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Smith's Experiment,
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“Smith,” said a well known Chi-
©ago merchant to his cashier, ‘you
are going to the devil,”
HR re?
“Now, there's no use denying it. I
ee it in your face. You were drunk
1ast night and night before last, and
you are bracing up on whisky to-
day. It won’t do, sir, it won’t do.
You can’t stand it, and if you could—
why I can’t.”
“Well, sir,” replied Smith, *I ad-
mit I have been going it a little too
strong lately. —"’
“A little! Well I should think you
had a little, Look here, Bmith ; you're
a good cashier and an honest one, I
believe, and I don’t want to lose you.
Now, tell me, why do you drink 2”
“1 am sorry to say, sir, that it seems
#0 be a genuine love for liquor. I am
aiways thirsty for liguor.”
“That's bad, very bad, but not in.
curable. I was oneof the boys myself
once, and I got over it. You try my
plan, and I think it will work with
you.”
“What is your plan, sir?”
“I’l1 tell you. When I was a sales-
man, about fifteen years ago, 1 got te
running around nights and drinking
and carousing until I began to look
just as you do now. My employer
came to me one day and remonstrated.
“This thing has got to stop,” said he.
‘You must eitner let somebody else
do your drinking for you, or have
somebody else do your work.” That
gave me an idea, and I acted upon it.
Stepping into the nearest saloon, I in-
yited all hands up to drink. They
responded with alacrity.
I picked out the toughest customer
in the lot and asked him what he did
for a living. *‘Nothing,” he replied.
‘How much will you charge a week
to do my drinking for me 7” ‘Wot
d’ye mean ?"’ he asked. I explained
to him that I had a perpetual thirsi,
and that whisky unfitted me for busi-
ness, so | wanted him todo my drink-
ing for me. “I'll doit for $5 a week
an’ found,” he replied, “That is,
found in whisky?’ “Yes that’s it,
boss.’ “Well, it’s a bargain,” said I,
and we shook hanks on it. I took
him to the store with me and sat him
down in a corner out of sight, When
I began to feel thirsty 1 took him out,
and made him drink a good, big glass
of whisky, Somehow, I felt better
after seeing him drink. Well, I had
to take him out several times that day
and before night he was pretty full.
By bed-time he was helplessly drunk.
I bad been out with the boys and
taken him along. They kicked at
first at having such a measly looking
tramp along, but when I explained
they thought it a good joke. My ap-
petite for drink was too strong for
him. I hired anotherdrinker, and he
stayed by me three weeks. Then I
caught him throwing a glass of whis-
ky over hisshoulder, and I discharged
him. Well, I used up nine able bodied
drunkards before I absolutely quench-
ed my thirst; but I quenched it at
last. I never think ef taking a drink
now.”
“] believe I'll try your pian,” sald
Bmith.
“Do,” sald the merchant. “I am
sure it will work. It may takes long
time—a year perhape—but you stick
to it, and you'll down your appetite to
a dead certainty. If you find it is
costing you more than you can stand
T’ll increase your salary.”
People who are not intimately ac
quainted with Smith think he is go-
ing to the dogs at lightning express
speed, They judge so because he is
always seen in the company of a
drunken bummer of the worst possi-
ble description. But Bmith’s friends
know he has not drank a drop since
he had that talk with his employer,
He has already used up three drunk-
ards, and is looking around for a
fourth,
The Church Temporal.
We are not laborers onlv., L'fe Is
move than work and drudgery. The
world contains, besides bodies and
brains, precious souls, capable of joy
love, peace, sympathy and a seuse of
the beautiful.
The laws of nature are not, as mod-
ern naturalists seem to suppoee, iron
chains, by whieh the living God, so to
sav,is bound hand and foot, but elastic
chords rather, which he can lengthen
or shorten at his sovereign will,
It is an admitted fact that men who
which a man almost instinctively per-
forms, afford a true icdex to his char-
acter, and reveal the principle which
governs his life.
The oldest of the Protestant missions
in China dates from the year 18432
Then only six converts could be founa
in all China, To.day there are 20
missionary societies at work at 81 cen-
ral stations and 511 out-stations, 250
ordained missionaries and 78 or
dained native clergy, 68 unmarried
women teachers, 511 licensed preach-
ers, 71 eolporteurs, 90 “ Bible women,”
400 churches, 18,000 enrolled com-
municants, about 75,000 adherents, 20
theological schools, with 231 students,
80 higher boarding-schools for boys,
with 611 scholars, 88 for girls, with 777
scholars, 177 day-schools for boys with
students, 16 missionary hospitals and
24 dispensaries. At the Mildmay Con
ference in London, Dr. Legge stated
that at the present rate of progress, in
forty vears more Protestant missions
ought to report 26,000,000 communi-
cants and 100,000,000 adherents in the
middle kingdom, The (American)
Presbyterian Publishing House at
Shanghal printed in 1880, 314,000 Bi-
bles and Testaments, 4,672 500 pages of
tracts, and 226,763 volumes of miscel-
laneous books,
PROTESTANT RELICS.— The London
Echo speaks Lhus of relics and relic-
mongers: “The left hand of Bi, James
the Apostle is in the market, and can
be purchased for a consideration, as
the strait- laced brotherhood who com-
pose the committee of the Museum
now forming at Reading turn up their
pious noses at such ‘‘superstitous
abominations’ and ‘‘remnants of the
scarlet lady’’—the quotations are from
a letter we have seen. According to
an old manuscript in the writer's pos-
session, and purchased at the sale of
the great Stowe collection, the Abbey
of Reading in the reign of Henry II.
was much favored by royilly, and its
principal attraction was one eof the
reputed hands of St. James, which
had been brought ever from Germany
by the Empress Matilda,and presented
with great state to the Abbey It was
ineased in solid gold, which Richard
the First stole, and gave the Abbey an
additional charter in compensation
for the theft. At the Reformation the
hand was buried in the choir, but in
October, 1786, it was found, carefully
preserved, by the workmen engaged
in excavation. The relic consists of
the left hand of a human being, partly
closed, and the flesh is dried on the
bones, Whether it be the hand of
Ht. James or not, it is certain that
from 1100 up to 1500 the cofters of the
Abbey received very substantial as-
sistance from its exhibition; and,
apart from superstition, it might be
carefully preserved as a memento of
the past 1n the museum at the new
Town Hall of Resding. We msy
mention that the commitiee have
already made themselves exceedingly
obnoxgious ; for not only have they
issued an edict forbidding the valuable
collection of pletures lent by Mr.
Hargreaves to be iuspected on Sun-
days, but nearly all of them were
against having the exhibition at all,
though the expense is being borne
by private individuals. How the
reputed hand of Bt, James will fare
may be pretty well guessed. We
hear much of Holy Russia; Thack-
ersy once left his pen slip, and wrote
Hoy Reading.”
The Detained Juror.
We remember an amusing little
circumstance occurring during s pro.
tracted trial for felony in one of the
midland counties a few years ago. A
boy, entering the court, and making
his way to the jury-box, handed to
the officer in attendance, a note ad-
dressed to one of the jury, the officer
handed it, ss in duty bound, to “his
lordship on the bench, The Judge
first asking permission—opened and
read the communication. After a
solemn pause, he remarked : ‘I think,
gir, I will not hand you this at pres
ent. You could not now comply with
its suggestion, and it might distract
your attention from the very serious
case we are trying.” The juryman
bowed, and the judge carefully placed
the letter between the pages of his
notebook, When the case eoncluded,
about eightor nine o'clock at night,
the judge said, “There is your note,
gir. Iam afraid it will give you little
plessure now.” The juror opened
and read it, smiled, bowed, and hast
ily left the box, leaving the note be-
hind, which, we trust, we were gulity
of no great indiscretion in reading.
It was in a female hand :
Dearest Jim Mr, and Mrs. Brown
have just come, and have brought
such a lovely pair of ducks, you can’t
think ! And theonions and things for
the stufling, and we will have the pud-
ding we had left from Christmas, 1'lL
put them down to be ready at one,
sharp, because the B's must leave
early—by five o’clock train; Do leave
that nasty court. Say you are poorly,
or anything. Mind, at one! We
shan't wait! Yours, Krirry.
Domestic Economy,
CARE OF PourLrRY,~Dressed poul-
try which is to be kept in cold weather
should be thorough'y cleansed, then
be wiped dry with a cloth and have
flour rubbed all over the inner part;
then it should be hung in a cool, dry
place.
PuppiNGg BA vUCE.—Take two cups of
white sugar, a lump of butter the size
of an egg, one well-beaten egg. Btir
these together, then add a teacupful
of boiling water ; put it in a saucepan
until it thickens ; do not let it boll;
flavor with lemon or vanilla.
AvpLE Mince Pie. ~Two pounds of
apples pared and chopped, three-
fourths pound of beef suet, one of cur-
rants, one half raisins seeded and
chopped, one half sultana ralsins, one-
quarter eitron cut in shreds, one table~
spoonful alispice, two pounds of brown
sugar, half-pint best brandy, a glass of
wine, two teaspoonfuls of salt.
CHICKEN Bouv.—In bolling chick.
ens for salads, ete,, the broth (water in
which they are bolled) msy be used
or soup. When the chickens are to
be served whole, stuff and tie In a
cloth, To the broth add a little rice,
or add one thinly sliced onion and a
quart of tomatoes, Boil twenty min.
utes, season with salt and pepper and
two well.beaten eggs, and serve,
PI1oR LED CHICK EN.~— Boll four chick-
ens till tender enough for meat to fall
from bones ; put meat in a stone jar
and pour over it three pints of cold
good cider viengsr and a pint aud a
half of the water in which the chickens
were bolled ; add spices, If preferred,
and it will be ready for use in two
dsys. This is a popular Bundsy even-
ing dish ; it is good for luncheon at
any time. *
NoopLE Boup.—~Add noodles to
beef or any other soup after straining ;
they will cook in fifteen or twenty
minutes, and ars prepared in the fol-
lowing manner : To one egg add as
much sifted flour as it will absorb, with
a litle salt; roll out as thin as a
wafer, dredge very lightly with flour,
rollover and over into a light roll’
slice from the ends, shake out the
trips loosel y and drop into the soup.
CAULIFLOWER BaLap —Boll one
large caulifiower with two quarts of
water and one tablespoonful of salt for
half an hour. Take up and drain.
When cold divide into small tufts.
Arrange on the centre of a dish and
garnish with a border of strips of
pickled beef. Pour a cuptul of msy n-
pase dressing qver the cauliflower.
Arrange a star of the pickled beef in
the centre. Serve Immediately.
Waite Fruir CAKe —One cup of
butter and two cups of white sugar
well beaten together; one cup of
milk, two and a half cups of flour,
the whites of seven eggs, two even
spoonfuls of baking powder ; heat ail
well before adding fruit. Take one
pound each of raisins, figs, dates and
blanched almonds, and one quarter of
a pound of citron ; cut up fine; stir
fruit in last with a sifting of flour over
Corriep CHicxeN.—Cut a chicken
in pieces ; put the pieces in a stewpan
with one onlen, in which you put a
clove. Add some white broth, suffi.
cient to cover the pieces, The chicken
being eooked, make your sauce with
the broth, Beat two pinches of curry
with two yelks of eggs and a table
spoonful of cream, and thicken yur
sauce, Arrange your chicken on a
plate with a border of rice. You can,
if you lke, mux the rice with the
stew, Bome people prefer it,
Small Jokes,
—
Friend—"Madder, what ia the mat.
ter with y-ur nose?’ Madder—'"The
only chance for an artist now is to
pmint quickly and cheap. I work
with both hands and blend with my
nose,”
An old bachelor recently gave the
following toast : Women—the morn.
ing star of infancy, the day star of
manhood, the evening star of age,
Bless our stars, and may they always
be kept at a telescopic distance.
A Denver paper professes to think
it marvelous that a man whose brains
were knocked out is living, If he
were out this way be would not only
be living, but would be helding some
m portant office
Young man, don’t pay the minister
over $10. You will need all your car-
renay the first time Belena puts her
dimpled arms around your neck and
tries to trade oft two kisses for a spring
onnet.
An examining magistrate questions
# criminal and asks him what exouse
he can find for the murder he has
committed. ‘Your honor,” says the
accused, “my victun has often said to
me in confidence that he wished to
die a sudden and violent death I"
A practical mendicant is one morn
ing missed by one of his regular bene-
factors. But on d:awing near to the
poor man’s usual stand the benevolent
man sees his chair, upon it his hat,
and on the hat the following label :
“Kind gentlemen and ladies take pity
on the poor blind man, who has
10 breakfast.”
LIKE THE IVY.
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True love is like the lvy bold,
That clings each day with firmer hold ;
That groweth on through good and 111,
And "mid the tempest clingeth still,
What though the wall on whieh it cif mbs
Have lost the graos of former Limes
Will then the ivy loose its hold,
Forget the sunny days of old?
Nay, rather will 1t closer cling
With loving clasp, remembering
That It had hardly lived at all
Wikhout the kindly sheliering wall,
True love is like the lvy bold,
That clings each day with firmer hold
That groweth on through good and ill,
And 'mid the tempest clingeth still.
True love is like the ivy green,
That ne’er forgetieth what hath been
And so, tiil life ilself be gone,
Until the end it elingeth on.
What though the tres where It may cling
Bhall hardly know another spring ?
What though iw boughs be dead and bare?
The twining ivy elimbeth there, ¢
And clasps it with & firmer hold,
With stronger love than that of old,
And lends 13 grace IL never had
When time was young and life was giad,
True love is like the ivy green,
That ne'er forgetteth what hath been,
And so, till life 1tsel! be gone,
Untll the end iL clingeth on,
Ap
Sir Christopher and the Carver,
Philip Wood was a village carpenter
who had developed an uncommon skiil
in wood carving, and had made some
striking figures for theadornment of his
sweetheart’s house, a lass aboye himself
n rank and fortune. Ia the hopeofim-
proving his circumstances, and thus
lessening the disparity between them
he went to London, where he sought
work in vain until his store of money
was reduced to asingle guinea. The
huge dome of St. Paul’s was then ris-
ing above the emoke of London. Philip
Woed applied to the foreman for work
in carving the wood for the interior.
Repuleed by him, he haunted the place
day after day, and at last be attracted
the notice of the great Bir Christopher
himeelf ? *“What have you been used
to earving 7 7 asked the architect, The
carpenter, in the extremity of his agita-
fon, could only stammer out
‘Troughs, your worship.” “Troughs!
said Bir Christopher ; *‘ then carve me
a specimen of your skill, a sow and
pigs — it will be something in your
line — and bring it to me this day
week.” The poor fellow shrank away
om the lsughter of the workmen, an d
eturned to his lodging In despair
But he had a friend in his landlady
who advised him to take Sir Christo
pher at his word, and carve the bes
sow avd pigs he could in the time all t
ted. With his guinea he bought a
bl ck of pear wood, and by using his
utmost diligence finished the work in
time, and 100k it under his apron to
the appointed place, Taearchirect was
there, snd beckoned the trembling ear-
pen‘er to approach. Ujon inspecting
the beautiful work Bir Christoplies
ssid: “1 engage you, young man; si-
tend at my office to-morrow.” A few
hours after Bir Chrisopher came to the
carver again and sad: “Mr. Addison
whishes to keep your carving, and re
quests me to give you ten guineas for
it.” Then he added: “I fear I did
you some injustice ; but a great national
work is intrusted to me, and it is my
solemn duty to mind that no part of the
work falls into ineffizient hands. Mind
and attend me to-morrow.” It fsa
pleasure to know thatthe young artist
did much of the caving of BL. Panl's
and married the girl of his heart, who
could not have bien serry to change
such a name as she had.
Simplicity in Food.
How, asks Dr. Nicholls in the Food
Reform Magazine, are we to get atthe
proper quantity of food ? There are
some good rules tor feed as to quantity.
When our food is simple and patural
in kind and quality and mode of prep-
aration, there is little danger of eat ng
too much, There Is little danger, for
example, of eating too many grspes,
apples, pears and bananas. Salt,
sugar, spices and luxurious cookery
tempt to excess, With men, as with
animals, 8 natural diet lsself-limiting,
and we are disposed to stop when we
have enough, The more artificial the
food, the more elaborate and luxuri-
ous the feast, the more liability to
overload the stomsch, overtax the
digestive power and overweigh the
forces of life. Bimplicity of food is a
condition of health, and promotes
longevity. The quantity of food
which enables a man to do his daily
work without loss of weight is pre
cisely what he requires. He supplies
the dally waste—no more, no less,
This quantity may vary a little with
each individual, but everyone can
easily ascertain his own measure of
requirement by reducing the quantity
of daily food until he finds a balance
of force snd weight. It is my opin-
fon that the ayerage quantity of
water-free aliment required, say by
business and literary men, is twelve
ounces. Men of great muscular so
tivity may require sixteen to twenty
ounces, I have found myself in very
good condition for sedentary work en
eight or ten ounces, When anyone
is in good condition for his work and
keeps his normal weight, he has food
enough. Dr. Nicholls’ advice is, find
this quantity by experiment, and
then habitually keep to it.
Recent Legal Decisions,
ni
Promissory NOTE —An action was
widaght to recover the value of certain
bonds which had been pledged with a
banker for the payment of a note, and
which the holder of the note had con-
verted to his own use, The maker of
the note tendered the principal and
interest of the note on the day when,
by its expressed terms, it was payable,
and demanded the bonds pledged.
The holder refused to take the amount
and give up the bonds, because he
claimed the right to hold the bonds as
security for the payment of anoiher
claim he had against the maker of the
pote. In this case—Wyckof va. An-
thony—the defendant in the action
took the ground that the tender of the
principal and interest of the mote
could not be legally made before the
note was due, and that, as it carried
grace, it did not fall due until three
days after the tender wae made. The
Court of Appeals of New York decided
in favor of the plaintiff. The Chief
Judge, Andrews, sald: * First. The
parties having treated the note as due
on the day when by its terms It was
payable, the right of third persons not
having intervened, the days of grace
must be considered as waived, Bec
ond. A banker or broker has no lien
upon securities pledged with him for
the payment of a particular debt for a
general balance due him, or for the
payment of any other claim what-
ever.”
MARRIED WOMAN. — A married
woman gave her husband an ordinary
promissory note, which he had dis-
counted, and when she was sued upon
it by the bank she set up the defense
that she was not bound to pay iL
I'he bank claimed that the law would
imply that her estate was benefited by
he discount. In this case—ihe Bara
oga County Bank ve. Pruyn—the
Jourt of Appeals of New York decided
.u tavor of the de’endant. Judge
Macy, in the opinion, said: "A
married woman cannot bind herself
by contract unless the obligation is
created by her for the benefit of her
seperate estate or in the transactions
of a trade or business carried on by
her. If a note 1s given by her for
property purchased she will be bound
by it; but no implication, presump-
tion or impression will be raised by
the mere making of a promissory note
that the money raised for it will bene-
fit her business or estate. To give an
ordinsry note force and effect against
er, evidence outside of it must be
given to show that it was made for
the benefit of her separate estate or in
the course of her separate business.”
sm—
RAILROADS—CONTRIBUTORY NEG-
LIGENCE.—~An engine injured a child,
9 years old, as she was crossing a rail
road track. Bhe looked to the west
for trains, but not to the east, as one of
the railroad shops obstructed the
view. There was no flagman at the
crossing, and po danger alarm was
given by the engineer. A suit was
brought for damages, and the com-
pany relied for ils defenee on the con-
tributory negligence of the child in
not showing due care 1n crossing the
track. In this csse—Dowling va.
The New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad Com pany—the Court
of Appeals of New York decided
against the company. Judge Earl,
in the opinion, said: “The question
of due care by the child is to be de-
termined by the jury ; we cannot say,
as a matter of law, that she contrib.
gted to her injuries. An inlant is
bound to use that degree of care only
which may be ressonably expected
from s persen of his age, and the jury
a considering this must bring in and
examine all the circumstances of the
casualty.”
BiLL oF EXCHANGE—~LIABILITY OF
DRAWER. ~(C. was sued upon three
drafts which he had made to his own
order as “Tress.” and which he also
signed as “Treas.” In the Trial Court
he was defeated, but in the First Ap-
pellate Court he secured a judgment.
The holder carried the case—the Ohio
National Bank vs, Cook-to the Bu-
preme Court of Ohio, which reversed
the judgment. Judge White, in the
opinion said : “The name eof the cor
poration of which Cook is the Treas
arer and which he declares is his prin.
cipal, nowhere appears on the face of
the bill as a party to it, and parol evi.
dence is not admissible to add a party
to the instrmment when there is no
notice on ita face. Whoever takes
neeotiable paper enters into a contract
:th the parties who appear upon the
‘noe of the instrument, and no other
worsom oan be looked to for payment,
The sddition of “Treas.” to Cook's
me does not relieve him of personal °
Jespousitility—~which is merely de
”
a il Worken ny Cox
TRACTORS — FarLLiNa oF Roor~
DRATH OF WORKMAN. —A miner was
killed by the alling of the roof of an
iron mine, the secmsary supports not
having been put in place, and his
administratrix sued the owner of the
property for damages. The mine was
—
The mine was in a safe condition
when the contractors took possession
of it, but they conducted the work neg-
ligently in putting up supports for the
roof, which fell in consequence. The
lease of the mine provided that the
owner should send its superintendent,
without charge, to supervise, advise
and direct the precautions to be taken
to make the mine safe for working,
but no such supervision was exercised.
In the case—Samuelson, Admx., vs.
the Cleveland Iron Mining Company
—the plaintiff was defeated; and she
appealed to the Bupreme Court of
Michigan, which sffirmed the jude-
ment. Judge Coley, in the opinion,
said : “If the mine were In unsafe
condition when it was handed over
to the contractors, and this unsafe
condition was known io the com
pany, sud if in consequence of (hat
condition s miner was brought there
in ignorance of it, and was killed, the
company should be held responsible.
Every man who expressly or by im-
plication invites others to come upon
his premises assumes to all who ac
cept the {nvitation the duty to warp
them of any danger in coming, which
he knews of or ought to know of, and
of which they are not aware. Bo long
as this mine was worked under the
contract all responsibility for the care
and safety of the mine was upon the
contractor alone. The mstier of su-
pervising the cautionary steps, though
neglected, worked no injury to the
plaintiff, The company owed blm
no duty, and legal wrongs spring
only from the neglect of legal duties.
Earth's Lowest Land.
With a train of five mules and two
companions, one of whom was partial-
ly familiar with the country, I climed
the summit of Cerro Gordo. Aft last
we stopped upon the lofty ridge of the
Telescopes, and beheld below us the
fateful valley, which lies 250 feet below
the level of the sea snd extends for a
hundred miles northeast and south
west, with a width of from thirty to
forty miles from east to west. Upon no
landscape can one look so deeply into
the interior of the earth, for it occupies
the lowest point of dry land on the
continent, and, so far as I am inform.
ed, of the earth itself. Before us it
lies—a long, deep, wide, vast basin, ite
shining patches disclosing through
the distavee its beds of soda. salt and
borax, which cover thousands of
acres, and blsge and shimmer and
burn in the steady blaze of light and
heat which pours upon them from &
cloudless sky. The waliey's deep de
clepsion grows upon the sense and
becomes more marked as the eye is
held steadily upon it, and it is em-
phas'z d by the swift declivity of the
inclosing mountains, Drear and deso-
late it stretches its full length along
in a frame of painted mountsines,
which define, in strong and mighty
lines, its napects of terror.
Though leaving the summit at !
p.m. and riding steadily down de
seending trails night settied upon us
before we escaped from the canyon
and reached the border of the valley.
By the brilliant moonlight we were
enabled to trace the trail along the
rocky washes as we rode on into the
night. At last, worn and we.ry with
hours of riding, we reached the center
of the valley, known as the “Big
Hole,” the point of greatest depres
sion.
Though time and exploration have
drawn from out the anment story
most of ita fearful threads, this is still
Death’s Valley and is still and will
remain & region of dread. Indians
familiar with its face from infancy
kn w its treachery and cannot be pre-
valled on to go into it beyond their
time worn trails. To the lost emi.
grant it was ‘the valley of the shadow
of death.” The daring prospector en-
ters it with fear. He knows its terrors
and the bleaching bones of many a
skeleton warn him to beware. ace
lost within its embrace, and a man’s
doom is written. Without water to
©00l his fevered frame, the sweltering
air drives him to agony and bewilder-
ment. Confused he wanders without
sim, Reason, unsealed by fmntasy,
gives lmsgination rein to play tricks
with his judgment. Beholding heaven
ut last In the mocking of waters of the
rage, he sinks to die in flame
the desert. We “
Good color for floors can be gained
by paint, but being on the surface it
quickly wears away. Stalin 1 much
better for it sinks into and becomes part
of the wood, and when polished with
beeswax and turpentine is a protector
and disinfectant. If a floor is very
unsatisfactory, have the boards planed
down one-quarter of an inch, and cov-
ered all over with narrow oaken or
well-sessoned pine planks of that
thickness and three or four inches in
width, fitted with extremest nicety,
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It was Mike's third appearance in
court within thirty days, and in re.
ply to his usual appeal of clemency
the magistrate impatiently observed :
It's no use, Mike, your good for
nothing.” “It's not me sthyle to be