OCT.  H 
THE  RHEAL  I^EW-YORKER. 
after  the  Ktiiva  vines  Avere  dead.  Wo  may  say 
for  both  the  Khiva  and  Russian  Netted  that  they 
make  excellent  pickles  (Avhen  young)  b^-ing  of  a 
pretty  and  nnifonn  shape  and  of  a  firm  sub- 
stanco.  Only  for  this  purpose  we  should  prefer 
them  to  any  of  the  old  sorts  commonly  used. 
Swan  Nhok. — This  is  a  long,  lloshy,  neai’ly 
smooth  variety,  the  “neck’’  sometimes  growing 
like  that  of  the  squash,  though  not  generally 
crooked.  Tlie  ilcsb  is  white  and  good — the  vines 
moilerately  productive.  It  is  advertised  as  gi'ow- 
ing  from  two  to  three  feet  in  length.  Wo  give 
the  ndvertisoment  every  benefit.  The  largest  of 
ours  were  one  foot  in  length.  All  tilings  con- 
siderwl.  it  is  a  good  Cucumber  and  wo  recom¬ 
mend  it.s  trial  at  least  to  our  friends. 
TAii.»y'.s  Hvnnii). — A  more  taking  namo  would 
have  boeu  (Jncuuiisxativutt  hi^hriditg  T(tUf>‘/i,  and 
one  destined,  we  should  say,  to  excite  more  in¬ 
quiry.  This  is  not,  as  one  might  siiinioso,  a  cross 
between  a  Sipiash,  Pumpidn,  Watermelon  or 
Jluftkmclon  and  a  (.'nemnher,  hut  merely  a  cross 
between  two  varieties  of  Cucunihors,  vi/..,  the 
White  Spine  and  “a  large  English  sort."  In 
spite  of  its  name,  however,  It  U  the  best  Cucum¬ 
ber  wo  have  ever  eaten,  and  our  family  and  sev¬ 
eral  friends  aro  of  tho  same  0|'iriioa  as  to 
themselves.  Wo  sliall  cultivate  it  next  year  in 
preference  to  any  other  and  doubtless  tlio  year 
after  that,  should  succeeding  year-s  not  change 
our  predilection  already  formed. 
It.s  color  is  a  <leep  green,  and  its  shape  is  be¬ 
tween  that  of  Oeii.  OuA.NT  or  Luton  IIoo,  which 
reminds  one  of  a  fat  Cuonmher  drawn  out  to 
thrice  its  natural  length,  and  the  plethoric  Rus¬ 
sian  Netted  or  White  Spiiio. 
The  llesh  is  greonisb,  and  so  tender  as  to  bo 
almost  melting.  The  seeds  aro  few  and  small, 
the  vines  prolific  and  hardy. 
Homcstir  (Etononni. 
BILL  OF  FARE. 
TitE  World  gives  tho  following  bill  of  fare  for 
eight  persons : 
Sorrel  soup. 
(Boiled  striped  bass;  caper  sauce ; 
■(  .Stowed  potatoes. 
)  Calt’s-houd  a  la  punlelta ; 
■(  Succotasli. 
(Roast  toiil  ducks; 
'(  Celery  salad. 
Apple  IrlUonj. 
To  make  sorrel  soup Take  two  quarts  of 
sorrel,  remove  the  stems,  cut  it  fine,  cook  in  a 
fiauce-i>an,  adth  salt  and  white  popijor ;  boil  five 
ininutoH,  add  to  it  a  quart  of  water  and  a  quart 
of  veal  and  chicken  broth  ;  boil  again  ;  put  iu  a 
soup  turotm  tho  yelks  of  foiu*  eggs,  two  oiuices 
of  butter  and  half  a  jiint  of  boiled  milk ;  mix 
well ;  Uieii  pour  in  tho  boiling  soup  in  ttio  tureen 
slowly  and  carefally,  Avhilc  stirring  tho  eggs; 
mix  well  again,  add  two  French  rolls,  sliced  (bin 
and  servo. 
Call’s  head  a  la  jHJuldla Take  a  white  calf’s 
head— (this  has  no  political  significanco  I)— take 
all  the  skin  and  llesh  from  the  bone,  soak  it  an 
hour  or  so  to  take  tho  lilood  off,  boil  it  for  five 
minutes,  cool  it  and  scrape  the  white  skin  from 
the  tongue  and  cheeks,  cut  it  in  about  ten 
pieces,  cook  it  iu  a  saucepan  with  salt  water  (a 
handful  of  flour  mixed  with  it),  a  little  vinogiur 
and  a  g.aruislied  biuich  of  paroley. 
Then  for  the  poulettc  sauce Put  in  a  sauce¬ 
pan  a  knuckle  of  veal,  with  salt,  pepper,  vege¬ 
tables,  spices  and  three  quarts  of  water ;  skim 
Avell  and  boil  for  Iavo  horn’s ;  put  in  a  separate 
sauceiiau  two  ounces  of  butter,  three  tahlespoon- 
fuls  of  flour ;  cook  awhile,  but  do  not  lot  it  take 
a  brown  color,  add  some  of  the  veal  broth,  boil 
fifteen  uiiuiitos ;  slum  the  grease  off  and  mix 
carefully  with  tho  yelks  of  four  eggs,  diluted 
wtli  a  little  Avater  ;  boil  a  minute,  pass  forcibly 
through  a  napkin,  finish  with  a  good  lump  of 
butter,  tho  juice  of  a  lemon  and  two  tablespoon¬ 
fuls  of  cho])ped  parsley  ;  pour  some  on  the  head 
and  the  rest  iu  a  bowl. 
ORIGINAL  RECIPES. 
-If.  W." — To  Prepare  Citron  for  Cake. — 
Preserve  citron  in  the  usual  manner,  boiling  the 
simp  until  quite  thick,  but  instead  of  closing  the 
jars  leave  them  open  for  tho  air  to  enter.  The 
pregervo  Avill  then  dry  gradually,  and  you  will 
have  a  very  good  siihstituto  for  the  West  India 
citron. — Muh.  Rcstio. 
■ - ♦♦♦ - - 
CARE  RECIPES. 
PrUon  Cake. — ^STiitc  part ;  1  cup  butter,  5 
cups  Avhito  sugar,  .5  cups  Horn’,  2  cups  of  SAveet 
Hulk.  1  tea  spoonful  soda,  2  cream  of  tartar’, 
whites  of  eight  eggs.  I  >ark  par  k :  1  cup  butter, 
2  cups  of  broAvu  sugar,  1  cup  of  niolasscs,  1  cuj) 
of  sour  milk,  1  teasiroonful  of  soda.  4  cups  of 
flour,  yolks  of  eight  eggs,  fruit  to  taste.  Divido 
each  part  into  three  cakes  and  l.iako  in  long  or 
square  tins.  When  done  place  one  above 
another  alteraately,  tluee  cakes  in  a  tier.  'This 
makes  tAVo  cakes,  one  having  two  light  bars  and 
one  dark  and  the  otlicr  tAvo  dark  bars  and  one 
light.  Tho  bars  give  it  the  name  of  prison  cake. 
It  is  A'ory  pretty  and  excellent  in  quality. 
liamn  Cake. — 1  cup  sugar,  ^  cup  butter,  j.j 
cup  of  milk,  1  teaspoon  cream  of  tartar,  >3  of 
soda,  lj.4  cups  of  flour,  2  eggs,  i  cup  raiaiu.s. 
Ehi'e  Ghajer  Cookies. — 2j^  cups  molasses,  1 
brown  sugar*,  2  cups  shortening,  3  eggs,  cup 
sour  milk  .3  spoonfuls  soda,  2  tahlospoonfuls 
ginger.  Just  llmir  sulliciont  to  roll  out.  Caro 
niu.st  be  taken  not  to  mix  them  much.  .]  ii.st  get 
tho  ingredients  mixed,  and  enough  flour  in  tJiom 
to  get  thern  rolled  out  and  in  the  tins. 
O^ne.-Tujg-Cake.—Vi  cup  sugar,  cup  sour 
milk,  cup  butter,  I  egg,  Jn  teaspooufiil  soda. 
Don’t  mix  very  stiff. 
Mre.  Page's  Pried  ('akes. — ILj  cups  sugar, 
cup  shortoiring,  1  tin  cup  of  sour  milk,  1  spoon¬ 
ful  saleratus. 
P'afl  (Unger  Cake. — 2  cups  molasses,  1  of  but¬ 
ter,  1  of  sour  milk,  1  egg,  1  tablespoonful  of 
ginger.  I  teaSpoonful  of  saleratus,  3  cups  of 
flour. 
Varlagnled  Cake.--\  cup  of  butter,  2  of  sugar, 
whites  of  eight  eggs,  1  cup  sweet  trrilk,  1  tea-* 
spoonful  soda,  two  of  cream  of  tartar.  Flavor 
with  lemon.  Spread  a  layer  in  a  long  baking 
pan,  and  put  tAvo  lines  of  rod  sugar  sand  near 
each  side  the  length  of  the  cake.  Spread  another 
layer  of  cake  and  put  one  line  of  sugar  sand 
through  tho  coutor,  then  spread  a  final  layer  of 
cake.  When  cut  it  presents  a  variagated  appear¬ 
ance. 
While  Fruit  Cake.—l  cup  of  butter,  2  of 
sugar,  1  of  sour  milk,  the  Avbitcs  of  three  eggs, 
the  whole  of  one,  1  teaspoon  of  soda,  2  of  cream 
of  tartar,  over  one  cup  of  raisins,  stoned  and 
floured, 
CookU‘S.--2  cups  of  sugar,  1  of  butter,  1  egg, 
cup  BAvoot  milk,  2  toaspooiifuls  of  cre.im  and 
tartar,  1  of  soda,  nutmeg.  Flour  enougli  to 
roll  out.  Strew  sugar  over  Iho  top  and  roll  in 
before  cutting  them  out.  Place  on  a  jiapor  or 
cloth  to  cool  before  piling  lUtim  up  to  store 
aAvay. 
Cream  Cake..—1  cup  sugar,  2  eggs,  1  table- 
spoonful  butter,  3  tahlospoonfuls  SAA’eotmilk.  1|^ 
cups  of  flour,  1  toaspoonful  soda,  cream  of 
tartar. 
Cream.— I  egg,  cup  sugar,  ’3'  cup  SAveet 
milk,  14  cups  cornstarch. 
No.  t’ulrlleld,  Ohio,  Loretta  U.  K.  Turner. 
DECREASE  AND  INCREASE  OF  RACES. 
A  PARAmui’u  has  been  going  the  round  of  tlio 
paiicrs  tliis  week  showing  that  tho  pO|mlatiou  of 
Franco  dues  not  increase,  Avhilo  tho  populations 
of  Germany  and  England  do,  and  tlioroupou  liavo 
boon  based  a  now  series  of  glorifications  of  tho 
two  branches  of  tire  Teutonic  stock,  which  are 
visibly  taking  ijossessiou  of  the  world  and  Avill 
before  long  make  it  a  place  too  tiresome  to  live 
in. 
Tho  I.iOudon  Spectator  characterizes  this  as 
boasting  and  says,  that  it  is  not  unnatural  for 
evei7  race  to  thinJi  that  the  fnturo  belongs  to  it. 
But  it  is  becoming  a  little  Avoarisome  and  tho 
boasters  in  their  vain-glory  arc  becoming  a  little 
too  contcmpluons  of  all  but  momentary  facts. 
They  Avill  have  it  that  tho  French  cannot  colonize 
because  Frenchmen,  being  now  contented  at 
homo,  choose  to  stay  tliorc  rather  than  “fight 
tho  AviJderneas  "  as  people  in  London,  whoaiipeal 
to  the  magistrate  because  cocks  crow,  think  it 
tho  bounden  duty  of  Frenclimon  to  do— and 
forget  that  tlio  only  colony  ^vlud^  Fxonchmen,  as 
distinct  from  tho  French  government,  ever 
seriously  attempted  to  found  lias  been  a  iierfect 
success,  has  la.sted  100  years,  has  remained  in¬ 
tensely  French— though  French  of  tho  pre-Ilcvo- 
liitionary  type— and  lias  alone  among  foreign 
communities  resisted  succe-ssfully  tho  ab.soi  beat 
inrtuenco  of  the  dominant  Anglo-Saxon  race. 
The  Freucli  settlors  in  Gann<la  foniied  one  of  tho 
happiest,  best  ordered  and  most  peaecffiil  com¬ 
munities  in  theAvorld:  and  after  a  history  of  a 
hundred  ycara.  and  after  suffering  comiucst  by 
tho  English,  that  conuiiiinity  remained  French, 
still  unabsorbed,  with  a  life  and  a  society  and  a 
mental  atmosphere  all  its  OAvn.  Half  a  ilozeu 
French  Ganadas,  svoiild,  avo  admit,  he  better 
than  one,  hut  still  tlio  French  has  cstaLUshcd 
one  which  has  not  died.  The  boasters  assort 
that  the  Germans  colonize,  and  forgot  that,  lilro 
the  Irish,  they  do  notliing  of  the  kind ;  never 
conquer,  never  “settle,"  never  feund,  but  simply 
“  go  abroad ’’ to  bo  absorbed  into  the  new  Eng¬ 
lish  Hjicaking  race  Avliich  is  gradually  filling  up 
North  America,  and  M  Inch  may  be  destined,  if 
the  Chinese  immigration  does  not  interfere  Avith 
the  process,  tJormancMitly  to  occupy  the  sifieudid 
spaciousness  of  that  continent. 
The  English,  it  is  true,  colonize,  but  tlie  con¬ 
current  assmnption  that  they  Avill  always  go  on 
colonizing,  or  indeed  multiplying,  is  a  mere 
assumiition  without  evidence  iu  science  and 
strongly  against  tho  evidence  of  history.  They 
may,  but  also  they  may  not,  for  if  there  is  any 
historic  subject  upon  Avliich  phi’o'ophers,  histo¬ 
rians  or  saA’ans  aro  still  profoundly  ignorant,  it 
is  llio  law  under  Avhifh  races  increase,  bocomo 
stationary  or  decrease  in  numbers.  Homo  econ- 
omistii  used  to  licliovo  they  had  discovered  a  k-vW 
-namely,  that  l  acos  incroasod  under  prosiiority, 
that  plenty  of  food  mount  plenty  of  population, 
that  with  maiiufiuituros  States  obtained  more 
hands  to  worlt  them  ;  but  it  was  entirely  opposed 
to  tnci  facts  of  liistory,  which  show  that  one  of 
the  most  ml^erablo  of  curtlily  races— tho  L'ish 
uudor  tho  penal  Iiiaa’s — nuiltiplicd  like  tlios,  Avhilo 
another  race  of  tho  same  blood  and  under  nearly 
tho  aamo  condilious—  tho  French  jHiasantry 
under  lain  is  XV.-  wore  sIoAvly  perishing  aAvay. 
The  negro  slaves  of  the  South,  amid  all  their 
toil  and  with  all  their  poor  food,  increased  fastor 
than  tlicir  masters,  Htatiatios  shoAv  that  the 
English  people  in  tho  Western  States  of  tho 
T’nion  tend  always  to  iucrcase,  though  the  same 
people  in  tho  J'lastorn  States  are  dying  sloAvIy  out ; 
Avbile  a  pcoplo  as  brave,  as  strong,  and  oneo  as 
pi’OHUcrous  ns  they  are,  Avith  lands  as  wide  and 
far  more  I'crtlle,  aa  itii  a  liiHtoi7  of  eouqiiost  behind 
them,  and  overytliing  to  gain  from  tho  increa.so 
of  their  mnnbers,  is  stationary  ovorywhero,  and 
in  some  iflaces  sloAvly  recoiling.  If  tlioro  i«  a 
liiAV  iiroportioning  jiopulation  to  moans  of  subsiii- 
tence,  Avliy  do  not  tho  Spaniards  and  Portuguese, 
who  still  OAvn  Aviilcr  aud  f.airor  territories  than 
we  English,  till  them  up  with  poimlation ;  Avliilo 
Mongolians  increase  till  China  cannot  contain 
them,  and  DcngaloiH  multiply  under  foreign  do- 
muiation  until  tho  problem  of  feeding  tliom  is 
stmlied  ns  ono  of  the  gravest  of  tlio  future? 
'The  fierce,  beef  fed  islanders  of  whom  Froissai’t 
Avrolo  were  us  avcII  off  as  ever  Englishiiien  have 
boon,  as  well  olf  as  (lliio  citizens  are  moav,  yet 
tho  population  of  Britain  increased  almost  im¬ 
perceptibly,  AA’bile  in  Ohio  tho  same  advances 
now  by  loaps  and  bounds.  To  talk  of  epidemics 
is  UHolcHH,  for  it  only  ihihIicm  back  tho  question 
one  Btop,  the  secret  of  liability  to  epidomics  being 
but  ono  of  tho  secrets  of  increase  or  dccroaso  of 
population. 
Tiidceil  it  is  very  doubtful  if  prosperity  or  tho 
provision  of  means  of  subsistcnco  is  the  ultimate 
cause  of  ineroaso  of  population,  for  the  upper 
classes  die  out  Boonor  than  the  lower,  and  one 
main  difiicully  of  civilization  is  to  keep  culturo 
sulVicienlly  liereditary.  After  a  thousand  years 
of  feudalism,  Die  “ noble"  classes  of  Franco 
were  ascertained,  says  Do  'Tocquevifle,  when  the 
RovoUillon  broke  out,  not  to  reaeli  200,030  in 
miiubcr,  Avliilo  I  lie  (latriciate  of  Romo,  tho  best 
off  class  that  over  existed,  tlied  completely  out. 
If  the  explanation  is  health,  why  does  not  the 
Jewish  race,  whii:li  has  hail  nearly  2,000  yearn  in 
which  to  spread  abroad,  which  thrives  in  all 
climates  and  under  all  emiditions,  which  suffers 
loss  than  any  from  epidemics  and  which,  3,000 
years  ago,  establishisl  a  sanitary  code,  number 
•200,000,000,  as,  had  they  been  Eugli.shmen,  they 
Avould  have  done  ?  They  were  opiu’essed  ?  Yes, 
and  so  were  tlio  Irish,  aud  so  are  tho  (llilnoso 
and  tho  Bengalees,  Avith  at  least  as  grievous  uu 
oppression,  different  as  it  may  ho  in  kind.  Why 
do  not  tho  well-to-do,  bravo  and  physically  poAv- 
orful  FarscoH  shoAv  any  tondom  y  to  regain  the 
numbers  they  pussessed  before  tho  Mussulnians 
BO  nearly  extii'ijatod  them  ?  If  the  secret  is  race, 
Avhy  did  the  Greek  people,  after  swarming  over 
the  islands  ami  Asia  Minor  and  Egypt,  leave  off 
siu’eading  and  become  statlonury?  Nobody  is 
Ojipressiiig  Greeks  In  Greece,  and  yet  Greece  Is 
not  tillwl  up.  Why  is  not  an  island  like  Samos 
eaten  up.  a.s  Ireland  Ava»,  by  its  own  childi’ou? 
“PeutmiiL  iiroprictorship,"  answers  tho  'i'iiues, 
Avhich,  Avith  equal  division  of  property,  always 
tends  to  keep  down  llio  muabers  of  a  population 
afraid  to  become  too  poor.  Very  good;  that  is 
dcliuite  and  intcUigiblo ;  but  will  the  Timoa  just 
explain  wliy  those  other  peasant  proprietors,  tho 
majority  of  the  men  in  the  TInited  States),  do  not 
die  out,  Avhile  their  rivals,  tho  Spaniai’ds  in  South 
America,  do ;  or  Avhy  Bengalees,  every  one  of 
Avluim  is  a  peasant  proprietor,  living  under  tho 
most  iicrcniptory  law  of  equal  division  of  proji- 
erty,  are  Ijocoming  too  numcrons  for  their  land  ? 
It  is  all  climate  ?  Very  good,  but  which  climate 
breeds  large  races  ? 
Wo  English  groAV  and  gi’ow  in  the  South,  and 
I’roveucals  do  not  groAV  iu  their  lovely  land,  and 
Italians  groAv  slowly  in  th*u’  equally  lovely  one, 
and  tho  S[)aiiiardK  in  Chili,  Avhich  is  Italy  over 
again,  arc  nearly  stationary ;  Avliilo  tho  Irish,  in 
their  cold,  liuinid  country,  gruAA’  Um  fast,  till 
nature  avenged  liersclf  m  a  frightful  famine. 
Why  docs  not  a  race  lilre  tho  Dutch,  which  can 
colonize,  and  light,  and  sail  ships,  and  bUuuler 
about  the  Avorld  just  as  wo  and  tho  Germans  do, 
griiw  out  of  its  dykes,  as  either  of  the  lundred 
families  AVould  ?  There  is  no  room '(  There  is 
endless  room  in  Scaudinavia  and  Jlolsteiii,  and 
tho  Scandinavians  and  Jlolsteinors,  avIio  onco 
settled  here  and  iu  America  liavo  grow  n  to  70,- 
000,000,  yet,  in  their  oavu  territories,  they  scarce¬ 
ly  grow  at  all.  Is  it  religion  ?  Well,  tho  most 
rajudly  inoreasing  races  aro  the  English  Protes¬ 
tants,  the  Irish  Catholioa,  tho  German  Free¬ 
thinkers,  the  Bcugaloo  idolaters  and  tho  Chinoso 
Avorshippers  of  the  Maneliostov  ideas.  Is  it 
virtue?  Ghiuoso  sAvarm,  and  I'uritana  decay. 
Is  it  energy,  tho  cxtrsiordinary  force  Avliioh  np- 
liears  in  each  race  at  some  moment  of  its  history, 
and  after  a  longer  or  shorter  period  dies  out  ? 
Well,  tliero  Is  something  to  he  said  for  that  solu¬ 
tion,  vaguo  and  indefinite  as  it  is.  Tho  groat 
poriod  of  some  races,  as  the  Roman,  tho  Spanish, 
tho  Arab,  has  been  Bjujohrunous  Avitli  their 
swarming  iwriod  j  but  atill  tlud  does  not  oxpliiin 
facts  like  tho  population  of  Trelaiid,  or  Uio  in¬ 
crease  of  the  iiogrooB  in  slavery,  or  tlio  advanco 
of  the  Bengalees,  or  tho  swarming  out  of  tho 
Ghineso  ovoryAvhoro,  or  above  all  the  iucrease 
bolioved,  on  strong  ovidenco,  to  bo  occurring 
among  the  Slavous.  ’The  French  must  have  in¬ 
creased  once,  Avhy  not  again  ?  Tho  English 
pnpnlaiion  fell  hack  once,  Avhy  not  again  ?  'Tho 
cirouinstanoeM  of,  «ay,  Michigan  are  said  to  bo  so 
fortunate  that  tJio  Ailing  np  of  Michigan  Airithout 
immigration  Avould  enufto  no  snn'risc;  but  why 
should  Michigan  fill  faster  than  the  South  Afri¬ 
can  settlomeiit."),  whicli  fill  so  sloAvIy  that,  after 
Encope  has  possCHsed  them  for  a  lumd/ed  years, 
it  is  douhlful  Avhethor  ti’ibes,  in  nothing  raised 
above  the  red  Indiaus.  and  in  religion  decidedly 
heloAA’  them,  may  not  oat  up  the  Avliito  man  after 
all  ?  The  pl.iin  buth  of  Uie  matter  is  that  avo 
have  not  discovered  tho  laAv  on  Avhieh  the  ineroaso 
and  tiecroasc  of  tho  races  of  man  depend,  and 
that  therefore  all  these  hymns  iioav  sung  over 
onr  colonizing  capacity  and  these  rather  exult¬ 
ing  ilirgcH  over  tho  decay  of  [’’ranco,  may  ho 
caused  by  movoments  Avhicli,  in  tho  long  life  of 
nations,  must  bo  pronoiuiccd  only  mouientary. 
Numbers  for  numbers,  the  Portuguese  did  more 
to  colonize  the  world  than  avo  havo  done  and 
took  up  a  higher  position  in  it,  and,  exoopt  when 
she  AVorricB  us  by  claiming  sumo  South  African 
port  or  some  West  African  slave  trader,  Avho 
thinlts  of  Portugal  now  ? 
. — — - - - - 
THE  BENEFIT  OF  LAUGHING. 
Tub  saying  of  an  old  School  teacher  that 
“Avlien  children  were  laughing,  their  minds  were 
expanding  ’’  is  forcibly  called  to  mind  in  read¬ 
ing  tlio  following  excellent  eonimonts  on  laugh¬ 
ing  by  Dr.  Grkknk  in  his  Problem  of  Health. 
’There  is  not  tlio  remotest  corner  or  little  inlet  of 
tlio  minute  blood  vessels  of  tho  human  body  Uiat 
dooH  not  feel  Home  Avavelet  from  tho  convulsion 
occasioned  by  good,  hearty  laughter.  Tlio  life 
principle,  or  tho  central  man,  is  shaken  to  its 
iimeniiOHt  depths,  sending  now  tides  of  life  and 
St  rength  to  Iho  sm  faco,  thus  materially  tending  to 
insure  good  health  to  tho  ]jorsona  Avho  indulge 
tlioroliu  The  blood  moves  more  rapidly,  and 
conveys  a  different  impression  to  all  the  organa 
of  tliij  Iwdy,  ns  it  visits  them  on  that  parlicuinr 
mystic  journey  when  tho  man  is  laughing,  from 
Avhat  it  does  at  other  times.  For  tliis  reason 
every  good,  hearty  langli  in  wbieli  a  person  in¬ 
dulges,  tends  to  lengtlien  his  life,  convoying,  as 
it  does,  new  and  distinct  stimulus  to  tho  vital 
forces.  Doubtless  the  time  Avill  come  Avhen  jthy- 
sicians,  conceding  more  importance  than  they 
now  do  to  the  iiiflttonco  of  tho  mind  upon  the 
vital  forces  of  the  body,  Avill  mako  Ineir  pre¬ 
scriptions  more  with  reference  to  fbo  mind,  and 
less  to  drugs  for  the  body ;  and  will,  in  so  doing, 
find  tho  liest  aud  most  effective  metliod  of  pru- 
duciiig  the  required  effect  upon  the  patient. 
Our  advice  to  all  is,  imUilge  in  good,  hearty, 
soulful  lauehter  when  tho  op|iortiimty  offers, 
aud  you  will  ilerivc  material  houefit  therefrom, 
A  meiry  lioart,  a  chcerfnl  spirit,  from  Avhich 
laughter  wells  np  as  naturally  as  bnblilcs  the 
springs  of  Saratoga,  are  ivortu  all  the  riioncy- 
bags.  slocks,  and  mortgageii  of  Wall  street,  'fhe 
man  wbo  laughs  is  a  doctor,  Avitli  a  diploma 
endorsed  by  tlio  school  of  Nature ;  liis  fare  does 
more  good  iua  Hieliroom  than  a  pound  of  iimvders 
or  a  gallon  of  bitter  draughts.  If  things  go  right, 
ho  laughs,  because  he  is  ploased;  jf  they  go 
wroug,  lie  laughs,  because  it  is  cheaper  and*  bet¬ 
tor  than  crying.  _  People  are  always  glad  to  see 
him,  then’ liamlK  inaljuotly  go  half  way  out  to 
meet  Iris  grasp,  while  tlioy  turn  involuntarily 
from  tho  clammy  touch  of  tho  dyspeptic,  who 
speak.s  011  the  groaning  key.  He  laughs  you  out 
of  your  faults,  while  you  iieA'cr  dream  of  being 
olTrudcd  with  him ;  it  seems  as  if  sunshine  came 
into  tho  nxim  with  him,  and  you  nevrr  kiioAv 
what  a  pleasant  Avorld  yon  aro  livmg  in  until  ho 
points  out  tho  sunny  streaks  ou  its  pathway. 
A  gtaxi-humored  laugh  is  tlie  key  to  all  hearts. 
Satire  says  a  keen  observer,  “is  the  most  useful 
of  all  forms  of  wi’iting;  sentiment  is  liu-rally 
Avastod  ou  ninetexm  rcauers  out  of  twenty !’’  Tho 
truth  is,  tliat  people  like  to  he  laughed  at  in  a 
genial  sort  of  a  way.  If  you  are  making  your- 
W’lf  riilieiiloTiB.  you  vrant  to  he  told  of  it  in  a 
pleasant  inanner,  nut  sneered  at.  Ami  it  is  as- 
toni.shiiig  liOAv  franldy  tho  laughing  piqiiilation 
can  talk,  Avithout  treading  on  the  sensitive  toes 
of  their  neigbors!  Why  AvilJ  people  put  on  long 
faces,  Avhcii  it  is  so  much  ea.sier.niul  more  coiii- 
foi'table  to  laugh  ?  Tears  come  to  ns  unsought 
aud  unbidden.  The  wisest  art  in  life  is  to  eulU- 
A'lite  smiles;  to  find  tho  llow’ers  where  others 
shrink  uAvay  for  fear  of  thoruu.  Surely  it  is  not 
tin;  Viest  theology  that  teodios  that  Ho  Avho  has 
given  such  fulness  of  joy  to  heastK  ami  birds, 
delights  in  t’uc  misery  of  men,  or  that.  Iiaving 
filled  our  hearts  Avilh  glodncsH,  atc  ought  to  gii  e 
the  lie  to  His  gooduess  by  Avoaring  faces  \te- 
cloudcd  Avith  avoo,  and  furrowed  with  unhappi¬ 
ness, 
