The Exeter Advocate, 1892-2-4, Page 3TI1E BUSY BACILLUS.
:Something About the Grip That Bro-
oded the Black Death.
" THE WORLD HAS SNEEZED HEFORE.
t411). Solar and Terrestrial Disturbances Pros
duce Favorable Conditiowi for it ?—
Deficiency of Oxygen In the Air—
Ancient Theories—Cultivating Bacilli—
Blood Corpuscles and Germs—Parallel
Disturbances—A Suggestion.
The preponderance of opinion in the
medical profession places la grippe in WO
Het of diseases explicable only by the science
of bacteriology. Bacteria. as destroyers of
Mood tissue are daily being made to ac-
count for more of the diseases which have
to a greater or less extent baffled medical
s, akin. The fact that influenza in its course
cannot be traced uninterruptedly has misled
many investigators, but it is to be borne
hi mind that the bacteria always exist and
that the requirements for an epidemic out-
break are (1) conditions favorable to their
inultiflication, and (2) subjects whose
debilitated blood corpuscles iuvite attack.
The victims of the grip are those whose
" blood affords the conditions necessary to
the propogation of the bacillus. Although
- existent bacilli cannot, in the normal condi-
tion of the atmosphere, be propagated in
slush quantities as to endanger the lives
of healthy persons. Naegeli contends
that the blood corpuscles themselves,
when in a healthy condition, prevent the
propagation of fungi, which is being con-
stantly brought into contact with them by
medium of the lungs. But whenever the
blood corpuscles become broken down,
unsound, danger may be feared.
• SCLENCE CANNOT AFFORD TO DOGMATISE.;
the only certain way to fix bacilli as pausing
. a, disease is to separete the microbes from
other matter and cultivate by innoculation
under fa.voralile conditions for propagation.
This, in the case of the grip, or influenza,
bacillus, has already been accomplished by
Prof. Pfeiffer, of Berlin, and by two Amer-
• ican physicians, Dr. Gentry, of Chicago,
- and Dr. Watkins.
Grip may be safely classed as a germ die-
-ease, its outbreak being dependent upon
• favorable atmospheric conditions, which
predispose to its attacks while facilitating
reproduction of the bacilli; and its victims
—as in the case of other germ diseases --
will be found in greatest numbers among
those whose receptivity has been increased
by a low vitality and abnormal condition of
' the blood corpuscles'affording a breeding
„ground and food for the influenza microbe.
FORMER C,RIP EPIDEMICS.
To form any idea as te the conditions fa-
vorable to the spread of the disease we must
• study its history, for i s is not a new
visitation. Hippocrates was acquainted
• with it ; Diodorus Siculus describes an epi-
demic'now believed to have been the grip,
which caused great suffering to the Athen-
nian army in Sicily in the year 415, B. C.
In A. D., 827, -it broke out in Europe again,
e accompanied with a- violent „cough; • an 87a
it spread from Italy over Europe, and in
almost every century, notably before the
. outbreak of the black death, in 1348, it vis-
ited Europe, and at one time or another it
has afflicted every habitable country on the
globe. It has spread over all Europe in two
months, but at times its progress is slower.
In 1831 it afflicted Paris for nearly ten
months. In the Caroline Islands it appears
twice a year.
The theory that it is the result of solar
sand terrestrial disturbances whose effects on
the atmosphere are favorable to the „propa-
gation of the disease germs finds many
scientific defenders. It is noted that nearly
the great outbreaks of which we have
any authentic accounts were subsequent to
TIVORTANT SOLAR OR TELLURIC DISTURB-
ANCES.
The visitation of influenza in the 14th
• century (prior to the plague outbreak) was
preceded by great convulsions of the earth,
droughts, storms, floods, that have come
• down in the history of the times. In China,
in 1333, fifteen years before thein
out-
break, 400,000 people perished n the great
floods. In 1334drought and disease sweptoff
.5,000,000 people. A few months afterwarda
,great earthquake followed, the mountains of
Ki-ming-chan fell in and a lake more than
100 leagues in circumference was formed.
In 1336 frequent winter thunderstorms
Alarmed the French, and Mount Etna burst
ineo eruption, the onlyone of the century. In
1337 about 4,000,000 Chinese perished by
-famine in the Kiang district. Deluges,
-earthquakes droughts afflicted Europe. In
1343 HongAchang mountain fell in and
-caused a deluge. In that year a three
months' ram fell in Pien-tcheou and
Leang-tcheou, destroying seven cities.
Earthquakes shook Egypt, Syria and
Turkey. On Jan. 25th, 1348, an unexampled
,earthquake shook Greece, Italy and sur-
rounding countries, destroying cities and
-villages and killing many thousands ;
mountains were moved from their positions,
the waters boiled, and great rents were
opened in the earth from which deadly
_gases exhaled. For 26 years there had
been a succession of terrestrial disturbances;
=then came the .
GRIP OF THE '14TLE CENTURY,
to be succeeded by the plague which deso-
lated so many cities of the world. The
science of medicine was in a crude state at
that time, and, unfortunately, we have few
writings pf medical men of the time to
refer to ;• but such as there are in-
cline is to the belief that the
diaease was due to atmospheric
eonditions brought about by the solar and
terrestrial disturbances which preceded the
outbreak. As in the case of the present
visitation, the 'influenza, which preceded
the Black Death; and the plague itself,
nie,de its way from east to wept. It was
both epidemic and contagioue ; affected
the pelmonally week most seriously ; it was
complicated with pneumonia in a fatal
*glee in many cases and its after-effects
were markedly debilitating.
The accounts which come down to US
regarding the plague itself are meagre, and
-even those of medical men exhibit such an
edmixture of superstition and ignorance as
alisposes us not to wonder that they failed
to cope successfully with the scourge.
staleazzo di Santo Sofia carefully distin-
guishes between the plague proper, "pesti-
lence," and epidemy and endemy. He
points out that the influenea, or cough, had
been observed in all climates while the
pestilence he assumed to come inclependeat
of telluric changes. Guy de Chau -
bac held that the influence of
the conjunction of the planets had much to
do with vitiating the air and rendering it
poisonous Gentilis, of Foligno, who him-
eelf fell a victim to the plague, ascribed it
to atmospheric poisons, and advised the
perificeition of the air by burning largo fires
of odoriferous Woods.
surrasTirwar AND rtatstcurrox,
Medical skill, itoWelier, was pitiably 'unfit
to cope with the great mortality of the
plague, and, •sad to saY, it was over-
shadowed by superstition, and men, awed,
disposeeseed of reason by the greet pesti-
lence, failed to use the moms at their coine-
r/mai, and instead reported to religious
rites, prowesions, flaggellations and various
forms of penance to appease a supposedly
infuriated Deity ; and as a part of the
sacrifice to be offered, a bloody persecution
of the Jews (who are now being persecuted
in Russia !) was inaugurated, thousunds
being put to torture and executed, while
mobs wreaked vengeance upon them with
impunity in the most horrible manner. It
is to be feared that in Europe supersti-
tion made the plague results much
more serious than need have been the case,
as in Turkey, where reasonable methods of
medical treatment were followed, very many
attacked were saved.
• Now, if we consider the phenomena, noted
before the grip of the 14th century, and be-
fore the Great Plague we must concede that
the solar and terrestrial changes going on
were capable offaroducing variations
in the atmospherical conditions upon
which health or disease depends. Of
course we have not the record, even
were the demonstration possible, upon
which to reach the conclusion that they
and the disease which followed were cause
and effect. But we have this data before
us : The grip or influenza is
BOTH EPIDEMIC ANT) INFECTIOUS ;
it is caused by a germ bacillus ; the bacillus,
while always existent, requires certain con-
ditions and soil for its propogation. Before
the great outbreak which preceded
the plague in 1348 we read of
great solar and terrestrial dis-
turbances together with a conjunc-
tion of planets (supposed by the writers
of that time to have caused these disturb-
ances), and we have the epidemic taking a
course similar to that taken by the grip in
its spread—from east to west.
• What have been the phenomena noted in
the few years prior to the grip visitation ?
Have they been similar ? Yes, to a degree.
We have had solar and stellar disturbances;
meteoric displays of peculiar grandeur. We
have heard of great floods in China ; terrific
earthquakes bringing destruction in their
train ; wonderful volcanic activity ;
• droughts ; famines. The fact that, as in
the 14th century, epidemic influenza fol-
lows these manifestations may not imply
cause and effect, but the idea of connection
is very suggestive.
ATMOSPHERIC EQUILIBRIUM.
That these great terrestrial disturbances
have an important effect on the atmosphere
• is highly probable; that the solar disturb-
ances exert a powerful influence on the air
and earth seems a reasonable proposition.
We have sufficient familiarity with the
theory of electro -polar disturbances to make
the connection easy. There is a certain
• normal condition ca. atmosphere most favor-
able to human life, least favorable to the
multiplication of noxious germs. Any, dis-
turbance of that equilibrium involves danger
to health. It has been found duriug severe
cholera epidemics that no spark can be ob-
tained with the Franklin apparatus, show-
ing that the condition favorable to cholera
is a
DEFICIENCY OF OXYGEN
in the air. The absence of the elements of
statical electricity is one of the conditions
favorable to the cholera bacillus; but it
may not be Mee only one. -Wet or dry
hael=`Ciaei not ken' to *ecert any great
influence on the result. What causea this
vitiation of the air? What abstracts or
destroys the ,oyygen ? And what are the
other combinations existent in the atmos-
phere in which the cholera bacillus thrives?
That is the problem before our scientific
investigators.
If (and the facts lend color to it) the solar
and telluric disturbances preceding the in-
fluenzas of the 14th century were the cause
of the conditions that gave rise to it, or
rather developed it from the latent gerrns,
is it not probable that similar causes have
combined to bring about the grip plague of
1890-2 ?
Mesennean.
The Ilse ofthe Sermon.
Hebrew Standard : Some children were
lately overheard discussing the Sunday ser-
vices in the fashionable church, at which
the family worshipped.
"Well, now," said the seven-year-old
boy, "1 should like to know what the ser-
mon is for, anyway."
"Why, Harry, don't you know ?" an:
swered his five-year-old sister. "It's to
•give the singers a rest, of course."
Some Facts About Chili.
Chili is nearly as long as the United
States is broad. Chili's population is 3,115,-
000. Santiago's population is 200,000;
Valparaiso's, 105,000. The Chilian Presi-
dent holds • office for five years; salary,
$18,000. •Ili Chili there are 1,020 public
schools, with 84,385 pupils.
A Traveler Winking.
Summerside' P. E. la, Oct. 10th, 1888 :
"Having usedSt. Jacob's Oil for a badly
sprained knee, I can testify to its peculiarly
curative properties, as less than one bottle
completely cured the sprain."--GEonen
GREGG, Traveler for J. C. Ayer & Co.
Ilot weather on the Neva.
In May, June and July the weather on
the Neva is as hot as it is in summer time
in Queensland, and the chief delights of the
people whose official duties detain them in
the capital is to be rowed about the Neve
in the soft and mellow gloaming and to ex-
perience the pleasurable sensation of being
able to read the newspaper without the aid
of artificial light at 11 p. m.
"tussle% Platinum Mince.
Although Russia possesses almost inex-
haustible mines of platinum, there are only
two laboratories in the country which pre-
pare the precious metal for commerce. The
raw material is sentfrom the Permian
government, where it is: found, to St.
Petersburg, and thence, for the most part,
to England, where it is refined. During
1888 only 31 pied, or 1,085 pounds, were
• refined hi Russia. The price of platinum
went up'between 1886 and 1890 from 3,000
to 12,000 roubles per pad, or from 84 to 336'
roubles per pound. In the sixties it was
believed to be worthless by the gold miners
in Siberia who used it often as 8 -hot. —Neu)
York Tribune.
Ananias' Real Estate Deal.
New York Herald: l'eacher—What lie
was it Ananias was struck dead for telling
Dick Hicks --Saying that the lots on his
plot were only ten minutes' walk from the
station.
—Next year is World's Fair year.
Chang Xoo, great Govemor of Shantung,
died $1 000 000 in debt.
The Emperor of China has begun the
study of arithmetic.
"My fade is my fortune, sir," she said.
"You muet be in debt," saki the man In-
bred.
"Ali I" said Chappie, jokingly to Miss
Keene, " this is leap year, dontcherknow ;
do you attend to avail yourself of its
privileges "1 really eannot tell What I
might de," she Oaf(' with a smile, "if a Man
should cenie along."
TEA TABLE GOSSIP,
NEWS.
News, news, news, my gossiping friends I
haVe wonderful news to toil.
A lady, by me, bey compliments ttends,
And this is the aews from Hell :
The devil is dead. He died resigned,
Though somewhat oppressed by eares ;
But his wife, my friends, is a Womitli of mifid,
And looks after her lord's affairs,
I have just come back from that wonderful
place,
And kiss'd hands with the Queen down there;
I3ut I cannot describe Iler Majesty's face;
It has filled nie so with despair.
But however that be, one thing I know,
And this I am free to tell;
The Devil, my friends, is a woman, just now—
'Tis a woman that reigns in Hell.
—Owen Meredith.
—The sleighing is excellent.
Surprise parties are now all the rage.
—Each discharge of a 110 -ton gun cost
$3,000.
—You can't measure a girl's leve by it
sighs.
—The death rate amongst convicts isonly
8 per 1,000. °
—The orange is at its best about this time
of year.
--The writ for Kingston will be issued
early next week.
—Nearly 3,700 vessels pass through the
Suez Canal yearly,
—A man of fifty has spentover 6,000 days
of his life asleep.
—Single women on an average live longer
than single men.
—Twenty million copies of " Hymns,
Ancient and Modern," have been sold since
1872.
— In proportion to its size, England has
eight times as many miles of railways as the
United States.
—Fortv-five per cent. of the water con-
-
sinned or drawn for domestic purposes in
London is wasted.
—Proceed your duty well to do, andhealtle
and wealth will follow you throughout the
year of 'ninety-two.
---Remenyi has turned his wanderings of
the last twelve years to literary account,
and has written a book on Japanese art,
which will soon be published in London.
• —The hoarding of treasure by the people
of India is shown by the fact that in that
country the gold and other ornaments now
lying idle are estimated to be worth
$1,250,000,000.
—Lieut. -Col. R. B. Hamilton, Q. 0. R.,
has been appointed registrar -general itt suc-
cession to H. S. Crewe, resigned.
—Mr. Wm. Houston is moving in the Tor-
onto High School Board to have the Roman
pronunciation of Latin adopted in the schools
under charge of the board.
—The Province' of Santa Rosa, in Uru-
guay, is being developed as a wine -growing
country. Two hundred thousand vines,
were planted last year and 400,000 more
are contracted for this year.
—The size and growth of the city of Lon-
don is shown by the mileage of the streets.
Should they be placed together they would
measure about 2,500 miles, or nearly the
distance across the Atlantic Ocean.
• e.• a4ora PrealaT..
Thy pencil lend me, Jack,
And with it, pray,
Thy eunning etcher's knack.
I, too, would play
The artist onmy lady's window-pape ;
So shall she deign
To read my verses pricked in sparkling ice,
With quaint device
• Of wreathed fern and frond and feathered
• grass.
But stay, alas!
• My burning fingers mar thy tempered tool;
Thy heart is cool,
And doth not spoil thy knack,
Here, take thy pencil, Jack!
--The tusks of anordinary elephantweigh
about 120 pounds.
— The profits of Bass & Co., the brewers
are $40,000 a week.
—An English barrister cannot plead in
the Isle of Man courts.
• —There are nearly 6,000 small islands
round the British coast.
• —The total income of the Church of Eng-
land is $1,000,000 a week.
• —Word comes from Boston that all the
Free Masons have got the grip.
—Two and a half million parcele are sent
monthly by British parcel post ,
— The Italian Government raises $15,000,-
000 yearly by holding lotteries.
—The population of the United States
• increases 1,000;000 persons yearly.
—The •sceptical aunt—What does he
do Dolly, for a ? Dolly, greatly sur-
prised—Why, auntie he does not have
time to earn a living While we are engaged!
^ THE TERRIBLE GRIP.
Be very careful of your health; its worth your
while to try.
And eat and drink with caution and keep your
• stockings dry. i
For, though this s a healthy town, diseases
lurk about,
And the awful grip you'll gaff you don't watch
out.
—Italy sends 5,000,000 eggs to England
every week.
—Local pride is moot apparent in people
with land for sale.
—It is natural for a fellow to boil with
rage when he is fired.
• —After a long and exciting struggle" with
Ben Butler the grip is able to be about
again'
Alasalasi and woe is me l
With fortune right before my oyes,
I cannot clutch it, for you see
I never, never advertise.
—If you are a good man, what are you
good for. —Bask's Horn.
—It is when success is -just within our
grasp that we all muff it
—Take things as they come, and if they
don't come go after them.
—As it is now leap year no man will be
compelled to stand up Ma street car.
•
—The question before the house : "Do
you want your sidewalk shovelled off?"
—The stin brifhtena every life except in
a few eases of lei ions or spoiled people,
—The dark ages are the ones that elderly
spinsters refuse to divulge,
—A statesman can always get a pull by
going to the dentist's office.
—A society has been incorporated in
Chicago to fight the soft coal nuisance in
that city.
That retrains to be seen," as the man
said when he epilt the white paint on the
a klewal k.
—40bat a world of wonders vee live in.
Hot words produce wetness. Salt water
gives us fresh fish.
—A woman Will grumble because she has
nothing to wear and then go to a ball with
less than nothing.
—" I've seen but few birthdays yet," she
laughed, airly, "Ah," said he, "1 under-
stand. Born in leap year, on the 29th of
February."
—Acteess—I'vecloped, bed my diamonds
Stolen, had one hundred thOusand dollars
left me by a relative, secured a divest°,
played an several popular pieees, and yet 1
am not famous. What can I do to becetne
popular ? Friend—Retire from the stage.
—The light kind of a smile never hurts a
prayer meeting.
---Where necessity mothers one inveation,
it fathers two lies.
--There le 110 IIIENISIOLI in heaven for the
inan who is mean to his wife,
—A self-made man never gets tired of
bragging on his job.—Ram's Horn.
—A fanatic is a man who takes a burning
interest in something we don't like,
—.The reason it cat is not afraid of a mouse
is probably because of its whisker.
—If gravestones told the truth the devil
would soon be walking on crutches.
—There isn't a bit of religion in making
a boy do a man's work with a dull hoe.
—The woman who would rear children
properly must be content to remain in the
rear of the society column.
—" What does a volcano do with lava?"
asked Freddy. "Give it up," replied his
father. " That's right," said Freddy.
—The license revenue of the city of Mon-
treal for 1891 was $81,410, and the number
of licenses issued 13,882. The largest items
are from traders' expresses, 815,356; carts
and trucks, $11,091 ; single carriages, $9,-
098 • bakers' and brewers' waggons, $3,319 ;
traders' carts, $8,218 ; dogs, male and fe-
male, 87,903; billiard tables, 82,572; ped-
dlers, 82,291; market traders, 51,575; city
cars, 2,100;$milk carts, $3,207. Then
there are licenses for hand -organ players,
coal carts, hearses, bill posters and farmers'
waggons.
"CflRLSTIAN SCIENCE."
The length to which the so-called Chris-
tian Science performances aro carried in-
vites the belief that its votaries have taken
leave of their senses. It is to be feared
that in many more cases than have been
brought to public notice the criminal folly
of these misguided enthusiasts has caused
the death of the " patient " over whom
their rites have been performed. Now
conies " Dr." John P. Roberts, of Philadel-
phia, who says he will never die. The
Record recently interviewed him, when the
question was discussed
"Would you not die if you drank poison?"
" I would not deliberatelymake such an
attempt. You know how Christ on the Mount
withstood the temptation to accomplish any-
thing in a foolhardy, boa4tful spirit."
" But if you were to drink poison, would you
die 1",
"1 will never die."
The doctor spoke in an emphatic tone, as if
absolutely oblivious of his silvering locks.
" Suppose I should drop some prussic acid in
that tumbler of water, wouldn't it kill you 7"
"Wouldn't it affect you in any way 1"
" Will you give me leave to do it?"
"Behind my back, yes. If I have no know-
ledge that you have done it, my spiritual self
will not be disturbed and there will be no hurt.
There is no such thing as poison. The fear of
something imagined to be poison has caused
what is calleddeath."
" Whether true or false, do you not epeet
seine day to ,pass through this experience
called death ? '
" Never. I shall never have my obituary
published or a tombstone raised over me. I
shall be translated."
" You say, you will not die. Your body ap-
pears to me to be like mine, subject to the
same ills. '
"
But my constant meditation on the truth of
my spiritual self and my unlimited spiritual
possibilities, which precludes any suffering
from imaginary ills, is gradually working a
change in my body. I already • subsist on one-
tenth the food I used to require,. and I am be-
ing weaned fr:t4y old-time vain belief in the
of ,By degrees my spiritual
thought *Verna e fisat-batky 5.1jartamear, as it
calla exists only in seeming. But il1La.2s not
death, nor like the change called death."
" You pretend to cure others afflicted with
th&e false ideas of sickness?"
"Yes, I do not cure their bodies. I teach
them to realize that they have no bodies, and
can consequently not be sick. nor in pain. I
give my students—you may call them patients
—no medicine but truth."
It is difficult to believe that the everyday
rascality that lives by preying on the
gullible and credulous ca,n account for
language like this of "Dr." Roberts. It
sounds more like the utterances of "a mind
diseased" The pity --and the marvel, too
—is that such men find dupes who are will-
ing to submit themselves and those unfor-
tunately committed to their care to their
"treatment," to the neglect of the means at
hand to alleviate or cure. When the fool -
killer dims his whole duty the Christian
Scientist's constituency will be gone.
He Was Qualified.
Jester: Superintendent West End—So,
young man, you want a situation as street
car conductor, do you? What experience
have you had?
Applicant --For two years I have been
down in Eastport, Me., packing sardines.
Superintendent—You may consider your-
self engaged.
• A Trial Job Was Spared.
Brooklyn Life : "You don't seem to
have the patience of Job," said Mrs. Bunt-
ing to her husband, who was down on his
knees, looking under the bureau, and
making use of strong language. • °
" Well," replied Bunting, " the style of
shirt that Job wore didn't call for collar
• buttons."
• 'They Didn't Go Down.
TicL Bits: "1 had to be away from school
yesterday," said Tommy. "You must
bring an excuse," said the teacher. "Who
from ?" "Your father." " He ain't no
good at making excuses; ma catches him
every time."
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TRIUMPH OF THE IVIIALlERACKS.
Fifteen whaleback barges have been con-
structed and six more are in course of con-
struction this winter. Five steamers are
already built and four are under way.
Altogether, these will make quite a whale -
back fleet on the upper lakes. The British
shipbuilders were quite disposed, when the
whaleback Charles W. Wetmore arrived at
Liverpool with its cargo of wheat, to regard
the vessel as an American freak ; but the
voyage across the Atlantic and the delivery
of the cargo in first-class condition were facts
which could not be so lightly treated. Ob-
jections then took concrete form, and among
them were the want of means of communica-
tion. from end to end of the vessel, leading
to diminished comfort of the crew, owing to
the washing of the sea over the vessel ;
the want of feeding arrangement for
bulk cargo, there being no raised
trunks running longitudinally along
the vessel ; and, further, the fact that
the hatches formed part of the shell of the
steamer, entailing much delay in removing
and replacing them. These were the most
serious objections, and it is noticeable that
they all relate to matters of detail and not
to theprinciple of the new departure. It
is net eurpriSiug, therefore, to find that a
firm of British ship -builders have adopted
the principle, and have made changes calcu-
lated to remove the above objections. The
" invention" hes been patented, and is
announced as a "new type of
cargo vessel," the advantages claimed
for the design being simplicity
of construction, absolute continuity of
strength, increased carryingcapacity upon
given dimensions, and a minimum net regis
ter tonnage on dead-weight capacity. This
is just what is claimed on behalf of the
American whaleback steamers. The holds
are a continuous compartment running from
the engine -room to the collision bulkhead,
with two water -tight divisions for the pur-
pose of additional safety and strength, and
the deck available for communication be-
tween one end of the vessel and the other is
about 11 feet to 12 feet above the load
water line. The ordinary steamer's bow has
been adopted instead of the spoon bow of
the whaleback, and herein is really the
radical departure from the latter in the
"new type" of the British builders.
The results of working the whaleback
steamers on the lakes have clearly estab-
lished their claim to economy and to in-
creased carrying capacity per ton register.
And, even if this has been at some sacrifice
of speed, which the builders do not admit,
it must be retnembered that the cargoes for
which they are adapted are not such as
to demand rapid. transportation. Bulk
.tgaeacrarrrgoes, el-
in oil and molasses,
a
Tea to
ins
int
rate o rave is qui rears nab
admit, therefore, that these bulk steamers,
as prejudices are overcome and objections
removed, may play an important part in
reducing the cost of laying down surplus
supplies of American grain, etc., in consum-
ing countries.
Women suffering trom the ailments
peculiar to their sex, and pale and sallow
girls may be speedily eured id ht restored
to a fresh blooming complexion by the use
of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. W. J. Witter,
Franklin'Man., writes "My sister had
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as though she were going to the grave.
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• Gallantry in the West.
Miss Lizzie Green met with a serioue
accident last' Sunday afternoon while out
sleigh -riding. • The sleigh overturned and
the lady wss thrown to the ground with
great violence, and there is a contusion on
her alabastrian brow as long as a clothes-
line. Miss Green has our sympathy in her
misfortune and accident, and if it would do
any good we would butt the Rocky naoun-
tain range of mountains out of existence. —
Montana Packet.
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Can Give Toronto Points.
Chicago Herald : A man in Lincoln
County, Maine, who dislikes too much com-
pany, has removed the elevated walk by
which his front door was reached and goes
in by way of a ladder at the back, drawing
the ladder in after him. He has also posted
this sign : "No callers wanted on the Sab-
bath. It is the Lord's day --a day of rest."
A Grand Jury of San Antonio, Tex.,
amend an attachment on the Judge, and he
put them in jail. 1
—It is strange, but true, that when a
man is short of brains he is generally long
on collara
An Indiana man , confronted with
breach of promise suit which has no paral-
lel. His wife obtained a divorce last spring
on a cross bill, and now she is suing him for
$5,000 damages for breech of promise, it
appearing that he afterward paid court to
the women with the object of matrimony,
but failed to lead her to the altar at the ap-
pointed time.
Last June a young man was arrested in
NItick, Mass., because he would not pay
his poll tax amounting to $2, and helms
been kept in jail ever since h t an expense to
the taxpayers of $1.75 per week.
The King of Ashentee is allowed 3,333
wivee. Many of them are the daughters of
the chiefs of tributary tribta over 'which
the King has jurisdiction, and are sent to
him as hostages.
Jeweller—This clock will go twelve
months without winding. Oldboy—Well,
how long would it go if it Were Wound. ?
Colors have been made to produce sounds
by being 'Wised through a prism. Green
and tad lighteproduced. the loudest noises
and ,,' alloN" tau faintest. How loud the
name were is not stated, but aoubless they
were distinctly audible to peolge Who can ,
"hear the corn grow."
NOTICING WAE LEFT.
Tot Ile and She Were Happy in lEach Other*
They sit together before the fire. They
are wrinkled and gray, and ' both are very
tired. He has not been successful in life.
She has not been happy. Fortune and
death have robbed them of everything
that they held deer, and have left them
but the one thing for which they do nut
care—life.
" Do you remember," he asks, "wiled
we were children tegethez ? We used to
play together every day, and I used to
carry your books to school for you au&
home again, and you would save the greater
part of the sweets your mother gave you
for me ?"
" Yes, I remember," she answera "We
were very happy then."
"And do you remember," he continued,
"the day when we stood up together before
the altar—you in your white dress, I in my
broadcloth? Who would have thought
then that I would not be successful, an
that you would not be happy all your lifet
mv side out
e - - -
conquer the world, if ,it vyere neeeasary.le
' Yes, I remember," she answers. ' W
were very happy then." ., •
"And doy
'ou remember," he says wilt
-
"the day that we took our first child to b
baptized? We were very happy then, ani
very proud. And we dreamed that w
would spend our old age in the loving arm
of our children, Wealthy, honored ani
loved?" ' 'a
"Yes, I remember," she answers. " W
were very happy then." '
"But now—now," he says, and canna
go on, for there is a tear in his eye and 1
great lump in his throat.
" Now, she answers, clasping his with
ered hand lovingly in hers, "1 am happie
than I have ever been before in my life
although until but just now I did not real
ize it. I am very happy because God
though He has taken everything else from
me, has left me you."—Y. E Ledger. •
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Papa Found His Tongue.
Lift: Helen—What did papa. say whe:
you told hirn we wanted to get married?
Fred—I wouldn't like to tell you ; but i
the recording angel took down the remark
verbatisn he must be an expert stein
grapher. '
A Free Lunch.
Press and Printer : Wife—We've bee
invited to dine with the preacherto-morron
a big lunoh t
a.;
a.- .
7.1 He won't have
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tion.
One-fifth of the 10,000,000 families 11
France have no children. As many mor
have only one child, and of those who hem
as many as seven children the number i
only 230,000.
After much solicitation, the Germaa gee
aliment has decided not to send the Watel
on the Rhine to the Wolld's Columbiaie ex
position.
There are many tender recollections &.bon
the life of an engineer.
Nearly $5,000,000 has been expended o
tho.conatruction of the Church of the Sacrei
Heart in Paris, and it is estimated that th
expends -tete of $1,000,000 more will be 11
required to complete it,
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