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CHLOROFORMING DURING SLEEP.

The possibility of chloroforming a
person in sleep, without waking him.
having been disputed in recent MUIR
der trial, DR.. J. V. Quimby, of Jersey
city, was led to test the question exper-
mentally. DR.. Quimby made arrange
ments with gentleman to enter his
room when he was asleep, and apply
chloroform to him. This he did with
entire success, transferring the person
from natural to artificial sleep without
arousing him. He used about three
drachms of Squibb's chloroform. and
occupied about seven minutes in the OPP
Grafton.
The second case was boy of 13, who
had refused to take ether for minor
operation. DIR. Quimby advised the
mother to give the boy light supper
and put him to bed. She did so, and
DR.. Quimby, calling when the boy was
asleep, administered the chloroform and
performed the operation without
awakening the boy. The third case was
a boy of 10 years, suffering from an alb
scess, and the same course was pursued
with equal success.
Two important differences may be
drawn from these cases, DIR. Quimby
said. Minor surgical operations may be
done with perfect safety. and much
more pleasantly than in the ordinary
way and, secondly, a person somewhat
skilled i'll the use of chloroform may
enter a sleeping apartment and admin
lister chIoroform with evil intentions
while person is asleep. Hence the
use of this drug in the hands of a GRIM
inal may become an effective instru-
ment in the accomplishment of his he
fareous designs -Mcdicat AdUance.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-20

The whole of life may be divided in
to three periods-that of growth, ma
turity and decay.
The first is characterized 10y changes
in substance, size, form, powers and
susceptibilities
The second is characterized by fixed
ness. Food no longer goes to growth,
but simply makes good what the sys-
EN- wastes in its working 1t is the
period of labor, enterprise and intel
lectual mastership over nature.
The third-say, from 60 onward is
the opposite of the first, and would be
of the second, were we not able to car
ry along our accumulated treasures of
experience, knowledge, habits and much
of the momentum gained in our best
years. At the best, however, it is one
of increasing decay.
Two facts, "atrophy wasting from
lack of nourishment- "degenera-
tion"-change of muscular fiber to fat
explain this decay in the main. The
food may be enough, but the power to
get rid of the waste of the system, and
to replace it with good nerve, muscle,
membrane, heat and strength, is less
ened. Hence there is universal shrink
age, which is not confined to the mus
cles, but extends to the brain, spinal
cord, nerve trunks, lungs, liver, and in
still greater degree to the spleen and
Emphatic glands.
The heart and kidneys a wise
provision of nature-retain their normal
size, the first even generally becoming
larger. The vacuum around the shriv-
eled brain and lungs is filled with a
watery fluid from the blood. The lungs
are drawn toward the back bone, and
the chest proportionately falls in. Their
surface is quite uneven. Their power
to throw off carbonic acid yearly de-
creases, becoming from one-fourth to
one-half less. This is largely due to
the weaker and shallower breathing.
The veins lose much of their elastici-
ty, and their walls-especially in the
lower half of the body-increase in size
and thickness. The blood is less in
quantity, more fluid and coagulates
more readily. The pulse is slow, hard
and why The heart beat is more IT.
regular.
The above are some of the character
istics of normal old age.-Youth's Com
pd1liOn
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SCORPIONS NO Suicides.

Has the scorpion suicidal tendencies?
Such is the long-vexed question which
a SouthAfrican naturalist has been en-
deavoring to answer-without success.
After reading an account of his expert
ments In Nature, one is tempted to
think, with Lord Byron, that the
scorpion itself will be much interested
in speedy solution of the problem
eff once" he says, in note to the
"Giaour," fairly established as insect
Catos, they will probably be allowed to
live as long as they think proper, with
out being murdered for the sake of a
hypothesis Here are some of the
experiments Condensing sunbeam
on various parts of the scorpions
body; heating in glass bottle twenty
or thirty individuals" were killed in
this way; surrounding with fire or hot
embers; after various experiments had
been tried in vain. II placed him in
the midst of ring of embers on the
hot stones of the fireplace; he once
more crept over the embers, but this
time got baked before he could escape;"
dlacing in burning alcohol; placing in
concentrated sulphuric acid; placing in
bottle, with piece of cotton wool
moistened with benzine; treating with
a series of electric shocks; general and
exasperating sources of worry; and,
last and most crucial test of all, a small
pellet of phosphorus was placed
near'the root of the scorpions tail, the
phosphorus was lighted, when the
creature tried to remove the phospho-
rous with its sting, but it did not commit
suicide. It may be added that fresh
scorpion was needed for every expert
ment. which in all cases were repeated
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q BIG BIRD FIGHT.


Some few years since a gentleman In
this city erected a martin-box at his
home on Main street, which was taken
possession of by a single pair of blue
birds, and while they were building a
nest the martins put in an appearance
and laid claim to it, For several DAYS
considerable skirmishing was carried
on for it's possession between the single
pair of blue-birds and pair of martins,
the blue-birds invariably coming off
victorious. Thus the matter Stood I'M
til one fine morning about 6 so o'clock
the attention of the neighborhood was
attracted to a congregation of hundreds
of these birds, and it was evident from
their manner that something unusual
was to take place. There was more or
less ill-feeling displayed on either side,
but no decided outbreak until half an
hour had elapsed after the first meet
ing At the end of that time the forces
were marshaled on either side, and a
general battle along the whole line COM
menced. It lasted for over an hour,
and was carried on with a fierceness
and vindictiveness never equaled by
man himself. They paid no attention
to the surroundings, but fell fighting
at the feet of persons standing In the
yard; the weather being pleasant, the
windows in the house were raised that
the family might witness the conflict,
but to their presence the birds paid no
attention Numbers of them passed
through the windows and several pairs
of them were caught in the rooms, fas-
tened together. There were no cow
ards OF shirks, but every bird seemed
intent on doing his whole duty. In the
end the martins were beaten and retired
from the contest, leaving the blue-birds
In possession of the field Now, the
question to be solved is, by what means
did these birds communicate to each
other that great battle was to be
fought That it was so understood
there is hardly room for doubt, for,
from the number gathered together,
they must have been assembled from
miles around.-Lcri13gto ton (Ky) Tram
script.
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THE MARYL.4ND COLONY.

The men of the Maryland settlement
also called themselves, like those of
Plymouth, Pilgrims" but the name
had not come to them by such arduous
experience and it has not attached itself
to their descendants The Roman
Catholics and others who came to
"Mary's Land" in the Ark and the
Dove, in March, 1884, under Leonard
Calvert, named their first settlement
st. Mary's, in honor of Queen Henrietta
Maria, and they called themselves "the
Pilgrims of ST. Mary's" The emigra-
ton was made up very differently from
those which John Smith recorded in
Virginia, for it consisted of but twenty
gentlemen" and 800 laboring men.
They came under charter granted to
George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, who
had for many years been trying to es-
tablish a colony, which he called
Avalon" much farther north, and who
had grown, in the words of letter of
the period, "weary of his intolerable
plantation at Newfoundland, where he
hath found between eight and nine
months winter, and upon the land
nothing but rocks, lakes, or morasses
like boys, which one might thrust
pike down to the butt-head." But he
died before the new charter was signed,
and was succeeded by his son Cecil,
second Lord Baltimore, who fully
adopted his fathers plans and fully
betrayed the cost of the first expedition,
this being GAO, 600.
There exists graphic account of the
voyage ofthe first Maryland settlers by
Father White, their chaplain, in his
report to his religious superiors at
Rome. He describes with delight his
first ascent of the Potomac river, of
which he says, "The Thames itself is a
mere rivulet to it." and when he reaches
the st. Mary's river, where the colony
was founded (March 81, $3.50, he says:
"The finger of God is in this, and He
purposes some great benefit to this ma
ton" He might well say that, for the
career of the early Maryland colony was
peaceful, tolerant and honorable. It
was the most nearly independent and
self-governing of the early colonies, the
King asking nothing of it but two In
dian arrows each year, and one-fifth of
it's gold or silver. It was called "the
land of the sanctuary" all Christians
were tolerated there, though it did not,
like Rhode Island, expressly extend it's
liberation beyond Christianity. By de-
grees it passed under the charge of Pu-
ritans from Virginia, who proved them
selves less liberal to Roman Catholics
than the latter had been to them. But
all working together laid the founda-
ton of new community, sharing in
some respects the pursuits and desti-
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TEREE COINS TO THE DoLLAR.

It was in the bar-room of an uptown
hotel A somewhat pretentious and
self-opinionated politician was treating
his listeners to aatulent exposition of
bimetallism, the coinage and the new
nickel. He know all about it, and no
body could get word in edgewise.
At length one of the auditors said:
"By the way, have you seen those new
coins three to the dollar?"
What are you giving me? There
amt no such coin, said the oracle.
Reiteration brought more emphatic
denial, until the wine was wagered as
to whether the United States treasury
did or did not produce coins three of
which made dollar. The gentleman
maintaining that it did drew from his
pocket two bright quarters and 80
cent piece, saying: "These three United
States coins make 81 The wager does
not require them to be of uniform val
ue. Selah."
1t was trick, and not an original
one at that, I think; but it bottled up
the oracle -Nelv York Star.
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HE4LTH STATISTICS.

Last summer two Austin ladies met
at the railroad depot. One of them
was very thin, while the other was ex-
ceedingly fat.
where are you going?" asked the
thin one.
"To Eureka Springs"
"What for?"
Or Barnes advised me to go there
to get thin. 1 am too fat. Where are
you going?"
Il am going to Eureka Springs"
"What for?"
CDR. Barnes advised me t. go there
to get fat ] am too thin
When they returned to Austin the fat
one was fattcr than ever, and the thin
one was twice as thin as she was when
she started. Terds Siftings.
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HORsE-BRE4KTNG IN JAPAN,

Hokusal was never weary of studying
horses and their funny ways, and of all
creatures japanese horses are the most
amusing. These nags which wear laced
up shoes of straw, drink out of dip
per, take hip-baths of hot water, and
stand in the stable with their mouths
tied up higher than their ears, are
broken in to the pack or saddle in a very
rough way. In Hokusai's days, horses
were never harnessed t. wagons, nor
did they draw anything The ponies
were usually "broken in" in large open
yards attached to the temples. Fires,
also, are usually kindled, and the colts
are driven close to them. so that they
may become used to such common
sight.
The method of breaking them in was
as follows; The young horse was duly
harnessed, and man on each side held
bride to jerk him to the right or left,
while another man in the rear beat him
with bamboo stick, keeping well away
from his boots. Twelve or more men
and boys then took hold of the long
ropes or traces, and lively shouting
began. The horse plunged and gal
Hoped off, expecting to get rid of the
noisy crew, but soon found that this
was no easy task. It was twelve-man
power that made him go here and there,
fast or slow, occasionally stopping him
short and giving him tumble. When
utterly exhausted, his tormentors led
him back to the stable. After few
such trials, the pony was considered
broken. Such crude training, though
fine fun for the men, ruins the horses,
making them hard mouthed and vicious
with both heels and teeth William
Elliot GrifiS, IN st. Nicholas.
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BOSTON BAKED BEANS.

Everybody, says the Western Rural,
has heard of Boston's brown bread and
baked beans, and many of our readers
know what they are from pleasant ex-
perience. Boston, and in fact New En-
gland, are about as well known for their
baked beans as they are for their
"culchaw E" In Boston it is the uni
versal habit to have baked beans for
Sunday-morning breakfast. The lowest
and highest gather about the baked
beans of Sunday morning, and feast
upon about the cheapest article of diet
there is in the market. During the
week the tables of the rich groan be-
meath the costliest of dishes, and the
tables of the poor are scantily spread
with the cheapest that the markets
afford. But on Sunday they all eat of
the same dish, and thousands of them
from the same oven. It is a matter of
curiosity to see the bean-pot going to
OAiO peehOlJ O11 kOUUtIOdJ AhO
servants, where servants are employed,
and the good housewife whose husband
cannot afford the luxury of a servant
girl, prepare the pot on Saturday. The
beans are parboiled until the skin
cracks; they are then placed in the
celebrated Boston bean-pot, which is
earthen and much smaller at the top
than at the bottom. Salt is added to
suit the taste, and sometimes a spoonful
of molasses. A piece of salt pork, about
as large as the first three fingers, is
sliced through the rind at the distance
of an eighth of an inch, and placed upon
the top of the beans, or rather imbedded
in them until the surface is even. Then
the pot Is taken to the bakery, check
received, and, upon presentation of the
check in the morning, the Sunday break
fast is returned ready for the table. The
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on both sides of the Atlantic, at least
wherever the Eng6sh language is spok-
THE AMERICANS.


The world has never before seen So
cial phenomena at all comparable with
those presented in the United States.
A society spreading over enormous
tracts, while still preserving its politi-
cal continuity, is a new thing. This
progressive incorporation of vast bod
les has never occurred on such scale
before. Large empires, composed OF
different peoples, have, in previous
cases, been formed by conquest and an
nexation. Then your immense plexua
of railways and telegraphs tend to
consolidate this vast aggregate of States
in way that no such aggregate has
ever before been consolidated. And
there are many minor cooperating
causes, unlike those hitherto known.
No one can say how it is all going to
work out That there will come here
after troubles of various kinds, and very
grave ones, seems highly probable; but
all nations have had, and will have
their troubles. Already you have tri-
umphed over one great trouble, and
may reasonably hope to triumph over
others. It may, think, be concluded
that, both because of its size and the
heterogeneity of its components, the
American nation will be long time
in evolving its ultimate form, but that
its ultimate form will be high. One
great result is, I think, tolerably clear.
From biological truths it is to be va
rieties of the Aryan race forming the
population will produce a finer type of
man than has hitherto existed; aud a
type Of man more plastic, more adapta-
bic, more capable OF undergoing the
notifications needful for complete So
cial life l think that whatever diff
culties they may have to surmount, and
whatever tribulations they may have to
pass through, the Americans may rea-
sonably look to time when they will
have produced civilization grander
than any the world has known.-Her-
bert Spencer, IN the Co1lteMpordIY
Rp1ic1p
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CURIOUS CALCULATION.

Did you ever think, asks Paris
paper, how many male and female
ancestors were required to bring you
into the world? First, it was necessary
that you should have father and
mother that makes two human beings.
Each of them must also have had a
father and mother-that makes four
human beings. Each of those four must
have had father and mother-that
makes eight human beings. And so we
must go back for fortysix generations,
which brings us only to the time of
Jesus Christ The calculation thus re-
sulting shows that 139, 245, OH, 4S9, 1884,
976 births must hare taken place in
order to bring you into the world you
who read these lines. But remember
we are only taking the case of yourself
one human being there are
1000, 900, 900 of human beings in the
world with the same history, and we
have only carried back the calculation
to the time of Christ. How mOnstrous
the calculation becomes if we carry it
back 5000 years! How CHASTITY it be-
comes if we push it back $50, 900 years,
which De Mortillet and others give us
as the age of the human race! Just
count three generations to a century, or
thirty to every 1000 years, and reckon
up the history of one individual. I'm
agine the number of births necessary to
bring into existence one member of the
7,500th generation!
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on several individuals. II think"
naively says the experimentalist, with
touch of irony, cit will be admitted
that some of these experiments were
sufficiently barbarors" (the last is posi-
lively sickening) ito induce any scorpion
who had the slightest suicidal tendency
to find relief in self-destruction. He
came to the conclusion, however, that
he could not place on record one in
stance of unmistakable suicide.-PaU
Mall Gazette.
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NOT THE CLOTH.

happened to hear 'em talking at the
hotel in Alexandria, Va, about man
who was to be publicly whipped that
day, and [ went over to the police sta
The chief had no objections, and, hav-
ing little time to spare, went down
to interview the prisoner. He was
helligerent, bullet-headed white. man,
whose offense consisted in stealing a
game chicken. AS [ looked through
tho grated door he came forward and
said:
Believe me, sir, I shall never touch
whisky again.
"I'm glad to hear it."
"And [ am fully resolved to lead
different life after this. "
CHATS good"
"And just before you came down I
was thinking of asking the chief to send
a clergyman down to talk with me- I
think if you were found praying and I
was found crying when they came down
to fog me they'd draw it very mild, or
perhaps let me off altogether"
"But I'm not preacherw
"You ain't!"
"Why, no! I'm newspaper man,
and [ came over to see 'em wallop you"
He tried to get at me, and when he
couldn't he called me 500 nick-names,
hunted up 800 new epithets, and flung
out over 100 hard words so entirely new
to me that [ offered him q dollar to
write them down. When they were
ready to put on the strap his hands
were fastened to the gratings and
stout arm welded the weapon. He be-
gan crying before blow fell, and when
the officers laughed at him he ierked
out:
G-g-gentlemen, I'm not crying be-
cause I'm afraid, but it h-hurts my
feelings to think / took IA newspaper
re-reporter for frst-class c-clergyman
P-pleasc p-put him out !"-M. Quad.
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DAM RANDALL created some surprise
by appearing on the streets of Austin
in IN apparently sober condition, much
to the amazement of his friends HE
certainly deserves a great deal of credit
for swearing off," remarked one friend
to another. eff lie deserves a great
deal Of credit, lie don't get it, for the
saloonkeepers have held secret caucus
and sworn of giving him any more
credit. 1t is because he don't deserve
any credit that he is sober"
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CHARLES DICKENS.
Has Pronktshness and Love of Fss,s.
rIx,,,,, ac-r.~...

from Summer Reimbursement
"About this time Charles Dickens
was boy engaged In the manufacture
of backing, living miserable life. He
never forgave his father, John Dickens,
for leaving him to penury and discom-
fort during his boyhood, and hated
him all his life for it, Micawber was
Dickens idea of his father very much
toned down. l was at first thought to
be Micawber by some of cur set. Leigh
Hunt said to me: They do say Dick
ems has done you up as Micawber.' 1T
can't be- [ answered ;-Micawbe was
good, honest man-that exploded that
lie? A cousin of mine, Thomas Chan
man, was, I suppose, the original of
Dombey. John Dickens was clerk in
the Somerset House, and our families
were well acquainted Charles Dick
ems and John Brougham were the best,
readiest, wittiest, after-dnner speakers
1 ever heard. Dickens was always quick
at retort
Il remember once meeting him at
the house of a well-known society lady
In London, whose name had rather
not mention. Lockhart, SCOTS son-in-
law, was present. He had just done
up Dickens in the Quarterly Reujeav,
and had said, He has gone up like
rocket and Will come down like stick
The hostess, with total lack of tact,
persisted in dragging them together.
%, here, Mr.. Lockhart, come here she
said; I want to introduce you to my
friend, Mr.. Dickens Mr.. Dickens,
this is the man who has just said you
have gone up like rocket, and will
come down like a stickp 'Ahr ex-
claimed Dickens, shaking hands, did
he say that? Very well, Mr.. Lock
hart; when the stick comes down I
shall take pleasure in laying it over
your shouldersp And so they laughed
it off.
Dickens had wonderful animal spir-
its. He liked to be going, walking,
running, doing something. His buoy
ancy sometimes became brusqueness
and savage rudeness. 1t also caused
him at that period of his life to despise
style and elegance of all sorts. [ went
with him once to dine at a fashionable
house, and the servant turned us loose
in the parlor to await the appearance of
her mistress. Dickens was at once
seized with desire to commit some
outrage on the furniture, which was
beautifully upholstered in cream satin.
'Hup! here's larksp he exclaimed,
stepping up into one of the chairs, and,
in spite of my protest, he ran around
on the chairs, nimbly hopping from one
to another along the wall He had
made about half the circuit of the room
when the lady suddenly appeared. He
jumped down, embarrassed, and apollo
gized to her. They had never before
met. She accepted the apology, but
added, significantly, MIR. Dickens
there is no other man in the world
whom would forgive His love of
fun and action occasionally led him into
mischievous frolics that cost him
friends"