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GLARE, MICHIGAN, SATUKiAT,.SEPTEMBER 24,1
'NUMBER 36.
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Dsksvob feo wm In g ouEtog-iSs golfi
Oa a inm&ietl TOjaaas that beg sn&'foosBKTg
• SHo-warmth: li© Kpiciidess oa summits eaHj
Eio -wealth catha Ijomes of want aad cosssc.
®s withhold Mblargess of precious Ug&tT
fcto.bBij'^HEgslf ia eternal nighi'       « ■
.To give
la to live.
32ie flower site not for itself at all,
Sfc| joy te .tbe joy it freely diffuses;
Oi beauty snd balm it is prodigal,
Ana it lives In the Hght 4t freely lossa,
Ho Choice for the rose bn.t glory or-doom^
Xo «shal§ ci smother, to -wither op %loom.
To deny
Isfo-di6.
The seasl'ead silvery,rays to the Mad,
The len& its sapphire streams to the osgaa,   ^
The heart sends blood to the brain of command,
The brsin to the heart ifcj lightning motion;
And over una over -we yield onr breath,.
Till the mirror is dry and images^eatk,
To live
' "":'-.■    •      Is to give.
He is dead -ssiicse hand io'ttofcopeii wido
To ielp the need of a human brother;   .
He doubles the length of his lifelong rids
TcVbo givea his fortunate place to another;
Aad a tttoussad million Eves are bis
"Who carrieg the world in his sympathies,
To-fcUwy    r
iato die.
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She came smiling across the
her arms laden with hawthorn bloom.
Harold Carleton, as he saw her, thought
her the very incarnation of spring, she
was so young, so fresh, so - full of exuberant vitality.- Yet she was only a
©0tta|3©r's daughter, apparently, for her
diesS; though neat, was cheap. She
glanced up at him. as she passed, with
her great, eloquent eyes, half-slyly,
half-misehievously.
Harold  was freah from Cambridge,
and at 18 thought himself quite in another sphere, even in point of age, from
the rustic of 13.   H© was disposed to be
onMng.
"What's the hurry, little Saucy
Eyes?" he said. "Stop and give a
fellow a Mss."
*JMy name isn't Saucy Byes, and you
know it. Gentlemen,'" and she emphasized the word, " when they speak to me
call me Miss Kent,"
Sh© had stopped to say this, and she
now walked on with head erect and the
.ear of a bom Princess.
"Whew!"  whistled  Harold,   "but
rva made a mess of it.   'So cottager's
has an accent like that.   Who
A regular lit-
>§5o«a     ""
.^4,, daughter
~*^tM£i the deuce ean she be?
I a.
^w uH-*-. ,*,_*** ,
A
IK© h$d. com© to this picturesque, hilly
legion "on a teout-fishjng excursion, and
h© knew no ohe there.
" O, that's the minister's daughter,"
was th© reply. "Mad her arms full of
hawthorn, you say ? Yes, there's plenty
of it about here; one of the few places
there is. We've miles of hedge. Miss
Kate was taking the bloom home to
decorate the parloy. She's a rare one
for flowers. You should see her dec-
orate„-the church at Christmas. All the
young ladies give way to her in that,
though she is but a child as yet."
"If she grows up as pretty as she is
now, she'll make many a fellow's heart
ache," saidHarold, philosophically, as he
helped himself to another brook-trout;
and in five minutes more,- so excellent
waa the dinner, he had forgotten all
about the child!
Years passed. Harold has taken his
degree and was now .studying law, the
profession of his father, Hugh Carleton,
and his grandfather befor© him. Jusfc
before the summer vacation began he
had received a letter from home.
"We shall certainly expect you, dear,"
his mother wrote, "this year, and will
take no excuses. It has been two years
since you were at home, remember. We
have had such an accession, too, to oar
society. Our new rector is a most excellent man, and has such a charming
daughter, a very pretty girl, and so
bright, intelligent'and high bred."
Now Harold, who had gone the summer before to France and Germany, had
thought this year, of going to Norway—
had almost given his promise, "in fact,
but at this appeal he wrote back that he
would come home and spend the whole
vacation at ?• inglewood," for that was
the name of Hugh Carleton's place.
" Dear mamma, it was so hard on her
last year," he said to himself.
The very day that Harold came home
the rector" went away on a four weeks'
visit with his wife, and the last words he
said to his daughter, as he got into the
carriage, were :
"Good-by, Katie, and "don't forget to
go up to Squire Carleton's and ask to
have the gardener come to see the garden. The Squire told me to send for
him only yesterday." With his aid we
usn manage to keep the garden very
nice."
"I suppose I might as well go at
onc«v" said Kate, when the carriage had
disappeared. "Dear old papa, I am
sorry you and ma have gone; but I'm
going to have lots of fun, with no one
but old Nanni^o look after me." And
her eyes fairly danced with the mischief
of 18."
Harold Carleton himself was in the
garden when Katie came in. He had
arrived unexpectedly the night before, a
week sooner than he had expected. He
was fond of a little amateur gardening
at times, and was just now bending over
a moss-rps©. bush, hoe in hand. His
back was toward Kate, ahd she, supposing him to be the gardener, called out:
"O, Adam—that's your name, I hear
—please ask Mr. Carleton if he can spare
you for a couple of hours this afternoon.
It's Dr. Kent's, you know, at the rectory."
Hayold^ glanced mischievously at the.
- pretty facS half hiddenby the tall lilies,
which she-had Stoppedto smell as she
was speaking.   Here was a chance for
'Kate had never, probably,
Bean the new gardener* "who had only
some two days before. Why could not
ie personate the old fellow ? It was fort-
mate for him that h© had an eld coat
in, he thoushfc. ,   ^        . *  .
•' Bo, calling Adasa, h© tookth© old saan
Into ihe plot, giving him a crown for
hush-money, and, in th© ij^ternoon, made
his appearance at the* rectory, and,
knocking at the back door, asked for
orders. .
"O, Adam, is it you?" cried Kate,
coming forward," "JUet me snow you
your work. I'll put on my garden hat
and be out in a minute."
Harold presented rather &• curious ap^
pearance as he followed Kate down tne
long walk. His usually-elegant- attire
had been exchanged tor a jacket and
trousers of coarse jeans, and his dark
curling hair was covered by a red wig,
similar in color to Adam's fiery locks.
He had assunied the same shuffling gait,
also. :
"Here is your . work,   Adam," said"
Kate; "tie up the roses, and then weed
this bed of  hyacinths;   train this wistaria, and, if you have any more time,
come to me for further orders."
Harold bowed awkwardly,. while a
mischiOvous gleam shot from the brown
eyes as he proceeded to tie up the wayward roses.
" This is getting interesting," he observed. " I wonder what my next order
will be? By George, but Miss Kate
queens it well 1 What a perfedt beauty
she is I Whew 1 how hot it is !"
He wiped the perspiration from his
heated brow.
"I begin to understand how the original Adam must have felt when commanded to earn his bread by the sweat
bf his brow. There, the wistaria is tied
up. Eaith, mum," he said, as I>te reappeared, "Iwas jist. comin' to see
whatever else there was to be done."
" How nice you've mad© things look 1"
cried Katie, as she glanced at the roses
and wistaria. » "But it's warm work,
isn't it? Adam's your name, I believe.
I am glad,*'affably, "to make your acquaintance, Adam."
"Faith* mum, but it is that same as
jou say," replied Adam, drawing his
straw hat further down over his eyes,
still more to hide his face.
"Well, Adam, train up this hedged
and then you may go," she answered,
and then swept away. •
Several days went by.  The pretended
Adam never failed tobe on hand in the ;
afternoon.   But in the morning Harold
UarietQnr in nis' own proper person, had
this time ihe Squire's wife had called,
bringing her son, and of course, after
that, Katie was included in everything
that went on.
Katie, too, learned to like Harold
Carleton verf mueh, for no one moer
genial or whole-souled ever'existed. He
was generous to a fault, frank and open-
hearted as the day, and had outgrown
the conceit and coxcombery of his youth.
One morning, when Katie went into
the garden unexpectedly, she found
Adam fanning himself with nis straw
hat, which was usually drawn so closely
over his eyes, and she caught a quick
glance that reminded her of Harold.
But it was only for a moment.
He had not seen her, nor did he see
her when she quietly seated herself in a
vine-covered summer house, and took
out some pretty, graceful work with
which she soon became quite absorbed.
The long, drowsy afternoon was wearing away.. Nothing but the tinkle of
the httle brook back of the rectory, the
sound of the scythe which Adam was
wielding, and the murmur of the bees,
broke the silence of the place. Suddenly Katie's ear was arrested by a clear,
manly voice, singing a bar from a
favorite opera, in a rich, ringing tenor.
She started toher feet and looked
out. Only last evening she had sung,
with Harold Carleton, that very song,
and this surely was his voice again. Bufc
no one was in sight except Adam, who
was industriously hoeing peas. The
truth was, Harold, ignorant of Katie's
presence, had forgotten himself; but he
was now furious at his indiscretion, for
he had heard Katie, and knew what
sailed her out.
"Adam, has Mr. Carleton been here?"
3he asked. «'I thought I heard him jusfc
aow"
" No, mum, it's not yet that I didn't
see him," said the apparently stolid
Irishman.
"I was sure it was his .voice," said
Katie, looking just a trifle disappointed.
He would cross-examine Katie a Httle,
and thus discover her real feeling toward himself. So he asked, carelessly,
though his whole heart was in her
answer:
" Did yes wish to see him, miss ? For
it's meself as will be afther sinding the
likes of him to yes ?"
" No," said Katie, decidedly. " Stop
talking and go to work. I am afraid
you are getting lazy;" and Katie walked
off with her most queenly step.
"Whew!" whistled Harold. "She's
too bright tobe caught in that way.
Thinks Adam will tell on her. Getting
lazy, am I? Weil, it isn't because I
don't work hard enough," wifch a doleful gaze at his blistered hands, as he set
vigorously to ;work, adding : " Even as
Adam, I must win the good opinion of
my Eve."
The next afternoon Katie went to call
on a friend, and Harold- discontentedly
watched  iter,  tleparture.     Ifc  was   so
pleasant' to know that She was in the
summer-house  or  about' the grounds
that he did not like fco. have her go away.
'    He did not notice her return, nor that
ihe came to the arbor soon after.   But
when he had finished' his lasfc order he
threw himself down on a mossy seat,
md, tossing his wig off, began fanning
- iimself^vigorouslv with his straw hat.
: "i can't wear tnat Ooniounaea wig
any longer!'-' he exclaimed,   " It's color
fit
the
scalp
of ringing
astonished
it
it,  he also
•said Katie,
e^en is enough to set me on fire. Sow
this is refreshing. ' Beppo, you scampj
bring back that wig. Whfet if your
mistress should come? Must I Chase
after that dog this scorching day ?"
Beppo, Katie's dog, had run off with
the wig, as the reader has conjectured,
and, dn chase being given to him, rushed
to the summer-house and laid the wig
at his mistress' feet.
" Why, Beppo, what have you theref
she cried. " It looks like the scalp oi
old Adam.   I wonder if-
And she broke into a
laughter as she met
Harold face to face.
"Mr. Carleton!"
"Mss Katie I"
Then,   unable  to  resist
broke into a hearty laugh.
" O, so you're not Adam,'
demurely, at last
" No, but I will be if you'll only be
my Eve!" he cried, with a touch of his
old boyish   impudence.    " O,  Katie \
Miss Kent, darling, I've learned to love |
you "so  dearly—say  you  will, * Woll \
make another paradise where we ean be |
happy together, and I shan't be obliged i
to work so hard," breaking into laughter i;
as he saw Katie's  roguish  look,   and |
wiped his dripping forehead. J
"Yery well," said Katie, "Til think'
of it. But you must remember that iv {
was not a woman who made trouble ia f
the garden this time." Aud she added, -I
archly, " But I'll forgive you for deceit-1
ing me, if you will forgive me for— f
for—"
"For what?" asked Harold, as sh© 5
hesitated.
"For not letting you know beforo
that 1 guessed your secret. I knew from
the beginning that you were not Adam.
That first day, when I pretended to bs
smelling the lilies, I had seen you -were
at least not a gardener."
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a
MS FAMILY WC5TOE0
"jsyotjs Headache.—Dr. GShlsohla-
. of Danzig, says that he has found
ylate of sodium to be a remedy of
^yaluQ in the treatment of nervous
Jache, especially if given in a dose
q{ »2e gramme (gr. xv) in the beginning
oJ „.in_ attack. It usually produces
de<f,7siness, and after a few hours the
.pai'ant wakes up refreshed and free
fctdpain. It, however, often fails to
1&1 luce this effect in cases dependent
ca/sassmia.-
.   Vps Watbb fob the Heabt.—In
IqIUt to   The Lancet,  Dr.   A.
Jtst, >2ds the following observation:   He
j'IY'bs that in Paris he saw  a  case in
"®k Ish* under the inhalation of  chloro-
*r.AH ''^tbe heart ceased to beat, and arti-
AiZji respiration for ten minutes failed
to restore circulation, when Dr. Labbe
£*vp§d a large cloth in  boiling water
axAi epplied it to the region of the heart,
.71% the result of immediately restoring
z r action of that organ.
i'0 Cube Cobns.—Soak the feet for
in i«-ha]f hour in a solution of soda, and
la\:e the corns as closely as possible;
tr_?m apply & plaster of the following in-
gtcdients: Take of purified ammonia
v^dy6^0"'7 was: eaeh two ounces and
restate of copper six drams; melt the
lls^t two ingredients together, and after
isaioving them from the fire add the
"Histate of copper just as they grow cold;
upread the ointment on a piece of soft
ieather or linen and place it on the corn,
le&aoving it in two weeks.       »
The following remedy for the bite of
!i ssad dog is recommended by one who
^'aabeen bitteii six times, and in every
nistanee cured himself , he claims, by
ihi&i method:    Put a pound of salt in a
_ji't of water, and bathe the wound
ssoughly for
oleander temporarily set by "the door;
then went on a journey of six miles, appearing playful and well, but on returning refused her feed. Next morning
she still refused to eat,.looked dull and
haggard and had partially lost control
of her hind limbs. The mare died before assistance could be obtained, and
on opening the body the dark-red congested stomach showed the action of an
acrid poison, and inquiry brought the
account of the cropping of the oleander,'.
of the injurious qualities of which the
I owner was entirely ignorant. As this
ignoranpe is very widespread, it may be
well to say that all parte of the. plan
are deadly. A very small quantity ga
the leaves is fatal to the horse, as we
have just seen. The flowers have produced death in those who carelessly
picked and ate them. The branches,
divested of their bark and used as-
skewers, have poisoned the meat roasted
on them, and killed seven of the twelve
people who partook of it."
about an  hour;   then
And you let me work all this time?| i,;Bd dampened salt upon it, letting it
And it was so hot," with a crestfallea < rcjjaam
look. •  j
"Yes. You deserved it for your *,
trick. But I am glad you can work and I
obey orders. You may have to do GOr,
some time, you know." -;
"Every man has, they say, when he '
falls in love," he retorted.
"Yes," she said, saucily,  "and yer
mustn't hope to be an exception.   Ilzf
there, there, isn't that quite eno&gr
for he was devouring her with ti--
" I declare you're as impudent; r.3 t    v
were five years ago." ,.
" Five years ago 1"
"Yes.   Oh, you've foEgott?e,    Z < •
"tecysdo.   Ih ia obIv ^cuen'^)^  ' .,
4 * What do you me&n ?" f
Her eyes danced with mischief.   She
was enjoying his perplexity to the full.
an hour or so.     This, simple
is said by tho author to be a
rcecure.   We have no personal knowl-
!ge of ite value.
1?ak]0s<* OoiiD.—It may be comforting
hear that we need not take cold if we
< not want to; that taking cold deads mainly on the will.   A very high
3ieal authority so declares, and adds
.,1 we know very httle of the forms of
ease, even  the commonest.     Cold
;ing seems to be the result of a suffl-
n.i impression of cold to reduce the
sal energies of nerve centers presiding
07 the functions, of  special  organs.
!-: easy to se© then why-s^fit of sneea
*)■» i < %
* Well, I'll tell you a fairy tale. One©
on a time—there, stop now, or I'll never
get on—there was a little girl coming
across a field with her arms full of hawthorn bloom."
He gave a quick start, and Katie went
on demurely.
"And she met an impudent young
fellow, a collegian, who thought himself a Prince, but he wasn't. And he
called her 'Saucy Eyes,' the conceited—"
"Whatl You're 'Saucy Eyes,' af©
you? Oh! I remember it all. Who'd
have thought it ? Why, it's the jolliest
f any tale I ever heard Only, then sle
wouldn't let me kiss her, and now—" .
" Now somebody'11 get his ears boxal
if he doesn't behave himself. One mujt
draw the line somewhere, and half a
hundred, surely—"
"Well, since you are so cruel. Bit
when did you first recognize me ?"
'■' The first day I saw you at leisuri;
the day you called with your mother."
"And*" said Harold, reflective"^,
" there was always something in year
face I thought familiar. Yes, after al,
you are ' Saucy Eyes.'"
queiices.
Booth's Body.
The Washington correspondent of he
Buffalo  Gommercial writes :   "It tas
only after some patient inquiry that I
could ascertain the facts, which aren-
teresting and, as far as I know, ar© ;et
unpublished.   Booth, the murderer of
Abraham Lincoln, died as will be !e-
membered, in a barn in Maryland, fern
a wound received from the musket of
Boston Corbett.   The body was brouht
to Washington, and, after having ben
identified -by the court martial belre
which his fellow conspirators were trid,
was dissected bythe surgeon-genera of
the army.   The brain   and heart nd
some parts of the-body were presejjed
in alcohol nnd are now on exhibitioiin
the  medical museum of  the surgon-
ge^eral'a office.    The building in wich
the • assassination occurred was Fed's
theater.   The government confiscatedt,
but afterward. Ford was paid its all
vimie, and has since been used"as she
headquarters of the medical corps othe
army.    The brain and heart of Both
are in jars, standing in a case tha is
situated' very near the actual seen of
fche   assassination.   After the surgpns
had done with Booth's body it was biied
in a grave in the arsenal grounds.    4ily
half a dozen persons knew the (act
spot,  which was unmarked.   In B67
Edwin   Booth,   the   actor,   sent Mr.-
Weaver, the sexton of Christ Chich,
Baltimore, to Washington, wifch th request that the remains of his briber
might be taken up and removed tthe
family burial place.    After some day,
the request was granted by Present
Johnson, who was- finally appeals to,
and Mr. Weaver took the body tithe
cemetery in- Baltimore, and buried; beside the elder Booth and others <j the
family.     The   removal was   conceded
with great secrecy and w.as conjaled
from Secretary Stanton, who had rtised
to give his consent.
I
The drowning man in a sea
will clutch at a straw'bail.
ofpme
^o^eenfeerSj enabling them
—Exchange.
Sanitaby Hints.—It is easier to keep
one's health than to regain it when once
lost. And yet on this point how careless and negligent some people are.
Here are a few rules which will commend themselves at once to everyone's
common sense, and need but to be recalled to be more generally observed
Never lean with the back upon anything
that is cold. Never begin a journey
till the breakfast has been eaten. Never
take warm drinks and then immediately
go out into the cold air. Keep the back,
especially between the shoulder blades,
well covered, and the chest also well
protected. In sleeping in a cold room,
establish the habifc of breathing through
the nose, and never with the mouth
open. Never go to bed with cold or
damp feet; always warm by a fire ten or
fifteen minutes before going to bed.
After exercise of any kind never ride in
an open carriage or near the window of
a car lor a moment, for ifc is dangerous
to h ealth and even to life. When hoarse,
speak as little as possible until it is recovered from, as the voice may be permanently lost, or difficulties of the
throat, be produced. Merely warm the
back by the lire, and never continue
keepifig the back exposed to heat after
ifc has become comfortably warm. To
do otherwise is debilitating. When go--
ing from a warm atmosphere into a colder one, keep the mouth closed so that
the air may be warmed by its passage
through the nose before it reaches the
lungs. Always avoid standing on tlie
ice or show, or wliere the person is exr
X>osed to a eold wind or draught. Keep
the body in motion after any violent exercise while cooling off. An observance
of these few simple rules will save many
a doctor's bill, and not infrequentlv life
itself.    . -
Washington Red Tape.
There is annually issued by the departments at Washington about 300
miles' of red tape. If this were stretched
out in a straight line it would re^ch
from Washington to New Haven, Ct.,
on the north, or from Washington to
Wilmington, N. C, on the south,'
Using Washington as a pivotal" point,
and moving the tape around, the ends
would touch the great lakes and pass
through the States of Connecticut, New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky,
Tennessee and North Carolina. Or, to
make another illustration, from the Interior Department to the Navy Department is about one-half a mile. The tape
would go around these departments 300
times, and bind them closer and more
securely than ever Indian and tar were
bound before. To go into details: The
Treasury Department alone requires
288,000 yards of red tape, and is closely
followed by the Interior "Department
with 129,600 yards. Following come the
Navy, with 49,500 yards; the State, with
28*800 yards; the War, with 14,400
yards, and last, the Postoffice with 12,-'
900 yards.— Washington Post.
The Deadly Oleander.
Prof. James Law ^writes : ' • &. case
that occurred recently under my notice
may be recorded as a warning of the
dangerous qualities of a favorite house
plant. A fine, healthy mare ate a single
tuft  of leaves from  a branch of ahj
A Business Woman, .
A business looking woman bounced
upon the rear platform, strode through
the car at a go-as-you-please gait and
exclaimed :
" Now, driver ! don'fc you sfcfrt this cas
until I find out something."
"Well, ma'am, what is it?"
" Will this car take me to St. Aubin
avenue ?"
"" "Yesma'am."
" Then you just drive ahead, for Fm
in a hurry.   Do you know Sam Smith ?"
" No, ma'am."
" Why, you ought to. He came here
from York State three years ago, and he
rides up and down on' these street cara
night and day. He lives' in a big two-
story white house on the right or left
hand side, Fve forgotten which, with
green window blinds and a porchico in
front. Fll know the place when I see it,
for Samanthy writ me all about it*"
" I beg your pardon ma'am," said the
driver interrupting, "but you haven't
put your far© in the box"
"No, nor I ain't agoia' to nuther,
until you stop in front of Samapthy
Smith's house."
" But I don't go up St. Aubin avenue,
ma'am. I'll leave you at the corner, aud
you'll have to walk up to the house."'
"Well, .you'll not get my nickel until
you drive right up in front of the house.
You can't play any of your'swindling
city games on me, young man, you bet 1
I'haven't come clear here from York
- State to cut my eye teeth, nor you can't
.^plfsrv v(L trick§ on__m@ j_\ you do drive a
j boss car.v- * -<:.----   »-.v„_j.-.;-.-.--v-._.^
She was finally induced to pay her
fare, some of the passengers assuring
her that it "was all right. As the car
stopped and she stepped from the footboard she pointed up.St Aubin avenue
with her parosqj and • exclaimed:
"There's the house where Sam and
Samanthy live. I knew I'd know it as
quick as ever I saw it. Two-story white
house with green winder blinds onto it
and a porchico in front," and th©
drove on.—Detroit'Free Press.
car
Packing a Trmnk.
Most people dislike to pack a trunk,
and io do it well is something of an art.
It should never be done in a hurry. Yoii
should first get everything together
wliich is to be packed, and then go quietly and systematically to work. Yery
large trunks are an abomination ov^r
which expressmen groan and swear, not
altogether without reason. Still, small
ones are inconvenient, except for short
"journeys, and multiply expense, as the
expressage is for each piece, be it Saratoga trunk or a small valise, without regard to size. But, whatever the size of
the trunk, ifc should be filled, or at least
packed full enough to prevent the contents from tossing about. If ~ you are
compelled to take a trunk which is too
large for what you need to pack in it;
till it with crumpled paper, rather than
leave it half empty.. Owing to the rough
usage which baggage always receives,
unless the trunk is closely packed the
contents will be literally churned up and
down, and the clothes which you have
carefully folded will be tumbled, to a degree, even if. nothing worse comes to
fchem. For'a long journey it -is well to
cord trunks. Bope is better than strap,
because it goes both ways. Nothing
heavy, hke boots, etc., should ever be
put in the top of a trunk, since the more
heavily it is weighted the more likely
the hinges are to break. Dresses should
be carefully folded, with the flounces
laid smooth and drawing-strings lefc out,
fche waist folded bufc once, the wrong
side out, with the sleeves laid over the
back ahd the fronts over" all. • Then, if
absolutely necessary, the basque may
be folded again down the middle seam
of the back, but never across.
Automatic Counting of Letters.
Two officials of the London Post-
office have invented -and patented a
method of automatically registering the
number of letters stamped. The counting may be done by mechanical or by
electrical means. In the first case a small
counter similar to an engine counter, is
placed in the head or hand of the hand
stamp, and ea6h time the stamper presses upon a letter it is registered on tha'
counter. At the-close of the day the
stamp is opened, the number of letters
stamped .read off and registered, and the"
countar set ready, for the next day's
work. In tlie second, ease, two methods
have been devised for electrically effecting the object:- ;In one case the striking
of the inking pad causes electrical contact to be made, whi<?h transmits a< current to a counter similar to that'of a
gas meter, and so regiiters every letter
stamped. : The other method is sifhilai
in principle, but a' lever stamp is em-
ployedi ■-...,. ,
SEEM AHD MElSo
If you had th© m&tefeL, wosM fe-
maica ram punch ?
In Texas when a man wishes to out
an acquaintance his procedure-i% simple*
He uses a bowie-knife.. • •    ■ .        *   '
Advice to married men: Put a safety-
valve upon your self-esteem if you do-
'not want to get **blown up.3"
A St. ILotJis editor found a nickel m
the street and wrote a half-column editorial on *' Otsr Increase of Wealth."
"Pbisobbb, have you ever been' con-'
victed?" "No, your Hoiior; - J hm®-
always employed first-class lawyers/'
Joses, getting up from his dinner, m
a quiet way remarked to his landlady
that he had found everything on fch<&
table cold ecssept the ice-creahi.
The giraffe is a very timid animaL
His neck Is so long that when hia heart
comes into his mouth it takes hi-m half
a day to get it back where it ^belongs..
It is learned that sharks ar© very
fond -of cats as food. Now let^ somebody invent a method of teaching sharks
to climb over woodshed roofs and backyard fences.
"Bbsehabit and impulsive people,"
said a lecturer on physiognomy, " have-
black eyes, or, if they don't hav© 'em,.
they're apt to get them, if they're too<
impulsive."  "•
SoiffiE on© wrote to Horace -Greeley
inquiring if guano was good to put in*
potatoes. He said it might do for those-
whose tastes had become: vitiated with
tobacco and rum, but he preferred gravy
and butter.
A T.IXXU3 pair of gloves that yet
Betain the smell of clover,
Aad just a tinge of mignonette; "
• I ton them vaguely over, fo
Ana marvel how the girl I Msssd ^'
£Ehat night she promised to be true)
Conld jam a number seven fist
Into a paltry number two.
" P&AZE, mum, wud ye oblige a poor
by© wid a Hght ? Sure, you've only got
to give one glance of yer purty ^© at
m© pipa, and it'E shine,like .the- shtags."
He got the light and a good dinner beside. Moral: Always, speak the truth.
in presence of the fair sex.
Teaches of spelling class —"Mrst
boy may spell foot-tub and give definition." Mrst boy.—"F-o-o-t-t-u-b—a,
tub to wash the. feet in." Teacher—
"Second, boy may spell 'knee-pan.5''
Sseond boy—45 *K-n.-e-e-p-s-n—-a pian to;;
washA© £ '  "°   •"*   '-•* -■
heed..
in.-
10:
1%   gt
3S2?0nilthG:E!ELiicga,
With -wonderouc ecra,
f5Jia"cc?!s3tIiO]
«j
X7ith angry glare, * f *
Bhe grabs her Edippe?,    '
&nA bangs Jier heir.
Nor long s^o, in a French promnoial
theater, a baritone made a fearful croak.
Hisses and laughter in the audiene©..
Then the artist cam© gravely forward
and saluted the audience: "Messieurs,
I discover that I have issued afals&
note; I withdraw it from' circulation."'
A bkight little girl was sent to get
some eggs, and on her way back
stumbled and fell, making sad havoo-
with the contents of her basket. *«Won't
you catch it when you get home,
though!" exclaimed her companion.
"No, indeed, I won't," she answered";.
" Fve got a grandmother."
The Bast Indian Prince of Gondal i©.
on the eve of matrimony. He is to lead
seven happy maidens to the altar'all atone©. . The troubled life of an East Indian Prince has its compensations. Just
think of it! Bight souls with but a single thought, eight hearts that beat as-
one !—Boston Transcript.
"My gracious, child," said the old
lady to a boy who offered .to carry her
saehel for 5 cents, V where did you
get those hands from?" The lad gazed
thoughtfully for a moment at his pair
of flippers, that looked like bunches of
young onions, and then answered proudly: "I belong to the Tontine Base-Ball
Club."
" I'd laugh if I should tall and break
my neck," jestingly remarked James
Maloney, of Tappan, N. Y., while in ihe
act of descending froni a fall pear tree.
The next moment he lay upon the-
ground with his neck broken. But he
didn't laugh. What infernal liars eom&
men are.
In order to cure her husband of drinking, a colored woman in South Carolina,
put concentrated lye in his whisky bottle. .The last words he uttered - were to
the effect that it would be a relief to him
to drop into Hades to cool bj£ and th©
last words the widow spoke to the outside world as sh© dodged into jail were:
" I nevah'seedsich weak stomachs as de
niggahs are gettin' nowadays; dey can't*
stand- nuffin!"
Forbidden Fruit; t
A child always covets that which i®
forbidden him ;• and yet the discipline of
certain households consists, for the most
part, in the enactment and enforcement
of prohibitory laws*. " Touch not, taste
not, handle hot,"& inseribedupon almost feverjjiihing which the chihKslikely
to hanker after. All. the trees in the
garden are full of forbidden fruit. E&
is told th&fc be must not take anything
without asking; and he is well aware, that
asking wiH be in vain. Now, ifyou
want to bring up yottr children so that
they may become., something, you must
leave something to their own discretion.
The moral judgment needs i;o be disciplined as .well as.the raora! sense. -
E&EEHAi&s, pure- and beautiful, have-
been discovered in North Carolina. The
cut stones set have sold for'$100 a karat,,
and are eagerly sought for by dealers.
One gem, weighing two and a half karats,
has-: heen. purchased by .the British
Museum .•
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