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pect to 60 to Bopora, where there is o
settlement founded by Saul Hill, col
ored man who left Charleston in 1866.
He has been very successful, and is now
the owner of fine plantation, with an
annual income of not less than $4,000
from this alone. He has also large
coffee grove of 5000 trees. The people
in his settlement are doing well, and he
has acquired a great influence over
them.
The terrible drought which has for
some time afflicted almost the whole of
Australia is at length breaking up.
Sheep and cattle have suffered severely,
and, in many instances, owners have
lost one-half of their focks and herds.
The want of water is really the curse of
Australia; and it seems doubtful whether
this can ever be effectually remedied, al
though large expenditure has been in
Cured in arrangements for the storage
of water in threatened localities. The
small land owners-''free selectors"
and "cockatoo farmers" as they are
called-have very hard time Of it, un.
less they chance to be in singularly
favored district.
The British Medical Journal, in
speaking of the effect of the habit of
smoking upon the general health OF
boys under 16 years of age, says: GA
celebrated physician took for his pur-
pose SO boys, aged from 9 to Is, and
carefully examined them. In 81 of
them he discovered injurious traces of
the habit. In % there were various dis
orders of the circulation and of digestion,
palpitation of the heart, and more or
less marked taste for strong drink. In
- there was frequent bleeding of the
nose, 10 had disturbed sleep, and ~ had
slight alterations of the mucous men,
brane of the mouth, which disappear
ed on ceasing from the use of tobacco
for some days. The doctor treated
them all for weakness, but with little
effect until the smoking was discontinue
ed, when health and strength were soon
restored"
Two brothers lived in village in
Jersey. They were twins, and their
extraordinary resemblance to each 9TH
err caused many queer mistakes. The
following story is told of them, but we
do not vouch for it: An Irishman was
offended by one Of the brothers and was
long time watching his opportunity
for revenge. The twins were constant
ly together, and although Pat was pref
ty well able to manage one, he consid-
cred that the whipping of both together
was luxury he could not afford to in
dulge in. At last, however, he met one
of them alone, but was not quite sure
that he had the right man. He deter
mined to inquire into the matter. els
that your" said he, "or are you only your
brotherp" The fellow, taking in the
situation, answered, "Oh, I'm only my
brother" "Then it's we'll for you it
isn't yourself that's in it," said Pat,
as he walked off with clear conscience.
IT appears that during the late war
the Russians maintained the most system
attic arrangements in regard to the
care of their sick and wounded. Thir-
ty-six trains-the average number OF
carriages in each being 24-were espec-
tally fitted up for the purpose OF con-
stantly removing them from the theater
of operations into the interior of Rus
STA. All the sick and wounded in Bull
garia who could be removed were in the
first instance carried to Sistova or Sim
nitza. There they were placed in hos
pital, received proper treatment, and
then after few days. rest they were
transported in carriages to the terminal
station of the railway at Fratesti. At
the Russian frontier permanent COM
mission of thirty doctors was establish
ed. These examined carefully all the
patients that arrived, and divided them
into three classes: those whom it was
dangerous to move further, those who
would probably soon be able to rejoin
their corps, and those not likely to re-
cover fer long time. These latter were
sent to the interior of Russia, and good
arrangements made for all.