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THE 1001 -KM n;u A TI rd . r . SegtrallSS Is) lair HI l I- I ctey-Dr. iun . rapes- Ike ProprlrlT *>l HllllDSl I.H.I, mm* Tl. .,..,. me. \ b . **>... I.I Ihr In Bes*>r l.l.r' A discussion, which occurred recently at a meeting of ft Slat* Medical Society uoi mere that 473 mil** from New York has not received the attention it justl) deeer vee. The inbjeol under consideration is out which of rave importance to Individuals and the general public, but it U oue, also, which u (teuerallv handled, it at all, " with gloves." Tbe learntd Dr. Ltfltiiau, who read a paper at tbe meeting in question, bandied it without glove*. In the protect examination o( its menu, it la designed to over tbe field which tbe question opens even to a f oiler extent tban Dr. Ixffman. Like quarantine, disinfection and orema tioo, tbis eubjeot should be treated regard leal of individual opinion or prejudice, and in the interact ot the race in general. " I* Lift womTH UMNO ?" Tbe frequently Miked ooaandrum ooo- eerning tbo demrabilitj ol living eaa surely be answered eatily aod accurately with regard to the olaM ol un lor tun at*, considered iu Or. Lt ff man's paper. These were idiot* and mooeten. or monstrosities, 4 certainly there can be no reaeon for supposing that lite to them IB worth living. la tbe laetauoe of the imbecile or idiotic, hardly ny that they know they Leffrnan't category and killed tor tbe good of soeieiy. 48 TO UOXHIBOSITIU. iire alive, and they ooold not poeiibly mite what they do not know that they rjysetti Now Dr. Leffman (who appears to be an amiable theatrical benefaotor uf hu tpeeiet) tnggestt the propriety of patting these unhappy creature* out Of tbcic inuery and tbcir doubt by killing them. Baid ha : " Within reasonable bounda it would be wist end justifiable to remove from lite tbe claties of persona mentioned." Bat the application ol this humane tug- gestiou would depend lor its general extension upon tbe definition given to the words " within reasonable) bound*. Where would we draw the line? Wbo would be the judge and what would be hi. standard ? Totee are serious questions to entertain, in view ol the possibility ot adopting Dr. Ltffman't suggestion, wbiob, says tbe Baltimore Herald, " shows that soisntifio men are year by year becoming snore bold and fearless." HOW ABOUT IDIOTS? Now, taking tbe different olateet men tionsd aa ripe lor killing, let us begin with idiote. Diflioulties stare at in tht face at once. There are so many difierert opuiions witb regard to idiots. Tbe school matter characterise tbe dunoe of a clan as an " idiot," yst each often grow into wisdom aad capacity, become barkeepers, aldermen, priteflgbten, repeaters. Con- gressmen in (sot, an honor to any com- munity. What would not the) country tost if tbey were cat off in their youth under tbe dictum ol the eeboolmajiter, wbo u su| posed to know more about tbtm tban anybody else? Then there ie the dude Now there are not wanting plenty of people who do not hesitate to call dudes " idiots. " Bat wbo could really bav* tbe cruelty to kill tbe poor, barmleee, gentle, useless little dude ? Tbe tendsr heart throbs pin lolly at tbs mere idea. One universal cry would go up in the face ol an adverse judg- menta cry of " "|'*re the dude.' But if you it are the dude yea open the gate to a whole) procession of idiots tbat you would be forced to Itt live. There is tb* idiot wbo looki down tbe barrel of tbe gun to tee if it it loaded; bowever.be kills bimalf, to it does not count. Bat bis near relation, like tbe poor, u ' alwayt witb us" - the idiot wbo poiott tbe gun at aomeboJy tit*. We Hbould be glad to kill him, and yet be u not a worse idiot (aa idiots flo) than the dude. Then there la the jumping " idiot," wboalwajb leapt at a terr>boal after it leaves tbe dock, and never, never gels drewntd, but it invariably tithed out by some kindly-meaning but weak-minded person at bis own life's risk. We would all like tbe jumping idiot killed. Tht Of tbe class included by Dr. Ixflman on ler this title let at tpcak only with com- miseratton and regret. I, that am curtailed time of (air prtportton. l'heale<i uf feature by dlanciuthug nature, Ueluru.sd, uunuUtind leut before my time Into U>u breaUiiui world, soarcetuUI made up, Aod tbal so la.mery auJ nafuhluuable That tiogi burk at me as 1 halt by them. For tuch ae these tb* human heart opens it* storei of pity which it, howevtr, quali- fied, when, aa is too often the oaae, with a crooked body occur a warped mind and a distorted soul. And it is not a little re- markable that while this latter it fre- quently the case with mala humanity, who Qiaplay DO better ingredients in their com- position than the plain devil and dissem- bling Icoks" among women who are deformed, we commonly find amiability of temper and tenderness of heart. To destroy the lives ol unfortunates whoa* only crime is lack ol finish, or physical beauty, would teem wanton cruelty. Yst this it among the essential conclusions we should reach if we folly adopted Dr. Leflman't ingenious but some- limes objectionable scheme. And then, when it comes to malformation, we are, necessarily, in doubt wbere to begin MJ J wbere to end. Is an abnormal nose deserv- ing of death to tbe poittstor ? Are " the lame, tbe halt and the blind " to be de- prived ot life because of their infirmities .' Must we treat " Humpty Dumpty " and Three Fingered Jack " alike, quotha Truly, tb* further we enter tbis field of discussion tbe more we encounter obstaclee to a just decision. " la the kingdom ol the blind the one-eyed man is king ," most be, then, order tbe promiscuous slaughter of all his .ubjeou ? The fact that public sentiment is, for one reason and another, mostly against murder ia* a rule) mutt also bave its weight. It is a melancholy truth that we don't even kill our moral monsters, to lay nothing of our physical ones. Bo pow- erful is public opinion ou this question that a mau wbo is tired cf bis 111*, who may or may not be deformed, wbo has potsibly been crossed in Icve, or>)uandsred his sub- stance, or played duck* and d rake* with tbe asset* of tbe bank of which he is cashier, wbo has run away with tbs wile ot his employer and lound ber not according to sample who for any of all these objections to life (at a steady thing), desires to deprive himself of it by suicide- is ruthlessly pre- vented if possible, aod it prevented punished for the attempt. Tbis is tad- very. One may wall ery, " Is tbii your boasted freedom ."' and while society is oast in Ibis mould Dr. Leflman't theories ars certain to fall flat. TBIP. Taw lrn-iulril. . I . ,,,. J.i. I llu.lri <t b. a Hrlfthi TxusH. There it a ttory about a wedding trip that hae been knocking about the country tor tome time. We have tried to keep it out of tbe " Drawer" but it is no use to kick agaioil it any longer. It was first told to the Drawer " editor la Udiuber, 1889, by a clergyman of strict temperance priuoi pies and high character in Uoi . a total betainer wbo bad it from a friend of bis, tint baud, who had just returntd from the west Tbit friend, mind you, saw and heaid what he related, and be wan a per- son of undoubted veracity, though perhaps M an abstainer, when traveling, not total as the clergyman. It was, in brief, to this effect : In the ear on a tram from Toledo to Chicago was a man who aat alone, looking absently out ol tbe window and appearing dejeetd. During the passage an accident happened to a uewabuy and the generoue passengere passed rouud tbe hat For him. Tbe solitary man alone ol all tbe earful refuted to contribute anything, not even a quarter. Somebody remarked audi bly upon his stinginess, wbsn he turned rouud and said : " Gentlemen, i* uy appea strange to you that 1 give nf>4 U>K , bat haven't a cent of money. Xtjf* tool is, was married yesterday, aod airi on m wedding trip, and I hadn't ui< oey euougl to bring my wife along." tll In December following the . Jitor of tb Drawer" was seated witb two other gen Uemen in a library in New York. Oue o them said . " I beard a good story the otbe day from a Iriend of mine who hat jas returned from Europe, tioiog down tb Danube Irom Pesth lattiumuierue uctioM on the steamboat a melauchjly-lookin man, who did not appear to care LUUOU to tbe scenery, but leaned over the guard and vacantly regarded tbe river. Falun into conversation with him. be aooertaiusu that the man wan a Prussian. Kemarkin that the journey did not eeetn to interas bun, tbe Prussian said : No , 1'ui rathe lonesome. Tbe truth is, I'm on my wed ding tour, and I could not aflord to briu my wife.' " Tbe editor of the " Drawer ' said that was a good story, and that be began to think it was true, as it wasooniirmed by eo many independent witnesses. Thereupon be took from his pocket a letter wbicb k us A NBW IrciHcal 4|.p.... baf the lui.n.f el ifc u- 1.1 IDT HAM, When it comes to the practice of " eutha- nasia," ot the) aaeettm ot the path to the grave of those whose dying moments are accompanied by severe physical soflering, ae to this there are differing opinion!. < >u the face of it it dost seein not only cruel but abeurd to permit totally unneces- sary suffering when potitive, certain death it a foregone conclusion aad only a question of tbst misermbly conventional tod conservative old sinner Time. " Time," wbo wickedly makes bright dsys ily swiftly and dark days " on leaden wings," and wbo setruk to uist only for tbe purpose of prosecuting a chronic fued with " Opportuniy," who would, it let alone, occasionally permit a gleam ot hap- piness to pieroe the customary gloom H, by a taste of nepeetbe, or hydrate ol obloral, or morphia or other drug, the paa- saga of tbe agonized monbond to the un- known may be rendered lees painful, in heaven'i name why not accommodate them .' Then might tbey link (or glide) by way of tbe gates of slumber dreamless, or peopled with visions, aa the oaae might into that blissful state in which Tbe wicked cease from troubling An I the weaty are at rest. idiot who deluges tbe prest with " letten" upon every imaginable topic ie s euitatile subject for killing . ytt, under the dudi clarification , we couldn't do it. Uow many sweet youog spiustert there are who, it all the " idiots" ol their acquaintance were killed, would be absolutely oompau ionlest-, yet tbe mosto* these are dudes and tbe rest only temporarily idiotic by reason ol madness of love, " wbioh levels all ranks aud lays the thtpberd's crook be side the oceptre," and tbe idiot beside- bimself. Ob I the idiot class in lull of ob- stacles to wholesale fool-killiog. CONSlbKR THE " MON8TBXB. ' Tbii class is much larger tban is gen- erally supposed. If a woman's husband crosses ber in a master dear to ber heart or ber imagination, wbiob quite commonly in tL. feminine substitute for that organ- he it a " monikr." The girl wbo marries gainst her parents' consent though the is tbe one to suffer for it in the long ran. and not the parents-is a " monster of ingratitude," though why she should be considered ungrateful fnrtakiugthe respon sibility of choice of a husband upon ber own thouldsn ii not exactly clear. W* should bavs to reform our definition of monster H before we commenced killing or some very innocent persont would suffer. Then there it the " moral mounter." and here no refinement of cruelty would be too eeven and tbe general public voice would ooniidir "killing no murder." The drunken parents wbo add to tbe terrors ot living by forcing their little ones to labor in tbt ttreeta, to tbe end tbst they may be supplied with liquor, the brutal farmers wbo apprentice children to their eetvice and abuse and ill-treat them ; the heartiest mongrel creatures in human form who beat their wives for failing to support tbem ; the slimy, ioipik'i beings who, like 1st tpidein, sit concealed behind went to lure the inex- perienced, tit unsophisticated, tbe un happy into tcili tbat bind them likeobains, wb'le they iiouoo tbem from fangs that pieroe their hearts and spread corruption through all tbsir lives , tbe professional gambler, tbe oorropter of youth, the sly, f l>y lug corner watober lor the den ol in- famy ; the agent and accomplice of those ol the rich who would oppress the poor tb* slanderer tbe ouaraoter wrecker, t.be go between, the mischief-maker these are tbe "moral monsteri" wbo are shsrp enough or H fluential eoougn to avoid the law, and who, being oouoieno< lens, are Last Inn.- I. .!. evening says tbe Long eorreitpoudent of tbe Cbiosgo Intti Branch Ueean, I taw the lateat startling novelty m dress, worn by a young lady who was waltzing with a ton of Sir Hugh Allan, a yootb re- markable for bis combination ot lilac vest and tweed troueers and coat. Tbe yoaog lady it a I'biladelpbiao, u btaaty and an heiress. Hue was incased in a flesh colored silk, tailored " to her ngure to closely that every curve and bend ol it was ex posed. The sleeve* fitted so tightly tbe coald hardly rates ber ttrm to her partner's shoulder, and every respiration over tbit skin-utttng silk was visible. a plain drapery of exquisite black lace, the effect ot which was absolutely startling, tbe wearer appearing like a desh-tinted marble figure nndsr a black veil. Shades of the departed ! What would the great grand- mother ol this young woman have said ? If he knew it ber very asbet would fly. Only tbis morning 1 read in MoManter's delightful " Hiitory of tbe People of tbe r nited Htatea " bow Pine, the artist, brought over, in 1781, the first plaster oast of tbe Venus d* Medici ever seen in this country, and how all tbe prudes of Phila- delphia sst up sueb a cry ot shame at the nude statue tnat Pine, abashed, showed it only to his friendi m itrioieet privacy. Even twenty two yean, latsr, when another generation had grown up, thsre were put on exhibition in tke Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts fitly oasts ot famous statue* in the Louvre, bat tbey were pronounced " indecent," and on tbe one day in tbe week when women were allowed to attend the exhibition, the undraped figures were carefully covered up. Marvellous ars tbe change* of tim*. Da. FRINOH, in a recent work. " Nine- teen Centuries of Drink iu England," sayi tbat mead was the intoxicant of the ancient Briton. Tbe Romans introduced winr. Cider was known at an early date, bat the Saxons, Danes and Normans brought in tbe secret of stronger beverages. Distilled liquors were introduced under the Plantagenet*). and clergymen then began to tipple. In tbe sixth oentury men ol all degrees " uluuibered away their time in drunkenness." Tbe prevalent interaper- snot ot the seventeenth oentury is laid to be due to tbe Act to Encourage Distill tion, the exhaustion of ligbt winet, tbe influence! ot the court, and tbe develop- ment ot toasting and club life. Dr. French predicts tbat moderation will increase until _a__i l ,1 bad received that morning from Paris. In ittbe writer, a gentleman ol culture and travel, said that a curious incident hap- peued to him last summer. Us Mid his 1 its were on a Kbiiit steamer, when tbey noticed a melancholy paea u < r whom ail tbe beauties of the scenery tailed to rouse from his dejeetion. Us was an object ol nterest to them all the merniug, and at ienglh his wile'e sympathy was ac much excited that abe proposed to go aod epvak to the melancholy etraoger and Dud out tbs cause of bis sadness. Tbe husband said tbal would be a foolish thing to do. and she might Kst into trouble. Bat the wife in- sisted (ior though American women bave little curiosity, thsy have warm hearts), fosesd over to wbere tbe stranger stood, and accosted him. aud tbey engaged in conversation. In a few uiosasuts the lady returned, laugbiug. "What is it?" uked the husband. " Why, tbs man la a South UsrmsD. tie says teal he Is on hu wedding trip, and couldn't aflord to bring his wile." Tbe editor then related tbe original true ttory as U waa told by tbe T. A. clergy man. So it appeared, ou unimpeachable testimony, that the tame etrauge incident happened in tbe experience ot three per- sons tbe same year oue near Chicago, one on tbe Khiue, tbe other on the Danube. Did it happen to any one of these veraoios.* people? When tbe editor bail rawed this qutetion, tbe third member of the party, wbo had been silent ai.d had not interfered with the story in any way, said: "I oan tell you the real original ot that story. Several years ago, in a well known wholesale bouts m tii* city, an old bachelor bookkeeper, wbo had been many years with the Arm. suddenly announced tbal he was to oe married. The partners gave him a week's holiday, and bis fellow clerks raised a little purse and presented it to pay the expenses of bis wedding trip. A couple of days afterwards one ot tbe mem- here ot the firm went down to Newport, and there, loongiug about the Ocean Llouse, aod apparently enjoying himself immensely, he saw bit recently-married old book- keeper but alone. 'Where's your wife.' 1 She's at home.' But I thought you bad money given you for a wedding trip? 'Bo I did, but I didn't understand that it was intended to include her.'" Now we are not saying that tbit it an unwise way ot taking what in really oue of tbe moat perilous journeys in lite a wed- ding tour. But what could have induced all these different respectable people to ap- propriate this particular instance to their own personal observation ? It sometimes ttemt M if people are not what tbey tbould be. -Harprr'i One of tb* newest adaptations tf elsotric lomiuation is in tbs shape of a very tmall antern, which oan be introduced into the tomaob, f jr tbe purpose of aiding turgioal nd dental operation* which cannot be oar- ted on without li^tat and for which U bat been extremely difficult heretofore to oheain got by mirron or other meant. Tbe lamp rimarily consists of a delicate glass bulb, rom which tbt air bat been withdrawn and as nearly a perfect vacuum created as pot- ible. The bulb varies in shape, being tpbe- oidal, flat and compass shaped, aud also yuudrioa), with a conical termination, 'urough the thin walls of tbs lantern ran tb* conducting wire., connected by a oarbon arc, on wbioh tbt electricity centre*, and wbiob thus becomes the 4aos of ligbt. Tbe glass lantern is 'ery small, tbe cylindrical shaped being scarcely halt an inch in length, and with a dituieter not nearly so great as tbat ot an ordinary lead-pencil. The com pans -shaped lamp it about one quarter of an mob thick, and baa a diameter of three quarters ot an ioeh to an Utah, wuile the spheroidal set un scarcely larger than a good-sized pea. Tbe lamp is attached to a handle, from seven to nice inches long, and about half an mob thick, through hioh run the wires connecting with the battery. Tbe handle and tbs lamp oan be separated, aud thus but one handle is ne- cessary for use with tbe different forms ol tbe lampe. Tbe intensity of the power, aod henoe the brilliancy of the arc of light, oan be regulated by moving along the handle a ring which connects with the wires. Tbs handle nat several joiuts, and ite potition can be arranged m almost auy way so as to adapt it to tbe shape of the cavity which it In proposed to illuminate. Mirron can also be laeteued to the lamp aud light reflected to plane* wbere the lamp cannot be introduced. To prevent tbe too great diffusion of light aud tbe radiation if beat, the lamp may be par- tially covered wuu a bard rubber or gntta peroba case. When tbe lamp is placed in the mouth of a patient every portion of the throat, even to the lowest parts, and every recess of the upper places can be plainly seen. Tbis will greatly' facilitate the work ol surgery and dentistry, and enable an operator to conceive a much more thorough diagnosis of a ess* than the us* ol any other meant previously known. Placed behind tbe teeth, tbe intense light renders not only the teeth, bat even the gum above, highly transparent. If the teeth are good and undeeayed, no line* will be visible but tbs presence of s tilling or ol the mere beginning ol decay may at once be seen When tbe lamp i* placed within the mouth and the lips are closed, the entire trout etruoture ot the mouth is brought to view. Tbe bone and tooth formations are easily discoverable, and even the interior ot the uasal passages. In It* *uie way tbe in- etrument u of great value in tbe treatment of obstetrical disease, aud in etudiei of the stomach. No unpleasant ssusations are eipeneDotd by patients, sven in eat** ot protracted use, no other c ffeet being notice able tban tbat wbioh follows the driukinn of a hot cup of cotfoe. Mr. K. '1 . Ktarr, o! Philadelphia, ie tbe inventor. Philadelphia Prtu. I II S I I M I I 01 -I'*, a t> Why ISM Tlas* New Alaee AltUltr ir..l. Will N*( H. l.upio.rtf The statement noently mads of the amount ol coal consumed by tbe various Iraas-Atlantio steamers in making their quick pBMsgea makes it pretty evident ittat unless some great improvesntat at made in the direction of toubomuing foci or of applying power, we shall very toon reach tbe limit ol upeed to which steamers making long tripe can hope to attain. Tbe tatsmsnl is tbst the steamer Oregon burned in ber juick trip tomes the Atlan- tic, during whieh abe averaged a little less than eighteen knots an hoar, 317 tons of coal a day. The steamer Aurania. which sailed at the aame time, but which had a longer trip, going at an average speed of a little less than seventeen knots per boor, burned 240 too* par day. Tbe aesamptloo u that it wae the ninety-seven additional tons of coal that enabled the Oregon to make her quick trip. Borne little time ago, in treating of this subject, we asserted that when a certain average speed bad been attained by a steamer, putting luit at twelve knots an boor, (or example, all increase over this demauded K geometrical ioersase in tae quantity ol fuel consumed, and tbe experience ot those two steamera very thoroughly substanti- ates tbs ground we then look. If it needed nearly lUUtone of coal extra a day to gain a little over one knot an boor, it would be safe to assume thai U would have required quite 300 too* additional coal to have gamed two extra knots an hour. It will be Men that at tbii rate of progression a vessel would need to be converted into a species of coal furnace in order to make ruuob quicker trips than tboee now being made, and benee could not carry either paaacngsrt or freight to any great extent. It ie the compound marine engine that alone makes tbe present high rale of tpeed possible. Tbe old Arabia and Persia used to burn V'O tons ol cjal per day when mak- ing an averags speed of 1U or U knots per bour . but steamers have since been built, m consequence of the mechanical improve- ment rsinrred to above, that averaged this rate of speed per diem witb a consumption ol coal hardly over one-tenth ot that for rrarly required. But. if some correspond - tog improvement is not made in the application or conservatism of power, we are not likely to tee much quicker time on the ocean tban hat recently been made. llotton (jlobf. I . I M, I I - I <M ti I.OBtK. law sou. w-, intoxicating beverages shall be uied and without earthly punishment. Such as the. i not abused, and tbut become on* of our could properly be considered within Dr. I blowing!. IK. Ol nll. I i , The orange tree is the lot Jjett- lived fruit tree known. It ii reputed t bave obtained the age of :tOO years, and il/a* been known to have flourished and bori fruit for more tban 100 years. No fruit free will grow aad produce trait so well under rougb treatment. It commences to bear the third or fourth year after budding, aod by tbe fifth year it will produce an abundant crop, but its yield will increase gradually under favorable circumstance*, and as the years pass on it will become a very pro- ductive tree. The early growtb of tbe orange is qoite rapid, and by tbe tenth year U will bave moreassd more tban iu the next fifty years, to far as ita breadth and hsigbtb are concerned ; but at its age multiplies its fruit items grtully, and an old tree will sometimes hver several tbou- and oranges, Tbs late Dean Stanley was onoe travel- ling in a railway carriage, when a bluster ing man exclaimed : I should like to meet that Daan ot Westminster. I'd put a question to him that would puzzle him.' "Very well," said a voice oat of another corner, " now it your time, for I tin the Dean." Tbe man was rather startled, but presently recovered, aud said : " Well sir, can you tell me tbe way to heaven ? ' " Nothing easier." am.werc d tbe Dean, 11 you bave only to urn to tbe right and go traigbl forward." With -.1.1. -lnl.r K... i. -I,,.. I, In the u ullle ages locks for church and oalhedral doors were otleu rare specimen! of art metal work. Elaborate scrolls, the images tf saints, and oilier ambitious eflorte of the true artisan of those days, entered into the deiign of looks, wbiob were really an ornament to the magnificent doors and oabiaett of those time*. A design for tbe e*cutobeon aurrounding tbe keyhole frequently bad the ligures of two KUardian augels with outspread wiugs. Lxiks of very curious construction, known as" Apoitle looks," were also common iu medm'val times. These looks bad on the front tbe figure of one of tue ApoetlcH, and on touching the hand of tbe figure t'je bolte fl w back. In the reige of (Jueen K.r/tbetli one Mark Boaliet, a smith, con- structed a lock consisting cf eleven puces otiron. steel and braes, all of which, with a pipe key. weighed only two grasnii ol gold. Tbst great inventor, ;he Marquis of Worcester, who flourished in tbs reign ol King Charles I. .devised a look con- taining a teel tarb, wbioh wae perfectly harmless so long ae the right key was used, but if a wrong key were inserted tbe barb sprang through tbe keyhole and " caught the hand of the intruder as a trap catches a fox." It it said that while the inventor was experimenting with tbii carious look he was scarcely nimble enough in removing bit hand and was oaugt'. in his own trap. At Willenhall, in Hladordabire, wbiob it a great seat of the lock trade, nlver padlocks, tbr tides of wbiob are much smaller than a three-penny piece, ars still mads aud are quite perfect in their mechanism. I.icks containing single bells and even chimes, which sound sn alarm when tam- pered witb by a false key, are among tbe modern ouriositiee ot the trade. Common padlocks are largely made for the natives of India and Africa at Waleall. A lock aud key complete are told by tbe maker for a half-penny, sod merchants abroad state that many of the natives string tbeee locks together so at to form necklets and wear tbem an " charms." Burl; ts*alal u.. .. mmtt M W i KaiUsi] Dr. Bennett, writing in the AVw Unlteal l/on(A .,, attributes the early dental decay which steins now to be the rule to tbe fact that bone is nsver eaten by civilised people. All carnivorous animals, guided by tbeir initinett. gnaw the bones their prey. Man ie carnivorous, out has this respect abandoned instinct, while bis reason bae not stepped in to help him. Clean teeth will decay as wsll as dirty ones when vitisted acid salivs, caused by impro- per dist, uta u{ u the Urns ol which Uiey are composed, hevsral years sgo the lions at ths /.jologteal l>ardens of Loudou wsi* fed upon tbe tbigbe ot bone*. Tbey coo d not break and eat the large booes, and their youog were born with cleft palates and died scon after birth. Tbe diet was changed to oue of deer aod small animal*, aud the yiug, born with well formed palates, lived and thrived. The same tuiug has been noticed with dogs. Kven a cow wul gnaw bonne to make op fir the drain upou the lime salts ot her body coo s.,|ueut upon having a calf every year. A ooutinued experiment upon a family, tor wnooe use healthy bones were liuely granu lated aud mixed with soup*, gratis*, bread, etc., bae proved the claims of bone to be re- garded an food, lu bone, the lime salts rtquirsd by the human body exist ready le, aod no adiuiuistratiou of lime, or even of lime phosphate, is liktly to be assimilated an ib. 'roughly as tbe substance which has already been properly prepared lor use. A rellilc -,ui. i.,.,.,, He said the Sjotcu were a measly na- tion, tbe hull piling of 'm . that they lived am meal buske, fed their bones ou thistle*, and wore uo more breadtb ot paute than would satisfy tbe sens* of modtsly of a wall oonduotod bull-frog,' snorted Bandy McGillicuddy, at be joined tbe crowd round the stove at tbe llayn iloiue last Thursday evening. " ile did, did be .'" 11 Yes, sir. lie ssid thst for driving a bargain a Scotchman ia a crust between a Ueruiau Jew and a Cotaack . that he'd more gall then s Saratoga hackmau, and for unadulterated meanuess he'd doable discount a Yankee ptdler aud make a Chicago patent right mau bowl witheuvy." 11 And as a pure blooded Caledonian, Mao, you couldn't etand that. Well, what did you do ? Did yiu knock him down ?" 1 didn't. Bat there was only one thing tbat eaved him," said Handy savagely. Your consideration tor bis wits and family, eh ?" " Not moot "' ' Reepeet for bis gray hair* V " Bah : lies under HI yet, and hie poll is as red at the scarlet woman ol Kevela tion*." What was it then. Sandy ?" " II Ml, sir. Dinna y* ken the rn> was a ooortomsr .'" Ki-a*tvillt trgtu. Hurling buck an scum port. at each otlier i* missile I''. Hi, U , . .,.,.1 i I.. ...o., Tbe following incident is told as of tbe Duke of Buooleuob, who recently died in Kngland. Not very long aito, while travel- ling with tbe Duke of Northumberland, they found themselves in a carriage with a commercial traveller. The conversation between the three toon became general. At Alnwiok station the Duke ot Northum- berland got oat and was driven away in a showy equipment. " Tbal muit be s well," said tbe commercial traveller, " do you know who he it .'" lie ie the Duke ot Northumberland," replied bis (.race of Uuooleuoh. " And yet tbey tsy tbat out nobility u haughty I Why, be talked to at two snobs as though we had been bin pals " What is this .'" exclaimed a Burlington lady, aa the opened a letter and something like a crumpled pontage stamp Ml out. "Ob, yee ; I ismtubcr now. It'e that Boston bathing suit I ordered for Nellie." |-h,.l.l..l. l I u, I. .III.. We speak ol seme perenL-s as tender hearted, esye th Boston Htu'.grt, but a* a matter ol fact, tvery one i-. literally, very hard-hearted, tbe htart being a very tough tuuHcle, so insensible tbtl but ould not feel it if it oould be eeixed and held in the grai p of a giant. The heart is no more tbe seat ot our affections than m tbe stomach or liver. It causes no more pain to col a in rve or tbe brain tban to pars one's nails. Large portions ot tbe brain rosy be lost without any impairment cf the intellect. An entire bone may be removed, and, pro vided tbepsiijsteum, tbe membrane which cjven it, is retained, the bone will grow again it good at before. A new noee may be reoonsti noted with a Hsp taken from any other part of the body. A person dying from the loss of blood may be re- i. torrid by u jtcliug blood from another person's body. Paris itiufferiugfrom ber annual scarcity of water.