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Afternoon Men.

There is rrorerb which says. "What
can be done at any time is never done,
and applies especially to class who have
become slaves to the habit of procrastin;,
ton, the habitual postpOning of everything
that they are not compelled by necessity
to do Immediately. Now delays are not
only damaging to present prospects, but
they are destructive of ultimate success.
\ diatOry man is not to be depended mi
The slightest preteXt is sufficient for him
to disappoint you. If an cmploye. the
sooner he is discharged the greater the ad
vantage to the employer. There are those
who may properly be called AFTERNOON
men, They are always busy gotti: g ready
to go to work. In tie morning they walk
around, carefully inspect their duties, and
then say:
''Plenty to do to-day. Must 60 to work
this afternOonF'
About three O'Clock they survey what
they haven't done. and exclaim:
lone thing and another has prevented
me from making any headway to-day. I'll
quit, anu Degln DrlSnt anu early tO-NlOrfC#
morning."
One day with tl1etH is simply the reflec-
ton of another. There is nothing accom-
plished in a whole life; AMI their western
sun overtakes them, and finds no prepara-
ton for the wants and iifirmities of age
There is nothing to look back upon but
squandered time. One hours exercise in
the morning locsctis the n..:scles of the
limbs. sets the blood dancing in the veins.
and fits man physically and mentally fol
the days activity; Willie one hours slotl
after breakfast produces torpor from
which it is almost impossible to rally.
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4 Skl1iik.Tamer.
Virginia (Nev. Enterprise ]

lNIrSlhld (Nev.J Entefprlse.J
A few days ago young feline of the
polecat species took possession OF small
cellar adjoining Joseph Grigg's cabin, hear
the Troy mine, North Virginia district.
Griggs speculated for some time in what
way he could get rid Of the vermin without
having his winters supply of ham. bacon
and potatoes permeatcd with the pungent
aroma peculiar to the animal. According
ly he determined to make friends with the
Intruder, and, by way OF conciliation, he
passed up to the skunk, who was perched
on one # the upper shelves, a savory ir1or-
sci Of raw meat, which was eagerly de-
voured. After feeding the animal in this
manner for two or three days, he became
so tame that he would eat out of his hand
without fear. Yesterday Griggs carried
board into the cellar, with which he made
a bridge from the shelf to his shoulder.
Mr.. Skunk, tempted by choice morsel OF
boiled beef, walked on to the board, eating
all the while out of his entertainers hand.
Griggs lacked slowly out of the cellar;
carrying along with him the board, with
its precious burden, ant. drew a long
breath of relief as he landed the skunk
safely on the ground outside the cabin.
His young dog. coming along just at that
proceeded to interview the little
animal, and, when last seen, was making
for the foothills, and plowing up the snow
with his nose,
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-04-11
How to be Handsome

Most people would like to be handsome.
All cannot have good features-they are as
God made them; but almost any one Can
look well, especially with rood health. II
is hard to give rules in very short space
but in brief these will do:
Keep clean-wash freely. All the skin
wants is leave to act free, and it takes care
of itself. Its thousands of air-hOles must
not be closed.
Eat regularly, and sleep enough-not
too much. The stomachs can no more
work all the time, night and day, than d
horse: It must have regtilar work and
rest.
Good teeth are help to good looks
Brush them with n soft brush, especially
at night. Go to bed with cleansed teeth
OF course to have white teeth it is needful
to let tobacco alone. All women know
that. Washes tor teeth should be very
simple. Acid may whiten the teeth, but
it also takes off the enamel and Injuries
them.
Sleep in cool room. in pure air. No
one can have cleanly skin who breathes
bad air. But more than all, III order to
look well. wake up mind and soul. When
the mind is awake, the dull, sleepy look
uasses away from the ewes.
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POPULAR WH7ENS.
How n Bread and Milk Sunper Once
Served Salmon II. Chase-A BrOiIcd
Steak Defeats II Candidate.
cleveland Ohio Leas1A~ Or. % I

cleveland Ohio LeadA., Oc, cal
'lt is avery curious thing said an old
staTer to Leader reporter recently. chow
small things otter turn the scale in close
elections. You hear some of these people
to-day talk and You would think that there
never was time until recently when such
thing as partisansiiip was known. Why.
| can remember when it was much worse
than now. For instance. when Salmon p
Chase was running for Governor the first
time. he CAN'T, l remember: during the
canvass. to a little rural town i'll MOnt@om-
cry county. | was travelling with him at
the time, and we were both to speak in .he
evening. Mr.. Chase had not been feeling
very well all day. and this fact, together
with what followed from it, did him much
more good than both our speeches. 1t
happened in this wise: An honest farmer
had come some ten miles over the country
on pufptse tt sec the Governor, as lie was
even then called. He saw him, but was
not satisfied: lie determined to diiie with
him, in order. he said, to see what the
Governor would eat. Mr.: Chase, not feel
ing well, as have said, did not care to
par.ake of regular meal. and so simply
ordered some bread and milk. The farmer
was delighted. Chase is The man tor Gov
ernor,' he said to his friends. He only
eats bread and milk. He is no stuck up
teller. He is the farmers candidate by ali
means,' and the story went all through
the county and eyen beyond. The enthusi-
astic farmer would tell it with all the need
the votes were counted it was ascertained
that the Wing majority was much larger
than it had ever been in that county be-
fore. and Ill on account of that bread and
milk supper.
"Talk about fickleness of the people.
You don't know anything about it. Why.
knew of Il man who was defeated for
Congress once simply because he had his
beef steak broiled instead Of fried, as the
generality of people do. 1t was down in
York State. long ago, when it was not
thought the thing tor candidate to can
vass his district in his own behalf. He
must just sit down at home, and if he We're
elected. well and good; if not, he must
consider it the direct interpostiOn of Prov
idence. you know. Well. Il man was nOmi-
mated, and during the canvass he took a
short trip on business across his district.
stopping one noon at Il way-side inn.
Here he ordered dinner. and not being eX-
acly well. asked for a piece of steak broil-
ed on the Goals. The gaping rustics took
it up as a crime. Word went forth from
one end of the district to the other that the
Whig candidate did not eat his meat as the
rest of humanity did. but had it cooked
upon the Goals, something after the plan OF
a savage. They would vote for no such
man to make laws Tor them. And he was
defeated on the broiled meat issue"
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WOIalAn'S Love.

"A man. who had struggled with ma
lignant disease, approached that crisis in
its stage on which his life seemed to de-
pend. Sleep, uninterrupted sleep, might
insure his recovery. His anxious wife.
scarcely dariig to breathe, was sitting by
his bed: her servants. exhausted by con-
stant watching, had all left her. 1t was
midnight. A door was left open for air.
She heard, in the stiffness of the night, a
window open below stairs, and soon after
approaching footsteps. a moment more
man, with his face disguised. enttied the
room. She instantly saw her husbands
danger, and anticipating the design of the
unwelcome intruder, she pointed to her
husband, and pressing her finger upon her
lips to implore silence, held out to the rob-
Der her purse and her keys. TO her great
surprise, he took neither. Whether he
was terrified or charmed by the courage
of her affection cannot be known. He left
the room, and without rObbihg a house
sanctified by such strength of affection, he
departed.
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Conversational Training.

There is no nation more fluent in con
versation than the American. The French
are more voluble, perhaps, the language
permitting greater rapidity of pronunci,.
ton than the English. Our best conversa-
tionalists are not rapid takers. One
trouble with us is, each one likes to do all
the talking; therefore Americans are not
good listeners. But mere talking is not
conversation. In almost all homt circles
there is much talking done during the aay,
put we fear there are few who do not re-
serve their most brilliant conversational
powers for other assemblaces than the
home group. Many father comes home
tired; he has worked hard and talked a
great deal, told amusing anecdotes, and
displayed much wit. He has come home
TO rest. He takes out his paper, and is
soon Obvious to everything around him:
Wife would like to tell him many of the
harrassing Affections of the day, and Would
Ike to hear some Of his interesting expert
ences, but it he were deaf mute he could
not be more silent, only an occasional
Si'ii' 'io"clliS HcT lll:iny attempts at
conversation; and the children, except the
goodnight kiss-and often not even that
are not noticed. Such home. whether
tie abode of wealth or otherwise, cannot
be healthy and happy one.
AS parallel, draw around the evening
lamp Of another home circle. The father
tells the anecdotes from the papers as he
reads them, mbther laughs her sweet low.
laugh, and the children burst into merry
ha! has! TO watch them as they ask ques-
tons, and listen to the answers and patient
explanations. the wonderment. interest and
thought imprinted on their young tace., is
a picture for an artist. This home educa-
ti,n is a heritage more valuable than land
or money; and one beautiful recompense
in life is, that in making others happy we
bring happiness to ourselves. Parents who
practice selt-denial, and endeavor. by cheer
full Conversation and playful Wit, to ehliven
home life. will reap a rich reward in the
better thoughts and nobler actions of their
and will experience the truest and
best contentment themsel, S.
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Lyman k;eecher on Heft.

Hosea Ballou and Lyman Beecher. Gather
of Henry ward met to compare Calvinism
and Cniversalsm. Both We're Bible men,
and each came armed with teXtlml missiles.
After several apostolic blows from each:
shrewdly parried by the other. DR.. Beecher
opened TO the ninth Psalm and read:
''The wicked shall be turned into he'll;
and all the nations that forget GOd.''
There, sir. the wicked are in he'll. get
them out if you can
Hosea Ballou. calm Is Il summer MORN
inc. pointing to the twentieth chapter of
Johns Revelations. read:
Death and hell delivered up the Gead
which were in tliem.''
There said Father Ballou. ''they are
out; get them in again if you cam
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Odds and Ends.

\ The miser starves himself that his heirs
may feast.
Life is Journey; short to Some and
long to others.
The pen is mightie.' than the sword; but
the cheese is mite-ier than either.
MIR. La Rose. OF Totten. has invented a
post-ofiice stamping machine. The Gov
ernment once offered $4,000 for such ari
invention:
Patent 100000 has just been issued but
that does not represent the total number.
as previc1tS to 1856 the issues were not
numbered
The Pope was worth only S31 10000
when he died. but then he didn't have
much OF chance. you know. lie had
never been chairman of railroad comn.ft--
tee in the L. S. Senate.
An exchange says that ''ql,arter col
umn newspaper advertisement will draw
more and better customers than all the
go TO jones you can paint on the fences
between now and the next Centennial"
If your local paper doesn't exactly suit
you. don't go to running it down and
abusing the editor, but go to work and
help him make it better by furnishing your
| local itemiZer or thc editor-in-chief with
such items Of interest as happen to come
under your observations:
Canada claims to have produced the
largest cheese on record. The Ingersolf
factory turned out cheese weighing 1000
pounds. 1t was five feet ten inches in di-
amcter. and twenty-one feet in circumfer-
ence. 1t required one milking of ZOO
cows, or 80 tons of milk to produce it.
Here is a warning to men too mean to-
advertise. One of this description wanted
to sell some land, and so he put written
notice in one of the hotels the other day:
\ man who was enquiring for 4 small
farm was referred to the written notice;
when he replied ~ can't buy land at a fair
price of any man who does his advertising
in this way. He'd steal the fence. the
pump-handle and the barn doors before
he'd give Up possession"
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-04-11

Intemperance poisons the brain. 1t ener-
Yates and subverts the will. obscures and
distorts the intellectlla, powers, impairs
and reduces consciousness. cautiOusness.
and other moral sentiments, while at the
same time it intensiiies the Imagination
and the several aesthetic faculties, and
goads the mere animal propensions to
dominion over the entire realm OF man.
hood. 1t has THUS made in the United
States. within few years, two hundred
thousand maniacs. The statistics Of lunatic
asylums exhibit twenty, thirty, and in
some Instances, even fifty per cent. of all
cases recorded, as chargable directly to the
use of alcoholic liquors. DIR. Howe. Of
Boston. shows one hundred and forty-five
out of three hundred cases of idiocy trace
able to MISUNDERSTANDING Adranee.
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Holmes aid Emerson.

Oliver Wendell Holmes is y brisk, witty
man, who dresses in the most charming
old-tashoned style, always with drab
waistcoat. and coat that seems too small
for him. He looks like cross between a
Yankee and Scotchman. and has dried
up appearance, very much like IN autumn
leaf. But he has a keen eye, that laughs
when he laughs. And he enjoys laughing
and wakes you up with lis fun.
II happened years ago to be standing
near Mr.. Emerson in public place-quite
accidentally, l assure you-when an enthu-
siastic fellow, whose speech betrayed the
cockncy, rushed up, seized his hand, and;
with his hat bi,; ratified off the following !:
mir. Emerson, allow me to take you by the
and. | consider you the greatest writer
since Shakespeare Mr.. Emerson bowed
slightly. and a quiet smile stole over his
face"
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VuLlnbze Information.
Sound ice ten inche. thtSk VII bear a
pressure 81 1000 pounds to the square

Sound ice ten inches tht*k VII bear
pressure 81 1000 pounds to the square
foot.
A thimbleful of gunpowder will spill
stone tour feet square into small pieces
One thousand laths will cover over K
yards Of surface, and eleven pounds OF
nails will put them on.
The curvature Of the earth amott1its to
seven inches per mile. A man six fee,
high cannot he seen ten miles.
The crust CT tlte earth was made by
liquid cooling; and strange as it may seem
the mountains are the newest:
The world can maintain sixty thousand
millions of people. 1t has never had more
tnan two per cent. of that number living
at any time on its surface.
Eight bushels of good lime, sixteen
bushels Of sand. and one bushel Of hair.
will make enough good mortar to plaster
lG0 square yards.
One thousand shingles. laid four inches
to the weather, will cover one hundred
square feet of surface. and five pounds of
shingle nails will E,sten them on.
One-fifth more siding and flooring is
needed than the number of square feet OF
surface to be covered. because of the lap
in the siding and matching of the floor.
To remove finger marks from looking
glasses put a few drops OF ammonia on a
moist rag, and it will :fialse short work of
removing all grease, fly specks, or other
dirt.
Lemon juice used as gargle is said by a
French physiciatt to be specific against
diphtheria and similar throat troubles.
which he has successfully used for eighteen
years.
Sound moves about thirteen miles in a
minute. so that if we hear slap of thun-
der half a minute after the flHsh. we may
calculate that the discharge of electricity is
six and half miles off:
1t is not generally known, but should be-
that handful of -four thrown on burning
oil will quench the flames instantly. The
next time you have Il lamp explosion try
the experiment and see how Ike a charm
it will act. 1t is we'll worth remember
mo
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Cause of the 'SplOsiOn.

Il would invite you to my house; brud-
der Jackson said Deacon johnson, rs he
emurged from church last Sunday evening,
''but dunno as we'n get any supper dis
night; de cook stobe am SO dretlully out
OBJ repair:'
whats de matter wild de stObe:''
''Why, you see cold wedder am comm
on, and woods gettin' skase an high, an
I've 'structed de folks to be berry eknunoc-
omical in de usin' OBJ it: We'se bin butin
in small lots, an las night, beiii' ont oh
fuel, gent 5ne OBJ my boys ober to neigh
bor's to borry few sticks: De man or
his family had gone to bed OWN to de
lateness ob de hour, an dat boy. who'd
'spise to do unhonest transaction. wrote
out his note for de value OBJ de wood: an
droppin' it in prominent place in de
woOdshed, shouldered an armfil an fetch
ed it home.'
'fJess so:''
swell, fire was kindleJ. de tea-kettlc
put on, dc ole woman she is sittin' Gle sup
per. All oh sudden. puff went tie stobe,
zoom; ke swish. kusInsh went s6thsthin';
an as ,umbled over saw tie ole woman
maxim for tle root, wild de tea-kittle an de
stche plates follerin' her, while lie boys an
de gals was rs brack wild smut as de ace Oh
spades. De stobe's goose was cooked for
d tct.'
What's de cause OBJ de 'splosion ~
sim strongly 'clned to believe dat dar
was powder in dat wood. an dat de pesw-
der was done put in dar by dat white man
to ketch some thievin' darkieS wat nebber
buys no wood, an Dressed 81 don't think
dat man 'spects mo. kase be couldp't lind
dat note. an won't w.ass no 'pologies."
1'Dat am an outrage"
''For a fact. an de chillren's supper was
spilled, too"
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Perpetual Motion Accomplished.

A magnetic clock, Invented by Daniel
Drawbaugh, of Milltown, Cumberland
county, Pennsylvania, is sufficiently re-
markable to be worth description. The
magnetism of the earth, an inexhautible
sorirte of power, is made to oscillate the
pendulum; and the simplicity OF all the
works gives an assurance of the least pos
sible friction. Alta certain point the move
ments of the pendulum itself smut off mag
netic connection with the earth. and at ..i1-
other point restore the connection. thus
securing the conditions necessary to pro-
duce its oscillations. The works are so in
geniUus and simple that it is no wild asser-
tion to make that, were it not fSr the un-
ayoidable wearing out caused by even the
smallest amount of friction. the clock
would run as long az the solid earth en-
dures. This clock is hing against board
partition, with all the Works exposed, sub
jet to the Earrings of machinery and OBJ
st:uctions from dust settling upon it. yet
since March l, 1877, it has been running
continuously and uniformly, with only
slight variations, rs tested by transit OBJ
servations at noon.- .-Ha1isbu,y Telegraph.
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Those who Love God Will Not be Sep.
arated:

A beautiful anecdote of the late Pope,
told by an English clergyman, reveals the
truly sweet and catholic heart Of him.
Two English women. sisters, had an an
dience of the Pope, but as they were with
drawing, one, a convers to the Roman
church, fingered. The Pope, observing
this, recalled her, ahd asked her as she
kneeled what she would ask.
1.-The prayers of your holiness, !" she said,
THAT my sister may be converted from
Professionalism, aiid that we may not be
separated by death"
The Pope. placing his hand upon her
clasped hands, replied:
daughter, those who love God win net
be separated in the next world>,'
Even Protestants can believe that Plus
IN. Was infallib!e in that utterance.
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What of That?

Tired! WELL what of that?
Ddst fancy life spent on beds of ease?
Fluttering the rose leaves scattered BY the breeze
Come, rouse thee! Work W hile ii is called to-day
Coward, arise! Go forth upon thy way!
Lonely! And what Of that?
Some must be lonely. its not given to all
TO feel heart responsive rise aud fall,
To blend another life within lis own.
Work may be done in loneliness. Work on
Dark! Well, and what of that9
Didst f,ndly dream the sun would never set?
Dost fear to lose thy way? Take courage vet!
Learn thou to walk by faith and not by sight;
Thy steps will guided be, and guided right
Ifafd! Well, and what of thai?
Didsf fancy life one summer holiday,
With lessons none to learn, and nauSht hut play;
Go, get thee TO Thy task Conquer or die!
Ii must be learned, Learn it then patiently:
No help, Nay, lis not so!
Though human help be far, thy God is nigh,
W no feeds the ravens hears his children cry.
He's near thee Wheresoe'er thy footsteps roam:
And lie will guide thee, light thee help the home
-PhrcnologicaI Journal.
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A Cunning Fox Caught at Last.

A farmer OF York, Pa, recently set a
trap to catch a cunning fox which had
been annoying him considerably by its
midnight visits among the poultry. At
fourteen successive visits to it he found the
trap sprung, stick OF wood between its
jaws. and the bait eaten up. The circlln,-
stance, SO often repeated, surprised him.
There were no other tracks to be seen but
his own and those of the fox, and who
sprung the trap was a question that puz-
zled hi n sorely. By continuing to rebait
the trap he hoped to catch the author of
the mischie,. On the fifteenth night he
found Fl he old fox hung to it by the
nose, and in his mouth was stic. OF
woods aae
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A GGOd Voice.

'Madam, do you know that you possess
one of the best voices in the world:'' said
saucy fellow to Il woman one day.
''lndeed; do yon think so 9 replied she.
with flush of pride at the compliment.
Il do, most certainly continued the
rascal; "for if you hadn't, it would have
been worn ont long ago
For the first time in her life that woman
hadn't word to say.
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A Girl came to Walla Walla by stage
from the east to be married to granger.
but there were sixty dollars ehafges for
ficghting her by stage from Ke-ton. and
tire greom-te-be was long kept in waiting
because he hadn't money enough to get
her ont of ''soak. Oregon Exchange.
You couldn't come that on any of the
Montana farmers. Jus. ship the girls out
here and see how soon we will get them
out of sssoak."
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rhe Burlington Spring Bird.
Dear little blue bird,
Herald of Spring,
Swallow this codsh-drop-
Poor little thing.
Warbling so hoarseiy,
OF Arril's approach;
Hunting around fora
Bronchial troche.
Toor little blue bird,
Don't you go of:
Tie up your little neck,
Doctor that cough.
Soon Arril yiolets
Kissed by The breeze,
Will shiyer and Vince as they
List to your sneeze.
Don't be discouraged yet,
Herald Of Spring;
Shake all the icicles
Of from your wing.
Who knows what wonder,
Cough-c.ire may do9
Sing; ll.ile blue bird
''At-chee, At-choo.'
Burlington Hdwkrye
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Stanley says that one African native be
came so fond Of him that he begged STAN
lev as a favor 70 kin and eat him. fsyH q Z