Morning journal and courier., 1893-04-11

az regards the cell itself, the susceptibility
to disease Ia extinguished with life. Since
the cellular construction of plants and ami
mails has been proved, and since cells have
become recognized as the essential living
elements, the new science of biology has
sprung up. 1t has not brought us the uI-
innate riddle of life, but 1t has provided
concrete, material, anatomical OBJ
jects for investigation, the proper
ties, the actions, and the passions
of which we can anslyze. 1t has put en-
end to the wild confusion of fantastic and
arbitrary notions such as have Just men
toned; 1t has placed In q strong light the
immeasurable importance of ANATOMY. even
In the most delicate conditions of the BODY:
and, lastly, II has made rs aware of the
close similarity of life In the highest and
lowest Organisms, and has thus afforded
us invaluable means for comparative In
vestigstion. Pathology has also Its place,
and one certainly not without honor, in
we are indebted for the knowledge that
the opposition between healthy and dis
eased life 10 not to be sought In funda-
mental difference of the two lives, not in an
alteration of the essence, but only In an al
teration of the conditions. Pathology has
been released from the anomalous and iso-
lated position which Ii had occupied for
Thousands of years. By applying its reve-
lations not only to diseases of ..An, but
also to those of animals, even the smallest
and lowest, and to those of plants, ID In
the best manner helps to strengthen bio
logical knowledge and to narrow still more
that region of the unknown which still
surrounds the intimate structure of living
matter, II is no longer merely applied TO
physiology 1t has become physiology H.
self.
superstitions OF the Black Country.
From Leisure Hour.l
Good housewives mark their bread loares
with a GROSS. and housemsIds insure q brisk
kiudliug of a newly Lit ERE by making the
same sacred sign over the CRATE. As 10 for
tune telling, the Black Country has for ct
least half 8 century been 6 happy hunting
ground for the black tressed and dark-eyed
sibyls who disguise their real calling from
all bat likely customers by the pretence
of hawking hsnd-cut clothes-pegs, skew
srs, etc. And more sudscious still, in
several towns are resident mAgicisns, who
rule planets and reveal secrets for
consideration. And when g woman
misses an ornament or other yalus-
BILE, she hies to q wizard, or else to "wise
woman" to learn who 10 the thief. One
of these star students was 60 successful In
unrsvelling hidden secrets that his skil
WAS attributed to his dealings with the
Evil One, and as he had q more than local
reputation he was known far and wide as
"the Dudley Devil" While Satan 10 en-
dowed by the popular imagination with 9
ubiqutty scarcely less thsn omnipresent,
he is supposed specially to haunt the shafts
and subterranesu workings of disused
mines. And, though practically omnipo-
tent, he Is invoked by the following sb
surd spell: A crust of bread and cheese
placed inside hat, with Q CROSSED knife and
fork (alwsys an ominous sign. and over this
the recitation of the Lords Prayer back
wards. You will to this day find people
who are prepared to make oath that when
as boys they had tried this spell on pit
bank on dark nights, and had been brave
enough to peep down the shaft, they had
seen the very form of the Evil One glaring
at them from the depth below. Nor was
this idea of personal visible devil con-
fined to the ignorant, profsne and care
less. With the devout and serious the
conception acquired q still more sombre
and tragic character. Satan became to
them not merely the inspirsr of foul
thoughts and the suggester of sinful &C.
tions, but q real physical antagonist after
the style of Apollyon in Bunyan's ale
CORY.
It has always been a mystery why so
many people suffer from chspped hands
when Salvation Oil will cure them at once.