Lines. A maiden is soon to be married j Her beauty would darale vonr sight. Oh, the brightest star in the heaven Is neither so soft nor so bright As the eye of this glorious maiden, This queen -this angel of light! s Her soul flow* on like a rivor— A placid but decp-ioned stream- Where sunbeams linger and quiver, Aral shadow* moat beautiful dream. Oh ! her soul ia deep as the river. And mild as the shadows that dream. May the choicest blessings of Heaven Oh! liveliest maiden entwine Their strong, loving tendrils around thee, Korever around thee and thine ; And like that on the eve of thy hndal. May the star of thy future life shine. Bhcrc is Thy Treasure I The merchant sends hie heart to see. And there, together with lus ship, 'tis toat ; If this by chance miscarry, that ia lost lbs confidence is cast away ; He hangs the head. Am he w ere dead. The plowman furrows up his land. And sow* his heart together with hia seed. Which both, alike earth-born, on earth do feed. And prosper or are at a stand; lie and hia field Like fruit do yield. Hie broker and the scrivener have The asurer s heart in keeping, with lus hand*: His soul's dear .nslenauce lies ui their hands. And if they break, their shop's his grave . lie and hi. field His only bliss. The money-hoarder in his lag* Hinds ap lus heart, and looks it is hi* chest, The same key serves to that and to his breast. Which of no other hear or: brags. Nor can conceit A joy so great roor wretched much-worms, wipe your eyes fucase those trifles that beset yon so; Your neb-appearing wealth is real woe. Your death in your desure# ties; Your hearts arc where You love and tear. Oh! think not. then, the world deeerree Either to be beloved or fear d by you ; Give Heaven these affections ss its due. Which always what it hs:h preserves In perfect bass That endless is. i_ Ol lt BABY. I write a* a sow, as a husband, and as a man of family. My subject is one of the utmost importance to the married and child-raisiug community. I believe in writing to the papers upon subject* of family interest. It ia a good thing. We are married. By we I mean Iphi genia and I. I call her " Pheegie " for short and as a pet name. But mother doesn't believe in pet names, and calls her plain Iphigenia. Mother lives with us. I think it is quite an advantage. Bat somehow Pheegie don't seem to think so. I am the youngest of seven 6ona. When father die*! and I was married, my brothers said as they were olderttnan I, and had had more of dear mother's care, it would be only fair to me to have mother spend the rest of her life in my familv. I thought that it was real affectionate and self-sacrificing on their part. But somehow Pheegie don't seem to think so. Pear mother is very sensitive about being in the way. If she says it once a day. she does a "dozen times, that if we feel she is trespassing in the little room she occupies we have only to say so, and she will find a hnmble cot in some retired spot, and there pass her wid owed davs praying for the welfare of her children. I think this is very touching and sweet on her part. But somehow Pheegie don't seem to think so. She says: "Suppose we take her up some day—how much cot do you suppose she would retire to ?" I don't like the sentiment. How could I endorse it and have the assur ance to look for the length of days promised in the fifth commandment ?" But this is not my subject. What 1 want to ask you about is eur baby. We hare got a baby. I mean Pheegie and I. Mother didn't have anything to do abont it And yet if it tad not been for dear mother* I don't know how we could have got along. Just as soon as the little thing was a month old mother took it to sleep with her. She declared that never would a wink of sleep come to her eyelids if she left that child for young aud inexperienced parents to roll on and smother. But when she took our little darling in this tender way to her grandmater nal besom, dear mother said, in just so many words, that if her affection for the infant was misconstrued, or if we grudged her the playful caresses which the child might inadvertently bestow upon ber, we had only to say as much, and she would find a bumble cot in some retired spot and then pass her widowed days praying for her beloved children and gramjchildren. Pheegie said, ** Oh, bother the hnm ble cot! " But I don't think, my dear wife understands mother. I thought there was something very tonchiug in this display of a grandmamma's devo tion. But somehow Pheegie don't seem to think so. As I said, however, we have got a baby. He is a boy. He is also a very bright child, indeed. For that matter the worthy nurse told Pheegie that she did not know as she had ever nursed a brighter young one. Our own baby is six months old now, and is very heal thy. Dear mother says that she don't exactly like the way in which it shakes its head every now and then. I think it is queer, too, for its head certainly dees shake at times without the slightest occasion for it. I sometimes feel quite serious about it. But Pheegie don't seem to feel so, and when I said I thought T. ought to speak to the doctor about it she said that I might also tell him that the child's toes wriggled pecu liarly. I didn't like her saying that, and I noticed that dear mother didn't laugh. I agree with her that God gives us the precious wards to take care of. Pheegie says that she supposes that God also makes the precious ward's head shake. There is something in that Bat I wonder if Pheegie really loves the child ? Mother often says she hopes she does. We keep a nurse, bhe is a young Irish girl. I confess I don't like her much, and I doubt whether she feels very deeply for the child. Often and often the little thing cries at night, but never yet lias that girl come down to see what the matter was. If ahe would only do so once in a while, at least, it would be showing a little interest in her charge. Mother don't like the girL She thinks she is a Jesuit, and believes that she would m rder the baby qmck if she was told to do it. lam inclined to think so, and kind of wish we had a Protestant. But somehow Pheegie don't seem to think so. But what I want to ask yon is this: What is the reason that doctors never think that babies are sick ? They never do unless the poor little things are far gone with scarlet fever, ctrebro-spinal meningitis, or something dreadfully fatal. Let the child be teething, or have colic, or wind on its little stomach, or 'anything of that kind, and doctors never seem to be interested in the pa tient's case. They say that the little things will " outgrow it," or something of that sort. Now, that is absurd. I put it to you, Mr. Reader, as a man of feeling. Suppose you had a pain in " your person and were really suffering a great deal, and a doctor should come in and grin at you, chuck you under the chin, pinch your legs, and say that you would "come out all right," or "outgrow it," or something of that kind 1 Would you like it ? Of course you would not. It would not be uatoraL Now, I don't know why it should, l' KM '.U. K 1 KTZ, Ktlitoi* tuul I Vopriotor VOL. VII. but our baby suffered A great ileal from abdominal trouble. Mother thinks he inherit* it : the says that all her chil dren were that way. I think this a very satisfactory explanation. Why shouldn't ft child inherit things of that kind, just the sauic as hair, tooth, and thi ntfs of that sort ?It look* reasonable to mother aud me. But somehow Bheegie don't seem to think so. Bat, upon uiy word, 1 hare written so much that I have but little space left to tell you about a little matter in our owu baby's tender experience, which illustrates how little doctors eare for other poople'a children. Mi4her says she thinks thev get hard ened. But one would think they wouldn't. I have been after the de tor a good deal for our own baby, but he never seems to come with olaority. | Mather generally tells me when to go. She thinks that one cannot show too ; much good care for a child —it is such j a grave responsibility. 1 think C, too. But somehow Pheegie don't always seem to think so. 1 wonder if she reallv does love our owu baby? 1 spoke to mother about it the other night, and she said she hoped so, as it was an awful thing to throw one's owu child into the teeth of Providence; and I thought so too. But now I certainly must tell von what happened the other night. Our own baby was sick, aud mother wanted me to go" for the doctor. Pheegie didn't think there was any use in goiug for him, but mother thought there was. However, mother verv frankly owned up that the child was dplngenia's. She j said that her solicitude sprang entirely and onlv from lore for the little one, but if tiiat affection was irksome to us we had only to find her a humble cot in 1 some retired spot, where she would pass her widowed days praying for her children and their child, and thanking God that its death did not lie at her door. Pheegie rolled over in bed and said, "Oh ! ood gracious !" But 1 went for the doctor. It was not a good night to go. It was one of those freezy kind of nights when the rain becomes ice on the pavement It was real hard work to go for the doc tor. It was impossible to run. I tried to walk fast, but I slid and slipped and slipped and slid. And then I would manage to catch hold of a fence, and my legs would slide from under me and I "would find ray face in precisely the contrary direction from that in which 1 wanted to go. I tried the middle of the street, but it was very little better, and when I tried to get back to the pavement I thought I might as well give up going. But, theu 1 there was our own baby perhaps at the point of death, and I * hastened, slipped up, and hastened again. It must have taken me a good half hour to reach the doctor'* house, aud it is only half a mile away Jrom mine. However, I got there at last and rang the bell. I rang several times. Finally somebody opened a window, and a mas culine voice wanted to know who the mischief I was, and a feminine voice wanted to know if I was " Horace." 1 was amazed and bewildered. The tone of the masculine voice was not familiar to my ear, and I could hardly account for the feminine voice, as the doctor is : a widower. But I nevertheless asked if the doctor was at home. At that the masculine v ice suggested that I had better ring the doctor's door-bell and find out. It certainly was very stupid of me to maV..- the mistake, but I was somewhat confn •! after my difficult walk, and then I was nervous as I thought of baby at home. However, I apologized and explained, > but while I was doing it the parties at the window slammed it down. I did not feel called upon to make any further explanatiou, but sprang up the doctor's steps and pulled his bell. They seemed to be sleeping pretty j soundly in that block, for I had to ring four times lasfore I roused the doctor, j He opeued a second story-wind>w at ast, and, after suggesting that if I was trying to jerk off his bell-pull I had better say so, he asked who I was. The doctor is getting old and peculiar; and theu I don't suppose it is pleasant to be called upon to answer a bell at two o'clock in the morning. But, then ain't he paid for it? However, 1 over looked tfie reference to the bell-pull, and said that I was " me." "'Me !' who the mischief's me?" said the doctor. I supposed that he knew my voice ; but be alleged that he did not, and so I said that 'me" was Smith. " Smith 1 what Smith ?" says the doctor. Now that was absurd ! I know that the name of Smith is reasonably com mon ; but the doctor needn't try to make out thai he has nobody bat Smiths on his list of patients. However. I answered that I waa " T. Adolphus Smith." And how like a fool I felt! Only think of having to holler out "T. Adolphus Smith!" at two O'clock in the morning. I felt certain that somebody was listening at every window in the block. But the doctor, satisfied whom I was, then said : " Well, what do you want ?" From the way he said it one might think that he had been patiently waiting op there, and giving me a chance to tell. Bat I didn't answer cnrtlv. On the contrary, I said : " The baby is sick." " What baby ?" says he. Now, how absnrd ! As if I would go poking down there at that bonr, ami through rain and ice. for any baby but our own baby. But I nevertheless replied, with perhaps a touch of vexation in my tone, that the baby nnder consideration was my own baby. " What is the matter with it ?" says he. Now I began to wish that he would come down to the door. I didn't want to be hollering ont what was the mat ter with our own baby, so that the whole neighborhood could lie informed as to its ailments. And just then a policeman came along, stood in front of the honse, and looked at mo as though he felt sure I contemplated bur glary. People are so apt, you know, to stand at the front door and ring the bell, when their desiguß are burglari ous. As a matter of precautionary explana tion, but perhaps injudiciously, an said to the aforesaid policeman that I was "all right." And then he said: "What!" and then the doctor said: " What 1" And the policeman, who evidently didn't see the doctor, said: " How's that ?" And then the doctor, who evidently didn't seethe policeman, said: " What the thunder are yon talk ing about ?" And then I said to the policeman that " I said I was all right." And then he wanted to know " who said I wasn't ?" It was getting dreadfully mixed up. But just then the doctor, who evidently saw the policeman, hallooed: "Go at>out yonr business I" The policeman evidently saw the doctvr, ana " moved on," after first striking the lamp post a most unnecessary blow with his club. But I thought that the doctor had ad dressed his last remaak to me, and being pretty well worked up by this time, I said: " Not at all, sir ! I have told you that our own baby is sick and needs your professional attention !" " Well," says he, " haven't I been trying to make you tell what is the mat ter with it ?" I saw I had made a mistake, and so I said: THE CENTRE REPORTER. "Oh," says 1, " 1 thought you were speaking to me." " Well, for Heaven's sake, ain't 1 speaking to you !" said, or rather roared the doctor. "The baby is sick," savs I. "Its little stomach kind of *ticVs out, and mother say s she thinks she feels a lump inside." " His what dtws what, and who feels who h ?" roared the doctor. How stupul! " lis stomach stick* out," say* I; " and when 1 press it hard the little thing wakes up and cries." " What the deuce do you press it for, then ?" says the doctor. Bv this time I hail lost all patience, and so, with considerable vehemence 1 said : " Doctor, our owu baby is verv ill 1 Will you be ktinl enough to come to the door ?" At that he slammed down the wiu dow. 1 remained some minutes at the door, and then heard the doctor's heavy tread in the hall. By this time 1 had tecovered my temper, and was prepared to meet my own medical friend very plcusautly. As soon, therefore, a* he opened the door I said : "Ah, how are you, docter ?" If he made any answer at all 1 did not catch it. "As I was saying," says I, " about our own babv, its little stomach sticks out. and mother thinks " While I had been saying this, the doctor, aetiug as though he was the euly individual on the stoop, and ap [vareutly without seeing me, and even ess hearing me, had slammed the front door and turned to go down the steps. But nnfortuuatelv he had shut his ooat-flap into the door, whereupon he turned around, glared fiercely ut me, said, " There, then, you see !" and pn>- ooeded to find his uiglit-key. I really could uot see the force of bis remark. I was not responsible eer taiuly for the trifling inconvenience to which he hat! been subjected. The coat-tail extricated, the doctor ran down the steps. In my confusion I hail forgotten to tell him of the ice covered pavement, oud the next thing I saw was the doctor, with legs wide s; read apart, s'uliug towards the gut ter. He saved himself from falling by jumping into a snow-bank. Again he turned upon me, and again rid himself of the ridiculous ejacula tion, " There, then, you see !" How perfectly absurd 1 There was no sense in it. Suppose I did see. What then ? How could I help it ? With tay usual forgiving disposition, however, I ventured to offer the doctor my arm. But all he said was something about " a darned sight !" I did not ap prehend the whole of the senteuce. We theu walked along ; each by him self, as best he could. At last I thought that, inasmuch as I had gotten tde doo tor out at that unseemly hour, it was only fair that I should make his difficult walk as pleasant as possible, and so 1 essayed to converse with him. Thinking that he might be willing to discuss topics of national interest, 1 said : " What do yon think of the Carpen ter bill ?" " Whose carpenter bill ?" said he. " Why his, to be sure," said I. " Verv well! who is Aii f I didn't catch the name ! I suppose I am not to blame for that, young man ?" replied my certainly not over good-natured friend. " If," continued he, " you oi anvbodv else owed a carpenter's bill, 1 should advise you to pay it. As for its correct ness, how the mischief can 1 form an opinion ?" I deemed it wise to drop issues of national interest, and ventured to try a new topic. " What will this woman's movement amount to ?" said I. " Who is the woman ? What is the matter with her?" said the doctor. Now, bow very stupid ! Could not any intelligent person know that I was alluding to the gTeat temperance cru sade ? At this point the doctor fell again, sprawling over the pavement. I picked him up, and we tried the middle of the street as somewhat safer. After giving the doctor time to re cover his temper, I ventured once more upon conversation. I certainly wanted to break a silence which was very tedious and unpleasant. "That Bismarck is engaged in a great work," said I. " When man once put- Church against State his finite intelli geuce can never predict what the end will be." '• Who told yon to corns after mo to night ?" said the doctor, byway of re ply. I could hardlv s-e what our own baby had to do with tne ecclesiastical commotion in Europe. I think that I judged correctly in thinking that the doctor did not caro to converse further on the subject. " Dear mother sent me," said I, " and I am afraid she regards the case ar. a critical one." " Humph 1" said the doctor. " How long is that mother of yours going to live in your family ?" This nettled me somewhat. I did not liko "that" saying ; " that mother" evidently implied something more than was disclosed. However, I said, "Of course, sir, my dear mother is welcome to a place by my fireside as long ns she sees best to occupy it. She will leave the mo ment she thinks we wish her to do so. She has often said that whenever we become tired of her wo have only to find her a humble cot in some retired spot " " Had that baby been siek during the day ?" said the doctor, without giving me a chance to finish my sentence. That baby! Still another offensive "that!" But I was patient, and re plied : " No, sir ! Our own baby woke np with the peculiar sticking out of the stomach to which I have referred." Fortunately at thin point we reached my door-step. " Here wo are," said I, with a cheerfulness that was somewhat forced. Those " thatH" still burned in my memory; and then in a few mo ments competent medical opinion was to decide whether onr own baby was as seriously sick as I feared. As lnak would have it, I had forgot ten my night-key. I had, of course, to ring the bell. 1 did so, and then again, and then thrice, and even four times. I did not pull liard for fear of exciting or startling our own sick baby. Suddenly the doctor caught hold of the bell-pull, and jerked it as though he was afraid somebody was going to run away with the other end of the wire. Soon a window was opened, and I heard dear mother's voice : " Who is that?" says Bhe. " It is me," says I. " Who is that?" says she. " It is me, dear mother," says I. "Is that yon, T. Adolphus ?" says she. " Yes, dear mother," says I. " Where is your night-key ?" says she. "In my breeches pocket, dear mother," says I. " Would you like to be let in ?" says she. "Why, of course! dear mother," says I. " There are two of you," says she. " Yes, of course," says L CENTRE HALL. CENTRE CO., PA., Till ItSDAY, MAY I'K, 1874. *' Who is the other?" says she. " Why, the doctor, dear mother," says 1, "Oh! I had forgotten," says she. " 'Thank God, there is present need for his services." You eamiot think how my heart thrilled with joy us dear mother made this announcement. " Doctor 1" said 1, grasping his hand, "our own dear baby is better ?" All lie did was to pull aw ay lus hand ami make some reference to the infernal regions and future punishment. 1 really think he was disappointed in not finding our own dear baby iu its last sleep. Just then the door opened, and there stood Pheegie in her beautiful blue wrapper. She always looks sweetly in that wrapper. I kissed her forehead and whispered, " Our child !" •* Don't be a fool !" said she ; "it is too bud to have kept you ou the step so long. And, doctor, 1 am sorry, real I j so'ry, that you should have been brought up here this dreadful uiglit," " Hut our child," said I. " It's sleeping sweetly," said she. " And it's little stomach," said I. " Nonsense !" said she ; " there lias l>een nothing the matter with its stomach." "Ah, indeed! I p begem a!" said dear mother, from tho top of the stairs, " perhaps my intense love for my own child's own offspring may have exagger ated tho actualities* of its abdominal ailments, Perhaps lam a burden here ! if so, Titus Adolphus, you have only to find me a humble cot in some retired spot, aud there 1 will pasa my days—" " Oh ! good Heavens 1" said Pheegie. Before dear mother had fiuislied her sentence the doctor had goue out uiul slammed the door with a tremendous noise. Immediately 1 heard him fall ing down the ice-covered steps, 1 sprang to the door, and asked if lie was hurt? lie picked himself up and walk off without replv. The next day lie sent in bis bill. This was curious, as I thought ; for I had paid him in full only eight mouths before. Pheegie says that he, of course, in tends me to see that he does not want my patronage. Dear mother very truly says that "the issues of life and death are not for man's will to determine." 1 think that a very appropriate re mark. Put somehow Pheegie don't stem to think so. Hut here I come back to my original proposition: Why is it that doctors are so loath to behave that balnea are sick? Why is it that they show so little alacrity in flying to the infant cradle aide ? Fork Swallowing. Every one, says a Paris letter, will recall the case of the Italian, Cipriani, who swallowed a fork, and who has been going from faculty to faculty exhibiting himself ever since, and probably many like himself are anxious to know the end of the adventure. The last we heard of Cipnaui was, that he was dy ing slowly, and was now a living skele ton. When this news armed a young man, who is employed as a clerk iu ouc of our large commercial establish ments, expressed the opinion that Ci priani was nothing but a bungler. The .esophagus was large enough, he said, to receive substances of considerable size, and the only thing ueeded was the will to control the muscles. A nervous man had a sort of spasmodic movement which renders such experiments danger ous ; but to a calm, phlegmatic person the thing was uncommonly easy. " For example," he continued, sitting at a table after diuuer with some twenty persons, " you see that I push this fork down into my throat, beyond the constricted point." He did so, in fact, but i\ spasmodic action of the muscles made him loose his hold upen the tiuca, and tho fork disapjieared. He was taken to the hospital, and since that time lias had a score of tloctors about him all the time. Y'et he was very gay, and suffered no pain for some time after. A little sickness of the stomach was at tributed to the action of metal poison ing, the fork being, in composition, lightly platinl, and antidotes were ad ministered. A numlierof attempts were made to draw out the fork in the pres ence of the leading physicians of Paris, but all failed. Tho patient begins to suffer, aud the doctors say that he will soon die unless the fork is removed. At the hour I write be is under the in fluence of chloroform, and his stomach is being opened. Whether the young man will survive the operation or not I must tell you another day. Fiflj Years a Pauper. The Troy Prrss relates the following: "In midwinter, some forty seven or forty-eight years ngo, a man by the name of Loomia died in l'awlct, Vt, after a long sickness, leaving a wife and two children. Expenses of sick ncss and loss of the wages for dully la bor made inroads upon the scanty stock of money and provisions, and the widow was compelled to ask temporary assist ance from the town. The high official refused her request, took her little all and threw her and the children upon the town as paupers. In those days they were bid off by citizens to the lowest bidder, bnt they now have a town house. Mrs. Loomia, with a broken heart, and worn out by attending to her husband during his long sickness, gave up long-cherished wishes, and remark ed that the town of Pawlet should not want for a pauper for fifty years. She is now ninety-seven or ninety-eight years of age, and on her last birthday made her annual visit from the town house to Pawlet. a distance of one and a half miles, on foot, to visit her old friends and neighbors, nnd she laugh ingly remarks she will make good hor word, having to live only two* years more to do it. Ilcr children became re spectable end good housekeepers, and oftentimes offered her a homo, but sho utterly refused to accept their assis tance. She had many offers of mar riage, bnt refused them all, saying that she would not swap off the town of Pawlet for any man living. On making the remark that tlio town of Pawlet would not be without a pauper for fifty years, she said sho belonged to a family who never died short of 100 years, nnd the mnjority lived years beyond that. Effort of Iteef Tea. In an article in one of the popular London jonruala, Dr. Kimmerieh as cribes the effect of beef tea not to its arpmatic and combustible ingredients, but to the potash salts which it con tains, and concerning which it ia well known that if given in larger doses an injurious effect is exercised on the or ganism ; nevertheless, potash salts are an element of all articles of food, form iug not only the chief ingredients of the salts of every sort of flesh, includ ing that of fish, but likewise of all other food. In medical practice, says l)r. Kimmerieh, ether, camphor, and musks are eminently invigorating and refresh ing remedies, aud compared to these beef tea occupies, of course, a subordi nate position ; if, however, it be neces sary to preserve an exhausted body from protracted illness, theu there is no other remedy in the whole rich store house of medicine which can afford such assistance for regenerating tho diseased organism, as repeated doses of beef tea. Limits of Nerie Force Law* of Health, 1 think, says Dr. Brown-Seqttard, I have shown that the power nerve force is exceedingly various ; that nerve force can be transformed into chemical force, into motion, uito electricity, into heat, into light, and so ou. Hut what are the limits of the action of the nerve force ? 1 may say that the limits of the action of the nerve force, except after it lias been transformed into other forces, are our own body. Those persons who think that ny an imagination, or by an act of will, or by the action of a rnea meriser, we can send iu any part of our body an influence that can modify it, those persons make a great mistake if they think that thia oau take place by forces distiuct from nerve force in the subject iu which the action takes place. If we divide a nerve going to a part, never mind how much we may imagiue that we can move the muscles to which it goes ; uever mind where we go to be the object of a muscle, we shall not have the least action in the to which that nerve wcut. That nerve is absolutely outside of our control. Nerve force cauubt be propagated to parts that are not iu couuectiou with the uervoua centres. This fact is a death blow to the view that there are other forces acting iu us than mere nerve force. To continue the illustra tion of this fact : if the spiual cord, which establishes communication be tween the brain and the various parts of the body, is divided, the parts of the body that are below that section are separatsd absolutely from any act of will, any act of imagination, any act coming from emotion, in fact, from any thing that comes from the brain. There is, 1 repeat, no force in our system other than mere nerve force for the transmissions that may come from the brain, as the seat of the imagination, the seat of emotiou and the seat of the will. Nerve force is produced as you know through blood. It is a chemical force which is transformed there into uenre force. This nerve fore.* accumulates in the various organs of the nervous sys tem iu which it is formed during rest. Hut if rest is prolonged, then it ocasea to be produced. Alteration takes place iu the part which is iiot put to work. On the other hand, action which is so essential to the production of nervous force, if prolonged will exhaust force also, but produce a state distinct from that of rest. Hcst will produce a lack of blood, while over-action may pro duce congestion. The great thing, therefore, is to have sufficient but not excessive action. There is another law which is that we should not exercise alone one, two, or three parts of the nervous system ; since thus we draw blood to those parts only, and the other parts of the body suffer. In the due exercise of all our organs lies the principal rules of hy giene. This view, you knew, comes from a physician. It is not in agree ment with what the poet Churchill wrote : '• Tbs *'.ire*t r >1 to health as* hi! *uu wiU 1* nevei to suppose we *haii Us ill. Mas* of thoee evils we poor mortal* know Krvtm doctors si.J imagination flow." Unfortunately Churchill died a vic tim to this view that doctors were mur derers. He died of a fever at the age of St, and that because be had been too careless about calling in a doctor to help him. Hut it is certainly true that the great rule of health is not to lay imagination aside, and this is whv I have quoted these verses. I mag:na tion, on the contrary, is to be appealed to far more than we do, and this is one of the great conclusions that I hope young physicians will keep in mind. To conclude with those great rules of hygiene, 1 should say that we should not spend more than our means allow ns. Many commit this fault. As lie fore said, we should make an equal use of all our organs, and of the various parts of the nervous system. Those who employ the brain suffer a greal deal from inatteutiou to this law. Imstly, there should lie regularity as regards the time of meals, the time and amount of action, the time and amount of sleep—regularity in everything. It is very difficult indeed to obtain it. But there is in our nature more power than we know, and if we conform ourselves to the law of habit things will soon go on without our meddling with them, and we come to lie pefectly regular, al though we perhaps hail naturally a tendency not to l>e. How They Drop Shot, A reporter of iho Haiti more American thus describes one of the manv pro ceitn of making shot in one of tlie shot towers of that city : One of the " se crets" of the manufacture is the mix ing of the load with a certain proportion of n combination of mineral substan ces called " temper." The " temper" is fused with the lead, and gires the molteu metal that consistency which makes it drop. If it were not for the " temper" the lead would be moulded by the scire, and would form little pen cils instead of round shot. When "I1B" shot, for instance, are to tu> made, the lead is poured into a pan perforated with holes corresponding to that size. The little pellets come pour ing down in a continuous shower, and fall into a tank tilled with water on the ground floor. In their descent of two hundred feet they become jierfect spheres, firm and dense, and they are tolerably cool when they strike the water, although the swift concussions make the tank form and bubble as if the water was boiling furiously. The shot must fall in water, for if they would strike any firm substance, they would be flattened and knocked out of shajie. To get the liitle pellets perfect ly dry after they hiiTe been in the " well," is the most difficult and troublesome process of the whole man ufacture. An elevator with smr.ll buck ets (very much like those used in flour mills) carries the shot up as fast as they reach the bottom of the "well," and deposits them in a box 60 feet abovo the first floor. Tlie water drips from the buckets as they go up, and not much is poured into the receiver above, although it is intended to be a sort of dripping machine. From this receiver the shot runs down a spout in to a drying pan, which greatly resem bles a gigantic shoe, made of sheet iron. The pan rests at an Angle which per mits the wet shot to roll slowly down to the chaml>er below, and the pellets become perfectly dry as they pass over the warm sheet-iron. II minted. Ham Weaver, tax collector, in Law ronceburg, Teen., stepped into the of fice of Roger Green, Justice of the I'eoee, and said : " You're the man that burnt up a widow's house over in Eagle Factory." "You're a liar," replied Green. Weaver at once drew a revolver, and, in spite of ttio other's protesta tions that he " wasn't prepared," fired, and inflicted a mortal wound. Before dying Green swore that, to punish his murderer's meanness in refusing a fair tight, he would never cease haunting him day and night. This was about two weeks ago, and ever sinoo then Weaver has believed that the ghost of Green is constantly at. his side. Tho hallucina tion ia so strong that tho conscious stricken wretch is nearly demented, aud has twice tried to kill himself. San Francisco expects five thousand Ghinumon within the next six months. ( AI.IKOKMA LIONS. A Traveler'* Arraunl of tal* Eaiounwr *llk Nrta \* IIU Ua*l*. A correspondent of the Arizona .Winer gives the follftwiug curious account of an adventure 111 the wilds of that Ter ritorjr: "Ou toy way from Preeoott 1 bto|) pod fur the uiglit at Old Camp lluKipai. In the morning I started early, in order to take advantage of the little frost on the ground, which made it l>etter traveling over the clay flwtn that are found near Anvil Rook. 1 reached the aummit of the Aztee I'aaK quite early ; the wind waa blowing oold and the uir waa full of snow, and 1 put a blanket about my face and urged my liorae forward aa faat an I Could. I had not traveled one mile from the aummit of the Pass when my horae atopped ; I looked forward, ami iu the road not fifty yards from me I new two cougars, (commonly called California lions.) One of them turned around ao aa to aliow to the beat advantage poaaible, The ether, a smaller one, got down cloae to the ground, and acted as though he intended to spring at my liorae. 1 lost no time in getting out my pistol, and as soon as my horae became quiet enough, fired at the creeping monster. I undershot my mark. The ball struck a rock about one foot in ad vance of the creeping lion, and glanced off with a sharp whistling noise. At this moment I observed five other mon sters of the same species rise up from the dry grass close by the rosd side. All seven hopped off shout twenty paces to the right of the rosd and stopped on open ground, within siity yards of me. Now, this was the first hop of the sea sou, and here was I, an uninvited guest; but 1 hastily took items, and, as it is customary to describe dress sud appear auoe at fashionable hops, 1 will record items as I took them ; three of the lions were very large, in fact, monsters of their species, am! would weigh at lcaat fltW pounds; the others were smaller, but 1 should judge the smallest to weigh at least 100 pounds. It being midwinter, furs were all the rage. The three largest of these fellows wore s dark gray bordering ou a brown coat, being a little lighter on their sides ; in front and under their bodies was white sud appeared like white lace or down. The fourth waa a little amaller, and Lis dress was a little darker in color. The three smaller ones were dressed in s dark chestnut coat ; on the aides it bordered on yellow with the same lace of downy trimming. The dreaaes glis tened as tliev turned, and resembled changeable silk ; their movements were with much grace and ease. They all wore tail* at least four feet long, and full three feet more than a lion had any use for, but, 1 presume, long tails are fashionable in these parts, if not each lion or lioneas had to carry Lis or her own tail, and it was not for me to say how long a tail a lion should carry. One of the larger ones, which I took to be a mother of part of the group, sat down like a cat ; she raised her great paw and licked it, and then rubbed her ear and side of her head ss a cat would. The movements were awkward but easy. If she was washing her face she should have done .so before coming to the hop. The second large one sat very quiet and looked on. The third large one, which I took to be a male, kept a little in the rear, and appeared to be uneasy, as though he expected re inforcemeuta from another direction, and I earnestly hoped that no others would appear, as there were already enough for the occasion. The fourth, a lively fellow, put his lic paws cu a large pine root that pro truded above the ground, and raked it down as though he was ipiinging a lit tle bluff. The bark flew in every direc tion. As a scratchint this fellow was a decided success. At the same time the three small ones lay down close to the ground and riveted their eyes on me or my liorae, and commenced crawling up although they would like a more inti mate acquaintance. I had heard that if one looked a lion in the face it would turn away ; but how could I look three lions in the eve at the same time ? Im possible. Now I would like to have compromised this whole matter by giv ing a horse, but my horse *m trembling with fear, which plainly told me that he would no stand to any bargain of this kiud. 1 looked for a sapling, but they do not grow in this part of Ari zona; none but large pines were in sight, and all the lious in Arizona could not frighten me up a tree four feet in diameter. To dismount I would make a dead shot, but then there would le six lions left, and I afoot. Tins would not do. I resolved to try another shot, so I got my horse to face the game and again 1 fired. As my pistol cracked the foremost erswler jumped about six feet in the air and struck on his feet, and hit his side as though he had been stung by a bee. At this the large ones moved on toward a brushy thicket and the smaller ones followed. As I turned my horse to go on I saw approaching me three horsemen. They came in time —none too soon, I assure you. They had seen the large tracks in the road and heard my shots and harried up. I told them of what bad happened, and, as they were well heeled ami appeared to be men that had seen something of frontier life. I suggested that if it was game that thev wanted tlioy could find it in tlmt thicket. Hut they all most emphatically denied having lost any lions. They hardly waited to hear my story, but passed on. As I started on my way my horse wanted to run and appeared verv fresh ; previous to this he seemed a little * played' and tired, but he would now and then look back and then 'git.' For the last twelvedavs my horse can see a lion whenever fie wants to. The fact is, lu lias got what is called lion on the brain. If he does not recover soon I will sell him or trade him off for a mule.', Newspaper Advertising, Newspaper advertising is now reeog nir.cd, by business men having faith in their own ware*, a* tho moat effective meana for aeeuring for their goods a wide recognition of their merita. Newspaper advertising impela in* qnirv, aud when the article offered ia of good quality, and at a fair price, the natural result ia increased sales. Newspaper advertising is a permanent additfou to the reputation of the goods advertiaed, because it ia a permanent influence always at work in their in to reat. Newspaper advertising is the most energetic and vigilant of salesmen ; ad dressing thousands each dav, always in the advertiser's interest, and ceaselessly at work seeking cuatomera from all classes. Newspaper advertising promotes trade, for even in the dullcat times ad vertisers secure by far the largest share of what is being done. SOFFRIIEKS.— At an English temper ance meeting one woman introduced herself as "no far-away bird, but the daughter of old Joe Blank, the drunk enest man in Denusgate ;" another speaker, also locally connected, said she " had been twenty-one years drink cursed, having for a husband tho great est drunknrd that ever walked the streets of Manchester." This woman's husband, who was at one time never without an excuse to thrash her, was now a reformed character. At the close of tho speeches a number of persons took the temperance pledge. TVrms: ***'2.oo a Year, in Advance. THE A Ilk ANNAS TROIHI.KH. 'lb I oiiurr. lin in twuisisl, and Kk|W ot lbs Judnss—Tits timer# whs ku ■ It# ui In ( salwll A Ida la ilistr ICsswps. A |erial dispatch to the Bt. Louis Jtcmitcral from Little llock gives a long account of the capture, escape, Mid re turn to Little I took of Associate Jus tices Bennett and hrvle, After being taken from Bt. John's College, tbey were moved, under tho escort of Lieut. Htimmerhill and s squad of men, to a retired field on the outskirts of the city, where orders were received from Gen. Blocker, and the party than marched to a point 14 miles distant, where a dis patch from Gen. Crawford, order ing the Marty w proceed to Benton, wss received. Two miles from that place the party wa# met by Gen. Crawford, with a squad of men. Gen. Crawford wsa drunk, and gave Lieut Bnmmerhill entire charge of the prisoners, in whofte custody they remained until their es cape. Lieut Bnmmerhill states that Gvn. Crawford reoeivrd orders from Gen. Blocker that he should protect the lives of Benuett and Bearle to the fullest ex tent, provided he could do so and pre vent a rescue, but at all hazards he was not to permit them to be rescued. Lieut Bummerbill also states that be met a man at the depot in Benton, who told him that he saw written orders st Baxter's headquarters for the pris oners' summary disposal or assassina tion, and that he (BummerhiU) replied that such an act would uot be permit ted by him while he was alive and the prisoners remained in his custody. Be ing convinced that violence was in tended to Bennett sDd Bearle, and de termined not to be a partv to it, he conferred with those gentlemen, told them the facta, disavowed any com plicity in the matter, and proffered hia services to them to aid in their esoape and safe conduct to Little Rock. lie gave each a revolver, provided horses, and under the pr; text of re moving them to a more secure place dis missed the guard, induced continued iutoxicatrou by lien. Crawford, decoyed him to another houae, and with Sheriff Thompson he departed with hia pris oners. Sheriff Thompson had no knowledge of Lieut. Bummerhiil'a real purpose. Mess re. Bennett and Searle were suspicious of Lieut. HummerhiU, but beiug armed and each having a horse, concluded to trust him, relying upon themselves, however, and future probable opportunities. Arriving at a point where the roada diverged. Judge Bennett presented a revolver at MummerhiU's head and aaid, "Yon are now our prisoner," and Searle, drawing hia pistol, demanded Thompson's arms, liennett'a revolver was aocideutally discharged, which frightened Thompson's horse, and he and his rider dashed away into the dark ness. Bennett and Searle, with Sum merhill as prisoner, then continaed, end shortly after came upon a squad of Uni ted Slates infantry, under Lieut. Mor rison, who had been sent out to effect their rescue if possible. Not recognizing the men, Bennett jumped fromlua horse and broke for the woods, and could not be found. After their true character vw ascertained, Searle and Summer hill were taken to the United States garrison and afterward to the Slate House. In about an hour Bennett was brought in by another squad of soldiers who had been sent out to search for him. Prognostications by leeche*. That there is a sensitiveness to at mospheric changes in the leech, i gen erally admitted ; end that th*idea of utilizing this little creature as a sort of weather-glass arose long ago, are have evidence, in one of the early volumes of the a r*aaan*ae a Ma*. A terrible story comes to na from Persia. In one of the districts a labor ing man had been aeutenoed to be bas tinadoed for some offense, reoeiving one buudred end fifty blows on the eolea of his feet. As he sank down on his knees after the sentence had been carried out, and it waa believed that hie ininriea were of a serious character, he celled the judge to hie aide, intimating that he had a tenrible secret to reveal As he oould only apeak in a whisper, the judge placed hie ear to the lips of the fainting man, when the latter seized it with his teeth and in lus agony bit it completely oft In Peraia the lose of an ear, no mat ter under what circumstances, is eon sidered a lasting disgrace, and the judge so felt it. He at once gave orders to have the prisoner carefully cared for, assuring the physicians that if they did not save hi* life their own should pay the penalty, and they sneeemled. When the prisoner had fnlly recov ered be was sentenced to have his teeth palled out ope by one in presence of the mob, and this frightful sentence vsa carried out, two days being ex hausted in the work. No pains were taken with the horrible job, and the jawa were broken and crooned until the whole lower part of tbe man's face waa a mangled mass, and his sufferings were so great that many of the men fainted in witnessing the operation. Two days after, the little life in the man was beaten out of the soles of his feet, and the judge, having fully satis fied bis thirst for vengeance, committed suicide. Such is the story told by a correspondent, and vouched for as true to the letter. Hints for Heuoe keepers. A place for everything, and every thing in its place ; a ue for everything, and used only for that special purpoae. Let us take, for example, the omelet pan ; tbe English oook does not scruple to employ this white, delicate, enam eled p*n to fry the bacon for breakfast, and i astonished that her omelet* fail, and that her mistress complains she ia getting oaroleM ; it ia not that she ia getting careless, but that she has never been anything ela, and neither she nor her mistress comprehends or under stands that true economy is practised bv carefully using each article of the baMrrte de <*ui*ine for the purpose ■done for which it i designed. The cook will probably reject the chemical reason that the sulphur given forth by eggs, and to a certain extent absorbed by the enamel at the time of making the last omelet, materially assists the ome let of to-day, and this ia apite of the most complete cleanlineas on the part of the cook. Haueee should be pre pared in a pan kept for that purpose, and the enamelled saucepan used for melted butter should never on any *o eouut be used for anything else. Most cooks know that if eggs are boiled in a sauoepan previously uaed for onions, they will come to table a bright orange* color ; this will prove how necessary it ia to use each culinary utensil for its destined purpose, aud unless perfect order is preserved in the kitchen and in the mind of maid and mistress, this if not possible. The economist may demur to this state ment, but if each article be used for it* own purpose only, and taken care of when in and out of use, it will laat a lifetime, instead of being replaced every four or five years. The housekeeping money in some families is not allowanoed, but the bills are settled by check ones a month. F.iperience shows that this is s very baa plan, and housekeeping' thus man aged coats considerably mute than it does by a system of cash payments. The uife should ask for an allowance in proportion to the style of table ex pected ; as the steward of her husband's property, she must allow no waste and suffer no eitmraganee; she must be guided by her husband's wishes a* to her expenditure, and keep well within the sum allowed weekly ; this will per mit of her meeting the losses and acci dents which hsppen to the most careful and economical manager. "Ton 11 Never Find * Better Friend.'' When Jacob Beise, the barber, hung himself a few days ago at his house on the Hamilton ltoad, says the Cincin nati Enqoirrr, a favorite but nnoouth looking dog that be had taught many tricks and treated long as a companion, demonstrated his grief by crowding close to the body, licking the face and liands, and whining piteously. When the undertaker came the animal was disposed to sttack him, and it waa with extreme difficulty that he was removed and confined in an adjoining room. Tbe day of the funeral the dog's lament* tio'nn were louder even than before, and although it is* not known how he saw the proceedings, he jumped through the closed window and made his way to the hearse. Unsuccessful attempts were made to drive him beck, but he managed to keep eloee to the hearse until it atertod, and then he was allow ed to trot behind it all the way to Spring Grove. At the gate he threat ened to attack the keeper, and con tinued with the eortege to the grave. When the earth was thrown the poor dog howled again, and when all was over he sorrowfully departed with the other mourners. HiNovrr,*R HRIBKBT. —One of the re cently elected mem tiers of the English Parliament adopted a very ingenious method of bribery and corruption. This gentleman, to make himself popnlur with the Toters, pnrchased $200,000 worth of carpets at Kidder minster. This pleased the manufac turers of the article amazingly. Then he disposed of tile immense amount of floor covering at ten per cent, under the first oost, a sacrifice that delighted those that needed carpetinga. He was elected, and'his opponent is desirous of knowing if the carpet operation was not constructive bribery in a degree pnuishable by law. CH INKING. —People who are interested in physiognomy will le glad to learn, upon good authority, that a good chin should neither project nor retreat. A retreating chin denotes weakness ; a projecting one, harsh strength ; a point ed chin moans acuteness ; a soft, fat, doable chin, a love of good things ; and an angular chin, judgment and firm ness. A flat chin denotes coldness ; a round, dimpled one, goodness ; a small chin, fear ; sharp indenting*, a cool un derstanding. Snch is the music of chins. POWER IK A WOMAN'S ETB.—A lady, when the conversation turned on dy namics, asked the late George Stephen son, the celebrated engineer, " What do yon consider the most powerful force in nature ?" "I will soon answer that question," said he ; "it is the eye of a woman (to the man that loves her); for if a woman looks with affection on a man, should he go to the uttermost ends of the earth, the recollection of that look will bring him back. The people of Michigan will vote upon woman suffrage next fall, and the best lady speakers are preparing for the oanvass. Item* of lutfrwt. Hop* lives Jurem, bat bt children die one by one. .Jou't merry a men who get* a pearly. Nothing ineke* e peraon so insufferably conceited. Mine Well*, egod It year*, bee re ceived school teachor's certificate in Wapello, lowa. The laat piece in which to look for the milk of human kindneee ie in the pele of civilisation. It ie now quite the feahion for rich women in Boston to remember their peatore in their wills. . Next to twenty-four grew#, there ie nothing like e mean wen's pocket to meke a penny wait. " I shall be indebted to yon for life," ea the man aeid to his creditor* when he ran away to Australia. A matter-offset old gentleman thinks it must be a very amdl base-ball that can be eenght on e fly. No woman ever owned that obe bed auburn heir, exoept when somebody told her that it wee red. Every able-bodied man in Sonora, Tuolumne oonnty, between 21 and 60, must pay a road tax of $3. Dr. Johnson poked the tobeceo in his pipe down with bis sweetheart's finger —a warm token of affection. When we reed, we fancy we oonld be martyrs; when we come to act we find we cannot bear a provoking word. An arsenic mine in England is said to produce enough of the material in a month to poison the entire population of the world. Andrew Jackson ones struck from the roll of the navy a lieutenant beoanae be did not pay his board bill to a widow with whom he boarded ill Washington. Tbe Orange store started teat fall at Winona, Wis, has faded. Liabilities sl3, jou, with ne aaeta; and a similar one at Owatonna closed up after a loss of nearly $20,000. M Dried tongue,' waa the answer which a minister, jnat going ont to "ex change," gave some one who asked him what he had in hla carpet-bag—which contained seven sermon*. A Valley Falls joker, who April fooled his doctor by sending for him when nobody wea sick, didn't find it so much of a joke when he was charged the regular fee for the visit. An Eng l '** l writer affirm* that British colliers ore drinking champagne and baying piano-fortes when in work, and when out of work depending on the poor rates for their subsistence ! Some unoonaeionable thief has stolen the entire machinery of the Troekee, Nov., Fire Department—it waa a large rope with a book attached for pulling down awnings and buildings in oaae of fire. In New Hampshire they valne skim med milk at twe cents a quart for feed ing pigs. The Courier Journal says that in LouinviUe ten cents a quart is paid for the same thing to feed babies with. Governor Booth, of California veto-d twenty-five bills that were passed hastily in the dosing boors of the Legislature. He did not write messages but simply deposited the bills in the waste basket. Handkerchiefs ere nearly all made with fancy border*. Bat few of the pis*,, white ones are seen, while those not embroidered are finished in all tbe fancy colors used for other spring and summer goods. The editor of the Crescent City Courier claims to publish the moat westerly paper in the United State*. He says the water of tbe Padfio Ocean at high tide reaches within ten feet of his office door. We never respect persons who aim simply to amuse us. There ie a vast difference between those we call amus ing men and those we denominate en tertaining ; we laugh with the former and reflect with the latter. After a man baa passed the age ov flfty-seven, about all he kan find to talk about and to brag on is that he has got more pains and akes than enny ov the tbe net of hi* nabors—at least that is what Josh Billings says about it. A St. Louis lawyer asked a witness in court. " Did you ever know Mr. Suther land to go back on a bargain V The opposing counsel objected to the ques tion on the groand that it was not grammatical, and the Judge sustained the objection. A man in Ann Arbor, Michigan, who was anxious to know ju*t how highly he was prised by his friends, had a para graph printed to the effect that he waa dead, and sent marked papers to them. Tbey did not even come to his funeral, and his seal for knowledge is checked. What a foe tbe farmers have to oon tend against in the potato bag is shown by tne experience of a man in Joliet, lIL He placed some in a bottle eight months ago. They have been exposed to the extreme of winter end summer, have had nothing to eat, and are still living. ... A quarrel between a husband and wife ww* thus settled : Husband—" My dear, there were thirty in this room." Wife—" I say there were forty." Hue band—" I say there were not." Wife— " Well, thirty, then, and the piano " (putting her fiand on tbe instrument), " piano-/orte. There !** The French students in Paris allege that tbey are afraid to associate with English and American youth * because the latter are so touchy. If they are ever called liars or fools they have a singular way of flaring up. 'l he French men, who think nothing of such trifles, cannot ret along with people so easily intuited. The late Aimee Desclee ia now said to have owed her illness to the disas trous effects of a discovery that a young woman who lived with her at a com panion bad been systematically robbing her. She was strongly attached to this person, and the revelation of her perfidy and ingratitude waa more than she could bear. The Baltimore rndarurrittr and other life insurance journals take strong ground against cremation, for the rea son that it would destroy personal iden tity. If the means of identification are destroyed, what will be left for the companies in every Gosta case that may occur exoept to pay to the conspirators the amount of their claim ? Gen. Garfield of Ohio recently made a speech on inflation of the currency. He decorated the title page of the print ed copy with the following extract from Deuteronomy, xxv., 15 : "Thou abalt have a perfect and just weight, a per fect and just measure shalt thou have ; that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the iLord thy God giveth thee," A Montana writer saya that the fight ing men of the more powerful tribes of Indians inhabiting Eastern Montana and portions of Wyoming and Dakota, the Sioux, Cheyennes, Arrapahoes, Crows, and Blackleet, all of whom are in fact Sioux, number about 5,000 able bodied warriors. These warriors are usually armed with one rifle each, two revolvers, a bow and well-stocked quiver, a knife and tomahawk. The owner of a popular menagerie saya that lions range in value from sl,- 500 to $4,000; African lions sometimea go higher. They live from eight to twenty years. The next most valuable ami mafia the Bengal tiger, which lives from fifteen to twenty years. African elephants range from SBOO to $4,900, and live to three-score years. Camels and llamas are worth about $1,200, the quagga $2,000, and monkeys from $25 to SI,OOO. Who Owns the Child f A case will soon come before the Circuit Court in Indianapolis, which is so novel that it will bear stating. Some years ago a lady married there, and, growing tired of her liege, waa divorced in four months ; in another month she was married to her second husband, and in four months from this marriage she gave birth to a child by her first husband. A short time ago her-second husband obtained a divoteC 'from hfcr, and the court gave Hie first husband wants d|nd, and the two tethers -are fhc- jCpphfetepts. " * i Where's gblamon ? ; •sfc'm at/9 it ssfc ' * ■ fehr&J"-