The morning call., 1894-02-18


served for the evening. 'Once in bed"
says Mrs. Drew,"h never allows his mind
10 be charged with business OF any KIND,
IN consequence of which he sleeps the
SOUND and healthy sleep OF child from
The moment his head is on the pillow until
he Is called the next morning. This abso-
lute power over his thoughts, won by long
ana strict habits of self-confrol. must De
one Oh the principal causes Of MS Iresh-
ness and youth. AS an instance OF tnls,
ne went home in the early morning OF
June 8, 1886. after the defeat OF the home.
rule bill, and slept his usual eight hours.
truly wonderful nerve.
The lossIof thirty-niue lives by an explo-
sion on board German vessel-Of-war I'M
dergoing her steam trials is deplorable
Illustration of the completely OF construc-
tion and arrangements in modern ships.
a vessel is no longer simple craft TO be
naVigated by sails, but is full of machinery
about which seamen know little or moth
Ing, and the engineers are the responsible
persons who control the management OF
the ship. Ordinarily the worst that hap
pens when the stokeh0le is under forced
draught, by which the steam pressure is
increased TO its highest attalpabe point,
Is mat some of the bOiier-tues burst or get
loose. In this instance the disaster was
| much worse. One of the main steam
pipes gave way, and in az instant the
stokehole was full of superheated steam
and scalding water. One is driven to the
conclusion that the testing of this large
pipe could not have been thorough. The
materials at command for very strong
work, far above forced-draught pressure,
are abundant, and clearly some officials
have Numbered.
Occasionally the assertion is heard that
the healthiest of all occupations is that of
sewer scavengiug. In large cities the
men, 10 spite of their filthy work, are pro-
verbally healthy. Mr.. Laws, chemist
who has been employed in special investi-
cations in the sewers by the London City
Council, has proved in huge report that
sewer gas is all but innocent of distr but
ing bacteria of any kind. and certainly not
those which are pathogenic. The sewage
contains microbes of various kinds in
abundance. but the gas itself is much freer
from these dreaded organisms than the
outer air OF the street. OF all this he gives
the most convincing proof, and so chal-
lenges the theories which lay at the ac-
count OF sewer gas a train OF horrible raw
ages ON health. This is startling reveal
ton, and suggests that fresh inquiry
is needed into the real causes OF so
much illness traceable 10 drains and foul
odors. Though the baneful bacteria may
not Turk In sewer exhalations, yet in some
way clearly recognizable disease does
come from iDsanitatiOn and exposure tn
drain gases. Breathing contaminated air
undermines the system and lays the body
open to the attack of numbers OF ZymOtlc
diseases. We may eliminate bacteria
from the calculation, but we do not Danish
the fevers and other ailments. Science
must shed little more light on the sub
ject.
The weather this month is decidedly
queer. One day il rains and the next out
comes the sun In a serene sky, with the
atmosphere so clear that distant noun
tains seem only a few miles off, as in
Arizona. The meteorological explains it
by the circular movement of winds. The
breeze comes down from the north over the
snow dry as bone and very cold. Then
warmer current rushes in TO take its
place, or the same current veers round at
sea and comes back to the land loaded
with moisture. 1t seldom happens that
the alterations are as regular as the mails.
but so it bas been for week or more.
The City of Paris owes much to her twin
propellers in the storm she encountered
500 miles out in the Atlantic. Her helm
post was. broken by a sea. aud had she
only possessed one propeller she could not
have put about safely and could not have
been steered. BY varying the revolutions
OF the propellers, now on one side and then
on the other, only backing one while the
other is going ahead, steamer may be
driven in any direction. Hence there is
great element OF safety in twin shafts. At
the same lime it is probably owing TO rush.
ing through the storm at full speed, as is
the custom with ocean greyhounds, that
the breakdown occurred.
Although the President of the French
Chamber OF Deputies cannot always pre-
serve order ne understands how to punish
for breach of order. During a recent de-
bate on the invasion of Elysee Reclus'
domicile, which the Socialistic members
condemned, NJ. Thivrier, a Deputy who
considers it necessary TO personate labor
in blouse. shouted, ''Viye la Communen
Ghe Prime Minister declared himself
shocked. and the President told the Deputy
first to sit down and then to 60 out. But
he would do neither. He had TO be
marched out by soldiers who were called
IN. For his recalcitrancy he is banished
fifteen days, for requiring the use of force
fifteen days more, and half his salary is
deducted for two months, and he must pay
the cost OF printing and publishing the in
cident within his own constituency. This
is notifying and mOrdaut allowance of
castigation for shouting shibboleth.
An unexpected honor has been conferred
upon Jim Corbettt and Mitchell. In par
allel illustrations bracketed under the
heading. "The Two events of the week."
the Westminster Gazette presents Bis
marck aud the Emperor William rushing
in to each others arms, and Corbett and his
opponent sparring for an opening. Ii Is
situation ludicrously true. 10 English
speaking countries the event which every
body was sure to know and think about
was the fight. The imperial reconciliation,
cemen ted as IL was with a case of old white
wine interested a much smaller numb Der
of people and was not telegraphed over
every mile of telegraph wire in the world.