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Texts from the Talmud,

If thy wife be small, bend down and speak
to her; do nothing without her advice
Everything in life can be replaced; the
wife of early days is lrreplaceable.
An honorable man honors his wife; con
temptihle one despises her.
The loss of a first wife is like the loss of @
mans sanctuary IN his lifetime.
If a man divorces his wife, the altar Itself
sheds tears over him.
Man and wife we'll matched have heavens
glory as their compensation; man and woman
i'll matched are encircled by devouring fire
Rather any ache than heart ache; rather
any evil than an evil wife.
He who loveth his wife like himself, and
honoreth her even more than himself; who
leadeth his sons and daughters in the path OF
integrity, and who provides for their settle
ment in early life; to him may be applied the
Scripture passage, Thou shalt know that
peace shall adorH thy tent"
A man who takes wife for the sake Of her
money rears lll-behaveu children.
He who marries woman congenial to
himself is loved by the Almighty.
When man loseth his wife, the world
around him groweth dark, the light in his
tent is dim, and the light before him is ex-
tinguished.
He who has no wife lives without comfort,
without help, without Joy, and without BILE S.
ing
An old man in house is terror an old
woman is pearl
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On an average, one-half of the number of
outpatients treated by a hospital surgeon suf.
fer from diseases due primarily to want of
knowledge OF the laws Of health and cleanli-
ness. First, the ignorance of hygienic
laws, which affects so dlsasrously the health
OF the rich rs well as the poor, exists chiefly
IN regard to dress, abuuon and ventilation
This statement may, at first, appear startling
but an enumeration of the diseases that can
be constantly traced to the above causes will
show upon how sound a basis the statement
rests. The following are examples: Vari-
cose ulcers from dress; skin diseases from
want of cleanliness; chest diseases and fever
from defective ventilation. The vast number
of liberated legs treated in the out patient de-
partment of hospitals, IN workhouse infirm
aries and in private practice, arise from var
icose veins. Now, vaIicose ulcer is caused
by dlstended condition of the veins of the
legs which have to sustain the pressure of the
blood caused by gravitation. In varicose
VEINS, the valves which help to support the
column OF blood are to great extent destroy
ed, through the veins hayIng been distended
by mechanical obstruction To the free return
of the blood from the eXtremites. thereby dis
tending the lower veins and separating the
edges of the valves. Thus, tie weight of an
uninterrupted column has TO be borne by the
veins. 1nlS, OF COURSE, causes further ulSten-
ton, giving rise TO congestion of the capillar-
les OF the skin, and causing swelling, eczema,
and ultimately liberation. This is the vari-
cose ulcer so common in the laboring classes.
II is always difficult TO heal, and often impos-
sble, except by prolonged rest in bed. Hence
1t is the dread of the surgeon, and the cause
of misery TO thousands. Varicose ulcers are
seldom admitted into general hospitals, so
that hundreds of poor families are driven TO
the workhouse, and such cases form a major
ity IN the workhouse iniirmary. The most
frequent and fragrant cause of obstruction Is
the ordinary elastic garter. Children should
never wear them at all, as the stockings can
be perfectly well kept up by attachment OF
elastic straps to the waistband. If carriers
are worn. it is important TO know how 10 APP
Div them with the least risk of harm; at the
bend of the knee the superficial veins of the
leg unite, and go deeply into the under part
of the thigh beneath the hamstring tendons
Thus lIgature below the knee obslructs all
the superficial veins, but II the construction
is above, the ham-string tendons keep the
pressure off the veins which return the blood
from the legs; unfortunately, most people, in
ignorance of the above facts, apply the garter
below the knee. Again, in nine out of ten
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Business.

As the fall advances the evidences of an I'M
proving condition Of the country accumulate
We begin TO see now how large the crop OF
the year is. The Gotten crop, the wheat crop
the corr crop and the tobacco crop are large
and fine, and the minor crops that come az
ter these great staples are not less satisfactory
We shall have an immense amount Of agrI-
CULTURAL products to send abroad. Prices are
low, it is true, and this fact makes the move.
ment of produce to market lHyeish and re.
luctant, butthe whGic crop will have TO, 60 to
psrEet some time; if not this tall and winter,
then next spring-and when the movement
sets in in earnest there must be revival of
trade. Our exports continue to exceed our
imports, for the eight months ending with Ju-
" last we sent abroad $107 ,19S,27l more in
values than are brought in, showing that we
are still selling more than we buy, and to that
extent getting out of debt. There Is no doubt
that the presidential contest has benumbed
business and discouraged the speculative
spirit, as 1t invariably does; but this contest
Is now ended. and with it must end the caus-
es connected with it that have retarded enter.
prise and venture. The country needs moth.
Ing now but a stable, settled policy that can
be safely relied on, to address itselfresolutely
to the work of restoring the industries and
re-establishing the complex and benefcen,
interchange shattered by the collapse Of 1878
st. LOUIS Repub.
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The biggest tree in California is not in
the Yosemite Valley. Kinks River Valley
in Fresno County is 5000 feet above the sea,
and its walls, which are about 5000 feet high,
are very PERCEPTIONS. In this valley a new
grove of colossal redwood trees has been
discovered. One of them eclipses all that
have been discovered on the Pacific coast.
Its circumference, as high as man can reach
and pass tape line around, Is n few inches
less than 100 feet. This Is beyond the meas
urement Of any tree in the Calaveras grove
The height is estimated at 100 feet; and a
part of the top lying on the ground Is over
no feet in length.
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4 Great Pigeon Roosr.

Pigeons have come into this par. of III
country by millions. OF evenings the sky i
darkened with them in the neighborhood o
Dr. Dodsons, on the AuglaiZe They hay,
made Dodson's farm their headquarters, an(
at night the trees and underbrush are loaded
down with mulhtudes. AS this roost Is but
short distance from our house we have ha(
ample opportunities TO watch their manGu
vres and to hear the incessant noise the,
make A little before shutdown large armie!
of pigeons are seen coming from difteren
points Of the compass, but each army passe.
onward, as If they intended TO change thei
headquarters. After while they return ant
settle on the trees around the roost, not man,
Of them nearer than mile of the place. They
make sudden flights from these trees, and the
sound of their wings IS like that of great
storm. There is a constant roar in the air as
myriads of The birds fly to and fro. Ahou
dark they fly toward the roost, and for long
time they fly round and round and have the
appearance of bees swarming, although the
vast number and tornado.like roaring they
make surpass anything in the power Of man
to describe After while thew alight on the
trees and the bushes, and the limbs are ben,
dowHwards, and often are broken off, The
pigeons keep up a constant chattering, which
can be heard for miles away. They are never
still during the night. So far as sleep is con-
cerned, such thing is out of question with a
pigeon. They are disturbed by themselves,
such throngs assembling in spot that none
can be still for moment, and the incessant
discharging of firearms among them causes
them to change their location almost con-
stantly. This roost is visited every night by
crowds of men, some with guns and others
with poles, which they use in threshing down
the pigeons that happen TO be at the point
struck. Hundreds are killed every night
but when light appears the vast armies again
90 forth with apparently as much vigor as
ever. Pigeons have been killed IN New York
with undigested rice in their crops, which
they had evidently gathered in the rice fields
OF the Carolinas From these and other cir
cumstances, 1t has been estimated that pig
con flies at the rate of mile minute. In
agine then, millions upon millions Of these
birds, all on the wing at the same time, over
a scope of country not more than two miles
square, and faint idea of the noise they
make may be obtained. But no one can ever
fully Imagine what pigeon roost is or how
much noise they make until one has seen end
heard. There is an abundance Of mast here
now, and we suppose the pigeons will remain
here until 1t is all gone. One curious cir
cumstance is that in the neighborhood of this
pigeon roost we never see a pigeon from the
time they leave of mornings until they return
of evenings. They are not eating the mast
here at ALL but somewhere they are all feast.
ing luxuriantly, for they are al tat.-South
land MOI Rustic.
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JUDGMENT.
From an old scrap.botk. |

| sat alone with my conscience,
In place where time had ceased,
And we talked of my former living
In the land where the years increased;
And felt should have to answer
The question it put to me,
And to face the answer and question
Throughout an eternity.
The ghosts Of forgotten actions
Came floating before my sight,
And things that thought wera dead things
Were alive with terrible might;
And the vision OF all my past life
Was an awful thing to face
Alone with my conscience sitting
In that solemly silent place.
And thought Of PARKWAY warning
OF a sorrow that was to be mine,
In a land that then was the future,
But now is the present time
And thought Of my former thinking. 49,.
OF the judgment.1ay to Re,
Bat sitting alone with ny conscience
Seemed Judgment enough for me.
And wondered If there was q future
To this land above the grave,
but no one gave me an answer,
hHu Ho Snc came 10 save.
Then l(felt that the future was present,
And the present would never go by,
For 'twas but the thought Of my past life
Grown into eternity.
Then woke from my timely dreaming,
And the vision passed away;
And l knew the far-away warning
Was warning Of yesterday;
And pray that may not forget it,
In this land before the grave,
That may hot cry ia the future,
And no one comes to save.
And so have learnt n lesson
Which ought to have known before,
Ana which, though | learned it dreaming,
hope to forget no more
so sit alone With my conscience,
In the place where the years increase,
Ana Try To remember the future,
In the land where time shall cease;
And know of the future Judgment,
How dreadful SO e'er it be,
That to sit alone with my conscience
VIII be judgment enough for me.
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a MODEL MAIDEN.

It's not alone that she Is fair,
And hath II wealth OF golden hair;
Ills not that she can play and sing,
To charm critic or king;
It's not that she is gentle, kind,
And wears no chignon huge behind,
Nor high hceled boot, nor corset laced
To show her slenderness of waist;
IT'S not that she can talk with ease,
On well.nlgh any theme you please;
It's not that she can row, and ride,
And do dozeh things beside:-
The reasons why love Miss Brown
Are that she never wears q frown,
Meier sulks, or pOuts, or mopes or frcts,
Or fuses about "styles" or" scts,"
Nor bids her friends their charms admire;
Meier bets upon the Derby day,
And when she's lost 0mits to pay;
BY bonnets does not bound her talk,
And is not indlsposed to walk;
Ne'er DULLES her small brothers, nor
Esteems their childish games a bore;
With pigments ne'er her cheek deliles,
Nor practices coquettish wilcs;
Needs not maid TO pack her things,
Nor plaques papa for diamond rings;
On biscuit Is content To lunch;
Loves Shakespeare, Milton, Pope, and Punch
Never desccHds TO vulgar slang,
And ne'cr was known the door too bang!
Il
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What Berell Wife-Beater IN the Dusk O
Eyentide.

INcntite,
From the Detroit Free Pessl
James Robbins, OF National avenue, has
been missing for three days, but there is no anX
iety around his house to learn his fate. His
wife knows what caused him TO disappear
and she is willing to let him get good ready
TO come back Robbins married a lone wild
ow about tour months ago, and they had not
been welded two weeks when he gave her 8
beating, She overlooked it then, thinking he
would soon tone down, but in week more
he backened her eyes. In brief, Robbins
turned out to be brute of husband, and the
ex-widow had the sympathy Of all the neigh
bors. She is said to be meek and humble in
spirit, and Robbins had no excuse for his bru
tality. Four or five days ago he knocked her
down and started of up town, and the wife
crawled over to butchers to see about hay
ing Robbins arrested. The butcher, who
weighs 100 pounds and has fist like maui
knew better way than going to the police,
and he:unfolded plan.
When Robbins reached home that evening
the house was dark, and the butcher, dressed
in woman's clothes, and with his jaws tied up
sat in the rockingham.
why In blazes isn't supper ready?' howl
ed Robbins as he stood in the door.
The butchar groaned.
iuutiHS aIOuuu again, are yOu!' SuOul-
ed Robbins. whats the matter now?"
The buther groaned again.
you feel too heightened to answer me, do
you?" growled the wife-beater. "Well, we II
see about that. Just take this, will your
He struck out, but the disguised butcher
caught his wrist, sprang up, and there was fun
in that cottage. He choked Robbins almost
to death, tied HIM up in hard knots and united
him, drew him around by the heels and hair,
nd.hHally picked him up and tossed HIM
over the fence into the mud. The wife.beater
had kept up steady yelling from the first at.
tack, and as he rose from the mud and sped
down the street he seemed to think that Sit
ting Bulls whole fighting force were after
him. AT II O'Clock that night he entered a
Michigan avenue saloon and told story
about six men robbng him, and half an hour
later, as he was prowling around shed to find
a place to sleep, a policeman heard him say
Ing:
Nose smashed, eyes bunged up, sore throat,
bruised all over, and awful slepey! What a
leceivlng person widow woman ls!'
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laboring men, we find a piece of cord or q
buckled strap tightly applied below the knee
for what reason I could never learn. Elastic
bands are the most injurious. They follow
the movements of the muscles, and never re
lax their pressure on the veins. Non.elasitc
bands during muscular exertion become con,
slderably relaxed at intervals, and allow a
freer circulation of the hlood.--Th0mds BOND,
IN Popular Science NonMly for December.
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A VOICE IN THE TWILIGHT.
BY MRS. uERRICK JOHNSON.

was sitting alone towards the twilight,
With spirit troubled and yexed,
With thoughts that were morbid and gloomy
And faith that was sadlYperplexed.,
Some homelv work was doing
For the child of my love and care,
Some stitches half YEARLY setting,
In the endless need of repair.
But my thought were about the building,
The work some day to be tried;
And that only the gold and the silver,
And the precious stones should abide.
And remembering my own poor efforts,
And wretched work had done,
And, even when trying most truly,
The meagrc success had one.
at is nothing but wood hay and stubblc,'
said; "it will be urRed"-
This useless fruit of the talents
One day to be returned.
Sand have so longed to serve Him,
And sometimes / kno,o have tried;
But I'm sure when he sees such building
He will never let it abide"
Just then, as turned the garment,
That no rent should be left behind
My eye caught an odd little bungle
OF mending ana patchwork combined.
My heart grew suddenly tender,
Aud something blinded my eyes,
With one of these sweet intuitions
That sometimes make us so wise.
Dear child! She wanted to help me-
knew twas the best she could do;
But oh, what botch she had made it
The gray mismatching the blue!
And yet-can you understand it,
With tender smile and tear,
And half-compassionate yearning,
felt she had grown more dear.
Then a sweet voice broke the silence,
And the dear lord said to me,
" Art thou tendcrer for the little child,
Than ! am tender for the"
Then straightway knew His meaning,
SO full of compassion and love,
And my faith came back to its Refuge
Like the glad returning dove.
For I thought, when the Master Builder
Comes down His temple to view,
To see what rents must be mended
And what must be builded anew,
Perhaps as He looks DER the building
He will bring my work to the light,
And seeing the marrlng and bunging,
And how far 1t all is from right,
He will feel as felt for my darling,
And will say, as | said for her,
Dear child she wanted to help me,
And love for me was the spur.
"AnG, for the true love that Is in it,
The work shall seem perfect as mine,
And because il was willing service,
l will crown it with plaudt divine"
And there in the deepening twilight
seemed to be clasping a hand,
And to feel great love constituting me,
Stronger than my command.
Then knew by the thrill of sweetness,
Twas the hand of the Blessed One,
That would tendery guide and hold me
Till all the labor is done.
My faith no longer is dim,
But my heart is strong and restful,
And mine eyes are unto him.
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30, 90 sne,nlate upon the absence of Sam.
@No reason in the world why he should
No, have been there" said George u can
make il out unless he has taken tue h'el
O'Clock train by mistake"
@Not bit of it," laughed John, who ianci.
ed be understood the entire programme. u,
e. most likely he took the train on purpose Sss
70 pei into Hannah's parlor bedroom .,nI ana ana
make us take up with the straw TICKS anu
feathers" hr, reckon Won
o-s ,irht, We must contrive to get MIN gu
somehow" u, h.,as together and
lLe ne heartilv over some scheme Tor out
siisns Sam. and accordingly, When e'e,o IN
NJ ysacbed Hollyihorn, about IL oclocA
a tnsy approached the home of their sister IN
Fe1 Ts,Dpb;ng The fence in the rear, they soi y
ov Window and obtalned access 70 "
pantry pantry where they demolished wnoie T The
ME and a quantity oil dougnnu
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hiccoughing to Death

The Pottsville pa Miners Journal relates
an incident of man named Hoskins, who
drank cold water on an empty stomach, and
hccough::set in. Every remedy known &c
his friends was tried, but without avail. A
doctor was sent for, who administered rene
dies, uselessly, for he died. A reader of the
Chicago Tribune, into which paper the story
was copied, says he has never known the fol
lowing simple remedy to fail;
Whenever attacked by hlccough, get some
one to stand behind you and place the fore
finger of each hand in your ears so as 10 stop
them. Then between the fingers and thumb
of your left hand press the nOstrils, In order
to stop breathing though them. In your
right hand take glass Of wator, and, while
ears and nostrils are closed, drink a good
draught THIS will instantly cure the hic
cough
am not aware that there is any particu
lar virtue in the water. | have seen the cure
effected by draught of ale or porter as well
as water. aud believe that drink of any
LIQUID, warm or cold, would produce the
same effect, although | have always seen il
used cold / attribute the cure TO the mo-
mentary stoppage of breathing; but, what
ever the cause, my experience tor years as
always proved success.
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How 10 MAKE TIE TEA Go Further
method has been discovered for making
more than the usual quantity of tea from any
given quantity of the leaf The whole secret
consists in steaming the Leaf before STEPPING
By this process. II is said. IA pints Of good
quality may be brewed from one ounce of tea.
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THE BEST BED.

The district in the village of IIollythorn
was taught by Miss Eve Stanley, who
"boardcd around" among the scholars, and
was considered the paragon OF teachers
The last week previous TO the holiday va.
cation she had been boarding with q Mrs.
Carpenter, who was making gigantic prepar.
tions for guests she expected from New York.
"You never met my brothers, Eva" she
sad. There's Sam, and Georgia, and John.
ny, the youngest; and such times as they
have when they get out here and rustcate as
they call it! But dear me, don't get much
rest of peace, for they arc like lot of boys
let out of school.
1.-THE last time they visited me together.
John and Sam actually cnt pane of glass
from the window, and pelted George from my
best room with snowl
IIn.o Ill Il. 4.
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Fishes swallow their food whole; they have
no dental machinery furnished for them.
Frogs, toads and serpents never take any
food but that which they are satisfied is
alive. If a bee, wasp or hornet stings, it is
nearly always at the expense of its life Ser
penis are so tenacious of life that they will
live for six months without food. Turtles
dig holes In the sand by the seashore and
bury their eggs HOLSTERS are very puCna.
cIous, and fight severe battles. Ii they lose
claw another grows out. Naturalists say
that a single swallow will devour six thOus
and flies in day. The tarantula of Texas Is
nothing but an enormous spider. n single
goldfish produces more than one million eggs
IN one season. A whale suckles It's young,
and therefore Is not a fish. Toads become
torpid in winter and hide themselves, taking
no food for five or SIX months. Serpents of
all kinds shed their skins annually, like sea
crabs and HOLSTERS. Turtles and tortoises
have their skeleton partly outside, instead of
within the body. 1t Is believed that croco
diles live to be hundreds Of years old. In
South America there is q prolific honey bee
that has not been furnished with q sting. In
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the darkest nights fishes pursue their usua
movements the same as in daylight. Seal
are as intelligent as dogs, and like them may
be made to perform many tricks.
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"YOu see, there IS aIwayl

'ili,o "ei 'f6ai iG siiSalay Jqn%. ior the bed is
ana step out upon the broad platform OF have
right. IF Mr. Ua,os rhoro
the intelligent vote Of ,a u'e majority OIL outrag
ought not to be President of tbose ITn;,nJ the VIII
states. evden
Positively, that sounds like weakening on negroe
Hayes nothin,
Inc Ne'osls In errow however in saying that plead
'he FREE TRADER is anxious 10 make intel. correc,
hgent suffrage" party question, TO the pre- courts
JUDGE of the republican party The FREE only G.
ihADLH' WIN most oil the democratic party not tai
as carry as 1866, Insisted on the application shocka
Of the intelligence qualification to the voters salcml
81 ,ho sui -, ,N' ,eoonsruceu states Botal
- ~ N0el'i "Ht ~ VIC pam nau secu nAlul
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NOT p. DRAFT AND RECEIPT
~ BOOKS.af OSMAN q HAPFNAN'S.
West Court House
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ID X. 81 O. A. l. l., LA n ID, ATTORNEYS at Law
Rooms formerly occupied by DR.. Dssc ~ In Hoes q
Leland Block northwest corner OF Court House Square
otla"a LIE dec4-u
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8. NICHOLSON. d. b. SNOW.
DICHOLSON 81 SNOW, Attorneys and
N Counselors at Law Wl practice the courts La
Sale and adjoining counties Office OF Court House
Ottawa, Ills. NOVA
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DE-. L.w
IONES 81 BREW Err, Attorneys and Coun
y sellers at Law, Ottawa, Ills. ONCE Rooms Nos.l
second floor, Metropolitan Block. oct9,T2