On Habits of Intoxication as Causing a Type of Disease

bit of practical wisdom. The phrase is highly metaphorical. Worldly wisdom increases with years; so also do the furrows "which indent the forehead. Therefore an increase of wrinkles on the brow may be regarded as an index of increasing sapience^ and a wrinkle may legitimately stand as a figurative synonym for au item of practical wisdom. This by the way. The champagne Avas in due time placed upon the table, and the sparkling fluid had a most agreeable taste and refreshing effect, for the evening ^as hot and stifling. "Well, how do you like the wine?" inquired our friend. " A pleasant drink for a scorching day," we Replied. f< Eead that," lie said, putting into our hands the cork "which had just been extracted from the bottle, and pointing to the inner extremity?that which had been in proximity to the