John Albert Ed'ard Willum

Lines suggested by the followiug: London- The Duke of Marlborough's first bom Wflfi Lo-ilay named John, alter the lirst duke; Albert Kdwuril, fter the Prince ui Wales, and William alter llie graudfalher, Williuin K. Yauderbilt.- Special Cable Dispatch. John Albert Ed'ard Wllllum, don't you go and get too fíy, Because your pa's a duke aud wears au eyeglass in tiis eye ; John Albert Ed'ard's Euglish, but the Willum'spurest Yank, Ana we'inguing to claim our nation's rights -on that your Grace can bank. Jolin Albert Ed'ard Willum, when you suck your iittle iliuinb It's eabled 10 our chapples aud they do the same lo hum; When you play with your pink toeses In your gereous nursei y, Wili you uame one linie pig Wlllium for your friends across the sea? John Albert Ed'ard Willum, we're your graudpu's pardners all ; John Albert Ed'ard's tony, hut the Willum luis the cali ; John Alben Ed'ard sneezes, but the Willum sueezes, too, And then we all sueeze f rom Now York out west to Kalamazoo. John Albert Ed'ard AVill om, dou't you go and got to gay, About Albert l-.d'ard Willum, for tlie I lum'ggdt to pny. l'a'.s nice aud culo, and eodpapa is uo eud of a swell, But tbe Bienheim bucket dippeth oft iuto the Wall Street well. John Albert Ed'ard Willum, here's our fluger 'cross the sen; Here's hoping you'li pass whooping, cough and munijis successiully ; And when John Aloert Ed'ard gets his dander up aud cries, We a.sk sonie one to wlpe, as well, the tears irorn Willum's eyes. Should Lepere be Isolated ? TIds ncgative oí thls proposition la being stoiutly malntained by the New York board of health, wliich apparently connived at the escape of seveual lepere f t-om North, Brotlieï1 Island recently. . The Bcientist of the board, or, to gi'sia him his exact , i le, tbe chieï Imspector of pathology, bacteiiology and diiiiniection, Dr. Heraiajm M. Biggs, i-s a ma,n o,i tininence in hls professlon, and pa.nopilied in tibe coimiage oï" his convkt'ioaií;. He does not consider leprosy caniba.giouB, exeetpfc under certaln i'avoiinig- conditlone. He is not even convinced tliat leproay is hereditary, and, generally speaking, lie belteres th-at fa.r more cogent rea.sons exist for iiolatiag tlue L'0,000 persons afíli-te:I with tuberculosis wlio are stalking abroad in the metropolis, ixaid in dtlier cities in liko proportiou, thian for se'gregating t.he few cafies oï leprosy tbat iiavo appeared. Dr. Geopge Henry Fox goes even further. He believes tliat "ander favorable conditlone, wliicli ofteu exlat, esptvially in tliis coointry, the othseaiöa sliould not be retgarded as neceissarily incurable." Dr. Fox adds ifie statrtling intimatiun tbat thre airo several cases oL t-lils loathsoime .-loiu awi'ul di.seaso undergotog private ti'eat'nient - cases of well-to-do and even prominent citizens. On the othar toaaid, some of the most eminent muii in medical scionce, J. C. White of Boston, Koch, Tirchow and Boekn o. (eiaiKimy, Daniedson and his pupil Honseai of Nonvay, flrmly believu ia its more or less active contagiousness, aaid deern strfct lsotatlon impsiiïivie in the interest of society.