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I}?! “yr. The exploring expedition under Lieut. pose Hourst, which recently retqrned from old the upper reaches of the River. N 13er, ofte] carried phonographs, w1th winch the cone war songs of the natives were recorded. 1 fore The authors of the book which start- ed the discussion contend that, infre- quent as are the cases of premature in- terment, there are enough of them to call for some changes in the law re- gading death certification and the treatment of bodies before burial. They advocate the establishment of public mortuaries, where bodies could be kept without inconvenience or injury to health till the proofs of deaths become indisputable. \Ve believe that an ex- periment of the kind has been tried in Europe, but that, out of many hun- derds of bodies committed, to the mor- tuary hall, not one came to life, The advocates of the institution would re- ply that the proportion of premature interments is not one in hundreds but one in many thousands. In the ab- sence of such precautionary establishâ€" ments, which could only be construct- ed and maintained at considerable cost, it might be expedient to revive the old custom of watching the dead in- cessantly before burial, and of not bury- ing until signs ’of decomposition had appeared, not sporadically, but over a large part of 'the surface of the body. NEW’ USE FOR THE PHONOGR'APH. At the present day in civilized 'coun- tries, it is, or should be, customary to wait several days after the fact of death has been certified by the medical attendant before the body is commit- ted to the grave. and even before re- course is made to the freezing and em- balming process. But can the certifi- cate of a wellâ€"qualified physician, as to the fact of death always be accepted as absolutely trustworthy '3 That is one of the points upon which the discussion in the London journals has turned prin- cipally. There seem to be grave doubt whether any of the usual tests can be looked upon as entirely unerring. For instance, can a person be pronounced dead because he has ceased to breathe? On the contrary there are hundreds of recorded cases where no sign of breath could be detected, yet the patients have lived. Is the complete stoppage of the heart’s action a decisive criterion? There are cases where the hearts of men supposed to be dead have given no indication of movement to the trained ear or touch or even to the stethoscope, and yet it has been proved eventually that life was not extinct. Is the state of the blood a faultless index? Not so. You may open a vein, and find the blood congealed, and yet you may dis- cover by and by that you have been operating upon a living subject. Neith- er reduction of the body’s temperature nor the stiffening of the frame is an infallible verification. Galvanism may fail to produce a muscular reaction, and a bright steel blade, plunged into the tissues. may, when withdrawn, show no signs of oxidation, and yet death may not have been present, Nor, fiinally, is putrefactipn and decomposition an ab- solutely unmistakable proof of death, for it is well known that portions of l the human frame may mortify in the :J living. that, then is the scientific de- finition of death? It is the destruc- tion of the body. That is to say, death is a condition in which animation is not present; which does not admit of reanimation; which is followed by the dissolution of the tissues. Of course, none of the many sensibile persons who have diseoursed lately up-« on the matter assumes that premature burial is a frequent occurrence; on the contrary, it is admitted universally to be rare. Yet even if there were only one case in ten thousand interments, the one case “than be attended with‘ circumstances of horror, the mere thought of which appalls the imaginaâ€" tion, and suggests the misgiving that our semi-civilized forefathers may have been wiser than we in respect of their proilsonged and assiduous watching of the dead. To this day the Parsees, as we know, expose the corpses of their friends on the soâ€"cal-led. Towers of Silence, where the flesh is picked from the bones by vultures; and instances have been verified of ‘bodies thus exposed being restored to animation by the onslaught of the birds. One of the objects of the slow mode of cremation practised by Romans of the certain rank in pre- Christian times was to afford a chance of rescue in the event of suspended ani- mation; a chance which would have been destroyed by premature interment. ; of the authors of which was himself buried alive, while the other had a. produced the deeper impression. because particular pains have been taken to authenticate them, and because they are distinguished carefully from the phenomtena. of disturbance, sometimes observed on opening a. coffin, which may) have been due to the generation of gases. The {Engfiish newspapers have of late been giving a good deal- of space to a. discussion of the extent to which pre- mature burials possibly may occur, and of the methods of averting them. At- tention has been directed to the sub- ject by the publication of a book, one N0 T ES A ND COfiflVEA’TS CHURCH CA TS. In Naples there exists a race of cats which live in the churches. They are kept and fed by the authorities on pur- pose to catch the mice which infest all old buiildmgs there. The animals may often be seen walking about among the congregation, or sitting gravely be. fore the altar during tune of mass; Two Paris women were recently per- suaded by a Spiritualistic medium that their bodies enveloyed the spirits of Mary Stuart and Queen Elizabeth. Un- fortunately Mary Stuart discovered that Elizabeth’s nephew embodied the spir- it of Bothwell, and the two, taking all the Virgin Queen’s money, eloped, mak- Lug it .necessary for the police to be called 1-11. - r sent at the funerafl ceremonies in con- sequence of the dead lady having been one of the only two women of- ficers of the National Order of the Legion of Honor, which had been conferred upon her for her boundless charities. The sole feminine officer of the Legion of Honor now .surviving is the celebrated artist, Rosa Bonheur, so renowned for her paintings of animals, who received the cross 0 an ordinary knight from Napoleon III. and the cross of officer of the order from the Govern- ment of the republic. be the member of some reigning fam- ily. The honors accorded byfthe French Government to the late Mme. Charles Heme, whose obsequies at Paris the other day were attended by a battalion of infantry with the regimental colors and band, are sufficientlly exceptional to {neritnreconri The troops were pre- It is very seldom, indeed, that a mili- tary displlay takes place at the funeral of any womain who does not {happen to Mr. \Vard is fitting up a model min- iature gymnasium for his boy, and he is putting all sorts of appliances to de- velop muscles of the young wonder. The boy himself is not surprised at any- thing, and takes his training as a matter of course. He is learning to talk rapidly, and is as bright asa new dollar. Every muscle in the little fel- low’s body stands out prominently, and his flesh is as hard and firm asa |pro- fessional boxer’s. His biceps are de- veloped in an astonishing manner and feel like iron. ~ ' A W'OMAN’S MILITARY FUNERAL. “\Vhen he was three months old,” says Mrs. Ward, who attends to his die-ting, "I commenced to feed him on graham crackers soaked in milk. This not only put on flesh rapidly, but also built up his bones and muscles. I am now giving him solid foods of different kinds, and he wants to eat most of the time. Sometimes I have to take him away from the table for fear he'will eat ,too mluoh, and then he is sure to cry. , g l THE lVIOTHER TELLS OF HIS DIET. “My boy is a. wonder, and I am Will- ing to back him against all comers of his age. W'hen I first started him in using the dumibbells, I was afraid he might hurt himself, but he really seemed to like the exercise, and he was ready to cry when I called time on him. My wife agreed not to med- dle with his athletic instructions if I would keep away from his dieting, so she manages that part. After he had been using the bells about a month and I saw the effect was good, I was Willing to experiment a little, and I gave him some tests to Show his strength. . _\ “\Vhen he was five months old I put a bandage around him and held him suspended over a fifteen-pound dumbbell. He grasped it and lifted it clear of the floor, holding it so nearly a minute. This test never tired him in the least. He now, at nine months of age, lifts a twenty-five pound dumb- bell, and keeps it in the air a 'minute, and would do so longer, but I don’t want to be too hard on the boy. I don’t mean to brag about my son, but I believe he is the coming strong man without any doubt.” , Mr. \Vard, who has full charge of the athletic tralning of this youthful Samipw, says: Then some light dumbbells were se- cured for the boy, and under the careful tuition of his father he soon manipu- lated them surprisingly well. Young Henry’s weight was so great for a youth of. his age that he did not de- ve10p much speed as a sprinter, and his main strength, brought about by dumbbell and Indian club practice, is in his arms and chest. When only nine months old he was able to lift a dumbbell weighing twenty-five pounds clear of the floor. ‘Mr. \Vard, who was something of an athlete in his younger days, thought he saw the foundation for a remark- ably strong man in his son, and when he was about three months old adOpt- ed a gentle system of exercise, through which he put young Henry every day. He also put his little son on a diet that was muscle producing, and in a few weeks was delighted to notice a great improvement. “'hen Nine Months 0111 (‘oulal Lift :1 Dumb- hell \"eighing Twenty-five Poundsâ€"Ills Father Puts Ilim Through a Regular Course of Training, and "is Mother Attends In "is Diet. Here is a nine-months-old Sandow. He is Henry Edward \Villiam \Vard, the child of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. (.NVard, of Lewiston, Me. At an early age this miniature giant began to show signs of remarkable strength for an infant. W'hen three months old his Weight was twenty pounds, and his parents com- menced to notice his unusual develop- ment. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. \Vard are of large proportions, and the rapid way in which their young son took on flesh surprised them. HE IS AN INFANT SANDUW A BABY NINE MONTHS OLD WHO IS A VERITABLE WONDER. PLAYING IT TO A FINISH THE FATHER’S STORY. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE, Feb. 18, 1897. A new number on the programme of 3. Berlin circus is attracting Widespread attention. It is called the “Mysterious Star,” and the production includes two male artists. IA large disk is fastened to the ceiling of the circus, leaving but a small space for a track on top of the disk, -hvhich is invisible to the aud- ience. On the lower surface of that disk a bicycle rider rides upside down, and holding a trapeze suspended from his mouth, a partner. goes through a series of trapeze exermse 1n that startl-r ing height, and, under very. difficult? conditions, for the rider continues rid- ing around his track forward and back- ward, irrespective of the work of his companion. ' It is believed that Breek’s eyes are largely responsible for his power over animals. They are rather dark, full of lustre, ‘and direct in their gaze: \Vhile not exactly fierce, they are rath- er menacing. LA dog, angry at a child for having stepped on its tail on the store porch one day, started to snap at it. Breek said something quickly, and the dog,: giving one glance at the man's eyes, s-lunk away with its tail be tween its legs. is the simiflest and easiest way to go. But he doesn’t go back that way; easy as it is to slide down the pole, it would be mighty hard work to shin up it, \Vhen the fireman goes up, then, like everybody else, he climbs the stairs. from dogs on their trails, as foxes are said to have gone to Thoreau. Now seven persons have seen foxes seek shelâ€" ter with Breek, and there are no skep- #:nn tics. Very Handy to ['59 Going Down, but the Stairs Still ITscd (suing lip. City firemen use the sliding poles in the engine houses when descending from the dormitory floors to the street ifloor about their ordinary affairs, just as they do when hustling down for a 1 fire. It is the quickest and easiest way to go, and naturally they go that way always. '10 a man not a fireman, how- ever. and so unaccustomed to it, the commonplace use of the sliding pole seems at first strange. He has seen it usually, perhaps only, from below; and the use of it is associated in his mind with the sound of the gongfthe pounding of the horses’ hoofs, the snap- ping of harness, and the general bustle into this scene or activity seems all be on an upper floor, and instead of seeing firemen shoot into View should see one suddenly and silently disappear, that sight prooairly would at first be surprising to him. At first it seems strange to see any man, fireman or not, slide down a pole to start for his dinner. for instance, hut that is what the fireman does, and. it IS just the same if he is going below Ior any duty in the house. He goes down the pole habitually, because that- - 1.1 the fact that the appalling ravages of the rinderpast in Africa are leading to the substitution on a very large scale of machinery in lieu of oxen for agri- cultural labor. The fTransvaal Gov- ernment is considering the advisability of introducing at State expense steam piloughs, mowers, sowers. reapers, etc., for the‘use of such of its Boer citizens as may not be able to incur the ex- pense of buying them. , A despa‘tch from New York says that it is understood that the Merritt \Vreeking Company and the Chapman ~Wrecking Company are about to con- solidate and continue business as one concern. . . . . Manufacturers of ragricml tural maâ€" chinery wnll do well to take note of A San Francisco, (2211., cattle firm has bought bundleds of tons of hay in Nevada for $2 per ton, and is feeding 800 cows. "No immediate curtailment of produc- tion of cotton goods is looked for at Lowell, Lawrence or New Bedford, Mass. . Omaha horseshoers have prepared a bill requiring the examination of peo- ple Wishing to enter that occupatwn. Detroit Builders’ Exchange declares that experienced mechanics should com- pose the Board of Pubhc \Vorks. «Almost all the farmers of \Vheat- land, Wy.o ., have the ground prepared for spring saeding. The Chicago Fedeyation of Labor has begun an earnest fight for postal sav- mgs banks. 5 The, Vermont Legislature has adopt- ed a flaw requirmg heavy waggons to have wxde tires. . The raising of cucumbgrs is ‘pecOm- mg one of: the " great 1ndustr1es ‘of Northern Indlana. A Japanese drummel who was in Visalia.,p C31,, recently carried ten trunks filled with Japanese goods; .Venetian glass-blowing has been re- v1ved at the Royal Prussmn Museum of Arts. About “1131 Is Going on in the World or Labor. An artificial ear costs $100. Chinese can make horseshoes. ’Frisco has a Japanese physician. \Vhale beef is 3. Bermuda. delicacy. Japan has one leather sole mill. Panama canal employes 3,000 men. :North Caro‘lina has 1,824 distilleries. England has 85,818 available seamen. Arizona Indians are buying bicycles. Europe has 560 miles of electric road. Berlin is to have an electric elevated road. W’oodmakers have subscribed $5,000 for a co-Operative factory at Detroit. [A new ram-way company at Cincin- najzl offers a. 4-cent fare for a franâ€" chlse. ‘ NEW CIRCUS ACT. PITHY PARAGRAPH». I‘HE SLIDING POLE. in the World of for Kidney Disease, Bladder and Urinary difficulties, Lame Back, and the number. less results of disordered Kidneys is Doan’a Kidney Pills. Be sure to get Doan’g. Price fifty cents per box. For sale by evident that the only Complaints through the use of this won- derful medicine, those Whose lame back is now free from pain, those who now have no headaches, those who have escaped from the death grip of Diabetes and Bright’s disease by the use of Dean’s Pl LLS Kidney Pills first proved to the people that Kidney disease is curable. Being the original Kidney remedy in pill form, the cures they have made, and the fame they have attained have opened the way for a host of imitations and substitutes, but those who have been cured of To be- sure ‘he has. It was his firm that failed last week} were designed to supply a model purgative to people who had so long injured themselves with griping medicines. Being carefully prepared and their in- gredients adjusted to the exact necessities of the bowels and liver, their popularity was in- stantaneeus. That this popu- larity has been maintained is well marked in the medal awarded these pills at the World’s Fair 1893. Slyly may be a model citizen, but thgy _say he l_1a3_his failings. _ _ The Viennese take their pleasures as regularly as they do their meals; but they do “not neglect business, or keep late hours. One thing, perhaps, which helps to keep the young Viennese of moderate means and economical mind regular in his Evening hours, is the fact that he must pay to get into his own rooms after 10 o’clock. .Vienna is one vast system of apartment houses, and a. hous-emas‘ter is in charge of each one. {At 10 o’clock he locks the front door, and any one desiring to get in after the hour must pay for admittance, and the old resident has no more right to a key than the ephemeral lodger. Big Contract Made With the Lake of the “'oods Milling Company. Sir Roderick Cameron, who has been at Rat Portage 001' some time, has made a big contract with the Lake of the Woods Milling Company. Sir Rod- erick's farm has contracted for all the flour manufactured over their regular trade. They are to get a‘ thousand barrels in the four months following Dec. 1 last. Fifty cars, each contain- ing two hundred barrels. left the Kee- watin Mills (1111‘ng December. and sev- enty-five cars was expected to be ship- ped last month. Sir Roderick's firm, R. \V. Cameron 8; Co., has offices in London, Eng., New York, and Sydney, Australia. They are large shippers of merchandise, both by their own vesâ€" sels and by others. They have con- tracted for all the available space for carrying flour on the C. P. R. steam- ships sailing to Australia to forward the flour contracted for with the Lake of the “foods Milling Company. This Australian market is a rand thing for the wheat growers 0 our western prairie. It gives them getter prices and keeps the flour mills running full capacity. President Polk in. the White House While in Lowell was Doctor Ayer; Both were busy for human weal One to govern and one to heal. And, as a president’s power of will Sometimes depends on a liver-pill, Mr. Polk took Ayer’s Pills trow For his liver, 50 years ago. Ayer’s Catharfic P5313 QUEER VIEN N ESE CUSTOM. ONE FAILING AT LAST. DOAN’S FLOUR FOR AUSTRALIA. CURE Fifty Years Ago. - douse ch The “Chronicle” is. the lz-Page Local Newspam Western Ontario; County of Grey, including a valuable W Power, Brick dwelling. building lots, will be sold in one or more lots $190101, No. 60, Con. 2, W. G. 11., Township 0 if entiuck, 100 acres, adjoin' ' Mortgages taken for part purchase money Apply to JAMES EDGE, Oct. 2nd. , Edge Hill, P.O. A. GORDON, U PPER TOWN, [harles McKinmn, All kinds of Buggies, Road Carts, Wagguns, Stoves, and Musical nstmments Watchmaker and J ewe): FROST WOOD, WILKINSON, MAXWELL, In CONSUMPTION and an 1mm. ‘ G DISEASES. SPII‘I‘ING or moon, . (raven, LOSS or APPE'I‘I'I‘E. @ nmmu'n'. we benefits or ms 0 3 article are most manifest. By the aid of The "D. I." Emulsion. I have got . . 7m ofa. hacking cough wmch had troubled me for 0...”. a year. and have gained considerably in . weight. Inked this Emulsion so well I was glad when the time came around to take it. . . T. H. WINGHAM, C. E.,Montrea1 50c. and 81 per Bottle . O DAVIS LAWRENCE 00., ha, MONTREAL. 0000009000.. IN THE TOWN OF DURHAM, 0 dReZief far :Lung 0 TroubZeS EDGE PROPERTY IMPLEM EN T AG EN T as cheaply as possible. Thin way so' many deal with us. 1m- 3', buy foreashandsell atamodea profit. We keep in stock in on: Big Warerooms in Upper Tm all kinds of Farm Implements. in. cluding the makes a! without them. But when the, buy, they naturally want to dose is to find the price in accord- ance with the time. Our prices are always low All we ask is an honest profit Has your clock gone astray or is your watch not keeping time? Bring them to us and we Will set them right. BE SURE AND CALL. When they go to buy an article Repairs kept on 11 and other well-known manufacturers. DURHAM :and THE VERY FEW ACCIDENT OF GRE I‘lu- lulled In “I Millionsâ€"The. 3 Been Slozullly Seventy l‘vnrs. It is often said is the safest pl: that we are nev accident as wh way journey. at the statistics statement, \VhiJCl were injured they had no co millions; whili . {hrough thelri total number 01 year from all. m every 800,00 bered that all are included i! pear at first Sig improbable; for train them are nothing but loo! provide agains when we walk look out for on? consequences. It is almost 929 millions of United Kingd only 5 were k trains, rolling- heyond their 0 every 185 mill led mat. year: through the. f mines. The sengers arisin of caution or c7 giving a total! 83, or a propo} killed from all. As regards i are. more 1111111 So far we 11* tual passengen however, unfol a. victim to 111 no fault of t there were 11 killed and 33 ' railways at 1e dred and eig while tresmssi were injured} there were 961 It. is gratit‘ withstanding traffic during the roport 10 who 9 been st in 1874, when travelled as i as against 900 of passengers; 112 pmillionS (4 millionS),a am! 300,000 (as a £111 liOHS). j There are, 01 the death-roll: oi the axerag' (the year of vii but, on the alities is decq veiling is becq MORE A Every year 1h< to sand m 10 t count of all t under twelve 1 months. Th1 dents, togethe! sengers killed mg 1895, are 1. from £11 mg with obst rails, or from way or works :2. From b0; axles, wheels, defects in the and trains [011 53.111“) line of 1 juge'd . From (:4 93.5 at: static: mgured. . from cg on trams [nee-9 no aocxdent. 8. From 0 of two raxlwa 9. Fromt ed. into sidi facing point 10. 011i 11. Trains 12. IMimll \Ve see fro or near statit occur. the m aster being t station, and . Within fixed ings.‘ We rushing 5:10“ AT 60 and it is an more. acciden cal trains m 9W5: . er. side. In rallway serv: met with ' 4 other. Of these, killed and f dents inqui Tr and b their ate in erations. 'fl pecially conSfl way working safety of the various sugg mch “(5 that gd in shuntiu eringâ€"in of I the provisiqg FOUR BUN