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_ _ "THE COMING OF THE DAISIES. There's no life without its winter, There's no year without its sleet. For the picture must be shaded? Tis the bitter makes the sweet. And even in stern December. Trustful hearts can hear this ?train? At the coming of the daisies, We shull all be glad again. Uuto the happiest being The sad touch of grief will come, And Nature must have her season When the woods and streams are dumb, But hearts were not made for sorrow, The meads will their green regain, And the coming of the daisies .,11 n.rnill L-UKUl JUUIVV I..". U.l p...... ..p Oh I despairing hearts that murmur, Hope 1ms happy dreams for you: Darkiuss cannot rot forever In the bosoms of the true. Hear this whisjier. in the breezes.? In the bent of the warm rain? At the coming of the daisies We shall all be glad again. Have faith when life is sorrowful With memories of the dead; Remember there is a summer When' the leaves are never shed. With face to that better country. Find hope in my song's refrain? . At the coining of the daisies The earth shall be new again. ^-William Lyle, in Rochester Democrat. MRS. BAKER'S RELIGION. 11Y FLORKM'K li. HAI.I.OWKM.. 'Oil's. Baker, ma wants to know if you can't come and sit up with granny tonight. She's worse, and ma 'n Tilly's 'bout warn out." Mrs. Baker was frying crullers on the kitchen stove when little Tom Marsh came in to deliver his message. She had been at work all day, and was tired, warm and considerably out of temper. She was certainly in anything but a mood to confer favors. "No, I can't," she snapped, turning upon little Tom a face scarlet from the glow of the hot tire. "Your mother ought to know better'n to send for me, I told her only yesterday that I *as up to my eyes in work, and that I expected company to-morrow. She'll have to find some one else. Goodness knows, I put myself out enough fo-folks without being called on to be a sick-nurse," and she resumed her frying, while Tom ran home to report his non-success. "Mother,'' said Madge, coming into the kitchen just as Mrs. Baker, having fin. ished the frying of the crullers, was removing the kettle of lard from the stove. "I've fixed the spare room up beautifully. I know you 11 be pleased with it. And to-morrow I'll fill the mantel-vases with flowers just before Mr. and Mrs. Spear come. And mother,very timidly, "would you be willing for me to ask the Shakespeare club to meet here next Tuesday evening? Ttiey have never met here, and I've been a member over a year." "You must be out of your senses," said Mrs Baker, crossly, "Do you suppose I'd let two dozen people come trapesing over my parlor carpet, and breaking, tearing and burning everything? I'm not so foolish.'' "You speak as if they were so many t wild animals, mother," said Madge, in a tone of some resentment. ''They act like wild animals," said Mrs Baker. "I'd like to know if they didn't burn up one of Mrs. Clarke's lace curtains?" "That was an accident,'" said Madge, j "and not likely to occur a second time. Mary Lewis pushed a gas jet to one side ] so as to see the glass better, and didn't notice that she pushed it right into the curtain. Mrs. Clarke didn't blame her at all." " She can afford to have her curtains burned up, perhaps. I can't. Don't argue the snbject, Madge. When I say ' no ' I mean it, as you ought to have learned by this time." "I have learned that and a good many / other things, too, mother. I know I often wish I was back at boardingschool."' "It's like you to say that! It shows fyour ingratitude." "I don't mean to be ungrateful; but I know you don't make things very pleasant for me at home. Susie Clarke could have the club at her house every night in the week if she wanted to." "There, that's enough! Go upstairs I until you can learn to control your temper," said Mrs. Baker, going into the . pantry; and Madge went out, closing the aoor behind her with a good deal of unnecessary noise. "You look tired, Sarah," said John Baker, coming in as his wife was putting supper on the table. "I've good cause to look so," was the response. "I've worked like a galley slave ever since sunrise." "Where's Madge been?" "Oh, I never depend on Madge. And T miirht work mv finirers to the bone ? o / <-> without its affecting her m the least.'' "You do the child injustice, Sarah. She's always willing to help, as far as I see." "You never see very far." ''Perhaps not. By-the-wav." with a very natural wish to change the subject, "Hiram Long .shot old Miss Starr's cow to-day. You know he said he would if it ever broke into his corn-patch again, i The old lady's 'bout wild over it." "Serves her right!" said Mrs. Baker, curtly. "That ain't Christian-like. Sarah." "He gave her warnings enough," said Mrs. Baker, "and she knew he was the " sort of a man to keep a promise of that kind. "Why didn't she keep the cow tied up?" "She said the creature would break loose no matter how she tied her. And it does seem a hard case. The cow was the old lady's only support. I was thiukiDg. Sarah, if we couldn't do something for her? You being on the relief committee, you know, could easily?" "John Baker, do you suppose?do you actually suppose I'm going to lift one finger to help that old woman who iny, suited me ten years a<ro? It would look well for me to be rushing to her aid now.' fc "I think help would look better comin' from you than from any one else, Sarah.' She'd know you'd forgiven the past, and that your religion meant something." ' When she comes to me and asks my Fird*?n for what she did ten years ago, 11 think about helping her," said Mrs. Baker,coldly, ill-pleased at her husband's criticism. "I do my duty as far as I see it, and I flatter myself I'm as good as tne general run o' folks." The entrance of Madge prevented further conversation on the subject, and with a heavv sigh John Baker took his i ... TI? ?U ill ill IUV 11V IIUWK.I.M that his (laughter's eyes were very red, but did not Question her about them, for he suspected the cans'* of their condition. But he was more than usually kind in his manner to her, and on rising from the table slipped a silver dollar in her hand, whispering: "Buy yourself some little trinket, darling." The unexpected gift, coupled with the tender words, proved too much for Madge in the over-strained condition of her nerves. Throwing her arms about her father's neck, she laid her head on his breast and burst into a tempest of sobs and tears. And the eyes of the father were dim as he tried to soothe her. "This is perfectly ridiculous," said Mrs. Baker, exasperated at the scene. "One would think the girl was seven years old instead of seventeen. Leave the room, Madge, and don't come back again until you can behave yourself." " You're too hard on the child. Sarah," ' said John Baker, as Madge went out, sobbing wildly. "She's ail we've got, and we'd ought to make her noinc happy." "And do you pretend to say that I make it unhappy?" demanded Mrs. ""Biker. "You just spoil her out of all reason. She don't know what she really does want, and so she makes mountains out o' mole-hills. If she had to drudge as Lucy Cole does she'd have room for complaint. I wish you wouldn't put notions into her head. I have work enough to mannge her without your setting her up ro think herself abused.'' John Baker said no more. He knew by long experience that further argu. ment would be useless. Sarah called herself a Christian, and was one of the most active members of the Calvary church; every Thursday evening her voice was heard in prayer-meeting, and she held prominent positions on various committees appointed by the elders. She was always ready to join in plans to pay the church debt; she was the chief worker in every fair and sociable; her contributions to the poor box and to the foreign missions were always large, ' and ,-tho minister denended greatly "1 / Jiptfn her help in * every scheme V"-"""* in which practical energy was required. ' But her religion seemed to ?v drop from her heart like a cloak from her shoulders when she entered her own home. She did not appear to think it necessary to exercise it there at all. The gentle reproofs of her good-natured hus* band and the rebellion of her preity daughter only irritated her without briug- ' ing her to see where she erred. She was very angry now, and began to clear the table with unusual energy. But as John took his hat and went out on some errand at the village postoflice, and she was left alone, she grew calmer, and by I the time tin; dishes were all washed and 1 nut awav her irritation was almost for- \ I ? ? gotten. ''I guess I'll run over and sec Mrs. Marsh :i minute," she said to herself, as she took off her big gingham apron and j hung it up. " Like as not that Tom told her all I said. He's one to enjoy making a fuss, and I don't want any hard feelins*. So I'll just step over and tell her myself why I can't sit tip with her mother." Mrs. Marsh and Mrs. Maker were very near neighbors, and had always been j very intimate. They were accustomed j to running into the houses of each other j at any hour without the ceremony of | a ring or a knock, and so Mrs. Baker i went around to the hack of the house j when she reached Mrs. Marsh's, and, j finding tlie Kitcncu uoor upuu, ?ivjn>u>t i in at once. As she diil so she heard the sound of voices in the adjoining room, the door of j which was ajar. She- had advanced half-way across the 1 kitchen, intending to make her presence j known, when t he sound of her own name ' spoken l?v a voice which she recognized j as belonging to Mrs. Long, another j neighbor, made her pause. ' Mrs. Baker's religion ain't the kind , that stands soap and water," this woman | was saying. "It hasn't made a spark o'| dif'rence in her. She's as still-necked I as ever. She may lie good at rushin' round to society mcctin's, but as for tnakin' personal sacrifices, it ain't in her.'' Mrs. Baker heard, and trembled with indignation, but worse was to come. ' She certainly doesn't carry her relig- | ion with her into her daily life.'' J said the voice of Mrs. Marsh, "and that's I the only true kind of religion, I think, i | She keeps lier< for show, not for use. i in intimate enougmu m.i nuust i-.? nuun , that."' 'She bottles it up and takes the cork j out only on Sundays and at prayer-" meetings," and Mrs. Baker recognized j Tilly Marsh's high treble. "It's a con- I venicnt kind of religion, you see. But it don't impose upon anv one but herself." . "When a person makes professions, they'd oughtcr stand by them every day in the year," said Mrs. Long. "Mrs. Baker preaches a sight, but she don't practice v.uth anything." For a moment Mrs. Baker was tempted to rusli into the next room and frankly tell her neighbors "what she thought of them;" but angry as she was, an instant's deliberation convinced her that such a course would be highly injudicious. and might lead to a scandal which would afford the village gossip for months to come. So. without giving any intimation of her presence, she hurriedly left the house. "So this is how my neighbors talk of me behind my back!" she murmured, as she reached her own kitchen again, and threw off her hat and shawl. "This is how I am traduced because I would not sit up all night with a querulous old woman." She was very, very angry: but gradually she grew calm, and began to think over quietly all she had heard. The longer she thought, the more reasonable seemed the charges which had been < brought against her. Had she brought | her religion into her daily life? Was it not true that it was kept more for show than for wear? Bottled up, as Tilly had said, and the cork taken out only on Sun Tf .J 1 days m praycr-mcenng. mm m-r aligion made her more lenient to the faults of her daughter? Had it caused her to be more gentle and kind to her husband? Had it caused her to forgive old Miss Starr an offense of ten years' standing? 4 Poor Mrs. Baker! the truth brought home to her thus roughly from other iips I did more toward opening her eyes to her I own past conduct than any advice or counsel, however kindly meant, could have done. "When John came in fit 10 o'clock he was surprised to find his wife in tears, j Such a sight was extremely novel to say the least, and he was very much dis- ' tressed by it. But he was not given any key to the mystery. Sarah took up her candle and went to bed without a word. Madge thought her mother strangely silent and subdued the next morning, and watched her with some anxiety. "I'm afraid mother's going to be sick," | she said to her father, following him out into the yard when he went to the pump for a pail of water. "She does act sorter queer," admitted John. "We must jest be gentle with her and not answer her back if she gets riled." As Madge came back into the kitchen again her mother looked up from the pan of milk she was skimming. "You can have your club meet here on Tuesday if you choose, Madge,"'she said. "I've thought better of what I said yes terday." "Oh, mofher, how good of vou!" cried Madge, running to kiss her?a caress j which Mrs. Baker received very kindly. I "We shall be ever so careful of the carpet and curtains. And I want to tell you, mother, that I am sorry I made such a fuss last ni^ht. It was ridiculous, as you said, and I'm ashamed of myself. And I beg your pardon for speaking to you as I did, too." "We'll both forget all about it," said Mrs. Baker; "and now"?as John came in with the water?"I want to hold a consultation about Mis: Starr. It is only right that we should do what w; can to help her. What do you say to u subscription to buy her another cow. .John ? I should think'we could raise enough to buy her a milker quite as good as old Queen." "Just the thing!" exclaimed John. "You have such a > lear head, Sarah! I'll put my name down for three dollars." "And I will carry the subscriptionpaper around," said Madge. "I'm a tirstclass beggar, you know!" The news that Mrs. Baker had undertaken to restore to Mrs. Starr her means of livelihood tlew about the village like wildfire, and a handsome sum was soon raised for the old lady, whose gratitude to her former enemy was very touching. She could not say enough in Mrs Baker's praise. 1 11U IIIM MUI) uiwuta uiv liamvou i Mrs. Bilker found it not at all difficult to keep on in the new path into which she had stepped. There were, very naturally, times when she forgot h<-r new resolutions; but the thought of Miss Tilly's remark about her religion was always sufficient to give her strength to begin again. "IIow good of you, Mrs. Baker, to take up the cause of that poor Mrs. Starr!" said Tilly Marsh, one day, when she met her neighbor in the village street. "It was only my duty," said Mrs. Baker. "I was the only person to see to her, you know, since I am on the relief committee." When Miss Tilly went home she said to her mother that she felt sure they had done Mrs. Baker injustice in thinking her vainglorious and selfish. "Perhaps we did," said Mrs. Marsh. "I don't understand her lately. She isn't at all as she used to be. Something has changed her. I wish I knew what it was.'' But she never (lid. Lead Pencils. With the improved machinery now used, ten hands will make about four thousand lfcad pencils of the cheaper grade a day. The cedar comes chiefly from Florida, and it is received in slabs of pencil length, one for the lead to go in and the other to cover it, as may be seen by examining the end of any lead pencil. Four little grooves are sawed in the thicker slabs, for the leads, which are kept in hot glue and taken one by one and inserted in the grooves. Then .1-. a: 1..I. tk? 1 1?,1 IJ1U LII i IX MilU i > ^llicu IU 111 v; lUilVlUU MdU, and, thus united, thev arc run through a molding machine, four pencils coming from each slab. After the ends are rasped they are run between grooved wheels at considerable pressure for the only finish they get. This burnishes them, anrl they are tied in dozens and boxed for sate, mostly in plcin wood, and of three degre-s of hardness. The graphite used comes iu a tine black powder, and is mixed with german white clay, about half and half, and then ground with moisture, forming a paste. This is pressed in dies into lengths of : four leads, which are cut and then baked I at a very high temperature. These sell j at y.j cents, $1.50 and ?2 per gross, and j < are very good articles, writing smoothly | i and evenly. The manufacturer makes i i about one hundred per cent., selling the 1 pencils at eighty-five cents a gross, and I 1 the retailer makes a good thing selling j i ihem at a cent a piece. The graphite 1 costs about twenty-five cents a pound, j; and the clay little more than the freight. < The more clay is used in the leads"the 1 harder they will be. The ccdar is cut mostly from fallen trees in Florida swanks.?Ueyer'i titationer. . J fHE PRESIDENT'S HORSES. A. BEPOBTEB'S VI ^IT TO THE WHITE HOUSE STABLES. Ilmv thoy are Situated ami What thoy Contain?HIns Xelltc'm Indian Pony?Hones of Former Presidents. .lust south of the State department, on Seventeenth street, says the Washington Star, arc the White House stables. The building is a two-story press brick, forming three sides of a square. It is set back a little way from the street, and the stable yard and drive way are paved with asphalt clear to the side walk. The building is reached through an iron gate from the street. A private telephone wire runs from the oltice of the President's secretary to the stables, so that a carriage can be summoned in a very few minutes. There is nothing remarkable about these stables. In fact there arc scores of private stables in the West Knd far handsomer, more convenient, and healthier. A deep cellar extends beneath the stable portion, and the moisture soaking through its walls is apt to make it unhealthy for the horses. The only interest attached to the stables arises from the simple fact that they are the President's stables. Desiring to know something about their contents, and knowing the antipathy of the stable employes to reporters, the Star man sought the kind services of Colonel \\\ II. Crook, the executive clerk, and was accompanied by him the other morning through the stables. The central part of the building in which the horses are stabled has stood, as it now is, lor many years, but the wings were extended a couple of years ago to make more carriage room, as President Arthur needs more than former Presidents. The north half of the stable proper is devoted to the President's private horses. There are three large box stalls on one side, and six stalls on the other. The President's riding horse is the occupant of one of the box stalls. He is a sorrel gelding, s 'veti years old, and about sixteen hands high. There is nothing remarkable about this animal, lie is simply a good-looking, easy riding horse, his principal gaits being pace and canter. The President frequently takes a ride 011 summer evenings. He is a fair rider, and is fond of the exercise. He has four carriage horses, two in the box stalls and two in the 11 . cul/? 31(1115 IUU Uiiiui omv. .?vj arc all bays, about sixteen hands high. They are very stylish, air I are groomed to perfection, and either pair hitched to any one of the handsome carriages, with Albert on the box, make a very staking turnout. Occasionally they are driven four-in-hand. Two other stalls are occupied by Allan Arthur's buggy team, one a Hambletonian gelding and the other a Black Hawk mare. They arc driven a great deal, either single or double, by their owner when he is at home, but while he is at college they receive only the necessary exercise. Allan Arthur is a very daring rider. lie not only knows how to ride well but has plenty of nerve, and it takes a good horse to <ret the better of him. In one of the remaining stalls stands the little Indian pony which the President brought back from his trip to the Yellowstone country last year. lie has not yet made his debut, but is receiving a course of training at the hands of Albert on the White Lot drive. When by patience and careful training lie becomes perfectly docile he will be driven by the President's daughter Nellie to a dog cart, lie is a cute little thing, with roached mane and banged tail. His color is what is termed in the West as "painted" or "calico,'" and what the children call "circus'"?irregularly marked with white and brown in about equal proportions. He was presented to the President last summer by Sharpnose, an Arrapahoe chicf. The south side of the stable is devoted to the office horses, six in number. The pair of clipped sorrels usually driven in the secretary's carriage are very good travelers. "A great many people think," said Colonel Crook, 'Mhat the expense of keeping the President's horses are borne by the government. Such is not the case. The government keeps up the office stable, of course, but all those horses in the north side are the President's own property, and their keeping is paid for by him. They arc practically two distinct stables. When Albert needs feed he buys it from a private firm, while the feed for the otfice horses comcs from the quartermaster's department. "General Grant had very fine horses when he was President," continued^ Colonel Crook, "and it was very seldom that he was passed on the road. lie was a splendid driver. Hayes had only four horses?a pair of grays, and a pair of bays. Garfield had very nice turnouts. He had one pair of bays and a gray and a black. The latter were used mostly for saddle horses, and the boys used to ride them a erreat deal." The south wing of the stables is used for the President's carriage, and in the ctnrv liv<> the watchman and his family. The President has three carriages, a landau, a victoria and a brougham. They were all very handsomely finished. President Arthur's eoat-of-arms is on the doors with the motto: "Impelle obstantia." Allan Arthur's Brewster trotting buggy is also in this carriagehouse. The opposite wing contains the office carriages?a coupe and a six-seated carriage. Albert, the President's well-known driver, has acted in that capacity for Lirant, Ilayes and Garfield. Heisa faithful servant and a thorough horseman. He is very fond of horses, but he dislikes reporters. If he thinksai question is asked for newspaper purposes, he shuts up like a clam. He never leaves the stables at night until he is certain that he will not be needed any more. Incase an emergency should arise and his services be required, the watchman always knows where to find him. He is very dark, but a tinelooking man, and in his handsome livery looks well on the box. Beverly Loams, a handsome mulatto house servant, ?icts as footman to the President. President Arthur's turnouts always look well and always attract attention. A Cure for Diphtheria. A correspondent of the JhUimoicun writes in the following confident strain: The following is said to be an almost certain cure for that terrible scourge, '*diph?i v ,.i 1,1 UiUllil. 11 11 MHMI1U Mitt* MJIlii; Ut'Ul child, or even one of larger growth and nore mature years. I shall he more than compensat d for the little trouble to whieh I have been subjected in preparing it for the columns of your journal: Should you or any of your family be attacked with diphtheria,be not alarmed, as it is easily and speedily cured without a doctor. When it was raging in England, I accompanied Doctor Field on his rounds to witness the so called ''wonderful cures" he performed, while the patients of others were dropping on all sides. The remedy to lie rapid must be simple. All he took with him was powder of sulphur and a quill,and with these he cured every patient without exception. He put a spoonful of llowor of brimstone into a wine glass full of water, and stirred it with his linger instead of a spoon, as the sulphur does not readily amalgamate with water. When the sulphur mixed he gave It as a gargle, and in ten minutes the patient was out of danger. Brimstone kills every specie of fungus in man, beast, and plant in a few minutes. In extreme cases, in which he had been called just in the nick of time, when the fungus was too nearly closed to allow the gargling, lie blew the sulphur through a quill into the throat, and after the fungus had shrank to allow of it, then the trartr'inir. He never lost ;i patient of diphtheria. If a patient e mnot gargle, take a live coal, put it on a shovel and sprinkle a spoonful or two of flour of brimstone at a time upon it. let the sufferer inhale it, and the fungus will (lie. If plentifully used the whole room may be filled to suffocation; the patient can walk about in it, inhaling the fumes, with doors and windows shut. The mode of fumigating a room with sulphur has often cured most violent attacks of colds in the head, chest, etc., at any time, and is recommended in cases of consumption and asthma '' How to Preserve the Voice. Emma Abbott, the singer, says: "There is only one way to preserve the voice that I know of and that is so simple that it should not be forgotten. The secret is, don't force it. Don't force it at any time, but especially do not force it into practice. I know it used to be the custom to teach a singer to bellow everything, but to bellow is not to sing, tod I am not an artist because I rush sit everything with all the wind of a blacksmith's forge. I used to imagine that it was necessary to howl in order to ?how that I could sing, but I know better now. And who have taught me so, you would ask? My answer is only three ather women, but those three arc Jennie Lind, Alboni and Adelina Patti." Perseverance is the best school for manly virtue. I SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL Mr. Alan Colo, an expert in lace making, has been traveling through Ireland, under the auspices of the South Kensington authorities, lecturing on Irish lace and giving instructions in the method of imparting artistic design to this beautiful fabric. The Astronomer Iloyal of Ireland, Professor Ball, after reviewing all the different methods of calculating the distance between the earth and the sun, says the most probable distance seems to be 1)2,7(10,000 miles, with a probable error of Sflfl 000 mi Ins. Horings for salt in Northern Germany have revealed the existence of immense deposits of tllir mineral in some of the most neglected and forlorn localities. One of these drills reached salt at a depth of about 1,100 feet from the surface, and at 1,oOO feet it had noc yet penetrated the deposit, giving it the immense thickness of more than 400 feet. A preparation of artificial cork i3 patented in Germany, by Grunzwaig and Hartman, of Ludwigshaften-on-theRhine, and is made by incorporating sixty-three parts of ground or powdered cork chips with 180 parts of boiiing starch paste. The result is a plastic mass, which is pressed into forms, and after being removed dried by means of heat. Some English scientists have been trying to explain why it is that persons who become lost in a fog, or who are for any reason, unable to see their way, usually walk in a circle instead of following a straight line. Mr. W. Lard en thinks that the cause may be found in the strength of the legs, the stronger of the two outwalking the other when not "Controlled by the will. In confirmation of this view, Mr. ('. II. Darwin recounts some experiments in which several school boys ' r-'-i-l n...1 i?l,1 wnilf urn* uiiim-uiui - . straight ahead, when the "right-legged" ones circled to I he left, and the "leftlegged'' ones to the right, exactly as they should do if the theory is correct, while one boy who seemed to be neither rightlegged nor left-legged, but to use the two limbs with about equal facility, walked irregularly, but deviated much less from a straight course than any of tlie others. Another writer, Mr. Thomas llawksley, supposes that few persons have both legs of equal length, in which case the longer limb must have a tendency to outstrip the other in walking. TVISK WORDS. Energy well directed never misses the j mark. fl-4. ii.ll/.ll tr> llP I Hill MIIUC ? uau uvjiutvo %v ever guarded is scarc wor.h the sentinel. To bo indifferent whether we embrace falsehood or truth is the great road to error. Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others. Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keci) your promise. When you measure aught, give full measure and weigh with a just balance. One hour of equity is better than seventy years of devotion. It is only necessary to grow old to become more indulgent. I sec no fault committed that I have not committed myself, says Goethe. What the country wants the most just Inow is less religion and more piety, less J politics and more patriotism, and less pedigree and more pluck. The desire of power in excess caused I nn.mii! t,, fnll flip flfsirf' nf knowledge in excess caused men to fall; but in charity is no excess, neither can man nor angels come into danger by it. "American society," says Maurice M. Minton, " to-day has lost some of the sterling qualities of yesterday. Our ancestors clung firmly to their convictions, 1>tit much ol' their posterity has decided to pass under the rod of fashion, import the old follies of Europe,forget that they are Americans,and sell out the birthright of their nation's individuality." HEALTH HINTS. An old sailor recommends clam juice as an excellent spring medicine for those physically weak. Never neglect a cold. The attack may not seem severe, but a cold is a cold, and therefore an enemy to be looked after with the greatest watchfulness. A correspondent of the Liverpool Mercury declares that an ounce of cream of tartar dissolved in one pint of boiling water, drank cold at short intervals, is a sure prophylactic and a cure of smallpox. If baby is hoarse at night, take a small piece of oil silk, rub a little lard or animal oil of any kind over it and fasten it next his skin, over the chest. It may be pinned with small safety pins to his wrapper. For the prompt cure of ringworm. Dr. Footed Health Monthly advises sufferers to try I)r.Taylor's prescription, composed ofoino ,\f KifOilnrMr* nf mnrcurv to one oTince of tincturc of myrrh. Of course this is only for 'ocal applications as a paint. A (iooil Story of the Khedive. The khedivc of Egypt always used to rise early, and generally began his reading of official reports at 5 o'clock a. m. ; but one morning, during the recent siege, he had slipped outside into the garden of Ghezireh at sunrise, and wsis returning to the palace, when he was stopped by a sentry. "Yer can't go in 'ere, yer know," said the English soldier, with good-natured contempt for the ig norance of an evident "furrincr." "But I beloni; to the palace," said the khedive, in his hesitating English. 4,Oh! do yer? ?well, what sort of a palace 'ave yer got?'' "Very good.'' "Ah! Fine times, I s'posc; nothing to do and plenty to eat, from the look of yer. Wouldn't mind serving this chap myself, if e'd give me six shillings a day. What sort of a feller is lie?" Just then the sergeant coming round sainted the khedive, who passed in, to the horror of the sentry, now recognizing his mistake. The colonel getting to hear of the incident, thought it necessary to oiler an apology to the khedive, who, however, was delighted, and told the story at least twice j a day for a month. Ismail would at one time liave taKen the man into nis service, and, possibly, out of pure caprice, made him a pasha before long. But Tewfik does not indulge in pranks of this sort. Another time something of the same sort happened, awl Tewfik gave a small coin to the sentry. "Thank you, Johnny,'' said the soldier. Tewfik gave a larger coin. "Much obliged, sir,'1 said the j sentry, making a salute. Tewfik gave a ! gold coin. "Beg yer pardon, ycr 'Ighj ness. Present arms there!"?Athenttcum. A Curious Epitaph. I The following is a transcription, verbatim et literatim et punctatim, of an epitaph inscribed upon a nigral tablet in | St. John's church, Georgetown, I). (!., written in memory of Kcv. John S. Sayrs, first rector of the church, by Francis S. I Key, author of "The Star Spangled Banner:" "Joh: J. Sayrs, hu; eel; Bcctot Primus. Ilic, (quo. Christi servus, Fideliter ministravit,) Sep: fac: (?). Ob: li Jan: A: I): MDCCCIX, .Et: XXXV. Here onee stood fortn a Man. who from the world Though bright its aspects to his youthful eye, Turn'fl with affection anient to his God, And lived and died an humble minister Of his benignant purposes to man. "Here lies he now?yet grieve thou not for him, i READER! he trusted in that love where J none Have ever vainly trusts 1?Rather lot His marble sixjak to thee, ami shouldn't thou feel The rising of a new <fc solemn thought, Wak'd by this sacred plaoe <fc sad memorial, O listen to its' impulse ! 'tis divine? j And it shall guide [thee] to a life of joy, I A death of hope & endless bliss hereafter." "Plowing Day" in China. Won<r Chin Foo, of New York, tell the world, through a newspaper, in pretty good English, something about "Plowing Day" in China. It is celebrated by good Celestials wherever they are. In ! China the emperor celebrates it as the planting time. He takes hold of a plow and furrows the ground until the sweat of his face wetB bis shoes. It is the Chinese national holiday, and the ceremonies with which it is celebrated are j partly devotional. According to Wong ! Chin Foo the Chinese are not heathen at all. They believe in a supreme Joss and in the immortality of the soul. They exemplify their faith in immortality by decorating the graves of their dead relatives and feasting their famished souls with roast pig and wine. The banquet costs them something, too, which standthem in proof of their sincerity. There are five colored students in Howard university, Washington, D. C., being educated for "the Lutheran ministry. DANGERS OF THE OCEAN. gbAphio acooitirc? of the greatest wzu3ck kit own. The Ui?a?lcr of lTSi-:i0,0l)0 Tien and $100,000,000 of Property Go to the Bottom OT tlie Atlantic, The recent sinking of the steamer Daniel Steinmann, near Sambro light, and the dreadful loss of life accompanying the occasion, renders, in connection with the summer hegira to Europe, all matters pertaining to ocean travel of interest. Ocean disasters are of no rare occur ? 1...* "loon nvfir n Vinnrlrfirl Fl'IlUU, Ulil; UIIU luuiv jimvv w T ?. years ago whose very age makes it news to the present generation. It was an Articrican-Atlantic gale, and one ileet went down in it whose loss of human lives and property is unparalleled in history. How many vessels and men went down in that great September gale of 1782 will never he known; but out of the great "Blue Field"' licet, on its homeward way from the West Indies to England, and composed of about 100 ships, consisting of richly ladened merchantmen, convoying men-of-war, and captured frigates and war vessels, over sixty were never heard of. 30,000 men of that single fleet went down to their graves in the Atlantic, and it was estimated that the loss to Ensrland was .lirectly ?20,000,000, or $100,000,000. Truly for four days' work there is nothing in the world's history to reach it, and though it occurred but yesterday?to-day it is nearly forgotten, and of the thousands who pass the Newfoundland banks it is a very small percentage who know of the great graveyard of 1782 that lies in their close vicinity. This doomed licet was I sent back from the Musquito coast in charge of Admiral, afterward Lord, Graves. Lord Kodncv was in command of the British vessels, and in connection with Sir Thomas Ilood. had captured numerous French men-of-war from the Counts de Gmsse and d'Estang. as well as American vessels and heavily-loaded merchantmen from both nations. These, with a large licet of British merchantmen, all well loaded; transports and vessels returning with the sick and disabled, were placed under convoy of Admiral Graves, and the protection of the flagship Kami I lies, seventy-four guns, Canada and Centaur seventy-four guns each, frigate Pallas, thirty-six guns, Villc-deParis, 110 guns, war vessels G'orieux. I"aton, Ardent, Jason, Hector and a number of others. It has been estimated that there were :}.."500 cannon in this great fleet, of a!)out one hundred vessels. The vessels started on their disastrous voyage July 2.1. and made slow progress against heavy winds. On September 10 a heavy gale sprang up in the afternoon, and on board the flagship Rami I lies the top-gallant yards and masts were sent down, the sails furled and the ship brought to under a mainsail on the larboard tack. The fleet was well bunched around the flagship and the other vessels speedily followed her example so far as practicable. Duriiig the night the wind was a gale, when at 3 o'clock on tiie morning of the 17th it whirled around into a directly opposite quarter, took the Ramillies bythe lee, her main and mizzen masts went by the board, the foretop mast fell over the starboard bow, numbers of the yards broke in their slings, the tiller snapped, the rudder was nearly torn oil, and in thirty seconds this gr. at, mortal giant lav a wreck on the crumpled tops of a seething ocean, swept to a (had-level by a hurricane's knife-like hand. How many of the consorting vessels went down in that awful blast will never be known. Nobly the great Rami I lies stood up against fate. Her copper sheathing was beaten ofT, the oakum left her scams and the waters' poured in. Now came the fight for life. Gun after gun, cable after cable, shot after shot and bower after bower were given over as a sacrificc to the wrath of the deep. Whips and buckets and pumps were going in all directions. Haw hides were stretched and nailed fore ami aft. It all prolonged the vessel's life, but could not save it. Gallantly she fought for existence until the evening of the l'Jtli. Then a part of her orlop-deck was in her hold, her seams were gaping wide, she was a shaky ribwork of loose bolts and timbers, and evidently settling forward. Some of the merchantmen that still remained above water with their spars gone and sides stove came as near to the rescue as possible. and with vast difficulty the crew of the Ramillics was scattered among them. This done, and with a hatred of the storm that*had wrecked their gallant vessel, a hatred that a seaman alone .1 1. 1!_1 1 Knows, uic lorcn was uppuuu iu 111:1 magazine and the brave ship, with her last gasp, defied her enemy and became her own executioner. Such was the fate of the Ramillies. Of the rest of that great licet, the gigantic Ville dc Paris, with her 2,000 souls, went down with all on board, and not a mortal eye saw her sink. The Centaur, Glorieu.v, Hector (men-of-war) and a number of the merchantmen went down like the vast Paris? with none to see their death and none left to tell the tale of their final miseries. Of the others, some were seen to sink, the ? 1 1 ?1 alarm gongs 01 owiers wuri: ucuiu, anu some were seen to drive before the gale, mastlcss, rudderless and helpless. About twenty-five vessels out of the hundred comprising the fleet arc supposed to have kept afloat. These reached different ports in sad plights. Some brought up at Halifax, some in Plymouth Sound! others at Bristol, at Irish ports and in France. This last refuge served to be the mockery of misery. The line ship Canada, seventy* four guns, was sighted by the suruivors of the American-Atlantic tornado half hull down, having her main-top and mi/.zen-masts gone, with her main yard aloft and the sail blown from the gasket. The impression was that she would go down to the bottom. But she did not. With a marvelouslv fleet heel she outstripped the entire survivors, and ran into Portsmouth, England, October 4. Inert* she scattered the news of the dire fate that had overtaken the majestic Blue Field fleet. The news was speedily wafted across the channel to France, and the French privateers swarmed forth to waylay the unprotected incoming victims of the gale, and captured a number. So that after escaping the jaws of the hurricane many fell into the prisons of France.?Pit tabu rg Chronicle- Telcaniph. Franklin and Aflame as Room-Mates. Here is a lunny old story wnicn tins never seen print, and it is true, having come down among the traditions of t heold families of Massachusetts, says a Boston lady: Some time during the revolutionary period, or a little after, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin were dispatched from Philadelphia, I believe, to this State, on a public errand. Adams had a mortal antipathy, shared by him along with the majority of mankind at that day, against the night air. He believed that if he kept his bedroom window open even a crack at night he would surely die. Franklin, 011 the other hand, was a disbeliever in the theory of danger in the night air, and lie had many arguments with Adams thereon. Circumstances and the crowded-condition of many of the taverns they stopped at. on their journey eastward compelled them frequently to occupy the same room, and often the same bed. Adams always opposed raising the window, and poor Ben nearly suffocated and re viled Adams on waking for Ixis wretched theory of the deadly eJTeets of nature's universal medium of breath. One night Ben slyly raised a window in their common chamber, but Adams, on (lie alert for his friend's little games, insisted that it should be closed at once. Said erafly Ben: "Now, Mr. Adams, we'll go to bed with the window up, and I will show you why it will not be harmful to us to permit it to stay open. If I cannot convince you of the reasonableness of my theory, 1 will myself <,ret up and close I the window." Adams weakly consented, ! and Ben began to reason with him. Finally poor Adams was talked to sleep, and Ben tranquilly resigned himself to slumber. Next morning great was Adams' horror at finding the window up, but not having died during the night, -../I nn ill Mfpfts from havimr breathed the night air, he became a eonvert to sly Benjamin's night-air theory. The author of a history of America during the colonial epoch tolrl me this anecdote as something amusing, which has hitherto escaped type. Some Days. A bright day?Sun-dav. A cash day?"Mon"-day. A numerical day?Tues day. A traveler's day?Wends-day. A dry day?Thirst-day. A cook's day?Fri-day, A lazy day?Sat-urday.?Untchct. France of all European countries has the largest percentage 01 eiecrors 10 me population, 20.8-5 to every 100 inhabitants; Switzerland, with 22..15, stands second; Germany third, with 20.0A, Denmark fourth, with 15.10; England fifth, with 8.88. 7 ; ;.V?*p.,v ; , . . SELECT SIFTINGS. Tho Carthaginians are said to have been the first who paved their towns with stones. The United States mint was estawisneu by Congress in 1792, and began to coin money in 179:}. They have a species of water-tortoises in China, with hair growing on their backs, specimens of which have lately been forwarded to England. The chewing gum which tastes like rubber is made from "chicle," the juice of the Mexican sapota tree. It is steamed, purified and run into molds. Indian story-tellers very often give their narrations entirely insicn language, and the laughter of their hearers will nftnn lie the onlv audible sound for an hour. If a razor, after being exposed to the cold, be placed under a strong magnifying glass, it is siiid that the edge would seem like a saw. Dipping it in hot water throws the little particles back into place and makes thoedge smooth. An Illinois philanthropist wishes to benefit the poor by teaching them to eat their bread and butter with the butter side down. lie says that the sense of taste is more acute on the tongue, and that a very small amount of butter is satisfactory if put in the obviously rigiu spot. A Chinese jossmakcr in San Francisco came down on the price of a life-sized deity to a reporter from "twenty-fi dolla to sixee dolla." lie explained that a joss was no better than that much wood and paper until after a priest had consecrated it and placed a speck of red paint on cach of its eyes. This is supposed to i give it the power of seeing not only all the past, but through the future to the end of time. A book published in 1413 contains the following elaborate directions as to the way in which a king's chamberlain should perform his duty when his lord retired to rest: He is to bring a basin and ewer with water and towel, " then takeoff his gown, and bring him a imnt,el to keep him frcm cold, bring him to the tire and take oil his showl and hosen, then take a fayrc kercher of reynes, and kembe his heed (comb his head) and put on his kercher and his bonct (here is the nightcan), spread down his bed. lay the head sheet and pillows, and, when in bed, draw the curtains, set wax or candles in readiness, drive out dogs and cats, then take your leave mannerly, that your sovereign may rest merrily." Amber and Its Uses. The value of amber, familiarized as the substance is in''smokers'requisites." is far greater than the majority imagine. Small pieces of indilTerent quality suffice for the mouthpieces of pipes and for isolated ornaments, and though the prices ' t i, octhoc tllili^UVI 1 Ul U> til 0111,11 n|in/iiav?.i **.7 arc far above their actual worth, they arc comparatively cheap. In necklaces, however, where every bead has exactly to match its fellow, or in the larger articles, requiring to be cut from a single piece of considerable size, the cost and real worth of the fossil gum rises so rapidly that in certain cases it deserves, if the money charged for it be any criterion, to rank with the ''precious" minerals, and many pieces of amber in the rough state are worth more than their bulk in gold. Yet even this does not approach. by a long way the esteem in which antiquity held electron; for not only was amber the oldest of gems, and therefore, in a measure, magnified by traditional reputation, but it was supposed to possess amazing occult properties. It was worn all over Northern Italy as a preventive of goitre, just as it is worn to-day by the people of Arabia as a talisman against the evil eye. More powerful than sorcery and witchcraft, it was an amulet that made poisons harmless; ground up with honey and oil of roses, it was a specific lor deafness, and with Attic honey, for dimness of sight. Xor is the claim of medicinal virtue alto gether without foundation, in fact, for "its efficacy as a defence of the throat against chills"?owing probably to "the extreme warmth when in contact with the skin and the circle of electricity so maintained"?has been tested and substantiated. The ancients, however, were not content with mystic curative powers in the solid sub* -a- /? ii :k?,i ..?i??ki? StilUCl', 1UI IIICJ iisuiiuiru tiliuaifib ertics to it in combustion, admiring the perl nine that resulted not onlv for its resinous fragrance, but for its healthfulness, therein innocently detecting in the fossil pine gum the same virtues that modern physic attributes to the living pines. In many parts of the East, especially in China, where prodigious quantities of Prussian amber arc consumed, this substance is preferred to all others forinsense; and thus the Buddhist shrines in the palaces of Pekin and the holy palaces of Mohammedan Mecca alike owe the fragrance of pious fumes to the same strange, beautiful source? the dead tir forests of a prc-historic Europe. Nevertheless the chief charm, both for the past and present, lies in the positive beauty of a mineral. Some Fashions in Names. A New York letter to me Lieveinna Herald says: It would seem that fashions in signing one's name would 'be superfluous; that if one had a name, that was the thing to sign, that and nothing but that. But alas! one's simple name is not sufficient. Some time ago certain young men of social aspirations started the fashion of representing their first names merely by an initial letter, while the middle names, often improved upon or invented for the purpose, were spelled out in full. The novelty of this has worn oft somewhat, and Ave are not unduly impressed by a card bearing the name of "J. Fortescue Browne," or "S. (lc Smythe Junes." But now that women have come to using the same fashion we are a little surprised. That it is not simply a ripple upon the sea of fashion is shown in the fact that several wedding invitations have gone out with the bride's name similarly engraved, both in this city and Philadelphia. A later custom than this is being introduced at present, that of sl?ning the entire name in full, and also that of joining two names as a surname. The first comes from England, from whence we arc getting so many of our fashions nowadays. English women or men sign Mary Elizabeth Jones, or Herbert Lionel Brown, as a mere matter of course, anil if he or she were given as many more names, would use them all, for, why are names given them if not for use? And do not three or four names look more important than one with initials ? The second, that of joining two names as a surname, comes from France, where it is customary to use the name of the wife as well as the husband. There is much more reason for this latter custom than the former. This usage makes it an easy matter to give a woman her proper place among her own or her husband's family. Mrs. Jones is very indefinite. There are so many Mrs. Joneses that we can not tell, unless we know her well, which Mrs. Jones it is we know. But Mrs. John Hamilton Jones tells us at once that a Miss Hamilton married Mr. John Jones, and that Mr. .John Jones married one of the Hamilton girls. In the case of a widow who has mar ried again it is quite customary to see cards engraved. "Mrs. J. Frances-English," Frances being the first husband's name. This custom obtains more generally among women who have attained something of a reputation, socially, artistically, or otherwise, which they do not wish to lose by hiding their identity under a new name. Impecunious (Jrent Men. A considerable number nf public men have received testimonials from their friends. Daniel Webster was tendered and received for many years the earnings of ?100,000, which was put at interest for his benefit by his friends in and about Boston. Had not this provision of $(5,000 a year been made Webster would have retired from the Senate, for he declared he would not give his life to his country for eight dollars per day. ' Tom" Corwin had his debts paid once by his friends. He never laid up anything while holding Federal ollices. He retired from the otlice of secretary of the treasury comparatively poor. The mortgage on Corwin's homestead was once taken up by his political friends. Henry Clay had the same service rendered him on the part of his political fnVnils lie had been for a whole ?jeu erntion in Congress. He sometimes lived beyond his means, fie was hospitable and even generous. He had little tact in managing his private alTairs. Ilis homestead at Ashland was mortgaged and would probably have been foreclosed had not his Whig friends, just after his defeat for the presidency in 1844, stepped in and privately cancelled the mortgage. Thomas Denton was thirty years in Congress. Yet in all that time he never beI enme rich, nor did he improve any of the opportunities for making money while holding a Federal office.?f&in Francisco Bulletin. i * " ' ; - .-r . v" _ JUDGE NOT. Judge not; how much of wrong is done, How many hearts with sorrow wrung f Purer, perhaps, than thine; be! Because suspicion, like a blight, in Has changed their hope to gloom of night Though brightly hope did shine. Qq Judge not; how many a soul has been J![ Driven by scorn to deeds of sin. ha Which had lieen pure without. ra Believe not all reports as true, ^ But give to them what is their due, an An ever-honest doubt. ra ev Judge not; what right have we to say, ve "Our brother meaneth harm alway," '?: But let us rather give ^ That Christian grace of charity. hL Which we would were given, if we Ai Under reproach should live. l" r an Our judgment, what a hasty thing! 3'J And oh! how deadly is its sting! ? The one it strikes must bear til Perhaps for years the wound it gives; Pc And still the scar the wound outlives. ~ Oh, let us then beware! f0 ?The Guide. a{ cc HUMOR OF THE DAY. ft lo Always getting into scrapes?Nutmegs. * LI "Do take some more of the vegetables 01 Mr. Blood, for they go to the pigs, any way."?Ilamtnl Lampoon. j? . Tight boots arc said to cause the blood h< to mount to the face. That's why society ^ girls are all the time blushiug.?Burling- tl: ton Free Prm. d< A young woman is about to open a cigar store in New York. We have no doubt she will have capital to back her,? ]c Boston Bulletin. b Jay Gould's income is reckoned to be ? at the rate of $9 a minute. When a man y asks him for a minute it means some- ? i. i.: ? cvy.^Uin/>? tl mill". . .. tl The sunsets are still red, which is more b than can be said of a great many scien- tl tilic articles being published on the sub- t( jeer. ? Cincinnati Times-Star. A Japanese woman dresses her hair h only ouce in four days. This gives the j" rest" of the family an occasional glance at ? the mirror.?liixuuirck Tribune. a When freedom from her mountain height a Unfurled her standard to the breeze b She gave the ladies perfect right n To do all things?just as they please. s ?Chicago Sun. f A man has been arrested in London for ? simply laying up something for a rainy ^ day. In his room over nine hundred d umbrellas were discovered.?Norristoicn Herald. A nreacher having married a couple in h the church the other day, unfortunately j-r gave out as the very next hymn, "'Mia- ? taken souls that dream of Heaven."? j Chicago Sun. r A young dude once went to Tahiti, But the natives all thought as a sweetie They would find him so good, 0 That they used him for food; Or, to put it more plainly, they eat he. 1 ?The .Judge. J There is probably nothing in this r transitory world that will yield larger a and quicker returns on the amount in- c vested, than poking a wasp with your r finger to see if he feels well.?Chicago t Siu<. t "Into the lilt of love's blithe measure 1 there has crept a curious jar and halt," J sings Ella Wheeler. It appears that Ella's s pa, too, comes down to the gate some- e Jtnes iu his largest pair of boots.? Cour- T ier-Journal. c A Philadelphia man compels his ] daughter to cat onions every night for J supper, and thus assures himself that he j: can shut the house at 10 o'clock without j locking in a strange young man.?Bur- t lington Free Press. i Ivrupp is building a hammer that ) weighs fifty tons and will cost over two i million dollars. No doubt such a ham- i mer will come handy during house-clean- 1 ing, but we shouldn't like to hold the J tack.?Philadelphia Call. < Kaiser William, King Georgj, of 1 Greece, and King Christian, of Denmark, will meet this summer in Weisbaden. ' Opposition summer resorts will have to 1 hold a pretty good hand to beat three ( Kings.?Norristoicn Herald. j A Canal street storekeeper conceived ) and executed the plan of putting up the sign, ''Admission Free," over the door of , his store, and his place has been crowded ever since. The average human being does love a free show.?Picayune. J Some one says "no thoroughly occu- j pied man was ever miserable." The ' I Philadelphia Neics is convinced that that man evidently doesn't know what it is to attempt the feat of keeping twin babies quiet while their mother goes to church. "Yes," said the English nobleman, "I was disgusted with Newport. Why, there were two other earls there when I arrived, and I didn't begin to monopolize all the attention. America is becoming too overrun with noblemen.?Boston Post. The Horse-Cars of Paris. An amusing feature of Paris to a foreigner is the horse-cars. The appearance of-the car, driver and the conductor would almost assure one lhat they had been imported from America; but certain rules to be observed in running the cars very quickly remind him that he is in France. The cars arc allowed to carry only a certain number of passengers?ten standing on the front platform, ten on the rear platform, and as many in the car as are allowed to have seats. Those inside pay fifty centimes (ten cents), and those outside twenty-five centimes. When a car has its complement the gates are shut, a sigu is hung out reading "complit," and no one can enter. During the busy time of the day, between 5 and G o'clock, when crowds are waiting for a car, it is necessary to apply at the office for a numbered ticket. For instance, say you applied and received No. 21. You wait for a car, and the driver, when readv, commences to call une, deux, trois, and so on until he reaches your number, when you must be ready to enter; if not you must procure another ticket and wait your turn again. The system has its advantages as well as its disadvantages, and the French think it a great tiling; but the amusing part of : it to foreigners is the calling of the num- 1 bers, and unless one is pretty well nj> in French lie is very apt to get left, and has to go and get another ticket. Instead of ringing a bell like our conductor they use a kind of horn, which is attached to the dash-board and blown by a rubber ball which the driver presses. The sound, which is not unlike that of a cow-horn, can be heard distinctly for a 1 block. It is not objectionable unless the instrument happens to be out of order, and then it is very unmusical. The cars are a great convenience, and are very liberally patronized. One sees in them the economy of the French people as a class, very finely dressed ladies standing on the platform to save five cents. ( Economy is observable everywhere in France, and there is much truth in the . aphorism that ''the people could live 011 what the Americans waste.''?Chicago Tnhuhf. Raisin-Making. -MissEmily Faithful 1, who has returned to England after it successful lecture tour in this country, visited, while in California, a woman who is earning her living in a remarkably pleasant ami sensible fashion. Miss Austin, live years ago, was a school-teacher in San Frati. Tiiwl <?f that drud<rcrv. she I bought near Fresno a hundred acre lot which she lias since managed as a "raisinl'ann" with the aid of a spinster friend and ot four Chinamen. "Inside the house,'" says 31 iss Faithfull iu a letter to the London Lady's I'ictoria"was an open piano. About the table were strewed the latest books and magazines, showing that raisin-growing had not dulled the fair proprietor's interest in the intellectual side of life. .Miss Austin has planted peach, apricot, nectarine, and a few almond trees, but the greatest part of her land is devoted to vines for raisin-making. These are of the sweetest .Muscat variety. The process of raisin-making is very simple. The bunches of grapes are cut from the vines and laid down in trays in ( the open air for about a fortnight, bcinir ,l duly turned at intervals. Then they are j1 removed to the barn known as 'the sweat- t ing house,' where they remain till all moisture is extracted. They are pressed and put into boxes, and sent off to the I market orshipped to England. As I had i nlrearlv been L'iven in San Francisco a [ ! box of Miss Austin's raisins 'as the best j produced in the State,' my interest in I seeing this clever lady who had taken so ' new a departure, in female industry can I I be understood. Four years hence it is | I estimated that Miss Austin's property will . ; bo worth at least I'fi.OOG.'' ^ c ! " Burliu-Pnlbn." Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney, 9 Blmlrier and Urinary Diseases. ?'l. I)ru^gi>t.s. I Plio-nix Pectoral cures cold and cough. 25. Camphor Milk cures aches and pains. 25. J Colored waiters arc the best. What- | j ever is said at the table they will be sure / [ to keep dark.?New Orleans Item. ^ A TBA6IC EVENT. .. if Father'* D MP air and self-inflicted Death 1 Hla Son's Filial Aescoe? too Late to Save i lis Parent. ... rhe graphic occurrence that is describe! low is one of the most remarkable episodes the domestic history of America. It ia so ute truth which can readily be verified, fhe inhabitants of the pleasant town of c rtland, N. Y.( were shoclced one morning t the announcement that Mr. Cl'nton r ndge, one of their most prominent citizens. ! d committed suicide. The news spread pidly and aroused the entire neighborhood ' lere Mr. Rindge was so we 1 and favorably ' own. At first it seemed impossible that < v one so quiet and domestic could do so < sh a deed, and the inquiry was heard on < ery side as to the cause. The facts as deloped on investigation proved to be as ' (lows: i Mr. Rindge was domestic in his tastes and i ok the greatest enioyment in the society of i i children and pride in tneir development. ' id indeed he nad good reason to be proud r they gave promise of long lives of success i id usdfulness. But an evil day came, nia > lungest sou, WillianJ; began to show signs I an early decay. He felt unusually tired I ~h day, and would sometimes sleep the en- 1 e afternoon if permitted to do so. His h6ad 1 lined him, not acutely, but with a dull, avy feeling. There was a sinking sensation the pit of his stomach. Ho lost all relish 1 r food and much of his interest for things >out him. He tried manfully to over>me the e fee'ings, but they teemed ronger than his will. He began to >e flesh rapidly. The father became armed and consulted physicians as to the iu>e of his sen's lllne s, but they were unaeto expla n. Fii.all?* severe sore; broke it on his arms an1 he was taken to Buffalo, her.' a pa nfi.1 operation wa* performed reilting in the los-s of much bloca bat afYordg little relief. The young man returned line and a council of physicians wa? ca'led. fter an exhaustive examina'ion they deared there was no hope of final recovery and lat he m ist die w.t'nn a very few days. To iscri' e ths agony which this announcement lused the father would ba impossible. His lind foiled ts grasp its full m.*anin^ at first; :en fin-ally se mei to comprehend it, but tin iad was to) great. In an agony of irenzy e seized a kni e and took hie own 11 e, pre;rring death rather ti&n to survive is idolized son. At that time William Rindgo was too weak to know hat was transpiring. His face had irned bla-k, his breath ceased entirely at mes, and his fri nds waited for his death, elieving that the tfend engni s ai-ease ui le kidneys, from which he na< a sufferer, ould not be removed. In this suprem3 molent W illiam's sister came forward and delared she w o .i!d make a final attempt to save er brother. The docto s interposed. assurlg her it was u eless and that she would only asten the end by the means she propo ed 3 eirp'oy. But sn3 was firm, and rutting 11 bac t, approached her brother's side and dministei ed a remdjy whi h shi fortunately ad on hand. \\ ithm an hour he seemed ioreeasv, and before the daywai over he Lowed signs of devi led imprOvem nt. 1 hes: avorable signs continued, and to-day Wiliam B. Rindge is wall, having been virtually aised from tne dead through th> marvelous ower of Warner's Safe ( ure, as can be really verified by any t itizen of Cortland. Any one who reflects upon the fa.ts above scribed must have a feel;n? of salness. 'he father, dead by his own hand, supposing lis son's recovery to be impossible; tne son estored to health to mourn the loss of his athrrand the agonized relatives with a memory of sadness to forever darken their lives, lad Clinton Rindge known that his son could ecover he would to-day be alive and happy, tut the facta which turned his braii) and aused him to commit suicide were 9urh as or?r?orvf flC frilP however aid this case may be, the truth emains that thousands of people are at this nonuntinas great actual pe.il ns William \inlge and in us great danger of causing Misery if not death to their friends. Liver ind Kidney d sea es are become the mcst ommon and m,st dangerous of any or all Doderu com laints. They are the most de.eptive in their beginnings and horrible in heir final stage a. They are far more deceptive th:in consumption-, and can rarely be dae-ted eveii by skillful physicians unless a nicroscopic analysis be resorted to, and fefr Icctors understand how to do this. . 1 heir lightest approach, or possibility of ippioach should strike terror to the one vho is threatened a? well as to til his or her friends. These diseases have no Listinct symptom?, but come in the form of assitude, loss of appetite, aching muscles and oints. dull headaches, pains in the back, toinach and chest, sour stomach, recurring igus of cold, irregular pulsations of the leart, and fre juent dizziness. If neglected, hese symptoms are certain to run into chronc kidney and liver or Bright's dis.ase, from vhirh there is sure to be a great amount of igony and cnly one means of es?ape, whi:h s by the use of Warner's Safe Cure. The mportance of taking this great remedy upon he slightest appearance of any of the above lymptoms cannot be too strongly impres-ed jpon the mnds of all readers who desire to isr a 'e death and pain and prolong life with ill it; pleasures and bleu ingv. All who joy would win must share it. Hap)iness was born a twin. "Five years ago my life was a dread all ;he time from heart diseaai: since using Dr. Graves' Heart Regulator, the English language would fail me in tilling the good I revived."?Kate Musgrove, Coloma, Ind. For ;ale at druggists._ A man's wisdom is his te>t friend, fo'ly his worst enemy. A startling fact. Heart dis?ase is only inferior in fatality to consumption; do not suffer from it but use Dr. Graves Heart Regulator. It has cured thousands, why not jrou $1 at druggista Fancy r.ins mo-t furiously when a guilty ion;cien e drivej^k Any lady who desires further information that can be gi\e:i in the lim.te 1 public spac; ot news; aper columns con obtain Mi's. Lydia E. Pinkrams pamphlet "Guide to Heaitti,' by sending a stamp to Lynn, Mas^. Exfekience. that chill touchstone who e sad [ rcof reduces all things tron their hi e. When You Feci B'ue and your ban* aches, an.l your head feels heavy, and you wake unre'reshed in the morning and your bowels are sluigi' h or costive, you need Kidney-Wort. It is na'.ure's great reme ly and ne er fails to relieve all (as -s of Disease 1 Kidneys, Tcrp d j i-tr, Constij ation. Malaria, Piles. P.he mati m, ct\ It operates simultaneously on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, strengthening then and r^tonn? nealtiiy action, i ui up m com dry and liquid form. Sold by all drjg^isto. Mexsman's Peptonized bkek tonic, the onl; preparation of beef containing its entire n-t rtf lious properties. It contains blood-makin: force generating and life-sustaining properti -a; invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous prostration, and all forms of general dcbi ity; also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over work or acute disease, particularly if resulting frompulmonarycomplaints. Ciswell, Hazard A Co., Proprietors, New YorL_ Soldbydruggis-s. How to Secnre Henlth. It is strange any one will suffer from derangement brought on by impure blood when Scovill's Sarsaparilla and Stillingia, 01 Blcod and Liver Syrup, will restore health to (he physical organization. It is a strengthening syrup, pleasant to take, and .the best blocd purifier ever discovered, curing scrofula, syphilitic disorders, weakries3 of th? kidney8, erysipelas, malaria, nervous c'isorders, debility, bilious complaints and disca ei of the blood, liver, kidneys, stomach, kin, etc. _ Rheumatism.?"Wilson's Wonder" cures In 8 hours, or money returned. Sent on receipt of 12. Medicine depot. 99 Park street, N. Y. Perfection, 'ihe Scarlet, Cardinal Fed, Old G< Id. Navy blue, Seal Brown. Dianv nd l)yes give per.ect results Any fas lionab e color, 10j., a; draggi ts. Webs, hichar.ison & Co., Bur ington. \ t. " Houali on Couch*." . Knocks a Cough or Cold endwise, ror children or adults.Troches, 15c. Lii.u'd, '<c. ,.w .. 11 a af i\ytx CXT^tCkTYi " dw "LitLM'aiiy 1'iu i ?ru uuv _ ea-e when attacked by f-'amaiitan Xe.vino. Jo in Durii. Esq., of Woodburn.liL.wr.tei: ' Samaritan Nervine culled my sons of tits.' TIip .Might "I the I'en. Oh. the orator's voice is a mighty jjower. As it echoes along the green, But the fearless pen has more sway o'er men To sound the praises of Carl>olinc. " Hough on Corn#." Ask for We'ls' "Hough on Corns." 15c. Quick, complete cure. Corns, warts, bunions. For a colli in the head, there is nothing ?> goinl as Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. "Now to make a point," said the paragraph editor. And lie deliberately proceeded to sharpen his pencil.?JYeir York Commercial. Three Peculiarities Tho superior qualitiet of Hood's .Sarsapariila are it cured by three peculiarities, Tix: t'irii.?Tho combination of remedial agents used. Sffoml.?'The proportion in which they are mixed. 77iir./.?The process by wiiich the active modiciaa properties are secured. The result is n medicine of unusual strength, whicl effects cures hitherto unknown. These peculiarities ar exclusively peculiar to Hani's Sarsaparills, and are Unknown to Others " In four weeks Hood's Siraapsrlla made me a ns man. My head ceased to ache, and my whole system i built up anew, en;o/ing perfect health. It is th- be? medicine I overused, and after tryin? oihara, I lind i hssnoeijualI UaHhinciton, l:t.i Hank street, Ne? y.irk City. " I have be >n troubled with general debility, and ra; blood was all out of order. I t n?k H x> l's S.irsapirilli and am feeling perfectly well. It has he >n a great b >n etit to me."?FlNt.KY A. I'KE, Lima, Ohio. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all Druggists. $1; sir for $5. Made oily bj C. (. IIOOI) A CO., Ap.ithecarlea, Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar ry\E MILLION LADIES WANTED to send I / (M) rtn. in money it p< stage stamps n>r simple Kittleo' i,n Kciip'h < 'ouuiii'xiiin Hrnutl(icrs re. noves Freckles and inipnr s a lienuti.ul Smoi.i hm s.s ind Color to the roughest skin and is perfectly harmless n its nature. On n< t tail to take advantage of this ipportunity. R. Casey A Co., RSNnssan St., Sew York. $12 CAPITAL AND A LIVING Br exhibiting with a .Unfile I.nntcrn. There is r rlinnc? for e\erv nnfi without much exertion. OurMAfJlC LANTEUN and 0 View* lor 812. Makes an 8-foot plrtnro. T.? 1. nl.l !..?. lit ITuib Am X.Y. PLEASURE BOATS AND C*N9ES." Send stamp for 11111 Mt r<it?><! Cnfnlocin' to J. II. Ii I'M I TOM, ('nil (on, N. Y. PI ! to SoldiM* .V Heirs. Send stamp rOHCIANC !or COL. L. HIMiI wllwIUIId HAM, Att'y, Washington, D. O. Camphoh Mh.K nth?*be?t Liniment. Pncw c6 cont*. A Benin WnnreU tor the Hcht and KasUwr-imliing "X Pictorvil Hooks and Bible*. Prices re<l>i< od .'(3 nt/ snt. .National Puui.ishino Co.. Philadelphia. P& _PH(enix Pectokal will cure yourcough. Price 2Ac". ? M TPIITA Send stamp for our New Bonkot 'II I PN I X Patent*. L. BINGHAM, P?tfV I nil I Went Lawyer, Washington. D. <J I AA NEW STYLE YI8ITING C ARDS, 10 LUU Ct?. GEM CARD CO.. Rockland. Mane. IlltrPI >an?i o cents ror one of oar elegant HIHIt1!^ " nd/ertising chromo cards. Peck A IkU Si'f, li?l W est .'5th St.. New York. I | rk samples large pretty chromo reward, merit, credit. | by diploma, birthday, friendship, gift and school aid was, 16c. Pnce lift free. Fine Art Co.. Wanes. Pa. I I r ii I Hij" r T i uT~ ^ WHILE W THE WAT.! .' tbe Surprise mad Delight of Her IfHwIa Fat?0|0dea^TronbIeIwl^fe. <feS8 Kennedy's Favorite Remedj-Cma M-l. Happy Hone CircleNext to the sad duty of bsaring the bodies' >f our dear dead to their long reet, is that of, aking our loved living, when stricken with Ifs.ase, in 83arch of help which appears the; nora hopelet s the nearer it is approached.. , Yet when Mr. Nicholas Howell, of Waver/, Chemung Co., N. Y.. left his home some; i imesi'n:e for New York, it was on such.an irrand. By his side was his daughter, whoee' ^^0 ase had been abandoned by his home phyri-j rlans as one of incurable disease of theneart.' lvuut. fha train mnrhed Peekskill it was cletfT; hat the almost dying girl could not be earned a mile iarther with safety. Emaciated ii body, shattered in nerve, and melancholy n mind the poor girl had lost interest in her v.vn fat?. But who may know their fate?either for ;coiorevil? Bv the earnest advice of friends n Peekskill. Mr. HOwell tenderly conveyed lis daughter to the office of Dr. David Kennedy, in Bondoat, N. Y. Dr. Kennedy pere ved that she was suffering from heart !is< as?, and also from an advanced stage of ii comph int common to women. Having given directions in reference to dUt and clothing, the Doctor prescribed what is now well-known ds DR. DAVID. KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY, (Rondout, N. Y.) as bis young patent's only medicine. N'ot lonsr after the threatening symptoms vanished, the light leturned to ner eyes, the Moom to her cheeks and happiness to.her heart, an example of a recovery which is aa wonderful as ih? medicine that effected it. N Y.tP-19 .. V mifTnHnff from ami ft" init diet and stimuli {/ tTytft^ms- Jvr^i; A medlcino that w2l 'effcct^j^^mogljpr ^ "STOMACH^^ MIVtBBpDs ter's Stomach Blt&f I ' ? M ?!,??? tors so effective a* an I fi inrtxomnt. Foraala >y all PmgglBH and Dealers gerera'l". W WILBOR'S COMPOUND OF ^ . PURE COD LIVER i To tbe C'on?uiiiptli?.-Wlll>or'(i Compound oi Cod-Liver Oil and Lime, without possessing the vew uausoatine flavor of the article as heretofore used, U endowed bvthe Phosphate of Lime with a healing property whirh renders the Oil dotfbly efflcaclona. Remarkable testimonials of its efficacy can be shown. Sold bv A. B. Wn.uoB,Chcnist.Boston,?n<ldnwn?laU. ] DR. DAVID*** J KENNEDY'S fieasoot to Take, Powerful la Ciw, In Every Home. KIDNEY AmL liver cure KghTI gU nr. Kennedy^ Favojrflfl| *MM ifl? Ite Ueinedy U uUpUd to WRmJM/rH @Q|ff iL?j fording pernwnrot relief in nBcS?^E al) cum oaawd brim parity - of the blood, troch m Kldney. Bladder and Liver Complaints* Comtlwatlon*nd Weakness** ^ ~ ^UproUssucc'eafol in cxoe?whers *11 othermedl. r clnea had toUlly I?08?55S*r It?hu /ifori as Ion* as this remody Is qptftad. It [****} k?T broken record of mcceaa for rainy ye*r?, and hm woo hoeti ot wirm friends. ?? Are you suffering irom an/ u- ? _ the ceases mentioned? If so, Dr. Kennedy I stakes his personal end professional reputation on I the statement that Favorite Uewedy will do yon good. _ 9 For sale by alt drairfrist*. or writ* to l>r. David I Kennedy. Itondoiit, N. Y. 1 ?v, CATAfMjH M EMI .. was discovered by ite WwCRFAM RMN^I pw*nt proprietors^ nd WCA>r.5!?r0tfjll8tbe result of 8XP?49 r4^/?S?ESS^| ^ "aaed upon ^JgSCCnYJ'i ^ fltADI m*Djr yBirs erP?ri?noe M; tii A as Pharmacists.- his rftfYFEVERffl^ different from other L I" prepantrons used for Sfc?, & ^jQH them troubles ; _beiiy m / orTrrin* in tho"? I?Ml / _r sVVBSi epecta a marked coo<?P<c> EMI tras?totheDAXGEBOTT? nS9^\0V*49/W AND HARXTUL LIQUIDS ftfiStS?5^%/ 8HUJTS AND CAUTEBO* HUm^L < V 1POWDEM. Apply Hh^\?ii jj. 1 by tho finger into the mBMBlL -I noetrila. bend for dlU AYasCF VETO cular. 60 cents at Druen^? "6 W "rl ?ists. 6J cents by num registered. * ? ? ELY BROTHERS, Prnggiats, Oswego. W. T. 'uuiE^uas Sp^>^.mtfA!tP 1WFA1LIBM nrcraiwo Falling If Sickness, Conrul-' sions, St. Vitus Dance, Alcoholism^ Opium Eating,' Seminal "Weakness, Impotency, 8yphilis, Scrofula, and all Nervous and Blood Diseases. tSPTo Clergymen, Lawyers, Literary Men,' Merchants, Bankers, Ladies and nil whoso Bcdentaiy employment causes Nerrons Prostration. irrecularities of the blood, stomach* bowels or Kidneys, or who require a netre tonic, appetizcror stimulant, Samaritan Nervine is invaluable. J U ^Thousands rTHFT0RFIT] 7 proclaim it the most k)'"fcAWIIM'V wonderful Jnvigor- ' ant that eversustain- r|u [ n ylgpi i ed a sinking system. L n C If V b| J i $1.50 at Druggists. *'11 iir *j TheOR.S. A. RICHMOND ME OICAL CO., Sole Pro- [ 0 GNQUERORiJ prietors,St.Joseph, Mo. i If? Chas? N. Crittenton, Agent, New York. ($ This porous plaster Is PJ Absolutely the best ever f"j made, combining tho _ _ _ . __ __ virtues of liops with Ev I A J2 p K7 gums, balsams and cx- I tracts. Its power Is wonderful la curing diseases whew other plasters simply relieve. Crick In tho Back and Neck, Fain in tho Sldo or Limbs, Still Joints and Muscles, Kidney Troubles, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sore Chest, Affections ot tho Heart ami Liver, acdail pains or ache* in any port cured Instantly by tho Hop Plaster. tJ Try a ja mm pm it. PricoSS ccnts or lire for ILOO. En e\ SwM 20m on recelyt of price. Sold by * * _ 77 all drmrrrists ar.d country store*. Q A tu? I1"P Piaster Company, U Cvl ? Proprietors, Boston, Mass. ?; tyFor coanipaticn. loss cf ajnet^o cnJd^casciofthe bowels take Ilawlcy's.S i-?'"'mid f.lr-r r."K 2occnts. Walnut Lent Hair Restorer. It Is entirely diifarf nt from all others and suits name tnd'eates is a perfect Vegetable Hair Restorer. It will Immediately free the head 1 rem all dandruff, restore gra? h.iir to its natural color, and produce a new growth where it has fallen off. It does not affect the health, which sulphur, sugar of lead and nit rate of silver preparations have done. It will change light or faded hair m a few days to .x beautiful glossy brown. Ask ynm druggist forit. Kauh bottle is warranted. Smith, Kline A t.'o., Wholesale Ag'ts, Phila.. Pa., end C'.N.Crittenton.X.Y. TO SPECULATORS. R. LINDBLOM & CO., N. 0. MILLER &C0. 4 A 7 Chamber of U Broadway Commfroc, Chicago. New York. GRAIN & PROVISION BROKERS s Member* of all prominent Produce Exchanged In Nl* York. Chicago St. Locia and Milwaukee. ; We bare exoluaive private toleuraph wire between Okfcj u?o and New York. Will execute order* on oar Jad^l cent when rrquetted. Sfni for circulars containing particulars. RUDT. LINUB 1.UM ? CO.. Chicago. : m F00TF;s Original METHODS m fl CYCC MadfXew without doc- OF ULU CI LO tors,medicine orglnsses T| A If II Q11 DTI I DC Cured viitio't operation H11 III IU n U r IU n L or uncomfortable truss. "ul,iLI PHIMOSIS ^tiiSSSKIM EI NERVOUS JSJSMUSSfr ?B.' 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Iudeml, so strung Is my faith lu Its eOc.tcy, that I will send TWO H0TTLK3 FKKE, together with a valuable tkkatiss ?n this di?na??, to ui sufferer. Give Expn*?s Kmll'. O. address. BR. T. A. slocfu. 1si rcarl St., New York. r|lHE bEATOKUT. IN ART PICTURES. THE 1_ Iwautiiul in literary Keni?. and tho beautiful In ver ilMitMhat maW our home* attractive, illns(rated in the Kiicre??ive nuiuliers ol LiEMORJEST'S monthly magazine. Price. -jo corn*. sold even where. Year!''. Di not fail to see this mod.'l m.ic.iziti". Now i? thr> timo to <>u1iscribe, Addles.". \V. .IKN'NIXUS DEMOREST, 1" East 14th Street, New York. ^ M PT!I I M S CL'llICO ui) a new principle, to n R f%wfs Ek ?.ured. S-ml 2c. stamp for I 11 oil 9* Thoi*. with Ropotiiof C.is?"s. r. H AI(Ul.l) IIAYKS, . !. I).. Liughamton, N. Y. * Card I Handsome new set card s four I-c. stamps. Collectors I A. G. Baasctt, ltoche?te>, N. Y. ^w?w?wijag!i3sn^ a CURES WHERE AU V.ii r.MLS. ffl M Best Couch hy rap. Tn-lespeiid. pH 5r Use In time. 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