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It is a, queer story. but no stranger than the one told in Rome at, the time the ivorce ofHenry VIII. was under dis- cussion than the negotiations were broken fl'by the Earl of \Viltshire's dog. This nmannerly our had iollowed his master i to the court. and when the pontiff, b the close of the audience, put our, h 5 foot to be kissed by the ear] the d g bit ic and so angered the pope and h rrified the court. that the negopiations w re suspended. ’il‘he story may be true or false, but. in either caseis an excellent; demonstration of the value of the trifle, when the trifle occurs in the We of an exalted personage and gives‘point'i to the remark made by The Fate of America Once lluug on a Game 0! Chess. It is a. Spanish tradition that the fate of Columbus once hung on a game of chess, For years the schemer had haunted the Kipamish court, trying to interest some one i ‘ his cause, but at last, despairing, he de- telrmined to leave and go to France. The night before his intended departure he sought an audience of the queen to com- municate his intention and to take his leave. The queen asked him to wait while she made one more effort to interest the king, and left the room for that purpose. She found Ferdinand engaged in a game of chess, and disturbing him by her entrance, and thus causing him to lose a piece, he let fly a volley ofonths at seamen generally and at Columbus in particular, and then informed Isabella that the result of her petition would depend on the result of the game. It grew worse, and things looked blue for the discoverer of America, but Isabella, overlooking the board, Whispered to his majesty a suggestion as to a move that could be made ; the king adopted the suggestion, and America. was saved. occurs in the me 01 an exalted personage and gives point; to the remark made by Paschal along the same line, that if the nose of Cleopatra had been an inch longer or shorter the course of the world’s hiscory might have been materially chan ged. The application appears to correspond with vaccination, bubit is said the virus may be supplied in the form of powders. So far, however, the best method of appli- cation has not been made a matter of cer- tainty. If the virus can be put up in powders, and if lbs elficiency in that, form can be established, it: would enable parents to apply the preventive in the earliest; stages of the attack. to this treatment, and _he does not doubt that pulmonary diseases, cholera. typhoid, and, perhaps, consumption. will he con- quered in time by its application. The application of the serum or blood, he said, was discovered by him through his close bservation of Dr. Koch's attempts at illing the bacteria in the living organism. appeared to Prof Behrini to be more portant to fight against the changes sed in the organism by the bacteria. e began to make experiments in 1890, succeeded in protecting guinea. pigs ainst the infeCtion of diphtheria. The periments were then made with children, (1, where the injections could be made in ,he first forty~eight hours of the illness, he mortality was reduced to 5 per cent. of what it had been. In later stages of the disease the mortality was brought down to [0 per cent. The diaries of the hospitals of Berlin show that of 72 diphtheria patients who Were treated Without serum 2.3 died, whilst only two fatal cases resulted out of 78 treated with serum in the first stages of the illness. In regard to such matters, public boards owe a duty to the people, and in all the series of dangerous diseases there is no enemy whose attacks are more indiscrimi- nate and unsparing than diphtheria. Prue enough, as Dr. Cassidy stated at the meet- ing of the Provincial Board of Health, the oflicial returns in recent years have shown diphtheria in Canada. to be ON THE DECREASE. This is, favorable testimony to our advance in thescienceof sanitation. But the advance is slow, and, in a sense, uncertain. Men ‘ fwealth, who spend small fortunes on the rainage and sanitary appointment of their remises, have their children taken off by iphtheria, and they are unable to trace its 5 urce. The manholes in all city streets mire the objects of general suspicion, and t ere are a. hundred and One other possible lairs of the bacteria. Cleanliness single- handed has a long up-hill battle to fight against the varied Conditions of our modern life; both in the city and in the Ways of commuuication in the country. It is, therefore. the most natural thing in the world that the reported efficiency of the application of the serum of blood in cases of diphtheria should call forth uniâ€" versal interest. The local authorities have told us very little so far of the nature and application at this new preventive, but a paper read some two weeks ago before the congress of naturalists at Vienna. contains a. great deal of information to the point in these respects. The paber in question was read by Prof. Behring the discoverer of the new diphth- eria cure. He was able, we read, to pro- mise far-reaching efi‘icaciousness by the injection of serum as the cure of many vir- ulent. diseases. Already diphtheria and tetanus have ' The (hum-Io Board of nonllli “'Ill Pur- chase a Quanlliy of Serum for Inc “05- pltnls of Toronto. It ifinnounced that the Provincial Bond of Health will purchase as soon as possible a. quantity of anti-diphtheric serum from the Pasteur Institute in Paris for dis tribution amongst the isolation hospitals ll] Toronto. As far as we know, the Pasteur Institute will not be able to supply this new Virus for a. couple of months yet, and Drs. Cossidy, Coveruton and Bryce are to be commended for looking so far ahead that they will be able to give some of the first demonstrations of its application outside of Paris in Toronto. They are to be com- mended for two reasons. This new diph- theria. cure, from the public point of view, is certainly the most interesting discovery that has been made by medical science, and the experiments so far made with it seem to have established its success at least as well as the protection of vaccination against smallpox. 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They are an unfailing specific for locomotor ataxia. partial paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after effects of la grippe, palpitation of the heart nervous prostration, all diseases depending upon viziated humozs in the blood, such as scrofula, chronic erysiplas, etc. They are also a specific for troubles peculiar to females, such as sup- pressions, irregularities and all forms of Weakness. In men they effect a radical cure in all troubles arising from mental Worry, overwork, or excesses of any nature. to give her Hood’s Sarsaparilla. She is getting strong, walks around, is out doors every day 3 has no trouble with her throat and no cough, and her heart seems to be all right again. She :as a. first class appetite. We regard her cure as npthlng short of a. miracle." W. WYATT, 89 :‘vlarlou Street, Parkdnle, Toronto. Ontario. Said She Was Past Ail Help and wanted me to send her to Le 'Home for lucumbles.’ But I said as long as I could hold .1; hand up she should not go. We then began From the Brantford Courier Mr. Thomas Adams Tells the Happy Result that Followed. [la “31: Suffering From . Severe Attack of RIM-Inna!lullâ€"\Vnuld III-To (Hum .hu1hln:_r I0 Secure Relh-fâ€"llow :1 Cure \Vus Brought Abonl. TAKING A FRIENDS ADVICE. beim Heod’ggaifiwmres Hood’s Pills are purely vegetable and ariecuybnmless. Sfidbyall druggists. 25c. Miss Hannah Wyatt Toronto. Ont. was unable to get 7r five months and awer part of body ad to be propped ed. Heretofore experiments have been made than had practically, perhaps, as much value from the official standpoint. But on this occasion in is 110!) an experi- ment, that is being tried. The lives of British subjects are in danger in China. and in has been found necessary to send out reinforcements to Admiral Fremautle with the greatest, haste. The people of England are anxious, and on this account; the service of Canada. to the Empire will come before them in the most. forcible manner. When the commer- cial aspects of proposed schemes only are under discussion the public interest is not, and cannot. be. so directly arrested as upon an occasion of popular alarm and the neces- sity of protecting kith and km. This makes all the difference. Canadians will look to the railway to give a good account of its efficiency in the transportation of these reinforcements for China across the Continent. In any event their quick arrival on the scene of duty would win applause, but at the present time it will also help to interest and con- Vince thousands who have not given the subject sufficient attention of the necessity for providing a quick, clear and Imperial course of British access to the Far East. Get Rid of N euralgia. There is no use in fooling With neuralgia. It is a disease that gives way only to the most powerful remedies. 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