. -^BENEFit^
Iki rh s/n \\J? d. i
AdJiiHlInc lh? Kallnrn*.
Two novelties in the manner of adJusting
the. fullne ss in the buck are j
noticeable. For thin goods shirring |
looks well, ami sometimes the box <
plait is shirred at the top or caught !
across with three ornamental straps j
terminating in buttons. The Hat back j
Is. how*ver, the most used: but to oh- .
vlnte ihn stretched, unbecoming look j
the bias hack scant springs out sud- |
denly a few inches below the waist,
importing a becoming amplitude.?Dry
Good Fconotnlst.
Nn l^mrt In Trailr, Itut I'lrful.
The Countess of Warwick, who so
shocked lirltish society by opening a
lace shop in Ftond street, I/ondon, has j
sold lirr lace and lingerie business and j
retired from trade. She is now devoting
her time and her Hue talents to
promoting the education and welfare
of country working girls. A rich dowager,
whose name thus far has been
kept a secret, gave her $r,00.000 to
carry on this work. The countess is
establishing schools, homes and boarding
houses lor the girls, where they
are safe and enjoy many advantages.
? Woman's Journal.
l'lne Kinhrnlilrrv Much ITnetl.
ISxperts In flno embroidery have I
their hands full at present, j
Hand embroidery figures conspicuous- i
ly on the new gowns, and the dressmnkurs
are striving vainly to find ;
workers who can do the artistic tasks |
.required. I
Fine lingerie, too. calls for an inllultc
amount of dainty hand emhroid- '
t-ry. and oven when (he trimming is in
lace and insertion tliero is at least
an elaborately embroidered monogram
on the under garment.
In l'nria the monogram is not the
last note of fashion In lingerie making, j
Tho French woman now prefers to I
have a symbol in place of her mono- |
gram, and racks her brain for an effective
device that will in some way 1
suggest licr personality.
j
Mother itml flnlil.
The ideal mother, like the ideal
teacher, is an artist rather than a scientist;
and although she bases her art
upon a knowledge of underlying scientific
principles, her skill is shown
in producing effects which are apparently
natural and unstudied. She
keeps herself in the background, providing
opportunity for the observation
ot desirahlo objects and activities, and
allowing the child to do his own observing.
Site leaves him free to follow his
own impulses, and If the impulse is
leading him astray, she manages to
suggest a thought which turns it in
a new direction. In conversation sin>
lets the ehlhl leu<l, answering his questions
arid responding sympathetically
to his comments, thus awakening in
him the new thought which naturally
arrows ont of the old. Klie remembers
always that it is the child who must
<lo the growing?that when she has expended
tho utmost care and thought
upon his environment, when she has
tried to discover and to provide the
surroundings which will host promote
his physical, mental and moral growth
then she must stand aside to wait and
watch while his life* unfolds freely and
spontaneously from within.?Rosemary
Baum, in Harper's Bazar.
qn?fn Alrxumt ri?*? Coinpnuioti.
A very plain and unpretentious woman
occupies today, In England, a place
which the first ladies of the land
might well desire. Miss Kuollys has
for years been the companion and
trusted friend of the Princess of Wales,
and now has .is much Influence with
Queen Alexandra as any women In
England.
The princesses are devoted to the
gentle little woman, and the king Is
her good friend It is said that King
Edward will make her a peeress, in
her own right, so that she may he eligible
to one of the high places near the
person of her majesty.
The question of places in the new
court Is causing many heart burnings,
and, although the new sovereign is too'
tactful to inako speedy and sweeping
changes, there are removals and rumors
of removals. Some of the old Incumbents
have Iteen pensioned. Others
who do not need pensions, have simply
been dropped.
One of the two East Indian attendants.
who alwavs assisted Queen Victoria
to and from her carriage, has
already gone back to India, and it is
said that tho other will follow. As a
matter of fact, little that Is definite Is
known abont the prospective changes.
The stock of presentation jewels and
trinkets marked "V. It. 1.," which was
left by tho late queen Is being conferred,
by King Edward, upon his
mother's friends and servitors.
A New Orrup.itInn for tVntnrn.
A woman who has lived In Washington
for years and hut lately removed
to New York City found herself
obliged to earn money.
One day a woman who holds a position
In a bunking house was bewailing
her lot at lunch time.
"I am often so busy," she said,
"when noon comes that I cannot ieave
my desk to go to some restaurant, and
I am often obliged to wait for a bite
until 2 or oven .1 o'clock. If 1 could
yt ?
piece ul cake and a glass of milk
brought in to mo 1 know 1 should be
in better health.
"I get so faint about 12 30 that It
often brings on. a headache, am1 by
the time I g; t out f have lost all desin*
to eat."
.now toe woman put on her thinking
rap and remembered having heard
that a woman in Washington was going
around among the government
clerks serving a dainty lunch every day
between 12 and 1 o'clock to those who
did not care to go out or who could
not leave their desks.
She obtained permission from the
superintendent of one of the largest
buildings down town to canvass among
the women employed in the otlices and
find out if this really was a want, and
if so if it would pay her to cater to it.
Her canvass resulted in obtaining
almost 100 customers in that one
building. She furnishes a lunch con
ii^er.
Wmmm
Tailor mnde gowns of silk are one
of the season's demands.
HonaisFar.ce and mercerized grenadines
are among the new thin cotton
materials.
Shirred yokes are features of thin
frocks, and they will bo built over
colored foundations.
"Tantivy Croat" is the namo of one \
of the new neekties made of mercerized
cheviot to wear with the outing 1
shirts. i
As the season advances the odd '
blouse is more in evidence. Thin
stuffs shirred in diamonds, marked off ]
with narrow black velvet ribbon, constitute
yokes and undersleeves. 1
RIack velvet bolts and stocks are
worn with colored shirtwaists. A nov- '
elty is a narrow white pique belt. *
stitched and made with silver eyelets 1
and a plain buckle, to fasten like a
leather strap.
Corselet belts prove so becoming 1
that they are almost universally woni 1
with any sort of bolero. They are almost
as much trouble to make as a
bodice, for they require to bo boned '
and fitted with great exactitude.
I.inens and wash materials of all
kinds built on severe tailor line, will ,
. _ , . . ... - 1 1
no iiismoiiHDio mis summer. The plain
linens and piques, as well as figured. t
will be made without trimming of any ]
sort, save the folds or bands of the |
same material as tho gown. (
Pretty white gauze scarfs dotted i
over with printed flowers in natural I
colors add novelty to the department
devoted to neckwear. Scarfs of every I
kind are in demand, and another pretty 1
vaiiety is in thin white silk with chin-' I
borders. Others are striped with cashmere
designs. I
'l'ho most charming dotted Swisses '
are now shown in all the shops. They *
come in pastel gray with white lozenge ;
shaped dots. In bonbon green with
white dots and serpentine stripes, in 1
mnfze yellow with black lacy stripes
that look like Insertion, In violet.
Mack and white, and a variety of lovely
shades and tasteful designs.
sisting f>r two sandwiches. one of meat,
the other of lettuce, cheese or sardines,
a couple of liberal slices of home made
cake and a glass of milk put up in a
small bottle, which is returned the
next day.
These Utile lunches are nicely done
up in white paper, served at 12 every
day and cost 13 cents. Bhe employs
two hoys to deliver the lunches, which
she puts up in her own apartmeut.
New York Herald.
I fjrl lie I hr Simple I"?rH.ol
The deft-handed woman who aspires
to pretty parasols, but does not care to
spend a fortune on them, will be a
busy and a happy creature this season.
Most of the summer styles in
sunshades lend themselves easily to
partial reproduction by the clever amateur.
For instance, sunshades of
plain silk are trimmed with graduated
rows of black velvet around the edge.
The. effect Is charming, and the sunshade
thus trimmed is a third again as
expensive as the same sunshade until
turned. Any elevcr woman accustomed
to "fixing" and fussing can trim
her sunshade of pink or blue, lilac or
white silk, to look exactly the same
an the Paris importation. Another
fancy is lines of narrow black velvet
running up from the outer edge toward
the centre of the parasol. Between
each pair of ribs aro from five to seven
lines of velvet, the centre one reaching
lu.lt way toward the tip of the parasol,
the others being quite short. This
effect is very pretty and when closed
the sunshade looks like a handsome
striped siik. A simple black velvet
ribbon cdgo is effective on a parasol
of pale lined silk, and (his is a "wrinkle"
of the season and very easy to add
to one's modest priced parasol.
I-*von the splendiferous lace and chiffon
creations can be further glorified
by the amateur, and yet not wear a
hoino-madc air. Many of the most
costly parasols owe their nonchalant
elegance to the careless bunch of roses
or the big elicit of ribbon at one sid".
These can be added by the least skilful
of parasol owners, as can also
ruebings of chiffons, applique motifs
of simple design and frills of lnce. Neat
stitches, patience and care are tho
principal requisites to the beautifying
of tho simple parosal and the consequent
mystification of the world?for,
of course, (he chief joy of having an
artful sunshade lies in its power to
make the world gape admiringly at
one's magnificence, and to he blissfully
aware that the admirers do not
know that one did not pay an exorbitant
price for one's beauty and fashion.?New
York Commercial Adver
1 lio l'nrnrliinat? 1*1 m I on.
Oh. Miirjr hud a little lamb.
Its fleece was white us snow;
Auil when tlie summer mine its fleece
\V ould melt and downward flow.
Till on one sultry August day
This lamb so pure and white.
Alas, was melted quite away,
And wholly lost to sight.
. . IV. III lllir|KT.1 lUUIJUZIUP.
A 4'arioiia Sport.
The word "tobogganing" in most j
minds la indissolublv associated with
blanket costumes and frosty weather;
but in Peraka a state In the Straits
Settlements, where blanket costumes
are unknown and where the weather
certainly isn't frosty, there exists a
sort of distant relation of this sport J
which is probably not enjoyed in any
other part of the world.
There la a huge granite slope in
the course of a mountain river, down
which the water trickles about two :
inches deep, the main stream having
vui t ru mil n Ul-U U.Y nil" H1UO OI IUU
bowlder. This rock, the face of which
has been rendered as smooth as glass
by the constant flow of the water during
hundreds of years, the Malays?
men. women and children?have
turned into r. toboggan slide.
Climbing to the top of the rork.
they sit in the shallow water, with
their feet straight out and a hand on
each side for steering, and then slide
down the CO feet into a pool of water.
This is a favorite sport on sunny mornings,
as many as 200 folk being so engaged
at a time, and sliding so quickly
one after another or forming rows
of two. four, and even eight persons,
that they tumble into the pool a eonfused
mass of screaming creatures.
I'.ow " Ki i; III I (in Mm" 1 ounil 111* Surortl.
fleneral Hector Macilonald began
life as a draper's assistant, but finding
it too humdrum he went for a
soldier. This was quite to h's liking.
Ho saw plenty of service, and because
he was fond of a scrimmage
they gave him his well-known nickname.
So gocd a soldier was he that
ho was promoted from the ranks?a
rarer honor 20 years ago than it is
now?and U3 lieutenant he went .
through the first Boer war. In the
disastrous battle of Majuha lie lost
the claymore that had been presented
to him by his brother officers. After j
tne light. Captain (afterwards Colonel)
P. F. Hubert son. of the 92nd Cordon |
Highlanders, had a tnlk at Newcastle,
in the Transvaal, with Joubert, the famous
Poor general, who died during
the second Boer war. Robertson was \
curious to know why so many of the J
British officers were killed, and Joubert
told him the Dutch marksmen
took aim specially at them. The reason
was that the officers were all rich
men who could come and go as they
pleased, whereas the "Tommies" were
all poor, and had to serve their time
and do their fighting, whether they
wished to or not. for that was how
they made a living. Moreover the
Boer farmers had. Joubert said, no
quarrel with private soldiers. and
didn't want to kill a single one of
them. Then Robertson told Joulx rt
uuoui i lector tvincilonald anil his lost
sword. "Ah." said Joubert. "that ,
bravo man must have his sword again.
I will search the Transvaal for it.
and offer ?5 reward for it." Joubert
did search, and found the sword in the
possession of a farmer, who, on learning
the story, parted with the (daymore
without reward. "Fighting Mac" 1
had the pleasure of receiving his good
claymore from the hands <>f Clemral
Joubert himself In the Dutch town of
Newcastle.?Cassell's Little Folks.
A Knee.
Fred was almost asleep, lto had
been traveling on the ears for nearly (
two days; and all of this second day
they had been crossing the plains of
Montana, where they had been very
little to interest a boy of 10 outside
the car windows.
But. just as his head was beginning
to droop in a sleepy nod. Cousin Arthur
took hold of his arm. and said: (
"Bo you seo that pony standing be- i
side the car? That is a real cowboy's t
pony."
Fred was awake In a moment, and ,
ho looked out of the window eagerly. I
Tho train had stopped et a station, i
but there were no buildings to he seen '
except the depot and one other small
Trame house.
Tho pony was standing ouite near
tho car. his head stretched out and
the reins hanging down toward tho 1
ground.
"When the cowboy throws the reins j
iver the pony's head." said Cousin
\ruthui. "the pony knows that he is to
Uand still, just as our horses stand
still when they are tied."
"Why don't the cowboys tie their
>onies?" asked Fred, curiously.
"What would they tie them to?" :
isked Cousin Arthur; and then Fred j
aughed at his own question, for as ]
far as he could see in any direction
here was not n hush or a post in
sight, to say nothing of a tree or a
fence.
"The ponies understand." said Cousin
Arthur, "and one that has been I
trained will not move when ho is left ,
that way."
Just then the whistle W ? for the j
train to start; and. as it whistled, a ,
cowboy, the owner of the pony, dashed j
out of the little frame building and
Jumped upon the pony's back.
He worn a broad felt hat. a bright
rod shirt, a bandanna handherchlef
tied loosely around his neck, and a
pair of leather breeches with tho hair
left upon that part of the leather
which formed tho front of the legs.
Around his waist was p. cartridge-bolt,
with two big "six-shooters" fastened
to it. Fred watched him with widoopen
eyes.
When he jumned so suddenly into
the saddle, the pony placed its fo>ir
feet close together and began to
"buck." The motion that it made was
like that of a rocking-horse, only it
was not nearly so smooth. First its
four feet struck the ground together.
men its back feet: and as they went
as fast as he could make them go
right In the same spot, and as he kept i
his head and tail down as close to his
feet as possible, it took a very good i
rider to keep In the saddle.
Fred laughed heartily at the comical
sight, and at the same time wondered
how the cowboy could keep on. Hut
he did. I
Presently he struck his spurs into
the pony's sides, ami with one great
plunge he started off. The train had
started, too; and for a mile the cowboy
and i.'b pony kept up with the
train.
Fred grew more and more excited
as the race kept up; and. when at last
the cowboy drew rein and the plucky
little pony dropped behind. Fred got
up and waved his cap. Then he
dropped back into his seat, but you
may ho sure he was not sleepy for
some time after that.?Julia D.
Cowles. in the Youth's Companion.
Youthful 1*1 fr-Si%vrrn.
Tn a paper in the St. Nicholas, on
"l.ife-Savers. Old and Young. ' Gustav
Kobhe t?*!ls of the remarkable doings
of half a dozen young boys and girls.
A mon rr tv* nen * - J * * * "
~r> : IIVH lOlllHTieil Wlin I tie
Covornment service who have received
medals for saving or aiding to save
life are n number much younger than
the average ago of this student crow.
One of the first girls thus honored was
Edith Morgan of Hamlin,Michigan, who
endeavored with her father and brothers
to row in a northerly gale and
heavy sea to a vessel capsized throe
miles out. When the boat was forced
back. Edith aided in clearing a track
through the logs and driftwood for the
surf-boat, which had meanwhile been
summoned, and also helped launch the
l>oat. On a previous occasion she had
stood ill snow six hours helping the
life-savers work the whip-line of the
beach apparatus.
Edith Clarke, when 11> years old, and
a pupil in a convent of Oakland. California.
plunged into !,ake Chabot to
rescue a companion who, in wading on
the treacherous margin, had disappeared
in 00 feet of water. Edith
seized the unconscious girl, and keeping
her head above water with one
arm, paddled with the other, and trod
water until a boat came to the rescue.
Mario L>. Parsons of Fireplace, !x>ng
Island. New York, was only 10 years
old when, seeing a man and a child
swept off a pleasure-boat by the boom,
and observing that the child clung to
the man so that the latter could make
no headway, she sprang into a small
boat and reached the spot just in time
to save these two lives.
Maud King, when only 13 years old,
saved three lives off Castle l'ickney,
the lighthouse depot in Charleston harbor.
At the time there was a southwest
gale and a heavy sea. In a fnrlnno
11 - ' '
. .w,.o muni iuim'ii impnus 10
the gale. ft yawl containing three men
ami a boy was capsized. The
boy managed to swim ashore;
but the two men got only as
far as the piles of the wharf.
There they hung, too exhausted to
limit up. while the third man, unable
to swim, clung to the yawl. Maud,
notwithstanding her mother's protests,
prepared unaided, to laum h a small
boat in the boisterous sea. But she
was joined by her aunt. Mrs. Mary
Whiteley. and. together, this brave
girl and tier aunt rescued the imperiled
men.
Frederick Kernochan, when only 10
years old. sprang into the Navesink
tiver and rescued a woman. Henry F.
Page of Schenevus, New York, is also
one of the lads who at 10 years old
have been honored with life-saving
medals. Fully dressed, he plunged into
a mill pond and saved one of his
playmates who had suddenly found
himself in deep water.
William 11. Miller, in years old. of
Elkton, Maryland, showed he had a
cool head as well as a brave heart by
the rescue of his companion who had
stepped from shallow water into a
deep hole. When William seized the
drowning lad. the latter began to
struggle, and it was a toss-up whether
William's life would ho sacrificed or
not. But, with great adroitness, he,
while swimming, lifted the struggling
hoy to a tree-trunk which protruded
into the river, and thus saved both
his companion's life and his own.
When the "O. M. Bond" of Oswego
was stranded an eighth of a milo out
from Rondeau. Ontario, and the crew
was hanging half perished, in the rigging.
Walter Cluus. a lad who lived
upon a farm not far away, made four
trips out to the wreck through the raging
sea in a small boat, and by his own
These young rescuers were inspired
by the noble impulse to risk their lives t
for the lives of others. Their exploits <
awaken not only the gratitude of those *
whom they saved, hut the admiration ?
of all to whom knowledge of th?-ir he- 5
roism may come. The ago of chivalry '
has by no means gone by; for what '
ean he more truly chivalrous than the '
deeds of these young heroes and her- 1
oinc'8 of our coast? '
MlnNoiirl Unci Sprit.
A Missouri hen has laid an egg on
which was etched. "PrcDnlr for the
end is noer." Evidently the society
for the prevention of cruelty to ani-.
mals should investigate that Missouri
canard that the spelling reform reso-'
lulton had been adopted by the Na-'
tlonnl Educational association.?
Louisville Courier-Journal.
DEADLY LOCKJAW GERM!
ODD WAYS IN WHICH TENANUS MAY ,
ENTER THE SYSTEM.
UtiriMtt* l.iirl<? in IHrl ami Any (irmtili |
Muv Admit It?(lima Irntu Toy l'lnloln,
Olvlni; mill liurc K??l ? Dhiikit from
l"i?li?? Aluo?\nii|it(>inil of th? lll?ru?r. ,
The lockjaw bacillus is a formidfllllo
liI'Diil It lei Incnnarnlilo fr..o?
rlirt. Dirty hands, lurking bacillus, a j
scratch or cut?and the mischief is !
done, declares a writer in the New j
York Sun.
The unenlightened public persists in
associating all lockjaw with rusty
nails, and unite refuses to accept the
bacillus that was formally Introduced
in 18S.">. As a matter of fact, the j
nail's only function is the making of
a wound through which the poison j
ran enter the system, and an oyster !
shell or a toy pistol can serve the j
purpose of the bacillus quite as well
as a nail.
Why this bacillus should be espiv '
rially prevalent in certain localities
scientists do not explain, but the fact
remains. The Shrewsbury river is a
happy hunting ground for the beast. ,
and a clam shell out of the mud, down
there, may inflict a scratch that will
mean death. All Long Island mud is
fllM r, t Ihn l.nnlllno nn.l . V. tn..t t
Ixmg Island children live to grow up '
would speak volumes for their clean- j
liness. were it not. that exposure to j
sunlight kills the bacillus immediately.
and so the sun tights for the preservation
of the Long Island species.
New York itself isn't inhospitable to .
the tetanus bacillus. In 1899 there j
were 90 deaths from lockjaw in New
York City and its vicinity, many of
the rases being due to accidental
wounds made l>v toy pistols on the
Court h of July. Tlie pistol wounds in J
themselves would not have bothered '
the small hoys more than on any
other Fourth. Probably there were no
more of the wounds than there usually
are on that glorious day; but. unluckily
for the owners of the pistols,
lockjaw bacilli were out in tremen- 1
Ions numbers that season and seized I
Llie opportunity offered by the pistol '
wounds. No hoy cm celebrate the Declaration
of Independence properly
iind keep his hands clean, so there
was no escaping the lurking foo.
Last year two cast's of lockjaw in
this city were due to abrasions on the
Itead, caused by diving 'n shallow
water. The diver in each case struck
lis head against simething sharp on
the river bottom, and the bacillus in
he mud entered through the cut, :
causing lockjaw within a few hours.
A wound upon the face or head, if
effected l?y the bacillus, will he more I
langerous than a wound upon the foot.
ir hand. The poisoning develops
more rapidly and Is more violent in
"orm. A large majority of lockjaw
mscs originate in the feet or hands
>f the sufferers because those parts
if the body are most exposed.
In warm climates the disease Is j
more common than in colder local!- .
ies, not because the germ revels in
icat. but because the feet a-'e less ;
leavily shod 'n warm countries and |
>o arc more liable to Injury.
For Iho same reason in the south,
:norc Negroes than Caucasians have
oekjnw. The Negro makes a practice
if going barefoot and his feet aire frequently
scratched or cut in one recent
mihl case of tetanus poison,
aused by stenping upon a nail, a
Mew Vnrk doctor an;ilv*rd leather
terapings taken from the shoe, around
:ho point of incision, and found them
'nil of tetanus bacilli vliich had been
rubbed from the nail ;n its passage
hrough the thick leather. Had the '
patient's foot been bare, the germs
would have entered the wound.
Another New York doctor tells of
several cases of lockjaw which ho has
reated. while at his summer home,
mcl which have been caused by the
ntroduetion of the tetanus bacillus
hrough wounds made by the horns of
at fish.
"I have known of tetanus poisoning
from cuts made l?v fish fins and from 1
lobster claws and from ovster or clam
'hell," said the doctor to a Sun reporter.
"and I'd advise any one to suck a
wound like that vigorously, the instant
t Is made. The nolson Isn't nntinnpiiir
sn (bo fish or the shell, but it is on the
lirty hands, and a fisherman is pretty
likely to have dirty hands and to Ret
sccnsional scratches in handling fish."
The mosfiuito carries the tetanus
Imclllus along with other genus, and
In localities where the bacillus is I
plentiful eases of lockjaw for which
no cause could at first be found have
seen traced to mosquito bites.
In violent cases of lockjaw the poi- 1
;on toxlne may develop and produce !
tlarming symptoms within a few
lours nft.fr the entrance of the bacil- |
us Into the blood, but in most cases
he development is slow at the outset,
rhe trotible shows first in a soreness
ind stiffness of the side neck muscles, j
ind gradually slight spasms of tho
uusclcs appear.
These spasms increase in violence,
ind extend to the muscles at the back :
if the neck, and then to the entire
spine and trunk. The abdominal and j
heat muscles become rigid, and the
>pine is ordinarily curved. The face
akes on grimaces, with the forehead
'urrowed, the angles of tho mouth
Irawn hack into a grin, and the jaw i
Irmly set; nnd this facial expression,
n connection with the hoarse noiso ,
made by the sufferer, renders a ease
if violent tetanus poisoning one of
he most frightful sights in the range
>f medical experience. Chronic convulsions
sweep over he body, at Intervals
more and more frequent, as the
case becomes more violent. The |
slightest noise or Jar or even a current
af air being enough to bring on one ,
Df the spasms. It Is only during these
convulsions that the patient suffers
pain. I
Mild cases may last several weeks;
but in acute cases, death occurs in
from one to seven days, and then mortality
is very high. Ft is estimated
that about 90 percent of the cases end
fatally, and. among infants, there is
no recovery. The mortality from lockjaw
is. however, decreasing, as a
kuowlcdge of the nature of the disease
becomes more widespread and physicians
ieam how to treat it.
Analysis has shown that tetanin poison
is much like strychnine poison in
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various experiments have been made to
find an antitoxin that will neutralize
the poison. While the results havo
not been thoroughly satisfactory,
prompt inoculation with totanin antitoxin
is undoubtedly valuable in many
cases .and should always be tried, if
that is possible.
Thorough cauterization of the wound
is necessary, and. if done promptly,
will ordinarily prevent dancer; but
the difficulty is that the wound is often
too slight to occasion any notice or
alarm until the toxin has developed
and the harm is done.
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ii urn me uisiiise is once limy <! *voloped
the physician has a difficult
proposition upon his hands. The patient
is relaxed hy the use of chloroform.
and hypodermic morphine and
bromide infections arc given. Hot applications
are sometimes beneficial.
The patient Is kept In a dark room
and absolutely quiet. the slightest excitement
being enough to bring on convulsions.
If there is no tooth missing
In the patient's closed ,1a\v it is not
unusual to extract one, so that a stomach
tube may be nassed through the
opening and nourishment given in that
way. Artificial resniratlon is often
necessary. A case developing before
the sixth day has chances of recovery:
but. if the trouble does not nppear
until nftor the 12th day. there is
comparatively little hope for the pa-<
tient.
MORALS AND HEALTH.
Importunl Karln l)li>rnvrr<iil l?y I In- Sclrntlllc
Miuly of Children.
The school systems of the whole
world are likely to he revolutionized
hy certain Investigations which nave
been made recently in Chicago, writes
Kdward Marshall in Frank Leslie's
Popular Magazine. Seven
thousand school children have been
examined and experimented with as
carefully and as scientidcallv *?s any
student is taught to experiment with
chemicals in a. school laboratory.
Three facts of tremendous interest to
every father and to every mother who
have intelligence enough to appreciate
the high privilege of parentage have
been discovered.
First, It has been found that quito
as much depends upon physical development
as upon the mental calibre of
school children. In fait, the investigation
shows that the two are almost
co-ordinate. Admitting, as in every
other generalization, that there are
many exceptions to the rule, it has
been proved that the strong child and
the big child Is the bright child in
school.
Secondly. It has been found that a
serious difference exists bet ween girls
and boys in mental capacity. This is
so great that it may lead eventually
to the abandonment of the education
of the two sexes in common.
Thirdly. Professor Lombroso's theory
that the perfect man physi
rally is more likely to bo the
perfect man morally than is tho
man vho Is not perfect. has been
substantiated. The prize-lighter and
the professional athlete will immediately
come to mind in refutation of
two of these statements?that eon*
corning dependence of mental development
upon physical development and
the dependence o? moral development
upon physical development and symmetry.
Nevertheless, careful study
of men of tills class will show that
they are not perfect physically: that
it. that they are not normal. It will
show that In nine eases out of 10. and,
indeed, in 00 eases out of a hundred,
the physical development of such persons
Is abnormal. Perfection, to tho
mind of tho scientist, means absolute
normality. Certain Qualities of the
body of the prize-fighter have been
developed at tho expense of certain
other qualities. There are certain
things about their physical make-up
which are as distinctly below the
average as the muscles with which
they fight and for which they especially
train are above the average. If
James Corbett or Robert Fitzsimmons.
the pugilists, were put through the
same tests which the 7000 Chicago
school children have undergone, their
average would, in all human probability.
be found to be very low. The
fact that the college athlete is generally
not a particularly good student
by no means disproves the results obtained
by the Chicago investigators.
That he is a notable athletic of itself
suggests physical abnormality.
It. la the normal man who is apt to
be the moat moral man. It Is the normal
man who is commonly the happiest
man. It Is the normal man who
usually makeo the member of society.
The genius In any lino may very likely
not be the best citizen, because he is
abnormal.
Won IIIn Wi?y.
At Cornell university there is a
young fellow with remarkable grit.
To begin wlt.h. ho bail SI 10. Of this
sum he paid $100 for tuition, and tho
remainder for books. He found a
place where he could ?ret his board
for waiting upon the table. He succeeded
in getting a room bv tending
a furnace In tho house. Ho has gono
right along with his studies, without
incurring debt. The future must hold
a height place for such a young man?
and ho Is not alono in one college.?
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