In recent months surgeons have given astonishing proofs of the possibility of saving life and restoring health, in many cases, by removing portions of such vital organs as the brain and the liver, Prof. Tillmanns, of Leipsle, has found that surgical treatment may be extended even to the lungs, and to the arrest of consumption. In a case of tuberculosis of the lett lung an opening was made in the chest, and the diseased part of the lung exposed, when that portion shriveled and was carefully removed. The patient recovered, and is now able to work. Prof. Tillmanns believes that this may prove a desirable treatment when the disease is localised, and states that two operations would doubt be necssesry—onle to expose the affect-of the lung and bring about atrophy and shrivelling, and a second to remove the parts after being functionally disabled.
Since the death of the elder Krupp, three years ago, his only son seems to_ hi managed the great works at Essen with an energy and success fully equal to his own. The total number of men employed in 1887 was 20,000, at present it is about 25,000. The works now cover about 1,000 acres, Included in the plant are cast steel works from the southward. As soon as the natives 1.50
Tls. 2.25 per bale respectively. at Essen, 3 coal min Essen and of the island found the distressed people among them, they did all they could to make them contortable. They were very kind and gave the passengers food and offered them al! the shelter of their huts on the opposite side of the island, as it was raining at the time.
The shipwrecked people remained on the and till the next afternoon, Saturday, 1.30 p.m, saw the smoke of a steamer which proved to be the Ounfe. Captain Tonningson made signals of distress which were seen and the Qunfa sent three boats which took them off the island, and by 4 p.m. they were all on board the ateamer, and they reached Shanghai yesterday afternoon having been brought up by the Rocket from the Ounfa.
The Yangts: e lies on' the south side of Saddle Island of the Hieshan group, which, recording to Captain Gullund's Distance Table, is 197} miles from Shanghai. The wreck of the Hiceiywen is about N.N.E. 7 miles distant.
The Yangtsce is insured in German offices, and local insurances probably have lines fon some of her cargo, but as all the advices went down with the ship, it was not known last night what companies were affected. At least 30 chests of opium are uninsured. The mails were lost in the ship, it being found impossible to save them.
Captain Ténningsen, who had one of his feet ent on the rocks, desires cordially to thank Capt. Thomson and all on board the Ounja for the kindness shown him and his crew during the time they were on board the Mutual' steamer.—The Insurance Com-intended increase promoted deliveries in the early part of the week, but now the trade has come toa! standstill.
Some of the Canton and Fatshan traders have come down to Hongkong to consult with the local dealers, and a meeting has been held at which it was resolved to suspend business ponding the withdrawal of the increase in the taxation, and to fight the question out to the end.' They have laid the matter before the Registrar-Genoral, by whom they were advised to send in a petition to the Government, and we understand a petition is accordingly being prepared and will be presented in the course of a day or two.
Accordingly in the Daily Press of the 18th we find the text of a circular on the subject which has been issued by the Chinese hongs dealing in cotton and cotton yarn at Hongkong. They point out that they "have learned with the greatest dread and con-stomation of attempts being made by some unscrupulous persons in Canton to mislead the Viceroy of the Two Kuang" regarding this trade, and they ask the advice aid of the foreign merchants interested in the trade, to counteract the machinations of evil-disposed persons whose main object is personal and illegal gain at the expense of a growing and rising industry." They explain that "two unprincipled and dishonest persons," whose names they give, have represented to the Viceroy that the poor women of Kuangtung are sadly prejudiced by the import of Indian yarn; Bochum, 547 iron ore mines in Germany, several iron ore mines in Spain, 4 forges ground about 10 miles long and. another in other parts of Europe, a trial shooting
about 5 miles long, 4 ocean steamers, 11 large furnaces, 1,542 smelting stoves, 439 steam boilers in actual u: steam ham-mere, 450 steam engines, 1,622 tool-mal sin, machines, 14 large locomotives, and 4 small locomotives. Some 4,000 tons of oval and coke and from 400 to 1,500 tons of iron ore are used daily.
A factory at Gossen, Switzerland, prepares a perfectly dry extract of milk in powder form. It is put up in tin cans, each containing about 4 ounces, and fur-rushing the equivalent of very nearly one quart of mill "That man's appearance upon the earth oes not antedate the glacial epoch, argues Prof. J. I. D. Hinds, is evident from the following facts: 1. Neither human skeletons nor implements of human origin have been found in pre-glacial rocks, although they have been diligently sought. 2. All the implements found in the quaternary rocks (glacial, champlain and terrace) are of the very rudest workmanship, indicating the most primitive possible condition mankind. We may then pretty safely conclude that the infancy of mankind was cradled in glacial ice, and, if we can determine the date of the disappearance of the great ice sheet, we thus ascertain the time i when man appeared upon the earth. The most celebrated estimates of the length of accordingly they propose to the Viceroy to' time since the glacial epoch are. those of pay him $150,000 a year for the right of Lyell and Croll.
Lyell based his calculations
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