Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-09-03

ously affected him in most singular man
ner. Thirty-two years ago he nearly died
from the effects of sting, and as a result
of his illness at that time his pulse never
thereafter beat faster than forty five pulsa-
tions in a minute.
A curious case of death is that reported
from Toronto, where q women is said to
have died from seasickness. Such in
stances are of very infreqaent occurrence,
although, of course, they are liable to hap
pen at any time. But the general dis
turbance of the system that is common
to unseasoned travellers on the ocean, al
though sufficiently severe at the time, is
not of fatal tendency. And in this case
the victim of seasickness had never been
at sea- She had travelled only on the
lakes, and there the nausea that ended
her life was induced.
A German physician who lives in Chi
cago and knew Bismarck during his youth
says that the late chancellor of the Ger
man empire was young scapegoat and
bully. "He used to take delight in an
noying children, and I remember how he
amused himself by raising me and my
brothers several feet from the ground by
taking hold of our ears. He evidently
thought it fine fun, and when we poor lit
| tie devils screamed he just laughed as if
| his heart would break. My mother was
| always sorry when his vacation came
! around, and she was pleased when it was
| time for him to go away"
Some people are very "set' in their
ways. Miss Amanda Anderson, of Geor-
gia, is sixty years of age and has never
1 travelled more than mile and half
| from the spot where she was born.
| Though there is railroad within three
miles of her house, she has never seen it.
She has never seen brick house, and has
seen painted house only once. Though
her nearest neighbor lives within 300
| yards of her, she has never seen his house
| except once in her life. She has never
been inside of a church or listened to a
sermon or a prayer, and her ideas of re-
hgion are extremely vague. She is, never
/ theless, an intelligent woman, with no &C.
centricity except that indicated in the
| above description of her.
The Japanese are somewhat turned
| around, as matters are viewed in this
country. The Japanese books begin where
ours end, the word fnis coming where We
| put the title page; the foot notes are print
ed at the top of the page and the reader
| puts in his marker at the bottom. = In
Japan men make themselves merry with
| wine before dinner, not after; the sweets
proceed the roasts. A Japanese mounts
his horse on the right side instead of the
left The name of the animal hangs on the
left side instead of the right; the horse
stands in his stable with his head where
his tail ought to be. Boats are hauled
upon the beaches stern first. The
Japanese saw and plane toward them in
stead of away from them. Keys turn in
instead of out. The best rooms of Japa
nese house are always at the back and
architects, when building, begin with the
roof.
ing to say in the Congregationalist con
cerning affairs in Japan. Speaking of th'
new phase of literary activity in that coun
try, he says that the new literature com
pares favorably with that of the western
nations. 1t has freedom, breadth, al
outlook such as Japanese literature has no
hitherto known. He adds: 'Tt is re
markable sign that the strong, original
solid and brilliant writers of the coming
school are Christians. l have been sur
prised to find the names of so many mem
, bers of Congregational and Presbyterian
churches in Japan on the title pages O
books of the highest class of vernaeula
, literature. This fact not only shows tn
. absurdity of certain statements of a differ
/ ent nature which have been made, in Bos
ton especially, but demonstrates the powe
of the word of God in giving light to tn
t mind, and is prophetic of a brillian
, future for Christianity in Japan"