LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Evening Star, Issue 6808, 23 January 1886, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Minister for Works has returned to Wellington. Mr Justice Gillies spends bis vacation in Melbourne. Two drowning accidents are reported to have occurred at the Lower Hutt on Thursday afternoon. George Austis, nine years old, was drowned while bathing in a creek ; and a child of eighteen months, named Alma Fleet, managed to get out of its perambulator, which was standing by the bank of a creek, and fell in. On Cardinal Moran's arrival at Wellington he will be met by a procession and escorted to St. Mary's. He will afterwards open St. Patrick's College and foe entertained at a banquet. Miss Frances Helen Prideaux, the first woman ever appointed to an open resident medical office in London, died a few days after she received her appointment as house surgeon to the Children's Hospital in London, from diphtheria, caught from one of the inmates. Miss Prideaux was one of the most distinguished students at the Woman's School of Medicine, in Henrietta street, Brunswick square, where she received her education as a doctor ; she took the M.B. degree and also that of Bachelor of Surgery at the London University. She is one of five women who have done so. At Auckland the number of the unemployed engaged on the defence and other works is gradually decreasing, the men finding they can do better elsewhere than on the 4s Cd per day provided by the Government. The ' Clutha Leader' states that a survey of the proposed line of railway to connect the Lakeside Coal Company's mine and the main line at Lovells Flat will be commenced in the course of ten days, The settlers throughout the district (says the ' Clutha Leader') are now gaining some practical experience of the effects of ferrets having been turned out in their neighborhood. One in the Puerua district has had over forty young ducks destroyed in the course of three weeks. Ten were discovered lying in a heap dead last Sunday night. Each had a small puncture below the wing. The flesh and feathers were left intact, but the blood wai gone. The ferrets are very impudent, and soon find out tho pigs' troughs, where they share the milk with the pigs. Some of the vermin have been trapped and destroyed, but it i 3 feared they will be much worse to get rid of than the rabbits, which still are very numerous, and rapidly increasing. The United Methodist District Meeting sitting at Christchurch adopted the following draft of stations for the Colony: — Christchurch, H. B. Redstone ; Reefton, C. Penny ; Woodville, J. Wrigley; Wellington, J. J. Penny; Auckland, C. Worboys and S. Macfarlane (supernumerary); Napier and Waipawa, local supply. Resolutions were passed expressing satisfaction at the progress of the temperance cause, and regret at the indifference manifested towards Sabbath observance. The William street School Committee at a special meeting last night decided to recommend Mr J. A. Johnson for the post of second assistant-master. It is stated that a movement is afoot in Wellington to enable persons desirous of leaving New Zealand, owing to the dearth of employment and other causes, to settle in Buenos Ayres, where it is said land of splendid quality can be purchased at a nominal price. For some time past a great many persons have been making inquiries from various parts of this Colony as to the advantages likely to be gained by settling there.

The president of the Wesleyan Conference in his address said that twelve years had elapsed since the first New Zealand Wesleyan Conference assembled in Christchurch. There were then fifty-four ministers, 2,937 members, 8.4G0 Sabbath scholars, and 23,793 attendants on public worship. Now there are eighty-three ministers, fully G,500 members, I,GOO scholars, and 44,000 attendants on public worship. The expenses of the Conference, which it was once feared would be too much for the funds available, are defrayed out of a contingent fund, witli an income of about LI ,000 a-year. The colonial home mission fund, also established within the period referred to, has an income of L2.G00 a-year. In spite of the hard times, the Durham street circuit now raises L 25 a-year more than the whole Canterbury district did then; the Dunedin (Trinity) circuit more than twice as much as the whole Otago district; and other parts of the Colony are scarcely behind the circuits named. The Christcliurch Industrial Association at their last meeting discussed the matter of the wholesale destruction of our forests. Mr England pointed out that the country was being denuded of its timbers, and though it was a good thing perhaps for Auckland, which part of the Colony was able to provide employment, they ought to consider whether they should not recommend the Government to impose an export duty on timber. In a very few years, if matters went on as they were now, they would have to manufacture from Baltic timber, Mr Pavitt said that in the Little River and Akaroa districts the country had been denuded of timber, and ten times more had been destroyed by fire than had been used. If some means could be devised of compelling the freeholders to plant, then they would have a remedy. The difficulty was to devise some means of stopping the present denundation. In his opinion the penal laws were not sufficiently stringent. Mr Banks thought that the real evil was that people gave timber-cutting leases, and then the best timber was cut out and the inferior burnt. He thought that the Government should insert a clause in their timber-cutting licenses that plantation should follow. Mr Pavitt said under the system of timber-cutting licenses thousands of acres of timber had been destroyed. He thought in opening any new forests for cutting this should be bore in mind by the Government. On his way from Masterton to Napier he noticed that the same system of destruction of forests was being carried on by the Scandinavian settlers under the Government leases. There was a magnificent forest from seventy to ninety miles in length, and in a few years it would be almost entirely destroyed. A committee was appointed to consider Professor Kirk's report and offer suggestions to the Government.

The following delightful sketch of the resilience of a teacher in the Groymouth district on the West Coast is given in a recent inspectorial report:—"The teacher was living in a hut in the immediate vicinity of the school. The hut was purchased by him for Ll, and lie has expended upon it the sum of L2 10s in procuring tongued-and-grooved timber for lining. The necessary labor was performed by himself. He has also made a very good swing for the children, and an easel for the school. As he has shown a disposition to make the best of the circumstances, I beg to recommend that the commissioners refund the sum of L 3 10s expended by him on the hut. If a new school is built, the hut will be handy as a fowl-house." The ' Wellington Press' is averse to a dissolution, and says:—'"The state of parties is improving every day, and the Ministers know well that next session party lines will be clear enough. They know well that if they meet Parliament with the policy the Treasurer has foreshadowed they will be turned out, and a strong Government will replace them. That is the reason why they want the Governor to dissolve Parliament before the sessio '. They want the Governor to turn partisan and use his power of dissolution in order to keep them in office after they have forfeited the confidence of Parliament. But His Excellency knows his duty too well for that. He is not going to throw public affairs into con? fusion, put the Colony to a huge expense 11 and destroy his own reputation merely fo gratify the personal wishes of this Ministry or any other."

EXCITEMENT IX ROCHESTER. An unusual article from the Rochester (N.Y.) ' Democrat and Chronicle' was published in this paper recently, and has been the .subject of much conversation both in professional circles and on the street. Apparently it caused more commotion in Rochester, as the following from the same paper shows : Dr J. IJ. Henioii, who is well known not only in Rochester, but in nearly every part of America, sent an extended article to this paper a few days since, which was duly published, detailing his remarkable experience and rescue from what seemed to be certain death. It would be impossible to enumerate the personal inquiries which have been made at our office as to the validity of the article; but they have been so numerous that further investigation of the subject was deemed an editorial necessity. With this end in view, a representative of this paper called on Dr Henion, at his residence on Andrews street, when the following interview occurred : "That article of yours, Doctor, has created quite a whirlwind. Are the statements about the terrible condition you were in, and the way you were rescued, such as you can sustain." ''Every one of them and many additional ones. Few people ever get so near the grave as I did and then return, and I am not surprised that the public think it marvellous. It was marvellous." " How in the world did you, a physician, come to be brought so low '(" "By neglecting the first and most simple symptoms. I did not think I was sick. It is true I had frequent headaches; felt tired most of the time; could eat nothing one day and was ravenous the next; felt dull indefinite pains, and my stomach was out of ordor; but I did not think it meant anything serious." " But have these common ailments anything to do with the fearful Bright's disease which took so firm a hold on you." "Anything ? Why, they are the sure indications of the first stages of that dreadful malady. The fact is, few people know or realise what ails them, and I am sorry to say that too few physicians do either." "That is a strange statement, Doctor." "But it is a true ono. The Medical profession have been treat ng symptoms instead of diseases, for years, and it is high time it ceased. We doctors have been clipping off the twigs when wc should strike at the root. The symptoms I have just mentioned or any unusual action or irritation of the water channels indicate the ajmroach of Bright's disease even more than a cough announces the coming of consumption. We do not treat the cough, but try to help the lungs. We should not waste our time trying to relieve our headache, stomach, pains about the body, or other symptoms, but go directly to the kidneys, the source of mo it of these ailments." " This, then, is what you meant when you said that more than one-half the deaths which occur arise from Blight's disease, is it, doctor V "Precisely. Thousands of so-called diseases are torturing people to-day, when in reality it is Bright's disease in some one of its many forms. It is a Hydra-headed monster, and the slightest symptoms should strike terror to every one who has them. I can look back and recall hundreds of deaths which physicians declared at the time were caused by paralysis, apoplexy, heart disease, pneumonia, malarial fever, and other common complaints which I see now were caused by Bright's disease." "And did all these cases haye simple symptoms at first ?" " Every one of them ; and might have been cured as I was by tho timely use of the same remedy—Warner's Safe Cure. I am getting iry eyes thoroughly opened in this matter, and think I am helping others to see the facts and their possible danger also. Why, there are no end of truths bearing on this subject. If you want to know more about it, go and see Mr Warner himself. He was sick the same as I, and is the healthiest man in Rochester to-day. He has mado a study of this subject, and can give you more facte than I can. Go, too, and see Dr Lattimore, the chemist, at the University. If you want facts, there arc any quantity of them showing the alarming increase of Bright's disease, its simple and deceptive symptoms, and that there is but one way by which it can be escaped." Fully satisfied of the truth and force of the Doctor's words, the reporter bade him good day and called on Mr Warner at his establishment. At first Mr Warner was inclined to be reticent, but, learning that the information desired was about the alarming increase of Bright's disease, his manner changed instantly, and he spoke very earnestly:

" It is true that Bright's disease has increased wonderfully, and we find, by reliable statiotics, that in the past ten years its growth has been 250 per cent. Look at the prominent men it has carried off: Kverett, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Carpenter, Bishop Haven, and others. | This is terrible, and shows a greater growth I than that of any other known complaint. It should bo plain to everyone that something must be done to check this increase or there is ■ no knowing where it may end." "Do you. think many people arc afflicted with it to-day who do not realise it, Mr Warner?" "Hundreds of thousands. I have a striking example of this truth which has just come to my notice. A prominent professor in a New Orleans medical college was lecturing before his class on the subject of Bright's disease. He had vaiious fluids under microscopic analysis, and was showing the students what the indications of this terrible malady were. In order to show the contrast between healthy and unhealthy fluids, lm had provided a vial, the contents of which were drawn from his own person. 'And now, gentlemen,' he said, 'as we have seen the unhealthy indications, I will show you how it appears in a state of perfect health,' and he submitted his own fluid to the usual test. As he watched the results his couutenanco suddenly changed—his color and command both left him, and in a trembling voice he said: ' Gentlemen, I have made a painful discovery; I have Bright's disease of the kidneys.' And in less than a year he was dead." " You believe that it has no symptoms of its own and is frequently unknown even by the person who is afflicted with it." "It has no symptoms of its own and very often none at all. Usua'ly no two people have the same symptoms, and frequently death is the first lymptom. The slightest indications of any kidney difficulty should be enough to strike terror to any one. I know what I am talking ' about, for I have been through all the stages of I kidney disease." I " You know of Dr Henion's case ?" "Yes, I have both read and beard of it." " It is very wonderful, is it not ?" "A very prominent case, but no more so than a great many others that have come to my notice as having been cured by the same means." "You believe then that Bright's disease can be cured ?" "I know it can. I know it from the experience of hundreds of prominent persons who were given up to die by both their physicians and friends. " You speak of your own experience; what was it?" " A fearful one. Iliad felt languid and unfitted for business for years. But I did not know what ailed me. When, however, I found it was kidney difficulty I thought there was little hope, and so did the doctors. I have since learned that one of the physicians of the city pointed me out to a gentleman on the street one day, saying: 'There goes a man who will be dead within a year.' I believe his words would have proved true If I hail not fortunately secured and used the remedy now known as Warner's Safe Cure." "And this caused you to manufacture it?" " No, it caused me to investigate, and I determined, as a duty I owe to humanity and the Kiill'ering, to bring it within their reach, and now it is known in every part of America, is sold in every drug store, anil has become a household necessity. The reporter left Mr Warner, much impressed with the earnestness and sincerity of his statements, and next paid a visit to Dr S. A. Lvttimore at his residence on Prince street, Dr Lattimore, although busily engaged upon some matters connected with the State Board of Health, of which lie is one of the analysts, courteously answered the questions that were propounded him: " Did you make a chemical analysis of the case of Mr H. H. Warner some three years ago, Doctor?" "Yes, sir." " What did this analysis show you?" "The presence of albumen and tube casts in great abundance." "And what did the symptoms indicate?" " A serious disease of the kidneys." " Did you think Mr Warner could recover?" "No, sir, I did not think it possible. It was seldom, indeed, that so pronounced a case had, up to that time, ever been cured." "Do you know anything about the remedy which cured him ?" "Yes, I have chemically analysed it, and upon critical examination, find it entirely fice from any poisonous or deleterious substances." We publish the foregoing statements in view of the commotion which the publicity of Di Henion's article has caused, and to mctt the protestations which have been made. The standing of Dr Henion, Mr Warner and Dr Lattiniore in the community is beyond question, and the statements they make cannot for a moment be doubted. They conclusively show that Bright's disease of the kidneys is one of the most deceptive and dangerous of all diseases, that it is exceedinaly common, alarmingly increasing, anil that it can be cured.