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iiiiuvi Cuhiti2 aud iiilat-s !lc-wj.
Tlicro in n othT ireira'.iu for 2is
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I "My wif!? lni. I h li-tre-i.inj cwttcli.
i m : i .i:ri( in tl-.. -i. ! iaii-1 lreat.
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t!'.. ol Aver Ciu-rry IV-ctorAl. s
( h i u r.j h. ilrat.cu ia lecoiuuiendin this
Cough r.lcdicinc
V"TTim- u'V;. - i:,,1-r; If.-.oa.
, liiuaii ll.u-Hijh;, M'rrultou, A: k..
"I l avu 1.1-,-u a ll ci.-d wi'li n'U-ca
I 1 r f rty viu.s. I.ar - :vt I mivi-u
.: i a p.i".'!i, ;,!. -h t'.iret-.-ued
to I'Tiii'uV'i my ia . Hvrry je vr
ll 1 1. I U:o i.i r"li.a't.''l"ll. t tlUT
ni:;i' 1 t.i try Avr" Lij,rry I'otora!.
IiitihctiwrM iiu :ii al. 1 v-a.s iiuiut di
u' l i i-jm i." I and ontimic I t i iiuproi
' '!'! entirti'y rocovt-red." Joel llularJ,
Ji.. t i 1. I'ollli.
' S: mon hshi.'.' I lin t a Mvt'ro Ju ru
i.r.Iiai' I tin- l;.a-, l.i juut fit by ut
til. t.lllf '! V.ii.-li deprived Kilt if
oli.i un t Tit. I tried irit: retne
U.i'i. bi:r l l!.t:lli il no relief llllf:l I tv
p m to l..l.e Avcr's Cherry l'e -ti.ral. A
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Mr"- 1". Col uru, bo.roud m'.., t-on'eil,
I "I'.r ih'.tircn ii.'V.ioted ni:h colds,
ot:,;h-i, s. rj l!iro.it. or rrnt), I da ik I
kiiuw c f unr rnni 'lv wi.'i h, i!l i a
trnrj .vj-vodv rci.ef than Ayer's I'liiTry
1'ectcral. 1 la-.' .'..Mud it. uUo. invatu.
i.l.Ie in tiiti -t t l VI t"" Couh."
Anu L,.' i..v, 1 j "7 S"a-ii;iij,'tuJi aircot,
iJi stoii, a
Ayer's Glierry Pectoral,
i ur.r.v.i.ri Li
Dr. J. C. Ayer 4. Co., Lowell. Miu.
fetii t a.i I'ri;i;i:.s-. I-.-u, J I; all ton.... ".
i tr-vvemx i ress'B w.
cn i- b tre a 1' Oul' n t.r ft li o
l'VHl JV'i inAni rtia rwipnrcr4, 100
I iilfe I'oi(.IiIm 10r.
UEAD
aW r
FORTY-FOUR.
The calendar pave me a wrinkle to-day,
A (act which I greatly deplore;
On itsuncnal'.cnced riajca 1 looked with dismay.
And found 1 bad atrucU forty-lour.
Ko e what is that couplet that runs la tbe book
Tl.at well may our vanity he air
That women are always aa old as they look,
but Bit a ju.t as young as they feeL
Forty-four! well, that isn"t so starting an age.
When tbe heud anu heart are secure.
And tt.e . leisure ol i.Ie si. 11 our spirits engafte.
Why, I Icel otly thirty, I'm sure.
I still enjoy all That I used to 'r.joy,
1 still liave mv dreurcs of luno.
Why fchout.l b rihday intrude, t.,en, my peace
IO "BIIOV!
Th. 1 1 m o.d I w.U never coolers.
Lai rifl.l at the ball I wasdanci&j; with Kate,
To-i:o' I laite AlauU lor a Or ve;
'1 o-r.int I at t o cr i.l t aitlc w.th fule,
Aio w.ll prove to the boys I'm alive.
.nd yi-t- forty-tour I bep n a new par.
Aum ucli y jr w 11 be aad o u c more;
I'm ufr.d youth :s o'er save ILe youth of olj
v.
liow dismal it sounds forty tour.
LUXUKY OF SSXEEZIXG.
Ancient Superstitions About tbe
Act Of Sternutation.
To Su es Once Mean, m l'Wi Tslrr m
K: Thrice a t it rw If Vou Mwric
Wbile I'uttine on Your hocs
..o Hack to Ued.
Win n rromolheui with thf fr which
hi l.iid te!i-n from heuven. lrofedrU
to ivify his clay man. the first si'n of
animalion :ii:iuif.tfd by tho lattor was
u ht of ncez itis. ros"ih!y the new ly
mad' man wai much imtircised. nod
in oonffkiufnee thereof a t-troc? hered
itary re-.ttd for enctrzitiir may lia-vo
bes-n t' aiiMiiilted to Lii iesoeiidai;t.
Ik- lhat a it may. however, the au-civiit-.
prciie Ho they were to nd my
tt ries and t nie'iis in ul tjuartcrs. faind
not to it-ijrd aternutalion ns u Very
el iou' iiialtcr for con-iitieration. aud
tni' lh:.t vas fraught with inaay
jHjrur.t' f'T bot'.i jroud u:id evil, til
thcus.'!i. from a j hy-i "ioLjical pi!.t of
view. tl.ti.' ideas were r.o doub'. Mme-v-h:tt
crtiU'i and tinc-cientiric. for
kcowledy ' of this j.!i-i,o;uel!a ot rc-c.t
action, and nn ictitnato aeiv'-aititanei
with the iine'-nnoati ie nervo and ii
functions, tl.d not fetter the imairiaa
tioris tf ear'y observers. Tlius. from
the earliest times and nmon all races
cf men. we tlnd that the apparently
fclnin'.e net of anoi.-zinn lias given rise
to many curious beliefs, and in nearly
every n e nnd country hns had more r
l'-r-t supcrit.tious importance attached
to it.
An E!!zaothaa authority, quoted
by a o r -pondent of .V '..-i utlii
(,''. ri-t'.v Tibe-s -tefti'.a' 'Oil as a
I'our a-ceti -in into the h:ad. and bo
to the bravr.i-. and vhi.-n theee i nii-t
a Lid o e tr.oeho uhoiitiuiin'c, ai'etidi d
'o ti.a. i '.:cc more i.iia,u nature c in di
i'Ct. then it is i. Xpi.i -ed bv the pirite"
'Vitu.ll, und m) fallelii down thi-outfh tlu-uu-e
iiiiJ n.iM.th." lloaUJ.-. moreover:
Whu you feel it wili cmue. ""ubh
t our L;i and it lieineth." N iloub!
his tttlvieo would liuvu 1-ii equully
Welcome had ho ii:foruitd us how We
inilit vfTt ct ually btop tbe t-net-ze i)
steud if helping it. for h ? poea on to
say that: -Yf a man lie awako in hh
bedde und sneze one tytnc it is it oyue
of ?oiuu trrvater ickness or byn
drauuee. Yf a man dcape in his
betide nnd snczo otu tyme it b?tolw-n-yth
trrettt trouble, the deatln- of hotu
jxTson,, or extreme hyndrauneo in th
lo.-0 of Mi'itt.tunco. Yf a man lyo iu
his bt.dde : nd umke a tneze one tvtue
itisu;-o.d syne both of health and
iuctc, but if he sleape It is niucbo bet
ter " In the- latter remark we think
our render! will quitij atee with hiiu:
it certainly is Very lunch better to
iit p v, hen in bed thuu to lie a"ak:
i-ueeyini;. Those w ho ure in the habit
of fivijtn.-ntiu public Lou-cs would do
'll to bear iu mind that: "Yf a hiiui
trutcll by the wave and come into au
inne and snee twye. let hytn departo
out of the houe Stnd jo to another or
''-e he shall not 'rosH;r. " l'r..imi.
nMy we may .urmis that in this Cfv
the "Mit-ziij" point to the csisteucn of
draughts in the inn. and tho risk of
the trav-!er catching co'.d in con-ve-
1 ju-nij -hould he stay there.
St. Ai:-tin tells us that if the ancients
-need when thev Were putting o"
their !l-cs they Went to b:v' aairt.
' Moreover, that it is lucky to st.eeo t"
In- ttiofn nx but unlucky to d so in
I :l.e afteri.oon or viri a r rlday. or fo- a
e.(Je to hear a eat sneeze ahorliv bj
loti' her wedding, are we!l kimtra
jiii'tes of fo.k lore pivvaleiit in ruauv
p;- ts of this conttry at th- pa-viit
duy. It is al0 a f ip'j'ar l-!ief that
to Mieu.e i.nii' sijfniUeS a w ih. t"irf a
kiss, and thii-e tim? a riir.i isn.-ez-ii';
tft taie ks the viacds am !'. i:ijj ix--le.ovtU
was at one ti ui looked upon a
un il' -enien, and iu u.iderlakir.ur a1 y
b is:!.e-i o:i or thrt-e m.vf-7es nere fo:i
i.l -reJ lit.li'c', u.tho'.ih t'n r.r four
wert f" vora b'.e. as was aiso th.- o.i-i5
at hcu two men chanixd -to sneeze tliTi
ui'.a -it:0'i-ly vhi!e enaa 'd in orat
bu-iae-s ti'nsaetion. XV i Uo T lieinis
ti. h.- wtiji Ttuakin n .a--jf3i-i5 befort
th i bri't'.r wh.i tiiij IV-i-sirin O'Vj of LU
tit' nd..:.'s chan-ed to ia v.v, nd tiii
Was - md. tl by Luphra.;;t;-.lej its a
favteabli- otnen. which p :ijej th.
viotorv of the t-e-U. I'litiy held that
it i iucky to .sn-.-ze) to the rjht bu;
uuliteky to tho left: atd from Another
writer we learn tlut tw or thrvj
-:iefe ho.soui. rJ orijis a .sh ewd
t kt.!" hutever that may lut'H Ac-
' iiii' to .n inJoik rhyiut:
s t -r - ot Mu'liy, snece f:r dstiifer:
S:j' .-7e o T-i.id.-r, a: aetrar;-cr.
S c': oa dr., SJav. nw.'c In.- a !Uer;
S .i-. jc e -. Ti i sJay, otiuielhin l etter;
c on K duv. snece lor .rre ;
Snei it tu tJilurday. sen sweetbaart to-aor-n'.v.
On jieVeral tH-fiisiiynH ntv'try
bcu loolied upon u- bein inoro or Ia-s-s
intimately touuocted wb. futwi 4aJ
': n-e. A,
to 'I htieydides, it was ll syiu;u ni of
the c: i?is iu thtj'reat Athenian, plauu.
With a cdmutc liko thut of Kni-nd
catarrh and influenza arc in svasoa i.U
the your round, and rtcruutation oc
curs so frcvt--ntly that it received per
haps It-is atteotlou than rnit:ht otin-r-wise
l-e devoted to it. yevcrthtlo.s.
t ten in the j.r?cr;t bgv r eciucatiou,
r-X'.l . tr? tru tr.-ilhr-i -:!;.
when a baby iieezei. one occasionally
hears a fervent "Uless you!"' ejacu
lated by its curse. It is extremely
doubtful, however, whether tha laltei
has even the remotest idea why she
ihoulu mako use of this exprensiou:
but. although he may not be aware of
the fact, it is a time-honored custom
whicn once received much attention.
In the Rules of Civility." quoted by
I?rand. w are tola that "If hi9 Lord
ship chances to sneeze, you are not to
bawl out "tlod bless you. sir,' but. pull
ing o!T your hat. low to hiiu hand
somely, and make that obsecration to
yourself." Lh-and also quotes from
the Schoole of Movccrie. or Cato
Turned Wioiitrside Outward"' (A. I).
1Cc"i), tie following lines un the cu
torn:
When you wouIJ .ncerc. strait turns ycurself
in to your rc boar's face;
As for my part. lie rein to sneeze. I know no
titer r-lace;
It is au order hen you sneeze pood men will
pray for you ;
Markc turn that doth so, far I tli'tike he Is your
friend most true.
And that your friend rnr.y know who sneezes,
and may for you p av.
Be sure you not forjet to sneeze full in b a face
olaav.
Hut when thou I tar'st another sneeze, al-
tU. u--a he he thy lul.'iur.
Say not ciod blesk h m. but t'bouk up, or sutue
such metier, rather.
Why ftcrnutatiott should eall for a
ble-'j-iuj' ora prayer cf Thauk-givin- is
by no means clear, and when or how
the practice" ori'i-Med must for the
preeut remain hidden iu olvscuriiy.
t-oiue w riters wou'd trace it to an edict
of t. Gr jjorj' the (!real. who ordertsl
the use) of the Ivenediction to lhoe
who nie-e7ed trl.utatioa Win; a fa
tal symptom in a pestilence which
broke out at thut time. The custom
is, however, certainly f much prcater
antiquity th.iu the timo of U.vjjory; it
was rotnmun with the Greeks and
K'.imans, and it dates bark, no doubt,
through thej remot j pust to some) pre
hirtorie nr'. for r.:iion many savage
races in widely se-parated parts of th-j
World we f.nd thut some ichimation
or benediction is made usu of when a
jierson tn'.i.z. Indevd, il i said that
at one time; whe-u the hin of M - opo
lali iu oiii su bie-ssins Were uttelvd by
aL his subjeats thr- uIioi.t ins tloiri-u-it'ii1;
i:i ia.- Afrieaa trl'. j wii.-'i
chief J'IcuZl-. his attendant mip their
tiuee,; und iu tlainea, if a man of
importance sucezed. he was 'ratiil:d
by i-.-ei:i ull prtteent immediately uro;
on their knees, kijs '.' e ea'th, and.
clapping' their hands, w.-h him health
and happiness. It appea:--. to. that
the c.jtiii. f uuikiiijy bi'ino exe'ani.-i-tiou
cr biessinji a jierson when he
Mieezed wui prevalent amuii' th
tri!n-s of thu new world at the tiiuv of
the Spanish conquest.
According to the Rabbinical account
oi r.Tcrnut.itlou un 1 its origin, it was
lorru.-rly decricd l;y the Creator that
the instant a man sneezed ho must dio.
Jacob, however, suppiie i';-1 so f ;r
vently for the reki 'al of this dcro
'hat tiis ir;iyers werej jrran'.ed at;d ho
was allov ed to sneeze and live. After
this, in commemoration of the gra
cious concession to Jacob's appeal, it
b"cami' ni-turaary to offer up a prayer
of thanksgiving- whon sneezluij'. Iho
Zulus imagine that the spirit of somu de
ceased ancestor causes them to sneeze,
and they accordingly utter blessings
and ret u n thanks, f jrth.-y lock upon
it as a good sign. Moreover, they
consider an illness verj- severe if thu
?ick man does not sneeze. The Ser
bians, too. look upon sternutation as a
lucky omen, especially if ono sneeze-
several times. In this respect it is.
perhaps, needless to sti- that they dif
fer considerably from the p;oplej of
.i;r own country, for with us when n
tnau sneezei too fnjuently he does
not rejoic e or thank the spirits of his
ancestors, but ifenerally thinks that h
ha- caught cold and takes meas'jr.Ts
accordingly. Not thu least curious of
th.- many siiprst itions connected with
Mcruutalion 1m one which is tj b-
found among; the Siamese. When
theso oeoplo hear a man sneeza they
wish him a long- life, for they believe
that iu he'd there Ls a register iu
which tire entered the names of all
men. together with the duration of
tln ir lives, and when th keejx'r of
this brok otmns it every person shove
uame is written on the pu'e at which
h.i glances immediately sneezes.
Luudoi Ulandiird.
HUMOROUS.
Th bustlo is rapidly going to joiu
the dodo and the chestnut bell. The
dolo is getting into bad company.
L'kiea-ju Sites.
!mith snys ho isn't lazy. Hrf lie
abed to economize. It costs nothing
to sleep, but the OiOmtnt he wakes up
his t uiiefiM's begin.
"My son. why is it lhat you a al
wuys Ivehindhand with your studies?"
"1'ioeauseif I wer not behindhand
with them I could not pursue them."
A trifling difference. Parringer,
my wife ot an awful tamper. When
she gets mad she actually tears her
Lair. "Pooh, that's nothing. Urom
ley. Wheu lay wife gets la id she tear
lay Lair.
! would hard'y wa:il to any that
ranrriae. is a failure," remarked the
C'hica-o lawyer, ia measured Vine.
"but if I h-t my feut b-y guided by tho
Limp of the past I can not help stat
ing that, ia my experience, divorce is
a decidod success " And, bowing tho
inquirer out, he turned to the next
heart-broken clivnt, Lift:
"You should bear In miCW. my
friend," said the kind-hearted visitor,
consolingly, "that your loss is his
gain." "I do I do." rep! ied the be
rvnvod cousin addressed, as h-y shook
his head mournfully, "1 can not forget
it. He Lad given Lis note for one
hundred and Tenty-iive dollars, duo
next week, and I am the scour -
-Father "TheophUun. my aon. did
you abstain from tlgLting t-vday, a 1
ndd you?" "Yes." "Perhaps you
had no provocAtion to fiht?" "Y'cs.
1 hud. Bill Swlpos said as how my
riad wa tfraiJ to meet his dad. or to'd
set licked." "Ho said that of mo, ch!
WLy cidn't you tmatb him in tho
neck? I fear, Tbcophitus that yuu
rf'.na f?riT: fA-"-Linyin Jour.
IRREPRESSIBLE JIM.
Two Quaint Saytnirs of A Virginia Gentle
suaa'a Vellow Servant.
Mr. t-mith, of Virginia, has a valet
whoso eccentricities afford him ma
terial for some sucevful anecdotes.
Jim. who is of that ?hade known as
bright mulatto," has black tdlkcn
curls and a smile that render him the
delight and torment of all the "yaller
gals" of the city, and his temper is as
sunny as a day in June. It is Mr.
Smith's invariable habit to discharge
his valet once a week in futile en
deavor to persuade Jim that he does
not own his master body and soul; but
as the amiable African sweetly ignores
all such t-bullitions. and always re
turns the next morning, placidly un
conscious of any unpleasantness, the
habit serves only as a relief to his
master's overcharged feelings. On
ono occasion he carried Jim down into
unfamiliar wilds in (leorgia and pur
posely lost him, after the fashion in
which one rids one's self of obnoxious
cats, aud for two weeks after his re
turn reveled in his freedom. At the
end of that time, in answer to his bell
one morning. Jim jait his head in the
door, and asked, in his usual tone:
Mis SmifT, did you ring fer me?"
and then his master resigned him-elf
to his obvious destiny. His only con
solation is that a reiR-tition of Jim's
sayinrjs sometimes helps him over
shoals of silence at a s-tupid dinner
party. Here are two of them:
One morning. Jim having beu in
structed to rouse mith at a certain
hour, woke him with exclaiming:
"Law! Mis SimJT, I dono hod such bad
luck dis mawnin! I done clean foryot
to wake you tip time you tole me."
Smith groaned. "Jim, you are too
trifling to live. I wish you would die.
I'll never get rid of you in any other
way."
Tho darky set about his duties w ith
out resentment, and said contempla
tively, u few moments later, with an
evident de-ire to be obliging: T don't
mind dyin'. Mis' SuiiJT: it's stayiu'
dead o long's what heuders me."
Jim and a young African companion
were o:i' iia fisaiug from tho w harves.
His friend taissed his footing, fell intu
the water aud wu.s drowned. Jim's
grief was so uproarious that a sympa
thetic bystander inquired if the
drowned boy was a relation. "No,"
t-aid Jim, through his tears; "he
warn't no relation, but be mout's well
been he hed all de bait.' Hurler's
liuiur.
HINTS FOR MOTHERS.
avuw tu Take Csr. of ISakr't Hair mu4
When tt, FroJ lllru.
VV'e do not believe that "heavy hair
takes away strength." Heavy hair
may be burdensome to weak jioople by
its weight, in the same way that a
heavy head-dress might be. Its
growth is only weakening in the sam
tenie that all growth may be. and the
growth is ordinarily com pensated for by
food. In any event there is no way of
retarding the growth of tho hair; cut
ting only stimulates it. but it may r
lieve the t-etise of w eight.
The height of a child at birth is ou
an average from twenty to twenty-one
inches; at the end of a year the aver
age gain is about eight inches, making
twenty-eight or twenty-nine inches.
The gain during the second year will
perhaps average about four inches.
A child of six months should, if well,
havo five meals per diem, and the
name arrangement will continue until
it is teu months or more of age. Sup
posing that it waki at nix a. in., and
is fed directly, four-hour intervals will
make the meal hours faix and ten a. in.,
two. ix and ten p. in.; no food in the
night between 1-en p. in. and waking in
the morning. Theiso hours and inter
vn.!s w ill vary a little, according to thi
time of the child's morning waking.
Too frequent foediug ii to be avoided.
Very young babies take food much
ofteucr than Gve times daily.
We should do notning for the hair
beyond keeping the head clean. Many
ehildren aw extremely low in getting
hair, but it comes ultimately, and. so
far as we have observed, just as abun
dantly a in other children. The grow th
and development of children is vary
often fitful and uneven, one part grow
ing s-evmingly at the expense of an
other for the time.
The sucking of a thumb is thought
by direct pressure to sometimes make
the centrul part of the upper jaw pro
trud.5. Put the Labil is so common,
and Lhe result relatively so rare, that
we do not feel sure of the consequence
unless tbe jws wore rickety. Tba
sticking of the whole tat would not b
likely to give a pointing of the jaw.
m
How Letters Are Disinfected.
Letters from stricken sectiou r
fumigated in a novel way. i thtst
there is little or no chance for the dis-twir-e
being brought Northward. Tlie
letu-.-s are stopped when they reacii
the qur-rantine liues Each letter U
put inider a machine with a long aru
attached, and this is provided wiih lit-t--.
teeth punrtured t th ends. A
V'vuJit that is usd for fumigating
pjrpostis is forcfi through the arm
itrd d jwn through the teeth. The
arm comes down on each letter aud
while t;ia little teeth are perforating
the letter, tho puvv.Icr is blown in be
tween the sheets, d'amfocthig th-s let
ter thoroi:ghly Then -t is forwarded
to the person to whom 1. is addressed-
j Some complaint has been heard of
j damage to lettwin, but so long as they
1 reiuain legible a littia disfigurement
! should ho welcomel as a proo of
protection. Jnwrnns Antil'jit.
"Wi!dteu."i raid he whfU Lis
i-rtn quivered with tremulous
l'ii"5 "fi'.rt lofiondcd you?"' "No,
t'Coifef jouhnve cot." "Then why
j.'-e jou no aiient?" "Don't ask me."
"Put nacnog. think, you hnvc spoken
sr:-ct y twcDty wordtj in the last hour.
J can not bear tbe glocrry q 'ii--t Why
do jou not spc3k? Why do ycu not
ta'k?" "Been Use, Ccorgo, I w-Rn
fnmo I am a voman, ond I am try
to c? I:-. i. r.i.6id"-a,i TfXn
tixi ro.'..
TOE rOtlCEMAS'S STOUT.
I am pf'irram.tn 12.0CA,
la-cn on tbt io to U-r yean a score.
I J u 1 1 st r r I have to ull,
iiiec.-. ..d, tvrriLK-, funnv. an-t vrtll,
Hurt to leil jou a little thiij
1 bat b-.i-cBel e year ago last sjirinfc-:
We-Aty. tnt vcatrhful, I pneed my beat,
t'p .-ti.il : n l!;.x' a m-il-knowa sucef,
le.-i 3 I'ltx-k nn sv, 1 :, a thron.
And ra'tcne 1 lo '-c wlint .- vrrvu.
Tlurre I fouud a wee, Wtc nil!,
li:anty and ptctty, .4ir bair in cm I. '
ffivj'n;, her bn l. Ia sir .he V-i'.!.
Cryiu , m. in in a. o, papa, J" i..,,;!'
One p iiiu-ul site wept, a-iiii -r he .t,l'fl.
An 1 I li. iul.1 of my ow.i - drbn-r . 1...U
Al li nn", r U'l :tfo ia Ucr :u.tli:-r" nttu;
ro i ti .t' l to n'.Tet this one's Marra.;
An! f.i-t I i .ui.ny ln-a l i c:.:e--"t!,
Tlier. line-1 her up to in? l-c:it:n- I rra-f.
And cnriie,: m-r. so'ibiti'-. f.cei 1 ti!j i; v,
t. the .tatiou bousu, ou'y two biocls
I .-i; n 'in -tCi r t.m tiieii ir. .'on.ri...l.
lie ..k ll.i-ro! lAul'y-iii L-y t!a Land,
A n l, ti - l;er tip on the ilik ti sI'V,
I'le t-ai lly I ue.i till i.o tougi-r l.c C: it'll,
Uuitirie-i tij ber tuais nu.1 so-.a, suit..., - a,ij,
e-iv.
Wa. .iri'.r-.tl lisping Alt ' real. tip" aTar; '
And tol l -f 1 cr i-cautiiu rtsirnu, tier i.,t.
U'l lii--iK-a..'c-l papa, her ri:.-. ai,. :c, toy;
llour Ue be.tr-1 e wakilcries t;. i .eu li.n. i.lav
Ami, I. ..citing, f.diotrc-1 litem ca utL-r i ;
fc-oj.;. .1 ::i-n they stoin.'d, su i ctv.. d w'jen
rluy r I,
Grew n ei, w led ?jt hOi-ie, tiid f.,i:J tlo wal
lo-t,
Tis' ilrw.r oi i', - st-Jic" aiousp 1 -st U m
A'l.uiti-a- a mt" t-eitt c. n t-.t i. . it, n;
s . r no ly .. "! in'r-.-cd cil! siH.,1 ; . -j
U t uli .: yuu iiidt- term a -m--.i-, .; j, i-f.""
I i' t 'ip 'ti tut- t jk be j: iiite i L- s ,:n,
.-a tr i l.ai k. in 2: ly le '. a ita a e . r r.t. .
.' t- r-a.-. ..t f.:nr:c : "M; Ua. i .s it 7"
T!:e. i-"t ti I b.:.t uiadd 1.: a rs ...'.':
-My -.vr.: m-ar lai" - r7 u.. 4 3,. .
III t '-1.
r.t.lri f..ix. n" she ni-'.c.t '.' tl.
ai.e :i i" el taid tl.e C a. Ut- - - . -
?'av:
-J tIr;nU yr.n'tc bfca i.n-.iili.J tivi:jbj y u.
U:t Loi'
"1 1 e f 1 !..-r 1 i.r. -1 low. the l.itie or- sn'i cii.
Aii. I !i p.--' i tb:o..aU tlie cuu.- tu .ie eaiu
li i - :.; I.
L u j. n -i.tv tl;.it I feel that Lo xnri'Ie a -jrci?
;u-
J.:rl 1.1 11. i.-rtin-t lienor, otivl 'Li ltl-t.l-gl.cn
aa . :
SLINKS. TIIE OUTCAST.
The " Emlorratioa Ctnamlttee"3 "
Successful Substituto.
The "enforcod emigration" of Slinks
from Prairie City occurred beeaase the
citizens had grown tired of 'laving
hiiu arour.d. Sliuks was a fai tire at
every thing but slinking. His walk,
his raiment, his appearanco ard mini
mum of history, all conspired to hi
degradation, and had not only robbed
Liui of respect oial credit, but oven of
nn abiding-place. He had slunk into
l'rairi.: City, no person knew exactly
when; but when he slunk out of it.' .
every person in the settlement wlio
had arrived at the years of understand
ing was apprised of his going. Several
of the mor' enterprising citizens ths
self -appointed emigration coffltuitlst
followed him.
Iu such cases, the undesirable uittii "
is usually given twenty-f..ur hums in -)
which to settle up his allairs, aiud place
the county line between himself und
he unapju-eciatifw community. In the
Hse of blinks.' there wru no aSTairst
settle.
Tho TTue was ten utlea away, and aa
the cumin ittee had but little faith In
Slicks as a iededtrian, a little proee
eieia of mounted men had left Prairie
City with Slink, round-shouldered
and discouraged-looking, riding alsead.
When the line was replied, the dis
tance to P.oomopolls Wiis about a
mile less than that to Prairie City, and
the committee reafoneJ that Slinks
would kcc,j on, aud thus save a clea-r
mile's journeying.
" Wal, yere we air," taid Long Ja
Masters, as they reached this lorn
jack-oak just beyond the county bound
ary. "1 reckou you know the poualt,
Slinks""
" Jluckon I do."
Perhaps a prerious esierlnnc9 had
mnde him familiar with the unpleas
ant penalty bobtowed upon a "runout"
man found within ths county confines
after the expiration of his time of
jraco. When ho had dismounted,
Jsiinks strode slouchingly aw ay.
"Wat, good-by. Slinks," w-U
Long Jess.
(Jood-bya, boysT' the outa.st iw
turued. without umlng his face to
wards thi-ia.
Ho looked like a blot on tho face of
the fair prairie picture bright with a
rofuion of wild flowers springing
:rom the t-oft, undulating carpet of
green. His hat drooped dejectedly,
his boots were run over nnd his g:vr
tnenls toetned undecided whether to
fall c? or stay on- There was le,
color in his face than usual, and the
ruddy scar 00 his cheek was more
marked by the contrast.
Por a little while the committee
watched h'm dragging his feet an il
they w.-e a mryst too hoavy for hiru
1'hen. j li taj they turned to ride away,
tbf-y saw m stoop a" if plucking ou
of the b .; .t prairie fl wers. Onbj"
the b.o.-s i.i 1 hoard him mutter:
Looks iike the I ow-jrs '.hat grs?v.
by the do.-r of the kitchen at "
He slouched away faster than bp
fore. There was more Color ia his
face now, and the ecar oa his check
thowrd les plaizily.
"Flowers, and a rur.mtt ia-
pshaw!" ho muttered, with more en
ergy than he ha4 displayed for weeks.
The wramiMea watched him a little
longer, but they were galloping to
wards Praitie City when he half
turned and gaxed aftr them with a
look that km almost wistful.
None of the boTsemca spoke for sev
eral minutes. Then Cal s?ntrr. the
EC i-.- ecVrd wit cf fho settlement, ie
maik..d. with a prefatory "wal":
"tlood riddaum to btid rubbish, ns I
to'.J 'em who'll tho blind dej wuu
to'J."
The cutnmltrpo f iri -Ty' .cMmied. rivnj
Lei' g Jess MasTvrg diQ'nr.l npptmi- to
Hoar. This InaltOntlou upon tho ygrt
cf ('.ic dt.tifofA.i Vi'izVa 'trft 'TaTl " tiie
more d-.-pressing to the humorist be
cause Joss wits usually tho first and
loude-t to laugh at his efforts.
"When a man's got to go, w'y, he's
fot to," Jess 6aid, presently. "An'
a body says to htm 'less it's the ole lady.
She don't hafto much more than whis
per beore he bears Air."
"Sick. I reckon." agreed Cal. "But
if I could git hands on that thar shore
enough son that stays away an' leaves
his mother to tha keer of Slinks, I'd
tnake fiim sicker" 11 Slinks is!"
"His tracks wouldn't stop this side
uv tho St.ue line!" said Long Jcs.
"Must a-tnonht a heap uv him. Her
longin' to see him was so strong that
she so'u out what little she had. an',
batf sick, started West to hunt for him.
When fhc reached the end of the rail
road, it took tbe be-t part uv her littlo
money to buy the team an wagon.
No idy whur to t'.nd him. No word
from h:m in mauy a long day; but she
t-tartcd Willi the determination, wom-ar,-liice,
to look all over the West to
Una her boy. Took sick an' kept a-git-titt
worse, but kept right on in the
hunt fer her boy. Then the balance i
a blank to her. Got out of her head.
Don't know whur nor how long the
team wandered ar'und. But now she's
happy, thinkin' at last she's found her
boy. If I coulu git a-holt of the lellor
roamin' around iu the West at his
ao w hile his ole mother's pore an"
needy, an' br'eakln' her heart fer Liiu
Id"
A fitrure came arouasd the corner. It
was S;i:iK3.
"May-be de did not know Low bad
her condition was," he said, abruptly.
"Perhaps, when he left, misfortune
had not taken the most of her property.
Perhaps, discouraged, heartbroken,
he had gone West, where misfortune
met hiiu at every turn, till ho sunk
sunk wc.i, perhaps the thoughts 0
noma served still inure to ciahwartea
turn, and "
" Wouldn't tnoughk of his mother
an' of Bessie"
" Bessie died before he lelt homa,"
said S inks, gravely. "Sho was hi
eweetheart in those old, happy oay
We!!. Le was unlucky, heartsick, dis
couraged and sank"
" Do you reckon he'd try to lift him
sell up if he had a ole mother at'" a gang
uv friends, which gang kaia't precise
ly express ail their feelin's. but "
"He would try!" said Slinks, m
estly. lxng Jess put out hi uard paw. .
Paul Emery!" was ali he said.
The members of the emig ration com
mittee sho ilc hands with . lit.ks, ths
outcast, for the hist time.
" Boys." said Long Jess. "I a-'lowed.
a litt.e bit agn, that Slinki was sick.
But he's dead, noyv, an' "
"He will never rise ucrain!" wais1
Taul Emery, gravely. T. t. JJurgon,
i-iJiu's JtnalrciUX
USEFUt- SUGGESTIONS.
US,
A I'fs viuts Which 'otutekceittirs SHawid
-'rf t'reaerve Carefully.
Arcroi;cks should be changed oftew
,nougb. to-insure having a good light
If -tlrry seem clogged thov may be
wivhed iu strong suds and out iclu tha
Vitir.ps again
To take spots of pdnt froii vool.
lay a thick c mating of lime and soda
mixed over it, letting it stay twenty,
four hours, then wash oil with wans
water and the spots will disappear
CofTee pounded In a mo-tar and
roasted on an iron plate, augar burned
tn hot coaN and vinegsr boiled with
myrrh and sprinkled on the floo and
furniture of a sick room k'n eel law!
dt-odO'-izcr
In beating cake beat fro'" the bottoisi
of the mixing-bow' with a wooden
eption. beinging it up nit and liigli
w ith each stroke, and as soon as th
tng"-ili',ls are fairly and smoothly
mixed slop beating or your cuku win
be tough.
A dark carpet eft(va looks dusty aw
?Ooti arte"- it h:is been sweot that vou
kiio'v it does not n.jed awe-.-oiug again.
50 wet a cl ith or sponge, wring it al
most d-y and wipe off the dust. A few
oVods of ammonia in the water wift
brighten th-s color
'J'o kix'p cut flower? frsi. to tlsa
vniug l.-iy th.ym in a shallow pan -bo-!,
r;-i tl t!i.ir stems in a vorv litt's
vate , anl cover tiie dish with a damn
tv.i"Vcl. o.n; just wrung out of watw
In th luorning the flowers can rt
rrangeJ in vases fo" the day. Tb
eterrts c t;i lm slightly- cut tr im day tw
day Y ti.vers treated in 'his manner
wuib'Uaiii from one to two week"!
an l i 'iietimos even longer
Po..t water cleans silks of ne kind
or co'.ir, says a houe T'fe. K'Teven'
q i' art of write to Iks used In willing a
d'-o.ss for til tHn'e, oare and gr t,j cm
In-rgo potato Put the gr.Ued nolate
inVj tii : w.it-,r, which mu.it be soft
Muter a 1 1 cold; let etand t v. days.
tv5i!ioi:t b.::ig disturbed in a'ty way:
tbea v w c -.refu.lv pour oil th-s c!ea
li'j'tor ' -i a sediment Into a l..fg
convi'uijnt veese!, into which di, the
pieces 01" si k up aud down. Of coerse.
the siik ra 1 -t not ba crens;d bv wring
ing it: !it it hang and drip n- .rl d v,
then htv is flat on the tebo a'ni wipe
it first on one side and the:i 0:1 the
other. If ne-"earv tw pros it, do se
If.-tweeri tiannel with a motlec.Ke ircrr.;
-Uo-it: Jotrri4fL
, ,
Cur. -t.e. One cup -ig.ir.t wo
tobic-;pooy: Uis meltod butter, one egg,
two thirds cup cf fftrcrrt. Cf.T.r.i. lvo
tas7oonfuls cream tartar nti-ted in.
one pint siftod Hour, one tcaspoonful
soihv, alt. lor the center, one m
trret mlik, half cup Etigar, on tcti
rpoonful lemon exTi riCt, ono t.-aspoC''-ful
corn starch, one egg. Stir "gg i:i
com stnreh; let sugar and milk rnme
to aboil, then ptlr in cova tlurch aud
c-gg. Aliny Jtur,i:i(.
-A fash 1. m item says many ladies
flro having their diamonds rearranged
to form tho tsening Li high-backed
Spaci?h c-rabi far tbe hair tJ wear
with evening drops. Editors should
-how this item to their wives. Thervs
i- no xtiQ hariog a lot of diamonds
lying about tha house when they cirn
'? tulizod in criuiincnting a Spn-ul-1i
l!$mrrrt&?&t Hm. ....
THE INTERROGATIVE AGE. w
A Paternal Lecture VI I.l' It Was X'ot Pre.
ttuctivti el Ouutl licsultit.
It was half-past eight The boy whs
tired enough to fall n-leep in a boiler
foundry; but he hnd bent the eutirc
force of his will on the problem of
keepirg awake, and he was just awake
enough as the clock struck the half
hour to ask bis two hundred and forty
seventh question.
Fa," ho said. " if you had a horse
and I had a colt, and jou got on my
colt nnd I got on your horse, whioli
would be tho biggest'.'"
Then his father laid down tha papui
which ha had been endeavoring to
read ever s'necs dinner, and took the
weary boy upon his knee.
" Robert, my son," ho said, I am
glad you Ppoke, for it reminds mo that
I hnvc a few questions to a.-k you.
Why have I a few questions to ask
you, Kobert? You don't know? Why
don't you know? Because you don't
know? Why because? Because why?
Why because why? Oh. because?
Well, why oh, because? Come, wak
up, Bobert, you can't go to sleep yt.
And why can't you go to sleep? Be
cause I won't let you? Quite right,
my son; you have more intelligence
that I gave you credit for. And why
won't I let you go to sleep? Because
I keep asking you questions? Quit
right. And why do I keep asking you
questions? You don't know? Oh,
that isn't the answer. Bouse up, my
son, open your eyes and answer ma.
You exhibited intelligence before; con
tinue the exhibition. Why do I keep
asking you questions? Because I said
I would? Quite right. And why did
I say I would? 1 am sorry to be
obliged to pinch you, Kobert, and alo
to have to rebuke you for crying out
so loud; but I can not permit you to
fall asleep until niy questions are sat
isfactorily unswertd. Why did I say I
would ask you questions? Don't cry out
o loud. Bobert, when I pinch you. or
I shall have to proceed to extremitie-.
Do you know what I mean by proceed
ing to extremities? No? Why don't
you lmovt ? Wake up. Robert, and
cease sniveling. Why don't yon know
what I mean, lioberi" Anl why don't
you want to keep awake and aus-srer
my questions? Bees tine you' re sleepy?
That's no reason. Do you know why
that's no reason P No? hy no "
Here Kobert' s mother interfered,
and snatched tho slumberous wepsi
to her maternal bosom.
"It"s a shame, John," she crird. in
dignantly. "You're torturing th
poor child, end Iui sure it's bud for
his brain."
"No, my dear," said Ler husband,
as he resumed his paper: ' I have sim
ply endeavored to impress upon
Kolerts mind, by a simple system of
practical exemplif cation, how annoy
ing his habit of aekiu ssiiselesa ques
tions is."
"Well. I'm going to put him to bed
right off." said Bobert s mother, as
she bore Robert off in her arms. But
just at the door Robert opened his eyes
a narrow crack, and inquired sleepily:
"Pa. why is my Labit of asking
senseless questions annoying?" tuck.
THE r YAWNING.
Some Rlnttfor Trtolrrn M ho Lovii ra,
'"I'M y'ii ever notice how cnnts-rlwua
yawning l.?'' said a loutiti-faccd j-oniijj
la.in waiting for a train.
"You can make a:iy mnn yawn if yon
ff' about it properly," con; In ued tha
yonti;? jntn. "I have tj travel a ifnod
deal .'tinl I amuse myself that way. ,"
men ;nvu of:tner taan n.-n, r.cil fat met)
t'ftt ti.-r th.ia h-ati i;n. 1 .0 I st tiraetu
ma!:e t :. i-i j awn l.-i ' :rly la l in Ut-'
oti'i l:ilo ttt 1 ' hr. 1 una ull tLey vns.t j
a hini, ::d .V.'.hcy
"U"e liiht I.L-t v. cek I srttnext iS bid
srent It man. I made Li;:i -.vtt tventy-M-vi.tt
I hues In roin;r thrrp :.. 'cs. 'J -.en I
V as t in it, be. 1 t tie t i.l f: 'levc I ad f--t il 'At
tl e hi;l.i". a: d I 1 honshr. l.n v.01: J HJiilt
hi-1 jaws he l.e;;t them so f.r r.p.:rt."
The yiiung man 1 har-'y scat ctt hitn
pc'lf i:i the c;:r tcfcre he t:.rr:cd aioui.d
ami stared straight nt a wori '.ni.vn np
opofltc, who, of mursc, loohtd at L'nt.
Tht ii tlio youro; in.in leaned r -lust : 'at
window. c!o- l hia cyc, oj ened . 1 nim.lh
Very wi " atid brtjan to Jawu witlt r 'eat
ih lilietatioii aud an oir of uttir weorV
uc.
The man in the blr.-' vpral:s be
ranie interested and stared intcntiy at the
wide o;.eii iiiotith nnd tho ci'i-c 1 rrrf.
T.'ic rutin; n.aa put rp l.: t hand wi..i eta
i-fT-. -.;! i. 11 tf covering his ir.or.th,
tii. 11, r... if il was lie t:-c to t;y t.i tin .!
ii!i ovi r;.or. 1 r'n.'; in:ru.lri-. . t'rtvr 1!
hninl jtw-.-ty, throw Lis he.-.1, f t i.l f .-rthoT
b.ich and uttered that scuinl peculiar to
ti.e I.e. itly jitwncr ho ho ho.
A liuiiuci.t later the r.i.-ui in the Line
cvet.-iiis pave t vi lenr-o of n I v. 'i:-tig cf
thej.wn, a asm shot, ncrors Lis c"-ecJr
r.n 1 the-u Lis moi.th opened end ht
yi'.'vntd to wide that It npper.rcd s
ti otu li he -xcre r-oinc; f n c!tv..i? end tiro
t.;i 1 . l.h: lu-i.d ' -ViM rn t:p it.to ."nee.
Ti e wor' 1" t r-t) r notv s:.:i.cd a-nrj
I'll ll.a v.uy t .i Lr- I.?;.f yawnirj eviry
few i;i'..:-.. r.t. li.ra tho yor.: ; -tr..ui
ttirnol 1 is .litf-r.tioa to an old lady Dp
X'Osito yv.'th c:nal succcsk.
I.i!f,e c-rl ".'lanm.i, why do-s't
th -p-a run over it all the water Lova
la.o :t .'"
" or.sss, rri;i.i. jioa't ycrj kno its
lail o b. o.iea? '
ITor.-o denier "That bo-si! TThv,
sir he s .me oi thy lies: uaue.-J. I ovr'j
jjad :oy ha ..is on."
J im hH.-vr "Ho.v it ho on th- roil ?'
Horse .it-aier My. ho'5 one o. tu-e in.-
ra.ieaie you ever 5 se 1"
M. Tad: La-, been ele -l-d i--i--r:',-. '
ileii of the i-u'-ar.aa -Jhauib r or . i-- '.
ties. . e trust ior the sake 0f h-.toM.a. v
tha-. 1.0 o:.rt will venture to s.t do iv.i o'
liiui wittio'jt due e7sf Jeraav- au j tTiit
c;ent paciiig. "
1s1t1a; ciciivyiyiru 7n.1i.tn
11.1-
iO:i- .Iv all iLitte liliLtiUS
Ciu-
4.:s .'
Ir sh wAi(.--r '"'.-i tn-
U. ... .., vi
ten . wj lie ia Joa,auctrAi uoi' sviuc w
i plsep.-aians."
Titn 'I.rly it u-w svr'.tint T liopa
tnci aaiiiv l;ia roo.us, Martin, yoa ah
w.i.s t.iK.e care 10 swep undir tiie .hL
Mart no. - 1 aa.-. in lee l, t.ia'.t u, 1 sllu
do. 'cause, y' see, it's much ea-ier 1111x0
c'lccbu tl.- dirt will c uUit pan. '
We h-ar a grent deal of talk al-out
h r e 'U-.il iip-ioj of fl-h. Wc rivtrxte'r
j -fivy :o--i t try c'dllM'r oil.
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