MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS

Bruce Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 2179, 1 July 1890, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS

A venerable and remarkable trout has died recently at Cairn uioufch, near Kelso. His dead body was found in a covered well only a few feet in depth. The tradition is that some thirty-two years ago this fish was taken from the Tweed, placed in a well, and has lived there ever since. His body was eleven inches io length, and very thin and emaciated, weighing ouly six ounces, or less than a two-year old trout reared under less unfavorable circumstances. As with all trout which live in semi-darkness, it was nearly black in color.

Professor Robinsou, an American authority, has convinced himself by experiments that when cows are denied salt for a period of even one week they will yield from 14-J- to 17A percent, less milk, and that of an inferior quality. Such milk, he says, will on the average, turn sour in 24 hours' less time than milk drawn from the same or similar cows receiving salt, all other conditions of treatment being equal.

An eminent lawyer in Melbourne was laid low with the influenz-i, and a distinguished doctor presci'ibed to hiua a mustard poultice covering most of his trunk. Next day, whilst the blister was still smarting, instead of a doctor coming, came a telephonic message — " £) r is so sorry, but he has got the influeDza himself ; what is he to do?" (meaning, no doubt, would he send another doctor). "Is he at the telephone ?" growled the patient. " Yes." " I'll tell him what to do," and he hobbled over to the instrument, and shouted through it : " Put a mustard poultice all over your blessed carcase ; it will become your figure better than mine." But it was the doctor's wife who was at the other end.

The Rev L. M. Isitt, the well-known Wesleyan clergyman, at a meeting of the Christckurch Christian Ethical Society, referring to the fact that some professing Christians object to working with those who do not profess Christianity in such organisations as the Society in question, expressed himself somewhat as follows : — " There are certain people, of strict theological ideas, who are unutterably shocked at the idea of working together with those who do not accept their creed, who cannot see eye to eye with them in regard to the principal doctrines of their religion. It is a singular fact, though, that this rigid exclusiveness applies only to work for the good of mankind, to something involving self sacrifice. In the great and glorious work of making money they will unite, hobnob with, and pay compliments to, the very men whom in the other matters they object to so strongty. For that high and holy purpose they will form a solemn league and covenant with persons of all creeds and no cree J, of all characters and no character. They will allojv- their names to appear side by side with these on prospectuses of companies, of which, if M 6 }' wers conducted accord-

ing to thu eternal fitness of things, Beelzebub would be the Chairman ot Directors.