I'KAKLH OF THOUGHT. Ambition Is the avarice of power. To know is one thing, to do in an other. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. It is far better to borrow < xjiorioncc than to bny it. It is much safer to think what we say than to say what we think. Quarrels wonlJ be short lived if the F wrong were only on ono side. The two most previous things on this side the grave are our reputation and oar life. The universal heart of a man blesses flowers. He has wreathed them around the cradle, the marriage altar and the tomb. No man can pan-base his virtue too deal', for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost. < Kod tempi r is like a sunny day ; it sheds a brightness o\er everything; it is the sweetener of toil and the sootlu-r of disquietude. Those uro mock gentlefolk who mask their faults to others and to themselves; the true know them perfectly and ac knowledge them. Moro hearts pine away in seen t an guish from the want of kindness from those who .should be their comfort than fo: any other calamities in life. 'Hie Care of Infant-. Tue following circular, issued by the New York Imarl of health, will lie use ful rialing anywhere: XIKMNI; OK INPAVI O\, r-feeding does more harm than anything else; nurse an infant a month or two old every two or three hotus. Nurse an infant of six months and over live times in twenty-four hours and no more. It an infant is thirsty givo it pun water or barley water, no sugar. On the hottest days a few drops of whiskv I may lie added to either water or food,! the whisky not to exceed a tenspoonfnl | in.twenty-fonr honrs. FKHHIVO OK IMP \M.S.-~ Boil a tea spoonful o 1 powdered barley (ground in coffee-grinder) and a gill of water. ! with a little salt, for fifteen minutes, | strain, then mix it with half as much ' boiled milk, add a lump of white sugar size of it walnut, and give it lukewarm from a nursing-bottle. Keep bottle and mouthpiece in a bowl of water when not in use, to which a little soda may be added. For infants five or six months old. give half barley-water and half lioiled milk, with salt and a lump of i sugar. For older infants give moro milk than barley-wa'er. For infants verv costive, give oatmeal instead of barley, j Cook and strain as before. When yoni | breast-milk is only half enough, change off between breast-milk and the prepared food. In hot weather, if bine litmus, paper applied to the food turns red the ! I °°d is too acid, and you must mako a fresh mess, or add a small pinch of baking soda. Infants of six montlo may have beef tea or beef soup once a day, by itself or mixed with other food; and when ten or twelve months old. a erost of bread and a piece of rare beef to suck. No child under two years ought to eat at your table. (live no candies, in fact nothing that is not con tained in th*se rules, without a doctor'., orders. StmiKH Cowi-nao r.— It couie-i from \ over-feeding and hot and foul air. 1 Keep doors and windows open. Wash your well children with cool water twice a day or oftcncr in the hot season. Never neglect looseness ~f the tiowels iu un infant; couault the family or dis pensary phy.tician at onee, and he will give you rules fdxtut what it should take and how it should lie nursed. Keep your rooms as cool as possible, have th< m well ventilated, ami do not allow any liad smell to come from sinks, privies, garbage boxes or gutters almnt the house where yon live. Ice Water. Kx-Govcrnor William boss, of CLi <"Hgo, has delivered a discourse on ice water. He said that "a general reform iu drinking foe water would confer a benefit U(OD the public. The constant and immoderate use of ice water has lwM-ome ono of the most octive causes of disease all over the Cnitcd States. There can Is' no doubt that it produces our national disease, dyspepsia, in its most aggravated forms, and you can scarcely look over the death list in cur papers that you will not *oe a notice of someone dying of diabetes, Bright's disease or some other kidney complaint. In most cases, you may rely upon it, f ice water is the remote if not the act ive cause of all bis trouble. If ono should express the opinion that ice water is now tho source of more dis eases among our leading business and public men than whisky, a wide indnc- Hon of facts wonld doubtless show him not so far from right Hail experience as well as extensive observation and in ! unity have convinced me of the truth of this assertion." Ice water had come nearer costing him his life than any othercauso within his memory. SCIENTIFIC SCILACS. Five indus of dew falls annually in England. The wings of gnuti flap at the rate of 15,000 times per second. Meat, rousted or boiled, loses from ! one-third to one-fifth in weight. Tho stars contain material elements common to tho sun and earth. A small bottle of attar of roses is the product of seven of eight hundred pounds of rose leaves. The latent heat contained in steam J increases in proportion as the sensible lieat of the water decreases from which ; it is produced. A single gruin of gold may be beaten . into au extent of several square feet and yet the leaf remain so intact as to trans | init no ray of light. An attempt is to be made by tin- ! Livingstone Inland mission to cultivate some of the different species of chin- | cliona in the mountain valleys of the I Conga, Africa. Mr. Wigncr, in the Aah/*t, states i that American corned beef is twice ; as valuable, as an article of I diet, as fresh boneless beef, and that the cooked ox tongues contain less salt and more nutritive mat tor than the dried tongues nsnallv sold in European mar kets. Of the twelve total solar eclipses be fore the end of the present century, but one is visible in America—that occur ring May IW, 11MMI. The eclipse having tho greatest duration unfortunately falls Upon parts of the Pacific ocean where there is no laud for the establishment of stations of observation. A- buoy ha- been placed at Handv Hook, outside of New York bay, which by the rising and falling of the waves compresses air. This, when it reaches a certain den-.ty, moves a dynamo electric machine, and this causes a car bon loop in a \a<- mm tube to glow with light, while at the same time a power ful whistle sou'i.is. It promises to" be very useful for signals during heavy fogs. Whut to Brink iu Hot Weather. '"What is tho best drink in warm weather said a / rihunn reporter to an oftl- i.il .it the Chamber* Htrc-et hospital the other day. "Cold water," he replied, "but not ice-cold. Ice water chills the stomach and so ultimately injures tho power of digestion. One of the best drinks in tin world for hot weather is buttermilk with a littlo ginger in it. I know peo ple don't like it excessively, but it is valuable for all that. If somn of our high livers who siifTer so m-vorclv at times would live on nothing for a week but brown bread and buttermilk they would feel like fighting-cock*. Anoth er excellent drink, a ul one which brick layers uso a great deal, is the old fashioned drink which the farm"rs use in the hayftdd— water with ginger an-1 molasses in it. It cools the system and opens the pores sullicieutlv for a com fortable p, rspiration." "Is it advisable t- drink much in hot weather?" "One must drink more or less ; it is absolutely necessary in order to produce perspiration. \\ ithout tint a man would soon burn up." " Is beer hurtful in hot weather ?" "ft is one of the worst things in the world, for the reason that by drinking it you get the actiou of the alcohol upon the brain at the same time with the lieat. Case-, of alcoholic prostration combined with heat are very numerous in hot weather. If one drinks lecr at all lie genoral iv drinks moro than one glass, and in consequence places himself in a condition where he is tlin most suscepti ble to tho effects of |,eat. Alcoholic drinks of all kinds should lie avoided yet vast numbers use them; they drink beer, wines, whiskey, gin, brandy—any thing and everything fo allay thirst, without regard to consequences." " What classes of peoplo suffer most from lieat an 1 are brought here?" " Well, we have nil classes, but brick layers, painters and roofers suffrr I most." j "AN hat effect does the heat have on the brain incase of sunstroke?" j "It seems to stupefy tho victim. All hi- energies sink away; he loses power : of thought, and lies in a more or less , unconscious state, according to the j severity of the attack. He recovers if the stroke is not too severe. Hornet imes ho dies; sometimes he is injured per manently." "What is the best war of avoiding prostration by heat?" " By keeping in the shade, it possible. i " 'his cannot lie none, keep as cool and collected in mind as possible; don't worry, don't harry, doa't drink alcoholic drinks, aud if yon find it necessary to drink at all, use water not too cold, or some of the drinks I hsvo spoken of."— A5-r York Tribune, A new grove of mammoth trees, nine ty-tbree in number and many over one hundred feet in circumference, has been discovered in California. These mob stars are some eighty miles north of tho big trees usually viaitad by travelers in tho Yosemite route. ( LIITIXiS nit: TilK ti'KIOI S. Coach OH woro first lot for hire in Lon don in 1(125. Tho avorago of hitman life in about thirty-three years. Tho nn'an depth of tlm xca j M from four to live utile*. I'apyrtts was used to writo upon until about tho seventh century. Between tho years 17N.'J and 1K57 six great earthquakes took pi.too in Naples, which lost thereby 1,500 inhabitants per year of that period. 1 'liiludolphia auil New York are con nected by more telegraph wires than any other two cities in the world, the number being 110. The four great castes of the Hindoo# are tho brahtuans or priests, kshatriyaor military, vaisya, commercial, and nudra, the tillers of tho soil. It wa the Kmperor Charles V. who invented the title of "Your Majesty," sovcroigos having boon ])revimts|y ad dressed as "Your Grace." In 1840 a few grains of wheat taken from tho tomb ola mummy 0,000 yeais ohl wore planted in nit open garden in England and grow finely. The original invention and stib.c pu nt ; improvement of the )■ ••■■t nr( . due to ! the French, who first n. , d it in the Netherland* in ItilT. One hundred and thirty nine millions of tickets were used on tho I'rem h rail ways during I*M). One ont ..f every ~000,000 of paNtnngers was hilled bv accident. While in England thirty, Germany fourteen ami inFrancethii tot ri letters are transmitted per annum per head of tho population, in IIUSM.I the TIII'. jber is un der one per head. It was once believed 1. it putting?.* cold iron lmr on top of bc< r barrels would prevent the contents from being soured by thunder. Ihe custom is common in Kent and Hertfordshire. According to rome antiquarians the word " humbug" com s from a worth less . oinage, n ,1 in Ircl.tn lin the time of William ill , which Was call• 1 "o:>m bag"— -soft copjier wortlib" s money. 'lhe surface of our bodies is rovcrctl witli scales like a fish ; a high- qrain of saml would cover 130 of those scales, and ret a scale covers 500 pores. Through these narrow openings the |M>rspiration forcz, itself lik water through a sieve. At Connemar.i, in the w -t of Ireland, the old women of the vicinity are given the privilege of gathering the wool scratched off the tboeps' bock* on the atones, hedges and bushes; this wool they can spin and knit into stocking*, ■ iling them at twelve and a half cents a pair. As many as 200 pairs are knitted by ]er-ou in a season. Ida Lewi* Rewarded. The secretary of the treasury has awarded the go!.! life- aving modal to the famous Ida Lewis, now Mr*. Ida Lewis Wilson, in recognition of her services in rescuing a number of per. sons from drowning since the passage of tin act anthon/.ing such awards. Most of tlm rescues made were under cireumstaneen which allied for extreme and heroic daring, anil involved the risk of Mrs. Wilson's life. The follow ing snmmarv of her achievements in life saving is taken from the record • of the treasury department: The total number of liv. . Mrs. Ida lewis Wilson has ased ninoc 1854, so far as known, is thirteen. In all these canes, except two, she has relied wholly on herself. Her latest achievement was the rescue last February of two bands men from Fort Adains, near Newport, R. I. The lueu Were pissing over the ice n?ar Lime Iloek lighthouse, where Mrs. Lewis Wilson resides, when the ice gave war and they fell in. Hearing their cries Mrs. Wilson ran out with a clothesline, which sho threw to them, successively hauling them ont at great risk to herself from tho double peril •>{ tho ice giving way beneath her and ol Ireing pulled in. Her heroism on vari ous occasions has won her tho tribute of her State's legislature, expressed in an official resolution, the public presen tation to her of a boat by the citizens of Newport, a testimonial in money from tho officers and soldiers of Fort Adam* for saving the bandsmen, and medals from the Massachusetts Humane society and the New York Life Saving Benev olent association. Totlie.so offerings is now fitly tid ied tho gold medal of the I nited States Life Having Service. ——. Thrashed Tn lee. There in hardly any difference in tho looks of the twin Bowsers, of Janes villa, Wis., but one is a drunken loafer whilo the other is an exemplary Chris tian. The loafer kied a woman un bidden in the street, and her husband by mistako knocked the Christian down. !fr very muscular brother, when the mistake was explained, went ont with the avowed purpose of righting the matter by whipping tho iwal offender tremendously ; but he met tho t'hria tian, refused to believe that a second blunder was being made, and thrashed I liim so that he almost died. iK* " . * E TOI'K'S OF Till: IMY. 'I lie great zeal of the Mormon* is soon in the fact that the Book of Mormon ha* been published in French, Gorman. Italian, Danish, Polynesian and Welsh, l'robab]vj."i,oo be rural, and has to live to a greater or less la tent by manufactures, mining or city industries. Keeping in view that ninety per cent, of the rural population of In dia live more or less by the tillage of the soil, it is ea*y to understand that, owing to the extreme density of popu lation, fie* atrnggl" for evisteii i* e - ti > mely hard. Those wtio settled themselves boek with a fe ling of relief after the planets had passed perihelion, need not think they have quite escaped. The end of the world receive* another "lioom." In the fourteenth century 1.-onnrdo Are mino, an Italian author, fixed the exact date fir the end of nil thing l . November 15, I**l. A cord nig to this authority the d -triiction of the earth and its in habitants will occupy fifteen day-. The cataclysm will begin by an nprising ol the watcri. Th • human race, before parting, will lose the pow< r of speech. All will !><• dead Is fore the final dav A eorre*]>oiidorit <>f the St. Lotus AV jmhli- in makes the following ouggrs tions: The neee-,jty of a submarine cable from St. J'.ml to New Orleans, u di tanee of two thousand nub'*, is fa-i Incoming apparent to oni business inter" it* on account of the rapid in eri-asc in the river trade. As tho river is the great national highway tin cable she tild bo constructed and owned by tb< government as nn important put of rive r service and improvement in the inton *t of cheap and safe navigation. In connection with the cable and at every landing hould be estilili bed the electric light. Light the river with electri light. It will increase tho speed of vcs'iels and le <■■■, the rik o< insurance. An exhibition of H smgul.u cha a toi is to l>o held in Berlin next year. It i* to be an illustration of heraldry in all itr phases, and the emperor l- to be its patron. In the display of helmets, Wi a pons, sc.il*, letters ami patents of nobility, banners, gold and silver work and gems, m.ny curious and valuable historical and artistic relics will doubt less l>e included. The Loudon cyn ically observes: Upon the whole, how ever, the r< suit must be a nio-t mon strous and incomparably will a** m binge of absurdities, since, of nil the fantastic* exsggeiations ever invented by the German genius, it* heraldry ha* been aljout the worst, that cv, n of Eng land not excepted. There is, however, something hopeful in the fa"t of the forthcoming exhibition. When such things are collected together for men to admire, or wonder or smile at, as they please, there i* pretty clear proof that they are very near being classed among the bygones. Fatal a i .f lockjaw, duo to the use of toy pistols, have lieen reported by the dozen since the Fourth of July, seven teen oeenrring in the city of Baltimore alone. The toy pistol most in vogne this snmincr is about four inches long, and explodes it blank cartridge with a pasteboard wad. To insert the cartridge tho breech of the barrrl i* raised, to do which the boy take* the barrel in his left hand, the muzzle resting against the palm, near the ball of the thumb, while ho raises the hammer with his right hand. Then, if he is a little careless, the hammer slips, the cartridge is ex ploded, and the hard wad make* an ugly wonml in tho palm of his loft hand This wound is jagged and causing serious injury to the nerves and blood vessel* concentring there, and lockjaw is the result. Some physicians also support that a poiaonona property in the powder incites the deadly com plaint, and one thinks there is an epi demic condition in the atmosphere tend ing to induco lockjaw. A man and hia wife, of tho name of Zyssot, have l>ecn sentenced in the Can ton Berne, Switzerland, to |>enal servi tnde for life for having murdered all their children, numlmring either five or seven. They admit having put five to death, and there is nation to believe! that they killed two others whose birth* ' they concealed. Their motive was sim ply to save themselves the trouble and j' expense of bring their children up, j though they seemed to have been far from poor, a considerable sum of money , having been found in the house when • hoy were arrested. The plan they i adopted to get rid of the children was to deprive them of food, aud when the I process of starving did not appear i quick enough, or tho little ones cried I too much, it wns accelerated by Strang- [ ling or knocking them on the head. The jury expressed regret that, under the present law of Berne, tho Zysscts eonld not be sentenced to some severer punishment than jwrpetnal imprison- t rnent. By what occult laws of nature are certain portions of Northwestern States and Territories so constantly and al most regularly visited with these terri ble cyclones and tornadoes which up root forests, sweep away farmhouses and barns, lift cattle and horses and hu man beings in the uii and carry them for miles, devastate whole villages make wide swaths of ruin through cities, unroof or blow down churches, court-houses, academic-; and tow n halls, and leave in their path* the bodies of j men, w omen and children killed by their fury? These extraordinary tempests are of periodical occurrence in certain j belts of country in the Northwest aud j West. What ; s their can 16f \ thor ough understanding of this matter ; might not lead to any practical results in tho way of prevention—it probably! would not. But knowledge is never wholly unproductive. It must be re rnomberod that once it wan thought irn possible to stop the course of a water spout nt sen; but now i: i-. known that* cannon Sired at one of these destructive water cyclone* will destroy it in a second. Sun"troke was in many Cincinnati , eaes, during the rwiil terrible heat, treated with hot water instead of cold. The following direction* were published by *uch physicians as favored the plan : , Lay the patient on hi* back ; loosen the clothing so as to encourage a free [ flow of blood ; expose th* 1 rhi *t, e*j.e- 1 eially over the region of the heart, ami | with a large cloth, towel or ponge free ly bathe th- heail, fare. n*k and chest With ! -alt w.,!i r, tic hot as can b< handled, continually adding more hot water and applying it until the patient is *<>fi. I*. rne lt-a*poonful <-f >alt to ev. r - quart of hot Water. Wave the f<-. : made bare and rubied J- slapped, and in fIIMBW QHBU Btutaid •A ate man. a to hi- -p j whisky > u i JB| w.i'cr ;if - . 031 pat ate.ii sjH-onful of y. a i of warm water and have the intent drink it, following np with more until ho vomits freely. A* lie convalesce* Bivo at fir-t liine water and milk (one- . fourth lime water and three-fourth* milk), afterward a liquid diet until the ' stomach i strong enough f.ir solid*. (iriwiini'ii feat of scientific starving has attracted anoh slight attention that ' it M cms almo.-t imjicttincnt to mention the subject again. It tuay bo worth I wliile, however, to record the fast that his 1-rng fast left him in a condition of great physical weakne.s . t! n-h it did not subdue his powerful will. He has endeavored, in inferri' v- with Chicago reporters, to convey tin impression that his mind was unusually clear, and his bodily vigor unimpaited at tho end of his fast. In foot he ma le these direct assertions, but they were fiitly contra- | dieteil by the man's appearance and by the physical effort* which he was eom pelled to make in the nttrmpt to conceal his actual condition. Hi* voice was weak and trembled, and his legs shook under him when he walked. He iu- I tends to devote tho summer tothe prepa- ! ration of a lecture, which he will do liver in tho fall, upon "The BitUi of the New Spirit." Unless the man has grossly ltlteled himsi If in his descrip tion of the theory upon which his lee tnre is to lo based, a worse mess of nonsense was never eon-' H -ted tlum that to which the attention of the public J will l>e invited during the coming autumn and winter. Cause* of ShnrtstgtitcJnrss. From the inquiries conducted by l'ro lessor Hermann Cohn, of ltrestan, for some sixteen years pist, he ventures the assertion that shortsighteduesi is rarely j 1 or never born with those subject to it. and almost always is the resnllof strains t sutained by the eye during study in ; early youth. Myopia, as this ailment is called, is said to IH> of rare occurrence among pupil* of rural or village school*. | its frequency increasing iu proportion to the demand made upon tho eye, a* in higher school* and colleges A batter C Hl*' I notion of achool-deaks, and im proved topography of text-books, and a sufficient lighting of class rooms are among the remedies propoewj for abat ing this malady. TIIK FAMILY DOCTOR. A |"MiII ice o?frrsh tea leave* mo.sUsocd with water will cure B *tvc on the <■.*- lid. A notation of common salt given ib- Tur.. ..lUdjf in a rocoMwfnl rcan ody for rtryehnU poisoning. I or earache, dissolve axuafootida in water; warm a f„ w un ,j j rOJ( jn t , M . ear, then cork the car w,th wool. The only H ire ami efficient war to warm cold feet ia to ,li p tkx-m in eoW watt rand then rub them dry brinklv with a coarse towel. The trno physiological way of treating WnrriH and scalds is to at once exeinde the air, with cotton letting, flour, scraped potato, or anything that ia handiest. To prevent choking, break an egg jut-. ;i cup and give it to the person choking to swallow. The white of the egg seems to catch around the obstacle and remove it. It one egg (locsnot arjiwer the pur pose try another. The wlrte is all that is necessary. By using svrup or molasses for mns ! tard plasters they will keep soft and | flexible, and not dry up and become i hard, a. when mixed with water. A Shin paper or fine cloth should come between ' the plaster and the skin. The vtrengtli of the plaster is varied by the addition | of more or less flour. The cure for night sweats depends • ntirely on the cause. Malaria giv. • i riseto it, and then the cur. is, (jninin- I and arsenic. Debility may cause them. In that case tonics and good, nutritious , food should be used. Gonsumptiou ' causes it, and the cure is sulphuric IK id, ten to twenty drops in water, an hour. Oxide of zinc ami hydrocvauiic extract pills, and, above all,atrophia sul pliatc, one two-hundredth* of one grj:it to begin with. This must be tak- a with great care. Dr. Nairn, of Loudon, says lie spong<* the body with tincture ol belladonna, but the drug iatoo pow erful to Is- ucd by any one Ira*, a ph. xician. friction of the Limbs. H re is a statement from the t'nicago II r Ulu ~ which, if true, h< uld tw ! universally read and acted tijm where ever there is occasion, lor sanitary reit • 'B*, for nibbing the limbs of any per ■UU in CAM* of illness, or w here an EFFORT is made to resuscitate those who ar<- nearly drowned. The statement seems ' I" Ik* a rati >nal on . and, physiologi cally correct; but it is singular, if the facta ore as stated, that medical i e*n have not ere this caused it to be get,. ally known. The following > wf.it is said as to friction of the limb* .Never under any circumstAuc - the liir > dow ward. The blond in circulation which cauls' reached by rubbing is all venous or blue blool. It is rhargri with waste and )..* aous material*,and is struggling to get to tlie heart and lungs for purification. Always nib up ward. But few invalids, esjccial]T with female difficulties, who will not feel a new life imparted to them when ' this is tried for the first time. Valves are placed in the veins purposely to re sist downward movements, while the stiff arteries near the bone are writbout thrm. Clasp the wrist tightly and aoe what nmltip'e currents of poison atari ■ out on the liand. while none appear on the arm back of theligafure. A lifeconld ; be destroyed in a short time by sim ply rubbing the limbs downward, while yon can almost drag the dead out ol the grave by rapid, persistent and general rubbing of the limbs upward, if no lesion of vital parts has occurred. In view of this why has it not been wo state! m the hundreds of "Directions" for restora tion of tlie dead from asphyxia and syn ■xijie—ai in drowning and heart disease ; Bobbing to and fro simply affects the capillaries, doing little if any good. Artificial respiration i* beneficial, bat ' only when it has given impulse to the heart. The best results will lie obtained by having as many av four or i\ per ( sons rubbing the limb* synchronously I (all alike—in rhythm), while another manipulates the chest and abdomer. At the risk of some vanity we advise our exchanges to copy this article, and invalids to put it into practice. Te* of the Alphabet. A teacher in a school in I found in them. She read the fol lowing verse to who* how ail the letters of the alphabet can be put to use, say ing that the verse coo tamed all the let , tors in the English language : ! Oi*l gives the grsaiitg m his meat. lie quickly hears the sleep's lost cry: Rut uiaw. sV.takes Hiafaml wlewt WhouM lift his joyful praises high." Then the Iceeher told the scltoiirs to try their hand at eonatmrUng a piece iu which all the letters ahoul i ap pear. The children set to work, and one of them at last produced the follow ing sentence: i L"" 1 '' 1V * Nn *♦ 4m*. Q Wonderful as It may seem, the twen t-*■*>* Utters Ot the alphabet may 1M f oond is ths sentence. J