no remedy for it. But otherwise, the the juice of plantain and hoarhound will surely effect a cure. In one case, where the patient was so badly swollen as to close his eyes and stiffen his fingers and other limbs, three doses with as many applications upon the wound effected a cure. WILT THOU LOVE HER STILL? Wilt thou love her still, when the sunny curls That over her bosom flow, Will be laced with silver threads of age, And her step be feeble and low? Wilt thou love her still when the summer smiles "I will love her still, With right good will!" Thou wilt love her still? then our cherished one Wilt thou love her still, when her changeful eyes I shall love her still!" Thou wilt love her still? then our dearest one Remember, no grief has she ever known, Her spirit is light and free; None other, with falterless step, has prest Its innermost shades, but thee! CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF IRON. -In his evidence before the strength of the Iron Commission, Mr. Morries Stirling states, that iron in its pure state is malleable, and that it is a combination of carbon with iron which produces cast-iron. In addition to carbon, the cast iron in this country contains silicia, lime, magnesia, alumina, occasionaily some of the phosphates and other admixtures; but iron made from magnetic ores is much purer. The strength of cast iron depends upon its freedom from impurities, and upon the proportion of carbon it contains. The strongest cast iron contains about three per cent. of carbon, or according to Mr. Charles May, when the carbon is in the smallest proportion that produces fluidity; a larger proportion tends to make the iron soft and weak, and a smaller hard and brittle. Mr. Glynn states, that the strongest iron generally shows a clear gray, or slightly mottled fracture, and he considers the color indicates the combination of carbon with iron which produces the greatest strength. Mr. Stirling states, that while color is admissible as a test of strength, it is not so of chemical constitution, for though dark colored iron is usually weak, gray iron usually Then wilt thou love her still, when the tho'ts of youth strong, and white iron usually brittle, In her blushing bloom depart? "Through good and ill, 1 will love her still!" Thou wilt love her still? then our darling take Remember for thee, does she smiling leave The friends of her early days No longer to meet their approving looks, "I will love her still, With right good will!" Thou wilt love her still? then with peaceful trust When her father is dead, and the emerald sod Wilt love her still? for to thee she looks, "I will love her still, Through good and ill!” With the marriage vow on her youthful lip; yet black iron when chilled becomes white, although it must be supposed to contain the same quantity of carbon; hence, as a general rule, he concludes that color indicates treatment to which iron has been subjected, and in some cases only the quantity of carbon. Mr. May coincides in considering the question of strength to be very much reducible to the quantity of carbon contained in the iron, as some of the tenderest iron skillfully treated will produce some of the strongest castings. Messrs. Stephenson and Stirling mention that the fluidity of the Berlin iron is due to the presence of arsenic, and the latter has observed that manganese mixed artificially with cast iron closes the grain, and is an improvement both to cast iron and steel. On wrought iron the effect of manganese is stated to be to give it the hot-short property, while cold short is produced by the presence hour. The third experiment was with of a small quantity of phosphorus, and 111 tons, drawn by two locomotivesthe admixture of arsenic renders wrought iron hard and brittle. Mining Journal. EXPERIMENTS ON VERY the "Dreadnought" goods engine, with 5 ft. wheels, 16 in. cylinder, and 5 ft. stroke, and by the "Great Western." about 23 miles per hour, doing, there fore, not more than the coupled goods engine had just performed with 111 tons. The moment before the "Great Western" started with the 70 tons a slight sprinkling shower came down and wetted the rails. The train started at 3 hours 55 min. utes 47 s. and passed the 953 post at 4 HEAVY GRADIENTS. h. 2 m. 16 s. The distance was thereExperiments have recently been fore performed in 6 m. 29 s., or at the made by Mr. D. Gooch, of the Great average rate of 25 miles per hour. Western, and duly recorded in the col- The fourth experiment was with the umns of the Morning Herald: They same load 111 tons, with the "Dreadtook place on the portion of the Swin nought" alone. The train left the don and Gloucester line lying between starting-place at 4 h. 34 m. 57 s., and the 98 and 95 mile posts. The line, passed the 95 post at 4 h. 42 m. 423 s., for the whole of this distance is a se- and doing the distance in 7 m. 45 s., ries of S curves, varying from 2000 to or at the average rate of about 23 miles 3600 ft. radius; and the starting point, per hour. The fifth and last experi from which the experiments commence, ment was with 70 tons, with the "Great viz: the 984 mile post, is on a rising Western." The train started at 4 h. gradient of 1 in 105. This gradient 26 m. 7 s., and passed the 953 post at extends to a little more than a furlong, 4 h. 33 m. 513 s., being therefore 7 m. and is succeeded by a rising gradient 44 s. on the journey, and performing of 1 in 75 for about half a mile. There the distance at an average speed of is then a rising gradient of 1 in 70 for nearly a quarter of a mile, followed by a rising gradient of 1 in 75 for rather more than three-quarters of a mile. We then come to a level of about a quarter of a mile. There is then a rising gradient of 1 in 70 for nearly a quarter of a mile, and next a rising gradient of 1 in 60 for nearly threequarters of a mile. It was over these VALUE OF LOOKS.-At a recent severe gradients (all of them on curves) fancy fair, a young gentleman lingered that the power of the locomotive was for some time at one of the stalls, tested, and, in order that the power which was attended by a very handsome might be really and commercially test young lady. "The charge for your ined, the train was brought to a dead spection of my wares," said the fair stand upon the incline of 1 in 105. dealer, "is half-a-crown, sir." "I was The first experiment was with 50 tons admiring your beauty, ma'am, and not exclusive of the engine and tender. your goods," replied the gallant. It was taken by the "Great Western" "That is five shillings," responded the engine, which was 8 ft. driving wheels, lady, with great readiness; and no de18 in. cylinder, and 2 ft. stroke. The mand, perhaps, was more cheerfully train left the 984 mile post at 12 h. 47 complied with. m. 15 s., and reached the 95 post at 12 h. 53 m. 14 s. performing the 2 miles in 5 m, 58 s., or at an average speed of 27 miles an hour. The second experiment was with 60 tons with the same engine. The train started at 1 h, 56 m. 12 s., and passed the 95 mile post at 1 h. 32 m. 544 s. doing the distance, therefore, in 6 m. 424 s., or at he average rate of about 24 miles per Railway Chronicle. HEALTH.-The four ordinary secrets of health are, early rising, exercise, personal cleanliness, and the rising from the table with the stomach unoppressed. There may be sorrows in spite of these, but they will be less with them, and nobody can be truly comfortable without them. From the Nashville Daily Gazette. THE following lines were called forth by an event, that has pained many a heart beside the poet's. Very sad is the death of the young and the lovely. And yet there is something in it, that touches the heart with a chastened sorrow approaching almost to thankfulness. There is to our mind something beautiful as it is sad in the return of a young spirit with all its fresh and virgin purity to Him, who created and sent it forth on its mission to light and bless the world but for a time. Earth can offer no fairer sacrifice to the AllPure. So felt we a few days since, as we stood by the bier of the lovely being, whose loveliness has waked the poet's wailing lyre. To our imagination, that bier became an altar, and its fair but blighted burden a self-offering to the pure God above: For the Gazette. Do we not live to wear a chain, To which another link Each day doth add, to weep in vain, Our flowers, so soon they fade away,] Of sorrow's fount all drink! Then spite of bitter tears we shed, If by a touch thou'dst live again, LORD CHANCELLOR ELDON.-Lord Eldon used to tell with pleasure the difficulties with which, in his early days, he was surrounded, and over which he triumphed. We give an ac STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF ELLEN C. VAULX. Count of his early success, as he rela ted it himself, at table, to a friend:"Yes," says the Lord Chancellor, "and I borrowed thirty pounds to go the northern circuit; but I got no briefs. And, sir, I borrowed another thirty; but met with no return. After some time at this game, I had determined to borrow no more, when I was prevailed on by a friend to try again, and did so. At York, I had a junior brief; and Davenport, then a leading council of the circuit, was to state the case to the jury. The cause was called on in the morning, and Davenport was engaged in the Crown Court. I (says the Chancellor) begged the judge to postpone it; but he replied, 'You must lead, Mr. Scott;' and I did so. It was for an assault. Two ladies had quarrelled at cards; a scuffle ensued, and one of them was turned off her chair on the ground; this was the nature of the assault. It happened (proceeds the Chancellor) that I set the court in a roar of laughter, and succeeded for my client. Retainers began to flow in, and the prospect brightened. On proceeding to Carlisle, a fortunate circumstance occurred. I had retired early to bed the night before the assizes, when I was aroused by a knock at my door. , On getting up, I found Mr. CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD.-At the solicitor, with a large brief in every pulsation, the heart is supposed his hand. He observed that a cause to cast forth one ounce of blood, and was coming on in the morning, and the allowing the common pulsation of a leading counsel were all too much en-person to be, in the healthy state, 75 gaged to read so large a brief. You every minute, it would at the end of must take it Mr. Scott.' I hesitated, the twenty-four hours, amount to the as Davenport and others had declined it, and expressed my doubt of being able to accomplish the task. He pressed me; and, by the little light, as the attorney put the brief (it was a thick brief) into my hand, I saw written on it, 'Mr. Scott, twenty guineas.' This was not to be refused, and I said, 'Well, I'll promise to read your brief, and state its substance.' 'That's all enormous weight of 3 tons, 8 cwt., and 14 lbs. of blood cast forth by the heart; and at the end of a week it would amount to 24 tons, 2 cwt., 14 lbs. ; and the end of the year, it would amount to the still more enormous weight of 1,253 tons, 10 cwt., 2 qrs. of blood. AN African traveller observes, that we want,' replied the solicitor. So So I the Barbary date possesses the quality dressed myself, and read it. The next day, I succeeded in the cause, and never wanted briefs again." TO MY WIFE. On The Twentieth Anniversary of our Marriage, BY REV. ALBERT MOORE. 'Tis Autumn chill; the trees and flow'rs Have faded one by one; The naked fields and leafless bow'rs But tho' the leaves and blossoms fade, To green and flow'ry fields succeed So Dearest, has our life's Spring past; But yet, the pure, ripe joys of love, To-Day, more sweet more grateful prove, "Tis twenty years to-day, since when, I first did call thee mine: Thou'rt more mine own, to-day, than then; Tho' then, thy step was ease and grace, A witching charm upon thy face; Thy lips of rosy hue; And tho' those charms now faded are, of nutrition in so great a degree as to be unequalled by any other production of nature. The English receive but very moderate supplies of this valuable fruit, which prevents its importance being generally known; but its effica cy is unfailing in giving strength and vigor to the constitution, whether in youth, manhood, or old age. EDITORIAL NOTICES. CORRESPONDENTS. We are indebted to one of our fair friends for a well written essay on "WoMAN'S WRONGS," in reply to the one on "WOMAN'S RIGHTS," which recently ap peared in our pages. It will be inserted in the next No. Our friend, the Dr., will have to look to his laurels. THE STATE HOSPITAL. In the second No. of our Magazine, we took occasion to discuss, at some length, the necessity of a State Hospital, and the importance of having it managed upon the most liberal principles. We did so, antici pating the late action of the Legislature in the conversion of the old Lunatic Asylum to such a purpose, and it affords us high gratification to reflect-that there is at length a chance afforded to build up, and on a proper basis too, an institution, so es sential not only to the wants of suffering all will recognize the importance of this humanity, but to the progress of medical consideration. We hope then that the science in our midst. Gratifying as this fact must be to all, however, there are some things in regard to the matter, which somewhat cloud our anticipations of the many benefits to flow from the gift, and yet, looking to the future and preparing for it, we see no reason why those who have from he first felt an interest in the projected institution, should not be encouraged with the hope that all will be done that is possible for enlightened philanthropy to accomplish, in order to make it eminently beneficial as one of the great charitable establishments of the day. The friends of the project had hoped that the Senate would have been as liberal as the House in the bestowment of the gift. The quantity of domain attached to the old Asylum being ten acres, and this handsomely enclosed by a high and substantial stone wall, it was hoped that in the bestowal of the old buildings, all the ground attaehed would have gone along with it. Yet, with a narrowness of policy not at all to be admired, the Senate consented to the conveyance of but two acres, and instead of giving the establishment in perpetuity, they limited the grant to six years. Now, any person who will take the trouble to examine the place will see how necessary it is that the institution should have attached to it the space at present enclosed. As a general hospital, open to all diseases alike, there should be one portion of it devoted to infectious diseases; and if patients occupying the body of the building are in danger of contagion, are to be secured, against it effectually, room should be left upon the grounds, inside the protecting wall for buildings suitable to receive such patients. And, it is important too, that whilst convalescing, patients afflicted with small pox or other infectious diseases should have some room to take exercise, and this, without being sent into the corridors of the Hospital, or into the streets to endanger there the lives of the community at large. We have spoken of this matter before, and next Legislature which meets here will look to this matter, and give to the use of the Hospital the remainder of the grounds, which if sold would not be felt in enriching the State Treasury, whilst in all future time it would be the means of cramping the usefulness of the institution. But, further-there is some dissatisfaction expressed-some indisposition maniifested, as we learn, to take hold of the project in earnest, because, the establishment was given for but six years; and because, also, the corporate authorities are obligated to expend upon it some six thousand dollars, and to employ a Medical Superintendant, nurses, &c., &. As to the first of these causes of complaint, nobody can doubt but that if the establishment is well managed, the next Legislature will make the grant perpetual. And for the second, in the end, it will be an incalculable saving to the citizens of Nashville, keeping out of view entirely what is demanded by humane considerations. As the matter stands, at present, all should remember how constant and how pressing are the demands growing out of sickness and want, in times of high water, visitations from cholera, small pox, and so on, a burden which, it is true, falls largely upon the medical men of our city, and a few who make it a point to interest themselves in the wants of their fellows, but which, could it properly be estimated, there is no doubt but that with the better economy of a well managed Hospital, would leave nothing to desire in the way of funds, since what is contributed in various ways would support it. The fact is, the expenditure must be made in some shape, or our fellow beings must suffer; and take either position, the call to take hold of and properly prepare the building as contemplated is imperative. |