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wBSs iLLmors TOOUTE. JiwknpTw*fwrr*«, iltho m ant atir to tm mawt: - i meh <<h«r d*r hjrdiy, tanrrMtlnafs, bwc seldom w«jr " ward that lies jn t in o«r reach, of common speech. l«M <rf liicbt Mid out of roach they go-- « fltattfamillar friends who 1 >vcd ns so; , ckttac to the absdow rfcey have left, Mb wt(b I i*rtmees, and ujre bereft, : wt.h nta ngnt of some fond word e we might hare s*ld and they hare beard. Vpcqpaak-Mtd poor the love that we cxpnm XwwMH hM.de the vasr, sweet unexpressed, JM etlrti(. >he deeds we did to those undone, IM mall tlie nervloe "pent to treasure® won. And undeserved the pra se for word and deed That«h<*i.d bare ore flowed the simple need. Thin In the rnel crotw of to be Jtoll Vfett ned only wren the mlnlst-y i death has b ea fnl lied and In the plaoo ' f (tome deM pr sen e i bnt empty space, kt r collected servl. e can the 1 JOoneobtMoU tor the ralgh have been. C--Nora Perry, in \ew York Independent TWKBIT ERCRTt # BY 0. B. BTTBOnr. ' Mnmn have any oonoepttoa ot these sti»l human ro kerles where tens of is «s; rov.-;', d together amidst horrors vdrioh can to mind he middle lassage of the The Bitter Cry of Outcast Lon- *?. don. ' "Wearily wandering into the winding Maze of th - filthy and festering lam*, Borne on the blast of the hurricane blinding, Si.ddenly nt o m» spirit there comes lit ereet cry • t care wo n and 'lying. W eptng aud \va ling of old and or young-- . WMling of women aw eary and sighing. 1" ̂ > .TpeayvO*ai d ? Hear the song that they ran;: ">'• "8frive, strive, strtre, With the wolf at the door, in vain, Tho' .he straggle to keep alive . Is worse than a hell of pain. Gin, gin, trin. Our cares we'll drown once more; "Tin but folly to shrink from the spi it o; dr k. So, t-w.g till our lives be o'er." Flarcer than fathomless cry of the weepers. Wilder Mi n woilin of women and men, Echoing ever a v- ic , "O ye si nepers. Where is the harpy who owne.h each den? Wlier arc he vultures who prey on the • livinc? Pitiless dealers of wrong at each breath, Steddera of blocd who each u-oment are »iving Children and women and strong men to Death: ^ „ "Here, here, here," i la the loud and bitter cry. *?• *Oh, h cd onr sob of fear, »" v And save us ere we die. "Heist. rent, rent, Onr care" we'll drown once more, v'A For h r<-'s noth ng bnt gin when the *• bailiffs a <: in, And the baby's dead upon the floor." f/r.w. HJITE-BELLIIM TIMES. A ffarflHng Incident in the Life ef the Famous James Bowie. In the summer of 1832 a young gen- Benin, of Natchez who had just been married, made an extended wedding trip to the North, and on his way back home had stopped in New Yofk to col­ lect a number of bills which had been entrusted to him for collection by planters at and near JNatohez, and the •amount in the aggregate waa quite large. Shortly after his arrival in New York tiie young man was spotted and acquaintance made by several of the gambling fraternity, but. though they tried hard to4fe#°» they failed to in­ veigle him injko any of their dens. When he hgdr trausacted his business there tlj^Jroijng man started for home wif*,but. knowing of his prob­ able route, a well organized gang start­ ed ahead of him, leaving two of 4be - fraternity to accompany their intended victim and keep him in sight Learning at Pittsburgh that he would take a steamer there for Louisville, were he would remain a few days and then take one of the New Orleans packets for Natchez, they joined him on the boat, and on the trip to Louis­ ville card playing was introduced to while away the time. Having been allowed to win smalt sums by the time they had reached Leuisville the victim imagined he knew all about the game. Ths game, which at the time referred to was very much in vogue, was called •twenty card poker, and was played with Vie tens, jacks, queens, kings, and aces trf the pjck, and as but four eould polity at a time the game was admirably adapted to what is known to the gambling fraternity as "three pluck After a pleasant visit to Louisville, the young mau took passage on the "Steamer Orleans for Natchez. The ^gentleman's cabin, where all the card- playing was done, was on the main •deck, directly under the ladies' cabin. Instead of the round wheel-houses now *een, the Orleans' were square, flat on /top, and came up to within two feet of the hurrioane deck, and the distance between them was about thirty-five feet Not 'ong after leaving Louisville cardv laying was resumed, and so ef­ fectively had tlie gamblers carried out their scheme that they had won nearly all their victim's money before reach­ ing Vicksburg, and had intended to % complete their work before Natchez .was reached, a comparative easy task, •as he was drunk and desperate. A few •miles above Vicksburg a tall, straight •and d»gnified gentleman, having much tbe appearance of a preacher, got afroard the boat, and in a few minutes took a seat near the gamblers, where lie could see all that was going on. Several times dur ng the continuance of the game, and after the tall stranger had come aboard, the young wife of the gambler's victim had besought him to leave their company, but in vain, so deep was the infatuation of the game <aad BO strong his belief that he would . win back the money which he had lost. "Play continued into the night, and by 1 O'clock in the inornng hia money was all won from him. and, rendered -desperate by the knowledge that he *ad been re<reant tot e trust reposed in him, the victim rose from his seat 4md rnshed wildly to the side of the $Mt, intent ujKm self-destruction, but Jfpst as he was in the act of springing overboard be wan seized bv a grip of Xir0b tad held, and hie young wife ap- pestflkg at that time, he wtis taken to / hia 'roem by the stranger, who assured lier that all would be right if she would ^nljr keep her husband in the room ?#tft|l his return. ' " Returning to the cabin, where the gamblers and their friends were stand- •Sig aronnd the bar drink ncr, tlie str <n- afer drew out oi his pocket a well-filled urallet, and taking out of it a $100 "bank-note, asked the barkeeper to ftlmrg" it toi' him. This the barkeeper not do, but referred him to the ipijjiiipd gambler, saving: "Thin gen- "* change it for you. "Oh, he answered at on< o. "won't you # drink?' Thanking him, the nr accepted the invitation, and t thecli ;nge WHS being made just ed h*a glass to his lips. . The ' p: -I I j sa j^ jg ig waUet, and. as the (tftitaftsr marked that he stopped at NMche^L thrv determined to try to cam and fleece ltim. One of them remarked that he did not caro to go to bed, and propost d that another game be plaved, to which, of course, the others agreed, but, as there were but three of th«m who understood the game, and it re-" quired four to play it, the stranger was invited to ioin them, which, after a lit­ tle hesitation on his part, he absented to. Tlie%ame began by tlie stranger be­ ing allowed to wi:i several large bets, but he kept his eyea open, and, although they did not know it, he was perfectly aware of what was go ng on. Aft< r playing for abont an hour, and just as aav was breaking, the gamblers con­ cluded to finish by giving the stranger a hand which would induce him to bet largely, and as there were ihree of tbem and he con!d not call, they felt certain they con'd mike him put up all he had before they would allow him to have a show. Everything worked as they had an­ tic i | -ated; the man opposite the stranger dealt the curds, and the man on his r ght went $10 blind; the ante was $5. When the cards were dealt the stranger put up $20 and the next man tfid the same, when the dealer raised him $20, putting up $40. When it came to the turn of the one who had made the blind he put up $1S0, thus raising it $100 more, tlie next man, the dealer, threw up his hand and drew out. The two remaining gamblers then kept raising the bet whenever it came their turn, the stranger coolly putting up whatever sum was necessary, until the total amount on the table was fully $1(K),000, of which the stranger had contributed one-tlurd. While the let­ ting was going on the stranger had kept his eves on the dealer and had, by his watchfulness, prevented any chang­ ing of the curs. Toward the last he saw a card slipped by tiie dealer to the man who had made the blind, when, aeizing him by the wri-t with one hand, he drew a murderous-looking knife with the o her, and forced the gambler to lay his cards on the table face down. All sprang to their feet, and the stranger quietly said that when the hand was raised and it should be found to contain six cards he would kill the owner; telling the other to show h s cards, he threw down his own hand, which consisted of four kings and a ten spot. The baffled gambler livid with rage and disappointment, swore that the stranger should fight him, demanding, with an oath, to know who he was, any­ way. Quietly as if in the presence of ladies, the stranger answered, "James Bowie." At the sound of the name two of the gamblers quailed, for they knew that the man who bore that name was a ter­ ror to even the bravest, but the third who had never beard of "James Bowie," demanded a duel at once. This was acceded to at once by Bowie, with a smile; pistols--derringers--were the weapons selected, the hurricane roof the place, and the time at once. Sweep­ ing the whole of the money in his hat, Bowie went to the room where the un­ happy wife sat g arding her husband's uneasy slumbers, and rapping on the door, he handed her, when she had opened it, the hat and its contets, tell­ ing her that, if he did not come back, two-thirds of the money was her hus­ band's and the balance her own. Ascending to the hurricane roof, the principals were placed one upon the top of each wheel-house. This brought them about twelve yards apart, and each was exposed to the other from the knees up. The pistols were handed to them, and the gambler's second gave the word, "one, two, three, fire, stop," uttered at intervals of one second each, and they were allowed to fire at any time between the utterance of the words one and stop. As "one" rang out in the clear morn­ ing air both raised their weapons; as* "three" was heard the gambler's pistol rang out, and before the sound had ceased, and while the word "fire" waa be ng uttered. Bowie's pistol sounded, and simultaneous with this sound the Gambler fell, and giving a convulsive stru ggle roiled off the wheel-house in­ to ti e river. Bowie coolly blew the smoke ont of his pistol, shut down the pan (the flint lock waa in use at that time), and, going down into the ladies' cabin, obtained his hat and divided the money which it contained into three portions. Two of which he gave to the young wife and the other he kept, as it was his own money. Having awakened her hus­ band. the fond wife showed him the money and told him all she knew about the affair, not having heard of the duel When the husband I ecame acquainted with all the facts, his gratitude to his benefactor was deep and lasting. Not desiring to be made a hero of, Bowie, when the boat reach­ ed liodney, determined to go ashore, and as he was leaving the boat both the husband and wife clung to him as though he was a father leaving them. It wus afterward ascertained that the amount which Bowie returned to the wife was within less than $100 of the sum which the gamblers had won from her hnsbnd--St Laui* Republican,. Dost 1--JVirii iwul &om« wisely says: "It is Mi economy to Haoond-haad or half-worn im* They are a eont ttual bill of expeusM, and mneh preotoos time Is lost In re* patrigg them. They eannot be relied onr^Kftther have fewer tools, but what yon do have get brand new. HA\S A SYSTEM.--The valve of know­ ing ja»t what onght to be done before­ hand cannot be over-estimated by the tarroer. Reduce everything to a sys­ tem. Now is the time to make upon paper a general plan or outline of the coming summer's work. Of course this plan will require some modifica­ tions as the season goes on, but never­ theless such an outline is of great bene­ fit to every farmer, and should not be neglected. GOOD MIXES FEED.--A good grist to take to the mill is, to every barrel of ears of corn add one-half bushel of rye and one bushel of oats. Ground toge:her in these proportions and ground fine it makes a good combina­ tion for feeding all kinds of stock and one of the best for milk and butter. For young calves, oats and rye mixed, two pounds of the former to one of the latter, and ground together and fed immediately after they heve drank their milk, tills the bill, anil nothing is bet­ ter for them. KEEP THE KITCHEN CLEAX.--One of thr most prolifio causes of defilement j and offensive odors in aSr%-W'nis we^^oBelade to all th* immature ___ the time the owctlfe begins his work until the cod- litaft^fnoib ends hers, then, and not until then, may we count upon good crops of apples every year. Without this the pionOg off of blossoms, from few, or from many trees, will be labor that will bring very little return.--New England Farm. HOUSEKEEPER HELP. ( elebrated Oaks. Besides the celebrated "Major" and "Simon Foster" oaks in Lord Manver's Park at T>.oresby, England, there is the "Shatnb'es" oak--a tree KOnamed from its hollow trunk having been made a butcher's sbop, so to speak, in which were hung up and dressed the sheep and deer killed in the ne ghbor- ing forest by those who, in times past, set property-rights at defiance. This, when a "hale green tree," must have been one of enormous size; but one-half of it is now gone--in short, it is a mere shell, some boys having set it on fire some four or live years ago whild burning a wasp's nest in its cen­ tre. Another remarkable tree ia the "Parliament" oak--so named because under its once spreading branches Ring John, who had a place not far off, held a parliament. This is now a comp ete wreck, the few leafy branches of which its head consists being sup­ ported by props. These storm-tossed veterans of ancient Sherwood still cov­ er hun reds of acres. No OSE needs distilled spirits exoept in sickness. Nobody in health drinks it with his meals as a cheering or di­ gestive beverage. It is probably never tuken by a healthy man without more or less physical damage. In other words it is a hu re national curse. The number of people who begin to see this is increasing, and they are likely every year to become a greater and greater proport'on of the American l>eople.--Lawrence Trumbull, in Bal­ timore Sun. , INTEGRITY is a virtue which seeks and needs no costuraer. too*. BCPEBTOTION is a sort of parody of faith.--OtUda, and their outlets is the presence of de­ caying grease. This comes from empty­ ing of kettles in which meat has been cooked, in the dish-water, and in the soap. The grease lodges in every orevice and OAtches in every obstruc­ tion. A remedy may be found in the use of common alkalies instead of soap, aqua ammonia in washing clothes, and borax in washing lawns and laces, and wa*hing-soda in cleaning dishes. These alkalies prevent a solid soap from form­ ing m the sink and its pipes and neu­ tralizes all effects of decomposing it. DRINKING FOUNTAIN FOB FOWLS.-- A very simple device, as a substitute for a drinking fountain is that in use by a young poultry-keeper. He whittles a woodeu plug, which he fits from the outside into the aperture in the bottom of an ordinary flower-pot. Then, filling the pot with water, he covers it with an inverted earthenware dish and turns it over, so that the pot stands bottom- side up. Owing to the lack of pressure by the exolusion of air, the water oozes out slowly in the pan or dish below, so slowly, indeed, that it is occasionally necessary to loosen the plug for a moment to allow a little air into the pot. The lower pan or dish should be about two inches larger in diameter than the rim of the floner-pot, and not more than one and a half or two inches deep. The circular shape allows a number of hens to drink at the same time, and is quite as effective in keep­ ing the water fresh and clean as a more expensive fountain, besides being avail­ able to everyone. The lower or drink- ing-pan may be of metal, but an earth­ enware dish is the most desirable. For very young chicks, the saucer of a flower-pot aeveral times larger than the one in use would be deep enough. How TO RAISE FLAX.--A correspon­ dent of. The Indiana Times writes: Flax requires a rich loamy soil which should be deeply broken, finely pulver­ ized, and as free as possible from weeds or grass. The old superstition that flax must always be sown on Good Fri­ day often got the crop in before the soil was in proper condition, and some­ times subjected it to injury from frost. From the first to the middle of May is the proper season for flax sowing in this climate. The ground should be so warm that the flax will make an early start and outgrow the weeds. If the princial object is the seed, three pecks to the acre is seed enough, but if a fine, soft fiber is desirable, that amount should be doubled. In Belgium, where flax fiber worth $700 a ton is raised, the custom is to sow three bushels of seed to the acre. But, of course, where the crop is so thick and the straw so fine, the seed yild is very small One bushel of seed will give a fair fiber, and lrom eight to twelve bushels of grain per acre. On a good loam with a clay suit- soil, well underilrained, flax is a pretty sure crop. Either drought or excessive rain in June injure the fiax crop on or­ dinary soils. Farmers generally regard fiax as a very exhausting crop, and this was especially true wlten the crop was pulled and entirely removed from the soil; but in the modern method of cut­ ting the crop by machinery, flax is an excellent fallow preparation for wheat. The cultivation of flax has been increas­ ing for the last ton years in this region, yet the price of both seed and straw is well maintained. CHANOING THE BEARING YKAB.-- Every bearing year we see recommen­ dations for picking off portions of the blossoms in order to change the bear­ ing year, just as if the change were ono that may be easily made. Some are recommending to pick the blossoms from a single tree in order to try the experiment, and see if the thing can l>e done. Experiments enough have al ready been tried to settle this question as to the possibility of changing the bearing year of our trees, provided we will persevere to the end. But it will be only time and labor thrown away to attempt a change upon a singlo tree or upon only a few trees in a large or chard, unless the orchard is at a con­ siderable distance from other orchards, and also unless great pains are taken to destroy all insect life in the fruit that falls from the trees prematurely. Several causes have had an influence in bringing about this habit ot your trees to bear most of their fruit the same year. A severe and widespread frost that should destroy the blossoms, would cut off the crop for one year, and leave the trees in just the con­ dition for bearing a tall crop the fol­ lowing year. In a year of abundance, there are a great many insects pro­ pagated and allowed to grow to maturi­ ty. These, like the apple curculio and codling moth, are not much noticed in the years of abundant fruit, because there are a great many sound apples to go into the cellars in the fall, but in years of scarcity the numerous insecs grown the year before may have So lit­ tle feeding ground as to be much crowded. We have counted as many as twenty- five curculio punctures in single half-grown apple that fell from a tree that hud its blossoms all pioked off the previous year, for the purpose of changing the beuring habit of the tree. Where a farmer has a young orchard that is about coming into far­ ing it would not be a very difilcult thing to do to make tho orchard an even or an r-dd-bearing orchard. It is a small matter to pick the blossoms from young trees, compared to doing it upon an orchard of mature o ies. Insects are the greatest enemies to the or­ chard int at the present time, and no one can expect to sueeeed in growing fruit nnless he will learn how to control the WHEAT FRITTERS.--One tablespoonful each of flonr and sugar, one egg wed beaten; mix all together and add one pint of milk and crushed wheat enough to form a batter. Drop from a spoon into hot lard, and fry brown. The wheat should soak in water enough to cover it. on the buck of the stovq, one hour, previous to using it. HOP YEAST.--Grate ten large pota­ toes raw; have ready six quarts of strong hop tea boiiing; pour over the potatoes, stirring constantly, aud let it boil a moment or two; add one coffee cup of fait and sugar each. When milk-warm rise with a pint of baker's or home-made yeast, bet in a warm place until done working. CHOCOLATE CREAM.--One small cup of grated chocolate, one pound of sugar, one quart of milk, one box of gelatine soaked in one-half pint of water one hour. Boil all together four minutes; kitchen-sinks j then add one pint of rich cream aud boil one minute. Flavor with vanilla and pour into molds. This makes nearly two quarts of cream. LEMON PUDDING.--One small eup of butter, two full cups sugar; mix very smooth, adding the grated rind of two lemons, volks of six eggs, ju'ee of the lemons, six small crackers dissolved in one pint of milk; bake. Make me­ ringue of the six whites beaten stiff and six tablespoons powdered sugar. Spread on pudding and brown in oven. CHOCOLATE CAKE.--One cup of sugar, two-thirds of a cup of sweet milk, one egg, one and two-thirds cups of flour, one tablespoonful of butter, two tea- spoonsful of baking-powder. Make this in four cakes. Mixture to put be­ tween. To the white of one egg add two tablespoonfuls of sugar, two of grated chocolate. I use the sweet chocolate. Put this quantity between each layer and on the top. BARLET SOUP.--Cut three slices of bacon and two pounds neck of veal in­ to small pieces; put then! into a sauce­ pan or small kettle, with a pint of water. Let thi* summer for three-quar­ ters of an hour, then add one small on­ ion, a carrot, two stalks of celery, a bouquet of herbs, half a teaspoonful of black pepper, a teaspoonful <?f salt, and two quarts of water. Let this boil for at least two hours, then take from the fire and when cold remove the fat or scum from the top, strain the soup and put it on the fire and add a pint of bar­ ley which has been washed and soaked in cold water for three houra at least. There should bo a pint of the barley after it is soaked. POTATO ROLLS.--Potato rolls made in this way are very nice for breakfast: Boil six good-sized potatoes with their jackets on, then take out with a Bkim- mer, drain them, and squeeze them with a towel to insure their being mealy and dry. then remove the skin, mash them until perfectly free from lumps, add a tablespoonful of butter, the yolks of three eggs, a pint of sweet milk, and a tablespoonful of yeast should be beaten in with them when they are cool enough that the yeast will not be in danger ef being soalde l. Beat in just enough flour to make stiff dough; when this rises make it in the shape of Btnall cakes, let them rise the same as biscuit, bake a delicate brown. These are nice for breakfast or supper. The Belle of Richmond. "Pretty girls m Richmond! I should say we had 1" exclaimed a passenger from Virginia. "The town is full of them. Ever been there? No? Well, yon ought to go down. But I'll bet you've seen the photograph of the prettiest girl in onr town a thousand times. You don't think you have, but ?ou have all the same. I'll tell you. 'ou have certainly seen tne show-win­ dow advertisements of a Richmond firm that makes a popular brand of smoking tobacco, the advertisement being adorned byia photograph of a beautiful young lady. Of course you have seen it hundreds of times. They are in every tobacco store. Well, that is a real photograph, and the girl is a belle of Richmond. There is a little romance connected with it, too. The young lady was courted by a young man of our town, but he made poor progress in winning her affections. Like all beauties she was vain and ambitious. She became actually en- vieus ef Mrs. Langtry and wanted to go on the stage herself. One night she was saying how she would love to have her picture hung up in show- windows aud admired by everybody like Mrs. Langtry's. 'What would you give to have it?' inquired her suitor. 'Anything, everything,' replied sl)gL enthusiastically, but not thinking it meant anything serious. So a bargain was made, playfully on her part, that in case within six months her photo­ graphs were on exhibition all over the country she would grant the young man any honorable request. He is a member of the tobocoo manufacturing firm I spoke of, and is a smart young chap, with an eye to business, as you can see. They are to be married."-- Chicago "Trair Talk." Literary Men aud Dress. It is quite an amazing fact, and one deserving a passing word, that male novelists are so generally ignorant upon any and all details of the femi­ nine toilet. That the ordinary mascu­ line mind is inoapable of this, is, of course not to be marveled at. Man's mighty intellect dwells in nobler fields than in the region of tucks and flounces. The novelist, however is sup­ posed to possess himself of information upon all subjects, and in these days of realistic writing nothing is supposed to be too trivial for the novelist to "mak< a note on.'* In times past the Vague and pleasing "she was clad in a gown of some soft, clinging fabric," answered all purposes and satisfied tho demands of the most exacting reader. Now, however, we have fallen upon evil times, or at least the literary men have done so. In these days we demand to know how your heroino is dressed. If the gown is white then we wish to know if it is "wash gown of mull, lawn or nainsook;" or if it were "thick goods," we ask you to tell us if it be cashmere, camel's hair or nun s veiling. That "soft ^*iing iug. white fabric" no longer satisties us, A dies irro has arrived for the literary man.--Boston Cotirier. A paint composed of skim-milk, aweet, thickened with water-lime, is said to have stood the Minnesota weather for many yean. •• ' All WBBrtJt HINTS. 1. Pkttlf ot fresh air, fresh water, wholesoous food m regular hours for meals, will do wonders ia keeping % home healthy and hsppy. 2. Rub your stove-pipa with linseed oil, keep in drv place, will not rust. 3. Wa»h white-washed walls with vinegar to make paper stick. 4. Add a little alum to paste to hasten drying. 5. Use white oil oloth, bound with red, back of kitchen table, wash stands, and under hooks to hang tin. 6. Salts of lemon will take stains from ivory knives. 7. Camphor will prevent moths; the gum near yoar silver will keep it bright. 8. Wormwood or pennyroyal will drive out ants. 9. Frozen house-plants, will revive, if sprinkled with champhor water. 10. One teaspoon of chloride of lime in three quarts of water, will take stains from white goods. 11. Vinegar will remove lime from carpets. 12. In dusting, use a cloth; feathers only set it afloat. 13. Tobacco tea will kill wormers in flower pots and is also goed for the plant. 14. Quassa in sweetened water will destrov flies. 15< ' Saltpetre end olive oil wiy cure corns, 16. Indian bread: 4 cups meal, 2 cups flour, 1 of molasses, and S of sour milk. 17. For damp closets or cellars, put shallow dishes of slacked lime, and change often. 18. Hold your broom upright; don't dig but pn»h lightly. Caipet and broom will last twice as long. 19. Sweep with broom slightly damp. 20. Do not tack you bed-room carpets down, but take up and shake often. 21. Let sunshine in all rooms; it ia better than medicine. 22. If a spider or a dish gets burnt in using, do not scrape it, but put a lit­ tle water and ashes in and let it get warm; it will come off nicely. 23. Paint a lantern globe and var­ nish ; lay on thansfer pictures to set on your brackets. Serve tin plates the same way for card receivers. Quite handsome. 24. Be true to your family, yourself, and the outside world. 25. Wash your windows with a wing instead of a cloth, and lookout on a clean, well-kept yard. The True Nature of a "Cold." Years of study and observation have forced me to the conclusion that the disease which manifests the symptoms popularly supposed to indicate that a cold has been caught is to all intents and purposes a filth-disease, arises largely jrom indigestion, and forms the basis, so to say, or is in fact the first stage of all so-called filth-diseases. Whatever interferes with digestion or depuration, or depraves the vital organ­ ism in any manner, produces an im­ pure condition of the body--condition of disease; and a continuance of dis­ ease-producing habits must ineviiably result in periodical or occasional "eruptions," the severity of which will depend upon the degree of one's trans­ gression. Among the causes of this impure bodily condition are (1) impure food, (2) excess in diet, (3) impure air. Our homes, offices, shops, halls, court-houses, churches and with .rare exceptions, all living rooms, private or public, are insufficiently or sot all vent- ilated; and, except while in the open air, a large proportion of onr people in all walks of life, habitually breathe an atmosphere vitiated by being breath­ ed over and over again; they are starv­ ing for want of oxvgen, and are being poisoned by carbonic acid. In default of sufficient oxygen the best of food can not be transformed into pure blood-- there will always be a corresponding indigestion; nor oan the carbonic acid be eliminated freely in an impure atmosphere. We have then serious "interference with digestion and depur­ ation," whenever we remain even for a single hour of the twenty-four in an "in-door" atmosphere, i. e., an atmos­ phere that is not in tolerable free com­ munication with the great body of air without. The only offset for restric­ tion in oxygen is restriction in diet and exercise; but a combination of this character would produce enfeeblement of the system, though if a proper bal ance were maintained there would arise no febrile symptoms, such as we are considering. We have plenty of people living in unventilated rooms who, so far as exercise is concerned, live a well balanced life; but seldom do these, any more than the more active ones, prac­ tice any sort of voluntary restriction as to quality or quantity of food--nausea and lack of appetite being the only safeguard. Persons of this class ~ are great sufferers from colds.--Popular Science Monthly. . Clothing of tlie Sexes. t tgree that the tax of carrying clothes from the waist is utterly un­ justifiable, and that the parts that should bear the burdens are the shoul­ dersand none other, says Dr. Richard­ son in the London Truth. In this re­ gard women ought to be placed under the same favorable conditions for move­ ment of the body as men, and the great est emancipation that woman w 11 ev<-i have achieved will have arrived wh< n she has discovered and carried out this practical improvement. Anyone who will for a moment think candidly must admit that the dress of men, however bad it may be in taste, or in whatever bad taste it may have been conceived, is, in respect to health, infinitely superior to that of women. In the dress of the man every part of the body is equally covered. The mid­ dle of the body is not enveloped in a number of loose layers, while the lower limbs are left without close clothing al­ together ; the center of the body is not strained with a weight which almost drags down the lower limbs and back; the chest is not exposed to every wind that blows, and the feet are not be wi dered with heavy garments which they have to kiek forward or drag from behind with every advancing step. The body is clothed equally, and the cloth­ ing is born by the shoulders; it gives free motion to breathing; ;t gives free­ dom of motion to the circulation; it makes no undue pressure upon diges­ tive organs; it leaves the limbs free; it is easily put on and off; and it allows ready change in vicissitudes of weather. It is told of the late eminent snr- geon, Mr. Cline, the teacher Sir Astley Cooper, that when he was consulted by a lady on the questions how she Bhonld prevent a girl from growing misMhatpen. he replied. "Let her have no stays and let her run about like boys." I gladlv re-echo this wise advice of this great surgtou; and would venture to add to it another suggestion. I would say to the mothers of England, let your girls dress like the boys; no lilM**«#iflr; these . the under ^nnents lighter material, tod supplemented !]? i* or robe which ehall take the place of the outer coat of the and shall make them took distinctly what they are--girls olothed cap-a-pie, and weii clothed from head to took History or KewfOudtaai. The history of Newfoundland is a very curious one. It wmm discovered by John Cabot and a crew of Bristol men, in 1497, only five years after Coltunbuu had made his first landing at San Sal­ vador ; but thongh from that time nom­ inally an English possession, it was left to the adventuroua fishermen of other nations until the summer of 15iW, when Sir Humphrey Gilbert arrived in the harbor ot St. John s furnisned with the yuet n's patent creating him Gover­ nor of a territory far larger than the whole of the Britiah hie, TheJe must have been somthing fascinating in that power of giving away a whole empire with a stroke of the pen, and especially when that empire was wrapped in mys­ tery and believed to be in some way a stepping stone to the goiden regions of Cathay. But Sir Humphrey was not destined to reap either profit t,r glory from his new domains. He and his half-brother, Sir Waiter Raleigh, had planned the colonization of Newfound­ land; but Sir Walter's ship was driven back to England by sioknessomong the crew, and Sir Humphrey perished at sea the following autumn. In lGiu Lord Bacon, the Earl of Southampton, and other famous persons were con­ cerned in a second attempt to colonize! a third was made in under Lord Baltimore, afterward Governor of Mary­ land. Lord Baltimore remained some years on the island, but at last return­ ed home, and in 1638 Sir Da vid Kirke took his place. It is about this time that the peculiarity in the treatment of Newfoundland which has, as it were, thrown back its history for a hundred years, begins to show itself. The ear­ liest visitors to the island had describ­ ed it as having pure air and splendid rivers, "fruitful and enticing hills, and delightful valleys," producing abundance ot food for both mau and beast. Aud the first intention w^* to plant a settlement--a real colony--in the island. But already there was in tlie field an interest hostile to colonization. The merchants who sent out ships and men each summer to the cod aud herriug fisheries desired to be left undisturbed in thfeir possession of the ooasts and adjucent forests, and so well did they succeed in their object, that till more than seventy years after Kirke's death Newfoundland presented the curious spectacle of a large country entirely sacrificed to the fishermen who yearly * • sited its shores. Emigrants had come tiow or whence it is diilicult to say, and in 1G55 there was three hundred fami­ lies living on sufferance; but after Kirke there was tiot even a nominal governor, there was not a single resi­ dent magistrate, nor any person what­ ever possessing legal authority. No one could own the smallest piece of land, and if any one built a house, or so much as a fence, his neighbors were free to pull it down again. The master of whatever fishing vessel happened to arrive first in port became the admiral of that port lor the season; and his authority extended over the few set­ tlers (or squatters) in the neighbor­ hood, but when he left in autumn all authority went with him, and indeed it may easily be supposed that during his stay he was nothing better than a King Stork. Even when at last in 1728, a permanent Governor was ap­ pointed he spent his pinters in Eng­ land, and was forbidden to make any grant or sale of land, or permit a house or eveu a shed to be built Without ex­ press leave obtained. This state of things lasted until after 1798, yet in spite of it settlers would not be alto­ gether frightened away, and in 1802 the population of St. John's amounted to 3,420. From about this date a bet­ ter system began to prevail; in 1813 the Governor was authorized "to make grants of small portions of land to in­ dustrious persons," aud 1825 the first road was made in the island. This story would read like a clumsy invention if there were any possibility of doubting its truth and it does not become more vraisemblable when we know that the country so treated con­ tains within the circuit of its rocky coasts close upon 5,000,000 acres of land well fitted for agricultural and gr tzing purposes, besides extensive savannas; that since 1854 when the mines were first worked, it has export­ ed copper and nickle to the value of more than 411,000,000, and that it pos­ sesses 1,000 square miles of pine forests chiefly of white pine, admirably adapted for shipbuilding.--The Spec­ tator. - ______________ And That was Why. "A man was found, who is, pfeffca^, the most prominent example of absent mindedness on record," read Mrs. Mill- dew to her hubby. "Is that so, Mollie?" "I guess it is. The paper say* ea" "What did he do?" "He lives in one of three houses _ in sew York city, all of which are alike, ind he walked into one of them and was in the act of going to bed, when the owner came home and nearly beat him to death. He had gone into the wrong house." "Is th:it so ? Must have been drunk." ' No, tlie paper says he was perfectly sober, aud that it was mere absent mindedness." "That so? Do you believe that, Mrs. Mildew." "Yes. why should I not believe it?" "Well then, why don't you believe I was perfectly sober last night when I was feeling in my pocket for the key­ hole, and thought I had lost it." "Because, Mildew. Because this newspaper don't smeil of whisky, and you did. Yes sir, and you staggered, ivnd your tongue was thick, and you laughed when I told you my father was dead, and laid down on the floor as soon as vou got inside the house, and s ept there all night, and an empty bot­ tle and a lot of faro checks were found in your pockets. That s why !"* and as Mildew reviewed the evidence, he be­ gan to wonder if he had not pursued the question too far. -- Through Mail. Too much idleness. I have observed, fill* a man's time much more complete­ ly, and leaves him less hs own master than any sort of employment whatever, --Burke; _______ So QUICKLY somet mes has the wheel turned round that manv a man has lived to enjov the benefit of that char­ ity which his own piety projected.-- Sterne, The weak may be .okt d ont of any- -- , thing bat thier weakness.--£imm«r- I which we «re now madly , tending man. | remarks Judge Noah Davie. " •' poem. IirwiiAfj ̂does a ghost cpmkt III a tomba-tone--The Jwige. IT IS THK man vmi strain an effort to honor who will stab yon in the bask. Hoicard (Kanvan) Grip. THE man who cannot pay hie debts is a bankrupt; hut a man who breaks into a safty vault is a baak-rupter.-- Lowell Citizen. A SOUTHBRIDGE teacher roeelved the following excuse recently r"Tomie stade homecttx he hed ne cloee and thats excuE enuff god nose." THE Sultan of Moroeco has a tho-- and wives. Whenever there is a fam­ ily ar things are painted red Morocco --•Bradford Sunday Mail. A CIRCUS appears io thrill Pliiladel- _ phia with the same degree el thrillness * , that a slugging match enthases New York.--Norrintown Herald. IT IS obvious that the lawyer who always succeeds in establishing com­ plete chains of eviden- e is links-eyed. --Cincinnati Saturday Night AN OHIO hog lias bge.i found alive after a fast of 197 days. Its owner is trying to figure out the net profit that he would have made if the hog had died.--Philadelphia Call. ^ BOB INGER8OLL says "there waa a time when it was respectable to be a member of the Legislature." If Robert expects people to believe th'she should give dates.--Philadelphia Coil. ONE can lay his hand on so many survivors of the battle of Waterloo, that it takes a heap of thinking to die- cover that anyone was killed in that ' desultory skirmish.--Chicago Sun. ABOUT as mad a man as ever came . ont of an opera hoose was the young man who had just Btarted his first mustache. He got wrathy because eome one shouted: MDown in front." --Peck's Sun. "DON'T get excited, Mrs. Bustle. All things come to those who wait!" ex­ claimed Mr. B. to his impatient wife. "Yes," responded Mrs. A., "particularly the undertaker's wagon." Mr. B. had no more to say.--Peck's Sun. DRUGGISTS declare, statements to the contrary notwithstanding, that the wear and tear on the tumblers and wind in soda-water knock.* all the profit out of it when it js sold at 5 cent# & glass. Sweetened wind is more expensive 111 an most people think.--Peck's Sun. TAWMUS stood in a doorway contem­ plating the weather and wishing he were dead, or it would clear off, when he saw a pretty young lady about to attempt to cross the slush-fiooded street. "His natural gallantry prompted him to tender his assistance, and step­ ping forward he said: "Madame, will you permit me to observe " "Ob­ serve if you like," she interrupted him; 'Tve got rubber boots on." OLD lady (who has met with an acci­ dent, but is "coining out all right"): "Josh, ye did'nt beller none when ye thought I was a-dyin'. I don't b'lieve yo care no gret fur me." "Thet ain't no sign's I know on," says Josh. "I waa too busy over ye ter beller. I hadn't no time." "Wa'al yemout bel­ ler a little fur looks'sake. 1} weren't BO fur gone but what I'd a'known't" "I mout beller a little now ef 'twould mend matters any"--this with a twinkle in his eye. The old lady seemed to think there waa more to this than ap­ peared at first, and after studying the matter a little time, said: "Pears tar me 'twould look a leetle as though ye was sorry I come out on't." BARON REICHENBACK declares that sleeping with the head pointed east and and the feet west is Tantamount to com­ mitting suicide. Well, if the baron ever noticed a boy asleep with his head bearing southeast, half east, one leg due northeast as far as the knee, and then heading due west, the left arm south by west to the elbow and thence northwest and the right arm east- northeast, he would abandon all his theories about north and south sleep­ ing. Is there any creature healthier than a boy, sleeping or waking? Lieth a boy awake all night with troubled ; dreams and uneasv thoughts? Go to the slug, thou antherd, and learn to take things slow and easy without ref­ erence to the points of the compasa-- Burlingtoyi Haw key e. A Locomotive Eight Inches Leng. Mr Henry Case, of Oil City, Pa., has built the smallest locomotive ever made, it being but eight inches long and weighing but a pound and a half. Three years, counting ten hours a day's labor, have been devoted to its con­ struction. There are 585 screws in the engine. The steam gauge is but one- fourth of an inch in diameter; the pump throws but one drop of water every stroke; the cheok valves _ in tho pump are one-sixteenth of an inch in diameter; the headlight is only half an idch in width, seven-eights of an inch long. The space in the lamp is so small that it is almost impossible to get enough oxygen in it to support the combustion. The fire is kindled by using a gill of atcohol, which runs the engiue for half an hour. The stroke of the cylinder is one inoh, bore five- sixteentliB; the heater pipe is only the thirty-second part of an inch in diame­ ter. There are seven flues in the boil­ er. The width of the track is one and five-eigths inch, and it makes four and three-quarters inches di tance each revolution. The valve seat is but one sixty-fourth of an inch wide. The driving wheels are one and one-half inch in diameter; the front truck wheels one-half inch, and those of the tender are the same size. The tender is but three and three-quarters inches long, two and one-eighth inches wide, and two inches high. The metals used in its construction are brass, solid sil­ ver, gold, and steel.--Glensville (N. Y.,) Letter. THE following is a copy of an aneient deed in Plymouth: "All that certain piece or parcel of land, beginning at|« the great oak tree off trom which Dea- s con Israel Parish shot a bald-headed eagle; thenoe running north, thirty- six chains and fonr links, to a leaning ash tree, with a big hornet's nest on it; thenoe easterly forty chains, to a ledge of rocks--a great place for rattle­ snakes; thence south ten chains and three links, to a oobblestone wall that wants fixing tlie worst way; thence west, across a level j'iece of grass ground where the Indians nsod to shoot at a mark, twenty--four chains, to tho place of becrinnm*, containing," etc. TRAVPS shou Id go to Italy. " Cibida" savs of life there: "Here one Wants so little; the air and the ligut and a little red wine, and the warmth of w.nd, and a handful of maize or of grapes, and an * old guitar, and a niche to sleep in near a fountain that murmurs and sings to the mosses and marbles--these are enough in Ttalv." 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