Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SERIES; " " UNION C. H. Y,"j"u nI^O! ~vmT ^ of" ih? late Richard jjkr Jessnp, of Ban Francisco, Oal., valued #140,000, was completely absorbed m four years by tho lawyers of the young heir. The New York Marino Journal f/zras a yarn to tho effect that a wbnlo at Nantucket got entanglod and excited and ran away with a bell buoy. An English newspaper recently ro? ferred to Monte Carlo, the gambling resort, as tho "poisoned paradise on the shores of tho Mediterranean." ys?severance wins every time. TTie Tjewiston (Mo.) Journal relates that n Deerintr woman severolv ?n approaching peiller with a dipper of hot water?bnt ho got in?and sold her rug* ___________________ From 1851 to 1892 the emigration from Ireland amounted to 3,518,383 persona, of whom ninety-one per cent, came to the United States. In 1852 the outflow was 190,000; in 1853 it was 173,000; in 1854 the figures wero 140,000. Last year only 50,807 Irish people left home, and the birth rate showed a considerable per cent, increase. * .Professor Henry Drnmmond, who came from London lately, has been lecturfngltt ddrrtu. ??. the proposition in ponderously intellectual terms, he plainly classified Women as being all for peace and reI pose, wiile man is the active, energetic being. And now, alleges the New Orleans Picaynne, the activity an<l energy of the women's protests and criticisms are destroying tho professor's repose. Caste prejudices in India are break* b ing down. Sir William Hunter quolea ? as an instance of this fact that a ship- 1 load of Hindoos Iias, with the approval b of the community and the Hindoo ? press, chartered a steamer for the c Chicago Exhibition. Such an expedi- " tion would have been regarded as an impious impossibility five ond-thirty . c years ago, because the pilgrims will-'.' li haYjj to break caste' rules in eating uar 4 hallowed food. v J 'Hie long drought oflast year warned 9 the Florida orange-growers and truek- c farmers that irrigation was almost as 0 indispensable in the maturing of their $ crops as it is found to bo in the Pacific ' Coast States, observes the Now York 1 Post. At Oviedo, where there are f some of the finest orange groves in " Florida, irrigation has been success* * l-J 1 -A. lf.iil 4 tk. 1 iuiijt irubttui, nuu nv xaaitinuu mo whistle of the irrigating engino ia heard daily during the dry season. f The coat of the machinery required for f an orange grove is well within the . tnoans of the avorage grower. A plant at Lake Chorus whioh can be bought for $3000 and gives satisfactory results is thus described: The upright boiler f has a twenty-horse power, working a ten-inch pump attached to a four-inch i m?M- it ? nU iui?UgU W1U WUUB ?i i the groove over 1200 feet, and having [ two-inoh branoh pipes equally long at statod points The pump flows over ! 400 gallons o? water a minute, and this supplies seventy-seven hydrants in tba grove, to each of which can be attached a^fty-foot hose for spraying or watert tng* 9 -/ho Census Bureau has issued n ' bulletin on the social statistics of titles which will bo of interest to many people. The bulletin is all about laloons, and here is i>art of it: 4 'In 257 oities with a population of 15,316,167 there are 61,386 saloons, an aver* . tge of one saloon for each 250 persons ?men, women' and children. The range, however, is a wide one, varying from Sixty-nine persons in some cities to 2141 in one and 6286 in othors. In the oities over 100,000 the range is from 108 persons to a saloon in Ban Franoisco and 128 in Buffalo to 870 in Philadelphia find 2460 in Pittsburg." The bulletin contains a table, giving the number of saloons according to groups arranged geographically and numerically. The North Atlantio group oontains ninoty-four cities, with i population of 7,505,724, and has I 87,426 saloons or 8.6C- for oach 1000. I In the South Atlanti6 group, 22 oities, I with a population of 998,867, show I B715 saloon*, ox 8.72 tunr lQOfr In ' the north group, 92 cities, popula- 1 Hon 4,70S, 187, have 20,186, or an 1 average of 4.28. In the south central, 1 tt flUf*" i, have 4682, or 8.66 per 1000. In tho western group twenty-one oities having ' 862,896 inhabitants has 6487 saloons, or an average of 6.44 per 1000. Tho bulletin ends iin: "The license on these saloona rary all the way from |10 to $9825 per annum. Dubnqjie, Iowa, reports ISO places for the sak<>f temperance drinks only that pay an annual license each of 9100, but these , are not included in the table." , /k '?> < it - THE NEWS IN BRIEF. The Latest Happanings Condensed and Printed Here. I/zzio Uordeu, since being released from prison at Fall River Blass., has been receiving congratulatory telegrams from all over the United States upon the fact that the jury acquitted her of murdering her futhtr and mother. Lcland Stanford, the senior Senator from California, died at his home at Polo Alto, Cal.. Wednesday morning. His memory will live in 3 deeds, if no Others, ?the man who put through- tho Central Pacific railroad, organized and endowed Harvard Uuivcrsity of tho West and bred Sunol. The yenrling thoroughbreds from the famous BcTTe aicnnc stun . of muuewm,- ~~ the joint property of Gen. W. H. Jack sou and Blr. Richard Croker, were sold at Tuttcrsalls, Now York, Monday evening, fifty-eight head bringing $70,400,an nvcrugo of $1,360 each. Michael F. Dwycr was the heaviest purchaser, payiug $24,700 for ten head. N. Y. Sun: The industrial enlargement of the new South has not destroyed the fine old Southern courtesy and chivalry, even in the cities. No man thinks of remaining seated in a horse car whi'c a woman stands, and no woman thinks of taking his scat without thanking him. An insult to a woman is only to be wiped out with a bullet or beating, unless the apology is prompt and ample, ind there are social philosophers who inordinate love for the species. In New jj-e England it is only in the rural districts hnt the wayfarer is greeted with a bow 1 nd a "Good-morning," but in the South pre Ihis pleasant ceremony is kept up in pof owns of several thousand people. nic ? ten Facts About Cotton Raising. full O ? G..*.il.. ? oume ouuuiii 11 tuiiuu gruwcrs are cglnuing to roilize the necessity for en- rc|, Hging in the culturo of other crops. j,w, 'his necessity is still further emphasized aiK y the cxtensiou of cotton culture into cot cw Lrritory. Odessi advices stnte that ne, otton growing is making such progress ti Ru sia Tran?-Caa;>ia that the Russian pinners in Moscow, Lodz and the other ?C1 cntrcs will very soon bo in a position to jax liscard the American product altogether; cro 8 it is only 8 years sinoa oxporimcnU ous were inaugurated in this quarter, the r0 irides made are nothing short of marvelus. At the list meeting of the Man- vct hester Chamber of Commerce, simples i,u! if cotton were shown which tad been 8pC ;rown, the oae at Witu, in British East civ ifrica and the o'htr at a place near COI Jclize in British Honduras. The latter q>tt cscmblcs rough Peruvian, and has been alucd in Liverpool at 4$d. pir lb. t,c >hould it, however, as seems likely.prove |aD , useful substitute for Peruvian in the the dultcration of woolen g-,od?, it will re, asily command Id. more per lb It can pn icvcr enter into competition wi?h the 8h, American article. Esit African cotton, m the other hand, will probably prove CX) n time to be a formidable lival to the jh, atter. The yield on the 200 aero plan- on atiou at Witu was at the rate of 400 lbs. gj] >er acre, and the best average in Ameri :a is that of Louisiana, which is 228 lbs., vhile the average for nil of the cotton I - rates ib TioniTra xonn ittj ids per acre, u quality, moreover, the Witu cotton anks as t?cu Inland substitute.?Rural Js ^few Yorker ?gi ^ ah ATSLK BITWMN AQUABIA. E<j World's Columbian Exposition. i - ? CAN'T FIND THE RIGHT MAN. ita ?i For Assistant Secretary of Agriculture ? Good Southern Man Wanted. Washinotow, D. 0.?Tho President lud 8 cretary Morton are having difficulty in selecting a succosser to Assistant Secretary Willetts, of the Agricultural Department, whose resignation has P? been accepted to take effect June l$0th. There are twenty or more applicants, but the * President, when Dw matter was brought to his attention last week, did not seriously consider more than three ,u names. Some of the applicants from the . Weat and Notth are regarded as being qualified for the place, but the President, ? departing from the custom of his prede- * AasaAM In nnn/tlnltnif m Ul/ .it.ra ... n n bo uoaovm ?u i f v o * n voiviu uinii| feels that the South, which has recently developed so much iu agriculture, is en- m< titled to the place. There are not so many "eligibles" from the Southern States, nnd consequently it seems probable thrt As- |U| slstant Secretary Willcts may be ri quest- ^ ed to retain his position until a suitable JO) successor can bo determined upon. 4t f=Tr ^^assti1 .U|J| * SKCTIOW OP THE TI A.' the World's Colum inOQ-a'n IP TO IT -fr w Proposals, Financial and Otherwise, in Connection With It. joNDow, Cablegram.?New financial peals in connection with the proved establishment of an Irish Parliant were issued to-day. Original clause , relating to a seperate consolidation id and taxes; eleven, relating to hcred- i ry revenues and income tax; twelve, , ding to financial arrangements as be:cn the United Kingdom and Ireland; 1 thirteen, relating to the treasury acint of Ireland, are omitted from the v proposals. The new scheme nro es that the revenue shall be divided o two classes, general and special. The icral revenue shall consist of gross es, Ireland's portion of the hereditary >wn revenues and a certain amount of iucs, after Ireland's imperial contrition shall have been paid, shall form a ;ciol revenue. Ireland shall at her own il charges separate the exchequer.' A isolidation fund shall bo established, xes imposed by the Irish Parliament ill form a part of a special revenue to applied to the public service in Ireid. Postage duties in Ireland, until : imperial contribution shall have been riscd, shall be imposed by the Impel ia rliumcnt. If the postoffico revenues ill be less than the expendituies the ficiency must be paid to the Imperial chequer out of the Irish exchequer. Au astrativo treasury statement, based upthe receipts and expenditures of 1892t, show a surplus of 012,000 pounds. ie Jswa^ to^be ^Permitted to Buy 'From the* American Israelite.! ??- J K. correspondent in Jerusalem informs that the Sultan's Government has tin licensed Jewish real estate br okcrs i purchasers to acquire landed property Palestine without beiog Mussulmans, i secures to all settlers the protection the High Porte and equal rights with ? natives of the land. This opens that jntry again to foreign immigration, d will attract thousands from Rouinia, Russia and Morocco. Dr. Senner not there, thanks to the Sultan, Since Baron Rothschild founded colies on land bought by him for the purse, the tithes due the Turkish Govern mt from these properties have been nost quintupled. This circumstance ring been brought to the knowledgo of ron Edmond, he proposes to buy more id, and to advance to the Government >tithes for a certain number of years. Elie Schied of Paris, the capable Iministrator of the colonies and Baron raond de Rothschild's confidential int, has been for some time in Con ntinople, and the object of his visit la d to be to submit the Baron's offer to a Government To Relieve the Money Stringency. Washington, D. 0.?Secretary Car le directed Treasurer Morgan to ant icl- I tc the payment of the July interest on \ e 4 per cent. United State* bonds and ( e Pacific railroad bonds. Checks in yment of the interest wilt be placed in s nail Saturday afternoon, and all the b treasuries in the United States will instructed to cash them on presenton. The total interest on both classes bonds aggregates $7,584,000, of which ,000,000 is for the Pacific railroad >nas. inn icuon 01 secretary uariiale taken to re Here the tight new in the >noy centres. Lynched the Wrong Hon. IftLAK, Tkkm.?The mob which wu ppoeed to here ljnchod Lee Bennett Gleneon, hanged Jim Harris, an in* cent man instead. Bennett is in jail Presden, bearilj guarded. pplp pi ' HHEKIE8 Bril.PISO, I ibian lixpositionL v?iT?a,i?i'. '"L T.A1IP. "Dr. Hood Com?s Homo Unexpectedly and Kills His Wife's Visitor. Milan, Tenn.?For somo tlinc Dr. John Hood, of Aden, sixteen miles north of here, has suspected that improper relations existed between his wife and Will:nm Piper. On Monday night I)r. Hood left homo, ostensibly on a visit to a patic.it, but instead hid noar the house. In less than an hour Piper entored. Dr. Hood forced his way to his wife's bedroom, and found his wife and Piper in a compromising situation. The doctor attempted to shoot Piper, but tho pistol Bnnoned. ftnatcliinrr an oil lnmn from a table near by, Dr. llood dashed it at Piper's head. The glass horribly cut Piper's face. The ^lamp exploded, the oil rao in strcamifq^f ftre^ oyer Piparit breast and shorthJlCTf and burning his hair and beard. He died in less than an hour. The unfaithful wife threw herself upon tho body and cried for death to take her with her layer. Failure of Cassell & Co. New York.?Tho Cassel Publishing Company, of Noe. 100 and 104 Fourth avenue, has gone into liquidation. Before Judge Lawrence in the Supreme Court, on a motion for the appointment of a receiver, it was charged that the president of tho company, CLcar M. Durham, was a defaulter to the amount of about$165,000,nod has absconded. Judge Lawrence appointed Henry P. Broker receiver and directed that he give a bond of $160,000. The corporation was organised to purchase the American business and plant of Cittliitt & Co., limited, an English corporation engaged in selling and publishing books in England, the United States and othor countries. It bought a plant and business for about $1130,000 and paid in cash ono year after organisation. Durham was for many years manager in the United States of Cassoll A Oo., limited. He subscribed for about 100 shares and to p.iy for the stock he borrowed money on short time, As the loans matured he met them fradulcotly,it is alleged, making and signing iu the name of the defendant corporation its promissory notes which he discounted, and applied the proceeds to the payment of his individual note*. Made Good Their Wives Words. Jacksonville, Fla.?A special from Craw fordsvi lie, this State, says Sheriff Smith end posse left there jcstcrday to srrest the two Jenkins brothers on Sopchopy praric and found them bnrricaded in the houso. The wives of the men came out and notified the sheriff that the first to enter the yard would bo killed. A. J. Tully entered the yard and fell dead,riddled wi'h buckshot. The brothers th? u made for the woods with (he posse in pursuit, firing at the fleeing murderers. One of the men fell mortally wounded,but the other neaped. AIV viutuuvB iui ncnveiii Grand Rapqm, Mich.?Dr. Charles fluhrer, a Universolist, preached Sunday in Edwin Booth, and created considerthle seusat on when he declared ho would ooner stand his chance# for heaven with Jooth, who paft^JijrtfebU '*? M|t (han rith that other act<tN TaHn^'6) wjjo dined in the Doxologyyift^uiinouucing hat the dobt of his chy.oh ha I been c->miremised at 38 cents *n the dollar. President of Cfemson College, B. O. Colombia, 8. y??lYof. E. B. Craighead has been elected president of Clem. son College. This tiLthe new agricultural college which -Opened July 6th. Craighead is consKfted one of the finest educators lu the 8.L,h. He is a native of Missouri and has T \hd at four foreign colleges. IV M $1,000 IN GOLD, The Prize for the Best Plan of a Fireproof Cotton. Warehouse. Atlanta, Ga.? A prize of $t,000 in gold, offered by tic German-American Insurance Company, of New York, for the best plan of a fire-proof cotton warehouse, has been avrarded by the committee of judges to Jnmcs E. Bcaalcy, I secretory of the Factors' Insurance Comipany of Memphis, Tcn?. About one Ihundrcd plans in all were submitted. The Kommittc of award consisted of three Architects, three insurance men and three, iotton warehouse mco, appointed-by the country. ? A Batch of Home Appointments. Wasiiinoton. D. C.?The Presldont appointed Milton A. Smitli,postmaster at Anniston, Ala., vice S. B. Randolph, removed; William S. Norwood, Titusville, Fli., vico R. C. Scrimagorwn, removed; R. H. Moses at Carrollton, Ga., vice C. II. Morrcll, removed ; Thoima A. Bailey at Darien, Ga., vice C. R. Jackson, office became presidential; Joseph Door, at u /i ? u i v a vivwi^ciwuii, u. v.y tiuu r . u. xi. j, removed. John T. Essnry, of Tennessee, collector of internal revenue for the second district of Tennessee; Kope Elits, of North Carolina. for tho fifth district of North Carolina; Charles M. Wallace, of VirJ TTt fnTTnrtftnt^WTfgTniii;' lfo"bt. li* ttleniC of North Cnrolina, United States attorney for the western district of North Carolina, William I'erry Murphy of South Carolina, for the district of South Carolina. * A $2,00(M)00 FIRE. Matches in tho Hands of ? Little Boy Bender 130 Families Homeless. FitKDBitlCKTON, N. B.?Eighty dwellings, six grocery and general stores, two ?liurchcs, th3 railway station and round lious 5 were destroyed by a fire which swept the village of Gibson, directly opposite this city. The fire started shortly before 2 o'clock ' and is believed to havo originated from Gibson and this city. Tho loss falls chiefly on mcchiuics and laborers. The destruction of property will amount to $2, 000,000, with very small insurance. 4 JAPANK8K FIHniNO SMACK. World's Columbian Exposition. "BANK OF VIRGINIA" WINS. Gold Taken From it at the End of the War Must be Returned. Wasiiinotoo, D. C.?The Court of Olaims adjourned for the summer vacation. Among the decisions announced was ono in favor of the old corporation of the Bank of Virginia, now I,? W Tl Taaana W 11 I 1 III19.UIVU UJ II * '. M I VI. Taylor anil John C. "Williams,for $16,987 in gold. This was part of $177,721 in gold captured at the end of the war l?y the Union army on the fall of Richmond, Va. The sum of $146,029 belonged to the Confederate States, and wns confiscated, but the amount owned by the Hank of Viaginia is now by tho Court of Claims returned. RIMINI TO DENMARK. Wf Contracts Let by the Atlantic Coast Line for its Manchester Extension. Wilmington, N. C.?Contracts were let by the Atlantic Coast Line for their Manchester and Augusta extension from Rimini, H. C. to Denmark, S. C. Watkins & Hurlow, of Birmingham, Ala., were awarded the contract for al* the trestle work, including the big trestle at Santcc River, which is three miles long. Moorman & Co., of Lynchburg, Va., have tho grading. The contract for bridge work has not yet been awarded. Thero were over thirty bids on grading and trestle work. All the work is to be completed by January 1 next. The Work of Anarchists. Madrid, Spain.?Official investigation into the bomb explosion at the residence of Senor Oaravas Del Castello has led to tbo discovery of a plot that embraces anarchists in several European countries. Twenty-three arrests have been made and more ore expected. In Mecca 830 Deaths in Four Days. London.?Cholera reports from Mecca show that from June 16 to 20, there were 880 deaths from chelera io that city. The old superstition about tho bad effect of the moon's rays shining on 1 tho face of a sleeping person ?till ob* UiiiB arayiur most Bailors. A GREAT INDUSTRY. The Advantages Carolina Cotton Mills Enjoy Over Those of New England. A correspondent of the Richmond,Va., Times, at Graham,N. C., says: Until recent years the Southern people thought cotton could be converted into fabrics, on an extensive scale, only along the rivers of New England. Could our fathers come back from the land of spirits and hear the hum of I ho 50,000 spindles and the rattle of the 5,000 busy looms of Alamance county, N. C., they would be filled with wonder. The first cotton factory 'n this part ot Ufe South yrae established;on *ho are At present the lending manufacturers in Central North Carolina. He afterwards built another factory at Haw River depot, two miles enst of Graham,and associated with him his son, Thomas M., afterwards Gove, nor of the Btato. Since tho war soventeen other cotton factories have been built in Alamance, all of which are in successful operation. The largest of these, the Granite Mills, at Haw Hivtr, owned by Governor Thomas Holt, has about 9,000 spindles, 450 looms, nod gives employment to alrout 500 hands. The next largist is the Oneida, at Grnham, L. Ranks I Holt, Esq. Burlington has five cotton factories, Graham three, and Haw River one. giving men tue aflvantsge of water power. The factories along the railroad except the Granite Mill*, use stcun altogether, and consume great quantities of wood and coal. The surrounding country a (lords wood in almost unlimited quantity, and the revenues derived from its sale is of grcut help to the farmers. For a long timo these mills produced only plaids, but recently white cloth and demins have becu added to their products. The plaids weigh about four ounces to the yard; the demins nine. The profit in well managed factories is one-sixteenth of a cent per yard, though, of course, a great deal depends on the care with which the raw materials are selected. The proIkKhof the ----\Ajj3cle ve?r will amount to millions- of dollars, ana the wealth of the manu| facturcre seem to be steadily growing. Failures among them are exceedingly rare, and when they occur are attributable ta bad management. At present the business is suffering from the financial depression that is felt all over the world. Governor Holt remarked to the writer a few days ago that ho had on hand $100,000 worth of the products of his mills, for which there is no market. Another manufacturer has on hand $60,000. Still they keep their looms and npindlcs running in order to give employment to their operatives. There have been no strikes here at any time, and the owners of the mills say they will reward the faithfulness of the employs. Beside proximity to the cotton markets the South affords another advantage to the manufacturer of much consequence. To prevent the threads from breaking it is necessary in cold weather to have the Tactorica well warmed In the North the chango from the high temperature of the mills to the severe cold outside, so.sudden Mi going out at noon and at nigh*, is so disastrous to the health of the operatives is to cause death in a great number of cases. In the South this is not the case, and consequently the longevity of this class is greater. From the humanitarian's point of view it can be said, let all the cotton mills come South. Cotton factories are springing up all over the State, and are to be found in Guilford, Rockingham, Davidson and Randolph counties; also in the cities of Durham, Raleigh, Winston and Charlotte, it is rapidly becoming ono of the chief industries of this part of the United states. 7K ^tORWF.aiAN FIHFllKrt TIOVT At th^^rld's Columbian Exposition. VANDERBILT BUYS 20,000 ACRES nd Will Have One of the Finest Qame Preserves in the World. Ashrvillb, N. C ?George W. Vsnderbilt has concluded the purchase of 90,000 acres of land in the Pink Beds section of Henderson and Tnmsjlvania counties, North Carolina. The purpose of the purchaser is to make one of the finest game preserves in the world. Game Keeper* nro iircmij in cnargc oi U)C property and every furin bouse on the estate has been torn down. The property it , only a few miles from tho Vanderbilt reeled', nee her.*. 2(>. TUB BODY AND ITS II KAMI I. Hives.?Do not forget that hives are 0:1 used sometimes by 11 sudden check of perspiration, sometimes by an attack of indigestion. The intense itching may be allayed by rubbing the hives with a little castor oil, or by bathing them with vinegar nnd water. Checking Undue Pkksimration.?A celebrated physician prescribed the following for checking undue perspiration: Place three or four ouuccs of oak bark in a..pin^of boiling water and boil for teu minutes. Add lialf of this to a faceable Tine* ^It*!*1 well, therefore, if ono mubt have wrinkles, to take ca^e that they shall be pleasant ones. The . habit of wrinkling tlio forehead is a very common fault. Borne people cannot tfi.k without distorting the face in n most honible manner, thinking that this gives 5renter emphasis to what tliey are saying, "his is a mistake, and it would he well if those people could have a mirror suspended before them for one day, so that they could beoorac aware how greatly they detract from their appearance by so doing. We find that people of a plilcgmatio temperament retain their youth longer than those of a nervous, excitable dis|H?sition. Ho not hurry or worry and thereby allow that ugly little scowl to become fixed between your eyebrows. Things taken quietly will soon arrange themselves. Cultivate, therefore, repose of mind and manner. " l rf.'lY. W.-Titftfu' toiYiK^th&"VTWl(Wflrcn get too little light and air, do not take enough of the right kind of exercise, are often overfed or underfed, or pushed or hampered too much in their studies and especially in their emotions. There is a precocity in knowledge of people and social relations, darkest ignorance with rcgurd to most natural objects and processes. In diet the city tod child often fares better than the country one, but in regard to fresh air lie is not nearly so fortunate, and as he gets older the difficulty is increased. The city child is limn tiered ii> liic .....5 ..i. ? i ; * -."..vino, ?uu ill 1 lie same time subject to streams of auditory, visual and other impressions in unending succession. Ilis co-ordination is less perfect, although his wits arc brighter than ihose of the country child. The city child "loses muoh in not obtaining an early knowledge of nature. A child to grow up naturally should have a f'^tr, j?hare of wholesome neglect and make hhnselfc useful, and it is cruelty 'lUi deprive him of this pleasure and stimulus. A boy is better for having a carpenter's bench and a girl for doing a portion of the housowork. Dikt xon Dyspeptics.?Kat slowly; masticate the food thoroughly, even more so if possible than is required in health. Avoid drinking at meals. At mo t take n few sips of warm, unstimulated drink at tho close of the meal if the food is very dry in character. Iu general dyspeptic stomachs manage dry food better than that containing much fluid, so avoid light soups. Kat neither very hot nor very cold food. The best tomperaturo is about that of tho body. Avoid exposure to cold after eatiug. Bo careful to avoid excess in eating. Kat no more than the wants of tho system require. Strength depends not on what is eatcu, but on what is digested. Never take violent exercise of any sort, either mental or physical, either just before a meal or after a meal. It is not good to sleep immediately after eating. If it is thought n/innccnrtr fn imt tltrnfi tiniAU n Hoop mnl/u J J , the Inst meal very light. For most dyspeptics two meals are bettor than more, according to the courageous formulator of this sot of rules for the management of that most eccentric and uncertain organ ?a dyspeptic stomach. pktrolkum kou diriitiikiua.?In the Normandic Medicate, of Rouen there is an interesting account of a new, nnd so far ^ wonderfully successful treatment of diphtheria. It nppears that in the village of Ncuville-t hamn-d'Oiscl, about t) miles from Rouen, a malignant type of the disease broke out last year. The country doctor, M. Frederic Flahaut, treated the cases in the usual way, but the deaths wore numerous. Remembering, as ho says, that the English use petroleum as an anti spasmodic and nn antiseptic, he determined to try it us an experiment, llis first trial was in the case of a little girl, 7 years old. He had already givon her up, and proposed to tho parents to make the experiment, which consisted in swabbing the throat with common petroleum. He had littlo hope of the success of his new method, hut to His i.l i. t.- ' ? nniuuiniiiuuut, no noticed un improvement after the very first application. Ho continued th>< treatment and the child recovered. Then he tried it successfully with his other patients. This year ho had forty casos of diphtheria to treat, and he was successful in every ono. In order to bo perfoctly sure that the cases in question were genuine ones of malignnnt diphtheria, ho had the expectorated matter submitted to the analysis of Prof. i Francois Hue, of the ltouen College of Medicine, and tho Professor reported that be bad clearly discovered the presence iu it of numerous bacilli of diphtheria. Moreover, his diagnosis was conlirmed by Drs. Desliayes, Lcrefait and Hallny, of ltouen, the Inst nnincd being the physician in chief of the hospital of that / city. The treatment prevents little difficult ' ty or danger. The swabbing is done every hour or every two hours, according to the thickness of the membranes, which ' ** , become, as it wore, diluted under the-f action of tho petroleum. The brush, after being dipped in the petroleum, should be shaken to prevent any drops J follinir intn iKo roo*\i * | .m?w vnj/ll avl/l V ^tll?IIU9l9. | The patients experience relief from the very first application. The disagreeable <8 tASte of the petroleum remains for a few moments only. Dr. Flahuut has been in- f terviewed by several reporters of Pari* t papers. He is a modest man, and appears to bo astonished at the noi*e that he is making In the French medical world. Ha ought to bcoomo famous and rich, for i ho ha* certainly struck oil. v" j |