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I'HlUaa THAT NEVER EEO.
Xt novor dlos a mother' holy lore
.Strengthens with every ill that may be-
' tide?
la evory phase of life it wafers move
Vi'iih current strong, and fathomless, and
wide,
JFrom.the heart' other flnmc may rise,
And while they spom n3 warm, and grand,
find hi'ah,
The incense of one live to reach the skios
A mother's teuder love can never die.
They novor die tho mij of other day,
The unstrung hnrps all cohered o'er with
dust,
Are In noma rambling storihonse laid away
With mnny other wrecks of love and trust,
At eventide, when ail around is still,
Each harp throws off the dust with gentle
And voices lonjr since hns'iod our chamber
fill
With son of other days thnt never die.
It never dies tho memory of a wrong
lono to an Innocent and trusting heart;
Though ontwardly it soeinoth well and
Btrong,
A poin h there wliich never can depart)
Time o'er the spot may weave a fair new
skin.
And every trace b hidden from the eye,
But all the agony is closed within,
And wounds thus healed are never known
to die.
They nover dio the kindly deed and word
Given to the needy without pomp and
pridoj
Sooner or Inter tliey roap their reward
Who pass not over to the other side;
And crumbs thus cast upon the sea of life
May not return as man is sailing o'er -.
But when he retj from agony and strife,
He'll find the loavos mon the other shore.
It never dies the bow of promiso set
In every landscape, be it bleak or fair,
There' hope for all npon life' billow yet,
For God's own hand had placed ti.u token
there;
Tbonjfh overwhelming etorm of wind and
rain
Chase every sunbeam from tho pilgrim'
sky,.
After much peril 'twill gleam forth again,
For rainbows come and go but never die.
They never die the moon, and star, and
sun
Have shone upon the wioked and the just
Blnco God' in out glorious handiwork was
done,
And men arose so mighty from the dust;
-Ffir when wo closo our eyes npon tlii world,
To opeu thorn in Hoavou by-and-bye,
Tho same blue banner there will be un
furled, With sun, and moon, and star, that never
dio. j
Mrs. E. O. JewtlU
A CLOUDED HIND.
Lu st jod behind the little counter
whero sho passed so many hours of her
life, her lingers resting upon tho glass
of tho show-case, which she tapped
impatiently, vhilo her eyes roved from
Ned Snyder, behind the opposite
counter, to the door through" which
she hoped some customer would enter.
N ed'a attention was divided between
leering at Lu with his shocking con
tortions of fare, and volunteering va
rious clownish remarks, each of which
elicited from their object only a move
ment of impatienpe, a sharper tapping
of tho gl;i!is with her fingers, but no
word of answer. Finally Ned U-tt
Ida place, sauntered around behind
Lu's counter, and ende l the maneuver
by thrusting his la o up before hers.
' Oh, go away, XeJ," she exclaimed,
turnii.g from him, "do go now I"
"that'll I go away for'r" he de
manded, creeping up ova in in front of
her face.
" Go. because I am tired and you
want to go," this in a tone of marked
impatience, which N(d evidently un
derstood that it would net do for him
to disregard. " Go back behind your
own counter, or stay here and I'll go
thera AVhat do you suppose cust -inters
would think to see you-acting in
this way V"
Ned hustled over to his own side of
the room before he answered, in a matter-of-fact
way :
" Suppose they'd think we ought to
be married!"
"Marrio.l you foolish fellow ! Why
do you keep talking such nonsense?"
" Wal, now I tell you there is lots
cf folks that talk ih that way, whether
you'd think it or not, and course they're
right about it. Tell you one thing
when we be married you don't drive
me round this way; just make up your
mind about that."
The last part of Ned's information
had been volunteered as the door
opened to admit Homer Ilarkness; and
Lu had seowled silence at the w agging
tongue in vain. Hut if that young
man who entered had heard anything
of what was being said he did not in
dicate it by any change of expression.
He sreeted the twain with a friendly
word to each, imd passed through to
the dining-rooi. "W hen his footsteps
died away, Lu turned her great brown
fvea to Ned. an said, sorrowfully :
"Ned, why wkl you talk so, and be
fore people mosj or auf uunt you
Jtnow that I don'it want you to talk
Ithut way, and yU mustu t!
V Mustn 1 1 l.ftrd, what words you
use! Hut you'll ''ot over it siaue dav
won t always I.-! as imshiul.
A voice from btjj-.iw called Ned, and
Ue tumbled from b't'lit, much to Lu'a
selieL
Any person seeing Lu Towner, day
by day, would have understood how
cheerless her young life really was. An
evil star had seemed to rule at her
birth. Her father, formerly engaged
in a comfortable business, had taken to
drink, ruined his custom, squandered
his little property, and finally died,
soon nfterLu's birth.
Her mother, broken-hearted, strug
gled with adverse fortune for few
years, and then she, too, died, leaving
her little daughter to the care of her
only relative, a married aunt. Tho aunt
was kind, In so far as her nature knew
the meaning of the word; but she had
made Mammon her God, and nature
had given her great power for physical
endurance two dangerous qualities
for tho same person to possess, espe
cially if that person be a'woman.
Lu's uncle was the proprietor of a
bakery, and la connection was a sales
room and a boarding-house. Mr.
Towner superintended the former; his
wife the latter; and so it was that when
Lu tad mastered the rudiments of the
common school education, she was
taken in as a sort of general help for
her aunt It was as though the sun
light of her dawning life had gone be
hind some great cloud. There was so
much that she could do, and she was so
willing to do whatever might be de
manded of her. From peeling pota
toes, chopping hash and washing
dishes, her sphere of usefulness gradu
ally extended through all the depart
ments of the boarding-house and sales
room, till now we find her, at the age
of twenty, after eight years of Inces
sant toil, with no prospect of any
change so long as life and health should
remain.
From very early In the morning till
very late at night, through suven long
days in every week, with only nn hour
or two of respite on Sunday, tlx was
here, there, w herever her services were
demanded, not conscious that she was
doing more actual physical labor than
two like her should perform, beside
shutting out from her young life the
joys of companionship, and ignoring
all those social privileges which are so
d?ar to young life.
Lu was not especially pretty. At
first glance she seemed soher Bm all,
compact figure, oval features and great
brown eyes, so full of honest truth,
were certainly the elements of beauty
but her Incessant toil had wrought
its lines upon hands and face, Insuffi
cient sleep, continued care and the ab
sence of social joy, tinged and shaded
her whole life with a hue of sadness.
Ned Snyder was familiarly known
as "the fool." In some respects the
epithet was quite appropriate, for
while he had sufficient intelligence to
be of much service in the bakery, and
even in the salesroom, he was yet of
such uneven mental balance as to puz
zle the most acute philosopher as to his
degree of soundness and accounta
bility. Ned, too, had been adopted by
Mr. Towner, just at he would have
taken a horse for its keeping. It would
bo handy te have such a boy about the
establishment, there was always some
thing for him to do, and there were
fragments enough left alfter the thirty
or forty boarders had finished their
nu a'.s to give the poor fool a royal repast
At first, life had not many pleasures
for Ned, but as his sphere of useful
ness began to develop and he some
times talked about " packing up his
duds" and going to sea for Ned had
a way of talking whatever came into
his mind he began to receive better
clothes, and occasionally little pres
ents, and spare half days, till his lot
really in comparison became quite en
viable. Lu had always been kind to him, out
of the kindness of her heart, and many
a favor she had taken pains to . bestow
upon him because she pitied his forlorn
condition. Generally at the table she
would procure for him a nicer piece of
meat or some little delicacy which had
never been Intended for him, and this
she delighted to do, even though he soon
came to look upon such favors as a
matter of course, and to scold ' and
growl if they were not bestowed.
i er, after all, Ned did not mean to
be ungratoful, and as-he could think f
no other way of repaying Lu's kind
ness, he had grown up into a convic
tion that he must marry her at some
time in tho unknown future. Dread
ful as such a thought must have been
to her, could she have brought herself
for single moment to a realization, and
annoying as was Ned's constant refer
ence to the purpose of his heart. It
had become his mental food and dfiok
the inspiration of hl3life. No more he
talked of the sea; no more of shoulder
ing his "Turk." Even his nature
bowed to the swayof love,'and in the
presence of Lu only was he happy or
contented.
Naturally enough the belief soon
gained ground that Ned did not speak
unadvisedly, and that some arrange
ments had been made by which Lu was
actually to become his wife. The girl's
uncle and aunt came in for more blame
than they deserved.
"its jusi use inera: sail one
boarder to another, standing at t little
distance and looking upon Lu, busy
behind uie counter, while Ned, near
by, was feasting his weird eyes upon
her. "Lu's indisiensable to them, and
Ned is a treasure, ia his way. Get the
two marneu, aim xney are bound to
stay as long as they can render any
service."
M I hope you are wrong," tha other
returned, "for I doa't bka tj think.
anybody can be that mean. It would
be a downright shame to marry such
a good, faithful, kind-hearted girl as
Lu to that born Idiot! I'd kick tho
man who'd do such a thing, if there
were no other way to punish him
It was Homer Ilarkness who said
this and shortly afterward passed
through the salesroom, which wai de
serted save by Ned. Mr Harlcness
wa3 a young business tftan, of the Wty.
very comfortably situated Jn liff'and
having for several years taken, his
meals there, he was on quite f rb;ndly
terms with the feeble-minded youth. .
"Ned," he asked, bending ovefthe
going to invite me to the' wedding." I
suppose?" . 't . !
" What-r-mo and Lu ?" . ' ,V v :-:
. "Yes." ' .. 7t '' .
"Yes, going to invite ajl thfl brlnrd
ers," the fool said in a very business
like manner.
"When will it probably take"' place,.
Ned?"
" Blamed If I know Lu won't say.
Say Lu," the door had opened to ad
mit her at that moment, "when be we
goin' to get married ? This gentleman
wants to know."
Lu looked up at Mr. Ilarkness, for
It was getting dusk in the s ilesroom,
and the gas had not been lighted. A
moment her lip quivered, and then
tears sprang to her eyes.
"Uo downstairs, Ned, she replied,
turning away. " Mr. Towner wants
you."
No he don't either. You've got to
ten me now," and the -poor youth
sprang forward with .a sort of frenzy,
but at that moment the sharp tones of
his master sounded his name so em
phatically that he at once turned and
went blundering away down the
stairs.
Lu was so evidently pained by the
occurrence that the young man, self
accused, went near to her and stam
mered out an apology. ,
" Indeed, you are not to blame," she
said, quickly, smiling through her
tears. "I am foolish to let this talk
annoy me; but I I can't help It. I
don't blame the poor fellow much, but
I can't stand it; at least I feel as though
I couldn't though I don't know how I
can help myself." '
" I will tell you how you can put a
stop to his nonsense."
" Will you t Then tell me."
" Marry mel"
Lu's lip trembled as she cast a fur
tive glance up into tho young man's
face, and her whole soul thrilled as she
caught the magnetic love-beam of his
dark eve3.
" What do you mean?" she de
manded.
"Just what I say, Lu. I admire
you; love you. I have long wanted to
tell you so, and to ask you this. Surely
you prefer me to Ned. Now what say
you will you be mine?"
What could she say t She knew Mr.
Ilarkness too well to suppose for a
moment that he was trifling with her ;
but t seemed Impossible to roalize
that the man she most revered of all
in her limited circle of acquaintances
had really asked her to become his
wife. Why did his request touch so
deed a chord in her soul ? Was it be
cause it was an answer of an aspira
tion she had not dared acknowledge,
much less to cherish?, Before she
could command herself to frame an
answer a dull foot-fall sounded upon
the stairs.
"Let ine go; uncle is coming."
And she tried to withdraw her hand.
"Quick, then ; yes or no?"
" I guess so," and with a skip she
bounded into the tlining-rdom to hide
the joy-flush which would mantle her
cheeks with a strange glow.
Homer Ilarkness did not allow the
matter to rest long In that state. Satis
factory terms were arranged with tho
uncle and aunt, and it was decided
that the marriage should take place
in a month.
Early in the evening the ceremony
was very quietly performed, and the
happy husband started with his bride
for a flying" 'VSHt to the home of his
parents in a neighboriag town. Ne
had been given a holiday for twenty
four hours, which be was passing with
a relative in another portion of the
city ; so that an unusual sense of quiet,
almost amounting to desertion, settled
over the usually bustling establishment
or the Towners.
But at midnight the quiet was
rudely broken and the nf ighborhood
rang with the sharp cries of " Fire !"
AjSfective flue in the bakery had
caused the misfortune; the flames
leaped rapidly from room to room of
the old wooden building, so that when
the fire department reached the snene
they found the fire bursting out from
basement to attic.
J mJrfWthe firemen commenced oner
ations Ned dashed upon the Bcene,
bnlithless and excited. He saw the
dense smoke pouring from the broken
window or Lu s room and wildly in
quired for the occupant. But no one
answered bis question, for none under
stood his meaning.
Cidling her name wildly, he rushtd
fp the stairway. What transpired
afterward only the eye of tlie-Inlinite
sar. A daring fireman attuinptel to
follow him a few moments afterward,
but the hail at the head of the stairs
watt a sea of flames, through which
none could pass and live.
Hours later, when the lire was ex
tinguished, from out the rtfnirwcri
taken Bomuthing which, ttyngh bear
ing little resemblance to the human
form, could still be identified as all that
remained on earth of Ned Snyder.
Lu, reta'.led from the strange dream
of her new-found happiness stood be
side the coffined remains, and heard the
story of his death. The memory of
the disagreeable days and years was all
gono nowt she remeimbered only his
manuncouth nct3 of devotion and the
horoic manner of his death, in a sup
posed effort to save her from the
flames.
. ."Who would have though that he
jrared so much for me?" she said.
" Poor fellow 1 poor fellow 1"
V Yes, dear Lu," her husband re
s'pon.ired, ''you see that even such as he
fnay, love so that life ia disregarded in
"tAihg to render service to the object
of that love. Poor fellow, indeed; but
his death slin l not be in vain, for I
will b arn from his example to devote
my life to you, as long as life snail last,
and it would indeed be to my shame
should my love t prove less unselfish
than the love of a fool." ,
Street Sccbos In Oberamtnergan.
In the Century, Mrs. Jackson baa a
sketch of travel, entitled " The Village
of Oberammergau," where the "Passion
Play" annually attracts thousands of
visitois. We quote the following picture
of Oberammergau life :
The open square in front of tho house
is a perpetual stage of tableaux. The
people come and go, and linger there
around the great water-tanks as at a
sort of Bethesda, sunk to profaner uses
of every-day cleansing. The com
monest labors become picturesque per
formed in open air, with a background
of mountains, by men and women with
baro heads and bare legs and feet.
v nenever I looked out of my windows
I saw a picture worth painting. For
instance, a woman washing her
windows in the tanks, holding each
window under the running stream,
tipping it and turning it so quickly in
the sunshine that the waters gliding off
it took millions of prismatic hues,, till
ihe seemed to be scrubbing with rain
bows. Another, with two tubs full
of clothes, which 6he had brought
there to wash, her petticoat tucked
up to her knees, her arms bare to the
shoulder, a bright red handkerchief
knotted round her head-, and her eyes
flashing as she beat and lifted, wring
ing and tossing the clothes, and fling
ing out a sharp or a laughing word to
every passer. Another, coming home
at night with a big bundle of green
grass under one arm, her rake over her
shoulder, a free, open glance, and a
smile and a bow to a gay postilion
watering his horses; another, who had
brought, apparently, her whole stock
of kitchen utensils there to be made
clean jugs, and crocks, and brass
pans, liow they glittered as she
splashed them in and out I She did
not wipe them, only set them down on
the ground to dry, which seemed likely
to leave them but half clean after ali.
Then there came a dashing young fellow
from the Tyrol, with three kinds of
feathers in his green hat short brown
breeches, bare knees, gray yarn stock
ings with a pattern of green wreath
knit in at the top, a happy-go-lucky
look on his face, stopping down to take
a mouthful of the swift:runniug water
from the spout, and getting well
splashed by missing aim with his
mouth, to the uproarious delight of two
women just coming in from their hay
making in the meadows, one of them
balancing a hay rake and pitchfork on
her shoulder with one hand, and with
the other holding her dark-blue petti
coat carefully gathered up in front
full of hay; the others drawing behind
her (not wheeling it) a low, scoop
shaped wheelbarrow full of green
grass and clover these are a few of
ay day's pictures. ,
Jrse-Breailng In Japan.
IigRusai, Japan's greatest artist,
was
never weary of studying horses and
their funny ways, and of all creatures
Japanese horses are the most amusirj
These nags, which wear laced-up shis
of straw, drink out of a dipper, take
hip-baths of hot water, and standru
tlw stable with their mouths tied up
higher than their ears, are broken into
the pack or saddle in a very rough
way. In Hokusai's days, horses were
never harnessed to wagons, nor did
they draw anything. The ponies were
usually "broken in" in the large open
yards attached to temples. Fires, also,
are usually kindled, and the colts
aro driven close to them, so
that they may become accus
tomed to such a common sight.
The method of breaking them in
was as follows: The young horse was
duly harnessed, and a man on each
side held a bridle to jerk him to the
rith' or left, while another in the rear
beat him with a bamboo stick, keping
well away from hi3 hoofs. Twelve or
more men and boys then took hold of
the long ropes or tracer, and a lively
shouting began. The horse plunged
and galloped oil, expecting to get rid
of tho noisy crew, but soou found that
this was no easy task. It was a twelve
man power that made him go here and
there, fast or slow, occasionally stop
ping himshort and giving him a tum
ble. When nt e iy exhausted, bis tor
mentors led him buck to the btvblo.
Altera few such th;di the pony was
corii-idfi ed broken. Such crud train
ing, though line fun for tho men, ruins
tfe horses, making them hard-inouljied
and vicious wta. both LeeLj and teeth.
A REMABKABLE EECOYERY.
HOW A M AS LIVED THRU! YEARS
WITH A HAir-BBOXEH HXCZ.
BerrMn; Injuries Which Ilrsnltel In Tot a'
Parnlnrin t'nnhln to Move Hand or Foot
A One WhU-h Paxxlrd the Dor tors.
The Hartford Times gives the da
tails of the most remarkable recovery
of Mr. Eddie Crowcll, now in Mi
eighteenth year: In February, 1880,
young CrowelL while practicing on a
trapeze bar in a German gymnasium,
lost his hold and went head first, with
tremendous force, to the floor, striking
upon a sawdust stuffed lag. lli.s
youw:(he was in his sixteenth year)
probably raved his i fe. It was found
th it the blow had 1 rokm the atlas, the
peculiar ringlike bone which articu
lates with the occipital bone, and thus
sustains the head, and makes practica
ble its free movement. Partially stunned
he arose, with a feeling, as he ex
pressed it, "113 if bis head had been
jammed down between his shoulders."
He walked home alone, but soon found
himself unable to move his head with
out moving his body with it. This
state of things continued. It was de
cided, after due consultation with
medical authorities, to let the boy fin
ish his course at the high school, and
he accordingly rejoined his class and
engaged actively in his studies. His
Inability to turn or bow his head con
tinued, and, after awhile, other indica
tions began gradually to point to the
advisability of removing him from
Bchool. He was at length kept most
in the house, though the torcldight
parades of the presidential election
drew him out one evening, eager to
march with his companions. This did
not prove to be well for him; he be
cama worse, and soon paralysis ensued.
Thi3 speedily became total. He could
not move hand or foot. His parents,
distresiod beyond measure, omitted no
possible means of relief. Dr. Jarvis
and other eminent surgeons were con
sulted, but they, after carefully exam
ining the case, could not give much, if
any, hope of the boy's living. Dr.
Jarvi3 was convinced, to use his own
expression, that " the boy's neck was
broken," meaning, of course, that one
of the vertebras had been dislocated.
The puzzle to the surgeons was, how
the boy could have lived as long as Ire
had. They had no hope of his sur
viving long. Of course he could not
have lived had the spinal cord been
actually separated. The fracture was
so great, as it was, as to render the
fact of continued life remarkable; but
it i3 even more remarkable that this
could te, with the "atlas" actually
split (0r splintered, and a piece of it
broken off. The paralysis was at
tributed less to the dislocation of
the vertebra we have named
(with its accompanying bend
ing of tho spinal cord) than to
a new growth of bone to make good
the displacement of the piece that was
broken off. The n3w growth, it is be
lieved, pressed directly upon the now
somewhat displacel nervous matter of
the spinal cord, and the more the bone
grew the greater the pressure; hence
the paralysis. The only hope afforded
by the doctors was that life might pos
sibly last until the effort of nature to
repair the broken bone had ceased, and
that, if this improbable state of things
should fortunately occur, the boy,
being aided by his youth, might then
possibly survive, and recover partially
(or perhaps even wholly) from the
paralysis. (The piece of bone broken
oil from the atlas is, we think, sup
posed to be retained by the ligaments,
side by side with the injured vertebrre).
The chances being at least one hun
dred to one against any other than a
speedily fatal result, the surgeons were
not a little surprised at the fact that
the paralyzed boy continued to live;
and now, after a long period of slowly
increasing power first, the ability to
move a little finger; later, the power
to stand, to walk and to ride out. He
now goes out daily to walk or ride, and
his complete recovery Is confidently ex
pected. '
Tannin?.
The appended recipe for tanning
skins with the wool or fur on for use
in sleighs or wagons, as house rugs or
other purposes is given by City and
Country, and will interest some: If
the hides are not freshly taken off soak
them in water with a little salt until
they are soft as when green. Then
scrape the fleh off with a fleshing
knife, or with a butcher's knife with a
smooth round edge, and with sheep
skins the wool should be washed clean
with soft soap and water and the suds
be thoroughly rinsed out For each
skin take four ounces of alum and
one-half ounce of borax. Dissolve
these in one quart of hot water, and
when cool enough to bear the haad stir
in sumcient rye meal to make a thick
paste with half an ounce of Spanish
whiting. This paste is to be thoroughly
spread over every part of the flesh side
of the skin, which should be folded
together lengthwise, wool side out, and
lef t two weeks in an airy place. Then
remove the paste, wash and dry the
kin; when not quite dry it must be
worked and pulled and scraped with
a knife made for the purpose, shaped
like a chopping knife, or with a piece
of hard wood made with a sharp edg-.
The more the skia is worked und
scraped as it dries tfia more pliablo it
will bo.
No person wants str;i w spelt b'ack
ward on tho end of hid l '3e. f 4
BLANDER.
Twns bnt a breath . .
And yet the fair, pood name wns wiltri
And friend onoe fond grew cold and stilted,
And life was worro than death.
One venomod word,
That struck its coward, poisonod blow.
In craven whispers, hushed and low
And yet the wide world heard.
'Twos bnt one whisper-Mine
That, muttered low, for very shame,
The thing the slanderer dare not name
And yet its work was done.
A hint, so slight,
And yet o mighty in its power,
A human goal, in one short hour,
Lies crashed beneath its blight f
HUMOlt OF THE DAT.
The money lender never neglects his
business, lie takes all tho inters ' iw
can in it. Picayune.
Fatent medicines are now made that
vuib ctvij Llllllg i.fci-r-. . ,
enuaaeip.'iia Chrunic.c, ,
" Ma, may I go on the'etreet?" " .
" Yts, my dearest daughter, ' ' ,-" -Provided
the yoimg man will treat
To cake fend soda water." ' .
A Detroit architect has calls from
nine different cities. ' He cstiuiated the
cost of a certain building tor (14,000,
and it was finished for f 11,000.
Detroit Free I'nxs. 1
. f . . . 1 1 rt i ,,,
"No, I shan'tif aid No. 2; "there's
nothing about me to break; I'm broke
already." The Judge.:' '
An after-dinner speaker who was
called upon after many of the com-.
pany, said many of his bright sayings
fell dead because it wa3 impossible to
get a "smile" out of empty glasses.
His excellency: "You have broth
ers?" Captain "One, your excel
lency." His excellency" It's curious.
1 was talking with yoUr sister, and she
cam iiuu utiUL Lnv uiutuvjis. nun u
that'" Fliegende Blatter.
A New York music teacher boasts
that ha has taught 1.50D boys to play on '
the violin, which goes to "prove that
sometimes men can become so depraved'
that they will actually boast of and
glory in their crimes. Siflings. "
A little boy of four years was sleep
ing with his brother, when his mother
said:. "Why, Moses, you are lying
right in the middle of the bed; what
will poor Harry do?" " Well, ma,'' bo
replied, " Harry's got both sides."
A family paper published a long
article entitled, " Housekeeping Here
after." "Oh, dear!" groaned a dis
tracted mother of five children Jm'IT
keeper of one instead of two servants
" if I thought there was going to ba
any housekeeping hereafter, I declare
I'd never dio." Burlington Hawkeye.
The Ithaca Journal tells of a little
four-year-old, who, upon retiring, pro
ceeded to say her prayers as usual.
When she had repeated the line, "If i
should die before I wake," a thought
seemed to strike her, and after pausing
a moment she added: "AVhat a rum
pus there would be in this house 1" She
then repeated the concluding line of
the prayer and scrambled into bed.
HEALTH BIXTS.
Apples before breakfast, well masti
cated, are an aid to the digestive
organs.
It is reported, says Dr. Foote's Health
Mo it'dg. that a club of business men
has been formed in New York, pledged
to slow eating at lunch. A good
movement.
To relieve tho swollen joints of the
feet, paint the joints with iodine morn
ing und night; wear shoes big enough
for the feet, even If they are large;
shoes lequire to be long as we!l as
broad, and have low heels; new shoes
will not hurt if they are large enough.
In a paper read before the Imperial
Genmin Congress of Surgery the caso
Is described of a woman who, having
lost the whole of the biceps with tho
exception of a thin strip of flesh, was
grafted with a piece of muscle taken
from a dug. Complete healing took
place, and subsequent treatment with
electricity restored motion to the limb.
The Boastful tioosr.
A goose stood on the bank of a pond
and said: "To what animal has
Providence been so lavish of gifts as
to mo ? I belong to the air, earth and
water; I can walk, fly and swim."
The astute, serpent, hearing this self
adulation, said: "Don't be Buth a
boaster. You can do nothing well;
Jou can neither run like a doe, nor lly
ike a dove, or swim like a perch." It
is better to know how to do one thin
well than many things awkwardly.
W. A. Croffut, in one of his New
York letters, av rs that "most of the
famous editors this country bus pro.
ducrd have been l;ira men. Horace
Greeley weighed 200. Thurlow Weed
weighed 210. Henry J. Raymond
weighed 1W) or more ; so did Samuel
Bowles. Hugh Hastings und General
James Watson AVebb turn the scales
at 200. Hubert Bonner weighs nearly
2o0. George Jones weighs more than
200, so does Charles A. Dana, so dors
General I la why, so does Mural Hal
stead, so does George Alfred Towust'iid,
so does Mr. Hurlhert, so w ill W!i)U
law Held la five yean more."
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