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THE CHAUTAUQUA
Corn&Seed Planter.
A ONE-HAND
AUTOMATIC MACHINE.
1 April 4, IHBt.
All of XetaO. Light. Strong,
Well Conatmctod and
Elegantly Painted.
Plants Corn land pumpkin
aeexls). Beans, etc.
iiti ll i! aorBT. imrr
M NTUNV .nns MD.
IIikUIv reroinrncmleil ly f armer
aii'l lalcn id all .ertion.
The iwiv Mini la cw.e ilny'a
u-c will pay fcr it.
PRICE. - S2.70.
Liljrral divnuut to agent
and the trade.
Canvan ui easily make 110.00 per
d.iy iiUie pl.iniinf hmid.
Send I r eirrnlar
ami extra indure
mrnt tr. agent and
rtmtv r.
aiento-n thi pa
per, and addresa.
TliRGhautanqaapiantBrdQmpaiiiJ
JAMIiSTOWN. 3a. Y.
3. J. LYIMCH,
I J NDERTAKER,
Anl M.inufai-tur?r Jfc Dealer In
HOKE AND CITY HADE
FURNITURE!
LOUKGES, BEDSTEADS,
TAULB8 CHAIRS,
Mattresses, &c,
ir.05 ELEVENTH AVEM'E,
ITCifli!rns of Cambria County nr! all
otner wIkIui to purcl)e lionrst .FsUKNl
I m'KK. Ac. ai honest prire arr rwpectf ully
! iovltpri to give us a rail before buvln le
I wi.erf. ait wo are confident trat we can
meet every wart and pirate every taste.
1 frfes the very lowest. J4-l-,o-tt-l
PATENTS
ntililneij and alt PATFNT mSINFS at.
ten.lid to for M( OKIiATt FKKS.
Our effict 15 opposite the I". S. Tatent
onire ami we can obtain patent In le timej
It.an tle remote from YVAMIlNtiTOX.
rd ilOHKI. DKA INt. Wt ad-i.-e
as to patentaMittv f reelof rharpe arrl we
make. Nr CUAKI.E I XLKbS PATENT it
SEt ilf li.
We) rrfere. here. tt the rnetmas'er, tbe
UDt. of Money t r.ierit . aca to ll.e offi
rialc of tbe I'. S. Pat-nt DtHce. For circu
lars. aitce. lerron an.1 referrnoea to actual j
Clients In ytxir own Mate writ to
Upp. Paleirf OIBe Waaab I !. . T.
I WtuOAl I.KD IV
Tone, Tone-, Worlmsliip & Wility.
TVIXX.IAM K SI A BE A- C.
X4 an. 1 1- W. Baltfi.ro St rev. iittmuea.
113 rillA Avonaw. Mow ii..
PRAW-POKER
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CUBA.
Cula r one of tl mxt intcroptina
countrie-s of tlie wfM; it hi.storv lias
fumrskeoil many writers witX a tlirilJins
txibjtct, yet very little is kauwn, bv o
oriiniary rvaili r, of the inlanil, In yoiulllie
hare facts that it is the lr-t in the
Wost Indian group, th:it its iz; is y.ut
the winie as our own -ottntry, nn.l its
staple prodiu-ts are sucar, fofl'.4, s to
bacco. Its prsKrity tlfpfinln l tin-ly
ajon the last nauietl industry, for the !
preciation of 8tij;ar tltrt-atcns to -make its
t-xport by xj im ans profitable.
Travellers Hpt-nk in jflo inp "tfrms of
the tn anty .f tlie mntry, but iv tiin-st
view is joined from the wm. Tim nor
thern t.1 ic-re of Cuba is linul "with hills,
whoM wt r pi-s arc dotte) s ith w Kit-hons-s,
wbii h extend, wiilHt anv int-r-venin
beach f sand, to the wMrrs edf.
The Morro (Histle, at the -cut rami- of
Havana Ihtrlx.r. ;iH-rs like a mas of
lun-t'.ored'rok, lower au batileim-tit
so initialed that the eye eart wareelv dis
tintirsh which is t;istlp and whiih is
ran. f rom its siitiunit liats the Spanish
t!a;. blood rcl and Rili. In front, r-tand-in
iti tbetM- like a sentinel on guard, is
the Morro lighthouse..
Havana is the principal town of Cuba,
anl powtiNna line barU.r, w hich is l
ways rrowdetl with vess-Is of all tinis.
trios. from the I'.ritn-h imn. l.i.l to lie
Muail native tskiirs with their lateen
on which is often wen a fu'.l-lenili o--prepenta
lion of S.111 iTi.-tubal, the jialrin
s;uiit .f Havana.
The view of the town from the hlNv.r
in most pii tnri-s-itt the ipiay swarrvini:
with sunburnt natives in iiiirhtmps of
Hrarlet, yellow, and strijn-d, mm i:ider
which their ilark eyes gleam ; jtmi.1v
aiiBhes tiel round their loins. b:r--4 ci;el
and bare-armisl, with shirts throw n open
at the necks, .all talking. ir-siirt;.itm.
and amicable; in the backirroiird tin
gray, crumblitrs ta.-t wne'f-wmiug w st pii
i-ntrat to the houses, w hich are punted,
in Cuban fashion, all tho tulors of the
rainbow.
Havana is t. apleii.lM and weulihy city, '
but by no means a iinb l -v ne. Its
streets are dirty, tortuous, and nnrrow.
though the r.arrouiu ss is, in s ne wavs.
an a-lvant. as it tends t make the
streets tnoreshaily. The .visirm.1.4tioii
of the toon is poor. Auirustarc Sala tle
clares thst it is worse otl' f.r fc-dels than
any other ity in the civiliesi ..rld. It
has been sai,l tnat in no other city i liv
ing so c and the tr.tdiiut 11 ccrtainlv
chanre tixvst exorbitant prices. They hav
evidentlr lorrowil their bii-.ii.es halit-
from hienital lands, for h-swever simslL
the purciia.se, thev exsi-t e. Ix- iN-aten
dow n, always anticipating a tussi-1 over
the prits. It is very unusual in ( "uba i
put the name of the propriet r -f a phi;
over the entrance ; a sigu JM-in;? used
not j4. Mn.tJ. as in Knlati l taid Ametica.
but an ins ri'tion iniplyint snie ethii-a!
:i!lui. a. such as l.a Kecttf.id," 'Ijt In
tcgridaJ " "Ii Proliid-"!," Coiiscien-
i: a f:tvririte sin was afl. xi-l to a slep
f-r xOiiri lucifcr in;U:hrs "I.a KxtJo
mou." Fruit is very plentiful, an d of fine qnal
ity, iiTuba. I iranpes ar. as abim.lant
as siiimi in a I'.ritish forest. That thev
have me monetary vain, we may know
from ti e fact that at neirrK- every street
err.er may In- found nn irange- vein lor,
birt it-s intiiiite-.ini.tl, and in exchange
fr tte smallest coin nl tbe country,
hand, ockcts. and hat to will lo lilh-d
with the golden fruit.
Then- nre never chartri; for in theliofel
Hm. p.t.d a docu will le lrom;ht to the
travejfer if he but compla'ti of thirst. A
CirVax. goini to a HtH-fight, generally
takes a store in a handkerchief, front
which he may refresh .fc nis-lf and lutvo
a ' k f missiles neady to throw at a
nwardlr bull or an nnfor 11 nut toreadore.
In ti.e Sp;mi-h dictkna-y there is posi
tively a verb, "to jelt w i!l oranges.
One of the h-i uli.irities of Cuba is the
voVw.te, an equipage onlry to Jh- found in
this i.-l.ind, and m evicts in the easiest and
nrf. ilelightlully exhtarating motion.
It i a kind of high gijr with a very small
txxly, huns on inimeajrs springs, sur
moamted by a largo lliood. Stn-tcheil
from the hood to the apron is an awning
of inie dark material c prote-t the ey-s
of the occupant from the glaring siin.
'Hie wheels are immense, and the shaft
so eacetsjinirly long th th-re is a great
distance lctieen the vehicle and the
Intra:. To ks-p 11 volar te is a siirn if re-siM-Ciability,
and the luxury which, next
to a cigar and a bull-lifciit, ia dearest to the
(.'11la.11 heart.
1 1n? rtinsiimj'tion of baceo in Cuba is
a1ust inertslible. Kvery man, woman,
and hild is addict-d to smoking, and
cirv play iiite an i:u'rtant part in
Culi. hospitality. Mr. Ilallou --avs:
"At ti e til-l.t iCh'-tf of ;m hotel it is not
itniistKil ti see a Cuban Like a few whitl's
of a cigarette ls-twcen tl;e several courses,
and ligiits are burning dose at hand to
etiable him to do so. If a party of geiitle
nieti tre invited to dim together, the hst
so iriir-s it that a packet of the titio-t
cigarette is frequently passl to his
guests,v ith a lighted taper, iu the course
of the nie il. aiil at its cIom-soiiu favorite
brand of the more sulwtanti.il cig:tr is
ft;rnisl.d to nil. Tobai-ro is eoniuiaed
on every H.c.tsion. in the coiincil-ehamlN-r,
the 4iurt. at lunerHls, ,ia the domestic
rirc!e.s, at fe;c-!s, and u th it-l.r
drives. The slave and his Tna.t.-r, the
m.ticl ai.ll hue mist res.--, Isit and luan ail,
all sw.oke."
The greatest cigar f.ictory r.f Cuba is
that known as the Cabat.a. 3ut it is verv
li llicalt to ift a genuine 'Cabana'' cigar
in 'ulia. f-rr 11. ey are so largely exportel.
Kiiglant tnk a larger s-rc-tit.igi- than
any oilier ountrv, California comes nxt.
Thecigarettcs,i lt Ib.nr.v. lcz are fauioii-s,
and certain! v lie proprietors seem nn-
scioiis aif their merits, It-r ll the little
cliretniv!itlogT.f.hsl wripps-r which sur
runds eii. h bundle of rig-jrefes you tnav
rea.l the motto: J.' .), me yit',ti
curau" ! works shall justify me."
I'pon fLe sugar and tobacco plantations
and in the cigar fa toriei inau ( bines.
are enitW-ycl. Xiiere are over two
hundrtsl tliousand sf thes.- .-... li.-s in
Cuba, wis take the place of tU-slaves,
and like ni.tay othersulistitntes, are nn.re
.lulicult to manage and more troublesome
than the oris-nal arti.fe. The tssdies in
Cuba d ib 1. nutiiittin their iutioii.il
peculiaritii-s in so marked a d-grc- as
they do in California .nd in the l'jiits
Mates; they fn-.juent ly let their hair
grow, adopt tlss -st Indian habiliments.
allow theiii-s-lv s to ! LiptUed, and .s
sL'ine ( hri-tian uames.
slavery isaltis.st alx-lislivd in the i-la-ad.
IN a nu iit idi.-t, which ach year fries
one- hive out of every four, the year lss
wili - e the l:L-t of J.m ry in t "-tilia. Thetv
are a. ;Ui,is fiviiegns-s ka theishtinl,
and the l'7lh of July, ls.s.;.ii.4. r uatii. I
l'arliatiw.'iit ant ln.ri-vl the t ernuieiit
ti free jes soon as .Mv-ible Ji..isM 'uban
slaves w kto still reuiain.-d und.-r the pro
tis'tioti .f their lmistcrs. 1'he lYvsi.L-nt
f the Cluinlrt-r tf jAeputies. in i-n-gratulatinr
J'arliament. .kilared :tinidst
loud aaaf, that thi. n-s.liiti. .r was
the crow uinjf ..f the glorkua Wi.'jk ui l;e
aUJition 0 slavery.
Mr. r.a!'seu. iu his n-eetitlr publishetl
liietory of Cub "Ihie South'."' states hi
conviction that "tjie hoje ot Cuba is in
iu union with the I'nititl Mai.;" and
Mr. Sala has b.ng ngo uttered the same
idea, 'I he Spaniards luive l..ne little for
the coe.llttv; s!;lVfryf . ITI1 1 't j. J1. with
111.: Inllo .i.i lloll 01 llleir l..Hi..lul .111.1
brutal gaim-s. bull-tightiuaj and cock
fighting, are the chief features f their
domination. We may stif truthfully
apply the c!;l-s of Span iiir.ls sett lel iu
Ctihalhcopinion express-.! V-y Cervantes:
The island is the refuge of the profligates
of Suin, a sanctuary f !.. .micides, the
f.kvilkingplace for gambhei and sharpers
flace of .leliL-iou to many, of ameliora
tion to few." Castelar has called Cuba
"lhe Camjsi Panto of the Spanish army,"
f.irit is ns koned that eiglity per cent, of
all 1 he soldiers mut there huso l-rialied
on the island.
Kla(ara'sTreiiieaidotu Oeptt. '
"William IIse.a P.allMt kivs iu the Xrtr
York Tiitm: "The nrysterioiis and awful
depth of Niagara's t anon is a fruitful sul
ject of comujent. S'.me jortioiis .l it are
reasonably --ippjset to lie lo.ttoinles.
When the railway-bridge was const rurl'i
here, some ambilioos persons all.-nit l .1
to sound :lso canoa ilins-tly ls-neath it.
'i'hey tiik- a laige tin pail with Ahium
and lowensl it with a ros-. The-utPnt
merely f ltyed w:th it. Then they t.ok
a strong smrvl. ats bed a bar of railway
iron to it. which Actually tloate.1, owing
to the tierce crttnter currents. A few
year aj the l ' itcd States liki-s' Sstrvey
aiue her-, and as recorder of the suvcy,.
I kii ! the r. nmrkiil.le -'u'.i olcj.in.-.l.
We saw at t dice hat the curreiils would
bu.iy ilr a kirgi sink-r. and projM.-.l to
tot Cl.e smaJie-t possible wi-igljr".. We
took a lea 1 wi-o.it 111 the form of a pltim
Isdi, weighing : hirteen jH.unds, .nd at
truh.sl it t'-'i!i:ill but strong cord. Then
we HesMired lie s-rvii--s of one of the
ferry Istatmter and started out ii.to the
stre-ii.ni. The Is.atiuan w:ls ordered to
ro us nearly "under tin falls a- ) .ssible,
anJlttJie-result will never Is? forxottell by
a iii'tinls-r ct the party in that skitl". As
we .appi-oHol! i, the roar lssxti.e more,
aad tnorv terrible, until we were not only
unable to lieu.t, but the lips positively r
fiisul to ,-i and litter a 'nd. For
sv!r.l days afterward some J .the party
wre tf deaf r. to Is unable to .Ih-tiiigiiisK
et' word inorn another. The lead was
cat first nea- tin American fills, where"
ltom wa-uo 1111 I at s-l feet. Near the
Tuain falls: vT-i-e found l'.) fee .f wltV.
liitre the-oar man's strength failed, ind
tl e little cral't ls-gan to .lap .low tf atream,
At-every -. of the lea.kthe watef tr-w
l-e-r, iuiu! in front of the inclined rail
way the old guide and lint djlie partv
Jesame terror-stricken, and reiuse.I to gij
further tlowji stream. I lere t be le;ul told
- Il l'.g feed. We were tiler able to
ev 111 pat e tb ie d lis lower low a. by simplv
:4f-ert:uniiig the wi.lth of t be' stream.
lJirevtly lU'der the lower bridge t he wat.T
j-arrows cont.lerably, and le .-ns to".'0
feet. Lower dwi at tlm Whirljs.vl
mpids. the jr rge Im-couii-s erv nairojv,
uuid the tirrreiits terribly ii.-e.-e. Here
the ouupul-.l dej'tli was :eslj".-ct. One
j.kt.-e in .ll.e i-oige is r-t ill n;irroM-r, and
would 1siT.1l a dej.th of -lie) t, tt Whci
t he depth of water i taken iiitn- --onsid. ra
tion, Ule. hi-iiit rf the canon Mai's aln,v
il e Mil face must not Is- lorgoTI en. These
walls range from I'Hi to l.-eJ in h-ig!it
s.iten perpendicular, s that the deptl,o)
Xlic canon range iroiu :".il t 7ih.i fett.
blrrt. lllqnrlie. -.
7 ,, -- 11 ,
In s-weiiem, jfjou address the i-a. real
T.er-sjit ia uie ire-t, you must lilt your
.hat. A gentleman pa-sing a lady 011 the
a'airsof a hotel mu-t do the same. T:
nter a store t.f bank w ith one hat on is
A. terrible breach of good manners. When
a trai it leaves .a pl.ii f. .rin. or a ntcamltoat
sr a f ier, all the l.s.kers-on lift thejr hats
t. llf. dopartii.' passengers and bow to
them, a compijiiient returned by the
travellers. Jji anstm-rttic circle in Per
sia, a visitor rn. ji.ls notice an hour ur twi;
lsif.re calling. J f the visit is one of im
Jsetajcr, tioti.s is s-nt the prrvwus il:iv.
Ae the visitor appr. .aches the huse tin;
s rvants, on foct or mounted, coiae forth
t. nieft him, and one returns willi sji-eil
t auiioim. e . Jiis 'oming. Acc.-diiig lo
Itis relative rank, the he-t metl him at
the f,t of the staircase, at the door or at
the upper part oi the room.
llie question of s.-ats is also one requi
ring the utmost circutnsHt'tion iu ols
.scr.ting the various sha les of rank. If
tLe visitorV rank is sms-rior to jJtat of
llie host, the. former is invited to -cupv '
a sofa alone, at the npjer inniiT. while j
tU .hirt sits ihi a chair or on the il.e.r al '
tin right, llie leit is more honorable
tLati 1 he right in Persia.
For lady to lay hex hand ii-siii a l.tdr
friend'.s arm, is considered a very great
and objectionable familiaaity "bv an
ItiUiau. "Never touch the s-rs4.n," it is.
.sared,".is an Italian prowrb.
TJ'i-y have some Very foolish customs
in Holland, tuch as that, for in-tun.e,
wLii.hcoiiipclHalH.lv, whether alone or
ait-ompaiiied by other ladies, to avoid
pushing a club-house or other places of
rendezvous f.r gentl. iaen. If a la.lv
liiust needs enter a confectionary store,
lilr:ry, or other place where men nat
urally go, and rinds a gentleman or two
thcre she feels compelled to retire as pre
cipitately as if she had -.s-n a case of
smallpox. The itcii know this, but un
less Jlicy have Unished th--ir biisim-ss
they will not retire. The lady retreats in
the mo-t undignified 111. inner, and the
hiimau lar lini-jies his J.k or his
ch.M-olate. even though the Ia.lv is at the
door waiting lor him to leave."
The lint monl.l.
sixteen miles belt w Pittsbirrg, Perm.,
in the broad and .Vrtile valler r.f th.;
I hio, -.111. Is the village of J-imiKtiiiv. It
is a st rAuge-1. Hiking r.lace. w it h iXs'wide.
straight str.-cts. its .p.i-,-r!y built houses:,
its U-autiitil gardens .an. I quaint public
buildings. The houses nre? all built alter
one patten., of either I rick or w.d. and
have no eiUran.-es on the sid.n f..ntin
thestrtstsu fiach hote has biu one
outside d..x and that h-iis on a, en
closed yar.L Nearly al! the houses are
covered will, graps vino, trr-lliso.1 en the
si. .s from tbe ground tcr'ie eaves. The
stns-ts and 1iim-s are hp l ted now yith
natural pas. and the village at nicht rre
sents a very weird abearance, wjth
fl:i suing torclws lining the .avenues ;id
throwing a brL'liaut glare rn the sky.
The site r.f t he t il!at- is one f tie ln.-t
IsMutif'il iu the valley the hi.
Thoii-and and tlnusin.b of aiTis of rit L
meaIovv land stich away t. ovcrv side
from the village jnd vineyards and or
chards of apples and pea.-h.-s chry
to the town. Theyillage and at the land
for miles around ut is owned and con
trolled by the Harmonists, a ntt' jous so
ciety founded by I .surge liapj., a ijj-nn.ui
ctithusia-t. in the early part of tie cen
tury. The Haruioiiisfs ar-t ct-libate-a and
ail their property i held in i.uj.i.n.
They t.iigimiHy imnls-r.-d itls.t.rf a
thousand S.111N but ther have dii,.iiisl
away . a feeble r.-nibjnt, only jil.nt
thirty melijlwrs now ireilig left. 3"Jev
have always Is. rue the name of sui h.n,.,
i nd nst riou-and virtuous iss.ph and in
the practice of strict s-onmy and ritfid
self-denial have ;y -cumulated vast wealtji.
lss.id.-s their pnqs-rty Ht 1'i.vuioiiiy thev .
owa s! mines, iron foundries anil cla
fa. t-rf-ies in other places and Jiave large
sum invested in railroads and other
enterii-es. As they are adding no new
inomliers and all the surviving Ilar
moiijt are . agc.l men and women, the
end of all must .-..me soon. And then,
the .piestii.il is. w!i- will inherit all thes
lau-ts and tr-.-.isuir-.s oi -tjcki aud Iwu-JU j
MunuCLU S MONSTKOSl fiES,
Qaecr 8cbm Abonl tai U.tes et 4if
n Xwrtiiersa Afrleea.
Apprratli!ns the city of Morocco nne 13
at jtce Htruck with the prolific, abandoned
and vagrant -character of nature and the
Wit! alx'Kst of w hat some jiexvpie rave
wit us Mjrish art." (irouuti sf hand-
g. tliicvts.h-lisjkinj Amirs, true tyjs-s of
asteru cracksmen, and ciit-purwrs of the
le--rt of Sahara abound. These are the
gailv aUired tramjis of tm Onk nt. Nis
madie and quarrelsome, bltur-c ved and
bloated, treacherous and licet ilious, are
these us nh over-ratisl "chil'Iren of the
disert.'' A dowar or tent of these mar
auders lis sttn in a iiuudvsd different
places .outside the walls-nf the fortilii
city of Morocco. Ths! 'brnta are often
Mtrti-tdorttl in stripes, Bii4 -amidst the
d.irk-tJid ugly dwarf .thou bushes that
struggle and twist iilat Che land like
inons or anacondas theufl"s-t nt.lirst is
strikong. The iiiiiuens.- prairies of" glitter
ing hitesaud iu the distance, the colored
and olti-n jet. black tenia, the gnups of
tifteen or twenty hlackar -minuted gisy
lstiigs. anything licit hiiuian. that ots-uj.v
eae'i tent, the tethered spavined horses of
meager bl. mm 1, the lougail inlaid muskets,
thi extra ornamented ..luggers and on
d.oiis pistols, the esc--wi vely decorated
saddles and bridlex, the varb-d tuats,
p at-skins, the glarii j!y color.-d chestt.,
tloilog-s ihmkcys, iper cauldron and
liber imiletiient.s', al! More or less stoler.,
or. as they term Jt, i .s.t.sl. make up a
I icture that might diarni a Oeromeir
rival an Oriental Tagifair.
Ve occasionally -I.alted at several of
'ilioso tents, and isin4 the women simply
demoniacal in exjres.-.ioii and general
upjiearauce. I iach -jroiip, of sav UcnrA'
jMTsons iu each tent, is related by blod
ties, and it is a m ise mother, to say Ut th
ing of the lather, ;!iat knows her own
child. From the cradle to tin grave, i ere
and hereafter, ti ey are all hors..- thieves
and liars. While -.we were in oneciit,
or, mther, outrii't- of it, for the stenek
within waa simply terrible, a young bla.X.
nv-cal of an Aral. lxy deftly" picket us"
px ket oT a lx f wax matches, whii-h he
more deftly swaJUiwcd w hen detes ted.
. "? . A Monvitskla of Alan.
M'r. i. M. Shaw has returned from a
month's tript'U e l iila Uiver country in
the south west err rti.jll of S.-'.rn;
County, where :he went with Mvssrs.
Urowu, and I'-rri n to survey an 1 r port
oil the recent a'um dix-ov-ries, there,
which have h.-ei. locate-i by a company
of Sx-urpi citie.
Mr. ."-haw r-tTts almost a solid moun
tain of alum over a mile s'jiiare. Home of
the c lifts of u hjcL rise to an elevation ..if
! -,
TOO feet alM.ve xi e rivc-rls-d. M.i-t of:lhe
alum is in an iui.mre .t-te and tkitiiig
Very strougiy .i sulphuric acid, but oi
which there .-eeius lo b. ail il lex ha u-t i b!e
quantity. S.uie.f the t "lill.s, however.,
show iiiiiii.-iix- 1 jti iiititit s oi alnio-4 jh ir
markeiabie alum Tliis alum lind. .Ah.
Shaw tells ii-. is on the I'.ila Kiv.-r ali-ii
twro miles Ih-Iovv the folk of the l.itile
( Jila and four mib-s In-low the tdU hot
springs.
Mr. Shaw -Tcports numerous "i.tv.
j springs m mat secll.-ll, most ot tl.eia
, s "w v ' lc ' mat lorm tne
i nver banks, sou.e of them hot enough 1
iok in. and je-c of them too hot to hrd
' uie. lian.l 111. .H e main hot springs -referred
to alx.vc are r'Mrted to have
cllected wonderful rheumatic and other
cures, ihe nin-ry is abundantly wai(T
ed and w.Msh-J,jtud is covered witii ti e
finest of grass. J'he (iilais lull of .trtmt
lUld other lish. -Oatne, while still niisl
vrately plejitifuJ, has ls-n luorttly scirretl
away from the r-rion of the hot sprii.g bv
profosional andother hunters, as w:l!.-i(
ranchmen. whoae Is-ginning to l.H-aie.ir.
, this dillicult to-gn-at section of 'the (iila.
At pretM-nt Iheordv way to get iut. tthif
s.s-tiou is w ith psdved animals oTer a pre
cipitous trail t.f several miles, wagoi
having to Ik? abandoned iu the (iorge f
the I little (iila t.n the North Star ieuad,
als.ut two miles from the hot springs a.t d
als.ut seven mili-s from tho alum find.
Moinj from Ss-or-o t.r from the lilai k
range. Hy the way of Silver City uud
OtMrgetown wagons are abandoned cu
Sapio" Creek, with atxiut eighteen miles
of packisl jiuimal trail, to tlie liol
springs.
Mr. Shaw Is'ingnn amateur photogra
l.her.also. invariably enrries that "outfit"
along 011 his surveying tris. combinirc
plea-ure with business, and bringing back
with. him photographs of all objects and
scenes of interest that ho ms-ts w ith
the way. He brings back from this trip
-over sixty photographs t.f the t iila count v.
Among w hich are a niimls-r of exteri.r
;ltud photographs interior of some inter
tsting cliil dwellers' ruins he encountered
in a cave als.ut four milci west from the
Jinl springs.
Mlteil Krlallonslilp. '
"Ileaders win have M- n baffled nt time
when attemrting to settle some purzling
degree of relationship, will tsrhais an-
iireciate the follow ing mixed family af-
'I . A fa thv, son, and grandson mar-
Ti.t! three sisters. That looks hiniplo
-titiigh, d-iesii't it ? Well, let us see:
J. Am.s, the father, married Abigail.
". lWnjamin, ii of Amos, married
Ttzy.
'.). Charles, .n of Tc.";jiiin, marricsl
Caroline.
What then? ""s.
Ames is brother to his son.
Amos -is brother to his grandson.
Amos i-t gran If it her to his daughter.
Amos is erandlather to his sister.
Atiii;s j father U- his wife.
Amos is lather to his grands.. n.
K. nj.iniiii is brother to his father.
I'enjainie is biotlier to his sou.
Itenjauiir. is brother to his tn.trhcr.
Ileiijairin is brother to his daughter.
I'm'Iij.uihii is the sou of his sistejr.
Ps;auiin is th hin-baud of hi sister.
'harles.i krotb.-r t his father.
Charles is brother t. his gran lTathor.
Cliarle.s ii: hoth.-r t.tiis mother.
Char's is brother to ins grandnn.ther.
Char!s is yrratdiiephe w to his mut her.
. tiarls is grau.lneplieter to his wife.
Charles is the ciand.i ild of his A'jnt
Charles s married to another aunt,
i'haiies j the awn of his aunt.
C'harle.s ia the Luband of his sister. "
Ktarvlnn Jhe Teellu V
Teeth are jfcl as trisily starved as the
stomach, said Jecturcr the other night.
The fact is that 5 011 and your fa!icr have
i-i.m generan.u to generation b.-t n in
'lvstriously stari jjjg ymr fts-th. In one
war it is a bh-.ssiug tt have Is-en ls-rn t.f
ptxir j.arents. WJsatf.l the p-r give
their children is 0 a variety that jrs-s to
make strong hones and t.-eth. If i- the
t.utsije of the g'ajjjs of a J I cereaJ f . s id
tliat tvatains the t-arls.nati and pVios
jh:U ..if Jjiiie, mid trart-s ..f either rartlAv
salts, wUi. i iiourisli the Is.nv I issues axnl
build the frame up. If we". not fjr
nish to Ihe K-eth of the young that J.abu
I11111 they re.jiire, Ihey'.annot (sss-iblv
IO built up. It is tJ.e outside o ct.rri,
.ats, w heat, barley and the like or the
ljn, so callff, that we silt awav and
feed to the suine. that the teeth actually
require for thejr proper nourishment.
The wis. loin of man ha- proven, his folly,
sdiow n in every succeeding generation of
teeth, which ls-C"Uie Xiiole alid luorc
fragije ay.J weak.
TAriuuirtU IN JAPAN.
The skill of tlee Japanvse iu tattooing m
remarkable, and f)r. Jiaelz, a phvsi.ian
in the employ of the Japanese tiovern-nx-nt,
has communicated a large n 11 ni I Kr
of curyiitra an.1 hitherto unknown facta re
gardiN the fitranjje custom of tatLsiing
aa practised in Japan. A to its tiTitrin
tlit-re TiotUin-j very definlt; has been aa-cert.-srntid.
ft certaiuly in .Tapaa. has net
relrgit.us mean in or veremuuial attend
in "it. Unlike some other peoples th
Japanese usually tattoo those portions of
the li)dy w hich are covered by clothin,
and yeX it seems that the oclv purpose
the marks scrt-e is that of personal adorn
meiit. Anmiig certain tribes of other
countrieH the chiefs and person-, of dis
tinction are xlaborately tatUoel ; in Ja
pan only the lower orders of Mot-iety aad
Very rarely .omeu undergo the procr-ss.
A Japaiie e when he desires to Vie ttt
Vioeil goes ) an artist with the desijjA he
w ishes to hive indelibly imitated t.n his
Issdv. The artist sketchea the flesign
more or lets iu full detail, as the circ-jin-stauces
of the case may require, a th
skin of hit patron. Th ti, taking a w eoden
t.s.1 iij which lino sewing iie.-dle ar
lirmly filed, the artist applies Indian ink
or a red -color mad from cinnabar to tho
jsiints cf the needles, holds the tsl in
the rigln baud, w hich rests on the thumb
of the left hand, and prccedn t punct
ure the skin with marvellons rapidity,
pausing at intervalstotakeon the needles
u fresh supply of color. No blood is
drawn exi-ept sometimes -whea a deep
hhade is rtsmisite, or when going-over the
ellsiws and knees. Ia a thry a skilful
oM-r:itor can complete a picture requiring
a few hundred thousand pcartur.-s, in a
manner surprising for its arenracv, and
varied and delicate degree of shading.
When the work is finished the skin is
Lathed with warm water, which gives a
slight pain to the patient, but brings out
the color with great distinctness. The
only inconvenience experienced is a Blight
feverish feeling, which soou pxsses awav.
The tat tsH-d parts are never irritable or
-sensitive, and there nil be no cessation
from usual work. At ike end of three
days the skin sealeg otflike bran from tho
'.punctured surface, leatiug the portions
1.1 ue that had 1-een treated with the In
dian ink, and those red hi;u had been
touched w ith the cinnabar.
IVrlla of KwrleJa liirls.
"What are s. iety's perils for roung
Wf.men?" I just asked a "s.K ietv"girl,''
and she Kiiid : "In Washington, lack of
men.' I.r girls this is true. There art.
plenty of men in W;ishiagtou. J'erhaps
in no city in the United States is society
worth a much while a cw Washiugtoii,
Is-causy s) many distinguished Incii
gather there, lu no party do von fail to
see groups, any one lae'mlver" of which
would e considered vsrth making a
feast for in other cities, i'nt the distin
guished men of Washington srarcelv
t ome to an earlier peri.sl than their early
middle life. They are iu Washington
because they have already won more or
less emiiieiice. They are"pa-t the uncer
tainty, the hesitancy, the mi reality of
lit.-, and are lx-nt 011 definite puiuit.
The young m.-ii, the natural mates for
the girls are in other cities and districts,
practicing law, learning to edit news
papers, cantering over -cattle ranches,
preaching sermons to yonn-; women and
jirobably making a pxjr fist of it, explor
ing mines, earning money, winiiin; fame.
Hy aii'l by they w ill come to W:Lskiugtoti.
but in that day our girls w ill not be. girls
anymore. A verv few of these voting
nu n are in Washington, but verv few,
hardly enough to po around. Conse
quently n girl who pies into society en
counters the js ril of not finding inanv
stimulating minds anion- lier younger
comrades. "
And there are perils of fivo o'clock teas
ruinous to digestion and always the peril
of i-..nfouiiding the cakes and candies of
hie with its roast beef. "-Society" is so
fascinating that girls are in danger of for
getting that it is refreshment and rest,
Jot steady work.
Travesty lat a fainatM Arrtrrk7-
" Vf had in a little) old man, whosa
tint had been cracked br the law,'
taid tha keeper ia the l-rnaBjlyaniA
Asylnm.
" I don't Inow who ne took me for,
but he got tlie notion that I had Borne
pajH-ra which I woe holJin' over him,
and which would spoil his case. And
every day ho'd come to me and moke
An offer for the papers. I would pre
tend I had Vro, but alwayi wanted
more'n ho'd offer.
One morning he came into my
room as usual, an said: Come, now,
.bav four hundred?
" Jnde, says I (we called him
.Jndpe), 'yon know my price five
hundred or not a cent; there I am, take
-me or leave me.
Four hundred and fifty, ayu he.
" Five hundred from me firm as a
irock.
" Now, look here my friend, say a
'ho, I give you warning that this is
your last chanoe. To-morrow those
jajers won't las worth that to me.'
And he snaps Ids fingers, and off ho
goes in a horrible rage.
Next morning he was found hanging
1t the neck in his room. lie had
killed himself to fpite me."
" IC (titles iu I-artlittlcia. ' s
Switzerland has recently enacted two
laws the oiK-ratioi: of which will Is
watched with the let-nest interest all
over the world. One is graduated taxa
tion. Tins applies 1st incomes. Mere
lalsirers, and those wL make a bare liv
ing, are.nvt taxed at oil ; but the larger
tho imr in., the heavier tho tax. Thus, a
man in receipt of -iliMKiO j-r annum pays
relatively more than whose vcar'lv
earnings are S-".' H" or less. The object til
the Jaw is t discourage large ait-umul:i-tioiHi
of r rerty. Indeed, it is a punish-ini-at
U) a man for ls-ing ri. l.er than his
fellows. Ji .vur country, lie rich w ho do
not own ret! .estate are racli.'iJly exempt
frr.iu all taxiition. Persoual j.roM.rty es-cajM-s
ail exattfioiis. The average work
ing Mim, thrticgh the oM-rati..s of the
t iritr, pays a!nst as much U'th govcra
nietit a doc" ..lay Could r any of the
Vanderlilts. 'Tiis kiiiio Mr. . mid is
supiwrse.1 'e worth rl-si.mi t;Hi, of
which, Jtev-hapS. ?'iKI,II KI is in real is.st.-ite.
I hit the Litter is taxed far more bestvily
than all the rsyf t.f his vaJ ptiraomil
prr.ptrty, which i in Is.nds aad sloa-ks.
in Switzerland, Jty (iould would l?
forctsl to pay an cktormoiis sum annual! v,
lMcause of this vast mass t.f M-rstial
.roMrty, w hich is entirely untaxed ii
jhe United States. Uut it is yet .loiil.t
lul if the gradn.-itetl iocometax will work
we-Jl in w itzertand. Kvcry rich. ent. r
prieinj man, and l.urge eiupiovt-rs of
l.ilr pn.ii'iunce it unjust. Tin y sav they
cannot, or will not. cm. lin t huge ni. r
priso. if they are to Mmislie. for
their fsiblie spirit trf business ambition.
Thin r aduated tax is a very favorite one
with tbe .e-called lala.r rermers, and it
has Imm indorsed bv very high authori
ties. Jtfcsejkli Chamljtrla!n, tlie luidical
member ff tlie Knglish Parliament, w ho,
his frien.ls slaim, may yet Ik? Prime Min
ister, favors a jr.-iduaitsl income tax in
Ureal Pritain. Prince P.ismarck has
piren a qualified assent to the theory
that the rich shouloi give rclativtdv more
than the js.r t the eiipisTt of the
fiECl Ir lCATION OF TIME.
As the recent change in time has
awakened muse inquiry on this subject,
tl- follow in facta may be of interest :
Julius C:esnr recti lied the cahtndar 4
3V. C, and. ! means of the calculations
of his A-rrjnoiner, made the year of
ita present i. ugth. This however, is said
to be r.-aX'y eleven minutes too much,
and by -tbe time Pope (Jregory XIII.
came irrte power the surplus had reached
elev en itys. The Pope had sufficient in
rlufiieetU. set aside Ca-sar'a method, and
the new calendar was accepted at once in
Italy, Spain and Portugal. It irradually
cainecnto favor in Fram e and ( iermauy,
and teoth llenmatk and Sweden adopted
it in 6700. In Kugland popular prejudice
oppersed the Cri'gorian method until, in
1 7. L, an Act of Parliament legalized the
change, and this gave usu t the terms
"old style" and "new style." llidiculoiis
as it may seem, whenever riots is-curred
ut that time, for whatever cause, this
ckange was made a baeis of complaint by
tiiose who did not understand a word
upon the subject. Hogarth, in his pie
tire of the election riot, represents a man
lunk iu the gutter, while near by lies
Shis banner, inscrilcd : "(Jive us back our
eleven days." This shows how readily
Is.Iiticians even then, turned everything
to an account. The recent change Is only
a more perfect attainment of a uniform
standard.
10 AS(.EKTAij Tim trvoTH of rng pay
AXII XIOllT.
At any time of the vear add 12 hours
to the time of the sun's setting, and from
the bum substract the time of rising f.r
the length of the day. Sulstract tho
time of setting from twelve hours, and to
the remainder add the time of rising next
morning for the length of the night.
These rules are equally true for apparent
time.
to gist cvmrtECT time.
"When the shadow cast by tho eim
reaches the noon-mark, set the clock at
the time given iu calendar page of the
Almanac in the column t.f "Sun at N.sm
mark," and it will be exactly right. If a
meridian line is used instead of a noon
mark, the passing the lines by the Sun's
centre is tho moment for "setting the
dock. Any skillful surveyor can mako
a noon mark or meridian lines of small
brass t.r copis-r wires. In doing so, ho
must allow lor the variation of the mag
netic needle- from a true or astronomical
north and south line.
" -A.
TUCK T1MK.
Two kinds of time are uset in ft! man"
acs clock or mean-time is always right,
wliile Hun-time varies every day. People
generally supix.se that it is twelve o'clock
when tfie sun is due south, or at a pro
erly made noon-mark. Hut this is a
mistake. The sun is seldom on the
meridian at t welve o'clock. In the Al
manac, or in most all gi.o.1 almanacs, the
time Used is dock-time. The time when
the Sun is on the meridian or at the noon
mark is also given to the nearest second
for every -.lay iu th" year in the fourth
column of each calendar page. This af
fords a ready m.-nns oi obtaining correct
time, and for setting a dock by using a
n. M.n-mark, adding or aubsli'u-liiiij Ae) the
Sun is slow or fast. -
IMVlSION'S OF TIMK.
A Polar I lay is measured by tlie rota
tion of the earth upon its axis, and is of
different lengths owing V the ellipticity
of the earth's orbit and other causes ; but
a mean solar day, recorded by the time
piece, is twenty-lour hours long.
An Astronomical Hay commeneert nt
noon, and is counted from the first to tho
twenty-fourth hour.
A Civil iay commences at midnight,
and is coinited from the first to the
twelfth hour, when K is counted again
from the first to the twelfth hour.
A Nautical I lay is counted as a Civil
I 'ay, but commences, like an Astronomi
cal I ay, from noon.
A Calendar -Month varies from '2H to ol
days.
A Mean Lunar Month is 2) days, 12
hours, 4t minutes, 2 seconds, and 5.24
thirds.
A year is divided into days.
A Solar Year, which is the time occu
pied by the Sun iu passing from one Vi r
11. J lit'iiinox to another, coiisisfV of ;'V.
solar days, or .'ilU". days, . hours, -4
minutes, and -tti.-Vfti seconds.
A Julian Vear is ;!i."i days.
A ( iregorian Year if days;
every fourth year is P.issext :1c, or l-ap-Year,
and is oiVi days. The error of the
Cregorian computation amounts only to
one dav in ;i-"7I.4".'.sii vcars.
riMAstline stank .Vol I'lnfes.
These plates are surrounded with im
penetrable sali"rards. The large room,
nearly the full length r.f the building, is
occupied by only tlie engravers at the
windows Mr. O'Neil, the chief engraver,
ami the custodian. ( in one side of the
soorii is a railing and wire screen, such as
nre seen in hanks. Ik hind which are the
d.-sksof Mr. O'Neil and his Ism .kkeeper.
Ob the other side of the room, at the door
of tho vault, is a similar enclosure, where
sits th cust'sliaii of the plates, dies,
roll, and other property. When the chief
engraver comes iu the morning he makes
a requisition 11 -on the custodian for such
t.f these jirecious bits of steel as be wants.
Finch piece lias its name or designation,
whet her it is a bit of lathe work, a vig
nette, r an entire plate, and when they
are surrendered to the chief engraver
upon requisition an entry is made upon
tlie liook t.f the custodian. The Isxik-ketiiH-r
or custtslian for Mr. O'Neil makes
an entry t.n his Ixx.ks also, to show what
he has received. Then, as the engravers
want thedill'erent piifes t.f work, a simi
lar nccount is kept with them, and no
lion can leave the room until the Ix-oks
show that, every piece of engraving that
he had in his txe-sessioii has Is-en re
turne.t, and he has a note from the chief
engraver to show that such is the case.
The watchmen would not let them out
of the building without 1 his. When a
Ih-U sounds at noon the engravers go to
lunch, hut not outside the building.
When the work is over for the day the
.1. -counts 1st ween the chief engraver and
his Mjlsrdinates are balanced, to show
that each has returned all the work
placed in his custody. The rolls and .lies
and plates are returned by the chief en
graver to the custodian I'roui whom he
got th. 111. and if uo piece is missing his
requisition is returned to him. and the
pnerty locked iu the vault for the uighl.
Should it ever hapeu that anything was
missing, even if it were but llie smallest
fragment of engraving. 110 one would be
jH-riuitled t leave until it was found. A
complete record is thus kept of every
piece, s. that you can tell just where it
was at any time, how long it w;is iu any
one's cu.-to.lv, and what he had it for.
"We know," stid Mr. O'Neil to a Sin.
rc.rlcr lo who. 11 Chief Craves bad ex
tern ht. I the freedom of the building. "v (
know that whatever 1n.1v Ik said al .ut
counterfeits being printed froru ...vi-ni-nient
plab s that there never was one so
printed. There never was a plate stolen.
There is no plate that has ever lieen made
that is not in the vault there, and every
one can !o accounted for for every iiiiiiuu
of time. You cannot name ahttleoiit-of-wat
natiou-il bank but that we have th.'
plate lor its not.-s in that vault, and can
tell you all about it, from the names of
the men who worked on it to cveiyissly
w ho has t'Vfi tvuvhed. it ut auy tim'.''
Wrl. CAN'T I SLEEP?
A KAMII.V IsKTolU-
The individu.il who g-.es to !ed at
night, and instead of soon falling into
wound slt-cp. lies and tosses about1 and
thinks, hcarimr the clock strike every
hour, probably till three or four in th
morning, is very far indeed from being in
a satisfactory condition of health. He is
nervously ill, he is out of sorts both, men
tally and Irodily, und the sooner he tak-s
judicious steps to obtain relief, the Is iter ;
because the less chance there will be of
his state becoming chronic.
Hut he must find out the causes of. his
trouble, and endeavor to remove tlie1?-.
for iu cases of in.o.ii.iei, as it i called by
the profession, or, in plainer langu.'ge,
sleeplessness, the treating t.f symptoms
nloue is a dangerous practice, and wholly
useless. Very often the first deviation
from healthful sleep is wantonly, though
unwittingly, caused by the individual
himself. Alter lying down, he gives him
self up to lit -s of thinking. These may, or
may not, be pleasant enough at lir-t. but
tho end, if the custom Is; not cut short in
time, never fails to In-come disastrous. I
may admit that the temptation to think
in lied is often dillicult to resist. csjecially
bv brain workers; but these person
ought to ls-ar iu mind that, by giv ing
way to it. they are j-ositivcly weakenim
their brain and nerve power, and render
ing themselves less capable of taking it
solid stand in the everv-.lay battle of lif.
The night is meant by nature for re
jose and sleep, and we cannot thwart
nature or break her rules vi ith any de
gree of impunity. " r
Sleeplessness, probably, in nine cast-3
out of ten. is caused by continual mental
strain or worry. The1 capillaries of tho
brain Is-coine stretched, and lose their
resiliency; thev are unable, therefore, to
empty themselves of hlosl when tho
hour of rest comes round, and so wake
fulness continues far into the night, until
the Issly is fairly worn out, and siiik
into the lethargy of exhaustion. It will
le well for js-ople who sutler thus to take
a holiday nt once.
Alcove all otlx-r remedies for sleeptdss
nc.ss, I place change of air and change of
scene, in conjunction with plain, nutri
tious diet uud a more natural way o
living.
Why can I not sleep? It may K that
you really have unknown to you --soino
junctional derangement of the liver, tho
stomach, or tbe heart. If fl.is Is- n---nn.ved.
sleep will return to your pillow,
and w ith it, health.
Think and consider whether of late volt
have given way to any table indiscretion
that may have aflected the liver, and
rendered it cither slug-gish r loo active.
In these cases, the blood will in reality
have In-conic pois.me.1 and contaminated
with bile, the mind becomes dull and
jirobably gloomy all day, and over-acti vo
tow aids nightfall.
l'o you smoke? If so, a return to
health i-i not to L;; expected until tho
habit is overcome.
i-ixetci-e iu 11I i':n lance taken .hni::g;
the day in the open air is, iu hundreds:
of cases, a cure i.-r s.., pk-ssness ; but this
exercise should in it be of a t.. fatiguing,
kind; it should be spread over a c.rcat
many hours; it nhotild lie pleasant,
calming exercise, and not coutim-cd up
to a late hour. Oyer-fatiguo must be
rarcftilly avoided. The practice? of
taking stimulants to any extent is very
Sipt to prod. ice sleeplessness, by keep
ing up an unnatural excitement of tho
brain.
What I wish particularly t. imprt-s-?
ujmu my readers, is the fact thai tho
causes of sleeplessness must be sought out
and removed, lefon thert: be the slightest
chance or hoje of anything like a perma
nent cure.
Then hygiene steps in for regulation
of .lit t, and of entire and conjplcte method
of living.
Pise betimes, and have that bracing,
cold bath, with a few handfuls of sea-salt
in it ; cat some fruit Itcfore breakfast, not
ably prunes oranges gripes or stewed
apples. Avoid tea and cofl'.-e and cigar
allurement. Take 110 kind of stimulant.
Avoid fret and care iind ov. r-excite-ment
.luring the day. 1 evrmiiie, if you
can. that nothing shall annoy oriintato
you.
Heware of taking cold; alw.-iys change
n damp 1111. ler-garmeiit 1m-Io.o sitting
down to dinner, and. previous to rc-drcss-ing,
it will Is' found inost-n freshing to
rub the ImmIv with a col. I. wet sponge
then to dry with a rough towel.
Never eat w hen fatigued. liin' early,
live plainly, t ikii:g nothing that is in tlie
least likely to disagree with y..u.
Take a g.xid walk about an hour before
retiring for th" night.
Itook upon narcotics, in any shape, aa
xistn.
And now a word or two about the bod
r.xiiu itself. The r.xuu should be large,
most cleanly, and free from dust, with a
proper system of ventilation.
The teliliH rature should be ns equable
all through the night and though th" year
as x. ssible, from ."x to IKr1 according to
age; the t.ld and very young require
more warmth than the young and middle
aged. As to beds. T think the lH-st sleep I
obtained on a wire mattress, over w hich
is placed a lx-. of horse-hair several in
ches in thickness. On the top of this
may be spread two t.r three blankets'
then the sheet. It will thus Ik- even and
sm.xith.
There is no doubt that many people
will find it far Is-tter for their permanent
health to sleep altogether in w.x. I, espec
ially those who are of a rh.-umatie or
gouty diathesis, or subject to colds and
coughs.
In those cases, the night-shirf should
Is! w.1cii ; light woolen hed-soc ks should
l-e worn, and the sheets should also of
wro1. Not so the pillows, however, Id
ealist the head should be kept cool dur
ing sleep, and I would not counsel tin
wearing even of night-caps, far less tho
drinking of them.
No more bcd-c..thos should be worn
than are needed to keop up the tempera
ture t.f comfort.
Tho pillows should be large and
springy, and not too yielding. Thev
ought to.le is.v, rcd with' the softest and
finest of linen.
Curtains around (he bed are objection
able, for the air one breathes at night
cannot he too pure. The Ix'd should Ik
raised alw nit two feet from tin- floor. Wo
must not forget that the carbonic acid
which we expire, if not carried away bv
a judicious system of v.-nt ilai ion, Ii. s low,
Iscing. heavier than air.
In conclusion, let ii..- warn al! brain
Workers w ho . -.re troubled with wak.-tul-licss
to sec to tin ir -on.ii:i..u without. le- .
lay. To remain in I-.-.-.lth is a duty one
owes not only to him-.-:'", but to his
fiicn.L and relations ; uud via: it of suf
ficient sleep is more productive of Ixidily
trouble than iit-uiiii i. l.t .".x. I, 1.:- meaL
taken at inegular h.-us.
( .s. Tf '.o. .'. Majuzi.i,
A VWV..111 who!. .11:; had the? charge
of t he hi-scs . 1 a street railroad, found
the ls-.-t ration to consis; ,f equal quanti
ties l ! bran iind .-orumeal, together wilh
eqii.il weights.. 1 bay and straw cut and
thoroughly ni..i-t -ned. This luav ,t.
to rt m.-uibci an ' ;.; upon by alt f.irmers
and othci-s who have plenty of straw,
w hich is worth a great deal more if kept
bright aiidoiy under shelter, than it halt
rotten and weather best ten out doors, M