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T • A mmwLurn omnffn 1NM Vt I »T((U F<> -- I© tbs very hour aat Jlnbeef a|Mrf|| , Mighthave my nto&mtmm I«UH , • AndMiWttlnany paKa* toawtti; |p«8M Fntpotfsrt Wcshtee, ithwyrty, BWMMIM ahsdow of aorrar and domtlli H»ie <• eyr himplww meWpHed, And nl^au^rtng ah lilies out; If I ooslt tare known t» tfce ywn that M Ytwbest that a woman tonw U> know; Oontfl have hud whatever will make Or whatever she thinka will wake tier wj tMdMIMtUa i and tine indoe* . it of allthe vrorkl icfclt And if this had been, sod I aland to-nWtt By my children lying aslaap in their IwW, Am eould count In my ptmn for a nuany Tbs shining row of golden l»e®ds; Yet, I mid, if a n-.iracte imc* sathls Oouid be wrought for me at my bide'ing^ M I vould choose.to have my pas* aa.lt is, And let my future COUM MI IT will I I would not make the path X ha** trod More pleasant or even.; more •tnigbt«r«M»| Nor oliange my course Km twualth of a kak^ This Whj or that, to wither aide. My past is mice, and I take It aH{ Ita wesfcnesB, its folly--tf )D» please; ,»<: " '" Hay, ©Ten my wins, May have been my helps, to that, hindrances t ay I Because that once I had burned mjr hand, Or kept mrrelf from a greater ain By doing a less--you will understand; It waa better I mttered a little (tain, ' Setter I sinned for a little time. If the smarting held me back from death. And the sting of sin withheld from crime. 16 ho know* its strength, 4>y triaL will kuow What strength must be set against a I L ain, And how temptation ia ovorcome He has learned who has felt its power And who knows bow a life at lust may ebosr. Why, look at the mora from where we etaBi I - Opaque, uneven, yon say; )ci it shinesj A luminout sphere, complete and grand, ; , So let my part Ftand, Just a« it stands, And let nu- new, as I may, grow old; I am what I am, and my life for me Ia the best--or it had not been, I hold. BESIE6IM His HEART. "A clergyman hasn't any business to jbe a single man," Mid Mm. Brushby. L thA," aoquiesoed Miss jFoxe. "But I dare say he's engaged,** slyly remarked the plump widow, with a side- j long glance of her green eyes, which j eeemed to dilate agd contract, like those , of a middle-aged eat, with (be stealthy ' --intensity of her interest. , "No, he's not," said Miss Foxe. "At 1 least I heard him tell CoL Copley that he was entirely fancy free." "Humph!" said Mrs. Brushby. "Bmi there's no reason why he shouldn't marry fend settle here a% Exmnr. "Exmar, indeed!" said Miss Foxe, who i had accepted her own old maidenhood as a foregone conclusion. 8There's no­ body here for him to marry--only fac­ tory girls and Col. Copley's six duugh-! tors, the youngest of whom is tliree- and-twenty, to select from.** The green eyes scintillated sharply. "Why shouldn't lie marry either yon or me, Felicia Foxet" aaked Mrs. Brnshby. "Why, he ain't ftiity," mid she. '•Neither am I," said Mrs. Brushby. "Now, Cornelia Brnshbft there ain't , j-no sort of use coming iSiat game over said Miss Foxe, fairly aroused at |last into antagonism. "You wereeighfc- y^*3ttd twenty when you married Broshby, fe land he's been dead and buried tbeae ton igood years." Mrs. Brushby laughed* . v "Felicia," said she, "you're worse jftthan an old family record. Don't you : .;<eee there's people oide*- than their years, tand people younger? I am one of the flatter ; and I don't see why I can't mar- rvy Mr. Selwyn if I onoe make up my ;;'i^linind to do so." So Mrs. Bro»hby took up fte tfoee of brown yarn that she had been _ at Felioia Foxe's tiiread and nee- -dle store, and went home. \s Her niece, a tall, pale girl, with yel- law hair, like brawls of dead gold, a 'xrafisparently-pale skin, and sadhasel •f:jm was setting the table. ' - "How slow you are, Ciar\" said Mrs. Î rashby, snappishly. " I supposed, ot frarse, tea wobld be all ready bj the me I came back." " I'm sorry for the delay, aunt," said timidly, " but I waa detained at factory. Then was extra work, =| "There, that'll do," interrupted Mrs. Bru&hby. " I don't see why you need •f>e flinging the factory in my face all the lime. Oh, it's bad enough to have a tiiece obliged to drudge for her living without hearing of it forty times a day. The deep scarlet glow mounted into Clara Cone's transparent cheeks. "I could not pay my board, aunt," said she, " if I did not earn the money within the four walls of the factory. But if the subject is disagreeable to you I will endeavor to avoid ft as much as pos­ sible for the future." it was now six months antee Ulan Ocae had arrived, a homeless orphan, . with all her worldly belongings packed in a shabby little leather traveling bag, • at Mrs. Brushby's door when the even­ ing stage rolled up the street. 44 Aunt," she said. Saying to repress the rising sob in her throat, "will you give me a home ? I am your sister's orphan daughter." Mrs. Brushby had received her as oor- dially as a fish might have done. " I suppose you 11 have to stay," said Mrs. Brushby, surlily* " But I didn't die and leave a swarm of orphans for my sister to take care of. Oh, yes, you can stay, and perhaps X can find you a situation as dress-maker's apprentice or shop girl, somewhere! Because, of course, one cannot expect me to keep a great girl like you for nothing." _ Upon which Clara bestirred herself ac­ tively and had been heartily thankful to obtain a place in the pin factory, in the glen below the village, where half a hundred other pale-faced operatives worked for a scanty livelihood, and Mrs. Brushby charged her a high price for bosu-d, and got a servant maid's work out of her before and after hours into the bargain. " I should like to go to church, aunt," Ulara had ventured to say one Sunday morning when the maples in the glen were all blazing in the autumn colors, and the crisp autumn sunshine turned the village spires to gold. "That's just like your selfishness. Glare Cone I" said Mrs. Brushby, acidly. "And let me stay at home; for, of course, one of us must remain at home v to M6 that we are not robbed by tramps! and to oook the dinner/' " But couldn't I go in the evening | Mnt?" "Certainly not 1" gatd. Mm, Brashby, •-«» with emphasis, "i belong to the * Re- beooa Band/ which always meet in the chapel on Sunday evenings, and Deacon Hafstead calls for me in his box wagon. If you feel so piously inclined," with a oowrt sneer, ' y <m oan read your prayer- book at hom<u. And so Oksm found herself gradually degenerating into the merest household drudge under her aunt's iron rule. She went nowiheft and mm nobody. " Pretty f Mrs. Brushby would scorn- fullv remark , when a neighbor chanced Pputtoa ooooeming her nieoe. "NonsenseI Just exactly like a oolorless oelery sprout that has grown in the cellar, and never a word to say for herself !** _ •• And if by chanoe Clan^was invited to' giin in any of the neighborhood festiyi# es, Mrs. Brushby made haste to decline for her. "Clara never goes out," she said^. "She haa no taste for such things, poo# dear." * Until people began actually to believe that Clara Cone was either a reoluse or an idiot. The pale factory girl had just biken the teapot off the stove, U]>on this espe» cial evening, when Mrs. Brushby uttered an exclamation of surprise, "Whisk the things into the closet, quick, Clara," said she. " Put the bread behind the family Bible. Don't leave that bottle of pickles on the mantel. Mr. Selwyn is ooming." A minute and a half later Mrs. Brushby, in her best black silk apron, greeted the clergyman with her sweetest •mile. " My visit ia intended to your nieoe, Miss Cone, aa well as to yourself," said Mr. Selwyn, after the topic of the weather had been duly discussed and exhausted. " O, Clara," said Mrs. Brushby, sim­ pering--"Clara wishes to be excused. (Sara sees no company. I really regret the dear girl's eecentricity, but--" And she rolled her green eyes heaven­ ward, with a deprecating motion of the hands. 'She never comes to church," said Mr. Selwyn, gravely. " Ah-h-h-h !" groaned Mrs. Brushby, " her heart is like the nether millstone. If you knew, dear Mr. Selwyn, how I have striven with her !" s-% Mr. Selwyn looked concerned. \ " I am beginning a series of sermons to young people thiB next Sunday evening. Pray use your utmost en­ deavors to induce this young girl to at­ tend." Ami Mrs. Brushby promised that she would, and the young clergyman took his leave. * • • • • "You must," said Mrs. Brushby. " Please, please, aunt, don't ask me! " said Clara, with tears in the dark limpid eyes. " What a gooee you are !" said Mrs. Brushby. " As if it made any earthly difference ! And I must have the dress to wear to church to-morrow evening. Mr. Selwyn is to preach the first of a series of sermons to young people, and I'm specially interested in 'em." " But I never sewed on Sunday in my life." * "The dress-maker has disappointed me, and I must have the dress. A few seams afld flounces more or less--what do they matter ? I'll risk your soul! And nobody need ever know. And only think, Clara Cone, what I have done for you." " Oh, aunt, I can't!" cried Clara, in a choked voice. "It wouldn't be right," "And-who sat you up as a judge of right and wrong, I'd like to know ?" almost screamed Mrs. Brushby. "Now take your choice; either finish up this cash­ mere dress for me by Sunday noon or leave this house." Clara was silent for a moment, then she spoke: "I will leave this house," she said. "And I fully indorse and approve of your decision," said Mr. Selwyn's voioe, as he stepped in from the open-doored portico, where his knock had been drowned by the high accents of Mrs. Brushby's vituperation. "Leave the house, Miss Cone, and I will see that a refuge is provided for you at the home of Miss Foxe." Mrs. Brushby stood startled and dis­ mayed. Clara Cone, pale and silent, laid her hand on the minister's arm, and left the room and the house. Honest Miss Foxe was amazed when Clara Cone took refuge with her. "Well," she declared, "I always knew that Cornelia Brushby was a regular grinder, but I did suppose she had some Christian deoency about her. Yes, child, F)u are welcome to my spare room, and shan't charge you any board. I dare suy you will lend a hand now and then, when Fro. busy; and your company will be a deal of comfort to me." But Miss Foxe didn't have that "com­ fort" long. Mr. Selwyn had become deeply interested in the pale, clear-eyed factory girl, and, before the wild roses blossomed along the verge of the woods, the parsonage had a mistress, and Mr. Selwyn no longer came under the head of "unmarried clergymen." Mrs. Brushby's tender aspirations were blighted in the bud; but a bald- headed old bachelor bought the factory just about that time, and Mrs. Brushby transferred her attentions to the new­ comer--and, with many nods and winks, she gives the public to understand that Mr. Selwyn is her rejected lover. "You see," says Mrs. Brushby, with her green eyes of confiding artlessness uplifted, "I never could reconcile my­ self to the trials of a minister's wife." 90SS1P FOR THE LADIES. ~ sk«rry a (jpntlem - . Chrla, tr yon ma, • V^pwitleatnd tended -"*• * Thoniih no tew a nn; 'l>n« who will treaaura • " *• * 1 ' ' HI* child or lila wifa, jfeorning to rob then Of aweetnetwU>Ufa. '7 • One who will nevsr • ' The brut.j'» part ss--lilM tWins hit. household " With sorrow and gloom, If on love's altar The flstue you oan '•a. Ma try a gentleman, Oiria, if you caa* Toil will be happy. And yon wi" 1 be gSM, Though he only Be ci.ninionly dM; Heasure in flcwting, And life !<ut a upan Marry a gent'emsa, Oirla, if yon can. MM anorn at* A woman always knows when the is pretty. Isn't it strange that she never knows when she is the other thing? We can all put up with a good deal of sim­ pering nonsense from a pretty girl, but a homely damsel must deport herself with straight - laced decorum or she makes herself ridiculous. Periiaps it is unfair, but the world will have it so, and it stands an inexorable law. A Dlne-Ksrel Petition for Divorce* , Ladies can wax wondrously grandilo­ quent when in the mind. A Kontuckian victim of man's inconstancy thus sets forth her plaint in a petition for di­ vorce : " Dark clouds of discord began to lower over the sky of wedded felicity, and the minacious lightning of disunion began to dart its lurid flames across gloomy clouds of atramental blackness, obscuring every star of hope and happi­ ness, whose resplendent glory illumi­ nated the dawn of the first few brief years of her wedded life, when she gave her hand and an undivided heart to the defendant, who, in the sultry month of July, 1879, after having been warmly and snugly wintered within the fond embraces of her loving arms, and olosely nestled to a heart that beat alone for the defendant, showed his base, black ingratitude by abandoning her without cause whatever, except the insatiable thirst for novelty, which is the predom­ inant character of defendant's nature." Odd Statistics. A Detroiter has been collecting and arranging statistics of an odd nature, and, if his book is ever published, read­ ers will find nothing dry about it. He goes right to business on page 1 by es­ timating the number of lickings re­ ceived by the average boy up to his 14th year at 126. This includes the spanking process during infancy. Out of every 100,000 people in this country 19,000 get up cross in the morn­ ing, but only a hundred or so remain in that condition very long after breakfast. Out of 50,000 men only 600 will put Up money on a bet. The rest will craw­ fish around, and finally back water on their assertions. Only ten women out of every 500 who start out on a journey by railroad con­ sult a railroad map or have the least idea of the direction they take. Four hundred and ninety-eight worry about i their baggage ; 497 are certain they took the wrong train; 499 wish they had never started. The risk of being bitten by a dog is greatly overestimated. Out of every 1,000 big and little dogs only two care to get up a row with the human race, and those two are ready and willing to die. The number of men who can put in a more pleasant evening down town than at their own fireside is on the decrease, and the number of wives who are taking a little extra pains to make home more pleasant than a concert-saloon is on the increase. Out of every 1,000 men who get mad and swear they will see a lawyer about it only fifteen carry out their intentions. Only one woman in 5,000 pays the first price asked for a bonnet, and only onemilW in 1,000,000 expects her to. The time occupied by the average man in buying a ftill suit of clothes is just one-fourth the time occupied by the average woman in buying a pair of stockings.--Detroit Free Preaa. THE happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts; therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions un­ suitable to virtue, and unreasonable to nature. A Boston Antl-Wldow Laafne. The young ladies of Boston formed an Anti-Widow League, and the following is a copy of a petition sent to the Gov­ ernor of Massachusetts: THE HtTMBIiB PETITION OF AI1I1 THE MAIDS WHOSE NAMES ABE UNDERWRITTEN. Whereas we, the humble petitioners, are at present in a very melancholy dis­ position of mind, considering how all the bachelors are blindly captivated by widows, and our own youthful charms thereby neglected; in consequence of this, our request is that your Excellency will for the future order that no widow presume to marry any young man till the maids ore provided for; or else to to pay each of them a fine for satisfac­ tion for invading our liberties, and like­ wise a fine to be levied on all such bachelors as sh^ll be married to widows. The great disadvantage it is to us maids is that the widows, by their forward car­ riage, do snap up the young men, and have the vanity to think their merit be­ yond ours, which is a great imposition on us, who ought to have the preference. This is humbly reoommended to your Excellency's consideration, and hope you will permit no further insults. And we maids, in duty bound, will ever pray. Enterprltiar Women. Given energy and perseverance, and even women find no difficulty in gaining a livelihood in our crowded cities. Four orphan girls who wished to educate an only brother, not many months ago came to the city in search of bread and butter. They took a house in the business port of the city ; took what boarders they could accommodate, but made day- boarding a specialty. They opened two parlors which were for a dining-room. They are carpeted, draped, picture- hung and made generally refined, and people like to go to them. The tables are*ferranged with the most scrupulous neatness. The linen is dainty and al­ ways fresh; the silver is bright; the de­ tails in every respect are those of a re­ fined home. The meals are not elabo­ rate, but everything is excellent of its kind, perfectly cooked and perfectly served. With the aid of one servant these four young women manage their establishment. In dainty, white-ruffled aprons they serve the guests at their table in a graceful, lady-like way that attracts people. They have placed their younger brother in a good school; •hey are making a comfortable support, and have their own pleasant home alto­ gether. Now when women can attain to this manner of common sense in their lives, which is quite as needful as " com­ mon sense in the household," we shall not see " thirty highly educated young ladies " advertised in the morning pa­ pers, at a loss to know what ia going to become of them. yond question. Medications cannot stay the onward march of disorganiza­ tion when ulcerations eat the tissues. Onoe destroyed, they can never be re- Krodnced. Therefore, if prevention is etter than owe, less expensive, and always more agreeable, why not profit by these suggestions ? No compression of the base of the chests of men being induced by tight dressing, a chafing of the upper surface of the lung rarely oc­ curs with them. Oreat men, giants in any department of busy life--those who make the world conscious of their in­ fluence--those who quicken thouligt, revolutionize public sentiment and leave the impression of their genius in the history of the age in which they flourish, were not the Bons of gaunt mothers whose waists resemble the middle of an hour glass. Women* I have always remarked that women, in all countries, arc civil and obliging, tender and humane ; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timor­ ous and modest; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a gener­ ous action. Not haughty, not arrogant, not supercilious, they are full of courtesy and fond of society; more liable, in gen­ eral, to err than man, but, in general, also, more virtuous, and performing more good actions than he. To a woman, whether civilized or savage, I never ad­ dressed myself jn the language of de­ cency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With men it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of in­ hospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden and frozen Lapland, rude and churlish Finland, unprincipled Russia, and t^o wide-spread regions of the wandering Tartar ; if hungry, dry, cold, wet or nick, the women have ever been friendly to me, and uniformly so. And, to fldd to this virtue, so. worthy the ap­ pellation of benevolence, their actions have been performed in so free and kind a banner that if I was dry, I drank the 8Weetest draught, and if hungry, I ate the coarsest morsel with a double relish. --Exchange. Inuui WMsii ana t;onwunapcion« The mania lor small waists has been the premature death of thousands upon thousands of the fairest and most prom­ ising young ladies, before they had time to learn of the dangers they were invit­ ing by following the examples of those who teach by their practice that they prefer conformity to the requirements of perverted taste to the exemption from the penalties of being out of rfhape in the sense of thope who exercise no judg­ ment in regard to this important matter. Favored, as many robust women are, with a -fine organization in other re­ spects, they can live out a long life in comparative health and comfort; but they are few compared to the vast unm- , . . , - . . ... .. . - ber who fall short and die before they < T3 T®4 ^ ftl onCe* have attained all they might have had I Pro1 8lU*-- U wU1 ^ m on earth. The first or topmost rib on either side, just under the collar bone, iB short, thin and sharp on its inner cur­ vature. It has no motion, being a brace ' between the dorsal column and the i breast bone. It is immovable for the purpose of protecting large arteries and veins belonging to the arms on either side of the neck. In cases where the chest has been manipulated till the lungs cannot expand downward they are forced above that rib. Rising and fall­ ing above and below that rib level, the lobe chafes and frets against the resist­ ing curvufture. It is inflamed at last, and the omau becomes diseased. If that chafing is not relieved, but in each respiration the serous covering of the lung is irritated continually, the infi&mnutioia is apt to extend quite into the IMHIT O! the or^an, increased and in­ tensified by iiitoiting emotions, labori­ ous punnutes or unfavorable exposures. Finally, the mucous lining of the air cells within the lung sympathizes and becomes inflamed also. Im thm mmaeo- tkm we may trace the mmmencemeul of pulmonary consumption. It would be denominftea sporadic, aaa wiaeiy different from pulmonary diseases by in­ heritance, Consumption is not only de­ veloped by tight lacing, but caused in many eases, where the original con­ formation of the individual was favora- blafbr a eusttparativs long Iit% ia be- A (Jood Dog Story. A correspondent of the Spectator writes that this story of a dog's sagacity may be relied upon as true: During the meeting of the British Association at Glasgow, a friend of mine had occasion to go one day from that place to Green­ ock on business. Hearing, on his ar­ rival, that the person he wished to see was out, but expected shortly to return home, he determined to take a stroll about the town, to which he was a stranger. In the course of his walk lie turned into a baker's shop and bought a bun. As he stood at the door of the shop eating his bun a large dog caiqe up to him and begged for a share, which he got arid seemed to enjoy, coming back for piece after piece. "Does the dog be­ long to you ?" my friend asked of the shop woman. "No," she answered, "but he spends most of time here, and begs half-pennies from the people who pass." ' 'Half-pennies ! What good can they do him ?" "Oh, he knows very well what to do with them; he comes into the shop and buys cakes!" This seemed rather a remarkable in­ stance of cleverness even for the clever­ est of animals; so, by way of testing its resdity, my friend went out of the shop into the street, where he was immediate­ ly accosted by the dog, who begged for something with all the eloquence of winch a dog is capable. He offered him a half-penny and was rather surprised to see him accept it readily and walk with the air of a regular customer into the shop, where he put his fore paws on the counter and held out the half-penny to­ ward the attendant. The young woman produced a bun, but that did not suit the dog, and he held his money fast. "Ah/' said she, "I know what he wants," and took down from a shelf a plate of short­ bread. This was right; the dog paid his lialf-penny, took his short-bread and ate it with decorous satisfaction. When he had quite finished he left the shop, and my fnend, much amused, followed him, and when he again begged, found an­ other half-penny for him, and saw the whole process gone through a second time. This dog clearly had learned by some means the use of money, aad not merely that it would buy something to eat, but that it would buy several things, among which ho could exercise a right of choice. What is perhaps most remarkable ia that liis proceedings wero entirely independ­ ent, and for his own benefit, not that of any teaoher or master. Something New in Entomology. As Mr. Jones was returning, from church with his family he discovered a new and singular looking bug on his front door-step. As he was something of a scientist, he was naturally pleased with the new specimen, and, forming his pocket handkerchief into a sort of cage, in pounced down on it, and succeeded in capturing it. "Bring the microscope, children," he galled, "and tell your ma to hurry; 1 wWit her to look at it; I'm sure it be­ longs to the Hemiptera class and is a new specimen. Here, Charlie, put your eye to the ocular side and toll me what you see." "Oh, pa, ain't it splendii? It's got four wings, eight eyes, and, oh, my ! ain't it a sparkler, though? Bed, and green, and yellow, and--oh I it is get­ ting away, ain't it pa ? " " Then it isn't dead I" cried Mr. Jones, in ecstasy; "I wa-s-n-n't q-ui-to i>ure jwhetlier it moved or not. Let me look/! Yes! it's a terrestrial, I think, after all; it belongs to the genus Pen- tatoma--the antennas have that pecul­ iar flexible look ; and yet, now that I look again, the eyes seem to indicate that it is a phytocoris, in which case it will lie very destructive to your ma's I'll y case, a valuable addition to science. Maria, j wheye's the chloroform ? " I " Up on the clock shelf ; what are you ! going to do with it," asked Mrs. Jones, I who nad been giving her undivided at- ! tention to the baby. { "Kill this bug as soon as you have j examined it," answered Mr. Jones in a j lofty voice. " I shall present it to the Detroit Scientific Association--" "Well, I guess not, Mr. Jones,"broke in his wife, who waa looking with much interest at the new specimen. "I paid $2 for that bug last week to wear on my new bonnet, and I must have dropped it off when I came in. It belongs to the genus millinerse, and couldn't be any deader if it had been baked for a eentu- ry. Science will have to get along without it, Jones, it's already eussilled. Poor Jones!--Free Prea*. A GAXATSSTON darkey returned from a business trip to the interior of the State very much disgusted. "Didn't yo» »- ceive any offers to pick cotton?" asked a friend. "Yes, sick as dey was. A man offered me one-third ob de amount I picked, and when I looked at de field I saw for loyself dat when it was all picked it wouldii t mount to one-third, so I lefl for home." "You was in luck dat he didn't fool yer." "You bet I was, Sandy. My refinetic is all what sabed me. I tell rer all. send jw ohildrsns lo -- " f THE FAMILY POCTOl̂ * ASTHMA CTTRE.--Belladonna leaves, two ounces; stramonium leaves, one ounce; powdered nitrate of potassium, one and one-half drachms. Mix them thoroughly. To be used by igniting a drachm in a suitable vessel and inhaling the fumes. SCIATICA.--Three drops of sulphuric ether, mixed with a few drops of water and injected under the skin with a hy­ podermic syringe, is said to permanent­ ly cure this distressing complaint. The remedy should be used every twelve hours till cure is effected. TREATMENT OF DiPirrrrEKTA.--Take from two to five grains of chlorate of potash, put it far back on the tongue, allow it to melt gradually, and repeat every hour until a decided improvement takes place, which is usually in a few hours. One of the best plans of treat­ ment is the following: Gargle--Chlor­ ate of potassa, two drachms; hot water, six ounces ; alcohol, four drachms; cre­ osote, eight drops; muriatic acid, thirty drops. This is to be used as a gargle every thirty minutes. Internally use the following remedy--Chlorate of potas­ sa, three drachms; water, Bix ounces; sugar, one ounce; tincture of muriate of iron, two drachms. Dose--A teaspoon- fnl every four hours. It is claimed that the above treatment will cure nineteen cases out of twenty. CROUP--Is inflammation of the wind­ pipe, which causes it to be contracted, making breathing difficult, and (some­ times impossible. Croup is the result of cold, though there is generally an hereditary disposition to it. It comes on with an increased frequency in breath­ ing in the evening; the next morning the child is better, and at night worse again, and qp the third or fourth night, or sooner, it is regular croup. The child is restless, breathes hard, wheezes, and has a dry cough. If proper remedies are applied the tirst or even the second night, but few children will die of croup. Give two teaspoonfuls of epsom salts, and put the child to bed; then apply mustard draughts, or "mustard leaves, to its feet. Wring out a flannel cloth in hot water, and wrap it around the neck as warm as it can be borne, protecting the bed with dry cloths. If the breath­ ing is not easier, and the skin not get­ ting moist in three or four hours, mix half a teaspoon ful each of powdered alum and ipeoac in half a glass of tepid water .and give it. If it does not vomit in ten minutes, repeat the dose with a teacup of warm water every five minutes until there is free vomiting. If the bowels are constipated, use a "Nelaton Suppository for Children" every three hours, until there is a free passage. If this treatment is applied early, it will seldom fail. If, however, the disease is well established before treatment is com­ menced, and the above plan of treat­ ment should fail to afford relief in twelve hours, then give ten grains of calomel, mixed with one drachm of saltpeter, called nitrate of potash; divide into twelve powders, and give one every two hours.--Hall'* Journal of Health. Parlor Magic. Borrow a Panama hat, the more ex­ pensive the better, and hold it up so that your audience can see that it does not contain either a savings bank or a white whale. You then procure an ordi­ nary kerosene lamp, remove the shade and light the wick. You are now ready. Pass the hat five or six times over the light, or until it is a complete blaze; then quickly placing the hat in a box, into which you have previously deposited two pounds of common gunpowder--the hat and box will instantly disappear. This trick never fails to astonish. A very amusing, although exciting trick, is to cause a person in the audience to start from his seat without the aid of machinery, bent pins, or the placing of hands. This feat requires a little pre­ paration during the day, as will be seen. You open a book and pretend to read as if from its contents, and immediately a young lady in the audience will start to­ ward you with a shriek, and if you are wise you will have a rear window open, through which you can pass. The secret of the trick consists in your read­ ing a purloined letter of your sister's from her lover. Lay a wager with some gentleman in front of you that he can not walk to within three feet of you without pausing and tltrowing back his head, assuring him that the floor will not be obstructed in any manner. This trick never fails, and its success depends upon having a well-waxed thread streched across the room at the height of the gentleman's throat Do not attempt this with your father. A good conclusion to an evening's en­ tertainment of this kind is called "Dis­ solving *Feat," in which you turn out the gas for sixty seconds, and on lightiug it th$ room will be vacated of all but your­ self. The moment the gas is turned out you produce from a hermetically sealed box about a pound of Limberger cheese. The effect is wonderful, especially if the evening be very worm. If you are not a ventriloquist you can, nevertheless, make your friends believe you are. Before the audience assembles place your little brother under a barrel, having, of course, first instructed him as to the replies he should make to your questions. At the proper time you walk up to the barrel, and, giving it a sharp rap with your knuckles, say: "Are you there, sir?" The reply comes, "No, I am Bomewhere else!" Then you hold an auimated conversation with a supposed (?) person, in which many of your family secrets are divulged, and when at the close you inform your audience that ycfu will imitate a drowning person and pom a pail of water through a hole in the head of a barrel, all are wonderfully amazed except your brother, who will be madder than a natter. Industries Transferred to Western Cities. It is evident that a rapid growth of many classes of industries is in progress in the Western cities and States, and that the 'East has not only changed much within ten years, but will change much more hereafter. The industrial oensus of Chicago shows that in iron, machinery, implements railroad sup­ plies, and many associate articles, there is already an imposing aggregate of business done--nearly 540,000,000 be­ ing the value reported for the census year ; while in lumber products and fur­ niture, in leather, clothing and articles of personal wear, the aggregates wero also very large. Provisions, in tho line of cut and dried meats, is the largest of all; also, lard, lard oils, and other like products. All products of grain and of fermentation and distillation are large, and certain to continne to find their natural position in the West. The textile industries alone are little affected, and not likely to be withdrawn from tho East in any material de<?ree. They require the nil of many adjuncts not easily obtained away from the sea- V>oard cities ; imported dyes and chem­ icals, with facilities for prompt exchange with Europe in patterns, and all the in­ cidents of competition with European establishments which they have grown up to rival. The transportation of wool and cotton is a very trifling element of the cost of either as a raw material; and also to the cost of delivering finished cotton and woolen goods, the locality of m mufaclure is of very little consequence, --Textile, ttev.ord. Worse Thieves of fndla. The Khyber Pass is the chief gateway into Cabul. Sixteen miles from it is the city of Peshawur. Two miles from the city is the English cantonment, contain­ ing nine or ten regiments. The adjoiu- i ing valley and hills are full of profes­ sional robbers. The objects which they love to steal are arms, money, and horses. In securing these they show skill and daring. A writer in Cham­ berJournal tells several anecdotes of these thieves, which exhibit their skill in horse stealing: The most i>opular plan of horse steal­ ing requires at least three men to carry it out comfortably and successfully. One of them quietly steals his way into the stable, and lays hold of a cord which has been pushed through one of the air­ holes m the wall by one of his friends outside. The two use the string as a saw, while the third pours upon ita plentiful supply of water. The cord silently and speedily cuts its way down the mud wall. In a wonderfully short time the three craftsmen manage to saw around a por­ tion of the wall, which, when pushed outwards, leaves a space sufficient to allow a horse to pass out This done, the remaining work presents no difficulty. The ropes which bind the horse are out, and in a short time he is cantering to the hills, with generally two and sometimes his three new masters on his back. A somewhat bold and impudent ex­ ploit in the horse-stealing line was the amusement and the talk of the station for some days. The cantonment is liter­ ally a camp. At sundown a chain of sentries com­ municating with each other is posted right around it This demands a great number of men, and all regiments, cav­ alry and infatry, European and native, nightly give their proportions. A native trooper on the occasion to which I refer, fastened his horse to the peg fixed about the middle of his "beat;" and to keep up his courage and himself warm--the night was very dark Pnd bit­ terly cold--walked pretty smartly back­ wards and forwards on his "beat." The extent of this walk was not more than thirty yards, and thus at' no time could he have been more than fifteen yards from his charger. He was armed in tho usual way, with a short rifle and tulwar, or sword. t| IWhilo thus doing duty, a hill man managed to crawl quite close to him without exciting notice and waiting quietly until the sentry was near the end of his walk, and, of course, with his back to the horse, the robber Cut the charger's rope, mounted him, and in a moment was galloping away from the station. The sentry fired his rifle in the direc­ tion in which his steed had gone; guards turned out, and a great noise was raised: but the outwitted soldier never saw his horse again. To him the loss was a serious one, as the horses of the native cayalry regi­ ments do not belong to the Government, but to the troopers themselves. Inventions of Women. The list of woman's inventions of reoent date is by no means blank. One of the best machines now in use for tho manu­ facture of paper bags is the invention of Mary E. Knight, of Springfield, Mass. The accomplished wife of Father Hya- cinthe holds a patent for an improved corset. The Empress Eugenie invented the many flounced bustle--the precursor of the extinct crinoline. Mrs. Walton has devised a way of deadening the noise on the elevated railroads, and a spank ar­ rester for locomotives. Women obtain from the Government an average of about sixty patents yearly. During the year ending July, 1880, women received some seventy patents, a list*of the subjects, which is appended, as a useful showing of the tendency of the inventive faculties of the sex. As might be expeoted, the plurality of articles relate to the lighten­ ing of women's work. Among them are a jar-lifter, a bag-holder, a pillow-sham holder, a dress protector, two dust-pans, a washing machine, a fluting iron, a dress chart, a fish-boner, a sleeve-adjuster, a lap table, a seaming-machine treadle, a wash basin, an iron heater, sad-irons, a garment stiffener, a foldingchair, award- robe bed, a window-cleaner, a napkin, a clothespin, a weather-strip, a churn, an invalid's lied, a strainer, a milk-cooler, a sofa-bed, a dipper, a paper dish, and a plaiting device. In the liue of purely mecliauical contrivances appear a car- step, a baggage attachment for vehicles, a shoe-channeling machine, a guard for sleeping berths, a loom for tubular* fab­ rics, a window frame, an oil burner, a life-raft, a window-fastener, a locomo­ tive's chimney, a buckle, paper bag ma­ chines, dumping-wagon and a bale-tie. Besides these are braces, corsets, a hat- cover, a collar, a doll supporter, a shawl- strap, corset-clasps, undergarments, a game, a shoe and a hair-wash. „ Waiting the Resurrection. In New London, Ct, is a lot contain­ ing five graves, thoee of a man and his four wives. The women's form four sides of a square, and the man's is in the center, while the inscriptions are as follows: j.. : » Idyl. wife. ^ : Our Husband. S My n. wife. 1 5? ? Ladies' Patches. The beauties of the court of Louis XV. thought they had made a notable discovery when they gummed pieces of black tatfeta on their cheeks to heighten the brilliancy of their complexions. The ladies in England had before adopted patches, in quaint shapes, as of a cres­ cent or coach and horses, etc. An epi­ gram was written: Her patches arc of every out, For pimples and for noars; Here'fi all the wanderiug planets' signs, And Boim- of the tlxed itkan! The coach and horse patch was an espe­ cial favorite. Anstey, in his satire, " The Bath Guide," enumerated " velvet patches " as among a fine lady's necessi­ ties ; but abotft the beginning of the present century they seemed gradually to fall out of fashion in The Associated Press. "The Associated Press is a great boon, is it not?" said the cigarette smoking scion of a South Side sire to a beautiful Boston girl, full of sentiment and oys­ ters as they were returning from the theater. "It is, indeed," she replied, in soft tones: "George and I had one aU last winter; but papa came in one night before George could take his arm away and acted dreadfully. Do they have them in Chicago?" "I should blush to murnaur," responded the untutored Ohicsgoan as he measured her surcingle belt with his strong' rightarm.--Chicago Tribune. • THREE WISHED >a**- rhree IftfTe maiden* out on tho Hart gani)«o.'el the hour* aw ay; I he anwmer was »w«t, and the hoars Oweiido'tn, Maud, and May. l'hay had worked at their p.ay the livelong datf As hard as maiden* can; « So when mi Httie fret were tired with Then three little tongues began: "What ahall we do next?" cried Iks plexed, 44 For we really must have mora fun." And they all thoiight deep, till a plan dM kso Full-blown from the brain of onsw ^ 44Let ni ank of the fairies"--twas fhit claimed-- The tul!e*t and falreat waa ah«-- " Let na ask them to grant whstsvsr we smat ' <V- And to list to wi«lien three 1" tnd what did tlfey ask for ? The; The mweet little maiden May; The weakest was nil.:, but her uplHt was fs And as gentle a* the day; " Oh, fairy Queen, whom I never have SM 1 hope I addreee you aright-- If you have one to spare, I should to ' A dress of invisible white! n Then the second one prayed for the fairies* And a different wish hhd she; Maud was li r nume, and she felt no For ebe knew what her wi*h would be. Her limbe tliey were long, she was roay Such a maid as men extol, Vet (die begged for a prise that wosM wiye-- 44 A wonderful magic doll I" Now, you are the eldest, and what da yas SMsA Little Gwendolen, " faithful and true With your face like a saint, and your aaaaasn quaint, Now what shall be done for you T 14 Oh, fairies," said she,44 let me out off to bead Of the giant that sups upon men ; Let me grow strong and bold, like the hnuss of i For now I am otJy ten!" So the quick years flew, and the maidens And how do their wishes fare ? Do the fairies forget the childish debt, Or reward the childish v rayer? Oh, kiud is the Queen of the Fays uilftOSR I And "to Maud, a wedded bride, She spat utich a tloll as mothers extol. That toddled, and prutUed, and criedj. Nor did Gwendolen miss her longed-for Mas, A giant to conquer and B'.ay; Ther o are human needs, there are heroes For heroic hearta to-day. liut sweet little May, she vanished I Beyond the fairies' sight; So the angels gave what the maid did < A robe of invisible white. PITH A 3D POINT. THE candle-wick is up to snuff, THE cream of a joke should never 1M sour. USUALLY "through by daylight" Sleep. WHAT is it that by losing an eye haa only a nose left ? A noise. A CRACK invisible to the naked eye. The crack of a whip. NEVER scare off a fly with a club when a feather will do as well. A NEW novel is called " Man Proposes." It is certainly not a leap-year story. A KISS on the forehead of some of our modern girls is a sort of saiaaua bang salutation. OUT in Montana, when they start a man down hill in a barrel, they speak of his " appearance in a new role." GRACE--"I am going to see Clara to­ day. Have you any message? " Char­ lotte--" I wonder how you can visit thst Ireadful girl. Give her my love." BF.FORK marriage. With wondrous care, 8he seeks the mirror And bungs her hair. After marriage. With anijry gin re. She grab;; her slipper And bangs her heir. RECORDER--" You are very young to lie stealing for a living. Are you going to make that your profession ? " " Yes, sir; my father wants me to learn the ru­ diments thoroughly before I run for of­ fice." " I SHELL sum fin a burning," re­ marked an aged negro, who sat at ^the camp-fire toasting his extremities. "Gosh!" he added, a moment later, with a loud yell, " it's dis nig^ah's own fut!" bb " I SAT, Clem," cried two disputing darkies, appealing for decision to a sable umpire; "which word is right--dizactly or dezactlv ?" The sable umpire re­ flected a moment, and then, with a look of wisdom, said: "I can't tell, per- zactly." "HAVE you given electricity a trial for your complaint, madam?' asked the minister, as he took tea with the old lady. "Electricity?" said she. "Well, yes, I reckon I has. I was struck by lightning last summer, and hove out of the window, but it didn't seem to me no sort of good." THE New York Tribune reports the Rev. W. H. H. Murray as saying: " Death is perlinirion, that is alL" WeU, if that is all--if death is simply a " pe^ -- what-do-you-call-it -- *' fininon," it can't have a sting, as alleged. We al­ ways had a sneaking s< rt of feeling that it was one of tlio«e things, but, owing to a rush of political news, we never get room to say so.--NorrMown Herald. BOARD Schoolmaster (desiring to ex­ plain the word "conoeited," which had occurred in the course of the reading- lesson)--"Now, boys, suppose thai I was always boasting of my learning--that I knew a good deal o' Latin, for innfcaT)opt or that my personal appearance was-- that I was very good-looking, y' know-- what should you say I was ?" Straight­ forward boy (who had "caught the Speaker's eye")--"I should say you was a liar, B\" MRS. SUHAN COOLCDOB has written a. volume of verse, and in the prelude to the work remarks that: Poems are heavenly things, And only souls with wings May reach them where they glOS^ May pluck and bear buiow. Visiting the nations thus With food all glorious. You :sre wrong, Susan. There is not a solituy soul with wings in this office, and yet you can stand most anywhere and reach poems. Unfortunately, tho Jxx>ple who wrote them are out of reacli. - - Chicago Tribune. IT is a nice thing to be very bright, and to give what is supposed to be a* witty answer to every query, but some­ times one gets caught in his own trap. "What is a crime?" asked the grave professor in a theological college. "A crime!" answered the wit of tho class, "why, it is when a man does some­ thing." "Then," said the professor, aa he looked over his glasses at the youth, " I think no one could accuse you, Mr. Brown, of ever committing a crime." 44l^ow you know," remarked the new Sunday-school teacher, as he beamed kindly on the interested class of boys, " that Rol»ert Bruce, as he lay on the bed, eaw a spider cast its web seven times, failing every time, but the eighth attempt was successful. Now, what was the result?" And he looked into the eager, upturned faces before him, ^n<| then an exceedingly small bey, with phenomenally large freckles, at the foot of the class, whose folks had been clean­ ing house the week before, spoke up and said that the woman came in the next morning with a broom and dt^t-paa, and carried the spider out, a clay-cold corpse. And then the school saug, while the new teaoher sat down and wiped his forehead. A FEW years ago a Japanese publisher brought out a life of Washington ib forty-five volumes, with illustrations In which the Father of his Country is rep­ resented in modern dress, wearing a heavy mustache, carrying a cane, and accompanied by a Stye terrier.