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Wllllil iiuli <iMwr day hT d»T. ikefmirtled tb<a««, bnt Midom M>T ^ MM word that MM Ju t in our re»wA, ifcaoMaiaonpUee of common speech. iMt of «Mrta» and oat of reaoh they go-- e(taMfamiliar (Mend* who 1 >ved an so; , alUtac Ik tto abadL>w tbey have lett, _j% With 1 <ael)sews and aora berart, , think wl hnta regret of «ome fond word ! tki onoe we might have aald and they have heard. «M|wdp<yT the love that we exproa* eecana hea.de the rao', sweet nnextweaaed, ci«fct .he deeds we did to thoee undnue. anall the aervloe spent to treasures won. vndoeerved tbe pra te for word aad deed d have ove flowed the simple need. kin to the riiel orom of life, to be I vtefa ned only wuen tho mlnist-y leath has b en f til lied and In the plaoo fMme dear pr sen ci bnt empty spaoe. it r eollected servt -e can t he i • consolation tor the mlgh have been, f--A'ora Perty, in A>»r York Independent TIIK BIT EKCRtl # BT Ot B. BTTBODf. naioM have any conceptloji of these sfcial human ro kerles where tens of l«i an trowd d together amidst horrors _ caH tomind he middle i aasage of the •Ail*. "-2 'he IMter Cry of (hitcast Lon- Wcarfly wandering into the winding Bliue or th - filthy and festering lama. Borne on the blast of the hurricane blinding. Suddenly nio mi spirit there comes Fit erest cry « f ftie carewo n and dying. yf opiagaud wa ling of old and of young-- WkiUig of *omen aweary and sighing. f^PaTviiward? Hear the song that they nu;: •8'rive, striye, strive, ; > With the w. .lf at the daor, in vain, Tho* - be straggle to keep attn , Is worse ; ban a hell of pata. 'X'i" Oin. gin, tfn. Oar cares we 11 drown once mare; {• Tla bnt folly to shrink from the spi It 1. vv »• °> dr k< ft **,» -* So. ^w-g till our lives be o'er." Fiercer than fathomless cry of the weepers, Wilder th ii wsilta or women and men, Echoing ever a v ic , "O ye simpers, "Where is >. he harpy who owne-h each den? Whcr arc he vultures who prey on the livinc? Pillions dealers of wrong at each breath, Stodders of blocd who each moment are Hiving Children and women aad strong man to Death: " \ . "Here, here, here," i' „7, Is the loud and bitter cry. *Oh, h ed our sob of fear, > ' . And save us ere we die. 1 "lUsnt. rent, rent, -k Our care* we'll drown once mora, « For , h r«-"R noth ng but gin when the ' bailUfsa o in, Aad the baby's dead upon the Boor." determined care t,,> ;taTE-BELH)M TlMEt A fWDtas Incident ia the Lift of tbe Famous Janes Bowie* In tbe summer of 1832 a young gen- UNUUI, of Natchez who bad just been married, made an extended wedding •rip to the North, and on his way back home had stopped in New York to coi- i ;v loot a number of bills which had been ] * «htrasted to him for collection by fp ?.. * plantew at and near Natchez, and the -amount in the aggregate was quite ' ;'<* ,'<•* large. •• g^vlj Shortly after his arrival in New P if ^ York theyOung man was spotted and acquaintance made by several of the gambling fraternity, bnt. thongh they triflll hard todo^o, they failed to in­ veigle him in£o any of their dens. When he lyj4r trausaeted his business there tha^omg man started for home wifii,but, knowing of his prob- dtrie route, a well organized gang start «d ahead of him, leaving two of 4be fraternity to accompany their intended victim and keep him in sight Learning at Pittsburgh that he wonld fsfcs a steamer there for Louisville, / ware he would remain a few days and c- flua take one of the New Orleans packets for Natchez, they joined him OB the boat, and on the trip to Louis- vine card playing wa» introduced to ^ while away the time. Having been ^ allowed to win small sums by tbe time iker had reached Louisville the victim |$ imagined he knew all about tbe game, -i/ Hi.s game, which at the time referred . to was very much in vogue, was called % "twenty card poker, and was played with r ithe tens, jacks, queens, kings, arid aces -j?, t>f the pack, and as but four could ftlay ' '• lit a time the game was admirably ^ adapted to what is known to the J gambling fraternity as "three pluck one" After a pleasant visit to Louisville, i the young man took passage on the si «teatner Orleans for Natchez. The ^gentleman's cabin, where all the card- , ' playing was done, was on the main t f v -deck, directly under the ladies' cabin. ! ^ ' Instead of the round wheel-houses now 4een, 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 card-; laying was resumed, and so ef­ fectively had the 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, •aa he was drunk and desperate. A few miles above Yickslmrg a tall, straight <md dignified gentleman, having much the appearance of a preacher, got aboard the boat, and in a few minutes took a seat near the gamblers, where lie could see all that was going on. Several tiraea dnr ng the continuance of the game, and after the tall stranger had come aboard, the young wife of the fleece that hv o " ww , propost d that another game be plaved*' to wluch, of course, tha others agreed, but, as there were but three of th*m who understood the game, aad it re­ quired four to piny it, the stranger was invited to join them, which, after a lit­ tle hesitation on hi.s part, he absented to. The game began by the stranger be­ ing allowed to wi:i several large beta, but he kept his eyes open, and, although they did not know it, he was perfeotly aware of what was going on. Aft r playing for abont an hour, and just aa day 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 three of tbem and he conid not call, they felt oertain they eon'd mike him put up all he had before they would allow him to have a show. Everything worked as they had an- tici | at ed; the man opposite the stranger dealt the curds, and the man on his r ght went $10 blind; tbe ante was $5. When the cards were dealt the stranger put up $20 and the next man did 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 $lo0, thus raising it $100 more, the 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('0,0(>0, of which the stranger had contributed one-third. While the l>et« 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 the dealer to the man who had made the blind, when, seizing 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 6pot. 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, tbe stranger answered, "James Bowie." At the sound of the name two of tha gamblers quailed, for tliey 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 safe 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. Asr-ending 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 ia 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" was be ng uttered. Bowse's pistol sounded, and simultaneous with this Bound tne Gambler fell, and giving a convulsive stru gle rolled off the Wheel-house in­ to tl e river. Bowie coolly blew the smoke out of is pistol, shut down the pan (the flint lock was 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 1 ecame acquainted with all the facts, his gratitude to bis benefactor was deep and lasting. Not desiring to be made hero of, Bowie, when the boat reach­ ed Rodney, determined to go ashore, and as lie 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 husbnd--St Lout* Renublican. gambler's victim had besought him to leave their company, but in vain, so deep was the infatuation of the game <and so strong his belief that he would win back the money which he had lost. Plav continued into the night, and by 1 O'clock in the monrng his money was all won from him. and, rendered -desperate by tbe knowledge that he bad been re< reant to t e tmst repo sed in him, the victim rose from his seat <and rnshed wildly to the side of the teat, latent uj>on self-destruction, but jlst aa ha was iti the act oE springing . overboard he was seized by a grip of irtio tftad held, and hie young wife ap- pearittg at that time, lie wus taken to j liis "room by the stranger, who assured lier that all would l<e right if she would ,.4>nlf keep her husband in the room «nt|l his return. Returning to the cabin, where the gamblers and their frit-nds were stand * |ttg^around the bar drink-n?, the str <n r^jer drew out o^ his pocket a well-filled Wallet, and taking out of it a fiOO "bank-note, asked the barkeeper to 4)u«p» Kb foi' him. This the barkeeper •coolfjr not do, but referred him to the gambler, saying: "Thi< gen- tleiginean. change it for you." "Oh yea^ he answered at on< o, "won't you 4afc#-» drink?' thanking him, the atrOtsger accepted the invitation, and whilst tbecli nge was being made just a? li-g glass to his lips , The lDo*Y saoondhaador They are a OQtttaual . and mnch iweeiowi time is lost in ro- pairing thata. Thay cannot be relied on. Hather have fewer tools, but what you do have got brand now. HA\ x A STSTKX.--The valve of know­ ing just what ought to be done before­ hand cannot bo over-estimated by tho farmer. Reduce everything to a sys­ tem. Now is the time to make upon paper a general plan or outline of tho coming summer's work. Of coarse this plan will require some modifica­ tions as the season goea on, but never­ theless such an outline is of great bene­ fit to every farmer, and should not be neglected. UOOD 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 together in these proportions and ground fine it makes a good combina­ tion for feeding all kinds of stook and one of the beBt for milk and butter. For young catves, oats and rye mixed, two pounds of the former to one of the latter, and ground together and fed immediately after they h«.ve drank their milk, tills the bill, and nothing ia bet­ ter for them. KEEP THE KITCHEN CLEAN.--One of the most prolific causes of defilement and offensive odors in kitchen-sinks Ml then, may wo count n „ > of iniM ovary year. Without this the picking off of olomoua, from low, or from many trees, will bo labor that will briagvery little return.--New Xnffj^nd Farm, ^ . HOUSEKEEPER * HEI& WHEAT FIUTTEBS.--One tablespoonful each of floor and sugar, one egg weil 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.--Orate ton large pota­ toes raw ; have ready six quarts of strong hop tea boiiing; pour over the potatoes, stirring constantly, and let it boil a moment or two; add one coffee cup of salt and sugar each. When milk-warm rise with a pint of baker's or home-ntade yeast, bet in a warm place until done working. CHOCOLATE CREAM.---One small cup of grated chocolate, one pound of sugar, ono quart of milk, one box of gelatine soaked in one-half pint of water one hour. Boil all together four minutes; then add one pint of rich cream aud and their outlets in the presence of de- boil one minute. Flavor with vanilla ( elebrated Oaks. Besides the celebrated "Major" and "Simon Foster" oaks in Lord Manver's Park atTi oresby, England, there is the Shamb'es" oak--a tree no named from its hollow trunk having been made a butcher's shop, so to speak, in which were hung up and dressed the sheep and deer lulled in the ne ghbor- ing forest by those who, in times mst, 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 five years ago whilo burning a wasp's nest in its cen­ tre. Another remarkable tree is the " Parliament" oak--so named because under its once spreading branches King 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 l>eing sup­ ported by props. These storm-tossed veterans of ancient Sherwood still cov­ er hun reds of acres. No OXE needs distilled spirit* exoept m sickness. Nobody in health drinks it with his meals as a cheering or di­ gestive beverage. It is probably never taken by a healthy man without more or less phiftical damage. In other words it is a hu re national curse. The number of people who begin to see t bin is increasing, and they are likely every year to become a greater and greater proport'on of the American people.--Lawrence Trumbull, in Bal­ timore Sun. ; . INTEGRITY is a virtue which seeks aad needs no costnmer. BcFEOTrrriox is a sort of garodjr of faith.--Ouida. irM:* hi M, f s L; caving 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 orevioe and catches 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 aud laces, and wa«hing-soda in cleaning dishes. These alkalies prevent a solid soap from form­ ing in the sink and its pipes and neu­ tralizes all effects of decomposing it. DRINKING FOUNTAIN FOR FOWLS.-- A very simple device, as a substitute far a drinking fountain is that in use by a young poultry-keeper. He whittles a wooden plug, which he fits from the outside iuto 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 flower-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 bo of metal, bnt an earth­ enware diih is the most desirable. For very young chicks, the saucer of a flower-pot several 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 aa free as possible Irom 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 prinotal 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 trom eight to twelve bushels of grain per acre. On a good loam with a clay sub­ soil, well underdrained, flax is a pretty sure crop. Either drought or excessive rain in June injure the flax crop on or­ dinary soils. Farmers generally regard flax as a very exhausting crop, and this was especially true wlien 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 woll maintained. CHANOISG THE BEABIXG YEAB.-- 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 Ite 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 single 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 nnless great pains are taken to destroy all insect life in tbe fruit that falls from the trees prematurely. Several causes have had an influence in bringing about this habit of 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 full 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, liko the apple curculio and codling moth, are not much no4 iced in the years of abundant fruit, because there are a great many sound apples to go into the cellars in the fall, out 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 had its blossoms all picked off the previous year, for the purpose of changing the bearing habit of the tree. Where a farmer has a young orchard that is about coming into tear­ ing it would not be a very difilcult thing to do to make tho orchard an even or an rdd-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- chardixt at the present time, and no one can expect to sueeeed in growing fruit unless he will learn how to control the 'fw / ' m 1 piaty of frwfc ali fresh water, and £our into molds. This makes nearlf two quarts of cream. LEMON PUDDING.--^One small oup of butter, two full cups sugar; mix very smooth, adding the grated rind of two lemons, yolks of six eggs, ju'ce of the lemons, six small crackers dissolved in one pint of milk; bake. Make me­ ringue of tbe six whites beaten stiff and six tablespoons powdered sugar. Spread on pudding and brown in oven. CHOCOLATE CAJKE.--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 tbe top. BARLEY SOUP.--Cut three slices of bacon and two pounds neck of veal in­ to small pieces; put them into a sauce­ pan or small kettle, with a pint of water. Let this s:mmer 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 of salt, and two qufcrls 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, si rain the soup and put it on the fire and add a pint of bar­ ley whioh has been washed and soaked in cold water for three hou^s at least. There should bo a pint of the barley after ii 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 skim­ 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 m with them when they are cool enough that the yeast will not be in dangef of being soalde J. Beat in just enough flour to make stiff dough; When this rises make it in the shape of small 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 in Richmond 1 I should say we had 1" exclaimed 'a passenger from Virginia. "The town is full of them. Ever been there? No? Well, you 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 you have all the same. I'll tell you. You have certainly seen tne show-win­ dow advertisements of a Bichmond 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 olf 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 vious of 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 and admired by everybody like Mrs. Langtry's. 'What would you give to have it?' inquired her suitor. 'Anything, everything,' replied sljjL enthusiastically, but not thinking it meant anything serious. Bo 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 tho young man any honorable request. He is a member of the tobocoo manufacturing firm I spoke of, and is a smart young chap, wilh an eye to business, as you can see. They are to be married."-- Chicago "Trait' Talk." Literary lieu and 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 incapable of this, is, of course not to be marveled at. Man's mighty intellect dwells in nobler fields than in the region of tuoks 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 "makt 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 heroine is dressed. If the gown is white then we wish to know if it is "wa»h 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 ing. white fahnp" no longer satisfies us, A dies irw has arrived for the literary man.--Bonton Courier. A paint composed of skim-mllk, sweet, thickened with water-lime, is said to have stood the Minnesota weather for many yean. loo**# ftgnlar hours for do woiioera la keeping * home hoalthj aad happy. 2. Rub your stovo-pq>a with Haseed oil, keep in dry place, will not rust. . Wash white-washed walla with vinegar to make paper stick. 4. Add a little alum to paste to hasten drying. 5. Use white oil cloth, bound with red, back of kitchen table, wash stands, and under hooks to hang tin. . Salts of lemon will take stains from ivory knives. 7. Camphor will prevent moths; the gum near your silver will keep it bright. 8. Wormwood or pennyroyal will drive out ants. 9. Frozen house-plants, will revive, if sprinkled with ehamphor 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 good for the plant. 14. Quassa in sweetened water will destroy flies. 15. 'Saltpetre and olive oil will onre 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 yon bed-room carpets down, but take up and shake often. 21. Let sunshine in all rooms; it is 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. Pa&t a lantern globe and var­ nish ; lay on thansfer pictures to set on your brackets. Serve tin plates the samo 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, produoes an im­ pure condition of the body--condition of disease; and a continuance of dis­ ease-producing habits must inevitably result in periodical or occasional "eruptions," the severity of which will depend upon tbe 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 notall 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 can the carbonic acid be eliminated freely in au 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, L 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 the Sexes. I agree that the tax of oarrying clothes from the waist is utterly un­ justifiable, and that the parts that should bear the burdens are the shoul­ ders and 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 wlif n she has discovered and oarried 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 uot be- wi dered with heavy garments whioh they have to kiek forward or drag from behind with every advancing step. The body is clothed equally, and the cloth­ ing ia born by the shoulders; it gives free motion to breathing; t givas 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 tbe late eminent snr geon, Mr. Cline, the teacher Sir Astley Cooper, that when he was consulted by a lady on the questious how she should prevent a girl from growing misshapen, he replied. "Let her have no stays ami let her run about like boys." I gladlv re-echo this wise advice of this great surgt oa; and would venture to add to it another suggestion. I would say to the mothers of England, let your girls dress like the boys; make no dif- the itlr wider mi iwni or robe w hich shall Mi the i of tbe outer eoat of the (km shall make them look distinctly they are--girls olothed oap-a pie, wea clothed from head to foot d What and History of KewtooniUad. The history of Newfoundland Is a very curious one. It ww discovered by John Cabot and a crew of Bristol men, in 1497, only five yeara after Golambuu had made his first landing at San Sal­ vador ; but thongh from that time nom­ inally an English possession, it was left to the adventurous fishermen of other nations until the summer of 15»y, when Sir Humphrey Gilbert arrived in the harbor of bt. John s furnished with the Queen s patent creating him Gover­ nor of a territory far larger than the whole of the British Isle. Theae must have been somthing fascinating in thai 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 tr glory from his new domains. He aud his half-brother, Sir Walter 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 1(S1U Lord Bacon, the Earl of Southampton, and other famous persons were con­ cerned in a second attempt to colonize! a third was made in 1022, under Lord Baltimore,afterward Governor of Mary­ land. Lord Baltimore remained soiue years on the island, but at last return­ ed home, and in lt>38 Sir D«vid Kirke took his place. It is about this time that the peculiarity in tue 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 oi food for both man and beast. Aud the first intention wt*? to plant a settlement--a real colony--in the island. But already there was in the field an interest hostile to colonization. The merchants who sent out ships and men each summer to the cod aud herriug fisheries des; red to be left undisturbed in thfeir possession of the ooasts and adjuceut 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 how or wheuce it is difficult to say, and in 1G55 there was three hundred fami­ lies living on sufferance; but after Kirke there was not even a nominal governor, there was not a single resi­ dent magistrate, nor any person what­ ever possessing legal authority. No one could own tbe 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 hnppene l to arrive first in port became the admiral of that port tor 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 auy grant or sale of land, or permit a house or even 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 tbe population of St. John's amounted to 3,42U. From about this date a bet­ ter system began to prevail; in 1813 the Governor was authorized Mto make grants of small portions of land to in­ dustrious persons," and 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 vraiseniblable 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 grizing 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 XI,000,000, and that it pos­ sesses 1,000 square miles of pins forests chiefly of white pine, admirably adapted for ahipbuilding.--The Spec­ tator, And That was Why. "A nan was found, who is, perhapfc, 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 says "What did he do?" "He lives in one of three houses in \e\v York city, all of which are alike, ind he walked into one of them and was in tbe act of going to bed, when the owner came home and nearly beat him to death. He had gone into the wrong bouse." "Is that so ? Must have been drunk." ' No, the 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 poekot for t he key­ hole, and thought I had lost it." "Because, Mildew. Because this newspaper don't a mail of whisky, and you did. Yes sir, and you staggered, wnd your tongue w«s thick, and you laughed when I told you my father was dead, and l#id down on the floor as soon as you got inside the house, and s'ept there all night, and an empty bot- t le and a lot of faro ehecks were fonnd in your pockets. That s why H 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 roan's time much more complete­ ly, and leaves him less li s own master tlia-i any sort of employment whatever. --Burke. So QUICKLY soniet mes has the wheel turned round that manv a man has lived to enjoy the benefit of that char­ ity whioh his own piety projected. -- Sterne. The weak may bo joked out of any­ thing bnt thier weakness.--Zimmer­ man. speak? IfrWHAT In a tOmbs-tone.--The Judge. IT IS THE man yon atrnln ao effort to honor wbo will stab ram in tho back. Howard (Kaunas) Grip. THE man who cannot pay hie debta. is a bankrupt; but a man who breaka into a safty vault ia a baak-rupte*.-- Lowell Citizen. A SOUTHBBIDGE teacher reoeived AM following excuse reeeiitlyrMTomiestada homo ctts he had no dose and thata excus eiraff god nose." THE Sultan of Morooco has ai thous­ and wives. Whenever there is a fam­ ily ."ar things are painted red Moroceo. --Bradford Sunday Mail. A CIRCUS appears -to thrill Philadel­ phia with the same degree of thrillness that a slugging match enthuses New York.--Norristown Herald. IT is obvious that the lawyer who always succeeds in establishing eotn- plete chains of eviden e is links-eyed. --Cincinnati Saturday Night. AN OHIO hog has b$e: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 Catt. BOB INOERSOLL says "there waa a time when it was respectable to be a member of tbe Legislature." If Robert expects people to believe tha he should give dates.--Philadelphia CalL ONE can lay his hand on so many survivors of the battle of Waterloo, that it takes a heap of thinking to dis­ cover that anyone was killed in that desultory skirmish.--Chk:ago Sun. AEOTJT as mad a man as ever came out of an opera house was the young man who had just started his first mustache. He got wrathy because some one shouted: "Down in front." --Peck's Sun. "DON'T get excited, Mrs. Bustle. Alt tilings 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.--Pecks Sun. DRUGGISTS declare, statements to the contrary notwithstanding, that the wear and tear on the tumblers and wind in soda-water knocks all the profit out of it when it js sold at 5 cent/) § glass. Sweetened wind is more expensive Uian most people think.--Peck's Sim. TAWMUS stood in a doorway contem­ plating the weather and wishing he were dead, or it wonld 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 ho said: "Madame, wul you permit me to observe * "Ob­ serve if you like," she interrupted him; "I've got rubber boots on." OLD lady (who has met with an acci­ dent, but is "coming out all right"): "Josh, ye did'nt beller none when yo thought I was a-dyin'. I don't b'lieve ye care no gret fur me." "Thet ain't no sign's I know on," says Josh. "I was too busy over ye ter beller. I hadn't no time." "'Wa'al yemout bel­ ler a little fur looks' sake. I weren't so 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 was more to this than ap­ peared at first, and after studying the matter a little time, said: "Pears ter me 'twould look a leetle as though yo 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, haMf 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 thenoe 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-- Burl in g tori Haw keye. A Locomotive Eight Inches Lengk 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 586 screws in the engine. The steam gauge is bnt one- tourth of an inch ia diameter; tbe pump throws but one drop of watei 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 impoissible to get enough oxygen in it to support the combustion. The fire is kindled using a gill of alcohol, which runs the engiue for half an hour. The stroke of the cylinder is one inch, boro five- sixteenths ; 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 tanoe 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,--Olensville {If. Y.J 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 con Israel Parish shot a bald-headed eagle; thenoe running north, thirty- six chains and fonr Iinkx. to a leaning ash tree, with a big hornet's nest on it; thence easterly forty chains, to a ledge of rocks--a great place for rattle­ snakes; thence south ten chains and three links, to a oobblestono wall that wants fixing the worst way; thence west, across a level |>iece of grass ground where tbe Indians usod to shoot at a mark, twenty-four chains, to tho place of beginning, containing," etc. THAWS shon Id go to Italy. " Cttida" savs of life there: "Here one Wants so little; the air and tbe 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 enoligh in Ttalv." "BETTER no divorce then the goal to which we are now madly # remarks Judge Noah Davis. 'Sufe"' iT