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INSANITY IN CANADA.
Commissioner John -son's Bulle-
tin on the Subject.
How the Demented Are Cared For—Large
Increase in the Number of rse of sane—
Heredity the Leading
tal
Weakness—Only a Small Percentage
Ge Insane Through Drink.
Dominion Census Commissioner Johnson
has issued a bulletin of census gleanings
ling with the question of insanity. As
is bulletin, and some others of a like na-
ture which may be issued subsequently,
will not be printed with the census, those
who desire to preserve the information con-
tained should do so by laying aside the
newspapers containing them. The bulletin
on insanity is as follows :—Of the 13,355
insane persons reported by the census
enumerators as the number in the Dominion
of Canada in April, 1891, there were 7,029
who were reported as inmates of asylums.
Thus over 52 per cent, or somewhat more
than one-half, are sheltered, cared for, and
supplied with medical attendance within
the thirteen or more asylums provided for
their reception, I say "or more" asylums.
There are really thirteen worthy of the
name—the Province of Nova Scotia having
one of them, but havingnaddit�na ndystem
ia
of country retreats, partially
for
the poor and partially for the insane and
idiotic.
The Province of British Columbia stands
at the head of all the provinces, having in
asylums 90 per cent. of the total number of
insane reported in the province. Ontario
comes next with 59 per cent. in asylums.
New Brunswick comes third with 52 per
cent. of its insane sheltered and cared for
in the Provincial Asylum. Quebec is
fourth with. just 50 per cent. in asylums.
Prince Edward Island has 38 per cent. in
asylums. Nova Scotia has 37 per cent. in
asylums, if we include only those who are
-in the Provincial Asylum and those who
are in four of the county asylums which
seem to be specially appropriate for insane,
or 44 per cent. if we include those in the
other eight county poor farms. Manitoba
has 25 per cent. of its insane housed and
protected in the Provincial Asylum.
British Columbia has 130 insane within
her borders, all in the Provincial asylum
except 13. Manitoba has 49 in the asylum
and 147 not in. New Bruns sick has 465
in asylum and 421 not in any public institu-
tion. Ontario has 3,450 in her five public
institutions and 9,405 outside of them.
Nova Soctia has 506 in asylums and 867
outside. There are abouji 100 housed in
the County Poor's Farm already referred to.
Prince Edward Island has 128 in asylum
and 205 outside. Quebec has 2,254 in her
asylums, and 2,296 outside. The North
West Territories have 32 insane in all, but
no public asylum. The returns of 1881 gave
a total of 9,889 insane. in Canada, of whom
4,655 were returned as inmates of asylums.
Thus in 1881 there was 47.1 per cent. of
the total number within asylums and over
52 per cent. in 1991. This indicates pro-
gress in the duty of caring for the insane on
the several provinces. Taken by provinces,
the changes indicating progress or otherwise
are :—British Columbia, from 74 per cent.
in asylums in 1881 to 90 in 1891 ; Nova
Scotia, from 30 1-2 per cent. in asylums in -
1881
n1881 to 37 in 1891 ; Manitoba, none in asy-
lums in 1831 -to 25 in 1891 ; Ontario, from
63 per cent.in asylumsin 1881 to 59 in 1891;
Prince Edward Island, from 30 per cent. in
asylums in 1881 to 38 in 1891 ; Quebec,from
35 per cent. in asylums in 1881 to 50 in
1891.
All the provinces, with the exc eption of
Ontario, have made great advances in re-
spect to providing for the care of the in-
sane. The annual expenditure on account
of the insane amounts to about $121 per
head per annum, according to the public
accounts. In the Province of Ontario the
yearly cost per patient is about $142. On-
tario has adopted the_ cottage system in
Mimics. Nova Scotia has the country
farm system in part. .Quebec has the farm-
ing out system. With the exception of
Nova Scotia and Quebec," the principle
adopted in the Dominion is State care ;
and even in the case of -these two excep-
tions the institutions are subject to the
supervision of Government inspectors. In
the IJnited States, the States of New York,
Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missis-
i sippi. and both the Dakotas, the principle,
of State care has been, established, as
against that of country care. New York,
after long years of trial of it, abolished the
country care system, and enacted in 1890
" The State Care Act.
CAUSES OF INSANITY.
As tocauses of insanity, the average re-
turns from England, France, Denmark, and
the United States combined give this result:
—Heredity, 24 per cent.; ;drink, 24 per
cent.; business, 12 per cent.; loss of friends,
11 per cent.; sickness, 10 per cent.; various,
19- per cent.
It is difficult to specify the causes of in-.
sanity in Canada in the same comprehensive
way. But analysis of returns by our best
alienists indicates that in Canada heredity
is responsible for at Ieast 35 per cent. of
the insanity and drink about 4 per cent ;
sioknens produced about 11 per cent. of the
insanity in Canada. Drink has compara-
tively little effect as a factor in the develop-
ment of insanity in Canada,
The corresponding tablefor. Canada is as
follows :—Heredity, 34.5 per cent.; drink,
3.8- per cent.; business, 5.0 per cen t. ; loss of
friends, 2.2.per cent.; sickness, 11.0 per
cant.; various, 43.5 per cent.
We have not the means of discovering the
relative" frequency of congenital and the ac-
quired insanity in Canada, nor are we able
to tell haw many persons given; as.
insane by the enumerators were ameiits and
how, many were dements. Investigation;,
;leads to the conclusion that some of those
liven in the census returns as lunatics—i.e.,
persons in whose case the insanity was ac-
e quired-ought rather to be called as idiots.
'This seems to be more particularly the case
in the Province of Quebee, where the idiots
in the institution at St:Ferdinand dHalifax,
numbering.124have been classed as insane
gee-. census: takings. If there were
given their proper; status as aments, and not
--rimed as deement% the lunatic fQebec
rwopld be reduced from 4,550, to 4,426. ,4 u
eaRelteel
SCOTCH CATTLEMEN_
Talk of the British Government's Action
to Shnt..ing Out Canadian Animals.
All the anxiety because of the -refusal wee'
the British. Government to allow Canadian
cattle to enter Scotland is not on the part
of the Canadian shipper, as will be seen
from the following remarks on the subject
by Mr. James Weir, Lanark, Scotland, and
J. Smith, M. D., a graduate of Edinburgh
University, who are at present guests at
the Queen's hotel. Mr. Weir, who visits
America for the purpose of acting as judge
of cattle at the Chicago Fair, speaking to
an Empire reporter one evening, said that
it was a great mistake to prohibit the entry
of Canadian cattle into Scotland and that
the prohibitio 3 result in a great loss
to thousands of .scotch people. It was a
mistake for more reasons than one. In the
first place the commissioners, acting under
Mr. Gardner,while quite honest in the mat-
ter, had made a mistake when they had
said that the cattle found diseased were the
victims of an infectious disease. - Prof.
Williams, of the New Veterinary College,
Edinburgh, and one of the acknowledged
cattle experts of Europe, maintained that
the pleuro -pneumonia detected in the Cana-
dian cattle was not infectious. Mr, Weir,
who has made a careful study of the case
that the commissioners reported on, was of
the same opinion. They had been killing
the cattle for months and had only discov-
ered one case that - - . -
APPEARED SUSPICIOUS.
Mr. Weir's experience was that, where
three or four thousand animals were killed,
there would always be a few that would
show weak lungs and appear suspicious,
while, as in the Canadian case, there might
be no infectious disease. Take for instance
the milch cows in Scotland that have been
milking for seven or eight years. A large
percentage of them would be affected in the
lungs, but their disease would not be infec-
tious. While it was a great mistake to
stop the importation of Canadian cattle,
under the circumstances the Government
could not properly be blamed. They had
appointed officers, thought to be compet-
ent, to inspect the cattle, - and these
men had reported a case that v as no
doubt suspicious. The trouble was that
proper men had not been selected to exam-
ine the cattle. What was wanted was a pro-
per jury of experts to sit on such cases. So
important a .natter should not be left in the
hands of the Government officials who were
liable to be careless and then,when the mis-
take was discovered, in order to save them-
selves, stick to it'through thick and thin
that they were right. The effect of keeping
Canadian cattle out would be that " store
cattle would advance in price and the work-
ing classes of Scotland would suffer.
CANADA'S EARLY DAYS.
An Interesting Account of the Original
Routes of Travel and Traffic.
the following readable account of the
original routes of trade and travel in Can-
ada appears in Dr. Canaille's " Settlement
of Upper Canada," an interesting book,
now out of print, and not accessible to the
general reader :
Although the European found the Ameri-
can continent a vast unbroken wilderness,
yet the native Indians had well defined
routes of travel, mainly the long journeys
made by them in their hunting excursions
and when upon the war path were by water
up and down rivers and along the shores
of lakes. . And at certain places around
rapids, and from one body of water to an-
other, their frequent journeyings created a
well marked path. These portages or car-
rying -places may even yet in many places
be traced, and are still known by such ap-
pellations. The arrival of the European in
America was followed by his penetrating
step by step to the further recesses of the
north and went. The opening of the fur
trade with the Indians led to increased
travel along some of the original paths,
1 of Quinte and the Trent river, the other by
the way of the Don or Humber river and
lake Simcoe, called by him cdlakeTaranto."
In the selection of routes they were guided
by Indians. The route by the Trent and
the bay of Quinte was for many a day re-
garded as the most direct and the best route
to lake Huron, even since the settlement by
Europeans.
DR. SMITH'S VIEW.
Dr. Smith was of the opinion that con-
tagious pleuro -pneumonia was not a recog-
nized or common disease of the human sub-
ject, but that frequently in the course of
epidemic disease pleuro -pneumonia devel-
oped the pathological appearances which
were probably synonymous with those that
would be found if pleuro -pneumonia were
an epidemic disorder. There was no ques-
tion but that the condemned animal from
Canada had pleuro -pneumonia, but the dis-
ease was not of a contagious character. If
the English Government wished to restore
confidence they would require to appoint
such men as Prof. McCall, Ve terinary Col-
lege, GIasgow; Prof. Walley, Dicks' Veter-
ipary College, and Prof. - Williams, Edin-
linrgh, to sit on a board and judge of each
case reported to them. No one would dis-
pute their judgments in the matter.
Facts About the Haman Race.
Of the human race 500,000,000 are well
clothed, that is, wear garments of some
kind to cover their nakedness ; 700,000,000
are semi -clothed, covering inferior parts of
the body; 250,000,000 are practically naked.
Regarding the civilized state of humanity,
500,000,000 persons live in houses partly
furnished with the appointments of civiliza-
tion ; 700,000,000 in huts or caves with no
furnishing ; 250,000,000 have nothing that
can be called a home, are barbarous and
savage. The range is from -the topmost
round down to naked savagery. The por-
tion of the race - lying below the line of
human conditions is at the very least three-
fifths of the whole, or 900,000,000. As to
religion, the 1,450,000,000 are divided in
the order of numerical strength as follows ;
860,0'0,000 are pagans. comprising 600,-
000,000 of Brahma. Buddhists, or Brahmans
or Buddhists ; 160,000,000 of unclassified
pagans ; 150,00,000 Parsees, Confucianists,
Shintoists, Jails, and other smaller pagan
sects ; 410,000,000,are Christians, composed
of 225,000,000 Berman Catholics, 75,000,000
Greeks, and 110,000,000 Protestants; 180,
000,000 are Mohammedans and 8,000,000
Jews. The 860,000,000 pagans are found
chiefly in Asia and A€rica, and comprise
99-100ths of the population, with scattering
millions in the Americas and islands of the
sea. The 410,000,000 "Christians constitute
the body of Europe, and rine-tenthet of the
Americas, with a few millions in Asia,
Africa, and the islands. - The Mohammed-
ans are found chiefly in Asia and Africa.
The Jews are scatters in all lands, without
a
home or country. This is approxima.tely
STRANGELY MARKED BY LIGHT-
NING.
A Negro's Strip of White From the Tip of
His Fingers to tke sole of His Foot.
Charles E. Thorpe, from Oregon, tells a
very remarkable incident that happened
recently when he was going from Yuma to
Tucson, Ari., on the Southern Pacific Rail-
road. Said he :
"I happened to take a seat in the car just
behind a plainly dressed but good looking
colored man . The train had nearly reach-
ed Tucson when the colored man happened
to throw his right arm over the back of the
seat, with his hand in plain view,and I was
almost thunderstruck at what I saw. I
could scarcely believe my eyes, and eagerly
leaned forward to get a closer look at the
and probably to the opening of new ones. hand and be sure I was not the victim of an
While the French, by the waters of the optical illusion. I satisfied myself that
there was no mistake. The third and fourth
fingers of the colored man's hand were as
white as a lady's, and a white streak over
an inch wide ran back of his hand and up
his arni as far as I could see.
"I was sure I had seen that hand before.
I went to the front end of the car after a
drink of water simply that I might get a
look at the man's face: Every doubt was
then removed. He was George Waldron,
the man who had been my coachman in
Philadelphia for over five years some twenty
years ago. Though I paid him well tor his
services, in an evil hour he stole over $300
from me and fled to parts unknown. I
never made any effort to find him outside of
the city and had never seen or heard of him
until that day. When I faced him he re-
cognized me and fairly blushed through his
black skin at the recollection of his crime
and ingratitude. He told me that he is
now living an honest lite in Texas, - where
he has a family and home and a small tract
of land.
" Though I have read stories of similar
cases. I don't believe there is another man
in the world marked in the same way that
Waldron was. My house was on a hill and
he was standing in the barn during a severe
thunder storm, with his right hand uplifted
and resting against the side of the building,
when lightning struck the barn on the side
where he was and passed down his arm and
body. It burned his clothing wherever it
touched his body and tore the shoe from
his right foot and threw it nearly across the
barn. ---
" Of course the shock knocked him down
and rendered him insensible for a moment,
though he suffered no lasting injury. But
if ever there was a scared darkey, he was
the one. He was too frightened to pray,
and he looks half scared even now. He will
always bear on his right side, from the tips
of his two outside fingers, which were next
lower St. Lawrence, found it convenient
to ascend by the great streams, the English
had to traverse the highlands which separ-
ate the sources of the rivers which empty
into the Atlantic, from those which rise to
lie - to the lakes and rivers of fresh water
to the north. .4..-;-
THE ORIGINAL ROUPE3
of travel taken by the French were up the
St. Lawrence, at first called the " Crand
river of Canada." From the seaboard the
traveller, having ascended to the mouth of
the Sorel river, turning west to lake
Champlain and thence into the western
part of the present New York state, or
continuing up the Sb. Lawrence to its
confluence with the Ottawa, or, as it was
,;sometimes called, Grand river, selected one
or the other of these majestic streams by
which to continue the journey westward.
Following the Ottawa, the way led to the
north as far as Lake Nipissing and thence
westward to the Georgian bay. Sometimes
the voyager would continue to ascend the
St. Lawrence to lake Ontario. A portion
of the St. Lawrence—sometimes called
Cataraqui river, or the Iroquois river, that
is to say, the river which:leads to Cataraqui,
or the Iroquois country. Lake Ontario
was called by Champlain, Lake St. Louis,
and subsequently for a time -it was known
as lake Frontenac. According to a map
observed in the French Imperial library
the Indian name of Ontario was Skaniadono,
1688.
From lake Ontario to lake Huron, et first
named Mer Douce, and then after the Huron
Indians were expelled from that region by
the Iroquois in 1650, a very common route
was up the bay of Quinte, the river Trent,
lake Simcoe and Georgian bay. As this
route was adjacent to the territory of the
Iroquis nation, it was only when the French
were at peace with them that this course
was taken until the establishment of the
A FAIR EXPLORER.
A. Talk with Miss\ Annie Taylor, the Thi-
betan Traveler.
There are more elements in womankind
than are dreamed of in the Geographical So-
ciety's philosophy, says the London Queen.
The pioneering spirit, for one, is quite
ignored by the gentlemen who speak of tea
parties as woman's habitual and highest
joy. Of course, all women are not pioneer$
—there are so uncommonly few generaliza-
tions that can be formulated to embrace
the entire sex—neither are all men. To
quite a large number of persons, male and -
female, London, during the sober portions
of the year, and a few spots well within
the European boundaries during the periods
of relaxation, offer all the material tiaey
crave during the term of years they have
at their disposal for conscious life in any
quarter of the globe. But, allowing even
for a more extended curioaity, there are
few who pine to see Thibet—important
though that country is likely to become in
view of the threatened political cataclysm
in Asia—and few to whom the "roof of the
earth" is the Carcassonne that they must
needs gaze on ere they go hence.
I will make a personal confession that
my own interest in Thibet was—shall I
say=dormant until I had read in the news-
papers accounts of Miss Taylor's travels in
that country. Then my curiosity was fired,
and my zeal, if it did not yet carry me to
Thibetan heights, drove me forth to seek
and to see Miss Taylor.
On the principle, I imagine, that " all
roads lead to Earl's Court, "° even travelers
from Thibet come ultimately to that prosaic
bourne. Anyhow, it was in a house in that
region that I met Miss Annie Taylor. My
first impression was of a lady very small,
very slight (the voluminous Thibetan dress
in the portrait conceals her small propor-
tions) and fragile looking. She reminded
me in these physical attributes of that other
remarkable traveler, Mrs. Bird Bishop.
Miss Taylor dresses simply, and wears her
hair cut short, a little below the nape of the
neck, in a manner which saves her the
elaborate and impossible duty of hairdress-
ing ,without conveying any suggestion of
'masculinity.
" We are all born travelers," said Miss
Taylor, by way of stating a simple fact.
" Many of my family have traveled in Aus-
tralia and New Zealand ; the Taylor Lagoon,
in New Zealand, by the way, is called after
my brother. I do not know why we are so
fond of travel ; perhaps it is because we are
of mixed origin—my father is Scotch and
my mother was born in Brazil ; but I think
we succeed chiefly because we pick up
languages very easily."
CHILDHOOD AND EARLY LIFE.
It always has a carious interest for me to
learn how women who are in any way re-
markable have developed into what they
are, so I was impelled to ask Miss Taylor
about her early days. She told me then
that she was born in Cheshire, and that as
a child she was extremely delicate, suffer-
ing from a heart complaint, which she has
since happily outgrown. Her fragility rend-
ered it impossible that she should be sent to
school, consequently she led what the
pedagogues might consider en idle lite at
home. But this form of idleness proved a
useful preparation for her later career.
She learned to milk cows, to make butter,
to manage a garden and to cook—all simple
accomplishments, which have stood her in
better stead in strange lands than scholastic
achievements. Several attempts, however,
were made to give her the ordinary educa-
tion ; in partictlar, she went to school in
Germany for a short time. "I .returned
home ill, as I always did," said Miss Tay-
lor, "but I was glad of the opportunity to
learn German."
" Are you first a missionary and second-
ly a traveller, Miss Taylor ?" I inquired,
somewhat courageously. But the answer
was unhesitating < " Oh, yes : it is the
missionary work that draws me chiefly. I
have always been interested in that. As a
girl I carried on missionary work in some
of the the poorest parts of London—dis-
tricts so dangerous, indeed, that few people
cared -to venture into them after dark. But
I found in the slums of London, exactly as
I have since found in my Asiatic journeys,
that a woman is rarely molested if she
makes it quite clear that she is doing her
duty quietly and unassumingly. Looking
back upon my life," continued Miss Taylor,
musingly, " I see that I have seldom under-
taken the work that everybody else was
doing ; I have always preferred to strike
out some new road, and then, when the way
was made tolerably smooth, I have left it
for others to travel. In this sense I think
I may consider myself a pioneer."
fort rt at Cataraqui While the French, with to the building, to the sole of his foot, the
white streak which marks the track of that
comparative ease, reached the vast inland
seas, the English by --
MORE DIFFICULT CHANNELS
sought the advantages which intercourse
with the lake Indians afforded. An early
-writer of American history, Isaac Weld,
says : There are four principal channels
for trade between the ocean and the lakes.
One by the Mississippi to lake Erie, a
second by the Potomac and French creek to
lake Erie. (lake Erie was at first called
Okswego, and the territory to the south of
lake Erie was sometimes called lake Nous),
a third by the Hudson and a fourth by the
St. Lawrence." A later writer says : " It
is worthy of notice that a person may go
from Quebec to New Orleans by water all
the way, except about a mile from the
source of Illinois river.
The distance from New York to lake
Ontario is laid down as being 510 miles.
From New York bay to Albany the Hud-
son is navigable, 180 miles. Ten miles
north of Albany the river divides into two
branches. The western branch is the Mo-
hawk and leads to Rome, formerly Fort
Stanwix. A branch of the Mohawk, Wood
creek leads towards Oneida lake, which
was reached by a portage. A branch of
Wood creek was called Canada creek, and
led towards Lake Champlain. From Oneida
lake, the larger lake, Ontario, is reached
by the Oswego river. Weld probably re-
fers to this route when he saes that the
distance over which boats had to be hauled
(perhaps between New York and Ontario)
was altogether thirty miles. This was no
doubt the most speedy route by which to
reach Upper Canada from the Hudson.
Frequent reference is made to it in the
accounts of journeying by the U. E. loyal-
ists which have come under the notice of
the writer. It was by far the most com-
monly travelled way taken by those who
came into Canada after -the close of the war,
and, it is stated, ] 796, that the chief part
of the trade between New York and the
lake is by this way.
Another way was now and then taken,
namely, by Long lake, which feeds Racket
river, which empties into the St. Lawrence
a correct cast of the religious status of the at St. Regis, opposite Cornwall. Again,
World to -day.. It shows two-thirds s o
whole to be pagans, or including the Mo-
hammedans and the Jews as anti-Christian
components of the pagan fraction, -three-
gnarters of the whole—not less than 1,050,
000,0'0
flash of lightning.
heard
It is the most remark-
able case I have ever of , and i have
asked physicians and scientists how light-
ning could produce such change of
color
in the skin, but have never received a sat-
isfactory explanation." _
Unceremonious Courtship.
Bashful lovers are almost an unknown
curiosity in Arabia, for Arab "courtship"
is unceremonious, to say the least of it. A
young man sees a girl whom he would like
to marry in another tribe. He rides up at
night, finds out where she is sleeping,
dashes up to her tent, snatches her up in his
arms, puts her before him on his horse, and
sweeps away like the wind. If he happens
to be caught, he is shot ; if he is not, the
tribe from which he has stolen the girl pays
them a visit in a few days. A priest of the
tribe joins the hands of the young man and
the girl, and both tribes join in the festiv-
ities. Most of the brave men steal their
wives, but there are some of the peace -lov-
ing youths who do not. ` On a calm moon-
light night you may see one of these latter
sitting before the tent of his lady -love,
singing a song of his own composition, and
playing a stringed instrument something
like our banjo. This is his courtship.
f the numerous accounts have been furnished
the writer, in which the traveller followed
$naband
to crave all
Wife
home god
Hung up to Dry.
An English labourer attempted drown
himself, but an Irish reaper who saw him
going into - the water: leaped in after him
and brought him safe to shore.
The man, attempted it the second time
and the reaper again brought -him out. But
the labourer, being determined to destroy
himself, watched for an opportunity, and
hanged himself behind:: a barn door. The
Irishman observedhim, but never attempt-
edto cut down the body.
Several, hours afterwards the master of
the farmyard asked the - Irishman upon
what ground he had -suffered the poor fel.
low to hang there.
"Faith," replied Patrick, "I don't know
what you mean by ground. I fetched . him
out of the water twice, and he was wet
huh, so I .thought he -had hung himself
to
trog
tip there todry, and I did not think it was
-Tice Versa. " my place to prevent him."
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Is that so? And when is our plied the singing et a church service
to h eall the club. comforts " New York on a recent Sunday evening.
THE MILITARY HIGHWAY
to Lower Canada by Whitehall, lake
Champlain, Fort Ticonderoga, Plattsburg,
and then turning northward proceeded to
Cornwall. But this way was the common
one to Lower Canada, and by the Sorel.
This historic route was no doubt long used
by the Indians before the European trod it,
and Champlain at an early period penetrat-
ed to the lake, to which his name is forever
attacked. Along this road passed many a
military expedition ; and during the wars
between the colonies of France and England,
here ebbed and flowed the tide of strife. The
rebellion of 1776 witnessed. Burgoyne with
his army sweep by here to meet his disas-
trous fate ;-and theraaftersetinthe stream
of refugees and loyalists which ceased not
•to flow for many a year along this path.
Directing our attention to the territory
north of lake Ontario, and the upper St.
Lawrence, we find some interesting facts
relative to the original Indian paths, some-
times followed on hunting and fishing ex-
peditions, and sometimes in pursuit of an
enemy.:. There is evidencethat the Mohawks,
upon the southern shore of lake Ontario,
were accustomed to pass across the waters
-to the northern shores by different routes, I _
It would seem from a letter of De Noftville you row with me down the river of life ?"
that there were two ways to reach lake " No, Clarence r but I wouldn't mind act-
Huronfrom lake. Ontario—one bey the bay : ing as coxswain." '
His Happiest Moment (?)
"Is it all right, doctor ?"
" Splendid, Smith ? allow me to
ulate you.
Is it a—a—boy'
" The picture of his father."
" Doctor, this is the happiest moment of
my life. It's selfishness on my part, though
—for Louisa yearned for a daughter so fond-
ly.,,
"In that case, ,smith, she won't be disap-
pointed."
" Didn't you say it was a boy, doctor ?"
" The picture of his father."
" But Louisa wanted a girl."
" In. that case, Smith, as I said before,
she won't be disappointed, for Heaven has
more than gratified her desire."
" Do I understand you, doctor ?"
" Yes -twins."
congrat-
Animals.
WOMAN'S POSITION IN THIBET,
The history of Miss Taylor's adventures
and hairbreadth escapes is now tolerably
familiar. I will therefore excuse myself
fromrecapitulating what is already known,
in order to find space for details of special -
interest. One of my first questions to Miss
Taylor naturally concerned the position of
women in Thibet. She told me that women
enjoyed considerable power. Polyandry was
the matrimonial system, but the Thibetan
woman, though she has several husbands,
can not select these according to her own
tafte ; she is limited to so many husbands
as there are brothers in a family. The only
person probably who has any choice in the
affair is the eldest brother of a family, who
selects a spouse for himself and his brother.
The Thibetans being nomadic and warlike,
it seldom happens that all the husbands are,
Influence of Storms on at home together. Consequently there is
Meteoric conditions have their influence, peace in thehome, where the woman reigns
thus animals of the same species or related supreme, managing all the domestic and
ones are fiercer in the torrid zonethan in
the less warm regions of; : America. The
lions in the Atlas mountains are much less -
formidable than those in the desert. Cattle
have been known during the warm season,
and especially at the approach of a storm,
to be taken with an attack of fury and rush
against persons and trees until the .storm
bursts and the rain calms them. ` Theft is a
common vice among animals. In stealing
to satisfy hunger the passion is generally
irresistible.
A Popular Greeting.
Thompson : " Jones seems to be very
popular. I wonder what's the reason.
Johnson "It's all due to the way he
greets a man."
Thompson . " Yes ?"
Johnson: "Nine times out of ten he says,
Let's have something.' "
'She Wanted the Rudder.—" Ethel, will
often the financial affairs of the household
as it seems meet in her eyes. Practically
women enjoy both influence and respect in
Thibet.'
But direct testimony . on this point was
contributed by Pontso, Miss Taylor's de-
voted Thibetan servant, who entered the
room while we were talking. Pontso speaks
no English, but his remarks, interpreted
by his mistress, were to the effect that he
thought the beauty of Englishwomen wa
as much inferior to that of the ladies of his
land as was their social position. Happen-
ing to be at the Mansion House on the day
of the royal wedding, the gallant little man
was amazed and shocked to see how Eng-
ligh ladies were crushed and hustled in the
crowd, and he -came to the conclusion that
a mission from Thibet to teach Englishmen
courtesy was as much needed as an English -
mission to Thibet. He also prides himself
upon having made 'a tour of the world,
whilst his own country- almost alone is
closed to the globe-trotter. Pontso''s ap.
pearanee' is fairly reproduced in a por-
trait, but_ the extreme -smallness of his feet
and hands, which are tinier than almose
any woman's, :eau not mill be shown.
fi
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-Dr. Lewis Bluitclii
ander 0:
Afflicted With Paralysl
Tears—Pronounced
Foremost Physician
Case of World Wide
From the Philadelphia Ti:
Many survivors of th4
ranks unwounded, but
stttutions, an instant:
Lewis D. Blundin, a r
ville, Bucks Co., Pa.
periences and what h
consequences of the h.
countered Dr. Blundin
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sergeant and hospital s
C, 2Sth Pennsyivani
service was active, and
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me weak and a read
disease. My kidneys
and this finally developer
which lasted through
1S66 1 was mustered o
discharge and entered
cal College as a stud
graduated and remove.
day, after I had gradu-
a sofa at my home in
felt a cold sensation in
though the blood had
1Vhen I tried to move
at the discovery that 1
my hips to my toes.
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muscle. I called in D,
Philadelphia. He ma
haustive examination
and testing, and finall'
trouble was caused by
spinal cord, and that
another stroke of par.
Dr. 1. W. Gross and
ferson College, Philad=
result. I called in 1
Philadelphia, who- sal•
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