Widnes Examiner. — 1885-09-26 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

HANDS TWICE THZIE NATURAL SIZE. Mr. William Howes 0.E., No. 68, Red Lionstreet, High Holborn, Howes, writes, Jan. 30th, 1,135 :—For 20 years I have been constantly and severely afflicted with rheumatism. At Ulnas my hands have b en swollen to twice their natural size. At other times my jo,nts became so stiff that I could not *talk,' and My feet so sore that I could not not bear my weight on them, To obtain relief J. TWA doctors hod many remedies Oyer' i.tel ç. cure rheumatism. without benefit. An acquaintance, who had himulf been cured of • severe rheuMVO tr.,uble, give me a bottle of St. Jacob's Oil, wbifh applial Once with such unexpected and marked benefit, that I procured another, which settled the business by removing the pain which I had not been free from for twenty years. Had I net used St. Jacob's Oil, I would now be in bed, Instead of attending to my business as I am." The great German remedy. St. Jacob's Oil, conquers pain. It relieves and cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Backache, Toothache, Bridses, Sprains, Stiffness, Soreness,Lamenes., and all other pains for which an external remedy may be applied. Price 2s. 6d. By poet 2s 9d. of chemists. The Charles A. Vogeler Co.. sole proprietors, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. Great Britain Brauch-45, Farrinkiou-road, Landon.  SOIENCE, ART, &o Lord Wolseley has just finished a complete revision of his well-known Soldier's Pocket Book." I According to • the Voltaire, one of the largest picture dealers of:Berlin has committed suicide after losing upwards of 2,000,000 f. in the gambling hells of Paris. Lady Bmssey is about to publish an account of the recentjourney made in search of health in the Sunbeam to Norway. In order to lend a pictureSqueness to the facts, the little volume will be illustrated by photographs taken at various points by Mr. Harcourt. The State Library at Monacco is being catalogued. Among its contents have been found about twenty thousand leads from persons who have filled most important positions in French political or literary history, such as Catherine de Medicis, Richelieu, Mazarin, Louvois, Colbert, and Montaigne. . . . . .  We regret to hear-that the committee formed for renewing the excavations on the site of the great temple of Ephesus have been unable to obtain by subscription the minimum amount needed for the work Mr. Wood will next week leave for Rome, but it is hoped sufficient money may yet be raised to enable him to begin work at Ephesus.—Athewrum. Mr. Juason (Ned Buntline), a ready writer‘of cheap fiction, has recently been making some confessions as to his authorship. He admits the authorship oftbetween 300 and 400 sensational novels, and claims to have made from 20,000 dols. to 60,000 dols. a year. Besides " Ned Buntline," Mr. Judson has five other pen names—" Edward Minturn," " Clad Garnet," "Reckless, Ralph," "Sherwood Stanley," and Julia Edwards." Mr. H. K. Lewis has in the press a new:practical work on micrb-erganisms by Dr. Edgar M. Crookshank. The volume will bear the title " • logy," and it will aim at being a practical, systematic, and descriptive hand-book on the subjects of which it treats. It will contain an introduction to the study of bacteria, based upon the most recent methods employed by the school of Koch. An appendix will be given, including a description of yeast and mould fungi, and the methods of examinations of air, soil, and water. Prof. Vambery has published "An Uzbeg (Tartar) Epic," which treats the career of the famous Urbeg warrior and conqueror of Central Asia in the beginning of the sixteenth century, who drove Baber out of the country north of the Oxus, and was the chief cause:of the foundation of the Mogul empire of India. The epic consists of 4,900 double verses, which the Professor copied from the only existing MS., which is in the possession of the Emperor of Austria. The text is accompanied by a translation and annotations, and is brought out at the Professor's expense.—Atheneum. Professor Thorold Rogers, M.P., has made, says the At/tour:on, a very important discovery while pursuing his investigations at Cambridge for additional volumes of his work on the " History of Prices." This is a set of accounts kept at King's College during 120 years, with the exception of one year, beginning with the year 1583. There is information accessible with regard to the missing year, so that the series of accbunts is practically complete for the entire period. In addition to the facts furnished as to prices, these accounts contain many curious details illustrative of social life in olden doys. A remarkable circumstance is reported from' Whitstable by a local naturalist. A few evenings sine two or three oysters were put away in an earthen pan, and during the night a couple of young mice found out the dainty dish and inserted their hungry mouths within the open shelves of one of the bivalves. In the morning they were found fast held by the closed shells of the oysters, and, of course, quite dead. The oyster continued its firm hold on the intruders, and the trio having been handed to Mr. Sibert Sanders, a member of the East Kent Natural Histo7 Society, were at once immersed in spirits, and will in due course be placed in the local museum. Tag FirzALAN