A Lady on (jymnastlcs.
A lady physician in New York writes
as follows. For years I have been con
vinced that the mania for gymnastic
exercises, athletic devoloptnent, and
muscuiar power has been productive of
a vast deal of harm. Years ago the
theory in vogue for gaining health was
dieting, and hundreds of people dieted
themselves into insanity of the grave*
Now the mania is for exercise, and
hundreds of young men, and (although
it may seem to be a ridiculous state
ment) young women also, are killing
themselves by "exercise." Nature
rebels at "knotted" muscles, aud re
quires the full payment of a serious pen
alty whenever the folly is perpetrated
of developing muscles as a business,
through the swinging of dumb-bells
and Indian clubs. The long walks,
which are taken too frequently and
with quite too much vim, under the
influence cf a spirit of emulation or to
win a belt, are productive of far more
injury than bencflt. But, most ot all,
I want to call attention to the idea of
daily bathing. It is a simple form of
suicide, lacking the element of crime,
because done through ignorance, lack
ing the horror, because it also lacks
the crimson stains and mangled form of
the ordinary suicide. Our young men
are not content until they are scrubbed
bald-headed by the witflng barber, and
look in their youth very "near of kin,"
indeed, to their aged grand-sires.
Were it not for the exceeding tender
ness and the quick rebellion raised
when the whiskers are tampered with,
and the fact that fashion benevolently
aud fortunately guards them, no doubt
they, too, would be shampooed put ol
existence so effectually as to leave the
"coming man" without that becoming
adorn me ut. The poor body is literally
scrubbed out of existence. Nature
guards her outposts very jealously, but
she cannot do double duty in one di
rection without 6igual failure in some
other. Consequently, when the sur
face of the body is daily denuded of the
cuticle under the vigorous application
of the barbarous "coarse towel," she
must repair damages at the expense ol
the digestion or the natural elimination
of morbid matter; some organ loses the
harmony with its fellows wiiich is
necessary to a perfect whole* Cleanli
ness is not only "next to goodness,''
but a very large part of it, aud it is
highly important that bathing shoud be
employed as a hygenic force; but not
the shower-bath when an exhausted
body is slowly waking from an unnatu
ral sleep; nor a cold sponge when the
day's duties have exhausted mind and
body both. To change the clothing
frequently, and permit a thorough ail
ing : to expose the entire surface of the
body for a few moments to the air of
the room on rising aud retiring; a
light brushing with a soft brush or a
fine towel, aud a good bath once or
twice a week, are all that an American
can endure and retain health. Light
exercise of tbose muscles called into
play in the daily routine is also desira
ble, but it should be c&listhenic, not
gymnastic, and should not include a
vigorous pounding of the chest, than
winch nothing can be worse for the
lungs.
My Rules for Living;.
I am no docter or pill vender, yet I
have a good long life and a happy one.
May I not, therefore, just give my
simple rules for health in hopes that
some traveler on the up or down hill of
life may look at them and be benefitted
by them. I have practiced them for
many years and they have done me
"good; they may do good to others.
They are inexpensive and may be easily
abandoned, if they cause any harm.
I. Keep in the sunlight as much as
possible. A plant will not thrive with
out the sunbeam much less a man.
11. Breathe as much fresh air as
your busiuess will permit. This makes
fresh blood; but it is never found in
the four wall 3of your building. Be
neath the open sky, just there, and on
ly there, it comes to you.
111. Be strictly temperate. You
cannot break organic law, or any other
law, with impunity.
IV. Keep the feet always warm and
the head cool. Disease and death be
gin at the feet more commonly than we
think.
V. Eat white bread when you can
not get brown bread.
VI. If out of order see which of the
above rules you have not observed,
then rub yourself all over with a towel,
saturated with i salt water and well
dried and begin upon the rules again.
VII. Look ever on the bright, which
is the heaven side of life. This is far
better than a medicine.
These seven simple rules, good for
the valid or invalid, If rightly observed,
would save-, I apprehend, a deal of pain,
prolong life, and so far as health goes,
make it worth the having.
Progress I Invention.
A western dealer has invented
vice to prevent market men palming off
old eggs for fresh ones. The invention is
thus de3cri bed: He proposes to ar
range a rubber stamp in the nest of
every hen, with a movable date. This
stamp is arranged with a pad which is
saturated with indelible ink. When the
hen lays an egg, as is well known she
kicks alightly with he r hind leg. Ad
electric disk is arranged so that her
foot touches it, when the stamp turnß
over on to the ink pad, and then re
volved, stamping the date on the egg.
The hen then , goes off about her busi
ness, the farmer's hired girl removes
the egg, replaces the stamp, which is
ready for another. On each evening,
after the hens have retired to their
downy roo3t, with the rooster, the date
of the stamp is changed to the follow
ing day, and the good work goes on.
In this way there can be no cheating.
You go to the grocery and ask for fresh
e SS s * an( l the grocery man says he has
some eggs of the vintage of January
29th, 1880, for instance. You look at
them, and there are the figures, which
cannot lie. With this method it is an
object for the man to get rid of his eggs
knowing that to-morrow may be too
late.
How to Save In the Household
A practical question, surely, in these
days, and one in which many are inter
ested, whether sufficiently so as to bene
fit their finances remains to be seen.
The first step In saving is to go to mar
ket yourself. Tell the grocery boy not
to come again, andputon your bonnet
and shawl after breakfast, and go out
ami buy what you need for the day.
At the end of the month your expenses
will have been lessened aud your table
improved. "How?" By going to the
market you see whatever fresh fruit or
vegetables are there; you can often buy
a cheep piece of meat that is sweet and
good, and by cooking It in an appetiz
ing way, add to your list of vegetables,
make a nice dessert, and your dinner
will not have cost as much as formerly,
when every day's dinner seemed alike.
Another way to save is to give up buy
ing at retail anything that can be
bought at wholesale; then take the
money saved and put it away, as if it
did not exist. The idea is a wrong one,
that economy means parsimony. One
of the surest ways to save is to have
every dish well cooked, that nothing is
to be thrown away as worthless. Were
all the money saved that is thrown out
by unseasoned vegetables underdone
or overdone meats, burned cakes and
pies, scorched oatmeal and rice, many
dollars would be added to the savings
of the house. You say, "How can I
help it?" If you cannot afford a cook,
see to these things yourself. Money is
wasted in little things more than in ox
pensive articles of food, and if money
is an fteiu to you, it is worth a little
trouble. A fourth way to save money
is to buy only the healthiest and best
rightly made, fresh fruits and vegetables
dishes. By setting before your family
good meats, well cooked, good bread,
they will be healthy aud save you a
doctor's bill of two or more dollars a
visit. Time as well as money is saved
by having a bill of fare for each day in
the week, to be varied by times and
seasons. This saves the trouble of think"
ing what*to have next day. Another
way to save is by knowing just how to
use all that is left troin to-day's dinner.
A French cook will make a bountiful
and enjoyable dinner of what others
would throw away. Why should not
we do as well ? One of the largest out
lets to a family's income is by tea or
coffee. Aside from the actual expense
of the articles themselves, they necessi
tate an Increased milk bill, and the item
of sugar, which alone is S3O a year. If
any family really wishes to economize
let them try these rules a year, and tell
us if they are disappointed.
Artificial Ice. —Experiments in artifi
cial product ion of ice have been made
within a few yeans, in Europe and
America, which have resulted, finally,
in developing a process or processes,
by which a very superior article is now
made. In New Orleaus artificial ice is
made, which, aside from its excellence
as a commodity of natural ice, is manu
factured at such reduced costs as to dis
pense with the shipment of natural ice
to that market in a large degree. At
the Louisiana Ice Works In New Orleans
an improved method is now in use for
the manufacture of ice. In a strong
iron cooler a given quantity of liquid
ammonia is introduced; and by the
means of a slow fire the ammonia gas
is held in solution in the water, and
conveyed into a series of iron worms
which are surrounded by a constant
current of water. The gas, ruuning
through the worms, becomes liquefied
by the action of the running water and
the pressure of the boiler, and flows
into a receiver. From the latter the
liquefied gas flows into a series of
worms, which constitute the refrigera
tor or freezing bath, where, by a rapid
evaporation, extreme cold is produced.
To ultilize this cold, the iron worms
are surrounded by a strong solution of
common salt, which absorbs all the cold
produced in the worms. Placed in
the spaces between the worms are sus
pended forms, or moulds, of any size
desired, filled with pure water, This
water immediately absorbs the cold
from the salt bath, and the result is the
formation of ice. It has been
demonstrated that ether can be
made to evaporize so speedily as to
produce intense cold, and if, w hen cov
ered with water, its evaporation be as
sisted, it will escape so quickly as to
lower the temperature of the" water to
freezing point. Hence ether is often
used in preparing freezing mixtures;
and a machine has recently been con
structed lor making ice by means of the
remarkable property above alluded to.
The apparatus as described consists of
an engine and air-pump, combined on
the same bed-piate, a refrigerator, and
ether condenser, a circulating pump,
and one or more ice-boxes according to
the quality required—a steam engine
supplying the motive power. The two
inlet passages of the air pump are con
nected by a copper pipe that places theui
in communication with the refrigerate r,
which is a felt-covered vessel of cylin
drical shape, the tubes being made of
copper and riveted to brass-end plates.
The two outward valves on the other
side of the air pump communicate with
the ether condenser. The whole is im
mersed in a wooden tank, through
which a stream of water constantly
passes for cooling and condensing the
ether vapor. A vacuum is maintained
by the air pump in the refi igerator, ev
aporizing the ether at a low tempera
ture. This operation causes an absorp
tion of heat, which reduces the temper
ture of a strong brine that is made to
circulate through the tubes and ice box.
The latter is a tank of red deal, varnish
ed inside, with partitions whith holes
in them to allow a slow circulation of
the brine. Zinc moulds of different
widthg, according to the shapes o! the
blocks of ice reqnired, are filled with
pure water and suspended between the
partitions.
—Cannes mourns for the Czarina,
who spent $2,500,000 during her stay
there.
Tlie Fittest Subjects
For fever and ague, and remittents, are the
debilitated, bilious and nervous. To such per*
sons Hostetter's 8 omacti Bitters affords ade
quate protection from the ma aiial pest, by in
creasing vital stamina and the resistant power
of the cons ltution, tmd by ohe'ckmg iiregu
larities of the liver, stomach and bo A els, which
increase the danger to be apprehended from
miasma. Moreover, it eradicates malarial
complaints of an obstinate type. The field in
which this leading family medicine b as achieved
some of jts moat astonishing and ample proven
effects, is a very wide ne. In the malarious
regions of our own country, in South Amer ca,
Mexico, and across the sea, it has given un
mistakable evidences of its curative value. At
home and abroad it has always sustained its
bigh reputatii n, nor has it ever been affected
by competition of so called tonios represented
to possess kindred or equal efficaov. It stands
alone, uneqnalled among our national reme
cicr
AGRICULTURE.
CHALK AND WATKH IN MILK.— The
daily city papers often call attention to
the quality of milk iurnished to city
customers. There Is abundant reason
for doing this, and they cannot too
frequently insist, that milk must be
furnished just us It comes from the
cow. But these articles lose much of
their force by implying, indeed sfnne
of them directly asserting, that a mix
ture of chalk and water is served in
place of milk. This is absurd. The
most skilled manipulator can make no
mixture of any form of chalk, that will
be 110 more dense than ordinary milk,
from which the chalk, will not com
pletely settle, upon standing for a few
hours. We doubt if thtfre was ever a
pint of milk sold in New Yosk city in
which chalk was used as an adultera
tion. In London milk and other adul
ations were carried to such an extent,
that Parliament had the matter investi
gated some years ago. Doctor llassal,
who was officially connected with these
examinations, aud has probably ex
amined more samples of milk than any
oilier person, says of chalk aud starch
In milk, while he admits that they may
be rarely used, that "it has not hap
pened to ourselves to meet these sub
stances in milk." Wanklyn, also of
Loudou, in the most recent work oil the
"Analysis of Milk," says nothing
about the occurrence ot chalk. The
fact is, the uiost serious adulteration of
milk is with water. Besides the addi
tion of water, milk is Impoverished by
the abstraction of cream. These two,
the taking otfwl cream, and putting in
water, are the worst that happen to
city milk, anu these are bad euough.
It diverts attention from these real
troubles, to talk improbable, if not im
possible "chalk and water."
MILK VS. MEAT.— For years past the
milk-producing power of cows has di
minished greatly. There appears to bo
a sort of natural opposition between
those improvements in our breeds
which favor the production of meat,
and that condition of body which is
most favoraole for the yield of milk.
The reason is not difficult to discover.
The improvements we establish in eat
tie, although they accomplish the spec
ial object we desire and render those
animals most economical producers of
meat, are, after, all, departures from
the natural character, and they make
these cattle more tender and delicate
la constitution. They do not obtain
that vigor which distinguished the un
improved breeds from which they have
been obtained consequently the laws of
animal life make themselves felt, and
difficulties arise from these improved
cattle. It is also observed in practice
that anj' course of procedure which
weakens the breeding powers equally
affects ihe production of milk. 1 here
is a natural connection between these
two functions, and, as a rule, our best
milkers are not our best fatten
ing an mils. The alteritions pio
dueed 111 our improved breeds have
giveu a strong tendency for the forma
tion of fat and flesh, and in these animals
we have a vigorous influence seeking to
use the nutriment in the blood for that
purpose. At the same time the ten
dency to form milk is very weak.
STABLE FLOORS. — The floor is made
level, lore and aft, but leaving a geu
tle |slopo from each of the two sides
to the centre, or half the width of the
stall. The planks are laid crosswise,
inclining to the centre leaving an open
ing between the ends in the centre,
just wide enough for the urine to drain
through a metal gutter under the floor,
which conducts it outside the building
to a hogshead or to the manure pit.
This prevents it from being absorbed
in the bedding, which, is wet, fetid,
and uncomfortable to the horse. The
cleanliness of this arrangement of floor
is another advantage, as it admits ol
the animal lying as he always does,
where he can, in pasture fields, i. .,
with his back up the grade. Then the
floor, being always kept dry, makes a
good bod lor the horse without litter,
during the summer months, besides
being cooler and freer from the ammo
nia which the latter exhales.
THK changes that occur from the egg,
to the perfect bee are—the worker
passes about three and a half days In
the egg. It is then hatched—a small
white worm, grub or maggot, and Is
called larva, a Latin word that means
mask, because the perfect insect is
concealed or masked in that state It
remains thus for about fiye days' when
the cell is sealed over by the bees and
the larva spins around itself a silken
covering called a cocoon. This is the
third stage, and is now called a nymph,
pupa or chrysalis. It remains in this
state till the 2lst day from the time the
egg was iaid, when It becomes a per
fect bee or imago. She drone passes
days in the egg, six cr seven in the
larva, and comes out a bee on the 24th
day. The queen passes three days In
the egg, five in the larva state, and
comes out a perfect queen on the 16th
day.
GEESE AND DUCKS. —These are profit
able birds in some cases, and may be
kept where there is cheap grazing.
Halt a dozen geese will soon fill a good
sized feather bed or a pair of pillows.
The white ducks are perhaps equally
useful in this way. Both ol these will
soon begin to lay, but must be closely
watched and kept up at nights or they
will drop their eggs abroad. The eggs
should be gathered and kept in a cool
but not cold place until they are want
ed tor setting.
THE CALF. —The time to make gain in
feeding an animal for beef is when he
is young. A calf that has been well
fed until it is four months old, and then
made for three or four months to de
pend solely on good pasture, will be
more likely to do well thereafter than
he would If fed on rich lood without
cessation. Animals not only pay best
for the food consumed in early life,
but they gain moro pounds within a
given time.
LIME has been used for apple or
chards with great benefit at the rate of
twenty bushels per acre. One who has
tried it for many years deems it very
beneficial, as his trees have been very
productive.
IT is essential that leather should
have light. In the care ef harness do
not inclose I tin a dark closet or room.
Of course harness should be oiled three
or four timesa year, first washing with
soap and water.
-Now Vou see It."
GHt-Edge Butter Maker takes the
"witches out of the churn" and turns
tedious, unsatisfactory churning into
gratifying success. Sold everywhere.
HAMBURG, N. Y., May 28th, 1879.
JOHN E FIERCE, sec'y World's DB
pensarv Medical Association, Buffalo,
N. Y.:
Dear Sir —Yours asking as to reputa
tion of'"Gilt-Edge Butter Maker" re
ceived. We have never kept it until
lately. Have sold one case (3 doz.
boxes) and it has given the best of sat
isfaction.
Yours respectfully, T. L. BUNTING..
DOMESTIC.
GLYCERINE OINTMENT.—A very good
preparation of glycerine to have always
on hand, can be readily prepared by
any apothecary or druggist: In two
ounces of sweet oil of almonds, melt
by slow heat, half an ounce of sper
maceti, and one dram of white wax.
Then add one ounce of good glycerine,
stirring until cold. When cold, sceut
It by stirring in a little oil of roses.
Keep in small jars or small wide neck
ed bottles. In hot weather keep close
ly corked, as it sometimes gets a little
rancid if long exposed to the warmth.
Half or a fourth of the above quantities
may bo used. Kvery drugstore should
keep a jar of it, and recommend its use.
It is excellent for softening the skin,
for most Injured kiii surfaces that are
not open soi es; for chafed places, for
moistening corns or callused feet or
toes, and especially for chapped face,
lips or hands. When the hands are
chapped or cracked, or roughened by
cold, wain theui clean with soap, and
rub them well with this glycerine oint
ment, wiping it off enough to prevent
soiling clothing. If this is done at
night the hands will besott and in good
condition iu the morning, except when
deeply cracked. It Is very good to
apply to the hands after washing day.
This is an *xcelleiit preparation to use
by those afflicted with the distressing
trouble known as lucmorro ids or piles.
THK enormous sale of Dr. Bull's
Cough Syrup has had the effect ol bring
ing out numerous similar remedies;
but the people are not so easily induced
to make a trial of the new article, when
they value the old and reliable one.—
Dr. Bull's Cough Syru"?
To DYK STRAW MAGENTA RED.— The
first operation lor dyeing this or any
other color on straw is to steep the lat
ter In a bath acidulated with sulphuric
acid for 12 hours. For magenta, take
an acid batti of 4to 5 Be. The straw
after washing is immersed for 12 hours
iu a bath kept at 30 to 40 C., containing
tiic necessary amount of dye. Now
wash well and dry. Other aniline
colors do not dye straw with the same
facility. Maroon, with Logwood. Cle; n
the sttaw by boiling with a solution ol
carbonate of soda, then steep in u bath
of logwood for two hours. To give a
bluish tint, add some blue stone to the
bsitli; if too much of the latter Is used
the straw will have a greenish hue.
This is a loose color, only employed on
account of its cheapness. Coffee and
Chocolate Stains, if the coffee or choco
late contains milk the stains produced
are more pronounced than it prepared
with wat r only, but they are also inoi e
easily removed. To remove them, the
stains are wasbed*with a mixture of
yolk of egg In tepid water. If with
this treatment they still remain, add a
little spirit to the mixture, and rub
with a hard brush. Blue Linings lor
llats. In producing these the cloth is
not dyed, but the thickened color is ap
plied to it in the following manner:
Prepare the color with .22 gallons of
water, 30 li>. starch, 2 lb. tallow, 44 lb.
ultramarine blue, mix, boil, pass
through sieve; print on the roller first
on one side, then on the other, and dry
on the cylinder.
WHAT is beautiful ? Why;carbollne,
a deodorized extract of petroleum, as
now improved and perfected. Clear as
spring water, delightfully perfumed
and will not soil the tinest linen fabric
—a perfect toilet preparation and abso
lutely makes the hair grow on bald
beads. 0
NEWLY PAINTED ROOMS. —The danger
of inhaling the vapor of turpentine lias
been long known, and its pernicious in
fluence on the health is beyond all
doubt, as has been verified in several
cases occurring in persons sleeping in
newly painted rooms, some of which
have even proved fatal. Several theo
ries, more or less plausible, have been
propounded to explain the prejudicial
effects of the inhalation of the vapors;
but, whatever be the correct explana
tion, there Is no doubt of the danger of
occupying a room recently painted in
which turpentine has been employed,
before complete dessication has taken
place. It was pointed out by the Coun
cil of Hygiene, that a sudden death
which recently took place in Paris was
attributable to this cause, it being
shown that it could not be ascribed to
the lead which entered into the com
position of the paint of the room in
which the deceased slept; the lead, be
ing fixed and nonvolatile, cannot in
these cases be accused of being the
offending element.
To MAKE NOODLES FOR SOUP. —Put a
cup of flour on yoar molding board,
make a hole in the ceuter and pour in
one well-beaten egg. Knead, and roll
as thin as possible and let it dry. Then
cut it into very narrow strips, and place
<>n a disii until j erfeetly dry. Just be
fore putting them into the soup, pour
boiling water over them. The noodles
may be added to any rich meat soup
that has been strained.
HAM CROQUETTES. —Take a quarter of
a pound of grated ham or tongue, and
mix it with twoounces of mashed pota
toes; melt a piece of butter in a sauce
pan, a Id the mince, season with a little
pepper, a very little stock, a little stoek,
a little powdered swiet herbs and
chopped parsley; stir until quite hot,
then add, off' the fire, the yolks of two
e KK s i lay the mince on a plate to cool,
make it into croquettes, roll theiu in
egg, and then in baked bread-crumbs,
and fry in hot lard.
FOR Corona, Asthma and Throat
Disorders, use "Broxcn's Bronchial
Troches ," having proved their efficiency
by a test of many years. Imitations
are offered for sale, many of which are
injurious. The genuine "Brown's
Bronchial Troches" are sold only in boxes.
NICK WAY TO STUFF AND ROAST
DUCKS.— BoiI potatoes, and mash them
flue. Cut up three onions tine, mix
with the potatoes, season with salt,
pepper, and a very little thyme. Fill
your ducks full with this dressing,
rub them over with butter, and
sprinkle with a little flour, put some
water, and baste often. Roast the gib
lets in the same pan when done, chop
them up tine, and put them in the
gravy.
A YANKEE woman recently married
a Chinese laundry-man, and in three
days thereafter the unhappy Celestial
appeared at a barber's shop and order
ed his pig-tail to be cut off,—saying, in
explanation, "Too muchee yank."
"BEEN having your boots half-soled?"
asked Tom. "Well, yes," said Ben,
who was looking a little seedy; "but
they're not half s'old as my hat." And
it was 3 o'clock the next afternoon be
fore Tom understood just what he
meant by it.
PRUDENTLY break up your Cold by the timely
use or Dr. Jayne'g Expectorant, an old rameuy
ror Sore LuDga and Tnroats, and a certain cura
tive tor Coughs.
WIT AND HUMOR.
Two boyg, Burrounded by live or six
others, sat on the grass ou Ledyard
street and played cards. A citizen,
who knows that card-playing leads In
to the broad road to wickedness, halted
and said to one of the players:
"Ah! my boy, ddn't you know that
you are In a fair way to be ruined?"
" I am, eh J" replied the youngster as
he held up his hand of cards and
showed four trumps and an ace; "you
just hold ou here a minute, and if 1
don't show you that the other boy is
all wrenched to pieces and ruined to
death I'll eat the jack of spades and cut
u>y throat with the jack oi clubs!"
lie wus taking every "trick" as the
citizen passed on.
GNCK upon a time when a young and
Inexperienced lawyer was conducting
the defense of a murderer iu a manner
which cast a gloom over the opponents
of capital punishment, when he had
concluded his speech the judge said to
the prisoner in the usual form :
"Accused, do you desire to add any
thing to that which has been said in
your defense?"
Berrye*-, who waspieseut, whispered
very audibly:
"Advise hiui to cast his lawyer upon
the mercy ol the court."
VEUKIINE. —By its use you will pre
vent many of the diseases prevailng In
the Spring and Summer season.
THE family were at dinner, when
suddenly the bell rang. Both sisters
started to their feet,and, as the eldest
welcomed her lover, the small girl, in
a tone of astonishment, said: "Well,
Ed. Harvey! How in the world did
you get in this house?" "Why?" said
the young man bashfully, as hestroked
the child's head. "Why? Because I
piled up the snow on the stoop, and 1
didn't think you eould get In!" "Who
told you I was comiug?" "Oh, 1
knew, 'cos sister has been curling her
hair and paring her nails all the after
noon !"
UPDEOCAFF'S wife dropped Into Ll is
office the other day. Just as he was tack
ing up one ol the blonde's pictures over
his desk. "Ah —the dickens (aside) —
Oh, Matilda," said he, "isn't that a
perfect picture of you ? Such a classic
outline and such expressive eyes, and
the way she does up her hair is reuiark
ab'v like yours." if Matilda didn't see
it she lelt it, and the lightning of her
orbs, just ready to belch forth, wai
melted into the soft glow of twilight,
iis she eas l r - mulcted him in the sum of
forty-two dollars for a new cloak.
BABY was playing with the scissor
and his mother, perceiving tills, snatch
ed them away, crying:
"Do you know if you play with those
scissors and stick them into yourself
you'll be killed and die, and be dead,
and luainuia'll have no more little
boy ?"
"Yes'm."
"And you know that when any one
dies it's for a long time?"
"Yes'm, for all one's Hie."
"POOR Herbert, liow I wish you
didn't have to slave so at that horrible
store from morning till night!" said
his wife, as, with a fond caress, she
seated herself on her husband's knee,
and gently stroked the auburn locks
from oil bis sloping brow. And the
grave, stern man of business under
stood her at once, and answered : "Well
Suste, what is it—a bonnet, or what?
Go light on me, for money is scarcer'n
ever."
The price of soap Is rapidly advanc
ing. A year's supply of DOBBINS'
ELECTRIC bought now at the old price
will be a very judicious purchase
BEFORE begiuing the second psalm
for the day, a Glasgow minister reach
ed down iuto bis pocket and took a
pinch of snuff. Even yet tie cannot
understand what there was in the first
verse of the psalm to make the congre
gation smile when he read: "My soul
cleavetli unto the dust."
MRS. DUNSHUDDER fed a tramp re
cently because he wore an old army
coat of faded blue. "You went
through Ihe war?" said the)mpath to
soul. "Yes'm; I was drummer." and
when the fellow reached the sidewalk
lie concluded the sentence, "for a
hardware store in Chicago."
AN exchange says: "Alcohol will
clean out the inside of an inkstand."
it will also clean out the Inside of a
pocket-book a little more thoroughly
and quickly than anything else on
record.
A GOOD little boy who was kicked by
a mule, did not say naughty words or
go home crying to his mother. He just
tied the mule within five feet ot a bee
hive, backed him around to It, and let
him kick.
CRYING IS a prime evidence ol pain.
When the Bab}' is fre'ful and inclined
to "Crying-Spells," remove the cause
by using Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup.
PUCK: "What? Twer.ty-flve cents
a pound for sausages? Why, I can
get'em down at Schmidt's for twenty
cents!" "Veil, den, vy didn't yer?"
" 'Cause Schmidt was out of 'em,"
"Veil, uv I was owit of 'em I sell 'em
tor twenty cents, too."
THERE is believed to be only one
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and that is a lady making room for an
other in the streetcar.
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