Curing His Liver

The Philadelphia News tells howand wliy one man's liver ceases totrouble hiin: Dr. Crawford of ISallimore isrelated to haveadvistd a pati :nt, who fancied lie was dyim; of livenlisease, to travel. Ou retürning lio appeured ro be quite well, but ti pon receivmg información of the dealn of a twin brother, who actually died of a seirrhou.i liver, he nimediately stag'jered, and falling down, eried ouï that he was dead, and had, as he alwaysexpected.died of a liver complaint. Dr. Crawford bf-ing sent for, inimediafely attended; and on being infornind of the notion which had seiied the hypochondriac, exclanned: "Oh, jes, the gentleman is oertainly dead, and it is more than probable liis liver was the dfath of liini. llowtver, to ascertain the fact, 1 will basten to rut him open befora putrefaction takes place." He called tor a earviiijj kniie and whetting it, as a butolier would irhen about to opeu a di-ad calf, he stepped up to the por tient and be.'an to open his waistroat. The hypochondriac became bo teiribly trigh tened that he leaped up with the asility of a íabbit, and cryinf! out "Minder! murderl minder!" ran ofï with the speed that would hava delied a score of doctors to catch lnm. After running a constdorabledistanee, until he was ahnost exhausted, he halted, and not (indina the doctor at his heels, soon became comrjosed. From that period this tsentlman was i.ever knonn to coinplain of his liver, nor had he for more than twenty years afteiward any syintoms of tbia disease.