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a NEW ZEALANDER'S DESlRETO
BE EATEN

a NEW ZEALANDER's DESlRETO
BE EATEN.
I've been among the New Zealanders,'
quoth Jack, and there they use each 9th.
er for fresh grub, as regular as boiled duff
IN man of wars mess. They used to
eat their fathers and mothers when thew
got too old to take care of themselves.
but now they've got to be moro civilized,
and SO they only eat rickety children and
slaves, and enemies taken in battle "A
decided instance of the progress of i'm
provement and march of mind said /.
We'll, rejoined Jack, but it's bad
thing for the old folks. They don't take
to the new fashion--they are in favor of
the good old custom. | never seed the
thing myself, but Bill Brown, messmate
OF mine, once teld me that, when he was
at the Bay of Islands, he seed great
many poor old souls going about with
tears in their eyes, trying to get some
body to eat them. One of them came
Oft to the ship, and told them that he
could mt find rest in the stomachs of any
OF his kindred, and wanted to know if the
crew wouldn't take him in. The skippcr
told he was OH monstrous short allow
ance, but he couldn't accommodate him.
l'he poor old fellow, Bill said, looked as
though his heart would break. There
were plenty Of sharks round the Ship and
the skipper advised him to Jump over
board; but he couldn't bear the idea Of
being eaten raw.'--Rillolah, in Black
aooods Mag.
THE BLOOD OF AN INEBRIATE
DR.. George Stephens Jones, of Bos-
ton, communicates to the Medical Jour
nal the following singular, though not un-
precedented, case ofthe transformation
of the blood Of an inebriate:
Il was called upon in great haste to see
a patient who was represented to be in a
dying condition, and on my arrival at the
house L really found him sick, but far
from being as bad as was represented.
My patient had severe attack of the
pleuriti3 The symptoms being very ur-
gent, thought proper to take blood.
Ihe peculiar odor emitted by the blood
while running from the vein, together
with the singular appearance it presented
after remaining in the bowl some few
minutes, led me to a further examination
of it. One half Chat is lateral half) was
OF the normal appearance when drawn
from, patient laboring under an inflam-
matory affection; the other half had the
appearance of milk upon the surface, so
much so that | questioned my assistants
as to the fact, although I was quite posi-
tive of the vessel being perfectly clean
when handed to me. / gave the bowl n
rotary motion, yet the fluid would not min
gle, remaining just the same as when first
observed
What is still more interesting, and to
which my attention was attracted, were
the fumes ofalcohol, which were SO strong
that one would have supposed that artii,
Gle to have been thrown in among the
blood. | did not apply alighted taper
to it, but have not the least doubt that if
I had | should have seen it ignite burning
with its lambent flame. Is it at ali
strange that we find in autonpsies of those
persons who are in the habitual use of al
coholic liquors such depositions and con-
cretions? Why should not their tissues
be transformed when their blood is so
charged with carbon and hydrogen, which
is entirely foreign to its vitality? Dis
ease, with all its concomitants, must
needs make its ravages; the stomach suff.
ering first, the functions of assimilation d e
stroyed; the brain from continued narcot
ism, softens, breaks down, and the crea-
ture dies. l usl SOS W
My atient, learned, drank New Eng
land rum in large doses often repeated.
AN INHUMAN Doa.-If ever an aee
was disgraced by the existence of a
bloody and remorseless wretch the pre-
sent is in that of the crimson-dyed muir
derer Haynau. This brutal ruffian seems
to glory in his crimes. A Vienna letter
speaking of the recent murder of Batthi-
any and other distinguished Hungarians,
says: "0n representations being made to
Haynau against these executions, he re-
piled by holding out the parchment
which conferred unlimited powers upon
him. "They style me, hesaid, "a blood
hound, tiger, hyena; am readyto
take upon myself the responsibility of
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