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quently urceil to use other prepare
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trjlng them that they are worthless
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An Old Lady.
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house. Token in small doses occa
sionally at night, Itpmcnts head
ache, and regulates tho kidneys,
stomach and other organs." 10
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It." Urn. U. Lamoreaux, l.lo La 31otte, Vt.
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li
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SELECT STORY,
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CIIAITLK 1.
AmbrtHu Nettloson has whut lie
tlilnkB U n valuable mamiscript. He
thinks sn, iloubtlesJ, becausu it ruconia
part of his life. Ono tiiglit recently,
while I wits at his house, he brought
out the manuscript and read it to me.
Although I did not ask permission,
yet I do not feel that I violat'i his con
fidence by giving ns nearly as I can
remember, tho contents of the paper
which ho treasured with such affeu
Hon :
Tho prospect wus not cheerful. I
was riding a horse across a country
whoso lonliness was as deep as a sigh
which bespeaks tho long abcnco of
some one. Night was coming on and
a storm was gathering its forces. A
frightened owl flitted past me, scream
ing in my face. Tho time of year was
when natuio hesitates whether to con
tinue winter or begin spring. My
horse almost eliook 1110 off when he
stopped and shivered. Tho owl scream
ed 111 my face again. Dead leaves, for
a moment, would whirl before me, and
then fall, scattered and torn as though
they had, by an angry hand, been
swept from their long, damp rest, only
to be mocked. "What a dreary, dreary
place it is 1" I mused. feel ns
thoujjh something terrible is going to
happen. The air, just before, the great
agitation which must come, seems quiv
ering in its desire to bear tho Bound ol
murder, murder 1 As I live yonder is
light. Is it possible that I shall receive,
shelter ?"
Urging my horse forward, I soon
reached a small house, near thu sum
mit of a desolate peak, overlooking tho
Arkansaw river. I dismounted near
tho door thero was no feneo around
tho house. My horse looked appeal
ingly at me and without asking per
mission from any one within, I led tho
animal to a stable close at hand and
took off saddle and bridle. As I was
returning, the storm burst upon the
river. When I approached tho door, I
heard a wail. 1 knocked and I heard
the wail coming slowly toward me. Tho
door was opened by a girl scarcely
more than twelve- years old. Her face
was tho pieluio of despair. Sho said
nothing, but pointed to a bod, upon
which lay an old man, gasping for
breath. Approaching him, I saw that
he had but a few minutes to live. Tho
girl knelt besido tho old man. Ho tried
to put his baud-upon her head. Fail
ing, he looked at me and I assisted
him. Ho tried to speak, but could not.
The girl sobbed frantically. The rain
poured down and tho storm shook tho
house.
"lie will never get well I" she cried.
"My grandpa will die."
Yes, her grandpa would die. His
life had already passed away. Tho
hand lying on her head was growing
cold. She looked .it him andshiiek
cd. What a night wo spent iu that
house. Tho storm howled and tho rain
lell until nearly daylight. Tho girl,
whom 1 saw was intelligent, with an
impressive face, said that her namo
was Munette Loggeraon, and that sinco
her earliest recollection sho had lived
with tho old man who had spent tho
most of his time, since sho begun to
talk, in teaching her.
"I have no relatives," she said in an
swer to a question.
"Any friends V
'No friends."
"You have neighbor"
"None. The nearest house is nearly
eight miles away."
I know not what to do. Surely tho
situation was serious. Karly at morn
i tig, we buried tho old man in tho yard.
As best I could, I made a colli 11 of a
trough which I found in tho stable.
After the burial, I went out and found
enough corn for my horse. I left Mun
ette "at the grave, on which she had,
sobbing bitterly, thrown herself.
"Wtiero are you going, little girl !'' I
asked when I returned, still finding her
on tho grave.
"How can I go anywhere V sho
asked. "I havo no friends, I told
you."
"You cannot remain here."
"I cannot go away.'1
"I will not leave you here. You
must go with mo. My mother has no
little girl. Sho will recoivo you."
Stilt lying on tho grave, and without
looking up.sho replied :
"I will go and woik for my board."
"You will not havo to work'. When
I tell my mother of tho circumstances
under which I found you, sho will take
you in her arms. Come, get your
clothes. It is tirau wo wero leaving
here. Sec, the sun is shining beauti
fully. It is a now day for you."
Without replying, she arose and
turned toward me. Her face, oven
aside from her grief, wns so sad, and
her eyes wore a look of such tender
appeal that even though she had rela
tives I would have thought it my duty
to take her homo with mo. Sho went
into tho house and soon roturned with
a small bundle.
'I haven't much to take," she eaid.
"Grandpa and I wero very poor, and
you sec, having inherited his property,
I am poorer than ever."
I was not surprised to hoar her mako
such a remark, for I had discovered
that sho nover associated with children
ami was consequently wise of her ago.
"You shall havo some nico dresses
after a while," I replied.
"Pretty red ones V
Tho child was asserting itself.
"Yes, and bluo ones."
She wept anew as we mounted tho
horse bIio seated behind me. As long
as we wero within sight of the house
she said nothing, but when wo had
descended into tho thick woods, sho
said :
"I won't cry anymore, if I can help
it."
"Your grandfather uiUHt have been
good to youl"
"Yes, but be mado me read many
books that wero very dull great law
books. I don't like them. Ills eyes
for many years havo been so bad that
I had to do all his reading for him. Ho
wroto a book full of curious things and
murders, but ouo day when he found
mo reading it, ho took it away from
me and burned it up. It must havo
been bad and ho must have been sorry
that he wroto it. What is your
namo 1"
I told her, and ox-pieescdmy surpriio
that sho had not sooner asked, mo.
"It was your placoto tell mo without
BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 3,
my asking," sho said. "When I told
you my name, you should havo told
me yours. Don't you Beet"
I acknowledged tho justice of her re
buke. Tho day passed rather ploasantly,
with tho exception of tho inllucr.co of
the night before, whioh naturally
enough she could not dispel mid which
I could not keep fiom arising occasion
ally. Wo sat on n log and atu our
dinner, and Miinctto's remarks gavo mo
additional insight into her closo habit
of observation. When evening came,
we slopped at a farm house, whero the
sad story of tho littlo girl awoke such
sympathy Ihat the kind-heaitcd house
wife begged mo to allow tho child to
leinain with her.
"It is a question that sho must de
cide," I rejoined. "What do you Bay,
Munctto "
"I am surprised that yon should ask
mo such a question," sho replied, ap
proaching tho chair whero I aat and
taking my hand. "Would it not be un
gratetul in mo to desert you so soon, or
to over desert yon?"
"She's got moro sense than an old
woman right now," said the host, ad
dressing his wife. "Our twenty eight
year old daughter that married last
month ain't a patchin' to this girl."
"W'y, Jcsperson," said his wife, iu
mild censure, "Margaret ain't twenty
years old."
"She's mighty nigh it."
"An' besides that," continued tho
woman, "sho never had a chance.''
"Didn't go to school three months
outtn nearly every year, eh t What
show does a gal want I'd like to knowt
This little creetur, I warrant you never
has been to school."
"Oh, yes, sir. My whole life has
boon a school. The Old houso where I
used to live contains many .books. If
you want them you may go thero and
get them. I shall never go after them.
I could never read them again."
"Well, blast my buttons if I don't
tnosy up, that way. I ain't much of a
scholar, but I reckon 1 can worry
through with a lot of them."
CIlAlTKU 11.
My mother welcomed Munette, when
I related tho sad -tory of how 1 found
her, the sympathetic woman took tho
child in her arms and kissed her. A
few days afterwards, when I returned
homo after a short absence, sho flashed
upon mo 111 a gay red dross. Sho was
more of a child than I had overseen
more so than I had thought it possible
for her to become. My mother was
delighted to soo her .innocent pranks,
and I, for tho first timo. kissed tho
child.
"You have kissed me at last," she
taid. "Is it becauso I look better in
this dress !"
"It is because you look more like a
child. Beforo you reminded me so much
of a woman."
"Do not women like to be kissed?"
I laughed and my mother, shaking
her head I can seo her gray hairs now
said : "Ah, Ambrose, our young girl
has a very old head."
Wo sent Munette to school. The
teacher, a man who had tho reputation
of being profound, met me 0110 day and
said :
"Look here, Munette is the most re
markable child I ever saw. Sho has
read so many books and makes mo
such wise observations that I am con
stantly surprised. To tell you tho
truth, I cannot advance her. Not that
I am not intellectually able ahem
hut because I do not think that at her
ago it would bo safe. Therefore I
would advise you to tako her from
school. I know the effect that too
much learning has on youth. I know
how narrowly I escaped.'1
When I spoko to Munette, she said :
"That school is a very dull place. It is
a constant hum of arithmetic. I don't
liko to cipher, as tho children call it.
Fractions mako my head aoho and mis
cellaueous examples make 1110 sick. Let
1110 study at home.
I took her from school. Sho was a
devoted student, but was never so ab
sorbed ihat sho was oblivious to tho
littlo attentions which a woman of my
mother's ago prizes so highly. Mun
ette grew rapidly and I was pleased to
seo that she was daily becoming moro
graceful.
ClIAPTEK III.
The war came on. How natural it
is, in writing a story, to say "The war
caruo on j" but this is not a story, and
nothing can ba moro natural than
truth although it is said to bo
stranger than fiction. Therofoie, when
I say that tho war came on, I intend
that tho declaration should havo its full
meaning. I left homo full of pride. I
was a captain. .My mother prayed ;
but Munette did not seem to bo affent..
ed. "Good bv." sho said. "War is
ono of tho incidents of civilization, as
well as a feature of baibarity, I know
that you will do your duty, and that
you will not forget tho littlo girl whom
VOU OtlCO saw Hnhbinn. nmlnr flin I1ar.1l
of a dying man. When you return, I
shall bo old enough to kiss you."
1 looked at ner in astonishment. Mer
riment snarkled in her pvph. Vnn
don't liko to kiss children, it seems."
"Jiuneite, you are strange. I ouce
said that I did not kiss von 1ipthhm
you looked liko a woman."
-un, yes, mat is true. 1 thought that
you did not want to kiss mo because I
was bo small. Thero now, captain,
don't bwoII up liko a toad."
I turned away. Sho called me, when
I was about a hundred vnrds nwnv ami
said : "When vou nass tho bit? crate.
look on tho right hand post."
I did so and found thu words, "I lovo
you." Under this I wrote, "And I lovo
you.'
I did not receive but ouo lotter from
Munette. and Hint, miirht tnvt m .r,ll
have been written by a professor of
geuiugy, ior 11s lour pages wero dovot-
P(l In II lipanrlntinn nf n l,t nt ..-.1.t.lr.a
i.v.w.. w. i iu, v n;uuiva
in a cave.
I returned homo ragged and ill. Mun-
otto was delifhteil tn kin mi. Him u'n
so peculiar, though that I could uot
...l.-.l . , .... .
icii wuetuer or not sue still loved mo.
It seemed that she, ili.l
ever I attempted to remind hor of It,
ol.r. ,.t,n.,...l .!. ... T 1 1 II
1-iii.ufcjyu uiu BUUJUCl. 1.1KU UU irUO
lovcis, 1 felt that without her my life
would bo a blank, I spoko to my
mother concerning my trouble.
"Sho Is a very strango girl, but I al
ways found her frank except when I
asked her If sho loved you, and sho ro
plied that the hawks had carried off
three of tho domiuicker hen's chick
ens." One day, hi passing thoTjlg gate, I
wroto on tho post tho following :
"Will Vou marry ine t
Two days afterwards I visited tho
place and found tho word "yes."
Without further communication, ex
cept to appoint tho timo by the "I'ost,"
wo wero married. I did not find her
disposition to bo peculiar, only in tho
intensity of her lovo for me. " "Why
did you treat mo so?" I ouo day asked
her.
"Tho dominickcr has a great deal of
trouble with hor chickens," bIio replied.
Shortly afterwards, when kIio thought
that I was uot looking, she throw back
her head and laughed. Arkansaw
Traveler.
How Chewing tium is Made Oat of Orude
Petroleum,
"There's a car load of solid com
fort for tho young ladies," said a gen
tleman in Liwrencoville to a reporter
of a Pittsburg morning paper, pointing
to a car standing on tho Allegheney
Valley railroad. "Now thoro's twenty.
live-barrels of chewing gum there," ho
continued. You may not know it, but
it is a fact that nearly all of tho chew
ing gum consumed in tho United
States and Vnssar Collego comes from
Pittsburg."
"Of what is this maidenly solace
composed ?" asked tho newspaper
man.
"Why, it's mado from tar, and tho
worst of tar. Tho Standard Oil Com
pany is a big thing on wheels whon
you get talking about oil, but it is just
as big relatively speaking when you
get into tho province of chewing gum.
You seo they control nearly all tho re
fineries, and it is from them that tho
gum is evolved, so to speak. Tho re
liners tako tho residum from the crude
oil after the refined article has been
made and work it in an agitator, pro
ducing a certain grade of paraffine
substance. This is sent to two firms
located in Boston and New York, who
put it through another refining process
and then scent tho stuff, cut it up into
small pieces, and the retail dealers take
hold of it and mako thousands of giddy
girls happy with 'something to chaw.'
Tho wax as loaded on tho cars is worth
17 cents per pound, but when put
through tho second refining process, its
cost is 30 cents a pound. I suppose
a pound of refined paraflino will suf
tico for the making of 500 pieces of
chewing gum: so tho profit in tho busi
ness is apparent when you recollect
that it retails for 1 and 2 cents a
stick."
"How much of tho wax is shipped
from Pittsburg wc.-kly t" asked tho ro
porter. "Well, about fifty barrels per week.
Some of it is used for finishing up in
filiated tolegraph and telephone wires,
some for making fancy candles; but
the best grades aro used for making
chewing gum. Iu fact, it can be safe
ly computed that twenty-five barrels of
this wax aro weekly shipped from
Pittsburg to be worked up into chew
ing gum. It is not a very attractive
loooking substanco when it has gone
through the first refining process, but
after it has been reagitated it comes
out a beautiful pearl-white in color and
is absolutely tasteless. Tho making of
paralHue is ono of tho green spots in tho
desert of refiuiug just uow, considering
the condition of the oil trade. It is
only within the past few years that the
secondary refining process has been ac
complished in this country. The wax
was sent to Scotland then shipped
back to this country. Tho two lirma
mentioned in New York and Boston
are now making a good thing out of
tho business.
Taken for an Alligator,
Captain Paul Boyton has opened au
aquatic museum in New York. Ho
should secure an old fellow whom ho
encountered during his float down tho
Arkansaw river. Just beforo reaching
Ked Bluff, a nativo who had nover
heard of the captain, saw hira float
ing. "Ef that ain't a alligator Baid ho,
"I'm a fish."
Springing into a boat, he rowed out
to investigate. vVhen within speaking
distance, tho captain, who was afraid
of being shot, raised up, and called
"Halloa !"
"Wall, I do declare," exclaimed
tho old felloiv, ceasing to row, and
gazing at tho captain, who in his rub
ber suit, looked like some terrible mon
ster. "I havo heard o' a heap o' things an1
havo seed a few, but you air the fust
talkin' alligator that I over seed.
Tho captain to humor the fellow,
and not knowing that his words would
enforce conviction, replied :
"lcs, don t many of us talk, but I
got tho hang of it somehow."
"Wall, I do declare,' said the old
fellow, slowly rowing down tho stream.
"You must'vo larnt it from tho Yan
kees." "Yes."
"How'd they do it ?"
"Split my tonguo."
"It's a pity they hadn't split your
hoad open, fur you'll causo
trou bio enough, turned loose in this
river. Uomo out on tho hank an let
mo gel a good look at you. I'd like
fur my wife to seo you, fur 6ho thiuks
that I m tho uclii'st thine next to a
cat-fish, but blamed if you don't lay
over me. Whar you goin , any how T '
"Going hack down 10 tho Miesissip
pi." "Whar you been ?"
"Been up to Fort Smith ; went up
after a school of bas."
"Wall, if ,you ain't a peculiar fel
low." "Say, if I como out may I stay all
night with yon t"
"Yes, go a little furder down thar
an' yer ken git in tho bayou an' sleep
thar, but mind, if I ketch you on ray
trot-lino you're gone up, talk or no
talk. Good byo; nover seed the like o'
you befo' and I hopo never to agm,"
and taking a final look, hu mused:
"My Lawd, but ho's a onery cuss.
Arkansaw Traveller.
Tho oldest volunteer military body
which English annals reoord is the
Honorable Artillery company of Lon
don. Its origin dates back to the reiiru
of William II, when it horo tho title of
tho company of St. George and was
composed of citizens who formed them
selves into an armed association for
thu preservation of public order. In
155B, when tho Spanish Armada made
the actual attempt to invade the coun
try, they raised a loice of 10,000 men.
This was probably tho earliest dato at
which volunteers wero raised.
1885.
Life In Persia.
AN ENGLISH DOCTOR IS SENT
BO.MB PKIISIAN LADIES.
POll 11Y
Doctors are privileged persons. Pos
sibly on his first visit, or if his patient
bo tho wife of a holy man, they may
bo veiled but afterward tho veil is
cast asldo. Ono great characteristic of
the Persian is his curiosity 1 among
Persian women it is developed in an
intense degree. And that is why it is
that tho doctor is so often sent for.
I have been summoned to tho house
of a Persian grandee. Iu deference to
Oriental prejudices I havo discarded
my linen cutaway coat, which from its
shortness, is considered indelicate, and
substituted for it tho professional
black cloth frock.
"Heart's Delight I Heart's Delight I"
shouts our guide, as he reaches a grimy
curtain, at tho samo timo signalling mo
by a wavo of the hand to advanco no
further. A scuttling of slippered feet
is heard, and Ileal t's Delight, a hid
eous negresB of middle age, dressed in
dean and bright print garments, raises
tho curtain. "In tho namo of God, you
aro welcomo j you havo been expected.
One minute, sahib, till 1 inform our
lady," grins tho black slave woman,
Tho curtain falls, and in the half dark
ncss of tho passage tho porter gazes at
me and 1 gaze at tho porter. "Ne
gresses aro the daughters of burnt
fathers," ho rcmaiks. To which I re
ply, "Yos, yes," as is the custom in tho
East rn Rearing a self-evident proposi
tion. Now wo aro awaro of considera
ble commotion and shrill voices from
behind tho curtain, and, before I can
bo enlightened further by the door pur
ter on tho subject of the daughters of
burnt fathers, the curtain is nuain rais
ed, this timo to admit us. "Welcome,
sahib. Pray enter. May your foot
steps bo fortunate 1" Our guide, the
sooty Heart's Delight precedes us.
Wo reach tho door of the principal
apartment, tho windows of which look
down upon the wholo length of the
hauz. I cast off my galoshes at the
door, but retain my head gear, for to
reraovo it would bo tho height of rude
ness. Heart's Delight motions me to
a seat on a chair (tho only chair; Per
sians sit on the ground) at tho head of
tho room. When I say that the inter
ior of this apartment resembles tho
halls of the Alharabra Court at tho
Crystal Palace, as they appeared in
their first splendor beforo tho great fire
there, I exactly describe it. A price
less carpet, surrounded by felt edgings,
two inches thick and a yard wide ap
pears like a lovely but subdued picture
artfully set in a sombre frame. In the
recesses of tho walls aro many bou
quets iu glass vases. Tho ono great
window a miraclo of intricate cargon
try, some 20 feet by 20 blazes with a
geometrical pattern of tiny pieces of
glass, forming ono gorgeous mosaic.
Threo of tho Bashes of this window aro
thrown up to admit air : the colored
glass of the top and four remaining
sashe? effectually shut out excess of
light.
The frou frou of silk is heard.
Thro ladies enter tho room. Their feet
and legs aro bare to tho knee, for thoy
havo cast off their shoes at the door;
but tho rest of them is shrouded in a
large sheet of dark-bluo silk, tho outer
veil of tho Persian lady. Gracefully
they sink down into tho heaps in a
Bemicirclo opposito us. "Salaam, sa
hib. You aro welcome. Tea, tea, for
the sahib I" I respond in the custo
mary way, and inquire after tho health
of my veiled hostesses. Only ono re
plies, in a confident tone she is evi
dently of middle age; and self-possessed.
Tho other two bluo heaps shako
with inward mirth, but aro silent. "It
can not be, it is too hot 1" tho lady
continues, as she castB off her dark-bluo
envelope an examplo immediately
followed by her companions.
Heart's Delight hastily folds up tho
threo veils; and a plump, middle-aged
lady, very comely and her two innocent-looking
daughters, handsomo
young women, fair as any English
girl, with round chubby faces and mag
nificent eyes aro disclosed to view in
all tho splendor of tho Persian lady's
indoor dress. Tho costume of all is
tho same, varying only in colors, and
these aro of tho gayest; short and vol
uminous skirts ot silk, much bouffee,
reaching to tho knees; shirts (tho Per
sian word, like the French chemise, is
applied to tho garment of both sexes)
of transparent silk eauzo s tinv Zouave
jackets of gaily embroidered velvet,
just covering tho shoulders uud the top
of tho back (of theso tho sleeves aro
unbuttoned from tho elbow, hanaintr
down and showing the gay linings of
paie-coiored out Drilliant silk); the top
of tho head and tho cars aro hidden hy
gorgeous silk kerchiefs, embroidered in
gold ; and thero is no moro clothing to
describe, unless tho numerous brace
lots of tho bantrlo form, of cold and
glass, which jauglo as the ladies move
their arms, may bo called clothes.
The ladies chat ; tho vounccr ones
only to each other in an undertone, for
maiden modesty prevents their address
ing tho doctor; but thoy giggle and
titter a good deal, and they aro duly
reproved for it by tho elder lady. Tea
in delicalo old china cups is served; wo
all Bmoko hubble-bubbles, and four of
them are brought by Heart's Delight
atiu iiirce otner uiack tetnalo slaves.
Presently I hear a titterinc bohind me.
turn, and instantly thero is a Jead si
lonco as a bright curtain of shot-silk
quickly falls, but not before I have ob
served an amused bovy of gayly dress
ed women and children. "Excuse them,
XJr. bantu ; thoy are so dull, so dull.
uonvcrsation turns upon tho curious
castoms of Europeans. I am asked if
1 am married, i havo to admit that I
am not, and I am duly pitied. But
then, ''After all, you are right. Whero
thero is a woman there is discord,"
says my hostess. Moro tea; moro pipes.
Sweet cakes, confection, and conserves
aro handed : icod sherbet. 111 Bohemian
glass tumblers, gilt and of gaudy ool
ors, is served. 1 insinuato something
to the effect that this is a professional
visit ; my hostess smiles. I repeat tho
remark, and then tho lady, rising to
bid farowell, replies : "Wo wero dull ;
wo wero bored j vou hrwo desennuye
us. Wallah 'with a littlo lauch
"I havo forgotten why wo sent tor you.
Your footsteps, nowevcr, havo been
fortunate, for our hearts aro no longer
sail.
So hero was an fcnd of my visit. Wo
Bhook hands hoartily, and the lady
guve 1110 n huco bounuct of narcibsus
as I loft.' As I ode homo through tho
giaung streets I tell all the moro clear
HIE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XIX. NO lit
COLUMBIA DKHOUKAT, VOL. XL1X, MO (1
ly that I had been merely sont for out
01 cunoMty. Hut the handsomo littlo
carpet that I afterward received as a
fee reconciled me to tho experience.
and caused nio to icmembcr that it Is
not iu Persia nlono that ladles summon
n doctor simply becauso they aro bor
ed. The HofWater Onre.
r.ITKCTS OP THE TREATMENT AND THE
POINTS IN ITS PAVOlt.
It may seem a startling assertion,
but it is nevertheless a fact, that more
persona arc to day taking hot water for
various ailments than any slnglo drug
jn .our pharmacopa-ia. Tho spread
iu tho belief in tho medicinal value of
hot water has travelled chiefly by
word of mouth. To apply hot water
medicinally could not havo become so
universally a custom unless great bene
fit had been bestowed by it upon
many.
It was first employed in 1858, ao
cording to Dr. Cutter, by Dr. J. II.
Salisbury, who mado use of it in a scr
ies of experiments undertaken unon
animals and men, with reference to
the effects of animal food upon the
animal economy as a cause and a cure
of disease. Theso experiments wero
commented upon by tho London Lan
cet as a "raluablo American contriott-
tion to medicine," according to Dr.
Cutter.
The benefits that result from the in
ternal use of tho hot water must be
due, in part at least, if not wholly, to
heat, said Dr. Ambrose L. Itanney in
a recant lecture before tho academy
of medicine in this city. Some of its
ellecs aro manifested almost immedi
ately in organs connected directly with
the digestive apparatus.
ine water may be taken in doses of
from one goblet to ono and a half. An
ordinary goblet contains about ten
ounces. Tho dosa must bo mod I fi id in
accordance with its effects.,
It must be drunk hot, and not warm
(110 to 150 degrees). If necessary,
fifteen minutes or more may bo con
sumed iu sipping a goblctful. Wood
en cups provent tho water trom cooling
quickly. Tho water Jtnay bo flavored
with lemon, sugar, salt, gingor, etc., if
necessary, but it becomes very agreea
ble to tho palate without such after tho
patient has taken It for a short time.
I lie doso must bo taken ono hour
and a half beforo each meal, with abso
lute punctuality, and 0110 at bed time.
1 atieuts have the first doso broucht to
their bedside and consumo it beforo
rising. Tbo passage of tho fluid into
the intestines, or its absorption beforo
tho meal, is insured by this rule. Tho
quantity taken daily mcst bo modified
according to the effects produced.
II10 temperaturo ot the water should
be increased as fast as tho patients can
bear it. It is remarkable bow liitth a
degree of heat somo patients can en
dure after taking hot water for months.
At first such a temperature would
blister tho mouth. Below 110 de
grees the heat is not sufficient, as a
rule to have any effects save as an
emetic.
The administialion of hot water
must bo continued at least six months
in order to get its full effects. It will
be somo wet-ke, as a rule, before any
beneficial effects become markedly ap
parent. It is not sufficient for a test of
its value that it bo given at regular in
tervals, with variable degrees of tem
perature.
lhe use of cold fluids in tho form of
beverages must be absolutely prohibi
ted. A restricted diet is often necessary
to tho full effects of tho treatment in
somo forms of nervous dciangemcnts.
It is customary with somo patients to
forbid all sweets, pastry, fresh bread
in any lorm, and tats. The condition
of the subject, In respect to lleeh, is a
guide, as a rule to tho character ot tho
diet prescribed, provided that marked
disturbances to digestion are not to bo
combated.
On drinking a goblet of hot vatcr
for the first timo a sense ot warmth
within tho stomach will bo produced,
unaccompanied with nausea. Eructa
tions of gas from the stomach com
monly occur within a few minutes af
ter the first doso of hot water. This
effect may persist for some weeks. Ex-
cessivo eructation indicates that fer
mentation of food occurs after eat
ing. i he skm soon shows the effect of
the heat. A gentle glow with a ten
dency to perspiration is developed rap
idly. This is diffused the cntiro
body. Uoldness of tho extremities is
often very much benefitted, and in a
short time, by this treatment. Tho
circulation of tho body appears to be
come more uniform.
The kidneys exhibit marked effects
of this treatment early.
1110 accessory organs ot digestion
(tho liver and pancreas) seems to be
stimulated by tho internal uso of hot
water, l'lalulcnce aud constipation
are enumerated as things of tho past.
ine nervous system seems to bo nro-
foundly impressed by a nrolonged use
ot tnis agent. Especially is this tho
case among that class of patients who
Buffer from tho effects of anosmia of
the brain and of the spinal cord and
spinal nerves.
aids meiuou 01 treatment nas cer
tainly onu thing in its favor that few
possets viz., it is harmless. Because
its remedial effects aro so slow in some
cases, it is no proof that they are not
nouDiy permanent.
Most of our nationality chill their
stomach with ico water between meals
and during the act of eating. Who
would think ot feeding a horse, and
placing a bucket of ice-water by his
side? Tho question may bo raised if
this ono habit alone has not done moro
harm to tho nervous systems of men
than tobacco or alcohol.
Tho success of tho hot mineral wa
tcrs,as consumed at tho famous hot
Bpriugs of this country and Europe, for
chronic diseases, probably depends
moro upon employment of internal heat
than upon the mineral ingredients of
tho waters themselves.
It is harmless if properly administer
ed. A degree of temperaturo that can
do endured by tho mouth will not im
pair tho integrity of the stomach
Many ot 119 drink eoffeo and tea al an
equally high temperature, and in ns
large quantities as are compatible with
too noi-water treatment.
Its effects aro comparatively mil
form, provided it ho given for a stilK
ciet-t period. Exceptions provo the
rule. Isolated cases may uo occasion
any encouniereu wnere tno results as
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It scorns to exert n curalivo influ
ence iipsn many of tho ohronio diseas
es that influence and disturb tho proper
assimilation of food. Somo of these
aro Important factors in tho develop
ment of nervous derangements.
It appears that the curalivo influ
ence of hot water is not usually tran
sient. In many cases tho symptoms
havo shown no tendency to return
when ouco checked by Its use, provid
ed tho patient's indiscretions do not
lead to a relapse.
It may be employed as an adjunct to
all recognized methods of treatment,
without detriment to tho patient.
It exerts a marked influence upon
disturbances of tho nerves.
In diabetes and in somo kidney de
rangements its action as diuretio is
quite remarkable in some cases.
As a laxative, hot water has - a
slow but decided action. It seems to
bo a justifiable deduction that the
functions of tho accessory organs of di
gestion aro mado active by its uso and
brought to a standard of health.
The Bk'n is stimulated by tho use of
this agent, and the cutaneous circula
tion Is apparently rendered moro unl-
lorm.
Fiom a few experiences made with
rcferenco to tho effect of this agent as
a preventative of seasickness, it should
bo employed for from four to six
weeks preceding an ocean voyage, in
accordance with tho rules given above.
Hartford 'Times.
A Dog that Feigned Death,
A troop of soldiers under tho com
mand of the Neapolitan Government
was marching at night toward a little
wood, which was supposed to bo the
lurking place of a horde of banditti.
When tho Boldiers had almost reached
tho wood they saw a littlo dog, that
had been lying down and keeping
watch, rise and begin to bark at tho
top of his voice. The Boldiers follow
ed him, thinking that ho would give
the alarm: and, indeed, when they had
reached the middle of th& wood, they
found that tho brigands had fled. The
officer in command, in bis anger, shot
tho dog that had just made hira loso
his prey. Tho animal bowled fearful
ly, and fell, to all appearances, dead.
Tho soldiers went on their way, but
in a few minutes saw tho very dog
that had just been "killed" stealing be
hind tho trees, tacking like n ship, and
intently watching tho direction which
they had takon. Thoy ran after him
and caught him, and found that he had
not been 111 tho least hurt. His in
stinct had taught him to feign death
that ho might bo able to keep at his
sentinel's post. His remarkable intel
ligence and cunning air won the love
of the soldiers, who adopted him and
trained him to hunt tho banditti for
whom ho had been so faithful a watch
man. Good Cheer.
Taking a Name in Vain
Somo years ago tho lato T. S. Arth
ur published a novel, tho sccno of
which was laid in Washington. It
pictured tho downfall of a talented
young man who had gone to tho bad
through his loudness for drink. Tho
author then proceeded with great exact-
nets to picture tho fascinating hostess
a lady prominent in the social circles
of the capital city at whose winetable
the yoiiug man first developed his al
coholic appetite. He called this lady
jlrs. Logan and described her as tho
wife of a gallant Union officer. When tho
matter was brought to General Logan's
Attention he addressed a sharp noto to
Mr. Arthur, asking how he dared to
take such liberties with a lady's name,
and assuring him that bis wife was a
teetotaler of tho most advanced typo.
Mr. Arthur answered that ho was a
very prolific writer, and left even tho
correction of tho proof to his publisher.
lie explained that he had hunted up
tho original manuscript of tho story,
and found that tho lady to whom refer
ence was mado was dubbed "Logon. "
Tho namo was purely imaginary. The
typos, thiuking tho proper reading of
tho word was Logan, and so printed it
through the entire work. Mr. Arthur
offered to make any reparation within
his power, but, ns it was too late to
undo the harm, the matter was drop- .
ped. Chicago News,
Compelled to Danoe.
A story has just como to light iu
Canton, Ga., which affords much
amusemont to natives at tho expense of
three Boston dudes, whoso connection
with tho opening of a Geortria marblo
quarry took them there. Thoy havo
had much amusement with mountain
hoosiers and delighted in showing off
their superior accomplishments. While
on tho way to Tates recently, they met
two harmless-looking country boys
who, barctooted and with but ono sus
pender over their shoulders, were trud
ging to town. 1 ho Uostniiians stepped
in front of them and ordered them to
danco a Massachusetts juba.
When the mouutaineers became sat
isfied that the ISostoniaus wero in earn
est tlu-y pulled out two ugly-looking
rovolvers and changed tho programme
by ordering tho dudes to dance. Think
iug to humor tho ioko and thus escape
easily they danced awhile, but tho boys
would not let them halt. Ivor hvo
hours under cover of revolvers tho
Bostotiiaus danced such a jig as has
nover beforo been seen. When tho
time was up ono of the mountaineers
exclaimed : ".Now, dang it, run 1
The Bostonians were only too glad to
go so ana reaenca lown lootsoro anil
weary. They are now seeking logal
redress.
Iu tho West Albany shops, Superin
tendent Buchanan, of motive power,
and his men havo devieed a smoke-con-Miming
locomotive attachment, which
is being tested on No. 238, 0110 of the
engines drawing tho "flyer from Al
bany to Syraouso. It is simply an ar
rangement whoreby four ouo sixteenth
of an inch jets of htcam are forced into
the fire-box from opposito ends above
the coals. This device causeB the
smoko to burn and also creates addl -tional
heat. Threo tons of coal arc
saved on each trip to Syracuso and ro
turn hy using tho consumer.
The United States has 17,000 dent
ists, who use a ton of gold aud fivo
tons of other metals and mako -1,000,-000
artificial teeth annually. Only ono
American iu eighty is found to have
perfect teeth, and one-third of tho pop
ulation make more or less of the arti
ficial product.