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application ; for it has hardly been placed 

 round the part affected more than a few 

 minutes, before its efficacious power becomes 

 manifest. We know very little yet about 

 the latent power of electricity ; but this 

 magic Chain will go very far towards opening 

 our eyes to it. Many of our own friends 

 have purchased the Chain ; and they all 

 speak of it as having been not only useful 

 in relieving them from present pain, but in 

 restoring them to a healthy state of body. 

 This enables us to give it our unqualified 

 good word. 



No family should remain unprovided with 

 this Chain. Its cost is a bagatelle ; its 

 virtues are unappreciable. 



THE DAY-LIGHT REFLECTOB. 



A " good" Reflector has been a desidera- 

 tum long sought for, but never yet found. 

 Practical meu have not failed to turn their 

 unremitting attention to the subject, yet 

 until now without avail. 



Years ago, glass reflectors were produced; 

 and coated by a chemical deposition of 

 silver. For a thne, they afforded a most 

 brilliantly-reflected light. It was found 

 however, that although protected from the 

 action of the atmosphere, no deposition of 

 silver upon glass could ever withstand the 

 test of heat or light. Hence, though these glass 

 reflectors required no cleaning or rubbing, 

 their becoming fearfully discolored after a 

 short use, rendered them totally valueless. 

 They are now looked at as mere curiosities ; 

 for time has converted what was really 

 "silver," into the appearance of pewter! 

 This decided failure in glass reflectors has 

 called into the field another candidate for 

 public favor — Mr. Chappuis, who has pro- 

 duced a reflector, at a very small cost, which 

 bids fair to become universally popular ; nor 

 do we see why even our drawing-rooms 

 should not be illuminated by its agency. 



The name given to the Reflector of Mr. 

 Chappuis, is, — the Daylight Reflector. It 

 is worthy of its name ; for it dispenses with 

 the use of a very large body of gas, 

 whilst it gives the " light of day" at 

 almost a nominal cost. This is a grand re- 

 sult gained ; and when we consider how 

 greatly health must be promoted by its 

 adoption (for gas-light, it is well known, is 

 most obnoxious in its effects on the system), 

 we think we have shown its claims on pub- 

 lic regard. 



This reflector, it must be borne in mind, 

 is not made of glass; but of a highly- silvered 

 metal, prepared so as to enhance the power 

 of reflection. The frames, too, are so con- 

 structed as to effectually protect the re- 

 flector from the action of the atmosphere. 



It is therefore rendered durable. We ob- 

 serve that they have been fixed already in 

 the principal thoroughfares of London, and 

 its suburbs. 



At last, then, we have obtained what we 

 have so long sought after — a "good" re- 

 flector ; and one of any required size or 

 power. The Manufactory, we should add, 

 is at No. 10, St. Mary Axe. 



AN HONEST T2ICK. 



A young man of eighteen or twenty, a student 

 in a university, took a walk one day with a pro- 

 fessor, who was commonly called the Students' 

 Friend — such was his kindness to the young men 

 whom it was his office to instruct. While they 

 were now walking together, and the professor 

 was seeking to lead the conversation to grave 

 subjects, they saw a pair of old shoes lying in 

 the path, which they supposed belonged to a 

 poor man who had nearly finished his day's work. 

 The young student turned to the professor, say- 

 ing — " Let us play the man a trick ; we will hide 

 his shoes, and conceal ourselves behind these 

 bushes, and watch to 6ee his perplexity when he 

 cannot find them." 



" My dear friend," answered the professor, " we 

 must never amuse ourselves at the expense of tho 

 poor. But you are rich, and may give yourself 

 a much greater pleasure by means of this poor 

 man. Put a five shilling piece in each shoe ; 

 and then we will hide ourselves." 



The student did so, and then placed himself, 

 with the professor, behind the bushes hard by, 

 through which they could easily watch the 

 laborer, and see whatever wonder or joy he might 

 express. The poor man soon finished his work, 

 and came across the field to the path where be 

 had left his coat and shoes. While he put on his 

 coat, he slipped one foot into one of his shoes. 

 Feeling something hard, he stooped down and 

 found the coin. Astonishment and wonder 

 were upon his countenance ; he gazed ujion the 

 crown piece, turned it round, and looked again 

 and again. Then he looked around on all sides, 

 but could see no one. Now lie put the money in 

 his pocket, and proceeded to put on the other shoe. 

 What was his astonishment when he found the 

 other crown piece ! His feelings overcame him ; 

 he fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven, and 

 uttered a loud and fervent thank sgiving, in 

 which he spoke of his wife, sick and help- 

 less ; and his children, who, from some unknown 

 band, would be saved from perishing. 



Tbe young man stood there deeply affected, 

 and with tears in his eyes. " Now," said the 

 professor, " are you not much better pleased than 

 if you had played your intended trick?" "Oh, 

 dearest sir," answered the youth, " you have 

 taught me a lesson now, that I will never forget. 

 I feel now the truth of the words which I have 

 never before understood. — ' It is better to give 

 than to receive.' " 



A few more such practical " tricks" as these, 

 we should indeed be glad to record. It is an ill- 

 omen, when we see the poor neglected, and 

 allowed to perish without a helping hand held out 

 for their relief. 



