LOVE AND MAMMON.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 438, 18 January 1890, Page 8

LOVE AND MAMMON.

■*5.V lady si.ts in listless grace, And the noblest in the land t j’lvss round her with many a courtly smile, Ah they bend o’er her jewel Ivj liana i\ - r lord js might 3’, her station high, And beauty and wealth her own ; But amid the gay and glittering throng, My lady sits alone, d’hose gilded halls, and brilliant guests, 1 Are-faded from her eyes, Again she walks with one she loved, Beneath the moonlit skies. £g!iin she hears that tender voice *; Which thrilled her heart with joy. When gazing in,liis face she felt Her bliss had no alloy. All idle dreams—thos.e days are past ; ' She chose for pomp apd pride, She crushed the manly faithful heart, In distant land he died. What had he but an earnesUoul. '' A world of iove and passion She lives now in a grander world—- ‘ The world of rank and fashion. A. • .... • • The music sounds with louder strain, ' And all seems joy and pleasure ; The countess with a noble lord How ij-eads a stately measure ; Her words are light, her voice is gay, ' She smiles and looks cpiite happy now ; And who could tell of a tortured soql ' dTrom tliafc calm and gem-decked brow?

In France, if. a patient who is under chloroform shows ’ any signs of heart failure, those in attendance hold him head downwards till he is restored , The method is said never to fail ;ahd so convinced are spine surgeons of its efficacy, that they have operating tables made in such a fashion that ope end can be elevated at a pnoment’s notice, and the patient be practically made to stand on his head for an jnstanf or two. A physician says that the cry for rest has always been' louder than the cry for i’opd. Not that it is more important, but it is often harder to obtain. The best rest, comes from sound sleep. Of two jnen or women, otherwise equal, the one who sleeps the better will be the more healthy and efficient. Sleep will do much to cure irritability of temper, peevishness and uneasiness. It will restore vigour to an overworked brain. It will build up and make strong a weak body. It will cure a headache. It will cure a broken spirit. It will cure sorrow. Indeed we might make a long list of nervous nialadies that sleep will cure. The cure of sleeplessness requires a clean, good bed, sufficient exeixise to promote weariness, pleasant occupation, good air, po£ too warm a room, and a clear conscience.