Why Tonne Children Head Trash.
Mr. Charles Dudley Warper discuss
ing the question of children's reading,
in the Vhridim Union, calls attention to
the comparatively small number of per
sons, even in this country, who read
We boast, he says, about the circu
lation of our newspapers. The best of
them are dally marvels of news, of in
formation, ot miscellaneous reading, uf
MitKHlnl nmnvtt nf nil anrtl TllflB nmllld
ClllCl bill MllllIIV VI fll DUI UO. A tl-J niv iuu
cheapest things manufactured in modern
days. Considering the capital in brains,
industry and money put into every num
ber, they are at their price the wonder
of our civilization. And yet the most
wonderful thing about them to me is the
TSfnallness ot their circulation compared
to the population.' Takesu h a center
as New York, with a compact popula
tion of nearly two millions, and radiat
ing lines of quick distribution that en
able the newspapers within a few hours
to resell millions more, and set against
this the actual circulation ot trie tnree
or four commanaine lournals. It is a
mere bagatelle .
Still there are many newspapers,
and a large proportion of the population
Bees one every nay that is, of the city
population; but the number ot people
who mas tor the contents of a dailv news
paper is not large. Readers pick out of
them the items of business or amuse
ments or nolitics that interests them
And it is hardly fair to credit our people
with the habit of reading because they
glance at the daily newspapers, or be
cause in the country they are in the
habit of spreading the excellent weeklies
over their faces to keep the flies from
disturbing their Sunday nap. I believe
iunb Lilts llinjuillj VI uusiucaa uicu icnu a
book very rarely; the majority of young
men in business ana in society 1 lancy
read little thev do not eive tkeir even
ings to readine. and are not apt to take
tip a book unless it becomes the talk of
society l'eoplc who spend a great aeal
of monevon dress, on dinner, on amuse
ments, would think it extravagant to
buy a book, and if one is commended to
them they will wait till they can borrow
it or get it from the library. They do
not hesitate two minutes about an ordin
ary two-dollar dinner, but they will
wait months to borrow a fifty-cent
book.
He concludes that" one of the reasons
why the voune who read at all read
nothing but trash, as they are said to do,
is because their parents, or older per
sons about them, either have not the
habit of reading or thev also read trash.
In such households as I have described.
where the elders go about declaring that
- mere is nothing to read, the children
catch the tone and think there is noth
ing to read that is, nothing except the
latest story-book or the picture-paper.
In a lower strata of society, where the
mother has neither time nor inclination
to read anything, and the father pores
over the Police Gazette, it is quite natural
that his son should take the .Boy's Own
story-paper about runians and burelars
f he short ot it is that the children in
this country follow their elders. And I
suspect that the vast majority of people
"ire little for reading, except as it fur
nishes them a smattering ot news or
gives them a temporary excitement."
Woman as a Census-Taker.
In many parts of the country women
will be aDDointcd as census enumera
tors, with the probable result something
like this
Neatly dressed woman of an uncertain
ace. with bit: book under her arm and
pen in hand, rings the door-bell. Young
iady appears at the door.
Census enumerator "Good mornine,
Lovely morning. I'm taking the cen
sus. You were born"
Young lady " Yes'm."
Census enumerator " i our name,
please. What a pretty dust-cap you
nave on. Can I cet the pattern t It's
just like the one the lady in the next
house has. Let's Eee, your nameP"
'I haven't the pattern. Don't you
get awful tired walking round taking
the census?"
"Oh, yes, it's wearisome, but I pick
up a ereat deal of information. How
nice your dinner smells cooking. Plum
pudding P"
'In Maine. No. I haven't plum
pudding to-day. I'm looking for a new
recipe
" I've got one that I took down from
a lady's cook-book across the way. Are
you married f'
"No. Want an invitation to the
wedding, don't you? It will be a long
time before you get it. You can keep
your plum pudding recipe, tnariK you
" Ish'dthink 'twould be some time.
Have you chil Oh, of course; I for
got. This hall carpet is just the pattern
of Aunt Prudy's. She s had it more
than twenty years. How many are they
in the family!"'
"If this hall carpet don't suit you you
an get off from it and g) about your
censusing "
" Well, you're an impudent jade, any
how. You haven't told me whe n you
were born, or what's your mime, or
when you expect to gft married, and
there's ten dollars tine for not answer
ing census-takers' questions, and if I
was you I wouldn't be seen at the door
in such a slouchy morning dress, bo
there."
"Oh, you hateful thing. You oan
just go away. I'll pay ten dollars to get
rid ot you, and smile doing it. It's none
of your busin ss, nor the census either.
No, it isn't. Tt ou can keep your pattern
and your plum pudding and your
saucyimpudent questions to yourself
"Good morning. I must be getting
on. I haven't done but three families
all the forenoon," and an energetic bang
of the door just missed catching a foot
of her trailing dress skirts. Ntw Haven
Register.
Words of Wisdom.
It is with nations as with individuals
" those who know the least of others
think the highest of themselves; for the
whole family of pride and ignorance are
incestuous, and mutually beget each
other.
It is perfectly delightful, the philoso
phy with which we reconcile ourselves
to the misfortunes of our neighbors.
That another should be hungry, after
we have dined, is a consideration that
distresses nobody.
The greatest loss of time is delay and
expectation, which depends upon the
future. We let go the present, which
we have in our power, and look forward
t
a
ti
to that which depends upon chances.
and so quit a certainty for an uncer
tainty.
The everv.ria v cares and duties which
men call drudgery we the weights and
founterpoises of the o.'ock of time, giv
ing its nenritiinm . ...ia vibration, and
its hands a regular mo' ion ftnd ,wh?n
they cease to hang upon thJ wheels the
r v luiijci BWingS, V. . ....
to longer move, the clock stana. 8 U'
Knowledge is not ability, cram 1 iot
may be able to count accurately every
yard of distance to the stars and yet
h m8t.ImPerfcetly educated; he may
--. itoiwi up au me lines that
ever reigned, and yet be none the wiser
or the more efficient for his learning.
kI,6 man or woma who never growls
thT Jbv ,Teather is neater than he
Lder tW0 citie Wheeling
The silk manufactories of Faterson,
ie silk manufactories of Faterson, '
'1? e,ghty' "do-iye employ- I
. to 15,000 persons. j
ment
FOR THE FUR SEX.
Faahloa Hotel,
The newest sleeves are open a little at
the wrist.
Paranoia in matrh nrft now Bold wit
the most elegant ready-made promenad
costumes.
Satin de Lyon fichus and dolmans are
faced with either scarlet or " butter
cup " satin.
Fine nainsook embroidery With J.01"
chon lace sewed on the edge is used for
trimming ladies' underclothing.
TJpw naraaola have the lininsrs placed
underneath the ribs which are painted
scarlet or gilt in Chinese fashion.
Silk mitts in fancy colors are among
the novelties, and it is expected they
will be worn extensively in me sum
mer.
Spanish lace, embroidered with pearl
beads, will be one of the most stylish
garnitures for dressy white bonnets
during the season. "
Soft, wide ribbons are used for waist
helts. Thev are wrinkled in the tying,
and form a large bow with short ends
at the left side of the front.
The kilt-nlaited skirt will be retained
for children's wear, nothing prettier or
more appropriate for ordinary costumes
having made its appearance.
Languedoo lace, which is the rage
just at present, comes in two shades,
coffee nnd cream, both of which are
used to trim pure white dresses.
Skilled American tastes are toning
down the too Btrong contrasts of French
models, so that blonde and brunette
American styles are better suited.
A lovely button to trim suits of the
new shades of piirple, is an exact copy
of the pansy. It is made of enamel on a
metal tounoation imetue earrings worn
by young girls.
White dresses of satin or silver bro
cade are enriched with lace in graceful
cascades and white Jet embroideries
upon lace, into which pearls and shell
work are introduced.
Pretty lonir handle! fans, oval in
shape, are covered with pale blue satin
trimmed around with two rows of
nlaited Breton lace. A small cluster ot
buttercups or daisies adorns the center.
The new and beautiful cotton crape
material, fieur de the, is a formidable
rival to other summer fabrics. It is ex
tremely fine and delicate, precisely line
crape, nnd retains the cnnKied appear
ance after beinit washed.
Cotton goods this season closely imi
tate the dashing novelties exhibited in
more costly productions. Momie cam
brics have garnitures of broche and
flowered patterns, and percales are bor
dered in Oriental designs.
Beads are in great demand for trim
ming purposes, and come in beautiful
tints of bronze, sapphire, garnet, gold,
silver and changeable hues called cache
mire colors. Beautiful effects can bo
obtained by variegated styles of bead
ing. The newest stockings nre of sewing
silk, knit in the various fashionable
color, in lace patterns and odd designs.
Embroideries are much used upon self
colored stockings, and very choice arti
cles are of exquisitely fine texture, with
lace either let in or woven of the silk.
Some, like the new ties, nre beautifully
embroidered with floss and beads, in
any and all colon to match the costume.
A Return to the Kaahiona of Our Grand
mothers, Gl incing at the fashion books of fifty
and even seventy years ago, it is curi
ous to note how in many points we are
returning to the modes then in vogue.
Nothing but short dresses were to be
seen half a century ago; the skirts were
just long enough to show the shoes and
boots, and were trimmed with satin
rouleaux and bias folds. The fashion
able colors were Christmas holly green,
scarlet, pink, clarence blue, giraffe yel
low, ponceau, camel's hair brown, In
dian red, camelopard yellow, mocassa
brown, apricot, olive, peau de serpent,
burrage blue, Egyptian sand, Indian red
and violet shot with bottle green for
shot silks were coming in then, as they
are with us now. The January of 1828
was particularly damp and cold, and
silk and satin pelisses were the rage,
but, like! short princess dresses, reach
ing to the hem, with a lace cape over
the shoulders. These pelisses were also
worn in the evening, cut low In the
neck, and showed robings of white
satin in front. Shawls and scarf shawls
were coming in also, and feather trim
mirgs found special favor. The hats
worn were large, and dress hats weie
adopted with full evening dress, made
ot satin and gauze, with blonde lappets
and plumes of ostrich or marabout
feathers or floral wreaths, birds jf para
dise being arranged inside and out.
They were placed far back on the head.
It is to be hoped that we shall not re
adopt anything so startling as a hat of
paradise yellow, lined with crimson vel
vet, trimmed with white puttings and
yellow ribbon, brocaded black, as worn
by a belle of that day. There is much
to learn in avoiding past follies. Our
dresses have of late clung closely to t!ie
figure, but have never as yet attained
the scantiness of those times. The
skirts were always Bcanty, as well as
short, an' trimmed often with one or
two gathered flounces, scalloped at the
edae, surmounted by one or two rows
of straight satin rouleaux ; the bodices
full and banded, the sleeves large and
puffed. Such bodices and puffed
sleeves are coming in again, as well as
short dresses for evening, wh ich may,
and very likely will, resolve themselves
into short princesses, not unlike pelisses .
Hoes a Whale Spout Water!
A discussion having arisen
as to
whether a wtiale does cr does not spout
water, tne iNantucKet (Mass.; inquirer
ana Mirror contributes the following
opinion in regard to the matier: We
think that those who go down to these
in ships will aziee that the whale does
not spout water, although he blows
water. To explain this seeming para
dox, it must be understood that the
blowing of a whale is simply strong res
piration or breath, and that the whale is
a warm-blooded mammal with lungs
like those of land animals, and breatiies
air only. At the moment of rising to the
surface of ths sea, he forces out a strong
current of air, by which the small quan
tity of water then standing in the cavity
of his sniracle or spout-hole is blown
into countless atoms, forming a cloud of
spray which looks like white rmoke or
steam. The form of this cloud differs
in the case of different species of whale,
so that the practiced eye of the whale
man can usually distinguish the several
varieties, even at a distance of miles.
This variety results from the different
conformation and direction of the spir
acle in the various species of whale, and
o from the f ict that some species hive
- one spiracle and others two. The
n c idea that the w hale takes in vast
current - 0f water and fjects it again in
quantities .m like that from n tire en
a solid stre -nistake, and the pictures
gine is a great him as spouting 6uch
which represent . -esimp;y ridiculous
streams high aloft a. ieman. It is not
to the eye of the wha. -orti, mention
probable that any water he whale's
ing ever finds its way into .. ,ndod hfl
lungs, but wnen mort wiy wuu. ,(
will throw out copious streswu
gushes, bo of water, but of waroi
blood. '
or
.ed
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD,
Plant Moort Potato,
Those who are about to plant potatoes
will do well to read the following ad
vice from th e Kansas Farmer. Good
seed is most likely to secure a good crop :
W hatever variety of pot atoes are planted
select the best tubers for seed. Plant
large, well-formed, smooth potatoes, ns
it is evidence of a large well-formed
variety, evidence of soundness and
health, evidence of perfection ; and in
order to produce the best of anything
the surest way is to select the btst to
grow from. Small potatoes used for
seed may, and do often, produce large,
fine tubers, but tbey may be a small
variety some of them at least are liable
to lie." If they do not belong to a small
tuber family then tlie welghtot evidence
is in favor of their being imperfect and
unripe, consequently weak and un
healthy. Such stock, either of animals
or vegetables, is not fit to propagate
from. Nature stores in the perfect
seed what is required to promote and
perpetuate the vigorous and hardy
plant. By carefully selecting the best
of everything to plant, the finest
grain, fruit, roots and other vege
tables can be produced with reason
able certainty ; but f this fundamental
law is neglected the chances are in favor
nfalargeper cent, of inferior produce.
The same natural law governs in the
vegetable that is acknowledged to be so
potent. in the animal kingdon. Like pro
duces like, and faults and imperfections
seem to be more readily transmitted
than the more desirable qualities. Very
much better crops could be raised if
farmers gave tliiu subject more study,
and acted upon the well-established
principles of production. Many years
ago, and in a period of our agricultural
history when new varieties of any form
were extremely rare, an obicrvant
farmer of Pennsylvania, acting on the
Ennciple that perfect grain could only
e insured by using perfect seed, origin
ated a superior variety of wheat, which
he named " barrel wheat." This lie did
by holding the sheaves of wheat in his
hands by the butts and beating the tops
over a barrel. 1 lie large, plump, periect
grains would fly out and none others.
This wheat was used as seed, and the
same practice to procure seed beinu fol
lowed a few years, produced what
seemed to be a new variety of wheat,
but which was only the result of a prac
tical application of the natural law of
selecting the fittest. This anecdote is a
practical illustration of using none but
the very best for seed. Unripe, small
potatoes are not fit for seed; neither are
overgrown, hollow-hearted tubers. The
former are weak and imperfect; the
latter, like all abnormal monsters, un
healthy.
lteclpee.
Cookies. Two cups of sugar, one
half cup of butter, one cup of sweet
milk, teaspoonful of baking powder,
caraway seed if liked, and flour enough
to roll out.
CoitN MeaiiPuddinu. Quart of corn
meal, scalded to a mush, cup of suet
chopped fine, cup of raisins seeded, nnd
a small teaspoonful of salt. Boil three
hours in buttered bteamer. Eat with
syrup or sauce.
Chicken Sai.ad. Rmove the skin
gristle and fat, and chop the meat quite
tine; add two-thirds in quantity of
chopped celery, one-fourth ns much
chopped cucumber, pickles and celery
rub the yolks of two hard boiled eggs
and one tablespoon butter together
moisten with a little milk, mix well
add salt to taste, and garnish with celery
leaves.
Spanish Custard. If your family
numbers six, take eight yolks of eggs,
eight teaspoonfuls ot sugar, beaten very
light, adding flavor if you like: put over
a slow fire, stirring all the time uutil
quite thick; then have small saucers
either ot glass or china, and pour some
on each saucer; to be served in this
way cold; powdered almonds are very
delicious on it.
Tba Cakks .To each pound of
flour allow a dessert - spoonful of
yeast powder, one egg, half
pint of milk, two spoonfuls of melted
butter, two spoonfuls of sugar. Rub
the dry ingredients together, then
quickly mix in the milk with the but
ter. then the beaten exe: cut into bis
cuit form, and bake quickly in buttered
pans.
Pig's Feet. If you have more than
you want to use now, boil them until
the bones drop out, then mince them
coarsely and boil in a little of the same
water, season well, pour into a crock
pres down closely, and when cold cover
with vinegarand it will keep until warm
weather. It will be firm, like jelly, and
ran be cut into slices. This is very good
for laboring men or those who work out
of doors. There is no oil or grease for
boots or shoes that can compare with
the grease, when cold, skimmed off the
kettle in which pig s feet have been
boiled. It is very softening, and there
win be just enough ot the gluey sub
stance in it to make a good mixture and
give a good "shine."
When to Plow.
An experienced farmer says : I know
by trial that plowing land when it is
very dry it nearly as hurtful as when it
is very wet. But my experience is with
heavy clay, or land in which clay is an
important constituent. Such land when
plowed dry breaks up lumpy, and sub-
5i queui rains uo not uii-soive uie jumps
it is my opinion that there is never
more suitable condition for plowing an
soil than when it has enough moitur
to cause the furrows to fall loosely from
the plow with no appearance of packing
aua no lumps.
How Spectacle are Made.
The white lens in use in the ordinary
spectacle of commerce is made of the
common window-pane glass rolled in
sheets; sometimes it is made into balls
From these are cut pieces of about one
and a quarter to one and a half inches
in size; they are then taken into the
gnnding-room and each piece cemented
separately upon what is called a lap, of
asemi-circular shape. These are made
to lit into a corresponding curve or
saucer, into which tine emery powder
is introduced, and subjected to a swift
rotary motion. The gradual curve in
the lan gives to the glafs as it is groun
a corresponding slmpe, until the desired
center is reached. The lap is then taken
and subjected.to warmth, winch melt
the-cemerjt sufficiently to permit the
glass being removed and turned upon
the opposite side, when the same pro
cess is renewed. This being completed
the lenses are detached again irom tli
lap and taken to another department,
where they are shaped to fit the frames,
This is accomplished by a machine of
extreme delicacy. Each piece of glass
is put separately upon a rest, when
diamond is brought to bear upon it,
moving in the lorm oi an oval
thus cutting the desired size; but
the edges, of course, are rough and
sharp and must be beveled. For this
purpose they are turned over into an
other set of hands, mostly girls, who
have charge of the grindstones, whiu
are about six inches in thickness. Each
operator is provided with a gauge ; the
glass is taken between the forefinger
and thumb, and held sufficiently side
ways to produce tne desired bevel:
when this is attained it is again turned
and the other side of the bevel com
pleted. During this process it is con'
stanily gauged in order to ascertain
that the frame will close upon it with
out too much pressure, which would
break the lens.
The next process to which the lens is
subjected is that of "focusing," and re
quires extreme care. The person hav
ing this department to attend to is
placed in a small room aionc; across
the entrance is hung a curtain, which is
enly drawn aside sufficiently to admit
the required amount of light from a win
dow si verai leet away, upon one oi the
ton panes of whieli in placed a niece
of heavy cardboard with a small hole
cut in the . center representing the
bull's-eye of a target. Through this
the rays of light shine upon the lens in
the hands of a workman, and are re
flected through it to a dark bnekground.
The lens is theu moved back and fortli
upon an inch measure until the proper
focus is attained. Say, for instance,
the extreme end of the measure is sixty
two inches, the lens is placed at that,
but does not focus; it is gradually
moved i alone, inch by inch, until, per
haps, it is brought to thirty-six inches.
At tins inn proper height ot center or
focus is attained, nnd Ft is then num
bered thirty-six. The same operation
is ot course necessarv wit,!i every lens.
This accounts for the numbers which
are upon spectacles or glasses of nny
Kino wiien purchased .
Engenlc's Crown. I
A recent London letter savs: The ex-
Empress Eugenie before starting for Zu
luland presented her imperial crown to
the Church ot Notre Damedes Victoires,
Paris. It is of great value on account
of its artistic composition and the num
ber oi precious stones it contains. After
the empress' flight from France the new
government ordered that all the valu
ables ot the imperial family, including
the crown, the regalia and the sword of
state, should be deposited with the
Bank of France. But a rumor soon
got abroad that the empress' crown,
together with the celebrated re
gent diamond, had been secretly
fcirwarded to London to the care of the
Rothschilds. A little later the gossips
affirmed that it had been sold by Dr
Evans, the American dentist, and that
the proceeds had been applied to the
support of the empress at Cuiselhurst.
The true account oi hor flight and of the
valuables she took with her, has re
cently been published. It appears that
when I'rince Mutternlch appeared at
the Tuileries and bade the empress
hasten her departure she went hurriedly
into her bedroom, put on a brown
waterproof cloak, a round traveling
hat, took a green parasol, began to col
lect in great imste all the miniatures of
the emperor, of her son, of her sister,
the Duchcsse d'Alde, and of her niece,
and put them into a lapis lazuli box.
which, however, in the haste of her
flight she was destined to leave be
hind. "Mako haste, madam, I hear
cries; they are mounting the stairs;
they nre coming!" cried M. Nigra.
Prince Metternich went boldly into the
bedroom and took the empress by ths
arm. livery one had, more or less, lost
i heir presence of mind. The empress
luft without taking any money with her,
although there whs about 40,(li)0 francs in
the drawers, and Marshal Vaillant, who
had I md a thought of this nnd bringing
some rouleaux of gold with him, bad,
witli the greatest difficulty, succeeded in
entering the palace by the gate in ths
Kue de liivoli, arrived too late to give
them 1othe empress. She was driven
to tl.e hotel of Dr. Evans, who supplied
her with money. She was then put into
the hands of Sir John Burgone. who
conveyed heracioss the channel, and
when she set foot on British shores she
was almost penniless. In the subse
quent nrrangcrucnt of her affairs, after
the commune, many of her valuables,
and among them the crown, were re
stored to hvr.
The Great Tunnel Under the Alps.
The report of the Swiss federal coun
cil about the St. Gothard tunnel gives
some interesting particulars with rejjard
t the completion of the work.
The average nu'iiber of men employed
in the tunnel during the last month was
2 814. and tne total expenditure up to
tiie date when the parties working from
tin! two ends joined hands was 9,125,
6U5. The quantity of earth and rock ex
cavated was about 570,000 cubic yards,
and the masonry of the arch of the tun
nel was completed for a distance of
seven miles out ot the mine.
The pressure of the airat the northern
mouth of tho tunnel ivas equivalent to
6i atmospheres, while at tlie southern
end it was equivalent to only 34 atmos
pheres. Tlie volume of air introduced
into the tunnel every day was 187,684
cubic yards, and the mea'i temperature
at tint head of tlie shaft on the (ios-
chenen side was eighty-six degrees Fah
renheit, and cigtity-tour degrec-s on ttie
Airolo side, risineto as much as eichty-
suven degrees during the removal of the
soil excavated. The highest tempera
ture upi n either side of the tunnel wns
ninety-four degrees Fahrenheit, and this
a a time when the thermometer outside
stood at only three degrees above licez
insr Doii.t.
The average number of lamps alight
in tlie tunnel was about 750 a day, and
the daily consumption of oil was about
seventy gallons.
. It may be added that about eighty
men lost their lives, and twice as many
more received severe injuries, while
the work was in progress.
A Story of Urltk Fomeroy.
There is a rumor in circulation to the
effect that Brick I'omeroy has made
lucky hit and secured about $100,01)0,
and those who tell tlie story claim they
got it from good authority. The story
is very i omaii tie. Last summer, readers
of his Democrat will remember, there
was published in that paper an article
Irom the pen of romeroy, reciting
tlie terrible sufferings of an Aniraosa
(Col.; man, who, though wealthy, had
Deen turned out oi uoors ny uis miuiiy,
tn wham lie had deeded his DroD-
erty on condition that they would sup
port him in his old age. According
to the article the ungrateful tam
ily, by false swearing, caused the old
man to be incarcerated in an asylum for
the insane, and then proceeded to enjoy
themselves upon his savings. This is
where l'omerov's tale ends, and where
Dame Humor takes it up. It is said that
on his recent visit to Colorado I'omeroy
gave attention to the case and succeeded
not only in getting the poor old man out
of the asylum but in putting him again
in possession ot his property. It is then
said that in his gratitude the old man
has deeded his property over to Pome
roy upon the same conditions as it was
first given to his family. It is a fact
that Fomeroy lias a remarkable faculty
of satisfying ignorant Deople of his
greatntsi and it is not improbable that
this yarn may be true. La urvsse uepuo-lica-i.
California contains about 100,000.000
acres of land, of which about 43,000,000
acres are unsurveyed. I he ban . ran
cisco Bulletin savs that there is not
much exceeding 4,000,000 acres under
cultivation, although something more
than 0,000,000 acres are inclosed with
fences, and that there are in the State
5,000,000 or 6,000,000 acres, more or less,
which can be bought from $1.25 an acre
up to $7.
When we say that a painting Is hor
ribly executed, do we mean that it is
badly hungf Waterloo Observer.
One Can't Excel In Everything.
Ideals ot excellence, if not excel
lences themselves, are so graduated as
to fit the different orders of mind in
which they Uke their rise. Greatness
is not positive quality; it is simply a
relative attribute.
The man who never succeeded in en
snaring a single " speckled beauty" from
some "tortuous stream" may truthfully
boast of his eminent success in catch
ing sculpins.
The man who cannot sing may yet
have a voice peculiarly adapted to cry
ing clams, oranges or charcoal.
He who is no dancer may be good at
hieh-and-kick or shinny.
The man who was not born to com
mand, to set a squadron in the field, may
surpass all his acquaintances in the untir
ing devotion he evinces in the coloring
of tiis meerschaum.
The boy who is ever at the foot of his
class may still be an expert on the forma
tion nnd propulsion of spitballs.
The lad who Is not a pronounced suc
cess at arithmetic may be simply excel
lent at numble-peg and taw.
The woman who cannot make a loa
of bread may excel in making frills and
furbelows.
She who cannot ulav the simplest air
on the washboard may execute the most
difficult themes upon the pianoforte.
She who cannot darn a stocking may
be the envy of her circle for her skill
and taste in worsted work, in marrying
sky-blue dogs to pink background.
The mother who cannot command the
respect of her children may yet be
fawned upon by half a score of male bi
peds without a spot on their dainty linen
or an idea in their beads.
The daughter who is too feeble to
i- .1 . J1', j . . 1 ,
wasn uie uitmes may unuueuji tiiesiuiiu
hours of the night after having been
shopping all day.
The girl who cannot sew may chew
gum with tireless jaw.
A great singer may not be able to
smoke the mildest cigars without turn
ing pale.
A general who has led armies on to
victory may be surpassed in profanity
by the rnggedest boy in the city.
The hand that has penned the divin-
est poetry may be clownishly awkward
with the billiard cue.
The man who is capable of organiz
ing and carrying forward gigantic busi
ness enterprises may be outdone nt cau
cus management by the shabbiest poli
tician in his ward.
The artist who gives birth to such
exquisite creations may not be able to
tie his neck-cloth near so well as Au
gustus, who in his turn can do nothing
else. Boston Transcript.
Cleanliness.
The part which the skin plays in the
regulation of bodily heat is not ade
quately estimated. The envelope of
complicated structure and vital func
tion which covers the body, and which
nature has destined to perform a large
share ot the la'ior ot health preserving,
is practically thrown out of use by our
naoit oi loading it with clothes, it is
needless to complicate matters by al
lowing it. to be choked and encum
bered with dirt. If tlm skin of an ani
mal be coated with an impervious var
niah, death must fnsue. A covering of
dirt is oniy less inimical tome, we
are not now speaking cf dirt such as
offends the sense of decency, of those
accumulations of exuded matter witu
which the skin must become loaded
if it is habitually covered and not thor
ouehlv cleansed. The cold bath is not
a cleansing agent. A man may bathe
Jaily and use his bath towel even
roughly, bntremain as dirty to all prac
tical intents as though lie eschewed
cleanliness; indeed, the physical evil of
dirt is more likely to ensue, because il
wholly neglected, the skin would cast
on its excrementitious matter by peri
odic perspirations with desquamation
of tlie cuticle. Nothing but a frequent
washing in water, ot at least equal tern
perature -with the skin, and soup run
ensure a free and healthy surface. Th-
let t require especial care, nnd it is too
iiiuch the practice to neglect them.
Tlie omission of daily washings with
soup and tho wearing of foot coverings
so tiht as to compress the blood vessels
nnd retard the circulation of the blood
through the extremities, are the most
common causes of cold feet. The
remedy is obvious; dress loosely and
wash lrequently. Lancet.
The Slippers on the Tomb.
Churchyard literature comprises mnny
specimens of the laconic epitaph, bin
hardly any so noteworthy as one in the
Now church, at Amsterdam, consisting
simply of1 two Flemish words. " Effcn
nyt!" raennine exactly. Tlie following
is the history of this brief epitaph, ns
transcribed in mv old scranbook 1
don't remember where I got it: These
words are inscribed on nn ancient
monument of whitish marble, on which
there is also sculptured a pair of slip
pprs. Tlie story runs that a gentleman
who wns tolerably wealthy, and loved
aoove nil things goor living con
ceived the notion thnt he would
enly live a certain number of years.and,
desirous to leave none of his wealth un
cn joyed, he made a nice calculation ol
his fortune, which he so apportioned
for every year he was to live (according
to his notion) as to lost exnetly the same
time witu ins lite. Uuriou9ly enousn,
it so happened that his calculations
did not deceive him. for he died exactly
nt the time he had previously reckoned.
and hud then so far exhausted his es
tate that, after paying his debts, there
was nothing jeit but a pair ol suppers.
His relatives buried him, and caused
the slippers to be carved on his tomb,
with the laconic epitaph, " Exactly."
jsoies ana queries.
It doesn't take a plate of soup lone to
cool, unless you want to eat it. Salem
Sunbeam.
Tom, DioV and Hurry are now appearing
wan itieir uranaiainer recipes lor Uouln,
eic, ana leaking a lonune thronga ad veins.
i'ig, but the people know the value ot Dr.
Bull's Cough Syrup and will take do other.
rnoe, 3 oenu a bottle.
A Hniiiih.ld !..
A hook on the Liver, ii disrates and theii
I n at ment ent tree. Including treatise unor
I.iver Complaints, Torpid Liver, Jaundice,
Jiiliouanes, Headache, Uonitipanoii, Dyspep-
cm, Miliaria, etc. Adrireaa Dr. Sauioid, 162
JlroaJwuy, New Tork eity, N. X.
Tha VaILIa nlt Cr.. MnraHall. Mlrh.
Will send their Electro-Voltaio JJelU to ihf
afflicted dihid 30 days trial. 8m their adver-
- tisement ia this paper Headed, " Ou 30 Daya
Trial."
Catliolle Americana and Othera I
Send 6 cauli lor specimen ol Tht Illtutratea
Catholic American, ll Barclay ot., JNuwloik.
Bright pictures, stories, poems, and sketches. '
Lyon's Heel Stifiener is the only invention
that will make old boots straight as new.
Vesitins ha restored thousands to health
who had b n long and painlul lufferers.
For sore throat, gargla with Flao'i Cure,
mixed with a little water. Belief ia instant.
Grocers keep 0. Gilbert's pure Starches.
A CABD.-To all who are voSeilng from the arro
locis of niHiih' cl, etc., I will and Kecii that will cure
you. MKB OF VMAHUX. Tills great remedy was dis
covered by a mUaiuiiary in Smith AmerUa. be d a self-a-
tdreiaaed envelope to tha Kar. J. IN MAX.
aiMion u, new jure my.
lauKhters)a WItm and Mothen.
Dm atAUCUUU S f'f KHINlfi CA1 UOLlt'OM will noai-
4 LV...UI. U'aULiluaa .v..V. Clt
Fall loa of ti. ,
Womb, Whites. Chronic Uill.uniuullOB or L Iteration of
tlie Womb, Incident! ilemoirhaxe or FloodiiiK, FulutuL
Bupprvaaed and IrreKular Mfiiahualitiu. kc Au 9ld and
reliable remedy, tteiid pouul cjd fur a pdUiphlcL with
Ueauueui, cur4 and ccruucaies from piijaiuiaua and
jDaUellU. U) UUWAKIU HA lliAiW t'TiflA. ft. I,
vmi mj mu i"S ji..rv k wvuaw
In Spain, a man of wide sympathies
is generally cnlled "a man with two
hearts." But it by no means follows that
a man with two hearts is a man of wide
sympathies. A Spanish peasant, living
in the vicinity of Madrid, in a pftty
quarrel, killed nn aged woman, nnd
would have murdered her daughter,
also, had not the latter succeeded iu
making her escape. Thinking himself
robbed of a great pleasure by tho girl's
escape, he revenged himself by irpeat
edly stabbing the corpse of the mother.
Singularly enough, remorse preyed fo
quickly upon his mind that he immedi
ately iianged himself. But the rope
broke, and he would, in all probability,
have survived his attempt at suicide
had he had not broken his skull in the
fall. On a post mortem examination
the man was found to have two hearts
Instead of one. both being of regular
size and presenting no peculiarity of any
kind.
Cane handles with
knob are the latest.
watches in the
How U Get Sick.
Expose yourself day and night, eat too
much without exercise; work too hard
without rest ; doctor all the time ; take
all the vile nostrums advertised; and
then you will want to know
Row to Get Well,
Which is answered in three words
Take Hop Bitters ! See other column.
Express.
When exhausted by mental labor take
Kidney-Wort to maintain healthy action
of all organs.
DON'T DESPAIR because all other remedies havi
failed ; but try this remedy and yuu will not be deceived.
U wU'. cure when all others faU.
DIRECTIONS
These Boots and Shoes
Are utdUe with tlouhie soles, i ubher lined between.
The outor sole i made with
Goodrich's Patent Bessemer Steel Rival
Protected Sole, and are pu rantepd to outwear any so
ever hiq ie. All & Ht-clans dottleis 'll them. If tups a e
wanted, n I paper pattern with ?5cont! In stamps for
nu n's size, or 60 cents for boys' size to II. '. (iOOIs
lilCll. IttChu cii Street, Wo coster, Mss.,or 40 lloyiu
Ave ue, Chicago, 111 , and a pair will he sent by mall.
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GORE EARS, CATARRH.
Many tHin't are afflicted with those loathsome disease.
bat very f-w ever K' t well from thfin; thi Is owins u
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UIt.1 Butter tli frllWdired rn.or tlie year round.
T'i vii'i-i I. nf l):lr.in-
ii a t""cil.lni..i it N -'. . I nt" 1 1'ulr.
y i r .ia i-KiimcT,
k your
n o.u. who uaot u, vuulc iu vut lb
Con'tEBlay to Cure tbat Conali
liffll HE BALSAM BSSbI
silly
as
"Vegetine.
Superior to any Family Medicine.
DOCTORS GAVE HER UP.
Vegetine Cured Her.
Mohtbeat., P. Q., Oof. M, 187.
Mr. H. It. BtRvrKs: Kiar Sir About fifteen
fpn ro I w troubled Willi Rcrofnloiw Humor,
nhich icttled on mj lungs nd brought on erpr
cmiRh. I consulted five ornlxof the bat phyiciui
In llo.ton, but they nova up trentlitg rat, laid there
wm no hope of a cure, ana they could do nothing
more lor me. A irlbuu who uau iwpu yi'.uihiwu
In bit family recommitted me to try It. I pro
cured three bottlee, and before finishing the third
bottle found myself entirely cured, and had not
nuotuer attack of scrofula for nine year. After
that period I had to get some more VliOETlNK,
but It quickly restored me to health aiiaiii, anil I
huve not had a third attack. Iam sit,v-nlne yeai t
old, and alnce beoomlns aware of the virtnea of
your medicine, hare ivtn It to my children and
grandchildren, and have recommended it to my
Irlends. Theesults have been ln.nrltbly all that
could be desired. Previous to my first trial of the
VEGKTINR I had a cancer removed, and ecrofn
lous sores broke out on me, but none have appeared
since, and I believe it superior lo any of lire Family
Medicines in use. MAUI A J. KIMBAIX.
I can vouch for the above statement in every
particular, and consider VEGETINE tha beat
Family Medicine now in us. , . , T
HOSES KIMBALL,
Husband of Maria J. Kimball.
FOR SKIN
DISEASES
Toronto, July 28, 1870.
U. n. SntvKua, Esq.!
Dar Sir Having been troubled with a bad akin
disease, breaking out into little fores over my face,
t was recomn-euded to take VEflETINE. 1 am
nappy to Inform you that it hi a completely cured,
ino after taking three bodies. I can hlRhly reoom
mendlt to auv one who is troubled with skiu dis
ease. Tours, faithfully, CIIAH. E. BUTT.
We hereby oertify that Hie above tesiimnniul ia
irne the man being in our employ at the time he
...sick WEtTMAN ft BAKElt,
119 Bay Street, Toronto.
Vegetine is Sold by All Druggists.
DTK V lO .
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Ilnrii. Nun ana xouvi nonji qnci.i.v. i. ,uu
'Hini anu girrniun. ask your grocer lor sa-viv a
FI I'. It, and take no otherr.
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