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Goodnight and Pleasant Dreams.

When on its couch of rosy clouds
The burning sun has sunk to rest,
And tired of song, the woodland bird
Is sleeping in ia quiet nest
When evening lay. its misty hand
On dcwy ilow'rs and prattliny streams
How sweet to hear from lips We love,
Goodnight! good night and pleasant dreams.
How sweet TO hear from lips We love.
Goodnight, goud.night and pleasant dreams
o! bitter i, tho cXile's fate
Who wanicrs from his peaceful cot;
\" gentle wish or soothing word,
Can mn-lc in his lonely lot
On some still bank of moss and nnw'rs
Bcnea'l, the stars inconstant beams,
How sweet t" hear from irs we love-
Good night goodnight. and pleasant dreams.
How sweet I" hear from lips we love,
Go"d-niSht, goodnight and pleasant Dreams
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The Woman who Lives Without Eating.
We have published several letters respect
ing this Xtraorlinary case of suffering ::
they are important to scicutitic men. and
painfully interesting to all. Tie following
Is written 10y Rev. :. i. Williams TO the
Christian Advocate:
Mrs. Ilavcs is not yet dead. | have seen
her several times. And after reading all
that has appeared in the Advocate in re-
gard to her, venture to communicate n few
thoughts upon her case. Before she passed
into this peculiar and affective condition,
her hea!!h WAS for some length Of time cx-
treme!v poor. She ate but little, and that
little "ccaSioucl Il considerable amount Of
suffering. Sometimes it threw her into
spaSms. For near y year before she ccas-
cd to take refreshments altogether, she liv-
ed wholly, or nearly 50, upon the Juice of
dried rasP sPbcr;ics, until that became Il source
OF suffering. Then, for a time, she took
occasionally small quantity Of cold water
and 1t is now nearly Il year since she swal-
lowed any liquid to the knowledge of anv
one. Indeed lavc no doubt that Il tea
spoonful Of liquid put into her mouth would
be the occasion of her death, unless the
spasmodic action Of her throat should cx-
pei ii. Any person to see her ten minutes
must be satisfied there is no deception in
her case. Her head and shoulders one or
the other, are in perpetual motion. She is
frequently thrown forward until she is near
ly doubled together, and then the head
thrown back, and her neck literally douL-
d,and the body forced back. and the whole
face, chin and all, entirely buried in the pill
low. This is done several times successive.
~ in less time than take in writing it.
The last time in the series e.. face will
remain nearly buried in the pillow, and
she does not breath for ten or fifteen min.
utes. Once she remained sixty-lwo min
utes without breathing. When this is over
and the spasm passes off she struggles for
breath, and her head is rolled from side to
side almost with the velocity of lightning
for moment or two the face becomes red
with the rush OF blood to the head and skin
quite moist with perspration. Then the
spasm subsidies into gentle motion Of the
jaw and shoulders, keeping timc as one
would think, with action of the heart
Her skin about the face, neck, chest and
hands is delicate and healthy as the skin of
an infant. The pulsatiuns of her blood
about the chest. neck, head and arms, though
exceedingly delicate, are quite REGULAR
Her hair docs not grow, nor is worn oil the
head, as one would naturally suppose, ex-
crpt Il little just upon the crown. The ac-
ton ofthe liver is entirely suspended, Of
course. The action and state OF the lungs
are perfectly healthy. They have been thor
oughly examined 10y sklfui physicians, with
the aid Of a stcthoscopc, and are supposed
to be perfect. Her nourishmct is wholly
from the atmosphere. The last nutrimcnt,
indeed the last swallow of water she was
KNOWN TO take, was in the last Of June, 1857.
The last time she was known to be consci-
Gus was last December. When she comes
out Of these long spasms she seems to cry
for moment, like an infant in Distress
At such times her husband thinks she may
be conscious. 1t is most distressing to hear
it. She is not above the ordinary laws OF
disease. She has recently haG thorough
case Of the mumps, precisely as others have
them. Her nails upon her fingers, like her
hair, do not grow at all
DYSPEPSIA CURED by MusIc.-A cor.
respondent of the Musical World saws {:
About seven years ago suffered as severe.
ly as.aIy one could do from Indigestion
| was months under our own family doctor,
and one of tho most eminent surgeons in
the town in which live; several months
again under two others medical men, besides
trying almost all kinds or things that friends
recommended. l scarcely dared to eat any
thing; and the most simple drinks would
rack me with pain. Now for what cured
me: One evening friend called and asked
Inc TO 60 With Il musical meeting. told
her / could not, as was in too much pain
to enjoy ever such good singing. However,
after much persuasion | went, and when
there was induced to become a subscriber.
Every member Of the society was supposed
to be good reader of music; and rs knew
nothing Of il except the names Of the notes,
| commenced taking LESSONS in singing
After that my indigestion gradually left me,
and in short time Twas quite we'll of it,
and have been ever since. 1t might not do
good to every one, but I am sure it would
to some. II it only does one person good
it is worth trying. cannot tell how it
was it did me SO much good, but ] know il
made me very hungry-wbat had never