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[aug.3-6m. . ----.7---..- 4 . ..,e icr ~:0 ~,. ," I ' tr..--,-. 0 „ .: . .4 ~,,, : . ‘ ..„.. he /e lr • .. 1 .- '... ~.r. , -.....,.:; iu.nting \ 4' ' l ' l4 -.1.1 :- t ou_rilal • Miscellaneous. Instrnction." Harper's Bazar. ILLUSTRATED Notices of the Press. TERMS the kind in the World." ILLUSTATED Notices of the Press. United States. ILLUSTRATED, Notices of the Press. TERMS : Fifth street, Huntingdon, Pa. 411150' *bur Autumn in the Woods. Every hollow full of ferns, Turning yellow in their turns ; Straggling brambles, fierce and wild, Yielding berries to the child; Oak balls trembling from the tree, Beach nuts dropping silently; Hosts of leaves come down to die, Leaving openings to the sky ; Bluebells, foxgloves, gone to seed, Everything to death decreed; Nothing left of flowers or buds ; Such is Autumn in the woods. And so is there an Autumn known To the heart. It feels alone, Fearing its best days are past; Sees the future overcast Fond acquaintance broken through ; Friends departed, friends untrue; Human flowers cold and dead, Covered by a grassy bed ; (lope's late blossoms putting out, Withering soon, and flung about By cruel winds; dread doubts and fears, Finding vent in sudden tears ; Yes, there is an Autumn known To some hearts, thus left alone. Yet, there's this thought, after all— Ferns may fade, and leaves may fall, Hearts may change, or prove untrue, All may look as these woods do— _ . Though sad Autumn here is given, Spring time awaits the jest in Heaven LZc tiart)-Etiler. NEWSPAPER FILE. It was two days after Aunt Priscilla's funeral, and Sue and I were sitting to gether by the kitchen fire, with that hush over our spirits still which follows a death and a burial. All the afternoon we had been busy in getting the house to rights, not meddling yet with the things that had been hers, and were now ours, but by dint of open windows, sunshine, and furniture dusted and rearranged, trying to restore to the rooms that familiar look which they had -lost during these weeks of anxiety and trouble. A few days more, and we must face a future which was full of terrors.— Meanwhile custom as well as inclination accorded a brief respite in which to think of her who was gone, and of each other, with the clinging fondness of those whose lives, never before parted, were about to separate. Sue sat on a low stool, her head against the chimney jamb. It was the chimney of Aunt Priscilla's youth ; she never would alter it—one of the wide, old-fashioned kind, with pot hooks, and blazing logs, and a bake oven at one side. The soot blackened bricks and faint red glow made a background for my sister's head, with its great twist of fair hair, and lily-like slander throat. Sue is very pretty, pret tier than anybody I ever saw. I recollected a picture as I looked at her—a picture of Cinderella si(tiug in just such an attitude by the chimney-side. She was equally picturesque at that moment; so fiir as looks go, equally worthy of a prince; but, alas ; no fairy godmother was likely to emerge from the apple-room for her bene fit. Aunt Pris, who in a small way had enacted that part toward us, was gone, and her big rocking chair, which we had no heart to sit in, swung empty in its ac customed place, type of a like emptiness which we were conscious of in other things, and would feel for a long time to come. Neither of us spoke for a while. We were tired and spiritless. and John Slade was coming presently to talk over things, so we saved our words. Dr. Slade—John—was Sue's lover.— Their poor little engagement had been formed two years ago. How many years it was likely to last, nobody could guess; but they held on to it bravely, and were content to wait. Pretty soon, as we sat waiting, his step sounded without on the gravel, and with a little tap—courteous but unnecessary, for the door was never locked—he entered, gave Sue a gentle kiss, me another, and sat down between us, in aunty's rocking chair. It was a comfort to have him do that. The house seemed less forlorn at once. "Well, children, how has the day gone he asked. "Pretty well," replied Sue. "We have been busy, and are tired to night, I think. I'm glad you are come, John dear. We were getting lonely and dismal, Cree and I." Lucretia is my name ; but Sue and Aunt Priscilla always called me "free." John adjusted a stick on the embers, and with one daring poke sent a tongue of bright flame upward before we answered. Then be took Sue's hand in his broad palm, and patting it gently, said, "Now let's talk over matters. We ought to de cide what we are to do, we three." That "three" was very comforting to me, but John always is a comfort. lie was "made so," Aunt Pris said. And be certainly carries out the purpose of his creation. "Did your aunt leave any will ?" he went on. "Only this;" and I brought from be tween the leaves of the big Bible, where we had found it, a half sheet of note-paper, on which dear aunty had stated, in her own simple form that she left all she had to be equally divided between her nieces, Susan and Lucretia Pendexter. Squire Packard's name and Sarah Brackett's, our old wash erwoman; were written below as witnesses. "Very well," said John. "That's good in law, I fancy ; or if not, you are the nearest relations, and it's yours anyway. What property did your aunt own besides this house ?" "She had an annuity of two hundred and fifty a year, and fifty dollars more from some turnpike stock. That's all, except the house and furniture, and there is a mortgage of three hundred dollars on that. Squire Packard holds it. The annuity stops now, doesn't it ?" John looked as though he wanted to whistle, but refrained. "Your aunt was a clever manager," he said—"a capital manager. She made a very little go a great way, didn't she ? I don't know any one else who could live so nicely on three hundred a year, with mortgage interest taken out. You have always seemed cozy and comfortable." "We always have been. But we had the garden, you know, and the cow; that gave us two thirds of our living. Aunty was a wonderful housekeeper, though.— Isn't it a great deal cheaper to feed women than men ? She always said so." "I suppose it is. Men are carnivorous. A diet of tea and vegetables don't suit then, very well ; they are apt to grumble for something more solid. Well, my dear girls, our summing up isn't very satisfac tory. Even without the mortgage, you couldn't live on fifty dollars a year." "No. And I've been thinking what we could do. So has Cree, though we haven't HUNTINGDON, PA , FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1877. spoken to each other about it. I might teach a district school, perhaps. And Cree—" "I could take a place as plain cook.— There isn't anything else I can do well.— Plain cooking, with dripping and soap fat by way of perquisites;" and I gave a laugh which was meant to be merry. "It is hard," said John, with a moody look on his face which was foreign to its usual frank brightness. "How much a little money would sometimes do for p.3o ple who can't get it, and how little it is worth to other people who fling it away without a thought of its value ! A thous and dollars, now ! Any rich man weuld consider ita mere bagatelle in his expenses; but if I could command the 'sum. it would make us three comfortable for life." "How do you mean ? What would you do with a thousand dollars if you had it., John ?" "I'll tell you. Langworthy is going to sell his practice." "Oh I' "It. is a large practice, for the country, you know. It brings him in six or eight hundred a year—sometimes more. He has a chance to go into partnership with his brother out Wrest somewhere, and he'll sell for - thousand." "But, Juhn, some people like you bet ter than they do Dr. Langworthy." "Yes, some people do. But the ques tion is, Will they like me better than the other man who buy Dr. Langworthy out ? It' I were that mau. I should command both practices. It is a chance, don't you see ? But a new man coming in has his chance to cut me out." "I see. What can be done ?" "Nothing," with a rueful laugh "That's the worst of it. I can only keep on and hope fur the best. But it is hard, when with this miserable thousand dollars I could double my chances and make a nice home for you. Sue, darling, don't cry." She had laid her cheek down on his arm, but she wasn't crying, only looking sadly into the fire "If we sold everything, all this which aunty left us—the home, everything— couldn't we get the thousand dollars ?" I asked, desperately. John shook his head. "I couldn't let you do that, Cree, in any case. You'll want your share some day for yourself; it musn't go into buying a practice for me. But, apart from that, houses sell so badly now that this wouldn't realize much over the value of the mortgage at a forced sale. And the furniture, though worth a good deal to keep, would go for nothing at an auction. That plan wouldn't do at all for any of us." "Still, there's no harm in thinking about it, and seeing what we have, and what it's worth," I urged. loath to give up any ghost of a chance. "We way do that, wayn't we, John ?" "Of course. That is a thing you must do sooner or later. Look over the house, and make a list carefully, and we'll con suit and fix on approximate values. Don't hurry about it, though. Next week is time enough, and I know you need rest." "Rest is the very thing I don't need and can't take," I cried, impetuously.— "Something to fill up the long days, and keep us from thinking, and getting blue is what we want. We'll make the list to morrow, John." A little more talk and he rose to go." "Did you stop at the postoffice, John ?" "Yes. There was nothing for you.". "Not even the intelligencel: ?" asked Sue, languidly. "I forgot to tell you. There has been a great fire in New York, and the intelligen• cer is burned out. Abner brought the news over, it was telegraphed to the junc tion. They say the building is a total loss, so I suppose there won't be any publica tion for a while—some days at least." "Poor aunty ! how sorry she would be !" sighed Sue. 'Aunty took the paper ever since it began, forty-five years ago. She never missed a number. There it all is, up stairs—stacks and stacks of it. She was so proud of her file. It's no use at all now, I suppose, is it, John ?" "The ragman will give a penny a pound for it," I suggested ; "that's something." "We'll weigh the lot one of these days, and see what we can realize," said John. "Good-night, children." It was a ghostly task which we set out to do next day, The past itself, the faint, fragmentary past, seems to be wrapped up and inclosed in those bundles of time worn articles with which elderly people encumb er their store rooms and closet shelves. Some air of antiquity exhales as you open them, and, mingling with our modern air, produces an impression half laughable, half sad. Aunt Priscilla had been a born col lector. She loved old things because they were old, apart from use or value, and in stinct and principle combined had kept her from ever throwing away anything in her life. Had she been richer, her garret would indeed have proved a mine treasure for the brie a-bac hunters. No tin peddler would have laid eyes on her andirons; her claw-legged tables would have held their place, her Spode and Worcester wares sat undisturbed upon their upper shelf, centu ry in and out. But Aunt Priscilla had no claw-legged tables, no brasses or old china. Instead, we found vast stores of odds and ends—bits of bygone dresses, rolls of fa ded chintz, papers yellow with age, pam• phlets which no mortal had ever read or would read, old books, coverless or with pages torn away, scraps of rusty iron, screws without heads, and nails without points. The furniture, though neat and whole, was of the plainest. Even our un practiced eyes could see its lack of value. Who would want to buy the old-time dim ity curtains, with ball fringes sewed along their edges, or the counterpanes, made by Aunt Priscilla's own hands oat of the cali coes of her youth ? Our list was a very short one. A few chairs and tables, a doz en thin spoons and a small tea-pot in silver, the huge newspaper heap which I had ap praised at a penny a pound—these seemed the only saleable things; and we looked comically and grimly into each other's fa ces as we set them down. "I wish it were possible to eat Intelligen cers," said I. "They say newspapers make excellent counterpanes," replied Sue—`•warmer than blankets." "Yes, and 'they say' that a tea spoonful of Liebig's Extract gives as much nourish ment as ever so much roast beef," retorted I. "But it seemed to me, when I tried it, that except for a taste in my mouth as if I bad swallowed an old shoe, I shouldn't have known that I had eaten anything at all." John came as usual in the evening. "Here's enterprise I" he called out as he came in "What is enterprise ?" "The lntelligencer ! Behold it, large as life, and looking just as usual, only forty eight hours after the fire ! That's what I call pluck." "Isn't it ?" cried Sue, admiringly, as she drew the paper from its wrapper, and held it to the blaze that she might she the fa miliar page. Meanwhile I took from my pocket our melancholy little list. "You were right, John. Sue and I have searched the house over to day, and this is all there of any value—the fur niture, a little silver and those wretched ktelligencers." I was interrupted by a startled cry.— Sue was gazing at the newspaper in her hand with large, dilated eyes. Her check's had flushed pink. "What is it ? What is the matter ?" both of us cried in a breath. "Just read this! Oh, John, I don't be lieve it ! Read." She thrust the paper into his hand, and he read : 1000 —TILE OFFICE FILE OF OCR PAPER . having been destroyed by flre;on the eve ning of the 13th loot., we offer the above price for a com plete and perfect set of the INTELLI6tNCES from its first number, March 4, 1330, to present date. Any persons able to supply a set as stated will please communicate with the publisher. P. O. Box, 2351, New York. "A thousand dollars ! Oh Sue ! oh John ! what a piece of good fortune ! Dear aunty—think of her file turning out such a treasure ! It is toi wonderful to be true. I feel as though it were a dream;" and I danced up and down the kitchen floor John and Sue were equally excited. "Only," premised the former, "we wasn't forget that some one el:Fe may have a file of the intelligencer, and get ahead of us." This wet blanket of suggestion kept me awake all night. My thoughts kept flying to New York, anticipatinc , ' the letter which we had written, and John posted over night for the early stage. If it should be lost in the mails ! . When morning came, I was too weary and too fidgety to employ myself in any way. But about noon John walked in, comfort in his eyes. "Why, John, how funny to see you here at this hour! Why do you look so? You haven't heard yet ; you can't, for the letter is only half-way there." _ _ "But I have heard! I pit ahead of the letter—drove over to the junction, tele graphed, paid for the answer, and here it ;. 7! Blessed John ! This was the telegram "Send file at once. Check ready to your Tier. How we cried and laughed and kissed each other ! Flow much that message meant ! To John and Sue, the satisfac tion of their love, life spent together, the fruition of deferred hopes; to me, the lift ing, of a heavy weight, home, security, the shelter °fray sister's wing, the added riches of a brother who was brotherly in very deed. And all this for a thousand dollars ! Oh, how much money can do sometimes ! and at other times, bow little ! We had grown somewhat calmer, though Sue still kept her sweet face hidden on John's shoulder, and quivered and sobbed now and then, when I turned emotion into a new channel by seizing a tumbler of water and proposing this toast, "To the memory of the late Samuel F. Morse " John seized another, and added, "The Intelligencer—may it rise like a phoenix from its ashes ?" I leave you to guess if we did not drink his heartily.—llarper's Baarr. ~CCCC~ Iscdilann+ Naptha, Benzine, and Gasoline. The distinction between the three abcve named articles, which exists only in the degree of their specific gravity, is clearly set forth in The Grocer as follows : "Among the chief products of petroleum, which enter largely into every-day trade, and about which very little is known, even by those who handle them, are naptha, benzine and gasoline, all of which are the first results of the distillation of petroleum. The application of the tin ee names is often times confused, which may be easily de terwined by the simple use of an hydro meter. The first result of petroleum dis tillation shows a gravity of 90 deg., and the distillation from that down to 80 deg., gives what is known as gasoline, which is used almost exclusively iu patent gas ma chines for the manufacture of burning gas, a very fine light being obtained from its use. It is also employed as a carbonizer of coal gas, and, when properly applied at the meter, and with improved burners, it adds greatly to the richness of the lime. The gas companies use gasoline as an ad mixture to their product, in which case it becomes adulterant, because of the imper. feet means employed in its use. The distillation from about 74 deg down to 68 der. is termed benzine, which is largely used by painter: as a substitute for spirits of turpentine; the latter, being wore oily, produces a much heavier paint, a bet ter finish and bein7 much ni-ire durable, but benzine is a quick dryer, and being cheap, is especially adapted to rapid and low priced work. The scouring establish means also use very large quantities of this product, and it is deodorized and sold in small bottles, under various names, for re moving grease from clothing and similar purposes. When first taken from the still it is highly odorous, and that disagreeable feature is only removed by re-distillation and treatment with sulpharie acid. The goods that are bottled and retailed in that way frequently have sonic fragrant perfume added to counteract the pungent odor, which cannot be entirely removed from the benzine by any manner of treatment. Ben zine is sometimes used for ourning, but is exceedingly dangerous, and should never be employed for that purpose. The heavier gravity product of the still, ranging from 51 deg. to 65. is termed naptha, and is the lowest distillation un mixed with oil, which distills over at about 62 deg. Naptha is used in the manufacture of varnish, oil cloths, and patent leathers. It is also largely employed in connection with India rubber, of which it is the only perfect solvent, being very superior to spirits of turpentine. We have shown iu this brief space the proper gravity of these different products, and persons who have occasion to use any of them can easily pro tect themselves against impositions by ap plying the hydrometer test to which we have already alluded. The finer burning oils are made from distillation ranging from 51 deg. down to 45 degl Most of the high test oils show a gravity of about 47 deg. to 48 deg. but this is too heavy for a very fine free-burn ing oil, and the finest product made has a gravity test of 50 deg. and a fire test of 150 deg. Fah. This gives a perfect light, and may be used with absolute safety.— The low-priced kerosene oils, testing down as 110 deg. Fah., and under, and of 46 deg. to 48 deg., are being superseded by the better grades; and the good results are shown in the very rare reports of injury to life or limb from the use of an article which, because of its impurity and danger was, a few years ago, generally condemned." The Hygiene of the Eyes. The following hygienic rules are con densed from eminent French and English authorities : For the worker the light should came as much as possible from the left side, that is to say, from the side to wards which one turns in working. Day light is the best; but direct sunlight and that reflec.ed from mirrors should be avoid ed. The aspect should be northern, and the light should come a little from above White walls should be avoided ; highly varnished tables, and, in workshops, shin ing articles like silk, should be protected from the sun's rays. Artificial light is always bad, on account of the heat and the exhalation of carbonic acid. The best is that of lamps fed with vegetable oil (much used in France, but seldom in this country) and furnished with a glass shade. Gas is bad, because of its heat, brilliancy and mo bility ; the light of mineral oils is too hot; that of candles insufficient and flickering. The eye of the workman should avoid the light coming to him directly or diffused through the room. Working immediately , after meals is objectionable; also uninter rupted use of the eyes fur long periods of time. One should write on an inclined plane, and not keep the head bent down more than is absolutely necessary. Read ing in bed is bad every way. Some good authorities commend washing the eyes with cold water, but the majority of the best ophthalmologists advice that use of hot water for the less serious affections of the eye. For tired eyes, we believe, from our own experience, that water as hot as can be borne is refreshing and beneficial. If the eyes are fatigued by bad artificial illumin ation, blue or slightly, smoked glasses will be useful, and in order to avoid the lateral rays they should be large and round. If the it ritation of the eyes persists, all work' must be abandoned, and an examination wade to see if there is any disturbance of retraction, of power, of accommodation or of the mobility of the eyes. Presbyopia, or so called "far-sightedness," supervenes earlier with those who are constantly at work than with other individuals, and as soon as it does convex glasses should be at once resorted to, without which the muscle of accommodation would be fatigued to no purpose At first they should be used for working in the evening, after the fatigue of the day ; but a long-sighted person should only use spectacles for looking at near objects, not at far ones.. Work re quiring close application favors the devel opment of myopia, or "near-edness,"sight precisely in proportion as the conditions of illumination are bad. If the action of those causes continues, the myopia will in crease until vision is lost. A slight degree of myopia. may be favorable to close work, hut, as a general rule, work requiring close application, by the derangement of circu lation that it inevitably induces ip the eye, is much more injurious to the myopic, and is the great cause of the development of myopia and its complications. Young peo ple should be examined, and if they are myopic, hindred from undertaking tedious studies and all professions demanding close application of the eye.--Journal of Chem istry. P. HALLIDIY." - --•-•..1 , --- ... The "Fast" "Fast" Lover. Alas ! the time has gone by when girls shun the fast young man. "I don't like your goody-goody youths," says Miss In- nocence, who scarcely knows what she is talking about. "I admire a man with a spice of Satan in him." Young lady, are you one of that too numerous class who prefer the society of "fast" young men to that of honest, true-hearted gentlemen ? Is your ideal of a companion and protector one of those unprincipled "bloods," of whom your parents heartily disapprove, who is so wild in his habits that you your self' are afraid to trust him, yet whom you deem far more sociable and entertaining than men of conscientious scruples ? Then have a care ! If a man is bent on sowing the wind, you should be wise enough to take care that you do not expose yourself to reap the terrors of the whirlwind.— Above all things, a young lady should ab hor the courtship of a wilful profligate, being assured that he will be as faithless to a wife as to other women. Meet his advances coldly—particularly if he con siders himself irresistable, as he doubtless does--as the wound to his self-love may result in making him see himself as others see him. And you need not hesitate to let him know why you repel his advances. It' he has the stamina to attempt to regain his manliness of character, a sharp, yet sympathetic rebuke from a lady whom he respects may do much to put him on the way toward a reformation of life. Should he show himself conscious of his false po sition, put him on a long probation of good behavior, and govern your own relations toward him accordingly. But should be show no such consciousness, and decline to undergo the test, you should have no more certain proof - of his absolute unworth iness, and the sooner you wash your hands of him the better it will be for your future peace of mind. Don't let romance blind your judgment. How Liquors are Made. At a recent meeting of the American Temperance Union in Cooper Institute, New York, Mr. Eli Johnson said : "Two years ago a prominent wine importer died in this city Among his books no record of a single invoice ot' wine was found, but in his cellar machinery for making it was discovered. There are beer factories which can make beer in fifteen minutes, without a particle of hops or malt. I had heard that drumwei s of liquors no longer carried around samples of liquors. They took a box of drugs instead, from which to man utacture their wares. For a long time I tried to obtain a similar box, but Killed to d) so. Finally a young physician corn witted suicide, induced by use of poisonous liquor. Among his effects was found one of these sample cases. Here it is." The lecturer showed a black tia box, in which were several bottles containing colored liquids. He continued : "In this box were essential oils for making eight• kinds of brandy, six of whisky, four of gin and two of wine. Each of these bottles is guaranteed to make twenty gallons ofliquor. There is a house in this city that manu factures these articles, This bottle of oil made by them contains material for twenty gallons of French brandy. They also issue a book of directions," which he showed, "which specifies one hundred different oils for manufacturing drinks. All are made of different parts of alcohol, water, sugar, tartaric acid and other deleterious in gredients, together with the essential oil. The oil is the only change made in any of them. This bottle is guaranteed to make twenty gallons of port wine. It is what physicians order for sick people." SUBSCRIBE for the JOURNAL. Tattlers. A family have a sacred right to privacy. In guarding the delicate relations of the household, secrecy becomes a virtue. Even if by chance the private affairs of a house hold are laid open to a stranger, honor would require him to turn from them, and if a knowledge of them were forced upon him they shonld be locked in a sacred silence. a A double obligation of silence and secre cy rests upon one who is a guest in a fami ly. The turpitude of a betrayal of family history by a visitor is far greater than theft would be. To pocket half a dozen silver spoons would do far less damage, produce far less suffering, and be less im• moral than tale bearing. It is a thing so scandalous that it should degrade a person, and put him out of good society. To be tray the secrets of a household is not only an odious immorality, but it is a sin and a shame to be on good terms with those who are known to commit such outrages. They are miscreants. They put themselves out of the pale of decent society. They should be treated as moral outlaws. These hungry-eyed wretches who sit in the unsuspicious circle of parents and children, treasuring their words, spying their weakness, misrepresenting the inno cent liabilities of the household, and run from house to house with their shameless news, are worse than poisoners of wells or burners of houses. They poison the faith of man in man. If one open his mouth to tell you such things, with all your might smite him in the face I There are two ac tions which justify you in instantly knock ing, a 111111 down ; the one is the act of pointing a gun at you in sport, and the other is the attempt to tell you a secret which it is disgraceful for him to get, and fur you to hear. Make no terms with such people. Tale bearers have no rights. They are common enemies of good men. Hunt hurry, and hound them out of society They are the worst pests save one, and that is the listener to the tale-bearer. There could be no tattling if there was no one to hear. It takes an ear and a tongue to make a scandal. Greedy listen ing is as dishonorable as nimble tattling. The ear is the open market where the tongue sells its ill gotten ware. Some there are who will not repeat again what. they hear, but they are willing to listen to it. They will not trade in contraband goods, but they will buy enough of the smuggler for family use. These respectable listeners are the pa trans of tattlers. It is the ready market that keeps tale bearing brisk. It is a shame to listen to ill of your neighbor. Christian benevolence demands that you do not love ill news A clean heart and a true honor rejoice in kindly things. It should be a pain and a sorrow to know of anything that degrades your neighbor in your eyes even if be is your eon ny ; how much more if he is your friend Ely Nith g ct of Interrupted Tabh Talk. The other evening the Rev. Mr. Phil acter eat down at the tea table with a very thoughtful air and attended to the wants of his brood in a very abstracted manner. Presently he looked up at his wire and said : "The Apostle Paul"— ''Got an awful lump on the head 'salter noon," broke in the pastor's eldest son, "playing base ball. Bat flew out of the striker's hands when 1 was umpire, and cracked me right above the ear, an' dropped me. Hurt ? Golly !" and tha lad shook his head in dismal but expressive panto mime as he tenderly rubbed a lump that looked like a billiard ball with hair on it. The pastor gravely paused for the interrup tion, and resumed : "The Apostle Paul"— "Saw Mrs. O'Gheminine down at Green baum's this afternoon," said his eldest daughter, addressing her mother. "She had the same old everlasting black silk, made over with a vest of tilleul green silk, coat tail barque pattern, overskirt made with diagonal folds in front, edged with deep fringe; yellow straw hat, with black velvet facing inside the brim, and pale blue flowers. She's going to Chicago." The god minister waited patiently, and then, in tones just a shade founder than betl)re, said : "The Apostle Paul"— 'Went in swiniin' last night with Henry and Ben, pop, and stepped on a clam shell," exclaimed his youngest son ; "cut ruy foot so I can't wear my shoe; and, please, can't I stay home to ru-rrow ?" The Pasco' intbrined his son ?hat he might stay away from the river, and then resumed his topic. He said "The Apostle Paul sa3s"— "My teacher is an awful liar," shouted the second son ; "he says the world is as round as an orange, and it turns round all the time fatter than a circus man can ride. I guess be haint got much sense." The mother lifted a warning finger to ward the boy and said, "Sh !" and the father resumed : "The Apostle Paul says"— "Don't bite off twice as much as you can chew," broke out the eldest son, re proving the assault of his little brother on a piece of cake. The pastor's face showed just a trifle of annoyaoce as he said in very firm decided tones : "The Apostle Paul says" "There's a fly in the buster !" shrieked the youngest h.)peful of the family, and a general laugh followed. When silence was restored the eldest daughter with an air of curiosity, said '•Well, but, pa, I really would like to know what the Apostle Paul said." "Pass me the mustard," said the pastor, absently. . • _ _ Then the committee rose and the senate went into executive session and soon after adjourned. DURING the long French war, two old ladies in Stranraer, Scotland, were going to the Kirk. The one said to the other, "Is it not a wonderfu' thing that the Breet ish are aye victorious in battle ?" "Na," said the other; "for ye ken they aye say their prayers afore the fechin' begins."— The other replied "But the French can say their prayers as weel's the Breettsh." "Hoot !" said the other ; "jabberin' bodies ; wha could understand them f" YESTERDAY an aged Burlington Demo crat picked up his paper, and with one horrified glance at its telegraph columns, cast it down and burst into tears. Sym pathizing friends asked him what was the matter with him. "Another Republican victory somewhere," he said, and pointed to the headline over a Massachusetts date, "Another dam disaster."—Burlington Hawkeye. She Meant Business. There is no reason why the inventor of a remedy to "cure the worst case of catarrh inside of five minutes" shouldn't feel it his duty to place a bottle of the same in every person's hand—"price 25 cents ; no cure, no pay." Therefore the long-legged chap who pulled a door bell on John R. street yesterday had none of that timidity in his bearing which characterizes rag-buyers, lightning-rod men, and solicitors for the fire.sufferers. lie had a good thing, and he knew it, and he wanted other folks to know it. When the door opened and a hard featured woman about 40 years of age confronted him, he pleasantly went to bus. mess, and asked : .'Madam, is your husband ever troubled with catarrh ?" "Can a man who has been dead seven years be troubled with the cat-Arrh?" she grimly replied. "But the children are liable to be at tacked at any hour this season," he re marked. "Whose children ?" "Yours, madam." "I never had any, sir. What brought y..ta here anyhow ? Why do you cline asking those questions ?" "Madam, I have compounded a remedy for the c►tarrh. It is a good thing. warrant it to knock any case of catarrh sky-high in less than five minutes." Why "Well, sir, what's all this to me ?" madam--why-- ?" he stammered "D.. I look as it I needed any catarrh remedies ?" she demanded, as she stepped out on the platrorm. "Madam, I would not fist the world have you think that I thought you bad the catarrh, but I suppose the fair and lovely can be attacked as well as the strong and brave." "And what have I got to do with all that rigmarole Y" Who are you, sir, and What do you want ? "Madam, he whispered, backing down one step, I have compounded a remedy for the catarrh." "Whose catarrh, sir ?" "Madam, I ani selling my catarrh— „ "Where is your catarrh—where it ?" she interrupted. He got down on the second step and soft ly began "Madam, I have a sure cure fur catarrh, and ant selling lots of it." 'Well, what do I care ! Must you ring my door bell to tell me that you are Belling lots of catarrh medicine r He got down on the walk, clear of the steps, and he tried hard to look beautiful around the mouth, as he explained : "Madam, didn't I ask you if your hus band was ever troubled with catarrh ?" "Yee, sir, and didn't, I reply that be was (lead ? Do you want to see his grave sir ?" -No, madam, Idu not. law sorry he's dead, but my catarrh remedy can't help him any. Glod bye, madam " "Here, sir, hold on a minute," she call ed ; 'what was your business with me I"' "Why, I have a remedy fur catarrh " "So iOu said before " - "•I asked you if you didn't want to pur chase and—" "You are a falsifier, sir; you never ask ed nie to purchase!" "Do—you—want—a—bottle he slowly asked." "Yes, sir ; give me two of them ; here's your money next time you want to s2ll your caarrh remedy don't begin to talk around about the discovery of Americ i. Here you've bothered me fifteen minutes, and put all my work behind, and it's good fur you I didn't bring the broom to the door !" He retreated backwards through the gate, big left eye i-Tiinted up and his mouth open. He shut the gate, leaned over it and looked long at the front door. By and by be said : "Darn 'em ! You can nev er tell where to find 'em !"—Detroit Free Press. Number Threeth. Miss Ageratum Wiggles went into ono of our shoe stores the other day to buy a pair of lasting gaiters. - Miss Ageratum is not as young as she once was, but Et:II she shakes her cork screw curls in a very girlish manner. On this occasion she lisped very prettily, ow ing to the fact that she had left her front teeth at the dentist's to be mended. "11l look at your lathing gaithertb, you pleath, thir," Clerk produces a boa and inquires, "What number do yoti wish?" "Number threeth, "Here is a pair, ma'am." Miss Ageratum put her hand in oneand sweetly aiked: "Have you a pair thk thane number a little wider in the thole?" Clerk produces number 31, and says. '•Yes, ma'am, here's a pair." '•lf you pleath, I would like a pair a ittle fullsr in the toeth." Clerk haudi out a pair of nutnber 4's, saying: "'These are about right, I guess." Miss Ageratum seated herself, pushed back her rlnglets, arranged the folds of her dress, and proceeded to take off her shre. She did not seem to make much headway with number 4. and, raising her head in an artless manner, said : "It appearth to me, thir, the numberth get thwaller every year." The obliging clerk produced a pair of number s's, handed them to her and gal lantly observed : `Yes, ma'am, it really el yes seem to nie so ; just slip your foot into this one. It's a little roomier, so to speak." "Yeth, it. ith, but it ith very tight acroth the inthep " "Ah, well here's a pair which I'm sure will be just exactly right—would .be will ing to take my oath to it," and with a look of warm admiration (which Miss Ageratum received with a coquettish toss of her spiral tresses) handed her a pair of 9's. "At lath ! Juth right ! I knew I couldn't be mithtaken in my number, though Dither Pegthrapher next door declared it wath impotbible for me to put on number threeth. There ith thuch a differenth in thore-keeperth." A WIT will have his joke even at the expense of his gallantry. It was Lord Houghton, who, when a lady, more beauti ful in her own eyes than that of the world, was boasting that she had had hundreds of men at her feet, remarked in au under tone, "Chiropodists." HIBAM GREEN, ESQ., says, "The indi vidual who sponges his religion and expects to get to heaven on a dead head ticket, will find when too late that the free list is suspended." _ WszN a physician deserts his profession for the pulpit the inference is that he can preach better than he can practice. NO. 46.
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