, 1870-06-08

your action IN the esruo6eat possible manner.
It Is by such 'vef1icts as this upon the part Of
petit Jurors, that Te1ss has been brought into
dialspute among the other States OF this
Union"
in tho number Of good Health for June
writer SAYS: SIN It'll, a man in Stamford,
England, made wager that he would live for
seven weeks on water alone, a1rl Won the bet.
81. Simon Stylites ate nothing during the aix
weeks Of Lent, and an insane man at Har-
lem, who imagined himself to be the Messiah,
actually tasted forty days, tasting nothing but
water and fair allowance Of tobacco smoke.
There seem to be the most authenticated Cases
Of voluntary starvation casea Of long abstI-
nence as the result OF disease arc very nume1-
oua. Catharine Mcleod. Of Encardine, Eng
land, after severe attack Of fever, fell into
weak, bloodleas state, md for AyeaE and three
liquid orsolil. She afterward recovered. In
1861, boy lived at Grenable who had : long
illness when nbout s years Of age, and, on re-
covering could eat nothing for more rear"
.-pow-legs and knock knees are among the
common deformiteB OF humanity; and wise
mothers assert that the crookedness in either
case arises from the afflicted one having been
put upon his or her feet too early in babyhpod.
But Manchester physician, DR.. Crompton,
who has watched for tho true cause, thinks
differently. He attributes the aforementioned
distortion TO a habit some youngsters delight
H. OF TQDOinS tuo Bol6 VI Ql6 ICQE against that
so1es pressed together. Fhey appesr to % enioS ioS
the contact only when tho feet are naked;
they don't attempt to make it when they are
6ocked or slippered. So the remedy ID oo-
vious; keep the baby's soles covered. Knock
knees tho doctor ascribes to different child
ish habit, that OF sleeping On tho side, with
one knee tucked into the hollow behind the
other. He has found that where one leg has
been bowed inward more than tic ether. the
patient has always slept on one side, and tho
nppermoBt member has been that most de-
formed Hero the preventive is to pad the
inHides Of the knees 80 AZ to keep them apart,
and lot the limbs grow freely their own way.
Speaking Of the proposed new Masonic
Temple in Nav York, the Tunes, OF that city,
Gays: "Tho hall, when finished, will be one
Of the most elegant structures in the city, tho
total coat amounting to nearly 81 ,000. .0D0
The location il a desirable one, being on the
northeast corner Of Sixth avenue and Twenty
third street. The lot is ninoty-nine feet on
the avenue, and IA feet on the street, and il
entirely paid for. The cost was s340, 600. Oyor
$3.50, 900 is already in tho hands Of tho commit
tee, with which to begin tho erection Of
Will b.; devoted to stores, which
will be rented, while tho other stories will
comprise large room to be used for the
meetings Of tie Grand Lodge, rooms for COM
mandery purposes and for the use Of Royal
Arch Chapter Masons, and number Of Mas
ter Mseons 1odge-rooms. These rooms will
also be rented to the various bodies, and tho
income derived from tho building, after pay
ing taxes, insurance, &C., will be devoted to
the support Of All asylum for tho benefit of
aged and INDECENT Master Masous, their wild
ows mud orphans, 1t Il proposed to complete
the work in two years." The cornerstone is
to bc hid to-day,