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ACCIDENT IN HISTORY. APPARENTLY TRIFLING MATTERS THAT WERE OF MOMENT. Ihe >.4 ra IV....I nl W M |rrl.i illlU nn.l ikr 1... i Nlalalurr Two ('! Walk*. n.l Wlml < ! of I lie n. In hn wonderful sketch of the haul* of Waterloo, drawn with louche* u bold nd masterful M the crayon itrokei in one of Michael Angslo's cartoon*. Victor Hugo describe* the fat* of the world as hanging on the nod of a pa*ant When Napoleon WM Hamming the ground on which the English force* were awaiting hu attack, he ssar>-lied every pol carefully with huglai* but failed to discover the *unken road of Ohaio, which did not make to much at a ripple on the hilliide. *o completely wai U hidden from view. Turning to the guide, a peasant of the neighborhood, he asksd if there wai any oheucle to the advance of cavalry. The guide ihook his head. The cavalry were ordered to charge. 1 hey did so, and Hugo w>yt that 2,00;) hone* and 1,900 men were buried in the >unke| road. Tin* he declare* to be the beginning of the lonr lilt of disasters which determined the fate of Napoleon at Waterloo. Had the guide nodded initead of ihaking hi head, the uavalty might have been ordered for- ward by another rout*, and the fortune of the French Kmperor and the HMTOEV Or THK WORLD might have been changed. A* though, however, to counterbalance thi, the tame writer lay. that had the little cowboy who acted a* guide to Bluoher adviied him to dsbonche from the fornt above Fri*chemont > rather than below Plauchenoit , the ihaping of the nineteenth century might have been different. Both incident* are probably apocryphal, for only one authority, and he by hearsay, ipeaki of the Hlucher cowboy, and the eiutenoe of the mnken road of Ohain 11 disputed by aeveral, who bollly assert that there wa* no such road at the point indicated ; hut either incident i* significant, M ihowmg by/ what trifle* th course of history i* deflected. According to the teitimony of at leu, two reliable historian! of hi* own time. At- tiia'i invanon of the \Ve*tern empire, an event that brought incalculable misery on half of Europe lor aeveral year*, wa* brought about by '.he seeeresl accident. From A. [>. 44*> to 44!) Attila wa* encaged m continual hostilities with the Eaitern empire, tut in the latter year, bothiide* being tired of the w*r, an attempt wa* made to patch up a treaty. An embassy from the court of Theodoeiui wa* cent to the camp of Attila, and in the party wa* a young m*n from Koine, whn wat then on a vuit to Constan- tinople. H wa* o.' noble lurth, anil had a iweethean in the perion of Honoria, a rela- tive of the Roman imperial family. A* lover* ha/e been known to do, he carried on hi* perion the miniature of hi* sweetheart, and while the party wa* in the pretence of the savage chief he chanced to drop (he pic- ture out of hi* pocket. It fell unnoticed in the draw which covered the ground in At- Ilia'* tent, where, on the following day, it wa* found by an attendant and ihown to the Hiinuiih monarch bin, self. Struck by tliti lieauly ol the faoe, the amorou* King lD'|Uire<l in what part of the world luch won en were, to b* found, and when told from the inscription on the back of the pic- ture that the counterfeit presentment wa* that nl AN ITALIAN BEAITY he at one* made up hi* ir.ind to go thither. So he atarted In 4.V), with hi* horde* ol Aiiatici, ravaged the heart of Kurope with lire and *woid, marched through a part of i -triii my into France, and, at Chalons, en- countered one of the mo*t tremendoui de- feat* recorded in hUtory. It i* presumed that lie forgot all admit the Koman Hmi<>r la after thi* event, for he retired into Hungary, where he found another beauty, and while celebrating hu marriage with her he died, either of bursting a blood vessel, u wa* given out, or o/ pouou. There u the teitimony of the Hook of Samuel to prove that the history of Iirael wa* matarially chani(ed liy a chance walk taken by King lnl on the roof of hii palace. 11 wa* during thi* promenade that he law the beautiful Bathsheba,< Ihe wife of Uriah, the Hitlite officer, who though probably only a mercenary in the inyal army, wa* mil a faithful soldier ; too faithful, in fact, for hi* own good ; for David, after vainly trying several schemes, finally utilized the bravery of the deluded i<il-lier toieoure hi* removal. No more cowardly device could have been conceived to gel rid of the deceived huiband, and the crime of hi* blood was amply repaid by the long *erid* of harem intrigue*, revolt*, murder* and rebellion* through which the on nf llalhsheha wa* finally established on the throne** l)avid'**ucoessor. An equally casual promenade had oons*i|uenrss quite a* momentous for Italy during the *econd I'unii- war. It wa* after the great Hannibal hail .i-med ths Alpt and entered Italy. The Roman* had bean defeated at the Tic- iniin and Trebia, at Lake Thrasy menus, and, worst of all, at I aim r, an I Hannibal had taken up winter quartan at Capua. Here he look possession of ons of ths belt hoiue* in the ulty for hi* own uie, and. while walking in the garden, heard a fsmala votes ilnglng not lar away. II- could undsmtand nothing of whit wa* *ung, but wai itruck by the plaintive melody. In the rough and ready way of those good old day* he com manded the linger to b* brought into hu presence, and *t lien tlui was dons wai so greatly impreaied by her appearance that he at onue took her into hiiown housshold, rdiling hlnnelf of her husband bythsiimple hut eflectlve method of i I TTINII in r HI* HEAD During ths rimaindsr of ths winter ths time ol the great Carthaginian wa* given up to pleasurt ; buiinets and discipline wsre alike neglected, and before iprmg the Carthaginian army wa* to demorallied by dissipation and vios that it WAS never after- ward good for anything, and Hannibal's oauss was lotk Two historian! of th* time of Usury VIII of England are responsible for the state- ment that a lost horseshoe changed ih* religio 11 and possibly also ths political history of me insular power. After the fall of Anne Boltyn, and when her death had been determined, the Papacy prepared terms ot reconciliation so favorable in every particular toHenry, and so flattering lo the vanity ol which he posssssed rathsr more than a due ihare, that u was impossible for him not to accept them. A delegate was despatched from Home with the pro- posals, and rode post haste across Europe with them. When only a day's journey from Calais, however, hi* hone cast a ihoe and fell lame. A* the hon* wa* a favorite animal, the Papal messenger determined to wait for a day rather than take anoiher steed which mighl not be so easy undsr ths saddle. The next day the horse was well and the journey was resumed, t 'alais was reached, the Channel was crossed, and the delegate arrived in London only to find thai on the day of his arrival Henry had been married 10 .line Seymour, a Protest- ant; that Anne had be*n beheaded ths dsy before, and all hope of a reconciliation was lost. He wai a day too late. * LOST HOB8K8HOI had changed the course ol a nation't his- tory. A similar mishap is said to have been responsible foi the arrest and detec- tion of Louii XVL at Varennee. A guard of cavalry had been sent to meet him at the village anJ escort him in safety across the frontier. Oneof the horses drawing the royal carriage became lame from the loss of a shoe, and the royal party was detained. Meantime the cavalry escort, fearful of attracting too much attenlion in Ihe village, wilhdrew lo a bridge a few hundred yards distant and on the opposite side from which the King was expected, and there waited hii arrival. The delay and change were fatal. The king was recognized, t,l,e, party was detained; the calavry, becoming tired of waiting, and supposing the King had taken another route, role off, and Louii went back to Psrii and the scaffold. H utory record* one war that was caused by a glass of water which the Eng'ish Am- bassador procured tor a celebrated Frenih beauty at the Paris court ; and of a treaty, that of Utrecht, which was brought on by a quarrel lictween Queen Anne and the Duchess of Marlborough a'.out a pair of gloves. Odder than either, however, wa* th* cause of the great Hundred Year*' War between England and France, which im- poverished both. It wa* in thi* wise: Louis VII. wa* no saint, but so tar as th* J 'adii I were concerned, had a weakness that ' wa* constantly securing for him penance* of . one kind or another at the hand* of hi* ' confessor. Finally he was guilty of some peccadilloes so very bad that the reverend father ordered him to have his 'uxuriant beard ihaved and HII ri.owiM: LOCKS cRoprr.n SHORT. Thii was done, and the change made in the pononalile appearance of the Majesty of France was so startling thai when his Queen, the already not loo faithful Eleanor, came into hit presence, she laughed aloud at the spectacle. The poor King could not explain matters, for the explanation woul 1 have made a worse appearance than his close- cropptd poll, 10 he was forced in silence to endure her jibes. If she had (topped at ridicule, the matter might have ended there aud been forgotten when hu Iward vnd hair were grown, but he wai rendered so contemptible in her sight that ihe openly kept company with the Count of Anjou, then a nobleman of tht court. The shaven King stood the disgrace at long as he could, bul matlen went from bad to worst, and finally hi sent to the Pope the evidence in th* CMS, and succeeded in having the marriage declared invalid. Eleanor then, finding herself free, married her lover, who afterwards became Henry II. of England. When the camt to tht throne of Louii, however, she had brought as her dower the riot provinces of Voitou and (iuisnne, and aftsr her divorce from Louis sought to reclaim them. To this, however, I/ouis would by no means content ; he was glad enough to get rid of the Queen, but he wai eager to keep her dowry. Henry pressed his wifs's clalmi to the provinces, so I then came on the itrie* of war* which not only lasted lor a century, but left an animosity not yet extinct. Everybody has heard of the chance which led Columbus to change his -curie in mid ocean, and thui leave North America for the Knglish to settle, but everybody ha* not heard of tht gamt of chess which led the Spanish monarch to taks HII interest in the explorer and espouse hi* canst. It is a Spmish tradition that ths (ale of Columbus ones hung on A (IAMK Or I MEM. For years tht schemer had haunted the Spanish court, trying to interest s.mte one in his cause, hut at l**t despairing he de- termined lo leave and go to France. The night before hi* intended departure hi ought an audience of ihe Queen lo com- municitt hii intention and to take hii leave. The Queen asked him to wait, while he made one more effort to interest the King, and left the room for that purpose. She found Ferdinand engaged at a game of uhesi, and disturbing him by hsr entrance and thus causing him 10 loss a piece, he let fly a volley of oaths at stamen generally aud at Columbus in particular, and then informed Isabella that the reiult of her petition would depend on the result of ths game. It grew wi rse, and thing* looked blue for the discoverer ol Amsrioa, but Isabella, overlooking the board, whispersd t-i hi* Majesty a suggestion a* to a move that could lie made ; ths King adopted the i suggestion and America wai saved. It il a queer itory, bul no si ranger lhan th* t.n* told in Horn* at th* time th* divorce i of Htnry VIII. wa* under discussion that th* negotiations were broken off by I lie Karl of Wiluhire'i dog. Thii unmannerly | our had followed hi* master into ths court, and when ths Pontiff, at ths close of the iinliriii-e, put out hii foot to lie killed by ths I nl, tht d.ig bit it, and so angered tin Pope aud horrified the court that the negotiation! were luipendsd. Ths story may bs Irue or falss, but in sithsr case of an vxcellint demonstration of ths valus U 1 the trifle occurs In the life of an exalted 1 prs-uiage. and gives point to ihs remark made by Paschal along the same line, that if i in- nose of Cleopalra had been an inch longer or shorter the com se of ths world's history might hav* been materially chtag- cd. Tht Uretk oities all kept matrimoniil roll* m th* public otliits, open to the it- petition of any intsrstted person. THE HOflE. My Mother s Hands. Ho. h beautiful, beautiful bands I They're neither white nor umall ; And you. 1 know, would nearest) think That they were fair at all. I've looked on hand* who.,- form, and hue A Hculptor'ii dream might be; Yet are those aged, wrinkled hands Mont beautiful tome. Such beautiful, beautiful hands! Th.iugh heart* were weary and ad, Tboxe patient hnnd' kept toiling on, Toat the children might be glad. I always weep. m IOOK init back. To childhood's distant day. I think how those hi.rnls r>ite I not While mine were at their play. Burn beautiful, beautiful hand- ! They're growing feeble now. For time and pain have left their mark On h.tiuU. and heart and brow. Alas! iila-.. th nearing time. And tht nui. sad day to me. When nealh the daUie'. out of sight. These hand-i will folded be. But. oh ! beyond thin shadow land. W hern all n bright and fair. I know full well tnee dear old bands Will pitlm-i of victory bear: Where crystal Hream* Ihrough endless yean Flow over golden sands. And where the old grow young again, I'll clasp my mother's hand*. Pickings by the Way. Let me suggest to th* mothers who have not sufficient milk for their little ones, that they try cruit coffee at meal time. It is very nourishing. Vinegar and water in qua! proportion! and ai hot as can be borne, is a remedy for outward application in cases of sprain* and bruises. Rye carbonized and finely pulverized an 1 used daily as a tooth powder toon stops caries, and promptly cures the small ab- scesses which are often found on the gum*, Keep old newspaper! handy in the kitchen ; they are of numberless uses. They light the tire, polish the glass, nlver and tinware, cover the shelves, brighten the itove, sprsad on ths table to keep spots from drippings of meat, make splasher* for th* wall, and are good covers, etc. Wood ashes and watsr boiled for a few moments will remove the flavor of onions 're ma fry ing or a stew pan. Scour brass kettles with ashes, then use a wash of salt and vinegar. To b'acken a (cuttle or any. thing of that kind, take ten cent* worth of asphaltum, mix it with th* same qu.tnlity nf benzine and turpentine, to th? consist ency of painl, and apply with a bruih. Try a wineglaii of itrong borax watsr in a pint of raw starch, for collars and cuffs. To keep lamp chimneys from break- ing, put a cloth in the bottom of a kettle or pan, fill wilh cold water, and place the chimneys in it, cover and boil one hour, take from the fire, and let the chimneys remain in it until cold. We kept a chimney so treated eleven years. Castor oil plants are ornaman'.al ; at Isast one or two should be grown in a (lower yard. The leaves placed in a room con- taming Hies will roon clsar it as if by magic. Housekeeper!, make a nots of thit. Thsre il no cosm*'.ic so grsal as strict at- tention to diet, exercise, and cleansing of the blood. To clean cutlery, use sifted wood ashen. Cut the end from a potato. Dip thii in tht ashes and rub the cutlery, then polish with a flanntl dipped in dry aihei or lime. Lamp burneri that have become dim can be renovated by boiling them in itrong loda water. A tin can is brat for the purpose. Then scour the burneri w.th *a polio. Don't fail to keep a cike of tapolio in your kitcneni : the cost is a trifle, and iti use* are many ; it brightens tinware, remove* discoloration! on table ware caused by tea, fruit itaini, sic. Hoi, strong lemonade laken at bed lime will break up a bad cold. If you wanl to kill burdocks, cut them off closely and pour coal oil on the stumps. H a blood punfisr ii wanted, dig up the burdocks, root and branch, cleaner the root, pour over boiling water, and let Hand a few hours. Drink of this infusion several time* a day. Re- new the roots every few day* : it t* an ex rellsnt blood purifier. Ostrich plumes can be recurled and re- newed, generally, by shaking them vigor ously in the imoke of burning corn-cobe over which sail has been strewn. Ths cobs should be placed on a bright bed of coals bef or* sprinkling the salt. Ths hardsr the plume is shaken the better it will look. To clean a white plume, first wa- h in tudi, rinse and ihake nearly dry, after which hake in the imoke : il will look like Dew, almost. Washing chapped liandi in lemon Juice and waif.-, wiping dry, and then rubbing ovsr with cola cream at night, will keep them in good condition. Useful Recipes. Cannel Fruit. If you find npon open- ing your cannsd truit that it hai not kept perfectly, but that there is (light fermen- tation, add a little water and lugar if it it not already well sweetened, and cook for s few minutes ovsr a brisk fire. You will fiud It much improved; icarctly any trace of fermentation will remain. Bean Soup. One of the belt ways to cook butni ii with a soup bons. Soak a nut of beans in water ovsr night. In ths morning put a soup bons cooking with two juarta of water. Boil ths beans by then.- sslvss for five minutes, turn off the water and add the beam to the loup; itason wall and cook slowly for two or three houis or until ths meat il tsnder. More watsr should be added as it boil* away. 8*rve hot. Reefiuak cut in small pieces, or beef in almoit any form, may be uied initead of the soup bone. Potato Sou p. One quart of wtter, one pint of raw iliced potatoes, buttsr tiie of an egg, salt and pepper to taste; cover and cook until the potatoes ars soft; add a well beaten tag and half a pint of creamy milk, Ulll boil again and itir in two tablespoon full of Hour mixed smoothly with a little creamy milk. Serve hot with cracker*. Pot Pi*. Puts soup bom cooking with two quarts of watsr. Mutton or beef in almost any form may be use! initead of the soup bons. When nearly done take a ta cLpful of butter milk, stir '.iff with flour into which a Isvel tiaspoonful of soda has been lifted. Drop ths dougb, a spoonful at a time, into ths soup; cjver closely and boil briskly for fifteen minutes. Serve hot. Gold Cake. Threequarlen of a cup of granulated sugar, H copsof flour, -table- spoonfuls of softened butter, i cup ot roiik, yolki of three eggs, 2 teaspoonful* of bak- ing powder and a teaspoonful of vanilla. Cream the butter and sugar ; heat the yolks well, add them to the creamed butler and sugar and beat vigorously for five minutes, or until the sugar is thoroughly uitsolvsd. Flavor, add ths milk and flour and lastly the baking powder, dry, first sifting the latter. Place immediately in tins and bake. Use as layer or loaf cake. Love Puffs. To ths yolki of sight sgg* add one pound ot the best pulverized sugar, and beat very light. Flavor highly with vanilla. Take colored paper and cut round pieces about twelve inches in circumference, then crimp each piece all around wilh a pen-knife, and it assume* a cupsbape. Then htpe it with the fingers 10 u will sal Mat. Fill each of the** cnps half full of the bat- ter, and bake in the slowest of slow ovens. If thsre i* a warmer to your stove they can bs cooked in that. They are served in th* paper cups piled up in a stand. Uss several different colors for the cup*. Nice witi ics creair. TUBERCULOSIS AT BRANDON. onr Cal< I* at Iks Kxa*rlSBra)UI rarsa al Braaslssx, w.a iBlecltsl WMk T.nrrrnlils Early in the year Ihe superintendent of ths experimental farm at Brandon reported that two animals in the herd of cattle there were showing symptoms of what he ft-arsd to be tuberculosis. Hs was promptly in- structed to isolate these and other animal* which might be suspected of disease, and to keep them isolated until they could be test- ed with tuberculin*. Prof. Sannders ot the Ottawa Experimental Farm, went out to Krandoo and took wilh him the necessary material for testing them, and was authoriz- ed by the Minister of Agriculture to destroy all those giving indication* of th* disease. Four animals had been isolated at Brandon oniuspicion. Three of these were found to IK- affected, while the other proved healthy. The telling was continued unlil every ani- mal in the herd had been mbjecled to the influence of tuberculme, when it was found that -'I in all were affected out of 2$, 19 of which were thoroughbred and two of them grades. Nine nf these animals wsre bred in Manitoba, and 12 cams from On- tario. In conducting these tests and in the subsequent posl-morlem examinations, Prof. Saundcrs had the asiislancs of Dr. S. J. Thompson, veterinary inspector for the proviuceof Manitoba, and of Dr. F. Torrance, V.S., of Brandon. In every instance where the disease had been indicated by the tuberculin.' it was found on post-mortem examination to exiit in greater or less degree, thus furnishing additional testi- mony as to the reliability of ths tuber- culins for thii purpose. Most of the animals were in good condition, and it was a matter of snrpriso no', only to the direc- tor, but also to the luperinteodent of the farm, and the attending veterinary surgeons to find so many of the apparently healthy nd vigorous animals showing evidence of tins dissas*. The Local Covernment of Manitoba havs a cartful and trustworthy worker in the veterinary inspector, Dr. Thompson, who ha* already tested several private herds in different parts of the province, and with the content of the own- er*, has slaughtered those animals which the tuberculme has shown to bs diseased. Thii wotk is still in progress. The animals composing the herd of cattle at the Indian Head farm were tested in a similar thorough manner. There Mr. Sauuden had the assistance of the following veterin- ary surgeon* : Dr. F. Torrance, of Brand ->n, and Dr. J. H urn. of Mooionun, N. W. T. , At thii farm l.'l animals out of 'is gave th* reaction indicating the diserte, .tad on post-mortem examination all were foand to be more or lass affected. In thii instance nine ot the an'mali were thorough- bred* and three grades Four were bred at Indian Head ami nine sent up frum Ontario. Th disease in many of the animals at both farm* was in its eailisr itagei, and could not in such cases havs been detected by only physical symptoms. The barns and stables are now being thor- oughly disinfected, and it ii believed that ths disease on thess farms has been eradicated. Process of Producing- Artificial Silk. The process of producing " artificial silk, " invented by Dr- Lehner, was shown to a party of scientists, at Itradford, Kog. , ait wsek. Waste cotton, wool, jute or other suitable material is reduced to an emulsion by means ot a miiture of nitric and lulphutic acids, when it u formed into thread* by forcing it through glass tubes of small kore, and ii passed ovsr a aeries of rollers and wound in ths ordinary way on bobbins. Bsfore ths artificial silk u used in manufacture* or is sold it is tlenitratsd to destroy the explosive pro pertiee and ii also rendsred uninflammable, which will render it suitable for many purposes, especially as il ii said to resemble real silk very closely. According to sums wntsr* the silkworm ha* had " notice to if a\ .- " Getting- Rid of a Plague of Mice. An ingeniou* method wai recently em- ployed in Francs of ridding the country of small rodents which had becom* so numer- ous and destructive that it -as impossible to produce any crop. Every acre of land furnished a home for thousand! of these pests. Ths method adopted was to disioUe some gelatins culturss of pathogenic bac- teria capable of producing an infectious dis ess* in mice, then soaking a great aumbir ot small cubs* of bread in thi* solution, and placing th* bread uer ths holes every day for three dayi in succession Within two wstki from the time when this treat meat was begun. Scarcely a live mouse was lo bs found in ths district When the bur- row* wsr* opened, their galleries were found to bs filled wtlo dsad mice. s~_ A PROMISING OUTLOOK. Vaneravsr. . . nd le iVceaie *>- f Use Mss Issswrtsml r.rt. Ihe Mortis rariir I'saat. The Vancouver papers recently reported the arrival of ths Wammoo from Sydney, N*. S. W., with a toll cargo and full pass- enger list, and on her outward voyage th* captain had lo refuse freight, her full capacity having already been tngaged, the passenger list also being full. Ths sucosn which the now hoe has met with is most gratifying and i* a sufficient reply lo those who deprecated the establishment of the service as a doubtful venture . Tus trade wnich ths Warrimoo has brought lo Van- couver has been taken away from San Francisco, where hitherto the Australian traffic has centred. Not long ago certain San Francisco papers ridionlsd the idea of Vancouver ever becoming a competitor for ocean trade with the California port, but at that timo ths San Francisco News- Letter took a different view, holding ibat Ihs growth of Vancouver presented conditions which would have to bs met by increased activity on the par' of the mercantile bodies; of San Francisco to attract trade and ksep it. The News- Letter seemed lo have viewed the future clearly. Vancouver has become a competi- tor and a vigorous one. The recent rail- way links and Ihe forced suspension of railway traffic from the coast has done much to discredit the San 1 ranci-co rout* and shippers will be inclined to favor the Canadian roots) a* entirely unsxposed to the labor disturbances becoming so com- mon in the States. At first th* traffic of the Australian line was slight, but in six months it ha* grown to such proportions lhal increased steaa.ship accommodation ill have to be provided, showing lhal ths promoter* of the lint had clear and wise foresight when they advocated its eitab- lishnenl. Full success has vindicated their judgment and the future promises to pro- v id* ample reward for their enterprise and indu.iry. The increased trade alto means much for Vancouver, a port destiaed, in our opinion, to become one of the most impor- tant on the North Pacific coast. MYSTERIES OF MEDICINE. Tketirrat rror... Watlr ! Malrrlx Mr! ea In Ik* L-i Twealv s>r Thirty tear*. " When a person takes a dose of medi- cine," laid a doctor the other day. 'he never itops to consider what a wonderful provider nature is. When yon consider that we are able to give drugs wbicn will go through the entire ey.tcm without hav- ing an eflect upon any part or organ until it comes, perhaps, to some nerve upon which it expends all its force, it ii indsed a mira- cle of the most wonderful k nd. We don't know why it does it, bul we do kao-v what it does. The progress in maltria medics, has b*en wonderful. By proving* the ipe cine effect! of drug! have been ditoovsreJ, so that thsy can be given with specific re- sults. Medicine u gradually emerging from the dark valley of guesswork into the bright sunlight of scienct. The modern physician does not make a mixture of seven or eight drug*, hoping that some on* of them will produce the effect desired. He doe* not take chancel upon striking a remedy one in oven. He know* now just what drug will ptoducethe result* h* wants and then he prescribes thst. I attended a man the other day who had not been sick for twenty or thirty years. I wsnt into the room, and, after observing hii symptoms, asked fora half a glass of wattr, into which I dropped a small pellet, a triturate. The old man looked at me after I bad given him a dose of it, and then snvlt 1. ' Well doctor', h* said, 'you treated rot for this rompia.nl when f was aick many years ago, and I don't think that a person could mix a more horrible concoction than that was. Now, you treat me for tht same disease and the drug i* almost tasteless. How u'o you ac- count for that?' ' Progress' I replied. And progress it t* ! Every day increase* our knowledge of dru^s and our power to alleviate suffering and savt human life." Gave a Diamond-laden Shoe to a Tramp A young man whtes clothing was in most dilapidated condition, bat who is) aid not to have had ths general .appear- ance of a tramp, called at th* residence of Mr. Walter Leonard, on Kittenl street, Cermantown. I'enn., a day or ago, and asked Mn Leonard if ska ba diluted coats, trousers, or hoes to away, she thought the case a deserving on* and told th* man to call a little later when her husband would be at horn*. He did *o, aud Mr Leonard joined with hi* wife in hunting up some oltl clothss, in eluding a couple of pairs of discarded shoes of Mr. Leonard. Tht man louk them very thankfully and went away. \N ithm a fiw minute* il dawned upon the) kind hearted doner* that in one of th* old shoes there had! been placed some tins De- fore, in order to be salt from possible bur- glars, some jeweltry, highly valued, not only for its intrinsic worth, which was aai-i to be several hundred dollars, but also as heirlooms and for iti associations. The property was said to include four or five costly diamond rings and a brooch tst with brilliants. The Leonard family wtr* said to have had some experience with burglars, and had adopted thi* plan of checkmating them, if any such iRain paid them a visit. England's Poisonous Snakes. 'f here are I.5UO different species of snake known to naturalists, and only four kinds of snaks or inaks-likt creatures art to be found in England. Of these, but on* u poisonous, and it ii very rare. The or dinary snakes to b* fouad in countries in habited by civilised maa re haretlesi, and but fsw of ths poisonous snakes art deadly in their poison, even though the effects may be seri.ius. A study ol snakes aud their way* would do much to do away with the iuoated fear of tttt reptile* that moss people have.