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We rgtaHe Ghip lepVilotioit, as refiners, upon the staUrctnt that It Is SN Tlllt WOHLD, Ask yonr slealer for CROWN e ACME. AGMI OIL C0MPAIYf BaHville, 3Pa. Trail tor Bloomaborg uad vtdaity snnplled Yf BloomaXiirf; Pa. ' '" .... , ,., ,., , , ,. ,,, '- - . ' Piof. DaUoata on the Grip. An exhaustive nrticlo on the grip appears in tho issuo of the Pliilddoipli In Medical News, of January 18. It jn from tho pen of Profcusor J, M. Da Costa, of Jcfforson Medical Collcde, who is rccoRnir-od by tlm entire mcdi onl profession as tho most eminent writor on diagnosis in tho county. The Pro fessor treats the subject nut historical ly, but clinically, introducing his sub ject with a few oases which illuetrato different types of tht malady. lie says: "This widespread malady, whioh has committed Buch liavoo an tho continont of Earopo, aud whioh has proven itself here, in tho last month, so destructive to comfort and so perilous in ita stu ondary const quence, is of uncertain origan. It comes; it goes. It comts without warning: it disappear', leaving behind it sporadic oatcs, but speedily loecs all trace of its eptdetnio form." The Professor then gives tbe result of his observations as follows; "In the majority of instances the fever is mod erate and lasts about three or four days The fover is at its hiuhest in from twenty- four to thirty six hours; then it elowlyfmbsideri, and tho tomporaturo may go below norms!, in ono caso it pasted to 00 and thero was profuso sweating, something liko a crisis tak ing place. During the period of high est temperature, lasting thirty six or possibly iorty-elclit hours, there is only the ordinary variation of about one degree between the morning and eve ning temperatures. There is really a slight continued fever, and not a fever with remissions and exacerbations as in malarial fever. As a rulo the tem perature does not exoeed 103; but, by way of variety, I have in this enidemio encountered a few cases in which the tempture at the onset unexpectedly shot up to 105 and the next day went 4own to about 1UU" aud then the oise ran tho ordinary course, terminating recovery. In two of these casos bloody sputum or pure blood was at lirst expectorated. NERVOUS SYMPTOMS. "One of tbe most singular features of tho recent epidemic is the preval ence of the neryous symptoms. As I have stated, I havo passed thro gh other ep demies of catarrhal fever, but this one seeim to be stamped by the prominence of tho nervous symptoms. luese are shown by the violent bead- aches, tho severe pain all over tbe body, the pain in the spino traveling downwards and also by what I have soon in quite a number of cases, hy perssjthesia or general sensitiveness of the surface. This is something more than what might be attributed to the efforts of coughing. Then, too, in some of tho cases, there is delirium ; not simply the delirium of inanition, as occurred in oao of the cases before you, but a delirium with violent head ache, this delirium sometimes taking strange forms. In one case, that ot a most refined lady, who when well would hardly recognize an oath, when she. became delirious from an attack of influenza, sworo at tho doctor every time he entered tho room. I have been told of instances in which pati ents havo lost their minds from the violence of tbe headache and the do main. Besides tho delirium, there are in some cases convulsions. A FATAL CASE. "About a week ago I was called to gee a young man who, wbilo in per feet health, was seized with violent headache, severe pain in the back, pain in the limbs, slight catarrhal symptoms, considerable congestion of tho lungs, but no pneumonia. Almost from the onset he had spasms in tho arms, The spasms were most market) in the left arm, although the right was also affected. Ho was very reatles1), and sightly dehrioue, but not marked ly so. His temperature, almost from the beginning, was 97". I found him with pupils somewhat dilated and head slightly rigid, and the presenco ot cerebro-spinal fever at onco suggested itself; but further investigation show ed that this was not the case. There was no eruption; the spasms were lirai ted to tho arms, there was congestion of'tho lunge; and, above all, there was no fever, tho temperature remaining about 07. The only thing that gave any relief from tbe spasms was chloral. Notwithstanding tho laot that atro pine and opium were used hypodermi cally this patient gradually sank under tho violence of tho disease. I know ot one oas in which paralysis of tho lower extremities has followed influen za. "WHAT IS CALLED PNEUMONIA. ' "Tho prostrated influence of tho malady on the nervous system is also snown uy tne laot mat patient mug ger on getting out 01 bed. this le bility remains for a long time and ii often associated with considerable sweating. Tho pains often remain nnd do not necessarily pa-s away on tho subsidence of tho rather shoit fever. In some oases profuse aud per (detent sweating is also very common during convalescence, and the patient looks antomlo and ra-rai)lo. "The main complication of ordi nary catarrhal fover is, at you know, pneumonia, or what is called pueu monia. I-ooking over the records of boards of hoallh of different cities, it will be found that tho deaths from pneumonia have nearly doubled. What is called pnoumonia roust, therefore, bo Bet down as ono of tbe ohiof com plications, xou notice that I say "what is called pneumonia." A groat many of these cases are simply heavily congested lung?, with great debility tho lungs seeming to collapse, There does not seem to bo a true prooess of pneumonia exudation. A great many persons when seizod, and often during tho height of lite attack-, complain of violent pain in tho left side, but I have nbt lound any friction sounds, sava 1 ono instanco, and this tiny hayo been acoidenlal, Thero is want of expau sion in tho lower part of the lung, us aally ou the left side, aesooiatod with this violent and persistent pain, which makfB the patient think he has pnou monia or some other 'grave condition of the lung. noon us is fou the surplus. "Wo know nothing of tho oauso thi disease. It is opidomio, and think myself that it is feebly conta gious. It would bo an admirabl tbiug if somo of our over-fllled treas ury could flow into the ohanuels of science, and that a commission be ap pointed to luvcetigato this diseaso bao- leriologically and ohomioally. Wo accept tho microblo naturo of its ori gin, but it has not been proven, "The prognosis is favorable, but tho gonirnl mortality is increased by tho epidemio. This 1b becauso persons pre viously diseased aro carried off. jPor instance, in thtso two cases with foeblo heart, if any unusual oxertions were mado the patients would probably die. If an elderly person with fatty iieart contracts this disease, for it is no ro epeotor of age, ho would bo in immi nent danger. Wo oall this heart fall urc, but these hearts aro diseased aud enfeebled still moro by tho malady. "I hayo mentioned relapse. I havo seen few distinct examples of this. One was that of a lady who bad her first attack in tho country and oamo to town to break it up. She was well for two weeks when sho was attacked tho second time. Another caso was that of a gentleman who was suddenly Beizcd with a relapso whi'.o in church, two weeks after the first attack. In a third caso pneumonia occurred in tho relapso. Tho loncest interval I havo known was two weeks; tho shortest fivo days. To provent relapse, croat care is necessary in not going back to work too soon, and not exposing one's self to wet and cold, and with this thero should bo judicious nso of tonics, aud even stimulants. TREATMENT. "Now a few words in conclusion with refrenoo to the treatment The treatment must, of course, bo tho ordi nary treatment of catarral auecttonp. For the relaxed and irrilalcd throat I have found nothing so servicable as a gargle of salicylate of eodium, glycerin and water. For the nasal catarrh. hioh at times is very unpleasant, I avo found that a two per cent, solu tion of cocaine dooa the most cood. The bronchial catarrh should be treated as any other bronchial oatarrh, cording to the exact seal and num ber of rales. A cood deal of tho aroxysmal cough is laryngeal, and yon will find that small doses of opium at night, or bromido and opium, or what I havo employed in a nutnbjr of cases, broken doses of Dover's powder, wilt gtvo good results. Une lourtli ot grain of codeine, repeated according to the ciroumstances of the case, is oiten useful ; it allays tho cough, in duces sleep, and does not cause muob sweating. Let me say here, that hue perhaps tbe routine practio 1 of using diaphoretics in these cases is useful, yet such drugs must be used with judgment. In some cases there a great tendenoy to sweating, and you do not want to inoreaso it, as it rather adds to tho debility. The dia phoretic must be adapted to the indi vidual case, not employed too aotivoly, and not at all where sweating is a prominent Byraptotn. 'The debility must bo borne in mind, and it is good practice to give sulphate 01 cincbonidino or quinine, ten or twelve grains dally Nourish ment should bo kept up, and tho action of the bowels looked after. Tho pa tient should not be overpurged, for, in some instances, diarrhoea is asso ciated with the malady. 'ii or the headache and the pain in tho bones I have found two remedies of especial advantage Ono is antl pyrin in five grain doses, with a grain or two of quinine to prevent depres sion, repeated every two or three hours mil tbe headacho is relieved ; tho other is phenaoetin in fivo grain doses. In one instance where these two drug's tailed to relievo tho headacho 1 found gelsemium to answer. "X bo ceneral strength and the circu lation must be looked after, and espco- ally during convalesoenco the patient must receivo nutritious food, alcohol, small doses of strychnine, and, later, iron. "I shall not speak of tho treatment of the complication pneumonia, but let me point out, in concluding these ro- marks, that you should keep your pa tients for a long lime on tonics whioh may prevent relapse, and, indeed, it may be a question whether it would not bo advisable when tbe diseaso makes ita appearance in a household to place the whole family on tho use of tonics, suoh as cincbonidino or quinine, a preventive. My experience is that, while '.his will not ward off tho disease, it renders the attack I03S severe. The Diamond's Origin- A SUBJECT WHICH HAS NEyEU UEEN SET TLED 1IY SCIENTISTS. Tho origin of tho diamond has beon a fruitful topic for speculation among scientists; honoo many contradictory theories have boen advanoed and ar gued with somo show of reason; but, all that has been said and writteu upon tho subject, wo are still loft pretty much in tho dark. Somo ot the theor ies aro very ingenious and interesting, though tho amount ot truiu tnoy cm body remains to bo proved. It bag been suggested that the vapors of car bon during tho coal period may have been condensed and crystauzed into the diamondi and again, tho itasolu mite, generally regarded as tho matrix, was saturated with petroleum, whioh collecting in nodules, formed tho gem , J 1 .-,!-. I J uy graauai orystuinetiiuu, Newton behoved it to have been a coagulated unotuous substonco of veg etablo origin, and was sustained in tho thoory by many eminent phtlosnphers, including Sir D. Brewster, who bo- heved tho diamond was orce a mass of gum, derived from a oertain species of wood, and that it subsequently asuni ed a crystalline form. Dana and others advanoe the opinion that it may havo been produced by tho slow du composition of vegetable raatorial, nnd even irom animal matter. Jiurlou says it is younger than gold, an Bug. gests the possibility that it may still bo in process of formation, with oaim city of growth. Spoolmons of tho diamond have been found to inclose particlea of gold, an evidence, ho thinks, that us lormatton was moro rcoent than that of tho precious nvtal. Tho theory that tho diamond was formed immediately from carbon by tho aotlon of heat is opposed by an otler, rnaintaining that it could pot navo been prodicteti in ibis way, otherwise It would havo been consuin ed. But tho advooates of this view wore not qulto on their guard ngaloBtl augmented noarly 25 por oeut, eo far a surprise, for somo qmok-witted op. las labor is an element of oont. The ponent lias tound oy uxporlm nits that tho dlamotd will sustain great heat wiiuout couiuuuon. 1890. IB EIGHT nOUBB ENOUGH? VIR1VS AS TO THE DESUlAIIIUTr SHORTER WORK DAT. OV A 1, Should tho working people of onr country bo required to work more than eight hours per dayT 2 vWhat would in your opinion be tho effect of the general reduction of tho hours of labor to eight per day upon manhood, independence and citizenship of our people, tho body polilio of our country, Samuol Gompersj President of the American Federation of Labor, a mcnth ngo nddresscd a circular con taining these, questions to President Harrison, members of Congress, mer chant?, professors, clergymen nnd other prominent men. During tho past week replies havo boon received, among tbom being one from President Harrison's private secretary, Mr. Hal- ford, in which ho tells Mr. ttompers that ho will find in the President's public specohes full and nccurato ex- prcssion of his views on tho questions, burdened with business, hearts harrow But in tho President's proscnt relation ed with the oares and responsibilities to tho publio servico the impropriety of his making nny further statement is evident, inasmuch as it is possible that somo of tho subjects connected with the labor question may como be fore him for his official notion. Senator Edmonds thinks that tho matter depends largely upon circum stances varying with different condi- tiona of locality, climate, naturo of occupation, &a, and that no general rule can be laid down upon tho sub- ject. Senator Hoar says that eight hours is enough for ordinary labor, and that it would bo a publio benefit if that should bo tho limit of a day's work in ordinary manufacturing and mechani cal work. He thinks that tho product of the country would be increased, tho character of tho workmen would be improved, and tho govern ment of tho country would be purified and exalted. Senator Blair says that eight hoars labor U too long in somo occupations. 1 1 j thinks the eight hour system will pro mo to the publio good. Senator Mitohell, of Oregon, thinks there is nothing to bo gained and much to be lost to both employer and employeo by exacting over eight hours work. Senator Ingalis believes that a re duction of work to eight hours would have a beneficial effect upon the man hood, independence and citizenship of the working classes if enough could be earned in that time. Congressmen O, It. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, thinks that working people will never be able to get more than the actual market yaluo of their labor bas ed on demand and supply and the state of trade. He does not believo that workmen should bo required to work more or less hours than eight, as that is a matter for their own agreement. Congressman K. S. Osborn, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., says that the work men of this country should not be re quired to work over eight hours. To reduce tho workiog hours would con sequently improve labor. Congressman JUotuntey, ot unto, believes in tho eight hour system. Ira JJavouport says he thinks it worth while trying tho eight honr system, which ho thinks would be benebcial to all. President C. K. Adams, of Cornell, thinks that workmen should bo free to work inst as much or as little as their interests dictate. A reduction or hours to eight, be thinks would bo a disadvantage to the workinamon. It would either reduce the prico of his day's work or reduce tho amount of work to bo dono and in either caso it would reduco his income Of course, such a change would bring leisure, and if the workman needs leisure moro than monoy tho change would be beneficial. Prof. E. W. Bomis, of Vanderbilt University, hopes to Bee eight hours secured in time. But he is not sure whether employers can be induced to give their employees a much larger share of their joint production than they do now. Uradual reductions in tho working-day, he thinks, will bo accompanied by an increaso of mental and moral power among workiugmen, such as to justify peaceful efforts for a shorter cay. Prof Schmidt, of Hamilton Theo logical Seminary, says ho is in sympa thy with tho eight-hour movement, and ho believes that economically the ultimate ettocts of feiich a reduction of working hours must be for the good of all. As tor tbe immediate ettects, three large classes would suffor from tho change manufacturers with limit- oiotpital, workmen with prohigato tendencies and the lesB desirous work men and women, who might be driven out of tho held Seth Low, President of Columbia Collego, is in sympathy with the move ment, but lor reasons sociological ralhor than directly economical, lie sees the desiro of humanity for some thing more than mere subsistence, tho hunger tor a lite that shall havo some leisuro in it for family and for tho opportunities that leisu-o briugs. Felix Adlor doos not believe that In ... ... creased leisuro of workmen will in tho long run bo mlsspont. But it must bo shown that thero is a definite prospoot ot united action on tho part ot tho working classes, and that sucli a mear uro will not seriously cripple industrial progress bv checking production in cer tain lines of industry or by giving other countries au advantage in tho markets ot tho world as against our own. F. B. Thnrbor says ten hours is not much. He formerly worked lourteon to sixteen hours at his store, and ho now works ten hours. ivov , x r. iij . rxuuuii, 01 ru-o- lyn, think eight hours U enough to Kov. Dr. Lyman Abbott, of B,rook ItUVIJI-u VVJ dlijr ill ui muouuiui inuui. so as to leavo time lor tbo cultivation of tho mind. Ho believes that the general etteot ot suon a syBtem would 1 bo beneficial for tho unemployed audi rm m t would incroaso the homo market. ... E. II, Ammidown, Prosidont of the American Prolootlvo Tariff League, - has grave doubts as to tho advantages of suoh a sudden and radical change I as is Inyolvod in an arbitrary red as is involved in an arbitrary reduction - 1 of a day's work to eight hours. The actual cost, of production would bo I United states would be compelled to raiso the proteo ivu tariff to cover thu inoroasod cost of production or submit VOL. 25, NO. 4. to tho destruction of itl industries nnd tho impoverishment of Its wago earnori', World. How to Live Irong. It is likely that a tendenoy to longevity is frequently inhoritcd that it runs in families' We know that a lao' of vi tality, weakness of conslitutioo, nnd the tendency to certain disoasos aro trans mtssiblo Promising that naturo never iudicatcr, any physiological par feronoo for individuals, wo can acoouut for this prinoiplo of preservation by tho fact that In all largo families the weakest and diseased die out, loaving only tho healthy and most hearty to propagate. With suoh Bound stock long fife through successive genera tious is the result. If the truth bo told, death is usually bat a species of suicide. Peoplo soem set upon the very mode of life that will kill them quickest, loo much eating and too littlo sleeping, stimulants, excitement and reckless dissipation, brains over- of life suoh aro somo of tho things that are taking people off. Worry and nervous excitement kill folks fast cr than hard work. Stoady, honest, hard-handed labor nover hurt anybody. Tho placid, patient, plodding person, other conditions being tbe same, lives tho longest. Much depends upon tho conveisation of the physical force in youth. Tho ancient physiologist pointed out tho fact that in early life there is a great deal of this force in re serve, as a sort of stock to meet Iho demands of advancing years. With tho increasing cares and strain of sterner duties in later life, this stock is correspondingly diminished. It be comes prematurely exhausted nnd ex istence ends in bankruptcy. So that tho proper way to prolong life is to make the body a sort of savings bank for this original stock of strength in youth and early manhood. Nothing bo Boon destroys tbo vigor of life as excessivo emotions. Worry will wa-to the most robust body, caro will cor rode and oven an exoess of joy prove deadly. The wibq will avoid every thing tbat.ovo I a'8 the feeling". The man who oan continually maintain his equanimity has tho best chance, all things considered, of living a long aud happy life. So, from a merely phy siological point of viow, wo Bhould exercise composure under all circum stances; love nothing, too passionately, hato nothing too violently, fear no' h ing too strongly, lament nothing too sorrowfully, and tranquilly and trust fully accept tho order ot things as we find them. To a person who has pre served himself the period between 45 and 00 will bo the prime of life. Ex perience has ripened his ludgment, and matured sfength of constitution will enable him to withstand an attack of diseaso. He has triumphed over the storms and struggles that threaten ed his early manhood, mastered his business, secured a competence aud rest from wearing work, and sa'ely crossed tho viaduct called the "turn of life," whioh is usually an entrance upon a prolonged pilgrimage or a short turn to the tomb. He is now at his best, and all his faculties, having attained their fullest expansion, either begin to gradually oloso like dahlias nt tbo setting of tho sun, or drop as though touched by a destructive frost. it he bo spared, he oan gird up his loins, got a stouter staff, and trudge on over the bridge that leads to old ago. There is no natural death but old age, whiob, if death may ever be oalled pleasant, is tho only pleasant one. There is a wish for rest, and the tired traveler sinks to slumber in a silent valley at tho closo of a well-spent day, Woman of the Bahamas. Hopotown womon I write it with due reverenoe aro peculiar: Thov aro beautiful, and yet they aro not beautiful. The climate in this quarter 01 tne giooo is made tor love, lazina and what uatuiius summoned up in tho word "voluptas." Thero is a gold- en glow in tho atmosphere, a dreamy irupiu luuuuwuesa wuiuu rounds 1110 angular unrest of life to a luxurious philosophy. (Jlimato conditions tend to the production of a rare quality of lemaio peauty uut temaio beauty is a complex affair. In tho higher raenl al activities those whioh illuminate tho faco and givo it vivacity and piquancy tho Hopotown girl is wantiug. The same iacK ot cultivation is marked in her face which is observed in orie: tal beauties. Her face can set tho heart of a healthy man to working like a re spirntion pump. But their liquid dep ths aro lighted by no spiritual fi 0. Theirs is a physical loveliness; and the same is truo ot her largo tromulous mouth and her rip, carnation lips. Herlform is that of 0 Juno rather than of a Venus, and her hands nnd feet aro of liberal dimensions. The Hopotown wqraan up to tho ago ot 11 or 12 is little girl, and cither plays with her numerous brothers in Parliamentary lano, tne one street ot tho village, or wades among the natural ovslor beds in tho harbor in search of pearls. Hiort twelvemonth 01 tho tropto sun- shino thon'does wondeii", and the HtMo maid is ohanged into a maturing wo man, iho fashiouablo ago for ratr- riago is 13 and 14 for a woman and 17 and 18 for the -mail, though it is not .n tho loast uncommon for a woman to marry a year or two earlier than tho ago mentioned- From 14 to 18 her beauty is an inspiration. At 0 she is becoming passe, At 25 she is middli aged and nt 3D an old woman. At 35 she is a hatohet-faood, toothless ba;, smoking a villainous cloy pipo and in dulging in surreptitious nips of a ft ry uquor amtweu in uuba irom in tjuoa irom suuar ctno nnd sold at low ratos in tlio Baha mas,, known to the Spanish as nguad i(mto , t thoBamahose as "hoggod r rmbun D0M Mr. Itisercdge. Say, Toophcr, of I ...1. I woom uo you got these oigarsf Mr. Toopher Kevortor (greatly do I tl. I . 1 y-v 1 . iiiguioaj, un, ot a Bpauiard uptown. I'll givo you his name and address, ou into. Air. unsoredgo (tbonghtfully) Ob, no, 1 don't think vou need do that. Tf I you'll just tell mo what ward ho lives in, or oven nia eiootton district, I thiuk uiat win lie an 1 want, Mr, Sonnds (oaoularly). No, mv son, to-morrow never oome?, " Johnnv Then. l'n. Imur liYuiril,- erjuly goin' o get, bercT fucX. Idaho's Ion Mine. WONDERFUL STORT JRKI.ATBD BT A TnUTltlfUL KANSAS KDITOB. Largo deposits of ice, imbedded in earth nnd covered with moss, havo been discovered in Idaho. Tho loe will bo mined nnd shipped to Western cities, It is not known whether the deposits aro relics of tho glaoial ago or tho congealed bream ot a trontter liar. Tho nbovn item has been going tbo rounds of tho newspapers for somo time, and lndcod it roads very liko "tho oongoaled breath of the frontier liar;" bnt, remarks the editor ot 1110 Atchison (Kan.) Patriot, wo beg to say that forty years since wo wore traveling in Idaho during tho month of August, Tho weather was hot, and thero had been no rain for somo time, eo that tho crass was very dry. One afternoon wo passed around a spur of mountain, bringing to our viow a basin-shaped piano of apparently Bomo thousands of acres In extont. This was covered with grconor grass than wo had met with for moro than a month. Oar mules eocmed pleosod with tho prospect of a square moal, so to spoak, and leaving the "trail" wo moved toward tho center of tbo moa- dow whore tho grass was tallest. When thirty or forty miles from tho 'trail' tho ground began to givo under tho mules' feet, and so soft was it wo began to think thero was no bottom. Turning about wo fonnd a moro solid place, and dismounting wo maao an examination. A riod of earth nnd grass roots, varying in thickness from six to twenty inches, was spread on a sheet of ice about eight inches thick at tho point we oxaminod. Tho ice was on what scorned to bo a great lake, tho depth or oxtent of whioh wo had no opportunity of investigating, wo mined some of tho ice, however, and filled our water tank with it. This we assure onr readers, is a truo story, al though wo admit it reads moro liko "tho oongoaled broath of a frontier liar" than tho writings of a truthful editor. HOW TO DUST A 00M- A WOMAN WHO THINKS THERE SHOULD HE A METHOD IN THIS AS IN OTHER WORK. A feather duster is an abomination, writes Christina Terhnno Herrlok in a recent number of Tbe Housewife In tho hands of a careless housemaid it is flirted among tbe furniture, up about tho picture frames, down amid tho chair rnngs, into nooks and corners, scattering tho dust everywhere, brush ing tho impalpable power from ono spot and driving it into another, until, when the maid retires from her labors, all the dust in the room has changed its place, while but littlo of it has been permanently removed. Thero should be n method in dusting and it should be closely followed. First of all; tho oarpct should bo brushed. thorough sweeping may not bo necessary, but in most living rooms there is daily need of a carpet sweeper or dust pan and brash, often of all three. The carpet sweeper is admir able for taking up (he dirt in tbo mid dle of the room, but it is practically useless in corners. Every housekeeper should have ono of tho dust pans that can be held in place by the foot. The gain in comfort is immeasurable to tho woman who has been aonatomed to bend herself doublo when she wished to brush up tbo fluff that sho bad gathered together with her broom. The high places of the room should next receive attention, the cormoes, curtain poles, etc. A Turks bead brush is invaluable here and is easily improvised by tying a cloth or towel around a feather duster and attaching this to the- end of a polo long enough to enable ono to toucli tho ceiling with the brush. For the othor parts of tho room a cloth must be used. Old silk handker chiefs make oxcellent dusters,but even they aro not superior to those of cheese cloth . Theso Bhould not bo too largo. A duster a yard long by half r yard wido is big enough for all ordinary purposes. Choose cloth is so cheap that thero is no reason why every fam ily should not bo provided with a generous supply ot dusters. They must bo bo vmcd, of course, and may be prettily finished by a feather stitching of bright marking cotton. Such dusters will go in to all the nooks and corners, gathering up tho dust and retaining it. They should be shaken after using and washed fre quently. It is a tedious business to dust the modern parlor. Filled with brio-a-brao, adorned with hangings ovor doors, windows and mantles, ornamen ted with bits of drapery flung ovor easels and picturo frames, it presents a disoourging ospeot to the busy house- wito. One must pay for having piotty and artietio surroundings, but, as long as tho dust gathering agencies aro kept out of sleeping rooms, little barm 1b done. Everything ehold bo tnovod in dusting. There should be no dnsty rims left around ornaments to show how tho cloth skimmed around them without touching them. Such carelessness must be watched for in tho housemaid, whoso study often is to slight skillfully instead of to perform her task thorou ghly. for dusting tufted fnrnituro, nothing is belter than un ordinary bouse paint ing brush, Tho bristles go into every crevice and fold of tho covering and fray tbo material less than do tho straws of a whiek broom. A pleasing article on "Shelby's Welsh Haunts," by O. II. Herford, ap pears in tho February number of Lip pincott's Maoazine. ThU samo num ber omtains a striking etory by M. H. Catherwood, tho author of "The Ro mance of Dollard," entitled "The Blue and Gol 1 Man Child." This is a study of a peculiar character, an effeminate but Bomowhat cultivated young man who . . I H 1 " u ... is raucn ionuied by an indulgent but ungramatical mother. He is surround ed by rough and uucduoated peoplo, and their oonteinpt for both tho tnan ohild's oulturo and clcminaoy is very amusingly desotibed. Thero is a touoh of pathos in the story whioh givos an added charm. Last year tho vessels launohod in the United Kingdom of Groat Britain approaoh very closely to 1.272,000 ton". Tho Ulydo heads tho list with a total tonnago of 335,201 tons. Noxt comes tho Tyne, with 281,710 tons. Tho Wear is third on tho list, with 217.33G tons, Then tho Teee, with U0.-13Q tons. Tho shipbuilding vat ds in Belfast havo launched tonnago to tho amount of 80,000. In tho previous year thero woro at the sarao tlmo ves- tels on band having a total of 283,301 sons. Mr. Stoxandbonds "I understand, Quicklyrioh, that you havo sent your son to oollego. Do you intend to give him a liberal education!" Mr. Quicklyrioh "Yes sir, 1 do I Ho has 500 a 'month, and if you know of any one who is givlug his son a more liboinl education than tlut, I am nrenared to make it a thousand.' I JiurUmjton Free I'resa. (V-, '
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