A VISIT FROM THE SEA,
Far from the loud sea beaches,
Where he goes fishing and crying,
Here, in the inland garden.
Why is the sea gull flying ?
Here are no fish to dive for ;
Here is the corn and lea;
Here are the green trees rustling,
Hie away home to the sea,
Frosh is the river water,
And quiet among the rushes ;
This is no home for the sea gull,
But for the rooks and thrushes.
Pity the bird that has wandered |
Pity the sailor ashore
Hurry him to the ocean ;
Lot him come here no more,
High on the sea clifl’s ledges,
The white gulls are trooping and crying,
Here, amuong rooks and roses,
Why is the sea gull flying?
HARRI
————————
Late one afternoon in the autumn of
1845, on returning to my office after
visiting some patients, 1 found this note |
lying on my table: |
~ Dg James: Will you do me the |
favor to call at my office this evening |
before retiring? 1 have something
importance to communicale,
Yours truly,
“J. L. GARRETTSON."
The office that I occupied was in & |
large. old fashioned building (since torn |
down,) on Arch Street, Philadelphia.
It was a large double mansion. I occu- |
pied the right band parlor as an office in
conjunetion with a young dentist, while |
Dr. Garretson who owned the house, |
occupied the left.
Dr. Garretson at that time was a!
man about thirty-five though he looked
ten gears older. He was rather tall,
and slim in figure, with a face that had
once been handsome, though this was |
nearly obliterated by trouble, sickness,
or something else,
Though with the reputation of being |
a skilled physician, his solitary habits |
kept the fraternity from seeing much of
him. Indeed, he was the most seclu-
ded man that I ever met.
Having had my office for three years |
under the same roof with Dr. Garrett-
son, snd in all that time not having |
exchanged a dozen words with him, of
course I was surpMsed on reading his |
OLE,
My friend, the dentist, retiring about
seven o'clock, 1 finished my business |
for the evening, and knocked at the doc-
tor's door.
A voice !
of |
wd me enter,
the door. The shutts
and there was a lamp
the table. The doctor was
with his bands
sttors
I opened
were ¢losed,
burning on
standing near the door,
placed behind him,
i wantin
ve | was turning around to close the
door 1 received a heavy blow from be-
hind, stunned me; though I
seetn to have a faint recollection of the
doctor's turning the key in the door
ar 3 bindmg me.
Be that as it may, however, 1 know,
when I recovered, I was bound hand
foot, and so tightly that I could not
while I was securely gagged by a
handkerchief being stuffed in my
uth, and then being firmly tied be
nd tay neck.
[ could neither stir nor speak; all I
4d do was to listen and trembie, for
[ suspected the doctor intended taking
life, -
I was speedily reassured however.
“You have nothing to fear, Dr.
James,” said thedoctor, who had taken
a seat near the table, while he had
laced me on a chair near the door; “I
fitated no barm to you. 1 am sorry
ipelled to hurt you, but 1 had
method of accomplishing my
t. Before we proceeded to bus-
ss. 1 will examine the wound I gave
which
anda
stir,
YY
3 - s GE "
the scissors and cu
ight
He then bathed my head
i placed a cooling lotion en it.
he said, as he finished, *'l
suffer much from it
Ss saying he took
3 « 1: 3 y $? % § 1 §
+ Bir away (rom he ne MITHOOW OF
wound,
Dot
The doctor, for some time after he
bad fixed the wot did speak,
but eontinued pacing the room in deep
thought.
Ts
iw
fos
vie
¥ *
2
ug
was raining outside and there was
noise in the stree | 11 was quiet
gave the ticking of the clock and
no i doctor's feet. 1 can recall
my feelings as I sat there, bound hand
and foot aud mouth, waiting for him to
Speak.
At last he stopped his walk
taking a seat near me, began:
“1 have a confession to make to-
night. The confession must not be |
told till [ am dead. After the confess-
fon I intend to hang myself. The door
will be broke in the morning, and you |
will be released. This will explain my |
conduct toward you this evaning.
“You have known me, '| believe, for |
about three years. Yor .ave heard me
spoken of as a strange man, you think I
am a strange man, When you have
heard my story you will know what
made me 50.
‘*My father was a wealthy cotton |
planter; i was an only son. After being
pampered and spoiled at home, till my
conduct was unbearable to all that
came in my way, 1 was sent to college in
one of our Northern States and after-
ward transferred to the Universily of
Pennsylvania, where 1 studied medi-
cine and in due time graduated with
high honor.
fy father's money soon me in
a respectable position as a doctor in one
of our large Southern cities. In a
short time [ had gained an extensive
practice,
“With one of the families that I
prme in contact with dwelt a young
woman named Laura Moyer. She was
employed as governess, but her beauty
and other attractive qualities won her a
place in the hearts of those with whom
she resided, and she was treated more
as a daughter than a governess of their
children.
“Fate, as it were, threw me con-
stantly in this young lady's If 1
went toa ball, she was there; if went
toa theatre, I was sure to meet
and at vary social meeting I attended
she constituted one
'
i
$ hie
the
Lie
and
her,
of the
" this frequent intercourse
ripened friendship; and from friendship,
love. Though my social position placed
me far above hers, still love made us
equal, and finally 1 proposed to her and
was accepted.
“My family was greatly against this
alliance. Every inducement was offered
me to break my promise of marriage
and marry a rich beauty of my parent's
selection. But all their pleadings were
father disowned me,
“My practice was good and we suc-
of the belle of every assemblage, 1'd
not have to tell this story to-night.
“One of our many visitors was a
young man named Larue,
of mystery about him, and a thorough
man of the world. He
most ardent admirer of my wife, and
was seldom absent from the house.
“I don’t think I am naturally a jeal-
ous man—that is, enough to accuse a
fiding husband living.
“To get my wife from the iufluence
of Larue I relinquished the extensive
practice I had gained by skill and in-
Here I purchased the house that we are
house that the crime was committed
that has been hanging on my conscience
like a millstone for years, and which 1
will atone for to-night by my own hand.
“We had lived here perhaps three
getting patients; my wife seemed to
“| was overwhelmed with
he didn’t leave my house, Ile had the
advantage by his impenetrable coolness,
and he answered my threats with inso-
lence. He left the house, promising Lo
call again when he pleased to do so,
“] appealed to my wife to renounce
all thoughts of Larue, reminding her of
my constancy as a husband. But her
head seemed turned again by her lover,
and she was as insolent as be.
+] suspected the Jovers would have a
interview that erening, as they
knew [ would be absent, But I bad
determined to stay at home unknown
to them and watch.
“My suspicions
Larue come. They
Silently I crept
room, and through the key hole watched
them. I heard all that said and
done, They were planning an elopment,
“It was then the thought of murder
first occerred. 1 would kill the faise
wife and deceitful lover. But how?
“To use firearms | discover me,
and Larue having greater strength and
being more active than 8 wouiQ have
the advanta in a personal encounter,
I had it!
“| would first stupefy
commit the murder.
“This is (the way I
“My wife proposed having
supper, and 1 knew they would use
wine, I procured a bottle and drugged
it, then placed it in a conspicuous posi-
tion. The bottle of wine was used, and
the lovers were soon, with their arms
locked the embrace ol
stolen
I heard
into the par-
into an adjoining
were correct,
went
107,
Was
wis
i
»
weomplished iL:
H
in
“ihe rest was soon done. My first
glep was bind their arms securely,
then, with a rope, 1 strangled them as
sat locked n each other's arms,
after + murder! IE was no
sooner committed than I repented it.
Here were bodies—those damning
witnesres—whal was Ww with
them? I could not bury them, and my
blood shrank from burning them.
Yes. thers was a way! 1 partly un-
art of embalming. It was
ape detection, |
{ i nd before mom
ing | had the bodies embalmed and hid,
“I'he next day 1 informed my neigh-
bors that my wife had fled, and 1 ex-
p:cted she bad eloped with Larue. i
My character placed me
above suspicion.”
Jere the doctor ceased speaking, and
taking & pen aud paper, wrote for a
considerable time, He then sealed the
paper, and laying it on the table, said:
“That paper finishes the story, to-
gether with instructions 1 wish obeyed;
1 see your position is painful, but there
cau be no help till morning.”
He then bid me good-bye, telling me
I should never see him again alive,
I managed to get on the floor, and I
1 don’t know
how many hours I remained awake,
suffering with my cramped position, but
at last sleep came to me, and slept till
I was awakened by the noise of break-
tO
the) 1
oh 12 es 5
nat the
the
be done
ace 10 es
The note the doctor had left told us
the bodies were concealed in a chimney,
that was walled up, and that his body
would be found in the marret. He
wanted all three taken South, and
buried near their former homes; and
there was more instruction regarding
the property that he had bequeathed to
his parents,
We found the bodies where the doc-
tor had indicated; and he was found
banging in the t. His wishes
were complied with to the letter—his
parents coming on and taking charge of
the bodies,
This has been years ago; but I shall
never forget thenight when I was com-
pelled to listen to the doctor's story.
Paganism in Siberim,
The territory of Russian Siberia, one
and a half times as large as the United
States, has belo to Russia three
centuries, yet of the 4,000 000 inhabi-
tants nearly one half are still pagans,
Paganism 18 fostered by tie home gov-
ernment. The pagan priests are allow-
ed to collect burn the copies of the
Bible with which the sup
ply the converts, and no missionary
hay baptize without authority
ore 30 do Almost Any
Christianity from the country.
A Fav ured Lund. gh
The Maoris, with a faith born of long
experience, bring their sorely-tried
rheumatic friends from far and near:
and well are their pains rewarded, for
many who have been crippled for years
are here restored to comparative
comfort and health, We saw
one poor 'ad who literally lived in a
mud-pool, just like one of the African
mudfishes, He was suffering from an
agonizing hip disease, and his friends
| had carried him from afar to try this
blessed remedy, He certainly obtained
great relief from lying in the muddy
water for hours, but, in his weakly
state, he very naturally fainted on being
removed, so his kindred thought the
best thing they could do was to build a |
| hut over the pool and keep him ia it |
| permanently. So there he had already
lain for months, and would probably |
remain until he died. |
Some of the bolling mud-pools are |
horribly repulsive, They he in great na- |
tural pits or craters, and, as you stand |
on the brink watching the surface of |
black boiling mud slowly upheave with |
a dull gurgle and then burst in the form |
of a monstrous bubble, you can scarce- |
ly repress a shydder at the thought of |
how one slip of the foot on that greasy |
soil might plunge you headlong into
that horrible pool, therein to be hope- |
lessly engulfed, The very silence with |
which it works is an slement of horror, |
contrasting with the noise and euergy
of the clear boiling lakes and the roar
of the steam-clouds that escape from a
thousand fissures in the rocks and from
chasms all over the mountain sides,
There is, however, one mud-like in
which interest predominates over hor-
ror. It an expanse of half-liquid
gray mud, from the surface f which
| rise a muititude of small mud volea-
really miniatures, not more than |
three or four feet in height, but each a |
perfect model of an ideal-conical crater, |
like Vesuvius or any other voleano of
| graceful outline, From each little sum-
mit come puffs of white steam, and
then a small eruption of boiling clay,
which, trickling down the surface,grad
ually builds up the tiny mountain.
The Maoris not only absorb this
chemical mud externally, but they take
large quantities internally. There are
several places where a thick dark mud
exudes from fissures in the rock,
this they have discovered to be edible,
and eat large handfuls with the great
appreciation. One bolling mud-
hole is known as the porridge-pol in
consequence of this peculiarity aud i
git it swallow enough
ale appetite
mud-pools an
voice
Sleain rising
is
of
noes
and
est
natives who vi
satisfy an ord
What wit!
and one ks
iphur and co
every
CARONS, rere
ins of
ride from the well-baked
rom the surface of the lake
solored broiling
and {
pith muddy
the silver
Roto Mal
of marvel
creation
world on whos
our commonpl Ce
The sulphur volcano i
nk of thelake, very near the so
k Termces,’”” which, In
t. are distinguished from the
Terraces” by a most delicate ting
pale salmon color, like reflected sunli
on spow. The sulphur volcano pro-
duces a most startling effect of color
ing in contrast with the vivid blue of
sky and lake, It is entirely yellow-
just the color of a bright# primrose
and the great celumn of steam ascend-
from it wed, and all
¢ water near it is tinted, while
the rocks far and near are coated with
a deposit of pure sulplar.
ii
ing 18 primrose-h
th thus
Gold,
Gold and silver, the metallic substan-
, were from
held in great estimation; the
earliest mention on record of gold is
(renemis where it la
Havilabh, “There is gold
of that land is good.” 1
Abraham it already passed as
weight, and was used for making orna-
there lacking proofs tl
the rss
Rays
money Uy
8; nor are hat
t was manufactured into man)
hold artis The abundance of
in ancient times is very remarka
exarople, the treasures of 5
when he made so many thin
gold; none of t were o
that was nothing accounted for in
lays of Solpmon,” for we King made
silver to be as the stones in Jerusalem,”
Nor does this appear to have been bj
any means a solitary instance; profane
authors speak of the large accumula-
tions of treasure, both by sovereigns
and private individuals,
aarti
A Valuable Stone.
men
04,
Ol
pure
ver, for
the
RE |
£8
Hem #ii
vag}
wa
This 18 the name of an enormous
piece of amber exhibited in the Royal |
Geological Museum at Berlin, whither |
it was sent by a company of amber dig- |
gers in west Prussia, who found the
| same on Prince Bismarck’s birthday
(April 1), at a depth of sixty feet below |
| the surface, The piece is a unique one, |
| not exactly for its size, but for its shape |
| and its remarkably fine color, the ab- |
| sence of any defect and its singular |
| clearness of sound. Its weight 1s 3830 |
| grammes, length twenty-five, width
nineteen and thickness ten centimetres,
The value of the find may be inferred
from the fact that another piece in the
museum, larger to be sure, but infinite
ly inferior in quality, was bought of
King Frederick William LIL, in 1803,
for the sum of 10,000 thalers,
A———————_—
es MM A
The Growth of Para.
The fortifications of Paris are threat.
ened, not by an enemy this time, but
by the Parisians themselves. The city
is outgrowing its old zone, and the for
tifications are in the way. The room
they occupy is required for bulldi
urposes, According to a F
architoct—an authority on these ques
tions-Paris requires 100,000 additional
to the 70,000 Jamities hy
a
Great Writers,
Alexander Hamilton, on a certain
occasion, remarked to an Intimate
friend: *‘People are all acéustomed to
speak of me as a man of genius. Now,
call it, if you will, genius; it is, in
truth, only the ability to do well what
comes before me to perform.” And
the correctness of Hamilton's definition
of the full term is fully sustained by
the example of 80 many eminent intel-
lects whom the world takes pleasure in
refering to as “men of genius.” The
great Plato, whose thoughts seem to
come 80 easy, is sald to have toiled over
his manuscripts, working with slow and
tedious elaboration. The opening sen-
tence of **The Republic’’ on the au-
thor’s tablets wad found to be written
in some thirteen different versions,
When death called him from his work,
the great philosopher was engaged at
desk ‘‘ecombing and curling and
weaving and unweaving his writings
after a variety of fashions,”
diction is full of sach grace and simpli-
city, 80 muci: 25 as to create envy, yel
find that the great author wrote with
the most painful deliberation. It
narrated that the press was stopped
again and again; after a whole edition
make a
At the
tine he occupied the position of Under
Secretary it became necessary for hum
order that its author might
the demise of Queen Anne, and to make
known to His Royal Highness that the
throne of England was vacant. But
the fastiaious secretary was in such a
dilemma with respect to the choice of
expressions in which to convey the lm-
formation, it was found, at the last
moment, that the duty of writing the
Prince would have to be delegated to a
very humble clerk, who afterward boast-
the great
Addison--found so impossible to per-
form.
The historian Gibbon, in spe
the manner in which he wrote h
asked: “Many experiments were
before I could hit the middle tone
tween a dull tone between a d
and a rhetoncal declamation, T
times did I compose the first cha
and twice the second and
{| was tolerably satistied
effect.” Lamb tolled most lal
over his essays, T papers
ong ago DECANE As CIas
Des
tone
ree
1d
iii
ti
Was RCC
vs to ti prepa
}
!
MI) Ie
18 Weekly al
wer VE AE
stan
ception of
allowed to enter under any circus
whatever. Here
critieal papers which carried captive
the heart of France and filled with won-
der the cultivated mind everywhere, It
took Baffon
Studies of
draft was
some eigleer
it ready
Ces he wrote those
1%
ES
r the first
rewrile it
med
His man
used large size
he dee
we ruled five dis-
column he
ALLE,
istter-paper, on whic!
fie “8 Yt
W106 CF
Humans, n the first
jotted down Lis first th in the
i he enlarged upon and pruned his
ugh fifth column
he would labor, in which column be at
jast svrote down the result of all his toil,
And yet it 1s told of him, that after
this ex of wind he
extent
O00
1
nd 80 on to the
CESIVe MDOT
a senleuce to
ight limes, on
fourteen hours in disco
r word with which
ewrile tie
twentiy-e one
5
ope to finish +
senleance,
In the early career of
found that
day was all
he
authorsh
write. As
however, in
such facility
to write several
pages every day, Still with all his ge-
nius as a novelist, Bulwer was never
reckoned asa ready writer, The poet
Rogers once toiled for two weeks in the
preparation of a pote to his “Italy. >
and the note was made up of only a
very few Imes at that.
blanque, editor of the
Eraminer, wrote in such a labored man
was able to
a ocd,
he
became ex}
ip
that he was easily
was to write two (sometimes
editorials each week, and these were
always carefully revised, and to such a
degree that several of them were re-
written a doven times each.
The great Balzac after he had made
a plan of a novel, and had, after the
most laborious research, gathered to-
gether the materials which he was to
embody in it, would lock himself in his
private apartment, shut out all the light
of day, and then, by the aid of his study
lamp, he would toil day and night over
the work before him. His servants,
knowing so well his peculiar habits,
would attend to his every want, fetch-
ing him the necessary food and drink
with which to sustain his physical
needs, and thus he would toll on, until
finally, with lus task completed, as he
thought, he came forth from his retire
ment, looking more dead than alive,
But invariably his task would not be
altogether satisfactory to him, after all,
for again he would seek the seclusion
of his chamber to re-acrange and make
more perfect that which he had before
supposed wholly complete, Then, too
when in the hands of the: printer (God
pity the poor puiusors) he would be as
apt as not to alter. in one way and
another, the manuscript, until both
printer and publisher were on the
verge of r. Kinglake's beautiful
“Eothen' was rewriton half a dozen
times before it was given to a
for consideration. Teunyson’s song,
“Come into the Garden, »
rewritten
a S————"
“Locksley Hall,” though the first draft
of this exquisite poem occupied two
days in its composition.
Tom Moore, with all his wonderful
brilliancy, considered it doing very well
if he wrote fifty lines of his ‘‘Lalla
Rooke” in a week. Our own mateh-
less Hawthorne was slow in composing,
Sometimes he could write only what
would amount to half a dozen pages a
week, often only a few lines in the same
space of time- and, alas, he would fre-
quently go to his chamber and take his
pen, only to find himself wholly unable
to perform any literary work. (I fancy
this trait of character a peculiarity of
genius.) The author of *‘Pleasures of
Hope”’ was slow of thought, and conse-
quently his mode of composition was
i toillsome in the highest degree. He
wrote extremely cautiously, weighing
| and shaping the effect of each particu-
| lar line before he permitted it to stand.
| He used to say that his ‘‘Gertrude of
| while at the same time he expressed
himself to the effect that it was sadly
{in need of a careful revision. It was
| rarely the case that he was salisfied
with his poetry. Oftentimes that which
he had written at night would be given
{ over to the flames in the morning. But
any poet of his time,
Bret Harte, whose creations read as if
they had come from his brain wiihout a
flaw or hindrance, showing bnlliancy
of thought, with the grace of the artist,
is still another who passes days and
| weeks on a short story or poem before
{ he is ready to deliver it into the hands
| of the printer, which speaks great praise
| for the author of the most strikingly
original volumes of prose and verse that
ever came before the reading public, So,
too, with Bryant, Though, in reality,
the sum total of his poetry might be
included In a small volume so few are
his lyrics, we cannot fail to be impress.
fed with the truth of the statement
| when we are told that even these few
| gems of verse cost our
| worth bard toll to bring into being and
| endow with the splendor of immortali-
ty
mmm iy. -
Water as a Hemedy.
Human life depends on air and water
more than on anything else, And yet
most of our infectious diseases reach u
through ope or the other, It is gn
fying, however, to know that Ix
when pure, share with food
the great off staining, but
are signally ir ise
ease, Of all
and destroy n
gen «
only
of life-su
helpful in erndicali
i ents that
impuri
not
ice
}
Le neulralize
OxXy-
ag
axXious
is the
tv tha
by, the
por
’
£ +3
He OL Le
ff the . vic # on uy ¥
} i Lhe Sil Nost vant.
I'he follow
viet a
reine
A
i will indicate s
of water:
3 A wma tis .
plunge in cold water—fo
lial uses
admit that
gh temperature
uality—can be
of waler
ly greatly lessens ih
ut hastens the cure.
in itilated Limbs, the
animation and pain may be
until the surgeon's arrival by
the part into water as hot as
Indeed, in some cases a
surgeon, instead of amputating a badly
crushed limb, bas kept it in hot water
two or three days, and then when the
inflammation had subsided, picked out
the numerous fragments, and
and only thus—saved it,
Many i yr external pains can
be lessenad or relieved by hot water ap-
pied by means of hot eloths, constant-
In the case of
ait
kept
ne,
#% v3 8
Lid LE Bom
rider :
ness Of
¥V renewed,
Various ailments of the stomach, es-
pecially some hard forms of dyspepsia,
can be helped, and sometimes cured, by
copiously irrigating (washing out) the
All the irritating acids and
other fluids—the products of disease—
he stomach 1s
enabled to recuperate with rest,
Tbe most persistent constipation may
often be wholly removed in adults by
he drinking of a tumbler of hot water
¢ red
SLOMach.
ae
ore each meal,
A similar use of water is very eflfec-
{ive in some kinds of dyspepsia and al-
lied complaints,
The above facts are recognized by the
| highest medical authorities,
cnn I M5555 A
The Great Eastern.
We are reminded, of one of the most
| remarkable features of the fair at New
Orleans. The largest vesssl in the
world, the Great Eastern, has just leit
| Liverpool for the Missigsippl, carrying
| passengers and exhibits, She will be
| moored alonside the Exhibition grounds,
{and will constitute one of the sights.
| shown on board. If ie expected that
| thousands will avail themselves of this
| opportunity of visiting this famous ship
Besides being a separate bullding for
| the display of wares, the vessel will be
| used as a hotel, with accommodations
{ for 1,500 or 2,000; us it will be the hos-
tlery most convenient to the fair
grounds, no doubt the space will be
fully occupied. Balls will be given on
board in the evening, The decks made
brilliant by the electric light, will far-
msh a grand promenade. Everything
promises success Lo the enterprise.
The managers of the scheme have
chartered the seheme for a year, begin
ning in November, They expect the
trip to cust §75,000, and also expect to
make & profit on their investment, She
will carry 6,000 tons of coal, and a crew
of more than 400 men.
Originaly designed for a regular pil.
vr steamer, the Great has
in her three decades of existence,
perhaps the most varied and remarka-
Preservation of Balidin 8.
In every case the architect must:
kneel at the shrine of chemistry. The
chemist has been called upon by the
architect to make an ink that will fade
after twenty-four hours; and on the
other hand, an ink that will not become
visible till after the lapse of twenty-
| four or torty-eight hours, The archi~
tect finds his work continually crumbs
ling away, Water is the great solvent,
especially with the addition of the acids
always found in the atmosphere—car~
bonic, sulphuric, sulphurious and nitric;
besides ammonia and often ozone.
The coal burned in London alone dis-
engages into the atmosphere 300,000
tons of sulphurous acid annually. These
agents eat away brick and stone. Also
water getting in and freezing is the
great distntezzator in this climate. How
to check this constant crumbling has
been the great desideratum.
The lecturer demonstrated the poro-
| sity of sandstone by passing through a
| jet of illuminating gus a solid block of
| fine grained sandstone coated with
about fifty coats of varnish, and covered
i
on its sides with iron plates, leaving on~
| ly a small area on each side unprotect-
| ed, to which were applied pipes for the
entrance and escape of the gas which
| was burned after passing through; and
{of fine Philadelphia brick similiarly
| armed, by blowing through two thick.
| nesses of it with force enough to ex~
| tinguish the flame of a candle, He
stated that gas will pass through stone
not only without pressure, but even, as
demonstrated by Prof. Chandler,
ten to twenty
| atmospheres.
A result of porosity is that buildings
after absorbing e¢ffloresce, or
become covered with a coating of salts,
especially brick buildings laid in mor-
tar made from sea sand, This means
the decomposition of the material, be
| sides a very disagreeable appearance.
| In Philadelphia, after a rain, the hous
ges are generally thus whitened. This
efflorescence cannot be prevented by
| ordinary paint nor oil,
Another dangerous result of porosity
| is that buildings absorb malaria. Hos.
ntals thus become poisoned with a
uscn 80 deadlythat he remarked he
wonld sooner give his child the most
deadly poison in the laboratory, and
trust to the antidote, than expose him
to such contagion,
He mentioned many
ings that were crumbli
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of the institute to it in the afternoon.
Juned Alnve.
In the village of Chum-long, where
the Basel Cl on has a station,
the following sad event has lately taken
place: A man of sixty years of age was
afflicted with leprosy and lived in a hut
urged
outside the village and live on the hills
to prevent contaminati promising
that they would always provide him
with food. However, the leper did not
wish to leave the village, nor dared his
relatives press him to do so.
Lately it happened that the leper was
lying asleep in his hut. His son cage
and wanted to bring hum something to
eat. but, calling into the hut, he re-
ceived no answer from the father,
There was soon a gathering of the peo-
ple, but no one ventured to go inside
the hut. Some stones were thrown at
the door to see if the man took any
notice of it, and as there was still no
sign of life in the hut the general con.
clusion was that the occupant was dead,
The resolution was forthwith taken
to have the leper buried. His son went
{to a neighboring ¥ engage
coolies for digging a grave and carrying
| the corpse out. During the absence of
| the son the elder of the village came 10
the scene, and, learning how matters
stood. boldly opened the door and
entered thh hut, when lo and behold, it
turned out that the leper had only en-
joyed a sound sleep.
However, the coolies had been enga-
| ged for a certain sum of money, and
came along with the son, ready to do
| the work which was required of them,
| or at all events to receive the promised
| pay. After some deliberation the vilia-
gers unanimously put it before the leper
{ that as things had come to this pass, he
had better make up his mind and aliow
| the funeral of himself to go on. To
| this the unfortunate man consented,
| and took leave of his daughter-in-law
| and two grandchild: en, enjoining upon
| her to feed the two pigs well and also
take care of the poultry,
A coffin was now provided and the
shroud redeemed from the pawnshop.
A fowl was killed and rice and pork
provided as a farewell dinner for the
leper.
Next morning very early the proces.
sion starated from the hut. First came
the coffin carried by the coolies, and
behind it walked the leper to his grave,
the son and the elder bringing up the
rear, carrying the shroud and the
which contained the opium. Having
moved up a hill to a distance of about
two miles from the village, the partly
halted and a grave wasdug. The leper
took a last meal and then swallowed the
opium. After this he put on the shroud
and a pair of shoes, and laid himself
down in the coffin, when the covlies put
$e 1id on its without waiting till the
laper have lost consciousness,
and lowered the coffin into the grave,
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