=Killed by Fright=.--Many an illness is caused simply by imagination, and those of us who go about our work with calmness and confidence are much more likely to escape disease than others who are filled with apprehension should infection come within a hundred miles of them. In connection with this, the Arabs tell the following story: One day a traveller met the Plague going into Cairo, and accosted it thus, "For what purpose are you entering Cairo?" "To kill three thousand people," rejoined the Plague. Some time after, the same traveller met the Plague on its return, and said, "But you killed thirty thousand!" "Nay," answered the Plague, "I killed but three thousand; the rest died of fright." SLEIGH-BELLS. "Sleigh-bells, sleigh-bells, What are you saying?" "Merriest thing in all the world 'Tis to go a-sleighing: Laughter ringing, Shouting, singing, Bells a-jingling, Noses tingling, Horses prancing, Hearts a-dancing, Sky all brightness, Earth all whiteness; Diamonds in the icicles, Sunbeams round them playing: Merriest thing in all the world 'Tis to go a-sleighing!" [Illustration: "TUM, HORSIE."] [Illustration: "DET UP, HORSIE!"] [Illustration: "WHOA! WHOA!"] End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, January 18, 1881, by Various