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10 THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1C0Ö. fesscd, tinder any but encouraging circum stances. The annual ball of the St. An drews Society has just been given, and a bazaar is now in progress, at which all the fashion and beauty of IIong-Kons may ho seen on duty in the stalls selling sweets, and buttonhole bouquets and pincushions at exorbitant rates and giving no change. Just a thy would do in Kensington or St. Martin's Town Hall. A cynical German has just offered the sneering observation that "there is no beauty and fashion in Hong-Kong-not a single pretty girl." The heretical statement is his: not mine, and I merely submit it as a quotation, having firmly declined to attend the bazaar, and. to my great satisfaction, having arrived too lat for the ball. A BIT OF FRENCH TRICKERY. I have just overheard an Interesting con versation between a German ea captain and a California agent for some commer cial hou.e. They were discussing: the methods of the French for raising revenue In their provinces. Not content with wringing it from the people upon every possible pretext, they have resorted to means that are roundly denounced by all honest people. It Is well known that a very heavy fine is assessed for opium smuggling. The French are charged with hiring coolies to bring opium on board vessels clearing this and other ports and bound for those within the French con cessions. The opium Is packed like ordi nary merchandise, and Is placed, unknown to the officers of the ship where It can be convlently found by the customs officers when, the vessel arrives. The coolie who acts as the agent receives $10 or 515 for his part of the enterprise, and the owners of the vessel are mulcted to the amount of $13,000 or $20,000. They have no choice but to pay, and nothing can be proved, the coolie go-between vanishing, unable to sell out to the other side since he has rendered himself liable to Imprisonment. It Is termed here "a thoroughly French performance." That it does not tend to Increase the good feeling between the rival powers, openly or secretly disputing for a slice of China, goes without saying, and It will have Its weight, when the final measuring of strength comes, as come it must. Reverting to the question of shipping, I fcund upon looking at the marine news of one of the Hong-Kong dally papers that there have been upon the Japan and China station within the past two months twenty-five Russian men-of-war, with sixteen torpedo boat!, thirty-two British ships, eight German cruisers and the flagships of Rear Admiral Von Diedrichs and Prince Henry of Prussia, seventeen ships of the French squadron, twenty-two United States men-of-war, with one each of the Austrian and Portuguese, and two of the Italian navy. That these ships are concen trated here for any other purpose than to be In readiness in case of a crisis no one denies, and with the present Jealousy and rivalry it would require but little to pre cipitate an outbreak. We, of course, have legitimate business In the Philippines, and our vessels, coming and going, can give a sufficient account of themselves. The same cannot be said of the others. An open rup ture between Japan and Russia la talked of everywhere, and there are few who do not think that the inordinate vanity of Japan enormously inflated since her triumph over China, and her recognition as a first-class power does not need a backset. Should such a conflict occur Germany and Eng land could hardly help but be drawn into It, and trouble once begun, no one can tell where It will end. One is Impressed with the difference In te Chinese north and south. In the north, especlally'in the country, they are polite, frank, good-natured and hospitable. Edu cation has done great things for them. The young men and women, enlightened and liberalized by training In English schools, are as fine a race as we can find anywhere. They absorb western Ideas wonderfully, end this without losing anything of their own natural virtues, and one should come to China to realize what lofty virtues the unspoiled and more progressive people pos sess. Here they are moody, insolent and sullen, earning ten times as much as the northern Chinese, being provided with em ployment upon which they can rely, and for which they receive su;h compensation from the foreigner as they could never hope for from their richest and most gen - erous fellow-countrymen. They have, ap parently, for the American and European nothing but contempt and hatred. They see foreign vice in its ugliest aspect, and they have a xor opinion upon any professions of superior civilization from such a source. THEY ALL SPEAK ENGLISH. One sees everywhere scores of half-castes -mixtures of American, English, French, Portuguese and Chinese who possess all the vices of both races, and few of the bet ter qualities of either as is usually the case. The half-caste Chinese Is alienated from the Chinese, and is barred from European society. He cuts oft his queue, wears European clothes, gold-rimmed spectacles and has his teeth filled, and la condemned to a political and social limbo from which there seems to be no deliver ance. There Is cne thing in which they all dis play wonderful energry. and that Is In ac quiring English, which they all endeavor to learn. One of my servants, a youthful looking boy., that brought up my morning cup of tea told me that he had two sons in a mission school. "lie learn English and catchee more money," he said, which meant that our English-speaking boy com mands much higher wages than one who has not acquired the western tongue. I attended a debating society connected with one of the Protestant missions and was wonderfully impressed with the ease vr'th which the orators spoke, having ac quired not only a very correct pronuncia tion, but a command of the difficult English idioms which was almost miraculous. With the debate, all of which was in En glish, select readings were given, and it was interesting to see what sort of litera ture had appealed to them. One had chosen an extract from Thoreau. anothor from Washington Irving, while a third read one of Longfellow's poems, and read it beautifully. Aside from the threatened dismember ment there Ij an Internal evil which menaces China quite as gravely, and that Is the opium traffic. There are apologists for the pernicious thing, those who go so far as to say that used moderately in the malarious climate of China the effects of the drug are beneficial. But it will be found that such apologists have either never investigated the matter or are not disinterested In their assertions. A gentleman cited the instance of his compradore as an example; the man held a sponsible position in a bank and still did his work acceptably, although he was an inveterate opium smoker. But. upon being pressed, he admitted that the man had risen to the position that he occupied before he formed the habit. Men who form the habit rarely or never advance, but steadily deteriorate. The smoker begins with a moderate dose, which he steadily In creases, until the amount used dally passes belief. The whole night is spent in the dens, and wRcn day comes it finds the amoker dazed, stupefied and berSmbed mentally and physically practlcallyVica pacitated. In the interior whole proviXres are given over to itf youns and old slaves to the pipe. They can be. recognized at once from their excessive emaciation, the sunken cheek and glittering eye. In China the temptation to such debauchery is peculiarly strong; the people are frightfully poor; only half nourished, they are weak and feeble; the opium pipe is a substitute for food, and in its dreams they forget, for a time, their ever-present misery. It is said that the vice has Increased enor mously within the last ten years, and there is not a missionary dispensary or hospital where patients, men and women, do not come by the score Ito be cured. For the poor creatures realize their danger, and many of them do fight against the vice with praiseworthy resolution. Hocg-Kong, beautiful and impressive as It Is, Is, In reality, a monument to the In famy of the opium traffic, against which China made a noble if Ineffectual struggle, and fastening the evil upon the country is one of the blackest crimes that can. be charged to the British government. MARY II. KROÜT. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. M. R. D., Richmond: The gentleman of whom you inquire is understood to be un married. 9 m Has the book "Hoosier Schoolmaster" ever been dramatized? B., Sharpsville. We think not. m a Please explain the origin of the term stepson. J. W. A. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word "steop," meaning orphaned. What is the value in our money of the Chinese tael? O. M. Taels ar of varied mintage and range in value from $0.724 to $0.806. What title Is abbreviated to G. C. B. V. C. ? J . E. Two titles are conveyed by these initials Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath and the Victoria Cross. -i- t i Who killed Andy Bowen, the prize fighter? Scribe. George Lavigne, the Saginaw Kid, was Bowen's opponent in the fatal fight. This was at New Orleans, Dec. 13, ISOi. When the election of President devolves upon the House of Representatives, for how long may the House continue to vote for candidates in case of a failure of one candidate to get a majority? F. S. The Constitution, Article XII of the amendments, gives them until the 4th of the following March. Is there an American association of hay fever victims, and have they accomplished a cure? A. N. There is the United States Hay Fever Association, whose purpose is to investi gate causes and report remedies for the malady. Its annual convention is of the nature of a series of experience meetings, but no cure has been discovered. What was the name of the horse General Sheridan rode from Winchester to Cedar Creek? "Was its body mounted after death, and, if so, where can It be seen? B. P. S. Winchester was the name of the animal. It was mounted and placed in the Mili tary Museum at Governor's island, New York city, with the old harness and a biographical sketch written by General Sheridan. Can ycu tell me the name of the Amer ican officer who fought a naval engagement with an English admiral in a bay on the coast of Portugal, an account of which was published recently by one of our leading magazines? T. J. D. This was Paul Jones, and the engage ment described was. between the Ranger and the Drake. "The Effrontery of Paul Jones' is the article's title. "A pint Is a pound the world around." Is this statement exactly true for water? S. C., Wabash. It is only approximately true as to water. A pint of water, at a temperature of 60 de grees Fahrenheit, weighs 7,291.2 grains avoirdupois measure. A pound, avoirdupois weight, is 7,000 grains, making a difference of 201.2 grains, or a fraction more than half an ounce. Who were the Blue Lights of the war of 1S12? E. E. The Federal party. Commodore Decatur, with three warboats, was chased into New London by a strong British squadron. He tried many times to get out to sea, but was prevented, he declared, by traitors who warned the British by burning blue lights on the shore. From these circum stances came the nickname. . "Where does meerschaum come from? From what is amber made, and what is the source of supply? Con. It is mined, chiefly in Morocco and Tur key. Amber is the fossil resin of an ex tinct species of coniferous trees. It is dug for systematically along the shores of the Baltic sea. and. in small pieces is often found along the Atlantic seacoast. and in what are called the tertiary coals of the far West. "What is the significance of Pandora's box? F. E. According to ancient mythology It was a box or Jar which her husband had been forbidden to open. Overcome by curiosity she opened it. and before she could close it again all the evils from .which man suf fers escaped, hope only being left within. By another version the box contained man's blessings, which took wings when it was opened. Is it proper, in a social game of whist, for a player to show disapproval of his hand or of a play by his facial expres sion? S. H. One of the rules of whist etiquette adopt ed by the American Whist Congress reads: "No player should in any manner whatso ever give any intimation as to the state of his hand or of the game, or of approval or disapproval of a play." This Is formal whist; the rules of "social whist" are un certain. What are the regulations a3 to naturali zation of soldiers? T. M. Any alien of twenty-one years or over who has been honorably discharged from the army of the United States may become a citizen on his petition, without previous declaration of Intention. But he must have resided in the United States one year pre vious to his application, and be of good moral character. Residence of one year In a particular State is not required. .i. Jm Please give me a short biography of Is rael Zangwill. W. S. M. He was born In London, of Jewish par ents. In 1S64, passed his youth in Plymouth and Bristol, and was educated at the Jews' Free School, in Spltalflelds. There he car ried off the scholarship and medals found ed to commemorate the admission of Jews into Parliament. Before he was twenty one he graduated at London University with triple honors. In his sixteenth year he was writing for publication. -5- -f- 'T IS time dated from the birth of Christ? If so. when was the custom established? J. II. L. A. The present, or Christian era, was once supposed to correspond with the date of Christ's birth, but now some scholars put his birth on April 5, four years before our era began, rhlle others trace It to Dec. 23, 1 four cr five years earlier. The practice cf reckoning time from the supposed date of his birth did not begin with Christians un til the sixth century, and did not become universal with them until 000 years later. " How old does a person have to be before he can go into the Naval Academy at An napolis? 2. Is a common school education sufficient; If not, what more is required? 2. What will It cost per. year ?B. R. W. 1. He must be' between fourteen and eighteen years of age. 2. He Is examined by an academic board In reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, geography, English grammar. United States history, world's history, algebra through quadratic equa tions, and plain geometry (Ave books of Chauvenet's geometry or an equivalent.) 3. The pay of a naval cadet is $500 a year, be ginning at the date of admission. What is meant by a condensing engine? E. One in which a partial vacuum is created In the exhaust side of the piston by con densing the steam, or other motive fluid. In the noncondensing steam engine the steam, at the pressure of the atmosphere, passes as watery vapor Into the air at a temperature of about 212 degrees. In the other it is conducted to a chamber, cooled and released as warm water, to be re turned to the boiler. The condensing type has the advantage of greater mean pres sure in the cylinder from a given boiler pressure. That means a smaller engine for a given power. . m Is tobacco grown on the European con tinent, and if so, in what countries? What Is the average annual yield? 2. Which five countries produce the most tobacco, the United States and the West Indies ex cepted? 3. Where Is the finest tobacco grown? S. J. T. Tobacco is grown in considerable quanti ties In Germany, France, Italy and Spain, but the several state or government mo nopolies take charge of it, as well as of the tobacco imported, and we do not know the amount of annual yield. Turkey produces some very fine tobaccos. 2. Venezuela and New Granada, probably. They supply 20, 000,000 founds for export annually, besides raising enough for a liberal home consump tion. 3. Cuba. Who was Toimy Atkins, and 'why is the name used in referring to British soldiers? 2. Will you please tell something of the Fenian raid? I. J. J. The term arose from some tiny pocket ledgers which were at one time served out to all British soldiers. In these were to be entered various details of the soldier's life and enlistment. With each book the War Office sent a form filled in, and instead of the law's John Doe or Richard Roe, used on this form the name Tommy Atkins. The name stuck, first to the book, then to the soldier. 2. Probably you refer to the raid of 1S66, In which 1,500 Fenians invaded Canada. They did some skirmishing, and the President issued a proclamation warn ing those taking part that they were vio lating neutrality. Very soon after General Meade was ordered to look after them the flurry was over. - -1- -A. W. F., "Whltestown: Andrew Carnegie made a very large fortune In the iron and steel business at Pittsburg; Claus Spreckels made a very large fortune in the sugar re fining business. The latter has naturally a personal Interest In opposing national ex pansion as. In time, if the Philippines are a part of the United States territory the duty on sugars imported from there will be re moved. Both men have great financial ability, but neither has any special qualifi cations which would make him an authority on questions of statesmanship, such as the advisability of national expansion. 2. The tcwer belonged to a cold storage building owned by a private firm and it was ar ranged for the manufacture of Ice. The wooden exterior of the tower was imper fectly protected from the iron chimney within and fire was discovered near the top. After a number of firemen had reached the blaze flames burst out beneath them and in descending to the roof they lost their lives. Who was Mrs. Jefferson Davis? Was she Mr. Davis's first wife? 2. Who Is Cecil Rhodes? 3. Who wrote the poem contain ing the lines, "I would not own a slave to fan me when I sleep, and tremble when I wake?" 4. Who wrote, "Oh, for a lodge In some vast wilderness?" 5. What is the meaning of "The Angelus," the picture by Millet? Mrs. E. W. C. Jefferson Davis's first wife was Miss Tay lor, daughter of Colonel Zachary Taylor, afterward President. She died soon after marriage. His second wife, Mrs. Varina Howell Davis, was born in Natchez, Miss. They were married F,eb. 26, 1S43. 2. Rhodes Is one of the South African millionaires. To his enterprise more than to any other man's is due the spread of British domin ion in South Africa. The Jameson raid was one of his undertakings. His present scheme is a railroad to connect Cape Town and Cairo. 3. Both these quotations are from the "Task," by "William Cowper. 4. The Angelus is a devotion of the Roman Catholic Church in memory of the Annun ciation. In some coutrles a bell is tolled to indicate its hour. Millet's famous picture shows a man and woman working in a field as the sound of the bell reaches them. How was a presidential reception con ducted "during the administration of Wash ington? How were they dressed? How were they received? Were the guests announced at the door or were they presented to the President individually, and by whom? G. R., Huntington. To prevent being overrun by purposeless callers at all hours, President Washington appointed the hour between 3 and 4 o'clock each Tuesday afternoon for the reception of gentlemen. He met ladles at the recep tions given by Mrs. Washington, who also had stated hours for the ceremony. These receptions by Mrs. Washington, were con fined to persons connected with the govern ment and their families, foreign ministers and their families, and persons moving in the best circles of refined society, who were expected to appear in full dress. On these occasions Washington generally stood by the side of his wife, dressed in a plain suit of brown cloth, with bright buttons, with out hat or dress-sword. At his own recep tions he wore a suit of black velvet, black silk stockings, silver knee and shoe buckles and yellow gloves. He held in his hand a cccked hat with a black cockade. An ele gant sword hung by his side. The visitors were introduced to him as they came In by his friend. Colonel Humphreys, who acted as master of ceremonies. The reception was almost as free to the promiscuous public as presidential levees now are. To Jly Own. The sqalrrel lies hid in his hollow tree. All wrapped in his l5n. soft tall; The rabbit ts vnufrgled .as snutr can be In his home 'neath the old fence rail; The partridge is only a bunch of down Where thickest the arching brush They In the forest and we in the town. Hush, my honey-boy, husn. t Th field mouse carls in a velvet ball Far under the dead swamp grass; In his hole by the frozen waterfall The mink dreams oft of the baas; And every chick of the ground and air Iscuddled In haven deep So here, in the glow of the firelight fair. Sleep, my honey-boy sleep. The North Wind romps with the whirling- enow: Sly Jack Fro?t noses about: But wood and field are abed lor no, N'ot even the owl Is out. And here, where the motherkin's breast is warm. And motherkin's arm are tlrht. Safe from the snow and the frost and the storm. Good-night, honey-boy. good-night. Edwin Ik Sabin, in Saturday Kveninr Post. It. E. Springsteen & Co., popular-priced tailors, .Werth Peassylvsnla a tret;. HEDIOAL IT0TZS. Prepared for the Sunday Journal by an Old Practitioner.' Speaking of diet as a method of diag nosis. Dr. Splvak says tfiere is a deep meaning in the German saying, "Der Mensch 1st was er" esst," which may be freely translated, "Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you what-you are." One will tell you that sauerkraut and beer predom inate In his diet; don't hesitate to designate him as a Teuton. One who mentions pota toes with a sort of reverence is sure to have come from the Green Isle. One who speaks of caviar and vodka with a water ing mouth may be. put down as , a subject of the Czar. If rice and maize are the chief articles of subsistence the differential diag nosis lies somewhere between a Chinaman and a Spaniard. If animal 'food is con sumed In large quantities you will not be far from the mark by putting him down either as American or English. Large quantities of food are taken by working men, butchers, cooks, beer brewers, glut tons and idiots; by those suffering from a dilated stomach (first stage), hyperacidity and nervous dyspepsia. Anorexia, the com plete absence of the feeling of hunger. Is an expression of some disturbance, and occurs mostly in the young among the well-to-do classes, and predominates in women. There may be a pseudoanorexla, the patient fearing to take food on account of the distress it causes. Anorexia, if per sistent and not amenable to treatment, should be an indication for a thorough ex amination of the lungs. Anorexia is a fore runner of the tubercle bacilli. The opposite of anorexia bulimia, the absence of satiety is, in the majority of cases, of nervous origin. One should, however, look out for round ulcer, tapeworm, diseases of the sex ual organs and diseases of the brain. Ab normally large quantities of food are taken by diabetics and convalescents from ex hausting diseases, and those suffering from hysteria, epilepsy, hydrocephalus and tu mor of the brain consume, as a rule, aston ishingly large quantities. The average phytician is fortunate if he makes anything beyond a mere living, but some surgeons who attain great reputa tion occasionally receive very large fees. A surgeon in San Francisco recently re ceived $30,000 for performing a successful operation and twenty-one days attendance upon a miner's wife. Dr. Tiffany, of Balti more, received $10,000 for a single opera tion, while Dr. Chambers, of the same city, received $5,000 for dressing a stab wound. Dr. Parks, of Chicago, received $10,500 for an operation, and Dr. Bernays, of St. Louis, $3,000 for a single operation. This list, published in the Medical Sentinel, might be greatly extended, especially if $1,000 fees were included. However, the whole list would be a very small percent age of the total number of practicing phy sicians, while the list of those receiving for all their service less than $1,000 per year would be very large. To those who can see only the fair side of a physician's life the prospects seem alluring, but in order to be successful the physician's expenses must keep pace with his increasing success, so that the cost of instruments and appara tus, the cost of keeping a horse and car riage, the cost, perhaps, of a driver, the in creased household expenses on the one hand, and many poor accounts on the other, the physician, as a rule, is fortunate if his accounts balance, the difference often being one of loss rather than profit. t V T Acting on the advios-eff'the Council of Hygiene the Prefect of Police in Paris has decided that ice sellers must stock and sell ice of two definitely distinct kinds. These must be ticketed as Ice for eating purposes and ice for industrial purposes, the former being obtained from spring or sterilized water. Attention was called to the neces sity of such a law by the fact that impure ice was sold which caused various dis orders of the stomach and bowels, some times of an epidemic nature, especially In summer. This ice was either natural cut from foul water or. artificial ice made from dirty water. Many years ago expert analylsts In this country proved that ice contained disease germs such as typhoid fever, and that the fact that they were frozen did not materially lessen their viru lence, but I believe that no laws have been passed regulating the sale or supply of ice. ... A retired physician of Cholet, France, recently met with a most horrible death. For four years the man had been a con firmed drunkard and had lost his reason as a consequence. It was his custom to wander through the streets daily, so that when he failed to appear the neighbors be came anxious and wentv to his home to see what the trouble was. This physician had seven dogs, and these dogs were found in his roam literally devouring him alive. They were so fierce that no one dared to enter the room, and they were only in duced to leave their prey by lures of fresh meat, by which they were enticed away from the house and shot. Upon the table, beside the man's bed, were eight empty quart bottles, so tnat when attacked by the dogs the man was probably in an alcholic stupor. " " Dr. Goodhue, in the journal of the Amer lean Medical Association, gives an interest ing sketch of the condition of medicine ex isting in Hawaii. Many of the natives still believe that disease is brought about by evil spirits, and there are .still many native physicians, called kahunas, who prac tice a kind of faith cure. Epidemics formerly occurred at long intervals, but were extreme ly fatal, as the people were very suscepti ble. During an epidemic of measles there were not enough well persons to provide for those who were ill, and one-tenth of the inhabitants died. a a War, so far reaching in Its results, has an influence on the drug market. Quinine, for example, increases in price owing to the demand for large quantities used in the army and a consequent diminution of the home supply. Recently, London agents have written to wholesale druggists that the British government has forbidden the further export of carbolic acid, claiming that the entire supply is needed for horfe use In the manufacture of lyddite shells. The Immediate effect, when the news waa received, was to double the price of car bolic acid In New York. T T T , In France It would seem that a belief In witchcraft still exists. A peasant of Nolr lieu, being convinced that a quack doctor named Gatineau had thrown a spell over his wife and caused her death, sent for this doctor to meet him at a certain place, and as soon as he saw him shot him in the chest. Gatineau fled - and was again wounded, the shot also breaking the arm of a woman running to his assistance. The doctor died several hours after, and the man Bade was arrested. r r -r Some years ago Dr. Domlngos Frelre startled the world by his investigation of the causatlori of yellow" fever, and claimed that he had found a process of vaccination against that disease. Recently the Brazil ian National Academy of Medicine, having considered thia cubjsct, recorded an tn- FOR kdimm Sets of peer and' lower Sets We desire to call 3'our attention to the fact that we have been lo cated here for years,and that in dealing with us you get the best and have the satisfaction of doing business with old established and reliable dentists. This means much to you. We always look after and handle our patients carefully. We are not here to-day and gone to-morrow, but here to stay; always glad to give our services to our patients, guaranteeing careful and skilled treatment, best materials and prices that are consistent with good and honest dental work. Leading physicians in this and other cities recommend our pain less and harmless method of ex tracting with our own Vitalized A. V I TAFT Sundays, 9 to 12. D phatic protest against the practice of pre ventive vaccination against yellow fever as recommended by Dr. Friere, characterzlng It as not only useless, but dangerous. . In Paris, according to a recent order of the under secretary of state, to avoid transmission of infectious diseases the re ceiver and transmitter of all public tele phones must be disinfected daily by being washed with a strong solution of carbolic acid. Medical men say that while the idea is excellent the choice of a disinfectant is a poor one, for carbolic acid has an abominable smell and Is of very feeble power as a germ-killer. A New York oculist believes that, from continued exposure of the e'yes to electric light a sightless race may be evolved. To remedy this he believes that electric lights 6hould be abolished and fluorescent tubes be substituted in their place, giving a steady light at no more expense. It is said that arrangements are being made to light an entire block in New York by fluorescent tubes. According to Dr. Lee, In the Medical Times, this is the season of apoplexy. He claims that animals living a natural life rarely die of apoplexy. Unsuitable clothing, bad Judgment at the change of season and other errors In dress cause much trouble to such persons as have, by unnatural con ditions in early life, become prone to apo plexy. He argues strongly against extreme ly heavy clothing at any time. A bill has been introduced Into the New York Legislature wfth the object of pre venting the sale of old canned goods. It provides that the manufacturer of cans shall imprint upon the bottom and sides of the cans the year in which the cans are made, a penalty of 10 cents a can being Imposed upon every person exposing for sale or selling cans not bearing an imprint. Prescriptions. As a diffusible stimulant for nervous headache, especially in women. Dr. Collins recommends: Carbonate of ammonia, 3 drachms; tincture of sumbul, 6 drachms; spirits of lavender, 1 drachm; ammoniated tincture of valerian, sufficient to make 8 ounces. The dose is two teaspoonfuls ev ery three hours. In water. ... In urticaria, or nettle rash, a disease often occurring In children, especially after eating shell fish, the intolerable itching may be relieved by the following applica tion. Chloral hydrat, 45 grains; cherry laurel water, 2 ounces; distilled water, 6 ounces. After which the following powder or ointment may be applied: Salicylate of bismuth, 2 drachms; powdered starch, 12 drachms. Or hydrochlorate of cocaine, 8 grains; menthol, 4 grains; vaseline, 2 ounces. L. N., M. D. OUT OF THE ORDINARY, Of the British troops now . in South Africa no fewer than 5,000 are Wesleyan Methodists. In the battles of the Franco-German war the proportion of Killed to wounded was generally 1 to 4. In 1850 there were 71,000 tons of steel made In the whole word. In 1S93 the United States alone made 9.075,000 tons. The 3,602 national banks of the United States hold $1,013,122 worth of nickles and cents in their cash reserves. There are no front yards or doorsteps in Havana. The doors and windows of the houses open directly upon the sidewalks. The total paid for college education in this country is about $100.000,000 annually, a sum nearly equal to the entire civil ex penditure of the government. One of the books of etiquette in France during the fourteenth century advised the man of fashion to wash his hands every day and his face "almost as often." In the past ten years the production of wheat has increased' 54 per cent, in the South and the number of hogs raised there has during that period nearly doubled. Baldwin City, Kan., is the seat of a Methodist college. Cards cannot be bought in the town; there Is no place In which billiards may be played, and two attempts to hold a dance have failed. The North Carolina Supreme Court has sustained a decision rendered in Burke county. Imposing $1,000 fine on the Southern Railway for giving a free pass to a door keeper of the Legislature In 1&7. At Muheim, on Rhine, a -firm of rope manufacturers makes steel wire towing ropes five and a half Inches in circumfer ence in one continuous length of. nearly nineteen miles and weighing 20 tons. The scarcity of coal In London Is becom ing serious. English railways are required by law to give precedence to passengers and perishable freight to such - an extent that coal is being retarded in transit. Women as train porters are an innova tion that is fast becoming popular. The woman who wishes her shoes laced, her dress fastened, etc. is wondering how she managed to travel before without such aid. The number of Catholics in the Transvaal are roughly estimated to reach from 15,000 to 20,000, for the most part engaged in min ing business or mechanical pursuits. They are centered mostly around Johannesburg. Consul Swalm, of Montevideo, declares that as soon as American exporters place their goods in Uruguay as quickly and in as good condition as those of European competitors America can monopolize the trade. , Within the last year an ancient grave was discovered near Rome and opened. In It was found the skeleton of a woman with a complete set of false teeth, displayin ad mirable workmanship and wrought out of solid cold. 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