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KNOW THYSELFtr
A UncMtlon.
Warn you are old sod I ra old,
And puwlon'a nri r burned to cmbero.
And Ufa l a a tale lliifn told, -
And only worth wlut lovn rrraembcri,
If w tbould meet-l o quiet folk
And change oplnloni of tba talher,
Could word or look artln provoke
The heart and eye to .peak tOKetlirr.
Tho heart benumbed llh .o lunch acbe,
Tlie eyea beillraninl with so nuicli crying 1
Do buds long tils MM ever tirrik,
And green the vine already dying 1
What hand of aVIll ihall draw the line
'Twlil sordid lovo'aml holler paaalon J
What art .lull Hi the unfailing ilgn.
And bring Ifa reading lulo fn.hlon f
What la the meaning orll all,
I1ie cha.tonlpg oe, II vnnl.lied awetlnccs.
If dark obllvlou'a night l.U full
Torever on Hslucoiunlrlruean?
When yon are dead and I am dead.
Our facee loat. our nacre iin.rokcn,
fchall then the ratlery ho read ?
Can heaven bind what i arlh has broken ?
In clearer light and fairer day,
With finer scnae the liupul.e proving,
Unfettered of thla hindering clay.
Oh what muet be the Joy of lotlngl
Half A Loaf.
"Hnlfnlonf is linller than no brp.nl,
Clmrlle." Little Mabel Oistletou Raid
this wistfully, 1 cr mrs, ns slio spoke,
watiJeriug to tho oiiillle, wlicro two curly
heads woro lying.
"But when otio htw lmd the wholeloaf,
3Iny, ono does tint exactly rolish tho
unit rations you mention," Haid Charlie,
moodily. But his eyes followod lib
wife's to tho cosy nct of tho twin babies.
"It is a bad time of tho year tj bo out
of n Htuation," said Mnbol) after n long
Bileuce, "and mauy whom wo know aro
idle. It would not bo very easy to ilud
eruploymont now."
"1'ou really think I had better remain
with Mr. Mifflin?"
"I do. Tell mo what Mr. Mifflin said
to yon."
"Tho substance of what ho said wai
simply this: Business is so very dull
that ho is obliged to curtail his expenses'
and ho mmt dioliatga somo of his clerks'
I hnvo fcoen with him ten years, and he
was pleased to say that I am very ttsoful
to him, and ho is veiy unwilling to pair
with mo. But he cm givo mo but half
my piesent salary, though ho promisos
to raiso it when business prospects
brighten. I don't know what to do. Wo
aro nono too rich nt my pioieilt salary."
"Xet you have saved somothiug each
mouth. Beside, dear, wo havo not tried
to bo economical. There mo many ways
in which I could sive."
"And make a peifect slnvo of your
self." JNot a bit of it. I have plenty of
loisuro timo, now that May and Bella
can arauso each other. Como, Chnrlio
nccept Mr. Miffliu'n offer. You may hear
of something better, even if you remain
thero ; but don't throw yourself out of n
situation in the dead of Winter, for my
sako nnd tho children's."
Tho last argument conquered. Chnrlio
know too well that it would bo useless to
look for a new situation, for tho whole
town was echoing Mr. Mifflin's cry of
hard times. Tho smnll nest egg in the
bin's would eoou molt away when it
bcoamo tho sole support of four, and so,
kissing Mabel, he promised to follow
her advice. But it cost hor pride a very
sore wrouch.
He had entered tho employment of his
present employer at seventeen, nnd
slowly, steadily gaining favor by dint of
faithfully performing every duty, ho had
won his way to tho desk of head clerk.
Not until ho had acquired this position
nnd tho handsome salaiy accompanying
it would ho ask Mabel to become his
wifo, furnishing a pretty cottago home
from his savings, nnd giving her a thor
oughly comfortable income for house
hold expenses. He was uot extinvngaut,
but it pleased him to see his wifo well
dressed, to givo her an efficient servant,
to have his twin gills ever presentable,
his table well appjiuted. All this had
been easy enough upon his tnlarv. and
thero had been something added or
three years to the little bank fuud.
But to do this upon half the present
income was simply impossible. House
rent must bo paid, and the buiu lomain.
ingeach month would havo to bo caro"
fully calculated to meet nil tho exnenses
leaving but littlo for pleasuro or extra vl
nganco in drosa
"Then what would Will say?"
Will Castlcton was Charlie's cousin
who had been his lifo long companion.'
Together they had loft the schoolroom
for a business position. Will entering
tho grain storo of Haivoy & Busell at
tho samo time Charlie had Inkou the
place in Mr. Mifflin's dry coods atom
Shoulder to BUoulder tho yuttiig men
had worked then- way till this financial
crisis had brought all business men into !
temporary difficulties of greater or less
magnitude.
Will had expressed the warmest indiir-
nation at the proposal made his cousin,
strongly advising him to throw up his
situation and "see how old M Clin would
get along without him." And Charlie,
beforo seeing Mabel, was rt ady to follow
his advice.
Ho knew that Will would think him
mean to remain up:m holt snlarv, and
yet Mabel was right. Half a loaf was
better than no broad.
And while Charlie Oastletou was thus
weighing tho pros and cons of his decis
ion, Mr, Mifflin was listening to the
counsel of his old friend am chum, the
sonior partner of tho fivm that had been
Gardner .t Mifflin, and who, though ho
had retiicd yuar bofoie, was still the
inouu ami irequent lumsuroi ins lonner
partner.
"It is a mistake, Mifflin," he said.
'You had better sund young Castletou
about his business and engage au en
tirely now book-keeper. You will find
that half pay moans half service, mark
my word."
" But I might search 0 from end
to oud and not Ilud a clerk competent to
tako his place."
"Then pay him full salary,"
"I cannot dp it unless I reduce the
unmbor ot salesmen, uud then I nmshoit
hauded now. There is but ono way to
koep my head nbovo water. You sco
Glark'it failure iuvolves mo very heavily,
and"
And the worried man of busiuess
entered into explanations of his ilillloul
ties not necessary to ttpo.it hern.
It touched Oiiurlm Oastletou very
deeply when outeiiug tho couutiug.
house to auuouuco his determination to
it main in his old poiitioii to see tho
lace of lus employer Uriulituu, And as
Charlie spoke tho hiru.0 eyes grow
brighter, uud lie smiled pleasantly m he
mid,
"Thank you, Chwlie. It would have
caused mo serious libatrassiuenttolosn
Jon, aud I am hointdy glad that you
willhtay. I trust you will not long bo
obliged to takonsmall salary but eiiouni
stances compel mo to economize,"
You havo beou a kind employer to mo
ior ten years," replied Charlie, "nnd if 1
am really of any mote value to you tliau
another would bo in my placo I will not
desert you."
Aud looking into tho careworn face
that troublo was marking moro deeply
thnn age, Charlio resolved to serve Mr.
Mifflin moro faithfully in his porplexi
ties than in his moro prosperous days.
It was not long beforo tho old gentle
matt felt tho sympathy of his young
olerk nnd looked to him ns ho never did
before, for ndvico as well as for service.
Ho admitted him to confidential iota
lions, explained to him tho difficulties
caused by tho failure of other llrins,
some hcavilv indebted In fl,n (!,-, r
Joel Mifflin, others upon whom ho had
iiopciidoj for goods obtained upon
credit
Day by day as tho hard, trying winter
woronway tlio two friends grew faster,
and so far from lessenimr bis wnrt
Charlio found himsolf willingly lifting
some ol lus employer's burdens upon
his own shoulders.
Hogavomoro timo to busiuess, nnd ho
was gaming an insight into it, of which
nn opportunity had never beou given
him.
And Mabol, at heme, was bravoly tak
ing her sharo of tho dimiushed loaf with
a smiling faco nnd a cheerful heart. As
far ns might bo she kept from Charlie a
knowledge of hor domestic economics,
but some of them were apparent.
Tho woman whoso competent aid de
manded high wasros was dismissal ,m,1
a half-grown girl was engaged to mind
tlio unlucs while Mabel oooked and
wnshed and ironed and sowed, meeting
difficulties with a courageous heart.
She had never been a drono in tho
world's hive having been a busy littlo
dressmaker beforo Charlie Castloton
won her heart and took her to piosido
over his pretty homo.
But for threo yean of her married
life sho had been much potted, and
theio were manv nloisiiiws t- l, ..
aside, many dollars well weighed beforo
tlmy wero spent.
It was with a heart full nf nr,ln,,oi,i
tiiumph that tho young couple at the
cud ot tuo year of reduced pay found
thoy wero still out of debt and Iw.l n
touched tho nest egg iu tlio bank.
"You soe, Charlio, wo made tho half
loaf go round," said Mabel, ns they went
cnrolully over tlio year n expense book.
"Thero aro no crumbs," ho said, with
a rather weary faco.
"Never mind that; it was a great deal
better than idlouoss."
"You aro right; and there was moro
than that, Mabel. I havo been able to
help M. Mifflin moro than I could have
donoin our old relations to laoh other
His perplexities mado him long for some
ono to whom ho could speak confiden
tially, aud when the ico was onco broken
he took mo fully into his conrldenco. I
could often suggest a way out of a diffl.
oulty that had not oecurcd to him, and
oven when I was out of actual uso to
him it was a relief to pom out his
troubles to some one who was iu fulj
sympathy with him."
"But you havo worked very hard,
Charlie. I never saw you so tired ns
you often havo been this year, and your
face Is moro careworn than it has ever
been before."
"Well, it is some oomfort to know
that business prospects are growing
brighter. By closest economy Mr,
Mifflin has managed to meet tho obliga
tions ho was afraid would ruin him, and
there is a good lookout for tho coming
year."
"Will ho give you a wholo loaf yot,
Charlie?"
"Not yet, I think. Never mind. Wo
will not despond yot."
"Despond I I gues3 not I am go
ing to have sonio of theso crumbs you
were speaking of next year. I havo
learned some valuable lessons iu saving
which I mean to mako use of."
The second year was certainly not au
easy ono to MaboL A wee baby, in ad.
dition to threo-yoars-old twius. kept thu
mothers hands busy, whilo thore was no
deoreaso iu tho household work. Many
articles of clothing nnd housekeeping.
loo, that lasted well one year, wero past
Borvico hi tho seooud, uud it was not easy
to replace them.
Often Mabel feared tho saving for a
"miuy day" must bo broken in upon,
but sho kept ull such fears shut up iu
her own heart and always had a bright
word of cheer for tiled Charlie when he
came homo at night.
She never told him that tho late break
fast that she had planned to let ilia
babies sleep whilo lm nlo his early ono,
comprised none of ihe tempting dishes
of his own meal, but was Utterly bread
nud milk six mornings out of the seven.
She never let him know that tho
reason sho suggested his lunch down
town, to save thu long walk homo, was
leally to save the pi ico of that meal
toward tho dinner, the dainty littlo par
eel ho carried never cost thu price of n
legular meal for them all.
Sho did not tell him that sho was cut
ting up her old dresses to clothe tho
twin girls, and sewing busily every
loisuro moment to keep all tho littlo
ones tidy.
And yot thero camo a day iu June,
when six mouths of tho second year
were nlmost gone, when she spent last
dollar of tho wvok's money whilo tho
week was but half gone. Charlio had
given her, long bofoie, some signed
checks to meet suoh au emergency, but
it was her prido to think that not ono of
thorn had been prosentud at tho bank.
Sho took ono from the desk where they
had lain so leug and spread it beforo
her, calculating with punkeis on her
pretty fuoo how small a sum sho could
Btietoh over tho necessary expenses.
"Ihatoto begin," hn said, half uloud;
"if onco wo break iu upon that money
it will melt away like snow before the
sun."
Thero was no alternative but debt,
and Mabol know that Chnrlio would
never bo willing to owe any man a cent
whilo he had a cent with whioh to pay
hhu. So, with a great sigh, sliu dipped
tho pen in the ink to till out tho blank
cheek. Beforo it touched tho paper,
however, she paused,' listening. Thuro
was a step iu thu hull that was uot that of
the nurse or hor charges, u voioo liugiug
out full and clear, oinlnig,
"Mabel 1 Whore nro you, May,"
"Hero iu my room," sho nuswerod.
"Oh, Charlie, what, is it?"
For tho faco at the door wan so radiant
that all tmcos of care scorned to have
slipped from it forever.
"Good uows, May I And yct-por-Imps
I should fcol sorrow, too, only I
did not know him."
"What nro you talking about?"
"Did you read this morning's paper?"
"Yos."
"Did yon notice tho death of Amos
Gardner?"
"No; Is that tho Mr. dardnor who
usod to bo Mr. Mifflin's partner beforo
you wont iuto tho storo ?"
"Yes; ho was a batchelor, nud he has
left his wholo estate to Mr. Mifflin
except a few legacies. Tlio storo will
bo closed till after thu funeral; so we
havo a threo days' holiday May."
"I am glad you will bo nblo to rest"
"But that is not all. Do you guess
tuo rest?"
"You are to havo your old salary
again."
"Moro than that. Mr. Mifflin took
mo to his houso this morning nnd told
mo all his plans. Ho will cnlaigo hie
business, nnd tako on his old salesmen
who nro willing to come. Ho has given
mo permission to offer a position to Will
Castletou, who has been nearly a year
out of employment because ho would
not accept your theory of 'half a loaf,
boiug 'better than no bread.'"
"I know. Poor Willi I am afraid
that Maria had a vorse year than ouis
has been, Charlie."
"Nor is that all. May."
"Moro good now i slill?"
"Moro still. Mr. Gardner, Mr.
Miffliu says, did mo some injustice sonio
timo by supposing that I would proper
Hon my work to the decreno in my
salary. To atono for this he has left mc
five thousand dollars. "
"Oh Charlio 1"
"Hold on, llttln woman; ho also ad
vised Mr. Miill n in their last in
tcrviow, to roward mo for iliy faithful,
disinterested devotion to him iu his lata
difficulties by taking mo as a partner in
tho business."
"Charlio I Oh, my Charlio I I must
either laugh or cry," said Mabel almost
hysterically..
"Laugh, then, by nil moans 1 Tlio
now firm of M;fflin & Castletou must
not bo christened iu tears, even happy
ones. Hurrah I who says after this that
half a loaf is no better thau no bread V
TUB CAK3IANS S.1IA11T HOUSE.
A gentleman travelling through Tie
land with a very stout companion had
oocassion to hire a jaunting-car, nnd,
having agreed with tho driver for half n
crown, stepped back to tho inn whoro
ho was stnying nnd called his fat friond.
Tho driver, as soon as ho caught a
glimpse of tho enormous dimensions of
his "fare," walked up to the head of his
horse, and holding Inp the tattered lap.
pets of a worn-out jacket, said: "Whist,
sir, get up as lightly as yo cau. will ye?"
"What, is your beast skittish ?" asked
tho gentleman, "No, air," said Pat,
with an inimitably sluowd leor, "butil
ho saw tho big gentleman he'd most
likely say, 'Whist Pat but it ought to
bo tlvo shillings.'"
SO.Ut; CUKlOUS I.OUKS AND
In tho middle ngoi locks cr ahurolt
and cathedral doors were often rare
specimens of art metal work. Elaborato
scrolls, tho images of saints, and other
ambitious efforts of the truo ivrtisan of
thoso days, entered into tho design of
locks whioh wero really au ornament to
tho magnificent doors nud cabinets of
those times. A design for tho escutcheon
surrounding tho keyhole frequently had
tho figures of two guardian nugels with
outspread wings.
Locks of very curious construction,
known as "Apostles locks," were also
common in modiroval times. Thuso
locks had on tho front the figure of
ono of tho Apostle-1, and on touch
ing tho hand of tho figure the bolt
Haw back. In tho reign of Queen Eliza
beth ono Mark calit, u smith, con
btruolcd a lock consisting of eleven
pieces of iron, steel and brass, all of
which, with a pipe key, weighed only
two grains of gold. Tho great inventor,
tlio Marquis of Worcester, who flour
ished iu tho reign of King Charles L,
devised a lock containing a Btcel barb,
which was perfoetly haruiloss so long ns
tho right key was used, but it a wrong
key was inserted tho barb sprang
through tho keyhole, and '"'oTiught tho
hand of tho intruder as a trap catches a
fox." It is said that whilo the imeutor
was experimenting with this curious
lock ho was Bcaroely nimble euough n.
removing his hand, and was enuglit iu
his own trap.
At WillenhalL iu Staffordshire, which
Is tho grout seat of thu look trade, silver
padlocks the sides of which nro miiuh
smaller than a three-penny piece nro
still mado, nud aro quite p rfect in their
mechanism. Locks containing siuglu
bells, and even chimes, which sound nu
alarm when tampered with by a fidso
key, aro among tho modem curiosities
of tho trade, Common padlocks aro
largely mado for tho natives of India
uud Africa nt Walsall A look and key
complete mo sold by the maker for a
half penny, and merchants abroad stito
that mauy of the natives string these
locks together so as to form necklets,
and wear them as "charms."
VAIUK Ol' TECHNICAL KDUCATION.
" Chamlm. Journal" lolls the story
of a barrister who has owed professional
success to tho moro lucky, or let us say
providential, hazard whioh Bent him out
on a trip to Chiua.- Having lived three
or four years in chambers without get
ting a brief, ho was almost destitute,
whou a friend of his, who was in tho tea-
trade, offered him a free passago to
Shanghai and back on condition of his
transuding somo piece of business there.
On tho passago out tho barrister had
mauy oouversations with tho captain,
who chanced to havo lately given ovl
deueo at Westminster iu a lawsuit, which
was of great importance to the shipping
interest But ho had boon disgusted
with tho "stupidity," as ho allied it, of
the judge and counsel iu tho ease, when
talking of maritime and o.mituoioial
nimlnnjRi nnd bo exolaimod.
"Why don't some ot tliose lavvers
who menu to speak In shipping caws,
study our ways a little? 'Twonhbt't hurt
'cm 1"
Thoso words struck tho young banis
ter, who, after thlnkincr the matter tver
for a few days, rosilved to livo at sea
for a littlo whilo. Oi his leliiru to
England, ho sought for a situitioii nt a
purser or secretary on board ouo ol tho
great ooean steamers, nud iu this o ipac
ity made several trips. Thou he sucess
ively tried expeditions on board whalors,
vessols engaged in tho cod and herring
fisheries, etc. ; in fact hn led n sailor's
lifo for moro than threo years, picking
up a full noqunintauco with tho maunois,
customs, grievances, and wants, of th'iso
who had their business lu tho groat
waters. On going back to tho bar, ho
almost at onco got briefs in tho Admir
alty Court; and becoming known to so
licitors as an expert on shipping ques
tions, his professional fortune was
made.
A NOVEL INDUSTItY.
Since crocodiles nnd alligators havt
mpplicd leather merchants aud manu
facturers with their skins, in order to
satisfy a freak of fashion, they havo been :
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uuuiuu iiuu uesiruyeu iu sueii a uegrce
that American traders aro casting
anxious glances towards tho once happy
hunting grounds on tho Mississippi,
from whioh the cuirassod gamo is rap
idly vanishing. Tho praotioal Yaukee,
however, is not to bo eaten by either
crocodiles or alligators, and where onco
the crocodile frolicked in freedom it is
now kopt in inolosurcs, whore it grows
nud multiplies npaco. Crocodilo farms
nro becoming common. Tho lnrgost
animals aro killed and skinned, their
flesh being nscd to feed their hungry
desccudeuts. That theso breoding
places are of no meau dimensions is
shown by tho fact that the owners of
ono of them supplied a tanner nt St
Louis during tho current year with no
less than 5,000 nlligator skins.
Sarah Bernhardt has succeeded in
saorino a nsvnliolnrrieal siiooasg bv nor.
Bunding her physician aud imuiediato
menus that slio is dying oi n broken
heart, thus proving iuooiitestnbly that
she has ono.
ADULTlUtATIONB.
Tennsyson says that chalk aud alura
and plaster aro sold to tho poor for
bread, and that tho vitriol madness
flashes up in tho ruffian's brain till the
Ithy highway rings with tho yell of
rampled wife, aud ho might havo gouo
further and told of numerous adultera
tions both in food and drink. Mustard
is adulterated with sulphate of lime,
naphtlialiuo yellow, nud dark flour.
Black pepper is reduced with
charcoal, buckwheat chuff, mustard
beau, ground cooonnut, and dried po
tatoes ; cayenne pepper with corn meal
colored with Venetian red ; allspice or
pimento with cocoa shells ; clovas with
clovo stems and cocoa shells ; umcu with
corn meal ; cinnamon and cassia with
ground crackers, stalo bread, and bis
cuits baked and ground; ginger with
corn meal, cayenne peper, nud lurnierio
cream tartar is adulterated with terra
albo nud corn flour. To know that
cream tartar is puro tako it half teaspoou
ful of it and put it iu n tumbler with hot
water. If pure, it will all dissolve with
out sediment.
To detect adulterations iu milk, a re
cent lecturer says tiiat tho lactometer is
useless, and plays into the hands rather
of tho fraudulent dairyman than ol tho
consumer. Fat being lighter than water,
a licli milk might appear wateied by
test aud tricks of the milk tiudo might
thus be fostered by its use. Tho ini
portauco of purity iu milk could not bo
oveiestimated, but tho only method
known by whioh it could be satisfactori
ly tested was complete analysis. Tho
testing of butter is also somewhat com
plicated. A simple yet iufalliblo test for
alum in the flour id as follows: On a
portion of adulterated flour being placed
m a small quantity of chloroform, the
Hour floats, whilo the alum or other
mineral mutter sinks to thu bottom. Iu
u similar way alum in bieud may bo iu
btautly detected by placing u small piece
of the suspected louf iu u solution of
logwood aud carbonate of ammonia ; if
uluui bo present the bicud will turn
blue.
caiNusu ciiiLii vi;.Mi:r.s.
Iu Nankin nnd Kai-lun children from
hix to twolvo years of ago aro sold by
tens of thousands. Not hiied out or
transferred but sold for u small sum in
cash, in consideration of which tho
progenitor, by a tucit understanding, re
nounces all parental rights, oven tho
right of iuquiriug into tho fato of his
offspring. Tho purchasing trader may
be tho middle man of a well-to-do child
less couple, or tho agent of a wholo.
side tea planter, or u uuolio breeder,
raising aud training slaves for a foreign
market For tho equivalent of 15 any
commission peddler will undertake to
"adopt" the same number of young
Mongols in tho namo of nuy employer,
aud at very short notice. Tho authori
ties might object to a formal mid public
purohnso, but the meauiug of tho adopt
ing transaction is well understood and
connived at It is u lessor evil, and few
parents ask any questious. Bather than
see their children starve thoy w ill resign
them to any fate with ouo exception.
The orthodox Buddhists seem to have
ovinced occasional scruples in delivering
up their youngsters to tho prosolytiziug
missionaries, whom they suspect of all
Bolts of damnable practices. But even
such scruplos can bo readily outweighed
by a few extra dollars.
iialkv i. noum.i: iiaunkss.
Thu habit of balking in double harness
can generally be easily oveicomo by
means of a cord one-fourth of mi inch in
diameter nud Bixtcon feot iu length, on
iron ring about 1 iuohos iu diameter
nud a pieoo of strong twine bouio two
feet iu lougth. Fasten the ring Becuiely
by means of tho twine to tho back strap,
thou double tho cord, placing thu loop
formed by tho centre under tho balkv
horbo's toil like a crupper. Cross tho
cord, and pass both ends through tho
ring nttaohed to tho back strap. Carry
them forward nud pass them throuirh
that turret ring ou tho saddle of the
harness which is next lo tlm u.ilky cuit
didato's mato, then enry ihem through
the harno ring of the kind horai and
fasten thorn, loaving a little slack, Inn
not sufficient tu allow tho balky horn- to
scttlo iuto tho breeching of the hnruons.
After completing this arrangement, stop
back, tako tho reins nnd start siowiy.
Of conrso tho balky one will attempt to
hang back, but tho Beusatio.i prouiieod
by tho cord will divort hia ntiention in a
very Bhort timo, and beforo ho realizes
what ho is doiug ho will put his shoulder
lo tho collar nud holp draw the load.
This is much better than whipping, nud
a few losspns will generally effect a per
manent core.
TI2A LEAVES Foil VAltNlSUUD 1MISX.
Save the spent tea leaves for a fow
days, then steep them in a tin pail
or pan for half au hour ; strain through
a siovo, nnd uso tho tea for all varnished
paints. It requires very little elbow
polish, as tho tea nets a strong detergent
cleansing tho paint from nil lmpuritios,
nud making it equal to new. It cleans
windows, sashes nud oil-cloths; indeed,
any varnishod surfneo is improved by its
npplcatiom It washes window pauos
and mirrors much bettor thnu water, nud
is excellent for cleaning black walnut
It will not do towash unvaraisbod paints
wim it.
luisit 'atJrjii.-,. n..vs.
Tlio belief in luck is deep aud strong
and the happy possessor ot good luck it
nuvays on tho watch not to I030 it, fot
nothing is casior thau, unconsciously, to
make over to bouio ouo olso tho boncfits
ot It Tho luck of a whole household
may bo lost by a caielesa housewife who
lends anything on Monday morning.
Some mothers even loluso their married
children a turf to light tho firo with on
uo ursc morning ot tlio weolc and care- lm(1 ho wUo thoro , nU AnilVewJohn
fully place n now tutf on tho tiro foreach ,,:r ,,., ,, ,-..u.i ...,
lighted ouo lent on other days. To give
away milk without first putting in it a
pinch of salt is fatal to thu prosperity of
u dairy, aud to part with a homele-s dog
or uny animal that has sought protection
also gives away luck, Onu odd bebuf is,
hat though somo peoplo aro uufortn
uato iu nil thoir own o uoeru, they havo
tho power of beuell.ing overyouo they
como in contact wdh; thoy aro described At(er mnoll ,.il)0riuienting, Dr.
as "sonsy;" tho pig that is fattened iu T;0lmrde0ii has found a satisfactory
order to pay tho rent duo to them always ,ui,al., ot painless death, and
piospers, tho wages paid by them go llas introduced it into tho nouio for
far, their Blightest gift, is valuable, whilht Lost Dogs in London. Tho animals to
thoso of a grudger only bring disaster; bo killed are placed i i a chamber charged
aud thero is something Eastern m tho. witIl a miltur0 of caibonio oxide nnd
importance attached to gifts and their chloroform vapor, when thoy tranquilly
gueis in this way. The peasantry cau fall asleep nud wako no more,
at once rccoguizo anyone with tho price
less blessing of luck bv an opuu and 1,1 11,0 V" lsoo 1,10 callftl connecting
cheerful expression, uud," iu fac, a good tho Cooper Biver with the Sauteo River,
heait goes with good luck. Sonth Carolina, twenty-two miles in
It is common for one person to put
spells upon another, and to infl ioucu
thoso at n great distance ; thus, if nuy of
the friends or children be tmvolliin? on
Friday, tho Irish mother does not biush
or comb her hair ou that day, or else
they would surely wander aud lose their
way. Somo peoplo do not wash on
Friday as n euro for toothache, and
many wear littlo bits of folded paper
sown in their clothes a i charms against
tnu samo amiotiou. llioro uro spells and
charms for other llluessea, and half thu
old women wear blessed riugs of brass to
preserve them from rheumatism.
luuuiernblo aro tho means employed
by young girls to pierce tho darkness of
their futuro as to marriage, but uo
efforts toward meeting their late appear
to bo mado by men. It ought to bo re-
marked that pious peoplo speak very
sternly ngaiust theso rites, as many of
them-such as tho ouo whoro girls throw
a ball of wool down an old quarry and
wmt tul it is held iu tho darkn-i dis-
tiuctly raiso the Evil One.
CAiiiNr.T ii:ri:cTioNS.
lue diary oi Air. Adams shows that,
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while lie never complained to hia Cabinet
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that they had deserted him, ho felt bit.
they
terly disappointed that ho was not tho
choico of the politicians nud of the
peoplo for re-election. Ho would not,
however, even write a fow pleasant
words of thanks (when asked to do so
to an editor who supported him ; neither
would ho appoint to or romovo from
offlco any ouo because of au individual
preference for or acaiust himself. Dis-
tinguishcd politicians from different sec-
tious of tho couutry, who would call on
mm whilo sojourning at Washington,
would bo treated with glacial frigidity,
nud perlmps bo iinceromouiuusly dis-
missed, that ho might tako a solitary siguea to tUom Tllea tll(J aoora ,ero
walk or rido on horseback. Get.. Jack- do3l)d and ,,eoriiQ.8 curiosity was ;sstis
Eonwas meanwhile being brought before Ued bv Beeinrr a bit of crano on the out.
tho public, nndor tho direction of Anion
Burr, v rtiu Van Biucn mid Edward dpatu o a daughter of ouo of tho pro
Liviugs.ou, as a "mati of tho people.'- pors. Finally, however, a creditor
They had persuaded, him to resign his became impatient, and tho storo was
seat iu tiio oeuaio u mu umiu ouiws,
wuero no inigm nave numu pomicu mm-
takes, and retire to his larm in luiinoi
boh Trillin llmv ilnilili.il til,, I'minll'l- with
accounts of his military exploits and his 1093 an act was passed bythoVir
social good nus.litios. Dauiul Webster Bima Assembly, Betting forth a royal
told Samuel Bieok, as thu latter records
(,. i,; ii,i i. i-,,..iv ,.i,,v 1,(1,1
fifty members of Codri.ni who had ex-
peudedand pledged nil they were worth
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. ...h mj, ..... ...... rjn
other means to forward Jackson's eleo
tiou.
FObSILN roil HALLA-KTINO.
Some years ago a most interesting
"find "of fossils was jaado nt tho Fort
laud stone quarries. Tlioy were of high
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euicuuuu vuiue, uuil lb vw.a uuumuu
send thorn to lale College for preserva
tion and study. 'LJaoy were accordingly
loaded upon a flat carat Middlotowu and
sent on their way -via Berlin-fl car-load
oftloem. It was at tluit timo that the
lino stono bridgo of tho Consolidated
Road was being built across tho Farm.
iugtuu Kivor at Wiudwr. After the
arch of tho bridgti was set, tho space
was flllod in on toil with quautitiea ol
broken trap rock from the company's
quarries in Meridoii. Tins brokon
stono at juiitthis time was being drawn
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to Windsor 'oy tho cavm for tliix purpose,
The conductor of ouo train .discovered
the car-load of fossils aide-tinoked a-
Berlin, and felt sure at once that it wa
a lot of Uallufit for tho Windsor bridge.
which, had boea accidentally left boluiul
With commendable zeal lio fastimod t.
it at onco nnd drew it ou to tho lu-idge.
Thore the rare fossils wero dumped v m
tho other stonus, aud thuro to-da) tin
do iu the solid flooring of the mas.-i v
bridge.
.Items of Interest.
Tho earliest English ballad V; supposed
to bo tho " Cuckoo H nig.1'
Sassafras oil, which is usod for flavor
ing soap and soda water, costs $4 a gal
lon. Now York has COO photograph gnllerioi
within threo mile of Union square.
Forty years ngo I hero was only 'ono
dngnerrotypo saloon iu the city.
! Tom Thumb took to drinking and also
1 to stock gambling, and when ho died his
fortuuo of $100,000, made in tho show
I business, had dwinulod down to about
$1 0,000. ,
i Tho greatost tea diinksr lu England
! is Mr. Gladstone, tho greatest in Franco
M. Clemcncoau, ami in America Mr,
Boucicault. Tho latter carries whilo
travelling a flask of ten as others do of
cognno.
A deep cave has been found lo exist
uuder tho town of Jtlaukstou, Iown, by
a farmer who was sinking au artesian
well Threo unsiioceWut attempts wero
mado to sink the well, but each timo
tho drill snuk iuto Ilia cava
Thp United Staloi army that conquered
iu Mexico consisted in lound numbers
of 100,000 men, nud the entire loss did
not exceed 20 per cent, leaving 80.000
mou of the average ago of twenty-eight
years to bo discharged iu 1817.
Tho lata Duke of Buccicuch spent
money on his oslatci with a liberal hand.
n"d nlso gavo freely to general charities.
During n long life lm had an annual iu.
oomo of about $1,3)0,000, nud yot the
left loss thnu $4, 6C0, 000 iu personality,
levo havo been five presidential
,vi(lower8 iu thu W,,., iInn,H JelTerson
jnr.:!(l,ni Vmi Bnien, Tvler ni)d Arthur
0ll0Wlvja baoile.()I. nml' Harrison never
JalI(l,tera did tho honors,
Oliver Cromwoll was no less than
forty-thrco years of ago when ho first
embraced tho military profession ; and
by forco of genius, without nuy master,
bo soon becamo au excellent officer ;
though perhaps ho never reached tho
lamo of a consummate conruaudor.
lel,KU1' "i3 oompieieu, nun nonts passed
"-ff'- -- cost GW),0U, a sum, it
P,ns balu' 3QVC" llmt"s greater man tue
amount tho province had sold for
eeventy-two yoais beforo
Pavements mado of brick impregnated
at a high temperatuio with asphalt are
found moro durablo for wear than
granite or compressed asphalt. By
drivinc; out tho air and water the bricks
hako up fifteen or twenty per cent of
bitumen; they nro then put eudwnyson
-joucreto bed with hot tar.
Charles Ditnsler, a blacksmith of
a n ciock, most-
J""1 ""onii u s toois, wnicn lias
C1 ---""" commem m ins
auighborhood. It is principally of steel,
lml 111 a ass caso BO t,'. movement cau
b.. Be0' d & ,1'9 tlmB cleve"
at", striking the hours and quarters,
Tho Mississippi Valley produces about
j jue-hnlf tho cotton crop of tho United
States, two-thirds tho grain, nearly all
the sugar, aud u considerable portion of
tho hay, potatoes, tobacco, rice, flax,
hemp, beans, peas, millet, etc., of the
3airy, orchard, forest nud market-garden
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products, besides most of tho petroleum
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ud a great doal of the iron, steel nud
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other minerals.'
Native cooks in tho East Indies, claim
raluo iu tho following method of dis-
tinguishiug tho ediblo fungus mushroom
from tho poisonous varieties that re-
eemblo it A silver coin is thrown into
water which boils the mushrooms. If
tho metal retains its color tho mush-
rooms nro pronounced safe, but if it
turns DlacK with a coating of rust the
plants aro condemned.
Two centlemen hired a hir slnrn in
KaUBa3 oity nml BUCCeedeii iu getting
Li,0t S15.000 worth of drv iroo.ls mi.
Bi.-ie. BUm,0sed to be on account of the
broken into and found empty. All the
g0od3 uad gon8 and so had tho two
partners.
I
B"" .,
1 tablisk a post in the Amonoau colonies
for,tUo transportation of letters and
at Boh mtca the planters
sliaM ngroo to give, Tho aot author.
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meut of n postofflce in eveny town iu the
colony. Other colonies passed similar
acts, aud a colonial postoflice system,
very limited and imperfect, was estab
lished under the patent This was the
beginning of tho postal system iu thu
- 1 couutry,
I
iu OYbTKHS 1 OU HYbt'KrSIA.
Tt ; nr. . m,H,.,iiv ,irfr,n,i !.
Miould bo that oysters have mediciual
quaiitiea of a high order. Thoy aro not
olllv ,mtritin,i but wholesome, umnei.
ally ln casoa f iulligllstiou. n is said
there j, uo othor aliraoutary BUU,tauoe,
uot 0V0J ppt )VmAt tUat Joo, not
.,ro.iuco i,,,!,,,,!!,,,, muiflr r,etun ;,.
oum,tances. lmt oysters, nevor." Oyster
jui(M j,romoto9 digestion. By taking
ovgtorg (laUVi mijgP8tioll( Bpp0aod to
,)0 a,most illcIurtWl, Jla, l)ccll mtoA. in
.... . '
fact, thoy nre to bo regarded as one ol
the most healtliful articles of food known
to mau, Invalids who havo fouud all
other kiuds of food disagree with them
fivquoutly discover in the oyster tlio ro
qiiirvd aliment. II tw oysters nre highly
recommended for hoarseness. Mouy o
tho leading vocalists use them regularly
before concerts and operas ; but their
thoir strougest rocouiuioiidntiou Is there-
marknbly wholesome iufliiHiico exerted
I upon the digestive organs.