i
LOVE'S POWER.
If I werg blind, and thon shouldst enter
E er so softly in the room,
I should know it,
1 should feel it,
Something subti eo would reveal it,
And a glory round the contre
That would lighten up the givom,
And my heart would surely guide me,
With Love's second-sight provide me,
One amid the crowd to 1 ind
If 1 were biind!
If I were deaf. and thou hadstspoken
Ere thy presence 1 had known,
1 shou d know it,
1 shou d feel it,
Som thing subtic would reveal if,
And the seal at once be broken
By Love's liquid undertone
Deaf to other, ‘tranger voices,
And the world s disc. rdant noises, —
‘Whisper, wheresoe er thou art
*Lwill reach my heart!
If 1 wero dead and thou shouldst venture,
Neaur the coffin where 1 lay,
1 should know it,
1 shoud feel it,
Something subile would reveal it
And no look of mildest consure
Rest upon that face of clay.
Shouidst thou kiss me, conscious flashes
Of Love's fire through Death's cold ashes
Would give back the check its red,
If I wore dead !
- Yosephine Pollard, in the Century.
rsa fA ————
Our First Difficulty.
Robert and I had been married 18
months before we seriously disagreed in
affyihing. Our life during that time
had not been a season of perfect bliss
as some would have it, but we certainly
had been happy—as happy, I think, as
any can be before reaching paradise,
and when our baby come, it seemed as
if our cup was full to overflowing.
We were living in Kansas, far away
from both Robert's relations and my
own. We had nei, therefore, as is
generdlly the case, a host of aunts, un-
cles and consins to urge that the child
should be named according to thelr
fancy. So it came (0 pass that our
baby was nearly two months old be-
fore the subject had been debated.
But one day, how well I remember it,
Robert said, as he tossed her in his
arms for a final good-by before re-
turning. to the store, ‘‘Esther, don’t
you think it’s about time this maiden
of ours had a name of her own ? Wil-
son was asking me this morning what
we had decided to call her, and I told
him I "sdppos<d we thought her good
enough withouf a name, for we had
never Spoken about it.”
“Mr. Wison’s child was named
fore he was a week old, so 1 don’t
wonder that he thinks us rather tardy,”
said IL.
“Well, what
fo
shall it be, Esther?
Rosamond or Rachel? Bridget or
Joanna? Kate or Arabella? Or
haven't you thought the matter
yet 7"
“Our chhild’s name was decided to
my owh ‘mind long ago,” I answered
and thé for some reason I cannot ac-
count for, 1 hesitated, though I
tainly had no idea of what was to fol-
low,
“Well, let us hear it. It is something
extraordinary, I suppose ; nothing less
would suit our darling
“It is Mary,” Isaid.
“Mary ! surely you must be joking.
You can’t mean it, Esther!
“Why not ?” I asked, the blood rush-
ing to my f4ce involuntarily.
*‘So you have a Byronic passion for
the name of Mary. Well, T must ac-
knowledge that 1 am entirely free from
it. But seriously, Esther, you cannot
thihk of calling our daughter by that
name 7’
“Bat I do think of it,” I responded,
“and 1 eAnnot imagine what objection
you can have, for almost every
one agrees that there is no sweeter
name,’
My husband's face grew dark.
“Any name but that, Esther; you
might as well not name the child at all.
Hardly a family of any size in the
country but has a Mary among its
members, But I «can’t talk any
longer now ; I shall be late as it is
Look ia the dictionary, snd find some-
thing else that shits you, and tell moe at
tea.”
And be kissed both baby and me, and
Was gope.
1 ean hardly tell you what my feel-
ings were during the long hours of
that afternoon. It is true that my
husband and I had differed before
in matters of taste and opinien, but
it had been condparatively easy to
yield then, My child's name how-
ever, was a different matter. I
could not remember the time when
L had sot looked forward to call my
oldest ughtex by the name. of
Mary. +My’ “doll babies, one and all,
had been called by it. It was dear to
me above every other nawe-—and now
give it up-“"Never, I cannot and,
I shall not!” 1 said firmly to my-
self,
At the tea-table that evening, we dis-
cussed a variety of topics, but both
avoided, as if by common consent, the
one subject nearest our hearts. When
the med] was over, however, and we sat
together near our little one's cradle,
Robert. commenced :
“Well, Esthem, have you found any
name this afternoon that pleased you ?
I've thinking the matter over,
and I've come to the conclusion that
Laura and Evelyn suit me very well.
of
cer-
Laura Evelyn Spencer,
like it ?7?
“1 like bath names well enough,” 1
answered, coldly, “but there is only
one name for our daughter, and that 1
have told you. It is my mother’s
name, as: you knew, Robert, and I
have always said that my first daugh-
ter should be my mother’s namesake,
but I devel dreamed that you would feel
so about it,” I continued ready to cry,
yet keeping the tears back by a great
effort.
“1f your mother was not living, Es
ther, there would be some reason for
your feeling’ 46, but as it is—"
“If my mother was dead, I would
not care s0 much about it, for it then
could afford her no pleasure.” 1 cried.
“If ib-were any name but Mary, I
would consent, even though it did not
please me,” Haid Robert. *‘Come Es-
ther, be reasonable ; there are so many
pretty names, and Mary, besides being
80 common, is to me the very essence of
plainness.”’
But my mind was wade up apd I
would not listen.
*‘She is your daugh ter,
I said, “and, of couise, you
yourself, but to
any other than
How do you
as well mine
Robert , n
will name her to suit
me she can never be
what I have said.”
How our conversation would have
ended I cannot tell, but fortunately for
both of us, it was interrupted by callers
who spent the evening with us, and for
the time being our dispute and its cause
were forgotten,
At breakfast the
subject was not once
next morning the
alluded to in even
and at noon and
in the evening it was the same,
Another day came and went, and
still another, and yet not a word was
said. table-talk longer
the pleasant pastime it had once been,
for we found it difficult sustain a
conversation on topics of minor inter-
est, while the one which
grossed our hearts minds
tabooed,
“Behold how great a matter a little
fire kindleth!”” (As day after day
passed away, and the week drew toa
close, a heavy weight settled upon my
heart. My husband appeared a differ-
ent person to me. It seemed to
that a great gulf bad come between
baby, who before had been
associated only with the purest,
est joy, seemed changed. 1 could not
take her in my arms without thinking
of what ] to call my trouble
Friday morning came. It was a lovely,
sunshiny day ; but it the
dreariest ever sul rose upon.
“Whowould think Robert could be
1 said as I
in one to 8 leep,
char Was Lo
to
subject en-
and was
me
us; even
deep.
choose
seemed to me
s0 obstinate 7 to myself,
rocked my litt
Just before our pastor
ill at easa that it was
that I sustained my
suppose
for he inquired if
or
called,
with
HOON
I was so
d ficulty
the conversation. 1
ticed my agitation,
I were well as usual, F
part in
he no
instant
ined to him all. It
seemed as if it would be a relief to
open my heart to some one ; but a feel-
ing of pride restrained me. .
Robert seemed unusually silent at
dinner, and I fancied he was looking
pale and ill. He kissed the baby, but
did not toss her in the air and play
with her as he generally did; as fo
myself, every word I spoke cost me an
effort. When Bobert had gone, [ took
my little girl in my arms and rocked
her to sleep, then 1 threw myself in
my chair again, and silently brooded
over my unhappiness, It seemed to me
that a good, hearty cry would be a lux-
ury in which I had determined I would
not indulge
The time passed slowly away, and I
begat ww wonder why baby did not
wake. I went over to the cradle. Her
face was flush, and [ thought her
breathing very unnatural. “What if
our darling should beill 7* 1 cried, and
then with a chill at my heart, “What if
Gad should take away from us the cause
of our dispute ?’
At that thought a great revulsion of
feeling came over me. [ knelt down
by wy baby’s cradle and wept unre.
strainedly.
“After all,’ I thought, *‘is it not
natural that Robert should vot care to
have his child given so common a name
as Mary ? And what right have I to de-
cide without consulting him what her
name should be? Oh, if he would only
come
I took baby in my arms and went to
the window to look for him. Then I re-
niembered his pale face at dinner,
“If anything should happen I should
pever forgive myself,’’ I said,
At last I heard his footsteps on the
stairs ; I laid ‘baby down and just
rushed to meet him.
“Oh, Robert I cried, as 1 threw
my arms arousd his neck, “name her
Laura or anything you please, but do
1
an
1 #11
Wh
born May 18,
Mary Evelyn Spencer,
1855,
“I wrote isthis neon,’ he said.
I cannot tell what happened
for 1 really do not know ; but I have
had seven children since then and
they have all been named without the
least particle of trouble between their
father and mother, and in closing this
little account of our first real difficulty
I thank God that I am enabled to de-
clare it was not only our first, but our
last,
next,
Sanitary,
Preserve
Health.
—Caroline Mubelbach, of St. Louis,
12 years of age, died of blood poisoning,
caused by wearing tight shoes,
How to and Restore
—In Cleveland, a piece of lime which
a boy carried in his pocket, was the
cause of his death from blood poisoning.
THE TREATMENT OF FLESH-WORMS.,
—T'he black points flesh- worms, or come-
dones, which are found in the face,
and especially near the nostrils, are not
at all produced by the ace
the
generally
umulation of
been believed, but by pig-
mentary matters, which is soluble in
acids, The following treatment bas
been recommended : Kaolin,
glycerine, 3 parts; acetic
parts, with or wi
a small quantity of some et
With this pomade, cover the
fected in the evening, and
during the day. After several days all
the comedones can be easily expre sed ;
most of them even come out by wash-
ing the parts with pumice
The samme results can be obtained, by
bandaging the parts affected for a long
time with vinegar, lemon juice, or
diluted hydrochloric The acids
like a8 they transform
the black color into a brown and yellow
shade and destroy it gradually
gether,
acid two
heral oil,
parts af-
stone soap.
acid,
act cosmetios,
a'to-
—
Cause of Rust in Wheat.
A correspondent of the Count
{ter stating that the yields of the
wheat elds of Western New York will
be seriously diminished by rust,
that il is worse on mucky soils de
+ T 3
I believe that mineral fertilizers
against It not
clear to me just why this should be. 1
remember well that where stumps have
been burned out the straw of any grain
following will be bright and the grain
plump. The question has suggested
itself to me whether the potash getting
into circulating sap may not
obstruct its flow, and thus prevent the
flushing of all the tender new growth
with more sap than the plant can prop
erly make available. There is un-
doubledly an excess of sap taken into the
during warm,
ry (Fentic-
n.an,
low,
i
adv 151
5 t .
{ic Ii Htiais, BAYS .
extent,
are a speciic ust, is
the
circulation wet weather
The fag that barnyard manures increase
run while mineral fertilizers decrease it
shows that there is a lack of something
in the sap of some Kinds of plants that
is not found in others Arles and
salt are both said by practical farmers
to have the effect of making the straw
of grain bright. Yet both attract
moisture, which it might be supposed
would increase the evil, Gypsum also
attracts moisture, and to this fact is
popularly ascribed its repated tendency
to increase rust. The practical ques.
tion is why moisture attracted to the
plant by these fertilizers should produce
such different effects. 1donot attempt
to answer this further than to suggest
the theory mentioned above. Rust in
grain and bight in the pear are both
fpparently caused by excess of heat and
moisture, making a too sudden flow of
sap which cannot be properly elabor-
ated. Mineral manures have been recom-
mended for pear blight, Is it not pos-
sible that these mineral fertilizers may
be just enough soluble to be taken up
by the roots of the tree and may vet
prevent its being taken up wore rapidly
than the leaves can receive it ?*'
ms AAP ——
Facts and Fancies.,
~T'here is no greater weakness than
that of letting ovr happiness depend too
much on the opinion of others,
~=Jay Eye See, a five year old horse,
trotted a mile at Narragansett Park
without a skip or a break in 2.104.
~Grain is sold on the Pacific const
by the cental, a much better way than
by the bushel,
~Over 2200 trains leave the various
railroad stations of London daily.
~Permangunite of potassium, hypo-
dermically injectsd. is an antidote to
the poison of the cobra.
Tue output of copper in Arizona
this year will equal about 25,000,000
pounds,
Ture Prussian Government has ex-
pended about $3,000,000 on the Univer-
sity of Strasbourg, since the conquest
of Alssce-Lorain from France, and
Home Economies.
For WASHING BLACK orn NAvy
BLve LINENS, PeroaLes, Erc.—
Take two potatoes grated into tepid
soft water (first having peeled and
washed them), into whieh put a tea-
spoonfull of ammonia,
in this and rinse in eold biue water,
Storch will not be needed, and, if at all
practicable, they should be dried aud
ironed on the wrong side,
preserve the of buff
an infusion of bran will do
for brown linens and prints,
colors linens ;
the same
~—To WAsH PRINTED Goops which
have a black iround with a white
pattern : Dissolve two ounces of red
chromate potash, three ounces of
common salt and two and a half ounces
of sal-soda in a wash-boiler of water
heated to boiling point.
into this hot bath for five
frequently turn and stir it,
ft thoroughly in
black ground will
‘foxy,’
goods will appear perfectly bright and
Of
minutes, and
Then wash
water. The
be dull and
clean
not
EpiBLE AXD Poisox
The stem of
room i8 short, thick
under the head with a prominent ring.
The I is white and regularly con
edg® are bent inward,
esh is white and firm, the under leaves
nk, and separated as they
approuct do the stem.
When the mushroom grows old the pet-
like shape changes ; it becomes brown,
flal and scaly. The under leaves also
turn brown. It is better when eaten
young. Spurious mushrooms have
their heads covered with warts and
other membraneous substances, which
adhere lo the upper surface ; they are
heavy and spring from species of bulb ;
they generally grow in bunches, When
the mushrooms are doubtful sprinkie a
little salt on the under or spongy part.
If it turns yellow they are poisonous, if
black they are good,
TO HAVE NICE HARD BUTTER for
without the use
put a trivet, or any open flat
with legs, in a saucer; put on
this trivet the plate of butter, and All
the saucer with walter ; tum & common
lowkr-pot that its edges shall be
1 under the water,
ous Musn-
a genuine mush-
ead
not touch
the table in summer,
of ice,
thin g
80
ork, then drench the flower-pot with
water, set in 4 cool place until moming,
if done at brea- fast the will
be hard at supper time,
--A FEW DROPE OF OIL
DER will save a library from mold.
One drop will save a pint of ink.
To Remove TaN-—An
wash to remove tan
wucumbers soaked
nightly to
be wiped off, but left to dry on the
In the morning wash in luke
#
warta water, and let it be rainwater, if
or butte:
OF LAVEN-
excellent
made of sliced
milk, and ap-
It should
is
in
plied the face,
not
face
$3
wm NE ANE.
--——
Sclentific.
~The whistle of a locomotive is
a train
2500 yards, the report of a musket and
the bark of a dog 1500 yards, the roll of
a drum 1100 yards, the croak of a frog
900 vards, and a cricket's chirp 800
yards,
heard 3300 vards, the noise of
~ 1 is stated as a fact, and is a matter
of study for scientists, that the corn and
vegetables planted in the path of the
eyclone of May 12 will not grow. Farm.
ers along the line of its travels in Mor-
gan county, declare the statement to be
true, and say that corn and potatoes
planted on “‘eycilone ground’ will not
even sprout.
~[t 18 a curious fact that in the salt
mines of Poland and Hungary the gal
leries are supported by woeden pillars,
which are found to last unimpaired for
ages, in consequence of being impreg-
nated with sajt ; while pillars of brick
and stone, used for the same purpose,
crumble away iu a short time by the
decay of their mortar. It is also found
that wooden pilesdriven into the mud of
salt flats aud marshes last for an unlim-
ited time, and are used for the founda-
tion of brick and stone edifices ; and the
practice of docking timber after it has
been seasoned, by immersing it for
some time in sea water, is generally
admitted to be promotive of its durabil-
ity.
To make a rubber lubricator for
belts, five parts of india rubber are cut
fine and melted together with five jarts
of turpentine in an iron, well-covered
essel ; then add four parts of resin,
# ir wel, m it, and four parts of yellow
wax, stirmug constantly while melting.
This mixture while warm is added,
with constant stirring, to a melted mix-
ture of fifteen parts fish oil and five
parts of tallow, and the whole is agita-
tated until it has congealed. The mass
is applied to old belts upon both sides
in » warm place, and when the belts are
in use from time to time upon the
other side, By this treatment they be-
come very durable, Th South,
~Home in g relics of antiquity
were Jately
|
i
Mayence. They consist of the remains
of piles belonging to the bridge which
once led from Castle to Mayence, and
which is proved to have been in use fifty.
three years before the Christian era.
The pieces of wood are trunks of vari-
ous trees, including oak, elin and white
and red beech, Internally they
quite sound, At ofié end there are
Some of the wood is to
to dhe manufacture of a
Prince Alexander of Hesse,
some ornamental pieces of
| furni ure made from odk discovered at
the spot referred to, and these articks
he has presented to his son, Prince
Alexander, of Bulgaria.
are
be devoted
| piano case,
—At Gaudenfrel, Germany, the ar-
Prengal, of
Vienna, has established his glass busi-
offering carpets, cuffs, collars,
etc.,, made of glass. He not |
18, bul also weaves, glass bhe- |
fore the eyes of the people. The others
wise brittle glass he changes into pli-
able threads, and uses them for making
warm clothing by introducing
certain ingredients, which are his see-
rets, and thereby changing the entire
nature of the glass, He makes white
curley glass muffs ; also, ladies’ hats of
with glass feathers, which
lighter than real feathers.
of glass, it is said,
guished from
veils,
are
distine
Padi
cannot be
genuine
8 & non conductor,
the article,
and the time
when it will
1 dress materials,
may not be distan
reve
cause a
piution i
~The measurernent of
is, 4s we all know,
tance in various chemical and manu-
facturing operations The
mercurial thermometer will auswer for
every purpose within certain Limits ;
but when it becomes necessary 10 meas.
ure the melting point of different met-
als, or the heat given out by different
forms of furnaces or lamps, the ther-
mmometer must give place to an instru-
ment of another form altogether,
Hitherto no reglly satisfactory instru-
ment has been produced for te exact
measurement of high temperatures :
but Professor Talt at a recent nmmeting
of the Royal of Edinburg,
stated that from experiments he had
made with those rare metals, iridium
and ruthenium. believed that he
would able from them a
couple which
required conditions,
temperature
if extreme impor-
Society
he
form
standard thermoelectric
would answer the
be Fs]
Chambers’ Journal,
li
Indian Toa,
The recent passage of the Tea Adul
teration Act by Congress has eom-
menced to show its effect to some pur.
pose upon the lmporiation of poisonous
teas from Japan and China. and for the
health of the of this country i
introduction has come none too soon.
Dio lewis’ magazine August,
quotes an article fron a the Sanitary En-
gnmeer, which contains facts almost in-
credible, were it not or the authority,
It states that 7000 packages of tea from
people i8
for
China were burned as poisonous by or-
der of the British Government. These
showing upon analysis 65 per cent. of
poisonous adulterants, being
deadly. That is in every 100 pounds
of tea (7) 65 pounds of adulterants were
found. Eleven different poisons were
detected -—some deadly--says this
reliable authority which concludesthus :
“A large percentage of the stomach-
pain aud indigestion among American
women may be traced to tea (7), In
the years 1881.2 upwards of 80,000
packages of tea from China and Japan
were refused permission to be landed in
Great Britain as adulterated ; every
pound of this 80,000) packages was sent
on to America and has been, and is be-
ing consumed, This explains the mean -
ing of Gift” Tea Companies, who offer
premiums of China-sets, Waltham
watches, Pianos, Sewing machines,
&c., a8 inducements. Leslie's Popular
Monthly. for Septs mber, conteing states
ments from a Mr. Oscar Rigg, who is
evidently well posted on the subject,
and these are worthy of note, The
cargo of the “Fruitshire’ is mentioned
as being inspected at New York, The
results bedog that 3100 chests of China
tea were condemned as impure, while
542 chests from Japan were also re-
jected for the same cause. The valve
of this tea vas stated to be $30,000 and
the writer concludes as follows :
“It is expected that at least 10,000,-
000 pounds will be refused a market in
this country, The condemned tea be-
ing roainly green, snd inferior Japan,”
Recent quotations for Japan teas show
as follows :
“Finest' 25 cents ; Fine’ 22 cents ;
‘Good medium,” 20 cents ; “Medium
18 cents, and yet no ene appears to ask
why do our grocers charge us the fahu.
lous prices they do for such doubtful
trash ? Little is known in this country
about Indian Teas, or upon what scale
they are grown, and an idea exists that
they are something eropped up recently
quite new. Tea was commenced to be
grown in Indian in 1885, or 48 years
SOs
“from 9 500,000 Ibs, to 28,196,000 ibs. or
liveries for year ending last May was
56.600,000 1bs. ; or 10 millions of pounds
increase upon last year. In British
India there are over 2000 plantations
with an acreage under tea of more than
188,000 acres, while nearly 500, 000 es
are taken up for tea planting, 0) bout
1200 Europeans and men of edo- tom
are retained as managers and assis.
and over 500,000 natives are empl «!
m the factories and maximum esting d
yield is 70 millions of pounds, Of ie
purity and excellence of Indian Teas,
little need be said, for their increased
consumption in Ewrope and Great
Britain speaks volumes, while as
opposed to all the seizures and
demnations one reads Japan and
China Teas, one solitary statement need
be alone made, Not a single package
| of Indian teas, shipped direct from the
factory to the cot
{ known to be
‘ painted, or
COon~
of
sumer, has beer
either faced, colored
adulterated. a'9d every
ever
i
i
{ Teas to be innocent of adulterations
jo
The
reason ple; no
ulter-
3
anc
would
LO use ad
and even if he so wi
any
doubly damn a valuable reputation no
planter would risk while he has large
crops of pure tea to sell upon its own
established merits in an open prejudiced
market, flooded without agonists only
100 ready to seize on the first chance to
deny iis merits, — Newfield (N. J.) Item.
— — -
The Balance of Trade.
atlempt such tricks
A Statement That Makes a Favor~
able Showing for American Com-
merce,
The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, in
his first monthiy statement for the cur-
rent fiscal year of
ports of the United States, reports
the imports aud ex-
that
the excess of the value of imparts over
exports and of exports over imports of
merchandise was as f
Month ended July 31. 188
imports, $4,466
ended July 31,
$41,616,450
July
279. 234 3 Tt
Hiows
RG BEYeL
I1=E3. excess of exports
twelve months ended
, €xcess of exports, $107,-
values of the im-
ports of merchandise during the twelve
months ended July 31 were $714, -
236,710, for the previous i1welve
months $735.021.773, a decrease of $23.
785,064. The values of the exports of
merchandise for twelve ended
July 31, 1883, and
for the twelve July
31, 1882, $742, ise of
$70,480,772.
. q fet
wi, LBNL
ie total
TR“
. * "Fe
and
viresys fy
AIEHI1L AN
4 | B15 bY
were 58
months ended
126.183, an incre
Loxpox, September 7.--The returns
issued by the Board of Trade show that
month August British
mpared with that
last by £3,100,000, and
that the exports during the same period
decreased £174,000
during the of
imports increased co
thin
nom Year,
ii
The Government and the Tele-
graph.
An ¥ sysiem that ;
involves the genecal
interests of the people shoul if be under
control of the Nationa! Govern-
ment. The issues that from time to
time spring up between the people and
certain corporations are {00 momentous
to allow them to be at the caprice of in-
dividual temper or distemper.
The telegraph companies have their
machinery of action intciwoven with
each the varied interests of the
whole country, enforcing rates,
dictating lines of policy, and creat-
ing disturbance, often, in trade
circles by the want of power that can be
alone exercised by the Government. If
the Government can control the postal
service with eminent satisfaction to the
people, why cannot the same adminis
tration and executive force be utilized
in the telegraph service, certainly an in-
terest not sccondary to the postal bu-
vreau? We believe it will come to this ;
and the sooner the better. One more
strike in this branch of the public in-
terest, with all its attendant jostling of
the business arrangements of the coun-
try, and our people will be more sensi-
tive to real condition of the relations
existing betv een the Government, the
people and the telegraph companies.
the
of
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