The Formation of Tumors.
-The oldest theory by -which it was at-
tempted to account for the origin of
tumors ascribed it to a peculiar state of
the system, a "cancerous diathesis,"
Which rendered the tissues of the body
liable to ''cancerous degeneration." The
great answer to this theory is the large
number of cases now on record in which
complete cure of the disease has been at
tained by early and thorough operation,
for -if the tumor does not return at its
previous site or elsewhere it is manifest
that its cause must have been a, local
one and must have been removed with
the tumor.
The coexistence of several tumors has
been advanced as proof that there was a
constitutional taint, but more careful
pathological work has shown that in al
most every case it can be proved that
where there are several tumors one is
considerably older than the rest, and
that the latter are secondary and owe
their existence to an infection from the
first. The old theory also fails to ex
plain why the cancerous growth remains
confined to one small portion of the body
for so long a time; and why, after re
moval, it persists in returning to the
tune locality; whereas both of these
facts become clear at once on the suppo
sition that cancer is a local disease.
Harper's.
BritlsUers Enlightened.
Miss Jennie O'Neill Potter relates a
funny story of an experience in England
during her tour in that country. She
was invited by the Royal artillery to
give, an entertainment in aid of a mili
tary charitable institution at Woolwich
garrison, near London. Her readings
met with approval, and in response to an
encore she recited. "Sheridan's Bide."
An old general of the Royal artillery,
who was chairman for- the occasion,
came.to Miss Potter during the interval
and said, stroking his gray mustache:
"Aw, Miss Pottah, don't cher know,
peveral persons wish to know aw
where the incident of this aw Sheri
dan's ride took place. Of course I've
heard about it, but it has aw quite es
caped my memory."
"Why, general," replied Miss Potter,
who dearly loves a joke, "that Sheri
dan's ride took place at the battle of
Bunker Hill."
"Certainly it did," rejoined the gen
eral, who rose, and addressing the au
dience, said, "Ladies and gentlemen In
response to numerous inquiries I have to
inform you ' that the ride of General
Sheridan was an incident of the battle
of Bunker Hill." New York Telegram.
Peculiarities of French Bread.
In Paris bread is indeed the "staff of
life." . It is carried about the streets
without even a string around it. Women
clasp the long rolls affectionately to their
bosoms and rest the ends against their
hair. Men forget that it isn't a cane
they are carrying and rap the end of the
loaf on the pavement as they walk. I
saw a little boy in the dirt by the Seine
using a long piece of bread for a play
thing. Presently he wiped it upon his
dress and took a mouthful. I saw a
woman sitting on a bench in the Lux
embourg gardens cosily hugging a great
sound loaf without any wrapper, please
remember. We heard angry voices be
fore oar window, and beheld a woman
thumping a man with a fresh based
Toll. It broke in two, but the woman
heat a tattoo on his back with the pieces.
..When we go to buy bread we are
tempted to ask, "How much is . it a
yard?" We -are sure the French people
never die of lockjaw, for any grinding
apparatus that can stand the test of
years on this bread can stand anything.
Paris Cor. Chicago Post.
Glass and Paste Diamonds.
Of late years paste diamonds, imita
tion diamonds, quartz diamonds and
glass diamonds have been placed upon
. we maricet in- quantities, ana it is
difficult to distinguish many of these
from the genuine articles. They are
cut in the most approved style,
and a good quartz diamond, cut in the
shape of a brilliant, makes a very effect
ive show. Its value, however, is less
than one-twentieth of that of a diamond
of similar size and shape.
Glass cut in prism shape will illustrate
the value of angles in any transparent
body, and glass diamonds can often be
cut so that they resemble greatly the
pure water gems. Fine, large diamonds
are so very expensive that many wealthy
people prefer to wear imitations on gen
eral occasions and leave the genuine
stones for only very important and
special times. George E. Walsh in New
York Epoch. ; "
The Ivory Nut In South America, .
The ivory nut is grown in the equato
rial regions in South America. . The
. principal point tof shipment is Colon, on
the Isthmus of, Panama. Like the ba
nana, the ivory nut is perennial in its
native clime, and may be found in all
stages from the bud to the ripened nut
at all seasons of the year. . The nuts
grow in great bunches of about fifty in
cased in a shell, as are chestnuts in the
burr,' though the shell outwardly resemr
blea in roughness the surface of a pine
apple. The entire cluster of nuts in this
shell is as big as a man's head. ' This
shell comes off easily after the nuts are
ripe. ' At this stage they fall from the
trees which are -fourteen or fifteen feet
in height and are packed on the backs
of natives to the points of shipment.
They are about the color of an unwashed
last year's potato and as hard as an ele
phant s tusk. New York Telegram.
Singular Ocean Sponges.
A singular ocean sponge is the glass
rope, which sends down into the mud a
coiled wisp of filaments as thick as a knit
ting needle. The latter opens out into a
brutish, fixing the creature in place after
the manner of a screw pile. Still an
other remarkable sponge is found in the
deep water off the Loffoden islands. It
spreads out into a thin circular cake,
surrounded by what looks like a fringe
of white floss silk. Yet another cur
osity is the "eupectella" sponge of the
Philippines, which lives embedded to its
lid in the mud and supported by a love
ly frill. Interview in Washington Star.
A. Doctor Who Refused a Fortune.
Dr. Qower, of Brighton, Carried in his
pocket a competency for life when he
left the house on Walsingham terrace
with the knowledge of Parnell's death;
for Parneir died at midnight, and the
doctor could have realized a fortune by
selling the exclusive news of the event to
any of the richer papers in London or
New York.
It was so when G-ambetta died at 5 in
the morning. At midnight he was pro
nounced convalescent. The death watch
of reporters was relaxed. Yet one of
them, a Frenchman, member of a small
Parisian news agency, came out of a wine
shop at early morning and saw a maid
servant running across the grass.
"The master is dead," she called to
him. He stood there in great perplexity.
To whom should he sell the news? He
hesitated between the Paris, London
and New York papers. He finally cabled
thus, "Gambetta died at 5 this morn
ing." The dispatch reached a New York
office at ten minutes before 2, there
being five hours difference between Paris
and New York. Half a page of accom
panying matter was given to the com
positors, and at twenty minutes past 2
the whole story was on its way to the
stereotypers.
The reporter is still living on the pro
ceeds of his "beat;" and the sensation of
Gambetta's death was nothing to that of
Parnell. New York Truth. .
They Eat as Dickens Told Them.
A good story is told at one of the ho
tels here about sonle of the English di
vines who are in the city in attendance
upon the Methodist ecumenical council.
It was noticed that at the hour set down
for dinner on the card posted in each
room giving the rules of the house these
English preachers would gather about
the doors of the dining room and when
they were opened would make a wild
rush inside, and to seat themselves hasti
ly at the first table they reached and to
begin to eat as quickly as possible.
The landlord was puzzled to know the
cause of this strange conduct on the part
of his foreign guests. Inquiry developed
the fact that these reverend gentlemen
had before coming over posted them
selves on American customs by reading
Dickens "American Notes and "Mar
tin Chuzzlewit." The scene in the latter
descriptive of the effect of the hotel din
ner gong causing everybody to quit
whatever he was doing and make a rush
for the dining room lest he should fail
to get any dinner, they took as gospel
truth and were governing their own con
duct accordingly. Washington Cor.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Parnell's Brother.
According to an Atlanta paper a j
seedy looking man, not quite fifty -and
wearing a discouraged and colorless
slouch hat, with a suit to match, stood j
before the bulletin boards in Atlanta the
other day to get a glimpse of dispatches
about the death of Charles Stewart Par
nell. The man was John Parnell, a
brother of the Irish leader, who has
spent the latter years of his life tending
fruit trees on a little farm seventy-five
miles from Atlanta. "I cannot believe
that he is dead," said he. "The only
thing that makes me believe the report
is tne statement that be died suddenly.
There were twelve children in our fam
ily, six of whom are dead, and everyone
of the six died suddenly. Our sister
Fanny, who died last, was found dead in
bed. Charles, and in fact all of us, are
subject to attacks of nervous prostra
tion, and if he is dead this must have
caused his death. He loved us all, and
but a short time ago he wrote me a most
affectionate letter. .
Illustrated Reporting.
In connection with the suicide of Gen
eral Boulanger, a feat has been accom
plished by one of the Pans weekly pa
pers which shows to what perfection of
dispatch illustrated reporting has now
been brought. On Wednesday, on the
reception of the news of the general's
death, The Illustration sent to Brus
sels two members of its staff, one a
a j.1 .ii l t i
1 kT vj
On .Thursday morning these artists had
photographed the general lying in state,
as well as the hotel in the HueMontoyer,
and had even improvised, a representa
tion of the scene in the cemetery. They
then took the train, and arrived in Paris
on the same day with all that was need
ed for the illustration of that day's issue
of the journal. An interesting detail is
that the proofs of the photographs were
taken and the artist's drawing executed
during the railway journey back to
Paris. London News.
Basil's Forge.
' From reports it would appear that the
site of Basil's forge at Grand Pre is no
longer a mystery. Mr. W. C. Archi
bald, while cutting away a sandy knoll
about two miles west of the village of
Wolfville, came upon what is supposed
to be the remains of the ancient black
smith shop, under about four feet of
soiL , Foundation stones, charcoal and
slag were discovered in large quantities,
so unless the Acadian Grand Pre could
boast of more than one smithy, this is in
all likelihood the spot where Basil lived
and worked. It looks as though Wolf
ville was the heart of the ancient village
of Grand Pre.r Nova Scotia Bulletin.
The late Banker James H. Mead, of
Sheboygan, Wis., in his will, besides a
bequest of $20,000 for a public library,
left $10,000 for the erection of a hall
wherein the boys of Sheboygan may in
dulge in innocent sports and pastimes.
Arnold T. Jahn, who recently died in
Chicago, was the son of Frederich Lud
wig; Jahn, the founder of the now
famous Turn Vereins and in his day
one of the greatest of German patriots.
The government proposes to build, an
other timber dock in the. navy yard at
Brooklyn, the . accommodations of the
other two docks being insufficient. - It is
to be about 600 feet in length.
Four years ago a strange birthday pres
ent was received by charles Kettleberger,
of San Francisco. It was a coffin, and
the other day he was buried in it.
Ilovt New Vorli Boys "Whip Ifcshind."
Trust thesmall boy, whose playground
Is the busy street, to get all the fun out
of life that there is in it for him. He
never wants for a game. When he tires
of one his ingenuity will quickly sug
gest another. The boys over on the
west side of the city around the ap
praiser's stores are now enjoying a
sport that has just enough of danger
and devilitry in it to make it a craze
among them. The streets there' are trav
eled from daybreak to sundown by trucks
going to and from the stores and the
wharves. Stealing rides on these trucks
has long been the pastime of the youth
of the locality, but it was accompanied
by so great a possibility of a swish
across the legs from the whip of some
irate driver that the lads began to tire
of it. The boys have now circumvented
that difficulty. Scores of them have
obtained old jute bags and have stuffed
them with hay, straw or rags. They
have tied around the necks of these long
pieces of strong rope.
Now they stand innocently on a corner
and wait for a truck that is moving rap
idly enough to make it a desirable vic
tim. As it . passes them they pass the
end of the rope around one of the guard
stakes on the truck. The stuffed jute
bag comes along, they jump down on it,
still holding the end of the rope, and are
towed along until the driver forces them
to retreat. They are so far out of the
reach of whips that he generally must
stop bis truck and get off to do this. By
that time the boys are half a block off.
Sometimes five or six lads will get a tow
on the same truck. The result of so
many drags on behind is often to bring
the poor beast on whom the burden is
placed to a standstill. New York
Times.
The Ancient Schoolmaster.
A roll measuring about fifteen feet
long, containing poems hitherto un
known of Herodius in Seazon or cho
hambic meter, has just been exhibited
in" the manuscript department of the
British museum. One of the poems is
entitled "The Schoolmaster." A mother
appears before the master called Lam
priscus. She is accompanied by her son,
and entreats the pedagogue to flog him
within an inch of his life because the
boy is the terror of her existence. He
has nearly ruined her by playing pitch
and, toss, he associates with the lowest
characters or tne town, - ana it he is
asked to spell the name of Maroh he
turns it into Simon; in fact, he has en
tirely got beyond the control of his par
ents. Lampriscus therefore fetches his
instrument of correction, which is made
of cowhide, and applies it without
mercy. The boy howls and promises to
be good, and when the schoolmaster
thinks that the youth has had enough
he tells the mother to keep him a close
prisoner for some time to come. Man
chester (England) Guardian.
About Furnaces.
In placing your furnace in your new
house, always remember that lateral
pipes never give ' out much heat. The
hot air must invariably ascend to pro
duce a current, and therefore we see
very often a register in the ' third story
giving out splendid heat, when in the
extension library, where warmth is par
ticularly desired, the air of the room is
hardly affected at alL In a large coun
try house it would really be better to
have two small furnaces rather than
one large one. Less coal would - be
used to more purpose, and they would
not be much more troublesome to tend
than is one. But if you have two, do
not make the mistake of putting them
side by side, as was done in a very large
house near New York. This simply in
tensified the heat in the same part of the
house without- carrying it into the wings.
Where it was chiefly needed. New York
Tribune.
An Aeronaut's Experience.
A story is told of the thrilling ex
perience of a veteran aeronaut with a
bald eagle and a Connecticut constable.
During a recent ascension, when at a
height of 3,000 feet, the balloonist was
I attacked by the eagle. A desperate fight
ensned which re8t5ted in the eagle being
killed. Half fainting, " the ' aeronaut
descended to terra fir ma. When he had
recovered he hunted for and found the
dead bird. While he was examining his
prize the constable came along and ar
rested him for killing the bird, for which
offense, he claimed, a fine of $50 is im
posed. The aeronaut, it is related,' had
more difficulty . in escaping punish
ment than he had in killing the bird.
Boston Journal.
Weighing Mosquito 8.
It is told of a great author that he was
wont to amuse himself by jumping oyer
a chair. But I have a correspondent
who, as the following shows, amuses
himself by weighing mosquitoes:
"1 have recently weighed some mos
quitoes of this locality on a sensitive
balance. The average weight of one
mosquito was 1.27 milligrams that
is, it would take 360,000 to weigh a
pound. -
"Mosquitoes which had filled them
selves with human blood were found to
weigh about three times as much as
others, showing that they had swallowed
twice their weight in blood." Boston
Globe.
' Buried in. Silver.
- William L. Scott was buried in a mag
nificent coffin, the manufacture of
which required seventy-six pounds of
solid silver, besides quantities of silk
and broadcloth. The undertakers say
that within their recollection only one
other American, Samuel J. Tilden, ever
had his mortal clay housed so elaborately.-
The use of gold bars and solid gold
plates on expensive caskets is not un
usual, but so lavish a use of solid silver
is unprecedented. San Francisco Argo
naut. The Lake in the Greirt Desert.
It is estimated that nine-tenths of the
water from the Colorado river is flowing
into balton sea, and the winter floods
will greatly augment the volume of wa
ter, - which anay seek a gulf outlet. A
lake 150 miles long and 300 feet deep is
predicted. San Francisco fsalletin.
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under control an occasional dose prevents return.
We refer by permission to W. H. Marshall, Bruns
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and many others who have found relief from
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of age and have been troubled with constipation
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well and my system is regular and in splendid
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A Revelation.
Few people know that the
bright bluish-green color of
the ordinary teas exposed in
the windows la not the nat
ural color. Unpleasant aa the
fact may be, it is nevertheless
artificial; mineral coloring
matter being used for this
purpose. The effect is two-,
fold. It not only makes the
tea a bright, shiny green, but also permits the
ase of " off-color and worthless teas, which,
once under the green cloak, are readily
worked off as a good quality ot tea.
- An eminent authority writes on this sub'
lect: "The manipulation of poor teas, to give
.,. them a'finer amearance. is carried on exten-
pVilvefly. . Green teas, being In this country
. especially popular, are produced to meet the
' demand by coloring cheaper black kinds by
' glazing or facing with Prussian blue, tumeric,
gypsum, and indigo. This method it to gen
eral Oat very little genuine uneolored green tea
it offered for tale."
',' It was the knowledge of this condition of'
affairs that prompted the placing of Beech's
Tea before the public. It is absolutely pure
and without color. Did you ever see any
genuine uncolored Japan tear Ask your
grocer to open a package of Beech's, and you
will see it, and probably for the very first
time. It will be found in color to be Just be
tween the artificial green tea that you have
been accustomed to and the black teas.
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fragrant that it will be a revelation to tea
drinkers. . Its purity makes it also more
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