The daily critic., 1890-11-11

merchant of Smyrna. bought It al
private sale and brought 10 here ard
plccei Il on exhibition at TiG5ny's MI
This IS more or less authenticated, and
adds 20 the value of the sculpture
which Will remain o short time on OK.
hibiion, ard has already been visited
ard admired by a number OF art con
nuisscurs
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Is we are to believe the press of
Japan, writes James Payne their view
Of matrimonial happiness is far more
sensible than that entertained at
home The principle underlying their
whole marital relation is that the af-
lection that makes marriage happy
Is not the love which preceles
union, but the respect, esteem, and
sense Of mutual helpfulness that grows
up afterward This is aa admirable
truth, though Il has been ignored by all
the poets, and almost all the novelists.
If Europe. 10 has, indeed been OBJ
served Of life long friendship that IL IS
hard that It should be superseded. and
have, so 10 speak, Its nose put out Of
joint. by a chit Of O Girl, whom man
has only known for a week; but love is
so vehement passion that Tor the time.
at leasO e sweeps all before Il, and
there Is nothing for poor friendship but
10 get out Of the way.
But 10 compare this sudden food as
we do-and even give &c the pre-.
eminenCe-with the deep. strong cur
rent of married love, with all its com
mon interests and memories of sun aud
shade, Is ludicrously false That we
sometimes hang ourselves because we
cannot marry our first love Is nothing
10 the purpose, for we certainly are In
10 position to estimate her value; we
know nothing about her.
our love is like all other loves,
4 little glow, little SILVER,
\ rosebud and pair Of gloves,
And ely not yet upon the river.
Is e reasonable that the loss of this,
however attractive, stranger should be
weighed in the same balance with that
of the wife who has proved herself
what, 10 the formers case, we have
only hoped for, aud who has halvod
our sorrow and doubled our ioys2 Yet
II Is the lover baked Of his mistress
upon whom all sentiment Of fiction Is
lavished; Il has not a word of pity for
the widowCr, though II makes plenty
Of fun Of him II he marries again. One
can only suppose that this distortion of
the mirror Of life arises from the fact
that IL is chiefly young people who read
novels, and that those children OF Nam.
MON, the novelist, appeal TO the sym
palhies Of their best clients
l.. II
people have more common sense. of
one japanese, indeed, we read that in
mis- efforts TO secure tried and faithful
partner, whose respect, esteem, etc,
should grow up aftorward," he has
married no less than tive.and. thirty
chits Of girls, all Of whom have dis.
appointed expectations, aud still In
hopes, he has just been united TO his
thirty.sixth bride.
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The Governor General Of India, says
the London Standard, has received a
communication from Baron Won Muller,
m eminent scientific authority Of Mel.
bourne, announcing that he has dls1ov.
cred the real cause and effective cure OF
snake poisoning. Hitherto the mode ia
which the venom Of serpents produced
fatal effects has been a mystery. The
elaborate series OF experiments carried
out by the Victorian savant have he
states, not only rendered II clear how
the poislon operates In producing death,
but have pointed out a remedy which.
when applied In time, will save the life
OF the patient According 10 Herr Won
Muller the venom of serpents does not
destroy the tissues Of the BODY but has
merely a dynamic effect, suspending the
action Of the motor and vase motor
nerve centres.
This discovery at once indicated that
the proper kind OF antidote would be
something which would stimulate and
increase the functional activity Of these
nerve centres" This remedy Is sup
piled by stTychnine, which is directly
antagonistic 10 lis action 10 snake
poison. Herr Won Muller has applet
stychnine upon large number Of per
sons bitten by the tiger snake and other
venomous serpents, and with inyaTiable
success The way In which he employs
II Is 10 inject ten OF twenty minums OF
the drug under the skin Of the patient,
and 10 repeat the operation every fifteen
minutes until slight muscular spasms
are produced, these being an unfaillng
sign that the patient Is out OF danger
Large doses Of stychnine may be in
jected into the blood Of a person who
has been bitten without producing any
injury until il has completely neutral
lied the effect Of the snake poison.
The importance Of this discovery II
confirmed, can hardly be oyerTated. In
India. where over $4,000 persons are
killed by poisonous seTpents every year,
Baron Won MulleT's communication has
naturally been received with the deepest
interest.
IS
The worlds stock Of diamonds has
increased enormously in the last fifteen
years, says Iron. In 1876 the output o
The African mines was about 800 O0i
karats; last year il was over 100000
and the great trust which controls al.
the principal mines asserts that Il la
10000, 900 karais ia sight at the prFseul
time. Meantime the demand for dia-
mOnds has greatly increased and they
are higher 20. day-paTtly because OF
the trust, but also because Of the 10
creased demand-than they were a year
ago
In one respect the diamond industry
Is different from almost an others. lt,
pT0duCt-lhal Is. of gems-is never con
sumed. OF gold and silver a much
larger amount than most people W0ul1
believe Is literally consumed In the arts
past recovery, but a diamond once CII
uUes into the world s great stock aai T.