Lucknow Sentinel, 1887-03-11, Page 7e
HOMES olr• THE. HOVIH.
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.1.0veW Damons. hi the , Shah or Persia'.
• Harem -1,Women. in the OriLent Her
Iotillloos and Anmsoments. ° .•
Thesehluaion which theflbahreqUires Of
his wives is shown by the -quarters they
....occupy at the Ark or city palace. This is
a. vast enclosure, enteredby a separate
gate. In the centre Of .thecourt is an ole -
gent garden. The ladies have each their
OW4 apartments in regular 'order in the
quadrangular building, which in its general
.plan is not unlike barracks, although, of
• course more ornate and attractive NO
windows open on the street; . but every
apartment faces the /court. Ventilation is
gained net only by the open Windows
461144 to the floor'which in that delight.
cli ate are openthe greater part of the
ear,1411t also *relish shafts leading from
the roof•and connected with wind towers
called hadgere ' •
These towers form an important feature
of Persian- dwellinio, and are :often very
gracefully shaped. They have .apertures
. • opening to the four winds Of heaven: Not
only are the wive's' of the Shah forbidden to
gaze into the street, but neither must any
-:-.other ladies of Teheranenjoy that cherished
privilege. The flit roofs are surrounded
by high walls, and thin While one May
enjoy a delightful promenade toward even-
ing on thereof of the house and . contem-
plate -the vast and lovely nlandscape, One
can see no one not be seen,., These restric-
tions are much more rigorous .in the case
• of ladies of rank than of the ,lower classes.
..The latter enjoy much greater freedom,
' land While obliged to keep the face well con -
coaled when abroad ' are allowed ' Minh
, liberty; alibelly that there is no questien
addin to the.-oottu thin of
'morais. It 0, Persian wife cannot have the
• societyof her husband- she is likely to seek
• `the Society titlitelinshaidt IntriguesT
are arranged. by thirdparties„generatlypro•
• fessionals; usually old women. Th women
• being 'able to 'see •the man While
• he-cannot-see-herfacerintilshe-makes-- the
first advances, such intrigues 'usually com-
mence by the woman firs* Jaking a fancy
to the than. - It is coinparatively ,easy for
• the lovers to-meet_after all - is; ,arranged,
. • owing to to the disguise worn .11y, the , WOrnan,,:
-.0.-."*.3'whhIleinitlies eibeedingly diffinelt to die.
; -tingtiish one woman from another., and
•••••-•--7-Oomewhat hazardousoven for ;a 'jealous
•' husband to attempt topenetrate 'that :die.
• The Wires of °Shah .are not ."without
,.'entertainment at. home, in spite of their
apparent imprisonment. Many .of. thein
•7enjoy, •embroidering, and ;are • capable of,
exquisite skill in the arts, of needle' work• ,
Occasionally a lady Is found in, the Royal
.AndefOon who ;is inclined to intellectual,
• pursuits, and interests herself in the study
' of languages, in composing poetryi, painting
or practising on the piano: , Pianos, by the
. way, -although , carried over the Mountain
•.withreictrerne difficulty, are, becoming quite
common iii Teheran.
If
• • •
• • If our •Goverinnent had. Veen more alert:
in protecting our interests in Persiaand
:advanCing our comMerce there,. doubtless
American pianos would 'hitie° found their
way.,to that distant land • before this: Not
• ' unfrequently , these ladies give entertain-•
. inents, to which the Wives of most of -the'
• high' dignitaries are Invited, .and,one May
judge from hearsay that • these: occasions
•. possess many ffiaturee of :a romantic char.,
• ; • acter. The afternoon is always the time,
Selected: • • '
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The sod Under the pavilions or the trees
is • spread with carpets, embroideredby
• hand-i-the:fair_is °cooled by the' spray of
fountains tossing silver streams in every
•„ 'quarter Of • the ' shaded terraces. Amid
• these fairy-like scenes hundreds of ladies
• , move, slightly clad, the coettimeresetabling
• that of • it ballet dancer without the tights
and stookingei: On such.occaidons a white,
• cYmer of embroidered gailSather is thrown-
• . over the head, giving almost aia ethereal
effect to the flesh tints, Underneath: Music
blithe zither, songs and dancing girls add
• to: the attractions' of the .fleeting. haute,
. and abundantrefreshments, including . un-
stinted confectionery, appeal to what some
grosser senses.; . The kalian, With
its areinatic fumes; lends .a•finiehing touch
to.'i scene which,Suggesta the voluptuous
:opisedes of the Arallian Nights. ;
' ,But one forth. Of diversion, is forbidden
these royal ladies ;• I refer . td •theit
intcr-
views with; the court .Phriidians.. Next to
• - the „sacred :luxury ofit confidential talk
• Infith,a.father confessor or.a favored pastor,
• there is scarce any: solace which possesses
• such attractions forlhe . average woman' as
•..e•sympathetic 'recital of her •troUbles.ai2d
ailments' to, a trulitedfamily physician:
But neither one iffir the other is allowed:to
se 'tbe wives of the Shah.. No priest net
• *tor can receive from them the soothing
confession of :Sorrows: and dna or the
mush outrages. By the expressed wilth Of
the 0ballraefinference was than held at the
Foreign Office, to agree :upon; a moans
Vivend4, • • •
The -Van 1 suggested proved entirely
acceptable to the Shah and. the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, and the Emir Stateneli.
was untrlicted ter accept it. While • allPe,
*.entlY doing Se be yet raised diffiCultiesy
doubtless in part because a powerful faction
opposed to the missionaries was behind
hum,
and eventually he resorted again to.
his titeticaof annoyance. One of these.
Was the ereotiOnof a ficreen Wall on 4 patty
wall betweenAhe two preMises. In this
addition he caused, two. WindoWSto be
opened,. overlooking the grounds cifour
citizens. This Was 'Such a intact violation
:of the-Persianlw that, although not con-
trary to American °intorno, it could, under
no circumstances, be accepted except as a
gess insult; intended as an of, persecii.,.
tion: Toalio* it to pass Unnoticed 4Fould
be to invite further attacks on . our rights..
With, some diffioult succeeded in having
--thi7Win • Otte -WO n eW Mon • a
lateti•cluting my temporary absence in the
suburbs, the Emir Sultaneh hastily threw
up a:pavilion on a -coiner of the party wall
and opened fiva„neW windows directly over-
looking the...gbh? Och9o1 Of ther4metican
mission. The matterliad now reached a
crisis; the Minister of Triteign'Affairs Was
either in league:with, or afraid of the power
ot.the Emit, Sultaneh, Who seethed deter-
mined to invade the • right to the quiet'
enjoyment of property -awarded by the.
treaty.. In this emergeney.l succeeded by
finesse in obtaining a legal decisicai from
• Hadgi, Menai:Aloe, the head, of ithe •Mus.
iiiilmana of Persia,, and. also Chief • jrietice
and expounder �f the mw, which officially.
and em haticall 'announced the law on the
subject;„ in " language, ao strong' • a h -e -T
aggrieved patty was even given authority to
Inuit any tnie- oPen:inewindOWfroverlooki7
ing a neighbor's grounds without his per-
nneeiOn.. • Armed with • this, 'doeunient,
which represented the highest authority in
;theland--1-buccedded- •at''- last in bringing
the'Gkivernment to terns, and the; offend-
ing windows were finaily closed., with.
masonry,. The effect was at' once seen in
the quick redress given as soon after lulu
.attairof,taii
) :mote, mportance ' to
"13: -•GM.
7' Lac.' U• 13 Minister to Persia
The Modern Modern Methods. ,
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, We 49 not sigh for a return of the "god
01a.dan"--when boys went ,barefootekaintil
they Were 21,, and walked ten miles td'Ind
from school. There • are' no* new and In:
proved methods , of "toughening”.boys.
They are about as tough, generally epealc.,
ing, as they can very well be. Bht we do
sometimes long ster a little cd,the Old.fasht
nionectdiseipline and"trouncing" Methods
that, madeboys subservient inthe, Will Of
their parents in some alight degree.
Imagine it geod,.old•puritan mother getting
her son -Waitsitill or Godspeed up , of -a.
morning after•this, the fashion, of our mod-
ern'Mother. rancy her Baying: •
Waibitill; you getting up 7' And fancy
Waitstill surlily replYing . •
” by. • •
• "Well; I don't want any by and by omit
it. Etnnip yourself out of that now."
Purty. Soon." ' „. , • -
"It:had better : be pretty . soon, young
Mari if you know what's gond for yon." ••
• "Well, I reckon there. ain't _no-hnrry,
about , .; ..•
I'll let yon know if there ain't; about
the time I. como). up there with a pan of
cold Water." 0 •• • • • '
"Can't yeItii'fe sleep.haIUi
minnte.?", .' • • ` • '0;
" Alar;halftv Minute'
if 1 Was . You, when you'vebeen in bed
thirteen 'hours... Now you crawl out of
that instantly!" • ' • ; • - •
' '" All .tight...r." ' ' • • .
Hall an hour passes •-•,-:-Ntrafilitili depe not
Ripest," , His mother's voice outs the in
tho hall.
‘‘:Yeou'Weitstill•Proaperity.DtigoOd
Win-
throp!"• • • • • n
" Whacher want ?"
"1 Want ykki to h'ist yourself out of thab
bed too quick You hear ?" ;
" I -ain't deef." • , , •
; "Breakfast was over .hour.. ago, and
net one single lite shall you have in this
louse before n• •• , • ; : •
' " Nisei, about *hit."'
••":So'll • I, .young /Man , "You , crawling
out?"'. .'; "... • ' • ' "
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. • .Another hili -hour 141,r4SeS, Wild' 'Mistress
Temperance 'Prudence ' Piety Winthrop's
voicogOes ringing upstairs • '; • •
YonWait 1" '
; " Hey Pt' ' •-
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I'll
° hey' you, you idle thing, yon.II
tell your father on rm."
hes 0„na , ynarrativeofacpains. . .
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, . of conrsef ishe is ill_ then • a Wife „Of the? • ' . "-YOU% See What •you'll ' get; Wait Win.
Shah receives medical attention, „But the i throp.Not a single ' bite. 'of htealdist' do
' physician may net obtain even a sight of ..3"ea get.": • • ., ..." , °
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'.11erlace. ' Behind a enitain, Sorrolinded by "Guess I'll stay in bed, :then" , •
•her ittends,ntEi, she' responds to his qnes.. "1 guess yonwon't,,if I done Uptherel,
• tions ; • in extteme„. heed "•she may Shim her yen. aut. of blid yet ?" •,, .- , , .
" tongue,.latit ,no Oilier part of her featurea.• ' " Alinast*. ' . • , •
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• 11.;Or is • the interview altogether attrac.) " • help yeti the test of the way
,tivo to the especiallY it he., With the 13tOonistiok if Yanlint out 'in five
• be .a native, for, be nitlat neeesliatiky, be roinutesi;"• 7 • .
extremely guarded in his :language, and if 1. Half . anhour later., lie .• gets • Up. His
the patient dies it may go- hard ,. with the bieelfaithas, been kept: warni for him,' It
•, doctor. .. He deee not venture to prepare or is Set On the table and afresh cup of coffee
futnieh the drugs hiniself,, and theinedi;.,1:thoo, His inOther dances 'attendance -on
eines he presoribei must be cempounded by., hire dutingtho ineel;•immindful of all pest
•ilerventa , of ,the palace to insure itgeimit ' threats and , • •
Tafigor of poisoning, .as Well as toproteet • : •
.: the practitioner_l reit! anspicion •' • •..• • keer's cenipuntitiOn.' .
.
The European 'physicians ptactising. at, When near his end, Lott' :Nottlingto;
the ootiit' of • the Shah. eicerdiee. sameWhat. :was reminded of the pro riety Of his tee-eivl,
1;.••• greater liberty in the matter of drugs and ing/the conSolatione: ofP and- he,
pregariptiQns, but oven they ate obliged to
readily agteed that ,a divine should be sent,
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proceed with great :„Catition and never at- •
, for nit When. IleV; • , Witli
the patient kmusoniontn. in the raoAti3t, Whoth he had fatitierly been intimate; was
proposed, said, "-No, that • won't do;'
tempt ' any Setithis sutgical operations :Winn !
.' -Of *indoWe alluded to above lam reniiiicledi• can, well cenfess tasni
of a ease, growing out of . the laws Qus-for the,greateSt ,
, ,- W
twin rogrilating that :qtlestion•liich gave shall have040Nafor as inakingliim'bishop."•-•-;Oks• etS geral
the more trouble than -any ,othet which '' ,• •
had:to eat With while at Teheran,. '• ; ; • , •
•:T • •*ssionaries had built it chapel in. • • 'A C°10.rit„(ie• 'Sensitive Plant., ,
their c4n rounds,. but adjoining) the estate • •Coloredo,than-•Strionntlitrik-the trthible
of Emit idultaneh, a powerful courtier, who with yoUr boy id tiensitikoneis, •
had bcenOriabavotfyig:, to porsnadethein to 'Omaha. •men...,,•Yeit . :isn't fitted . for
'Sell the iniesien.preanises, to him, • As .no • knocking areal& in the:W.311d,
pricc coidd be agreedupon they deeiiiiedta ;" It mav be I knoW all: about that. my
ean
lovna-be-theft..entereLoa a series of Am.': farnilylifthe niciet aensitive, folks you ever
noyenoes .to force Ppm tosell aced. • _con't,i3tand nothing:, Wht-Itve .got
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041c1OB4LIS1t. IN ?i4.1urt.
Deeitnerot Britian Possessiong.-Taets About:
. • West4mIlli. • • , •
"U. B. Pewter; a resident of Kingston, on
the Island of. Jainaici„, is at the Laclede
Hotel. lie, is. ilia P.14,40ger of, a company
which is •engaged in mining phosphate on
the. orandCayman'e, Wand; near Jamaica,
and shipping It to the United States, where.
it is used for fertilizing ° purposes. This
phosphate is the. :remains, of animal life„
according „to. geologists, 444 is thought to
havebeen left in theImmense, b0:10:in•
'Which it: now lies by the subsidence" of
some prehistoric Bee ., The deposits upon
Upon
the, Grand Caynnin's, leland arq itt masses
from three to fifty feet • deep and .0t. gone
distance from .eaoh other, some of • then
sustaining upon them the growth otforesta
known. to be more than one hundred years
old. Upon the present commercial: and
secaloondition of Jamaica and the whole
group of West Indian islands, Mr. Pewter.
talks discouragingly. • :.,. , 7 • ,
--,.-4=Thffiel.andrfergrtbeir-znbOitis-44are ye,
trogricling :rapidly," said he yesterday.
"They are exporting lose and lees 'every
year, and the natives are departing more
and more from civilization. The nation I
believe to be the abolitien of Slavery' in
1824. The effects .ot• that step were not
felt' by • the white planters: OM the old
slaves began to die, and the new generation
had to be depended Open for libor. • . They
would not work, not having been bred . to
Industrious habits,' and each Qia stave • that,
died was BO much' loss • to the quantity of
labor to be obtained, Some of , the,plantera
resorted to the: expedient of inipcirtangeeoly
labor anddid very Well, but a large number,
of owners did ' not do this,: and: estates on
the island. went to ruin fast. As tiro°.
-p-wero-feir became more and rn�tLff
enit.' to obtain laborers, and the ' evil e, et
Of -thbrublisnat kliendefirVitutteeir iiryoarly•
decreasing imports. . The negioes need not
work to get food anda house -these climb°
had for nothing -and -'the only reasonwhy,
they-WotkattadlAs--that,t-th_e_r.:maytrearli:
enough Manny ,te••••• dress in • expensive and.
gaudy'ColerecI. clothes: That _is; the ,only'
nee they have for. =MO., If • slavery had.
net been- abolished; or if. it could be.
()debit:Abed, the iiilands,Would.floutish,„"!..„,k;„
' Vtinit•i. or the reports that the prac-
tice Of;
Cannibalism ICA • 'been revivedin
)19.,34i r, •
In ,the main are trite. ':Hayti, of
all the West•Indies is the Meet:Marked ex-
ample of the decay of the -islands. , When
the :French ',left it, -hi .1772; they left a
superficially, at least; religions people, with
*itches, factories' and roads„ Now there
is not a Church: or factory.* the ielandand
but ; eth.3.• road, whin the Catholic religion
has beenabancloned for the Obi' or ;ffitiah•
worship:, and cannibalism has again sprung
UP: The island.* a black 'Republic, and 00
whites are allowed : to • oWn property. . In,
factthe only whites eri the islandare a few,
European traders, who bonduct's the ..finan..'
chit iiffaikaof the pdvertitiNiiit kita lend it
nioney..... The island is -not communicated
With by the people of . the other islands and
the negitek.arelettiO devour'. one -another
as fad as they. please. . Their, human : flesh
eating is ,not that . ofthe past Century.
They do not eat the fleili7,of those whohaVe
and havingncibody to war with; they
can: take no .prisoners to cook and pat -They
'Oat the flesh of shildtep; .taken when Young,
penned and fattened for the, feast. Some-
times theysteaLchildtenfromtheneighbor,
ing islands and fatten. them! ffir theirtablek.
They are drifting baok:,into, doniplete:
bar-
barism, and there is no inelinatiOnen the
part. of . Otherislanders) tO,„Interfere With.
their. gradual extinction." -St. : LOCO
:Democrat. , • . • • ' • , •
,
•• The Senteh Wheelbarrow toraie " •
• The wheelbarrow craze tinderwent-a new
and novel phase on the morning Of the Slot'
1.10.irvetieff, where at '10 (to'.i3100k. a: tailor
Amine& '.Robert Cowper,, With a Wooden meg,,
started from JaniegfiqiniteWitli an ordinary .
One -wheeled:, barrow," from Crieff to: :the.
Cross of Glasgow and back;," • Hobert was
idriertieed to • leave:the . cross at 9i46, "at
. which lent, • the town's bell 'was : Ho
was attired in a; • grey coat open vest ,with
white front, and his only Riot •idokned•With
a light . Spat; While his head -gear ,Was ;a
son'.weeter cap. On proceeding,. along ::to•
James' • Square the • :pilgrim , was :received
with cheers and much laughter; "numerous
jokes being passed With regard to this the
latest'phase of .,thebarrow mania,. 'Atter
receiving.'a• conpicierahle. sinn of • .money,
which was dropped into a collection box
placed -on the .batrow;,Robert started CM his
•jotirney, Passing down King street followed'
by a large crowd, While both "sides • of the
street were densely CroWded., by, spectators,
:mho laughed and cheered by turns -Robert
passed through'Stirling On the Afternoonof
the Ist inst.. • He had experienced a strong
head wind and heavy 'roads allthe way.. He
complained• at Stirling'!" . having .•been
illiberally treited.eo, fat: • On, thenight of
the 34 MSC a Waagew. reporter awaited the'
artivalItobert;, • who :reached. the Post.
;Wee at 1714; and when In entered . the
blinding to get the office postal stamp placed
he .wadawaited On • the. outside
by O Mtge and enthusiastic crowd. • The
barrow-pnsher was attired like; a seamen
reedy for e'StOtini as he wore a sou' -wester
and an oilskin coat.. ;He appeared cheery,
and not the leak fatigued. , • ' . '
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. AVorel Diesit.f
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A novel Suggestion in connection With a
gift to the Queen on the occasion Of her
:jubilee conies from South Afriee, ShortTy
,befeta Christmas the „Eitenhage ijini. -a
Ca1e paper, . e4gested' that. a. present be
made 01 Her' MajeSty,:the 'Queen Of a 'robe,
&Amen, fan; etc.; Made.' of South Afriatiii
Ofittioh ' feathers, contributed • by: $Cnitli
,AftiCan osttiek. farniers. The conditions,
tvete.thitt no pore.* •contributemre than
,thtee!feathers; se that all might, participate
•in the demonstration of esteem for Het,
'MOSeiiitY. ;In a 'few weeks the names of one
hundred and seven fainiera Willing to dm;
ttibute'Were received by, and published, in
the Eitenhage -Time, tho Proprietors .of
Whibli paper undettelte to lieve, the at:tidies.
made up and forwarded to Iier Majesty;
A rate_eollettiori of feathers will doubtless
he get together,., and somovalnable
ninon ettiblekof niaile '
-Rev. Dr. Cochrane; Brantford, hasre
eeivod^E,206 from the .*1.reo'Cherbli 'Seet-
:lend fter. thoHonia MissiartiAthich--"n°- ;- •
-Apolitician should have. tough
I.Ord• Iddepleigh provoked his fete by accept,
ind oftlbc. Ile •had heart tiionble, out &obit
-• any price. :twice he telsed" Mel) of hie bro'ther that most' ata# lietbee:11,7
own setVents, amoa by Bora° of .thQ 00,fiti,iii0;collector coming with DAM be Can't pay.",
who by,vioienee drove the men working on. 1, I can syrripithire with liiiii l'Vhat
the chapel from the preriliees. tinpley- does 110 do usually 1`,!
.ing greaturgency at the Foreign Oillee I " Well; lid maid generallySlunte the bal.
Sticceoclad. in' °'preventilig a recurrence of 'loCtOrs.'t--Dpiatialreread.
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A ir•EHT,D4HI.T NEEDLE,.
kypoaerniic Injections Which. Canso:Death
' MallY cases.'
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Opium has been known as • a drug from
a remote 'period, and is produced as an
article of cOmmerce in India, Persia, Egypt,,
and, Asia Minor. In China. Opium 44,480
to: an pnormons,eXtent, .by all blesses: .the•
mode • of taking it being to i'infuilie, an
aqueous extract in •0peculiarly ' termed '
rape. (*inn smoking began in China in
the latter half of .the seventeenth centgry„
and in vita of alt.the efforts Of the govern"'
Ment 44 prevent it rapidly °spread till now
it may be called a national practice. . That
the Oinking, and. Smoking of laudanum
'and Opininl. are notunknown vices in New,
York. any ' physician 4vill' °affirm. But
there is a; -practicewhich is even' more
deleterious: ° -the 'nee of the -hypodermic
syringe; To estimate the growth of this
bill, it is only necessary to take.' the testi-
mony of druggists and: dealers in surgical
•instrunient&Thelact4t,..it-1.14;b99.9010„-A..
irGabliM Vii.til7iiklell p3C1,01 reformers •must
deal. ' Acquaintance with thismethod of
taking opium is made innocently enough,
it generally having, been prescribed by. the
family physician to . alleviate .a9nie, .teka-
Porary ailment. The effect is observed • by
the patient,'.• and . too often. ' when,
the anent'. , gees . 'the • syringe , stays.
There '.. have ; been • •manY • stories of
largequantitiesof. Opium 'taken by„those'
addicted to the habit without; producing a
fittaleffeet. An Englishman lately • resid-
ing in • this; • city Was. known, to col:ample
st grains 'eaclude.y,, • Proniiiient.uptown
-druggietV7Aeole7te. , . that they sell. more
needles to their general coitemeis than to
the Medical profession. - 'EqUally cOnolit-
81vene..to.:Lthe-prev.a,lence:of4lieliabit„o,
•snbcutaneone injection is the 'fact. that,.
wheteak_drnggistl'.:-•••,:cuistoreere;,.,used,: .to;,.
Wilk in . quantities • ief Irone...' •66...• ' to
420 : grains : in • the • crystallineierni
of • the: . muriate, ' , the • , sulphate, .. or.
the inetate„theeale novelargely,eonents: of
thir EiblitiOn 171..pientities Of: -from oinitiiaik
'Minces. :4. reporter talked yesterday with
:a . prominent ' physician, ,apon,.this tOpie,
"Many ; Medical .men," said he, ," areun-
aware , that . the use • of . the .'hypodermic:
esyringe eitial*YawAtetided oi.viith: !dangerof
instant -death:, .' The cause of this danger is
not well understood,bitt. tbefetalaccidents
that -have hei3n •:recorcled -4ere lie:b.-dna to
the, 'taking . of 'larger doses than thin Mani by
mistake, :nor to the OulMintitive effects of
the. drug. • . Cases lave.. Occurred ilorwhich.
persons haVe taken large, doses lot months
NOitliont "ptoducing... a- single unpleasantITyro1rotokl; and have a.iediti a' few_ minute's:
nfrOnithe.effecteof a quarter of the habitual.
quantity taken in the usual manner .and at
the regular hour. .....:. '. " ' • •••• • , • - • ' • ..•: • ,.. •
..,,Vhere is a : . danger , Of ' fatality against.
which no vigilance can guarcl...f,The'eyinp.,
toths ate not alwaye ,so severe' elb .to produce
,Corai; Unless- arrested. They, °Cour:eh:mit
once in one hundred .iidininisttaino&- :and
prove fatal at:least Onee in ten:. -That, is to
say, it e -,,-man‘ who uses the ''' hypodermic
syringe •at the, rate of ten ptincturean day,
Which isa:irerY.,r4449P,',0, average, , !Aiwa:
encApito. . the • • symptoms . and ' their
attendant danger of ,death once: in • every
ten days on the Outage,. and the • probabi-
lity is that:they will prove fatal Within Six
inonthe•after• the • habit is .formed:':.• •'Tlie
danger that he may be found dead is thus
alWayi it real :one with the habit' of the
hypodermic, -- la: danger ' .that ; 'linty 'at any:
moment itiVolVe-ii coroner's ' inquest and the
invitation of suicide." -Neu' Y OA Nag and
:Expressi * • , • ••:1 • - 7° , , --- ' . ' ' ' ''.• ;
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.. . ...
An Old. Nes. mile ' S..e, andel, • .. .
: §d :much: hasbeen.Said..,....freni time. to
time in, relation to the Morgan affair ; 'of
1826 that I have :heen• indueedto giVe pat,
,tiailtit',:litention: to the affair gairit
century ago „most of the .ineniocinnected:
With ' the affair were alive and Willingly
gave nie their stateinent•Of •the lint& Some
tine. in 1824 a , than tilling himself William
'Morgan, a stonemason, .came frOm,.. Canada
to .pOoliester, N.Y., end settled' there; ' He
WO a disreputable,. •wo,tthleis fellow, but
. but
smart and forward He brought with him
what purported tole • a ,Masonic • diploma,
and he succeeded by Be id in visiting -•the
lodge, there, ' -A few months later 110 bgan
to travel among theloages .o.f Western New
Ycirk, and in .1.826. removed to :Batavia.
Here he Wairldeteeted as in in -Teeter • and
publicly err:IA.4. Thiesti.,diasperated him
that he annoiniced;hiti purpose of . publish-
ing n'en. • expose , of ; the. secrets :Of Fre-
masonry, . and actually1egan, in cOmpany
.With one Millet, teprinte, „ to prepateench a
WOrk. • .., Some of the:, more , thOnghtless
Masonsthreatened.; him with • .- grievous -
'penalties if he didnot desist; and the pifillia
gave credence' to the ; idea. that he Was irx
peril of his. lite. • GOV: De Witt bliiit9O,
Who had long been '.•Grand Master, concern-
ed for tbe honor .of Mesonry,took the'lead
intaning money' to induce Morgantoaa
•. a • .
back to Canada.. 'A comMittee of most
respectable gentlemen mi
took the
matter in
hand di Clintons request, and on 'Sept:eta.
betlflin:1826,'Morgan 'Stetted for Canada;
Where be •had . ptoinised tosettle' down near
Aamilton, and his family; wete..ta„he sent
tahim: . Int tree • and with • money in his
pocket, he :pteseeifein 'AO 1•Montreal - and alll°
trace of hint was kst. :He May have been.
'Murdered for his money by the roughs, with:
,whoni• lie • associated, .or, • which 445`. •11-103,
thore•probabie;•Irellaihave shipped before
Hie mast On d giitopeen.hoinid vessel. • At •
. . . . ,
eny tete ' lie absolutely disappeared from'
the pages of history. -Cor. 1St. . „TAW* Globe-
Denujerat .• . • . ., . : •• • ' ' .
. • . , • • .
, TirottergIVing 'AWay 7.10alitlei4 .
, . • ,
. • '... - .. .
1. 'don't,. 'Mind giving. tip . illy neckties
before they're hall warnOut, . Siiidesaaitty
.young indn'yesterddy, ‘f heestiso they look
prettYin ciaxrquilts, But Bin going to
draw the line on My 'Untried' ladyfriends
hereafter.'" n" Why 2.' , asked 0 friend., ,.4 The
lest. 'lot Of scarfs. I gave toMra: --;--"lier
husband has been Weatingwit* sinee. • Do-
'. ' • n i• . 0
yon_blione the?' - . ut i. a o c eta ic.r. .... .; ,'
1.4 _
rorood to itemain In 41/411„ ebotr bYlt,
'Kechanical C0011#431e4.•
• An amusing' story roneerning the Duke
of Edinburgh is being told: While at
Chester His Royal Highnese wi,e,,shown, a.
his own request, by Cation„Tarver, an es-
tablishment where antique fUnliture might
be picked up. The foreman who waited On
them was all unconscious of, the quality a
the„ • Duke, and on •His Royal • Ilighneetk
notioinaa peculiar:Antique chairasked him
in jacese manner to try it. The 'Plike Oat
down, and immediately hie erne Were..im2.
prisoned by a mechanical arrangentimt:01., •
the chair, The Duke struggled to ,get out;
but could not do so until the liTioPltbeper re-' •
leased hirn,' after !giving - him ry ceraiia
amount of pent° chaff: The Dalta,n
the price of thephair and, bought it. The..
shopkeeper aeked'where he was to send
and on being told that he was to send it to
Canon Tatver's, fOr the ' Duke of Edin- • •
founded al the familiarity_ lierticr used. 'The -7..
Duke afterward remarked that never had .
he rieiM a man So frightened in his ;
London Exchange. . •
,0 •
TRICKING 4„Pulf-E” '
Some Old England oeseip.
The old Crown Court Church, Covent
Parclen,once ait4 for long the scene of the
labors Of the Rev. .Pr. Cumming, .of pro-
phetic memory, is now the Church. of the
Highlanders resident in London, with
services in Gaelic.
The two copies of . the Bible Used at
Queen. ,Victoria's cOronationnre still:in• ex- ,
istence. • One is an heirleain in the lamily, •
of the late Dr. :.Sumner, Bishop of Win- ,
cheater, andlhe other is Preserved in the •
; Lord Herschell, addressing,the young ,
nienatAldenham Institute. said thatior
long part of his life he workedonnincist'daya •
of the Week sixteen Wine a day -a fact to
be borne in.: mind by any one ;ambitious ot
Teaching the woolsack. _ ' •
Lord Mostyn has intimated his intention
Of presenting the Happy Valley, Llandudno,
to the town as a pleasure ground in,:a0M-
mtemeration of the Quiren's Jubilee: '
',..Mrs.....,HatrietiCemp, -Manchester, °?iirlio •
died recently, has left .-.ti,qao : to the
Wesleyan worn-out Ministers' fund,' 2500
to their foreign missions, and about £4,000
to pay off the debt • on Victoria -; Wesleyan
Chapel, . Cheetliamy and to capitalise the
ground rent.
1)octor0.4 Your heart is in a normal bon.
/ Nervous oia Lady -Goodness!
And is it fatal? ' Doctor -It's beat is iam-
bic. bid.. Lady -It's just dreadful i Doe.
tor"-Vereit. trochilid;" ar even ;Spenditic-'1
Old •Lady--Doetor, (16111 keep ine in Ulla
liorribleAnspenSe. • Give inc Some medicine
at once. Doctor -My dear; there's nothing
Oh t there i5ti4 ? ,Why; eey, so,
thenl
• --,, The young Wfttai ltha 'Wag re' cited
leee'When he WAS broken Of hia euted of para,IYaitt Ili the toga bv fiiit t has
1teirf-brOke,-490:. ' now loot the neeof bet torigne., ,
•
A fiingul4r," Fact.
,
. It is nsingular faci,;itireest. without
ex-
coption, the most successful ,literary Men
have always been. those.who did very little
reading. This seeing unaccountable in "an -
age when the world is -flooded With: cheap
'and 'rah-a:0We, publications. Some one
asked a•Frenchwriter Nhat.boOks he read;
He replied; "1 never read anything but ;
my own works: when I Want :to .read
novel I Write one 1" Sublime assurance '
you will will say. There is something in it; „
nevertheless. Pickens was very ithiph like
the Frenchman: .; When he wanted to have
it jollygood time it was his custom e to lie •
down and read "David Copperfield "
PickWick "- and laugh 'himself into 'fits'. •
-Atlanta Constitution. .
Sung Little .Portnnes : • ...•.
'Mat be had hy all who:are suillbiently intelligent °
an enterprising to eralnitee the opportunities• ",•
:which Cceasienallyaro offered the -m. '
Co.,'• Pertland, Maine, . have • something new to '
.cifferiu the line of mirk ,which ,you can Ao for
them; and live athome, wherever ypu are loCated. ,. •
Profits iminense,and every worker is of over -• ,
..$0,a atty.; ,severit). hive' Made ove'r $50in a Single '
day. All agesrlitith7seretw-Capitalnr
you are starts& free; all particulars,' free..• You ..
As_tt better *lite to theiu-a_Aciice. , . • . '
• Ohsertingsthe Proprieties. •
., At dessert •:.: One of the guests has:. ;been ;.
•sPeaking Of rather a lively /Orig.: Which has
made a hit in the Latin quarter. "Oh, sing."
it to Says. the COunteescie Sante Gine. .
Impossible, it's . really too naughty."
"Well,
;" Well, then," Persists the •countess, "give
ns•only,the words.' Figaro..
•
" Strictly True
In every respect and attested by '•• the teeti
MonY of thousands that Putnam's Painless.':• -
Corn Extractor is a sure and .painless :Cur°1
'tot Corns. The olainithat it iajnet as good
made, by.. those •endeavoring • 'te • 'pawl Off :
imitations for the genuine•only proves the
superiority of putnain's:" Use ,only
Putriam's Vainlese Coin Extractor.' •Snre,.
safe, painless. • .. • ;' .
.r• The lgtiliost Depth of Miliery:
At the Club: "Upon my soul, Dodson!
you are the dismalest.eampany .1 know of
singe that Brown girl:gave:you your anat. •
Inever saw a • fellow take the Mitten /06 ,-
Wretchedly,' " , " Wretchedly I 'lie*
Nst,retchedisn't a naino faw it. You pan,
,aw; faWney how Wretched "1 an .when
'tell you, 1, dw, don't eayaw 'a WO how my,
'aw, bWeechesf fit nie."=Tatrs•I'opici;
'The-, chilling, wintry winds' develod
rheumatic affections, for Which `the surest
mire known is. McCollcini's• Ithelimain Re- , •
.pellant; prepared - by. W. A. MeCollOM,
druggist, Tilsoriburg, Afia, sold by druggists • •
•af $1. *Sanapie bottles 26• c,ente each: ' • ' •
2. W. Rau, a. German eclinpositor of Bal-
timore„ told Warner Itieve. that when lie.
tlied. In wanted his body sold to a medical
college and his debts paid with the proceeds
Ilo. died on Wednesday, and Rieve. obeyed ;
his friend's wish ,andiold-the, body for $16
to „the Maryland ntrniV.etaity. -Melte was
greatly surprised tbe next clay when he was
arrested for dealing in dead Iminan bodied,.
I
II have a J4.I t I ':4,4 yr' to,031 by its tise
or tits "44 hind a11 or Idtig StItntlitl
hitie boon r sa sting le nit,. fsltli In its
iallikacy, that I tyl I send TWO 110171,FS 1'1tB50 together
With a' VALtrAtti,E, '1ATTSE.an this dhospe to soy
ilflSror.•Clivo osproiti, tnd addresp. • • •
,‘ A SLOCUM ••
Branch OfEce, 37 Tohgett.- Torota
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