Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-05-07

: ~ a recent medical writer says=
:" Sleep whenever zoo csn-anyuhers
vhea yoa get chance; the great want Of
the age 10 sleep This Is not always safe
advice to iallos. a one OF oaf sosnsmes
(says - Kaglish contemporary knows 10
his sorrow. lie was recently sflicted
With . bad cold. and to cure himself Of It
resorted to the remedy Of putting his feet
in hot water. and drinking sumbcrful Of
strong uhiskcy today. prescribed BY an
eyed and respected friend Of the family.
Having got everything in order for car
ryiag ast the prescription he ct dewn BY
the Ore. bis feet immersed in warm water.
and tumbler Of smoking teddy BY his
side. In this condition . sense Of enjoy
mest stole over him as he slipped the cx-
hilarating liquid. aud b fell asleep. HE
wife had gone to bed. and. on awakening
about three O'Clock in the morning. wou-
aersd vhy she Was alone. Going down
stairs she was Mortified to end her licge
lord asleep in his chair. the Gre out. bis
feet still immersed in the water, over
which cake Of ice wss forming. and m
empty tumbler on the chair beside him.
His cold isn't bit better.
~A retired physician writes. "How
does il happen that amid the everlasting
cry sgainss drunkenness. ~ neveryhsar .
word against its sister evil. gluttcny?
think l can assert with truth that in .
long practice. three have died among my
patients from ever-eating. where one has
died from drink. Whence comes apo.
plexy. paralysis. dyspepsia. and host Of
other diseases. but from too much and too
rich food taken uader the NEST imprudcnt
circumstances And yet We hear Of no
society formed to prevent this growing
vice. A man eats un:il he drops down
and expires with apoplexy by the road
side. when up comes the Coroner with
jury Of twelve good men and true. who
pronounce verdict. Died from intemper-
ance' So be did. but what kind of iu-
temperance was it? have heard more
than one minister in the pulpit expa'iate
with great vehcmence against the sio Of
drunkenness. whose very appearance was
proof positive that he was pre- emincntly
guilty Of gluttouy."
SCRAP FOR THE CURIoUs.-H taliow
candle be placed in gun and shot at q
door. the candle will 60 through without
sustaining any injury. and if muskct
ball be fred into water. it will not only
rebound but be flattencd a. IL fred against
a solid substance. A ball may be fred
through pane Of glass. making the hole
the size Of the ball. without cracking the
glass; If suspended by a thread. it will
make no difference. aud the thread will
net even vibrate. Cork. ifsuuk two hun.
drcd feet in the ocean, will not raise. on
account of the pressure Of the water. In
the Attic regions. when the thermometer
is below zero: persons can converse more
than mile distant. DR.. Jamison asserts
that lie heard every word Of a seaman the
distance Of two miles.
All bousckeepcrs have some time real
ICED the difficulty Of lighting a Gre in a
still, damp morning. when the chimney
will not draw and vigorous blowing proves
Intellectual. Science explains the trouble
a. caused by the difficulty encountered
in overcoming the inertia Of the long col
umn Of air in the pipe or chimney By the
small column Of air that can be forced up
through the intcrsticcs of wood and coal.
at tho bottom Of which the fire is kiniled.
This may be remedied BY FIRST lighting a
few bits Of shavings or paper placed upon
the top; thus. by the heated air forcing
itself into the chimney and establishing
there an upward current. the room is kept
free from The gas or smoke which is o.
apt to fill the room, and the FIRE can then
be lighted from below with good success.
RIA wcll-known wealthy Partisan
has had himself painted BY IN eminent
artist. AS he was.' AS he u.s. and As
he will be- AS he was represents him
at the age Of twenty-five. a poor wretch
in ragged garments, With his toes peep
ing through holes 10 his shoes. shaking
half famished. by the side Of q wall. AS
no is figures him fat and jolly as an al
derman. weH dressed. with chains deck
ing his waistcoat aud diamond rings bla-
zing on his fngers And AS he will be-
be is made q hideous corpse. Not the
least sing lar feature Of such q singular
freak is the fact that he has the paintings
hung in his drawing-room.
kFDr. Lnthrop. somewhat eccentric
but not always sensible clergyman Of Yves.
Springfield. Mass. recently told young
lady member Of his church. who feared
she had done wrong in dancing. that il
she had good time he wss glad Of it,
and hoped she would do the same thing
again. He also informed an old lady who
bad made great uproar about the girls
dancing. that Il che wished to &c. to hea-
ven she would do we'll to use her feet more
and her tongue less.