Earlier text: Impressions of the Sunday Law ConventionA Century of Protestant Missions.
IN an article in the Missionary Review for September, entitled "A Century of Protestant Missions," Rev. James Johnson of England says:— We rejoice in the work accomplished by modern Christian missions, while we mourn over the sad fact that the increase of the heathen is, numerically, about seventy times greater than that of the converts during the century of missions [from 1786 to 1886]. It is true that converts multiply in a much more rapid ratio, but the number to be multiplied is so small in the one case and so large in the other that the prospect of the former overtaking the latter in any measurable period seems hopeless at the present rate. With one or two slight exceptions the Christian is not perceptibly overtaking the heathen population, except among nations that are numerically stagnant or races that are dying out. Those who calculate on Christian missions converting the world at the present rate of increase, strangely overlook the annual increase of the heathen by birth-rate. The increase of the population of the world during this last century is altogether unprecedented in the historic period. The early Christian centuries cannot be brought into comparison with it. The population of Europe during the decline of the Roman Empire, and after its overthrow, must have been almost stationary and in many cases retrograde. If it had increased at the rate at which Europe has increased during this nineteenth century, its inhabitants to-day would have been thousands of times the population of the whole world. This fact made it much easier for the early Christian Church to overtake the population of the Roman Empire, than it is for missions to overtake the populations of the world in the present day. England doubles its inhabitants in seventy-two years, and Scotland, with its greater rate of emigration, in seventy-four years. The Saxon races on the continent increase fully as fast; and although the Latin races increase more slowly, the Russians more than make up by an almost double ratio, while America, the great outlet for the redundant population of Europe, doubles its population in twenty-five years. The computation for the increase in India is one per cent. per annum, and the careful census of 1881, compared with that of 1871, shows that it is not far from the truth. In spite of specially severe famines, the actual increase gives fully seven per cent. in the ten years, which would double the inhabitants in 102 years. Thoughtful men are staggered by this rapid increase of populations in view of the limit to the increase of food supply. It is already felt in India, and Mr. Giffen, in his presidential lecture at the opening of the session of the Statistical Society in 1882, called attention to the fact that the United States of America would in twenty-five years be fully occupied with its population of one hundred millions, and "that the conditions of their economic growth will be fundamentally altered." In view of the present rate of increase of the population, we may say that the economic condition of the whole world will be fundamentally changed during the next century, and long before it has run its course. It seems as if the old command, "increase and multiply and replenish the earth," were soon to reach its consummation, preparatory to some grand climax in the history of our race. Prophecy and the laws of population are, like converging lines, pointing to one issue in the near future. Never had those words of the apostle such significance, "This I say, brethren, the time is short." Theorists talk of restraints on the increase of population. That, if it does not mean the application of the Darwinian theory to the human family—the destruction of the weak by the strong—means the consumption of the strong by the weak. By an eternal law the nation that ceases to grow begins to decay. The lean and ill-favored kine will eat up the fat and well favored, as in the days of Pharaoh. But this question of increase is too large a subject for a tract. It is enough to note the fact and its bearing on the possibility of Christian Missions, with their three millions of converts, overtaking the increasing one thousand millions of heathen and Mohammedans in the world. Another sad thought oppresses when we think of the slow rate of the increase of missions. Not only has the heathen and Mohammedan population increased by two hundred millions, while the three millions have been added to the church, three generations of men, women, and children have passed into eternity during that century of missions. That means the death of more than two thousand millions, without the consolations of our Christian hope, and without the knowledge of the love of God. Lesson XIII.—The Two Sons.
1. WHERE did Jesus spend the last Sabbath before his crucifixion? “Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.” John 12 : 1, 2. 2. What occurred after supper? “Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.” Verse 3. 3. What attracted great numbers of people when they learned that Jesus was at Bethany? “Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there; and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.” Verse 9. 4. What troubled the chief priests? “Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.” Verse 11. 5. How did they propose to put an end to this annoyance? “But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death.” Verse 10. 7. What was among the chief causes for this demonstration by the people? “The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bear record. For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle.” John 12 : 17, 18. 8. When the Pharisees saw such honor paid to Jesus, what did they say among themselves? “The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.” Verse 19. 9. On the next morning (Monday), as Jesus was again on his way to the temple, what caused him to curse a fig-tree? “Now in the morning, as he returned into the city, he hungered. And when he saw a fig-tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward forever. And presently the fig-tree withered away.” Matt. 21 : 18, 19. 10. What was the effect of this curse? 11. What bold action did Jesus take in the temple the same day? “And they come to Jerusalem; and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves; and would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple. And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.” Mark 11 : 15–17. 12. What acts of mercy did he perform? “And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.” Matt. 21 : 14. 13. How did these things affect the chief priests and scribes? “And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were sore displeased.” Verse 15. 14. What did they say to Jesus? “And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea, have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise.” Verse 16. 15. How did he answer them? Same verse. 16. How might the cursing of the fig-tree illustrate the fate of these hypocritical priests and rulers?—The curse of God was about to fall upon them, because they were unfaithful, and did not bear the fruits of good works. 17. Where did Jesus lodge at night? “And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.” Matt. 21 : 17. 18. What did the disciples notice on Tuesday morning, as they were returning to the temple? “And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots.” Mark 11 : 20. 19. What lesson of faith did Jesus draw from this? “Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” Verse 24. 20. What important condition did he lay down for the prayer of faith? “And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any; that your Father also which is in Heaven may forgive you your trespasses.” Verse 25. 21. As Jesus came into the temple, and began to teach, how was his authority questioned? “And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority.” Matt. 21 : 23. 22. What proposition did he make? “And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.” Verse 24. 23. What question did he then ask? “The baptism of John, whence was it? from Heaven, or of men?” Verse 25. 24. How did the priests then reason among themselves? “And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From Heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? But if we shall say, Of men, we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.” Verses 25, 26. 25. How did the conversation end? “And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.” Verse 27. 26. How did Jesus then illustrate the condition of these conceited priests?—By the parable of the two sons. “But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not; but afterward he repented, and went. And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir; and went not.” Matt. 21 : 28–30. 28. When Jesus had related the parable, what question did he ask? “Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.” Verse 31. 29. How did they answer him? Same verse. 30. What startling announcement did Jesus then make to them? 31. What reasons did he give for making such a statement? “For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.” Verse 32. 32. Which of the sons represented the priests to whom Jesus was talking? WE are exhorted to be “zealously affected always in a good thing.” Our zeal is to be continuous and not exhibited by fits and starts. We are not to rotate between the torrid and frigid zones. Our zeal should be as great in summer as in winter. And then, we should always be zealous in a good cause; not zealous at one season of the year for God, and at another for Satan. Our zeal should be regular, and its object unchangeable. We should constantly aim with all our might at the accomplishment of some worthy end. We should be zealous in promoting some good cause.—Sel. Health and Ill-Health in Women.
By Lucy M. Hall
AMONG the especially pernicious tendencies in the dress of women we find:—
First, compression and fixation of the body about the waist.
Second, too great weight of clothing; passing vagaries, as tight sleeves and the wearing of décolleté costumes.
Third, insufficient protection of the lower extremities in cold weather, feet included.
Fourth, improperly shaped shoes.
Fifth, intricacies and unnecessary varieties in attire. First, by compression and fixation of the body from the middle of the chest nearly to the hips, with what organs have we interfered? Alas! the very ones which are hourly, aye, momentarily, furnishing the vital stream with that which must support the whole system in the myriad internal activities which go to make up our existence—the very ones which most need to do their work unhindered. Just under the line of greatest compression are the delicate and complicated processes of digestion going on; five, six, seven busy organs or sections of organs making material which is to fly first to the lungs, for a final vivifying touch, then to the brain and muscle and bone, strengthening, refreshing, and upbuilding. Cramped, pushed upon each other, and displaced upward and downward, their work is laboriously and imperfectly done, and every part must suffer in consequence. Even here the trouble does not end. The chest walls are interfered with and cannot properly expand, and action of the diaphragm is made nearly impossible; consequently respiration is but imperfectly performed. Not such a very serious matter, perhaps you think; and yet you know that, although the blood has been replenished from the immediate products of digestion, it is yet loaded with impurities and is unfit for nourishment until after it has come in contact with the air in the cells of the lungs. Also, every drop of blood in the body must be returned to these air-cells three times in each minute to be freed from the products of waste and change in the tissues; otherwise the blood becomes charged with a deadly poison. If by any means the power of expansion of any portion of the lungs is cut off, just to that degree is the poisoned blood robbed of its chances for purification. Carry the interference a little further, and dizziness and a feeling of pressure about the temples will ensue; further, and death—death from the excess of poison which could find no escape from the blood, and from the lack of the vivifying element which could find no room for ingress. We call this suffocation, asphyxia; but these are only the names which we give to the direful consequences of the blood-stream being unrelieved from its impurities and freshly supplied with oxygen even for a few moments. And for every inch of expansion of which you deprive your lungs, just to that degree will impaired vitality and irritated nerve-centers revenge themselves upon you. Another evil of compression is the crowding of the superjacent upon the pelvic organs by pressure from above, changing the position from the normal, deranging the circulation, and laying the foundation for future disease and disaster. Again, the body laced into steel and whalebone, with the snugly fitting bodice over all, is held in an almost immovable splint. The naturally strong, flexible muscles of the back are robbed of their legitimate work, until, through inactivity and pressure and heat, they become weakened and atrophied, and the sufferer's complaints of backache and of inability to hold herself up when her corsets are removed are but too well founded. The artificial has interfered with the growth and destroyed the efficiency of the natural supports, and yet the victim never suspects this. Then, too, when the waist has failed to develop, or has become attenuated from constant pressure upon the muscles, the permanent bending inward of the ribs, and the displacement of the internal organs, the sense of pressure is destroyed, and the girl believes she does not lace; but let a deep, full inspiration be attempted, one which should freely expand the chest and open the cells of the poor, unused—or misused—lower lobes of the lungs, it will be found that the effort will end in ignominious failure. We thus have every normal bodily function interfered with, lowered vitality, perishing muscles, and jangling nerves all making their woeful protest. And for what? Alas! for the mistaken idea that a pinched, deformed, immobilized body is more beautiful than one fashioned by the hand of God. Second, when we consider the amount of material which fashion demands, or rather permits, in the making of dresses, the heavy drapings and plaitings, fold upon fold, the braids and buttons, the beads and tassels and tags, it is no wonder that many a weary woman has been dragged by them to a sick-bed, to her grave, or, worse still, to remain a chronic invalid, always to be cared for at the hands of the family doctor or a specialist. The length of the skirt, for street wear especially, is a matter of much importance to health. The most direct and dangerous result of skirts too long is that they become damp around the bottom whenever streets or sidewalks are wet, and the feet and ankles are from this contact made the medium of derangements of the circulation, and often of congestions of sensitive organs, serious disturbances to health thus being engendered. A little care in the selection of light instead of heavy material for a dress, linings and trimmings included, would obviate the unnecessary weight. Suitability of length is a matter still more easily controlled. One day last winter a nervous, overworked teacher came into my office, threw off her cloak, and sat down with a groan. I lifted the garment, and exclaimed at its great weight: "Yes," she said, "it is a terrible load to carry; I believe it is killing me." Whether she saved her life by substituting the short, light, warmly lined wrap which I advised I am unable to say; certain it is that her health rapidly improved after the change. Except for driving, long, heavy cloaks of sealskin, seal plush, or other material of great weight, are unsuitable and injurious. The jet-trimmed wraps worn in warmer weather are little better, some of these weighing twenty pounds or more. The use of jet in the making and garnishing of bonnets, so much in vogue at present, is harmful, as the weight is so great as to tire the muscles of the back of the neck, cause headache and a general feeling of weariness. The wearing of tight sleeves impedes the circulation, interferes with muscular action, and makes the wearer nervous and uncomfortable. To such a degree has this silly fashion been carried that in many cases the wearers have been unable to raise their hands to the head or even to the throat. Of the exposures entailed by the wearing of sleeveless, neckless, nearly shoulderless dresses, the outrage to both the physical and moral nature of woman is about equal, and equally patent to any unprejudiced mind. It is an unhealthy fashion in more ways than one. Third, the warmth of the lower extremities should be secured by drawers reaching to the ankle; the texture and the number of pairs required being determined by the state of the weather and the necessities of the wearer. Clara Barton, when working so bravely on the battle-fields of our own and of other countries, was wont to wear dress, skirt, and drawers all of one plain, dark material, and she has assured me that the many advantages of this arrangement had no small share in enabling her to withstand the fatigues and exposures of her self-imposed labors. The shoes commonly worn are too light, and are not properly shaped. The favorite French kid is quite unsuitable for street wear in cold or damp weather. On a raw winter's day I saw two ladies enter a street-car. Each wore a long, heavy seal cloak, and light, thin-soled French kid shoes. One was red, almost purple, in the face; the other pale as a ghost. One was gasping for breath, with her blood all surging toward her head; the other panting and weak, with not much blood to go in any direction. That they both had feet like ice I will venture to assert. Fourth, the shape of the shoe is a matter of importance in a double sense. That the high-heeled shoe throws a part of the body out of its normal axis and prevents the natural spring of the foot, and that narrow toes cause a multiplicity of local ills, are grave objections; but nature is bountiful, and will adjust herself in a measure to such interferences. The backaches and headaches caused by the unnatural jar which comes to these parts from pegging about upon feet with the elasticity and spring all taken out of them, can be borne. If the discomfort caused by corns, bunions, or ingrowing nails makes you still more nervous, and possibly a little cross, your friends will probably bear with you, and an occasional trip on the stair or a sprained ankle now and then will not hurt your sister, though it may be a little hard upon you. The most serious objection is that women with such shoes and such feet will not, or rather cannot, walk. They ride up and down in the street cars or other conveyances, instead of taking the vigorous tramp which would put new life into their lagging pulses, new strength into their muscles, new vigor into every movement. Imagine a woman with a corsage which renders a full inspiration impossible, sleeves so tight that the arms ache from pressure, ten to twenty pounds of skirts hanging from her hips and twisting about her ankles, as many pounds of cloak suspended from her shoulders, and narrow-toed, high-heeled shoes on her feet, trying to take a six or ten mile walk! Surely nature made a wise provision for the human race when she made women hard to kill, otherwise the world would soon be depopulated for lack of mothers.765 The degree to which servant girls, shop girls—all that struggling class of women—imitate their mistresses and the fine ladies with whom they come in contact in this matter of tight-lacing, skirt-trimming, foot-torturing, and all the rest of it, is a potent reason for much of the illness, the low wages, or the failure to achieve an honest self-support among them. Even the raw recruits who come to us, flushed and brown from over the sea, to take up the burden of our household toil, soon succumb to this evil influence, and suffer accordingly. Fifth, of the intricacies and complications, the variety and elaborateness, of woman's attire, the evil to herself is that it requires much of thought and attention, to the exclusion of higher and better things. Even among the rich, much personal care and labor is expended upon it, while among those of moderate means it becomes a burden of ceaseless toil, keeps the women of the family confined to the house in cramped positions, and is the source of much anxiety and of expense not easily borne, the latter being too often met by scrimping in the necessaries of life. To those girls who are trying to earn a livelihood by long hours of daily toil, who eat cheap lunches in order that they may buy cheaper silks, who bend over their sewing late at night and go to their work with pale faces and tired limbs the next day, it adds another reason for the interruption to or the breaking down in health of these unthinking and short-sighted creatures. Many thoughtful women—by far the larger share of them, women of wealth and culture—are adopting various modifications in their dress, all calculated to promote the health of the wearer. Ladies of the above class are also the especial patrons of the various dress reform establishments, where the best models of hygienic clothing can be procured. At these places are to be found a variety of health waists, skirts of light weight which can be buttoned to them, Alpha or other undergarments, clothing the body from neck to wrists and ankles, fitting the figure perfectly, while the elastic nature of the fabric gives free play to the muscles. "Common sense" shoes, with low heels, soles of suitable width, and leather of suitable thickness for house or street wear, form a necessary accompaniment of these sensible garments, and are gaining new friends daily. If every mother of a young and growing daughter would put her into such a suit, and teach her so wisely that she would never wear a less healthy one, then indeed would the promise of better things be nearing its fulfillment.—Lucy M. Hall, M. D., in Christian Union. In pastures green? Not always; sometimes he
Who knoweth best, in kindness leadeth me
In weary ways where heavy shadows be, Out of the sunshine, warm and soft and bright,
Out of the sunshine into darkest night;
I oft would faint with sorrow and affright,— Only for this—I know he holds my hand!
So, whether in green or desert land,
I trust, although I may not understand. And by still waters? No, not always so;
Ofttimes the heavy tempests round me blow,
And o'er my soul the waves and billows go. But when the storm beats loudest, and I cry
Aloud for help, the Master standeth by,
And whispers to my soul, "Lo, it is I." Above the tempest wild I hear him say,
"Beyond this darkness lies the perfect day;
In every path of thine I lead the way." So, whether on the hill-tops high and fair
I dwell, or in the sunless valleys where
The shadows lie—what matter? He is there. And more than this: where'er the pathway lead,
He gives to me no helpless, broken reed,
But his own hand, sufficient for my need. So where he leads me I can safely go;
And in the blest hereafter I shall know
Why in his wisdom he hath led me so.
—Sel. Health and Temperance.
By S. W. Bowles, M. D.
THE result of all modern study and investigation in regard to health, emphasizes more and more strongly the efficacy and necessity of proper hygienic surroundings, both in the prevention of disease and as a means of procuring rapid recovery from the resulting ills. . . . Above all, it is filthy to live in a foul atmosphere. We do not bathe again and again in the same water, or enjoy eating or drinking from unwashed dishes. Why be fastidious about such matters during the day, and careless at night? The seeds of disease are floating in impure air and find ready access to our bodies. When in sleep the organs are less able to resist the noxious influences. When in earlier times, the more careless manner of building houses let the air freely into the rooms around the loosely fitting window frames, and the wide open fire-places readily drew out the fouled air, the inmates of the dwellings (according to modern ideas), were more uncomfortable, but they were cleaner. The ideal of the modern building seems to be a hermetically closed box, impervious to air from without, niggardly in the means of allowing the air to escape, economy in the use of fuel, prodigality in the waste of life. I do not propose to criticise the carefully built house of the present day, but simply to emphasize the additional care used in making the dwelling warm and dry must be supplemented by equal painstaking in furnishing sufficient means for the proper egress and ingress of fresh air. Not necessarily cold air, but pure air, and this accomplished with as little draft as possible. The possible danger to health is in the current of air passing so quickly over the body as to rapidly exhaust the heat, producing a chill. These required conditions are readily obtained by an open fireplace on the one hand and slightly opened windows on the other hand, with a screen before the window, if needed. You can readily prove if your ventilating is sufficient, by occupying the room for a time, and then leaving the room, breathing the fresh air from out-of-doors for a few moments, and returning to your room. Now your sense of smell is a fair means of judging of the purity of the air in the room. Bearing in mind the danger from fouled air, we should exercise care in excluding from our bedrooms all hangings or curtains of woolen or thick cotton materials, as especially liable to retain dirt and disease germs, and in this category I would include carpets made of woolen or cotton. Hard wood floors, oil cloth, straw matting, in the order named are certainly the best materials for use, if we study simply health. If for other reasons, we wish the warmth and diminution of noise, procured by using woolen or cotton carpets, lay over the first-named material rugs that can be readily removed and cleansed outside of the room. Linen shades to exclude or mitigate the light at the windows, with lace or muslin curtains for esthetic effect, are all that is allowable in a bedroom. Of equal importance is the proper care of the bed and bedding. Bedsteads are usually made of wood. Metal is in every way preferable. A wrought iron or brass bedstead properly constructed; that is, of light weight, mounted on castors, so as to be easily moved and readily cleaned, meets every demand. Especially should we seek one readily moved, if we would have it and its surroundings properly cared for by servants. No articles, of whatever kind, should be kept under the bed. To prevent this dispense with valances and tuck in the bedclothes. Curtains about the bed are simply filters, sure to catch and retain the impurities, as the air from the lungs passes through them. The mattress should be made of elastic material not giving way too freely to the weight of the body. Horse hair furnishes the best materials; cotton, wool, feathers, the poorer substitutes. A well-made hair mattress resting on a woven wire spring mattress, leaves nothing to be desired hygienically. Hair pillows are preferable to feather pillows where we desire to prevent heating the head. Linen is the better material for sheets and pillow cases, having less power of absorption than cotton. Blankets should be all wool and of the best quality attainable, as in this way we obtain a maximum of warmth and minimum of weight. For the same reasons cotton comfortables are not desirable. FOR THOSE WHO ARE WELL, AS WELL AS FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT VERY WELL. Breathe fresh air freely. Keep the head cool and the feet warm. Work is a good medicine for an uneasy mind. Never begin a journey until breakfast has been eaten. Alcohol retards digestion, and also renders it incomplete. If you must borrow something, let that something be other than trouble. A free use of lemon juice and sugar will almost invariably relieve a cough. Always keep the back, especially between the shoulder blades, well covered; also keep the chest well protected. If those who feel poorly in the spring—or at any other time of the year, in fact—would eat a lemon before breakfast every day for a week—with or without sugar, as they like—they would find it better than any medicine.—Good Housekeeping. THE esteemed and honored Mrs. B., recently a missionary in China, tells of a significant incident, which occurred while she was laboring among the "benighted" Celestials. One day, while she was holding her class of native women, one of them picked up a copy of Harper's Bazar, which lay upon the table, and looked long and intently upon the woman pictured on its pages. At last she spoke with flashing eyes, and pointing to the attenuated waists of the "model figures," said, "Life—squeeze—wicked." Then, dropping the paper, she seized her own substantial waist, and said, "Life here—heathen woman no squeeze. You say we heathen—we squeeze feet. No life—feet. No wicked—squeeze feet. But life here"—pressing her bosom reverently, "Christian woman squeeze God's life." Mrs. B. was obliged to admit that the "Christian" women were, indeed, behind their heathen sisters in this respect.—Sel. COLONEL BAIN in a recent temperance address said: "I believe there is a process of evolution where man by the use of liquor descends below the level of the brute. Sixteen months ago, in Louisville, Ky., at midnight, a grandson of Henry Clay, the image of his illustrious ancestor, was shot in a bar room; at the same hour, in the same city, a grandson of John J. Crittenden was in jail. A block further away at the same time a great-grandson of Patrick Henry was in the station-house for drunkenness. I have my doubts as to evolution, but am convinced that the use of liquor is productive of what may be called devilution."—Sel. MEN grow sated of beauty, tired of music, and often too wearied for conversation—however intellectual—but they can always appreciate a well-swept hearth and smiling comfort. A woman may love her husband devotedly—may sacrifice fortune, friends, family, country, for him. She may have the genius of a Sappho, the enchanted beauties of an Armida; but, melancholy fact, if with these she fail to make his home comfortable, his heart will inevitably escape her, and women live so entirely in the affections that without love their existence is a void. Better submit, then, to household tasks, however repugnant they may be to your tastes, than doom yourself to a loveless home. Women of a higher order of mind will not run the risk; they know that their feminine and domestic duties are their first duties.—Sel.