American citizen., 1875-03-27
He Thought 1t was Deiirfum Tremens.

Snifffes brought his two weeks spree
to Il close on Thursday night. He lay
on lounge in the parlor, feeling as mean
as sour lager, when something in the
corner Ofthe room attracted his attention.
Raising on his elbow he gazed steadily
at it. Rubbing his eyes, he stared again,
and as he stared his terror grew. Call
ing his wife, he asked hoarsely;
Mirandy, what is that2"
What is what, Likey?"
Snifiles's name is LycurguS, and his
wife calls him Likely for short and-sweet.
why at-that-thing in the corner"
said the frightened man, pointing at it
with hand shaking like a politician.
Likely, dear, I see nothing" replied
the woman.
"What, you don't see itn' he shrieked.
9 Then I've got 'em. Oh, heavens, bring
me the Bible. Mirandy, bring il quickl
Here, here on this sacred book L swear
never to touch drop of whisky. If |
break my vow, may my right hand
cleave to the roof of my mouth, and
Here, catching another glimpse of the
terrible object, he clutched his wife and
begged in piteous tones:
"Dont leave me-don't leave your
Likely" and, burying his face in lhe folds
of her dress, he sobbed and moaned him
self into troubled sleep.
Then his wife stole gentlyto the corner,
picked up the toy snake and threw 1t ~
TO the stove.-Ncto BrtMstricktr.
CoLoRs IN CARPETS AND UPHoLsTFRY.-
Put a good amount OF color on ceiling,
not, however making it so dark as To
bring it too close to the eye. The car
pets must be either lighter or darker than
the walls This is following out the art
lists rule, to make either background or
foreground run into the figure. If this
be not done in painting Il woman in
white satin, for instance. against dark
floor and dark walls will look like n cut
out figure stuck on, and the same sort of
Il result would occur in rooms. As in
ordinary life dresses are dark in color,
where IA light wall tone has been recon-
mcnded the carpet will have to be dark
cr than the walls. Not too vivid in
color, however, and of course 70 How crs,
ferns, birds nests and such like fearful
things. Furniture and hingingS should
not be too much alike in color; have,
say, the carpet one tone, the coverings
ut furniture another and the curtains
and other han"ingS IA third Have sum
mcr and winter ha0%ings and furniture
coverings: those for The former hight ana
cheerful the Others with more warmth
and suggestive OF comfort ana home lie.
\ tablc-cluth, occasionally Il chair, or
rug. may supply "A bit of effective con
lrast with prevailing hues of hangin@s,
etc, and u spot of vivid color in vase
or some small hanging Will complete the
formal dc tcuration OF the rHom.-BgttiSh
lrc}. association pdDer.
What literary journal would print
such lines rs these from IN ordinary
writer:
I, Alphouso, live and learn,
Seeing Nature 90 asicrn-
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote them
That one of the finest of American critics
should make Nature "go aStern, as
though she were sailor or a steamboat,
is simply absurd
In contradiction of the reported de
cline of churches in the Sandwich Islands
since the withdrawal of missionaries in
1873 it is stated that there has been "A
great Increase in the number of naive
pastors, churches and schools. During
ten years S11,9I3 have been given for
missions in the islands OF the PHciuc,
aud no difficulty is found in discipining
oifcndi1r churCh-mcmheTs.