The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-11-18
Woman's Nature.

are respected and esteemed by their
neiphbors as good citizens. Where,
then. is the trouble? These men do not
understand woman's nature. She is en-
phatically emotional. Her affections are
very strong 1t has been said that love
is only part of mans nature, but it is
a woman's life. She is not willing to
take anything for granted. DO not,
then, he chary of affections language.
Tell her you love her, and show her by
your every act that you mean what you
say. If there comes bright, pleasant
afternoon, 60 to the house and take her
with you on buggy ride; no matter if
Won are busy planting corn, you can get
a man to work all the afternoon for fifty
cents. Talk to her of old times; let her
see that You live to make her happy
that she holds the first place in your af-
fections. Praise her attempts to please
you. Let her see that her efforts are
appreciated; and when the ride is over,
and you note the sparkling eye, the elias
tic step, and the bright, happy smile,
you will feel more than repaid; and one
thing more let me tell you. Such rides
and such treatment are wonderfully po-
tent to keep the doctor-aye, more, the
undertaker-from your door. Remem-
Der, then, always, that happiness is
preventive of disease. Does your wife
love flowers? Then give her what
ground she wants; give it freely, as her
right Assist her when you can. Try
to sympathize with her tastes. Consult
her on all important subjects. Does she
love music? Then get her an organ or
piano, even if it be ut the expense of
great self.denial. Does she love litera
ture? Then get her books and papers.
Crafty her tastes. Let her cultivate her
mind-'tis immortal Let men and
women both cultivate and develop their
finer qualities. There is something in
this life better worth living for than
mere dollars and cents. In the world
beyond there is eternal progress toward
perfection, and the more we develop
and cultivate the immortal mind here,
the higher will be our rank and position
in the world to come.-Ec.
ANECDOTES OF DocToRs.--Dr Craw-
ford, Baltimore physician. had
troublesome patient, man who had
taken it into his head that he was slowly
dying of liver complaint, when he had
nothing at all the matter with him, barr.
ing the delusion. The doctor sent him
travelling, and he soon forgot his disease
altogether; but, unfortunately, he had
no sooner returned home in the best of
health than news came of the death of his
twin. brother of schirrous liver. He was
thereupon seized with the fancy that he,
too, was dead, like his brother, of liver
complaint DR.. Crawford was sent for,
and after hearing the story merely re-
markell "Oh, yes, he is dead, sure
enough, and probably his liver was the
death of him, as he expected it would.
However, 1 will soon ascertain that by
opening the body before putrefaction
sets in. Bring me carving knife"
The knife was soon in the doctors
hands. and he stepped toward the hypo-
chondriac, but before he could COM
mence his post-mortem examination,
the dead-alive jumped up. shouting
/" Murder!" and dashed out of the room,
and out of the house, and made across
country; he ran till he ran himself out.
and fell from exhaustion. Finding no.
body followed him, he returned to the
house, and though he lived score of
years longer, he was never heard to
complain of his liver again.
There is another anecdOte of the same
kind. DIR. Cabarus was called in by the
friends of French duchess who had
convinced herself that she had swallow
ed frog, which was revenging itself by
destroying her health. She had con-
suited several eminent men. but they
only tried to reason her out of her hal
lucination. Cabarus, with greater wis
dom, gravely felt the pulse of the poor
lady, listened patiently to her details,
and then gratitied her with ''The frog
is there, madam, but I will remove it"
Proceeding to the nearest shop where
such thing was procurable, the doctor
bought small green frog and returned
to his patient. Administering an inno-
cent emetic, as soon as it operated the
doctor took an opportunity of slipping
his frog into the basin provided for the
occasion. Believing she beheld her tor
menter the duchess gave vent to her
gratitude, but suddenly stopped, turned
very pale, and exclaimed: "Oh, doctor,
the frog has left some little ones behind
herr Not at all put out by this new
freak of diseased fancy, Cabarus re-
Piled, 1--WE shall see." Then, taking the
frog in his hand, he scrutinized it for q
moment before uttering, in assuring
tones: Madam, that is impossible; the
frog is O male" The duchess was salts
fed; and the young physician from that
day had no lack of fashionable patron
age.
A number of years ago an eccentric
Edinburgh surgeon. of high repute,
popularly known as Lang Sandy Wood,