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PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE. Dr. Hunt in# on Obesity—Critical Hours In the Sick Room—One Cure for Earache. Dr. Banting gives, in Popular Science ’Jew . directions for the treatment, without madioiiK . of obesity, of which the following are in substance the principal points: People inclined to eorpuh-uoe must diminish tho quantity of their food. They must also take the sort of food that will produce the least amount of fat, but will give strength; they should therefore take more of nitrogenous and less o^m bonaceous food. Of beet, veal, mutton, lamb and pork, the first is the least and 1 lie last the most beat producing. Pork, therefore, should not be eaten. White bread makes heat and fat; rye is less heating* oat¬ meal is good for strength and is very suitable; riec makes fat; potatoes contain a great deal of starch and are not to be eaten; milk k too fattening; fruits may bo eaten; coffee and teaoon bo taken, but without milk or sugar. Water must be taken very sparingly—one glassful iii twenty-four hours, if yKissible. Exercise must not bo violent, as that pro¬ ducts an opj>etite; yet, if it l>e walking, if perspiration * is produced to a slight degree, it is an advantage. Eight bout's’ sleep is enough as a rule, and seven will be generally suflicient. As there are more thin people in the world than fat people, Dr. Banting adds a word of advice t o the former. They must sleep all they can; keep early hours for retiring; Ike down in the middle of the day; drink a great deal of water; eafe heartily, especially of far¬ inaceous food; take plenty of exeorcise, but in moderation. The value of cheerfulness is emphasized. Follow the okl adage, “Laugh and grow fat.” I.txnon Juice. Tho lemon is a fruit much used in the sick room and, in tho opinion of Herald of Health, in many instances unwisely. Lemonade being a very refreshing and agreeablo drink, is easily taken in exoces by persons suffering from level’s, a fact which should not be for gotten. In fynhiod fever, for instance, its immoderate u* would be attended with dan gcr, inducing, ns it might, additional de rangement in un already inflamed intestinal mucous membrane. In all inflammatory diseases of the stomach and bowefla lemonade should only bo given after the attending physician has sanctioned ins use. During the past few years lemon juice has become quite popular in tho management of diphtheria from the supposed action on tho membraneous deposit in the throat. There liavo also been attribuled to tho juice marked virtues in the functional derangement of the liver, com monly called “bilious disorders.” Some per sons so affected have found benefit from its persistent use; tho symptoms of others, how ever, have been aggravated by it. Purifying Water by ISoriling. In some parts of Germany no water is giyen to children until it lias been l>oiled to kill the germs of any disease present. Dr. M. L. Holbrook points out certain advau tages mid disadvantages of this jiractice among the poor, with whom food is notabun dunk, us follows: The boiled water deposits on tho keltic its lime, and this is a loss o so much mineral matter. It kills the germs, which is beneficial. If the child is suitably fed no harm is done, but a positive benefit; lm t if not well fed it is a direct loss to the bones to lose the liuie in the water. Pure fresh water from springs dees not contain germs, and if it Is used there is no use in boiling it, Germs, however, may' develop in standing water in a few hours’ exposure to tho air. The lee Ilag In Sen Sick Mess. In a recent‘letter to a daily paper, says Science, a-correspondent states that lie has made tweuty-six tiips across the Atlantic, and lias iu every instance, except the last, suffered very much from sea sickness. On his last trip ke had with him a rubber bag, twelve inches l(*ig uitd four audios wide, tho mouth of which was closed by an iron clamp. Tbis he filled with small pieces of ice and ap plied to the spino at the base of the brain from half to three-quarters of an hour every morn ing. It had a most s*x>tiimg effect, and he enjoyed every hour and every meal. A Cure for Earache. The Medical World says that earache may I be cured by directing a gentle stream of f water as hot as can bo borne directly into tho ear from a fountain syringe. Care must lie taken not to allow the force of the stream to become too gre at. MEN OF CONSEQUENCE. Senator Dawes, of Massachusetts, is 71 years of age. It is said that one day recently Mr. Blaine’s mail numbered 1,080 letters. Obi. Lament will remain in McGrawville until the middle of SJeptembeA Governor Proctor Knott thinks of becom¬ ing a Louisville newspaper man. Hon. Daniel , Dougheity, ^ of Philadelphia, , . , . write* that he is havmg a capital time in Park. Lfi. Dr Currv Guirv, United umceaecaees States minister ministertoapam, to Suain is at White Sulphur Springs. He will return to Madrid this month. Kuki, rr .... the Japanese r minister • t *■ at *■ ur Washing- v • ton, is not a convert to Christianity, but has had his children baptized. The poet Wbattier and the poet Stedman recently spent the day together at the latter’s summer home in New Hampshire. Geueral William Raymond Lee, a West Point veteran, lives, halo and hearty, in West Roxbury, Mass., at the age of 80. Cardinal Gibbons will pronounce the cl*s Ing prayer and benediction at the constitu tional centenn al celebration, Philadelphia, Sept. 17. General Albert Pike is very fond of bfrds and has in his .study dozens of them in cages— mocking birds, canaries, robins, blue birds and others. Congressman John T. Wait, of Connecti¬ cut, reached h « 'hlth birtixiav last week. He has been a memlfcr of f>l>o Norwich bar for fifty-one yea) s. Yon Plum Lee, Yale ’87, who recently mar ried an American lady of New Haven, has accepted a positio.ii on tho editorial staff of The New Haven Register. Col. Thomas E. Rose, who organized the famous escape from the Libby prison in 1804, by which forty-nine Union soldiere regained their freedom, is at Cape May. Wilford Woodruff, the new head of the Morinon church, is 80 yea re of age, and has always been a man of mediocre ability. He has been in hiding two years and is still out of sight to all save tho faithful. SOCIAL ETIQUETTE. Manners ami Customs Practiced bn Polite Society. When a day comes that finds us with a long ing for the country we are tempted to act upon some general invitation to visit a coun t ,r.y friend. To people contemplating such a Good Housekeeping recalls the oft quoted “Don’t.” Don’t go unless you have a special invitation for a special day from the lady of the house. General invitations mean nothing at all, and it is never safe to accept any^kind of a one from the paterfamilias, wh ® Probably knows about as much as you of the domestic arrangements of his household. Money matters are always a delicate sub between friends. But, suggests tho authority already referred to, though we can seldom remunerate them for the trouble they take for us in dollars and cents, yet some times there will be ways in which it may be done. It is easy to give presents to children, although it is harder to give anything to the mother, yet by exercising a little tact, you may be able to do it. She cannot refuse ° pretty piece of fancy'woik that you have « iade duriH & > r ° ur visit ’ aud book * an(l ma S a_ z ' ,u ' s Crtn usually be safely offered, A Relief to Hostess and Gaest. It is usually a relief to a hostess to have her visitor entertain herself for a part of the morning at least. This the guest will gener ally' be glad to do, if she has a cheery, com for table room, some writing materials, inter¬ esting Lwoks, and an easy chair in which to enjoy them. Friendbf Behavior. In society' we should try to carry entertain meat with us ami to seem entertained with our company. A friendly behavior often conciliates and pleases more than wit or liril liaucy. Authoresses who desire to set' themselves in print would do well to wear calico dressy and stand before looking glasses.--Toronto Globe. There is a man in Nassau so short that when he is ill he doesn’t know whether he has the headache or corns.—Texas Colonel. WELL KNOWN WOMEN. Queen Victoria is writing another book, but what about nobody knows. The phenomenal violin player of Canada is Miss Edith Littlehale, of Hamilton, Ont. Mrs. Mackay has been persuaded by' Lady Burdett-Coutts to join the latter in a plan for the assistance of London’s starving poor. Miss Marcia Marvin, daughter of the late Bishop E. M. Marvin, has been appointed matron in the Mission school at Piracicaba, Brazil ’ ^ „ I S -^ <pAleneon ^lngdon flounce Gould „ that ,, cut ^ upa belonged ^10, 00 once to to the the Fmnreas fcmp,ess Etnrenie Eugenie to to trim turn her he. habv’s bab> s n ' Mrs. j ames g. Blaine, Jr., is one of the most enthusiastic of photographic amateurs, and j leJ . fl ovver pictures form a collection worth examining, A testimonial concei*t to Miss Sara Jewett was given last week by a number of fine rau sicians at Clifton Springs, where she has been spending the summer. Signora Verdi, wife of “II Trovatore,” is a very charitable woman. She is now putting up a splendid hospital at Busseto, which she and Verdi will endow, A sister of the late “Jim” Fisk is at Sara toga. She is the wife of Col. Hooker, of Bennington, Vt., and is possessed of many charms of person and intellect. ’ Queen Marie, of Hanover, broke her awm last week at the Duke of Cumberland’s villa at Pinsin , near Vienna, through falling on the highl polished floor of the picture gal lery. Miss Mary Grant, an English sculptor of considerable reputation and a niece of- a former president of the Royal academy, is on a visit to this country, and is now in Boston. Hhe has made a bust of Queen Victoria. Miss Celeste Stauffer, of New Orleans, is one of the leaders of out of door sports at Newport. 1'ilden Her taste in dress is superb, and Samuel left her enough money to ena ble her to Ratify her tastes in any direction, Mrs. Gen. Logan has been in Chicago ar ranging for the building of tho monument which is to commemorate her husband’s pa¬ triotism. She a so looked after tbe general’s book. Mrs. Logan will reside in Washing¬ ton. The empress of Austria has a kind heart. While she was at Cromer this summer a fisherman was drowned there. She went to his cottage alone, broke the news as tenderly as possible to the widow, and left her a purse containing $2,000. Mrs. Cleveland is a lady of fortune as well as a fortunate lady. Congressman McShane, of Nebraska, is authority for tho statement that the present valuation of the Omaha property in which the president’s wife and her mother have each an eighth interest is $800,000. One of the greatest characters of London society' is Maria, Dowager Marchioness of Aylesbury. She is an octogenarian, very eo centric and sarcastic, but, despite great pov erty, a favorite in the grandest houses. Many of the English papers don’t hesitate to refer to her as “Old Maria.” The Middle Ages. 1 he Middle Ages is a name applied to the period between the fall of the Roman empire to the Fifth century and the invention of printing i)i the Fifteenth, oi,as timed by' some historians, from the invasion of France b\ r Clovis m 486 to that of Naples l>y Charles VIII in 1495. It comprised about ten cen¬ turies, and is also often called “The Dark Ages.” French Assignats. After appropriating to national purposes the land belonging to the church, the French national assembly, instead of bringing it into the market at, a time of insecurity when its value was depreciated, issued bonds on the se¬ curity of it, which were called assignats, as representing land assigned to the holder. Cool Answers. “Hi! you dropped a brick up 1 here!” shouted a pe<Vstrian on whose shoulder one of those artidw had fallen from n three s|o: v scaffold. “All right.” cheerfully re;ponded ihe brick layer; “you needn't lake Ur* i rouble 1 > bring it.up.” “What is the nmUjtr?" asked a law¬ yer of his coachman. “The lu*rse t are lim¬ ning away, sir.” “‘Can’t you'; u'i hi ::i up?” “I’m afraid not.” ‘Then.” mid ike ..war, after judicial d*4nv, ::i i.do feme; king #b‘eap. —UliamU j s' Jian iad. THE CURIOSITY SHOP. The Achromatic I,ens—It Tak s Glasses to Make an Object ( The achromatic lens is so called transmits light without dividing it i The white ray of light is made up ber of colored rays, which have di grees of refrangibility. When th | is refracted it divides itself into rays, which deviate in various w . Hoi straight j .... lide of the , simple ray, awd do nt d focus at the same point, thus surroundin object viewed with a halo of various c< it was for many years thought that thi; ^ ect could not be remedied, but the nect im|)1 . ovement w#8 invented about ITS John Dolhmd. He made a double k*> flint and ground glass. These two kind glass differ as to their power of dispe colors, so by using a convex ions of e glass, with a concave one of flint glo perfectly colorless image was obtained. A New Sovereignty. The Congo Free State is now one of tin i Ognized sovereignties of the world, consti . f under international guarantees. The so • i eign of the Free Slate is King Leopo'i < < Belgium, and there are under him fou* luini ^' ative tlivisions or Provinces, ai head ot which are native chiefs. The an• the state is 1.050.200 square miles, with a j J I ulation of 27,000,000. The territory inclu a strip on the north side of the Congo, e:x . from Manyanga to tLie Likona, claimed -| the France, Congo and and embraces its the basin watered lj tributaries, extending •■! ] the Niger water shed on the north, to U;. < and Ujiji on the east, and to include UlrnuU Urula and Lake Bangweola on the s til The trade is to be free to all nations, an 1 til navigation of the Congo is under the dim e .ioJ of an international commission. Natural c;as. The striking of a natural gas wc Knovversville, near Albany, N. Y.. brin supply of this valuable fuel within m< able distance of a number of the grei dustries situated along the Hudson Each succeeding month brings new disco of gas nearer to New York, and renal prediction of Mr. Henry VVurtz, t|:een chemist, made seventeen years ago, natural gas will be found in a belt folio' the outcrop of the great gas bearing - ■! (the principal of which is the Marcell us s at such a distance from their outcrops t vd give a depth of about 4(X) feet to tlu •: Professor Wurtz, as long ago as ltd), the use of natural gas in the region of the great gas well at West BloomlieL tario county, N. Y., was the cob ter. Parallax. The distances of the sun and the fixed St are determined by ascertaining what is their parallax. To determine the distai t the siin the diameter of the earth is tak abase line, and from its extremities iningimu I lines are drawn" to the sun’s center. ; gives two angles and a side of a triangl which, by applying the principles of onometry, the other elements are tained, among which is the line of dista j n the case‘of the fixed stars the din; of the earth’s orbit is taken for the bas or nearly 184,000,000 miles, but their j sso great that aw idea of it cannot v -i I deri ved from figures. Light moving at : . rate of 12 ,000,000 miles a minute won rc quire J three and a half vears to reach the err froj the neare st fixed star. t I Primitive Cannon. The first cannon which came into use ». | the discovery of the explosive propert gunpowder during tho fourteenth oe were called bombards. They consist iron bars bound together with hoops c ti same metal. The first cannon balls fired ' these primitive weapons were round s It is a mistake to suppose that breech lo i guns were not tried till recently. They made when cannon first came into us were soon abandoned because no one how to make them strong enough. A the early cannon were Culvorins, which made four times the length of a mai early artillerists having conceived the that riie longer the gun the further it , carry r . Prince Albert Victor and Prii*ee Geo; • < Wales are not likely to be made pee several years, as their father does nof j them to enter the house of lords durin queen’s lifetime.