would work upon the mind of the reader ; and 

 cause him to think and reflect upon the reason of 

 his heing sent into the world. They would also 

 make him consider how his fleeting time ought to 

 he occupied here, for the henefit of himself and 

 others, as a responsible heing. The poor lean 

 man, as you justly remark, was an object for pity. 

 He neither knew right from wrong, but acted 

 under orders. Far be it from either of us to ridi- 

 cule the distribution of whet isgood and wholeiome. 

 but the rubbish that is daily diffused all over the 

 country in the form of Tracts, cannot be too sedu- 

 lously guarded against. Anything tending to bring 

 religion info contempt, such as the work you men- 

 tioned, however well meant, is nevertheless to be 

 unsparingly condemned. I am rejoiced to see one 

 Journal at least, eloquent in the defence of what 

 is just, what is lovely, and what is good ; and not 

 afraid to speak out when the ends of Truth re- 

 quire it. Go on and prosper. — Veritas., Cam- 

 bridge, 



[We find from our Correspondent's letter, that 

 he is a true Churchman ; and more than one or 

 two passages which we have not copied, convince 

 us he is a true Christian. This is still better ; for 

 " denominations" do not make Christians. We 

 hold that man to be a Christian, whose life and 

 best energies are devoted to the service of his 

 Creator ; and whose sole happiness lies in being 

 useful to his fellow-man. We trust our pen will 

 never be raised for other objects than these. 

 Respecting our remarks at page 321, we have had 

 many letters of sincere approval; and owe (evi- 

 dently from a member of a Tract Society), charg- 

 ing us generally with a "want of benevolence." 

 We shall best show our benevolence towards the 

 writer, by asking him to become a subscriber to 

 our Journal. He shall find from the day of pay- 

 ing his entrance money, that the " organ of bene- 

 volence" is one of the most prominent among our 

 cerebral protuberances !] 



Distemper in Dogs. — Youhave stated, Mr.Editor, 

 that there is no cure for the distemper in dogs. 

 I enclose you a prescription, which not only 

 myself, but also all my friends to Avhom I have 

 recommended it, and who have tried it, have 

 found to answer in nine cases out often, with 

 complete success. Well wash the dog in warm 

 black soap and water ; when dry, apply with a 

 stiff hair-brush some oil of tar (which is not an 

 expensive article, and can be procured at any 

 druggist's). Rub this well in, and repeat the same 

 once a week, or whenever occasion requires. I 

 have had dogs of my own cured in this simple 

 manner, and the hair became as soft as could be 

 in eight or nine Avceks. — W. P., Frome. 



[Gently, good sir, gently. We never affirmed 

 that there was no way of curing the distemper in 

 dogs. "We were asked,— was there any preventive 

 against it ? and our answer had reference thereto. 

 Clean water, and lots of it, fresh from the spring ; 

 and the use of a cold bath in a pond or river, 

 these are the only "likely" preventives that we 

 wot of. Read the following : — ] I cannot say what 

 will cure the distemper, but if young dogs are fed 

 on a light cooling diet, almost entirely without 

 animal food, they will stand a good chance of 

 escape. I may also tell you, that if a thimble full 

 of Flour of Sulphur is given to them every ten 



days or a fortnight, they will have the distemper 

 very mildly. I should add, that sulphur is a most 

 valuable alterative in dogs. Many old dogs 

 will not touch it, but by being thus accustomed 

 to it in their food when young, they will continue 

 to take it ever after. — C. W., Liverpool. 

 [Herein is much gocd sound sense.] 



The Distemper in Cats. — Dear Mr. Editor, I 

 forward you the following simple remedy for the 

 distemper in Cats. "We have a cat who, some 

 eight months since, was dreadfully tormented with 

 this complaint. Both sides of his throat and head 

 were bad ; and in truth he presented a wretched 

 appearance. At last a friend recommended us to 

 buy sweet oil; assuring us that if persevered in, it 

 would effect a cure. This I tried ; and I am 

 happy to tell you that, after a few weeks' trial, I 

 completely cured our old favorite. The plan is 

 as follows : — With a piece of flannel, dipped into 

 the oil, rub the parts affected well over, and repeat 

 the rubbing once or twice a day, until the disorder 

 be killed. After the first time or two, our cat suf- 

 fered me to rub him without any resistance on his 

 part, and appeared grateful to me for my kind- 

 ness. It seemed to assuage the itching, I take 

 this opportunity of telling you that your Journal 

 is still very difficult to get. The other day, I en- 

 tered a book shop in Whitechapel, and found the 

 man had but one Csaved for me), which he pulled 

 from beneath a pile of other periodicals. I asked 

 him how he could expect ever to sell his periodi- 

 cals without showing them ? and he grinned a 

 most horrid grin at me. I sometimes think, Mr. 

 Editor, that these men have neither hearts nor 

 souls, or they would gladly spread the knowledge 

 of Kidd's own Journal all over the world. — 

 Jane W., Mile End. 



[Ah ! Miss Jane, if all were like thee, what a 

 lovely woild would ours be!] 



Artificial Incubation. — I am aware, Mr. Editor, 

 that your private opinion is somewhat against the 

 rearing of poultry artificially. [We say, nature 

 could never have sanctioned such a thing. We do 

 " force" fruits, and vegetables, and flowers, and 

 they do look very fine; but we insist upon it they 

 are not equal either in flavor, beauty, or excellence 

 to those cultivated in the natural manner.] Let 

 me tell you some of my doings notwithstanding. 

 On the 1st of May, 1851, I had two chickens 

 thus artificially hatched. They are described in 

 my book of poultry, which you kindly reviewed 

 for me some time since. They were known at 

 the Birmingham Exhibition of Poultry as per 

 Catalogue, Class XL., No. 695. One of these, the 

 grey one, laid thirty eggs before the 5th of Fe- 

 bruary last: of these, ten were selected for her to 

 sit on. The produce was five chickens, which she 

 brooded in my warm, light building, for three 

 weeks only. She then recommenced laying, and 

 I had four eggs in six days. From this time she 

 eeased to brood her chickens, and ever after they 

 walked about together as if perfect strangers. It 

 is singular that she will lay her eggs nowhere 

 else (if she can help it), but in the place 

 where she was artificially hatched. Her second 

 sequence of eggs has been thirty, yet has she not 

 evinced any desire to sit again. She was a year 

 old on the first of last month (May 1). During 



