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“I've no money loryou,” responded the beg. gar, grulll . “ You are as young as I, and you seem any and good-for-nothing. If you wait for your supper till I give you money to buy it, you’l. be apt to fast for the res; of the year !” This last speech made Rabin very angry. “ If you have but one farming,” he ex- claimed, “I’ll take take it from you. So you may as well lay aside your ragged old cloak and olfer no further resistance. Untie your sack, and let me see what is in it, and, if you make any noise, I will see what effect a broad-headed arrow can have on a beggar’a hide I” _ Robin Hood sometime! did wrong. and at such times, an is usually the cue wlth thosp who willfully misbehave. he received evil in return. “ Stop when I speak to you. ' ’cried Rob- in, growing angly. “ I won ’t do it,’ ’responded the beggar, q uite boldly.‘ It In some distance to where l lodge, and I don't care to miss my sup . “ Lend me some money,” jeeringly cried lioyin. “ I must haw supper, too. Une «lay. he met a strangeolooking beggar in the road. The fellow was covered wtth many thicknesses of rags, or cloute ; In fact, his cloak was so patched and repatchcd that, in its thinnest parhit was more than twenty- fold. Hie hat was really three hate put to- ether so as to form one heavy covering for xis head. He carried a sack of meal awmg- ing from his neck hya leather strap, fastened hy_a strong buchlp. ... a n I! ,L,____,‘ It “as 1:!“ nightfall when Robin stepped out of the woods, anvl 03130 I to the beggar to stop and talk awhile with him. But the clouted tramp paid no heed to his words, and g‘alked right on as if he had. not heard. - I I),l, per. "' VBVut the beggar only grinned at the out- law._z_md_ yer quie_tly said :_ 1‘ Robin at once flew into a towering pas- sion, and bent his bow to shoot the beggar ; but, before he could draw an arrow, the clouted tramp struck at him with his oak staff and knocked his bow into s linters. Robin drew his sword ; but, before e could use it, the beggar struck his sword hand, disabling it, and knocking the wea n awa . Poor Robin was in a bad fix, he stur y vagrant now fell upon him, all defenceless as he was, and belabored him mightily. He bastcd his head, his shoulders, his back, his legsutiil at last _Robin fell down senseless. “ You’d bins-er lei me alone. 1’!!! not afraid of your bent stick and little pointed shafts. which are only fit for pudding-skew- ers. If you offer me any harm, l’ll haste ycu till you’ll be glad to let. me go.’ “O fie! stand up, man ! Don’t lie down to sleep this time 0’ day !. Wait till you get my money, and then go to your tavern and be merry !" shouted the beggar, in derision; and thinking Robin was dead, he trudged on his way, not caring a whit “for what he had done. Shortly after, Little John. Much, and Scathelock came up to where Robin lay. He was moaning and writhing, the blood flowed fseely from his basted head. They poured cold water on his face, chafed his hands, and finally restored him to consciousness. "Ah!" he exclaimed with a deep sigh, “I never before was so thrashed. It is forty years that I have wandered in the greenwood, but no man ever so mauled my back as has that beggar whom you see trudging away up the hill yonder. I did not think he could do me any harm, but he took his ikestafl'and beat me so that I fear I never 8 allbe well again. If you love me. you will run and catch him and fetch him back to me. But beware of his staff: get hold of it first, or he’ll pound the life out of all of_you.” .. N'ever fear," said Little John ; “Scathe- lock and I will take him. Much may stay and take care of you." So the two seized their bows and ran after the beggar, who was leisureiy pursuing his way over the distant hill. They did not go along the road, however, but took a route through the woods, and, running very fast, got ahead of their victim and hid on each side of the road. \Vhen the beggar ca'me on they sprang out, Little John catching hold of his staff and Scathelock holding a drawn dagger before his breast. z“(Give up your staff. or I’ll slay you on thgppqt ! ” cripq Scat‘hplochk.” Ill 1-... 7 “ Don’t kill me ‘1'” cried the Ueggai' in n whining‘voicer :' I-xigvei‘ did you imrm.” 7 Th3 beggar let go his staff, which Little Sohn angel; [q the gypuqdfiaxgl 13y. ”Yo‘n’ve nearly killed our lnnster, who lies back yonder by the rent ,” exclaimed Little John. “ Come along with us, that we may give you your sentence ! " . _ H knw " knit. Hm lmmmr, nguumlna n (hf. Bobln flood and the Clonted Bella‘- ‘1 130w," said the beggar, assuming a dif- ferent tone, ”I know you are honest fol- lows, and do not wish to harm me for acting in self-defense. If you will let me :10, i will give you a. hundred pounds in good money which I havo in my bag.” ' To this proposition Littie John and Seathcloek agreed. It was a wicked thing ; for they intended to get his money and then take him all the same. So they bmle him count on} the money. The bigger took 011‘ his cloak and spread it upon the ground. Then he unslung his meal- bug and put it in the middle of the cloak. Little John and Seatheloek drew close, to see him count out the good money. As they did so, the beignr thrust his two hands into the bu ,und to ing up a lot of meal in each dashei itinto the eyes of Little John and Scatheloek. They Were blinded so that they could do nothing but dance about and rub their faces. The beggar quickly seized his atntl‘ and began tlimshing them terribly. lle rapped them over the head, he busted their backs, ho beluhored their broad should- ers till the woods resounded with the heavy blows. It was with greatshame that they returned to Robin and reported the result of their adventure. The chief laughed at them, and they all three felt in theil hearts that the had got no more than they had deserved: They had broken their rules in attacking,V a poor man, and had been soundly punished in turn.â€"-â€"From (1m story of Robin 1100:], by Allunricc Thompson, in SI. Nirluflus [or June. ”A'sâ€"om“ us they could escape, Little John and Scathclock took _to their 110913 and run. _ The llu'ngcrfoi-(l Collegiate Institute at Adams, how \ork, has the flag which Commodore Perry carried from the St. Law- cncc to the Niagara. OUR YOUNG FOLKS. Oâ€"‘wo For ill - [met two months an exceedingly interesting invention hal been exhibited in practical uperuuuu at Chicago, in the shape ol an a paratua [or va orizing crude petro- leum oi and utilizing t 10 resulting vapor as a fuel. The invention referred to is the Orvin Im- proved Hydro-Carbon Furnace. While the Urvls smoke consumers are largely in use in Europe, Mr. Orvis has lately made some very marked improvements, not only in the improved amoke-conaumer,but has also re- ceu‘tly perfec‘ted the Hy‘dre-‘Car‘lwu Furnace. The real advantage of this device lies in its enconomy, oil being considerably cheaper than coal and possessing more intense heating qualities, besides dispensing with extra stokers, as the apparatus is automati- cally self-feeding. Various appliances have hitherto been utilized for throwm the crude oil on the tire, using only the lig iter gases, the heavier parts of the oil falling through the grate-bars, pipes, etc.. and otherwise clogging the apparatus, thus interfering with their successful operation and producing an additional volume of smoke. By this device, perfected by Mr. O. I). Orvis, only the vapors are used, heated to a very high temperature before bging charged into the furnace, utilizing every particle of the oil. This valuable improvemement of Haporizing crude oil is applied directly to the ame. As this invention is obviously' valuable and ot importance wherever engines of any character are in use it might be advisable for railway men now visiting the exposition of railway appliances, as well as the mem- bers of our city government, to inspect its workings. _ Byrtfilsr invention the existing system of generating steam must necessarily be revo- lutionized. Peifect combustion being attained by the Orvis furnace, there ig abgohgtely 130 agno|_<9. A stoi'y comes irom New England of a mouse which was so charmed by a gentle- man’s singing that it ran up to his shouider and sat motionless for a. few moments until the singing was finished, then trembled violently, tell to the floor, and dieg. , Caleb Cop e’ a cow, in Chester County, Pa. ., has adoptedp two young lambs A dove came upon the premises of a farm- er of Amesbury, Mam, about two years ago and associated itself with the barnyard fowl, assuming their habits, roaming with them through the day and roosting with them at night. \Vheu the fowl are confined the dove remains in their inclosure, although it might easily fly away. ‘ A monkey was given a lump of sugar in- side of a closed bottle. It worried itself sick trying to get at the sugar. Fits of the most ludricrous melancholy alternated with spasms of delight, as a new idea suggested itself, followed by a fresh series of experi- ments. Nothing availed until one day a jar of olives fell from the table with a crash. The result was noticed by the monkey, who instantly hurled his bottle to the floor, and was soon in possession of the lump of sugar. â€"New York Sun. The repute of this preparation as a pro- phylactic in ccntagious fevers is said to have arisen from the confession of four thieves, who, during the plague at Mar- seilles, plundered the dead bodies with per- fect security, and, upon being arrested, stated,on condition of their lives being spared, that the me of aromatic vinegar had preserved them from the influence of contagion. It is on this account sometimes called, “Le vinaigro des quatre voleurs.” It was, however, long used before the plague of Marseilles, for it was the constant custom of Cardinal Wolsey to carry in his hand an orange deprived of its contents and filled with a sponge which had been soaked in vinegar'impregnated with various spices, in order to preserve himself from infection when passing through the crowds which his in lendor or office attracted. . The first p agile raged in 1469, whereas \Volsey died in 1591. Rochester can claim the possession of a robin which, for originality, eccentricity, and enterprise. is chief of its tribe. Tlv bird has built its nest on the main frame of engine'No. 340, of the Central road, betwcm the left forward driving spring hanger and across brace. The en iue runs daily be- tween Rochester and ewitt, going east one day and returning the next. The bird began her task last Sunday while the engine was standing on a side track near the East Rochester engine-house. The engine has made her regular daily trips, but the ener- getic red-breast has kept as faithfully at work as circumstances allowed. and now the nest is completed, all but the soft lin- ing. The little toiler is watched with the greatest interest, and its nest is as safe from interference us it would he in the depths of the forestâ€"Rochester (N. 1'.) Ilm'uhl. Old Chinese Books. The trustees oi the British Museum have lately received from l’ekin some typograph- ical curiosities, in the shape of eight vol- umes containing portions of two Chinese works printed during the thirteenth centu- ry. These books are printed from wooden blocks, and display a marked inequality in the skill of the type cutters. The paper, which is the ordinary Chinese paper, is in the case of one work much discolored by age. The. volumes have evidently been carefully preserved, and at one time be- longed to the library of a Chinese Prince, who, in consequence of a political intrigue, was in 1860 condemned to die by n. silken cord.” llcncc the dispersion of his library. â€"’l”m .ll/mm-mn. A Clorayman’n Bad Memory. The Rev. Arthur Mnraell, of England, says that his own father was one of the most impassioned and powerful extempore orators he ever heard, but he had a bad verbal memory, and “after working us up with a splendid passage of unprepared and im- promptu eloquence. he tried to close the sentence with the text. ‘.\lercy and truth are met together: righteousness and once have kissed each other.’ llut the won 3 es- caped his recollection. and he said : ‘Merey and truth are met together ; anilhâ€"andâ€"and -â€" aud~twn similar Sulltllllt'llti hare kissed each other 1"'â€"â€"('/Iri~liun xiv/row! '. BI‘MM In “13 Brute Creation. A Robin's Curious Freak. A (muon- Invention. Thieves: Vinegar. on- Thé but “atmwberry Shortcake" is made after the formula {or delicate soda binuit. not sweet cake. A tine summer salad is made of mixed fruitsâ€"white and red 'currauts, red and white raspberries, with the juice from a couple of oranges squeezed over them, and a thick layer of powuered sugar. To make a delicious orange ice, take six oranges, use the juice of all and the grated peel of three, two lemon~1 (the juice only), one pint of sugar dissolved in one pint of water: freeze as you do ice-cream. Cosxzm'lcm‘ Stunâ€"Place a little heap of mixed lettuce. chives, water-crass, etc., in the dish, sprinkle a little powdered sugar over it, a little pepper and salt, a little vinegar and olive oil, garnish With beetroot. Household nooolpu (or tho noruwtto ul'd Cook. [Soil six peach kernels in a quzrt of milk to improve boiled custard. Cuiranu jelly is much improved by a flavor of raspberues, and vice term. Salad of lettuce should be sim ly dressed for use in warm weatherâ€" mere y oil, mus- tard. pepper, salt. and vinegar. Eggs are too heating, and a Mayonnaise out of the ques. tion for asummer salad. SOUFFLE or Sm.u\'nsnmus.â€"Press the fruit through a sieve ; put what you have thus obtained intoa bowl, adding one half a pound 6f powdered sugar and the whites of three eggs; beat well, and add any flavor- ing preferred. Then take the whites of six eggs and beat them into a stiff froth. Mix Well together, put this on a dish in a well‘heated oven for five or six minutes before serving. Splinkle powdered sugar on top. STRAWBERRY BLASC MANGE.â€"â€"Press the strawberries, press 011‘ the juice and sweeten it well ; place over the fire and when it boils stir in corn-starch wet in cold water. allow- ing one tablespoonful of corn-starch and one egg for each pint of juice; continue stirring until sufliciently cooked, pour into molds wet in cold water, and set away to cool ; serve with cream and sugar. and fresh strawberries if desired. Turn FBUT’I‘Lâ€"One quart of rich cream, one and a. half ounces of sweet almonds chopped fine, one half pound of sugar; freeze, and when sufliciently congealed add one~half pound (f preserved fruit. witha few white raisins chopped, and finely-sliced citron; cut the fruit small and mix well with the cream. Freeze like ice-cream; keep on ice until required. CHERRY onnlxu. â€"-Mix three table- apoonsful of flour to a smooth paste with part of 3 int of milk; then add the re- mainder. Varm one ounce of butter, and stir it in, or add a (up of cream ; three eggs well beaten and a pinch of salt. Stone one pound of cherries, and stir them into the batter. Tie up in a pudding cloth, or put into a. shape, and boil two hours. Serve with sweet liquid sauce. Small new potatoes require care in cook- ing, and sometimes a ecial methods. Scrape them to remoxe the s inâ€"it comes off Very easily--aml have hot dripping unsalted in the kettle in which you f1y cakes. Wash the potatoe‘, wipe them dry, then drop them into the hot. land. They will require from twenty to tWeuCy- five unit when to cook, and should be of a delicate bruw.n Turn them often. PEAS Coomzn I." Exuusu STYLE. â€"-- Boil the peas in plenty of water, and as fast as possible, with salt to taste, and a small bunch of mint. [)0 not cover the saucepan. \Vhen done remove the mint, strain the peas, give them one toss in a saucepan with .1 piece of butter the siz: of an egg; add pepper, salt. and serve. PEAS IN Ann-:mmx STYLEâ€"Only enough water is used to boil them tender. \Vhen dry, add rich milk and plenty of butter, set them on the back of the stove to simmer ten or fifteen minutes, which brings this dressing to a creamy consistency. Season with salt and pepper. Selefl; one weighing not less than three pounds ; clean, wash and wipe dry. Make a stuffing with bread-crumbs soaked out with a little milk, and mixed with a small piece of butter, a pinch of salt. and a beaten egg’. Stuli‘ the fish not too full, and sew up the opening, which should only helarge enough to permit thorough cleaning. \Vhen the fish is in the hakin -pan, pour a cupful of hot water over it. fiiake in a quick oven about one hour, busting frequently. \Vhen done, re- move the thread, place on a. dish and cover to keep hot until served. An cog sauce is proper for dressing. .1: teaspoonful of salt. 1 bea‘en cue. I boiled “ 1 pint of boiled water. Beat the flour and butter to a cream, add the boiling water and mix well until smooth; now boil until it thickens, then remove to one side of the stove, and stir in the salt and beaten egg. Cut the boiled egg into small pieces, and just before serving the sauce, stir them in. l5TRA\\'lIF.RR\'-(‘.~\K E AN ll (‘ltl-IAM. Make a sponge-cake, and bake it in two thin layers, in a iong biscuit-pan. Select ripe berries, and place a thile layer, with sugar sifted over them, between the layers of the sponge-cake, while it is yet warm. Place a thick layer of the berries also over the top. l‘uta pint of sweetmilk on the ice to cool: and when cold beat it to a froth and pour over the berries and cake when they are cold. Cream cannot be beaten to a froth unless it is very cold. GRAHAM lllfl‘l'l'f‘. Take very thick warm Graham porridge, cover the kneading board with Graham flour, and knead the porridge into it until the dough is stiff enough to roll out nicely. Roll about an inch thick, cut in any shape preferred, and bake about half an hour in a quick oven. Look at them when they have been in twenty minutes. l.l‘..\l().\' JELLY. ‘2 ounces of (,‘oopsr‘s (ielatine. l}, pounds of sugar. Adam and Eve established the first ap- pclhte court. l tnhlespoonful of flour. 1 " butter. BOII SUIIIB DISHES. BAKED FISH EGG-SAUCE. o» 4->â€"â€"â€"~ Piuked out “ounces of silk are used an trimming for mantles, bonnets, gowns, and granola. In many of the summer dress fabrics there is shown in the coloringa an inclination towards tusthetio yellows. Novel and unique are the raw silks, showing designs copied from stained glass. Satins will be worn ; those of figured designs are just now preferred. Light qualitiel of flannel aw desirable for mountain expeditious. Pointed bonnet fronts, the large turnures, and high-shouldered sleeves are three fea- tures of spring toilets. There is great scope for selections in dress importation. Diversity in style is very marked, giving 31 cry lady perfect liberty to bung out. her own ideas In dress. New overakirts have a gathered puff at the top and ride instead of Dcmg flat there, and are worn with very short bakquen that rest on this puff but do not conceal its full. Satinettea with a glossy finish are of great importance this season. Black velvet necklets are worn high about the throat and fastened by diamond gatuds. Fans are to be worn suspended from the waist and en suite with the coatunm. They are made of figured satine, foulard, or Chin- ese pongee, and are mounted on bamboo or colored wood. Many of the “ Auld Lang Syne ” goods have been brought forward, for example, black nlpacca. This material has been great- ly improved, and now ranks as one of the best textures for summer use. Iris tinted buttons made of metal are favored. There are a number of singular designs in fancy buttonsâ€"brightly colored designs, such as sunflowers, all kinds of in- sects, birdu’ heads, wild beasts, etc. The traveling cloak for young ladies‘ sum- mer journeys is a. cheviot Newmarket closely fitted from neck to foot, with checks of mingled ecru, garnet, brown, and olive. There isa pointed hood with garnet silk lining. \Vhite mull morning dresses are made with a \Vatteau plait from the shoulders, and are trimmed across the front with alter- nate frills of lace and embroidery. Salmon or dark blue changeable satin ribbons are tied in front in many bows. Velvet apjfliques are rich, and just here the artistic ressmaker has a fine opportun- ity to display her taste. J et fringe passem- euteries are arranged in a repeated design, so that the trimming may be detached at intervalsI. each section forming a. separate ornament or moxif. A very chic traveling costume his the redingote made of dark green lady’s cloth, with no trimming. The skirt and small apron draperies are richly adorned with aoutaehe embroidery. The turban is made of the same material. On one side is placed a pretty plume of a shade to blend with the dress tint. What. Brought um. I was sitting one Sunday morning with a. newspaper in one hand, feeling really miser- able. My wife and oldest boy had gone to church. I heard the other children talking, and the question fell' upon my ear, “ Horace, when you are a man, wh ch will you doâ€"go to church like momma does, or stay at home always and read the news- 98993;.” ‘ t‘ I,” said Horace, eight years old, with great empxsis on the I, " shall do neither. 1 shall not go to church, and I shall not sit about at home. I shall have a big horse ; and Jamie Lincoln and I will go a riding,and go right :3._w‘z_1y an(l_ha\'e lots of fun." ‘- U The cnild’s words set me thinking. I saw my own boy in company with others of the loosest and most unpriucipledpf men and, perhaps. women, spending his time in a way which would break his mother’s heart, I thought of my white-haired old father and my placid. amiable mother, both gone; saw them quietly walking side by side to church in the old country town, and as children fol- lowing. I could not sit' another five min- utes. Up I rose, and, putting on my hat and coat, went to the church, and slipped into a pew in the rear, and heard the ser- mon, or tried to hear it, for that boy’s speech had taken possession of my soul, and had filled it, My wife was astonished to see me waiting for her at the church noor. “ I thought I would come and meet you,” was all I said.â€"(,'ongr(.'gnliolmlist. .-\ fearful water spout occurred a few miles above Dixie and about nine miles east of this town. Near the scene of the deluge stood the house of \Villiam Bruntou, a far- mer. built in a gulch and a little to one side. The inmates suddenly heard a roaring. strange noise, semctl‘iiiw‘fihey‘ had never heard before. They rushed out to 'see what was coming or what had happened, but the night was pitch dark, and they couhl not see their hands before their faces. A young lady, named Delia Lament, stepped off of the porch, and the boisterous flood swept her away into the darkness and gloom. This arouscé the family, and they began to look out for their little ones, butlo, Charley Bruuton, a little boy ten years old, was al- ready missing, but what could they do? The night was frightful, yet they started out and lmutcd for the lost ones. Next day the water receded, and toward noon the dead bodies of the boy and young lady were found amid a pile of brush and drift wood, near Dixie school house. That whole community is in mourning.-â€" From the Walla Walla W old: man. The death of Sir John O‘h'hanassy of the colony of Victoria is just announced. 1‘40 more remarkable colonial politician has ever lived. He was several times l’rima Minis- ter. and really was the founder of the Home {ule Constitution of the colony. for which service he was knighted, though for a time he was regarded as a rebel. He sprang from the Irish peasant class, and always identified himself with his Irish fellow colonists, hav- ing been for years the leader of the Catholic party, as it is called in Victoria. ”0 was the promoter of the splendid contribution from Australia for the relieiof the lust Irish famine. Though a keen lover of his native Lind, he was, after the O'Connell typo, ever loyal to Queen Victoria and the imperial (:m‘ernn’ent. FASHION NOTES. A Cloud Burst. ‘3- 'l‘he «(Lots of music on the mind and body in disease or in states 0! emotionâ€"anotlu‘ torm. rhaps, oi diseaseâ€"has been recou- nized i'om time immemorial. The legend of David and the effect of his harp-playing on the mind and mood of his sovereign is known to all. In connection nith this story we may remark that the acutest of all observers, the ancient Greeks, attributed wi ely u‘ilfer- ent effects to the diti'crent kinds of instruc meats. Thus an exciting. maddening effect was attributed to the wood wind, the furiose tibia, while the stringed instruments were soothing and consoling. This line of obser- vation is worth following out to some con- clusion, but does not come a ithin the scope of this article. There is no doubt, however, of the effects of music on the sick. It is not only a tent distraction which moves the heart, ut an energetic modifier of the or- ganism on which it acts by the intermediary of the nervous system. The power of music is very strong among the sick and convales- cent. When a band passes near a hospital, the patients rush to the windows. You should see the exuberant joy of the Him, the paralytic, the qileptic, when a concert is given in the asylum. _ Music callus physical pain and assuages mental pain ; it dulls the sufferings of those who have leen vanquished or wounded in the stxife of life ; it dissipates that weariness which is akin to disease. The return to one’s classical reminiscences, the modicil men in Homer recommend music to Ulysses to heal him from the nervous ins caused by the wound received by a wi d boar, and the hero is restored to serenity. The great physician, Asclepiades, advises this trait- ment in all cases of frenzy, and this advice has been recognized as wise by the great French chemist, Pinel. Albert, Duke of Bavaria, could allay the pangs of gout only by music, and Dr. Gessner cites the case of an Italian whose sciatic neuralgia could be assuaged only by dance music: \Vefimight quote thousands of observai ionr, more or less scientific, concerning the influ- ence of music on health. But it is the care of mental and nervous diseases, deliriun‘, melancholy hysteria, lethargy, insomnia, rc- ligious monomania that we see the applica- tion of mmic to medicine. By changing the mode we c or cure the excited, furious luna- tic=, as u. ell as the low-spirited, melancholy lunatics. To furious delirium a music soft and languorous is prescribed, to the despon- dent and oispirited, the tones of a gay and lively strain are beneficial. \Ve meet (on- tinumly ix nuples of this powerful effect of um i:. Mothers and nurses calm their ba- bies by s urging. Nervous women often for- get at a concert their whims and fancies. Some people can only digest when they hear music. Voltaire was one of these, and this explains his constant attendance at the opera. Mmic affects the nervous system. and seeondar ly the heart, then the circula- tion, the paces of which it modifies, either by accelerating or retarding it, making it regular or irregular, according to the rhythm, ' the tone or the mood. This organic action of music displays itself most i:i women and in nervous and sickly persons, as well as in convalescents whose blood is not rich enough to impose silence on the nerves. 'l‘he elfects of music on the nervous system, form, as it were, another life in life. It is not only on the. moral passions and the sensitive life that music exercises its tyrannic empirr. The most robust peasant, the hardiest mariner, the railroad employe, all are .~ trengthened for their work by tue rhythms of .opular one. Marshal SaXe observed that so diers on the march were less wearied if music was played than when sum. silence was kcp‘. l"very day we can see girls of a chlorusnem qnes diathes‘s, incapable of walking ten steps without palpitation of the heart, dance all night Vb ithout fatigue. The action of music is a physical one, as is proved by the fact that all the reptile representatives of the animal kingdom are sensible to i‘. Every one knows the story of Gretry and the spi- der, which came down to the p.ano wh .never he played. (3n the other hand, the abuse of music produces in certain frail and impressionable organisms an intense nervous exaltation. In these subjects the face flushes, the eyes grow bright, the respiration is broken, a general voluptuous vibration accompanied by a spasmodic agitation, cramps in the stomach, cold shivers down the spine, mani- fest themselves under the influence of music. The attackâ€"for it is a. veritable attackâ€" euds in tears, and leaves the patient in a state of inexpreseible fatigue. It will be s: on that nervous sensations so profound ul- timately affect the cerebro-spinal centres, they develop pathological symptoms; at first slightly marked, they end in epilepsy, hys- teria, melancholy and mental aberration. -llow many musicians have ended their days in alnnatic asylum ! _ Such abuse of music ought to be carefully avoided. In persons whose sympathetic system is easily aflected, certain symphonies and complicated harmonic combinations, which excite nervous temperaments, must rarely be heard. Every one knows that in general the major is gay, the minor solemn. But from a hygienic point of view, distrust symphonic works. l‘he more simple the music and the more elementary the orches- tration.thc easier is the piece to comprehend, the more favorable it is to health, and the more compatible with the equilibrium of the nervous system.â€"zlluxic and Drama. Tho Docnv 01‘ Tooth. A German observer concludes that the tooth most often affected by decay is the third molar, 8110.! cases forming one-half o the total number. The teeth begin to decay in a ccrtmn successive order, the lower third molar being first attacked, then the upper, then the lower fourth molar, and so on, the incisors and the canine teeth of the lever jztw being the htst reached. The upper teeth are more durable than the lmu-r in the proportion of three to two. The right twtll show a. greater vitality than the lelr. The durability of teeth is less in light persons than in dark and less in tall than in short persons. These results were obtained by rm exaluinntion of 650 Russian soldiers, of whom 258 had unsound teeth. A lady whose husband had been dead three days was weepin and lamenting: “ Ah, mother," she crici, all at once, mis- ing her eyes to hem en. “1 would give hill of my lile if it were a week later.” ' \\ hy, my child. 9" 'l he widow, looking at the pho- togrnph of the dccea:ed with a tender {ill V r I ”Became I should then thunk no more about him." III-lo And Health. .«Fâ€"O