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Afeerane Diet.

Each emigrant has contract ticket
which stipulates for his transportation
to New York in consideration of four,
five or six guineas, according to the
current rate Of fair. The company
engages to provide full supply of
wholesome provisions, cooked and
served by its stewards, and the passen-
ger is required to provide himself with
bedding and cooking utensils. The
weekly allowance of food for each
adult is prescribed by the government
and printed on the contract ticket as
follows; "Twenty-one quarts of wa
ter, three and half pounds of bread.
one pound Of wheaton -four, one pound
and half Of oat-meal. rice and peas,
two pounds of potatoes, one and a
quarter pounds of beef, one pound of
pork, two ounces Of tea, one pound Of
sugar, two Onces Of salt, pepper, mus
tard and vinegar.
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1t is delight to have gifts made to
you by those whom you esteem and
love, because then such gifts are mere
fy to be considered as fringes to the
garment-as inconsiderable additions
to the mighty treasure of their afiec-
ton, adding grace, but no addition
al value, to what before was precious,
and proceeding as naturally out Of
that as leaves burgeon out upon the
trees; but you feel it to be different
when there is no regard for the giver
to idealize the gift-w hen it simply
takes its stand among your property,
as so much moneys value.
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"Pasha' is merely a personal title,
denoting the official aristocraticy. civil
and military, of the Ottoman Empire.
1t is derived from two Persian words
signifying "the foot of the king" In
former times certain territorial divi.
sions were put under The authority Of
pasha. The pashas consisted Of
three classes, and were distinguished
by the number of horse-tails borne be
fore them as standards custom
brought from Tartary, which is said to
have originated with some chief who,
having lost his standard, cut off his
horses tail and displayed it as sub
stitute. Governors of the larger dis
tricts are viziers, and with other insig-
mia has three horse-tails others had
but t&o, or even one. The Sultans
counts seven horse-tails, and
the famous Ali Pasha, of Janina, ar.
rogated to himself no less than thir-
teen. At the present day all the old
time details concerning pashas and
their insignia are much modified.
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aSrrssse.

A physician writes to young men as
follows: my profession has thrown
me among women Of all classes, and
my experience teaches me that Heav.
en- never gave man greater proof of
His love than to place woman here
with Him. My advice is: Go and
propose to the most sensible girl you
know. If she accepts you. tell her
how much your income is, and from
what source derived aud tell her you
will divide the last dollar with her,
and that you will love her with all
your heart into the bargain. And
then keep your promise. My word
for it she will live within your in.
come, and to your last hour you will
regret that you did not marry sooner.
Stop worrying about feminine ex-
travsgance and feminine untruth.
just you be true TO her-love her sin.
cerely, and more fond, faithful, fool
ish slave you will never meet any
where. You will not deserve her,
| know but she will never know it.
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There are other ministers Of love
more conspicuous than a good daugh.
ter, but none in which gentler, love.
lier spirit dwells. and none to which
the hearts warm requitsls more joy
fully respond. She is the steady light
of her fathers house; her idea is in
dissolubly connected with that of his
happy freside. She is his morning
sun and evening star The grace, vi.
vacity and tenderness of her sex have
their place in the mighty sway which
she holds over his spirit. The lessons
Of recorded wisdom which he reads
with his eyes, come to mind with a
new charm as blended with the below
ed melody Of her voice. He scarcely
knows weariness which her song
does not make him forget or a gloom
which is proof against the young
brightness of her smile. She is the
pride and ornament of his hospitality.
and the gentle nurse of his sickness,
and the constant agent of those name
less, numberless acts of kindness
which one chiefly cares to have render
ed, because they are unpretending but
expressive proofs Of love.
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Veteran hotel-keeper to the Indianap-
oils Herald; "Steali Why, you
would be astonished to find how large
a proportion Of the travelling public
are internal thieves. They steal the
bed clothing, pillows, bootjacks, soap,
soap-dishes-'everything, in TACT. which
they can carry of. Everybody steals
soap. We expect that. and don't
kick. You'd be surprised to hear
that-(a noted Indiana politician }
makes a practice Of putting the soap
into his valise every time he pays his
bill. He don't seem to use much Of
il himself, but l think he takes il
home TO his children"
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They were what the world calls "en-
gagged" and they were going to visit
some Of her relatives thirty miles dis
tant. Two railroads ran to the home
Of the latter, and the lovers were un-
decided which one to take. There
is long. dark tunnel on the @
road, isn't theref" she innocently ask
ed. He said there was. Sand none
on the B line?" she further in
quired. He said there was not. "Then
let us go by way of the Or road, T"
she softly murmured. And they went.
Herald.
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The following occurred in one Of
our drug stores two days ago, between
a wag and one of the clerks:
Wag.-"Have you any matches,
sir,"
Clerk.-"Yes, sir, and will be pleas.
ed to accommodate you"
wag.-"Well, then give me a trot.
ing match"
Clerk.-"All right, SIR" and he
handed him box of cathartic pills
neatly done up in tissue paper, and
just the thing for such an emergency.
Take thirteen of these for dose, and
you'll trot at 2;30 gait, and keep up
the like until you are tired"
The clerk had the best of i, and the
wag skinned out"
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Erporfafie. Of Wires.

In the early settlement Of Virginia,
when the adventures were principally
unmarried men, il was deemed neces.
sary to export such women as could
be prevailed on to quit England, as
wives for the planters. A letter &C.
companying the shipment of these
matrimonial exiles. dated London,
August IL, 1921, is illustrative of the
manners Of the times, aud the concern
then felt for the welfare of the colony
and for female virtue. II was as fol.
lows: "We send you in the ship one
widow and eleven maids, for wives for
the people of Virginia; there hath not
one Of them been received but upon
good commeni iations. In case they
cannot be presently married, we de-
sire that they may be put with sever
al householders that have wives, till
they can be provided with husbands.
There are nearly fifty more that are
shortly to come, and are sent by our
honorable lord and treasurer, the Earl
of Southampton, and certain worthy
gentlemen, who, taking into their con.
siderstion that the plantation can new
er flourish till families be planted, and
the respect OF wives and children for
their people on the soil, therefore have
given this fair beginning; for the re-
imbursing Of whose charges it is or
dered that every man that marries
them give 12O pounds of best leaf to-
bacco for each of them. Though we
are desirous that the marriage be free
according to the laws Of nature. yet
we would not have those maids de-
ceived and married to servants; but
only to such freemen or tenants as
have means to maintain them. We
pray you, therefore, to be fathers of
them in this business, not enforcing
them to marry against their wills"
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raffed of Last

A quiet wedding occurred in this
village within two months. at which
were no guests, a mother TO the bride
being the only witness 70 the ceremo-
ny besides the officiating clergyman,
who came from another village. In
1862, a young gentleman, resident Of
this county, who was betrothed TO the
lady, enlisted in the Union army. His
sweetheart made no effort to dissuade
him, and with q breaking heart bade
him adieu and quietly buried herself
in her home with her widowed moth
er, the only living member Of the
family besides herself. For awhile
all went we'll, and loving letters cheer
ed the gallant soldier. After the bat
tie Of chancellorsville his letters sud.
denly ceased. Letter after letter was
written to him and his comrades, but
all that could be learned was that af
ter that terrible battle he was missing.
His stricken sweetheart never entirely
abandoned hope, and lived on, hoping
against hope for his return. After
many weary years her patient troth
has been rswarded aud she is now a
happy bride. Some time during the
fight he was taken prisoner and soon
after sent TO a Southern prison, where
he was kept about a year. suffering
almost untold torture. He finally es-
capped aud reached the seaboard, where
he conceived the idea of personating
an English sailor and getting to Eng
land on a blockade-runner. After
much delay and many disappoint-
ments, during which his courage al
most failed him, he succeeded. He
remembers sailing through the block.
,ding squadron. After that all is a
blank. He learned akerward that he
,ad been taken ILL.,. and soon after in
'ane. On his arrival in England he
vas taken to an insane asylum by the
Captain Of the blockade-runner, where
lie remained until year ago, when he
vas discharged cured, but penniless.
He succeeded, through the assistance
4 friends in the asylum, in obtaining
! situation in a mercantile house,
where he won the esteem of the prin-
ipaIs, to whom he told his story. A
cave Of absence was granted to him,
lie came to Middletown and found his
Id sweetheart. now . lady of thirty
wo, still faithful to his memory.
hey were quietly married and are
low in England, where he proposes to
emain for number Of years. Du-
ing his long absence his only surviv-
ng relatives, his brother and uncle,
ad died, and he had no ties to keep
i'm here. save the love of country,
'hich will eventually bring him and
is faithful wife back to our shores. -
MiddIetown On. W Press.
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An ingenious use of carrier pigeons
is on record. They were employed in
Belgium to smuggle tobacco into
France. Each bird carried from ten
to fifteen grammes of the weed, and
two dozen pigeons per day were regu-
iarly dispatched. How long the new
industry had been established is not
stated; but one day it came to grief.
A bird was too heavily loaded, and he
dropped with his burden, exhausted,
into the Seine. A police inquiry re-
suited, and the whole business was ex-
posed. French scientists are now dis
cussing the question whether the bird
was merely overloaded, or whether
the tobacco, heated by the warmth Of
the animal, poisoned it.
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IL looks very nice to the young man
who has little experience with the
world, who has always been among it,
flower beds and never among its
thorns, to be an editor. Many a
young man would almost give the cid
family homestead for :he privilege of
presiding over the editorial columns
of a newspaper. But he little knows
the tolls and vexations Of such a posi-
ton. II is doubtful il there is any
place in the world in which the charm
and romance of life are so quickly and
utterly destroyed. The business is
constant scrutiny Of the world-a dea-
ling with men and women as they are.
II is the duty of the journalist to pen
citrate the beautiful covering that
hides many a deformity and to dis
sect its rotteness. Any other man
would look only at the charming ex-
terror, and would fnd nothing to
offend his senses or shock his sensi-
tiveness. He would thus be the gain.
er, for it is always better that the
rose should cover the thorn, unless il
become duty to expose the thorn to
view. The editors life is largely spent
among skeletons. He has enough of
them voluntarily brought to him to
disgust him with the world. Men |
come to him to invoke his assistance |
to secure for them dishonorable ends. |
Often they are men who stand high in
the community, and not unfrequently
in the church. He soon learns to lis
ten to their proposals, as matter of
course, but they leave him with
feeling of regret that he should have
profession in which he is
to see so much that lessons
his estimate Of mankind.
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A CHILD OF PRoSIsE.-"Say here,
Liz" said a colored damsel who had
not seen her friend for some time,
"where's yer bin all dis timer Is yer
married yet, galy" "Liz" answering
in the negative, the speaker continued;
"Sake's alive, dat baoy's zachly like
yer; whar he come from, ehS" Amt
gwine to tell youl' "Say, gal, amt
gwine to have no foOlishness bout dat
chile, II yer amt got no husband its
yourn any how. ! specks il mus be a
chile of promise, amt iti' The an
swer was satisfactory, and the two
"culled" ladies were as good friends
as ever Louisville Evening News.
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There is always room for man of
force, and he makes room for many.
Society is a group of thinkers, and the
best hea1s among them take the best
places. A feeble man can see the
farms that are fenced and TILED, and
the houses that are built. The strong
man sees the possible houses and
farms. His eye makes estates as fast
as the sun breeds clouds.
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THE DEATH OF A WIFE.-The
death of a mans wife is like cutting
down an ancient oak that has long
shaded the family mansion. Hence
forth the glare of the world, with its
cares and vicissitudes, falls upon the
old widower's heart, and there is moth
ing to break their iorce. or shield him
from the full weight Of misfortune.
II is MS il his right hand was withered
as il one wing OF his eagle was broken,
and every movement that he made
brought him to the ground. His eyes
are dimmed and CLASSY. and when the
film of death falls over him, he misses
those accustomed tones which might
have smoothed his passage 10 the
grave Lamartine.
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RECIPE FOR SORE LIPS AND EYES.
One teaspoon level full of sulphate
of zinc, or white vitrol, dissolved in
one pint of rain water. Moisten your
finger with the liquid and apply it to
the part effected. The above receipt
l know to be good one fore sore eyes.
1t cured me of sore lips after being
badly troubled with the same for IS
years during warm weather.
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A little girl who was sent to the
pasture to drive home the COW, fell,
and was severely scratched and bruis-
ed. On returning home, she was ask
ed if she cried when she fell. "Why,
no." she replied. "What would have
been the user There was no body to
hear me-"
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"All of my trials and tribulations,
SORROWS and sadness, sickness and
heart yearnings could be swept aside
by two little jumps" said Mr.. Reeves
as he stood on the bridge tower. And
yet when his wife dared him to take
the fist one he hesitated.
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A teaspoonful or more of powdered
bonx thrown into the bath-tub while
bathing will communicate velvety
softness TO the water, and at the same
time invigorate aud rest the bather;
persons troubled with nervousness OF
wakefal nights will find this kind Of
bath a great benefit.
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Now that the Connecticut cartridge
factories have shipped $1,000, 900 of
ammunition to Turkey, they can run
tor a couple OF months ON orders from
Richmond, Kentucky.-[C Cincinnati
Commercial.
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Counselor Dunning, thinking to
emearrass a witness having Bardol-
phian nose, began with, snow you,
Mr.. with copper nose. now you are
sworn, what have you to says" "why,
by the oath have sworn" replied he,
IL would not exchange my copper
nose for your brazen face"
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A young damsel sent twenty-five
cents and postage stamp in reply to
an advertisement that appeared in an
Eastern paper OF chow TO make All
impression and got for her answer,
"Sit down in a pan Of dough-"
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He had proposed to her, and now
with fear and trembling waited for
her answer. "Only one word.' he
said. "if but to keep alive the fires Of
hope within my BOSOM" She looked
at him tenderly, nay lovingly, and her
lips moved in accents that went to the
depth of his soul. She had asked
him how much he earned week.
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A well known English beauty, who
went to be photographed at seaside
resort, after taking her seat in the
chair of torture, was thus addressed
by the insinuating operator; snow,
Miss, you look at me as if ! vas your
young man, and you'd met unexpect-
ed"
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A house without pictures is like a
stem shorn of its fair flowers. If you
would make a room look neat, cheer
ful and homelike, first and above all
else rob it of its staring, naked walls,
by covering them up with modest and
refined pictures.
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John Anderson, a Yankee, suing
for a divorce in Indiana, alleges that
his wife trapped him by means of false
hair, false eyebrows, false complexion
a big hustle and deceitful tongue.
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We have tried DIR. Bulls Cough
Syrup in our family, and can assert
that II is the best remedy for a cough
or cold ever introduced. Price 25
cents.
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The following very touching seer,
recently occurred in court Of justic,
in Paris:-
A poor, pale seamstress was arraign
ed for then. She appeared at the bar
with her baby Of eleven months or
her arm. She went to get some work
one day, and stole three gold coins Of
ten francs each. The money was
missed soon after she left her employ.
or, and a servant was sent to her to
claim il. The servant found her
about TO quit the room with the three
gold coins in her hand. She said TO
the servant, II was going To take
them hack to you"
Nevertheless, she was taken to the
commissioner Of police, and he ordered
her to be sent before the police court
for trial. She was too poor to engage
lawyer, and when asked by the Judge
for an explanation. she answered.
"Ay went T" my e"P''ye'S
! carried my child with me. II was
u u. arm. u ~ nov" was not
Payhg a'.en',on 10 " ihere were
se's" so'u 'o'm ." '"e u'Shs'ep'ece'
anil unk nown IN ma II sfratehat ont
a"'. u"H"o"" 70 me- T" ''re'cnei OUT
y, ". na"' anu se'1e' '"'ee P'ece''
""'' = u'' "o' o'Se'Ve """' go'
''.' 'n's put "H- my "on"e'
a"' WI" so,"g o"cs 70 my empower
'., 70 ,e'u'n 'nean' ""e" , was a,res'e''
,n', Is 'ne so'emn ,ru'"' " nope
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i"e eou'' oou'a "v' oe''e'e ,"s sso-
~ "e' "p"ee W" o'"e' 'o'
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'u'"' iaey oe''"en' ne' 'o' ne'
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n, ...,a "... :. ~, '.' o".s s
's '.'s. " 49,. @
,.'e'e' ~ 'r'."' ~ w. wy 80
70 ,""ne' "poh one I" young
,au e'"'"''y s'eepe' 50 "eep :" pow
''g y, /
inese apPea,s "Au no e''ev'' e'ceP'
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The puppy that is afraid to go
among his fellowmen without a navy
six On his hip ought to be kicked out
of society on the tiptoe Of public
sentiment.-[Courier.Journal.
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The doctors are IN luck again. Just
as green fruit is going out, brig has
arrived at New York with 1870, 900
cOcoanuts.
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Painful question in the Chicago
Hmes-"What shall it profit a man
if he gain the whole world and put it
in savings baLkS"
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In Maine they blow out the con.
tents OF eggs and I'LL the shells with
whisky. The eggs then sell for 81 so
a dozen.
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Newspaperiety is the new name tor
the reputation Of man who gets il
that way.
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"Did yon steal the eomplainant's
coat" askel the magistrate of seedy
individual who was arraigned before
him. 81 decline to crafty the NOR
bid curiosity of the public by answer
ing fha qusstDn,"l responded the
seedy individual, with a sconful
glance at the reporter.
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Prom Fap-foae "a Ueos<fe.r.
Y Ny fficnd, the aged cobblef's desd
CALLED hence ny cruel goui.
iIe whoss NJ ether could ouipcT.
Has nov himself rcsgrd out.
lie was q man of nohle parts,
ncloveii Ny young and old
And though be ne'cr sold half bis g,o,ls.
Ills goods we're On halisolcl
IIis va. busy If until
Disease did On him s,ea,s
lie heclci his patrons boots and shocs.
Himself he could not heal
Ne ioved hl, art. a. veil he n, light,
for In ~ he surpassed
When morning called him 10 his toll
Hts hrst Thought va. his last.
tiniiks .ome mcn tnow hil we'll,
Of human kindness stripped.
Who reap What other hands have sown-
Ilescwed what other, ripped
M, nov he's gone, the god old man.
Mankind has lot a ffiend
In youth = Crispn-erisp In agc.-
lie vaSci unio bis end.
Pcscc he his r,.i. aud vhen around
The Day Of Judgment rolls.
A. frre from aav may bc bis -oui
A. eve. were his solc..
Domesfic Miss.
There Is q sacred spot on earih.
witch antedates our joys abo,e,
It's uhcrc ue slt when toll !. DER,
with these We le,e.
on ia my wsklRg drcsns ia
WITH the drst dsrlines of ny ne,
Aud gaze upon those treasured gems
Ny child end vie.
The aec,iag pleasure- of the uorld.
Like darkcuing shadows fade svay
And Gives us sllmrses of the bliss
Which scorns decay.
IN. welded hove Ucd's dearest gin
To render all ilis ererturc. ble-i.
Tia only 'neaih Its smile ~c taste
lGI TO- A pssst r~if tNfff IL
I ask not 6r riches, NOT honor, nor fame,
'of the glory that cirrls- aroand q great name
ash Coz 4 consCicncr that yoid Of onense,
jadgn'ent that's la~~i on soei common -cnsc
iaith thst !. proven by sirtuous deeds
religion untrsmmelei by other mems crcei.
comr-,ence earned by honest. hard lsl-ori
hsart shsd h,nd is' s,sy r~r neishesrs i,t
'racs here l-rlov and hroiheriy love,
Inrrriance and bhss in the nsa,slons shove, 4
= 4. I
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About daylight he woke up 10 a
mSst ahcosnf6rtalae cdsciodsae.s n
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Lie still-you mustn't stiJ"" said
the wife; "you have been very SICK n
"Im not sick" '..''.' i'''
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you must shave his head and APP
ply blisters. ssehrsA &rli1l And
for some one who will"
IN kuskank hpaaf waslaccordihg-
ly shaved closely and blisters applied.
The patient lay ah dighr n x drlnked
sleels and, pVlyiihstandipg -tbe bills,
tsra ssss.easihs iAtn .fhs fesss gGksasI
not till near morning that he began
to beat about. 1stnasslfby' paif'o . q.
About daylight he woke up u a
mail ahcd,nf6rtahe cJ,sciod.ae.s a
blistered agonies.
"What does this Ineany' he .aid,
putting his hands to his bandaged
head,
Lie still-you mustn't stir" said
the wife; "you have been very sick n
"rm not sick" '''''.' ''''
"Oh. yes, you are-you have the
brain fever. We have worked with
YOU all night, sg4u.NAva
81 should think yo,, ha.lls sroaned
the poor victim; "vhars the matter
with my fserrfIfY . IVA THG
"They are all blistered.
"Weil. I'm better now-take off
the bli.,ers. dol" he pleaded piteously