u u
1 Puh'.t:-ied Weetty at
rntssitiBu. c.istitRiA coxryrr.
i:y j auks iiassos.
ljtoo
Sl'ftM RIPIIOS RATES.
r.e cur. year. "" n ..Iv.nco fl.K.
,l ,)., il n.. t .id Ithln 3 oiortlm.. 1.76
,, ,iu tl not )'l'l within months. H-uQ
do d IT not paid wlthlu th. jear.. A
-To pr.n ronHm nutuhla of th. county
.-iit .M.ti..Oil per jeitr will h. chained to
!. ..,e0.
a-t'i fvH tr-e itoT WritH de
part'. In. in. and tti wh'i dun i e"nmiU tnnir
..wd mt'rx1' t-T I n v : t . m in ...Iv.im-e uiio-t
r.t ai
irl l.i I. i.t i.'.' 1 n tlie
ir(!" is t 'it.ee who
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.lljtitn-tly under-to.id from
ih'. t"n frw',.i. I
ll'.i r. r ur ri ert t'r ynn trp it. If top
It Ulic".t l .l I' ut wihiwail mliorwli"..
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Xt xt door to Johnston, Buck & Co.s Bank.
ST WILL ALMOST BUND YOU
to Read the Shocking Prices.
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and 10 per
Come Early acsd Avoid the
Rush in the Evening.
V. o invite Ihc j.uMie to p.ie us a tall and jpricc goods. If we do
n .t sell you jtikhIs . hesiper than you can buy elsewhere we do not
expert your trule. We here cive you prices ofs ome of our articles:
Ono Cent Articlos.
Turpct Tut Its per hi k
Hocks iul Vlves, " doveu for
ColSet 1 .ATrt ..... .....
Short I.V-M .........
Clay Pip1, '1 for
Need leu, pT tl'V'i'll
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Pen r-. : f-r
Ctmlk, Mtick lr
Lamp wick, " for
ThimMeH. nickel Jilatoil ,
Ditrntr, orif-lalf dozen for .
il.tir Pitis, per rto:.r. ..
Three "Cent Articfcs.
ArmlctB, per l air
Ir J'.nttntis, per ilozen
Iluir I i'.e, i x'r't iar-i", ,t di . n
lium I'lu.-tu", 'J yiiriN fir..
A u(,, l I'iK'k.'j ('unit
A j!tt Kine Ciiiii!
A (("1 Keillliif (). Mil)
Miiw ilim ki ni.it:. exii fine
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('(itltxi, eitrn quality, p r mhioI
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KllVeliij.es, p.T ill en
We- .-. -ire io iiiii.rt-s.s m en the
:ir. r...t .Id sl.K'k, luit new y nnU r ceived-onstantly from ourhcad-(ju.u-J.
rs in :; w V, V City. Our bar-nin.; will remain within your
irr;:., i ut f.r : .1: but :is bug as your jnUronage continues to sup
port our untir-.n-r cllorts to pl.u , the necessaries of life within t-asr
rc:tvl:. Wo h:tvo not put the price down upon a few lending articbs
but on e. rythiug we handle. making l-adersnnd specialties of any
and aUpMids yt-u ni;ky want. Our success lor the past few weeks is
Mit:i. i. nt to cnt'oiiragc us to udieve that we are on the right track,
h:i.l.c! ly ci. rgy, pluck vnd the norvo to publish prices that please
t'"' p' "pie. Wc are l. i c-i villi; iroods pvitv ftv- .Imv. ..,.,1 fe,....,,.4i..
th. . ,in . I t!u m .urch:is(s arc
pn.
We V.n'l.i. ;ii lli'rVirV'.Mi
: ill J mj .mw uuiu, Xll.lUiv-
ii.ir . -e:,nd :,!! tho,e past atronage ; soliciting a continuance
ol tli su i , 1 An. ():e.:u utly Yours,
The Teacher
VTI.. alv:s--.l lifr p"pi! t- jtrcrgthon
tlii ir lamd. by hc u.so cf Ayur's tvw
f.il ;ir.:: i, :., ; n ri.it. il tit.) truth that
VoJIly Iitriltlt i-i ('KsorUial to mental
ior. Pit j rsens i f iUIita'0 and feeblo
e.mxt'.tuv. i., v!i-:!:.t 'oiuifc' or old, tlii.s
luedii-h... U o iuarkaMy l'i.n.-i;tl. UJ
uie j vu jji-t Ayer'. Surbuparilla.
" Fvery sprliT and f ill I tfce a tram.
Kri l l.,.i!i. s vt Aer'M s:ir-iapjrilla, anj,
Mu nrrutlv Iwni'tited." MrtJaiue II.
bai:ii.Mii, SU'U Laut, M.is.. ,
"I l.rive taV.-n Aver'j P.xrnrnHlIa
v!" r. 1 ,-n. vt to i..y t;. n. r:il li.-altiu"
3. 'I I r.i 1.. Cr.rar, I'lilinyxa, ild.
"Mv d.uifliter, twelve year ut age,
La auilcitd for tUo pll ' year from
General Debility.
A f. w tvri'.s kin.v, we l ecm to !rc
l.-r.y. - .surs;-i irula. ll.-r i:a!fLh:w
pr.-.i: v i'..,t.. Vr. Jl.trr.rt II.
A'.att:.-., .s. .,;(, Ctilt.sford, M;ts.
"A. .:i ii r,r at;o I lirnn n.iup Aver's
li.r,,i.ai.;..i u., tt r.-in..!-, ur drbiliiy
riu.l i.cr.ra'-!a rt-sulrji. ii..m rualaii.d
xp.-sri-e mi the in.,;. I waj in a very
l.a.i .( :i,!;ti,..n. 1 nr mx l.t'les of f, Snf.
f:.:vi.i!'. ai..iud doses of A vr'
U. l.nvi. pr. ut'y ii.;.roved inr hi alt'i.
I tun i,w ul :. I., w,. ik. and f .ll tl.at I
lai.i .a., as u. tuu. U I..r your excellent
' My f.nn-l t.T. sixteon years eld, U
JiHii, Awr. ii'.-nj an::.t ah ir..od cf-
v s ' ; t imed
",I isu!YeroJ fivia
Nervous Prostration,
wJtb laai.j Lark and 1.. -a.la.-he, a.yl har
a mi., li .ct)..ited y tl.. u.e ol Aycr's
far.i; nr.. .a I in n,,w n.i ytiirs
n.j u;ii .it-Hf-.-d tliat my j-rt-stent lieaFth
nd prolotiKcd life are vlue to the ot
Aye, .SurdUi." Lucy JloUiu,
KtlUi.jly, Conn. -vmm,,
5'rs. Ann n. r.irn-n-orth. a Lid v TJ
J"-? old. S,, Wo.-lst.M-k. Vt" wn-;. :
--v.r.d v,,k- suiT.-rii,- f.-r,TI,
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
Or- J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
T. n,'PK KL Attornkt.at.uw.
HI- .aJaaii..7. ""inn I. lliaet- '
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VOLUME XXI 1 1.
cent. Profit.
; Writing Paper, : dozen sheets for 3c
! Memorandum Uo.ik '. 3c
Five Cent Articles-
Dress Comb, e xtra quality Xr
Black SjJk j;oj Thrfca(, fc
As.sotted C'ofcrs Silk Ce
Slipper Cdlnct.e Ec
Maehln Oil, bi-st Fperm ..Cc
Mouse, Traps. .... sc
"Ah There" Cologne 5c
PiH'kebooks.. .. 5o
Ctillilren's.Lace Callars S3
Fine White lilted Uibs 5c
An Extra rinc Ilan.lerchl?fi 5c
Towels, turkey rei! , 5c
Men's S.ek9 Cc
Ladies' ILije. . 6c
; Dippers of heay tin.. Sc
Tin Cups
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Curry Combs.
Cunib CR; r.
Potato Mahew
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A Pox vt A.srt.l Nails.. ..
Milk Pans
Wash Basin. .
Milk Sklumiers
Scissors, in
Soup Lippers
Composition Books
Neck B.twn
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Smw Ttearl.vhe&n'l rrk-T- nil tlia Lnahltne1
iU.ii? to a tuiHHia lnt. J tht TnM. such a.
I ...lwo., Naiuwa. liramiiKM. balrm at.-r
tin. I'.mn In tl Sile. A.- While tlH-trniMit
I .:i-.-..aUie Hiivcr ha. lam nfu wu m cu. ui J
Ffewiiv'!. Tet C'hrKM'. Lirn i l,nr Prix
re eq.allv raliviUe lu C..aV ijtlon, rtaini(
and fnraentintr tlie; aiinoyiatr complaint, wtule
tliev .Uto eon . et all ttiaoritnr vt the BU.umeh,
.'ii iulu' the liver an 1 reulalo tit. buitca,
Kvcu If tiev ..lily curt.!
ei tbv ww.il.1 h alin.xt f.ri.vl.. tn thnax
ufTer fr,.tn thta ili:-tr.-.ivr con. plaint :
at f. rt,in.'t..iy th.-tr fr.MlneHS cm not end
.re. nti.l.,. . wlin mx-e try tSem vll lln.l
tiie. l-rtle TahinMe ia a. uinwv warn tJ.ut
titer will u.u ae willing to do wttltout tUwat.
i u; uiu r all nick Itead
mm ta. . . ai .V3EX
J tht I vrw of anrnanr Uvm that here fc where
we uiilf. our jrvNi toast. Our (ullacOre it
a hiU ..thr d.- n .
'Trn' Ijth.f fTr Piuj. are rer aroall
nn.l vary easy to lk ine ir two r-iila aiake;
. They an. ntrfctly veeet.lA arat do
t rrijor porve. a l.y the4r Kr-nih- mcion
0;
lew an wiioiise tlutia. In vmU ut c.-uts;
nc fur 51. sild rverj a.Vru. or aeiit bv uui
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"A THAN K-YE-MA'AM.
mc sort or nac
- tttAt M AKE3
JAJfKS
. ' WHTTCOMa
"BILXT."
The SnelMn Bee wax orcr. I Stood close by
the .ill.
My fac ri red ei flro. my toes all In a chni.
TiU Snan got her taias on, an' came up ter
tb. door.
An Uk5u I crooked my cibcr-jolnt an' held tt
ott before.
But Bezekiih Brindle sex: " Permit tn. tf ye'
I4iae .
A-sheln la betweea us, wlti most amszta
vase.
Taoa Bune's bead went backward, jest ez a
robin s miht,
Sat4.be: "Thank.: Sl'U take met ber eyes
.-.hinin' bright.
S. Heiekiah stood j:ilte still, ex meek ex any
lamb,
Aif soon tc softly 'SUd iway wlttout a
- . -.. i
I stowed bcr'neath the bvCalers an' wrapped
bcr warm an' tirbt,
C'U Dobbin's bUsjacat jiaglut' away tnterxbe
nih'bt.
-I aot et close 'x I dared er an wl.hed 'twas
closer yit.
An' whetber 'r ndV we rr.tdo remarks,! (Tclar
I clean fcrtrit!
Ter I .ot thar contnrln what words 1 ought
ter say
Ter win that ral fcr my ownett own oerer ter
so .way.
-Vt last I scared np spank enoush aaC -cleared
. my throat an' triea :
'!I jiever seen a prettier eight for takln' a
sRurh-rule
O Sue ! let', rule together" I wux selerna ez a
a psalm.
But ez I spoke UiC sicigh rlx sp oa aa oiruf
aX-ye-Jla'
Sue toppled, with a lectio sereecfc, aa so I put
my arm
T.g-ht round her wwtst ter hold her sate, for fear
.he'd come ter hurra.
So then wal, then I kitsed her. But Susie
dnl n't care t
An' homo wc went a-zlppla through enow aa'
frosty a r;
U1J Doubin'. bells were ring in' now a sorto'
we.Uin' or.g
With both the runners flnia' in, ez we Jest flow
along?.
The old h.jrso showed more speed that night
than 1' J 'at' thought he bad;
IIo scemod to toil to lighiata' but I was n't
very glad.
Soon Suo got down aa' kissed iter ma; we
parted very -culm.
Hut (join1 home any heart Jest Jumped, ez I
crossed that
...a-ye-Ma'aia ,
Tudor Jenks, in Century Brie-a-Brac
MY EXI'EUIjIENT.
Don't
Do Too Sure of the Fish
Until It's Caught.
I was sitting -up with tr corpse The
iHsition was itn'ly a pineeure. Once
iu an hour or two I wtnt and moist-
mil, with n xdution of saltpetre and
water, tlm cloth j.'.aced upon the face
of the deceased rs a moans for remov
ing the truces of decomposition which
had tot in; that was all the labor the
t-ituation involved. The rest of the
time I sat before a blazing Cr in a
room fcc-parated from that whero the
remains" lay 1-y a narrow hall, a
tr.eorohaura in my mouth from which
pitlTed volurtcH of .diitws smoke,
cither busily tLinkinf:, -or reading
from some on! o! tho books or papers
which had lieea plaixid at my.uiposal
i: a tho means ior whlling .away tho
Irrt.y hriMrs.
Vet, though aloic, I was not lonely;
n.y thoughts kept me too busy to ad
mit of that. I was a medical student,
in impecunious circumstances, stru
tflingr in every way to obtain the f uuds
necessary to tho prosecution of my
r-tudie-.; no easy task, as I had. ai the
same time nn invalid mother to sup
vort; and it was bcaiieely ever absent
from my mind, tha query: "How
hall I do it?" Even while reading,
this question, like a Rwcter, stole be
.twoon my fyes and the printed page.
How different, I thought, had
betn the proepcets of ray
Iriend. - now lying rigid la
death only a few step a-way from my
own. He had just entered upon the)
prnetico of law; but. If feever a case
aiae to him, thoro was nz danger that
he -would ever become financially
cmbarrastiod, as ho had rx5ent!y irt
lic rited an immense fortune, end, if so
he pleased, he could live a life of
magnificent idleness. Vt'hy should he,
with such bright probabilities before
him, bo tsken. and 1. with dArk reali
ties staring mo in tho face, be left? It
was Buret- one of tho unfathomable
mysteries!
Taking up a recent Issue of tKe New
York Herall. I becamo intcretd in
tin account fcf an interview with I'rof.
1 roctor, on tko puhject of Edison and
his electric light. One entenivin h
article I read over and over iigain,
till the words seemed brandod into my
brain. It was this: I remember
hearing it said fiat Mr. Procter would
bel ive in a plan for galvanizirgf- f.te
d. ad. if that Yankee Inventor pro
poteO such none, and would credulous
ly contemplate thy ossibility of shak
ing LI deceased gj-andfather by th
hand." ,'..'...
I allowed tho paper to fall from my
hand, and my thoughts to take a new
direction. "Galvanlziag the dead"
why might it not bo accomplished?"
I was aware that numerous un
successful endeavors to this end had
been made; but that was beforo tho
principles of galvanism were as thor
oughly understood a a in theso later
years. Was tho restoration of tho
dead to life utterly impossible? If
not, whosoever should dicot-er the
method for achieving 6uth a result
would secure a wider reputation than
mortal had ever realized; and, be.ides,
it would furnish him with limitless
wealth. Then an I Jea came to mo that
made mo tremble why might not I bo
thul fortunate person?
I had quito an extensive philosophi
cal apparatus, among which was a
Bunsen battery of tix jars and very
powerful. Thero was a subject" up
on which to operato close at hand, and
every thing seemed to favor tho project-
Supposing I failed, no one would
bo tho wiser therefor; If I should
succeed, fame and opulence would
both be mine, and I would gain. my
profession without being . continually
tormented by the ghastly "Where's
tho money to come from?" To bo sure,
the realization t.t .lu..' ...... .1.1
. J J-.-:. " "'"l "I I
a accrue, do awr.y with tho Bccc6ity j
IS A FKKXMAJf "WHOM TM TBUTK
EBENSBURG, PA..
lor a physician's services; but thero
was another incentive to my ef
forts, in the shape of a gentlo girl,
with golden ringlets, blue eyes
and dimpled cheeks, whom I had loved
for many years, and whom I hoped
to mako my wife as soon as I should
obtain the means for a livelihood;
confident that she would not say
nay" when I asked her to become
Kiine.
.- Putting on my overcoat and hat I
quietly stole from the house, without
disturbing any of the inmates all of
whom were, seemingly, as sound in
sleep as my deceased friend and
rushed to my laboratory, a room which
I had fitted up for that purpose in one
of the out-buiidings connected with my
home. I found the battery, and, tak
ing it and a bottle each of the necessa
ry acids. I returned to tho house I had
left but a few moments previously,
which I entered as silently as I had de
parted from it.
Placing tho box of .jars on tho floer,
I joined the electrodes, and then
poured the acids into the projor cups,
watching, In nn ecstacy of delight, the
liquid as it began to boil. Aa soon as
my hands were sufEcifntly -warmed
that I thought I could "operate" ad
vantageously, I passed into -the room
where tho "body" was.
, According to the best of my ability
to recollect, whore cxperimonta such
as I purposed had been made
previously, tho galvanic action
had been "brought to bear upon
somo one of tho nervous centers of tho
corpse only. My idea was to put my
own living frame in the current, as
follows I would placo one of the polls
in contact with the medulla oblongta
of tho ' subject," hold the other in
my right hand. Possibly ray vitality
would materially aid in accomplishing
tho desired result.
My friend had been " laid out" on a
wide board, face upward, and in that
position he still remained. Having
turned him partially on one side, so 1
could readily get at the b:u,o of his
head, I made an incision in tho flesh
with a lance, and then, with a sharp
drill, worked a holo through the skull
and reached the desired portion of the
brain. Tho remainder of tho opera
tion was carried out according to tho
above plan.
In less than half a minute aftertho
circuit was completed, to my. surprise
and gratification, a convulsive .tremor
ran through tho lifeljr.s frame, the
eyelids quivered, th lips parted,
and a rosy tint slowly crept to
the pallid cheeks In a minuto and a
quarter I had placed my watch where
I could note tho seconds marking the
successive changes perfect anima
tion was restored to what so short a
timo before had been mere clay. At
On co, noticing his peculiar position
and 6trange surroundings, my friend,
fastening his eyes upon me, a-kod:
"What does it aU mean?"
I told him. " . -ej
"I havo been dead? I knew it.
You are alivo again. You know
that?"
It required but a few moments to in
form the family of what had trans
pired, and words would fail to convey
an adequate ideaof their overwhelming
astonishment, or of the gratitude they
manifested toward mo for having re
stored their son and brother to them.
I remained with them through tho
few hoars of the night, as yet un
expired; and, when on my way home
in tho morning, it seemed as If every
inhabitant of tho town met and con-gratulat.-d
me on what I had accom
plished. During that day I received
telegraphic dispatches from various
sections of tho country, requesting my
services; each applicant promltdng
to compensato mo at any rate I
pleased; and the arrival of the op en
ing papers proved mo famous. In tho
earlier portion of tho evening, too,
my "revivified" Iriend handed me a
paper which he said was an "in
strument drawn up in leal
form and properly attested, deeding
mo one-half of his projerty." This
ho wished me to accept as a "slight
testimonial of his appreciation of the
servico I had rendered him, which no
money, ho was aware, could fully re
quite." I objected to doing as ho
wishod. Ho insisted, and finally pre
vailed. "Famous."- to a greater degree
than man had ever previously been
famous. possessed of an nlmrwt
princely sum, my friend's gift, with a
surer means of securing limitless
wealth than would havo been mine
ha l I discovered tho Philosopher's
Stone," I called on tho one whom I so
fondly adored.
"You are the gre-itest man thnt has
ever lived," sho paid, as I entered
her home, half turning away from
the kiss I stooped to imprint on her
fair brow, so it seemed to mc, though
sho had always been moro than will
ing to receive such manifestations of
my regard.
- "Aren't you glad, darling?" I
asked.
"Indeed I am," sho returned, look
ing down and blushing; why, I could
not comprehend. .,...
"For no other reason am I bo glad
as that I now havo no hesitation in
asking that question which I 60 long
have desired to ask. Will you bo my
wife?"
I expected sho would quietly and in
a happy tone, reply: Yes." To my
surprise, she fairly gasped:
-. "Your wife?"
"Yes, darling; you know I have al
ways loved you. that I am now amply
able to support you in that style which
you are so well qualified to grace."
"Your proposal is so sudden, so un
exiected." You knew 1 should ask you somo
time?"
"Honestly, I don't think I had an
idea that you loved xao so very, very
much as you da' - ;
"I thought I had manifested my
love in every possible way; that we
fully understood each other, though I
have never broached the subject of our
iiiarruie, simply tm account pf my
poverty.'; --
TRZX, UB AIX 1KI 6LATM B18IDX.
FRIDAY. APEIL 19. 1SS9.
" I must have timo to consider this
matter," sho said. r- 4.--. -.
"Certainly, dearest; tako all tho
timo yoa desire" and, after a brief
conversation, I left her. - - .
This interview was on Wednesday
evening. .
During tho two following days I was
60 busy I had no opportunity to call on
hen. Saturday morning I received an
invitation from my "friend" to be pres
ent at his house that evening, on occa
sion of a wedding that was to transpire
there at seven. The names of the con
tracting partes were not mentioned.
iand it was a mystery to mo who they
could be. I dispatched a note to the
young lady," informing her what
was to occur, and that I would call for
her to accompany mo at 6:45.
I did cnll. as per notification, onTry
to find tho house where sho resided en
tirely deserted. What could it mean?
In no enviable frame of mind I wend
ed my way to my "friend's." He an
swered my ring in person.
"Why didn't you come sooner?"
woro his first words on seeing me.
"Seren was tho appointed hour, I
return od.
"It is quito a half-hour later than
that now, I think," he said.
Our times must differ very materi
ally, then," I replied; and looking at
my watch I found it indicated C:SO, the
time I had supposed it was when I left
my home. My watch had stopped, a
thing I had never known it to do before.
"But como in. and let me present
you to my wife.'
"Your wife!" Bald I, astonished,
never having known him to bo atten
tive to any lady.
"Yes," smiling. " 'Ah,' hero 6he
comes. My dear," ho continued, ad
dressing a richly-attired lady who was
approaching tho placo where wo stood,
"let mo"
An exclamation, by no means pious,
that fell from my lips, stopped him at
this point in his remarks. And well
might I use a profano expletive. Tho
lady, now his wife, was identical with
tho idol of my affections. What would
bo fame, wealth, any thing tho world
could otfer to me, without her, dearer
to me than all else, but whom I had
lost forever? Gone wero tho anticipa
tions of aught but a future of sadness
and desolating misery. And then,
that she, in whom I 60 thoroughly
trusted, should provo faithless. Oh!
it was a crushing blow! Tho lines of
Motherwell rushed to rrj" mind:
As for woman, .ht-w.a cla-m
A name r.nd title all her own Uor-mt,"
Here was a living cxemplilication
of tho truth o.he poet's words.
My friend," whose restorer to life I
had been, must have known my long
continuing attachment, and had un
doubtedly won her from mo to himself
in some unmanly manner. So ho. too,
was false to mo. His "gift" was in
competent to mako up for such treach
ery. In a voice tremulous wi'Ji ill
repressed passion, I shrieked:
'May my eternal curses be "
At this instant I awok-c, to find
the firo nearly burned out, my
meerschaum in fragments on ' tho
floor and the first rays of morn
ing light trying to for&o a pass
age through the curtains.- .'! shook
myself once or twice to satisfy my
mind that it was all a dream, and
then entered the rooruvhero the
corpse lay as quietly as when I bad
last looked at it. My doubts wcro
dissolved.
Tho gentlo girl," blno eyes, and
so forth, will become my wifo next
Thanksgiving, profession or no pro
fession. . .
Wo have Ecttled that matter. Fred
F. Foster. In Ballou's Monthly.
THE NILE CRIER.
How Ho Annnnnret the Tiinn latlon to the
Clrlzeia o' Cairo.
When tho inundation approach' the
capital usually at the end of June or
tho beginning of July tho Nilo criers
begin their work. These criers are
men whose business it is to c;Ul out,
or rather to recite, beforo tho houses
of those who wish it, how much the
Nile has risen during the last twenty
four hours. The Oriental does every
thing, no matter what it is, gravely,
slowly, with much dignity end ver
bosity, and is never chary of his timo
or breath. Even tho form of his
greeting in tho street is a complicated
ceremony of words and notions, which
usually takes some minutes to per
orm. And in tho same way this an
nouncement of the river's rise, which
seem to us Buch a simple matter, is a
mast serious affair. The day beforo
tho crier begins his talk, ho goes
through tho streets accompanied by a
boy, whose part it is to act as chorus,
and to sing the responses nt tho proper
moment. The crier sings:
"GJ has looked graciously upon the fields,'
- -Oh! day of glud 'tidings."
To-morrow bejpn the aria j-iivnont"
Uttpmtt: "May It be followed by success."
Beforo tho crier proceeds to Rivo the
information bo much desired, ho in
tones with tho boy a lengthy alternat
ing chant, in which ho praises God,
imploring blessings on the Prophet and
all believers, and on tho master of the
house and all his children. Not until
all this ha9 been carefully gone
through does ho proceed to say tho
Nile has risen so many inches. This
ceremony is carried on until the
month of September, when tho river
has rench'vl its culminating point, and
the crier, as bringer of such good
news, never fails to claim his "bak
sheesh" or drink money 6ornetim
humbly, and sometimes, Uo. very
imperiously and demanding. English
Tid-Hits.
The late Rev. Dr. B. M.Sehmuckor,
of Pottstown, Pa., left his valuable
library to tho Lutheran Theological
Seminary, Philadelphia, and where
there are duplicate copies they are to
become tho property of Mulhenberg
College, at Allentown. Among tho
books is one printed in 1485, of which
It is said that there is but one other
copy in existence, and another is a
Lutheran church book edition by Mar
tin Luther. Many of tho volumes are
now out of print, and aro raro speci
mens of typography in its infancy.
jijn fjp
81. SO and
MARGERY GAY;
Oh! 'Mimrery Gay was a clever lass.
And many the wooers who came;
Thourh time in her presence did gaily pass,
She answered them ever the same :
It's money I want, said Margery Gay; -
When that comes along, its 'Yes,' I shall
say.
. Then yon can all scatter and go where you
please.
While I'll be a lady and lire at my ease;
And Margery Gay, with her coquettish way.
Like a cat with a xaouse with her lovers did
Play-
- 'C-
At lost came a suitor with wealth to give,"
But ahl he was u.y and old; .
Could Margery Gay, wita a life to lire, '
Her happiness barter for (.-old? s
I know what I'm doing, said Margery Gay;
I'll be a nth widow ere many a day; -
, Then handsome -and clever, and gallant and
all.
The nicest yocn j fellows will eome at my
call;
And MarRcry Gay appointed the day
x And married the fortune without delay.
Alas! for the scheming of Margery Gay! f
Whilo he camo of a long-lived race.
Hi. riches took wings and went flying away
Till there scarcely was left a trace.
And Margery Gay, with her humbled pride.
Had an ugly old man who was poor beside;
And many a time In bnr secret b'-art .
febe wished she bad aoved a wiser part.
But it served her riht, and I wish to say.
Take warning, girls, from Margery Gay.
Flora Candee, in Once a Woek.
ABOUT EATING.
A Wordof Warning to the Igrno-"-s
xant and, Imprudent.
Tbe Many Bodily 111. Arising from a I)la
eacd or Iioriered Condition of
thn Klge.tive. Organs How to
tieutotly KxlUn lvils.
The first organ that naturo made for
a living creature was a stomach. It is
tho most important to-day, after many
thousands of years, and uftor tho evo
lution of many other organs. But it
is that ono part of the body which we
persist in neglecting or destroying;
and just whero naturo began to build
we begin to pull down. The posses
sion of a good digestive organ is really
more important than good eyes and
ears and even moro than a largo brain;
for tho relation of the nerves of nutri
tion aro as intimate with tho other
parts of tho body as aro tho blood ves
sels. If tho stoniaeh be disordered tho
thinking and recollecting apparatus is
also disordered, and tho unseating of
clear vision and good hearing is as
liable to be from bad nutrition as from
local causes. So it comes about that
the first lesson of education is how to
cat and not how to think; how to warm
up and run tho organism and not clog
it, rather than how to think; for if
thero be no hindrances or interferences
tho brain is suro to do f;ood
thinking and plenty of it- Nine-tent hs
of scholarship is wasted owing to iudi
gostion. Many lino brains are ren
dered useless by a dyspeptic 6tomach.
There is no getting around this. If
you w ant to do good hard work you
must digest suitable food .to nourish
tho brain enough of it, and not too
mr.ch. This is exactly the reverse of
the common practice, becauso wc have
not got over the old celibate and
ascetic idea that tho mind is somehow
higher and better than tho body, und
can despise it. A college is the para
dise of ignorance and 6tupidity on all
matters iertaining to tho stomach.
Brains are supposed to have the entiro
control and alono to bo worthy of con
sideration. Tho object of tho whole
curriculum is to culture heads; und
tho result is, the foundation of good
head-work becomes impossible. Four
out of fivo graduates aro permanently
disabled from doing their level best
in tho world, whilo the coarsest fellows
in life outstrip tho finer l-causo they
havo better stomnchs. We need a
University of tho Stomach, with a full
set of professors of nutrition, diges
tion, assimilation :md waste, as well
as of general physiology, anatomy and
general biology. Or better yot, each
college and evory common school in
the land should teach how to take care
of tho body and how to 6ave tho stom
ach. Tho relatiiyi of food to morr.ls is a
matter so generally overlooked that
most people would deny that character
was anyway dependent on eating.
But start with an extreme and you will
see that nothing is clearer than th:-t
morals and table manners go together.
The glutton we all recognize as fairly
classible with the drunkard. There
is no ono but can seo that it is a sin to
live to cat as it is a sir to live
to drink with no ulterior pur
pose for eating and drinking. The
reason clearly is thnt tho glutton
is a useless creature, Incapablo of
high thought or noble purpose. It
is only when wc como down to finy
that a little too much food, or f ood of a
sort innutritions, is a sin, that tho av
erage man stares in amazement Very
much of our wickedness of aU sorts
comes from a disordered stomach. You
can mako up a list of direct conse
quences of that sort, and then another
list of the indirect Of tho direct arc
fretfulness, and moroscness, and un
due irritability of every application.
The nerves are goaded and rasped by
un natural efforts at dige-tion. Indi
rectly tho blood is poisoned and the
system is bent toward animalism and
brutality. Tho passions are begotten
in place of goncrous love. Prior put
tho matter in a straightforward way iu
these lines: ' . t
Obserro tho viirious operations
Of food and V:nk tn sr-vcral nutiocs.
Was ever Tartar fierce nnd cruel
Upon the strength of water gruel?
But who shall stand his rage and force
IVhen first he ri les. then eats hi3 horse.
Salad. n:id eTS and lighter fare
Tune tbe Italian spark's riiilar.
And if Itii.elton Co. fu-e r fht,
Ir'udding and beef niclce Lint'-ins fg! U"
It is especially cay to Ust this mat
ter with children. Let them cat as
they will, and what and when they
will cf rich dishes, greasy foods, pa.s
trics and condiments, and you will have
a peevish, quarrelsome household.
When a child's breath is ba 1, his dis
position is bad also. When his blood
is pure and his digestion unimpaired,
his aSections flow readily and generos
ity is naturaL If his nerves are ir
ritable he is compelled to think of
himself and is selfish. Tho best
cure for unpleasant behavior and a
passionate character is a decent diet
postage per year. In advance.
NUMBER 12.
Try it on your children and see. Love
and tenderness too often leads to in
dulgence It is thought to be a small
thing if only tho 6tomach is over
loaded or falsely fed. But it is a very
great matter when wo consider that
on tho digestion and nutrition depend
also character. Tho foundation for
tho use of stimulants and narcotics,
tobacco and whisky, is often laid in
tho earliest years by the irritation
Caused by unwholesomo food.
Tho amount of food devoured is im
mensely leyond any needs or demands
of tho physical system. Growth and
repair are the two demands in carly
life, and repair alono is tho require
ment of our later years; and these re
quiro no such engorgements of food
as aro indulged in by tho masses. Tho
heat of the body must always bo sus
tained at nearly one hundred degrees.
In summer wo havo only to combat a
few degrees of lower temperature; but
in winter, by food and clothing, wo
must raise tho body heat front zero
outside of us to ono hundred degroes
above zero inside of us. It plainly
will not do to eat in summer as we do
in winter, as much, or of the same
kind ''of food if we consider heat
alone. But in summer wo live, as a
rule, moro active lives, and pass oil
superfluous heat with great ease and
rapidity, while tho surface of the body
is coocd by perspiration. Besides,
in winter, wo live on the average, far
moro sedentary lives, rendering it
much more difficult to get rid of su
perfluous ffod. It is probable that
most people digest and assimi
late and dipo.-.o of waste so much
letter in tho warm season that they
eat moro than In winter and ought
to do o. The kind of foods used
should, however, be very unlike. It is
almost impossible in summer to eat
too much of rip. fruits, whilo of meats
very few care to cat in largo amounts.
There is a romarkable revolution going
on in this matter of diet Ttvonty-Cv,
yc-aisago the consumption of fAiitpcr
capita in thi3 United States could not
have exceeded one-half tho present
consumption, for the simple reason
that it was not prcurabie. The in
creased growth of small fruits is enor
mous, but the demand is said to fully
keep up with tho supply. One of the
most wholesome of nil foods is the
grape. Theonormousinerea.se in its
cultivation is to be welcomed 1 y all
who desire to see a healthy people. It
is ono cf those fruits that can Iks in-dulg-d
in almost without limit A
surfeit of Tapes is liaruiy a possibili
ty. J housaads of to:. s are now con
sumed whe -oone tor was eaten thirty
years fgo.
Bu'.es for diet aro as common as
snowflakes. It is impossible, how
ever, for one to prescribe absolutely
for another. Tho physician is never
moro severely tixed than when called
on to resuscitate an enfeebled st' 'liti.L'll.
Vegetarians, Grahamitos and i thou
sand other ites havo their t.-i.-tt urns
and prescribe with great cnnf-l-'iKV.
Tho real necessity is to discover somo
preventive rather than a cure. Some
ono has said that dyspepsia is killing
more peopl ? than rum. It cert .:;' is
undermining the National eonstitatii n
and then with tho National character
quite as f ist as drunkenness. Intem
perance is altogether the same vice
whether it affects food or drink. Hor
ace Mann sounded tho note of warning
to young men forty years ago in his
famous lei-Lures. They should bo ro
printod nnd re-read. No glutton or
dyspeptic can stand up nlong-.id.. a
man with a sound stomach and eU .w
head." "Nature abhors two thir.'.'s
a vacuum nnd a foul stomach." Who
ever fails to eat wisely carries decny
in his stomach. His breath is the
smoke of the charuel houo. Kei v
faculty of mind and evory function of
body are affected, and degeneration is
tho result
The most unpleasant ft. at ti -oof tli's
intemperance of c.i . ing is th;' it U
quito as easily added to heredity : s
tho intemperance of drinking. We
have to suffer for the fins of diet ol
our grandfathers. Can the natural
sc'.fi-.hn ss of human naturo bo over
come sullieiontly to reverse this
tendency, and niriko it a law that er.ch
generation shall havo a little hotter
chance than tho Ipst? If I am not mis
taken, it can be so revorso.l and th-ire
aro pretty sure signs that our r.evt
generation will show tho ch;;n
The boys und girls who in t-n ye:i-s
will constitute tho workirg orl3
will have firmer nerves ;iud ln-tto'- di
gestion, with more common s-e; -e
habits thp.n wo have h-iA M.
M:.u rice, M. D. , in St Louis Globo
I democrat
Coffee ar.d Its Effects.
Tho great virtue of coffee is that it
stimulates and refreshes; thee io
erties being duo t tvifteine. It also
contains gum nnd sugar, fat, acids,
casoino n-.d woorl-fiber. Like t'.v, it
powerful! r increases tho rc-pira'Ion,
but, unlike it, does rot ft Tec t its d.'ptli.
By its use tho rate of th.j pulse is in
creased, ru-.d tho f.ction of tho skin
diminished. It is a mental stimelus '
a high order. Cniried to excess, it
produces abnormal wakefulness, ir.di
restion, acidity, heurtlnirn, tremors,
debility, irritability of temper, trem
bling, irregular pulo, a kind cf intox
ication, ending in delirium jmd great
injury to tho spinal functions. Un
fortunately, there are many eou'ee
tlpplers who dopend upon it as a
drunkard upon his dram. On the
other hand, cofieo is of sovereign ef-fi-iney
h: tiding over the r.. i tms sys
tem iu emo.-gom-i.s. Medical Times.
Empiric "Then I -:,n count on
yo : for a, te t imonia! to n.y liver reru
lat lticiily --J t:.n t ;H-ik of it,
doctor, i:i tli-j iii-I. .- ...; .us." Kiu-pii-:c
-What evil d.d it cure you cf.
f ii .J"' Kihly Poverty, do. itr. pov
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cut as sti ft" as a poker, and I was his
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AN EASTERN FESTIVAL.
The Annual Celobnitlon nf tlio Finding of
tho Xruo C rosa,
Early in the autumn, all over Syria
and tho East, is celebrating the finding
of tho True Cross by the Empress
Helena.
You know tho legend how leaving
her palace in Constantinople tho Em
press set sail for tho Holy Land. All
along tho eoat hug-j watehfires were
built and relay of watchers appointed.
As toon as her search was rewarded
tho li.cht on tho neai-cst hilltop blazed
forth the glad tidings, and as if lighted
by the magic touch of u .-u ifL-llyin,
angel ono hill after another caught u;j
and carried forward t: o news from
ono end of Syria to tin other, acros:
Asia Minor, ar.d the Bosporus r.ntr
tho answering shout cf joy rang with?:
the palace walls at Coii-tantinopi-
"Joy, joy! Tho Cross is found!"
Now, hundreds ol years later, whf
tho telegraph wires spreiid 1'ews .
joy fi -.ter than the old system of walcl
tires, we hero iu the Kast yearl
gather round a ruddy blaze to coh
brate this search and hold a festiva
with songs.
l'igiit b'dow our Mount Lchnno,
Lome in .in open field was a long li;.
rock especially dedicated to use at thi
festival. All tho children of the vi
Inge for days beforehand would dim
the high mountain slopes back of th
vilh.go in every direction for bell an o,
tho t un-dried crackling thorn.-. ):
our l oil: v.e would fiivt build t: hir
tower of st'eks, mostly abstracted l y
stealth, from tho woodpiles at home.
Around this, and oer1op;iing it, th I
bundles of thorns wero piled a co; d
at last being wound spirally around t.
kcip all in place. Just as soou as i'.
was dark and how eagerly w-
watched for tho timo to como we
would all gather around, forming a.
circle, and dance until our hade'.-,
chosen r.s having c rl i '":.. ;.i mo-',
toward tho bonfire, would set fire to t'..
pile. Faniicl by tho evening brer.:
it would almost immed .at-!y shoot .
into a huge pyramid of flame, scatt -ing
spiit-k in all directions and givi.--.;
active e::i'doymi ..t to' the older oi,
la preventing the ver.tursoino lin
ones from making martyrs of them
selves in their o citement. As th.
thorns burnt up v. o replenished then,
from neigh Viri::;.- ias.rve j.i'.-s.
Wh-n all but tho largert logs ft 11.
cent-,' ;id l ao h:.oleen i'ie:: uuied v.:
vtoul.l ajui-i f-'.) a ci 1,.- and tit.,
n.uudest, l.u-rri -t tiiiio '.vo'.im in. a cf
su.j. I:r"al: i ng ou'. into a ,.nl t-nr.
v. o v.-.ndd i'l. ite one a::,.;!.. ; to bl :.v..
the fi lines .and jun.; ihroneh. or o .a ,-.
tho wido bed of live coals. '!':. ..;,! ,
ones leading, one and a:"i.er v. o.iK:
break away from our c'u-r 'o, . o
across, rejoining it at tin- oti.r si 1 .
With on.- are 1 t and 1,;,,,
0 ed cet.oll c;i, !),.-. itS tl.l- liieailt -ere
hum s :'-.! tie.,-), ,;,:' i f..;- -, !
cirtlo of f v.-.?s a , ide (.; ,, and 11
hot -!: rd f "t r !:." were sj-re: :
i-'ioutiii ;.l directions; hut. he was in
deed a c-.wn 'd who b. f.e-e th : .. v.-r
ing's close had not attempted and a. -coin
j ili.-l.cd tho feat not once, b.il, tti -
cral times.
At tho dose of tho evening wc
would end our feast by :ivt; 1. i i. o'
Htt'.o cak-.-s baked with oil -v,
rued with honey. Then join in;-hand,
for tho last time around the il.. i.ig en
hers wo would repeat ai invocation to
the- clouds to eond us rain onco move.
ai: l to tho cart it to ro-opor. In i
t;p ring.;, to refr.-sh tho thirsty sol!.
I' t oiu April to Gondii r vo rarely h.: .,
a, drop f rain ahoi.t Mount Lcbaeon.
a. id mothers always say their n.oth. is
told tr.eni that the. i-. vly j.ul.iiimi r.. in
waited for the Kiupress lloi.-na t i a
eonipii.h her errand Jo.. th-y shou! 1
tn. u;.r the success of her v. nK.h-i.r-ig;ud,
and that uiir by Year !(.
tho rains wait for this k-stival. 1.
tiny should extinguish the memorial
flames.
Iu later years we hmoof'u din 1.
to the very t of tho i i i i mo-:Ti'ai .
near a to watch the m igl.too. .
villages. As many us thirty or fo; i -.
bol.iires couiu ho u front this pol.r..
all n! ;g liio Seu cc; -1, on in i.uhi :
in' slop-.-.--, and up a h'-ig alley which
opens toward the cast Ksa ry : 1 1 1
hamlet even the tlieepfclds s-'.-ov-times
sent f irth n li ht ii'1 o l.e so
rounding (.'arktit.-.s. '1 ho vh.do dai ..
expanse hdow, a? well us ti o
above, would ho a'da.o with ourh.lit.
poiu'.s of i';.t l r.nd the eV..ct v a., i;i
on.; to be en ';v f.'ia-otteu.
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life ,:i a
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thi LI in Nri'.rtre. "n t:
Wide A'. like.
V ' v ' i ! 1 1 t ! ' e
who was in'.
a great
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Though I can not give you th
lO'A'i; i. i'aph a ; existlii'; in
lid
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mai ''le ;.,;: tho v.".' i.i in ai vciioi e
or i -l.uri -yard, 1. think it i ; wo: ',
p: :.u-vi'. -, it ..-.- -cue i.ot i.ui;.
ju:,.r::u leaching iu it. Ti.o
tvero gt v. : to mo as heiic
Cf "ci" but it s.-..... (I t,
tho ; ... iu then was
greater Warn the fun. Tl.
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vr..ic:t, as 1 v ji. assured, ic. .t gh '
v. ho, long overworked in i,i...x., ;. in
w i ''l:-s'uu;, -as Ixii.g on ia - c-.u. til
led, a. .a knew that Lea m-.. v. t;
h-udi
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Can x 'e v.ou 1 1 that s-tt. h :
J.oor girl's ideal of 1 h , v. '.'
Adolphur. Trolh-j.. , in Good We.
.Joshua 1L Giddic
braiue 1 a felio-.-.-tei
t.'cu!:eni:ig at a 1 1 Ita-a!
ea'dy days if the: Wu
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intr that i itt-ldc i-r-v -pilled
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