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And from the Scientific American. New
uses for the Toad, which seemed a novel
and ingenious way of getting rid of
roaches and waterbugs. The ordinary
hoptoad put in the kitchen will soon
clear them away, and the toads become
domesticated, and are so cleanly and inoffensive
that there is no objection to their
presence. They are also said to destroy insects
in the garden. Are detrimental enemies
to all kinds of snails and slugs.
In Paris Toads are an article of merchandise,
and are kept in tubs, and sold at
the rate of two francs a dozen.

Jane J. Porter. From Dean Stanley's, Thoughts
that Breathe, this sentiment. The surest means
of overcoming evil is to overcome it with good.
The surest means of overcoming error is by
setting forth truth. Not active pursuit of
evil, but absence of zeal for good is the
cause of more than half the crimes and
miseries which infest the world, or more
than half the controversies and slanders which
infest the church. Occupy, busy, engross yourselves
with things honest and true, lovely, of good
report and you will then have no pleasure in
seeking out things unlovely and of evil report;
no leisure to pick them out in the doing,
and characters, and opinions of your neighbors.

To expel and destroy evil by thinking and