Mrs. Speakermind (at a chrysanthe
mum show)—Why is there such a furor
over such a commonplace flower as the
chrysanthemum?
Everybody Else—That’s just what we
came to find out.—New York Weekly.
Drunkenness Cured.
Drunkenness, the opium and chloral
habits cured in three weeks—at the
Keeley Institute, Wis. This
Institute has Dr. Keeley’s personal
endorsement and uses remedies fur
nished directly from his laboratory.
Our results equal his. For further
information address, Dr. A. H. Barber,
Manager. 10yl
The Bpi e<ul Influenza.
The outbreak of influenza is spreading
fast, with its customary concomitant of
a highly increased mortality from res
piratory affections. In the metropolis,
for one week, thirteen deaths were at
tributed primarily to influenza, the total
death rate being 19.9 per 1,000, or slight
ly less than the preceding week. It may
be noted that the death rate at Plymouth
for the week ending Nov. 28 was 38.3,
or precisely double what it was three
weeks previously. There has also been
a rise in the death rates of Newcastle
on-Tyne and Sunderland. Influenza con
tinues to be very prevalent in Scotland;
it has appeared in a severe form at
Sandy, one of the isles of Orkney. In
Glasgow it is said that it has never been
bo widespread and severe as at the pres
ent time, and almost the same is true of
Edinburgh. In both places the resources
of the profession liave been severely
taxed.
Abroad the accounts are of like im
port. At Berlin it has been prevailing
during the past month. It has been
very severe at Hamburg and Dusseldorf,
and is also spreading rapidly in the Sile
sian provinces and Schleswig-Holstein.
