attack discoloration alone, which is not accompanied with discomfort; for a berry-brown skin is not unsightly; a vote of the human race would probably be preponderatingly in favor of a tan complexion-at all events, it is asserted that brown races never grow reconciled to the pallor of pale faces; whereas, on the contrary, when white men have to live among dark-skinned races, they not only grow accustomed to the brown complexion, but even prefer it to their own. So we white people are not of the right color after all. However, as "Dot" prefers to remain white during the coming summer, she may use the violet powder, assisted by whatever protection in the way of bonnets and sunshades the current fashion may allow. Of all the prescriptions for removing the sunburn (if once got), rubbing the face with a lemon and cucumber parings is, perhaps, the simplest and best. To remove the discomfort of sunburn, as distinct from its stain, hazeline is good, and so is elder-water, and glycerine and cucumber-in fact, most of the lotions sold for the purpose-and they are numerous-have something in their favor.-Ex.

WARTS.

The cures for warts are exceedingly numerous. These which follow are given in the order of their ease and accessibility; but the needle plan, which comes nearly last, bears the palm for speed and certainty. In all cases where a solvent is employed, the hard, insensitive crown of the wart should be previously pared off, but not so deeply as to cause bleeding. And in most cases it is advisable to protect the adjacent skin either with a circle of vaseline or a piece of plaster with a hole in the middle which just fits the wart. Then apply as often as convenient, either the white juice of sow-thistle (sonchus oleraceus) which grows everywhere; or the yellow juice of greater celendine (chelidonium majus) which prefers the vicinity of human dwellings; or the exceedingly corrosive, creamy sap of sun-spurge (euphorbia helioscopia), which likes. gardens and cultivated fields. The next few remedies involve going to a chemist, namely, lunar caustic, once or twice a day, glacial acetic acid, salicylic acid and creosote, iodine and carbolic acid, or caustic potash, which is dangerous stuff. A piece of raw beef steeped twelve hours in vinegar and then held to the wart with rag or sticking-plaster is pronounced a sure cure in about a fortnight. The needle cure does its

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work in about ten minutes, of course, not counting the healing of the It is done by running a darning-needle through the middle of the wart and holding the end of the needle in the flame of a candle. The heat is conducted along the steel so as to destroy the vitality of the wart, which is not so terrible a process as it sounds; nevertheless, as it demands a little pluck, I have put it last on the list, and advise having some kind of forceps at hand to withdraw the hot needle if required.

THE MEDICINAL VALUE OF THE YELLOW MARIGOLD.

Doubtless few of our readers have any conception of the great medicinal value of the flower of the common yellow marigold, known in medicine as calendula, for cuts, superficial wounds, and bruises; we know of nothing as an external application, nearly so meritorious as this simple garden flower. It is far superior to arnica, although the latter possesses great merit. We advise every reader in whose garden the yellow marigold may grow to carefully pick this flower and dry a good supply of the flowers each season. These flowers, when thoroughly dried, should be placed in a bottle and covered with diluted alcohol-that is, one-half alcohol and one-half water; keep well corked. When needed for cuts, wounds, or bruises, put a teaspoonful of this tincture in a half cup of water, and saturate a cloth in this solution and bind round the wounded part: it may smart slightly for a moment, but this soon passes away, when in a short time the injured part will be cured.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SOMNAMBULISM.

The Daily Telegraph's Paris correspondent says:-An extraordinary case of somnambulism is reported from one of the rural districts. According to the accounts which have reached Paris, the patient is a young man whose legs have been completely paralyzed for some time. In his usual health, he is unable to move without the help of crutches, but when the fit is on him he can walk long distances without the slightest assistA few nights ago he got up and started for a neighboring village, followed by some of his relatives, who never lose sight of him when he

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is in this condition. He arrived without misadventure at the house of a friend, knocked at the door, and asked for refreshment. After having rested for a few moments he returned home, and, as it was still very early in the morning, he sat down on a bench and waited until the people came out of their houses. He then went to bed, and awoke a few hours afterwards without feeling the least fatigue, though he had walked more than ten miles, nor had he the slightest remembrance of the expedition which he had undertaken. The case is said to be exciting the utmost interest throughout the Department, and to be the subject of universal discussion.

A BOY MESMERIST.

The News, of Detroit, Mich., gives an account of Willard McKay, a fourteen year old mesmerist, who has furnished much amusement for the spectators at Wonderland. He is probably the youngest mesmerist in the country giving public performances. Two years ago his parents moved to Marine City, and it was there, while playing with some school children, that he first discovered that he had a mesmeric power. The little boys and girls that played with Master Willard soon found that he could do as he pleased with them. His father took note of the child's power, and saw that he had the same influence over adults. His performance at Wonderland is unique only in that the mesmerist is such a young person. Those whom he mesmerizes are absolutely in his power, and he makes them do all sorts of ridiculous things, as he wills. He says that the work does not usually tire him, but at times he gets hold of an obstreperous subject, who takes hold of something to resist his influence, and that this exhausts him. He holds as many as four persons under his influence at the same time, and makes them perform different feats.

His hair is long and The chin whiskers are chops are joined with

His father, Willard McKay, who travels with him, delights to talk about his son, and has an exalted idea of what he can do. He is rather short, but bulky, and with a very mild manner. his whiskers are also long and of two lengths. allowed to grow untrammeled, but those from his a Psyche knot, hidden by his chin adornments. "Oh, it's a wonderful power my boy has," said Mr. McKay. "I am an old soldier, and contracted rheumatism in the army. Don't you know that he cured me of

When he first laid his two

that? Yes, he did; he cheated the grave.
hands upon my forehead, I jumped as if I was shot, and hurled him
from me. I couldn't stand the power. But he kept rubbing me and
passing his hands over me until I was well. Oh, but he has great curing
powers. And he is such a good boy. Every body likes him. Yes, we
are going to travel all over the country. Does it tire him? Oh, no, he
likes it."

STANDARDS OF BEAUTY.

Fashion alone

Standards of beauty are different in different ages. not only changes ideas of graceful form but she changes the human form itself. A physiologist shows that since the introduction of the corset, "the perfect feminine figure" in art has changed. Even the nude woman of the nineteenth century is different from the model of past centuries. The Venus of Milo, which since her discovery in the Island of Milos, in 1820, has been accepted as the most perfect ancient type of beauty, would measure about as follows, figured down to a woman of 5 feet 4 inches high: Neck, 14% inches; bust, 36 inches; immediately under bust, 31 inches; so-called waist line, 30 inches; hips, 42 inches; length of foot, 93 inches; upper arm, 12 inches. The strong point of comparison with modern models is that there is a difference of but six and a half inches between the waist measure and bust measure. The sculptor of the Venus believed in a full waist and a small bust. His goddess, should she shrink to five feet four inches in height, would wear a No. 6 shoe. Most of the great painters of the earlier days agree with the sculptors. The nude figure in Titian's "Earthly and Heavenly Love" has an extremely slight curve at the waist line, and there are dozens of illustrations to the same ideal.

SUNLIGHT.

Houses in places otherwise unexceptionable are often so closely overhung with trees as to be in a state of humidity, owing to the prevention of a free circulation of air and a free admission of the sun's rays. Trees growing against the walls of houses, and shrubs in confined places near dwellings, are injurious also as favoring humidity. At the proper

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distance, on the other hand, trees are favorable to health. On this principle it may be understood how the inhabitants of one house suffer from various ills as the consequence of living in a confined, humid atmosphere, while their nearest neighbors, whose houses are otherwise situated, enjoy good health; and even how one side of a large building fully exposed to the sun and a free circulation of air may be healthy, while the other side, overlooking shaded courts or gardens, is unhealthy.

SPIRITUAL EVIDENCE.

While our spiritual senses are closed we have no sensible recognition of the spirits and spiritual things around us, and therefore we ought to accept other reliable evidence of their existence, as do those who are born blind and deaf accept various evidences of the existence of light and sound. We do not accept the modern theory of the motions and relations to each other of the heavenly bodies because Copernicus declared it and astonomers since him believe it to be correct; but we are convinced of its correctness by its explanations of our seasons, the phases of the moon, eclipses and the possibility of their prediction, the motion of moons around some of the planets, and from many other things. So are thousands of people now convinced of the truth of what Swedenborg writes concerning the spiritual world and the formation and government of nature from it, as well as of his explanation of the spiritual or internal sense of the Word of God, and the truth of the doctrine of correspondence of natural with spiritual things, not because he says he saw, heard and perceived the things he mentions, but by the many proofs that these things must be so, fully comprehended by themselves.-Mount Joy Herald.

THWARTING THE DIVINE WILL.

Mr. J. J. Dukes, a prominent citizen of Americus, Ga., has got into trouble. Not long since he had a neat home built, and had it fitted up in a nice and comfortable manner. As is usual, he had hardly completed his building before the irrepressible lightning rod agent put in his appearance, and with suave manner and smooth language brought