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H gj REMEDY FOR HEURALG1A, CRAMPS, Sprains, Bruises, Burns and Scalds, Selstles, Sselade, Frosted Feet and liars, and all other Pains and Aches. It is a safe, Bttre, and effectual Remedy for Gall, Strains, Scratches, Sorei, Jtc, on Honsrs. One trial will prore it merit. Its effecU are in most cAtet INSTANTANEOUS. Every Ixtttle warranted to give emtisfactlon. dress lnr full directum, for tie treatmotst of above diaeaani. Price 25 rtH. and 60 eta. pear bottie. Sold everywhero. Baary. ta lri. frijiiMtwa. Badiertoa, TL S .M hr V . S. Harder fc .. Kl.eii-tmrn. fa. K i V I IN 1 i US BLOC K EBfNSBURC. PA CARL RIVINIUS, Practical Watchmater anil Jfiwele1 HAS aiway on bajd a large, rarieo -r.J n .t men I 1 W A I !H KS. M .i w K I M.H Y . SHK.l 'TA( 1-TS. K V K-Ct. s a '. .. whrh he otfera fur aale At lower ir"e ' i . am other lealar In the eonbty. Pern rvee II. nv I'tna In bl line will ilu wel I to Te him ifdfe urehaein elsewhere. 9ir f n.mpf xrtention pal-l to rilr'ntf Cl.' Va-rfce. lewelry.Ae. Aii.l tl'etlon r 'm wor'. r TOYY'S POLLS 25 YEARS IN USE. tat Graatert Mtdical Trinmph of Af ! SYMPTOMS OP A TORPID LIVER. l.M.f B ppetite. BewelaeaatlT, Pt la the keai, with av al! anMtlaa In tk bark art. Pais aaatr tB Ider blade, Fallveaa mftar ntlx. with Adla Inclinatloa l xartloaaf hwdy mr aala4. Irritability aftaBayer, Lww aplrtta, with ' a feeline-of harlnc aleta4 aaadaty, Wearioeaa. DlsaJawaa. flawarlaa; at tha Heart. lota hafaratka ayaa, Uaaelacha eier tha rlckt art, Raatlaaaaeaa, with Sttal (reama, lllehly ealarad Urlaa, aa4 CONSTIPATION. TCTT S FILLS are aapaciaUy adapted to aucti eaiea, on dua affaota aucb a 1 1 a i r f f e c I i n m n a to as to n 1 a b the su ffe re r . They I neraaea tba A ppatltaad eauae tna '. vr f 'lk. eia Kle.U.tn.r. tba artem la VD3rlfhil. ipi by ihi irTeala Action oa lta:eBtlreraBa.Hefrlaa Stoolaara p, !..,..( prt-t 5e. t Morray wt...T. IS HAIR DYE. Okat IIaih or Whihkim ebanged to a ' jsr Bi.acx b a ainajla application of nI'Ti:. it imparts a uatoral color, acta n taije.t.My. loli tT DrucglAU, or iy en rof On recolptof 41. . 4 Murray St., Naw York. rheCREATJUMBO EflCINE ; ; -'AMD r Hill flllMr rrtcr.AjT.'l po. J rbeji.eKt ra- In tbe niaTln t ordr r in ltahf nucMne rT"f.'i't Me thiiw Ut V-trWier' fl.ft. If. Oram I'ea'era' PHM.-i rree, 1 breKb'a MwhliiM fce. Mnnfa-tprer o" all kind" ' M ehinary h. JtWoic. Pfti.' tnrOatalOKaa and f 'ie -Uat. H. P. K tSKIN, 84 6 A IS lawi! At a,. AltBdHEICT. Pa. Ntj . 188.-lyr PATENTS Ut.tiPtKl i..t PATENT RV.SISESS tended 'nlnr MOD ICR A TE FEES Our ffie it "i - U . Tiiti-M Ot tlfir. ami wf cam oiitaln p.t-t-. ' "in than th.-. r.,.t '..- WAStmSQTOS. Snd MODEL OR DRAWIXU. .il TlfM til t ' ' .ri. : wo n.tr- .VO CHARGE UNLESS r AT EST IS SECURED W i-ic-r. l-r. to th- l't hi S dpt. of MoiivOr1r Y-.. and to i.fflrlwx. of the U. S Pafni Offl 'i". F'"- elrru '-t. at ylee. Uitniaod r-fei-iic to actual cllntt In your own Stat or County, write to C. A. HXOW A' CO., pa. Paieat He. atrathf nlan, l. C mSPAPEn 6l5iSS?S AwarCialsaAT BaRU U &TBOCS on Street K. XL TBI rrfr i-n i i ii niMi AKt. tlx l'rufrur"-. keT., adDirlu Uuti Fell on ih pupiPs fa' e--The rosy l,t. k-. ti e bru-l.t. I '.a. k tv,-s, Tin- form uf mti hlts grac. KwllniiiK it h eo-jtiettisl. cue .uii-.9t ttiu solen ln-:...h -"Alluw .nr. Miss, to .-'. our umrr . She in.irmi;;e1, "llia-rii r'rf.n .h." Tin- Pili-M.,r-!,::tiu-l with afrown; t 'oulihf t- hi iirj t ;niiV.' Could a d. .rnv..lmi, litirdeut-U witu Mi tl.t. i lUw, cv brictktf Ami umi.l ir. -liniUl oujjht he to A1U w i.er to ''-' free Ai.l j. k. -v.iili Mm- a ;tbl Pi of.. Au A. M.. L Htiie tiuii'l tui;i.-. white and rvi Arirl i:-.-n:L'.-d nt-:iih lii frxwo; L"j on ti.,- ;.rli. diniplt.-a cheek Tin- tuiv went tr1, kku down. "Wii thi-the way they treated stria At lliis wll. lmt ul i-oiU-Ko-(.'t- ln who came live huadrcd miles To ttt B little kiitiwledife?" AnntniiiicnHy speakinc Tlie I 'rofvi'or had a heart. And it 1 1.1 in p. -d Aalnut his wal;t -coat Win n he saw the tear-drop atart; So. tnkinK- out his hundkcriihlef And iivwppinc; off his head. And wiping off hi Kpei:lacee In sootliina tmn-a he aid: "I would UK-t, MiM, when you joke You cluo'-e ?ome other irame; Now. pk-nse. at onc e to tell me what. In Hn;lia!). ii your name." IThe Jude. i I til M-I.UKS MATCH. "My Wr child. Nellie Mkldleton Is no a coqiwtte ;it leHst in the ordinary accept ance of I be in in. ibe him an exceetliuj desire to lie liked, to be potted; to ba eonu-tLiits niuro than a mere acquaint. anc! of tliie whom he admires. She is a tteni-rai favorite among wanien, unlesa they ciiamjcf to be jealonn of faer though how site u.aii.ueM that doubtless you will toon be .Hble to tell better than I; but with the nie-ti she ha the art of findlnR out the thing wluth yuu especially deira to sl.ii.c, n;J to appreciate you In that tiling- Kor Instance, keen ilttle thing fche is, sb t-covered what my w ife don't know yet, that I am not very proud of my m lillj.lmu --think it, iu fact, very pior Btuff, Itxieetl; but I like t be coiv aidered a aiuiun of tine tute aad keen percept ioius -ind sympathies, it didn't take .Nellie i v.re than three tioiea to find that, and sin js always appeulinjr to those supposed (juiAlities I know perfectly all the time she j, laying with me; that la only her way c runkiini heraelf agreeabU ; that s-lic i.-ji'i overwhelmingly anxious for my :ippioAi: that ehe isn't oucnplad when awuy ltoiu me in pieturing to her self all my giuxi and vtinnins: iualltiaa, and yet I like it. When she is looking at me in her ft, appeHlitiar way sha can twist me around h-r tiiigar." Viia nave a liut figh. "And you say shf in comltij; this after noon?" 'Ve; she will be here tOBnpper." Nellie came, dreaaed Hlmply enough in black a very pretty girl, fair, but not lilotule, with brown hulr brushed away from the wide, culm forehead; gray, cheerful eyea, and a face in general out line of feature nut altogether unlike that Of Marie .Stuart. Fhe was quiet, almost silent. The girls looked at one another a if they would say : Is this the purHgon whom we were to irwulf" atid arched brows and pursed -op months tn pretty contempt at me, aot sex-log. aa I did, that Nellie wa simply taking their gauge and a survey of her position. Khe felt instinctively a certain stand-offishness aawimed toward ber by the fem inine element, and net berwelf to combat it; found in less than a week a hundred way of being useful and entertaining. She wan skillful iu (ic Wing way in which to afiord the girls tete-a-tetes with their respective "particulars," behaved, in short, more like a grandmother than a belle of WO; w on them all over, even including Bell, w ho seemed tt like her grudgingly and under protest, and then waf ready for action. During her week of qnitscence there had 1m -en. though she had appeared tin coiiatlon of the fact, maiculine oiiserv ers. They hiwl ecn that she was not oiily loely, but after that piquant fash ion hich depends much on expression, and keeps yon busy studying it. She fang sweetly, played well, con versed delightfully, td a keen eye and toft touch ; grew on you, in short, BtreaMUiwaird hey hold upon you day by day. One tiling, however, puzr.led me an nntiMial languor, ulmoht timidity, in Nel lie, and Olto Winstauley's almoat incom preheuaible conduct. Fie hl jf)incd in none of the conversa tion anticipatory of her arrival, and when she was presented there was a start and sudden paleness on Nellie's part and a sudden dark tipleaj ing of color and feel ing to his fne ns hi-muttered something about a previous acquaintance. I think no one else ol-erved this, or the fact that his indolent flirtation with Hell glowed with smdden and unaccountable aidor since Nellie's arri al. l'erhaps, al so, no one else remarked that he eertalnly trcuted Miss MUIdleton with downright linleness and in glit t, or thought to ask themseUes if a mui was n pi to be rude and neglet-tul towai-rl a sweet and win nrrg girl to w hom he as perfectly indif feient. Knt, be that ss it might, two slow weeks went and I saw no more clearly in to the mys-tery'than I had done at first. Ilut ot.e evening Nellie rnme and sat down beside me in the twilight. She sat very 'still, looked even paler than usuul, and I caught myself pitying her, bnt at a loea how to manifest tt 1 re mained silent. Otto strolled in, and giving me a brief nod. Fat down and began viy1" WH Jip. the terrier. Having a vague dea that Nellie might be inclined to ba more specific with Lim than me, I made Mrs. Polly do sumt one a good turn, for one of the few times in her life, and getting tip a fiction about being wanted, left them alone. What afterward occurred I hava fjom the best authority Nellie herself. They sat iu the fast-grow ing twilight, memories busy at the heart of each; piide struggling with a feeling that, dur ing those weeks, had fast been growing too strong for It. Nellie, with- bowed bead atid swimming eyes; Otto watching ber, with face softening in spite of "hlmseif. Puddenly Nellie rose with an air of des peration, end brushing past Otto, want over to the piano. As she reached it something rang out sharply a click, as of something metal lic ,hat had struck on the marble hearth. Otto stooped to pi k up something that shone in the red flrelipht just at his foot, frhe moved for ard s if to prevent him ; Stood then, as if pnralyzed, as he held up a rig a simple litue thing only a plain ttold circlet, lx-aring nme wds engraved on it, hanging from a chain attached to liood like a watch guard. Otto looked alternately at it and Nellie, who stood by him crimson and Fpeeco- You have kept this all this time, Nellie?" Nellie was rllent. "Why did you keep It?" I wanted something to wear oa tha chain, and I don't carry my watcn. t.a-M Jhii fui it. after all I" Von thiirwht dirlfjemly wAn-n we were llist tuC'-iUi'S'- - !iii. j-s.wr.nr us-ort ion." . i -v. then. 1 ask -rot to jvdge yoii-til. tiail I iiot n-HMin Won lei not um m.-.Ti i!n:vc lx-en Jr.-'.iiie ill Ireing in- cjtfiH.1 ;!:id tiutrair?-d ut y- conduct?" 1 ii-.vfry yotutg, very-sTwiughtles. I rar-r irJi uu-d that yvt re2y cared. It wat jil.'.-i'3il io talk and frr;. and 1 liknl x -- von f.ir the pleasure .yf th recon- iatioti.' "A strange pleasure, tier w.- pleased -vritli the'iain it inflicted what it loved .Vue A strtmge 1 1 -uM !e sliers Rh.nl pwrtitted irn- m freedom, bt.t -.Litmi-di'.ii Miilii'inded li'T'v for herself." Yon'-iave si.id all tho' tilings once," returned N-ellie, v. it h sonf lignity, "and Ll was.puit.ful enough to hei.r ihem once. " 1 hail no intent ion ' reproaching you," anvcred tilto; " fortov.t of the Idt lerm ss ofrlie heart my naruth sjxike. It .is ii mis.rri.ble tvi lxk at vv'jtt hi:1 think whnt mialit lmve ln-en, and how now we ure hoi f'etsvlv separated.'' "Oltii." srsid Nellie, timidly. " din't -you think-.ve miht be friels You need not treat. m- quite as tui ewniy. If yon .iiae snflererl. so do I : nti you cmnot think w bat - jain if into --ee the eyes that once wore my light leir k coldly on me. It ni;wVs me wretclied. Let u.s, at least. Ire friends." Otto looked nt lier earnes1 ly, took her handH and drew hi r toward him. Half uaconwlously she sank dmvnn the little ste-l at his feet, her head -close to his hand, that, following its old htbitude, le gao to stroke-tae sott, bright hair. Presv eittly "No." sold Otto, Crmly. "We.can never be friends." "You are unforgiving." "Very. I will aiot bate an atom of my Jtmt rishts. 1 mnvt and will haw you for my -w ife, as you orice promiswd noe to be, or nothing. Mere cool frietidsbip will not saisfy me." "Aod I was no very obstinate..'" con cluded Nellie, arebjy, "as that was pre cisely by 1 came, knowing that he was here." I have their wedding cards before me now, and now I nm sfcing to whisier iu the ear of the public wVat I then tl.oiigiit: Nellie dropped the ris,g on purpose. j IXL-FITTIUG VAXES. Il.wtli Vrtillmrnt tii.chlni to tbe C Doiarn I. Often DeJIed by tbe i Pays a writer In I.ondon Truth. Now is It not a pity that pisople's names fit so badly? Would it not be letter not ' to give the Cbiistian name until girls come of age? I once knew a family of nine girls, none of whom was cLristened until the youngest was IS years of ae. They used to be called Nos. I, B. snd so on to 9. At lrt the character is sufficient ly formed to be suited with a in s:ie, and no one would feel jierplexcd at ii- arirg a j great bouncing creature, who talks stable i slang and w histles to her dogs, called i Selina or Susan, or some such homely I name; while, perliaj, all one's prev ions ; impressions of the probable tjertrtide, or j Adelaide, or Frances, receive a violent i jerk ou being confronted with the owners of those names. j And men's names are occasionally ! quite fix Snomilotis. The only Frank I know is short and stout, and a slow think er, who begins to dribble out his words before his tliought U ready, and thou hits to make a clumsy pause while the poor slow thing is overtaking him. How different from the bright and winning Frank of fiction. How many Oeorgea doea one know who ulay their dragons? And how many Jacks who kill their giants. Tom Is somewhere near Jack, but lens at tractive, for these yielding, susceptible sinners are generally very likable. An drew is not. He is slow and sure, and quite reliable, so far as his ow n intei- :s jump with yours. I think I should imie to be married to an Andrew; that is. the typical Andrew. As to John and .lames, they are either John and J nines, or el.-e they are Jack and Jim, i.i, il worlds divide these fioni each other. Jsmes and John ate fixed starsJim and .lack are planets, if not comets, with the exception that not all the science in the world could with ci t tainity predict their mov emcnt.-i. Then there is Alfred; often a quite nulrearubte plig, while Fred is the very contrary. Frederick is a very dircrcti' man irom Fred, and it M-ems ns itr.pos,-iMe tor Harry to grow old :ts it is ;r Henry to be very young. Charley is surrounded by historic grace, which disupi.t-ars wl.t-n we examine into facts, hut the i cine is improved by the cloudy li do tH-it .sur rounds it. But Cliatles? Oh, "Cniii -e" Is dreadful. A Siberian Frlcnt Ahfad of Plrur. The Krenrh Professor Pasteur, who has made himself fainon by inoculating men and cattle w illi disvo.se genua io insure them Ofyunst epidemics, ougut to yiel l the palm of priority in that discovery to a thumble priest of Silieria. In 188, when the Silretian pla'ie was ki.l ing the cattle in this place, l-inhcr A. -drew Joakinuuisky of the Tioitky vil lage, resorted to a desperate means in order to savt his rows. He uot sotae blood from a dying cow, s.iti.r.i.ed tiiri-.uls with that blood, and pa:s-. l III lliremls through the ears ol tin- heal, hy cows, niimlrering tlevc-n. At the p.. tee w n-.-re the ears were pnt:ct ured I here apjHaix-d tumors of the sie of a pigeon egg. In a short time t hose Illinois iis.ipc.ired. nr.. I the cows remained alive ni.d l.ealihy, though the rest of the caitleof that vil lage perished. Tliey Were aeqa:nted. He w as only a sltay wo if of a illo.v ' -with no ancestry to Iroust of, but as sat upon the wooden seat u)xti one of Boston's parks with a little lull's tiny arm lovingly twined Hbout his ugly tncit neck and a sweet, cooing voice saying in his ear, "I love yon, little dogie," he was as prtnid as any prize setter in the land. "Is that yonr dog, little lioy?" asked a policeman as he pnss-xl the happy couple. "No, he doesn't belong to me, only I'm acquainted with -him," answered the uf fectlonate friend of the little tramp dog. Reveotyelcht .titles of Llqanralnasa, It is estimated that I-ondon iricieatcs its population by 4f,(XMJ every year. It has l.oirO ships and ln.iHMt salW.rs in its port every lay. Its lieer strops and liquor alnons would, if plnced side by si;e, rot . a row eevtuty-cUiht miles loi.. . Devotee of tbe Game. Proprietor of spon ing goods house (to eoUei;e fres'utiian who has just purchase-' a complete base trail outfit) Anyti.in-' else t4-day, sir? Freshman H'm, do yju keep lae Iik; literature? . Proprietor Oh, yes, everything ever written. FreshiDan Well, you might pive me a ropv of "The Rise and Fall of the Roman Umpire." Origin of tbe Handkerchief. The term "handkerchief " is not found earlier than the fifteenth century, when In the wardrobe accounts of Kdward IV., of F.ngland, Vdozen baud converchieflet." are named aa having been made by one Alice Sha pster, to whom a payment had been made. A handkerchief w as former ly tbe Fqu are of fine linen employed by THE BEAUTT OT ARKANSAS. arawrlnadnx Featawe-e mt an Indlla Woman Wh Cbewed Tobacco. Tliey were sitting, numlwr of kindred pirita, spinning yarna hi the law ofnee of x & (irider 4. lie other afternoon. Tbe conversation bali turned on the sub ject of beautiful women and where tha handsomest women were to In; found. There was a great -aiversity of opinion, the majority stoutly maintaining, of course, that the girl par excellence was rot to le seen ovitstde tbe glorious sot erelgnty of old Kentucky. "Gentlemen," ren arked the old Colonel, who had been appealed to for his views of the situation, He most perfect figure .and the prettiest fare I ever saw were tn the wilds of Arkaaisaw. A party of us were out hunting ver in the swamps be tween the White 4-nd Arkansas rivers. "Toward sunset we came to a deep and itnuddy bayou, which we knew at a glance it would Ik- impossible to ford. On the opposite shore a noe of the "dugout' pattern indigenous o the country was moored Away bei'.nd the trees a blue wreath of smoke curled qnietly heaven tvurd, marking the anace where strme set tler hud built his nbln in the lonely waste. After a series of yells from our guide which would liave reflected credit r. a Comanche btiw alronl to take the warpath, a womau glided down to the Intnk on the other side, gracefully seated lvrelf in the canoe ami commenced pad dling toward us with strong, sw ift strokes. As-she nenred the pbxoe where we were standing we all saw sbe was young not nore than nineteen and with a face of surpassing loveliness. Her complexion was .of that perfect brunette type only to tie found in those whose ancestors for many generations have lived beneath sunny skies; her cheek had the inde scribaae tint so often seen on the sun kissed Ude of a ripe peali ; her mouth w as exquisite, with pouting lips like twin cherries- her hair floated -down her back in silken, shining wavelets nearly to the ground; and her eyes! ah. gentlemen, how shall I describe tiie mldaight splen dor or the transcendent glories to be seen in the llqajd depths of those darrt otbs? "As shemit-pped lightly out oatbe bank and stood avoiding the -dug our tor us to get. into," cd:t!nued the old geiiAleman, she displayed the most rHvlshineJy per fect figure I ever beheld. Khe was dressed in the single eolion garment, fashioned of coarse 'factory. which is worn by the females of her class in those distant wilds. It had evidently len made a year or two before, for she bad outgrown it to such n extent that it In.pei fectly performed Ibe duties for which it had been construct ed. It revealed a i'tist with which in artistic outlines tlie f anions Venus di Medici could not for a moment compare. Tha sliort skirt permitted a glim5se of her ankles, that were alrsolutely fauliless and " I have a Irook here, gentlemen, which I should like to show you, if you will per mit me, mill a dapper little fellow step ping briskly into the room. He was met w ith a howl of dissent from the Major and the Judge, and the Captain and the old Squire, so w ild and fierce that he never stopped running until he was dow n the stairs. "Go on, Colonel; oh, go on."' was the unanimous demand of his listeners. 'I ,ie old Judge stepped quietly over, closed the . dcorand locked it, remarking his Ameri can heart would be IradMuged if he pro posed that story would be interrupted any more ff The -tm knew Iterself, or words to that effect. "I don't know that I have any more to tell," was the reply." "Colonel," solemnly said the venerable MAjor, "if you leave that iicerles girt . atandlng there holding a canoe on the bank of that muddy bayou, I'll hold you personally responsible I will, as sure as there is a (rod in heaven." "We didn't leave her there," responded the Colonel. 'She paddled us across the stream, and when we asked what she charged she said, Oh, nctuln,' I reckon; pop went a b'ar bun tin' this mawniu' an' took all his terbacker with him ; ef one o' you fellers "11 give me a chaw I'll call it squar.' We gave her a chaw and went on about our business. I never saw her again." "I believe you're a liar," vociferated the Jud.ge, as he unlocked the door- "an infernal old baldhendcd har." k do I," chimed in each of the listen ers as tliey passed out and followed the irate leader down the stairs to the street below. The question of which State produces the most beautiful women is ttill before the house. I.ouisv ille Courier-Journal. .1 New Anecdote of I. ti'and. A new t hla:,d anecdote is sure of a wide welcome. Allhnngli the jroct de. lighted to take his subjects from the knighted and romantic middle ages when feudalism was everywhere in iorce, he was essentially a poet of the people. The Prussian, king, Frederick William IV., fTcred him the Older Pour le Merit e, with flattering expressions of the royal regard. Chlnnd, however, declined to ac cept. While he was explaining to his wife the reason which moved him to re fuse the dbtmrlion, there was a knock at the door. A working-class girl from the neighlajrhood entered, and presenting I'hland wil h a bunch of violets said, This is an otiering from my mother." "Your mother, child!" replied the poet; I thought she died Inst autumn." "That is true, Herr Uhland," said ihegirL "and I begged you at the time to make a little verse for her grave, and yon sent me a beaut iful poem. These are the first violets which have bloomed on mother's grave ; I have plucked them, and I like to think that she sends them to yon with her greeting." The poet's eyes moistened as he took the posy, and putting It in his buttonhole he said to his wife, "There, dear womau, is not that an order more valuable than any king can give?" Snmmonlng the Doc-tor. "Doctor," t-aid an anxious citizen, "something has hapjrened to my wife. Her mouth seems set and she can't say a word." Why, she must have lockjaw!" said the doctor." "I)o you think so? Well, if you are up my way some time next week I wish you ' would stop in and see what you ean do for her." Complimenting tbe Datty. Toung Mother (displaying her first bora to occupant of tbe room above) Is she not a dear little thing. Major Beeswaxr Do you notice what a sweet little double chin she has? Major Beeswax (a bachelor) Ye-es, and rm somewhat surprised. Young Mother Surprised? Major Beeswax Yes ma'am. Front what I have heard during the past night or two I fully expected to see a triple chin. Ills Joke Did Not Save Him, ' "You are here every week. What Is tqe matter with yon You're a nuisance," 6aid a Police Justice, to Michael Walsh. Michael's face was in a broad smile as he replied, "Well, even if I am. Judge, you would'nt commit a nuisance, would yon?" One month." said the Judge. "It didn't work," was all Walsh said he was walked away. Likely So Get the Other Place, Tea. I.ef the grxls have the heavens, but let j t'S I'tvl- ttie ;.el fM.b I lflr e r. I. BLEAT QJ C2XX0S.Y. Imlmaertial natter-Tbi BenTaal ' Ought To Be CaedU This is scarcely a secondary matter to food and dresa. We know how few days one can retain their reason or life if sleep Ire utterly prevented. There are fearful . tales of deaths fiwm this torture alone. Firstly, children, at least a nervous -child, should sleep alone. Its stronger bedfellow draws upon it strength, in some not yet explained manner, and one will be too hot and the other too cold with the same blankets. An aped or weary person also exhausts the vitality of m child. Inmost elegant homes we see the double beds belug re placed by two single ones, side hy side. The change has wrought incredible mar vein in the health and temper of children. Again, all children and most adults should have beds which yield to the twdy. Children are much more likely to suffer in this regard, their prettiest cradles and cribs often having slut or stiff wicker bot totns which would make even our stringer muscles aclie.. Twice as long sleeps would they take and wake smiling, did we give them the most elastic woven spiral wire with not too heavy a bed atop. The old fashioned, cord -bottomed le!steads were poorly replaced by any slats or cheap fqrings: or the light stir-np-able st raw beds by their modern substitutes of moss, cotton, excelsior or indeed tied mattresses of any sort except cnrled hair. The Eng lish have followed none of these cheap fashions of misery, and, indeed, every thiiity English, lrisli, German or Scandi navian girl emigrant used to bring her feather bed, knowing that a bed must yield to support all parts of the body to rest it. A hair mattress in two parts weiging a little more than thirty pounds, over a feather bed on a woven wire mattress is the ideal bed. The single wire mnttmsa coMR but $3, and with merely a comforter is better than the average children's bed. A nice cradle or crib bottom can be made of a piece of the woven wire tacked on, or of elastic web being tacked acmes at distances of four Indies. I-beds are not yielding, children will lie on their backs, heating them much more than is feared in a eoft bed, if the clothing is fitly loosened and removed, as should be even in day naps. The longer naps and the freedom from taking cold through per spired cloning when awakened will amply compensate in time for the few minnlea ape lit. Kpontaneon Com bnatt on. Pome one has estimated that the time thrown away in this world in courtiug the girl you w ant to marry, and who is ready to marry yon, would build all the railroads and bridges and tunnels and factories and public buildings. The white rare should take a lesson in this from the colored people. The other day a likely young c lored man stood at a gate in Birm ingham, Ala. A likely young colored won.au came along with a dog. "Hi, dar'" he called, "but mebbe you want to sell dat dog" "No, sah." Mebbe your name is Incinda?" "Yes, sah." I a Hers dote on dat. name. Iae called Gawge." "Oat's pleasin'." "Ize looking', you know?" "Y-yrs." "Got money saved up, an' a stidy job ahead. Shall I speak to de ole man?" "He's in Orleans." "Ien I'll see de ole woman." She's dend." "Wall, deu I'll ax you to be my wife right now." "You's foolin'." " 'Deed, no." "Hain't got nolrody else?" "Nobody, 'tail." "Reckon we'll hr.ch?" " 'Co'se we will can't help it." "Wall, den, I'll say yes, an' to-night you come down to Mrs. Crumley's kitchen an' we'll sot deday an' sorter git acquaint ed." "Lucinda. I " Go 'long. Gawge! Ize dun said yea, an' dat's 'nuff. Come airly." "So long, 'Cinda!" "By-by, Gawge!" Tbe fvcecntrtcltJea- of the Telephone. The first night after I placed a tele phone in my office my wife fell danger ously ill and I at once rushed to the tele phone and railed up the doctor. After de scribing my wife's symptoms, I waited for an answer. Presently a voice came ; hoa rsely to my ear : "Give her a good washing; that's all she needs ; you can't expect her to work well for five yean without washing. I would turn the hose on her if I w ere you ; and when the dirt is all off polish her up with rags dipped in coal oil." I was so paralyzed I could not speak, for a moment, but I then rung up another doctor, told him how sick my wife w as and ask-d him what to do. And this was the answer: Hang her up by tlie heels where the sun can strike her and when you have taken the hide off soak It In alum for three days " But, with a howl of rage, I rushed off and walked a mile for a doctor. I enliseqnently found that the fiend at the central office had switched me with a mechanic and then a tanner, and it was but a brief hour before the fiend lay cold In death. HINTS TOR TOTKG WOKEN. Snerseetlona aa to Snnia nfthe T hinge They Onxhl io Do. Do be natural. A poor diamond Is better than a good imitation. Do try to be accurate, not only for your own sake, but for the sake of your sex. The incapacity of the female mind for ac curacy la a standard argument against the equality of the sexea. Do observe. Thefa ulty of observation, well cultivated, makes practical men and women. Do trv to be sensible; it is note par ticular sign of superiority to talk like a fool. Do be ready in time for church ; if you do not respect yourfelf sufficiently to be punctual, respect the feelings of other people. Do avoid causes of Irritation in your family circle : reflect that home is the plane in w hich to be agreeable. Do he reticent; the world at large has no interest in your priv ate affairs. Do cultivate the habit of listening to others; It will make you an invaluable member of sotleiy, to say nothing of ad vantages it will be to yon when you marry : every man likes to talk about him self: a good listener makes a delightful wife. Do be contented ; "martyTa" are detest - able ; a cheerful, happy spirit is infectious; you can carry it about with you like a stitrny atmosphere. : Do avoid whispering; it rs as bad as giggling. Both are to be condemned; there is no excuse for either one of them. If you have anything to say, say it; if ytra have not, do bold your tongue altogether. Silence is golden, i Do be truthful ; do avoid exaggeration. ' If you mean a mile, say a mile, not a mile and a half- If you. mean one, nay one,and not a dozen. Do, sometimes a least, allow ymiT mother to know better then you do. She was rdftcptM be for ywit wcr btrw. Ml A SALT A (;Mtlrrtnz riijr I ndersron nd tl tih nany Mreela Pillar of Crystal. 1 Going down into a salt mine Is taking a glimpse at wonderful things, according to ( a corrcsjondent of the London News. who i writes : " Iight a few- candle"," w-ns the order pnssed as we were leaving Winsford : nnd I am under the impression that the hole down lielovv is like ftny other hole, and that the few candles" will give us light enough for the space of some three or four yards. But we shall see. V.'e step into our iron bucket. Tiie door thereof is closed upon us. The signal is given. There is a hesitating, tremblirg motion, and we drive swifily into Plutonian night, straight, s..eer throturh a funnel TWO feet deep, and 3 feet 6 inches across the rim of our bucket now and agaiu grinding, scraping, bumping, screech ing against the narrow walls. After the first few seconds have passed one cannot tell, from one's sensuuions merely, whether one is going up or down, or is suspended at rest. There is only the trembling of the Invisible steel ropes and the scraping sound in the walls. In a minute more we touch the floor of the underworld with the lightness of a feath er. In the name of all the fairies and goblins nnd gnomes and sprites of the earth, wlmt have we there' Oh! Master Kobert, "a few candles." The city of Dis illuminated this is what meets my as tonished gaze. Open spaces, endless streets turning and winding off in all di rections, snd outlined in spots of light, and in the farthest distance an ornamen tal group of lights, as if on a wall or on some vast supporting pillar. It is as U one looks from some point or vantage upon the lights of a town in a dark night, without union or stars; not a town with empty space over it, bnt a town under a horizontal ceiliug thirty three feet alove the pavement. On this level pavement the massed bands of the British army may play Strauss' music and the w hole of the Ixmdon West End spin round on "light fantastic toe." The first feelings of surprise over. I examine my surroundings in leisurely detail. At some distence in front of us looms a dark mass with a horizontal line of lights half way up it. The three of us Mr. Verdln. the guide and myself approach It, each carrying a lighted candle across the floor, which ap pears to be as level as the floor of a drawing-room, and which is covered with a thin carpet of salt, fine as powder and dry as tinder. Wherever the Hght falls upon it the dark objects glitters as if It were encrusted w ith rubies and diamonds. It turns out to Ire a huge square pillar, extending from floor to ceiling. Each of its four sides measure 18 yards, it is 33 feet high and it is nothing but a maw of crystals. At every 25 ysrds, north, south, east, west, stands one of these gigantic columns all of them, like this one, masses of many-tinted salt crystals, nnd with the diamond flash darting over their sides, the plan of this wonderful colon nade is now obvious. The miners have Ireen cutting thr-ir way all these many general ions through the solid Toeksalt, horizontally, cleaning a smooth floor be low their feet, leaving a smooth ceiling over their heads, and. at ti e already named distance, those enormous pllas- : 4fa wliose function it Is to prevent the roof that is, tbe 830 fict of the earth's crust fiom fading in. The ceiling is too high to respond vry liberally to the flicker of our candle lights; but in ahund- ' red spots it twinkles like stars peering through the clouds at n ight. They look as though thev had the strength of noora, those piilars, and were destined to la-st to to the crack thereof. A (ireat Diamond. The An.sienlaru concspoudent of the Slanufuc luring Jeweler, tells the Story of t Ire luitnense African dinmrmd weighing 4o7 carats in the rough which is in process of being cut by Mr. Jacques Met. one of the latgest diamond-cutters ! of that city. The stone is said to have a j Fomewhat curious hi.-tory. and, though i;s exact birthplace is only a matter of conjecture, it is known that it was found by somebody in one of the four mines of Kimberley, in Cape Colony, South Africa. ! It is said that in June or July of 1S4 one of the snrveillince otflixrs of the Cen tral Mining Company in the Kimberley Mine found tiie stone, and, being exempt from search, cairied it through the searching-house ut.i-ercelved and sold it to four irregular dealers for tl. 1,000. Be- fore leaving tire p:ov itice the revv owners had a niutht of drinkir.g and gambling, ! which ended in two of them lecoming its owners instead of four. The two owners . escaped the secret police and reached Cape -Town, where they found a dealer who ) readily paid them tocvio for tov stone. There is an export duty on diamonds shipped from Cape Colony of one-quarter : per cent., but it appears this stone was smuggled out of the colony by a passenger I on the mail steamer and hrorgtit to Ixrn- 1 don, where its presentation nt Hatton Garden created a great sensation. A former tesident ut the Cape mines managed to form a company of eight i perrons, who 1n tht tbe stone between then for iai.ooo cash, on condition that ! the seller or sellers should receive a ninth i 6hare of the eventual profits. The real value of the stone has lcen es-timated in Loudon at above Sl.Ooo.OOO. According to the rules of valuation of the famous Travenii-r diamond. its value would be $4,lf.i,9'0. Tbe cor respondent says that tbe art of diamoud-polisiiing existing tn Amsterdam for more than three ren tn ring has been brought to stick perfection that it is ex pected that this stone, weighing in the rough 4.V5 carats (and said to be whiter . and purer than any of its historical pre decessors) will lose in working much leas than other famous stonee; that it will be more rapidly finished, and it has every chance of remaining the largest and ; finest diamond in the world. The latand of Antleostt. Aritlenstl Is a low strip of rocks, mis- erable toll nnd pent, 180 miles long by 30 ! wide, lying ofT tbe const of Labrador. It : is rich only In geological fields. It is desthtrewu from end to end ; during the last ten years id vesls of all kluda, 8,000 srv.!C and fo.ooo.ooo have been east upon Its dew tet! shores. Tbe Woodshed LrwMB, Now, you your.g senmp." said Blinks, . sr., aa he led his yonngest out into the . woodshed nnd prepared to give him a dressing down. " I'll teach you what la what." " No. pn." replied the inmrrigl . ble, " you'll teach me which is switch." And then the old man's band fell power . lees at his side, t On tbe ;tc of Boyhood, i A gentleman passing along the srrees saw two rhildreii, apparently five and six years old, playing iu tlie gutter. The rider wore pnritr.loons, while tbe younger Ptill clung to infantile dresses. Stopping, he addressed the boy with pantaloon?: j "Are you both boys?" "No," was the an- rwer! Tm one, and Johnny's going to be one next week." The Joke of !Iaedi Pa, Papa (soberly) That wss quite a men atrocity you had In tbe parlor last even ing. Mand (nettled Indeed' That must depend npon one's understanding of tbe term monstrosity." Papa (thoughtfully) Well opto beads upon ee pair of thuMers, for v'2!p the raoeuss or politeves. A Dreeuat of What mar Tet Bo. Proa Pbca. Theeerarnwu people are beeornlns; avert ed more re Co ad year after year IKocout Periodical Office Bow. "I regret, rlr, that I can not with certainty tn form you at exactly what hour my respected employer will re turn." (Old Stvle "How do I know when tb boss H be In? He didst leave no word!") Policeman. -"I trust you will not be. offended, 6ir, if I take the liberty of in forming yon that I cannot allow you to stand longer on this corner." (Old Style. "Move on, yours feller, et Til club the whole top of your bead o.T") Hotel Clerk. "I cordially welcome you. to our humble hospitality, my dear sit, though it deeply humiliates me to tell yon that the sky-perlnrlB the only room a your disposal. Just now." (Old Style. Seven dollars in advance please. Jimmy, shrw this man up to a. 11-44. under the roof !') Milkman "Will the good pevple t this bouse kindly take- notice that tha pure and undiluted Oraavg Couaty naiifcy lis at the door?" (Old Style " TV-o-w--ee T. lev a ted R. R. Brikernan - Ladlat and gentlemen, wiil yo kindly accelerate your motion as much as possible Out stoppage here is neceaaerUy short." (Old Style Step lively, there! This train can't stop here all day!") Hack-driver It pains tne to daellao the pleAsurv and honor of dnvlnir you to Harlem for less than two dollAra, 1r." (Old Style Two dollAra, boss; avet cent less. Do you think I'm drirtsl, eab fur my beAlth?") A Chance reran Argument. Tobacco as well as whiskey, my dear friend, is nn evil," remarked a temper ance advocate to n inrer of the weed. "Do you Imagine that Providence, tn its bountiful goodns supplies the warm earth, tbe gentle rain, and the bright sum to propagate the pernicious and wicked piant?" "1 Imagine It drxva," replied the tohnoco adherent, "or we wouldn't have such enormous crops of it." A Considerate Lad. L1tt-e tiariey "Papa, will you boy o e dma)" Fond Father "Ah, hut my boy, you wTJI disturb me very much. If I do." Charley -"Oh, no, papa, I won't druso, except wre-v you're asleeji."" riMNST ES. It is not the anonymous writer's narae that Interested partina wast; It is his aralp. "Irish at English kj the aame ef a Baft falo (C. Y.) fins; aad the queerest thing about tt is that Mr. Irish is English ii4 Mr. English Is Irish. A Boetou lady recently hired a plumber io remove a dead rat from the wall Tae following hill was rendered ; "To heating p a smell and repairing it, 94.00 " When a tramp aoes a woman with -pistol or a gun iu her hands be goes rtghe on without winking, hut let her appear oa, fhe scene w 1th a dipper of bot water aot he makes tracks like a kangaroo. A cynical observer aays that the saalsi Mea of English Journalism seems to be te say everything in the dullest possible way, and the main idea of American jourual tsm seems V be to say nothing in the em snort possible way. A stylleh-looking umbrella fell down the stairs of one of the French theatres the ether day. A gentleuavn pieked tt up te Dee if any ot the ribe were broken, when npon closer observation be discovered it . was Sarah Bernhardt. Mnsic tnacher "Your daughter. Sire, Jones, has real music si talent. She on k hi to have a thorough training." Mia. Jones "That's Joa what I was tolling Mr. Jones to-day, and we agreed to hire e eesapeteeit teacher for her after she aaa Cnisbed ber next qnavrter with you." As orn am extol kmeb baa been devise for attachment to a lady's belt, se that tnen ean "swing partners " w ithout thai Offensive familiarity which has throw a gloom over the festive dance. With, another knob on tbe shoulder, dancing might be as proper as swinging a scythe sostb- "The re ts a loquacity which telle nothing." sneerlngly said a city man te blfl chattering wife. The next night be returned from tbs lodge, laid bis roe ea tbe bed, put bis books on tbe bureau, an4 firing himself ever the bark ot a chair aad his wife qnietly remarked. There hi a sUenee which tUs much." "My dear," said a frightened bB.aba.a4 tn the middle cf the night, shaking his wife, where did you pvt that bottle of BfTTChnine?" "On tbe Bhelf next to th peppermint,' "Oh" be groaned, "I've ewaitewed it." "Well, for goodeeert sake," whispered bis wife, "keep quiet, or you'll wake tbe baby." "Do you belong to tbe Toboggsri Cln Mr. Smith?" inquired a little boy of Saratoga resident. "Ob. yes," Mr. Strdtb. replied, "I am one of the original me bers of the club." "Td jeet like to aee yon riding noe," went ran tbe little boy atbuslasttcaQy. "Ms saye she never sow a man go down bill so fast ss you dv" A delegation once called on Lloooln So push a canditate for Commissives te the Sandwich Islands, and urged as owe ground that residence In that fine climate would benefit his dellPAte health- Lin coln replied, Jntlemsn, I am ni i to My that these are eight other applicants for tbe place, and they are sicker tha ytrurtnan." "Ton can't add different fMnpa o i crether," said a school-teacher. "If vow add a sheep and a row together, tt does not make two sheep or two cows. The little eon of a milkman held up his hvnd aad said, -That may do with ahosp and cows, but if you add a quart of water to a quart of tnlik. It makes two quarts of mHk. Tva Seen tt tried." Poor young artist 'This pcmit la as exact copy, madama, of Raphael's Ma. donna.' which snVl f or i?ivo - Mad ame "And how much do yon sk fr.rthls picture?" Artist "Two dollars smd a quarter." Madame "What is tbe r.-tue of ruch a wide differrtii-A In prine" Artist 'OimpetrMon. m.idsTue. The iTtrnc5 Ip not what it n1 '" " A New York metchs.it t'if unnt curl "us luvtsoM's b"w fo-!d.rr. are pri marily determined by society worucn's Jealnny of those beneath t -. u Thus they wore ulsters fcr a wl-ile. tl'l tbe shop-girls adopted them S'l l.kM much pretti-r in them than tin society girls, being usually h:indt;i'T aud better shaped. So with I ranged hair: the for mer wore tt till they were ni;thm by tbe salesgirls, and now t.hy comb tl-clr hair trwlghtback- Enterprtse. Bot I ain't been stealin' sir." Irate Farmer" Arot, eh I'd lfte Tmow what you call s1eel!n then. After I been and fenced np my orchard and spiked the fence and bought a drvg and laid man tmps and spring grins, and put up sigt.s nr.d wsrrin's. aud then yo come tn in spite cf it nil and hvs off my frujt : what 'o ven call lint, eh?" It.iv - Knt i-i-e. ajr."' rt .
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