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MOTHER'S WORK.
I. '
Bfiking, stewing, and brewing.
Roasting, frying, and boiling,
Sweeping, dusting, and cleaning,
Washing, starching, and irning,
Ripping, turning and mending,
Cutting, basting, and stitching,
Making the old like new;
Shoestrings to lace,
Faces to wash,
Buttons to sew.
And the like of such;
Stockings to darn
While the children play,
Stories to tell,
Tears wipe away,
Making them happy
The livelong day;
It is ever thus from morn till night;
Who says that a mother's work is light
ii.
.At evening, four
Little forms in white:
Prayers all said,
And the last good-night,
Tucking them safe
In each downy bed,
Silently asking
< >'er each bead,
That the dear Father
In heaven will keep
Safe all my darlings,
Awake or asleep.
Then I think the old adage true ever will
prove:
" It is easy to labor for those that we love.''
hi.
Ah me! dear me! I often say,
As I hansr the tumbled clothes away:
And the tear drops start,
While my burdened heart
Aches for the mother across the way.
Where, oh. where are
"Her nestlings flown
All, all are gone,
iNive one alone!
Folded their garments
With tenderest care,
Unpressed the pillow
And vacant chair.
>*o ribbons to tie,
No faces to wash.
No hair all awry;
No merry voices
To hush into rest;
God save them!
He took them!
And He knoweth b?st;
But, ah! the heart anguish! the tears that fall!
This mother's work is the hardest of all.
?Philadelphia Sunday Republic..
T ATE FOR DINNER.
A CONJUGAL DJALOGUK.
At the Macy mansion the dinner hour
is six o'clock,sharp. Mr. Macy, who has
been absent since morning, comes home
seven minutes late.
Mrs. Macy (not giving him time to offer
an excuse;?"Well, when you rang
I thought certainly it was the doctor."
Mr. Macy (anxiously)?"The doctor?
Arc you expecting him? Wh:it is the
matter?"
She?"I suppose it has never entered
your mind that a woman, though blessed
with a constitution of iron, might suffer
from having her meals at all hours of the
day and night. Neither would you call
it being sick, I suppose, for her to sit
and wait and worry, tormented by all
kinds of conjectures and fears; expecting
every moment to hear that her husband
has been crusbed to death by a
cable car, or met with some other frightful
accident."
(Macy who sees the storm coming,
wisely remains silent.)
She?"Will you at least condescend to
answer the only question that I shall ask
you!"
He?"Assuredly, my dear."
She?"Will you be good enough to
inform me if you intend to comc hutne at
this late hour every night?"
He (deprecatingly)?"Surely,ray clear,
you are not going to scold because I am
seven minutes late this once. I was detained
by business; but do not ask what
it was, for I promised Dot to tell."
She?"I have no doubt that you will
tea whole week late one of these days,
and will end, perhaps, by being away
from your family for years.''
He?"Pshaw, my dear! ilow absurd
!"
She?"Absurd, is it? Why, it was no
later than last night that you were telling
me about the sea-captain?La Perouse
I believe his name was?who left
home one day, promising to return at
the usual time, and has never been seen
since by his unhappy family."
He?"But that happened ninety years
ago."
She?"So much the worse."
He?"Beside, don't you remember I
told you he was shipwrecked?"
She?"Oh, yes; it is easy enough to
say tnat a man was lost at sea, especially
when he is not here to contradict
you. But don't thiuk, when you make
up your mind to leave nome iorevcr,
that you will be able to deceive me by
some foolish story printed in the papers,
declaring, for instance, that you have
gone up in a balloon which has never
come down again; oh, no, I shall not
believe that story any more than the
one you tell to-day."
He?"I am suie I do not know to
what story you refer, my dear.'
She?"Oh, indeed? A man comes
home brimful of mystery, and when his
wife questions him, when she ventures
to' ask him a question, he responds
guardedly that it is a secret. Oh, I
am not at all curious. I have not the
slightest desire to know your wonderful
secret. Far be it from me to try to
find out what perhaps would be the last
thing I should want to know."
He?"Now, are you going to imagine
all sorts of foolish things, because I happen
to tell you that I have been occupied
with another man's business today?"
She?"A nicc business it inustbe that a
__ man dare not tell his wife. You are the
greatest talser in tne universe away irom
. nome, but it is simply impossible to get a
: word out of you when you are alone
with your wife."
He?"But, I tell you, it is not my secret."
_ She?"I suppose not. A very good
cxcuse, that."
He (irritated)?"Good heavens! How
exasperating a woman can be."
She?"A man never is?of course
not."
He?"Well, for the sake of peace and
quietness I'll tell you the whole story."
She (with the airofamartyr^?"Never
mind?I do not care to hear it?now."
""He?Why, are you not willing to let
me explain?"
She?What is the use? You would
only invent something. You arc very
good at that sort of thing."
lie?"Will you allow me to speak."
"She?I cannot prevent it,can I? You
needn't be so tierce."
He (about to confess)?"I"
She?"But I warn you I shall not believe
one single word you say."
"He?Then I may as well remain silent."
She(triumphantly)?"There?what did
I tell you? I knew very well that you
wouldn't have anything to say if driven
to the wall. Ah! I understand you."
one? certainty?swear: mai s
just like a man. It will eive you more I
time to invent a plausible story, too."
He (in a rage)?"Do you intend to let j
me get a word in edgeways?"
She? "Qh, c;o on, go or;?your humble
servant is all attention."
Ha?"Well, then, a friend of mine
who is on the verge of bankruptcy
came to me this morning and begged me
to give him some assistance, and I have
been running about all day trying to help
him out, and even at last offered myself
as his security."
She?"Is that all!"
He?"Yes, that is all."
She (sighing)?"Well, I am thankful
that I paid the baker yesterday; we shall
at least have bread one more month?
and I shall begin this very night to let
the children go barefoot, for that i3 what
the future has in store for the poor
things, with their father squandering his
fortune upon every seallawag he meets."
He?Scallawag, indeed! lie a little
careful what you call a man till you
know who he is."
She (scornfully)?"Oh! I can guess
fast enough; it is that fool of a Farnsworth."
He?"In the first place, madam, Farnsworth
is not a fool, but a very intelligent
man; and in the next place, it is
nnf T^nrnvu/nrtVi ay. nil " !
She (angrily)?"And for such a miserable
crcature as Farnsworth do I see 1
myself and children reduced to beggary?" 1
He (more angrily) ?"And, I repeat, '
that it waa not Farnsworth."
She?"Well, then, it was some other
. good-for nothing fellow, whose name 1
you dare not tell."
He?"Do not call names, madam; you
will soon regret it if you do."
She?"It must have been a sharper or
a swindler; a gambler, perhaps, or even i
a thief." i
He (out of all patience)?uVerv well! (
>ince you force mc to it, kuow that it is
your brother whom you are abusing, and J
that he has been speculating too deeply,
and is heavily involved.''
She (repentant)?"Oh, Frank, woi^'t j (
you forgive me?"
(They fall into each other's arms.)
"He?"And now, my love, since pence
is restored, let us sit down to dinner." |
Slip?*'\nt nnitp vpf "
lie?"And why not?''
She?"Well, you see I sent the cook j ,
away this morning becausc she was j '
saucy,aud I have been wandering around j j
the city all day, trying to find another? j ,
going from pillar to j>03t, from one cm- ' ;
ploymcnt office to another?and I only j
succeeded in getting one a little while \
ago, so that?"
lie?"So that, I suppose, I get no dinner
at all r*'
She?"No--so tlijit dinner will be
ready at 7."?From (fie Frcuch, in Art/o
unfit.
A Queer Industry.
In a <|ucer little room m a queer old
house in Forsyth street, at the end of an !
old-fashioned* brick-paved alleyway, a I
snowy bearded man, bubbling over with
good nature, sat at a low bench clipping
corks with a curving kuife as keen us a
razor. A little wooden sicn over the
alleyway had the single word "Corks''
painted on it. "Corks" was scrawled
with chalk on the floor of the room iu
which the busy man sat, and lie himself
was enthroned on an old stool among
great mouads of corks of all kinds and
sizes. They were scattered in heaps on
the bench, stored in great paper ba<;s at
his feet, and piled high in wooden boxes
behind him. He stropped the keen blade
of the knife against the edge of the j
bench every little while, and clipped the i
corks before hiin with the regularity of
machinery, while he chatted with a visitor
about the odd industry of making
new corks out of old ones. lie was old
Pop Mackin, the pioneer of the trade of I
renovating second-hand corks.
"There arc more people at the business
now," he said, "than anybody would
dream of. They go around buying up
all the second-hand corks they can get
at a barrel. A barrel will hold from
twenty-seven to twenty-nine gross of
corks. They get the old corks from
retail liquor stores, and then sort them
out according to size. Then they're
dumped into a big tub of cold water
and soaked till the dirt is all rinsed out.
After that they're tossed into a boiler of
hot water and steamed. The steaming
is done by covering the boiler tightly
with a piece of heavy carpet. It keeps
the steam imprisoned and drives it
through the cork. The corks are in all
sorts of curious shapes when they are
nnt in t)>n stftiim bath, but no matter
how they have been crushed iu by the
neck of the bottle or by the wire and
twine fastenings?and some of them arc
tough-looking corks, too?they come
out of the bath perfectly shaped again.
After the bath the corks are allowed to
dry, and then we trim them with a
sharp knife, and they are just as good
as new."
"But how,*' the visitor asked, "can
you hide the damage where a corkscrew
has been bored through a cork?"
"Easy enough," the old man responded,
with a laugh, as he picked out
a perfect little cork; "that trick was
done with a cutting machine. The fact
is, that a corkscrew only damage?, as a
rule, the top and bottom of a cork. The
damaged cork is sent through a cutting
machine, and paired down until the
damaged part is all cut away. Sometimes
it has to go through the machine
two or three times before it is perfect,
but after that it is as good as any cork
that was ever made. Corks cut that
way arc called "accommodation corks,"
and are sold in great quantity to distilleries
where thev want corks to ram
tightly into all sorts of bottles."
"How many corks can a man prepare
daily?"
"It depends upon the corks; but an
industrious man can sort, wash, steam,
and trim about fifty gross of corks,
they are sold by the gross again. Some
UIIlL'b luu [iruilt 19 uiuy uuc uuuai u uui
rcl, sometimes more.?New York Sun.
How the Earth Is Bnllt Up Hourly
by Meteors.
Dr. Kleiber, of St. Petersburg, publislies
in the Astrunomhche Nachricten the
results of investigations by himself and
Dr. Keller on the amount by which the
earth's mass is increased each hour by
the meteors falling upon the globe from
space. The original memoirs, which arc
printed in Russian, have not reached
this country, but the summary referred
to is extremely interesting.
Observations by Professor Schmidt, of
Athens, and others, have shown that on
the average a single observer will see
about ten meteors per hour. This is a
number which depends upon experiment
simply. A single observer does not
command the whole sky above his horizon,
but only some twenty-three per cent,
of it.
Professor Newton, of Yale college, has
shown that about 10,4G0 times as many
meteors fall on the whole earth in an
hour as fall so as to be visible above any
one horizon. Combining these separate
deductions, it follows that 10x100, 4'i0.\
23 (or about 150,000) fall on the surface
of the whole earth each hour. It is to
be remembered, too, that only such meteors
as would be visible to the naked
eye are included in this enumeration.
Every astronomer knows that there arc
vast quantities of extremely minute telescopic
meteors in the heavens. One can
hardly work for two or three hours ]
without seeing at least one meteor in i
every small field of the telescope. The |
number given above, then, is clearly a
in'nimum.
Professor Alexander Hcrschel has
shown that the average weight of a meteor
may be taken as tivc grams, whence
it follows that the earth receives hourly
not less than 2,200 kilograms, or 4,950
pounds of foreign material deposited
upon it from the cclestial space.
Indian Slavery In Early Mexico.
The old Spaniards were not at all
afraid of the savages, and enslaved as
many as they wished, and made them
work well in the mines. History tells
us this, aud tells us beside that ihey
treated the Indians with great cruelty.
Even the pious fathers made the Indians
cultivate the soil and lead clean lives,
aud, above all. caused them to give up
their ways of idleness.
Every evening the Indians came in !
from labor, aud, after singing some religious
songs, were locked up for the
night iu about the same way that the
slaves of the Southern States were
formerly locked up. There was no non
sense auout u, anu near every mission
there was kept a small party of Spanish
soldiers who disciplined the Indians
whenever they needed it, which was
quite often.
Whenever any of them made their escape
to the mountains the soldiers went
after theui and brought them home, or j
rather back to the missions, and again
set them to work. Some of these In- !
dians eventually became respectable
members of society and good men,
though others returned to their vagabond
life after the priests had lost their
hold upon them and the church property
had been secularized, which occurred
as far back as 180:5.
When the church property was abandoned,
as was virtually done in consequence
of a decree of the supreme government
of the city of Mexico, dated
August IT, 1833, the semi-civilized Indians
found themselves free, as they
considered it, and returned to their wil l
ways.
Captured by Stonewall Jackson.
Hiding in advance of his skirmish
line through the swamp, attended by a
few staff officers, General Jackson found
himself in the presence of fifteen or
twenty Federal soldiers on outpost duty.
He judged it the part of prudence to as
sume tnc oiiensive ana cnarge upon
them before they dared tire upon him.
I am indebted to Major T. 0. Coestnev,
then assistant adjutant-general of Elzey's
brigade for the following account: "As
Elzey's brigade was pressing forward to
the line held by the Confederates at the
bloody battle of Gaines's Mill, a squad
of fifteen to twenty soldiers were encountered
011 their way to the rear. A ,
tall fellow at the head of the little party ' i
drew special attention to himself by ,
sincing out to us at the top of his voice
with tin oath, "Gentlemen we had the ,
honor of being captured by Stonewall ,
Jackson himself"?a statement which he | ,
repeated with evident pride all along the | |
line, as our men trumped past. We sub- j ]
sequently learned that his story was true, j .
f?pnrrnl .Tnnlrann. hftvintr ridden some i .
distance in advance, had come suddenly
upon the bluecoats, and with his characteristic
impetuosity had charged among
them and ordered them to surrender,
which they made haste to do .""?General
T). II. Hill, in the Century.
Japan has an army of 40,000 men, a
esorve of twice that number, and a territorial
reserve of 130,000.
)UR CLOCKS AND WATCHES.
I. BBIEF GLANCE AT THE BISTORT
OP TIMEPIECES.
Jrlslii of Clock* and Watoiics?SnaDials
and the Clepsydra?Time>'nt
Tnv??'I'ltn "Tiirnio."
Suh-dials were the first markers of
time, but tlicv were never <piitc to be
relied on. The fact is, the sun is more
irregular in his habits than many irood
ind confiding people suppose. lie is
sometimes careless about getting up in
time, and has been known to be as much
us half an hour late in reaching noon.
In the tfG.) davs of the year he is right
only four times, and so little dependence
can be placed on him that astronomers
have been obliged to invent a sun, and
mnkc it mark the hour of noon. This is
called "mean time," making a day of
invariable length, which is not the case
with the solar day. Sun-dials might do
very well for primitive man or for the
shepherds of Arcadia, but mean time is
the time of civilized life. By mean time
the board of trade, the banks, the manufactories
aud business houses are opened
and closed. Without it there is 110
punctuality possible, 110 certainty, no
secure dependence. For accurate mean
tiinp wo ui:ikc the watch and clock re- |
sponsible and give the sun up as irreclaimable,
lor the clock's noon anil the
sun's coincide only four times in the
year.
After the sun-dial came the clepsydra
or water clock, a transparent graduated
vessel, fined with water, which slowly
dropped or trickled through an apperture
at the bottom. The intervals between
the tilling and emptying of the
vessels, which, of course, varied with
the size of the vessels, were called
"watches." They were used in the
Greek and Koman forums to time the
speeches of the orators. One of Martial's
epigrams counsels a dull orator
who drank water constantly during his
harangue to drink from the clepsydra,
and thus relieve his audicncc as well as
himself. The hour glass is a modification
of the clepsydra, substituting sand
for water. Sun-dials and hour glasses
marked the time for our forefathers before
the Revolution. There were very
few watches or clocks owned in this
country until after that time. Clocks
were invented in the eleventh century',
and were first supposed to have originated
with the devil, but as the monasteries
immediately adopted them, that
idea was soon dissipated. Tlicy were
very rude nd clumsy contrivances until
the r>cnd:.L.in was discovered by Gallileo.
"As untrustworthy as a town clock"' is a
proverb that has been long in vogue.
Of the clocks i:i London Charles Lamb
said they alio >\ ed him to "walk from
the Strand to Temple Bar in no time
and irain five minutes."
The watch was at first called a pocket
clock, a name the Germans still adhere
to, and was as large as a saucer and run
by weights. The substitution of a spring
for weights was made about 1530. The
city of Nuremberg claims to be the place
where watches were first made, and it is
certain that at first and for many years
they were called "Nuremberg eggs."
For a long period watches were considered
more as toys than as timekeepers,
and the ingenuity of the artisan was exerted
to produce something novel or
curious. All kinds of fantastic shapes
were devised. Mary Queen of Scots had
a watch shaped like a skull. Others
were made like a cross, a bird, a tulip, j
or any astonishing form the maker could j
imagine. They were inserted in snuff
boxes, in finger rings, in canes, in shirt
studs, in bracelets, and even in saddles
In fact, the history of watches for nearly
a century is a record of the whimsicalities
and fertile ingenuity of watchmakers ;
in accordance with the capricious and j
fantastic taste of the times. Finally, j
about a century ago, the watch as a timekeeper
was evolved, and it took on its
present settled form. Then it was that
the name "turnip" was applied to it, because
it had something of the shape of
that derided vegetable, and did not look
beautiful?like a cross, a pear, or a
flower.
"The watch," said a prominent jeweler
to the llemhl reporter, "has come to be
one of the necessities of life, and, like
every other necessity of life, it can be
bought at any price and in all qualities.
I can sell you one for $000, which, if
you owued, you would believe the stars
were set by it, so accurately does it keep
time, and you can buy one for $2.50,
which would probably be as erratic in
its motions as a comet, and yet would be
a watch by which you could guess the
time of day. There is a Watchmakers
and Jewelers' Association in the United
States, which meet annually. At our iast
meeting it was reported that the daily
demand for watches in this country
amounted to nearly $4,000. Some few
years ago we imported watches to the
value of over ?2,000,000,now our imports
reach only about $100,000, showing that
American made watchcs have at last won
the day.?Chicago Herald.
liavc iiny uouars 10 kiss uooiii,
A good story was told of Hooth when
he was here last, says the Philadelphia
Press, which illustrates his indifference
to the class of women who always lind
something irresistible and fascinating in
the men who earn their living behind
the footlights, Booth was traveling on
the Hoston and Albany road one day,
having just closcd an engagement in the
New Kngland metropolis, lie heard an
expensively-dressed, handsome, middleaged
woman back of him sigh and say
to her companion: "I would give $50to
kiss that man." Booth turned suddenly
and looked at the speaker.
"I)o you mean that ?" ho demanded,
fixing his fine dark eyes upon her,
and causing the blood to mount up to
the very roots of her hair. "Why, yes,
of course I do." reulicd the woman, con
fuscdly, looking in a helpless sort of a
way at the great tragedian and at the
smiling pnssensrers. "Well, 1 accept the
terms, madam," exclaimed Booth, solemnly.
"And I stand by my proposition,''
said the woman, recovering her
self-possession, and, rising, she imprinted
a sound kiss upon the actor's lips.
Booth's face did not betray the slightest
emotion. He received the kiss
stolidly, and did not return it, but
waited until the impetuous woman found
her purse and handed him a $30 bill.
He took the money, thanked her, and
turning to a feeble, shabbily-dressed
woman on the other side of the aisle,
who was traveling with two young children,
placed the money in her bands,
and with a courtly bow said: "This is
for the children, madam. Take it.
please," and without another word he
left the car.
What Evolution Teaches.
In one of the late sermons on "Evolution,''
by Henry "Ward Beecher, he
said that it taught that the creation was
not accomplished in six days of twentyfour
hours: that the work occupied aires:
that nothing was at first created perfect,
but has been going forward to perfection;
that the earth itself was condensed
from ether into a visible cloud form and
increased in solidity through chemical
process?aquatic invertebrate animals
being its first inhabitants. The earliest
mammals were the marsupials, like the
opossum and kangaroo; it was doubtful j
whether man came in the tertiary period
or immediately sequent. In this, Mr.
lieechcr said, lie quoted from Professor
Dana, and as thus stated, evolution was j
accepted by ninety-nine per cent, of the
working scientists ot the world. It was
taught in all advanced colleges and universities,
and if cast aside civilization j
would go back into chaos. To the fearful
and timid lie would say that while
evolution was certain to oblige theology
to reconstruct its system, it would take
nothing away from the grand principle
of religion. If theology could be changed,
religion would be emancipated. Evolution
would multiply the motives and facilities
of righteousness, which was (lie
design of the whole Hiblc. It would
obliterate the distinctions between natural
and revealed religion, both of which
were the testimony of (Jod.
Color Blindness.
The prevalence of color blindncssjf,
in round numbers, ten times as great in
the male sex as in the female. The facts
rest upon the examination of many thousand
persons in different countries; and |
the examinations have not only been con- ,
ducted by trained scientific observers :
perfectly familiar with all the sources of
error in connection with the subject, but j
ilso in such a manner as to exclude the i
names of colors from consideration. The j
persons examined have beer, required to
match sample colors by selection from
nnong a great variety of skeins of wool:
ind only those have been set down as
:olor-blind who commenced by selecting
jome shade of stone-color or drab as a
natch for pale jrreen. Further tests
would then determine whether the blindless
was to red, to green, to violet, or
;o all three. In Kngland, among Eton
Joys, 2.10 per cent/were fould to be
;oior-blind in some form; and among
nales of the laboring class the percentage
ose to nearly five.
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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
The cataracts of the Nile are duo to
granite veins, which the river, while
wnrlcinir n -vvn.v through the sandstone,
had been unable to destroy or remove.
In a new French method of sugarmanufacture,
which is attracting the attention
of Paris capitalists, the use of
beet-root is to be superseded by that of
potatoes, thesiiccharinc matter being extracted
by the help of electricity.
Leather wheels are made in France for
railroad and other cars. I'ntanned buffalo
hides are cut into strips, and these
arc built up into solid discs, which arc
strongly held together by two iron rings
after they have been subjected to hydraulic
pressure.
Artificial sponge?made of cotton,
rendered absorbent and treated with
nntisol.tips?is a rppont Knclish product.
A piece of tlie size of a waliiut has absorbed
water until it has become as large
as a cocoanut. It is so cheap that it
need not be used a sccoml time.
From experiments made in Germany
by I'rofe-sor K. AVoolny, it appears that
the air is considerably cooler over a field
under crop than over a fallow field, and
that the temperature fluctuates less in the
former case than in the latter. The
maximum of air temperature travels with
the course of the suu, from eastern
slopes in the morning to the southern at
noon and to the western in the evening.
Experienced lumbermen have always
held that timber cut in the spring was
not durable for building purposes. 1'eccnt
scientific investigations sustain this
belief. It is shown that the richer the
wood is in phosphoric acid and potassium
the more likely it is to rot and mold;
* * ' - -L i.
wood cut 111 the spring contains cigui,
times as much of the former and five
times as much of the latter as when cut
in the winter.
The ordinary dwellings of the Japanese
arc not firmly attached by foundations
to the earth but rest loosely on
squared stones or boulders buried in the
ground, the result of which is to partially
prevent the transmission of momentum
from earthquakes. An Englishman
has made an improvement on this
plan and rests the house on each of its
piers upon a handful of cast iron shot.
These shot, of the size of buckshot, so
increase the frictional resistance to rolling
that the house is practically astatic,
and the motion is in most earthquakes
only about one-tenth to what it is outside.
Three tribes, says Dr. J. I). Garson,in*
habit the archipelago of Terra Del
Fuego. 1. The Onas, who occupy the
north and east shores, resemble the Pata<ronians
in being a tall race, and live
! chiefly by hunting. 2. The Yahgans,
who are found on the shore of the
Pcap^Ie chunuel and southern islands, a
short, stunted ra:e, subsisting almost
entirely on birds and the products of the
' sea. The Alaculoofs, who dwell on
the westcjn islands and are very similar
j to the Yahgans. In all the population
of the Fuegian Islands appears to be
about 3,000. In the general character
of the skull and skeleton the tribes are
like the other wild natives of America,
though certain peculiarities have been
assumed through issolation. Very little
is as yet known of the social condition
of the3e people.
SELECT SIFTINGS.
Ceylon spiders weave webs so strong
that u walking-stick, when thrown into
it, is entangled among the meshes.
The London Agricultural Gnzdlc is authority
for the sratement that "100
horses are slaughtered each week, the
llesh cut into steaks, and sold as beef in
the poorest neighborhoods of Manchester,
England."
The Emperor of China never uses the
first personal pronoun, but always speaks
of himself as the " Solitary .Man." The
expression is only used in the figurative
sense, as indicating the unapproachable
grandeur of the Son of Heaven.
A prize for heavy ears of corn, given
by a Cincinnati gentleman, brought out
sixty samples ol forty cars cach. The
heaviest forty weighed fifty-three pounds,
the next heaviest fifty-one and one-half
pounds. Entries to the number of ei^ht
weighed l'orty-nine pounds and over.
Frou Molienweber. at Hcmscheid, in
Germany, is over 100 years old, and has
had the privilege since .May :}d of being
a great-great-grandmother. She is in
irood health, has never worn spectacles,
has two children aged seventy-two and
seventy-six; thirty-six granchiklren and
forty.two great-grandchildren.
The difference between an imitation
and n genuine amethyst can be easily (lis- I
tinguished. Just put them 011 your
tongue alternately, and you will find
that the spurious feels warm and the
genuine icy to the touch. The stone
which has had the greatest run of late is
tiger eve, which has a peculiar, dull fire.
It is only a picce of petrified wood,
turned, smoothed and polished.
The canaille of Paris were in the habit
of making strange presents. What a
fantastic idea it was, sending to the royal
family,in Marie Antoinette's time,a box
of dominces made out of the stones of
the bastile. The lines which accompanied
the gift are quite brutal, quite authentic,
and chnracteristically French.
How Marie Antoinette must have shuddered
at this toy of doom: "These
stones, from the walls which inclosed the
innocent victims of arbitrary power, have
been converted into a toy, to be presented
to you, monsigneur, as an homage of the
people's love, and to teach you the extent
of their powei."?Aryonaut.
Cool Men.
Some men never lose their presence of
mind. There is a well authenticated
story told of a French gentleman who, in
a moment of passion, struck an orderly
in the face. The orderly instantly drew
his piitol, placed it to the breast of the
general, and pulled the trigger, but the
cap failed to explode.
"Ten days arrest for not keeping your
arms in proper order," said the general;
"every orderly should be orderly about j
his arms."
The late Commodore Garrison seems
to have been made of pretty much the
same kind of material as that French
general, if the following story about
him docs not lack the essential ingreclidicnt
of truth:
"One day while selling tickets in the
office of the boat of which he was captain,
he became involved in a quarrel I
with a peculiarly choleric individual. [
who finally enforced his remarks by
presenting a pistol through the window
full at the captain's head. It was one
of the old fashioned affairs, looking
like a Gatling gun in miniature,
containing six barrels in one,
all of which turned round in cocking
like the chamber of a modern revolver. .
It was before the days of cartridges, and
the barrels terminated at the bread) nipples,
the charge being exploded by n
percussion cap. The captain had not :
time to move, before the man, with a
murderous mind, snapped his pistol. |
The cap missed lire. He tried agnin, i
and again there was no di charge. Cup- !
tain Garrison's pistol lay near al. hand,
and he might have shot his assailant j
dead, but he made no movement in that I
direction. Keeping an untlinching eye j
upon the discomiitcd marksman, he
coolly opened a drawer and taking out ,
of it a box of percussion caps pushed it (
through the window, saying: "Try j
some new caps, yours don't seem to be !
ijood. ' The audacity of the performance *
completely unnerved the irate passenger. !
Instead of accepting the caps, lie begged j
i*? r/lnn frvrliia \v*OC ti\rrr\Vt*n Wltll I
|nuuvu *w? mo ?vuj, " j
hearty handshake, and for years after- j
ward was one of the captain's warmest
friends and admirers."
We have learned from a reliable source
?K!i Perkins?that when Garrison
shoved the cap through the window to j
the irate passenger, the latter remarked: j
''Well, this caps the climax."?Texas j
Sift in jh.
Not so Easy lor Men to Fly.
With wings of any moderate spread a j
horse power is able to lift about twentyfive
pounds. To lift 150 pounds, the
average weight of a man, calls for six- j
horse power, while man's power is esti- |
mated to be about one-lifth of a horse 1
power when exerted to the greatest ad- !
vantage. In other words, if the machinery
for tljc purpose weighed nothing,
man's strength must be increased thirty
times at least before he can sustain himself
in the air. Even then he could tly only
in a calm. It has been stated that the
average velocity of air currents at a distance
above the earth is twenty miles per
hour. These must be met and overcome
by any flying apparatus before it can be
successful. These facts ought to be j
enough to settle one side of the ques- j
tion, at lenst. Men cannot hope to ilv |
by muscular exeition. Any flying apparatus
must weigh less than twenty-five
pounds per horse power in order to sustain
itself, and, if supponcd by a balloon,
must be even lighter.? lndiutrial
American.
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MOMENTS FOR MERRIMENT.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FOTJHD IN
OUB BXOHAVOE3.
The I,ate Husband ?What Iffo I'tted ?
The Deacon'* Doff?The Hero Wtti
?l?i1 hr n. Flali*
A gentleman came home in the "wee
stun' hours ayout the twal,"at the South
End recently, and was surprised to find
his wife clad in black.
"Why, are you wearing these mourning
garments?" he said, somewhat unsteadily.
"For my late husband," was the significant
reply.
lie has Deen in {the house at 10 ever'
since. ? Hod on Budget.
Wliat lie I'aeri*
"You say that you was forcibly
ejected V
"Xo, sir; I don't say nothing of the
kind."
"Didn't I understand you to say that
he removed you with violence?"
'i don't know what you understood,
but I didn't say that."
"I inferred from what you told me
that lie used force to compel your exit."
"I don't sec how vou trot that into
your head, for I didn't s;iy nothing of
the kiuil."
"You didn't go out of your own account?"
"Not by a tarnal sight."
"Then how did you get out?"
"Why, gosh it all, he kicked me out."
"Well, 1 want to know if hedida'tuse
violence."
"No, I'll be shrunk if he did. lie used
his foot."? Chicti'jo Ixdtjer.
The Deacon's Dog-.
A good story is told of the presence
of mind of a New Hampshire deacon
who wns very fond of dogs. He had
one valuable setter that he had trained
himself, and that understood his every
word and slightest gesture with an almost
human intelligence. One evening
at a prayer meeting the good man was
offering an earnest exhortation and the
people sat with bowed heads,giving earnest
attention. The audience faced the
stand where sat the pastor; the doors
opened on either side. All at once one
of the doors, which had been left ajar,
was pu3herl open, and the baudsome
head of the deacon's favorite setter was
thrust in. The head was followed bj
the body, and the dog in toto had just
started with a joyful bound toward its
master. The deacon generally knew
what was going on about him, whethci
he was praying or shooting, and the first
movement of the intruder attracted his
attention. Quick as a flash, the deacon,
raising his head with a warning gesture,
cxclaimed: "Thou hast given us oui
charge; help us to keep it." At the emphasized
word so well known to his canine
ear, the handsome brute stopped as
if shot on the very threshold of the door,
with his intelligent eye fixed upon hi:
master. In the same unmoved tone, with
a slight wave of the extended hand
"We .would not return back to The<
with our duty 011 earth unfulfilled.'
Again the perfect training of the dea
con's pet was made evident, for, withoui
a whimper, he turned ns noiselessly a;
he had entered, and remained quietlj
outside until his master appeared.
The Hero IVon Slain.
One of the farmers who succeeded it
backing his wagon into place at the Citj
Hall market yesterday morning had sev
cral errands to do around the neighbor
hood, and he left his son of fourteen or
the vehicle to make a sale of five or sb
bags of potatoes. The old man had
scarcely disappeared when a bill dis
tributor came along and threw into tin
I *1?
I WllfJUU IUU 1113b UllU|;iblo Ul it Obucuuviitt
serial. The boy grubbed for the "lly'
and began to devour the literature "it
chunks find hunks, and of the half
dozen people who came along and askee
the price of his potatoes he answered
only one, and him so absent-mindedb
that no sale was made. In about hall
an hour the old man returned. Hi
halted at the back end of the wagon anc
took in the situation, and then asked:
"George, what you got?"
"Story."
"What about?"
"Injuns."
"l)o they kill anybody?"
"Tnev arc after a feller and I gues:
they git him."
"He's the hero I s'pose?"
"Yes."
"Don't sell any taters, docs lie?"
"No."
"I thought not. but I reckon I'll soor
know the reason why!"
With that he leisurely climbed ovci
the tail-board, reached for the boy and
the shaking up that youth received will
make him dream of earthquakes for man}
nights to come.
"You don't want any more ot that,'
said the old mnn, as lie finished business
and dropped the "fly" overboard. "Th(
Injuns not only overtook the hero bill
they 6lew him in the most fatal mauner,
and don't you forget it! Now you gil
up'n gallop and sell these 'taters!"?
Detroit Free Press.
.TIaotlicnded by 21 Fink.
"Here's an old acquaintance,'" saidnn
friend, as we stood looking at the lis!'
display of Commissioner Blackford, pointing
out a parti-colored eel-like fish sev
eral feet long and of most villainous as
pect. In form it resembled the typica
sea serpent that figures in the old works
of Pontoppidan and others. The bodj
was high", the mouth large, and in it
appeared a most formidable array ol
teeth.
"That is the famous, or rather infamous,
murray of the South," explained
my companion, giving the creature r
spiteful dig. "It's as much of a seaser
pent as I ever want to sec, and I musl
tell you a good joke 011 myself in whicl
one of these brutes played a prominent
part. Some years ago, when I begar
spending my winters in Florida, 1
devoted almost my entire time tc
fishing?sea fi-hing, you know?and
almost the first fish that caught m<
was one of these murravs. This is
a medium-sized one. They attait
in the Bahamas and around Cubt
a length of four or five feet, and, being
proportionately stout, present a formi
dable appearance. One day I was fishing
of! the reef, in about five fathoms,
and had been having fine luck witi
grunts and yellow-tails, when suddenly
I had a bite that brought me to mj
teet. I hauled the fish and the fish
hauled me, and after ten minutes hard
work I had him at the surface, and,
with a tremendous jerk, landed, not a
fish, but one of those murravs?a
rouscr. 1 was amazed as much as the
murray.
"No sooner did it feel itself in the
boat then it opened its cavernous mouth
and made a rush for me. There were
but two methods of escape open to me,
one to jump overboard and the other tc
climb the small mast of my boat. 1
chose the latter, and as the murray
reached the spot 1 just cleared it, and
there I was in the attitude generally
known as shinning. The murray made
the circuit of the boat several times
dragging the line, thrashing the oars
about, and darting its ugly head in my
direction at every move 1 made. It was
impossible, however, to hold such a
position loner, and I was about considering
the possibilities of leaping into the
water nuci swimming to tlie reef wnen
the creature wriggled overboard. 1
then slid down and cut the line When
I got ashore niy friends asked me what
I was shinning the mast of thedingy
foi. They had been watching me
through a spy glass. I told them 1 had
been clearing the halyards. If they had
ever got hold of it that I had been there
for ten minutes to get away from that
green hued eel. 1 should never have
heard the last of it."?Nao York Sun.
Inside Facts About Pocahontas.
Mr. John Ksten Cooke, of Virginia,
has made a searching investigation ol
the Pocahontas matter, and he is satislied,
from a'l the evidence to be had,
that Smith was captured by a party ol
Indians in 1007, and carried to the Indian
capital on York river, where I'owhatari
ordered him to be slain. Pocahontas in
tcifeied to save liim. mie iook nimurs
head in her arms, so that it was impossible
to beat out his brains without hitting
her. Powhatan consented to spare
the prisoner, and treated him kindly.
Afterward Smith released some Indian
prisoners, stating that it was for the sake
of Pocahontas. lie told his friends in
Jamestown that Pochontas had saved his
life. In a letter to Queen Anne ho said
that he would lie guilty of the "deadly
poison of ingratitude" if he forgot the
goodness of Pocahontas. In several
letters he travc to this girl credit for his
rescue from death. It was 011 thin ac>
count that Pocahontas was flatteringly
received at the English court. After
her marriage to Kolfe she was baptized,
and lived "civilly and lovingly with her
husband."
Kemovc the mildew from linen by
?x: *!._ /.Vin llr nr,r1
WCIUIIg 11IU OJIUI, liH/UJUg W?J Uiiiian, mm
exposing it to the air. Diluted hartshorn
will take out mildew from woolen stuffs.
THE COOK IN THE ORIENT.
A CHI3AMAN WHITES ABOUT CHINESE
FKUITS.
Frulin a nalmtar of V>llo in China?
Odd Way# of Preparing Thorn?
?->- -? bnl.Mlt.
1I1U JDUIU auu om VM>?
From time immemorial fruits have
been a mainstay of life in China. Their
culture gives support to millions, and is
brought to a perfection almost unknown
in the Occident. All of the kinds familiar
to Americans are everywhere
grown, so also, are the semi-tropical and
tropical; such as the orange, pineapple,
lemon, lime, citron, banana, star-fruit,
1 guava, mangoe, tamarind, date, tig, and
shaddock. Beside these are a long scries
of fruits indigenous to the East; the
Ilolo, Dai-chi, Ma-tag, and a score of
others.
Fruits arc more frequently cooked in
Chiua than here. They enter into cakes,
tarts, pies, puddings, stuffing. They
arc baked, roasted, fried, broiled, and
boiled. They are also dried, evaporated,
dessicated, smoked, pickled, soused,
preserved, candied and made into jellies,
jams, and marmalades.
Among odd ways of preparing and
preserving them, is one in which a fruit
sweetened to taste, is perforated with a
cochineal stick, then wrapped in a
water-lily leaf, and then boiled in syrup.
The heat and moisture transfer the crim
-1? - * * ? infnpinr
son coior ui uiu ?uuu iu iuu
flesh, while the lily-leaf stains the exterior
a ricli green, and at the same time,
penetrates it to a moderate depth with
its gelatinous or mucilaginous elements.
Fruits thus treated are put in large jars,
and sent over the world. Even when
opened, they resist fermentation for
weeks.
In the use of fruits, the Chinese do
not follow the Portuguese adage of
"Golden at morn, silver at noon, and
lead at night," but on the contrary indulge
to an extent that would astonish
a physician of the old school. It is a
common sight in a Mongolian home to
find the entire family devouring oranges,
bananas, and sugar canc, at midnight.
In the main, acid and sub-acid fruits arc
, preferred to all others.
, The extremes to which fruit-culture is
, carried on in China is well exemplified
by the Bolo. In a wild state, the fruit,
, (which crows from the trunk, and not
| from the limbs of the Bolo tree), is not
, much larger than an apple, and in shape,
. color, and interior construction resem.
bles an orange. Cultivation for centuries
has increased it in 9ize until it weighs
. from 100 to 200 pounds. As it buds in
. tne spring, the fruit farmer builds under
[ and around it a strong bamboo basket,
which in turn is firmly attached to the
tree trunk. When mature, the fruit can
. be easily broken into spherical sections,
similar to an orange. Its taste is very
. rich and sweet, resembling, somewhat,
, that of a Hackensack melon. The seeds
are small, almost rudimentary, and never
, sprout. The tree iB propaeated by shoots
[ and grafts. The IJolo exerts a "fascina.
tionupon the Chinese small boy, similar
j to that fabled to be exercised by the
t watermelon upon the colored brother.
. As soon ns it begins to ripen, guards are
[. stationed in the orchard, and there kept
5 until the last globe is gathered. The
. enfan t terrible in the East has one advantage
over his Ethiopian rival. Once
pickcd, he, or they?as it requires three
boys to properly do the business?may
i carry ofl the fruitbefore the owner's eyes.
[ A queer superstition among the farmers
. forbids recapture, or even unkind words
. to the malefactors, on pail, it is sup)
posed, of the blighting of the tree oror;
chard the next season. The I3olo sells
i for from 1,000 to 5,000 cash, (1,000 cash
. being nearly equal to $1). It is sold tc
; peddlers and venders, wlio separate i(
1 into its component scctious. These num?
bcr from :JOO to GOO, and are retailed aci
cording to tlieir size from five cash up<
. ward. Covered with leaves, the sections
1 remain sweet and fresh several days.
[ Another fruit (now beginning to apf
pear in American markets) is the Sai-chi.
f As it grows it is the size and shape of n
t walnut, with a shell thinner than that of
1 the finest almond. Within is a fresh
and luscious pulp-that may be put halfway
between a strawberry and a raisin.
After beiug gathered, it slowly dies until
the pulp resembles a small date.
Thus far only the dried fruit has been
imported. Its success, however, indij
cates that the fresh fruit'would in a short
time be extremely popular. The dried
are sold in American stores at forty cents
per pound, in Chinese stores at twentyfive,
but in Canton and Ilong Ivong at
live to ten. Lai-cfii has considerable
i hygienic value. "When fresli its action
is similar to that of figs or tamarinds,
dried to that of prunes. An essential
| principle is extracted from it by the
Chinese physicians and apothecaries, and
r has long been a favorite remedy for
many complaints. ? Wong Chiij'uo, in
' the Cook.
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J AiailUllg U HUttVl UJ kJIMIIKHlng.
i While Mr. Hobert Bonner was mspcot,
ing John Turner's horses in Philadelphia
t the general told a curious story of horse
training. ''When I was a boy, aud $200
looked as big as a million, 1 had a horse
matched against a pacer to go a single
mile for $2o0 a side. In training him I
' discovered that through cxc2ss of action
i he hit his aim*. I was in .despair, when
I was advised to try and put him into
condition by swimming. Like a drown
ing man, I grasped at a straw. The rivet
1 ran near my door. I hired a man to row
i me in a boat, while I sat in the litem and
r held the halter. We started up stream,
t and the horse swam beautifully. On the
f return he struck out eagerly, and actually
towed the boat. I kept this up for ten
days and I never brought a horse to the
1 post in better condition. The violent
i action in the water had given pliancy and
firmness to his muscles and made his
l -;--i T wnr
K W1UU ilSUlCill U9 111U J IU^ Ui U l/Vll. A. nvi:
i the race easily, but it was lucky that il
t was a single (lash, because through hi<
i faulty action he cut his arms into rib[
bons."?Turf, Field and Farm.
>
1 Sawed the Horn OAT.
! The horn of a rhinoceros is apt tc
' grow in the wrong direction if the anl
1 mal is held in captivity. This was the
1 ease recently with one of the animals ic
the London zoological gardens. It is a
' very fierce animal, but Mr. Hartlett, the
superintendent, succeeded in taming it
by feeding it several loaves of brt.'ad
1 every morning. While the animal was
eating, he took a jagged cane and iini'
tated the action of a saw on the brute's
horns. When it had become accustomed
to this proceeding, a carpenter was summoned,
who substituted a saw for the
stick while Mr. JJartlett prolonged the
1 meal. When the horn was' almost olf,
1 it camc in contact with the sore which
it had caused. The beast tore away with
1 a savage snort, the saw was broken tc
1 pieces, but the incision made by the saw
was so deep that when the animal thrust
the horn against the bars in its rage, it
' broke oil, and all danger was thus
I fivprti'fl
A Test for Pure Iluttcr.
The chemist of the Agricultural de
1 partinent at Washington has discovered
1 a certain means of distinguishing oleo
' margarine from butter. When boiled
i for a few seconds pure butter will reveal
1 uidera microscope and in a polarized
light, a well defined cross on each glob
lie, whereas the globules of beef fat and
lard are of different form, and do not
rotate with the movement of the polarized
light as those of real butter. This
information is given todwellersin board
in<r limit's for what it is worth, with tlu
suggestion that no butter enter is entire
ly sale without n microscope and polar
ized light at his elbow.? Chienjo llirahl.
Natural (Jas.
Natural gas is as ancient cs the uni
verse. It was known to man in prcliis
toric times, we must suppose, for the
very earliest historical reference to the
magi of Asia records them as worship,
ing the eternal tires which then blazed,
and still blaze, in fissures of the mountain
heights overlooking the C'aspain sea.
. Those records appertain to a period at
least liOO years before the birth of Christ;
but the magi must have lived and wor1
sliipcd long anterior to that time.?l\q>ithir
Siriicr Monthly.
The Little .Sisters of the l'oor have
! now *2:10 houses in France, l'elgium,
I Spain, Switzerland, Kngland, Ireland,
Scotland, Italy, America, Africa and
Asia. Many thousands of respectable
1 but destitute o!d people are thus proj
vided for by a body of women who have
' no income, but who support the aged inj
mates of their houses by collecting daily
i from house to house scraps of food, old
| clothing, alms in money, or anything
J that may be olTered to them.
The cheerful alacrity with which a
young man will guide his best girl
towaid a milliner's show-window before
they arc married, is equaled oniy by the
j marvelous skill with which he will steer
her nway irom 11 aiier sac is ms wnc.?
Soinertillc Jnuriml.
There arc said to be 11,000 lawyers in
the State of 2sc\v York.
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TRY AND MAKE IT DO.
"My home is small, and yet I've all Seli
The room that I require, AVu
For, had I more, 'twould take my store C
Of coals to feed tho llro q
On frosty days. But now a blazo C
I keep the winter through ;
Though scarce enough when winds blow
rough, aut
1 try to make it do. day
sar<
" My cupboard there is often bare exp
As Mother Hubbard's own; sho
vr_ i?n I ?/> itrVinlponmn meats.
U HAJUI3UIIIC snttujt uv ,? , ?,
Not e'en a clncken-bone wh
Appears in sight! My appetite titr
Oft craves a bit, 'tis truo,
But if I must have but a crust, can
I try to make it do. tiei
wo:
" Though I should miss the greater bliss fori
That other folks enjoy, n01
What do I gain if I complain jj 1
And peace of mind destroy tite
Though luxury dwells not with ine, sle?
And much is lacking, still
My table's spread, and I am fed tj3]
According to His will 1" all
Thus spake a dame I need not name, jn
For she is known to all fea
Who makes the best of what's posses sol, 8?
Nor frown what'er bafall;
Who may not have the joys they crava, hai
Yet cheerfully pursue ^
Their cloudod way, from day to day,
As if their sky was blue. cai
If 'tis your fate from high estate
And region rich to fall, ha|
Despite your hurt, your faitli assert ao
In Him who ruleth alL
It may be but a little hut
In which you dwell, yet you ke
May make it shine with light divine;
'Tis what you ought to da y?1
?Josephine Pollard.
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HUMOR OF THE DAY.
1)8
The daughters of a millionaire always ho
have fine figures. Ti
The root of evil is a hog in a flower
garden.?Picayune. pj
The mosquito always makes himself
to hum.?Boston Post. Jj
er
A young man may be good on a loaf, ar
yet make a bad bread winner. P1
60
Economy will always pay; m
The man who saves Is wise; n(
And those content with mush to-day fa
Will one day cat mince pies. jn
?Boston Courier.
A maid is a young lady who is single sa
and who will be Avon if she marries? ?
Judge. hj
A tough steak is something like, an sa
incorrigible boy. Both may be im-;d<
proved by pounding.?Lowell Citizen. ?
The biggest men in the country are the re
drum-major of the local brass band and| i
the pitcher of the local baseball club.? 111
Louell Citizen.
Now to the pond the small boy hies
To fish for pickerel, perch, and pout, te
But soon returns with weeping eyes,
To have that ruby hook cut out. ei
?Boston Courier. tr
A man may never have seen a boom- "
i erang thrown, but he can get a very good o)
; idea "of what the operation is like if he w
, will stand behind his wife and watch tc
her throw a rock at a hen in the garden.
[ Fall Uiter Adcance.
A telegraph reporter says that the tr
daughter of a New Jersey farmer ran off n
with one of her farther's hands. It does
i not state which hand, but if it were the W
i one the old gentleman used to slap mosquitoes
with, it was a most uufilial act. ?
- San Franciscan. ll(
"llavc you seen 'Schurz on the South- lr
1 crn peopte?'" asked Jones, as he laid p:
1 down the morniug paper to skakc hands
: with Smith. "I never saw a Southerner ^
without one on," replied Smith. Jones f]
resumed the reading of his newspaper.? C
Atlanta Constitution.
1 Judcc?"You say you arc not a va- gl
grant?" Prisoner?"No, your honor." h
Judge?"Did any motive bring you to rr
the city?" Prisoner?"Yes, your hon- C1
or." Judge?"What?" Prisoner?"Lo- ?!
comotive." Judge--"Thirty days."? a,
Boston Post. A
ox a summer's day. F
How lovely it is in the summer,
To go to the mountain or sea, c
And there is a restful abandon, a
Bo happy as mortal can be. c
Ah. lovely it is in the summer,
In tho shadowy caverns to lurkBut,
brethren, ic's tough in tho summer Ii
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To rellcct on the misfortunes to which c
mankind in general are exposed greatly
contributes to alleviate the weight of those
which we ourselves endure. [
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The People's Vegetable Tonic, Vine- J,
gar BiTTEns, is playing the mischief j {
with the Devil's beverages, fired up with j *
cheap rum. All the diseases which; j
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under pretence of relieving, such as Indigestion,
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, Rheumatism,Gout, Pulmonary affections,
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r All the drugpRs soil the Remedy, together t
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advised to be used in connection with it. No ,
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; not bo curcd." You got ?500 in case of
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1 Boston* has 120 hotels and seven gas com- *
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Broirn'n Little Joke.
1 "Why, Brown, how short your coat is.'
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wittily replied: "Yes; but it will be long
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A SINGULAR BOOK, (
titillating wilS SarcMH sad Brtlllan} ^
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1 York CorrupoiuUne* American Rural Borne, i
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hap, IL "Overworked;" goes to Europe. 1
hap. IIL "Has Rheumatism;" goes to Ema s
hap. IV. Has a row with his Doctor I r
he above chapters, Mr. Editor, I find In 1
k recently published by an anonymous "
hor. I have read a deal of sarcasm in my t
but I never read anything equal to the
msm herein contained. I suspect the
erionce portrayed is a personal one; in
rt, the author intimates as much on page
Lot mo give you a synopsis: 1
Malaria" a3 it states, is the cloak with (
Ich superficial physicians cover up a mul- ,
tde of ill feelings which they do not under- *
ad, and do not much care to investigate. '
is also a cover for such diseases as they
inot cure. When they advise their palt
to travel or that he has over- i
rked and needs rest and is probably ?uf- j
ing from malaria, it is a confession of tg anceor
of inability. The patient goes
ond. The change Is tonic ana for a time
feels better. Comes home. Fickle appei,
frequent headaches, severe colds,cramp?,
jplessness, irritability, tired feelings, and
leral unfitness for business are succeeded
iue time by alarming attacks of rheuman
which flits about his body regardless of
human feelings.
t is muscular?in his back. Articular,?
his joints. Inflammatory, myl how he
rs it will fly to his heart! Now off he
3 to the springs. Tho doctor sends him
ire, of course, to get well: at the same time
does not really want him to die on his
ids!
That would hurt his business!
ietter for a few days. Returns. After a
lile neuralgia transfixes him. He bloats;
mot breathe; has pneumonia; cannot
.lk; cannot sleep on his left side, is fretful;
ry nervous and irritable, is pale and flabby;
s frequent chills and fevers; everything
out him seems to go wrong; becomes sus:ious;
musters up strength and demands to
ow what is killing him I
"Great heavenf ne cries, "why hare you
pt mo so long in ignorance!"
"Bo:ause,' said the doctor. "I read your
le five years ago. I thought best to keep
u comfortable and ignorant of the facts."
He dismisses his doctor, but too latel
Is fortune has all gone to fees.
But him, what becomes of him?
The other day a well known Wall street
nker said to roe, "it is really astonishing
w general Bright's disease Is becoming,
vo of my personal friends are now dying
it. But it is not incuraole, I am certain,
r my nephew was recently cured when his
lysicians said re:overy was impossible,
le case seems to me to be a wonderful one."
lis gentleman formerly represented his govnment
in a foreign country. He knows,
>preciates and declares the value of that
eparation, because his nephew, who is a
n of Danish Vice-Consul Schmidt, waspromnced
incurable, when the remedy, Ward's
safo cure, was beguu. "Yes," sail his
ther, "I was very skeptical, but since tak?the
remedy, the boy is welL"
regret to note that ex President Arthur is
id to be a victim of this terrible disease,
e ought to live but the probabilities are
at since authorized remedies cannot cure
tn. liis physicians will not advise him to
ve his life, as so many thousands have
me, by the us? of Warner's safe cure, which
en. Christiabsen, at Drexel, Morgan &
o.'s, told me ho regarded "as a wonderful
imedy."
Well, I suspect the hero of the book cured
mself by the same means. The iniernal
idence points very strongly to this conciuon.
I cannot close my notice of this book betir
than by quoting his advice to hia readers:
"If, my friend, you have such an experilce
as I have portrayed, do not put your
ust in physicians to the exclusion of other
jinedial agencies. They havo no monopoly
?er disease and I personally know that many
them are so very 'conscientious that they
ould far prefer that their patient* should go
i heaven direct from their powerless hands
tan that they should be saved to earth by
le use of any 'unauthorized' means."
And that the author's condemnation Ja too
ue, how many thousands duped, and yet.
sscued, as he was, can personally testify}
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rVe have Just Issued it most wonderful and
valuable iiw hook, wlili'h treati of diseases
"peculiar to the female ?'l." and have gp.-.r>d
neither pains nor money to make it worthy
1 the perusal and eoiiiJdwiee of the women all
J"" over our land. K.verv mother, wife, sinter,
anil daughter is deeply. vitally interested In
this great work, ana fhould send for It withthwt
prtget
Wi?i. S. K? CHASE,
Df Chr.se'o Ivlmko!;, Lowell,
Mass., 13 frequently called upon
:or information in rogr.rd to l:ia
" * 1 "? -Ll _ D
wonaernu cure oy mo use
Ayer's Ssrcapariila.
rie ns3uro3 ell inquirero that
lis testimonial io strictly true.
Sere it is: ?
From my infancy I was nfilictcil with
icrofnla. Thv* doctors |>ro:m::ur; d ny
a*e incurable. ::tid v.c;v of t!.. r; I:i!. :i
hat t'ousiiMpiion. iuditrcd by H*rof?:>"?i
soison in ilic blocui. would tern:!:::;'..- 1 y
iff. Ali.-v.it IIyr:::*.-: a\ro I had l>. '. c:::c
<> debilitated to il-> a daj's v.ork V.: s
n impossibility. l v,-:w eomplotciy t" oil
raged. a friend r.iivNfd mot*
rv Ayer's Sarsaparilla. I b?u:*:!.i < ;:o
lottlo, tool; Hie Sar>a;>::ri!!a iv;i:larl;\ :.::d
ic;,'a:i to improve at oner. ('ou:int;in<;
ho treatment. 1 was permaiHMiiiy cttrcd ?
lkinr les? than one dozen l>??t:'c-: i i
'he virulent .-ores which 1::>1 rahn
liron^'li my work i:i :i t r r,f |>!;irr?,
ajtiillv li 'ii'fi!. my f>'rc:vr:h ;:;Mili!:iily
icr:\*iscil, until I hoi-MTii!' :t vi rorot:-.
s I :i"i lo-:i:ty. ? S. K. < vi:!i T. >i.
'h:i?t\ !*n?v:-:ion L)i;:.'er, '2.33 3ii-rrii:::ul.
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Leonard St., N. Y. City, \ >
London now claims a population of 6,200,
)0.
Mensman'b Peptonized beef toxic, the only
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cus properties. It contain! blood-on'cin?
>rce generating and life-ana taining propartiei;
ivaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervoui
rostration, and all forms of general debility;
so, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
?Bult of exhaustion, nervous prostration, overork
or acute disease, particularly if resulting
om pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard it
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An Only Dnngliter Cured of Connumptlon.
When death w as hourly expected from Conlmption,
all remedies having failed and Dr.
L James was experimenting, ha accidentally
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u receipt of stamps to pay expenses. Hemp
Iso cures night swe ats, nausea at the stomch,
and will break a fresh cold in 24 hours,
address Craddock & Co., 1032 Race street,
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nd to secure a white, soft and beautiful
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When yon visitor leavo New Ifurk city, eavsbarriT',
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The present area of th# city of Boston is
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Vigor and Vitality
to (riven to the whole system by the purifying,
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If you feel "all gone," are debilitated by
isease, or the effects of chan^inj weather, Hood's
arsaparilla will build yoa up, We do not ask you
o take this medicine merely because of what we
ay. The thousands of peoplo who testify in Its
avor should certainly convince yon of its great
nedlcinal merit.
"I usod Hood's Sannrsrilla last spring and can
mly say it helped me very much. To those sufferng
with bilious complaints, nervous prostration, or
honmatism. I earnestly recommend it"?Mns. E.
jAKPExrEn. Kalamazoo, Mich.
' 'Hood's Bursapiri'la as a blcod purifier has no equal.
,'t tones the system, btrengthensand iniigintis, giving
lew life. 1 have taken it for kidney complaint with the
>est results; hare u?od several bottles In ray family and
im satisfied that its reputation is meritel."?D. B.
Jaunders, 81 Pearl Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Hood's Sarsapariila
iold by all druggists. $1; six for $'>. Made only
>yC. I. HOOD k CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Miss.
100 Doses One Dollar
Jfore Than TlmnU-.
Fort Madison, Ijwa, Mm. Lydia E. Pink
lam: "I am glad to inform you that I have
;ried one bottle of your Vegetable Compound
ind havo found great relief. I more than
'hank you for your kind advice. I have
lover felt so well as I do now since I had
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fiufi wll^ f unmti
Experiment* reported to the Par i
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treasure necessary to cause the raptor
if blood vessels is very much greater : $
han that to which they are normally
ubjected. The carotid artery of a dog yraB
equired from thirty-five to fifty-five ?irJ
imcs the normal pressure of the blood, 1
ind the jugular vein Irom thirty-two to
;hirty-five times the usual force. j
There is considerable likeness oetwee?
jabies and wheat. They both are era* J
lied, raised, threshed, sold, generally h|
ground up, often badly mixed, and even- I
;ually planted.?Pud. 1
rhe Only Temperance Bltten^JKnemL 1
Fevers, Blood, Liver and KldnerDteaaes.
Dyspepsia or Indigestion, JReadaehe,
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Skin Disease*. Eruptions, Tetter,-Bait
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all Diseases of the Sldn are literally dug up and
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It Invigorates the stomach, stimulates
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life ana vigor to the whole system.
No Person can take the Bitten and remain '
long unwell.
Pin, Tape and other Worms, an
destroyed ana removed from the system.
Cleanse the Vitiated Dlood whenever
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purees the blood of deep-seated diseases.
Giro the Bitters a trial. One bottle will
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J the l*a*t Xtrmful of *111X4 Sirim jmfiri'ilM." On
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