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Exeter Times, 1900-9-27, Page 6SOIL IN BATTLE Dr. Tai -nage Says Christ Wil Conquer at Last. nespatelt f Vashingion sane teRen. Dr. Talmage clone far his ten the fejteetate; -A troop ebtla °vex me him, but hhL1Lovercorne ti Liet.'"-Getunis xlie 19. Aly text speake ,A4a tilbe whe wer often dieeeuite intetttle, yet weir • IiiSt EIetorions. But the wor.i may lei% used as grapfs'.zsav de-- se3.4%tivs of the xleat of Christ, ti be font:wed by hie mune-nes. When Clatiet's obin drooped upot betenet 1z. leath, the weria ebout eel triumph. Driven an he ha sn. trona the beerz, from the e:oela, entne, from literature. from pi tee of influence. the world gaze. now Up or. alant sserns to be a casquislasitRe deemer. Bat be *bin yet ;okay ht Agnes,. and tImPUZIA ikOvi oteznocest by (v. trtrops, ieat ill cortsrcomt eit the ;storm it to -night. Giv up your ecot i t fing associates, or give up God au o heaven. Forward, ye treope of God t o tbe third line of intrenennoeut namely, the intelleetual dcultie about religion. A hundred perplexi 1 e ties about the piirables; s tiaudre s questions about the nintla chapter o Romans; passage set against paesage ) in seeming.contro.diction. You pile up a battlemeat on Oneness on the Pen- t tateuela and Tom Paine's Age of Rea, son, wad Renan's Life of Christ ; and S ooze part sot the wall are so high tnat would be telly to attempt to take e - Bet there is a hole in the wall ofortfLatou, and throug/a that hole , in tae wall i pat my right nand, and sae our own, and sey, "1'4 brotber, do you want to be saved r And you say 1 i "Yes." Well; Jesus Christ oame ' henen and to 'save thot wnich is nest. Wilt Venus let him in-tbe bruised One ,t tiv, Cruse t 'He will take away all Uy sins and ,ma thy sorsowe. In one 1,1 :. half ht ur he will give thee more Nate I than tnou neer had in cal the twenty,- , i treare id' tley questiouing anti doubt - tug l" Lot the root gen , and Re nan blaze uvy. (quiet crones on to the gate of your bood, but te iloor af your itie,krt, atilt Catmint; ' gentiy 1 a st it. ie says, oboJd. etanil 4.4 the door and knocla Whoso- ever will open to me. 1 will eonne in to hint, and sua with aim, and he witb oatia' Seeptietene aemos o do quite well in FrA,i.sperst,', bat it tills in adversity. A eelebrated infidel, on sbipbeerd, in the ,l'nr-thltle. Caricatured be Ctiristien ronntion aunt -se tff t 1 at itsp .-: . Dot the ee it ;arose, and tile wares dash- , et 1wrieetteateck. aud the 1 onto "0 my God, whit eball hit ellen I do t° Scepticism tl ram, we try with it to drive dowo the an 9 door d let Chrtst come in. e Oh! Toone is s sixtnin,e beart. and d Cgariet alone caa cleanse it. Yours is 0. proud heart, and Christ alone cen Your heart token fbr Oboist, your bad taabite fall, your =natal difficel- tits fly, and in one struggle your en- tre nature is redeemed. To -night God% green goes around all tbe ether emnexasenents, and for the Present lets them stand, and with its stout fiat potted% egainet your bearCe costae. You eay that the locks nave been so long feet, and- the bolte are so truety, awl the bingee so unused that you cannot open the door. Veen stand hack for mon:not. while. takbag the Oros.e for a battering Anatole a eito is about to be beeieg- cn, 'noes eanoutenalintion are nuo oat; to hate 1.-.telte, ferdific.ttious eneep etteraiel; the fires. ante fifteen ninon oat; the tenant, tett otilet; the neer, fove; the sem. 4,:ins 'tails out. The onetning NV:4 firet takee tbe out.. tie pbett tline nearer. coMlein vae 6 stir 11.11'41 Llit> en/lAilitinent neareet th • eny is e-tatortrai, :S; htt =141 heett detendin,o nnolf agaiitet, Viotti:T. area '4 his tun ft 411,': or five Nitta.. of. eirettnivall antt %hey tuna tete hy one be tolete, sip elog C'hent ty otrrnotue nite era the betet eurren lore Or...v how teen Voltz whott then it* fc T t3' w eh. ' oett. "fhete art nolotainoe rytt. very finger in a .;leoa .siptat. t v PT the Canteeosb. O n v, a giLa A.% II l*re 1 g,.t "ia ea 1 "4..11 litotrate tuy unt ye r oat of tie I. eni toke 7 a 4,f fort f is tion f nut lion tint siLa is-peentaiens ostsitlig 14,4-> .rtti ebtarche-. There are Mei/ 11:1*. ftir v idattts ret -Ons. 40 no` tee liovo ire then ;Intone 44'1 from tholl F.t LIM Cdlitlent e4Yllte.ngi totaian Chreit. My reply to than Le, even 31 4 Catalan deol ininieter olo like. Thu. le tlek idva iltagS that men b't h.tt th h tee TiI 1[10010 1.1-e; tby moy It toe their' tank -blob el.u. rhea t 1 et elturebee. rieh ejeo.1 h44 :tun piCa OinlreheS. :tont o- torann ehurchee, deraecratic ciot•ele e. phu ew-reuting crches and fr liu rehee. C ie eh ui ehes a rel rminitn. churches,, vainiet ere mime „inn bl tont teemed and liontr- oro, ie anti plain. old and ens! young, Inentuteript-reading and. exieraperaneous, some wearing fine gne sae end others a very poor coat, mini -ears argumentitive or figura. OAP. ministers Statistivul or poetical. Forward, ye troops of God, to the nest intrenehment 1 It is a eireum- vallenon of stolid influences. There ore hundreds of people here to -night. when,. surroundings in tbe world are adveree to the Christian religion. The fir et step that yonder man makes to - weeds heaven will call forth a. volley of 4 iticism and caricature. Mena of h. t.r friends in the world would as soon be shot as be seen on their knees pate -lug. The whole atmosphere is as uneongenial to religion as a northern clime is to pin -apple s and bananas. If that young raan_ should becorae, a. Christian and go back to Um store, they would accost him with, " John how is ycru.r soul ? come, now, give us a prayer, Somme you will hive nothing to do with such sinners as we. What is the news from heaven? What I getting red in the face? Not mad, I hope ? Christians ought not to get mad. What a saint you are! sappose you are almost ready for translation I" • , The lung, high, mighty breastwork of social influences -how shall grace ever take it? Elor which one of these ungodly friends will you send when you tine dying ? They could sit up with you, and pour out the medicines, and steaks up your hot pillow, but could they administer any oomfort for the soul ? As the waves of Jordan begin to lick your feet, will they be able to say anything to etrengthen? If, in some awful spasm of physical suffer- ing, you should ask them to pray, do you think they would know how to do it ? Will they crowd the room,and keep out the last' bnegly ? What sin- gle thing can they do for you when heart and flesh shan. fail? When the trumpet sounds, do you'waat to rise with them in their resarrection ? Do ou ythink they will put the coron- ations of aeaven? If not, do not let them hinder you now. if they do nothing or you in death, jedgment or eternity, it is high time you look- ed for help in some other direction. Evil companionship has destroyed innumerableaoe men, rougO this blot battlerneut no human force can break loot, oh 1 that Litt Lead Jesus might done tolerobly uell to live by, bat it is a pear thing- ta die by. The fortifica- tam of your mom: thie bour gives wily; anal the Ctorist, oho seemed to hive been cvercome by at gument, aod by profound queetions. and etaborate analysis, now, by the force a love, overconatte at the last! • Iterwarti, yo troope of light, to the net eircumvallation of the heart, nomely, pernirioue nabit. I do net 1.elieve that it is necessary to be a teetotaler in order to boa Christian, although I wish all were teetotalere, hut I do say that a aila.n who is exces- sive in the use (in strong drink cannot love Christ. He will not dispute with you: the eupremtcy of tbe bottle. The appetite is to -day the raightieet batrier tgaiutio God: There are men who would rather brave eternity, unpar- dotted, than give up their bondage. "They hive been throwing up this em- bankment of evil habit for five, ten lor twenty yearn until it is very high lona vary great. Christ, the on of God, alone •cart take the fortification. Whatever be the torno of evil habit, Christ is able fully and. finally to de- liver that man. Though be be eaten up with dissipations; though he be rsunk to the knivest depths of sbaxne; though every phyeical, mental, and spiritual farce be crippled, Christ will make him a whole man, and lift, him to usetuittess and respectability here, and to glory hereafter. I hate heard men spoken of as so far gone that they tould not be rescued. I denounce the horrible infidelity. The Lord's arm :s omnipotent. and the worst wraith that ever crawled into the ,ditell would no more puzzle o cenfound nod than the case of the most elegant and poliehed sinner that ever came to Him. Lay bald of that Ala:eighty arm, ob ye dying taptivesi Notwithstanding all your past nasoloings, there is no need that you inns heaven; there is grace enough to save every one of you, not merely lettieg you escape by the skim of yaw- teeth but giving you an abundant entrance into the kingdom of tsar Lord. The feet of God's nosts acre already at the foot of the wall. They come on with the blood-stained flag on the oross. They mount the steep. Under their drawe sword thy •evil passions go down. Where sin abounded grace does tmuch more abound. Victory over thy sin! Vietorry through the Lord Jesus Chaasti Theaugh %many a long year thy apppetites overcame him, but he tins overcome at the last! Forwaret, ye troops at light, to the last and. the mightiest line of torti- I:nation-the pride and the rebellion of the natural heart. This intreach- ment must be taken, or all the rest of the contest is lost. This is the crisis of tale battle. Sometime.% the besieging arms, find- ' ing the intrenchments high and strong-, swing around in the rear, escape the fortifications, • and flank th.e day, taking it with but little re- sistance. So GrOd'S grace, leaving all the loing embankments of prejudice, and social influence, and intellectual perplexities, end bad habits, comes around and fans noon the heart first, Ind that ooPt000d 'no a flank 'Infu've-. men t, all tbe fertificanone surrender humbie it. Yours is a rebellious heart, and Christ •a.lone ean subdue it. The captain of our salvation calls P before year seta all bis troops of mercy awl grace. Hold Mit no longer against the tomes that would tae - thee in the name of thy Eitsg- By thy hardelaearteduess, rebellio in, thou hast ten thousand time overcame thy best Friend. but shall D. not be tont in heaven to -night that he bas overcome at the last'? But the day of thy grace le Minos past. Tbe sun is dipping below ib Moinitaina. Tbe fiery sny ferete the storm. The chill in the air pro phesies a night of blaekne,ss an dear:tent. What you do you lied bet ter do quielety, The Wes o eternity are rising Titose only will be saved who get o to the Rock on Ages; yet men saun ter along in their sin and play in t Kind. We come oat and shout. "Hal MEDICINE AND BUI1GBY. STRIKING PROGRnSS SHOWN AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS, It , irt*i Iver soceaue stuee Sorg -teal AA n rrodreaure Au% olvtiog the Stunted., .4.00ple•t-isausee Now Coustiteres Curalrle-Tubsreutosts Now L(otemt 1-P^ Ott won, More oothiewoc. PC"' oiRilb days nearly seven thou - rand clootore, nearly tive hundred of thene. trent the United States, nave brau atteuding t.he sessions /of the Tairtneuth International Medical Oongreas hero be ioteresting pliono of the disous- sions of the second, day's meeting of the Thirteenth International Medico.' Congnene in Paris, concerned the ques- tion of the ose of fat in largeronttantle ies thou is at present the custom. It W44 pointed out tat nature supplies the infant with diet contenting, a larger proportion of fat than the in- dividual is liable to take for himself later in lite. The workman crevet in• tat to make up for the heat lost: by exertioto but them et sedentary oce Operations on talent are not only un- dertaken, bet euecessfully carried out, and the often raeults in moat eases leave been very satiefactary. There is no reason to doobt that within: the next three to tine yearn the field of beiag saogery will see a most promis- ing new development. It isi tutere,sting ema encouraging to note with how moon mere conf 1- denee medical men look upon tubercu- lees than they did only a few: years ago. One ran eeargely fail to gain the impression, tbough it may not be eon(' in rso" many words, that now the medical professiort feels itself in a position te cope with tine diseaee. The statistics of the morta'llty loom the dieenaa hare not changed much in - these last few years. Polmortary conewmptien still earries off about one out of every seven humon beings wItt die, but the ditease is not the hide - one nightmare that it was in its une eontrolled end unceatnellable advance for the preceding generetion of plinsi- lotus. The new mediati oonfideoce in ittict power to treat tbe disease is not ibegottea ot any trust In new dregs. cepattoo ore apt gradually to lose , Certain emo.pounda of arsenie that their taste for it. The result of the have beeo need extensively here in comparotive annence of fat rrom the Europe are, tt La troe, very nighty ro- t dietary te the occurrence of intestine commended by trustwortny observeran a al torpor. Tbe food reeident is not pro- !but the realization Imo come that lo la perly lubrieuted, aud. the state a on- , the eanitaritun treatment of tubera- - initiation! so vontreou in eur times de- !irate lies the key of the mystery of tbe d velure. For its relief oral:mons is boid to . therapeutics ef the °wbite scourge of 1 e taxatives, some Ow and nignly leutled !the North," Not dross, hut fresh air, form of which orates its appeal ailOe at anitonle food in abanclauee and a ate- . lease ouee a week, Until UglY they are iperly. - regulated life are tae long n tile bane on tbe getteratitin. Tbe milk eouglinfor panacea. The tioetor no . nets, cream, butter and milk ittelf are longer advinee the tubereuloale patient the most aultable form of fatty ma- to give up hit ovoupatien and teke - ' ' ) They are espeetally well plenty of exerolee in the open air. Ex. 1 y borne by those with disturbed diges- t lion. One German observer noted. e that the vegetable oils, olive oU a the line, not only served a very teee. _ ful nutritional putterse, but were ace y Nally eurative in their effects in a many painful disorders of the stomach. , A marked feature et the diseussion of stomah. cdeeeasee was tine coutidence s expreseed on all sides in the surgery of la! nano! the tide is rising." The laugh at our excitement, and say tha 'here is no danger. After a wbil hey resolve to return,. but it is to late. The waters of eternal destrue tien gather about t ben feet; they to to climb, but got no farther than Ili foot of the reek. and, with eyes roll ing in horror, and bands flung up and a eitrien of deepen- tbat roU among the Mountains of death. With long -reverberating ettleu a hey drop ho ever. Lord God. keep US trent awl* a eaten. :ereise, especially at times of alga ; tempereture, will alrerat surely be 'nermful. Every reonteut of the day 18 regulated. Rain or Shine, 102'1010%ra ore passed US the open air, the aleep- ;ing 'apartment is cpen to the air at trigItt, all exercise Le forbiddeu wben- ever the temperature is above normol, and the diet 18 so arranged that tbe Intake of food ma.teriale ahall more the ettunach. It la ouly a little over than rompensate for What tbe daily ✓ a decode alum surgical procedures, nuetaholient cousumes. involving the etcautteh, became any- For as.sured success in title treat - (Warn more titan a gleat rarity. Now merit the ease need but Dome early. Here is where rapid strides are being made In present day medicine. The diagnoets of incipient tuberculosis is , being approached from so many aide that it can ecaanely fail to be recogniz- ed at a very early period. Besides the orainary pbyelcal signs of the dis- ease in recent years the Rontgen rays have come to tbe aosistance of the medical mau, and are of very great ne- instance in doubtful eases. ' In these last few years tbe medical world rejoieed in the solution at one of the meat difficult diagoostio problems Of all medicine. In certain cases it was practically impossible to recognize withcertainty typEohl tever. A young Frenoh professor at the University of Paris, working at the Institut Pasteur, found that when a drop of the blood of was takea did not have tyrboid fever, was added to a drop of some liquid culture orentaining typhoid baoilli, it ceased the bacilli to run together in clumps and paralyzed their aelivity, If the patient from whom the bleed was taken did not have typhoir fever, or had not had it for some years be- fore, this clumping or agglutination Phenomenon did not, toke place. The stroke of genius in the matter was the realization that this principle might be applied to the diagnosis of typhoid fever. Wida.he reaction, as Is called eater its inventor, is now the ' ultimate criterion on which all phyai- 4 clans depend for thle diagnosis of , typhoid fever. 1 Another Frenchman has now dis- covere&1 that this same c'umping occurs in tubercle bacilli if a drop of blood from a man or animal suffering from tuberculosis be added to them. This trophe 1 even very eeaservetive physicians A surgeon, wounded at Gettysburg, soutiset recourse to surgical interten- nail me that he ley helpless upon the tion when severe etomach symptoms heights, looking down upon the bat- paean in spite of medical treatment tie. Ile satv the fate of tbe nation Vie retina is tbat the once bopelessly wavering backward and forward -now feta.1 condition, moor of the etomaoh, 1 one army seeming to couquer, now , is now eonsidered to be obsolutely cure the other. The Setgiet was grand and able in mann mos- everwhenning. It has been the custoau to coosider I stand on the heights of Zion to- that of tiln three lowest forms of pleat oight, and I see your eternal destinies life, the microbe, the ferment and the being decided in battle. some of you mould, only the mierobe protium(' din. nave charged upon Christ with all the nano in Inan- Itt recent years it lao.s sins and prejudices of your lifetime. become olear that certain of the ter- ' He is fatting back, and falling back; xneute also ,produced pathological oon- you have wounded him in the brow; dititnts in the 'tureen race, as well as you bave wounded lam in the bands; in now of Lira higher animals, ealtecial- ly those associated with man. There you have wounded him in the teet ; bee even beea serious question wheth- you have wounded him in the 'learn He falls in his own blood, while your er macer was not due to a blaetanny- Iniquities stamp upon him and ery, cete-that in to a ferment not un- ., we will not have this man to reign like the ordinary yeast that splits up sugar solutions into alcoh.ol and oar - over us 1" In 10se words of the text, you have overcome him. Bat now / boons atoxide. Now comes the proof that the moulds, too, may be pathoe see him rising up. In the strength of his almighty loves he eoraes at you. genie for ma. Some yeare ago cer- Armed by memories of Bethlehem tnin 00885 of on affection pooduced and Golgotha, he passes on toward meortingly by an aepergillus fungus you. With weapons of sacrifice and were reported. !Inez% was doubt, invitations of glory he attacks thy however, whether this was the reel soul, and it fella back and falls back etiological agent or not. Now this until, able to retreat no longer, it doubt has been completely set at rest by the report of a number of ceases throws out He arms to receive him, from. ilifferent observers, and it is and all tbe spectators on the sky bat- tleruents clap their hands and rejoice evident that aspergillosis nsust be that Jesus, who was before overcome granted a place in human nosology, Some of the lesions of the disease re - by a troop, has overcome at the last 1 ratable ordinary &brasses, and it is 'probable that many of them have been lenisteken for such. The disense has eseaped recognition so far because of this resemblance to weli-known forms COAL SUPPLY. Europe Now Complaining ItIfferly Of 114 a suppurative disease. itapnity beet ewiltalt Searelly. Tobacco came in for much more than England and most other countries its ordinary abuse at the doctors' are complaining bitterly at the rapid- hands. Various ratter indefinite ly increasing price of coal, But if the pathological conditions have been at - coal famine leads civilization to adopt tributecl to its use. Certain nervous electric or sun heating, it will save syptoms here been well knwn to b Europe and North America alone a due to it, but they usually disappeared little bill of 0316,000,000 a year loss on the discontin f tixe wead ttnd to buildings and personal property by the patients recovered entirely. A fire. London alone has 10 fires a day Turkish physician reported at this on an average, and spends 750,000 a meeting a series of oases of true year on her fire brigade. New York heart dieease, for whioh he could find has 18 fires every 21 hours, and ex- no adequate cauee, except the excessive pends $3,510,000 in putting them out. use of tobarao. French and German Every time an, alarm is sounded in physicians confirmed theis report by London it means 0200 out of the tax- other cases, and be the discussion that payers' pockets; in New York each followed it became evident that many turning out of the fire engine means physicians ale decidedln of the opinion 0545. German Hamburg °and American that the abuse of tobacco, or even its Boston each spend $500,000 a year on moderate use in those who are espeei- quenching flames. On an average, ally susceptible to its effects, may London pours 10,000 gallons of water lead to a permanent crippling of the on each fire, Paris 12,000 and New heart. , York-, 19,000. I In the wonderful advances of this 'last twenty-five years in surgery the thorax --that is, the firm walled cavity • ROADSIDE FRUIT. within which is enclosed the heart In Luxembourg the practice 01 and lungs -has usually been considered planting frit tre,es along the public to be quoit:B/3,eY'ud the r'aim t3f sur - roads is extensively carried out, the "gerY• . impression is now being principal being apples, pears, plums, rapidly fILIPelled' W°11Inas of the atal1 cherries. It was started in 1870, heart, for instance, once tleaught to be and there are now 12,308 trees. Be- inevit'ablY fatal, are new within the.' fore the fruit is quite rnse it is sold by Prr°Per d°flaa'in surgery.• During tenaistili8 aki en,ion. aDnudeririltgtnhgw e first un zt ptitwentyot_ lthese last three years sutures have Yable, but, from 1801 it began to pay, in n neairis3rerab°(1(10,i?12enwn(18 of thecauses.Atoartileenet.. when the crop was sold for £160, haLl th,e patients are still alive, with spintil g was laztyear pp approaching haign4goct i ri 1, wth.oerikr rePEa Even nd heartv,elunem doing noe el eo titne rt or; an income of about 3stree the noai rue tangere they015once were. CURIOUS TREES, 1130 wlitstte• Some Have' Silass and Otbors Qty. fioOil 111[111,:. The "whistling tree," or acacia, tis. tale, Is found in Noble' and the Sou dan. The Arabs call it "natter," or Pine, beoau.se of the tonienling sound that it ixecelnees, and the specific name of "fistula," a word also mean- ing pipe or flute, has bent given it .foir the same reasea. • Insects infest the tree and depont their eggs) in its eboots, A gall -like excanscence, eloant an and a half in diameter, Le menaced at the his ef the shootn, and when the larvae have emerged froro. circular halos in. the sides of the nhoot.s, the holes, pla.yed uPon lor the wind, produce it whistling sound equal to that produced by a sweet-toued flute. The "cow tree" is so eellen beeause Lt yields an abundant supply on mak. To obtain the milk deep incisions are made ta the tree, from witioh tne field flows iota vensels pieced ready to re- wire it, Tine vegetable Milk in wait% soinewhet viscid, and lots an agreeable flavor, and au analysts of it olteers that it is vary men like the milk of a cow in, its composition. The cow twee gonna on the slope of tile mountain ohain borthering on Vene- vela. The "eloth tree" is founn at Ota. Ilene in the South Sea, The Worn le taken at in long etrira and put to soak even night in running water, The &inking eottens it, so that the hot WA' fiber may be stonily eeparaten from the rest nt the bark. The ft - bons are put together in. lengths of aboott 11, to 1;1 yards, awl the lengths re placed stile by side until they are at least j nenes in wolta, and two or three layer.% of fibers are put ems upon. aootheat The fibers adbere together ia one piece, and the rlia" " 1 thus forraed is beatee, %moo entaoth piece of wood until it becomes Unit as muslin. It Is tben bleached in tini air for it time, when it Le ready to be made up btto clothing. 'be "stinging l'ree" of Queensland 18 pleasing to the eye, ban dangerous to the touch Its effects are curie It causes great pain to the person oc animal that has the misfortune to get stung by it, but it leaves no wouipl, or mark of any kind. And Lor months ufterween the part stung is palatal in rainy weather, or alma, in any way, it gets wet, Frequently it Is necessary to shoot horses and dogs that have been ening by the tree, so nonidening is its effect upon them TJae "angry tree" grows in Nevada, • Eastern California' and Arizona. Wben in the least disturbed this hie,hly sensitive tree shows its anger by ruffling up its leaves and emitting it disagreeable odor. :pew method of diagnosis promises to prove as beneficial for medicine as the corresponding reaction in typhoid fever. Already it bias been tried in Prof. von Leyden's clinic in Berlin, and the results obtained by its discov- erer in France have been substantiat- ed. TJ3iere 16 amedical proverb very current throughout most of Europe to the effect that when they find a thing to be true on the banks of the Spree as well as the baeks of the Seine, it is very probable that there Is some- thing in it. POET QUEEN Is ragstonately wawa et .411 nitwits orsilow- er, aus cies, The Queen. of Roumania, 'fearmen Sylva " is so passionne,ly fond of flowers that she is positively unable to rest happily in a rooxn where there are no. blossoms. Nearly all her lit- erary woriks have been composed ont' of doors in a roofless room, built of reeds and surrounded by a hedge of DOSA bushes, in the hollow of which are cunningly concealed cages full of singing -birds. The floor is of mossy turf. In ono corner a tiny fountain pours, forth perfumed wa- ters; in another swings it silken harcunock, in which" the Queen earl •• rest and dream. With these sur • - S.:HOOTING CANNON AT CLOUDS Experiments Ita Eteatee to Prevent Mail. storms. An effort is being raade in France to dlssipate hail storms by firing ran - lion at the clouds. Eifty-two ottne non, manned by 104 mum:Inters and their chiefs, have been distributed over an area of 2,500 acres of rich vine land. For- the expanse of the ex- periment, the government appropri- ated pm, the department council; $289, the National Frontal] Agricultur- al Society and a number of wealthy wine growers added $1,310, and furn- ished fourteen more cannon. The minister of war su,pplied powder for two and three-foartas cents per pound. A 'high point in tine vine, land to be covered by tbe exparinaents. se- lected as ,the central post of observa- tion and a signal code adopted. When a shot is 'heard from the central post all the, cannon are fired, at first twice per minute; more slowly after bile first ten shots. Tan farmers of Denies were aroused at 1.30 o'clocik on the, night of June sa5ltr0it:iolnleg'rrie'rtes:,:° rfnireiorlmva.: utvnoesrr tya3;nsevere. fr}Tiptcht dve the thunder and lightning. In the neigaboring communes, the people saw' celumns of flames rise 300 feet above the cannon when the shots were fired. At several places, women re- charged the cartridges. r.rhe wine growers are organising to attack hail storms in Many of the great wine -growing regions of , g slAwtrrterrl,`,1,1 A CURIOUS FACTS AMU? ANIMALS CYrootO 4isttoOgl4e0$ts-itay;tirves froltiakti &its file -A. SuaUe 33tat u Wall a0A.SeS, 'giraffes and ostriehes have the lane...et oyes of all terre,strial ani- mals, but among marine animals there are %cephalopods or lok fitets, whion have eyes 44 lunge as a plate. A tiger with a alate eye is something oto era -twiny; there is one at the Stuttaant menagerie, and its glass eye looke as fierce as its anal one. A penteet Cyrano- =cog beasts le the coati, wind) in found on Devine Islan4; ter tts size -about that at Cat -it has the largest nose of any known. animal. Its head is pyramid 6h,aped, ms,th taws like an alligator's. It uses its forepaws to c.arry its toed to its mouth as a squirrel does. Thin animal is found on the island Drey- fus made famous, and nowhere else on aortal.. At the Mese= of Natural Hietorn. Paris, there is 4 single opect- men, Witten in attracting toilet at. tention, A snake which 'totes ite baenboote foe" a wolkitig *tick is the puff -adder of South Africa, the most deonlY aereeent in the world. It cap &nun ;Ilona?, arta, more woudernotry aontally walk. It moves forwitod without any deviattoa or wriggling. Wave-like motion pass along Sides, or Inte ribs MOTO baokward and femora Ulso lege, beneath the onion those mottoes are einalar to the nuentaatory inicition of the legs of a millipede. Tile ;make does net boon bis opine while walking, nor deviate one jot from aetrintran awiottnert Glauffes eon pinto= as many gora. ateatio feats as it °Locus owatortioniet -that its, with their necks, winch are so easily broken that whea the ani- mal wishes to commit suieide it twists ite mon about wait it Mixon and Wheal defenSe 13 no Imager potaible, the anneal dotage Itself. A AIR wat giraffe is never ceptarcon the animal preferring death. Titere are but new specimens in eaptivity. At one time there was only one in. Eng- land. and bat few in title contioeut. There is no animal in a meuageria which gives Eta keeper more trouble. Quite ost rare as a giraffes is a bktok lioneers. T.he.re ia only outs 111 captivity; ills le in the Jardin des Plantes, Pule. Liana of this color are found only ha the interior of tint Sahara, aud are scarce even there. The industry renown by ants is eat. palling. In South America they 'lave been known to construet a tunnel three miles in length. The small red ant ot India Ls so small that it takes obout twelve of them to owary off a tiny grain iof wheat, yet they will carry one of these grains 1000 yards to tlioir nest. One ant which was placed in Reenter with some larvae" - worked from 0 in the morning unti.1 10 at taigh.t and carried ',nett of the Larvae to bee nest. taa The longest nnown insect Ls thin elepbant beetle of Venezuela, which sometimes weigbe half it pound. The Ceylon yellow &older weighs nearly a pound. Now and then one has been found to weigh 9 ounces. The iinerat with the elaortest life is the epitemean of Germany -five hours is the limit of lite, and it taken no nourishment during this time. It is true, however, that before taking the forma of a butterfly it ha,s lived three_ years as a worm. During this time it lives in or near the water; the change to an ephemera is so sudden that me has not the time to see it. TO 13111 HEALTHY. The requirements of health can be counted on the fingers of one head. They ara good tood, suitable clothing, c/eanniness and exercise and rest. The first two requirements affect the blood, and as the blood circu- lates all over the body, iinelading tbe brain, every part is affected. Freeli air affects the purity of tainntblood. The freshet air is out of doors, and it 18 the duty of every one who wishes to be in, good health to spend a cer- tain amount, of time, in the( open air. Good food Is not nocessartilY expen- sive food. E'xeccise and rest should alternate and balance each other. It is quite possible to take too mucb ex- ercise, and this side of tha question must be guarcled ag,aiirst as carefully as the other. Woman, as a rule, do not rest sufficiently. Every wo- ait should try during tha day to et a few minutes' rest, even it it France. The two experiments thus fax reported are pronounced Success- ful.... A writer: in one of the wine growers' organs says; Tbe results obtained .trom, these experiments are such thi 1 orge dohs will be established. at Ones in all the Places that have 'heretofOre- been ravaged by hail. I am told that the practicept shoot7 ing at the, clouds was known in France over 4 hundred years ago, and thatit' origimited...in Italy.' It is to be more :extensively 'ca:rriedon this car than evdr befois poundings it is no wonder ilia sha writes storieS which a re poetic- 1 i0 tone and dreamy in their nature. • A LOT TO LEARN, • REASON FOR IT. Wick wi re. Look here ! Th is is the fourth time this morning you have 1-een in here .1skin, for the ' f The: number of languages a n d rnatl dialects spoken inthe world amounts 1)-1.*mtli Dawso.n. to 8,004. ' • .1 s.ie,%. I am the an, on'l you know! ntorferes with her' regular Nvork.,11 s impoissiblo Inc .her to attend, tP'tilo ealth and welfarre of her family if en Own health suffers tram over- -;cirk and lack of rest. She -should follow her husband's example. Al- though he is busy all day long, he ,generally makes it a hard, and, fasn. rule to rest during the evening in the best Way, namely, by ,change of • WOMEN BECOMING BALD Whether or no there is any truth in the prediction of a pos.sireistie scientist that, in another generation or two the human race will be comparative1y hairless and toothless, we know not But it is certain that, from one co use or another, premature baldness is deplorablr on the inc e4100 mous not only the men at also the WOWS)) of to -day. 1 et. a vo eta.