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Disgzac iul Treatment of the Israelite in mm. CountryAIncidents of their Persecution. The laws to which Jews are subject in hlssia are sometimes painfully, often ludi- crously, anomalous. For instance, Jews, a< mt yew“, , e, a. body. are not permitted to settle in Rus- sia proper, their domicile being restricted to the provinces which of old formed part of the kingdom of Poland. Now this law ope- rates very oppressirely in many cases. And, nsmay be imagined, recourse IS hail to all sorts of shilts and expedients of evasion. The A’ovoxlz’. gave an instance of this a short time ago. The right of Jews to reside in St. Pet- ersbnrg is limited to profemional menâ€"(loc- tors and lawyersâ€"merelmnts of the first guild, and certified handicml‘tsmen. A Jew belongino to the first guild and living in the capital, lost his parents, who «lwelt in :1 provincial town. They 1051 2L daughtu- some l8 years old. The brother sent for her to his own home. But no soon '1‘ had she arriv- ed in St. I’cterslmrg than me was ordered out by the police: she (lid not come within the category of jews entitled to reside in the city. The brother hurried to the “Pol- r - - ~ . . . 1 . i ,n izie,” explained, expostulated; but all in vain; and so, seeing nothing eise to he done, he engaged his sister as his cook. The en- gagement was duly reported to the police the following day, and the Jew’s sister fig- ures on the olficial list as a domestic ser- vant. Another instance is more suggestive and less pleasant. A young lady of good family and connections was compelled by adverse circumstances to gain her own liveli- hood. Like many another young woman in like case, she resolved to become a gov- erness. Having passed with credit through the provincial gymnasium for girls, she went to St. l’ctershurg in order to enter the high- er school for women. But the privilege of admissionu’as refused to her. Honever, finding friends in the capital, she applied herself to private teaching. The police at once ordered her out of the city. On this she had her name entered on a cer- tain infzunous list, and she was permitted to remain. A deputation of leading Jews recently waited upon Gen. lgnatiefl' to complain, among other things, of the disqualification under which .l cws labor with regard to the owning of land. In reply, the minister pointed out that the disqualification existed only in certain governments west and south and that in Russia proper Jews could 21(3- quire and hold Such property. And the 'encml was right ; only it; happens that from enteringRussiaproper, compelling them i to remain in these southern and western provinces. In other words, the Jew may ac- quire land in the districts where he Is forâ€" bidden to reside, but may not do so in the governments Where the law insists on his rc~ maining. But that is not quite all. The Jews, as already mentioned, are confined to the old Polish provinces, where the law af- fecting the purchase of land is peculiar. In order to facilitate the “Russifieation” of the districts, none but a Russ bornrwi. 4%., born in Great Russiaâ€"foam acquire such real estate as comes into the market from time to time. N 0w, the only non-natives here are the officials and administrators of these governments. The Jews are the chief capi- talists in the south and west. They are, however. excluded from competition ; hence land sells for very little. Hence, too, it is ‘ gradually falling into the hands of the “tchinovnyik”mthe middle class Russian oflicial, whose poverty and lack of honesty are notorious. But with an income of 2,000 or 3,000 roubles a. year he cannot possibly pay the purchase-money down; solie borrows it of the Jew. And money is further neces- sary in order to work the landAfor labor, for implements, and for seed. Now, the oflicial can not furnish it; nor is he acous- tomed to the management of an estate. So he leases it to the Jew. As the crop is the security for repayment of the loan, the lat- ter gladly takes it. To make two profits . . p. . ‘“- 0*" ./ he must squeeze as much as he can out; of his laborers and those to whom he sub-lets his farms; the peasant class, of course, paying: in the long run. In this way the Jew gets his interest and the (ulium attaching to the business. while the “ tchinovnyik ” 0b- tmins the landmwhieh, it must be admitted, is certainly getting the best; of the bargain. W t‘lx‘eoéttlneth generally to whiuhv the Jews are subjected in districts where the “Ispravnyik” is omnipotent a THOUSAND STRANGE S'I‘OIU ES are told. One of them, rather characteris- tic, may be worth re-telling. In the good old days of the Czar Nicholas, when a Jew was regarded as “something lower than a horse and a little above a pig,” an entertain- ment was given in the \Vinter Palace at St. Petersburg. Among the gueSts was a eer. tain Princess. The Governor of Ekaterinos- lav happened to be present. The conversa- tion chanced to turn on beautiful and luxu- riant hair. The provincial governor remark- ed that in Ekaterinoslav he was acquainted with an old Jew who had the longest and most magnificent heard he had ever known. The Princess exclaimed: “How I should like to see him!” The governor, bowing gallant- ]y, promised to gratify her wish. And afew hours afterward a special messenger was on the road to Ekaterinoslav, with an order to bring to the capital immediately the long- bearded Hebrew. In due course the order was handed to the "Polizie;” the Jew, won< dering and terror-struck, was seized, hund- led into a chaise, and driven oil, A fortâ€" night afterward the party arrived at St. Pet- crsburg. By this time the Princess *as away and the govcmor had been sent on some mission; heard and Jew were forgotten However, he was handed over to the chief of police, together with the order of the gov- ernor of l‘lkuterinoslav. Of course, the in- ference was, that the Jew must be some ex- traordinary criminal. Accordingly, he was thrown in the political prison, his hair crop- ped short, and his magnificent heardvthe unsuspected cause. of all his troublcswshorn away. For weeks he remained in jail. But friends at home hcstirrcd thrmsclves; inquir< ies were instituted, and in the course of a month 01'sot11e governor returned. Then the secret of the whole ail‘air became known. The princess remembered her wish to see the magnificent heard; but the magnificent heard was gone, and with it the necessity for deâ€" taining the Jew. Q , A smnlar msmnce occurred only a. few weeks ago, during the anti-Jewish riots in Southern R115 in. One Abnr‘mnoffy residing THE JEW IN RUSSIA THE L.\\\' FOR HUS .IE\\'S in the neighborhood of Alcxandrovsk, had sufl'ered considerable injury and logs during the disturbances. His cattle and his horse and Cart had bvcn carried off by the 1‘i3ter:. As soon as the troubles ceased the prnuureur of the district came around to Onc‘unzt which had been perpetrated. Among others, A‘m‘mnoti' lodged his complaint, and a note was made of his case. The day after several of the riotcrs were brought in for 'trial, and in the courseof the proceedings certain prop- erty wasidentified as belonging to Abrmncfl" The procureur, thinking to do the Jew a, ser- vice sent for him off-hand, a. couple ofCossacks being despatched with orders to bring him back. He happened toybe away from home when they arrived. The Cow quietly awaited his return; and then, withont any explanation, carried him off. It was morn- ing ere they reached Mariopol. ’ where the trial had been conducted. But; the court had risen, and the proenrenr had started off for the north without leaving an instructions with the police. Since the ew had been brought in under arrest, the only thing to be done was to imprison him until further orders. And in prison he was accordingly detained, in company with the very men who had robbed him, doing prison work, and fed on prison fare. After he had been four weeks in jail, an order for his release and therestitution of his property was re- ceived. By this time there was no property for restitution. No claimant haying ap- peared, it had been sold for the benefit of the state. Many of the singularities of the Jewish question in Russia are due to the autonomy in seine respe 3ts enjoyed by the Jewish com munities there. For example, they have their own marriage 1aws~the marriage laws of the Talmuda, that is, and of the ancient llebrews. In accordance with these laws di~ vorce is a very easy matter. Husband and wife have but to agree to separate, attend before the rabbi, andthe thing is done; the ceremony, consisting solely in the handing of the “hill of divorce” to the woman. Un- der these circumstances strange things sometimes occur. A few months ago a young Jewish girl, an orphan, arrived in Odessa, intending, as many young Jewesses do, to obtain a situation as assistant housekeeper in a Jewish family. \Vhile looking for a place, she was recommended to stay with a respectable middle-married woman, whose huslmnd-A-r-a man very much younger than herselfwwas away for a few weeks. The middlemged Jewess soon wound herself into the confidence of her guest, and ascertained that the young girl would have a dowry of some five hundred rubles whenever she married. 'l‘hereupon she formed a bold de- sign. .She persuaded the girl to marry in- stead of going into service, promising to se- cure asuitable husband; an undertaking not uncommon among Jews. \Vhen her own husband returned from his journey she im- parted to him her plan. He was to divorce her, marry the young Jewess, secure her 500 rubles. and then, divorcing the new bride, return to his first spouse. After seeing the promised bride, the husband agreed. The di- vorce was given; the marriage took place ; and then the husband, perfectly content with his new partner, refused to divorce her. Furious at this breach of promise, the di- vorced wife summoned him before the chief rabbi, Sehwabacher. He, however, pro- nounced the divorce binding and the mar- riage valid. But, as a. solatium, he decided that the disappointed woman was entitled to a commission of 25 rubles, or 5 per cent. of the dowry; for having acted as “schadehen” or marriage broker! For People who have not Cut Their Eye- Teeth. “Of whatis the surface of the (-arth com- posqfl ‘.’" .. ... 1 -1 A “Of corner lots, mighty poor roads, rail~ road tracks,base ball grounds, cricket fields, and skating rinks.” “\Vhat portion of the globe is water?" “About three-fourths. Sometimes they add a. little gin and nutmeg to it.” “\Vlmt is a town ?” “A town is a considerable eollcction of houses and inhabitantsnvith four or five men who ,‘run the party” and lend money at fif- teen per cent, interest.” “What is a city?” “A city is an incorporated town, with a. Mayor who believes the whole world shakes when he happens to fall flat on a. crossâ€"walk.” ‘ ‘\Vhat is commerce 1’” “Borrowing $5 for a day or two and dodg- ing the lender for a year or two.” "Name the different races.” “Horse race, boat race, bicycle race and racing around to find a. man to indorse your note.“ \‘ided ‘2” “Six ; being enlightened, civilized, half civilized, savage, too utter,networth-a-ccnt and Indian agents.” 7 “\Vhat nations are called enlightened?” “Those which have haul thqmost wars,the worst laws, and produced the worst crimi- nals.” “How many motions has the earth 1’" “That’s according to how you mix your drinks and which Way you go home.” “Whth is the earth’s axis Y” “The lines passing between New \ oi'laund Chicago.” “What causes day and night “Day is canst by night getting tired out. Night is caused by everybody taking the street car and going home to supper.” “\tht is a. map 1’” “A map is a dimving to bilUW the jury where Smith stood when Jones gave him a, lift under the eye.” “What is a‘ JI]a]‘iII(‘I"S compass" “A jug holding four gallons.” Va: The Paris correspondent of the Tim/nu point out that M. Gambetta has shown his sense of the seriousness of the position by detailing in :1, memorandum the extreme concessions France was prepared to make on the categories disputed in the Anglo-French commercial treaty which he was about to hand to Lord Lyons, the British Ambassa- dor, just before the election of the hos- tile Committee. “1nt0 how mrmy classes is mankind di- AN INQI‘UIY INTO 'l'HEO"'I‘]{AiiES ~AN<¢O>OO’â€"â€"-â€" SOME NEW GEOGRAPHY‘ The French Political Crisis. Dctroxt Free I‘resxl. o 40>“ American Agriculturiat The importance of an abundant supply of water for the animals of the farm, at all times and under all cireumstances, as an esâ€" sential conditicn of the healthy and effi- cient performance of the functions of animal life, is too often entirely overlooked. The analysis of the carcass and offal of oxen, sheep, and pigs, made at Rothamsted, by Lawes and (iilltel't, in their investigation of the composition of the increase of these ani- mals, in fattening, shows that the pereentâ€" age of water in the fasted live weight of the entire body, is as follows: Ilv"atr‘i'.’pm'('rnl. | H’atrr, per cent: [\‘at Calf, .. .. ... Half-fat Old Sheep...50..5 Half-fat 0. Fat Sheen. .. .. ..43.3 Fat 0x.. .. .. .' Extra Fat Sheep. Fat Lamb”. .7 l Store Pig.. .. .. .. ..5o.0 Store Sheep....,..57.3 1 Fat Pig” .. .. .. ..41.4 From these figures it will be seen that water constitutes more than one half the live weight of theaveragc animal of the farm fat animals containing somewhat less, and lean animals considerably more. In man, physiologists estimate water to constitute from g to ‘4‘ of the weight of the body. In the functions of nutrition and excretion, the water of the system performs an important part. The food taken into the stomach must be in the soluble form before it can be taken up by the absorbents and transferred to the blood, which in its circulation throughout the body carries the elements of nutrition to the various tissues, where the materials re- quired for their particular use are appropri- ated. But this transformation of the food into substances that can be assimilated and made use of by the tissues, is not a simple one; it must be acted upon in its course through the organs of digestion by various fluid secretions from the time it is introduc- ed into the mouth until it is received into the circulation. The work performed by the system in this elaboration of nutritive ma- terials cannot be fully appreciated without reference to details. The saliva is secreted ‘ by the glands of the mouth to moisten the food, so that it can be readily swallowed. The specific action of the saliva. upon the composition of the fqod, we cannot now stop to discuss. The quantity of saliva secreted by animals is surprising. Experiments by Lassainge show that 100 lbs. of dry hay fed to a horse required a secretion of 400 lbs. of saliva ; 100 lbs. of cats required a secretion of 113 lbs. of saliva; while 100 lbs. of green lood required but 49 lbs. of saliva to prepare it for swallowing. Concentrated foods, like grain, therefore, seem to make a smaller de mand upon the glands for the secretion of saliva than the coarser foods like hay ; and dry hay imposesa much greater tax upon the salivary glands than green feed. (lreen feed has not only an advantage over dry, in the amount of saliva required to prepare it for digestion, but the results of the German feeding experiments seems to indicate that it is much more readily digested. )1. Colin estimates the saliva secreted by a horse when fed on dry food, at 92.6 lbs in 24 hours and the quantity secreted by a cow under sim- ilar conditions at 123.5 lbs in 24 hours. Now if the blood in the system is estimated at from 50 to 75 lbs., the secretion of saliva alone must haVe a marked influence upon its distribution in the system as well as upon its composxtion. The saliva is, however, but one of the many secretions that are required to pre- pare the food for the process of assimilation. \Vhen the food enters the stomach the gas‘ tric juice is elaborated to transform the al- buxnlnoids into soluble peptones, and then as it passes into the intestine, an emulsion of the fatty materials, and the conversion of starch into sugar, take place through the influence of the pancreatic and intestinal se? cretions. The bile is also secreted in con- siderable quantity to perform its peculiar functions, and the absorbents are actively at work to transfer the nutritive materials to the blood as fast as they are prepared by the digestive fluids. As the soluble nutritive materials are tak~ en up from the intestinal canal by the vesâ€" sels that perform this function, a fresh draft is made upon the blood by the digestive or- gans for the elaboration of their peculiar secre tions, so that a rapid interchange of fluids is taking place between the intestinal canal and the blood during the process of digestion. The rapidity with which this interchange of fluids takes place, is perhaps best indicat~ ed by the amount of chyle and lymph pass» ing through the thoracic duct, which, in ruminants, as shown by M. Colin, is from eighty to nearly two hundred pounds in twenty-four hours. In a cow, weighing 1,- 000 lbs , the principal secretions and excre- tions may be estimated as follows : Saliva (dry food) . . . . . . . Gastric Secretions ’ancreatic Secretions .m. . Bile......... Exhaltion from the Lungs l’crspimtion. . . .. ,. Urine . . . . . . Total ...... W 3â€"0 From this it would appear that nearly one-third of the weight of tl.e body is separ- ated from the blood in the form of secretions required in preparing: the food for the pro- cesses of nutrition, and in excl‘etions of waste materials that are of no further use in the system. From this enumeration of some of the leading activities of the animal econâ€" omy, and it must be seen that the amount of work performed by the internal organs of the body is not inconsiderable, even when the animal is apparently at rest, and that a, sup- ply of water to maintain the equilibrium of these fluids and keep them in proper proâ€" portion to the denser tissues, is of great im- portance. ‘ Itiwill also he readily seen that the supply of water should be constant, or at least fre- quently repeated, to secure uniformity in the iluidity of the blood and the various seâ€" cretions. \Vatcr must he recognized as a. food, and it should be given with the same regulm‘ity as other food. Magendie found that dogs, supplied with water alone, lived from six to ten days longer than those that were deprived of both load and water ; so that water has undoubtedly an important function to perform in the system, aside from the dilution of other nutritious sub- stanees. The addition of green feed, in some form, to the winter i‘ation of 0111' farm ani- mals, will be found advantageous for many reasons, and the amount of water required by them as drink will by this means he di» ininished. - H»<«.~>u~â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Tm: Marquis of Ailsa, owing to the last five bad harvests, intimated to his Ayr- shire tenants a reduction from five to fifteen per cent for the past your. \Vater for Live stock. some Short Items of Interest for Them. Mrs. Langtry is said to have, inherited her elocution and beauty mm her father, the Dean of Jersey. J‘lvcx'yt‘hing must bow to fashion. The fashion in France just now is not to have any honeymoon at all. "\Vring out the oldfiwring in the new,” is the motto of the laundress. Perhaps some of you can get a wring on that. The Govérnment of Liberia has given 200 acres of land for the foundation of a seminary for the education of young girls. An imprisoned girl at Bnrr Oak, Mich, out every button from her clothing and swallowed them, in an ineffectual attempt at suicide. It is said that the first requisite for an able-bodied zesthethe is intense laziness; the second, a lanky body; and the third, an em- pty head. A female shoplifter in New York was found to have a hook fastened to her garter and a pair of stolen new shoes 111mg to the hook. She lives by booking things. \Ve are indebted to the searching demand of the resthetic for many of our new and beautiful fabrics in gold, crepeâ€"like tissues, cashmeres, and other soft cloths. A bear trotted alongside of a. Pennsylvania woman for half a mile the other evening to keep her company home, and when she opened the gate he growled his adieu and left her. An Indiana. Widow and a watch ' dog at- tacked and bit a barn thief so badly that it was two weeks before he could leave his bed. The widow hit three of his fingers to the bone as her share of the work. The Empress of Austria. has introduced a new coiffure, which foreign journals say is likely to create a considerable sensation this winter. She wears her hair falling in wavy folds upon her shoulders. confined a la gree- que, or with bars of pearls. In the Vienna. disaster a girl of 18 lost her father, mother, sister, brother-inâ€"law and her betrothed in the fire. She returned to the burning house twice in search of them, and at last jumped from the front balcony into the street and was killed. The wife of the Grand Shereef, oi Moroc- co, who is an English lady, has induced the Moors to accept vaccination. Once a week, she, with her own hands, vaccinated chil- dren whom their parents bring from long distances. In one day she vaccinated over 300 children and grown up people. A novel illumination took place in Rome on the last occasion of the Queen of Italy’s birthday. \Vhen their Majesties appeared on the balcony, every one struck a match and held it in air. The effect was pretty, {LS the air seemed filled with fire flies. The reaâ€" son for this novel kind of illumination was that all the gas of the town was turned off, on account of a tremendous fire that had burst out in a palace near the gas-works. A New York correspondent says that in that city very few ladies wear their dresses cut low in the neck, and that out of an aver- age of a thousand ladies, representing the best society, who were the guests upon five or six recent and very fashionable occasions, not more than five were dresses cut in this way, and several of these were filled in with lace. Some were cut square, some heart shaped, and many were enriched with exâ€" quisite embroidery, but none of them that were perfectly bare. As if the ordinary expenses of a fancy~ ‘dress ball were not sufficient, certain ladies new frequently appear at the same fancy ball in two different characters,‘ retiring to change their dress before supper and re- appearng in a different costume. At a re- cent festival of this nature, the Countess of Beetive appeared first as Mary Queen of Scots, and later as a. shower of gold. Mrs. Cornwallis \Vest, on the same occasion, ap- peared in two consecutive characters, the Comtesse Panada, from “ La Macotte,” and the Princess in the “Forty Thieves.” A woman, accompanied by a girl of 15, was arrested for shoplifting in one of the grand Paris shops. The girl escaped. The woman steadily refused her address; but a. woman employed in the establishment re- cognized her as )1 rs. M. , reputed to he of independent means, living near her. At the address indicated the porter said that her daughter was in. She, however, refused to answer until the police said they would break open the door. The rooms were piled with plunder, and the girl confessed that for three years they had lived entirely by shop- lifting and pawning or selling the goods. The neighbors had not the faintest suspicion of it. â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"‘N 4-} 09% English As the Speech ofthe Future. The success of the Englishâ€"speaking peo- ples as colonists and their superior prolific- ness are not the only reasons for thinking that the English tongue is destined to domi- nate the world. The flexibility and terse- ness of the English language has made it the language of international telegraphy, and from statistics just collected it appears to be the great newspaper language. In other words, it about equally divides the news- papers of the world with all other tongues combined. The total number of newspapers and pe~ riodicals now published is given by H. 1’. Hubbard’s fox-theoming “ Newspaper and Bank Directory of the \Vorlrl,” as 34,274, with a circulation of about 116,000,000 du- ties, the annual aggregate circulation reach- ing, in r4;1‘.11llllllllll)cl's, 10,000,000,000 cop~ ius, l‘lurupi: lczuls with 10,557, and North America. follows with 12,400, the two tcge- ther making over nine-tenths of all the pub- lications in existence. Asia. has 775 ; South America (390; Australasia, (Ml ; {1.1111 Africa. 132. Of all these, 10,500 are printed in the English language, 7.800 in German, 3,850 in French, and Orr-11.000 in Spanish. There are 4,020 daily newspapers, 18,274 tri« Weeklies and weehlics, and 8,508 issued less frequently. It appears that while theannu- al aggregate circulation of publications in the United Status is 2,000,000,000. that of (ireztt lh‘itain and Ireland 2,200,000,- 000. TUE Princess of \Valcs has sent to King K Malia-11a sew ‘al photographs of herself and her sons a contribution to a bnzmr to be held in Honolulu in aid of flu: building of a. cathedral there. THE LADIES. l“ 40>“; The Perils Through Which the SS. “ Ra. cillia," Passed-«Three Lives Lost. Sr. Jonx‘s, NilllmJl‘he new iron steam- ship [Ir/(tilliu arrived on Friday morning in u. dunmged condition after passing through a series of imminent perils. Captain James, commander of the stezuner, gave the follow- ing narrative of his tenipestuous voyage :77 “ \Ve left Little Bay mining settlement, in Notre Dame Bay, on Sunday last, laden with 2,000 tons of copper ore, consigned to Swansea, from the time we lost sight of the Gull Island, ofi‘ Cape John, till we reached the forty-seventh western meridian we were steaming slowly through a. vast sea. of ice, which, however, was not very densely pack- ed together. Now and again a huge iceburg towered up frownineg in the midst of the ice plain, and enabled us to make somewhat better headway. On Saturday, the 14th, we parted company with the ice and broke out into clear water, “'e had thus travel- led over three hundred and fifty miles of field ice. Seaweer had we lost sight of this frozen see when we encountered a terrific storm of wind from the southeast, with a heavy, broken and turbulent see. On Sun- day the gale suddenly swung round to the northwest and blew with still greater fury. We were now near the axis of the storm and the ship was being heavily belabored by i the sea, on both sides. “At noon on Sunday we shipped a heavy sea, which washed my first officer, Mr. John \Vinter, of London, overboard. The next sea swept away two seamen â€" William Evans, of Penibrokesliire, and lgalmar, of SVJeden~iwl10 were almost instantaneously drowned. Thewheelhouse was smashed in- to pieces and the hinnacle and other gear carried away. Our starboard quarter boat was next washed away, darits and all. Our remaining boats were stove as they lay on the Chocks, and if the ship sank under as she hourly threatened to do, our lives were not worth a single rush. Owing to the dead, heavy character of our cargo the steamer labored much and plunged headlong down into the trough of the sea, sometimes going so far that we frequently despaier of ever coming back sgain. On Monday mornâ€" ing I put the Rae/Cilia, head for St. John’s, for the purpose of undergoing repairs and procuring a full supply of coal. The ice has drifted so far down that I purpose. when resumng my voyage, to steam down as far as the forty-sixth parallel bei'oreliead- ing the ship across for the British coast." â€"~Aoo 40v>N==â€"â€"â€"â€"- How to Escape Diphtheria. ]. Avoid the atmosphere near the discs,”- m. Especially is this important for children, Whose throats are more liable to take on the poison than those of adults. No matte how mild the case is, keep children away from it. 2. Do not pcrniituny person, not even a dog 01' a cat to come to a child from the room where there is a. case of diphtheria. The person exposed to it should disinfect his clothing, and bathe his body, and wash thoroughly his hair, and gargle his throat, before he comes in contact: with a child after his coming from the sick~room. 3. D0 nvot permit a. child to ride in a car- riage in which one sick with diphtheria has ridden, until it has first been (lisillfectqi. 4. Avoid all causes which cause the throat to become sore,1‘a\\',01'tendm‘during an epi- demic of this disease. In fact it is well to avoid them at all ‘imes. A simple sore throat may become a case of diphtheria very easily, when the poison Is in the air. 5. Do not allow any child to wear 0i? handle any clothing worn by a person who has had diphtheria. It is criminal to sell (21" give away clothing of this sort, withcut most thoroughly disinfecting it first. An epidemic was recently caused in one of the New England States, axidgnany lives lost, from some clothing from a child which died of this disease being sent to friends from :1 western city. (5. Never kiss :L person with diphtheria, (mothers have last Lhexr lives by dong tins) nor drink from the same cup, nor blow a whistle he has used, 1101' use a pencil, or :2 pen, ora handkerchief 0f hia 7. Never send the clothing of :uliphthoz‘iu patxcnt to the common wash 01' laundry, where other clothing may become i11f20t~ ed. 8. Disinfect all the oxei'ctions from one click of this disease by a strong solution of coppems water before disposing of them. 9. If a child has been exposed to dipthei‘iu by accident, or by any means, at once iso- late it from other children, give it a, thorough warm bath daily,:uld clean clothes; put it on a diet of brown bread and milk, with fruit, and wait till all danger is over before removing it from qua. 'zuitilie. The Scwntg'fz‘rAmerican adds : “As every physician knows, it is no nn ommon thing for adults to have diphtheria so mildly that it is mistaken for an ordinary sore throat resulting from cold; yet such a, person can easily infect a child, and the child become a centre of malignant infection. In View of the fatal prevalence of diphtheria, therefore, the kissing of a child upon the mouth by a. person with a sore throat is hazardousfif not criminal; and scarcely less so is the practice of allowing children to kiss their ailing playâ€" mate. it would be wise to exercise great caution in this matter, if not to discontinue the practice of kissing upon the mouth ul- together.” The best preventions are to be found in the hints given,andin most thorough cleanliness about the house, the air, and the drains, water supply, and cellars. Diphtheritic poison, no doubt, goes for miles in tho air from one house to another. The wind carries it, and “hen there is an epidemic the greatest precaution should be taken. With all our care we are not always able to prevent its spread elltil‘ely,but much may be done. 1-0. Allow no children to attend a funeral of one who has died from this disease. Preparing; to Stamp out Poiygamy. The United States Senate Judiciary Con:- mith have agreed on the bill doing away “ith present requirement for proofs of 1m} 'gmuous marriages, and providing the fact of living; in liigumous relations shall be sufficient cvidence for conviction. In prosecptiuns for bigaiyy, 3‘11}; persgn drawn is a jurymzm may be challenged on tho ground that he practices or believes in polygamy as, a religious rite. The bill also contains provisions debai'ring polygamists 1mm the privilege of voting, service on :1, jury 0)‘ holding Oilicc. A STORMY VOYAGE.