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otfiLLonoiniiiu AN ACT WHICH COST AN INSANE PATIENT HIS LIFE. A Tak. Hallo.. H.iud Malr ami WJ 4i wri^iiert Orrm I**HB<I iad a hall n<l all Itrvaa rr<l lh aaair ! T* *! Kalranrill*arr Ca *" In toe r.-ise of a patient, who U run down in health tbe doctor frequently prescribes iron aa a tonic, but hardly in euch extensive doses as that recently taken by a man in England. This man waa forty-throe years of age. and had been for seventeen years an inmate of tbe County Asylum. Lancaster, suffer- ing from chronic mania or insanity. He had not been a very violent patient. and m many respects waa fully as ra- tional as a man perfectly poasesaed of his eenaea. It is quite a common thing among persona suffering from deranged in- tellect* to swallow foreign aubstances. and. , range to aay they appear to have an especial leaning towards such bodice aa will do the greatest injury and moat likely t.rmg alxmt fatal results. Among tneae bodies may be uientiored needlee. nails, tacks, thimbles, splinters of wood, end otter things of an equally unin- viting atd iiiuigeat ible character. One day this patient waa observed by an attendant to be very pale and evidently seriously ill. He waa at once taken to the hospital ward, to which be walked without any indication ef uncaainesa or pain, undressed bim- eelf and gut into bed. It appeared that he bad swallowed some nails on the previous day between breakfast and dinner time On inquiry it wae learned that be had taken bis food aa usual on that day, but had eaten little or no breakfast on tbe following morn- ing. Tbe patient did not appear to be Buffering ny great pain, though his Care was MM AKKAHLY PALK When asked if be felt badly he would ley fain bund across his stomach and would make repealed, though ineffect- ual, attempt a to vomit. Tbe physician in charge discovered a little to the left of aline drawn along the middle of t be stouiacb a lump seem- ing of alxiui UMI sue of a duck's egg. The lump waa beavy, iriegular and to a certain extent luoveable A rough and. as afterwards turned out, a very inadequate estimate was made of the *e.gm of the rnaas constitut- ion tli.- lump hy getting tbe patient to remain on hi.s bands and knees and plac- ing tbe palm of tbe band on tbe stom- 1 b<! physician then tried to remove the lump ,.y paaaing a long pair of for- ceps t lining u a rubber tube into the etomach lint after repeated trials he waa unnucce.ssful. the only results being to add to tne misery of the patient. It was apparent that the case waa a se- perforiued may be considered u a very successful one. " That the aloinuch ia capable of con- taining, without any marked pain or or other symptom, even large foreign bodies, and for considerable periods, is well known. The post-mortem records of our large asylums furnish curious and notable examples of this. " It may be aaid that, excluding gunshot wounds and accidental swal- low ing moat eases of foreign bodies found in tbe stomach occur in tbe in- sane. Theae cases are often discovered only after death. How long the for- eign substances have remained ia the stomach is frequently unite impossible to determine, there being practicajly no symptoms of discomfort during life. Of the claaa of substances likely to be attended with little apparent discom- fort, and which may also remain for long perioda, are hair, atring, spoons, ana so forth. Such bodies may be re- moved without an operation. "When, however, tbe foreign body ia sharp and likely to perforste, or when a number nave been swallowed and form a rnaas usable to be passed through tne intestinal canal, the as- pect of tbe case becomes quite altered, because sooner or later a fatal result may be apprehended. " In this case tbe foreign substances were numerous and sharp-pointed, and they formed a mass which could be got rid of by no muscular effort, but would lie in tbe stomach and ULTIMATELY CAUSE DEATH by ulceration. Consequently it was necessary to operate immediately. " One peculiar circumstance in the eaee waa the intact condition of tbe mucous membrane of the oesophagus. That the entire mass had not be^n in the stomach more than twenty-four hours and bad been swallowed, aa the patient aaid. between breakfast and dinner-time on tbe previous day, may be inferred from theae facts: first, such a maaa could only remain a abort tune without producing obvious symp- toms; second, though expulsion by vom- iting waa. I think, impossible, still, as the rasas was movable, it waa quite within the range of probability that when tbe patient lay on his right aide one or two of the smallest of tbe nails might have escaped through the stom- ach in tbe course of a few days. ''The extraction of the last portion of the nails had to be done very hur- riedly owing to the state of the pa- tient. The case was one of tbe most remarkable I have ever met, and though tbe unfavorable result is to be regretted, still t h- operation afforded tbe patient his only cnance of life." The foreign substances removed eration. The unfortunate man must have swallowed tbe aulMtances " at one meal," so to speak. He probably came upon a pile of rusty nails and oth- er rubbish, and waa induced by some wild ilrliisi.ni of bis deranged mind to swallow tbe stuff. There is no other ease on record, so far aa known, where an individual has loaded hi* stomach in such an extraordinary fashion. PRACTICAL FARMING. To Maice Hens Lay In Winter. Good breeds of fowls are becoming quite common on the farm, and many are using more pure-bred males. A greater interest U taken in tbe improv- ed flocks and better quarters. The re- sults are to encouraging that tbe poul- try yard is coming to be considered one of tbe paying departments of the farm. There are but few farms where 100 hens ill flavored. If they do not do so while the butter is fresh, the flavor will couie out before it it a week old. a Vegetable Pit Many people practice the plan of keeping vegetables for a part of the winter, at least, in pits dug In tbe ground. Where such a plan is adopted i precautions are necessary. The I nm nwa oonnra' ODD HAPPENINGS THAT HAVE BE- CF.NTLY OCCUhBBD. ground should slope from its top on Both sides to turn surface water. If will not support themselves nine mouth* du K "Pn ridge, a small box drain ,. M can be made at the center of the U.i - in the year upon that which would tom ^^ , he , Biwth of the tr(>nrh otherwise be wasted. Two cheap and then turned through the bank to bouses, boxed, battened and lined with come to the surface farther down t hi- tar paper, with a shed attached toeach j * lop A . bit .' wir B uze netting will keep out mice and of her animals, and where the fowl* can scratch and exrr- thc treil( , b , wh olly freed from the dan- cue on stormy or snowy days. ''ger of standing water, can be kept keep them comfortable and inclined to t r , M .?>r v>r keep lay all winter. The shed may be pole frames covered and sided with at raw or shock fodder. The house, if open, may be made comfort able by netting fodder around them, to be removed in summer if troubled with mite*. A good house U cheapest to begin with if one can af- ford it, but a cheap straw-covered one will answer if warm and clean. The fowl* ahould not be let out on stormy days nor while the snow is on the ground, and yet they need exercise to keep them laying and healthy. So the shed, protected from the cold winds and open only on the south, gives them a place, and small grain in t he sheaf or scattered in straw gives them an for use year after year. 'TOMMY ATKINS" CURLS. ! i>prve r K.I.Z, .11,1 rriii*. Some agitation prevails among the rank and file of the British army on ing to the MHue of a sort of new sumptu- ary regulation by the retiring com- mander-in-chief, who, it seems, during his farewell tour of inspection, waa pained to notice that many men were incentive U) work. A piece of m*t | wa at ing their aul-stance upon hair oil. bung just high enough to give them a little trouble in reaching it interests curling tongs, and such like aids to them amazingly, while a few bits thrown into the abed causes a race that ia healthful. Water with the chill off should be provided several times a day in cold weather ed away from manly beauty and sun-ess in Cupid'a field. To the old Duke of Cambridge's critical eye it was evident that the dry rot of effeminate luxury had set in among the inmates of the barrack rooms. The younger men not only curl- ed their hair and anointed it liberally with oil, which of itself must take up a good deal of time properly belonging to their most gracious sovereign, but .the curls were allowed to stray a half grit to grind the whole grain. I find , j nch and even more in front ot the for . ground oyster shell relished in small i ago C4p , wm ch. O f course, is conducive Quantities, especially by the Leghorn to m n nui nnel . of unmilitary family. It furnishes material for the eggshell*. Keep the snow clear- the doors and throw your coal ashes around it and under the sbeda. The bens like to pick among them, and they form a hard, dry sur- face not easily made muddy. Grit Is indispensable. Coarse sand and broken .li-nes pounded fine will meet this need. Many casei of so-called cholera result from indirection, caused by a back of. Sheep as Scavengers. Sheep mand at the head of the list of farm scavenger*. No animals kept on the farm will compare with them hi this respect. They love variety in food, look Moreover, the forage caps tbemselve were, in too many cases, cocked at an iriegular angle, for no other purpose. apparently, than to give the curls a good shnw. A general order has now been issued calling attention to tbe Queen's regulations, which prescript- the manner in which tbe hair shall he u urn by private soldiers and tbe way forage caps should be kept on tbe head. The order doea not specify tbe exact punishment for contumacy, but doufot- NAPOLEON JLEPT THERE. decided to opeiate. A cut i wo inches long waa made la fa *iia i> winrh rrrerv> Nraacrln r fmrlrt lull. The French Consul at Waraaw. the capital of Russian Poland, recently re- ceived a request from a peasant t hat be was falling into ruin. It waa in this cot- tage that Napole4b Bonaparte spent a >.f i lilitiniiii in (in passing two fmgets through the opening thus made into the stomach the phyaician felt a beavy. irregular mass, and several hard, haru points projected through the w.-i'l of the abdoii.rn. An attempt to bring the stomach through tbe open- ing failed, owing to tbe great weight of us contents. The owning was there- fora enlarged, and after some difficulty a portion of the atomach waa drawn out and exposed to view. The stomach itaelf was then cut open end a hole was made large enough to admit the middle and forefingers. I 'pon inserting the two fingers through this hole 1 1,.- I'htsician made a very start- ling dnunverv Tb The stomach was found to be occu- pied by a in.- 1/1 i \ 11 many of them nearly three inches in ! length. Home were very sharp, lient . and twitted and as a consequence, they bad to I* taken out with the two fin- ' gera. This was a very tedious process. ' aa many of tho nails could be removed only one at a time When aut half the maw had IXN-II removed, a piece of mailed hair, nearly two inches in. length. U.IM withdrawn from tbe lower end of the oeioipbaguH, from which it waa projecting Into the stomach. The doctor woikcd industriously, as every iiiiniite increased the patient's danger. hen be b.i.i finally cleared the stom- acb of its unusual rout ent s, the net re- sult were as follows: "ne hundred and ninety-two nsils.the majority l.-mg two and a half incbea in lentfi h, and many even longer ; half a screw nail, a piece of brass wire, a car- pel tack, several small piecH of stick, a button and the mas* of hair already liii-ii! loni'.l I t,e wliole weighed one poi.nd nine and a half ounces. I wound in the stomach was then eloaed, the patient was put to lied be- tween warm blanket*, and a quarter of a gi.uri of morphia waa administered bypodermically. Hut in spite of all the doctors .mild ,|i> the man died four horns alt. -i the operation, whi.-h had lasted two bourn. An eiaiion.it IMII was held twelve hours i-ost nioitcin u lien it was found that the mucous <oat which lines the interior of the stomach was badlv lacerated, and in some places enliiely torn away from the surface. No more nails were found in i|,n stomach, but in the passage leading directly fiom the stoinn.il there were removed a nail about one inch in length and two small Hl'I.INTKHH OK WOOD. It ia supposed that these must have en. .,,.., I through the iiirision in the stomach, is no |M-ifomlion could be de- cottage stands five verats from tbe fort- ress of Nowogeorgiewak. in tbe little village of Okuniw, on the bank of the river Narew. It waa while snperint end- Ing the passage of bis troops across t bis river tbat Napoleon occupied tbe peae- i ant's cottage. Above the door t hese words are carved .deep in the wood "I'ulais de I'Kmpe- ' reur. le 29 Ifecembre 180ti." Another m- I script ion. this in Latin, is carved upon ; a black marble slab set in one of the i walls of tbe bouse and conveys aub- | slant willy tbe same meaning. It U ! not known by whom tbe tablet was ' placed or who carved the words over (he door, but it is aswrted that they i date from the time of Napoleon's visit - The present occupant of the cottage is j a direct defendant of him who en- . tertaincd Honaparte beneath bis roof, | an d tbe report made by the French Consul says tbat the peasant tells ' with enthusiasm the details of the im- perial visit, winch had been banded down from generation to general ion, and that he exbibita to visitors a statuette of tbe Kmperor, which shows him seated on a throne with tbe world beneath bis feet. This statuette is very old, and the peasant regards it with the utmost reverence. and they are constantly on tbe out for it. They move rapidly , . - i . i . h.-k ,.! hm ' e98 this leo provided for hy the fielda. and then come back over t lem yuren . a reKulat ion8 . whll . n . in ,ieed. re- again and again; hence no plant a grow- gul te everything in the British army, ing in tbe pastures escape their notice, to the number of buttons on the tun- And there u no weed, perhaps, which ics and the material of the shoelaces, they will not eat if allowed to get at it Strange to aay, this sort of pat -mat while it is young and tender. They are despotism, which is quite characteris- especially fond of weed seeds while yet tic of the Duke of Cambridge, has nev- growing in the head. When turned in- er interfered with his popularity among to a stubble field, for instance, in which tbe rank and file, and this order, al- such weeds as lamb's-quarters and rag- though it hits Tommy Atkins in one weed are maturing their seeds, they of bin tendereat feelings, has not pre- will soon turn a lot of these into mut- vented the soldiers from entlm- ton Every farmer, therefore, should ally cheering t heir old chief at his fare- have a flock of sheep to enable him to well reviews. In fact, this enthusiasm turn weeds into mutton. Their presence has been so marked as to displease the will soon manifest itaelf in tbe greater permanent bureaucrats at the War cleanne.su that it will bring to tbe farms department, who see in it the probable on which they are kept. Let the sheep establishment of a dangerous preced- have free range, therefore, in the nooks ent. It has therefore lieen conveyed and corners. Allow them access to the to tbe Duke " that although cheers stubble fiel.ls before tbe plow is to fol- from tbe troops are not irregular when low them, and many weed seeds will be given to him aa a member of the royal placed by them beyond the reach of family, yet in his military capacity they barm. It has been well said tbat the are against the regulations of the ser- sbeep has a golden hoof. It may be Tiro." said with equal propriety that it car- ries a scavenger's broom. Lameness In Horses. Moet maladies reaulling from horse- shoeing are due to uneven and unbal- anced wall (tbat part of tbe hoof that is visible below the hair when the hoof is placed upon tbe ground) in ronne<tirm with an undue height of the heel. If tbe WHEELBARROW GLOBE GIRDLE2S. Tkrrr M.. p ii r.i-i.i , . o..r . r 11,, M, . WMa, Tr I* lrrlii|ill.h Ik* J>I(S \rrnr Ael la \rw V?S7> The latest round-the-world feat to be attempted is to girdle the earth in a w he-el barrow. Two Parisians, one of -companied by his wife. from Place de la Concorde. greater part of the weight is thrown re rom ace e a oncore. forward upon the bone structure of th. P "- '' Sunday morning to make the forced *>""> '" "> &"*> will take a &"*> will take a m * chlne Q e " ro , ut ^ ^ to Switxerl.nd, then upon limb and tbe bone* of the feet are forced *>""> '" forward ag.in,t the wall in front. I tu * | Inflammation of the foot and sorene- !"""" in the joint, and bones w-m f..ll.. surh , to Italy. Turkey. Persia and China. a course. If the toes, on tbe contrary, that is to say, of course, if nothing un- are allowed to grow MekM, then t: o U9ua | happens to prevent their cover- I'hTffilT.runlr'^h'Jxr^ffi : - tbU big circuit. At Canton they back side of the foot . and theae tendons will embark for San Francisco, iheni-f be.-omei inflamed. Th> hoof*, t hr r- f ore, t ne y will trundle their barmw south- must be pared in such a way that the ward to Ruenos Ay res, and from tbat weight of the animal is equally Aa- ,.( wl n tli ^ e passage on board a liner tributed between the bones and the f or Harve. In aqeakititf of t h operation, the phy- Si. i.ui win. performed it, Dr. JamcH F. Oeinmel, nays : loiomy. H uord which at first indicated in inrisi.in tliroui.'li the al>- d.iininMl iv. .Us fur the Hurgicnl treat- ment of van.. us affection* of the vis- eera. in nm\ <-in|iloved to i,,.v ing tin' i lor the removal of foreign U.dun i'uu operation which I The Percentage of Poor Byes. Only one person in fifteen has both eyes in good condition, and in seven cases out of ten one eye, generally the right, is stronger than the other. It U found that just as people are right or left-handed, so tbey are right or left sighted, and while apparently looking with both eyes, they often really use only one. Out of twenty persons whose eye* were tested by a German doctor, two only were found to be left sight- ed. Tbe reason of the greater strength generally pomesaed by the right eye is not altogetber understood, but probably the natural tendency to the greater use, of the right aide of tbe body has some- j thing to do with it. In using weapons,) for instance, mankind has been taught to assume for ages attitudes in win. h the right hand and side have most \ en is.- and this discipline hiu undoulit- f.lh had its effect on the eye. Old sea captains, after long use of the telescope, find their rinht eye much stronger than tn- left -tin- direct effect of exercise. Thin law is continued by the experience of au rials. If a person who has ears of equal bearing power has cause to use one ear more than the other for a long (nod. the ear brought into requisition is found to be strengl hened, and the ear not used loses its hearing in a oor- n-sp .nding degree. Striving' to Forget JimpH Hello, Jamps. What do you think of that cigar I gave you this morning f Jamps llH-H-h I Ilon't - dun t - I don't want to think of it. I'm trying bard to forget it. flexor tendons. If one heel is permit- Perhaps their journey may end. as did ted to grow higher than t B other, that of another Parisian not long ago. bruises on the high heel, called corns, He, too. started from the Place de la will result. . Concorde, and announced that he was Horse* with weak, tender, or bruised going to walk around the world. A sole, may for a time require lea' n r large crowd of his friends and admirers waterproof pails, but as the sole grows o f |,oth sexes aaaembleil t.> hid him an these should be discontinued They are revoir. and then- w is much enthusias never required in healthy feet where (j r hugging, kissing ami shedding ..f the sole, which is the best and most hysterical tears. Finally he tore him natural protection, i* allowed to grow w |f away, and was followed bv the undisturbed by the knife. _ plaudits of the large crowd, which had Horses with corns should have 1 r assembled during his leave-taking, shoes made with a wide inside web. About three months afterwards- one which rests upon the bars, or have f r o f his friends happened to be in a sub- a time a bar shoe. The last nail on the U rb of Paris, ana seeing a cozy-looking inside should also be dispensed with, wineshop and inn, cut fed in search of and the neat of the corn or bruise care- hibulous refreshment Much to hissiir- fully pared out without either injur- prise be saw. seated at one of the tables, ing tbe frog or the ban. j reading a paper and smoking a < -igar- ftte, t be gent leinan who had started out _ _ so gayly on his journey around the Feeding Turnips to Dairy Cows. world. " What 1 have you returned al KM>< -I I Hi 1 1 ... - fh- allaa t Tarhey *! "I. Hr-,1. Thr laamae Klac ' varla L>ski>x rw4rr rif r'. mr- <lrplilM tirr I'.ir.. EM. In some port i-.ns of Upp>>r Egypt rain is absolutely unknown, and in Lower Egypt there ia sometimes no rain for years. Statistics show that in British Eaat In'ii* an average of sixty-five persona are killed by snuki-s, tigers, leopard*. wolves, bears, hyenas, &c., every day about 24,000 every year. Gutenberg, the inventor of printing. is supposed to have been born in 1397. His native city, Mayenoe, already pro- poses to fitly c-l.-'.rtte his five hun- dredth birthday in 1897. If science U knowledge, the new woman will get newer still. Old World science declares that in proportion to tbe weight of the wh.de. person the I weight of woman's brain is greater than that of man. At the present time France bs about 2,iQ) rabid Anarchists withiu her bor- ders, ac far as the police know. Only one-fourth of this army of frothy lu- natics are Frenchmen ; of the rest, 4ft per cent, are Italians, 25 per cent -Swiss, Ac. June Cakebread, an Englishwoman. takes the cake for drunkenness. She has just been punished for the 289th time for disorderly conduct while in a state of intoxication. A professor at the University of Piaa, ' who professes to hive made careful in- quiries, states that, in proportion to tbe population, Italy shows the largest numiier of murderers 13 to every 100.- 000 inhabitants. The relative number in Spain is 9, in France 2, in Germany 1, in Great Britain 1, &o. In South Wales tbe workingmen using the tramways are granted re- duced rates for their morning tripe. Every one travelling by the early morn- ing trains can ohtain workingmen'a rates. In Italy grapes are measured, not weighed. Italy's (.'rape crop this year smounts to about 8j.0d0.00n bushels, far 1 Mow tbe average crop of I-.'II.IXKI.OOO l.ushels Disease and drought, caused | tbe deficiency. The Sultan of Turkey always talc, a , his meals alone. He needs neither table nor plates, knives nor forks, but geta . along very well by helping himself with I a spoon and his fingers to whatever ia | aervea him in small dish. of course, the many servants in attendance are looked upon as no>x>diea. We are used to hear of leprosy in j Asia almost everywhere in Asia, even in Silx-ria. Rut it sounds strange to near tbat the Da-iish (iovcrmucnt pio- ' poses to erect special hospitals fur the lepers in Iceland. Tbat classic island has a population of only HO.OUO, yet among theae are SOU lepers, ao reports a Danish doctor lately sent there to in- I vestigate. Not long ago a Leipsic editor was sen- 1 to live months' imprisonment for ! criticizing one of Kmueror William's speeches. Tbe confiscation of newspa- pers roium.'ii. intf unfavorably on tbe sayings and doing of the you UK pot.-i,- ' tate or of his oliedient servants occurs rather often, too. Score one for London City enterprise. Reports s-nne time ago h.ad it that the effort to exterminate the nlii.it plague. in Australii tbr.ngh an e|.i me intro- duced by inn.K-ul.nion wiuj a deadly serum promises success). Rut it may be just as well if it's a partial failure. A London firm propows to take annually not less than 150 tons of dried rabhita at a reasonable price. By and hy dried I ralibil may lie as c immon an dried fi.sh. Otto, the insane Kintf of Bavaria, baa just celelir ite.d hi.s forty-sixth iiirthday tbat is. it was celebrated t hn.ii^hout "in' ry li> a rclitfi.iiis -.-rvi.-e Since bis accession to the throne the mad , sovereign baa neve; lefl tho Castle of Kurrstenrird. which us surrounded by . bikth walls. One.- a year the Prime Min- ister makes him a visit to see how he I ia getting along. His late.st report saya ' h .t His Majesty's physical con.lition leaves nothing to I* desired, while hi* mental condition is simply pitiable. S, ill Otto will continue to wear tbe crown, according to law. ie, years ago a younK tinsmith 1 named l.ippuiin.i i . s country f i OMI TaJlya, Hungary. Aitra time he wr'.te a letter to Ills former euiplov r, i a.sking him for the hand of his daugh- ter. The answer must hive been en- couraging because it led him to send alibis saving* several hundred dollars to his sweetheart. N..t long ago he returned to hia old home, only to find , that the girl and her parents would have nothing to do with him. Thc girl mi. I hi r fa her sn.-ik.'d away to hide from him. I. ippmann followed, without fin. ling thorn I'h-n n-n.len-.l oYsper- . ate. he bought two revolvers, and after first killing the girl's mother, \\lri had been left liehind, h committed suiiide by shooting himself through the head. rBa dy I" he cried, rushing up a^oon the n( , j, ad etblish.-d his friend's ideutii There seems to be much d ! in the opinion of dairymen as 1,0 m ne liad established his friend's identity practice of feeding turnips to dairy to Ins own satisfaction. cows. A well-posted writer says: The " Net urncd r echoed the bold trav- only plan Is to feed the roots to the M e j ' evor go"? reached' this* phi cows in moderation, and they will not afternoon of the day I started md flavor tbe butter. White turni|wwill found things NO comfortable that I be used more freely than Sweden. As concluded to remain. Why should I to tin quantity of either of the roots * further for ease and pleasure when t.. he given, every man mint judge for found them beret" himself, as roots grown un some land ^ may be given more freely than those CKIIH. > cm, from other ground. 1 he manner food SHleldS Of Silk. is prepared will not prevent tbe roots it appears that the comparatively, l:;;r v m \ k ,! h ' v^V'omirt^e'cha'fT few lo(Mies to tbe Japanese troops in antly. A good way w to mixine cnan, __ , r.K.ts. and meal thoroughly as soon as tne Mamhunan engagements in the put In the heap Some men advise that recent war with China were not alto- ' cows be fed with swedes after milking get her due to the bad marksmanship' instead of before; others put one or of tin- Chinese As a means of prot ce- nt her suppose I preventives in the milk tion against t he cold the Japanese wore when panned, hut I find that in spite a quant ity of floss silk under their out- ! of all care either swedes or bean meal er clothing, and this ac'.-d more or i fiven freely will make tbe hotter taste leas aa a bullet-proof shield bus hard of laiiKbing gas, Hut there exists als < liutrhinrf powder. which is even less of a laughing mat- ti-i. Tin- \.-ui-. Fester Jonrn.il chron- icles a short time ago that an sctreaa .suddenly liegan to laugh vi..lntly on i lit- stage, while dressed in widow's in I .jus' in the act of mournful- ly kissing a wrt-ith which was to lie laid on the grave of her di-nd I. :.' md The ac ress n id to leave t In- stage ; ' he i-uit-iiii fell. Investigation .h.-. 1 t h it t lie former st;r of t h. 1 c >mpauy .-ri.kled i he \vreith with lewh- m^ powder. After the laughing fit, t hf 00,11 victim of jealousv m,l pow'er fell into a d'>th like sleep, which last- ed twenty-four liMirs; but, then Upbe- li i was hervlf axain. Speikin K ..i IV.si.'iir. Henri Itorheforl affi 'us i hit M I value ia i ..u i hi? all"j{.'d h>dr..phol<ia cure. H>- .1 -s Hi I'f -, i iii.-ur'er of the Me I > inc. w ho has kept \> 'f ( hi-, failures undt-r the "sys- tem P..s'1-.u ," :n i who declares that It..- iiuinU-i of .leiths from hMlropho- - I rn her t li.'in <leciea-<ed iiiii'.H-ulii i .n Mippi int.-d the old- .' . .nii-i i/ n ion ,ii the wouii I. l{..cbffon i ..... i nuiii.r of pa.se.H in which patients died after their di-x-hiir^e from the I'a.sleur In- at it ute. lid it-calls, for insl ui-e. that at one time ten or a d../..-n Uussian |M-asan'.s who had i-.-n Sitt.'ii '.v I mad dog cam- I.. IVuis luiinlergo treatment at the PusteiM Institute; after their re- I ill n to Itussia cverv on,- of t liivst' un- fi>' i unites nevei thi'less died of the hor- ril.le disease.