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lienee, nature dries up this spring, as being no longer ade¬ 
quate, and compels the search for othef kinds of sustenance, 
showing that milk is a proper sole food for the young ones; 
and healthy grown persons who live upon it mainly will 
always become invalids. 
All kinds of life, whether vegetable or animal, have within 
them a principle of preservation as well as of perpetuity; 
were that not the case all that breathes or grows would die; 
this principle or quality is common to man and beast and all 
that springs from root or seed ; it is named “ instinct. 5 ' It is 
instinct which calls, by thirst, for water, when there is not 
fluid enough in the system. It is instinct which calls for 
food, by hunger, when a man is weak and needs renovation. 
It is curious and practically valuable as a means for the re¬ 
moval of disease, to notice the working of this instinct, for it 
seems to be almost possessed with a discriminating intelli¬ 
gence; certain it is, that standard medical publications give 
well-authenticated facts showing that following the cravings of 
the appetite, the animal instinct, has accomplished far more 
than the physician’s skill was able to do; has saved life in 
multitudes of cases, when science has done its best, but in vain. 
ASYLUM LOR WORN-OUT HORSES IN RUSSIA. 
A singular establishment exists in Russia—the imperial 
hotel for old worn-out horses, built in the park of Tzarkoe 
Selo, for the reception of animals employed in the service of 
the emperor. A special cemetery is annexed to the building, 
and tombstones record the names of the horses buried, those 
of the sovereigns who had ridden them, as well as the 
battles and memorable events at which the animals had been 
present. 
SUBSTITUTE EOR HUMAN MILK. 
It has been stated that cows and goats fed exclusively 
upon beet-root yield a milk exactly like that of the human 
secretion, and therefore may be substituted for it. 
LEAD IN FILTERING PAPER. 
M. YVicke calls the attention of toxicologists to the fact 
that some filtering papers contain lead. Apiece four inches 
square yielded him a distinct precipitate of sulphide of lead. 
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