The Portland daily press., 1889-07-23
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Mrs. Elizabeth Wells, who died in Hart
ford, Conn, recently. was the widow Of that
DR. Horace Wells, who discovered the use of
nitrous oxide or laughing gas" as an
anasthetic The discovery was made in
1874.
Nj. Darnal, Sarah Benhard's husband, is
afflicted with drlirium, the result OF the NOR
phlne habit. After the fashion Of weak men
ne attributes his fall to the unhappy life led
nun Oy his wife, from which he took refuge
In morphine, lie has been sent to a water
cure.
The Queens health is very feeble, and she
Is becoming unequal to her official duties.
She Is making arrangements to have the
Prince Of Wales relieve her Of the work OF
reading and signing STATE documents The
Prince wishes, il he is saddled with these
royal responsibilities, to assume the title of
irlnce Regent, and 10 have the use of Buck
lngham Palace anc Windsor Castle, the
queen retiring to Osborne and Balmoral
In the event OF settlement being made on
these terms Prince Albert Victor would
obtain Marlborough House.
Mr.. Gladstone has written letter to the
leader of a Bible-class in Manchester on how
to study the Bible. lie recommends the use
Of the table Of les ons. He especially COM
mends two things: "a Christianity in
Christ and nparneSS to Him and ia His
Image is the end Of all your efforts. Give
precedence, therefore. to the Gospels. (2.)
Remember that in the Scriptures the pur-
poses are, one, to feed the people of God In
green pastures, the other to afford proof Of
Doctrine. This is good and desirable work
put not for us all. 1t requires external
helps, more learning, and good guides, more
knowledge OF the historical development Of
cur religion, which development of our
rttgl"h Is one of the most wonderful facts
81 all human history, and affords one of the
strongest demonstrations of its truth and of
NE power and goodness of God" Mr..
Gladstone, during his Western t0ur. read
the lie Of w. &. Ward and the history of
the oxford movement.
The report of the discovery by Br. Brown.
Sequard 81 Paris Of an elixir of life, has been
received by medical men in this country as
an evidence that the celebrated physician is
in his dotage or that his mind is unbalanced.
But Dr. Variot, hospital physician of Paris
has experimental on DIR. Brown Se0uard's
liquid and is reported to have produced re-
suits which are apparently wonderful The
substance which has not yet received scien-
tifc name Is obtained by trturating the
living tissues OF certain animals in distilled
water. This is injected hyp0dermicaly and
Dr. BrOWn-SequhTd' claim Is that 1t results
in mnarting fresh life to the human BODY.
Dr. Vari0t reports thOt he tested the matter
u"pn three day laborers, ffty-four, fifty-six
and sixty years Old respectively, all of whom
were in a greatly deblitated state of health.
Ia one day each of the invalids reported
great Improvement in condition and said
mat he had not felt 50 well for years. In
each case DR.. Nariot found Improvement in
ilt symptoms. After an interval of two
tn9 trt hyDOdermlc injections were con-
tlhued, and in all the cases the Improvement
vas 5 great that chronic troubles which |
u nau resisted all previous treatment were
ttbp Xxx tsn cured DR.. Variot reports |
Inat me men who were before complete |
ly broken down ARE now fun Of CAV
ety and force" To prove that the effect |
Vas wa Not Wtri one OF Imagination or mind cure
IL DI, NaIiot took other men in the same |
them as he had the former patients. and and
then injected nothing but water. The men |
experienced no effect whatever.