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The Penn's Grove record., 1896-07-03
N WAS A LUNATIC.


Claim That the Poet Was Subject to
Frequent E~pi1eptic Fits.
And now Prof. Lombroso has stirred
a hornets nest about his ears. They
are vigorous and vindictive hornets, for
they have boiling In their veins the
proud. hot blood Of the Latin races,
quick to resent an insult that is direct
ed against themselves or against any
object Of their affection and esteem.
Lombroso says that Dante was merely
a crank, a lunatic. an epileptic, whose
visions arose not from an ardent and
piercing imagination, but from a disor-
dered brain.
II Dante were indeed an epileptic he
Is only n of many of the master
minds Of the world who were similarly
afflicted. We need go no further than
Shakespeare to find that Julius Caesar
had the failing sickness" So, ac-
cordlng to excellent authority. had Ma
poleon and Mahomet. And If Dante
was insane 1t is not q general idea that
genius and insanity are closely akin?
There is hardly any couplet in literature
so hackneyed as Dryder's: 3
Great wit Is sure to madness near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
"on this subject" he said," l have
thought and written n good deal. The
oyerstlmulation Of the brain. brought
about by high-pressure civilization
of to-day, Is a fruitful source of ner-
vous disorder-of insomnia, neuralgia
and hysteria. The development Of brain
and nerves goes at the expense Of the
body. Especially is this true of chill
dren. Their bodies are overtaxed in
order to develop their brains. The
nourishment which should be distrib.
uted over bodily and mental organs
alike Is all diverted to the brain. Chill
dren become a%bnormally ~precocious.
They burn with an overnight fire that
o them. My advice has
always been. build up the body first
and foremost; let the building of the
brain be a secondary consideration.
Then body and brain will be developed
on normal and healthy lines. There
may be less hectic brilliancy, but more
of what we call robust and dominating
force which makes a man a power for
good, an instrument to achieve solid
happiness and substantial progress
both for himself and for his neighbour
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Great Pedestrian,

A well-known story Of Bishop Phil
lips Brooks represents him as saying
automatically, but without any un-
truth, when a very homely baby was
presented for his admiration, well,
that Is a babyp And the parents were
delighted.
Hardly so well-timed was the remark
of another bishop to the proud mother
Of a two-year-old. The child was not
present, but the mother was telling
how remarkable 1t was
"Can he walkT' asked the bishop.
"Walkr' exclaimed the mother.
"Why. he has been walking six
monthsw
Dear mel dear me!' said the bishop,
absently. what a long way he must
have got"
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One of the readers for a large publish.
ing house was asked to pass judgment
upon n manuscript for another firm.
One evening, just as he had begun his
reading, a card was sen up. and the
visitor proved to be the author himself.
The men were friends, and hurriedly
gathering the scattered pages together.
he thrust them into a drawer In the
desk and had scarcely done SO when his
caller was admitted. After the call
was over, as the visitor rose to go, the
literary critic rose also, and half sitting
upon the desk which hid the manuscript
be said, by way OF parting:
Il suppose you are busy, n~owadays!'
"Oh, yes. l have gone at my writing
again. Just finished something the 9th,
err day and started 1t on the rounds.
But, Great Scotti What's the use.
suppose some idiot, who doesn't know
beans about the subject, is sitting on
the thing"
The critic looked down somewhat
mechanically at the desk on which he
sat and said: Possibly So"
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Goethe,s Cottaee.

Gothe's philosophy, which was far
from being a selfish n at base, was
accompanied by a singular egotism on
the part Of the philosopher himself.
| Many Incidents in his career indicate
that it was his conviction that his own
| well-being, no doubt for the sake of his
mission In the world, should be consid-
cred even at the expense Of the happt'
ness of others.
At tho celebration Of the anniversary
| Of Goethe's death at Weimar, recently,
the story was told how he came into
| possession of the cottage at that town
where he lived happily for so many
| years.
When he came to Weimar In IT'S,
be was walking one day with the duke,
Charles Augustus, his admirer and pa
tron. in the remoter parts Of the dukes
park. The two were moralizing about
human affairs and vanities. when
Goethe pointed to a cottage which was
in view and which belonged to the jour
ualist, frederick Bertuch-
How happy Bertuch must be-" he
said, Giving there In that cottage smil-
ing In the SUM He owns 1t. 1t Is his
home, and he Is in the countryr'
The duke made no response, but the
next day he sent for Bertuch.
"Bertuch," he said, you must give
me your house and garden"
But. your highness-"
mo butts about 1t. I want your house
and / shall take It,"
Resistance was quite useless. Tha
cottage Smiling in the sun" became
he property Of the duke, and Goethe
moved into 1t in the course OF time.
Here he lived all the rest Of his long
life, enjoying much of the happiness
he had enyied In Bertuch's life, but
favored, petted and honored in so
many ways that his life had in II little
Of either rusticity or seclusion.
Bertuch Is supposed to have been
well compensated for the cottage, but
as he had no desire to part with It, II
Is not likely that whatever pay he re.
ceived could have been regarded as
adequate compensation. But there is
nothing on record to show that his dis
! placement ever troubled Goethe's peace
IF mind.-Youth's Companion.
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a RELIGIOUS RITE.

Originating Among the Phoenicianss
Tattooing Spread to Savage Tribes
What IL the origin OF tattooingf Re
llgion, which has so much power over
people and which proved so obstinate
in preserving ancient customs, has GER
tainly contributed to maintain 1t among
the more barbarous part Of our popuia-
ton. We see a quasi Official proof OF
it at Loreto. Those who cultivate a
devotion for a saint believe that by
engraving his image on their flesh they
will give him a proof, a clear testimony,
of their love. We know that the Phoe-
nicians marked a sign Of their divinity
on the foreheads (Ewald, Judaischen
Altherthum, ILL. In the Marshall Isl
ands they have to ask the permission
of the gods to tattoo themselves, n
the priests alone In New Zealand per-
form the Office of tattooing (Scherzer).
| Lubbock adds to this that a woman
who does not wear q tattoo mark can-
not enjoy eternal felicity. The women
of Britain tattooed themselves In ,
dience to religion (Pliny 83).
The second cause Is the spirit OF
imitation. A Lombard soldier answer
ed me laughingiy N day when ! raj
lied him on his having spent q small
sum to spoil his arm.
"See, monsieur, we are L sheep,
and when one Of us does anything we
all initiate him at once, even IL we rsk
doing ourselves harm"
Love Of distinction also has Its inhu-
ence. A thief Of the most incorrigibie
sort who had six brothers tattooed IKE
himself, implored me, although he was
half covered with the oldest tattoo
marks, to ind him a professional tar.
tooer to complete what might be styled
the embroidery Of his skin. when the
tattooinS is very curious and spreads
all over the body" he told me, 1T - to
other thieves like the black coat OF
society with decorations-the more we
are tattooed the more we esteem one
another; the more a person is tattooei
the more influence he has over his com
panions- On the contrary, n who u
not tattooed has no influence. be Is
regarded simply as q good fellow and
is not esteemed by the company."-Pop'
ular Science Monthly.
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A
a class Of boys In a boarding school
were being examined In Scripture.
what can you tell me about Mosesr'
asked the inspector; what sort Of man
was hef"
please, sir, he was a gentleman"
piped forth a ~pale-faced. bright-eyed
lad Of II or thereabout.
Gentleman repeated the inspector,
with q look Of surprise. what do you
meanr'
The little boy promptly replied:
please. sir, when the daughters Of
Jethro went to the well to draw water,
the shepherds came and drove them
away, and Moses helped the daughters
Of Jethro. and said to the shepherds,
Ladies first, please, gentlemen"
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shs Thanked Him

An effective reproof was that giver
by an elderly man to a fashionably
dressed young woman who, as 1t seems
must have been surprised out of he
manners"
The young woman was walking rap
idly along a street shaded by manJ
trees. when the elderly man. coming
up behind her, saw a large fuzzy cater
pillar on the collar of her coat.
II beg your pardon" he said. laying
a OBTAINING hand on her arm as h,
spoke and removing the obnoxious
crawler, II wished to take OF this cater
pillar which was almost ut your neck.
The young mi stared haughtily
and with an air Of resentment at tn,
caterpillar and was about to pass Oh
with no word of thanks.
IF / made a mistake. and you woult
prefer to have the caterpillar replaced
I a easily put II back" said the gen
tleman, co~urteously, suiting the actor
to the word.
"oh. no, no, please take It offP' sal,
the young woman, her haughtines
quickly vanishing; and with the seconj
removal the elderly man got his ''Thanl
you," and the caterpillar found anothe
resting place.
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In the British Museum of Natural
History there is a section of the trunk
of a large fr-tree from British Column
bia, the growth rings Of which indi.
cate that Is was more than 500 years
old when 1t was cut down In 1885. A
correspondent Of Nature calls atten
ton to the fact that about twenty OF
the annual rings of growth, making the
latter part of the first hundred years
Of the trees existence. are crowded to-
gether in a. remarkable manner, indi-
eating that during those twenty years
some cause was In operation greatly re.
tarding the growth of the tree. On look.
ing into history the correspondent
found that, nearly at the time when the
tree in question was evidently suffer.
ing from very adverse conditions, Asia
and Europe were undergoing extraor.
binary disturbances from earthquakes
atmospheric commissions, the failure OF
crops, pestilential diseases, etc. China
in particular, suffered even more than
Europe. He therefore suggests that
possibly the crowded rings In the trunk
Of the tree may be a record of the ex'
istence of the same unusual conditions
affecting animal and vegetable life al
that time in North America also; ant
he shows that IL the tree had reached
its full growth, and ceased to form new
rings q few years before 1t was fellet
in 1885. the correspondence In time
would be complete.
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which is to be filed. while the water
let is connected with the third tube,
reaching almost to the bottom Of the
bottle.
With this bottle the filing becomes
Asy enough. After the gas has hned
the bottle it Is turned off, and the water
opposite Is turned on; the water In the
bottle rises, forcing the gas. which has
no other way out. through the short
tube into the balloon; when sufficiently
filled 1t Is tied with a string, taking
from the connecting tube, and allowed
to float toward the ceiling, where these
balloons are stored until wanted for
commercial purposes.
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WANING OF THE HONEYMOON.

Polly's pouting, Polly's doubling.
II | love her-so she said;
When l prefer proof, the s%coffer,
Polly SHES and shakes her head.
Polly misses the countless kisses
That I'd give and yet again
While she holds me off and scolds ma
As the worst of wicked men.
Then a-crying-tho' she's trying
Not to-Polly falls and cries,
Cries and cries on, sobs N signs on,
Daring me to dry her eyes.
Pressed for reason for such treason
To the happiness we've had.
She confesses-What? Who guesscs
Must have made a wife as sad.
Melancholy little Polly
THINKS, alas! that Love Is dead.
"'Cause" "ncver-hardly ever
Bring her candy. now we're wedF'
Boston Globe.
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About soy Balloons.

Almost every child has endeavored
At some time to fill a toy balloon. when
had been purchased on the street for
them, by holding II over the gas Jet'
but the balloon. to the childish astonish-
ment, has refused to fill. This Is be-
cause there is not sufficient pressure
One way Of accomplishing this is as fol-
lows: The gas, either Illuminating or
hydrogen, ls allowed to I'LL a bottle
through the cork Of which three tubes
are Inserted, two short ones and a long
one; the short tubes connecting with
the gas pipe and with the rubber bap
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rha Rnck-a.Rx Ladr,

rr-EA. -
The Rock-a.By Lady.
The Rock-a-by Lady from Hushaby street
Comes stealing, comes creeping;
The peoples they hang from her head to
her feet,
And each has a dream that Is tiny and
fleet
She brings her peoples to you. my sweet,
When she findeth you sleeping!
There Is one little dream Of a beautiful
drum
"Rub-a-dubr' 1t goeth;
There is n little dream Of a big sugar
plum,
And, ioi thick and fast the other dreams
come
OF popguns that bang and tin tops that
hum,
And a trumpet that blowethI
And dollies peep cut Of those wee little
dreams
With laughter and singing; :
And boats 60 a~-loating on silvery streams,
And the stars peek-a-boo with their own
misty CLEANS,
And UT, up and up, where the Mother
Moon beams,
The fairies go wingingI
Would you dream all these dreams that
are tiny and feet
They'll come to you sleeping;
| So shut the two eyes that are weary, my
sweet,
For the Rock-a-by Lady from Hushsby
street,
| with peoples that hang from her head to
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-07-03

Every photographer knows that sin
kular differences exist in the actinlc ac
ton of light on succeeding days which,
30 far as general appearances go, seem
to be equally favorable for photograph
lc purposes. This may be partly ex-
planned by the recent discovery by
Monsieur Declaux of Paris, that the
odors arising from vegetation and dis
seminated through the air diminish the
nctlnic power Of the solar radiations
which reach the surface of the ground
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-07-03
Lonefe,,ov,. Old cottage

Those who watched the burning OF
Longfellow's cottage at Nahant heard
the bells of Lynn" across the water
toling out the alarm Of ire The COZ
tage was very dear to Bostonians. Tne
poet occupied It for Twenty-Five SUM
mers, from 1857 to 1882, the year OF his
death, and wrote some Of his verse
there, but not much, for he preferred
to loaf in summer.
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II. Farmer of Mssontown, Penn,
has the compass which raj used by
colonel Alexander Mclean in COM
pleting the survey of the famous Ma.
son and Dixon line.
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A cork that IL longer than It is broad
floats upon its stomach, SO to speak,
how can we make 1t float upon its headl
Place one end upon a table and around
1t place six others. Seize them all to-
gether and plunge them under water
30 as to moisten them completely. Then
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-07-03

The best known sulphur deposits IN
the world are those of Sicily, but &C
cording to Mr.. Eugene A. Smith, of the
University Of Alabama, Texas may pos.
sibly enter the field as a producer OF
commercial sulphur. The deposits ex-
amined in Texas are situated In a large
basin some forty miles northwest OF
pecos, but others are said to exist both
20 the west and north Of this locality.
rhe nearest railroad is twenty miles
from the sulphur basin, and the sur
rounding country contains mo fuel AND
very little surface water.
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Many insects and other members of
The animal kingdom mimic the forms
and colors of plants and other natural
objects. for the supposed purpose OF
concealment from enemies, but 1t Is
rare to find a similar popularity In
plants. An Instance of this, however.
has been noticed at the Cape of Good
Hope, where a species of mesembryan.
themum, or fig-marigold. so closely re-
sembles the stones amid which 1t grows.
both In color and form, that 1t freiuept-
ly escapes the attention of cattle and
other browsing animals. South Africa
presents other instances Of what Is
called protective mimicry In plants-
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-07-03

A recent report by Prof. o. F. Cook
on colonization in Liberia gives some
Interesting facts about the chimpan-
ices living in that country. 1t appears
that these animals, which bear such
curious r~esembiances to men that the
natives call them "old-time people,"
are very fond Of the flesh of land crabs,
which they dig out of the burrows. To
crack open the shells of the crabs they
dash them against rocks. They alse
crack nuts with stones in the regular
human fashion; and most euriorr OF
all. perhaps, they kill pythOns by grasp
ing the huge serpents about the uecS
and beating their heads with stones.
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.as God against him.
The devil will never be chained while
the saloon-keeper Is loose.
tits folly to expect God to forgive US
while we are hating others.
We can always count upon Gods help
when we are doing his work.
In pursuing our own happiness, we
should not forget that Of others.
The hypocrite In politics can double
discount the hypocrite In the church.
You cannot persuade others to be-
lieve in Christ, unless he Is your Christ.
Gods way Of making a man rich has
always been to first make him right
aous.
Every day we remain In sin makes the
devils hold on US that much harder to
break.
Money that has the blood Of the poor
upon 1t cannot be of any real benefit to
the rich.
Prayers are sometimes made In
church that the devil would like to see
answered.
Bread cast on the water may sink out
of sight, but sooner OF later 1t will come
back to the top.
There are too many people in the
church who have religion only on one
dde-the outside.
A preacher does not help the Lord any
by preaching more truth than he Is
willing to live up to.
The road to heaven Is steep and
rough, only to those who are not walk
ing it with Christ.
Perhaps more people In your neigh
borhood would want religion. II you
would show them what 1t Is.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-07-03

Prof. G. S. Hastings, Of Yale, has de-
fised a method of shaping and combin-
ing two lenses of ordinary optical glass
in such n ANN as to do away with
the outstanding color due to chromatic
alteration. which has always been a
source of more or less trouble. even In
the best of modern telescopes. 1t is es-
tlmated that the improvement will m
crease the effective power of telescopes
ahnut IN mop apnt
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do you believe In hypnotismr
''Well, l can't say positively. But 1
there ia nothing in 1t l can't explai
why a large number Of marriages OK
cur."-Exchange.
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CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
! DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.

e~omethiuR that VIII Interest h Ju-
veniIe Members OF Every Household
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings
81 MANY Gate and cunnins Children.
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II always take a sea voyage durinI
Lent" said Miss Keedick to MI
spatts. How odd" replied MI. Spatts
"Not at all. 1t is SO much easier t
give up things when on the ocean,
Town Topics.
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DIR. A. NJ. Williams of Bradford,
Penn, recently had to have his
tongue. one of his tonsils aud Their
parts of his mouth cut out, aud to
the surprise of everybody he is still
able to talk.
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The -Nieht-Biooming Cereus.

The night blooming cereus blossoms
about an hour before midnight, but by
the approach of daylight the flower IS
a complete wreck. having lost all ns
beauty and fragrance.
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remove your hand and let them take
their own position In the water, when
you will find that they will stand up
right, as II supporting m another.
This Is because the water penetrates
the corks by capilarity and makes them
cling together.-Philadelphia Times.
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susie-wouIdn't you like to be as
happy as a lark
Johnnie-Nawi Think of the time
they have to get up.-Truth.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-07-03

A couple of Middletown (Ct.) hunt
ers recently had great luck. While
out they found u litter Of eight foxes,
which are worth $24 in bounties.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-07-03

1t is SAID that large deposits OF
potassium nitrate nearly pure. have
been found in South Africa. It Is
the chief Ingredient used In the
manufacture of ~gundowder, and 10
worth $50 a ton.
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RuY slo0 worth Dobbins floating Borax soap
Il YOUR greer. send winppers 10 Dobbinx
Soap Mfg Co, Philadelphia, ! a They will send
you fee OF charge, ostHge pa d. "A Worcester
Pocket Dictionary, 298 lagos. bound In cloth,
profisely Illustrated. ODER good until August
1at only.
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A Baptist preacher in Kentucky
claims the speed record. He inn
mersed seventeen PERSONS in twelve
minutes the other day.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-07-03

Eyaporated potatoes. prepared in the
same manner as eyaporated apples, are
to be put on the market from Minue-
sota next fall.
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HE less we have,
the more we give,
when we give a.
we should.
God never
makes any small
An empty head
ana a rafting
tongue 60 well to-
gether.
The man who
steps n his
b others rights
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FITS stopped free by DR. KLINE GREAT
NERVE isFs1oRER, No Its after first day's use
Marvellous cures Treatise and 81. 10 trial bottle
iiec. LII. Kline. ISL Arch ST.. rhiln
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Harry-Has MabeFs engagement been
announced yet?
Ethel-No; but she bushes furiously
avery time his name Is mentioned. aud
says she Just hates him.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-07-03

San Francisco has a book agent
who has reached the age of 100 years
and is still actively at work.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-07-03
Deer AIMED b. ENGINE.

A herd of deer tried to cross the track
Of tbs Long Island Railway. Ono oil
them was killed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-07-03

We have not been without Piso's Cure Tor Con
sumption for 20 yeas-LIzzIR ERRRKI, Camp st
Harrisburg, Pa, May 4. 81
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a. x. Coburn, Mgr, Clarle Scott, writes y
And Halls Catarrh Cure q valuable remedy
nruueiste sell u, T6c.
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Christ was the friend Of ~pubiicans
hnd sinners because they needed hid
frfendship. and 10 willing to receiu
a.
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lfsflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp-
ion skYe-water. Druggists sell at Csc. per bottle
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-07-03

Queens Intensive Family.
Princess Helene. the Duchess OF
jparta's baby. Is Queen Wctorsa's
twentysscond zreae-enndohiia
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-07-03

Are You Oae OF those unhappy people suffer
ing with weak neryesf Remember that III,
nerves may be strong by Hoods sarsaparilla
which feeds them upon pure blood.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-07-03

Bood's Pills are the beat ater=dinner Dill
assist digestion, prevent constipation. Csc.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-07-03

The difficulty Of keeping a modern
steamship on a straight ours is point
ed out in the Scientific American The
helmsman steers by the compass, and
while a single degree Of deviation ap-
pears very small on the compass card,
1t would, If continued, carry n fas;
steamship four miles out of her course
in a single days run. Yet the compass
gives the course more accurately thar
the ship can be steered. Owing to thu
DETECTING power of the i've and Tbs
rolling of the ship, which causes iirs:
one of her propellers and then tho
other, IL she be Of the twin-screw type
to exert the greater effect, the courst
is continually shifted a little this wa,
and that, despite the helm. The only
safety is in correcting the compass
course by frequent observations of tn,
sun, moon and stars.
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About 100 Tennessee quail have ar
rived in Australia from the United
states by the steamer Mariposa for the
Acclimatisation society.