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tion she told
[usband had been
and shortly aiter they
were married had sailed for the west
coast of Africa. Ilis vessel was never
heard of after leaving port, and it was
presumed that she had foundered at sea
and all hands had been lost. The pre
sumed widow had struggled to main
tain herself and infant child, but with
indifferent success. Finally, when
suffering from the pangs of hunger,
she had read my advertisement and
hastened to my place of business, pray
ing inwardly that her hair, which had
been her husband’s pride, might be of
the required shade.
“Well, I bought her hair, which
weighed four ounces, and paid her $800
for it. 1 sent the switch to my cus
tomer, the Countess, and wrote her the
history of the hair. She is a woman
of great wealth and goodness of heart.
The return mail brought me a letter
authorizing mo to pay the poor little
sailor’s widow $1,000 extra. I wrote
an account of the affair, which was
published. One day, about three
weeks after the publication of the
story, a man, who was bronzed and
r wirclr
J a copy
siding it
i address he
piessel had been
[can coast, and
ferew alone
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hey managed
s immediate-
isaster to the
hd vessel and
.the former he
peard no word
en he reached
[ered that she
fcpeared. One
[paper he came
■ urried to my
;ticulars. I
carriage,
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JftM S oth-
i Countess, giv-
i story, and the re-
liat the ship-wrecked cap-
"noiv commands her yacht, and
the wife who sacrificed her hair to buy
bread sails with him on every voyage.”
—Pitiladelphia Times.
flic Feasants of Casctana.
Heaping is different here from other
parts of Tuscany. The contadini cut
off the ears of corn with a sickle in
small handfuls, leaving two or three
feet of straw standing which is after
ward mown with scythes, An old
peasant seeing me watch ids opera
tions, ceased work for a moment, and,
with a twinkle in his eye, quoted, like
a true Tuscan who knows and loves
his old proverb. “You know, ma’am,
when the corn is in the field, it belongs
to God and the saints.” The contadini
work hard; in the field at daylight—
they often do not return home till 9
in the evening—and we meet women
and young girls staggering under
huge loads of green grass, cut on the
hills and carried down on their heads
after the day’s work to sell for a few
centimes in the village. This habit of
carrying jars of water, baskets of fruit,
and bundles of fodder on the head
gives the contadine an easy, graceful
walk, recalling the peculiar swing of
the Arab women. The men just now
look very spruce and neat, as a new
straw hat, and if possible, a new shirt
b ■‘•thy thing” before reaping. The
women never wear hats. They tie a
handkerchief under the chin, and pull
it over their eyes like a hood, folding
another several times thick on the top
of their heads to keep off the sun.—
Macmillan.
Something Hot for a Cold.
Doctor to lady patient—“You should
take something hot for your cold.’,
Indolent patient—“Well, in what
form shall I take it, doctor?”
Doctor—“Considering you have so
little exercise, I should say you would
derive the most goo 1 from it if you
took it in the shape of a flatiron. ”—
Boston Budget.
im 10 to 12 the morning after the
iver is cut; immediately after din-
rake into small win-rows; place
Ishock before the dew falls; on the
Allowing day air and draw to barn.
We have in red clover one of the
moBt valuable fodder plants in the
world, but our present method of cur
ing by exposure for a long time to a
hot sun reduces the crop in value to
pod hay and in flavor to an insipid
weed. A ton of the best clover hay
costs the farmer less than one-third
that of a ton of corn, and all things
considered, its food value is about the
same.
Save the Corn Stalks.
Of the many things I admire in my
German neighbor, none excite my re
spect more than the very successful
way in which he manages his corn
stalks.
His plan does not differ from that
generally adopted. lie husks his corn
in the field, ties the stalks into bun
dles, stands these bundles into stooks,
and when dry, draws them into the
barn, or makes them into a high, nar-
row stack, that is pretty much all root
The Deacon and I do the same thing.
The only difference is, that we propose
to draw them in to-morrow, or the
next day, or as soon as convenient,
and the result is, that something hap
pens to postpone the work, and before
wo know it the stalks aro wet, and we
must wait until they get dry again.
And sometimes we repeat this process
of waiting for a convenient time, and
November snow finds the stalks still
in the field. Not so Mr. Jacobs. He
does not wait His stalks are fre
quently secure in the barn or stack,
before some of us commence to husk.
His cows and young stock are in the
field, picking up the stray ears and
scattered fodder, before they are in
jured by the rain, and before we real
ize what has been done, the field is
harrowed to level down the Stubbs,
and the next day tho boys are plough
ing, and getting the land ready to sow
barley next spring.—Joseph Harris in
Agriuclturist.
“Swill Porky
There is in somo localities a grow
ing sentiment to the effect that pro
ducers of pork by wholesome processes
should not be compelled to compete
with the degraded product from city
swill. Those who supply grass and
corn cannot realize tho profit gained
by persons who, within easy reach of
large towns, are enabled to secure
garbage or hotel refuse at low rates or
even for the hauliug. The Massachu
setts Ploughman considers this sub
ject at length, intelligently, and shows
that it touches not only producers, hut
consumers and the general welfare,
and has even a bearing upon our ex
port trade. First the passing swill-
cart is “an indescribable stench” and
a menace to health, as are also, to an
aggravated degree, the hogpens where
this fermented or rotting slop is shov
elled out to the abused swine, amid
“sickening odors” against which long
suffering, peace-loving neighbors hesi
tate to make complaint. Again, its
use promotes disease—as liog-cholera
and possibly trichina:—and the aver
age housekeeper is not able to detect
by appearance the difference between
this meat and that fattened by decent
methods. Moreover, the swine mala
dies, spread from herd to herd, down
stream or by other means of transit,
cause the innocent to suffer, and mili
tate, withal, against tho reputation of
American pork products abroad, Our
contemporary finds in these suggestive
facts warrant for legislative restric
tions upon sale, if not upon produc
tion; at least the objectionable pro
duct should be labelled “Swill Pork,”
so that buyers averse to taking risks
may avoid it, and raisers of grain-fed
pigs he relieved from the unfair com
petition.—Neto York Tribune.
To Cirow Plants from Cuttings*
The old way of rooting cuttings in
a small glass bottle filled with water
is a good method when a hotbed can
not be used; hut the bottle should not
stand so close to the window as to
become hot, and thus scald the root
lets. A little cotton wool within the
rim of tho bottle will prevent evapo
ration. In two or three weeks the
roots will bo plentiful, and then the
cuttings may he transferred to thumb
pots, or, if the season suits, into the
beds. As each cutting is taken from
the bottle, dip the roots into a little
warm sand until each fiber is coated;
this will keep them apart and prevent
wilting. If pots are used, nearly fill
them with a rich sandy compost, and
press it to the sides, so as to leave
room in the center. Put the roots in
gently, and give the plant a little twist
to spread the roots, or separate them
to the base, the cutting islia.
decay in the soil.—Scientific Amer
ouachold Hints.
Bako crackers until crisp to he
eaten with oysters.
Corned beef and ham should be put
in boiling water.
The luster of morocco is restored by
varnishing it with the white of an
egg. Apply with a sponge.
Stovepipes can he cleaned by putting
a piece of zinc on the coals of a hot
fire. The vapor produced carries off
the soot by chemical decomposition.
By rubbing with a damp flannel
dipped in tho best whiting, the brown
discoloration may be taken’off cups in
which custards have been baked.
Tar stains should be rubbed with
lard or butter, and then be washed in
warm suds. If you rub soap directly
on any stain it will tend to set it.
Recipes.
Salmon Salad.—One cup canned
salmon, one cup crackers broken into
hits, one large onion chopped fine; salt
and pepper; moisten with vinegar; stii
all together lightly and serve.
Indian Meal GrueL—Boil one pint
of water in a sauce-pan, put one-hali
teaspoon salt in it, mix two even
tablespoons meal with enough cold
water to smooth and thin it, stir this
into the boiling water. Boil gently,
stir carefully half au hour, and add
teaspoon or so of cream or milk if
liked. Boil up after milk is added.
Staffed Eggs.—This is a good break,
fast dish. Cut some h ird-builed eggs
in halves; take out the yolk and
mash it smoothly with an equal
quantity of grated ham, a little
parsley, pepper and salt to taste, and
a small lump of fresh butter. Fill
tho cup-like whites of the eggs with
this mixture, pour over them a little
melted butter and heat in the oven.
Serve with each half egg placed on a
neat square of bread nicely fried in
butter.
Tea Cakes.—Itub one heaped tea
spoonful of baking powder into a
pound of flour. Add two ounces of
butter also rubbed in, a quarter of a
pound of sugar and two ounces of
currants. Mix it with two eggs well
beaten and stirred into half a pint of
buttermilk or new milk. Boll out and
make of the quantity six tea cakes.
Bake in a moderate oven, and when
half done wash over with the yolk of
an egg beaten up with a teaspoonful
of milk. These tea cakes are very nice
cut in slices and buttered cold for
tea.
The Vilalily of Seeds.
The seeds of the willow will not ger
minate after having been once dry.
The seeds of coffee and various other
plants do not germinate after having
been kept for any considerable time.
Wheat over two centuries old has
been found quite fit for food, hut the
grains usually lose their power of
growth after a lapse of seven years.
Specimens of rye and wheat known to
he 185 years old could not he induced
to germinate. “The stories of ‘mum
my wheat’ sprouting after having lain
dormant in Egyptian tombs for thorn-
sands of years are, to say the least of
them, very dubious,” declares Dr.
Robert Brown, . F. L. S. “No well-
authenticated instances of such finds
are extant, while among other articles
sold by die Arabs to credulous travel
ers, as coming out of the same tomb
as the ancient wheat, have been dahlia
bulbs and maize, the deposition of
which in the receptacle from which
they were said to be extracted necessi
tates the belief that 3000 years ago the
subjects of the Pharaohs were engag
ed in commerce witli America.” When
kept dry and protected from light and
air, however, seeds have . heen known
to retain their vitality for some length
ened periods. Seeds of the bean and
pea order have sprouted after 100 years
storage in an herbarium,- anil many
similar instances—most of them some
what doubtful—have been recorded.
The Prattler in the Parlor.
Sir. Tompkins was waiting in the
parlor for Miss Minnie and that young
lady’s youthful brother was entertain
ing him until his sister’s arrival.
“Say,” he ventured, “Your hair is
black, ain’t it?”
“Yes.”
“Well, you dye it, don’t you ?”
“No, my little man, of . course not.
What put that idea intOjrour head.”
“I dunno, only sister Minnie said the
other day that she believed you were
naturally light-headi
Mr. Tompkins, hast j :ed his
affections to another . York
Mail and Express.
’iKCOm.
:eur pigeons are now
have much more power of
ing than the English, and to possess
more highly developed homing in
tact than aoy of tho other breeds,
hey did good service for the Paria
ns daring the siege imposed upon
lem by the Prussians, When they
pd no access to news from the out-
de world save through theso little
inged messengers. This breed of
irriers are natives of Belgium, where
Igeon races are considered a national
tort, and patronized and supported
f all classes of society, from the no-
lity to the peasant. These pigeons
■e the largest of the harrier breed,
hey are very hardy birds, and stand
irdship and endurance better than
ly other variety. It is said that these
"birds are trained by stages at gradu
ally increasing distances, and when
the final stage has been reached they
all set off together, being liberated at
an early hour in the morning, many of
them flying homeward at the rate of
from thirty to forty miles an hour, ac
cording to the distance. Some of these
birds were located in Paris before the
commencement of the siege, and were
taken from the city in balloons and al
lowed to return with messages when
the Provisional Government of France
was established at Tours. The letters
and messages were transcribed on a
largo sheet of paper, micro-photo
graphed on a small scale and then in
closed in a quill, which was secured to
the tail feathers.
Chinese Story Boobs.
The Chinese are passionately fond
of stories and story-telling. On the
public streets and squares professional
story-tellers congregate from noon to
midnight, going over the achievements
of a hero or portraying the despair of
a lover. They recite with a dramatic
power ;not to ha expected from their
sluggish movements and stolid coun
tenances. All classes indulge in this
favorite pastime. The dignified scholar
relishes a good story as much as a child
in the lap does a fairy tale. Story
books in the language cau he counted
by tho tens of thousands. The sub
jects are historical or romantic; of
war, of love, of magic and enchant
ment.
Some of the legends aro really beau
tiful and as interesting as a good Eng
lish novel. There is one book which is
tho unfailing delight of all classes; I
mean the History of the Three King
doms. It is au historical novel of 20
volumes, illustrated with wood cuts.
For arrangement of details, delinea
tions of character and elegance of dic
tion, I have found few books in Eng
lish its equal. It is, in one sense, an
epic in prose. When a boy 1 used to
enjoy hearing passages of it read or
explained.
Books of ballads are to be found iB
every household. Our ladies take great
delight in learning to sing them to
their own music, music which is not
printed in the book3, but suggests it
self as they recite or sing. Ballad sing-
era are found on all the public squares,
where they earn their living by pass
ing around the basket at each crisis of
the story. The spectators are eager to
hear the rest, of course, and so will
be more easily induced to pay.
There are no story-books which
children can read and enjoy, since it
takes them so long to learn the charac
ters. But picture-books are sometimes
given to children. Still they are not
made specially for them, as they are in
this country; and colored pictures are
too costly to be put into children’s
hands, painted by artists. So Chinese
boys and girls lack those facilities for
enjoyment in picture-books which
American and English children have in
so great abundance.—Chicago Ini
Ocean.
_
gs unnecess:
Rre thorns enough in the'
human life.
is in Wen as in soils, where some-
ies thete is a vein of gold which the
owner knoWs hot of;
What is birth to d man if it shall be
a stain to his dead ancestors to have
’.eft such an offspring.
Recollect what disorder hasty or im
perious words from parents or teachers
hare caused in our thoughts.
Nothing is easier than fault finding.
No talent, no self denial, ho character,
is required to set Up in the grumbling
business.
A man who puts aside his teligioh
because he is going intd society is like
one taking off his shoes because he is
ahoiit to walk upon thorns.
Did age is the night of life, as night
is the old age of the day. Still night
is full of magnificence, and for many
it is moro brilliant than day.
Sorrow itself is not so hard to bear
as the hitter thought of sorrow com
ing. Airy ghosts that work no harm
do terrify us more than men in steel
with bloody purposes.
A good man is the best friend, and
therefore is first to be chosen, longest
to be retained, and indeed never to be
parted with, unless he ceases to be that
for which he was chosen.
Life should bo our only and great
regard; for the first office of wisdom is
to give things their due valuation, to
estimate aright how much they are
worth; and the second is to treat them
according to their worthiness.
Now Sayings by Josh Billings;
The man who gets hit twice by the
same dog is better adapted to that
kind of business than any other.
There is a great deal of religion in
this world that is like a life-preser
ver—only put on at the moment of
immediate danger, and then half the
time put on hind side before.
Experience is a school where a man
learns what a big fool he has been.
The man who will not believe in
any hereafter has got a dreadfully
mean opinion of himself and hiB
chances.
There are two kinds of fools in the
world—those who can’t change their
opinions and those-who won’t.
Out in the world men show us two
sides to their characters—by the fire
side only one.
The world is filling up with educat
ed fools—mankind read too much
anil learn too little.
Every man has his follies, and oft-
times they are the most interesting
things he has got.
Why It Is Polled “Land of Fire.”
The prevailing impression that there-
are volcanoes upon these islands, says a
correspondent in an account of Terra
del Fuego, is a mistake. The name
“Land of Fire” originated from the
fact that every night the entire land
scape is illuminated by myriads of
fires. When the Indians go ashore at
sundown each family builds a fire to
protect them from the cold, as it
always freezes, and the effect is very
fine. Around here and among sailors
the islands are known as “Fireland,”
and the nativer/as “Firelanders.”
Grant’s First Literary Work.
General Badeau’s paper on the
“Last Days of General Grant,” in the
Century, gives the following account
of the way General Grant’s literary
work was brought about: “As early
as December, 1883, the editors of Tho
Century Magazine had inquired of mo
whether General Grant could not ho
induced to write about one or two of
his battlos for their series of papers on
the war, mentioning Shiloh and the
Wilderness. I laid the matter before
him, but he was disinclined to attempt
the unfamiliar task. Tho editors how
ever, renewed their solicitations. Af
ter tho failure of Grant & Ward they
addressed me a letter saying: ‘Tho
country looks with so much regret and
sympathy upon GenerafGrant’s mis
fortune that it would gladly welcome
the announcement and especially the
publication of material relating to him
or by him. concerning his honored ea-
roer in which every one takes pride.
It would he glad,’ they said ’to have
its attention diverted from his present
troubles, and no doubt such diversion
of his own mind would be welcome to
him.’ ^
“Ho was touched by the tone of the
communication, but shrank at first
from presenting himself to the public
at this juncture, preferring absolute
withdrawal and retirement. When I
convoyed his reply, I spo’:u of the com
plete financial ruin that had overtaken
him. Tho editors at once inquire I
whether a pecuniary inducemont
might not have weight, and made an
offer to him for Iv/o articles on any of
his l>at lies which ho might select. Iiis
necessities decided him. Tho modern
Belisarius did not mean to beg.
“In June he went to Long Branch
for the summer, and soon afterwards
sent for me and showed me a few pa
ges he had written, and called an arti
cle. The fragment was terse and
clear, of course, like almost everything
he wrote, but too laconic and compact,
I know, to suit the editorial purpose;
it would not have filled three pages of
of tho magazine. I urged him to ex
pand it.
“ ‘But why write more ?' he asked.
‘I have told the story. What more is
there to say?’
“I begged him to go into the detail,
to explain his purposes and move
ments, to describe the commanders, to
give pictures of the country; and he
sized the idea, and developed the
sketch into a more protracted effort.
It was copied ;by his eldest son, who
carried it to the editors, one of whom
at once came to see him, and asked
him to still further extend his article
by including topics covered by him in
'ripsthe interview. He consented again,
and the paper became the elaborate
one—elaborate for its author— which
appeared in The Century for Februa
ry, 1885. This was General Grant’s
first attempt at anything like literary
or historical composition.”
Aienioii wei|
ounces was tocezitb
offkee, Fla.
When potatoes were first introduced
into Connecticut, it was held that if a
man- ate them every day he could not
live beyond seven years.
The quantity of oil contained in
olives varies from twenty to sixty per
cent., depending upon tho variety,
size and ripeness of the fruit*
Although a Variety of microscopic
forms of plants have been found on
bahk botes and coins in circulation,
hone known to be dangerous to human
life has yet been discovered.
tho geberal average of the human
pulse, though the exceptions are very
numerous, may be put at birth at 140;
two years, 100; from sixteen to nine
teen, 80; at manhood, 70; and at old
age, 6.
The English Statistical Society’s
Journal shows that the mean duration
of life in England has increased during
the last fifty years. In males it has
risen from 39.9 to 41.9, and in females
from 41.9 to 45.3 years.
On the continent of Europe railway
locomotive engines give only one short,
low whistle on approaching a station.
In England they keep up a soul-pierc
ing scream for several miles. It is
not necessary to say what they do in
this country. Their victims may be
found in many lunatic asylums.
The word “Selah,” which often oc
curs in the Psalms, is one of doubtful
meaning. It is supposed by some Bi
ble scholars to signify silence, or a
pause in the musical performance of
the sacred song. Others again claim
that it is intended to indicate special
attention to the subject.
Anciently dog days extended forty
days from August 4. They were so
called by Egyptian astronomers foi
the reason that Sirius, the Dog Star,
rose with the sun during that period,
causing extreme heat and sickness.
In England dog days are from the 3d
of July until the 11th of September;
in America from the 25th of July to
the 5th of September.
“Help Yourself.”
Tho Rev. W. W. Freeman, a Bap
tist minister, relates an amusing story
illustrative of the way that a man’s
heart can swell and prompt him to
great liberality under some extraordin
ary conditions. A big, raw-boned
red-headed young farmer entered his
parlor one day, accompanied by a shy
but comely girl, and desired him to
perform the marriage ceremony. He
did so, and when the fateful words
were spoken that made the couple man
and wife, the young husband dr,;w
from his pocket four bright silver
quarter-dollar pieces, and extending
them toward tho minister on his open
palm,exclaimed, “There, Brother Free
man, just help yourself until you are
satisfied.” The minister took one.
f
Important Informntiou.
A professor at the University of
Texas was explaining some of the
habits and customs of the ancient
Greeks to his class.
“The ancient JJreeks built no roofs
over their theatres,” said the pro
fessor.
“What did the ancient Greeks do
when it rained?” asked Johnny Fiz-
zletop.
The professor took off his spectacles,
polished them with his handkerchief,
and replied, calmly :
“They got wet, 1 suppose.” —Sift
ings.
The Great Pianist.
Liszt is anything but handsome,
writes a coreespondent of the New
York Tribune. Of less than medium
height, his face disfigured by a number
of warts, a great Graco-Roman nose,
a large mouth, a broad chin, and ears
that certainly indicate his munificence,
are, save his hair, his most striking
characteristics. But his eye sparkles
with the fervor of youth, his hand has
yet the. magical touch that glides over
the keys as though in very communion
with their every secret. And his
manner I Ah, there it is! Ilis
seventy-four years have enhanced
rather than diminished his gallantry,
and every woman falls a victim to it
One can never see his worn, bent head,
with its silver halo, without Remem
bering those strong days of his youth
in Hungary, and his love for that
strange, fatherless race of his native
land, which revealed him the secrets
of their dukes and captains, made him
their companion by day, and at night
the bed-fellow of their dusky children
under the canopy of heaven. No pen
has described this race with the beauty
and force of Liszt's. “Later I myself
became a wandering virtuoso like them
in my fatherland. I remained like
them, a stranger to the peoples; I
followed, like them, my own ideal."
He is still following that ideal, and
has left its impression on all parts of
the world.
Fable of the Babbit and the Goat.
A Goat once approached a peanut-
stand kept by a Rabbit, purchased five
cents’ worth of peanuts, laid down a
dime, and received a punched nickel
in change. In a few days the Goat
came back, called for another pint of
peanuts, and offered the same nickel
in payment; but in the meantime had
stopped the hole in it with a peg.
“I can’t take that nickel,” said tho
Rabbit
“This is the very nickel you gave
me in change a few days ago,” replied
the Goat
“I know it is,” continued the Rab
bit, “but I made no attempt to de
ceive you about it When you took
the coin the hole was wide open, and
you could see it for yourself. In work
ing that mutilated coin off on you 1
simply showed my business sagacity:
but now you bring it hack with the
hole stopped up and try to pass it,
with a clear intent to deceive. That
is fraud. My dear Goat, I’m afraid
the grand jury will get after you it
you are not more careful about little
things of this sort.”
Moral: This Fable teaches that
the moral quality of a business trans
action often depends upon the view
you take of it.—Life.
Not the Loto She Taught.
Sometimes strange difficulties are
encountered by the young ladies who
are endeavoring to teach Christianity
to the Chinese in the Sunday schools
of the metropolis. One of the most
conscientious as well as one of the
brightest and prettiest of the teachers
was attempting in a Brooklyn school
recently to inculcate upon the heathen
mind of a sleek-looking Mongolian the
lesson of charity toward all. “God
loves every one,” she said. “We should
love every one.” The Chinaman look
ed meekly up into her face and quiet
ly asked: “Does God love me?” “Yes,”
the young lady replied. “Do you
love every one ?” was the next point
ed inquiry.
“Yes,’-’ she answered.
“Do you love me?”
“Y-y-yes.”
“Will you mally me?’
There was no direct answer to thli
question, but the teacher has sinct
changed her pupil for a- Chinaman ol
less logical turn of mind.—New Yorl
Tribune.
A SW* Good Dlaeatlan.
British Medical, Journal DR If.
6f England. dtcu»6s the effect of
, tea, coffee and cocoa oh digestion AU
’ them retard the chemical processes, bat
most, of them stimulate the glandular activ
ity and muscular contractions. Distilled
spirits retard the saUvary or peptio digestion
but elightly whan sparingly used.
Wines were found to pe highly injuripna to
Balirary digestion. On peptic digestion all
wines exert a retarding influence; They
stimulate the glandular and muscular activ
ity on the stomach. Effervescent wines ex
ert the greatest amount of good with the
least harm to digestion When one's diges
tion is ont of order everything goes awry,un
less, as in the case of T. T. Seals, of Belaire,
Obi S who had bad dyspepsia for seven years,
the digestive apparatus is kept in apple-pio
eating order by Warner's Tippecanoe, the
best appetite producer and regulator in the
World.
Tea, even in minute quantities, completely
paralyzes the action of the saliva. The tan
nin in strong tea is injurious. Weak tea
should be Ured. if at all. Strong coffee and
coca are also injurious if used in excess.—Tbs
Cosmopolitan.
An Unreliable Precedent.
“Well, now, in the name of goodness,
David, what are you going to do with
that barrel?” said a newly married
preacher’s wife to her husband on the
day before Christmas, as she saw him
rolling a new cask into the yard.
“It’s to put the slippers in, my dear, ’
said the good man, as he opened the
barrel and leaned upon it.
“To put the slippers in—what slippers
hubby ?”
“Why, the ones I’ll get from the con
gregation to-morrow, my dear. I dun't
want to have them scattered all over
the house. Ihey would be so much in
the way.”
“And did you expect to get a barrel of
slippers, David ?”
“Certainly, my dear. I got more than
that last year, anil being then but a new
comer among this people, they were not
of course so strongly attached to me as
now.”
“David, you’re an old goose.”
“What do you mean, my dear?"
“Don’t you know, you poor ninny,
that you wasn’t married then and that
girls don’t fool away their time working
slippers for a man after he’s out of the
market ?”
“Out of the market, my dear ?”
“Yes, out of tho market.”
“But I’ve never been in the market,
my dear ”
“Haven’t you, though ? Why, you
poor old dear, every girl in the church
was setting her cap for you, and that’s
how you happened to be scowed under
with slippers. You’ll not get a slipper
this year ; you can depend on that; so
you might as well roll that barrel into
the wood house. It will come handy
to p’lt your sermons in.”—Chicago Led
ger.
Not at Home.
After General Grant had appointed
Judge Taft Secretary of War, says Ben
Periey Poore, he invited a number of
the leading Republican Senators to dine
with him at the White House that they
might become personally acquainted.
He forgot, however, to invite Judge
Taft, who consequently was not present,
so those invited to meet him did not
have the pleasure of seeiug him. On
another occasion when Congress was
investigating the Washington real estate
pool, General Graut sent one of his sons
to the Cap’tol to invite informally a
dozen Republican Senators to dine at
the White House for a conference. The
young Grant mistook the staunch Demo
crat, Senator Eli Saulslmry, for Senator
Morrill, of Vermont, and so iuvited the
Delawarian. His presence acted like
au extinguisher on ail political talk, ami
he, after having wondered all through
the dinner why he was invited, hurried
ly took his leave when the cigars were
introduced.
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Well drilled.—A sclioolhouse con
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pupils had often been drilled for it.
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In woman’s eves,’*
tea ray of heaven’s own brightness; hnt it te.
alas! often dimmed or quenched by some wear-
of the household can bo rekindled and made to
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‘ierce’8 “Favorite Prescription” is a potent
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diseases peculiar to women.
The crop of northerners in Florida this win
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It Is dangerous to tamper with irritating
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I ever, giving relief jrom the first application.
All druggists have it. Price GOcenta. By mail
KC c*»nt,s. Ely Bros., Owpgo, N. Y.
Chronic Catarrh. The result of 25 years’
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I find Ely’s Cream Balm good for Catarrh of
long standing.—M. N. I^aaley, 1034 West Chest
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The huge, drastic, griping, sickening pills are
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- A Quick Recovery,
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