SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INOIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE
Queer Facts and Thrilling Adven-
tures Which Show That Truth Is
Stranger Than Fiction.
Avovices just received from Umtali
Africa, say that the two Umtali Hospital |
sisters belonging to the Bishop of Ma. |
shonaland's mission, Miss RR. A. Bleoper- |
hassett and Miss Lucy Sleeman, have |
recently had a narrow escape. Both |
sisters wero seriously ill with malarial |
fover, lying helpless in a hut, waited on
by native boys, there being no native |
women available. One night they were
so bad that Doctor Wilson decided on |
sitting up with them. Ia the middle of |
the night a strange sound as of an animal
bounding on the roof of the hut was |
heard. Shortly afterward the door of |
the hut, the upper half of which was |
artly open, rattied, and Miss Blenner-
assott called out that there was ** a great |
black thing” on the top of the door
The doctor went hastily to the door and
glammed the top rather violently. He
easily persuaded the sisters that nothing
was there, as Miss Sleeman was nearly
insensible, and Miss Blennerhassett de- |
lirious. A large leopard had tried to get
through the roof and not succeeding, |
had sprung upon the open upper hall of
the door. The creature's head and claws |
were on the top of the door, an i he was
drawing himself up to drop into the hut
when the doctor's presence of mind pre
veuted him. The women are recover
ing. \
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Ox® year ago Charies Roger, of Morri- |
sons. Penn., was married. Nine mouths
later he was a widower, He became
crazed with grief eventually, and as are
sult his affliction produced a dementia
pronounced incurable. He raved con-
tinually about his wife and entertained
the idea that she had been foully dealt
with. So strongly did he believe in this
that his friends decided to disinter the |
body. They did so, and the body was
found face downwards and all the evi
dence which goes show that
woman had been barisd alive was plainly
apparent. The glass in the lid of the
coffin was broken to atoms, The shroud
enveloping the form was torn to shreds,
The limbs were and distorted,
the hair matted, and her hands
clinched a bunch of it. Those who were
engaged in disinterring the body fell
back, entirely overcome. The most com
posed man in the party was the demented
husband, He assamed an air of com.
placency and assisted in the work of re-
arranging the body. He has shown no |
signs of mental aberration since, and from
all appearance his meatal powers have
been restored.
Lagvrexast H. R. Saves, of Bristol,
has succeeded in crossing the English
channel in a miniature hoat, which he
has patented as the Midge pneumatic
collapsible lifeboat, and is designea for
fishing, shooting, or sailing. The weight
is under thirty-five pounds, and the
length is 84 feet, with thirty-two-inch
beam. The boat is decked with canvas,
with an opening for the owner's body, |
and she is fitted with inflated sir tubing
The boat is fitted with a topsail about
the size of a woman's apron, and a still
smaller mizzen. Mr. Sayce was accom
panied by a small sailing lugger. There
was a light wind and a course was steered
straight for Cape Grisnez. Mr. Sayce
was provided with a double paddle, |
which he kept in constant use. The
little craft entered Boulogne harbor at 5
p. m., having started at J o'clock a. m. |
Mr. Sayoe was somewhat benumbed by |
sitting so long in one position. The |
lugger returned to Dover with the little
boat folded up on hoard. The boatmen
remarked that she had skimmed over the
waves ‘‘like a duck.”
to the
twisted
in
she
Air over the Hawaiian Islands the
ladies ride horseback astride, man
fashion. And a dashing and charming |
appearance do the fine ladies and stately
dames of Honolulu make asthey come at
slashing gaits astride of spirited horses |
riding through the streets of the gav |
capital city of the isles. They are bold |
and rapid riders, too, and astride on
their sprightly steeds they are the very |
embodiment of the grace and poetry of
motion. They wear bifurcated or di
vided flowing skirts, and once seen in |
full motion one wonders and is amazed |
nt how that awkward and inconvenient
seat, the side-saddle, ever came to be |
invented or adopted. The riding habit
of the lady in Hawaii is a skirt four
yards wide, divided like the Jenness. |
Miller skirt, now in vogue and sold at |
all the leading woman's dress stores in!
the large cities. The feet are slipped |
through a small piece of tape attached
to the skirt, which keeps the dress in
place when the feet are in the stirrups.
A wos remarkable story of castaways
is told by the captain of the mission ves.
sel Morn‘ng Star. which picked up three
sons who had been forty days in a
t at sea. They were a father, son
and daughter, and were natives of Tapi-
tuoa Island, one of the Gilbert group.
Originally there were four-—viz., the
father, two sons and the daughter, and
they went fishing off the island. Not.
withstanding their strenuous efforts,
they were carried further and further
out tosea. They had neither fond nor
water, and for forty days they drifted
about at the will and marcy of the cur.
reat. Ove of the sons could not endure
the hardships, and died. The sufferings
of the three were dreadful. On the
fortieth day their canoe was beached at
Ocean Island, The survivors stayed on
the island for several days, and were
then taken by a vessel to the island of
Annontion, where the Morning Siar
found them, and took them to their
A wrautiy landed proprietor of Soo
Chow, China, curious to know how many
ks—monks who ars
ins Daily
orough.
monks
the number of 2.843, who each cameo to
claim his portion ef 100 cash and four
“man-t’so.” or meat balls rolled up in
steamed dough, as well as a meal of
boiled rice and vegetables at the rate of
50 cash per man. The donor's curiosity
has now bean satisfied, but his thirst
alter knowledge cost him over $350,
Ix Paris and the provinces there are
ten women who are authorized by the
Prefect of Police to wear full masculine
costumes, Among them are a lady ar
tist, a boarded woman, a female house
painter and decorator, a mannish-look.
ing dircctress of a printing office, and
several others who have obtained certi-
card the attire of their own sex for that
the suburbs has been allowed to wear
female garments for reasons which satis
tied the Prefecture of Police.
Ax offer of 2,600 sheep for nothinz be
ing refused is recorded by a Sydney
paper. This occurred in the Riverina,
New South Wales, where, in consequence
of the drought, the land is greatly over.
In the case mentioned the
had been shorn, and as the
to whom they were offered,
had no spare feed or water for them,
they were killed and their carcasses were
burned. In other cases sheep have been
skinned, their carcasses being burned, as
skins worth more than
Pp were when ive, One lot, sent by
sheep
were
thin
tht
to pay expenses,
It is not generally known that several
New York shoe factories are now supply
ing customers with odd shoes
i customer it is
To give
that the right foot is a good fit and the
left a poor one. To get over this diffi
pairs arc and when
the next order is sent in the stock is
made up. Very few custom shoemakers
measure both feet, and in this
the ready-made salesman does more to
please the customer than t who
makes to his order.
Mu. Fraxg Fignps,
Mount Tabor, Or. reports that a
scheme has been hit on for the extermina
tion of caterpiliars in that neighborhood
He says that at the corner of West avenue
and the railway a toboggan shde has
been fixed from the corner of the fence
to ground, which placed a
bucket containing Ker i The
caterpillars all make for this corner and
slide down into the bucket, where they
perish. Mr Fields over twenty
bushels of caterpillars have been trapped
and i in this way, and the work
Foes On
1 $ 1
Clitly two nroxen,
respect
he one
¥ 11 $
WHO Tesiges as
great
the on is
We
01
SATS
Killed
Tuesg is now to be seen in the Mid
wav Plaisance in Chicago Herr Pollak,
who olaims to be the fastest talker in the
world, He a repertory of
words, which he repeats in for minutes,
being at the rate of 500 words a minute,
These words in no
and make no sense, the
snunciati being tl feature
Herr Pollak’s performance. He places
himself under bonds to repeat no wor is,
and offers 40.000 florins, which he carries
with him, to any stemographer who can
take down what he says
has O00
ty
connected
eit
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are Wav
rapidity of th
sole
i ae
A Suonrnoas Devos steer, sight years
old, weighing about 5,000 pounds, and
a 2.78)-pound Norman gelding are among
the curiosities at the Chicago stock yards,
The horse stands twenty-one hands high
and the steer nineteen hands, The steer
is supposed to be the largest in the coun-
try, and his owner, W. W. Crandall, of
Crandall, Kan.. challenges the world on
three poiots: Weight, style and color.
fle values him at $1 per pound, or
$£5.000,
Mosrs Winiiaws, colored. lives on a
farm about five miles east of Fayetteville,
Texas. He is 60 years old, but no one
would take him to be more than about
50. He was married twice and had born
to him forty-five children. By the first
wife he had twenty-three children—three
boys and twenty girls —and by the second
twenty-two children—two boys and
twenty girls. He says he has about forty
grandchildren.
Ax odd looking plant and one which is
seldom seen except by travelers along the
FOR THE LADIES,
———
A QUREN'S DAIRIES,
The dairies of Queen Vietoris are
stall being tiled in blue and white and
the milking done by maids. When she
is at Balmoral not a day passes that the
|
butter and cheese making. It
gorgeous tributes of her Oriental sub
TO HARDEN FINGER NAILS
I hear a good deal about brittle nails,
Nome
women toughen them
by using
wearing gloves at night and washing
Hardness of the nail is
of the conditions of its well-being
Here is another receipt. You may like
it better, perhaps. Melt over fire eight
resin and a hall gramme of alum,
MODISH WOMEN.
Passementerie trimmings never
the success
Collar and belt pleces are elabo
oraamented with jet, )
and embroidery.
lored
beads silk Nets are
gold and white with silver or
these often take the form
Besides the
rimmings
gold
ee ita,
’
and
1
§ '
OF Some joral
variety
siiken
great
bead t there is a
embracing all
cream, mauve, 3
and blue, liberally threaded »
—{ New York Recorder,
em
the dainliest
yellow green
GRANDMA'S HIOH SHELL CoM,
Another of grandmamma’s old
ornaments in demand
Empire
:.3.3
micaie
1s great
gowns and hair parte
bed down over
That's her
s +3
i in the
the ears
h
came in
style hig shell comb,
4 fie
ply to can, of course, purchase one, as
evervihi £ used at
shown, even a new kind called
“The Empire.” This last mention
made io the form of a comm
but so small as to be mer
supporter, and has straps ove
lather an unsati
tion is mine, I'm afraid,
is one of the t
be
thal epoch is
yf
now
slay
is
ders tisfartos
but
wings that must oi
New York Journa
THE
Many are aware that same fashionable
ladies have wooden figurantes made like
themselves at the upon
which dresses can be fitted and draped
Something newer still are dolls, ve ritable
dolls with movable heads. srms, ete,
made on the scale of dimensions of the
belle or matron. With this at hand
goes to a pattern establishme
DRESSMARIRNG DUMMY
dressmaker’s
Bae
5 ¥
0s
in Phils
delphia which makes a specialty of
thing and has a suit cut out and made of
tissue paper and fitted on the doll. The
this
there. Then, if it suits her,
it to the dressmaker and has it made ac
cording to the doll pattern. ymetimes
a fine colores] fashion plate is taken to
the patterns maker with directions
produce it on the doll. With perhaps
some change, a modification to suit the
wearer's complexion or figure, the cos
tume is then ‘‘built” by the dressmaker,
-{New York Commercial Advertiser.
she takes
:
8
to re
MAY PEEFERS BOXNETS TO
HBaTs
There seems to be a reaction just now
in favor of bovnets among girls and
young married women. It has been at
tributed to the Prince George's bride's
on each side, twelve inches wide at the
top, twenty inches at the bottom and
fitted closer with two or four darts at the
side, and is twenty inches on t
either side: the back is of five breadths,
sides to three inches in width at the top.
in the trimmings, though many of the
gored designs made for short or stout
ing each seam with narrow gimp,
piping with a tiny double bias fold
cord each seam of the front and sides,
or
or
FASHION NOTES,
Fulalis hats, bonnets, slipps
rly set forth,
Fifty two flounces from skirt hem to
bodice line by actual count on a
recent Paris gown seen in New York,
are
Beautiful loving cups are now to be
had in crystal and in emerald glass, em-
and
color of the wine poured into the cup
bossed etched with gold,
3
3
is preferred by some to that of silver
A serpent with a head
handle had its tail smoothed
The new silver bracelets are
des
Variety 18
charming
and One
mas je
in tassels
in ign workmanship
up of woven
ends !
Swords are enriched with flow
the
cent
inst produced Are the Ost
fine 4%
1d
ogo hy fe .
seen ior ae
eRion
Hower « rod
=
i "9
i og
emeralds,
Do pot wear a mour:
small bob
rest
made 0
but the back
hats at entertain
Durden Lo your
as in
f-Delts thew
made of imitation silver?
ji ReEWH aA
waist
¥ 3
Lid with
active
shades of blue
lothes, and the plague
od wich scarlet or blue
irl waist are wo
silnrs and cuffs
lawns, polka spotied
seariet iw
ip their more son
ys, and all the shades
and
Are
jaunty coals
in:
wows or checks
-~
+4
ised in their t
in
twills,
Ginghams are now
Uniing
fantail
MORO
od skirts and simpli bod ices,
with berthas or incrovable revers
{ $ §
iin or 3
"Aig
of Rassian ire or of
oliar and
wered plainly with lace
trimmed
eTIOR 8
(senna (ace,
with a short cuffs
(Or they
with the heavy open embroid-
this season
Dighn « iso
are
Ribbons become
§
factors in
and the
have as important
iressmaking as in millinery,
plain and fancy varieties
They are used alike on
skirts snd waists, arranged in
bands, folds, frills, box-piaits, flowing
Or CATH
both
opet #34
being
bows
Bonbon dishes of gold are made more
beautiful by the little Dresden panels
with copies of celebrated paintings upon
They can be almost 8 monopoly
1s they are worth thelr
#
A new tray for an iovalid 1s silver
Each dish, cup acd bowl has a
World's Fair. The name of the plantis Ar.
istolochia Gigas Sturtevanti, Its peculi-
arity lies in its strange animal-shaped ap-
yearance, very closely resembling one of
the deep-sea variety, equipped with a
heavy coat of mail as a protection and a
long thin tail, probably used as a tentacle
with which to gather food or hold on to
its enemies when once within its power
A swant tablet of carved wood, less
than 10 inches long by 8 wide, was sold
at Christie's, in London, the other day
for the enormous sum of $9,650. The
carving represented Adam and Eve in
the Garden of Eden, and on the frame
were two small medallions showing the
devil triumphing and a slain lamb on an
altar transfixed with a dagger.
Caantes Bursox, an employe at the
mills of the Andrews Hrothers’ Company,
at Youngstown, Ohio, has developed
into a veritable curiosity. His hair is
naturally white, but after working in
the mills a few hours and becoming
heated it turns a brilliant red. When
Burson leaves the mill and cools off hia
hair resumes iis natural color.
A ASO
An 014 Temple Unearthed,
A very important discovery of rains
has just been made near Ixtlan, Mexico.
A party of American and English arch-
wologists, while exploring that remotes
section, came upon an old bullding al-
most buried in the earth, It is located
in a dense forest, and must have been
undisturbed for several hundred years,
The structure is built of stone and is of
lerge dimensions. The roof is
most on a evel with
with but little difficulty
removed and the in
favorite style of headgear she resembles
in many ways the Princess of Wales, not
Princess of Wales, though it
in this way on close inspection. Bon-
nets are prettier than hats, or if not ab
solutely prettier, they are smarter and
more dressy looking, This
sre quite on the small side again, and in
some instances ‘‘bonnet”
quently consist of a few chains of jet or
jeweling over the hair, with a jewel.
studded osprey and antennwe, and with
very narrow strings, —{Chicago Herald,
SKIRTS OF A LATE DALE
One of the handsomest skirts, a new
Empire in shape, is of three widths of
material at least forty-four inches wide,
writes Emma M. Hooper in the Ladies’
Home Journal, The front and back
widths are gored slightly en the sides,
and the third width forms a gore for
each side, gored on both edges and
twenty-five inches wide at the bottom
and five at the top. Short skirts for
street gowns and summer part wns
are now a settled facet, Haircloth linings
or facings to the knees are worn by those
wishing the very much flared skirt,
while others use soft crinoline or only
the ordinary canvas bias facing from ten
to twelve inches deep: all depends upon
the amount of “flare” gosired, but the
exclusive modistes of New York do not
predict a long season of wide and flared
skirts. A new lining for waists and
skirts is of having a moire
effect, which presents much of the ap
pearance, and Hating of silk at
. The fronts fre
t
it in its place, and hot until used,
A Parisiaa fad is to use fur as if it
cuffs, gathered frilis and Wattean plaits
Some Eton and Russian jsokets are
finished at the edge with a frill or puff
of seal, otter or astrakhan
Some very pretty baby toilets are being
shown throughout the country in many
of the principal stores. The frames are
of enamelled iron in white and gold,
blue and gold, and in some instances a
The
A favorite ornament of the moment is
a buokle in silver, gold filagree, jet or
jewels of some sort. Buckles of this sort
are used on any portion of the costume
which affords an excuse for them.
Ce ———
RELIABLE RECIPES
Prats Ouerer.—Take six eggs, leav-
fog out the whites of two. Heat them
very light, and strain them through a
sieve, Add pepper and salt to your
taste. Divide two ounces of fresh but-
ter into little bits, and put it into the
egg. Have readya quarter of a pound
of butter in a frying pan, or a fiat stew
pan. Place it on the stove, and have
the butter boiling when you put in the
tmaten egg. Fry it gently till of a light
brown on the under side. Do not turn
it while cooking as it will do better with-
out. You may brown the top by holding
a hot shovel over it. When done, lay it
in the dinhy double it in half, and on k
sprigs of curled parsley over it. You
may flavor the omelet by mixing
with the beaten some parsiey or
NOTES AND COMMENTS,
writer in ‘The Boston Transcript says
“It is an interesting study, by the way,
height enter the company of a miscella.
neous lot of men, such as one will find
at a club sometimes, or a dinner party
where the guests are conversing and not
yet at table, or under other circumstances
where the newly arrived giant will natu-
rally pass from one to another, convefs
ing. It is the invariable rule, so far as
of middle size treat the big man with
deference and admiration, while the
little men shy away from him, or affect
not to see him. The little men naturally
admiration they will be thought to be
toadying to a big man because he is big
The men of average height, on the
hand, are acting perfectly instinctively;
for it is still as natural for men to admire
a man of great and noble stature as it is
for animals to show deference toward a
giant of their kind. A spectacle of t
sort takes us through ilization,
which a pygmy is exactly as well off as
8 giant, directly back to barbarous times,
or the cave dwellings. Ino
jth
t
VET als 80
a way the
thing is impressive ; in an
funny. Men's ways
tremely amusiog
A curtous method
in Illinois to take the foul
The
the man
go down until had ascertained the
quality of the air at the He jet
down a Mghted candle, and when it
scended to about six feet «
went as suddenly
tinguished by a whifl of ai
| he wanted to
sure that the wel
it, and took a
string to the handle ant
0 the well, Having le
arew itl
well
il 18 very
{
ve af ex
was recently used
air out of a
well, well wus to be cleaned, but
Lie
hottom
de
{f the bottom
Ji
4
it out
al
small
ft
as
o the b hie
a few |
He
thirty
inughi
tom
eet from
th
vidin
the
repeated oper
Limes, th
ng atl him,
Jdght, which
with all ¢ bystanders
lowered the
and Dright
at bottom He then « 1
scended to exp 1 that the pas
carbon
then again
ciear
even ti
ie
well was acid gas, which
sud therefore could
umbrella
heavier than air,
vrought in an
'L were 80 much
trie
water
wat
Ye Dad
« i
A PmurLaperria
patented a device {
Kk,
r protecting soi
Tuuxg are four systems now in [force
or the grant of patents: 1, the Ameri.
can, in which the patent is granted aftor
| rigid examination into novelty; 2, the
British, in which the invention is adver.
i tised and the grant is 19 Oppo
:
{
i
©
BUD ect
| sition ; 3, the German, which is a sort of
compromise between the American and
British, involving both an examination,
| and an appeal to opposition: and 4,
{| French, which neither an ex
| amination nor public opposition, but is
|» registration All t]
| laws of the ye
ia
invoives
merely patent
world ean 1 fuded in
these systems, or partake of
| their features
| A Nove:
| way and pulling horses has recently been
| patented, The
| when in operation, it
immediate standstill
some one of
contrivance to restrain runs
Cian
bring to
inventors
will
the most powerlu
i and refractory horse, It is fixed under
| the box seat, the buckled end of the
reins being passed through an aperture
| for the purpose, and driver, while
guiding the anima! with his left hand,
| can with his right, if need be, instantly
{ raise the machine, and by putting a re
valine y
volving tighten the
that,
ana
the
in motion
reins to any extent required
process
Fugre are treasures at the bottom of
the sea, in the wrecks of the
galleons, merchantmen,
steamnships, and other vessels that have
i The in-
who hos laid ¢ the Navy
submarine
tae
countiess
transports
suny therelo the ayes throu
venlor
Department his des
punt on wheels, th
BOR § i
CH
Sun,
+} »
aan that of
engage in more
sigRing Li
Tre fastest time
rery of American mu
made a few weeks ag
ing irom New Y
) made a
: W Jeans
these
VEArs
fire it is a folding
a . $al g y t
prool material, circular in
be fixed to the barrel ¢
diameter is eighteen inches, aod
shield {
4
Can {
ed for the
face is corrugat 1
The
flect lets
pretend that it furnishes a complete
tection, but he bel
found indispensable by skirmishers
in a general engagement
means of greatly reducing
When not in use it can olded into
portable compass and worn the si
like a bayonet When expanded and
fastened to the rifle.barrel an
orn,
on the line of si
ies the soldier aim and
piece effec The idea of t 1
vention is already applied to large rifled
guns on war, The iaventor
bias brought his device to at n
of military experts, and they have en
dorsed it as practicable in operation.
purpose of
ing | investor does not
nro
1
i he
and
the
eves that 1L woul
would be
the casualties.
be
al ie
aperture
sight is sh which
al to take ise
$s: fw .
vey ae
f
03
Yesee 8
ne teatir
Tuar the earth's motion
ciable effect upon artillery
ing the projectile from a straight «
may be news to many, and assu
probably seem a novel notion
and the exact nature and extent
effect is an important point
with artillery experts. An English army
expert told the results of maay in
teresting experiments along this line in
a paper read before the Royal Artillery
lostitution the other day
nas an appre
jeflect
ourse
h would
It has,
of the
study
fire,
of
of
divergence of
projectiles to the left duc to the earth's
gence is to the right. The extent of the
“pull” varies at different points on the
earth's surface, and with projectiles fired
at different speeds and elevations. In
England a deflection of five inches is
found to occur with the projectile of a
12-pounder in a 4 000 yard range.
Oxz of the few novel ideas that have
The inventor thinks that his
path than a boat subject to deflection
by curremts and waves, and therefore
claims for her the ability to pick her
position with accuracy beneath the iron-
clad she wishes to destroy. He has made
osired by means of a set of pumps to
expel the water admitted to the hull.
Ax Indiana man named Dobbins has
invented a voting machine which is said
to be more simple and accurate than any
similar machine. “The Indianapolis
News” thus describes it: ‘The tickets
are printed on one continuous roll, which
is locked in the machine. Beneath a
Inss-covered table the ticket passes from
is roll to asother roll fitted intoa
ballot-box. The glass cover is divided
into four sections, and between each
section is a row of keys similar to the
typewriter. The upper key is larger,
and is called the straight ticket key, and
when this is struck it locks the other
keys, thus preventing mistakes.”
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tion became the faithful
of mankind. Ia Egypt
| Cals were regal fed with veneration, and
embalmed and buried after their death
| Herodotus alleges that all cats on their
decease were taken to the city of
tis, woere they were embalmed; bat
their mummies are found, as a matter of
fact, in Thebes and other Egyptian
towns. Elian to them as re.
mat kable Tor their tameness. He de
| soribes the way in which (according to
| Eudemus) the cats were used to hant in
| packs, the quarry being the ape, which
| tried to escape hy climoing to the end of
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Danger in Insect Bites,
“ The cases of severe poisoning by in-
| sect bites which have app ared ia Wash.
| ington lately are decidedly mysterious,”
said a Government cutomologst to a
Star reporter. ‘There is a kind of ly,
scarcely distingaishable from the com.
mon house fly, which infests stables. It
bites as the musca domestica never does.
It is easy to conceive that ita bite might
be dangerous under certain conditions.
For example, suppose that it should bite
a horse that was diseased wich glanders,
aod that immediately afterward it should
attack a human being. The latter might
easily contract the complaint, which in
human beiags is one of the most hor.
rible known,
“Though for some time it was dis.
puted, the ordinary house fly has come to
well recognized as an agent for con-
veying diseases. The same is alleged of
the mosquito, particularly in respeot to
yellow fever, but the charge hss not been
proved, Doubtless other insects help to
spread ious ailments. The pe
tients lately in the hospitals for
Supposed fly bites sre so pQitive in their
tos y as to the cause of the trouble
that there seems to be no reason for
doubting that some sort of fly was re.
For instance, owe truck