove filo; (;Sean planned warfare. from beer (castle. T'he purpose of the The fierce Cuban war becomes more uprising was to form a small separate bloody and more close! stirring. Riv- Government for the plunder of tra- Y g• vellers, who, in Madagascar ehhics, are iera, the new commander, swears he I thjeves. England has her "weather will have Havana in a few weeks, while eye" upon this tblacnd, and it is ma- bVeyler is as liciovsly stated by a French corres- positive the relbels pondent, secretly incites the revolu- crushed. This war is so close thatare its tionists. echo reaches here, Most of the wars now going on are Spain is between two fires,°for its traced to love of gold. This is parttcu- ne Islands are laxly the case with South American subjects in the Philli P and African wars. In Cuba there is in revolt. They will probably succeed, a sentimental element• that of free - for Butcher Blanco, a companion piece dom, outside of gold. Itaiy has recent- ly joined the United States in aham- y gone home to pfoning the freedom of the little isle Maurid to complain of the lack of of Cuba. trInand money. A WONDERFUL ELEPHANT. In Peru there is a double -headed conf I ict. The gold mines are the ex- I citing cause of the war. The natives'lle Killer) a Keeper to 9ettie an Old are defend;n their Grudge—Ile Aleto Remembered Kind g gold, while other Act.,. • nations are rushing in to take it. Bra- Some wonderful elepthant stories were Z11, the principal owner, is settling told at a London inquest on Wednesday ul,on a dividing line with Bolivia. To in connection with the favorite 'beast this the Peruvians object, and declare known as Charley, which had been in bury will fight to the bitter end before t Sanger's circus thirty-one years. lie Indibevuasa Bolivian subjects. Che killed his former keeper by crushing indivag and natives are killing the. hr Bol- rt3' his skull .with a tusk. The man used Uruguay is another unsettled portto ill-treat the beast, and was dis- ion charged. about a year ago. He was of. the western world Far from being recently re-employed in another de - at poace, as was supposed, it is now partmedtt of the show. He visited the discovered that the rebel leader, Sar- elephant's quarters the other day to aiva, has entrenched hi.msedf in San speak to the keeper. Charley was eat - Paulo, Brazil, and is Lag his supper. As soojn as he heard GAINING FORCES EVERY DAY. His object is to take Montevideo, Uru- g uay, and estaUi4sh. n, Alaw-Cloverument- ln this he is aided by revolutionists in Rio Grandee, Do, Sul, Brazil. The situ- ation is so serious that the British war- ship Retribution has been sent over fur the protection of British subjects there, and Italy Chas sent its warship Piemonte for the saine.purpose. Brazil has still another internal heav- ing, a fanatic war, led by Antonio Con- se;heiro, "The Good Jesus." The plan of the fanatics is to kill the governmental head of each town, and place an apostle in power. In the fiercest conflict 200 fanatics were killed. 'Che Uovernment lost ten in driving. the rebels back into Matto Grosso. The, dispute over Corn Island is larger in its complications than in ac- tual territory. Colombia and Nicara- gua, Corn Island and the Mosquito -ter- ritory belong, it is claimed, to Nicara- gua. But Colombia wants to own them, as they were taken from her years ago. Colombia is slowly taking possession, but, if she continues in her grab -island policy, she will have to fight San Salvador and Honduras, who favor Nicaragua. Relations here are so strained that even the Government hardly knows the friendly powers. In the old world horrid situations prevail ; even Russia. and Germany are two nations not fully at peace. The former has recently discovered a gang of nihilists, the largest and most. pow- erful in the reign of the present Czar, and Germany is agitated with its dyna- miters. 'These have [leen tracked to middle Germany and are being arrested as fast as found. Dynamite works are llei.ng destroyed acid dynamiters im- prisoned. In Armenia rapid reforms are going on, and the powers have decided to let the Sultan alone for a while. He. may turn over a ut'w leaf. If he does not, it is said on good authority that the powers of Europe have decided to take Turkey away from him a,nd divide. it up. Chls rumor hos driven the Sultan so wild with anger that recently be im- prisoned, fined and tortured in vari- ous ways influential members of the Huntschak and Proschak societies, so- called revoluti(nLsts. Meanwhile the people of Asia Minor are starving anddrowning, and tbe+ stoppage of the Or lent express prevents their cry of woo from reaching hue outside wnrld. THE SITUATION IN AFRICA. is such that a speedy outburst. is re- garded inevitable. The Boers are still under arms, ever suspicions that an- other Jameson will arise and raid them, and to the west of them the Matabeles are sleeping on their clubs and • the Germans ate pressing from the north. The army of the Malid! in the Sou- dan has its face pointed towards the Nile, down which- the British troops steadily move. Menelik and Me Abys- sinians are on one hand wibh theirs and the Ashanti on the other, Any day the Mabdi, Menelik, the Ashanti and the Timbuctoo utas join forces to head off the British, who lo- wax re creeging ever stealtbily southward to- wards the Soudan. Once in possession of the Soudan they would give Eng - ]and a country richer than India; 18eJ7 may see the decisive combat. the pian is voice he turned, seized him WL his trunk, pushed him against the wall, a-nd crushed his head with his tusk. that there was no dioullk that the a,n.t- mal was paying an old grudge. Char- ley was the kindest elephant he ever owned. Hie had appeared at five Lord Mayors' •t holwa and many Drury land pantomimes. Mr: Sanger added:— Blephants do not forget injuries or kindnesses. I rememlier several re- markable instances. . On one occasion when I had been separated from and elephant for two years, th-, elephant. on seeing me, seized me. under the wast' with -his trunk, and would not list me go until he bad hugged and caressed me for a long time. Tears of, ppleasure ran down the brute's cheeks. Sotme, years ago a nephew of mine, a, child of three, was playing around Charley and climbing up this legs Charley gently resented tthts, but the child continued. Charley then tools the child up, shook him gently, and put him down same yards away." There were other testimonials to Charley's sagacity, and the coroner's Juiry was so impressed by his amiabil- ity that they dirt not even criticise him for killing his former keeper, but re- turned a verdict of accidental death. i For Over Fifty Yea•a MRs. WIN• LOWA ROOTaIN'n rt1•lt.t•I, hes heen nsed by mfllioria of mnihevH torthrirchiidreu tvinletrethinr. if distul1 a nt nicl,tnt d brok, n of rnnrrest bye,lick child stiffrrirg nml rrinu v 1.h pain of Out-tiig Tceth s8116nt oncr and put n botr'c of •'Alia. tvin011t•'s biolhiug Svrup"fnr,'hildren'ruetbinp. [twillmilove tho,i,,orlit'lo snffcrerl,nniedintel). ]lenerd upon it, motheis,,herr ie nu mistnke• all„lit it. it o irem 11iar. rhten, t. frldnt, s the Stomach mid flown,, mires wind 0n11c.941ltena11i0 (;nils, mdnci•s fuibnnmution,su4 gives t. -re nmi enc rvv in the while sysi,-m. '•bice vVinelrWo 4nnthing S}till ” rnr Oi ldrtn tootling f pleasant to the taste aril Is the preeeriptlon nt �meo the.,ldest all([ best female ihyo40ank and nureesln the i'nited States, ldriar twoitl five cents a battle, Sold by all drnuglata throuithoat the world, Desure andaskfor"Mns.wtnsi.eew' SOOTIrISiif]Yltne. TILE EARLIEST MEN. Doctor Ranke, of the German Anth- ropological Soctc.t.y, recently undertook to de'crillc the physical characteristics of the earliest men, as ascertained from the examination of prehistoric graves. They were of a yellowish color he said, and had coarse hair. Their heads were peculiarly shaped, the part of the skull which contains the brain heing large relatively to the face, while the face was small. They bad other peculiar- ities, among which was the rudiment- ary or unceveloped condition of the third molar, or back grinder tooth. The (4)(1Ctor• Iielieve.8 that the first men orig- inated in Asia. TO CONSUMPTIVIES. The nndersigned having hien re=tor'eei to haidth by simple rneana, nf'ur suffering f, r set'ernl yen rr with a severe twig affection, and tliat ire" dii,uase Consumptioli, i, anxious to make km wr, to his tallow sufferers the manna of cure. To thong wbo desire It, he will cheorfntly send (free of charge) it eopy of the prracriptinn nerd. which f hey will and a snrreure for Cnneuniptinn., As(hna, Catarrh, Rrotonehitfs an F1,11 throat vnd Ding Afala(fies. He hnpon all stifferers will try his remody, ss it to Invala- ahle. Thesedestringthe prescript lot),which will ono ' them nothlug, and mny prove a 7lessing, will please address, Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,Brooklyn,New ork. I 0 ; Y .. �:..