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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-13

The Canadians are getting aesthetic. They
cold. raw air "a crude atmosphere"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-24
Clfmata of enc Snndan.

We published q few DAYS ago an in
terview with Sir Henry Green on the
subject of the employment of Indian
sepoys in the Soudan. The following
remarks by Sir Henry upon climatic in
duences. which we had not space to print
then, may be of interest now:
t'And what about the climate, Sir
Henryg" said our representative.
well, those who have been in Scinde
are not likely to be scared by the Sou
dan. As / spent most of my life in those
baking deserts, cannot share the alarm
expressed by many concerning the pros
poets Of . summer in the Soudan. Tn
Ecinde we have heat so terrible that
sometimes you may see horses roll over
with sunstroke in all directions, but
have very seldom seen any European
down with sunstroke. The cause Is the
excessive dryness of the heat When
the air is so dry YOU perspire profusely,
and the perspiration saves your life.
When the atmosphere is damp the per-
SEPARATION is checked, and after sunset
men die like rotten sheep Of heat-apo-
plexy. In the Persian campaign we
camped out from October TO October,
near Peshawur, one Of the hottest
places you can find in all Asia, and
our sick was only two per cent, while
on board the ships in the roads It was
almost impossible to live. Dry heat can
be borne 10 almost any extent with com.
parative impunity. have seen French
regiments come In from the desert with
nothing on their heads but kepis. under
q blazing sun which would have deci-
mated the ranks had there been the least
humidity in the atmosphere. Pal Nall
Cnpeffe
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-24
LOO Waaer ln Dyapepsaa.

The internal use of hot water in vari-
GUS ailments, but especially in dyspepsia,
is exciting q good deal OF interest, both
among the people and among physicians.
We arc personally acquainted with cases
of signal cure by it. where the indivi-
duals had long suffered without help
from other remedies. Most Of our med
ical journals, including the London Lam
Get, have had articles on the subject. DIR.
T. w. Sheardown gives, in tho New York
Medical Record, his own experience with
it. We give the substance of what he
says.
He had always enjoyed robust health,
never having needed medicine except
once when he was a boy. In August,
1883, however, he was prostrated to the
verge Of Inconsistencies by sunstroke.
With this began trouble with his diges-
ton. There was no pain, no acidity, but
an uncomfortable feeling which ended
in the election of his food from his
stomach, and get without nausea.
This continued for three months.
Meanwhile, he faithfully tried nearly oil
the approved remedies or methods of
treatment, and regulated and restricted
AAAS AAGte AAC sAAA g AoNIHOA1 uPECeAOCys
and invariably rose from the table
hungry. He could, by the full exertion
Of his will power. resist for while the
tendency to vomit, but apparently with
no benefit. He lost some fifty pounds in
weight, and became very nervous, irres-
olute, respondent and weak.
Having seen the article In the Lancet
on the use Of hot water, he resolved to
try the treatment. Before rising in the
morning he had his servant bring him q
pint Of boiling water. This, so hot that
he could not touch his lips to. he drank,
drawing it through q tube during the
space Of twelve minutes.
He lay in bed one and a half hours
longer, and then took his breakfast and
retained it on his stomach with no un-
pleasant feeling. He did the same one
and half hours before dinner and sup
per, and half hour before retiring.
This course he continued until Christ
mas. using no other fluid whatever. The
vomiting was wholly arrested from the
very first. For the next nine months he
used the hot water less regularly, with
occasional return Of the vomiting. A
subsequent change Of climate helped to
complete bis cure and to do without the
water. He has since used 1t in his own
practice, with excellent results every
time the treatment was perSeyered in
Youth ConpaniOn.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-24

For sprains, some physicians highly
recommend wet clay bound about the
Joint, while others immerse the part,
when it is possible to do SO, IN water as
hot as it can be borne for twenty min
utes, followed by bandaging and rest.
Everybody has cure for sore throat,
but simple remedies appear to be most
effectual. Salt and water is used By
many as q gargle, but little alumni and
honey dissolved In sage tea is better. An
application of cloths wrung out Of hot
water and applied TO the neck, changing
as often as they begin to cool, has the
most potency for removing inflammation
of anything we ever tried 1t should be
kept up for number Of hours; during
the evening is usually the most conven-
lent time for applying this remedy.
Hundreds of women all over the
country are sufferers from neuralgia to
such an extent, in many cases, as to find
life burden. The following extract
from the British Medical ReUieC gives one
solution as to the cause: "There Is no
recognized reason why of late years neu-
ralgia of the face and scalp should have
increased so much in the female sex as
compared with our own. There is no
doubt that 1t is one Of the most common
of female maladies-one of the most
painful and difficult of treatment. It is
also a cause of much mental depression,
and leads more often to habits of intern
perance than any other. This growing
prevalence of neuralgia may to some ex-
tent be referred to the effects of cold
upon the terminal branches of the nerves
distributed to the skin, and the reason
why men are less subject to it than
women may, to great extent, / think,
be explained by the much greater pro-
lection afforded by the mode in which
the former cover their heads when they
are in the open air. 1t may be observed
that the surface of the head which is
actually covered in man is at least three
times that which fashion allows to a
woman; indeed, the points of contact
between the hat or bonnet and the head
In the latter arcs so irregular as practi
cally to destroy any protection which
might otherwise be afforded. If / were
to report to the journals a case OF facial
neuralgia cured on the principle of pro-
tecting the lateral and frontal surface of
the face as well as the superior part of
the scalp. it might excite a certain
amount of ridicule. can assure you,
however, that my patient considers that
her case ought to be reported; for she
says that, If we cannot do much for neu-
ralgia with our prescriptions, we ought
to oppose fashion when we find it preju-
dicial to health and productive Of suf-
ferinc''
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-24

Probably one of the best ministers we
ever had abroad, says O Washington cor
respondent, was Washburne, at Paris.
He made more of q mark for himself in
modern times than any other minister we
have sent to Europe. Yet Washburne
was the hero of an incident of social mis-
fortune that would have driven many
delicate creatures who seek foreign
place to commit suicideif they had been
similarly unfortunate. Washburne was
one evening at o court dinner given by
Napoleon III. It was the custom at
these dinners, when the empress arose to
retire with the ladies, for the gentlemen
to rise from their seats and step back
from the table, so that she could pass
down tho line between them. BY this
all could avoid turning their backs
upon the empress. Washburne had very
tender feet. During the dinner his feet
gave him good deal of annoyance. To
ease himself he had quietly slipped off
his patent-leather pumps under the table.
He was absorbed in conversation toward
the close Of the dinner, and was caught
unawares when the empress made the
signal for departure. He was suddenly
obliged to step back without having
time to put on his pumps. He stood in
his stocking feet, grave, dignifed and
seIf-possessed. In the row of grinning
diplomats who stood at his right and
left he betrayed none of the embarrass-
ment he must have felt, and was never
heard to allude to the incident by any
one.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-24

Italian tenors are exceedingly curious.
Mapleson relates an experience with Ra-
velIi that il very amusing. They were
visiting Niagara. Ravelli, fearing he
would have no lunch there. put bologna
sausage in his tail pocket. he Gid not
require to produce it, ana so left it
there. Going homeward hungry dog
smelled the bologna and followed it.
Ravelli saw the hand Of Providence and
took the dog literally to his bosom. keep
ing it with him always after. To this
dog he appealed on every subject. He
looked at the dog:
do / sing to-nignt9'
If the dog barked, he sang: If the dog
didn't, he didn't, and the animal became
his oracle. San Francisco Chronicle.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-24
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The highest point attained by fishes
In Switzerland, according to III. v.
Fatio, is that reached by the minnow,
which ascends Z, 900 feet above the sea
level. With the exception of the perch,
which reaches 9, 500 feet, and one or two
others, 1900 feet is the limit of ascen-
sion.
In the discussions in England as to
overpressnre in the public schools. the
prevalence of headaches was stated to be
g fair test OF the amount of pressure ex-
ertcd, and q child should be relieved
from continuous attendance ct school
after q succession of headaches had given
the warning. Sir Richard Owen states
that about five per cent. of children suffer
from headache whether they go to school
or not. According to Liveing, about
may be expected TO suffer from head
ache.
An interesting celestial visitor, Encke's
comet, which travels around the sun in
about three and half years without go
ing beyond the boundaries of the solar
system, and which has the honor of
being the first known comet of short
period, is chiefly remarkable on account
Of the retardation of its motion. This
has amounted to about four DAYS since
1919, and Is supposed by some astrono-
mers to prove the existence of resisting
medium in space. The date of the
comets pcrihelion passage this year is
March Z, and its return was first OBJ
served December 10. 1t lie visible only
with a telescope.
An oil inspector offers this explanation
of why kerosene oil lamps do not give
as good light in cold weather as at other
times: Wisconsin test prime light oils
will thicken with the cold at tempera-
tures varying from zero to twenty de-
gress above. Freezing separates the
particles of parafIine from the remainder
of the oil. They are attracted by the
wick and fill the pores, destroying its
capillary power and increasing its ten
dency to. incrust and char in bnrning.
The best kerosene oils for burning in
cold weather are water white, colorless
oils of light gravity These cost from
two to three cents per gallon more.
Almost every sort of plant furnishes
living to its own peculiar species of
hphis, or plant. louise, by which great
destruction is occasionally wrought.
DR.. j. Sibley Hicks, an English entomo-
logist, states that the hop aphis caused a
Joss in 1882 amounting to nearly SO, O00,-
900. This enormous damage is explained
by the fabulous rate of increase of the
hphis, it being possible for single fc-
male to see in her lifetime progeny of
over 1900, 900 individuals. Another
destructive species, known as American
blight, occurs on apple trees, was first
observed in 1885 in an orchard near
London The vine aphis (phvlIoxera1
has done immense damage in the vine
yards Of France, where it was first found
in 1865. Fortunately. the aphites have
numerous enemies. especially active ones
being the caterpillars of the lady bird,
the lacewing fly and its grub, and ich-
neumon fly. A lady-bird caterpillar will
devour forty or fifty daily.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-24
Sil0ncing q Rooster.

An amusing story is told of DIR. Cyrus
Edison, of the health board, which has
as yet never appeared in print. It was
during his service as an Undergraduate,
and before his father, ex. Mayor Edison,
had been raised to the chief office In the
municipality that the episode referred to
occurred. The family resided at the
time at Fordham Heights, and to GER
tain extent enjoyed the advantages of
rural living. That is, they would have
enjoyed it had it not been for the pride
Of the barnyard of near neighbour. This
rooster had the i'll manners and bad grace
to disturb the matutinal slumbers of the
Edison family every day With the irst
streak of dawn he would hop down from
his perch on an old soap-box and crow
until the very hillsreverberated the sound.
DR.. Edison and other members of the
family expended lung power, old boots,
soap-dishes, and other pieces of portable
bedroom furniture in their efforts to ST.
lence the feathered fiend until they were
well nigh exhausted. Then Mayor Edison
tried to buy the precious bird, but the
neighborly neighbor would not sell him.
Finally the young disciple of Eucalyptus
determined that through him should the
family find peace Accordingly one
morning he arose just before daybreak,
and gliding cautiously down into his
neighbours backyard, he succeeded, by
the Establishments of voice and the lib
eral use of sweet corn, in getting his
hands or the rooster. This done the rest
was easy. Taking his dissecting case
from his pocket, he selected a keen-edged
scalpel and tweezers, and holding the
bird between his knees, sought the ami
malls throat Taking up the vocal cords
with the tweezers, it was but the work
of an instant to sever them and let the
rooster 20.
That day and ever after the sleep OF
the Edsons were undisturbed Young
Cyrus, however, lost more rest than for
merly. He could not resist the tempta-
ton every morning thereafter of getting
up and watching the disabled bird as It
flew from its perch to the top of the
fence, and tapping its wings, tried to
crow. For him it was better than cir
cus.-NesO York Nail and Express.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-24
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

Thirteen is an unlucky number for
poor man to have in his family.
A fop is one who takes great pains
About everything except his brains
This and Tho
A barber must oe IN very desttu
condition If he hasn't thing to call
hone. - 7erds Sytiugs.
Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little short;
And yet tbs not exactly 20
With the strawberry quart
-Hatcht
A New Hampshire woman claims Ii
she has not broken plate or cup
thirty years. Her husband must be
markably well behaved, Burlington n
Press.
In some regions of Africa girls mu
be six feet high before they are above
to marry. And pray why shouldn't II
men insist upon high women. - Oad
Transcript.
Like some stout hinge that holds the frO
gate
And creaks husky welcome to the guc
The solemn beefsteak seized and lald
rest,
Lies at full length and covered half ycl
plate
A votive victim that awaits its fate.
You bite the dainty as IL looks It's best,
And then with aching tooth and fallI
crest
You curse the ancient steer that died 50 lat
--LifeI
About the only reference to base ba
in holy writ that we remember is wheI
Rebecca goes to the right field with
pitcher. The right field for water.
CHICAGO Ledger.
THE MILKMAID's LOVERS.
The miIkmaid's young, the milkmaid's fair,
And the milkmaid's name Is Mary,
She can deftly turn a patent churn
And she's queen of the farmers dairy
The plowman made love to the milkml
fair,
And the maiden his love rejected,
But he did not swear and tear his mar
As the milkmaid fair, expected
''I'm bound to heifer in peace or strife,
The maiden heard him mutter;
The queen Of the dairy shall be my "ns
And won't have any but her.
"I'm in love with druggists clerk =
said,
Then pray be not persistent;
IT'S pharmacist I'm going TO wed
And not a farm assistant
Boston Courier
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-24
An eccentric Poets Cabin.

.sThe Cabin, . Joaquin Millers hOu1
IN the outskirts Of Washington pea
many evidences of having been 81
ceived by an eccentric mind. 1t Is ~
rounded by stumps Of immense ~
firmly imbedded in the ground, Sn'.
clearly never grew there. The ~ ~
Observer was there once and asKeu ~
Miller where these stumps haa - -
from. He said he had brought =,
from California; he wanted to nave !.
house surrounded by all the accomPanI
ments Of d log cabin in the rocky nOa
tains. They were poetic, he said, -
helped inspiration. Another curl0s -
al old fashioned well near the al I,
with long pole with weight On n
end to give d dip to the bucket
well is q deep and large one "a
brought the pole from California, .si
said the 'sPoet of the Sienas. "-of'f
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-24

What did the sparrow do yesterasN,
Nobody knew but the Sparrow.
He were too bold who should try 10 a.
They have forgotten itall TO-DAY
Why does 1t haunt my thouohts .h,.
With 10y that piques and harrow.
As the birds fly past,
And the chimes ring fast
And the long spring shadows swea, =
castg
There's a maple bud redder TODAY.
Il win almost flower tomorrow.
! could swear twas only yesterday
In sheath OF snow and ice it Law
With fierce winds blowing IL everv w...
Whose surety had IL to borrow,
Til birds should fly past,
And chimes ring fast.
And the long spring shadows sweet ,A.a
castl
was there ever day like to-day,
Soclear, 80 shining, so tendern
The old cry out; and the children saw
With q laugh, aside: That's alwav,
way,
With the old, in spring; as long as thew a,
They find in 1t greater splendor
When the birds fly past,
And the chimes ring fast.
And the long spring shadows sweet sb.a
castln
Then that may be why my thoughts all da,
| see am old, by the token
Are 50 haunted by sounds, now so sad n
gay,
or the words ] hear the sparrows saw.
And the maple-bud's mysterious way
BY which from its sheath it has broksn.
While the birds fly past,
And the chimes ring fast,
And the long spring shadows sweet shaa
cast
Helen Jackson, Ia the Csnturv
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-24
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Give to a graciOns message q host Of
tongues, but let i'll tidings tell them
selves when they be felt.
The pathway of progress viii still, as
Of old, bear the traces Of martyrdom.
but the advance is inevitable.
Great designs are not accomplished
without enthusiasm Of some sort. it IS
the inspiration Of everything great.
If men had only temptations to great
sins, they would always be good; but the
daily fight with little ones accustom
them to defeat.
If there were no enemy, there could
be no conflict; were there no trouble.
there could be no faith; were there no
fear, there could be no hope.
A mans fortune is frequently decided
by his first address; if pleasing, others
at once conclude that he has merit; but
If ungraceful, they decide against him.
Simple emotion will not suffice to ele-
vatc the character or improve the life.
There must be power Of self denial,
strength of will, persevering eff
fort.
The rose has its thorns; and beauty is
never found without one or more. They
can be blunted at the points, but can
not be extirpated without killing the
tree
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-24
Tact i'm Adyertising.

Fraudulent advertising is, OF course,
as unjustifiables as otherforlns of iniquity,
yet, says an exchange, q regard for
truth is not incompatible with due con-
sideration of certain human Characters
tics. All men are and all persons,
women especially, fond of what is new
or peculiar, yield to the Establishments
of q supposed extraordinary bargain.
The human mind, it true, is capricious,
like the weather. It has its seasons of
cold and warmth, its days Of sunshine
and of cloud, but as in spite of these
fluctuations we live on, in the conviction
that harvest will follow seed time and
winter give place to spring, so the care
full observer of motives and persistent
watcher Of tastes and fashions will profit
by his vigilance. The wise farmer
takes into account the normal success
sion of the seasons, and he is
also prepared for unreasonable vista
tions and backs. The clear headed
man of business can hardly fai! of being
successful If he acts like the agr.cultur-
list. Making sure to sell what the peo-
pie want, be should let the greatest
possible number OF them know the fact,
and should make them acquainted with
it in the most direct, persistent and i'm
pressive manner George Robbins, the
famous London auctionecr, once sold q
country house by timely mention of an
ancient hanging wood in its vicinity.
The hanging wood turned out to be an
old gallows, and though George was de-
cidedly wrong in playing upon words TO
deceive the purchaser, he was as de-
cidedly right in supposing that custom
ers would multiply by rousing their
aesthetic sensibilities. IL is easy to ilni-
tate his shrewdness without going be-
vond bounds, yet the profits ofadvertising.
like those Of business in general, must
be gained By thoughtfulness and tact
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-24

Nearly every case OF cancer can be
traced to some exciting cause, such e
an injury to the part, local disease in
some Of the glands or : neglected warty
growth. High living with insufficient
exercise or the neglect Of the general
health condnce to It. The most gener-
ally accepted idea Of the nature Of the
disease Is that IL i the result of the NOR
bid growth Or development Of white
blood coEpuscles, o. The cells usually,
found il cancer resemble these more
than any other. These cells do not fn-l
CREASE and develop like the cells found
ia pus and other morbid conditions. but.
seem to emannte from i definite source.
and are produced st comparatively slow.
but constantly increasing rate. The in
crease las been noticed to correspond
with the decline il general health. and
Tie decrease - begin with the improve
ment of health Pittsbag1 Dipote
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-24

Among the many monuments TO Wpsh-
innton il one which every visitor to the
Cape Verde isles viii remember IS one Of
the most colossal and marvellous freaks
Of natural sculpture IN existence. Along
the further side Of San Vicente (the
principal town) rises . bold ridge az
dark gray volcanic rock. the crest Of
which forms al exact likeness of Wash
ington lying face upward IS Il il sleep
or death. The hero's large. bold fca-
lures, the backward wave of his hair, the
sweep Of lis massive shoulders, and the
vefy fEill Of HE shirt are all reproduced
% gigantic scale with fidelity worthy
of tho slaIacite formation of the Atlels-
befr grotko 81 Tie Mammoth cave II
NenI ack Chicago Times
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-24

In answer to the question, tWill you
give Queen Victoria's surname7" the pa
tent notes and queries man Of the B0s-
ton Transcript rises Ct last 10 remark a.
follows: This question finds its way to
the editors desk once week On an ~.
eraQe the year round We answer II
once more. and for the last time. So FAR
81 she ii entitled To any surname Oh her
family side, It IS Guelph After her
marriage har Surname became Victim.
that being The family name AZ her hns
band Victim 1lrs. Victim. Now. don
forget il
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-24
THE HOME DOCTOR.


In slight bruises. and those that are
not likely to be followed by iniamma-
ton, nothing more is usually required
than to bathc the part with spirits, as
cologne, brandy, ETC., mixed with an
equal proportion Of vinegar and water.
Ia more severe cases. aud where the ac-
cident is near an important part as the
eye, or any Of the joints, it bee ONES q
desirable object to prevent the approach
Of inflammation. For this purpose
leeches must be employed, repeating
them according to circumstances. If
considerable fever be present, bleeding
from the arm, pnrgative and low diet
may become necessary. In the last stage
Of bruise. where there is merely want
Of tone in the parts, and swelling from
the effused blood, etc, friction should
be employed either simply or with any
common liniment Wearing q bandage,
pumping cold water ON the part, sue
ceeded by warm friction, saturated
solution of common salt in water, have
each been found successful. Health and
Home.