power for good as one of these Tiny Workers whose heart is full of Jesus' love.

BOYS WHO SMOKE.

DR. DECAISNE (Bull. General de Ther.) in the course of investigations on the influence of tobacco on the circulation, has been struck with the large number of boys, aged from nine to fifteen years, who smoke; and has been led to inquire into the connection of this habit with impairment of the general health. He has observed 38 boys, aged from 9 to 15, who smoked more or less. Of these distinct symptoms were present in 27. In 22 there were various disorders of the circulation-bruit de souffle in the neck, palpitation, disorders of digestion, slowness of intellect, and a more or less marked taste for strong drinks. In 3 the pulse was intermittent. In 8 there was found on examination more or less marked diminution of the red corpuscles; in 12 there was rather frequent epistaxis; 10 had disturbed sleep, and 4 had slight ulcerations of the mucuous membrane of the mouth, which disappeared on ceasing from the use of tobacco for some days. In children who were very well nourished the disorder was, in general, less marked. As to the ages, of the boys were from 9 to 12 years old; 19 from 12 to 15. The duration of the habit of smoking was-in 11, from six months to a year; and in 16, more than two years. The ordinary treatment of anæmia in general produced no effect as long as the smoking was continued; but, when this was desisted from, health was soon perfectly restored, if there were no organic disease.—British Medical Journal.

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ENIGMA XV.

Let a Parisian prelate lead the van
Of worthies now advancing on the stage;
Surely 'twas his own mind the pious man
Pourtray'd when Mentor's wisdom grac'd his page.

Next let the Salaminian poet stand,

And how his genius serv'd let him rehearse,
To save from punishment a gallant band,
Who had enrich'd their mem'ry with his verse.

Let sculpture also bring a favour'd son,
And hold him up to admiration due,
The wreath of excellence he nobly won,

When Howard's statue struck th' astonish'd view.

While painting (sister art) makes known the fame
Of one in Britain born, in Britain bred,

Who, great when living, now a place may claim
Among the number of illustrious dead.

But see! Hibernia brings a mitred chief,
One whose whole life true piety refin'd;
In sixteen fifty-six, his course (not brief)*
He finish'd, and life's troubles left behind.

A Scottish bishop too, must be reveal'd,
Dwelling in France in fifteen seventy-two;
For seven long months in a small inn conceal'd,
He 'scap'd the sword which superstition drew.†

A bard of merit also notice claims,
Who wrote in numbers "musical and terse,"
Translating (to immortalise his name)
Lucan's "Pharsalia" into English verse.

*He died aged seventy-five years.

The massacre of St. Bartholomew's day took place in this year.

Bath.

Another poet likewise introduce,

Well known as Bishop Allerbury's friend;
Whom men of treas'nous practices accuse,
And into rigorous confinement send.

These, side by side arrang'd, will clearly mark
A month which we consider cold and dreary;
When the nights still continue long and dark,
And we begin to grow of winter weary.

KEY TO ENIGMA No. 14.

Nazareth.

O phel.
Lydda.

A rimathea.

Making the enigmatical word Nola.

The following correspondents have answered correctly: Sarah Newell; S. A. Stubbs, Presteign; Thos. Fullerton, Wooler; C. and A. Mills, Tunstall; S. A Harvey, Louth; E. C. McCalvin, Winlaton; Annie Humphries, Wootton Bassett; Ellen Humphries, Bath Thos. Parkin, Beckingham Bar; Thos. Goodwin, Tunstall; Clara E. Butcher, Frome; H. Eddeshaw, Pelstin; Thos. A. Wagstaffe, Chesterfield: Walter Dodds, Heathery Tops; Jane Baldwin, Ludlow; Bessie and William Upton, Newport, I. W.; C. Ockwell, Crockslade; W. H. Hodgson, Hull; F. W. T. Slafford, Dandy; S. A. Poole, Taynton; and Elender Hay, Bebside Colliery.

SCRIPTURE ACROSTIC.

No. I.

1. The juice of the grape.

2. A Hebrew name for Satan.

3. A Scripture number.

4. A bird in Scripture.

5. A measure in Scripture.

The initials will give the name of a Roman guard; the finals

will give the name of a place in the Bible.

Plymouth.

THOMAS HEATH, jun.

THE PAUPER'S DEATH-BED.

TREAD Softly-bow the head,

In reverend silence bow:
No passing bell doth toll-
Yet an immortal soul
Is passing now.

Stranger! however great,

With lowly reverence bow; There's one in that poor shed, One in that paltry bed, Greater than thou.

Beneath that beggar's roof,

Lo! death doth keep his state;
Enter-no crowds attend;

Enter-no guards defend
This palace gate.

That pavement, damp and cold,
No smiling courtiers tread:
One silent woman stands,
Lifting with meagre hands
A dying head.

No mingling voices sound;

An infant wail alone;

A sob suppressed-again

That short deep gasp, and then

The parting groan.

Oh, change-oh, unknown change!

Burst on the prison bars;

This moment there, so low,

So agonised, and now

Beyond the stars.

Oh, change!-stupendous change!

There lies the soulless clod;

The sun eternal breaks

The new immortal wakes

Wakes with his God.

MRS. SOUTHEY.

To all students of natural history the names of Aristotle, Belon, Pliny, Ray, Johnstone, Gesner, Buffon, Cuvier, Aldrovandi, Tournefort, Bacon, and Linnæus are familiar. Some of these distinguished characters may not have taught us much on the subject of "natural theology." Yet we are grateful to know that while such men as Sir Isaac Newton, Boyle, and others, have expatiated on this subject, these persons have imparted instruction relative to a thousand objects in the animal kingdom. Aristotle, the philosopher, has been designated the "Father of Natural History."