Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1896 — Rustic Physiology. [ARTICLE]

Rustic Physiology.

Old Farmer lteed was driving some of the boarders over the beautiful New Hampshire hills, where the winding roads are either up-hill or dowp-hill, and a level space is not found in many miles. As he urged the strong, wiry horses up one of the steep accents, he worked out the following line of argument: “Xcaw. I s'pose you city folks think it kinder tough to make the critters pull up these hills, hut ’tain t so mean as you think. It's a hfg sight meaner to run ’em down-liill, and I'll tell yer why. Now, when a hoss runs up hill, his vitals presses on his innards, hut wheu you run him down-liills. his innards presses on his vitals. An' that’s a sight wuss, now ain't i^.Y’’ The Fabre' Hue steamer Massilih, from Marseilles aud Naples, arrived at quarantine in New York with 817 Italian immigrants. One ease of smallpox was report ed among the immigrants. Sixty passen gets whq occupied the compartment where this patient was were transferred to Hoffman island for observation, and will be detained there until all danger of contagion is passed. Priucess Marie Louise of Bourbon asked the Tope to annul her marriage with Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria on account of the latter consenting to the conversion of her son. Prince Boris, to the Greek Church. Tito Pope dissuaded the princess from taking this action.