Cleanings.

Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 800, 18 December 1894, Page 2

Cleanings.

§ The Fight of Man Against Death.

One of the most interesting of the lectures at the Hygienic Congress at Buda Pesth was delivered by Professor Erisman, of Moscow, who is regarded as the first hygienic authority of Russia. ‘lt is to the English,’ said the Professor, ‘ that the praise and the fame will ever belong of first calling the attention of the modern State to its sanitary duties, and insisting that the community should wrestle with all its powers against death, its enemy, And it was not until hygiene was realised as an obligation binding the State, and not as 11 mere charity of the individual, that u perceptible diminution of mortality really began.’ * It may be statistically proved,’ he remarked, ‘ that medicine itself, as the art of healing, can do very little towards arresting the progress of mortality.’ ‘To anticipate the attacks of death in all forms, for the individual and for the community,’ said he, ‘ is the word of solution. To be ready before is everything. It is this which has already enfeebled diseases which were once terrible in their power 5 and it is this which has so modified the horrors of the cholera and of typhus.’ He hopes that through the international co-operation of the hygienia authorities in Europe we shall succeed before long in reducing European mortality to the 17 or- 18 in the ' thousand already achieved in the Scandinavian, and that at the next Congress in Austria-Hungary the citizens of those States will not have to report that their death-rate is 32 in the thousand.’

He closed with another reference to the example of England, and advised that every European State, whenever the mortality of n Jtown exceeded 20 in the thousand, should immediately despatch a Sanitary Commission to the spot, and that the authorities should not rest until they had put an end to ‘ the conditions which are responsible for giving death such an advantage over man.’

A Royal Child’s Wish.

A pathetic story is told of the King of Rome Napoleon’s son, in ‘ Memoirs of the Empress Josephine.’

The child was seated near the window, looking towards the park, and appeared to view with indifference the crowd of presents that were spread before hint as his looks were constantly directed towards the grand avenue in front of the palace. Feeling impatient at his appearing less delighted than she expected, the Queen asked him if he was not grateful for his grandmamma's attention in procuring every object that might contribute to his amusement ? ‘lndeed I am, mamma; but I am not surprised at her kindness, she is ' always so good to me that 1 am quite accustomed to it.’ ‘ Do you find no enjoyment in those pretty toys ?’ ‘Yes mamma, but’—— • What then ?’ 4 I arn very anxious for something else.’ * Mention, it, my child ; depend upon my giving it you.’ ‘ Oh ! mamma, you will refuse me.’ Is it money for the poor ?’ ‘ Papa gave me some this morning—it is already distributed ; what I want is’ ‘Tell me, my dearest child; you know how I love you; rest assured, then, that I wish to begin the year by doing whatever may be most agreeable to you ; what is your wish ?’ ‘My dear mamma, I want you to permit me to walk in the heap of mud in that avenue; this will amuse me more than anything else.’

‘ As She is Spoke.’

Most parishes can boast of supplying some fine specimens of * Euglish as she

is spoke by vestrymen, but in this respect a London vestry can ‘ take the cake.’ In a recent discussion on sanitary matters a vestryman talked about ‘ tubular diseases ’ and ‘tripod fever,’ and he wanted ‘ a crematoria ’ in every parish. Another member would not accept a statement upon the ‘ hipset dixter ’ ot the chairman. At this same vestry a member declared the chairman ought to be ‘ like Potiphar wife, above suspicion.’ When it was proposed to give a deserving official ‘ an honorarium ’ a member wanted to know whether it would not be an inducement to the official to waste his time. ‘lf he attends to his duty he won’t have much time to play the honorarium.’

Much Disappointed. An examiner of youths in spelling for the Electric Telegraph Company rejected one because he often spelt is with an b. Next day the father wrote to say he was much disappointed his son had failed, but he had since looked in the newspapers and found that the word is was spelled just as often with an h as without it. ***** #

Brevities.

Beggars fear no rebellion. Good men are a public good. Rigid justice is oft the greatest injustice. An ill man in office is a public calamity. Ink is mentioned in tho Egyptian inscriptions about the time of” the Exodus.

Few people can stand prosperity; but they are legion compared with the people who never have a chance to stand it.

The greatest trial of patience is a stammering barrister examining a stuttering witness in the presence of a deaf judge.

• Wasted Money. It is simply wonderful in an enlightened age like the present, how people will waste their money on useless medicines. There are thousands of sufferers in this country from liver torpidity, indigestion, kidney com-

plaint, and biliousness, who pay halfcrowns for socalled ‘ cures,’ when they could get far better and safer results from half an ounce of Epsom salts costing one half-penny. Of course we know this chemical will not give permanent results—neither will any of the many advertised nostrums but it will give temporary relief and not injure the system, whereas the disguised drastic purging mixtures sold by many quacks will cause many serious diseases. Clements Tonic does not cure or relieve diseases by purging. It is a natural tonic restorative, and acts by stimulating the digestive and secretive apparata to perform their proper functions. It rebuilds wasted nerve, bone and muscular tissue, restores strength to the debilitated system, excites and permanently strengthens the power ofconcupescence and ensures a long, happy, and enjoyable life, as proved by the experience of Mr Thos. F. Morris, Sawyer’s Bay, Otago, N.Z., who writes on May 14th, 1893 :—Dear Sir, —About this time twelve months ago I was suffering severely from indigestion, was under

the treatment of two doctors and a chemist and obtained no relief or benefit ; when a testimonial came under my notice of the wonderful effects of Clements Tonic, and I immediately procured a bottle, the result was marvellous. I felt relief after the second dose. After using three bottles the pain was entirely gone, it came on again, about three months alter, so I procured another bottle, but, before it was finished all symptoms of the pain were gone. I can highly recommend Clements Tonic ns the best specific for the above troubles, and I recommend it to every one 1 meet with. Yours respectfully, Thos. F. Morris, Sawyer’s Bay, Otago, New Zealand.