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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4343, 1 December 1882, Page 2

i The following paragraph, taken from another journal, is given by the Tablet :— We are sorry to learn that the Her. J. Berlage, of Prairie da Long, 111., Is at the point of dying a horrible death. It appears that the domestics of his parsonage are in the habit of using a " washing fluid "in place of soap. This they seem to have very liberally employed in doing their washing a week ago, and enough remained in the clothes'to fatally poison Father Berlage when he wore them. It is said/that no^U/parts of his body the skin drops off ass though rotten, and also that large holes are consumed in the flesh. The terrible poison^is literally eating the unfortunate man alive. It is also said that Father Berlage , is fully cognisant of his impending fate—knows that he must surely die, and is resigned. America is, of course, to the front in; finding out the best manner of preventing a panic at the time of fire in a public building. According toa : N<^?Xork contemporary, a theatre took fi|ftX>ie; erening, but a rush for the door was -"prevented by the manager, who, with great presence of mind, slipped to the front, and said: " Ladies and gentlemen, we have prepared a little surprise for you. An immense kettle of whisky punch is now being heated, and in a few moments waiters will pass through the hall and distribute; it." After this, we are told, the audience; were pulled out one by one, and the jclever ruse saved many lives, though it made no end of mouths water in vain.

The San Francisco papers record aa extraordinary cure of smallpox patients by an accident. Sixteen men, while being conTeyed from the ship in which they were attacked to the hospital, were thrown, into the sea by the upsetting of the boat, and were thoroughly drenched with sea water, and sat in their wet clothes for an hour afterwards. The medical men looked for a large percentage of deaths after " treatment" of this kind, but all the men made an extraordinary recovery, while others who had been attacked at the wme time were still far from convalescent. jThe San Francisco people are enquiring whether a salt water bath is not the right treatment for smallpox. Mr Eutherford, M.H.E. for Bruce, said in his speech the other day at Milton thai he was perfectly satisfied that if the honorarium were reduced to £100 they would have a House much improved in character. The great want in the House was to get more members imbued with the serious nature of the duties they had sworn to perform. A St. Louis paper tells us of two dogs that are habitual drunkards. One is a poodle and the other a small terrier. They hare been addicted to the flowing bowl for some time, and they seem to enjoy their drink as much as some men do. They get their " tipple" at the beer trough of a saloon, and usually begin drinking early in the afternoon. By six o'clock they are lively, and exhibit their hilarity by chasing each other .around the room, barking, &c. This lasts until nine o'clock, when they become quarrelsome, and olten get into a fight with each other. Then they stagger off to their corners and retire for the night. In the morning they are blear eyed and dull, and look and act as if they ashamed of allowing themselves to be overcome by their appetites. The terrier, however, is ready for his.beer again at an early hoar, but one would fancy that the poodle had" sworn off," for he avoids the trough for severailtourß; bu* at last the temptation overcomes him. and at noon he again indulges, and ft fair hours find them both drunk again,